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INFO-ATARI16 Digest         Sat, 24 Feb 90       Volume 90 : Issue  255
 
Today's Topics:
               How do I set up MINIX on my Supra drive?
                  Manipulation of Courtroom Evidence
                               poolfix3
                scientific plotting program on the ST
                 STE DMA sound (documentation posted)
                         ST Software for sale
                     wanted: Atari ST hard drive
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Date: 24 Feb 90 23:53:19 GMT
From: pasteur!sting!anton@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU  (Jeff Anton)
Subject: How do I set up MINIX on my Supra drive?
Message-ID: <22392@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU>
 
I have a new 40Mbyte Supra hard disk drive for my Atari ST 1040.
The machine is a few years old with TOS in ROM.
MINIX ST 1.1 doesn't recognize the drive.  I've tried several
approaches includeing running MINIX from GEMDOS with MINIX.PRG
and MINIX.IMG generated from the boot disk.
 
I would guess I need a different hard disk device driver
but I've no idea how I will do that.
 
Please mail me if you've got this combination to work
or if you are reasonable sure how to do it.
                                Jeff Anton
                                anton@scam.Berkeley.EDU
 
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Date: 24 Feb 90 19:54:16 GMT
From: ecsvax.uncecs.edu!urjlew@mcnc.org  (Rostyk Lewyckyj)
Subject: Manipulation of Courtroom Evidence
Message-ID: <1990Feb24.195416.4566@uncecs.edu>
 
In article <6237@eos.UUCP>, eugene@eos.UUCP (Eugene Miya) writes:
> This is very easily done.  It has been done for years.
> You don't need a computer, in fact it is easier without one.
> If you look hard you will find a book on the Soviet doctoring of
> photographs.  I saw a copy at Printer's Inc in Mtn. View.
> But not since that time.  The quality varies.  Manipulation is
> strictly a matter of cost: how much it is worth to you and how
> much you are willing to pay.  Remember, the hand is quicker than
> the eye.  I dare say you can completely stage a scene to fool even
>
 
 
I don;'t know who or how this thread started. But since it has, I'd
like to add some comments.
The Israelli government has used a video in which they start with
a photograph supplied by the soviets, and purporting to be the
id. picture of one Ivan the terrible a notoriously cruel and inhuman
concentration camp guard. They then manipulate this image purporting
to age it over some forty five (45) years, to finish up looking
like the prisoner they have accused on the dock, Ivan Demjaniuk.
This video has been admitted as evidence in the trial of Mr. Demjaniuk.
In the light of what we have seen in at least one of the AMIGA
demos where a persons face has been stretched in all directions.
In the light of the current TV shaving commercial where the same
is being done with the chin of the  face on the screen.
In the light of the common county fair crazy mirrors.
  How can this have been allowed by the Judges bench in the trial
  over the objections of the defence attorneys???
Do you think it is because the judges do not read USENET newsgroups?
Or do you think they are blinded by the mysticism of results
generated on a computer?
Or does it simply fit in with the aims and policies of the government?
 
Please all excuse this outburst of personal opinions.
I take full responsibility for the above statements and sentiments
expressed in them. This posting has not been approved by UNCECS
nor any other organization through whose channels it may reach you.
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  Reply-To:  Rostyslaw Jarema Lewyckyj
             urjlew@ecsvax.UUCP ,  urjlew@unc.bitnet
       or    urjlew@uncvm1.acs.unc.edu    (ARPA,SURA,NSF etc. internet)
       tel.  (919)-962-6501
 
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Date: 24 Feb 90 02:10:49 GMT
From: imagen!atari!apratt@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU  (Allan Pratt)
Subject: poolfix3
Message-ID: <2051@atari.UUCP>
 
jimh@ultra.com (Jim Hurley) writes:
>Actually, although I've heard a lot about this bug, I've never
>read a consistent description of the problem.
 
The TOS 1.4 release notes describe the problem completely and in loving
detail.  As a rule, YOU DON'T NEED TO KNOW, which is why I don't spend
my days posting long explanations here.
 
What you DO need to know is this:
 
        1. If you have Mega TOS or Original TOS (1.2 or 1.0) and a hard
disk, you should use FOLDR100.PRG.  Without it, the system starts
screwing up when you've visited (or even just brushed by) 40 folders or
so.
 
        2. If you have Rainbow TOS or STe TOS (1.4 or 1.6),
                YOU DEFINITELY NEED POOLFIX3.PRG!
 
        (2a. STe TOS is just like Rainbow TOS in almost every respect;
it isn't an "enhancement" and you shouldn't wait for it to come out for
the ST.  It's just Rainbow TOS with modifications to make it run the STe.)
 
        3. If you have Rainbow TOS or STe TOS you MIGHT want to use
FOLDR100.PRG.  The management of the internal memory (which
FOLDR100.PRG adds to) is greatly improved, but you can still run out.
It's no longer a question of how many folders you've "seen" but rather
of how many  folders and files are ACTIVE, which is to say, in use at
any one time.  Most people don't open a file 40 directories down in
their heirarchy, or two folders each 20 (different) levels down, or
whatever.
 
        4. If the system ever locks up and tells you to use
FOLDR100.PRG, then you probably should.
 
In short, POOLFIX3 actually fixes a bug which every Rainbow TOS user is
exposed to; FOLDR100.PRG adds memory to an internal pool.  That internal
pool is really badly managed in pre-Rainbow TOSes, and much much better
managed in Rainbow TOS (after you fix the bug by running POOLFIX3),
but in both cases you benefit by using FOLDR100.
 
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Opinions expressed above do not necessarily     -- Allan Pratt, Atari Corp.
reflect those of Atari Corp. or anyone else.      ...ames!atari!apratt
 
"This is an egg, this is a skillet, and THIS is breakfast.  Any questions?"
 
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Date: Sat, 24 Feb 90 13:55:38 PST
From: Peter_Lawrence_Jackson@mtsg.ubc.ca
Subject: scientific plotting program on the ST
Message-ID: <2087035@mtsg.ubc.ca>
 
This is to Dan Crevier (dcrevier@lll-winken.llnl.gov) to whom my mail
bounced:
Dan, I read with interest your recent querry on usenet about printing
using gdos. I regret that I am unable to help, but the description of
your project did spark my interest. I have been looking for a scientific
plotting program with high quality hardcopy for some time now. Do
you have any plans to share your work? If so I would certainly be
interested, and willing to pay a reasonable shareware fee.
Peter. (usermeso@mtsg.ubc.ca or usermeso@ubcmtsg.bitnet)
 
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Date: 24 Feb 90 02:15:10 GMT
From: imagen!atari!apratt@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU  (Allan Pratt)
Subject: STE DMA sound (documentation posted)
Message-ID: <2052@atari.UUCP>
 
Why was this article posted?  That information is available to all
developers, is of limited interest to anyone else, and is protected by
the nondisclosure agreement between developers and Atari.  It's not
that this particular information is  all that secret, but posting it
does constitute a violation of that agreement.  I don't want to be a
bad guy about this, but you shouldn't just key in Atari documentation
and post it.  Among the reasons is that you can get it wrong, or leave
out important stuff, and people will complain to us about things which
are not our fault.
 
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Opinions expressed above do not necessarily     -- Allan Pratt, Atari Corp.
reflect those of Atari Corp. or anyone else.      ...ames!atari!apratt
 
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Date: 23 Feb 90 13:56:52 GMT
From: umich!sharkey!cfctech!teemc!ka3ovk!irscscm!root@CS.YALE.EDU  (Admin)
Subject: ST Software for sale
Message-ID: <1990Feb23.135652.19592@irscscm>
 
ST Software for sale (all items come with original disks and docs of course):
 
Daily Double Horseracing       7
Vampire's Empire               7
Space Station                  6
Roadwar 2000                   7
 
 
Marshall Lake
POB 7332
Washington, DC  20044
Tel 703-533-2132  (evenings)
    202-377-9753  (daytime)
Fax 703-538-4598
uucp: ...?media,teemc,tcsc3b2,ki4pv?!ka3ovk!irscscm!mlake
Internet: mlake@irscscm.UUCP
CIS 73717,3174
GEnie MLAKE
 
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Date: 24 Feb 90 21:47:32 GMT
From: tramp!millert@boulder.colorado.edu  (MILLER TODD C)
Subject: wanted: Atari ST hard drive
Message-ID: <17381@boulder.Colorado.EDU>
 
I'm looking for a used Atari ST hard drive, preferably 30 megs or more, for a
reasonable price.
                  thanx - Todd
 
 
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|                 Todd Miller - millert@tramp.Colorado.EDU                     |
|Some get stoned, some get strange.  Sooner or later it all gets real. Walk on.|
+---------------------------------\Neil Young/---------------------------------+
 
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