 
INFO-ATARI16 Digest         Fri, 19 Jan 90       Volume 90 : Issue   69
 
Today's Topics:
                             dissassembly
                           GnuEmacs V18.55
                      HD... is it there or not?
                             Re~2: MIXED
                           Sound question.
                              SWITCHBACK
              TeX on the ST from Current Notes Magazine
                            TT availablity
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Date: 18 Jan 90 18:10:45 GMT
From: att!dptg!lzsc!hcj@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU  (HC Johnson)
Subject: dissassembly
Message-ID: <1222@lzsc.ATT.COM>
 
In article <16687@laurel.athertn.Atherton.COM>, alex@athertn.Atherton.COM (Alex
 Leavens) writes:
>          made to Malloc(), which is good, since Malloc() will
>          fail after some fixed (albeit large) number of calls.
>          (The Malloc() call limit can be raised by using
>
> I ran into this problem myself in a program I'm writing;  I was
> doing _lots_ of little malloc()'s (roughly 1K each), and I was
 
I found in MWC , using TOS 1.4 that there are still only a small finite
number of Malloc calls allowed (20 min, 32 max).
 
What MWC did is make the clicksize, that is the size asked for from Malloc
user adjustable.
 
When I ported STEVIE to the ST, I first find out how large the file is,
and set the clicksize to about 1/16 of that size.  Then malloc()
calls Malloc only about 16 times.  Works great.
 
Howard C. Johnson
ATT Bell Labs
=====NEW address====
att!lzsc!hcj
hcj@lzsc.att.com
 
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Date: 19 Jan 90 08:42:07 GMT
From: usenet.ins.cwru.edu!usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu!bammi@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu
 (Jwahar R. Bammi)
Subject: GnuEmacs V18.55
Message-ID: <BAMMI.90Jan19033808@dsrgsun.ces.CWRU.Edu>
 
i grabbed a copy of GnuEmacs V18.55 port for the atari by Edgar Roeder
from unido. it is now available for FTP from dsrgsun.ces.cwru.edu in
the directory ?ftp/pub/atari
        emacs-18.55.zoo         edgars distribution
        emacs-doc.zoo           additional emacs docs as distributed by
                                FSF with emacs V18.55
 
edgar has done a really terrific job on this port. with undumping,
emacs startup is a snap. thanks edgar.
--
 
 
--
bang:   ?any internet host?!dsrgsun.ces.CWRU.edu!bammi  jwahar r. bammi
domain: bammi@dsrgsun.ces.CWRU.edu
GEnie:  J.Bammi
 
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Date: 19 Jan 90 04:33:19 GMT
From: att!cbnewsl!mgh1@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU  (matthew.g.hetman)
Subject: HD... is it there or not?
Message-ID: <3729@cbnewsl.ATT.COM>
 
In article <7457@chaph.usc.edu>, baffoni@aludra.usc.edu (Juxtaposer) writes:
>
>       HELP!
>
>       I am building a drive for my ST:  I am using an old xt case w/ 63 wattt
> power supply, Quantum Prodrive80, and an ICD host controller.  I have
 assembled
> the unit; the drive powers up and the ICD format software boots the clock info
> from the host controller.  The problem is, when the software scans for a SCSI
> device (the Quantum has an imbedded SCSI controller), it cannot find any SCSI
> devices.  I know the drive works because I had a friend format it on a MacII
> and run a surface scan (and found NO errors).  Can anyone think of a
 reasonable
I also had similar problems setting up a ICD FA-ST Hard drive kit with the
Quantum 80. I contacted ICD on this and they said I needed newer software frfoom
ICD to format it. I then download the software from their board and sure
enough they had an option for the Quantum. Unfortunately, it did not work
either so I gave up on trying it. I have since adopted the Quantum on my Amiga
and substituted a Seagate 157n on the ICD FA-ST kit. I hope you have better
luck.....
 
 
  ________      ______                                       Matthew G. Hetman
( /  /  /        / /          /   /     ____                 AT&T Bell Labs
 /  /  /   _    / /          /---/       /   ____  _    __   (201) 386-7259
/  /  (___/-\__/ /____      /   (___()__/____///__/-\__/ /_  attbl!ho5cad!mgh
 
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Date: 19 Jan 90 10:48:45 GMT
From:
 zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!
 uxa.cso.uiuc.edu!mts10271@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu
Subject: Re~2: MIXED
Message-ID: <111500082@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu>
 
        Could someone please post some more info. on the overscan
    program?  What is the difference between this and the hardware
    overscan (different resolutions, compatibility, etc.)?  Where
    is it available?  I have been thinking about doing the hardware
    hack for some time now, and would be very interested in a easier
    software solution. Thanks.
 
                                        Mike Stepniczka
                                        mts10271@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu
 
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Date: 16 Jan 90 19:41:08 GMT
From: iconsys!caeco!i-core!ken@uunet.uu.net  (Ken MacLeod)
Subject: Sound question.
Message-ID: <1990Jan16.194108.12760@i-core.UUCP>
 
In article <5324@bgsuvax.UUCP>, sbrown@bgsuvax.UUCP (Scott F. Brown) writes:
>
>
>       Well I figured out one of my problems with sound but the next problem
>is purely due to lack of being able to find documentation on it.  My question
>is what are values that must be placed in Sound registers 0-5 to achieve notes?
>I am not musically inclined and I cannot tell by just listening.  To clarify my
>question, what values must I use to "hit" certain notes?  Telling me what
>values I need to hit certain wavelengths would also be acceptable.  Also, feel
>free to include any extra info about sound since I am still learning it.
>BTW:  I would prefer the answer to be mailed to me.  Thanks...
>
>******************************************************************************
>*      - The people of the earth stood waiting                              *
>*        Watching as the ships came one by one                              *
>*        Setting fire to the sky as they landed                             *
>*        Carrying to the world Children of the Sun                          *
>*      Billy Thorpe                                                         *
>*                                                                            *
>*                                              -Scott F. Brown              *
>*                                                                            *
>*                                              sbrown@andy.bgsu.edu.uucp     *
>******************************************************************************
 
  Umm, could you get a .signature that is slightly _smaller_ than the message
it accompanies?  My modem and I thank you.
--
Ken MacLeod, Barkeep
Bitsko's Bar & Grill BBS, +1 801 269-0670
ken@i-core.uucp
 
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Date: 18 Jan 90 18:17:18 GMT
From: att!dptg!lzsc!hcj@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU  (HC Johnson)
Subject: SWITCHBACK
Message-ID: <1223@lzsc.ATT.COM>
 
In article <1924@uwm.edu>, sinner@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Ken E Sinner) writes:
> I am seeking information from users of a product called SWITCHBACK,
> made by a company called Alpha Systems.  Specifically, what programs
> work with it, and which don't?
 
All my programs work with it.
 
Switchback sets up an interrupt from the line printer port.  When the button
is pressed is activates a TSR program that saves the WHOLE ram image, and
allows it to be restored.
 
Programs that will fail to work with it either:
1. have been cludged to screw the printer port to do in Switchback OR
2. load into all of memory.  Thus a Game the you BOOT never gets to TOS
and never gets the TSR program loaded.
 
Most if not all copy-protect schemes deal with loading and starting the
program.  Once they are running, the key disk is not required.
Thus Switchback works well, as it saves the running program after the
copy protection testing phase.
 
Howard C. Johnson
ATT Bell Labs
=====NEW address====
att!lzsc!hcj
hcj@lzsc.att.com
 
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Date: Fri, 19 Jan 90 09:54 EST
From: JOHNBARNES@ENH.NIST.GOV
Subject: TeX on the ST from Current Notes Magazine
 
To All Netters who wish to use TeX on the ST
 
Current Notes Magazine for December 1989 has an excellent article on
TeX for the ST.  They also have five discs in their library that
represent the distribution kit including LaTeX, MetaFont, SliTeX,
PicTex, and (I think) BibTeX.  The discs come with documentation and
examples for their use.
 
There is no doubt that TeX is the best tool available on the ST for
doing any kind of publishing that involves a substantial amount of
material, such as software manuals and books.
 
Horace Mitchell, the author of the piece, did an outstanding job of
putting all of this together and providing extra documentation.
 
Current Notes can be reached at 122 N. Johnson Rd, Sterling, VA 22170.
Phone: 703-450-4761.
 
I helped Horace test out this distribution and I am satisfied that it
mill meet the needs of most Atarians.
 
If this is interpreted as a commercial message, so be it.  I can assure
you that no one is making any money off the deal.  This magazine exists
to help Atari users.
 
John D. Barnes
 
The opinions and information given above do not represent positions of
the sender's employer.
 
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Date: 19 Jan 90 06:51:45 GMT
From: pacbell!sactoh0!mfolivo@ames.arc.nasa.gov  (Mark F. Newton)
Subject: TT availablity
Message-ID: <2454@sactoh0.UUCP>
 
In article <1990Jan17.230810.17704@Solbourne.COM>, stevem@katmandu.Solbourne.COM
 (Stephen Matson) writes:
>
>
>         Later Atari, I'm not waiting around for your lies anymore.
>
>   "FRODO LIVES"                                "COLORADO!!"
 
Well, good riddance to bad rubbish. Ohhhh, poor baby! He can't get
a TT... Well, frankly, I, and more than a few of us could not care
less. Apple or Amiga *deserve* someone like him. And "FRODO
LIVES"??? The rallying call for extreme nerds. I'm surprised that
anyone uses that old saw, it's about 20 years old, ne?
 
I've seen enough people cry to their mothers that Atari did/does
this, wahhhhhh! I don't wanna play anymore with them...
 
Well, wake up to the real world buddy, pull your head out. Do you
think for a moment that when Apple announces, it will ship on time,
every time? Remember the announcements for the Macintosh, and
especially the much ballyhooed new type of disk drive *that did not
work*??? Millions spent on the drive, and it didn't work better
than the Sony 3.5" drive. So they made that oddity, the GCR drive,
and you get a computer that costs more, uses a totally odd drive,
than other current systems that at least have similar performance.
 
Gee, grow up, and get a life...
 
Mark Newton-John
 
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