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INFO-ATARI16 Digest         Sun, 11 Feb 90       Volume 90 : Issue  187
 
Today's Topics:
                           Dave Small (GBS)
                          Flash 1.6 Problem?
                          GCR 2.5 questions.
                             Help needed
                      INFO-ATARI16 Digest V90 #
                        Large screen monitors
                          Monochrome QUERY?
                       Porfolio Parrallel Tnsf.
                                Rumors
                      Software/mouse problemspr
                    Software Piracy In Atari Clubs
                       ST S/ware Rental Places
                         The 'PHANTOM TYPIST'
                          Uniterm metafiles
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Date: 11 Feb 90 05:07:17 GMT
From: hpfcso!hpldola!ritchie@hplabs.hp.com  (Dave Ritchie)
Subject: Dave Small (GBS)
Message-ID: <11830073@hpldola.HP.COM>
 
>
>Anyone got a reliable mail address for Dave Small that I can use from the UK?
>I have tried 'dsmall@uucp.well' and the long 'un with the 'relay' bit. But
>my messages keep bouncing. I am trying to contact you Dave!
>
 
   You might try 'dsmall@well.uucp' instead.....
 
                                Dave Ritchie
 
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Date: 11 Feb 90 19:45:00 GMT
From:
 cs.utexas.edu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!torsqnt!tmsoft!masnet!canremote!calvin.br
 uner@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu  (CALVIN BRUNER)
Subject: Flash 1.6 Problem?
Message-ID: <90021118332785@masnet.uucp>
 
I am using Flash v1.6, and recently aquired a modem that will give the
response "busy" when the line I am calling is engaged.  There seems to
be a problem with Flash though, in that when it gets the word "busy"
back from the modem, it still remains in dialing mode.  I have to click
the modem a couple of times to get it out of that mode.
I have updated my dial menu and saved the configuration, for the word
"busy" (as well as others), so that isn't it.  The only clue I have is
that it seems to temporarily cure itself when I replace the Flash.cfg
(or whatever the Flash configuration file is called?) with my Flash.cfg
file off my original Flash disk.  This only seems to work temporarily
though.  Any ideas?
---
 * Via ProDoor 3.1R
 
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Date: 11 Feb 90 22:16:24 GMT
From: sun.acs.udel.edu!mikeb@vax1.acs.udel.edu  (mikeb)
Subject: GCR 2.5 questions.
Message-ID: <7764@sun.acs.udel.edu>
 
I just have a couple of questions about GCR.
Will MircoSoft Word work with the GCR?
And, even more important than that:
Will Micro League Baseball II (For the Mac, not atari) run under GCR?
 
Michael Brennan   (mikeb@sun.acs.udel.edu)    "argh!"
 
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Date: 90/02/11 21:30 MEZ
From: Thomas Neser <So01%Dmarum8.Bitnet@Forsythe.Stanford.EDU>
Subject: Help needed
 
Dear netters,
i downloaded bstat and opus from prog-a16@uoguelph. In the Bstat file
the gwbasro.prg was corrupted and when i used my gwbasro from gwbasic3.0
i wouldn't run cause of a bus-error. I couldn't look into the file with
gwbasic.prg. With opus i tried to make charts and used the gdos which
came with the gemini shell. I run the assigner and it was well though
i didn't see what the program did. The fontwidth.prg wouldn't run. When
i had the line 21 text in the assign.sys i stopped with error in font,
when i had 21p in it stopped without message. With 21r gdos wouldn't
load, telling me it couldn't find fontfiles. Has anyone an idea?
Sincerly
Thomas Neser
 
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Date: 11 Feb 90 11:13:00 GMT
From:
 pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!samsung!cs.utexas.edu!jarv
 is.csri.toronto.edu!torsqnt!tmsoft!masnet!canremote!david.schreiber@tut.cis.ohi
 o-state.edu  (DAVID SCHREIBER)
Subject: INFO-ATARI16 Digest V90 #
Message-ID: <90021118332736@masnet.uucp>
 
  Most ST magazines advertise mouses for the ST. I've only seen a
couple, so your selection is not great. There is a cordless mouse for
the ST and the Amiga.
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 * Via ProDoor 3.1R
 
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Date: 10 Feb 90 14:38:14 GMT
From: mcsun!ukc!slxsys!ibmpcug!monck@uunet.uu.net  (Paul Monckton)
Subject: Large screen monitors
Message-ID: <1990Feb10.143814.630@ibmpcug.co.uk>
 
Hi,
Can anyone tell me anything about those MONITERM monitors?
What are they like?
How much are they?
Where can I get one?
etc etc
Thanks,
Paul
--
Automatic Disclaimer:
The views expressed above are those of the author alone and may not
represent the views of the IBM PC User Group.
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Date: 12 Feb 90 01:06:10 GMT
From:
 cs.utexas.edu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!neat.cs.toronto.edu!omicron.cs.fsu.edu!fs
 ucs.cs.fsu.edu!boyd@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu  (Mickey Boyd)
Subject: Monochrome QUERY?
Message-ID: <9002120107.AA07159@fsucs.cs.fsu.edu>
 
In article <16000011@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>, cs325ec@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu writes:
>
>
>       I am in desparate need of a monochrome monitor.  Can
>       anyone recommend the cheapest place to mail order one
>       or is anyone interested in selling theirs?
>
>       Are there third party vendors that make a monitor that
>       can be used on an atari with optional cable making?
>
>       -Thanks.
>
>       -Gregory L. Kerr
 
Well, I can recommend a good place to buy one (for that matter, any Atari
equipment).  It is the Computer Garden, phone 1-800-456-5689.  Bob (the
owner), unpacks and tests every piece of Atari equipment he sells (he is a
registered Atari repair guy).  I have bought my entire system from him, and
I have never had a problem.  I think his price is about $150 for a mono, and
he aligns them if they need it before he sends them out.  He might have some
cheaper ones that don't meet his 100% spec.  It is comforting to know that if
any of my stuff breaks down, I can send it to HIM (not some unknown person)
and get it fixed.  I am in no way connected with him or his store, other than
being a very satisfied customer.
--
 
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              Mickey Boyd            |    "Nobody can be exactly like me.
         FSU Computer Science        |      Even I have trouble doing it."
      mail:  boyd@fsucs.cs.fsu.edu   |              - Tallulah Bankhead
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Date: 11 Feb 90 19:40:00 GMT
From:
 cs.utexas.edu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!torsqnt!tmsoft!masnet!canremote!calvin.br
 uner@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu  (CALVIN BRUNER)
Subject: Porfolio Parrallel Tnsf.
Message-ID: <90021118332768@masnet.uucp>
 
Is there any reason that all of the programs for transferring files
between the Portfolio and and ST seem to use the serial interface?  I
unfortunately had to purchase the parallel interface for use with my IBM
at work.  I'd love to use the built in Portfolio transfer software to
transfer data files to my ST, but haven't seen anything out from Atari
for the ST, that will allow the transfer?  THe only programs I have seen
seem to be PD programs using the serial interface.  Is Atari coming out
with a program for the ST?  Unless there is some technical problem, I
think it would be of great benefit to the users.
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 * Via ProDoor 3.1R
 
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Date: Sun, 11 Feb 90 17:08 EST
From: JOHNBARNES@ENH.NIST.GOV
Subject: Rumors
 
I second Larry Rymal's motion to suppress rumors.  When I hear a rumor I ask for
chapter and verse from primary sources.  If folks on the net want to post
 messages
es about viruses in software let them post messages about ones they have
personally seen.  The ST market has been lucky in this regard, I suspect that
it is because the market is too small to attract the really competent virus
mecahnics.  George Woodside may be another factor because he works hard to
keep them under control.
 
None of this keeps me from being really paranoid.  I have invested close to
$2000 in backup technology so that when the day comes when I have to rebuild
everything I will be able to do so.
 
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Date: 11 Feb 90 11:24:00 GMT
From:
 swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!torsqnt!tmsoft!masnet!canremote!d
 avid.schreiber@ucsd.edu  (DAVID SCHREIBER)
Subject: Software/mouse problemspr
Message-ID: <90021118332752@masnet.uucp>
 
 Well, the latest problem I've had with Word Perfect ST has to do with
indenting. It just isn't indenting a paragraph properly, unless I make
the settings and then go in and backspace a few times - suddenly it
works. Second, I put in a few extra tab settings and a minute later find
that they have been reset to default settings. Sometimes this happens
immediately after tabbing once, sometimes a little later. I can't get my
settings to stick. Since I am in the middle of formatting a rather long
document, these idiosyncracies are driving me absolutely bananas.
---
 * Via ProDoor 3.1R
 
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Date: 11 Feb 90 05:13:31 GMT
From: hpfcso!hpldola!ritchie@hplabs.hp.com  (Dave Ritchie)
Subject: Software Piracy In Atari Clubs
Message-ID: <11830074@hpldola.HP.COM>
 
To all,
 
   P3ACE (Colorado Springs CO) isn't a pirate club either.
 
                                Dave Ritchie
 
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Date: 10 Feb 90 13:55:35 GMT
From: attctc!mjbtn!raider!dlh@EDDIE.MIT.EDU  (Dana L. Holt)
Subject: ST S/ware Rental Places
Message-ID: <174@raider.MFEE.TN.US>
 
 I live in Murfreesboro, Tn. We have an Atari user group in Knoxville that
doesn't do anything other than help new users,sell PD disks,provide latest
Atari info,etc... You can't judge all Atari groups bad because you saw one
 groupcopying software!!! Come on! What's the matter with you??
                                        Dana Holt
                                dlh@raider.mfee.tn.us
** DISCLAIMER????????????????????I DON'T WORK FOR ANYBODY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!**
 
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Date: 10 Feb 90 13:48:26 GMT
From: attctc!mjbtn!raider!dlh@eddie.mit.edu  (Dana L. Holt)
Subject: The 'PHANTOM TYPIST'
Message-ID: <173@raider.MFEE.TN.US>
 
 I just want to say that i've had my ST for 1 1/2 years. (1040STf) I write alot
of source code and i've used many different editors, but i've never come across
the phontom typist. I also see that someone had it happen in Flash, i've used
that also with no problems.. I'm not sure what TOS version I have, but I will
post a followup about that. Any ideas? Why doesn't this happen to me?
                                                    Dana Holt
                                        dlh@radier.mfee.tn.us
** DISCLAIMER????????????????? I DON'T WORK FOR
 ANYBODY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!*B
 
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Date: 11 Feb 90 02:47:19 GMT
From: mcsun!unido!tub!blnosz!ballier@uunet.uu.net  (Ralph Ballier)
Subject: Uniterm metafiles
Message-ID: <287@blnosz.UUCP>
 
In article <3095@caesar.cs.montana.edu> icsu8053@caesar.cs.montana.edu (Craig
 Pratt) writes:
>In article <286@blnosz.UUCP> ballier@blnosz.UUCP (Ralph Ballier) writes:
>>In article <9002040802.AA11879@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> WACKER@CERNVM.BITNET
 (Klaus Wacker) writes:
>>>
>>>[...]
>>>When I try to print directly from Uniterm by selecting 'Printer' rather
>>>than 'Metafile' after hitting Alt-F3, I get an alert box telling me
>>>'Unable to open VDI device'.
>>>[...]
>>I have the same problem like you ('Unable...'). I have written to Simon Poole,
>>but I have not got an answer.
>>
>>Ralph
>
>I have used UniTerm to print and save Tek MetaFiles with no problem. It seems
 to
>work depending upon which GDOS you're using.  Of course, the printer and
>meta.sys file must be in your assign.sys file.  But, I have found that with
>EXACTLY the same assign.sys file, UniTerm would print with my G+Plus but would
>NOT work with the ACM GDOS included with the Gemini desktop.  Don't ask me why,
>it's a mystery to me.  By the way, I finally discovered a program to convert
>the .GEM files produced by UniTerm into the standard .GEM format.  If there are
>enough requests I will post it to comp.binaries.atari.st.  It can be found on
>GEnie as well.
>
>Craig Pratt
>BitNet: Craig.Pratt@msu3.oscs.montana.edu
>GEnie: C.PRATT4
>"The ships hung in the air in much the same way that bricks don't."
>  Douglas Adams, _The_Hitchhiker's_Guide_to_the_Galaxy
 
Look please, this is my assign.sys for G+Plus; is there any mistake ?
 
 
Pfad=C:\GEMSYS.SYS
;
01p SCREEN.SYS
;
02p SCREEN.SYS
ATSS10.FNT
ATSS12.FNT
ATSS18.FNT
ATSS24.FNT
ATTR10.FNT
ATTR12.FNT
ATTR18.FNT
ATTR24.FNT
ATTP10.FNT
;
03p SCREEN.SYS
ATSS10CG.FNT
ATSS12CG.FNT
ATSS18CG.FNT
ATSS24CG.FNT
ATTR10CG.FNT
ATTR12CG.FNT
ATTR18CG.FNT
ATTR24CG.FNT
ATTP10CG.FNT
;
04p SCREEN.SYS
ATSS10.FNT
ATSS12.FNT
ATSS18.FNT
ATSS24.FNT
ATTR10.FNT
ATTR12.FNT
ATTR18.FNT
ATTR24.FNT
ATTP10.FNT
;
21r SLM804.SYS
ATSS10LS.FNT
ATSS12LS.FNT
ATSS18LS.FNT
ATSS24LS.FNT
ATTR10LS.FNT
ATTR12LS.FNT
ATTR18LS.FNT
ATTR24LS.FNT
ATTP10LS.FNT
;
31r META.SYS
ATSS10MF.FNT
ATSS12MF.FNT
ATSS18MF.FNT
ATSS24MF.FNT
ATTR10MF.FNT
ATTR12MF.FNT
ATTR18MF.FNT
ATTR24MF.FNT
ATTP10MF.FNT
 
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