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INFO-ATARI16 Digest         Fri, 23 Feb 90       Volume 90 : Issue  252
 
Today's Topics:
                            4 Meg upgrades
                      Editor Wanted!!! (2 msgs)
                             MEI Floppies
                          rom port, pcspeed
                        umoria 5.0 for the ST
         Uniterm/Terminal Emulators Questions (additional..)
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Date: 23 Feb 90 19:25:30 GMT
From:
 elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!carroll1!dnewton@decwr
 l.dec.com  (Dave Newton the Late)
Subject: 4 Meg upgrades
Message-ID: <1239@carroll1.cc.edu>
 
   I've got a 1040STfm that I'd like to upgrade to 4 Meg so I can use g++.
I'd like any information on upgrade kits, i.e. company, price, can it go from
2 Meg to 4 Meg without throwing away some chips, etc.
   If there is sufficient interest I will summarize to the net.
   Thanks in advance...
 
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David L. Newton                 |           uunet!marque!carroll1!dnewton
(414) 524-7343 (work)           |              dnewton@carroll1.cc.edu
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Date: 23 Feb 90 22:45:16 GMT
From: mentor.cc.purdue.edu!lawdm@ee.ecn.purdue.edu  (Dan Lawrence)
Subject: Editor Wanted!!!
Message-ID: <7819@mentor.cc.purdue.edu>
 
In article <9002230802.AA04386@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> ESSER@DBNPIB5.BITNET
 ("Bernd_Esser") writes:
>A few days ago, i installed Overscan in my Mega. Unfortunately i had to
>recognize that none of my editors can work with the higher resolution.
>My question is: Is there somebody who kwows an editor that will work in
>overscan mode( i am using a b/w monitor)?
 
Using any MicroEMACS from version 3.9 up, add the following line to
your emacs.rc file:
 
        set $sres DENSE
 
        and MicroEMACS will go into 50 line mode.  If the VT52 screen
emulator works within overscan mode you can also add the lines:
 
        60 change-screen-size
        90 change-screen-width
        clear-and-redraw
 
        to use the extra space.
 
                        Daniel Lawrence  voice: (317) 742-5153
                                          arpa: dan@midas.mgmt.purdue.edu
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Date: 24 Feb 90 00:22:37 GMT
From:
 cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sunybcs!sybil.cs.Buffalo.EDU!be
 diako@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu  (Bernard Bediako)
Subject: Editor Wanted!!!
Message-ID: <18252@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU>
 
About Oversacn.....
I thought it was software AND hardware modification.
Do I only need the overscan prg. and no changes to the monitor.
Can someone post the explanantion on how to change the monitor?
thanks..
 
Bernard Bediako  --------=-=-=-=-=->    DOMAIN: bediako@cs.buffalo.edu
"You CAN have your cake and eat it!"
 
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Date: 15 Feb 90 13:43:50 GMT
From:
 nisca.ircc.ohio-state.edu!hpuxa.ircc.ohio-state.edu!mccarty@tut.cis.ohio-state.
 edu  (James E. McCarty)
Subject: MEI Floppies
Message-ID: <777@nisca.ircc.ohio-state.edu>
 
I live in Columbus, Ohio, the home of MEI and MicroCenter and
have purchased many diskettes from them over the years. Several
of us would get together and by 500-1000 at a time.  Most of the
time we had very good experience (less than 1% bad with the
people at the store always ready to make replacements).  However,
last year wee got a bunch of diskettes that were trash.  35-40%
failures.  There were obvious scratches of the surfaces.
We carted most of them back and got a refund on some and replacements
on others.  The next batch was better, but not as good as in the
past.
 
I refuse to bitch about the experience for several reasons:
 
 - MicroCenter has always done the "right thing" by either
   replacing the diskettes or refunding my money.
 
 - By buying at such a cheap price, I feel I also am taking a bit
   of risk for the better price.
 
 - As competition as driven the price for diskettes down, they have
   become a strictly price commodity.  I am sure MicroCenter focuses
   on price and occasionally will have a bad batch of diskettes.
   They move such a quantity that they can not test every batch.
 
 
BTW - MicroCenter (MEI's retail arm) does not sell Atari.  They are
   all IBM and Apple.  While most of the sales people are good;
   they do have a few that go out of their way to bad mouth the
   ST.  (As if we don't do well enough here B~) ).
 
I am not a MicroCenter employee; just a reasonably pleased customer.
 
Jim McCarty - OSU            (Insert clever stuff here)
 
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Date: Fri, 23 Feb 90 21:20:28 GMT
From: Ian D Hawkins
 <idh%NABLA.ELECTRICAL-ENGINEERING.UMIST.AC.UK@Forsythe.Stanford.EDU>
Subject: rom port, pcspeed
Message-ID: <9002232120.a018174@nabla.electrical-engineering.umist.ac.uk>
 
I would like to know the timing of /uds, /rom_select and
address valid on the st's rom port,  can anyone help ?.  Also
is it possible to read from the rom port using pc-speed ?,  and
finally what is the sm124 hardware hack that enables the
pc-speed to do 'hyper' hercules emulation,  and has anyone got
the hercules mode to work with graphics in quick-basic 4?.
(The pc-speed disk refers to the hack,  but the UK distributors
apparently have not yet been told what it is).  Any help
appreciated,
Ian Hawkins:  idh@uk.ac.umist.electrical-enginneering.nabla
 
 
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Date: 23 Feb 90 22:10:04 GMT
From: chinet!saj@gargoyle.uchicago.edu  (Stephen Jacobs)
Subject: umoria 5.0 for the ST
Message-ID: <1990Feb23.221004.2661@chinet.chi.il.us>
 
Just a little teaser on the state of the major umoria upgrade as it relates
to the ST.  Jim Wilson's code appears to be compilable directly with GNU
C.  I'm working on changes for Mark Williams C.  At present, umoria 5.0
compiles links and runs on the ST with Mark Williams C, but it crashes
right away.  The ST probably won't be far behind other platforms for the new
release of Moria.  And the good part is that the new version is A LOT more
compact than the old one.  There's a decent chance it'll run on 520-s.
                                       Steve J.
 
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Date: 23 Feb 90 19:17:23 GMT
From:
 elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!lavaca.uh.edu!judy!cosc10hv@de
 cwrl.dec.com  (Paul Sears)
Subject: Uniterm/Terminal Emulators Questions (additional..)
Message-ID: <5639.25e537e3@judy.uh.edu>
 
In article <9002220808.AA28354@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>, RJOHNSON@CEBAFVAX.BITNET
 writes:
>      Could someone tell me if there is a more recent version of Uniterm than
> 2.0e? If there is, does it have full 132 column capability instead of the
> previous 128? If not, is there a good commercial or PD program that will serve
> as a full 132 column VT200 emulator? I really need the full 132 capability.
> Thanks in advance to anyone kind enough to respond.
>
> "Certain it is and sure,     BITNET:   RJOHNSON@CEBAFVAX
> love burns, ale burns,       INTERNET: RJOHNSON%CEBAF2.DNET@SURAGATE.CEBAF.GOV
> fire burns, politics burns.  DECNET:   6415::RJOHNSON
> But cold is life without     Reality:  Rick R. Johnson
> them".- S'Task of ch'Havran  =================================================
 
I am also interested in a version of either Uniterm or some other PD emulator
that will support color VT340's.  UofH is currently running Vax VMS 5.2 and
soon to be 5.3 and it supoorts the 340 emulation.  The school has around 15 of
the 340 terminals and the are much nicer than the mono vt320's.  Anyway, since
I have both color and mono monitors at home, I was wondering if there was any
support for the vt340's in a possible new version of Uniterm (I have 2.0e).  I
would rather use color than mono....
 
 
 
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