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INFO-ATARI16 Digest         Sun,  6 May 90       Volume 90 : Issue  516
 
Today's Topics:
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               ATARI 800 AND 1050 FLOPPY DRIVE FOR SALE
                                break
                    Diablo 630 emulator for SLM804
                     INFO-ATARI16 Digest V90 #508
                             Smalltalk ??
                    Status of new DVI-ST program?
               Supercharger question and GDOS (2 msgs)
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Date: 6 May 90 06:31:00 GMT
From: usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!rpitsmts!forumexp@ucsd.edu,
Subject: (none)
Message-ID: <11214.5224.forumexp@mts.rpi.edu>
 
 
   Entered: Underground Technologies (R)
   Subject: Seperate Keyboard and CPU
 
       I am planning on butchering my old 1040 into the standard seperate
   keyboard and CPU to allow more space for expansion and the added
   convenience of a detachable keyboard.  I wish to use a 150W power supply
   that are sold to power IBM clones. Are the connections for the ST supply
   the same as the ones for IBM clones? If not is it possible to change
   the connections so this can work?
 
 
                                                      Ken Yu@mts.rpi.edu
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Date: 6 May 90 05:28:17 GMT
From: philmtl!altitude!gammal@uunet.uu.net  (Michael Gammal)
Subject: ATARI 800 AND 1050 FLOPPY DRIVE FOR SALE
Message-ID: <1990May6.052817.24285@altitude.CAM.ORG>
 
v157rsc7@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu (Lawrence N Moskowitz) writes:
 
>I have an Atari 800 with 48K, a 1050 floppy drive, about 30 games, ALL cables
>necessary to operate the system, and a couple of joysticks...  Everything is
>in perfect working order.  Neither the computer nor the drive have ever been
>tinkered with.  Best offer takes it!!!
 
Around what price range are we looking at?
Myself i just need a 1050 drive, but if the price is right....
--
Michael Gammal             Apple //e & Atari Enthusiast         Dawson College
gammal@altitude.CAM.ORG         qp qp qp qp qp qp qp            Montreal, Que.
                                db Support Nature db            Canada
 
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Date: 6 May 90 01:18:25 GMT
From: usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!math.lsa.umich.edu!hyc@ucsd.edu  (Howard
 Chu)
Subject: break
Message-ID: <11916@stag.math.lsa.umich.edu>
 
In article <3060@ultb.isc.rit.edu> jdb9608@ultb.isc.rit.edu (J.D. Beutel)
 writes:
>
>Does anybody know how break (i.e., ~C) works on the ST?
>Is it something in TOS?  (I wouldn't think so since I don't
>remember hearing about it, and I know some programs don't break.)
>Is it done in each language?  For instance, does _main() in
>Sozobon C scan stdin for ~C and _exit() if it sees it?
>(I wouldn't think so since then everything would have to
>worry about it.)
>
Ctrl-C doesn't generate any special interrupt. The behavior of Ctrl-C
resides in the GEMDOS Cconin and Cconout routines. Thus, you can only
use Ctrl-C to terminate a program while it is reading or writing the
console.
 
>I'm asking because I'm toying with the idea of a vi-type
>Korn shell based on RTX.  I like gu:lam but I don't like microEmacs,
>and I miss multi-tasking and job control.  So, thinking about
>device drivers, SIGSTOP, and the like, I really should understand ~C.
>I suppose I could just have the cli slip in an isr to monitor
>whatever tty-type input devices, and grap any ~Z that comes along,
>but there'll probably be complications if I don't understand
>what else is going on.
>
That sounds like the only way to do it.
 
>Or, does Dave Beckmyer's (sp?) shell have vi-like command line editing,
>and job control?  I haven't seen it, and from what I heard it's a C shell,
>but if it does have those other features I'd hate to re-invent the wheel.
>I've seen the RTX docs and have the highest respect for RTX's design
>(it reminds me of the kernel my OS Lab team did).
 
The manual for MT C Shell says there is full screen command-line editing.
It sounds pretty good. I haven't seen it yet, because the disk I received
was bad. The description of the built-in commands reads just like the BSD
C-Shell man page; most of the features are there. Unfortunately, unlike
the BSD shell, looping constructs are only usable in scripts. (So much for
aliases & such that do foreach and while loops...)
 
Meanwhile... Ctrl-C and Ctrl-Z are handled by the tty driver in Unix.
The MT C Shell manual makes no mention of using any special tty driver
with RTX. Wish I could run it right now and find out... (The disk is in
the mail?  
--
  -- Howard Chu @ University of Michigan
  ... the glass is always greener on the side ...
 
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Date: 6 May 90 23:16:32 GMT
From: cs.yale.edu!fischer-michael@CS.YALE.EDU  (Michael Fischer)
Subject: Diablo 630 emulator for SLM804
Message-ID: <25093@cs.yale.edu>
 
In article <$TGRCDDJBDVTQ.at.UMPA> XUUM24@PRIME-A.CENTRAL-SERVICES.UMIST.AC.UK
 (Mr. Stephen Culshaw) writes:
>
>Does anyone have the instructions for this emulator. I got it when
>I bought my SLM804 and sort of got it working but there are some
>weird things about it. Why can you create a config. with more then
>one printer font in it when you can only use the first font in the
>config. list - perhaps its possible to change font (which would be
>very nice). Does anyone know anything about this?
 
Like most printers, the Diablo emulator for the SLM804 accepts a variety
of escape sequences to control various functions.  The sequence
        ESC, SO, d
selects font "d", where d is an ASCII decimal digit.  Here ESC is
ASCII code 27 and SO is ASCII code 14.  Thus, the decimal codes to
select the font in slot 3 are:
        27, 14, 51
(since 51 is the ASCII code for '3').  Many other escape sequences are
supported.  Consult your manual for details.
 
>While I'm asking for documentation does anyone have any on the SLM
>itself? I'd be really interested in knowing how to control the beast.
 
You should have received a manual with your printer.  You'll need it
when time comes to add toner, change drums, clean fuser rollers, and
so forth.  There isn't much to "control" with a laser printer; basically
you feed it with paper and run appropriate software.  There IS a lot that
can be controlled with the Diablo emulator software---you do this with two
programs:  SETUP630.PRG and SETUP630.ACC.  They take the place of the
front panel switches found on other printers.  If you don't have these,
you will need to get them.
 
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Date: Sun, 6 May 90 18:19 CDT
From: DGM%MKVAX1.DECNET%MSUS1.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU
Subject: INFO-ATARI16 Digest V90 #508
 
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Date: 5 May 90 08:53:17 GMT
From: usc!snorkelwacker!ira.uka.de!smurf!gopnbg!mcshh!schiers@ucsd.edu  (Carsten
 Schiers)
Subject: Smalltalk ??
Message-ID: <7434@mcshh.hanse.de>
 
joep@tnosoes.UUCP (Joep Mathijssen) writes:
>Has somebody already seen this smalltalk on a ST???
 
Yes, seen. If I get my 4MB in the next days, I'll tell you, whether
it works.
 
As maybe already mentioned, there is a special price for students
and universities for Smalltalk-80 from ParcPlaceSystems at Georg
Heeg at Unido. The normal distribution is about DM 400,-. I do not
know, whether he is allowed to distribute it outside Germany.
 
CU Carsten.
unido!imdm.uke.uni-hamburg.dbp.de!schiers
unido!netmbx!mcshh!schiers
 
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Date: 6 May 90 03:54:27 GMT
From:
 swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!mailrus!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!dsrgsun.CES.CWRU.Edu!bammi@uc
 sd.edu  (Jwahar R. Bammi)
Subject: Status of new DVI-ST program?
Message-ID: <BAMMI.90May5225427@fermi.ces.cwru.edu>
 
In article <9005041334.AA06628@lonex.radc.af.mil> longj@LONEX.RADC.AF.MIL
 (Jeffrey K. Long) writes:
 
> Does anyone know the status of the new version of DVIST (the .dvi previewer)
> that was discussed on the net about 2 months ago?  The author (I can't
 remember)
> stated that he should soon release an improved version with support for color
 
i dont know about dvist, but a new version of Robert Stabl's showdvi (v 0.80)
is available for FTP on dsrgsun.ces.cwru.edu in
pub/atari/StTeX/showdvi-0.80.zoo. this version will run on color too.
besides this change, the new version  has lots of new features, is
much more flexible in terms of setup, options etc. IMHO showdvi is the
best dvi previewer for the St, commercial or otherwise. kudos to
Robert Stabl and Georg Hessman for the great job they have done with
showdvi/flib/dviprint.
 
PS: if you get showdvi for the first time, please pick up showdvifonts.zoo
(the font libraries) from dsrgsun too. if you already have the font
libraries (from the comp.binaries.atari.st posting of the earlier
version of showdvi, or from dsrgsun), before you use the new version
of showdvi, you will need to convert the font libraries into the new format.
to do this run ``flib -z <library>'' (using the new version of flib.ttp,
also in showdvi-0.80.zoo).
 
PPS: showdvi-0.80.zoo also contains flib.c, that can be compiled on a
unix host too, making it convenient to make font libraries on your
unix host, if you run MFont there.
--
bang:   
domain: bammi@dsrgsun.ces.CWRU.edu
GEnie:  J.Bammi
 
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Date: 6 May 90 09:32:33 GMT
From: zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!jarthur!uci-ics!wngai@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu
  (Wayne Ngai)
Subject: Supercharger question and GDOS
Message-ID: <2643EF31.13001@paris.ics.uci.edu>
 
Hi, can someone please tell me what intel processor does the supercharger
uses, is it 286?  Also, can someone please send me a 24-pin printer driver
for the EPSON LQ500 and LQ510?  I have the printer driver for LQ800 but
not the ones above.  I am asking this for a friend.
 
thanks in advance!
 
Wayne,
 
 
wngai@paris.ics.uci.edu
 
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Date: 6 May 90 22:22:41 GMT
From: portal!cup.portal.com!buggs@apple.com  (William Edward JuneJr)
Subject: Supercharger question and GDOS
Message-ID: <29667@cup.portal.com>
 
>Wayne,
>wngai@paris.ics.uci.edu
>Hi, can someone please tell me what intel processor does the supercharger
>uses, is it 286?
 
I understand it to use a V20 or 30 processor, NO Intel processor.
 
Gee, now WHERE ARE the '386 emulators, I'd like one of those!
Ed June
 
buggs@cup.portal.com      <--- what is this? A UUCP address?
 
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