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INFO-ATARI16 Digest         Sat, 24 Feb 90       Volume 90 : Issue  256
 
Today's Topics:
          How To Partition Megafile 30 for ST/PC/Mac s/ware
                  Lab write-ups/Scientific Plotting
                     Load desk accessory (2 msgs)
                      Memory speeds of ST & STE
   Print Desktop (Alt-HELP) with Epson 24 pin printer - HELP NEEDED
                       Terminal desk accessory
                TOS Bugs (Questions to Ken and Allan.)
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Date: 24 Feb 90 23:20:03 GMT
From: att!dptg!lzsc!hcj@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU  (HC Johnson)
Subject: How To Partition Megafile 30 for ST/PC/Mac s/ware
Message-ID: <1328@lzsc.ATT.COM>
 
In article <1990Feb23.070236.20529@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu>,
 ia4@cunixd.cc.columbia.edu (Imran Anwar) writes:
> Hi. I am sure these questions have been asked (and answered) previosuly but
> I have no other source to ask....
>
> I have the Mega4, Megafile30 and color & B/W monitors.  I need to be able to
> partition the hard drive so that I have 2 ST partitions for work and music
> s/ware and one each for PC-Ditto and Mac s/ware. How do I go about doing it.
>
 
PC-Ditto will use any TOS partition.  It would prefer to muck with C:.
(See below also.).  MAC, if done by Spectre or Magic Sac, will  gladly take
a TOS partition (empty I hope), destroy it, and make it its own.  At which
time it will be known as ACK.  SO,
 
You must have a partition for MAC, and at least one for TOS/PC-Ditto.
Because of how MAC uses partitions I would recommend:
 
30 Meg total:
        First for TOS, will be called C: 10 meg or so
        Second for TOS, will be called D: 9 meg or so.  Or just one for 19 Meg.
(16 meg max  for TOS 1.1)  Use TOS for  PC-Ditto.
        Third for MAC, 1 meg: used to 'boot' up mac. -- read manual.
        Forth for MAC, 9 meg: or more; use for data storage. (The more the better).
 
> Another question...before the hard drive I had a RAMDISK program in my auto
> qwfoldewhich gave me a C: Ramdisk.  Now that I had formatted the Megafile
> as 4 ST partitions of C, D, E and F I reinstalled the RAMDISK as G but it
> does not work.  Is the RAMDISK supposed to be logically before the Hard drive
> partitions?  So do I have to re-format the HD with new drive letters?
 
 
The letters are assigned by TOS and the driver.  It is not in the partitioning.
First TOS partition is C:
Second TOS partition is D:
If the partitions are labeled in a different order, first TOS means just that,
not the FIRST one.
 
A Ramdisk must be COMPILED or CONFIGURED for is letter.  if you want it to be
G:, and do not know how to configure it, its probably hardwired to be C:.
 
Get another RAMDISK.
 
Howard C. Johnson
ATT Bell Labs
=====NEW address====
att!lzsc!hcj
hcj@lzsc.att.com
 
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Date: 25 Feb 90 04:32:34 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: Lab write-ups/Scientific Plotting
Message-ID: <9002250433.AA12477@fsucs.cs.fsu.edu>
 
In article <46300088@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu>, eer36024@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu writes:
>
>
>       I want to use my ST to produce lab write-ups from my Physics classes.
>However, I am not certain if the software that I require exists.  I have
>a Mega 4, mono monitor, and HP DeskJet.
>
>       My needs are basically three:
>
>               1: I need the ability to do graphs with error bars and
>                  have one or both axes be logarithmic, and to have
>                   the program do some type of curve fit to the data
>
>               2: Moderately complex mathematical expressions should
>                  be possible.
>
>               3: Diagrams should be able to be imported.  Preferably,
>                  .GEM format, but .IMG or .P?3 would be marginally
>                  acceptable.
>
 
Well, there is one program that you could try for fairly cheap, and it just
might do the trick.  It is called Sci-Plot, on the Nov 88 Start disk.  I would
order the back issue, if possible, to get the program instructions (inside the
mag).  It is a very capable program, giving one access to a custom font set
which includes greek letters and math symbols (one can also create a new font
for a specific task).  The only problem that I can see is the output to your
Deskjet.  I seem to remember that it can output to the printer in high or
low res (??), and that the high res looks really good (on my cruddy dot matrix)
it can also create a PI3 dump of the graph.  Anyway, if you cannot get a back
issue of that mag, email me direct, and maybe we can work something out.
 
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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: 25 Feb 90 02:29:41 GMT
From: jarthur!uci-ics!gateway@uunet.uu.net  (Wayne Ngai)
Subject: Load desk accessory
Message-ID: <25E74315.25927@paris.ics.uci.edu>
 
Does anyone know of ANY program that will let you load a desk accessory without
rebooting at anytime??  (both load and unload if possible)
 
 
wayne
 
wngai@paris.ics.uci.edu
 
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Date: 25 Feb 90 04:38:40 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: Load desk accessory
Message-ID: <9002250440.AA12594@fsucs.cs.fsu.edu>
 
In article <25E74315.25927@paris.ics.uci.edu>, wngai@paris.ics.uci.edu (Wayne
 Ngai) writes:
>Does anyone know of ANY program that will let you load a desk accessory without
>rebooting at anytime??  (both load and unload if possible)
>
>
>wayne
>
>wngai@paris.ics.uci.edu
 
Multidesk, by Codehead Software does this.  It is a very well behaved program,
and is one of the little necessities (USII, G+PLUS, Neodesk) that makes the
ST just a little bit easier to work with.
 
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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: 24 Feb 90 22:27:00 GMT
From: mcsun!ukc!newcastle.ac.uk!turing!q1cbw@uunet.uu.net  (D.C. Halliday)
Subject: Memory speeds of ST & STE
Message-ID: <1990Feb24.222700.22004@newcastle.ac.uk>
 
Can someone out there tell me what memory speed is required for the
STe or standard ST. (I suspect 100ns) Also if I use faster memory such
as 70ns will asyncronous tasks such as burst filling a 16Mhz
Hypercache or DMA access will these be faster?
 
With the new MMU in the STe and spare/reserved bit patterns in the
memory configuration can the STE's memory be expanded beyond 4MB. (I
guess adding a new bank size of 8MB would be possible thus allowing
the full 16MB of address space.) any comments?
 
Many Thanks
 
Dave H.
 
(D.C.Halliday@newcastle.ac.uk)
 
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Date: 25 Feb 90 02:28:08 GMT
From:
 zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!jarthur!uci-ics!gateway@tut.cis.oh
 io-state.edu  (Wayne Ngai)
Subject: Print Desktop (Alt-HELP) with Epson 24 pin printer - HELP NEEDED
Message-ID: <25E742B8.25892@paris.ics.uci.edu>
 
I have recently bought an Epson LQ-510, I don't seem to be able to print
a desktop screen using ALT-HELP command.  Is there anything I need to
adjust?  If so, what??  Any help is appreciated!!  Thanks!!
 
 
wayne
 
wngai@paris.ics.uci.edu
 
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Date: 25 Feb 90 02:31:32 GMT
From: uci-ics!gateway@cs.ucla.edu  (Wayne Ngai)
Subject: Terminal desk accessory
Message-ID: <25E74384.25975@paris.ics.uci.edu>
 
Does anyone knows of any good terminal DESK ACCESSORY (like the one come with
the atari system disk)???
 
 
wayne
 
wngai@paris.ics.uci.edu
 
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Date: 24 Feb 90 22:06:35 GMT
From: mcsun!ukc!newcastle.ac.uk!turing!q1cbw@uunet.uu.net  (D.C. Halliday)
Subject: TOS Bugs (Questions to Ken and Allan.)
Message-ID: <1990Feb24.220635.21908@newcastle.ac.uk>
 
During  the last few weeks a great amount of band width has been taken
up on the subject of TOS bugs and the  coresponding  fixes.  Being  an
owner  of an STE (I previously owned a STfm) I would realy apriciate a
list of known bugs and the required  fix  program.  So  which  of  the
following effect TOS 1.6.
 
   RTS/CTS problem on the RS232.
   Pool size bug (as per FolderXXX fix)
   Pool bug (as per POOLFIX3)
   Medium res bug.
 
Also  I  have  noticed  that  when double clicking on a .prg file I am
sometimes told that this file can only be SHOWN or PRINTED. Yet  if  I
try it again (Or perhaps a few times) it will run fine.
 
   Any others I have missed out.
 
So,  which fixes are required and where can I obtain them? Would it be
possible to bundle all of  these  into  an  archive  and  post  it  to
com.sys.binaries.atari.st.  (as  was  done  with  the  TOS  1.4  fixes
recently) and if so perhaps bundle the following also.
 
   New STE control panel.  (Atari uk have yet to supply me with one
                            I sent my disk of some 5 weeks ago.)
   CACHnnn.prg             (Hard disk cache.)
 
Many thanks.
 
Dave H.
 
(D.C.Halliday@newcastle.ac.uk)
 
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