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INFO-ATARI16 Digest         Thu,  8 Feb 90       Volume 90 : Issue  175
 
Today's Topics:
                        16 meg partition limit
                   Epson Emulator for laser printer
                            FTP'ing files
                          OS/9 for Atari ST
                         Questions about TeX
                         Review of Sozobon C
                       ST S/ware Rental Places
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Date: 8 Feb 90 20:47:16 GMT
From: zephyr.ens.tek.com!orca.wv.tek.com!pogo!bluneski@beaver.cs.washington.edu
 (Bob Luneski)
Subject: 16 meg partition limit
Message-ID: <8511@pogo.WV.TEK.COM>
 
In article <4885cc32.14a1f@force.UUCP>, covertr@force.UUCP (Richard E. Covert)
writes:
 
>Bob, I am writing Yet Another Disk Backup Program (YADBP tm of ME!!) and just
>how can I get the disk free space of a mountable device (like a floppy, or a
>sysquest cartidge, or even an optical floppy!!) if I can not rely on the
>repeated use of dfree??
 
Why YADBP? Just buy Diamond Back(grin)
 
>This is a serious bug for me because I had planned to just call dfree() and be
>done with it. Now I need some other routine. I guess I can take your hint about
>reading the boot sector and getting the sector size from there. But are there
>risks in doing that?? Will that crash the system also?? Or does someone have a
>non-crashing version of dfree() that I can use?
 
You don't want to just call Dfree because 1) It will cause system failure with
repeated use and 2) it is VERRRRRRRY SLOOOOOOW for even small sized media.
You can do the same job yourself reliably and much faster. All the information
you need to determine free space on the disk is contained in the disk boot
sector and the FAT table, you just have to know how to piece it together. When
making your own disk free calculations it is important to remember that the ST
file system is based on clusters not on bytes.  If you do it right, there is
no danger in doing it yourself and significantly less danger than letting
TOS do it.
 
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*  Bob Luneski                                                             *
*  Diamond Back Support Hotline:  bluneski@pogo.WV.TEK.COM                 *
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*  The opinions expressed herein are my own and in no way reflect the      *
*  opinions of Tektronix, Inc.                                             *
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Date: 8 Feb 90 22:05:31 GMT
From: isc-br!iscuve.isc-br.com!michaela@uunet.uu.net  (Michael Albo)
Subject: Epson Emulator for laser printer
Message-ID: <2739@isc-br.ISC-BR.COM>
 
Thank you Rolph Haglund for your information on the Epson Emulation
for the Atari Laser Printer.
 
To everyone interested in the subject, Atari has recently posted to
Genie the European Epson Emulation for their laser printer. It has
a few problems but seems to work well for the most part. It sure eats
up a lot of memory though!
 
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Date: 8 Feb 90 02:12:10 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: FTP'ing files
Message-ID: <9002080211.AA29122@fsucs.cs.fsu.edu>
 
In article <9002070806.AA13282@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>, S54394GR@ETSUACAD.BITNET
 (Robert Gambs) writes:
>I am new to the FTP system and was wondering if someone could give me some
>help.  All the files I have tried to download have gone bad.  when I try to
>unARC them, they give me a 'bad header' error.  Can someone with experience
>in this area help me?
>
>
>                       Thanks,
>
>                              Robert Gambs
>                            (S54394GR at ETSUACAD)
 
Make sure you set it to binary mode (usually the command 'binary').  To get
ls to work after you have done this, you must set it back to ascii (with, you
guessed it, 'ascii').  If you still have the problem, try setting it to
telex (I think, something like that).  Usually a '?' will get you a help sheet.
 
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         Mickey Boyd                 |    "Nobody can be exactly like me.
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Date: Thu, 8 Feb 90 16:34 EST
From: JOHNBARNES@ENH.NIST.GOV
Subject: OS/9 for Atari ST
 
I have a copy of OS-9 Personal for the Atari ST.  I would like to make contact
with someone who can help me bring it up on my system.  I have a Mega 4, ICD
host adapter, Seagate ST251, and Syquest 544? (44 Meg removable).  I plan to
put the OS/9 stuff on a removable cartridge.
 
Send Mail to JOHNBARNES@ENH.NIST.GOV (INTERNET)
             JOHNBARNES@NBSENH       (BITNET).
 
This operating system is being evaluated alongside of the the Beckenmeyer
MT C Shell for a possible article on Atari Multitasking.
 
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Date: 8 Feb 90 23:11:15 GMT
From: tahoe!wheeler!mikew@apple.com  (Mike Whitbeck)
Subject: Questions about TeX
Message-ID: <3554@tahoe.unr.edu>
 
In article <38.25cdb349@lne.kth.se> hagelin@lne.kth.se writes:
||
||      Questions about TeX for the ST.
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||
|| I have seen that TeX is sometimes mentioned in this newsgroup. Does TeX
 really
|| exist for the Atari ST ?  How much memory does it use, do I have to have a
 
YES! several implementations are available I use Ctex2.9
 
|| laserprinter, is it fully compatible with TeX on BIG computers, can I
 transfer
 
You can use EPSON or deskjet or ...
 
|| a DVI-file from the Atari to another computer and still wind up with a
|| beautifully TeX:ed text ?  Where can I find TeX and is it public domain ?
 
Absolutely! Just make sure that you have the same (and complete)
font files. However the formatting is so fast it is often more
convienent to just reformat the *.tex files on the bigger
machine (this is what I usually do--- gets past the problem of
missing fonts).
 
TeX is sort-of-PD (copyrigted but free) complete packages can be
ftp'd from atari archives like terminator and cwru (best
package). You can also buy ($150?) a complete package from the
authors of a GERMAN ST port. Current Notes carries a
distribution for a few bucks ($6?) as well.
 
||
|| I would appriciate an answer to these quesTeXions and anything else that is
|| worth knowing about this subject...
||
||              Thanks in advance
||                                      Martin
 
IMHO TeX + postscript beats almost all the of the so-called
DTP's available commercially... and it's (almost)FREE!
 
 ? ___________________________________________________________
 ? |Mike Whitbeck             | mikew@wheeler.wrc.unr.edu    |
 ? |__________________________|__RENO___NEVADA_______________|
 
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Date: 8 Feb 90 07:09:36 GMT
From:
 snorkelwacker!spdcc!merk!alliant!linus!nixbur!nixpbe!mboen@tut.cis.ohio-state.e
 du  (Martin Boening)
Subject: Review of Sozobon C
Message-ID: <1214@nixpbe.UUCP>
 
There were reviews in some German PD magzines i.e. magazines that describe
Public Domain software. They also had an introductory series on how to
install and use the thing. BTW, they were favourably impressed with the
compiler and they said so.
 
Greetings,
Martin
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       outside  USA ->  ?...!mcvax?!unido!nixpbe!mboening.pad
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            Pontanusstr. 55, 4790 Paderborn, W.-Germany
 
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Date: 8 Feb 90 22:38:41 GMT
From: cunixc!cunixd.cc.columbia.edu!ia4@columbia.edu  (Imran Anwar)
Subject: ST S/ware Rental Places
Message-ID: <2848@cunixc.cc.columbia.edu>
 
In article <48822c87.14a1f@force.UUCP> covertr@force.UUCP (Richard E. Covert)
 writes:
>In article <28201@brunix.UUCP>, rjd@cs.brown.edu (Rob Demillo) writes:
>>
>> The reason I can say this is because I have attended ST User Group
stuff deleted
>>  - Rob DeMillo                       | Internet: rjd@brown.cs.edu
 
>
>Well, all I can say is that WE DON'T DO THAT at PHAST!!!
stuff deleted
> Richard E. Covert, Lead Engineer of Software Tools Group
 
 
I have had the pleasure of attending Atari club meetings in a couple of cities
including the TAF (Toronto Atari Federation ...or similar name) in 1987 and
agree with Richard.  We all know piracy exists in the ST community but even
if Rob saw the kind of thing he mentions in one place it does not mean ALL ST
clubs are meant for this...I have no ulterior mtive in saying this as I do not
even belong to any CLub or Association.....
 
Imran Anwar
Columbia Business School
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Wish all students here would go for the ST...they can run Lotus123 for
assignmenmts under a PC emulator, write their reports on Macwrite with GCR
AND still have the power of the ST for MIDI and games....  :-)
 
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