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INFO-ATARI16 Digest         Fri,  4 May 90       Volume 90 : Issue  510
 
Today's Topics:
                          DCDESKTOP and ACCs
                    Diablo 630 emulator for SLM804
          GFA basic 3.0 and compiler date$ format -- solved!
                            ICD Hard disks
                               OS9/68K
                       TOS 1.4/1.6 Autobooting
                               Uniterm
                WordWriter and the Panasonic KX-P1091
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Date: 4 May 90 00:31:52 GMT
From: swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!uupsi!rodan!ggreenbe@ucsd.edu
 (Gerald Greenberg)
Subject: DCDESKTOP and ACCs
Message-ID: <3186@rodan.acs.syr.edu>
 
Well, earlier I stated that strstrk didn't work with dcdesktop
and wondered whether or not an acc that caused dcdesktop not
to boot could be added to the acc list later using DC's
Stuffer---well, in fact it can!  While listing strstrk on my
disk with an .acc extender caused an infinite reboot, I was
able to change the extender to .acx, have it not interfere
with the system boot, and then install it via DC Stuffer...and
it works.
Good going guys!
--Gerry
 
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Date: Fri, 04 May 90 08:47:16 BST
From: Mr. Stephen Culshaw
 <XUUM24%PRIME-A.CENTRAL-SERVICES.UMIST.AC.UK@Forsythe.Stanford.EDU>
Subject: Diablo 630 emulator for SLM804
Message-ID: <$TGRCDDJBDVTQ at UMPA>
 
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?
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.
 
Steve C.
 
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Date: 4 May 90 04:07:46 GMT
From: usc!samsung!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!nic.MR.NET!ns!logajan@ucsd.edu  (John
 Logajan)
Subject: GFA basic 3.0 and compiler date$ format -- solved!
Message-ID: <1990May4.040746.21569@ns.network.com>
 
Boy, is my face red!  For months I've been laboring under the impression
that the GFA Basic 3.0 interpreter and compiler produced incompatible
Date$ formats (05/03/1990 vs 03.05.1990).  Well actually, they do, but
it isn't really a bug so much as a different default which can easily
be corrected!!!
 
To get the 05/03/1990 date$ to appear in both the intepreter AND
compiler, simpy insert a MODE 1 command.  See the MODE command in
the manual for more discussion.
 
Blush.
 
--
- John Logajan @ Network Systems; 7600 Boone Ave; Brooklyn Park, MN 55428
- logajan@ns.network.com, john@logajan.mn.org, 612-424-4888, Fax 424-2853
 
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Date: Fri, 04 May 90 08:35:32 BST
From: Mr. Stephen Culshaw
 <XUUM24%PRIME-A.CENTRAL-SERVICES.UMIST.AC.UK@Forsythe.Stanford.EDU>
Subject: ICD Hard disks
Message-ID: <$TGRCDDJBDVNT at UMPA>
 
I've just purchased a ICD based hard disk from Third Coast Technolgies -
a copy who I would not recommend. Their customer service is one of the
worst I've seen. Still back to the hard disk questions.
i) does anyone know of any documents, books, whatever on hard disks ?
ii) I have a Triangle hard disk and would like to install it in the
ICD one. I was told by TCT that this should be possible. I would need
their cable kit, which I bought. No surprisingly there are no instructions
about how to do this. Can anyone help as I know little (OK nothing)
about hard disks.
 
Thanks
Steve C.
 
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Date: 3 May 90 06:42:47 GMT
From: mcsun!cernvax!chx400!fatcat!acadch!impch!subch!wopr!marc@uunet.uu.net
 (Marc Balmer)
Subject: OS9/68K
Message-ID: <39@wopr.UUCP>
 
D.Wade@sysd.salford.ac.UK writes:
 
 
> I too would like to try OS9/68K but in the U.K. the cost of it is slightly
>more than I paid for my STE512 and Phillips PM8833 monitor ........
 
OS-9/68K isn't that cheap (about 1500 Swiss Francs), but compare with any
other OS available for the ST:
 
- real-time
- multi-tasking
- multi-user capalities
- C development package
- Sculptor 4-th generation database
- Spread sheet and Wordprocessor
- A whole bunch of utilities
- UUCP and many other software packages are PD and absolutely free!
 
So it's definitely worth its price - I think it's better to pay for it
than to get a buggy and malfunctional so-called operating system like
TOS intends to be...
 
>on my personall shopping list. I guess those who use it either work for
>the authors and don't pay, or use it for commercial use.
 
In Switzerland there are many OS-9 Users which don't use it for commercial
purposes but just because of the many nice features.
 
Marc, marc@wopr.uucp
 
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Date: Thu, 3 May 90 15:23:07 +0100
From: "G. J. Baker" <gge%cxa.daresbury.ac.uk@NSFnet-Relay.AC.UK>
Subject: TOS 1.4/1.6 Autobooting
Message-ID: <20451.9005031423@cxa.daresbury.ac.uk>
 
Hi Folks,
 
I have just unpacked my new 1040 Ste and am having a quick explore. Having
downloaded the DC Desk Demo I naturally tried the GEM autobooting facility.
However I can only seem to get one program to autoboot, even if I install
more than one only the last one installed appears in the DESKTOP.INF file.
Can anybody shed any light on this problem.
 
 
Gareth J.Baker
 
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Date: Fri, 04 May 90 08:42:44 BST
From: Mr. Stephen Culshaw
 <XUUM24%PRIME-A.CENTRAL-SERVICES.UMIST.AC.UK@Forsythe.Stanford.EDU>
Subject: Uniterm
Message-ID: <$TGRCDDJBDVRV at UMPA>
 
I've been using Uniterm for a long time now and am really impressed.
Its a great program. I've just started to use the function key macros
and one thing has me bemused. I can't have the % symbol in the macro
string. If there is a %, it and the remainder of the string after it
are not printed ie.
my string     send info-atari16@edu.stanford.score@earn-relay   comes out
as            send info-atari16
Any help appreciated.
Steve C.
 
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Date: 4 May 90 04:42:13 GMT
From:
 cs.utexas.edu!samsung!umich!umeecs!sparky.eecs.umich.edu!danmcd@tut.cis.ohio-st
 ate.edu  (Daniel L. McDonald)
Subject: WordWriter and the Panasonic KX-P1091
Message-ID: <2169@zipeecs.umich.edu>
 
I recently acquired a USED 1040ST, with WordWriter and a Panasonic KX-P1091.
I tried printing a test WordWriter file with superscript, etc. in NLQ mode.
I don't have docs for the printer, and I can't seem to find anything in the
WordWriter manual to help me.  Can I do bold, and super/subscript in
the Panasonic's NLQ mode?  (p.s. it works with draft mode.)
 
Thanks in advance, netters.  ALSO, PLEASE MAIL ME YOUR ANSWERS, I DON'T
READ THIS GROUP OFTEN!
 
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Daniel L. McDonald    |         "rising falling at force ten
University of Michigan|          we twist the world and ride the wind"
Computer Science, '91 |                 -Neil Peart/RUSH
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