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INFO-ATARI16 Digest         Wed, 31 Jan 90       Volume 90 : Issue  135
 
Today's Topics:
           Atari's Quarterly Results ($5.4 Million Lost) :)
                      Epson LQ800 driver for Mac
                         Fancy Screen Savers
                   Monitor Burnout/ Should got a M
       ST-speed and the 1040 (was: Experiences with ST-speed ?)
                           Terminal Program
                        Turbojet driver wanted
                    upgrading PC-Minix to ST-Minix
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Date: 31 Jan 90 15:22:43 GMT
From:
 zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!samsung!cs.utexas.edu!asuvax!hrc!force!covertr@tut.ci
 s.ohio-state.edu  (Richard E. Covert)
Subject: Atari's Quarterly Results ($5.4 Million Lost) :)
Message-ID: <485d8c5b.14a1f@force.UUCP>
 
In article <1929@laura.UUCP>, hh@trillian writes:
> >In article <483f7298.14a1f@force.UUCP> covertr@force.UUCP (Richard E. Covert)
 writes:
> >>What new systems?? The Mythical 1040STe?
>
> What's mythical about an STe? I bought one last week for 1500 DM. Although
> it (not me!) killed its monitor instantly everything's fine... In fact, I
> couldn't get a STFM! Now all I need are infos about the new features of the
> STe, including larger memory, 68020/30 support, colors, sound etc.
>
> Ciao, Hasko
 
well, once again Atari Corp has shown how much it cares about the
USA market by releasing its new products overseas first. I really wonder
just how committed Atari corp is to the USa market anyway??
 
So, I am happy that the STe isn't Vaporware but it just joins the group of
other Atari products that have never been sold here in the USA. Like th
entire line of PC clones, the TT, and now the STe. Geez, when will Atari ever
 learn
that the USA is not some hick third world country?
 
 
 
--
 Richard E. Covert, Lead Engineer of Software Tools Group
 AG Communications Systems, Phoenix AZ   (602) - 581-4652
 TCP/IP: covertr@gtephx
 UUCP: ?ncar!noao!asuvax | uunet!zardoz!hrc | att?!gtephx!covertr
 
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Date: 31 Jan 90 21:09:21 GMT
From: ogicse!blake!ramsiri@ucsd.edu  (Enartloc Nhoj)
Subject: Epson LQ800 driver for Mac
Message-ID: <5532@blake.acs.washington.edu>
 
Could someone direct me toward the best Epson LQ800 driver
that presents the least amount of flaws?
 
Also.. do these drivers emulate Imagewriter?
Will ATM work with them?
 
Thanks a lot..
 
-kevin
ramsiri@blake.acs.washington.edu
 
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Date: 31 Jan 90 21:40:09 GMT
From: silver!stowe@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu  (stowe)
Subject: Fancy Screen Savers
Message-ID: <34497@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu>
 
In article <8471@pogo.WV.TEK.COM> bluneski@pogo.WV.TEK.COM (Bob Luneski) writes:
>On the subject of fancy screen savers...
>
>There is a very nice one on Genie called STARSTRK.ARC (file #13445) that
>displays random starbust pattern. Stars are in color on a color monitor
>It's very nice on a mono monitor because you don't just get the black/white
>reversal but a real screen saver. The downsides: 1) it's a ACC rather than
>a autofolder item(i.e. it takes one of the six precious spots) 2) the idle
>timeout length is hardwired to 3 minutes. All in all it's the best(and
>certainly the most entertaining) screen saver around.
 
This is a neat one, I must admit, although there are some things that
object to STARSTRK's presence, so if you have problems running something,
try removing it from your DAs.
 
It especially is neat in a dark room... I happened to turn off the lights
but not the system when I went to dinner one evening.
 
Btw, the black/white reversal is probably safer than an all-black screen saver.
 
 
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stowe@silver.ucs.indiana.edu                    At night the Ice Weasels come.
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Date: 31 Jan 90 21:25:05 GMT
From: silver!stowe@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu  (stowe)
Subject: Monitor Burnout/ Should got a M
Message-ID: <34493@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu>
 
In article <3047@pur-phy> piner@newton.physics.purdue.edu.UUCP (Richard Piner)
 writes:
>In article <48596a9b.14a1f@force.UUCP> covertr@force.UUCP (Richard E. Covert)
 writes:
 
>>My question is:
>>Are there any other ST dealers in the USA which operate out of a house??
>>I mean stores with retail sales, not just mail order.
 
> Bits & PCs is an exculsive Atari dealer in Indy. They are located in
                   ~~~~~~~~~ (ooh, I like the sound of that!  *grin*)
>a house. It is impossible to find unless you know the neighborhood.
>They have Spectre GCR and MAC ROMS by the way. They also have a BIG
>dog, so leave your cat in the car.
 
Hi Richard!
 
You've probably already read my posting about the "house" that isn't a home.
 
Actually, we're not at all tough to find... you just got directions from
the wrong person.  :-)
 
Yes, there is a large dog there sometimes, but she has no malice towards
felines... curiousity, perhaps, but no malice.  She has one huge benefit,
though... she keeps the attention of the children that parents bring in
but don't watch!  :-)  (Well, the dinosaur collection helps, too.)
 
Can someone tell me why it is that parents let their children get away
things at a store they would *never* let them get away with at home?
 
(Heck, no... we don't mind if Johnny/Johnette rips open 15 boxes
of software, pounds on the keyboard, yanks the machine off the desk
with the joystick or pulls the phone out of our hands while we're
trying to talk with another customer so s/he can say "hello"... )
 
Please... those of you who are parents and take your kids to your local
computer store... do your dealer a favor and don't expect the salesfolks
to babysit.  Thank you thank you thank you!
 
 
 
 
 
 
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stowe@silver.ucs.indiana.edu                    At night the Ice Weasels come.
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Date: 31 Jan 90 14:01:02 GMT
From: maytag!water!ljdickey@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu  (L.J.Dickey)
Subject: ST-speed and the 1040 (was: Experiences with ST-speed ?)
Message-ID: <2944@water.waterloo.edu>
 
One of the members of our local club would like to install PC-speed
in his 1040ST.
Have you done this with any success?
Have you tried and failed?
 
--
    L. J. Dickey, Faculty of Mathematics, University of Waterloo.
        ljdickey@water.UWaterloo.ca     ljdickey@water.BITNET
        ljdickey@water.UUCP             ..!uunet!watmath!water!ljdickey
        ljdickey@water.waterloo.edu
 
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Date: 31 Jan 90 21:55:50 GMT
From: shlump.nac.dec.com!engage.enet.dec.com!oldtmr!wallace@decwrl.dec.com  (Ray
 Wallace)
Subject: Terminal Program
Message-ID: <1451@engage.enet.dec.com>
 
In article <892@ztivax.UUCP>, mjk@ztivax.UUCP (Michael John Kaelbling) writes...
>does anybody know about terminal programs for the Atari ST handling Kermit
 
Try UNITERM it is a great terminal emulator (VT100/VT200/TEKTRONIX) with
kermit and xmodem/ymodem support built in. UNITERM is a public domin program.
---
Ray Wallace
                (INTERNET,UUCP) wallace@oldtmr.enet.dec.com
                (UUCP)          ...!decwrl!oldtmr.enet!wallace
                (INTERNET)      wallace%oldtmr.enet@decwrl.dec.com
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Date: Wed, 31 Jan 90 12:03 N
From: "Frits Dumortier/R.U.G." <FD%BGERUG51.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU>
Subject: Turbojet driver wanted
 
Dear Networkers,
 
Can anyone give me any information on how to obtain the
Neocept Turbojet GDOS-driver for HP Deskjet Plus?
More precisely how can it be obtained in Europe, in Belgium?
 
Many thanks in advance,
 
Frits
(FD@BGERUG51.BITNET,FD@AUTOCTRL.RUG.AC.BE)
 
 
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Date: 31 Jan 90 07:07:49 GMT
From:
 cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!uflorida!rex!mgse!marks@tut.cis.o
 hio-state.edu  (Mark Seiffert)
Subject: upgrading PC-Minix to ST-Minix
Message-ID: <1050@mgse.UUCP>
 
I have PC-Minix 1.3 but right now i can't spare the PC. I have an Atari
520 ST, is it possible to upgrade from a PC version of minix to a ST
version? Is there an ftp site that has the upgrade patches?
 
 
Thanks.
--
Mark Seiffert,  Metairie, LA.
uucp:           rex!mgse!marks
bitnet:         marks%mgse@REX.CS.TULANE.EDU
internet:       marks%mgse@rex.cs.tulane.edu
 
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