Z*Net: 13-Dec-91 #9152
From: Atari SIG (xx004@cleveland.Freenet.Edu)
Date: 12/22/91-12:03:04 AM Z
From: xx004@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Atari SIG)
Subject: Z*Net: 13-Dec-91 #9152
Date: Sun Dec 22 00:03:04 1991
| (((((((( | Z*Net International Atari Online Magazine
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| (( | Decmeber 13, 1991 Issue #91-52
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| (((((((( | Copyright (c)1991, Rovac Industries, Inc.
| | Post Office Box 59, Middlesex, NJ 08846
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| (((((( | CONTENTS
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| | * Z*Net Newswire........................................
| ((( (( | * Perusing The Internet...................Bruce Hansford
| (((( (( | * GCR Modifications....................George Richardson
| (( (( (( | * Perusing GEnie...............................Ed Krimen
| (( (((( | * Selecting A BBS...........................Ken Buchholz
| (( ((( | * Year In Review:1991 CIS Utilities...........Ron Kovacs
| | * Z*Net Software Shelf....................Ron Berinstein
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| ((((((( | ~ Publisher/Editor............................Ron Kovacs
| | ~ Editor.......................................John Nagy
| (((((((( | ~ Z*Net Newswire Ltd..........................Jon Clarke
| (( | ~ Contributing Editor.....................Bruce Hansford
| (( | ~ PD Software Reviews.....................Ron Berinstein
| (( | ~ Reporter....................................Mike Brown
| (( | ~ Assistant News Editor.......................Mike Davis
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* Z*NET NEWSWIRE
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CHICAGO SHOW NETS A PROFIT
Atari Corp and L.C.A.C.E., the Chicago area group that co-sponsored the
Chicago Computerfest by Atari, report that the event netted both parties
a profit. This is the first time that a show such as this was a
cooperative effort with Atari on the financial level. All previous
shows were a straight donation position for Atari, who has provided
equipment, transportation, personnel, advertising, and prizes for shows
totalling near $100,000 in the most extreme cases. Even after the costs
of two large truckloads of hardware plus the transportation, food, and
lodging of 25 Atari personnel for Chicago, it now appears that the show
was at least a break-even proposition for Atari Corp. The rush of sales
of hardware at and after the show in the Chicago area that were spurred
on by the show can't be measured in the show financial picture, but
certainly add to the overall positive effects. This cooperative effort
paves the way for more of the same for Atari, while the groups who
sponsor the events have a better bargaining position by using Atari's
backing and organizational support. If the profitability can be
reasonably assured by the control Atari can exert on their co-op shows,
the support of the developers and users who attend these shows now may
be affordable.
MORE PORTS FOR THE ST BOOK
Atari Corp has shown two plug-in adapters for the upcoming ST BOOK
notebook computer. A "book-bus" to standard ST Cartridge slot unit will
attach, when necessary, between any cart for the older series of
computer and the new tiny ST BOOK. A MIDI expander increases the MIDI
capabilities of the BOOK by adding five standard MIDI jacks plus a SMPTE
time code reference. The MIDI unit is planned for OEM production by
Atari only, meaning that third party software and hardware marketers can
buy them from Atari, custom made, to include with their own package.
This may allow for the possibility of internalizing the "dongle"
required for some high-line MIDI applications into the unit itself.
Atari won't sell the expander direct to consumers, but the market plan
for the cart adapter is not final.
PORTFOLIO DISK LETTER
Another Portfolio newsletter, but with a difference: "Open a window to
productivity like you've never seen before with the only newsletter and
diskette service dedicated solely to the Atari Portfolio" says David
Stewart, editor of the "Re:Port Newsletter." Re:Port, published bi-
monthly, will give you insights into how the Portfolio works and
provides at least two programs on disk (3.5" or 5.25") per issue.
Re:Port also offers discounts on Portfolio products. Newsletter/disk
subscription, $50 for six issues. Re:Port Newsletter, 1618 South Beech
Court, Broken Arrow, OK 74012.
PORTFOLIO PROLIFERATES DAILY AT CIS
Don Messerli, David E. Stewart, and B.J. Gleason have been hard at work
writing programs for the APORTFOLIO/Compuserve Programming Marathon.
During the months of November and December, the three programmers made
sure that there was at least one new program a day available for
downloading. Other members have been joining in to help them out, so
there have been almost three new Portfolio files to download every day.
By the end of the marathon, December 31, it is expected that there will
be 600 files available in the Portfolio Forum on Compuserve. The PBASIC
Editor, a program to allow users on a PC to write programs using B.J.
Gleason's PBASIC for the Portfolio, has been upgraded to version 2.0.
The major improvement is that the editor now provides emulation for
those "Portfolio Only" features. You can now view PGC graphics, as well
as Boxes, Sounds, and Menus on the PC. This should help speed up
Portfolio software development. The PBASIC editor is available on
Compuserve in the APORTFOLIO forum as PBE20.ZIP.
CHANGES AT ATARIUSER
The January issue of AtariUser Magazine is going to press today, and
editor John Nagy says it is the best yet. Major changes in the layout
reflect the move to more technical articles and longer features. While
the January issue holds more actual text than any issue before it, some
"regular" columns will be rotated in and out as space allows. Nagy
stresses that 8-bit, Lynx, Portfolio, ST/TT, and MIDI coverage will
continue as a permanent part of AtariUser. Dealers and subscribers
should see the magazine by January 1. Quill Publishing Co., AtariUser's
parent company, welcomes its two newest staff members, Matthew J.
Sheldon and Brian Eliassian. Sheldon, moving from a San Francisco based
marketing firm, will head Comp! magazine's (Quill's PC oriented
publication) marketing department. Eliassian, traffic manager at the
world-famous Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena and long-time Atari
maven, is taking over the Coordinating Editor position at AtariUser
magazine. He'll be handling the day-to-day office responsibilities for
AtariUser. Quill Publishing, 113 W. College St., Covina, CA 91723,
(818) 332-0372.
NATIONAL UNION BOYCOTT OF APPLE
A national boycott of Apple Computer Inc. products is on, and John
Barton, spokesman for the California union local that represents
janitorial workers, says they're in it for the long haul. Apple uses
about 100 non-union workers every night to clean their Santa Clara
headquarters. The national union for janitorial workers doesn't like
that. The dispute has been going on for over a year, and now the union
has decided to play hard-ball by issuing the national boycott.
NEW Z*NET BBS OPENS
Another FoReM BBS system is now open for callers in California. Z*Net
Golden Gate, (FNET Node 706) began operations this week and is available
24 hours a day at 510-373-6792, HST 14.4 US Robotics Modem. The SysOp
is Bob Brodie, Atari's Director of Communications. Other Z*Net support
systems are located in New Jersey, Florida, New Zealand, Canada and soon
in Hawaii.
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* PERUSING THE INTERNET (Atari ST) Compiled by Bruce Hansford
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Date: 4 Dec 91 04:38:49 GMT
>From: ...laidbak!tellab5!chinet!saj@cs.rochester.edu (Stephen Jacobs)
Subject: ST book
I played with the Book a bit in Chicago. I'll agree with everyone else
that the display is remarkably good. People whio had used them for
awhile seemed to be able to use the pointing device easily, but it sure
felt strange to me. Pricing was publicly discussed, with something in
the general ballpark of $2000 being representative (a 'Portfolio Book'
was also talked about, but I only have that third-hand. About 50% more
expensive. MS-DOS). There was definite talk about having the Book in
retail channels by January, but since they clearly didn't have
warehouses full of them NOW, I think an extra month would be a good
guess.
Steve saj@chinet.chi.il.us
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Date: 4 Dec 91 12:21:44 GMT
>From: mcsun!uknet!mucs!p4.cs.man.ac.uk!milnern@uunet.uu.net
Subject: Atari sales going up in UK
Just thought I'd post this little of snippet of info I gleaned from one
of the ST mags available in the UK. Since the incompatability problems
of the new entry level Amiga have come to light, many stores are angry
with Commodore and are quoted as saying that they cannot afford to stock
it anymore. As a result of this ST sales are now topping Amiga sales
for the first time since Adam etc.etc.
NOTE: This is not a "my computer is better than yours" post. The only
reason I even mention the 'A' word was to give the reason for the
increased sales.
The down side to all this though is that since Atari flogged its
assembly plant, they are having a LOT of trouble meeting demand in time
for Christmas. Can't they do anything right?
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Date: 5 Dec 91 05:21:44 GMT
>From: ....ohio-state.edu!rpi!pinelr@arizona.edu (Robert Jeffrey Pinelli)
Subject: HELP: Mouse is flaky.
(Corey Liu) writes:
>My original ST mouse (1988) is acting flaky. The pointer will only
>move down when I direct it upwards or downward. Right/left motion is
>fine.
>
>I've noticed a gradual decay of its behavior over the past week where
>it would move the pointer only down sometimes, but now it seems stuck
>in the downwards mode.
>
>Is anybody familiar with this problem? Is it just the untimely death
>of my ST mouse? Is it a virus?
>...
I know of a FREE fix for it that's almost guaranteed to work. Try
cleaning it. Pop off that little slide cover over the ball and take the
ball out. Now scrape all that greyish back gunk of the x/y rollers and
the pressure roller. It may take a sharp object since it tends to get
really packed on. Since you didn't mention cleaning your mouse, I
assume that it's been building up garbage in there since you've had the
computer. I've had the problem before and a good cleaning will usually
do the trick.
If in the even this doesn't seem to do it, then my next guess would be
that one of the wires in the mouse cord is severed, most likely in the
joint where the cord meets the mouse. Try jiggling that junction while
moving the mouse around and see if it sometimes works when you hold it
in certain positions. I've had this problem too, and my cord needed to
be replaced. I was lucky and knew someone who had a spare. However,
spares should be inexpensive and if you are handy with some simple
electronics, you should be able to fix it yourself (at the expense of
shortening the cord a little.)
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Date: 5 Dec 91 22:10:03 GMT
>From: mcsun!uknet!slxsys!ibmpcug!demon!news@uunet.uu.net (Iain Laskey)
Subject: ST on stage
You should go and see a Jean Michel Jarre concert. Wall to wall Mega
ST's! The ST is the machine of choice amongst the music community with
many appearing on stage. Tangerine Dream even mention Atari and some
Atari people on their album sleeves.
I know a great many people in bands and ALL use Atari's and either
Notator or Cubase for sequencing.
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Date: Sun, 08 Dec 91 10:38:25 SST
>From: "S. Suthipuntha" <AKISUJAR%NUSVM.bitnet@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU>
Subject: SETTING SEEK SPEED FOR 1.44MB DRIVE
Greeting from Singapore,
I have installed a 1.44MB disk drive to my Mega 4 and have been asking
for the program to set the drive seek speed or step rate to 6 that will
work with TOS 1.4 but never receive any response.
All along I have to boot the CLI program and type in the command line:
STEP 6 to change step rate then exit CLI to GEM desktop. Now I have
found more convenience way of working with 1.44MB drive as follows:
1. Obtain the FCOPYPRO(fessional) program (no it's not a PD) and
config it to have drive A: as Destination drive and set step Rate
for A: to 6 and leave the step rate for B: at 3 and save this
Configuration. I have the 1.44MB drive inside the Mega 4 and have
the 720KB external drive. I have to set A: as the destination drive
to be able to format the diskette in A: as the FCOPY will sensibly
refuse to format the source drive.
2. Putting FCOPYPRO.PRG in the hard disk and set its to Auto boot under
'Install Application' menu in TOS 1.4 or put it in AUTO folder for
the older TOS. The FCOPYPRO will boot up as an opening screen every
time the computer is turn on its menu looks quite attractive anyway.
FCOPYPRO will automatically set disk drive step rate to the correct
6 and 3 and ready to format the new disk. It just a matter of
clicking QUIT button to go to other programs if you don't want to
format disk or copy files between 2 drives.
I know that this is not a perfect solution but it is easier than to go
to CLI and exit. I probably have to make do with COPYPRO until some
kind soul would post the suitable SEEK6 program to the NET or the
archive.
Hope this would be useful to other netters who are facing the same
problem like myself.
Suthipuntha, School of Architecture,
National University of Singapore
AKISUJAR@NUSVM.BITNET
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Date: 8 Dec 91 15:06:54 GMT
>From: ....linac!att!cbfsb!cbnewsb.cb.att.com!hojo@arizona.edu
Subject: CDAR-504 and IBM/Mac CDs
(Dani A. Roloson) writes:
> Has anyone used a CDAR-504 to read IBM or Mac CD's? I am hoping that
> I can just get a CD of IBM/Mac EPS clip-art, put it into the CDAR-504,
> and import directly into PageStream 2.1. Is it that simple?
I have a CDAR504. It will read the MS/DOS CD formats ok.
You have to consider the following.
1. There is only 1 physical CD standard. In a sense you can read any
CD BUT
2. There is a logical standard that ATARI 'screwed up'. A CD can
contain many sections that may be music, data, and on big CD's,
video.
3. The CDAR504 will only read the FIRST section.
SO
4. you can PLAY (not READ) a music video. OR
5. read s single section data CD. of these there are several
standards.
Bottom line.
1. I can read the PC CD-ROMS.
2. I can read the hypertext introduction to a MAC CD-ROM, but not
access the next section.
3. Also, there are two popular ways of doing PC CD-ROMS.
a. First, the CD-ROM is all "data", and you get a floppy with the
access program written in the native language that it is sold for.
Of, course , this usually means MS/DOS on a PC.
b. Second, the CD-ROM contains the access programs and the data.
4. This leaves the Atari out in the cold.
5. What I did was hack a CD-rom driver into PC-Ditto I, and run as a
real (but slow) PC. Since PC_ditto-I has CGA only, this handles
text based CD-roms quite well. Data bases like "Computer library"
work well.
Howard Johnson
ATT BELL LABS
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* GCR MODIFICATIONS FOR IMPROVED PERFORMANCE by George Richardson
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Merlin Group, Inc. - Captured from CompuServe
The Spectre GCR has a number of problems when used with an Atari TT.
This is caused by the fact that the 68030 processor has begun to change
the state of the address lines by the time the cartridge select line
goes false, something that does not normally occur in the regular ST
computers. These problems can include the following:
The defective ROM message at boot time
Difficulty formatting GCR (Mac) floppies
Difficulty to write to GCR (Mac) floppies
Difficulty reading GCR (Mac) floppies
The floppy problems can be detected by using the GCR test program
included with Spectre.
These problems may, in some lesser degree, occur on machines with 68030,
68020 or 68000 accelerators. They might also occur on machines that
have heavy loading on the address bus, like a Mega ST with blitter,
Moniterm card and GCR, or a GCR and 6 Eprom TOS set.
There are three separate fixes that can be done to the GCR. They should
all be done to get best performance with the TT.
I should note that these are only GCR hardware fixes; there are some
problems with the TT and Spectre 3.0 that will be corrected by future
Spectre releases. An example of this is the problems using floppy disks
with the 68030 caches turned on. The current solution is to get one of
the Mac desk accessories that allow you to turn off the caches so that
you can use floppies when it's required.
There are also some hardware problems with some TT's that are not caused
by Spectre or the GCR. You should run the floppy drive test on the GCR
tester to determine if your drive and system is up to snuff. If it
doesn't pass, no amount of fixes to the GCR or Spectre software will
help you. Also, there is a small fuse in the power supply line to the
cartridge port on TT's. If this fuse is blown, the GCR cartridge will
not function. Check with a voltmeter to be sure the GCR is getting
power. Pins 7 and 14 of U4 are a good place to check with a voltmeter.
Pin 7 is the negative side and pin 14 is the positive side. There
should be about 5 volts DC between these pins.
The Fixes:
There are three parts required for the GCR fix; no sustitutes please!
any substitution of parts can produce side effects like the complete
inability to use the GCR.
There are three parts required:
(1) 74LS04 chip (*not* an S04, ALS04, HC04, AS04, or 7404)
(1) 100pf capacitor (35 Volt, monolithic ceramic, one of the little
blue or yellow blobs. *DO NOT* use a disk cap!)
(1) 1K Ohm, 1/4 watt 5% tolerance resistor
Ok, the first step is to trim all but pins 7 and 14 on the 74LS04 short.
Note that I said *short*, not off. If you cut off all of the thin part
of the lead so that none off it protrudes below the base of the chip
itself, that will do fine. This is only so that none of the pins touch
any of the pins on the chip we're going to solder it on to. Pins 7 and
14 are the power pins, and we'll use those both to get power from
another chip, and to hold the 74LS04 onto the GCR.
Now locate U4 on your GCR. If you hold the GCR so that the gold
connector is facing you and the disk connectors are on your right, U4 is
the third chip in from the left on the top edge of the GCR. We'll also
use this orientation to locate the rest of the chips we'll be dealing
with. Now position the 74LS04 on top of U4 so that their pins line up,
1 to 1, 2 to 2, etcetera. This means that the notch or mark on the ends
of both chips must be facing the same way. Solder the 74LS04 chip's
pins 7 and 14 to pins 7 and 14 of the U4 chip, so that the 74LS04 chip
is riding piggyback on U4.
Find U3, just to the left of U4. Cut the trace connected to pin 9 of U3.
It's located on top of the board. Then connect a wire from pin 8 of the
74LS04 chip to pin 9 of U4.
Find U2, just to the left of U3. Connect a wire from pin 9 of the
74LS04 to pin 9 of U2.
Find U6, on the lower left side of the board. Cut the trace connected to
pin 12 of U6. This is on the top side of the board. Then connect a
wire from pin 10 of the 74LS04 to pin 12 of U6.
Connect a wire from pin 11 of the 74LS04 to pin 11 of U2.
Now the tough stuff. Solder the 100pf capcitor between pins 2 and 3 of
the 74LS04. This can be done in such a way as to allow the capacitor to
lie flat against the top of the chip. Then solder the 1K resistor
between pins 3 and 7 of the 74LS04. Make sure that these parts don't
touch any other pins on the chip.
Connect a wire from pin 1 of the 74LS04 to pin 10 of U2.
Then find U10, which is just to the left of U6. Cut the trace that
connects to pin 10 of U10, leaving the trace between pins 9 and 10
intact. All of these traces are on the underside of the board. Then
connect a wire from pin 4 of the 74LS04 to pin 10 of U10.
Run the GCR test. Boot Mac mode. If you did everything correctly, you
should now be running fine.
On the off chance that you're not, but everything seems to be wired
correctly, short out the leads of the capacitor and try it. If things
work better, try substituting a 120pf or 150pf cap for the 100pf.
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* PERUSING GENIE Compiled by Ed Krimen
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Copyright (C)1991, Atari Corporation, GEnie, and the Atari Roundtables.
May be reprinted only with this notice intact. The Atari Roundtables on
GEnie are *official* information services of Atari Corporation. To sign
up for GEnie service, call (with modem) 800-638-8369. Upon connection
type HHH (RETURN after that). Wait for the U#= prompt. Type
XTX99436,GEnie and hit RETURN. The system will prompt you for your
information.
40-FOLDER ALLOCATION
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Atari-ST RoundTable
Category 14, Topic 14
Message 212 Sun Dec 08, 1991
TOWNS [John@Atari] at 15:09 EST
Well, I think the manual is worded fine. The problem is that the method
used to access folders is different from older versions of TOS.
Starting with TOS 1.04, Atari changed the way the folder allocation
works. Prior to TOS 1.04, When you entered a folder, it would take up
a slot in the folder count and never give it up. Even if you stopped
looking in that folder. With TOS 1.04 and above, the scheme was
changed. Now when you access a folder, it takes up a slot in the folder
count and when you are done with it, it is freed and the slot is
available again.
Basically, this means that there is still a limit. But, in addition to
the new method of folder allocation, we also raised the limit above 40.
Basically, to run into the limit on a machine with TOS 1.04 and above,
you would have to access ALOT of folders (imagine going eight folders
deep on six or seven hard disk partitions at the _same_ time.. Most
people will never do this. And even if you do, you run FOLDRXXX.PRG and
add some folders)
I personally think FOLDER set to 800 is pretty extreme. If you have TOS
1.04 and a hard disk, I would recommend a FOLDR050.PRG or maybe 100
(mine is set to 50) and you should be fine.
BTW.. You will know on TOS 1.04 and above when you run into the limit.
You will see a message telling you that you have run out of folders and
to reboot with FOLDRXXX.PRG to allocate some additional ones.
I hope this clears up some of the confusion.
-- John Townsend, Atari Corp.
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dBMAN
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Atari-ST RoundTable
Category 6, Topic 16
Message 177 Tue Dec 10, 1991
B.REHBOCK [Bill@Atari] at 03:27 EST
Yes, they have fixed most of those annoying bugs. I don't think that
5.3 for the ST is ready for shipping just yet, but they DEFINITELY are
dedicated to an Atari version. I have been working with Charlie Seng
and his main programmer for the ST and Amiga, Ben rather closely since I
started at Atari just over a year ago. I'm trying to convince them to
put in some very high neat-o factor things into the Atari release, so
GET THOSE UPGRADE DOLLARS INTO THESE GUYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The upgrade for TOS is as follows...
Your current dBMAN version: Development Sys. Runtime Sys.
=========================== ================ ============
5.2 $45.00 $40.00
5.1 $70.00 $60.00
4.0 $105.00 $90.00
3.0 or older $140.00 $120.00
The 5.3 TOS version will have support for netowrking that will work with
and AtariNetworkingStandard Network. (Such as the A&D Universal
Network). Please contact VersaSoft and get you upgrades.
-Bill Rehbock, Director of Technical Services (and 3rd Party Developer
Coordinator, Atari Corp.)
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LYNX SALES
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Atari-ST RoundTable
Category 14, Topic 3
Message 160 Thu Dec 05, 1991
TOWNS [John@Atari] at 01:12 EST
According to the several Good Guys stores and Software Etc. stores I
went into this week.. the Lynx is outselling the GameBoy overall. In
two stores, I was told "Lynx is the hottest hand-held game system for us
right now. We are selling tons of them!"
-- John
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Atari-ST RoundTable
Category 36, Topic 5
Message 337 Mon Dec 09, 1991
S.JOHNSON10 [Steve] at 00:33 EST
According to the current issue of Z*Net (issue #9151), when arcade
conversion games are being developed for the Lynx, they actually go out
and get arcade versions of the games to continuously compare their Lynx
versions to. Also, it mentions new game projects for the Lynx including
Steel Talons, Shadow of the Beast, a combined Asteroids/Missile Command
cartridge, as well as MANY others.
Download file #21832 ZNET9151.ARC for all the poop!
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Atari-ST RoundTable
Category 36, Topic 5
Message 338 Mon Dec 09, 1991
TOWNS [John@Atari] at 13:25 EST
I am not sure how it is handled by Chicago.. but the way it has been
done in the past (here in Sunnyvale) was that when a contract was
reached for an Arcade conversion, part of the contract was that the
original company provided an Arcade Unit for the period of development.
In fact, those arcade units (most of the development is now handled by
the Entertainment Div. in Chicago.. So we don't get to see the arcade
units as much :-{ ) have provided endless hours of fun for those of us
in Sunnyvale!
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MULTIDESK
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Atari-ST RoundTable
Category 32, Topic 5
Message 31 Mon Dec 09, 1991
J.EIDSVOOG1 [CodeHead] at 13:09 EST
Ken,
As we've mentioned before, when someone disables MDD and a problem goes
away, the problem is almost certainly within an ACC loaded (or MDXed)
into MultiDesk. We know of _no_ conflicts between MultiDesk itself and
_any_ program. You can easily test this by emptying MultiDesk of its
ACCs (by doing a "Clear All" and setting your MDX path to a directory
with no ACCs). I'll be very surprised if anyone comes up with any
conflict between an empty MultiDesk and any program.
I also think your problem is probably something other than EdHak. I've
used several different versions of EdHak in MultiDesk with no problem.
It's really quite impossible for us to be responsible for the behavior
of all of the ACCs users might load. It's as if we sell someone a van.
If he loads it full of garbage and comes back to us complaining that it
smells bad inside, there's not much we can tell him other than to empty
it out. <grin>
John
P.S. Desk Manager works fine on an STe. But it will not handle your
NEWDESK.INF file automatically (since it will write a DESKTOP.INF file
instead). You'll have to use the custom files option to handle
NEWDESK.INF files.
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STOS
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Atari-ST RoundTable
Category 3, Topic 9
Message 14 Fri Dec 06, 1991
R.MARTIN22 [NETWORK 23] at 01:12 EST
John:
Mouse problems are very indicative of how STOS refuses to work when it
encounters a new TOS. STOS accesses a table which tells it vital
locations which seem to change from TOS to TOS. Whenever a new TOS is
released, Mandarin creates a new table which includes the new pointers
and incorporates it into STOS so it will work with the new TOSs. As far
as I know, the latest TOS STOS currently works with is TOS 1.62 (the
version I am using now). There is a hefty upgrade to STOS coming down
the pike soon (possibly before the end of the year) which adds about 100
new commands...whether it will also include the tables needed for the
TT's is anyone's guess, but I think there's a pretty good chance.
When I get my next newsletter from STOS Canada Club, I'll let you know.
If you want info on the STOS Canada Club, let me know and I'll fill you
in!
Live And Direct,
Rod Martin, Network 23 Software
Written at 12:06 AM on 5/Dec/91.
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Atari-ST RoundTable
Category 14, Topic 7
Message 163 Fri Dec 06, 1991
M.HILL13 [Mike] at 23:22 EST
So Bill Rhebok,
What is the current time frame for Atari shipping Class B TT's to
dealers?
What are the major differences between the Class A and Class B besides
the new tos and 1.4 drive? Specifically is the motherboard a major
change? Any major hardware changes?
Mike
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Atari-ST RoundTable
Category 14, Topic 7
Message 164 Sat Dec 07, 1991
B.REHBOCK [Bill@Atari] at 04:18 EST
TOS 3.06 and the 1.44 meg drives have absolutely nothing to do with FCC
Class B machines. The Class A machines with 3.06 and 1.44 meg drives
have been shipping since the Chicago show.
Right now, the expected schedule for delivery of Class B machines is Mid
December to early January. There is no functional difference between
the Class A & Class B machines.
By the way, I was just looking at my PLI (Peripheral Land Inc.) Atari/
Macintosh/Next 88 megabyte removeable Syquest drive, and guess what?
It's FCC Class A
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* 21 CONSIDERATIONS IN SELECTING A BBS by Ken Buchholz
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The Washington Towne Crier BBS, 708-803-0428
BBSs are like mushrooms in spring - they seem to sprout up with every
rain, and suddenly, without warning, disappear into thin air. There are
thousands of BBSs to use, and since you can't spend every waking hour
BBSing, you need to be selective in the system you choose to use.
Here's some helpful hints to guide you in selecting the BBSs you
utilize:
1. The SYSOP. You can tell a lot about the SYSOP without seeing the
system in action. As you log on, what is the flavour of the SYSOP's
comments and prompts for answers? If he/she nasty? Does he/she give
you the feeling that they believe they are God? Does the SYSOP ask too
personal questions, such as detailed information on where you work or
live, your income or your sexual preferences? If so, don't bother
completing the logon sequence - hang up and take your business
elsewhere.
2. Does the system provide adequate telecommunications support, such as
a high enough baud rate? Systems which don't provide at least 9600 baud
today are probably going to be VERY slow in terms of user activity, and
slow systems are dead systems. Is the system constantly busy? If a
system is constantly busy, either the system has too many users, the
system doesn't restrict session times, or the SYSOP is constantly taking
his/her system down to play games, do their homework, etc. Regardless
of reason, find another BBS to frequent.
3. Does the SYSOP force you to suffer through endless screens of
totally useless information, such as last N number of callers, lists of
those who haven't uploaded enough (in the SYSOP's own opinion), lists of
useless trivia such as "On this date in history..." and the like? Are
you forced to suffer through a seemingly endless list of "system
messages" that date back more than a week or two? Do it take more than
15-20 seconds to log on? If the answer to any of these questions is
"Yes", forget this system and hang-up immediately.
4. Do the logon screens/prompts change frequently? This can reek havoc
on your attempts to fully automate your logon sequence via script files.
And it illustrates just how much of a plaything the SYSOP considers his/
her system to be. Again, forget these systems and go elsewhere.
5. The name of the system: If the SYSOP picks some space-faced name
(Galacticom Gladiators or Space Base North, for example) or overly-
cutesy name (Gina's Boutique or Dick's Doghouse), it will attract users
of a similar mindset. If this matches your mindset, continue to logon,
otherwise hang up immediately.
6. Does the BBS' name change with the weather? This is indicative of a
SYSOP who is about as stable as Jello. Get your desert elsewhere...
7. Does the system require users to maintain an upload/download ratio?
If so, move on - there are too many systems around which don't have such
restrictions to have to bother with those which do. Again, move on...
quickly...
8. Does the SYSOP allow "war-boarding", profanity and other trash?
"War-boards" = "Kiddy-boards". If you're a kiddy, great news! For the
more mature user, dial another number and don't look back...
9. Is the system well-policed? For example, how old are the messages
in the public forums? If they are more than a month or two old, you
really must reconsider the wisdom of using the system. If they date
back 4-6 months or more, boggie on... to another system.
10. Is the system well organized in a logical fashion? Are there
different topical SIGs/forums/message bases, or is everything tossed
into one big bucket? Same goes for the File Libraries - are they
organized into logical areas, or will you be spending time weeding
through files of no interest to you to find those which are? Again,
there is no need to have to suffer through a mess when there are so many
BBSs around which are well-organized and well-policed.
Conversely, does the system have a SIG/forum/message base for absolutely
everything under the sun? Are the SIGs/forums/message bases splintered
too much? (Example: SIGs for DOS, Batch Files, Disk Utilities, Keyboard
Utilities, Memory Management Utilities, etc., rather than a single DOS
SIG/)
11. Are the files online available for downloading packed with PKZIP,
ARC or some other packer, or are they available ONLY in an uncompressed
state? Time IS money and uncompressed files take far longer to
download. The only general exception to this rule are GIF graphics. If
you can't get your downloads in packed format, look elsewhere.
12. Privacy of YOUR information: Does the system allow users to gain
access to the personal and usually VERY private information about its
users, or is this restricted - available ONLY if the users elect to make
the information available? If you don't have complete control over your
own personal information, hang up immediately.
13. What is the "theme" or purpose of the BBS? If the purpose of the
system is "stamp collecting" and you have no interest in stamp
collecting, don't waste your time and that of others in trying to change
the theme of the system. Move on. In contrast, if you ARE interested
in stamp collecting, use the system to the max - its definitely in YOUR
interest to support the system.
14. What is the user activity in the public forums/message bases? If
there is little activity and the BBS has been around for more than 2-3
months (i.e., the system is NOT just starting up and gaining
recognition), move on. Again, a slow system is a dead system.
15. What is the age of the SYSOP? Many youngsters 9-15 go through the
stage where they absolutely MUST be the SYSOP of their own system. Its
genetic. A FEW of these systems are run by mature young men/women, but
most are just passing fancies and thus the systems will be online for 3
months or less. Especially when Mom and Dad decide to punish Junior for
getting that D in Math.
If you use such systems, just don't be surprised one evening when you
call and the Ma Bell Electronic Lady tells you "The number you have
reached has been disconnected."
16. Does the system provide the transfer protocol(s) of choice for
today? For example, currently ZMODEM is the protocol most popular, and
for good reason. Does the system offer ZMODEM?
17. Network mail. So-called BBSs which offer network messages are not
BBSs in the original sense. Network BBSs tend to be "just another node"
and don't have the local intensity and don't foster the spirit of
comraderia that truly local BBSs do. This is NOT to say that network
systems are not worth using - quite the contrary. If you need to get
electronic mail to someone in another state and are too cheap to
subscribe to CIS, GEnie, America Online, etc., and you don't mind
exchanging electronic mail at a snail's pace, they are just your cup of
tea! But if you desire the spirit of a local system, network nodes are
not going to satisfy you. Personally I prefer local BBSs and Reach Out
America - time is more valuable than money to me, so I pay the few cents
to get my mail to someone instantly rather than wait a week to get the
mail there and get the reply back. Just personal preference... But, if
the network BBS is charging you for each message sent out on the
network, go elsewhere, period.
18. The spirit of the users. What makes a BBS is the quality of its
users. If the users are mature, friendly, knowledgable and outgoing,
the system will be hopping and you'll get the most from it. If, on the
other hand, the system fosters users who only want to logon and take
downloads, forget forging any friendships or getting much help, such as
answers to your questions.
19. Hours of operation: Is the system available 24 hrs/day, 7 days/
week? If not, forget it; the SYSOP isn't committed to running a solid
system if he/she doesn't spring for at least ONE dedicated line, and why
should you have to rearrange your life around the system's availability?
Such systems never last very long. Mushrooms in spring...
20. Is the system easy to use? In other words, are the commands logical
and make sense? Or are they Unix-like, cryptic and Greek? If you need
to download a manual to learn the system, forget it - go read a nice
novel and get some enjoyment in life! If you are on the system for 3
min and still haven't mastered the commands, Alt-H and dial another
system.
21. Is the system free? If not, be absolutely sure what you're going to
be getting for your money BEFORE you ship the cabbage. There are
thousands upon thousands of BBSs which are free, and if a BBS is going
to charge you for your use of the system, make darn sure they are going
to be providing you with something than you can't get for free further
down the road. Also know that many of the BBSs which have attempted to
go the subscription route have failed miserably and either folded
altogether or have reverted back to being a free, public-access system.
If the pay-for-use system you are considering goes back to being a free
system, will you get your money back? If the system goes offline
permanently, will you get your cabbage refunded? Chances are the
answers to both questions are "No".
Before you send in your money, the pay-for-use system should allow you
some "free" connect time to investigate the system and the services it
provides. Unless you get some free time to investigate the entire
system, move on.
This is by far NOT a comprehensive list of considerations to make in
selecting which BBSs you utilize, but it should provide you with some
elementary considerations as a start. The key to maximizing the
benefits of using BBSs lies in being selective. BBSs should be places
to go for learning, for getting public domain and shareware files, for
exchanging thoughts, for getting news and for making friends who share
some common interests (such as computers). But most of all, BBSs should
be FUN.
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YEAR IN REVIEW: 1991
COMPUSERVE TOP 50 UTILITY/APPLICATION DOWNLOADS
Compiled by Ron Kovacs
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CompuServe Atari Productivity Forum
November 30, 1990 thru December 1, 1991
User ID Lib Filename Bytes Access Date
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[74415 1727] 2 QWKCIS.TOS 74649 272 28-Apr-91
[76703 4061] 6 WHATIS.ARC 19998 182 13-Oct-91
[73637 1120] 4 DIRDRV.ARC 72960 181 31-May-91
[76703 4061] 6 CAL.ARC 90240 137 12-Sep-91
[76702 1466] 4 VKILLR.LZH 63792 136 12-May-91
[76004 2232] 4 ARCS25.ARC 46815 134 22-Apr-91
[71570 3142] 2 QCISHE.ARC 3513 131 06-Dec-90
[74706 1743] 4 ARCSHL.ARC 47232 129 25-Jul-91
[70007 1072] 6 CPX.ARC 100096 124 20-Jun-91
[73657 1712] 4 MULT13.LZH 14592 112 12-Dec-90
[74415 1727] 2 XYZ201.ARC 52992 106 29-Jun-91
[73030 3562] 4 CALLTI.ARC 3712 92 08-Sep-91
[70007 4510] 4 STZIP9.LZH 55680 88 07-Jul-91
[71451 1764] 2 GEMXZY.LZH 22656 85 09-Jul-91
[70007 1072] 2 TOS14F.ARC 2432 84 29-Jun-91
[71450 1050] 2 ATABBS.TXT 5730 84 03-Oct-91
[76004 2232] 4 FUNKAL.ARC 3558 82 27-Apr-91
[71621 1712] 4 UZSHL.PRG 18774 82 23-Apr-91
[72637 745] 6 FPPRNT.LZH 2048 80 18-Jul-91
[75300 1721] 4 2COLUM.LZH 54016 76 19-Sep-91
[73047 600] 2 EDHAKD.LZH 37632 71 10-Oct-91
[76004 1764] 8 SIZZLR.ARC 10112 70 27-Jul-91
[76537 1342] 4 TURTLE.ARC 64881 69 03-Jan-91
[76702 1466] 6 TIMDRV.ARC 839 68 18-Jan-91
[74435 1015] 4 ACC13.ARC 1276 66 21-Apr-91
[73647 2735] 6 SPBT70.ARC 175793 64 03-Mar-91
[100010 2106] 4 DOCDIS.LZH 53376 62 17-Aug-91
[70007 4454] 4 XSHELL.LZH 228970 60 08-Jul-91
[74415 1727] 4 LHA130.ARC 61184 57 07-Jul-91
[76515 3561] 4 STUNAR.ARC 11687 56 08-Sep-91
[76703 254] 2 MODMEC.ARC 95202 55 17-Aug-91
[74370 22] 2 MODEMF.ARC 2048 55 20-Apr-91
[73310 761] 5 CALPRN.ARC 13568 55 08-Oct-91
[73637 317] 6 ELFBO2.ARC 71936 54 13-Jul-91
[70731 2322] 4 EDMSHL.LZH 33792 54 07-Aug-91
[76703 4061] 6 JAR.ARC 5928 54 18-Sep-91
[100014 621] 9 HPTOGD.ARC 21888 51 05-May-91
[72347 1623] 4 DCSQIF.LZH 17638 51 13-Sep-91
[72417 3026] 4 BICYCL.ARC 24576 49 31-May-91
[100016 1020] 2 RUFUS1.TOS 100480 49 17-Jan-91
[73670 2200] 2 YMG125.ARC 9926 49 31-Mar-91
[72347 1431] 4 FLMAT3.ARC 179200 48 25-Jun-91
[73647 2735] 6 SUPBTA.PRG 718 48 18-Sep-91
[100010 1100] 6 STREE4.ARC 51456 46 19-Jul-91
[72355 1637] 5 GRAPH.LZH 134144 46 14-Jun-91
[76703 4061] 6 BLINK.ARC 36334 45 09-Dec-90
[76702 1466] 2 TRBCTS.LZH 5198 45 12-Jan-91
[73030 3562] 10 ZEST.ARC 41216 45 06-Aug-91
[72307 1502] 6 AREACO.ARC 55542 43 12-Oct-91
TOP EDUCATION/LEARNING UPLOADS OF 1991 ON GENIE
17415 CIRCUS.ARC X D.A.BRUMLEVE 901127 126000 207 9
17641 KV_FONIC.LZH X K.KRESSIN 901218 52920 202 9
21092 GNOMPLOT.ARC X S.SCHAPER 910928 87296 158 9
18599 RESIST.ARC X E.TREMBLAY2 910311 15120 130 9
20419 MATHQUIZ.LZH X W.AUSTIN4 910805 27136 122 9
20816 BAC.LZH X D.PANKE 910907 16512 120 9
20591 CLASS_31.ARC X G.WREN 910822 94592 104 9
21368 JUPMOONS.LZH X S.SCHAPER 911026 18816 97 9
21192 URAMOONS.ARC X S.SCHAPER 911008 29056 90 9
20317 MSTRQUIZ.ARC X M.ALLEN16 910728 48512 76 9
20318 MSTRQUIZ.DOC X M.ALLEN16 910728 7936 70 9
18598 BATTERY.ARC X E.TREMBLAY2 910311 60480 66 9
21510 MRESISTOR.ARC X G.RENNIE 911109 19840 65 9
20592 CLASSDOC.ARC X G.WREN 910822 2304 54 9
20860 YBS_HAP.LZH X R.QUANCE 910909 85376 41 9
18337 COSMO.ARC X T.RECHAK1 910220 27720 24 9
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* Z*NET SOFTWARE SHELF by Ron Berinstein
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We are usually some of the last folks to go out, fight the lines, find a
parking spot, search thru the endless amount of stock, and get a
Christmas tree. Not this year though, as if by magic, Margo returned
home with one of the cutest, neatest, most perfect Christmas trees to
ever be grown. Just in case you have someone in your home that is just
as persistent, I thought you might like a preview of just what you can
choose from when considering items for under the tree.
COALSCAN.ARC & SCANCOL2.ARC are ARC files that contains demos (and
text) for both Coalesce and ScanLite. Coalesce is termed the 'Fastest
Scrolling, Fastest working' Image merger in the ST arena. Designed
explicitly for merging two half-page scans into 1 full page. (Coalesce
is included with "The Tray" (tm) from WizWorks! or separately. New
features include "extended view" and "stretch". ScanLite is something
you don't want to be without if you have a hand scanner for the ST/TT!
GEN_DEMO.LZH has a demonstration version of CodeHead Software's new font
editor for Calamus typefaces, GENUS. (The "Save Font" function is
disabled.) A text file is included which contains all the info you need
to take the demo for a test drive. Have a look; you'll quickly see why
GENUS is the font editor of choice for the top Calamus type designers.
Monochrome only.
COMPO.TXT from Goldleaf Publishing, Inc. is their announcement of its
distribution of COMPO Software products. Available now are "That's
Write and Write ON," "the next generation in high end word processing."
This text file describes them both, and more. If you use your ST for
word processing, this might be worth investigating.
WSC_DEMO.ARC is a fully function demo of the commercial prg. WORD
SEARCH CREATOR available from Fair Dinkum Technologies. This DEMO is
nearly identical to the full commercial version but you are limited to
a maximum of 5 words. Create word search puzzles for educational use or
just plain fun the fast and easy way with WORD SEARCH CREATOR.
MPNTDEMO.ARC contains the free demo of CodeHead's amazing graphics tool,
"MegaPaint Professional." The complete demo is divided between two
archives. Contained here is the minimum configuration required to run
the demo. At least one meg and mono req'd. Use ARC602.
MPNTDEM2.ARC is the second part of the MegaPaint Professional demo.
The complete demo is divided between two archives. This archive
contains dozens of optional support files to help you get more out of
the demo. They cannot be used without MPNTDEMO.ARC. Use ARC 6.02 to
decompress the folders and files directly into your MEGPAINT folder.
MSPYPRES.TXT is a press release announcing CodeHead's new MIDI Spy
background recorder. It is an uncompressed text file that can be read
on-line. Read all about it.
MSPYDEMO.ARC This is a free demo version of CodeHead's MIDI Spy
recorder. MIDI Spy is a unique MIDI sequencer that records and plays in
the background. It will record at any time no matter what you are doing
with your computer. Or you can have it play a list of pre-recorded MIDI
files while you use your computer for other things.
CAPTHOOK.ARC Captain Hook is a shareware program that allows you to
"unhook" your resident programs to eliminate interference with the
programs you run. It is especially useful for eliminating conflicts
with MIDI programs, but will help with almost any kind of program
conflict. Specially designed to work with CodeHead's MIDI Spy
background recorder.
EMBLEMS.LZH and also some subsequent files are collections of scanned
woodcarvings from 19th century sources that go well on business cards or
other material for professionals. These nine were rather small, so they
were scanned at 400 dpi.
So, now go light a fire in the fireplace, put on some nice music, sit
back and enjoy these shareware listings for your Christmas season.
For music you might start with..
DECKHALL.LZH Deck The Halls, a traditional Xmas song done on a Yamaha
PSS-790 with a big band beat! Edit Track II format. Lharced with
Quester lharc lh5 format.
GRANDMA.LZH Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer, a perennial Xmas
favorite, with country rhythm added by Yamaha PSS-790. Midi type 1 file
compressed in lh5 format.
For Serious Software prepare to unwrap these files..
SUBCAL20.LZH is our annual update of Sub_Cal. Features include systems
of differential equations (with or without plotting) and unit conversion.
The "old" features are: expression evaluation, definite integrals,
differentiation, equation solving in intervals, linear and nol-linear
equation sysyems and linear algebra, function optimization (general),
function plotting, and MORE!
ARCSHL30.ARC Here's version 3.0 of Charles F. Johnson's popular ARC
Shell, the program that adds an intuitive GEM point-and-click interface
to ARC.TTP and LHARC.TTP. ARC Shell 3.0 now features a greatly improved
interface for Thomas Quester's LHARC programs, a "Group Extract"
function, and more! Copyright 1991 Charles F. Johnson & Little Green
Footballs Software.
2COL103.LZH 2_COLUMNS will printout text files into 2 columns and save
lots of paper. Easilty modified for any printer. Short and sweet!
This is the most recent update.
STWEL44.LZH ST WRITER Elite! This fixes bugs in transform color and
corrects some typos in the HELP area. CODE OPTIMIZED FOR SPEED AND
SIZE. It now searches 20% faster. WORKS ON ALL TOS'S, ST'S, TT'S, IN
ALL RESOLUTIONS.
For those who want to measure up this year..
METRIC.ARC MetriCon-- will let you toss out those pesky metric
convertion charts! Use your ST/e/TT to convert between pounds/kilograms,
inches/centimeters, and fahrenheit/Celcius. Accurate up to six decimal
decimal places.
NBMG.LZH This is beta v0.2 of NBMG, a proposed graphics benchmark
addition to NBM itself. Rewritten in Pascal, to overcome 68030
incompatibilities. TT Compatible in ALL resolutions.
EPD10.ARC The Extended Palette Driver 1.0 is a complete replacement for
the driver that JRI shipped with their 4096 color card. The EPD was
written at the request of Prism Paint owners so they could access the
larger palette. Since The EPD patches all the necessary XBIOS and VDI
calls to work with 4096 colors, other well written GEM applications
should also benefit.
Some Gifts for your computer screen!
BEZTWIST.LZH This LZHed (-lh1-) file has a .TTP program that displays
twisting and turning bezier curves on your screen. It includes source
code. This would be a nice screen saver module. TT Compatible in ST
Resolutions ONLY
SILKFNT.LZH This program designed to be run fron the desktop will
replace all the screen fonts in your computer system. The new font
appears to be a little more designer oriented, and a bit lighter in
weight. I feel it is worth looking at.
ADDAMS_F.LZH The Addams Family is a lot of fun and so is this free
Calamus font that mising a few parts here and there (he he he)....
Download it have fun add letters add characters add cobwebs send me a
copy... Created with GENUS!
NEOWALL.LZH This program reads in nine NEOchrome picture files,
organizes them into a three by three grid and allows the user to scroll
both horizontally and vertically over the images. It demonstrates the
fine scrolling capability of the STE.
DARKSTAR.ARC Fractal generating screen-saver. Docs are in German, but
it's easy to figure out. I believe it only works in high resolution.
ALADV140.ARC will make your computer screen wiz to where you want it to
wiz to! This is Aladdin Version 1.4.This new version has some internal
bug fixes, and adds some new features. To mention a few of the new
features, Zmodem Downloads for GEmail, New quote feature in the editor,
and a new command line for getting new messages from GEnie.
ALADOC14.ARC Version 1.4 ST Aladdin Documentation. (ASCII) This file is
formatted to print. It is 83 pages in length, and you should just print
it from the desktop.
And for those of you looking for that unique little gift to give a
software specialist..
UNIX2D.LZH UNIX2DOS converts UNIX text files to DOS/Atari ST format.
Full ANSI C source code and AtariST executable included.
MARROW.LZH MARROW is a unique program, it enables you to use your mouse
from within non-Gem programs...Marrow allows you to switch your mouse
into 'keyboard mode' so that it will emulate the cursor keys, and then
back again at the touch of button.. A very small program that is a must
for every ST owner.
And now, Gifts for the Whole Family!
ORIGAMI.TOS ORIGAMI: the art of paper folding. I don't know how they
did it but this demo allows you to fold paper! The self extracting file
contains the folders required to get things started.
21.ARC This is a blackjack game for one player against the dealer.
The rules are RENO Casino style. Totally mouse driven. Written and
compiled in GFA BASIC.TT Compatible ST Low Resolution ONLY (Color
Monitor Required)
GRAV_SCI.LZH Several gravity simulations and games. Some German, some
English. Try Gravbahn with the .DAT files I included. Monochrome
emulator included. Swing_by is more game-like. 2nd Star is really a
binary eclipse light curve program, graphics. Gravbahn is quite
sophisticated, you can have numbers of stars, planets, etc. Try to get
double stars to orbit...
AMMOTRAK.ARC This is a very good high speed graphic game where you
drive a rocket sled type vehicle. Shoot at targets, then drive thru
them to gain speed and fuel. Doesn't work with a TT. (Color)
DUNGEONL.ARC This is a PD version of DungeonLord - a new D&D adventure
for the ST! Great gameplay, digitized sounds, excellent 3-D graphics
and 10 levels to conquer! This game requires a color monitor and a
minimum of 1 meg of ram. Definitly worth downloading!! TT Compatible
KATRIX.LZH ANOTHER GEnie LAMP FIND! A commercial quality game called
KLATRIX! This shareware import combines Klax and Tetris. Klatrix takes
STOS to it's best with excellent graphics and sound. This is a must
download for all ST gamers. Color only.
PUSH_BOX.LZH is a nicely done mono-only game from Germany. Overhead
perspective on a maze where you must push boxes to designated areas
without boxing yourself in. In English, no Deutsch required. Includes
multiple play levels. ST/STE (and maybe more) compatible.
Reccomendation: The LEVEL.LZH file within PushBox.LZH should be
extracted into a folder named LEVEL.
MAZE2.LZH Find your way out of a 3-D maze. Lots of options, built-in
help, and more. Nicely done. This is from Germany, but is in English.
Monochrome only. ST/STE (and maybe more) compatible.
For those with Michtron BBS's..
NFL_YEST.ARC NFL Yesterday... Michtron BBS game for ver 3.0 MBBS. Play
against humans or computer.
For those considering other BBS's..
ST_KEEP3.LZH Req. 512K RAM, hd, modem. Up to 32000 users, 32000 rooms
(SIGs), 32000 messages per room, 255 floors, 255 doors (on-line games,
other BBS's), and 15 Groups. File transfers - Xmodem CRC, Xmodem 1K,
Batch Ymodem, Batch Zmodem, download ratio. ANSI, VT-52, IG, ASCII
graphics support. Runs locally on color or monochrome monitor. And
More..
And for those who insist on talking computer talk all the time!
SCDOC20.LZH is the archive of documentation files for Sozobon C release
2.0. This is the FIRST of THREE files. Release version 2.0 follows.
SCSRC20.LZH is for folks that want to study the source code of a
compiler... SCBIN20.LZH is version 2.0 of Sozobon C a reasonably
complete, reliable implementation of K&R C with some ANSI extensions.
It is 100% free (no shareware fee). This fixes various bugs in earlier
versions and introduces a new, extended object module format that allows
long external identifiers.
MINT09B.ZOO is 9/91 version of MiNT, (Mint is Not Tos) the multi-
tasking kernal for the ST. Gives much of the functionality of Unix
(given the right shell) including the ability to run multiple tasks
(inc. 1 GEM program). This version has a more powerful shell and should
reduce the internal memory overhead & implements kernal-level support
for symbolic links & Minix (tm).
MNTLIB14.ZOO contains the C source code.
MNTINC14.ZOO These .H files are necessary if you install the special
MiNT c library with your GNU compiler, or if you intend to use the MiNT
library source code with another compiler.
CPXMDLS.LZH -FILEINFO.CPX pop-up menus handling corrected. Press and
holding mouse button works now. Selection unpress mouse button.
SYSTEM.CPX pop-up menus handling corrected. Extended discription and
data type (BIT). NVDICONF.CPX Must be rename, because a offical
version of NVDICONF with the same CPX-ID is registered. New name is
CONFNVDI.CPX, CPX-ID: 'nVdi'.
CLIPBRD.ARC This is the Atari Clipboard CPX, freeware from Software
Development Systems. It gives users who want more flexibility when
using applications that support the clipboard the abilty to define where
you wish to place the files and allows you to clear them on boot-up.
This is a pre-release version without file view. Requires XCONTROL.ACC.
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To sign up for DELPHI service, call (with modem) (800) 695-4002. Upon
connection, hit <return> once or twice. At Password: type ZNET and
hit <return>.
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To sign up for GEnie service call (with modem) (800) 638-8369. Upon
connection type HHH and hit <return>. Wait for the U#= prompt and type
XTX99436,GEnie and hit <return>.
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To sign up for CompuServe service call (with phone) (800) 848-8199. Ask
for operator #198. You will be promptly sent a $15.00 free membership
kit.
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