ST Report: 22-Apr-94 #1017
From: Bruce D. Nelson (aa789@cleveland.Freenet.Edu)
Date: 04/25/94-10:14:19 AM Z
From: aa789@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Bruce D. Nelson)
Subject: ST Report: 22-Apr-94 #1017
Date: Mon Apr 25 10:14:19 1994
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- About Matt Deatherage - ESS-Code 5.06 - The Old Fishin' Hole
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'Tis coming closer to showtime... and while I'm at it let's see
there's a convention in Las Vegas that's made up of the major Networks
Executive corps. Imagine that! The top brass of the major networks are
all together in Las Vegas at about the same time Paramount Pictures sends
the networks "lawyer" letters demanding that all files about, of and
pertaining to Star Trek that could be considered infringable must be
removed forthwith. Pretty neat eh folks? I can't help but wonder if this
is the beginnings of "Rights of Electronic Distribution"? If it is...
look out we are in for a very rough and interesting ride. Especially in
the graphics and midi departments. Time will tell. So will Paramount's
Box Office popularity in the coming months. You just don't "fool" with
Mother Nature and Star Trek Fans. You are guaranteed to lose!
As we wait patiently for the Spring Shows to begin, more upgrades and
patches continue through the pipeline. The PC marketplace is truly
vibrant with "new life".
Delrina Corp. has released WinFax Pro v4.0 and WinComm Plus v 1.0b.
We are looking forward to offering you in depth reviews of both programs.
I can tell you this much so far; WinFax Pro 4 is a powerhouse it literally
dwarfs 3.0 and it was the industry standard for Fax software. WinComm
Pro is the only comm program that interfaces with all the major online
services with no hassles or major "quirks". It also allows one to be
connected to two different services at the same time performing different
functions at the same time in two different windows. It has all the power
of the old, familiar term progs of days gone bye along with the horsepower
and features demanded of modern term programs. WinComm Pro is a strong
and pleasantly easy comm program to use and enjoy. Happy Earth Day.
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Weekly Happenings in the Computer World
Issue #17
by Lloyd E. Pulley, Sr.
******* General Computer News *******
** Time Warner Ups Stake in Atari **
Atari Corp. has agreed to sell Time Warner Inc. 1.5 million shares of
its common stock at a price of $8.50 per share for a total of $12.8
million.
A statement from Atari's Sunnyvale, Calif., offices says the tran-
saction increases Time Warner Inc.'s interest in Atari to about 27%.
** 500-Disk CD Changer Developed **
Japan's Pioneer Electric Corp. has begun selling a 500-disk CD-ROM
changer priced at $14,500. The changer, designed for use with IBM-
compatible PCs, could be used on computer networks to supply online
information. Pioneer currently sells six- and 18-disk changers.
Pioneer officials said the company will begin marketing the tower-
shaped, three-foot, 10-inch changer this summer and expects to sell 100
units a month, mostly for corporate, government and health care
applications.
** Aldus Ships Power Mac FreeHand **
Aldus Corp. has started shipping Aldus FreeHand 4.0 for the Power
Macintosh. The company says the $595 product is the first professional
design and illustration application available in Power Macintosh
"native" form. It claims that the software performs up to eight times
faster than its counterpart running on the fastest Macintosh Quadra
computers. The firm notes that performance improvements can be seen in
such operations as screen redraws, complex graphic movements and path-
editing shortcuts.
** IBM Reports First Quarter Profit **
IBM Corp. this week announced it earned $392 million (or 64 cents a
share) in the first quarter of 1994, marking its second consecutive
quarterly profit. This compares to a loss of $399 million (or 70 cents a
share) a year ago. Revenue for the quarter ended March 31 was $13.4
billion, a 2% increase from the $13.1 billion reported for the first
quarter of 1993.
** Corporate Software Market Surges **
A new survey projects the market for corporate software will grow by
as much as 24% in 1994, the biggest jump in seven years.
** New Windows to Be Wired **
According to Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates, we can look for the next-
generation version of Microsoft Windows to include built-in access to
online services.
Bill Gates, said this week that the "Chicago" version of Windows, due
out by the end of the year, will include a single information manager
interface that also will allow users to scan their electronic mail or
voice mail messages and access faxed documents as well as connect to
Internet and other online systems.
In his speech, Gates also said new modem chips that will begin ship-
ping in the fall will offer dual voice and data transmission capabi-
lities, further enriching communications possibilities for PC users.
"All these things," he said, "can be brought together by the right type
of architecture."
Gates estimated Microsoft will ship at least 40 million copies of the
Chicago version of Windows next year.
** Lotus Profits Jump 75 Percent **
Lotus Development Corp. is reporting earnings of $21.3 million, or 45
cents per share, for the first quarter ended April 2, a 75% increase
over earnings of $12.3 million, or 29 cents per share, in the first
quarter of 1993.
** Compaq's Earnings Jump 108 Percent **
Compaq Computer Corp. this week reported first quarter profits that
jumped 108% to a record $213 million from $102 million a year ago. Quar-
terly revenues also hit a record $2.3 billion, up 41 percent from $1.6
billion in the first quarter of 1993.
** Two Executives Leave Apple **
Two executives are leaving Apple Computer Inc. to pursue other
business ventures.
-:- Gaston Bastiaens, general manager of Apple's Personal Interactive
Electronics division, which develops and markets Apple's Newton
technology, is setting up his own business.
-:- Morris Taradalsky, vice president/general manager of Apple
Business Systems Division, is becoming president/CEO of data storage
products company MicroNet Technology Inc.
** Cray Unveils New Supercomputer **
The Cray C90D series, a new generation of supercomputer systems
designed for scientific and engineering research, has been unveiled by
Cray Research Inc.
Reports say the systems combines the company's Cray C90 supercomputer
technology with the latest 16-megabit DRAM memory chips "to provide up
to two billion words of real main memory." Pricing for the system starts
at $3.5 million.
** Work Continues on PowerPC Chips **
Versions of the third PowerPC microprocessor - the PowerPC 604 - now
is ready to be sent to computer makers wanting to use it in future
machines, officials at IBM and Motorola Inc.
This stage of the development is called "first silicon" because the
chips have gone from the design lab to production lines where they are
created from silicon.
Third in a line being co-developed by IBM, Motorola and Apple
Computer Inc., the chip is designed for premium desktop PCs, graphics
workstations and servers that feed data to a network of PCs.
Apple and IBM plan to use the chip in future PCs. Also IBM, Groupe
Bull, Thomson CSF and Harris Computer Systems have said they will use
the chip in workstations. Those machines will take more than a year to
develop.
** AST Rolls Out Multimedia Units **
AST Research Inc. is unveiling new multimedia PCs in its Advantage
line for the home that also will store, record and forward both voice
messages and faxes.
In addition, the new machines contain software called AST Works,
which reports say "brings a simpler appearance to the screen than the
normal icons that represent programs."
Packard Bell Inc. made a similar change to its models two months ago,
but AST Works has more features, including video explanations from its
technicians for running the computer.
** Compaq Offers High-end Systems **
A new high-end PC family called the DeskPro/XL, targeted at large
corporate users with deep pockets, is being announced by Compaq Computer
Corp. The new models also include ergonomic features.
The features of the machines include a microphone and speakers built
into the keyboard, a mouse that plugs into the keyboard, networking
adapters built into the system and slots that upgrade to the next
version of Intel Corp.'s chips.
** Motorola Unveils 68060 CPUs **
Motorola's High Performance Microprocessor Division this week intro-
duced the 68060 microprocessor series.
The first generation of the 68060 product line consists of the 68060,
68LC060 and 68EC060. The company notes that the family offers many of
the same performance enhancements used by RISC microprocessors.
Motorola says the line's key benefits includes hardware and software
compatibility with 68040 microprocessors, cost- effective memory systems
requirements and a power efficient architecture.
Each of the CPUs incorporates 2.5 million transistors on a single
piece of silicon. The chips are capable of simultaneously processing up
to 250 million operations per second at 50MHz. The 68060 devices deliver
an average performance level of 90 VAX MIPS at 50MHz.
** World Chip Market Seen at $100 Billion **
Dataquest Inc. predicts that the worldwide semiconductor market will
top $100 billion this year and consumption in the Asia/Pacific region
will exceed Japan's consumption in 1995.
Dataquest Vice President Gene Norrett, director of Dataquest's World-
wide Semiconductors group, said in a statement from San Jose, Calif.,
"Dataquest increased its consumption expectations in Asia/Pacific
because we anticipate the region's explosive growth in 1993 to continue.
Another major shift in market dynamics will occur in 1995 when
microcomponent ICs will surpass memory ICs as the dominant semiconductor
product."
The researchers add the North America region is expected to consti-
tute 34.7% of the total market in 1998, which is the highest total for
that region since 1986.
** Apple Media Kit, Version 1.1 Debuts **
Apple Computer Inc. this week introduced the Apple Media Kit, Version
1.1, the company's cross-platform multimedia authoring tool.
Comprised of the Apple Media Tool for designers and the Apple Media
Tool Programming Environment for programmers, the Apple Media Kit's new
features improve the designer's and programmer's ability to assemble and
add interactivity to sound, picture, text and movie files.
Reports say that Apple is also introducing a new licensing structure
and reducing the product's price to $1,495.
Included with the Apple Media Kit is a demo CD that provides an elec-
tronic version of the technical documentation, as well as sample code
and several demo projects.
** Lotus Says No to Power Mac Apps **
Lotus Development Corp. says it won't develop business desktop
software for Power Macintosh computers.
Lotus has never been a major player in the Macintosh market. Older,
Macintosh-compatible versions of Lotus 1-2-3 and Lotus' word processing
and graphics programs will still be able to run on the new Power Mac,
Lotus spokesman Richard Eckel sad. But the products won't run as fast as
"native" PowerPC programs.
Lotus will retool its office communications programs -- cc:Mail and
Notes -- for the Power Mac, according to Eckel.
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Title: WPWIN 60 Caused a GPF in SHWIN20.DLL... Error Message
Product: WordPerfect 6.0 for Windows
Number: 1078-4/94
Problem
One of the following error messages appears:
* The *.BIF file could not be created or found.
* Cannot initialize. Most probable cause is
insufficient memory.
* Unable to load menus.
* WPWIN 60 caused a GPF in SHWIN20.DLL at 0007:07D8.
(This address does not change.)
Concept
These error messages can be corrected by renaming the .BIF file.
The WPCSET.BIF file is found in the Windows directory.
These errors with the .BIF file are scheduled to be corrected in
the next interim release of WordPerfect 6.0 for Windows, WPWin
6.0a. If you are experiencing these problems, we will send you
WPWin 6.0a when it is released (it is currently under
development). Please contact the WordPerfect Orders Department
at 1-800-321-4566 to place an order for WPWin 6.0a.
Solution
To rename the .BIF file,
1 Rename the WPCSET.BIF file as WPCSET.OLD.
The next time you start WPWin 6.0, a new WPCSET.BIF will be
created in the Windows directory.
2 Start WPWin 6.0.
3 Choose Preferences from the File menu.
4 Double-click the File icon.
Listed below are the default paths for each section (assuming
that WPWin was installed to the C drive).
Documents C:\WPWIN60\WPDOCS (unless you have
another directory that you keep your
documents in)
Templates C:\WPWIN60\TEMPLATE
Macros C:\WPWIN60\MACROS
Graphics C:\WPWIN60\GRAPHICS
Printers/Labels C:\WPC20
Label File C:\WPWIN60\wp_wp_us.lab
Hyphenation C:\WPC20
5 If all directory paths are correct, click OK, then click
Close in the Preferences dialog box.
Once you have changed the .BIF file, you no longer have a default
printer listed. You need to select a printer.
6 From the blank document screen choose Select Printer from
the File menu. Highlight the desired printer, then click
Initial Font and select a font. When your printer selection
is complete, click Select.
7 Make a backup copy of the new WPCSET.BIF file; place this
copy in another directory or save it on a diskette in case
you have problems with the new .BIF file.
Title: The *.BIF File Could Not Be Created Or Found Error
Message
Product: WordPerfect 6.0 for Windows
Number: 1075-4/94
Problem
One of the following error messages appears:
* The *.BIF file could not be created or found.
* Cannot initialize. Most probable cause is
insufficient memory.
* Unable to load menus.
* WPWIN 60 caused a GPF in SHWIN20.DLL at 0007:07D8.
(This address does not change.)
Concept
These error messages can be corrected by renaming the .BIF file.
The WPCSET.BIF file is found in the Windows directory.
These errors with the .BIF file are scheduled to be corrected in
the next interim release of WordPerfect 6.0 for Windows, WPWin
6.0a. If you are experiencing these problems, we will send you
WPWin 6.0a when it is released (it is currently under
development). Please contact the WordPerfect Orders Department
at 1-800-321-4566 to place an order for WPWin 6.0a.
Title: Running WordPerfect 6.0 for Windows Under OS/2
Product: WordPerfect 6.0 for Windows
Number: 1116-1/94
Running WordPerfect 6.0 for Windows under OS.2
Running WPWin 6.0 under OS/2 2.x requires a special setup. Most
of the information presented here is specific to OS/2 and is not
found in the reference manual.
What's in this document?
* Installing WordPerfect 6.0 from an OS/2 Full Screen Session
* WIN-OS/2 Settings
* Additional Settings for WPCorp DOS Products
Installing WordPerfect 6.0 from an OS/2 Full Screen Session
1 Double-click the OS/2 System icon.
2 Double-click the Command Prompts icon in the OS/2 System -
Icon View window.
3 Double-click on OS/2 Full Screen
4 Insert the installation disk for WordPerfect in drive A:.
5 Type WIN/3 a:install at the OS/2 command line.
6 Follow the instructions on-screen.
WIN-OS/2 Settings
Setting Name Default Minimum Suggested
Setting Setting Setting
WIN_RUN_MODE Standard Enhanced Enhanced
DOS_FILES 20 70 100
DOS HIGH OFF ON ON
DOB UMB OFF ON ON
DPMI_MEMORY_LIMIT 4 6 8
EMS_MEMORY_LIMIT 2048 0 0
IDLE_SECONDS 0 5 5
IDLE_SENSITIVITY 75/95 95 95
XMS_MEMORY_LIMIT 2048 6144 6144+
The minimum or suggested settings can prevent several serious
problems that may occur when running WPWin 6.0 under OS/2.
Customers who run WPWin 6.0 with the default WIN-OS/2 settings
have experienced frequent General Protection Faults (GPFs) and
"out of memory" errors. These problems commonly happen while
trying to print, using Grammatik, editing large documents, or
doing anything that makes heavy use of memory. Giving WPWin 6.0
more memory usually solves these problems.
Even if you have not had any problems with WPWin 6.0 in a WIN-
OS/2 session, it would be a good idea to use the minimum or
suggested settings for more efficient performance.
Every icon that starts a Windows program from the OS/2 desktop
has its own WIN-OS/2 settings. To change the settings for WPWin
6.0, the first step is to create an icon that starts WordPerfect.
Create an icon by migration or by dragging out a template. To
migrate WPWin 6.0 to the OS/2 desktop, click on the following
nested icons in the listed order: OS/2 System, System Setup, ane
then Migrate Applications. Refer to your OS/2 documentation for
further information on migration and templates.
Next, you will need to change the WIN-OS/2 settings that apply to
WPWin 6.0.
1 Click the WordPerfect for Windows program icon once with the
right mouse button. A pop-up menu will appear next to the
WordPerfect for Windows icon. You will see an arrow next to
the Open selection.
2 Click once directly on the arrow to bring up a submenu.
3 Click the Settings option in the submenu, and a settings
notebook will appear. Clicking the tabs will turn the pages
of the notebook.
4 Click the Session tab.
At this point, you can select which screen mode you would like to
operate under. The options for WPWin 6.0 are either WIN-OS2
Window or WIN-OS/2 Full Screen.
5 Select WIN-OS/2 Full Screen.
6 Click the rectangular WIN-OS/2 settings... button. A long
alphabetical list of settings appears. The following list
details the WIN-OS/2 settings that should be changed for the
optimal performance of WPWin 6.0:
DOS_FILES
70 DOS_FILES are usually sufficient. Setting it higher
will not increase performance. However, in some
circumstances, OS/2 will not give the WIN-OS/2 session
all of the requested files. To compensate for this, we
recommend setting DOS_FILES to 100. If any of the
following error messages still occur, set DOS_FILES to
255 (the highest value allowed).
* ...insufficient file handles...
* Cannot initialize, most probable cause...
* Not enough local/global memory...
DPMI_MEMORY_LIMIT DPMI_MEMORY_LIMIT is the total amount of
memory (measured in megabytes) available
to the WIN-OS/2 session. With many
systems WPWin can get by with 6, but
setting this number to 8 will further
improve performance without inhibiting
other programs. Set DPMI_MEMORY_LIMIT
to 8 even if the machine only has 6M of
RAM. OS/2 will create virtual memory on
the hard drive to make up the
difference.
Even more DPMI memory will be needed if other Windows
programs will be running in the same WIN-OS/2 session.
DPMI rule of thumb: DPMI_MEMORY_LIMIT should be at
least 2M higher than the sum of XMS_MEMORY_LIMIT and
EMS_MEMORY_LIMIT. Note that XMS and EMS memory limits
are measured in kilobytes: 1024 kilobytes = 1 megabyte.
EMS_MEMORY_LIMIT EMS stands for expanded memory. WPWin
6.0 does not use expanded memory. Most
users should set this to zero.
NOTE: Running any Windows program that uses EMS memory
in the same WIN-OS/2 Full Screen session with WPWin 6.0
would be the only reason for setting EMS higher. 2048K
(i.e., 2 megabytes) is usually sufficient. After you
raise the EMS_MEMORY_LIMIT, review the DPMI rule of
thumb: DPMI_MEMORY_LIMIT may need to be raised as well.
IDLE_SECONDS IDLE_SECONDS is the number of seconds that
must pass before OS/2 begins monitoring the
application for idle detection. An
application is considered idle when it is
repeatedly polling the keyboard for user
input. Constant keyboard polling can bog
down the performance of concurrent
applications. When OS/2 determines that an
application is polling too much, it lowers
the application's priority in order to give
other applications better performance.
With the default settings in effect, OS/2 mistakenly
thinks that WordPerfect is idle when it is performing
such functions as text conversion or merging. This can
turn what should be a 4-second operation into a 1-
minute operation! Setting IDLE_SECONDS to 5 means that
OS/2 will wait at least 5 seconds before lowering
WordPerfect's priority.
IDLE_SENSITIVITY The value entered for IDLE_SENSITIVITY
represents a percentage of the total
amount of CPU time given to an
application. A value of 95 means that
WordPerfect can spend up to 95% of its
allotted time polling the keyboard
before OS/2 lowers its priority.
Setting IDLE_SENSITIVITY to 100 disables
idle detection since no application can
spend more than 100% of its allotted
time polling.
XMS_MEMORY_LIMIT WordPerfect uses XMS memory. Most
customers have been able to eliminate
out-of-memory errors with
XMS_MEMORY_LIMIT set to 4096.
Nearly all Windows applications use XMS memory. If
WPWin 6.0 is running at the same time as other
applications, then set XMS_MEMORY_LIMIT higher~we
suggest anywhere between 6144 and 16384. You may have
to raise DPMI_MEMORY_LIMIT to make sure that the DPMI
rule of thumb is not violated.
If, after making these changes, you are still having problems,
you need to make sure that the new settings are in effect. The
following conditions may cause problems:
* The settings you changed are saved with the WordPerfect
for Windows icon, not with WPWin 6.0. Should you need
to create another icon that starts WPWin 6.0, be sure
to change the settings for the new icon. If WPWin 6.0
is started from the WIN-OS/2 Program Manager, or from
an OS/2 prompt, the desired settings will not be in
effect.
* Starting WPWin 6.0 with the WordPerfect for Windows
icon does not guarantee that the WIN-OS/2 session will
use the new settings. Before you start WordPerfect,
make sure that a WIN-OS/2 session is not running.
Also, verify that no other Windows software (even the
Windows Clock) is running. Then start WPWin 6.0 by
double clicking on the WordPerfect for Windows icon.
The new settings should be in effect.
There is a way to make sure that the WordPerfect for Windows icon
will always start WPWin 6.0 with the desired settings, even if a
WIN-OS/2 session is already running:
1 Open the settings notebook for the WordPerfect for Windows
icon.
2 Click the Session tab.
3 Click the box next to Separate session.
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QEMM 7.04 UPDATE RELEASED!
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This is an excerpt from the QEMM 7.04 readme file:
The following enhancements and changes have been made in the QEMM 7.04
package.
1) QEMM's DOS-Up feature has been enhanced to work more easily with Novell
DOS7 and DR DOS 6, and to eliminate incompatibilies with Novell DOS 7.
See the technotes NOVELL7.TEC and DRDOS6.TEC (included with QEMM 7.04) for
more information.
2) The Stealth ROM feature has been enhanced so that EXCLUDE and
STEALTHEXCLUDE parameters will no longer be needed for some video BIOSes,
including those on video cards with S3 chip sets.
3) QEMM has been enhanced for greater compatibility with some IBM ThinkPad
systems. Formerly, these systems needed the XBDA:L parameter to work well
with QEMM.
4) QEMM will now load successfully on old Compaq Portable 386 systems.
5) QEMM and its associated programs have been enhanced to increase
compatibility with DR DOS/Stacker systems.
6) Both QEMM and QDPMI have been enhanced to work around problems with
Microfocus COBOL.
7) QEMM now provides support for the DESQview/X 2.0 display server to
increase its speed when it uses VESA display modes.
8) QEMM can now manage up to 256 megabytes of memory.
9) The LOADHI programs will properly handle situations in which QEMM is
not loaded. LOADHI.SYS has also been enhanced to be compatible with more
block device drivers.
10) Optimize has been enhanced to work around problems with some ASPI disk
drivers. Cache-flushing routines on Stacker and DoubleSpace systems have
been improved, and problems with read-only configuration files and with
the Optimize /EMM switch have been resolved.
11) Manifest has been enhanced to improve reporting of video adapters,
Pentium timings and benchmarks, baud rate, Novell DOS 7 internals, and
QEMM overhead. Manifest's CONFIG and AUTOEXEC screens should now be
compatible with all patch levels of DR DOS 6.
12) Stealth DoubleSpace has been enhanced to eliminate problems with
making certain DoubleSpace calls from within a Microsoft Windows 386
enhanced mode window.
This upgrade patch is free and available in Quarterdeck's CIS Support
area.
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> WILDCAT 3.91 STR InfoFile
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MUSTANG CONTINUES WITH THE TOP NOTCH SUPPORT
============================================
This file contains documentation of changes made in WILDCAT! since
v3.0. It is included as a reference as to when new features were added,
and for the use of customers updating from PRIOR RELEASES WITHOUT NEW
MANUALS.
All features listed in this file, with the exception of those for v3.90
and v3.91, are documented in manuals dated 2/15/93 and later on the
title page.
All features are listed in reverse chronological order, grouped by
version number.
=======================================================================
HISTORY & ADDENDUM TO MANUALS
=======================================================================
WILDCAT! v3.91 Release Notes: (4/11/94)
Version 3.91 is a free patch update that fixes a problem within
Wildcat! when indexing messages. If a message header contains more
than 25 characters in the TO: field improper index would be generated.
This situation was seen when mailers or other third party utilities
added messages to the database with names longer than 25 characters.
This release includes new WILDCAT.EXE and .OVR files, new TOMCAT.EXE
and OVR files.
=======================================================================
WILDCAT! v3.90 Release Notes:
Version 3.90 is an update to v3.60/3.55/3.50/3.52/3.51/3.50
and includes the following new features and fixes:
WILDCAT! v3.90
----------------
- The primary change in this release is support for REMOTE IMAGING
PROTOCOL (RIP), a graphic script system for communications.
The addition of RIP support doesn't impact a BBS system in any way
unless the sysop elects to offer RIP support to callers. RIP support
is only available if the RIP switch in MAKEWILD is activated.
Because the RIP graphic standard is new to most system operators, it
may represent a challenge to properly implement and offer to callers.
Although it is our intent to thoroughly describe the standard and its
implementation in WILDCAT!, the actual creation of RIP graphics and
screen files is beyond the scope of our support. In an effort to
provide the most comprehensive information on RIP and WILDCAT! we have
prepared a separate RIP support addendum to the manual. This printed
addendum will help with your understanding of the RIP standard, and
how it can be successfully integrated with your WILDCAT! BBS.
[last-minute RIP notes:]
1. The RIP menus distributed with the program can be editied as
desired. We added a text window command at the end of each menu to
provide a text display area for callers that are either paged by
another node or need to receive a message that the inactivity timer is
about to log them off. Without this text window the above text
messages are simply not seen by the caller while he is viewing a menu.
The down side to this text window is that it also displays the callers
selections as they are made with the mouse or keyboard, which the
sysop may find is not a pleasing effect. The text window can be
removed from the menus by simply removing the last command with a text
editor:
|w0012271410
This will cause the menus to be totally graphic, but will inhibit
display of text sent by the BBS or another node until a text selection
is made.
2. Unlike most other text commands, the text commands from the Sysop
menu cannot be activated from remote with a mouse since they are not
included in the WCTEXT.DAT file, and therefore cannot be edited to
include RIP commands. They will be added to the prompt file in the
next major update when changes to structures are permitted.)
- Added support for automatic RIP detection, if found will try to send
.RIP, then .SCR, and finally .BBS for display files.
- Added ability for user to select No color, ANSI Color, RIP or
Auto-detect from [Y]our settings menu. If Auto-detect is selected
the user will get the screen type that Wildcat! detects at login. NOTE:
This caused a change in line 4 of USERINFO.DAT. Line 4 used to
indicate whether Wildcat! detected ANSI at login. Now line 4 will
contain one of the following: R = RIP, Y = ANSI, N = NONE.
- New users now default to Auto-Detect for their screen display type.
- Changed the entry in the activity log that used to show
"ANSI Detected: YES/NO" to now show "Detected:RIP/ANSI/NONE".
- If user attempts to logoff the BBS and files are still marked the user
is asked if they want to download them now.
- Now we check for the presence of an EMS page frame before trying to
put the overlay into EMS. This will solve problems with DOS 6 and
WINDOWS which can signal that EMS is present but no page frame is
present.
- Wildcat! used a 80 character buffer when reading quotes, this caused
truncation with quotes with color, etc. This buffer has been exapnded to
the full 255 that Wildcat! supports.
- Fixed a situation where at 300 baud, Zmodem downloads could timeout
before the other side responded to the ZEOF.
- Fixed a problem with the screen not being cleared properly when
reading locally with 43/50 line mode turned on.
- Modified DOOR.SYS so that the line that displays whether color is
enabled is now changed to RIP to indicate that RIP is active.
- Now allow for negative numbers in userinfo for download and download k
lines in USERINFO.DAT.
- Event file was being checked once a second at waiting for call screen,
now it checks once a minute.
- Now check for carrier while running SCANFILE on uploads. If user hangs
up during process then the modem is taken off hook to prevent the phone
from ringing while the BBS isn't ready to answer.
- Made change in low level async code to deal with Twincomm firmware
problem.
- User voice and data phone numbers are now logged in the activity log for
each login.
- Previous versions of Wildcat! would check to see if the stored path
field of a file record contained a path. If it did and the file existed
on the path then that file path was used. If it did not exist then
Wildcat! went ahead and checked the regular file area path. The problem
with this was that it meant people that rotated CD's ended up having
users download the 0 byte token files when someone tried a CD that was
not in the machine. To solve this Wildcat! has been modified so that if
the stored path is set in a file record Wildcat! will only try the
stored path.
- Added a field to the status line that indicates the last display file
Wildcat! sent to the caller. This is an aid to help the sysop know what
a RIP caller is doing. In the two line status this new item replaces
the 'since' field. In 5 and 15 line status lines there was room for new
fields.
- Fixed a problem that prevented passwords with spaces in them from being
entered at the first name prompt. (ex. Scott Hunter Test Test with
password being "test test")
- Was using key mask of !.! in file area search command which caused
files beginning with more than one ! characters to not be found.
- Checking of baud didn't display ANSI colors if they were used in
NO(BAUD).BBS.
WCMHS
-----
- Now deletes temporary file used for message packet creation.
MKWCTEXT
--------
- Modified to use the new 160 byte sized prompt file that 3.90 utilizies.
MAKEWILD
--------
- Added toggle for RIP support on General Information Part 3. Enabling
this will turn on RIP detection which will then display .RIP files along
with .BBS/.SCR.
- Max daily downloads and max daily download k now accept up to 65535.
MAKEQUES
--------
- Changed color question to display question to match Wildcat!
- Changed color user field to display user field to match Wildcat!
wcPRO (for those that have wcPRO)
-----
- Added wcFAX, a new FAX door that allows preparation and sending of text
and .PCX files as requested by callers. wcFAX can be configured to
allow callers to select from a list of documents based on security
level. FAX documents are sent to the phone number entered by the
caller, and allowable numbers can be limited by security level. Calls
can be prohibited or allowed for international calls, long distance
calls, regional calls, metro calls or local calls only.
wcFAX requires a Class 1 or Class 2 FAX modem, and includes FAX Door
software for callers to select documents, and FAX Server software to
send requested FAX documents. The FAX Server can be run as an event
after every call (or as often as desired) to check for FAX documents
waiting to be sent, or can be run as a dedicated process in a separate
DESQview window or network PC.
__________________________________________
> WP WATERMARKS STR InfoFile
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TITLE: Creating Watermarks (Enhancement)
PRODUCT: WordPerfect 6.0 for DOS
Enhancement
You can now print graphics and text on the background of a page using the
new Watermark feature of WordPerfect 6.0 for DOS.
Concept
A watermark is a shaded graphic or shaded text placed behind a printed
document. It is a generic page format which prints on every page, such as
a header or footer, though it can be printed anywhere on the page. For
example, the word COPY could be printed diagonally across the width of the
page in a very light shade to indicate that a document is a copy rather
than an original.
Watermarks are specified as A or B to help you tell them apart. There is
no difference between Watermark A or Watermark B. You can, therefore,
create Watermark B before you create Watermark A. You can have several
Watermark As and Watermark Bs in a document, but you can only have two
watermarks active on any given page. You can have them appear on
alternating pages. You can also suppress a watermark for several pages.
A watermark is stored as a graphic image, so you can edit a watermark.
Refer to Graphics: Editing the Box Appearance in the WordPerfect 6.0 for
DOS reference manual for information on editing the watermark graphics
box.
A watermark does not display in the document window regardless of the
viewing mode you are in. To see the watermark, use Print Preview or print
the document.
How Do I Use It?
To create a watermark,
1 Choose Header/Footer/Watermark from the Layout menu, or
press Format (Shift+F8) and choose Header/Footer/Watermark
(5).
2 Choose Watermarks (3), then choose Watermark A (1) or
Watermark B (2).
3 Select the pages where you want the watermark to appear,
then choose Create.
You are at the watermark editing screen.
4 To use a graphic in your watermark, choose Retrieve Image
from the Graphics menu. To use text in your watermark, type
the text you want to appear behind the document.
When you have finished creating the watermark,
5 Press Exit (F7) to return to the document editing screen.
Once you create a watermark, it will automatically print on every
page you indicated in step 3 until it is turned off.
To turn off a watermark,
1 Choose Header/Footer/Watermark from the Layout menu, or
press Format (Shift+F8) and choose Header/Footer/Watermark
(5).
2 Choose Watermarks (3), then choose Watermark A (1) or
Watermark B (2).
3 Choose Off.
4 Choose OK, then choose Close to return to the document
editing screen.
As stated above, you cannot view a watermark in any document window except
Print Preview.
To use Print Preview,
1 Choose Print/Fax from the File menu or press Print
(Shift+F7).
2 Choose Print Preview (7).
See Also
InfoShare document #1402: Changing the Brightness of a Watermark
Watermarks in the WordPerfect 6.0 for DOS reference manual
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:HOW TO GET YOUR OWN GENIE ACCOUNT:
_________________________________
Set your communications software to Half Duplex (or Local Echo)
Call: (with modem) 800-638-8369.
Upon connection type HHH (RETURN after that).
Wait for the U#= prompt.
Type: XTX99587,CPUREPT then, hit RETURN.
GEnie Information copyright (C) 1991 by General Electric
Information Services/GEnie, reprinted by permission
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*** STReport available in MAC RT ***
ASCII TEXT
for ALL GEnie users!
MAC/APPLE SECTION (II)
======================
R. Dean, Editor (Temp)
We are still looking through a bunch of applicants for the MAC
Editor position here. If you have not let Ralph know you are interested,
do so now. A decisionn will be made shortly. Leave Ralph email at any
of the STReport address on the various services.
Thank you
Bob...
> A SINCERE PLEA STR FOCUS! Helping Matt Deatherage
""""""""""""""""""""""""" an Apple Employee and former Genie Sysop
SHOULD HE BE MADE AN "EXAMPLE" OF?
==================================
=BEGIN DOCUMENT=
ANYONE WHO HAS EVER KNOWN OR CARED ABOUT MATT DEATHERAGE NEEDS TO READ
THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE, WHICH IS BEING POSTED ON ALL INFORMATION SERVICES.
This document is being distributed with the help and support of a number
of friends of Matt Deatherage, whose names and e-mail addresses are
listed at the bottom.
MATT NEEDS YOUR HELP, AND HE NEEDS IT BADLY.
By now, most of you have probably read news accounts and seen public
discussions describing Matt Deatherage's recent run-ins with the law. In
brief, Matt was arrested in late March and charged with three felonies
related to sexual misconduct with a 14 year old boy.
There have been a number of sensationalistic news stories describing the
incident. What you need to be aware of is that these news stories are
cases of the news media simply reporting the statements of the people
prosecuting Matt. Everything we are hearing from the news media is the
prosecution's side of this story, with no effort being made to report
Matt's side of things.
Since Matt has not contested the charges against him, you may be thinking
that it's not relevant what Matt's side is -- but it is quite relevant.
Some of us have spoken to Matt and his attorney. Here's what Matt had to
tell us:
"I made a mistake. I know what I did was wrong. I should not have done
it. I take full responsibility for all of this and for everything that
has
happened. During this whole thing I have not hidden anything I've done or
denied anything that happened. That's why I pled 'no contest' to the
charges. I realize now that even though I thought I was in love with this
kid and felt he was very mature, I broke the law and I should have to
face the consequences. I take full responsibility for this. I feel
horrible about this whole thing."
The specific charges against Matt all revolve around a sexual encounter
he had with someone under the age of 16. Matt emphasizes that everything
he did with this person was fully consented to by both parties.
According to Matt, there was no coercion whatsoever involved; the young
man contacted Matt, expressed an open interest in sexual relations, and
pursued Matt on the matter. Even during the sado-masochistic sexual acts
(yes, that's what they were), there were signals arranged between the two
of them at every stage so that the entire thing could be brought to a
complete halt at any time either party wanted to. This was not an act of
rape.
In fact, none of the charges are termed as rape. Matt has not contested
the charges which ARE placed against him, all of which revolve around the
fact that the person he had this encounter with was under-age. The
charges in court are NOT that he forced himself upon this person. Even
the prosecution, very much out for blood, has not attempted to charge
Matt of crimes other than simply having sex acts with an under-age
person.
Had this been an 18 year old instead of someone just under 15, there
would be no case, because nobody was forced into anything here.
Matt acknowledges, however, that he still shouldn't have done this. He
says that he fell in love with what he thought was a very worldly, very
mature person capable of making his own decisions. He sees now that this
was wrong of him, because someone that age may not really be as mature as
he seems, and might easily be emotionally scarred or damaged by something
like this even if it was consensual. It was wrong, and again, he
recognizes that he should have to face whatever consequences he must for
his crime.
Again, you may ask the question, what relevance is this? He's admitted
to this thing and will now be sentenced, and that, as they say, should be
that.
HOWEVER, THERE IS A PROBLEM. The prosecution in this case is attempting
to make a great deal more out of the incident. Rather than simply
acknowledge this for what it is -- a case of an adult having sexual
relations with a teenager -- the prosecution is attempting to paint a
portrait of Matt Deatherage as a sexual predator in the online world,
using his various system accounts as a means to stalk and pounce upon
innocent children so that he might do nefarious and unspeakable things to
them.
Because the world at large does not understand what the national online
services are, they tend to form nebulous, half-baked ideas of how they
work and what people do there. They (and now the news media) are easily
able to dream up a bizarre and frightening image of Matt somehow stalking
the alleys of a mysterious online world, sneaking into children's homes
to molest them.
Those of us who understand the world of national online services, and how
much time and energy these activities take up, and how people really
encounter each other on them should know better. Does anyone honestly
believe that Matt would spend years hanging out on the national services,
spending enormous amounts of time there outside of his full-time day job
at Apple, just so that, in whatever time he might have left in his
schedule, he could hope to find children living near his home who also
happened to be on the same national services, in order to act out a
frustrated desire to be a serial child molester?
Let's be frank: if hunting down children were the sort of thing YOU were
going to do, couldn't you think of a ways to carry out such a task that
were at least more efficient... and maybe a little more practical? :)
Is not the more logical explanation that Matt, hanging out in the gay
chat
areas on AOL, got into an online conversation with someone who turned out
to be younger than Matt would have initially thought? And that it turned
out by coincidence that this person lived relatively near him, and that
they got to know each other better because of that?
NOW WE COME TO THE QUESTION BEFORE YOU. The question is not whether you
approve of what Matt did. The question is not whether you are friends
with Matt Deatherage. The question is not whether you even LIKE Matt
Deatherage. WE consider Matt our friend, despite whatever shortcomings he
may have as a person that led to this situation, but that is not we are
asking of YOU.
What we are asking those of you who have known Matt as part of our online
world is this: Of all you have seen of Matt, could you ever believe that
Matt is some sort of horrible, twisted, predatory monster who uses his
online access as a tool to waylay unsuspecting waifs into some horrible
sexual abyss? Is that really in character with what you've seen?
Or is what you know of Matt more what we his friends know of him -- that
for all that he may be an irascible or grating fellow at times, he's also
a funny guy who knows plenty about computers and spends a lot of time
trying to share that knowledge? That he's the kind of person who goes
out of his way to be of help to those who need it? That he's someone who
is essentially honest and forthright and driven to help people?
Heck, if nothing else, can you see where he'd have the TIME to skulk
about hunting for local children online?
SO WHAT'S THE POINT OF ALL THIS?
Matt will soon go before a judge to face sentencing. We repeat yet again
that he admits his crimes, has never contested them, has expressed deep
regret for them, and has never been charged with doing anything against
anybody's will. He himself says that, regardless of the circumstances,
he should NOT have had sex with this young boy -- he was highly attracted
to this young high-schooler, and believed at the time that this person
was mature enough to make this choice, but acknowledges now that he was
wrong. He does not wish to hide anything and stands ready to face
whatever consequences he must for his actions.
Matt now faces up to four years and four months in prison for these
charges. But, it could be better. He could get only two or three years.
Maybe only one year, plus some form of probation. There's even some
reason to hope that he might be sentenced to a minimum-security prison
with a work-release program, with perhaps some sort of psychiatric
treatment, so that he would be able to keep his job while staying in jail
nights and weekends, with a few years of probation thereafter.
Needless to say, what happens to Matt and what his life is like from this
point onward will depend a great deal on what the judge decides Matt
deserves.
OKAY, WHAT CAN I DO TO HELP?
----------------------------
The Santa Clara County District Attorney, currently facing a re-election
bid, is making as much of a public hoopla over this case as possible.
The prosecuting attorneys are using every conceivable scrap of data they
can to paint a picture of Matt Deatherage as the most despicable and evil
human being imaginable. This is being presented to the judge (and passed
on by an uncritical media) in an effort to get Matt the most severe
possible sentence.
The defense, of course, will attempt to show that most of this is
nonsense, that this was a consensual act with an underage person by a man
who made a mistake.
Among other things, evidence attesting to Matt's good character will be
taken into account by the judge in deciding the sentence. And what we're
asking for everyone in the online community who knows Matt at all to do
is to write letters in support of Matt.
You are not being asked to support what Matt did -- Matt himself does not
defend what he did. You are not being asked to write letters saying you
believe Matt is innocent -- Matt himself does not claim to be innocent.
You are being asked to write letters in support of Matt as a person you
have encountered, in the hopes that the judge will give him a humane and
temperate sentence.
WHERE DO I SEND THE LETTER, AND WHAT SHOULD IT SAY?
Your letter should be addressed to:
Judge Charles Gordon
Judge of the Superior Court of Santa Clara County
c/o Dennis Lempert
100 Saratoga Avenue
Santa Clara, CA 95051-7305
The letter should give your full name and address, and should say a bit
about yourself -- who are you, what you do, how old you are, and how you
know Matt (that's all very important). It should also state that you are
aware that he is being sentenced on a number of felonies relating to
sexual misconduct with a minor. And it should give your opinion of Matt
Deatherage; essentially, how you feel about him as an individual, and
what you feel about the idea that he is some sort of dangerous, malicious
person given to preying upon young boys sexually.
You might say other good things about him, such as that it's clear that
he's a knowledgeable, productive member of society. (We've spoken to
people at Apple who work with Matt who wanted us to say he is well liked
there and did good work for the company.) You could mention that the
knowledge he gained through his job allowed him to do many helpful things
for people online in his spare time. You might mention that he's never
seemed to you to be a disturbing sort of person prone to talking about
sexual matters with you online (i.e. he never seemed sleazy or
disgusting).
You might also want to keep in mind the following things when writing to
the judge:
- Matt is penitent.
- He admits his crime. He has never attempted to lie about this thing.
- It is his first crime.
- We have every confidence that he will not repeat his crime.
- Just by the news exposure he's getting, he's already begun to pay,
and will almost certainly be paying for the rest of his life.
- He'd likely be harmed in a real prison. (Matt is a large man, but
anyone who knows him personally knows that he is very unthreatening in
personality and probably easy to victimize physically.)
- Justice would probably be better served by work-release probation
and some sort of treatment that would give him a chance to put his
life back together after all of this.
What you write is up to you. You should NOT send form letters or simply
copy and paste the things in this document. Most important of all, you
should not make things up or say things that you couldn't possibly know
about Matt. Just be honest and write what you feel, written in your own
words. The judge isn't going to check your spelling and grammar, he just
needs to know how you feel.
Matt has also suggested that any young people who know him who would care
to write and tell how they feel about him might be particularly helpful,
since any young people he's encountered online should know full well that
he is not predatory toward them.
We must emphasize again that these are not letters asking you whether or
not you are "friends" with Matt. The question is how ANY of you who have
watched or seen or encountered Matt, whose lives online have been
affected by this man, feel about what the prosecution is saying... and
whether you can find it in your heart to do something about it.
Every letter written will help Matt. Every letter NOT written by someone
who believes Matt's story is a blow against Matt.
Matt wishes it to be known by the people who know him online that he has
no desire to share the intimate details of his private life with anyone.
He is very uncomfortable with this entire matter being discussed in
public, and it is only because of these dire circumstances that he is
asking for this help.
ALL LETTERS MUST BE RECEIVED NO LATER THAN APRIL 27, 1994. Letters
received after April 27 will be of no help whatsoever. Matt needs your
help and he needs it right now -- delaying action will be the same as no
action whatsoever.
We, the below-named persons, have read the contents of this document you
are now reading, and support with what it says. We are not saying we
support Matt's actions. We are saying that this is a person we know who
we respect in other contexts, who we wish to support against the
extremely negative portrayals by the prosecution and the news media. We
ourselves intend to write to the judge to urge sentencing that is
appropriate to the actual crime he admits to, and to who he is as a
person. We urge you to do the same:
Dean Esmay Eric Mueller
(dean.esmay@genie.geis.com) (dland.eric@genie.geis.com)
Kent Fillmore Roger & Pam Wagner
(draco@genie.geis.com) (rwagnerinc@aol.com)
Tom Weishaar Dennis Doms
(tom.w@genie.geis.com) (d.doms@genie.geis.com)
Dave Lyons Jim Murphy
(dlyons@apple.com) (murph@apple.com)
Mark Baumwell Joel Cannon
(baumwell1@apple.com) (cannon1@apple.com)
Randy Brandt Jerry Cline
(brandt@genie.geis.com) (75300.735@compuserve.com)
Patti Birse Jim Merritt
(birse@newton.apple.com) (presbyte@aol.com)
Ellen Rosenberg Jerry Kindall
(e.rosenberg@genie.geis.com) (ii.alive@genie.geis.com)
Gary Utter C. Stephen Gunn
(gary.utter@genie.geis.com) (chuckie@genie.geis.com)
John E. Rahn Dave Ely
(jrahn@netcom.com) (ely.d@applelink.apple.com)
Tara Dillinger Hangtime
(tara.d@genie.geis.com) (hangtime@genie.geis.com)
Tim Buchheim Jim Zajkowski
(t.buchheim@genie.geis.com) (73223.1046@compuserve.com)
L. Bruce E'Sex Richard Bennett
(lunatic@netcom.com) (richard.b@genie.geis.com)
Susan MacGregor Gena Saikin
(a2.susan@genie.geis.com) (g.saikin@genie.geis.com)
David D. Miller Nick Passino
(just.dave@genie.geis.com) (mac.ps@genie.geis.com)
Earl Childers David Hecker
(75300.1743@compuserve.com) (sevenhills@genie.geis.com)
Joe Schober David Ramsey
(afljoeys@aol.com) (76702.335@compuserve.com)
Greg DaCosta J. Nathaniel Sloan
(gregd@pro-desert.cts.com) (a2pro.help@genie.geis.com)
Bryan Pietrzak Nate Trost
(bryan.zak@genie.geis.com) (n.trost@genie.geis.com)
Andy McFadden Jawaid Bazyar
(fadden@oes.amdahl.com) (bazyar@netcom.com)
Tom Zuchowski Doug Cuff
(t.zuchowski@genie.geis.com) (editor.a2@genie.geis.com)
Jay Jennings Mike & Patty Westerfield
(insidebasic@genie.geis.com) (mikew50@aol.com)
We wish to express again that we do not support Matt's actions here. Our
support is for Matt -- again, not for what he did, but for who he is and
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and respect as a part of our online community. If you know Matt from
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see, it apparently goes on all over the country. In fact, Hollywood has
made movie after movie about the horrid practice. Its despicable yet it
is commonplace. God forbid one you love, maybe even a close member of
your own family might, one day, get caught on the wrong side of the law.
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soul. If you can find the mercy and understanding in your heart... write
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Dana Jacobson, Editor
> From the Atari Editor's Desk "Saying it like it is!"
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It's been an interesting past few days. The weather has finally
taken a turn for the better in the Northeast, which is certainly a
welcomed departure of this past winter. I could really get used to
this!
I don't usually discuss local happenings in STReport, but I
thought that I'd mention a few tidbits of interest. First of all, I
attended one of my user group meetings last Friday, probably the first
in about 3-4 months. Our guest speaker was Lexicor's Yat Siu. I've
always been a fan of computer art, graphics, and animation ever since I
saw my first Cyber animation, courtesy of Antic Software and Tom
Hudson. Yat brought along the only "Medusa" in the U.S. (impressive
machine!) and a Nova-enhanced TT. The various products that Yat
demonstrated were impressive; and the results were simply gorgeous. My
envy of those people who can do computer-generated artwork grew another
notch! Yat was very informative discussing these products without boring
people with a lot of technical jargon. He answered questions, lots of
them! If you're interested in computer graphics, you're going to want
to take a look at the variety of products that Lexicor supports. I know
that this sounds like a shameless plug, but after this meeting, I don't
really care! <<grin>> The least that you should do is to obtain
Lexicor's newsletter and see what they have to offer. We hope to have
him back in the not-too-distant future if he's not booked-up by other
group members who also attended our meeting!
Also locally, on a sad note, we've lost 2 of the longest-standing
bulletin board systems that supported Atari users, among others. I
realize that a BBS going down is a common occurrence as most don't last
for more than six months. But, these two systems combined were
responsible for almost 15 years of online support. Needless to say,
the Boston area (and worldwide for that matter) lost two irreplaceable
online sources. I'd like to publicly thank Harry Steele for his
longtime devotion to the BCS/Atari BBS (the Boston Computer Society's
Atari support BBS) and to Kevin Champagne and Ed George for their
longtime support with Question Mark BBS (nee Neponset Lite and Harbour
Light BBS). Their losses are partly indicative of the current Atari
computer market which has continued to wane over the years. They will
be missed.
Atari has apparently won another court victory this past week, as
a defendant for a lawsuit by a former Atari dealer, Bill Yerger.
Although I only have hearsay information, allegedly, Yerger filed suit
claiming that he lost his Atari dealer status over accusations that he
was burning/selling pirate TOS ROMs. There were other accusations that
were included in his claims which, apparently, had a detrimental effect
on his business. While no specific details have been reported
publicly, as yet, Atari has reported that they have successfully
defended themselves against the charges and that Yerger's suit came up
empty. Since Yerger did not win anything, he is eligible to opt for
the appeal process.
Our CIS man about town, Joe Mirando is getting married in two
weeks. I understand that just about every Atari user in the Hartford,
Connecticut area was in attendance at his recent stag party trying to
convince him not to take the plunge!! We'll have to wait and see how
married life is affecting his online activity after awhile. I have a
feeling that his CIS coverage may be limited for awhile until the
honeymoon is long past!! I wonder how much trouble I'm in now!
Although our usual Jaguar coverage last week was scant, we will
maintain our usual schedule nonetheless. I had considered including
the material destined for that ill-fated issue in this week's, but
decided to keep things status quo. Look for reviews of Tempest 2000,
Crescent Galaxy, and Cybermorph next week. We'll also have a lot more
interesting Jaguar-related information slated.
Well, there's a lot of information ahead, so let's get to it!
Until next time...
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> Gadgets by Small STR InfoFile - Spectre 3.1 Done!!
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Per Dave's request, here is recent GBS and Spectre 3.1 news from Genie.
Topic 33 Thu Mar 24, 1994
DAVESMALL [Dave] at 01:28 EST
Sub: Spectre 3.1 is DONE! (yeah!)
Hey, folks, 3.1 is done. Whew!
Category 1, Topic 33
Message 1 Thu Mar 24, 1994
DAVESMALL [Dave] at 01:49 EST
"It's been such a long time..." -- Boston, Album 1
Spectre 3.1 is done.
We'll be posting more details *quite* shortly about how to get your hands
on it and what it does. Let me give you a brief overview of where I've
been (and why).
In mid-November, 1993, I got a mild taste of what Eric got with a car.
This time, it was Man's Best Friend, our Dog "DimWit NumbSkull". German
Shepherd, regrettably overweight. I was sitting in the vet's office, had
her on the leash, she was bouncing all over the place. I had my left foot
on my right knee -- you know how ya can sit? Well, D.N. Dog jumped
towards me, wrapped her leash around my left ankle neatly.
Well, I was just untangling it when the door opens, and another dog comes
in. ZOOM! DimWit NumbSkull races to check out the other dog. Leash
snaps really taught (call her 100 lbs.) and my foot got yanked out, knee
snapped forward. The ABSOLUTE WORST thing you can do to a knee is to
move it in or out with your foot turned in, or out. (That's one way they
check for knee damage. Try it. Don't press if it hurts, back off.) Wow,
did it hurt. I hope her annual shots hurt. I mean, I'm a dog person, but
for heaven's sakes... So, it swelled up and all, went into ER, looks
like knee cartilage torn. Go see a specialist.
Went to see same exact guy who worked on Eric (put rod in his leg). He
said, "absolutely classic cartilage tear. Let's fix it." We tried for
before Christmas, but the insurance people moved too slow. It was then
delayed for vacations and such, and they "did" me in mid February.
I got a "Welcome Daddy" hug from Jamie (5) who didn't know my knee was
bad, which accelerated it coming apart, about two weeks before the
operation. I was actually glad when the day arrived.
Hey, WOW is it fun to have someone stick a needle into your knee under
your kneecap! It got better several years later, as the painkiller
started to work, but it was no fun at all. They do this three places.
Then they start water (or saline or whatever) running through the joint
to flush out junk. They have this TINY probe with a fiber optic light
and camera hookup and "nibbler". The "nibbler" looks like the baby alien
in "Alien". No kidding. They hooked it up, and in full living color,
S-Video (spiffy!) was my knee! Of course, there was some horse leaning
IN on my knee from the left, and some mule pushing OUT on my leg, bending
the knee sideways, so the surgeon could get a clear look at the tear. It
was far back. He said "absolutely classic".
They took pictures, said it was perfect for a book he was writing! (I'm
not kidding). Meantime, the anesthesia guy was asking me up and down how
to buy, connect, and run a CD drive on his Mac LC-III (I think). Not
enough RAM type problems. (Surgeon grumbled to my wife "I talked all
through the operation!"). Another amazing thing is the refrigeration in
those operating rooms. Waaay cold.
Anyway, it's all fixed now, I have some scars to compete with Sandy's,
and the knee works better than it has since before college. (Really).
Lots of stuff in there came out that needed to and a lot of rough
surfaces got smoothed down. And Gee, I got to see it all on S-Video!
(This is a higher quality video than like NTSC, the normal.) The video
was odd -- it looked like Jacques Cousteau movies precisely -- all
underwater -- some Alien thing nibbling at the cartilage tear, smoothing
it down so everything would work smoothly again. It did the trick. But it
was weird, I tell ya. (The swelling is just finally going down, here in
late March. THAT is how hard HORSE and MULE were leaning on my knee.
Ouch.) Anyway. From November on I found it a bit hard to work, what with
this knee brace and all, and the pills they feed ya. They do improve your
mood, but your focus and concentration just fly away ... the brace is
LOTS of fun, about 700 feet of Velcro and many steel rods you wrap around
the knee to ensure it doesn't bend. Trouble is, steel rods work their way
up and out into a "sensitive" anatomy region (shall we be delicate about
it) especially at night. Never did find a solution to that.
Okay, next note will talk about 3.1. The knee is back, I'm going to be
back online a lot more since I need to be, and the limited time I can
work won't all be focused on 3.1.
I also needed a bit of a break to get my perspective back. I understand
people need 3.1's capabilities, but when it just plain crashes, it just
plain crashes. I can't ship that! I got 8 faxes from someone with "3.1"
in HUGE letters covering the page. (Maybe I should have just shipped it
to him and said, "look, it don't work yet?)
-- thanks, Dave Small / VP etc Gadgets by Small
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Category 1, Topic 33
Message 2 Thu Mar 24, 1994
DAVESMALL [Dave] at 02:13 EST
OK. Here's 3.1's status.
As you know, we looked at System 7.0 when it came out. It crashes with an
"out of memory" error. We traced that to an IPL (Interrupt Priority
Level) test, which was simple: If you were running IPL 0, you passed; if
not, you crashed, with the error selected as "Out of Memory". Since
Ataris MUST run at least 2-3 to avoid horizontal blank interrupts (and
dreadful slow speed), I could almost believe this is an attempt at an
emulator killer. I don't know. I DO know it took an all-night trace, the
trace running 9600 baud into a fast PC clone that stored it in a disk
file (ever tried to find a telecomm program that can do SUSTAINED 9600?)
and waited until it crashed NEXT MORNING. At the end of this huge file
(ever tried to EDIT a really big PC file? WordStar finally did it.)
I found the IPL crash. WEIRD. They also had unhooked the 128K ROMS from
everything ... serial interrupts, mouse interrupts, Line A, Bus Error,
Vertical Blank, One Second tick, and so on. I really don't know how much
or little of the ROMs they even use on 7.1.
3.1 gradually became stable. There were the usual bugs in development,
because we added and changed a lot in preparation for what's coming
(Spectre does NOT stop at 3.1!!!) The CONFIG file would not save SCSI
status. You could not select a boot drive more than the first drive
displayed. Things like that -- annoying, and all in "C", a language I'm
real expert in (hoot! *haw!*) But found and fixed.
There are now two menu entries, ACSI and SCSI. If you don't have SCSI
(e.g., not TT) then SCSI is grayed. Each has 12 or 16 partitions (can't
remember, it's midnight) displayable. You can turn on/off/format into OOP
partitions either ACSI or TT SCSI drives.
Then, basically, you can use your TT SCSI drives as Spectre drives. It
sounds simple, it was really BAD to implement. I had to finally bring in
a SCSI whiz to help me debug it. Simple: SCSI problems on the
motherboard. (1st production run TT). We had a "newer" TT, that fixed it,
essentially.
We also did our best to de-timing-loop the machine, so you can set your
TT or SST or whatever to warp drive. As far as we know, you're safe up to
whoever knows Mhz. Maybe that 64 Mhz 040 board would fail, I don't know.
(Like to try!). But this should get rid of the annoying "turn off caches"
stuff. It seems very solid; I used it a lot while debugging 7.1.
So, in 3.1, you have the boatload of little fixes we've been adding from
bug reports since Jan. 1991 (3.0's release date!), a machine independence
for speed (although 8 Mhz cruises along just nicely), TT-SCSI support
(and in general, that sort of speed support). I know several people who
would chew my arm off for TT-SCSI drive support, and others that want to
turn up their accelerators, and I can dig it ... I like it too. That's
why the Camaro. As it happens, we "froze" the code in January, and I
went after 7.1 when I was, errr, mentally able. (quit smirking, you!) I
believe the problem is the CLASSIC MultiFumbler zero-READ (not write),
which does not cause a bus error.
It is not reading 0, it's like reading 2 or 4 or 6, the ROM locations.
Bad data, etc, crash. I have to sic the Zax on this one to find and fix
it. Good news is we FIXED this stuff before -- this was what crashed
Microsoft Word 3.02 (remember that war?) and MultiFinder 6.x.x.
So rather than hold you up any longer on 3.1, I'm going to "shoot the
engineers" (old saying: "Somewhere in the life of a project, you're going
to have to shoot the engineers and actually ship.") and ship this thing
out of here.
3.2 will follow on with the 7.1 with MultiFumbler fix. (Remember, when
they went to 7, MultiFumbler became mandatory... no more Finder.)
About TT Memory -- I've done some really tricky experiments (in terms of
getting them to run) in swapping TT memory around to speed up
performance. I have to do several BIG changes to Spectre before this can
be fully done and you have like a 12 meg machine. (Caution: Not all
programs will tolerate 12 meg of freespace. A common bad MacHabit is to
request 8 megs of memory, knowing it will fail "because of course a Plus
has 4 megs only", and that causes a memory compaction in the Heap. Well,
if you have 12 megs and it works, that program may flop. 8 Megs appears
more stable, and is a more "supported" Mac size, whatever that means --
programs are more willing to "see it").
I have solved the problem of getting TT memory to be ST memory, which one
Pundit has been telling folks is impossible. However, there are such big
changes required, like a whole new buffer setup, that I am not
comfortable putting them into this code. I think it is a far far better
thing to get the TT users and high Mhz users up and solid than to crash
them on an untested RAM scheme. I have a 12 meg TT, I understand you want
it, but hang in there a bit longer.
The memory menu thus goes to 14 Meg (Falcon, remember), but above 4 meg
will probably be grayed, since the 3.1 is frozen and I'm working on 3.2
now. You never change a frozen version except for bug fixes, and then
you line up various ST versions and test. So far, so good. Even the Mega
STE no longer has the 4 meg bug, where non 4-meg Mega STE's would crash
(a cache conflict). The Falcon030 is not yet supported. It's just
greatest good for greatest number; System 7.1 is needed by more people.
Color Quickdraw I won't comment on, because of all the work I've done.
Enough said.
For now, there isn't much point in Revving the manual, since it will
change in 3.2, when other things come up. (For example, you will see menu
options to enable or disable ST and TT RAM, to do it YOUR way.) But
they're not going to let you select all TT RAM yet; not until people run
the new buffer scheme and I'm sure it works. MMU stuff can be mighty
tricky, and persuading a 24-bit machine (e.g., Mac) to allow me to swap
in 32-bit memory (where TT RAM is "past the end" of 24-bit memory, past
16 Megs; it starts at 16 megs) was most entertaining. Jeeze, I can feel
the knee brace still digging into my, errrr, ankle.
I would recommend the bug fixes to anyone. We found a couple lulus that
should not have gone out in 3.0. Ooops... well, it worked well. 3.0 was a
VERY good release.
I believe the "disk hiccups" and "keyboard freezes" some users have
reported will stop with 3.1. The disk routines are TOTALLY REWRITTEN
(again!) with an eye for machine speed independence. This is really not
easy; there is no easy way to force a given time on the machine, when you
can't easily find out what sort of machine you're running on, if there is
an accelerator, and so forth.
For you programmers, just TRY doing a tst.b on MFP bit 5 (GPIP) to slow
you down. Everyone SAID that would cause an 8 Mhz cycle. On a ST, it
does. On a TT in cache, it runs twice as fast. Without cache, 1.5 times
as fast. I don't know why, I just measured it on the scope instead of
taking it on faith. The timing-independence was difficult but the TT
seems steady now, been using it for months (on 3.1, of course). But I'll
head back to the Zax now, and that's 68000 only, on one of the Megas.
The next two goals are to finish stomping 7.1 into the ground, and to
bring online the extra TT RAM. Most of the code is there, the menu
options are there (grayed sometimes), but I know there are borderline
situations I am going to HAVE to test. (Border conditions between ST and
TT RAM are especially tricky, and they positively will happen).
All the goodies like tailorable menus remain the same.
On XGM (Atari's past 4 partitions formatters since AHDI 3) WE NOW SUPPORT
XGM PARTITIONS. We can handle 14 per drive, since Atari more or less set
that limit. (Actually we could go higher, but good heavens, 16 icons on
your desktop?!?) We have an adjustable total of 16 partitions mountable;
I can increase that if someone needs it. (What, running a 5 gig hard
disk?) XGM partitions required a plane trip up to Oregon and seeing an
old pal again. Hint: He's helped me before a lot with "C" stuff.
The SCSI stuff required bringing in a pro and logic probes and stuff,
until we figured out the out-of-sync condition was the machine (which we
could regularly lock up as it got hot). Welp, that's how ya learn.
GCR code was already pretty time independent, since it slams on the
cartridge port so much. This just gives it more overhead to work with
than on 8 Mhz machines.
So. With XGM, we're current with Atari's disk drivers. With SCSI, we're
current with TT. With high Mhz independence, we can handle various
accelerators, even one called SST at 40 Mhz. That is trans-warp drive,
folks. And the bug fixes are ever-welcome.
So. That's the delay, what we have NOW, and what is coming soon.
I no longer walk the dog with a leash; I never want to get shots under
the kneecap again. Whooooooo.
We'll post some details about how you can get your hands on this as soon
as the literature is complete (I'm writing, I'm writing!). Sandy just got
a pack of 1500 fonts and is dying to use them, too, to format this.
Tell you what. There are a LOT of people not on GEnie who would like to
know that Gadgets is still alive and 3.1 is done. If you feel like it,
could you repost these as necessary to the Net? My Visa/MC just ran out
(of course) and my Internet access is closed until the new card "wakes
up". (I have the card; Visa/MC does not have it in their blasted computer
yet, nor given me the PIN code.) Probably comp.sys.atari.st would be a
nice place to put this; it goes to a great number of Spectre customers.
(Let's not have 15 posts of it, though, ok?)
Thus, for reposting, while these notes on 3.1 are copyright, you are free
to reproduce them as long as you do so completely, so the next person
gets the news same as you did.
Questions I won't answer: What was the stupidest thing you did
programming while taking weird stuff a week before your operation?
(Fortunately, I can't remember a lot of them.)
Anyway. I'll try to be online more now that the intense war for 3.1 is
behind, and if any bugs show up, we'll catch them in 3.2. I don't think
it will take long to show up (knock wood) because we spent so much time
researching how to find and kill zero-reads...
We have had someone answering our Gadgets line (or at worst, returning
calls) for quite some time now.
PLEASE DON'T BUG HER ABOUT 3.1 EVEN IF YOU NEED IT YESTERDAY. Until we
have something to ship, we don't want to say "Go!", ok? It takes time to
get disks duped and CHECKED (we have been loused up so many times we must
check them!), and I kinda wanta do a new PD disk if time allows.
Naturally, when it's "Go" time (which is a LOT sooner than "Real Soon
Now"), feel free to call.
I'm sure I've forgotten some things in 3.1, but the point is, we're
moving and have a definite direction. And yes, we think a lot about
Spectre 4.0 on the horizon, with all those neat color cards out there. I
wonder how hard it really is to program a Tseng Labs ET-4000 chip? It's
good to be back.
Thanks for being patient with us, folks. Wow, have we had our share of
fun. Enjoy 3.1.
-- thank you, Dave Small / bottle washer, coder, VP / Gadgets by Small
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hear them, play a range of tracks from a CD, or play the entire CD.
Audio CD Master works with all monitors, color, monochrome, and broadcast
TV. Works with VGA on the Falcon along with color, monochrome or
broadcast TV.
Audio CD Master works with the entire Atari computer line. Use Audio CD
Master with the ST, STe, and Mega series using the ICD AdSCSI Plus or
Link.
You can direct connect a SCSI-2 CD rom drive to the Falcon and TT
for use with Audio CD Master.
All SCSI-2 CD rom drives are supported. A special control file is
included for use with NEC drives that use a slightly modified form of CD
audio sound playback.
The Audio CD Master accessory displays both time and track information
for the disc being played.
For MultiTOS users who prefer to use the application as a program
rather than an accessory, you can do so.
Audio CD Master works with or without ExtenDOS, MetaDOS, or MultiTOS XFS
CD rom drivers.
Work on your letters, use a modem, or do some graphics design while
CD audio plays in the background.
Use your CD rom drive to its fullest potential. Add CD sound to your
system. Bring your system into the world of computing in the 90's.
You can use Audio CD Master with the phones out on your CD player for
personal listening or connect your CD rom drive to your home stereo
system or powered mini-speakers.
FALCON FUN
Want to add surround sound to your home stereo?
Want to sing along with Billy Joel but find him singing an octave too
high for you. Bring him down to match your range. Match the high note
in Johnny Mathis' version of Oh Holy Night.
Find out what Bob Dylan would sound like if he was a Cyborg.
Add flanging and other special effects. Add room effects ranging from
club to Wembley. See your CD audio on a graphic spectrum.
Audio CD Master allows you to control and pipe your CD audio sound into
the Falcon for DSP effects using the Audio Fun Machine that comes with
your Falcon 030. Using Audio CD Master and the Audio Fun Machine all
the above are possible.
On the Falcon, CD audio sound can be used with the internal speaker,
monitor speaker, or piped out to your stereo system after applying
Falcon DSP effects.
Digital sound and audio CD can be mixed to add background music to
your presentation's narrations or slide shows. Great for us with
Photo Show Pro presentations using Kodak Photo CD.
HOW DO I GET Audio CD Master
Ask for Audio CD Master at any of the better Atari dealers. They should
have it available shortly.
I CAN'T WAIT
Audio CD Master is available for $29.99 US, postpaid, worldwide, from
It's All Relative Software, 2233 Keeven Lane, Florissant MO 63031 USA.
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> SPARTACON II! STR InfoFile! - Electronic Gaming Convention!
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The San Jose State Fantasy/Strategy Club presents:
SPARTACON II
...a gaming/comic book/electronic gaming convention.
The event will be held on Saturday, April 23, 1994 at the San Jose State
Campus inside the Student Union. The public is welcome to attend.
Convention hours are from 10am to 11pm. A swap meet will be held from
5:30pm to 7pm. Registration to attend is from 9am to 5pm. Tickets are
$7.50 each at the door.
Anticipating a modest crowd of 500, this will be the perfect opportunity
for gamers in the San Jose area to get up close chances to see popular
games, buy and sell collectables like comic books and trading cards and
participate in organized Tournament Gaming.
Gameaholics Game Club plans to demonstrate the Atari Jaguar on site!
Although this event is not endorsed or affiliated with Atari Corporation
in any way, I thought everyone in the area might like to know.
Don Thomas
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-A Guide to the Online PD/Shareware Waters.
by John R. Duckworth
Once upon a time there was one online service. If you needed to send
a message to a friend or colleague all you needed was their mail address
to complete the task. Sending binary files, such as program archives or
pictures, was fairly simple as well. Such a task would be accomplished by
the service's built in 'binary mail' option. Those were the good old
days. Now, everyone has a different online service to call home. While
sending text between system (thanks mainly to the internet) has remained
just about as easy as before, mail containing binary information
(non-ascii) has increased in complexity. This week I'll delve into a
great utility designed to streamline such tasks for all Atari TOS users.
"ESS-Code 5.06" by Michel Forget is a freeware program which will
allow the user to transform binary files into ascii text so they may be
sent via ascii-only mail channels. The most common method for
transforming files in called UUencoding (or UUdecoding depending on the
direction of conversion) which is a standard across most popular
platforms. While I am not exactly sure of the specifics of the protocol,
UUencoded files are those which have the binary information changed into
ascii text so they may be sent over 7-bit mail avenues. Such files are
likely to be larger than the original file and are often divided into
several segments since some systems have limits placed on the size of
mail messages.
"ESS-Code" is not the first UUencoder available for the ST series of
computers, the first was a TTP program which, in my usage, proved more
trouble than it was worth. Another UUencoder was called "UUcoder" by
Steve Yelvington, and while it was the best in it's day, it hasn't been
updated to reflect advances in the Atari operating systems or coding
methods. Michel Forget has one of the best reputations for updating his
programs and he often listens to user input, two of the reasons I will
stick with using "ESS-Code" for my encoding needs.
Using the program is simple, it is entirely GEM based and the menu
items are mostly self-explanatory. If the user ever feels lost, all
he/she needs to do is call up the online help system available just a key
press away. "ESS-Code" can process files using the UUencode or BTOA
standard. In my travels, the UUencode method has been generally utilized,
but according to the author the BTOA method allows file to be more
compact. Size though is paid for in speed of encoding/decoding and BTOA
files aren't automatically segmented like UUencoded ones can be. In
addition to the menu items for encoding/decoding files there are also
ones for splitting/concatenating raw files such as long BTOA encoded
messages. The segmentation size of the files created (encoded) may be
specified from several standard sizes or the user may elect to choose a
completely different size of their own. Instead of running the program
from the GEM menu, "ESS-Code" may be installed as an application under
GEM to automatically decode files, say with a .UUE extension. I prefer to
give the application it's own icon on my desktop and simply drag a file
or several files at once to automatically have the program encode/decode.
Several options may be specified by the user as default including having
the program ask the user before overwriting files, asking the user to
specify all of the segments to be processed, selecting a default
conversion method, and displaying progress bars.
I'll be the first to admit that this business of
UUencoding/UUdecoding files can be tricky at first. I'm just now
beginning to feel comfortable about it thanks mostly to the professional,
and user friendly work of Michel Forget. God bless you Mike! If you have
ever needed to transfer binary files between systems or through internet
mail or perhaps grabbing pictures from one of the Usenet newsgroups, then
by all means download "ESS-Code 5.06" immediately.
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| Old Fishin Hole Tackle Box * |
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| ESS-Code 5.06 |
| GEnie: Atari RT- # 32564 |
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* The Tackle Box is meant to provide assistance in finding files
mentioned in the column. It should not be considered a COMPLETE
listing and is provided for convenience only. Delphi Atari Advantage
files should be found in the Recent Arrivals section of the database
until moved to their appropriate sections.
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On CompuServe
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compiled by Joe Mirando
Hidi ho yet again friends and neighbors. Well, that noose just keeps
getting closer and closer. Yep, just a few short days 'till I march up
to that altar and say "I do". My fiancee already considers herself a
computer-widow but hasn't made me promise to 'forsake all computers'...
yet. My local computer dealer, a good friend for many years, told me
that the first time that I have to work on a Saturday Lisa will hold an
"impromptu computer tag sale". Well, I guess that only time will tell.
At any rate, let's get on with the purpose of this column: all of the
great news, hints, tips, and discussion that goes on every week on
CompuServe.
From the Atari Computing Forum
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Russell Yonkers tells us:
"I am looking for addresses for Atari ST magazines .... I just bought
myself an atari st and am looking for help on more indepth knowledge as
well as mail order places to by software and hardware."
Mike Mortilla tells Russell:
"You find several online magazines there as well as hundreds of public
domain and shareware programs. Also lots of other users ready willing
(but not necessarily waiting) to help you.
As far as mail order goes, you might want to check out the shareware
accessory (ACC) called Vendor.ACC in the libraries there. This is an
Atari ACC that lists *ALL* the vendors active now (or as many as Jim
Ness -the prog author- has heard of!)
Welcome to the forums! When you leave a message in the Atari Computing
area, be sure to leave details on your model, set-up (printer, modem,
screen, amount of RAM, etc) so we can really get you going."
Sysop Bill Aycock, the creator of VENDOR.ACC, tells both Mike and
Russell:
"Actually, Mike, I've replaced Vendor.ACC with ADB.ACC... the former
isn't online any more. ADB still comes with the vendor list, though.
Russell, if you have any problem finding it, let us know! Welcome
aboard!"
Mike Mortilla tells Bill:
"Ooooops! I thought for sure Jim Ness had done the Vendor acc, all you
programmers look the same to me on CIS <Very Big Grin>..."
Russell replies:
"Thanks for the quick reply. I am really enjoying the computer so
far. I have a 1040 st with 2 floppy drives. The primary use will be
for midi for my wife but I am also wanting to get some good games and
such for it as well. Mainly two player games. I do have two
joysticks. I am also looking for an adapter that I saw one time that
allows you to keep both joysticks plugged in as well as the mouse or at
least some joystick extension cords to make connections easier."
Donavon Facey posts:
"I'm not sure I'm in the right place and I have to admit that I'm not
a seasoned Atari user. Nevertheless, my girlfriend has a TT030 that
she needs some info on and I volunteered to look here on Compuserve.
First, she is looking for a manual for the machine or a place to order
one, she seems to think that Toad Computers would be a good place to
start but she doesn't have the number for them.
Second, she needs to know the dip switches on a Seagate ST157N, I
assume that we can probably get them from Seagate but thought I would
mention that here in case there's more to that drive than meets the
eye!
Third, she's looking for any info on a program called "Data Diet" from
DD software?
Any help or a point in the right direction would be much appreciated."
Sysop Ron Luks tells Donavon:
"I can't help on the DIP switches for the Seagate, but I can tell you
Double Click Software is no longer in business. I dont know if someone
took over the Data Diet program or not."
Sysop Bill Aycock tells Donavon:
"Data Diet v2 is handled by Trace Technologies, PO Box 711403, Houston
TX 77271, phone (713)771-8332 1-5pm. If you contact Toad, they will
most likely either have DD in stock or will be able to order a copy for
you."
Jonnie Santos jumps in and adds:
"Toad's numbers are: ORDERS (800) 488-8623
INFO (410) 544-6943
FAX (410) 544-1329
...and I've had real good luck with them and their products. :)
As for Data Diet...
I was using it when I had a small 20M drive and it worked fine..."
Brian Caufield asks about PostScript printing:
"I don't know if this is the right place to ask, but I'm looking for a
good postscript interpreter for the ST. I have a mega 4 with a slm804
printer, and I'm trying to print postscript files that have been
created with Windows 3.1 applications. I have a version of Ultrascript
version 1.1 but it doesn't seem to work."
Albert Dayes of Atari Explorer Online Magazine tells Brian:
"You can find GhostScript in the library which is a clone PostScript
interpreter.
Also you might check Windows v3.1 generated postscript files too. It
puts a control D (ie ^D) at the beginning and the end. In all other
normal PS files it is only at the end. Since your PS interpreter
(Ultrascript) hits the control D as the first character it thinks it
has reached the end of the file.
You can open the PS file in a text editor and remove the offending
control D from the file. It is best to work with a backup copy of the
file.
MS Windows does have a feature that can turn off the CONTROL D at the
beginning of the file but I'm not sure how.
You can also try the (GO ADOBE) forum for details. Section 4 of that
forum is the postscript section I believe. Also you can look up the
details in the "red book" also known as the PostScript Language
Reference Manual, 2nd edition ISBN 0-201-18127-4. Look under server
loop, eof or end-of-file."
My pal Brian Gockley of ST Informer Magazine, as well as one of the
driving forces behind the Connecticut ACT AtariFest, adds his own
thoughts:
"I think that the best one out there is CompoScript, from Compo
Software. It has the distinct advantage of working with Type 1 fonts,
so you can use you one set of fonts for both PPageStream nd CS!
Compo can be reached at: Mr. Robert Engberson
Compo Software
104 Esplanade Ave. 121
Pacifica, CA 94044
Fax :415-355-0869
Work Phone : 415-355-0862"
Peter Joseph asks:
"While we're (not) on the subject, can you speculate why Atari's stock
is doing so poorly despite the seemingly positive response to the
Jaguar? Am I out of touch more than I know?"
The big Kahuna himself, chief sysop Ron Luks, tells Peter:
"A few analysts have postulated that even if Atari sold all the Jag's
they predicted, the full value of the stock would be in the $4 range.
When it was trading up to 10-12, it was reflecting what the company
would be worth if they sold 3 million units per year. obviously, they
arent selling that much and the stock is now nearer its computerd
value."
Peter has a few more questions for Ron:
"Do you think that as the Jaguar becomes more widely distributed the
stock will begin to rise again? I'm not asking as a potential buyer
but as a past buyer who'd like to think he can turn a profit yet.
Also, on the subject of widespread distribution, how _is_ that going.
Has Atari started nationwide distribution yet? Am I apt to be able to
go down to the Portland, Maine Electronics Boutique and come away with
a Jaguar this weekend? :)"
Sysop Bob Retelle tells Peter:
"Actually, Peter... there is a lot of Jaguar news and info in the
Atari Gaming Forum now... (GO ATARIG)
Basically though, we're still waiting for the big "national rollout"
of the Jaguar. Atari has targeted 10 major markets in the US for its
next move.
I've seen Jaguar Tempest ads on MTV recently, but nothing on my local
stations (I'm in the Detroit area, which is one of the 10 markets).
On the other hand, it IS possible that you might be able to go to your
local Electronics Boutique or Babbages store and find a Jaguar, as
those chains apparently are shipping Jaguars to their local stores
without regard to Atari's "official" marketing plan."
Dazzz Smith tells Bob:
"I noticed someone selling the Jag in the Electronic Mall here on CIS,
in the May issue of Compuserve magazine."
Bob replies:
"Ah..! I guess if the Jaguar is available via the CompuServe Mall, it
means it's available "world wide" then..!"
Ron Luks, who is no stranger to the world of stocks, tells Peter:
"I think that as the installed base of Jags get bigger and production
increases, you could again see a rise in the stock price. However,
you must remember that Atari has not yet started to turn a profit from
the Jaguar sales (the last qtr was still showing a loss due to start up
costs).
What is the worth of a company not earning a profit? Damn small. As
I said, one analyst estimated the value per share to be $4 when atari
is shipping between 300-500,000 units per year. For the stock to be
worth more that that, the underlying fundamentals would have to improve
over these levels."
Henri Tremblay asks:
"Is there anything on PC/Windows comparable to Universal Item
Selector?"
Sysop Bob Retelle tells Henri:
"There really isn't anything comparable to the UIS for DOS programs,
mainly because there's no "standard" way of hooking into all programs
like there is in GEM...
There ARE some directory/file management utilities available (like
Norton Commander) that make a lot of things much easier, but they don't
work automatically from within programs. With most programs you can
"shell to DOS" to use Commander, then return to the program where you
left off.
I'm not really very familiar with Windows, but I'd imagine it would be
a lot easier to do a third-party "UIS-like" utility.. but then again,
it looks like the regular Windows file selector is pretty
full-featured..."
Henri explains his dilemma to Bob:
"The problem with Windows File Manager is that it is a program that
has to be loaded and it is not as easy to use as UIS. I think UIS is
marvelous and I will miss it a lot on my PC (but I keep my ST, which I
am using now). Maybe I'll get used to the File Manager then. I
understand that Windows 4 may be more similar to System 7 on the Mac.
Let's wait and see."
Jay Nussbaum asks:
"Am I to understand... that adding a cd rom with the ExtendDOS
software I will be able to use the cds i see advertised ie
encyclopedias, maps, made for DOS based machines? if so will it also
operate the built in sound of the falcon i have external spkrs
connected. J " ^C Albert Dayes @ AOE am I to understand by your answer
and the others notes i've seen, that adding a cd rom with the ExtendDOS
software I will be able to use the cds i see advertised ie
encyclopedias, maps, made for DOS based machines? if so will it also
operate the built in sound of the falcon i have external spkrs
connected."
Greg Kopchak of It's All Relative explains the ins and outs of reading a
CD ROM to Jay:
"Using ExtenDOS or XFS will allow you to read any standard CD rom disc.
You still can only run programs that would run on a Atari from a
regular floppy disk. You can make use of graphics and images on a CD
with the appropriate Atari software. e.g. You can view all the GIF
files on the Space & Astronomy disk using the Atari GIF viewers on the
CD. You would not be able to run the PC programs in the PC folder for
viewing.
If you have a Kodak Photo CD disc and a Falcon, you can make full use
of the disc using the Atari software, Photo Show Pro, Calamus SL and
others."
Albert Dayes of Atari Explorer Online Magazine draws a parallel of the
situation:
"Its similar to the IBM and Atari floppy disk problem. You can read
data files and pictures (such as GIF, TIF, etc) but you can't run IBM
programs on the Atari. The same is true for CD-ROMs. Unless the
CD-ROM is Atari specific (like Walnut Creek's GEMini) you will not be
able to run the programs."
Sean Collins asks...
"A question: I just bought a Mega ST. It works fine, except that a
couple of the keys on the keyboard sometimes need to be hit more than
once before I get a response. I am wondering if this is a common
problem and if it might be easily repairable. Any advice from anyone?"
Brian Gockley of ST Informer tells Sean:
"I have taken a few computer keyboards apart in my day, cleaned the
dust and gunk out of them, and they have worked much better."
Sean Collins asks about one of my favorite utilities, the Universal Item
Selector:
"I have been reading some messages on here about a program called UIS
that sounds great. I'm wondering where I can get a copy. I looked in
the libraries, and found a patch program for UIS, but not UIS itself.
Can anyone give me advice on that?"
Boris Molodyi tells Sean:
"UIS is a commercial program. It is available form A&D SOftware or
form Atari dealers.
In the libraries here you can find Little Green Selector and Selectric
that have similar features. OTOH, UIS is very inexpensive..."
Sysop Ron Luks jumps in and tells Sean:
"UIS is available from MacDonald and associates. They are represented
online here by Brian Gockley. They are the publishers of STInformer
Magazine.
UIS is a *great* program and I wouldnt boot up my Atari without it."
Brian coins the conversation and tells Sean:
"UIS is available at any remaining Atari dealers, through mail order
sales or directly form A&D Software at 1-800-800-2563.
We are currently shipping UIS 3.32, and are working on an upgrade for
this summer. Thanks for your interest, see you around."
Ron Luks who, like most of us, wants to have the most current version of
the programs he finds most useful, tells Brian:
"I'm running ver 3.3 of UIS. Whats different in 3.32?"
Brian tells Ron:
"3.32 added a wormhole button that sends you through cyberspace into a
dimension that is remarkable similar to Las Vegas. It is a little
buggy, and occasionally crashes your computer (which by then has
metamorphed into a Vanna White hologram ) and occasionally leaves the
user stranded in that dimension. A few users have found a way to
return after a few years of indentured servitude, and are threatening
us with a class action suit.
Oh yeah, it also fixed some keyboard routines that were buggy. ;)"
Tony Barker gives us...
"Just a little bit of Atari Australia info for anyone who cares.
They dissappeared up their own a*s in the past few months and an
auction was held for the remaining stock this past Saturday. There were
about 20 Falcons, that went for an average of $400 AUD, thats about
$288 US. A whole palette of 19inch monitors went for $100 each (gee I
can remember when they were $2500AUD). And all sorts of other crap,
2600 games systems went for $5.
This should give you an idea of poor management, there were multiple
palettes of European power supplies for 2600 machines, they are
completely useless here, why were they in the wharehouse.
The head honcho over here came to Atari after running Commodore
Australia into the ground, then his own business and now Atari. Thats 3
for 3, how do people like this get jobs. I can't wait to see where he
pops up next.
There's so much more to say, but I'm holding my tongue (don't speak
ill of the dead :-), maybe one day I'll tell a few stories about the
timely death of Atari in Australia."
Shawn Laughlin tells Tony:
"Sorry to hear it but not at all surprised. You wonder what type of
company would hire someone with a bad track record - well of course
Atari would. It is not the machines or the OS the sent Atari into the
toilet but the management. Probably the only company in existence that
counts on customers to be cheerleaders in order to survive - Lord knows
they don't advertise.
One good thing is Atari makes(made?) durable machines (my original ST
is still up and running and I expect my STe has about 10 years life
left) so hopefully this forum will be around awhile to help us with our
"other" machine. But really, its only a matter of time before Atari is
just the answer to a trivia question.
Still, I think I would've bought a Falcon for $288 <g>."
Peter Joseph posts this little retreat into "The CyberSpace Game Show":
"Woop! Woop! Woop! It's the Daily Double!
<Me> I'll take 'Management Foibles' for $2000, Alex.
<Alex> "This U.S. company had it all with sales in the millions and
popularity, only to lose their shirts later in the decade."
Ding! Ding! Ding! <Alex> Peter?
<Me> What is Atari Corp?
<Alex> That's right! Next category, Peter.
<Me> I'll take 'Cubed Roots' for $400, Alex.
<Alex> "This team of three family members couldn't run a red light."
Ding! Ding! Ding! <Alex> Peter, again!
<Me> What's a Katzenjammer?
<Alex> And you're right again. Choose another category.
<Me> How about 'Sinking Ships' for $4000.
<Alex> "This diehard Atarian held on for over a decade before finally
succumbing to the reality that, in order to keep up with technology
and make a career with computers, he had to finally jump ship and get a
full blown Pentium system."
Ding! Ding! Ding! <Alex> Peter, you're on a roll!
<Me> Who am I?
<Alex> That's right, Peter, and with that decision, you win.
<Me> Not the way I really wanted it to go Alex, but that's the way the
wheel spins right? Wait, that's 'Wheel of Fortune'.
Can I buy a vowel? Anything but the letter A."
Ethan Mings tells Peter:
"[That was] a great posting. I too use an Atari Mega ST2 with a
upgrade 250 MB hard drive. Since Atari 'ran' out of canada, I have
seen the death rattle rattle on Atari Corp.
One can say it is a management diaster but I would say it represents a
diaster in ethics. Somewhere along the line, Atari corp lost is soul.
In todays market place where relationships with customers are key to
long term survival, Atari misread its customer base.
I'll hang onto my machine as long as I can keep it running. However,
I'm looking at my 486 DOS machine which I use on a regular basis for my
statistical applications.
The lesson, greed is not good and losing your soul can be a disaster
for everyone involved."
Well folks, that's it for this week. Tune in again next week, same time,
same station and listen to what they are saying when...
PEOPLE ARE TALKING
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