========================================================================= INFO-ATARI16 Digest Sun, 4 Mar 90 Volume 90 : Issue 285 Today's Topics: Dead On Boot Up Gateway to GEnie GDOS question HD back-up & vault Poolfix 2 (2 msgs) SPECTRE GCR AVAILABILITY, 5 1/4 drive speed STE display hardware STE DMA sound (documentation posted) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 5 Mar 90 0:02 GMT From: Vision Newspapers Subject: Dead On Boot Up The ST will crash if you hold down mouse buttons while booting because the mode of the IKBD chip is read from the same port that the buttons are attached to at reset. With both buttons released, this mode is zero, as it should be. The ROM in the IKBD can't cope with any other status, so when the buttons are down, it's goodbye keyboard controller... Regards, Mat. Mathew Lodge *********************************************************************** * c/o Dept. Computer Science * "Baldrick, fetch me a turkey _so * * University of York * big_, you'd have thought its mother * * Heslington * had been rodgered by an Omnibus" * * York, UK * * * YO1 5DD * JANET : SOCS18@uk.ac.york.vaxa * *********************************************************************** ------------------------------ Date: 4 Mar 90 19:19:52 GMT From: brunix!rjd@uunet.uu.net (Rob Demillo) Subject: Gateway to GEnie Message-ID: <31475@brunix.UUCP> In article <2347@calvin.cs.mcgill.ca> depeche@calvin.cs.mcgill.ca (Sam Alan EZUST) writes: >Now that there is supposedly a gateway to GEnie, how can I send >e-mail to someone with a GENIE account from my internet account >here? > I hope David Small corrects me if I am speaking out of school here, but... You can't. Not yet, anyway...the ability to send e-mail transfer will be implemented int he future, but right now, just the messages are being exchanged. ..how's that, everyone? Did I remember correctly? - Rob DeMillo | Internet: rjd@brown.cs.edu Brown University | BITnet: DEMILLO%BRNPSG.SPAN@STAR.STANFORD.EDU Planetary Science Group | Reality: 401-273-0804 (home) "I say you *are* the Messiah, Lord! And I ought to know, I've followed a few!" ------------------------------ Date: 4 Mar 90 23:12:10 GMT From: att!cbnewse!foster@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (r.w.foster) Subject: GDOS question Message-ID: <13366@cbnewse.ATT.COM> I need a question about GDOS answered. I have a program that I wrote some time ago which copies a graphic image into a window as part of it's operation. This has worked out just fine for a long time but since I have added GDOS to my system, the blit call doesn't cause anything to happen. If I take out GDOS(or G+PLUS), everything works fine again. The call in question is a vro_cpyfm(handle,3,xyarray,&sourcemfdb,&destmfdb); Is there some sort of initialization that needs to be done with GDOS-G+PLUS in addition to the appl_init(), v_opnwrk(..),vs_clip(..) stuff? The program doesn't use GDOS but something about GDOS being loaded is messing things up. Any GDOS tips appreciated. Thanks, Bob Foster ------------------------------ Date: 4 Mar 90 10:15:59 GMT From: imagen!atari!portal!portal!cup.portal.com!Bob_BobR_Retelle@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU Subject: HD back-up & vault Message-ID: <27540@cup.portal.com> Marshall Lake asked about problems anyone had had with the "Vault" hard disk backup program... The only thing I ran into was that the Vault appararantly doesn't get along very well with the Universal Item Selector II. Once I disabled that, I didn't have any problems with the Vault... BobR ------------------------------ Date: 5 Mar 90 01:18:13 GMT From: zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!uflorida!beach.cis.ufl.edu!cr 1@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu (Christopher Roth) Subject: Poolfix 2 Message-ID: <22552@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU> Question about Poolfix2.prg. I have Tos 1.4 and put this patch in my auto folder, the first program. I get the statement 'This GEMDOS needs this patch, but this program does not recognize this TOS.' What does this mean? -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= * Christoper Roth * "Machines have no * InterNet : cr1@beach.cis.ufl.edu * Conscience..." =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-Post No Bills-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ------------------------------ Date: 5 Mar 90 02:32:51 GMT From: zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!samsung!aplcen!haven!wam!dmb@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu (David M. Baggett) Subject: Poolfix 2 Message-ID: <1990Mar5.023251.8954@wam.umd.edu> In article <22552@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU> cr1@beach.cis.ufl.edu (Chris Roth) writes: > >Question about Poolfix2.prg. I have Tos 1.4 and put this patch in my >auto folder, the first program. I get the statement 'This GEMDOS needs >this patch, but this program does not recognize this TOS.' What does >this mean? > It means you have an outdated version of poolfix. Use poolfix3.prg. It's been posted here a couple times in the past month. If you don't find it, mail me a message and I'll send it to you. Dave Baggett dmb@cscwam.umd.edu ------------------------------ Date: 5 Mar 90 01:32:22 GMT From: zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!uflorida!winnie!zach!la062594 @tut.cis.ohio-state.edu ( John Karp) Subject: SPECTRE GCR AVAILABILITY, 5 1/4 drive speed Message-ID: <811@winnie.fit.edu> >Where can SPECTRE GCR be obtained? My local distributor is having a >problem getting it. >Thanks... purchased my Spectre GCR from 1st Stop Computer Systems in Dayton. Ohio. I ordered it last Monday, and received it on Thursday.... since UPS takes that long just to ship from Ohio to Florida, it must have gone out the same day.... If anyone is interested, their number is 1-800-252-2787. I don't know whether or not they handle overseas orders, but anyone interested could try writing them at 1st Stop Computer Systems Ltd 7085 Corporate Way Dayton, OH 45459 USA Their prices are very reasonable ........ Also , someone was looking for a program to change the step rate of a drive under TOS 1.4 ... DCFORMAT will allow you to write an executable boot sector which will change the drive speed on either drive. Just write this boot sector to a disk and boot from it to set ur drive speed. I tried this along with my hard drive boot program (ICD 4.5.1) and a program called CAUTO.PRG which allows one to boot from a floppy, and then run auto folder programs and/ or accessories from the hard drive.... E-mail me for more info.. John Karp ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ian Gillan --> The man, the myth, the VOICE !!! ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 5 Mar 90 0:14 GMT From: Vision Newspapers Subject: STE display hardware OK folks, it's STE programming time again... Data from "Atari STE Developer Information Addendum", addresses in hex, sizes in bits (in table) Video Harware Modifications =========================== Addr Access Size Use ====== ====== ==== ================================================= FF8204 R/W 6 Video address counter (high) FF8206 R/W 8 Video address counter (middle) FF8208 R/W 8 Video address counter (low) The change here is that these registers are now read and write, allowing the programmer to update the video refresh address to any word boundary _at any time_. FF820C R/W 8 Video base address (low) (VBASELO) This register didn't exist on the ST, but on the STE it allows the positioning of the screen base address on any _WORD_ boundary FF820E ?? 8 Line offset (LINEWID) - the number of extra words added to the address counter at the end of each line, _MINUS ONE DATA FETCH_. This allows for virtual screens that are wider than the actual screen display. Clearing this register means the STE acts like an ordinary ST. FF8240 to FF825E Colour palette There are now four bits for each of the red, green and blue components. To give backward compatibility with the ST, the least significant bit is above the most significant bit. Thus the register layout is as follows: xxxx 0321 0321 0321; x=don't care RED GRN BLUE FF8264 ?? 4 Horizontal bit-wise scroll (HSCROLL). Allows the start of each line to be delayed by 0-15 bits, thus giving instant horizontal scrolling. Horizontal fine scrolling isn't quite as trivial as it looks. The pixel offset is loaded into HSCROLL, and the documentation then says the following about the LINEWID register : "If you are actively scrolling (HSCROLL<>0), this register should contain the additional width of the display line _minus one data fetch_ (in low resolution one data fetch would be four words, one word for monchrome etc.)" The reason for the extra data fetch becomes clearer if you think about what is actually happening. If you fine scroll by n bits, then n bits are effectively missed off the left hand edge of the screen. But to get a complete line of pixels, n bits must be added to the right hand side of the screen. This constitues one extra data fetch for the display processor beyond the usual requirement. For example, if you had three low resolution pictures side by side in memory, and you wanted to scroll across them, you would set LINEWID to 160 when HSCROLL=0 (no extra data fetch). When HSCROLL<>0, LINEWID would be set to 156 (four less due to the extra data fetch done automatically by the display processor). Vertical scrolling is trivial - simply set the video address base to the required address at horizontal blanking time. That's all folks - for now - more info on the new controller ports soon. Regards, Mathew Lodge *********************************************************************** * c/o Dept. Computer Science * "Baldrick, fetch me a turkey _so * * University of York * big_, you'd have thought its mother * * Heslington * had been rodgered by an Omnibus" * * York, UK * * * YO1 5DD * JANET : SOCS18@uk.ac.york.vaxa * *********************************************************************** ------------------------------ Date: 5 Mar 90 04:49:35 GMT From: silver!kclenden@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu (Kevin Clendenien) Subject: STE DMA sound (documentation posted) Message-ID: <37898@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu> In article <1990Mar4.165145.22702@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> cmm1@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Christopher M Mauritz) writes: ]In article <37824@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu> kclenden@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Kevin Clendenien) writes: ]] ]]FREE????? I think not Mr. Covert. Why do you think that Apple ]]computers with similar options to Atari computers cost about ]]twice as much? One reason is because Apple is committed to ] [story about getting Mac IIcx deleted] ]exasperation and disappointment. Anyway, I guess the old addage holds ]true: You get what you pay for. Chris, If you have some extra money lying around, or even an extra Mac IIcx lying around, feel free to send them to me, and I will independently confirm or refute your finding :-) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- kclenden@silver.bacs.indiana.edu Kevin Clendenien BLoomington Atari ST users group BLAST, President BLAST BBS - (812) 332-0573 FNET node #141 ------------------------------ End of INFO-ATARI16 Digest V90 Issue #285 *****************************************