Conference hydra::amiga_v1

Hi...
    
    A fiendly fellow on one of our  local BBS's uses a Vt100 script to
    dial  his  University  account  in  the middle of  the  night  and
    download the Usenet to his Amiga, then he uploads it to the BBS.
    
    I downloaded some of those files (form the 5th of March to the 8th
    of March).   I think there are more going back if need be.  I will
    attempt to keep them  up to date until our distribution comes back
    (if ever).
    
    Thay  can be accessed at  CGOU01::AMNEW:Usenet*mar.zoo  after  5PM
    Mountain Standard Time (After 7PM Eastern).
    
    Regards....   Clint

I got the following usenet files from the local University (ASU) last nite.
They are all from the UseNet comp.(binaries|sources).amiga distribution
lists.  I will try to get the remaining ones sometime soon.  I have placed
them in NORSE""::AMIGA:[000000.UPLOAD] for those interested.  (I hope that
whoever owns NORSE doesn't mind me placing them there!).  The binaries
are already uudecoded into their respective .ZOO files.  The sources are
still packed in the original shar archives.

At the end of this message are short descriptions of each of these files.

BLK.SH;1                156
BLK.ZOO;2                60
IFFTOPS.SH;1            128
ZC.SH;1                 444
ZC.ZOO;2                119

Total of 5 files, 907 blocks.

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IntuiTools: blk

"Blk" is a little requester-generation tool I created to make requesters
easy.  It converts a funky requester source format into 'C' declarations
for including in user code.  Its operation is documented in blk.doc, and
an example requester is included that takes you from requester source
(colors.r) to inclusion into user code (pro.c).

Have fun and happy hacking.

	Stuart Ferguson		1/89
	([email protected])

	123 James Ave.
	Redwood City, Ca.
		94062


P.S.  The lexical analysis stuff is kind of a hack -- it just proved
useful for this application.  I disclaim it completely.

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/* IFFTOPS - ILBM IFF format file to PostScript translator.	*/
/*	Version 3.0 - LeRoy Fundingsland - 12/12/88 - SRC	*/
/*								*/
/*	This code has been compiled and tested under both Sun	*/
/*	UNIX (V3.5) and Commodore AmigaDOS (V1.2). On the	*/
/*	Amiga the Lattice 4.0 compiler was used ("lc -Lm").	*/

/*              CLAZ.c  v2.0                     */
/*              by Steve Ludtke                  */
/*              Created : 05/31/87               */

/*	Re-written Oct-Dec 1988 by LeRoy Fundingsland		*/
/*		Supercomputing Research Center			*/
/*			Lanham, MD				*/
/*		[email protected]			*/
/*								*/
/*	Changes:						*/
/*	- code re-structured for readability and maintain-	*/
/*		ability (my opinion (mostly:-))			*/
/*	- comments added for readability (but mostly just so I	*/
/*		could understand the code)			*/
/*	- code extended, with IFDEFs, to be compilable on SUN	*/
/*		systems (or nearly any 4.2BSD derived system,	*/
/*		I expect)					*/
/*	- extended to generate color postscript output (as of	*/
/*		the above date, color postscript output		*/
/*		devices may be pretty rare but we have one and	*/
/*		I think they will be be increasingly common in	*/
/*		the future)					*/
/*	- code extended, again with IFDEFs, to contain a rough	*/
/*		attempt at reducing the grainyness of the	*/
/*		output image (ref. "SMOOTH_INCLUDE")		*/
/*	- added the function for the image to be arbitrarily	*/
/*		rotated						*/
/*								*/
/*	TODO:							*/
/*	- place all of the initialization of default		*/
/*		values to happen at compile time		*/
/*	- make sure that every value in the "cmap" array is	*/
/*		non-negative					*/
/*	- QUESTION: when an Amiga process exits is the		*/
/*		programmer guaranteed that all system resources	*/
/*		are released? (specifically MALLOCed memory)?	*/

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							    ZC(1)
ZC
NAME
   zc  -Sozobon C compiler ported to the amiga.  Ver 1.01
	by  Johann Ruegg.
	modified by Joe Montgomery Dec 1988.

SYNOPSIS
   zc  [ options ] [file.c's ]

DESCRIPTION
     Zc is a c compiler for the amiga.	It is as far as
     I know a K & R compatible compiler.  Zc takes <file>.c
     and creates a Motorola compatible assembly source whose
     default name is <file>.s .  include files are looked
     for in the directory specified by the manx environment
     variable INCLUDE.	Simply use the command
     set INCLUDE=includedir
     from the CLI or place it in your startup-sequence.

     Below: are the options available at present.

       -Dxxxx	Define xxxx
		  same as a #define xxxx in the source file
       -Uxxxx	Undefine xxxx
		  same as a #undefine xxxx in the source file
       -Ixxxx	Include Directory = xxxx
       -P	profiler. Places a call to mcount before calling
		  main.  You had better not use this for now.
       -Oxxxx	outputfile name = xxxx
       -V	display compiler version
       -?	Help
       -C	force Data,Bss into Chip memory
       -F	force Data,Bss into Fast memory
       -Exxxx	errorfile. Zc writes the number of errors into
		  this file.  This is used by the compiler front
		  end in order to determine whether to start the
	       assembler a68k.

BUGS

    See zc.readme.


    Joe Montgomery UC Berkeley Math Dept.
    [email protected]


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Enjoy -

Mark

    
    Has anybody successfully unZOO'ed the USENETxMAR.ZOO archives ?
    
    I get a "bad CRC" message when I try to unZOO them.
    
    
    Dieter

    Thanks to the dedicated Usenet junki... err, aficionados who have
    responded to my plea!
    
    Re: -.1 bad CRC when unpacking ZOO files.
    
    Try running them through CVTARC with the U option.

    
    Thanks for your help.
    Now I got them unZOOed.
    
    regards,
    
    Dieter

	There are four new usenet files in the NORSE""::AMIGA:[UPLOAD]
	directory.  A brief description of each follows:

	PZ.SH	  A shar archive containing the sources and uuencoded
		  binary of the square plastic slide-the-numbers-to-put-
		  them-in-order type game.

	MAN20.SH  A utility for extracting documentation from source code.

	DMAKE.ZOO Matt Dillons Make utility. (Version 1.0)

	EVAL.ZOO  An expression evaluator usable from the CLI.


	Have fun ---

	Mark
    

    
    Usenet up to and including today is now in CGOU01::AMNEW:.
    
    Please copy after 5:00 PM Mountain Standard Time
    
        Regards....   Clint

    What do i do with test.dat (inside the zoo files)???

     >   What do i do with test.dat (inside the zoo files)???
     
    The best way to do it seems to be:
    
    1) $MCR TECO test.dat
        at the * prompt do a EX followed by the esc key twice
    2) then read the test.dat file anyway that you usually do
    (Edit, type/page, etc)

>< Note 2337.7 by CGOFS::CADAMS "Clint Adams - Calgary, Canada" >
>                                -< More Usenet >-
>
>
>    
>    Usenet up to and including today is now in CGOU01::AMNEW:.
>    
>    Please copy after 5:00 PM Mountain Standard Time
>    
>        Regards....   Clint



What's wrong with it ?

$ SET DEF CGOU01::AMNEW:[-] results in
>>%DIRECT-E-OPENIN, error opening CGOU01::AMNEW:[000000]*.*;* as input
>>-RMS-F-DIR, error in dierectory name

What did I do wrong (prefering AMIGA-DOS instead of VMS or stuff like that) ?

Regards
   Volker (who realy doesn't like VMS)

    
    AMNEW is a logical pointing to a subdirectory so amnew:[-] will
    not work.  You will have to use the full directory specification
    of dua1:[public.amiga...] (anmew is [public.amiga.new]).
    
    re: the earlier question of what to do with the TEST.DAT file, you
    will find that EDIT is perfectly happy reading the original file
    extracted from the ZOO file.
    
    If you are interested in the USENET stuff I will be uploading a
    file each day from the local BBS (I'm sysop there) as available.
    There should be one file for each day of the month.  The BBS is
    quite busy and sometimes I cannot get access each day.  I shall
    also upload the sources/binaries as they become available.  Due
    to space restrictions on our mvII we probably won't be able to store
    more than a couple of weeks on-line, so if there are any archive
    volunteers out there please let us know and I will only store a
    week here.
    
    Unless notified different just assume that we have the latest USENET
    here.  BTW the weekend files will not be uploaded until the following
    Monday.
    
    wayne
    

	I have _LOTS_ of new Usenet stuff for all you usenet junkies out
	there.  I have sent all of the following files to:

		NORSE""::AMIGA:[UPLOAD]*.*

	All of the *.ZOO files are in stream-lf format (i.e. ready to
	be examined with VMS ZOO, or downloaded with X or YMODEM, they
	will have to be converted if KERMIT is used to download them).

	All of the *.SH files are plain ASCII text files that are used
	to pack source files (usually).  There are several SHAR
	unarchivers available on the net.

	Enclosed is a list of files, their sizes, and a short description
	of each...

ABORTCOMMAND.ZOO;1       21
	Used to cancel a process started from the CLI.  Sort of a small
	GOMF-type program.

AMTOPCPP.ZOO;2           88
	Utility to allow the Amiga to connect to an IBM-PC parallel port
	and make use of the hard drive in the IBM.  Transfer times look
	only slightly faster than floppy drives, but it looks like a nice
	idea....

ARCHIE.SH;1              18
	Some AREXX macros for maintaining backup copies of important
	files. (Stored as a unix text SHAR archive).

BTOA.SH;1               139
	A new encoding protocol similar to uuencode/uudecode, except
	that it is more efficient. (Stored as a unix text SHAR archive).
	Source and UUEncoded binary included.
CALC.ZOO;2               69
	A very powerful calculator that has _TONS_ of features. Can be
	iconified etc.

CBC.SH;1                 37
	A file encryption utility using the DES algorithm.  Source and
	UUEncoded binary included.  (Stored as a unix text SHAR archive).

DIGIT.ZOO;2              15
	Plans for a simple, cheap digitizer.  IFF schematics are included.

DPLAZ.ZOO;2              34
	A beta-test version of an IFF-PostScript convertor.  Written by
	the author of CLAZ.

FREE.SH;1                25
	Source and UUEncoded binary of a utility to show the number of
	free bytes on any filesystem device.
	(Stored as a unix text SHAR archive).

GRAF.SH;1                99
GRAF.ZOO;2               62
	Source and Binaries of another calculator.  This one has the
	emphasis on Graphing functions.

HANGMAN.SH;1            232
	A port of the unix game 'hangman' - no graphics, but a large
	dictionary of words.
	(Stored as a unix text SHAR archive).

IBM.ZOO;2                21
	A spoof on IBM computers. (Type 'go amiga' to exit).

IFFLIB.ZOO;2             62
	Newest version of the IFF Library.  Includes source and binary.

MOTO-ASSEMBLER.SH;2     179
	Source code to _LOTS_ of Motorola cross assemblers (6800 thru
	68000).
	(Stored as a unix text SHAR archive).

PROC.SH;1                40
	Subprocess examples (Source and UUEncoded binary included).
	(Stored as a unix text SHAR archive).

SMEAR2.SH;1              54
	Screen Hack.
	(Stored as a unix text SHAR archive).

SORTS.SH;1               64
	Examples of three types of sorts.  UUEncoded binary included.
	(Stored as a unix text SHAR archive).

TAPESTRY.ZOO;2           45
	Place a one-bitplane picture on the workbench screen.  Similar
	to dropcloth.

ZONX.ZOO;2               21
	A pacman-type game.  Multitasks too.


Have Fun !
		- Mark -

ps. This is only about 60% of the files that have arrived in the last couple
    of days.  I will try to get all the rest up here this weekend.
    There is a new shell and the newest A68K of particular interest.
    

    re: .12
    
    >	All of the *.ZOO files are in stream-lf format (i.e. ready to
    >	be examined with VMS ZOO, or downloaded with X or YMODEM, they
    >	will have to be converted if KERMIT is used to download them).
    
    You don't need to convert them for KERMIT if you give kermit the command
    SET FILE TYPE BLOCK (on the VMS side).
    
    -Dave

    I've tried out SORTS and SMEAR2 without any luck.  Both cause my
    Amiga to 'hang'.  I've even re-compiled the SMEAR2, and it does
    the same thing.
    
    Anyone have similar problems?  Hints?
    
    Steve

    All these files have been moved into their proper 'areas'. I have
    put the plans for the digitiser into [APPLICATIONS].
    
    On another note :-
    
    Does anyone know what the following are :-
    
    PASCAL.ZOO
    FLYER.PS
    DNET_V2_0_BETA.ZOO
    
    I don't know what they are, and would like to put them in the correct
    place
    
    Martin

>    PASCAL.ZOO
 
?  (A PD PASCAL Compiler?!?)


>   FLYER.PS

Paul MacDonald's (sp?)  Neat RC newsletter?


>   DNET_V2_0_BETA.ZOO

Mat Dillons 2 Amiga network software.

    Re. 1
    	Is there any possiblity of sending these articles into the proper
    amiga_usenet and amiga_tech?  Or having another reliable source
    to feed these note files?
    
    -pete
    

    RE: .16  Flyer.PS is not my Newsletter. Flyer.PS is the demo
             from Gold Disk's Professional Draw. NARC.PS is my
             monthly Nashua Area Radio Club Bulletin. Next issue
             will be on the net Wednesday.
    
    Paul

    PASCAL.ZOO is (like was said earlier) a pascal compiler that I grabbed
    from Berke's BBS (Dave Haynie's)

    re 2337.*, re 2527.1, re 2486.*, and a bunch of other notes:
    
    The USENET mail distribution is not broken, it was shutoff due to a
    drain of resources on the sponsoring group.  (Btw, I sympathize with
    them and all that.)
    
    However, an alternative is now available to get those tasty usenet
    morsels.  There are now available VMS News readers for both
    workstations (you must be running VMS 5.1 or higher and decwindows) or
    for terminals connected to vms systems running V4.x or V5.x.  The
    System only requires that your workstation be connected to the EASYNET
    since it works over both DECNET and TCP/IP.
    
    The notesfile UPSAR::NEWS-BACKBONE contains the information needed to
    get up and running again reading news. (esp. comp.sys.amiga etc.)
    
    So, the minimum hw you need, is an account on a VMS system, preferably
    running V5.1 (you have to do a little more work otherwise), and a
    terminal.   You should ask questions about using it in
    UPSAR::NEWS-BACKBONE though, this  isn't the right place .
    
    brad
    

    re: .20 by Brad Wherry,
    
    THANK YOU!  THANK YOU!  THANK YOU!  THANK YOU!  THANK YOU!  THANK YOU!  
    THANK YOU!  THANK YOU!  THANK YOU!  THANK YOU!  THANK YOU!  THANK YOU!  
    THANK YOU!  THANK YOU!  THANK YOU!  THANK YOU!  THANK YOU!  THANK YOU!  
    
    regards,
    
    steve
    
    BTW thanks!

�< Note 2337.20 by ALAZIF::WHERRY "Celebrate Gotham's Tricentennial" >
�               -< ASHBY/ROLL aren't available USENET IS however >-

    MARVELOUS !! The vnews utility is a winner, its so much better than
    the old mail distribution - definitely recommended.
    
    				Alan T.