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Conference 7.286::atarist

Title:	Atari ST, TT, & Falcon
Notice:	Please read note 1.0 and its replies before posting!
Moderator:	FUNYET::ANDERSON

Created:	Mon Apr 04 1988
Last Modified:	Tue May 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	1433
Total number of notes:	10312

1291.0. "Help with GDOS (and its interaction with EasyDraw and DTP)!" by ERASME::JBETTELS (J�rgen Bettels, GEO 821-4660) Thu Jun 04 1992 06:37

I am considering buying DTP and EasyDraw from a friend (who moves to PC)
and he let me try these packages out.

	That brought me my first encounter with GDOS!!

Here are all the problems I got into:

- I installed EasyDraw on my hard disk (Supra drive, self booting) and on
  booting I see the "...resident" message from GDOS and then the screen
  turns crazy: no background, menu bar missing, text displaced relative
  to boxes and icons...On suggestion of Pat Keane I re-made the AUTO folder
  to make sure GDOS is run first, same result.

- I then booted from the EasyDraw floppy and everything worked fine

- then I installed DTP on the hard disk specifying as printer EpsonFX/Panasonic
  1081 (I have a HP DeskJet 500 with an Epson FX cartridge). This time, the
  GDOS which came of the DTP floppy did not show the same effect as the one
  from the Easydraw floppy. BUT when I printed a document only the graphics,
  none of the text was printed. I re-installed DTP, same effect.

My Atari is a Mega4.

Any suggestions?

J�rgen.

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
1291.1	Well, it CAN work...	GANTRY::ALLBERY	Jim	`Thu Jun 04 1992 21:16`	10
	This isn't much help, but... I use both EasyDraw and Timeworks DTP, and they seem to work together fine. I use G/plus+, a GDOS replacement that allows separate configuration files for each application. The applications are installed on a hard drive, but I boot from a floppy (no particular reason, I've just never got around to setting things up to boot from the hard drive). Jim
1291.2	GET G+PLUS	POWDML::STEIL		`Fri Jun 05 1992 00:03`	7
	Get G+PLUS from Codehead software. The manual alone is worth it, as it explains how GDOS is supposed to work. I use G+PLUS for DTP, Degas, STALKER, Wordup, and other versions of DTP for other printers and monitors. Gil
1291.3	where can I get G+PLUS?	ERASME::JBETTELS	J�rgen Bettels, GEO 821-4660	`Fri Jun 05 1992 06:27`	4
	Can someone post references to shops/mail order places where I can get G+PLUS? Thanks, J�rgen.
1291.4	Codehead software	POWDML::STEIL		`Fri Jun 05 1992 17:35`	10
	Codehead Software P.O. Box 74090 Los Angeles, CA 94004 U.S.A. TELEPHONE: 1-213-386-5735 Gil Steil (remember meeting me in Geneva in 1986?)
1291.5	TurboST caused the problem	ERASME::JBETTELS	J�rgen Bettels, GEO 821-4660	`Sat Jun 06 1992 14:14`	8
	Of course it had to be a problem with my environment! After carefully disinstalling anything that could possibly interfer it turned out that TURBOST was the culprit. Gil, thanks for the pointer in .-1. Sure I remember. Send me mail and let me know where you are these days. I come quite often to the US. J�rgen.