

#: 19381 S1/General Interest
    23-Nov-93  15:51:36
Sb: #19375-#Database on CDi (OS9)
Fm: James Truesdale [JBM] 71174,3442
To: anne van der ploeg 100121,3031 (X)

For Sculptor support in the USA contact:

 The KD Consulting Group
 3880 Citation Drive
 Hamilton, Ohio, 45011
 tel: (513) 887-0337
 fax: (513) 887-0338

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#: 19386 S1/General Interest
    26-Nov-93  17:15:48
Sb: #19381-Database on CDi (OS9)
Fm: anne van der ploeg 100121,3031
To: James Truesdale [JBM] 71174,3442

Thanks! I phone them a fax. 

#: 19388 S1/General Interest
    27-Nov-93  17:01:02
Sb: #Ghostscript
Fm: Carsten B Emde 100034,372
To: all

The OSK/68000 section contains, as I just discovered, all the material to port
Ghostscript to OS-9. Unfortunately, this requires a lot of disk space, RAM and
CPU speed - I had to learn when I ported the 2.52 version to OS-9 about 6 month
ago. This OS-9 version contains a large number of drivers, including drivers
for the MGR window manager, and comes with three different binaries (68000,
68020 without and with FPU). It is available through the European Forum For
OS-9 (EFFO). For those who want to do their own port: L. Peter Deutsch (the
spirit behind Ghostscript) agreed to let OS-9 enter
the list of officially supported operating systems from the next version
onwards (to be released at end 1993). Irrespectively, EFFO will continue to
distribute compiled binaries, fonts and other material that is needed to have
Ghostscript running under OS-9.
Carsten Emde
carsten@ce.pr.net.ch

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#: 19393 S1/General Interest
    29-Nov-93  05:50:17
Sb: #19388-Ghostscript
Fm: Mark Griffith 76070,41
To: Carsten B Emde 100034,372

Carl,

John Wainwright has already ported Ghostscript 2.6.1 to OSK.  You can find it
in the OS-9 forum library section 12, I believe.  The full source is also
there.

Thanks for you interest and support!


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#: 19395 S1/General Interest
    30-Nov-93  14:37:42
Sb: Cross-Compiler
Fm: Rene Eickhoff 100136,2572
To: All

Does anyone know if there is a cross-compiler for C/C++ from DOS (Borland C,
Microsoft C) to OS/9?

Please let me know,

Thanks, Rene

#: 19383 S3/Languages
    23-Nov-93  21:33:52
Sb: #19377-Ultra ???? C
Fm: Carl Kreider 71076,76
To: Bob van der Poel 76510,2203 (X)

Can't say as I have seen them.  Can you highlight anything pertinent?

#: 19384 S3/Languages
    23-Nov-93  21:41:59
Sb: #19343-Ultra ???? C
Fm: Carl Kreider 71076,76
To: Carl Kreider 71076,76 (X)

Ultra C definately generates the smallest code, if you don't use any libraries.
But, in real life.....  I haven't found why the ucc compiled code bus traps,
but I did find why the gcc compiled code died with 107 - it is blowing all the
floating point stuff.  I can't believe I am the only one to ever do floating
point, so what am I doing wrong?  I don't have a 68881 in the target, so need
the emulation.  A test program works with 1.37.1, but not on 2.4.1 or 2.4.5
(either July or Oct releases). Any ideas anyone?

Carl


#: 19392 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK)
    29-Nov-93  00:19:46
Sb: #19372-Review: 340 Upgrade
Fm: Dieter G. Rossmann 70314,1766
To: Dieter G. Rossmann 70314,1766

Well, the replacement for the bad 68340 accelerator board arrived today, so I
poped it in, reassembled everyting and powered the MM/1 up, and volla it
worked!  Boy am I ever clad, I thought there for a few days that I did someting
wrong and blew the whole ting...

Now I have to make a new bootfile for the hard drive, have one made for floppy
boot, but there are quiet a few drivers that I need missing.  But that will
have to wait for another day.

the next few days will be taken up by remodiling the basement, have to ad a
badroom and a bedroom, and then the house will be finiched...

Now all I have to do is getting the InfoXpress going on the MM/1, right now I'm
using WinCim on my PC...

G'Day!

#: 19389 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK)
    27-Nov-93  20:03:35
Sb: Gnu-C
Fm: Bob van der Poel 76510,2203
To: All

I think I asked this before and got no answer...so could someone pass it along
on other nets?

I can't seem to get debug information working with GCC. (I am using gcc2
2.4.5). The usage message indicates that -g will generate debug code for
srcdbg. It doesn't appear to do so. If I enable the -v switch I can see that no
-g is passed along to either c68 or l68. Either I'm missing something, or gcc2
is broken. I don't have gcc2 source so I'm inbetween a rock and a hard place 
since I need to use an ansi compiler for a current porting project.

Any help will be appreciated!

#: 19390 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK)
    28-Nov-93  06:15:14
Sb: MM/1 4 Meg Hack
Fm: Mark Griffith 76070,41
To: All

Attention All MM/1 Owners:

 Minimum allocation size:       0.25 K-bytes
 Number of memory segments:   6
 Total RAM at startup:       9140.25 K-bytes
 Current total free RAM:     8789.25 K-bytes

 Free memory map:

    Segment Address         Size of Segment
   -----------------   --------------------------
       $4E00           $200           0.50 K-bytes
       $24C00          $200           0.50 K-bytes
       $2AC00          $7BA000     7912.00 K-bytes
       $7F2C00         $500           1.25 K-bytes
       $7F3700         $500           1.25 K-bytes
       $801400         $DA700       873.75 K-bytes


This is the output of mfree after completeing the 4 Meg Memory Hack on an MM/1.
Notice the 8 Meg of free RAM! You too can have this.

There are two ways to get the hack.  Ask me and I'll send you the details so
you can do it yourself.  However, be cautioned that this is not a pretty hack,
nor is it easy to do.  You'll need to have a good amount of experience in
soldering, cutting traces, pulling pins up on already soldered in chips,
piggybacking chips, and running tiny wires around on the board.  If you have
never done something like this, I wouldn't attempt it yourself.  You can do
permanent and fatal damage to the I/O board.

The other method is to let me do it for you.  For a $50 charge, I'll perform
the hack, test it, and make a new init module for you.  I'll also guarantee my
work for a year (the hack only).  All you need to do is send me your I/O board.
If you want me to include the 4 Meg SIMMs, let me know.  I haven't priced them
lately, but I'm sure I can get some at a reasonable price for you.  I should be
able to do the hack and get your board back within 2 weeks.

This would make a great Christman present to yourself.  If anyone is
interested, let me know via email.

 Mark Griffith
 Dirt Cheap Computer Stuff Co.
   "Cheap, But Not Trash"

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#: 19394 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK)
    29-Nov-93  13:17:09
Sb: ReSizeWin()
Fm: Hugo Bueno 71211,3662
To: All

Does anyone have documentation for the K-windows cgfx.l functions MoveWin(),
ReSizeWin() and BackWin()?  I can get MoveWin and BackWin working no problem.
However, ReSizeWin makes my window disappear after I change the window size.

Does ReSizeWin chack to make sure that the new new size is no smaller than the
minimums defined for the window structure?

ANy help appreciated.

Hugo

#: 19396 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK)
    30-Nov-93  21:13:11
Sb: Internet
Fm: Bob van der Poel 76510,2203
To: All

Just got finished reading my Compuserve OnLine Magazine. Interesting stuff on
using INTERNET from CIS. Does anyone (Steve??) know if:

 - LISTSERV supports os9.comp (or whatever the proper name for the news
 group is)
 - How to find the "node name" of a Fidonet users. See the example on page
  62. I'd like to be able so contact some of the folks using the MM/1 Tech
  Echo on Fido.

Thanks.

#: 19391 S15/Hot Topics
    28-Nov-93  12:11:58
Sb: #19338-New life for the MM/1
Fm: Howard Luckey 74746,3207
To: Steve Wegert 76703,4255 (X)

As a happy MM/1 user I am glad to hear the good news.  I hope you have great
success with this venture.

   Howard Luckey
   delphi LUCKYONE
   CIS 74746,3207

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#: 19380 S15/Hot Topics
    23-Nov-93  14:21:17
Sb: #MM/1 4MEG hack
Fm: Steve Wegert 76703,4255
To: All

Scarffed from the CoCo LIST ...



                        Announcement for All MM/1 Owners

The much rumored 4 Meg memory hack is now a reality.  The Dirt Cheap Computer
Stuff Co. has tested it and it works just fine.  As a service to other MM/1
owners, we can provide those with the technical skills the details of the hack
and you can go for it yourself.  You'll need some real good soldering skills
and be able to get some simple parts.  Of course, if you do the hack yourself,
you're on your own.

For those not so technically inclined, or those not too sure about themselves,
DccS will perform the hack for you for a small fee.  If you are interested,
send in your I/O board along with $50 and we'll do the hack for you, test it,
and ship your board back within two weeks (unless we get swamped, then you'll
be notified of the delay).  If you would like us to get the SIMMs and install
them for you, please contact me at the number and address below.

For those who don't know what I'm talking about, the 4 Meg hack is a method to
allow your MM/1 to use 4 Meg SIMMs without the need to buy a new backplane.
This will give you a 9 Meg system, 1 Meg for video and 8 Meg of user RAM.

Dirt Cheap Computer Stuff Co. 1368 Old Hwy 50 East Union, MO 63084 314-583-1168





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#: 19382 S15/Hot Topics
    23-Nov-93  21:15:22
Sb: #19380-#MM/1 4MEG hack
Fm: Bob van der Poel 76510,2203
To: Steve Wegert 76703,4255 (X)

Geezzz, ain't Mark blessing us here with his presence no more????

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#: 19385 S15/Hot Topics
    24-Nov-93  17:32:09
Sb: #19382-MM/1 4MEG hack
Fm: Steve Wegert 76703,4255
To: Bob van der Poel 76510,2203 (X)

 > Geezzz, ain't Mark blessing us here with his presence no more????

Nah ... I don' think that's the problem. More likely, he put together this file
at the office and shipped it out over the Internet to me at wuarchive and asked
that I post it on the CoCo LIST.  (for some reason, his site can receive, but
not post.)

I thought it was a "newsworthy" post and just cross posted it here.

*- Steve -*


#: 19387 S15/Hot Topics
    27-Nov-93  04:51:22
Sb: #19382-MM/1 4MEG hack
Fm: Mark Griffith 76070,41
To: Bob van der Poel 76510,2203 (X)

Bob,

 > Geezzz, ain't Mark blessing us here with his presence no more????

I told Steve I'd take care of the CIS and Delphi posts.  Apparently, he got
carried away (grin).



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