moore@ncsc (Jim Moore) (05/05/86)
I spent this weekend with my brother-in-law who has a 520ST, and we came up with some questions I hope someone can answer: 1) Are TOS-in-ROM chips available to users? 2) Does protected software cause problems with the disk drives? He has a DSDD drive (314??) that has serious problems copying FINAL WORD (the manual says to make backup copies). Occasionally he has to try two or three times to copy a disk that is *not* protected (eg backing up ZORK I). 3) Are there any instruction manuals for NEOCHROME available? We got a free copy from the local (Jax, FL) Games 'n Gadgets (I think it's v0.5), but no instructions. 4) Is there a Jax FL user group for 520ST's? 5) Is there a compilation of public-domain or free software for the 520ST? Thanks for any information. Please mail directly to moore@ncsc, as I'm not on this list (yet!) Jim Moore Naval Coastal Systems Center -------
moore@ncsc (Jim Moore) (05/09/86)
I spent this weekend with my brother-in-law who has a 520ST, and we came up with some questions I hope someone can answer: 1) Are TOS-in-ROM chips available to users? 2) Does protected software cause problems with the disk drives? He has a DSDD drive (314??) that has serious problems copying FINAL WORD (the manual says to make backup copies). Occasionally he has to try two or three times to copy a disk that is *not* protected (eg backing up ZORK I). 3) Are there any instruction manuals for NEOCHROME available? We got a free copy from the local (Jax, FL) Games 'n Gadgets (I think it's v0.5), but no instructions. 4) Is there a Jax FL user group for 520ST's? 5) Is there a compilation of public-domain or free software for the 520ST? Thanks for any information. Please mail directly to moore@ncsc, as I'm not on this list (yet!) Jim Moore Naval Coastal Systems Center ------- ???? -------
ROODE%BIONET@SUMEX-AIM.ARPA (David Roode) (05/10/86)
I can tell you that TOS in ROM Is definitely available to users-- the various dealers have them or can get them. They cost $25 and installation is extra. (List price only--your price may vary). By the way, we received 3 copies of your message on the list. It got through each time. SOme recipient at MIT missed his copy, but the other 100's of people did get the message. -------
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bri@mit-eddie.MIT.EDU (Brian Totty) (08/25/86)
Okay, here comes my next salvo of St questions...
1) This is a strange one. I wrote a routine that works like
graf_dragbox (Drags a rectangle within a bigger rectangle
until the button is lifted.) The difference is that I had it draw
a raster image instead of a rectangle. (I am doing cut and paste
stuff, and this is how I paste, by dragging the bits and stop when
I PRESS the button (instead of lifting it.)) I use vq_mouse to
monitor the mouse coordinates and the button state. The problem is
that when I click the button, the AES queues an event. I tried just
flushing the button click event by doing an evnt_button afterwards,
but the event is not always a click. If the mouse happened to be
positioned over a "full box" on a window, the AES would queue
a window full request. So, the question is, is there any way to stop
the event accumulation? How is graf_dragbox written?
2) I want to patch an Alt-Help driver into memory. Someone told me
that the Alt-help vector was at $502. I figured the best way was
to use a terminate and stay resident program that would set the
vector, and sit around. BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW TO USE PTERMRES()!
How do I find the value of the amount of memory to keep? Help!
3) I'm still looking for line-A TextBlt code. Any example of TextBlt
that works will be GREAT!
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