lean@sbcs.sunysb.edu (Lean L. Loh) (03/12/88)
Q: I just got dvi2st (PD dvi previewer on the mono ST). From the readme file,
I gather that I can preview on the ST a remote dvi file (located on a
VAX/UNIX). Can someone tell me how to do that? I managed to preview
the given dvi file if the file and the fonts are on the ST, but how can
I preview a remote file without downloading it? I think the server.c
file has something to do with this? Help !!
I ordered the SUPRA 20Meg HardDrive in mid-late Jan from Software Discounters
of America, and finally received one last week (there was a nation-wide
back-order). Everything on the drive appears to work fine, except it gives
an error when I tried a low-level format. I called SUPRA, and they advised
me to send it back. Send it back I did last Friday. And guess what? Six
and a half days later, I received a replacement from SUPRA. And that's
East Coast -> West Coast -> East Coast. I'm impressed by the turnaround time.
Does anyone know why the SUPRA drive spins down whenever I run the PARKING
program? All other computers I've seen park the drive head without spinning
down? Are there any auto-parking programs for the SUPRA 20Meg? What's the
norm for parking on the SUPRA 20 Meg ?
Many Thanks in advance.
(my fortune cookie prediction: Atari will not push ABAQ, but will push the
M68030/Unix machine instead. )
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UUCP:{allegra, hocsd, philabs, ogcvax}!sbcs!leanfred@pnet01.cts.com (Fred Brooks) (03/14/88)
I hope they will push the Unix machine. If they join the 68000 ABI then all
software written for other Unix machines will run on the ATARI with out and
mods. Not just source compatability but BINARY. It's the wave.
Fred
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INET: fred@pnet01.cts.comRam-Ashwin@cs.yale.edu (Ashwin Ram) (03/15/88)
In article <1038@sbcs.sunysb.edu>, lean@sbcs (Lean L. Loh) writes: > > Q: I just got dvi2st (PD dvi previewer on the mono ST). From the readme file, > I gather that I can preview on the ST a remote dvi file (located on a > VAX/UNIX). Where is this program available? Does it work as advertised (i.e., can you really preview a remote file on a Unix machine from your ST without downloading it)? If so, I'd appreciate a pointer to the program. Thanks in advance. -- Ashwin Ram -- ARPA: Ram-Ashwin@cs.yale.edu UUCP: {decvax,ucbvax,harvard,cmcl2,...}!yale!Ram-Ashwin BITNET: Ram@yalecs
david@bdt.UUCP (David Beckemeyer) (03/17/88)
In article <2672@crash.cts.com> fred@pnet01.cts.com (Fred Brooks) writes: >I hope they will push the Unix machine. If they join the 68000 ABI then all >software written for other Unix machines will run on the ATARI with out and >mods. Not just source compatability but BINARY. It's the wave. Ahh, we're all complaining that they can't support a simple no MMU, 68000 box running a single-user/single-tasking OS. But you still want them pursue a new machine? Do you think they will find a much more complex, multi-user/multi-tasking system easier to support? Who are we kidding? Take a look at comp.unix.microport to see what happens when Unix isn't supportted. And then, look how much time, manpower, and effort Apple is putting into the Mac II and Unix. I can see it now. The high school student slave that takes tech. support questions: "You say mkfs got a panic? What's mkfs? Did you make sure the joystick was plugged in?" -- David Beckemeyer | "To understand ranch lingo all yuh Beckemeyer Development Tools | have to do is to know in advance what 478 Santa Clara Ave, Oakland, CA 94610 | the other feller means an' then pay UUCP: ...!ihnp4!hoptoad!bdt!david | no attention to what he says"
avy@yugas.UUCP (Avy MOISE) (03/18/88)
In article <25159@yale-celray.yale.UUCP>, Ram-Ashwin@cs.yale.edu (Ashwin Ram) writes: > > In article <1038@sbcs.sunysb.edu>, lean@sbcs (Lean L. Loh) writes: > > > >Q: I just got dvi2st (PD dvi previewer on the mono ST). From the readme file, > > I gather that I can preview on the ST a remote dvi file (located on a > > VAX/UNIX). > > Where is this program available? Does it work as advertised (i.e., can you > really preview a remote file on a Unix machine from your ST without > downloading it)? It is true! DVIST (and please use this name for it) version 3.0 has a built in client software to interface with a Unix or OS-9/68000 server across an 8 bit serial interface. We normally use UniTerm to connect to our host computer at 9600 baud and go through the Edit-TeX cycle to produce a printable .DVI file. Then from UniTerm we can invoke the DVIST.TTP program with the following parameters (assuming the foo.dvi is your TeX.dvi file file) r:foo -fd:\fonts,a:\fonts,r:/usr/st/fonts DVIST will recognize the drive prefix 'r:' as being a remote drive, therefore it will start the unix (or OS-9/68000) server and access foo.dvi using random access file I/O as needed (there is no need to download the entire DVI file). In addition, the .PK fonts files may be read across the link or from the ST's mass storage devices. In the above example when a font file is not found on the ST's RAM disk (drive D: folder \fonts) it will search in drive A:\fonts. If still not found it will access the font file on the server. This approach enable users to have the fonts stored locally while processing TeX file remotely. When processing is done the server will automatically terminate the server program so that when the user re-enters terminal mode he/she will see the host's prompt. If there there is sufficient demand I will repost the dvist driver. -- Avygdor Moise, York University. (C.R.E.S.S.), Petrie Bldg. Rm 340, 4700 Keele St., North York, Ontario, Canada. M3J 1P3 UUCP: ...!nexus!yugas!avy Tel:1 416 736-5359 BITNET: "yugas!avy@.yunexus.bitnet"
fred@pnet01.cts.com (Fred Brooks) (03/19/88)
All I want is a cheap box. I think ATARI CAN give us a cheap "3,000" 68030
machine. If they stick to the ABI then software and support shouldn't be
as much as a problem. Info can be had just like IBM pc clones.
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INET: fred@pnet01.cts.commartin@lakesys.UUCP (Martin Wiedmeyer) (03/20/88)
In article <777@yugas.UUCP> avy@yugas.UUCP (Avy MOISE) writes: > >If there there is sufficient demand I will repost the dvist driver. >-- Yes, please do post the DVIST driver! Marty Wiedmeyer -- | Marty Wiedmeyer | | Lake Systems, Milwaukee, WI | | UUCP: {ihnp4,uwvax}!uwmcsd1!lakesys!martin | | Disclaimer: I take the heat for my own (mis)statements..... |