Info-Mac-Request@SUMEX-AIM.STANFORD.EDU (Jon Pugh and Lance Nakata) (08/06/88)
INFO-MAC Digest Saturday, 6 Aug 1988 Volume 6 : Issue 72
Today's Topics:
RedRyder-Host Version 2.0 in sight !!!
Re: Mandelzot 0.9 doc (resend)
here comes ShowINIT.asm
maybe you want those in your collection ...
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Date: Sun, 24 Jul 88 06:11:01 CDT
From: werner@astro.as.utexas.edu (Werner Uhrig)
Subject: RedRyder-Host Version 2.0 in sight !!!
...when I snarfed the following announcement of a local BBS just
now, I just *HAD* to let you know right away ...
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New Features Host 2.0 * Scheduled for Release around August 1, 1988
Downloaded from THE DINER * (512) 836-1420
Files
-----
1K - Block Xmodem
File listings maintain:
Date of last access
Number of times the file is accessed.
----
There are new menu commands that work in conjunction with File transfers:
New since last call with Download
Search for File with Download
List Files from New to Old with Download
List files from Old to new with Download
These commands append a D>ownload command to the command line to the
File list as you list files.
----
There are now 10 lines of description available for every file uploaded
or posted in the file sections to more adequately describe uploads.
Message Base
------------
Host 2.0 Message bases now support Threading. You can follow a string of
messages from beginning to end, including sub-threads that are threads of
messages that are replies to replies. You can Show the original message
of the thread you are in at any time its applicable to a threaded message.
----
The New Message bases now support variable length messages set by MsgEdit
from 1-400 lines per section.
----
There are 4 new menu commands for searching by subject:
Read with search by section
Scan with Search by section
Read with search all combined sections
Scan with search all combined sections
----
The Security level set for the Combined Read now sets the access level
required by the user to post a new message to that section. This means
that even replies cannot be sent if you make it so the new user can read
messages,but the access level for the section is higher than the
users level.
----
The command line of the Message base, now supports a (CR) as next, and
requires an explicit command "Q" hot key to exiting reading messages.
(Note: The file sections also work the same way when listing files.)
----
The Userlog now remembers the highest message read, so you can on
subsequent logins read messages that you have not read yet, as well as
new messages since the last call.
----
Cancelling a message now asks you if you wish to abort message entry or
only what you've entered so far and starts the message over at line 1.
----
You are prompted for a new subject for every message, so that the message
header will be able to reflect the message contents if you wish. Entering
a (CR) will leave the Subject as it was. Entering a Control-X will clear
the subject line for a new subject.
----
The Message header now displays when a message has been recieved by the
user it was sent to.
Menus
-----
The Menus now support 24 restriction flags for each menu item. These
items can be set to "match" or "not to match" the users restriction flags
set by the default settings in the config file for each user as they
login. Also any combination of flags can be set giving virtually
thousands of combinations of access in combination with the 255 levels of
security access.
----
The Userlog supports the restriction flags set for each user and can be
edited and maintained with UserEdit. As well as Survey commands and
online Sysop editing commands.
System
------
You can now choose to set in the config file the following new items for
your system:
You can support an upload time credit, this adds the time used to upload
a file to the users time limit for that call only. For example if a user
has a 30 minute time limit, and uploads a file that takes 20 minutes, he
will have 20 additional minutes that call.
----
You can support a Chat time Credit, if you break in and chat with a user,
or respond to a page, the user is credited for the time in the chat mode
with you.
----
Time enforcement: You can now set the amount of time a user can call
your system back should his time limit expire during the enforcement
period.
For Example, you set your system for a 12 hour time enforcement. John Doe
calls at 9AM, he is alloted 30 minutes, he uses the entire 30 minutes
that call, he will not be able to login again until 12 hours has expired,
or 9PM. If he calls at any time during the time enforcement period, say
3PM, he will be logged off, and will not be able to call for 12 hours
from 3PM now... or 3AM.
If John doe had only used 15 minutes the first call at 9AM, and made
a subsequent call at 3PM, he would have his time on the system reduced to
15 minutes, and if his time limit expired, he would not be able to login
again until 3:15AM.
----
You can now support 19,200,9600,2400,1200,300 baud, with 300 baud lockout
if you do not wish to support 300 baud users.
----
A Network Mail application can be configured for a timed launch in the
config file. You set the time in hours, minutes and seconds in the config
file and the path to the Netmail application, and Host will reduce any
callers time limit accordingly if he calls to close to launch time and
will log them off and then initiate the application pathed in the config
file.
----
You can now Disable the local Echo, this closes the terminal window for
Host, which is a standard movable window. With the terminal Window
closed, thruput to the user is much greater and will be faster than 1.4.
Downloads are not affected by this.
----
Host can now keep track of the total number of calls your system
receives if you keep a file called Cumulative calls in the same folder
with Host.
----
Host now supports Desk accesories
----
Status bar now reports the time and date of the last caller online
----
You can only click in the status bar to cancel a file transfer instead of
anywhere as before.
----
There is a 3 minute warning to let you know that time is about to expire.
----
There is now a Newuser.msg and a Logoff.msg that are displayed accordingly,
the newuser.msg will only display for a new user on his first call. The
logoff.msg displays whenever a command 1 logoff command is executed. They
are placed in the same folder as Host.
----
MultiFinder compatability & MultiLine:
It is now possible to configure Host to share specific files and run
independant BBS's, one thru the modem port and the other thru the Printer
port under MulitFinder. They share the following files; Message files,
Userlog, menus & files by the proper pathing in the config file. Each
System will still require its own config file and main menu, Modem files
and welcome files to run.
Surveys
-------
There are additional Survey commands that enhance the current survey
commands that are in 1.4 as well as Survey commands that support voting.
They are:
New command 0 (zero) This command converts last input to upper case.
----
New command 19, place ascii character specified in "Text" to the
scratch file
----
New Command 20, clears the scratch file and branches to a label. This is
useful for surveys that display a fair amount of text before asking for
input and allows the user a second chance to input should he make a
mistake. without having to start the survey over.
----
New command 21, If users download to upload ratio is is less than the
number in "Text", go to "branch".
----
4 new Survey commands to set or unset restriction flags either
permanently or temporarily for that user which can affect the Menu
displays for the user.
----
4 New Survey commands to initiate the text file read commands that Host
supports:
cancellable, no prompts.
cancellable, all prompts.
not cancellable, all prompts,
not cancellable, Final prompt only
These commands are useful for validation Surveys where you can present
validation information to the user and then get his input. They can also
be used to display the "Survey Scratch" file so that the user can check
his input.
----
13 new Voting survey commands that can ask the user for specific input,
yes or no, or muliple choice, and then display the results of the voting
so far in percentages as well as the number of people voting yes or no,
or a,b, or c. depending on how you set up the voting survey. There are
also commands to prevent the user from voting more than once.
----
Surveys are now time and date stamped in the RES file.
----
Survey interpreter has been speed up to make branches execute faster.
----
Sysop commands that have been enhanced are the user updating commands for
time and access level have been modified to set or unset restriction
flags.
The Maintanence command for the file sections will now physically delete
a file if told to do so. As well as delete or move the listing to another
specified file section.
While not every feature you could have asked for, or has been asked for is
here. I think that Host 2.0 adds enough features to keep things lively on
your systems for quite a while.
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Date: Sun, 29 May 88 21:47:36 PDT
From: dplatt@coherent.com (Dave Platt)
Subject: Re: Mandelzot 0.9 doc (resend)
Sure. Here are the docs...
[archived as
[SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU]<INFO-MAC>MANDELZOT-09-DOC.HQX
Note--this is a reposting since the original copy was corrupted.
Sorry for the delay.
- Lance ]
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Date: Mon, 1 Aug 88 00:43:47 CDT
From: werner@rascal.ics.utexas.edu (Werner Uhrig)
Subject: here comes ShowINIT.asm
[ShowInit.asm]
Some people had requested this, so here it is.
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#! /bin/sh
# This is a shell archive, meaning:
# 1. Remove everything above the #! /bin/sh line.
# 2. Save the resulting text in a file.
# 3. Execute the file with /bin/sh (not csh) to create the files:
# ShowInit.asm
# This archive created: Sun Jul 31 08:09:00 1988
# By: Roger L. Long (bytebug@dhw68k.cts.com)
export PATH; PATH=/bin:$PATH
echo shar: extracting "'ShowInit.asm'" '(5693 characters)'
if test -f 'ShowInit.asm'
then
echo shar: will not over-write existing file "'ShowInit.asm'"
else
sed 's/^X//' << \SHAR_EOF > 'ShowInit.asm'
X; File: ShowINIT.a
X; Last Modified: Wednesday, July 29, 1987 1:11:16 PM
X;------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
X;
X; Simple INIT notification routine
X; by Paul Mercer (Applied Logic Systems),
X; Darin Adler, and Paul Snively (ICOM Simulations)
X; from an idea by Steve Capps
X;
X; Created: 6/7/87 PM - first version
X; Modified: 6/15/87 PM - changed to standard (Pascal) calling conventions
X; 6/20/87 PM - fixed color & Finder bug on Mac II
X; 6/22/87 DBA - improved handling of QuickDraw
X; 6/29/87 DBA - used scratch8 to avoid conflict with REasy AccessS
X; 6/30/87 DBA - changed to a 4-byte scheme with RchecksumS
X; 6/30/87 PFS - separated into ShowINIT and InnerShowINIT
X; 7/1/87 DBA - fixed stack bug and switched to CurApName+
X; 7/2/87 PM - added check for old signature in ApplScratch for
X; backword compatibility (TMON Startup)
X; 7/3/87 PM - removed _SysBeep in ErrorExit since it causes a crash
X; also changed ICN# plotter to srcOr mode for Blinker
X; 7/13/87 PM - fixed a3 trashing bug in InnerShowINIT - exit code left
X; word on stack (reported by D. Dunham)
X; 7/21/87 PM - due to popular demand, InitGraf is no longer being called
X; this avoids the problem with Startupscreens getting
X; Rwashed outS by ShowINIT though someone else is still
X; bound to call InitGraf sooner or later (i.e. InitWindows)
X; 7/29/87 PM - Put InitGraf back in; this is required (reported by C. Derossi
X; at Apple Tech Support). Took out GetPort/SetPort.
X;
X;------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
X
X INCLUDE 'Traps.a'
X INCLUDE 'QuickEqu.a'
X INCLUDE 'SysEqu.a'
X INCLUDE 'ToolEqu.a'
X
XmyH equ CurApName+32-4 ; a GREAT place to store 4 bytes
XmyCheck equ myH+2
XoldSig equ ApplScratch ; *** this will be taken out soon
XoldH equ oldSig+4+2
X
XiconID equ 10
XiconPtr equ 10
XmoveX equ 8
X
XmyVars RECORD 0,DECREMENT
XdestRect ds.w 4
XmyBitMap ds bitMapRec
XmyPort ds portRec
XsavePort ds.l 1
XthePort ds 4 ; my own QuickDraw (required!)
X ds grafSize-4 ; other QuickDraw globals (except thePort)
XlocalA5 ds 4
XvarsSize equ *
X ENDR
X
X;------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
X;
X; display the ICN# specified by iconID and move the pen horizontally by moveX
X; pass a -1 in moveX to move the standard amount, moveX should be 40 for most ICN#'s
X;
X; PROCEDURE ShowINIT(iconID: Integer; moveX: Integer); EXTERNAL
X;
X; pascal void ShowINIT(iconID, moveX)
X; short iconID;
X; short moveX;
X; extern;
X;
X;------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
XShowINIT: PROC EXPORT
X IMPORT InnerShowINIT
X link a6,#0 ;don't need locals here
X move.l a3,-(sp)
X clr.l -(sp)
X move.l #'ICN#',-(sp)
X move iconID(a6),-(sp)
X _GetResource
X move.l (sp)+,d0
X beq.s ErrorExit
X move.l d0,a0
X _HLock
X move.l a0,a3
X move.l (a0),-(sp)
X move moveX(a6),-(sp)
X jsr InnerShowINIT
X move.l a3,a0
X _HUnlock
X move.l a0,-(sp)
X _ReleaseResource
XExit:
X move.l (sp)+,a3
X unlk a6
X move.l (sp)+,(sp) ; ditch args
X rts ; return
X
XErrorExit:
X; move #8,-(sp) ; ***PM why doesn't this work?
X; _SysBeep
X bra.s Exit
X
X;------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
X;
X; display the ICN# pointed to by iconPtr and move the pen horizontally by moveX
X; pass a -1 in moveX to move the standard amount, moveX should be 40 for most ICN#'s
X;
X; PROCEDURE InnerShowINIT(iconPtr: ICONListPtr; moveX: Integer); EXTERNAL
X;
X; pascal void InnerShowINIT(iconPtr, moveX)
X; ICONList *iconPtr;
X; short moveX;
X; extern;
X;
X;------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
XInnerShowINIT: PROC EXPORT
X WITH myVars
X link a6,#varsSize
X movem.l d2-d7/a3-a5,-(sp)
X lea.l localA5(a6),a5 ; PM7/21 - no longer calling InitGraf
X pea thePort(a6)
X _InitGraf ; ***fixes color bug as per DA@ICOM
X pea myPort(a6)
X _OpenPort
X
X move myH,d0
X rol #1,d0
X eor #$1021,d0
X cmp myCheck,d0
X beq.s ScratchOK
X cmp.l #'Paul',oldSig ; ***check for old ShowINIT compatibility
X beq.s OldScratchOK
X move #8,myH
X bra.s ScratchOK
XOldScratchOK:
X move oldH,myH ; put the old in the new
XScratchOK:
X lea myPort(a6),a0
X move portBounds+bottom(a0),d0
X sub #8+32,d0
X swap d0
X move myH,d0
X
X move.l d0,destRect(a6)
X move.l d0,destRect+botRight(a6)
X add #32,destRect+right(a6)
X add #32,destRect+bottom(a6)
X
X move.l iconPtr(a6),a3
X bsr.s PlotIcon
X move myH,d0
X move moveX(a6),d1
X bpl.s @1 ; not default
X move #40,d1 ; default
X@1 add d1,d0 ; move to right
X move d0,myH
X rol #1,d0
X eor #$1021,d0
X move d0,myCheck
XExit:
X pea myPort(a6)
X _ClosePort
X movem.l (sp)+,d2-d7/a3-a5
X unlk a6
X move.l (sp)+,a0 ; PM 7/13, bug reported by D. Dunham
X addq.l #6,sp ; ditch args
X jmp (a0) ; return
X
X; a3 holds ICN# pointer
X
XPlotIcon:
X lea myBitMap(a6),a4
X move.l a3,baseAddr(a4) ; fill out the bitmap record
X add.l #128,baseAddr(a4) ; skip to mask
X move #4,rowBytes(a4) ; 32/8 bits
X move.l #0,bounds(a4) ; 0,0 topleft
X move.l #$00200020,bounds+botRight(a4) ; 32,32 botright
X
X move.l a4,-(sp) ; punch hole with mask
X lea myPort(a6),a2 ; get the desk port
X pea portBits(a2) ; for its portbits
X pea srcRect
X pea destRect(a6)
X move #srcBic,-(sp) ; punch a hole
X clr.l -(sp) ; no clip region
X _CopyBits
X
X sub.l #128,baseAddr(a4)
X move.l a4,-(sp) ; now draw (or) icon
X pea portBits(a2)
X pea srcRect
X pea destRect(a6)
X move #srcOr,-(sp)
X clr.l -(sp)
X _CopyBits
X
X rts
X
XsrcRect: dc.w 0,0,32,32
X
X ENDPROC
X
X END
SHAR_EOF
if test 5693 -ne "`wc -c < 'ShowInit.asm'`"
then
echo shar: error transmitting "'ShowInit.asm'" '(should have been 5693 characters)'
fi
fi # end of overwriting check
# End of shell archive
exit 0
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Date: Wed, 27 Jul 88 13:27:48 CDT
From: werner@astro.as.utexas.edu (Werner Uhrig)
Subject: maybe you want those in your collection ...
From brsmith@umn-cs.UUCP Wed Jul 27 10:13:48 1988
Path: utastro!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!uwmcsd1!nic.MR.NET!umn-cs!brsmith
From: brsmith@umn-cs.cs.umn.edu (Brian R. Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Sounds We Got Here
Message-ID: <6394@umn-cs.cs.umn.edu>
Date: 27 Jul 88 15:13:48 GMT
Reply-To: brsmith@umn-cs.UUCP (Brian R. Smith)
Distribution: usa
Organization: University of Minnesota
Lines: 75
Posted: Wed Jul 27 10:13:48 1988
After seeing all the requests for sounds lately, I felt a flood of
generosity and put every sound I have into a publicly accessible ftp
archive. They are all in BinHex format, for easy digestion.
The machine that this archive is on is already heavily loaded, so PLEASE do
not use it during normal business hours or early evening. I sortof happen
to be the system administrator for it, so if I see ftpd taking up a lot
of cpu time during busy periods, it gets nuked.
Ok, enough of the stern fatherly stuff:
name: umn-cs.cs.umn.edu
acct: anonymous
passwd: <whatever>
The sounds are in pub/macintosh as sound.<whathaveyou>.hqx.
If you are not on the internet (gasp!) I can E-mail you the sounds one-by-one,
but it's not a fun thing to do.
E-mail to
brsmith@umn-cs.cs.umn.edu
brsmith@umn-cs.UUCP
brsmith%umn-cs@umnacvx.BITNET
Disclaimer: "I am but a medium through which the spirits speak!"
'Eres whot I got:
sound.beep.beep.hqx 34943 Mon, Jul 25, 1988
sound.blerp.hqx 15096 Mon, Jul 25, 1988
sound.breaking.window.hqx 47852 Mon, Jul 25, 1988
sound.bridge.to.capt.kirk.hqx 56824 Mon, Jul 25, 1988
sound.bring.out.your.dead.hqx 96571 Mon, Jul 25, 1988
sound.female.giggle.hqx 28424 Mon, Jul 25, 1988
sound.frankly.my.dear.hqx 34527 Mon, Jul 25, 1988
sound.greetings.prof.falken.hqx 31326 Mon, Jul 25, 1988
sound.im.trying.to.think.hqx 42601 Mon, Jul 25, 1988
sound.in.sand.hqx 2811 Mon, Jul 25, 1988
sound.lettermans.window.hqx 47859 Mon, Jul 25, 1988
sound.look.up.in.the.sky.hqx 139590 Mon, Jul 25, 1988
sound.machine.that.goes.ping.hq 89129 Mon, Jul 25, 1988
sound.make.my.day.hqx 115594 Mon, Jul 25, 1988
sound.mayberry.theme.hqx 105491 Mon, Jul 25, 1988
sound.missed.hqx 22663 Mon, Jul 25, 1988
sound.nettrek.mgun.hqx 5701 Mon, Jul 25, 1988
sound.nettrek.tphaser.hqx 7002 Mon, Jul 25, 1988
sound.nobody.expects.a.spanish. 85406 Mon, Jul 25, 1988
sound.not.fooling.anyone.hqx 31474 Mon, Jul 25, 1988
sound.nyuk.nyuk.hqx 52558 Mon, Jul 25, 1988
sound.one.damn.minute.admiral.h 32817 Mon, Jul 25, 1988
sound.ouch.hqx 12438 Mon, Jul 25, 1988
sound.pee.wee.giggle.hqx 12268 Mon, Jul 25, 1988
sound.pee.wee.scream.hqx 14677 Mon, Jul 25, 1988
sound.pull.the.other.one.hqx 30221 Mon, Jul 25, 1988
sound.road.runner.hqx 39169 Mon, Jul 25, 1988
sound.scotty.beam.me.up.hqx 24653 Mon, Jul 25, 1988
sound.scream.female.hqx 33010 Mon, Jul 25, 1988
sound.scream.male.hqx 10613 Mon, Jul 25, 1988
sound.sexy.hi.hqx 21563 Mon, Jul 25, 1988
sound.shall.we.play.a.game.hqx 22847 Mon, Jul 25, 1988
sound.spam.hqx 13617 Mon, Jul 25, 1988
sound.spinning.cylinder.hqx 23182 Mon, Jul 25, 1988
sound.the.bounce.hqx 650 Mon, Jul 25, 1988
sound.the.clap.hqx 24180 Mon, Jul 25, 1988
sound.the.hit.hqx 650 Mon, Jul 25, 1988
sound.theme.to.gilligans.island 167422 Mon, Jul 25, 1988
sound.theyre.here.hqx 43661 Mon, Jul 25, 1988
sound.three.stooges.theme.hqx 106208 Mon, Jul 25, 1988
sound.transporters.hqx 36845 Mon, Jul 25, 1988
sound.trek.red.alert.hqx 55292 Mon, Jul 25, 1988
sound.twilight.zone.hqx 109178 Mon, Jul 25, 1988
sound.whats.the.signifcance.hqx 33591 Mon, Jul 25, 1988
sound.whos.on.first.hqx 86448 Mon, Jul 25, 1988
sound.wipeout.hqx 41656 Mon, Jul 25, 1988
sound.woody.woodpecker.hqx 124105 Mon, Jul 25, 1988
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