Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!van-bc!ubc-cs!alberta!edson!news From: jpenne@ee.ualberta.ca (Jerry Penner) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: info for the masses Message-ID: <1991Jan16.160638.9867@ee.ualberta.ca> Date: 16 Jan 91 16:06:38 GMT References: Sender: news@ee.ualberta.ca Organization: University of Alberta Electrical Engineering Lines: 77 In article SHBOUM@MACALSTR.EDU writes: >In an earlier message, Jonah Stich wrote > >> Scott Gentry is building a list of things people would like to see written. >> If you can't get through to him, here are two to chew on: >> >> Mathematica GS > > Hey, Mathematica is an awesome program, and I'd love to see a GS >version, but let it be known, that to the first person who does the >translation, I will personally FLY out to that person and bow down and grovel >at their feet for that programmer will be a devine entity. Because while the GS >can handle the huge amount of RAM and disk space required, there is NO way that >ANY 'C' compiler known for the IIGS is going to handle the over 180,000 (thats >right ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY THOUSAND) lines of code that makes up Mathematica!!! Even if you compile each source file separately? The C compiler should be quite able to handle that. Assuming the libraries exist. The question is how many files can the Linker handle. I would think that would be the bottleneck. >Heheheheh. It even makes me laugh to think such a task is even remotely >possible. Could you imagine how slow it would be on a 2.8Mhz IIGS!!! A 8Mhz or >10Mhz Ziped GS would be real nice though.... Well, the offer stands. But on the >issue of new programs, I would like to see the following: > > 1) The previously mentioned sound program to continious record and > playback... Plus a sound program that had no static!!! {Yea, get > real...} What you need here from the start is PROPER sampling. That is, sampling at the correct rate and having the right anti-aliasing filter on your input. Sampling at 10 kHz with an input filter with a bandpass of 20 kHz is going to give your sounds lots of noise (aliasing). From the sounds of it (pun intended), lots of people are getting aliasing effects into their sampled sounds. > 2) A 256 Color GIF Viewer (Being worked on as we speak) > 3) A real 'C' Compiler I'd like a fast one, too. I personally think that Orca/C could be a LOT faster. I guess I'll know better after I complete my compiler course this term. > 4) Multitasking or Multiprocessing abilities. > 5) The Duet Card {Ok, so its not software, I still want it} > 6) A CDA that has utilities like copy/rename files, view {and/or edit} > a text file, edit file info, etc.} Ever seen the Consh Shell from Bill Gulstad (sp?). I saw it a long time ago on comp.binaries.apple2 and I believe it can do what you want. And there are others too. Anyone know more? Check the ftp sites. > 7) a term program that has a packer built into it. > 8) Any Good Fantasy/Role Playing Games such as Ultima VI... > 9) An improved background sound player that didn't crash so much... > > Finally I'd like to give a special mention to the last one because I >think it would be really nice feature to have and that is a DOS 3.3 FST for >GS/OS. Hey, its part of the family, and many of us have used it for years. From >my understandings of GS/OS, I believe it shouldn't be much of a problem... Plus >I think we'd use it more because we'd have better access to it... Thats about >it for now... I'd much rather have a SWIM chip card that let me read/write mac & msdos 1.44 meg disks and an HFS and MSDOS FST. I can use copy II plus or chameleon to xfer DOS 3.3 => ProDOS and plus I never use DOS 3.3 anymore. >| Hal Bouma | Working on a .sig! ^^^^ Please don't make a ten-liner. Keep it short & sweet. -- ------------- Jerry Penner alberta!bode!jpenne Edmonton, Alberta, Canada