Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!CERNVM.BITNET!WACKER From: WACKER@CERNVM.BITNET (Klaus Wacker) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Uniterm metafiles Message-ID: <9002190807.AA24496@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> Date: 19 Feb 90 08:08:11 GMT References: Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 27 X-Unparsable-Date: Sat, 17 Feb 1990 17:46:26 SET A while ago I posted several questions about the metafiles (or, more general, output to VDI device) Uniterm produces when hitting Alt-F3. One of my problems was that I couldn't get direct output to the printer, it would always tell me 'unable to open VDI device'. Several people suggested that lack of system space might the problem. I never believed them, after all, I already had 600 kbytes system space. After I started thinking, however, I realized that the stupid Atari laser printer might need much more than that. Anyway, after increasing the system space to 1500 kbytes, I finally succedded to get direct output on the laser printer. Actually, it works only most of the time, sometimes I get a page of blank paper or nothing at all. I haven't figured that one out yet. It may be possible to decrease the 1500 kbytes a little bit. 1300 I know won't work, but I don't have it narrowed down more than that. Since Uniterm needs some 500 kbytes plus maybe a couple hundred kbytes buffer space plus you need GDOS and Diab630 plus maybe other AUTO programs and accessories you think you cannot do without, this whole thing won't work on anything less than a Mega ST4. Now if the GEM file conversion programs some people told me about could be posted at panarthea (the only server I know how to access) or sent directly to me, I might be completely happy. Cheers, Klaus. Acknowledge-To: