textfiles/bbs/CBBS/1993/930717.ch

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CBBS(R) 4.0.3b
07/17/93 08:53:57

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You are caller 230221; next msg =46356;  371 active msgs.
Prev. call 07/13/93 @ 21:58, next msg was 46350
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>Function:?dir c:log;dir c:killed;dir summary;type-20 log,ward c;or;*;short
LOG.   3 
KILLED.   8 
SUMMARY.  25 
07/13/93,21:58:53,230186,2,WARD CHRISTENSEN,,
E#46350,
07/13/93,22:04:57,230187,X,WARD CHRISTENSEN,,
E#46351,2
07/13/93,22:21:09,230188,2,NICOLA FOGGI,Evanston/ IL,3
07/13/93,23:19:02,230189,2,MICHAEL SHARTIAG,,3
07/13/93,23:24:07,230190,2,BENJAMIN COHEN,,
E#46352,7
07/13/93,23:39:42,230191,2,EDWARD MARSH,,
E#46353,18
07/14/93,00:11:16,230192,2,BILL MATTSON,,2
07/14/93,05:59:46,230193,2,RUNE LARSEN,Svinesund,4
]Hi There
RUNE LARSEN,
07/14/93,07:49:08,230194,2,DENNIS STAHL,,3
07/14/93,09:28:47,230195,2,PETE JONES,,1
07/14/93,10:43:23,230196,2,DON GUMINGO,berwyn/ il,6
07/14/93,12:39:45,230197,2,ANDY SHAPIRO,,
E#46354,11
]Glad to see you back, Ward.  I was afraid we'd lost CBBS-1!
ANDY SHAPIRO,
07/14/93,14:40:36,230198,2,DENNIS STAHL,,1
07/14/93,18:13:53,230199,2,CURT ROSTENBACH,,1
07/14/93,21:11:13,230200,2,KEVIN KEYSER,,4
07/14/93,23:57:15,230201,2,NORB DEMBINSKI,,4
07/15/93,08:05:06,230202,2,DENNIS STAHL,,1
07/15/93,11:13:36,230203,2,DON PIVEN,,1
07/15/93,12:42:47,230204,2,ANDY SHAPIRO,,0
07/15/93,15:30:04,230205,2,JERRY HASLETT,,4
07/15/93,15:59:00,230206,2,DENNIS STAHL,,1
07/15/93,17:08:10,230207,2,MARTY DIPPEL,,5
07/15/93,22:41:37,230208,2,MICHAEL SHARTIAG,,
E#46355,5
07/15/93,23:26:15,230209,2,ROBERT KNOX,Chicago/ IL,6
07/16/93,00:18:58,230210,2,NORB DEMBINSKI,,1
07/16/93,00:39:05,230211,2,TED KEKATOS,,1
]TED KEKATOS,
07/16/93,03:50:46,230212,2,ALEX ZELL,,
07/16/93,09:39:46,230213,2,GARY ELFRING,,1
07/16/93,16:08:51,230214,2,SCOTT WHITTLE,,
07/16/93,16:38:48,230215,2,AL HIGGINS,,10
07/16/93,17:50:31,230216,2,ERIC BOHLMAN,,3
07/16/93,21:33:57,230217,2,MURRAY ARNOW,,2
07/16/93,23:26:53,230218,2,BILL MATTSON,,1
07/17/93,03:15:49,230219,2,CYRUS PATEL,,5
07/17/93,08:29:32,230220,2,DAVID GIBBS,,1
07/17/93,08:54:01,230221,2,WARD CHRISTENSEN,,
46350 07/13/93 WARD CHRISTENSEN => CHUCK YOUNG: "R/LOOKING FOR A JOB!"
46351 07/13/93 WARD CHRISTENSEN => ALL: "APOLOGY-CBBS DOWN"
46352 07/13/93 BENJAMIN COHEN => ANDY SHAPIRO: "R/PS"
46353 07/13/93 EDWARD MARSH => ANDY SHAPIRO: "R/ELECTRICAL QUESTION"
46354 07/14/93 ANDY SHAPIRO => BENJAMIN COHEN: "R/PS"
46355 07/15/93 MICHAEL SHARTIAG => ALL: "MEMORY PRICES UP 53%"

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Msg 46350 is 02 line(s) on 07/13/93 from WARD CHRISTENSEN
to CHUCK YOUNG re: R/LOOKING FOR A JOB!

Actually wrong subject - in the log you asked about Randy's chinet system.
The guest # is (312) 283-0559.

Msg 46351 is 03 line(s) on 07/13/93 from WARD CHRISTENSEN
to ALL re: APOLOGY-CBBS DOWN

CBBS was down for 14 days due to a total re-arrangement of "chinet
headquarters" i.e. where Randy runs CBBS and chinet. Sorry for the
outage. Thanks for coming back.

Msg 46352 is 10 line(s) on 07/13/93 from BENJAMIN COHEN
to ANDY SHAPIRO re: R/PS

Well, no, I don't REALLY want to buy another Geneva; I have two now, both
with Dvorak keyboard on the system ROM, one with the 120K RAM disk and one
with the combo 64K RAM disk and the modem. I have ZDE 1.6 in ROM! But
another one, especially if the batteries are down, would not be a lot of
use. Besides, I've never been able to get them to talk to my DOS
machines, so when I do take notes I have to bring the machine home and
hook it up to an Exec (actually, I still have an Exec hidden somewhere at
the office; I suppose I should set it up just for this - or would it be
ecologically and economically sound to do some writing on it? I'm sure
it uses a LOT less electricity than my 386-40!

Msg 46353 is 11 line(s) on 07/13/93 from EDWARD MARSH
to ANDY SHAPIRO re: R/ELECTRICAL QUESTION

Andy, most of the conduit in your building should be ground. It is
very easy to check using an OHM meter, and some wire. If the
conduit is not at ground (assuming your building has metal conduit),
then you have some kind of rupture in the conduit.
Try several boxes in your apartment. I'll bet at leased one box
will have some kind of metal condut link to the main breaker box.
The main breaker box can be used as a gournd (earth). You can
check other possiblities such as using an isolation transformer and
try to establish your own ground, but this is a costly soulution.
Running a seperate ground wire down to the building fuse box will
be expesive also.

Msg 46354 is 17 line(s) on 07/14/93 from ANDY SHAPIRO
to BENJAMIN COHEN re: R/PS

Well, it has working batteries. I think it's found a home, tho -
I now have a Zenith 386sx notebook to replace it.

You've NEVER got it talking to a PC? It's EASY. Use the serial
printer cable and (if you have it) the DAKCOM software. Plug
the printer cable's 25-pin end into a 25 pin serial port on your
PC (or a 9-to-25 adaptor, etc). Startup DAKCOM on the Geneva and
set it up for EXTERNAL MODEM, HIGH SPEED (19.2 kbps). Get a comm
program set up at 19.2 kbps on the PC, talking to the port into which
you have plugged the Geneva. You're set. Now, on the Geneva, type
SX followed by your filename and a return. It'll start an Xmodem
transfer (checksum, I think). Start an Xmodem receive on the PC and
yer done. I've been doing this for YEARS! With DSZ, you don't even
need a comm program on the PC - just aim DSZ at the appropriate port
and tell it the speed.

I tell ya - it's getting hard to remember all this CP/M stuff.

Msg 46355 is 04 line(s) on 07/15/93 from MICHAEL SHARTIAG
to ALL re: MEMORY PRICES UP 53%

I don't get it: A resin plant in Japan burns down and the price of simms
jump about 53% ??? This single plant had a 60% share of the market for
the resin to make the cases is what I have heard. This all sounds like
someone is trying to make a killing off of us. Has anyone heard more?
dup. chars.
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CBBS(R) 4.0.3b
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Logging name to disk...
You are caller 230229; next msg =46359;  370 active msgs.
Prev. call 07/17/93 @ 08:53, next msg was 46356
Recording logon for next time.
Use FULL? to check assignments
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>Function:?dir c:log;dir c:killed;dir summary;type-20 log,ward c;or;*;short
LOG.   3 
KILLED.  10 
SUMMARY.  25 

07/17/93,08:54:01,230221,2,WARD CHRISTENSEN,,
E#46356,
E#46357,5
07/17/93,10:56:39,230222,2,BERNIE KRATZ,,2
07/17/93,11:51:56,230223,2,ANDY SHAPIRO,,
E#46358,4
07/17/93,16:58:14,230224,2,NORB DEMBINSKI,,0
07/17/93,17:12:28,230225,2,MURRAY ARNOW,,2
07/17/93,18:35:10,230226,2,ALEX ZELL,,
07/17/93,21:56:28,230227,2,JERRY HASLETT,,2
07/17/93,22:02:32,230228,2,MARTIN MILLER,,7
07/17/93,22:18:01,230229,2,WARD CHRISTENSEN,,
46356 07/17/93 WARD CHRISTENSEN => BENJAMIN COHEN: "R/PS"
46357 07/17/93 WARD CHRISTENSEN => MICHAEL SHARTIAG: "R/MEMORY PRICES UP 53%"
46358 07/17/93 ANDY SHAPIRO => WARD: "GENEVA"

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Msg 46356 is 02 line(s) on 07/17/93 from WARD CHRISTENSEN
to BENJAMIN COHEN re: R/PS

 Whoa, why never connect the Geneva to a DOS machine? Something 
dup. chars.
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Msg 46358 is 06 line(s) on 07/17/93 from ANDY SHAPIRO
to WARD re: GENEVA

It has a serial port, all right.  I've had my Geneva hooked up to a
PC for YEARS with no trouble.  To several other machines, as well.

Say, you don't want a bit of computer history for $40, do you?  It's
exactly the same size and weight as a modern laptop, but it does
so much less!!
--End of 46358

Msg #:?rep
Msg 46359
01 ?  Does the Geneva execute a basic?  i.e. does it come with one?  I might
02 ?be interested - it WAS a system I had considered at one point.  Besides,
03 ?my 10-year-old-laptop died!  (Epson HX-20 - GREAT early machine - tape,
04 ?printer, screen, BASIC, etc.  Problem with it, was that it could have
05 ?been a great "hackers" machine but they refused to release the internals
06 ?documentation until it was a dead product.
07 ?
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