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#: 19882 S1/General Interest
    07-Apr-94  20:46:28
Sb: #19879-Bad Header?
Fm: Mark Logan 73354,1245
To: Wayne Day 76703,376 (X)

Wayne,

Thanks for the reply.  I'm using CIM to con
nect with Compuserve.  Maybe I'll go
back to the good old White Knight and try that.

Thanks,

Mark

#: 19883 S1/General Interest
    07-Apr-94  22:03:33
Sb: DeskMate 1.01
Fm: Art Gruskin 72662,3642
To: All

I have a friend who would like to run DeskMate v1.01 on a VGA monitor but
claims the cursor disappears. Is there a switch or anything he can do to see
the cursor ?

Any input will be welcome.

Thank You

#: 19893 S10/OS9/6809 (CoCo)
    12-Apr-94  15:02:32
Sb: CoCo stuff for sale
Fm: dave yale 74267,1426
To: all

I have come to the realization that since I work 50 hours a week and go to
graduate school, so I can work 70 hours a week when I'm done, that I never will
be able to set up my old CoCo's like I'd always planned. As you can see I was
really into it, attended Rainbowfest Princeton several times and used to do
some programming. I hate to see this stuff slowly deteriorating in the basement
so it's all for sale. I have no idea what things are going for these days, but
some of the items are probably hard to find. I'll entertain offers for the
whole bunch at first (I'll deliver 200 miles from Connecticut, otherwise figure
you pay shipping.) If there is no interest in the whole lot I'll break it up.

Best bet is to call my BBS at (203) 753-8351 and leave a message to SYSOP or
call me voice (203) 754-6723, ask for dave.

CoCo 3 512k- I believe it's the Disto upgrade for the memory- w/manual and box
and Disto 512k disk CM8 monitor w/ manual Coco 2 64k w/CC3 keyboard and
original keyboard- modified for Colorama BBS software CoCo 1 Grey Case -64k
modification 26-3008A w/CoCo3 keyboard and original chicklet keyboard Disto
Super Controller and manual with:
   EPROM burner and manual
   C-DOS and manual ADOS 3 w/manual and EPROM FD500 disk controller (2) grey
case floppies
   26-3022
   26-3023 Canon PJ-1080a color ink jet printer (same as CGP220 except no
serial port, one byte in drivers have to be changed to make it work with CGP220
drivers) Note below, I have CoCoMax and ColorMAx, I know I converted the driver
from one of these programs to work with this printer.) White external floppy
case w/ 1 TEAC 55B drive and CoCo cable. Second TEAC 55B is in my BBS machine,
might be able to swap it out if important. Originally this set up was from
OwlWare I believe. Floppy controller #26-3022 (2) Multi-Paks:
   26-3124 (don't believe this one was ever used)
   26-3024 Grey Case (modified?)
   PAL chip based on Goodman's article- never installed (2) 232-PAKS, I believe
the ROMs are pulled and gone Speech Systems:
   Stereo PAk w/manual
   Super Voice w/manual
   Ears Burke & Burke HD interface- software and manual TRS-80 External HD
case, says 10 meg, looks correct w/Coco- No drive installed Touch Pad w/ manual
Speech Sound PAK 26-3144 w/manual Microworks DS-69B Digisector w/software and
manual RS Hi-res joystick interface Colorware Hi-Res joystick interface Color
Mouse w/manual (4) appliance controllers 2 in boxes CCR-82 Cassette Recorder
w/cable and manual Modem II in box WICO trackball (possibly not working)
Y-cable serial cable Serial cable CoCo to DB25 PBH Serial to Parallel converter
w/modem switch CGP-115 printer- Unknown condition- I know I replaced the pen
carriage and I think it works, but no guarantee- w/ new box of 4 rolls paper an
manual (2) Joysticks
   26-3012A
   26-3009

Books:
 CoCO 1 service manual
 Assembly language for color computer by Tepolt
 Assembly language for the CoCo 3 by Tepolt
 Color computer graphics by Barden
 Color computer assembly Language by Barden
 TRS80 Color computer and MC10 programs by Barden
 Complete Rainbow guide to OS9
 Complete Rainbow guide to OS9 Level 2
 4 book set- Basic Unravelled
 The Official Basic09 tourguide
 2 milk crates of Rainbow and HotCoCo

SOFTWARE: OS9 level 2 w/docs OS9 level 1 w/docs OS9 C Compiler w/docs OS9
Deskmate w/docs OS9 Multiview w/docs Hitchhiker w/manual Desert Rider w/manual?
Flight Simulator w/manual Pitfall II Color Max Deluxe w/manual Ghana Bwana
w/box? Musica 2 w/man PEEPER w/docs? Color Computer learning lab on tape in
original tape box Color Disk EDTASM in original notebook EDTASM cartridge and
also on disk Telewriter 64 on tape and disk (original is on tape) Telewriter 80
on disk (can't find docs) AutoTerm w/backup copy (no, I don't remember how I
made it, I think it was on an XT with a PC Option board) ColorMax 3 w/docs &
fonts disks 3&4 and printer tool kit and driver for Canon BJ-1080A color
printer
     also driver for CGP220 CoCoMAX 3 w/docs & utility disk Rocky's Boots, Docs
and Box TRSCopy Bedlam HiRes Screen Print Utility Sands of Egypt Pitstop II
CoCoMax Demo disk (original) Several years of Rainbow on Disk Some Rainbow on
Tape Many T&D disks ColorRama BBS software w/docs Copy of original Radio Shack
CC3 demo (flippy disk) Some other "pot luck" disks

I also know where several other CoCo 3's w/512 k upgrades, a few aftermarket
disk controllers, another HD interface, some multi- paks, and piles of software
might be located if there's interest.

#: 19884 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK)
    08-Apr-94  21:39:02
Sb: #Lost Souls
Fm: Bob van der Poel 76510,2203
To: All

Anyone happen to have Mike Haaland's Internet address?


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#: 19885 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK)
    08-Apr-94  23:53:28
Sb: #19884-Lost Souls
Fm: Bob Taylor 73270,3124
To: Bob van der Poel 76510,2203 (X)

Bob,

   mike@htsmm1.las-vegas.nv.us

Bob Taylor

#: 19886 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK)
    09-Apr-94  09:02:43
Sb: #19884-#Lost Souls
Fm: Kevin Darling 76703,4227
To: Bob van der Poel 76510,2203 (X)

Actually, you should have better luck with "mhaaland@csn.org"

Mike moved out here to Denver back in December and is working with me, on the
video game stuff.

kev

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#: 19887 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK)
    09-Apr-94  19:12:22
Sb: #19886-#Lost Souls
Fm: Jay Truesdale 72176,3565
To: Kevin Darling 76703,4227 (X)

 > Mike moved out here to Denver back in December and is working with
 > me, on the video game stuff.
 >

PMJI, but this sounds neat, is this anything you can talk about?

-J

-J


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#: 19889 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK)
    10-Apr-94  01:31:12
Sb: #19887-#Lost Souls
Fm: Kevin Darling 76703,4227
To: Jay Truesdale 72176,3565

Jay,

Sure.  Mike and I (and Pete used to) work for a company which makes a system
designed to play Bingo, Poker, Pulltabs, Keno, Slots, and other casino gambling
games on video player terminals.  Basically, it's comprised of:

1. VME host computer (68040 with 4-8 MB RAM, 2MB battery-backed RAM [enough
room for about 10,000 accounts], several intelligent 68000-based I/O cards to
talk to the terminals, etc).

2. Normal text terminals with cash drawers and printers as cashier stations.

3  The player terminals themselves... currently 68000-based with a TI 34010
graphics processor, lots of I/O, and a VGA monitor with touchscreen.

There can be anywhere from a dozen to hundreds of these connected to the host.
You buy credits from the cashiers, then log onto the player terminal and play
the game(s) of your choice via the touchscreen.

The host runs OS-9;  future versions may have dual cpus, one running OS-9, the
other Unix.  The player terminals may also use OS-9 before long.

best - Kevin

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#: 19891 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK)
    11-Apr-94  19:24:42
Sb: #19889-#Lost Souls
Fm: Bob van der Poel 76510,2203
To: Kevin Darling 76703,4227

Oh, I didn't know that Pete was is the "used to" catagory. Any idea what he is
up to now? Speaking of your gaming machines...did anyone read the article in
the CIS magazine about CD-i? Interesting that they never mentioned the OS it
uses. Maybe they didn't want to upset Bill Gates?

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#: 19892 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK)
    12-Apr-94  08:39:46
Sb: #19891-Lost Souls
Fm: Pete Lyall 76703,4230
To: Bob van der Poel 76510,2203

Bob -

I'm now managing the systems staff over at the Charles Schwab Denver Base.
We've implemented the new OSF DCE architecture (actually, a variation on it
using the Andrew filesystem vice DFS), and have hundreds (soon to be over 7000)
of Sun Classics & SparcServer 010's connected via LAN, MAN, and WAN gear) using
everything from 56K lines to T3 trunks. Applications are all Motif based, and
serve primarily as market watching and mainframe connectivity tools for the
present.

Other than that, I'm pretty much twiddling my thumbs (grin)...

#: 19888 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK)
    09-Apr-94  23:56:14
Sb: #19886-#Lost Souls
Fm: Bob van der Poel 76510,2203
To: Kevin Darling 76703,4227 (X)

Gee, Kevin, are you recruiting all the old folks from this forum to work with
you....the only problem is that once they start at your place they disappear
from here! Guess that's what happens when you start to work for money.

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#: 19890 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK)
    10-Apr-94  01:32:12
Sb: #19888-Lost Souls
Fm: Kevin Darling 76703,4227
To: Bob van der Poel 76510,2203 (X)

Bob,

Hey, don't joke too hard;  we may be hiring lots more people soon... and that
could very well include other folk from this forum <grin>!

Our sales are taking off.  We have installations in major halls in Canada and
Milwaukee, and will be installing two more major sites within weeks both in the
northeast (at one of the largest casinos in the world) and in the midwest.
Installation on cruise ships is a definite possibility as well.

This all means we'll need more people to make up multiple installation and site
customization teams.  If our next generation player terminals use OS-9, then
we'll need OS-9/gfx types as well!

cheers - kev

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