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91442 18-JAN 21:47 Applications (6809)
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RE: 8-bit chips (Re: Msg 91414)
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From: DSRTFOX To: LMCCLURE
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The SCSI scanners are 100-400 DPI, 4.134" width. Did I say one was color???
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One is 256 gray scale, the other is simple B&W. B&W is $49.95, Gray scale
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is $79.95. Both use a standard SCSI interface. That's all the details listed.
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You can call Halted Specialties Co. at 408-732-1573 for details. You also need
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to ask about shipping rates via UPS. They send COD is no shipping sent.
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91473 21-JAN 03:14 Applications (6809)
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RE: 8-bit chips (Re: Msg 91414)
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From: DIGIGRADE To: MREGC
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> I'd be more than happy to help if you wanted to make your own graphics s
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> set for GR2, and I'd suggest uploading it so that everyone here that has
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> GR2 could utilize it.
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Ok, sounds great. Can I pick up GR2 at the fest from a vendor?
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I just designed around 20 or so icons for EthaGUI and I'll be uploading
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them as soon as I get everything else ready for upload.
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Dave
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91483 21-JAN 22:34 Applications (6809)
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RE: 8-bit chips (Re: Msg 91473)
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From: MREGC To: DIGIGRADE
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Dave,
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> Can I pick up GR2 at the fest from a vendor?
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If I'm not there I'm pretty sure there will be someone there carrying
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it.
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..Eric...
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91443 18-JAN 21:52 General Information
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RE: Nitros9 joystick! (Re: Msg 91421)
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From: DSRTFOX To: RICKULAND
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Rick, just remember to doc the mouse fix and include it in an article soon!!
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91466 20-JAN 22:50 General Information
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RE: Nitros9 joystick! (Re: Msg 91409)
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From: CHARLESAM To: EARTHER (NR)
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To tell the truth, I haven't gotten to use my joystick for awhile now due
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to other problems. Also, I'm going to use a serial mouse as soon as I
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address my other problems(monitor and HD). I have a converted rs232pak
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and serial mouse so I'll see how that works out. But thanx for your info,
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you obviously experienced the same problem. For awhile there I thought
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it was just something I was doing wrong. Again thanx, Charlie
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91474 21-JAN 05:58 General Information
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RE: Nitros9 joystick! (Re: Msg 91466)
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From: WAYNETHOMPSO To: CHARLESAM
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You are really going to enjoy the serial mouse. I converted on of
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my deluxe rs232 pack to a dual rs232 and have been using it for about a
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year now. It is _VERY_ smooth compared to a hi-res interface w/joystick
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or mouse.
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Good luck!
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Wayne
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91476 21-JAN 09:08 General Information
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RE: Nitros9 joystick! (Re: Msg 91474)
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From: CHARLESAM To: WAYNETHOMPSO
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I had Tony D. modify one of his rs232 paks for me. The problem now is getting
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a 9pin to 16pin converter. The 9pin being the MS mouse and the 16pin is
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Disto's Rs232pak. I don't guess it will be too hard. I'm looking forward
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to a decent mouse, something I haven't experienced yet. Regards, Charlie
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91478 21-JAN 18:31 General Information
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RE: Nitros9 joystick! (Re: Msg 91474)
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From: JEJONES To: WAYNETHOMPSO
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> You are really going to enjoy the serial mouse. I converted on of
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> my deluxe rs232 pack to a dual rs232 and have been using it for about a
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> year now. It is _VERY_ smooth compared to a hi-res interface w/joystick
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> or mouse.
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Not only that, but it eats WAY less CPU time than the high-res interface.
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The high-res interface is to the mouse what the bit-banger port is to
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serial I/O--a way to make a cheap part at the cost of using large numbers
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of CPU cycles.
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Opinions herein are solely those of their respective authors.
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Clipper Chip: Big Brother Inside
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91480 21-JAN 20:09 General Information
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RE: Nitros9 joystick! (Re: Msg 91478)
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From: CHARLESAM To: JEJONES
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This is good to know, less CPU time I mean. BTW, I have it put together now
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but need to install the software. Let you know how it turns out. Wayne too.
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Regards Charlie
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91496 22-JAN 10:23 General Information
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RE: Nitros9 joystick! (Re: Msg 91478)
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From: WAYNETHOMPSO To: JEJONES
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Before I built my dual rs232 I was considering the 10bit a/d converter
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plans that is in the database for the same reason; less CPU load. And
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speaking of CPU load, I just got my Eliminator and soon I will have a
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parallel port for my printer and I can say goodbye to my bitbanger!!!
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Thanks,
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91444 18-JAN 23:05 Programmers Den
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RE: pixel palette info (Re: Msg 91439)
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From: DBREEDING To: DOMM
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> Unfortunately (?), I'm using a GFX2 640-191 16 color screen.
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> All I want to be able to do is scan the screen somewhere from top to
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> bottom - column by column and depending on the pixel color - react.
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You _can_ get the pixel info by GETting a block into a buffer and then
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reading the data within the buffer, because you know the address of it.
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Of course you'll have to take into consideration the which screen type
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it is, and adjust your pixel depth accordingly.
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If speed is imperative, this might not be a workable solution.
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-- David Breeding --
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CompuServe : 72330,2051
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Delphi : DBREEDING
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*** Sent via CoCo-InfoXpress V1.01 ***
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^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^
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91456 19-JAN 22:15 Programmers Den
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RE: pixel palette info (Re: Msg 91444)
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From: DOMM To: DBREEDING
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Thanks for the info. Seems to me that "GETting" the first verticle Y data
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column into a buffer where it could be viewed and manipulated for program
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use would be good because I must first scan from top to bottom (first
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column) a, reversing every other line, etc...
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Now I guess I'll just have to find out how to do that with the chosen
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buffer. (READ? PEEK? etc...)
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THANKS!
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91458 19-JAN 23:31 Programmers Den
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RE: pixel palette info (Re: Msg 91456)
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From: DBREEDING To: DOMM
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> Thanks for the info. Seems to me that "GETting" the first verticle Y data
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> column into a buffer where it could be viewed and manipulated for program
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> use would be good because I must first scan from top to bottom (first
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> column) a, reversing every other line, etc...
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I'd say this would be the way to do it.. again, it might not yield the
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speed you need, not really sure of how fast this can operate.
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> Now I guess I'll just have to find out how to do that with the chosen
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> buffer. (READ? PEEK? etc...)
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Possibly PEEK.. or it might be good (and faster) to possibly write a
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subroutine module in assembly. As a matter of fact, I think I have the
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source code for a graphics screen dump to a printer that I once tinkered
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around with. Do you have the old "asm" assembler from Level 1? You might
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look this over and get some ideas as to how to do this.
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If I remember correctly, there seemed to be a bug where you couldn't get
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but the screen width -1 pixel into a buffer. I.E. seems like if you had
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a 640-wide screen, all you could get was 639 pixels wide.. can't remember.
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-- David Breeding --
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CompuServe : 72330,2051
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Delphi : DBREEDING
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*** Sent via CoCo-InfoXpress V1.01 ***
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91461 19-JAN 23:57 Programmers Den
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RE: pixel palette info (Re: Msg 91456)
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From: DBREEDING To: DOMM
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> Now I guess I'll just have to find out how to do that with the chosen
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I may have misunderstood what you were saying.. forgive me if I'm getting
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too basic for you, but it occurred to me that you might possibly have been
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posing the question as to how to get the data into a buffer.
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If this is the case, you need to study the section "Windows" in your big
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manual. You send escape codes, to manipulate buffers. Look under
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DfnGPBuf, GetBlk, KilBuf, PutBlk (possibly). You'll first need to
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Define a buffer, then "GetBlk" the specified area.. Then you can look at
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the various pixels.. remember that one bit defines a 2-color pixel, it
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takes 2 bits for a 4-color pixel, and 4 bits for a 16-color pixel. Really,
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this represents the Palette #, and you will probably need to first issue
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calls to read the colors stored in these Palette registers, depending on
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exactly what you are doing.
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I may have gotten too elementary for you, but on further looking at your
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post, thought this might be what you are asking. Actually you need to
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read this post before you read my previous one <G>..
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-- David Breeding --
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CompuServe : 72330,2051
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Delphi : DBREEDING
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*** Sent via CoCo-InfoXpress V1.01 ***
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^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^
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91464 20-JAN 07:19 Programmers Den
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RE: pixel palette info (Re: Msg 91444)
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From: JEJONES To: DBREEDING
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> You _can_ get the pixel info by GETting a block into a buffer and then
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> reading the data within the buffer, because you know the address of it.
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> Of course you'll have to take into consideration the which screen type
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> it is, and adjust your pixel depth accordingly.
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Depends on the application. If there's some locality of reference,
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you should be able to amortize a GET over several pixel examinations.
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91479 21-JAN 20:04 Programmers Den
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RE: pixel palette info (Re: Msg 91461)
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From: DOMM To: DBREEDING
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> I may have gotten too elementary for you.......
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NO WAY!!!
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I know very little at this point about how to do this.
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"GETting" a block I understand---how to and where to examine this block
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I have yet to learn.
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Assembly language is something I have no knowledge of or access to.
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May be I should offer "$" to anyone to write a program that gives me
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the info I need?
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Thanks---
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91486 22-JAN 00:26 Programmers Den
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RE: pixel palette info (Re: Msg 91479)
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From: DBREEDING To: DOMM
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> I know very little at this point about how to do this.
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> "GETting" a block I understand---how to and where to examine this block
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> I have yet to learn.
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> Assembly language is something I have no knowledge of or access to.
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I assume you want to do this strictly from BASIC09 then? Well.. You
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probably should get either the revised "gfx2" by Kevin Darling, or you
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need to get "gfx3.ar". This is a thing I wrote a long time back. It
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contains many of the functions you will need for this project (if the
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revised "gfx2" doesn't, I never got into it). Probably you should get
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the gfx3 thing.. I'm not sure if it's still available here or not. If
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not maybe I can mail it to you.. Do you have ar to unarchive it?
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-- David Breeding --
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CompuServe : 72330,2051
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Delphi : DBREEDING
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*** Sent via CoCo-InfoXpress V1.01 ***
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^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^
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91493 22-JAN 02:54 Programmers Den
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RE: pixel palette info (Re: Msg 91486)
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From: DOMM To: DBREEDING
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> need to get gfx3.ar...
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As far as I know I have all the GFX2 updates- as well as GFX3 and GFX5.
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I guess strictly Basic09?
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Ideally if I had a choice the program would take any x-y screen point
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as a parameter and give out the pixel color or at least pallette slot.
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I would call this program from within another Basic09 program that
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scans the screen in the appropriate fashion subject to change.
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Now --in the real world???
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I would settle for a simple top to bottom-bottom to top (alternaning)-
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screen scan that gives pixel info.
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???????????
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---Dom
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91445 19-JAN 01:11 OSK Applications
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RE: Screen Type (Re: Msg 91425)
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From: JOHNREED To: LARRYOLSON
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> On the Line function problem, I got a program that I thought would
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> show the problem, but it doesn't. So now I need to figure out what I was
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> doing then that the problem showed up. I thought that maybe some where
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> along the different versions of kwindows the problem got fixed, but I
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> just tried CIRCAD again and the problem stands out as before. The grid
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> lines in Circad are like this:
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> . Looking at the screen I see 3 pixels
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HeHe Right Larry, CirCad THINKS it's drawing a line
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those pixels is not really there -- or at least, you can't
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draw there. (The dead `space' is right next to the grid line).
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(SOMETIMES) (?!!!?).
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The spacing is right -- the PostScript drawing produced from
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the same x-y data is right on the nose. The Kwindows display has
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"holes" in it.
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A stitch in time --------------------
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------ is worth two in the bush
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John R. Wainwright <<CIS -- 72517,676>> <<DELPHI -- JOHNREED>>
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91460 19-JAN 23:56 OSK Applications
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RE: Screen Type (Re: Msg 91445)
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From: WDTV5 To: JOHNREED
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John, I'm not totally clear on this msg, but from the other replies
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a coco screen so the scaling kicks in throwing out stuff until it fits.
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The cure is to use ViewGifs scaling controls to scale it back up to 1-1
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and also adjust the position of the resultant less than full image "window"
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visible. Some of those GIF images I've dlded here were actually 1680x1680
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images! A LOT gets tossed if you try to look at the whole image on a
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A secondary problem will atack you when drawing graphics in that it may
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not draw where you want it to if you think you specified the exact pixel.
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If the window is bordered or some such, reducing the actual working area
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from the 0-639x0-191 real area, and the scaling switch in gfx2 is on so
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you can use full range (0-639 and 0-191) sized commands, they will be
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scaled to fit into the (12-627,9-182) actual range resulting in a line
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being 2 instead of 3 pixels for the space as you showed. In my playing
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around, I finally gave up trying to predict where it would bite me and
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now I do my own range scaling by cuss & cry with the scalesw turned OFF.
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Note that I assumed some values 4 lines up, they are not from any biblical
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|
references!
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Neither of those scenes might be whats biteing you, but I'm tossing it
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out as food for thought.
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Cheers, All
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91462 20-JAN 00:46 OSK Applications
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RE: Screen Type (Re: Msg 91445)
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From: JOELHEGBERG To: JOHNREED
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John,
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> HeHe Right Larry, CirCad THINKS it's drawing a line
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> every 5 pixels down the screen.
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In CirCad, how are you drawing those lines? (i.e. are you using PutBlk
|
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or are you just using SetDPtr and Line commands?) Would you also be
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able to send me a brief sample source program that illustrates this?
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Then we can try and figure out what's wrong and fix it. :)
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-- Joel.
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91465 20-JAN 07:19 OSK Applications
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RE: Screen Type (Re: Msg 91445)
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From: JEJONES To: JOHNREED
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> More fun - if I feed the PostScript output from
|
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> CirCad through Ghostscript and output it to a GIF file,
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> some of the horizontal lines vanish if displayed
|
||
|
> on an MM/1 with gifshow (but they are there -- the GIF
|
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> reader on my messydos machine shows them.)
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You're probably using a PClone with higher resolution. If more than one
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|
row of pixels on the GIF file map to the same row of pixels on the MM/1
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||
|
display, what should gifshow do? (I suppose it could try to average
|
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|
the values.)
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Opinions herein are solely those of their respective authors.
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Clipper Chip: Big Brother Inside
|
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-*-
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|
91469 21-JAN 00:15 OSK Applications
|
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|
RE: Screen Type (Re: Msg 91462)
|
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|
From: JOHNREED To: JOELHEGBERG
|
||
|
|
||
|
> In CirCad, how are you drawing those lines? (i.e. are you using PutBlk
|
||
|
> or are you just using SetDPtr and Line commands?) Would you also be
|
||
|
> able to send me a brief sample source program that illustrates this?
|
||
|
> Then we can try and figure out what's wrong and fix it. :)
|
||
|
|
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|
Joel,
|
||
|
The other replies, from WDTV5 and JEJONES, reminded me of
|
||
|
something I have been overlooking - (actually, I figured it
|
||
|
out once and then forgot it -- bad).
|
||
|
|
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|
I am drawing with SetDPtr and Line commands in a window that is
|
||
|
slightly reduced from the full screen size. It is scaling that
|
||
|
is beating up on me. As the others pointed out, when you try to draw
|
||
|
more lines than the monitor has, some of them will have to go.
|
||
|
|
||
|
|
||
|
********************************
|
||
|
A stitch in time --------------------
|
||
|
------ is worth two in the bush
|
||
|
|
||
|
John R. Wainwright <<CIS -- 72517,676>> <<DELPHI -- JOHNREED>>
|
||
|
|
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|
-*-
|
||
|
|
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|
91470 21-JAN 00:16 OSK Applications
|
||
|
RE: Screen Type (Re: Msg 91460)
|
||
|
From: JOHNREED To: WDTV5
|
||
|
|
||
|
> If the window is bordered or some such, reducing the actual working area
|
||
|
> from the 0-639x0-191 real area, and the scaling switch in gfx2 is on so
|
||
|
> you can use full range (0-639 and 0-191) sized commands, they will be
|
||
|
> scaled to fit into the (12-627,9-182) actual range resulting in a line
|
||
|
> being 2 instead of 3 pixels for the space as you showed. In my playing
|
||
|
|
||
|
So how come I didn't remember that? (Thanks) (GRIN).
|
||
|
********************************
|
||
|
A stitch in time --------------------
|
||
|
------ is worth two in the bush
|
||
|
|
||
|
John R. Wainwright <<CIS -- 72517,676>> <<DELPHI -- JOHNREED>>
|
||
|
|
||
|
-*-
|
||
|
|
||
|
91471 21-JAN 00:16 OSK Applications
|
||
|
RE: Screen Type (Re: Msg 91465)
|
||
|
From: JOHNREED To: JEJONES
|
||
|
|
||
|
> You're probably using a PClone with higher resolution. If more than one
|
||
|
> row of pixels on the GIF file map to the same row of pixels on the MM/1
|
||
|
> display, what should gifshow do? (I suppose it could try to average
|
||
|
> the values.)
|
||
|
|
||
|
Hmmm, right. Cheap (but very sharp) monochrome VGA monitor that is
|
||
|
working better than my brain this week.
|
||
|
********************************
|
||
|
A stitch in time --------------------
|
||
|
------ is worth two in the bush
|
||
|
|
||
|
John R. Wainwright <<CIS -- 72517,676>> <<DELPHI -- JOHNREED>>
|
||
|
|
||
|
-*-
|
||
|
|
||
|
91472 21-JAN 00:46 OSK Applications
|
||
|
RE: Screen Type (Re: Msg 91470)
|
||
|
From: WDTV5 To: JOHNREED
|
||
|
|
||
|
I dunno. But thats what it sorta sounded like. Its for sure why when I'm
|
||
|
working on gfx2 stuffs, if I really want to know where the heck I am, I
|
||
|
shut the scalesw off and calc it either in the proggy or by hand. I've
|
||
|
got a personally tweaked version of MaxIc, the Rainbow icon editor. Works
|
||
|
right nice NOW, but it also 10k bigger, more B&W I just couldn't leave
|
||
|
;:), oh heck lemme do that again ;:) got it!
|
||
|
Cheers, Gene
|
||
|
|
||
|
-*-
|
||
|
|
||
|
91490 22-JAN 01:50 OSK Applications
|
||
|
RE: Screen Type (Re: Msg 91469)
|
||
|
From: JOELHEGBERG To: JOHNREED
|
||
|
|
||
|
John,
|
||
|
|
||
|
> I am drawing with SetDPtr and Line commands in a window that is
|
||
|
> slightly reduced from the full screen size. It is scaling that
|
||
|
> is beating up on me. As the others pointed out, when you try to draw
|
||
|
> more lines than the monitor has, some of them will have to go.
|
||
|
|
||
|
Okay. Larry also posted some source code that relied on scaling (using
|
||
|
a 320-pixel width screen but referencing 640-pixel coordinates) so I
|
||
|
suspected that might have been the trouble with his code, but I
|
||
|
converted the coordinates to 320-pixel resolution and turned scaling off
|
||
|
and had the same resulting problems. However, I believe the problem is
|
||
|
within the PutBlk() function and not in the SetDPtr and Line functions,
|
||
|
since I've used those with scaling very frequently without problems.
|
||
|
|
||
|
-- Joel.
|
||
|
|
||
|
|
||
|
-*-
|
||
|
|
||
|
End of Thread.
|
||
|
|
||
|
-*-
|
||
|
|
||
|
91446 19-JAN 01:57 OSK Applications
|
||
|
RE: Tex (Re: Msg 91438)
|
||
|
From: JOHNREED To: MRGOOD
|
||
|
|
||
|
> Tim, (or other knowledgeable people)
|
||
|
^^
|
||
|
OK, I know a little...
|
||
|
|
||
|
>
|
||
|
> I have installed the Tex system. There are some details I'd like to
|
||
|
> straighten out because I'm not sure the output I'm getting is correctly
|
||
|
> sized.
|
||
|
>
|
||
|
> I have an Epson Stylus 300 inkjet that has a resolution of 360x360.
|
||
|
> What mode should I use for this? There's an entry in modes.mf for an
|
||
|
> LQ500 at 360x180. There's also an entry for an NEC laser at 360x360.
|
||
|
> Would the NEC mode be the better choice?
|
||
|
>
|
||
|
> In the config.ps file, I'm supposed to define the printer resolution.
|
||
|
> The default is 300. If I use a 360x180 printer for example, would I type
|
||
|
> 360x180, or 360 x 180, or just plain 360?
|
||
|
|
||
|
The NEC entry would probably work fine -- you might also try the
|
||
|
DeskJet entry and change the "300" to "360". You could copy the
|
||
|
Deskjet entry and change it's name to EPSTY300 (or something) - just
|
||
|
make sure the default style at the end of the modes.mf file and in
|
||
|
the config.ps file matches.
|
||
|
|
||
|
>
|
||
|
> So far, I've processed the sample.tex file and printed it using
|
||
|
Ghostscript.
|
||
|
> The output looks a bit small. The left and right margins are 2 inches
|
||
|
each,
|
||
|
> the top and bottom margins are 2 inches as well. The letters are tiny,
|
||
|
maybe
|
||
|
> on the order of 6 points? Is that how it's supposed to look?
|
||
|
|
||
|
Margins on my DeskJet are about 1-7/8". Size is 10 points. If you
|
||
|
chose that 360x180 entry for modes.mf, that might explain the
|
||
|
"squashed" letters.
|
||
|
|
||
|
>
|
||
|
> Your help would be greatly appreciated.
|
||
|
>
|
||
|
> Hugo
|
||
|
>
|
||
|
> PS. I have to congratulate you for having the energy and perseverance
|
||
|
> to put this whole thing together. It's amazing.
|
||
|
>
|
||
|
Agreed -- Tim must have put some serious hours into this one.
|
||
|
********************************
|
||
|
A stitch in time --------------------
|
||
|
------ is worth two in the bush
|
||
|
|
||
|
John R. Wainwright <<CIS -- 72517,676>> <<DELPHI -- JOHNREED>>
|
||
|
|
||
|
-*-
|
||
|
|
||
|
91454 19-JAN 20:36 OSK Applications
|
||
|
RE: Tex (Re: Msg 91446)
|
||
|
From: MRGOOD To: JOHNREED
|
||
|
|
||
|
John,
|
||
|
|
||
|
Thanksfor replying. I have to play with it some more. Playing is tough
|
||
|
though when you have to wait for Metafont to generate fonts.
|
||
|
|
||
|
Hugo
|
||
|
|
||
|
-*-
|
||
|
|
||
|
End of Thread.
|
||
|
|
||
|
-*-
|
||
|
|
||
|
91447 19-JAN 12:46 General Information
|
||
|
Gime Chip Source
|
||
|
From: MARTYGOODMAN To: ALL
|
||
|
|
||
|
The following was posted on Internet by Glenn A. Emelko:
|
||
|
|
||
|
Just to let all you Coco III folks out there know....
|
||
|
|
||
|
Performance Concepts, Inc (my company) produced a large number of
|
||
|
Coco-III based imbedded systems in the late 80's and early 90's, and
|
||
|
when the Coco-III was officially phased out we purchased the remaining
|
||
|
supply of GIME chips (the main custom graphics controller in the
|
||
|
Coco-III) direct from Tandy as a Tandy VAR. We still have a fair
|
||
|
supply of these chips left, and though we must keep some as repair
|
||
|
stock we may be willing to sell about 50 of them. Please contact me
|
||
|
if you are interested.
|
||
|
|
||
|
Glenn A. Emelko
|
||
|
(216) 974-9550
|
||
|
Performance Concepts, Inc.
|
||
|
|
||
|
-*-
|
||
|
|
||
|
91448 19-JAN 12:58 General Information
|
||
|
RE: Monitor Headache (Re: Msg 91136)
|
||
|
From: MARTYGOODMAN To: CHARLESAM
|
||
|
|
||
|
The original NEC Multisync I monitor, and the NEC Multisync 1 plus,
|
||
|
and the NEC Multisync 2 also, I believe, quite happily synced down
|
||
|
to 15.75 KHz. As it happens, I have several NEC Multisync monitors here,
|
||
|
including the Multisync 1, and would consider selling one of them.
|
||
|
The problem of course is shipping. Color monitors are a bit delicate
|
||
|
to ship (one can knock their shadow mask out if they get too hard
|
||
|
a bump in transit, rendering them worthless and unrepairable).
|
||
|
UPS blue lable offers somewhat less bumpy handling, tho it can get
|
||
|
VERY expensive... over $40 for a 35 lb package.
|
||
|
|
||
|
Many other monitors from that vintage offerred 15.75 KHz sync capability.
|
||
|
I use a Tatung monitor on one of my PC compatibles from that vintage,
|
||
|
and it also syncs down to 15.75 KHz (I tested it on my CoCo and
|
||
|
it worked just fine). The Sony 1302 of course also syncs down
|
||
|
to 15.75 KHz. Genreally speaking, many of the high end name brand
|
||
|
monitors from 1986 to about 1989 tended to support CoCo style
|
||
|
H sync frequencies. If the monitor uses a 9 pin DB connector, it
|
||
|
and if it supports VGA sync, it probably also supports 15.75 KHz sync,
|
||
|
especially if it is from that 1986 to 1989 period I mentioned.
|
||
|
|
||
|
|
||
|
After 1990, with CGA officially regarded as hopelessly ancient and
|
||
|
obsolete and worthless (as low end VGA monitors were then costing
|
||
|
no more than previous CGA monitors, and cheap VGA cards were becoming
|
||
|
readily avialable) there became much less reason for makers of
|
||
|
medium to high end monitors to support low sync rates, and it
|
||
|
made sense to save a good deal of money (and pass that on to their
|
||
|
VGA - using customers) by not supporting 15.75 KHz sync. I would
|
||
|
guess that, apart from die hard CoCo, Atari, and Amiga users,
|
||
|
the market for 15.75 KHz sync - capable analog monitors is limited
|
||
|
to very high end professional TV broadcast applications.
|
||
|
|
||
|
|
||
|
Let me think about about parting with one of my precious vintage
|
||
|
multisync monitors, but I suspect I really SHOULD sell off one of
|
||
|
them, if only because I can use the money toward a new mountain bike!
|
||
|
|
||
|
---marty
|
||
|
|
||
|
-*-
|
||
|
|
||
|
91467 20-JAN 23:02 General Information
|
||
|
RE: Monitor Headache (Re: Msg 91448)
|
||
|
From: CHARLESAM To: MARTYGOODMAN
|
||
|
|
||
|
If you should wish to part with one, I'll pick up the shipping as you
|
||
|
mentioned. It will be worth it to have a half way decent monitor. E-mail
|
||
|
me the cost with the premium shipping included and I'll send off a money
|
||
|
order right away. Please don't wait too long cause I have to solve this
|
||
|
problem soon. Thanx too for all the info on multisync monitors. If you
|
||
|
don't sell, maybe I can find one at a ham fest in the area, now that I
|
||
|
know what I'm looking for. PS, if you do decide to sell me one, please
|
||
|
include the cable, even if I have to pay a few more bucks. Again thanx
|
||
|
Marty, you always seem to be there when there's a problem. Charlie
|
||
|
|
||
|
-*-
|
||
|
|
||
|
End of Thread.
|
||
|
|
||
|
-*-
|
||
|
|
||
|
91449 19-JAN 13:03 Programmers Den
|
||
|
RE: printer (Re: Msg 91440)
|
||
|
From: MARTYGOODMAN To: WDTV5
|
||
|
|
||
|
Gene,
|
||
|
|
||
|
I fear I don't have ANY old Okidata manuals here. Had you asked
|
||
|
about an old Epson or Panasonic printer, I'd be able to help, for
|
||
|
I have a number of Epson and Panasonic manuals here (for the
|
||
|
KXP 1080, 1180, 1090, 1190, and 1124 among the Panasonic models,
|
||
|
and for the MX80 and its relatives among the Epson models).
|
||
|
|
||
|
Indeed, I'd like to lay my hands on some Okidata manuals, if only
|
||
|
to round out my reference library on (as you so nicely put it)
|
||
|
"Jurassic Printers". (I call such stuff Techno Tyranosaurs myself)
|
||
|
|
||
|
|
||
|
---marty
|
||
|
|
||
|
-*-
|
||
|
|
||
|
91459 19-JAN 23:40 Programmers Den
|
||
|
RE: printer (Re: Msg 91449)
|
||
|
From: WDTV5 To: MARTYGOODMAN
|
||
|
|
||
|
Thanks Marty. You were the court of "next to last resort", the last one
|
||
|
being:
|
||
|
|
||
|
To ALL:
|
||
|
HAS ANYBODY GOT A MANUAL FOR AN OLD OKIDATA u-82 Microline printer that
|
||
|
could look some info up for me?? HELP!!
|
||
|
|
||
|
Was that loud enough? ;-)
|
||
|
|
||
|
Cheers everybody, Gene Heskett, WDTV5@delphi.com
|
||
|
|
||
|
-*-
|
||
|
|
||
|
91463 20-JAN 04:55 Programmers Den
|
||
|
RE: printer (Re: Msg 91459)
|
||
|
From: BROWN80 To: WDTV5
|
||
|
|
||
|
I may have one at work. I'll look and get back to you this weekend.
|
||
|
John Brown
|
||
|
|
||
|
-*-
|
||
|
|
||
|
91468 20-JAN 23:08 Programmers Den
|
||
|
RE: printer (Re: Msg 91459)
|
||
|
From: WA2EGP To: WDTV5
|
||
|
|
||
|
I wish I could help. I have an Oki 92 but they dropped the serial port (you
|
||
|
can add it as an optional satellite board) so my manual probably won't help.
|
||
|
I'll try to check it out (if I can find the stupid thing). Jurassic indeed!
|
||
|
My Oki outlasted several Epsons. I should drop my old Daisy wheel printer on
|
||
|
you guys (grin).
|
||
|
|
||
|
-*-
|
||
|
|
||
|
91494 22-JAN 06:32 Programmers Den
|
||
|
RE: printer (Re: Msg 91459)
|
||
|
From: SCWEGERT To: WDTV5
|
||
|
|
||
|
> HAS ANYBODY GOT A MANUAL FOR AN OLD OKIDATA u-82 Microline printer that
|
||
|
> could look some info up for me?? HELP!!
|
||
|
|
||
|
|
||
|
Don't panic, Gene .... I've got a manual right here.
|
||
|
|
||
|
Lessee ... setting it up for parallel operation involves a couple of things.
|
||
|
|
||
|
First, switch 8 on the front panel dips is set to off to enable the parallel
|
||
|
interface. Switches 1-4 set the character set ... all off for US ASCII.
|
||
|
5 sets 7bit (on) or 8bit (off)
|
||
|
|
||
|
Nothing on the back set of dip switches need to be messed with as they
|
||
|
pertain to baud rate and parity. The jumper plug SP2 can enable or
|
||
|
disable the 8th bit when using the parallel interface by placing the jumper
|
||
|
over the center stake and the side marked "B".
|
||
|
|
||
|
Hope this helps ... let me know if you need any other info.
|
||
|
|
||
|
*- Steve -*
|
||
|
|
||
|
|
||
|
-*-
|
||
|
|
||
|
End of Thread.
|
||
|
|
||
|
-*-
|
||
|
|
||
|
91450 19-JAN 19:37 OSK Applications
|
||
|
RE: C pointers,structures, type conversi (Re: Msg 91377)
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From: BKITT To: JOELHEGBERG
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Exactly.
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_buffer may be ANY data type. One of the other passed parms is a flag
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indicating what the data type is.
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91451 19-JAN 19:44 OSK Applications
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RE: C pointers,structures, type conversi (Re: Msg 91389)
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From: BKITT To: VAXELF
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Thanks
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This is EXACTLY what I need.
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91452 19-JAN 19:44 OSK Applications
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RE: C pointers,structures, type conversi (Re: Msg 91398)
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From: BKITT To: DBREEDING
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thanks very much. I will try this.
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91453 19-JAN 19:46 OSK Applications
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basic09
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From: BKITT To: ALL
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In basic09 (osk version) I am creating a 'type' of variable.
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2 questions:
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#1. Can this be in a header file much like '.h' files for C, or macros
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for assembler?
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#2. How can you continue the TYPE over more than 1 line to maintain
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readability.
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My type definition is about 120 characters long, but every time I try
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to do continuation, it gives me errors.
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91455 19-JAN 21:15 OSK Applications
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RE: basic09 (Re: Msg 91453)
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From: VAXELF To: BKITT (NR)
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TYPE statements are closer to a structor than a .h or marco. Yes they
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can be multiline. I use "me' for my editor and all I do is keep typing in
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the data. When I list it under Basic, basic will wrap it just fine. I am
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not sure what would happen if I did a CRLF and continued on the next line.
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BTW, I'll see if I still have that code, where I was using a UNION to
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send data statements to.
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John D.
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End of Thread.
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91457 19-JAN 23:11 General Information
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Puppo KB Adapter
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From: DSRTFOX To: ALL
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Please go over to the CoCo SIG and read msg 97154!!! PLEASE!!
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91475 21-JAN 06:16 General Information
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wd1002-5
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From: WAYNETHOMPSO To: ALL
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I just received my Eliminator and need to know where I might be able
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to get a wd1002-5 HD/FD card. I would like to use all of the features.
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Also, I need the part number for the RTC chip used in the Eliminator setup.
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Thanks,
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Wayne
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91477 21-JAN 10:02 OSK Applications
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RE: download (Re: Msg 91396)
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From: MRGOOD To: WA2EGP (NR)
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Bob,
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I finally got TeX and Ghostscript running. What problems are you
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having?
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Hugo
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91481 21-JAN 22:28 General Information
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RE: Dragon's Lair II (Re: Msg 91424)
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From: MREGC To: LARRYOLSON
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Larry,
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> Don't forget the Digital Video Cartridge.....
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Yes, the DV Cartridge is a very powerful processor. Unfortunately, when
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I asked a rep from Philips about it awhile back, he said it could only be
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used for decoding DV files. He said programmers have no direct access to it
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and therefor can't utilize its considerable processing power for their own
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purposes. I don't know if this is entirely true as programmers have been
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known to accomplish many things that they weren't supposed to be able to do,
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but that's what the man said.
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..Eric...
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91482 21-JAN 22:33 General Information
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RE: Dragon's Lair II (Re: Msg 91427)
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From: MREGC To: JOELHEGBERG
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Joel,
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> You too? <grin> My Atari 2600 and a few of it's game cartidges are a
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> little banged up after they failed to let me win a few times.
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Mine was so bad toward the end that you could just lightly press on the
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center of the case and you could hear it creak it was so close to caving in
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from the constant beating it had taken.
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> ... I've been much nicer to my Sega Genesis ...
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Yeah, so have I. Of course, now I just hit other things in the room to
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take out frustrations, furniture, books, people who just beat me in a round
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of MK/MKII/NBA Jam, etc...
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..Eric...
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91485 21-JAN 23:46 General Information
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RE: Dragon's Lair II (Re: Msg 91482)
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From: CHARLESAM To: MREGC (NR)
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BTW, if you'd like a mint condition Atari 2600 plus a bundle of games, let
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me know... Thought maybe you'd enjoy beating up on a new machine, obsolete
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as it is. ;-} Regards Charlie
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91489 22-JAN 01:40 General Information
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RE: Dragon's Lair II (Re: Msg 91481)
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From: LARRYOLSON To: MREGC (NR)
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> Yes, the DV Cartridge is a very powerful processor. Unfortunately,
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> when I asked a rep from Philips about it awhile back, he said it could
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> only be used for decoding DV files. He said programmers have no direct
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> access to it and therefor can't utilize its considerable processing power
|
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> for their own purposes. I don't know if this is entirely true as
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> programmers have been known to accomplish many things that they weren't
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> supposed to be able to do, but that's what the man said.
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Eric,
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Hopefully he was just a salesman, and doesn't have a direct pipeline
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into what Phillips long term plans are.
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-------------------------------------------------------------------------
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For any lurking Phillips honcho,s looking to make the big bonus in '95
|
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-------------------------------------------------------------------------
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|
Can you picture the looks on the faces of the 3DO guy's, at the next
|
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|
Consumer Electronics show, when you setup a CD-I booth next to them with
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2 or 3 45 inch television's running DOOM II ?
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--------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Oh well, we can hope..
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Larry
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End of Thread.
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91484 21-JAN 22:54 Telecom (6809)
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RE: Internet snafu (Re: Msg 91433)
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From: JEVESTAL To: LARRYOLSON
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> HELP !!
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>
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> I wonder if you could tell me what I have to do to stop a message
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> that is being mailed to me over the Internet. For the last 3 days this
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> message has been placed in my mail on the hour, every hour.
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>
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> #34 16-Jan-1995 23:48
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> From: IN%"coco-sysop=40inet00#%forwarder@genie.geis.com"
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> To: IN%"larryolson@delphi.com"
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>
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||
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> Subj: OS9 Sound Editor
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Hi Larry,
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You might want to send a copy of this message to postpaster@genie.geis.com.
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It looks like they have a problem with a message that is not getting deleted
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from their spool.
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Hey, you are least getting mail from Allen. He hasn't replied to the last
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two messages that I send him!
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Jim
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======================== InfoXpress 01.01.00 OS-9/6809 ======================
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| Narnia BBS: 12am-8am PST serving CoCo OS-9 users
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----|---- StG network: sysop@Narnia "Exclusively OS-9"
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| Delphi: JEVestal@delphi.com
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Marysville, CA InterNet: JEVestal%narnia@sandv.chi.il.us
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| or : JEVestal@citrus.sac.ca.us
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(916) 743-2617 Voice: 8am-12am PDT :1 Corinthians 1:18 & Romans 1:16
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=============================================================================
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||
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Jim Vestal: Assistant editor of The International OS-9 Underground,
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"Magazine dedicated to OS-9/OSK Users Everywhere
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91488 22-JAN 01:40 Telecom (6809)
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RE: Internet snafu (Re: Msg 91484)
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From: LARRYOLSON To: JEVESTAL (NR)
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|
> You might want to send a copy of this message to
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|
> postpaster@genie.geis.com. It looks like they have a problem with a
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|
> message that is not getting deleted from their spool.
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|
>
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|
> Hey, you are least getting mail from Allen. He hasn't replied to the
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|
> last two messages that I send him!
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Jim,
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||
|
Apparently Delphi got tired of all the complaints I was leaving all
|
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|
over, the message finally stopped showing up. I still don't know what
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||
|
happened, Allen left one message, that I responded to, then on his second
|
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|
message it started repeating. I tried twice to leave another message to him
|
||
|
but they kept getting returned, USER Unknown, but his second message kept
|
||
|
comming in about once an hour, strange...
|
||
|
Delphi was real helpful, they suggested things like, why don't you
|
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|
respond to the message and tell them to stop sending it, yea... like I
|
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|
didn't think of that, geezz.
|
||
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|
Changing the subject, my subscription to the Underground lapsed and I
|
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|
havn't sent the renewal in yet, but what I was wondering was what is the
|
||
|
availability and cost of back issues, and what is the current volume and
|
||
|
issue number. I want to send in the renewal but I would also like to
|
||
|
pick up the issues I missed.
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|
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|
Larry
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91492 22-JAN 01:57 Telecom (6809)
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||
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RE: Internet snafu (Re: Msg 91488)
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||
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From: JOELHEGBERG To: LARRYOLSON
|
||
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|
||
|
Larry,
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||
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|
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|
> > You might want to send a copy of this message to
|
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> > postpaster@genie.geis.com. It looks like they have a problem with a
|
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|
> > message that is not getting deleted from their spool.
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> Apparently Delphi got tired of all the complaints I was leaving all
|
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|
> over, the message finally stopped showing up. I still don't know what
|
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|
> happened, Allen left one message, that I responded to, then on his
|
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|
> second message it started repeating. I tried twice to leave another
|
||
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|
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|
It was a problem on GEnie's end. I saw your message here and forwarded
|
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|
it to Allen who forwarded it to someone named Andy in the upper
|
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|
eschelons of GEnie, who fixed the problem. GEnie has had quite a few
|
||
|
problems with it's Internet handling capabilities (one of many reasons
|
||
|
why I left) and Delphi customer service is never of any help in any
|
||
|
circumstances (but for some reason I stay on here... probably because
|
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|
it's so cheap). <grin>
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-- Joel.
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End of Thread.
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91487 22-JAN 01:05 General Information
|
||
|
A FEW LAUGHS
|
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From: THESCHU To: ALL
|
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|
||
|
Hello to all. Here is something that was brought to my attention by my
|
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|
mother. For a few laughs and chuckles read this memo from IBM.
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NEWS REPORT 29
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||
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|
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25 May 1989
|
||
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|
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IBM ANNOUNCES EXTENDED MOUSE SUPPORT
|
||
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|
||
|
The following is a direct, word-for-word reproduction of a recent IBM
|
||
|
'Service Support' announcement. (HONEST !)
|
||
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|
||
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ESD PRODUCT SERVICE SUPPORT
|
||
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Subject: NEW RETAIN TIP
|
||
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|
||
|
Record number: H013944
|
||
|
Device: D/T8550
|
||
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Model: M
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||
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Hit Count: UHC00000
|
||
|
Success Count: USC0000
|
||
|
Publication code: PC50
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||
|
Tip key: 025
|
||
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Date Created: 089/02/14
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||
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Date last altered: 089/02/15
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||
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Owing B.U.: USA
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||
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|
||
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Abstract: MOUSE BALLS NOW AVAILABLE AS FRU
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||
|
Mouse balls are now available as a Field Replacement Unit (FRU). If
|
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|
a mouse fails to operate, or should perform erratically, it may be in
|
||
|
need of a ball replacement. Because of the delicate nature of this
|
||
|
procedure, replacement of mouse balls should be attempted by trained
|
||
|
personal only.
|
||
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|
||
|
Before ordering, determine type of mouse balls required by examining the
|
||
|
underside of each mouse. Domestic balls will be larger and harder than
|
||
|
foreign balls. Ball removal procedures differ, depending upon manufacturer
|
||
|
of the mouse. Foreign balls can be replaced using the POP-OFF method, and
|
||
|
domestic balls replaced using the TWIST-OFF method. Mouse balls are not
|
||
|
usually static sensitive, however excessive handling can result in sudden
|
||
|
discharge. Upon completion of ball replacement, the mouse mat be used
|
||
|
immediately.
|
||
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|
||
|
It is recommended that each servicer have a pair of balls for maintaining
|
||
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optimum customer satisfaction and that any costumer missing his balls should
|
||
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suspect local personnel of removing these necessary functional items.
|
||
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|
||
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P/N N33F8462 - Domestic Mouse Balls
|
||
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P/N N33F8461 - Foreign Mouse Balls
|
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SAS Keywords:
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||
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PSY2 8525SYSMISC 8530SYSMISC 8550SYSMISC
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||
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8560SYSMISC 8570SYSMISC 8580SYSMISC
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ESD PRODUCT SERVICE SUPPORT, BOCA RATON, FL.
|
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|
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====== END OF MESSAGE ======
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Have fun and spread it around.
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91503 22-JAN 17:29 General Information
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||
|
RE: A FEW LAUGHS (Re: Msg 91487)
|
||
|
From: CHARLESAM To: THESCHU
|
||
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|
||
|
I'm laughing so hard I can't see the keyboard. That was really rich! I thank
|
||
|
you very much for the good laugh. PS My wife thinks I'vve gone over the edge
|
||
|
I'm laughing so hard. Great stuff! Charlie
|
||
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91508 22-JAN 21:04 General Information
|
||
|
RE: A FEW LAUGHS (Re: Msg 91503)
|
||
|
From: THESCHU To: CHARLESAM (NR)
|
||
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|
||
|
Glad to be of service. :->
|
||
|
Just think that the report is real and true. Can you imagine this being a
|
||
|
medical procedure? Hummm. Mybe I should postit in the medical Sig
|
||
|
(if there is one).
|
||
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Brin
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End of Thread.
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91491 22-JAN 01:56 General Information
|
||
|
Microsoft buys LDS
|
||
|
From: PAGAN To: ALL
|
||
|
|
||
|
---------- Forwarded message ----------
|
||
|
Date: Tue, 17 Jan 1995 08:32:22 -0700
|
||
|
From: Doug Gwilliam <DOUGGW@WORDPERFECT.COM>
|
||
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|
||
|
MICROSOFT to Acquire LDS Church
|
||
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|
||
|
SALT LAKE CITY (AP)- In a surprise move that left competitors
|
||
|
stunned, Microsoft has followed up its successful merger with the
|
||
|
Roman Catholic Church by announcing a cash buyout of the Church of
|
||
|
Jesus Christ-Latter Day Saints. In recent weeks, high officials of
|
||
|
the LDS Church (more commonly known as the Mormons) had been rumored
|
||
|
to be in negotiations with both Novell and Lotus, but the Microsoft
|
||
|
move came as a complete surprise to most industry/religious
|
||
|
observers. With much of Microsoft's competition based in Utah, many
|
||
|
current employees of Word Perfect and Novell commented (anonymously)
|
||
|
that they would feel morally obliged to jump ship to Microsoft.
|
||
|
Novell is countering by pointing to non-competitive clauses in
|
||
|
senior personnel's contracts, and urging conversion to the
|
||
|
Reorganized LDS Church, with whom Novell has entered into hasty
|
||
|
negotiations.
|
||
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|
||
|
Microsoft spokespersons officially denied any intent to pirate
|
||
|
Novell employees with this move, though they indicated that they
|
||
|
were willing to sell Novell their Eastern Rite Catholic subsidiaries
|
||
|
to avoid anti-trust action.
|
||
|
|
||
|
According to the official press release, Microsoft CEO and Pontiff
|
||
|
Bill Gates said, "We've been hoping to acquire the Mormons for a
|
||
|
long time. They're a fast growing organization with a large, mobile
|
||
|
and highly dedicated sales force which will work synergistically
|
||
|
with our worldwide Catholic retail outlets. More importantly, we're
|
||
|
acquiring the LDS "convert-the-dead" technology which we will
|
||
|
incorporate into OLE 3.0 (scheduled to arrive in the next versions
|
||
|
of Windows and Windows NT, currently codenamed "Rome" and
|
||
|
"Jerusalem" repsectively)."
|
||
|
|
||
|
Gates went on to say, "This will expand our user base to generations
|
||
|
of users who never before had the chance to purchase Microsoft
|
||
|
products." Microsoft insiders who declined to be quoted predicted
|
||
|
record profits from requiring deceased church members to purchase
|
||
|
annual upgrades in order to maintain their eternal salvation.
|
||
|
|
||
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|
||
|
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|
||
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|
||
|
91495 22-JAN 10:08 General Information
|
||
|
RE: Microsoft buys LDS (Re: Msg 91491)
|
||
|
From: PAUL8 To: PAGAN
|
||
|
|
||
|
On 22-JAN 01:56 PAGAN said to ALL
|
||
|
PA: ---------- Forwarded message ----------
|
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PA: Date: @Tue, 17 Jan 1995 08:32:22 -0700
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PA: From: Doug @Gwilliam <@DOUGGW@WORDPERFECT.COM>
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PA: MICROSOFT to Acquire @LDS Church
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PA: SALT LAKE CITY (AP)- In a surprise move that left competitors
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PA: stunned, Microsoft has followed up its successful merger with the
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PA: Roman Catholic Church by announcing a cash buy out of the Church of
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PA: Jesus Christ-Latter Day Saints. In recent weeks, high officials of
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PA: the LDS Church (more commonly known as the Mormons) had been rumored
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PA: to be in negotiations with both Novell and Lotus, but the Microsoft
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PA: move came as a complete surprise to most industry/religious
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PA: observers. With much of Microsoft's competition based in Utah, many
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PA: current employees of Word Perfect and Novell commented (anonymously)
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PA: that they would feel morally obliged to jump ship to Microsoft.
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PA: Novell is countering by pointing to non-competitive clauses in
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PA: senior personnel's contracts, and urging conversion to the
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PA: Reorganized LDS Church, with whom Novell has entered into hasty
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PA: negotiations.
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PA: Microsoft spokespersons officially denied any intent to pirate
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PA: Novell employees with this move, though they indicated that they
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PA: were willing to sell Novell their Eastern Rite Catholic subsidiaries
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PA: to avoid anti-trust action.
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PA: According to the official press release, Microsoft CEO and Pontiff
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PA: Bill Gates said, "We've been hoping to acquire the Mormons for a
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PA: long time. They're a fast growing organization with a large, mobile
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PA: and highly dedicated sales force which will work synergistically
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PA: with our worldwide Catholic retail outlets. More importantly, we're
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PA: acquiring the LDS "convert-the-dead" technology which we will
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PA: incorporate into @OLE 3.0 (scheduled to arrive in the next versions
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PA: of Windows and Windows @NT, currently @codenamed "Rome" and
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PA: "Jerusalem" @repsectively)."
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PA: Gates went on to say, "This will expand our user base to generations
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PA: of users who never before had the chance to purchase Microsoft
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PA: products." Microsoft insiders who declined to be quoted predicted
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PA: record profits from requiring deceased church members to purchase
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PA: annual upgrades in order to maintain their eternal salvation.
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Is this true (which I doubt) or a joke?
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Paul - Boston,MA Internet: Paul8@delphi.com
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internet: phkatz@bics.bwh.harvard.edu Happy Sailing: N1LRT
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`[1;31;47mRainbow V 1.11 for Delphi - Registered
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91500 22-JAN 12:35 General Information
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RE: Microsoft buys LDS (Re: Msg 91495)
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From: PAGAN To: PAUL8
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>Is this true (which I doubt) or a joke?
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Of course it's a joke! It's poking fun at Microsoft's propensity for buying
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up competitors and and at the almost cult-like adulation Bill Gates recieves
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for his business savvy.
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How could anyone take seriously things like "convert the dead technology" or
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"requiring deceased church members to purchase annual upgrades in order to
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maintain their eternal salvation" unless their BS detector badly needs a
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tune up?
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Stephen (PAGAN)
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91502 22-JAN 15:05 General Information
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RE: Microsoft buys LDS (Re: Msg 91500)
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From: RANDYKWILSON To: PAGAN
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> How could anyone take seriously things like....
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I wondered that too, but decided it wasn't too surprising based on the
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message. What, 50-75 lines of quote, a 4 line .sig, to ask a half line
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question?
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Randy
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91506 22-JAN 20:52 General Information
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RE: Microsoft buys LDS (Re: Msg 91502)
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From: PAGAN To: RANDYKWILSON
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>I wondered that too, but decided it wasn't too surprising based on
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>the message. What, 50-75 lines of quote, a 4 line .sig, to ask a
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>half line question?
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At a lecture I attended this afternoon, Michael Shermer of the
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Skeptics society mentioned an earlier part of the the legend about
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Microsoft buying the Catholic Church as an example of things to be
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skeptical of. After the lecture, someome came up and told him that
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he had read an article an the Wall Street Journal reporting that
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MS had released a press statement denying the rumor!
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I think I erased that one but it was full of things like Bill Gates
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would be made a member of the College of Cardinals with father Guido
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Sarducci officiating at the cermony, the Pope would be made a vice
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president in charge of religious software and how you would be be
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able to make a confession, gain absolution and even reduce you time
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in purgatory right from your Windows equiped P.C. I would think any
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reasonably intelligent person would be deafened by the alarms coming
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from their BS detector but people were taking it seriously!
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I have another phoney press release claiming that Microsoft has
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bought the entire year 1995 by offering to pay off the National
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Debt. Gates then renamed it to "Year-M" with 1995 to follow next
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year. This is so he won't have to rename Windows '95 again...
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Stephen (PAGAN)
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91497 22-JAN 12:02 General Information
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RE: ge (Re: Msg 91420)
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From: 01GEN40 To: WA2EGP (NR)
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Yeah, I thought it was CP/M but I was not sure about the cost. I
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have all of these different periodicals (all computer related) that
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I read and it would have taken me about 5 years to find the correct
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ma gazine or whatever. Are you sure it was $50K? I seem to remember
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the number 75 in the cost. Oh well, see ya.
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LONG LIVE OS-9! <FOREVER> ** In whatever form it is in!
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-= 01GEN40 =-
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91498 22-JAN 12:26 General Information
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68micro
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From: LUCKYONE To: DSRTFOX (NR)
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Hi, Frank.
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FYI.
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I received the December issue of 68'micro on 6 January 1995 which
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may be a reasonable time since I don't know when it was sent. Also the
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pages were in reverse order with page three as the last page and page 28 as
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the second page, and there was no back cover.
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I wonder if you thought about giving present subscribers a chance to renew
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at the old rates before they went up.
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I like the issue especially the articles by Colin, Ed and Joel. Keep up the
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good job.
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Howard
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91499 22-JAN 12:34 General Information
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RE: gen (Re: Msg 91419)
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From: 01GEN40 To: COCOKIWI (NR)
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The CHARGERS are the ONLY game in town...
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GOOOOOOO CHARRRGGEERRSSS
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Oh yeah, the CHARGERS ARE tougher than STEEL(ers)!!!!!!!
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See ya in the SUPER BOWL!!!!!!
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-= 01GEN40 =-
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91501 22-JAN 14:13 General Information
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WD1002A-27X RLL Cntrlr Card
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From: 01GEN40 To: ALL
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Hello to everyone and may the CHARGERS win the Super Bowl!
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I am seeking some info on a WD1002A-27X HD controller card, (RLL). I
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am currently using an MFM system and want to switch to the RLL. My int-
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erface is the Burke & Burke XT/RTC W/Xt-ROM. On all the WD1002A-WX1
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controller cards I have or have seen have had a socketed EPPROM(sp).
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The ...-27X card does not have an EPROM but has an IC (28 PIN) in the
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same general location as the EPROM on the ...-WX1. Is this an EPROM
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replacement? Can I de-solder this chip, put in a socket and install
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my XT-ROM? Or, is it part of the RLL circuitry? I cannot find anything
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on this in the documentation that came with my XT interface. Any help
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on this would be greatly appreciated. Thank you all in advance!
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LONG LIVE OS-9! <FOREVER> ** In whatever form it is in!
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-= 01GEN40 =-
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91504 22-JAN 17:43 General Information
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Serial mouse.
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From: CHARLESAM To: ALL
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I got my serial mouse working but it only works in slot1 of mpi. I currently
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use that for telecommunications rs232pak. Can anyone tell me what value to
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put in $0016 of cc3io to utilize sloot2 of mpi? Right now I believe its 26.
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Any help will be appreciated. Charlie
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PS I really like the improvement in the mouse operation. Sorry I waited so
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long. CM
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91505 22-JAN 17:48 General Information
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Coco3 mother board.
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From: CHARLESAM To: ALL
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I'm in the market for a coco3 mother board as I blotched a solder job on
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the one backup I had. It needn't have a cpu since I'm installing a 6309
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anyway. If you only have a complete Coco3, I'll take that too, as long as
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its not too expensive. Memory is not important. E-mail me with price if
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you got what I need. Thanx Charlie
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91507 22-JAN 20:58 General Information
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Termcap1.lzh
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From: JOHNBAER To: JOELHEGBERG (NR)
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Hello Joel,
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I grabbed the `termcap1' file from the data base here and I must say,
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that was great information! I have to catch part 2, for sure.
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What I wanted to know is, what did you use to archive that file ?
|
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I have lha 201, 205, 206, and 208 on my MM1 and none of those would
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give a listing or un-archive it :) I went back on line and got the
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ascii version <G>. Thanks in advance Joel!
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John -
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91509 22-JAN 21:39 General Information
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RE: Bad MPI??? (Re: Msg 91381)
|
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From: JRUPPEL To: DBREEDING (NR)
|
||
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||
|
I have experienced similar problems to what you are describing in the past and
|
||
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have traced it to two sources: the connections, in particular, the one between
|
||
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the coco and the mpi and the power supply. It seems that the MPI gets it's 5v
|
||
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from the Coco through the cocobus, so if you have(like I do) a fully populated
|
||
|
multipak, you are taxing the Coco's supply to the max. I have repowered my mpi
|
||
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froma 200w power supply in a tower case that I have all of my drives in and
|
||
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that seems to solve the problem. Evevntually, I will have the whole Coco in the
|
||
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tower (If I can shut it down long enough).
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As for cleaning contacts, I've found that an eraser works best, if I get all of
|
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the debris out of the way before I plug it back in.
|
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Good luck! Keep that Coco runnin'!
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CocoNuts in Lansing
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