textfiles/messages/ALANWESTON/1990/CIS08_11.txt

#: 5907 S1/General Interest
    06-Aug-90  21:25:48
Sb: #5672-#To Meg or Not to Meg !
Fm: DENNIS SKALA 73177,2365
To: Tony Cappellini 76370,2104 (X)

I'm in the process of updating and correcting the Microcom ramdisk package (I
guess I should mention this is legal - I'm the author) to work properly with
the Disto one meg memory upgrade.  What's your system configuration? I'll need
a beta tester or two to make sure the thing actually works --- I'm still at
512K here.

                            ***** Dennis *****

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#: 5963 S1/General Interest
    10-Aug-90  01:21:00
Sb: #5907-To Meg or Not to Meg !
Fm: Tony Cappellini 76370,2104
To: DENNIS SKALA 73177,2365 (X)

SO there actually is a real person called Dennis Skala. I guess that there is
also some truth to the rumour about some new version of os9 as well !!!! Just
kidding ! My system doesn't have the 1 meg upgrade in it. I installed it in a
friends system, since he is not too good with a slobbering iron. But just for
the record, I have 512k. I would be happy to ask my friend to be a beta tester
if you are willing to send him /me the driver and information needed. But it
will have eto wait for a while as He is going on a business trip this Ssaturday
for 1 week, and I will be leaving for vacation for 2 weeks, a week from this
Friday (8-10). I hope I can find an os9 system back there to goof around on. 2
weeks without LII can be considered cruel and unusual punishment ! Please leave
me a message as to how/when you woul like to do this. Thanx for the info. TC

#: 5908 S10/Tandy CoCo
    06-Aug-90  21:44:16
Sb: Planet Engine 1.1
Fm: James Jones 76257,562
To: All

Just got my copy of Planet Engine 1.1, and it's one of the more fun things I've
found in a long time.  It essentially gives you your own personal planetarium
and orrery.  An astronomer would find it quite useful--I think it's a heck of a
lot of fun.  Well worth the $$$.

(I should nudge him to consider a version for the MM/1.)

The above is, of course, solely my personal opinion.

#: 5909 S10/Tandy CoCo
    06-Aug-90  22:38:58
Sb: #Transferring Apple FIles
Fm: Ladd Temple 73647,2154
To: all

I seem to recall that there was once a program to enable reading data from
Apple disks under OS-9 and copying the files to an OS-9 disk.  Some what like
pc-dos does for ms-dos disks.  If my memory is correct, is the file available
in this forum? Does such a program truly exist? Help - I have 92 data files on
apple disks for a research project I need to have transferred

Thanx for any assistance, guidance you can offer.

Randy Temple



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#: 5915 S10/Tandy CoCo
    07-Aug-90  09:46:57
Sb: #5909-#Transferring Apple FIles
Fm: Pete Lyall 76703,4230
To: Ladd Temple 73647,2154 (X)

Ladd -

The only Apple/OS9 interface I was aware of was a card called the MILL, and a
version of OS9 ported to it that was written by Steve Childress (my ex boss).
Other than that, I don't know of any disk read/write tools for the apple..
Sorry!

Pete

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#: 5926 S10/Tandy CoCo
    07-Aug-90  22:14:05
Sb: #5915-#Transferring Apple FIles
Fm: Ladd Temple 73647,2154
To: Pete Lyall 76703,4230 (X)

Thanx for your help Pete.  I guess my memory isn't as good as I thought it was.
I'll have to figure out some other way to get my data over.

<<<Ladd>>>

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#: 5930 S10/Tandy CoCo
    07-Aug-90  23:43:36
Sb: #5926-Transferring Apple FIles
Fm: Pete Lyall 76703,4230
To: Ladd Temple 73647,2154

Ladd -

Best/most universal way is to get a terminal emulator up on both machines, and
rig a null modem type RS-232 cable. I still do that here with OS9 boxes and
PC's.

Pete

#: 5910 S6/Applications
    06-Aug-90  22:59:56
Sb: #what is?
Fm: Everett Chimbidis 76370,1366
To:  72746,3451 (X)

Hew what is vt220?



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#: 5911 S6/Applications
    07-Aug-90  02:11:17
Sb: #5910-what is?
Fm: James Jones 76257,562
To: Everett Chimbidis 76370,1366 (X)

It's a terminal made by Digital Equipment Corporation--think of it as "son of
VT-100."

#: 5912 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK)
    07-Aug-90  07:40:12
Sb: #5820-#TOP - Munich Release 2.0
Fm: Carl Kreider 71076,76
To: Steve Wegert 76703,4255 (X)

Ok.  Just wondering if it is necessary to dl 1 and 2 again.  Guess I still
don't know ....

Carl

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#: 5914 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK)
    07-Aug-90  07:59:35
Sb: #5912-#TOP - Munich Release 2.0
Fm: Steve Wegert 76703,4255
To: Carl Kreider 71076,76 (X)

Carl,

If you've not had any problems with your copy, it should be unecessary to
re-download. Message 5375 was still on the board today when I checked. It
explains what the problem was... as I thought, difficulties expanding to a
directory.

Steve

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#: 5949 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK)
    09-Aug-90  09:09:32
Sb: #5914-TOP - Munich Release 2.0
Fm: Carl Kreider 71076,76
To: Steve Wegert 76703,4255 (X)

Ok, thanks.  Problem is that I have been too busy to keep up with all the forum
traffic, so I missed 5375.  And I don't know if they burst right or not.  Will
have to look again.  - Carl

#: 5913 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK)
    07-Aug-90  07:42:43
Sb: #5867-#TOP - Munich Release 2.0
Fm: Carl Kreider 71076,76
To: Ed Gresick 76576,3312 (X)

All the other's decompress and detar ok.  I use stuff off usenet for compress
and tar.  Tar reports that top12.tz has a bad header and a hex dump seems to
confirm that - there is garbage where there should be nulls and so on.

Carl

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#: 5966 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK)
    10-Aug-90  05:00:25
Sb: #5913-TOP - Munich Release 2.0
Fm: Ed Gresick 76576,3312
To: Carl Kreider 71076,76

Carl -

Will re-upload top12.tz.  Thanks for the feedback.

Ed

#: 5916 S10/Tandy CoCo
    07-Aug-90  14:51:18
Sb: #Basic09 Windows
Fm: Floyd Resler 72500,2572
To: All

I am having a problem with BASIC09.  I am trying to kill the current window and
recreate a 16 color graphics screen with a window occupying the lower half and
two other windows in the corners (upper left and upper right).  He is my code
for occomplishing this:
 DIM uleft,uright:byte
 RUN gfx2("dwend")
 RUN gfx2(1,"dwset",8,0,12,40,12,0,2,2)
 RUN gfx2(1,"select")
 OPEN #uleft,"/w"
 OPEN #uright,"/w"
 RUN gfx2(uleft,"dwset",0,0,0,20,12,2,0,0)
 RUN gfx2(uright,"dwset",0,20,0,20,12,2,0,0)

 Every time I run this I get a parameter error in the RUN gfx2(uleft,"dwset",0,
0,0,20,12,2,0,0) line.  What am I doing wrong?

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#: 5917 S10/Tandy CoCo
    07-Aug-90  16:30:37
Sb: #5916-#Basic09 Windows
Fm: Zack Sessions 76407,1524
To: Floyd Resler 72500,2572 (X)

Try doing a:

 RUN gfx2(1,"dwprotsw","off")

after the first DWSet call.

Zack

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#: 5919 S10/Tandy CoCo
    07-Aug-90  18:47:36
Sb: #5917-Basic09 Windows
Fm: Floyd Resler 72500,2572
To: Zack Sessions 76407,1524 (X)

Thanks!  I'll give it a shot.

#: 5920 S9/Utilities
    07-Aug-90  20:03:06
Sb: #go?
Fm: Zack Sessions 76407,1524
To: Pete Lyall

Pete,
I'm trying to find a copy of your GO utility. Is it here on CIS?

Thanks,
Zack

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#: 5928 S9/Utilities
    07-Aug-90  23:37:23
Sb: #5920-go?
Fm: Pete Lyall 76703,4230
To: Zack Sessions 76407,1524 (X)

Zack -

I modified it, but it wasn't mine... I believe it came from the UGLIB, which
still has a number of really neat tools that most folks haven't checked out.

I *think* Bill Dickhaus might have also whacked on it, so check with him as
well - or possibly Mark. In any case, Mike Ward can extract it from the UGLIB
archives and upload it for you, if you need it.

Pete

#: 5921 S1/General Interest
    07-Aug-90  20:05:10
Sb: #I'm a new member
Fm: TOSHIAKI MATSUO 74060,2030
To: SYSOP and ALL (X)

Dear  ALL OS9 forum members; Myname is Toshiaki Matsuo forty-two year
old,family are wife son and daughter my work electric component sales company
name SANSO ltd , a location is yokohama city in japan TEL:045-864-7446
FAX:045-861-2399 I can little speak english now study english language I look
forward to hearing from you soon **  Good-bye see you again ** ID:PAG02030   
1990,AUGUST,eights AM 10:00













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#: 5925 S1/General Interest
    07-Aug-90  21:45:51
Sb: #5921-I'm a new member
Fm: James Jones 76257,562
To: TOSHIAKI MATSUO 74060,2030 (X)

Hello, Toshiaki-san!  Douzou yorosiku onegai simasu!  (I'm still not used to
kunrei-siki.)  It's good to hear from you.  Do you use OS-9?  I've only been in
Japan once, to attend a wedding, for only four days, but I have seen OS-9 for
the Sharp X68000 in stores in Akihabara.

Welcome to the OS-9 SIG; the people here are friendly and willing to help. I
speak very little Japanese, but I study it, and listen to lessons on NHK.

#: 5927 S1/General Interest
    07-Aug-90  22:16:51
Sb: #5921-I'm a new member
Fm: Zack Sessions 76407,1524
To: TOSHIAKI MATSUO 74060,2030 (X)

Welcome to the Forum! Just speak up if you have any questions/problems/anything
you want to talk about!

Zack

#: 5922 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK)
    07-Aug-90  20:16:15
Sb: #STERM13
Fm: Bud Hamblen 72466,256
To: Simmule Turner 70651,67 (X)

STERM13 in DL 12 appears to be cooked.  It will crash OS-9/68000 v 2.3 on a
PT68K-2.  Any attempt to use an escape option that requires an input string
from the console (such as esc-S or esc-X) will crash the system, with plenty of
garbage appearing on the screen.  OS-9 appears to be attempting to execute the
contents of the console input buffer. Other programs are better behaved, so I'm
not sure if the crash is caused by a bug in STERM13 or the PT drivers.  The esc
Q option, which requires only a single character input, doesn't cause any
problem.

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#: 5924 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK)
    07-Aug-90  20:46:32
Sb: #5922-#STERM13
Fm: SIMMULE TURNER 70651,67
To: Bud Hamblen 72466,256 (X)

I'll look at the problem, and get back to you.  If I haven't
responded within a week send another message.

simmy

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#: 5938 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK)
    08-Aug-90  21:19:22
Sb: #5924-STERM13
Fm: Bud Hamblen 72466,256
To: SIMMULE TURNER 70651,67

It might be the monokbd driver that is cooked.  STERM 1.3 works fine with the
sc68681 driver running an H19 terminal.  I'll check with Fred Brown at PT about
the monokbd driver.

Thanks for the reply!

Bud

#: 5932 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK)
    08-Aug-90  07:51:07
Sb: #5922-#STERM13
Fm: Steve Wegert 76703,4255
To: Bud Hamblen 72466,256 (X)

Bud,

Ed Gresick is using Sterm on his PT68K. I do recall him mentioning driver
difficulties. Perhaps he can shed some light.

Steve

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#: 5939 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK)
    08-Aug-90  21:20:39
Sb: #5932-STERM13
Fm: Bud Hamblen 72466,256
To: Steve Wegert 76703,4255 (X)

Please see message #5938.  I'm gonna talk to Fred Brown about this. Thanks!

Bud

#: 5923 S10/Tandy CoCo
    07-Aug-90  20:22:02
Sb: help
Fm: Gilles Conte 73357,1103
To: sysop (X)

Hello Mr. Sysop

I will like to know what file I should use to copy a program witch is on a dos
disk to a os9 disk ?

The program in question is a file that I download from the midi forum and it's
a .ARC file so question number two. Does the AR or Pak program will unarc this
file once in os9.???

                     thank you!!!!

#: 5931 S1/General Interest
    08-Aug-90  03:18:56
Sb: BIOS
Fm: David Jones 76256,1223
To:  76703,4227

Kevin,

I was wondering if you could me how to disable the BIOS rom in a WD1002-WX1
Hard drive controler? I am using the B&B interface and two miniscrib drives.
The reson I ask is because I want to use a powered Y-Cable

I bought the system used from COCO PRO, it came with the older user's manual
(version 2.0) and the new software drivers for os9. I have everything else
under control! Anyway if you could helpit would mean a great deal. I would like
to get rid of the MPI because everything else is in an IBM Case.. Thanks,

<David Jones>



#: 5933 S4/MIDI and Music
    08-Aug-90  11:35:07
Sb: #help
Fm: Gilles Conte 73357,1103
To: [F] All


hello,   I have a d-10 roland keyboard, and i will like to know if there a
program in os9 that will let me build a librairy of sound with my different
bank I got. Also is there any sequencer recorder in os9 ? i think its not
possible is it right??    thanks



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#: 5934 S4/MIDI and Music
    08-Aug-90  15:05:43
Sb: #5933-#help
Fm: Pete Lyall 76703,4230
To: Gilles Conte 73357,1103 (X)

Gilles -

I also have a Roland D10 (among other synths, samplers, and rack toys). There
were some MIDI tools written in OS9/C, but most were for the Casio CZ-101/1000
family. Almost all the other stuff is written for the RSDOS environment.

Biggest reason is that MIDI requires a 31250 baud port, and a computer and
buffering scheme that is capable of keeping up with it (at least in bursts).
Because of interrupt latency, and time slicing, OS9/6809 really cannot do the
job unless a) You have a smart interface card that does processing and
buffering or b) You cheat out OS9, and lock your process into the saddle.

There are lots of programs for the IBM, Atari, and MAC that are wonderful for
use with the D10. If you were motivated, writing one under OS9 might not be too
weird... as I said, Richard Johnson wrote a Casio Ed/Lib using technique b)
above.

Good luck.

Pete

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#: 5935 S4/MIDI and Music
    08-Aug-90  15:50:51
Sb: #5934-help
Fm: Gilles Conte 73357,1103
To: Pete Lyall 76703,4230 (X)

Well, thanks anyway for the answer. But I dont think that Im good enough in OS9
for doing that sort of program myself.

But I was thinking that I can use a program for the Mt32 like mt32 Panel to do
the job what do you think about it??

Thanks Pete for your help!!!   Gildo



#: 5936 S10/Tandy CoCo
    08-Aug-90  17:32:41
Sb: #Spoker.PAK
Fm: Ernest Withers Jr. 71545,1117
To: Joseph Cheek 76264,142 (X)

Joseph,

     I downloaded your Spoker.PAK and then discovered I didn't have Tim
Koonce's View utility. I have looked in the libraries and can't find it. Where
can I find Tim's view?

Thanks.

Ernie



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#: 5945 S10/Tandy CoCo
    08-Aug-90  23:31:39
Sb: #5936-#Spoker.PAK
Fm: Joseph Cheek 76264,142
To: Ernest Withers Jr. 71545,1117 (X)

I cannot find it either, it may not be here.  I cannot find my copy (in archive
format), I must have deleted it.  Can anyone here upload view40.ar? Can anyone
upload tetris.ar?  thanks . . .

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#: 5954 S10/Tandy CoCo
    09-Aug-90  19:25:53
Sb: #5945-Spoker.PAK
Fm: Ernest Withers Jr. 71545,1117
To: Joseph Cheek 76264,142 (X)

I know I couldn't find it. I thought I already had it but the view in my CMDS
directory is Jim Peasley's file viewer.

Thanks.

Ernie.



#: 5940 S1/General Interest
    08-Aug-90  21:21:11
Sb: disk frags
Fm: DICK SHARP 75266,2621
To:  76070,41 (X)

Mark,
 Thanks for the info. My information about OS9 disk fragmentation comes from
mainly a review in Rainbow about Chris Burkes "FILE SYSTEM REPACK " and the
Burke and Burke advertisments. The implications is that all you have to do is
"think hard disk" and things get so bad that the system almost grinds to a halt
. I had the feeling that I would have to "repack" my disks constantly to be
efficient . Thanks again,I'll sleep better tonight.
 I am new to the OS9 opperating system and need help from time to time.
     Best  Dick



#: 5941 S14/misc/info/Soapbox
    08-Aug-90  21:47:17
Sb: #hard drive info
Fm: BRETT 72057,3720
To: all

Greeting-
     I have a large 5.25 inch toshiba drive.  it looks like it says it is a
model mkm0353 e OZO1.  I think it is an 80 meg unit.  Anyone got any idea about
heads cylinders etc for this thing.  It has an st506 interface.  I am planning
on using this via an adaptec scsi adapter on my MM1 when it finaly arrives. 
Help! I would like to format and test on the coco now.

-Brett

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#: 5944 S14/misc/info/Soapbox
    08-Aug-90  23:17:52
Sb: #5941-#hard drive info
Fm: Randy Wilson 71561,756
To: BRETT 72057,3720 (X)


Brett,

   Here's what I got on Toshiba 506 drives:

MODEL   ST-506  MFM      CAP   CYC  H  RWC  WPC ENC  RATE ACCESS  SPT COMMENTS 
MK53FA           5.25 FH  43   830  5  831  831 M    5    30 MS   17 
MK 54FA          5.25 FH  60   830  7  831  831 M    5    30 MS   17 
MK 56FA          5.25 FH  86   830 10  831  831 M    5    30 MS   17 
        ST-506 RLL
MK53FB           5.25 FH  64   830  5  831  831 R    7.5  23 MS   26 
MK 54FB          5.25 FH  90   830  7  831  831 R    7.5  25 MS   26 
MK 56FB          5.25 FH  130  830 10  831  831 R    7.5  25 MS   26 
 

   As you can see, no exact match, but 830 cyls looks like a good bet. :>

Randy

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#: 5957 S14/misc/info/Soapbox
    09-Aug-90  22:05:48
Sb: #5944-#hard drive info
Fm: BRETT 72057,3720
To: Randy Wilson 71561,756

Greeting-
     Thanks for the info.  I could only find a .arc file in the IBM forum.  the
description said it may have had the info, but I do not have msdos and can not
dearc.  Unless someone here knows of a program to dearc msdos arc files under
os9.

If anyone has more specific info I am still looking.  If I do not get something
better I will run with this.

-Brett

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#: 5960 S14/misc/info/Soapbox
    10-Aug-90  00:12:02
Sb: #5957-#hard drive info
Fm: Pete Lyall 76703,4230
To: BRETT 72057,3720 (X)

Brett -

Hmmm.. there should be a DEARC in DL9.

Pete

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#: 5974 S14/misc/info/Soapbox
    10-Aug-90  22:39:37
Sb: #5960-#hard drive info
Fm: BRETT 72057,3720
To: Pete Lyall 76703,4230

Greeting-
     Thanks will look for dearc in dl9.  I was wondering where I might find the
source to uptime?  Seems tha author is some guy that used to have a gimix in
calif.  For some reason when I got it I only snarfed object.  Big mistake when
you want to change something latter.

-Brett

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#: 5979 S14/misc/info/Soapbox
    11-Aug-90  08:38:28
Sb: #5974-hard drive info
Fm: Steve Wegert 76703,4255
To: BRETT 72057,3720

Brett,

Are you still on Mark's system?  I should have a copy of the source here. I
could UUCP it over if you'd like.

Steve

#: 5943 S6/Applications
    08-Aug-90  22:25:20
Sb: Uemacs editor for 6809
Fm: BRETT 72057,3720
To: all

Greeting-
     Get ready for OSK now.  I just sent up to dl6 ue.ar It is a termcap driven
version of Micro emacs for os9 6809. has multiple windows even over serial
lines.  I do not have the source, but if you send me email to
internet:marob.masa.com!davidge!wa3yre!wynkoop I will tell you who to pester to
get the source.  'Course then you must promise to send it to me.

-Brett



#: 5948 S3/Languages
    09-Aug-90  06:19:51
Sb: #Password functions
Fm: Mark Griffith 76070,41
To: Carl Kreider, 71076,76 (X)

Carl,

There seems to be a problem with the password functions.  In the example below,
the second call to get the name returns NULL in all cases.  If you swap the
functions, then same thing happens, i.e., the second call always returns a NULL
even if the name or uid exists.  Apparently something is not getting reset in
endpwent() ???  Any ideas?

    if (getpwuid(atoi(pw[ID]))) {
        fprintf (stderr, "\nUID %s is already used\n", pw[ID]);
        endpwent();
        exit(0);
    }

    endpwent();                 /* close password in case getpwuid fails */

    if (getpwnam(pw[NAME])) {
        fprintf (stderr, "\nUser %s already exists\n", pw[NAME]);
        endpwent();
        exit(0);
    }

    endpwent();                 /* close password in case getpwnam fails */

Mark



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#: 5950 S3/Languages
    09-Aug-90  09:10:12
Sb: #5948-Password functions
Fm: Carl Kreider 71076,76
To: Mark Griffith 76070,41 (X)

I will look at this off line and get back. - Carl

#: 5953 S10/Tandy CoCo
    09-Aug-90  18:24:15
Sb: Windint
Fm: PHIL SCHERER 71211,2545
To: [F] Kev 76703,4227

Hi Kev--I've been trying to get the code in Rainbow July <Kissable OS9> to run
and I cant. The problem is in the window section line 7000 onward. When it
opens the new window I cant bounce back to the old one until the new one is
gone. When the called procedure ends, the new window wont go away unless I
bounce a little with the clear button. Then the original window comes back.
Dale Puckett said he thought it was my windint and that I should check with
you. If you haave any thoughts on it I would appreciate your input. Thanks.

#: 5956 S10/Tandy CoCo
    09-Aug-90  19:37:25
Sb: #SPoker
Fm: Hugo Bueno 71211,3662
To: Joseph Cheek

I d'loaded and have played you SPoker program. It runs fine except that the
stitle.vef and opps.vef files do not load correctly. When I try to view them
with the view utility, nothing comes up on the screen. When starting the
program, I have to hit break in order to get the thing started. Any ideas?

Hugo

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#: 5958 S10/Tandy CoCo
    09-Aug-90  23:26:32
Sb: #5956-#SPoker
Fm: Joseph Cheek 76264,142
To: Hugo Bueno 71211,3662 (X)

Opps.vef and STitle.vef show up black because all the palettes in the pivture
are black.  SPoker sets the palette up so that you can see them when it is run.
As for having to press BREAK, I do not know.  Can you give me a little more
information?  What happens, when do you hit break, what happens after youo hit
break, etc.  Your problem seems to be unique so far.  Please tell me a little
more so I can best determine how to solve your problem.



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#: 5971 S10/Tandy CoCo
    10-Aug-90  15:42:04
Sb: #5958-SPoker
Fm: Zack Sessions 76407,1524
To: Joseph Cheek 76264,142

That was pretty tricky, the way you load in a picture from a VEF file and then
POOF! it's there!

Zack

#: 5978 S10/Tandy CoCo
    11-Aug-90  07:33:45
Sb: #5958-SPoker
Fm: Richard Taylor 73137,3324
To: Joseph Cheek 76264,142

Does anyone know where I can find the view utility for Spoker. I would like to
get it up and running but have had know success in finding the utility needed.
Thanks..




#: 5981 S10/Tandy CoCo
    11-Aug-90  08:51:09
Sb: #5958-SPoker
Fm: Hugo Bueno 71211,3662
To: Joseph Cheek 76264,142

Apparently, it never does reset the palettes. I have to hit break a couple of
times. Then the first screen I get is the one which asks you which opponent you
want to play against.

Hugo

#: 5959 S6/Applications
    09-Aug-90  23:31:18
Sb: #ue.ar
Fm: Joseph Cheek 76264,142
To: all

Please help, I downloaded ue.ar (lib 6?) and cannot get the program to run. I
put termcap in /dd/sys and put ue in /dd/cmds with e/pe attributes, but when I
type ue it gives me 'unknown tty line' or something similar.  I've tried ue -e
and ue -t=c3 but it will not work.  The termcap entry mentiones something about
a cc3io patch for two-byte screen codes, what is this?  Is this my problem?  It
doesn't seem like it would be.  Please help.

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#: 5961 S6/Applications
    10-Aug-90  00:14:24
Sb: #5959-#ue.ar
Fm: Pete Lyall 76703,4230
To: Joseph Cheek 76264,142 (X)

Joseph -

You should also have a file /dd/sys/ttytypes (or ttytype), and it should have
the name of the terminal type for the device you're on, i.e.:

  /term coco
  /w1   coco
  /w2   coco
  etc....

Pete

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#: 5968 S6/Applications
    10-Aug-90  12:46:01
Sb: #5961-ue.ar
Fm: Joseph Cheek 76264,142
To: Pete Lyall 76703,4230 (X)

Thanks for the info, I will try creating a sys/ttytypes and see what happens.

#: 5962 S10/Tandy CoCo
    10-Aug-90  01:19:27
Sb: Privledges in BASIC09
Fm: steve Crump 71550,3115
To: All

Everyone,
  I have been working on a sound playing module for BASIC09 that will
  play .pla (macsound) files.  I disassembled the newest PLAY command
  and discovered that its author uses 4 system mode calls (AllRam,
  MapBlk, ClrBlk, and DelRam) to play up to 2 meg for sound.  I have
  tried this techque from BASIC09 using SYSCALL but it won't work
  I get an "ILLEGAL MODE" error. I assume OS9 is telling me I can't
  use those calls from a user program... but if not why can PLAY also
  a user program get away with it. I have disassembled SYSCALL and
  it makes no checks so the error must be coming from OS9 (right?).
  Is there anyway around this problem and if not how do I go about
  "un-protecting" the system mode calls as is mentioned in the manual
  I know someone out there must know.

  Any help would be great.
  Steve Crump
  [71550,3115]

#: 5964 S10/Tandy CoCo
    10-Aug-90  01:22:56
Sb: #RS Catalog for 1991
Fm: Tony Cappellini 76370,2104
To: ALL

I thought you all would like to know that I just saw the coco 3 in the new 1991
Radio Shack Catalog along with some games/programs. Must have been a misprint !
TC

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#: 5972 S10/Tandy CoCo
    10-Aug-90  15:43:40
Sb: #5964-RS Catalog for 1991
Fm: Zack Sessions 76407,1524
To: Tony Cappellini 76370,2104

WOW! It's still in the catalog! Will wonders never cease!



#: 5965 S1/General Interest
    10-Aug-90  01:39:17
Sb: Sound Master
Fm: Tony Cappellini 76370,2104
To: Jim McDowell

Jim I finally got sound master to work after stripping down my system to the
point where I was almost at RSDOS again. Just kidding ! But I did have to
remove unused window descriptors and modify my startup file so MV wouldn't
start. When I finally got done I had 432K free, and soundmaster finally worked.
It was impressive to see such a graphical representation. But I couldn't figure
out a few things. When I turned on the oscillators, I could here a ticking,
like a metronome in the background, as well as the tone that was being
generated. Your doc file didn't say anything about that so I was kind of
puzzled. Also I was just playing around with the controls, and the SSpak
started talking to me. I'm not kidding ! It mumbled a few letters / sounds, but
it was speech. Your doc file did not say anything about this either, and I have
not been able to get it to do it again. I think the user interface needs some
work, like mouse control instead of arrow keys, and it neds to be able to run
while multi vue is up ! I kept getting error 207 even without multi vue in
memory (gshell) and only TERM running. Also you mentioned the chance of doing
it in C instead of Basic 09. Got my vote here. For the pre-canned sounds that
you included, it seemed that even when they were playing the oscillators were
all set at 0, so where were the sound being generated ??? It was fun playing
with it, and will look forward to talking to you about this. THANX. TC

#: 5967 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK)
    10-Aug-90  10:26:54
Sb: #We're in Beta!
Fm: Mark Wuest 74030,332
To: all

Hey all (especially Kevin, Mark G, Carl, etc),
 About 2 years ago I got feedback on this forum for a multiplexing protocol
convertor we were putting together. It is "soaking" with what we believe are
the last bug fixes presently in a test lab and should go to Beta early next
week. After 7 weeks in Beta, it will go into the 4 largest Digital Central
Offices in the world to allow various Support Systems enhanced access to the
switches and monitoring equipment located therein. After that, it will be
gradually released to other Digital Central Offices.
 FWIW, here's what we ended up with:
 1 Motorola MVME 147 (68030, 8 mb, 150mb disk) running os9, a board-to-board
routing application, X.25 network access applications, and Support System
interfaces.
 1-18 Motorola MVME 333-2 (68010, 512kb ram, 64kb rom) running os9, and level 2
and 3 of any of several protocols, or a user-interface. These have 6 ports
available for async protocols and 2 ports for sync.
 We have our own block-serial file managers (bfm and pfm) that handle (along
with block-serial drivers) data transfers between the 147 and the 333's and
read and write access to the 333's ports.
 The 333's are just devices to the 147 (/slot3, /slot4, etc) and vice-versa
(/host). We get about 400 512-byte packets/second composite backplane data
transfer with our application fully loaded and running.
 Bill West, Inc (comprised of Bill West) wrote the backplane driver and file
manager with help from developers on our team. GCOM, Inc licensed the X.25
level 2 and 3 drivers for network access and access to equipment that has X.25
interfaces directly to us.
 Thanks for the input at the time!
 Mark

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#: 5973 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK)
    10-Aug-90  18:31:36
Sb: #5967-We're in Beta!
Fm: James Jones 76257,562
To: Mark Wuest 74030,332

Excellent!  Have you considered writing about the system?  I bet that MOTD,
Pipelines, or any of several technical magazines would be interested.

#: 5969 S1/General Interest
    10-Aug-90  14:08:13
Sb: CoCo 3 Acctng. Progs
Fm: Gerry herring 71477,667
To: all

I need some help. I need some accounting-type software so I can run my what I
need is like A/R, A/P, G/L. Inventory Mgmt., + a spreadsheet. would appreciate
all suggestions.no t worried if D/L ob CIS, a BBS, or purchased. just need some
ideas! if on a BBS, leave me baud/parity and full # BTW i have a Novation
Professional 2400 Baud modem.

#: 5970 S1/General Interest
    10-Aug-90  14:11:15
Sb: addt'l info for acctng
Fm: Gerry herring 71477,667
To: all

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#: 5975 S7/Telecommunications
    10-Aug-90  23:32:19
Sb: MUYX BOX
Fm: Greg Morse 72746,3451
To:  74030,332

Mark - I work for a Telco. Maybe we need your system. How do I get ordering
info and what does it do? Greg Morse

#: 5976 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK)
    11-Aug-90  05:32:29
Sb: #TOP - Munich Release 2.0
Fm: Ed Gresick 76576,3312
To: sysop (X)

Sysop:

I have re-uploaded top12.t.  Please delete the old file top12.tz.

Ed

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#: 5982 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK)
    11-Aug-90  09:20:11
Sb: #5976-TOP - Munich Release 2.0
Fm: Steve Wegert 76703,4255
To: Ed Gresick 76576,3312

Ed,

I've merged in the correction as we type. Thanks for the re-upload!

Steve

#: 5977 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK)
    11-Aug-90  05:34:45
Sb: top12
Fm: Ed Gresick 76576,3312
To: Carl Kreider

Carl:

I've re-uploaded top12.  I did not compress after 'tar'ing the files.  I think
the problem may have been caused by the fact that the individual files are
already compressed by TOP. Thanks for pointing out the problem.

Ed

#: 5983 S10/Tandy CoCo
    11-Aug-90  09:54:29
Sb: Graphics Viewer
Fm: Zack Sessions 76407,1524
To: ALL

I just uploaded Tim Kientzle's (AKA Tim Koonce) graphics viewer program, VIEW
(Version 4.0, the latest) to DL10. It is what everybody needs to run the new
Poker program. Supports a multitude of formats, and saves screens to a file
also. I

Filename is view40.ar. Will be available as soon as the sysop processe4es [Dit.

Zack
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