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#: 19699 S10/OS9/6809 (CoCo)
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11-Feb-94 23:22:44
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Sb: The Future
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Fm: Brother Jeremy, CSJW 76477,142
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To: All
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Dear Friends: While visiting with RICKULAND of Conect fame, we were discussing
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what was now the minimum requirement for a COCO OS9 system. For example, at
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CSJW we have:
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1. A 2meg COCO 3 with a 6309, 5-1/4 and 3-1/2 drives, 20 meg
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harddrive, SC 2 with 4-in-1.
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2. A 512k COCO 3 with 6309, 2 5-1/4 drives in a Tandy 2000
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Case with an st252n with Disto SC-2 and 4-in-1.
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3. A 512k COCO 3 with 6809, 3 Tandy 5-1/4 80 track dsdd,
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Mulitpak, a Disto MEB with HardDisk Controller, two
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10 meg Bernoulli Drives, and soon a Tallgrass Tape Backup
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Unit.
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4. A Northern Telcom DisplayPhone being used as a terminal
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on the COCO/2000 box.
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5. EARS, the Voice and various esoteric hardware. I think it is clear that
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the 6309 is now basic operating standard. 512k minimum with 2 megs desirable.
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We have both Powerboost and Nitros9. Obviously, RS232 packs, etc. are also
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required equipement. I would like to know what hardware you are running. This
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is for several reasons:
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1. What is being used so that programmers could write for
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this hardware.
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2. So that the hardware vendors would know what hardware is
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still needed.
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3. What software you would like to see. Obviously there
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are many of us in the 6809/os9 world who still want to
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see the Level 2 upgrade released. This is a mandatory
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project for the Users Group to undertake.
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4. The SBF module from Microware. It was written for 6809,
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but never released. We should negotiate with with
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MicroWare to get any unreleased 6809 specific modules.
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5. Certain RSDOS progras to be ported to 6809/OS9. Of course it should be
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noted that 6809 and 6309 should be considered interchangable as far as need.
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While OSK is the future, OS9 (6809,6309) is still a present reality and should
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not be abandoned. To do so would leave little reason for the 6809ers to
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support the User Group. Please take a few moments to respond to the questions
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raised in this posting, and feel free to post it where-ever you wish. If you
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would like, a postcard to:
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Brother Jeremy, CSJW
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Box 1903
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Racine, WI 53401 with you opinions would be very helpful. The views
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expressed in this posting are not neccessarily those of the User Group, and I
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take full responsibility for them. Please respond. We need a large amount of
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replies if we are to get any meaningful guidance.
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With all best wishes, Brother Jeremy, CSJW OS9 User Group Treasurer
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#: 19694 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK)
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09-Feb-94 13:09:33
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Sb: #19567-#Screen program for OSK
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Fm: robert brose 72067,3021
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To: Bob van der Poel 76510,2203 (X)
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Hi Bob, The screen program still doesn't work right. I get error 103's
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sometimes and when I do a ctrl-w on a screen it gives a rdy -1 message and
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freezes. Could there be a problem running on 68000's with the bus errors? That
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could explain why forked programs crash also.
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Thanks, Bob
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There is 1 Reply.
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#: 19698 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK)
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10-Feb-94 18:16:21
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Sb: #19694-Screen program for OSK
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Fm: Bob van der Poel 76510,2203
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To: robert brose 72067,3021 (X)
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Damned if I know...I do know that if I do a crl-w on my MVME system I get the
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same error message. Hmmm, do you have XON/OFF enabled? Try turning it off? I
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think the problem is with the ptyman stuff, not screen. Someone out there what
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to wade though that? However, I do use screen quite often on my MVME and so
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long as I don't do any xon/off stuff it all works fine. The system has SSM and
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I've had upto 10 virtual terminals running a variety of programs including
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BASIC, Ephem and ved.
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#: 19690 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK)
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07-Feb-94 06:02:49
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Sb: #19689-New Windio Module
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Fm: keith bauer 71102,317
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To: KEITH H. MARCH 72733,2173 (X)
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> P.S. Is anyone working on a CD-ROM driver and descriptor for the MM/1?
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> also a fax send/receive program.
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>
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Mark of Dirt Cheap Computer Stuff has a CD-ROM that he sells that comes
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with the drivers. Joel Hegberg of Sub-Etha is working on a fax program
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for OS9/68000.
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Keith Bauer
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CIS:71102,317 Delphi:keithbauer Internet:kbauer@pids.com
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Via InfoXpress/OSK ver 1.01 How 'bout them Cowboys!
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#: 19691 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK)
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07-Feb-94 20:02:31
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Sb: #Print buffers
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Fm: Bob van der Poel 76510,2203
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To: all
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If some MM/1 users are still having problems accessing the printer port due to
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the unbuffered parallel port on the mm/1...you might want to try putting a
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print buffer between the computer and printer. I just picked one up from Terry
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Laraway. He is selling these surplus units for around $50.00 (I think). He has
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various models...some are parallel to parallel, others serial to parallel (good
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for a coco). The memory on them varies between 64 and 512K. Terry can be
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contacted at:
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Terry Laraway's CoCo Etcetera
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41 NW Doncee Drive
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Bremerton, WA
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98310
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Phone 206 692 5374
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post All Print buffers 12 y
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send
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There is 1 Reply.
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#: 19693 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK)
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08-Feb-94 06:59:32
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Sb: #19691-#Print buffers
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Fm: Mark Griffith 76070,41
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To: Bob van der Poel 76510,2203 (X)
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Bob,
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> If some MM/1 users are still having problems accessing the printer port
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> due to the unbuffered parallel port on the mm/1...you might want to try
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> putting a print buffer between the computer and printer. I just picked one
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> up from Terry Laraway. He is selling these surplus units for around $50.00
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I see you took my advice. Glad it worked for you!
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/************* /\/\ark ************/
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(uploaded with InfoXpress Ver 1.01)
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There is 1 Reply.
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#: 19696 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK)
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09-Feb-94 23:02:06
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Sb: #19693-Print buffers
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Fm: Bob van der Poel 76510,2203
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To: Mark Griffith 76070,41
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Yes, I did take your advice. Thanks. However, I still don't know if it works
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with the printer switch...the switch has db-25 inputs and the buffer box is
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hardwired with a centronics cable. Rather than re-wiring I just ordered a db25
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to centronics converter...but it isn't here yet.
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BTW, did you send my board back yet?
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#: 19695 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK)
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09-Feb-94 18:35:58
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Sb: Boot Split 68K
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Fm: KEITH H. MARCH 72733,2173
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To: 71076,76 (X)
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Carl:
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I did a search of database # 12 for "BSPLT68" could not find it. Could you
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upload it?
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Keith.
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OS9 Lives on, FOREVER??
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#: 19697 S14/misc/info/Soapbox
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10-Feb-94 17:54:59
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Sb: OS/9 vs pSOS
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Fm: Cherry Valley Lang Tech 71055,2527
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To: All
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Hi all,
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I was wondering how OS/9 compares to pSOS. Any opinions out there?
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Thanks,
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Steve Hirsch
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Press <CR> !>
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