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87022 26-APR 18:36 OSK Applications
     RE: PGP for OSK? (Re: Msg 87021)
     From: PHILSCHERER  To: PAGAN

Anyhow, how would anybody know if someone spied on private messages without
getting permission from anyone. If the government has the wherewithall to
read encripted messages they will do it with or without permission. <Phil>

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87024 26-APR 19:42 OSK Applications
     RE: PGP for OSK? (Re: Msg 87006)
     From: JOHNREED     To: JEJONES



 ....."and then they came for me, and there was nobody
 left to protest"


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 "Don't take life too serious - it ain't nohow permanent"
                                        (Pogo)

 John R. Wainwright <<CIS -- 72517,676>> <<DELPHI -- JOHNREED>>

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87035 27-APR 20:47 OSK Applications
     RE: PGP for OSK? (Re: Msg 87021)
     From: DSRTFOX      To: PAGAN

You come up with VERY valid points! I guess the main thing I'm concerned about
is that there is really not much reason for the average individual to be so
concerned with encryption. Businesses with large amounts of valuable dat to
protect are a different story. My point of view to this point has been from
the average computer user. You must admit that the "average user" cares
and knows little compared to the "average" OS-9 and now CoCo user. We tend to
be more technically oriented because OS-9 has pretty much made us that way,
but mostly because you need to know more to squeeze that extra bit of
usefullness from a CoCo..  to do almost anything with a CoCo nowadays! I
just bought a 128K CC3 and CM-8 from a guy for $75. All because RS said
they couldn't even get him a cassette cable a year ago! Those dealers know
nothing.... so we have to know more (pretty easy... huh?).

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87023 26-APR 19:42 General Information
     RE: setup (Re: Msg 86990)
     From: JOHNREED     To: NIMITZ

 OK, lets see..
 MM/1a (68340)
 8-meg "backplane"
 Monitor - CM-8  (got a Magnavox for a spare)
 H0 - 170 m Seagate
 H1 - 40 m Quantum
 D0 - Orig 1.4m floppy
 T0 - Null modem to "386" or upstairs term
 T1 - (unused - no paddle)
 T2 - Rodent (Generic Mouse)
 T3 - Supra Modem 2400
 T4 - ViVa 14.4 faxmodem
 T5 - (unused - no paddle)
 P  - Deskjet 500
 P1 - (pretty much useless - we need a driver that can use
       them both at once)
      Sometimes I print on an Epson (AP 5000) via T0 using the
      messydos machine for a printer driver (sneaky, huh?)

 Have used a second 3.5" drive D1 and a 5-1/4 1.2m drive as D2 but
 I didn't use them much - stuck them in the "386".

 Have some Koss amplified speakers - but my MM/1a is mute. (NUDGE).

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 "Don't take life too serious - it ain't nohow permanent"
                                        (Pogo)

 John R. Wainwright <<CIS -- 72517,676>> <<DELPHI -- JOHNREED>>

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87034 27-APR 20:46 General Information
     RE: setup (Re: Msg 87023)
     From: NIMITZ       To: JOHNREED (NR)

Thanks, John.   It's been interesting reading!!


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End of Thread.

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87025 26-APR 20:08 General Information
     RE: OFNOHOC (Re: Msg 87018)
     From: REVWCP       To: TONYPODRAZA (NR)

Currently we meet at Rick Ullands apartment in Milwaukee.  But maybe we can
find something further south.  It is an informal group, I do a lot of brain
storming,
(anything in my brain would have to be a storm - Moe of the Three Stooges)

With all best wishes,
Brother Jeremy, CSJW
OS9 User's Group Treasurer

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87026 26-APR 20:25 OSK Applications
     Epson ESCP2
     From: MRGOOD       To: JOHNREED

John,

I see you uploaded a TEX driver for Epson ESC P2 printers.  I recently
purchased an Epson Stylus 300 and am hoping to get some tex experience
under my belt.  In the docs for your program, you stated that
things were still a little rough.  Have you developed the
software any further?

Hugo

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87032 27-APR 20:32 OSK Applications
     RE: Epson ESCP2 (Re: Msg 87026)
     From: JOHNREED     To: MRGOOD

 > I see you uploaded a TEX driver for Epson ESC P2 printers.  I recently
 > purchased an Epson Stylus 300 and am hoping to get some tex experience
 > under my belt.  In the docs for your program, you stated that
 > things were still a little rough.  Have you developed the
 > software any further?

Hugo,
  The DVI->ESCP2 driver was an early attempt to get a decent printout
of TEX documents on my Action Printer 5000.  It does pretty well with
plain text, approximating font styles and sizes with the printer's
built-in scalable fonts.  It gets real confused with some horizontal
and vertical lines (rules).  I didn't go any farther with the driver
after TIMKIENTZLE uploaded a more complete TEX/LATEX package with
a whole herd of DVI-printer drivers.  If the Stylus 300 will accept
older 24-pin Epson Graphics commands, you should find that Tim's
dvie24  driver in that package gives excellent results.  You can
also run DVI files through the `dvips' program (also uploaded by
TIMKIENTZLE), and then print them with Ghostscript's ESC/P2 driver.


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 "Don't take life too serious - it ain't nohow permanent"
                                        (Pogo)

 John R. Wainwright <<CIS -- 72517,676>> <<DELPHI -- JOHNREED>>

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87039 27-APR 22:05 OSK Applications
     RE: Epson ESCP2 (Re: Msg 87032)
     From: MRGOOD       To: JOHNREED (NR)

John,

Thanks for replying.  I'll take a look at Tim's most recent
uploads.  I really don't want to get into Ghostscript stuff.  It
seems to add complexity to what should be a simple task.

Hugo

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End of Thread.

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87027 26-APR 21:51 General Information
     RE: patches (Re: Msg 86712)
     From: NEALSTEWARD  To: ROBERT84 (NR)

You should contact Owl Computer and see about an upgrade to v.1.3, otherwise
any patches I write might (probably) won't work with your version.  The
upgrade wasn't significant, as I remeber, only a 1 page addendum to the
original manual, but it fixed some bugs and I think it changed the file
format.

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87028 26-APR 22:30 General Information
     RE: Current Periodicals (Re: Msg 87014)
     From: CHARLESAM    To: NEWKID (NR)

Good to hear from you again. I'm going to the fest in May so if you need
anything
call me. I'll get back with more later. Charlie

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87037 27-APR 20:54 General Information
     RE: Current Periodicals (Re: Msg 87028)
     From: DSRTFOX      To: NEWKID (NR)

There are a lot of patches and such to wade through, so much so that I came
out with an "upgrade" disk that many have referred to as "Level II version 2"
though it isn't that officially. What it is is a collection of the most
used/needed/recommended patches for Level II all on awo disk set that gas
(has!!) an auto-patch util with it. Answer a few questions and the patches
are installed! All you do then is edit the supplied bootlist to your liking
and run OS9Gen. You need 2 DS40T drives (at least1... the other can be 80T)
to run the autopatch feature, also 512K. The disk set is $7.50 + $2.50 S&H,
or you can get it from FARNA Systems at the fest in Chicago.

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End of Thread.

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87029 26-APR 23:51 General Information
     OS9000
     From: DPHILIPSEN   To: ALL

Can anyone give me some information on OS9000? I'm working with a
company who is undertaking a project that will require a real-time
multitasking system and they are seriously considering OS9000. I'm
especially looking for any information or help regarding device
drivers and embedded assembly language in c source code. Also, I am
assuming that programming the 386/486 in assembly language may be a
little different than DOS assembly language.


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87030 27-APR 19:02 Programmers Den
     Real Make...
     From: RHELLER      To: ALL

I am looking for a real live make for OSK.  Microware's make is somewhat
braindead (a real pain to use if one is use gcc/g++, etc.).  I just downloaded
and tried the "MAKE FOR OSK" make in the Programmers Den file area here, but
it too seems to have interesting problems -- it does not use "Makefile" by
default (instead, it leaves its "makefile" variable uninitialized (== NULL),
and I get a #102 (bus error) error).  And it does not know how to deal with
a full abs. path for a target.  Sigh.

Has anyone ported Gnu Make to OSK?

Robert

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87036 27-APR 20:49 Programmers Den
     RE: Real Make... (Re: Msg 87030)
     From: NIMITZ       To: RHELLER (NR)

GNU Make is on chestnut, I think.  It is probably in the databases here,
and almost certainly on lucy.ifi.unibas.edu.   If you can't find it, let
me know, and I'll upload it.


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End of Thread.

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87031 27-APR 20:21 System Modules (6809)
     Dynacalc problem
     From: MIKE_GUZZI   To: ALL

I have upgraded to Nitros9 awhile back and now dynacalc crashes the computer
i confirmed its nitros by booting up to a normal os9 disk and it works fine

anyone else have this problem or better yet a solution??

Mike

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87040 27-APR 23:01 System Modules (6809)
     RE: Dynacalc problem (Re: Msg 87031)
     From: WDTV5        To: MIKE_GUZZI (NR)

I'm running it too Mike, without any probs, just did my taxes with it too.
Which version Nitro are you up to?
-=Gene=-

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End of Thread.

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87033 27-APR 20:35 General Information
     RE: Disk backup (Re: Msg 87000)
     From: DSRTFOX      To: MODEL299 (NR)

Thanks for the tip! Will check it out.

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87038 27-APR 21:07 Applications (6809)
     ESC/P22 code
     From: JRUPPEL      To: ALL

Can OSK code be transported to the Coco? In particular, I am interested in
the DVI-ESC/P2 code that is herre on the OSK database. Any clues?

John Ruppel

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