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89048 3-AUG 18:35 General Information
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From: PHILSCHERER To: ALL
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Does anyone know if there are any books available for "curses"? The package
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comes with OS9000 and is taken from Unix. <Phil>
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89055 3-AUG 20:41 General Information
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RE: gen (Re: Msg 89048)
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From: MITHELEN To: PHILSCHERER
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You should be able to find something at any respectable book store... Look
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in computer section, probably grouped with the Unix stuff...
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89064 3-AUG 23:12 General Information
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RE: gen (Re: Msg 89048)
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From: WA2EGP To: PHILSCHERER
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There are books (or at least one) available. I picked up one at a local Barnes
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& Noble called Unix Curses (I belive - of course I can't find the darn book
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right now, probably buried in my UNIX stuff). It wasn't cheap. If I locate it
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within a reasonable amount of time, I'll send you the name and author. BTW,
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it also explained termcap as an introduction to curses. I guess I gotta clean
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this place up. (grin)
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89078 4-AUG 08:56 General Information
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RE: gen (Re: Msg 89048)
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From: MROWEN01 To: PHILSCHERER
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The best books on any UNIX topic are from O'Reilly & Associates, Inc (IMHO).
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I have several of their books. I do not have the Curses book, but I'm sure that
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it will be every bit as authoritative as the others. The book is called
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Programming with Curses. It's $12.95. Call in US 1-800-998-9938.
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-Mike
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89079 4-AUG 18:43 General Information
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RE: gen (Re: Msg 89055)
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From: PHILSCHERER To: MITHELEN
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Thanks for the lead! <Phil>
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89080 4-AUG 18:45 General Information
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RE: gen (Re: Msg 89064)
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From: PHILSCHERER To: WA2EGP
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That's the kind of book I'm looking for. I have a Barnes and Noble near by.
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Thanks! <Phil>
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89081 4-AUG 18:47 General Information
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RE: gen (Re: Msg 89078)
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From: PHILSCHERER To: MROWEN01
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Thanks for the lead Mike! I'll give em a call. <Phil>
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89049 3-AUG 19:01 OSK Applications
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RE: MM/1 Sound cable (Re: Msg 88972)
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From: NIMITZ To: HAWKSOFT
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Thanks Chris. I need all the pointers I can get. Say, can I get your catalog
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in electronic form? Same goes for all vendors out there! I need to get a
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sourcebook going!
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David
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89050 3-AUG 19:15 System Modules (6809)
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RE: Making a new boot disk from scratch (Re: Msg 89042)
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From: ISC To: COCOKIWI
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Hey! Thank you, Dennis! I looove kiwi!
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89067 3-AUG 23:28 System Modules (6809)
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RE: Making a new boot disk from scratch (Re: Msg 89050)
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From: COCOKIWI To: ISC
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you is welcome<grin>
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dennis
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89085 4-AUG 21:49 System Modules (6809)
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RE: Making a new boot disk from scratch (Re: Msg 89042)
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From: DSRTFOX To: COCOKIWI
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Thanks Dennis, but you can get that by typing "modpatch -?". Doesn't help
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a guy like me who has no idea what he's doing!! I did (apparently) get it
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to work with no problems. I exited with plain BREAK though, so they might
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not have taken!!
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Will find out next time I boot (didn't have time to do it all tonight)
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89086 4-AUG 21:51 System Modules (6809)
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RE: Making a new boot disk from scratch (Re: Msg 89085)
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From: DSRTFOX To: ISC
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Bill, I did as you said, only exited with a plain BREAK (you didn't mention
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how to get OUT of it!!!!). And I forgot to run COBBLER before I had to
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quit and come to work too. Will try it all again tomorrow. Had to make a
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new boot tonight first. Thanks for the help!
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89103 5-AUG 21:04 System Modules (6809)
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RE: Making a new boot disk from scratch (Re: Msg 89086)
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From: ISC To: DSRTFOX (NR)
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Frank,
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I thought I mentioned it, but maybe I did not. Here are the steps for
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changing diskette access time:
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modpatch
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Good Luck.
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89107 5-AUG 21:54 System Modules (6809)
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RE: Making a new boot disk from scratch (Re: Msg 89086)
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From: ISC To: DSRTFOX (NR)
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Frank,
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89051 3-AUG 20:11 General Information
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RE: New Conference(Ideas Welcome) (Re: Msg 88992)
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From: HAWKSOFT To: EDELMAR
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Hi Ed!
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> > officers are online anyhow. I imagine 1 or 2 at least will be able to
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> > find time to stop by for an hour or two and discuss any current
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> > events, ideas and proposals with the community. ....
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> So long as meetings are informal, I see no problem with people meeting in
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> conference (or in the forum) to discuss the OS-9 UG or matters they
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> feel might/should be the province of the UG. Such meetings/discussions
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> could be very beneficial. Certainly, the officers and/or directors could
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> participate as well.
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> your home, at the local school, etc. Does the fact that members call me
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> and/or the other officers and directors mean others are being snubbed?
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> > .... 2) I wonder myself about the possibility of making Delphi the
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> > official online home of the UG. Would this be a snub to the other
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> > services?
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> The need for an 'official online home' for the UG has been discussed at
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> several BOD meetings. Nothing concrete has resulted from these
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> Keep up the interest and good ideas.
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Just a quick idea re: an 'official online home'. Would it be possible to
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work out a deal with Delphi (similar to Rainbows) where OS9UG members could
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join for free and maybe get a little better deal on connect time? Maybe like
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5 hours for $12 instead of 4 for $10? Would get more people to the 'official
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online home' and add another perk to the membership. (Are you listening, Paul
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J ??)
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BTW, would you like a demo copy of GCDP the G-window audio CD Player??
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I've got the window refreshing itself and a few other fancies. If you have
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a CD-Rom connected, the worst it will do is display 'NO DISC' on the display
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window.
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Chris (the other one)
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:-> :-> :-> :-> :-> :-> :-> Chris "HAWKSoft" <-: <-: <-: <-: <-: <-: <-:
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Delphi: HAWKSOFT Internet: HAWKSOFT@DELPHI.COM
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89056 3-AUG 20:49 General Information
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RE: New Conference(Ideas Welcome) (Re: Msg 89051)
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From: MITHELEN To: HAWKSOFT
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I doubt the feasability of getting discount rates for UG members... I also
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do not think it is appropiate to limit the "online home" to one specific
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system... the online home should be the Internet... that gives the most
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people the easiest access...
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89090 5-AUG 01:17 General Information
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RE: New Conference(Ideas Welcome) (Re: Msg 89056)
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From: JOELHEGBERG To: MITHELEN
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Paul,
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> I also do not think it is appropiate to limit the "online home" to one
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= Joel Mathew Hegberg M.O.T.D. Editor =
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= (JoelHegberg@delphi.com) 68'micros Columnist =
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= (JHegberg@aol.com) Sub-Etha Software Programmer =
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89114 5-AUG 23:25 General Information
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RE: New Conference(Ideas Welcome) (Re: Msg 89006)
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From: CPERRAULT To: JOELHEGBERG
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>>Possibly, and I'm pretty sure the OS9UG does not want to limit
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itself to one official online home.<<
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That is a good point. I didn't think of it that way. ONE official
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online homebase might be holding it back.
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future.<<
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Sounds great. Now I can concentrate on those other
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conferences<G>.
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>>I wouldn't expect them to be more frequent than monthly.<<
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That should be fine, unless we should, by freak of nature,
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experience an unstoppable surge of activity. ;-)
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See Ya
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89115 5-AUG 23:25 General Information
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RE: New Conference(Ideas Welcome) (Re: Msg 89009)
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From: CPERRAULT To: JEVESTAL
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>>I would be interested, but Sunday night is not my best night.
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How about a Monday or Wednesday night conf?<<
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I'm willing to switch to either Monday at 10:00 or Wednseday at
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9:00 if you all are. The only catch for me is, depending on what
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switch from Monday to Tuesday.
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Everyone, let me know what the best times are for you so I can
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figure out a good time. I'm trying to make it so I'm not up too late
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on work nights.
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89117 5-AUG 23:25 General Information
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RE: New Conference(Ideas Welcome) (Re: Msg 89031)
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From: CPERRAULT To: REVWCP
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>>I work on Sundays.....<<
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Why didn't I think of that? LOL
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Sounds like it might not be on Sunday afterall if everyone else
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89118 5-AUG 23:25 General Information
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RE: New Conference(Ideas Welcome) (Re: Msg 89051)
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From: CPERRAULT To: HAWKSOFT (NR)
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>>Would it be possible to work out a deal with Delphi (similar to
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Rainbows) where OS9UG members could join for free and maybe get a
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little better deal on connect time?<<
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I'm sure any deal similar to that is possible. Whether it
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feasable yet, is probably doubtfull. That would surely cost some money
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on the UG's part, and at this point the money that is
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available(probably not much) would be better spent on other things.
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I like the idea tho. If such an online home was established it
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would also be nice for the system to have a way of knowing whether or
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not you are a member, for cases where you want access to
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information/files that are available to members only.
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89052 3-AUG 20:11 OSK Applications
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RE: many (Re: Msg 88989)
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From: HAWKSOFT To: SROTTINGER
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Steve:
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> The CD-ROM drivers, do they also include a File manager to handle
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> ISO-9660 disks? I have thought about working on such a file manager
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> myself; however, I don't want to duplicate what has already been done.
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> I'd love to be able to take some off the shelf CDs, and use them with my
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No, the drivers from Dirt Cheap use the rbf file manager. This means that
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you must use custom programs to copy files, read directorys, and such. David
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Graham <NIMITZ here> posted a message that he had someone working on a real
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file manager for CD's. I don't remember who it was, but, my hand went up
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immeadiatly for beta-testing!!!
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:-> :-> :-> :-> :-> :-> :-> Chris "HAWKSoft" <-: <-: <-: <-: <-: <-: <-:
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89058 3-AUG 20:54 OSK Applications
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RE: many (Re: Msg 89052)
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From: WDTV5 To: HAWKSOFT
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Yeah, so did mine! I have (sorta its being repaired/replaced) an NEC CDR-25
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that I'm going to use with the Amiga, but if the drivers were avail, I also
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could read it on the coco since I'm already scsi with the SC-II+4n1. So
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as I said, my mitt went up as a beta tester too. Now if the originator
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of that rumor is copying the mail, maybe we'll get it going. I'd love it!
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89072 4-AUG 01:34 OSK Applications
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RE: many (Re: Msg 89058)
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From: NIMITZ To: WDTV5 (NR)
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Rumor? We don't need no stinkin' RUMORS!
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Ray Patterson of Patterson Electronics is working on CD file manager stuff, for
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weekend and make an offer on Mark's remaining MM/1 stock and his machine.
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89108 5-AUG 21:54 OSK Applications
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RE: many (Re: Msg 89072)
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From: HAWKSOFT To: NIMITZ (NR)
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Hi David!
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> Rumor? We don't need no stinkin' RUMORS!
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if I can offer any assistance, have Ray contact me (or vice-versa). I have
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Delphi: HAWKSOFT Internet: HAWKSOFT@DELPHI.COM
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89053 3-AUG 20:36 Programmers Den
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RE: shareware stuffs (Re: Msg 89029)
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From: WDTV5 To: WA2EGP
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Given there is a 'back EMF', but under steady state conditions, non-measurable.
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Thats why I alluded to the AC circuit and impedances. However, since its
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readily apparent that you studied the subject at l;least as well as I have,
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is it because there's more $$ in biology or what? My background is a story
|
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to repeat (ad nauseum). I had an alchoholic old uncle who made his beer $
|
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by fixing the "all american 5 tubers". He had a list on the wall that told
|
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him to change this if it did that. When I (at 6-7 years old) asked what
|
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|
was wrong with the parts he changed, he couldn't tell me. I wanted to know,
|
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|
and thats the story of how I got into electronics with an 8th grade
|
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|
education! I've never stopped sticking my nose into things to see how they
|
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work. My nose has been replaced with a 100 mhz dual trace scope, but not
|
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much else has changed in the past 50 years except the steady march of
|
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progress. While I use all kinds of "smart sand", and I've taken a mail
|
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course or two on how its made, the fact that what is basicly sand can
|
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actually do these things is still a case of wonderment to me at times.
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But then, as I said, my reading is eclectic, and some of the stuffs I read
|
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in the biological field are equally amazing. Cheers, Gene Heskett
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89061 3-AUG 22:57 Programmers Den
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RE: shareware stuffs (Re: Msg 89053)
|
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|
From: WA2EGP To: WDTV5
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|
Well, the reason I got a degree in bio was that 1. I was better in it in HS
|
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than chem 2. I was never exposed to physics in HS. My old man was a ham radio
|
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|
operator from "way-back" but due to reasons I choose not to make public, I
|
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|
wasn't interested in electronics at that time. When I hit college, I had to
|
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take physics and the professor was so bad, he and the course made no sense.
|
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|
(Note: If I had it in HS, I would have survived quite nicely) My HS did not
|
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prepare me for college at all. I retook the course with the head of the
|
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department and aced it. The original prof I had got canned. Never really got
|
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into it because of the way calculus was treated by the math dept.....no
|
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|
applications! (Newton was spinning in his grave.) The only thing that kept me
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going was the ham radio, which I got into after the old man died. Geez....I
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|
even got jobs based on what I learned from that hobby. Got into computers from
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picking up an old 8080 at RS and then tried to build a machine to use it.
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|
Even got it to work (once). Moved from one machine to another (all orphaned)
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until OSK. Been fun. One thing though, I've learned more teaching the
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subjects I teach than I ever learned in school. I pick up a lot in reading
|
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but the darn job gets in the way! Too bad I'm too numerant to buy lottery
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tickets. Then I could really have the time....
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89062 3-AUG 22:59 Programmers Den
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RE: shareware stuffs (Re: Msg 89043)
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From: WA2EGP To: COCOKIWI
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|
Sounds like your cable company has VERY leaky cables. (Probably a bad hook up
|
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at a neighbor's house) At least the good stuff is leaking in.
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89068 3-AUG 23:30 Programmers Den
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RE: shareware stuffs (Re: Msg 89062)
|
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|
From: COCOKIWI To: WA2EGP
|
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|
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|
I have seen Others like it! all over! MOST tv,s on the market right now,STINK.
|
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|
their TV input lines are so prone to outside stuff......even Hams have fun!
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<GRIN>Dennis
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89071 4-AUG 00:06 Programmers Den
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RE: shareware stuffs (Re: Msg 89061)
|
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From: WDTV5 To: WA2EGP
|
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Lotery? nah. I don't think I've put more than a $20 bill in it since they made
|
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it legal here and there years ago. Like you, I know who really makes the $ on
|
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it,
|
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and it darned sure isn't you or I. And as to the comments re the HS physics
|
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|
stuffs (and teachers) I have to agree! I conned them into letting me sit in on
|
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|
the senior class when I was in the 8th grade. Lasted about a month, till the
|
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|
teach got Newtons 3rd wrong and I called him on it. Got expelled for 3 days
|
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|
even if I was right! That was just one reason I gave up on "formal" schooling
|
||
|
lo, these many years ago. They ahd taught me how to read (but not how to spell
|
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|
on a $#@%& qwerty keyboard) at around 500 per, with enough phonics to take it
|
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|
from there. So I did. Gee I wish they were still teaching phonics in schools
|
||
|
now.
|
||
|
I'm constantly amazed at the simple words children see in the paper on a daily
|
||
|
basis that, because they have no foundation in phonics, is total gibberish to
|
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|
them! And of course, they are now in the paper business and can't spell the
|
||
|
flippin headline right, let alone the text! Frankly it makes me want to run for
|
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|
the school board, but then I find that there is so much federal meddling in the
|
||
|
"approved" curriculums that we'ed all have to cover wash in hot dirt to actually
|
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|
|
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|
make any worthwhile changes. My wife is a teacher too, and I can tell you that
|
||
|
the biggest problem in the school classroom today isn't curriculum, its
|
||
|
discipline!
|
||
|
The inability of the teacher to maintain order in the classroom is because there
|
||
|
|
||
|
are no tools left for them to use to establish order in a dis-orderly class.
|
||
|
She has even been "on report" for yelling back at a kid who was busy useing
|
||
|
the whole library of 4 letter words on her! I could go on, but I'm sure the rest
|
||
|
|
||
|
of the teachers here can fill in their own horror stories.
|
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|
Cheers - Gene
|
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|
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89074 4-AUG 03:24 Programmers Den
|
||
|
RE: shareware stuffs (Re: Msg 89071)
|
||
|
From: MMCCLELLAND To: WDTV5 (NR)
|
||
|
|
||
|
Hey! I see that you're interested in electronics. Question: Do you make PC
|
||
|
boards? What method(s) do you use? I ask because I am compiling a document on
|
||
|
making boards, and I need more input. Thanks!
|
||
|
|
||
|
-=Mark=- (KE6JKS)
|
||
|
Delphi:MMCCLELLAND
|
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|
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|
89088 4-AUG 23:19 Programmers Den
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RE: shareware stuffs (Re: Msg 89071)
|
||
|
From: WA2EGP To: WDTV5 (NR)
|
||
|
|
||
|
Agreed on the teachers' stories. Actually is not discipline but actually
|
||
|
allowing the teacher to do their job without some one sticking their nose in
|
||
|
and removing the teacher's authority. The kids see that as a license to play
|
||
|
since the teacher can't do anything because they will be sitting outside the
|
||
|
principal's office.
|
||
|
As far as lotteries go, I played once. Didn't win so I stopped. Actually
|
||
|
I've found shareware kind of a lottery. (Some one had to get back to the
|
||
|
thread.) The times I have sent in money, most of the promised support was
|
||
|
vaporware. Checks were cashed but no manuals, or upgrades, or bug warnings
|
||
|
were received. Now this is not every one that I "registered" but enough to
|
||
|
make me a little skeptical when I see all the nice promises. That was all in
|
||
|
the DOG world. I have not gotten to looking at all the programs that I have
|
||
|
d/l'ed for OSK. I do have to send in some bucks for some that are pretty good
|
||
|
eventhough I haven't used them much. I will admit that in some cases I have
|
||
|
slacked off in that area. So many programs...so few time slices. (grin)
|
||
|
|
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|
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|
||
|
|
||
|
89097 5-AUG 05:39 Programmers Den
|
||
|
RE: shareware stuffs (Re: Msg 89043)
|
||
|
From: BROWN80 To: COCOKIWI
|
||
|
|
||
|
Have you called their repair service. Most cable companies will want to
|
||
|
leaks in their systems because the FCC is getting very picky about it.
|
||
|
Usually this will be bad outlet wiring, a bad drop or a crack in the dis-
|
||
|
tribution lines. Call them up and if they don't fix it call them again.
|
||
|
I should warn you though that every once in a while the TV will be at fault.
|
||
|
Some TV's have inadequit (sp) shielding and there is nothing the cable company
|
||
|
can do about that. If that is the problem they should be able to bring in a
|
||
|
test set and show you that it is a TV problem and not the cable.
|
||
|
|
||
|
|
||
|
John Brown
|
||
|
|
||
|
-*-
|
||
|
|
||
|
89122 6-AUG 00:22 Programmers Den
|
||
|
RE: shareware stuffs (Re: Msg 89097)
|
||
|
From: COCOKIWI To: BROWN80 (NR)
|
||
|
|
||
|
it is the tv....problem is the signal is very strong here.....and itworks fine
|
||
|
with the VCR<better screening>......the other tv in the house is the same..
|
||
|
it creeps in via the link between the two..There was NO problem BEFORE they
|
||
|
switched the stations around! they moved 13 to 41......and 20 to 13...
|
||
|
The problem can be fixed if THE CABLE CO ...Switched 13 back to 13.....
|
||
|
Channel 13 here can be recieved with rabbit ears or ones finger!on the back
|
||
|
terminals..
|
||
|
Dennis
|
||
|
|
||
|
-*-
|
||
|
|
||
|
End of Thread.
|
||
|
|
||
|
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|
||
|
|
||
|
89054 3-AUG 20:40 General Information
|
||
|
RE: lotus1-2-3 files on os9 (Re: Msg 89028)
|
||
|
From: MRGOOD To: MDALENE
|
||
|
|
||
|
As far as I know, SYLK was a Microsoft standard. In all my years
|
||
|
of using Lotus 123, I've never seen mention of SYLK either in the manuals
|
||
|
or on the online help system.
|
||
|
|
||
|
Hugo
|
||
|
|
||
|
-*-
|
||
|
|
||
|
89083 4-AUG 19:20 General Information
|
||
|
RE: lotus1-2-3 files on os9 (Re: Msg 89054)
|
||
|
From: MDALENE To: MRGOOD (NR)
|
||
|
|
||
|
>As far as I know, SYLK was a Microsoft standard. In all my years
|
||
|
>of using Lotus 123, I've never seen mention of SYLK either in the manuals
|
||
|
>or on the online help system.
|
||
|
Maybe, but it would not hurt if that person did try it. I think Lotus
|
||
|
does use it. it is a "standard" at worst all he will have is a garbled
|
||
|
output file. at best, he may be able to process the work sheets.
|
||
|
Michele Marie Dalene
|
||
|
|
||
|
-*-
|
||
|
|
||
|
End of Thread.
|
||
|
|
||
|
-*-
|
||
|
|
||
|
89057 3-AUG 20:50 General Information
|
||
|
RE: rma assembly language (Re: Msg 89045)
|
||
|
From: WDTV5 To: ALAIN1155
|
||
|
|
||
|
hehe, thats the Relocating Macro Assembler, part of the level 2 upgrade
|
||
|
to the C compiler. Most folks let the rest of the compiler feed it. The
|
||
|
book that come with is accurate, if awfuly concise to the point of not
|
||
|
telling you everything of the minutae. Basicly what it does is to take
|
||
|
the output of either C.Pass2 or C.Opt, and translate that "assembly"
|
||
|
source codes nemonics into machine code the cpu understands. However,
|
||
|
the resultant code is not yet executable because it still needs to be
|
||
|
"linked" with the startup front end, and any librarys it uses. This is
|
||
|
why most run it as part of the C compiler itself. That makes about 90%
|
||
|
of all the housekeeping automatic. The corresponding linker which was
|
||
|
originally called "c.link" is now called "r.link" and you'll find it on
|
||
|
the same disk. There are "aftermarket" replacements for the compilers
|
||
|
executive program "cc2" which have those name conversions already done,
|
||
|
or you can just rename them to the older name as long as the old files
|
||
|
aren't around in the same path.
|
||
|
Cheers, gene
|
||
|
|
||
|
-*-
|
||
|
|
||
|
89076 4-AUG 05:21 General Information
|
||
|
RE: rma assembly language (Re: Msg 89057)
|
||
|
From: ALAIN1155 To: WDTV5 (NR)
|
||
|
|
||
|
OK, but when to enter a machine language program and then try to use RMA to
|
||
|
assemble it, i always get bad mnemonics errors even thought i copied the
|
||
|
original codes as is. Therefore i cannot continue with r.link to finish the
|
||
|
process. Also what is the use o
|
||
|
f the DEFS files
|
||
|
|
||
|
Alain
|
||
|
|
||
|
-*-
|
||
|
|
||
|
End of Thread.
|
||
|
|
||
|
-*-
|
||
|
|
||
|
89059 3-AUG 21:39 Telecom (6809)
|
||
|
RE: 9600 Baud (Re: Msg 89023)
|
||
|
From: WDTV5 To: KENTMH
|
||
|
|
||
|
Humm, that sure sounds like a clock problem. And we are infamous for that!
|
||
|
Whats occuring is a loss of the ability to recognize an interrupt from the
|
||
|
rs-232 pack. It can occur from several causes. The first, and easiest for
|
||
|
non-solderers to handle is to get the latest clock module for your system.
|
||
|
Unforch, we have at least 4xvendors solutions to the problem, and only the
|
||
|
one thasts right for your system will work. Furinstance, I've had a hardware
|
||
|
clock with battery backup so long I tend to forget there are those who still
|
||
|
have to set the clock time/date at bootup. And I'm inclined to think that
|
||
|
the jumper mod in the multipack is still a given. Thats where you pull the
|
||
|
pcb out of the mpi, uncover the bottom, locate pin 8 on all the sockets
|
||
|
for the plugins, and solder a jumper across the bottom connecting all pin
|
||
|
8's together. Some eeven jumper the slot switch, or jumper it all the way
|
||
|
to the edge connector where it plugs into the coco. With the long term
|
||
|
dependability of that cheep slide switch, thats not too bad an idea, but I
|
||
|
did not do mine that way, and I only think its hurt me once in 8-9 years.
|
||
|
What happened is that the clock as written for the normal distribution
|
||
|
os9, doesn't properly reset the Gime chips internal registers. This bug,
|
||
|
if you want to call it that, effectivly prevents comm progs from running
|
||
|
above 600 baud reliably. With the fixed clocks, that gime toggle is
|
||
|
handled correctly, and no data is lost even at 9600-14,000 rates. The mpi
|
||
|
fix can be required also depending on the software configuration required
|
||
|
to match your exact hardware. I wouldn't think of try it without it here.
|
||
|
But then, I'm full and wish the mpi had at least 4 MORE slots!
|
||
|
Anyway, if you can find the package of clocks in the database that contains
|
||
|
the phrase "ed9", by Eddie Kuhns, thats the best place to start. If you're
|
||
|
running a native mode system, then that clock for your system will still need
|
||
|
to be converted to run in the native mode. In the unlikely event you are
|
||
|
native, and a Disto SC-II + 4n1 user, then theres a clock I converted
|
||
|
here in the database too. I hope this information is helpfull.
|
||
|
Cheers, Gene - I'll be offline for the next 2-3 weeks, vacation and all that.
|
||
|
|
||
|
-*-
|
||
|
|
||
|
89060 3-AUG 22:14 Telecom (6809)
|
||
|
RE: 9600 Baud (Re: Msg 89059)
|
||
|
From: REVWCP To: WDTV5
|
||
|
|
||
|
Dear Gene:
|
||
|
As a native Disto SC-II/4-in-1 user...thanks for the clock. Leave it to
|
||
|
me to fit the unlikely event catagory...............
|
||
|
Del *.txt*
|
||
|
(oops wrong macro)
|
||
|
With all best wishes,
|
||
|
Brother Jeremy, CSJW
|
||
|
OS9 User's Group Treasurer
|
||
|
|
||
|
-*-
|
||
|
|
||
|
89070 3-AUG 23:52 Telecom (6809)
|
||
|
RE: 9600 Baud (Re: Msg 89060)
|
||
|
From: WDTV5 To: REVWCP
|
||
|
|
||
|
You are welcome Brother Jeremy! While I'm not an "official" member of the
|
||
|
users group, let me add my .02$ worth and say that the huge majority of the
|
||
|
users left, ARE here on delphi. Why not make it the official home of the
|
||
|
users group?
|
||
|
Cheers - Gene
|
||
|
|
||
|
-*-
|
||
|
|
||
|
End of Thread.
|
||
|
|
||
|
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|
||
|
|
||
|
89063 3-AUG 23:12 General Information
|
||
|
A little tale...
|
||
|
From: MARTYGOODMAN To: ALL
|
||
|
|
||
|
|
||
|
> > A pilot's flying a small, single-engined charter plane with a
|
||
|
> > couple of really important execs on board. He's coming into
|
||
|
> > Seattle airport, only there is a thick fog, less than 10ft of
|
||
|
> > visibility, and his instruments are out. So he circles around
|
||
|
> > looking for a landmark. After an hour or so, he's pretty low on
|
||
|
> > fuel and the passengers are getting very nervous. At last, in a
|
||
|
> > small opening in the fog, he sees a tall building with one guy
|
||
|
> > working alone on the fifth floor.
|
||
|
> >
|
||
|
> > The pilot banks the plane around and winds down the window and
|
||
|
> > shouts to the guy, "Hi! Where am I?", to which the solitary
|
||
|
> > office worker replies, "You're in a plane". The pilot winds up
|
||
|
> > the window, executes a 275 degree turn and proceeds to execute a
|
||
|
> > perfect blind landing on the runway of the airport 5 miles away.
|
||
|
> > Just as the plane stops, so does the engine as the fuel has run
|
||
|
> > out.
|
||
|
> >
|
||
|
> > The passengers are amazed and one asks how he did it. "Simple,"
|
||
|
> > replies the pilot, "I asked the guy in the building a simple
|
||
|
> > question. The answer he gave me was 100 percent correct, but
|
||
|
> > absolutely useless; therefore, that must be Microsoft's Support
|
||
|
> > Office and from there the airport is just 5 miles away on a
|
||
|
> > course of 87 degrees! Any questions?"
|
||
|
------- end -------
|
||
|
|
||
|
-*-
|
||
|
|
||
|
89065 3-AUG 23:20 General Information
|
||
|
RE: A little tale... (Re: Msg 89063)
|
||
|
From: WA2EGP To: MARTYGOODMAN (NR)
|
||
|
|
||
|
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA...thump (fell outta my chair).
|
||
|
That's better than the one someone told me (and I can't vouch for its truth)
|
||
|
about a business that wanted a cheap file server, so they got a CoCo III.
|
||
|
Unforch the Intel machines couldn't keep up with it(!). BTW, with a little
|
||
|
modification, that story could read Tandy's Support Office....
|
||
|
|
||
|
-*-
|
||
|
|
||
|
89091 5-AUG 01:17 General Information
|
||
|
RE: A little tale... (Re: Msg 89063)
|
||
|
From: JOELHEGBERG To: MARTYGOODMAN (NR)
|
||
|
|
||
|
Another very funny story, Marty!
|
||
|
|
||
|
|
||
|
===========================================================================
|
||
|
= Joel Mathew Hegberg M.O.T.D. Editor =
|
||
|
= (JoelHegberg@delphi.com) 68'micros Columnist =
|
||
|
= (JHegberg@aol.com) Sub-Etha Software Programmer =
|
||
|
===========================================================================
|
||
|
|
||
|
|
||
|
-*-
|
||
|
|
||
|
End of Thread.
|
||
|
|
||
|
-*-
|
||
|
|
||
|
89066 3-AUG 23:26 General Information
|
||
|
Book
|
||
|
From: NEWKID To: ALL
|
||
|
|
||
|
|
||
|
I hope I'm not too late. I have good news for everyone interested in obtaining
|
||
|
The C Programing Language by Kernighan & Ritchie.
|
||
|
|
||
|
Remember these numbers. ISBN 0-13-110163-3 (800) 947-7700
|
||
|
|
||
|
Prentice Hall Publishing has the book in stock. Credit cards orders are
|
||
|
accepted.
|
||
|
|
||
|
James
|
||
|
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|
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|
||
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||
|
89069 3-AUG 23:41 OSK Applications
|
||
|
RE: Ghostscript (Re: Msg 89032)
|
||
|
From: JOHNREED To: KSCALES
|
||
|
|
||
|
>
|
||
|
> It took about 11 minutes per page, but the quality on my Citizen GSX-140+
|
||
|
> was excellent! (I was using the "epsonc" driver, just in case there was
|
||
|
> some colour in the files, but there wasn't. I also have a basic ATM
|
||
|
> font set. On my 68070...)
|
||
|
>
|
||
|
> Many thanks for all of the effort you have invested in porting this
|
||
|
> package. Now I just have to convince Darleen that I really do need
|
||
|
> more MIPS, more than we need that new chesterfield...
|
||
|
>
|
||
|
|
||
|
Glad you like it, Ken. I've learned a lot about "C", the GNU GCC
|
||
|
compiler, and PostScript on that project.
|
||
|
|
||
|
BTW, for a quicker check for color in a PostScript
|
||
|
file, use the kwindows driver in the gs2 program. It does color.
|
||
|
Try the "escher.ps" demo in the "gslib" archive for a neat bunch
|
||
|
of multicolor interlocked butterflies.
|
||
|
|
||
|
********************************
|
||
|
A stitch in time --------------------
|
||
|
------ is worth two in the bush
|
||
|
|
||
|
John R. Wainwright <<CIS -- 72517,676>> <<DELPHI -- JOHNREED>>
|
||
|
|
||
|
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|
||
|
|
||
|
89073 4-AUG 01:55 OSK Applications
|
||
|
RE: Ghostscript (Re: Msg 89069)
|
||
|
From: LARRYOLSON To: JOHNREED
|
||
|
|
||
|
|
||
|
John,
|
||
|
I too would like to thank you for all your work on getting
|
||
|
Ghostscript working on the MM/1.
|
||
|
I was able to get it working with this hp550c printer, and the
|
||
|
escher.ps & tiger.ps pictures printed out beautifully.
|
||
|
|
||
|
I just wish there was one more program added to Ghostscript,
|
||
|
something that would let me convert Gif's or other picture files, to
|
||
|
a Postscript .ps file which I could then print out.
|
||
|
|
||
|
This would sure save me a bunch of the head scratching that I'm
|
||
|
doing now, in trying to write a screen printer program.
|
||
|
|
||
|
larry
|
||
|
----- Larry Olson -----
|
||
|
|
||
|
-*-
|
||
|
|
||
|
End of Thread.
|
||
|
|
||
|
-*-
|
||
|
|
||
|
89075 4-AUG 03:43 Telecom (6809)
|
||
|
Need more speed!
|
||
|
From: MMCCLELLAND To: ALL
|
||
|
|
||
|
Can anybody out there please tell me how to use higher speeds than 4800 baud
|
||
|
under OS9? Right now I am using a converted DC Modem Pak with Sacia at 4800
|
||
|
I can't seem to get reliable operation at 9600 baud w/ this combo, though. I
|
||
|
assume that the problem is that I don't have hardware handshaking. I would use
|
||
|
a better RS-232 device, but none of them ever worked properly. Any help will be
|
||
|
greatly appreciated!
|
||
|
|
||
|
-=Mark=- (KE6JKS)
|
||
|
Delphi:MMCCLELLAND
|
||
|
|
||
|
-*-
|
||
|
|
||
|
89084 4-AUG 21:00 Telecom (6809)
|
||
|
RE: Need more speed! (Re: Msg 89075)
|
||
|
From: MIKE_GUZZI To: MMCCLELLAND
|
||
|
|
||
|
I use two modems at 9600 baud with 100% reliability. i couldn't get more
|
||
|
then 4800 baud with sacia until i got nitros-9. i had even tried other
|
||
|
drivers but no luck. hardware handshaking is not required for 9600 baud.
|
||
|
I have been using two modems at 9600 baud (sometimes both running at the same
|
||
|
time!) without a problem
|
||
|
|
||
|
Mike
|
||
|
|
||
|
-*-
|
||
|
|
||
|
89089 5-AUG 00:22 Telecom (6809)
|
||
|
RE: Need more speed! (Re: Msg 89084)
|
||
|
From: CHARLESAM To: MIKE_GUZZI (NR)
|
||
|
|
||
|
Mike, just what exactly is your hardware setup? Modem? RS232? I'd like to try
|
||
|
that next(9600). I already have my system Nitros-9ed. Thanx Charlie
|
||
|
|
||
|
-*-
|
||
|
|
||
|
89093 5-AUG 05:11 Telecom (6809)
|
||
|
RE: Need more speed! (Re: Msg 89084)
|
||
|
From: MMCCLELLAND To: MIKE_GUZZI (NR)
|
||
|
|
||
|
Nitros-9? Where can I get that? BTW, what RS-232 interface are you using?
|
||
|
|
||
|
-=Mark=- (KE6JKS)
|
||
|
Delphi:MMCCLELLAND
|
||
|
|
||
|
-*-
|
||
|
|
||
|
89105 5-AUG 21:42 Telecom (6809)
|
||
|
RE: Need more speed! (Re: Msg 89075)
|
||
|
From: ISC To: MMCCLELLAND
|
||
|
|
||
|
Mac,
|
||
|
|
||
|
One of the best RS-232 devices I have found is the RS-232 pak from
|
||
|
CoNect. You can reach Rick Ulland who makes and sells it through
|
||
|
REVCWP here. It can drive long cables and has all socketted chips.
|
||
|
It also supports all handshaking signals.
|
||
|
|
||
|
Bill
|
||
|
|
||
|
-*-
|
||
|
|
||
|
89109 5-AUG 22:17 Telecom (6809)
|
||
|
RE: Need more speed! (Re: Msg 89093)
|
||
|
From: KSCALES To: MMCCLELLAND
|
||
|
|
||
|
> Nitros-9? Where can I get that? BTW, what RS-232 interface are you using?
|
||
|
|
||
|
Mark, sales of NitrOS-9 are currently "on hold", pending release of
|
||
|
the upcoming new release (v1.20), slated for later this month. The authors
|
||
|
are madly working at putting together a new package, incorporating a lot
|
||
|
of the feedback they got from users at the Chicago Fest. (Yes, the RBF
|
||
|
compatibility problem with 'lha' is fixed, amongst other things. And a
|
||
|
totally different approach to installation.)
|
||
|
|
||
|
Distribution arrangements for the new version are still being arranged,
|
||
|
but Northern Xposure will definitely be involved.
|
||
|
|
||
|
Contact Colin McKay through Internet at:
|
||
|
cmckay@northx.isis.org (IN%"cmckay@northx.isis.org" from Delphi)
|
||
|
|
||
|
Or: Northern Xposure
|
||
|
7 Greenboro Crescent
|
||
|
Ottawa, Ontario
|
||
|
Canada
|
||
|
K1T 1W6
|
||
|
613-736-0329
|
||
|
|
||
|
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
|
Ken Scales Delphi:KSCALES Internet:kscales@delphi.com CIS:74646,2237
|
||
|
-- Composed with KVed/Ved and uploaded with InfoXpress --
|
||
|
|
||
|
-*-
|
||
|
|
||
|
89110 5-AUG 22:19 Telecom (6809)
|
||
|
RE: Need more speed! (Re: Msg 89105)
|
||
|
From: REVWCP To: ISC
|
||
|
|
||
|
Dear Bill:
|
||
|
I agree about the CoNect RS-232 pak. Rick built a good piece of hardware
|
||
|
and it received this monk's 5 cross rating...
|
||
|
With all best wishes,
|
||
|
Brother Jeremy, CSJW
|
||
|
OS9 User Group Treasurer
|
||
|
|
||
|
-*-
|
||
|
|
||
|
End of Thread.
|
||
|
|
||
|
-*-
|
||
|
|
||
|
89077 4-AUG 05:26 General Information
|
||
|
multivue
|
||
|
From: ALAIN1155 To: ALL
|
||
|
|
||
|
Does anyone knows if it is possible to patch multivue so that a direccally
|
||
|
appearing on boot up
|
||
|
|
||
|
Alain
|
||
|
|
||
|
-*-
|
||
|
|
||
|
89082 4-AUG 18:57 General Information
|
||
|
RE: multivue (Re: Msg 89077)
|
||
|
From: PHILSCHERER To: ALAIN1155
|
||
|
|
||
|
Hi Alain--I used to do that and I think if you can run MV from your HD, then
|
||
|
you can put the same command as the last one in your startup file and you
|
||
|
should be there. Hope I remember right. <G> <Phil>
|
||
|
|
||
|
-*-
|
||
|
|
||
|
89094 5-AUG 05:16 General Information
|
||
|
RE: multivue (Re: Msg 89082)
|
||
|
From: ALAIN1155 To: PHILSCHERER
|
||
|
|
||
|
Do not have a HD. Tried it but did not work. looks like startup ignores it
|
||
|
|
||
|
-*-
|
||
|
|
||
|
89102 5-AUG 18:48 General Information
|
||
|
RE: multivue (Re: Msg 89094)
|
||
|
From: PHILSCHERER To: ALAIN1155 (NR)
|
||
|
|
||
|
Do you have a program module called autoex in your CMDS? <Phil>
|
||
|
|
||
|
-*-
|
||
|
|
||
|
End of Thread.
|
||
|
|
||
|
-*-
|
||
|
|
||
|
89087 4-AUG 21:54 General Information
|
||
|
RE: OS-9 Patches for the Coco III (Re: Msg 89040)
|
||
|
From: DSRTFOX To: ISC
|
||
|
|
||
|
Bill, from the survey results I recently got back, you're about the
|
||
|
"typical" CoCo user.... using a combination of OS-9 and DECB apps, and
|
||
|
a DOS or other box for heavier work. I do the same, using Dynacalc for my
|
||
|
business records, DML9 for mail labels (both OS-9), Simply Better for text
|
||
|
processing and billing, and UltimaTerm for telecom. I d/l with that then use
|
||
|
the RSDOS command to transfer the files to OS-9 with never a problem. Keeps
|
||
|
me from having an MPI also!!
|
||
|
Then, of course, I do al the DTP work on a 486DX/50....
|
||
|
|
||
|
-*-
|
||
|
|
||
|
89104 5-AUG 21:21 General Information
|
||
|
RE: OS-9 Patches for the Coco III (Re: Msg 89087)
|
||
|
From: ISC To: DSRTFOX (NR)
|
||
|
|
||
|
Frank,
|
||
|
|
||
|
from here in OS9 as well as Dynastar which I have seldom used. I also use
|
||
|
WPShel from Colorsystems. On the RSB side I have Max-10, Simply Better
|
||
|
and Word Power 3.3 of which I use Max-10 the most, but I also have MYED,
|
||
|
Quikword and CC3Write from here. I use the no-halt controller from
|
||
|
Disto for my floppies, so Ultimaterm gives me trouble. So does
|
||
|
Word Power 3.3. I like the RTC though, so, it's a minor inconvenience.
|
||
|
I am still looking for a good terminal program for OS-9 which is vt100
|
||
|
compatible and has all of the file transfer protocols like Supercomm
|
||
|
does. I have an old-style MPI on which I have strapped all of the
|
||
|
pin 8 connections and an old Packard/Bell 2400 baud modem running to
|
||
|
a CoNect RS-232C pak.
|
||
|
|
||
|
I have a P5 Pentium 60 mhz box on order with soundblaster, CD/ROM
|
||
|
and tape backup on order.
|
||
|
542 MB hard drive & 8 MB of memory. Probably will dim the house
|
||
|
lights when I plug in that power strip.
|
||
|
|
||
|
|
||
|
Bill
|
||
|
|
||
|
-*-
|
||
|
|
||
|
89106 5-AUG 21:45 General Information
|
||
|
RE: OS-9 Patches for the Coco III (Re: Msg 89087)
|
||
|
From: ISC To: DSRTFOX (NR)
|
||
|
|
||
|
Frank,
|
||
|
|
||
|
That first line from my previous message should read: "I have VED from
|
||
|
Bob van der Poel, WPShel from Colorsystems, Dynastar which I seldom use
|
||
|
and sled and ed from here for OS-9.
|
||
|
|
||
|
Bill
|
||
|
|
||
|
-*-
|
||
|
|
||
|
89130 6-AUG 16:54 General Information
|
||
|
RE: OS-9 Patches for the Coco III (Re: Msg 88994)
|
||
|
From: DBREEDING To: MIKE_GUZZI (NR)
|
||
|
|
||
|
> I have debated switching to
|
||
|
> another system but i just don't see one out there that can do the smooth
|
||
|
> multitasking os9 does. Even the newest IBM machines just don't do it
|
||
|
> right. Ive seen 486 systems bogged down running three programs.
|
||
|
|
||
|
Yes, I went throught the same process, I did get an OSK system, but still
|
||
|
use my coco.
|
||
|
|
||
|
Actually, the coco can multitask more smoothly than a rather high-end MS-Dos
|
||
|
system. As an example, I log into a local BBS. It is operating a 486-40,
|
||
|
I believe. I have no problem knowing when the Sysop is doing something.
|
||
|
I will type 5 or so letters sometimes before they come back to me. Really
|
||
|
spurty.
|
||
|
|
||
|
When you think of the quality of OS9, or OSK, unless you truly need the
|
||
|
compatibility, you can't go wrong staying with it.
|
||
|
|
||
|
-- David Breeding --
|
||
|
CompuServe : 72330,2051
|
||
|
Delphi : DBREEDING
|
||
|
|
||
|
*** Sent via CoCo-InfoXpress V1.01 ***
|
||
|
^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^
|
||
|
|
||
|
-*-
|
||
|
|
||
|
End of Thread.
|
||
|
|
||
|
-*-
|
||
|
|
||
|
89092 5-AUG 02:09 System Modules (6809)
|
||
|
RE: Smartwatch / Ken-ton Clock (Re: Msg 88970)
|
||
|
From: BILL32H To: [ (NR)
|
||
|
|
||
|
Let me see if I can make things more clear. I have:
|
||
|
lr-tech (owl w/ 24 pin clock chip (("ST" MK48T02B-20)) (FF74 - FF7F)
|
||
|
clock (FF70)
|
||
|
Disto SC-II (28 pin rom ((cc3disk.alt)) (FF58 - FF5F)
|
||
|
Standard But fixed /t2 (FF68 FF6B)
|
||
|
Straped MPI
|
||
|
6309
|
||
|
1 meg
|
||
|
The problem is that the lr-tech clock chip is run down.So I put a battery
|
||
|
on the stupid thing now it runs at about 1/20th its normal speed ( Wrong
|
||
|
battery from other chip) .
|
||
|
Owl has the correct chip but it is OLD (I don't trust the battery).SO I
|
||
|
need one of two things (Unless someone else has an idea).
|
||
|
1: A source for the above mentioned clock chip
|
||
|
2: A way to use a smartwatch with sc-ii and cc3disk.alt (FF58 - FF5F)
|
||
|
|
||
|
|
||
|
Bill32h
|
||
|
|
||
|
-*-
|
||
|
|
||
|
89123 6-AUG 00:31 System Modules (6809)
|
||
|
RE: Smartwatch / Ken-ton Clock (Re: Msg 89092)
|
||
|
From: COCOKIWI To: BILL32H (NR)
|
||
|
|
||
|
there is a smartwatch for the Sc-II...I use one myself....also works with
|
||
|
ADOS-3 Extended......it is a double plug/socket..eprom plugs in top....one
|
||
|
problem crops up...the cover needs a hole cut in it,as the eprom and Smart
|
||
|
watch now are too high.....talk to ART..here ...Dennis <ps> also there
|
||
|
is an updated DISTO clock driver for the smartwatch in the database....
|
||
|
|
||
|
-*-
|
||
|
|
||
|
End of Thread.
|
||
|
|
||
|
-*-
|
||
|
|
||
|
89095 5-AUG 05:19 General Information
|
||
|
OS-9 Dev. Pack.
|
||
|
From: MMCCLELLAND To: ALL
|
||
|
|
||
|
Does anybody out there have an OS-9 Development Package that they are willing
|
||
|
to part with? I desperately need one!
|
||
|
|
||
|
-=Mark=- (KE6JKS)
|
||
|
Delphi:MMCCLELLAND
|
||
|
|
||
|
-*-
|
||
|
|
||
|
89100 5-AUG 07:11 General Information
|
||
|
RE: OS-9 Dev. Pack. (Re: Msg 89095)
|
||
|
From: MROWEN01 To: MMCCLELLAND
|
||
|
|
||
|
I don't have the Dev pack, but it's on my wish list. It's still available
|
||
|
from Radio Shack via the consumer mail #. Ask the store if you can look at
|
||
|
the consumer mail catalog. There has been a number posted here...I HAVE IT!
|
||
|
|
||
|
..Well this is the Express order line. It may get you there too. The number
|
||
|
is 1-800-321-3133. I don't have a catalog number. I ordered TS-spell back in
|
||
|
February for $11.54. The Dev pack may be pretty cheap these days too. If you
|
||
|
do order it, please leave a note to me here. Thata way others will have the
|
||
|
info. Tell them it's a CMC product when you call. That will notify them to
|
||
|
look in the consumer mail catalog (CMC). Hope this helps.
|
||
|
|
||
|
-Mike
|
||
|
|
||
|
-*-
|
||
|
|
||
|
End of Thread.
|
||
|
|
||
|
-*-
|
||
|
|
||
|
89096 5-AUG 05:20 General Information
|
||
|
sidewise and business software.
|
||
|
From: ALAIN1155 To: ALL
|
||
|
|
||
|
I am looking for a copy of the Sidewise software from Derringer along with
|
||
|
Computerware small business software. They used to have a payroll, account
|
||
|
receivable and account payable package.
|
||
|
|
||
|
Anyone willing to upload me a copy of thse or sell them to me are welcome to
|
||
|
respond
|
||
|
|
||
|
Alain
|
||
|
|
||
|
-*-
|
||
|
|
||
|
89098 5-AUG 06:57 General Information
|
||
|
RE: CD-i == Way Cool... (Re: Msg 88840)
|
||
|
From: MREGC To: BOISY
|
||
|
|
||
|
Boisy,
|
||
|
|
||
|
> Rebel Assault is "in the works" for CD-i!
|
||
|
|
||
|
I hate to be the bearer of bad news. I noticed your arrival in one of the
|
||
|
CD-i sigs on c-serve, but I believe you came in about 2-3 weeks too late for
|
||
|
the discussion on Rebel Assault. Apparently, for several reasons, the only
|
||
|
one of which that was detailed being that it wouldn't be ready for the
|
||
|
upcomming Christmas season, the CD-i DV version of RA has been shelved
|
||
|
"indefinitely". A LOT of people seemed unhappy about that. I really couldn't
|
||
|
understand why. The only time I've seen the game was at Winter CES in Vegas,
|
||
|
but I didn't think it was all that much. There must be much more to it than I
|
||
|
saw.
|
||
|
|
||
|
> I would *love* to see a CD-i disk with the old classic arcade games...
|
||
|
|
||
|
I've seen a few people mention this, and it always surprises me how
|
||
|
dedicated people are to those old games. If it would sell more players, I'd
|
||
|
be all for it. Actually, though, the 2 best old classic arcade games are
|
||
|
already on CD-i, Dragon's Lair and Space Ace! :) Frankly, I went to an arcade
|
||
|
here 2 years ago willing to buy their old beat up arcade Space Ace machine for
|
||
|
$700.00, so getting it on CD-i is like a dream, and all those other disks are
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just a bonus!
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You know its funny that I think this is probably the only CD-i discussion
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going on on Delphi. For awhile now I've been wondering why it doesn't have its
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own section here. Of course, its hard to beat C-Serve with several Philips
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people and a slew of CD-i developers online.
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..Eric...
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89101 5-AUG 07:18 General Information
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RE: CD-i == Way Cool... (Re: Msg 88890)
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From: MREGC To: PHXKEN (NR)
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Ken,
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> I rent one here in Phoenix at a used video game store...
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What store here rents CD-i players? I have heard that there were 2
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Blockbuster video stores that rent them, but I have no idea which 2 they're
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at.
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> They stated that the CD's were hard to find but I get mine at Incredible
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> Universe.
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That was true not so long ago, but since Incredible Universe came to town
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Best Buy has gotten better in their CD-i support, depending on which location
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you go to. Between the Superstition Springs and Scottsdale Pavillions locations
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I've found a considerable number of titles, plus the Scottsdale location now
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has the DV cartridge.
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> I have not yet seen the new cheaper Magnavox model...
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Service Merchandise on Southern is displaying it. In fact its the only
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model they stock.
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> Incredible Universe did not seem to have the Magnavox model...
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I was there this evening. They only had about 7 Philips 220's left. One
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of the pro-CD-i sales persons there told me they're selling about 2-3 per week.
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That is, compared to less than half as many 3DO players. (Did you notce they're
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offering 2 free disks just to get people to buy 3Do players?)
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> The CD-i seems to have 3 to 4 times the available software (than 3DO)...
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Either you haven't been there in awhile or you've been confused by the
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oversized 3DO software packaging. They've expanded the CD-i software area at
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the expense of area devoted to 3DO software. There are less than 15 3DO titles
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there, compared to at least 60-70 CD-i titles, (ok, maybe your 4 times figure
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is pretty close :) ).
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Incredible Universe does have it hands down for extent of CD-i support,
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but I would suggest looking into Best Buy a little more. You mentioned that
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you buy your disks from IU, but for the ones that are also available at Best
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Buy, Best Buy sells them for less, (and they were the people who were nice
|
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enough to extend me the considerable credit needed to get the 220, DV card and
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several titles!) :)
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..Eric...
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End of Thread.
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89099 5-AUG 07:00 General Information
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RE: Sears (Re: Msg 88871)
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From: MREGC To: BOISY
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> Well, I would be speaking to the manager about that.
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The Sears CD-i horror story doesn't surprise me at all. If I had to
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depend on my neighborhood sears for CD-i, I would never even give it a
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second look. Although it is usually running, the display is pitiful. They
|
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|
haven't updated their software list since 92. They don't even have titles
|
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out to test drive anymore.
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..Eric...
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89111 5-AUG 22:22 General Information
|
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RE: Review of Microsoft Windows 4.0 <gri (Re: Msg 88749)
|
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From: MODEL299 To: MARTYGOODMAN (NR)
|
||
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|
||
|
Not bad!! I saw a BBS tagline once that said "Dogs crawl under fences,
|
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|
software crawls under Windows !!!" I suspect this person was not a Windows
|
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supporter. Just a hunch!! -Mark-
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89126 6-AUG 03:03 General Information
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||
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RE: Review of Microsoft Windows 4.0 <gri (Re: Msg 89111)
|
||
|
From: WMBRADY To: GREGL (NR)
|
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|
||
|
'lo folks, just dropped by to see if OS9 was still active.
|
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|
||
|
I see Greg is here & Marty. Reminders of old times way back when.
|
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|
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|
-Bill Brady
|
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89128 6-AUG 09:37 General Information
|
||
|
RE: Review of Microsoft Windows 4.0 <gri (Re: Msg 89126)
|
||
|
From: PHILSCHERER To: WMBRADY (NR)
|
||
|
|
||
|
Hi Bill--Nice to hear from you. OS9 is very active so why not become a regular
|
||
|
again?
|
||
|
<Phil>
|
||
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|
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|
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|
||
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|
||
|
End of Thread.
|
||
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|
||
|
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|
||
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|
||
|
89116 5-AUG 23:25 Telecom (6809)
|
||
|
RE: VT100 emulation (Re: Msg 89011)
|
||
|
From: CPERRAULT To: JEVESTAL
|
||
|
|
||
|
>>But the program, vt100 does support vt100 and vt220 etc, but it
|
||
|
has no built-in features such as capture buffer ...<<
|
||
|
|
||
|
Yeah, like I (think) I said, it isn't a full fledged program like
|
||
|
SuperComm or KBcom, but is usuable<I have used it on Delphi a few
|
||
|
times myself>, and would imagine it can be a pretty good package when
|
||
|
combined with an autodialer and some transfer protocol programs. I
|
||
|
know it doesn't go a long way towards our new "Complete and
|
||
|
Userfriendly" trend, but does make a fun project :-) .
|
||
|
>Chris<
|
||
|
|
||
|
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|
||
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|
||
|
89119 5-AUG 23:25 General Information
|
||
|
Conference
|
||
|
From: CPERRAULT To: ALL
|
||
|
|
||
|
Ok, I am starting to get replies as to WHEN the conference(s)
|
||
|
should be held. Keep those coming(Thanks Jim and Bro. Jeremy). Now I
|
||
|
just need more input on WHAT kind of conferences you want to have. I'm
|
||
|
open to anything, including my own ideas :-) I need as much input as
|
||
|
possible.
|
||
|
>Chris<
|
||
|
|
||
|
-*-
|
||
|
|
||
|
89120 5-AUG 23:25 General Information
|
||
|
Old Monk, New Toy
|
||
|
From: REVWCP To: ALL
|
||
|
|
||
|
Dear friends:
|
||
|
Once again from the depths of the obscure equipment and
|
||
|
unknown hardware bin, I have managed to obtain an interesting
|
||
|
piece of practical peripherality. (Hold on it will probably get
|
||
|
worse.) I picked up an AVAL PKW 1000. Now what is an AVAL PKW
|
||
|
1000, you may ask? Go ahead, I'll wait while you ask. Funny you
|
||
|
should ask, it is a self-contained EPROM programmer. It has a
|
||
|
hex keyboard 0-F, and 8 commands keys:
|
||
|
|
||
|
LOD RST
|
||
|
ERS JOB
|
||
|
PRG -
|
||
|
CMP SET
|
||
|
|
||
|
on a control panel about the size of a calculator. It is labeled
|
||
|
a Pecker 10 Intelligent Programmer. To the right of the control
|
||
|
panel is a socket adapter, about 3x5 inches labeled FX-1. It has
|
||
|
a zero insertion force socket and will take either 24 or 28 pin
|
||
|
eproms. It lists that it can program 2716 up to 27C256 eproms.
|
||
|
The socket adapter is removable and other types of eproms could
|
||
|
be used with the appropriate adapter. There is a Parallel I/O
|
||
|
port connector and an RS-232 jack on the back.
|
||
|
|
||
|
Overall, the unit is about one foot square and about 2-3 inches
|
||
|
deep. It plugs into a standard outlet. Unfortunately, it did
|
||
|
not come with any instructions. Has any one ever heard of the
|
||
|
company? If so does any one know of where I might get an
|
||
|
instruction manual? This is a real nice looking unit and the
|
||
|
preliminary test that I have performed suggest that it is in
|
||
|
working order. Now as much as I have never been one to let
|
||
|
facts stand in the way of my making a decision, I would like to
|
||
|
have at least a vague idea of how to use this piece of equipment.
|
||
|
|
||
|
With all best wishes,
|
||
|
Brother Jeremy, CSJW
|
||
|
OS9 Users Group Treasurer
|
||
|
|
||
|
|
||
|
-*-
|
||
|
|
||
|
89121 5-AUG 23:25 Programmers Den
|
||
|
program update
|
||
|
From: CPERRAULT To: DBREEDING
|
||
|
|
||
|
I'm just bringing you up to date on what happened with the
|
||
|
program since I last talked to you. I did change the command line to
|
||
|
put the ',' between the two quoted parameters and it did return the
|
||
|
filenames from the text file. Now my next problem was, it would return
|
||
|
all those files, but keep returning them over in over again. What I
|
||
|
was doing was, I had a for/next loop(which I probably didn't need
|
||
|
since I was getting the names from a file, not keyboard) that kept
|
||
|
count on the files coming in. Problem? It was on the OUTSIDE of my
|
||
|
While/do/endwhile loop, instead of the inside! At least this one was a
|
||
|
simple solution<G>. The good news is, I'm just about done. I have one
|
||
|
more bug to work out, which knock on wood, looks like I will have
|
||
|
fixed today. Then I will just clean up the code and then change the
|
||
|
parameter structure. I'm gonna make it so that instead of having to or
|
||
|
three different variables, I'll combine them all into a complex data
|
||
|
type, so they don't have to be seperated with commas. After that, I'll
|
||
|
doc it up,LZH it and get it into the database so I can start on my
|
||
|
next program<yippie>.
|
||
|
This is getting fun ;-)
|
||
|
>Chris<
|
||
|
|
||
|
-*-
|
||
|
|
||
|
89124 6-AUG 01:48 General Information
|
||
|
IRQ Mod
|
||
|
From: MMCCLELLAND To: ALL
|
||
|
|
||
|
Hi everybody!
|
||
|
|
||
|
I was about to perform the IRQ mod on my MPI, but I suddenly remembered
|
||
|
s to this modification? I assume that it would render autoboot ROM Paks
|
||
|
useless, unless a poke is used to manually start them. Correct me if i'm wrong.
|
||
|
(I hope I am!)
|
||
|
|
||
|
-=Mark=- (KE6JKS)
|
||
|
Delphi:MMCCLELLAND
|
||
|
|
||
|
-*-
|
||
|
|
||
|
89125 6-AUG 01:50 Applications (6809)
|
||
|
Word processor
|
||
|
From: MMCCLELLAND To: ALL
|
||
|
|
||
|
Does anybody know of a word processor for OS-9 that is up to par with Max-10?
|
||
|
Is there really going to be an OS-9 port of Max-10?
|
||
|
|
||
|
-=Mark=-
|
||
|
|
||
|
-*-
|
||
|
|
||
|
89127 6-AUG 04:06 Applications (6809)
|
||
|
RE: Word processor (Re: Msg 89125)
|
||
|
From: ISC To: MMCCLELLAND (NR)
|
||
|
|
||
|
Mark,
|
||
|
|
||
|
Brother Jeremy has received permission to port Max-10 to OS-9. He also
|
||
|
has the source code. It will take time, but the port will probably
|
||
|
happen. At this time, the best word processor for OS-9 is probably
|
||
|
Dynastar, but I don't think it is available commercially anymore from
|
||
|
Frank Hogg. However, maybe someone here will sell you a copy.
|
||
|
Alternatively, there are many text editors available in the data
|
||
|
base, and they can be integrated with WPShel available from COLORSYSTEMS
|
||
|
here. In doing that, you add a spell checker and a viewer and a text
|
||
|
formatter and you will have your own full-fleged word processor.
|
||
|
|
||
|
Bill
|
||
|
|
||
|
-*-
|
||
|
|
||
|
89129 6-AUG 14:10 Applications (6809)
|
||
|
RE: Word processor (Re: Msg 89125)
|
||
|
From: REVWCP To: MMCCLELLAND (NR)
|
||
|
|
||
|
Dear Mark:
|
||
|
This past spring I requested and received the source code for MAX-10 from
|
||
|
Dave Stampe. I have given the code to a team of five programmers and they
|
||
|
are working on the project. I hope to have a formal notice out about the
|
||
|
progress of the port at the end of August.
|
||
|
With all best wishes,
|
||
|
Brother Jeremy, CSJW
|
||
|
OS9 User's Group Treasurer
|
||
|
|
||
|
-*-
|
||
|
|
||
|
End of Thread.
|
||
|
|
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|
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|
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