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203 lines
9.2 KiB
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CBBS(R) 4.0.3b
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07/14/89 22:08:03
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Y/N: want CBSL~?~?~?~?~?
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Y/N: want CBBS "1st time user" info?n
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What is your FIRST name?^U
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?^U
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?^U
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?ward;christensen;odraw;;fullc;piss
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Logging name to disk...
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You are caller 206868; next msg =42090; 357 active msgs.
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Prev. call 07/13/89 @ 21:03, next msg was 42082
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Recording logon for next time.
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Use FULL? to check assignments
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?^U
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?xxxxx
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"Mine" command checking for
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>Function:?dir c:log;dir c:killed;dir summary;type-30 log,ward c;or;*;short
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LOG. 9
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KILLED. 33
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SUMMARY. 23
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07/13/89,21:03:56,206851,2,WARD CHRISTENSEN,,
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E#42082,
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E#42083,
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E#42084,
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E#42085,
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E#42086,
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E#42087,
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>Help: BEEP,
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>Help: BELLS,
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E#42088,32
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07/13/89,21:46:47,206852,1,CHARLIE KESTNER,,6
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07/13/89,21:54:11,206853,2,STEVE COOK,,3
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07/13/89,22:11:21,206854,1,PATRICK FARRELL,naperville/ Il,
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]CHAT: Hello,1
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07/13/89,22:43:54,206855,1,RICHARD GOZDAL,,12
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07/13/89,23:12:20,206856,1,ROY PLUM,,
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>Help: IS IN MSGS 17-19.,
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E#42089,34
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07/14/89,00:01:55,206857,1,GORDON SCHULENBURG,st. charles/ il,2
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]n
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g
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+++3
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GORDON SCHULENBURG,
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07/14/89,01:59:35,206858,2,BOB LEE,chicago/il,3
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07/14/89,06:59:29,206859,2,PETE JONES,,1
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07/14/89,07:03:58,206860,2,DENNIS STAHL,,6
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07/14/89,08:47:44,206861,2,PAUL STREETER,,107
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07/14/89,09:05:36,206862,2,WARD CHRISTENSEN,,
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07/14/89,19:05:52,206863,1,EDGAR COUDAL,,3
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]EDGAR COUDAL,
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07/14/89,19:09:40,206864,1,EDGAR COUDAL,,9
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07/14/89,19:55:32,206865,1,GREG HOEFT,NORTHBROOK/ IL,5
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07/14/89,20:38:19,206866,1,DENNIS LEONG,,5
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07/14/89,21:01:39,206867,3,STEVE GENOVESE,,9
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07/14/89,22:08:26,206868,2,WARD CHRISTENSEN,,
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42082 07/13/89 WARD CHRISTENSEN => GARY ELFRING: "R/DESKJET"
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42083 07/13/89 WARD CHRISTENSEN => BRENT JONES: "R/W. SUBURBS USER GROUP?"
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42084 07/13/89 WARD CHRISTENSEN => MICHAEL PASTORELLI: "R/BBS'S"
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42085 07/13/89 WARD CHRISTENSEN => DONNIE STUHLMAN: "R/WARNING ABOUT COMPUTER STORE"
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42086 07/13/89 WARD CHRISTENSEN => RICHARD GOZDAL: "R/OVERLOAD?"
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42087 07/13/89 WARD CHRISTENSEN => BRENT JONES: "R/W. SUBURBS USER GROUP?"
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42088 07/13/89 WARD CHRISTENSEN => KEN KOCH: "REPLIES"
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42089 07/13/89 ROY PLUM => MATT KRUEGER: "R/DISPLAY POSTSCRIPT"
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- End of summary -
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Retrieving flagged msgs: C skips, K aborts.
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Msg 42082 is 05 line(s) on 07/13/89 from WARD CHRISTENSEN
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to GARY ELFRING re: R/DESKJET
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There was a msg from Bill Crow on CIS that pretty much stated what was
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going to happen to drivers, and I think the net of it was that for a Deskjet
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(not Plus) there was NO difference.
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No, I don't believe soft font support was listed. I can't seem to find
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the msg right now, sadly. I have so many append files (deskjet etc).
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Msg 42083 is 19 line(s) on 07/13/89 from WARD CHRISTENSEN
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to BRENT JONES re: R/W. SUBURBS USER GROUP?
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Congrats on the DJ+ purchase! Mine is about 18 months old, so no, it
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is not a Plus. I am trying to rationalize getting a Plus, but I just know
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I couldn't part with my old one (i.e. sell it to get some $) because instead
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I would want to take it to WORK because it would be nice to have one there!
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Lets see, lots of questions.
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Fonts: It depends upon your application. Mine is pretty much limited to
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PageMaker/Windows, so the P and Q cartridges or their equivalent, i.e. ASCII
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Times Roman and Helvetica, are my favorites. Being proportionally spaced,
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the fonts DO require specific support, since lines will be of varying lengths
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based upon the specific chars in the line (l, i, 1, etc being narrow, W and
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M etc being wide). I goofed and bought the soft fonts hoping there would be
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a windows driver that supports soft fonts, but alas, no.
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Yes, the HP forum on CIS is a great one!
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Yes, I invented XMODEM (actually, "Modem.asm" which Keith Peterson changed
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to XMODEM, and that being a more recognizable name, it "stuck" as the name
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for my protocol).
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P.S. it helps to put a couple-space indent on paragraphs for readability
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(e.g. your msg 42079).
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What do you plan to use your DJ for, mainly?
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Msg 42084 is 09 line(s) on 07/13/89 from WARD CHRISTENSEN
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to MICHAEL PASTORELLI re: R/BBS'S
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Sorry, while CBBS runs on a two or even one floppy system, I really have
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no idea what PC BBS would do - CBBS is written in 8080 ASM, so just isn't
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applicable for your environment. I suggest leaving a msg to "all". No
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need to say "my name is." or to sign your msgs - the message header
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sez it all (see how you know my name from this msg header).
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If you DO want to leave me a msg, please call me "Ward", not the
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generic "sysop" which I don't care for (or Soysop, as you spelled it -
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someone who "SOPs up chinese food?") (grin).
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Welcome to CBBS. I hope you find what you're looking for!
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Msg 42085 is 10 line(s) on 07/13/89 from WARD CHRISTENSEN
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to DONNIE STUHLMAN re: R/WARNING ABOUT COMPUTER STORE
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You replied to your own msg (see 42077). Might want to leave a msg to
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the person you meant it to go to steer them toward it. I suggest doing
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or;1,warning as that is a unique word, then, if the one you want to
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reply to is the first that shows up in the summary, ^K out and do a
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R of #1 (literally, the string #1) and ^C it and then RE when it asks
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for another msg #.
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For your benefit or that of anyone looking over our shoulders, CBBS
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remembers the 1st 9 msg # hits when an "OR" command is done, and they
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are retrievable by the shorthand #n. I don't believe I was smart enough
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to allow its use in the reply command, however (i.e. can't reply;#1).
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Msg 42086 is 09 line(s) on 07/13/89 from WARD CHRISTENSEN
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to RICHARD GOZDAL re: R/OVERLOAD?
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If you're worried about heat and power, may I recommend the PC Cooling
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supplies? They offer a variety of sizes and cooling capacities. You can
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get 'em all the way up to 2x the cooling of a normal XT. I opted for
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the "inbetween" one that was more powerful, quieter, and cooler, but not
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a LOT, than the normal XT supply. (I forget its "name").
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They advertise in PC, possibly BYTE, etc.
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Adding a 2nd hard drive MIGHT be a reason to go to 200 watts. Mebbe
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the PC Cooling people will even be able to recommend a system by phone.
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I called them directly (I've not seen their supplies advertised independently.)
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Msg 42087 is 16 line(s) on 07/13/89 from WARD CHRISTENSEN
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to BRENT JONES re: R/W. SUBURBS USER GROUP?
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1. A good text on setting up a BBS? Since CBBS was the worlds first
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BBS, there wasn't a book on it, and I've not had any reason to look for one
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since - I have no idea, but I think there probably isn't one.
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2. Should you ask on IBMCOMM? Sure, why not. Do you mean "set up", or
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do you mean "write" (a BBS)? Nevertheless, IBMCOMM should be a good place.
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3. No, I've never heard of Echo Net.
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4. I haven't called the CACHE BBS in years, if ever. I have no idea if
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games keep it busy or what. You might want to check out Jim Mills BBS
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or leave him a msg - he has been more involved in CACHE or at least more
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recently than I have{
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5. How does CBBS know you're using ProComm? Sorry, I have no idea what
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you mean. I have no idea to any degree what software or hardware anyone
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uses when calling CBBS. Anything should work, unless it REQUIRES 7 bits
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with a particular parity, since CBBS ONLY sends 8 bits no parity. CBBS
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receives 8 bits and ignores the hi bit, so it could be 7 bits with ANY
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parity. It also accepts 8 bits of course, which is what many use.
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Msg 42088 is 14 line(s) on 07/13/89 from WARD CHRISTENSEN
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to KEN KOCH re: REPLIES
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The bells ARE kind of archaic, eh. Well, the P command turns them off,
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and if you then type the U command, that updates your User profile to
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remember, next time, that you don't want them. You'll get only ONE bell
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then when calling CBBS if you ^K out of the welcome and type:
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n;ken;koch
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so that it gets your name and loads your profile before asking any more
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questions.
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No, CBBS isn't connected to any other boards for message forwarding.
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CBBS was "invented" in '78, and is based upon the same "code" and
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philosophy that bore it - a single-user message-only board. It is written
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in archaic (now) 8080 assembler, and runs on a PC using a V-20 which
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emulates the 8080.
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Welcome to CBBS. Hope you enjoy it. Or even just use it to find other
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BBSs that you might be interested in.
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Msg 42089 is 17 line(s) on 07/13/89 from ROY PLUM
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to MATT KRUEGER re: R/DISPLAY POSTSCRIPT
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There is a package called PS tutor from Lincoln & Co., 45 Winthrop St.,
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Concord MA 01742 (508) 369 1441
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This is actually an interactive postscript interpreter that rips onto the
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display (Hercules, EGA or VGA) You can type commands and watch their effects
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on the image, or run postscript programs stored as ascii. This is a
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software package so it has the following limitations: Its slow. Images take
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a long time to draw even on a 12 Mhz At clone. Very limited VM (doesn't
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support extended or expanded memory though that promis3ed for the near
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future.) to get around the VM limit, they have reencoded the fonts to take
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up less VM.
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Package comes with Courier, Times and Helv. for $129 Also avail are font
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packs to match all 35 of the plus font sets now standard in most PS printers.
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Most useful for hand coding postscript code. most machine generated code
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uses up to much VM setting up routines for whch may never be used. PS tutor
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is capable of printing the screen images to many popular printers, and can
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save the image as a file.
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{edited; Ward C}
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dup. chars.
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>Function:? |