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fidonews -- 21 Jan 85 23:24:04 Page 1
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Volume 2, Number 3 21 Jan 85
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Editor: Tom Jennings
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Publisher: Fido #1
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Chief Procrastinator: Tom Jennings
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Disclaimer or dont-blame-me:
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The contents of the articles contained here are not
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my responsibility, nor do I necessarily agree with them;
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everything here is subject to debate. I publish EVERYTHING
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received.
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You can take this to mean anything you want, but
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hopefully as an invitation to comment, make suggestions, or
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write articles of your own.
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HOT NEWS
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Yet another week, another large newsletter. More
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general interest articles; maybe we need two newsletters,
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one for sysops one for users? Just an idea ... for now I'll
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leave things alone, no sense making work for myself.
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The newsletter now has a regular naming convention,
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so that you can keep old ones around, or for archiving. The
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name is:
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FIDONEWS.VNN
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Where V is the Volume (1 is 1984, 2 is 1985, etc(
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and NN is the issue Number; 01 is the first week in Jan, 02
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is the second week, etc. HOWEVER, this presents a problem;
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when squeezed, there are name conflicts: both FIDONEWS.202
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and FIDONEWS.212 when squeezed are named FIDONEWS.2Q2;
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anyone have an idea? Im stumped. The problem is that there
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are 52 issues a year, so there are lots of conflicts.
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fidonews -- 21 Jan 85 23:24:11 Page 2
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One really gross way is to make the name strange,
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like:
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FIDONEWS.NVN
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Where the issue Number is split in two halfs, then
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the conflict would be only by year. However, this is so
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obnoxious, it's not very practical.
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Repeated from last week ....
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Bumper stickers are complete; they look pretty good.
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The artwork is a bit crude (the same doggie, about 4 times
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larger than the one on the manual cover) but it's simple and
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to the point.
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I have 500 stickers; they cost me about $95.00, so
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here's the deal:
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$1.00 three stickers
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$5.00 twenty stickers
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If I run out, it will take me another week or two to
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have more made; I'll inform you here if I do. My address is:
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Tom Jennings
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2269 Market St. #118
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San Francisco CA 94114
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fidonews -- 21 Jan 85 23:24:13 Page 3
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NEWS
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ARTICLE SUBMISSION
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The format of FidoNews is totally ad hoc; please
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make recomendations as to formats, sections needed, liked,
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or hated, columns you'd like to see, or see removed,
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anything at all. If you want to submit something regularly,
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we can start a column for you.
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You are ENCOURAGED to send things in for the
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newsletter. ANYTHING is fit for the newsletter, such as a
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description of your board, problems found, questions, jokes,
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fixes, horror stories about wrong FidoNet numbers, things
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for sale, etc etc etc.
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SUBMITTING AN ARTICLE
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An article should have your name, node number (if
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applicable), followed by the text. Text can be any ASCII
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derivative; WordStar, soft paragraphs, 8th bit set, etc are
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all OK.
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Articles can be uploaded at either Fido #1, #27 or
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#51, or by sending it by FidoNet. Make sure the file name is
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unique, especially if you send it by FidoNet, so you dont
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overwrite another article.
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Anchor Signalman Mk XII DTR fix
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The Anchor Signalman MK XII does not support the RS-232
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DTR (data terminal ready) signal. Too bad, since at $250
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(discounted) this is probably the cheapest stand-alone 1200
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bps modem available, and seems to work just fine otherwise.
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Unfortunately, quite a bit of software (BBSs especially)
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depend on DTR to hang up the phone.
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This file describes a hardware fix which will add DTR to
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the MK XII. Obviously, this voids your 2-year warranty.
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However, the same thing COULD be done with an external box.
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You will need:
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1 - 2N4401 transistor
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1 - 10K ohm 1/4 watt resistor
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a short piece of thin wire (#30 wirewrap wire
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suggested)
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shrink-wrap & tape (to do it right)
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an exacto knife
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solder, soldering iron, and the ability to use it
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fidonews -- 21 Jan 85 23:24:19 Page 4
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1) Using a flat-blade screwdriver, open the Signalman
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case Try not to mangle it too badly.
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2) Remove the circuit board and turn it so that the
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solder side is facing up, and the serial cable is at
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the bottom.
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3) It should say "Anchor Automation Inc 00472 Rev A" in
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the upper right-hand corner. If it doesn't, this
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may not work, or may not make sense.
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4) In the lower right-hand corner of the board, just to
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the left and above the right-hand phone connector,
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you will notice two vertical groups of three pads.
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The left group has no traces coming from it. The
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right group has traces coming from the bottom and
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top pads.
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5) Cut the trace coming from the bottom right-hand pad.
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Try to do this near to the pad.
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6) Position the 2N4401 transistor with the flat side
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toward the board, and the wires toward the top of
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the board.
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7) Solder the RIGHT-hand wire of the transistor to the
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lower right-hand pad of the group of six that you
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located above. (The one that you cut the trace to.)
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8) Solder the MIDDLE wire of the transistor to the cut
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trace, on the other side of the cut.
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9) Solder one end of the 10K resistor to the remaining
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wire of the transistor.
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10) Solder a 3" piece of wire to the other end of the
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10K resistor.
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11) Slip a piece of heat-shrink over the resistor, and
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shrink.
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12) Now, find the group of pads coming from the RS-232
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cable. Find the 4th pad from the left, and 2'nd
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from the bottom. There should be traces coming from
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the pads just above and below it.
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13) Solder the other end of the wire to this pad.
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14) Put a piece of tape over the whole shebang, just to
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keep it from moving.
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15) That's it! The modem should now observe DTR. If
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the DTR signal is 0 or negative voltage, the
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telephone line (through the on-board relay) will be
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disconnected from the modem. If the DTR signal is
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above a couple of volts then everything works
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normally.
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fidonews -- 21 Jan 85 23:24:26 Page 5
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16) Make sure that you connect DTR to your computer and
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that your computer asserts DTR! The modem will NOT
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operate without DTR asserted!
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17) If DTR is dropped, the line to the modem will be
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dropped. The modem should notice it and drop
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carrier detect to your computer, as well as decide
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to hang up on it's very own. At this point, you can
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bring DTR back up, and the caller (or callee) should
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be gone. I have no idea what the timing should be -
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whatever it takes the relay to operate. 1/10 second
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should be more than ample. This works with FIDO - I
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can't tell you what other BBS software will do.
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[ Ed. Note: Fido drops DTR, waits 2 seconds, then raises it
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again. ]
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18) You will soon discover why people with Hayes modems
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are constantly pulling the front off to operate the
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DIP switches. PC-Talk (and maybe other programs)
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insists on dropping DTR when you exit or change
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communication parameters. Oh well, you can't have
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everything!
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19) Oh yeah - quit gawking and put the thing back
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together.
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20) Pray.
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Jon Tara
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1300 E. Lafayette #2808
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Detroit, Michigan 48207
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ARPA: Jon_Tara%Wayne-MTS%UMIch-MTS.Mailnet@MTS-
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MULTICS.ARPA
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usenet: ihnp4!ucbvax!Jon_Tara%Wayne-MTS%UMich-
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MTS.Mailnet@MIT-MULTICS.ARPA
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BBS : (313) 393-0527 (Detroit PCUTILboard)
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FIDO: Jon Tara on FIDO92
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Dallas, Texas (FNM) -
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1-12-1985
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by Bridge Lindsay
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In November, Gil Hendrix, a service representive for
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Business Computer Network presented a new modem to the
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Southwest PC Users' Group. This is a review of that modem
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and the offer that was made.
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A company called Business Computer Network from
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Riverton, Wyoming has just announced that it would like to
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be the first modem manufactuer to bring the cost of modems
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fidonews -- 21 Jan 85 23:24:33 Page 6
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down to earth. They are introducing the "SmartLink II", an
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external Hayes(tm) compatable smart modem that shifts from
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1200 baud to 300 baud and back automatically. It features
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auto-answer, auto-dial (rotary and tone), works on any
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computer that has a standard RS232 port and runs on any
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communications software that a Hayes will. This includes
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Xtalk, Perfect Link, PC-Talk III, Minitel, QModem, 1-Ringy
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Dingy and many others. The modem has a 30-day money-back
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guarantee "FOR ANY REASON" and a 2-year warranty on all
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parts and labor and is available for:
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*** $199.95 ***
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The cable for the modem is available as follows:
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IBM and COMPATIBLES $9.95
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DEC $9.95
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Kaypro $9.95
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Apple/MacIntosh $13.95
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FREIGHT is $5.00
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tax where applicable
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This is enough to make most people happy BUT, they don't
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stop! Purchases of 5 to 9 modems are at $189 each and 10 or
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more are $179 each.
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AH! There's more...........
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(1) You receive a year's subscription to BCN's Network
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Service, free. This is normally $5 a month or $50 a year.
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The Network Service offers access to over 15 mainframe
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databases and on-line information services. Some of these
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services are Dialog, Compuserve, Source, BRS, Western
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Union's Easylink and Commodity Data Information System.
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Membership is reserved so, you don't have to pay any
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additional sign-up fees or monthly minimum fees. You pay
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only for the actual hook-up time. Access is toll-free so
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there are no packet-carrier fees to Tymnet, Telenet or
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Uninet. To pay the individual start-up and minimum monthly
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fees for a year to these services would be in excess of
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$3000!
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(2) You receive the software to access BCN's service,
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free. This software called "SuperScout" is specifically
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designed for quick and easy menu-driven access to all
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services without you having to acquire passwords, I.D.
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numbers, telephone numbers or even sign-on protocals. In
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fact, you can even access point-to-point any other computer
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that has "SuperScout" e.g. office-to-office, home-to-home,
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home-to-office, home-to-school, etc. Each time you connect
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the service your software is automatically updated at no
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charge.
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(3) You receive a complete "SuperScout" operator's manual
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and a BCN Database Guide.
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(4) Finally, you receive a 3-month subscription to Link-Up
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fidonews -- 21 Jan 85 23:24:41 Page 7
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Magazine.
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Anyone not wanting the modem can subscribe to the service
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for $5-month or a once-a-year fee of $50 and receive the
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four items above. If you pay the fee for a year ($50), BCN
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will give you a 300 baud modem free.
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The service currently communicates at 300 baud but, in order
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to promote the new 1200 modem, service will be upgraded
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before spring.
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You may purchase the modem or the service with your credit-
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card by calling BCN's 24 hour-a-day-every-day-of-the-year
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(includes Christmas Eve, etc.) Customer Service Toll-Free
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Number 800-446-6255 and tell them you heard about it from
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the
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/^^^^^^\
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___/|BRIDGE|\___
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or you may send a check or money order to:
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Business Computer Network
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Attn. Gil Hendrix you can call Gil at (404)233-9089
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Suite 500 Dept. BRIDGE and order by credit-card too.
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Seven Peidmont Center
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Atlanta, Georgia 30305 allow 30 days shipping
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Bridge Lindsay was not paid to write this review.
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From: Jon Tara on FIDO92
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Subject: Verbosity (an editorial)
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Try to keep your articles short.
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Matt Gertner
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Sysop Node #210
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I am writing this article in the hopes that I may receive
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some suggestions in regard to a bulletin board system that I
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am currently writing in Turbo Pascal under CP/M-86 for the
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DEC Rainbow. I previously completed a BBS in C, but it badly
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needed a rewriting, and I found some significant advantages
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in Turbo, most notable of which is its portability (Turbo is
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available on many systems other than the DEC). In writing
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this BBS I am borrowing many of my favorite BBSs, including
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Fido. If this goes as planned, my system should include the
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following unique features of Fido
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1. The Net
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2. Linked message replys (-,+)
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3. Type-ahead (not unique, but still nice)
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In addition, I will attempt to add all or most of the
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fidonews -- 21 Jan 85 23:24:47 Page 8
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following:
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1. Auto-file squeezing. This requires some explanation:
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Squeezed files are files specially incoded using a
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strange (Huffman - ??) algorithm. Commonly, they are named
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with a Q in the center of their file extension (e.g.
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FILENAME.EQT instead of FILENAME.EXT). This compression
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saves anywhere from 0 to 60 percent (approx.), usually
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around 40%. Unfortunately, to use these files, you must have
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a special unsqueezing program. Also, when squeezed text
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files are placed on Fido they cannot be read with the (T)ype
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command. Therefore, many Sysops place both the squeezed and
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the unsqueezed version of a file onto their BBS. Although
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this reduces download time for those people with file
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unsqueezers, it eats disk space, and those of us with
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floppy-only systems want to save disk space with file
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squeezing, not lose it. For these reasons, I plan to
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implement the squeezing techniques into all the files of my
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BBS. System files (i.e. WELCOME, NEWUSER, etc.) would be
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squeezed automatically by the system the first time the
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system is run, although for technical reasons, messages and
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USER.BBS cannot be squeezed effectively. Uploads would be
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squeezed if not squeezed already. Files posted by the Sysop
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must be squeezed manually with the squeeze utility before
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being copied onto the files disk. A file is listed in the
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directory with its unsqueezed file name. When a file is
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downloaded, the user is asked "Squeezed (y/n)? ", and the
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file is unsqueezed as it is sent if (n)o is selected. I
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anticipate signifigant savings in disk space and download
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time with this technique. Comments are welcome.
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[Ed. Note: I couldnt resist a comment here ... it is an
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excellent idea; also, I think you can do it all painlessly.
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A squeezed file has Control-V as its first byte I think;
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just check that, then you can do either with no special
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files, etc ]
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2. Rainbow specific screen handling:
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I can't remember who mentioned this in FIDONEWS
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volume 2, number 2, but I think this may be the answer to
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his complaint. After baud rate is detected, my BBS will send
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the VT100 terminal query code to the user, and if the
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appropriate code is returned it would assume full- screen
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menu and editing functions, and accept function keys. This
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will be low on my priority list, because of its complexity
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and Rainbow-specificy, maybe a later version...
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3. Original user-interface:
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Every BBS I have ever logged onto has used
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essentially the same user- interface. It prints either a
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menu or a short list of valid letters (or either, in the
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case of Fido), and then prompts for a letter entry. I have
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seen a couple of variants on this theme, one being the way
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Fido allows multiple commands on a line (e.g. 'gn' instead
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fidonews -- 21 Jan 85 23:24:56 Page 9
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of [g]oodbye followed by [n]o). The other, possibly the
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best, was on a Commodore 64 system (stop laughing). It
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printed a menu, in the same format (i.e. G Goodbye, R Read
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messages) at every prompt, but at any point the menu could
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be aborted by entering a valid command. This allows expert
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users to execute commands as fast as they can type them,
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while new users can see the possible commands and execute
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the correct one as soon as they see it on the menu. If my
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other idea doesn't work out, this will be the user-interface
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for my BBS. *My* idea is based on the philosophy that if
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Infocom can do it, so can I. A simple "artificial
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intelligence" (if I dare call it that) routine would allow
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users to enter commands such as 'read message 21' and 'enter
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a message and log off', and then execute them. With a
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healthy number of abbreviations for experts, and ALOT of
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synonyms (e.g. post a message, leave a message and enter
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message must all be understood) this would make using the
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BBS easy even for a total computer novice. I would
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especially like comment on this one.
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4. External program execution:
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This would allow a user to select a program from a
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menu set up by the Sysop and run it while on line. Text
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games, short utilities (like a program that prints the
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calendar for any month of any year) and interpreted
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languages (not Basic, maybe LISP or APL) would all be
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perfect for this sort of thing, as long as there is not way
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to access system files from within the program (disable the
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BASIC LOAD and SAVE commands and make the user up and
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download their program right into BASIC as needed, or set up
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a special directory or user number only for the
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application). This would add endless expandibility to the
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BBS.
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5. Source code availability:
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I would be happy, when finished, to supply anyone
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with the source code for this BBS, allowing them to modify
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it and see how it is done. This will spare other would-be
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communications authors the trouble I had to go to in order
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to find such goodies as pascal source for the squeezing
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algorithm and C source for Kermit and Xmodem (I still don't
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have the code for the Modem7 file name transfers -- if
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anyone could extract this from the Modem7 source and mail it
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to be, I would appreciate it). This would also allow
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conversion to other machines, meaning (brace yourself)
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FIDONET on an *Apple*, FIDONET on a *C64*, FIDONET on a
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*Timex Sinclair* (well, maybe not -- message sending would
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run out of the one hour window -- stick to uding yours as a
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doorstop). Fidonet could also be made into a stand alone
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program so that non-Sysops could send and receive mail (with
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suitable modifications to Fido -- I think that if a phone
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number could be entered in place of a node # in mail sending
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by priveleged users, this would become a much more feasible
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idea). Anyway, my parathesis key is wearing out, and you get
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the idea.
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fidonews -- 21 Jan 85 23:25:05 Page 10
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*PLEASE* send all comments and (especially!) suggestions
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over the Net to Fido #210 or call Fido #210 at
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(203)-453-1089 from 10pm-6am 7 days a week
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Matt Gertner
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[Note from TJ: I'm more than willing to help with getting
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FIdoNet running in other non-Fido systems. There is a doc
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file around somewhere, FIDOMAIL.DOC, that explains part of
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the protocol, and I'll even help with some sources where I
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can for serious attempts such as this. Matt, let me know
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when you get to that point ... I would LOVE to see non-Fido
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FidoNet nodes!]
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I have been thinking about how it costs $30.00 per month in
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lost income to have my money tied up in a quality printer,
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and realize that everyone who wants a printer has the same
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problem. Since FIDO reaches perhaps 10,000 people (112
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nodes, 100 users/node) and they all have modems, and
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computers, and *awareness*, it seems natural to have a
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cooperative effort to make a better quality printer
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available to everyone, at a much lower cost. Nobody has.
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However, I will instigate The Great FIDO Co-op Concept now
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with the specific instance of >Printer Coop<!
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I intend to offer a printer service as follows:
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.
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Printer 1
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A Daisy Wheel letter quality printer with standard business
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fonts.
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Printer 2
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HP Laser Printer, 1/300 inch dot resolution. vertical or
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horizontal page layout (8.5 * 11) Remote user access to
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ascii control codes including bit graphics for Half-tone
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pictures. US Mail, Federal Express of printout. Velo binding
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and mass reproduction at the local Kinko's franchise.
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.
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. .......................
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.
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The cost will be determined by a survey. The survey, in a
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separate file, works as follows. You fill in the maximum
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costs that you would be willing to pay. Obviously if it
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costs me $1.50 to print and mail something and your detail
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will only remit $0.75, I will not choose to do this.
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Although you are invited to modify the form to add
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suggestions that I haven't thought of, it would be easier
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for me if you keep close to the survey grammer included. I
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will use an automatic parser to tabulate the results, and
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although free form is ok, it is really nice to keep the
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correct key words. If you have two different needs of
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printing, say volumn, cheap dot matrix, or graphics on a
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specific brand, make out a separate survey for each need.
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If there really are 10,000 of us, and we all need this,
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fidonews -- 21 Jan 85 23:25:13 Page 11
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then there could be printer installations of several
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descriptions in several parts of the country.
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I will share the survey results, and I would encourage
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anyone else to set up a printer coop node in, say, remote
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and sunny California if there is lots of need there.
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The references business is a future thing, like 0 means
|
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that anyone can use the system, and if they are abusive it
|
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gets to be a problem. If references are required, then the
|
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group is self-juried, and only known people get in. So if
|
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someone is just not your style on your local FIDO, you won't
|
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endorse his use of the printer service. Um, if he isn't
|
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anybody's style, nobody has to deal with him.
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.
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. .......................
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.
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I'd like to know if there is any interest in having this.
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It would be significantly cheaper to have a few sites have
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printers, other sites have other facilities rather than
|
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each of us go and buy a Laser Printer. Besides, I need to
|
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justify the cost of my new toy.
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.
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Feedback like "Geez, onl $0.06!, Sometimes it would even
|
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be worth $0.10 if all I have to do is download and wait. But
|
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could you give it for $0.04 if I will wait until next week?"
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will be appreciated.
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.........................................................
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Printer cost survey
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Return to:
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Aubrey McIntosh
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FIDO 307
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POB 1385
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Seguin, TX, 78155
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Printer ID Okidata 93
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"or whatever, generic or trademark"
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Turnaround Federal Express 5%
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<vendor name> 00%
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"These are respondent comments"
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USMail, daily 75%
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7 day discount 15%
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other 5
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"Make 8 copies,bind,mail direct"
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Signup Fee $20.00
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Monthly Fee $00.00
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"Never, as matter of principal"
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Job Cost $ 1.00
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Pages/Job 50
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"Compilations" 80%
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5
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"Correspondence" 20%
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Cost/Page $ 0.07
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Jobs/Month 2
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Name Aubrey McIntosh
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fidonews -- 21 Jan 85 23:25:19 Page 12
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FIDO 75
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References Required 3
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Method of Payment preferences, scale of 0-7
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VISA 7
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invoice 1
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prepay 1
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American Express 0
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I M P O R T A N T N O T E ! ! ! ! !
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From: Michael Farren, SYSOP of SCI-FIdo
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|
To: All sysops and users
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|
Subject: Killer upload file
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I've been informed (by Michael Miller, the West Coast
|
|
editor of Popular Computing), that a file called VIRDIR has
|
|
been uploaded to several systems lately. This file purports
|
|
to be a disk utility, but is actually a disk reformatter
|
|
(involuntary). Several people have evidently had their hard
|
|
disks wiped by this program. It appears to be a try at
|
|
"getting to" sysops. Beware of this file!
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|
UNIQUE: YOUR INDEPENDENT UNIX/C ADVISOR
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Hot Stuff We've Heard
|
|
A usually reliable source claims to have seen
|
|
figures that indicate 63% of U.S. government RFPs (Request
|
|
for Proposals) issued in 1983 mentioned UNIX, and that this
|
|
has caused a dropoff in IBM's business with the government.
|
|
Apparently, IBM hasn't taken a stance behind UNIX that is
|
|
as strong as the government would like. This may be one of
|
|
the reasons behind IBM's growing support of UNIX...Speaking
|
|
of IBM, we have word from an internal source that the
|
|
documentation for XENIX on the PC/AT will be completely
|
|
redone to IBM standards; a hint that they'll be really
|
|
pushing it heavily this time?...No matter what else happens,
|
|
get a PC/AT if you're a software developer. We predict it
|
|
will be the most popular UNIX (er, XENIX) microcomputer
|
|
very quickly. This means that XENIX will surely be the most
|
|
popular multiuser operating system by units sold, not UNIX
|
|
itself...But other systems for the PC/AT are already
|
|
available, including VENIX and PC/IX. VENIX runs on the
|
|
iAPX286 processor (with only about a 45 KB kernel!), while
|
|
PC/IX currently runs on the 8088 in PC compatibility
|
|
mode...We've heard that IBM is working on a Macintosh-like
|
|
interface for their next computer...Watch for Sperry to
|
|
attempt to enter into the market now being carefully
|
|
nurtured by Gould...Look for a floating point and math
|
|
accelerator chip for the AT&T 3B2 by January, as well as a
|
|
new machine from AT&T, to be bigger than the 3B5, with
|
|
multiprocessor architecture. It will be binary compatible
|
|
with the 3B2/3B5, and is intended to compete in the higher
|
|
ranges. It is not certain what effect this will have on
|
|
the current 3B20 series, although the 3B20, as we've
|
|
mentioned, has never been marketed very aggressively and is
|
|
based on older technology. Support will no doubt continue
|
|
for the 3B20 line.
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UNIQUE: YOUR INDEPENDENT UNIX/C ADVISOR
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fidonews -- 21 Jan 85 23:25:27 Page 13
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October 1984
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Typesetting Without Troff
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SofTest, Inc.
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555 Goffle Road
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|
Ridgewood, NJ 07450
|
|
(201) 447-3901
|
|
Ever wanted to be able to typeset documents but were
|
|
too busy to learn troff? SofTest has recently incorporated
|
|
its LEX word processor into a new software product called
|
|
LEX-SET. It was designed to take finished documents
|
|
produced using LEX and translate the formatting commands
|
|
into those which troff uses to generate output for
|
|
typesetters (LEX was covered in UNIQUE Volume 2 Number 7).
|
|
LEX, and therefore LEX-SET, has a built-in dictionary and
|
|
mass mailing features.
|
|
In an exclusive early demonstration, we were shown a
|
|
preliminary release of LEX-SET running on an Altos 186
|
|
hooked up to an HP LaserJetr typesetter. LEX was designed
|
|
as a "what you see is what you get" word processor. The
|
|
format of the completed document is plotted out through the
|
|
rulers (which denote margins, tab stops and other features)
|
|
that LEX uses. You can preview your document to a certain
|
|
extent on the screen, as well as by using the daisywheel
|
|
emulation capability of the HP LaserJet. A document is
|
|
printed in one default point size (size of letters) unless
|
|
you put changes in the file for such things as headings and
|
|
subheadings. Leading (the distance between lines of text)
|
|
can also be controlled by LEX-SET. The "official" Bell
|
|
Laboratories math character set has been incorporated. A
|
|
full screen of characters is the equivalent of 8 inches of
|
|
printed text, which is meant to aid you in visualizing the
|
|
placement of text on paper. LEX-SET is compatible with eqn,
|
|
tbl, and pic. As part of the preliminary version, a
|
|
special code was needed to precede any special lines that
|
|
would be sent to these tools. This will be made easier in
|
|
a later, final release.
|
|
This powerful software package was made possible by
|
|
cooperation between SofTest and Textware International (see
|
|
story in this issue). SofTest wrote a filter that would
|
|
process LEX output into troff instructions, and this was
|
|
interfaced to tplus in just about two hours, according to
|
|
Dave Schneider of SofTest. Working with LEX-SET proved to
|
|
be easy, even with no prior experience in using LEX. We see
|
|
products such as LEX-SET making a big difference in office
|
|
automation under UNIX, since you can either decide to use
|
|
the laser printer as a daisywheel emulator (fast but plain)
|
|
or as a typesetter (fast but nicer to look at) and this can
|
|
serve a whole office full of people. While the output
|
|
quality of 300 dot-per-inch printers such as the LaserJet
|
|
is not up to that of a true typesetter, we feel that it's
|
|
more than adequate for letters, documentation, and almost
|
|
everything except glossy magazines.
|
|
The HP LaserJet currently is available with a 10
|
|
point Times Roman font with normal, bold and italics (for
|
|
use in regular text), a 8 point light font (for small
|
|
notes, captions, footnotes) and 14 point Helvetica bold (for
|
|
headlines). Any other fonts and styles must be drawn in
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fidonews -- 21 Jan 85 23:25:36 Page 14
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graphics mode as "custom" typefaces. As the HP LaserJet has
|
|
only 59K of graphics memory, there is a limit (6 square
|
|
inches) to how much customized typeface it can print at one
|
|
time. In fact, you can easily run out of memory after
|
|
printing just a few lines of custom type. Remember, this is
|
|
a limit of the printer, not LEX-SET; we've already heard
|
|
rumors about add-on memory for the printer that will
|
|
overcome this problem. Another thing you should be aware
|
|
of is that text printed in 7 to 12 point type will be in
|
|
Times Roman font, while 14 point bold text magically becomes
|
|
Helvetica. Again, HP is due to come out with new font
|
|
cartridges that should substantially widen these choices.
|
|
The HP LaserJet (based on the Canon personal copier
|
|
technology) prints up to eight pages a minute, holds 100
|
|
sheets of paper, and can even print on manually-fed
|
|
envelopes.
|
|
The software will run on the Radio Shack Model 16, the
|
|
Altos 186 and 586, and the IBM PC/AT (available in
|
|
January), and will cost approximately $2,500. ACE, the
|
|
originators of LEX, will be the distributor of LEX-SET
|
|
outside the United States. SofTest is working on a
|
|
French/Canadian version of the character set to be released
|
|
next year. Pricing is $2,500 to $10,000, depending on
|
|
whether you purchase a complete hardware/software package
|
|
or just add LEX-SET to your LEX word processor and the type
|
|
of machine you're using. One more thing: you can also hook
|
|
LEX-SET up directly to any typesetter supported by tplus.
|
|
|
|
UNIQUE: YOUR INDEPENDENT UNIX/C ADVISOR
|
|
UX-Basic: The Product
|
|
UX-Basic is clearly targeted at software developers
|
|
(they won't even sell it to end users). The full
|
|
development package includes an interpreter, compiler, and
|
|
runtime module, so you can write programs under the
|
|
interpreter and test the compiled version that your customer
|
|
would get. We're very impressed by their aggressive
|
|
pricing: the full system for machines such as the Altos
|
|
586, Tandy Model 16, and IBM PC/XT (and probably AT) costs
|
|
just US$500! The price for typical "supermicros" such as
|
|
the Callan, CRDS, Codata, IBC Ensign, NCR Tower, and Zilog
|
|
Model 11 is US$1000. Even the development package for the
|
|
largest machines supported at this writing (AT&T 3B5,
|
|
Masscomp, Plexus P35, Sun, and Zilog 21 & 31) costs no more
|
|
than US$1500. These are suggested end user LIST prices, not
|
|
OEM discounted. The runtime module alone, which you would
|
|
presumably make available with your compiled code, lists
|
|
for between $150 and $450. OEM arrangements will be based on
|
|
royalties of from 5% to 30% of the above prices, depending
|
|
on volume. There are 22 machine ports now in progress, and
|
|
we've been told they're doing about one per week.
|
|
While the very mention of the BASIC language seems to
|
|
put most C programmers into shock, BASIC remains a popular
|
|
language for applications programs. Perhaps small business
|
|
end users feel more comfortable with a language that comes
|
|
with personal computers. In any case, the description of
|
|
UX-Basic sounds like a BASIC programmer's wildest dream come
|
|
true: automatic backup of source programs, 32K long strings,
|
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fidonews -- 21 Jan 85 23:25:46 Page 15
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|
|
automatic ISAM files, full matrix operations, multi-tasking
|
|
programs (with assignable priority!), record and file
|
|
locking for multiple users, 32 character statement labels,
|
|
16-dimension arrays, full support of termcap, commands to
|
|
generate a cross-reference or "prettyprint" the program,
|
|
recursive and multiline subroutines, command expansion and
|
|
syntax checking at source entry time, WHILE/WEND,
|
|
CASE/SELECT/OTHERWISE, and IF/THEN/ELSE constructs, BCD
|
|
math with 13 digit precision (no roundoff errors!), and even
|
|
a built-in HELP command.
|
|
Intel took it in to evaluate as an in-house product on
|
|
their 286/310 machine (which we've heard is IBM-PC/AT
|
|
object code compatible) and seem to love it. A well-known
|
|
software outfit is doing internal work with UX-Basic to
|
|
help define the use of internal tokens: since they use 2
|
|
bytes per token, 65,535 functions can be built into the
|
|
language.
|
|
Of course, UX-Basic is written in C, and both the
|
|
interpreter and run-time module are fully re-entrant. The
|
|
ISAM has been implemented using the RDS product C-ISAM, and
|
|
reportedly only added 2% extra code to UX-Basic. Even so,
|
|
this current 2.0 version is already slated to be dropped
|
|
eventually in favor of their newer product, which they call
|
|
UX-Basic+. UX-Basic+ adds the ability to make direct UNIX
|
|
system and C-ISAM calls from BASIC.
|
|
|
|
COMPUTER BOOK REVIEW
|
|
Monday December 24, 1984
|
|
** Copy II PC. Central Point Software (9700 SW
|
|
Capitol Hwy., Suite 100, Portland, OR 97219). $39.95
|
|
Copy II PC belongs beside every IBM PC. This disk
|
|
copy program lets you backup most of the popular, copy-
|
|
protected, commercial software. If you're the normal
|
|
consumer who hates copy-protection schemes, Copy II PC lets
|
|
you fight back. Naturally, its producer, Central Point
|
|
Software, warns that Copy II PC is to be used only to create
|
|
archival backups. U.S. Copyright Law allows one duplication
|
|
of a software program for personal use only.
|
|
The copying process is completed in two simple steps:
|
|
bulk-erasing a blank diskette, and then reading from the
|
|
target diskette and writing to the blank diskette.
|
|
Instructions are also given for hard disk systems. Copy II
|
|
PC works cleanly and effectively.
|
|
Documentation is clear, succinct, and complete. Copy
|
|
II PC is updated regularly to reflect changes in copy-
|
|
protection schemes. A list of the commercial software that
|
|
can be backed up is available from Central Point Software.
|
|
And a pleasant twist, Copy II PC practices what it preaches-
|
|
-it's NOT copy protected! A jewel that belongs in every IBM
|
|
PC user's bag of tricks.
|
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|
|
THE BUSINESS COMPUTER
|
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Sunday December 30, 1984
|
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COMPUTER INDUSTRY ACADEMY AWARDS:
|
|
Since the computer industry is more show biz than computer
|
|
biz, here are the authors' annual awards for the biggest,
|
|
bestest, biggest-bucked bunches of bull for 1984.
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|
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fidonews -- 21 Jan 85 23:25:54 Page 16
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============================================================
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|
By Franklynn Peterson & Judi K-Turkel
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|
============================================================
|
|
Since the computer industry is six parts show biz and
|
|
one part technology, our annual tradition has been to
|
|
recognize in print the best playacting of the year by
|
|
computer makers. This year, as last, after you read about
|
|
our favorite villains and heroes we'd like to hear about
|
|
yours.
|
|
Winners of this year's awards will receive our
|
|
companion to the Oscar statue, the Lady Ada, named for the
|
|
first computer programmer. The envelopes please!
|
|
|
|
============================================================
|
|
Winner for Flashiest Marketing Gimmick of 1984,
|
|
Hewlett-Packard.
|
|
H-P sent clever toy `laser' guns to thousands of computer
|
|
dealers (and computer publications) along with a message to
|
|
zap the competition with H-P's LaserJet printers. We
|
|
estimate H-P needs to sell a couple hundred printers just to
|
|
cover the cost of the guns, their 59-cent Radio Shack
|
|
batteries, the fancy packaging, and the $2.18 postage.
|
|
People in our office nearly made war to possess this child's
|
|
marvel of flashing lights and noisemakers, and suggest that
|
|
H-P could see faster returns on its investment if it forgets
|
|
new-tech printers and sells the new-tech toy guns -- or
|
|
turns its talents to keeping the jets unclogged in its cute
|
|
little Thinkjet inkjet printer.
|
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|
============================================================
|
|
Winner for Quietest Marketing Gimmick of 1984,
|
|
Personal Software, makers of pfs:products, for mailing out
|
|
handsome mugs emblazoned with the slogan, `The rebellion is
|
|
coming.' It took five minutes of searching to find the scrap
|
|
of identifying paper that told us who our benefactor was
|
|
and that the rebellion's leader was their new spreadsheet
|
|
program, pfs:plan. The pfs:folks, too modest to use capital
|
|
letters in their product names, even market with too much
|
|
modesty -- which may explain why it's often tough to find
|
|
lots-for-the-money pfs:programs in stores.
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============================================================
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Center Ring Performance of the Year, Apple Computers.
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This company, which got its start in a leaky California
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garage, spent more millions of dollars than they'll admit
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to us showing prime-time TV ads during 1984, buying all the
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ad space in Time magazine's post-election special issue,
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and then -- the biggest spectacular of them all -- hiring
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halls, rock bands, light shows, fancy hotel dining rooms,
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and tuxedos to stage the slickest introduction of any
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product -- its IIc portable -- since P.T. Barnum died.
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Despite its center-ring spectaculars, the real action was
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out on the midway where the tickets are sold. Apple dealers
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were slipping out, not in, under the tent flaps, angry that
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Apple was competing with them by selling computers at near-
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zero profits through college discount centers. If Apple
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collapses, it'll be Apple's doing, not IBM's.
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Best Actor of 1984, IBM. It settled out of court
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almost every one of the kicking-and-screaming nuisance
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lawsuits it started against IBM compatible makers. Best
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Supporting Actor of all time, the U.S. Justice Department,
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for dropping its antitrust suit against IBM.
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Best Foreign Star, Radio Shack. Its network of
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outside-the-USA plants makes it about the largest importer
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of electronic equipment. In 1984 it brought about $200
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million in computers and another $650 million worth of other
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electronic paraphernalia into the USA.
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Best Mystery Starlet of 1984, Lisa2. Has anybody seen
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her? Has anybody bought her? Does Apple still sell her?
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We've been unable to confirm rumors that she was eaten by
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her own mouse (or that Apple's renaming its black-and-white
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version `Mono Lisa').
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Winner for Most Unbelievable Ghost Story, Osborne
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Computer Company. Even though the company was bankrupt and
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counted among the dead by computer consumers, it followed
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through with plans to print stock certificates and sell
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them to the public. If you bought any, they should make
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dandy wallpaper.
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Best Comedy, Berke Breathed's `Bloom County' comic
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strip. Computer hackers, who don't miss an episode, believe
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that Breathed draws his funnies on a computer. Breathed says
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that he used to but the keyboard kept wrinkling his paper.
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He tossed away the computer and now has room again to draw
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on his desk.
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Best Animal Performance, Diablo, our office cat who's
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trained to sniff at all our incoming packages.
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Most Improved Performers of 1984, programmers of
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computer games. They've finally brought this subindustry
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out of the dark ages of clumsy graphics and dull plot lines
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into an era of sophisticated utilization of current computer
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technology. What we need is for these talents to start
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writing our business software!
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S. KLEIN NEWSLETTER ON COMPUTER GRAPHICS
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December 31, 1984
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AN INTERACTIVE VIDEO PRODUCT FAMILY
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FROM VISAGE INC. TIES INTO THE IBM PC
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A comprehensive family of interactive video products that
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encompasses systems, upgrade kits, conversion boards, and
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options -- all tied into the IBM PC -- become available from
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Visage Inc., an 18-month old company, whose $1.75 million
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venture funding came from Venture Founders, First Chicago,
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and two other investment firms. "We offer the broadest
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interactive video product line based on the PC," exclaims
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Visage President and co-founder Philip V.W. Dodds.
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Dodds positions his product line for use in industrial
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training, computer-aided-instruction, visual information
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archives, point-of-purchase advertising, and visual expert
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systems applied to equipment maintenance and repair. They
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address such applications, Dodds explains, by combining
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motion video, sound, computer-generated graphics, and
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digital data in a multi-media communications approach.
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Visage's system-level products, the V:Station 2000,
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constituting five models, incorporates color monitors
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offering 256 x 192 resolution and 16 colors or 320 x 200 and
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4 colors; a PC-compatible computer with video disk
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controller; and V:Exec proprietary software that integrates
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the graphics with the video disk player commands and
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provides I/O device support. System price: Approx. $12,000.
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Software tools encompass graphics development, high-
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level systems software, and an "authoring environment."
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V:Paint development software enables program developers to
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produce still-frame and animated graphics to be displayed
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separately or overlayed on the video images. A V:Draw
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software subset supports menus, titles, drawings and other
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graphics, draws circles, eclipses, lines and freehand
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curves. Contact: Philip Dodds, President, Visage Inc., 12
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Michigan Dr., Natick, MA 01760. (617/655-1503). PLUMB
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January, 1985
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BBS NEWS ROUND-UP
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> Trade-80, the toast of Albany, GA, is back online
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with some new software tracks. Say hello to sysop Richie
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Dervan (70365,1012) 24 hours at 912-439-7440.
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> Televideo users now have their own BBS, sponsored by
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the Televideo company. It's open from 5-10 pm at
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408-244-0261.
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> Paul McLear's IBM board near Indianapolis, IN, is
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stocked with lots of application and utility files for MS-
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DOS and PC-DOS computers. McLear (BBY232) says the system's
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available "almost 24 hours." The number is 317-845-6288.
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> Electric Magazine, a BBS program for the Commodore 64
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written by Bob Shannon (BCM549), is now available for the
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Kaypro and other CP/M computers. For a free demonstration,
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call 707-964-7114. The Kaypro version will be online during
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evenings and nights with the C64 version running during the
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day.
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> CompuServe has begun selling Apple IIc and IIe
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versions of its Vidtex telecommunications software package.
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The package requires an RS232 modem and Apple ProDOS, plus
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a Super Serial card for the IIe. CompuServe users can
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request the program through product ordering.
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> The latest release of RBBS-PC, a public domain BBS
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program for IBM-compatible computers, is available from the
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Capital PC Software Exchange. The program comes on a
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double-sided, double-density diskette in DOS 1.1 format,
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including all the files you need to start your own RBBS.
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For a copy, send $8 and a mailing label to Capital PC
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Software Exchange, P.O. Box 6128, Silver Spring, MD, 20906.
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> How are you at Space Shuttle history? Florida's Space
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Shuttle BBS will give callers a quiz tough enough to make an
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astronaut sweat. But if the quiz causes you too much
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trouble, check in with the ship's resident psychiatrist.
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Blast off at 305-777-4714.
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MicroPro released a new version of WordStar last year
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that should prove most useful to programmers and others who
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need a heavy-duty text cruncher - if you can find someone
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who sells it!
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This new version has many features absent from earlier
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versions, including full support of DOS 2.0 pathnames - all
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file operations (edit, print, copy, rename, etc) are global
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across directory paths! There are no more overlays; it is
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one big EXE file. You can remove your program disk once it
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starts, and there is no wait for overlays to be shuffled.
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The sucker runs much faster than version 3.3, has context-
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sensitive function keys, and fully supports most "smart"
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dot-matrix printers. Plus, the documentation is quite well
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done.
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Only a few gotchas - first of all, it runs only on a
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PCjr! The patch below should let you run it on a regular
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PC. Also, there are no MailMerge or spelling corrector, but
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it works great if all you do is edit and print. Lastly, it
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is hard to find! I've seen a few discount places
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advertising it, and some local dealers stock it.
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To make it run on a PC, use the following commands:
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1) Make a copy of your program disk!
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2) Put it in A:, REN A:WSU.EXE W
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3) DEBUG A:W
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4) E 3CB2 EB (should have had a 74 there)
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5) W (write file back to disk)
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6) Q (quit DEBUG)
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7) REN A:W WSU.EXE
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8) Run the install program and enjoy!
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NOTICES
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As a matter of brief introduction, I am Bill
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Macneill, SYSOP of FIDO node #202 in Boston, Massachusetts
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(1-617-721-1688).
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Recently, one of the members of my Board (DEC-Line
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-- a DEC Micro oriented board) uploaded a game file known as
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JETSET.BAS...a jet plane simulator, and one of the great
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classic public domain games. The problem with JETSET,
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however, is that it is SOOOOOOO SLOWWWWWWW!
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I would very much like the readers of this
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newsletter to advise me as to whether JETSET has been
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compiled to operate directly as an 'executable' under the
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MSDOS operating environment. If one of you is familiar with
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such a file, please advise me where I can obtain a copy...or
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even better, why don't you just call and upload to DEC-
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Line?? Again, we are at 1-617-721-1688 in Boston....
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Bill Macneill, SYSOP
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DEC-Line FIDO#202
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FOR SALE
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I HAVE 2 NEW 20 MEG HARD DRIVES WHICH ARE EXTERNAL
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WITH CASE AND POWER SUPPLY, CABLES AND CONTROLLER CARDS.
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COVERED BY ONE YEAR WARRANTY.
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DRIVES MADE BY CMI. CONTROLLER-DTC CARD.
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EACH UNTIL IS SELLING FOR $1375.00
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ALL ARE BRAND NEW IN THE BOX WITH FULL DOC'S
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CONTACT RICHARD LEVEY VIA FIDO 79.
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I HAVE THE FOLLOWING FOR SALE AT THIS TIME.
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1 D.S.D.D. DRIVE BRAND NEW NEVER USED
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2 S.S.D.D. DRIVES BRAND NEW NEVER USED
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ALL COVERED BY MANUFACTURERS WARRANTY.
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PACKAGE PRICE IS $200 (AMERICAN)
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CONTACT ME VIA NODE 79 UNTIL I GET MY
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NODE NUMBER.....RICHARD LEVEY
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Introducing: *** The Modem ***
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A monthly magazine for the IBM PC BBSer. This magazine
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comes with a diskette holding a massive collection of BBS
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numbers from around the country. With each monthly issue,
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you recieve a diskette holding even more numbers. This
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comes with a program that will merge the updates into your
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main list.
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Some features include:
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* Articles by SYSOPS and users.
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* A forum for asking and answering BBS related
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questions.
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* BBS of the month - information about the system, why
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it was chosen, the phone number and schedule.
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* A column written by a SYSOP that will give advice and
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ideas or anyone running or wanting to run their own
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Bulletin Board.
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* Lots of ads for computers, modems, and BBS software.
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If you've got some new software, or equipment, or
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maybe you want to buy some, then this is the place to
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look.
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The main goal of The Modem is to unite the BBS Community of
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fidonews -- 21 Jan 85 23:26:34 Page 21
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America. We hope to soon have a complete listing of every
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BBS in the country. Once the boards are united, we will be
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able to better fight any problems presented to us by either
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the government, the phone companies, or system hackers.
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Subscribe now to the magazine that you've been waiting for.
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If you want to receive valuable information each month
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concerning computers and communications and what you can do
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with them, then send now for your membership in the modem
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society.
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Rates are $60 per year. This includes 13 diskettes. Your
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first month you will recieve the BBS list diskette along
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with the current month's edition of The Modem. Each month
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after that, you will recieve the next edition.
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Don't wait any longer, you might miss something good.
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Send check or money order to:
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Wordlab Co.
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7289 Petursdale
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Boulder, CO 80301
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The Modem is also available at a three month trial basis for
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$15. This does include the BBS list diskette.
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WANTED
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WANTED TO BUY: One used Gavilan computer.
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Send details (accessories, condition and price) to:
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Andy Meyer, FidoNet, Fido #317 - or contact Sysop of
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SMC-70 Citadel: (201) 930-6483 [24 hours, 300 baud]
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