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#: 3805 S10/Tandy CoCo
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26-May-90 00:55:46
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Sb: #3606-Dynastar
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Fm: Mike Stephenson 71655,415
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To: Denise Tomlinson 71021,3274
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~
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You may want to download the file DYNAS.AR in library 10. It was
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uploaded by Rix Seacord and is a compilation of all DynaStar and DynaForm
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errata.
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It may answer your questions.
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Best
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Mike
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#: 3806 S3/Languages
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26-May-90 01:02:01
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Sb: #3804-#BASIC09 Help
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Fm: Kevin Darling (UG Pres) 76703,4227
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To: Colin Smith 73777,1360 (X)
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Colin - here's a test program which maps in a buffer, and just Gets
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a char at a location each time the mouse button is pressed, and Peeks
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the mapped-in buffer. Study it and ask Q's.
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PROCEDURE SpotTest
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(* Gets a char from Text Screen:
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BASE 0
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TYPE registers=cc,a,b,dp:BYTE; x,y,u:INTEGER
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DIM reg:registers
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DIM Mouse(32):BYTE
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DIM I_GetStt:BYTE \I_GetStt=$8D
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DIM SS_Mouse:BYTE \SS_Mouse=$89
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DIM F_ID:BYTE \F_ID=$0C
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DIM X1,Y1,Group,BuffNum,BuffLoc:INTEGER
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DIM oldx,oldy:INTEGER
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GOSUB 100 \(* Find a Group to Use *)
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RUN gfx2("Get",Group,BuffNum,1,1,2,1)
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RUN MapBuff(Group,BuffNum,BuffLoc)
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LOOP
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GOSUB 200 \(* Get Mouse coord
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IF X1<>oldx OR Y1<>oldy THEN
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RUN gfx2("CurXY",X1,Y1)
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oldx=X1 \oldy=Y1
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ENDIF
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IF Mouse(8)<>0 THEN
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RUN gfx2("Get",Group,BuffNum,X1,Y1,2,1)
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RUN gfx2("CurHome")
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PRINT "Value is: ";
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PRINT PEEK(BuffLoc);
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PRINT " Character is: ";
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PRINT CHR$(PEEK(BuffLoc));
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PRINT " "
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PRINT "--------------------------------";
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RUN gfx2("CurXY",X1,Y1)
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ENDIF
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ENDLOOP
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(* ******************************************
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100 (* Find a Group via our ID
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RUN Syscall(F_ID,reg) \Group=reg.a \BuffNum=1
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ON ERROR GOTO 110
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RUN gfx2("KillBuff",Group,0)
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110 ON ERROR
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RETURN
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(* ******************************************
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200 (* Get Mouse Coords:
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reg.a=0
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reg.b=SS_Mouse
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reg.x=ADDR(Mouse)
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reg.y=1
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RUN Syscall(I_GetStt,reg)
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X1=(Mouse($18)*256+Mouse($19))/8
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Y1=Mouse($1B)/8
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RETURN
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There is 1 Reply.
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#: 3864 S3/Languages
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27-May-90 13:47:49
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Sb: #3806-BASIC09 Help
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Fm: Colin Smith 73777,1360
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To: Kevin Darling (UG Pres) 76703,4227
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OK. Thanks a million. I'll see what I can do with it.
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Again, thanks.
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--Colin
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#: 3807 S3/Languages
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26-May-90 01:02:18
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Sb: #3804-BASIC09 Help
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Fm: Kevin Darling (UG Pres) 76703,4227
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To: Colin Smith 73777,1360 (X)
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(* ******************************************
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PROCEDURE MapBuff
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PARAM Group,BuffNum,BuffLoc:INTEGER
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TYPE registers=cc,a,b,dp:BYTE; x,y,u:INTEGER
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DIM reg:registers
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DIM I_SetStt:BYTE \I_SetStt=$8E
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DIM SS_MpGPB:BYTE \SS_MpGPB=$84
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reg.a=1
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reg.b=SS_MpGPB
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reg.x=Group*256+BuffNum
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reg.y=$01
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RUN Syscall(I_SetStt,reg)
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(* check CC register bit for error
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IF LAND(reg.cc,$01)<>0 THEN
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PRINT "Error #"; reg.b
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PAUSE
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ENDIF
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BuffLoc=reg.x \(* Return Location
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END
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#: 3808 S15/Hot Topics
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26-May-90 02:17:57
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Sb: #3802-OS9 A/O Uniflex???
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Fm: Paul K. Ward 73477,2004
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To: Colin Smith 73777,1360 (X)
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Colin,
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If you sold all your blown stuff to a Commodore 64 owner, it would be a step up
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for him/her!! <grin>
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Paul
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PS Keep your eyes out for a special MM/1 offer and for some press releases.
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#: 3826 S15/Hot Topics
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26-May-90 10:23:17
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Sb: #3796-#OS9 A/O Uniflex???
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Fm: MOTD Editor..Bill Brady 70126,267
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To: Paul K. Ward 73477,2004 (X)
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I am shooting for June 15th.
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There is 1 Reply.
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#: 3838 S15/Hot Topics
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26-May-90 12:47:58
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Sb: #3826-OS9 A/O Uniflex???
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Fm: Paul K. Ward 73477,2004
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To: MOTD Editor..Bill Brady 70126,267
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No sweat.
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Paul
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#: 3809 S15/Hot Topics
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26-May-90 02:18:46
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Sb: #3803-#OS9 A/O Uniflex???
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Fm: Paul K. Ward 73477,2004
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To: Colin Smith 73777,1360 (X)
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Colin,
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I can offer you $50 off the computer with a special deal we're posting
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tomorrow.
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Paul
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#: 3835 S15/Hot Topics
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26-May-90 12:37:36
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Sb: #3809-#OS9 A/O Uniflex???
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Fm: Jim Peasley 72726,1153
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To: Paul K. Ward 73477,2004 (X)
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~ Yeah, Paul!
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Anxiously awaiting full specs on the MM/1, including an estimated release
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date, OS, software, hardware options, $$$, etc.
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I casually dropped a reference to the MM/1 and OS-9 in an I*M forum dedicated
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to specs for the 'ultimate' home computer, and was deluged with replies for
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more info.
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Everything that they wanted in the 'ultimate rOME computer' is being done
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right now with the CoCo and LII, with the exception of touch screens, so the
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MM/1 should be that much better if you haven't left anything out!
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...waiting and watching the mailbox and LIB15.
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...Jim
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#: 3839 S15/Hot Topics
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26-May-90 12:50:11
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Sb: #3835-OS9 A/O Uniflex???
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Fm: Paul K. Ward 73477,2004
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To: Jim Peasley 72726,1153 (X)
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Jim,
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The stuff went out with a several-thousand-piece mailing last week!
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Response has been outstanding.
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Thanks for the interest, and keep your eyes posted!
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Paul
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#: 3810 S10/Tandy CoCo
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26-May-90 03:27:07
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Sb: #3729-#Selecting windows
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Fm: TONY CAPPELLINI 76370,2104
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To: Kevin Darling (UG Pres) 76703,4227 (X)
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Thanx a bunch. I spent [D [D [Dabout 6 hours customizing my startup file trying
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to get those damn windows working. I don't know what I did but I got it to
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work. I have 4 windows come up out of startup, and also 1 for mv. The 1b21 for
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the mv window seems to work, but not for the other windows. So I7ll live with
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that until I can find out more about windowing. In addition to that I've
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optimized my system for spedd. Sorry, about the typos, but I can't backspace
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with osterm !!! look at the [[D's abouve. Thats what comes out when I hit the
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backspavece key. Anyway I have had the disto ramdisk cartridge for over a year,
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and I have only really used it to compile programs without ever accessing the
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HD. (I can remeber whemn I used to compile off a two floppy drive system. Talk
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about slow !!) Now I format it on startup, load it with cmds, apllications,
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icons, aifs, and procs. MV is in high gear now. (Fastgraf helped a lot too !).
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For some reason , when I start up osterm from th ramdrive, it comes up with an
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unable to link to macro mesassage, and just sits there. But when I run it from
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the HD, it is ok. Any ideas ?
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Getting back to the original topic. (Sorry, but I had to blow my horn. I spen t
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a lot of time trying to get the damn startup file e to finish executing. It
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would just quit in the middle, soemtimes with an error sometimes not.) It
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turned out that While I was using Window Wwriter, it left a control character
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or teo two in there, and them buggers is invisible ! I usually have it strip
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out all control codes, but maybe it left some anyway. I can see it now, the
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compiler is gonna choke on th those control chars. Looks like I need to write a
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filter program !
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TC
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#: 3820 S10/Tandy CoCo
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26-May-90 07:19:41
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Sb: #3810-#Selecting windows
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Fm: Kevin Darling (UG Pres) 76703,4227
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To: TONY CAPPELLINI 76370,2104 (X)
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Gee, sounds like you've been hard at work! Kudos for not giving up... always
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good when someone sticks with it AND finds the trouble <grin> to boot.
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Nope, no idea on OSTerm and macros... are the macros copied over to /r0?
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#: 3830 S10/Tandy CoCo
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26-May-90 12:14:24
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Sb: #3820-#Selecting windows
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Fm: TONY CAPPELLINI 76370,2104
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To: Kevin Darling (UG Pres) 76703,4227 (X)
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Kev, the only other files that osterm uses that I know of are the osterm.ddir ,
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osterm.options, and another one for user defined macros. Whenever I start it up
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(from the HD) it usually finds the first 2 files and I get a 216 error for the
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macro files, because it doesn't exist (I haven't created any macros yest). This
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is ok, because I have been using it like this for a while. Now since I put it
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in the ramdrive, I get the "unable to link to macro "error. It seesm to me that
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this is a module of some sort that it is looking for in memory (which it
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probably yanked out of /h0/cmds, before), and now it can't find i it. But after
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doing an mdir, while it is running, the only osterm related module in memory is
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osterm itself. I'll try to get in touch with Vaughn.
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TC
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#: 3842 S10/Tandy CoCo
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26-May-90 15:57:28
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Sb: #3830-#Selecting windows
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Fm: Zack Sessions 76407,1524
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To: TONY CAPPELLINI 76370,2104 (X)
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OSTerm uses the following modules:
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OSTerm
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filepick
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transfer
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macro
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autodial
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#: 3849 S10/Tandy CoCo
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27-May-90 02:46:53
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Sb: #3842-#Selecting windows
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Fm: TONY CAPPELLINI 76370,2104
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To: Zack Sessions 76407,1524 (X)
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Zack, Great. I found those files in my cmds directory. I forgot that they came
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with osterm. Thats what happens when you have a huge cmds directory. I think I
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should work on a new method of organizing my hard disk. Any suggestions !!
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THANX TC
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#: 3859 S10/Tandy CoCo
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27-May-90 10:42:00
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Sb: #3849-#Selecting windows
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Fm: Zack Sessions 76407,1524
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To: TONY CAPPELLINI 76370,2104 (X)
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While I was using OSTerm, I cranked it up this way:
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1) chd to ramdisk
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2) run the following procedure file:
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copy /dd/sys/osterm.options osterm.options
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load osterm
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load filepick
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load transfer
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load macro
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load autodial
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osterm <>>>/1
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unlink osterm file ick transfer macro autodial
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del osterm.options
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The procedure file was in my current CMDS directory with e attribute set.
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I think Shell+ is also required to do that. (run a procedure file not in your
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data dir)
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Zack
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#: 3869 S10/Tandy CoCo
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27-May-90 16:40:47
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Sb: #3859-Selecting windows
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Fm: TONY CAPPELLINI 76370,2104
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To: Zack Sessions 76407,1524
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Thanx Zack. I got osterm to work out of /r0. I just had my startup file copy
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the other 4 files you mentioned. I didn't have to unlink any mod ules cuz
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there not in memory. Only osterm is. I have been having some other problems
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(minor) with osterm, but I would rather talk to Vaughn about it person to
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person. It takes too long to type them in in message form, here.
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TC
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#: 3827 S10/Tandy CoCo
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26-May-90 10:28:42
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Sb: #3810-Selecting windows
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Fm: Zack Sessions 76407,1524
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To: TONY CAPPELLINI 76370,2104 (X)
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You just need to get a decent text editor, like VED.
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Zack
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#: 3834 S10/Tandy CoCo
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26-May-90 12:37:20
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Sb: #3810-#Selecting windows
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Fm: Jim Peasley 72726,1153
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To: TONY CAPPELLINI 76370,2104 (X)
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~ TC;
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Just for curiosity's sake, why don't you compose your replies offline using
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an editor, and then upload them? It's a lot cheaper in most cases, and you
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could then use your backspace key. %-}
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...Jim
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#: 3848 S10/Tandy CoCo
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27-May-90 02:43:28
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Sb: #3834-#Selecting windows
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Fm: TONY CAPPELLINI 76370,2104
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To: Jim Peasley 72726,1153 (X)
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Great idea, but I don't know how to upload these messages. I assume they must
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conform to some sort of standard. Can you tell me how to do that ? I figured
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out why the backspace key was screwing up. I had osterm set to ansi graphics
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mode instead of TTY. Now I can backspace ok. How would I know what my replies
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would be unless I logged on and read the messages first. Is it actually better
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to log on get your messages, log off write your replies, log back on and upload
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them. Sseems like a lot of trouble but if will save me connect time i'll try
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it. But, I do need some info on how to upload messages as well as files that
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can be put in the libs for others to download. THANX TC
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#: 3863 S10/Tandy CoCo
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27-May-90 11:10:24
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Sb: #3848-Selecting windows
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Fm: Steve Wegert 76703,4255
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To: TONY CAPPELLINI 76370,2104 (X)
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Tony,
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There's a file in LIB 1 that will help you with composing replies offline then
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uploading them to the message base. Take a peek at FAST.DOC. You can use the
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tips found there with any telcom program and editor/word processor.
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Give a shout if you need some help.
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Steve
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#: 3865 S10/Tandy CoCo
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27-May-90 14:14:51
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Sb: #3848-#Selecting windows
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Fm: Jim Peasley 72726,1153
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To: TONY CAPPELLINI 76370,2104 (X)
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~ Ahh, so! Maybe I can help here Tony.
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You're using OSterm, if I remember the past msgs. in this thread, no? I'm
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not at all familiar with it, but I can tell you how to reply/upload in a
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general way.
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Assuming you're logging on, capturing messages of interest, logging off and
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reading them, what you.would do when you see a message you'd like to respond to
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is this :
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Using an editor of some type or another (even Build is o.k.), for the first
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line of the reply, enter 're' (or rep), a space, and the msg. nu ber you're
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replying to. The first line of this msg is 're 3848'.
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Type your reply/question/message.
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Type '/ex' or '/exit' in column #1 after your last line.
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Type 's' to store the message and let CIS rtformat it, 'su' to store it
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exactly as you typed it, or 'pre' to preview it before it's stored either
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formatted or unformatted.
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When you've got all your replies ready to go, log back in and at the forum
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prompt '!', simply transmit each reply to CIS (CIS doesn't know that you're not
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typing from the keyboard). Be sure to use the ASCII transfer option.
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To upload to any of the libraries, go to the LIB you want to place your file
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into and at the prompt type 'upl', and CIS will prompt you for the filename
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which you then transmit. Next it'll ask you for KEYWORDS, a long description,
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and I believe, a short description.
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Much harder to describe than actually do!
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There's a program in DL10 called 'View.ar' that I'm using now which allows
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you to read your message file, print/save individual msgs., and reply to them
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in a relatively simple fashion.
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Hope I've helped, but yell if anything's not clear.
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...Jim
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#: 3873 S10/Tandy CoCo
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27-May-90 16:50:43
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Sb: #3865-Selecting windows
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Fm: TONY CAPPELLINI 76370,2104
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To: Jim Peasley 72726,1153
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How are you using view.ar /?Online or off. I see what you are talking about i'm
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just not sure I understand the mechanics of it TC
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#: 3811 S7/Telecommunications
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26-May-90 03:32:26
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Sb: #3734-#H+L
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Fm: TONY CAPPELLINI 76370,2104
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To: Butch Mooney 76702,1126 (X)
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Yes it is in california. I used to live less than a mile from him, and I
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couln't dial his board. Beleive it or not I still cant. My system just won't
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dial his number. Aas for Paul, he is moving this weekend. So Ssorry his new
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residence only has 1 phone line and he won't be runnging his BBS. In fact I am
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using one of his modems right now, trying to figure out why I can't dial his
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old number. Wweo Wwierd stuff, this Os9. I did get to see his board run
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from his monitor. It is really fast. He has made a lot of modifications on his
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systerm and they really have helped. The diskmaster with the 1.5meg ramdisk was
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a big help. Too bad I won't be able to call it up.
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TC
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#: 3843 S7/Telecommunications
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26-May-90 19:09:37
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Sb: #3811-#H+L
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Fm: Butch Mooney 76702,1126
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To: TONY CAPPELLINI 76370,2104 (X)
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Hi,
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It is to bad that Hound and Lion is shut down. Paul was very helpful to the
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new OS9 users. He should get another phone and fire it up. That leaves only
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Plain Rap for the Coco users. I think Plain Rap is about seven year old. That
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is old for a BBS. Most are up and down in no time. I think that a BBS is more
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work then most people think they are.
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#: 3850 S7/Telecommunications
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27-May-90 02:52:31
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Sb: #3843-#H+L
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Fm: TONY CAPPELLINI 76370,2104
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To: Butch Mooney 76702,1126 (X)
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Butch, do you live in the area (southern California) ? I have never called
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plain rap, but since Paul is down, I'll probably be using it regularly. Yeah,
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Paul was very helpful to me. I'm using his rs232pak and 2400 bd modem now.
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These are just temporary though. I have a disto rs232 on the way. The reason
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Paul isn't getting his bbs running is because GTE wants big bucks to run
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another phone line in at his new residence. I can understand his point of view.
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Are you new on CIS. I don't remember seeing your name before. I've been on over
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a year, but I really want to switch over to Delphi, cuz i'm running up too many
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bills. Talk to you soon. TC
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#: 3853 S7/Telecommunications
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27-May-90 04:22:51
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Sb: #3850-#H+L
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Fm: Butch Mooney 76702,1126
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To: TONY CAPPELLINI 76370,2104 (X)
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Hi TC,
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No, I've been on for aboar or more. OS9 is new for me. Used RS-DOS for the
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pasted three years. I'm a SysOp on the new PETS forum that has been running
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since the last of Feb. I live in Newhall. All BBSing is a toll call for me. I
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work to pay my Pacific Bell bill. It is a killer. I've heard the you can run up
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a big bill on Delphi. It isn't cheap. All in all I like CIS. Some nock it but
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they just want free BBSing. If you need Plain Rap's number let me know. They
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have some great people on there.
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Butch
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#: 3867 S7/Telecommunications
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27-May-90 16:32:51
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Sb: #3853-H+L
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Fm: TONY CAPPELLINI 76370,2104
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To: Butch Mooney 76702,1126
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I have plain raps # but I can't seem to be able to stay on the line. I'm set up
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for 8 N 1 1200, but I don't see anything intelligab le. I don't get anything
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from him. I just installed the diode hak, and wanted to see if it was working.
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Wwell I called CIS ok, but I can't do anything on Jim's board. Maybe it's down.
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Do you have a voice # for him. ?? TC/exit
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#: 3812 S7/Telecommunications
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26-May-90 03:39:14
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Sb: #OSTERM
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Fm: TONY CAPPELLINI 76370,2104
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To: Vaughn Cato
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Vaughn I tried to run some of my applications from my ramdrive, but when I try
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to run osterm from there, it responds with an 'unable to link to macro error'
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and just sits there. I have moved the options and ddir files to the RD as well.
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If I chx back to the hard drive, everything is ok. It seems as if I am missing
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a file or two, but I don't know what it is. Aalso I can't backspace bwhile in
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osterm because I get these characters [D. OOPs. Just had a revelation. My
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terminal was set for ansi, instead of tty. Now it works. I've been calling a
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lot of os9 boards lately and was using os9 grafx and ansi as well. Got to
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remeber to save that info.
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THANX. TC exit
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#: 3821 S7/Telecommunications
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26-May-90 07:21:36
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Sb: #3812-#OSTERM
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Fm: Kevin Darling (UG Pres) 76703,4227
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To: TONY CAPPELLINI 76370,2104 (X)
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Hmmm. I'm not sure Vaughn's on any network... just BBS's right now. I'll pass
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on your msg (if no one else does) tho.
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#: 3831 S7/Telecommunications
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26-May-90 12:16:41
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Sb: #3821-OSTERM
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Fm: TONY CAPPELLINI 76370,2104
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To: Kevin Darling (UG Pres) 76703,4227 (X)
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WOuld you see if you could find a bbs # where I can contact him or a voice line
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# THANX TC
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#: 3813 S6/Applications
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26-May-90 03:45:01
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Sb: #AIF -> DYNACALC
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Fm: TONY CAPPELLINI 76370,2104
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To: ALL
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I know there are a lot of Dynacalc users out there, so I figured I would tap
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into that info. When I click on my aif file, Ddcalc starts up but responds with
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an error 216, and says device not found. Also the colors I have p [Dspeci [D
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[Dspecified in the aif don't get used. Can't figure out why. Any Ideas ???
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THANX TC
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#: 3828 S6/Applications
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26-May-90 10:30:44
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Sb: #3813-#AIF -> DYNACALC
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Fm: Zack Sessions 76407,1524
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To: TONY CAPPELLINI 76370,2104 (X)
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Does Dynacalc work at the command line level?
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Here is the AIF I use :
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Dynacalc
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ICONS/icon.dyc
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0
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2
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80
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24
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1
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0
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Zack
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#: 3832 S6/Applications
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26-May-90 12:23:04
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Sb: #3828-AIF -> DYNACALC
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Fm: TONY CAPPELLINI 76370,2104
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To: Zack Sessions 76407,1524 (X)
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More late night revelations... After working on my system for what seemed
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endless hours, Dynacal finally camu up with the colors I selected. I think I
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may not have had all the files it neede in my /r0/cmds directory. I know that
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dcalc and dcalc.trm were there but when I first clicked on th icon I
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encountered the previous problems. The 216 error/device not found was due to an
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old aif that I was experimenting with that had a cd /h0/main/dynacalc for the
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parameter line. I guess i'll just have to change directorys through dcalc once
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it is running. I hate it when I fix one of these wierd os9 quirks and I don't
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know what caused it
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Thanx for the help. Later.......................................... TC
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#: 3814 S15/Hot Topics
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26-May-90 03:53:36
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Sb: #3731-That Darn Computer!
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Fm: TONY CAPPELLINI 76370,2104
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To: Pete Lyall 76703,4230
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Pete Wwell I just moved, a bit closer to your direction. I used to live in
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Sepulveda, now I'm in Canoga Park. I'm really close to work now. Less than a
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mile. Now I can os9 while I eat lunch ! Hey. Your just a stones throw over the
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hill. I still would like to see your Gimiz system sometime, if that's ok. We
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taled about that on the phone a while back, before you moved. I'm curious how
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you hav e have the terminals set up (software wise not hardware). TC
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#: 3815 S7/Telecommunications
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26-May-90 03:59:16
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Sb: #3774-Help
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Fm: TONY CAPPELLINI 76370,2104
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To: Butch Mooney 76702,1126 (X)
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Yep. They have pointed me in the right direction many times, but there are
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still lots of cracks out there, and I keep stepping in them.
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#: 3816 S7/Telecommunications
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26-May-90 04:15:59
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Sb: #3777-Help
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Fm: TONY CAPPELLINI 76370,2104
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To: Pete Lyall 76703,4230
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Pete, Speaking of the old days, they just hired the guy who wrote the Dircopy
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program for Smoke Signal. He used to work at IBIS, and they did most of their
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work on OSK systems. Actualy we have been hiring a lot of peoplee from Ibis
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lateley. Anyway, Bruce showed me the source code for his program. I wonder if I
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could get it to work for the 80 column windows, it used to hang up in the
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interactive mode unless yoy were in /term. I would appreciate ANY help with
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this, as I am still learning about os9's windowing quirks! TC
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#: 3817 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK)
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26-May-90 04:57:37
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Sb: #3773-#rs232/sterm
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Fm: Ed Gresick 76576,3312
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To: Steve Wegert 76703,4255 (X)
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Hi Steve!
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Barry's good at that stuff? Been meaning to call him - I'll give him a
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call later this morning.
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'Stand back and watch'? Ha! Gonna put you in the middle and throw darts
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<grin>!!
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Ed
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#: 3822 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK)
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26-May-90 08:36:40
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Sb: #3817-rs232/sterm
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Fm: Steve Wegert 76703,4255
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To: Ed Gresick 76576,3312 (X)
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Good at that stuff and getting better! You should hear him tell about the
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projects he's been assigned at the office. Some pretty wild stuff!
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I've had to bring the system down a couple times this week due to the storms
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we're sending your way. Hope it's not too much of an inconvenience.
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Steve
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#: 3818 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK)
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26-May-90 05:08:01
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Sb: #3798-still having problems
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Fm: Ed Gresick 76576,3312
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To: SCOTT HOWELL 70270,641 (X)
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Hi Scott!
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Pete's reply to you was correct except Fred's on board connector is just a
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6 pin connector with pin 2 used as an index. My connections are as follows:
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PT PT Modem
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BD DB-25 DB-25
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1 -----> 8 -----> 8
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2 (not used - index)
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3 -----> 7 -----> 7
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4 -----> 20 -----> 20
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5 -----> 3 -----> 2
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6 -----> 2 -----> 3
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You also may want to try jumpering as Pete suggested (if you do, disconnect the
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wire going back to the PT BD).
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I suspect you may also have another problem which I forgot about. Fred's
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device drivers 'ain't' the best in the world. Originally, I could get no echo
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from the modem. (Ever try to use kermit blind - lot's of fun). I assume
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you're using OSK 3.3 (I'm still mostly 3.2 with a coupld of 3.3 modules). Do
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you have an sc68681 driver for Term (or T1) and T2 and a sc68681a driver for T2
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and T3?
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I have a single driver for all four ports. It is a hacked version 15 - the
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crc is 209711. I got this from Simmy Turner. I'll ask him if its OK to send
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it to you (his stuff, you know).
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Ed
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#: 3823 S9/Utilities
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26-May-90 08:42:02
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Sb: #3787-Shell+ compatibility
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Fm: Steve Wegert 76703,4255
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To: J SILLIMAN 72355,1207
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J,
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Why are you so sure there's a problem with Shell+ and your repak utility?
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About the only problems I've run into with Shell+ is in the wildcard stuff.
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Things can get real hairy if the utility you're running has it own wildcard
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routines.
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Best bet is to diable shell+'s wildcards and let the utlitiy cope as written.
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If you have more info, I'm sure we'd be interested in hearing ....
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Steve
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#: 3824 S15/Hot Topics
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26-May-90 08:57:39
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Sb: #3795-oh THAT Darn Computer
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Fm: Steve Wegert 76703,4255
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To: Frank Hogg 70310,317 (X)
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Frank,
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Your announcement has been enabled, but you may wish to take a look at it.
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There seems to be a few characters .. and in one instance a full line of text
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missing.
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If you feel it's necessary to upload a correction, just use the same file name
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and extension. The system will automatically take care of deleting the first
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file.
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Steve
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#: 3829 S13/Atari ST
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26-May-90 10:38:08
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Sb: #3636-#M$OS9Lvl query
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Fm: Robert Heller 71450,3432
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To: David George 72240,134 (X)
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David:
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All you need to do is link to the init module (C library function
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modlink(), page 4-153 in the C Compiler User Manual), and define a struct based
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on the structure of the init module (see /dd/sysmods/init.a) and cast the
|
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result from modlink("init",0) to a pointer to this structure and then you can
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access any field in the init module. Modlink() returns the very beginning of
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the module, so be sure to include a mod_exec struct (or equivelant) in the
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start of the init module struct definition.
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Robert
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#: 3860 S13/Atari ST
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27-May-90 10:42:26
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Sb: #3829-M$OS9Lvl query
|
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Fm: David George 72240,134
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To: Robert Heller 71450,3432
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Thank you very much.
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David
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#: 3833 S9/Utilities
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26-May-90 12:26:39
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Sb: Play.ar / Studio Works
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Fm: TONY CAPPELLINI 76370,2104
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To: ALL
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|
|
Does anyone out there know if the Studio Wworks sound files are compatible with
|
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the os9 play utility ? If so is there a way I can transfer files back and forth
|
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from os9 to rsdos ? I have a few SW files I would like to upload for eveyones
|
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use. Come to think of it, I haven't uploaded ANY files before. Where do I go to
|
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do that ?? TC
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#: 3836 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK)
|
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26-May-90 12:38:46
|
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Sb: #OS-9/Amigados
|
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Fm: Jim Peasley 72726,1153
|
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To: Kevin Darling 76703,4227 (X)
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|
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Kev;
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See msg. to Paul above.
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I gave your PPN to 2 AmigaNuts who had some questions on comparing 0S-9 to
|
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AmigaDOS. They may be contacting you here for some answers that I cauldn't
|
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give them about the Ami.
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Hope you don't mind.
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...Jim
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#: 3846 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK)
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26-May-90 22:21:51
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Sb: #3836-OS-9/Amigados
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Fm: Kevin Darling (UG Pres) 76703,4227
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To: Jim Peasley 72726,1153 (X)
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Jim - no problem at all. I'll answer what I can, or find someone who's able!
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<grin>
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#: 3837 S13/Atari ST
|
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26-May-90 12:42:51
|
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Sb: #ST in need of OS-9
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Fm: - Visitor 73020,413
|
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To: sysop (X)
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excuse me, but I have an ST and may be interested in running OS-9. Can I get
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the address of one or more OS-9 dealers? How about this version called
|
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PROFESSION 2.2? TKX.
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#: 3840 S13/Atari ST
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26-May-90 12:53:26
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Sb: #3837-ST in need of OS-9
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Fm: Paul K. Ward 73477,2004
|
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To: - Visitor 73020,413
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Visitor,
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Give me a call at 202/232-4246. I'll set you up.
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Paul
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#: 3841 S7/Telecommunications
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26-May-90 13:13:03
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Sb: #IRQHAK 4 DISTO RS232
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Fm: TONY CAPPELLINI 76370,2104
|
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To: [F] Kevin Darling 76703,4227 (X)
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I just ordered the disto now halt controller with rs232 option since they were
|
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on sale and my rs232 pak is flaking out. How do I do the irqhak for an rs232
|
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port in the disto NH controller ?? TC
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#: 3847 S7/Telecommunications
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26-May-90 22:23:54
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Sb: #3841-#IRQHAK 4 DISTO RS232
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Fm: Kevin Darling (UG Pres) 76703,4227
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To: TONY CAPPELLINI 76370,2104 (X)
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|
Tony - the SC-II manual I think shows a pin at one corner of the board ( near
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to the coco)... the rs232 port plugs into it, as this is the IRQ/CART pin. So
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that's also where you could run the irqhack from if you wished.
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If you have the diode hack (and it works for you) then you needn't worry.
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#: 3851 S7/Telecommunications
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27-May-90 03:02:00
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Sb: #3847-#IRQHAK 4 DISTO RS232
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Fm: TONY CAPPELLINI 76370,2104
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To: Kevin Darling (UG Pres) 76703,4227 (X)
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|
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I put the diode in and I think it was ok. I had some other hardware problems
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that made me think I had rs232 problems. But one day when I turned on my coco3
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and all I got was garbage and could not reset the computer, I lifted up one end
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of the diode and the garbage went away. I bought the diode at RS. Maybe their
|
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parts are inferior or not up to spec. I heard that the diode hack did not work
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on ALL coco3's. Paul Pollocks computer locked up or something when he put it
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in. I still have one diode left and i'm running a completey new machine ($129),
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so maybe i'll fire up my soldering iron after breakfast and try the diode hak
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again.
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I am occasionally getting the incorrect time from my disto clock module when I
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start up shells in windows that I open from startup. The year usually comes up
|
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as 93, the rest of the date and time is ok. But when I time date,t SOMETIMES i
|
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get ?????, and the time. I had this problem before. It comes and goes. Maybe I
|
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should have thought twice before I ordered the SCII and rs232 ? TC
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#: 3855 S7/Telecommunications
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27-May-90 06:52:47
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Sb: #3851-#IRQHAK 4 DISTO RS232
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Fm: Kevin Darling (UG Pres) 76703,4227
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To: TONY CAPPELLINI 76370,2104 (X)
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Hmm... if you bought a pack of diodes from RS, they might indeed be bad. We
|
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found that was true with most of their transistor packs, for example.
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Individual units should be okay, tho.
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Some people get that time problem.. and durn it, someone else once mentioned a
|
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possible fix or reason for it.... but I can't remember it! Anybody?
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#: 3868 S7/Telecommunications
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27-May-90 16:37:20
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Sb: #3855-IRQHAK 4 DISTO RS232
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Fm: TONY CAPPELLINI 76370,2104
|
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To: Kevin Darling (UG Pres) 76703,4227
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|
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I talked to you about this problem awhile back. Maybe you forgot that it was
|
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me. I just put in the diode on this new machine. Sso far it seems to work.
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Please let me know if you hear more about that fix for the Disto clock. I don't
|
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think Tony is interested with system related problems, however if you port is
|
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bad he will fix it or test it (CRC will), but I don't think I would get much
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help from him regarding a software oriented problem (if that is what it is).
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10 Q TC
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#: 3844 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK)
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26-May-90 20:54:39
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Sb: TC70 Computer
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Fm: Jim Truesdale 70335,1064
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To: Frank Hogg 70310,317 (X)
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Frank, what graphics processor chip is used on the TC70? Who is the
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designer of the TC70 computer CPU board?
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#: 3845 S10/Tandy CoCo
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26-May-90 22:18:43
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Sb: #3375-#ROGUE HELP HELP HELP HLP
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Fm: Dotti Rhodes 76334,3212
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To: WAYNE LAIRD 73617,3042
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Excuse me -- I have the 128K Rogue game... have a lot of fun with it too! But I
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can't seem to save my position! The machine whirrs and clicks and says "Unable
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to save position on this disk" Am I suppsed to be using the master disk to save
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positions? I'd hate to use the master disk if I didn't have to.. but I'm really
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stuck -- HELP!
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There is 1 Reply.
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#: 3856 S10/Tandy CoCo
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27-May-90 08:06:28
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Sb: #3845-ROGUE HELP HELP HELP HLP
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Fm: James Jones 76257,562
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To: Dotti Rhodes 76334,3212
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Could you give more details--the obvious first thing to check is whether you've
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write-protected the disk. (No offense intended--just trying to be thorough.)
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Tell us what sequence of events you go through, particularly inserting or
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removing disks and chd or chx commands.
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#: 3852 S3/Languages
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27-May-90 03:04:59
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Sb: #C and JOoysticks
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Fm: TONY CAPPELLINI 76370,2104
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To: ALL
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Does anyone know how I can read the fire buttons on the joystick ports from a C
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program ? I want to use them to monitor some external events but I don't know
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how to address them. Are they read by opening a path to that port or does it
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require some other stuff ? TC
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There is 1 Reply.
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#: 3861 S3/Languages
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27-May-90 10:44:13
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Sb: #3852-#C and JOoysticks
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Fm: Zack Sessions 76407,1524
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To: TONY CAPPELLINI 76370,2104 (X)
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You can use the I$GetStt SS.JOY function documented in the Tech Ref manual,
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page 8-116. You'll have to call it with the _os9() C library function.
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Zack
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There are 2 Replies.
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#: 3870 S3/Languages
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27-May-90 16:47:16
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Sb: #3861-C and JOoysticks
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Fm: TONY CAPPELLINI 76370,2104
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To: Zack Sessions 76407,1524
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I'm looking in the os-9 manual page 8-116 now. SS.JOY isn't a function() is it
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\ I'm not sure what I$GetStt is either. I have only been doing C for as year or
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so and that has been on a PC (sorry) at work. I don't know how to connect with
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os9 through C. Any suggestions where I should start ? See what I mean about
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talking perso to person. It would be a lot easier doing this in a 10 min phone
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call than 6 or 7 of these messages. If it's ok could I call you ? If so leave
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your number and a convenient time at the beep. I have compiled a few utilities
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on my system, but they don't really get down to the system level like you were
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talking about.
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Thanx TC
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#: 3871 S3/Languages
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27-May-90 16:48:01
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Sb: #3861-C and JOoysticks
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Fm: TONY CAPPELLINI 76370,2104
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To: Zack Sessions 76407,1524
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PS. Wwhat do they mean by function code 13 ? TC
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#: 3854 S7/Telecommunications
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27-May-90 06:14:01
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Sb: PT68K
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Fm: Ed Gresick 76576,3312
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To: Scott Howell 70270,641
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Hi Scott!
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Simmy said OK so I will mail his sc68681, Term, T1, T2 and T3 to you. One
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thing, they are set up for 19200 baud - you may have to change them.
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Ed
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#: 3857 S1/General Interest
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27-May-90 10:09:39
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Sb: #3779-OS/2
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Fm: Wayne Day 76703,376
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To: Avi 76117,3506
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What's OS/2?
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#: 3862 S7/Telecommunications
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27-May-90 10:48:22
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Sb: VT100 Emulation
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Fm: Zack Sessions 76407,1524
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To: ALL
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KBCom.ar is now available in DL7. The best VT100 emulation program for OS9
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Level 2 that I've seen. This is Shareware version. Commercial version due out
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sometime this summer. Written by Eddie Kuns.
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Zack
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#: 3866 S10/Tandy CoCo
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27-May-90 14:20:14
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Sb: Move.ar
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Fm: Jim Peasley 72726,1153
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To: All
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Just re-uploaded MOVE.AR to LIB10. This is version 1.1 which is a bit more
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user-friendly and has a few more options. Source B09, binary and help file.
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..Jim
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#: 3872 S7/Telecommunications
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27-May-90 16:50:12
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Sb: #3677-WizPro
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Fm: BOB GLAD 71046,1134
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To: MOTD Editor..Bill Brady 70126,267
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Bill
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I appreaciate the reply. I will make the patch and try it out. I probably
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downloaded the wrong file or ect. I will send soon for the complete package.
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T. Bob
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