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#: 12092 S1/General Interest
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05-Sep-91 23:41:50
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Sb: #11989-#Atlanta 'Fest
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Fm: Eric A. Cottrell [WIT] 76327,515
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To: Kevin Darling 76703,4227 (X)
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Hi Kev,
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When is Atlanta?
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Sure miss the easy drive to New Jersey!
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73 Eric....
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#: 12096 S1/General Interest
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06-Sep-91 01:48:41
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Sb: #12092-Atlanta 'Fest
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Fm: Kevin Darling 76703,4227
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To: Eric A. Cottrell [WIT] 76327,515 (X)
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Eric - I think it's Oct 5-6. Anyone know? All I know is that it's, as usual,
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coming up too quickly for me :-)
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#: 12093 S7/Telecommunications
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06-Sep-91 00:09:13
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Sb: #12065-Sterm 1.5
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Fm: Rick Ulland 70540,3305
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To: Bob Palmer 74646,2156
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I've also had a variant-CS goes away for a while, but comes back right in the
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middle of something after say a minute (in the newstuff menu) or two (someplace
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in TOP).It's also pretty consistent-haven't seen the whole login BS in months.
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-Rick
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#: 12094 S7/Telecommunications
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06-Sep-91 00:13:39
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Sb: #12078-#sterm 1.5
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Fm: Paul Hanke 73467,403
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To: Bob Palmer 74646,2156
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yes, I meant that what I saw typed via echo was all in lower case!
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But when I logged off and back on, re-checking the posted message showed that
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some caps were correct (those at the beginning of a sentence) others were still
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in lower case (those in the middle of a sentence). But even the CIS log-on
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lines were in lower case!
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Where sterm seemed to hang up is where CIS goes to check on your mailbox for
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new mail. Sterm never got past that point. Mebbe there's an incompatibility
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with Sterm's 8N1 parameter requirement. -ph-
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#: 12100 S7/Telecommunications
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06-Sep-91 07:28:37
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Sb: #12094-#sterm 1.5
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Fm: Steve Wegert 76703,4255
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To: Paul Hanke 73467,403 (X)
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Paul .... I've been using Sterm 1.5 for months .... even before Mark released
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it to the public. I've not noticed any trouble at all ...
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I have my CIS parameters set to notify me of waiting mail ... and it does,
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nicely. Then I'm taken to my customized personal menu. No muss ... No fuss.
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Has something else changed on your setup?
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Steve
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#: 12105 S7/Telecommunications
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06-Sep-91 20:50:55
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Sb: #12100-sterm 1.5
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Fm: Paul Hanke 73467,403
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To: Steve Wegert 76703,4255 (X)
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The only thing to change is the terminal program: I usually use UTRM40, DM3, or
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CIM (via 1000TL/2). Sterm is new to me and I tried it just for the experience
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of running from an os9 shell other than DM3 (which I haven't yet tried to run
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in MV). -ph-
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#: 12106 S7/Telecommunications
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06-Sep-91 22:56:17
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Sb: #12100-#sterm 1.5
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Fm: Paul Hanke 73467,403
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To: Steve Wegert 76703,4255 (X)
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Success! It seems that previous attempts were done when power line glitches
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were occurring (house wiring - complete with intermittant circuit breakers;
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lights would flicker in other parts of the house).
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I even downloaded a file using B send ahead protocol. It took 99 sec. to dl a
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17733byte file (2 errors); net baud rate 1423.
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Two questions arise: during library browsing, text transfers, etc., some
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lines are repeated, and some menus get scrambled on screen.
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Sometimes ctrl-c must be used to stop repeat scrolling. What causes this
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(note- power line problem isn't yet resolved fully, but doesn't
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seem to be a factor at this moment)
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Lastly- can't get sterm to even boot using MV, only OS9. MV gives a >can't
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open /t2< error. Any special changes to env.file? I've never run a comm
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program in MV. -ph-
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#: 12110 S7/Telecommunications
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07-Sep-91 10:18:35
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Sb: #12106-sterm 1.5
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Fm: Steve Wegert 76703,4255
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To: Paul Hanke 73467,403 (X)
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Paul,
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Last things first ....
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Sterm can run from Multiview ... used to do it all the time. Make sure the
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env.file lists /t2 as a valid device in the SCFDEV line. (I'm assuming that /t2
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and ACIAPAK is already in your bootfile.)
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Back to the sterm issues. It sure sounds like a combination of buffer over-run
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and missing interupts. Have you installed thhe IRQ hak?
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Have you installed the patch to ACIAPAK to increase the buffer size and have
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you installed the patches to MV to speed things up ... greatly.
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These are all required modifications for happy computing with the CoCo 3.
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(You can confirm the buffer over run problems by stepping down to 300 baud. If
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you don't notice the repeating text, then that's it!)
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Steve
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PS ... I'll nab the file names of the above mentioned patches ad pass then
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along.
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#: 12111 S7/Telecommunications
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07-Sep-91 10:27:34
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Sb: #12106-#sterm 1.5
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Fm: Steve Wegert 76703,4255
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To: Paul Hanke 73467,403 (X)
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Paul,
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The needed files all can be found in LIB 10. Look for :
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IRQHAK.TXT
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ACIAPK.IPC or PAKMOD.TXT
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Then run in order:
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MV2PAT.AR
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GSHELL.AR
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GSHELL2.AR
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It goes without saying ... apply patches to back up copies of required modules,
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eh whot?
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Steve
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#: 12114 S7/Telecommunications
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07-Sep-91 19:11:35
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Sb: #12111-sterm 1.5
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Fm: Paul Hanke 73467,403
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To: Steve Wegert 76703,4255
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I'm almost done with the gshell2 patch; the gshell patch sure took a long time
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to run, tho. But I'm not sure I ever did the mvpatch. Guess this means I
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have to start all over again? -ph-
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p.s. yes, I've done the grfdrv speed-ups quite a while ago.
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#: 12115 S7/Telecommunications
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07-Sep-91 19:14:09
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Sb: #12111-sterm 1.5
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Fm: Paul Hanke 73467,403
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To: Steve Wegert 76703,4255
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Ok, I just nabbed those files; will have to apply them when time permits.
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One other thing, when using deldir to delete everything in a directory, I can
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clear out everything except the directory name itself. Deldir reports bad
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pathname or pathname not found and leaves it active! -ph-
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#: 12098 S10/OS9/6809 (CoCo)
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06-Sep-91 07:21:09
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Sb: #12091-232 help!
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Fm: Steve Wegert 76703,4255
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To: Everett Chimbidis 76370,1366 (X)
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It's a bit more complicated than just adding a descriptor to pick up another
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serial port, Everett.
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If you already have /t2 installed and are using a stock addressed rs232 pak,
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plugging in another stock 233pak won't work. It's hardware address will need to
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be modified so as not to be in conflict with the other.
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If you get hold of one of the paks from Ken-ton, it's addresses will be set up
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so they don't confilct.
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Steve
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#: 12099 S10/OS9/6809 (CoCo)
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06-Sep-91 07:23:53
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Sb: #12091-232 help!
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Fm: Steve Wegert 76703,4255
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To: Everett Chimbidis 76370,1366 (X)
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In LIB10 look for MPI232.TXT. It will give you the info you need to modify a
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second 232pak to co-exisit with a stock addressed rs232 pak.
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Steve
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#: 12101 S5/OS9 Users Group
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06-Sep-91 09:20:25
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Sb: #12087-Cross Assembler
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Fm: Mark Wuest 74030,332
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To: Pete Lyall 76703,4230 (X)
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Pete,
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I think I remembered the name - Software Development Systems (SDS) in Downers
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Grove. I'll try dirctory assistance.
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Mark
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#: 12102 S10/OS9/6809 (CoCo)
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06-Sep-91 09:42:52
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Sb: #mod help
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Fm: Everett Chimbidis 76370,1366
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To: all
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Wwhere Do I find os9p3 or aciadrv??
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#: 12103 S10/OS9/6809 (CoCo)
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06-Sep-91 14:27:55
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Sb: #12102-#mod help
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Fm: Erich Schulman 75140,3175
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To: Everett Chimbidis 76370,1366 (X)
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os9p3 is available for download here. Just go to LIBrary 9/Utilities. The
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file is os9p3.ar which means you will need to extract it with ar.bin which you
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can also download. The size of os9p3 is less than 10K. It will take you about
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45 seconds to download it at 2400 baud, or about 8.5 minutes if you use 300
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baud. Be sure to carefully follow instructions for installing it in your
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system or you will not be able to boot os9. One more thing: I presume you have
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Level 2 which is required.
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#: 12107 S10/OS9/6809 (CoCo)
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07-Sep-91 02:19:28
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Sb: #12103-#mod help
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Fm: Everett Chimbidis 76370,1366
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To: Erich Schulman 75140,3175 (X)
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Yes thanks for the info do you know how to set up your boot disk? with the
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blocks in the right spots?
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#: 12121 S10/OS9/6809 (CoCo)
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07-Sep-91 23:45:54
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Sb: #12107-#mod help
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Fm: Erich Schulman 75140,3175
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To: Everett Chimbidis 76370,1366 (X)
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The way I have come to prefer is to use the program EZGen. You cannot download
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it; you must buy it. EZGen, however, is not good for those who are not already
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familiar with boot files and the like. If you have two disk drives, follow the
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directions in your OS-9 manual for the command os9gen. Using os9gen on a
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single drive is possible but rather difficult. To build your new bootlist, you
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must first find out what is already in your os9boot. You can do this with
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Modbuster or Bootsplit both of which can be downloaded. You can also use ident
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-s os9boot. The order in which modules appear in your boot list ranges from
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important to absolutely vital, and you have no easy way to know just how
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critical it is on your CoCo3. In some cases, you even have to get certain
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modules into one block of memory. So follow direcctions for where to insert
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os9p3 and build your bootlist accordingly. For the future, you might find
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EZGen a good program to have. So if you want to get it now anyway, I'll help
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you do it right. Tip No. 1: Make at least one backup of your present boot disk
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so you can always wipe the slate clean. I've been quite successful with EZGen,
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but I have had to restore my system disk from the backup before. Don't learn
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the hard way.
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#: 12125 S10/OS9/6809 (CoCo)
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08-Sep-91 11:01:59
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Sb: #12121-mod help
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Fm: Everett Chimbidis 76370,1366
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To: Erich Schulman 75140,3175
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I have ezgen I just don't know how to make them fit into the blocks!! How do
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you know when you have a block filled, or overfilled? I will send you a copy of
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my boot (idented -s ) if you think you can help!
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#: 12104 S6/Applications
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06-Sep-91 20:13:26
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Sb: GLABEL
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Fm: Chuck Watters 70115,536
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To: 74126,2736
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JONATHAN: I HAVE A NEW PRINTER AND TRIED TO HACK THE BASIC09 FILE OF GLABEL
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BECAUSE I NEED 5 BYTES TO PROGRAM SOME OF THE FONTS ON MY PRINTER. WHEN I TRIED
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TO RUN GLABEL FROM BASIC09 IT WOULDN'T RUN. I THEN NOTICED THAT IT CALLS A FILE
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NAMED "MV_SUBS". THE TITLE IS SHOWN IN THE ARCHIVED FILE, BUT THERE IS NO FILE.
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I THOUGHT MAYBE MY ORIGINAL DOWNLOAD WAS SCREWED UP BECAUSE MY HARD DISK
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CRASHED SOME TIME AGO, SO I DOWNLOADED GLABEL.AR AGAIN. STILL NOTHING EXCEPT
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THE TITLE. CAN YOU UPLOAD OR HELP ME TO PROGRAM PRT_DRV.LBL TO ACCOMMODATE THE
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5 BYTES MY NEW OKI-293 NEEDS.
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#: 12109 S10/OS9/6809 (CoCo)
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07-Sep-91 04:54:10
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Sb: #12052-RSM.PAK
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Fm: Kevin Darling 76703,4227
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To: James Whitaker 70355,431
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Hey James... got down your RSM program, and it's pretty neat... especially the
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custom request overlays.
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Just had to say "thanks!".
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#: 12112 S10/OS9/6809 (CoCo)
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07-Sep-91 13:15:42
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Sb: #12047-Speech/Sound Pak
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Fm: Sunny Lowe 72447,1037
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To: CHUCK WALKER 71161,205
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Have you upgraded the cartridge for the 2 mz speed of the COCO 3? It won't
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work if you havn't.
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Sunny
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#: 12113 S1/General Interest
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07-Sep-91 18:45:34
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Sb: #12088-#Execution path
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Fm: JOERG SATTLER 74016,631
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To: James Jones 76257,562 (X)
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OK. But how do you get more than 1 searchpath recognized by the shell that you
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are currently working out off. I am not worried about shells that are temporary
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(spawned) through a term program or equivalent techinique.
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#: 12119 S1/General Interest
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07-Sep-91 21:24:18
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Sb: #12113-Execution path
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Fm: James Jones 76257,562
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To: JOERG SATTLER 74016,631
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In the OS-9/68000 shells, you simply
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setenv PATH <path1>:<path2>:...:<path(n)>
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to get that effect. I never used the 6809 shell+ path stuff, but I bet it is
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analogous.
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#: 12116 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK)
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07-Sep-91 20:02:58
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Sb: #Intercepts
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Fm: Bob van der Poel 76510,2203
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To: all
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I'd like to use an intercept to check for the user hitting the keyboard abort
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key. When the key is hit my program should go and delete a bunch of temporary
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files and do some other cleanup chores, then it should terminate.
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The example on page 82 of the Microware C manual shows an example of this. The
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interecpt routine sets a global flag which the main loop of the program
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monitors. This is not workable, since I don't have a main loop which is checked
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on a continuous basis--control could be in any of several areas, so checking a
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flag is out. On the other hand, I can't do I/O, etc. until after I leave the
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intercept . . . and simply branching to another routine IS NOT leaving the
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intercept. So, what I need is a method to tell OS9 than it's okay to leave
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system mode, then I'll call my cleanup routines and exit. Anyone know how I
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tell this lie to the system?
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BTW, I guess the same problem occurs using longjmp() if you want to restart the
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program after a signal.
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The fact that OS9 leaves you in system mode after a signal interecpt is a real
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pain if you are writing an application. Too bad there isn't some kind of flag
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which could be set when the intercept is set up to signal system or user mode.
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#: 12117 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK)
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07-Sep-91 20:40:46
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Sb: #12116-#Intercepts
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Fm: Kevin Darling 76703,4227
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To: Bob van der Poel 76510,2203
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Ummm. Where does it say that intercept routines are in system mode? You can do
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I/O from it... I have!
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#: 12118 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK)
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07-Sep-91 21:17:27
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Sb: #12117-Intercepts
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Fm: Pete Lyall 76703,4230
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To: Kevin Darling 76703,4227 (X)
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Me too.... There should be a number of utilities in DL9 that I have done over
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the years that trap interrupts and the like.
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Pete
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#: 12122 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK)
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08-Sep-91 00:43:10
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Sb: #12116-Intercepts
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Fm: Bob Taylor 73270,3124
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To: Bob van der Poel 76510,2203
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Bob,
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Microware does not recommend doing I/O while in the intercept routine as
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signals to that process are enqueued while in the intercept. You could lose
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signals. Use of I/O in an intercept is therefore an application decision.
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#include <signal.h>
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intercept(sig)
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{
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switch (sig)
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{
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case SIGINT:
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case SIGQUIT: cleanup();
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}
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}
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Bob
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#: 12120 S10/OS9/6809 (CoCo)
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07-Sep-91 21:27:50
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Sb: #Mouse_Hlp
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Fm: Brother Jeremy, CSJW 76477,142
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To: Kevin Darling, 76703,4227 (X)
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Dear Kevin:
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I am working on a project and I need to show the x/y co-ordinates of the mouse
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on the screen. The only code I could find in the Tandy OS-9 manual was for the
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low or medium resolution joystick.
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I used the sample from your Syscall Tutorial
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PROCEDURE SS_Mouse
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TYPE stack=CC,A,B,DP:BYTE; X,Y,U:INTEGER
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DIM reg:stack
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BASE 0
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DIM I_GetStt,SS_Mouse,mouse(32):BYTE
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I_GetStt=$8D
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SS_Mouse=$89
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LOOP
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reg.A=0
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reg.Y=0
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reg.X=ADDR(mouse)
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RUN Syscall(I_GetStt,reg)
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PRINT "Mouse X = "; mouse(28)*256+mouse(29); " ";
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PRINT "Mouse Y = "; mouse(30)*256+mouse(31)
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EXITIF mouse(8)<>0 THEN
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PRINT "Left button Hit"
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ENDEXIT
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ENDLOOP
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I get the following:
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PRINT "Mouse X = 31091 Mouse Y = 25441 Left button Hit
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What I would like to be able to do is get numbers like x=(between 0 to 639)
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y=(between 0 to 191)
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Plus the numbers didn't change when I moved the mouse. What am I doing wrong?
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Confusedly yours, Br. Jeremy, CSJW
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There is 1 Reply.
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#: 12123 S10/OS9/6809 (CoCo)
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08-Sep-91 03:27:13
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Sb: #12120-Mouse_Hlp
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Fm: Kevin Darling 76703,4227
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To: Brother Jeremy, CSJW 76477,142
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Br Jeremy - you/we forgot to set the reg.B to the statcall!
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PROCEDURE SS_Mouse
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(* message 12120
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TYPE stack=CC,A,B,DP:BYTE; X,Y,U:INTEGER
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DIM reg:stack
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BASE 0
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DIM I_GetStt,SS_Mouse,mouse(32):BYTE
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I_GetStt=$8D
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SS_Mouse=$89
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LOOP
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reg.A=0
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reg.B=SS_Mouse \ (* <======== aha!
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reg.Y=0
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reg.X=ADDR(mouse)
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RUN Syscall(I_GetStt,reg)
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PRINT "Mouse X = "; mouse(28)*256+mouse(29); " ";
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PRINT "Mouse Y = "; mouse(30)*256+mouse(31)
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EXITIF mouse(8)<>0 THEN
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PRINT "Left button Hit"
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ENDEXIT
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ENDLOOP
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Also, this assumes autoselect of mouse; that is, that you've run one of
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those gshell or setmouse or etc utils or patches first so that the system
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knows that your hires mouse is in the right (or left) port. - kev
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#: 12124 S7/Telecommunications
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08-Sep-91 10:27:39
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Sb: sterm 1.5
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Fm: Paul Hanke 73467,403
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To: Steve Wegert 76703,4255
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PAKMOD.TXT refers to a file called PAKMOD.SCR in the same dl10 but it doesn't
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seem to be there (?)
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How's 'bout a collective summary of all patches & mods describing each and
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including module idents for each step of a particular upgrade? -ph-
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