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#: 17524 S1/General Interest
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13-Feb-93 19:15:52
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Sb: Tomcat70 for sale
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Fm: Jim Sutemeier 70673,1754
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To: all
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FOR IMMEDIATE SALE ---
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Tomcat 70 Computer, Complete!!
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This system includes the Tomcat 70 Computer from FHL, running, of course the
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Signetics 68070 processor.
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Also included is: 105 MB Quantum Drive 5.25" 40 DS Drive K-BUSS Card 2 Meg DRAM
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Memory 256K SRAM Accelerator Card 2 Port Serial card with 68681 chip
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1CM135 Magnavox Monitor
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There is loads of software included in this sale, as this is a forced sale, due
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to unforseen circumstances.
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Including software, this system cost me over $3500 to set up.
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Will sell for $1500 (o.b.o. - no reasonable offer refused).
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Contact --
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Jim Sutemeier 818:891-3369 (leave message if not at home)
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#: 17525 S1/General Interest
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13-Feb-93 23:41:47
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Sb: hardware sale
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Fm: Steve Schroeder 70713,3255
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To: all
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HARDWARE FOR SALE
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COCO 3 512k Piggyback socket installed $75.00
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Multi Pak Upgraded $45.00
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Disto mini controller switchable between 2 roms $45.00
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Speech and sound cartridge Tandy $20.00
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EARS Speech recognition cartridge $45.00
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300 Baud Modem $15.00
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RS floppy controller card works erraticly Two button mouse
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$10.00 2 joysticks
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$ 5.00 Hi-low res joystick adapter Hawksoft
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$15.00 Blue streak Serial to paralell interface
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$20.00
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And lots more!!!!!!
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#: 17547 S1/General Interest
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19-Feb-93 16:10:02
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Sb: Letter reciept
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Fm: BOB LEET 72020,2536
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To: Brother Jeremy 76477,142
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Brother Jeremy,
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Did you receive my letters yet? Just wondering, since I haven't gotten
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anything back yet. I got plenty of packing materials from work, and everything
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is packed good. There will be 4 boxes of hardware and one box of books. I
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have a feeling it will cost us about $25-30 each. There is a lot of stuff
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there. I hope you enjoy all of it.
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Bob//////
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P.S. I found an extra SS F/D Tandon drive (one of the originals).
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#: 17529 S7/Telecommunications
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15-Feb-93 03:24:18
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Sb: #17434-#terminal help
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Fm: Mike Haaland 72300,1433
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To: Bob van der Poel 76510,2203 (X)
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Hey Bob, I think the main problem is LAP-M. I setup my modem to only use
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V.32 and MNP 5 and have had none of the symptoms your having since. There
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should be an AT code to turn off the LAP-M correction.
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I use to get errors so bad that long DL's would abort about 9/10ths of the
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way thru. Really is painful on 2 meg DL's.
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Let me know if this helps you out.
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- Mike -
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There is 1 Reply.
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#: 17533 S7/Telecommunications
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15-Feb-93 21:10:24
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Sb: #17529-terminal help
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Fm: Bob van der Poel 76510,2203
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To: Mike Haaland 72300,1433 (X)
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Ummm, Mike, I don't recall what errors were are talking about. However, LAP-M
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(the same as v42) works fine for me. I'm having no problems at all talking to
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CIS these days. Well, I did "fix" the input buffer overflow problem with the
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mm/1 screens getting behind sterm. I don't use v42.bis at all (could that be a
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problem?).
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#: 17534 S7/Telecommunications
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15-Feb-93 23:06:12
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Sb: #Unzip w/ inflate
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Fm: Don Kircher 76346,3475
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To: Bob van der Pol
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Hi Bob!
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I saw your upload of UNZIP.LZH for MM/1 and was wondering if
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the source for that is the current version available in IBMPRO
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with inflate? What is the probability of compiling it for Coco successfully?
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I have been playing with the code, but I have no programming backround.
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Have even gotten it to run through to the linker, though I'm a bit suspicious
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that it will all fit in memory. This has become a rather critical issue
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for me since the archive feeds I get from the FAA of the Federal Register
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no longer work with Vaughn Cato's unzip3.[sigh]
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All I've done so far is #define it for UNIX and remove or comment out
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exotic #if statements.
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Thx
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Don Kircher
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There is 1 Reply.
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#: 17536 S7/Telecommunications
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16-Feb-93 20:46:54
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Sb: #17534-#Unzip w/ inflate
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Fm: Bob van der Poel 76510,2203
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To: Don Kircher 76346,3475 (X)
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The unzip I have was mailed to me by a friend who got it from a unix source.
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The 'readme' says "A public distribution version of the Info-ZIP project's
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generic UnZip utility; 21 August 1992." My binary is 55K, so I would think that
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it _should_ fit in the coco3 since the binaries are usually much smaller there
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due to shorter opcodes. Mind you, I see I have linked in 64K of stack space
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too...so it might not. If you want I could send you the whole mess on a disk
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(the source is about 300K so I don't want to waste $ on uploading). Send me a
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formatted disk in a mailer and I'll copy the mess over for you.
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BTW, as I recall, I ended up using GCC to compile this. Plus I needed a number
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of unix functions...some from gcc and others from blarslib.l. Neither of which
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will help you on the coco.
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#: 17537 S7/Telecommunications
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16-Feb-93 23:02:34
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Sb: #17536-#Unzip w/ inflate
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Fm: Don Kircher 76346,3475
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To: Bob van der Poel 76510,2203 (X)
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The file I've been messing with carries the same banner and date as yours.
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It came with compiling instructions and .proj files for a BUNCH of computers.
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I'm guessing that the unix functions were ANSI standard library functions
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such as you might find in the Bourland C++ package? I stumbled across a
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book of source code for the ANSI standard C library (Plauger 1990) which
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<SHOULD> take care of that if it will just fit in memory. Too much tinkering
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and I'll have to throw in the towel. Linked lists and the like are **way**
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beyond what I'm capable of doing..
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Thanks for the reply
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dlk
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#: 17548 S7/Telecommunications
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19-Feb-93 19:14:58
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Sb: #17537-Unzip w/ inflate
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Fm: Bob van der Poel 76510,2203
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To: Don Kircher 76346,3475
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I don't think you'll have to resort to the Plauger book too much. The problem
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is mostly a bunch of missing unix-like calls. I think there is a file around
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here (unix.lib or something ....anyone recall for 6809???) which has most of
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the missing stuff. Let us know how you fare.
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#: 17532 S10/OS9/6809 (CoCo)
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15-Feb-93 18:31:20
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Sb: coco software
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Fm: Steve Schroeder 70713,3255
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To: all
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2/15/93
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Here is a list of used software I currently have for sale. All software comes
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with original disks and docs. Buyer pays shipping on all items FOB Nanuet, NY.
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Figure on $3.00 to $5.00 in most cases.
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COCO 2
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OS9
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OS9 Level 1 TRS Copy Deskmate Basic O9 DL Logo Tandy Hires screen dump
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utilities
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I'll take $20.00 for all the level 1 stuff or $5 each.
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RS-DOS
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DIsk EDTASM $ 8.00
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512k memtest, Ramdisk, print spooler $ 8.00
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Flightsim 1 $ 5.00
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Sands of Egypt $ 5.00
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COCO 3
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OS9
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OS9 Level 2 (includes BASIC09) $10.00
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Multi Vue $10.00
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Dyna Calc Tandy spread sheet $10.00
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Data Windows Nice data base $25.00
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B+B PowerBoost software and instructions (just add the 6309) $15.00
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Level 2 Tools $12.00
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Tools 2 $15.00
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Lots of public domain patches and programs, device drivers, modules, etc.
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RS-DOS
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Simply Better The best COCO3 word proccesor $15.00
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V-Term Terrific terminal program $15.00
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COCO Graphics Designer Plus make cards, flyers, signs $ 5.00
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Newspaper Plus Nice desktop publisher $22.00
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Color Max Deluxe Drawing program $12.00
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Deception Path Great game $12.00
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War Monger water ballons to space invaders $15.00
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KDSK3 (registered copy) Disk editor+file keeper $50.00
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Plus, I have all the notes and articles I've collected over the years, all the
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sources and address's etc. $10.00
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Steve Schroeder CIS 70713,3255 Delphi STEVESCHR (914) 429 2031
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#: 17535 S10/OS9/6809 (CoCo)
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16-Feb-93 13:47:06
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Sb: 4in1 6551 blues?
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Fm: Sandy Tipper 72060,76
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To: all
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I have a DISTO SCII with 4-in-1, and I cannot seem to get the serial port to
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work. I have ACIAPAK.DR and have it patched as specified, using /t2 as the
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descriptor. I also used to use Wizpro, soI have PROACIA.DR and the descriptor
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/mwp. Both descriptors are set for the right address $07FF54, and name their
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respectively appropriate drivers. With /mwp, I can write to the modem, but
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cannot receive. With a loopback connector and using a 'scope, with 'xcom9
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/mwp' I see data xmitted, but no characters echo, although DTR is fed back to
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DSR and CD.
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With /t2 and the "correct" driver, the transmit line is dead. (scope shows
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constant -ve voltage).
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Is there something wrong with my software or understanding, or is my 6551
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toasted? I don't want to risk hacking at the 4-in-1 board to replace it if its
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not a hardware problem.
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Urgently required to get my system useful again.
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Sandy
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#: 17540 S10/OS9/6809 (CoCo)
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17-Feb-93 19:00:13
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Sb: #6309 and 1 meg
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Fm: james pottage 71750,2012
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To: ALL
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I am looking for help with my 1 meg upgrade and the 6309. Recently I installed
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the 6309 processor with Power Boost and everything ran fine for the first two
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months. A week ago I installed the 1 meg board to the processor and shorted the
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proper resistor. The system works, but two of the three Ram drivers that I have
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(Rammer by Kevin Darling and RDISK ) both crash the system either while being
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formatted or after being formatted when a file is copy to /R0. I tried changing
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R22 to a 47 ohm resister and the problem continues. No other problems have been
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encountered except somtimes deiniz will lock the system up. I have also tried
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changing the 512 K board with a spare board but this does nothing. Moreover,
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Kyumgai to be Ninja and other VDG based programs run fine in a VDG window. The
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Ram Driver that came with the OS9 development package works fine. Any ideas on
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what is happening would be greatly appreciated.
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Jim Pottage
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#: 17549 S10/OS9/6809 (CoCo)
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19-Feb-93 19:15:05
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Sb: #17540-6309 and 1 meg
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Fm: Bob van der Poel 76510,2203
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To: james pottage 71750,2012
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Sounds like the upgrade(s) are working fine but the software isn't. I guess the
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easiest thing to do is just use the ramdisk which works <grin>. I do recall
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some chatter awhile ago about patches to both Kevin's ramdrive and a patch to
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the Dev. Pack ramdrive. If everything else is okay, it doesn't sound like a
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hardware problem to me.
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#: 17528 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK)
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14-Feb-93 19:06:53
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Sb: #17498-Xon/off
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Fm: Mark Griffith 76070,41
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To: Bob van der Poel 76510,2203 (X)
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Bob,
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> Can anyone shed some light on xon/off for me when it comes to device
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> descriptors. I'm confused about just how these things work.
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Sure. In Sterm, it doesn't matter what you have your hardware descriptor set
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to. Sterm nulls out the entire descriptor and manages everthing itself. As you
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found, the only time it uses XON/XOFF is during a buffer capture, and that is
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only necessary with the CoCos.
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If you don't null out the descriptor, the driver will send an XOFF when the
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drivers internal buffer gets full, and an XON when some room is available.
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Hardware handshaking is another thing altogether, but much like XON/XOFF. With
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the high speed modems, there is need for some sort of handshaking between the
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modem and the computer. Since you don't want to use XON/XOFF as you already
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noted, RTS/CTS handshaking is used instead. In fact, the higher speed modems
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require this to be used properly.
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Hope this helps some.
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#: 17526 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK)
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14-Feb-93 10:06:02
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Sb: #17513-G-WINDOWS for ATARI ST
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Fm: Michael Fisher 72320,1233
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To: Tom Birt 76640,1205 (X)
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Hi Tom - thanks for the input.I appreciate the original GWindows Steve did is
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mono only but would much prefer that to nothing.The company I mentioned may
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provide colour even though, as you say, the ST is limited in that area.
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1) Re Kwindows I have talked to Kevin off and on for about two years, it
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hasn't happened and may not, he just has too much to do.This is in no way a
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critiscism of the guy, he has done wonders for us.
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2) Re the Falcon it sounds great but I have absolutely no faith in Microware
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doing a port for it, they are not machine people unless they get big bucks from
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a company who ask for it.
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I still hope a few more people will ask for G-WINDOWS to make the port
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worthwhile to do, a few have come forward but not visa CIS, Cocolist so far and
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I put it on comp.os.os9 also.
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Nice to hear from you - Mike Fisher
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#: 17527 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK)
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14-Feb-93 17:14:09
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Sb: Amiga disks
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Fm: LARRY OLSON 72227,3467
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To: all
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Can anyone tell me if it is possible to read an AMIGA formatted disk on an
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MM/1. If it is possible, what would be the DMODE settings needed ? Larry Olson
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#: 17531 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK)
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15-Feb-93 13:34:23
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Sb: #MM1 and IMS worries
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Fm: Hugo Bueno 71211,3662
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To: All
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OK people, I'm getting worried. I ordered an MM1 in November, my credit card
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was charged on December 16th, but to date, no MM1. Apparently, there has been a
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problem in obtaining good PAL chips.
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On a whim, I called IMS today only to find their phone has been temporarily
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disconnected. This is a not a good sign and makes me wonder if buying an MM1
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was a good idea.
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I ordered the unit through Blackhawk Enterprises (an IMS rep). David Graham has
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been as helpful as possible, but the delay is getting ridiculous, and the slow
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disappearance of Paul Ward is worrisome. First he dropped off Delphi, now he's
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gone from Compuserve.
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I'm especially worried because I've already paid off the bill, trusting soul
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that I am.
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Does anyone know what's going on? If yes, please let me know.
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#: 17538 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK)
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17-Feb-93 05:31:35
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Sb: #17531-#MM1 and IMS worries
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Fm: Mark Griffith 76070,41
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To: Hugo Bueno 71211,3662 (X)
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Hugo,
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> Does anyone know what's going on? If yes, please let me know.
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Paul has been going through some very difficult times lately. He has had a
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number of orders waiting on PAL chips for a couple months now. I don't know
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what the problem is there, whether there isn't enough money to buy the chips or
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if they are back-ordered. I sent him a few sets of PALs that I had so he can
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at least get those orders out. After that, I don't know. Paul has been slow
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getting orders out in that past, but as far as I know, everyone has received
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what they ordered after the charge to the credit card was made.
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Hope this relieves your fears somewhat.
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#: 17541 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK)
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17-Feb-93 19:20:59
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Sb: #17538-MM1 and IMS worries
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Fm: Hugo Bueno 71211,3662
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To: Mark Griffith 76070,41 (X)
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Thanks for your response Mark. I hope one of the PAL chips you sent was mine.
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I guess I got antsy when I found the phone had been disconnected...
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Hugo
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#: 17550 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK)
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20-Feb-93 00:42:34
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Sb: OS9/68K Programmer Avail
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Fm: steve mann 71310,1742
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To: All
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I am a S/W engineer with 3 years of OS9/68k experience, and I
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am looking for a new position. Any leads would be appreciated.
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#: 17530 S15/Hot Topics
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15-Feb-93 10:21:00
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Sb: #17414-#New Product Announcement
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Fm: Walter J Schilling 70312,3406
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To: Mark Griffith 76070,41 (X)
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Mark:
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I hate to be so openly dumb, but what is OS/9?
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I noticed you are from Missouri, so I feel a little
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safer exposing my lack of being "in-the-know"; I'm
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a Missouri transplant in California. Also, I keep noticing
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that there seems to be more going on in Missouri than I
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expected.
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Thanks,
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Walt
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#: 17539 S15/Hot Topics
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17-Feb-93 05:31:54
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Sb: #17530-#New Product Announcement
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Fm: Mark Griffith 76070,41
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To: Walter J Schilling 70312,3406
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Walt,
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> I hate to be so openly dumb, but what is OS/9?
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> I noticed you are from Missouri, so I feel a little
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> safer exposing my lack of being "in-the-know"; I'm
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> a Missouri transplant in California. Also, I keep noticing
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> that there seems to be more going on in Missouri than I
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> expected.
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Well, you are asking me this question in the OS-9 forum you know. OS-9 is a
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multi-tasking, multi-user operating system for the Motorola CPUs (6809, 68000
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series, etc.) that looks and operates much like Unix, but is much more modular
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and easy to use.
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I don't have their address handy, but someone else here will be able to give
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you the address and phone number for Microware Systems, the people that make
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OS-9. They will be able to send you more information if you like.
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Not that I don't want to talk to you, but it is difficult to explain about the
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entire operating system. If you have any specific questions, I'll be able to
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answer them for you.
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#: 17542 S15/Hot Topics
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17-Feb-93 22:51:59
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Sb: #17539-New Product Announcement
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Fm: Chris Perrault 75346,165
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To: Mark Griffith 76070,41 (X)
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Ok Walter<I know this is addressed to Mark but...> here's the address for
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Microware:
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Microware Systems Corporation
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1900 N.W. 114th Street
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Des Moines, Iowa 50325-7077 You should just give them a call at:515-224-1929
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Ask them for some documentation of OS9 and they'll send you a BUNCH of FREE
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books and other documentation describing OS9. You'll be glad :)
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Like Mark said, there is so much about OS9 to just describe it in Forum, which
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is why I wish Microware still had their little section
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up because they had menu options that gave a great big summary on
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the products including OS/9. Have you ever heard of OSK? That IS OS9 under a
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different name.
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>Chris<
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