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#: 19946 S1/General Interest
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08-May-94 17:45:10
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Sb: #forum guide
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Fm: Nicholas Drake 73742,566
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To: sysops (X)
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Hey,
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I had George Ganoe recommend that I check this forum out. I though it might be
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nice to interact with a sysop who could explain and make come recomendations to
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me about the use of a navigator program. Unlike some of the other forums, I was
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unable to find a list of sysops so I could track one down myself, so I am
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playing go fish.
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Hope to hear from someone
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nicholas
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#: 19948 S1/General Interest
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10-May-94 05:32:51
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Sb: #19946-#forum guide
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Fm: Steve Wegert 76703,4255
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To: Nicholas Drake 73742,566 (X)
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I'm aware of only one true navigator program that runs under OS9 and that's
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Bill Dickhaus's InfoXpress. I use it all the time and it's a dandy!
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Leave mail for Mark Griffith [76070,41] for details on ordering.
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*- Steve -*
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#: 19950 S1/General Interest
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10-May-94 18:38:39
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Sb: #19948-#forum guide
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Fm: Nicholas Drake 73742,566
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To: Steve Wegert 76703,4255 (X)
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Steve,
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thanks for answering my query. I have sent a message to Mark Grioffith, as you
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suggested. I thought OS-9 was a navigator program. What then is OS-9? Or
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exactly what is this forum about?
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nicholas
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#: 19954 S1/General Interest
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11-May-94 17:31:19
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Sb: #19950-forum guide
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Fm: Steve Wegert 76703,4255
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To: Nicholas Drake 73742,566
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OS-9 is a multi-user/mutil-tasking operating system developed by Microware
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Corporation.
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This forum's purpose is to support the users of OS-9 on the various computer
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platforms it run on. One of the more popular computers to support the OS9
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operating system is the Tandy Color Computer.
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*- Steve -*
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#: 19949 S1/General Interest
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10-May-94 18:34:24
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Sb: #understanding the forum
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Fm: Nicholas Drake 73742,566
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To: Mark Griffith 76070,41 (X)
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Mark
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I got your name from the sysop's list. I need some guidance through this fourm.
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Can you tell me about os-9, what it can do or not do? What hardware I might
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need? How to get started..... you know all the standard stuff. Also fill me in
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on what services the forum can provide me. Your help would be most appreciated.
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thanks
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nicholas
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#: 19959 S1/General Interest
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15-May-94 06:51:32
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Sb: #19949-understanding the forum
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Fm: Mark Griffith 76070,41
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To: Nicholas Drake 73742,566
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Nicholas,
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> I got your name from the sysop's list. I need some guidance through this
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> fourm. Can you tell me about os-9, what it can do or not do? What hardware I
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> might need? How to get started..... you know all the standard stuff. Also
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> fill me in on what services the forum can provide me.
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Gee, that's a tal order. OS-9 is an operating system much like Unix except it
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is much smaller and modular. OS-9 is mostly used for industrial control
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applications and is normally burned in a ROM along with the application
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software. However, it makes a real good hobbyist OS which is the main reason
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for this forum, to support OS-9 users.
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The reason OS-9 is attractive to the industrial control people is because it is
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modular, easily ROMed and also for it's real-time capabilities.
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Hardware is another matter. OS-9 was originally written for the Motorola CPU
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series (6809, 68000, 68020 etc). but is now available for the Intel CPUs as
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OS-9000. There are a number of OS-9 machines around. If you are really
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looking for one, let us know here and the name of a few vendors can be
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provided.
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Let me know if you have any more questions. You can just post yours to the
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general forum members as there are more people out there that can answer you
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questions better than I.
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/*********** /\/\ark *************/
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(Upload with InfoXpress Ver. 1.01)
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#: 19951 S1/General Interest
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10-May-94 23:37:34
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Sb: #OS9000
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Fm: YOUNG TAE MIN 100053,425
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To: Sysop (X)
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I am OS 9000 user.
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On OS9000 Catalog, It says that Os9000 or microware forum is exist in
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CompuServ.
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But,I havn't not found.
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At which place Can I get inform about OS9000?
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Internet ?
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Please Some advice !!
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#: 19953 S1/General Interest
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11-May-94 13:31:13
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Sb: #19951-OS9000
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Fm: Pete Lyall 76703,4230
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To: YOUNG TAE MIN 100053,425 (X)
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Sorry - but I suspect that the Microware forum has gone south. It used to be GO
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MSC, but a quick trip there cconfirms that Microware is no longer at that page
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(if anywhere).
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Pete
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#: 19955 S1/General Interest
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11-May-94 17:31:25
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Sb: #19951-OS9000
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Fm: Steve Wegert 76703,4255
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To: YOUNG TAE MIN 100053,425 (X)
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Microware used to offer a support area (tho not a forum) on CompuServe several
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years ago, but has since discontinued it.
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There has been some discussion on OS9000 here and several members do use it.
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There are a couple of OS9000 specific files in our libraries as well. (use a
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keyword seach on OS9000)
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Ask your questions! I'm sure someone will jump in with some advice.
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*- Steve -*
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#: 19956 S1/General Interest
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12-May-94 05:54:22
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Sb: OS9 on MAC
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Fm: Schlenker 100013,2723
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To: ALL
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Does anybody know the PhoneNumber of Ultrascience (Gibbs Laboratorys Inc)?
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Who has experience with the Ultrascience OS9 on MAC.
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Does it also work proper on a Powerbook?
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Thanks from Germany Juergen
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#: 19964 S1/General Interest
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15-May-94 16:32:17
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Sb: #equip avail /any sugg?
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Fm: Gene A. Knapp 74454,246
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To: all
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I was talking to Mark Griffith and he suggested that I send to "all". Had
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trouble doing that the first time, since I"m new here. Please read the mail I
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sent him, use key word GENE, and let me know if you can help me find a good
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home for one heck of a lot of new and used coco/512k/OS9 equipment, programs,
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books and a nearly complete working SCULPTOR program for non profit membership
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record and bookkeeping. I hate waste more than I love money. CAll me at home
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if you really would like to take this equipment over and use it. Not much
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interested in dealers parting the stuff out. Two working triple-drive systems
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and extras. -Gene
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#: 19972 S1/General Interest
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17-May-94 20:37:50
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Sb: #19964-#equip avail /any sugg?
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Fm: Brother Jeremy, CSJW 76477,142
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To: Gene A. Knapp 74454,246 (X)
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Dear Gene: I saw your posting. My name is Brother Jeremy. I am a member of a
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small religous order called the Community of St. Joseph the Worker. We have
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three COCO3's in the monastery so any additional hardware would be usefull in
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case of a disaster. (Like blowing one up, which I did a few months back).
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However that is not a pressing need. I would however, be interested in
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Sculptor. We do not currently have a non=profit tax status, so I would not be
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able to offer you any tax credits for a donation. Moreover, since you do have
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a cash outlay involved, perhaps we could negotiate something. I will be away
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this weekend at the COCOFEST in Chicago, but I will get back to you next week.
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With all best wishes, Brother Jeremy, CSJW OS9 User's Group Treasurer
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#: 19975 S1/General Interest
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17-May-94 22:38:27
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Sb: #19972-#equip avail /any sugg?
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Fm: Gene A. Knapp 74454,246
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To: Brother Jeremy, CSJW 76477,142 (X)
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Thank you, Brother Jeremy. I have to talk this over with the owners of that
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portion of the equipment used by the society I volunteer for. Write me at 12602
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S.E. 24th Ave., Milwaukie, OR 97222-7968 I will give you more particulars by
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return mail. -Gene /exit
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exit exit
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#: 19976 S1/General Interest
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18-May-94 22:53:27
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Sb: #19975-equip avail /any sugg?
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Fm: Brother Jeremy, CSJW 76477,142
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To: Gene A. Knapp 74454,246
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I will get back to you next week. I'll get a letter in the mail on monday.
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With all best wishes,
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Brother Jeremy, CSJW
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OS9 User's Group Treasurer
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#: 19952 S5/OS9 Users Group
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11-May-94 06:53:47
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Sb: #19941-pipes vs. signals
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Fm: Yvan Borcard 100140,675
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To: Bob van der Poel 76510,2203 (X)
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For your problem I would also recommended signals or shared data module.
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I have tried both and it never crash up to now .The method with data module
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is very simple to implement and it fits most of the case.
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#: 19958 S5/OS9 Users Group
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14-May-94 10:27:58
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Sb: #Looking for GNUMACS.?
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Fm: Margaret Novotny 73207,3631
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To: ALL
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A friend of mine asked me to search the OS9 library base to see if I could find
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a file called (he thought) GNUMACS.???. He said it was some type of editor,
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but my searching of the most likely libraries (5,6, and 9) turned up no matches
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with GNU*.*. Does anyone know where I might find such a file? I would
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appreciate any information at all.
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#: 19965 S5/OS9 Users Group
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15-May-94 19:10:32
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Sb: #19958-Looking for GNUMACS.?
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Fm: Timothy J. Martin 71541,3611
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To: Margaret Novotny 73207,3631
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A GNU emacs is available on many systems not sure about OS-9. The micro emacs
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version 3.11 is much the same and is available for OS-9. Microware distributes
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something called umacs which is a somewhat stripped down emacs. All quite
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similar on the surface however, and certainly familar to anyone familiar with
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the emacs type editors.
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#: 19967 S5/OS9 Users Group
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16-May-94 19:17:21
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Sb: #19958-Looking for GNUMACS.?
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Fm: John R. Wainwright 72517,676
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To: Margaret Novotny 73207,3631
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> A friend of mine asked me to search the
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> OS9 library base to see if I could find
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> a file called (he thought) GNUMACS.???.
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> He said it was some type of editor, but
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> my searching of the most likely
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> libraries (5,6, and 9) turned up no
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> matches with GNU*.*. Does anyone know
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> where I might find such a file? I would
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> appreciate any information at all.
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>
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Margaret,
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I suspect that your friend is looking for "EMACS" - a very good text
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editor. "GNU-EMACS" is a version of that program by the GNU/FSF folks. There
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is source code for a version of EMACS (although not the most recent version) in
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the "TOPS" uploads in lib-12 -- I think it is on disk #7, but you probably
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should check the index first. (one of the uploads is an index to the rest --
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they are huge). Also, try your search again with EMACS as the key.
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********************************
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If you can keep your head while all about you are losing
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theirs ----- you probably don't understand the situation
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John R. Wainwright <<CIS -- 72517,676>> <<DELPHI -- JOHNREED>>
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#: 19969 S7/Telecommunications
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17-May-94 14:15:30
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Sb: #19585-RS-232 dilema
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Fm: Tony Gibbs 100045,2745
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To: Tony Elliott 71645,1367
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Dear Tony,
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There is not necessarily any need to worry about a device that says that it
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needs 2 stop bits. The stop bits on an RS232 serial stream only exist to let
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the hardware reset itself, and so anything that requires 2 stop bits is
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probably an old slow peice of kit. It is however still possible.
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Regards, Tony :-)
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#: 19961 S10/OS9/6809 (CoCo)
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15-May-94 12:07:37
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Sb: #19924-DEFS files
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Fm: Bill Budenholzer 73133,2120
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To: Bill Budenholzer 73133,2120
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I've tried the Level 1 defs but they seem to be missing something or have the
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wrong values. IF anyone has the SCFDEFS, RBFDEFS, OS9DEFS, etc for Level 2,
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Please let me know how I may get copies. Thx
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#: 19957 S10/OS9/6809 (CoCo)
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12-May-94 12:48:35
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Sb: #EQUIP/SFTWARE NEED HOME
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Fm: Gene A. Knapp 74454,246
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To: MARK GRIFFITH 76070,41 (X)
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Hi Mark,
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It seems you are the only one I can find today to write to. Something has
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happended to the forum screen from my position. I have tried to get a message
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out to any remaining coco users anywhere:
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I have two triple-drive 512k coco-3 complete setups. One is a new computer I
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had for backup. I also have plenty of os9 software and SCULPTOR, which is a
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complete stand-alone interactive database. I need to get this into good hands.
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Call me at 503-654-0448 if you are interested in more details. ..Gene
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#: 19960 S10/OS9/6809 (CoCo)
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15-May-94 06:51:42
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Sb: #19957-#EQUIP/SFTWARE NEED HOME
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Fm: Mark Griffith 76070,41
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To: Gene A. Knapp 74454,246 (X)
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Gene,
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> I have two triple-drive 512k coco-3 complete setups. One is a new
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> computer I had for backup. I also have plenty of os9 software and
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> SCULPTOR, which is a complete stand-alone interactive database. I need to
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> get this into good hands.
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Are you wanting to sell this stuff? If so, a general message to all the forum
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members would be the best method. If not, how can I help you?
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/*********** /\/\ark *************/
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(Upload with InfoXpress Ver. 1.01)
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#: 19963 S10/OS9/6809 (CoCo)
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15-May-94 16:21:44
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Sb: #19960-EQUIP/SFTWARE NEED HOME
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Fm: Gene A. Knapp 74454,246
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To: Mark Griffith 76070,41 (X)
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HI Mark,
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I was using this to keep records for a non-profit historical society. I kept a
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clone of the equipment as a backup. I would like to get something out of it to
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plow back into the society, since they reimbursed me for about 1/3 of my
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original equipment expense a few years back. That bought a b/w laser printer
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for the newsletter.
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I now have a couple of PCs of my own and run under windows and AmiPro.
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Had to get off OS9 because of compatibility problems. I would really like to
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see this equipmet go to a user's group or a non-profit group that can use it
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well. -Gene
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#: 19945 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK)
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08-May-94 09:16:47
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Sb: New Toy
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Fm: John R. Wainwright 72517,676
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To: all
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I have just uploaded a port for the `gnuplot' program for the MM/1 (and other
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OSK machines, I hope).
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The latest version I have seen is 3.5. This port is for version 3.2.
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It is based on an OSK port by Chris Thewalt. I changed a few things that the
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MM/1 complained about and added a Kwindows display. See docs for copyright and
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distribution info.
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Although it is called "gnuplot", and is distributed with other GNU software, it
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is not GNU/FSF material. It IS copyrighted, and freely distributable. Again,
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see docs for complete information.
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Using simple commands, gnuplot will plot anything from a simple line on a chart
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to a complex 3D surface. Output can be directed to any one of several printer
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types or to a Postscript or Latex file (or device).
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Even if you have no practical use for it, it is fun to watch it work.
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"Don't take life too serious - it ain't nohow permanent"
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(Pogo)
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John R. Wainwright <<CIS -- 72517,676>> <<DELPHI -- JOHNREED>>
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#: 19947 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK)
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09-May-94 22:20:30
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Sb: Diskcat
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Fm: Bob van der Poel 76510,2203
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To: All
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I have uploaded yet another version of my disk cataloging program. This time,
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to keep things simple, I have put the OSK and OS9 stuff in one AR file. I have
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uploaded this to library 12...hopefully coco-types will read this message.
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Look for the file DSKCAT.AR.
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#: 19962 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK)
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15-May-94 16:05:42
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Sb: Screen
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Fm: Bob van der Poel 76510,2203
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To: All
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I have uploaded an update to the screen package I posted some time ago. This
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fixes two minor problems...8 bit chars are printed and _gs_rdy() no longer
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prints inpromper error messages.
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Look for the file SCREEN.LZH in Lib 12.
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#: 19968 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK)
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16-May-94 21:34:16
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Sb: #ftp lock up
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Fm: roy harrell 72520,1636
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To: all
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1 i've got two os9 2.4 systems running on force cpu30's that consistently give
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me problems when ftp'ing. periodicall these systems transfer files to a remote
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host via a task that generates a ftp system call which reads the ftp script
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from a disk file and ports the output to another file. sometimes the ftp call
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will stall in a wait state with the ftp script file and output file left open.
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if i kill the ftp process i recover from the lock but can loose data in the
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process. anyone out there with similar problems?
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roy harrell
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#: 19970 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK)
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17-May-94 17:40:06
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Sb: #19968-#ftp lock up
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Fm: Zack Sessions 71532,1555
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To: roy harrell 72520,1636 (X)
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Your problem sounds like a Microware problem. Have you given them a call yet?
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Zack C Sessions
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"We did not inherit the Earth from our Ancestors,
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we borrowed it from our descendants." Ancient proverb
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#: 19973 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK)
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17-May-94 21:40:54
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Sb: #19970-#ftp lock up
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Fm: roy harrell 72520,1636
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To: Zack Sessions 71532,1555 (X)
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not yet. my support period is long gone & i was hoping to avoid renewing it for
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another year for another kilobuck or so just for this one problem.
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roy
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There is 1 Reply.
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#: 19974 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK)
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17-May-94 22:25:57
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Sb: #19973-ftp lock up
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Fm: Bob van der Poel 76510,2203
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To: roy harrell 72520,1636
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Is it possible that you have a buffer size problem? I recall similar things
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happening with rs232 ports when the buffers overflow???? (A stab in the dark
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sometimes hits home <g>).
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Press <CR> !> |