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87297 12-MAY 16:39 General Information
RE: OS9000 (Re: Msg 87122)
From: JOSEFL To: CPERRAULT
I see that Boisy or James haven't replied... <grin> Those guys must
be busy... I used to work at M'ware and indeed there is an assembler
available as part of the compiler package, although I can't imagine
why you would want to use it. OS-9000 was designed for and written in
C and with Ultra-C available for OS-9000/386 there really isn't much
need to use assembler code anymore. I've done quite a bit of driver
work in OS-9000 using Ultra-C and you have to work a long time doing
hand optimization to write more efficient assembler code than what the
compiler generates. Not really worth it if you ask me... If you want
more info I will be happy to reply. E-mail works better for me as I
read that daily and hit the forums only sporadically.
Take care, and above all, keep havin' fun!
Jos
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87298 12-MAY 16:56 General Information
RE: Think about it... (Re: Msg 87175)
From: JOSEFL To: PAGAN
All this assumes that time is linear and spacetime is all there is.
There's a great line in "Autobiography of a Yogi" that states: "A Yogi's
Mass is infinite." One with the conciousness to be the entire universe
could simply "be" somewhere or somewhen else. Laws of physics are not
violated or circumvented. You simply rearrange the quantum field with
your intent. Now what a yogi's headlights would do is a different story...
Jos
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87299 12-MAY 16:58 General Information
RE: Think about it... (Re: Msg 87191)
From: JOSEFL To: MRUPGRADE
1) A cure for the common cold already exists.
2) "Honest politician is an oxymoron and therefore a paradox,
but could exist if we adopt a woview that accepts paradoxes. <g>
Jos
PD
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87317 12-MAY 22:35 General Information
RE: Think about it... (Re: Msg 87298)
From: PAGAN To: JOSEFL (NR)
>All this assumes that time is linear and spacetime is all there is.
Nonsense. I already stated that a collapsar could be approached in a
spacelike way and left in timelike way. Also a moving wormhole mouth would
create a corridor with a separation in both space _and_ time.
Spacetime is not "all there is" because it doesn't exist without matter-
energy to define it.
Let do a simple experiment: Go into your living room with a hammer. Hold
tht
ammer out at arm's length and predict whether it will fall to the
floor or not fall to the floor when you release it. If you guessed it will
fall, get a gold star from the box but don't give it to your self yet.
The perfectly Vulcan <g> conclusion that the hammer will fall is based on
observation of reality and you, probably, have several thousand confirming
incidents. Now why is it that you (and many others) resist special
relativity when there are _trillions_ of confirming incidents from particle
accelerator experiments alone? If you required even that much evidence for the
falling hammer trick then you should feel perfectly safe holding above your
head and releasing it.
If you balk at holding the hammer over your head and letting it fall you can
now give yourself the gold star. If you can understand _why_ you don't want
to do it give yourself another.
>There's a great line in "Autobiography of a Yogi" that states: "A Yogi's
>Mass is infinite." One with the conciousness to be the entire universe
>could simply "be" somewhere or somewhen else. Laws of physics are not
>violated or circumvented. You simply rearrange the quantum field with your
>intent. Now what a yogi's headlights would do is a different story...
Only if you accept the Copenhagen interpretation which assigns an
indispensible role to the observer or measuring instruments in determining
an outcome. I never bought it and used to get my professors p***ed at me
for claiming that it introduced a fundamental contradiction into quantum
mechanics. A few years after I left school I found that a fellow named Bohm
had formulated an alternate interpretation that didn't rely on any
subjectivism.
Unfortunately for Physics, Bohm refused to yield to the politcal correctness
of his day and was cited by the House UnAmerican Activities Commitee for
contempt and was eventually forced off the faculty at Princeton. He made a
lot of contributions to both quantum and "normal" physics but his alternate
explanation got buried along the way. Fortunately for Physics, good science
doesn't stay buried and there is new interest in Bohm's interpertation of
quantum mechanics.
Stephen (PAGAN)
"Warants? We don't need no steenking warrants" - Chicago Housing Authority
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End of Thread.
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87300 12-MAY 17:08 General Information
RE: hi! (Re: Msg 87290)
From: JOSEFL To: AJMLFCO (NR)
I use os-9000 on my 486 laptop. It makes for a really nice real-time
field machine. Now if someone could just figure out how to write
transportable PCMCIA drivers....
I also use it for DOS, I just swap out the hard drive.
I highly recommend it. Although it'll probably be a little while
before the new version is available from M'ware as they are busy
with other things <g> right now...
Jos
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87302 12-MAY 18:53 General Information
RE: hi! (Re: Msg 87300)
From: PHILSCHERER To: JOSEFL (NR)
I am told that the new version will be available in June. <Phil>
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87304 12-MAY 19:04 General Information
RE: hi! (Re: Msg 87278)
From: JOHNREED To: MRUPGRADE
> I gues my point is: when I buy a computer these days, I expect to start
> with: The main computer & keyboard (I don't know what I'd do with one
> that didn't have theh key baord with??) with at l4east one 3 & 1/2" drive,,
One of the neater things that comes with OS9's multi-user setup
is that it doesn't really care much where it is controlled from.
By offering the option of a basic terminal system, Ed Gresick (Delmar)
allows his customer to buy only what they need to get started -
if you are reading this on a computer, you have the rest (GRIN).
I think about 80% of what I do on my OSK machine can be done just
as well from a terminal as from the keyboard. I can't view
graphics, like gif pictures, but MOST of the better programs I
have acquired have the option of a basic terminal display.
********************************
"Don't take life too serious - it ain't nohow permanent"
(Pogo)
John R. Wainwright <<CIS -- 72517,676>> <<DELPHI -- JOHNREED>>
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87306 12-MAY 19:43 General Information
RE: hi! (Re: Msg 87302)
From: DSPICER To: PHILSCHERER
Phil, what happened to you? No more OS9CN reports?
Message Composed at 18:25:36 on 05/12/94.
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87318 12-MAY 23:34 General Information
RE: hi! (Re: Msg 87290)
From: MRUPGRADE To: AJMLFCO (NR)
The 486 /66 sounds like thh way to go. OSK,, AND a supported machine.
Til then,,, Terry Simons
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87319 13-MAY 00:11 General Information
RE: hi! (Re: Msg 87318)
From: COCOKIWI To: MRUPGRADE
I,m getting closer....just updated the 386/25m to....
a 486/33m VESA buss.........with a AWE sound blaster 16 bit card and
double speed CD-rom........<GRIN>
Dennis
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87328 13-MAY 19:15 General Information
RE: hi! (Re: Msg 87306)
From: PHILSCHERER To: DSPICER
Hi Dave--Had problems with your new board. Left E-Mail here a couple of
times but no reply. Leave me some E-Mail. <Phil>
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87334 13-MAY 21:30 General Information
RE: hi! (Re: Msg 87319)
From: CHARLESAM To: COCOKIWI
Dennis, you must be making alot of boxes these days...no? Either that or your
rich aunt departed and left you the farm.... ;-) Talk to you after the Fest.
Charlie
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87340 14-MAY 02:13 General Information
RE: hi! (Re: Msg 87328)
From: DSPICER To: PHILSCHERER
PHILSCHERER> Hi Dave--Had problems with your new board. Left E-Mail
PHILSCHERER> here a couple of times but no reply. Leave me some E-Mail.
I left E-Mail but I guess it never made it to you. You should be all setup
here although the is very little traffic in the OS9Net these days.
Message Composed at 21:51:12 on 05/13/94.
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87341 14-MAY 04:35 General Information
RE: hi! (Re: Msg 87334)
From: COCOKIWI To: CHARLESAM (NR)
I wish<sigh>..but! I don,t have a rich anything<grin>...either,I just
brought an upgrade to my computer system<386dx/25m>...to a <486dx/33m>
VESA buss.....Backup drive...AWE ...soundblaster card,16 bit..DS..cd-rom
new ide/32 bit Vesa board...and Video board.....<arrrrr>nice..and fast!
Dennis
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87343 14-MAY 14:07 General Information
RE: hi! (Re: Msg 87278)
From: DBREEDING To: MRUPGRADE (NR)
I have at this time a System 5 on order, so I'll try to fill you in on exactly
what is involved with the Delmar products.
Delmar sells assembled systems. You can order these pieces from Practical
Peripherals in a fashion similar to the FHL way. Delmar sells two
configurations:
1) Serial System : Motherboard, memory(however much you want), RS-232
ports, Sound Port, 1(or 2) floppy drives, Case, Professional OS9,
Microware C Compiler.
2) Console System: The Serial System + Keyboard and VGA card, ready to
hook up an SVGA monitor.
The Serial System can be hooked up to a Terminal or your CoCo using Terminal
software, and is in fact, ready to run. In addition, you can add about any
hardware you want. I ordered a complete Console System with G-Windows and
a hard drive installed. I could have gotten the hard drive for a little less
mail order, but it will be already installed, include cabling and they will
install some software for me, so I opted to get the HD from him.
They also sell monitors but do not push them. I ordered mine from a mail
order house.
I think any of the systems would be quite nice. The main reason I went with
Delmar was that I thought that there might be a chance that it would be
easier to get replacement cards in the future. I would think that as of this
time, there might be a little more MM/1-specific software available, but
as I understand it, any text-based software should run on any system.
-- David Breeding --
CompuServe : 72330,2051
Delphi : DBREEDING
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^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^
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87344 14-MAY 14:17 General Information
RE: hi! (Re: Msg 87343)
From: DBREEDING To: DBREEDING (NR)
> Delmar sells assembled systems. You can order these pieces from
> Practical Peripherals in a fashion similar to the FHL way. Delmar sells
^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^
Oops!!! Don't believe Practical Peripherals is in the OS9 business<G>...
guess I went brain-dead.
That should have been Peripheral Technologies.
^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^
-- David Breeding --
CompuServe : 72330,2051
Delphi : DBREEDING
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^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^
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87347 14-MAY 18:05 General Information
RE: hi! (Re: Msg 87340)
From: PHILSCHERER To: DSPICER
Hi Dave--try E-Mail again and we'll see what happens. <Phil>
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End of Thread.
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87301 12-MAY 17:12 OSK Applications
RE: PGP for OSK? (Re: Msg 87230)
From: JOSEFL To: ILLUSIONIST
Has ANYBODY'S opinion ever been changed by discussing these issues?
Why do we go on like this? Some things are better to just agree to
disagree on. Discussing it goes nowhere. If you don't like the
laws tell your congressperson and VOTE. But all this posting is
using up a lot of bandwidth that could be put to better use. I
had half a mind to post 30 or 40k of my annoyance with the continued`
discussion of this issue just to demonstrate my point, but
fortunately, I still have the other half of my mind. <grin>
Jos
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87321 13-MAY 00:35 OSK Applications
RE: PGP for OSK? (Re: Msg 87241)
From: CHYDE To: ILLUSIONIST
Sorry to disagree, but computers have killed people (several that I am
aware of). This ws due to errors in the programs, one of the most well
know is for a radiation treatment machine (computer controlled dosage)
that killed severalpeople by giving them too much radiation (it also
burned many others). Other examples are manufacturing robots, still
others could be faulty avionics in aircraft.
There a lot of risks in the wolrd and computer control of machines
is one of them.
Chris
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87323 13-MAY 07:22 OSK Applications
RE: PGP for OSK? (Re: Msg 87301)
From: ILLUSIONIST To: JOSEFL (NR)
I have since abandoned this discussion, but in short, not discussing
issues and problems dont make them go away, they only get worse, I have
only been on this earth 19 years, but I have learned that lesson all to
well...
-* Mike
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87325 13-MAY 07:29 OSK Applications
RE: PGP for OSK? (Re: Msg 87321)
From: ILLUSIONIST To: CHYDE
True enough, I hadnt thought of that aspect.. ok..that suits my purposes
just fine.. SEE COMPUTERS ARE LETHAL!!! <clearing to the next /w>
:).. -* Mike
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87332 13-MAY 20:12 OSK Applications
RE: PGP for OSK? (Re: Msg 87321)
From: VAXELF To: CHYDE
Also Vedio Game system have been linked to seizure cases, one involving
in a death. My step-mother-in-law's grandson had a real bad seizure while
playing a Vedio Game at a local Mall. He is responding real well from the
treatment.
yes computers can kill and maime.
John D.
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87333 13-MAY 21:16 OSK Applications
RE: PGP for OSK? (Re: Msg 87332)
From: CHYDE To: VAXELF
The seizures are not so much an aspect of the computer game as they are
of the bright fast moving lights (images). Strobe lights have been know
to trigger epileptic seizures in epileptic people. I would suspect that
the video images are performing a similar function.
Chris
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End of Thread.
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87303 12-MAY 18:59 General Information
st225
From: PHILSCHERER To: ALL
Could someone tell me the specs on a seagate st225? Number of heads and stuff
like that. Thanks for any help. <Phil>
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87307 12-MAY 19:43 General Information
RE: st225 (Re: Msg 87303)
From: DSPICER To: PHILSCHERER
PHILSCHERER> Could someone tell me the specs on a seagate st225? Number
PHILSCHERER> of heads and stuff like that. Thanks for any help. <Phil>
Heads-4, cyl-615, write precomp-300.
Message Composed at 18:32:53 on 05/12/94.
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87329 13-MAY 19:16 General Information
RE: st225 (Re: Msg 87307)
From: PHILSCHERER To: DSPICER
Thanks Dave!! <Phil>
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End of Thread.
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87305 12-MAY 19:42 System Modules (6809)
RE: New Drivers Disk (Re: Msg 87292)
From: NIMITZ To: DIETER
Dieter, apparently the US mail consider mail declared to be worth $0 to be
worth a minimum of $100. I send out the green slip marked for a worth of $0.
Hmmmm????
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87308 12-MAY 19:47 OSK Applications
RE: G-WINDOWS for MM/1 (Re: Msg 87178)
From: CPERRAULT To: EDELMAR
Well at least you gave it a shot Ed. Maybe if you had been able
to wait untill BlackHawk got the MM/1's back out there it might have
been a little better? Btw, while we're talking windows, what is the
latest on the reported K-Windows port to your System's IV and V?
See Ya!
>Chris<
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87313 12-MAY 21:21 OSK Applications
RE: G-WINDOWS for MM/1 (Re: Msg 87308)
From: NIMITZ To: CPERRAULT
I'm still waiting on the KWindows guys to do the port. Should be this year,
but they are not sure they want to do it.....
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End of Thread.
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87309 12-MAY 20:23 OSK Applications
MM/1 Setup
From: VAXELF To: NIMITZ
David,
My system is:
MM/1
3Meg
I/O board
130Meg Quatum HD
2 - 3" floppies
Magnavox Professional Monitor
Koss sterio speakers
US Robotics 14400/14400FAX modem
HP Deskjet 500 printer.
John D.
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87314 12-MAY 21:21 OSK Applications
RE: MM/1 Setup (Re: Msg 87309)
From: NIMITZ To: VAXELF
John, by Magnavox Professional Monitor what do you mean??
Is this monitor still in production???
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87331 13-MAY 20:08 OSK Applications
RE: MM/1 Setup (Re: Msg 87314)
From: VAXELF To: NIMITZ
magnavox professional 8CM515.
John D.
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87335 13-MAY 21:33 OSK Applications
RE: MM/1 Setup (Re: Msg 87331)
From: NIMITZ To: VAXELF
Thanks, John. As I thought, another unsupported monitor!
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87336 13-MAY 23:10 OSK Applications
RE: MM/1 Setup (Re: Msg 87314)
From: JEJONES To: NIMITZ
Oops...I've not yet sent you info on my setup. Here goes:
8 Mbyte MM/1
68340 accelerator (running at 15 MHz; I'd like to get faster RAM,
but RAM prices don't seem to be falling--haven't they rebuilt
that expletive-deleted resin plant by now?)
Quantum LP105 100 Mbyte hard drive (filling up--I want a bigger one)
floptical drive
160 Mbyte SCSI cassette drive (one of those that Boisy found RS had disco'd)
MIDI paddleboard
modem hooked to /t3
Magnavox CM135 monitor
Wish list:
minitower case with some room for expansion
monitor with bigger screen, smaller dot pitch, less flicker, and the
ability to show all of an overscan screen (a while back there was
some traffic on the CoCo mailing list from a guy who had a converter
that let him hook up his MM/1 to a TV; it would be cool to be able
to trundle down to Best Buy, get a twenty-something inch TV/monitor,
and use that, if the image is reasonably sharp)
the above-mentioned stuff, of course (fast RAM, larger hard disk)
ultimately, a CD-ROM drive with appropriate file manager
I hope this is of help.
Opinions herein are solely those of their respective authors.
Clipper Chip: Big Brother Inside
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87342 14-MAY 09:15 OSK Applications
RE: MM/1 Setup (Re: Msg 87336)
From: NIMITZ To: JEJONES
Very Impressive, James. I'll have at least one minitower case at the show,
if nothing else to show what new MM/1's ship in now. And 2 105 meg hard
drives, formatted and set up as drive 1. BlackHawk Enterprises follows the
policy of naming all hard drives after characters from my favorite SciFi and
Fantasy novels, so I am hopi
ng to find a good home for Gandalf and Frodo!
David
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End of Thread.
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87311 12-MAY 21:15 General Information
RE: HardDrive (Re: Msg 87202)
From: ACOTTON To: MITHELEN
Hi good buddy.. You were right on the money.. There was a typepo in the /HD
decricter.. I made a new HD and everything worked.. fine.... Thanks Al Cotton..
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87312 12-MAY 21:20 Telecom (6809)
line link 144e
From: PAGAN To: ALL
I think somebody posted a request for help with a LineLink 144e. Here's what
I found out:
Don't bother calling the the Mac Warehouse help line; they're pretty
useless. I was able to find out that the modem is manufactured by
Prometheus so I called their tech support line and got the pin outs for the
db 25 connector:
2 - TX (transmit data)
3 - RX (recieve data)
4 - RTS (request to send)
5 - CTS (clear to send)
6 - DSR (whatever that is)
7 - Ground
8 - DCD (carrier detect)
20 - DTR (data terminal ready)
22 - Ring
If your port doesn't have CTS at pin 5, you have to use "at&r1" to tell the
modem to use the DTR on pin 20 as CTS. If you have both CTS and DTR then
use "at&r0". I also tried connecting pin 20 from the port to pin 5 on the
modem and that seemed to work too.
Stephen (PAGAN)
"Warrants? We don't need no steeking warrants!" - Chicago Housing Authority
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87345 14-MAY 16:35 Telecom (6809)
RE: line link 144e (Re: Msg 87312)
From: PHXKEN To: PAGAN (NR)
My manual says that &R0 is the PC MODE and the &R1 is the MAC MODE.
&R0 has DTR and RTS signals functioning normally for a PC.
The manual says that &R1 configures for BI-directional RTS/CTS flow with
&K3 or \Q3 set.
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End of Thread.
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87315 12-MAY 22:30 General Information
RE: HeathKit case/PS (Re: Msg 87268)
From: MDALENE To: ILLUSIONIST
That Heathkit Box if it is the H77 Dual 5 1/4 case will gladly power
one Full hight Hard drive and possibly one 3 1/2" floppy. I know as I have
one and I use it to run my full hight Miniscribe 10 Meg monster. Ps gets
warm but not too hot you sizzle your fingers. The H77 box has the holes
already to hold FOUR(4) half hight drives and with a little soldering you
can easily add two more floppy connectors (WARNING!!! Get your polarity
Right!) It also has 120/220 Selectable Linear PS with Awsome filtration!
If you look at the PCB of the PS you will notice that some extra xformer
wires are there that are unused. I belive then are 30VAC that can be
rectified and filtered to run a eight inch Floppy drive! It appears to be
the same PS that was in my H47 8" drive subsystem for my old H88 CP/M
computer with on the 5vdc and 12vdc outputs being used.
The wires are on the upper left of the PCB and I believe are RED
If you add a full wave rectifier, a 2200 uF cap and a voltage regulator
you can get more 12VDC and 5VDC for more light loads.
Also for the 220VAC 50/60Hz and the 120VAC 50/60HZ the voltage select
controls are on the little silver box in the back of the Power switch
and the fuse holder. Easily seen and manipulated with a small screwdriver
For one merit. the Line fuses pop before the PS is overtaxed too
badly. you cannot easily blow that PS! I have accidently shorted wires and@
popped the fuse everytime!
Michele Marie Dalene
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87324 13-MAY 07:27 General Information
RE: HeathKit case/PS (Re: Msg 87315)
From: ILLUSIONIST To: MDALENE
Yep its an H77, I just got full docs for the thing and took 1 look at
the specs and realized that it will power a full height HD with little
effort.. I am just gonna throw 2 modern 3.5 SCSI HD's in there, as soon
as I get my SCSI controllers and such for OS-9.. it'll be nice having
80meg of MFM HD space, plus whatever amount I get on the SCSI.. I will
soon phase out the MFM's though.. as far as I see it, SCSI is the way to
go for the CoCo (wish we had IDE too but, oh well) SCSI is fine with me..
nice big drives for a fairly low price (just like the CoCo itself..
excellent, powerfull OS, for little money)..
thanks for the info..
-* Mike
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87338 14-MAY 00:18 General Information
RE: HeathKit case/PS (Re: Msg 87324)
From: MDALENE To: ILLUSIONIST
No prohlem. I too am going to go SCSI as soon as I can get the money
,as my C.B friends say, greenstamps.
what is the power handling capacity of the P.S? where did you
find it? I may want to see if I can get another.
Michele Marie Dalene
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87339 14-MAY 01:42 General Information
RE: HeathKit case/PS (Re: Msg 87338)
From: ILLUSIONIST To: MDALENE (NR)
:) I got mine from the local community college, when they junk a bunch
of computer stuff (or anything for that matter) they put it all on big
tables for a day or 2 outside the buildings, students are allowed to pick
through and take what they want..I grabbed the heathkit, and a vt52 terminal
I dont have the manual handy, its at home (I am at the college now) but
I will email you the power handling cap. as soon as I get a chance..
-* Mike
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End of Thread.
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87316 12-MAY 22:31 General Information
RE: 2 B&B interfaces at the same time (Re: Msg 87233)
From: MDALENE To: STEWARD
your problem is really easily solved! Just go out and buy the 74F00
chips and replace the 74ls00 series with those :) My CocoXt-RTC was
dead to the world and Chris Burke told me to replace those chips and it
works good. I actually had him do it as I wanted to have him fix my
clock that was running toooooo fast. I could have replaced those chips
myself if I was not scared of busting the small pcb :)
Michele Marie Dalene
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87320 13-MAY 00:28 Applications (6809)
RE: Home manager (Re: Msg 87263)
From: CHYDE To: PAGAN
I realize you can lock out areas of a file, but it is much easier if you lock
the
whole file forIt's easier to avoid deadlock if you try to
lock the file, can't and report an exception. Not the cleanest or most
efficient granted, but very easy to do.
Chris
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87322 13-MAY 06:36 General Information
Colani Mouse
From: JEJONES To: ALL
Well...maybe I'm becoming a yuppie, but I've bought a designer mouse.
(Honest, the signature's right there on the side. I'd asked friends to put
me out of my misery if they ever saw me watching *thirtysomething*, but I
hadn't expected this.) I decided I didn't like the trackball I was using;
it's not easy to accurately spin that little ball with the thumb. (Well,
it's not easy for me, anyway.)
So, I finally bought a Colani Mouse. I'd seen it advertised in a Tiger
Software catalog, but I'd lost the catalog--and then I saw it in the May
*Computer Shopper*. It's a nice mouse; ergonometrically shaped with a
vengeance (so I have a right-handed version)--somebody finally noticed
that muscle you flex to touch your thumb to your little finger, probably
called the pollicis whatchamacallit, and shaped the mouse to fit. It has
little Teflon pads on the bottom so it slides very smoothly--I have no
trouble drawing lines in paint that are vertical or horizontal to within
a pixel, and I didn't have a prayer of doing that with the trackball.
It claims compatibility with Microsoft or Mouse Systems, but I had to
boot up with a driver for Mouse Systems mice to get it to go.
I'm very pleased with it. (I'm not associated with the manufacturer.)
Opinions herein are solely those of their respective authors.
Clipper Chip: Big Brother Inside
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87326 13-MAY 18:35 Telecom (6809)
RE: SuperComm (Re: Msg 87291)
From: ISC To: MMCCLELLAND
Mac,
You can purchase an excellent RS-232 interface from CoNect in Milwaukee.
Contact Rick Ulland here through REVCWP and ask him if he can sell you
one. I use one and I highly recommend it.
Bill
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87327 13-MAY 18:45 Telecom (6809)
Ribbs
From: DENNYWRIGHT To: ALL
Does anyone know of a program for ribbs called filesrch. It supposedly checks
for new files? A end has RiBBS running on his computer and came across it
in a download menu. It's called by ribbs as an outside program. He got a five d
disk set from Warren Hrach but it doesn't seem to have that particular utility.
I've looked in the database here but didn't see it or anything like it. Any
idea where he can get hold of it?
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87330 13-MAY 19:35 General Information
OS9000 file transfer
From: PHILSCHERER To: ALL
Does anyone know how to transfer files from the msdog partition of a hard
drive into the OS9000 side?? All help appreciated. <Phil>
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87337 13-MAY 23:15 General Information
RE: OS9000 file transfer (Re: Msg 87330)
From: COLORSYSTEMS To: PHILSCHERER
> Does anyone know how to transfer files from the msdog partition of a hard
> drive into the OS9000 side?? All help appreciated. <Phil>
All you have to do is load a device descriptor for the appropriate partition
of your hard drive. Then just use the copy command.
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Zack C Sessions
"We did not inherit the Earth from our Ancestors,
we borrowed it from our descendants." Ancient proverb
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87348 14-MAY 18:09 General Information
RE: OS9000 file transfer (Re: Msg 87337)
From: PHILSCHERER To: COLORSYSTEMS (NR)
Hi Zack--please forgive my ignorance, but what device descriptor shoul I
load? I have a file in the dog partition like--c:\OS9.bin and I want to
get it over into the OS9000 area. I'm just getting to use OS9000 so I'm
a little green in some of the stuff. Thanks! <Phil>
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End of Thread.
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87346 14-MAY 16:38 Games & Graphics
Fortune
From: PHXKEN To: ALL
Can someone with access to Chestnut GET Scott McGee's Star Trek fortune
program and put it up here? It is said to be under pub/OSK/MISC. Thx!
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