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#: 12921 S15/Hot Topics
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06-Nov-91 21:07:17
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Sb: #12842-#MM/1 delivery
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Fm: Colin J. Smith 73777,1360
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To: GLEN HATHAWAY 71446,166 (X)
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I was billed Dec. 31, 1990 and got my machine in Sept 91!
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Be patient, you will get it. I talked to Paul (left him a message and he
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called me) and he said that they are almost caught up in shipping the main
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boards.
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--Colin
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#: 12924 S15/Hot Topics
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06-Nov-91 22:08:32
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Sb: #12921-MM/1 delivery
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Fm: GLEN HATHAWAY 71446,166
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To: Colin J. Smith 73777,1360
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Hi Colin... I've talked to Paul twice since that message. It has been shipped
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and a trace is being done to locate it's whereabouts. I expect to hear from UPS
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any day now... Anyway, how do you like your's? Do you have an IO board? How are
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graphics with the CM-8 (assuming you are using one)?
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#: 12922 S1/General Interest
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06-Nov-91 21:11:22
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Sb: #12916-#Hard drives
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Fm: Bob van der Poel 76510,2203
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To: Steve Wegert 76703,4255 (X)
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Steve, good news -- 800 access works from Canada. Well, at least from my part
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(area code 604). Seems to be a nice line too (much less garbage than my normal
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long distance through to the CIS node in Vancouver, but that might just be for
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my one test call <g>). Funny, <not really> how the CS folks at CIS don't seem
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to know what's going on...
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#: 12927 S1/General Interest
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07-Nov-91 08:53:26
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Sb: #12922-Hard drives
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Fm: Steve Wegert 76703,4255
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To: Bob van der Poel 76510,2203 (X)
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Awright!
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Thanks for the confimation ... and do pass on this info to Bruce if you run
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into him. We'd like to see more of _both_ you guys!
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Steve
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#: 12923 S7/Telecommunications
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06-Nov-91 21:56:53
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Sb: #12917-#Quick-B Problems
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Fm: Paul Rinear 73757,1413
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To: Steve Wegert 76703,4255 (X)
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Really. I've had this hack installed for a long time. Like I said, if I
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throw out SACIA everything works fine and dandy. But I will read the IRQHAK.TXT
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file and maybe try it.
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I found a patch to the Disto clock module called DISTO.IPC. It says not a
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lot about what it does but I installed it anyway. That along with the setting
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of the xtp buffer thingy allowed me to download a 40K file last night with no
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errors. But that was last night; today I tried downloading a file three times.
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Using Quick-B each time; the first two times it wouldn't start downloading; the
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clear key switched windows but the system was otherwise locked. The third time,
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after running xmode just to check parameters, it downloaded the first 8 packets
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and then froze up. Makes me think I might have a genuine hardware bug.
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Paul
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#: 12926 S7/Telecommunications
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07-Nov-91 00:41:49
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Sb: #12923-#Quick-B Problems
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Fm: Erich Schulman 75140,3175
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To: Paul Rinear 73757,1413 (X)
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My SACIA docs specifically mention that there are two modules, one with the
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.mpi extension and one that has some other extension--as I had said earlier.
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Are you sure you installed the right one? The .mpi is for those who do NOT
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have the hardware IRQ hack, the "other" one is for those who DO have the hack.
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No details were made as to what the consequences of using the wrong one would
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be, but that could be the/a source of your problems. (If you can't do anything
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else, redownload SACIA without using the SACIA you have now, then reinstall
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from the redownload following the docs carefully. If that still doesn't work
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you can safely rule out my wrong module hypothesis.)
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#: 12932 S7/Telecommunications
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07-Nov-91 21:58:21
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Sb: #12926-Quick-B Problems
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Fm: Paul Rinear 73757,1413
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To: Erich Schulman 75140,3175 (X)
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I haven't tried the other module (the .mpi one) because I had a hardware
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IRQ hack installed (so I thought). It is worth a try. I have a bigger problem
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now though. I am sending this message with my trusty Epson QX-16 since my
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trusty COCO has decided not to recognize any of my disk drives. I took things
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apart and now things are muffed.
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Paul
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#: 12928 S7/Telecommunications
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07-Nov-91 08:56:12
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Sb: #12923-#Quick-B Problems
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Fm: Steve Wegert 76703,4255
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To: Paul Rinear 73757,1413 (X)
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Paul,
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Remember, the xtp must be set each time the system is booted (unless you've
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saved a new copy of the descriptor and installed it in your boot.
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Also ... Erich has a couple of suggestions in his note. It's gotta be a
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combination of IRQ and SACIA problems. Keep after it systematically and you'll
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have it nailed!
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Steve
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#: 12933 S7/Telecommunications
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07-Nov-91 22:10:37
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Sb: #12928-#Quick-B Problems
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Fm: Paul Rinear 73757,1413
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To: Steve Wegert 76703,4255
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Steve,
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I am in serious trouble. After reading about the hack that was recommended, I
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opened up both the computer and the MPI to see what hack I had installed so
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long ago. I had all the pin 8's on the multipack connected together. I had the
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pin 8 input from the MPI connected to the CPU IRQ pin through a diode. With
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this hack, I was able to run three serial ports simultaneously as long as I
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didn't run SACIA. That's why I had a hard time swallowing Eric's statement that
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the diode hack didn't work.
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Anyway, I tried connecting the IRQ pin of the 6551 in the RS-232
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pak right to the 6809 IRQ pin. It gave me problems. The system would freeze
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during bootup. So I was frustrated and let it sit for the night.
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Today I put everything back the way it was. With the drive
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controller in slot 4 and the MPI switch set to 4 I get a green screen with no
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cursor or version logo on it. If I throw the MPI switch, I will get Extended
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Color Basic 2.0. No disk basic.
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Thought the controller might have bought it, so I plugged in my
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old controller; same thing. Tried moving the controller to a different slot; no
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luck. So it ain't recognizing the disk ROM. Help.
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BTW, I had cobblered that xtp setting onto the boot disk.
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Paul
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#: 12935 S7/Telecommunications
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07-Nov-91 23:02:23
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Sb: #12933-#Quick-B Problems
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Fm: Erich Schulman 75140,3175
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To: Paul Rinear 73757,1413 (X)
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I reviewed the text file on the nondiode IRQ hack. It states that you put the
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6809-end of the wire on the side of the IRQ line resistor that is opposite the
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6809 (i.e., not directly to it). That could have been a problem source. Also,
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it is my understanding of the text that you keep the 6551 and 6809 IRQ's tied
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together only when you are using the serial port because of the recommendation
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you use a plug/jack pair (enabling you to detach the hack) instead of a direct
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connection; I may be wrong on this point though.
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#: 12940 S7/Telecommunications
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08-Nov-91 20:13:09
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Sb: #12935-Quick-B Problems
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Fm: Paul Rinear 73757,1413
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To: Erich Schulman 75140,3175
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I got the hack you are talking about to work. The reason I thought it
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wasn't working was because while working on the MPI, one of the little wires on
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the upgrade board fell off and the system wouldn't recognize the disk
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controller. With the hack, I was able to download a 47K file with one error
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instead of four errors. It might have been a legitimate error. However, using
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ACIAPAK and downloading a 120K file last night gave me no errors.
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I found that Aug. 1990 Rainbow article you were talking about. Very
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interesting. I would need source code to the original clock module and either
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the Disto or someone else's RTC module to be able to write the changes. I'm not
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knowledgeable enough to write a clock module on my own. Thanks for all your
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help.
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Paul
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#: 12939 S7/Telecommunications
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08-Nov-91 10:47:33
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Sb: #12933-#Quick-B Problems
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Fm: Pete Lyall 76703,4230
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To: Paul Rinear 73757,1413 (X)
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Paul -
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Have you tried removing the multipak from the circuit, and plugging in the disk
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controller directly? Also, try cleaning all the connectors.. that's a notorious
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COCO failure point.
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Also - If you hung during booting with the hardware IRQ hack, the only
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reasonable explanation is that something attached to the IRQ line/bus generated
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an IRQ (like a serial port) before there was a handler in place to deal with
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it. Make sure that the IRQ decks are cleared. Is your situation such that your
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whole system is powered from one power strip, and turning it on causes the
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modem to generate an "OK", or something like that?
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Pete
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#: 12941 S7/Telecommunications
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08-Nov-91 20:22:30
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Sb: #12939-Quick-B Problems
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Fm: Paul Rinear 73757,1413
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To: Pete Lyall 76703,4230
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The problem with the loss of Disk Basic was that when I had the MPI
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apart, one of the little wires from the upgrade board fell off. I cleaned all
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the contacts with an eraser anyway.
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Very interesting about an IRQ coming down the line during boot. This just
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might happen. Anyway, I got your hack to work, but instead of opening up each
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serial port cartridge I have and soldering a little wire to the IRQ of the
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6551, I soldered the wire into the multipak pin 8 (which are all wired
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together). This seemed like a timesaver since I have serial ports in 3 slots. I
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cut the trace going out of the multipak on pin 8 so that the 6809 doesn't get
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two messages about one interrupt. Seems to work so far. Am going to error test
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it on some large file downloads from a local BBS while simultaneously playing
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with a remote terminal.
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Paul
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#: 12925 S3/Languages
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06-Nov-91 23:23:30
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Sb: 6809 Book
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Fm: Brother Jeremy, CSJW 76477,142
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To: John Wainwright, 72517,676
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Dear John: Please forgive me for not thanking you sooner. The book arrived last
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week. I have been pouring through it, and I am actually
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understanding some of it. Thank you again for your kindness. With all best
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wishes, Br. Jeremy, CSJW
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#: 12929 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK)
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07-Nov-91 17:02:52
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Sb: #Module directory
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Fm: Bob van der Poel 76510,2203
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To: All
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Does anyone happen to know the format of the data returned by the F$GModDr
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system call? The manual is of not too much help here--it just states that a
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number of bytes are copied...
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It appears that each entry is 32 bytes long. Bytes 0-3 are a pointer to the
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module and 12-13 could be the link count of the module.
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#: 12934 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK)
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07-Nov-91 23:01:31
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Sb: #12929-Module directory
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Fm: Roy Dacus 70721,1113
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To: Bob van der Poel 76510,2203 (X)
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Hi Bob, I think it is in DEFS/module.a.
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I hope this is what your looking for:
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********************************
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* Module Directory Entry Definitions
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ModDir: equ 1<<8 module directory format revision (for D_Cigar)
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org 0
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MD$MPtr:do.l 1 module ptr
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MD$Group:do.l 1 module group ptr
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MD$Static:do.l 1 module group memory size
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MD$Link:do.w 1 module link count
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MD$MChk:do.w 1 module header checksum
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MD$ESize: equ . module directory entry size
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ends
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opt l
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#: 12930 S1/General Interest
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07-Nov-91 19:16:56
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Sb: #12893-INTERNET
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Fm: Ed Gresick 76576,3312
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To: Steve Wegert 76703,4255
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Steve,
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Thanks (and to Pete Lyall).
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Pete spotted an error in my addressing so I sent the message again.
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It didn't bounce this time - yet. I understand that when a message is
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successfully accepted, a message is returned telling the send it went
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OK. I haven't received such a message. Is there any other way of
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knowing whether the message got through. If it did get through,
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Mark should be jumping all over me by now <g>.
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Ed Gresick - DELMAR CO
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#: 12936 S10/OS9/6809 (CoCo)
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08-Nov-91 01:34:05
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Sb: BBS
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Fm: Everett Chimbidis 76370,1366
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To: all
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Does anybody out there run a BBS? If so what bbs and what is the number?
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#: 12937 S10/OS9/6809 (CoCo)
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08-Nov-91 01:35:39
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Sb: bbs
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Fm: Everett Chimbidis 76370,1366
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To: 71071,2003
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Do you have an upgrade for you util3 ? If so will it handle 600 files?
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