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#: 14638 S10/OS9/6809 (CoCo)
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20-Mar-92 00:24:47
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Sb: #14635-source editor
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Fm: Pete Lyall 76703,4230
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To: Joseph Cheek 71431,3466 (X)
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Joseph -
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I know that there are a couple of 'vi' clones for the 68K, but uEmacs is
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probably as good as it gets on the '09 (unless you want to use TSedit, which is
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a limited vi spinoff, which requires hacks to run in 80 column mode).
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#: 14639 S7/Telecommunications
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20-Mar-92 02:41:47
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Sb: #14609-PHONE Query
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Fm: Ches Looney 73016,1336
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To: Bob van der Poel 76510,2203 (X)
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Thanks, Bob, I'll check that possibility. Ches.
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#: 14642 S7/Telecommunications
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20-Mar-92 03:40:41
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Sb: #14609-PHONE Query
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Fm: Ches Looney 73016,1336
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To: Bob van der Poel 76510,2203 (X)
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Thanks for the tip, Bob. Changing DEFAULT solved one of my problems and a more
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careful scrutiny of your script versus mine solved the other. The reason PHONE
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was hanging my computer was that I wasn't quitting before label 9. I thought
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the script would go right through the label to the quit command. Making the
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last three lines \q \9 \q solved the problem. Thanks for your help. Ches.
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#: 14640 S7/Telecommunications
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20-Mar-92 02:42:37
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Sb: #14615-PHONE Query
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Fm: Ches Looney 73016,1336
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To: Steve Wegert 76703,4255 (X)
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Thanks, Steve, I'll do it! Ches.
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#: 14643 S7/Telecommunications
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20-Mar-92 03:41:10
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Sb: #14615-#PHONE Query
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Fm: Ches Looney 73016,1336
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To: Steve Wegert 76703,4255 (X)
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Thanks, Steve, changing DEFAULT solved the problem. Ches.
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There is 1 Reply.
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#: 14675 S7/Telecommunications
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21-Mar-92 09:25:47
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Sb: #14643-#PHONE Query
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Fm: Steve Wegert 76703,4255
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To: Ches Looney 73016,1336 (X)
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Glad we got you fixed up.
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One other thing to keep in mind about the DEFAULT area: You have a different
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set of defaults for _each_ baud rate you log on with. Expect this problem to
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reappear should you log in with a different speed.
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Steve
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There is 1 Reply.
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#: 14676 S7/Telecommunications
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21-Mar-92 09:27:40
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Sb: #14675-PHONE Query
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Fm: Ches Looney 73016,1336
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To: Steve Wegert 76703,4255 (X)
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Thanks for that tip, too. I seldom come in at a different speed, but it could
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have confused me. Regards, Ches.
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#: 14645 S1/General Interest
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20-Mar-92 13:42:48
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Sb: #Hitachi 6309
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Fm: Jay Truesdale 72176,3565
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To: all
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All of the 'hidden features' of the Hitachi 6309 that we've tested seem to work
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as per the Usenet posting. Has everyone else come up with the same results?
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We doubt that Hitachi would go to the trouble of removing these features from
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future production runs and that it is probably fairly safe to use these
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features in a program that is always guaranteed to run on a 6309. Comments?
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Thoughts?
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-J
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#: 14649 S1/General Interest
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21-Mar-92 00:39:01
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Sb: #14645-Hitachi 6309
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Fm: Kevin Darling 76703,4227
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To: Jay Truesdale 72176,3565
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I only tested a few, but they all seemed to work fine.
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I hear that Kent Meyers has a 6309 now, so I'd bet that he's working on L-II
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modifications, btw.
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kev
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#: 14646 S10/OS9/6809 (CoCo)
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20-Mar-92 18:28:39
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Sb: #Printerr/Error Beep
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Fm: Brother Jeremy, CSJW 76477,142
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To: All
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Dear Friends: I recently reconfigged my boot disk to include a patched version
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of Level 1's printerr. I had also used a patched version of cc3io which would
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beep on an error. Now with printerr, which for those who don not know, gives
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full error messages rather that just the error number, it no longer beeps. I
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got the printerr patch from Bob Santy's Patch.Ar which contains Ipatch and a
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few other things. Can I have the best of both, beeping on error and both the
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error number and error message for the errmsg file in /dd/SYS ?
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Thank you for your help, With all best wishes, Br. Jeremy, CSJW.
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There is 1 Reply.
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#: 14647 S10/OS9/6809 (CoCo)
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20-Mar-92 20:12:41
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Sb: #14646-#Printerr/Error Beep
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Fm: Erich Schulman 75140,3175
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To: Brother Jeremy, CSJW 76477,142 (X)
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I had the same problem and solved it. I presume you gained the printerr
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function by adding os9p3. If this is the case, use dEd, EZGen, or whatever
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else you use to edit modules to change it. As you look at the ASCII part of
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the dump (the right hand part of the screen if you use dEd) you can read "ERROR
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#" (without the quotes). Change the "#" to a ASCII 07 then verify the module.
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You'll have beep on error again. (I think it's near the end of os9p3 so skip
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to the last LSN of the module and work toward the beginning until you find it.)
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#: 14648 S10/OS9/6809 (CoCo)
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20-Mar-92 23:11:38
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Sb: #14647-#Printerr/Error Beep
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Fm: Brother Jeremy, CSJW 76477,142
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To: Erich Schulman 75140,3175 (X)
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Actually, I patched the stock Level 1 printerr with a patch from Bob Santy. But
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I will try going the OS9P3 route and let you know. Thank you for your reply,
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Br. Jeremy, CSJW
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There is 1 Reply.
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#: 14670 S10/OS9/6809 (CoCo)
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21-Mar-92 08:04:20
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Sb: #14648-#Printerr/Error Beep
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Fm: Bob Santy 76417,714
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To: Brother Jeremy, CSJW 76477,142 (X)
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If you use DED on the patched file you will see the string "Error #". The "#"
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is at offset $37. You can change the "#" to $07 and get a beep instead of the
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"Error #nnn". What will be the message after the patch (and CRC update) is
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"Error <BEEP>nnn". Hope this helps.
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Bob
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There is 1 Reply.
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#: 14678 S10/OS9/6809 (CoCo)
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21-Mar-92 14:28:55
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Sb: #14670-Printerr/Error Beep
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Fm: Brother Jeremy, CSJW 76477,142
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To: Bob Santy 76417,714
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Dear Bob, thankyou for the advice. I will try it and let you know. With all
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best wishes, Br. Jeremy, CSJW
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#: 14650 S8/BBS Systems/TSMon
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21-Mar-92 05:29:38
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Sb: OS-9 Community Network
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Fm: John Wight 76370,2100
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To: All
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What follows is a relatively new feature of the OS-9 Community Network. The
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OS-9 Community Network Board of Directors have a private online meeting place
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in Fidonet, where they can discuss how to improve the network without alot of
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noise from outsiders. This does not means we keep any secrets, but rather it is
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easier to get more done with less people around, just as in real life. So as
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not to keep secrets, we have allowed Eric Carson in for the purpose of
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reporting to the general membership our activities. The general membership is
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then encouraged to offer feedback in any forum a member chooses (that the BOD
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has access to). This includes CIS, as I am here every week. If anyone has any
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questions on these reports, or the OS-9 CN files in the library, feel free to
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ask, or leave me a message at the Internet address OS9CN@flex.com. Of course, I
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am always available on the Fidonet echos as well.
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#: 14651 S8/BBS Systems/TSMon
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21-Mar-92 05:31:34
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Sb: OS-9 CN Interface
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Fm: John Wight 76370,2100
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To: all
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OCN Interface
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Copyright 1992 - Eric Carson
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A Report On The OS9 Community Network Board Of Directors
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For The Week Ending 02/09/92
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-----------------------------------------------------------------------DISCLAIMER:
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The content of the following text is solely the view of the author. I
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can only report on what I am able read in the OS9Net (BOD) echo, and
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will not write or reply to the activities within. Any comments or sug-
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gestions to the BOD, or to me, may be posted in a FidoNet(tm) COCO_CLUB
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or OS9 echo near you.
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B.O.D. ACTIVITY:
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Nancy Ward's resignation from the position of OS9 Community Network secretary
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is putting a semi-serious crimp in the activities of the BOD. John Wight (Int'l
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Co-ordinator) has taken to wearing the secretary's hat as well as his own.
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John Wight has made a motion for Tika Carr to take on the job of editor of the
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monthly NewsLetter for the organisation. He calls on her to prove herself
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worthy of the position, verbally, (that is, to tell the BOD what she thinks she
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can offer in skills to the position), [which is kinda like Reuben asking a
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newcomer how s/he justifies his/her existence, in Isaac Asimov's BLACK WIDOWER
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Mystery Stories].
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#: 14652 S8/BBS Systems/TSMon
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21-Mar-92 05:32:36
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Sb: OS-9 CN Interface
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Fm: John Wight 76370,2100
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To: All
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He also has a thought, about the way it is currently working out. Dave Kelly
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is the acting Editor right now, until someone else can take over. Tom Birt,
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Region 10 Library Co-ordinator, has had a hand in making sure the newsletter,
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and other Community related output, is correct in spelling, grammer and syntax.
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Since Dave has made it clear that his position was only to be temporary, it
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seems that the election will be between Tika Carr and Tom Birt. John's idea was
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that when one of them gets elected, the other will be their assistant. [You
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just can't lose, eh?]
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EDITORIAL:
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Since I volunteered for the honour of reporting on the activities of the OS9
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Community Network Board Of Directors Echo to the general membership, and in
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doing so, placed a severe limitation on myself by standing firmly on the policy
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of my not posting any messages on that echo, so as not to clutter up said echo
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with messages by a non-voting entity, I find myself frustrated with some of the
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things which are (not) occuring.
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I imagine John Wight, out of official curiousity, wanted to know just how many
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of the BOD were actually reading the BOD ECHO within a given period. He posted
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a message around the last week of January, for people to take part in a roll
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call. As of this writing (2392) about half of the BOD has responded. 50% of the
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BOD have yet to speak up!
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#: 14653 S8/BBS Systems/TSMon
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21-Mar-92 05:33:37
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Sb: OS-9 CN Interface
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Fm: John Wight 76370,2100
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To: All
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After giving the above some careful re-consideration, perhaps I am being
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unfair on the hard working people who make up the BOD. After all, this
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organisation is a not-for-profit venture...no one is getting paid for their
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efforts. It (the OS9CN) is just a way for Computer Geeks to get together with
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other Computer Geeks to discuss and expand interest in their mutual Compu-Love,
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OS9. Nothing important in the Universal Scheme of Things, right? No Big Deal.
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Well, maybe. But for some of us, it is rather important. And we would not be
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participating in this exchange of information if it weren't.
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Exciting things can happen if people join forces and work on a way to make
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life easier and/or more interesting for themselves and for others. I believe
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this was the major reason the OS9CN was put together.
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But, I also feel that, in order to make great things happen, it is not enough
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to have yourself labeled "A Member of The Board"; you have to participate. If
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you don't, then please, allow those who may have more interest in the matter
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take the position and help get things done.
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With that in mind...you will have read of certain positions within the BOD
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coming available, (ie, Int'l Librarian, NewsLetter Editor, Secretary). These
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positions are open to ALL, and not just to existing members of the Board. If
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you think you would like to run for one of these openings, by all means,
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contact John Wight! He will be keeping a tally of prospective candidates, and
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when the time comes, will be putting the matters up for a vote.
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Participate!
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Eric Carson - OS9 Community Network/Member Interface The Galactic Milieu (916)
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893-5412 [FIDO - 1:119/13]
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#: 14654 S8/BBS Systems/TSMon
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21-Mar-92 05:34:34
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Sb: OS-9 CN Interface
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Fm: John Wight 76370,2100
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To: All
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OCN INTERFACE
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Copyright 1992 - Eric Carson
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A Report On The OS9 Community Network Board Of Directors
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For The Week Ending 02/23/92
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-----------------------------------------------------------------------DISCLAIMER:
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The content of the following text is solely the view of the author. I
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can only report on what I am able read in the OS9Net (BOD) echo, and
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will not write or reply to the activities within. Any comments or sug-
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gestions to the BOD, or to me, may be posted in a FidoNet(tm) COCO_CLUB
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or OS9 echo near you.
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B.O.D. ACTIVITY:
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Since I last reported, there have been some serious changes. Tika Carr, newly
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appointed Editor for the OS9CNetNews, was suddenly taken ill, and has expressed
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her desire to resign her position due to this sudden change in health status.
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She will be sorely missed. I, personally, wish her the best of luck.
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John Wight, International Co-ordinator, has brought up a couple of motions to
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vote on. 1) Should the BOD accept Tom Birt as the new NewsLetter Editor. 2)
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Specific voting procedures. 3) The formation of a commitee to delegate tasks in
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the job jar. 4) The formation of a commitee, composed mainly of librarians, to
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compile a master list of available files from the various regional
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libraries, headed by Gene Clifton.
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#: 14655 S8/BBS Systems/TSMon
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21-Mar-92 05:35:27
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Sb: OS-9 CN Interface
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Fm: John Wight 76370,2100
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To: All
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Discussion on how long a position held by a member of the BOD should remain
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inactive before the position is deemed open for a replacement. (In other words,
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how long should a holder of a position within the BOD keep that position if
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there is no descernible participation observed.)
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A couple of new faces have shown up in the echos, and it seems they are from
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Australia. The BOD is working on getting a reliable gateway with them. We are
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getting truely international!
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EDITORIAL:
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The OS9 Community Network is a non-profit organisation developed by the CoCo
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community to promote OS9 and to further and keep interest in this Operating
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System.
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Contrary to certain beliefs, this does not mean that the OSCN is strictly
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limited to those interested in CoCo OS9 Level II, only! In fact, due to the
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"new" 680X0 machines which are becoming increasingly more popular, (MM/1 by
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Interactive Media Systems, Inc., Tomcat by Frank Hogg Labs, System IV by
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Delmar), interest in OS9 is growing. Also, keep in mind that there are versions
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of OS9 for the IBM, Atari and Macintosh computers.
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#: 14656 S8/BBS Systems/TSMon
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21-Mar-92 05:36:27
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Sb: OS-9 CN Interface
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Fm: John Wight 76370,2100
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To: All
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[A Gilligan's Island-type vision suddenly fades to...]
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Three years ago, I was happily pecking my way across the keyboard of my new
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128k CoCo3. I was content with typing in programs from The Rainbow, and running
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basic and machine-language programs I had downloaded from various BBSes across
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the country, (much to the consternation of my girlfriend when she saw the phone
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bills). I bought up all the books and magazines I could find having to do with
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Basic. When I had the money, I would truck on down to one of the local Radio
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Shacks, to see what I could blow my cash on.
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One day, I bought OS9 Level II. Took it home, and booted it up. I made many
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mistakes. But, because I only had 128k, OS9 left me with something like 48k of
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free memory. Can't do much with that, so I shelved OS9, and went back to my
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familiar RS-Dos Basic programming.
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Later, I happened to run across a semi-local BBS run on a CoCo3 with 512k and
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OSs9 Level II. After talking with the SysOp, Jim, he said his BBS was
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"homemade"; he had programmed it himself under Basic09. This impressed me.
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About a month later, he sold me a 512k memory upgrade and a second 40 track
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floppy drive. He had been into the CoCo since the CoCo1, and OS9 since Level I.
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He incouraged me to take my OS9 Level II off the shelf, and fire it up. I did,
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but because I was still making mistakes with it (simple 216 errors, File Not
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Found), I was reluctant to use it. I told him that I was happy with RS-Dos, and
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didn't need OS9. I had everything I need under Basic. No amount of persuasion
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could change my mind. What did I need with multiple windows? Why would I ever
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need to multi-task? I have trouble walking and chewing gum at the same time.
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#: 14657 S8/BBS Systems/TSMon
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21-Mar-92 05:38:08
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Sb: OS-9 CN Interface
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Fm: John Wight 76370,2100
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To: All
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However, one day, I got bored, and booted up that OS9, and created a couple of
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windows, just curious to see what the excitement was about. I changed the color
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of them, did a dir in one and listed the Startup file in another at the same
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time. Hmmmm....What if I...
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Jim was a big help to me, but he was still long distance, and I had to learn
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quite a bit on my own. I didn't have access to Delphi, or the other pay
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services. I was the only active OS9 user in my area.
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[Another Gilligan's Island-type vision fades back to...]
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Now, I hardly ever use Rs-Dos. And thanks to the OS9CN, I can learn more about
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this fascinating Operating System.
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The OS9CN understands stories such as the one above. That was one of the
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reasons people formed the organisation: to help others understand OS9, and to
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encourage people to try it.
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But, they also respect those die-hard Rs-Dos users. In fact, the OS9CN is an
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excellent supplimental support for all phases of the CoCo; Rs-Dos, OS9,
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whatever! (Even Hard-Core Os9'ers had to start somewhere!)
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Sooner or later, you might get bored, too, and boot up OS9, just for
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curiousity's sake. When you do, remember that the OS9 Community Network is here
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for you!
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The OS9 Community Network - They Practice What They Preach!
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Eric Carson - OS9 Community Network/Member Interface
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The Galactic Milieu (916) 893-5412 [FIDO - 1:119/13]
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#: 14658 S8/BBS Systems/TSMon
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21-Mar-92 05:39:13
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Sb: OS-9 CN Interface
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Fm: John Wight 76370,2100
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To: All
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OCN/Member Interface
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Copyright 1992 - Eric Carson
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A Report On The OS9 Community Network Board Of Directors
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For The Week Ending 03/08/92
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-----------------------------------------------------------------------DISCLAIMER:
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The content of the following text is solely the view of the author. I
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can only report on what I am able read in the OS9Net (BOD) echo, and
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may not write or reply to the activities within. Any comments or sug-
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gestions to the BOD, or to me, may be posted in a FidoNet(tm) COCO_CLUB
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or OS9 echo near you.
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-----------------------------------------------------------------------CURRENT
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B.O.D. ACTIVITY:
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Kim Bergman and Greg Morgan have been nominated for Secretary and Membership
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Co-Ordinator, respectively.
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Voting for these two positions have commenced.
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Tom Birt is the new NewsLetter Editor.
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After much wondering, the oft-missed Don Vaillancourt has resigned his
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position of Int'l Co-Coordinator from the Board of Directors. A motion has been
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made to look for nominees for that position.
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Kim Bergman has been nominated for the position of Co-Coordinator.
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Wes Gale has been nominated for the position of Co-Coordinator.
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21-Mar-92 05:40:27
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Sb: OS-9 CN Interface
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Fm: John Wight 76370,2100
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To: All
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A motion has been made and seconded for a monthly Department-Head meeting.
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EDITORIAL:
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There seems to be a certain opinion out there in CoCoLand that the OS9CN is
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strictly a FIDONet-bound organisation. There is some justification for this
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opinion, but this is not necessarily so.
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The fact is, when people began tossing ideas around about starting a "club" to
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take the place of the now-defunct National OS9 Users Group, the majority of the
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discussion took place in the FidoNet. Much of the activities of this growing
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and evolving Community is still happening within FidoNet. It is not because the
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BOD wants to keep it that way, but because it is most convenient.
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FidoNet is not a pay service, (such as C-serve or Delfi [deliberate
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misspellings]), but it is the cheapest way for people who live thousands of
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miles apart, to communicate with each other. (Well, there is Snail-Mail, but
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FidoNet is more reliable).
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There has been an ongoing intent to get the OS9CN into other publicly
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accessible media. C-serve and Delfi are just two of them. There has been some
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success with Uucp and the Internet, as evidenced by our new Australian (and
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Belgian, etc...) members.
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And while I am talking about OtherNets, Our Fearless Leader, Int'l Coordinator
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for the OS9CN, John Wight, has finally gotten his InterNet address. If you have
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access to InterNet, you may mail him at:
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os9cn@flex.com
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#: 14660 S8/BBS Systems/TSMon
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21-Mar-92 05:41:16
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Sb: OS-9 CN Interface
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Fm: John Wight 76370,2100
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To: All
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If you know of anyone who wants more info on our nifty organisation, and they
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have access to InterNet, but don't have access to FidoNet, this will probably
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be the route they should go.
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John is also doing some intense research in getting info through to STGnet,
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ACBBS, and RIME. [I never heard of this last, but, the more, the merrier!]
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The plain and simple truth of it is, there is just so darn much to do, and not
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a whole lot of people to do it. We, as a community, must rely on ourselves to
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get the message out to those who may not have access to the various nets. The
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BOD cannot do it alone.
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Another hard, cold fact, is that no one is getting paid for their efforts in
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trying to get this organisation into shape. Right now, all of the Board of
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Directors are vollunteers. Almost all of the positions that make up the BOD are
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open for elections, RIGHT NOW! The people who are in those positions are doing
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so as acting members of the Board. As you can see in the section labled CURRENT
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B.O.D. ACTIVITY, nominations for Secretary, Membership Coordinator,
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International Co-Coordinator, and NewsLetter Editor have been heard and are
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currently being voted on. What this means, is that the rest of the positions
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are waiting for you to fill them.
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#: 14661 S8/BBS Systems/TSMon
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21-Mar-92 05:42:09
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Sb: OS-9 CN Interface
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Fm: John Wight 76370,2100
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To: All
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What follows is a current listing of the positions within the BOD, who is
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filling them, and which ones are available:
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International Coordinator: John Wight 814 Bannister St #4, Honolulu, HI 96819
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BBS: 1-808-845-5299 FIDONET 1:345/200 CIS: 76370,2100
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International Co-Coordinator: *available*
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International Librarian: Gene Clifton 2453 W. Sunny Meade Dr., Harvey LA 70058
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BBS: 1-504-347-4320 FIDONET 1:396/27
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Newsletter Editor: Tom Birt 5055 73rd St. #18, San Diego, CA 92115 BBS:
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1-619-277-4618 FIDONET 1:202/624
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Secretary: Kim Bergman 2020 Home NW, Calgary, AB T3B 1H5 BBS: 1-403-246-6943
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FIDONET: 134/67
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Membership Coordinator: Greg Morgan 9500 Telstar Rd., Richmond, VA 23237 BBS:
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1-804-266-2515 FIDONET: 1:264/211.3 (Boss node: 264/211)
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International OS-9 Community Network Representative: Bill Nobel #21 1106 Ave.
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W, N. Saskatoon, SK, CA S7L 3G7 BBS: 1-306-384-0836 FIDONET 1:140/26
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#: 14662 S8/BBS Systems/TSMon
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21-Mar-92 05:43:00
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Sb: OS-9 CN Interface
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Fm: John Wight 76370,2100
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To: All
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Zone Coordinators and Librarians: We are starting to reach the point where we
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will need coordinators and librarians for the other zones of FidoNet. John
|
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Wight will continue to coordinate Zone 1 which covers North America. We also
|
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need volunteers to cover these Zones: Zone 2: Europe *Available*
|
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Zone 3: Australia (Possibly Bob Devries) Zone 4: Latin America
|
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*Available* Zone 5: Africa *Available* Zone 6: Asia
|
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*Available* Until these zones are covered, John will be making contact with
|
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OS-9 users in these zones.
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We also need a coordinator for each network that members of the OS-9 community
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reside in.
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Regional Librarians and Coordinators:
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Region 10: California Nevada Hawaii Librarian: John Reece
|
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BBS: 1-619-272-3643 FIDONET 1:202/617 Coord. : Tom Birt 5055
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73rd St. #18, San Diego, CA 92115
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BBS: 1-619-277-4618 FIDONET 1:202/624
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#: 14663 S8/BBS Systems/TSMon
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21-Mar-92 05:43:55
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Sb: OS-9 CN Interface
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Fm: John Wight 76370,2100
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To: All
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Region 11: Illinois Indiana Kentucky Michigan Ohio Wisconsin Librarian: Kerry
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Kowalski 11417 Co. Tr. R, Whitelaw, WI, 54247
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BBS: 1-414-684-4115 FIDONET 1:154/888 Coord : *Available*
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Region 12: Ontario Quebec New Brunswick Nova Scotia Newfoundland
|
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Prince Edward Island Librarian: *Available* Coord : Ken Patience
|
|
66 Walpole Ave. Unit 117, Toronto, Ontario,
|
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CA M4L 3W5
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BBS: 1-416-469-2681 FIDONET 1:250/610
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Region 13: District of Comlumbia Delaware Maryland New Jersey New York
|
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Pennsylvania Virginia West Virginia Librarian: Bill Wittman 873
|
|
Johnson Rd., Churchville, NY 14428-9305
|
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BBS: 1-716-494-2520 FIDONET 1:260/215 Coord : *Available*
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Region 14: Iowa Kansas Minnesota Missouri Nebraska North Dakota
|
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South Dakota Librarian: Harold Kistner 3141 E. Beaumont,
|
|
Springfield, MO 65804
|
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BBS: 1-417-887-6048 FIDONET: 1:284/3 Coord : Harold Kistner ""
|
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"" *Available?*
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Region 15: Arizona Colorado New Mexico Utah Wyoming Librarian: *Available*
|
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Coord : *Available*
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#: 14664 S8/BBS Systems/TSMon
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21-Mar-92 05:45:05
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Sb: OS-9 CN Interface
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Fm: John Wight 76370,2100
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To: All
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Region 16: Connecticut Maine Massachusetts New Hampshire Rhode Island
|
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Vermont Librarian: Brian Steward K31 Mill Pond Rd., Broad Brook CT
|
|
06016
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BBS: 1-203-627-9264 FIDONET 1:142/264 Coord : *Available*
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|
Region 17: Alaska Alberta British Columbia Idaho Manitoba Montana Oregon
|
|
Saskatchewan Washington (State) Librarian: (Canada) Wes Gale 11025
|
|
130th St., Surrey, B.C., Canada
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V3T 3M3
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BBS: 1-604-589-5545 FIDONET 1:153/912 Librarian: (U.S.) Mark
|
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Johnson 807 Neveda Dr., Longview, WA 98632
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BBS: 1-206-425-5804 FIDONET 1:105/641 Coord : Dennis Mott N 4103
|
|
Whitehouse, Spokane, WA 99205
|
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BBS: 1-509-325-6787 FIDONET 1:346/9
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Region 18: Alabama Florida Georgia Mississippi North Carolina
|
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South Carolina Tennessee Puerto Rico Librarian: Dave Spicer 15
|
|
Blackwell St., Ft. Rucker, AL 36362
|
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BBS: 1-205-598-2100 FIDONET 1:18/75 Coord : Dave Spicer "" ""
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*Available?*
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|
Region 19: Texas Arkansas Louisiana Oklahoma
|
|
Gene Clifton (Also International Librarian)
|
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BBS: 1-504-347-4320 FIDONET 1:396/27 Coord : Dave Kelly
|
|
BBS: 1-713-942-1541 FIDONET 1:106/941 More regions will be added as
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we find coordinators and librarians to cover more areas of the globe.
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#: 14665 S8/BBS Systems/TSMon
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21-Mar-92 05:45:48
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Sb: OS-9 CN Interface
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Fm: John Wight 76370,2100
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To: All
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If you are interested in one of the above positions, or in becoming a member,
|
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please contact John Wight, or one of the regional coordinators.
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[The Interface will be carrying the BOD listing from now on]
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Eric Carson - OS9 Community Network/Member Interface
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The Galactic Milieu (916) 893-5412 [FIDO - 1:119/13]
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#: 14666 S8/BBS Systems/TSMon
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21-Mar-92 05:47:24
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|
Sb: Fidonet testimonials
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Fm: John Wight 76370,2100
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To: All
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|
|
What follows are testimonials from happy Fidonet users, presented here for
|
|
those who have doubts about the merits of Fidonet: To : Warren Hrach From
|
|
: Howard Moore Subject : Hello Date : 92/03/13 WH> I run an OS9 BBS,
|
|
'RiBBS' and also am a Mfgr. Rep. for IMS Inc. WH> the manufacturer of the MM/1
|
|
computer, one of the best 'CoCo 4's' WH> available. Yo u may see in my origin
|
|
line that RiBBS is fido WH> compatable. WH> WH> Hang on to those extra
|
|
CoCo's they are valuable. WH> WH> -Warren Hrach, RiBBS beta sysop, IMS Mfgr.
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Rep, MM1_TECH echo WH> moderator
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|
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Hi Warren,
|
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Just though I'd say hello. I've been working with the "RiBBS to go" packag
|
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e, that I got from you. I have a question though. Is there enough of an impro
|
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vement with ver 2.02 to go with it, rather than the 2.0, I got from you?
|
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I recently got access to the CoCo related FIDO echos and am really enjoying
|
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them.
|
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Thanks in advance,
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Howard Moore
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Milford, Del
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|
|
To : Scott Harrod From : Bill Figi Subject : Welcome O' Surprised
|
|
One!!!! Date : 92/03/13 2::0:00 Welcome Scott,
|
|
I was really happy to find this echo too. Lots of clever folks and not a lo
|
|
t of BS. :) Hope you enjoy it as much as I do. What kinds of stuff do you d
|
|
o with your COCO's? My kids and I use our three: (1 -#3; 2-#2) mainly for gamin
|
|
g with a little word processing and my interminable struggles with OS9 & C....
|
|
Bill (Happy to make your acquiantance!)
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#: 14667 S8/BBS Systems/TSMon
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21-Mar-92 05:48:21
|
|
Sb: Our gift to you
|
|
Fm: John Wight 76370,2100
|
|
To: All
|
|
|
|
If I were very nostalgic, I could say the OS-9 Community Network started when I
|
|
purchased my first computer (an MC-10) in 1984. I liked this inexpensive
|
|
computer so much, I gradually moved up to a very complete COCO 3 OS-9 Level 2
|
|
system.
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|
|
|
Or perhaps it got its start when I went to a community college for two years to
|
|
earn my Associate of Technical Arts Degree in Computer Repair. It was there I
|
|
first experienced the excitement of sharing my computer knowledge and
|
|
experience by running a BBS on a Tandy Model 3 with a 300 baud modem and four
|
|
single sided floppy drives. I enjoyed it so much, I started dreaming and began
|
|
to plan my own BBS which went online a few years later.
|
|
|
|
However this is the OS-9 "COMMUNITY" Network. There are many others in the COCO
|
|
and OS-9 community who made it special, and have helped us to develop what is
|
|
now becoming the OS-9 Community Network. For example, if it weren't for Lonnie
|
|
Falk, Dale Puckett, and many others who had a part in Rainbow Magazine, many of
|
|
us might never have gotten started with the COCO and OS-9, and come to realize
|
|
what a powerful operating system OS-9 Level 2 really is - and at a steal price.
|
|
Over the years, Lonnie told us many stories in the Rainbow about how it grew
|
|
from some ideas and a couple of pieces of paper to a thick magazine that kept
|
|
many of us in touch with the COCO and OS-9 community for many years. It is this
|
|
community that kept the Rainbow going strong for so long.
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#: 14668 S8/BBS Systems/TSMon
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21-Mar-92 05:49:19
|
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Sb: Our gift to you
|
|
Fm: John Wight 76370,2100
|
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To: All
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|
|
Then as the online COCO and OS-9 community evolved, Rainbow was getting thinner
|
|
in pages, some of our favorite COCO and OS-9 experts left the Rainbow, and many
|
|
hardware and software companies stopped advertising in its pages.
|
|
|
|
Around the same time Rainbow started getting thinner, a community of COCO and
|
|
OS-9 users started getting together on FIDONET, a worldwide amateur network of
|
|
over 10,000 BBS systems. Many of us learned that it is an excellent, and cheap
|
|
(in some cases free) place to keep in touch with COCO and OS-9 experts, and
|
|
other members of our very friendly community. New users found they could get
|
|
questions answered in a day or two (or less), learn where to get software,
|
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hardware, and the support that they were lacking from Tandy and other sources.
|
|
|
|
After I had experienced the wonder and power of OS-9 Level 2 for a while, with
|
|
its multitasking and windows, I learned about RiBBS which was written to be
|
|
FIDONET compatible. So I decided to join the FIDONET network to further my
|
|
aspirations of being a supporting member of our special community. After seeing
|
|
Tandy drop its support for the COCO and OS-9 markets, and seeing that Rainbow
|
|
was getting smaller yet, I decided to look for more ways to support this
|
|
community and do my part to help keep it alive. I eventually took on the job of
|
|
echo moderator for the FIDONET COCO and OS9 conferences, and continued to share
|
|
my knowledge and experience of OS-9 with other users, and I continue to do my
|
|
best to ensure that our community stays friendly.
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#: 14669 S8/BBS Systems/TSMon
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21-Mar-92 05:50:14
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Sb: Our gift to you
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Fm: John Wight 76370,2100
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To: All
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|
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Then ideas started coming in on the echos. Some wondered what Microware would
|
|
do with OS-9 when Tandy quit its support. Someone mentioned the possibility of
|
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its release to a non profit group. So we thought, why not release it to members
|
|
of the largest amateur network in the world. (We still have yet to see if this
|
|
will be.) We also discussed the possibilities of routing and echoing files to
|
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OS-9 BBS systems in the same way FIDONET echo messages are efficiently routed
|
|
at low cost.
|
|
|
|
It was these ideas and many more discussed among members of this special
|
|
community that is currently evolving into the OS-9 Community Network. My dream
|
|
is to see it grow into the best group of quality computer users in support of
|
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one of the best operating systems in the world, just as Lonnie Falk's 4 page
|
|
newsletter grew into a magazine that educated many of us to the vast potential
|
|
of the COCO and OS-9 Level 2 in a mostly MS-DOS world. Just as Rainbow is now
|
|
starting to include information on the new machines designed to be an upgrade
|
|
to the COCO, we will be upgrading to include information on the new machines
|
|
and OSK as well.
|
|
|
|
I wish to thank all of you in the COCO and OS-9 community, as it is you that
|
|
has helped us to keep our favorite computer and operating system alive. I would
|
|
like to thank many individually, such as sysops who offered their BBS systems,
|
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software authors, hardware hackers, Rainbow staff, CIS and Delphi members - I
|
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could go on and on, but there are just too many to list that helped us to get
|
|
where we are today. In apreciation, I offer to all members of our special
|
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community the OS-9 Community Network. m
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|
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#: 14671 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK)
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21-Mar-92 09:10:53
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Sb: #14617-MM/1 advice
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Fm: Steve Wegert 76703,4255
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To: Carl Kreider 71076,76
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|
|
|
Well,
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|
|
|
Here's hoping that the final version of windows that Kev releases for
|
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distribution 'accidentally' cures this problem as well!
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|
|
|
I hope to have my last paddle board by Monday. With that installed, I'll move
|
|
the terminal to /t1 and see if the problem moves with it. IF it does, since
|
|
both ports are manged by the 901 driver, I'd have to say we've found the
|
|
culprit.
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Thanks for whatever advice you can offer.
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|
|
|
Steve
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|
|
|
#: 14672 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK)
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21-Mar-92 09:16:42
|
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Sb: #14619-MM/1 advice
|
|
Fm: Steve Wegert 76703,4255
|
|
To: Carl Kreider 71076,76
|
|
|
|
Carl,
|
|
|
|
Thanks for reviewing the thread!
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|
|
|
I've moved the terminal to /t3 and found no problem at all. Incidentally,
|
|
during the swap, the modem ended up on /t2. Trying to call CIS after that was
|
|
interesting. A 'fuzzy' box appears as soon as sterm fires up and then it's
|
|
dropped character city.
|
|
|
|
Reminded me of the IRQ problem with the CoCo at high speed.
|
|
|
|
Dropping the baud rate from 2400 to 1200 had no noticeable effect.
|
|
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Once I get a few more of the seral ports easily available (Mark's making a few
|
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cables for me), I'll investigate this a bit more. Still could be nothing more
|
|
that a flow control issue. I've found my PPI modem to be a bit contrary in
|
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somme situations. :-)
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|
|
Steve
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#: 14673 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK)
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21-Mar-92 09:18:32
|
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Sb: #14618-MM/1 help
|
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Fm: Steve Wegert 76703,4255
|
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To: Bill Dickhaus 70325,523
|
|
|
|
Thanks for the comments Bill, (and I apologize for not responding sooner.
|
|
Various hardware problems at the office have had me consumed for the last
|
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couple of weeks.)
|
|
|
|
I'm expecting the /t1 paddle board Monday. With that installed, I can do a bit
|
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more testing on teh driver theory.
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|
|
Steve
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|
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#: 14674 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK)
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21-Mar-92 09:20:11
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Sb: #14628-MM/1 help
|
|
Fm: Steve Wegert 76703,4255
|
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To: Mark Griffith 76070,41 (X)
|
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|
|
Heheheh .... yeah ...as impossible as it seems, I did consider sterm for a
|
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breif moment.
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|
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|
Had to rule it out of my list of possible problems.
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|
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|
Steve
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#: 14679 S14/misc/info/Soapbox
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21-Mar-92 15:36:14
|
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Sb: #HMI, CIS, and all that
|
|
Fm: James Jones 76257,562
|
|
To: All
|
|
|
|
Greetings. I should say here right up front that what follows is purely my
|
|
personal opinion.
|
|
|
|
A couple or so years ago I first ran into an article in *Online Today* that
|
|
described a program for the Macintosh that let one's Macintosh communicate with
|
|
CIS via "HMI," Host-Micro Interface, so that the user interacted with the
|
|
program (Navigator, I believe it's called), and the program in turn interacted
|
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with CIS.
|
|
|
|
Gee, I said, this is nice--and sent feedback asking whether a specification for
|
|
HMI would be available for download as the GIF format is. I've asked that
|
|
question repeatedly from time to time over the past few years. In the
|
|
meantime, CompuServe has come out with CIM, a program for PClones that uses
|
|
HMI.
|
|
|
|
I've gotten various answers, but it sure looks like CompuServe intends to keep
|
|
it proprietary.
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Some replies have said HMI is Very Complicated, and not just anybody could
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write a program to use it. (Funny, I can get freely-copyable parser
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generators, compilers, text editors, communications programs. Is HMI more
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complicated than all of those?) Others have implied that CompuServe will
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eventually be more forthcoming.
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I guess what's set me off about this is that CompuServe has recently adopted a
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new pricing plan, supposedly in response to Prodigy and other information
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utilities--but this flat rate plan specifically excludes the forums. It would
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be nice if someone could write a program to efficiently access CIS; HMI would
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be a considerable help with this. (Text-oriented programs like TAPCIS could,
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in theory, be fooled--after all, I could Store Unformatted a message that
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contains text indistinguishable from CIS prompts, right?) Doesn't look like
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this can happen, though; CIS is keeping HMI proprietary, and unless you have a
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Mac or a PClone, you're out of luck.
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Over on PRICEFORUM, I've said I'd hang around for six months, to see whether
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CompuServe comes around. If they don't, I'm out of here. See you on Delphi.
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There is 1 Reply.
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#: 14680 S14/misc/info/Soapbox
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21-Mar-92 21:46:18
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Sb: #14679-HMI, CIS, and all that
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Fm: Wayne Day 76703,376
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To: James Jones 76257,562
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James,
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First off, I can't believe that the only thing that's going to make the
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difference between you accessing the forum here or not (never mind what you do
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on the other services - there's no loyalty oath you've gotta take, so you're
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certainly free to use more than one service! <g>) is the availability of the
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HMI specs.
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I personally don't see the HMI specs being released to the public in any
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forseable future. I can understand the thinking that might produce such a
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business decision. I can also understand the thinking that says that something
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so neat and groovy shouold be released to everyone, everywhere.
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Shades of the old-time spirit of the original hackers!
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Be that as it may... if you've got a problem with the new pricing scheme not
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including the forums, be sure and let CompuServe know via FEEDBACK. If enough
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folks say the right things, who knows what might happen.
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Finally... back on the HMI. IF you do decide to abstain from CompuServe and
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patronize Delphi exclusively, what you'll find (other than pricing differences)
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is a TTY-like interface that puts you into the same interactive mode as
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CompuServe.
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It appears as if there are two totally unrelated things that have gotten under
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your skin.
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Wayne
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