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[1;1H[2J84202 19-DEC 18:22 OSK Applications
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RE: MM/1 Monitors (Re: Msg 84124)
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From: ALWESTON To: MRGOOD
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Thanks Hugo.
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In regards to connecting monitors to an MM/1 or MM/1a:
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Your reply prompts me to wonder:
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How do I "massage" the RAMDAC into providing a 31 kHz horizontal scan?
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Since I don't have any concrete info about this chip I can only wonder...
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Can someone give me some insight on this?
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Thanks,
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Alan
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[1;1H[2J84203 19-DEC 18:30 Games & Graphics
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RE: JPEG files (Re: Msg 84186)
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From: ALWAGNER To: WRHAMBLEN (NR)
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Then why is the extension .lzh????????????????????????
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[1;1H[2J84205 19-DEC 18:35 OSK Applications
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RE: 14.4 help (Re: Msg 84197)
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From: COLORSYSTEMS To: RANDYKWILSON
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> /t0 - 68070 with a few control lines handled by m/b 68901
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> /t1 - m/b 68901 with no control lines
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<major blush>
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You caught an error several others who shouldn't missed! Yes, /t1 and
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for /t1 and one on the IO board for /t2. The only serial line on a MM/1
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which is directly supported by the '070 is /t0.
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> /t2 - i/o board 68901 with a few control lines handled by same
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> /t3 - i/o board 68681, all control intact
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> /t4 - ditto
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Yes, the 68901 on the IO board is just like the 68901 on the mb, they
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each support a single serial port. The 68681 on the IO board supports
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two serial ports, on the MM/1 and MM/1a, devices /t3 and /t4.
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> Infering from your post, and Zack's info, I would guess the 340 has two
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> serial ports, one replacing /t0, the other as /t5. How does /t1 and /t2
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More?
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> gain control lines from this? And how would additional control lines from
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> the /t0 connecter make it to the 68340 chip (the current board sends them
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> to 68901)?
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Sorry for all the misinformation so far. Here is the "straight skinny". The
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340 two serial ports as opposed to the 070's one. This adds device /t5. There
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is a new driver, SC68340, which supports /t0 and /t5 on the 68340 and is
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"smarter" than the SC68070 driver which was used to previously support /t0
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with the 070.
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Reason why ports /t1, /t2, /t3 and /t4 all benefit with the 340 is that there
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are new SC68901 (#30) and SC68681 (#32) drivers!!
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------------------------------------
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Zack C Sessions
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ColorSystems
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"I am Homer of Borg, prepare to be assimi ... OOOOHHH, DOUGHNUTS!"
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[1;1H[2J84206 19-DEC 19:03 OSK Applications
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RE: 14.4 help (Re: Msg 84200)
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From: NIMITZ To: RANDYKWILSON
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Should be receiving new boards within 2 weeks - Pease underestimated our
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ability to sell, and is waiting for some adapter sockets.
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[1;1H[2J84207 19-DEC 21:34 Standards
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RE: OS9 UG and Standards group (Re: Msg 84148)
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From: DSRTFOX To: EDELMAR (NR)
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Well, you ARE a major distributor in the "hobby/personal" OS-9 market anyway!
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[1;1H[2J84208 19-DEC 21:39 General Information
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RE: OSK Systems (Re: Msg 84150)
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From: DSRTFOX To: MROWEN01 (NR)
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I won't be building a complete system in the near future. I WILL be describing
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such a system in the next couple issues of 268M. The reason I won't be putting
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such a system together is that not many have responded as of yet. I had
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intended to make a one-tim
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e purchase of the components, pack and ship the items to the individuals
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wanting them, and charge enough to cover shipping and handling... no more than
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$75 each... over my cost. Some people can get surplus cases, drives, etc, cheap
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enough locally, others c
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an't. What I am going to do is list some sources for the components. As it
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turns out, if I collected and redistributed components, you wouldn't save
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anything... might not pay much more, though. So I'll let everyone collect their
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own components, just give t
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hem the where and how to obtain most of them.
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[1;1H[2J84209 19-DEC 21:41 Programmers Den
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RE: Shanghai OS-9 (Re: Msg 84118)
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From: DSRTFOX To: MICHAELJN (NR)
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It is in the UTILITIES database in the CoCo SIG. Search for "shanghai" and it
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is the only file that will come up!
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[1;1H[2J84210 19-DEC 21:55 Applications (6809)
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Profile
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From: THETAURUS To: ALL
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If there is anyone out there with experience with OS-9 Profile, I
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need a little help. I am pretty close to finishing my project of
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creating a database for all OS9 and Coco Clubs and UG's, and one for
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all Coco and OS9 related BBS'. I am of course using OS9 Profile. What
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I first worked on was the database for the Club listing. I created the
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fields for that and defined the display format<I believe that is
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finished. I haven't gotten back to that in about a week now>. Then I
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started working on the BBS base, defined the fields, and then defined
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the display format, in the process deleting some fields which I later
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found unnecessary, and adding others that I later felt I needed. The
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Display format is now finished, and I have now gone onto the report
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format. This is where my problem is. Is there any way, possibly
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through a patch, that you can get more than *5* detail lines? I can't
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believe it is limited to only five, since I want to include all the
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data from the record, and that will take up a whole page for each
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record. I finished the first report format. I am now just creating
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different formats for different purposes, while I wait to find a way
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to devote a whole page to each record<since there will be times when
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More?
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all information from the WHOLE database will be mailed out>. For
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instance my first report is for records sorted by area code, and then
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there will be another for the ones sorted by state, etc, with only
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applicable info in each report. Once I get this figured out, I will
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finish up the Club base.
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On a side note, now that I've had a bit of experience with
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profile and did some learning, I think it still is a pretty good<tho
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outdated> program on the whole. I really wish a 3rd party was able to
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pick this up and continue it's support, as it could have really shaped
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up to be a heck of a program. The bad part is, it's slow, it is short
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on documentation<I don't think they covered enough>, and of course it
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is lacking some features. Keep in mind tho, this was created for Level
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I back in about 1985, so at the time it was probably cutting edge. On
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the bright side, it is solid, funtional, bug free, and pretty
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flexible in the amount of Display and report formats you can have. It
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would be nice to be able to have more memory to add more fields, but
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so far that is bearable. I still say this is better than the bug fest
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I had with Data Windows<which shows potential if it could only have
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it's bugs worked out>.
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Btw, if you have any suggestions as to what info I should include
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in the databases<before it's finished and I start adding records>,
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please let me know. I've never run a BBS or a Club or UG, so there may
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More?
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be info I am missing. If you want I can't post what the display format
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looks for each base, showing what info is included so far.
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>Chris<
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[1;1H[2J84211 19-DEC 22:30 New Uploads
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RE: GWINDOWS available for the MM1 (Re: Msg 84127)
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From: FHOGG To: ALL
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Date: 12/19/93
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Further Clarification Of the FHL Offer for GWINDOWS for
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the MM1.
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Issues have been brought up by Delmar, a competitor of ours
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about what we have offered to do.
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First let me state that when I posted my message I was unaware
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that Delmar had extended their offer until February. If you
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look at the message time you will see that they were posted
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within 1 minute of each other. My reasons for making this
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offer were triggered by Ken Scales comments. It triggered my
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thinking and was the catalyst for me to make my offer. If I
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had known that Delmar was extending their offer I would not
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have made mine. However Delmars comments annoyed me and I
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have decided to pursue this.
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I had a long talk with Steve Adams about statements Gresick
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More?
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made in his message and what follows is the truth about
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GWINDOWS on the TC70 and other platforms as stated by Steve
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Adams.
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FH: What is the difference in GW from edition #37 on.
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SA: As far as I know the only changes involved 4 things.
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1) The Japanese version
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2) Ultra C use
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3) GView
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4) OS9000.
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There is no significant difference between 37 and 51
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other than those.
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FH: Can applications made for earlier versions of GWINDOWS
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work on later versions and vice versa.
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SA: I have always tried to make GWINDOWS upward compatible.
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As far as I know all applications will work on 37 and up
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thru 51 of GWINDOWS.
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FH: What about updating to newer versions of GWINDOWS?
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More?
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SA: As far as I know there is no changes to the drivers
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required to update to newer versions of GWINDOWS from
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#37 on.
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FH: What about ControlCalc? And how much does it cost?
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SA: ControlCalc may be the only difference. It may
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require a newer edition. I don't know the cost for sure
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but I think it's $6,000.
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FH: Well if it costs that much then it is not an issue
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here. Do you have any objection if I were to appoint a
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single MM1 owner as my agent to port and provide updates
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to the port on the MM1?
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SA: I would have no problem with that as long as it was
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just that one person who has the port pack.
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-+-
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Now about my release of the source code for the driver.
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More?
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I have a lot of confidence in the ability of OS9 users
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who have proven in the past to be of a high caliber. The
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updates and improvements made to the coco OS9 over the
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years are a testament to the quality of people in our
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community. It is my belief that with commented source
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these users would be able to provide a far better product
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than any one self appointed expert could ever do. The
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driver as disassembled by Ray can be reassembled without
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any of the port pack libraries. The source that we used
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to do the original port can be used as a reference to the
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disassembled source. Considering that Ray got GWINDOWS
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running on his MM1 in a few weeks justifies my high opinion
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of OS9 users capabilities. I have always held you guys
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in high regard. Perhaps others should also.
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Ray has been running GWINDOWS for over a year! It is
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available NOW. He has been running demos of both ControlCalc
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and GView on his MM1. If you want to go the other route
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then you will have to wait until May or June at LEAST.
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That is only IF he gets his 20 orders. I calculated this
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by using his guess that it would take 2-3 months to do the
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port after the February deadline. After talking to Ray
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More?
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about some oddities in the MM1 I suspect it would take him
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longer. The GWINDOWS I was offering is available NOW!
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At any rate I have decided to cancel my offer to provide
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GWINDOWS for the MM1 in the unsupported form.
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Stand by for further information.
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Sincerely
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Frank Hogg -- FHL
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[1;1H[2J84212 19-DEC 22:32 New Uploads
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RE: GWINDOWS available for the MM1 (Re: Msg 84211)
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From: FHOGG To: ALL
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Date: 12/19/93
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GWINDOWS AVAILABLE FOR THE MM1... NOW!
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Frank Hogg Laboratory is pleased to announce the availability
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of a FULLY SUPPORTED version of GWINDOWS for the MM1. We do
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not require any commitment to any particular quantity as has
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been offered by other companies. The version we are offering
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is the current version that has been ported to the MM1 by an
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MM1 owner, Ray Tremblay. Ray is acting as our agent and has
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complete documentation and all necessary files to properly
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maintain the port for the MM1 *. In addition Ray has no other
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interests in other OSK machines and is committed to providing
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the best possible port of GWINDOWS for his fellow MM1 owners.
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This version of GWINDOWS supports both 640X400 and 768X420
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resolutions on the MM1.
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* We are shipping this information to Ray this coming week.
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More?
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QUICK START OPTION
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Get running on GWINDOWS immediately. In the interim while Ray
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is finishing the port to version #51 we will send you the
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current working version of GWINDOWS. The one Ray has been using
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for over a year. Then when the newest version (#51) is available
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we will send that at no additional charge. Probably in January
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of 1994.
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GWINDOWS for the MM1 $200
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QUICK START OPTION $10
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GWINDOWS Development Package $290
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CHRISTMAS SPECIAL
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Order GWINDOWS for the MM1 and save $25!
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PLUS get the QUICK START OPTION FREE!
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A total savings of $35!
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That's GWINDOWS for the MM1 for ONLY $175 and it's available NOW!
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CHRISTMAS SPECIAL Offer expires 12/31/93 so get your
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[1;24r[;H[2J
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#1 19-DEC-1993 20:45:29.27 NEWMAIL
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From: BOS::MIKEHAALAND "Mike Haaland"
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To: BOS::ALWESTON
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CC:
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Subj: RE: cgfx problems
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I've been playing with the problem code you sent and can't reproduce the
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problems your having. Do you have a complete short program that messes
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up as you describe? It's easier if you send a complete, owrking program,
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that way I can look at it without having to redesign the whole thing.
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I'm not asking for your entire source, just a compilable complete program
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that displays the problem. Thanks,
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- Mike -
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MAIL> reply
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To: BOS::MIKEHAALAND
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Subj: RE: cgfx problems
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Enter your message below. Press CTRL/Z when complete, or CTRL/C to quit:
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Thanks for the reply.
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I'll get some code togerther quickly to illustrates the problems.
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Back to you soon.
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Thansks,
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Alan
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^Z
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#1 19-DEC-1993 20:45:29.27 NEWMAIL
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From: BOS::MIKEHAALAND "Mike Haaland"
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To: BOS::ALWESTON
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CC:
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Subj: RE: cgfx problems
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I've been playing with the problem code you sent and can't reproduce the
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problems your having. Do you have a complete short program that messes
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up as you describe? It's easier if you send a complete, owrking program,
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that way I can look at it without having to redesign the whole thing.
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I'm not asking for your entire source, just a compilable complete program
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that displays the problem. Thanks,
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- Mike -
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Topic?
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#1 19-DEC-1993 20:45:29.27 NEWMAIL
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From: BOS::MIKEHAALAND "Mike Haaland"
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To: BOS::ALWESTON
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CC:
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Subj: RE: cgfx problems
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I've been playing with the problem code you sent and can't reproduce the
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problems your having. Do you have a complete short program that messes
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up as you describe? It's easier if you send a complete, owrking program,
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that way I can look at it without having to redesign the whole thing.
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I'm not asking for your entire source, just a compilable complete program
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that displays the problem. Thanks,
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- Mike -
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MAIL> delete 1
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MAIL> read
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MAIL> bye
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Unrecognized command verb - check validity and spelling
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\BYE\
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