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Message # 1398 *MM1 TECH Echo*
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To : All
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From : Stephen Seneker
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Subject : Monitor for MM/1?
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Date : 94/12/06 23:49:00
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Next Reply is Message 1404
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Could anyone suggest a good 15" monitor for use with the MM/1?
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I'm curious to know wht other people are using, so as to make
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plans for when it becomes necessary to replace my CM-8(soon).
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SSS
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--- QuickBBS 2.80 Ovr (Zeta-1)
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* Origin: The Byte Board Bristol, Tn Where America Is Moving (1:3642/501)
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Public Message
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Message # 1404 *MM1 TECH Echo*
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To : Stephen Seneker
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From : Warren Hrach
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Subject : Re: Monitor for MM/1?
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Date : 94/12/07 17:45:50
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Previous Reply is Message 1398
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On Tuesday, December 6th, 1994 - Stephen Seneker wrote:
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SS> Could anyone suggest a good 15" monitor for use with the MM/1?
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SS> I'm curious to know wht other people are using, so as to make
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SS> plans for when it becomes necessary to replace my CM-8(soon).
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SS> SSS
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Stephen,
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I just talked to Paul Myles about his NEC 2A or something, seems it
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has a problem showing the top two lines of the screen. Maybe by now he
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has figured it out. I am useing a NEC 3D I purchased refurbished. It is
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very sharp and colors are fantastic but I don't think any of these are
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available anymore.
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There are Maganvox 8cm515 monitors made for Atari and Amiga
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machines but don't have a model number to give you. Tthes are supposed
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to directly replace a 8cm515.
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David Graham announced he found a source of some refurbished Sony
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RGB Analog monitors that work very well. James Jones got one and is very
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pleased with its performance.
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Warren
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--- RiBBS v2.10
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* Origin: Ocean Beach BBS 619-224-4878 MM1 TECH moderator (1:202/745)
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Public Message
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Message # 1196 *OS9 ECHO*
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To : All
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From : Warren Hrach
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Subject : Pentium facts !
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Date : 94/12/02 16:28:16
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Followin is a post from the cocolist
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------------------- cut here ----------------------------------------
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Date: Fri, 2 Dec 1994 12:58:40 PST
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Reply-To: Chris Burke <burke@MDD.COMM.MOT.COM>
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Sender: COCO - Tandy Color Computer List <COCO@pucc.Princeton.EDU>
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From: Chris Burke <burke@MDD.COMM.MOT.COM>
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Subject: Pentium jokes...
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X-To: COCO@PUCC.PRINCETON.EDU
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To: Multiple recipients of list COCO <COCO@pucc.Princeton.EDU>
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A Canadian colleague of mine sent me this humor piece today...
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From: Scholefield-CCS005 Chris on Fri, Dec 2, 1994 12:03 PM
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Subject: FW: Pentium jokes...
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To: WDG Socialine-BRC9; WDG Socialine-WA16
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I thought some of you might appreciate this to brighten up your weekend ...
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---------- Forwarded message ----------
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For those out of the loop, errors have been identified in the FDIV
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(floating point divide) command of Intel's Pentium chip. Apparently
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Intel has known about this for some time and chose to keep it quiet
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while they designed new chips. Intel has not announced any plans to
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replace the bad chips already distributed, and has instead released a
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press release saying that the problem shouldn't bother most people.
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- ----------------
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.intel
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From: dmethvin@aol.com (DMethvin)
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Subject: Pentium Bug Humor :-)
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Date: 29 Nov 1994 09:15:27 -0500
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Message-ID: <3bfd1v$g8g@newsbf01.news.aol.com>
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Q&A: THE PENTIUM FDIV BUG
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Q: How many Pentium designers does it take to screw in a light bulb?
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A: 1.99904274017, but that's close enough for non-technical people.
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Q: What do you get when you cross a Pentium PC with a research grant?
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A: A mad scientist.
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Q: What's another name for the "Intel Inside" sticker they put on
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Pentiums?
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A: Warning label.
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Q: What do you call a series of FDIV instructions on a Pentium?
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A: Successive approximations.
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Q: Complete the following word analogy: Add is to Subtract as Multiply
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is to
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1) Divide
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2) ROUND
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3) RANDOM
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4) On a Pentium, all of the above
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A: Number 4.
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Q: What algorithm did Intel use in the Pentium's floating point divider?
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A: "Life is like a box of chocolates." (Source: F. Gump of Intel)
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Q: Why didn't Intel call the Pentium the 586?
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A: Because they added 486 and 100 on the first Pentium and got
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585.999983605.
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Q: According to Intel, the Pentium conforms to the IEEE standards
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754 and 854 for floating point arithmetic. If you fly in aircraft
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designed using a Pentium, what is the correct pronunciation of
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"IEEE"?
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A: Aaaaaaaiiiiiiiiieeeeeeeeeeeee!
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TOP TEN NEW INTEL SLOGANS FOR THE PENTIUM
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- --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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9.9999973251 It's a FLAW, Dammit, not a Bug
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8.9999163362 It's Close Enough, We Say So
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7.9999414610 Nearly 300 Correct Opcodes
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6.9999831538 You Don't Need to Know What's Inside
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5.9999835137 Redefining the PC--and Mathematics As Well
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4.9999999021 We Fixed It, Really
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3.9998245917 Division Considered Harmful
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2.9991523619 Why Do You Think They Call It *Floating* Point?
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1.9999103517 We're Looking for a Few Good Flaws
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0.9999999998 The Errata Inside
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- ----------
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From: achun@mail2.sas.upenn.edu (Alex Chun)
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.intel
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Subject: THE TOP TEN REASONS TO BUY A PENTIUM MACHINE :-)
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Date: 29 Nov 1994 05:25:54 GMT
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Message-ID: <3bee12$mu0@netnews.upenn.edu>
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THE TOP TEN REASONS TO BUY A PENTIUM MACHINE
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10. YOUR CURRENT COMPUTER IS TOO ACCURATE
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9. YOU WANT TO GET INTO THE GUINNESS BOOK AS
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"OWNER OF MOST EXPENSIVE PAPERWEIGHT"
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8. MATH ERRORS ADD ZEST TO LIFE
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7. YOU NEED AN ALIBI FOR THE I.R.S.
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6. YOU WANT TO SEE WHAT ALL THE FUSS IS ABOUT
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5. YOU'VE ALWAYS WONDERED WHAT IT WOULD BE
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LIKE TO BE A PLAINTIFF
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4. THE "INTEL INSIDE" LOGO MATCHES YOUR DECOR PERFECTLY
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3. YOU NO LONGER HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT CPU OVERHEATING
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2. YOU GOT A GREAT DEAL FROM JPL
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And the #1 reason to buy a Pentium machine:
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1. IT'LL PROBABLY WORK
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----- End Included Message -----
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--- RiBBS v2.10
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* Origin: Ocean Beach BBS 619-224-4878 (1:202/745)
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Public Message
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Message # 1202 *OS9 ECHO*
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To : Mike Guzzi
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From : Jim Vestal
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Subject : Auto-Answer
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Date : 94/11/24 11:13:00
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> On Thursday, November 17th, 1994 - Christian Miller wrote:
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> CM> I thought I also saw in the SACIA docs, that you could change a byte
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> CM> with xmode, and SACIA will do the switch internally. Did I dream
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> CM> this, or was it for real?
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>
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> yes, SACIA has a system call to return the status register without
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> directly peeking for it. If you activate the bit with xmode that
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> indicates reversed pins what happens is the system call will interchnage
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> the DSR and CD bits. SO.... if you reverse pins 6 & 8 on the rs232 cable
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> and activate this bit, the cd status will be returned as the CD status
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> and NOT AS DSR. RiBBS however also has the same reversal for its config
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> file. so if you indicate to sacia you have a reversed cable and actually
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> have the reversed cable, you must tell ribbs the cable is NORMAL.
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> because ribbs will look for DSR instead. (its like canceling the reverse
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> with two reverse... two negatives make a positive thingy)
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>
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> with the included xmode in sacia. (i renamed it to zmode btw) bit 7 of
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> the XTP byte indicates reversed DSR/CD. set bit 7 high to indicate
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> reversed cable.
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I renamed that xmode to ymode... I still use the original xmode for some
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things such as printer controls.
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Jim
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... MS-DOS, just say no.
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--- FMail 0.94
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* Origin: Snapshot's Bedroom BBS, Live Oak, Ca. (916)695-3101 (1:119/115)
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Public Message
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Message # 1206 *OS9 ECHO*
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To : Mike Liegler
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From : Bill Covert
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Subject : Re: Selling Out
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Date : 94/11/30 14:02:00
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>>On 27 Nov 94, Mike Liegler said to All something like:
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>> I Have Decided to Sell My CoCo Stuff, (Part by Part - No Longer as
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>> 2 Set's). Any Reasonable Offer Will Be Considered, for Any Part of
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>> it. If Anyone Wants me to Re-Post the List of CoCo Stuff, Just
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>> Holler. I Have 2 512K CoCo's and There Related Hardware, Books,
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Mike,
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If you could repost what you have for sale I would appreciate it! I am
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in desperate need of a 512 coco
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oops.. a MPI and an RS-232 pak....! Let me know what you are asking for
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them!
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Thanks!!!
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--- AcBBS V3.0-RIP
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* Origin: The Fun House BBS (607) 732-6566 (1:260/830)
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Public Message
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Message # 1207 *OS9 ECHO*
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To : Mike Harwell
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From : Bill Covert
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Subject : Sorry!
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Date : 94/11/30 14:12:00
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Mike,
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I have been off this thing for a couple of months or so, and haven't
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been able to contact you.. I seem to have lost your address, and really
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need to get this interface out to you as promised.. If you could post
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your address or give me a call voice, I'll make sure this gets out to
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you as soon as possible..... Sorry!!!!
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--- AcBBS V3.0-RIP
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* Origin: The Fun House BBS (607) 732-6566 (1:260/830)
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Public Message
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Message # 1210 *OS9 ECHO*
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To : Ron Bull
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From : Jerry Michelson
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Subject : Re: TELECOM PROBLEM
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Date : 94/11/29 19:28:00
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>>On 25 Nov 94, Ron Bull said to Alex Forrest something like:
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>> system and now whenever I turn everything on, I get the HS, RD,SD,TR,MR
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ligh
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>> all on. If I power up with the RS-232 pak out of the MPI everything is
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norm
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>> (i.e., the only light on the modem is the MR light. BUT if I put the pak
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in
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Ron...I know that I'll probably have 20 people telling me I'm
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wrong, but I had the same problem when firing up my whole system via a
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power strip instead of one piece at a time. The power strip turn-on
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works for some systems, but for some reason when I fire up the bbs
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machine all at once, all the modem lights go on as you mentioned (most
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of the time this happens that is). I now turn the modem on first, HD
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power supply next, MPI third, and then the Coco (doesn't matter when
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you turn the monitor on of course). What I'm trying to say though is
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that some modems don't seem to function properly when turning all the
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Coco stuff on at once. I have 2 different brand 14.4k modems and the
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older one (The Complete PC Turbo Plus) is the one which gives me the
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problem mentioned above. My Hayes Accura doesn't seem to mind being
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turned on with everything else...go figure. This may not work for you,
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but give it a try ok?
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--- AcBBS V3.0 Beta
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* Origin: Carolina Connection - Coco/OS9 - (803) 243-4061 (1:3639/53.1)
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Public Message
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Message # 1211 *OS9 ECHO*
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To : Erik Jan Tromp
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From : Jerry Michelson
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Subject : Re: RiBBS vs. AcBBS
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Date : 94/11/29 19:40:00
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>>On 25 Nov 94, Erik Jan Tromp said to Nelson Howard something like:
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>> Wow! You _are_ going to be busy, aren't you? Just out of curiousity,
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>> are you planning to implement ZedZap, ZedZip, or both session methods?
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I don't know how he's going to do it Erik, but I wouldn't put it
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above Nelson :). He got the Coco to emulate Rip to the caller when
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people said it couldn't be done...I don't have all my Rip menus
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finished yet, but Nelson's board (the Crystal Palace) can be navigated
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with a mouse and Ripterm and you can stroll around mine on a few menus
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that way...nifty stuff...and all done on the Coco/OS9!
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--- AcBBS V3.0 Beta
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* Origin: Carolina Connection - Coco/OS9 - (803) 243-4061 (1:3639/53.1)
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Public Message
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Message # 1222 *OS9 ECHO*
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To : Mark Johnson
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From : Steve Batson
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Subject : Re: OS-9 68K/80X86
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Date : 94/11/29 16:16:00
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-=> Quoting Mark Johnson to Steve Batson <=-
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> Mark,
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> How much did your OS-9000 for the Intel Platform cost?
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> Do you run it on a seperate partition and change the active
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> partition to Boot DOS or OS-9000?
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MJ> I originally bought the older version of OS-9000 for $350 when they
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MJ> were introducing the newer version with the Ultra ANSI C compiler and I
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MJ> got the older version with K&R C about a year ago. I then got my whole
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MJ> system stolen about 10 months ago and just bought upgrades about 2
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MJ> months ago for $250 which included the Ultra ANSI C compiler
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MJ> (originally $200) and talked them into selling me just the books again
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MJ> for $100 more. Now I've added G-Windows for $200. So I guess I've
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MJ> invested about $900 which isn't too bad considering the last I heard
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MJ> that OS-9000 developement system (Which I have) goes for about $1200
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MJ> without G-Windows. But I'm not sure if it's still that high. I heard
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MJ> they were going to lwer the price awhile back since they seemed to
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MJ> sell alot of copies when they had the $350 special on it.
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MJ> I did partion off my hard drive for both DOS and OS-9000 but
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MJ> the docs say it can be all OS-9000 on this version (Version 1.3.1). It
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MJ> has a little bootfile to let me choose a DOS or OS-9000 boot when I
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MJ> power up/reset. or I can change the active partin to OS-9000 and boot
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MJ> DOS from floppy. or set DOS to active partition and boot OS-9000 from
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MJ> floppy. I choose the bootfile so I don't have to mess with the
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MJ> floppies. -=Mark=-
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MJ> -!- GEcho 1.00
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MJ> ! Origin: Cloud-09 BBS \ Longview, WA \206-425-7504\ (1:3403/3)
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MJ> (1:3403/3)
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At that price, I'd have to say NOT! If DOS And/or Windows did not
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do the job for me on the PC, I'd go with LINIX (Freeware UNIX for the PC)
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which seems to be getting quite a following. I was just curious, I know
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very little about OS9 and mostly use RS-DOS when Im on the COCO.
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Thanks for the info. :)
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Steve
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... I haven't lost my mind; it's backed up on tape somewhere!
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___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.11
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--- FreeMail 1.07b
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* Origin: The PowerLine BBS - N.H., Ca (916)338-3230 * (1:203/21)
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Public Message
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Message # 1228 *OS9 ECHO*
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To : Kerry Kowalski
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From : Dave Kelly
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Subject : Re: XT-Rom
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Date : 94/11/30 17:15:00
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KK> DK> 17,434 free sectors on the 20mg.
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KK> DK> 157,354 free sectors on the 40mg.
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KK> DK> ---------
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KK>
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KK> These numbers ^ don't add up. If you have 17,434 sec = 20mg
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KK> (aprox.)
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KK> Then 40mg would be 34,xxx (aprox).
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I did not elaborate enough. The key words are 'free',
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meaning 'not used'.
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Since I got into OS9 in 84 I have always been a floppy person.
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Using a 5.25 and 3.5 inch drives. Now that I have hard drives I am
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awed at the amount of space for storage without changing disk.
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The 17,434 sectors amounts to 6 3.5 inch disks. With all the
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downloading I do, I would go 3 months before filling the that much
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space. One hundred 3.5 inch disks lasted me 5 and 1/2 years and I
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gave a 1/3 away for different projects.
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Anyway my 20 mg drive was allocated 78.720 sectors time 256
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bytes == 20152320 bytes.
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My 'dmode' is close to yours. I see that you have an
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'interleave' of 16. Mine is 22. Have you tried any number smaller?
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Dave Kelly, OS9 Community Network, Region 19 Coordinator.
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* Scribe 4.0 * Press any key to continue, Any other key to abort.
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--- Maximus 2.01wb
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* Origin: THE GOLDEN COCO'S other COMPUTER (1:106/941)
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Public Message
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Message # 1229 *OS9 ECHO*
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To : Allen Huffman
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From : Dave Kelly
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Subject : Come On Down
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Date : 94/11/30 17:24:00
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Have ya'll made a desision which weekend ya'll are comming
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down. Looking forward to getting together.
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Tim Jones over in Austin left me a message that he would
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try to drive down.
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Dave Kelly, OS9 Community Network, Region 19 Coordinator.
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* Scribe 4.0 * My memory runnuth over, QUICK get me another MEG.
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--- Maximus 2.01wb
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* Origin: THE GOLDEN COCO'S other COMPUTER (1:106/941)
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Public Message
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Message # 1230 *OS9 ECHO*
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To : Terry Goode
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From : Dave Kelly
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Subject : CPU chip
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Date : 94/11/30 17:27:00
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I noticed in the stuff I got from you a 6809 CPU chip. Do
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you know if it is good. Did it come out of one of the Coco's in
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that group?
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Dave Kelly, OS9 Community Network, Region 19 Coordinator.
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* Scribe 4.0 * Nature has out guessed us.
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* Origin: THE GOLDEN COCO'S other COMPUTER (1:106/941)
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Public Message
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Message # 1232 *OS9 ECHO*
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To : Ron Bull
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From : Curtis Boyle
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Subject : Re: SPEED
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Date : 94/11/30 09:10:00
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First, in SACIA, set your receive buffer to as big of a size as you have
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memory for ($F, if possible). Second, in Supecomm, make sure Auto-Zmodem
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(Options menu) is OFF. It slows things down for screen updates. Are you losing
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characters on downloads, or on screen? The screen updates in Supercomm are not
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all that optomized, but the downloads are a bit better. You can set your BBS
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to TTY terminal emulation & the same in Supercomm if the screen updates are
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your worst problem, as it is the quickest routine in Supercomm. Also, install
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Alan DeKok's 1 byte IRQ speedup patch, posted on this echo. It should help a
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bit, too.
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--- Opus-CBCS 1.73a
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* Origin: The North Village,28.8,OS/2,(306)384-0836 (1:140/26.0)
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Public Message
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Message # 1240 *OS9 ECHO*
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To : David Graham
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From : Lute Mullenix
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Subject : G-Windows vs K-Windows
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Date : 94/12/01 07:11:00
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David,
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Only got part of your message, but would guess that you mentioned that there
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were a lot more writeing stuff for K-Windows. Which makes sence since there
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are more MM/1s out there. Is there any thing out there that the two gents
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writing for G-Windows have up for grabs?
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Have been giving some thought into learning to do some programming my self so
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maybe you may have three out there doing some stuff. But at any rate, it would
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be a while before I had anything to contribute, I've never done any
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programming, kinda hard to believe for a guy who's been using OS9 for the last
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six years huh.
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But from what I have seen of the KiX, and heard of the MM/1, I see no reason
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that there can't be as full blown soft ware on OS9 and any DOS or Mac machine.
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I always hear how nice OS9 is for programming, but where is the software? I'd
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gladly pay for a ProCom, or Commo, for G-Windows, and put in overtime for a
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Works type of thing.
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Maybe a lot of this will change when Mike gets 2.4 going, because I have
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grabbed some files that won't run Cuz I don't have 2.4. But it wold be nice to
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get something that would dazzle me. DynaStar and Ved are good editors, but not
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too dazzleing.
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Well enough whining for now. I do what to stick with OS9, but would like to
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have a little more to work with.
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>Lute<
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--- Maximus/2 2.02
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* Origin: LakeCity BBS * V.FC/4 Gigs * 605-886-0849 * (1:288/19)
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Public Message
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Message # 1241 *OS9 ECHO*
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To : Erik Jan Tromp
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From : Alan Dekok
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Subject : Re: zmodem @ 9600 baud
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Date : 94/11/30 10:55:00
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EJT> Been using v3.24 here since June/94. Haven't kept track of cps
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EJT> rates,
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EJT> but they've worked flawlessly under Nitro v1.16 (using Sacia @ 9600
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EJT> bps
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EJT> with h/w flow control enabled & xtp=04).
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OK, I don't have hardware flow control enabled, and I've got xtp=0f.
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The main problem with 19.2k so far is that receiving large files pretty
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much shuts the computer down, leaving minimal time to process the data.
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I haven't had any problem at 9600 baud, though.
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Alan DeKok.
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--- Maximus-CBCS v1.02
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* Origin: Micro80 Computer Club of Ottawa BBS (1:163/306)
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Public Message
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Message # 1242 *OS9 ECHO*
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To : Stephen Seneker
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From : Alan Dekok
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Subject : Re: NFM for Level II
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Date : 94/11/30 11:00:00
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SS> Looking for NFM for level II? I'd like to create a serial network
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SS> for my OS-9 and OSK machines. However I lack NFM for level II...
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SS> Can anyone offer information on NFM? OS-9 Networking?
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Do you have NFM for your OSK box? A version of NFM for the Coco was
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rumored, but I've never heard of it being commercially available.
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Alan DeKok.
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--- Maximus-CBCS v1.02
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* Origin: Micro80 Computer Club of Ottawa BBS (1:163/306)
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Public Message
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Message # 1243 *OS9 ECHO*
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To : Ron Bull
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From : Alan Dekok
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Subject : Re: TELECOM PROBLEM
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Date : 94/11/30 11:03:00
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RB> I'm using Supercomm and set it to 9600 baud. I also set /t2 to 9600
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RB> baud. I lose characters. It does the same with 19200 only worse. I
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RB> have the SACIA drive in my boot. Now how do I get this new modem to
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RB> work at either 9600 or the 14.4?
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Hehe, you don't. The problem is not the modem, as it can do 14.4k just
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fine. The problem is the software you're running on the Coco end of
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things, i.e. probably stock OS-9. With NitrOS-9 v1.16, reliable 9600
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baud works, and I'm typing this over a 19.2k link right now with v1.21
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(no lost characters)
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But... v1.21 won't be released for a bit, as we have to do large amounts
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of beta testing. See, each Coco has such an individual personality that
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things which work for me & Curtis have problems on other machines (sigh).
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But _all_ Cocos should be able to do 19.2k no problem, once we discover
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the 'magic code' required to run v1.21 on all Cocos.
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Alan DeKok.
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p.s. It's _not_ a software problem. I've verified locally that a boot
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disk which works for me won't boot on an 'identical' coco. There
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probably are, however, software fixes to get around hardware problems.
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Without access to buggy Cocos, these software fixes are difficult to
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find.
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--- Maximus-CBCS v1.02
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* Origin: Micro80 Computer Club of Ottawa BBS (1:163/306)
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Public Message
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Message # 1244 *OS9 ECHO*
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To : Nelson Howard
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From : John Wight
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|
Subject : Re: Searching...
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Date : 94/12/01 07:07:00
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On 25 Nov 94 05:41am, Nelson Howard wrote to All:
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NH> Hello everyone... First of all, I would like it to be known that I
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NH> realize this is probably NOT the conference to ask about this but with
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NH> the similarities in operating systems, I figured there may be someone
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NH> out there that could offer some info.
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NH> and is a TRUE UNIX(tm) operating system complete with the newest UUCP
|
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Well, I would be alot more forgiving about this operating system since it is
|
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alot more similar than MS-DOS. As a community of COCO and OS-9 users, I
|
|
would like to see us help each other as we can with other operating systems
|
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(as my COCO system still sits next to my MS-DOS/Windows machines). What does
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everyone else think?
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--- FMail/386 0.98
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* Origin: OS9 Moderator in Honolulu, HI 1-808-735-3776 (1:345/200)
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Public Message
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Message # 1254 *OS9 ECHO*
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To : Lute Mullenix
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From : Barry Bond
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|
Subject : COULDN'T FIND ROGUE
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Date : 94/12/01 07:32:00
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Hi Lute!
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I looked throughout the DL12 OS9 library this morning (I do a
|
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once-a-month check of the data libraries). I looked through the
|
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whole library, and did a bro/key:rogue/lib:all and got "No files."
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Apparently, it isn't there? Or maybe the name didn't suggest
|
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to me that it was about Rogue?
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Barry
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Sent by Blair Leduc's Scribe, running on Barry_Control, OS9/68030 V2.3
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Barry L. Bond, Software Engineer | SAIC
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bond@aphst1.saic.com <- work | 3045 Technology Parkway
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barryb@bilver.oau.org <- personal | Orlando, FL 32826-3299
|
|
72235,1530 (CIS) <- personal | Work: (407) 282-6700, Ext. 377
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---
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~ Scribe/OSK ~ Reversing entropy is everyone's buisness.
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|
|
--- FLAME v1.1
|
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* Origin: Cornucopia TBBS - Winter Park, FL - 407/645-4929 (1:363/18)
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Public Message
|
|
Message # 1257 *OS9 ECHO*
|
|
To : Charles Scanlon
|
|
From : Christian Miller
|
|
Subject : MM/1 Shipments
|
|
Date : 94/11/30 21:08:00
|
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CS> Did you ever get those 5.25 dd diskettes I mailed? I could mail
|
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CS> some more if
|
|
CS> you did nt or if you need more.
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|
|
Yes, I'm sorry. They're just sitting here waiting to be mailed. I'll
|
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try to get them out this Friday. (12/01/94)
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|
Christian Miller
|
|
---
|
|
* Scribe 4.0 * Can't RUN out... Luke 9:25
|
|
--- GEcho 1.00
|
|
* Origin: The Eagle's Nest Trading Post (1:3603/263)
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Public Message
|
|
Message # 1258 *OS9 ECHO*
|
|
To : Ron Bull
|
|
From : Christian Miller
|
|
Subject : MPI PROBLEM?
|
|
Date : 94/11/30 22:14:00
|
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|
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RB> wasn't the MPI, it was a blown Quad Line Drive (1488) chip that
|
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|
|
The 1488 was the *SAME* chip that went in my RS-232 pak as well! How
|
|
did you fix yours? All I did to mine was sever the ground pin from the
|
|
old chip, and piggy backed the new chip on top of it. Then I soldered
|
|
all the pins together (with the old ground outside of the new ground).
|
|
As been working like a charm for over a year now!
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|
Christian Miller
|
|
---
|
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* Scribe 4.0 * As a former fetus, I oppose abortion! ("Thou shalt not
|
|
--- GEcho 1.00
|
|
* Origin: The Eagle's Nest Trading Post (1:3603/263)
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Public Message
|
|
Message # 1259 *OS9 ECHO*
|
|
To : Ron Bull
|
|
From : Christian Miller
|
|
Subject : Your Disks
|
|
Date : 94/11/30 22:14:00
|
|
|
|
I'll try to get your disks out on Dec. 02 or 3rd. I think I'm going to
|
|
need your address again. <grin>
|
|
|
|
Christian Miller
|
|
---
|
|
* Scribe 4.0 * Can't DROP out... Luke 9:25
|
|
--- GEcho 1.00
|
|
* Origin: The Eagle's Nest Trading Post (1:3603/263)
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|
|
Public Message
|
|
Message # 1260 *OS9 ECHO*
|
|
To : Ron Bull
|
|
From : Christian Miller
|
|
Subject : SPEED
|
|
Date : 94/11/30 22:14:00
|
|
|
|
RB> characters. When it's at 19200, I loose alot more! Any ideas?
|
|
|
|
This has been a big problem with us OS-9ers. Make sure you have
|
|
SuperComm v2.2, VRN and Nil, and set your /t2 to:
|
|
|
|
nam=T2 mgr=SCF ddr=SACIA hpn=07 hpa=FF68 upc=00 bso=01
|
|
dlo=00 eko=01 alf=01 nul=00 pau=00 pag=18 bsp=08 del=18
|
|
eor=0D eof=1B rpr=09 dup=19 psc=17 int=03 qut=05 bse=08
|
|
ovf=07 par=02 bau=06 xon=11 xof=13 col=50 row=18 xtp=08
|
|
wnd=08 val= sty= cpx= cpy= fgc= bgc= bdc=
|
|
|
|
There is also a new patch to os9p1 from Alan DeKok. Use modpatch for
|
|
this routine:
|
|
|
|
l os9p1
|
|
c 0d80 17 8c
|
|
v
|
|
|
|
Also, for downloading (if you want to use ZModem) get the new version.
|
|
It's 3.24 or somthing like that. Some people also suggest shutting off
|
|
all the "fancy" commands on your modem. That means, no compression or
|
|
error control. The only thing to keep on is flow control. I also
|
|
found that to keep downloading errors down, use a ramdisk, and boot
|
|
supercomm with a 40k buffer or so. (It defaults to a 2k buffer.)
|
|
Hope this helps. I keep everything on, on my modem (9600) and I only
|
|
lose a few characters here a there. And I lose them in pairs of 2.
|
|
Also, I think you can change the xtp value higher for a bigger SACIA
|
|
buffer.
|
|
|
|
Christian Miller
|
|
---
|
|
* Scribe 4.0 * God created Adam & Eve, not Adam & Steve.
|
|
--- GEcho 1.00
|
|
* Origin: The Eagle's Nest Trading Post (1:3603/263)
|
|
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|
|
|
Public Message
|
|
Message # 1261 *OS9 ECHO*
|
|
To : Gene Clifton
|
|
From : Ed Jones
|
|
Subject : Grible Slagens
|
|
Date : 94/11/29 10:45:00
|
|
|
|
|
|
Are you generally running the same hardware and BBS software you used in
|
|
New Orleans? Why am I asking? If Norm Rheaume leaves Mobile, I may not
|
|
be able to find a local BBS that is Fido mail compatable with my RiBBS.
|
|
I think that SOME of the 20 or so local Fido boards could be set to
|
|
work with me, but they generally don't want to bother with it, they
|
|
don't have enough technical knowledge about their oun systems, or they
|
|
are not really interested in getting involved with mail service to my
|
|
board operating at only 2400 baud.....................Ed Jones
|
|
|
|
--- RiBBS v2.02
|
|
* Origin: CoCo-Plus of Mobile Alabama 205-341-1616 (1:3625/461)
|
|
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|
|
Public Message
|
|
Message # 1262 *OS9 ECHO*
|
|
To : Dave Kelly
|
|
From : Terry Goode
|
|
Subject : CPU chip
|
|
Date : 94/12/01 05:23:00
|
|
|
|
i dont think i would keep a bad one,hell plug it in and lets find out.
|
|
|
|
--- Maximus 2.01wb
|
|
* Origin: THE GOLDEN COCO'S other COMPUTER (1:106/941)
|
|
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|
|
Public Message
|
|
Message # 1268 *OS9 ECHO*
|
|
To : Curtis Boyle
|
|
From : Ron Bull
|
|
Subject : SPEED
|
|
Date : 94/12/01 22:53:00
|
|
|
|
Will try the suggestions! Thanks, I'll let you know if it works!
|
|
|
|
--- FLAME v1.1/b
|
|
* Origin: Pennsylvania Online! 10+ gigs [717.657.8699] (1:270/101)
|
|
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|
|
|
Public Message (Rec)
|
|
Message # 1269 *OS9 ECHO*
|
|
To : John A Donaldson
|
|
From : Dave Kelly
|
|
Subject : Re: IDE & Multifunction
|
|
Date : 94/12/01 21:39:00
|
|
|
|
John, Would you post again the address for the company that is
|
|
advertising the IDE controlors?
|
|
Thanks.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dave Kelly, OS9 Community Network, Region 19 Coordinator.
|
|
|
|
___
|
|
* Scribe 4.0 * Wave a blue towel at the next space ship you see.
|
|
|
|
--- Maximus 2.01wb
|
|
* Origin: THE GOLDEN COCO'S other COMPUTER (1:106/941)
|
|
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|
|
|
Public Message
|
|
Message # 1270 *OS9 ECHO*
|
|
To : Curtis Boyle
|
|
From : Dave Kelly
|
|
Subject : Drive interleave
|
|
Date : 94/12/01 21:45:00
|
|
|
|
CB> Unfortunately, the only way to do it that I know of is to format
|
|
CB> it & do a
|
|
CB> MEGAREAD (Bruce Isted utility to read 1 MB from a device),
|
|
CB> time it, and try it again with a different interleave
|
|
CB> value. You can shorten this process by DMODE'ing your drive
|
|
CB> to have the bare # of cylinders that will give you >1MB,
|
|
|
|
Thanks for the information, I will try this.
|
|
|
|
Dave Kelly, OS9 Community Network, Region 19 Coordinator.
|
|
|
|
___
|
|
* Scribe 4.0 * If your tagline doesn't fit in 57 characters, then
|
|
|
|
--- Maximus 2.01wb
|
|
* Origin: THE GOLDEN COCO'S other COMPUTER (1:106/941)
|
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|
|
Public Message
|
|
Message # 1271 *OS9 ECHO*
|
|
To : Tim Jones
|
|
From : Dave Kelly
|
|
Subject : OCN library
|
|
Date : 94/12/01 21:53:00
|
|
|
|
TJ> You lost me Dave. I have alot of the library, soon to have
|
|
TJ> more as I'm transfering files from my coco to the bbs. I
|
|
TJ> can't circulate the disks I don't have. However, if I could
|
|
TJ> get them I could update them to include any new files and
|
|
TJ> start them circulating again.
|
|
|
|
I apoligize, my question was a little short without any
|
|
background. Your paragraph above says everything I should have. Brian
|
|
O'Hagan has the disks now and is sending them to John Morris. John has
|
|
instructions and your address to send them to you. If I remember
|
|
correctly when I saw the disks last year there were 78 - 5.25 inch
|
|
disks.
|
|
|
|
TJ> Probably, but I'll go back and review it. I think he was
|
|
TJ> interested in receiving the OCN files...
|
|
|
|
Correct.
|
|
|
|
Dave Kelly, OS9 Community Network, Region 19 Coordinator.
|
|
|
|
___
|
|
* Scribe 4.0 * I know how to copy disks. Where's the Xerox machine?
|
|
|
|
--- Maximus 2.01wb
|
|
* Origin: THE GOLDEN COCO'S other COMPUTER (1:106/941)
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|
|
Public Message
|
|
Message # 1272 *OS9 ECHO*
|
|
To : Tim Jones
|
|
From : Dave Kelly
|
|
Subject : Get Together
|
|
Date : 94/12/01 21:55:00
|
|
|
|
TJ>
|
|
TJ> I would like to try! Let me know what weekend. Thanks.
|
|
TJ>
|
|
Will do. Leave me an address again and I will send you a map how
|
|
to get to my house so we don't wait til the last minute.
|
|
|
|
Dave Kelly, OS9 Community Network, Region 19 Coordinator.
|
|
|
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___
|
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* Scribe 4.0 * G O D Giver Of Data.
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|
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--- Maximus 2.01wb
|
|
* Origin: THE GOLDEN COCO'S other COMPUTER (1:106/941)
|
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|
|
Public Message
|
|
Message # 1275 *OS9 ECHO*
|
|
To : Ron Bull
|
|
From : Jerry Michelson
|
|
Subject : Re: SPEED
|
|
Date : 94/11/30 16:52:00
|
|
|
|
>>On 28 Nov 94, Ron Bull said to All something like:
|
|
>> I just got a 14.4 modem. I have SACIA in my boot. I'd like to take
|
|
advanta
|
|
>> of the speed. I set Supercomm to 9600 and 19200. Both times I lost
|
|
>> characters. When it's at 19200, I loose alot more! Any ideas?
|
|
|
|
What version of Supercomm are you using Ron, and if it is version
|
|
2.2 have you applied the patches for high speed operation that are
|
|
mentioned in the documentation for the program (at least the docs I got
|
|
with 2.2)?
|
|
|
|
--- AcBBS V3.0 Beta
|
|
* Origin: Carolina Connection - Coco/OS9 - (803) 243-4061 (1:3639/53.1)
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Public Message
|
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Message # 1276 *OS9 ECHO*
|
|
To : Lute Mullenix
|
|
From : Chris Perrault
|
|
Subject : Ek20
|
|
Date : 94/11/29 00:00:00
|
|
|
|
> Allen,
|
|
>
|
|
> Don't know if you would be interested, but...
|
|
> I would let my KiX 20 (same thing as EK20) compleat with
|
|
> mini tower case, MGA board, with G-Windows, 4 meg of RAM,
|
|
> DynaStar OSK, Sculpter, and some other stuff, and Super VGA
|
|
> monitor. Basicly everything but the hard drive,for around
|
|
> $1600.
|
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>
|
|
> It's about 6 mo old. Just something to think about.
|
|
>
|
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> >Lute<
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>
|
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> --- Maximus/2 2.02
|
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> * Origin: LakeCity BBS * V.FC/4 Gigs * 605-886-0849 * (1:288/19)
|
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|
|
Just out of Curiousity, why do want to sell the 020? If I had 1600.00 I
|
|
would snatch that up in an instant, in case someone is wondering if that is a
|
|
good price. I'll bet you paid upwards of $3000.00 for all that!
|
|
|
|
>Chris<
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|
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... Ca. Raisins murdered, cereal killer suspected!
|
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___ ADQwk/OS-9 32a
|
|
--- Maximus 2.02
|
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* Origin: Merr.ValleyUsersGroupBBS,No.Andover,Ma.(508)682-6263 (1:324/117)
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|
Public Message
|
|
Message # 1277 *OS9 ECHO*
|
|
To : David Graham
|
|
From : Chris Perrault
|
|
Subject : Hazelwood Basic
|
|
Date : 94/11/29 00:20:00
|
|
|
|
> Chris, it is a really neat compiled Basic. Inline ASM and much more.
|
|
> suitable for developing device drivers. Hope to see more of it soon,
|
|
> as I'll be selling it for Mike if I can....
|
|
> --- Platinum Xpress/Wildcat! v0.5f
|
|
> * Origin: The Sierra Hotel! BBS/Enid, Oklahoma (405) 242-5332 (1:19/47)
|
|
|
|
Yep that sounds like the one I was reading about. They must have changed
|
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the name from 'Basix' to Hazelwood Basic unless it isn't really even titled
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yet. I hope this does get completed. It's exactly the type of software
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we need in the OS-9 Market. Programming tools and languages are what I would
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consider #1 priority.
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>Chris<
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... I can't believe I wrote the whole thing.
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___ ADQwk/OS-9 32a
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--- Maximus 2.02
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* Origin: Merr.ValleyUsersGroupBBS,No.Andover,Ma.(508)682-6263 (1:324/117)
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Public Message
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Message # 1278 *OS9 ECHO*
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To : David Graham
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From : Chris Perrault
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Subject : G-Windows vs K-Windows
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Date : 94/11/29 00:28:00
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> Well, it seems that Tim Johns and J. Stephen Carville are the only ones
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> writing for G-Windows that I know of, where there are many more writing
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> --- Platinum Xpress/Wildcat! v0.6a
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> * Origin: The Sierra Hotel! BBS/Enid, Oklahoma (405) 242-5332 (1:19/47)
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I imagine $400.00+ price difference has something to do with that tho. I
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figure that if Kwindows is successfull, it will only help Gwindows also, since
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it is bringing software into the community(thus keeping the users). Kwindows
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software continues, eventually people are going to start getting their hands
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on Gwindows. I hope that both packages will eventually be available on all
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systems.
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>Chris<
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... All resistance is useless (If < 1 ohm)
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___ ADQwk/OS-9 32a
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--- Maximus 2.02
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* Origin: Merr.ValleyUsersGroupBBS,No.Andover,Ma.(508)682-6263 (1:324/117)
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Public Message
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Message # 1294 *OS9 ECHO*
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To : Christian Miller
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From : Alan Dages
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Subject : Your Disks
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Date : 94/12/02 21:14:00
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> Alan, I do not believe I ever received your disks. I have Charles
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> Scanlon's (he sent a bunch), and I have Ron Bull's sitting right here
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> (he sent me five). I don't have yours sitting here. If I told you I
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> had received them, my apologies, and I'll send you one of my disks.
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I only sent three or four, way back when... since then I have seen people
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sending LARGE quantities of disks. I'll send some more if you will confirm
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your address. I have it as 5170 6th Ave N. #2, St Petersburg, Fl. 33710.
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... New Mail not found. Start whine-pout sequence? (Y/N)
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___ ADQwk/OS-9 32a
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--- GrayQwkMail 2.1
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* Origin: ACS Inc. BBS 404-636-2991 (1:133/510)
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Public Message
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Message # 1295 *OS9 ECHO*
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To : Dave Kelly
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From : Thomas Kocourek
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Subject : Re: C code help
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Date : 94/12/02 23:19:00
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Did you remember to declare fopen() as returning a pointer to FILE??
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FILE *fopen(), *sp; /* example */
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--- QuickBBS 2.76a
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* Origin: ACS Inc. BBS 404-636-2991 (1:133/510)
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Public Message
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Message # 1296 *OS9 ECHO*
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To : Steve Batson
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From : Thomas Kocourek
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Subject : Re: OS-9 68K/80X86
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Date : 94/12/03 00:01:00
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The rumor mill has suggested that MW might do it again, sell OS9000 at a lower
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price. Perhaps someone "in the know" can substantiate or deny this
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rumor.
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--- QuickBBS 2.76a
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* Origin: ACS Inc. BBS 404-636-2991 (1:133/510)
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Public Message
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Message # 1299 *OS9 ECHO*
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To : Dave Kelly
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From : John A Donaldson
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Subject : Re: IDE & Multifunction
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Date : 94/12/03 23:29:00
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Dave,
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That was JDR Micro Devices. The catalog discription said that the 8 bit IDE
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controller would work with all IDE drives. What will be needed for
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OS9 LII is a driver and discripter to run it. You should be able to use
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a B&B interface. They also have a 8-bit dual serial, parallel, & game
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port card too. From what it said the serial ports are the hi-speed type.
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Both cards were under $100, so are within any COCO3 OS9 user.
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John D.
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--- Maximus 2.01wb
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* Origin: THE GOLDEN COCO'S other COMPUTER (1:106/941)
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Public Message
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Message # 1304 *OS9 ECHO*
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To : Mark Johnson
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From : Tim Jones
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Subject : OCN Files
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Date : 94/12/02 19:36:00
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Hello Mark,
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Replying to a message of Mark Johnson to Tim Jones:
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MJ> Hello Tim,
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MJ> Dave Kelley told me to get ahold of you about the OCN files.
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MJ> I'm running an DOS/OS-9000 system so I can read both OS-9 and DOS
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MJ> formats. If I can get these sent to me or I can mail off some disks
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MJ> It would be greatly appreciated. let me know if/how to go about
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MJ> getting them. -=Mark=-
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I can't send you the entire library as I'm waiting to receive it. I can send
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them to you after I get them if that is agreeable with Dave... he seems to be
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the one in charge of tracking the disks. I can set you up to receive any new
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files as they come into the OCN since I an the distrbution point at the
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moment. Let me know if you are interested and I'll fill you in on the details.
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Later,
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Tim
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tjones@ima.infomail.com
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--- FleetStreet 0.95wb
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* Origin: Trial Run - Austin, Tx - [512-280-6578] (1:382/107)
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Public Message
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Message # 1305 *OS9 ECHO*
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To : Dave Kelly
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From : Tim Jones
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Subject : Get Together
|
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Date : 94/12/03 23:09:00
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Hello Dave,
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Replying to a message of Dave Kelly to Tim Jones:
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TJ>> I would like to try! Let me know what weekend. Thanks.
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DK> Will do. Leave me an address again and I will send you a map how
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DK> to get to my house so we don't wait til the last minute.
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Tim Jones
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2666 Piping Rock Tr.
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Austin, Tx 78748
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Later,
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Tim
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tjones@ima.infomail.com
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--- FleetStreet 0.95wb
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* Origin: Trial Run - Austin, Tx - [512-280-6578] (1:382/107)
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Public Message
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Message # 1309 *OS9 ECHO*
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To : Erik Jan Tromp
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From : Curtis Boyle
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Subject : Re: 6309 assembler
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Date : 94/12/04 07:45:00
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No problem on the Shell22a & Proc11. As far as the assembler we use, well,
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it's a hacked version of level 1 ASM, and it only supports about 80-85% of the
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6309 instruction set (I didn't finish the 32 bit math stuff for LDQ
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#Immediate, none of the bit mode operations (xIM, LDBT/STBT, BIEOR, etc.) are
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implemented (we just use FCB/FDB's for now). After I got the bulk of it
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working (including the new W-based addressing modes), I kinda got distracted
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with NitrOS-9 & other projects (including the 2 I uploaded to you) and never
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finished it. Alan was thinking of finishing it for me, but he's been really
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busy in Sudbury, and both of us are trying to track down some weird problems
|
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with his latest OS9P1.
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--- Opus-CBCS 1.73a
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* Origin: The North Village,28.8,OS/2,(306)384-0836 (1:140/26.0)
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Public Message
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Message # 1312 *OS9 ECHO*
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To : John Wight
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From : Mike Guzzi
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|
Subject : Re: Searching...
|
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Date : 94/12/04 10:41:00
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|
On Thursday, December 1st, 1994 - John Wight wrote:
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JW> and OS-9 users, I would like to see us help each other as we can with
|
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JW> other operating systems (as my COCO system still sits next to my
|
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JW> MS-DOS/Windows machines). What does everyone else think?
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well shortly I will be owning a MSDOS/Windows system myself next to my
|
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main CoCo3 system. He asked a question about UNIX
|
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and UUCP, Unix is similar to os9 and i think for op systems like that
|
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it would be ok here since OS9 is UNIX-like
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--- RiBBS v2.10
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* Origin: The Astral Plane BBS 717-586-2771 NE PA's CoCo Support (1:268/342)
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Public Message
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Message # 1313 *OS9 ECHO*
|
|
To : Curtis Boyle
|
|
From : Mike Guzzi
|
|
Subject : Re: SPEED
|
|
Date : 94/12/04 10:44:00
|
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|
|
On Wednesday, November 30th, 1994 - Curtis Boyle wrote:
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CB> First, in SACIA, set your receive buffer to as big of a size as you
|
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CB> have memory for ($F, if possible). Second, in Supecomm, make sure
|
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CB> Auto-Zmodem (Options menu) is OFF. It slows things down for screen
|
|
CB> updates. Are you losing characters on downloads, or on screen? The
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CB> screen updates in Supercomm are not all that optomized, but the
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|
|
also he must get the edition 9 clock modules since the old clock modules
|
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shut off IRQ's for too long, Also an IRQ hack to the rs232 pak helps big
|
|
time. This way you don't route the IRQ's through the PIA's. I did the
|
|
direct one, feed the IRQ from the RS232 pak directly to the CPU
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--- RiBBS v2.10
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* Origin: The Astral Plane BBS 717-586-2771 NE PA's CoCo Support (1:268/342)
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Public Message
|
|
Message # 1314 *OS9 ECHO*
|
|
To : Christian Miller
|
|
From : Mike Guzzi
|
|
Subject : Re: MPI PROBLEM?
|
|
Date : 94/12/04 10:45:00
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|
|
On Wednesday, November 30th, 1994 - Christian Miller wrote:
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CM> The 1488 was the *SAME* chip that went in my RS-232 pak as well! How
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|
CM> did you fix yours? All I did to mine was sever the ground pin from
|
|
CM> the old chip, and piggy backed the new chip on top of it. Then I
|
|
CM> soldered all the pins together (with the old ground outside of the
|
|
CM> new ground). As been working like a charm for over a year now!
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|
|
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Hmm, id be worried about that, if the old 1488 chip shorted out it might
|
|
cause havok on the new one, if it blew open like a fuse you might be ok.
|
|
|
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Why didn't you just desolder it? If you knew the chip was bad, you could
|
|
destructivly removed it: clip the leads with a cutter, remove the
|
|
"body" of the chip. Then you take pliers (forceps work great here) and
|
|
you grab each pin and heat it with the iron and pluck them out. Clean up
|
|
the holes with a vacuum bulb desolder. Install a socket, solder it, and
|
|
you are done. Now if you blow that chip again, it will only take seconds
|
|
to replace it.
|
|
|
|
Practicing this isn't hard, find an old board and have some fun with it.
|
|
I found the iron with the bulb mounted on it from RS works great for
|
|
desoldering. I even went as far as making up a vacuum pump and
|
|
connecting it to the iron so I can remove chips real fast. I made the
|
|
pump with cheap parts (hey a desoldering station can cost $300-$500!!)
|
|
I made my pump for under $50 in parts.
|
|
|
|
As long as your pak is ok, don't worry about it, but if it starts
|
|
acting up I would be concerned about that piggyback you did
|
|
|
|
--- RiBBS v2.10
|
|
* Origin: The Astral Plane BBS 717-586-2771 NE PA's CoCo Support (1:268/342)
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Public Message
|
|
Message # 1315 *OS9 ECHO*
|
|
To : Christian Miller
|
|
From : Mike Guzzi
|
|
Subject : Re: SPEED
|
|
Date : 94/12/04 10:52:00
|
|
|
|
On Wednesday, November 30th, 1994 - Christian Miller wrote:
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|
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CM> Also, for downloading (if you want to use ZModem) get the new
|
|
CM> version. It's 3.24 or somthing like that. Some people also suggest
|
|
CM> shutting off all the "fancy" commands on your modem. That means, no
|
|
CM> compression or error control. The only thing to keep on is flow
|
|
CM> control. I also found that to keep downloading errors down, use a
|
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CM> ramdisk, and boot supercomm with a 40k buffer or so. (It defaults
|
|
|
|
Using #40k for supercomm is a good idea, less disk writes for
|
|
downloading. Downloading to a ramdisk will save some time but it isn't
|
|
worth it at times if your system has a tendency to crash-o since you
|
|
will lose what was on the ramdisk.
|
|
|
|
Compression and flow control can be a problem to some CoCo's, ERROR
|
|
control wouldn't. I would leave it on unless your only use MNP. MNP will
|
|
slow down archived files and binary data. My modem uses LAPM and will
|
|
not slow down the data stream.
|
|
|
|
I find 8 pages of mem for sacia is enough. I also disable auto-zmodem
|
|
check and on bbs's that have clear screen opions I use it, it takes some
|
|
cpu time to scroll the screen.
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|
|
|
--- RiBBS v2.10
|
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* Origin: The Astral Plane BBS 717-586-2771 NE PA's CoCo Support (1:268/342)
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Public Message
|
|
Message # 1319 *OS9 ECHO*
|
|
To : Ron Bull
|
|
From : Terry Goode
|
|
Subject : BBS LIST
|
|
Date : 94/12/05 19:22:00
|
|
|
|
RB> I'm running a BBS also. Are you running yours
|
|
RB> with a CoCo? I'm using a CoCo3 512k (soon to be 2-
|
|
RB> meg), RS232 pak, MPI, 2-40trk 5 1/4 DSDD, 1-80trk 3
|
|
RB> 1/2 DSDD, 62 meg MFM HD w/B&B, and a 14.4
|
|
RB> fax/modem. Do you have yours running smoothly at
|
|
RB> 14.4? I don't and would like to know how. Maybe
|
|
RB> you could help?
|
|
ron,sorry i did have a coco 3 running RIBBS but so much of my work now is with
|
|
ibm's and unix i sold my coco3 stuff and switched over. altho i still carry
|
|
the name "GOLDEN COCO "(14 year or so) but your in the right echo for help.
|
|
this echo and coco echo are two of the most helpfull and nicest people i have
|
|
ever known.
|
|
terry g.
|
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|
|
--- Maximus 2.01wb
|
|
* Origin: THE GOLDEN COCO'S other COMPUTER (1:106/941)
|
|
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|
|
Public Message
|
|
Message # 1321 *OS9 ECHO*
|
|
To : David Halko
|
|
From : Robert Heller
|
|
Subject : Re: X11 R4
|
|
Date : 94/12/01 21:39:00
|
|
|
|
I got a commercial port w/ Motif 1.1 and an XServer for a GRC04 board (a VME
|
|
video board) with the board. The Xserver is somewhat unique in that it
|
|
supports the DEC LK201 keyboard (most VME video board X11 servers expect a PC
|
|
AT type keyboard). It was from a German company: Ingenieurburo Kisters in
|
|
Aachen. There are problems with the code. X11 sources are available, but
|
|
porting to a something other than true UNIX can be a pain. X11R5 is not
|
|
likely to compile with Microware's plain K&R cc. It will compile with gcc
|
|
however. You will need some sort of TCP/IP & Socket lib. (not typical with
|
|
OSK 2.4 or earlier, but comes with OSK 3.0). Oh, the X11 makefiles will also
|
|
want GNU's Make. gcc and gnumake are available from chestnut.cs.uwisc.edu (I
|
|
think). X11R5 sources are available from MIT and other places.
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|
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Robert
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|
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--- ScanMail 68K
|
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* Origin: OS-9/68K: The only *real* OS. (508) 544-8337 (1:321/153.0)
|
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|
|
Public Message (Rec)
|
|
Message # 1322 *OS9 ECHO*
|
|
To : Warren Hrach
|
|
From : Erik Jan Tromp
|
|
Subject : Re: failed f'req (AGAIN!)
|
|
Date : 94/12/01 18:55:00
|
|
Next Reply is Message 1342
|
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|
|
On Tuesday, November 29th, 1994 - Warren Hrach wrote:
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|
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WH> I wonder how hard it would be to incorporate RZ SZ into ribbs mail
|
|
WH> routine. John Donaldson incorporated it into Kterm and the way its
|
|
WH> done doen't require paying any fees.
|
|
|
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It would be problematical at best to try & 'drop' them in. We might be
|
|
able to get RZ & SZ to work for user file transfers, but there are
|
|
differences between the ZedZap/ZedZip implementation & 'standard' ZModem.
|
|
In other words, no ZModem mail transfers without modifications & a
|
|
recompile.
|
|
|
|
dag...
|
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|
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--> Erik <--
|
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|
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--- RiBBS v2.11 (Beta)
|
|
* Origin: TimeShare Data Systems (aka: RiBBS H.Q.) (519)679-1332 (1:2401/403)
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Public Message
|
|
Message # 1323 *OS9 ECHO*
|
|
To : Curtis Boyle
|
|
From : Erik Jan Tromp
|
|
Subject : 6309 assembler
|
|
Date : 94/12/01 19:21:00
|
|
|
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Curtis...
|
|
|
|
I was quite pleased & surprised to see your name pop up in the userlog a
|
|
few weeks ago! Thanx for uploading proc11 & shell22a.
|
|
|
|
I do, however, have a question for you. What are you using for a 6309
|
|
assembler?
|
|
|
|
I've been using B&B's XSM & frankly, it's pathetic. If I try using an 8
|
|
or 16 bit register or pc-relative indirect addressing mode, [<a,u],
|
|
[>a,u], [<name,pc] & [>name,pc] respectively, XSM will _not_ honour it
|
|
unless I put the 8/16 bit specifier _outside_ the brackets. If I use a
|
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mnemonic it doesn't recognize (but does exist), it crashes my system.
|
|
If I try to abort a compile by hitting [break], it crashes my system.
|
|
In fact, I just spent the last several minutes rebooting my system &
|
|
reclaiming the files in my ramdisk because XSM crashed when I called it
|
|
with no parameters (tried getting a help message).
|
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|
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As you can probably tell, I'd certainly like to upgrade to something
|
|
slightly more reliable.
|
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|
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dag...
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|
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--> Erik <--
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|
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--- RiBBS v2.11 (Beta)
|
|
* Origin: TimeShare Data Systems (aka: RiBBS H.Q.) (519)679-1332 (1:2401/403)
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Public Message
|
|
Message # 1325 *OS9 ECHO*
|
|
To : Richard Baysinger
|
|
From : Mike Liegler
|
|
Subject : Selling Out
|
|
Date : 94/12/04 11:46:00
|
|
|
|
> -> I Have Decided to Sell My CoCo Stuff, (Part by Part - No Longer as
|
|
> -> 2 Set's). Any Reasonable Offer Will Be Considered, for Any Part of
|
|
>
|
|
> I am looking for a Multipack and a RS232 pak. Do you have one
|
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> of each?
|
|
> --- RiBBS v2.02
|
|
> * Origin: The Diamond Mine, Spokane, Wa. 509-325-5160 (
|
|
> 1-346/23)
|
|
Richard,
|
|
I have 2 Multipacks for sale. (cat.no.26-3124) and a comm-4 for
|
|
sale. the comm-4 for is 4 times better than a RS232 pak, it has 4
|
|
ports not just one. I would like to get at least $60.00 for the
|
|
Comm-4, and will take a reasonable offer on the multi-pak...
|
|
--- FMail 0.98
|
|
* Origin: Com Port 1 - DFW Amateur Radio BBS (214) 226-1181 (1:124/7009)
|
|
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|
|
Public Message
|
|
Message # 1326 *OS9 ECHO*
|
|
To : Ed Jones
|
|
From : Gene Clifton
|
|
Subject : Grible Slagens
|
|
Date : 94/12/04 11:43:00
|
|
|
|
In a msg to Gene Clifton on <Nov 29 10:45>, Ed Jones writes:
|
|
|
|
EJ> Are you generally running the same hardware and BBS software you used in
|
|
EJ> New Orleans? Why am I asking? If Norm Rheaume leaves Mobile, I may not
|
|
EJ> be able to find a local BBS that is Fido mail compatable with my RiBBS.
|
|
EJ> I think that SOME of the 20 or so local Fido boards could be set to
|
|
EJ> work with me, but they generally don't want to bother with it, they
|
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EJ> don't have enough technical knowledge about their oun systems, or they
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EJ> are not really interested in getting involved with mail service to my
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EJ> board operating at only 2400 baud.....................Ed Jones
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I still have all the software but at present I am not running a BBS, just
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running as a point off a system in New Orleans. Right now I do not intend to
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run a BBS, but if need be, I can get someone in New Orleans to feed you.
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Gene
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--- Squish v1.01
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* Origin: Gene's Point - Savannah GA - (1:396/82.4)
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Public Message
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Message # 1327 *OS9 ECHO*
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To : All
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From : Terry Goode
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Subject : bbs list
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Date : 94/12/04 10:01:00
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i has been brought to my attention that my bbs (the Golden Coco bbs) has an
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old listing ,it should now read :
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The Golden Coco bbs,713-941-1542,14,400,bink/max,supporting msdos,os/9,coco.
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altho i lost many,many coco/os9 files when i switched,i am getting some from
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the os9 tic'ing system we have .
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terry g.
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--- Maximus 2.01wb
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* Origin: THE GOLDEN COCO'S other COMPUTER (1:106/941)
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Public Message
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Message # 1331 *OS9 ECHO*
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To : All
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From : Steve Batson
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Subject : New CoCo Emulators!
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Date : 94/12/04 04:52:00
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Hey CoCo Emulator Fans,
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I just obtained the new CoCo II Emulator by Jeff Vavasour, Version
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1.40.This is the official Shareware release of his emulator in
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which a $25.00 registration gets you the CoCo III Emulator! After
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testing this thing out I have to say that Jeff has outdone himself!
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SoundBlaster Support gives much improved CoCo sound, joystick
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support has been added, Virtual Cassette support allows
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SoundBlaster owners to read and write to cassette, Direct Disk
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Support allows you to read directly from CoCo formatted disks, you
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can now format a CoCo Disk in the PC Drive from within the Emulator
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and more! Jeff has also made some improvements in the code that
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appears to have corrected some compatibility and performance issues
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noticeable using some games. Zaxxon was choppy on version 1.30,
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but works fine on 1.40 if you have a computer fast enough to run
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the emulator at full CoCo speed (see my comments about PC speeds
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below).
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I have found 2 old basic programs in my archives that some of you
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might be interested in to help get 2 programs working on the
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emulator. One will read the original Zaxxon Disk and write out
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ZAXXON.BIN to another disk with no protection left. Zaxxon can
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then be stored on disk with other programs for safe keeping as
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well as loaded into the emulator very easily. The next one will
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make a copy of the original Sands of Egypt Disk stripping the copy
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protection as it goes so that you may back up Sands of Egypt. I
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could not get Sands of Egypt to work in the emulator by reading
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the new unprotected disk directly from the drive, but when I
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loaded it into a Virtual disk file it worked great!
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Anyway, I have both programs now running fine on the emulator! If
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anyone is interested in the copy protection removal programs, let
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me know. It's nice to be able to back these disks up too, the
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originals are bound to die sooner or later. From my testing of the
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emulator, it looks like a 386 33Mhz is the minimum to get Full
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CoCo performance so the games play like normal, depending on the
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game, anything faster than a 386-33 is suicide without slowing the
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emulator down a bit, heheheh.
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With the new additions of SoundBlaster support, PC Joystick Support,
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direct Disk support, etc., it looks like I might have a fair chance
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of achieving my goal to run my CoCo stuff on the PC and pack my CoCo
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safely away to save some space (I can't bring myself to sell or get
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rid of it :) )
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Any comments from anyone else on the 1.4 release of the emulator?
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I'm placing my order for the CoCo 3 in the morning!
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Steve
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P.S. Any hints, tips, procedures or programs to remove copy
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protection from other CoCo II/III programs and move CoCo III rom paks
|
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to disk would be greatly appreciated. I have the stuff to store the
|
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older CoCo II rom paks to disk.
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--- FreeMail 1.07b
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* Origin: The PowerLine BBS - N.H., Ca (916)338-3230 * (1:203/21)
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Public Message
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Message # 1333 *OS9 ECHO*
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To : Alex Forrest
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From : Ron Bull
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Subject : SPEED
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Date : 94/12/04 15:40:00
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Next Reply is Message 1343
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Well you sound like you really know the technical stuff. Now that I have the
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RS-232 pak running, I've bought a 14.4 fax/modem. I am having a problem of
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some kind with /T2. When I do an XMODE /T2 I get the following:
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nam=T2 mgr=SCF ddr=SACIA hpn=07 hpa=FF68 upc=00 bso=01
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dlo=00 eko=00 alf=01 nul=00 pau=00 pag=18 bsp=08 del=18
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eor=0D eof=1B rpr=09 dup=19 psc=17 int=03 qut=05 bse=08
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ovf=07 par=02 bau=06 xon=11 xof=13 col=50 row=18 xtp=85
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wnd=85 val= sty= cpx= cpy= fgc= bgc= bdc=
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I do not really understand what they are to be set at to run a BBS, but right
|
|
now when someone calls, the modem (even though it is set to autoanswer) does
|
|
not answer the call. This makes me very embarrassed. Here I tell everyone
|
|
that I have a BBS up and running, but they can not get through! If you can
|
|
help, I'd appreciate it very much!
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Thanks......TTYL
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Ron Bull
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--- FLAME v1.1/b
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* Origin: Pennsylvania Online! 10+ gigs [717.657.8699] (1:270/101)
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Public Message
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Message # 1334 *OS9 ECHO*
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|
To : Jerry Michelson
|
|
From : Ron Bull
|
|
Subject : SPEED
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|
Date : 94/12/04 16:29:00
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Jerry,
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You also need to know that when I run AcSysedit and select U-tilities and
|
|
then select the AcSysEdit function, I keep getting error # 216. When I run
|
|
the GuestEdit I get error #201. Hope this helps!
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Ron Bull
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--- FLAME v1.1/b
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* Origin: Pennsylvania Online! 10+ gigs [717.657.8699] (1:270/101)
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Public Message
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Message # 1335 *OS9 ECHO*
|
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To : Terry Goode
|
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From : Ron Bull
|
|
Subject : BBS LIST
|
|
Date : 94/12/04 23:21:00
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Terry,
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|
I'm running a BBS also. Are you running yours with a CoCo? I'm using a
|
|
CoCo3 512k (soon to be 2-meg), RS232 pak, MPI, 2-40trk 5 1/4 DSDD, 1-80trk 3
|
|
1/2 DSDD, 62 meg MFM HD w/B&B, and a 14.4 fax/modem. Do you have yours
|
|
running smoothly at 14.4? I don't and would like to know how. Maybe you
|
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could help?
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Thanks,
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Ron Bull
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|
--- FLAME v1.1/b
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* Origin: Pennsylvania Online! 10+ gigs [717.657.8699] (1:270/101)
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Public Message
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Message # 1342 *OS9 ECHO*
|
|
To : Erik Jan Tromp
|
|
From : Warren Hrach
|
|
Subject : Re: failed f'req (AGAIN!)
|
|
Date : 94/12/07 11:48:40
|
|
Previous Reply is Message 1322
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On Thursday, December 1st, 1994 - Erik Jan Tromp wrote:
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EJ> It would be problematical at best to try & 'drop' them in. We might
|
|
EJ> be able to get RZ & SZ to work for user file transfers, but there are
|
|
EJ> differences between the ZedZap/ZedZip implementation & 'standard'
|
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EJ> ZModem. In other words, no ZModem mail transfers without
|
|
EJ> modifications & a recompile.
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|
|
Erik,
|
|
Well something has to be done or we OS9 RiBBS users will be left
|
|
high and dry. The best my system, Nitros9 w/ZyXEL 16,800 modem can do
|
|
on receiving mail pkts with telink is up to 280cps for large files from
|
|
FD2.20.
|
|
One more reason I will jump over to RiBBS_OSK as soon as we get it
|
|
to work with FIDO.
|
|
Warren Hrach, RiBBS/RiBBS_OSK beta sysop.
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|
|
--- RiBBS v2.10
|
|
* Origin: Ocean Beach BBS 619-224-4878 (1:202/745)
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Public Message
|
|
Message # 1343 *OS9 ECHO*
|
|
To : Ron Bull
|
|
From : Warren Hrach
|
|
Subject : Re: SPEED
|
|
Date : 94/12/07 11:57:46
|
|
Previous Reply is Message 1333
|
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|
|
On Sunday, December 4th, 1994 - Ron Bull wrote:
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RB> have the RS-232 pak running, I've bought a 14.4 fax/modem. I am
|
|
RB> having a problem of some kind with /T2. When I do an XMODE /T2 I get
|
|
RB> the following:
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|
|
(txt deleted)
|
|
Look at my next msg. which I include the xmode of my /t2.
|
|
|
|
RB> I do not really understand what they are to be set at to run a BBS,
|
|
RB> but right now when someone calls, the modem (even though it is set to
|
|
RB> autoanswer) does not answer the call. This makes me very
|
|
RB> embarrassed. Here I tell everyone that I have a BBS up and running,
|
|
RB> but they can not get through! If you can help, I'd appreciate it
|
|
RB> very much!
|
|
|
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Ron, what make of modem is it. Some bargain 14,400 modems have poor
|
|
documentation and may not even work as a autoanswer modem on a BBS.
|
|
John Reece has an Intel (ugh) 14,400 modem working just fine on his BBS
|
|
which is RiBBS V2.10 and stock OS9. Of course mine is a ZyXEL and I
|
|
have Nitros9 installed.
|
|
Since I sent you 'RiBBS to Go' many moons ago have you tried that?
|
|
I can guarantee that RiBBS to Go will work with most 14,400 modems if
|
|
you move to a Hard Drive.
|
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|
|
Warren Hrach, RiBBS/RiBBS_OSK beta sysop.
|
|
|
|
--- RiBBS v2.10
|
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* Origin: Ocean Beach BBS 619-224-4878 (1:202/745)
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Public Message
|
|
Message # 1344 *OS9 ECHO*
|
|
To : Ron Bull
|
|
From : Warren Hrach
|
|
Subject : 14,400 modem help
|
|
Date : 94/12/07 12:07:47
|
|
|
|
The following bits of txt will explain how to get RiBBS to Go to
|
|
work with a 14,400 baud modem;
|
|
|
|
(This is a basic09 source that can be packed and I run when starting
|
|
RiBBS [ribbsgo has first line 'fixer'] ;
|
|
I also run it as a part of 'park.bat'
|
|
|
|
PROCEDURE fixer
|
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DIM path:INTEGER
|
|
DIM modem:STRING[3]
|
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modem:="/T2"
|
|
OPEN #path,modem:WRITE
|
|
PRINT #path,"ATZ&H0E0M0S2=30S7=30S38=48S0=1H0"
|
|
CLOSE #path
|
|
|
|
Note that first the modem gets ATZ which resets to its defaults.
|
|
Then the &H0 turns off flow control.
|
|
The E0 turns off local command echo.
|
|
The M0 turns off the speaker.
|
|
The S2=30 changes the escape char from + to a non printable ascii char.
|
|
The S7=30 changes the default, modem wait for carrier 60, to 30 seconds.
|
|
The S38=48 is unique to ZyXEL and disables the FAX modem and MNP5.
|
|
The S0=1 turns on autoanswer for 1 ring.
|
|
The H0 hangs up the modem.
|
|
|
|
(The following is the rconfig modem settings I have for my BBS);
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|
|
|
Modem and I/O
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|
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High Baud Rate :9600
|
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I/O pathname :/T2
|
|
Carrier Bit :64 Standard=$20,Inverted=$40
|
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Carrier Callcode :130 Getstt call- MWP=130, T2=$28
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|
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Modem Init String :^RATS0=0&D2&C1S2=94S7=30Q1M0N0H1|
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Modem Hangup String :^RATS0=0&D0H1|
|
|
Modem Busy String :^RATS0=0&D0H1|
|
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9600 Baud Responce :CONNECT 9600
|
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4800 Baud Responce :CONNECT 4800
|
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2400 Baud Responce :CONNECT 2400
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1200 Baud Responce :CONNECT 1200
|
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300 Baud Responce :CONNECT 300
|
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Busy Responce :BUSY
|
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No Carrier Responce :NO CARRIER
|
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No Connect Responce :NO CONNECT
|
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|
|
(Note that there is some redundancy between the above and fixer. Just
|
|
never got around to cleaning the rconfig up. Also note that each
|
|
string ends with H1 which busyies out the line. Park.bat's fixer
|
|
hangs it up.)
|
|
|
|
(The following is an xmode of my /t2);
|
|
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|
nam=T2 mgr=SCF ddr=ACIADRV hpn=07 hpa=FF68 upc=00 bso=01
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dlo=00 eko=01 alf=01 nul=00 pau=00 pag=18 bsp=08 del=18
|
|
eor=0D eof=1B rpr=04 dup=01 psc=17 int=03 qut=05 bse=08
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ovf=07 par=00 bau=03 xon=11 xof=13 col= row= xtp=
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wnd= val= sty= cpx= cpy= fgc= bgc= bdc=
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|
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)The following is a tport of my /t2 [tport comes with Aciadrv archive];
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|
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col=50 row=18 spt=01 val=01 slt=03 isz=02 osz=7F cfl=00 csg=00 xyz=00
|
|
col=50 row=18 spt=01 val=01 slt=03 isz=02 osz=7F cfl=00 csg=00 xyz=00
|
|
|
|
(Note the only changes from default is isz=02 (2k input buffer) and
|
|
osz=7f (127 byte output buffer).
|
|
Of course this is assuming the rs232 cable, pak to modem, has wires
|
|
6-8 reversed at on end which reverses CD and DSR to the pack from the
|
|
modem. Without this RiBBS will not do FIDO nor autoanswer correctly.
|
|
|
|
Of course my modem defaults to locked baud, AT&B0, DTE/DCE data rate.
|
|
and X5 result codes.
|
|
Warren Hrach, RiBBS/RiBBS_OSK beta sysop.
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|
|
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PS I have been running this setup for 2 years now and no missed chars or
|
|
botched mail xfers !!!
|
|
|
|
--- RiBBS v2.10
|
|
* Origin: Ocean Beach BBS 619-224-4878 (1:202/745)
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|
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Public Message
|
|
Message # 1350 *OS9 ECHO*
|
|
To : Thomas Kocourek
|
|
From : Steve Batson
|
|
Subject : Re: OS-9 68K/80X86
|
|
Date : 94/12/03 03:03:00
|
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|
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TK> The rumor mill has suggested that MW might do it again, sell OS9000
|
|
TK> at a lower price. Perhaps someone "in the know" can substantiate or
|
|
|
|
With DOS, Windows and OS-2 going for under $100, Id think they would need to
|
|
reduce the price quite a bit. I certainly will not go for it unless in the
|
|
same range...and then only if I get to the point it makes sense for me. I
|
|
don't really have the time to learn yet another OS right now. Of course with
|
|
the CoCo 3 Emulator now available, I can run OS9 level II on my PC under the
|
|
emulator and play with it a bit to see what I think.
|
|
|
|
Steve
|
|
--- FreeMail 1.07b
|
|
* Origin: The PowerLine BBS - N.H., Ca (916)338-3230 * (1:203/21)
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|
|
Public Message (Rec)
|
|
Message # 1351 *OS9 ECHO*
|
|
To : Warren Hrach
|
|
From : Steve Batson
|
|
Subject : Pentium facts !
|
|
Date : 94/12/03 03:23:00
|
|
Next Reply is Message 1403
|
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|
|
WH> For those out of the loop, errors have been identified in the FDIV
|
|
WH> (floating point divide) command of Intel's Pentium chip. Apparently
|
|
WH> Intel has known about this for some time and chose to keep it quiet
|
|
WH> while they designed new chips. Intel has not announced any plans to
|
|
WH> replace the bad chips already distributed, and has instead released a
|
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WH> press release saying that the problem shouldn't bother most people.
|
|
|
|
Yes the jokes that followed are humorous, but in all fairness, the above is
|
|
not entirely true.
|
|
|
|
1) They Discovered back in June, but they have corrected the problem in the
|
|
newer processors.
|
|
|
|
2) They were already in production when the bug was found.
|
|
3) They did extensive testing as well as many customers before it's release
|
|
and nobody discovered it.
|
|
4) It occurs rarely.
|
|
5) They have agreed to work with anyone having trouble including replacing the
|
|
CPU if necessary.
|
|
|
|
I can post Intel CEO Andy Groves repsonse to concerns about this issue if
|
|
anyone is interested.
|
|
|
|
No company that I know of ever released a perfect product and certainly not on
|
|
the first release.
|
|
|
|
Steve
|
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|
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P.S. Don't forget, the Pentium will run the CoCo emulator and CoCo programs at
|
|
Turbo Speed!
|
|
--- FreeMail 1.07b
|
|
* Origin: The PowerLine BBS - N.H., Ca (916)338-3230 * (1:203/21)
|
|
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|
|
Public Message
|
|
Message # 1354 *OS9 ECHO*
|
|
To : Jerry Michelson
|
|
From : Ron Bull
|
|
Subject : SPEED
|
|
Date : 94/12/03 20:27:00
|
|
|
|
I thought that I had it fixed, but I didn't. BTW I've since added VRN and the
|
|
/nil package to my boot. That didn't fix the error. Install the ghandler?
|
|
All I did was put the programs into the CMDS directory. The disk you sent was
|
|
missing a file called 'Guest.txt' but that is all. Is there anything I need
|
|
to do to 'Install' the Ghandler? When I do a XMODE of /T2 I get the following
|
|
info:
|
|
|
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nam=T2 mgr=SCF ddr=SACIA hpn=07 hpa=FF68 upc=00 bso=018
|
|
dlo=00 eko=00 alf=01 nul=00 pau=00 pag=18 bsp=08 del=18
|
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eor=0D eof=00 rpr=09 dup=19 psc=00 int=00 qut=00 bse=08
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ovf=07 par=02 bau=05 xon=11 xof=13 col=50 row=18 xtp=08
|
|
wnd=08 val= sty= cpx= cpy= fgc= bgc= bdc=
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|
|
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I have it set for 4800 baud due to lose of characters (I'm guessing that it
|
|
might be due to phone line noise, I'm not sure). What I really would like is
|
|
the BBS to be running smoothly to at LEAST 9600 baud, even though the modem is
|
|
a 14.4 fax/modem.
|
|
|
|
Any help you can give would be appreciated. Also, after I get it to settle
|
|
down, I'd like to move on to AcBBSv3.0, if you could fix me up. BTW I'll call
|
|
your BBS with a little thank you gift.
|
|
|
|
THANKS!
|
|
|
|
--- FLAME v1.1/b
|
|
* Origin: Pennsylvania Online! 10+ gigs [717.657.8699] (1:270/101)
|
|
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|
|
Public Message
|
|
Message # 1355 *OS9 ECHO*
|
|
To : Curtis Boyle
|
|
From : Ron Bull
|
|
Subject : SPEED
|
|
Date : 94/12/04 00:51:00
|
|
|
|
How do you increase the buffer size in SACIA? Is that one byte fix good for
|
|
on the 6309 as well as the 6809? I added VRN and the /nil package to my boot
|
|
and I did a XMODE /T2 par=02 xtp=85. I think that I might have a problem with
|
|
phone line noise. Everything seems fine at 4800, but I lose characters at
|
|
higher speeds. I need to have the ANSI terminal active for my BBS and most of
|
|
the BBSs that I call use ANSI. Screens really look strange with just TTY
|
|
which in supercomm probably is ASCII. I haven't used the OS9 terminal, don't
|
|
know what that is for. I do not know if something needs changed in /T2 or
|
|
not. This is what /T2 looks like when I do XMODE /T2:
|
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|
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nam=T2 mgr=SCF ddr=SACIA hpn=07 hpa=FF68 upc=00 bso=01
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dlo=00 eko=00 alf=01 nul=00 pau=00 pag=18 bsp=08 del=18
|
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eor=0D eof=00 rpr=09 dup=19 psc=00 int=00 qut=00 bse=08
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ovf=07 par=02 bau=05 xon=11 xof=13 col=50 row=18 xtp=85
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wnd=85 val= sty= cpx= cpy= fgc= bgc= bdc=
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Maybe you could tell me what to do? I'm not an experienced programmer or
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anything, I'm just trying to get things UP TO SPEED.
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Thanks for any help you can give. TTYL
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--- FLAME v1.1/b
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* Origin: Pennsylvania Online! 10+ gigs [717.657.8699] (1:270/101)
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Public Message
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Message # 1356 *OS9 ECHO*
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To : Christian Miller
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From : Ron Bull
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Subject : SPEED
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Date : 94/12/04 01:04:00
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Well I applied everything that you said and it seems to be working fine now.
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I still occasionally lose a character, but I can live with that. Hopefully
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now I can get the BBS (AcBBSv2.4a) up and running correctly now at 9600 baud.
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Maybe after I get Rick Ulland's FAST232, I can move up to 14.4? BTW, did you
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ever get my disks mailed out? Just checking! And thanks for your help!
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--- FLAME v1.1/b
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* Origin: Pennsylvania Online! 10+ gigs [717.657.8699] (1:270/101)
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Public Message
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Message # 1366 *OS9 ECHO*
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To : Thomas Kocourek
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From : Michele Marie Dalene
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Subject : Re: Os-9 68K/80X86
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Date : 94/12/04 03:31:00
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> The rumor mill has suggested that MW might do it again, sell OS9000 at a
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> lower price. Perhaps someone "in the know" can substantiate or deny this
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> rumor.
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If os9/9000 is ever offered again for that deal. I have plans to get a
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486dx2 in the future.... Then I can really go to town :)
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Michele Marie Dalene
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... To get back on your feet, miss two car payments.
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--- FMail 0.92
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* Origin: The Pink Rose 203-429-6338 300-9600 bps (1:327/6338)
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Public Message
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Message # 1368 *OS9 ECHO*
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To : CHRIS PERRAULT
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From : DAVID GRAHAM
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Subject : Hazelwood Basic
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Date : 94/12/05 07:41:00
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Actually, Chris, Mike has not titled it as far as I know.
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Also, I consider applications to be #1 priority, as languages are no
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longer the main seller for new machines....
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--- Platinum Xpress/Wildcat! v0.6d
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* Origin: The Sierra Hotel! BBS/Enid, Oklahoma (405) 242-5332 (1:19/47)
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Public Message
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Message # 1379 *OS9 ECHO*
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To : Erik Jan Tromp
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From : Dave Gantz
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Subject : Re: PROGRAMMING
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Date : 94/11/28 23:10:00
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On Friday, November 25th, 1994 - Erik Jan Tromp wrote:
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EJ> What kind of (RiBBS) programs have you written?
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EJ> dag...
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Well Erik, there's only one that I care to mention specifically right at
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the moment since I'm about to release it as a Tic file. It's an
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AREAS.CTL editor called areaedit. It makes it easy to add or remove
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echos, add or remove nodes that you echo too, change the message base
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number without affecting the tagname or net/nodes, change the tagname
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without affecting the message base number or net/nodes. Anyway, I'll
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be able to utilize its parts to write an areafix for RiBBS at some
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point.
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I don't really want to be specific about my other projects in public
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because I'm still hoping to get them finished before someone beats me
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to the punch. I program to fill a need/want that hasn't yet been met,
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at least not to my knowledge. I kinda loose interest when something
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along the same lines as what I'm doing comes out.
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Anyway thank you for your interest. I can be reached privately for
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more info in one of the following ways:
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Snail Mail
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Dave Gantz
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E. 4328 Longfellow #1
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Spokane, WA 99207
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FidoNet Netmail to me @ 1:346/9
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Internet mail to DGANTZ@Delphi.com
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Delphi Email to DGANTZ
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Take care and have fun.....
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Dave
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--- RiBBS v2.10
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* Origin: Indulgence Spokane, WA -Unpublished- (1:346/9.1)
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Public Message
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Message # 1384 *OS9 ECHO*
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To : Mike Guzzi
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From : Ron Bull
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Subject : SPEED
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Date : 94/12/05 08:03:00
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Mike,
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I saw your message and thought that I'd ask about this IRQ thing. I'm not
|
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very knowledgeable about these things, please define what you are talking
|
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about. I think that I already have the updated software clock module, and
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Rick Ulland's RS232 pak has a clip-thing that did something inside it to allow
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me to use it to run the BBS. I'm interested in hearing more.
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Thanks - TTYL Ron Bull
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--- FLAME v1.1/b
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* Origin: Pennsylvania Online! 10+ gigs [717.657.8699] (1:270/101)
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Public Message
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Message # 1385 *OS9 ECHO*
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To : All
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From : Dave Kelly
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Subject : OS9 v2.4
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Date : 94/12/05 21:58:00
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Quoting from "The OS9 Guru" by Paul S Dayan in
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7.9.2 on page 135.
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SCSI Device Driver System
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"The Small Computer Systems Interface provides a means of
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accessing up to 7 controllers through a single interface, with
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each controller handling up to 8 drives. The drives may be of
|
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different types - disk drives, tape drives, printers, and so
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on. .....................................................
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................................."
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This implies that with OS9 version 2.4 you can have upto 56
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disk drives on line at one time. I was wondering if anyone has
|
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explored this area yet?
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With 2 gig hard drives that would be 112 gigs of storage
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space. Hmmmmmmmmmm! I wonder if you can buy 56 - 2 gig drives
|
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for less than $75,000.
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Dave Kelly, OS9 Community Network, Region 19 Coordinator.
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___
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* Scribe 4.0 *
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--- Maximus 2.01wb
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* Origin: THE GOLDEN COCO'S other COMPUTER (1:106/941)
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Public Message
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Message # 1386 *OS9 ECHO*
|
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To : Ron Bull
|
|
From : Dave Kelly
|
|
Subject : Speed
|
|
Date : 94/12/05 00:00:00
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RB> When I do a XMODE of /T2 I get the following info:
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RB>
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RB> nam=T2 mgr=SCF ddr=SACIA hpn=07 hpa=FF68 upc=00 bso=018
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RB> dlo=00 eko=00 alf=01 nul=00 pau=00 pag=18 bsp=08 del=18
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RB> eor=0D eof=00 rpr=09 dup=19 psc=00 int=00 qut=00 bse=08
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RB> ovf=07 par=02 bau=05 xon=11 xof=13 col=50 row=18 xtp=08
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RB> wnd=08 val= sty= cpx= cpy= fgc= bgc= bdc=
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What XMODE are you using? Mine give a different picture.
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Dave Kelly, OS9 Community Network, Region 19 Coordinator.
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___
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* Scribe 4.0 * Forgive us our I/O errors. ENTER.
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--- Maximus 2.01wb
|
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* Origin: THE GOLDEN COCO'S other COMPUTER (1:106/941)
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Public Message
|
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Message # 1387 *OS9 ECHO*
|
|
To : Pat Delvecchio
|
|
From : Dave Kelly
|
|
Subject : Test Message
|
|
Date : 94/12/05 00:00:00
|
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|
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PD> This is a test message. Please return if found.
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|
|
I found this message in Houston, Texas on the
|
|
5th. Send the reward to a charity of your choice.
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|
Dave Kelly, OS9 Community Network, Region 19 Coordinator.
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___
|
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* Scribe 4.0 * Press ENTER and be right justified.
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|
|
--- Maximus 2.01wb
|
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* Origin: THE GOLDEN COCO'S other COMPUTER (1:106/941)
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Public Message
|
|
Message # 1397 *OS9 ECHO*
|
|
To : John Morris
|
|
From : Brian O'Hagan
|
|
Subject : OCN LIBRARY
|
|
Date : 94/12/06 02:37:00
|
|
|
|
Ok . I'll drop the library in the mail tomorrow. There are 80 5.25"
|
|
DSDD disks in the library. Almost all of the disks are full. Yea its big. Let
|
|
me know when you get it.
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|
|
Also I do read all the Fido coco/OS9 messages which is how I found
|
|
this one since this board is case sensitive (BBS thinks its O'hagan so it
|
|
misses O'Hagan). Hope you have alot of spare disks around. TTYL.
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Brian
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* SPITFIRE v3.5
|
|
Home of Brevard Emergency/Disaster/Safety Information
|
|
--- Alexi/Mail 2.02b (UNREG)
|
|
* Origin: REACT BBS On The Space Coast Melbourne FL 407-255-9948 (1:374/710)
|
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|
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Public Message
|
|
Message # 1400 *OS9 ECHO*
|
|
To : All
|
|
From : Ed Jones
|
|
Subject : CoCo Support Periodicals
|
|
Date : 94/12/02 09:21:00
|
|
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|
|
|
COCO SUPPORT PERIODICALS
|
|
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
|
MAGAZINES PUBLISHER COST ADDRESS
|
|
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
|
The International Alan Sheltra $18.00 USA Fat Cat Ppublications OS9
|
|
OS9 Underground $23.00 Canada 4650 Cahuenga Blvd. Ste#7
|
|
(12 issues) Toluca Lake, CA 91602
|
|
(one year) (818)761-4135 (voice)
|
|
(818)365-0477 (Fax)
|
|
(818)769-1938 (Modem)
|
|
The World of 68' Farna Systems $23.00 USA Farna Systems PB Macros
|
|
$30.00 Canada P.O Box 321
|
|
(8 issues) Warner Robins, GA 31099-
|
|
(one year) 0321
|
|
(912)328-7859 (voice)
|
|
Hardcopy Rick Cooper $30.00 USA Rick's Computer Enterprise
|
|
$36.00 Canada P. O. Box 276
|
|
(12 issues) Liberty, KY 42539
|
|
(one year) (606)787-5783 (voice)
|
|
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
|
DISK MAGAZINES PUBLISHER COST ADDRESS
|
|
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
|
CoCo Friends Rick's Computer $6.00 each Rick's Computer Entrprise
|
|
Disk Magazine Enterprise $30.00 for 6 P. O. Box 276
|
|
(monthly) Liberty, KY 42539
|
|
(606)787-5783 (voice)
|
|
Nine Times JWT Enterprises $34.95 USA JWT Enterprises
|
|
$35.95 Canada 5755 Lockwood Blvd.
|
|
(6 issues) Youngstown, OH 44512
|
|
(one year) (216)758-7694 (voice)
|
|
The Upgrade Mid Iowa and $16.00 USA The Upgrade Diskletter
|
|
Diskletter Country CoCo $19.00 Canada Terry Simons, Editor
|
|
(6-8 issues) 1328 48th Street
|
|
(one year) Des Moines, IA 50311
|
|
MicroDisk Farna Systems $40.00 USA Farna Systems PB
|
|
$44.00 Canada Warner Robins, GA 31099-
|
|
0321
|
|
(912)828-7859 (voice)
|
|
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
|
NEWSLETTERS PUBLISHER COST ADDRESS
|
|
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
|
MOTD OS-9 Users Forum $25.00 USA OS-9 Users Forum, Inc.
|
|
(Message of Inc. and Canada. * 6158 West 63rd Street
|
|
the Day) $30.00 others Suite #109
|
|
* Price includes membership fee (6 issues/yr) Chicago, IL 60638
|
|
CoCo 1-2-3 Glenside CoCo $15.00 USA Glenside CoCo Club
|
|
Club (membership) RR #2, Box 67
|
|
(6 issues) Forrest, IL 61741-9629
|
|
(one year) (708)428-3576 (voice)
|
|
(708)428-0436 (BBS)
|
|
CoCo Trader James Sternatt $6.00 USA James Sternatt
|
|
(6 issues) 3000 Woodland Hills Dr.
|
|
(one year) Apartment 14
|
|
Ann Arbor, MI 48108
|
|
(313)677-2418 (voice)
|
|
------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
|
Note: This list will be posted every few weeks. Suggested corrections,
|
|
deletions or additions would be appreciated........Ed Jones
|
|
------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
|
|
|
--- RiBBS v2.02
|
|
* Origin: CoCo-Plus of Mobile Alabama 205-341-1616 (1:3625/461)
|
|
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|
|
|
Public Message
|
|
Message # 1401 *OS9 ECHO*
|
|
To : Alan Dekok
|
|
From : Ed Jones
|
|
Subject : Smash for OS9 L-II
|
|
Date : 94/12/03 13:43:00
|
|
|
|
|
|
I bought a copy of your SMASH at the Atlanta CoCoFest to run on my
|
|
Multi-Vue system. After installing it, I found that it would not work
|
|
correctly with the HiRes mouse interface. Everything I have on my
|
|
Multi-Vue system runs with the HiRes Interface. I would like to be able
|
|
to use SMASH on my system, but need a modified version or a patch for
|
|
the HiRes unit. Does such a critter exsist?...........Ed Jones
|
|
|
|
--- RiBBS v2.02
|
|
* Origin: CoCo-Plus of Mobile Alabama 205-341-1616 (1:3625/461)
|
|
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|
|
|
Public Message
|
|
Message # 1403 *OS9 ECHO*
|
|
To : Steve Batson
|
|
From : Warren Hrach
|
|
Subject : Re: Pentium facts !
|
|
Date : 94/12/07 17:29:34
|
|
Previous Reply is Message 1351
|
|
|
|
On Saturday, December 3rd, 1994 - Steve Batson wrote:
|
|
|
|
SB> Yes the jokes that followed are humorous, but in all fairness, the
|
|
SB> above is not entirely true.
|
|
SB> 1) They Discovered back in June, but they have corrected the problem
|
|
SB> in the newer processors.
|
|
SB> 2) They were already in production when the bug was found.
|
|
SB> 3) They did extensive testing as well as many customers before it's
|
|
SB> release and nobody discovered it.
|
|
SB> 4) It occurs rarely.
|
|
SB> 5) They have agreed to work with anyone having trouble including
|
|
SB> replacing the CPU if necessary.
|
|
SB> I can post Intel CEO Andy Groves repsonse to concerns about this
|
|
SB> issue if anyone is interested.
|
|
SB> No company that I know of ever released a perfect product and
|
|
SB> certainly not on the first release.
|
|
|
|
Steve,
|
|
I personally am not interested in pentium facts or fixes, after all
|
|
this is the OS9 echo.
|
|
I should have put a disclaimer in the msg not to reply to me but to
|
|
Chris Burke the original crossposter or the guy that posted the orginal
|
|
msg.
|
|
After all putting Intel inside can lead to your computer developing
|
|
Alzheimers !
|
|
If you want to promote a new platform how about the PowerPC a
|
|
product of Motorola and Apple and look for an OS9000 port for it soon.
|
|
For a real good OS9 emulator you should try OS968K on an MM/1.
|
|
I have RiBBS_OSK working quite well now, need to work on the modem
|
|
answering part next. Talk about speed, I am running it on my floptical
|
|
and with most modules packed typing 'ribbsmain' pops up the wait screen
|
|
in a few seconds. Everything runs 10 times faster than on my Nitros9
|
|
system on the coco.
|
|
Warren Hrach, RiBBS/RiBBS_OSK beta sysop.
|
|
|
|
--- RiBBS v2.10
|
|
* Origin: Ocean Beach BBS 619-224-4878 (1:202/745)
|
|
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|
|
Public Message
|
|
Message # 1405 *OS9 ECHO*
|
|
To : Duane Martz
|
|
From : Sheryl Schwartz
|
|
Subject : Storm
|
|
Date : 94/12/04 23:34:00
|
|
|
|
Hi Duane. I think I said in another message that I got the multipak last
|
|
week. I haven't had a chance to try it out, will do so shortly. How do you
|
|
know it's an upgraded one w/satellite just by looking at it? The manual
|
|
doesn't state anything different than the others or that it's for a coco3. How
|
|
can you tell if it's for a 2 or 3? Or did it come that way from manufacturer?
|
|
It gets confusing since I have another one that's a regular multipak that was
|
|
upgraded afterwards w/pal chip and I have one that isn't upgraded at all and
|
|
they all look alike. I noticed yours is a bit smaller, was this a newer
|
|
model? I'll let you know how it works. Oh, and I wasn't in the chair at the
|
|
time, luckily. :) Or I would be halfway to Canada by now. Later, Sheryl
|
|
|
|
--- Maximus/2 2.02
|
|
* Origin: Chronicles of Narnia(2) USR V.Everything (215)671-0628 (1:273/941)
|
|
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|
|
Public Message
|
|
Message # 1406 *OS9 ECHO*
|
|
To : Ron Bull
|
|
From : Chris Perrault
|
|
Subject : Speed
|
|
Date : 94/12/02 21:32:00
|
|
|
|
> I just got a 14.4 modem. I have SACIA in my boot. I'd
|
|
> like to take advantage of the speed. I set Supercomm to
|
|
> 9600 and 19200. Both times I lost characters. When it's
|
|
> at 19200, I loose alot more! Any ideas?
|
|
>
|
|
> Thanks Ron Bull
|
|
>
|
|
> --- FLAME v1.1/b
|
|
> * Origin: Pennsylvania Online! 10+ gigs [717.657.8699] (1:270/101)
|
|
|
|
From what I've heard so far, the latest version of Nitros9 handles 19.2k
|
|
pretty well, unless something(bug) has come up. There is an active
|
|
discussion of it on the Cocolist. I would get in touch with Colin McKay or
|
|
Alan Dekok for more details. You **might** be able to get better 9600 bps
|
|
results using Conect's mini-rs232 port, but don't hold me to that. I'm only
|
|
guessing because it does handle a little better the Tandy Deluxe rs232 from
|
|
what I hear(supporting all seven lines).
|
|
|
|
>Chris<
|
|
|
|
... Life is anything that dies when you stomp it
|
|
___ ADQwk/OS-9 32a
|
|
--- Maximus 2.02
|
|
* Origin: Merr.ValleyUsersGroupBBS,No.Andover,Ma.(508)682-6263 (1:324/117)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Public Message
|
|
Message # 1409 *OS9 ECHO*
|
|
To : Steve Batson
|
|
From : Mike Guzzi
|
|
Subject : Re: OS-9 68K/80X86
|
|
Date : 94/12/06 09:56:00
|
|
|
|
On Saturday, December 3rd, 1994 - Steve Batson wrote:
|
|
|
|
SB> OS right now. Of course with the CoCo 3 Emulator now available, I can
|
|
SB> run OS9 level II on my PC under the emulator and play with it a bit
|
|
SB> to see what I think.
|
|
|
|
I thought OS9 Level II wouldn't run under the emulator ??
|
|
|
|
--- RiBBS v2.10
|
|
* Origin: The Astral Plane BBS 717-586-2771 NE PA's CoCo Support (1:268/342)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Public Message
|
|
Message # 1411 *OS9 ECHO*
|
|
To : Pat Delvecchio
|
|
From : Ken Patience
|
|
Subject : Re: Test Message
|
|
Date : 94/12/06 02:21:00
|
|
|
|
Hi Pat, Your test message was recieved here with no problem.
|
|
See Ya!
|
|
|
|
--- Opus-CBCS 1.73a
|
|
* Origin: M.T.A.C. BBS Toronto, Ontario, Canada (1:250/610.0)
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|
|
Public Message
|
|
Message # 1412 *OS9 ECHO*
|
|
To : MICHELE MARIE DALENE
|
|
From : DAVID GRAHAM
|
|
Subject : Re: Os-9 68K/80X86
|
|
Date : 94/12/06 09:32:00
|
|
|
|
Mike, if you are looking for a replacement motherboard with 486DX2-66
|
|
I have one.....
|
|
--- Platinum Xpress/Wildcat! v0.6e
|
|
* Origin: The Sierra Hotel! BBS/Enid, Oklahoma (405) 242-5332 (1:19/47)
|
|
|
|
=*= FIDO ECHO MESSAGES MENU =*=
|
|
|
|
<1> Scan \
|
|
<2> Read > OS9 Echo mail
|
|
<3> Leave /
|
|
<4> Scan \
|
|
<5> Read > CoCo Echo mail
|
|
<6> Leave /
|
|
<7> Scan \
|
|
<8> Read > CoCo_Club Echo mail
|
|
<9> Leave /
|
|
<A> Scan \
|
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<B> Read > MM1_TECH Echo Mail |