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90447 25-OCT 20:51 General Information
     RE: Quality Software (Re: Msg 90424)
     From: DSRTFOX      To: MREGC

What exactly does LinkUp do?

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90460 26-OCT 05:38 General Information
     RE: Quality Software (Re: Msg 90447)
     From: MREGC        To: DSRTFOX

Frank,

  > What exactly does LinkUp do?

    LinkUp is a terminal program, but it's not so much what it does but
rather how it does it. LinkUp has the "look and feel" of programs that
you've seen on more mainstream windowing systems. Boisy didn't take the
usual shortcut of forcing people to write setup scripts or type special
commands to configure the program to work the desired way. Everything you
can do in this program can be done on very aestheticly (sp?) pleasing
windows using the mouse.

    Of course, it goes without saying, it's very functional too. :)

..Eric...

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90448 25-OCT 20:55 General Information
     RE: Help with 1.2MB 5.25" (Re: Msg 90435)
     From: DSRTFOX      To: AJMLFCO

Allen, there are a few general rules to play by, but other than that the 1.2M
drives are NOT the problem most people make them out to be! I transfer between
several DIFFERENT machines, all brands, and NEVER have a problem. The general
rule is format the disk on the machine that's doing the writing. But NEVER
overwrite a 360K disk with a 1.2M drive IF the disk had data stored on it.
The problem is that the 360K head is wider. The 1.2M head only lays down a
strip to one side of the track when double stepping, and isn't strong enough
to erase the adjacent remnents of 360K data. So another 1.2M drive will
read that disk, but a 360K drive tries to read the new AND old data.
If you remember that, you'll never have a problem.

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90453 25-OCT 22:33 General Information
     RE: Help with 1.2MB 5.25" (Re: Msg 90425)
     From: HAWKSOFT     To: BOISY

Boisy:

 > I just purchased a TEAC FD-55GFR 1.2MB 5.25" floppy drive for my
 > MM/1.  I cannot seem to read CoCo OS-9 formatted disks with the
 > following dmode parameters:
 >
 > name=c1
 > drv=1 stp=3 typ=$24 dns=$01 cyl=40 sid=2 vfy=1 (off) sct=18 t0s=18
 > sas=8 ilv=3 tfm=0 toffs=0 soffs=1 ssize=256 cntl=$0000 trys=0 lun=0
 > wpc=0 rwr=0 park=0 lsnoffs=0 totcyls=80 ctrlrid=0 rates=$10
 > scsiopt=$0000 maxcount=65535
 >
 > When I attempt to read, I get an error #247.  The light comes on and
 > the drive is apparently trying to read the disk.

  Sounds like the same problem I have with my Teac 1.44 megs (FD-55????).
Apparently they don't (or do?) zero themselves on power-up and the system
gets confused on first access resulting in an error #247. My solution was
to write a prorgram in assembly to zero the drives with a SetStat call
(SS_Reset).

 Here's the Basic version:

PROCEDURE zerodrive
REM reset floppy drive
TYPE registers=dat(8),add(5):INTEGER
DIM regs:registers
DIM callcode,path:INTEGER
callcode:=$8e
OPEN #path,"/d0@"
regs.dat(1):=path
regs.dat(2):=3
RUN syscall(callcode,regs)
END

   Change the '/d0@' to whatever is appropriate.


                                              Chris


   :-> :-> :-> :-> :-> :-> :->  Chris "HAWKSoft"  <-: <-: <-: <-: <-: <-: <-:

        Delphi: HAWKSOFT                   Internet: HAWKSOFT@DELPHI.COM

   ******************< Uploaded w/ InfoXpress vr. 1.02.00 >******************

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90456 26-OCT 02:06 General Information
     RE: Help with 1.2MB 5.25" (Re: Msg 90448)
     From: AJMLFCO      To: DSRTFOX

I believe you are correct in what you say about the 1.2M floppies.
However, we have 45 engineers in our department and only a few
of them can keep your rules straight.  After losing importand
*important* files a few times, I decided it was a lot cheaper
to throw all of the darn things away (sold as surplus, actually).
So now we only have a few left just in case somebody sends us
something on 5.25".  Soon they will be as obsolete as those
silly 8" monsters.

Allen

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90464 26-OCT 10:44 General Information
     RE: Help with 1.2MB 5.25" (Re: Msg 90453)
     From: RICKULAND    To: HAWKSOFT

Who said the head banger bug was dead?

                              -ricku

                  Rick Ulland                 CoNect
         rickuland@delphi.com           449 South 90th St.
"Operating System Nine"- 268m           Milwaukee WI 53214

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90449 25-OCT 21:01 General Information
     RE: Burn:Cycle for CD-i (Re: Msg 90428)
     From: DSRTFOX      To: DIGIGRADE

I've driven street cycles for the past eight years and have never had to lay
one down. It's all a matter of how you think. I KNOW the day will come when
I DO have to lay it down.. unwillingly. If you make a mistake on a bike, it
isn't very forgiving, and it could be your last. You have to respect the machine

WITHOUT being afraid of it. When you get into a dangerous situation (I had a
tire
go out of balance at 100MPH around a curve!! Hair raising to say the least...
hang on and FORCE it around the curve, and DON't even try slowing down until
around the bend..) you can't afford to get scared. You have to be able to
rationally ride the thing through. Even if you crash, it MUST be a controlled
crash. Loose control all the way and you die. Simple as that. Baring that
I actually feel as safe in traffic on the bike as in a car. Why? I cv
n get out of or avoid situations you'd just have to let go in a car. And the
acceleration helps in tight situations also. Just a matter of perspective.
Oh yes, my latest bike is a GS1000, just so you know I mean SERIOUS street
bikes.

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90458 26-OCT 05:30 General Information
     RE: Burn:Cycle for CD-i (Re: Msg 90449)
     From: DIGIGRADE    To: DSRTFOX

 > I've driven street cycles for the past eight years and have never had to
 > lay one down. It's all a matter of how you think. I KNOW the day will come
 > when I DO have to lay it down.. unwillingly. If you make a mistake on a
 > bike, it isn't very forgiving, and it could be your last. You have to
 > respect the machine
 > WITHOUT being afraid of it. When you get into a dangerous situation (I had a
 > tire
 > go out of balance at 100MPH around a curve!! Hair raising to say the
 > least... hang on and FORCE it around the curve, and DON't even try slowing
 > down until around the bend..) you can't afford to get scared. You have to
 > be able to rationally ride the thing through. Even if you crash, it MUST
 > be a controlled crash. Loose control all the way and you die. Simple as

     I have had plenty of spills on bicycles, a handfull of them at over
20 mph. When I got my first mountian bike I was turning pretty fast when
the front wheel slipped on a piece of uneven pavement and before I could
lower my hand to break my fall I was sliding into home (or rather my bike)
on my left forearm. That is MY story of road rash. :) I know how to handle
a bicycle crash though. Most times I have remained standing or even jumped
from the bike. My old Schwinn Varsity was so rugged I used to crash it for
fun.

 > that. Baring that I actually feel as safe in traffic on the bike as in a
 > car. Why? I cv n get out of or avoid situations you'd just have to let go
 > in a car. And the acceleration helps in tight situations also. Just a


    It doesn't compare so well with a motorcycle but I like the freedom a
bicycle has over other in-town ways of getting around. I also like the
manuverability. I have had three or so accidents with cars but none of them
were moving. :) I think one reason I ride bicycles so well is that
there is so little between me and the "surface". Bike riding is so much
second nature to me I don't even think about it. Is a motorcycle like that?


      Dave


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90461 26-OCT 08:21 General Information
     RE: Burn:Cycle for CD-i (Re: Msg 90444)
     From: JEJONES      To: COCOKIWI

 > T7g was written for the IBM market long before CD-I came out! and was
 > ported over when CD-I bwas avalible!.........Tis ONLY the software that
 > changes the Graphics stay the same!<G>

Well, yes, but...I've seen at least one game magazine say that the CD-i
version of The Seventh Guest was the best one out there.

Opinions herein are solely those of their respective authors.

Clipper Chip: Big Brother Inside

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90462 26-OCT 08:36 General Information
     RE: Burn:Cycle for CD-i (Re: Msg 90445)
     From: COCOKIWI     To: DIGIGRADE

My SVGA board is 2 meg..and is able to handle 24 bit 16.000.000.000 colors
without a problem!......In fact,I watch TV on it!<grin>
Dennis

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90463 26-OCT 10:44 General Information
     RE: Burn:Cycle for CD-i (Re: Msg 90449)
     From: RICKULAND    To: DSRTFOX

     Frank,

     "Laying it down" is not exactly the total defeat you imply-
in fact it's good  stuff, given the clothing. Sort of like bowling,
except you want a split.
     My theory is everyone should be forced to ride a 125 Honda over
broken terrain a few years before they mount a hog. The lessons
learned also apply to the clumsy contraptions sold to the masses.
                              -ricku

                  Rick Ulland                 CoNect
         rickuland@delphi.com           449 South 90th St.
"Operating System Nine"- 268m           Milwaukee WI 53214

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90465 26-OCT 20:27 General Information
     RE: Burn:Cycle for CD-i (Re: Msg 90463)
     From: JRUPPEL      To: RICKULAND

Rick,
As one who started on a Hodaka Ace 90 Super Rat and worked my way up to a trick
Knuckle, I second that! If I hadn't spent those years jumping plow furroughs in
the back 40 (along with almost jumping them), I never would have survived
laying down my 650 BSA at 60 mph on the inside lane of a curve! I trashed the
bike,
but saved my a**!
John Ruppel
CocoNuts in Lansing

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90471 27-OCT 07:49 General Information
     RE: Burn:Cycle for CD-i (Re: Msg 90458)
     From: DSRTFOX      To: DIGIGRADE

Bicycling compares somewhat with motorcycling. A small to medium size motorcycle

has all the advantage you mention of a bicycle in traffic. A 250cc is great for
around town and short day trips of a couple hours each way occasionally. A
500cc is prefect for all day rides for one person. The big ones (over 500cc)
are really to heavy to throw around through traffic much. I really loved my
500 (it was 2-stroke.. really quick!), but the 1000 came along when the old
1976 electronic ignition went out. Suzuki wanted $200 for a new box! And the
1000 I stole at $400.00 (been parked for 5 years... 1980 model). Just a little
work and $150 later and it was running great! I put 10,000 mile on it in the 20
months I{{'ve had it so far!!

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90472 27-OCT 07:54 General Information
     RE: Burn:Cycle for CD-i (Re: Msg 90463)
     From: DSRTFOX      To: RICKULAND

You are ever so right about the "riding a 125 for a few years"! I started
riding regular in Japan on an 80cc scooter! Then was looking for a good used
350 when I got back, but found a cherry 175 twin and couldn't pass it up.
Never rode that farther than an hour one way though... just wouldn't hold
a steady 70 with me on it! But around town was great. A 250 2-stroke streeter
after that (it has taken a few 4 hour road trips.. will hold 70 drafting a
Mack anyway!), the n  a 500 2 stroker, then the 1000. I was happiest with
the 500 though, as an all around fun bike. The 1000 is a bit on the heavy side
for real twisty road fun... that's why I still have the 250 street racer...

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90479 27-OCT 23:37 General Information
     RE: Burn:Cycle for CD-i (Re: Msg 90472)
     From: MRUPGRADE    To: DSRTFOX (NR)

  I logged 1000 miles  (yes one thousand) on a bycycle,, 3 speed over
 aperiod of two & 1/2 years in Germany   (US Army).  Of course I used
 it as one would a car,, i.e every time I went to theh PX (store) EM  club
 service club,, or on pass in town,, and occassionally other towns.
  It had a speedometer in K's.. or I wouoldn't have believed it myself.
  Terry Simons  UPGRADE  Editor

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90482 28-OCT 00:30 General Information
     RE: Burn:Cycle for CD-i (Re: Msg 90479)
     From: MITHELEN     To: MRUPGRADE

My brother does abvout 2000 a year (probably more) on his bicycle.... He
did a ride called BAM (Bicycle Across Misouri) a few years ago, which was 546
miles in 50 hours... The record for that ride is just under 24 hours I believe.
He's planning on doing the same ride in a year or two... I just hope I can
get another person to help be drive the support van (I had to do that solo
the last time he did it)
--
Paul

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90483 28-OCT 20:54 General Information
     RE: Burn:Cycle for CD-i (Re: Msg 90472)
     From: RICKULAND    To: DSRTFOX (NR)

     But,  the old 125 was special. I was an enduro idiot at  the
time  and  somebody  had  just beat a field of Ossas,  etc  at  a
Nationals,   on the then new (and stone stock) XL125. Strange  to
talk  about  a  hi-torque  7.5 cdi 4 stroke,  but  there  it  was
climbing  the  muck in second.  I wasn't the purist he was, so  a
few  bits  and pieces and we had 25 horsepower to go along, in  a
220lb motorcycle (with a 38" seat height!).
     Talk   about  a powered bicycle! For about a half hour,  you
could  run close to 80, a little more on the easy parts, but  one
day  the  fastination of doing this with a GVW of 440lbs and  1cc
over the legal lower limit for freeway vehicles faded.

     Nice  dual  purpose idea I'd buy into again- the  headlight,
tach,  speedo, turn signals and horn formed a sub-assy that  came
off  with 2 bolts and a 24? position connector. I'd hide it in  a
bush and go play.
                              -ricku

                  Rick Ulland                 CoNect
         rickuland@delphi.com           449 South 90th St.
"Operating System Nine"- 268m           Milwaukee WI 53214

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90509 30-OCT 14:18 General Information
     RE: Burn:Cycle for CD-i (Re: Msg 90483)
     From: 01GEN40      To: ALL

  Uhh, excuse me!  What do motorcycles and bicycles have to do with Burn:
Cycle for CD-i or computers and OS-9 for that matter.  I just went through
a good 15 to 20 messages and no of them where about what I read these messages
for.

LONG LIVE OS-9! <FOREVER> ** In whatever form it is in!

-= 01GEN40 =-

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90450 25-OCT 21:05 General Information
     RE: CD-i (Re: Msg 90440)
     From: DSRTFOX      To: JEJONES

Thanks James! I had hoped to be in the market for a CD-I this Christmas, but
buying into a print shop sort of put a hold on that until spring, provided
business is good!!

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90451 25-OCT 21:32 General Information
     RE: IFF/SND files (Re: Msg 90413)
     From: MMCCLELLAND  To: DGANTZ (NR)



   If you really want to play IFF/SND files on the CoCo, it can be done with
the "Play" command here in this database. I have successfully played both types
of
files with it. However, it does require that you set the type and sampling rate
of the file or it will error out. With a little luck and patience, it will work.

P.S., I just transfered a sound file from Doom on my PC over to my CoCo! It
sounds as good on the CoCo as it does with the Sound Blaster!
-=Mark=-

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90452 25-OCT 21:55 General Information
     monitor advice needed
     From: JEJONES      To: ALL

Help!  My Magnavox 1CM135 monitor fried last week.  I'm getting by on a CM-8
loaner (thanks, Boisy!), and I'm liable to have the Magnavox repaired if only
to have a backup monitor, but...

1. The Magnavox really isn't all that wonderful as far as dot pitch is
   concerned.
2. The MM/1 overscan mode screens definitely overlap the edges, so that
   all those neat buttons in kved and ost are hard to reach.

..so, I'd really really like to find a monitor that is better in those
regards.  I expect I'll go back, do a "read nonstop subj monitor", and
check the accumulated wisdom--it's depressing to see that 15.whatever
KHz scan rate-capable monitors were mentioned as fading out two years
ago--but if anyone has any more recent leads on better monitors, I'd
be interested.  (I'm checking out the Amiga mags, since they have the
same scan rate constraints.  If anyone else has gone that route, I'd
be interested in hearing your experiences.)  Thanks!

Opinions herein are solely those of their respective authors.

Clipper Chip: Big Brother Inside

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90454 25-OCT 23:13 General Information
     RE: monitor advice needed (Re: Msg 90452)
     From: WA2EGP       To: JEJONES

I just saw a company in Computer Shopper that sells a monitor that syncs to
15 kHz.  And, of course, I can't find it.  Think it was the latest issue.
I'll keep looking for it.  I believe it might have been a Sony monitor but I
do remember it was for $149.  Ooops....wrong mag.  I was in Nuts and Volts.
(It not I)  Sony multiscans,0.26 DP 15.7 through 36 kHz - $175.  If you can
get the Oct issue,look on page 23 under Computer hardware, first listing.
If you need the address or phone, let me know.  I'll send it in email.

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90455 25-OCT 23:53 General Information
     RE: monitor advice needed (Re: Msg 90452)
     From: MRUPGRADE    To: JEJONES

  RE> I'm checking out thh Amiga monitors.
  I assume you realize; if your looking at a standard Amiga monitor,,,
 you're looking at a MAG 515 (0r newer 135)  with Amiga in place of thh
 Magnavox name.
   from theh RSDOS side,,, Terry g

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90466 26-OCT 21:45 General Information
     RE: monitor advice needed (Re: Msg 90454)
     From: WDTV5        To: WA2EGP

Humm, turn the lights up a little brighter, and hand me that rubber hose!
As in how many of those does he have, 1 or a whole pallet of 'em?
I could sure stand one of them on my Amiga so's I could use the dblntsc
mode, very cheap flicker-fixer for hi-res screens. Did it say if they were
new or used? Tell me more if you can, in email if you want.
        Cheers, Gene Heskett, WDTV5@delphi.com

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90470 27-OCT 00:36 General Information
     RE: monitor advice needed (Re: Msg 90466)
     From: WA2EGP       To: WDTV5

I have no idea how many because I did not call him.  The outfit is Rich,
Pikul & Associates.   101 Glenfield Dr. Festus, MO 63028  The landline is
314-937-0335.  Now if they had different sizes (like 20") I would be interested
in them.  They are probably used, might be liquidation too (which means
unused).  My Diamond Scan was a liquidation so it was brand new, so if that
is the case, I would jump on this opportunity!  I might call to see what thye
had.  IF nothing else, it would be interesting (grin).  Too bad it is 12:10 AM
or I'd call now (and type better).

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90457 26-OCT 02:35 Applications (6809)
     RE: 8-bit chips (Re: Msg 90033)
     From: GLOCKR       To: AJMLFCO

I hope you're still here...I've been away for awhile:) If you can still send
the 6809 app notes, my address is:
  Ken Deboy
  390 Denslowe
  Reno, NV 89512

Thanks for the help

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90486 29-OCT 01:06 Applications (6809)
     RE: 8-bit chips (Re: Msg 90457)
     From: AJMLFCO      To: GLOCKR (NR)

OK,
stuff is in the mail!  Look for them next Tuesday
if the post office cooperates.
Allen

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90459 26-OCT 05:30 Games & Graphics
     Space Ace help (CD-I)
     From: DIGIGRADE    To: ALL


      My brother and I are stumped on what move to make before Dexter jumps
into the red melting beam in the space station (Level 3, after he finds the
monitor with Kimmie bieng hauled away by gaurds). It's been a decade since
we played it in the arcades (literally) and it will be fun trying to ACE
it again. :)
                              I'm a...

                ______    ______     ___      ______   ______
               (  ____)   | ___ )   / _ \    / _____\  | ___|
                \_ \_     | ___/   / /_\ \   | |       | |__
                __\_ \    | |     / _____ \  | |____   | |__
               (______)   |_|    /_/     \_\ \______/  |____|

                    ______      ___      ______   ______
                   / _____\    / _ \    (  ____)  | ___|
                   | |        / /_\ \    \_ \_    | |__
                   | |____   / _____ \   __\_ \   | |__
                   \______/ /_/     \_\ (______)  |____|

        Dave
 _____________________________________________________________________________
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 |Digigrade Productions   -   Digital Services  |  with an MM/1 running OSK  |
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90468 26-OCT 21:56 Games & Graphics
     RE: Space Ace help (CD-I) (Re: Msg 90459)
     From: MITHELEN     To: DIGIGRADE

Do you need the move to make to finish level three? or the first move(s)
for level 4? (I think you mean the latter) I'm about half way though
level 4, it took me a few days to figure out the first two/three moves.
If you really want to know, I'll let you know in Mail so as not to give
any spoilers to people that want to solve it theirselves...
--
Paul

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90496 29-OCT 16:59 Games & Graphics
     RE: Space Ace help (CD-I) (Re: Msg 90459)
     From: MREGC        To: DIGIGRADE (NR)

Dave,

  > My brother and I are stumped on what move to make before Dexter jumps
  > int the red melting beam in the space station...

    To get by this, when you first walk in, you jump to the opposite side of
where the beam is going to fire. A few moments later, Dexter jumps forward.
As he begins that jump, pull back. As soon as he lands, go forward.

...Eric...

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90497 29-OCT 21:01 Games & Graphics
     RE: Space Ace help (CD-I) (Re: Msg 90468)
     From: MREGC        To: MITHELEN

Paul,

  > If you really want to know, I'll let you know in Mail so as not to give
  > any spoilers to people that want to solve it theirselves...

    Oops, I guess I should have read that before I replied to the message,
giving the answer to that small section of the game to anyone who's eyes
may wander by it.

..Eric...

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90498 29-OCT 21:40 Games & Graphics
     RE: Space Ace help (CD-I) (Re: Msg 90497)
     From: MITHELEN     To: MREGC (NR)

Heh... well... you can always go back and delete your spoiler message 8-)
I've f9inally made it through that level, and the next one.... Boy, do I
wish you could start off where you left off...
--
Paul

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90467 26-OCT 21:54 Telecom (6809)
     Level II BBS
     From: NEALSTEWARD  To: ALL

We are running Alpha Softwares Level II BBS (Erie County Color Computer
Club 716-649-1368) for about 3 years now, and we have one bug that we
cna't figure out.  Intermittantly, while typing messages, it drops
3 and only 3 characters.  No matter how long an interval between key-
strokes, it will wait until 3 keys are pressed then resume.  It seems
if it were losing an IRQ, it wouldn't be consistantly the same number
of characters, nor would it continue to ignor all 3 characcters after
waiting for a minute.  And it does have an diode IRQ hack installed.
If anyone knows how to cure this one, we would be extremely grateful.
We used to have 2 lines, but usership has forced us to drop one line,
and now the problem occurs more often.


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90469 26-OCT 23:47 General Information
     RE: Nitros9 and Graphics (Re: Msg 90410)
     From: CHARLESAM    To: DSRTFOX

To answer your first question, no I haven't gotten around to strapping
my MPI yet. And I guess its time to clean all my contacts too since I smoke
and that seems to muck up everything including me lungs! I got a ton of hard
and software changes to make and no time to do them yet. I just came by
Dave Myers old coco and it is a find and a half. It needs upgrading to
6309 and 2meg. I have to incorporate Matt Thompsons program and my
upgrade to Nitros-9. Plus I have to get my HD back in shape. Lots of
work to do for sure. It should keep me busy awhile. Thanx much for the
tips. I'll be in touch......Charlie

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90490 29-OCT 10:40 General Information
     RE: Nitros9 and Graphics (Re: Msg 90469)
     From: MIKE_GUZZI   To: CHARLESAM

When I upgraded to Nitros-9 I simply used the SCSISYS from the 6809 version
I think there was a patch for it to work in 6309 mode. When I bought the
2.0 version of scsisys he includes a 6309 version of scsisys and I simply
plugged it into the bootfile. Now I get 18 second megareads!

His drivers are well worth the $20 he is asking


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90499 29-OCT 22:51 General Information
     RE: Nitros9 and Graphics (Re: Msg 90490)
     From: CHARLESAM    To: MIKE_GUZZI (NR)

It sure sounds like it was a good buy. My friend Keith(REVKAK) is doing
the same changes so I'll wait till he finds his way over here and I'll
let him guide me though it. I hate reading instructions(G). Geez but I
ended up with alot of hardware after this years two Fests. After all
the dust settles, I should be able to get a few dollars back selling
off what I don't need anymore.

..Charlie...

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End of Thread.

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90473 27-OCT 08:53 General Information
     internet
     From: DONALDS      To: ALL

Can anyone direct me to a file that will guide me to the COCO area on the
INTERNET. I am a beginner on the net would like some clues before I call
long distance to explore.
         Don

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90478 27-OCT 23:11 General Information
     RE: internet (Re: Msg 90473)
     From: CHYDE        To: DONALDS

I presume yo mean the news groups and listserver.  Well you can type
        usenet
at the os9> prompt to get the usenet menus.  The first things you'll want to do
is
select numbers 3, 4, 5, and 6.  After typing on opf the numbers you'll
be givin the option of listing or downloading the text, your choice.

For a more general tour of the Internet you'll want to go to the
Internet sig (type internet at the main> prompt) and grab the
file "Zen and the Art of the Interent" it's in the General area of the
data base.

The news groups and such that have to do with the coco are listed int
the OS9 sigs usenet menus they are numbers,
        35 the coco listserver messages
        51 an OS9 news group
        71 another OS9 news group
        72 another OS9 news group that lists source code.

I hope this help you out Don, by the way did you spend alot of time
fighting fires this summer (you old fire dog you ;>).

        Chris

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90489 29-OCT 08:28 General Information
     RE: internet (Re: Msg 90478)
     From: DONALDS      To: CHYDE (NR)

w3Thanks for the info Chris. It has been a while since we typed you still
in Spokane?
             Don

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90474 27-OCT 11:57 General Information
     OS9000
     From: DPHILIPSEN   To: ALL

Once again I am soliciting help with OS9000 software. Anyone who has
OS9000 and would be interested in porting some communications stuff over
please contact me. Specifically, I'm interested in a Zmodem or Ymodem program
to facilitate the transferring of files between two machines via modem.
The Microware-supplied Kermit is too slow for my needs. I'll be glad to discuss
reimbursement for such work.

-Dave

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90475 27-OCT 18:48 General Information
     RE: OS9000 (Re: Msg 90474)
     From: PHILSCHERER  To: DPHILIPSEN (NR)

Hi Dave -- I'm not quite up to what you want but Iwish you well--I could
use some good OS9000 software. And some more OS9000 activity! <G> <Phil>

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90476 27-OCT 20:45 General Information
     VIS
     From: HAWKSOFT     To: ALL

Hi All!!

    Just a quick note. If anyone is interested; the old VIS machine listed
in the 1995 Radio Shack catalog, is available from Tiger Software. It's
not in their catalog, but, if you call they will offer you the VIS player
with 30! titles for $99!!! My brother called them for something else and
was told that it was a CD-i player (aanngghhh! WRONG!!!) and called me for
more info. Too bad it isn't compatible. :-<


                                           Chris

Oh, Yeah!   1 800 666 2562


   :-> :-> :-> :-> :-> :-> :->  Chris "HAWKSoft"  <-: <-: <-: <-: <-: <-: <-:

        Delphi: HAWKSOFT                   Internet: HAWKSOFT@DELPHI.COM

   ******************< Uploaded w/ InfoXpress vr. 1.02.00 >******************

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90477 27-OCT 21:37 General Information
     RE: VIS (Re: Msg 90476)
     From: DSRTFOX      To: HAWKSOFT

To bad for anyone who gets it, because they may not get more than those
30 titles for it!

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90491 29-OCT 10:41 General Information
     RE: VIS (Re: Msg 90476)
     From: MIKE_GUZZI   To: HAWKSOFT

What is a VIS machine?


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90507 30-OCT 12:39 General Information
     RE: VIS (Re: Msg 90491)
     From: JEJONES      To: MIKE_GUZZI (NR)

 > What is a VIS machine?

Well...a few years ago, for a while, Tandy sold CD-i players under the
Memorex label.  They stopped, though, and came out with their very own
box, which they called VIS.  (I don't remember what that stood for.)

Anyway...VIS contained an 80286, and ran, I believe, a version of Microsoft
Windows.

Yeah, I remember a local Radio Shack store salesman assuring me that VIS
would take off and leave CD-i in the dust.


Opinions herein are solely those of their respective authors.

Clipper Chip: Big Brother Inside

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90480 27-OCT 23:40 General Information
     Brurning PAl's ??
     From: MRUPGRADE    To: ALL

  I need oto duplicate a PAL chip.   I didn't know they were programmed??
 And have no idea how.  But do need to duplicate a PAL in my DS69B.
  any suggestions???
  Terry Simons  UPGRADE Editor

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90481 27-OCT 23:57 System Modules (6809)
     Powerboost v.2.0
     From: NEALSTEWARD  To: ALL

I finally solved my hardware problems, and am now attempting to install
everything I can to squeeze every little bit of speed out of this coco 3.
I found that after installing the B&B Powerboost Native patches on my
boot disk, that the system crashes when I try to format my RamDisk (I
use /r0 & rammer patched to 384k).  Is there a chance that this somehow
conflicts with the 2 meg upgrade???  It works without the Native patches
and works with the Powerboost Tuneup patches.  Any guesses?  Is there
anyone else running a system like this:
2 meg Coco 3 with HC63B09E, MPI, Ken-Ton SCSI HD, Disto SCII in no-halt
mode, Speech pak and a Ken-Ton Dual RS232 pak?  If you are, let me know
what patches & upgrades are working for you.


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90492 29-OCT 10:43 System Modules (6809)
     RE: Powerboost v.2.0 (Re: Msg 90481)
     From: MIKE_GUZZI   To: NEALSTEWARD (NR)

When i was using powerboost I had the same crash-o with the ramdisk with
no reason. I ended up switching to Nitros9 since it does far more for speed
then powerboost. Plus I couldn't get native mode with my main CoCo3 system
since the kernal was patched for ribbs (to allow ibm filenames)

Mike

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90493 29-OCT 11:46 System Modules (6809)
     RE: Powerboost v.2.0 (Re: Msg 90481)
     From: KSCALES      To: NEALSTEWARD (NR)

 > I found that after installing the B&B Powerboost Native patches on my
 > boot disk, that the system crashes when I try to format my RamDisk (I
 > use /r0 & rammer patched to 384k).  Is there a chance that this somehow
 > conflicts with the 2 meg upgrade???

Yes.  Kevin Darling, the original author of 'rammer', warned users when
the 1 meg upgrade was coming out that some of the things he did in there
might break under these.  Some folks seem to have managed to escape the
problem under 1 meg (I removed 'rammer' and switched to 'ram' based upon
Kevin's advice), but lots of folks got bitten under 2 meg.

You need to upgrade 'rammer.'

Regards... / Ken
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Ken Scales   Delphi:KSCALES   Internet:kscales@delphi.com   CIS:74646,2237

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90484 28-OCT 20:54 System Modules (6809)
     ram alloc?
     From: RICKULAND    To: ALL

     Ofnohoc   has  been playing with infoexpress,  installing it
under   MultiVue.   To  hide  the  subdirs,  the  AIF  calls   an
intermediate  procedure file to do the cd. Ix needs a patch under
shell+ anyway, to allocate less memory at startup- this was done.

     It was next to impossible to get ix started from a procedure
file! Starting with the hopelessly optimistic 'ix', the line that
finally killed the last bug is (drum roll....)

                      ex shell ix #1 <>>>/1

     Prevous  failures  ranged  from fatal error  straight  away,
through a few 207's and ram locks, finally stdin tied to /h0, one
last  207  (cumon, one page?), and here we are:-) Surely this  is
wrong?


                              -ricku

                  Rick Ulland                 CoNect
         rickuland@delphi.com           449 South 90th St.
"Operating System Nine"- 268m           Milwaukee WI 53214

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90485 28-OCT 22:57 General Information
     out of date For Sale??
     From: MRUPGRADE    To: MISAL (NR)

  I see (Item #7) Claude Cote in theh for sale is still there.  Months
 ago, it was pointed out, Claude cannot be contacted via Delphi.
  Is the FOR SALE base "ever" updated???
  til then,,, Terry g

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90487 29-OCT 02:53 General Information
     chd-ing in OS9 SIG
     From: DIGIGRADE    To: ALL


    How many times have you come into the OS9 SIG and started to type
chd /dd/whatever  ? Strangely, lately Iv'e done it alot. :)


     Dave


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90488 29-OCT 06:53 General Information
     INTERNET
     From: EDELMAR      To: GREGL

 Greg,

 Long time no talk!  It's good seeing you on the forum.  Guess you haven't
 completely forgotten us OS-9 types <g>.

 Question re INTERNET.

 I'm looking for an method of getting files from other sites besides ftp'ing
 them.  I 'heard' there is a way files can be requested via the BITFTP
 server at Princeton University.  Supposedly, you send an e-mail message
 to them requesting file(s) and they will be transmitted to your work space
 just like ftp'ing them does.  I've noticed that some of the sites are
 very slow.  Can take almost as long to transfer a file as it does to down-
 load them and this is at 3 or 4 in the AM.

 BTW, I do pay the extra 3 bucks a month so I can take full advantage of
 INTERNET from DELPHI.  I'm asking here because I believe many others on
 this forum would also like to take advantage of this feature.  Any info
 on this will be greatly appreciated.

 Thanks,

 Ed


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90495 29-OCT 14:17 General Information
     RE: INTERNET (Re: Msg 90488)
     From: MITHELEN     To: EDELMAR

BitFTP doesn't exactly return the files to your workspace... what it does is
takes commands sent in the form of a mail message, and then the results
of the commands are returned back to you in mail. Commands that do "get"'s of
files will return the files in UUencoded format...

I don't know all the specifics ohn using bitftp... I do have a nifty Unix
Shell script called "uuftp" that "looks and feels" like an ftp session, but
instead of the results being returned real time, it automatically
generates the BitFtp mail message requests for you in the proper format.
and then mails it out at the end ov the uuftp session... works pretty good,
especially if you have a good/fast uucp connection to the internet.
--
 Paul Jerkatis - SandV BBS (708)352-0948: OS-9 Support
 UUCP: amiserv.xnet.com!vpnet!sandv!mithelen ...or... mithelen@sandv.chi.il.us
 Internet: MITHELEN@Delphi.com

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90502 30-OCT 03:37 General Information
     RE: INTERNET (Re: Msg 90488)
     From: GREGL        To: EDELMAR

Yeah, I'm still here although not nearly as active in the Forum as I used to
be. I'm usually here at least once each day and try to keep up with the
messages and the other maintenance tasks.

As far as file transfers go, the best way is to grab the files directly
with FTP then download them from your workspace. You can get FTP by mail
via DEC (I think dec.com, gatekeeper.dec.com, or some such) but such
transfers are done at night and are usually encoded and split. I use these
as a last resort since they are much slower and require much more fiddling.
(You have to manually strip the headers, merge the pieces together -- in order
-- then decode them. I can't remember the exact mail address for DEC, but
I think it's something like ftpmail@dec.com. There are a few others as well,
such as the one you mentioned.

        -- Greg

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90506 30-OCT 09:43 General Information
     RE: INTERNET (Re: Msg 90502)
     From: NIMITZ       To: GREGL (NR)

Greg, using an intelligent UUDecoder might make that email file transfer
process a little more palatable...

        David

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90494 29-OCT 13:33 General Information
     RE: Gopher Problems here. (Re: Msg 90446)
     From: DBREEDING    To: GREGL

 > For the time being, download binary files with the real FTP software in
 > the Internet SIG.

OK, thanks.. I guess it was needless to ask, but I was afraid I was just
doing something wrong there..


                   -- David Breeding --
                 CompuServe :  72330,2051
                     Delphi :  DBREEDING

         ***  Sent via CoCo-InfoXpress V1.01 ***
                       ^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^

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90503 30-OCT 03:41 General Information
     RE: Gopher Problems here. (Re: Msg 90494)
     From: GREGL        To: DBREEDING (NR)

No, I'd say you are doing it right -- there's not much you can get wrong
with Gopher since it's merely a point-and-shoot interface. It's definitely
a software problem but who's software has yet to be determined. I suspect
it could go either way (the FTP to Gopher transfer or Delphi) but have yet
to hear anything about it since I reported the problem.

        -- Greg

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90500 29-OCT 23:24 General Information
     Darn It!
     From: JEJONES      To: ALL

Well, rats...my first publication in a LOOOONG time (maybe since the Nov/Dec
1978 *Creative Computing*), and it has a blatant error.

It merits correction, and thus I do so here: the tree traversal used in the
Pythagoras tree program is, as anyone who's taken a data structures course
will know, but which I evidently forgot, a *pre*-order traversal.

Error aside, there is *one* thing that's unusual about that article (in the
(alas) final issue of *UpTime*), and I wonder who'll notice what it is.

Opinions herein are solely those of their respective authors.

Clipper Chip: Big Brother Inside

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90501 30-OCT 03:24 General Information
     VGA
     From: LARRYOLSON   To: HAWKSOFT (NR)


   Chris,
       I don't know if you remember me, but I was the one that bought your
   NEC CD player at the Atlanta fest. The bad news is that I have been
   unable to get it to work. I am hopeing that you can shed some light
   on what I may be doing wrong.
       I currently have 1 hard drive and 1 floptical on the SCSI buss. The
   hard drive uses SCSI controller ID $00, and the floptical uses ID $02.
       This is on a 8 meg MM/1. I havn't gone with the MM/1a yet.

       The CD drive was set up to use SCSI ID $01, so I thought I was all
   set, so on my first attempt to hook it up, I just crimped a 50 pin
   connector on the SCSI ribbon cable, powered up, loaded the CD programs,
   and tried vcdp &. The program screen would come up but the access lights
   on the hard drive and floptical would come on and go into a state where
   the computer was locked up. I had seen that the CD drive had the switch
   set for internal termination, and thought that that might be the problem
   so I switched termination off. With termination OFF, the hard drive and
   floptical didn't lock up, but doing an access of the hard drive would
   take about 4 times longer than normal. The player program would come up
   but none of the functions would work. The buttons would click up and
   down but I didn't seem to be getting anything from the player. The QUIT
   button wouldn't work, the only way to get out was to shut off the computer.
       I thought that I might be having cable problems, so I ordered new
   connectors and cable, and when they showed up, I made a new SCSI cable,
   but I still had the same problem, the program didn't appear to be
   reading the CD, none of the pushbuttons did anything, and the hard drive
   access time was a whole lot longer than normal.
       I even disconnected the flopitical drive from the SCSI cable to see
   if that might be the problem, but still the same results.

       Do you have any ideas on what the problem might be ?

   Larry Olson



----- Larry Olson -----

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90504 30-OCT 04:18 General Information
     New CD-i Stuff
     From: MREGC        To: PHXKEN (NR)

Ken,

    If you'd happen to be interested in this, earlier this week the games
Burn: Cycle and Mutant Rampage: a.k.a. Bodyslam came into Incredible
Universe. Unfortunately for me my charge account is with Best Buy, which
apparently may not even stock these titles, so I may have to wait till
Christmas to get them. :(

    I talked to our local CD-i rep, Trevor Coleman. Pretty nice guy, though
not completely accurate with some of his info. He told me some interesting
stuff about CD-i support in the valley. According to him, there is a Sears
store or two which are doing CD-i support some justice. Also, he said that
the best local CD-i support is being provided by a place called Jerry's
Audio and Video or something like that.

    Anyway, if you pick either of these titles up, let me know how you like
them.

..Eric...

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90505 30-OCT 04:23 General Information
     CD-i Coverage
     From: MREGC        To: ALL

To all of those interested in CD-i stuff, apparently, next Sunday at
sometime in the afternoon/evening there's going to be some kind of games
awards program on cable station WTBS Atlanta. I forget the name of the
program, something like Cyber something I think. It should be on around
8:00 pm Eastern time. In the commercials I've seen for this show, there are
quick screen shots of Caesar's World of Boxing, Voyeur, Escape from Cyber
City, and a version of 7th Guest that looked so clean it had to be the CD-i
version. I believe there's also prizes which viewers can win, one of which is
a CD-i player.

I'm not quite sure what the whole thing is about, but it looks interesting.

..Eric...

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90508 30-OCT 13:39 General Information
     RE: Shell+ 2.2a bug (Re: Msg 90421)
     From: 01GEN40      To: MMCCLELLAND (NR)

  Agreed... someone should inform the auther of any problems associated with
a product he or she puts out.
  I had to go way back to my early days of learning OS-9 to find a compatible
floppie for my system.  I had to find my copies on 40 track, double sided
disk.  And, since I have been booting from hard drive for years, I had to do
some real digging.  I did find them and copied the original SCF to my ramdisk
and did the required patch as requested in the docs that came with SHELL+
V2.2a.  When working on my utility, DScan, I had run into a problem where it
did not get rid of the small red text overlay window after pressing a key to
continue.  I hit the <BREAK> key to stop DScan.  I did not see the '.' on the
command line of the small window and type in "wr"-<ENTER> which cleans up the
whole screen back to default settings.  I got the infamous "ERROR 216".  That
was when I saw the '.'  I use no GUIs, so I do not care about mouse problems.
I do not even have a joystick hooked to this CoCo 3 I am on.
  I see that the people running NitrOS9 get an "even more extensively opt-
omized" SCF.  Why is this, I wonder?!  Would this be HD63B09EP specific by
any chance?  I just happen to have a 6309 in this machine, but, I do not have
NitrOS9.  Nor, do I even know where to get it.  Oh well!  See ya.

LONG LIVE OS-9! <FOREVER> ** In whatever form it is in!

-= 01GEN40 =-

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