

#: 19946 S1/General Interest
    08-May-94  17:45:10
Sb: #forum guide
Fm: Nicholas Drake 73742,566
To: sysops (X)

Hey,
I had George Ganoe recommend that I check this forum out. I though it might be
nice to interact with a sysop who could explain and make come recomendations to
me about the use of a navigator program. Unlike some of the other forums, I was
unable to find a list of sysops so I could track one down myself, so I am
playing go fish.
Hope to hear from someone
nicholas

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#: 19948 S1/General Interest
    10-May-94  05:32:51
Sb: #19946-#forum guide
Fm: Steve Wegert 76703,4255
To: Nicholas Drake 73742,566 (X)

I'm aware of only one true navigator program that runs under OS9 and that's
Bill Dickhaus's InfoXpress. I use it all the time and it's a dandy!

Leave mail for Mark Griffith [76070,41] for details on ordering.

*- Steve -*


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#: 19950 S1/General Interest
    10-May-94  18:38:39
Sb: #19948-#forum guide
Fm: Nicholas Drake 73742,566
To: Steve Wegert 76703,4255 (X)

Steve,
thanks for answering my query. I have sent a message to Mark Grioffith, as you
suggested. I thought OS-9 was a navigator program. What then is OS-9? Or
exactly what is this forum about?
nicholas

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#: 19954 S1/General Interest
    11-May-94  17:31:19
Sb: #19950-forum guide
Fm: Steve Wegert 76703,4255
To: Nicholas Drake 73742,566

OS-9 is a multi-user/mutil-tasking operating system developed by Microware
Corporation.

This forum's purpose is to support the users of OS-9 on the various computer
platforms it run on. One of the more popular computers to support the OS9
operating system is the Tandy Color Computer.

*- Steve -*


#: 19949 S1/General Interest
    10-May-94  18:34:24
Sb: #understanding the forum
Fm: Nicholas Drake 73742,566
To: Mark Griffith 76070,41 (X)

Mark
I got your name from the sysop's list. I need some guidance through this fourm.
Can you tell me about os-9, what it can do or not do? What hardware I might
need? How to get started..... you know all the standard stuff. Also fill me in
on what services the forum can provide me. Your help would be most appreciated.

thanks
nicholas

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#: 19959 S1/General Interest
    15-May-94  06:51:32
Sb: #19949-understanding the forum
Fm: Mark Griffith 76070,41
To: Nicholas Drake 73742,566

Nicholas,

 > I got your name from the sysop's list. I need some guidance through this
 > fourm. Can you tell me about os-9, what it can do or not do? What hardware I
 > might need? How to get started..... you know all the standard stuff. Also
 > fill me in on what services the forum can provide me.

Gee, that's a tal order.  OS-9 is an operating system much like Unix except it
is much smaller and modular.  OS-9 is mostly used for industrial control
applications and is normally burned in a ROM along with the application
software.  However, it makes a real good hobbyist OS which is the main reason
for this forum, to support OS-9 users.

The reason OS-9 is attractive to the industrial control people is because it is
modular, easily ROMed and also for it's real-time capabilities.

Hardware is another matter.  OS-9 was originally written for the Motorola CPU
series (6809, 68000, 68020 etc). but is now available for the Intel CPUs as
OS-9000.  There are a number of OS-9 machines around.  If you are really
looking for one, let us know here and the name of a few vendors can be
provided.

Let me know if you have any more questions.  You can just post yours to the
general forum members as there are more people out there that can answer you
questions better than I.


                  /*********** /\/\ark *************/

                  (Upload with InfoXpress Ver. 1.01)

#: 19951 S1/General Interest
    10-May-94  23:37:34
Sb: #OS9000
Fm: YOUNG TAE MIN 100053,425
To: Sysop (X)

I am OS 9000  user.
On OS9000 Catalog, It says that Os9000 or microware forum is exist in
CompuServ.
But,I havn't not found.
At which place Can I get inform about OS9000?
 Internet ?
Please Some advice !!

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#: 19953 S1/General Interest
    11-May-94  13:31:13
Sb: #19951-OS9000
Fm: Pete Lyall 76703,4230
To: YOUNG TAE MIN 100053,425 (X)

Sorry - but I suspect that the Microware forum has gone south. It used to be GO
MSC, but a quick trip there cconfirms that Microware is no longer at that page
(if anywhere).

Pete

#: 19955 S1/General Interest
    11-May-94  17:31:25
Sb: #19951-OS9000
Fm: Steve Wegert 76703,4255
To: YOUNG TAE MIN 100053,425 (X)

Microware used to offer a support area (tho not a forum) on CompuServe several
years ago, but has since discontinued it.

There has been some discussion on OS9000 here and several members do use it.
There are a couple of OS9000 specific files in our libraries as well. (use a
keyword seach on OS9000)

Ask your questions!  I'm sure someone will jump in with some advice.


*- Steve -*


#: 19956 S1/General Interest
    12-May-94  05:54:22
Sb: OS9 on MAC
Fm: Schlenker 100013,2723
To: ALL

Does anybody know the PhoneNumber of Ultrascience (Gibbs Laboratorys Inc)?

Who has experience with the Ultrascience OS9 on MAC.
Does it also work proper on a Powerbook?

                                Thanks from Germany Juergen
                  

#: 19964 S1/General Interest
    15-May-94  16:32:17
Sb: #equip avail /any sugg?
Fm: Gene A. Knapp 74454,246
To: all

I was talking to Mark Griffith and he suggested that I send to "all".  Had
trouble doing that the first time, since I"m new here.  Please read the mail I
sent him, use key word GENE, and let me know if you can help me find a good
home for one heck of a lot of new and used coco/512k/OS9 equipment, programs,
books and a nearly complete working SCULPTOR program for non profit membership
record and bookkeeping.  I hate waste more than I love money.  CAll me at home
if you really would like to take this equipment over and use it.  Not much
interested in dealers parting the stuff out.  Two working triple-drive systems
and extras. -Gene

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#: 19972 S1/General Interest
    17-May-94  20:37:50
Sb: #19964-#equip avail /any sugg?
Fm: Brother Jeremy, CSJW 76477,142
To: Gene A. Knapp 74454,246 (X)

Dear Gene: I saw your posting.  My name is Brother Jeremy.  I am a member of a
small religous order called the Community of St. Joseph the Worker.  We have
three COCO3's in the monastery so any additional hardware would be usefull in
case of a disaster. (Like blowing one up, which I did a few months back).
However that is not a pressing need.  I would however, be interested in
Sculptor. We do not currently have a non=profit tax status, so I would not be
able to offer you any tax credits for a donation.  Moreover, since you do have
a cash outlay involved, perhaps we could negotiate something.  I will be away
this weekend at the COCOFEST in Chicago, but I will get back to you next week.
With all best wishes, Brother Jeremy, CSJW OS9 User's Group Treasurer

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#: 19975 S1/General Interest
    17-May-94  22:38:27
Sb: #19972-#equip avail /any sugg?
Fm: Gene A. Knapp 74454,246
To: Brother Jeremy, CSJW 76477,142 (X)

Thank you, Brother Jeremy.  I have to talk this over with the owners of that
portion of the equipment used by the society I volunteer for. Write me at 12602
S.E. 24th Ave., Milwaukie, OR 97222-7968 I will give you more particulars by
return mail. -Gene /exit

exit exit





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#: 19976 S1/General Interest
    18-May-94  22:53:27
Sb: #19975-equip avail /any sugg?
Fm: Brother Jeremy, CSJW 76477,142
To: Gene A. Knapp 74454,246

I will get back to you next week.  I'll get a letter in the mail on monday.
With all best wishes,

Brother Jeremy, CSJW

OS9 User's Group Treasurer

#: 19952 S5/OS9 Users Group
    11-May-94  06:53:47
Sb: #19941-pipes vs. signals
Fm: Yvan Borcard 100140,675
To: Bob van der Poel 76510,2203 (X)

For your problem I would also recommended  signals or shared data module.
I have tried both and it never crash up to now .The method with data module
is very simple to implement and it fits most of the case.
                                        

#: 19958 S5/OS9 Users Group
    14-May-94  10:27:58
Sb: #Looking for GNUMACS.?
Fm: Margaret Novotny 73207,3631
To: ALL

A friend of mine asked me to search the OS9 library base to see if I could find
a file called (he thought) GNUMACS.???.  He said it was some type of editor,
but my searching of the most likely libraries (5,6, and 9) turned up no matches
with GNU*.*.  Does anyone know where I might find such a file? I would
appreciate any information at all.



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#: 19965 S5/OS9 Users Group
    15-May-94  19:10:32
Sb: #19958-Looking for GNUMACS.?
Fm: Timothy J. Martin 71541,3611
To: Margaret Novotny 73207,3631

A GNU emacs is available on many systems not sure about OS-9.  The micro emacs
version 3.11 is much the same and is available for OS-9.  Microware distributes
something called umacs which is a somewhat stripped down emacs.  All quite
similar on the surface however, and certainly familar to anyone familiar with
the emacs type editors.

#: 19967 S5/OS9 Users Group
    16-May-94  19:17:21
Sb: #19958-Looking for GNUMACS.?
Fm: John R. Wainwright 72517,676
To: Margaret Novotny 73207,3631

 > A friend of mine asked me to search the
 > OS9 library base to see if I could find
 > a file called (he thought) GNUMACS.???.
 > He said it was some type of editor, but
 > my searching of the most likely
 > libraries (5,6, and 9) turned up no
 > matches with GNU*.*.  Does anyone know
 > where I might find such a file? I would
 > appreciate any information at all.
 >

Margaret,
        I suspect that your friend is looking for "EMACS" - a very good text
editor.  "GNU-EMACS" is a version of that program by the GNU/FSF folks.  There
is source code for a version of EMACS (although not the most recent version) in
the "TOPS" uploads in lib-12 -- I think it is on disk #7, but you probably
should check the index first.  (one of the uploads is an index to the rest --
they are huge).  Also, try your search again with EMACS as the key.

           ********************************
  If you can keep your head while all about you are losing
  theirs ----- you probably don't understand the situation

 John R. Wainwright <<CIS -- 72517,676>> <<DELPHI -- JOHNREED>>

#: 19969 S7/Telecommunications
    17-May-94  14:15:30
Sb: #19585-RS-232 dilema
Fm: Tony Gibbs 100045,2745
To: Tony Elliott 71645,1367

Dear Tony,

There is not necessarily any need to worry about a device that says that it
needs 2 stop bits. The stop bits on an RS232 serial stream only exist to let
the hardware reset itself, and so anything that requires 2 stop bits is
probably an old slow peice of kit. It is however still possible.
                                        Regards, Tony :-)

#: 19961 S10/OS9/6809 (CoCo)
    15-May-94  12:07:37
Sb: #19924-DEFS files
Fm: Bill Budenholzer 73133,2120
To: Bill Budenholzer 73133,2120

I've tried the Level 1 defs but they seem to be missing something or have the
wrong values. IF anyone has the SCFDEFS, RBFDEFS, OS9DEFS, etc for Level 2,
Please let me know how I may get copies. Thx

#: 19957 S10/OS9/6809 (CoCo)
    12-May-94  12:48:35
Sb: #EQUIP/SFTWARE NEED HOME
Fm: Gene A. Knapp 74454,246
To: MARK GRIFFITH 76070,41 (X)

Hi Mark,
It seems you are the only one I can find today to write to.  Something has
happended to the forum screen from my position.  I have tried to get a message
out to any remaining coco users anywhere:
I have two triple-drive 512k coco-3 complete setups.  One is a new computer I
had for backup.  I also have plenty of os9 software and SCULPTOR, which is a
complete stand-alone interactive database.  I need to get this into good hands.
Call me at 503-654-0448 if you are interested in more details.  ..Gene

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#: 19960 S10/OS9/6809 (CoCo)
    15-May-94  06:51:42
Sb: #19957-#EQUIP/SFTWARE NEED HOME
Fm: Mark Griffith 76070,41
To: Gene A. Knapp 74454,246 (X)

Gene,

 > I have two triple-drive 512k coco-3 complete setups.  One is a new
 > computer I had for backup.  I also have plenty of os9 software and
 > SCULPTOR, which is a complete stand-alone interactive database.  I need to
 > get this into good hands.

Are you wanting to sell this stuff?  If so, a general message to all the forum
members would be the best method.  If not, how can I help you?


                  /*********** /\/\ark *************/

                  (Upload with InfoXpress Ver. 1.01)

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#: 19963 S10/OS9/6809 (CoCo)
    15-May-94  16:21:44
Sb: #19960-EQUIP/SFTWARE NEED HOME
Fm: Gene A. Knapp 74454,246
To: Mark Griffith 76070,41 (X)

HI Mark,
I was using this to keep records for a non-profit historical society.  I kept a
clone of the equipment as a backup.  I would like to get something out of it to
plow back into the society, since they reimbursed me for about 1/3 of my
original equipment expense a few years back.  That bought a b/w laser printer
for the newsletter.
I now have a couple of PCs of my own and run under windows and AmiPro.
Had to get off OS9 because of compatibility problems.  I would really like to
see this equipmet go to a user's group or a non-profit group that can use it
well. -Gene

#: 19945 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK)
    08-May-94  09:16:47
Sb: New Toy
Fm: John R. Wainwright 72517,676
To:  all

I have just uploaded a port for the `gnuplot' program for the MM/1 (and other
OSK machines, I hope).

The latest version I have seen is 3.5.  This port is for version 3.2.

It is based on an OSK port by Chris Thewalt.  I changed a few things that the
MM/1 complained about and added a Kwindows display.  See docs for copyright and
distribution info.

Although it is called "gnuplot", and is distributed with other GNU software, it
is not GNU/FSF material.  It IS copyrighted, and freely distributable.  Again,
see docs for complete information.

Using simple commands, gnuplot will plot anything from a simple line on a chart
to a complex 3D surface.  Output can be directed to any one of several printer
types or to a Postscript or Latex file (or device).

Even if you have no practical use for it, it is fun to watch it work.

           ********************************
 "Don't take life too serious - it ain't nohow permanent"
                                     (Pogo)

 John R. Wainwright <<CIS -- 72517,676>> <<DELPHI -- JOHNREED>>

#: 19947 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK)
    09-May-94  22:20:30
Sb: Diskcat
Fm: Bob van der Poel 76510,2203
To: All

I have uploaded yet another version of my disk cataloging program. This time,
to keep things simple, I have put the OSK and OS9 stuff in one AR file. I have
uploaded this to library 12...hopefully coco-types will read this message.

Look for the file DSKCAT.AR.


#: 19962 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK)
    15-May-94  16:05:42
Sb: Screen
Fm: Bob van der Poel 76510,2203
To: All

I have uploaded an update to the screen package I posted some time ago. This
fixes two minor problems...8 bit chars are printed and _gs_rdy() no longer
prints inpromper error messages.

Look for the file SCREEN.LZH in Lib 12.


#: 19968 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK)
    16-May-94  21:34:16
Sb: #ftp lock up
Fm: roy harrell 72520,1636
To: all

1 i've got two os9 2.4 systems running on force cpu30's that consistently give
me problems when ftp'ing. periodicall these systems transfer files to a remote
host via a task that generates a ftp system call which reads the ftp script
from a disk file and ports the output to another file. sometimes the ftp call
will stall in a wait state with the ftp script file and output file left open.
if i kill the ftp process i recover from the lock but can loose data in the
process. anyone out there with similar problems?

roy harrell

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#: 19970 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK)
    17-May-94  17:40:06
Sb: #19968-#ftp lock up
Fm: Zack Sessions 71532,1555
To: roy harrell 72520,1636 (X)

Your problem sounds like a Microware problem. Have you given them a call yet?


 ------------------------------------
  Zack C Sessions

  "We did not inherit the Earth from our Ancestors,
     we borrowed it from our descendants."           Ancient proverb


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#: 19973 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK)
    17-May-94  21:40:54
Sb: #19970-#ftp lock up
Fm: roy harrell 72520,1636
To: Zack Sessions 71532,1555 (X)

not yet. my support period is long gone & i was hoping to avoid renewing it for
another year for another kilobuck or so just for this one problem.

roy

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#: 19974 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK)
    17-May-94  22:25:57
Sb: #19973-ftp lock up
Fm: Bob van der Poel 76510,2203
To: roy harrell 72520,1636

Is it possible that you have a buffer size problem? I recall similar things
happening with rs232 ports when the buffers overflow???? (A stab in the dark
sometimes hits home <g>).

Press <CR> !>