

#: 20610 S1/General Interest
    05-Dec-94  05:28:35
Sb: #20604-CDI
Fm: Boisy G. Pitre 74464,3005
To: Ed Gresick 76576,3312 (X)

 > > Where (i.e. in what forums, etc.) are CDi and Video on Demand systems
 > > discussed?
 >
 > I'm not aware of any forums which discuss CD-I or VOD.
 >
 > Ed
 >

Hi,

There are two forums which discuss CD-i and VOD on CIS (acronym overload :)

One is the Video Games Forum, Section 6.  This section is devoted to
CD-i from a user's point of view.

The other is the Multimedia Forum, Section 17, where CD-i is discussed
in a technical fashion.  I read both since my interests lie in the
technical and user ends.

Good luck.
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#: 20611 S1/General Interest
    05-Dec-94  07:30:24
Sb: DAT drive descriptor 
Fm: CHRISTOPH STUMMER 100067,1570
To: all

Hallo all,

we are a multimedia developer working with Philips CD-I.
We are using a CD-I 605 player with CD-RTOS and want to install a HP 35480A
SCSI DAT Drive for backup. The problem is that the descriptors for exabyte and
viperdrives do not work.
So my question is, wether anybody has written such a descriptor or knows a
source who can provide one.
I hope somebody can help me with that,


Christoph.


Christoph Stummer,
c/o Houdek & Kurek,
Wienerbergstrasse 29a ,
A-1120 Vienna
Austria.
e-mail : 100067,1570@compuserve.com
Tel.: ++43/1/815 12 97
Fax.: ++43/1/815 12 97 16

#: 20607 S3/Languages
    04-Dec-94  14:04:49
Sb: #20602-_gs_rdy() question
Fm: David Breeding 72330,2051
To: Mark Griffith 76070,41 (X)

 > As Pete says, there are a number of options on the device that should be
 > unset to get reliable communications to the modem.  Basically, you null
 > out all the SCF
 > options and then set those that you need, like baud rate, parity, etc.
 >
 > If you need an example, look at the source code for Sterm 1.5 that's in
 > the communications library.  The file IO.C has the routines to do this.

I have the source.  I saw where this was done.  If you missed my original post,
I had not nulled out my echo.. I had not realized that it worked the way it
does.



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#: 20606 S3/Languages
    04-Dec-94  14:04:05
Sb: #20595-_gs_rdy() question
Fm: David Breeding 72330,2051
To: Pete Lyall 76703,4230 (X)

 > coherent, but what it amounts to is that for each SCF device, there may be
 > an assigned 'echo' device - usually itself. So when something appears on
 > that device's input, if the ECHO path option is set, the character will be
 > sent to the echo device's path (again, usually the same device).

Yeah, I see that now.  I didn't realize that was the way it worked.

 >  In your
 > case, your 'modem user' was your MODEM, who was happily sending command
 > echo's back to you, and was then haveing T1 echo them back out, and so the
 > loop went.

Yep, that was the way it was going <G>


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#: 20605 S3/Languages
    04-Dec-94  14:03:20
Sb: #20592-_gs_rdy() question
Fm: David Breeding 72330,2051
To: Bob van der Poel 76510,2203 (X)

 > I am uploading phone.lzh to lib 12 today. Let me know if it works for you.

I'll get it..

 > > How does your version handle the connect?
 >
 > Just looks for the connect strings sent back from the modem. It would be

The same way I started out.

 > nice to change the code to use multiple matches so that if it gets
 > "CONNECT" it does one thing, "BUSY" it does something else, etc. Something

I had mine exit on "NO DIAL TONE". I set up a config file, to look for each
BBS, with a # of attempts to try.. I let it be infinite if this # wass
negative.  It would keep trying as long as it saw "BUSY" or "NO CARRIER". Yes,
and if "NO ANSWER", it would set the count to 1 and try once more, then exit.

 > like a switch() statement in C does...maybe you want a project?

It might be a good idea.. Do we have a need for a fairly elaborate external
autodialer?  I had thought of developing mine to a pretty neat thing, but, if
you have already done it, there would be no need.

Ummm, about the switch() thing.. I can't think of anything to do except keep
dialing on "nonfatal" responses or exit on "fatal" ones.



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#: 20612 S10/OS9/6809 (CoCo)
    05-Dec-94  11:46:19
Sb: CoCO Fest time!!
Fm: Rogelio Perea 72056,1204
To: ALL

               Cross-Post from Glenside's Cup of Coco BBS:


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                                Be there!!


#: 20613 S10/OS9/6809 (CoCo)
    05-Dec-94  17:11:31
Sb: CoCo Emulators
Fm: Bill Dickhaus 70325,523
To: All

To follow up on my previous post concerning the CoCo3 emulator (that will run
OS9 LII), the latest version of the CoCo2 emulator (which will run OS9 LI and
includes information on ordering the CoCo3 emulator) has been uploaded to the
CoCo Forum. Check out message #27325 in the CoCo Forum (GO COCO).

-Bill-

#: 20608 S11/OS9/6809 (Non-CoCo)
    04-Dec-94  19:07:59
Sb: OS9 for Simple 6809
Fm: Ben Williams 74774,3106
To: All

I've got a 6809 emulation 100% up and running on my Amiga. I have it booting to
Flex (TSC's old OS). Works fine, and gave me access to all my old 6809 source
code, which is very nice.

Now, I'd like to get OS9 for the 6809 up and running on it. I have an old
version fo the CoCo, but frankly it never worked very well - I probably have
too early a copy (like, the day it first appeared in stores). Further, at least
at this point, I don't much want to extend the emulator to "be" a CoCo. Lots of
work there to make it work right, and the current emulation is very efficient
and fast - it wouldn't be so nice with all that specialized hardware emulation
built in, I'm sure.

So again, the system looks like a 64k 6809. I have Psymon as a boot monitor,
and can extend it or replace it, either way - assuming I have something to
replace it WITH, of course. :-)

Any suggestions?

Thanks for any replies,
Ben Williams

#: 20609 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK)
    04-Dec-94  21:43:50
Sb: #PowerBasic
Fm: Frank Hogg of FHL 70310,317
To: All

PowerBasic is the only native (68000) code BASIC compiler for use with
the OS-9/68000 Operating System.

------

I've just uploaded information on PowerBasic to DL12. Two files, one
gives the promo information and the other covers a introductory offer
that saves you $50 if ordered by the end of the month. Over the next
several days I will be uploading a more complete technical spec and
examples in PowerBasic source and object that you can try on your own
computer. I've downloaded a whole bunch of Basic09 programs from the DL
here and I plan to use some of them as examples also. My intent is to
see and show what is involved in converting regular Basic09 type
programs to PowerBasic and what speed and size advantages there are. If
you have any other suggestions you would like to see me try please let
me know.

I got my copy of PowerBasic just before Thanksgiving and have been
getting up to speed on it. So far I like it very much. The compiler runs
fast and the resultant code generated is also fast. Much much faster
than Basic09. I've been having fun looking at the '.a' files to see what
assembler code is generated by PowerBasic and to watch how changes in
the Basic program effect the assembler code. PowerBasic makes this easy
because the Basic source line is inserted into the '.a' file as a
comment.

PowerBasic object is stand alone, no 'runb' type of thing is needed. I
like this because it keeps the whole project as one program. No need to
worry about having all the pieces needed to make something work.

I'm looking for feedback so please feel free to ask questions and make
suggestions.

Thanks
Frank Hogg
FHL

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#: 20614 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK)
    06-Dec-94  19:56:38
Sb: #20609-PowerBasic
Fm: Frank Hogg of FHL 70310,317
To: Frank Hogg of FHL 70310,317

I have just uploaded the third file, the language spec for Power Basic in DL12.

Frank

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