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+46154,25,03/17/93,WARD CHRISTENSEN,ALL
+SCSI BLUES,
+  I have been working on a contract with RISC systems, and got "spoiled"
+by them doing big backups onto a single 8mm DAT drive, so decided to plunge
+in and get myself a DAT (4mm).
+  I purchased the drive from APS 800-233-7550 (orders).  They said it
+wouldn't work on my IN-2000 SCSI adapter, nor an Ultrastor.  They recommended
+the Adaptec.  I ordered it, too.  THEN, at a computer club meeting, I was
+fortunate enough to get Corel SCSI - sets of drivers to sort of make
+"anything work with anything".	SO, I got cancelled the Adaptec, got the
+drive, and cranked up the software.
+  Sigh.
+  The software said my IN-2000 ROMS were too old, and when I called for
+an update, they wouldn't take a credit card - I had to SEND a CHECK!  So
+I decided to forget it, and try my Ultrastor 14F controller.  Well, I
+really blew a weekend on that!	Randy Suess offered to try it in HIS
+system, and couldn't get it to go, either!  BUT it worked FINE with his
+Adaptec, so I said "Screw it", and bought a 1542C.  Once Randy helped me
+get some ROMS mapped correctly, etc (I didn't realize the networking
+adapter he'd given me had RAM on it - the config referenced ports and IRQ
+only), it has worked well.
+  Lets see, getting the story out of order here a bit: I decided to leave
+my IN-2000 in to run the hard disk and CD-ROM, with the tape on the Adaptec,
+NOPE!  Would NOT work!	Flakey problems.  Finally pulled the IN-2000 and put
+everything on the Adaptec.
+  So, I'm kind of "bummed" about the "promise" of SCSI.
+  Maybe it should be called "Yucky", not "Scuzzy".  heh.
+46155,03,03/17/93,MICHAEL CAIN,WARD CHRISTENSEN
+R/CARPAL TUNNEL?,
+Ward - The March 30 PC Magazine, on page 31, has several 'ergonomic'
+keyboards, which might be helpful for carpal tunnel. They are split into
+right and left and have palm rests. One has optional foot switches.
+46254,03,05/16/93,WARD CHRISTENSEN,MICHAEL SHARTIAG
+R/IDE TIMING PROBS. (CONT),
+  About all I can think of is trying something like periscope, that
+can single-step thru ROM, then trapping INT 13, and tracing to see where
+it runs.
+46255,03,05/16/93,MURRAY ARNOW,WARD CHRISTENSEN
+R/LINE FEEDS,
+You said that CBBS is taking 2400 calls only. I believe I am logged in at
+9600, and I have been calling in at this speed for quite some time. Have
+I misunderstood your comment about 2400?
+46354,17,07/14/93,ANDY SHAPIRO,BENJAMIN COHEN
+R/PS,
+Well, it has working batteries.  I think it's found a home, tho --
+I now have a Zenith 386sx notebook to replace it.
+
+You've NEVER got it talking to a PC?  It's EASY.  Use the serial
+printer cable and (if you have it) the DAKCOM software.  Plug
+the printer cable's 25-pin end into a 25 pin serial port on your
+PC (or a 9-to-25 adaptor, etc).  Startup DAKCOM on the Geneva and
+set it up for EXTERNAL MODEM, HIGH SPEED (19.2 kbps).  Get a comm
+program set up at 19.2 kbps on the PC, talking to the port into which
+you have plugged the Geneva.  You're set.  Now, on the Geneva, type
+SX followed by your filename and a return.  It'll start an Xmodem
+transfer (checksum, I think).  Start an Xmodem receive on the PC and
+yer done.  I've been doing this for YEARS!  With DSZ, you don't even
+need a comm program on the PC -- just aim DSZ at the appropriate port
+and tell it the speed.
+
+I tell ya -- it's getting hard to remember all this CP/M stuff...
+46355,04,07/15/93,MICHAEL SHARTIAG,ALL
+MEMORY PRICES UP 53%,
+I don't get it: A resin plant in Japan burns down and the price of simms
+jump about 53% ??? This single plant had a 60% share of the market for
+the resin to make the cases is what I have heard.  This all sounds like
+someone is trying to make a killing off of us.	Has anyone heard more?
+46454,07,09/06/93,ANDY SHAPIRO,WARD
+"POWER" SYSTEM,
+Ward, have you considered a program to cache the CD-ROM?  I've seen them,
+and they should make a big difference in things like 7th guest.
+Hey, if you don't like your system, I'll trade you my 386sx for it
+(just kidding)...
+BTW, I'm playing around with GEOS today, so I'm talking to you over the
+GEOS desktop COMM program.  Cute, but mebbe a little too GUI for me to
+handle...
+46554,04,01/09/94,JOE SEROCKI,ALL
+NEW LANDLINE BBS IN NW BURBS,OPIE
+There is a new landline bbs, dedicated to survival/personal security/
+emergency services topics, in NE Illinois. No fees, no file ratios for
+emergency services personnel (upon request to the sysop). Call
+708-587-2398, 14.4kb, 24 hours. Pretty busy, so keep trying
+46555,06,01/09/94,ANDY SHAPIRO,WARD
+PARTY,
+If I were in Chicago, I'd be there.  Alas, I am in NY.	SIGH.  Anyway,
+I was on the system LONG before '89; certainly by '85.	I was just
+curious as to when I first got in (it was with a version of MDM7xxx
+set up for a Kaypro, and the person who gave me the program, which I used
+at first with a little Radio Shack 300 bps modem, thoughtfully left
+CBBS-1 in the dialing directory...
+