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534 lines
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CBBS(R) 4.0.3b
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10/10/89 05:48:05
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Y/N: want CBBS "1st time user" info?^U
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?^U
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?^U
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?n;ward;christensen;odraw;;fullc;piss
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Logging name to disk...
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You are caller 209417; next msg =42598; 388 active msgs.
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Prev. call 10/05/89 @ 21:17, next msg was 42560
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Recording logon for next time.
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Use FULL? to check assignments
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?^U
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?xxxxx
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"Mine" command checking for
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>Function:?dir c:log;dir c:killed;dir summary;t{pe-30 log,ward c;or;*;short
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LOG. 15
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KILLED. 53
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SUMMARY. 26
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I don't understand 'T[PE-30 LOG,WARD C', WARD
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Type ? for list of valid commands.
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>Function:?
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r;*;shorttype-80 log,ward c;or;*;short
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10/05/89,21:18:10,209291,2,WARD CHRISTENSEN,,
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E#42560,
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E#42561,
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E#42562,
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E#42563,
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E#42564,
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E#42565,
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E#42566,
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E#42567,
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E#42568,
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E#42569,
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E#42570,
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E#42571,
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E#42572,
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E#42573,
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E#42574,
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E#42575,
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E#42576,
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10/05/89,21:57:08,209292,X,WARD CHRISTENSEN,,1
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]Finally got BBS list up - forced to - deleting oldest msgs caused
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prev list to go away ;-)
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I just gut-shotted an ascii upload - seemed to work OK.
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WARD CHRISTENSEN,
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10/05/89,22:22:34,209293,1,BEN TEIFELD,,11
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10/05/89,23:00:33,209294,2,PETE CANTELE,,11
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10/05/89,23:36:16,209295,2,FRANK SPIVEY II,,2
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10/05/89,23:48:08,209296,1,MARTY LINGG,,6
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10/06/89,02:50:03,209297,2,ERIC BOHLMAN,,
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E#42577,5
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10/06/89,03:12:26,209298,2,JERRY OLSEN,,5
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]Mostly for Alex, I suspect:
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Been a long time since we've been in touch. Should voice chat sometime
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soon...or maybe "do lunch" while you're down this way at work.
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Specific request in the meantime: You've often U/Led the Chgo-area
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BBS list over our way. Any chance you have access to the new version
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and
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pass it along one way or another? I'm fairly underwhelmed with the
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idea of capturing (errors and all along the way), then editing the
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sucker. Been the (delightfully) busiest period in a looonnng time.
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So, while I'd like to get folks over our way the latest version for
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use when SEARCHing, I'd like to do it the lazy way if possible <grin>.
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Regards....
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JERRY OLSEN,
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10/06/89,05:37:45,209299,2,PETE JONES,,3
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10/06/89,05:41:26,209300,2,PETE JONES,,1
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10/06/89,06:47:58,209301,2,ALEX ZELL,,
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10/06/89,06:48:40,209302,2,ALEX ZELL,,4
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]Boy am I getting line noise while trying to type a comment. Had
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to ctrl U several times. We might stahinking about how
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to handle the non-city of Chicago numbers. Show them all as
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or ?
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Next time around 1-708+ will be mandatory for those calls.
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So I put a copy of the original list in chinet. Will have to
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capture it and shoot it up to Jerry. {Or mebbe I'll check and
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see if the October! list is up yet on Stillwater.
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Now to see how bad the garbage is in this{..
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ALEX ZELL,11
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]Waddya know? The{junk chars don't seem to show...and where
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I try to erase them I{back up over my own text.
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the missing phrase above is
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"as 1-708+ or let people find out for themselves...or ?
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ALEX ZELL,
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10/06/89,08:36:52,209303,1,RICHARD GOZDAL,,
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E#42578,18
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10/06/89,09:13:36,209304,2,JACK HOMA,,4
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10/06/89,09:18:26,209305,2,DENNIS STAHL,,7
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10/06/89,09:53:48,209306,2,DAVID GIBBS,,3
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10/06/89,10:33:34,209307,2,DON PIVEN,,1
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10/06/89,10:39:07,209308,2,DAN MICHELSON,,5
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10/06/89,12:42:30,209309,1,KEN STOX,,3
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10/06/89,13:28:13,209310,2,ERIC BOHLMAN,,
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E#42579,2
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10/06/89,15:13:32,209311,1,MICHAEL HOLDER,Los Alamos/ NM,17
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10/06/89,15:27:48,209312,1,RICHARD GOZDAL,,
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E#42580,3
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10/06/89,15:34:24,209313,1,MICHAEL HOLDER,,2
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10/06/89,15:54:16,209314,1,UWE BRUCKER,Chicago/Il,6
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10/06/89,17:24:19,209315,2,EDGAR COUDAL,,4
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]thanks for putting the whole stillwater list on your board, Ward.
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a service to us all, and the kind of thing that goes unremarked.
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EDGAR COUDAL,
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10/06/89,17:33:18,209316,2,DENNIS STAHL,,0
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10/06/89,17:36:19,209317,2,GARY ELFRING,,1
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10/06/89,18:11:37,209318,2,MIKE DRISCOLL,Naperville IL,
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10/06/89,18:24:43,209319,1,LANE LARRISON,,4
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10/06/89,19:01:01,209320,2,BILL WOLFF,,
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E#42581,12
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10/06/89,19:33:14,209321,2,ART HABEL,,5
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10/06/89,20:11:17,209322,2,RUSSELL GROCE,goose creek/sc,3
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10/06/89,20:36:34,209323,2,JOHN H.,CHICAGO,
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]CHAT: I, LIKE TO ASK ABOUT HOW TO GET MORE BB NUMBERS,15
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10/06/89,20:46:52,209324,1,QUENTIN MOUDY,GAITHERSBURG/ MD,17
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10/06/89,20:51:55,209325,1,QUENTIN MOUDY,,5
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10/06/89,21:03:27,209326,1,QUENTIN MOUDY,,4
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10/06/89,21:22:56,209327,2,JIM POLOUS,,
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E#42582,6
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10/06/89,21:29:25,209328,2,ERIC BOHLMAN,,1
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10/06/89,22:22:54,209329,3,MURRAY ARNOW,,5
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10/06/89,22:45:53,209330,2,JOE SMITH,,
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10/07/89,01:17:22,209331,1,MARTIN SCHRADER,,
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E#42583,21
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]Have you given any more consideration to having different sub-boards
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for topics such as hardware, software development, etc? I don't know
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if it's worth the work or not. Just thought I'd ask.
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B C'ing U...
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MARTIN SCHRADER,
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10/07/89,01:57:42,209332,2,ERIC BOHLMAN,,1
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10/07/89,02:19:34,209333,2,CLIFF SHARP,,6
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10/07/89,03:02:16,209334,2,JIM MORAVEC,,3
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10/07/89,03:40:40,209335,2,JAMES SCHMIDT,,4
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10/07/89,07:18:10,209336,1,PERRY STOKES,austin texas,2
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10/07/89,07:21:06,209337,2,GARY BROWN,,3
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10/07/89,08:56:01,209338,2,FURD BURFEL,chicago,
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10/07/89,09:20:22,209339,2,BILL MATTSON,,
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E#42584,
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E#42585,33
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10/07/89,10:13:33,209340,2,BILL WOLFF,,1
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10/07/89,10:41:28,209341,1,QUENTIN MOUDY,,5
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10/07/89,11:07:01,209342,1,CHRIS RANALLETTA,chicago/ il,2
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10/07/89,11:24:03,209343,1,QUENTIN MOUDY,,11
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10/07/89,11:36:57,209344,2,ALEX ZELL,,
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10/07/89,13:49:29,209345,1,MARCIA SNOW,,9
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10/07/89,13:57:14,209346,2,ROBERT BRANDENBURG,Park Ridge/ IL,1
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10/07/89,15:07:01,209347,1,TOM FLASCH,naperville/ il,3
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10/07/89,15:15:09,209348,2,ERIC BOHLMAN,,
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10/07/89,15:27:59,209349,1,GLENN POWERS,,4
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10/07/89,16:06:59,209350,1,WILLIAM JESSE,PRAIRIE VIEW/ IL,17
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10/07/89,16:26:17,209351,2,DENNIS STAHL,,2
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10/07/89,16:42:52,209352,2,BILL WOLFF,,
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E#42586,4
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10/07/89,17:28:25,209353,1,GARY BECHTOLD,,17
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]GREAT SYSTEM
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GARY BECHTOLD,
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10/07/89,18:25:25,209354,1,LANE LARRISON,,1
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10/07/89,18:31:55,209355,1,JIM FLANAGAN,,12
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10/07/89,18:51:35,209356,1,RICHARD GOZDAL,,
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E#42587,
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E#42588,
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E#42589,10
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10/07/89,19:16:53,209357,2,BILL TAYLOR,ny/ny,1
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10/07/89,20:10:10,209358,2,ALEX ZELL,,
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10/07/89,21:05:25,209359,2,JOSEPH SKOM,,
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10/07/89,21:15:24,209360,3,ED FANTA,,
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10/07/89,21:49:10,209361,3,THORBJOERN LIELL,OSLO,10
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10/07/89,22:03:53,209362,2,BILL COLEMAN,,10
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10/07/89,22:21:19,209363,1,CHARLIE KESTNER,,12
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10/07/89,22:58:20,209364,2,ERIC BOHLMAN,,1
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10/08/89,00:02:44,209365,1,OSKAR PEABODY,chicago/ il,2
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10/08/89,01:22:00,209366,2,EARL HALL,,
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E#42590,12
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10/08/89,02:56:03,209367,1,DENNIS LEONG,,5
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10/08/89,06:27:57,209368,2,BILL WOLFF,,4
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10/08/89,07:23:30,209369,2,MARTY DIPPEL,,16
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10/08/89,11:34:07,209370,3,JOHN WILKERSON,CHICAGO/IL,
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10/08/89,12:59:41,209371,2,TIM SMITHERS,ORLANDO FLORIDA,3
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10/08/89,14:12:17,209372,1,MARK VIEHMAN,Chicago/ IL,3
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10/08/89,14:16:50,209373,3,ED FANTA,,7
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10/08/89,15:47:38,209374,2,CHRIS STOMPOR,,
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>Help: [NEWS,5
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10/08/89,15:55:35,209375,2,JAMES SCHMIDT,,1
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10/08/89,16:17:57,209376,2,JIM POLOUS,,4
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10/08/89,17:11:06,209377,2,VIET VU,san jose,1
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10/08/89,18:38:46,209378,1,WS DELKO,,
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>Help: DOS,
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>Help: BASIC,12
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10/08/89,19:47:59,209379,2,GUS ROUMAYA,,8
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]I COULD NOT READ EVERYTHING BECAUSE THE INSTRUCTIONS ZIPPED BY ON THE
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SCREEN. I AM LOOKING FOR COMMUNICATION PAKAGE FOR THE VICTOR 9000 TYPE
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COMPUTER. IWILL TRY TO CHECK BACK TO SEE IF I GET ANY ANSWERS ABUT
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MY PROBLEMS. BUT FIRST I HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO USE YOUR BBS.
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THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SIGN ON
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GUS...
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GUS ROUMAYA,
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10/08/89,20:15:52,209380,2,BILL WOLFF,,1
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10/08/89,21:27:49,209381,2,BOB VON BORSTEL,,12
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10/08/89,21:54:56,209382,2,ED FOSTER,,4
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10/08/89,22:18:32,209383,1,WILLIAM SIGNER,DES PLAINES,
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10/08/89,22:38:30,209384,2,DAVID BYRD,Long Beach/ CA,8
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10/08/89,23:01:15,209385,2,BILL MATTSON,,
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E#42591,9
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10/08/89,23:11:27,209386,2,ALEX ZELL,,
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10/08/89,23:21:22,209387,1,RICHARD GOZDAL,,
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E#42592,5
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10/08/89,23:58:18,209388,1,MICHAEL BLAKE,,1
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10/09/89,00:42:59,209389,2,ERIC BOHLMAN,,
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E#42593,4
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10/09/89,01:58:20,209390,2,ED GARCIA,Los Angeles/ CA,2
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10/09/89,02:01:38,209391,2,PETER JOHNSON,JOLIET/IL,3
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10/09/89,03:42:25,209392,2,JERRY OLSEN,,5
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10/09/89,03:52:25,209393,2,JERRY OLSEN,,
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E#42594,5
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10/09/89,05:45:50,209394,2,PETE JONES,,2
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10/09/89,05:58:10,209395,2,CATHY KONAS,,1
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10/09/89,07:05:02,209396,2,EARL HALL,,1
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10/09/89,07:14:36,209397,2,DAVID GIBBS,,4
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10/09/89,10:35:34,209398,2,MIKE SANDMAN,,30
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10/09/89,11:58:28,209399,2,DON PIVEN,,1
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10/09/89,13:51:31,209400,1,CAROL FREY,CHICAGO/ILL,10
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10/09/89,14:12:15,209401,2,STEVE SIMEK,VERNON HILLS/ILL,
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10/09/89,14:39:13,209402,2,PHIL SCHUMAN,,4
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10/09/89,16:11:23,209403,2,LUCAS ADAMSKI,,2
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10/09/89,17:34:56,209404,2,GARY ELFRING,,1
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10/09/89,19:39:39,209405,2,JIM POLOUS,,
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E#42595,2
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10/09/89,20:38:07,209406,2,JOSEPH SKOM,,1
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10/09/89,20:43:37,209407,2,KARL LUNDBORG,CHGO/IL,7
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10/09/89,21:02:10,209408,1,PETE CANTELE,,3
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10/09/89,21:54:00,209409,1,KEVIN KEYSER,,4
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10/09/89,22:02:25,209410,2,JIM SACKETT,,5
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10/09/89,22:42:23,209411,1,ROY LIPSCOMB,,8
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10/09/89,22:56:08,209412,2,LO DISCONNECT,,5
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10/09/89,23:21:36,209413,1,RICHARD GOZDAL,,2
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10/09/89,23:29:15,209414,2,BILL MATTSON,,
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E#42596,3
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10/09/89,23:50:18,209415,2,ERIC BOHLMAN,,
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E#42597,3
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10/10/89,03:38:35,209416,2,ALEX ZELL,,
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10/10/89,05:48:09,209417,2,WARD CHRISTENSEN,,
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>Function:?find lo disconnect
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20941, ,LO DISCONNECT , ,10/09/89,22:52,42596,271 G00001, ,
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Recording logon for next time.
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>Function:?twit
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next:?[*,discon*,/]
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next:?
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>Function:?twit
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next:?[*,discon*,]/
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next:?
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Msg 42577 is 03 line(s) on 10/06/89 from ERIC BOHLMAN
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to STEVE CASTLE re: R/XMODEM SOURCE FOR UNIX IN C
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A few years back Dr. Dobbs ran an article giving C source for XMODEM
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transfers. I don't remember the date, but I think it was some time in
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1987.
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Msg 42578 is 25 line(s) on 10/06/89 from RICHARD GOZDAL
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to WARD CHRISTENSEN re: R/360K PROBLEM
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The situation with ONLY formatting disk to be written to on the
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386 1.2 drive is a bummer. When I do a lot of copying I format on 2 machines
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to get it done quickly. I am hoping to get this debugged so I can SAFELY
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send out 360K drives that can be read on other computers. At the
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same time I don't want to rely on the XT as a backup that HAS to be
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used for copying the disks to ship.
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If I have to keep sending out upgrades due to bad disks I will
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go broke!
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I have to play around with formatting on the 1.2 and reading on the
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360K. It didn't work at first but then again I am getting the hang
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of it a little more now.
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Oh well, a minor problem considering some things that can go
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wrong. The HD blew after about 2 weeks and had to have a new one
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installed but NOW I can see that it was bad from the start. It had
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the red light on where this new one has the green light on all
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the time.
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Funny how even SEEING signs of problems go undetected mentally when
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using something new. Realized this when a 40 meg blew on the XT. The
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red light stays on. Think the XT was jealous and blew the drive to
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get even!
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Last upgrade for the XT will be a new case. I got spoiled
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already with the new 386 case and the Calif. prices on hardware makes
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a new case look interesting. I heard the hardware prices in Ca. are
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getting so low at flea markets that it is unbelievable. 80ns 256K
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chips at $2.75 for example.
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Msg 42579 is 03 line(s) on 10/06/89 from ERIC BOHLMAN
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to ALL re: 720K DRIVE IN LEADING EDGE M?
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A friend is trying to add a 720K floppy to his Leading Edge Model M and is
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running into trouble. He's using DOS 2.1. Later versions of DRIVER.SYS
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are incompatible. Is there a 2.1 version of it?
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Msg 42580 is 04 line(s) on 10/06/89 from RICHARD GOZDAL
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to WARD CHRISTENSEN re: R/360K PROBLEM
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Got fed up with TRYING to write and read a 360K disk. Called
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and ordered a TEAC (noisy but) 360K drive and a controller
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that will handle two MORE floppy drives. Hope this is all the
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expense I run acros!
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Msg 42581 is 16 line(s) on 10/06/89 from BILL WOLFF
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to JIM SACKETT re: R/MBASIC TO GWBASIC
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Hi Jim;
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No thats not what I mean! I have a Commodore 128 that traansfers CP/M
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to MS-DOS very nicely thanks. I also have Uniform too, which runs on
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a MS-DOS computer and reads CP/M. What more can you ask for!
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No the real problem comes that the tokenized MBASIC isn't the same
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tokenized GWBASIC. Some of it works, but not close enough.
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The real problem is to convert tokenized MBASIC to ASCII files (not
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real hard, but I have hundreds of them) and it means loading each one
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from BASIC and resave with "FILENAME",A option. That's a lot of typing
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and waiting! I think a automated utility should work. A submit file is
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an idea, but once in BASIC, submit doesn't work (or so I here).
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Big problem huh?
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Msg 42582 is 08 line(s) on 10/06/89 from JIM POLOUS
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to RICHARD GOZDAL re: 360K PROBLEM
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Because there are 80 tracks on 1.2 meg drives and 40 on 360K drives,
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the magnetic path a 1.2 writes is 1/2 as wide. Because of this,
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the 360K drive will pick up the original format and the new data when
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writing to a previously formatted disk. The solution? Use brxDa
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brand new 360K disks and format them in your 1.2 meg, copy them
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on to 360K disks using a 360K drive in your XT. If you don't want to
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use new diskettes, invest in a good bulk eraser or strong magnet!
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(I keep a stash of new cheapo 360K disks on hand for copying to an XT!)
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Msg 42583 is 23 line(s) on 10/07/89 from MARTIN SCHRADER
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to RICHARD HINTON re: DISK MANGLER & BIG DRIVES
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We use Disk Mangler as part of our product where I work, so I speak from some
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experience when I say this: avoid On-Track products wherever possible.
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Disk Manager inserts a device driver into DOS so that the normal device
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tables are replaced by DM's tables. This, among other strangness that
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DM does behind your back, causes such problems as CHKDSK refusing to
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check a disk out. PCTools version 5.5 won't work properly with DM,
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either - I found that out the hard way when I tried to COMPRESS my
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300 MB CDC SCSI Wren IV. The compression seemed to be okay, but the
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directory structure got hosed. I don't blame Central Point; COMPRESS
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seems to work just fine on disks not accessed thru Disk Mangler's device
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tables.
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Also, the *only* way to do a complete, accurate "chkdsk" on a DMed
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drive is to use another $100 product from On-Track - DOSUTILS. This
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collection of crude utilities provides a disk scanning and error correction
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facility, a deleted file recovery tool, and some other stuff. You
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can't use CHKDSK, so if you want to do any kind of disk maintainance
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at all, you gotta buy this puppy. Oh, well.
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Look more closely at MS-DOS 4.01 (or better yet, PC-MOS from Software Link).
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B C'ing U.
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Msg 42584 is 12 line(s) on 10/07/89 from BILL MATTSON
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to ALL re: VIDEO DISPLAY UPGRADE
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Am considering upgrade from monochrome CGA to ???. Would like your
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thoughts on various alternatives and brands of displays and boards
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Current tentative choice is NEC 3D + Video7 8-16 bit board (brand new)
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but not sure. Upgrade flexibility is very important as my current
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machine, an XT clone, will someday be a 486 EISA machine, so.
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transferability of display, modem, and other boards is important.
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This also justifies purchase of speed/functionality not necessarily
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useful in the old XT right now. I'd like to hear from you a the
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brands and co you have running and thoughts on the future. Price
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is a relative concern as I expect to get 5 to 10 years use out of the
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equipment I buy, as I have with this circa 1980 stuff I'm using now.
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I do want at least super VGA ability in this combination, I think.
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Msg 42585 is 03 line(s) on 10/07/89 from BILL MATTSON
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to ALL re: MICRORIM/RBASE
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What's become of Microrim? I haven't seen an ad in any of the trade
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rags or PC magazines by them in a long time. Have they gone away????
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I have RBASE 5000 and RBASE for OS2, so I'm interested in their future!
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Msg 42586 is 30 line(s) on 10/07/89 from BILL WOLFF
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to ALL re: PRODIGYF*
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Greetings all;
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I know, your all saying now what about Prodigy! Well what else can I add to
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it? I am sure you heard many things about it, of which many are true! But
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how about some things you did know about it!
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Ever hear of "Consumer Reports"? You know, that magazine which rates things
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and then gives you the scoop? Anyway, they are on-line with them. Yes Ward!
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Even your laptop is in there too!
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You can do your banking through the service. I am not sure why you would
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though. As this is only available at extra cost and if your computer or
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phone line dies (like a bad rush to buy Cubs tickets) you can't pay your
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bills! What are you going to use as an excuse to American Express? Sorry,
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but my modem's been down for a month and US Robotics hasn't sent it back
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yet! This by the way is a true story!
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Other features like news and weather perks you up! The perk doesn't last
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long, as there isn't that much there. Or you can spend your time looking up
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users from your town. Not a lot of fun, unless you know somebody you didn't
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know was signed up too.
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If you travel and hope to use Prodigy, I hope it is California or something
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like it. Because some states don't have a local line yet. I said state and
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not city. To name a few, Wisconsin and Ohio are blacked out as far as yet!
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Two states that I go to. Also Champaign, IL lacks a number too, but the
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reps promised there would be a number soon.
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One nice thing for those who signed up! You have 30-days to find out if you
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like it or not. And within that time, they promise your money back!
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Msg 42587 is 04 line(s) on 10/07/89 from RICHARD GOZDAL
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to JIM POLOUS re: R/360K PROBLEM
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I want to make sure I can use 360K disks in the 386 AFTER (if) I
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loose/get rid of the XT. The 360K disk drive and controller should
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work UNLESS there is a driver/card bios that is incompatible.!.!
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This way I can just copy files to the 360K and NOT worry.
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Msg 42588 is 05 line(s) on 10/07/89 from RICHARD GOZDAL
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to MARTIN SCHRADER re: R/DISK MANGLER & BIG DRIVES
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I used On Track disk manager on my XT before. I guess the low level
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format is just fine but when the manager is installed, it causes the
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computer to READ the DM code for each HD read/write ( I think) and it
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slows it down so. a DOS with partitioning capabilities
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is faster!
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Msg 42589 is 06 line(s) on 10/07/89 from RICHARD GOZDAL
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to BILL MATTSON re: R/VIDEO DISPLAY UPGRADE
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I read a lot of message about the ATI VGA card (512K). I have had
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the ATI EGA for some time and loved/love it. It runs ALL programming
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languages where the Paradise is having trouble with old Basic stuff.
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I would buy an ATI VGA board if I did it again. As a matter of
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fact if you want a Paradise VGA Plus, I will sell mine so I can
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buy the ATI VGA board.
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Msg 42590 is 11 line(s) on 10/08/89 from EARL HALL
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to WARD CHRISTENSEN re: PRODIGY KEYBOARD BUFFER
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If you're still using Prodigy (I gave up on it last night and
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deleted its subdirectory), there's a file of auto-logon/fixes to the
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software available. I uploaded a copy of it to Plantz' BBS, called
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PRODHP12.ZIP.
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Besides giving sample .BAT files that include using KEYFAKE to
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stuff the userid/password in automatically, there's a PROWIDE program
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that re-enables the keyboard buffer. (It also changes 40-column
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printing to 80-columns, but the fix to the keyboard buffer is why
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I loaded it.) It almost made Prodigy livable for me, for a short time,
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due to the improvement. But I realized today that I still couldn't
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stand it and used it for the last time.
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Msg 42591 is 02 line(s) on 10/08/89 from BILL MATTSON
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to RICHARD GOZDAL re: R/VIDEO DISPLAY UPGRADE
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Thanks for the info. I'm not familiar with ATI. Do they have another
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name? Where can I find it, local or mailorder? Regards
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Msg 42592 is 08 line(s) on 10/08/89 from RICHARD GOZDAL
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to BILL MATTSON re: R/VIDEO DISPLAY UPGRADE
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The "ATI VGA " board is advertised a LOT in computer shopper. The
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price varies with US location. The ATI VGA with 512K is the one
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you would want unless there is a newer one. The advertise in a lot of
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the magazines and you can call them about info. I called long
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ago and it was a Canadian call! That is the best way, CALL. You
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can't miss the ads. it is "ATI" as a headline. The price is over
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$200 but heck I paid way over $300 for my EGA Wonder board a way
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back.
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Msg 42593 is 05 line(s) on 10/09/89 from ERIC BOHLMAN
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to ALL re: 720K UPGRADE ON XT CLONE
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A friend is trying to add a second floppy (a 3.5" 720K unit) to his
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Leading Edge Model M XT clone. He's using DOS 2.11, and apparently
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some quirk of his motherboard makes upgrading to 3.xx difficult. The
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drive he bought didn't come with any driver software. Is there a driver
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floating around somewhere that he can use?
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Msg 42594 is 07 line(s) on 10/09/89 from JERRY OLSEN
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to MARTIN SCHRADER re: R/DISK MANGLER & BIG DRIVES
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Interesting comments regarding Disk Manager.My own experience and that
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of others I know is entirely the opposite. What version are/were you
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using? My copy is v. 3.2. I regularly use CHKDSK with no adverse effects;
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ditto for various other HD diagnostic and maintenance utilities. Either
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your experiences are with an older version, or some hardware-specific
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problems are involved. (I run on an XT clone with two 20-meg HDs from
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different manufacturers.)
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Msg 42595 is 04 line(s) on 10/09/89 from JIM POLOUS
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to ERIC BOHLMAN re: R/720K UPGRADE ON XT CLONE
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Driver.SYS should have come with DOS 2. If it did, he should put the
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following line in his config.sys
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device = driver.sys /d:1 /f:2
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Jim
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Msg 42596 is 02 line(s) on 10/09/89 from BILL MATTSON
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to RICHARD GOZDAL re: R/VIDEO DISPLAY UPGRADE
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Thanks, I'll do ase read on BYTE and pick up a Computer Shopper.
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I don't read the Shopper much any more.
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Msg 42597 is 06 line(s) on 10/09/89 from ERIC BOHLMAN
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to JERRY OLSEN re: R/DISK MANGLER & BIG DRIVES
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There is one situation where DM will interfere with CHKDSK; that's when you
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use it to set below-normal cluster sizes. The DM documentation clearly
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explains this. (for example, I have my D: drive (actually the last 9M of my
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ST251) set for 1K clusters because I keep a lot of small files there. I could
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have gotten it down to 512K clusters, but then I'd have had problems
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with CHKDSK.)
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Msg #:?{^U
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Past hi msg #
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Msg #:?
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