read new nonstop follow 87022 26-APR 18:36 OSK Applications RE: PGP for OSK? (Re: Msg 87021) From: PHILSCHERER To: PAGAN Anyhow, how would anybody know if someone spied on private messages without getting permission from anyone. If the government has the wherewithall to read encripted messages they will do it with or without permission. -*- 87024 26-APR 19:42 OSK Applications RE: PGP for OSK? (Re: Msg 87006) From: JOHNREED To: JEJONES ....."and then they came for me, and there was nobody left to protest" ******************************** "Don't take life too serious - it ain't nohow permanent" (Pogo) John R. Wainwright <> <> -*- 87035 27-APR 20:47 OSK Applications RE: PGP for OSK? (Re: Msg 87021) From: DSRTFOX To: PAGAN You come up with VERY valid points! I guess the main thing I'm concerned about is that there is really not much reason for the average individual to be so concerned with encryption. Businesses with large amounts of valuable dat to protect are a different story. My point of view to this point has been from the average computer user. You must admit that the "average user" cares and knows little compared to the "average" OS-9 and now CoCo user. We tend to be more technically oriented because OS-9 has pretty much made us that way, but mostly because you need to know more to squeeze that extra bit of usefullness from a CoCo.. to do almost anything with a CoCo nowadays! I just bought a 128K CC3 and CM-8 from a guy for $75. All because RS said they couldn't even get him a cassette cable a year ago! Those dealers know nothing.... so we have to know more (pretty easy... huh?). -*- End of Thread. -*- 87023 26-APR 19:42 General Information RE: setup (Re: Msg 86990) From: JOHNREED To: NIMITZ OK, lets see.. MM/1a (68340) 8-meg "backplane" Monitor - CM-8 (got a Magnavox for a spare) H0 - 170 m Seagate H1 - 40 m Quantum D0 - Orig 1.4m floppy T0 - Null modem to "386" or upstairs term T1 - (unused - no paddle) T2 - Rodent (Generic Mouse) T3 - Supra Modem 2400 T4 - ViVa 14.4 faxmodem T5 - (unused - no paddle) P - Deskjet 500 P1 - (pretty much useless - we need a driver that can use them both at once) Sometimes I print on an Epson (AP 5000) via T0 using the messydos machine for a printer driver (sneaky, huh?) Have used a second 3.5" drive D1 and a 5-1/4 1.2m drive as D2 but I didn't use them much - stuck them in the "386". Have some Koss amplified speakers - but my MM/1a is mute. (NUDGE). ******************************** "Don't take life too serious - it ain't nohow permanent" (Pogo) John R. Wainwright <> <> -*- 87034 27-APR 20:46 General Information RE: setup (Re: Msg 87023) From: NIMITZ To: JOHNREED (NR) Thanks, John. It's been interesting reading!! -*- End of Thread. -*- 87025 26-APR 20:08 General Information RE: OFNOHOC (Re: Msg 87018) From: REVWCP To: TONYPODRAZA (NR) Currently we meet at Rick Ullands apartment in Milwaukee. But maybe we can find something further south. It is an informal group, I do a lot of brain storming, (anything in my brain would have to be a storm - Moe of the Three Stooges) With all best wishes, Brother Jeremy, CSJW OS9 User's Group Treasurer -*- 87026 26-APR 20:25 OSK Applications Epson ESCP2 From: MRGOOD To: JOHNREED John, I see you uploaded a TEX driver for Epson ESC P2 printers. I recently purchased an Epson Stylus 300 and am hoping to get some tex experience under my belt. In the docs for your program, you stated that things were still a little rough. Have you developed the software any further? Hugo -*- 87032 27-APR 20:32 OSK Applications RE: Epson ESCP2 (Re: Msg 87026) From: JOHNREED To: MRGOOD > I see you uploaded a TEX driver for Epson ESC P2 printers. I recently > purchased an Epson Stylus 300 and am hoping to get some tex experience > under my belt. In the docs for your program, you stated that > things were still a little rough. Have you developed the > software any further? Hugo, The DVI->ESCP2 driver was an early attempt to get a decent printout of TEX documents on my Action Printer 5000. It does pretty well with plain text, approximating font styles and sizes with the printer's built-in scalable fonts. It gets real confused with some horizontal and vertical lines (rules). I didn't go any farther with the driver after TIMKIENTZLE uploaded a more complete TEX/LATEX package with a whole herd of DVI-printer drivers. If the Stylus 300 will accept older 24-pin Epson Graphics commands, you should find that Tim's dvie24 driver in that package gives excellent results. You can also run DVI files through the `dvips' program (also uploaded by TIMKIENTZLE), and then print them with Ghostscript's ESC/P2 driver. ******************************** "Don't take life too serious - it ain't nohow permanent" (Pogo) John R. Wainwright <> <> -*- 87039 27-APR 22:05 OSK Applications RE: Epson ESCP2 (Re: Msg 87032) From: MRGOOD To: JOHNREED (NR) John, Thanks for replying. I'll take a look at Tim's most recent uploads. I really don't want to get into Ghostscript stuff. It seems to add complexity to what should be a simple task. Hugo -*- End of Thread. -*- 87027 26-APR 21:51 General Information RE: patches (Re: Msg 86712) From: NEALSTEWARD To: ROBERT84 (NR) You should contact Owl Computer and see about an upgrade to v.1.3, otherwise any patches I write might (probably) won't work with your version. The upgrade wasn't significant, as I remeber, only a 1 page addendum to the original manual, but it fixed some bugs and I think it changed the file format. -*- 87028 26-APR 22:30 General Information RE: Current Periodicals (Re: Msg 87014) From: CHARLESAM To: NEWKID (NR) Good to hear from you again. I'm going to the fest in May so if you need anything call me. I'll get back with more later. Charlie -*- 87037 27-APR 20:54 General Information RE: Current Periodicals (Re: Msg 87028) From: DSRTFOX To: NEWKID (NR) There are a lot of patches and such to wade through, so much so that I came out with an "upgrade" disk that many have referred to as "Level II version 2" though it isn't that officially. What it is is a collection of the most used/needed/recommended patches for Level II all on awo disk set that gas (has!!) an auto-patch util with it. Answer a few questions and the patches are installed! All you do then is edit the supplied bootlist to your liking and run OS9Gen. You need 2 DS40T drives (at least1... the other can be 80T) to run the autopatch feature, also 512K. The disk set is $7.50 + $2.50 S&H, or you can get it from FARNA Systems at the fest in Chicago. -*- End of Thread. -*- 87029 26-APR 23:51 General Information OS9000 From: DPHILIPSEN To: ALL Can anyone give me some information on OS9000? I'm working with a company who is undertaking a project that will require a real-time multitasking system and they are seriously considering OS9000. I'm especially looking for any information or help regarding device drivers and embedded assembly language in c source code. Also, I am assuming that programming the 386/486 in assembly language may be a little different than DOS assembly language. -*- 87030 27-APR 19:02 Programmers Den Real Make... From: RHELLER To: ALL I am looking for a real live make for OSK. Microware's make is somewhat braindead (a real pain to use if one is use gcc/g++, etc.). I just downloaded and tried the "MAKE FOR OSK" make in the Programmers Den file area here, but it too seems to have interesting problems -- it does not use "Makefile" by default (instead, it leaves its "makefile" variable uninitialized (== NULL), and I get a #102 (bus error) error). And it does not know how to deal with a full abs. path for a target. Sigh. Has anyone ported Gnu Make to OSK? Robert -*- 87036 27-APR 20:49 Programmers Den RE: Real Make... (Re: Msg 87030) From: NIMITZ To: RHELLER (NR) GNU Make is on chestnut, I think. It is probably in the databases here, and almost certainly on lucy.ifi.unibas.edu. If you can't find it, let me know, and I'll upload it. -*- End of Thread. -*- 87031 27-APR 20:21 System Modules (6809) Dynacalc problem From: MIKE_GUZZI To: ALL I have upgraded to Nitros9 awhile back and now dynacalc crashes the computer i confirmed its nitros by booting up to a normal os9 disk and it works fine anyone else have this problem or better yet a solution?? Mike -*- 87040 27-APR 23:01 System Modules (6809) RE: Dynacalc problem (Re: Msg 87031) From: WDTV5 To: MIKE_GUZZI (NR) I'm running it too Mike, without any probs, just did my taxes with it too. Which version Nitro are you up to? -=Gene=- -*- End of Thread. -*- 87033 27-APR 20:35 General Information RE: Disk backup (Re: Msg 87000) From: DSRTFOX To: MODEL299 (NR) Thanks for the tip! Will check it out. -*- 87038 27-APR 21:07 Applications (6809) ESC/P22 code From: JRUPPEL To: ALL Can OSK code be transported to the Coco? In particular, I am interested in the DVI-ESC/P2 code that is herre on the OSK database. Any clues? John Ruppel -*- FORUM>Reply, Add, Read, "?" or Exit>