read new nonstop follow 90447 25-OCT 20:51 General Information RE: Quality Software (Re: Msg 90424) From: DSRTFOX To: MREGC What exactly does LinkUp do? -*- 90460 26-OCT 05:38 General Information RE: Quality Software (Re: Msg 90447) From: MREGC To: DSRTFOX Frank, > What exactly does LinkUp do? LinkUp is a terminal program, but it's not so much what it does but rather how it does it. LinkUp has the "look and feel" of programs that you've seen on more mainstream windowing systems. Boisy didn't take the usual shortcut of forcing people to write setup scripts or type special commands to configure the program to work the desired way. Everything you can do in this program can be done on very aestheticly (sp?) pleasing windows using the mouse. Of course, it goes without saying, it's very functional too. :) ..Eric... -*- End of Thread. -*- 90448 25-OCT 20:55 General Information RE: Help with 1.2MB 5.25" (Re: Msg 90435) From: DSRTFOX To: AJMLFCO Allen, there are a few general rules to play by, but other than that the 1.2M drives are NOT the problem most people make them out to be! I transfer between several DIFFERENT machines, all brands, and NEVER have a problem. The general rule is format the disk on the machine that's doing the writing. But NEVER overwrite a 360K disk with a 1.2M drive IF the disk had data stored on it. The problem is that the 360K head is wider. The 1.2M head only lays down a strip to one side of the track when double stepping, and isn't strong enough to erase the adjacent remnents of 360K data. So another 1.2M drive will read that disk, but a 360K drive tries to read the new AND old data. If you remember that, you'll never have a problem. -*- 90453 25-OCT 22:33 General Information RE: Help with 1.2MB 5.25" (Re: Msg 90425) From: HAWKSOFT To: BOISY Boisy: > I just purchased a TEAC FD-55GFR 1.2MB 5.25" floppy drive for my > MM/1. I cannot seem to read CoCo OS-9 formatted disks with the > following dmode parameters: > > name=c1 > drv=1 stp=3 typ=$24 dns=$01 cyl=40 sid=2 vfy=1 (off) sct=18 t0s=18 > sas=8 ilv=3 tfm=0 toffs=0 soffs=1 ssize=256 cntl=$0000 trys=0 lun=0 > wpc=0 rwr=0 park=0 lsnoffs=0 totcyls=80 ctrlrid=0 rates=$10 > scsiopt=$0000 maxcount=65535 > > When I attempt to read, I get an error #247. The light comes on and > the drive is apparently trying to read the disk. Sounds like the same problem I have with my Teac 1.44 megs (FD-55????). Apparently they don't (or do?) zero themselves on power-up and the system gets confused on first access resulting in an error #247. My solution was to write a prorgram in assembly to zero the drives with a SetStat call (SS_Reset). Here's the Basic version: PROCEDURE zerodrive REM reset floppy drive TYPE registers=dat(8),add(5):INTEGER DIM regs:registers DIM callcode,path:INTEGER callcode:=$8e OPEN #path,"/d0@" regs.dat(1):=path regs.dat(2):=3 RUN syscall(callcode,regs) END Change the '/d0@' to whatever is appropriate. Chris :-> :-> :-> :-> :-> :-> :-> Chris "HAWKSoft" <-: <-: <-: <-: <-: <-: <-: Delphi: HAWKSOFT Internet: HAWKSOFT@DELPHI.COM ******************< Uploaded w/ InfoXpress vr. 1.02.00 >****************** -*- 90456 26-OCT 02:06 General Information RE: Help with 1.2MB 5.25" (Re: Msg 90448) From: AJMLFCO To: DSRTFOX I believe you are correct in what you say about the 1.2M floppies. However, we have 45 engineers in our department and only a few of them can keep your rules straight. After losing importand *important* files a few times, I decided it was a lot cheaper to throw all of the darn things away (sold as surplus, actually). So now we only have a few left just in case somebody sends us something on 5.25". Soon they will be as obsolete as those silly 8" monsters. Allen -*- 90464 26-OCT 10:44 General Information RE: Help with 1.2MB 5.25" (Re: Msg 90453) From: RICKULAND To: HAWKSOFT Who said the head banger bug was dead? -ricku Rick Ulland CoNect rickuland@delphi.com 449 South 90th St. "Operating System Nine"- 268m Milwaukee WI 53214 -*- End of Thread. -*- 90449 25-OCT 21:01 General Information RE: Burn:Cycle for CD-i (Re: Msg 90428) From: DSRTFOX To: DIGIGRADE I've driven street cycles for the past eight years and have never had to lay one down. It's all a matter of how you think. I KNOW the day will come when I DO have to lay it down.. unwillingly. If you make a mistake on a bike, it isn't very forgiving, and it could be your last. You have to respect the machine WITHOUT being afraid of it. When you get into a dangerous situation (I had a tire go out of balance at 100MPH around a curve!! Hair raising to say the least... hang on and FORCE it around the curve, and DON't even try slowing down until around the bend..) you can't afford to get scared. You have to be able to rationally ride the thing through. Even if you crash, it MUST be a controlled crash. Loose control all the way and you die. Simple as that. Baring that I actually feel as safe in traffic on the bike as in a car. Why? I cv n get out of or avoid situations you'd just have to let go in a car. And the acceleration helps in tight situations also. Just a matter of perspective. Oh yes, my latest bike is a GS1000, just so you know I mean SERIOUS street bikes. -*- 90458 26-OCT 05:30 General Information RE: Burn:Cycle for CD-i (Re: Msg 90449) From: DIGIGRADE To: DSRTFOX > I've driven street cycles for the past eight years and have never had to > lay one down. It's all a matter of how you think. I KNOW the day will come > when I DO have to lay it down.. unwillingly. If you make a mistake on a > bike, it isn't very forgiving, and it could be your last. You have to > respect the machine > WITHOUT being afraid of it. When you get into a dangerous situation (I had a > tire > go out of balance at 100MPH around a curve!! Hair raising to say the > least... hang on and FORCE it around the curve, and DON't even try slowing > down until around the bend..) you can't afford to get scared. You have to > be able to rationally ride the thing through. Even if you crash, it MUST > be a controlled crash. Loose control all the way and you die. Simple as I have had plenty of spills on bicycles, a handfull of them at over 20 mph. When I got my first mountian bike I was turning pretty fast when the front wheel slipped on a piece of uneven pavement and before I could lower my hand to break my fall I was sliding into home (or rather my bike) on my left forearm. That is MY story of road rash. :) I know how to handle a bicycle crash though. Most times I have remained standing or even jumped from the bike. My old Schwinn Varsity was so rugged I used to crash it for fun. > that. Baring that I actually feel as safe in traffic on the bike as in a > car. Why? I cv n get out of or avoid situations you'd just have to let go > in a car. And the acceleration helps in tight situations also. Just a It doesn't compare so well with a motorcycle but I like the freedom a bicycle has over other in-town ways of getting around. I also like the manuverability. I have had three or so accidents with cars but none of them were moving. :) I think one reason I ride bicycles so well is that there is so little between me and the "surface". Bike riding is so much second nature to me I don't even think about it. Is a motorcycle like that? Dave -*- 90461 26-OCT 08:21 General Information RE: Burn:Cycle for CD-i (Re: Msg 90444) From: JEJONES To: COCOKIWI > T7g was written for the IBM market long before CD-I came out! and was > ported over when CD-I bwas avalible!.........Tis ONLY the software that > changes the Graphics stay the same! Well, yes, but...I've seen at least one game magazine say that the CD-i version of The Seventh Guest was the best one out there. Opinions herein are solely those of their respective authors. Clipper Chip: Big Brother Inside -*- 90462 26-OCT 08:36 General Information RE: Burn:Cycle for CD-i (Re: Msg 90445) From: COCOKIWI To: DIGIGRADE My SVGA board is 2 meg..and is able to handle 24 bit 16.000.000.000 colors without a problem!......In fact,I watch TV on it! Dennis -*- 90463 26-OCT 10:44 General Information RE: Burn:Cycle for CD-i (Re: Msg 90449) From: RICKULAND To: DSRTFOX Frank, "Laying it down" is not exactly the total defeat you imply- in fact it's good stuff, given the clothing. Sort of like bowling, except you want a split. My theory is everyone should be forced to ride a 125 Honda over broken terrain a few years before they mount a hog. The lessons learned also apply to the clumsy contraptions sold to the masses. -ricku Rick Ulland CoNect rickuland@delphi.com 449 South 90th St. "Operating System Nine"- 268m Milwaukee WI 53214 -*- 90465 26-OCT 20:27 General Information RE: Burn:Cycle for CD-i (Re: Msg 90463) From: JRUPPEL To: RICKULAND Rick, As one who started on a Hodaka Ace 90 Super Rat and worked my way up to a trick Knuckle, I second that! If I hadn't spent those years jumping plow furroughs in the back 40 (along with almost jumping them), I never would have survived laying down my 650 BSA at 60 mph on the inside lane of a curve! I trashed the bike, but saved my a**! John Ruppel CocoNuts in Lansing -*- 90471 27-OCT 07:49 General Information RE: Burn:Cycle for CD-i (Re: Msg 90458) From: DSRTFOX To: DIGIGRADE Bicycling compares somewhat with motorcycling. A small to medium size motorcycle has all the advantage you mention of a bicycle in traffic. A 250cc is great for around town and short day trips of a couple hours each way occasionally. A 500cc is prefect for all day rides for one person. The big ones (over 500cc) are really to heavy to throw around through traffic much. I really loved my 500 (it was 2-stroke.. really quick!), but the 1000 came along when the old 1976 electronic ignition went out. Suzuki wanted $200 for a new box! And the 1000 I stole at $400.00 (been parked for 5 years... 1980 model). Just a little work and $150 later and it was running great! I put 10,000 mile on it in the 20 months I{{'ve had it so far!! -*- 90472 27-OCT 07:54 General Information RE: Burn:Cycle for CD-i (Re: Msg 90463) From: DSRTFOX To: RICKULAND You are ever so right about the "riding a 125 for a few years"! I started riding regular in Japan on an 80cc scooter! Then was looking for a good used 350 when I got back, but found a cherry 175 twin and couldn't pass it up. Never rode that farther than an hour one way though... just wouldn't hold a steady 70 with me on it! But around town was great. A 250 2-stroke streeter after that (it has taken a few 4 hour road trips.. will hold 70 drafting a Mack anyway!), the n a 500 2 stroker, then the 1000. I was happiest with the 500 though, as an all around fun bike. The 1000 is a bit on the heavy side for real twisty road fun... that's why I still have the 250 street racer... -*- 90479 27-OCT 23:37 General Information RE: Burn:Cycle for CD-i (Re: Msg 90472) From: MRUPGRADE To: DSRTFOX (NR) I logged 1000 miles (yes one thousand) on a bycycle,, 3 speed over aperiod of two & 1/2 years in Germany (US Army). Of course I used it as one would a car,, i.e every time I went to theh PX (store) EM club service club,, or on pass in town,, and occassionally other towns. It had a speedometer in K's.. or I wouoldn't have believed it myself. Terry Simons UPGRADE Editor -*- 90482 28-OCT 00:30 General Information RE: Burn:Cycle for CD-i (Re: Msg 90479) From: MITHELEN To: MRUPGRADE My brother does abvout 2000 a year (probably more) on his bicycle.... He did a ride called BAM (Bicycle Across Misouri) a few years ago, which was 546 miles in 50 hours... The record for that ride is just under 24 hours I believe. He's planning on doing the same ride in a year or two... I just hope I can get another person to help be drive the support van (I had to do that solo the last time he did it) -- Paul -*- 90483 28-OCT 20:54 General Information RE: Burn:Cycle for CD-i (Re: Msg 90472) From: RICKULAND To: DSRTFOX (NR) But, the old 125 was special. I was an enduro idiot at the time and somebody had just beat a field of Ossas, etc at a Nationals, on the then new (and stone stock) XL125. Strange to talk about a hi-torque 7.5 cdi 4 stroke, but there it was climbing the muck in second. I wasn't the purist he was, so a few bits and pieces and we had 25 horsepower to go along, in a 220lb motorcycle (with a 38" seat height!). Talk about a powered bicycle! For about a half hour, you could run close to 80, a little more on the easy parts, but one day the fastination of doing this with a GVW of 440lbs and 1cc over the legal lower limit for freeway vehicles faded. Nice dual purpose idea I'd buy into again- the headlight, tach, speedo, turn signals and horn formed a sub-assy that came off with 2 bolts and a 24? position connector. I'd hide it in a bush and go play. -ricku Rick Ulland CoNect rickuland@delphi.com 449 South 90th St. "Operating System Nine"- 268m Milwaukee WI 53214 -*- 90509 30-OCT 14:18 General Information RE: Burn:Cycle for CD-i (Re: Msg 90483) From: 01GEN40 To: ALL Uhh, excuse me! What do motorcycles and bicycles have to do with Burn: Cycle for CD-i or computers and OS-9 for that matter. I just went through a good 15 to 20 messages and no of them where about what I read these messages for. LONG LIVE OS-9! ** In whatever form it is in! -= 01GEN40 =- -*- End of Thread. -*- 90450 25-OCT 21:05 General Information RE: CD-i (Re: Msg 90440) From: DSRTFOX To: JEJONES Thanks James! I had hoped to be in the market for a CD-I this Christmas, but buying into a print shop sort of put a hold on that until spring, provided business is good!! -*- 90451 25-OCT 21:32 General Information RE: IFF/SND files (Re: Msg 90413) From: MMCCLELLAND To: DGANTZ (NR) If you really want to play IFF/SND files on the CoCo, it can be done with the "Play" command here in this database. I have successfully played both types of files with it. However, it does require that you set the type and sampling rate of the file or it will error out. With a little luck and patience, it will work. P.S., I just transfered a sound file from Doom on my PC over to my CoCo! It sounds as good on the CoCo as it does with the Sound Blaster! -=Mark=- -*- 90452 25-OCT 21:55 General Information monitor advice needed From: JEJONES To: ALL Help! My Magnavox 1CM135 monitor fried last week. I'm getting by on a CM-8 loaner (thanks, Boisy!), and I'm liable to have the Magnavox repaired if only to have a backup monitor, but... 1. The Magnavox really isn't all that wonderful as far as dot pitch is concerned. 2. The MM/1 overscan mode screens definitely overlap the edges, so that all those neat buttons in kved and ost are hard to reach. ..so, I'd really really like to find a monitor that is better in those regards. I expect I'll go back, do a "read nonstop subj monitor", and check the accumulated wisdom--it's depressing to see that 15.whatever KHz scan rate-capable monitors were mentioned as fading out two years ago--but if anyone has any more recent leads on better monitors, I'd be interested. (I'm checking out the Amiga mags, since they have the same scan rate constraints. If anyone else has gone that route, I'd be interested in hearing your experiences.) Thanks! Opinions herein are solely those of their respective authors. Clipper Chip: Big Brother Inside -*- 90454 25-OCT 23:13 General Information RE: monitor advice needed (Re: Msg 90452) From: WA2EGP To: JEJONES I just saw a company in Computer Shopper that sells a monitor that syncs to 15 kHz. And, of course, I can't find it. Think it was the latest issue. I'll keep looking for it. I believe it might have been a Sony monitor but I do remember it was for $149. Ooops....wrong mag. I was in Nuts and Volts. (It not I) Sony multiscans,0.26 DP 15.7 through 36 kHz - $175. If you can get the Oct issue,look on page 23 under Computer hardware, first listing. If you need the address or phone, let me know. I'll send it in email. -*- 90455 25-OCT 23:53 General Information RE: monitor advice needed (Re: Msg 90452) From: MRUPGRADE To: JEJONES RE> I'm checking out thh Amiga monitors. I assume you realize; if your looking at a standard Amiga monitor,,, you're looking at a MAG 515 (0r newer 135) with Amiga in place of thh Magnavox name. from theh RSDOS side,,, Terry g -*- 90466 26-OCT 21:45 General Information RE: monitor advice needed (Re: Msg 90454) From: WDTV5 To: WA2EGP Humm, turn the lights up a little brighter, and hand me that rubber hose! As in how many of those does he have, 1 or a whole pallet of 'em? I could sure stand one of them on my Amiga so's I could use the dblntsc mode, very cheap flicker-fixer for hi-res screens. Did it say if they were new or used? Tell me more if you can, in email if you want. Cheers, Gene Heskett, WDTV5@delphi.com -*- 90470 27-OCT 00:36 General Information RE: monitor advice needed (Re: Msg 90466) From: WA2EGP To: WDTV5 I have no idea how many because I did not call him. The outfit is Rich, Pikul & Associates. 101 Glenfield Dr. Festus, MO 63028 The landline is 314-937-0335. Now if they had different sizes (like 20") I would be interested in them. They are probably used, might be liquidation too (which means unused). My Diamond Scan was a liquidation so it was brand new, so if that is the case, I would jump on this opportunity! I might call to see what thye had. IF nothing else, it would be interesting (grin). Too bad it is 12:10 AM or I'd call now (and type better). -*- End of Thread. -*- 90457 26-OCT 02:35 Applications (6809) RE: 8-bit chips (Re: Msg 90033) From: GLOCKR To: AJMLFCO I hope you're still here...I've been away for awhile:) If you can still send the 6809 app notes, my address is: Ken Deboy 390 Denslowe Reno, NV 89512 Thanks for the help -*- 90486 29-OCT 01:06 Applications (6809) RE: 8-bit chips (Re: Msg 90457) From: AJMLFCO To: GLOCKR (NR) OK, stuff is in the mail! Look for them next Tuesday if the post office cooperates. Allen -*- End of Thread. -*- 90459 26-OCT 05:30 Games & Graphics Space Ace help (CD-I) From: DIGIGRADE To: ALL My brother and I are stumped on what move to make before Dexter jumps into the red melting beam in the space station (Level 3, after he finds the monitor with Kimmie bieng hauled away by gaurds). It's been a decade since we played it in the arcades (literally) and it will be fun trying to ACE it again. :) I'm a... ______ ______ ___ ______ ______ ( ____) | ___ ) / _ \ / _____\ | ___| \_ \_ | ___/ / /_\ \ | | | |__ __\_ \ | | / _____ \ | |____ | |__ (______) |_| /_/ \_\ \______/ |____| ______ ___ ______ ______ / _____\ / _ \ ( ____) | ___| | | / /_\ \ \_ \_ | |__ | |____ / _____ \ __\_ \ | |__ \______/ /_/ \_\ (______) |____| Dave _____________________________________________________________________________ |Dave Pellerito - | Posted using InfoXpress | |Digigrade Productions - Digital Services | with an MM/1 running OSK | |---------------------------------------------------------------------------| | *********** Compact disks, the greatest idea since television *********** | |___________________________________________________________________________| -*- 90468 26-OCT 21:56 Games & Graphics RE: Space Ace help (CD-I) (Re: Msg 90459) From: MITHELEN To: DIGIGRADE Do you need the move to make to finish level three? or the first move(s) for level 4? (I think you mean the latter) I'm about half way though level 4, it took me a few days to figure out the first two/three moves. If you really want to know, I'll let you know in Mail so as not to give any spoilers to people that want to solve it theirselves... -- Paul -*- 90496 29-OCT 16:59 Games & Graphics RE: Space Ace help (CD-I) (Re: Msg 90459) From: MREGC To: DIGIGRADE (NR) Dave, > My brother and I are stumped on what move to make before Dexter jumps > int the red melting beam in the space station... To get by this, when you first walk in, you jump to the opposite side of where the beam is going to fire. A few moments later, Dexter jumps forward. As he begins that jump, pull back. As soon as he lands, go forward. ...Eric... -*- 90497 29-OCT 21:01 Games & Graphics RE: Space Ace help (CD-I) (Re: Msg 90468) From: MREGC To: MITHELEN Paul, > If you really want to know, I'll let you know in Mail so as not to give > any spoilers to people that want to solve it theirselves... Oops, I guess I should have read that before I replied to the message, giving the answer to that small section of the game to anyone who's eyes may wander by it. ..Eric... -*- 90498 29-OCT 21:40 Games & Graphics RE: Space Ace help (CD-I) (Re: Msg 90497) From: MITHELEN To: MREGC (NR) Heh... well... you can always go back and delete your spoiler message 8-) I've f9inally made it through that level, and the next one.... Boy, do I wish you could start off where you left off... -- Paul -*- End of Thread. -*- 90467 26-OCT 21:54 Telecom (6809) Level II BBS From: NEALSTEWARD To: ALL We are running Alpha Softwares Level II BBS (Erie County Color Computer Club 716-649-1368) for about 3 years now, and we have one bug that we cna't figure out. Intermittantly, while typing messages, it drops 3 and only 3 characters. No matter how long an interval between key- strokes, it will wait until 3 keys are pressed then resume. It seems if it were losing an IRQ, it wouldn't be consistantly the same number of characters, nor would it continue to ignor all 3 characcters after waiting for a minute. And it does have an diode IRQ hack installed. If anyone knows how to cure this one, we would be extremely grateful. We used to have 2 lines, but usership has forced us to drop one line, and now the problem occurs more often. -*- 90469 26-OCT 23:47 General Information RE: Nitros9 and Graphics (Re: Msg 90410) From: CHARLESAM To: DSRTFOX To answer your first question, no I haven't gotten around to strapping my MPI yet. And I guess its time to clean all my contacts too since I smoke and that seems to muck up everything including me lungs! I got a ton of hard and software changes to make and no time to do them yet. I just came by Dave Myers old coco and it is a find and a half. It needs upgrading to 6309 and 2meg. I have to incorporate Matt Thompsons program and my upgrade to Nitros-9. Plus I have to get my HD back in shape. Lots of work to do for sure. It should keep me busy awhile. Thanx much for the tips. I'll be in touch......Charlie -*- 90490 29-OCT 10:40 General Information RE: Nitros9 and Graphics (Re: Msg 90469) From: MIKE_GUZZI To: CHARLESAM When I upgraded to Nitros-9 I simply used the SCSISYS from the 6809 version I think there was a patch for it to work in 6309 mode. When I bought the 2.0 version of scsisys he includes a 6309 version of scsisys and I simply plugged it into the bootfile. Now I get 18 second megareads! His drivers are well worth the $20 he is asking -*- 90499 29-OCT 22:51 General Information RE: Nitros9 and Graphics (Re: Msg 90490) From: CHARLESAM To: MIKE_GUZZI (NR) It sure sounds like it was a good buy. My friend Keith(REVKAK) is doing the same changes so I'll wait till he finds his way over here and I'll let him guide me though it. I hate reading instructions(G). Geez but I ended up with alot of hardware after this years two Fests. After all the dust settles, I should be able to get a few dollars back selling off what I don't need anymore. ..Charlie... -*- End of Thread. -*- 90473 27-OCT 08:53 General Information internet From: DONALDS To: ALL Can anyone direct me to a file that will guide me to the COCO area on the INTERNET. I am a beginner on the net would like some clues before I call long distance to explore. Don -*- 90478 27-OCT 23:11 General Information RE: internet (Re: Msg 90473) From: CHYDE To: DONALDS I presume yo mean the news groups and listserver. Well you can type usenet at the os9> prompt to get the usenet menus. The first things you'll want to do is select numbers 3, 4, 5, and 6. After typing on opf the numbers you'll be givin the option of listing or downloading the text, your choice. For a more general tour of the Internet you'll want to go to the Internet sig (type internet at the main> prompt) and grab the file "Zen and the Art of the Interent" it's in the General area of the data base. The news groups and such that have to do with the coco are listed int the OS9 sigs usenet menus they are numbers, 35 the coco listserver messages 51 an OS9 news group 71 another OS9 news group 72 another OS9 news group that lists source code. I hope this help you out Don, by the way did you spend alot of time fighting fires this summer (you old fire dog you ;>). Chris -*- 90489 29-OCT 08:28 General Information RE: internet (Re: Msg 90478) From: DONALDS To: CHYDE (NR) w3Thanks for the info Chris. It has been a while since we typed you still in Spokane? Don -*- End of Thread. -*- 90474 27-OCT 11:57 General Information OS9000 From: DPHILIPSEN To: ALL Once again I am soliciting help with OS9000 software. Anyone who has OS9000 and would be interested in porting some communications stuff over please contact me. Specifically, I'm interested in a Zmodem or Ymodem program to facilitate the transferring of files between two machines via modem. The Microware-supplied Kermit is too slow for my needs. I'll be glad to discuss reimbursement for such work. -Dave -*- 90475 27-OCT 18:48 General Information RE: OS9000 (Re: Msg 90474) From: PHILSCHERER To: DPHILIPSEN (NR) Hi Dave -- I'm not quite up to what you want but Iwish you well--I could use some good OS9000 software. And some more OS9000 activity! -*- End of Thread. -*- 90476 27-OCT 20:45 General Information VIS From: HAWKSOFT To: ALL Hi All!! Just a quick note. If anyone is interested; the old VIS machine listed in the 1995 Radio Shack catalog, is available from Tiger Software. It's not in their catalog, but, if you call they will offer you the VIS player with 30! titles for $99!!! My brother called them for something else and was told that it was a CD-i player (aanngghhh! WRONG!!!) and called me for more info. Too bad it isn't compatible. :-< Chris Oh, Yeah! 1 800 666 2562 :-> :-> :-> :-> :-> :-> :-> Chris "HAWKSoft" <-: <-: <-: <-: <-: <-: <-: Delphi: HAWKSOFT Internet: HAWKSOFT@DELPHI.COM ******************< Uploaded w/ InfoXpress vr. 1.02.00 >****************** -*- 90477 27-OCT 21:37 General Information RE: VIS (Re: Msg 90476) From: DSRTFOX To: HAWKSOFT To bad for anyone who gets it, because they may not get more than those 30 titles for it! -*- 90491 29-OCT 10:41 General Information RE: VIS (Re: Msg 90476) From: MIKE_GUZZI To: HAWKSOFT What is a VIS machine? -*- 90507 30-OCT 12:39 General Information RE: VIS (Re: Msg 90491) From: JEJONES To: MIKE_GUZZI (NR) > What is a VIS machine? Well...a few years ago, for a while, Tandy sold CD-i players under the Memorex label. They stopped, though, and came out with their very own box, which they called VIS. (I don't remember what that stood for.) Anyway...VIS contained an 80286, and ran, I believe, a version of Microsoft Windows. Yeah, I remember a local Radio Shack store salesman assuring me that VIS would take off and leave CD-i in the dust. Opinions herein are solely those of their respective authors. Clipper Chip: Big Brother Inside -*- End of Thread. -*- 90480 27-OCT 23:40 General Information Brurning PAl's ?? From: MRUPGRADE To: ALL I need oto duplicate a PAL chip. I didn't know they were programmed?? And have no idea how. But do need to duplicate a PAL in my DS69B. any suggestions??? Terry Simons UPGRADE Editor -*- 90481 27-OCT 23:57 System Modules (6809) Powerboost v.2.0 From: NEALSTEWARD To: ALL I finally solved my hardware problems, and am now attempting to install everything I can to squeeze every little bit of speed out of this coco 3. I found that after installing the B&B Powerboost Native patches on my boot disk, that the system crashes when I try to format my RamDisk (I use /r0 & rammer patched to 384k). Is there a chance that this somehow conflicts with the 2 meg upgrade??? It works without the Native patches and works with the Powerboost Tuneup patches. Any guesses? Is there anyone else running a system like this: 2 meg Coco 3 with HC63B09E, MPI, Ken-Ton SCSI HD, Disto SCII in no-halt mode, Speech pak and a Ken-Ton Dual RS232 pak? If you are, let me know what patches & upgrades are working for you. -*- 90492 29-OCT 10:43 System Modules (6809) RE: Powerboost v.2.0 (Re: Msg 90481) From: MIKE_GUZZI To: NEALSTEWARD (NR) When i was using powerboost I had the same crash-o with the ramdisk with no reason. I ended up switching to Nitros9 since it does far more for speed then powerboost. Plus I couldn't get native mode with my main CoCo3 system since the kernal was patched for ribbs (to allow ibm filenames) Mike -*- 90493 29-OCT 11:46 System Modules (6809) RE: Powerboost v.2.0 (Re: Msg 90481) From: KSCALES To: NEALSTEWARD (NR) > I found that after installing the B&B Powerboost Native patches on my > boot disk, that the system crashes when I try to format my RamDisk (I > use /r0 & rammer patched to 384k). Is there a chance that this somehow > conflicts with the 2 meg upgrade??? Yes. Kevin Darling, the original author of 'rammer', warned users when the 1 meg upgrade was coming out that some of the things he did in there might break under these. Some folks seem to have managed to escape the problem under 1 meg (I removed 'rammer' and switched to 'ram' based upon Kevin's advice), but lots of folks got bitten under 2 meg. You need to upgrade 'rammer.' Regards... / Ken -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ken Scales Delphi:KSCALES Internet:kscales@delphi.com CIS:74646,2237 -*- End of Thread. -*- 90484 28-OCT 20:54 System Modules (6809) ram alloc? From: RICKULAND To: ALL Ofnohoc has been playing with infoexpress, installing it under MultiVue. To hide the subdirs, the AIF calls an intermediate procedure file to do the cd. Ix needs a patch under shell+ anyway, to allocate less memory at startup- this was done. It was next to impossible to get ix started from a procedure file! Starting with the hopelessly optimistic 'ix', the line that finally killed the last bug is (drum roll....) ex shell ix #1 <>>>/1 Prevous failures ranged from fatal error straight away, through a few 207's and ram locks, finally stdin tied to /h0, one last 207 (cumon, one page?), and here we are:-) Surely this is wrong? -ricku Rick Ulland CoNect rickuland@delphi.com 449 South 90th St. "Operating System Nine"- 268m Milwaukee WI 53214 -*- 90485 28-OCT 22:57 General Information out of date For Sale?? From: MRUPGRADE To: MISAL (NR) I see (Item #7) Claude Cote in theh for sale is still there. Months ago, it was pointed out, Claude cannot be contacted via Delphi. Is the FOR SALE base "ever" updated??? til then,,, Terry g -*- 90487 29-OCT 02:53 General Information chd-ing in OS9 SIG From: DIGIGRADE To: ALL How many times have you come into the OS9 SIG and started to type chd /dd/whatever ? Strangely, lately Iv'e done it alot. :) Dave -*- 90488 29-OCT 06:53 General Information INTERNET From: EDELMAR To: GREGL Greg, Long time no talk! It's good seeing you on the forum. Guess you haven't completely forgotten us OS-9 types . Question re INTERNET. I'm looking for an method of getting files from other sites besides ftp'ing them. I 'heard' there is a way files can be requested via the BITFTP server at Princeton University. Supposedly, you send an e-mail message to them requesting file(s) and they will be transmitted to your work space just like ftp'ing them does. I've noticed that some of the sites are very slow. Can take almost as long to transfer a file as it does to down- load them and this is at 3 or 4 in the AM. BTW, I do pay the extra 3 bucks a month so I can take full advantage of INTERNET from DELPHI. I'm asking here because I believe many others on this forum would also like to take advantage of this feature. Any info on this will be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Ed -*- 90495 29-OCT 14:17 General Information RE: INTERNET (Re: Msg 90488) From: MITHELEN To: EDELMAR BitFTP doesn't exactly return the files to your workspace... what it does is takes commands sent in the form of a mail message, and then the results of the commands are returned back to you in mail. Commands that do "get"'s of files will return the files in UUencoded format... I don't know all the specifics ohn using bitftp... I do have a nifty Unix Shell script called "uuftp" that "looks and feels" like an ftp session, but instead of the results being returned real time, it automatically generates the BitFtp mail message requests for you in the proper format. and then mails it out at the end ov the uuftp session... works pretty good, especially if you have a good/fast uucp connection to the internet. -- Paul Jerkatis - SandV BBS (708)352-0948: OS-9 Support UUCP: amiserv.xnet.com!vpnet!sandv!mithelen ...or... mithelen@sandv.chi.il.us Internet: MITHELEN@Delphi.com -*- 90502 30-OCT 03:37 General Information RE: INTERNET (Re: Msg 90488) From: GREGL To: EDELMAR Yeah, I'm still here although not nearly as active in the Forum as I used to be. I'm usually here at least once each day and try to keep up with the messages and the other maintenance tasks. As far as file transfers go, the best way is to grab the files directly with FTP then download them from your workspace. You can get FTP by mail via DEC (I think dec.com, gatekeeper.dec.com, or some such) but such transfers are done at night and are usually encoded and split. I use these as a last resort since they are much slower and require much more fiddling. (You have to manually strip the headers, merge the pieces together -- in order -- then decode them. I can't remember the exact mail address for DEC, but I think it's something like ftpmail@dec.com. There are a few others as well, such as the one you mentioned. -- Greg -*- 90506 30-OCT 09:43 General Information RE: INTERNET (Re: Msg 90502) From: NIMITZ To: GREGL (NR) Greg, using an intelligent UUDecoder might make that email file transfer process a little more palatable... David -*- End of Thread. -*- 90494 29-OCT 13:33 General Information RE: Gopher Problems here. (Re: Msg 90446) From: DBREEDING To: GREGL > For the time being, download binary files with the real FTP software in > the Internet SIG. OK, thanks.. I guess it was needless to ask, but I was afraid I was just doing something wrong there.. -- David Breeding -- CompuServe : 72330,2051 Delphi : DBREEDING *** Sent via CoCo-InfoXpress V1.01 *** ^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^ -*- 90503 30-OCT 03:41 General Information RE: Gopher Problems here. (Re: Msg 90494) From: GREGL To: DBREEDING (NR) No, I'd say you are doing it right -- there's not much you can get wrong with Gopher since it's merely a point-and-shoot interface. It's definitely a software problem but who's software has yet to be determined. I suspect it could go either way (the FTP to Gopher transfer or Delphi) but have yet to hear anything about it since I reported the problem. -- Greg -*- End of Thread. -*- 90500 29-OCT 23:24 General Information Darn It! From: JEJONES To: ALL Well, rats...my first publication in a LOOOONG time (maybe since the Nov/Dec 1978 *Creative Computing*), and it has a blatant error. It merits correction, and thus I do so here: the tree traversal used in the Pythagoras tree program is, as anyone who's taken a data structures course will know, but which I evidently forgot, a *pre*-order traversal. Error aside, there is *one* thing that's unusual about that article (in the (alas) final issue of *UpTime*), and I wonder who'll notice what it is. Opinions herein are solely those of their respective authors. Clipper Chip: Big Brother Inside -*- 90501 30-OCT 03:24 General Information VGA From: LARRYOLSON To: HAWKSOFT (NR) Chris, I don't know if you remember me, but I was the one that bought your NEC CD player at the Atlanta fest. The bad news is that I have been unable to get it to work. I am hopeing that you can shed some light on what I may be doing wrong. I currently have 1 hard drive and 1 floptical on the SCSI buss. The hard drive uses SCSI controller ID $00, and the floptical uses ID $02. This is on a 8 meg MM/1. I havn't gone with the MM/1a yet. The CD drive was set up to use SCSI ID $01, so I thought I was all set, so on my first attempt to hook it up, I just crimped a 50 pin connector on the SCSI ribbon cable, powered up, loaded the CD programs, and tried vcdp &. The program screen would come up but the access lights on the hard drive and floptical would come on and go into a state where the computer was locked up. I had seen that the CD drive had the switch set for internal termination, and thought that that might be the problem so I switched termination off. With termination OFF, the hard drive and floptical didn't lock up, but doing an access of the hard drive would take about 4 times longer than normal. The player program would come up but none of the functions would work. The buttons would click up and down but I didn't seem to be getting anything from the player. The QUIT button wouldn't work, the only way to get out was to shut off the computer. I thought that I might be having cable problems, so I ordered new connectors and cable, and when they showed up, I made a new SCSI cable, but I still had the same problem, the program didn't appear to be reading the CD, none of the pushbuttons did anything, and the hard drive access time was a whole lot longer than normal. I even disconnected the flopitical drive from the SCSI cable to see if that might be the problem, but still the same results. Do you have any ideas on what the problem might be ? Larry Olson ----- Larry Olson ----- -*- 90504 30-OCT 04:18 General Information New CD-i Stuff From: MREGC To: PHXKEN (NR) Ken, If you'd happen to be interested in this, earlier this week the games Burn: Cycle and Mutant Rampage: a.k.a. Bodyslam came into Incredible Universe. Unfortunately for me my charge account is with Best Buy, which apparently may not even stock these titles, so I may have to wait till Christmas to get them. :( I talked to our local CD-i rep, Trevor Coleman. Pretty nice guy, though not completely accurate with some of his info. He told me some interesting stuff about CD-i support in the valley. According to him, there is a Sears store or two which are doing CD-i support some justice. Also, he said that the best local CD-i support is being provided by a place called Jerry's Audio and Video or something like that. Anyway, if you pick either of these titles up, let me know how you like them. ..Eric... -*- 90505 30-OCT 04:23 General Information CD-i Coverage From: MREGC To: ALL To all of those interested in CD-i stuff, apparently, next Sunday at sometime in the afternoon/evening there's going to be some kind of games awards program on cable station WTBS Atlanta. I forget the name of the program, something like Cyber something I think. It should be on around 8:00 pm Eastern time. In the commercials I've seen for this show, there are quick screen shots of Caesar's World of Boxing, Voyeur, Escape from Cyber City, and a version of 7th Guest that looked so clean it had to be the CD-i version. I believe there's also prizes which viewers can win, one of which is a CD-i player. I'm not quite sure what the whole thing is about, but it looks interesting. ..Eric... -*- 90508 30-OCT 13:39 General Information RE: Shell+ 2.2a bug (Re: Msg 90421) From: 01GEN40 To: MMCCLELLAND (NR) Agreed... someone should inform the auther of any problems associated with a product he or she puts out. I had to go way back to my early days of learning OS-9 to find a compatible floppie for my system. I had to find my copies on 40 track, double sided disk. And, since I have been booting from hard drive for years, I had to do some real digging. I did find them and copied the original SCF to my ramdisk and did the required patch as requested in the docs that came with SHELL+ V2.2a. When working on my utility, DScan, I had run into a problem where it did not get rid of the small red text overlay window after pressing a key to continue. I hit the key to stop DScan. I did not see the '.' on the command line of the small window and type in "wr"- which cleans up the whole screen back to default settings. I got the infamous "ERROR 216". That was when I saw the '.' I use no GUIs, so I do not care about mouse problems. I do not even have a joystick hooked to this CoCo 3 I am on. I see that the people running NitrOS9 get an "even more extensively opt- omized" SCF. Why is this, I wonder?! Would this be HD63B09EP specific by any chance? I just happen to have a 6309 in this machine, but, I do not have NitrOS9. Nor, do I even know where to get it. Oh well! See ya. LONG LIVE OS-9! ** In whatever form it is in! -= 01GEN40 =- -*- FORUM>Reply, Add, Read, "?" or Exit>