#: 3805 S10/Tandy CoCo 26-May-90 00:55:46 Sb: #3606-Dynastar Fm: Mike Stephenson 71655,415 To: Denise Tomlinson 71021,3274 ~ You may want to download the file DYNAS.AR in library 10. It was uploaded by Rix Seacord and is a compilation of all DynaStar and DynaForm errata. It may answer your questions. Best Mike #: 3806 S3/Languages 26-May-90 01:02:01 Sb: #3804-#BASIC09 Help Fm: Kevin Darling (UG Pres) 76703,4227 To: Colin Smith 73777,1360 (X) Colin - here's a test program which maps in a buffer, and just Gets a char at a location each time the mouse button is pressed, and Peeks the mapped-in buffer. Study it and ask Q's. PROCEDURE SpotTest (* Gets a char from Text Screen: BASE 0 TYPE registers=cc,a,b,dp:BYTE; x,y,u:INTEGER DIM reg:registers DIM Mouse(32):BYTE DIM I_GetStt:BYTE \I_GetStt=$8D DIM SS_Mouse:BYTE \SS_Mouse=$89 DIM F_ID:BYTE \F_ID=$0C DIM X1,Y1,Group,BuffNum,BuffLoc:INTEGER DIM oldx,oldy:INTEGER GOSUB 100 \(* Find a Group to Use *) RUN gfx2("Get",Group,BuffNum,1,1,2,1) RUN MapBuff(Group,BuffNum,BuffLoc) LOOP GOSUB 200 \(* Get Mouse coord IF X1<>oldx OR Y1<>oldy THEN RUN gfx2("CurXY",X1,Y1) oldx=X1 \oldy=Y1 ENDIF IF Mouse(8)<>0 THEN RUN gfx2("Get",Group,BuffNum,X1,Y1,2,1) RUN gfx2("CurHome") PRINT "Value is: "; PRINT PEEK(BuffLoc); PRINT " Character is: "; PRINT CHR$(PEEK(BuffLoc)); PRINT " " PRINT "--------------------------------"; RUN gfx2("CurXY",X1,Y1) ENDIF ENDLOOP (* ****************************************** 100 (* Find a Group via our ID RUN Syscall(F_ID,reg) \Group=reg.a \BuffNum=1 ON ERROR GOTO 110 RUN gfx2("KillBuff",Group,0) 110 ON ERROR RETURN (* ****************************************** 200 (* Get Mouse Coords: reg.a=0 reg.b=SS_Mouse reg.x=ADDR(Mouse) reg.y=1 RUN Syscall(I_GetStt,reg) X1=(Mouse($18)*256+Mouse($19))/8 Y1=Mouse($1B)/8 RETURN There is 1 Reply. #: 3864 S3/Languages 27-May-90 13:47:49 Sb: #3806-BASIC09 Help Fm: Colin Smith 73777,1360 To: Kevin Darling (UG Pres) 76703,4227 OK. Thanks a million. I'll see what I can do with it. Again, thanks. --Colin #: 3807 S3/Languages 26-May-90 01:02:18 Sb: #3804-BASIC09 Help Fm: Kevin Darling (UG Pres) 76703,4227 To: Colin Smith 73777,1360 (X) (* ****************************************** PROCEDURE MapBuff PARAM Group,BuffNum,BuffLoc:INTEGER TYPE registers=cc,a,b,dp:BYTE; x,y,u:INTEGER DIM reg:registers DIM I_SetStt:BYTE \I_SetStt=$8E DIM SS_MpGPB:BYTE \SS_MpGPB=$84 reg.a=1 reg.b=SS_MpGPB reg.x=Group*256+BuffNum reg.y=$01 RUN Syscall(I_SetStt,reg) (* check CC register bit for error IF LAND(reg.cc,$01)<>0 THEN PRINT "Error #"; reg.b PAUSE ENDIF BuffLoc=reg.x \(* Return Location END #: 3808 S15/Hot Topics 26-May-90 02:17:57 Sb: #3802-OS9 A/O Uniflex??? Fm: Paul K. Ward 73477,2004 To: Colin Smith 73777,1360 (X) Colin, If you sold all your blown stuff to a Commodore 64 owner, it would be a step up for him/her!! Paul PS Keep your eyes out for a special MM/1 offer and for some press releases. #: 3826 S15/Hot Topics 26-May-90 10:23:17 Sb: #3796-#OS9 A/O Uniflex??? Fm: MOTD Editor..Bill Brady 70126,267 To: Paul K. Ward 73477,2004 (X) I am shooting for June 15th. There is 1 Reply. #: 3838 S15/Hot Topics 26-May-90 12:47:58 Sb: #3826-OS9 A/O Uniflex??? Fm: Paul K. Ward 73477,2004 To: MOTD Editor..Bill Brady 70126,267 No sweat. Paul #: 3809 S15/Hot Topics 26-May-90 02:18:46 Sb: #3803-#OS9 A/O Uniflex??? Fm: Paul K. Ward 73477,2004 To: Colin Smith 73777,1360 (X) Colin, I can offer you $50 off the computer with a special deal we're posting tomorrow. Paul There is 1 Reply. #: 3835 S15/Hot Topics 26-May-90 12:37:36 Sb: #3809-#OS9 A/O Uniflex??? Fm: Jim Peasley 72726,1153 To: Paul K. Ward 73477,2004 (X) ~ Yeah, Paul! Anxiously awaiting full specs on the MM/1, including an estimated release date, OS, software, hardware options, $$$, etc. I casually dropped a reference to the MM/1 and OS-9 in an I*M forum dedicated to specs for the 'ultimate' home computer, and was deluged with replies for more info. Everything that they wanted in the 'ultimate rOME computer' is being done right now with the CoCo and LII, with the exception of touch screens, so the MM/1 should be that much better if you haven't left anything out! ...waiting and watching the mailbox and LIB15. ...Jim There is 1 Reply. #: 3839 S15/Hot Topics 26-May-90 12:50:11 Sb: #3835-OS9 A/O Uniflex??? Fm: Paul K. Ward 73477,2004 To: Jim Peasley 72726,1153 (X) Jim, The stuff went out with a several-thousand-piece mailing last week! Response has been outstanding. Thanks for the interest, and keep your eyes posted! Paul #: 3810 S10/Tandy CoCo 26-May-90 03:27:07 Sb: #3729-#Selecting windows Fm: TONY CAPPELLINI 76370,2104 To: Kevin Darling (UG Pres) 76703,4227 (X) Thanx a bunch. I spent [D [D [Dabout 6 hours customizing my startup file trying to get those damn windows working. I don't know what I did but I got it to work. I have 4 windows come up out of startup, and also 1 for mv. The 1b21 for the mv window seems to work, but not for the other windows. So I7ll live with that until I can find out more about windowing. In addition to that I've optimized my system for spedd. Sorry, about the typos, but I can't backspace with osterm !!! look at the [[D's abouve. Thats what comes out when I hit the backspavece key. Anyway I have had the disto ramdisk cartridge for over a year, and I have only really used it to compile programs without ever accessing the HD. (I can remeber whemn I used to compile off a two floppy drive system. Talk about slow !!) Now I format it on startup, load it with cmds, apllications, icons, aifs, and procs. MV is in high gear now. (Fastgraf helped a lot too !). For some reason , when I start up osterm from th ramdrive, it comes up with an unable to link to macro mesassage, and just sits there. But when I run it from the HD, it is ok. Any ideas ? Getting back to the original topic. (Sorry, but I had to blow my horn. I spen t a lot of time trying to get the damn startup file e to finish executing. It would just quit in the middle, soemtimes with an error sometimes not.) It turned out that While I was using Window Wwriter, it left a control character or teo two in there, and them buggers is invisible ! I usually have it strip out all control codes, but maybe it left some anyway. I can see it now, the compiler is gonna choke on th those control chars. Looks like I need to write a filter program ! TC There are 3 Replies. #: 3820 S10/Tandy CoCo 26-May-90 07:19:41 Sb: #3810-#Selecting windows Fm: Kevin Darling (UG Pres) 76703,4227 To: TONY CAPPELLINI 76370,2104 (X) Gee, sounds like you've been hard at work! Kudos for not giving up... always good when someone sticks with it AND finds the trouble to boot. Nope, no idea on OSTerm and macros... are the macros copied over to /r0? There is 1 Reply. #: 3830 S10/Tandy CoCo 26-May-90 12:14:24 Sb: #3820-#Selecting windows Fm: TONY CAPPELLINI 76370,2104 To: Kevin Darling (UG Pres) 76703,4227 (X) Kev, the only other files that osterm uses that I know of are the osterm.ddir , osterm.options, and another one for user defined macros. Whenever I start it up (from the HD) it usually finds the first 2 files and I get a 216 error for the macro files, because it doesn't exist (I haven't created any macros yest). This is ok, because I have been using it like this for a while. Now since I put it in the ramdrive, I get the "unable to link to macro "error. It seesm to me that this is a module of some sort that it is looking for in memory (which it probably yanked out of /h0/cmds, before), and now it can't find i it. But after doing an mdir, while it is running, the only osterm related module in memory is osterm itself. I'll try to get in touch with Vaughn. TC There is 1 Reply. #: 3842 S10/Tandy CoCo 26-May-90 15:57:28 Sb: #3830-#Selecting windows Fm: Zack Sessions 76407,1524 To: TONY CAPPELLINI 76370,2104 (X) OSTerm uses the following modules: OSTerm filepick transfer macro autodial There is 1 Reply. #: 3849 S10/Tandy CoCo 27-May-90 02:46:53 Sb: #3842-#Selecting windows Fm: TONY CAPPELLINI 76370,2104 To: Zack Sessions 76407,1524 (X) Zack, Great. I found those files in my cmds directory. I forgot that they came with osterm. Thats what happens when you have a huge cmds directory. I think I should work on a new method of organizing my hard disk. Any suggestions !! THANX TC There is 1 Reply. #: 3859 S10/Tandy CoCo 27-May-90 10:42:00 Sb: #3849-#Selecting windows Fm: Zack Sessions 76407,1524 To: TONY CAPPELLINI 76370,2104 (X) While I was using OSTerm, I cranked it up this way: 1) chd to ramdisk 2) run the following procedure file: copy /dd/sys/osterm.options osterm.options load osterm load filepick load transfer load macro load autodial osterm <>>>/1 unlink osterm file ick transfer macro autodial del osterm.options The procedure file was in my current CMDS directory with e attribute set. I think Shell+ is also required to do that. (run a procedure file not in your data dir) Zack There is 1 Reply. #: 3869 S10/Tandy CoCo 27-May-90 16:40:47 Sb: #3859-Selecting windows Fm: TONY CAPPELLINI 76370,2104 To: Zack Sessions 76407,1524 Thanx Zack. I got osterm to work out of /r0. I just had my startup file copy the other 4 files you mentioned. I didn't have to unlink any mod ules cuz there not in memory. Only osterm is. I have been having some other problems (minor) with osterm, but I would rather talk to Vaughn about it person to person. It takes too long to type them in in message form, here. TC #: 3827 S10/Tandy CoCo 26-May-90 10:28:42 Sb: #3810-Selecting windows Fm: Zack Sessions 76407,1524 To: TONY CAPPELLINI 76370,2104 (X) You just need to get a decent text editor, like VED. Zack #: 3834 S10/Tandy CoCo 26-May-90 12:37:20 Sb: #3810-#Selecting windows Fm: Jim Peasley 72726,1153 To: TONY CAPPELLINI 76370,2104 (X) ~ TC; Just for curiosity's sake, why don't you compose your replies offline using an editor, and then upload them? It's a lot cheaper in most cases, and you could then use your backspace key. %-} ...Jim There is 1 Reply. #: 3848 S10/Tandy CoCo 27-May-90 02:43:28 Sb: #3834-#Selecting windows Fm: TONY CAPPELLINI 76370,2104 To: Jim Peasley 72726,1153 (X) Great idea, but I don't know how to upload these messages. I assume they must conform to some sort of standard. Can you tell me how to do that ? I figured out why the backspace key was screwing up. I had osterm set to ansi graphics mode instead of TTY. Now I can backspace ok. How would I know what my replies would be unless I logged on and read the messages first. Is it actually better to log on get your messages, log off write your replies, log back on and upload them. Sseems like a lot of trouble but if will save me connect time i'll try it. But, I do need some info on how to upload messages as well as files that can be put in the libs for others to download. THANX TC There are 2 Replies. #: 3863 S10/Tandy CoCo 27-May-90 11:10:24 Sb: #3848-Selecting windows Fm: Steve Wegert 76703,4255 To: TONY CAPPELLINI 76370,2104 (X) Tony, There's a file in LIB 1 that will help you with composing replies offline then uploading them to the message base. Take a peek at FAST.DOC. You can use the tips found there with any telcom program and editor/word processor. Give a shout if you need some help. Steve #: 3865 S10/Tandy CoCo 27-May-90 14:14:51 Sb: #3848-#Selecting windows Fm: Jim Peasley 72726,1153 To: TONY CAPPELLINI 76370,2104 (X) ~ Ahh, so! Maybe I can help here Tony. You're using OSterm, if I remember the past msgs. in this thread, no? I'm not at all familiar with it, but I can tell you how to reply/upload in a general way. Assuming you're logging on, capturing messages of interest, logging off and reading them, what you.would do when you see a message you'd like to respond to is this : Using an editor of some type or another (even Build is o.k.), for the first line of the reply, enter 're' (or rep), a space, and the msg. nu ber you're replying to. The first line of this msg is 're 3848'. Type your reply/question/message. Type '/ex' or '/exit' in column #1 after your last line. Type 's' to store the message and let CIS rtformat it, 'su' to store it exactly as you typed it, or 'pre' to preview it before it's stored either formatted or unformatted. When you've got all your replies ready to go, log back in and at the forum prompt '!', simply transmit each reply to CIS (CIS doesn't know that you're not typing from the keyboard). Be sure to use the ASCII transfer option. To upload to any of the libraries, go to the LIB you want to place your file into and at the prompt type 'upl', and CIS will prompt you for the filename which you then transmit. Next it'll ask you for KEYWORDS, a long description, and I believe, a short description. Much harder to describe than actually do! There's a program in DL10 called 'View.ar' that I'm using now which allows you to read your message file, print/save individual msgs., and reply to them in a relatively simple fashion. Hope I've helped, but yell if anything's not clear. ...Jim There is 1 Reply. #: 3873 S10/Tandy CoCo 27-May-90 16:50:43 Sb: #3865-Selecting windows Fm: TONY CAPPELLINI 76370,2104 To: Jim Peasley 72726,1153 How are you using view.ar /?Online or off. I see what you are talking about i'm just not sure I understand the mechanics of it TC #: 3811 S7/Telecommunications 26-May-90 03:32:26 Sb: #3734-#H+L Fm: TONY CAPPELLINI 76370,2104 To: Butch Mooney 76702,1126 (X) Yes it is in california. I used to live less than a mile from him, and I couln't dial his board. Beleive it or not I still cant. My system just won't dial his number. Aas for Paul, he is moving this weekend. So Ssorry his new residence only has 1 phone line and he won't be runnging his BBS. In fact I am using one of his modems right now, trying to figure out why I can't dial his old number. Wweo Wwierd stuff, this Os9. I did get to see his board run from his monitor. It is really fast. He has made a lot of modifications on his systerm and they really have helped. The diskmaster with the 1.5meg ramdisk was a big help. Too bad I won't be able to call it up. TC There is 1 Reply. #: 3843 S7/Telecommunications 26-May-90 19:09:37 Sb: #3811-#H+L Fm: Butch Mooney 76702,1126 To: TONY CAPPELLINI 76370,2104 (X) Hi, It is to bad that Hound and Lion is shut down. Paul was very helpful to the new OS9 users. He should get another phone and fire it up. That leaves only Plain Rap for the Coco users. I think Plain Rap is about seven year old. That is old for a BBS. Most are up and down in no time. I think that a BBS is more work then most people think they are. Butch There is 1 Reply. #: 3850 S7/Telecommunications 27-May-90 02:52:31 Sb: #3843-#H+L Fm: TONY CAPPELLINI 76370,2104 To: Butch Mooney 76702,1126 (X) Butch, do you live in the area (southern California) ? I have never called plain rap, but since Paul is down, I'll probably be using it regularly. Yeah, Paul was very helpful to me. I'm using his rs232pak and 2400 bd modem now. These are just temporary though. I have a disto rs232 on the way. The reason Paul isn't getting his bbs running is because GTE wants big bucks to run another phone line in at his new residence. I can understand his point of view. Are you new on CIS. I don't remember seeing your name before. I've been on over a year, but I really want to switch over to Delphi, cuz i'm running up too many bills. Talk to you soon. TC There is 1 Reply. #: 3853 S7/Telecommunications 27-May-90 04:22:51 Sb: #3850-#H+L Fm: Butch Mooney 76702,1126 To: TONY CAPPELLINI 76370,2104 (X) Hi TC, No, I've been on for aboar or more. OS9 is new for me. Used RS-DOS for the pasted three years. I'm a SysOp on the new PETS forum that has been running since the last of Feb. I live in Newhall. All BBSing is a toll call for me. I work to pay my Pacific Bell bill. It is a killer. I've heard the you can run up a big bill on Delphi. It isn't cheap. All in all I like CIS. Some nock it but they just want free BBSing. If you need Plain Rap's number let me know. They have some great people on there. Butch There is 1 Reply. #: 3867 S7/Telecommunications 27-May-90 16:32:51 Sb: #3853-H+L Fm: TONY CAPPELLINI 76370,2104 To: Butch Mooney 76702,1126 I have plain raps # but I can't seem to be able to stay on the line. I'm set up for 8 N 1 1200, but I don't see anything intelligab le. I don't get anything from him. I just installed the diode hak, and wanted to see if it was working. Wwell I called CIS ok, but I can't do anything on Jim's board. Maybe it's down. Do you have a voice # for him. ?? TC/exit #: 3812 S7/Telecommunications 26-May-90 03:39:14 Sb: #OSTERM Fm: TONY CAPPELLINI 76370,2104 To: Vaughn Cato Vaughn I tried to run some of my applications from my ramdrive, but when I try to run osterm from there, it responds with an 'unable to link to macro error' and just sits there. I have moved the options and ddir files to the RD as well. If I chx back to the hard drive, everything is ok. It seems as if I am missing a file or two, but I don't know what it is. Aalso I can't backspace bwhile in osterm because I get these characters [D. OOPs. Just had a revelation. My terminal was set for ansi, instead of tty. Now it works. I've been calling a lot of os9 boards lately and was using os9 grafx and ansi as well. Got to remeber to save that info. THANX. TC exit There is 1 Reply. #: 3821 S7/Telecommunications 26-May-90 07:21:36 Sb: #3812-#OSTERM Fm: Kevin Darling (UG Pres) 76703,4227 To: TONY CAPPELLINI 76370,2104 (X) Hmmm. I'm not sure Vaughn's on any network... just BBS's right now. I'll pass on your msg (if no one else does) tho. There is 1 Reply. #: 3831 S7/Telecommunications 26-May-90 12:16:41 Sb: #3821-OSTERM Fm: TONY CAPPELLINI 76370,2104 To: Kevin Darling (UG Pres) 76703,4227 (X) WOuld you see if you could find a bbs # where I can contact him or a voice line # THANX TC #: 3813 S6/Applications 26-May-90 03:45:01 Sb: #AIF -> DYNACALC Fm: TONY CAPPELLINI 76370,2104 To: ALL I know there are a lot of Dynacalc users out there, so I figured I would tap into that info. When I click on my aif file, Ddcalc starts up but responds with an error 216, and says device not found. Also the colors I have p [Dspeci [D [Dspecified in the aif don't get used. Can't figure out why. Any Ideas ??? THANX TC There is 1 Reply. #: 3828 S6/Applications 26-May-90 10:30:44 Sb: #3813-#AIF -> DYNACALC Fm: Zack Sessions 76407,1524 To: TONY CAPPELLINI 76370,2104 (X) Does Dynacalc work at the command line level? Here is the AIF I use : Dynacalc ICONS/icon.dyc 0 2 80 24 1 0 Zack There is 1 Reply. #: 3832 S6/Applications 26-May-90 12:23:04 Sb: #3828-AIF -> DYNACALC Fm: TONY CAPPELLINI 76370,2104 To: Zack Sessions 76407,1524 (X) More late night revelations... After working on my system for what seemed endless hours, Dynacal finally camu up with the colors I selected. I think I may not have had all the files it neede in my /r0/cmds directory. I know that dcalc and dcalc.trm were there but when I first clicked on th icon I encountered the previous problems. The 216 error/device not found was due to an old aif that I was experimenting with that had a cd /h0/main/dynacalc for the parameter line. I guess i'll just have to change directorys through dcalc once it is running. I hate it when I fix one of these wierd os9 quirks and I don't know what caused it Thanx for the help. Later.......................................... TC #: 3814 S15/Hot Topics 26-May-90 03:53:36 Sb: #3731-That Darn Computer! Fm: TONY CAPPELLINI 76370,2104 To: Pete Lyall 76703,4230 Pete Wwell I just moved, a bit closer to your direction. I used to live in Sepulveda, now I'm in Canoga Park. I'm really close to work now. Less than a mile. Now I can os9 while I eat lunch ! Hey. Your just a stones throw over the hill. I still would like to see your Gimiz system sometime, if that's ok. We taled about that on the phone a while back, before you moved. I'm curious how you hav e have the terminals set up (software wise not hardware). TC #: 3815 S7/Telecommunications 26-May-90 03:59:16 Sb: #3774-Help Fm: TONY CAPPELLINI 76370,2104 To: Butch Mooney 76702,1126 (X) Yep. They have pointed me in the right direction many times, but there are still lots of cracks out there, and I keep stepping in them. #: 3816 S7/Telecommunications 26-May-90 04:15:59 Sb: #3777-Help Fm: TONY CAPPELLINI 76370,2104 To: Pete Lyall 76703,4230 Pete, Speaking of the old days, they just hired the guy who wrote the Dircopy program for Smoke Signal. He used to work at IBIS, and they did most of their work on OSK systems. Actualy we have been hiring a lot of peoplee from Ibis lateley. Anyway, Bruce showed me the source code for his program. I wonder if I could get it to work for the 80 column windows, it used to hang up in the interactive mode unless yoy were in /term. I would appreciate ANY help with this, as I am still learning about os9's windowing quirks! TC #: 3817 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK) 26-May-90 04:57:37 Sb: #3773-#rs232/sterm Fm: Ed Gresick 76576,3312 To: Steve Wegert 76703,4255 (X) Hi Steve! Barry's good at that stuff? Been meaning to call him - I'll give him a call later this morning. 'Stand back and watch'? Ha! Gonna put you in the middle and throw darts !! Ed There is 1 Reply. #: 3822 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK) 26-May-90 08:36:40 Sb: #3817-rs232/sterm Fm: Steve Wegert 76703,4255 To: Ed Gresick 76576,3312 (X) Good at that stuff and getting better! You should hear him tell about the projects he's been assigned at the office. Some pretty wild stuff! I've had to bring the system down a couple times this week due to the storms we're sending your way. Hope it's not too much of an inconvenience. Steve #: 3818 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK) 26-May-90 05:08:01 Sb: #3798-still having problems Fm: Ed Gresick 76576,3312 To: SCOTT HOWELL 70270,641 (X) Hi Scott! Pete's reply to you was correct except Fred's on board connector is just a 6 pin connector with pin 2 used as an index. My connections are as follows: PT PT Modem BD DB-25 DB-25 1 -----> 8 -----> 8 2 (not used - index) 3 -----> 7 -----> 7 4 -----> 20 -----> 20 5 -----> 3 -----> 2 6 -----> 2 -----> 3 You also may want to try jumpering as Pete suggested (if you do, disconnect the wire going back to the PT BD). I suspect you may also have another problem which I forgot about. Fred's device drivers 'ain't' the best in the world. Originally, I could get no echo from the modem. (Ever try to use kermit blind - lot's of fun). I assume you're using OSK 3.3 (I'm still mostly 3.2 with a coupld of 3.3 modules). Do you have an sc68681 driver for Term (or T1) and T2 and a sc68681a driver for T2 and T3? I have a single driver for all four ports. It is a hacked version 15 - the crc is 209711. I got this from Simmy Turner. I'll ask him if its OK to send it to you (his stuff, you know). Ed #: 3823 S9/Utilities 26-May-90 08:42:02 Sb: #3787-Shell+ compatibility Fm: Steve Wegert 76703,4255 To: J SILLIMAN 72355,1207 J, Why are you so sure there's a problem with Shell+ and your repak utility? About the only problems I've run into with Shell+ is in the wildcard stuff. Things can get real hairy if the utility you're running has it own wildcard routines. Best bet is to diable shell+'s wildcards and let the utlitiy cope as written. If you have more info, I'm sure we'd be interested in hearing .... Steve #: 3824 S15/Hot Topics 26-May-90 08:57:39 Sb: #3795-oh THAT Darn Computer Fm: Steve Wegert 76703,4255 To: Frank Hogg 70310,317 (X) Frank, Your announcement has been enabled, but you may wish to take a look at it. There seems to be a few characters .. and in one instance a full line of text missing. If you feel it's necessary to upload a correction, just use the same file name and extension. The system will automatically take care of deleting the first file. Steve #: 3829 S13/Atari ST 26-May-90 10:38:08 Sb: #3636-#M$OS9Lvl query Fm: Robert Heller 71450,3432 To: David George 72240,134 (X) David: All you need to do is link to the init module (C library function modlink(), page 4-153 in the C Compiler User Manual), and define a struct based on the structure of the init module (see /dd/sysmods/init.a) and cast the result from modlink("init",0) to a pointer to this structure and then you can access any field in the init module. Modlink() returns the very beginning of the module, so be sure to include a mod_exec struct (or equivelant) in the start of the init module struct definition. Robert There is 1 Reply. #: 3860 S13/Atari ST 27-May-90 10:42:26 Sb: #3829-M$OS9Lvl query Fm: David George 72240,134 To: Robert Heller 71450,3432 Thank you very much. David #: 3833 S9/Utilities 26-May-90 12:26:39 Sb: Play.ar / Studio Works Fm: TONY CAPPELLINI 76370,2104 To: ALL Does anyone out there know if the Studio Wworks sound files are compatible with the os9 play utility ? If so is there a way I can transfer files back and forth from os9 to rsdos ? I have a few SW files I would like to upload for eveyones use. Come to think of it, I haven't uploaded ANY files before. Where do I go to do that ?? TC #: 3836 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK) 26-May-90 12:38:46 Sb: #OS-9/Amigados Fm: Jim Peasley 72726,1153 To: Kevin Darling 76703,4227 (X) Kev; See msg. to Paul above. I gave your PPN to 2 AmigaNuts who had some questions on comparing 0S-9 to AmigaDOS. They may be contacting you here for some answers that I cauldn't give them about the Ami. Hope you don't mind. ...Jim There is 1 Reply. #: 3846 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK) 26-May-90 22:21:51 Sb: #3836-OS-9/Amigados Fm: Kevin Darling (UG Pres) 76703,4227 To: Jim Peasley 72726,1153 (X) Jim - no problem at all. I'll answer what I can, or find someone who's able! #: 3837 S13/Atari ST 26-May-90 12:42:51 Sb: #ST in need of OS-9 Fm: - Visitor 73020,413 To: sysop (X) excuse me, but I have an ST and may be interested in running OS-9. Can I get the address of one or more OS-9 dealers? How about this version called PROFESSION 2.2? TKX. There is 1 Reply. #: 3840 S13/Atari ST 26-May-90 12:53:26 Sb: #3837-ST in need of OS-9 Fm: Paul K. Ward 73477,2004 To: - Visitor 73020,413 Visitor, Give me a call at 202/232-4246. I'll set you up. Paul #: 3841 S7/Telecommunications 26-May-90 13:13:03 Sb: #IRQHAK 4 DISTO RS232 Fm: TONY CAPPELLINI 76370,2104 To: [F] Kevin Darling 76703,4227 (X) I just ordered the disto now halt controller with rs232 option since they were on sale and my rs232 pak is flaking out. How do I do the irqhak for an rs232 port in the disto NH controller ?? TC There is 1 Reply. #: 3847 S7/Telecommunications 26-May-90 22:23:54 Sb: #3841-#IRQHAK 4 DISTO RS232 Fm: Kevin Darling (UG Pres) 76703,4227 To: TONY CAPPELLINI 76370,2104 (X) Tony - the SC-II manual I think shows a pin at one corner of the board ( near to the coco)... the rs232 port plugs into it, as this is the IRQ/CART pin. So that's also where you could run the irqhack from if you wished. If you have the diode hack (and it works for you) then you needn't worry. There is 1 Reply. #: 3851 S7/Telecommunications 27-May-90 03:02:00 Sb: #3847-#IRQHAK 4 DISTO RS232 Fm: TONY CAPPELLINI 76370,2104 To: Kevin Darling (UG Pres) 76703,4227 (X) I put the diode in and I think it was ok. I had some other hardware problems that made me think I had rs232 problems. But one day when I turned on my coco3 and all I got was garbage and could not reset the computer, I lifted up one end of the diode and the garbage went away. I bought the diode at RS. Maybe their parts are inferior or not up to spec. I heard that the diode hack did not work on ALL coco3's. Paul Pollocks computer locked up or something when he put it in. I still have one diode left and i'm running a completey new machine ($129), so maybe i'll fire up my soldering iron after breakfast and try the diode hak again. I am occasionally getting the incorrect time from my disto clock module when I start up shells in windows that I open from startup. The year usually comes up as 93, the rest of the date and time is ok. But when I time date,t SOMETIMES i get ?????, and the time. I had this problem before. It comes and goes. Maybe I should have thought twice before I ordered the SCII and rs232 ? TC There is 1 Reply. #: 3855 S7/Telecommunications 27-May-90 06:52:47 Sb: #3851-#IRQHAK 4 DISTO RS232 Fm: Kevin Darling (UG Pres) 76703,4227 To: TONY CAPPELLINI 76370,2104 (X) Hmm... if you bought a pack of diodes from RS, they might indeed be bad. We found that was true with most of their transistor packs, for example. Individual units should be okay, tho. Some people get that time problem.. and durn it, someone else once mentioned a possible fix or reason for it.... but I can't remember it! Anybody? There is 1 Reply. #: 3868 S7/Telecommunications 27-May-90 16:37:20 Sb: #3855-IRQHAK 4 DISTO RS232 Fm: TONY CAPPELLINI 76370,2104 To: Kevin Darling (UG Pres) 76703,4227 I talked to you about this problem awhile back. Maybe you forgot that it was me. I just put in the diode on this new machine. Sso far it seems to work. Please let me know if you hear more about that fix for the Disto clock. I don't think Tony is interested with system related problems, however if you port is bad he will fix it or test it (CRC will), but I don't think I would get much help from him regarding a software oriented problem (if that is what it is). 10 Q TC #: 3844 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK) 26-May-90 20:54:39 Sb: TC70 Computer Fm: Jim Truesdale 70335,1064 To: Frank Hogg 70310,317 (X) Frank, what graphics processor chip is used on the TC70? Who is the designer of the TC70 computer CPU board? #: 3845 S10/Tandy CoCo 26-May-90 22:18:43 Sb: #3375-#ROGUE HELP HELP HELP HLP Fm: Dotti Rhodes 76334,3212 To: WAYNE LAIRD 73617,3042 Excuse me -- I have the 128K Rogue game... have a lot of fun with it too! But I can't seem to save my position! The machine whirrs and clicks and says "Unable to save position on this disk" Am I suppsed to be using the master disk to save positions? I'd hate to use the master disk if I didn't have to.. but I'm really stuck -- HELP! There is 1 Reply. #: 3856 S10/Tandy CoCo 27-May-90 08:06:28 Sb: #3845-ROGUE HELP HELP HELP HLP Fm: James Jones 76257,562 To: Dotti Rhodes 76334,3212 Could you give more details--the obvious first thing to check is whether you've write-protected the disk. (No offense intended--just trying to be thorough.) Tell us what sequence of events you go through, particularly inserting or removing disks and chd or chx commands. #: 3852 S3/Languages 27-May-90 03:04:59 Sb: #C and JOoysticks Fm: TONY CAPPELLINI 76370,2104 To: ALL Does anyone know how I can read the fire buttons on the joystick ports from a C program ? I want to use them to monitor some external events but I don't know how to address them. Are they read by opening a path to that port or does it require some other stuff ? TC There is 1 Reply. #: 3861 S3/Languages 27-May-90 10:44:13 Sb: #3852-#C and JOoysticks Fm: Zack Sessions 76407,1524 To: TONY CAPPELLINI 76370,2104 (X) You can use the I$GetStt SS.JOY function documented in the Tech Ref manual, page 8-116. You'll have to call it with the _os9() C library function. Zack There are 2 Replies. #: 3870 S3/Languages 27-May-90 16:47:16 Sb: #3861-C and JOoysticks Fm: TONY CAPPELLINI 76370,2104 To: Zack Sessions 76407,1524 I'm looking in the os-9 manual page 8-116 now. SS.JOY isn't a function() is it \ I'm not sure what I$GetStt is either. I have only been doing C for as year or so and that has been on a PC (sorry) at work. I don't know how to connect with os9 through C. Any suggestions where I should start ? See what I mean about talking perso to person. It would be a lot easier doing this in a 10 min phone call than 6 or 7 of these messages. If it's ok could I call you ? If so leave your number and a convenient time at the beep. I have compiled a few utilities on my system, but they don't really get down to the system level like you were talking about. Thanx TC #: 3871 S3/Languages 27-May-90 16:48:01 Sb: #3861-C and JOoysticks Fm: TONY CAPPELLINI 76370,2104 To: Zack Sessions 76407,1524 PS. Wwhat do they mean by function code 13 ? TC #: 3854 S7/Telecommunications 27-May-90 06:14:01 Sb: PT68K Fm: Ed Gresick 76576,3312 To: Scott Howell 70270,641 Hi Scott! Simmy said OK so I will mail his sc68681, Term, T1, T2 and T3 to you. One thing, they are set up for 19200 baud - you may have to change them. Ed #: 3857 S1/General Interest 27-May-90 10:09:39 Sb: #3779-OS/2 Fm: Wayne Day 76703,376 To: Avi 76117,3506 What's OS/2? #: 3862 S7/Telecommunications 27-May-90 10:48:22 Sb: VT100 Emulation Fm: Zack Sessions 76407,1524 To: ALL KBCom.ar is now available in DL7. The best VT100 emulation program for OS9 Level 2 that I've seen. This is Shareware version. Commercial version due out sometime this summer. Written by Eddie Kuns. Zack #: 3866 S10/Tandy CoCo 27-May-90 14:20:14 Sb: Move.ar Fm: Jim Peasley 72726,1153 To: All Just re-uploaded MOVE.AR to LIB10. This is version 1.1 which is a bit more user-friendly and has a few more options. Source B09, binary and help file. ..Jim #: 3872 S7/Telecommunications 27-May-90 16:50:12 Sb: #3677-WizPro Fm: BOB GLAD 71046,1134 To: MOTD Editor..Bill Brady 70126,267 Bill I appreaciate the reply. I will make the patch and try it out. I probably downloaded the wrong file or ect. I will send soon for the complete package. T. Bob Press !>