#: 13056 S7/Telecommunications 14-Nov-91 23:42:21 Sb: #13055-#Finally! Fm: Pete Lyall 76703,4230 To: John R. Wainwright 72517,676 (X) John - It's tentatively spoken for, but I'll keep you on the list in the event it falls through. Thanks! Pete There is 1 Reply. #: 13063 S7/Telecommunications 15-Nov-91 19:41:32 Sb: #13056-#Finally! Fm: John R. Wainwright 72517,676 To: Pete Lyall 76703,4230 (X) Thanks, Pete, Figured I was too slow to be first. Let me know. JohnW There is 1 Reply. #: 13092 S7/Telecommunications 17-Nov-91 14:07:25 Sb: #13063-Finally! Fm: Pete Lyall 76703,4230 To: John R. Wainwright 72517,676 (X) Will do John! #: 13064 S7/Telecommunications 15-Nov-91 22:08:33 Sb: #13053-#Finally! Fm: Steve Wegert 76703,4255 To: Paul Rinear 73757,1413 (X) Yup ... we're pretty much set up the same. And yes ... doing CPU intensive things in other window has caused me to see errors on B+ downloads. You can only push these CoCo's sooo far. I have a 9600 baud modem that really is doing me no good. The poor 3 can't keep up. Can't wait for the MM/1 to show up. It's been three weeks since I placed the order. Paul said 4 or so. I'm getting anxious. Steve There is 1 Reply. #: 13086 S7/Telecommunications 17-Nov-91 09:33:39 Sb: #13064-#Finally! Fm: Paul Rinear 73757,1413 To: Steve Wegert 76703,4255 (X) The MM/1 is tempting; but I have a lot to learn about programming the Coco. Just started getting into it. With this hard drive I've been tempted to run a message board in the background since I have a separate phone line. Are you familiar with any of the BBS software available? Paul There is 1 Reply. #: 13087 S7/Telecommunications 17-Nov-91 11:15:12 Sb: #13086-Finally! Fm: Steve Wegert 76703,4255 To: Paul Rinear 73757,1413 (X) Paul, I've not played with any of the BBS software, but I do have my system open to the outside world on a dial up basis. Steve #: 13057 S7/Telecommunications 15-Nov-91 00:27:30 Sb: #13052-Quick-B Problems Fm: Erich Schulman 75140,3175 To: Paul Rinear 73757,1413 (X) I got a e-mail on Delphi yesterday. The drive cable will be on its way very soon now. #: 13058 S7/Telecommunications 15-Nov-91 14:08:08 Sb: WIZ Fm: MARK NORTH 70412,2312 To: BILL BRADY Nov. 11th, 1991 My name is Mark North and I'm new to telecommunicating. I have a CoCo 3 with one meg of memory and a Disto SC 2. I bought the Wiz and got WizPro along with it and I am having trouble get them running. All I get is single characters between '> <' in the single line window in the bottom of the screen. It looks like the modem is never hearing from the computer. I have seen since I've been on Compuserve with AutoTerm that many patches should be done to my system to make everything work well. I was extremely pleased to find out that it wasn't really my fault that printer kepted getting stray linefeeds all the time. My problem with the Wiz is I just didn't get enough from the docs. I think my boot file is OK, but since I'm a rookie at using any terminal package, I have run out of plans to try. I joined Compuserve to talk to others with similar equipment and intrests. I need to log on to the service under the operating system to download all the patches and such that I need. Someone PLEASE HELP! Thank You for Your Time and Interest 70412,2312 Mark North #: 13059 S10/OS9/6809 (CoCo) 15-Nov-91 15:21:20 Sb: #13051-#snapbug Fm: Wayne Day 76703,376 To: GLEN HATHAWAY 71446,166 (X) >I wanted it removed form the database the day after I uploaded it, but >nothing has happened so far. My impression was that we had the problem taken care of... didn't you upload the new version, and have that upload acknowled by Mike Ward, just a couple of days ago, or am I hallucinating? In any event, all versions of SNAP.AR are now moved from public view. Your upload was dated 12 Nov and modified on 13 Nov. So, I think we'll just ask you to upload the correct version, again, to make sure we have the right one. Wayne There is 1 Reply. #: 13065 S10/OS9/6809 (CoCo) 15-Nov-91 22:54:03 Sb: #13059-#snapbug Fm: GLEN HATHAWAY 71446,166 To: Wayne Day 76703,376 (X) Hi Wayne... I'm sorry about all this mess. Tell ya what. Just pull it all off. I've got a new, improved version almost ready - more bugs squashed and more features. I'll test it THOROUGHLY this time and re-upload probably Sunday. The only thing I'd like to know is: did the version uploaded here work for most people? Paul Jerkatis, over on Delphi, had major problems with it. I think the problem was that he didn't have his grfdrv patched for 25 lines. I'm putting in a test for screen size that will allow you to exit gracefully if you don't have the patch, instead of crashing the OS. There is 1 Reply. #: 13099 S10/OS9/6809 (CoCo) 18-Nov-91 01:43:17 Sb: #13065-#snapbug Fm: Wayne Day 76703,376 To: GLEN HATHAWAY 71446,166 (X) It's no problem, and I apologize for not making sure we had everything done right. As I said, the old version is safely out of public view and you can upload the new version whenever you're ready., Wayne There is 1 Reply. #: 13106 S10/OS9/6809 (CoCo) 18-Nov-91 20:55:07 Sb: #13099-snapbug Fm: GLEN HATHAWAY 71446,166 To: Wayne Day 76703,376 (X) Hi Wayne... Already done. As far as I know, it's bug-free, but if you write software you know how that goes... Some are sure to show their ugly little heads! I'm now playing with adding a print-sector command to send a sector to the printer and thinking of putting a file stripper in. After all, when stripping control codes, etc. out of a file, you almost always end up having to chop off X/Ymodem padding or something. Why not have it all in one program? Later... #: 13060 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK) 15-Nov-91 16:30:04 Sb: #13037-#FAX SOFTWARE? Fm: Keith H. March 70541,1413 To: James Jones 76257,562 (X) James: Do you know his phone number? You was close his name is BRETT WYNKOOP Also did you see the new RAINBOW 12-91 ISSUE review of the MM/1 ALL I need is the i/o board. Keith There is 1 Reply. #: 13066 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK) 15-Nov-91 23:33:16 Sb: #13060-FAX SOFTWARE? Fm: James Jones 76257,562 To: Keith H. March 70541,1413 (X) I got the December RAINBOW day before yesterday. Nice cover photo! Alas, I don't know his phone number. #: 13061 S1/General Interest 15-Nov-91 18:35:50 Sb: #13054-#The Computer Chronicles Fm: Toni Long 73517,2713 To: Paul Rinear 73757,1413 (X) You are handsome AND clever. I got another copy of the show on tape. Send your address if, you want it. Toni There are 2 Replies. #: 13062 S1/General Interest 15-Nov-91 19:39:07 Sb: #13061-#The Computer Chronicles Fm: John R. Wainwright 72517,676 To: Toni Long 73517,2713 (X) You mean the "Computer Chronicles" actually acknowledged the existence of something other than MSDOS and Macs? Aw C'mon. JohnW There is 1 Reply. #: 13072 S1/General Interest 16-Nov-91 17:14:55 Sb: #13062-The Computer Chronicles Fm: Toni Long 73517,2713 To: John R. Wainwright 72517,676 (X) Hi handsome Yes, they actually said "os9" and "multitasking" in the same sentence. I put it on my miracle list. Take care, Toni #: 13085 S1/General Interest 17-Nov-91 09:28:39 Sb: #13061-#The Computer Chronicles Fm: Paul Rinear 73757,1413 To: Toni Long 73517,2713 (X) Sure, I would like it; but I don't want to short you a tape. Sooo.... either I can send you a tape and you can make a copy or you can send me a tape and I will make a copy. My address is: Paul Rinear 81 Wilson Ave. Aberdeen, NJ 07747 Write anytime. There is 1 Reply. #: 13093 S1/General Interest 17-Nov-91 15:37:21 Sb: #13085-#The Computer Chronicles Fm: Toni Long 73517,2713 To: Paul Rinear 73757,1413 (X) Paul don't worry about replacing the tape. instead, write me an osk game for my tc70, Henrietta. she has not had much fun lately. HAHAHAHA. Toni There is 1 Reply. #: 13103 S1/General Interest 18-Nov-91 19:55:42 Sb: #13093-#The Computer Chronicles Fm: Paul Rinear 73757,1413 To: Toni Long 73517,2713 (X) If I could, I would but alas; still a beginner at programming. Ever write any games? Paul There is 1 Reply. #: 13113 S1/General Interest 19-Nov-91 20:28:05 Sb: #13103-#The Computer Chronicles Fm: Toni Long 73517,2713 To: Paul Rinear 73757,1413 (X) No, I don't know a THING about programming. I rely heavily on my charm and gorgeousness around here. It seems to have worked well so far. HA! Take care, Toni There is 1 Reply. #: 13128 S1/General Interest 20-Nov-91 18:02:55 Sb: #13113-#The Computer Chronicles Fm: Paul Rinear 73757,1413 To: Toni Long 73517,2713 (X) I have to rely on human kindness. Do you have any ideas for games? Sometimes good ideas bring the programmer out in people like me. Paul There is 1 Reply. #: 13130 S1/General Interest 20-Nov-91 18:42:16 Sb: #13128-The Computer Chronicles Fm: Toni Long 73517,2713 To: Paul Rinear 73757,1413 Hi handsome I have some ideas for games - monopoly, scrabble, pinocle, and maybe strip poker with pics of men who take off their clothes. as you can see, I have very sophisticated taste. also chess, but I don't know much about chess. How's that?? Toni #: 13067 S10/OS9/6809 (CoCo) 16-Nov-91 01:34:18 Sb: #12968-OS9 F$Fork Fm: LARRY OLSON 72227,3467 To: Bruce MacKenzie 71725,376 (X) Bruce, I'll try to get ahold of the code from my brother, he has been up north hunting for the last week. The last time I talked with him about it he said that he was printing out the value in the B reg. after the F$Wait but the numbers he was getting didn't match up with the error he was inducing for the test. Larry #: 13068 S15/Hot Topics 16-Nov-91 08:39:03 Sb: #12982-#MM/1 delivery Fm: Colin J. Smith 73777,1360 To: GLEN HATHAWAY 71446,166 (X) Yeah, I remember Snap. It was a neat little program! I've been trying to port the pt68k vgif viewer to MM/1, but my limited knowledge of VGA and lack of printer (IO board, actually) have frustrated my efforts! I'm glad to see more stuff coming out, though. --Colin There is 1 Reply. #: 13082 S15/Hot Topics 17-Nov-91 01:55:38 Sb: #13068-MM/1 delivery Fm: GLEN HATHAWAY 71446,166 To: Colin J. Smith 73777,1360 (X) Hi Colin... It's real tough to work without a printer - I know what it's like cause I did it for a long time. You learn to print by hand - fast! What a pain! Anyway, I'm trying to get Snap in shape, both by finishing it, and by cleaning up the code - modularizing and generalizing subroutines, etc. That way, when it comes time to port it to OSK, it should be (pardon the pun) a Snap. Actually, I was quite amazed at how easy it was to port it from quick and dirty RSDOS code to legal OS-9 code. Went pretty quick - hope the OSK port goes as smoothly... BTW, Snap now has both a working Diddle and a Verify command. If I add a few more things, it'll be a definite Ded beater! #: 13069 S15/Hot Topics 16-Nov-91 08:44:41 Sb: #13016-MM/1 delivery Fm: Colin J. Smith 73777,1360 To: Mike Haaland 72300,1433 (X) I'm using GIFShow 1.0 that came with my MM/1. It seems to crash if I display a picture larger than the screen I'm trying to display it on. Anyways, I'm Sounds like a winner! #: 13119 S15/Hot Topics 19-Nov-91 22:05:47 Sb: #12981-MM/1 delivery Fm: Bob Palmer 74646,2156 To: GLEN HATHAWAY 71446,166 (X) Yes - you can find me over there more often than here of late. A function of their bulk time pricing. look for BUDDCAR. Bob. #: 13070 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK) 16-Nov-91 12:20:22 Sb: FAX SOFTWARE HELP Fm: Keith H. March 70541,1413 To: All Does anyone know BRETT WYNKOOP PHONE #? He sells the OSK program called SENDFAX! THANKS Keith #: 13071 S10/OS9/6809 (CoCo) 16-Nov-91 13:11:04 Sb: #Cbreeze patch Fm: Jim Vestal 70372,3651 To: ALL I have a question for the people in charge of the files in the os9 section. I have an OS-9 level 1 editor called Cbreeze. It's a neat full screen text editor, but unfortuanly does not work under OS-9 level 2. A while back I remember a patch for Cbreeze here on CIS but I went to browse for it and I can't seem to find it. The patch enables Cbreeze to work under level 2 on a CoCo 3. Does anyone have any information about this file that I remember? If anyone could help me locate the file I would appreciate it...if anyone knows anyone that has it could you give a copy? Jiim Jim There is 1 Reply. #: 13075 S10/OS9/6809 (CoCo) 16-Nov-91 19:59:41 Sb: #13071-#Cbreeze patch Fm: Mike Ward 76703,2013 To: Jim Vestal 70372,3651 (X) Jim, you're in luck. I found an IPatch file called CBREZE.IPC in my offline archives. Look for it tomorrow morning in Lib 10. There is 1 Reply. #: 13094 S10/OS9/6809 (CoCo) 17-Nov-91 19:28:18 Sb: #13075-Cbreeze patch Fm: Jim Vestal 70372,3651 To: Mike Ward 76703,2013 (X) Thanks! #: 13073 S7/Telecommunications 16-Nov-91 19:01:56 Sb: #12993-#Help w/ Sterm Fm: BRUCE BAKER 73747,3137 To: Erich Schulman 75140,3175 (X) Thanks. I'm not sure if I have that (Aug. 90) issue of Rainbow. Is there something in Lib 10 that would explain the fix? On RSsave, I do have the non-basic09 version (it's in assembly) but I guess it's like DSAVE and I was never very good with that. Guess I'll dig out my Rainbow Guide and have another go at it. Yours, Bruce Baker There is 1 Reply. #: 13079 S7/Telecommunications 17-Nov-91 00:21:09 Sb: #13073-#Help w/ Sterm Fm: Erich Schulman 75140,3175 To: BRUCE BAKER 73747,3137 I don't believe there is anything you can download here for the software fix. If you have access to Delphi you can download it there BUT you will have to pay $3.50 extra. Even then this is one case where having the documentation (the magazine) is a very good idea. Order the back issue if you don't have it. Then type it in or cough up the $3.50 if you're short on time--you'll do a lot of typing for this. As for your RSSave, place the Disk BASIC disk in Drive 0 and an OS-9 disk in Drive 1 (RSSave should already be in memory, and so should RSDOS). The OS-9 disk should have a copy of RSDos on it. Type chx /d1/cmds (or wherever RSDos is). Then type rssave /d0 /d1 ! shell and watch your files get transferred to OS-9. You must have a copy of RSDOS on the destination disk with the execution dir set to it because RSSave will want to load RSDos and OS-9 must be able to find it. Give this a try and leave another message if you still have problems. It took me a few tries to get RSSave to work right but it does. There is 1 Reply. #: 13095 S7/Telecommunications 17-Nov-91 20:47:06 Sb: #13079-Help w/ Sterm Fm: Bob van der Poel 76510,2203 To: Erich Schulman 75140,3175 (X) Just jumping in here with something totally different, but the mention of RSSave, etc. reminds me... Does anyone know if the file transfer utility, RSDOS, is being ported to OSK? #: 13076 S7/Telecommunications 16-Nov-91 20:15:44 Sb: #12993-#Help w/ Sterm Fm: Bob van der Poel 76510,2203 To: Erich Schulman 75140,3175 (X) This IRQ hack thread has tweaked my curiousity (again(). I have a disto super controller II (no-halt) with a 2 in 1 board (hd and serial). It has a little blue wire which connects between the serial board and the disk controller. I assume (since I don't have dl problems at 2400 baud) that it does the same as the IRQ hack(s). Does it? There are 2 Replies. #: 13080 S7/Telecommunications 17-Nov-91 00:28:49 Sb: #13076-Help w/ Sterm Fm: Erich Schulman 75140,3175 To: Bob van der Poel 76510,2203 (X) From what I've read it seems to me that's what the wire would be for but I really can't say for sure. I should have a SC2 on the way soon but not with a 2-in-1. I may know more when I get the package but even this isn't too likely as I'm not getting the serial board with the controller. Do you know which data lines the wire connects to on each side? Compare pinouts to whatever docs you may have. If your downloads are reliable and you don't have a lot of dropped characters you're probably doing fine as you are. I like having ended my problems but about all I use OS-9 term pgms for are downloads >68 Granules; otherwise, I use Ultimaterm in DECB. #: 13083 S7/Telecommunications 17-Nov-91 06:30:08 Sb: #13076-Help w/ Sterm Fm: Kevin Darling 76703,4227 To: Bob van der Poel 76510,2203 (X) Bob - that wire is to connect the IRQ from the serial board to the coco bus. IRQ hacks actually come in two related flavors: ones which tie all the MPI slots together so that all slots can give an IRQ... and ones which bypass the GIME so that IRQs go straight to the 6809 cpu (or which use software to make the GIME irq handling more reliable). The whole idea is simple: to make sure that IRQs have a clear path to the cpu and are always recognized. The actual execution of this idea gets a little muddled, depending upon the type of external hardware/drivers :) kev #: 13077 S7/Telecommunications 16-Nov-91 20:15:55 Sb: #12993-Help w/ Sterm Fm: Bob van der Poel 76510,2203 To: Erich Schulman 75140,3175 (X) This IRQ hack thread has tweaked my curiousity (again(). I have a disto super controller II (no-halt) with a 2 in 1 board (hd and serial). It has a little blue wire which connects between the serial board and the disk controller. I assume (since I don't have dl problems at 2400 baud) that it does the same as the IRQ hack(s). Does it? #: 13074 S7/Telecommunications 16-Nov-91 19:04:25 Sb: #13006-Help w/ Sterm Fm: BRUCE BAKER 73747,3137 To: Steve Wegert 76703,4255 (X) Dear Steve, Thanks anyway. I haven't given up yet. I'll dig through my Rainbow Guide and have another go at it. Yours, Bruce Baker #: 13078 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK) 16-Nov-91 20:16:44 Sb: spreadsheet Fm: Bob van der Poel 76510,2203 To: all I understand that someone ported a PD version of a Unix spreadsheet over to OSK (Ken Scales, if memory serves). Does anyone know if he has finished it, and if it is available for downloading? #: 13081 S9/Utilities 17-Nov-91 01:06:49 Sb: #13042-#Using DMode Fm: Brother Jeremy, CSJW 76477,142 To: Erich Schulman 75140,3175 (X) As far as I know, the CC3Disk driver in the Disto package is the same as is created by patching the stock CC3Disk with the IPC file found in PCDOS/RSDOS. The version number for either is #10. I am not certain of the version number needed for the caching program. --Br. Jeremy, CSJW There is 1 Reply. #: 13089 S9/Utilities 17-Nov-91 13:13:41 Sb: #13081-Using DMode Fm: Erich Schulman 75140,3175 To: Brother Jeremy, CSJW 76477,142 The version number or revision level is not a good indication of whether the Disto driver is the same as the CC3Disk driver as patched for PCDos/ RSDos. To determine this one would need to run Ident on each and compare the CRC's. Or use cmp on the two files. The problems I described earlier with caching do exist, but on Delphi I got a great way around it--at least until I have a SCII. I can rename CC3Disk to CC3XDisk and insert the IPatched CC3disk with caching into the boot file as CC3Disk. Then I insert copies of my /d0 and /d1 but renamed to /x0 and /x1. Now I can do something like rsdos -get /x0 os9prog.bin /d1/os9prog. Of course I won't have caching on floppies when referring to them as /x_. Of course once I get a SCII I'll be right back to where I started from since I wouldn't be able to IPatch the CC3Disk_disto for caching. But if the Disto driver really is the same as the PC/RSDos one I'll be OK. I was told on Delphi that the Disto driver was written so as to allow no-halt to take place so I doubt the 2 are the same modules. #: 13084 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK) 17-Nov-91 08:13:14 Sb: #13015-C++ Compiler sought Fm: Robert Heller 71450,3432 To: Mike Haaland 72300,1433 (X) Mike: I got an answer from another source (BIX) and FTP'ed gcc/g++ from wisc. Haven't installed it yet (probably this afternoon). Robert #: 13088 S10/OS9/6809 (CoCo) 17-Nov-91 12:14:44 Sb: #Util2 Fm: Paul Rinear 73757,1413 To: Kevin Darling Hi Kevin, Are there versions of MMap, PMap, and SMap that will work with the 1 Meg upgrade? Couldn't find the source code floating around the libraries anywhere. Paul There is 1 Reply. #: 13090 S10/OS9/6809 (CoCo) 17-Nov-91 13:17:37 Sb: #13088-#Util2 Fm: Kevin Darling 76703,4227 To: Paul Rinear 73757,1413 (X) Hi Paul - see MMAP20.AR in Lib 10... someone updated mmap for 1 meg. All the other utils should work okay, I think. best - kev There is 1 Reply. #: 13115 S10/OS9/6809 (CoCo) 19-Nov-91 20:46:48 Sb: #13090-Util2 Fm: Mike Guzzi 76576,2715 To: Kevin Darling 76703,4227 (X) The other utilities (smap,pmap etc..) work fine for 1 meg. just MMAP needed the fix for 1-meg Mike #: 13091 S7/Telecommunications 17-Nov-91 13:44:24 Sb: WIZ HELP Fm: MARK NORTH 70412,2312 To: ALL Hello, Another letter looking for help to get up and communicating under OS9 Level 2. I have the DISTO Super Controller 2 with a 3 in One board which has a Real Time Clock and its own custom module. Can anyone confirm the wiring scheme used for the DISTO Super Controller 2 RS232 port? It is part of what is keeping me from using The Wiz and WizPro under OS9. Here is what I am assuming it is on the 10 pin ribbon cable: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10. This is looking at the cable end. The convention for a ribbon cable, as I understand it, is odds on the top and even on the bottom, but this seems to be the way I found the wires in the cable originally and that's how I read the levels coming off the the port itself. I have found a dead power transformer for the RS232 port caused by a short between the power feed pins on the 3 in one board shorting against the slightly insulated case. The 10 pin ribbon cable was upside down due to a notch that was missing in the aluminum case. I was led to believe by the documents for the above mentioned telecommunications package that patches to the level two operating system clock modules was not a good idea. Should I have any patches or not to the DISTO replacement clock module. Will it work with the Wiz? I will only be communicating at 2400 baud. Do I need the standard ACIA modules loaded also? Do I need /T1 or /T2? I also have the DISTO 1 meg upgrade. Is there anything besides the avoidance of starting a window outside the first half meg that I should be aware of with regards to the Wiz or WizPro? I am looking forward to getting the patch for the annoying linefeed problem with the parallel printer port. From what I've noticed though, it is really the very last character sent which is repeated. Thanks for your time. 70412,2312 Mark North. #: 13096 S10/OS9/6809 (CoCo) 17-Nov-91 21:06:35 Sb: #12883-#CoCo 3 terminal Fm: Bert Schneider 70244,427 To: Bob Archambault 76506,3544 (X) I have not been able to get Dynacalc to work with my Televideo terminal! There are some certain control and escape codes built in to Dynacalc that only work with an OS9 terminal. Somewhere here on CIS there is suppose to be a patch to the dynacalc.trm file so you can run Dynacalc on a terminal. But I have never found it! Bert Schneider (o) (o) U \___/ There are 2 Replies. #: 13100 S10/OS9/6809 (CoCo) 18-Nov-91 09:00:11 Sb: #13096-#CoCo 3 terminal Fm: Pete Lyall 76703,4230 To: Bert Schneider 70244,427 (X) Bert - The only fix that I'm aware of won't make you happy... you've got to have the 'normal' (non coco) version of Dynacalc. It has a terminal description utility that makes .TRM files. Pete There is 1 Reply. #: 13125 S10/OS9/6809 (CoCo) 20-Nov-91 08:30:14 Sb: #13100-CoCo 3 terminal Fm: Bert Schneider 70244,427 To: Pete Lyall 76703,4230 I thought all I had to do was modify the dynacalc.trm file so that all of the cursor controls and other software switches would work with the terminal! Oh well, it would be nice. Someone told me a few years back that there was in fact a new dynacalc.trm file somewhere here on CIS - and that you had to have a different .trm file for each terminal - i.e. one for the coco and one for the Televideo terminal - under OS9. Bert #: 13114 S10/OS9/6809 (CoCo) 19-Nov-91 20:44:25 Sb: #13096-#CoCo 3 terminal Fm: Mike Guzzi 76576,2715 To: Bert Schneider 70244,427 (X) There is a file that tells you what the dynacalc.trm file contains and how to modify it (well it shows you how much space is allowed for each code) its included with the new HELP utility (the structured one) its nothing but a small textfile. if you wish i can Email it to you. this will allow you to modify dynacalc.trm to suit other types of terminals other then OS9 terminals. Mike There are 2 Replies. #: 13122 S10/OS9/6809 (CoCo) 20-Nov-91 08:15:26 Sb: #13114-CoCo 3 terminal Fm: Steve Wegert 76703,4255 To: Mike Guzzi 76576,2715 Mike, How about shooting me a copy of that file as well? Steve #: 13126 S10/OS9/6809 (CoCo) 20-Nov-91 08:32:10 Sb: #13114-CoCo 3 terminal Fm: Bert Schneider 70244,427 To: Mike Guzzi 76576,2715 Sure - that sounds good. I would appreciate it if you could. Dynacalc may not be a Lotus or a Quattro Pro - but it works great under Level II on my CoCo 3! I have had a CoCo in one form or another since 1980! Who says you need the MSDOS stuff! Bert #: 13097 S5/OS9 Users Group 17-Nov-91 21:17:32 Sb: #12892-RAM Disk Fm: George Hendrickson 71071,2003 To: Steve Wegert 76703,4255 (X) Okay thanks...I'll check it out #: 13098 S10/OS9/6809 (CoCo) 17-Nov-91 21:19:33 Sb: #12937-#bbs Fm: George Hendrickson 71071,2003 To: Everett Chimbidis 76370,1366 (X) At current it will handle only 300 files per download area. I'm going to make it handle more in a future update. I'm working on an indexing method that will allow me to do that...... There is 1 Reply. #: 13121 S10/OS9/6809 (CoCo) 19-Nov-91 23:24:49 Sb: #13098-bbs Fm: Everett Chimbidis 76370,1366 To: George Hendrickson 71071,2003 When Can We expect this ? Also do you use the verify program? and do you have a problem with RAM memory? #: 13101 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK) 18-Nov-91 09:27:53 Sb: #C programming (fopen) Fm: Jim Sutemeier 70673,1754 To: all I've asked a couple of C programmers out here in L.A., and neither of them have ever used the directory read from fopen ..... e.g.: fp=fopen("/dd/com", "d"); If anyone here has used this action, I've a couple of questions. 1) How would you read in the files within the directory, as chars into memory, then manipulate?? 2) How do I test for end of directory?? a NULL or what?? Any other info about this option would be helpful.....never have used it, and apparently many programmers haven't either. Thanks jim Sutemeier There are 3 Replies. #: 13102 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK) 18-Nov-91 19:53:41 Sb: #13101-#C programming (fopen) Fm: Bruce MacKenzie 71725,376 To: Jim Sutemeier 70673,1754 (X) Jim, You read from the directory as you would from any other file. Under OS9 (I can't speak for OSK--check your docs) each directory entry consists of a 29 byte name field followed by a 3 byte logical sector number for the file descriptor sector. The microware OS9 C compiler defines a structure in direct.h to help access the directory: struct dirent{ char dir_name[29]; char dir_addr[3]; } So all one need do is define a structure of this type and read the directory entries into it: struct dirent dat; in=fopen("/dd","d"); while(fread(&dat,sizeof(dat),1,in)!=0){ . . . If the entry is unused the first byte of the filename is set to zero. The last byte of the filename has its MSB set so you have to clear this bit and set the next byte to zero to make it a proper C string. At the end of the directory fread() returns 0 for EOF. There is 1 Reply. #: 13107 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK) 18-Nov-91 21:36:49 Sb: #13102-C programming (fopen) Fm: Jim Sutemeier 70673,1754 To: Bruce MacKenzie 71725,376 (X) Wow....thanks for all the great information.....appreciate all your help!! jim #: 13108 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK) 18-Nov-91 22:22:54 Sb: #13101-C programming (fopen) Fm: James Jones 76257,562 To: Jim Sutemeier 70673,1754 (X) You will want to read entries into structures that contain names and LSNs. I wouldn't be surprised, though, if the Kreider library has the BSDoid routines opendir(), readdir(), and the like, that make scanning through directories much easier. Check it out. #: 13110 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK) 19-Nov-91 01:38:10 Sb: #13101-C programming (fopen) Fm: Bob Taylor 73270,3124 To: Jim Sutemeier 70673,1754 (X) Jim, Microware's C manual has the following functions: opendir, closedir, readdir, rewinddir, seekdir and telldir What is conviently missing is writedir! Rename would be nice. Bob #: 13104 S10/OS9/6809 (CoCo) 18-Nov-91 20:51:09 Sb: #12875-#Aborting Edit? Fm: Bill Dickhaus 70325,523 To: Erich Schulman 75140,3175 (X) Erich, A long, long time ago, I made a couple of minor mods to edit. I'm not sure whether I ever uploaded them or not. One was to set up a special key (I used ALT/BREAK) that aborted the edit (there is no way to abort an edit without the patch). The other was to execute one edit command (I used to do a .load to load a set of macros I had). I think there were some other little things I did to it, but don't remember. I haven't used edit in years, but if you're interested, I'll scrounge around for the mods (probably on a floppy with a 1/4 inch of dust on it!). Bill There is 1 Reply. #: 13112 S10/OS9/6809 (CoCo) 19-Nov-91 12:11:14 Sb: #13104-Aborting Edit? Fm: Erich Schulman 75140,3175 To: Bill Dickhaus 70325,523 (X) I don't use Edit much myself; I usually give that job to Simply Better in DECB. There have been some occasions recently since I started the thread that called for aborting Edit. I did use the .shell rename technique. I would be interested in something better if you find it. You might want to wipe the dust off the floppy before inserting it(g). Just UPLoad it if you find it as it might help others too. #: 13105 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK) 18-Nov-91 20:51:21 Sb: #12841-#MM/1 AND NY ZOOM MODEM Fm: Bill Dickhaus 70325,523 To: John R. Wainwright 72517,676 (X) Interesting, I don't have that problem connecting to CIS, but I DO have that problem when connecting to Delphi. Do you use a CIS node, or Tymnet? I connect to Delphi using Tymnet (when I use SprintNet instead, I don't have a problem). I suspect that the problem is caused by the fact that Tymnet sends its initial message at 1200 baud (thus the string of odd characters, and lots of 'x's). This generates a framing error, and I'm wondering if the serial driver on the MM/1 is handling this error properly (could also be some idiosyncrasy of the built in serial port on the 68070). Bill There is 1 Reply. #: 13129 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK) 20-Nov-91 18:10:07 Sb: #13105-MM/1 AND NY ZOOM MODEM Fm: John R. Wainwright 72517,676 To: Bill Dickhaus 70325,523 It is a problem in the driver, I understand they are working on it. I can CAUSE the lockup by sending to my MM/1 via cable from another computer - the first character at 300 baud, when the MM/1 is expecting 2400, and ZONK. I was told by Mark G. that new drivers would fix it. JohnW #: 13109 S10/OS9/6809 (CoCo) 19-Nov-91 01:29:32 Sb: #Memscript Fm: Ian Hodgson 72177,1762 To: All I have come up against a little problem I can't solve. I use a memscript (with Shell+) to set up a graphics window with a dark green background. The memscript reads: merge /dd/sys/stdfonts merge /dd/sys/italic merge /dd/sys/stdptrs shell i=/w7& display 1b 31 1 2 >/w7 echo New window is /w7 I generally execute the memscript while I am in term, with a data directory of /d0 (which is the way it boots up). If I do this, the line: display 1b 31 1 2 >/w7 does not appear to have any effect and I get a bright blue background on the graphics screen. If, however, I do a chd to /r0 and then execute gw, there is no file on /d0 called gw (though I thought the memscript would have had priority) and there is certainly none on /d1. So what is going on? Why should the results depend on what working directory I am using? Doesn't make sense to me. Anyone have any ideas? There is 1 Reply. #: 13111 S10/OS9/6809 (CoCo) 19-Nov-91 10:05:11 Sb: #13109-#Memscript Fm: Kevin Darling 76703,4227 To: Ian Hodgson 72177,1762 (X) Umm.. what did you say happened when you chd'd to /r0 first? Did the script then work, or ? Dunno. You might want to move the display 1b31 thingie to before the line where you start the shell on /w7 (even tho some shell+'s don't block window output), and see what happens. There is 1 Reply. #: 13116 S10/OS9/6809 (CoCo) 19-Nov-91 21:15:25 Sb: #13111-#Memscript Fm: Ian Hodgson 72177,1762 To: Kevin Darling 76703,4227 (X) Yes, when I chd to /r0 first, it works fine. Graphics window then comes up with the colors I want. If I am in /d0 or /d1, however, the background color stays at the default bright blue. What I can't figure out is why the directory selected should have any effect at all on the operation of a memscript. At first I thought I had a file of the same name on the selected disk, but not so. Odd. I don't have block turned on, so I can output to a window which contains a shell. There is 1 Reply. #: 13123 S10/OS9/6809 (CoCo) 20-Nov-91 08:19:27 Sb: #13116-Memscript Fm: Kevin Darling 76703,4227 To: Ian Hodgson 72177,1762 (X) Hmm. Maybe it has something to do with speed of searching for a command in the script? What happens if the script is executed very slowly (as in, by hand? :-) #: 13117 S15/Hot Topics 19-Nov-91 21:43:47 Sb: #12989-#updates? Fm: BRUCE MOORE 70075,143 To: Jim Sutemeier 70673,1754 (X) is a gwindow development package different than just gat is the development package different? what can it do , how much does it cost? Cant I write basic programs with windows with regular gwindows package? games, utilitysystem stuff? There is 1 Reply. #: 13127 S15/Hot Topics 20-Nov-91 10:12:16 Sb: #13117-updates? Fm: Jim Sutemeier 70673,1754 To: BRUCE MOORE 70075,143 Most of your message to me apparently was a blank....I will have the GWindows Development Package later this week (Frank didn't say anything about the actual GWindows package to me), so I'll have to let you know later this week more about the Dev. Package, what it can/can't do. jim Sutemeier #: 13118 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK) 19-Nov-91 22:00:32 Sb: #12958-TOPS programs Fm: Bob Palmer 74646,2156 To: Jim Sutemeier 70673,1754 (X) It was indeed TERM which needs to be defined. On my TC70 (currently bad order but repair underway) if I try to run ATERM with TERM defined as VT70 I get the signon screen, the on linbe message and hang unable to properly talk to the modem. If on the other hand I use TERM set to my terminal (a Zenith Z19) through /term all runs properly. I do not think that any other setup would be required. Bob #: 13120 S15/Hot Topics 19-Nov-91 23:11:37 Sb: #What's happening? Fm: Jim Peasley 72726,1153 To: All MM/1 owners Anybody know the latest status of the MM/1 I/O boards?? How about the 2nd serial port 'paddle boards'? Or the latest drivers so that we can begin using PCF? Anybody heard from Mr. Ward lately? I'm reaching the limits of my patience... 11.5 months AFTER paying for a complete system, it's still not usable in the way that I was led to believe it would be. There is 1 Reply. #: 13124 S15/Hot Topics 20-Nov-91 08:20:37 Sb: #13120-What's happening? Fm: Steve Wegert 76703,4255 To: Jim Peasley 72726,1153 Hmmm .... Jim, I ordered my system on 10/19. It will require both the I/O board and two serial paddle boards. Paul indicated to me that they had just resolved the production problems with the first batch of I/O boards and would be shipping those out immediately. It was not clear if my order would be covered by that particular batch. In any event, he quoted 4-6 weeks .... and he called me for the order. I'll keep you posted .... you do the same, eh? #: 13131 S10/OS9/6809 (CoCo) 20-Nov-91 20:04:50 Sb: /t2 and 2400 bps Fm: Bob Archambault 76506,3544 To: All For an OS-9 term program, I am using the Telecom program in DeskMate 3. (I usually use Ultimaterm in RS-DOS), and I just bought a 2400 bps modem. I now have a question: When I attempt to use 2400 bps under Telecom, I LOSE characters like crazy , sometimes almost full sentences! If I slow her down to 1200 or less, it works fine. I am using an RS-232 pak as /t2...CoCo 3 512k OS-9 Level Two V 2.00.01 ( in case that is helpful). My question is...is this a weakness of DeskMate 3 or is it something with OS-9? All the info I have says I SHOULD be able to go up to 19,200 bps. By the way, it works perfectly under Ultimaterm! Any guidance would be appreciated! Thanx! Bob #: 13132 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK) 20-Nov-91 20:55:16 Sb: new makdir Fm: Bob van der Poel 76510,2203 To: all I have just uploaded a replacement for MAKDIR. This version duplicates the MW version, with the added features of being able specify the initial allocation size and converting the names to uppercase. The archive contains source, binary and docs. Look for makdir.ar in lib 12. Press !>