Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!samsung!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!PENNDRLS.UPENN.EDU!GTHEALL From: GTHEALL@PENNDRLS.UPENN.EDU (George A. Theall) Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec.micro Subject: Rainbow Echomail Digest Message-ID: <8910281443.AA05805@remote.dccs.upenn.edu> Date: 28 Oct 89 15:44:00 GMT Sender: usenet@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 216 Rainbow Echomail Digest OCT 28, 1989 In this issue: PIBTERM 3.2.5 (RAINBOW VE (2 messages) DREADED VIRUSES -- OR PER RE: RAINBOW USERS UNITE!! RAINBOW USERS UNITED!!! RE: OPUS AND MS-DOS V3.10 RE: DEC RAINBOW DISK FORS RAINBOW BACKUPS Articles posted to either INFO-DEC-MICRO or comp.sys.dec.micro are currently gatewayed automatically to the Rainbow Echo on Fidonet; thus, you do need not to take any special action to respond to articles in these digests. Please send reports of problems or suggestions for improvement of this digest to GTHEALL@PENNDRLS.UPENN.EDU (ARPA Internet). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Date: 10-26-89 Subject: PIBTERM 3.2.5 (RAINBOW VE From: JOHN LELLIS In a message of <17 Oct 89 21:00:10>, Doug Murray (1:163/226) writes: >Going through my pile of disks, I came across Pibterm 3.2.5. > ... >Does anyone have the sources to Pibterm(most recent version for the 'bow) >available for File Request? Doug, I was the one who ported PibTerm 3.2.5 from the IBM PC to the 'Bow a couple of years ago. The source has always been (and still is) available to one and all here at 106/503 - (713)820-5105 - hours are 23:00 to 07:00 CDT daily. Feel free to F.Req PIBT32S*.ZIP, which will return you four files for a total of about 250K. Hope the sources will be of use to you. Enjoy! --- msged 1.99S ZTC * Origin: "Over the Rainbow..." (1:106/503) ------------------------------ Date: 10-26-89 Subject: PIBTERM 3.2.5 (RAINBOW VE From: JOHN LELLIS In a message of <18 Oct 89 19:43:27>, Frank Mallory (1:109/123) writes: >I have the file PIBRB.ZIP here, but I am not a PIBTERM user and have no >idea exactly what it consists of. It contains about a dozen files >including PIBTERM.COM and eight files PIBTERM.000,...,PIBTERM.008. >Looked at PIBTERM.000 with SEDT and found it was a binary file; whether >encoded BASIC source code or an executable overlay, I know not. All >these files are dated in May, 1986. PibTerm 3.2.5 was compiled using Borland's Turbo PASCAL Version 3.01a. Source are available here at 106/503 - (713)820-5105 from 23:00 to 0700 CDT daily - as PIBT32S*.ZIP. --- msged 1.99S ZTC * Origin: "Over the Rainbow..." (1:106/503) ------------------------------ Date: 10-25-89 (07:46) Subject: DREADED VIRUSES -- OR PER From: DAVID STRICKLER In a message of <18 Oct 89 14:54:18>, Amer Nelson (1:343/3) writes: AN>Has anyone had any bad experiences? AN>It would be useful if those who have come through last Thursday AN>and Friday unscathed would also respond. AN>The only item I've downloaded in the past few months is the AN>Rainbow specific GIF decoder RBGIF.ARC. AN>If no one responds at all, what do we assume -- that all is well AN>or that lots of Rainbow users are trying to get up and running AN>again? Everyone complains about the Rainbow being a 'forgotten' machine when it comes to software vendors. The good news is that virus vendors forgot about it too! No viri in the Rainbow world as of yet! --- msged 1.99S ZTC * Origin: Midnight DEC (1:101/45) ------------------------------ Date: 10-25-89 (07:49) Subject: RE: RAINBOW USERS UNITE!! From: DAVID STRICKLER In a message of <19 Oct 89 09:48:00>, GEORGE THEALL (1:273/203) writes: GT> Thanks for the clarification. Bill and I are planning to make some GT>tests of the CIS and INFO-DEC-MICRO/comp.sys.dec.micro linkup in the GT>coming week. There's still a lot of details for us to work out, but I'm GT>glad to hear we can proceed with the Rainbow Echomail gateway as well! GT> GT> A minor quibble - by "no extra costs" do you mean to exclude any GT>bi-directional links with Fido? I expect sysops are indeed incurring GT>some GT>extra costs because of additional message volume caused by my posting GT>of GT>messages from INFO-DEC-MICRO/comp.sys.dec.micro. Not that the increase GT>has been that much, but it is passed along to all others that receive GT>this echo. GT> GT>George Good question. My statement is ambigious about that... What I mean is that other sysops shouldn't get a bill in the mail from you for DLing costs from Compuserve or USENET (I know tha latter is free). The extra traffic on the net will be welcomed. If anyone complains about the influx of more informa and helpful hints about the Rainbow.... I may just excommunicate them ! :> David Strickler Sysop of 101/45 Midnight DEC (Boston) --- msged 1.99S ZTC * Origin: Midnight DEC (1:101/45) ------------------------------ Date: 10-25-89 (07:55) Subject: RAINBOW USERS UNITED!!! From: DAVID STRICKLER In a message of <19 Oct 89 09:48:00>, GEORGE THEALL (1:273/203) writes: GT> I've already developed a quick & dirty AWK program to digest (burb! GT>:-) GT>the messages from this echo. It does certainly simplify things. Either GT>Bill or I will do a similar thing for IDM/csdm messages sent to CIS. As GT>for messages posted here, is there a size limit? Do people generally GT>distinguish between my messages (like now) and messages I'm simply GT>gatewaying from IDM/csdm? I've been using a separate tagline for the GT>latter (Mail from INFO-DEC-MICRO/comp.sys.dec.micro) plus embedding GT>some GT>of the original message headers yet have some people when replying to GT>these gatewayed messages say "Well, George, in response to your query, GT>..." GT> GT>George It looks a little comfusing at first, but I think ppl get the idea. Any chance you could make the message FROM: line have the 'real' person's name? That would be less confusing. --- msged 1.99S ZTC * Origin: Midnight DEC (1:101/45) ------------------------------ Date: 10-25-89 (16:28) Subject: RE: OPUS AND MS-DOS V3.10 From: VAN VANHORN George, I spoke with Jerry this afternoon, and he reported bemusement that someone who had not bought a copy of the product (MS-DOS 3.10b) would be asking for details about problems with the product on FIDOnet, instead of calling Suitabl Solutions. He says, "We never demand a serial number or anything before we answer questions." Despite the bemusement, as a software developer, he must have been given less than a positive image of Gary Stebbins as a result of your inquiry. If you are intent on relaying messages between here and Compu$erve, and Strick consents (as he has,) please get it straight. Gary had no bug report, Frank Mallory did. And Jerry wishes that Frank would call or write with whatever problem there is. Whether or not Frank has a registered copy, Jerry would like to know about any problems in the product +vanhorn+ --- * Origin: Horsefeathers + Burn a flag for freedom! + (Opus 1:343/30) ------------------------------ Date: 10-25-89 (23:26) Subject: RE: DEC RAINBOW DISK FORS From: ERIC SPEARS I use Uniform almost daily at work. It'll format, read, & write to almost any 5.25" disk (except Apple & Northstar). Mine's a fairly recent version, might have been some recent changes? Sorry about the all upper case. Since some systems are case sensitive, I get in the habit of having the caps locked. I'll try to remember to unshift after logging on. --- TMail v1.12c * Origin: Total Access Board 138/103 Tacoma, Wa (206)472-9884 (1:138/103) ------------------------------ Date: 10-25-89 Subject: RAINBOW BACKUPS From: GEOFF REED GT>From: att!cbnewsc!stuart@ucbvax.berkeley.edu (S. D. Ericson) GT>Organization: The Sage Hovel, Wheaton, IL GT> George, could you pass on to Him that there is a version of DS-Backup availabl for the dec on rx-50 disks --- msged 1.998y * Origin: StarShip_Inconnu, Cruisin' the Stars (1:343/3) ------------------------------