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Rainbow EchoMail Digest                         Jun 14, 1990

In this issue:
  MEMORY BOARDS
  RE: RAINBOW KEYBOARD CABL
  BACKUP SOFTWARE FOR RB
  RE: BACKUP SOFTWARE FOR R
  RE: DATABASE SOFTWARE FOR
  RE: WP FOR DEC RAINBOW
  SEDT USERS - HOW MANY


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Date:     06-11-90
To:       ALL
Subject:  MEMORY BOARDS
From:     MILTON WARD

DEL , 3404 east thomas rd, phoenix,az (602)957-3194 has some rainbow memory
boards for sale I don't know what they want for them. The person to talk
to would be mike simmons.


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Date:     06-11-90
To:       ANDREW TAYLOR
Subject:  RE: RAINBOW KEYBOARD CABL
From:     MILTON WARD

Go to radio shack and buy a 12 or 25 foot telephone handset cord


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Date:     06-11-90 (18:32)
To:       HAROLD BAUER
Subject:  BACKUP SOFTWARE FOR RB
From:     DAN O'REILLY

In a message to Anyone <06-07-90  21:41> Harold Bauer wrote:
> Does anyone know of any backup software for the rainbow (including
> IBM backup under code blue) ?

I've got BCK31 on my system here (1:128/58).  It's faster than BACKUP,
and puts more on a disk.  Plus, it was written especially for the
Rainbow.

DanO

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Date:     06-12-90
To:       HAROLD BAUER
Subject:  RE: BACKUP SOFTWARE FOR R
From:     FRANK MALLORY

I use one called DISKPACK.  Generic MS-DOS, so it doesn't need CB.

A demo is available on this BBS as DISKPA21.ZIP.


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Date:     06-12-90
To:       GEORGE THEALL
Subject:  RE: DATABASE SOFTWARE FOR
From:     FRANK MALLORY

>
> I picked up copies of 4 database programs with the intention of choosing
> one to use and to give away the other three.  What I got was:
>
> NPL, Information Management System
> ADR/DATA, Information Management Retrieval and Reporting
> RDM
> Datatrieve
>
> Can anyone make a recommendation as to what's good to keep

Recommend you keep Datatrieve.  It's more like a 4GL than a DBMS.
Has the advantage that it is a standard layered product over the
full PDP/VAX line.


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Date:     06-12-90
To:       DONALD PHILLIPSON
Subject:  RE: WP FOR DEC RAINBOW
From:     FRANK MALLORY

> The only reason for going to WordPerfect is to make your
> output files usable by someone else.   If working only
> for own use and printing, it's not worth learning WordPerfect's
> huge command structure.


I've been using Select and now Freestyle for a number of years.  But I just
purchased a LaserJet IIP and need a WP program that will handle multiple
fonts per page and proportional type.  What do you recommend?


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Date:     06-12-90 (06:08)
To:       BILL HLIWA
Subject:  SEDT USERS - HOW MANY
From:     DAN O'REILLY

I used SEDT on my VAX, PC, and (used to) on my RAINBOW...

DanO

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