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From: GTHEALL@PENNDRLS.UPENN.EDU (George A. Theall)
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Rainbow EchoMail Digest                         Jul 29, 1990

In this issue:
  RE: TECO FOR RAINBOW?
  MISC. QUESTIONS
  RE: JUST GOT A RAINBOW!


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Date:     07-25-90 (20:46)
To:       GARY STEBBINS
Subject:  RE: TECO FOR RAINBOW?
From:     FRANK MALLORY

The one here is v1.04.  It consists of TECO.COM only.  Gives the *
prompt when  started up, but I forgot how to operate TECO so couldn't
get it to do  anything.

I finally (I think) got my HST working right, so it can be downloaded
or  FReqed pretty quick, especially considering it is only about 10KB.


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Date:     07-27-90 (07:31)
To:       GEORGE THEALL
Subject:  MISC. QUESTIONS
From:     FRANK MALLORY

 GT>     Hey, where'd everybody go? This echo's been dead for the past week.
 GT> Maybe the following questions will pick things up again.

One or 2 msgs per day coming thru here; slow but not dead.

 GT>     Whatever happened to _Rainbow News_? It's been about 9 months since
 GT> the last issue, I believe. Is Caroline still publishing?

Promises, promises...

 GT>     Any word about Windows v3.0 on the Rainbow? Has Len Burke made any
 GT> progress on it yet?

No word.  It seems almost certain it would require a Turbow board.

 GT>     Has anyone used Warner Losh's RBINT (now called RABIT) in its beta
 GT> form? It's a TSR designed to reroute requests to take over int 18h by
 GT> other programs; eg, Turbo C v2.0, Turbo C++, v1.0, etc... Does it run
 GT> on your system? Have you used it successfully in combination with
 GT> programs?

I'm using his original version; haven't yet uudecoded and installed
the latest  one.  The original one does prevent the "Interrupts off"
crash in most cases,  but it hasn't made Cobol 3.0 nor Multiplan 4.2
run without resorting to CB.


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Date:     07-27-90 (23:49)
To:       CHRISTOPHER WROTEN
Subject:  RE: JUST GOT A RAINBOW!
From:     DAVID MAROUN

I have 7 modules of Peachtree accounting (AR, AP, GL, job cost,
inventory control, PeachCalc, and personal calendar).  The catch is
that I do not have a configuration program for the Rainbow.  You can
run these programs on a Rainbow, but you need the IBM PC-DOS emulator
Code Blue and plenty of memory--unless you can get a configuration
program. I am asking $15 per module for the Peachtree accounting
package.  Let me know if you

want any of it. Maximum memory is 896 k.  If you have 384 k, you have
the DEC auxiliary memory board, and need only add 256 k chips to get
more memory.   You also have to set some switches on the board.  Run
CHKDSK under MS-DOS to find out for sure how much memory you have.

You can use most printers with a Rainbow.  The Rainbow has a serial
port for printers and by default uses XON-XOFF control.  The most
convenient arrangement is to get a printer with a serial port and that
kind of control. Panasonic and Epson are two companies that can
provide this as an option for around $70 or so.  I often use a Tandy
printer which has a serial port but does not use XON-XOFF control.  In
this case, I run the SETPORT utility (available free; you may have
copies on your CP/M or MS-DOS system diskettes) to enable the data
terminal ready signal.  Note that making serial connecticns is
sometimes a bit tricky and frustrating.  I have had some experience
with them, so let me know if I can help.

You can also get a serial-to-parallel interface to use a printer with
a parallel port (the most common kind these days).  One such interface
is available around here for $90 Canadian (the last time I checked)
and it works well with a Rainbow, but also requires enabling the DTR
signal.

You can also get a parallel port for a Rainbow as part of a SCSI
board, but that is an expensive proposition, and I do not know
off-hand of anyone who has tried it.

Hope this helps!


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