Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!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: <9008221223.AA04195@remote.dccs.upenn.edu> Date: 22 Aug 90 13:24:00 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 233 Rainbow EchoMail Digest Aug 22, 1990 In this issue: HARD DISC VERSION OF CB/DOS FOR ERR (2 messages) RE: MORE INFO ON MY NEW ' RAINBO WORKS CLOCK RE: EXTENDED MEMORY ON A BBS RUNNING ON A RAINBOW DBASE III CODE BLUE ERROR MESSAGE RAINBOW SOFTWARE RE: WINDOWS 3.0 RAINBOW HARD DISK CLUSTER Articles posted to either INFO-DEC-MICRO or comp.sys.dec.micro are currently gatewayed to the Rainbow Echo on FidoNet. You do not need to take 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 (Internet). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Date: 08-18-90 (11:47) To: ALL Subject: HARD DISC From: DAVID HUGHES Hi all, I have an ST225. Tried the RB hard disc utility to low level and format the disc, but I kept getting errors about sector 0 bad. I took it to an IBM machine and promptly low leveled it, fdisk and formatted it with a system, and it booted fine. Could this be a cable or controller problem. Are there jumper settings or seetings I do not know about to have the BR understand I am placing a 20 meg on it? I have a 10 meg on it now, but it errors out after about 2/3rds of the hard disk integrity test. Thoughts? tx, david hughes - --- * Origin: The GoldMill BBS, CO Fido <--> Unix Gateway (719)632-2657 ------------------------------ Date: 08-20-90 (19:02) To: FRANK MALLORY Subject: VERSION OF CB/DOS FOR ERR From: DENNIS PERRY Frank, I am using mvdos 3.10b and cb v2.01. I ordered them both from Suitable Solutions just before they went out of business in the area of rainbow support. I have yet to figure out what the problem is and why I get the error message. The programs seem to run, but not exit properly. Also, with binkley term, I cannot exit to DOS and reenter, i.e. Control-J followed by 'exit'. It crashes. - --- ConfMail V3.31 * Origin: The Pot of Gold - (703-359-6549) (1:109/103) ------------------------------ Date: 08-18-90 (15:35) To: CHRISTOPHER WROTEN Subject: RE: MORE INFO ON MY NEW ' From: FRANK MALLORY CW> If it works out, yes, a trade for the graphics board CW> would be ok. But first, I want to make sure that both CW> of them work. Any idea how I can prove they both work? Plug 'em in, put 'er back together, and start it up. If the memory boards are basically OK, you will get a message "New memory size nnn". You can then select S from the main menu for a quick check, and run the DEC diagnostic for a lengthy one. - --- msged 1.99L MSC * Origin: Silver Bullet - Silver Spring, Md. - 301-622-2247 ------------------------------ Date: 08-18-90 (15:41) To: DAVE GOW Subject: RAINBO WORKS CLOCK From: FRANK MALLORY DG> Back in May I left a message asking about a strange clock card in my DG> 100+. You answered saying it might be a Rainbo Works Clock and that DG> Caroline Mack might have more info. I did get a message back from her DG> saying she had knowledge of the clock but no current info about its DG> vendors. You had offered to put the needed software on your BBS i{_f DG> ~rneeded, I would greatly appreciate it! If Caroline doesn't know anything about them, they must be out of business. So I guess it will be OK to put the software on this BBS; it'll be RBW.ZIP, in the MS-DOS file areas. - --- msged 1.99L MSC * Origin: Silver Bullet - Silver Spring, Md. - 301-622-2247 ------------------------------ Date: 08-19-90 (22:36) To: GEORGE THEALL Subject: RE: EXTENDED MEMORY ON A From: DAVID MAROUN Many computer vendors DO use 'kilo' and 'k' for 1000 and 'mega' for one million. The SELECT word processor is one that uses 'k' for 1000, and that word processor was, and is still, much used! - --- Opus-CBCS 1.12 * Origin: Glacier Peak Rainbow, Bellevue, WA - 206/644-8431 ------------------------------ Date: 08-18-90 (19:48) To: JEAN-CLAUDE DEMARS Subject: BBS RUNNING ON A RAINBOW From: MARK FISCHER Well by the time you read this it is past your deadline but anyway here goes: The only bbs software I seen running on the RAINBOW is OPUS v1.12 and will use around 5mb of disk space. The minimum disk size should be 40mb and if you can afford it the DEC RD53 which is a 71mb disk when formatted on the RAINBOW is around 64mb. One note on the drive ------------------------------ Date: 08-18-90 (19:54) To: GEORGE THEALL Subject: DBASE III From: MARK FISCHER If you have Suitable solutions Code Blue; the regular DBASE III+ for the IBM world will run with the following command line - CB/V/A DBASE.EXE You will have to use the DO key to toggle 25th line to be displayed. - --- [Sedt] via Quickpoint XRS 3.2 * Origin: The Jimby BBS! * QMX/XRS Response System (Quick ------------------------------ Date: 08-18-90 (19:57) To: FRANK MALLORY Subject: CODE BLUE ERROR MESSAGE From: MARK FISCHER I have seen this message also when running professional write and trying to print from Professional Write. - --- [Sedt] via Quickpoint XRS 3.2 * Origin: The Jimby BBS! * QMX/XRS Response System (Quick ------------------------------ Date: 07-30-90 (13:18) To: ALL Subject: RAINBOW SOFTWARE From: RYAN GRAN Although I'm a dedicated IBM user, I have a friend who has an older Rainbow. No idea what the model number is. The basic description is an amber monitor with 2 built in disk drives. It has a built in terminal program which she uses for calling local BBSs, etc. I'd like to get her some REAL software, and specifically, a REAL communications program. There are no Rainbow BBSs local to me, and I was wondering what all was out there. I also just obtained a program called RAIND100.ZIP which supposedly allows me to read/write disks that will be compatible to the Rainbow. Any help would be appriciated. If you have a decent supply of Rainbow software (shareware?) [games, communications, etc], please let me know. I'd be more than willing to pay for the disks, postage and time to get copies. Thanks in advance. Ryan Gran - --- D'Bridge 1.30/001353 * Origin: Davy Jones Locker-W. Millbury Ma. 1.5 Gigs On Line ------------------------------ Date: 08-20-90 (23:42) To: BILL MAYHEW Subject: RE: WINDOWS 3.0 From: FRANK MALLORY BM> THere is a *new* Rainbow Adaptation Kit for Windows 3.0 that will be BM> shipping very soon from Len Berk, the guy who did the original work on BM> the R.A.K. He is supposed to be notifying owners-of-record with an BM> upgrade deal. BM> ("very soon" = within a week?) Is it anticipated that v3.0 will be usable on the non-Turbow Rainbow? - --- msged 1.99L MSC * Origin: Silver Bullet - Silver Spring, Md. - 301-622-2247 ------------------------------ Date: 08-21-90 (07:39) To: DENNIS PERRY Subject: VERSION OF CB/DOS FOR ERR From: FRANK MALLORY DP> Frank, I am using mvdos 3.10b and cb v2.01. I ordered them both from DP> Suitable Solutions just before they went out of business in the area of DP> rainbow support. I have yet to figure out what the problem is and why DP> I get the error message. The programs seem to run, but not exit DP> properly. Also, with binkley term, I cannot exit to DOS and reenter, DP> i.e. Control-J followed by 'exit'. It crashes. I assume you mean Alt-J to shell out of BT. That works OK on my 'bow (using BT 2.40). Do you have a SHELL command in your CONFIG.SYS? Mine is: SHELL=E:\DOS\COMMAND.COM E:\DOS /E:62 /P - --- msged 1.99L MSC * Origin: Silver Bullet - Silver Spring, Md. - 301-622-2247 ------------------------------ Date: 08-21-90 (13:03) To: ALL Subject: RAINBOW HARD DISK CLUSTER From: JOHN CONNOLLY Can anyone recommend a program and/or procedure for changing the cluster size (presently 2k) on a non-system disk partition? I waste quite a bit of space on *.MSG BBS files that are typically less than 1k. The system is a 100B with an ST-225, running MS-DOS V3.10.blah.blah. The partitions are maintained with WUTIL. - --John J.C. - --- msged 1.99L MSC * Origin: Navigator BBS - Weymouth, MA - 14.4K HST - (617) 331-1070 ------------------------------