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From: Ryszard.Nipl@mop.luth.se (Ryszard Nipl)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: HELP! Calamus vs. TOS version!
Summary: Help needed!
Keywords: Calamus, TOS
Message-ID: <1514@hagbard.dc.luth.se>
Date: 22 Sep 90 15:50:17 GMT
Reply-To: Ryszard Nipl <Ryszard.Nipl@mop.luth.se>
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Hi Netters,

I have purchased the Calamus (version 1.09) from USA (thank you,
Steve, for your tips!).

Immediately after coming back from the post office and having
the parcel unpacked I put on and tried to set it up and ....
all my expectations have "gone with the wind". I got the following
diagnostics on the Calamus logo:

       "CALAMUS doesn't work on this TOS version"

and very strange "R3/2" in the upper left corner of the screen just
on the Atari logo.


My computer is one of the oldest Mega4 I know with its number A1 7
(yes 1987!) and 4 (many zeroes) 232 on the very end. So I suppose it
must be TOS 1.0 what I have (or may be 1.1 as under start procedure
the GDOS resident version 1.1 comes).


My questions are:

1. which version of TOS should I buy to satisfy Calamus needs?

2. which version should I choose: 1.4 (or its Mega matched version
   1.5, is it?) or may be 1.6?

3. how can I purchase the TOS chip from the USA? Do you have some
   good addresses with nice prices? Which is generally price level
   for TOS chips?

4. how about Calamus under Minix? Has anyone of you any experiences?

Thank you in advance
                    Ryszard

PS: Extra questions (rhetoric ones, I don't wait any answer!):

1. why it is nothing said about TOS version needed in the Calamus
   descriptions, offerts, advertisments, even handbooks and manuals?
   (Never I meet it!)

2. why contents of SYS folder described in the handbook is (in about
   2/3 of the list) different from the real SYS folder contents as
   delivered?
   There are files: CALAMUS with extensions: ALT, CEF, CHT, HLP, RSC
                    ENGLISH   "       "    : CHP, CWB
                    LAN_ID  without extension.
   May it function?

   I am impatiently awaiting. Thanks
                                     Ryszard