Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!clyde.concordia.ca!nstn.ns.ca!news.cs.indiana.edu!att!ucbvax!SSCTEMP.SAS.UPENN.EDU!theall From: theall@SSCTEMP.SAS.UPENN.EDU (George A. Theall) Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec.micro Subject: Rainbow EchoMail Digest Message-ID: Date: 8 Feb 91 16:19:25 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 177 Rainbow EchoMail Digest Feb 8, 1991 In this issue: RAINBOW CURSOR CONTROL UPDATED, VERIFED DECBBS.L WP51 ON THE RB UPS SHIPMENT(S) RE: RAINBOW MEMORY HELP RAINBOW MEMORY HELP (2 messages) 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: 2 Feb 91 15:23 -0500 From: ALAN CONROY To: ALL Subject: RAINBOW CURSOR CONTROL Anyone know how to move the cursor around the screen WITHOUT using escape sequences? I have done quite a bit of research and have yet to find a solution. If someone has done this it will save me even more research. Thanks in advance... - --- Opus-CBCS 1.12 * Origin: Glacier Peak Rainbow, Bellevue, WA - 206/644-8431 (1:343/3.0) ------------------------------ Date: 2 Feb 91 23:12 -0500 From: FRANK MALLORY To: GEORGE DAHLCO Subject: UPDATED, VERIFED DECBBS.L GD> Send corrections, additions, deletions *direct* to 102/138, Long_Island_RB. GD> Please do NOT enter your corrections in EchoMail as they may get missed. GD>109 123 |Silver Bullett 301-622-2247*! Silver Spring_MD Frank Mallory Well, I sent a correction via Netmail, but evidently it was missed. - --- msged 1.99L MSC * Origin: Silver Bullet - Silver Spring, Md. - 301-622-2247 (1:109/417) ------------------------------ Date: 7 Feb 91 16:36 -0500 From: BILL HLIWA To: FRANK MALLORY Subject: WP51 ON THE RB Frank -- I recall a while back that you said you had WP 5.1 running on the Rainbow under Code Blue. What version of Code Blue was that? Could you post the switches you used again; I seem to have lost the original message. Thanks! - --- Sirius 1.0x * Origin: * Med TechNet * / [HST], Buffalo, NY 716/688-1552 (1:260/10.0) ------------------------------ Date: 7 Feb 91 09:54 -0500 From: DON MARQUART To: HOWARD HALL Subject: UPS SHIPMENT(S) Thanks for the concern about UPS but it should all be handled now that the box in once again in route to it's proper destination. > There was no damage to the box, interior packing was in place, there was no > indication of even POSSIBLY rough handling. Haven't had a chance to try > reseating the boards, but will do so at the earliest. I will be back in > touch in the next few days with a report, be it POSITIVE or NEGATIVE. Will > try my best to get the printer up and running, including checking against > my old printer (suspect THAT won't help though!). Keep me posted and we'll get it worked out. Be sure you have whatever type of paper feed device that you are planning on using plugged into the connector or have it jumpered to bypass that function. Otherwise the printer will not operate properly. I did not have the jumper plug and assumed you would be using the tractor feed from your other printer to complete the hookup. Sorry for all the confusion. Later... - --- ConfMail V4.00 * Origin: Club Micro (303)973-8578 VHST/V32/V42b (1:104/888) ------------------------------ Date: 5 Feb 91 07:14 -0500 From: PAUL OLSON To: JACK ANDERSON Subject: RE: RAINBOW MEMORY HELP Jack, Unless you obtain the memory board with the sockets, you won't be able to upgrade. The chips on the mother board cannot be replaced (to my knowledge), and the memory board you have is hardwired for the amount of memory it has. The memory board you need uses a four switch DIP so you can indicate how much memory the board contains. I don't have the part number right off the bat, but I'll look it up at home and drop you another message with the right part number. As Always, Paul - --- Opus-CBCS 1.14 * Origin: Silver Bullet - Silver Spring, Md - 301-622-2247 (1:109/417.0) ------------------------------ Date: 5 Feb 91 09:04 -0500 From: FRANK MALLORY To: JACK ANDERSON Subject: RAINBOW MEMORY HELP JA> The computer claims it has 256KB when checked in the SETUP screen. JA> Visual inspection of the motherboard reveals 8 4164 memory chips on the JA> main board and another 24 on a memory extension daughterboard. The JA> chips on the daughterboard are soldered in place, and there is no JA> "memory select switch". I have oodles of 41256 rams and would like to JA> extend the memory of this thing to the max (for the sole purpose of JA> finding a home for some of my 41256's). Can anyone tell me if there is JA> a way to do this with what I have now? No, there's no way to upgrade that board. And the fact that you have 256K total memory indicates you have a Rainbow 100A, which is not too good. - --- msged 1.99L MSC * Origin: Silver Bullet - Silver Spring, Md. - 301-622-2247 (1:109/417) ------------------------------ Date: 8 Feb 91 07:33 -0500 From: GEORGE THEALL To: JACK ANDERSON Subject: RAINBOW MEMORY HELP JA> The computer claims it has 256KB when checked in the SETUP screen. JA> Visual inspection of the motherboard reveals 8 4164 memory chips on the JA> main board and another 24 on a memory extension daughterboard. FM>No, there's no way to upgrade that board. And the fact that you have FM>256K total memory indicates you have a Rainbow 100A, which is FM>not too good. Agreed. The board you have, Jack, is useless if you want to expand beyond 256K. To do that you'll need a "memory adapter option" (PC1K1-AK) together with a "base memory module" (PC1XX-AD) which will give you up to 832K. [It may be possible to use some type of 8087 board in place of the memory adapter but I don't know.] A better approach is to swap in a 100B motherboard and then get a PC1XX-AD. There are a number of advantages to the 100B motherboard, not just in terms of memory. George ------------------------------ End of Rainbow EchoMail Digest ******************************