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From: lacroix@mult.UUCP (Daniel Lacroix)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec.micro
Subject: Re: Turbo Pascal for the Rainbow-100
Message-ID: <276@mult.UUCP>
Date: 22 Apr 88 16:02:19 GMT
Organization: Sobeco Group - Montreal, Canada
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  I'd like to answer to the invitation of Alan:

> 
>    Also, post messages or send me an e-mail.... TOPIC OF DISCUSSION:
>    What ShareWare-level programs would like to see for the Rainbow
>    this year?  You have a machine.  It's a great tool.  You plan on
>    keeping it.  What do you need?!  There are dozens if not hundreds
>    of Rainbow-programmers out there who would be more than willing
>    to help out (myself included).  DON'T LET THIS MACHINE DIE!
>    Ok, off the soapbox for awhile...
> 

 From the start:
 
 1. Do you, guys, use your Rainbow as a node in the net or only as a
    terminal linked to a stronger one? Are usenet links possible by a
    regular 100a and, if so, what is the use of Fido?
    
 2. Is "freeware" or "Shareware" available thru usenet ?
 	a) The software itself
	b) The list of available programs

 3. Is there any other Rainbow free software accessible thru this network?
    Namely,

    C compiler

    Emacs (Gosling or Gnu) ?
    
    I only succeeded in getting a 64K version of multiplan on CPM;
    does it exist a larger free version of any screen calculator ?

    If anything please give VERY simple example of way to access.
    I don't understand sentences like "Uucoded archives are accessible
    on anonymous logging to uucp.net.somewhere"
    
Thanks in advance for any help.