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Rainbow EchoMail Digest                     Mar 12, 1990

In this issue:
  RE: MS-KERMIT V3 AVAILABL
  RE: LA100 PRINTERS
  LQP03 SWITCHES
  LA 50 ADVICE NEEDED
  RE: MS-DOS 3.X FOR RAINBO      (2 messages)


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Date:     03-09-90 (00:35)
To:       CARL HOUSEMAN
Subject:  RE: MS-KERMIT V3 AVAILABL
From:     GARY STEBBINS

Carl, George,

I don't know if there will be MS-Kermit V3 docs available or not. So far
the only thing I've seen is the book.  If I find any machine readable document
I'll post information here, and have it available for download on Glacier
Peak.

-gary-

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* Origin: Glacier Peak Rainbow, Bellevue, WA - 206/644-8431 (Opus 1:343/3)

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Date:     03-10-90 (09:38)
To:       DAVID HEID
Subject:  RE: LA100 PRINTERS
From:     TONY BUSTOS

Hi. Before looking at the hardware end, try using RESPORTS, which resets
the AUX and PRN ports. If you can't get it at Glacier Peak, try SF DEC at
(415) 981-3325.

Hope this helps...


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Date:     03-10-90
To:       ANNETTE MISKIMENS
Subject:  LQP03 SWITCHES
From:     FRANK MALLORY

OK, here are the switch settings, looking at them from the front of the  print

^^^^vvvv  ^vv^v^vv

I had assumed that the switch blocks were marked, as on the LA50; but I see
they aren't.  Also, the switches are reverse of what you would expect (i.e.,
switch block 2 is leftmost).

Hope this lets you get it into operation.


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* Origin: Silver Bullet - Silver Spring, Maryland - 301-622-2247 (1:109/123)

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Date:     03-09-90 (21:49)
To:       ALL
Subject:  LA 50 ADVICE NEEDED
From:     BOB FULLER

Just aquired an LA 50 that works fine excpet for the following.

Setport: when using the SETPORT program, my screen reads that the LA 50 is
not on (it is) and the SETPORT changes are not made.

Feed: single sheets are not fully advancing, line by line.  Seems the patten
is not gripping the paper firmly enough.

Would appreciate any suggestions on how to overcome these challenges.

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* Origin: Glacier Peak Rainbow, Bellevue, WA - 206/644-8431 (Opus 1:343/3)

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Date:     03-10-90 (07:43)
To:       GEOFF REED
Subject:  RE: MS-DOS 3.X FOR RAINBO
From:     DAVID MAROUN

I have used the Rainbow MS-DOS 3.10, and my  remarks were about it.  It IS
slow, it DOES use far too much memory and disk space, and I do not like it!
The operating system is a gimmick to get you to buy more hardware.

You can get the effect of a large hard disk partition with MS-DOS 2.11 by
appropriate use of the PATH command, possibly supplemented by the public
domain DPATH program--that is, if you are want to use those huge programs
that MS-DOS has spawned.
Even people in the business admit that a 10 megabyte hard disk is adequate
and they are pushing the bigger ones only to keep in business.  That remark
has appeared in computer newspapers.  A 32 megabyte partition does not make
sense with a smaller hard disk.

I do much of my computing on a Tandy Color Computer which has no disks at
all.  I know that I do not need a fancy operating system and huge disks to
write letters or keep track of personal finances.

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* Origin: Glacier Peak Rainbow, Bellevue, WA - 206/644-8431 (Opus 1:343/3)

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Date:     03-10-90 (13:59)
To:       DAVID MAROUN
Subject:  RE: MS-DOS 3.X FOR RAINBO
From:     CARL HOUSEMAN

re: MS-DOS 3.xx written in C?  Significantly slower?

When you upgraded, did you happen to leave out BUFFERS=20 in your CONFIG.SYS?
What in tarnation are you talking about?  I've used both versions on IBM-PCs
and Rainbows, and while there is a small increase in memory requirements
(about 12K, as Geoff said), if much of the o/s as written in C, you'd see
a BIG increase in memory usage.

MS-DOS 3.xx was definitely NOT written for 80286 class machines.  There
is no significant speed difference on the Rainbow (the system I have most
experience with) and the differences between Rainbow & IBM as far as 90%
of the o/s code goes is nil.  Perhaps you're thinking of OS/2!


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* Origin: SYS$OUTPUT BBS * Library, PA * 412-854-0511 * (Opus 1:129/38)

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