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Rainbow EchoMail Digest                     Dec 23, 1989

In this issue:
  SEDT V4
  DEC STUFF
  THANKS FOR CHESS PROGRAMS
  RE: DEC STUFF
  RE: RAINBOW
  DEC PHONE NUMBERS
  RE: TRANSFER OF FILES BET
  RE: AVAILABILITY OF CHESS


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Date:     12-22-89 (14:47)
To:       KEVIN PORTER
Subject:  SEDT V4
From:     FRANK MALLORY

Do you have a copy of SEDT4DOS that includes MAPKEY for the Rainbow?

Also, we have the VAX/VMS version of MAPKEY but are having trouble getting
it to run from a user account - access violations.  Is that the way it is
supposed to operate?

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

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Date:     12-21-89
To:       DAVID HUGHES
Subject:  DEC STUFF
From:     JIM GREELY

In a message of <19 Dec 89 23:28:00>, David Hughes (1:128/58) writes:

DH>Where can I get a Rainbow HD controller card?  Anyone parted out
DH>there DEC out there?

We have one or two left here, the price is $150.  Our voice number
is 617-769-9811 or 800-446-3074.

DH>Also acquired an ST-225, Seagate.  What can that be formatted to?

That will format to 20mb.


---JimG


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Date:     12-21-89
To:       FRANK MALLORY
Subject:  THANKS FOR CHESS PROGRAMS
From:     ART MCCLINTON

Frank
I pulled DOSCHESS and CHESSDEMO from your board.  CHESSDEMO is a DEMO version
of Chess Ingenuity.  I do not know where the difference is, but I am packaging
DOSCHESS for delivery under the Christmas Tree.  I probably will contact
Carloyn and order the Chess Ingenuity.
Thanks again
Art

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Date:     12-22-89 (01:13)
To:       DAN OREILLY
Subject:  RE: DEC STUFF
From:     DAVID HUGHES

Tx Dan for the reply.  I have inherited 3 hard discs, 2 10's and the 20 that
you indicated.  But my controller is acting flaky except for the current
hard disc that is in there.

Will check out Suitable SOlutions.

david hughes

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Date:     12-21-89 (08:08)
To:       DONALD VAILLANCOURT
Subject:  RE: RAINBOW
From:     DAN OREILLY

In a message to All <12-17-89 22:28> Donald Vaillancourt wrote:

>  What's a Rainbow.  Is it an Operating System or what.  We
> just got a new echo on this board which is this one and
> don't know what Rainbow is.
>

The Rainbow is (was?) a family of personal computers put out by Digital Equipm
Corp from 1981-1989.  They were originally intended to run CPM applications,
but the embracement of the MS-DOS/PC-DOS system by the IBM compatibles led
DEC to release MS-DOS for it as well.  The Rainbow wasn't an IBM-compatible
system (totally), and this is what lead to its downfall, although several
hundred thousand were sold.  It was far ahead of the IBM PC in many respects,
though: it had excellent graphics, would support up to 896kb of memory, and
was a *VERY* well-engineered piece of hardware, winning several design awards,
and was very reliable and robust as well.

That answer your questions?

DanO

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Date:     12-20-89 (10:59)
To:       FRANK MALLORY
Subject:  DEC PHONE NUMBERS
From:     AMER NELSON

Thanks for correcting my misinformation.
++ Amer ++


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

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Date:     12-20-89 (22:52)
To:       FRANK MALLORY
Subject:  RE: TRANSFER OF FILES BET
From:     GARY STEBBINS


FM>I haven't looked at the uucode, but I assume
FM>it consists of only 7 bits per byte, because that is all most
FM>of the primitive IBM mainframes can handle.

You're right - in fact, it's limited to printable characters, and I believe
a subset of those.  I had a version around here that works on the Rainbow.
I'll have to dig it up and make it available, although some better ones
have been published in the comp.binary.ibm.pc newsgroup on usenet.  Some
haven't required that you strip the headers when a file is broken into several
pieces for transmission.  I know I got a copy of that  -I'll post when I
find it.

-gary-

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

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Date:     12-22-89 (07:45)
To:       MIKE JANSON
Subject:  RE: AVAILABILITY OF CHESS
From:     FRANK MALLORY

As I said, I haven't tried either of the chess programs here; also, I no
longer have a VR241, so probably couldn't tell whether the output is in
color anyway.


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