🚀 go-pugleaf

>1) Is there any way to write a disk on the Rainbow and read it on an
>IBM pc/xt

   Make sure you've typed MEDIACHK ON at some point during your session.
MEDIACHK is part of the MS-DOS system utilities and must be on before
writing to non-RX50 disk. Setting it OFF will speed up floppy access but
prevent you from using SS, DD disks in your Rainbow.

>2) Communications.  I could really use a termprog that supports zmodem
>transfers.  If not that then perhaps a patch for DSZ to make it run on
>the Rainbow.

   Hmmm, I believe BinkleyTerm is the only program for the Rainbow
that supports Zmodem. Anyone out there know of others?

>3) Instrutions on how to use Turbo C on the Rainbow.  I have
>successfuly transfered it to my hard drive.  The question is how to
>make it go.  Do I need a patch set?

    There are patches available for running TURBO C on a Rainbow. If
you'll tell me which version of TURBO C you have I'll point you to
the appropriate patch kit. BTW: The IDE from v2.0 works fine "as-is"
if you're running MS-DOS v3.10b from Suitable Solutions. The stand-alone
compiler, though, must be patched.

>4) Documentation.  Is there any?

    There are some technical reference manuals if you'll be doing any
serious programming for the Rainbow. Every once in a while someone posts
an ad that he's selling his set. I used to have a set of docs on-line
until disk space got too precious; I'll see if I can dig them up.

    Let me put in a plug for the INFO-DEC-MICRO file archives (again :-).
Look back over old articles in this group and you'll find information
about it. There you'll find several communications packages, BinkleyTerm
among them, as well as a patch kit for TURBO C, v2.0, and Rainbows.

George

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