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Rainbow EchoMail Digest                     Jan  9, 1990

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  10 MEG
  ASCII CHARACTERS               (2 messages)


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Date:     01-07-90
To:       CHRIS SWEET
Subject:  10 MEG
From:     FRANK MALLORY

CS> Yes it is a 10 meg hard drive st-506... and we are running dos 2.0 "1"
CS> not sure which... I can't find any type of format program ... what is
CS> the name I should look for... Would we be better off to format it using
CS> cp/m or ms-dos...

To start off with, the ST-506 is a 5 meg drive, not 10.  Second, my memory
is a little hazy, but I don't believe Rainbow MS-DOS 2.01 included a FORMAT
program.  In any case, you should try to get a copy of DOS 2.11 or above.
Whether you format with CP/M or DOS depends on the OS under which you want
to run your programs.  Some users format part of the disk with DOS and the
rest with CP/M.


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Date:     01-07-90
To:       ED RIDPATH
Subject:  ASCII CHARACTERS
From:     FRANK MALLORY

ER> But how can I get that wonderful smily face? <grin>

That's easy:  send $25 to Suitable Solutions for the IBM character ROM chip.
Plug it in and try all combinations of 2 and 3-character Compose sequences.
You'll find it there somewhere, together with a lot of other real keen stuff.


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Date:     01-07-90 (21:27)
To:       FRANK MALLORY
Subject:  ASCII CHARACTERS
From:     RICK MELLON


FM> The Compose Sequences are shown in Appendix E of the Rainbow
FM> Owner's Manual.  Appendix F shows all the character codes.

Looks like I have a little problem.  Although I've upgraded from a
100A to a 100B, I still only have the 100A manuals.  As you'd expect,
these Appendices are not in the 100A Owner's Manual.

I have seen a Compose Sequence file, but it seems that there were only
40 or 50 characters listed, and smily faces and vertical lines were
not among them (to name a few).  Does Appendix E show 128 Compose
Sequences?

BTW, what's the difference between Appendix E (Compose Sequences) and
Appendix F (character codes)?

Questions, questions, questions, <sigh>.

Thanks for replying.

--Rick


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