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Rainbow EchoMail Digest                     Feb 26, 1990

In this issue:
  RX50'S ON IBM'S                (2 messages)
  LATEST DECBBS.LST
  RE: DECPRINTER III
  RE: LA-50 OVERRUN PROBLEM


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Date:     02-23-90
To:       BILL HLIWA
Subject:  RX50'S ON IBM'S
From:     GEORGE DAHLCO, SYSOP 102/

In a message of <Feb 21 16:19>, Bill Hliwa (1:260/10) writes:

BH>What's the name of the program (and who's got it) that allows RX50's to
BH>be used in IBM 1.2M drives?

Bill,

It's called 'RX50.ZIP' on my board, file requestable of course. It allows
IBM  PC/AT 1.2Mb machines to read/write DEC RX50 MS-DOS Rainbow media, but
will not format the RX50 floppy disk. Installs as a device driver in CONFIG.SYS
and your 1.2Mb floppy can be accessed as the last virtual drive on the system
if it's the last disk driver in CONFIG.SYS.

-George, 102/138-

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Date:     02-23-90
To:       ALL
Subject:  LATEST DECBBS.LST
From:     GEORGE DAHLCO, SYSOP 102/

DECBBS.LST            Revision 4.6 - 68 nodes total        February 23, 1990

National list of DEC-related BBS Systems.  All nodes below are in
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142  723  MoonStar          203-246-2485*!  Hartford______CT Lon Stockton
141  491  Naugy Net         203-729-7569*!& Naugatuck_____CT Vince Perriello
343    3  Glacier Peak RB   206-644-8431+!  Bellevue______WA Gary Stebbins
343   30  Horsefeathers     206-743-0583*!  N.Puget Sound_WA Van VanHorn
132  225  SeaCoast OPUS     207-439-9367+   Kittery_______ME Bill Thomas
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102  522  MicroSource       213-391-1351+!  Mar Vista_____CA Don Barcus
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124   10  Big D Fido        214-392-1121+   Dallas________TX Dennis Forcier
273  722  Macateria BBS     215-576-5170+!  Wyncote_______PA Rob Elkins
261  662  Avi-Technic       301-252-0717*!  Lutherville___MD Tom Hendricks
109  657  The Country Store 301-261-4563+   Davidsonville_MD Pat McDonald
261  659  Loyola College    301-532-5117+!  Baltimore_____MD John Sottile
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100   16  Mike's Board      314-726-3448+   St Louis______MO Mike Mellinger
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260  223  Hitch Hikers Guide315-589-7361+!  Williamson____NY Fritz Howard
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129   15  DEC-User          412-469-2468+!&#Pleasnt Hills_PA John Vukovic
129   38  SYS$OUTPUT BBS    412-854-0511+!  Library_______PA Kevin Barkes
154  600  Far->Pointer->DEC 414-962-9425+!  Milwaukee_____WI John Spiegel
125   20  SeaHunt BBS       415-343-5904*!  Burlingame____CA Michael Nelson
322   14  WayStar           508-481-7147*!  Marlboro______MA Kevin Porter
321  153  Locks Hill BBS    508-544-8337+!  Locks_Hill____MA Robert Heller
016  390  Zorro The Malamute508-653-9628+!  Wayland_______MA Ken Levitt
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132  107  M'Cycle Bytes     603-889-3366+!  Amherst_______NH Robert Nilson
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101  115  The Rainbows Edge 617-551-0495*!& Westwood______MA Jim Greely
101  111  Island Logistics  617-631-3304+!  Marblehead____MA Mark Bornstein
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Date:     02-23-90 (07:49)
To:       GARY STEBBINS
Subject:  RE: DECPRINTER III
From:     FRANK MALLORY

According to the 1985 edition of DEC's Terminals & Printers Handbook, the
DECwriter III is indeed the LA120.  However, the term refers to all three
versions: LA120DA, LA120-RA, and LA120-RB.

The main thing is to make sure that it has an RS232 interface, because there
were some options that are not compatible with the Rainbow.  This can be
determined by inspecting the connectors on the back of the printer.


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

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Date:     02-23-90 (09:40)
To:       BILL HLIWA
Subject:  RX50'S ON IBM'S
From:     MARK BORNSTEIN

In a message of <21 Feb 90 16:19:24>, Bill Hliwa (1:260/10) writes:

>What's the name of the program (and who's got it) that allows RX50's to
>be used in IBM 1.2M drives?

It is called RX50.ZIP, and it is on my BBS. If you are running a
Compaq machine there is one for that machine called RX50CPAK.ZIP They are
both in my DOS area 3. Or you can freq them.
...mark

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* Origin: Island Logistics (617) 631-3304 (1:101/111)

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Date:     02-22-90 (21:12)
To:       GEOFF REED
Subject:  RE: LA-50 OVERRUN PROBLEM
From:     CARL HOUSEMAN

> LA-50.ZIP ... a zip of a textfile written by Carl Houseman, he
> outlined a repair for a bad capacitor ...

I'd like to take the credit for it Geoff, but I didn't write it.  In fact,
I logged in here to make sure I hadn't started writing things in my sleep!
The credit goes to K.H. Hawkins, with modifications by Frank Mallory, and
originally published in the Boston Area Rainbow News.


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

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