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Rainbow EchoMail Digest                     Dec 12, 1989

In this issue:
  PARKING THE HD
  NOT ENOUGH !!                  (2 messages)
  AVAILABILITY OF CHESS PRO
  EXTRANEOUS NOISE ON THIS
  RE: FORMATTING RAINBOW DI
  BTW
  RE: BTW                        (2 messages)
  KILL FILES and DOGS


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Date:     12-09-89
To:       GEORGE THEALL
Subject:  PARKING THE HD
From:     DAVID STRICKLER


Try BYE.COM, a very tiny but usefull program on my BBS.

David Strickler
Sysop of 101/45
Midnight DEC (Boston)
(617)739-0708 [Voice]

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Date:     12-09-89
To:       MARK BORNSTEIN
Subject:  NOT ENOUGH !!
From:     DAVID STRICKLER

In a message of < 2 Dec 89 12:26:02>, Mark Bornstein (1:101/111) writes:

MB>        I just want to make sure that he does not take advantage of
MB>anyone else. This whole thread would have ceased had not Theall
MB>blustered in here.
MB>That is all. (Besides you know how contentious I am, and this echo
MB>needed some spice.)
MB>...mark
MB>

The problem being Mark, that we are not interested in you 'spice'. If you
fell the need to season an echomail, please do it elsewhere.

David Strickler
Sysop of 101/45
Midnight DEC (Boston)
(617)739-0708 [Voice]

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Date:     12-09-89
To:       ART MCCLINTON
Subject:  AVAILABILITY OF CHESS PRO
From:     DAVID STRICKLER

In a message of <02 Dec 89  18:51:43>, Art Mcclinton (1:109/103) writes:

AM>My 16 year old son just dug out the 14 year old Interact computer and
AM>hooked it up to the TV.  When I asked him why, he said he wanted to
AM>play chess and since we sold the Atari that the only Chess Games was
AM>the one on the Interact.  Since we have Rainbows in each room, I am
AM>looking for a Chess game that runs on the rainbow.
AM>thanks

There are some non-graphic ones that run under CP/M, and a beautiful non-pd
one for DOS that has brilliant graphics. I am an average player, and it beats
the pants off me every time! I just wish I could remember the name... Anyone
know that name out there?

David Strickler
Sysop of 101/45
Midnight DEC (Boston)
(617)739-0708 [Voice]

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Date:     12-09-89
To:       ART MCCLINTON
Subject:  EXTRANEOUS NOISE ON THIS
From:     DAVID STRICKLER

In a message of <03 Dec 89  09:21:44>, Art Mcclinton (1:109/103) writes:

AM>Dave
AM>
AM>I doubt if you will be able to get Mark to to stop.  I have been a
AM>faithful reader and sometimes contributor to this list since the
AM>begining.  If my memory serves me right this is not the first time that
AM>Mark has gotten into a shouting match with someone that "stiffed" him.
AM>The last one eventually quieted down when Bob Catt moved to England.
AM>However after about a year some machine unfortunately leaked a group of
AM>old messages onto the wire and Mark started off again.  I suggest that
AM>since Mark will respond to anything placed on the wire.  But will
AM>eventually tire if no one respnds to him, that we all not respond to
AM>any messages concerning the issue.
AM>

Well put! From now on,I ask that no one respond to his messages. They maybe
he will leave this playground to those of us we are just here to have fun
and learn.


David Strickler
Sysop of 101/45
Midnight DEC (Boston)
(617)739-0708 [Voice]

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Date:     12-09-89
To:       GEORGE THEALL
Subject:  NOT ENOUGH !!
From:     DAVID STRICKLER


You refered to a 'kill file'. Does such a thing actualy exist in a exectutable
form? If so, please let me know. At this point, I would like to kill all of
Mark's msgs on this BBS. He has pissed off enough people (including myself)
to warrent such actions.

David Strickler
Sysop of 101/45
Midnight DEC (Boston)
(617)739-0708 [Voice]

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Date:     12-09-89 (12:19)
To:       FRANK MALLORY
Subject:  RE: FORMATTING RAINBOW DI
From:     DAVID HEID


Thanks Frank for answering. But to further show my ignorance, what does
BTW mean at the beginning of one of your sentences? As I read your message
it tells me that all my disks are good to use with 310b and that if I want
to get rid of all data on the disks (including) any sys files then I should
use the format command in my 310b.   Do you mean that the format/I wont
work to get rid of the sys files but I should(could) use the command on
new disks only?


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

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Date:     12-09-89 (15:49)
To:       DAVID HEID
Subject:  BTW
From:     AMER NELSON

Stands for "by the way"
I had to ask the first time I saw it, too.
++ Amer ++


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

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Date:     12-11-89 (17:24)
To:       AMER NELSON
Subject:  RE: BTW
From:     CARL HOUSEMAN

Do most people know the other abbrevs?

OTOH - on the other hand
IMHO - In my humble opinion (took me a long time to figure that one out)

And my favorite which appears on Usenet but not here much:

RTFM - Read the fine manual (feel free to substitute another adjective
for "manual" if you desire!)


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

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Date:     12-12-89 (07:46)
To:       DAVID STRICKLER
Subject:  KILL FILES and DOGS
From:     GEORGE THEALL

DS>You refered to a 'kill file'. Does such a thing actualy exist in a exectuta
DS>form?

   A kill file is specific to USENET news. It enables you to deselect
messages by subject or author - you simply just don't see those messages.
(And yes, there are cases where ignorance is bliss!) I've heard of a
similar capability for reading EchoMail called Kill Dog (or something
like that), but I don't know whether it's in general use. Perhaps someone
else can fill you in on this.

   On my end I'm developing some software which exchanges mail among
several mail packet formats. I filter mail from this echo thru it to
prepare it for the Rainbow EchoMail digest. I simply modified this
program to kill selected messages and filter the mail a second time
before I personally read the messages. So far this hasn't stopped
Bornstein's messages from being gatewayed, but his recent tirade might
just change that, esp. if I receive a few more complaints about him
from readers of INFO-DEC-MICRO/comp.sys.dec.micro. I don't want to lose
my objectivity, but to date I've seen little support for his actions and
lots of complaints.

   BTW: I've noticed Bornstein has yet to figure out the difference
between my personal messages and messages forwarded from INFO-DEC-MICRO/
comp.sys.dec.micro. Are others having this problem? (I've also noticed
Bornstein usually engages his fingers before his brain when replying so
they may not be).

George
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Date: 12-12-89 (08:05)           Number: 74        SATALINK (tm) Your Ult
  To: CARL HOUSEMAN              Refer#: 681
From: GEORGE THEALL                Read: YES
Subj: RE: BTW                      Conf: (74) fRAINBOW
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CH>Do most people know the other abbrevs?
CH>
CH>OTOH - on the other hand
CH>IMHO - In my humble opinion (took me a long time to figure that one out)
CH>
CH>And my favorite which appears on Usenet but not here much:
CH>
CH>RTFM - Read the fine manual (feel free to substitute another adjective
CH>for "manual" if you desire!)

   Given the complexity of manuals these days, perhaps we need a new
one: WITFMII - Where In The Friendly Manual Is It!!!

   Oh, and don't forget the smiley face. :-) Turn your head sideways and
you'll understand what it means.

George
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