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Rainbow EchoMail Digest                         May 25, 1990

In this issue:
  RE: MONITOR BROKE ::: FIX
  RE: LZEXE91.ZIP                (2 messages)
  SPREADSHEETS
  SPARES AVAILABLE
  RE: SPREADSHEETS
  RAINBOW CLOCK


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Date:     05-21-90 (05:45)
To:       BRUCE MITCHELL
Subject:  RE: MONITOR BROKE ::: FIX
From:     DAVID MAROUN

I picked up a used monitor for $70 in Canadian funds from Rider Computer Servi
now located in Surrey, British Columbia.  You might call them or a similar
company that deals in used DEC products.


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* Origin: Glacier Peak Rainbow, Bellevue, WA - 206/644-8431 (1:343/3.0)
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Date:     05-21-90 (05:47)
To:       FRANK MALLORY
Subject:  RE: LZEXE91.ZIP
From:     DAVID MAROUN

When I tried LZEXE, I was using Code Blue version 1.  Perhaps version 2 is
needed in this case.

I thought *you* said that the earlier version of LZEXE was generic!  However,
I will see what happens with Code Blue 2 & MS-DOS 3.10b.


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* Origin: Glacier Peak Rainbow, Bellevue, WA - 206/644-8431 (1:343/3.0)
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Date:     05-21-90 (06:31)
To:       FRANK MALLORY
Subject:  SPREADSHEETS
From:     DAVID MAROUN

My old Multiplan 1 needs no special printer drivers, but is compatible with
any printer at all.

If you want a *really* capable spreadsheet, try Analyticalc.  This is the
MS-DOS version of a program that started on the VAX.  Analyticalc is shareware
runs under Rainbow MS-DOS without Code Blue.  Rather, to run on an IBM PC,
you must configure the IBM to act like a VT100.  The program uses character
graphics, which any system can display, but you can use GW-BASIC with Analytic
to get bit-mapped graphics.  You need only 256 k of RAM.  Analyticalc is
rather slow, though, on 8088 machines.

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* Origin: Glacier Peak Rainbow, Bellevue, WA - 206/644-8431 (1:343/3.0)
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Date:     05-20-90
To:       RAINBOW AND PRO 350 USERS
Subject:  SPARES AVAILABLE
From:     BILL BIRD


For Sale:
Rainbow Spares
RX-50 Controller Card
100A Mother Board
Power Supply for Rainbow

Pro 350 Spares
CT100 Mother Board
Memory Daughter Board
Video Generator Board
RX-50 Controller Card
Power Supply

Also an RX-50 Floppy Drive

The above are new from a Digital Dealers Kit.

Also a Rainbow 100B 320K memory with 20mb. harddisk and all
necessary software and an LA-50 printer.

Please call Bill at 213 305-9341 evenings west coast time.



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* Origin: On The Waterfront, Marina Del Rey, Ca. (213 306-2581)  (1:102/521)
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Date:     05-23-90 (07:34)
To:       DAVID MAROUN
Subject:  RE: LZEXE91.ZIP
From:     FRANK MALLORY

> When I tried LZEXE, I was using Code Blue version 1.  Perhaps
> version 2 is needed in this case.
>
> I thought *you* said that the earlier version of LZEXE was
> generic!  However, I will see what happens with Code Blue
> 2 & MS-DOS 3.10b.
>
Possibly the earlier version of LZEXE *was* generic; all I know it that the
current version runs under MS-DOS 3.10b and Code Blue v2.


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* Origin: Silver Bullet - Silver Spring, Md. - 301-622-2247 (Opus 1:109/123)
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Date:     05-23-90 (07:42)
To:       DAVID MAROUN
Subject:  RE: SPREADSHEETS
From:     FRANK MALLORY

> My old Multiplan 1 needs no special printer drivers, but
> is compatible with any printer at all.
>
I'm sure v4 of Multiplan will work with a generic dot matrix printer as well
as the earlier ones did.  However, if you have printer drivers it frees you
from the need to enter detailed printer control codes and gives you the flexib
to use multiple fonts within a spreadsheet.

> If you want a *really* capable spreadsheet, try Analyticalc.

I tried it about five years ago on the VAX, and my impression at that time
is that it was more like a specialized programming language than a spreadsheet
I'll have to give it another try.  But with hundreds of Multiplan spreadsheet
files, it's doubtful that I would switch.

Probably half of my applications of Multiplan don't involve any calculations
at all; even tho I have dBase III and Clipper, I find it a lot more convenient
to use Multiplan as a DBMS to track small collections of data (e.g., my electr
Rolodex).  So this is the capability of later Multiplans that I am most intere
in.


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* Origin: Silver Bullet - Silver Spring, Md. - 301-622-2247 (Opus 1:109/123)
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Date:     05-23-90 (21:26)
To:       CAROLINE MACK
Subject:  RAINBOW CLOCK
From:     DAVE GOW

I habve DDDD24~24~24~24~    DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD                    DDDDDDDDDoff
Sorry about gibberish, I am new to this.  I have a rainbow with the clock
board you mentioned a few days ago, it is attached toth tothe hard drive
controller board andhas a lithium battery on board.  My battery is dead but
before i buy a new one, does it rquire a software program to operate it or
are there commands I must issue at the key board??  I am new toRainbows and
would liker toget the clockto workbut don't lknow how, it isnot a lick Clock
but a small circut board.


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* Origin: Glacier Peak Rainbow, Bellevue, WA - 206/644-8431 (1:343/3.0)
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