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Rainbow EchoMail Digest                         Jun  2, 1990

In this issue:
  RE: WHAT IS LPWR/GS-2 BOA
  DEC BOARD
  RE: FILE TRANSFER SOFTWAR
  RE: WINDOWS V3.0
  RE: CODE BLUE AND 100A
  RE: CORRUPTED ARC FILES
  SALE OF RAINBOW B W/10MB


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Date:     05-29-90 (19:34)
To:       GEORGE THEALL
Subject:  RE: WHAT IS LPWR/GS-2 BOA
From:     STAN GAMMONS

> Hi.  I'm tearing apart a 100B Rainbow to clean it and was wondering
> what function the following board has:
> On side 2 of the board, there's a label that says "LPWR
> (digital) GS-2"

Sounds like the GRAPHICS board. Is it the large board on the left front of
the machine (as view from the front)?

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Date:     05-31-90
To:       GEORGE THEALL
Subject:  DEC BOARD
From:     PAUL OLSON

Ollie,
I believe the board is the color graphics add-on board from DEC.  The NEC
7220 is the processor chip (if I remember correctly).  Also, if the board
was connected at the front of the mother board (the comm ports located at
the back of the mother board), then it is the graphics option.
.
The graphics option will give you 16 shades of grey on a monochrome monitor,
or up to 4096 colors (16 displayable maximum) on a color monitor.  Lately,
I have been receiving calls from people who buy a color monitor and the
color graphics option thinking that they can change the screen colors of
their alphanumeric text.  Keep in mind that this is not the case.  The alphanu
subsystem and the graphics subsystems are completely separate on the Rainbow.
The Rainbow is set up similarly to some of the earlier graphics workstations
and display devices which used separate graphics memory for the graphics
display.
.
If you have any more questions, just ask.
As Always,
Paul

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Date:     05-31-90
To:       GEORGE THEALL
Subject:  RE: FILE TRANSFER SOFTWAR
From:     FRANK MALLORY

> From: usc!snorkelwacker!bu.edu!m2c!umvlsi!dime!rudenko@ucsd.edu
> Organization: COINS, UMass, Amherst
>
> I need to transfer some text files from a Rainbow to a Vax.  The Vax
> has VMODEM, which uses the CPMUG (Christensen) file transfer protocol.

VMODEM is a new one on me; check with your VAX manager to get the correct
designation (probably XMODEM).

The various comm programs for the Rainbow are available from the International
Rainbow Users Group.


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* Origin: Silver Bullet - Silver Spring, Md. - 301-622-2247 (1:109/123.0)
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Date:     05-31-90
To:       GEORGE THEALL
Subject:  RE: WINDOWS V3.0
From:     FRANK MALLORY

> From: OBRIEN%OBRIEN@venus.ycc.yale.edu
>
> There's life in the old Rainbow yet!
>
> First of all, if you have any PC-type machinery, you ought to check
> out Windows 3.0 - it's nothing short of amazing!  With

However, local users are reporting that it is a real resource hog, occupying
6MB on your HD, taking lots of memory, and running slowly even on fast 386
machines.  So I have a wait-and-see attitude as to whether it is really going
to be a feasible proposition for the Rainbow.  And I think it goes without
saying that you will need the TURBOW board to make it usable at all.


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Date:     05-31-90
To:       DENNIS PERRY
Subject:  RE: CODE BLUE AND 100A
From:     FRANK MALLORY

> version 2.01 of CB I purchased from Suitable Solutions.
>  Do these problems exist with a 100B.  Where can I get
> a 100B mother board and how much should one expect to pay
> for such a beast?  Thanks.


I've seen 100B motherboards advertised for $95 in Computer HotLine.
But I recommend you put out a few bucks more and buy a complete
100B for $150.  This will give you the more potent B power supply as well
as a spare monitor and keyboard and possiblly more memory.

The moderator will jump on me if I mention the names of any vendors here;
but if you put the question to me on this BBS, I will be glad to furnish
it.


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* Origin: Silver Bullet - Silver Spring, Md. - 301-622-2247 (1:109/123.0)
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Date:     05-31-90
To:       VAN VANHORN
Subject:  RE: CORRUPTED ARC FILES
From:     FRANK MALLORY


> A user here pointed out that BLACKBOX.ARC and RBGIF.ARC
> that were available in my Rainbow download area were corrupted.
>  I scanned them with PKXARC -T and found that to be the
> case.  Could anyone send them over here, or let me know


I seem to recall that there was an error in the archive for RBGIF that didn't
actually affect the validity of any of its files.  All you need to do in
that case is rezip it.

If you cant fix it that way, RBGIF.ZIP is FReqable from 109/417 at HST speed.
I don't have BLACKBOX.


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* Origin: Silver Bullet - Silver Spring, Md. - 301-622-2247 (1:109/123.0)
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Date:     05-30-90 (08:17)
To:       ALL
Subject:  SALE OF RAINBOW B W/10MB
From:     BRUCE MITCHELL

World Affairs Council of Seattle would like to sell its rainbow. B w/10
MB hard disk, two floppies, monitor recently repaired by Geof Reed, keyboard,
selection of software including multiplan, lotus 123, select word processing.
Non-profit organization would like $600. Please repond to me here or in
Seattle at 206 282 2686. Thank you again.


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