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Rainbow EchoMail Digest                         Jul 18, 1990

In this issue:
  RE: DECCOMM
  RE: TECO FOR RAINBOW?
  DEC RAINBOX (PC100A&B) CP
  RE: I DRIVE/DS DRIVES ON


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Date:     07-15-90 (11:39)
To:       FRANK MALLORY
Subject:  RE: DECCOMM
From:     ALAN CONROY

  Well, the software and/or modem you use with the Rainbow really
have no bearing on the fact that the BIOS is different from the IBM
BIOS.  You can, however, determine if the program is currently running
on a Rainbow or an IBM and remap your BIOS calls based on that.


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Date:     07-16-90 (23:30)
To:       ALAN CONROY
Subject:  RE: TECO FOR RAINBOW?
From:     CARL HOUSEMAN

re: The bad news is that I cannot recall the company who sold it...

The generic TECO for MS-DOS is public domain, as far as I know.  The
real problem is it isn't very complete, if you're an old-time TECO
hacker.  The version I have identifies itself as X1.04 and displays no
copyright when started.  It includes source files for Microsoft C
version 3.0 which *are* copyrighted but licensed for free distribution
for non-commercial use.

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Date:     07-16-90 (15:47)
To:       ALL
Subject:  DEC RAINBOX (PC100A&B) CP
From:     JOHN DUNCAN

I have some RB 100A & 100B CPU boxes for sale.  They have all the CPU
cards, PS, memory, floppy drives, etc, just no devices external to the
cpu box itself (monitor, keyboard, etc).  One even has the 10MB
Seagate ST-412 hard disk.  If you're interested, call me at
617-323-4852.
They will go to the KGP Computer Show in Boxborough MA on Aug 4, so
the best price will be had before then ( $45-75 each before show).

Thanks,
John Duncan


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Date:     07-16-90 (18:08)
To:       GEORGE THEALL
Subject:  RE: I DRIVE/DS DRIVES ON
From:     ALAN CONROY

  You CAN disassemble the ROM BIOS (and MSDOS, if you want).  Many
have done so.  The problem is that you have no comments, labels, or
other symbols to assist in understanding it.  The V2.11 MSDOS BIOS is
printed in the technical documentation set.  This is no longer
available from DEC, but DEC has allowed people to copy documentation
which is no longer available - so find yourself a copy.  The problem
is that the BIOS was reworked by Suitable Solutions for V3 of MSDOS;
the original had some bugs.  If you need a copy of the BIOS listing,
give IRUG a try.


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