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Rainbow EchoMail Digest                         Aug 31, 1990

In this issue:
  RAINBOW FORSALE...
  RAINBOW COLORS                 (2 messages)
  RAINBOW WANTED!!!
  RE: CACHE PROGRAM


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Date:     08-27-90 (20:26)
To:       ALL
Subject:  RAINBOW FORSALE...
From:     DON MARQUART


Rainbow 100 Plus with 896K, monitor and Gold keyboard.  Unfortunately
there is no hard disk at this time but it does include a LA50 with
cable.  $200

RB B/W monitor,  $25

RB 100B memory board with 0K installed, 768K capacity.  Memory adapter
for 100A is optional.  $35 or $40 with adapter.

The below will only be sold after the above is sold:

Suitable Solutions clock, new.  $35

Suitable Solutions IBM character ROM for the RB, new.  $25

If interested please reply in this echo, netmail to 104/888 or voice at
303-973-8535 most evenings and weekends.

Thanks...


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Date:     08-29-90 (07:31)
To:       FRANK MALLORY
Subject:  RAINBOW COLORS
From:     PAUL OLSON

Frank,
I think I know what you are trying to get at, specifically the colored
letters.  Unfortunately, the programmers of SCRAM used predefined
bitmaps for their letters.  The system doesn't even "realize" that it is
displaying letters, only bit plane patterns.  For example, you don't
have the option of entering your name on a high score screen.  That's
because all the text is fixed.  There also isn't any font table to load
color and letter shapes into.  I suspect that Rainbow ReGIS interprets
the ASCII input and forms it's own letters which it places onto the
screen as bit plane data through the graphics option.
As Always,
Paul

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Date:     08-29-90 (14:03)
To:       ALL
Subject:  RAINBOW WANTED!!!
From:     PATRICK FINK

Anyone have a Rainbow for sale??? I am really just looking for A100
Mother Board.

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Date:     08-29-90 (17:48)
To:       PAUL OLSON
Subject:  RAINBOW COLORS
From:     FRANK MALLORY

I think I'm beginning to get the picture (pun intended); you either have
to  use Rainbow ReGIS, or go to a lot of trouble to create bit maps.

Next question:  Has Rainbow ReGIS been "archived" (meaning it can be
freely  distributed)?


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 * Origin: Silver Bullet - Silver Spring, Md. - 301-622-2247 (1:109/417)
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Date:     08-30-90 (02:44)
To:       CARL HOUSEMAN
Subject:  RE: CACHE PROGRAM
From:     PAUL ROBINSON

Unless someone has a contract that prohibits him from using the software
on a different machine, and the contract defines different in such a way
that it includes hardware upgraded by a third party, there should not be
a problem with transferring the software to a third party.

 Under federal law, sale of a program gives the owner of that copy the
right to transfer that copy to anyone he wants to, and the copyright
owner is not entitled to further money or to stop the transfer; they can
only do that to the extent that there is a contract prohibition.

 Further, taking the provision laid down in the court case of U.S. v.
IBM, that a company cannot require you to purchase supplies from them
when they sell you equipment and maintain it, unless they can show the
supplies will damage the equipment, that a contract provision that, in
effect, voids your license because you upgraded the hardware, would
probably be unenforceable.


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