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Rainbow EchoMail Digest					    Dec 24, 1990

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  FILE LIST NEEDED               (3 messages)
  DBASE COPYRIGHT           
  RAINBOW 190               
  RE: VT102 CODES           
  DBASE                     


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Date:     12-21-90 (21:42)
To:       FRANK MALLORY 
Subject:  FILE LIST NEEDED 
From:     NOLAN LEE 

I really appreciate the list of the system disk for Lotus 123!
I'm not sure what you mean by a "key" disk. The Lotus files on the hard
drive work. I assume that I can just copy them back to the
original floppies after I reformat them and it will run. At
least I hope so. If they have been loaded to the hd and they
work, then the previous owner must have unprotected them, don't
you think?
Thanks again, and if you get a listing handy of the rest of the files
please drop me a note.
Nolan
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 * Origin: NorthLake DATA EXCHANGE * Folsom * LA * 506-796-5860 (1:390/3)
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Date:     12-20-90 (19:20)
To:       NOLAN LEE 
Subject:  FILE LIST NEEDED 
From:     FRANK MALLORY 

 NL> My first priority is to make file copies of the Lotus 123 programs. 
 NL> What I need help with is , which Lotus prgms go on what disk. Cna 
 NL> anybody help? 

The only one I can put my hand on at the moment is the System diskette:

 DI-3.0 LOTUSSYSTEM 12/20/90 19:17 Dr A  Free Space:   132608 Bytes   259 Sec.

 Filename.Ext   Bytes    Last Update     Filename.Ext   Bytes    Last Update   
 123     .CNF     256  10/01/83 00:18    KB      .DRV     599  11/16/83
01:23    123     .EXE   89984  11/16/83 01:23    LOTUS   .COM  
  481  11/16/83 01:23    123     .HLP  112268  11/16/83 01:23   
LTSLOAD .COM   10062  11/16/83 01:23    GD      .DRV    2641 
11/16/83 01:23    PR      .DRV     116  11/16/83 01:23    INSTALL
.BAT     870  11/16/83 01:23    SAMPLE  .PRN    6400  12/25/89
16:32    INSTALL .EXE   28160  12/25/89 16:32    TD      .DRV  
 5422  11/16/83 01:23   
   12 Files,   257259 Bytes   508 Sec.

I hope you realize that the standard 1A is copy protected (requiring a
"key  disk"); you can't just copy the files to another diskette
and expect it to work. Likewise, unless you have unprotected it,
your HD version won't work  without a valid system diskette.

BTW, to add to Ed Esber's problems, Ashton-Tate's copyright for dBase
has  just been disallowed. This means that anyone not subject
to the license  agreement is free to copy it with impunity.



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 * Origin: Silver Bullet - Silver Spring, Md. - 301-622-2247 (1:109/417)
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Date:     12-22-90 (02:30)
To:       FRANK MALLORY 
Subject:  DBASE COPYRIGHT 
From:     PAUL ROBINSON 

Do you really expect A-T to just sit by and let a judge declare that
DBASE is not copyrighted?  They have a lot more to lose if they
don't appeal.


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 * Origin: Silver Bullet - Silver Spring, Md - 301-622-2247 (1:109/417.0)
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Date:     12-22-90 (07:52)
To:       ED RIDPATH 
Subject:  RAINBOW 190 
From:     FRANK MALLORY 

 ER> I think that was the one that was bundle with the 'Rainbow Office' 
 ER> software, WPS+, some networking, other neat things that you couldn't 
 ER> use without a megabucks VAX.

I got a copy of ROW and tried using it on my RB at the office. Found
that you  need some special software on the VAX end, which is
no longer available.
 

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 * Origin: Silver Bullet - Silver Spring, Md. - 301-622-2247 (1:109/417)
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Date:     12-22-90 (10:45)
To:       NOLAN LEE 
Subject:  FILE LIST NEEDED 
From:     FRANK MALLORY 

 NL> I really appreciate the list of the system disk for Lotus 123!
 NL> I'm not sure what you mean by a "key" disk. The Lotus files on the hard 
 NL> drive work. I assume that I can just copy them back to the original 

If it works without having a system disk in drive A, then it has been 
unprotected.
 

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 * Origin: Silver Bullet - Silver Spring, Md. - 301-622-2247 (1:109/417)
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Date:     12-21-90 (23:59)
To:       PATRICK FINK 
Subject:  RE: VT102 CODES 
From:     DAVID MAROUN 

To get line drawing characters on a Rainbow, send the sequence
 
        <ESC> ) 0 ^N
 
(the '^N' is control-N) to the screen.  You will now get line-drawing 
characters instead of lower-case letters.
 
To return to lower case, send control-O to the screen.
 
Under MS-DOS, you can send the desired sequences to the screen by the command
 
        COPY CON CON<Return>
 
After you have entered this command, you can press the <Interrupt> (or 
<F6>) key to produce the escape character, the <)> key (that is shift- 
zero) to get ')', control-N to get that character, and so on.  Control-
 Z followed by the <Return> key ends the sequence.  You can
also press the <Exit> key (also called <F10>) instead of control-Z.
 
Under CP/M, you can use PIP as in
 
        PIP CON:=CON:<Return>
 
but this time the <ESC> key (that is, <F11>) sends the escape character,
and you cannot use the <Exit> key instead of control-Z.  Also,
you need not press the <Return> key after entering control-Z.
 
You can also make up little files having the desired codes in them with
an editor like SEDT or WordStar (keep WordStar in non-document
mode), and TYPE the files to the screen
 
Hope this helps.


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 * Origin: Glacier Peak Rainbow, Bellevue, WA - 206/644-8431 (1:343/3.0)
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Date:     12-22-90 (00:11)
To:       FRANK MALLORY 
Subject:  DBASE 
From:     DAVID MAROUN 

 
 > BTW, to add to Ed Esber's problems, Ashton-Tate's copyright
 > for dBase has  just been disallowed. This means that anyone
 > not subject to the license  agreement is free to copy it
 > with impunity.
 >
Which version(s) of dBASE?  II? III? III Plus? IV? for Rainbows only? or what? 

- --- Opus-CBCS 1.12
 * Origin: Glacier Peak Rainbow, Bellevue, WA - 206/644-8431 (1:343/3.0)
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