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Rainbow EchoMail Digest					    Jan 17, 1991

In this issue:
  RANINBOW SALE/DONATION    
  LATEST UPGRADE            
  PRODIGY                        (2 messages)
  RE: 100+ MEMORY EXTENSION 
  TETRIS FOR RB?            


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Date:     14 Jan 91  00:18 -0500
From:     BRUCE MITCHELL 
To:       DAN O'REILLY IN AREA 11 
Subject:  RANINBOW SALE/DONATION 

thank you for replying to my note on rainbow sale for a non profit in
seattle. at this point, the non-profut wantsmoney to expsnd ibm
computer resourses. sigh. they could use word perfect on the
dec, but believe it is beyond them. I have copied your note,
and, if it comes top donation, will contact you. thnaks. b. mitchell.


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

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Date:     15 Jan 91  07:37 -0500
From:     FRANK MALLORY 
To:       WORDPERFECT 5.1 USERS 
Subject:  LATEST UPGRADE 

The 12/31/90 upgrade handles DEC sixel codes. This means that you can
now  print .WPG graphics files on the LA50 and other DEC printers.
 

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 * Origin: Silver Bullet - Silver Spring, Md. - 301-622-2247 (1:109/417)

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Date:     15 Jan 91  23:06 -0500
From:     BOB SMITH 
To:       DAVID HEID 
Subject:  PRODIGY 

 DH> Anyone out there running Prodigy on the Bow? My son subscribed to it and 
 DH> tryed to get it to run on a 'Bow I gave him and it will not install.
 DH> Any help would be appreciated.

I talked with Prodigy about making a generic (ASCII) version.  They are
not going to make a version that will run on the rainbow or
from a VT terminal.  Sears and IBM developed and want to sell
IBM systems.  The problem is the program runs in 25 by 40
graphics mode.  The rainbow will not support this mode of IBM
software, even with the newest Codeblue and Dos 3.10 B.
 

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 * Origin: Bob's_point of Cuckoo's Nest : Hudson, NH  (1:132/119.4)

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Date:     16 Jan 91  02:22 -0500
From:     CARL HOUSEMAN 
To:       FRANK MALLORY 
Subject:  RE: 100+ MEMORY EXTENSION 

re: I have 120 ns chips ... work fine ... maybe its because I'm
    using the NEC V20 processor in all my Rainbows.
 
Myth killing time again!
 
To the original writer who claimed 120ns parts didn't work but 150ns
parts did - you had a bad chip or two.  Otherwise, faster RAM
chips don't of themselves spell failure, in any machine.  It's
only when using RAM that's too slow in a fast machine that you
can have problems.
 
As for the NEC V20 - it doesn't require faster RAM, nor is the timing
of memory access altered in any way.  When it comes to
accessing memory and peripherals, a 4.77 mhz V20 is the
equivalent of a 4.77 mhz 8088.  It HAS to be that way,
otherwise you couldn't drop in a V20 and have it work.

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Date:     16 Jan 91  02:31 -0500
From:     CARL HOUSEMAN 
To:       ALL 
Subject:  TETRIS FOR RB? 

I see from the recent IRUG postcard that IRUG is selling Tetris for
$10.  Is this available generally, or only through IRUG?  Does
anybody have it, and is it any good?

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Date:     17 Jan 91  09:38 -0500
From:     GEORGE THEALL 
To:       BOB SMITH 
Subject:  PRODIGY 

BS> DH> Anyone out there running Prodigy on the Bow? My son subscribed to it a
BS> DH> tryed to get it to run on a 'Bow I gave him and it will not install.
BS> DH> Any help would be appreciated.

BS>The problem is the program runs in 25 by 40
BS>graphics mode.

   Yet Windows on the Rainbow provides this, doesn't it? Might Prodigy
run under Windows? [I used Prodigy once, but that was a l-o-n-g time
ago.]


George
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