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Rainbow EchoMail Digest					    Feb  2, 1991

In this issue:
  RE: CONNECT PARALLEL PRIN      (2 messages)
  RE: TETRIS FOR RB?        
  UPS SHIPMENT(S)           
  UPDATED, VERIFED DECBBS.L 


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Date:     29 Jan 91  08:32 -0500
From:     RON KRITZMAN 
To:       GEORGE THEALL 
Subject:  RE: CONNECT PARALLEL PRIN 

 > none. The end result of connecting the converter between
 > the Rainbow and the printer is that only the first several
 > lines of a full page document are printed ... this is
 > consistent with all documents and spreadsheets.  Any ideas
 
Sounds like you're overrunning the printer's buffer.  The DEC
LA-50 printer uses pin 11 as a ready/busy line.  When its buffer is
nearly full it toggles pin 11, telling the Rainbow to stop
sending characters.  When the buffer empties, pin 11 goes back to its
original state, telling the Rainbow to resume.  Some of the
serial to parallel converters do not support ready/busy
protocol.  Others have the ready/busy line on pin 20 (DTR). 
You may want to reroute pin 20 coming off the serial side of
the converter box to connect to pin 11 on the 'Bow.  If 20 is
indeed the ready/busy line then that should do the trick.
 
I went through this whole exercize in reverse when I bought "Bozo the
Clone" and connected my LA-50 to its serial port.


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Date:     28 Jan 91  16:24 -0500
From:     JACK STEVENS 
To:       GEORGE THEALL 
Subject:  RE: CONNECT PARALLEL PRIN 

I have not had any experience with serial/parallel adaptors, but your
problem sounds as if it might have to do with flow control. 
The serial side uses Xon/Xoff characters sent in the data
stream.  I don't know what the parallel printer uses.  Perhaps
there is an incompatibility. 

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 * Origin: Midnight DEC - The BBS for DEC sales & information (Opus 1:101/45)

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Date:     30 Jan 91  13:50 -0500
From:     PAUL ROBINSON 
To:       CARL HOUSEMAN 
Subject:  RE: TETRIS FOR RB? 

TO ALL USERS:
  
 FOR THE SAME REASON ONE SHOULD AVOID CRACK COCAINE - BECAUSE YOU CAN
BECOME ADDICTED IN ONE USE - please AVOID AND STAY FAR AWAY
FROM THE GAME OF tetris AND ANY CLONES OF IT.  STAY AWAY FROM
ANYTHING THAT EVEN DRAWS A BOX OR A RECTANGULAR OBJECT!  
  
 This game is so dangerous that efforts are under way to declare it an
addictive substance under the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act and
thus make possession of it illegal.


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 * Origin: Silver Bullet - Silver Spring, Md - 301-622-2247 (1:109/417.0)

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Date:     31 Jan 91  01:34 -0500
From:     HOWARD HALL 
To:       DON MARQUART 
Subject:  UPS SHIPMENT(S) 

DON - 
    First off, package has arrived.  Matter of fact, TWO packages
arrived.  COD label completely covered the address label on
package for Dave Barnes, I didn't spot the discrepancy until
the truck was out of sight.
    Package addressed to me contained one (1) LQP02 Printer.  Have not
opened the other (and do not intend to open it).  Called UPS, I
don't think they can (or will?) take action from this end. 
They think that the shipment was two of two, and that is what
the paperwork indicated.  I think you may have to raise the
question at your end, at least get them trying to trace the
missing package.
    The COD tag on Dave's box carried the number 855702, and that is
the only identification I can find, other than your address and
his address.  The box for me was identified with two separate numbers, 
CO 800-X76 (Shipping Office?), and PKG ID # 9738-535.  The box carried a
date of 01/22/91.
     I'm willing to push from this end too, but I'm not sure just where
to apply the pressure.  Any suggestions?
     New subject:  the printer will not (yet) respond to the computer,
nor will it cycle into SELF TEST MODE.  Any thoughts?
     I'll watch the board, will also monitor UPS!!!
NOTE TO KURT:  sorry to be so long-winded, but this has me a bit
baffled; and thanks for being here when we needed you!
                               hlh

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Date:     30 Jan 91  07:41 -0500
From:     GEORGE DAHLCO 
To:       ALL 
Subject:  UPDATED, VERIFED DECBBS.L 

 DECBBS.LST            Revision 8.0 - 62 nodes total        February 01, 1991

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 343    3  Glacier Peak RB   206-644-8431+!  Bellevue______WA Gary Stebbins
 102  138 |Long_Island_RB    213-370-4113*!&#Los Angeles___CA George Dahlco
 102  139 |Beach City RB     213-376-9567*!& Redondo Beach_CA Dan Cannon
 102  522  MicroSource       213-391-1351+!  Mar Vista_____CA Don Barcus
 102  463  Arisia            213-634-4885*!  Bellflower____CA Mark Milhollan
 273  912  Tri-Star Amiga    215-551-1485*!  Philadelphia__PA Joe Mollica
 273  722  Macateria BBS     215-576-5170+!  Wyncote_______PA Rob Elkins
 261  662  Avi-Technic       301-252-0717*!  Lutherville___MD Tom Hendricks
 109  423  The Addict's Attic301-428-8998*!  Germantown____MD Yann LeGuellec
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 120  102  The Atari Advocate313-398-3078*!  MadisonHeightsMI Dave Day
 120  193  SuburbanCompuConn 313-427-0223+!  Garden City___MI Greg Day
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 100   22  PCLUG             314-576-2743+!  St Louis______MO Ken Kaplan
 100   16  Mike's Board      314-726-3448+   St Louis______MO Mike Mellinger
 100    4  St.LouisUsersGroup314-928-9993+!  St Louis______MO Mark Owens
 260  223  Hitch Hikers Guide315-589-7361+!  Williamson____NY Fritz Howard
 291    4  MGBBS             316-684-3010*!  Wichita_______KS Don Pangburn
 396  201  CajuNet Connection318-235-3207*!  Lafayette_____LA John Cuccia
 014  610  Omaha Fido        402-348-7603%   Omaha_________NE Jim Singer
 385   16  Good News!        405-357-0478+!  Lawton________OK John Johnson
 129   38 |SYS$OUTPUT BBS    412-854-0511+!  Library_______PA Kevin Barkes
 125   20  SeaHunt BBS       415-343-5904*!  Burlingame____CA Michael Nelson
 105  201  ET SCRIBE<M>      503-635-8841+!  Lake_Oswego___OR Byron Windhorst
 322   14  WayStar           508-481-7147*!  Marlboro______MA Kevin Porter
 321  153  Locks Hill BBS    508-544-8337+!  Locks_Hill____MA Robert Heller
 016  390  Zorro The Malamute508-653-9628+!  Wayland_______MA Ken Levitt
 382   35  LoneStar CBCS     512-258-3643*!  Austin________TX Steve Shapiro
 110   73  Neutral Zone QBBS 513-253-2017+!  Kettering_____OH Dave Sharp
 290  627  Fog Line          515-964-7937*!  Ankeny________IA Dan Buda
 107  218  KingDiamond'sRealm516-736-3403*!  Coram_________NY Mikel Beck
 159  625  Flying Circus     517-686-0681*!  Kawkawlin_____MI Bill Carney
 114    3  Genoa City        602-945-0869*!  Tempe_________AZ Duke Clarke
 114   97  The Rebound       602-956-7484    Phoenix_______AZ Adam Puleo
 132  777 |VAXCat            603-424-0923*!&#Merrimack_____NH Mark Buda
 226 5000  MARDUK            614-882-4478*!  Columbus______OH Mark Lynch
 101  465  Navigator BBS     617-331-1070*!  Weymouth______MA John Connolly
 101  115  The Rainbows Edge 617-551-0495*!& Westwood______MA Jim Greely
 101  111 |Island Logistics  617-631-3304+!  Marblehead____MA Mark Bornstein
 101  330  American Playhouse617-828-0868*!  Canton________MA Barry Devine
 101  145  HACKNET!          617-942-1298+!  Reading_______MA Steve Ryan
 202  698  StarBase 23       619-560-2996*!  San Digeo_____CA Mike Nielsen
 109  483 |The Pot of Gold   703-359-6549+!  Fairfax_______VA Kurt Reisler
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 106  477  Pier 7            713-477-2681+!  Pasadena______TX Harold Weiss
 106  114  The Fireside Opus 713-496-6319+!  Houston_______TX Bob Davis
 103  148  Att. of Gratitude 714-527-5813+!  Buena_Park____CA David Saville
 103  145  Terry's Place     714-842-4277+!  Huntington_BchCA Terry Troxel
 260   10  Med TechNet Remote716-688-1552*!  Buffalo_______NY Bill Hliwa
 128   58  CS-DEPOT          719-550-9305+!  Colorado_SpngsCO Dan O'Reilly
 360   11  Keep It Simple    803-648-0283+!& Aiken_________SC Ed Ridpath
 276  222  MoonStar          804-392-7670*!  Prospect______VA Lon Stockton
 271  270  Virginia Data Exc 804-723-1663*!  Hampton Roads_VA Tim Jacobs
 371   13  archonRAINBOW     813-939-3394*!  Ft. Meyers____FL Dave Corthell
 280    4  The Power Board   816-358-3204*!  Raytowm_______MO Fred Armantrout
 163  226  R&D BBS           819-778-3856*!  Hull,Quebec__CAN Douglas Murray
 203   34  Now and Zen OPUS  916-962-1952*!  Fair Oaks_____CA John Lamb
 151  124  CAROLINA TRACON   919-469-1864*!  Cary__________NC Richard Best

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