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Rainbow EchoMail Digest                         Jan 28, 1991

In this issue:
  RE: FILE LIST NEEDED
  RE: PC 100B MEMORY EXPANS
  RE: TETRIS FOR RB?
  123 V1A ON RAINBOW
  RE: LQP02 PRINTER
  CONNECT PARALLEL PRINTER       (2 messages)
  MNP5 FOSSIL DRIVER...
  AUTOCAD
  RAINBOW MONITOR


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Date:     22 Jan 91  22:36 -0500
From:     BOB FULLER
To:       NOLAN LEE
Subject:  RE: FILE LIST NEEDED

        Wish I could but I just a user of the system.  Gary, our
syop here does a great job.  Perhaps he can give you the information
you would need to get Opus. Glad you were able to get the other
programs.  As you use them, this Rainbow network can probably
talk you through any tough spots.

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

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Date:     22 Jan 91  22:42 -0500
From:     BOB FULLER
To:       GEORGE THEALL
Subject:  RE: PC 100B MEMORY EXPANS

        Thanks for your great suggestions.  DEC was able to supply
the values for me.

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

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Date:     23 Jan 91  18:31 -0500
From:     CARL HOUSEMAN
To:       ANDREW TAYLOR
Subject:  RE: TETRIS FOR RB?

Thank you.  I picked it up and now I'm sorry (*yawn*).

- --- ConfMail V4.00
 * Origin: SYS$OUTPUT BBS * Library, PA * Fido 12t * 412.854.0511 * (1:129/38)

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Date:     23 Jan 91  18:39 -0500
From:     FRANK MALLORY
To:       GEORGE THEALL
Subject:  123 V1A ON RAINBOW

 GT> (Warner Losh) Organization: Solbourne Computers Inc.
 GT>
 GT> I just tried to crank up Lotus 123 on my Rainbow.  I had run it a
 GT> couple of times under DOS 2.11 to get the hang of 123.  Now I'm running
 GT> 3.10b and it refuses to run.  It keeps complaining about a disk error.

It appears to work fine for me under 3.10b. Only thing is, it keeps the
floppy   drive motor running even tho it is activated from HD;
possibly looking for   .WKS files on A:

Suggest you put your Lotus system disk in A: and try it again.

PS: Did you receive that uuencoded Cobol program OK?


- --- msged 1.99L MSC
 * Origin: Silver Bullet - Silver Spring, Md. - 301-622-2247 (1:109/417)

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Date:     26 Jan 91  18:52 -0500
From:     HOWARD HALL
To:       JERRY CHAFEE
Subject:  RE: LQP02 PRINTER

Jerry-
     Don responded, is shipping his LQP02.  I will keep your namve
and phone number handy in event I learn of another person needing an
LQP02 - and I appreciate your offer!

                                                   hlh

- --- Opus-CBCS 1.14
 * Origin: Silver Bullet - Silver Spring, Md - 301-622-2247 (1:109/417.0)

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Date:     27 Jan 91  08:10 -0500
From:     DON MARQUART
To:       GEORGE THEALL
Subject:  CONNECT PARALLEL PRINTER


 > From: hsbauer@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Harold S. Bauer) Organization: Syracuse
 > University, Syracuse, NY
 >
 > I have a DEC Rainbow 100 and would like to connect a Panasonic KXP-1180 to
 > it.  I also have a Serial-to-Parallel converter with the following settings
 > 4800 baud, 8 data bits, 1 stop bit, parity inhibit, DCE.  The Rainbow has

Sounds like your baud rate may be too fast for the convertor to handle.
 Try slowing it down until everything works.

Later...

- --- ConfMail V4.00
 * Origin: Club Micro (303)973-8578 VHST/V32/V42b (1:104/888)

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Date:     24 Jan 91  18:21 -0500
From:     FRANK ZSITVAY
To:       ALL
Subject:  MNP5 FOSSIL DRIVER...


   does anyone know if there is a version of the ibm clone's mx5
fossil driver available for the rainbow??   this is a fossil driver
that will do a software emulation of mnp5.   it works absolutely
great on clones, and there is really no reason why it wouldn't
work on the rainbow.  (in terms of the machine being capable of
doing such a thing if a version were written for it)

   i'd be the first to step forward and write it myself, except i
don't know a bloody thing about compression algorithms.

- --
fzsitvay@techbook.COM - but don't quote me on that....
American Oil Company motto - Bend over, We'll pump!!!

- --- QM v1.00
 * Origin: TECHbooks One, Fido Gate to techbook (503) 644-8135 (1:105/369.0)

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Date:     27 Jan 91  07:54 -0500
From:     FRANK MALLORY
To:       GEORGE THEALL
Subject:  CONNECT PARALLEL PRINTER

 GT> From: hsbauer@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Harold S. Bauer) Organization:
 GT> Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
 GT>
 GT> I have a DEC Rainbow 100 and would like to connect a Panasonic KXP-1180
 GT> to it.  I also have a Serial-to-Parallel converter with the following
 GT> settings 4800 baud, 8 data bits, 1 stop bit, parity inhibit, DCE.  The

You need XON/XOFF flow control on the printer end. If your converter
can't  give you that, you might try using SETPORT on the Rainbow
to turn off XON/XOFF  and enable DTR.

As a final alternative, try turning the speed down to 1200 baud.

- --- msged 1.99L MSC
 * Origin: Silver Bullet - Silver Spring, Md. - 301-622-2247 (1:109/417)

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Date:     27 Jan 91  18:21 -0500
From:     ANDY BOYCE
To:       ALL
Subject:  AUTOCAD

I have a copy of autocad release 2.17 for the rainbow including al
documentation.  It runs under the rainbows dos mode and
requires a min of 384k, graphics option, and hd disk is
recommended.  I believe that it has something called the
"betterments package".  I do not own a rainbow and would like to
sell or trade this.  Make me an offer of IBM software or parts.


- --- Opus-CBCS 1.14
 * Origin: WayStar BBS (1:322/14.0)

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Date:     27 Jan 91  17:44 -0500
From:     BOB SMITH
To:       GEORGE THEALL
Subject:  RAINBOW MONITOR

On <Jan 23>, George Theall (1:273/203) wrote to All:
 GT> Any idea where I can get a Rainbow monochrome monitor, preferably amber?

I have a Green monitor I will sell for ($35 + shipping) if you can't
find what you want.

- --- msged 2.06
 * Origin: Bob's_point of Cuckoo's Nest : Hudson, NH  (1:132/119.4)

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