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Started by Dwight A. Schwartz
Sat, 11 Apr 1992 06:30
new posters to this group . . .
Author: Dwight A. Schwartz
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1992 06:30
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1992 06:30
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To those of you that recently came from out of the blue to post in comp.sys.dec.micro, thanks for jumping in there. Some of your names are new to me, and some are names I haven't seen for a while. Maybe you read this group all the time, but I was glad to see that some of you are still active. It's nice to check this group and find articles to read; and some of you know a lot of stuff that us rookies want/need to know to keep our Rainbows, Pro's, and other stuff going strong. I for one am trying to soak up any random info I can find on DEC Rainbows, since both information and parts are hard to find at times. All this makes me wonder: How many people read this group on a regular basis? Is it appropriate to take a brief survey inquiring the readership of this group as to their reading habits, equipment, etc. Or is that a violation of some sort of netiquette to take such a survey? If noone writes to tell me that this is a bad idea, I'll post a brief survey for each reader c.s.d.m. to fill out and send back (if he/she chooses to do so, of course). I would of course post the stats to the net. Thanks for your comments/replies/flames (oh no :( ...)/ etc. Dwight --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dwight A. Schwartz ______--_-____--________------___--_-_-_-_-_----------__ University of Illinois Department of Chemistry | Box 10-1 Noyes Laboratory 505 S. Mathews Ave. | Urbana, IL 61801-3664 | 217-333-7605 | 217-333-3004 i-net: schwartz@feh.scs.uiuc.edu | bitnet: schwartz@uiucscs_--____-___-_-__ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Re: new posters to this group . . .
Author: Steve Gibbons
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1992 19:40
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1992 19:40
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In article <1992Apr11.063029.25680@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>, schwartz@feh.scs.uiuc.edu (Dwight A. Schwartz) writes... # # It's nice to check this group and find articles to read; and some #of you know a lot of stuff that us rookies want/need to know to keep our #Rainbows, Pro's, and other stuff going strong. I for one am trying to #soak up any random info I can find on DEC Rainbows, since both information #and parts are hard to find at times. Yup. I'm still open to suggestions on what to put into the Rainbow FAQ (where to find stuff, being one of them.) I'd appreciate any and all comments/questions/suggestions on this matter. # If noone writes to tell me that this is a bad idea, I'll post a #brief survey for each reader c.s.d.m. to fill out and send back (if he/she #chooses to do so, of course). I would of course post the stats to the net. I think a survey of this type would not be in violation of "Netiquette." I'd place an emphasis on having the readers mail their replies to you rather than posting to the group since you _will_ summarize, right? :-) -- Steve (SPG6) spg@sunquest.com
Re: new posters to this group . . .
Author: Eric
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1992 06:11
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1992 06:11
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I read it :) Well, i have some assorted PDP-11's, running RT11... (they used to run unix, but I had to get rid of the tape drive so I can't install it any more... :( ) And I have a PRO 350, but I can't use that 'cause apparently the hard disk controller is no good. Or so says the little diagram that shows up when I turn the machine on. Of course, I've tried two different HD controller boards and it does the same thing. Sigh. I wish I could do something with it, it looks kind of fun to play with... -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Eric Volpe eric@beastie.colby.edu or epvolpe@colby.edu -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Re: new posters to this group . . .
Author: Ken Wellsch
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1992 15:08
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1992 15:08
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> And I have a PRO 350, but I can't use that 'cause apparently the hard > disk controller is no good. Or so says the little diagram that shows up > when I turn the machine on. Of course, I've tried two different HD > controller boards and it does the same thing. Sigh. The Pro will show a HD failure also if it cannot find a "proper" boot block on the HD. The hardware itself may be just fine.
Re: new posters to this group . . .
Author: Todd M. Miller
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 14:45
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 14:45
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In <1992Apr11.063029.25680@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> schwartz@feh.scs.uiuc.edu (Dwight A. Schwartz) writes: > How many people read this group >on a regular basis? Is it appropriate to take a brief survey inquiring >the readership of this group as to their reading habits, equipment, etc. >Or is that a violation of some sort of netiquette to take such a survey? It is certainly a good idea. With enough interested parties some new software might even get developed?... Oh well, maybe that's pushing it. -- =============================================================================== Todd M. Miller tmiller@caos.caos.kun.nl CAOS/CAMM, KUN tmiller@sci.kun.nl Nijmegen, NL (031) 080-653383 (CAOS/CAMM)
Re: new posters to this group . . .
Author: Carnegie Johnson
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1992 04:36
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1992 04:36
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Hi! I read this newsgroup all the time. I'm always interested in learning new things to do with my Rainbow 100B. Carney
Re: new posters to this group . . .
Author: Paul Nankervis
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 05:51
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 05:51
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In <1992Apr11.063029.25680@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> schwartz@feh.scs.uiuc.edu writes: > > It's nice to check this group and find articles to read; and some > of you know a lot of stuff that us rookies want/need to know to keep our > Rainbows, Pro's, and other stuff going strong. I for one am trying to > soak up any random info I can find on DEC Rainbows, since both information > and parts are hard to find at times. There are probably many people like me who are continually looking for software and hardware to upgrade their Rainbow systems with. This newsgroup is potentially very useful for this but there hasn't been much depth to the discussion for quite a while :-( Warner is an obvious exception!! :-) > > All this makes me wonder: How many people read this group > on a regular basis? Is it appropriate to take a brief survey inquiring > the readership of this group as to their reading habits, equipment, etc. > Or is that a violation of some sort of netiquette to take such a survey? I see no problem with people mailing to you directly but millions of people posting to the group would be a bad idea... :-) Now for my little question... Does anyone know much about the TurBOW 286 board? I have thought about either acquiring (I am a little out of the way!) or building one of these and wondered if anyone could provide information. In particular I wondered if they use the standard Rainbow ROMs, run at the standard 4.?? MHz, and if they use a little add on CPU board like the upgrade to the 100A. I have thought that it should be possible to run the CPU chip and memory at a higher speed and fall back to normal speed to talk to the other components (shared memory, I/O, etc). While I am at it my kids have been playing a couple of graphics games on the Rainbow and I wondered if anyone had access to others not at the usual FTP sites? Does anyone have any GOOD games other than PACMAN, SCRAM, SOLIT, MONSTA, etc? (I know Warner has now made MORIA available but I haven't tried it yet) And finally does anyone know that status of 'now abandoned' software for the Rainbow? For instance since no-one is selling Rainbows or Rainbow software maybe the sources for the Rainbow boot ROMs and the Rainbow specific bits of MS-DOS 3.1b should be made publicly available? Does anyone have any suggestions relating to this? Paul Nankervis Rainbow hacker from wayback! ccpn@lure.latrobe.edu.au
FidoNET Rainbow EchoMail(WAS: new posters to this group . . .)
Author: The Long Haired One
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 21:45
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 21:45
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Has anyone heard of someone taking up the reigns of doing crossposting from here to there? Someone use to do it, but there hasn't been much in a long time. When I've gotten the chance to get on a FidoBBS carrying it, there tends to be some useful info or parts that people may want/need. Anyone know anything? Are there others besides me interested in this? -Rocker "Long Live the 'Bow"
Re: FidoNET Rainbow EchoMail(WAS: new posters to this group . . .)
Author: Steve Gibbons
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1992 06:34
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1992 06:34
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In article <ROCKER.92Apr16174555@csa.bu.edu>, rocker@csa.bu.edu (The Long Haired One) writes... # #Has anyone heard of someone taking up the reigns of doing crossposting from #here to there? Someone use to do it, but there hasn't been much in a long #time. When I've gotten the chance to get on a FidoBBS carrying it, there #tends to be some useful info or parts that people may want/need. # #Anyone know anything? Are there others besides me interested in this? Nope, I don't know nuthin'... Yes, I'm interested. The newsgroup was a bit more liveley when the echomail was cross-posted. I think it was something of a headache to administer, but... -- Steve (SPG6) spg@sunquest.com
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