CBBS(R) 4.0.3b 10/07/90 23:29:46 Y/N: want CBBS "1st time user" info?^U ?^U ?^U ?n;ward;christensen;odraw;;fullc;piss Logging name to disk... You are caller 217374; next msg =44019; 376 active msgs. Prev. call 10/06/90 @ 23:04, next msg was 44012 Recording logon for next time... Use FULL? to check assignments ?^U ?xxxxx "Mine" command checking for msgs TO you, ^K >Function:?dir c:log;dir c:killed;dir summary;type-20 log,ward c;or;*;short LOG. 7 KILLED. 55 SUMMARY. 25 10/06/90,08:44:30,217341,2,WARD CHRISTENSEN,, E#44009, 10/06/90,08:57:27,217342,X,WARD CHRISTENSEN,,0 10/06/90,09:22:47,217343,2,LARRY GLASSMAN,,1 10/06/90,09:24:13,217344,1,LARRY GLASSMAN,, E#44010,3 10/06/90,09:41:32,217345,2,PETE CANTELE,,1 10/06/90,12:07:33,217346,2,BILL WOLFF,,1 10/06/90,14:01:05,217347,2,ERIC BOHLMAN,,5 10/06/90,17:48:13,217348,2,ROBERT WINSLOW,,4 10/06/90,19:09:29,217349,2,JEFF SIMON,,5 10/06/90,19:45:04,217350,1,KEN STOX,, 10/06/90,20:32:15,217351,2,AL HIGGINS,,4 10/06/90,21:31:14,217352,1,STEVE RYAN,,0 10/06/90,21:38:20,217353,2,ED FOSTER,,2 10/06/90,22:43:19,217354,2,BILL WOLFF,, E#44011,4 10/06/90,23:04:37,217355,2,WARD CHRISTENSEN,, E#44012, E#44013,9 10/07/90,00:05:52,217356,2,DON PIVEN,,2 10/07/90,02:13:43,217357,2,BILL COLEMAN,, E#44014,10 10/07/90,05:04:28,217358,2,ERIC BOHLMAN,, E#44015,7 10/07/90,08:43:57,217359,2,BILL WOLFF,, E#44016,10 10/07/90,09:14:45,217360,2,PETE CANTELE,,1 10/07/90,10:17:11,217361,2,DENNIS STAHL,, 10/07/90,10:18:38,217362,2,DENNIS STAHL,,3 10/07/90,13:30:01,217363,1,BOB SULLIVAN,,7 10/07/90,14:02:50,217364,2,ALEX ZELL,, 10/07/90,16:15:39,217365,2,TOM FITZMAURICE,,2 10/07/90,16:57:59,217366,1,DAVID JOHNSON,,8 10/07/90,17:52:54,217367,2,MIKE DOUBEK,,2 10/07/90,19:16:32,217368,2,BILL PRECHT,,4 10/07/90,19:55:45,217369,2,CHARLIE KESTNER,,10 10/07/90,20:59:56,217370,2,PHIL SCHUMAN,,2 10/07/90,21:28:10,217371,1,NORTON SHAN,1837n 73 ct., E#44017, 10/07/90,21:44:39,217372,2,STEVE BOGOLUB,, E#44018,13 10/07/90,22:56:44,217373,2,RYAN BLUMBERG,,1 10/07/90,23:29:50,217374,2,WARD CHRISTENSEN,, 44012 10/06/90 WARD CHRISTENSEN => BILL WOLFF: "R/VGA MONITOR ON CGA" 44013 10/06/90 WARD CHRISTENSEN => BILL WOLFF: "R/VGA MONITOR ON CGA" 44014 10/07/90 BILL COLEMAN => ALL: "FOXPRO VS PARADOX" 44015 10/07/90 ERIC BOHLMAN => BILL COLEMAN: "R/FOXPRO VS PARADOX" 44016 10/07/90 BILL WOLFF => WARD CHRISTENSEN: "R/VGA MONITOR ON CGA" 44017 10/07/90 NORTON SHAN => ALL: "19" 44018 10/07/90 STEVE BOGOLUB => LARRY GLASSMAN: "R/LOGOPOLIS" ---- End of summary ---- Retrieving flagged msgs: C skips, K aborts. Msg 44012 is 10 line(s) on 10/06/90 from WARD CHRISTENSEN to BILL WOLFF re: R/VGA MONITOR ON CGA CGA = TTL (digital) signals - basically 4 wires (excluding things like grounds, sync, etc) - R, G, B, and an intensity lead. T Think of it as 4 bits, so you get 16 colors. EGA = TTL signals, basically 6 wires: R, G, B, and a separate intensity line for R, G, and B - giving 6 bits or 64 colors. VGA = totally different: an analog signal, only 3 wires: R, G, and B, but being analog, they take on any value just like your CRT brightness control. (in actuality, a 6-bit digital to analog converter is used within the adapter, so each color has 64 values - a total of 18 bits, giving a quarter million possible colors. Msg 44013 is 08 line(s) on 10/06/90 from WARD CHRISTENSEN to BILL WOLFF re: R/VGA MONITOR ON CGA Oh, I forgot: as a result, VGA has to "emulate" CGA and EGA, because by definition it is an analog monitor. A true VGA monitor can "sync" at only 3 resolutions that I know about: - 350 line (for EGA emulation) - 400 line for text and CGA emulation (double scan 200 line) - 480 line for VGA mode itself P.S. 400 line is also used by MCGA mode - the 320 x 200 mode that can have 256 colors from a palette of a quarter million. Msg 44014 is 09 line(s) on 10/07/90 from BILL COLEMAN to ALL re: FOXPRO VS PARADOX I am a current and somewhat casual user of FoxBase 2.1. I have several projects which require programming and I do not have the time to devote to it. As most of you know, Borland is offering Paradox 3.5 to current dBase/FoxBase users for $149. Fox is offering an update to FoxPro for $150. Can someone familiar with the two programs so a quick compare and contrast for me? I like to upgrade to one or the other but am not sure which would be better. Msg 44015 is 11 line(s) on 10/07/90 from ERIC BOHLMAN to BILL COLEMAN re: R/FOXPRO VS PARADOX You might want to check back issues of DBMS and Data Based Advisor for articles describing Foxpro. Fred Kasner can probably tell you all you want to know and more about Paradox. On another BBS (I forget which one) I saw a rather large program described as a "shareware Foxpro clone"; if I find anything more about it, I'll let you know over on the Advocate. My choice of Dbase dialect is Clipper, which by definition requires programming. One thing you might want to check out is Clarion Personal Developer, which is basically an application generator combined with a runtime module for full-fledged Clarion. It may be somewhat limited, but it can now be found for under $50 at many retailers. Msg 44016 is 06 line(s) on 10/07/90 from BILL WOLFF to WARD CHRISTENSEN re: R/VGA MONITOR ON CGA Oh thanks! That makes it perfectly clear. Except what kind of monitor do you need to have composite/CGA/EGA and VGA videos? If one wanted to buy just one monitor for all? Is there any made? I believe multisync has CGA/EGA/VGA bases covered, but may lack composite. Hey composite has an analog video signal too, it's just the resolution isn't so good. Msg 44017 is 00 line(s) on 10/07/90 from NORTON SHAN to ALL re: 19 Msg 44018 is 08 line(s) on 10/07/90 from STEVE BOGOLUB to LARRY GLASSMAN re: R/LOGOPOLIS Running the software at all seems to be a dead issue. Ran out of ambition trying to arrange for a CBBS to PC transplant via Ward channels, and I'm sure the former Logopolis callers (including myself) have all lost interest by now. I grabbed the backup North Star machine from the land of the greedy ages ago, then couldn't make contact with you to use it. After months of on/off trying, I figured it was not to be, and didn't know where I'd put the Logopolis hardware if I managed to retrieve it from you. Someday, perhaps I'll have a house again... No dup. chars. >Function:?k;44017 44017,00,10/07/90,NORTON SHAN,