PROTOCOL: ALT CONNECT 2400 CBBS(R) 4.0.3b 08/08/93 01:04:04 Y/N: want CBBS "1st time user" info?^U ?^U ?^U ?n;ward;christensen;odraw;;fullc;piss Logging name to disk... You are caller 230416; next msg =46407; 371 active msgs. Prev. call 08/04/93 @ 21:31, next msg was 46399 Recording logon for next time. Use FULL? to check assignments ?^U ?xxxxx "Mine" command checking for msgs TO you, ^K to abo >Function:?dir c:log;dir c:killed;dir summary;type-20 log,ward c;or;*;short LOG. 14 KILLED. 34 SUMMARY. 25 93,21:31:30,230381,2,WARD CHRISTENSEN,, E#46399, E#46400, E#46401,14 08/04/93,22:43:07,230382,2,EDWARD MARSH,,2 08/04/93,23:47:47,230383,2,BENJAMIN COHEN,, E#46402,5 08/05/93,00:23:11,230384,2,DAVID HAGEN,,1 08/05/93,00:53:35,230385,2,DAVID JOHNSON,,2 08/05/93,01:59:00,230386,2,NORB DEMBINSKI,,1 08/05/93,03:42:25,230387,2,SAM KANDEL,, >Help: FILE, >Help: /G,6 08/05/93,09:12:54,230388,2,PAT BALL,,2 08/05/93,09:16:37,230389,2,PAT BALL,,1 08/05/93,09:18:15,230390,2,PAT BALL,, E#46403,7 08/05/93,09:27:48,230391,2,PAT BALL,, 08/05/93,09:31:18,230392,2,PAT BALL,, 08/05/93,09:36:59,230393,2,PAT BALL,,2 08/05/93,10:14:15,230394,2,GARY ELFRING,,39 08/05/93,10:27:44,230395,2,PAT BALL,,1 08/05/93,15:38:42,230396,2,ANDY SHAPIRO,, E#46404,4 08/05/93,17:31:06,230397,2,BEN BURCH,Elgin,95 08/05/93,17:54:01,230398,2,ROBERT HOLMES,Stow/ Ohio,1 08/05/93,21:20:18,230399,2,MURRAY ARNOW,, E#46405,10 08/05/93,22:18:28,230400,2,NORB DEMBINSKI,,1 08/05/93,23:08:25,230401,2,BILL MATTSON,,1 08/06/93,05:31:57,230402,2,JIM THALE,,10 08/06/93,09:12:07,230403,2,HANK LABARBARA,bensenville,2 08/06/93,10:13:49,230404,2,PAT BALL,,1 08/06/93,11:40:34,230405,2,DON PIVEN,,2 08/06/93,14:19:37,230406,2,ANDY SHAPIRO,,1 08/06/93,15:55:54,230407,2,DAN GOODMAN,Chicago,17 08/06/93,22:45:32,230408,2,NORB DEMBINSKI,,1 08/07/93,01:04:22,230409,2,RICHARD HINTON,,2 08/07/93,08:45:27,230410,2,ANDY SHAPIRO,, E#46406,4 08/07/93,10:07:16,230411,2,PAT BALL,, 08/07/93,16:52:28,230412,2,DONALD KIMBROUGH,Chicago,8 ]DONALD KIMBROUGH, 08/07/93,21:20:21,230413,2,BERNARD GOLDLUST,,0 08/07/93,21:58:32,230414,2,MURRAY ARNOW,,1 08/07/93,22:54:31,230415,2,NORB DEMBINSKI,,0 08/08/93,01:04:08,230416,2,WARD CHRISTENSEN,, 46399 08/04/93 WARD CHRISTENSEN => BENJAMIN COHEN: "R/GENEVA" 46400 08/04/93 WARD CHRISTENSEN => MURRAY ARNOW: "R/IBM CIRCA 1970" 46401 08/04/93 WARD CHRISTENSEN => ALL: "SCI & INDUSTRY" 46402 08/04/93 BENJAMIN COHEN => WARD CHRISTENSEN: "R/GENEVA" 46403 08/05/93 PAT BALL => ALL: "WINDOWS TERMINAL" 46404 08/05/93 ANDY SHAPIRO => WARD: "GENEVA" 46405 08/05/93 MURRAY ARNOW => WARD CHRISTENSEN: "R/IBM CIRCA 1970" 46406 08/07/93 ANDY SHAPIRO => WARD: "STUFF" - End of summary - Retrieving flagged msgs: C skips, K aborts. Msg 46399 is 11 line(s) on 08/04/93 from WARD CHRISTENSEN to BENJAMIN COHEN re: R/GENEVA Thanks, so far no word on the BASIC ROM. That would be nice, lets give him a bit more time. Do you have an easy way to make one? Does the Geneva have a speaker and a sound command like the HX-20? One thing I thought would be interesting to use a laptop computer for would be to take it with you in the car, and have a little timing program running that would allow you to tap the space bar every time the speedo went another mile. Then you could come home and plot a speed chart - it would just be interesting to see what it looks like particularly during rush hour, etc. Obviously it would be more interesting if it were more precise - like driven off the magnet on the wheel that runs the cruise control, so you could see the speed on the tollway, etc. Msg 46400 is 07 line(s) on 08/04/93 from WARD CHRISTENSEN to MURRAY ARNOW re: R/IBM CIRCA 1970 I interviewed IBM Research in approximately 79 or so, and I can tell you there were microcomputers internally, but of course no PC as such - the 8080 chip was still popular, and the Z-80. I was offered 3 jobs, but was too "anxious" about change, cost to live in up-state NY, etc. You mentioned "circa 1970". Remember, the height of microcomputer technology in say '73 or '74 was the feeble 8008, and the 8080 in 74, etc. The 80986 - the basis for the PC - was unavailable for several years. Msg 46401 is 02 line(s) on 08/04/93 from WARD CHRISTENSEN to ALL re: SCI & INDUSTRY The IBM Computer exhibit at sci & industry was closed today - no indication - anyone know what's up? Msg 46402 is 07 line(s) on 08/04/93 from BENJAMIN COHEN to WARD CHRISTENSEN re: R/GENEVA Well, actually I don't have a way to make a copy, but I have a friend who does (Bill Wolff), so it shouldn't be a big problem. I've never gotten much into the innards of the thing, but there is a clock of some sort, so it just might be possible. I do have a set of manuals, if Andy doesn't/didn't furnish any, if you'd like to look at them. [Not to mention a spare 300 bps modem wedge, rah rah!] Msg 46403 is 03 line(s) on 08/05/93 from PAT BALL to ALL re: WINDOWS TERMINAL When I log on the info comes in waves rather than one line at a time. Any suggestions? Thanks Msg 46404 is 09 line(s) on 08/05/93 from ANDY SHAPIRO to WARD re: GENEVA Sorry, no ROM. It looks like I got things well cleaned-out before I moved. There IS a clock in the Geneva (it's been called one of the heaviest digital watches in the world) and it should be accessible. It's VERY accurate; I set it to WWV and a year later it was right on the $. As for sound - I think so. There is a little speaker next to the tape drive, and I know that some software will do neat things with it. BTW, if Antelope Freeway is still in business, they will have some nice neat things for the Geneva. Or I can give you a list of what I can find in the Epson area on SIMTEL. Msg 46405 is 05 line(s) on 08/05/93 from MURRAY ARNOW to WARD CHRISTENSEN re: R/IBM CIRCA 1970 I am quite certain that my friend told me about internal desktop computers at IBM around 1970 (give or take 2 years). I left Cincinnati in '73, and I was told about the desktops in Lexington before I left. At the time I had no real concept of what a personal computer was, but his remarks about this "strange" computer stuck in my memory. Msg 46406 is 08 line(s) on 08/07/93 from ANDY SHAPIRO to WARD re: STUFF I spoke too soon! While I don't have the BASIC ROM, I just found the modem wedge. This'll give you a 300 (WOW) baud modem, plus a 64K external RAMdisk - so you'll have a full 64K TPA in the Geneva. It has its own battery that charges from the Geneva's PS, and plugs right into the Z80 bus on the back of the machine. Along with it, I found the Portable Calc ROM - a little spreadsheet. I'll wrap this up and send it off on Monday. Just plug it in and screw it on (and reset your machine) and you'll like the Geneva even more! dup. chars. >Function:? 08/08/93 01:09:20 Connect time 5 minutes ..Please continue, WARD 08/08/93 01:10:19 Connect time 6 minutes CBBS is a single user system. Hope you don't mind my making it available for someone else! B NO CARRIER