#: 19827 S1/General Interest 20-Mar-94 21:12:22 Sb: #VED, VPRINT upgrade Fm: Howard Luckey 74746,3207 To: Bob van der Poel 76510,2203 (X) Hi Bob, I got my upgrs to VED and VPRINT and I am impressed by the enhancements made to the two programs, and I especially enjoy KVED, the K-windows frontend for VED. When I worked on modifying one of my files I hardly had to touch the keyboard. Nice work all around. Howard Howard Luckey delphi LUCKYONE CIS 74746,3207 ********** By InfoXpress 1.01 ********** There is 1 Reply. #: 19835 S1/General Interest 22-Mar-94 19:50:13 Sb: #19827-VED, VPRINT upgrade Fm: Bob van der Poel 76510,2203 To: Howard Luckey 74746,3207 Thanks for the kind words, Howard. #: 19836 S1/General Interest 22-Mar-94 22:31:21 Sb: gnu Fm: tom farrow 72701,543 To: William Hamblen Thank you for the disks with gnuplot. I can get it to work using dumb , but I would like to use it with my VGA card on my PT68K4. Also a friend would like run it on a 386 , is the source written for IBM? If you hear of anyone who runs this on a pt68k4 would you let me know. I will look at getting this up and 22-Mar-94 09:00:11 Sb: #19804-#AR utility Fm: Mark Logan 73354,1245 To: Pete Lyall 76703,4230 (X) Pete, Thanks. As I don't have a compiler, though, I'm out of luck. Everything in the library seems to be source code. Any idea where I can get my hands on a compiled version -- share- or freeware? Mark There are 2 Replies. #: 19834 S9/Utilities 22-Mar-94 17:53:48 Sb: #19833-AR utility Fm: Bill Dickhaus 70325,523 To: Mark Logan 73354,1245 Mark, The file AR68.BIN in LIB 9 is an executable version of AR for OSK, which should work on your CD-I system. As far as PD compilers go, check out the GCC files in LIB 12, you'll need the stock OSK assembler and linker, though. -Bill- #: 19838 S9/Utilities 23-Mar-94 07:37:02 Sb: #19833-AR utility Fm: Pete Lyall 76703,4230 To: Mark Logan 73354,1245 Mark, AR68.BIN is a compiled version - just download, stick it in your cmds directory, and set the execute attributes and you're ready to go. Pete #: 19824 S10/OS9/6809 (CoCo) 20-Mar-94 18:25:50 Sb: Multipak bad Fm: Denise Tomlinson 71021,3274 To: All Help please, I think I just lunched my Multipak . My son was using my COCO 3 and wasn't careful about keeping the slot lined up. (I didn't have it mounted on a board or plate like I should have). Now when I boot the coco3 with the multipak connected, I get garbage on the monitor. When I boot without the multipak connected, It's ok. At least my coco3 is ok but what chip could he have lunched in the multipak ? I had my old Pal chip for the pak so I switched the chip and used one of my old coco2's with the pak to try and see if the coco3 pal chip was bad, but the same thing occurs. (Since the pak wasn't functioning properly, I used a Coco2 because they are CHEAP to come by, rather than using my GOOD coco3, 512k Aparently, one of the other chips in the multipak is hailed. Do you have any idea's what chip usually goes bad in the above (common) senario? Can a person still use a logic probe to locate a malfunctioning chip in the multipak without a proper boot screen on the monitor ? If I could find the bad chip, I could clip the leads and solder a socket in and install a new chip, since I have done things like that in the past on other projects I have done. I am just not experienced with using a logic probe on computer boards. Thanks, Denise #: 19840 S10/OS9/6809 (CoCo) 23-Mar-94 19:35:45 Sb: Home Publisher Fm: Rogelio Perea 72056,1204 To: ALL Hello: I have the Home Publisher program for use with the CoCo III. Currently, I need two disks to boot it up but I would like to get all the files really needed to one 40trk DS disk (my OS9 system is setup like that). Once I tried to do that just by copying all the files from the two disks to the new one, of course I used the original bootstrap on the HP system just altering the /dx disk drivers to access 40 tracks at 6ms stepping rate, one problem arises here, when I quit HP the system no longer responds as it should so its easier to reboot with my system disk, but I would like to use the program properly. On other thing, I notice the mouse pointer (when using the HI-RES interface), jumps around a lot at times, and the aggravation of re-opening windows and re-selecting items is maddening more often than not, because with this cursor jerkiness sometimes other items are selected.... bummer!!. Any hints on how to fix this "woobly" cursor on HP?. I have also Phantomgraph and in that program the cursor doesn't show this hyper-activity :) Continuing with the Home Publisher system, I need to know where could I find some good Public-Domain, Shareware, Freeware, $$$$ware with CLIP-ART for the H.P. package.... any BBS ## carrying clip art would also be welcome!! There's one final thing (at least for now)..... about 2 or 3 months ago I captured a message from the OS9UG in the echos, requesting volunteers to keep the group going on, I "wrote" (E-Mail here in CIS) to the person who posted the message (I don't recall his name right this minute) offering my services for the LatinAmerican section of the group.... so far no answer. What's the word on the group? From one happy CoCo(s) owner just south of the states border.... Rogelio Perea [72056,1204] Nogales Sonora MEXICO ///////\\\\\\\\\////////\\\\\\\\///////\\\\\\\///////\\\\\\\////////\\\\\\\\ (((((((((((((((((( H Y P N O T I C T A G L I N E )))))))))))))))))))))))) \\\\\\\/////////\\\\\\\\////////\\\\\\\///////\\\\\\\///////\\\\\\\\//////// #: 19812 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK) 19-Mar-94 11:07:11 Sb: #19678-Mac-os9 (OSK) Fm: thomas weller 100315,1751 To: BRUCE MOORE 70075,143 I have sent a fax to Ultrascience a few weeks ago and received a lot of information. The OS-9 is available for Macintosh's with 68000 to 68030 Processors. What more information do you need ? #: 19813 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK) 19-Mar-94 12:36:18 Sb: #19810-#Microware email Fm: Steve Wegert 76703,4255 To: Bob van der Poel 76510,2203 (X) > ">INTERNET:boisy@microware.com". The address looks fine ... perhaps they're down for maintenance? How long has the bouncing gone on? *- Steve -* There is 1 Reply. #: 19817 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK) 19-Mar-94 22:45:01 Sb: #19813-#Microware email Fm: Bob van der Poel 76510,2203 To: Steve Wegert 76703,4255 (X) Been bouncing all week. I'll take Jim V's suggestion and send the message to Boisy@delphi.com. Maybe he knows the problem. I'll let you know. There is 1 Reply. #: 19823 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK) 20-Mar-94 16:02:57 Sb: #19817-Microware email Fm: Bob van der Poel 76510,2203 To: Bob van der Poel 76510,2203 (X) According to a message I got from Boisy, MW are changing their link from UUCP feed to direct Internet connections. #: 19814 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK) 19-Mar-94 13:00:31 Sb: #19810-#Microware email Fm: Jim Vestal 74044,3324 To: Bob van der Poel 76510,2203 (X) > I've been exchanging email with Boisy Pietre at microware for a while via > the CIS internet mail service. All of a sudden my mail is bouncing back. > Anyone know why? Here is the polite part of the CIS error: Hi Bob, I can't help you with the mail bouncing from Microware but you can get ahold of Boisy over at his Delphi account, Internet: boisy@delphi.com Good luck, Jim ======================== InfoXpress 01.01.00 OS-9/6809 ======================= | Narnia BBS: 24 hours serving CoCo OS-9 users ----|---- StG network: sysop@Narnia "Exclusively OS-9" | InfoNet: JEVestal@ins.infonet.net Marysville, CA Internet: JEVestal@narnia.citrus.sac.ca.us | Compuserve: 74044,3324 | Delphi: JEVestal (916) 743-2617 Voice: (916) 743-4264:1 Corinthians 1:18 & Romans 1:16 ============================================================================== Jim Vestal: Assistant editor of The International OS-9 Underground, "Magazine dedicated to OS-9/OSK Users Everywhere" There is 1 Reply. #: 19818 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK) 19-Mar-94 22:45:02 Sb: #19814-Microware email Fm: Bob van der Poel 76510,2203 To: Jim Vestal 74044,3324 (X) Thanks Jim. I'll fire the message off to him tonight and see if knows the problem. #: 19825 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK) 20-Mar-94 18:35:02 Sb: Announcing - KChess Fm: Zack Sessions 71532,1555 To: all This message just came across the COCO Bitnet List this past weekend: >Hello, > > I have just uploaded to chestnut.cs.wisc.edu the gnuchess ver. 4.0 adapted >for OSK. It uses alphanumeric screen using TOP ncurses and plays quite a >strong game. The previous version, 3.0, still available on chestnut could >no tbe used on MM/1 due to a incompatiblity between TOP ncurses and windio. > >Enjoy, > > Andrzej Kotanski >(kotanski@zeus02.desy.de) My thanks goes to Andrzej (pronounced "An-jay" for you uninformed) for an excellent job of porting the current version of GNU Chess to OSK. The chesstool version has a few minor problems, but for the most part, he did quite a good job. Let me take this chance to make the following announcement. At the upcoming Chicago CoCofest I will have ready for delivery a new product called K-Windows Chess, or KChess for short. It is a K-Windows Graphical User Interface for GNU Chess. It utilizes standard K-Windows graphics calls and uses the mouse for virtually all input. It supports all the capabilities and functions of the chesstool variant of GNU Chess. Naturally, I will supply each purchaser of KChess with a current copy of GNU Chess for OSK. An optional source diskette is also available for a small handling and media fee. Point is here that it took me 104 minutes of connect time to a) download the single archive file from chestnut, and b) download the file from my Delphi workspace to my MM/1a at 2400 bps. If you do not want to invest in this connect time to perform this download, and you can wait a few weeks until the fest, you can get your copy of GNU Chess for OSK from me. Free with a purchase of KChess, or for a small handling and media fee otherwise. Bear in mind that the current version on chestnut will probably be superseded by a new release in just a week or two also. Naturally, I will make KChess (along with GNU Chess for OSK, of course) available via mail order after May 22, 1994. If you are interested in placing an advance order or merely want more information as to pricing specifics, please contact me via private Email. ------------------------------------ Zack C Sessions "We did not inherit the Earth from our Ancestors, we borrowed it from our descendants." Ancient proverb #: 19830 S14/misc/info/Soapbox 22-Mar-94 00:24:30 Sb: #19808-Process Control & OS9 Fm: Kevin Darling 76703,4227 To: richard wheeler 100317,1415 Hi Rich, Sorry for the delay in reply... I suspect most OS-9/VME programmers are pretty busy . There used to be a fellow here who used OS-9 systems (but not VME) to control oil-well heaters, btw. What kind of heaters are you talking about? Someone else has done chemical factory pressure monitoring/control. Here at work we use both PEP and Motorola 68030/68040 VME boxes. They're used to coordinate hundreds of standalone video lottery terminals which contain games such as bingo, poker, keno, etc. Currently we still use the old K&R C compiler from Microware, although the latest Ultra C (ANSI) from them is looking much better. Other people simply use the freely available GNU C (and C++ ?) compilers. Microware is supposed to be working on a C++ compiler. If you're new to OS-9, there are two books you should buy. One is available from Microware but for some reason I can't think of its name!! (Guys, help me out!) It's a good starter example book. The other is called "The OS-9 Guru, Part I". Again, I can't seem to find the address for ordering it. Guys? This one goes into great detail on OS-9's guts. best - kkevin #: 19832 S14/misc/info/Soapbox 22-Mar-94 06:51:00 Sb: #19808-#Process Control & OS9 Fm: Bill Dickhaus 70325,523 To: richard wheeler 100317,1415 Rich, The books Kevin mentioned are: OS-9 Insights, second edition, by Peter Dibble. ISBN 0-918035-03-1. This book is available from Microware. The OS-9 Guru, 1 - The Facts, by Paul S. Dayan. ISBN 0 9519228 0 7. I'm not sure where you will be able to get this one, although at least one of the OSK vendors was carrying it at one point. Its published in the UK. There is no part 2, I'm not sure what he had in mind, but part 1 covers a lot. -Bill- There is 1 Reply. #: 19839 S14/misc/info/Soapbox 23-Mar-94 07:55:41 Sb: #19832-Process Control & OS9 Fm: Jim Vestal 74044,3324 To: Bill Dickhaus 70325,523 (X) > The OS-9 Guru, 1 - The Facts, by Paul S. Dayan. ISBN 0 9519228 0 7. I'm > not sure where you will be able to get this one, although at least one of > the OSK vendors was carrying it at one point. Its published in the UK. > There is no part 2, I'm not sure what he had in mind, but part 1 covers a > lot. I'm currently reading The OS-9 Guru now. It's over 400 pages and has everything you want to know about OS-9 in it. I'll be writing a review in the OS-9 Underground in an upcoming issue. You can order The OS-9 Guru from Windsor Systems, 2407 Kiln Court, Louisville, KY 40222. Talk to Steven Weller, phone (502) 425 9560 or fax/data (502) 426-3944. It costs $44 including shipping. Jim ======================== InfoXpress 01.01.00 OS-9/6809 ======================= | Narnia BBS: 24 hours serving CoCo OS-9 users ----|---- StG network: sysop@Narnia "Exclusively OS-9" | InfoNet: JEVestal@ins.infonet.net | Delphi: JEVestal Marysville, CA InterNet: JEVestal@citrus.sac.ca.us | CI$: 74044,3324 | or : JEVestal@narnia.citrus.sac.ca.us (916) 743-2617 Voice: (916) 743-4264:1 Corinthians 1:18 & Romans 1:16 ============================================================================== Jim Vestal: Assistant editor of The International OS-9 Underground, "Magazine dedicated to OS-9/OSK Users Everywhere