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Logging name to disk...
You are caller 224348; next msg =45263;  371 active msgs.
Prev. call 11/10/91 @ 21:47, next msg was 45242
Recording logon for next time...
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>Function:?dir c:log;dir c:killed;dir summary;type-20 log,ward c;or;*;short
LOG.         13 
KILLED.      59 
SUMMARY.     25 
11/13/91,16:22:27,224306,2,WARD CHRISTENSEN,,
11/13/91,16:41:29,224307,1,LANE LARRISON,,20
11/13/91,18:20:58,224308,2,LYNN ANDERSON,,11
11/13/91,20:07:15,224309,9,DENNIS LEONG,,4
11/13/91,21:12:03,224310,3,MURRAY ARNOW,,1
11/13/91,23:19:30,224311,2,BILL MATTSON,,1
11/13/91,23:40:05,224312,3,SHANE VINCENT,Chicago/Il,4
11/14/91,00:59:02,224313,3,WARD CHRISTENSEN,,
E#45250,87
11/14/91,02:09:54,224314,2,RICHARD HINTON,,1
11/14/91,07:33:07,224315,2,PETE JONES,,1
11/14/91,08:20:58,224316,2,LARRY GLASSMAN,,2
11/14/91,08:52:58,224317,9,ROBERT FULTON,,
E#45251,8
11/14/91,11:39:25,224318,2,DENNIS STAHL,,0
11/14/91,11:49:57,224319,2,GARY ELFRING,,4
11/14/91,13:57:04,224320,2,RANDAL CRAIG,,4
11/14/91,14:53:07,224321,2,DENNIS STAHL,,1
11/14/91,15:40:49,224322,2,JAMES SCHMIDT,,2
11/14/91,18:58:15,224323,1,ANDY SHAPIRO,,
E#45252,9
11/14/91,19:23:10,224324,2,CHARLIE KESTNER,,6
11/14/91,19:32:10,224325,1,WARD CHRISTENSEN,,
E#45253,5
11/14/91,19:44:48,224326,2,DAVE BOLENBAUGH,Wheeling / IL,9
11/14/91,20:02:16,224327,1,GAYLAND BLOETHE,,11
11/14/91,20:35:10,224328,2,AL SMEDEGARD,,3
11/14/91,21:25:29,224329,2,AL HIGGINS,,
E#45254,10
11/14/91,21:36:41,224330,2,BENJAMIN COHEN,,
E#45255,
E#45256,17
11/14/91,22:01:18,224331,1,ROY LIPSCOMB,,4
11/14/91,22:29:45,224332,3,MURRAY ARNOW,,4
11/15/91,00:41:21,224333,9,TONY ANTONUCCI,,
E#45257,9
11/15/91,01:25:50,224334,2,JIM STEPHENS,irvine/ ca,
E#45258,
E#45259,21
11/15/91,13:05:47,224335,2,DENNIS STAHL,,3
11/15/91,14:29:17,224336,1,SHANE VINCENT,,
E#45260,6
11/15/91,14:36:54,224337,1,SHANE VINCENT,,3
11/15/91,15:20:11,224338,2,LARRY GLASSMAN,,2
11/15/91,15:24:16,224339,2,G G,,
11/15/91,15:32:04,224340,2,RICHARD HINTON,,2
11/15/91,16:41:25,224341,2,LEAVEMEALONE GETLOST,,
11/15/91,17:38:38,224342,1,JOHN MCCARTHY,CHICAGO ILLINOIS,6
11/15/91,17:44:03,224343,1,JOHN MCCARTHY,,
11/15/91,17:49:15,224344,3,JIM COLLING,,4
11/15/91,18:01:18,224345,2,ALEX ZELL,,
11/15/91,19:09:46,224346,1,ANDY SHAPIRO,,
E#45261,12
11/15/91,20:38:14,224347,1,PADDY MULLEN,washington dc,
>Help: /??//?????????/EE,
>Help: ALL,
E#45262,12
11/15/91,23:07:23,224348,2,WARD CHRISTENSEN,,
45242 11/10/91 WARD CHRISTENSEN => MICHAEL SHARTIAG: "R/HOW TO COMBINE SYNCS (H&V)"
45243 11/10/91 WARD CHRISTENSEN => ALL: "COLOR DESKJET"
45244 11/11/91 MURRAY ARNOW => ALL: "HARD DISK NOISE"
45245 11/11/91 RICHARD GOZDAL => ALL: "DEAD BATTERIES"
45246 11/11/91 BOB SULLIVAN => JERRY HASLETT: "R/SUB LIBR SYSTEM BACKWARD STE"
45247 11/11/91 LAWRENCE REDFIELD => RANDY SUESS: "1ST CONTACT"
45248 11/11/91 JOE SEROCKI => ALL: "LAPTOP FOR SALE/TRADE"
45249 11/11/91 JOE SEROCKI => BILL MATTSON: "R/TERMINALS FOR SALE"
45250 11/14/91 WARD CHRISTENSEN => LAWRENCE REDFIELD: "R/1ST CONTACT"
45251 11/14/91 ROBERT FULTON => WARD: "DOLLAR A DAY"
45252 11/14/91 ANDY SHAPIRO => ALL: "STICKTION"
45253 11/14/91 WARD CHRISTENSEN => ANDY SHAPIRO: "R/STICKTION"
45254 11/14/91 AL HIGGINS => WARD CHRISTENSEN: "R/COLOR DESKJET"
45255 11/14/91 BENJAMIN COHEN => WARD CHRISTENSEN: "R/PARALLEL TAPE DRIVE?"
45256 11/14/91 BENJAMIN COHEN => WARD CHRISTENSON: "STATIC"
45257 11/15/91 TONY ANTONUCCI => WARD: "COLOR DESKJET"
45258 11/15/91 JIM STEPHENS => WILLIAM DAVIES: "R/CD-ROM"
45259 11/15/91 JIM STEPHENS => WARD CHRISTENSEN: "OLD COMPUTERS NEVER DIE"
45260 11/15/91 SHANE VINCENT => ALL: "HI FOLKS!"
45261 11/15/91 ANDY SHAPIRO => WARD CHRISTENSEN: "R/STICKTION"
45262 11/15/91 PADDY MULLEN => GAMES: "CLR"

     ---- End of summary ----    

Retrieving flagged msgs: C skips, K aborts.

Msg 45242 is 03 line(s) on 11/10/91 from WARD CHRISTENSEN
to MICHAEL SHARTIAG re: R/HOW TO COMBINE SYNCS (H&V)

  I'm a pack rat.  I looked up the schematic for the Processor
Technology VDM from '76 or so, and it shows composite video as being
just the TTL XOR of hsync and vsync.

Msg 45243 is 07 line(s) on 11/10/91 from WARD CHRISTENSEN
to ALL re: COLOR DESKJET

  Picked up one at ElekTek, Lincolnwood, Sat.  $725.  Amazing little
machine!  Been having TOO much fun with it - up until nearly 4:00 AM
Sat PM.
  Comes with a very sophisticated driver - scaleable fonts, AND one
of those fancy error-distributed dithering techniques (avoids repeated
patterns).  However, that really sucks up "CPU cycles" doing it.
  If I can answer any questions, don't hesitate to ask!

Msg 45244 is 05 line(s) on 11/11/91 from MURRAY ARNOW
to ALL re: HARD DISK NOISE

Trying to get more information about my hard disk noise, I learned that
Western Digital has a toll free number where they answer all questions
about equipment, service, technical specs, etc.  The number is
(800) 832-4778.  Incidently, the tech said that the 2 drives should not
sound different.

Msg 45245 is 05 line(s) on 11/11/91 from RICHARD GOZDAL
to ALL re: DEAD BATTERIES

  It was smart of me when I first got my 386 fully installed to do
a screen dump of the "setup" menu. The batteries went dead (3 years?)
and it only took a few minutes to open, change and resetup with the
HD numbers listed easy enough to just copy. Wouldhave taken over
a day to make calls otherwise.

Msg 45246 is 05 line(s) on 11/11/91 from BOB SULLIVAN
to JERRY HASLETT re: R/SUB LIBR SYSTEM BACKWARD STE

Thanks for the offer.  Does this work on Apple computers? I'm
guessing that it is IBM.
As an update I luckily have a VISUAL 102 at work now so I can get
into SWAN via VT100.  Still home computer users with Apple etc can get in
only intermittently and with tons of garbage on the screen.

Msg 45247 is 07 line(s) on 11/11/91 from LAWRENCE REDFIELD
to RANDY SUESS re: 1ST CONTACT

Just trying out my new system. Got a Pack-Bell SX at
Lake Co Fairgrounds. VGA, 44meg, etc. Would like to
modem you but I have no idea what your favorite
BBS is. Can't get thru on Chinet, UNIX, I guess.
Call anytime landline, or leave message on this
BBS, where ever it is.
                   Regards........

Msg 45248 is 04 line(s) on 11/11/91 from JOE SEROCKI
to ALL re: LAPTOP FOR SALE/TRADE

Zenith XT laptop. 640k, 20m hard, cga grafix, 1200 internal modem.
Will trade for HF ham rig (IC 735 or thereabouts), or
page scanner.
Call Joe at 708-732-8723 if interested.

Msg 45249 is 01 line(s) on 11/11/91 from JOE SEROCKI
to BILL MATTSON re: R/TERMINALS FOR SALE

Bill - Call me at 708-632-8723. Thanks, Joe.

Msg 45250 is 04 line(s) on 11/14/91 from WARD CHRISTENSEN
to LAWRENCE REDFIELD re: R/1ST CONTACT

  Sorry, Randy doesn't call this system any more.  He still "runs" it
(supplies power & phone line, and occasional heroic efforts at keeping
old hardware going) but he doesn't CALL.  You need to do Chinet to
reach randy.  (312) 283-0559 as I recall is the guest line.

Msg 45251 is 03 line(s) on 11/14/91 from ROBERT FULTON
to WARD re: DOLLAR A DAY

Ward,
        I heard your name mentioned this morning on WBEZ
as a dollar a day member... good work!!

Msg 45252 is 13 line(s) on 11/14/91 from ANDY SHAPIRO
to ALL re: STICKTION

I saw this term used recently to apply to a problem I have
with a Seagate 238 drive (yeah, it's old, and CHEAP).  If
my office has been cool, I can't get the HD to spin up.  I have to
reach under the drive and twist the head positioning motor's shaft a
little bit.  THEN I turn on the power and get spin-up.

I've been told that this occurs because there is a lubricant on the surface
of the disk itself, and this tends to build up at the edges and capture
the head, preventing the drive from starting.  The lubricant story sounds
weird to me, but my solution (discovered independently one day when
I came in to work and things got crazy) always works.
 Is there a fix?  Or am I facing a dead drive one of these days?  I'd
like to be able to close the case again!

Msg 45253 is 10 line(s) on 11/14/91 from WARD CHRISTENSEN
to ANDY SHAPIRO re: R/STICKTION

  One day, my ST-225 locked up.  I was visiting Randy at the time.  The
ST225 was in my IBM Portable (Luggable).  Randy said "Easy, we'll just
spin the drive" and went looking for a screwdrive.
  I said "Hey, I'm not a "physics graduate" for nothing!" - and proceeded
to pick the entire PC up, rotate it slowly about 1/4 turn, then "snap" it
back - turned on, the drive came right up.  Inertia had loosened up the drive.
  I passed this info on, and have had positive feedback from at least two
other people that this "inertial" technique worked.  One was a PC, the
other a SCSI drive in a Keyboard Synthesizer.
  P.S. this is the ONLY time I've out-hardware'ed Randy Suess (grin).

Msg 45254 is 06 line(s) on 11/14/91 from AL HIGGINS
to WARD CHRISTENSEN re: R/COLOR DESKJET

I was looking into picking up a regular deskjet as they've come
down to $399, but if I can get color, and for under $800 that doesn't
sound bad at all!!!!! Most of my work would require BW, but having color
around wouldn't be bad if you know what I mean..... I may just run
by ET in Willowbrook and look at one. Tried 3-4 wks ago and they didn't
have any in... Thanks for the info.....

Msg 45255 is 08 line(s) on 11/14/91 from BENJAMIN COHEN
to WARD CHRISTENSEN re: R/PARALLEL TAPE DRIVE?

We reviewed a couple of them (Law Office Technology Review), one from
Interpreter  and one from Valitek. Both work nicely; Valitek claims to
do more error checking.  I'm sort of looking now at the MicroSolutions
unit, which is a lot smaller.  If you plan on moving it from place to
place (as well as within an office), the MicroSolutions is much more
portable.  The two we looked at ran 6-7 inches by 14 inches by about 3.
The MicroSolutions unit is a LOT smaller at about (I'm estimatingg
from memory) about 9 inches by 4 inches by maybe two.

Msg 45256 is 13 line(s) on 11/14/91 from BENJAMIN COHEN
to WARD CHRISTENSON re: STATIC

Instaed of Static Guard, get some Downy and a spray bottle.  Mix one
part downy with two parts water.  Spray it on the carpet all around
the computer area -- even on the wool chair.

3M used to sell a stick-backed strip that you could attach to the front
of the keyboard and ground the attached wire.  Touch the strip first
when you sit down at the computer.  They even had (for all I know
the stuff is still being sold) a mat that you could put your monitor/
keyboard/whatever on and ground.  I think the Trademark name was
something like Touch Me First.

My computer room has tile.  It reduces static problems, significantly.


Msg 45257 is 06 line(s) on 11/15/91 from TONY ANTONUCCI
to WARD re: COLOR DESKJET

Yes, tell me more! How good is the output? Does it have a good Windows 3
driver? What Apps (Windows or others) support color? How much does it cost
to operate, $$ for inkjet refills and approx lifespan.
Since we now have a Elek-tek out my way I could go see one.
Last printer I bought was right before the last CBBS birthday party! At
Elek-tek of course.

Msg 45258 is 10 line(s) on 11/15/91 from JIM STEPHENS
to WILLIAM DAVIES re: R/CD-ROM

Mr Davies,
I think that you can use the setver command to get dos to use your
extensions.  I have used them with the AMDEK cd/rom drive that I have.
Also, you need only obtain the extensions, and need not worry about
whether they are matched exactly to your drive, since all versions
of the extensions work with dos and not with the drive.  You still
might have problems with your drivers.  My version was with 4.01
which did require a new version over the ones which worked with
version 3.3.
Jim stephens

Msg 45259 is 19 line(s) on 11/15/91 from JIM STEPHENS
to WARD CHRISTENSEN re: OLD COMPUTERS NEVER DIE

Ward,
I noticed that you had run this bbs on a northstar horizon.  I have
a collection of them and not much software for them.  I have CPM for
both the standard density and double density versions, and some
other software as well.  Any advice about whethere any hard drives
will work on them?  I did not anticipate ever needing to know so
I don't have much info about what was used with them.  I have
many perfectly good 10 mb ST 506 interface drives, but anything
would require a BIOS and an idea about the interface.  This is
only an inquiry in case I should run across the boards at a swap
meet for now, since all of the units I have are duafloppy drive units.
I sure hate to see any machine as nicely built as the northstar
go to waste.  I have several ALSPA units which have corvus drives
on them which are much nicer for what i use now.  I have seven of
the northstars which came from a law office.  This is a nice
board to see running for so long.
Jim Stephens
PS: Have you heard of Ultimate corp?  You might know Webb Braughton
from there?  He is an acquaintance of mine.

Msg 45260 is 04 line(s) on 11/15/91 from SHANE VINCENT
to ALL re: HI FOLKS!

Hi All,
Well I'm new on this board so I thought that I'd make myself know b
this message here.  I go to college, work as a security, an electric
a stationary engineer.  I have an Amiga (actually 2). Well gotta go.

Msg 45261 is 23 line(s) on 11/15/91 from ANDY SHAPIRO
to WARD CHRISTENSEN re: R/STICKTION

Well, I'm just a lowly sociologist, but I didn't think that
flipping the whole #$! PC (it's an ancient XT) was going to be
worth it on a regular basis, so I resorted to twiddling with
the drive.  I now have it set up beside my desk with the top off so
that I can easily put a finger on the shaft of the head motor.  But
it's such a pain anyway!  I guess one fix would be to
preheat the drive (GRIN!).  But as long as it keeps the drive
working.

On another topic -- how did IBM go about designing their power supply
ventilation system, and why does everyone copy it??  As built,
all IBM systems SUCK air through the disk drives iinto the case,
and exhaust air out through the PS.  This means that dust, dirt,
smoke, ETC, get a free ride through the system before being dumped out.

The only machines I've seen that don't do this are Zenith products.
I'm sitting next to a '151 which pumps air OUT through the drives and
front ventilation ports, and I sometimes use a 386SX Zenith at work that
has a similar arrangement.  Back when I was a ham operator, I could have
sworn that good design dictated the Zenith approach...but I'm just
a lousy sociologiist (no, scratch that, a pretty good one!),
so I don't know beans about engineering.  Any
good technical explanations?

Msg 45262 is 03 line(s) on 11/15/91 from PADDY MULLEN
to GAMES re: CLR

c
dear sysop,
my computer  IS CONTSANTLY MAKINGIS MAKING BEEPS
No dup. chars.
>Function:?type-30 log,ward c
11/13/91,16:22:27,224306,2,WARD CHRISTENSEN,,
11/13/91,16:41:29,224307,1,LANE LARRISON,,20
11/13/91,18:20:58,224308,2,LYNN ANDERSON,,11
11/1
>Function:?type-40 log,ward c
11/10/91,02:46:33,224258,1,WARD CHRISTENSEN,,4
11/10/91,05:01:49,224259,2,JERRY OLSEN,,
E#45239,4
11/10/91,08:04:22,224260,3,MURRAY ARNOW,,
E#45240,3
11/10/91,11:06:45,224261,2,BOB LUND,,11
11/10/91,12:39:56,224262,2,WILLIAM DAVIES,,7
11/10/91,14:26:22,224263,2,BILL MATTSON,,1
11/10/91,15:57:06,224264,2,MICHAEL SHARTIAG,,
E#45241,8
11/10/91,17:27:50,224265,3,MURRAY ARNOW,,1
11/10/91,18:12:54,224266,9,ERIC BOHLMAN,,5
11/10/91,19:30:06,224267,1,DAN MICHELSON,,6
11/10/91,20:32:41,224268,2,DON PIVEN,,3
11/10/91,21:47:31,224269,1,WARD CHRISTENSEN,,
11/10/91,21:54:31,224270,1,WARD CHRISTENSEN,,
E#45242,
E#45243,9
11/10/91,22:13:53,224271,2,DAN STEVENS,Chicago/ IL,11
11/11/91,05:41:48,224272,2,JERRY OLSEN,,11
11/11/91,05:55:45,224273,2,PETE JONES,,2
11/11/91,07:07:49,224274,3,MURRAY ARNOW,,2
11/11/91,08:23:28,224275,2,LARRY GLASSMAN,,2
11/11/91,10:42:29,224276,3,MURRAY ARNOW,,
E#45244,5
11/11/91,12:59:15,224277,1,GERALD PINE,,4
11/11/91,13:50:27,224278,2,BILL SAGE,,1
11/11/91,14:41:39,224279,2,KEVIN CHAN,Chicago,3
11/11/91,16:10:49,224280,1,LANE LARRISON,,7
11/11/91,16:43:08,224281,1,MAX KOHN,,5
11/11/91,20:07:49,224282,1,RICHARD GOZDAL,,
E#45245,10
11/11/91,21:53:48,224283,1,BOB SULLIVAN,,
E#45246,5
11/11/91,22:00:40,224284,2,TERRY MURPHY,,
11/11/91,22:19:39,224285,2,LAWRENCE REDFIELD,Gurnee IL,
E#45247,10
11/11/91,22:42:41,224286,2,JOE SEROCKI,,
E#45248,
E#45249,2
11/11/91,23:30:17,224287,3,MURRAY ARNOW,,2
11/12/91,00:16:17,224288,1,DAVID JOHNSON,,3
11/12/91,03:34:30,224289,9,ERIC BOHLMAN,,2
11/12/91,09:34:09,224290,2,DAN CIECK,chicago,4
11/12/91,15:21:14,224291,2,DENNIS STAHL,,7
11/12/91,15:31:54,224292,9,DAVID GIBBS,,
11/12/91,15:52:14,224293,2,ANDREW DECKOWITZ,,2
11/12/91,16:58:12,224294,1,MORRIS JONES,country club hills/Il.,3
11/12/91,19:05:52,224295,1,EDGARDO RUIZ RUIZ,chicago/il,
>Help: BBS,12
11/12/91,22:04:37,224296,2,RICK PHILLIPS,Chgo Il,6
11/12/91,22:31:47,224297,3,MURRAY ARNOW,,1
11/12/91,23:02:18,224298,1,ROSEMARY TERRY,,12
]Thanks much for learning about problems
ROSEMARY TERRY,
11/12/91,23:56:30,224299,2,BILL MATTSON,,5
11/13/91,00:39:28,224300,2,KEVIN CHAN,,22
11/13/91,09:35:21,224301,9,ERIC BOHLMAN,,0
11/13/91,10:18:30,224302,2,DENNIS STAHL,,0
11/13/91,12:03:44,224303,1,DAVID JOHNSON,,1
11/13/91,14:47:57,224304,2,DON PIVEN,,2
11/13/91,16:21:29,224305,9,DAVID GIBBS,,0
11/13/91,16:22:27,224306,2,WARD CHRISTENSEN,,
11/13/91,16:41:29,224307,1,LANE LARRISON,,20
11/13/91,18:20:58,224308,2,LYNN ANDERSON,,11
11/13/91,20:07:15,224309,9,DENNIS LEONG,,4
11/13/91,21:12:03,224310,3,MURRAY ARNOW,,1
11/13/91,23:19:30,224311,2,BILL MATTSON,,1
11/13/91,23:40:05,224312,3,SHANE VINCENT,Chicago/Il,4
11/14/91,00:59:02,224313,3,WARD CHRISTENSEN,,
E#45250,87
11/14/91,02:09:54,224314,2,RICHARD HINTON,,1
11/14/91,07:33:07,224315,2,PETE JONES,,1
11/14/91,08:20:58,224316,2,LARRY GLASSMAN,,2
11/14/91,08:52:58,224317,9,ROBERT FULTON,,
E#45251,8
11/14/91,11:39:25,224318,2,DENNIS STAHL,,0
11/14/91,11:49:57,224319,2,GARY ELFRING,,4
11/14/91,13:57:04,224320,2,RANDAL CRAIG,,4
11/14/91,14:53:07,224321,2,DENNIS STAHL,,1
11/14/91,15:40:49,224322,2,JAMES SCHMIDT,,2
11/14/91,18:58:15,224323,1,ANDY SHAPIRO,,
E#45252,9
11/14/91,19:23:10,224324,2,CHARLIE KESTNER,,6
11/14/91,19:32:10,224325,1,WARD CHRISTENSEN,,
E#45253,5
11/14/91,19:44:48,224326,2,DAVE BOLENBAUGH,Wheeling / IL,9
11/14/91,20:02:16,224327,1,GAYLAND BLOETHE,,11
11/14/91,20:35:10,224328,2,AL SMEDEGARD,,3
11/14/91,21:25:29,224329,2,AL HIGGINS,,
E#45254,10
11/14/91,21:36:41,224330,2,BENJAMIN COHEN,,
E#45255,
E#45256,17
11/14/91,22:01:18,224331,1,ROY LIPSCOMB,,4
11/14/91,22:29:45,224332,3,MURRAY ARNOW,,4
11/15/91,00:41:21,224333,9,TONY ANTONUCCI,,
E#45257,9
11/15/91,01:25:50,224334,2,JIM STEPHENS,irvine/ ca,
E#45258,
E#45259,21
11/15/91,13:05:47,224335,2,DENNIS STAHL,,3
11/15/91,14:29:17,224336,1,SHANE VINCENT,,
E#45260,6
11/15/91,14:36:54,224337,1,SHANE VINCENT,,3
11/15/91,15:20:11,224338,2,LARRY GLASSMAN,,2
11/15/91,15:24:16,224339,2,G G,,
11/15/91,15:32:04,224340,2,RICHARD HINTON,,2
11/15/91,16:41:25,224341,2,LEAVEMEALONE GETLOST,,
11/15/91,17:38:38,224342,1,JOHN MCCARTHY,CHICAGO ILLINOIS,6
11/15/91,17:44:03,224343,1,JOHN MCCARTHY,,
11/15/91,17:49:15,224344,3,JIM COLLING,,4
11/15/91,18:01:18,224345,2,ALEX ZELL,,
11/15/91,19:09:46,224346,1,ANDY SHAPIRO,,
E#45261,12
11/15/91,20:38:14,224347,1,PADDY MULLEN,washington dc,
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E#45262,12
11/15/91,23:07:23,224348,2,WARD CHRISTENSEN,,
>Function:?CBBS(R) 4.0.3b
11/16/91 14:57:01

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?n;ward;christensen;odraw;;fullc;piss

Logging name to disk...
You are caller 224361; next msg =45269;  376 active msgs.
Prev. call 11/15/91 @ 23:07, next msg was 45263
Recording logon for next time...
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>Function:?dir c:log;dir c:killed;dir summary;type-20 log,ward c;or;*;short
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KILLED.      60 
SUMMARY.     25 
11/14/91,19:32:10,224325,1,WARD CHRISTENSEN,,
E#45253,5
11/14/91,19:44:48,224326,2,DAVE BOLENBAUGH,Wheeling / IL,9

WARD CHRISTENSEN,,
E#45263,
E#45264,
E#45265,
E#45266,
E#45267,
E#45268,22
11/15/91,23:48:06,224349,2,DON PIVEN,,4
11/16/91,00:59:06,224350,1,DAVID JOHNSON,,7
11/16/91,02:02:32,224351,1,JOHN MCCARTHY,,
11/16/91,03:37:39,224352,2,ALEX ZELL,,
11/16/91,07:03:51,224353,1,RICHARD GOZDAL,,7
11/16/91,07:45:24,224354,2,AL HIGGINS,,6
11/16/91,08:00:59,224355,2,DAVE BOLENBAUGH,,11
11/16/91,08:45:59,224356,3,MURRAY ARNOW,,6
11/16/91,08:56:28,224357,2,KEVIN CHAN,,14
11/16/91,09:21:17,224358,2,DAVID BETHANY,,6
11/16/91,13:24:55,224359,1,BOB KOBETSKY,,2
11/16/91,14:17:05,224360,2,LARRY REDFIELD,Gurnee,4
11/16/91,14:57:06,224361,2,WARD CHRISTENSEN,,
45263 11/15/91 WARD CHRISTENSEN => RICHARD GOZDAL: "R/DEAD BATTERIES"
45264 11/15/91 WARD CHRISTENSEN => AL HIGGINS: "R/COLOR DESKJET"
45265 11/15/91 WARD CHRISTENSEN => BENJAMIN COHEN: "R/PARALLEL TAPE DRIVE?"
45266 11/15/91 WARD CHRISTENSEN => BENJAMIN COHEN: "R/STATIC"
45267 11/15/91 WARD CHRISTENSEN => TONY ANTONUCCI: "R/COLOR DESKJET"
45268 11/15/91 WARD CHRISTENSEN => ANDY SHAPIRO: "R/STICKTION"
r;45263;+

Msg 45263 is 05 line(s) on 11/15/91 from WARD CHRISTENSEN
to RICHARD GOZDAL re: R/DEAD BATTERIES

Hey, what a great idea - screen-dumping your CMOS SETUP.  What I do
is have a "hobby manual" that I log stuff in - therefore things like
drive types, write precomp, and things I may need years later, are
in one place.  I may screen-dump and file the dump in the book in the
future!  Great!

Msg 45264 is 03 line(s) on 11/15/91 from WARD CHRISTENSEN
to AL HIGGINS re: R/COLOR DESKJET

  Today I was at lunch with a guy who had one of these fancy 300 DPI
wax transfer printers.  He said his looked about 2x as good as the DJ-
BUT it cost 10x!  ;-)

Msg 45265 is 04 line(s) on 11/15/91 from WARD CHRISTENSEN
to BENJAMIN COHEN re: R/PARALLEL TAPE DRIVE?

  The smallness of the Microsolutions is that it uses the DC-2000/2120
tapes.  Did the other biggies use more like a DC-600 sized tape?  (I
say "sized" because I don't know my tape nomenclatures.  If you DO happen
to know some specs I'd appreciate hearing them just for my general info).

Msg 45266 is 05 line(s) on 11/15/91 from WARD CHRISTENSEN
to BENJAMIN COHEN re: R/STATIC

  Adding to your tip, what I would do is use Downy, with DISTILLED
water.  Not "much" better than tap water, but a little!  Actually,
with all the dryer sheets these days, I don't HAVE Downy "in stock",
may try to remember to pick some up.  Strangely, I was only annoyed
by static that one day!

Msg 45267 is 30 line(s) on 11/15/91 from WARD CHRISTENSEN
to TONY ANTONUCCI re: R/COLOR DESKJET

  Does the Color Deskjet (DJ500C) have a good Windows driver?  Would
"superb" be a good word?
  It used something like Floyd-Steinberg error-distributed dithering,
but takes ENORMOUS computing power to do so.  What this means is that
instead of doing "patterns" to handle various levels of color intermix,
it "randomizes" the dot placement.  Sort of like putting 100 people
in the middle of a gymnasium floor, and saying "Ok, everyone go about 3'
from the next person - but don't line up in any rows or anything".  That
would be a certain density.  Then you might say "OK, stand 5 feet from
the nearest person" - that would be a lower density.
  It even has an EXCELLENT test print - showing how your printer and
your choice of paper would print at low, medium, and high density color
settings (there are 5 settings for density, 3 types of paper, 2 color
settings (8 color and "infinite color"), 3 settings of dithering
(don't remember names, but something like "simple", "complex dither",
and the random one I forget the name of (It is NOT called Floyd-Steinberg
on the screen).
  Refills are $26 (14.50 for B/W).  Don't know print life.  B/W is 500
pages; the big diff is that color you're usually doing graphics - imagine
a fill going from blue to green - across the entire page - that would
be mebbe a 7 x 9 area of solid blue - how many square inches that is
(63) compared to say a typical page of text (mebbe 1-3 square inches
of real ink).  I'd guess 100 sheets or so - but really have no idea.
  You will LOVE it.  I also just upgraded my Pizazz, and bought their
add-on program to convert graphics formats to pizazz format - I should
theoretically be able to do some many-hour ray traces in 24-bit Targe
mode, and without losing resolution, turn it over to Pizazz to print.
  I may take the package back if it doesn't do an error-distributed
either, which I consider "mandatory" now that my level of expectation has
been raised by the standard HP driver.

Msg 45268 is 16 line(s) on 11/15/91 from WARD CHRISTENSEN
to ANDY SHAPIRO re: R/STICKTION

  I don't understand the issue of the fan in PCs.  Whether they
sucked it or blew it, the same volume of air, with the same yuck,
would go where ever the air goes.  Or did you want to put a filter
on the fan?
  (thinking...)  Ok, I'll bet it is because the power supply is
"cheap" compared to memory and circuit boards, so they gave the more
expensive components the "first shot" at the colder air, rather
than pre-heating it in the power supply before sending it to the
boards and motherboard.
  I am very impressed with some of the engineering of new IBM products -
like putting the BIOS on the hard disk, so it can be upgraded with a
diskette, etc.  Another thing - barely noticed - I was "fiddling" with
a floppy, and noticed there is a DOOR - black - so as to be invizobobble -
INSIDE the floppy - behind the slot.  Presumably it specifically keeps
the drive cleaner, but has a VERY weak spring so you don't even notice
it is there.

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>Function:?xcpm

[R] C:\>password
enter DOS access password:hlwnp

[R] C:\>if errorlevel 1 goto cmd

[R] C:\>command com1


The COMPAQ Personal Computer MS-DOS 
Version 3.31                          

(C) Copyright Compaq Computer Corp. 1982, 1987                             
(C) Copyright Microsoft Corp. 1981, 1987   

[R] C:\>cd \cbbs

[R] C:\CBBS>rename log l9111

[R] C:\CBBS>exit

[R] C:\CBBS>
[R] C:\CBBS>
CBBS(R) 4.0.3b
11/16/91 15:03:40

Y/N: want CBBS "1st time user