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#: 4145 S7/Telecommunications
    06-Jun-90  23:31:57
Sb: #4108-Fido
Fm: Bruce Isted (UG VP) 76625,2273
To: Al Fleagle 72527,1354

~ Al,
  I asked a local fidonet sysop (John Musselwhite of Keyboard BBS: 403-246-6943
300/1200/2400 8N1) for some fidonet BBS numbers in your area, and he came up
with the following 3 in Conway:

        Thunder BBS     1-501-329-9419
        Quantum Leap    1-501-329-6240
        0007 Bird       1-501-329-0007

  He says there are more in Conway, but none in Little Rock.  If you contact
one or more of these BBSes you should be able to find the rest.  Oh, in case
none of them carries the COCO and OS9 echoes at present, ask the sysop for
"COCO" or "OS9" on the "backbone".  At least I think thats right... if not
exactly right it should be close enough to get what you're after, if you're
interested in those echoes at all.  There are plenty more echoes to choose from
as well, far more than I would even attempt to list.
  Bruce



#: 4146 S3/Languages
    07-Jun-90  04:59:54
Sb: #4133-#BASIC09 Help
Fm: MOTD Editor..Bill Brady 70126,267
To: Floyd Resler 72500,2572 (X)

Floyd, your mistake is KILLing the modules. For some reason, KILLing causes B09
to lose the module. The best way is to use SYSCALL to do a Non Mapped Load/ &
Unload. The non-mapped load will load a module in memory but outside your map.
Then, when you RUN it, it gets mapped in (as long as there is room). In Wiz
Pro, I keep 16k free, and map in and out many modules this way. BTW, be careful
merging modules. Merged modules tend to load as one module, and you can't call
one without getting the other. Hope this is clear. Let me know if you need
more.

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#: 4147 S3/Languages
    07-Jun-90  06:24:22
Sb: #4146-#BASIC09 Help
Fm: Floyd Resler 72500,2572
To: MOTD Editor..Bill Brady 70126,267 (X)

Thanks for the info!  I knew the problem had to be because I was KILLihe
modules, but, if I didn't, then I would get the dreaded Module Not Found error.
One questions: do I do a non mapped load before I RUN the module or will RUN do
it for me?

Floyd

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#: 4156 S3/Languages
    08-Jun-90  04:13:11
Sb: #4147-BASIC09 Help
Fm: MOTD Editor..Bill Brady 70126,267
To: Floyd Resler 72500,2572 (X)

You must do the load first.

#: 4148 S10/Tandy CoCo
    07-Jun-90  14:18:08
Sb: Dungeon Depths Fix
Fm: Floyd Resler 72500,2572
To: All

I found a slight problem with my latest version of The Dungeon Depths. An out
of memory error occurs on level 7.  To remedy this, you must do the following:
If booting from Multi-Vue, change line 4 in the AIF from 0 to 128. If not
booting from MV you will not be able to use the Depths routine. Instead, type:
  LOAD DEPTHSMOD
  dungeon #32k

Sorry about any inconvience.

#: 4149 S1/General Interest
    07-Jun-90  21:52:19
Sb: MM1
Fm: Ernest Withers Jr. 71545,1117
To: ALL


      I just got back from the Charlotte Color Computer Users Group meeting
where I saw a demonstration of the MM1.

      The machine looks great and the graphics are AWESOME! It's hard to
believe those GIF pictures were on Kevin's CM8 monitor. They rivaled or
surpassed VGA. Kev's graphics demo just has to be seen to be believed. He's got
some really sharp pictures.

      I can't wait to get my hands on one of these machines.


      Ernie.


/exit

#: 4150 S9/Utilities
    07-Jun-90  22:36:09
Sb: HDBACKUP upload
Fm: Mark Griffith 76070,41
To: All

All....

I have uploaded a new version of HDBACKUP in DL9.  This one fixes a bug where
the directory created on the backup disk had the correct attributes, but not
the correct user ID number.

Mark

#: 4151 S10/Tandy CoCo
    08-Jun-90  00:44:25
Sb: Play VS Dynacalc ?
Fm: TONY CAPPELLINI 76370,2104
To: Kevin Darling

Kev. I know others have modifies d your play utility since you originally wrote
it, but I have come across a problem after I use play5 (the latest version).
Wwhen I fire up Dynacalc after I use the play program,  there is a weird
buzzing in my monitor's speaker. I remember hearing about this problem before,
but I don't know if there is a patch for it, or if it is really a problem ?
What do you think. TC

#: 4152 S6/Applications
    08-Jun-90  00:49:41
Sb: Studio Works > OS9
Fm: TONY CAPPELLINI 76370,2104
To: Mike Guzzi

Mike I have been using the rsdos utility that came with my Disto SCII to import
sound files from Studio Works to os9. Now I can share them with you and others.
I can't wait to get the new 8 bit A/D cartridge that Oblique Triad is coming
out with. We should be able to get CLEANER samples with it at a lower sample
rate, which means more sound in less time. I had one or 2 samples that were
bigger than a standard rs floppy, so I couldn't bring it home to os9. Bummer !
I asked them if they could support os9 in the future, or at least 40 track or
DS drives. Their reply was no, but they might port Studio Works Pro to MSDOS of
all OS'S. Oh well, I guess I can live with sound files 156k or less long. TC

#: 4153 S15/Hot Topics
    08-Jun-90  00:56:37
Sb: #4054-OS9 A/O Uniflex???
Fm: TONY CAPPELLINI 76370,2104
To: Mike Knudsen 72467,1111 (X)

Ok, ok. DAKS catalogs are 2 much some times. But they do have some good deals,
some junk. I know, I live less than a mile from them. I bought 2 microphones
with stands from them a few months ago. They seem to work very well, (for what
I use them for, they are fine. I have primarily been using them to sample
sounds for Studio Works. The cocos A/D circuitry is somewhat noisy, so any
small noise induced from the mikes would not be very noticable). I have also
bought a lot of the X10 home controllers/modules from them. Unfortunately the
coco / or the switching power supply I use makes so much interefence, sometimes
I can't controll some of my modules. I have to turn off the coco, before I can
turn off the modules. Talk about remote control ! TC

#: 4154 S15/Hot Topics
    08-Jun-90  00:57:35
Sb: #3930-OS9 A/O Uniflex???
Fm: TONY CAPPELLINI 76370,2104
To: Paul K. Ward 73477,2004

Sure you don't mean Gabe Kaplan ? TC

#: 4155 S6/Applications
    08-Jun-90  01:01:16
Sb: View.ar
Fm: TONY CAPPELLINI 76370,2104
To: Jim Peasley

Jim Thanx for all the help with the upload download stuff. I downloaded your
view.ar program , but it won't run on my system. I get a 207, or 237 error,
even with MV killed and only ONE text window open, and no stray programs in
memory. Is there any way to make it smaller ? TC

#: 4159 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK)
    08-Jun-90  16:10:07
Sb: #4143-OSk BASIC
Fm: Zack Sessions 76407,1524
To: James Jones 76257,562 (X)

Thanks!

#: 4162 S15/Hot Topics
    08-Jun-90  20:02:40
Sb: #the OSK'er
Fm: Scott t. Griepentrog 72427,335
To: all

Be sure to take a look at the file OSKER.TXT in the DL #15...

It contains information on the new OSK'er magazine as well as a form to get
your own copy of the first issue for FREE!



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#: 4169 S15/Hot Topics
    08-Jun-90  22:43:32
Sb: #4162-the OSK'er
Fm: Zack Sessions 76407,1524
To: Scott t. Griepentrog 72427,335

I just went a huntin' fer this and it ain't there. Did you just upload it, bu
chance?

Zack

#: 4163 S11/Non-CoCo OS-9
    08-Jun-90  20:19:03
Sb: #Never mind
Fm: Wendell Benedetti 72766,2605
To: Kevin Darling 76703,4227 (X)

Kevin,

I knew it would happen. As soon as I wrote to you, the disk and documentation
arrived. So, in the words of .... ah .... what's-her-name .... (Gilda), 
``...Never mind.''

Unfortunately, no matter how I torture my d1 descriptor, I can't read the
Virtual Terminal disk. I can read the root directory. But, trying to access
anything deeper results in a 247 error (using a standard OS9 level two system).
In fact, I can dump the first 9 sectors from the disk, but no further. Does
that sound like a blown disk to you or just a reading problem - perhaps the
wrong number of sectors per track?

Wendell



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#: 4166 S11/Non-CoCo OS-9
    08-Jun-90  21:20:00
Sb: #4163-Never mind
Fm: Kevin Darling (UG Pres) 76703,4227
To: Wendell Benedetti 72766,2605 (X)

Wendell -

<grin> I figured that you'd get it right after leaving me a message!

Hmmm. Well it must not be a single density track 0, if you can dump it that
far. Perhaps the sector offset is wrong? If you dump it, does the first sector
you see look like LSN 0 at all? (if you're not sure what one looks like, dump a
good disk).

If it doesn't, and you have the SC-II cc3disk or bob santy's cc3disk... try
doing a "dmode /d0 typ=22" and see what you get. On my driver at least, there's
no need to change tos/sct except when formatting oddball disks.

Kev

#: 4170 S15/Hot Topics
    08-Jun-90  22:45:27
Sb: #4101-oh THAT Darn Computer
Fm: Mike Knudsen 72467,1111
To: Paul K. Ward 73477,2004

Well, I've started reading Amiga newsgroups, and there is a time-honored
3rd-party gadget called the "FlickerFixer" that goes between the computer and
the monitor.  How it works I have no idea.  You'd think by now someone would be
making RGB tubes with longer persistence phosphors, but Amigoids would complain
it smears their action games...

Yes, would like to hear about this deal -- music involved?  mike k

#: 4171 S15/Hot Topics
    08-Jun-90  22:49:41
Sb: #4061-oh THAT Darn Computer
Fm: Mike Knudsen 72467,1111
To: Paul K. Ward 73477,2004

Paul, do you know how the Amiga 2000 stacks up against the 1000 and 500? Is it
still just a 68000 at 7.5 MHz, or did they push it to 12 or 15?

Press <CR> !>