05:37,224237,3,WARD CHRISTENSEN,, E#45235,9 11/08/91,21:45:42,224238,2,PETE CANTELE,,4 11/08/91,23:01:50,224239,3,MURRAY ARNOW,, E#45236,22 11/08/91,23:51:10,224240,2,JOE JESSON,,7 11/09/91,01:07:32,224241,2,DAVID SILVERT,LINCOLNWOOD/ IL,4 11/09/91,09:06:12,224242,3,MURRAY ARNOW,, E#45237,10 11/09/91,10:42:34,224243,2,BILL PRECHT,,3 11/09/91,11:27:14,224244,2,JERRY SCOTT,indiana,3 11/09/91,12:10:06,224245,3,JIM COLLING,,7 11/09/91,12:19:48,224246,2,JERRY SCOTT,, 11/09/91,13:03:41,224247,2,BILL MATTSON,,1 11/09/91,13:46:37,224248,1,DAVID JOHNSON,,3 11/09/91,14:33:40,224249,2,MICHAEL SHARTIAG,,2 11/09/91,14:40:36,224250,1,ROSEMARY PARKER,,2 11/09/91,16:48:42,224251,1,BOB KOBETSKY,,1 11/09/91,22:30:37,224252,2,BILL WOLFF,, 11/09/91,22:36:40,224253,1,ROSEMARY TERRY,,5 11/09/91,22:47:18,224254,2,BILL WOLFF,, E#45238,2 11/09/91,23:04:28,224255,3,MURRAY ARNOW,,1 11/10/91,00:31:19,224256,2,PETE RETZBACH,,4 11/10/91,00:48:43,224257,1,ERIK CRIST,,3 11/10/91,02:46:33,224258,1,WARD CHRISTENSEN,, 45235 11/08/91 WARD CHRISTENSEN => AL HIGGINS: "R/ORGANIZING HARD DISK" 45236 11/08/91 MURRAY ARNOW => AL HIGGINS: "R/STATIC" 45237 11/09/91 MURRAY ARNOW => ALL: "HARD DISK NOISE" 45238 11/09/91 BILL WOLFF => ALPHONSO CARTER: "R/128 SOFTWARE" Msg 45235 is 15 line(s) on 11/08/91 from WARD CHRISTENSEN to AL HIGGINS re: R/ORGANIZING HARD DISK I'd be more inclined to have two DRIVES - that may be how I expand and speed up my high-end system at home - currently it has an old 170M Priam 519, which I've RLL'ed to 230M, but it is kind of slow. I see no point in mirroring - after all you get more disk space to have more disk space. I'm coming from 120M (quite full) to 160M, and was just wondering. My main problem is I just LOVE TREEVIEW, but treeview was written in the DOS 3.3 days, and uses a small-model C allowing only 2515 directory entries per screen (23 bytes each or what ever, divided into 64K seg). Sorry to hear you loost your 1144! Always bugs me to hear that someone running the same thing I do loost the drive! > I remember back in '77 when we had 10M drives. Seriously? I had 8M in perhaps 79 or 80 or 81. 10 was unheard of for hobbyists until the XT in 84 or so as I recall.??.?? Sorry for ribbing you - loose is "to not be tight", lose it to "not have". -End of 45235 Msg #:?. Msg 45236 is 09 line(s) on 11/08/91 from MURRAY ARNOW to AL HIGGINS re: R/STATIC Yup, there are some very strange static stories. I once did a consulting job for a company that wanted to make sure that when they changed from fluorocarbon to organic charged sprays that the cans wouldn't explode during manufacture or use. Researching for the job it became clear that you can get a static discharge from almost anything, believe it or not, steam can be a source of static electricity. One time when I was in LA and the Santa Anna winds were blowing, I was outside walking and touched a light pole. I got a terrific static discharge. I blamed it on the fact that the humidity was near zero, and I was wearing rubber crepe soled shoes. Msg #:?. Msg 45237 is 07 line(s) on 11/09/91 from MURRAY ARNOW to ALL re: HARD DISK NOISE I just replaced a Western Digital 120 Meg IDE drive (Caviar 2120) with a WD 200 Meg IDE drive (Piranha 4200). I immediately noticed that the new drive was louder when the heads were "seeking" than the old drive. Since its hard to quantify sound, I guess it sounds about twice as loud as the old drives "seeking" sound. Since my experience is limited with these drives, can anyone tell me if what I am hearing is normal. (This is definitely not a bearing noise.) Msg #:?. Msg 45238 is 07 line(s) on 11/09/91 from BILL WOLFF to ALPHONSO CARTER re: R/128 SOFTWARE Sure there are lots of software available for the C128. For one, you have lots of CP/M software available to run on it. Plus you can run any C64 software program as well. Then there is GEOS (graphic operating system) which works very much like a MAC. But the best software are those that runs in C128's 80 column mode. Desterm v2.0 for communications, The Write Stuff v2.0 for word processing, SwiftCalc 128 for spreadsheets, and dBASE for database work. Any questions? CBBS(R) 4.0.3b 11/10/91 21:47:06 Welcome Y/N: want CBBS "1st time user" info?^U ?^U ?^U ?ward;christensen;odraw;;fullc;piss ++LINE > 9 LONG - truncated, return to ACCEPT, ^U to RE-ENTER: CHRISTENS^U ? Y/N: want CBBS "1st time user" info?n What is your FIRST name?^U ?^U ?^U ?ward;christensen;odraw;;fullc;piss Logging name to disk... You are caller 224269; next msg =45242; 382 active msgs. Prev. call 11/10/91 @ 02:46, next msg was 45239 Recording logon for next time... Use FULL? to check assignments ?^U 0,224240,2,JOE JESSON,,7 11/09/91,01:07:32,224241,2,DAVID SILVERT,LINCOLNWOOD/ IL,4 11/09/91,09:06:12,224242,3,MURRAY ARNOW,, E#45237,10 11/09/91,10:42:34,224243,2,BILL PRECHT,,3 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,, 45239 11/10/91 JERRY OL >Function:?r;* Msg 45239 is 14 line(s) on 11/10/91 from JERRY OLSEN to MURRAY ARNOW re: R/HARD DISK NOISE Contrary to most situations, I've more or less come to ignore all but the most outrageous of HD sounds, though of course a significant CHANGE in sound can be another matter. At the moment, I have a couple of HDs in a machine that mostly functions as a fax computer. It is left on at all times and occasionally makes a positively screaming sound which disappears in short order. It's loud enough to hear almost anywhere on the premises yet hasn't given a hint of trouble since the drives were installed years ago....In any case, comparing the sound of a specific HD against another brand shouldn't lead to any concern just because they are different. I might offer one other experience. I have Seagate 225s in two different computers, one of which is discernably noisier than the other, yet both have functioned flawlessly for years. And each is MANY times louder than a different HD I have in another machine--which I am entirely unable to hear. --End of 45239 Msg #:?. Msg 45240 is 01 line(s) on 11/10/91 from MURRAY ARNOW to JERRY OLSEN re: R/HARD DISK NOISE Thanks for the input. . Msg 45241 is 09 line(s) on 11/10/91 from MICHAEL SHARTIAG to ALL re: HOW TO COMBINE SYNCS (H&V) I need help or documentation on combining the horizontal and vertical sync signals found on ega/ vga cards into a single signal that can be fed into a monitor that only takes R-G-B and SYNC, which is a combined signal. IT will also allow for one sync to come in with the green, but again I do not know of a way to mix these two signals. So far I have tried combining horizontal and vertical syncs using a small capacitor to provide isolation but that did not work. I have left other details in a prior message # 45225. ANy ideas ?????? Msg #:?re Msg 45242 01 ? I'm a pack rat. I looked up the schematic for the Processor 02 ?Technology VDM from '76 or so, and it shows composite video as being 03 ?just the TTL XOR of hsync and vsync. 04 ? A,C,D,E,G,H,I,L,R,S,W (or ?):?s Writing to disk. Updating summary. >Function:?r;-2 Msg 45241 is 09 line(s) on 11/10/91 from MICHAEL SHARTIAG to ALL re: HOW TO COMBINE SYNCS (H&V) I need help or doc --End of 45241 Msg #:?. 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 >Function:?