read new nonstop follow 90081 25-SEP 15:25 Applications (6809) RE: OSTerm/68K (Re: Msg 90074) From: REVKAK To: TIMKIENTZLE (NR) Tim, Thanks for the info on displaying "movies". I will try to keep this in mind when (if) I get a second serial port. Thanks for the help. Keith Kounovsky -*- 90090 25-SEP 19:57 Applications (6809) RE: OSTerm/68K (Re: Msg 90074) From: DBREEDING To: TIMKIENTZLE (NR) REVKAK asks: > Since I use KBCom here on Delphi, I was wondering just exactly what is > the procedure to get the Vt100 "movies" into KBCom to view them. Please > enlighten me as to this new use. Any help is appreciated. TIM's response: > Unfortunately, it requires another computer or a null modem cable > and two serial ports under OS9. > - Tim Kientzle I may have a solution. Using a terminal program that supports ASCII send, simply connect to your modem and leaving it on-hook, echoing, send the file.. The modem will echo the data back to the term program and it works quite well. I don't have KBCom, but using SuperComm, which has something of an "ANSI" mode, will get through the process fairly well. In trying "trek", it seems that about 600 Baud is as fast as it can go... must be losing data... when the outpost blows up, any faster rate and the effects of the explosion don't work right... It isn't the BEST way, but at least you can see what is going on. I have G-Windows, and it is vt100.. I was able to just "merge" or "list". They go by a little fast, as apparently the baud rate doesn't seem to affect the speed from the keyboard, but they do work. -- David Breeding -- CompuServe : 72330,2051 Delphi : DBREEDING *** Sent via CoCo-InfoXpress V1.01 *** ^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^ -*- 90102 26-SEP 00:31 Applications (6809) RE: OSTerm/68K (Re: Msg 90070) From: DIGIGRADE To: TIMKIENTZLE (NR) I LOVE V-Term. The menus are a bit kludgy to get through but it's I'm shure the only RS-DOS term program that actually multitasks! :) The file handling is great too IE: Ramdisk, not just a buffer, and enhanced control over the ram and normal RS-DOS drives. My first term program. Of course I soon went to OS9, and then when I went back to RS-DOS I used Ultimaterm because I forgot my way around V-Term and Ultimaterm had more of an OSTerm feel. :) V-Term is great though. Oh, yea, I liked to get colored ANSI garbage that V-Term filtered out also. Dave _____________________________________________________________________________ |Dave Pellerito - | Posted using InfoXpress | |Digigrade Productions - Digital Services | with an MM/1 running OSK | |"I can handle more than one thought, more than|____________________________| | one task at a time, so why should I use a computer that doesn't?" OS9/OSK | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- -*- End of Thread. -*- 90082 25-SEP 17:43 Programmers Den RE: Latest on Syscall (Re: Msg 90029) From: CPERRAULT To: JMURPHY >>TYPE regs=CC,A,B,DP:BYTE; X,Y,U:INTEGER This should get you started. You need to pass ALL the registers, not just the ones you are going to use.<< Thanks for the info John. That seems to have gotten me started. It was succesfull, SORT of. I got it to work but when it list the files, it returns an error #015 after each file, and it lists them all as NOT a directory, even if it is a directory file. Should I initialize some other variables perhaps? A #15 error btw, indicates an illegal mode, but I don't know where this comes from. It's possible that the second error is a result of the first maybe. Here's the updated code... PROCEDURE dirsyscall TYPE file=filename(29),lsn(3):BYTE TYPE regs=cc,a,b,dp:BYTE; x,y,u:INTEGER DIM register:regs DIM fd_att:BYTE DIM name:file DIM count,count1:INTEGER DIM pointer:INTEGER DIM temp:STRING DIM diskpath:BYTE DIM opt(1):BYTE fd_att:=$00 register.a:=diskpath register.b:=$0F register.x:=ADDR(opt) register.y:=1 OPEN #diskpath,".":READ+DIR WHILE EOF(#diskpath)<>TRUE DO GET #diskpath,name IF name.filename(1)<>0 THEN count=0 temp="" REPEAT count=count+1 temp:=temp+CHR$(LAND(name.filename(count),$7F)) UNTIL count=0 OR name.filename(count)>127 OR name.filename(count )=0 PRINT temp RUN syscall($0F,register) IF LAND(fd_att,$80)=0 THEN PRINT "is not a directory!" endif IF LAND(fd_att,$80)=1 THEN PRINT "is a Directory!" ENDIF ENDIF ENDWHILE CLOSE #diskpath END For some reason the '1' on the dir attribute bit is not being set when it should. >Chris< -*- 90092 25-SEP 20:25 Programmers Den RE: Latest on Syscall (Re: Msg 90082) From: RANDYKWILSON To: CPERRAULT Chris, you got several things going wrong here. First off, you are setting register.a to diskpath BEFORE you open the path. But in this case, that doesn't matter. SS.Fd works on a path open to the target file. Diskpath is open to the parent dir. So.... Dim path2:byte ... Print temp Open #path2, temp register.a=path2 RUN syscall($8d,register) Close #path2 If LAND(register.cc,1)=1 then (do something about the error from getstat) Randy -*- End of Thread. -*- 90083 25-SEP 17:43 General Information RE: Atlanta Info (Re: Msg 90054) From: CPERRAULT To: DIGIGRADE >>Could someone please reply to me with the When Where and How Much for the upcoming Atlantafest? I just decided I have to go and I need info.<< Hi again Dave... When? October 1&2 Where? Northlake Holiday Inn, in Northlake, Atlanta You can call up the Holiday Inn at 800-465-4329 or 404-938-1026 to make reservations. How Much? $10.00 for the whole show(What a setback) Also, the transcript for the most recent OS-9 Late Night is in the New Uploads section(or should be by now. I haven't checked). The topic was the Atlanta fest and we had Newton White of the ACS on hand answering questions about it. See Ya >Chris< -*- 90098 25-SEP 23:17 General Information RE: Atlanta Info (Re: Msg 90075) From: CHARLESAM To: MRUPGRADE Your right of course, luck of the draw has alot to do with it. And I can usually do a game in the vicinity of five minutes. That is either get the Dragon or see that I won't succeed. That should give me four games at least. Believe me, I seen some nasty boards at times, and some times they follow one another. Be just my luck to get skunked four in a row. It should be fun though! I'm looking forward to it. See you there. ...Charlie... -*- 90101 26-SEP 00:16 General Information RE: Atlanta Info (Re: Msg 90098) From: MRUPGRADE To: CHARLESAM If youo can usually do a gmae in five minutes or less,,, well, ya might be just a tad ahead of me. I usually run 10 or well less,, somemwhere in th 6 to 8 range. As I've said on a good night,, I whip 3 straight games/ each different/ each in theh first try. Toho that's exceptipional not the rule. Or every now and then. One night I ran 5 straight and quit. That's my record. it seemed so easy,, I darn near quit. A tip,, as you may know,, try early when your mind is fresh. Til then,, Terry Simons UPGRADE Editor -*- 90111 26-SEP 21:00 General Information RE: Atlanta Info (Re: Msg 90101) From: JEJONES To: MRUPGRADE Hmmm...maybe I should switch back to the canonical tile set; the default I use with the "tiles" program is probably easier to distinguish. tiles keeps the top times, which reinforces attempts at speed rather than solving all the configurations. (I'll say...looking at the stats in another window, I see that I've won about 17 percent of the games I've played.) Opinions herein are solely those of their respective authors. Clipper Chip: Big Brother Inside -*- 90115 26-SEP 23:34 General Information RE: Atlanta Info (Re: Msg 90111) From: MRUPGRADE To: JEJONES (NR) I've seen some of th variety tile on the Amiga. Like in chess whenever you deviate from theh standard set,, it detracts from your concentration. thus you never see a chess player worth his salt (a good one) playing with one of the fancy carved sets. Those are for TV shows and ol' mens parlors. but da ya mean,, I get to beat the britches off "James Jones"? Get out your standard set,, and practice James. Practice,, practice. til then,,, Terry g -*- End of Thread. -*- 90084 25-SEP 17:44 General Information OS-9 Late Night From: CPERRAULT To: ALL Here's my Sunday reminder... ****OS-9 Late Night:Nitros9 and Tune-Up w/Northern Xposure**** Monday Night September 26, at 10:00 pm Eastern Alan Dekok, and perhaps even Colin McKay(not sure about Colin yet), will be online to discuss the soon to be released Nitros9 update and also ANOTHER one of Alan's projects(these guys DO keep busy!) called Tune-Up which enhances a stock 6809 Level II system for those who don't want to go 6309. When is a tentative date for the release of Nitros9? How much will it cost? Is 19.2K going to be a reality!?!? Is Tune-Up at all comparable to Nitros9? I don't have the answer to all these questions, but tomorrow night plenty of light will be shed by Northern Xposure, so don't miss out :-) See Ya >Chris< -*- 90100 25-SEP 23:29 General Information RE: OS-9 Late Night (Re: Msg 90084) From: KSCALES To: CPERRAULT > ****OS-9 Late Night:Nitros9 and Tune-Up w/Northern Xposure**** > Monday Night September 26, at 10:00 pm Eastern > > Alan Dekok, and perhaps even Colin McKay(not sure about Colin > yet), will be online to discuss the soon to be released Nitros9 update > and also ANOTHER one of Alan's projects(these guys DO keep busy!) Yes, both Colin and Alan will be borrowing my account to participate in the conference. Colin says he can only stay for an hour, so don't be late! Cheers... / Ken -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ken Scales Delphi:KSCALES Internet:kscales@delphi.com CIS:74646,2237 -*- End of Thread. -*- 90085 25-SEP 17:49 General Information RE: Crashed Coco3 (Re: Msg 89869) From: NEALSTEWARD To: DBREEDING Glad to know that I am not the only one having occasional problems with MVcanvas. I just replaced most of my hardware because of intermittant crashes and I woundn't want to think I still have hardware problems. Thanks for the reply... -*- 90086 25-SEP 17:51 General Information RE: smouse (Re: Msg 89883) From: NEALSTEWARD To: COCOKIWI The RS232 spec indicates a voltage range, not a specific voltage and I believe the Ken-Ton pak is on the low end of that range. If a serial mouse requires 12 volts, it may not work. -*- 90095 25-SEP 22:07 General Information RE: smouse (Re: Msg 90086) From: COCOKIWI To: NEALSTEWARD (NR) I use a Microsoft mouse on mine using a RatShack RS232.....pak! Dennis -*- End of Thread. -*- 90087 25-SEP 18:06 General Information Line Printer V From: NEALSTEWARD To: ALL A friend of mine got a hold of a Tandy Line Printer V. It has a Centronics 36 pin connector in it, but I am not sure if it is serial or parallel. Does anyone know this or should I just connect it to see if it works? I was under the impression that all the older Tandy printers were serial. -*- 90088 25-SEP 18:35 General Information RE: Line Printer V (Re: Msg 90087) From: DSRTFOX To: NEALSTEWARD (NR) The linprinters were all PARALLEL ports! None of the Tandy printers were serial until the CoCo came along, with the exception of a few daisy wheel printers. The TRS-80 models used parallel printers also. The CoCo was designed toe a low cost system, and it was determined that a serial port would make more sense, because it could be used for several different devices and also could be partially software driven, reducing the amount of hardware needed (therefore reducing costs). -*- End of Thread. -*- 90089 25-SEP 19:52 Telecom (6809) Modem commands From: TAULBORG To: ALL I am haveing major problems trying to get what I type while in command mode to show up on the screen.I have a PC Logic 2400 modem and when I type in a command such as ATDT or anything else it doesn't show up on the screen!If ANYBODY can help with this PLEASE do!My modem should be and I am sure that it it is Hayes compatible.PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!!!!! -*- 90091 25-SEP 20:17 Telecom (6809) RE: Modem commands (Re: Msg 90089) From: DBREEDING To: TAULBORG > I am haveing major problems trying to get what I type while in command > mode to show up on the screen. > type in a command such as ATDT or anything else it doesn't show up on > the screen! > and I am sure that it it is Hayes compatible. You are using a CoCo? Probably is not set to send a carrier detect. The ACIA will not receive anything from the modem until it senses a Carrier Detect.. The Hayes command is "at&c0". -- David Breeding -- CompuServe : 72330,2051 Delphi : DBREEDING *** Sent via CoCo-InfoXpress V1.01 *** ^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^ -*- 90116 26-SEP 23:46 Telecom (6809) RE: Modem commands (Re: Msg 90091) From: TAULBORG To: DBREEDING (NR) tHANKS I'll try it!Hope it works! -*- End of Thread. -*- 90093 25-SEP 21:17 General Information What to wear?? From: MRUPGRADE To: BOISY I wuz wonderin',, Y'all be'in from the southern region?? What to wear? I mean if I were going to TX or Tennesse,,, I getta pair of boots and a Garth Brooks hat. But is that kosher in Atlanta? I thought about bernuda shorts,,, but maybe that's not far enough south? Besides red-necks don't like shorts, right? Lemme know,, I'll catch theh DAV for a new wardrobe before I go. Til then,,, Terry g -*- 90109 26-SEP 20:35 General Information RE: What to wear?? (Re: Msg 90093) From: DSRTFOX To: MRUPGRADE Bluejeans and a T-shirt Terry... Actually, you just wear what you do in Iowa... country bumpkins blend right in with red-necks every day.... -*- 90114 26-SEP 23:29 General Information RE: What to wear?? (Re: Msg 90109) From: MRUPGRADE To: DSRTFOX (NR) > Country bumkins blend right in.... I'm rollin' on the floor. Good reply Frank. terry g -*- End of Thread. -*- 90094 25-SEP 21:25 General Information RE: less than a week left... (Re: Msg 90080) From: JOHNBAER To: JEJONES > Holy cow...less than a week until Atlanta. Once again I'll go see old > friends and spend money. :-) ^^^ OLD!!!! Hey! Watch that!!! . Will see you there James... and spend $$$ . -- John - < Posted with Ved 2.3.1 & IX 1.2.0 > -*- 90096 25-SEP 22:17 General Information RE: Seagate HD info (Re: Msg 90066) From: COCOKIWI To: TEDJAEGER (NR) its a 43 meg drive 2 heads 820 cyl ...auto land zone.... don,t have the other info! Dennis -*- 90097 25-SEP 22:34 General Information RE: annoying process # (Re: Msg 90065) From: HAWKSOFT To: TEDJAEGER (NR) Ted! > OS9 naivete on display! Been trying to write a bit of BASIC code to fork > a background process from within another BASIC program. Have found that > this approach works: > > DIM mod1:string[10] > mod1="testproc &" > shell mod1 > > In this example, testproc would be packed and stored in the execution > directory. Only problem is this puts the process id (e.g., +13) assigned > to testprocs on the screen of the main program. I dont want that +13 > popping up on the screen of the main program so is there a modification, > perhaps to line #3 above using /nil, that would avoid it? Thanks Try using a syscall (as Tim said in his message). The +13 comes from the Shell. Try This: PROCEDURE forktest TYPE registers=dat(8),add(5):INTEGER DIM regs:registers DIM callcode:INTEGER DIM name:STRING[32] DIM parm:STRING[256] name:="dir" REM program name callcode:=3 REM F$Fork regs.dat(1):=0 REM lang/type code (0=any) regs.dat(2):=32000 REM optional mem modifier regs.dat(3):=256 REM size of param memory regs.dat(4):=3 REM number of paths to inherit regs.dat(5):=130 REM priority setting regs.add(1):=ADDR(name) regs.add(3):=ADDR(parm) regs.add(2):=0 RUN syscall(callcode,regs) Works for me!!! Chris :-> :-> :-> :-> :-> :-> :-> Chris "HAWKSoft" <-: <-: <-: <-: <-: <-: <-: Delphi: HAWKSOFT Internet: HAWKSOFT@DELPHI.COM ******************< Uploaded w/ InfoXpress vr. 1.02.00 >****************** -*- 90099 25-SEP 23:22 OSK Applications Ghostscript From: MRGOOD To: JOHNREED John, I've finally begun to play with Ghostscript. Unfortunately, I haven't had much luck yet. I'm using gs2 rev. 3. I can get a kwindows preview, what I can't get is a printout. If I try to use the escp2 device, nothing happens. Specifically, I try to process chess.ps. GS runs for a while then drops to a GS> prompt. No file is created in /dd/tmp. The command line I tried is: gs2 -sDEVICE=escp2 chess.ps Any ideas? Hugp er, Hugo -*- 90108 26-SEP 19:55 OSK Applications RE: Ghostscript (Re: Msg 90099) From: JOHNREED To: MRGOOD > John, > > I've finally begun to play with Ghostscript. Unfortunately, I haven't > had much luck yet. I'm using gs2 rev. 3. > > I can get a kwindows preview, what I can't get is a printout. If I try > to use the escp2 device, nothing happens. Specifically, I try to > process chess.ps. GS runs for a while then drops to a GS> prompt. > No file is created in /dd/tmp. > > The command line I tried is: > > gs2 -sDEVICE=escp2 chess.ps > > Any ideas? > First, due to a little oversight by yours truly, Ghostscript likes to find its target directory in env variable TEMP -- AND, it has to end with a slash. --setenv TEMP /dd/tmp/--. Without that, you might find the output in your working directory with a name that starts with "tmp". (oops) You can also set your own path on the command line by changing your line to gs2 -sDEVICE=escp2 -sOUTPUTFILE=chess.printer chess.ps ("chess.printer") could be replaced by ANY legal os9 name or complete path. Then, "merge" the printer file to the printer. -sOUTPUTFILE=/p also works -- but you have to zero all the values in the printer descriptor first. (with xmode). That should get it working for you. Yell if you still have trouble. ******************************** A stitch in time -------------------- ------ is worth two in the bush John R. Wainwright <> <> -*- 90112 26-SEP 21:00 OSK Applications RE: Ghostscript (Re: Msg 90099) From: JEJONES To: MRGOOD > I can get a kwindows preview, what I can't get is a printout. If I try > to use the escp2 device, nothing happens. Have you tried the -sOUTPUTFILE option? When I've tried -sOUTPUTFILE=/p it worked just fine for me. (I had to turn off the tabc and lf options on Opinions herein are solely those of their respective authors. Clipper Chip: Big Brother Inside -*- 90113 26-SEP 22:39 OSK Applications RE: Ghostscript (Re: Msg 90108) From: MRGOOD To: JOHNREED (NR) OK, I'll give it a try. Hugo -*- End of Thread. -*- 90103 26-SEP 00:43 General Information terminal specs From: THESCHU To: ALL HELP!!! I have a case of terminal unknown settings. What I mean is that I have a 'MicroData' Terminal, model ' PRIZIM ' , yes that is the model, and i need to find some docs or atlease the settings for the three sets of dip switches in the back. Is there anyone out there who may know about this model, please leave me some e-mail. Thanks for listening to a desperate man. THESCHU -*- 90104 26-SEP 08:37 System Modules (6809) printers From: DONALDS To: MARTYGOODMAN Marty; I am looking at getting a new printer. What I would like to get is a LASER printer Will this work with a COCO3 and the parallel port on a disto 4n1 board. I thought I remembered you listing a pinout for it or at least some instruction on how to hook one up in the '68 Micro a while back. could you help me with this ? Can this connection be made thru the use of just a parrallel cable? Don -*- 90110 26-SEP 20:45 System Modules (6809) RE: printers (Re: Msg 90104) From: MARTYGOODMAN To: DONALDS (NR) I see no reason why a laser printer can't be physically hooked to the parallel port of a Disto 4 in 1 board. Tho I have heard of ONE case where a CoCo style serial to parallel printer COULD NOT work with the parallel port of a given make and model of EPson printer, due to some obscure timing problem on the strobe line. The main problem I see, tho, is that most Laser Printers work in Hewlet Packard Laserjet - compatible mode, which requires long escape sequences to define fonts, underline, bold, etc. No CoCo software I know of supports this. Some laser printers, tho, can be set to emulate an Epson printer, and this might make things easier for use with CoCo word processing programs. ---marty -*- 90117 26-SEP 23:47 System Modules (6809) RE: printers (Re: Msg 90110) From: ISC To: MARTYGOODMAN (NR) Marty, The only program for the CoCo that I know of which supports long escape sequences for printers is VPrint from Bob van der Poel. If VPrint is used with a good text editor, powerful word processing is possible with OS9 and probably a laser printer too. Bill -*- End of Thread. -*- 90105 26-SEP 19:25 General Information I have the nubers @ At Fest From: MRUPGRADE To: AL DAGES (NR) Well,, Al,, I've got it figured out. If I can sign up 387 new MI&CC members at our booth,, I'll justify the trip. how many are comming anyway??? Do ya suppose I can get sum'uv'em to sign up TWICE! ?? But it will be fun. see y'all there,, Terry Simons UPGRADE Editor -*- 90106 26-SEP 19:28 General Information RE: Ghostscript (Re: Msg 90063) From: JOHNREED To: LUCKYONE (NR) > I have started using GhostScript v2.6x and I want to thank you and anyone > else who made it available to the OSK world. I've had v2.4 for a long time Thanks Howard, and thanks too for the tip on the books. The REAL credit for Ghostscript goes to L. Peter Deutsch of Aladdin, (ghost@aladdin.com) and a long list of helpers. I just fumbled with it until I got the MM/1 and the GNU compiler to swallow it without choking. (GRIN). ******************************** A stitch in time -------------------- ------ is worth two in the bush John R. Wainwright <> <> -*- 90107 26-SEP 19:28 OSK Applications New Tex Upload From: JOHNREED To: TIMKIENTZLE (NR) Tim, Grabbed your new TeX system over the weekend. Followed your instructions, ran the install script and sat back and watched. Nice Job! So far, everything works just as it should on my machine (MM/1a, 9-meg). The ONLY error message I saw was when Metafont (called by dvips) tried to copy it's ".tfm" files into "/dd/sys/tex/fonts/tfm/new" - no "/new" directory. I assume the "/new" directory would be there to save new ".tfm".s in case they were not in the TFM dir already. That error did NOT stop the program. I tested the regular executables first, then installed the ones in the "BIG" directory, using your instructions and scripts again. Then ran a HUGE tex file that I had been unable to run before. (It worked, of course) Now all I have to do is read all those doc files, and maybe buy another book. Looks like you put a lot of time into this one -- Thanks. ******************************** A stitch in time -------------------- ------ is worth two in the bush John R. Wainwright <> <> -*- FORUM>Reply, Add, Read, "?" or Exit>