CBBS(R) 4.0.0c 01/11/89 22:10:23 Y/N: want CBBS "1st time user" info?^U ?^U ?^U ?n;ward;christensen;odraw;;fullc;piss Logging name to disk... You are caller 201577; next msg =41148; 472 active msgs. Prev. call 01/10/89 @ 22:57, next msg was 41140 Recording logon for next time. Use FULL? to check assignments ?^U ?xxxxx "Mine" command checking for >Function:?dir c:log;dir c:killed;dir summary;type-30 log,ward c;or;*;short LOG. 7 KILLED. 31 SUMMARY. 30 01/09/89,21:34:43,201507,2,WARD CHRISTENSEN,, E#41128, E#41129,7 01/10/89,22:57:10,201543,2,WARD CHRISTENSEN,, E#41140, E#41141, E#41142,14 01/10/89,23:14:45,201544,1,EMMANUEL SEMMES,,4 01/11/89,05:41:17,201545,2,PETE JONES,,2 01/11/89,07:27:24,201546,2,DENNIS STAHL,,3 01/11/89,08:13:14,201547,2,ALEX ZELL,,2 01/11/89,08:33:55,201548,3,MURRAY ARNOW,,2 01/11/89,08:48:27,201549,2,JOE DUBECK,,4 01/11/89,09:59:39,201550,2,DAVID SOUSSAN,, E#41143,3 01/11/89,11:11:36,201551,1,PETER BIERMAN,,2 01/11/89,11:15:55,201552,1,PETER BIERMAN,,6 01/11/89,12:13:13,201553,2,DAVID GIBBS,,2 01/11/89,12:18:13,201554,2,MIKE ANDREWS,,7 ]Ward, I'll talk to the powers that be regarding getting you an error correcting demo. Maybe a Courier 2400 PC, which is a dynamite interna{. I'll leave you a message soon. MIKE ANDREWS, 01/11/89,13:11:06,201555,2,ED FOSTER,,1 01/11/89,13:29:39,201556,1,ROBERT RAPLEE,Nashville/ TN,12 01/11/89,13:43:36,201557,2,DENNIS STAHL,,1 01/11/89,13:44:43,201558,2,PHIL JERN,,1 01/11/89,14:00:16,201559,2,ED FOSTER,, E#41144,3 01/11/89,14:18:59,201560,2,HERB SCHULZ,,3 01/11/89,15:30:00,201561,1,ANDY SHAPIRO,,5 01/11/89,15:56:40,201562,2,TRACY LOSE,, >Help: 2400,4 01/11/89,16:38:43,201563,2,ANDREW DECKOWITZ,,7 01/11/89,16:46:21,201564,2,STEVE COHEN,, E#41145,6 01/11/89,17:13:57,201565,2,MARGARET FLANIGAN,,4 01/11/89,17:21:28,201566,3,SAM SCHMIDT,elki grove il,3 01/11/89,17:55:54,201567,1,EDGAR COUDAL,,3 01/11/89,18:10:58,201568,3,GRANT POMERING,,18 01/11/89,18:33:27,201569,1,RICHARD GOZDAL,,3 01/11/89,18:47:38,201570,1,KEVIN KEYSER,,1 01/11/89,19:21:26,201571,1,MARC DOTSETH,tucson/az,3 01/11/89,19:35:16,201572,1,BOB HART,Whiting/IN, 01/11/89,19:58:23,201573,2,MIKE COOK,, >Help: [, E#41146,10 01/11/89,20:10:34,201574,2,JAMES SCHMIDT,,2 01/11/89,20:38:12,201575,1,RICHARD GOZDAL,, E#41147,6 01/11/89,21:45:39,201576,1,FRED MARTENSON,chicago,28 01/11/89,22:10:27,201577,2,WARD CHRISTENSEN,, 41140 01/10/89 WARD CHRISTENSEN => BOB SULLIVAN: "R/IIGS MODEM PROGRAM" 41141 01/10/89 WARD CHRISTENSEN => MIKE COOK: "R/HELP W/ ST4026 HARD DISK" 41142 01/10/89 WARD CHRISTENSEN => ED FOSTER: "R/RE-INKING" 41144 01/11/89 ED FOSTER => WARD CHRISTENSEN: "R/RE-INKING" 41145 01/11/89 STEVE COHEN => ALL: "R/4096 DRIVES" 41146 01/11/89 MIKE COOK => WARD CHRISTENSEN: "R/HELP W/ ST4026 HARD DISK" 41147 01/11/89 RICHARD GOZDAL => ALL: "PGM HELP" - End of summary - Retrieving flagged msgs: C skips, K aborts. Msg 41140 is 03 line(s) on 01/10/89 from WARD CHRISTENSEN to BOB SULLIVAN re: R/IIGS MODEM PROGRAM Msgs 16-19 or so have lists of BBS numbers - hopefully you'll find some help on one of those BBSs. Sorry the list is out-of-date - the originator no longer creates a list, apparently! Msg 41141 is 09 line(s) on 01/10/89 from WARD CHRISTENSEN to MIKE COOK re: R/HELP W/ ST4026 HARD DISK I don't think the 4096 is an RLLable drive. Get a regular Western Digital or perhaps Omti. One caution - the 4096 might have more heads than some controllers support. Yes, your power supply will have to go. If it doesn't, then it will. DOS 3.3 would be fine - since it supports the partitioning of large hard drives. BTW, I'm installing a purely-AT drive in my XT. There really isn't any difference as long as the controller can support the particular drive configuration. Msg 41142 is 19 line(s) on 01/10/89 from WARD CHRISTENSEN to ED FOSTER re: R/RE-INKING The DeskJet (1) uses plain paper ink; and (2) has a hole in the top for letting air in, which you can squirt ink into. I've also thought about re-inking the ThinkJet cartridges, but I'll have to wait for one to empty then stare at it closely enough to see if I can see WHERE you'd put the ink in. It appears the ink-jet holes are the only place that goes between the outside world and the "bladder". Ya, you could probably drill a hole if there were some place sufficiently out of the way (of the electrical contacts, etc) and a dab of hot-melt glue would prolly do the trick. Do you have problems with the cartridge not working well when you first turn it on? All my cartridges (2 diff ones, at least) do partial "spraying" when first used - I tend to run a full-page test pattern in the AM, but within an hour or possibly much less, the first line of any printout is like a "ramp" of dots "coming to life" across the line. I, too like the Thinkjet - bought one for $175 and use it at work, mostly for screen prints. Tried both plain paper and regular cartridges, am now having "fun" with a blue cartridge (though a black one had the same problem). Perhaps it is my low duty-cycle that prevents it from really inking well. I dunno. Msg 41144 is 15 line(s) on 01/11/89 from ED FOSTER to WARD CHRISTENSEN re: R/RE-INKING As near as I can tell, the bladder is attached only at the business end. The possible fill hole I mentioned is to the right of the contact plate, and looks like a recessed plastic hemisphere. When my current cartridge gets low enough I will get on some old clothes and drill it out. It should then be easy enough to refill, but now I'm beginning to think that it is critical to exclude air bubbles. And then there is always the question of whether regular ink will really work. You got a good deal at $175, because mine was $250 several years ago. I use it mostly at home, where noise is a factor. I was about to say I don't have the startup problem, but then tried it and noticed that some of the lower dot rows didn't start up right away. After about ten lines it cleared up. When you do prints of text screens, can you get the line-drawing characters? Mine gives either blanks or the seven-bit equivalent, depending on how the DIP switches are set. Msg 41145 is 08 line(s) on 01/11/89 from STEVE COHEN to ALL re: R/4096 DRIVES Installing a big drive like the ST4096 in an AT can be simplified by using the Disk Manager program (usually included with the drive) If you do the low level format and partition using thef;3 Disk Manager, it will install it's own device driver and let you make multiple volumes. I've got a 4096 formatted as drives E, F and G in a system that has another hard disk that doesn't rely on the disk manager. The two coexist with no problems. Someone mentioned RLL, I would say NAY with this drive. Msg 41146 is 03 line(s) on 01/11/89 from MIKE COOK to WARD CHRISTENSEN re: R/HELP W/ ST4026 HARD DISK Thanks, Ward. One thing, though. w3 It's a 4026, not a 4096. Assume that doesn't change your advice, other than I don't have to worry about partitioning +32 MEG. Msg 41147 is 14 line(s) on 01/11/89 from RICHARD GOZDAL to ALL re: PGM HELP I am finishing up my latest program, an EGA graphic Palm Reading report writer. The one that is almost 200K code now and 150K data file. Question! I have 42 menu screens with the options ranging from 3 to dual menus of 16 options each. Would it be a LOT nicer and more convienent if I used "choice bars" rather than alpha-numeric choices (a-z and 1-9). It would be a pain to do and it is only going for $24 with a few dollars worth of printouts included. There are over 440 options total in the program and it seems simple to ME but then again this is supposed to be for novices. A reply on prefference would help. I have about 2 months till my ad comes out in Comp Shopper where I can really change it around but then again the size is awfully large now. It will probably be over 300K compiled. It runs at about 275K complied now and I am just starting the printout routine. dup. chars. >Function:?