CBBS(R) 4.0.2a 03/25/89 23:29:50 Y/N: want CBBS "1st time user" info?^U ?^U ?^U ?n;ward;christensen;odraw;;fullc;piss Logging name to disk... You are caller 204047; next msg =41566; 472 active msgs. Prev. call 03/23/89 @ 22:34, next msg was 41552 Recording logon for next time. Use FULL? to check assignments ?^U ?xxxxx "Mine" command checking for msgs TO you, ^K to abort. >Function:?dir c:log;dir c:killed;dir summary;type-30 log,ward c;or;*;short LOG. 7 KILLED. 68 SUMMARY. 30 03/25/89,23:29:54,204047,9,WARD CHRISTENSEN,, 41552 03/23/89 WARD CHRISTENSEN => PEGGY GREEN: "WHY NO COCO" 41553 03/23/89 WARD CHRISTENSEN => JOHN STEPIEN: "MSGS" type-40 log,ward c;or;*;short /89,22:34:16,203967,9,WARD CHRISTENSEN,, E#41552, E#41553, ]S,MESSAGE.X46, ]R,MESSAGE.X46,17 03/23/89,22:57:45,203968,2,DUFFY TOLER,,1 03/23/89,23:28:51,203969,2,JIM MORAVEC,,4 03/23/89,23:40:33,203970,2,BENJAMIN COHEN,,8 03/24/89,00:26:15,203971,2,ERIC BOHLMAN,, E#41554, E#41555, E#41556,16 03/24/89,00:43:58,203972,1,BILL WOLFF,,3 03/24/89,00:53:39,203973,1,SAM LEE,, 03/24/89,02:47:55,203974,1,ALEX ZELL,, 03/24/89,05:55:53,203975,1,STEVE GROSS,,3 03/24/89,06:47:58,203976,2,DENNIS STAHL,,3 03/24/89,08:17:46,203977,2,PAUL STREETER,, E#41557,100 03/24/89,08:39:22,203978,2,GARY ELFRING,,0 03/24/89,09:59:02,203979,3,MURRAY ARNOW,,87 03/24/89,10:13:04,203980,1,ANDY SHAPIRO,, E#41558,5 03/24/89,10:24:17,203981,2,JAMES SCHMIDT,,1 03/24/89,10:58:45,203982,1,STEVE GROSS,,3 03/24/89,11:55:33,203983,1,DENNIS LEONG,,6 03/24/89,12:25:16,203984,2,MARC FELDSTEIN,, 03/24/89,12:40:28,203985,1,CHARLES SIEGEL,,2 03/24/89,13:08:42,203986,1,LARRY YLAB,, 03/24/89,13:34:57,203987,2,ROGER HAAK,,4 03/24/89,13:59:47,203988,2,GARY ROBIN,NILES/IL,4 03/24/89,14:07:54,203989,3,JIM COLLING,,6 03/24/89,14:36:35,203990,2,DENNIS STAHL,,2 03/24/89,14:41:41,203991,1,CURT ROSTENBACH,,4 03/24/89,15:02:48,203992,1,JEFF KINTZLE,CHICAGO/ ILLINOIS,10 03/24/89,15:18:04,203993,1,JEFF KINTZLE,,7 03/24/89,16:16:21,203994,1,LESTER SHISZIK,naperville/il,5 03/24/89,17:06:27,203995,3,JIM EATON,SUTTONS BAY/ MI,8 03/24/89,17:28:22,203996,3,JIM EATON,,22 03/24/89,17:59:38,203997,2,CALVIN CURTINDOLPH,Chicago/ IL,13 03/24/89,18:19:42,203998,1,JIM CURTIS,chgoe7~/ill,5 03/24/89,18:36:43,203999,1,JESSE CRUZ,, 03/24/89,19:25:33,204000,1,ELI LEHRER,,4 03/24/89,19:38:04,204001,1,PATRICK MCCAMMON,Roselle/Il,3 03/24/89,19:45:52,204002,2,BILL TANEY,Deerfield Il, 03/24/89,19:49:51,204003,2,BILL TANEY,, 03/24/89,20:55:40,204004,1,BOB SMITH,, 03/24/89,21:00:52,204005,2,RICHARD GOZDAL,,7 03/24/89,21:09:24,204006,2,BILL PRECHT,,8 03/24/89,21:47:09,204007,1,ANTHONY MARTINEZ,Chicago/IL, >Help: GO,7 03/24/89,23:01:30,204008,1,ROY LIPSCOMB,, E#41559,19 03/24/89,23:30:13,204009,1,JIM MCFADDEN,, 03/25/89,01:42:43,204010,2,JIM TROMP,,3 03/25/89,02:55:17,204011,1,TIME LORD,Arlington Hts./ IL, E#41560, 03/25/89,04:38:37,204012,2,RONE EDWARDS,,4 03/25/89,04:49:29,204013,2,RAY BIGOS,chicago/il.,3 03/25/89,05:25:53,204014,2,ERIC BOHLMAN,,3 03/25/89,05:43:12,204015,2,JAMES SCHMIDT,, E#41561,2 03/25/89,07:55:01,204016,1,ANDY SHAPIRO,,2 03/25/89,08:57:42,204017,2,PAUL STREETER,,67 03/25/89,09:03:24,204018,3,MURRAY ARNOW,,71 03/25/89,09:06:37,204019,2,PAUL STREETER,,73 ]I read enough of the Crosstalk manual to find the "track" command which is what I needed to use the same logic as in the script you showed me. It works. Thanks. PAUL STREETER, 03/25/89,10:10:03,204020,2,BILL TANEY,, E#41562, E#41563,15 03/25/89,10:58:13,204021,3,STEVEN JAWORSKI,, 03/25/89,11:03:27,204022,2,MARTY DIPPEL,,6 03/25/89,11:46:52,204023,1,D B,chicago, 03/25/89,12:01:15,204024,2,DEAN ROGAN,calumet city il,15 03/25/89,12:35:24,204025,2,TONY KUEH,,2 03/25/89,12:53:01,204026,2,DEAN ROGAN,, 03/25/89,13:12:38,204027,1,STEVE GROSS,,5 03/25/89,13:28:53,204028,3,TOM TULPE,,6 03/25/89,13:55:49,204029,2,MATT ZELCHENKO,Chicago,6 03/25/89,14:50:47,204030,2,MIKE COOK,,12 03/25/89,15:27:25,204031,2,GARY ELFRING,,0 03/25/89,16:35:59,204032,2,ALEX ZELL,, 03/25/89,16:42:17,204033,3,ED FANTA,,8 03/25/89,16:51:38,04034,2,JIM POLOUS,,7 03/25/89,17:35:53,204035,3,MARK KENIGSBERG,,8 03/25/89,19:24:39,204036,1,KEN SIMMONS,auburn/ wash.,15 03/25/89,20:54:29,204037,1,ADAM DADA,park ridge/il, E#41564,6 03/25/89,20:59:30,204038,1,ADAM DADA,,10 ]thanks. this is my first service, and it is grrrreeat!!!! ADAM DADA, 03/25/89,21:15:49,204039,1,BILL WOLFF,,4 03/25/89,21:32:19,204040,2,PHIL JERN,,6 03/25/89,21:41:21,204041,1,ADAM DADA,,4 03/25/89,22:05:55,204042,1,KEVIN KEYSER,,10 03/25/89,22:28:50,204043,2,MICHAEL SZEWCZYK,, E#41565,4 03/25/89,22:34:59,204044,1,ROY PLUM,,16 03/25/89,22:54:23,204045,1,STEVE GROSS,,2 03/25/89,23:08:52,204046,1,FRANK BAASKE,addison/il,15 03/25/89,23:29:54,204047,9,WARD CHRISTENSEN,, 41552 03/23/89 WARD CHRISTENSEN => PEGGY GREEN: "WHY NO COCO" 41553 03/23/89 WARD CHRISTENSEN => JOHN STEPIEN: "MSGS" 41554 03/24/89 ERIC BOHLMAN => MICHAEL SZEWCZYK: "R/XMODEM CRC" 41555 03/24/89 ERIC BOHLMAN => WARD CHRISTENSEN: "R/IBMAUX1?" 41556X 03/24/89 ERIC BOHLMAN => STEVE GROSS: "R/NEED INFO ON NEW HARDWARE" 41557X 03/24/89 PAUL STREETER => STEVE GROSS: "R/NEW HARDWARE" 41558 03/24/89 ANDY SHAPIRO => ALL: "BOARD LEVEL REPAIR.!" 41559 03/24/89 ROY LIPSCOMB => ALEX ZELL: "STUFF" 41560X 03/25/89 TIME LORD => ALL: "MISTIC SYSTEM" 41561 03/25/89 JAMES SCHMIDT => ALL: "SMG MODEMS" 41562 03/25/89 BILL TANEY => JAMES SCHMIDT: "R/SMG MODEMS" 41563 03/25/89 BILL TANEY => ALL: "WANTE TO BUY" 41564 03/25/89 ADAM DADA => ALL: "LOOKING FOR GOOD VGA PROGRAMS" 41565 03/25/89 MICHAEL SZEWCZYK => ERIC BOHLMAN: "R/XMODEM CRC" - End of summary - Retrieving flagged msgs: C skips, K aborts. Msg 41552 is 20 line(s) on 03/23/89 from WARD CHRISTENSEN to PEGGY GREEN re: WHY NO COCO Lots of reasons. The main one is that I'd rather run a board that has topics of high interest to a small set of users, than try to be the BBS that has a little something for everyone. Just as I cursed my radio last week when YET ANOTHER Chicagoland FM station went to the "best of the old and new" (which I call "mixed vegetable programming - i.e. yuk!), so would I dislike a board which catered to everyone one every interest. That's why we don't allow msgs on "cars for sale", etc - I want to appeal highly to a select group of users. Those who find it too hard to use, or who don't find topics of interest to them here are welcome to try elsewhere. There are exceptions: CBBS caters to the "advanced hobbyists", and one time there were some msgs of great interest about a machine no one else had - some kind of single board machine, that the guy was using to monitor the environment (temperature, furnace on/off time, etc) at his apartment building. Thanks for stopping by - sorry if its not what you're looking for. By anther analogy, you don't go to the hardware store for aspirin, nor the drug store for a hammer. You don't come to CBBS for COCO stuff, PC, Unix, and other folks wouldn't go to a COCO-friendly board for PC matters either. Better many specific boards than many generic ones. Msg 41553 is 14 line(s) on 03/23/89 from WARD CHRISTENSEN to JOHN STEPIEN re: MSGS If you leave a msg with a # to call, please be VERY specific about what is being called. The kind of information that is MINIMAL is: - hours of operation - name of operator - type of system being used - purpose of the system - whether it is open and free, registration only, limited free access, - etc In other words, msgs that just say "call this number" get deleted. Also I don't understand why you left TWO messages when one would do (if it contained the right info). Sorry you had problems the first time - looking forward to more details about the system. Please ensure any system is relevant to CBBS' goals: PC's, Unix, programming, communications, ham radio, etc. Msg 41554 is 08 line(s) on 03/24/89 from ERIC BOHLMAN to MICHAEL SZEWCZYK re: R/XMODEM CRC What specifically is your BASIC's syntax for a bitwise left shift? Come to think of it, you MIGHT be able to implement that with a multiplication by two, though it might be slow unless your compiler replaces multiplication by a power of two with a shift. Also, what is your syntax for bitwise AND and bitwise XOR (be careful about the AND; it has to be "bitwise" rather than "logical." Assuming that the operator is called "AND," try evaluating (3 AND 2). If the result is 2, it's bitwise; if the result is 1 or -1, it's logical and won't help here). Msg 41555 is 06 line(s) on 03/24/89 from ERIC BOHLMAN to WARD CHRISTENSEN re: R/IBMAUX1? Unless IBMAUX1 does more than I think it does, I still don't see why you need to use it. As far as I know, all it does is filter out control-c but otherwise acts just like COM1. The only drawback would be that someone who got through the first two levels of security could possibly abort the batch file if he hit control-c right before your invocation of COMMAND. No msg 41556 No msg 41557 Msg 41558 is 30 line(s) on 03/24/89 from ANDY SHAPIRO to ALL re: BOARD LEVEL REPAIR.! I just had a triumphant experience, so I wanted to let folks know. Last week I got a call from an organization I do computer work for, to the effect that one of their 'original' IBM-PCs was flakey. It tended to crash while running Word Perfect and XyWrite and other things. It also was generating PARITY CHECK 2 messages and, as previously noted here, claiming that COMMAND.COM was invalid when it tried to reload. So I downloaded NMI.COM from the ADVOCATE and tested memory. No problems showed up. So I decided it was an intermittant problem and installed NMI (as spec'd in NMI.DOC) in place of the usually NMI error handler and left it to them. Tuesday, it failed again, and NMI found the error in the parity bit of BANK 0. I went in with visions of replacing the BANK 0 parity chip and being out in half an hour, but I was WRONG. IBM machines of this vintage had BANK 0 (and ONLY BANK 0) soldered in place. So I went to Radio Shack for a Solder Sucker and 16-pin DIP socket, and to INACOMP, who were willing to sell me just 2 64KBIT chips (@ $3.50, but what the heck) and set to work. It only took an hour or so to remove the dead parity chip and put a socket in its place, and then plug in the new chip (I bought 2 just in case one was bad.). It worked, first time out. No crash. Even the Person Whom Computers Hate (PWCH), who is the main user of this beast, had no luck crashing it. So. This suggests that most repairs are in fact doable by individuals. It also suggests the worth of having a good set of diagnostic tools around. NMI.COM is one - alas, it works only on PCs, not ATs or beyond - but you get the idea. The standard practice in this case would have been motherboard replacement, at c. $500 - they'd done it before. Repair was MUCH cheaper for the organization. It would have been even more important if it had been my own machine that failed, since $700 is something I ain't got. Msg 41559 is 14 line(s) on 03/24/89 from ROY LIPSCOMB to ALEX ZELL re: STUFF Yes, it was me that saved whatever remained of the original CBBS from the clutches of Randy's ashcan. He was going to dump whatever he couldn't sell, if I remember rightly. Randy told me at that time that he had the monitor, but that it was in use-holding up one side of the hot-water tank in the basement. For all I know, it's still there. He also said he loaned out the original modem card, and could get it back. (Mike Andrews tells me that Roger Hale was the guy he loaned it to, and Roger would be happy to have it reunited with the rest of the hardware.) Randy also said he had some other equipment on th shelfs above the rafters in his garage, but he didn't feel like getting it down. (I think they were disk drives or a power supply.) I guess now we know why the monitor wasn't in use on CBBS for a few years! No msg 41560 Msg 41561 is 08 line(s) on 03/25/89 from JAMES SCHMIDT to ALL re: SMG MODEMS I received the new ELEK-TEK catalog and noticed a new brand of modem being advertized "SMG" (Smart Money Group). The picture of the 2400 external bears a striking similarity the the PP2400SA as a matter of fact its model number is also 2400SA. Are there PP clones or real PP modems under a private label. The price defferential is significant 129 dollars for the SMG versus 179 dollars for the PP. The SMG carries only a 2 year warranty while the PP has a 5 year guarantee. James Msg 41562 is 04 line(s) on 03/25/89 from BILL TANEY to JAMES SCHMIDT re: R/SMG MODEMS I have a freind who bought a smg internal 2400 baud modem and needed the c com 3-4 prom so he called up the smg tech support number listed in the ma manual and they answered 'Hello Practical Periferals' if that answers your question. Msg 41563 is 02 line(s) on 03/25/89 from BILL TANEY to ALL re: WANTED TO BUY WANTED - OLD MINI AND MAINFRAME'S AND PERIFERALS. OLD OR OBOSLETE- OK PLEASE LEAVE A MESSAGE ON THIS BBS OR CALL 945-8519 Thanks - Msg 41564 is 00 line(s) on 03/25/89 from ADAM DADA to ALL re: LOOKING FOR GOOD VGA PROGRAMS Msg 41565 is 09 line(s) on 03/25/89 from MICHAEL SZEWCZYK to ERIC BOHLMAN re: R/XMODEM CRC My basic has bitwise AND XOR etc. if I want the Result. X=3 and 2 X then equals 2. Help at all? Mike dup. chars. >Function:?