#: 18055 S1/General Interest 06-May-93 20:18:49 Sb: #17625-OS9U Fm: DOUG 72667,1433 To: Hugo Bueno 71211,3662 (X) Hi Hugo, I too am beginning to wonder (I just put a message on the Soapbox). I've had to send him a letter each time just to get the three issues Ihave. Oh well....... Doug #: 18026 S1/General Interest 04-May-93 20:54:28 Sb: RT-11 conversion Fm: Robert Bogart 72233,2032 To: All Does anyone know of a way to convert RT-11 macro code to run under OS-9, other than manually ? I know that sounds ancient, but I have a customer running a lot of RT code and it really needs to be upgraded. Any suggestions would be appreciated. #: 18056 S1/General Interest 06-May-93 20:33:59 Sb: New Mag Fm: DOUG 72667,1433 To: 76070,41 (X) Mark, sounds good on the Magazine. I'm interested in one of those free copies. Sorry, my brain is too burned to think of a title. Address is Doug Hall 4 Linden Brook Way East Windsor NJ 08520 Thanx and good luck!!!! Doug #: 18004 S7/Telecommunications 02-May-93 22:34:08 Sb: #17994-#?t3 questions Fm: keith bauer 71102,317 To: Steve Wegert 76703,4255 (X) > > I'm using a SupraFaxModem upto 14.4. I'd give it a fair rating, but wouldn't > purchase another until Supra fixes the current problems. (Lot's of problems > connecting with other modems) > Thanks for this info, is this because it uses the Rockwell chipset? > > Jumper P4 controls the setting for RTS and DTR. You'll need to set this to > toggle (rather than tied high) for use with a high speed modem. Also, the type > bit on /t3 or /t4 will need to be xmoded to 80. > Okay, when I use /T3 with a 2400 baud modem this should then set to tied high? > > You're gonna love it. If you need any help setting it up, just shout! > > *- Steve -* > So far so good I am using it to reply to this message so if you are reading this I guess I am doing okay. Thanks Keith Bauer CIS :71102,317 Delphi:keithbauer Genie :k.bauer There is 1 Reply. #: 18020 S7/Telecommunications 04-May-93 05:32:36 Sb: #18004-?t3 questions Fm: Steve Wegert 76703,4255 To: keith bauer 71102,317 (X) Keith, The message looks fine, so you must have gotten InfoXpress working. Congrats! Yes ... the Supra uses the Rockwell chipset. They've been "beta"ing a new rev that supposedly fixes the problems but .... On the jumpers ... I've got em both (/t3 and /t4) set to enable hardware handshaking. I use the SupraFax modem on /t3 with the port set to 19200 and another Supra 2400 on /t4. Both are doing just fine. This should be in the 'toggle' position. *- Steve -* #: 18000 S7/Telecommunications 01-May-93 20:31:37 Sb: #17990-#?t3 questions Fm: Bob van der Poel 76510,2203 To: keith bauer 71102,317 (X) Keith, I have a 'infotel' 9600 v32/42.bis modem which I got from Midwest Micro. I have no complaints at all...expect that no one has written any software to use the fax capabilites . There is 1 Reply. #: 18005 S7/Telecommunications 02-May-93 22:34:22 Sb: #18000-?t3 questions Fm: keith bauer 71102,317 To: Bob van der Poel 76510,2203 (X) > Keith, I have a 'infotel' 9600 v32/42.bis modem which I got from Midwest Micro. > I have no complaints at all...expect that no one has written any software to > use the fax capabilites . > Thanks Bob, I will make up a list of the ones that are being used so I have something to go on when I go shopping. The one I get will have the fax capabilites because I am sure someone will come up with the program to use it. Right Mark Keith Bauer CIS :71102,317 Delphi:keithbauer Genie :k.bauer #: 18013 S7/Telecommunications 03-May-93 16:28:47 Sb: Dropped characters Fm: Jon Beach 70004,1607 To: all I have just recently started getting back into using my CoCo 3 for telecommunications, I have started having a problem with dropped characters that was not present previously. There have been changes to my system, both hardware and software and I wonder if I could have any help from you guys in solving this problem. Previously, I was using an FD-501 disk controller and my modem was attached to the built-in serial port on the computer. I had installed a hardware modification ("The Forgotten Chip" hack from the Rainbow Magazine) which basically was an internal modification that provided full ACIA support through the built in port without any external hardware (like a program pak). This ACIA is addressed at $FF30 and had an IRQ line tied directly to the 6809. I was using the stock CC3Disk driver modified for 512 byte sector support, the stock ACIAPAK driver modified for a 256 byte buffer and the stock T2 descriptor modified for the $FF30 ACIA address. My primary terminal program was the shareware verision of Eddie Kuns's K-BCOM terminal program, though I did use OS-TERM by Vaughn Cato. Since then, I started using a Disto Super Controller-II with a 3-n-1 Mini Expansion Board which provided an additional serial port (addressed at $FF54). I am also using the CC3Disk driver supplied with the SC-II which provides no-halt disk by sleeping when not in use (as opposed to the one using IRQ). The IRQ for the serial port is tied directly to the IRQ pin in the cartridge port. Additionally, I started using Bruce Isted's SACIA driver (with matching descriptors) which I have set to support maximum buffer size (which is a few K). Also, I have added various of the Level 2 "upgrade" patches like the kernal patch for filenames. Also, I have in addition to the above terminal programs, I have started using STERM which is the best program that supports the CIS B protocl. I have tried various configurations of ACIA drivers and the several versions of CC3Disk and the problem is less obvious using the SACIA driver and the no-halt CC3Disk that sleeps. However, the problem is still present. I cannot go back to using the internal ACIA circuit because a side-effect of using the no-halt disk drivers (either version) is that garbage is occasionally sent out the built in serial port (though the problem disappears if I use the stock or 512-sector versions of CC3Disk). Any ideas on this problem? I have drawn a blank on all solutions. Jon Beach P.S. I forgot to mention it but my modem runs at 1200 baud and my T2 descriptor is XMODE'd accordingly. #: 18014 S7/Telecommunications 03-May-93 18:36:37 Sb: #InfoXpress Fm: John R. Wainwright 72517,676 To: Bill Dickhaus 70325,523 (X) Hi Bill, Had to try out InfoXpress as soon as I got home from the fest. Even at 2am, and after driving about 300 miles, the installation went very well. The program only choked once, because I had my modem set up to ignore DTR (a leftover part of a temporary cure for early problems with "/T0"). Once I set it to `read and heed DTR' it did a better job of hanging up the phone. This is the program's first outgoing message. Nice Job. John R. Wainwright There is 1 Reply. #: 18015 S7/Telecommunications 03-May-93 19:16:10 Sb: #18014-InfoXpress Fm: Bill Dickhaus 70325,523 To: John R. Wainwright 72517,676 (X) John, Its good to hear that you had very little trouble setting up InfoXpress. Its one of the areas that I spent a great deal of time on, but not something that was easy to test! -Bill- #: 18019 S7/Telecommunications 04-May-93 03:52:59 Sb: #InfoXpress Fm: SCOTT HOWELL 70270,641 To: all What is InfoXpress? I communications program I gather !! Will it work on a K4 system, or is it just for the MM/1?? There is 1 Reply. #: 18023 S7/Telecommunications 04-May-93 17:30:56 Sb: #18019-InfoXpress Fm: Steve Wegert 76703,4255 To: SCOTT HOWELL 70270,641 (X) Scott, InfoXpress is a "auto-nav" communications program for OS9/OSK. It allows you to define your favorite places on CompuServe and Delphi and then will nab and process your mail and forum messages unattended. It works grand on the MM/1 (been running it for a loooong time!), and there's an official version for the CoCo as well. It's been tested on a TC70 with some success (depending on the serial port used), not sure of it's status on one of Ed's machines, tho. Perhaps they had a chance to test it at the 'fest. It's a commercial offering. Drop a note to Bill Dickhaus for more info if he doesn't already pipe up and answer your message as well. *- Steve -* #: 18037 S10/OS9/6809 (CoCo) 05-May-93 11:02:59 Sb: LZH for Coco Fm: Don Kircher 76346,3475 To: All Hi Guys! Who ever uploaded LZH for Coco -- it works wonderful in house but IBMERS have not been able to dearchive files created with it. Could this be a bug, or is it version related on the IBMers part. A friend of mine said the archive seemed to get trashed worse with each attempt to dearchive it. It has forced me to shelve it in favor of tried and true OS9ARC. Pity too cause it mashes the file smaller than arc does. Thx dlk #: 18054 S11/OS9/6809 (Non-CoCo) 06-May-93 20:16:09 Sb: #SMOKE SIG BDCTG & XMODE Fm: DOUG 72667,1433 To: all Hi all, Haven't been able to get on the forum as often as I'd like... Last I knew it looked like SSB was no longer.. anyone have any info on them boys??? When I upgraded to OS9 Level II I didn't get XMODE from them boys. Anyone got a copy they can "spare??" Thanx Doug There is 1 Reply. #: 18058 S11/OS9/6809 (Non-CoCo) 07-May-93 00:13:31 Sb: #18054-SMOKE SIG BDCTG & XMODE Fm: Jeff Kaneko 71161,3232 To: DOUG 72667,1433 Doug: Wow, you mean there is someone out there who remembers SSB? I kinda figured that they went under (they refused to seel their soul to DOS, I imagine). I never did get into level II -- although I still have some SSB hardware that used to run FLEX and SSB DOS. What applications to you use your 6809 for? Jeff #: 18011 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK) 03-May-93 13:47:54 Sb: #17996-#makpal Fm: LARRY OLSON 72227,3467 To: Mike Haaland 72300,1433 (X) Mike, I'll try that pause before the Select(0). I'm beginning to think I have a problem here with WINDIO or the window descriptors. I had thought originally that when you do a Select(Wpath) after Wpath has been opened (Wpath - open("/w",3)), Stdin, Stdout, Stderr would all be set to Wpath. That was the way it worked on the CoCo in Basic09. But when I try that in C on the MM1, the only path that was being set to Wpath, was Stdout, the other 2 (Stdin,Stderr), remained set to the original path. So when I did the Select, I could output to the screen, but I couldn't get any input into Wpath from the keyboard. If I then Selected the original path, the characters I was trying to enter into Wpath, were here, on path. I have been trying to over come this, but with no luck, so that was why I finally just set it up to DWEnd the original path then DWSet Wpath. Now I'm thinking that the problem is with my system, because I just bought Write-Right from Joel Hegberg at the Chicago fest, and he has a printer setup routine that is acting the same way. He opens a small window which contains various controls to set and enter printer controls into a file, every thing in the panel is mouse driven, and works fine, but when I try to enter the printer codes from the keyboard, nothing is placed on the screen. Then when I select Quit, and the program exits, the numbers that I had entered are there on the original path. So I'm going to go through all the window associated boot modules and see if this is the problem. Larry There is 1 Reply. #: 18031 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK) 05-May-93 03:51:15 Sb: #18011-makpal Fm: Mike Haaland 72300,1433 To: LARRY OLSON 72227,3467 (X) Your modules are fine. They are data modules that get data written to them, when that happens the CRC is no longer valid. It's just the way data modules are. :) ** Here's a little sample of how to open a new window and ** read from it. If you need an explination just yell. */ #include #include extern int errno; #ifndef TRUE #define TRUE 1 #define FALSE 0 #endif main() { int wpath; /* Open /w */ if ((wpath = open("/w",3)) == -1) exit(_errmsg(errno,"Can't open /w\n")); /* Set up the window */ if (DWSet(wpath,3,0,0,40,26,0xff,2,0) == -1) exit(_errmsg(errno,"Can't Setup /w\n")); /* Now display it */ Select(wpath); /* Do stuff on wpath */ do_stuff(wpath); /* Reselect the first screen */ Select(0); /* Close the other window */ close(wpath); exit(0); } do_stuff(path) int path; { unsigned char key; int xit = FALSE; _ss_wset(path,WT_FBOX,NULL); /* Now just sit and wait for a character */ do { while (_gs_rdy(path) <= 0) /* wait for a input */ tsleep(0x80000020); /* go to sleep for 1/8 of a second */ read(path,&key,1); /* read the keypress */ switch(key) { case 'q': xit = TRUE; break; default: Bell(path); } } while (! xit); } #: 18018 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK) 04-May-93 03:12:02 Sb: #17996-#makpal Fm: LARRY OLSON 72227,3467 To: Mike Haaland 72300,1433 (X) Mike, Do you have any idea where the module WData is located. Is it merged into shell ? Why I'm asking is, when I do an MDIR, it shows something is corrupting my modules. One of the lines displayed is as follows: syscall break WData dat00e00000 cls When I run mdir into ident using -s -m -z=mlist (mlist is a list of modules) three modules come up as bad t3, WData, and that dat00e00000. t3 is ok when identing the boot file, but I can't find WData anywhere. Larry (always something) Olson There are 2 Replies. #: 18025 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK) 04-May-93 17:31:25 Sb: #18018-#makpal Fm: Steve Wegert 76703,4255 To: LARRY OLSON 72227,3467 (X) Odds are /t3 comes up bad is that a parameter has been changed with xmode form it's stock settings. This shouldn't be a problem. I suspect the same goes for the other two. All three show bad CRC's here as well. *- Steve -* There are 2 Replies. #: 18027 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK) 04-May-93 21:38:11 Sb: #18025-#makpal Fm: LARRY OLSON 72227,3467 To: Steve Wegert 76703,4255 (X) /T3 in the startup file. As for the other 2, I made a Startup file with nothing in it except iniz h0, and those modules (WData dat00e00000), are still there. If I do a Mdir -e it shows those 2 modules as being Data modules. What I'm trying to figure out is where they are coming from. Do you know if anyone has a master list of the latest editions of all the boot modules, and their crc values. I'm wondering now if I have an older version of something thats causing this window Select problem. larry Steve, I didn't even think about that, but you are right, I'm am using Xmode on There is 1 Reply. #: 18032 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK) 05-May-93 03:51:23 Sb: #18027-#makpal Fm: Mike Haaland 72300,1433 To: LARRY OLSON 72227,3467 (X) dat00e00000 is a data module that the SCSI driver creates, WData is created by WindIO. There is 1 Reply. #: 18038 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK) 05-May-93 12:26:30 Sb: #18032-makpal Fm: LARRY OLSON 72227,3467 To: Mike Haaland 72300,1433 (X) Mike, Thanks for the window opening example, that is basicly what I have tried, but for some reason it doesn't work on my machine. Hold everything... I just tried Joel's printer setup program again and now it is working. I'll go back and try those window opening test programs and see if they are working. I don't know why its working now, I did make a new boot but didn't add any new modules. I have to figure out what I did that worked. I'll keep you posted larry #: 18028 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK) 04-May-93 21:45:56 Sb: #18025-makpal Fm: LARRY OLSON 72227,3467 To: Steve Wegert 76703,4255 (X) Steve, A couple of lines got chopped off on the last message. You are right, I am changing /T3 with Xmode in the startup file. What through me there was that the CRC value in the boot file was good but the crc value in memory was bad, even though they were the same value. I thought I was looking at memory problems. larry #: 18029 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK) 04-May-93 22:03:15 Sb: #18018-#makpal Fm: Bob van der Poel 76510,2203 To: LARRY OLSON 72227,3467 (X) Larry: wdata and dat00e0000 are data modules used by the kwindows and the scsii drivers. They are created by the drivers on startup. They are used for variable storage, etc. and so will never have a valid CRC. Beware that the OSK xmode does NOT update the CRC of a module...so if you modify a desc. you'll have to use something else to update the crc if you want to save the module. Moded, amoung others, works fine for this. If the ROMs were bad and you had one or more bad modules, then those modules would not appear in the mdir. I had that problem with my original ROMs...one of the modules (dir) only showed up in the mdir some of the time. Probably just a flaky bit in the ROM. My new ROMs don't have that problem...but I still can't boot from the hard drive (anyone have anymore help on this?). There is 1 Reply. #: 18030 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK) 05-May-93 01:39:18 Sb: #18029-#makpal Fm: LARRY OLSON 72227,3467 To: Bob van der Poel 76510,2203 (X) Bob, Yes, I was going through modules with DED and found the reference to WData in Windio, so I assumed it was put there for some reason. I couldn't find that dat00e00000 so I wasn't sure about that one yet. Thanks for giving an explanation of what modules put them there. So now where do I look to fix the problem I'm having with Select. I don't know if you saw that previous message, but I just bought a program at the fest, and it is suffering from the same problem that I have been having with trying to use Select. This program that I bought, opens a window, puts various controls on it, then waits for you to make selections with the mouse. When one of the selections is made, the program then expects to get some numbers from the keyboard, well, here the mouse functions fine but none of the things I enter at the keyboard make it to the program, nothing is echoed to the screen. After a few minutes of frustration, I do a control-C to get out of the program, and when I get out, there on the screen are all the characters that I had typed. For some reason, the Select syscall isn't duping all three paths when called, it is only duping STDOUT. I'm currently using: Windio ed #48 crc E50CC0 Keydrv ed $46 crc 9AAE1D term ed #5 crc 1110F3 cio ed #6 crc E9ADF1 shell ed #52 crc BFD301 wcf ed #30 crc D1703B scf ed #31 crc B41F17 Do any of these look way out of date ? Oh by the way Syscall #0 crc 50C6B7. larry There is 1 Reply. #: 18040 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK) 05-May-93 17:30:58 Sb: #18030-makpal Fm: Steve Wegert 76703,4255 To: LARRY OLSON 72227,3467 > I'm currently using: > > Windio ed #48 crc E50CC0 > Keydrv ed $46 crc 9AAE1D > term ed #5 crc 1110F3 > cio ed #6 crc E9ADF1 > shell ed #52 crc BFD301 > wcf ed #30 crc D1703B > scf ed #31 crc B41F17 > > Do any of these look way out of date ? Oh by the way Syscall #0 crc 50C6B7. > This are identical to what I'm using. I'd say you're current and up to date with your modules. *- Steve -* #: 17998 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK) 01-May-93 20:31:27 Sb: #17986-#makpal Fm: Bob van der Poel 76510,2203 To: LARRY OLSON 72227,3467 (X) Larry, Here is a segment of code from a game I am working on...It selects a screen for i/o, etc. Shout if you need more explanations: grpnum = getpid(); path=open("/w",S_IREAD+S_IWRITE); if(path<1) dosomething to terminate... _gs_opt(path,&optbuf); ...ya might want more here pause=optbuf.sg_pause; ...to set up the keyboard optbuf.sg_pause=0; _ss_opt(path,&optbuf); KilBuf(path,grpnum,0); DWSet(path,0,0,0,80,26,WHITE,BLACK,BLACK); ScaleSw(path,0); /* make sure scaling is on */ LSet(path,0); CurOff(path); ...more init stuff ... _ss_wset(path,WT_FWIN,&windat); BColor(path,BLACK); Clear(path); Select(path); I've not run into the 'fuzzy screen' problem. The "more init stuff" apparently takes the time required (from Mike's message). There is 1 Reply. #: 18012 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK) 03-May-93 13:55:38 Sb: #17998-makpal Fm: LARRY OLSON 72227,3467 To: Bob van der Poel 76510,2203 (X) Bob, I just left Mike a message, trying to explain what I have been running into. It looks like its a problem with my system, that the Select isn't working like it should. I'm going to go back through all the window modules and make sure I have the latest version, and if they are good. larry #: 17999 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK) 01-May-93 20:31:32 Sb: #17997-#login Fm: Bob van der Poel 76510,2203 To: Mike Haaland 72300,1433 (X) Interested??? Of course! Please upload it. If no one else nabs it, I will. Probably not a problem to keep the mroff name. It appears to do all the latest mroff I have does, plus more--so it shouldn't confuse things too much. I think the mroff I have you did too. There is 1 Reply. #: 18002 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK) 02-May-93 02:31:33 Sb: #17999-#login Fm: Mike Haaland 72300,1433 To: Bob van der Poel 76510,2203 (X) Bob, I put the binary up in the MM/1 section. Lemm know what you think OK? There is 1 Reply. #: 18003 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK) 02-May-93 13:10:29 Sb: #18002-#login Fm: Bob van der Poel 76510,2203 To: Mike Haaland 72300,1433 (X) Thanks Mike. I got the binary and tried it out. This gives much better results...but... Well, ya know. I archived the text file I'm trying to print and have put in your CIS mailbox. It will generate some more errors when you try to print it. A few of the problems relate to undefined macros; others don't seem to like a single '.' as a macro argument. Let me know how you make out. There is 1 Reply. #: 18045 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK) 06-May-93 02:41:27 Sb: #18003-login Fm: Mike Haaland 72300,1433 To: Bob van der Poel 76510,2203 (X) Hey Bob, I just fixed the problem with the durn tabs and bold+string+endbold+string stuff. The unknow command <.> was being caused by trying to bold the word then following it with a '.'. The dot was being translated into a \n. so mroff though it was a command! Added \f2 to turn on bold and \f1 to turn it back off. This can be embedded in the text now. The last version I sent ya still had a problem with some macros. I'll put together another upload. Sorry it wasn't working the way I thought it was. #: 18006 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK) 02-May-93 22:34:37 Sb: #17997-#login Fm: keith bauer 71102,317 To: Mike Haaland 72300,1433 (X) > I think I have just the ticket for you. I just finished playing with Mroff so > it'll except single char <.> dot commands and print most n/troff manual pages. > Added .q for quoting a string, .tr for transliterating chars, and more. I have > a macrofile also that will expand most the n/troff commands. > > Interested? Think there is enough interest in it to upload it for public > consumption? Maybe the name should be changed to nroff or something too? > > - Mike - > Mike I for one would be very interested in this. I have been tring to work with the GCC compiler but the docs are in this form so they really are not much help to me. Keith Bauer CIS :71102,317 Delphi:keithbauer Genie :k.bauer There is 1 Reply. #: 18046 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK) 06-May-93 02:41:36 Sb: #18006-#login Fm: Mike Haaland 72300,1433 To: keith bauer 71102,317 (X) Ok Keith, I'll get you a copy too! You can beta test it for me. :) There is 1 Reply. #: 18050 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK) 06-May-93 17:30:52 Sb: #18046-#login Fm: Steve Wegert 76703,4255 To: Mike Haaland 72300,1433 Mike, Nice to see you tinkering again! How are things coming on the offical release version of Desktop? Still the slickest thing going for the MM/1. Anything we can do to help things along? My free time is about to go as I'll be leaving Datapage 5/21. Lemme know! *- Steve -* There is 1 Reply. #: 18052 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK) 06-May-93 19:01:11 Sb: #18050-#login Fm: Bill Dickhaus 70325,523 To: Steve Wegert 76703,4255 (X) Steve, Mark had Desktop running on the MM/1 he was using to show off the floptical drive. I think we had more questions about Desktop than anything else! > Still the slickest thing going for the MM/1. Now wait a minute.... -Bill- There is 1 Reply. #: 18059 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK) 07-May-93 17:30:38 Sb: #18052-login Fm: Steve Wegert 76703,4255 To: Bill Dickhaus 70325,523 (X) > Steve, > > Mark had Desktop running on the MM/1 he was using to show off the floptical > drive. I think we had more questions about Desktop than anything else! > > > Still the slickest thing going for the MM/1. > > Now wait a minute.... > > -Bill- > Whoops! What I meant to say was ... Err... uhh ... It's been the slickest thing going for the MM/1 until Bill's InfoExpress hit the street. Yeah ... that's the ticket! :-) Bet Mike could have unloaded a few copies of Desktop at the 'fest had he been so inclined. *- Steve -* #: 18001 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK) 01-May-93 21:14:26 Sb: OSK machines Fm: David Breeding 72330,2051 To: All I'm looking at the OSK machines and the Kix30 really looks good. Anyone have one? Any comments? I also saw an Ad in the latest OS9-UG newsletter about a System V from Delmar. Anyone tried it yet? David #: 18007 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK) 02-May-93 22:35:48 Sb: #Porting DOS Fm: Bob van der Poel 76510,2203 To: all I'm trying to port a program which converts gif files to tif format. I can't get past the following line: FP_OFF(IFD_body) += sizeof(TIF_header); I assume that FP_OFF is a macro...but I can't find it defined anywhere. However, I did comment out a #include . So, I assume that FP_OFF is defined there (perhaps a standard MS_DOS thingie?). Any ideas? There is 1 Reply. #: 18009 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK) 03-May-93 09:28:42 Sb: #18007-#Porting DOS Fm: Pete Lyall 76703,4230 To: Bob van der Poel 76510,2203 (X) Bob, Found it in DOS.H.. here it is: #define FP_OFF(fp) ((unsigned)(fp)) Good luck! Pete There is 1 Reply. #: 18017 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK) 03-May-93 21:45:40 Sb: #18009-Porting DOS Fm: Bob van der Poel 76510,2203 To: Pete Lyall 76703,4230 (X) Thanks. Sort of thought it'd be something like that. Trust them to do hide a cast in a macro...sure makes for clear, easy to read code . #: 18008 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK) 02-May-93 22:39:20 Sb: #InfoXpress Fm: keith bauer 71102,317 To: 70325,523 (X) Bill, Just a word of thanks for a great new program. I just had my first test drive with InfoXpress and it worked great!! Now if I have the guts to run it in the middle of the night..... Thanks keith There are 2 Replies. #: 18010 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK) 03-May-93 13:23:29 Sb: #18008-InfoXpress Fm: Bill Dickhaus 70325,523 To: keith bauer 71102,317 (X) Keith, I'm glad you like it! I've been running InfoXpress at 5:30 AM for the last six months. Its nice to be able to wake up in the morning and just sit down and read my messages. -Bill- #: 18021 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK) 04-May-93 05:33:00 Sb: #18008-#InfoXpress Fm: Steve Wegert 76703,4255 To: keith bauer 71102,317 (X) > Now if I have the guts to run it in the middle of the night..... > I too have been having IX do my message runs on auto-pilot. Twice a day. First run at 5:30 am for both Delphi and CIS, then again at 5:30pm for CIS only. That way, I have all my mail to read over coffee in the morning as well as over a beer after I get home from the office. Neat stuff. It's solid. If it has a problem, it tends to error to the conservative and drops connection fairly rapidly. It's cut my online time down on Delphi, where I actually stay under the 4 hours/month usage I get with the $10 plan. *- Steve -* There is 1 Reply. #: 18034 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK) 05-May-93 06:17:10 Sb: #18021-InfoXpress Fm: keith bauer 71102,317 To: Steve Wegert 76703,4255 (X) > > I too have been having IX do my message runs on auto-pilot. Twice a day. First > run at 5:30 am for both Delphi and CIS, then again at 5:30pm for CIS only. I think I will run mine at 5:30am 3 days a week and see how that goes. > It's cut my online time down on Delphi, where I actually stay under the 4 > hours/month usage I get with the $10 plan. > > *- Steve -* > I hope this also helps me keep the LD charges down and stay in touch with what is happening. Keith Bauer CIS :71102,317 Delphi:keithbauer Genie :k.bauer #: 18016 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK) 03-May-93 19:36:02 Sb: #using InfoXpress w/cron Fm: keith bauer 71102,317 To: Bill Dickhaus 70325,523 (X) Bill, I have gotten InfoXpress to work with cron but it doesn't seem like the right way to do it. I use SH for my shell. In crontab this is the way I have it setup: 30 05 * * 1 (setenv TERM vsc;ix -o -l=y -q=2 -c=/h0/ix/work/default) My question about this is the fact that I have to put the setenv statement in there. Without this I get an error when running ix saying that the TERM variable has not been set even thought I do set it from the startup file as well as .login (I start login from sysgo). Is there another way of doing this or is this the proper way? I have only had InfoXpress for 2 days and I can already see that I will be more active in the forums than I have ever been. Thanks much Keith Bauer CIS :71102,317 Delphi:keithbauer Genie :k.bauer There are 2 Replies. #: 18022 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK) 04-May-93 05:57:30 Sb: #18016-#using InfoXpress w/cron Fm: Bill Dickhaus 70325,523 To: keith bauer 71102,317 (X) Keith, The problem is that cron isn't passing the environment when it forks the command line. I discovered this a while back, and then we rediscovered it during early testing of InfoXpress. I took the cron thats in LIB 12 and fixed it. I'll clean it up and upload it. -Bill- There is 1 Reply. #: 18035 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK) 05-May-93 06:19:24 Sb: #18022-using InfoXpress w/cron Fm: keith bauer 71102,317 To: Bill Dickhaus 70325,523 (X) > Keith, > > The problem is that cron isn't passing the environment when it forks the > command line. I discovered this a while back, and then we rediscovered it > during early testing of InfoXpress. I took the cron thats in LIB 12 and fixed > it. I'll clean it up and upload it. > > -Bill- > Great, I will look for it this weekend and give it a try. It works the way I have it but it doesn't seem clean :-). Keith Bauer CIS :71102,317 Delphi:keithbauer Genie :k.bauer #: 18024 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK) 04-May-93 17:31:11 Sb: #18016-#using InfoXpress w/cron Fm: Steve Wegert 76703,4255 To: keith bauer 71102,317 (X) I handle it this way: Cron calls the following script. The echoes to 'test.log' are left over debugging statements. There's probabbly a better way to do it, but this has worked great for me. setenv TERM vsc chd /dd/usr/steve/ix echo "starting check_mail" >+test.log date >+test.log ix -o -q=2 echo "ending check_mail" >+test.log date >+test.log *- Steve -* There is 1 Reply. #: 18036 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK) 05-May-93 06:19:52 Sb: #18024-#using InfoXpress w/cron Fm: keith bauer 71102,317 To: Steve Wegert 76703,4255 (X) > I handle it this way: > > Cron calls the following script. The echoes to 'test.log' are left over > debugging statements. There's probabbly a better way to do it, but this has > worked great for me. > > setenv TERM vsc chd /dd/usr/steve/ix echo "starting check_mail" >+test.log date > >+test.log ix -o -q=2 echo "ending check_mail" >+test.log date >+test.log > > *- Steve -* > Steve, What does the >+ do in the script, I have never seen that before? Is it append? Are you using SH or shell? Keith Bauer CIS :71102,317 Delphi:keithbauer Genie :k.bauer There is 1 Reply. #: 18039 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK) 05-May-93 17:30:45 Sb: #18036-using InfoXpress w/cron Fm: Steve Wegert 76703,4255 To: keith bauer 71102,317 (X) > Steve, What does the >+ do in the script, I have never seen that > before? Is it append? Are you using SH or shell? Yup ... it's the OSK way to append to an exisitng file. Converely, >- should overwrite the contents of an existing file. I'm running the stock MW shell ... SH, as it is now, has a major security hole that makes it's use on a dialup system such as mine, unacceptable. I hear tell, tho, that Carl K. has a rewrite on his list of things to do. *- Steve -* #: 18041 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK) 05-May-93 19:17:37 Sb: BGFX docs Fm: keith bauer 71102,317 To: All At last years Chicago Fest I picked up BGFX from IMS. My son is now tring to do some things with basic but I am unable to give him any docs on what BGFX does. I know that it is pretty much like the enhanced GFX2 but I am not sure how things like the menu calls work. Has anyone else gotten any docs for BGFX? If so could I get them from you or could you tell me how to come up with them. Thanks Keith Bauer CIS :71102,317 Delphi:keithbauer Genie :k.bauer #: 18057 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK) 06-May-93 21:21:50 Sb: Desktop Fm: Hugo Bueno 71211,3662 To: Mike Haaland Mike, When will Desktop be ready for sale? I'm tired of typing! :-) Hugo #: 18053 S14/misc/info/Soapbox 06-May-93 20:00:49 Sb: OS9 Underground????? Fm: DOUG 72667,1433 To: all I hate doing this... but has anyone recently received any copies of the OS9 Underground????? I have had to write to Mr. Sheltra at least three times now and have only received three issues (one of which was the FREE issue). He's said I haven't been "snookered". However.... I firmly believe otherwise. If he is using an OS/68K system for his mailing list it isn't working!!!!!!! I'm ready to call the California AG. Anyone got some info??? He hasn't answered my most recent letter of about three weeks ago. Press !>