ههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههast President of MTAG ( The Metro Toronto ADAM Group).   Rich also founded and runs a Canadian based ADAM supply house       known as ADAM SERVICES, which is his way of ensuring that ADAM      owners in Canada, have a ready source of ADAM supply at             competitive prices in our own currency.  Rich regularly             contributes articles for us to print in the ADVISA, and we deeply   appreciate his witty and informed input.  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For the   benefit of those that have not come across this well-known ADAM     personality's name before I should point out that Rich is           Immediate Pهههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههه how David Cobley had read my mind again.  Gee, I just  got a        dynamite bargain on a 2400 baud modem, found an SP-1 in a           secondhand ADAM I'd bought, and here he's talking about how to  use the programs to support it - MEX and IMP, running under TDOS.   I'm looking for easier ways to put my next catalogue together,  and     he's spelling out the virtues of VDE.  I'd better be reading,       because Frances is busy dissecting the Logo article and             accompanying program - but you'll houtine things with the ADAM, when suddenly we get jerked back to   reality.  Believe it or not, there is a group of great size out     there that knows even less about their ADAMs than we do.  Some of   them are even "newbies" in our own clubs.  So what shall we tell    them? First, don't be shy.  An expert is anybody who does know the one   thing you don't, and need to.  So let's go back to basics, to the   day you found that funny-looking electric typewriter selling  cheap at Canadian Tire, and see whatpon that would help protect "their" market, from these upstart   intruders.  They did a superlative job of doing it, too.   Compared to its competitors, the Colecovision electronic game had  the       superior electronics needed for faster response, supported a  more  detailed picture with more colours, and, in general, had a          plausible claim to being the premium brand. The Colecovision game may have been seen as a toy, but at its      heart it was actually a state of the art business computer.  Ing big dollars to designers to work  out the most efficient size, shape and weight that would do the job safely.  Yes, it's a pain putting that big jigsaw puzzle back   together again, and the empty is a terror to store.  I'll admit I   turn up at Computer Fairs with my display ADAM and accessories      just jammed into a couple of old book cartons.  But if you're       going to have to move your ADAM from place to place, and            especially if it will be transported by less loving hands in the    coAM. What was needed to convert a Colecovision into a true computer?    First memory, so the expansion console got the maximum a            contemporary CPU could support 64 K(ilobytes).  Secondly, a         storage device, the innovative digital data drive.  Thirdly, a      keyboard to allow matters to be controlled.  Fourthly, an           operating system to tell all these things how to work.  Finally,  a Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) to tie everything together.   Of   course all these things needed n terms  of the   more common standalone, and your caller has actually acquired an Expansion type. This is just a small reminder of ADAM's origins.  Coleco           (originally the Connecticut Leather Company) was, at the time the   ADAM was first produced, a very successful toy manufacturer.  It    was for this reason that, when they saw the sales volume Atari,     Intellivision and others were enjoying in the toy (game) market     with their newfangled video game sets, Coleco set out to devise a   wea we can make of what we've  found out since.  Let's go right back to that great big box, sitting intimidatingly in the middle of the living room floor. By the way, let's hope you did save the box and the packing.       Some day you may want to take your ADAM to a show, on a trip, to  a friend's home, or otherwise move it without damage.  Remember  when Coleco had the box designed in the first place, their target  was   to be able to ship ADAMs all over creation as cheaply as  possible  - which meant payits    main processor was a Zilog Z80A central processing unit, an         upgrade from the Intel 8080 unit used in major business personal-   size computers of the time.  Thus when Coleco saw Apple, with an    inferior central processing unit (CPU) for business purposes and    other exploitable weaknesses making millions in the business and    home markets, they decided to jump in with their own competitor.    This competitor would be a significant improvement over the Apple   II, and would be called the ADurse of the journey, having the box about is a very worthwhile    form of insurance.  Makes a pretty display piece, too. If my caller happens to have the original box, it simplifies my    task a great deal.  I just ask if the predominant colour is blue    or red.  It helps to remember that the ADAM came in two versions,   the "Colecovision Expansion Module 3" and the one the ADAM          community terms the "standalone".  You can end up sounding  awfully dumb on the phone if you start describing things ipower, more than a game could        provide.  So Coleco took the power supply and built a letter-       quality, daisywheel printer around it, and offered it as a          standard part.  That's among the reasons why they could talk of     ADAM as a "system"; your Apple or Commodore or Atari required you   to buy a printer as an extra.  This included printer was for many   the greatest purchase incentive towards the ADAM; many claimed  the printer alone was worth the price of the whole system. However, tnner programs.  Still, if something looks desirable ask your fellow club members    and regular ADAM supplier.  If it doesn't exist, it's a good bet    one of the programmer members of the ADAM fraternity has written    and offers a product that does the job you want, and is better      than the planned Coleco original.  It will cost a lot less, too. There's a lot of propaganda on the box too, which will be dealt    with later in this article.  But how did the ADAM stack up, when    it was introduced in popular model.  To accommodate the new shape, the      Colecovision and Expansion circuit boards had to be slightly        reshaped to fit, so they aren't screw-in interchangeable.  But  the only significant difference is that the standalone has  additional  video output ports that will support a composite colour (or black and white or green or amber) monitor as well as  a black and white or colour TV.  Thus while I have seen repeated      reports of users resurrecting a defunct standalone ADAM by jury-  ess.  It offered a dull, monochrome screen with the tiny       letters and figures characteristic of its 80 columns.  It  couldn't support an arcade-type game; it had no support for sprites at all.  It offered only one sound channel.  It was great   for business - word processing, data basing, spreadsheet            accounting, strictly business, all business; no games, no           graphics, no playing around.  And of course it was priced to        match.  The printer, of course, was extra.  So was all thnvert it into a real, serious   computer and where and how to find the necessary kit. Red or blue, the box has a band of illustrations along the  bottom of the perimeter.  Look at it closely and you'll see it's  pictures of all sorts of software.  Some you will recognize; with  most your reaction will be "what's that?".  All were items planned for the ADAM.  More than you think did actually get to  the production stage, but are extremely rare, such as the  Canadian-    produced Market Monitor and Tax Plao Coleco's dismay, there were an awful lot of  potential computer buyers out there who either didn't want to take the Colecovision away from the kids, or didn't own one at      all.  So Coleco made the ADAM console bigger, put in the            electronic circuitry from the Expansion Module console, then  built a little platform over it and mounted the guts of the  Colecovision game on that.  This became the standalone ADAM.  Because it is more compactly shaped, the standalone ADAM was by     far the more 1983? The market leader was International      Business Machines (IBM) who had first introduced the idea and  name "Personal Computer".  But this was personal only in the  sense that it was meant for the business owner's own office, rather than the big mainframe room down the hall.  It had the  full 64K business-level memory, and could accept expanded memory  to a   then mind-boggling 512K.  Its keyboard boasted a full 83  keys,     including dedicated ones for word processing.  But it was  all      busin  rigging in the circuit board from a yard-sale Colecovision, I  have yet to encounter any who used an expansion console lower  board. So, if my caller tells me he has a red box and "all the stuff"     but doesn't know what a Colecovision game is, I explain what has    to be attached to that funny box on the back of the console to      make the computer work.  And when a Colecovision owner is           attracted to my display of used game cartridges at a computer       fair, I explain how he or she can coe          software, which was powerful because it was coldly efficient with   sympathy for the user - to say the least -limited.  It was a  great tool as long as you were prepared to pay somebody to learn  to make the ornery thing go, but not the sort of companion you'd  want in   your home.  Worst of all, it was oriented towards disc  drives.     These were fast, efficient, high capacity devices with a  penchant  for disastrous crashes at the most critical times and a  price to   make strong men pale.  Bulf the speed of ADAM's Z80, and while it  had good graphics and sound capabilities would only support eight       sprites, though it did manage a 40-column screen.  It offered  only a single expansion slot, and a printer was extra.  Still,           Commodore produced lots of software (how good? Try using  Paperclip after using SmartWriter for a while, and learn what it  is to       suffer) and only recently stopped production of the C64. When a manufacturer starts to design a new car, he often picks     tridges, games could have  as many     sprites (moving characters) as ADAM, there were three  channels for sophisticated blended sound and it had a fast, sophisticated CPU.  Storage was a problem, the basic unit being a   lightly customized, bog slow ordinary tape recorder.  A printer     was extra.  There was only a single expansion slot, but it was      possible to run a hosepipe sized cable out of it to support a       heavy and massive steel box with compartments for disc drives,      memory expansion ability.  It gained a quick business reputation with the first good  spreadsheet program, Visicalc, and offered a disc drive though basic storage was by tape recorder.  Its programming was            distinguished by the original "friendly" interface display, the     ancestor of "point and click", Windows and similar undemanding      methods of program presentation so much in vogue today.  Whether    these masses of little pictures (called "icons") are as useful as   screen-labelled, variable function key impressive than ADAM's, and there is even a clone in current        production. It's really the CBM C64, CBM standing for Commodore Business       Machines.  One of the two toughest competitors for the ADAM, it     boasted strong backing and a full 64K of memory with expansion to   128K available.  But its memory storage was a tape recorder; even   the available single-sided, 160K disc drive was derided as slower   than ADAM's tapes.  Its CPU, made by a Commodore subsidiary, ran    at little more than hat their fast penetration of the  office    market was a testament to just how much people will put up  with if they are paid enough to do so. Texas Instruments was another business-oriented concern, as the    name implies.  But they were looking down- market, as their  paltry 16K of standard memory, expandable to a mere 52K maximum,  would    imply about the 99/4A.  A diminutive 48-key keyboard sent  its      characters to a 32-column screen.  But it was more user- oriented;  you could plug in program carthe current category leader as the "baseline" to beat.  Coleco's    "baseline" for the ADAM was the Apple 2e.  Using the same MOS       Technologies 6502 CPU as the C64, Apple also had 64K of memory      expandable to 128K, a 40-column screen, 63-key keyboard and eight   expansion slots, but no printer.  Its dialect of BASIC was the      easiest around.  Its game prowess was limited by no sprite  support and one sound channel, but it had a business edge with  the option  of an 80-column display and CP/M capcards and other devices.  If I can ever find two   strong men to help me lift it up, I may try plugging mine in to     see how, and if, it works.  If, that is, I can cope with a  dialect of BASIC reputedly even more user-alienating than IBM's.   These    off-putting characteristics made it one of the first shakeouts from the classic computer market in the early 1980s.      That may be a pity since users since have so improved it that the   TI 99/4A support structure today is even bigger and more           s is a subject concerning     which I have heard expressed, several different strong opinions. Most Apples have been monochrome-oriented.  But, despite these     characteristics, really intended more for business users, Apple     has found its real marketplace in homes and educational settings.   Go figure. Other classic computers of the period included the Osborne,        Kaypro, Tandy Radio Shack series, DEC Rainbow, Morrow, Franklin     Ace and various Sinclair (later Timex- Sinclair) models.  Some, ar as I am concerned, may be    quoted all or in part.  Editorial discretion should be judiciously     exercised on some of the more sensitive issues.Guy CousineauPBBS1  PBBS2  discussions about the development of              a new BBS system for the ADAMHDMOD         Various modifications for ADAM Hard DriveDISKS         Discussions about disks, disk drives, formatting of the major         brands; there were many more. This, then, is the computer world into which ADAM emerged from     the Amsterdam, N.Y.  factory.  So with this in mind, let's open     the box and see how the contents measure up.he Osborne,        Kaypro, Tandy Radio Shack series, DEC Rainbow, Morrow, Franklin     Ace and various Sinclair (later Timex- Sinclair) models.  Some, nally back in my own quarters, after the 18 day vigil for my mare, I can be a bit more communicative.  If the problem with the SydMODEM is testy, I can always use the DUART card or the HI TEK sidedoor rs232 and the external 1200 modem.  I do have the disks with the modem drivers that came with the TRISYD modem, however that still might be an ordeal to patch in.=-=-=-=-=-=-=      To:  Gerry St.Peter             Message #:  7    From:  Guy Cousineau              Submitted:  18 Feb 93 00:00:00   Su‚GےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےقےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےThe following files were captured from the FidoNet ADAM International  Echo.  They have been reproduced in whole in order to indicate the     type of activity regularly found on that means of communication.  All  messages were posted publicly and, as f    with stark monochrome monitors, multiple disc drives, small  print, larger keyboards, 80 column and CP/M capability, and elaborate, highly technical, very unforgiving programs, and very    high prices, sought their market in the business community.   Those with less demanding keyboards, colour screens, big print,  helpful  programs and inexpensive storage mechanisms were more for  the home user.  Atari, as noted previously, descended from the  game         arcades.  Of course these were only a sampling‚Mےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےقےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےے      To:  Guy Cousineau              Message #:  24    From:  Gerry St.Peter             Submitted:  15 Feb 93 18:13:00   Subject:  PBBS etc                      Status:  PublicReceived:  Yes                            Group:  AdamNow that I am fi    with stark monochrome monitors, multiple disc drives, small  print, larger keyboards, 80 column and CP/M capability, and elaborate, highly technical, very unforgiving programs, and very    high prices, sought their market in the business community.   Those with less demanding keyboards, colour screens, big print,  helpful  programs and inexpensive storage mechanisms were more for  the home user.  Atari, as noted previously, descended from the  game         arcades.  Of course these were only a samplingbject:  HI TEK et al                  Status:  PublicReceived:  Yes                            Group:  AdamIn a message to Ron Mitchell <15 Feb 93 18:14> Gerry St.Peter wrote: GS> To fill you in briefly on the HI TEK... GS> Chris Hills did acquire some of GS> the PCBs for this product and assembled 4 or 5 of same. I GS> have one as does Denny Kehoe, and Chris has one.  Who GS> else??? I don't know.Well if these CARDS are floating around all over the place, I presume they use the same standard poeived:  Yes                            Group:  AdamLooks like the interest in PBBS is growing!  Michael Hurst now has his disks ready to install.  I think Gerry will be able to use what I sent him without modification.  Bart Lynch is standing by his mailbox waiting for his.  Now I hear that George K and Bob B are also interested in the system's possibilities.  Maybe we'll get PBBS popping up all over the place on the adam communications network.I know I feel right at home when I call another PBBSeck things out.  I will also get your system added to the list of remote CP/M systems...that list is distributed world wide...Guy=-=-=-=-=-=-=      To:  David Cobley               Message #:  20    From:  Guy Cousineau              Submitted:  19 Feb 93 06:03:00   Subject:  Hi-TEK                        Status:  PublicReceived:  Yes                            Group:  AdamIn a message to Guy Cousineau <15 Feb 93 10:58> David Cobley wrote: DC> Guy, the Hi-Tek Research RS232 Option DC> had a flop, GS> and I will see what I GS> can do to get the PBBS running here.  I have not even tried GS> at this moment as I have been out of town and only got them GS> this morning.Yes I hear you've been busy with a horse of a different colour  :-)As to PBBS, try running it as is with the SydModem and see what happens.  If that does not work, try the HI TEK card and external modem.  if neither work, then I'll need some tech info (like the PGM you are using now) and I'll try and build a suitable overlay st use the same ports as the Orphanware products.  So Gerry can go ahead and test the PBBS I sent him with the Hi-TEK card and external modem.What information you provided was useful...thanks If I ever need schematics I'll know where to go.  I am sure everything is neatly files away in your CUBBY....Guy=-=-=-=-=-=-=      To:  Patricia Herrington        Message #:  13    From:  Guy Cousineau              Submitted:  21 Feb 93 10:33:00   Subject:  Contact Established           Status:  PublicRecrts as the orphanware cards.  If these cards did not, you would recall users complaining that their modem programs would not work with the HI TEK card.  So if you are willing to go that route, just send me the port numbers (to be safe).  If they are the same as OW, then you can go ahead and use the 'stuff' I sent you.  If you are brave enough to give it a try, expecting ADAM to BURP, go ahead and try the disks I sent you.Please keep me posted.  Once you are set up, I will certainly call up and ch line.  Though there might be small differences, I know that most of the commands, layouts, menus, etc. are always the same.=-=-=-=-=-=-=      To:  Gerry St.Peter             Message #:  12    From:  Guy Cousineau              Submitted:  22 Feb 93 17:22:00   Subject:  Disk Arrived by Post          Status:  PublicReceived:  Yes                            Group:  AdamIn a message to Guy Cousineau <18 Feb 93 22:50> Gerry St.Peter wrote: GS> Just a short note to say that the disk you sent arrivedpy disc with it that DC> included patches for both the serial DC> ports and the parallel printer DC> port, in both CP/M and EOS. Well if Gerry sends me either of those patches I can decode them DC> But nowhere can I find reference to the port address for the DC> sideport. Likely that info' is readily DC> available from those who use the DC> OBS sideport adapter. That was fairly typical in those days...some sort of protectionism.  However, the more I hear about it, the more it seems that it mufor BYE.  Good luck   Guy=-=-=-=-=-=-=      To:  All Adamites!!             Message #:  19    From:  Michael Hurst              Submitted:  22 Feb 93 06:37:00   Subject:  NEW NEW  NEW==C.A.N.A.D.A     Status:  PublicReceived:  Yes                            Group:  AdamTo all ADAMites, Please be informed that the NEW CNADA BBS is now online again!! I have had the great pleasure of receiving the software called PBBS by Ian Contrell and modified for the ADAM by Guy Cousineau of OTTAWA. The sofN> between paragraphs, otherwise it will treat the blank line as END OF MESSAGE.To:  user nameSubject: subject of #2This is the body of the second message.-+-------------------------------------------you can pack as many messages as you wish in the format noted above.   Then, log into a PBBS system (like Mike's).  Jump to the file system and enter the following commandZMD RM filenameThat tells the system to "R"eceive a "M"essage file of the name you specified.  Once you are given a preaupgrade your access and I will call you voice to verify who you are!!! The following are hours and information that you will need to call: Hours Of Operation:    12:Noon  UNTILL   6:AM  DAILY!!Parameters:            8 Character Bits  No Parity  1 Stop BitBBS Phone Number       (416) 531-6721Operator Available     10:am    UNTILL   10:PMVoice Phone:           (416) 531-7894 Pleease call try it out, leave me a message or two and see if you like the New System. If you have any problems call me at as:  one for CP/M format articles, one for SmartWriter format files (the same files), and one for SpeedyWrite format files.  Watch his BBS for more details on that procedure....Guy=-=-=-=-=-=-=      To:  Peter Ames                 Message #:  27    From:  Guy Cousineau              Submitted:  29 Feb 93 09:21:00   Subject:  The Pbbs                      Status:  PublicReceived:  Yes                            Group:  AdamIn a message to Guy Cousineau <27 Feb 93 08:50> Peter Ames wrote: PA> Welrst's.  I have EG> not yet tried to save it to ASCII and then upload itThat is basically the way to do it.  As I posted on your local BBS the other day, you can preformat messages and upload them XMODEM...a lot faster.  Here is the syntax/format:To:  user nameSubject:  subject of messageThe body of the message goes here.  You can just enter it at your preferred screen width, PBBS will reformat it as it saves the message.<there is a space here>If you have two paragraphs, put a <SPACE><RETURtware took a few days to set up  over the last weekend!! But again that would have only occurred if I had not had the HELP of Guy Cousineau, which I might add was at the expense of his phone bill. I THANK YOU VERY MUCH AGAIN!!!!!! GUY COUSINEAU.. For the new caller, please read the online help files they are available to all users. Also remember that if you are a new user than after the first signin, just look arround a bit and then sign off the first time! If I see that you are new user, I will mble, upload the file XMODEM to the BBS.  Afterwards, each message will be incorporated into the message base....quite neat actually.Hey bart!! are you reading this?As to your comment about the BBS being TDOS only...any BBS has to be run on only ONE operating system.  The advantage of CP/M is that we can use its utilities to STORE a SmartWriter or SpeedyWrite format file.  I plan to send instructions to Michael Hurst on the techniques of using TRANS.  He might consider setting up three text arethe voice number anfd I will get back to you A.S.A.P. =-=-=-=-=-=-=      To:  Ena Greenshields           Message #:  22    From:  Guy Cousineau              Submitted:  23 Feb 93 17:29:00   Subject:  The Adam Connection           Status:  PublicReceived:  Yes                            Group:  AdamIn a message to David Cobley <20 Feb 93 23:51> Ena Greenshields wrote: EG> ...  What I was wondering EG> (aloud) was whether I could upload text typed in EG> WordPerfect to a TDOS BBS, namely, Mike Hul Guy I may also want to reset-up a BBS again and if I PA> do go with the PBBS can I set it up to my hardware or do PA> you have too ....that depends on what you want to do.  I can send you the 2MEGS of source code and you can assemble it yourself to your liking...or...you can take the boxed product I have prepared.What you need to run PBBS the way I have prepared it is a HARD DRIVE, a serial card and modem, and a lot of patience for reading 500K of docs, and being prepared to suffer the growingisk drive system.Ron Mitchell and I are running experimental in the overnight hours.  We have yet to decide if this will become a permanent fixture or just a beta test site.  We have an excellent RCPM in Ottawa run by Ian Cottrell, the author of PBBS 5.0 which we are running....We have a few local ADAM callers there but they are basically shy...maybe knowing it is run on an ADAM by someone they know will make a difference......ttys...Guy=-=-=-=-=-=-=      To:  All                        Messagll need), what kind of serial card you have (OW or MIB), and if you are using a 40 or 80 column setup for the BBS.  All the rest of the options are configured either during the installation or via PBBS related utilities.=-=-=-=-=-=-=      To:  Patricia Herrington        Message #:  21    From:  Guy Cousineau              Submitted:  07 Mar 93 00:00:00   Subject:  Pbbs                          Status:  PublicReceived:  Yes                            Group:  AdamIn a message to Guy Cousineau <03 tion about it on CIS.  btw, have you heard that the Compuserve rates are going down?  At least in Canada they are...maybe I will find their services a bit more affordable....still it is hard to beat FREE, like the FidoNet EchoMail system and the FreeNet systems.....to each his own.....Guy=-=-=-=-=-=-=      To:  Guy Cousineau              Message #:  34    From:  Bart Lynch                 Submitted:  26 Mar 93 20:10:00   Subject:  pbbs installed                Status:  PublicReceived:  Yes      DOCS with him on the plane.  Gerry St. Peter is awaiting more development work.  I suspect that the installation I prepared will not work with SydModem....as soon as he sends me specs, I will work on overlay for that modem.The TDOS environment is far more versatile than the SmartBasic environment for setting up a BBS...of course, with a Hard Drive, things zip along quite nicely.  I know James Hunt in North Bay is interested but I suggested he await a HD or report from Gerry on the performance on d pains.Unless you specifically want to grant users access to disk drives (not recommended), there is no need for other DRIVES to run PBBS...as long as you can get TDOS booted.  If you lose a drive (other than the HD), PBBS will still operate, you will just get the usual TDOS error when the user tries to log into the drive in question.....as long as it does not happen to drives ABCD you are still ok.If this option is ok with you, tell me what type of HD setup you have (for the modified TDOS you wie #:  24    From:  Guy Cousineau              Submitted:  07 Mar 93 00:00:00   Subject:  Pbbs                          Status:  PublicReceived:  Yes                            Group:  AdamI have had several conversations with Rob Friedman lately.  Firstly, let me say that the only reason he is not on the ADAM echo is that he can;t locate a friendly sysop in NY that will carry the echo for him...frankly I'm not surprised.HE is very interested in the PBBS project and will/has post(ed) some informaMar 93 16:20> Patricia Herrington wrote: PH> Yes, I have been seeing enough messages to garner that PH> PBBS will be available for ADAM boards; that's just SUPER,    <blush>I embarked on this project at the insistance of Michael Hurst.  His PBBS has been operational for about 1 month.  He has about 20 callers registered of which a couple are LD callers.  Bob Blair should have his by now and has most of the hardware required to put one up in ENGLEWOOD?  Bart Lynch may have taken the 100 pages of                       Group:  Adam (1)this past week,i've managed to install pbbs. a pretty straight- forward      affair,but ya know ME;everything presents a challange!first i had a bit of hardware trouble,nothing major,just a wire to be        wrapped up,a bolt to be tightened,a transmission tooverhaul. then i kept forgetting to DSKSZ for your 254K formaton 320K disks! but it all eventually fell into place and awayi went.being the impatient type,i had herman mason give me a jingle,just to see     WBBS.GS3cvT#1y*Fa1c_k59I already run a multi-line BBS and have done so since 1985. I need an ADAM   because I want to port first ROS 3.4 (because it will run fine on an ADAM with two tape drives or better) then DAISY which will allow full FidoNet echomail on an ADAM with hard drive.Both BBS's should handle 9600 or faster with no trouble.They are both written in Turbo Pascal and once compiled on an ADAM with smallest tpa should run on any ADAM having the same serial port.Unless the ADAM drives use a a test as yet. iwant to be able to answer questions users may have. kindaembaressing if ya don't know these things! :) but i will let ya know as soon as i'm open for business!now,true to my methods,i'll now call your bbs and tell youexactly the same thing....=-=-=-=-=-=-=      To:  Patricia Herrington        Message #:  44    From:  Michael Hurst              Submitted:  27 Mar 93 03:27:00   Subject:  Contact Established           Status:  PublicReceived:  Yes                            Group:  A a users to the operating system level.They also use B+tree indexing for all data and text files so they really fly.If ZMP was rewritten using Turbo Pascal and the ROS technology you could have multiple dialing directories and everything would zip along like it was run on a hard drive even on floppies.=-=-=-=-=-=-=      To:  Russell Boyce              Message #:  12    From:  Guy Cousineau              Submitted:  04 Apr 93 20:55:00   Subject:  BBS pgms for ADAM             Status:  PublicReceinths you know)--)) I really like the software and think those whom choose to use it for systems will find it a handy and well rounded piece of software   that fuctions very well on an ADAM with harddrive and all of the toys...=-=-=-=-=-=-=      To:  Al Fitzgerald              Message #:  56    From:  Russell Boyce              Submitted:  02 Apr 93 06:58:00   Subject:  Re: Selling Out               Status:  PublicReceived:  Yes                            Group:  Adam (1)> P.S. Good luck with the ITH MY OWN EYES that it worked. why,of course it did!how could i ever doubt? :) now,i took your suggestion and printed the docs   and took them with me on my vacation. of course,ipromptly forgot 98% of what i read in the intervening two weeks, but by      golly i read 'em.i've just now did a reprint of them(i threw away those i tookwith me. i was damned if i was gonna haul all over da globe!) and am pooring over them. (pouring over them???) i don't have thebbs up and running full tilt not even as a betserial interface of some sort any number of drives and types should work fine.The trouble with a BBS like PBBS is that it requires a tech like Guy to configure it for each and every configuration and the operating system must be crippled to allow users safe access to it so they can do file transfers.The file transfers then require a knowledge of running programs under CP/M.The BBS programs I work with are just like the Mess-DOS ones in that they use a shell and menus to do everything and never allowdam (1)In a message to Guy Cousineau <03 Mar 93 16:20> Patricia Herrington wrote: PH> Yes, I have been seeing enough messages to garner that PH> PBBS will be available for ADAM boards; that's just SUPER, PH> Guy!  Not nice... but SUPER!  And I really do think that PH> your PBBS project will be an irresistible draw for the PH> modem crowd... including those who have but don't USE PH> modems.  I'm quite excited about it.Well, P.J. ! You know me if I hadn't pestered him todo it for so long(1 1/2  moved:  Yes                            Group:  Adam (1)In a message to Al Fitzgerald <02 Apr 93 06:58> Russell Boyce wrote: RB> I already run a multi-line BBS and RB> have done so since 1985. I need an ADAM RB> because I want to port first ROS 3.4 (because it will run RB> fine on an ADAM with two tape drives or better) then DAISY RB> which will allow full FidoNet echomail on an ADAM with RB> hard drive.Like I told you before, send me the system and I'll be glad to check it out.....unfortunately, P a better job anyway.  The CONTROLS are for the remote caller who is denied access to commands like SAVE and DEL; there are also drive/user maps to control their access into the file system.  That is *NOT* crippling the operating system!!!!!!!!!!! RB> The BBS programs I RB> work with are just like the Mess-DOS ones in that they use RB> a shell and menus to do everything and never allow a users RB> to the operating system level.But that is the whole beauty of an RCPM system.  When I call a PBBS st serial port?  We have two major configurations at the moment.  Can you have a main program with an overlay for MODEM I/O?  How about terminal emulation.  The default is HEATH, but we have several others like ANSI, HAZLETINE, WYSE, TELEVIDEO, etc. RB> Unless the ADAM drives RB> use a serial interface of some sort any number of drives RB> and types should work fine.I don't see why that should make any difference?  When one is running CP/M, the BIOS takes care of FINDING the drive, all the prograe to look at.  I keep hearing you talking about PICS and DAISY, but I hear people talking about the car that does 100 miles to the gallon....I still have not seen any of these products....anywhere...Guy are just like the Mess-DOS ones in that they use RB> a shell and menus to do everything and never allow a users RB> to the operating system level.But that is the whole beauty of an RCPM system.  When I call a PBBS s Actually, the basic installation is done by setting several TRUE/FALSE equates in the source code....anybody can do that with the details provided.  Ian has even supplied a SUBMIT file to automate the process of assembling PBBS and its related files.As to crippling the O/S, here you are way off base.  The word is CONTROLS.  When the sysop is logged in, all regular CCP functions work as they should, with the exception of TYPE.  This routine has been disabled in favour of transient programs that doBBS came in first and is now being actively tested on ADAM.  I have even found a few enhancements to the PBBS system, of benefit to ALL PBBS users.  That is the advantage of having several people working on the same product.  Enhancements, beta testing, multi media tests, etc. RB> trouble.They are both written in Turbo Pascal and once RB> compiled on an ADAM with smallest tpa should run on any RB> ADAM having the same serial port.Does that mean it needs to be re-assembled/compiled for a differenystem or other RCPM, I feel right at home on the file base.  I can use DIR, I can use TYPE, I can look inside libraries like I do at home, etc.  It is a very comfortable environment, even for the novice CP/M user....Just ask Michael Hurst.  His knowledge of CP/M is negligible...although growing by leaps and bounds, and he thinks that PBBS is great!As a final note, you can put down PBBS as much as you want...I guess freedom of expression has to be respected.  But You have not given me an alternativmmer needs to do is supply the drive code (ABCD). RB> The trouble with a BBS like PBBS RB> is that it requires a tech like Guy to configure it for RB> each and every configuration and the operating system must RB> be crippled to allow users safe access to it so they can RB> do file transfers.The file transfers then require a RB> knowledge of running programs under CP/M.Now hold on to your horses here.  Yes PBBS requires knowledge of your operating system, and the ABILITY to "USE" and assembler. ‚Nےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےقےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےے      To:  All                        Message #:  63    From:  Mitch Liss                 Submitted:  19 Feb 93 22:40:00   Subject:  Harddrives                    Status:  PublicReceived:  Yes                            Group:  AdamYes I am presentow under $50 new).I even have a new 9600/9600 FAX modem for $129 that works on the poorest phone lines.The best would be an 8-bit VGA card.I rarely see an ADAM that has any cards at all so a rig that takes up all the space would not be a hardship for most users.Since there are plenty of 8-bit tree cards with two or three slots a simple pcb that has an ADAM edge-connector on one side and a 8-bit IBM slot on the other (with the correct traces of course) would do the job.--- * Origin: CUS-VT NODE # the ADAM community in about two months. I will try to keep the community posted with this project and other hardware that I am developing for the ADAM. Find enough time to work on these projects is my biggest delay due to my job requires me to travel. --- Maximus 2.01wb * Origin: The Program Exchange (1:3633/133)=-=-=-=-=-=-=      To:  Guy Cousineau              Message #:  24    From:  Russell Boyce              Submitted:  25 Feb 93 05:27:00   Subject:  Harddrives                    Status:   Ottawa.You guys, sorry no pun intended, who live in larger metropolitan areas get    most of the breaks. But not all!. You can't walk from home to most of the     shops you need, in 10 minutes, and through to the other side in 5 more        minutes. As you say, thank goodness for FIDO. Saw your message to Mitch Liss  re his proposed HD. I'm sure your concerns are well foundedGuy, but I hope that doesn't dissuade him from pursuing his stated goal. What the ADAM world needs right now is less expensive haren I replace a 20 meg MFM drive (usually 65 ms) for $250 I end up with a free drive and controller.The first few I put on the shelf for replacement use but now I just junk them.A better route would be to build an 8-bit EDI interface thart plugs into the  ADAM slots or even better do a board that plugs into the ADAM slot and provides two or three IBM 8-bit slots on thier sides.They would only need to support half length cards and you would then be able to use IBM IDE cards and 2400 internal modems (nly working on a harddrive for the ADAM that will not require  any mods to the ADAM. The drive will plug into the side port and still allow you to use any other side port options you presently have or plan to add in the future. Hardware is a hobby of mine. The drive will be a 10meg MFM most likely with the ability of being upgraded to 80meg. I hope to be able to offer it at a price of approximately $100 to $125. Presently I am doing my initial board design and testing. Hope to be able to release it to3, Newport, VT (1-802-334-2057)  (1:325/301)          =-=-=-=-=-=-=      To:  Guy Cousineau              Message #:  11    From:  David Cobley               Submitted:  24 Feb 93 12:13:00   Subject:  Freenet etc.                  Status:  PublicReceived:  Yes                            Group:  AdamIn a message to David Cobley <02-22-93 17:26> Guy Cousineau wrote:GC>Guess I should have addressed that message to Bob...They have a GC>FreeNet in Victoria as well. We also have a direct link to itGC>fromPublicReceived:  Yes                            Group:  Adam> As to HD size, 10 megs is likely too small. 20 or 40> megs is more reasonable.  Have you noticed, however,> that MFM drives are getting scarce?  Maybe that shouldI think he is on the right track for a cheap drive as most dealers will       actually give you 10 and 20 meg drives for free now that they are replacing so many of the old MFM drives with IDE.Dealer cost for an 8-bit IDE card is $39 (U.S.) and a 40 meg 28ms drive is $139 so whdware!, so that it looks  realistic to "fight" rather than "switch". We already have lessexpensive and better software, than you know who! Cheers....David.--- GEcho 1.00/beta+ * Origin: Shangri-La BBS   Qualicum Beach, B.C.  (1:351/621)=-=-=-=-=-=-=      To:  Peter Ames                 Message #:  13    From:  Guy Cousineau              Submitted:  02 Mar 93 17:38:00   Subject:  Eoshd Mgr V3.9                Status:  PublicReceived:  Yes                            Group:  AdamIn a message to Guy ornucopia TBBS - Winter Park, FL - 407/645-4929 (1:363/18)        =-=-=-=-=-=-=TPOWER UP-GRADE RELEAS     Status:  PublicReceived:  Yes                            Group:  Adam (1) The FontPOWER up-grade has been released ... You will need to contact Alan Neeley ...  ADAM-LINK of Utah 2337 South 600 East Salt Lake City, Utah                     84106  The up-grade is a patch that over writes parts of the original program.  This up-grade will run with or without a hardlatter, give me a call some evening and register...browse through the message base, and give me a reminder to grant you access to the file base.  Then call back in 24 hours or later and I'll have you validated.(613) 829-6354  8N1   300-2400BPS 11pm to 5pm weekdays   11pm to sunrise on weekends  (EST)Guy... Why POKE around when you can ask the author!--- * CRR QWK 1.40+ *--- Maximus 2.01wb * Origin: Home of Ron Mitchell and Guy Cousineau (1:163/411)=-=-=-=-=-=-=      To:  All                     A   DDDDDD    A     A   M     MPPPPPP    BBBBBB    BBBBBB     SSSSSSP     P   B     B   B     B   SPPPPPP    BBBBBB    BBBBBB     SSSSSP         B     B   B     B         SP         BBBBBB    BBBBBB    SSSSSSPBBS Release v 5.00 (Released:  09 Oct 90)  by:  Ian Cottrell     Enter your FIRST & LAST names:  BOB BLAIR_____________________<<--Please wait...                Password:  **********   Thank You.Please wait...Good morning, it's 00:30:32 hours EDT 13 Apr 93.You are caller .....:   drive so that all FontPOWER owners can use it.   UP-GRADE AUTHOR...                Peter Ames  (BLACKPAWS)  With this up-grade FontPOWER now gives you this.... 1) a built-in screen saver 2) INIT disk sizes (160,320,360,720, and 1.44meg) 3) Dir size is now 1 to 8 blocks 4) in draw mode two new comands were added so that you could move from one ascII to another by 10. ( so if you are at ascII 32 and want to edit ascII 42 only one key pressed is used and not 10)  --- TMail v1.31.3 * Origin: CCousineau <28 Feb 93 08:40> Peter Ames wrote: PA> I have a mini-wini and have been running the V 2.1 and PA> would like to know about getting the EOSHD MGR V3.9 that PA> runs the mini-wini...Well you have two choices.  Get in touch with Bob Blair as he now has it.  You can arrange for mailing etc. with lesser delay than getting it from me.  Or, you can call my BBS to download it.  As you have not yet called, you will require two calls in order to be validated for download.  So if you prefer the ‚M  external  modem  up  to  2400BPS.   If  you  are  interested  in    receiving the entire system,  please  forward  5  disks  for  an    installation package.  Guy CousBYE510 (c) - any key to continue: Type S to pause, C, K or X to abortWelcome to Guy's Beta....AAAAAAA   DDDDDD    AAAAAAA   M     MA     A   D     D   A     A   MM   MMAAAAAAA   D     D   AAAAAAA   M M M MA     A   D     D   A     A   M  M  MA        Message #:  30    From:  Peter Ames                 Submitted:  31 Mar 93 08:08:00   Subject:  FONTPOWER UP-GRADE RELEAS     Status:  PublicReceived:  Yes                            Group:  Adam (1) The FontPOWER up-grade has been released ... You will need to contact Alan Neeley ...  ADAM-LINK of Utah 2337 South 600 East Salt Lake City, Utah                     84106  The up-grade is a patch that over writes parts of the original program.  This up-grade will run with or without a hard394System users .......:  26Your signons .......:  39Last signon was ....:  10 Apr 93Daily Call Count ...........:  01Average Call Duration ......:  23 minCurrent  Day System Usage ..:  01 %  [00:23]Previous Day System Usage ..:  04 %Highest SYS. MSG ...:  631Highest MSG. read ..:  167Time allowed .......:  120 minutes.==>> You have 01 message in your queue <<====>>      of which [ 01 ] is NEW!       <<====>> Read your NEW message now (Y/n)?  {YesStand by...locating messages...Mesg: 613   ( User ProfileG-Goodbye (logoff) J-Jump to FilesT-Toggle [more]    X-eXpert MenuY-Yak with Sysop   ?-Display MenuAll folders Read/Scanned from GLOBAL> & < work from folders other than GLOBALMinutes left: 116 Current Folder is:  Global (all folders)Bob, the PBBS commands are:BCDEFGHIJLNPRSTUVWXY or ?:  SSearch for Sender, Receiver or Title? SName to search for: BART LYNCHStand by...32 matching messages found.Mesg: 75    ( )                      Date: 13 Feb 93Fldr: General                   ace + <CR> in column 1 to add a blank line.Use 2 carriage returns to exit.Minutes left: 118 Enter text...Thanks Guy.  I am here this morning to do a file capture that will go into the April ANN as a visit to Guy's PBBS.  We're doing  a         continuing spotlight on ADAM BBS' and are focusing on the revolution in new ADAM Bulleting Boards that you have started.   Will see    you in about two weeks when I return from my son's wedding.  I just remembered that as you type a message you get  automatic          MENU           Guy's RCP/M (PBBS)R-Read Public Msg  P-Personal Message ReadS-Search Messages  H-Header ScanE-Enter a Message  V-View those Left by YouF-Folder Change    >-Next & <-Previous FolderL-List Users       B-BulletinC-Caller List      I-Info /NewsN-New Files        D-Describe FilesW-Write to Sysop   U-User ProfileG-Goodbye (logoff) J-Jump to FilesT-Toggle [more]    X-eXpert MenuY-Yak with Sysop   ?-Display MenuAll folders Read/Scanned from GLOBAL> & < work from folders other ile..., Messages file...Delete answered message (y/N)?  YesAre you sure (y/N)?  YesMessage Killed...No more NEW private messagesType S to pause, C, K or X to abort                  MENU           Guy's RCP/M (PBBS)R-Read Public Msg  P-Personal Message ReadS-Search Messages  H-Header ScanE-Enter a Message  V-View those Left by YouF-Folder Change    >-Next & <-Previous FolderL-List Users       B-BulletinC-Caller List      I-Info /NewsN-New Files        D-Describe FilesW-Write to Sysop   U-)                      Date: 10 Apr 93Fldr: Sysops                         Time: 01:29:03Subj: Installation                   Rply: None (BOT-EOT)From: Guy Cousineau                  To:   Bob BlairHave a nice trip...will be hearing from you in a few weeks....watch out for FidoNet withdrawl pains  :-)      Guy Next, Scan, Reply, Del, Exit: ReplyChecking user file...  FoundSubj:  InstallationIs the above subject acceptable (Y/n)?  YesBob, you are allowed 3840 characters in this message.Use a sp     Time: 00:15:24Subj: This system                    Rply: 75 (BOT-EOT)From: Bart Lynch                     To:   Tony Halltony,hello. may i ask what telecommunication software you are using? reason i ask is,in your message you asked how you save info from this bbs to disk or to printer. it works differently  for          different software,so we need to know what you are using before we can answer the question.  End of file...<CR> to return to menu.Type S to pause, C, K or X to abort            word wrap.  Just like a wordprocessor.  Make a note of that (message for ANN folks reading this)!  OK, the ANN readers  will be     able to scroll this file on their screen and watch as I enter a just a few of the many commands and tour your BBS.  Now  off to take a walk through your PBBS.  Follow me folks.  Watch your step and duck your head as we enter new doorways in our exploration of GUY's new PBBS.    BobPrivate, Save, Abort, Continue, Edit, List: SaveUpdating:  Users file..., Message Index fthan GLOBALMinutes left: 114 Current Folder is:  Global (all folders)Bob, the PBBS commands are:BCDEFGHIJLNPRSTUVWXY or ?:  Eessage to?  <cr> for ALL BART LYNCH_____________________<<--Checking user file...  FoundSubject?  <cr> to exitHello From the ANN_____________<<--Bob, you are allowed 3840 characters in this message.Use a space + <CR> in column 1 to add a blank line.Use 2 carriage returns to exit.Minutes left: 114 Hi Bart.  I am here in Guy's PBBS doing a "file capture" as I tour thef) J-Jump to FilesT-Toggle [more]    X-eXpert MenuY-Yak with Sysop   ?-Display MenuAll folders Read/Scanned from GLOBAL> & < work from folders other than GLOBALMinutes left: 105 Current Folder is:  General  Bob, the PBBS commands are:BCDEFGHIJLNPRSTUVWXY>< or ?:  VStand by...Mesg: 327   (R)                      Date: 08 Mar 93Fldr: General                        Time: 00:11:02Subj: Exit Comment                   Rply: None (BOT-EOT)From: Bob Blair                      To:   Guy CousineauMo..., Message Index file..., Messages file...Type S to pause, C, K or X to abort                  MENU           Guy's RCP/M (PBBS)R-Read Public Msg  P-Personal Message ReadS-Search Messages  H-Header ScanE-Enter a Message  V-View those Left by YouF-Folder Change    >-Next & <-Previous FolderL-List Users       B-BulletinC-Caller List      I-Info /NewsN-New Files        D-Describe FilesW-Write to Sysop   U-User ProfileG-Goodbye (logoff) J-Jump to FilesT-Toggle [more]    X-eXpert MenuY-Yak withsW-Write to Sysop   U-User ProfileG-Goodbye (logoff) J-Jump to FilesT-Toggle [more]    X-eXpert MenuY-Yak with Sysop   ?-Display MenuAll folders Read/Scanned from GLOBAL> & < work from folders other than GLOBALMinutes left: 103 Current Folder is:  General  Bob, the PBBS commands are:BCDEFGHIJLNPRSTUVWXY>< or ?:  BType S to pause, C, K or X to abort       ******* BULLETIN ********1993-02-10    Now running at 2400 BPS             System ready to mail out    except for TriSYD modem interfacesell Boyce               Newport             VT  last on:  30 Jan 93End of file...<CR> to return to menu.Type S to pause, C, K or X to abort                  MENU           Guy's RCP/M (PBBS)R-Read Public Msg  P-Personal Message ReadS-Search Messages  H-Header ScanE-Enter a Message  V-View those Left by YouF-Folder Change    >-Next & <-Previous FolderL-List Users       B-BulletinC-Caller List      I-Info /NewsN-New Files        D-Describe FilesW-Write to Sysop   U-User ProfileG-Goodbye (logof BBS to use in an ANN file called PBBSPEEK.  We are continuing with our special attention on ADAM BBS' and are taking  a close   look at the new PBBS Bulletin Board that seems to have caused an explosion of new ADAM BBS' here in Canada and the US.   Glad you   had a good vacation!   It's good to have you back and on the ADAM BBS' and FIDONET.  BobPrivate, Save, Abort, Continue, Edit, List: SaveSelect category from the following list: 1.  General  2.  SysopsEnter folder #:  1Updating:  Users filerning Guy - hope that that blizzard melts quickly.  I got your message.    Thanks and will be getting back soon on the HDBU.  Bob Next, Scan, Del, Exit: ExitType S to pause, C, K or X to abort                  MENU           Guy's RCP/M (PBBS)R-Read Public Msg  P-Personal Message ReadS-Search Messages  H-Header ScanE-Enter a Message  V-View those Left by YouF-Folder Change    >-Next & <-Previous FolderL-List Users       B-BulletinC-Caller List      I-Info /NewsN-New Files        D-Describe File Sysop   ?-Display MenuAll folders Read/Scanned from GLOBAL> & < work from folders other than GLOBALMinutes left: 112 Current Folder is:  General  Bob, the PBBS commands are:BCDEFGHIJLNPRSTUVWXY>< or ?:  LEnter first character of last nameor User Level (02-07):  BType S to pause, C, K or X to abortSylvain Berube              Ottawa              ON  last on:  11 Feb 93 Bob  Blair                   Englewood           FL  last on:  13 Apr 93 Joe Bloe Ottawa              ON  last on:  21 Mar 93Rus1993-01-05PBBS is a public domain Bulletin Board System.  It runs on a CP/M system with a hard drive.  This one is running on an ADAM computer.The system is ready to be installed on other ADAMs.  If you are interested, please send a minimum of 6 diskettes along with a note explaining your hardware configuration: 40 or 80 column TDOS type of hard drive you have      minniv winnie or PowerMate type of serial card for your modem      orphanware or MIB2 MIB3Sysop End of file...<CR> to ret limit,  you  will  be logged off and will  have  to  call back another day.Before being granted access to the files area, you must leave a not to the SYSOP. Please   see  news  item  [B]  for  more information.If   you   wish  to  examine  the  files available  for  downloading by validated users, PLEASE read NEWS  item  [E]  CP/M Commands before you  jump to CP/M. It is a good idea to capture  and  print  this list of  commands  for future reference. We ask all users to  enter  messages  iers Read/Scanned from GLOBAL> & < work from folderMinutes left: 102 Current Folder is:  General  Bob, the PBBS commands are:BCDEFGHIJLNPRSTUVWXY>< or ?:  IType S to pause, C, K or X to abort----====={ PBBS RCP/M  SYSTEM }=====----  The following NEWS files are active:       [A] Policies of this Board       [B] Validation Information       [C] New User Information       [D] PBBS Access Levels       [E] CP/M Commands       [F] New Software       [G] The 10 CommandmentsWhich NEWS file  (A   The following NEWS files are active:       [A] Policies of this Board       [B] Validation Information       [C] New User Information       [D] PBBS Access Levels       [E] CP/M Commands       [F] New Software       [G] The 10 CommandmentsWhich NEWS file  (A - G) or  <CR> to exit:  Type S to pause, C, K or X to abort                  MENU           Guy's RCP/M (PBBS)R-Read Public Msg  P-Personal Message ReadS-Search Messages  H-Header ScanE-Enter a Message  V-View those Left by YouF-Fo the operation of the system,  please  ensure that you  have  checked all on-line help facilities. Most of  the  questions that we are asked are already answered in the BULLETINS or NEWS files.In  order  to  allow  access  to as many users  as  possible,  your  time  on the system starts at  THIRTY MINUTES PER DAY and increases progressively according to your access level; this is a DAILY limit and not a limit per rcall.  (please  see NEWS item [D] PBBS  Access  Levels).  If you  exceed  this urn to menu.Type S to pause, C, K or X to abort                  MENU           Guy's RCP/M (PBBS)R-Read Public Msg  P-Personal Message ReadS-Search Messages  H-Header ScanE-Enter a Message  V-View those Left by YouF-Folder Change    >-Next & <-Previous FolderL-List Users       B-BulletinC-Caller List      I-Info /NewsN-New Files        D-Describe FilesW-Write to Sysop   U-User ProfileG-Goodbye (logoff) J-Jump to FilesT-Toggle [more]    X-eXpert MenuY-Yak with Sysop   ?-Display MenuAll foldn mixed  upper  and  lower  case,  as this makes reading much easier than all upper or all lower case.If  you  wish  to  upload  files, please ensure that you do  NOT upload copyright programs and that the  program  you  are uploading does not already reside on the system.Enjoy your visits  and don't hesitate to participate in discussions.----====={ .................. }=====----End of file...<CR> to return to menu.Type S to pause, C, K or X to abort----====={ PBBS RCP/M  SYSTEM }=====----- G) or  <CR> to exit:  CType S to pause, C, K or X to abort----====={ PBBS RCP/M  SYSTEM }=====----      Welcome to PBBS, New User...Before  attempting  to  use this system, please  read  the  NEWS ([I]), BULLETINS ([B]) and MESSAGES ([R]). The Sysops are seldom   available   for   chatting   or answering questions.  Therefore,  if you have  a  question,  address  it  to ALL; someone else besides the Sysops may know the answer. Before  paging the Sysops or leaving   a   message   concerning  lder Change    >-Next & <-Previous FolderL-List Users       B-BulletinC-Caller List      I-Info /NewsN-New Files        D-Describe FilesW-Write to Sysop   U-User ProfileG-Goodbye (logoff) J-Jump to FilesT-Toggle [more]    X-eXpert MenuY-Yak with Sysop   ?-Display MenuAll folders Read/Scanned from GLOBAL> & < work from folders other than GLOBALMinutes left: 100 Current Folder is:  General  Bob, the PBBS commands are:BCDEFGHIJLNPRSTUVWXY>< or ?:  DType S to pause, C, K or X to abort-----BBS.lthough  the survival guide    is available on-line, you may  find it handy to have a hard copy    at your disposal. -----SHOWPIC1.LBR - GRAPHICS                 (C4:)        Rcvd: 11/03/93   ShowPic  version  1.0  displays  the picture formats: PowerPaint    workspaces,   PowerPaint   binary  pictures,  PowerPaint  Clips,    SmartLOGO PICT, PatCol, Pat,  SuperArtist  pictures,  --  almost    everything but RLEs.  All of this  in  1K. Written for TDOS, but    can work under CP/M too.  Use  with 80CRRxx.COM.......Guy Cousineau    -----40RCPM.COM - RCPM                       (D1:)        RCVD: 26/03/93   Generic (and Minnie Winnie)  TDOS for Bulletin Board use.  Sysop  -----80RCPM.COM - RCPM                       (D1:)        RCVD: 26/03/93   Generic (and Minnie Winnie) TDOS  for RCPM in 80 columns.  Sysop  -----40MIRCPM.COM - RCPM                     (D1:)        RCVD: 26/03/93   TDOS for  RCPM  use  with  Power  Mate hard drive system.  Sysop  -----80MIRCPM.COM - RCPM                 Cousineau  -----BIG-HD.DZC - TEXT                       (D2:)        RCVD: 05/03/93   Documentation  on  formatting  and  partitioning  hard drives of    more than 32MEG with  a  Minnie  Winnie interface.  Requires the    use of a disk editor and may  require  the  revised  MOUNT11.COM    or  higher  to  install  partitions  over 5. . . . Guy Cousineau  -----MOUNT11.CZM - TDOSUTL                   (B2:)        RCVD: 05/03/93   Update  to  the  Hard  Drive  mount  program  which  allows  the    mabels for three    ring binders. I think that you  could  also  use  it  for  video    tapes.  Vprint was copyrighted  by S.E.Margison in 1984 , but he    is allowing its use for downloading  on  BBS  as long as no sale    or profit arises from its use. -----FREENET.TXT - BBS                       (D7:)        Rcvd: 13/03/93   The  survival  guide  for  the  National  Capital  FreeNet.   It    includes  information  about  logging on, navigating the system,    the mail system, news groups, etc.  ALST - RCPM                          (D1:)        Rcvd: 05/04/93   A current list of ADAM only or ADAM related bulletin board    systems.  Note that these are not necessarily Remote CP/M    systems.  Some BBS systems are run on an EOS base, and others    do not use the CP/M type file base.   -----CRRCONFG.LBR COMM                       (B7:)        RCVD: 04/04/93   Samples of DEFAULTS.CRR, the enhanced EDIT.SUB, and a submit    file for setting up QWK mail packet reads.  Use in conjunction    with  column display to display    the pictures on a TV/Monitor. -----PBBSDOC.LBR - RCPM                      (D1:)        RCVD: 06/03/93   Documentation for PBBS as it  has been prepared for use on ADAM.    The PBBSADAM.DOC file  explains  the  limitations  and  features    that have  been  activated.  PBBS  requires  a  hard  drive  and    external  modem  up  to  2400BPS.   If  you  are  interested  in    receiving the entire system,  please  forward  5  disks  for  an    installation package.  Guy     (D1:)        RCVD: 26/03/93   TDOS for RCPM use with Power Mate  80  column  HD system.  Sysop  -----4080.LBR - TDOSUTL                      (B2:)        RCVD: 16/03/93   Utility to switch a 40 column  TDOS from the 40 column screen to    the 80 column screen.  Source code  included so you can make use    of it within some of  your  programs.  Enjoy . . . Guy Cousineau  -----VPRINT.LBR - CP/M Files                 (B0:)        Rcvd: 13/03/93   Vprint is a vertical  printing  system to print lounting of up to two extra partitions  over the existing drives    B, C, or  D.  See  also  BIG-HD  documentation elsewhere on this    system for instructions. . . Guy Cousineau -----VDE32USR.FZX - WORDPRO                  (B5:)        RCVD: 27/02/93   Patch  instructions  for  making  VDE  2.66  access  all 32 user    areas.  Requires  ability  to  use  a disk editor. Guy Cousineau  -----MEXREAD.LBR - COMM                      (B7:)        RCVD: 27/02/93   A  series  of  command  files  to  enharom GLOBAL> & < work from folders other than GLOBALMinutes left: 97  Current Folder is:  General  Bob, the PBBS commands are:BCDEFGHIJLNPRSTUVWXY>< or ?:  JPlease wait...B0:CPM>c:C0:EOS>d:D0:NEW-USERS>B:B0:CPM>HELP            SYSTEM HELP FILEThis  help  file  will  guide the new or experienced user through the features of PBBS and Remote CP/M systems.The menu allows  you  to choose specific topics.    Each   help   topic  will  be presented one screen  at  a  time.  If a topic has mxt & <-Previous FolderL-List Users       B-BulletinC-Caller List      I-Info /NewsN-New Files        D-Describe FilesW-Write to Sysop   U-User ProfileG-Goodbye (logoff) J-Jump to FilesT-Toggle [more]    X-eXpert MenuY-Yak with Sysop   ?-Display MenuAll folders Read/Scanned from GLOBAL> & < work from folders other than GLOBALMinutes left: 98  Current Folder is:  General  Bob, the PBBS commands are:BCDEFGHIJLNPRSTUVWXY>< or ?:  UToday is .........:  13 Apr 93Current time .....:  00:51:35 EDT es8                   27   Directory9                   28   Viewing10 Message Base     29 Uploading11  Private         30 Downloading12  Public          31 Change Directory13  Header          32 14  Your Messages   33 15  Entering msg    34 16  Searching       35 17  Threads         36 18  Uploads         37 19  Off Line Read   38 Select topic # (0 to exit)    22           2- RESTARTING PBBSWhen you are in the file system, you can re-enter   the   message  base  just  by typing:  PBBS<CRS to pause, C, K or X to abort                  MENU           Guy's RCP/M (PBBS)R-Read Public Msg  P-Personal Message ReadS-Search Messages  H-Header ScanE-Enter a Message  V-View those Left by YouF-Folder Change    >-Next & <-Previous FolderL-List Users       B-BulletinC-Caller List      I-Info /NewsN-New Files        D-Describe FilesW-Write to Sysop   U-User ProfileG-Goodbye (logoff) J-Jump to FilesT-Toggle [more]    X-eXpert MenuY-Yak with Sysop   ?-Display MenuAll folders Read/Scanned fnce  the  powers  of MEX.    Includes  scripts  for  downloading  and  uploading with various    protocols. -----BOOTCALC.IZG - EOSHD                    (C2:)        RCVD: 27/02/93   Hard drive boot block for ADAMCALC.++ ABORTED ++End of file...<CR> to return to menu.Type S to pause, C, K or X to abort                  MENU           Guy's RCP/M (PBBS)R-Read Public Msg  P-Personal Message ReadS-Search Messages  H-Header ScanE-Enter a Message  V-View those Left by YouF-Folder Change    >-Neore than one screen, you will see:                 <more>at the bottom  of  the screen.  To abort press ^C at this prompt.From the menu, simply  enter  the number of the topic you want help on.         Press a key for Menu                M E N U 1  What is PBBS     20 File Names2  Restarting PBBS  21 Finding Files3  Logging off      22 File Description4  Calling Sysop    23 Display Files5  Message to Sysop 24 Viewing Files6  User Profile     25 Recent Uploads7  News Files       26 LibrariUser Name ........:  Bob BlairUser Phone .......:  813-475-4219Logged on at .....:  00:29:42 EDT Connect time .....:  00:21:53Time left ........:  98 mins.[more] Toggle ....:  Off          Expert Mode ......:  OffHotkey Input .....:  OnCurrent Nulls ....:  00Terminal Width ...:  78Terminal Length ..:  23Total Up/downloads:  1/14Highest SYS. MSG .:  634Highest MSG. read :  632Messages waiting .:  00You may change:  F)one #, N)ulls, P)assword, L)ength, W)idth, H)otkeys or <CR> to exit:  Type >.Unless you want to browse  the  messages again however, it might not be necessary to re-enter PBBS.  You can: log out by typing             BYE<CR> page the sysop with           CHAT<CR> leave the sysop a note with   NOTE<CR> view new uploads with         NEW<CR> view upload descriptions with FOR         Press a key for Menu                M E N U 1  What is PBBS     20 File Names2  Restarting PBBS  21 Finding Files3  Logging off      22 File Description4  Calling Sysop    23 Display Fil       B-BulletinC-Caller List      I-Info /NewsN-New Files        D-Describe FilesW-Write to Sysop   U-User ProfileG-Goodbye (logoff) J-Jump to FilesT-Toggle [more]    X-eXpert MenuY-Yak with Sysop   ?-Display MenuAll folders Read/Scanned from GLOBAL> & < work from folders other than GLOBALMinutes left: 91  Current Folder is:  Global (all folders)Bob, the PBBS commands are:BCDEFGHIJLNPRSTUVWXY or ?:  BType S to pause, C, K or X to abort       ******* BULLETIN ********PBBS is a publicelease v 5.00 (Released:  09 Oct 90)  by:  Ian CottrellType S to pause, C, K or X to abort                  MENU           Guy's RCP/M (PBBS)R-Read Public Msg  P-Personal Message ReadS-Search Messages  H-Header ScanE-Enter a Message  V-View those Left by YouF-Folder Change    >-Next & <-Previous FolderL-List Users       B-BulletinC-Caller List      I-Info /NewsN-New Files        D-Describe FilesW-Write to Sysop   U-User ProfileG-Goodbye (logoff) J-Jump to FilesT-Toggle [more]    X-eXpert Men00 (Released:  09 Oct 90)  by:  Ian CottrellMinutes left: 91  Current Folder is:  Global (all folders)Bob, the PBBS commands are:BCDEFGHIJLNPRSTUVWXY or ?:  GType S to pause, C, K or X to abortPlease wait...ould you like to leave a comment to the Sysop (y/N)? YesComments are Public unless Private Save is selected:You are allowed 3840 characters in this message.Use a space + <CR> in column 1 to add a blank line.Use 2 carriage returns to exit.Enter text...Thanks for the use of the PBBS for ouhere. Once the files have been inspected by the SYSOP, they will be moved to their permanent location. B0:CPM>PBBSPBBS Release v 5.00 (Released:  09 Oct 90)  by:  Ian CottrellMinutes left: 91  Current Folder is:  Global (all folders)Type S to pause, C, K or X to abort                  MENU           Guy's RCP/M (PBBS)R-Read Public Msg  P-Personal Message ReadS-Search Messages  H-Header ScanE-Enter a Message  V-View those Left by YouF-Folder Change    >-Next & <-Previous FolderL-List Userses5  Message to Sysop 24 Viewing Files6  User Profile     25 Recent Uploads7  News Files       26 Libraries8                   27   Directory9                   28   Viewing10 Message Base     29 Uploading11  Private         30 Downloading12  Public          31 Change Directory13  Header          32 14  Your Messages   33 15  Entering msg    34 16  Searching       35 17  Threads         36 18  Uploads         37 19  Off Line Read   38 Select topic # (0 to exit)    00B0:CPM>ppbbbbssPBBS R domain Bulletin Board System.  It runs on a CP/M system with a hard drive.  This one is running on an ADAM computer.The system is ready to be installed on other ADAMs.  If you are interested, please send a minimum of 6 diskettes along with a note explaining your hardware configuration: 40 or 80 column TDOS type of hard drive you have      minniv winnie or PowerMate type of serial card for your modem      orphanware or MIB2 MIB3SysopEnd of file...<CR> to return to menu.PBBS Release v 5.uY-Yak with Sysop   ?-Display MenuAll folders Read/Scanned from GLOBAL> & < work from folders other than GLOBALMinutes left: 93  Current Folder is:  Global (all folders)Bob, the PBBS commands are:BCDEFGHIJLNPRSTUVWXY or ?:  JPlease wait...Minutes left: 92  A0:ROOT>B:B0:CPM>dir-READ   .ME    4k : VPRINT  .LBr  12k 2 files =   16k B0: 6236k Used: 1668k Free: 4568k B0:CPM>stype  -read.meThis is the NEW upload area for CP/M files. When looking for new files, check the FOR file, or look r tour.  We just took a quick one.  Of p particualr interest was the ease of using the  message      section.  You can really see what messages are there and pick and choose, read any or all very quickly.  Also, we noted  that the use of your BBS is very much like operating our own ADAM in TDOS.  When we jumped to the files section we found ourselves  using TDOS just like at home.  That included seeing what was written in a  text file by using STYPE.COM.  I am reading from a  list of    the Commands thar the phone call to my BBS....remember 1200 BPS the next time.  And NO you did NOT hang the system on the way out...I DID?  I had one of those endless loops in the exit routines.  It is now fixed (I hope).  Not much success on BYE for the MIB serial card, but we're working on it.Still not much in the way of files on the BBS Hard drive, but I will put up anything that is requested (if I have it and it is PD).=-=-=-=-=-=-=      To:  Bart Lynch                 Message #:  78    From:  Guy CousineL libname (display contents of libname), QL (Display contents of current area), TYPE (show opetions available for TYPE), TYPE filename.ext), ZMD (show opetions availablefor ZMD),  ZMD R      filename.ext (upload specified file - to PBBS from you), ZMD S filename.ext (download specified file (from PBBS to you). We did not   download or upload, but I saw some files that I really must have and I will be back to download them.  Who knows, maybe  a lot of   us ANN users will be here downloading!    BobP)rivom VDE.  The extra space is required to put in controls over remote users while allowing the sysop full access to the system.  Because of a glitch in terminal emulations, I have had to make a change in the BDOS read input routine as well.  So what the heck, modified BIOS on the way also. > GC> What I plan to do is run the whole thing from a two > GC> page submit file that will prompt you to insert disksI have that part done...now, i just have to write the CONFIG program to put your NAME and PASS‚Nstem Configuration is: JH> 2 Data Drives JH> 1 Disk DriveWell I am afraid that with your present configuration, it will be impossible to run PBBS.  The system files      To:  Bart Lynch                 Message #:  75    From:  Guy Cousineau              Submitted:  11 Jan 93 15:19:00   Subject:  Request of knowledge          Status:  PublicReceived:  Yes                            Group:  AdamBTW, thanks fot I can use on your BBS in your files section.  They include:  BYE (disconnect), CD (print available  Directory    areas), CD areaname (Change directory), CHAT (Page SYSOP -if available- and talk), DIR (show directory of current  User Area),  FILE (Find a file), FOR (describe new software), HELP (invoke help utility), LDIR (Library Directory), NEW (Show most  recent      software uploads), NOTE (leave message for SYSOP), PBBS (re-enter message base), QL filename.ext (display single file on  screen),   Qau              Submitted:  11 Jan 93 15:22:00   Subject:  PBBS Progress                 Status:  PublicReceived:  Yes                            Group:  AdamIn a message to Guy Cousineau <08 Sep 92 20:32> Bart Lynch wrote: BL> up,i'll check to make double BL> sure. but if i'm recalling BL> correctly,no,it does NOT advance the BL> seconds.Not a problem (sort of).  I have to reassemble a new TDOS for RCPM use.  You lose the TYPE/LIST command, but TYPELZ does a nice job and you can still print frate, S)ave, E)dit, L)ist, A)bort, C)ontinue ? Private Save Updating:    Users..., Index..., Messages...Please wait...               Session StatisticsUser.............. Bob BlairLogoff............ 01:01:28Logon............. 00:29:42Connect time...... 00:31:46New uploads....... 0New downloads..... 0Upload total...... 1Download total.... 14Thanks for calling Guy's beta PBBS, Bob.-jbNO CARRIER                                                                            e file on  screen),   QWORD in the system files.....and a few other knick knacks....But it is those knicks knacks that are driving me crazy.=-=-=-=-=-=-=      To:  Ian Cottrell               Message #:  152    From:  Bart Lynch                 Submitted:  12 Sep 92 16:37:00   Subject:  PBBS & Adam                   Status:  PublicReceived:  Yes                            Group:  Cpmtechhi,ian.as you well know,guy is working to get pbbs working on the adamcomputer. as i write this,it looks as though he is doing a greg to call me.=-=-=-=-=-=-=      To:  Bart Lynch                 Message #:  93    From:  Ian Cottrell               Submitted:  15 Jan 93 23:23:00   Subject:  PBBS & Adam                   Status:  PublicReceived:  Yes                            Group:  CpmtechBart     I do not believe in ANY FORM of shareware!  PBBS is 100% FREE.  Comes with full source code and all the support that YOUR long distance bill will support! (=:  There is a note in PBBS saying that if you want to pay something for         Message #:  169    From:  Guy Cousineau              Submitted:  13 Jan 93 19:29:00   Subject:  ADAM BBS Software             Status:  PublicReceived:  Yes                            Group:  AdamIn a message to Guy Cousineau <11 Jan 93 02:14> Gerry St.Peter wrote: GS> ...beta version.  It seems to be quite user friendly and from GS> the menus seems to have all the features that one would GS> need. I would have spent more time, but at the rate of Long GS> Distance cost, I opted to wait til t get a chance to fix that!).  If you want to try it, next time you call my BBS (IF I ever get it up again!), jump immediately to CP/M (without reading any mail).  Then type 'PMAIL'.  PMAIL will prepare a packet of all unread mail (personal and public)and all uploads since your last login.  The files are crunched, put in a .LBR file and then sent using XMODEM.  Receive this packet, then download PRDR03.LBR from M3:.  At home, de-library and uncrunch the mail packet, remove PRDR.COM from its library to file system    from the file system "CD RCPM<CR>".  The CD    command will move you to the drive/user area called    RCPM.    there you can ask for a DIR to confirm that the     file is there    to download, type "ZMD S MODEM.ZZ0<CR>".  Note that     you are running the ZMD program on MY system and     are asking it to "S"end you the file.  Once it is     ready, just ask for XMODEM download from your COMM     package.    to upload, type ZMD R FILENAME.I appreciate the time you are takinat job and      chasing down the bugs. i'm hoping he gets it all togethersoon as i'd like to put up a bbs using your software.two questions,though...is PBBS PD or shareware? if shareware,how much to register, etc,  etc???secondly, i think that back when i first came on the cpmtech echo,i read where perhaps you were working on getting pbbs to work with an off line reader i.e. crr. was i dreaming that or what? if such is the case,that would be terrific!!=-=-=-=-=-=-=      To:  Gerry St.Peter     it, a contribution to the local Cancer Society in both our names would be appreciated.  I don't make (and never have made) a single cent from PBBS.  Just given in the spirit of all great CP/M PD software. PBBS does not and will not support any kind of begware off-line  readers. I   currently have (in Beta test) my own off-line reader, specifically for PBBS.  Everything is working except the 'reply' feature (if I could ever get the hardware around here to run for more than 2 consecutive days, I mighI had been validated and GS> could fully investigate all the features.Thanks for the Compliment...I will pass it along to Ian Cottrell...the AUTHOR of PBBS.You may wish do come back and get MODEM.ZZ0 from the RCPM file area.  It includes the raw modem control code for both the orphanware and the MIB serial card.  Not very well commented but it works!!In order to perform this complex procedure without having recourse to the HELP files, proceed in this fashion:    from the mail menu type "J"ump, place all the files in the same DU and run PRDR.  Any comments on this program will be appreciated, since we are still developing it.  TTYS.........................Ian=-=-=-=-=-=-=      To:  Michael Hurst              Message #:  101    From:  Guy Cousineau              Submitted:  14 Jan 93 15:21:00   Subject:  Adam Pbbs                     Status:  PublicReceived:  Yes                            Group:  AdamWell I have some good news......I got the BYE overlay installed on Tuesday for the Ma message to Ian Cottrell <12 Sep 92 16:37> Bart Lynch wrote: BL> two questions,though... BL> is PBBS PD or shareware?PBBS is PD, but in a new category called CHARITY WARE!  You'll find out more about that when you get the full docs.... You can then use your text editor to prepare TEXT messages for uploading in uncompressed format.  You can string several messages into one file and upload to the BBS using XMODEM.  That part works rather well...I have used it several times on the ADAM set up.omatic installation.SYSTEM REQUIREMENTSan ADAM computera serial carda 1200 or 2400 BPS modema hard drive (Minnie Winnie or PowerMate)  alternate system...(tolerable)  a FAST drive A and D  e.g. one tape and two disks and RAM drive    or two tapes and one disk and RAM driveOPERATOR REQUIREMENTlots of patiencelots of time (for system maintenance)well organizedRESERVED SYSTEM AREASIf you are planning to run an ADAM BBS and file system, the following drive/user areas are required by PBBS afor PBBS to cover some of the technicalities and quirks related to the ADAM installation.  I have chased down and fixed a few other minor bugs.  Now I still have two major things to get out of the way....Find out why uploads are NOT being countedWrite the final phase of the installation programStill some spare time before month end, but I know next week end is almost a write off.  Will be boarding 5-year old twins....quite a handful.  Wish it was warmer so I could take them outside....maybe it'm, you will have to move those files again to A16 for extra security.WHAT I NEED TO KNOWWhat type of hard drive you havewhat type of serial card you havewhat type of TDOS installation you have    4 CP/M drives or 5    Standard TDOS or ZCPR TDOS=-=-=-=-=-=-=      To:  Bart Lynch                 Message #:  2    From:  Guy Cousineau              Submitted:  16 Jan 93 10:12:00   Subject:  PBBS & Adam                   Status:  PublicReceived:  Yes                            Group:  CpmtechIn IB card.  This means that BYE will now run on an orphanware or on an MIB serial card with an external modem.  BYE will work up to 2400BPS.  I have heard rumours that operation above 2400 is erratic, so I would rather play it safe.So there are still TWO interface problems to solve before PBBS is ready to install on an ADAM system.  Anyone interested in so doing can start organizing now and send me 6 single sided 5 1/4 disks.  Double sided are ok, but I will only use side one for a generic semi autOnce I get the final little bug(?) out of the way, I'll send you the whole package and you can try it out...Guy=-=-=-=-=-=-=      To:  Michael Hurst              Message #:  14    From:  Guy Cousineau              Submitted:  18 Jan 93 15:19:00   Subject:  Pbbs                          Status:  PublicReceived:  Yes                            Group:  AdamWell still no major news to report, but I thought I'd drop you a note to tell you that progress is slowly being made.  I have written ADAM docs nd are not user configurable:    A0: (root)      about 200K    D15: (system)   about 500K    B0: C0: D0: D4: new file upload area    C15:            private file upload areaThe above-noted drive user areas should be completely emptied prior to the installation of PBBS.  The only exception being that A0: can still contain (and must contain) your PROFILE.SUB, if any.Initially, you can move your 'other' files from A0: to A15: and set your search path to include A15:.  When you get your NEW systell be mild enough to go play in the snow.....Guy=-=-=-=-=-=-=      To:  Ron Mitchell               Message #:  22    From:  Gerry St.Peter             Submitted:  18 Jan 93 12:18:00   Subject:  ADAMs Image                   Status:  PublicReceived:  No                             Group:  Adam ........In keeping with the foregoing, let me say that I was pleased to call an ADAM based BBS in Ottawa.  As we had discussed in the past, I alway was hoping to see this happen.  I can also see no reaso software, that although not perfect is definately perfiect is serviceable and thereby very useful. Regardless of the positive values of this currently used software, there are marked shortcomings in the present software. This is why the present PBBS software is such an intriguing package to we who operate ADAM BBSs, This is why we pass along our support and heartfelt encouragement to you in your efforts to produce that elusive ADAM operated reliable and serviceableBBS package.  I do believe tha  From:  Ron Mitchell               Submitted:  19 Jan 93 23:45:00   Subject:  ADAMs Image                   Status:  PublicReceived:  Yes                            Group:  Adam.......PBBS5.0 is indeed quite a program. It's one of the best public domain bulletin board systems available in the CP/M world. It's  been around  for quite a few years. One of it's co-author's, Ian Cottrell is a dedicated computer professional and enthusiastic CP/M hobbyist here in Ottawa and he's been running a BBS with Peter wrote: GS> Regardless of the positive values of this currently used GS> software, there are marked shortcomings in the present GS> software. This is why the present PBBS software is such an GS> intriguing package to we who operate ADAM BBSs,Well I don't know what shortcomings you have found with your BBS software.  After logging in only twice (been busy debugging and babysitting lately), I have not noticed anything in particular except for the 'absence' of file upload download....that funct               Status:  PublicReceived:  Yes                            Group:  AdamAfter reviewing all the EOS software comprising the ADCOM BBS program, I have to reconsider just what is involved in provideing the capacity to handle thecallers requests and deal with such in a truly logical and capable role, and service the resulting requests with satisfactory responses.  My views on the entire available software related to BBS programming is definitely prejudice since I have been operating with n why this cannot be made a permanent fixture, either on your system or Guy's.  I am pleased that a full capability ADAM BBS software package is so near completion. This product can only be of great benefit to the areas where it will prove a source of communication to local ADAM users.  My only regret is the lack of ADAMLink Modems so that more ADAM users could tap into the fountain of information and association with other users=-=-=-=-=-=-=      To:  Gerry St.Peter             Message #:  34  t this product will definately add to the statureof the ADAM and its use in all phases of assisting the user. More More My Most sincere support in your effortsGerry St.PeterCalgary ADAMs Family=-=-=-=-=-=-=      To:  Gerry St.Peter             Message #:  23    From:  Guy Cousineau              Submitted:  24 Jan 93 23:28:00   Subject:  Adam Bbs Sw                   Status:  PublicReceived:  Yes                            Group:  AdamIn a message to Guy Cousineau <22 Jan 93 00:59> Gerry St.this system for quite some time. I've had the pleasure of knowing  him for a  while.Guy Cousineau has put in a monumental amount of work in adapting  PBBS5.0 to  run on the ADAM. You're right. Guy's latest achievement has tremendous potential to open up the lines of communication between ADAM owners. It will be up to us to make use of it.=-=-=-=-=-=-=      To:  Guy Cousineau              Message #:  39    From:  Gerry St.Peter             Submitted:  22 Jan 93 00:59:00   Subject:  ADAM BBS SW    ion died??? PBBS has great features in the mail system.  It flags YOUR mail, remembers where you left off the last time, allows you to edit the message via a search and replace prior to posting, keeps track of message threads, and has its own separate utility to manage the message base including packing and renumbering.The file system can be as complex as you wish it to be.  Each feature of the file system is an EXTERNAL CP/M command that you may choose to run with the system.  If you want file iles alone run over 200K.  With two 320K drives, you might be able to manage a small system.  Let me know when you have at least two double sided (preferably a HD) and I'll be happy to send you a PBBS installation disk.=-=-=-=-=-=-=      To:  James Hunt                 Message #:  46    From:  Bart Lynch                 Submitted:  28 Jan 93 19:27:00   Subject:  Pbbs?!?                       Status:  PublicReceived:  Yes                            Group:  AdamIn a message to Guy Cousineau <24 Jon a disk based (slower and less features) PBBS.  Please let me know if you agree with this configuration:    drive A        160K (or 320K)    drive B        720K    drive C        tape drive one    drive D        64K expanderthe 64K MUST be drive D.  So if you have 2 tape drives, you will have to disconnect one to work PBBS.  Drive A will contain the 'path' system files and not much more.  Drive B will contain the user file, the message base, and may have 300 to 400K leftover for FILES!One tessage #:  19    From:  Guy Cousineau              Submitted:  05 Feb 93 17:26:00   Subject:  Adam Pbbs                     Status:  PublicReceived:  Yes                            Group:  AdamIn a message to Guy Cousineau <03 Feb 93 09:53> Gerry St.Peter wrote: GS> here from you note on Northern Link that you have put GS> together a package for my system. Thank you and my users GS> will be tickled too.I have done a bit more testing of the disk based system and from what I can see, it will work. of the above.=-=-=-=-=-=-=      To:  James Hunt                 Message #:  35    From:  Guy Cousineau              Submitted:  30 Jan 93 00:00:00   Subject:  System Configuration          Status:  PublicReceived:  Yes                            Group:  AdamIn a message to Guy Cousineau <28 Jan 93 20:38> James Hunt wrote: JH> My system Configuration is: JH> 2 Data Drives JH> 1 Disk DriveWell I am afraid that with your present configuration, it will be impossible to run PBBS.  The system fdescriptions, the FOR file is very handy.  If you don't want them because of space limitations, then you turn them off......will look at making you a disk based system once I get the last 2 bugs out of this installation...Guy=-=-=-=-=-=-=      To:  Gerry St Peter             Message #:  36    From:  Guy Cousineau              Submitted:  30 Jan 93 00:00:00   Subject:  Pbbs                          Status:  PublicReceived:  Yes                            Group:  AdamI am ready to start working an 93 10:55> James Hunt wrote: JH> What's this I here about PBBS being ported to the ADAM?you heard correctly,sir! i've been logging on to guy's beta test bbs for a    few weeks now. guy has really out done himself ingetting it ported over to adam. and it operates beautifully too. i plan to    put one up once all the bugs are out and mike hurst(from toronto) plans to have one up as well. i think the adamworld is going to be pleasantly surprised!=-=-=-=-=-=-=      To:  Gerry St.Peter             Mhing that must be fixed at assembly is the number of users.  The more users, the bigger the user file will be.  Do you have more than 100 potential members?  100 is the LOWEST value for PBBS because of its hashing algorithm.I propose to set up the system with Northern Link as the name, you as sysop (of course) and your system password the same as you used when you logged on to my PBBS.  All of these must be in the ASSEMBLY so please post a PRIVATE message on my BBS if you would like to change any  it may not be much faster than what you are running now, but the message base is a bit more versatile and you will have access to the file system.Too bad I can;t send you the 500K of DOCS IMMEDIATELY.  It would give you some reading material while you are foal sitting.  There will be a lot of DOCS to read as there are several intertwined programs that make up the entire system.I have pared down the system a bit and removed some of the bells and whistles.  This will give you a system of manage has the balls"!=-=-=-=-=-=-=      To:  Gerry St.Peter             Message #:  25    From:  Guy Cousineau              Submitted:  09 Feb 93 00:00:00   Subject:  PBBS oops                     Status:  PublicReceived:  Yes                            Group:  AdamIn a message to Guy Cousineau <06 Feb 93 13:34> Gerry St.Peter wrote: GS> ADAM BASIC unit GS> 2 data drives ( one of which I can disconnect) GS> I 720K DD disk drive GS> 1 160K SSDD disk drive GS> 64K XRAM card GS> TriSYD 3/1200 baud m      To:  Guy Cousineau              Message #:  20    From:  Gerry St.Peter             Submitted:  06 Feb 93 13:34:00   Subject:  PBBS Appreciation             Status:  PublicReceived:  Yes                            Group:  AdamIt's great to hear of the prospects of a disk based package for the PBBS and  I look forward to its completion and installation here on the ADAM.  I have taken on the objective of familiarizing myself with the TDOS workings, so that I am prepared for what lies ahead.  I d rate?  I need the code to change to 300 or 1200BPS, or do you just normally let it sit at 1200 and it takes care of the rest?  I'll need hang up code, answer code, and all that jazz, but if the same as ADAM LINK, I think I can get that from a MEX overlay that I have here somewhere.Darn!!!  Have you thought of getting a serial card and a HAYES compatible modem?  would be easier for me...or does the TriSYD use the full AT set?As for disk drives, the current ADAM NET setup only supports 2 disk dmajor adaptations. I do have more 160K drives, and had been under the impression that more than  4 (2 DDPs, and 2 Floppies) were able to be chained in TDOS, but then who am I to question TDOSs capacities.  I would however like to know what the limitations are.  If it were possible to add more, then the capacity for messages or file would be markedly increased.  When the question was asked, "How does he manage to keep so many balls in the air?", I to was amazed, but concluded that it was because "Heable size while providing the essential features.  I will try and prepare documentation about those changes on the week end and ship out your disks with the docs ASAP.  I hope you have a DMP, cause you'll have 100+ pages of DOCS to read on screen or print out....For those awaiting the Hard Disk version, I am hoping to test the user installation on the week end...then It will be ready for release...any further enhancements will be add ons that will not change the basic installation=-=-=-=-=-=-=odemoops, that's one I had not counted on!  As you were running 1200BPS, I naturally assumed that you were using an external modem.  I just put the system disks in the mail to you yesterday......read the docs, but DO NOT INSTALL!!!!I'll have to go back to the drawing board to configure a BYE overlay that will handle the triSYD modem.  However, I will need technical information.  I presume that one talks to the TriSYD modem the same way as the AdamLink modem, but what are the codes to set the baucalled Northern Link from the farm here discovered your latest message advising the callers that PBBS would be a comming attraction on Northern Link.  Your specs that you were assembling the package for seem true, but I will repeat them here to confirm as follows: ADAM BASIC unit2 data drives ( one of which I can disconnect)I 720K DD disk drive1 160K SSDD disk drive64K XRAM cardTriSYD 3/1200 baud modem I trust that the TRYSID Modem (installs in the same slot as the ADAMLink will not cause any rives.  Adapters are available (Walters) for several drives but these are not supported by TDOS.....=-=-=-=-=-=-=      To:  Gerry St.Peter             Message #:  12    From:  Guy Cousineau              Submitted:  13 Feb 93 08:07:00   Subject:  Oopps !                       Status:  PublicReceived:  Yes                            Group:  AdamIn a message to Guy Cousineau <10 Feb 93 18:16> Gerry St.Peter wrote:  GS> Well, it is not really the end of the   GS> world. I do have TrisydsGS> code ation kills the message base and user files.I will have to develop some contingency plans for partial re-installation.  that will be another DOC file which will rely on your FREQUENT backups of the system files.  There are about 5 critical files to your system.And yes, you will get a 40 column RCPM tdos.  You told me that you would use your LINGREL card on your personal system and use the LINGREL HD and tv/monitor for the BBS.....Guy=-=-=-=-=-=-=                                           ible modem....What i need is 'which card and which port'  I presume the centre slot would be most practical, so gimme the DUART specs  Chris Hills card....if you really want to, I could try and do the trisyd stuff but it means yet another overlay in a non standard configuration.  I'll leave it up to you with this proviso...the less work for me, the more likely you are to getting the system up and running quickly.David Cobley...are you listening?  Do you have any specs on that HI-TEK rs232 card yoation kills the message base and user files.I will have to develop some contingency plans for partial re-installation.  that will be another DOC file which will rely on your FREQUENT backups of the system files.  There are about 5 critical files to your system.And yes, you will get a 40 column RCPM tdos.  You told me that you would use your LINGREL card on your personal system and use the LINGREL HD and tv/monitor for the BBS.....Guy=-=-=-=-=-=-=                                            Now you need to know about BYE, PSTAT, PUSER, ZMD, and the ADAM specific modifications that I have made.  I would say you have roughly 2/3 of the docs right now.  Will include a few more goodies on your disks...but...do not install system and put up BBS etc. until you have read the docs and until you have settled on the system architecture.  You don't want to have to go through another 20 minutes of re-installation...and on top of that, lose whatever message base you have accumulated.  The installfor the modem drive and there is the other possibilityGS> of using the DUART card that was designed by Chris Hills, GS> that plugs into the centre? slot that has two serial GS> connections, on of which I could use, or there is the other GS> possibility of using the HI-TEK side door rs232 card that GS> has a parallel and 2 serial ports. Nothing that cannot be GS> solved without too much trouble I hope.Well if I go with what is easiest for ME, i would prefer you use a serial card with a HAYES compat                                  STAT, PUSER, ZMD, and the ADAM specific modifications that I have made.  I would say you have roughly 2/3 of the docs right now.  Will include a few more goodies on your disks...but...do not install system and put up BBS etc. until you have read the docs and until you have settled on the system architecture.  You don't want to have to go through another 20 minutes of re-installation...and on top of that, lose whatever message base you have accumulated.  The installu were asking about earlier?=-=-=-=-=-=-=      To:  Bart Lynch                 Message #:  13    From:  Guy Cousineau              Submitted:  15 Feb 93 00:00:00   Subject:  Pbbs                          Status:  PublicReceived:  Yes                            Group:  AdamYes we all suffer from FidoNet delays and talking to each other on two or three systems and forgetting what has been said and not said.  Your package is ready and it includes MORE docs.  I believe you got just the PBBS docs. ‚Gےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےقےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےے      To:  Bob Blair                  Message #:  18    From:  Guy Cousineau              Submitted:  27 Feb 93 00:00:00   Subject:  Formatting Flippies           Status:  PublicReceived:  Yes                            Group:  AdamIn a message to                          Group:  AdamHi, Hope all is well. I read your latest newsletter article "from the  editor's desk" and have a little solution to the problem of  "abort,   retry and fail" I usually use the "retry" option but just before pressing "R", try removing the disk you are  trying to save to and then insert it back again without doing anything else. The Adam will recognise a change in  the          situation and will attemt a retry. If you just retry without doing this, the Adam will not in when BB> you select FORMAT from the BB> menu; then merely format as normal;sorry, that will not work!  Have you checked a disk formatted in that fashion?  Side ONE will be ok, but side two will be NO GOOD.  If you try and correct that problem by flipping the disk over and formatting side two, you will destroy side one.The FORMAT is actually done by the drive and has nothing to do with FileManager.  You just tell the drive to FORMAT, and it does the rest.  The only way to format a flippy (sid:40:00   Subject:  Flippies & BBS'               Status:  PublicReceived:  Yes                            Group:  AdamYou are right, of course, about the inability to format both  sides of a flippie with a double-sided drive with filemanager.  I  am the       victim of my own sloppy testing.  After thinking of the technique I so proudly outlined to Dave, I tried it on a fresh         flippie and then went into Smartwriter and the directory showed  up on both sides; end of test.  Well, had I taken the nou don't have to delete the files from the destination ... save 5 seconds per copy that way ... after 12 copies you have a WHOLE MINUTE :-)Also, if you have EOS DIRSORT, you can use it to make a COPY of your source disk with files in alphabetical order....Now that is Quality Service.....Guy=-=-=-=-=-=-=      To:  David Cobley               Message #:  26    From:  Keith Marner               Submitted:  20 Feb 93 16:29:00   Subject:  Newsletter                    Status:  PublicReceived:  Yes   David Cobly <24 Feb 93 19:24> Bob Blair wrote: BB> ...plug the ADAM printer into the drive BB> and then a line runs from the drive to ADAM.Say what?  did I miss something here?  You plug that HUGE cable from the ADAM printer into the drive to power it and then run the usual adamnet cable to the ADAM.  How do you power your ADAM?  Do you need another printer/powersupply?   confused BB> 1) when you initially boot up Filemanager, lie to BB> it by selecting the 160K BB> single-sided option, and agahave seen a change of  state and will just keep on issuing the same error message. This type of thing usually happens to me when using filemanager under EOS and mainly with data packs. I hardly  ever use   data packs nowadays so I need not tell you that I get very few error messages in every-day life. Keep up the  great work and great articles in the JAN/FEB '93 issue.Keith=-=-=-=-=-=-=      To:  Guy Cousineau              Message #:  25    From:  Bob Blair                  Submitted:  01 Mar 93 08e two) is with a REAL single sided drive. BB> 2) Using Filemanager, BB> delete all the files on an old ANN BB> flippie (after copying the BB> golen prose onto another disk of course.  Again you tell BB> Filemanager you are working with a BB> 160K drive whenyou boot it up. BB> Then KRUNCH the disk (using Filemanager) on each side (use BB> another disk or tape as per doc's).Actually, you can save one step...why don't you use BACKUP function of FIleManager and use the INIT MEDIUM option...then yext step  and tried   to copy blocks onto both sides, like I just now did, I would have found that block 16 on the back side was bad.  And so  was  my advice.  Thanks for your info.  I'll apologize to Dave in  a        separate message. You read my message about the IHS drive correctly (too).  The  ADAM    printer cable, as big as it is, plugs into the IHS disk drive, then a cable goes from the drive to the ADAM CPU power          connection.  I guess that means that that connection has the           ca  surface should be 26" from the floor if you are of average (5'9")   height and seated at a desk, your chair seat height should be  18", and the viewing angle from your eyes to your screen should  be      between 0 and 45 degrees with 30 degrees the 'optimal'.  A  glare   filter on your screen is practically a necessity, she says:   "A    fine mesh, or an optical-quality glass glare filter, can  reduce or eliminate not only squinting, eyestrain or red eyes, or  eye        strain, but also headaches and fat‚Dith          interest and marvelling at your insight.  :)" Dean Roades "How to   Edit a Newsletter" 463 ADAM nl, Feb.  '93.H & R Block reports that 8,275,000 American taGLEANINGS. BY DAVID SANDS.Gleanings is a column of information, quotation and opinion         gathered from exchange newsletters, Fidonet correspondence and      other miscellaneous sources.  All sources are cited and             interjections with, installing a    slide-out keyboard tray, and changing the chair I used.  And now    the damn thing is developing a swaybacked appearance because its    construction is so poor, it's giving way under the combined weight  of the computer, books and office supplies!Proof at last:  if you have an ADAM, you've probably got a screw    loose.  Read on!Message #3363 - ADAM Date:  09-10-92 16:08 From:  Barry Wilson To:  Guy C./ Joe B....Never fear I found my screw driver so if it doesnt work soon, I can td of time, but when they arrive, watch out.  Carpal Tunnel Syndrome or CTS     (wrist inflammation), VDT Syndrome (eyestrain) and low back pain    are three of the most common problems and are on the increase.  In  fact, CTS and low back pain now account for more lost days of work  than any other single cause--almost 30 billion dollars a year in    the U.S." Roxsane Ryon, 'Is Your Computer User- healthy?', The      Computer Paper, Feb.  93.Ryon recommends a few things for healthy computing:  your work    pability of carrying the NET data as well as all the power           voltages.  You can use Coleco DD's with it too, connected as  usual.   I suspect you can daisy chain two IHS drives but I only have one.   nager.  I  am the       victim of my own sloppy testing.  After thinking of the technique I so proudly outlined to Dave, I tried it on a fresh         flippie and then went into Smartwriter and the directory showed  up on both sides; end of test.  Well, had I taken the nigue, and the mistakes that       result from them."And don't assume just because you bought a 'computer desk', that    you're safe, the Gleaner adds.  I invested in one of those          assemble-it-yourself wonders, and almost immediately began  feeling a whole lot worse while computing.  After checking it  out, I       discovered that the work surface and the monitor shelf  were far    too high, leading to all the above sorts of discomfort. Correcting  those problems involved lowering the monitor shelfin quoted material are in square brackets.        Readers who desire more information should contact their Newsletter editor.  Opinions not within quotation marks are those of the       author.  Gleanings is written for the Vancouver Island Senior       ADAMphiles newsletter and distributed by the ADAM News Network.And you thought computers were just a pain in the butt:  "Like  the problems associated with smoking, drinking and overeating,          computer-related problems can develop slowly over a perioake it ALL APART and see if there are any extra unnecessary parts  in there (I usually find extra parts when I take stuff apart).:) Just kidding.  :)--- * Origin:  The Grand Illusion:  St.  Louis, MO HST/V.32bis (1:100/450)Message #5200 - ADAM  Date:  24-08-92 18:16 From:  Patricia Herrington To:  Joe BlenkleSubject:  RE:  JOYSTICK As the wife of a diehard puller-aparter-put-back- togetherer       (EXCEPT as it concerns computer components) I should mention that   there is a name for those leftotements.  And some serious minded person can easily get the wrong idea.  That's why  I         sometimes must defend myself in this newsletter in the hope I  can  offset some of the problems people cause by their poor choice  of   words.  Of course, if you keep things vague enough, you can  say    most anything and make it apply to everyone.  Now that's real       journalism!?!" Terry Fowler, 'Editorial' ADAM International  Media, Sept.  '92.  (capitals in original)Here's a fine idea that all of us membere screws that you don't know what to  do with so you put 'em in your pocket.)When working on cars, we called any leftovers WEE parts.  If the    car still worked ok without these parts, we would fling them at     arm's length while yelling WHEEEE!  I prefer pocket screws or       pocket parts.  These days, conservation and recycling earn extra    points...Guy --- * Origin:  The Kanata BBS (1:163/411)The Last Word, I Hope:  "One final brief comment this month to help clear up any misunderstanding thate very well due to physical handicaps, one of the           volunteers suggested a computer, equipped with a word processor,    might solve the problem for some.  I immediately thought of the     user-friendly ADAM.  Donating a couple of ADAM computers would open up a new world for some of these residents, and provide us with new potential User Group members, at the same time.  Imagine how much   brighter the days could be with an ADAM at their disposal.  Not     only could they write letters but they coulde comments I've read,  make it     sound like I've said things that I never said in any conversation with the author of the article.  When I read the       article, my conclusion was that he was talking about Ed Jenkins  of E & T.  Others, however, may not know that E & T was another  ADAM  vendor in Texas who must have made the remark to that author  at    some point in time.  Since I never talked to the author, I  know it wasn't me.  All the same, these types of misunderstandings are caused by vague staver screws.  My husband Bob calls    them "pocket screws" (the screws that you don't know what to do     with so you put 'em in your pocket.) --- TMail v1.30.4 * Origin:  Cornucopia TBBS - Winter Park, FL - 407/645-  4929      (1:363/18)Message #4070 - ADAM  Date:  26-08-92 18:08 From:  Guy Cousineau To:  Patricia HerringtonSubject:  RE:  JOYSTICK *** Quoting Patricia Herrington to  Joe Blenkle ***PH> that there is a name for those leftover screws.  My husband Bob calls them "pocket screws" (ths of the Vancouver Island   Senior Adamphiles can endorse:  ADAMS for seniors:  "I recently     came in contact with the personnel at (ACLF) an ADULT CONGREGATE    LIVING FACILITY.  The facility is not yet open, but many are        working hard to remodel an old, neglected hospital building into  a functional living facility, for many of the older people in our     city.  One of the concerns of the staff is finding these people     something worthwhile to do.  Since many of the residents cannot     handwrit may have come from something     I've seen written in other newsletters.  E & T  Software, an ADAM   vendor that operated out of Dallas, Texas(300  miles north of       Houston and my location) several years ago, is no longer in business but still sometimes causes confusion.  If they   did or said something to offend someone in the past, don't          attribute what they said to ADAM'S HOUSE or the ADAM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA.  Just because we both are in Texas it  appears to confuse some people.  The vagu play many of the games available for an ADAM.  I went to Oscar's Computers, and Howard     Pines agreed to donate two computers for  use at the ACLF." Faye B. Deere 'Recycle that old disk drive', Emerald Coast ADAM User Group  nl, March '93.(capitals in original).Faye then goes on to suggest that donations of other equipment,     such as old 160K disk drives, would also help the residents.New Programs:Publish-It Pix is a 43-volume, 750 graphics package assembled by    Maine ADAM Library, P.O.Box 85, W.  He's right, and  he is   and we should be.  We should even be thankful that we've  been      reminded to count our blessings, but maybe we won't be.Terry does share a little of the praise with others, and the        Gleaner is happy to pass that on, too:  "We hear more and more      about those people and businesses in the ADAM Community that have   left for other interests or profit motives.  Don't worry.  The      contributions of the people and businesses, along with those of  us currently involved  Country,  Zip Code and Phone number) per address and 250 addresses to a  file,    with no limit on the number of files.  It also prints  labels. (See other item this issue of the ADVISA.  ED.)One of Canada's many gifts to the ADAM world is Guy Cousineau,      whose 'Exploring SmartBASIC' series is familiar to ADVISA  readers. It will shortly become familiar to the readers of the  AUGER, nl of the Emerald Coast ADAM User Group, of Fort Walton Beach, FL., which has begun running the Cousineau articles.  Txcellent     series of SmartBASIC articles and programs called ADAM's Utility    Treasure Chest.  In that same Feb.  '93 nl, Fowler says:  "I regret that these lists were never checked before being included in AIM,   and very surprised that not one subscriber called or  wrote to      indicate there was a problem, from the first list or  after." AIM   has about 2000 subscribers, Fowler once mentioned.   And not one    complained.  All of the programs, now debugged and  running, are    now available on disk ( Ontario winters.  If he lived out here on Canada's Big Island, where we     have to garden twelve months of the year, he'd never get anything   done.  Well, that's my story and I'm sticking to it.Texans aren't famous for being shy.  And Terry Fowler, of ADAM's    House (Route 2, Box 2756, Pearland, TX., USA 77581-9503) spends a   lot of space in his most recent nl, the ADAM International Media    (AIM) of February '93, reminding us that we should be grateful that he's doing such a good job for all of usaterford, ME., USA, 04088.         Described as pictures, billboards, borders, frames and corners,     they work with all ADAM art programs.  The price is $50 US.         including S/h.  Also available is SmartPRINT PLUS, a graphics       printing utility, at $15.95.  A dot matrix printer is required  for both programs.Address Master V1.03, is a public domain address and phone number   database program donated by ADAMagic Software.  There are seven     fields (First name, Last name, Address, City, State &have laid the foundation for a sound future  for ADAM.  As a matter of fact, those coming along late, have  actually made more headway in hardware and software than all those before did together."(sic) Terry Fowler 'What, Me Worry?'     AIM, Feb '93.And before we leave ADAM's Home on the Range, a clue that the day   and age of the program listing, that long list of SmartBASIC        commands for you to type in and run on your very own computer, is   just plain over.  For a year, AIM has been running an ehe    series gets to Florida via ADAM News Network, which gets it from    the ADVISA, which gets it from the author or from editor Ron        Mitchell's Ottawa, ON., ADAM User-Friendly Group nl.  Cousineau,    who is an immense contributor to the ADAM software world--parts  of TDOS, many utility programs, many adaptations of other  computer    programs for the ADAM, incredibly helpful to all and sundry on FidoNET, and the list goes on--is a member of the  Ottawa group.  Personally, I think it's those lousy$3 US) or datapack ($4 US)  from ADAM'S      HouseNo one else covers the ADAM like Thomas J.  Keene, of the Inland    Empire [Anaheim, CA.] ADAM Users Group, (IEAUG).  From the Feb  '93 nl, three typical, wide ranging, items:  "BYE-BYE BARRYWhat's going on here? First Pat Herrington announces her  departure from MOAUG [Metro Orlando ADAM User Group].  Now Barry  Wilson      formally announces that he is disposing of most of his  ADAM        hardware and software.  Barry didn't say outright that he is  t the wheel'.  I don't care much for ' empowering           employees' either.  But this one takes the cake--'resigning to      pursue other interests.'"Short Notes:"Meanwhile, Scott Gordon's new adventure/role playing game,  DRAGON MASTER has been finished but is undergoing a major rewrite  to      include more memory saving machine language routines.  Scott  hopes to get it finished around the middle of this year.  Keith  Marner,  'NEW STUFF' United Kingdom ADAM Subscribers Journal (UKAS) Feb/Mar '93.e best               newsletters--AUGMENT; how soon they are forgotten.  I recall when   Ed Jenkins was a major supplier of ADAM equipment.  And the         contributions of Barry Wallis, Charles Kolander and Wayne Motel     have no equal on the modern scene.  I suppose this is inevitable,   but it still comes as a bit of a shock.  Pat and Barry have been    such prolific contributors to ADAM literature and they have         remained after others departed.  It just won't be the same.""OBITUARY NOTICEJohn  I wonder    how many power supplies have been junked, for the lack of a good    soldering job!" Robert Walker, ECAUG AUGER, Feb.'93.Keith Marner, of UKAS, is now in touch with the "Former Colonies"   through FidoNet.  Keith reproduced the welcome screen of his Fido   bulletin board, which offers access to three nets FidoNet,  FreeNet and ClariNet.  The Gleaner was puzzled by this, but finally figured it out.  FidoNet and FreeNet are message bases so   you can talk to others.  ClariNet? is for those whoorate from   Princeton when he was 23.  He served as a soldier in WWII, and  was president of Dartmouth from 1970-1981.  His achievements  there     were enormous, among which was the first admission of women  to     that campus in 1972.  He died, at age 66 of a heart attack.""CLICHES OF THE YEARDon't you really get tired of some of the buzz-words and cliches    used by the media and politicians? How about 'recession-proof' or   'jump-start the economy'? I just love 'level playing field' and     'reinven      departing the ADAM scene but it sure does sound like it.  Not  long ago, Lyle Marschand said goodbye.  When Syd Carter and Sol  Swift   sang their swan songs, I thought that maybe they had found  greener pastures with some other computer.  NAH!!  But we sure  have seen a lot of prominent ADAM users bid us adieu.  I mean super giants like George Havach, Darrel Sage, John Moore, Joel      Lagerquist, Buck Rogers, Al Roginski and John Mesiavech.  And  guys like Al Gerson who published one of the all-tim"I had been having intermittent troubles with my power supply since its first day of use.  It came from the company that later sold out all of their ADAM supplies to another dealer.  Having worked on     various power supplies for years, I finally got the  time to check  it out.  I don't know what Coleco used for solder,  but it must     have been about 99% lead, and it was too soft.  I  cleaned all the  old solder from the bad joints, and redid them with new solder.  From then on, I had NO more trouble. G.  Kemeny, former president of Dartmouth College, co- creator of the widely used computer language, BASIC, is dead.  As  a        scientist, his involvement with nuclear energy, began with the      Manhattan project, and extended through an investigation into the   Three-Mile-Island near disaster.  Kemeny, and a Dartmouth           colleague, Prof.Thomas Kurtz, invented the BASIC computer  language in 1964.  It remains today, as the most widely used computer language ever conceived.  He received his doct want to blow    their own horn.Reach out and touch someone with your ADAM:  If you've ever  wanted to talk to Guy Cousineau or Ron Mitchell, either of whom  are       well-published writers in the ADAM world, here's your chance,  and  they want to hear from you.  The only catch is, you use your modem, and you pay the Long Distance.  Both men are soliciting calls to    their new ADAM operated Bulletin Board System in order  to test out an adaptation of a BBS operating system called PBBS  5.0. Modem     ser '92 - January '93 NIAD Newsletter, Issue #93.And are they or aren't they:  ADAM International Media has reported that M.  W.  Ruth Co., 510 Rhode Island, Cherry Hill, NJ USA 08002, a pioneer ADAM mail order dealer, is out of business. But, the      current NIAD issue reports:  "M.  W.  Ruth Co., operated by Jay and Ruth Forman, is still in the ADAM mail order business unlike last   month's report that they may have closed their doors. As we stated  in the November '92 issue, we had seen a report of M.W.nchor Desk: "Or,  I may just want to comment on something.  That's the prerogative of every editor.  A real ego trip.  You expound great   thoughts and sit back and imagine everyone reading it with interest and marvelling at your insight.  :)" Dean Roades "How to Edit a     Newsletter" 463 ADAM nl, Feb.  '93.H & R Block reports that 8,275,000 American taxpayers filed returns electronically in 1993, and 4,704,000 of those were filed through   CompuServe, which is owned by Block.  There's obviously room fo      production of the ADAM Trouble Shooting Guide but it didn't get off the ground.  In a farewell blast, he writes:  "Last  March, when I  was told 'I was the trouble with ADAM' I decided to  stay around    for one more year and see if someone could talk me  out of leaving  (which I was more than willing to be talked out  of, then).  No one did, no one apparently cared enough, most looked the other way.  Fair enough, I do as I wish, and certainly   they have the same right.""I am currently selling all anniversary    dates, etc.  (Bob Blair should have had this last Jan 28th when  he forgot the 32nd anniversary of his and Pat's wedding.  It cost      1-dozen roses.  (Details will be shared by Pat at the drop of a     hat!)." SFAUG nl.  Jan/Mar '93.Gleanings has to mark a few milestones this issue:  NIAD will  drop to a new bi-monthly, or six issues a year publication  schedule,    [from its former monthly pattern], beginning with the  Dec 92 - Jan 93 issue, owner Lyle Marschand has announced.  Decembettings are 8N1, for 300 and 1200 baud, and numbers  are: Mitchell (613) 230-9511 and Cousineau, (613) 829-6354.   Hours are Midnight  to 5 pm weekdays and midnight to sunrise weekends.  Since that's Eastern Time Zone or three hours ahead of   us on the Wet Coast, you can call and leave a message at a decent   hour.  And you'll help perfect a new program for the ADAM.  Ron     Mitchell 'To Be or Not to B(BS)' ADAM User Friendly Group nl,       Jan/Feb '93.That's certainly how we do it at the "Gleanings" A  Ruth Co.'s closure and would check into it ourselves.  It took a while to get  through to Ruth Forman but we finally did and she confirmed that    they were still in business although a little hard to reach at      times.  Ruth did recommend mailing in orders to them if you cannot  reach them over the phone."Barry Wilson, who has often been quoted, cited and referenced here, is, in the words of that truly unique hockey player Tiger Williams, 'done like dinner.' Wilson was attempting to organize the     r    growth in that market, if you think how many US  taxpayers still    filed by mail.  Compuserve revenues grew 30% over  the same         nine-month previous period, Block said.More news from Florida.  The meeting agenda for the South Florida   ADAM User Group of Englewood, FL., for March '93 contains this      item:"Ron Holder will show us his new program called:  'The Dates        Program.' Ron wrote this SmartBasic Program to quickly and easily   store and recall important dates, like birthdays and of my ADAM software and hardware and if you send a stamped addressed envelope I will be happy to send you a list.""There is no sense in naming names but approx.  5 fellow ADAMites   hastened my departure and gave me the incentive to leave.  They     remain but I go and who is to say who is best off.""I leave not in anger but in sorrow with a great sadness as if a    friend, suddenly and unexpectedly, passed away." Barry Wilson,      11600 Olive, St.  Louis, MO.  USA., 63141.  463 ADAM nl, March '93.W  base.  Some of the utilities that I had were deemed by me to be     priceless, such as all the DRBBS help files Jack Winslade had sent  to me when The Shire Scribe ran on the Xerox 820/DEM.  If there is  anyone willing to share their CP/M libraries, I will provide the    disks, as well as postage both ways.Help is needed, and I know that help will be granted.I thank you all for your patience and suppport.Written in the scriptorum, this 20th day of November,  1992         Jonathan HawesSysop--- FMaicia Herrington has devised a dandy decimal to hexadecimal      conversion chart and it, with entertaining & inspiring, 'if I can   do it, you can too' instructions, appears in the article 'What  the Hex ?!!?' in the Mar.  '93 463 ADAM nl.(I'm hoping to be able to publish this article by Pat on            hexadecimal to decimal, and back conversions in our next            newsletter.  Pat assures me she sent it to the ADAM News Network    well in advance of it's noted publication, so it could be on the   1993, two and a half years since      being sent home to die, the Stephens live one day at a time 'just   like the alcoholics,' said Joyce.  Bob works in his shop, plays     music on his steel guitar or chess on a computer." "As far as I'm   concerned it's saved my life. If I hadn't taken it, I wouldn't be   here today." Placebo effect???? Hazardous? Not according to the man "risking" his life on chelaton. "I've been on this for almost three and I have never heard of one pers on who has  had any   side-    an un-air-      conditioned room for several months, and now I find that the  disks are unreadable.  Upon examination, many are covered with a  visible layer of Florida-brand mildew and thus have been rendered  useless.Since those floppies constituted my ENTIRE CP/M collection, I  must go forth to the echo to request your help in retrieving  these      programs.PROPOSAL:If there is a system out there willing to help, I will send as many 1.44meg, 3.5" floppies, as it would take to recover a decent file hy do I think of another famous parting shot:  "You won't have     Richard Nixon to kick around any more." Perhaps Barry Wilson brought a level of emotional committment to    the ADAM world that he couldn't sustain, but I think that we        haven't heard the last of him, nor has the ADAM seen the final      contribution from someone who's always been a mover and shaker in   its small world.(Barry still appears on the Fidonet ADAM Echo on the odd  occasion, but I think he's now using a clone, BDC)Patril 0.90 * Origin:  The Shire Scribe BBS - Rockledge, Florida  (1:374/1066)Last Word Dept.:Bob Stephens is a VISA member, he's 72, and uses his ADAM for       computer chess.  That he's able to do anything at all, and isn't    dead, is the reason he was featured in the Parksville-Qualicum      Beach News of Tuesday, March 9, '93.  Bob says he is around to  use his ADAM because of chelation therapy, a controversial  treatment   for heart disease, that was the subject of the newspaper's story.  "In March  March 1993, ANN discs.  If it is, we will publish it in our         May/June issue.  Editor.)And you think you have problems with your weather:Message #3607 - CPM TECH  Date:  21-11-92 15:23 From:  Jonathan Hawes To:  CP/M File Wizards!Subject:  CP/M Files Lost to Nature!UNTO ALL WHO READ THIS MISSIVE, GREETING!The Shire Scribe BBS, in it's ongoing commitment to support the     CP/M community in Brevard County, Florida, has done a TERRIBLE      thing.  I left the entire box of backup floppies in   effects" Stephens said. "If its all in my mind,  boy I sure  must   have a mind." he muses.o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o AN EDITORIAL OBSERVATION. BY DAVID COBLEY.David Sand's Gleanings column has become one of the most  regularly reprinted articles in ADAM newsletters.  As are several  of his     original works on Word Processing as well as the other  texts that  he laboriously transcribes from hard copy, because we  don't have   the article in software form.  We send ALted to ADAM matters.  So, as a pilot project for   this issue of our newsletter, I decided to keep some notes on one  of these and write a short article telling you what I'd read. MORPH.According to an article by Graeme Bennett, the Managing Editor of  The Computer Paper, a tabloid newspaper-styled journal published   monthly in Vancouver "It appears that "morph" is destined to       become a verb in the lexicon of the coming decade, just as         "desktop" became an adjective in the last one".  Mr.  ry to the editor, as well as to the author.However, some reprint media are not giving proper credit to their   sources.  When you reprint any article that was written for, or     originated in another publication, you should ensure that your      credit statement, preceding that article, clearly identifies, not   only the author and the distributing agency, but also the  original publication.  And the problem isn't limited to lesser- known        newsletter producers.  One of the better-known, is one of  ign to the latest.      You remember the one?.  Where Lee Iacocca, describes, and          graphicly shows us, the changes in the 1993 Magic Wagon.  And, as  you sit in your easy chair, the shape of that vehicle inexorably   changes to show the longer hood, the greater windshield slope,     the lowered side window glass, the modified seats and etc., right  before your eyes.Perhaps you have noticed it, but thought it was a trick prepared   by such graphic artists as those that draw the Donald Duck         ‚Cےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےقےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےے METAMORPHOSIS. BY DAVID COBLEY.Sometimes, when I'm browsing through the masses of paper           communications that, one way or another, cross my desk, I come     across items of interest to me, and possibly to you, that aren't   necessarily relaL the general  interest    print material we publish in the ADVISA, to the ADAM News Network, in soft copy, whence it is redistributed via  monthly ANN discs.That's the purpose of ANN and we have supported it since it's       inception.  Seeing your authorship reprinted in some other          newsletters is complimentary to those of us who do write for our    newsletter.  It makes you feel that what is written is of  interest to other ADAM groups, in addition to our own.  That is              complimentaBennett      then goes on to explain how this new, exciting, graphics           capability, is utilized with the Macintosh computer.To try to illustrate just what Mr.  Bennett is writing about, let  me refer you to several recent TV ad's, which no doubt, you have   all seen, and possibly wondered how it was all done?.  With        mirrors, maybe?.  The ad's I mean are the ones where a seemingly   solid object, like, for example, the Chrysler Magic Wagon,         progressively changes shape from an old desthe      worst.  Such omission is tantamount to stealing another editor's work. Are  you an ADAM editorial thief? Examine your own publication to ensure you are giving credit where credit is due.  Or are you trying to    give your readers the false impression the articles originated in   your publication?.  If the cap fits, wear it!  But it's a sad       testimonial to editorial integrity, in the ADAM world, isn't it?    BDC.                                                                    mplimentaseries.  Not SO!.  It was done by a computer.  Using a "Morph"     program!  Morph being short for the verb metamorphose, which the   Oxford Encyclopaedic Dictionary defines simply as "a change in     form".Perfect!.  That's exactly what it is in this case.  And in the     other case that comes to mind, where a Honda powered Formula One   MacLaren racing car, converts itself into an Acura sports car,     section by section.  Fantastic.  I'm a Formula One nut anyway, so  that one is one I appreciate.  Whg audience.  For one       thing, the before and after images will undoubtedly be stillframe  video photographs of the vehicles that are used to create the      original files.  It shouldn't be very difficult for folks, like    Chrysler, to have ready access to a pair of same-colour models of  the Magic Wagon from each of the two model years involved.And with the experience gained from using large capacity           computers to enhance photographs taken by space voyaging           satellites, the technolmoother the resulting           transition.  But the processing uses such vast amounts of memory   that the true limit of the number of intermediate stages is        actually memory-limited.  The chosen in-between stages of the      calculations are recorded in the computer memory using various     "compression" techniques.  Even with this compression technique,   the files occupy multi mega- bytes of RAM.  The other problem is   that with compression techniques used to reduce file storage       size, thereproduce the transformation, from before to after.  And if we mere  mortals can visualize it, undoubtedly the modern computer, can     calculate it and come up with a set of intermediate graphics that  will create, in our visual senses, the fluid processes the         advertisers want.  BDC.xperience gained from using large capacity           computers to enhance photographs taken by space voyaging           satellites, the technol     miracles, we'll probably never see a similar type of program for   an ADAM.  ADAM doesn't have the RAM memory capacity, to cope with  such gigantic data manipulation activity.  Nor can it manipulate   data fast enough to be effective in such a process.  But that      shouldn't mean to say we can't be thinking about the procedure     itself.  We are, after all, interested in computers, aren't we?No doubt the finished product is subject to considerable           enhancement before it reaches the viewinat actually takes place, is that a complex, and memory hungry    computer program, is provided with a bit-graphics picture of the   object to be changed, in the old familiar before and after         photos.  The program then calculates the intermediate shapes that  it will need to illustrate the change progressively.  The number   of intermediate points is a function of the available memory of    the computer in use and the time available to "run" through the    process.The more intermediate stages, the sogy is probably readily available to the    up-market video production companies.  And, if Ben Wicks, can      metamorphose a sheet of indoor-outdoor carpet into a video         landscape, for Seven-Up, the opportunities for similar processes,  in the visual-image reproduction industry, are likely limitless.Anyway, now you have an idea what Morphing is all about.  At       least, a rudimentary idea.  It shouldn't be difficult to           visualize, the three-dimensional points in space that would         are complications, in decompression delays during a    "run" of the Morph transition.That's not a particular problem, when it comes to a TV, because    the camera can be slowed, or the tape speeded-up to make it all    look, to you, as if it's really happening in quick-time.  But on   the computer, the changes can be - slow, slow---slow.              Nevertheless, the results can be, as you've already seen in the    commercials, spectacular.Because of the vast amount of memory required to perform these‚Dےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےقےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےے WHEN WORDS FAIL YOU. BY THOMAS J.  KEENE.(The following text was first published in the Nov.  '92, issue  of the IEAUG, (Inland Empire ADAM User's Group), newsletter.  I        personally transcribed it, from hard copy, because I felt the       mesof the IBM and Compaq crowd.  As strident as their  claims have grown, there is still an appalling lack of really  innovative  programming for these expensive machines.  And that is  reflected   in the marketplace.  Compaq is in deep trouble, and so  is IBM.     (Sorry Ross).ADAM is agile, user friendly and versatile.  And we have some of    the best minds in the country expanding the hardware for ADAM.      The ADAM and it's present peripheral equipment is so complete  that you really have to rack your b.In a number of recent conversations with leaders in the ADAM        community, several of us have commented on the lack of              participation in the very things that make the ADAM a vital  hobby.  And the consensus seems to be that the problem is not any          lessening of satisfaction with our computer, nor is it a flagging   of interest.  Though the problem is not new, it appears to be       worsening.I recently had a phone conversation with Pat Herrington.  While  we were talking, I askedny PC, means to      you? What does the average person use this marvel for? And what  do they expect it to do? One of the functions of a newsletter is  to   point out the great performances that are possible with the         equipment we already have.  I have often commented on the poor      showing of Coleco's RECIPE FILER.  There's nothing wrong with  this great little program.  Sure it could be better and a lot  more      flexible.  But compare the standard RECIPE FILER with the  messy    ways that most ep this newsletter for many months.  But      what sort of articles do our club members want? Why, on that  score the silence is deafening.  And that's nothing new either.   Time    and again we have asked for some input on what kind of  material    appeals to you.  This ADAM is astonishingly versatile  and it can   perform incredible feats.  A lot of the regular contributors to various newsletters have repeatedly observed that   this ADAM is still holding it's own against the latest and          greatest sage worthy of reproduction in our own newsletter.  What do  you think?.  BDC.)An old problem appears to grow with time; there seems to be a       malaise abroad in ADAMland.  I have sensed this for quite a  while, but others have commented upon it also.  It's not that  there is a  lack of enthusiasm for our computer; in fact the interest almost seems higher than ever, as witness the large        attendance at ADAMCON IV.  It shows up mostly in the newsletters,   and in attendances at user group meetingsrain to think of something            significant it lacks.  I don't need a computer by my side as I      drive down the freeway, nor do I feel disenfranchised if I can't    bring my ADAM with me on an airliner.This may sound like I'm clinging to the past; it might even  appear that I object to progress.  NOT!.  If I have learned anything about life, it's that newer ain't necessarily better.      And nowhere is that more evident than in the computer world.How often have you reflected on what ADAM, or a her opinion about putting some of my  gripes  in an article in the newsletter, You see, Pat and I, and  quite a   few others, know how difficult it is to put out a regular           newsletter.  There are many reasons for this, and burnout has  been a factor for a number of editors.As I told Pat, I have not yet reached the point where I just sit    down at the keyboard and hope I will think of something to say.     At least not quite yet!  I still have a reservoir of ideas for      articles that could kehomes file recipes.  And that includes homes  that   have an ADAM.  And what about those checkbook programs!  Do  you    know of anyone who actually keeps their banking records with  the   ADAM? Not many!.  I expect that IBM users probably use their        computers less for that purpose than ADAM users.  I really don't    know that for sure, but I do think it is one Hell of an expensive   tool just to balance a checkbook.I think that for most home record keeping, whether it is gas        mileage or otherrs   is that it's all news to them.  If I hadn't reprinted an  article   from MTAG, maybe our IEAUG members would never have seen  it.       Barry Wilson in St.  Louis may have seen that article in his  own   newsletter, or in MTAG's newsletter, or IEAUG, MOAUG, AWAUG,        SFAUG, Puget Sound or you name it, newsletters.  As it is ANN       serves the grand purpose of providing most of the good stuff to     everyone.  And I, for one, commend it to you highly.On the other hand, if each newsletter dependsly   for word processing.  And that's undoubtedly true for the ADAM.     My guess is that it's second greatest usage is for games or         graphics.  After that, the also-rans are way down the list.  I      have only found one other member of IEAUG who has tried TURBO       PASCAL.  And to my knowledge, I am the only person I know who has   tried FORTRAN on the ADAM.  So why should we feature any articles   about these esoteric applications? To stimulate interest perhaps!   I doubt that myself!.  I have ae, but I sang the praises of the camaraderie of        ADAMites.  And there have been more than a few no-shows that had    lame excuses.  Please don't misread my comments.  I thoroughly      enjoyed the conventions I have attended.  And I missed half of      them myself!.It must be torture to prepare an agenda for these conventions.      What topics would people like presented? Where do we go to get      qualified presenters? Or just any presenters for that matter.       It's not completely unlike putting just to fill up the pages.  I commented about that to Pat           Herrington.  We agreed that there is a lot of duplication in        various newsletters.  It isn't uncommon for an article to  reappear four or five times in various newsletters.  Pat said that that, is not unjustified.  She suggested that many  newsletter serve just their own constituency.  Those of us that exchange newsletters are well aware of the multiple appearances  of articles.  But the parochial view from the isolated club  membe operating expenses, a pencil and notebook would    perform as well.  Not always, of course.  In situations where you   need to sort through thousands of entries to find something,        nothing beats a computer.  I have noted before how an inventory  of thousands of electronic items like transistors, is ideally  suited  for computerized record keeping.  Similarly a huge video  library   is an excellent candidate for a computerized inventory.There is general agreement that people use their computers most on reprinting         articles from other newsletters, where are the originals coming     from? They have to originate someplace.  Maybe one article can      appear in every newsletter across the continent, but it had to      start somewhere.  It can get a little boring, reading the same  old comments and opinions about what a consummate collection of  great  people we have at ADAMcon's From nearly every account I've  read,   we must walk on sanctified ground.  I met a couple of real          assholes thern uneasy feeling that nothing at     all interests our readers.  In truth, I wonder if we "really do     have" any readers?You sure couldn't tell it, from the feedback we receive.  It even   makes you wonder if there is a good reason for publishing           newsletters.  A simple postcard announcing the time and place of    the next meeting would serve as well.  And the postage, and         printing costs, would be a lot more palatable.There's simply no point in scrounging around to find something      together a newsletter.Participation is the key!  The hell you say!  For many, just        showing up there is enough.  That's their idea of participation.    Not many can stand before a group, get their attention, warm them   up with a few good stories, then tell them something they will      profit from and leave them laughing.And not everyone has that "way with words" to create an article     for a newsletter.  And not everyone has something to say in the     first place!  But, if soon this complacenletter was not for you.  We had      hoped to strive for excellence and originality.  Recapitulating     what everyone already knows, serves nobody.  And just getting       together to discuss topical events is not a proper agenda for an    ADAM club or a national convention.When I attend IEAUG meetings, I am constantly amazed at the         achievements of our members.  In past years, we have had a lot of   very rank beginners in attendance and the more advanced members     had a ball helping these neophy don't      find it to be a particularly worthy cause.  ADAM isn't an           institution and we are not looking to become enshrined.  And it's   pretty repetitious to hear, over and over again, what a great       little computer ADAM is and what a great bunch of people we are.    Perhaps, that's what people want to hear.  But that fulfills no     need.  We all know that!? or we should!; we've heard it often       enough.  And if you aren't convinced by now, that the IBM crowd,    is a bunch of Yuppie snher.  Our  IEAUG club motto was, and still is, ADAM users helping other ADAM         users".That is still the concept guiding our newsletter.  But none of us   is clairvoyant.  We have no idea of whether we are advancing the    cause of ADAM.  And again that's not the aim of the newsletter.   I could care less about advancing the cause.  I do hope that we  can  help you understand what an incredible powerhouse you own.   It is  capable of solving unbelievably difficult problems.  We  have tried to show yo for.  It's swell that you    find it fascinating.  Maybe most people find that SMARTWRITER       fulfills their meagre writing needs and couldn't care less about    VDE.  I feel no compulsion to motivate anyone to make a career  out of using their ADAM.  But newsletters and conventions, it  seems to me, should transcend just idle chit chat.A number of years back, several of us in IEAUG got together and     decided that we were not competing with Gourmet magazine.  If you   wanted cookie recipes, our newsce doesn't yield to real   participation, then more and more clubs are going to fold.  Maybe   nobody really cares.I have compared clubs and newsletters to Boy Scout dens.  If        someone volunteers to become a den mother, that's the last you'll   ever see of most of the other parents!.  And it's just as bad if    you belong to a PTA group, where the domineering individual wants   to "run" the whole show.  I don't feel as though my joining an      ADAM user group was a civic responsibility.  I certainlytes understand computing.  If        someone among us had a piece of equipment that seemed to be         malfunctioning, we were there to check it out with equipment  known to be good.  We could straighten out those questions about getting software to   operate correctly.  We had demonstrations on the use of modems  and about accessing and using bulletin boards to our advantage.   We    often acquired equipment and software at bargain prices.  But  the  bottom line was that we were there to help one anotobs, then you have never read an IEAUG       newsletter.  Those guys really give me a pain.  Hell, if they'd     only do something constructive for a change!  But look around  you!  How many of you are really using your ADAM to anything near  it's  potential? Bragging about what a magnificently conceived  micro it  is, doesn't cut it.And just being heard from, doesn't either!  I'm sure that most      people who read this article have a lot of fun using their ADAM.    But that's not something to take a bowu how it ranks right up there with giant mainframes in performing prodigious feats.  We have tried to        demystify some of the probability concepts.  We have gone to  great lengths to familiarize you with CP/M because it is the gate  to a   vast repertoire of public domain software that was developed  on    other computers.  We have tried to make the versatility of  modern  24 pin dot matrix printers irresistible.  Because we are  convinced that you would profit immensely from these relatively  inexpenrk.Letters aren't the only things we write in our daily lives.  We    write ourselves notes, grocery lists, and we certainly write       cheques (or checks), and sign various and sundry pieces of paper   other people thrust at us.  Using a word processor for some of     these odd jobs isn't sensible, or is it?Let's eliminate signing cheques immediately.  We'd all like        that!.  But -- think of your grocery lists.  Many businesses, of   all kinds, use a 'par stock' or 'basic stock' list system.     ck we get.  And we    desperately need to have those of you with a hankering to write,    to really give it a go.  It gets easier with time.  And we all      know that you have a lot of experiences to share with the rest of   us.  You may not have the answers.  Maybe you only have the         problems.  Or maybe something is not working as advertised.  You    might even save the rest of us a lot of grief by pointing out       something that is literally worthless,----or worse.But don't just sit there!  Tahe   options, with your arrow keys, to System, then to Load and         through the What Drive prompt.  SPW wants you to be exact when     you enter filenames.The filename, for the two column listing format, with a page       number at the top, is ColumnsP.  Nothing else will do.  Remember   as well that, this has to be at the top of your page, the very     first thing showing on your screen.  If three columns, would seem better than two, study the            programming of the ColumnsP format, and good ‚Cےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےقےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےےے WORKING WITH SPEEDYWRITE.  COLUMN THREE IN THE SERIES: BY DAVID SANDS.This series is written for original publication in the VISA        ADVISA, newsletter of the Vancouver Island Senior ADAMphiles, and  is distributed by (ANN), the ADAM News Netwosive  marvels.  We are striving to make it possible for you  to avail     yourself of the power that is at your fingertips.  Sometimes we delve into some extremely heavy mathematics, but we    are really only trying to reach those in our community that are     quite advanced.  We are not going to stand by and ket those IBM     snobs denigrate us.  We can shove as good as the best of them.      But we really need to hear from you about your needs and wants.     We could be whistling Dixie for all the feedba    That's an inventory sheet for daily ordering, and it helps         guarantee essentials don't get missed.  If forgetting to buy       salt, flour, potatoes, whatever, is a problem, use SpeedyWrite to  make your own multiple column list and you'll never forget nails,  towels, cigars, bullets or cinnamon again.Depending on your own ADAM system, make sure you've got your       SpeedyWrite disk or tape, loaded in the drive from which you       started SPW, press Store/Get, and then work your way through tke your place behind the keyboard  and put SMARTWRITER or VDE (or Wordstar) to work!.  Send in your        resume now!.  We are looking for help and we are hiring, even if    Rockwell, Hughes and Douglas are not.  We really need you!.Thomas J.  Keene.IEAUG.shove as good as the best of them.      But we really need to hear from you about your needs and wants.     We could be whistling Dixie for all the feedbaluck!.  The format    comes up onscreen showing a set of instructions, so you don't      have to remember exactly what to do each time, and you can do a    test printout to see if you've got it working.Those instructions don't print out--they are 'comments' created    with the Control-V;(semicolon) command.  This is a feature you     can use if you're creating a document for yourself, that you want  to print out for someone else, without revealing your sources or   real opinions.Another thing you could g, or to add a touch of elegance to a page.  For example,    if you're writing the Employee Policy Manual, the company name,    chapter title and page number could appear across the top of each  page with only a single use of the SPW Header command.  This is    Control-V H, and then, (without a space) the Header text.          Footers--across the bottom of the page--are entered with Control-  V F.Footnotes, for academic writing, are performed by the SPW          FootNoteA file, which is loaded just like osave time.Check with the copyshop/printer.  If they can do reduced sized     copy, the result could be sharper, and easier to read.  It may     even fit into a card envelope more easily.  If your letter is long, think about formatting it so it can be     printed on both sides of the paper, and then be folded.Here again, this is a job you can take to the photocopy shop       after you get a good original.  Format your file so it fits        neatly into two columns, across the short side of the paper.  g, or to add a touch of elegance to a page.  For example,    if you're writing the Employee Policy Manual, the company name,    chapter title and page number could appear across the top of each  page with only a single use of the SPW Header command.  This is    Control-V H, and then, (without a space) the Header text.          Footers--across the bottom of the page--are entered with Control-  V F.Footnotes, for academic writing, are performed by the SPW          FootNoteA file, which is loaded just like o page numbering with its regular Control-V and code sequence.       There are four different page numbering styles, centred, top and   bottom and right hand, top and bottom.  Also, SPW offers another   System file, entitled TwoSidedA, that will allocate alternate      page numbers to the outer edges of the pages, when you're          printing both sides of your sheet.Headers and footers appear on every sheet of a long document,      sometimes to identify the author and document as for freelance     writincreate with SpeedyWrite is your Christmas  Letter.  If you're not impressed with those things--and they       sometimes do set your teeth on edge-- pass on this.  But, if       informing your wide circle of friends about your year, is a        chore, when you handwrite it, here's where the computer can help.Here are a couple of other ideas:  if you need a lot of copies,    having a local 'quick-print', or photocopy shop do them, after     you get a good "original" from your ADAM printer, will certainly   ur other examples.Next time, lets make a macro of our own so something we do         repetitiously in our writing gets done with a single keystroke.    Macros are simply small programs stored away in your word          processor.  They can be real time-savers.et.Headers and footers appear on every sheet of a long document,      sometimes to identify the author and document as for freelance     writinIf   you're using a dot matrix printer that has a 'landscape' mode,     you may be able to print it out yourself, otherwise, it's a cut    and paste job.  When its folded, you have a little booklet.        Pages 1 and 4 on the back of the page, and pages 2 and 3 on the    front.  With two simple folds the pages line up correctly and it   all goes nicely into a card envelope.While we're thinking about long documents, lets review page        numbering, and headers, footers and footnotes.  SPW gives you     هههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههههه