#: 17425 S14/misc/info/Soapbox 23-Jan-93 14:27:19 Sb: #ved 2.0 Fm: keith bauer 71102,317 To: bob vanderpoel Bob, I have a small problem with Ved 2.0. When I an at the very bottom of the screen and use the arrow key to scroll downward the last line gets over written but the screen does not scroll. I must need to change a setting or two but I'm not sure which. I have tried the older version of ved and that one works fine. Thanks Keith Bauer There is 1 Reply. #: 17429 S14/misc/info/Soapbox 24-Jan-93 12:00:56 Sb: #17425-ved 2.0 Fm: Bob van der Poel 76510,2203 To: keith bauer 71102,317 (X) Keith, to solve the problem with the last line not scrolling change the definition of of 'sf' in your termcap entry from \015 to \012 ($0d to $0a). Ved 1.x used Writeln() to do its screen stuff. This caused some problems, so we now use Write(). If you had $0d as sf it got translated to $0a in 1.x. Doesn't work now. BTW, there is a good termcap entry for the mm/1 in the file docs/termcap.txt on the dist. disk. And for those of you who already have recieved your Ved 2.0 update...a chapter was left out of the manual (Spellcheck). It is now in the mail to you. #: 17448 S14/misc/info/Soapbox 27-Jan-93 14:12:12 Sb: #OS9 Info Fm: Nick Terry 100042,3116 To: All Greetings, I'm trying to find a way to connect several 68k based OS9 racks together in some sort of sane fashion so I can send messages between them. The comms medium is high speed point to point parallel links. Anybody got any ideas of how I might do this other than using NFM?? In addition does anybody have any comments on Microwares support services eg driver writing etc? All responses gratefully appreciated Nick Terry (UK). There is 1 Reply. #: 17457 S14/misc/info/Soapbox 30-Jan-93 14:14:08 Sb: #17448-OS9 Info Fm: ole hansen 100016,3417 To: Nick Terry 100042,3116 Hello Nick I have NFM running on top of Microware's ISP(tcp/ip) and it runs concurrent wihout problems. The nice thing about using NFM is that it enables you to use 'pipes' and 'i/o-devices' on the other systems, so it is easy to do task-communication between systems. The device-driver-writters at Microware is quite good at their jobs, but they are human-people like you and me, so the make 'bugs' also, but they have the advantage that they can talk to 'inhouse knowledge' about all kinds(kernel and filemanagers). So in general I feel that the are doing a nice service. My company (danelec electronics) has been an OEM customer for 6 years now, and always felt that somebody worked for us, if we had problems. regards ole b. hansen ole@danelec.dk #: 17468 S14/misc/info/Soapbox 02-Feb-93 16:38:47 Sb: #17457-#OS9 Info Fm: Nick Terry 100042,3116 To: ole hansen 100016,3417 (X) Hi ole Thanks for the reply. I have heard of your company around the office. I am currently working for Pro-Active control in Cambridge. We plan to get Microware to write drivers for an Ethernet card (for ISP) and an NFM driver for interrack comms using paralell ports - hence the question. Is there much of an OS9 presence in the UK? It seems to be an OS that you have to support yourself to a large extent. Once again thanks for the response. Nick There is 1 Reply. #: 17471 S14/misc/info/Soapbox 03-Feb-93 18:47:03 Sb: #17468-#OS9 Info Fm: ole hansen 100016,3417 To: Nick Terry 100042,3116 (X) Hello Nick Now a Bell is ringing. We talked on the telephone about the VGA-board and Celeste 68020. About supporting OS-9 only by yourself is not true. There is a couple of companies that can help you out beside Microware. Do you know Paul Dayan at Galactic Industrial ?? He is brilliant when is comes to OS-9/68K and devicedrivers for ISP and NFM. He wrote the NFMISP-driver we have for NFM, so it can run on top of ISP. He telephone-number is : +44 913848343 and fax: +44 913847742 regards ole@danelec.dk There is 1 Reply. #: 17477 S14/misc/info/Soapbox 04-Feb-93 16:14:32 Sb: #17471-OS9 Info Fm: Nick Terry 100042,3116 To: ole hansen 100016,3417 (X) Hello Ole Thanks for the hint, I'll give him a call. I hope we can help you with your card requirements. Cheers, Nick Press !> #: 17684 S14/misc/info/Soapbox 10-Mar-93 01:55:41 Sb: #Hong Kong Fm: Chris Hofland 74650,742 To: All Hello out there! Are there any OS/9ers from Hong Kong here on CompuServe? Chris Hofland Philips Interactive Media Int'l, East Asia +852 821-5482 FAX: +852 528-2259 There is 1 Reply. #: 17718 S14/misc/info/Soapbox 13-Mar-93 14:10:51 Sb: #17684-Hong Kong Fm: Wayne Day 76703,376 To: Chris Hofland 74650,742 Chris, I think you're our first member from the Colony, but does it count that my wife and I think of HK as our home-away-from-home? She was attending UHK when we met, many years ago, and still has lots of family in HK. Wayne #: 18053 S14/misc/info/Soapbox 06-May-93 20:00:49 Sb: OS9 Underground????? Fm: DOUG 72667,1433 To: all I hate doing this... but has anyone recently received any copies of the OS9 Underground????? I have had to write to Mr. Sheltra at least three times now and have only received three issues (one of which was the FREE issue). He's said I haven't been "snookered". However.... I firmly believe otherwise. If he is using an OS/68K system for his mailing list it isn't working!!!!!!! I'm ready to call the California AG. Anyone got some info??? He hasn't answered my most recent letter of about three weeks ago. Press !> #: 18078 S14/misc/info/Soapbox 12-May-93 17:00:24 Sb: Calendar of Events Fm: Gary E. Vieregger 76711,35 To: all Hello, You can find the latest update for the 'Calendar of Events' within the Calendar of Events library. The Calendar of Events is located within the IBM Office Desktop Forum (GO IBMDESK). The Calendar of Events is free of charge (except for normal Compuserve connectivity) to both users and contributors. The Calendar of Events is a collection of seminars, updates, and trade shows held throughout the United States and representive of computer hardware and software. The data is gathered from numberous trade journals and pertain to various companies. The file is updated weekly and is kept in the Calendar of Events library (CAL*.TXT). Within the Calendar of Events section we will gladly accept your suggestions, questions, and submissions to the calendar. Regards, Gary Vieregger IBM Office Desktop Software Forum - Forum mgr Press !> #: 18189 S14/misc/info/Soapbox 26-May-93 19:25:04 Sb: OS9 Underground Fm: Bob van der Poel 76510,2203 To: all Strange things are not always bad... Opened my post office box today and was shocked to find a copy of the OS9 UnderGround! The editorial has a detailed exp. of why it's late, etc. Good thing it was published. Remember my 'battle' with MG about the malloc.h thing... well, the article I promised ya all on this is in this issue (the reason that is good is that I lost my copy of the ms.) And MG has an article in there too. All in all, it is a good little issue. Hope that Alan can keep up his promises. Press !> #: 18349 S14/misc/info/Soapbox 27-Jun-93 01:41:59 Sb: #18344-Good Sector Editor Fm: Mike Haaland 72300,1433 To: Bob van der Poel 76510,2203 (X) Ok the ascii side has been fixed, and can do key entry now. Fixed the /dd problem, I was opening directories in non-sharable mode, which was keeping the terminfo routines from getting the TERM entry. &:-o Now only files are opened with non-share set. dEd doesn't appear to use the non-share bit at all. The slow screen refreshes are the fault of the curses.l I'm using. It's the version that uses terminfo. The EFFO version is supposed to be much faster and uses termcap instead of terminfo. (I'm grabbing it now and will see if it speeds things up). Yeah, the edit-mode-all-the-time took a few time to get used to, but before any writes are done, it always prompts. ESC will undo your changes before you write to disk too. I'm trying to decide what to load the MM/1 Fn keys with, so you won't have to use Cntl keys. I thought about that too, but it seems like major work to get FM to scroll and still keep you informed of any changes you've made, etc. Press !>$f The OS-9 Forum+ Read Menu Read 1 [NEW] messages 2 Message NUMBER 3 WAITING messages for you (0) Search [new] messages 4 FROM (Sender) 5 SUBJECT 6 TO (Recipient) Enter choice !> #: 18545 S14/misc/info/Soapbox 17-Aug-93 11:13:53 Sb: #Atlanta 'Fest Fm: Steve Wegert 76703,4255 To: All Scarffed from the CoCo LIST ... <<>> Area 9: Colour Computer Echo From: Alan Dages Rec'd To: Colin Mckay Msg #857, 08:20pm Aug-14-93 Subject: Re: Atlanta Fest Per your request here is the info on the Fourth Annual Atlanta CoCofest. Announcing Show hours: Sat. Oct. 2, 10:00 AM-5:00 PM 4th Annual Atlanta CoCofest Sun. Oct. 3, 10:00 AM-3:00 PM Holiday Inn, Northlake Vendor setup: Fri. Oct. 1, 6:00 PM-11:00 PM October 2 & 3 1993 Sat. Oct. 2, 8:30 AM-9:45 AM Admission: $5.00 (Whole Show) Reservations: Holiday Inn, Northlake 1 (800) 465-4329 or 1 (404) 938-1026 There is 1 Reply. #: 18550 S14/misc/info/Soapbox 17-Aug-93 22:01:31 Sb: #18545-#Atlanta 'Fest Fm: Bob van der Poel 76510,2203 To: Steve Wegert 76703,4255 (X) Sure hope it turns out to be a good show. I just paid for my ticket...my first time in Atlanta! I'm looking forward to meeting a lot of faceless names. There are 3 Replies. #: 18551 S14/misc/info/Soapbox 18-Aug-93 05:55:13 Sb: #18550-Atlanta 'Fest Fm: SCOTT HOWELL 70270,641 To: Bob van der Poel 76510,2203 (X) Hey Bob, you will make it to Atlanta. Sounds great!!. Hopefully someday I will make it to BC #: 18554 S14/misc/info/Soapbox 18-Aug-93 11:36:29 Sb: #18550-Atlanta 'Fest Fm: Steve Wegert 76703,4255 To: Bob van der Poel 76510,2203 (X) I hope so as well! I wonder if any one was able to take aadvantage of the recent TWA 3day special of buy one get one free ticket. Sure would have made flying to ATL cost effective. *- Steve -* #: 18572 S14/misc/info/Soapbox 22-Aug-93 10:50:46 Sb: #18550-#Atlanta 'Fest Fm: Zack Sessions 71532,1555 To: Bob van der Poel 76510,2203 (X) > Sure hope it turns out to be a good show. I just paid for my ticket...my first > time in Atlanta! I'm looking forward to meeting a lot of faceless names. Bob, it will be a pleasure to finally place a face with that familiar voice I've spoken with many times. Looking forward to finally meeting you in person in Atlanta. I assume you are springing for a vendor booth and not just making an appearance? ------------------------------------ Zack C Sessions ColorSystems via InfoXpress/OSK by Bill Dickhaus There is 1 Reply. #: 18579 S14/misc/info/Soapbox 22-Aug-93 21:39:28 Sb: #18572-#Atlanta 'Fest Fm: Bob van der Poel 76510,2203 To: Zack Sessions 71532,1555 (X) But Zack...if we meet do I have to talk slow, or will you try to talk fast like us folks from the North? I'm going to share a booth with some other guys from Canada. Sure hope I sell lots of stuff...gotta pay for the airfare some way...and then there might even be the desire to buy stuff there...opps, gotta check the spending limit on my credit cards. Yeah, I'm looking forward to seeing yah all. There is 1 Reply. #: 18585 S14/misc/info/Soapbox 23-Aug-93 18:42:43 Sb: #18579-Atlanta 'Fest Fm: Zack Sessions 71532,1555 To: Bob van der Poel 76510,2203 (X) > But Zack...if we meet do I have to talk slow, or will you try to talk fast like > us folks from the North? But we never had a problem understanding each other on the phone, did we? :-) > I'm going to share a booth with some other guys from Canada. Sure hope I sell > lots of stuff...gotta pay for the airfare some way...and then there might even > be the desire to buy stuff there...opps, gotta check the spending limit on my > credit cards. Yeah, I usually spend more than I make. > Yeah, I'm looking forward to seeing yah all. Umm, that is "you all", or "y'all". another :-) ------------------------------------ Zack C Sessions ColorSystems via InfoXpress/OSK by Bill Dickhaus #: 18566 S14/misc/info/Soapbox 20-Aug-93 12:46:16 Sb: #DragoAny Dragon Users? Fm: Bernd Neuner 100271,2432 To: Anybody Is anybody out there usinere still using a Dragon Computer under OS9? There is 1 Reply. #: 18568 S14/misc/info/Soapbox 20-Aug-93 21:16:41 Sb: #18566-DragoAny Dragon Users? Fm: Bud Hamblen 72466,256 To: Bernd Neuner 100271,2432 Bernd, I at least _own_ a Dragon 64. I got it from California Digital for $49 after Tano, the US company that assembled Dragons in Louisiana, stopped production and sold the leftover finished product to California Digital. California Digital apparently still has some left after all these years. By the time I got my Dragon, disk drives and controllers were no longer available. Bud Press !> #: 19166 S14/misc/info/Soapbox 20-Oct-93 12:44:20 Sb: positions open Fm: Steve Wegert 76703,4255 To: All Scarffed from comp.os.os9 ... Newsgroups: comp.os.os9 Path: wupost!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!uunet!mcrware!eric From: eric@microware.com (Eric Miller) Subject: job Positions Available Message-ID: <1993Oct19.201030.12893@microware.com> Keywords: Microware, OS-9, Multimedia Sender: news@microware.com Nntp-Posting-Host: rama Organization: Microware Systems Corp., Des Moines, Iowa Distribution: usa Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1993 20:10:30 GMT Lines: 68 Notice of Job Openings Microware Systems Corp, a leading international supplier of real time operating systems has 2 positions available in it's Multimedia Department. Microware is located in Des Moines, Iowa, USA, and offers comprehensive benefits and competitive salaries. Position #1: Writing Device Drivers for OS-9 and OS-9000 Our Multimedia Dept is responsible for developing file managers and device drivers for a variety of MPEG I and MPEG II full motion video processors as well as advanced graphics controllers and wide area networks for consumer electronics and computer platforms. We are looking for experienced engineers to join these development teams. Requirements: - BS degree in CS/CE and 2+ years experience in C programming or - MS degree in CS/CE - excellent knowledge of C programming Desired: - experience with OS-9/OS-9000 operating systems - experience writing device drivers - knowledge of multi-threaded or IRQ driven programming - good writing skills Salary commensurate with experience Position #2: Application Level Programming This position will be responsible for developing software for a distributed, interactive TV system. This will include writing protocol handling software, object-oriented environment managers, and/or actual applications for the system. Requirements: - BS degree in CS and 2+ years experience in C programming or - MS degree in CS - excellent knowledge of C programming - experience in object-oriented / event-driven programming techniques Desired: - familiarity with OS-9/OS-9000 operating systems - experience with multimedia programming - experience with multi-process applications - familiarilty with multi-system distributed programming techniques - good writing skills Salary commensurate with experience Interested candidates should reply in writing to: Human Resources Administrator Microware Systems Corporation 1900 NW 114th St Des Moines, IA 50325-7077 Microware Systems is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Press !> #: 19531 S14/misc/info/Soapbox 26-Dec-93 20:14:48 Sb: #OS-9000 Fm: Kurt W. Papke 73663,1331 To: All As a consumer of OS-9000 for three years, but a Compuserve neophyte, could somebody give me a clue whether the total absence of OS-9000 activity on this forum is indicative of: 1) wrong forum, 2) nobody on Compuserve uses OS-9000, 3) there are no other users of OS-9000... --Kurt There are 2 Replies. #: 19532 S14/misc/info/Soapbox 26-Dec-93 21:07:28 Sb: #19531-OS-9000 Fm: Zack Sessions 71532,1555 To: Kurt W. Papke 73663,1331 > As a consumer of OS-9000 for three years, but a Compuserve neophyte, > could somebody give me a clue whether the total absence of OS-9000 > activity on this forum is indicative of: 1) wrong forum, 2) nobody on > Compuserve uses OS-9000, 3) there are no other users of OS-9000... Right forum. I am also an OS-9000 user, but not a very active one. I, like several other OS9/68K developers, got a cheap copy of V1.2 last spring at a Color Computer Fest in Chicago. Microware has not really pushed personal use of OS-9000. What is your use? Personal? Business? Industrial? btw: you may want to check the libs for some stuff I uploaded to the OSK directory as there is not a specific OS9K directory. ------------------------------------ Zack C Sessions ColorSystems "I am Homer of Borg, prepare to be assimi ... OOOOHHH, DOUGHNUTS!" #: 19536 S14/misc/info/Soapbox 27-Dec-93 21:23:34 Sb: #19531-OS-9000 Fm: Steve Wegert 76703,4255 To: Kurt W. Papke 73663,1331 > As a consumer of OS-9000 for three years, but a Compuserve neophyte, > could somebody give me a clue whether the total absence of OS-9000 > activity on this forum is indicative of: 1) wrong forum, 2) nobody on > Compuserve uses OS-9000, 3) there are no other users of OS-9000... > You're in the right place Kurt! I know of a couple of OS-9000 users that are pretty active on the forum, so feel free to ask your questions. I'm sure someone will pipe up! Microware has posted the most recent issue of PIPELINES in LIB 15. It contains a number of reference to OS-9000 and related products. Also, if you search the libraries using a keyword of os-9000 or os9000 you will pop up a couple of utilities that have been ported over. Are you looking for anything in particular we could help you with? *- Steve -* Press !> #: 19545 S14/misc/info/Soapbox 29-Dec-93 22:40:39 Sb: #19532-#OS-9000 Fm: Kurt W. Papke 73663,1331 To: Zack Sessions 71532,1555 (X) > Right forum. > > I am also an OS-9000 user, but not a very active one. I, like several other OS9/68K > developers, got a cheap copy of V1.2 last spring at a Color Computer Fest in Chicago. > > Microware has not really pushed personal use of OS-9000. What is your use? Personal? > Business? Industrial? > > Zack C Sessions > ColorSystems Industrial. I work for a medical company that makes automated blood testers. The product is based on a 386 running OS-9000. There is supposed to be a Pipelies (Freudian slip?) article coming out on our app one of these days. The big beef about OS-9000 seems to be the cost. For us that was not a big issue because the box it controls is two orders of magnitude more $$$ than the OS. The bigger issues for us were vendor support, functionality and performance over the other contenders, the main one at the time being QNX. Pick your poison... --Kurt There is 1 Reply. #: 19546 S14/misc/info/Soapbox 29-Dec-93 23:04:06 Sb: #19545-OS-9000 Fm: Zack Sessions 71532,1555 To: Kurt W. Papke 73663,1331 > Industrial. I work for a medical company that makes automated blood > testers. The product is based on a 386 running OS-9000. There is supposed > to be a Pipelies (Freudian slip?) article coming out on our app one of > these days. The big beef about OS-9000 seems to be the cost. For us that > was not a big issue because the box it controls is two orders of magnitude > more $$$ than the OS. The bigger issues for us were vendor support, > functionality and performance over the other contenders, the main one at > the time being QNX. Pick your poison... I am not familiar with performance comparisons of OS9K as opposed to QNX. As far as support goes, were you disappointed with Microware's support? ------------------------------------ Zack C Sessions ColorSystems "I am Homer of Borg, prepare to be assimi ... OOOOHHH, DOUGHNUTS!" #: 19544 S14/misc/info/Soapbox 29-Dec-93 22:40:35 Sb: #19536-OS-9000 Fm: Kurt W. Papke 73663,1331 To: Steve Wegert 76703,4255 (X) > Are you looking for anything in particular we could help you with? > > > *- Steve -* I just wonder from time-to-time about the viability of the OS. Microware's support is directly proportional to current & expected sales... --Kurt Press !>