aweiss@pacsbb.UUCP (arnold weiss) (08/08/88)
Most of us who use the Coco have expierenced crash due to dirty contacts on the disk controller or the Multi-Pak. Other than gold plating the contacts there is NO sure fire way to prevent this, but ther is a com- mercial product sold that does help solve the problem. This product is called "CRAMOLIN" and is a contact cleaner & coater. 'Tho a bit expensive , about $ 17.00, it can be used for a long time, probably years by a single user. I coated all my non-goldplatted contacts over six months ago and have had NO problems since. I still have almost as much solution as I started with, so it will last me a long time. On page 76 of the SEPT. 88 issue of Radio Electronics there is an ad placed by an outfit that is selling CRAMOLIN by mail order. It is very useful and should be looked into.
es@polari.UUCP (Erich Sweaney) (02/12/90)
This is a test, for my BBS Program. This BBS will have Usenet Avaibable.
wilhite@unocss.unomaha.edu (wilhite) (03/24/90)
This is a test to see if I can post news. -- Timothy R. Wilhite KB0ASO
fkk@stasys.sta.sub.org (Frank Kaefer) (03/28/90)
wilhite@unocss.unomaha.edu (wilhite) writes: > This is a test to see if I can post news. > -- > Timothy R. Wilhite KB0ASO Well, yes, it seems you can post news, but do you post on an OS-9 machine as I do ? <grin> Cheers, Frank. --- +--------------------------------+ Darkness all around us | Frank Kaefer | fkk@stasys.UUCP | We don't close our eyes | (Compuserve: 72427,2101) | No one's gonna ground us | (BIX: fkaefer) | We were born to fly | Starnberg, West Germany | Comin' at us no stopping +--------------------------------+ Born to amplify [Carry On - Manowar]
bew@davidge (Brett Wynkoop) (12/28/90)
Greeting-
I am trying to get news running here at the office so I can get
it running under os9. All looks ok, but I need to know if this gets
beyond the site next door. Could a few of you other os9ers drop me
some e-mail on the subject. best path is probably:
.....phri!marob!davidge!bew
Thanks folks!
-BretthalkoD@batman.moravian.EDU (David Halko) (01/25/91)
From what I remember about all of the different discussions I have heard over the nets about the TC-70 and MM/1, there were a few misrepresentations in your John Vestal's last message... The TC-70 comes with more memory than the MM/1 (from what I last remember...) Because of the extra memory, the TC-70 is slightly faster than a stock MM/1. The TC-70 will run on the KBus, making available for it a tremendous amount available expansion options... excellent for POS applications which need all the terminals they can get (aimed at Business) The TC-70 will act as a direct mother board replacement for owners of QT systems, so they can upgrade their systems to color graphics cards and memory easily instead of throwing away the entire machine to buy a-new... The TC-70, through the KBus, will use existing memory expansion cards, for those who are upgrading this means KBus owners can get the free graphics with no loss of memory cards... never mind if someone needs more memory upon ordering... it will be available... Besides all this, Bruce Isted is a proven programmer and developer for the CoCo... with support like his, the TC-70 can't go wrong... the guy is absolutely incredible- making the best OS9 hard/floppy/multicard adaptor on the market for the CoCo3... FHL has been around for quite a few years (over a decade) and delivers excellent support! He has delivered me nothing but the greatest support over the past couple of years with technical assistance for the equipment that I had purchased from him. The TC-70 is aimed at a business market while keeping compatability with the OS9 Graphical world now in existance. While the MM/1 may be less expensive, the TC-70 is definitely aimed at a different market as well as having more hardware support so far... For someone who wants to put together an inventory control system with 20 terminals and have a color graphics display in the rear office with a windowing environment to make managing the system more efficiently with minimal extra cost, the TC-70 definitely takes the pie... an 80386 would never do this that well... neither would an 80486 with the current operating systems out there (with the exception of OS9000... but I don't know of any vendors outside of Microware who handle it...) For business support, the TC-70 takes the cake... for home, maybe an MM/1 would be nicer... for myself, I am waiting for a VSC card to be released for the K-Bus and get a 68030 or 68040 CPU, bus, and video card... I can manage to build up the system I ultimately want in pieces, with all the power I can ever want, since I can afford them that way... David J. Halko
bwynkoop@shearson.com (Brett Wynkoop) (06/06/91)
This is a test posting from Pnews on fis1 -Brett
bwynkoop@shearson.com (Brett Wynkoop) (06/07/91)
This is a test of Pnews on fis1 -Brett