mreisch@carina.unm.edu (Mique Reisch) (12/23/89)
I just recently picked up this machine. After a week I'm quite pleased with my rainbow but have a few questions. Since these are prolly real common questions please reply via e-mail to the address in the .sig... 1) Is there any way to write a disk on the Rainbow and read it on an IBM pc/xt (not at, I know about RX50 from the info-dec-micro archive and it doesn't help me). I've tried formatting the disks on the XT using format a:/1. This produces a disk that both machines can write to but they can't read the others files (ie the rainbow says a disk written by the XT is perfectly blank and twice the size the XT said it was). 2) Communications. I could really use a termprog that supports zmodem transfers. If not that then perhaps a patch for DSZ to make it run on the Rainbow. 3) Instrutions on how to use Turbo C on the Rainbow. I have successfuly transfered it to my hard drive. The question is how to make it go. Do I need a patch set? 4) Documentation. Is there any? I bought this unit used and am very pleased with it. I know ms-dos but not the Rainbow and am wondering where to get information other then Dec (who would prolly be glad to sell me the data for $700.00 :-) thanks /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ \ They're growing mechanical trees, Mique Reisch / / they grow to their full height, mreisch@carina.unm.edu \ \ then chop themselves...down... MREISCH@UNMB / \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/