JLS@TNTECH.BITNET (Joel L. Seber ... CH227) (10/21/87)
Yes, there surely is here at TTU! We have around 450 (!) RB's here and I am the main software support for the entire campus. We mainly use our RB's for word processing and spreadsheet work, as well as terminals to our VAX clusters. I have a rather extensive RB public domain collection, mostly for MS-DOS, but several CP/M programs also. One of the best collections came from a past DECUS meeting in Dallas; this consists of 10 or so disks of the best software. If you are interested in any given package or want more info, contact me as noted below. I would very much like the INFO-DEC-MICRO digest to return. I can't find any back-issues, if they even exist. If you know where I can get them (particularily from BITNET), let me know, please! Any little bit helps, and I would appreciate any info. Also, if I can help with esoteric problems, mail me! I will do my best, but can't always have the answers. I would love to hear from other RB users out there, especially in the academic world. For instance, I have the pinouts to hook DEC printers to IBM's and compatibles. Anyone interested? Thanks to all the people trying to get this thing going again. Let's give it our best shot, people! Joel L. Seber Microcomputer Specialist D. W. Mattson Computer Center Tennessee Technological University Box 5071 Cookeville, TN 38505 jls@tntech.bitnet
CALIFFM@BAYLOR.BITNET (Michael Califf) (10/21/87)
Hello and a big YES from Baylor University. We have about 250 Rainbows on campus, used mostly as terminals (running a VT220 emulation program written by yours truely) or for word processing (MASS11.) We are also working on networking our Rainbows into the campus medium-speed network as we work with a vendor to bring his product up on the Rainbow. Thanks for sending the message and waking all of us up again! Mike Califf Communications Software Coordinator Baylor University CSB 399 Waco, TX 76798 CALIFFM@BAYLOR.BITNET