[Coco] Disc Images.
Jim Cox
jimcox at miba51.com
Mon Feb 20 23:47:21 EST 2006
How about a USB 3.5" drive that can write 720K disks? See
my posting about the I/OMagic USB Datacenter
-Jim
On Wed, 15 Feb 2006 08:01:32 -0800 (PST)
Richard Ivey <rrivey at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Roy is sending me about 1000 discs, which Im going to
>attempt to image. It will be a time consuming process
>and I am still figuring out a to index them. Briza will
>also be assiting me.
> When Im in office, I have a lot of spare time
>throughout the day and have cobbled together a machine
>with a 5 inch floppy on it for this purpose. Roy would
>like a home for these for the community to access them.
> Does anyone here have the ability or space to post the
>images as I get them done? I could forward them on a
>weekly basis or as I get them done. I do travel a
>great deal and until they have a USB 5 inch floppy, I
>will really be able to only do them at work
>
> Since I know nothing of assembly programming (which I
>do want to learn), I figure this is a way that I can
>contribute to the group.
>
> Thanks
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> 3. I said *word* *processors*!!! (Brian Palmer)
> 4. Re: Re: I said *word* *processors*!!! (L. Curtis
>Boyle)
> 5. Re: Re: I said *word* *processors*!!! (Gene
>Heskett)
> 6. Re: I said *word* *processors*!!! (Gene Heskett)
> 7. Re: Re: I said *word* *processors*!!! (Robert
>Gault)
> 8. OT (sort of) Aaron Banerjee (James Hrubik)
> 9. Bjork emulator (Jim Cox)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 20:49:47 -0600
>From: Roger Taylor
> Subject: Re: [Coco] Re: I said *word* *processors*!!!
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
> Message-ID:
><6.2.1.2.0.20060214204343.01de48e0 at mail.coco3.com>
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> At 03:59 PM 2/14/2006, you wrote:
>>Mark Marlette writes:
>>
>> >
>> > Leon,
>> >
>> > I take it you don't have the programs?
>>
>>Not yet. Are you taking orders again?
>>
>> > Buy VED if you don't.
>>
>>Not if it is just an editor and doesn't do any formating
>>itself, and that's
>>what your site seems to say. A word processor is supposed
>>to edit text and
>>get
>>it ready to print. There should be no need for a seperate
>>formatting program.
>
>
> I think Vanderpoel might have designed the print
>formatter so that other
> editors could use it. Hopefully VED uses the print
>filter seamlessly.
>
>
>
> --
> Roger Taylor
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 2
> Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 22:05:07 -0500
>From: Ward Griffiths
> Subject: Re: [Coco] Re: I said *word* *processors*!!!
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
> Message-ID: <200602142205.07958.wdg3rd at comcast.net>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
>
> On 02/14/2006 09:49 pm, Roger Taylor wrote:
>> At 03:59 PM 2/14/2006, you wrote:
>> >Mark Marlette writes:
>> > > Leon,
>> > >
>> > > I take it you don't have the programs?
>> >
>> >Not yet. Are you taking orders again?
>> >
>> > > Buy VED if you don't.
>> >
>> >Not if it is just an editor and doesn't do any
>>formating itself, and
>> > that's what your site seems to say. A word processor
>>is supposed to edit
>> > text and get
>> >it ready to print. There should be no need for a
>>seperate formatting
>> > program.
>>
>> I think Vanderpoel might have designed the print
>>formatter so that other
>> editors could use it. Hopefully VED uses the print
>>filter seamlessly.
>
> Personally, I prefer that my editor and formatter be
>separate programs. When
> I am creating text, I don't want to be deluged with all
>of the special
> features of a "modern" over-integrated "word processor",
>and I _especially_
> don't want any WYSIWYG nonsense. 85% of my text editing
>time is spent in
> some version or clone of vi and 10% is done on a Model
>100. When I've got my
> text created, _then_ it's time to pretty it up. At
>work, that unfortunately
> means sucking my text into Word. At home, I have a lot
>more choices. If
> it's nothing fancy, TRS-80 Model II Scripsit 2.0 is a
>good one. Or TeX. Or
> best of all, Prosoft's Allwrite! on my Model 4. That
>last is a program I'd
> love to see an equivalent to on OS-9, but I'm not the
>programmer to do it.
> Is there anything close to nroff/troff available for
>OS-9? I haven't checked
> the archives lately.
>
> Yes, I often create text on a completely different
>platform than the one I'll
> use to print it. (I hate PC keyboards -- my AT&T 7300
>has the best keyboard
> in the house). Null modems and I are old and close
>friends.
> --
> Ward Griffiths wdg3rd at comcast.net
>
> I think boys might benefit from owning a Barbie doll;
>every young man
> should understand what an expensive proposition it is to
>cohabitate with
> a narcissistic woman built like a stripper. -- Tony
>Woodlief
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 3
> Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 13:42:00 +1030 (Cen. Australia
>Daylight Time)
>From: "Brian Palmer"
> Subject: [Coco] I said *word* *processors*!!!
> To:
> Message-ID: <43F29C00.000007.15965 at TIGERS>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
>
> How about Window Writer 1.2 for the coco 3 under OS9
>Level 2,
> It was all menu driven, had word formatting, could use
>Dynastar word
> spelling checker, Could be used with a Ramdisk(If you
>had 512k), was mouse
> or keyboard accessed features, could be run from a hard
>drive, Could access
> Multiple files on the go.
> drop down help menu's, Plus countless other features.
>But too many to list.
>
> This program was done by Owl-ware.
>
> viva la coco
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 4
> Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 21:22:06 -0600
>From: "L. Curtis Boyle"
> Subject: Re: [Coco] Re: I said *word* *processors*!!!
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
> Message-ID:
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> charset=iso-8859-15
>
> On Tue, 14 Feb 2006 21:05:07 -0600, Ward Griffiths
> wrote:
>
>> On 02/14/2006 09:49 pm, Roger Taylor wrote:
>>> At 03:59 PM 2/14/2006, you wrote:
>>> >Mark Marlette writes:
>>> > > Leon,
>>> > >
>>> > > I take it you don't have the programs?
>>> >
>>> >Not yet. Are you taking orders again?
>>> >
>>> > > Buy VED if you don't.
>>> >
>>> >Not if it is just an editor and doesn't do any
>>>formating itself, and
>>> > that's what your site seems to say. A word processor
>>>is supposed to
>>> edit
>>> > text and get
>>> >it ready to print. There should be no need for a
>>>seperate formatting
>>> > program.
>>>
>>> I think Vanderpoel might have designed the print
>>>formatter so that other
>>> editors could use it. Hopefully VED uses the print
>>>filter seamlessly.
>>
>> Personally, I prefer that my editor and formatter be
>>separate programs.
>> When
>> I am creating text, I don't want to be deluged with all
>>of the special
>> features of a "modern" over-integrated "word processor",
>>and I
>> _especially_
>> don't want any WYSIWYG nonsense. 85% of my text editing
>>time is spent in
>> some version or clone of vi and 10% is done on a Model
>>100. When I've
>> got my
>> text created, _then_ it's time to pretty it up. At
>>work, that
>> unfortunately
>> means sucking my text into Word. At home, I have a lot
>>more choices. If
>> it's nothing fancy, TRS-80 Model II Scripsit 2.0 is a
>>good one. Or
>> TeX. Or
>> best of all, Prosoft's Allwrite! on my Model 4. That
>>last is a program
>> I'd
>> love to see an equivalent to on OS-9, but I'm not the
>>programmer to do
>> it.
>> Is there anything close to nroff/troff available for
>>OS-9? I haven't
>> checked
>> the archives lately.
>>
>> Yes, I often create text on a completely different
>>platform than the one
>> I'll
>> use to print it. (I hate PC keyboards -- my AT&T 7300
>>has the best
>> keyboard
>> in the house). Null modems and I are old and close
>>friends.
>
> The best "word" processor I used was Owl-Ware's Window
>Writer. It did have
> limited WYSIWYG (centering, different colored fonts for
>bold, italics,
> etc.). It was actually written in BASIC09, and at one
>point I had started
> using the BASIC decompiler to make source code so that I
>could change it
> to run on a 4 color 640x192 graphics screen instead (for
>Nitros9, natch),
> but I didn't get all that far with it.
> It shouldn't be that hard to write a semi decent
>one, and RS-DOS had
> Max-10 which was kind of a desktop publisher/word
>processor combo, from
> what I saw.
>
>
> --
> -Curtis-
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 5
> Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 22:26:40 -0500
>From: Gene Heskett
> Subject: Re: [Coco] Re: I said *word* *processors*!!!
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
> Message-ID:
><200602142226.40450.gene.heskett at verizon.net>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
>
> On Tuesday 14 February 2006 22:05, Ward Griffiths wrote:
>>On 02/14/2006 09:49 pm, Roger Taylor wrote:
>>> At 03:59 PM 2/14/2006, you wrote:
>>> >Mark Marlette writes:
>>> > > Leon,
>>> > >
>>> > > I take it you don't have the programs?
>>> >
>>> >Not yet. Are you taking orders again?
>>> >
>>> > > Buy VED if you don't.
>>> >
>>> >Not if it is just an editor and doesn't do any
>>>formating itself,
>>> > and that's what your site seems to say. A word
>>>processor is
>>> > supposed to edit text and get
>>> >it ready to print. There should be no need for a
>>>seperate
>>> > formatting program.
>>>
>>> I think Vanderpoel might have designed the print
>>>formatter so that
>>> other editors could use it. Hopefully VED uses the
>>>print filter
>>> seamlessly.
>>
>>Personally, I prefer that my editor and formatter be
>>separate
>> programs. When I am creating text, I don't want to be
>>deluged with
>> all of the special features of a "modern"
>>over-integrated "word
>> processor", and I _especially_ don't want any WYSIWYG
>>nonsense. 85%
>> of my text editing time is spent in some version or
>>clone of vi and
>> 10% is done on a Model 100. When I've got my text
>>created, _then_
>> it's time to pretty it up. At work, that unfortunately
>>means sucking
>> my text into Word. At home, I have a lot more choices.
>> If it's
>> nothing fancy, TRS-80 Model II Scripsit 2.0 is a good
>>one. Or TeX.
>> Or best of all, Prosoft's Allwrite! on my Model 4. That
>>last is a
>> program I'd love to see an equivalent to on OS-9, but
>>I'm not the
>> programmer to do it. Is there anything close to
>>nroff/troff available
>> for OS-9? I haven't checked the archives lately.
>
> It seems to me that I can recall fooling with a troff
>once, couldn't
> make it work very well at the time, probably because I
>didn't know what
> I was doing, and it (on a level one box) crashed a lot.
> Then I did the
> last few releases of pf, and didn't touch a troff till I
>was running an
> amiga. And it wasn't that good so I compiled pf to run
>on the amiga.
> I have an intense dislike for a text formatter that
>breaks words apart
> arbitrarily because its reached the 80th character of
>the current line.
> AFAIK, even linux uses it to display manpages yet, so
>its come a long
> way in the last 40 some years.
>
>>Yes, I often create text on a completely different
>>platform than the
>> one I'll use to print it. (I hate PC keyboards -- my
>>AT&T 7300 has
>> the best keyboard in the house). Null modems and I are
>>old and close
>> friends.
>
> I have an old, solid metal cased, clickity IBM keyboard
>that I revert to
> occasionally till the missus fusses about the clickity
>keeping her
> awake. Great keyboard, I think its actually a Northgate
>in IBM
> grey/tan dress. Unbreakable, keytops shot all the way
>thru. This $45
> M$ keyboard I'm using ATM has half the letters worn off
>the keys
> because they aren't shot all the way thru & its only a
>year old. :(
>
>>--
>>Ward Griffiths wdg3rd at comcast.net
>>
>>I think boys might benefit from owning a Barbie doll;
>>every young man
>>should understand what an expensive proposition it is to
>>cohabitate
>> with a narcissistic woman built like a stripper. --
>> Tony Woodlief
>
> --
> Cheers, Gene
> People having trouble with vz bouncing email to me
>should add the word
> 'online' between the 'verizon', and the dot which
>bypasses vz's
> stupid bounce rules. I do use spamassassin too. :-)
> Yahoo.com and AOL/TW attorneys please note, additions to
>the above
> message by Gene Heskett are:
> Copyright 2006 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights
>reserved.
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 6
> Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 22:28:02 -0500
>From: Gene Heskett
> Subject: Re: [Coco] I said *word* *processors*!!!
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
> Message-ID:
><200602142228.02886.gene.heskett at verizon.net>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
>
> On Tuesday 14 February 2006 22:12, Brian Palmer wrote:
>>How about Window Writer 1.2 for the coco 3 under OS9
>>Level 2,
>>It was all menu driven, had word formatting, could use
>>Dynastar word
>>spelling checker, Could be used with a Ramdisk(If you had
>>512k), was
>> mouse or keyboard accessed features, could be run from a
>>hard drive,
>> Could access Multiple files on the go.
>>drop down help menu's, Plus countless other features. But
>>too many to
>> list.
>>
>>This program was done by Owl-ware.
>>
>>viva la coco
>
> Does anybody know where a legal copy could be obtained
>today? It sounds
> interesting.
>
> --
> Cheers, Gene
> People having trouble with vz bouncing email to me
>should add the word
> 'online' between the 'verizon', and the dot which
>bypasses vz's
> stupid bounce rules. I do use spamassassin too. :-)
> Yahoo.com and AOL/TW attorneys please note, additions to
>the above
> message by Gene Heskett are:
> Copyright 2006 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights
>reserved.
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 7
> Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 23:15:44 -0500
>From: Robert Gault
> Subject: Re: [Coco] Re: I said *word* *processors*!!!
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
> Message-ID: <43F2AAF0.10104 at worldnet.att.net>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii;
>format=flowed
>
> Indeed, there were several good WYSIWYG programs for
>Disk Basic; MAX-10,
> Word Power 3.2 & 3.3, Simply Better, and Telewriter-128.
>All of these were
> quite respectable programs, at least as good as any for
>OS-9.
>
> L. Curtis Boyle wrote:
>>
>> It shouldn't be that hard to write a semi decent
>>one, and RS-DOS
>> had Max-10 which was kind of a desktop publisher/word
>>processor combo,
>> from what I saw.
>>
>>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 8
> Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 23:51:41 -0500
>From: James Hrubik
> Subject: [Coco] OT (sort of) Aaron Banerjee
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
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> Message: 9
> Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 21:52:53 -0800
>From: "Jim Cox"
> Subject: [Coco] Bjork emulator
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
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> Has anyone used the Bjork emulator from:
>
> http://members.lycos.co.uk/poco6809/bjork/index.html
>
> If so, what are your thoughts.
>
> -Jim
>
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