[Coco] Rainbow on disk

Stephen H. Fischer SFischer1 at Mindspring.com
Mon Feb 16 17:55:49 EST 2015


I am still waiting for permission to use some webspace.

I just posted yesterday that I hoped to have the Beta Version files up by Sunday.

I am in the process of making an Alpha version of the project available. I thought the webspace would be over my limit of 10 MB but maybe it will work. That may be shut down if the traffic is too large.

The files are in the Rainbow on Tape  and Rainbow on Disk files on http://www.colorcomputerarchive.com/ where they have been for years. (Decades)

http://www.tandycoco.com/directory.shtml also has ROT ROD and an almost exact copy of the OS-9 sides you have with different names.

The dropkick files from the 2500 disk collection and your dropkick files is just about all there is.

There are perhaps 5 more that I dug out from some very hidden places.

I have not made the files available because most are on the Internet already. 

If you will e-mail the disks I just said were missing then they will be added.

If someone would have request information about a month or two I would have replied http://www.colorcomputerarchive.com/  or http://www.tandycoco.com/directory.shtml in most cases. Or the 2500 dropbox. If one of the hidden files was requested I would have sent the months.

I just do not see much pressure from people wanting to actually to use the disks.

So the pressure is from people that have a dozen 10TB disks and are in the process of collecting all the CoCo stuff ever available. And they WANT IT NOW! SO THEY CAN START THE PROCESS OF NEVER LOOKING AT THE FILES.

SHF

OK, the next mass downloader can post their demand for everything NOW!!!!

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Devries" <devries.bob at gmail.com>
To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Monday, February 16, 2015 2:18 PM
Subject: Re: [Coco] Rainbow on disk


> Hi Stephen,
> 
> Your 'bingo' cards are useful up to a point. Certainly they show which 
> issues were produced, but where are the files? This is why I put up my 
> collection on Dropbox.
> 
> From what I can see on your cards, my collection of ROD(OS9) is 
> complete. None were produced after December '91.
> 
> I'm looking forward to finding the DECB side of ROD for completeness of 
> my collection.
> 
> Regards, Bob Devries
> Dalby, QLD, Australia
> 
> 
> On 17/02/2015 8:08 AM, Stephen H. Fischer wrote:
>> Bob, people keep ignoring the Rainbow on Tape / Disk project! Is the Bingo card status so very hard to understand?
>>
>>
>> http://home.mindspring.com/~sfischer13/
>>
>> I have spent a huge amount of time on it and the bingo card is the best way I can present the current status.
>>
>> If you just look at the chart you will see Black colored boxes for when Rainbow started and ended as well as when a month was skipped. The start of Rainbow on Disk was October 1986.
>>
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> September 1990 to December 1991 has 9 DECB sides missing. If you will please zip those ROD in a single zip and e-mail I can add them to the collection and turn more months GREEN. Some people may desire the OS-9 35T S1 format.
>>
>> Those 9 (Nine) are the FIRST additions to the Rainbow on Disk collection which has been around decades.
>>
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>>> September 1988, January 1989, April 1989 and July 1991 didn't have an
>>> OS9 side
>>
>> That is correct in that the "O" is not shown in those months.
>>
>>> Are there any other Rainbow on Disk (OS9 side) around?
>>
>> YES, just check the bingo card!
>>
>> SHF
>>
>> P.S. It is very hot in Silicon Valley and it is getting to me. I am VERY HOT
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Bob Devries" <devries.bob at gmail.com>
>> To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>> Sent: Monday, February 16, 2015 1:44 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Coco] Rainbow on disk
>>
>>
>>> Can anyone verify when Rainbow on Disk started and stopped?
>>>
>>> At this time I have October 1986 through December 1991. Of these,
>>> September 1988, January 1989, April 1989 and July 1991 didn't have an
>>> OS9 side. These are still in my collection with a file "no.os9" to avoid
>>> future confusion.
>>>
>>> Are there any other Rainbow on Disk (OS9 side) around?
>>>
>>> Regards, Bob Devries
>>> Dalby, QLD, Australia
>>>
>>>
>>> On 16/02/2015 9:13 PM, Pere wrote:
>>>> Hello Bob,
>>>>
>>>> great!
>>>> I have not found the 1991, June issue
>>>> Did it exist?
>>>>
>>>> thanks a bunch!!
>>>>
>>>> cheers
>>>> pere
>>>>
>>>> =====================================================================
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> Message: 9
>>>> Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2015 12:58:06 +1000
>>>> From: Bob Devries <devries.bob at gmail.com>
>>>> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>>>> Subject: Re: [Coco] Rainbow on disk
>>>> Message-ID: <54E15CBE.1030402 at gmail.com>
>>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed
>>>>
>>>> I have uploaded all the Rainbow on Disk (OS9 side) to my dropbox as .lzh
>>>> files.
>>>>
>>>> https://www.dropbox.com/sh/mw3641l7uf4ytgb/AADPVBLlsAHot5or1c9uJuaaa?dl=0
>>>>
>>>> there's two or three archive files which just have a file 'no.os9'; just
>>>> for completeness.
>>>>
>>>> Regards, Bob Devries
>>>> Dalby, QLD, Australia
>>>>
>>>>
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