46138,27,03/11/93,WARD CHRISTENSEN,JERRY SCHNEIDER R/CBBS HISTORY, 1. When did it go online? "Early" February - but most people didn't believe I could get it programmed or Randy could get the hardware done from "invention" to "implementation" that quickly, so we settled for Feb 16th as the official "birthday" - one month from the fateful Jan 16 '78 snowstorm that spawned the idea of CBBS 2. What did it run on ? A home-built S-100, probably 64K & 2 floppies 3. Yes, both system and software were called CBBS - Computerized Bulletin Board System. 4. Did I put CBBS in the public domain? No. MODEM.ASM which became XMODEM was put in the public domain. I OK'd Randy selling copies of CBBS for $50 (after friends told me I was nuts to only ask $25). 5. I first heard about computers in '74, when I learned of the 8008 microprocessor. I learned that "TTL" electronics was what it connected to, and taught myself TTL, i.e. "digital" electronics in the summer of '74, so that when I bought an Altair 8080 Kit in '75, I could design and build my own selectric typewriter and floppy disk interface. (the fact that that floppy interface was therefore not compatible with what became the IBM standards years later, was the impetus to write MODEM.ASM that became known as XMODEM) Randy was a "HAM", I wasn't. I don't really know what Randy's electronic background was - he had done computer repair for IBM, and worked for Datapoint at the time, I think. 6. CBBS was installed in Chicago. I suggested it be at my house, since I had a phone line for the computer club answering machine, butr Randy suggested it be in Chicago instead so got a line for it. 7. Photographs? No, not that I'm aware of. It was on the cover of a Trib magazine "weekender" or something, I think. 46139,13,03/11/93,WARD CHRISTENSEN,JERRY SCHNEIDER R/MORE QUESTIONS, Randy and I were members of CACHE, yes, but when I suggested we do something related to CACHE, Randy said that that would be the old problem of being worked on "by a committee" and suggested we forget the club and just do it between the two of us. He said "I'll do the hardware, you do the software. When will it be ready?". Heh 2. MODEM was done in the summer of '77, and released on the CP/M users' group disk #6 in September of 77, putting it in the public domain. CBBS was invented on 1/16/78, and did NOT support file transfers - it was and is a message-only system. Oh, northstar horizon? Interesting? P.S. quick tip on entering msgs - don't put in blank lines, makes it show up less per screen (I'm running on a friend's mac, and it is a real pain scrolling back and forth, heh). 46238,24,05/11/93,ANDY SHAPIRO,ALL FAN CLUB :-), OK. I have an obsolete machine, on which I don't want to spend that much more money (except, perhaps, for RAM, which has no bearing here). It's a 386sx running @ 25MHz, and all is well and good, except for the fan. The fan is loud enough, and has always been loud enough, to be just a little distracting (I used to use a CP/M machine with a RAM disk, no fan, so I'm picky about noise). Now, I have noticed that the air blowing out of the case is room temperature, and there are no hot spots on the case (and none when I run it case off, and touch chips to check). My stupid question is -- given this information, would it be reasonable for me to disconnect the fan from its power source, and run the machine without it? Or, alternatively, does anyone know of a thermostat that could be installed to switch the fan on/off? I know there are power supplies with 'variable speed fans' out there, but fitting one into my case would cost >$100 plus labor. Am I thinking of doing something stupid, or could I expect the machine to continue living without a fan? I note that Radio Shack sells, or used to sell, a machine without a fan -- anyone heard anything bad on that one? 46239,05,05/11/93,ROY LIPSCOMB,ALL QQ: KEY SCAN CODE?, Can anyone tell me the keyboard scan code for the key? (This is the single key that acts like the control-numlock key combination.) I'm writing an TSR in which I have to fake a press of the key. (The environment I'm serving seems to ignore the "ctr-numlock" bit at 40:18.) Thanks. 46338,12,06/21/93,WARD CHRISTENSEN,ALL MOVIES & COMPUTERS, Just got back from seeing Jurassic (sp?) Park. Special effects: Great! Apparently many movie techniques like J.P. & morphing in Terminator II, are done on computer. But I have a question: what is the OUTPUT device? I mean, how can you do something with a computer, and when shown on 70mm or 35mm on a huge movie screen, not look like it was computer generated? Is it, like, 4000 x 4000 resolution or something like that, and filmed in multiple exposures, i.e. one for red, one for green, one for blue - so that they don't need a "shadow mask" which would show up? I've bought some large pictures like of Mandelbrots, but you could see the shadow mask. Thanks! 46339,05,06/21/93,MURRAY ARNOW,WARD CHRISTENSEN R/MOVIES & COMPUTERS, It is possible to transfer a computer image directly to film with laser imagers( medical images are reproduced to a high degree of resolution this way). I assume that it should be possible using the same technology to make multiple exposures of an image to get color reproduction. The latter is strictly a guess. 46438,30,08/31/93,NORB DEMBINSKI,ALL COMPUTER PARTS FOR SALE,FROG I have the following computer parts for sale: 1. ADOBE Postscript Cartridge for the HP LaserJet II. $75.00 2. Pacific Data Products Postscript Cartridge PE with Pacific Data Products Postscript Accelerator Board XL for HP LaserJet III and LaserTools Printer Control Panel software(Automatic Setup and Control for Postscript Printer or Cartridge). $275.00 3. INTERCON Mustang II PostScript Accelerator Board for HP LJ II/III. $200.00 4. Hewlett-Packard LJ II/III 8.5X14 Legal size paper tray. $30.00 SOLD 5. Hewlett-Packard #92286PC Pro Collection Font Cartridge for all LaserJet printers. $60.00 6. Hewlett-Packard #33404A #ABA Type Director Font Management program with 8 typefaces. $10.00 7. Grolier Electronic Encyclopedia Text only, CD-ROM and software. $10.00 SOLD 8. Software Toolworks Illustrated Encyclopedia Version 2.0 CD-ROM & software. $20.00 SOLD 9. INTEL 80386DX-20 CPU processor chip. $60.00 10. INTEL 80387DX-20 Math co-processor chip. $75.00 11. Creative Labs Sound Blaster MCV sound board. $75.00 SOLD 12. CH Products Game Card III MCA. $20.00 SOLD 13. CH Products Flight Stick. $20.00 SOLD All of the above peripherals and adapter cards come with the original manufacturer's diagnostic, install, setup, driver software and printed documentation where and when supplied by the manufacturer. Call 312.731.9894 or leave message on BBS. 46439,26,08/31/93,NORB DEMBINSKI,ALL PS/2 PARTS FOR SALE,FROG I have the following PS/2 items for sale: 1. IBM #8514001 8514 16" Color Display. $250.00 SOLD 2. IBM #1887972 8514/A Color Display Adapter with video memory expansion kit added, 512KB total. $175.00 3. IBM #75X5887 XGA Color Display Adapter/A with IBM #75X5889 video memory expansion kit added, 1MB total. $250.00 SOLD 4. IBM #6451113 Internal CD-ROM drive. $300.00 5. IBM #6450847 CD-ROM Install Kit/A. $10.00 6. IBM #6451109 16 Bit SCSI Adapter/A. $125.00 7. IBM #30F5279 Internal Tape Drive and Backup Kit for DOS 80/120 Meg capacity with software & tape. $225.00 8. 3M DC2080 Mini Data Cartridge Tape, 5 cartridges total. $10.00 each SOLD 9. IBM #72X8560 8580 Front Bezel/Logo cover. $10.00 SOLD 10. IBM #72X8527 8580 Hard drive support structure. $10.00 11. IBM #6450379 System Board 2MB memory expansion kit. $75.00 12. Kensington KTM-2000/M80 2MB memory module IBM #6450379 repalcement. $75.00 Ea. 2 Available. All of the above peripherals and adapter cards come with the original manufacturer's diagnostic, install, setup, driver software and printed documentation where and when supplied by the manufacturer. Call 312.731.9894 or leave message on BBS. 46539,04,12/25/93,DENNIS DUFFNER,WARD HAPPY HOLIDAYS, Sorry I haven't been about lately. Work is a pain, as you well know. ;-) Hope this finds you and yours in good health and spirits. EL 80386DX-20