46149,14,03/13/93,ANDY SHAPIRO,WARD BBS, You know, it occurs to me that CBBS is one of the only systems that I run into that supports any level of discussion. There are a number of boards here (upstate NY) that are oriented to files, and sometimes they get poorly spelled, ungrammatical, nearly obscene messages -- but not often. I think that one reason CBBS has survived is that it provides a place where people can come to talk. I remember coming on here in '84 -- I had just bought a Kaypro, and somebody loaned me a modem and a copy of MDM737 or somesuch, and it had CBBS in the dialing directory. I think that if it had not been for this board, I would be sitting in front of a Mac or Windows screen right now. Instead, here I am with a truly non-standardized arrangement of various softwares, thanks to the things that I learned on this board. Hey -- here I am in upstate NY and I'm STILL calling (can't get decent pizza here, though). Whatever you do to CBBS, Ward, keep it ALL MESSAGES. Thanks! 46248,07,05/14/93,NORB DEMBINSKI,WARD CHRISTENSEN WRITE MESSAGES,FROG Ward is there a way that I can transmit text to the message message file without having to type in all of the text. I have tried several times with out success. I have been able to do this on several other BBSs. Can you help? This would a great shortcut to sending a lenghty message. Norbert Dembinski 46249,03,05/15/93,ERIC BOHLMAN,STEVE AIDIKONIS R/WANTED: CALENDAR DLL, Are you looking specifically for a custom control that can be used by dialog editors? If so, Microsoft look or Borland look? What's your preferred message interface? Buttons for switching month and year? 46348,02,07/13/93,CURT ROSTENBACH,ALL TONY ANTONUCCI'S BBS, Say, anybody know what's going on with Tony Antonucci's BBS, Digital Delights? It went down just before the 4th and hasn't been up since. 46349,02,07/13/93,MURRAY ARNOW,CHUCK YOUNG R/LOOKING FOR A JOB!, Try contacting some of the contract houses like Pollak & Skan, Butler Service, etc. Many contract firms advertise in the Sunday Trib. 46448,26,09/05/93,WARD CHRISTENSEN,ALL POWER SYSTEM, Gee, you'd think I'd be thrilled to have a 486/33, CD-ROM, Fahrenheit 1280 video, 8M, etc, but I'm not - in relative terms. It is a DOG compared to some newer local bus systems, etc. First, my video performance: a friend, in a program called "3DBENCH" gets a 40 or something (number of frames per second it can compute and display), while I get 12.2! Also, I bought a heavy CD-usage game called 7th Guest, and instead of saying something like "Welcome to my house", off the CD-ROM, it says more like "we......lc......om" Actually I can't even tell what it is saying. I think I need one of those double-speed CD-ROMS like from Texel or NEC (but I won't buy NEC if I don't HAVE to since I hate them for screwing me by making such awful VCRs, of which I have two (no, I'm not dumb, the first was a Marantz, and when it went bad (head alignment) I bought a new one - a top- of-the-line NEC - when IT started having head-alignment problems, THEN I learned (1) NEC made the Marantz; and (2) NEC had eventually gotten such a bad rep they got out of the business)). So, I'm looking at an EISA system with one VLB slot, a Cirrus local bus video adapter (they're fast in DOS apps, not bad in Windows, and only $130 or so), either keeping my 486/33 or getting a DX2/66, and the double-speed CD ROM. Any comments on the above? I'm tired of buying new stuff and having it be slow and/or obsolete (Bought an STB ERGO VGA, soon was recommended to go to the Fahrenheit 1280, now it is a dog, etc). One issue would that it would be nice to have ROM-based 640 x 400 VESA, as I think EL-Fish uses that but it seems fairly rare to have that. Thanks for your thoughts! 46449,30,09/05/93,WARD CHRISTENSEN,ALL CBBS USAGE TIP, Most of you regulars probably know this already, but here's how I use CBBS: 1. Run the command "full" after signing on - this gives a full-LINE (sorry, not screen) editor - with word back, forward, insert-a-space, delete, toggle between front and back of line, etc. This makes it easy to type fast, then see a typo and back up a few words, insert a char, and toggle back to the end of the line. B. (If the Car-Talk guys can go 1, B, so can I). Start retrieving new messages with a r;* command - that will retrieve the first msg that arrived since the START of your last call (sorry, that DOES make it retrieve YOUR msgs if you left any last time). B2: Use the "." command to respond to the "Msg #:?" prompt, as it will give you the next message number, and pause with another "Msg #:?" prompt. C: if you see something you want to reply to, type REPLY instead of typing a '.'. Here comes the shortcoming: there's no way to go back to where you were - i.e. you have to look at the msg # you replied to and issue a manual r;nnnnn command to get back into the loop where "." will retrieve the next msg. (Alternatively, you could start with r;-1 to retrieve one msg back from the NEXT one to be entered - i.e. "retrieve the last msg"), then use "," to BACK UP one message. (easy to remember: , is on the < key, . is on the > key). D: When you make changes to your msg via the editing commands, or you accidentally leave input mode, you can list your existing lines then continue by typing: l;1;c List from line 1, then continue inputting. The only slight shortcoming is that the listed lines are "nn text..." while the input lines are "nn ? text..." so they don't quite line up. P.S. full-line editing is enabled not only while typing ANY input line, whether a command or in a msg, but also when you "e;nn" to edit a line you have put in a msg - you can move around the line, insert, delete, etc. Enjoy. 46549,11,01/07/94,PHIL SCHUMAN,ALL CELLULAR PORTABLE FOR SALE, I have 2 Motorola Ultra Classic Alpha's for sale. These are the thin tall portable with 100 memory locations, and each supports alphanumeric entries. These would be a good deal for anyone just wanting to keep their number and swapping into a portable - as the carriers usually rebate the dealers for all NEW number activations with $200-$250 to offset the cost of a NEW phone for a NEW customer. Existing customers wanting to change have to bite the bullet.... I also have an older thicker Motorola portable 8000 that is numeric only, and has 16 memory locations... All are working and in service as I type..