The Collection Of 1990 04 28: Software For The DEC Rainbow This collection is provided on one diskette in the RX50, MS-DOS (DEC Rainbow MS-DOS) format. Here is a list of the files on the diskette: Volume 19900428 ---------------- ABSTRACT A brief description of this submission FIXRB LZH A patch for Rainbow MS-DOS LHARC COM The LHARC archiver MAIL20R LZH A mailing list program MWC-RB LZH Some Rainbow-specific routines for Mark Williams C compilers OPTION LZH Tells what options are installed in a Rainbow RB-TSR LZH A demonstration terminate-and-stay-resident program for Rainbows READ ME This file RX50-103 LZH Allows an IBM AT or clone to use RX50 diskettes WUT312SC LZH The source code for WUTIL version 3.12 WUTIL312 LZH The WUTIL version 3.12 hard disk manager for Rainbows __________________________________________________________________________ The .LZH files are LHARC archives. To extract all files from, say, FIXRB.LZH, you can proceed as follows: Copy FIXRB.LZH and LHARC.COM to a diskette in drive A:, and log in that drive. Then place a blank, formatted diskette in drive B: and type lharc e fixrb b: . One file in FIXRB.LZH is FIXRB.DOC. If you want to extract only it, type lharc e fixrb b: fixrb.doc . Please note the space after 'b:'. Using 'p' instead of 'e' and omitting 'b:' would display FIXRB.DOC on the screen. You can press or type control-S to make pauses. You can get a list of FIXRB.LZH's contents by entering lharc l fixrb or just lharc fixrb . You can get a summary of LHARC's commands by typing lharc . Please note that LHARC expects lower-case characters for some commands. You can simplify matters by always using lower case with LHARC. I will give a list of all the contents of all the archives, and will make a few comments later. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Listing of archive : 'B:FIXRB.LZH' Name Original Packed Ratio Date Time Attr Type CRC -------------- -------- -------- ------ -------- -------- ---- ----- ---- FIXRB.DOC 3558 1809 50.8% 87-11-22 3:30:10 a--w -lh1- CE5B FIXRB.EXE 13056 8834 67.7% 87-11-22 3:10:22 a--w -lh1- 1494 FIXRB.PAS 4387 1886 43.0% 87-11-22 3:33:24 a--w -lh1- 4D77 TEST.EXE 7680 4713 61.4% 87-11-04 22:09:40 a--w -lh1- 9990 -------------- -------- -------- ------ -------- -------- 4 files 28681 17242 60.1% 89-10-16 23:05:18 Listing of archive : 'B:MAIL20R.LZH' Name Original Packed Ratio Date Time Attr Type CRC -------------- -------- -------- ------ -------- -------- ---- ----- ---- IO20.INC 22824 5783 25.3% 88-10-09 18:46:30 a--w -lh1- 5B95 MADDETC.INC 15212 3792 24.9% 88-10-11 22:08:00 a--w -lh1- BE54 MAIL.000 31232 16461 52.7% 88-10-11 23:35:02 a--w -lh1- 8E4F MAIL.COM 37707 21722 57.6% 88-10-11 23:35:10 a--w -lh1- FCD4 MAIL.DOC 64256 18773 29.2% 88-09-10 0:59:18 a--w -lh1- 0CDE MAIL.INF 1152 733 63.6% 88-09-10 0:56:10 a--w -lh1- 15B0 MAIL.PAS 4247 1541 36.3% 88-10-09 18:23:00 a--w -lh1- 5F31 MAIL20R.DOC 3743 1362 36.4% 88-10-12 21:38:26 a--w -lh1- 0F06 MAILDATE.INC 8286 2099 25.3% 88-10-09 19:40:08 a--w -lh1- 01CC MAILGLOB.INC 5098 1819 35.7% 88-10-11 22:17:14 a--w -lh1- CEA3 MAILMERG.INC 13813 3526 25.5% 88-10-11 23:29:56 a--w -lh1- 0106 MCOMPILE.DOC 2432 1165 47.9% 88-09-10 0:59:36 a--w -lh1- E044 MINIT.INC 8243 2402 29.1% 88-10-11 23:01:48 a--w -lh1- 3EA3 MPRINT.INC 14786 4118 27.9% 88-10-09 18:56:00 a--w -lh1- 3DBD MQUIKREF.DOC 1792 782 43.6% 88-09-10 0:47:12 a--w -lh1- 10F1 MROOT1.INC 9251 2554 27.6% 88-10-11 22:27:10 a--w -lh1- B960 MROOT2.INC 13014 3073 23.6% 88-10-11 22:58:22 a--w -lh1- 3A1C MSETUP.INC 16479 4618 28.0% 88-10-09 18:59:20 a--w -lh1- 9730 -------------- -------- -------- ------ -------- -------- 18 files 273567 96323 35.2% 90-04-28 9:51:14 Listing of archive : 'B:MWC-RB.LZH' Name Original Packed Ratio Date Time Attr Type CRC -------------- -------- -------- ------ -------- -------- ---- ----- ---- KBD16.C 1009 513 50.8% 86-03-27 16:22:28 a--w -lh1- D5F1 KBD16.O 438 302 68.9% 86-03-27 16:23:24 a--w -lh1- 8611 PUTLINE.S 2922 530 18.1% 86-03-26 9:10:10 a--w -lh1- 4063 RBFKEYS.H 1708 566 33.1% 86-03-27 10:55:32 a--w -lh1- E2BA RBGRAPH.H 1838 465 25.3% 86-02-07 17:22:58 a--w -lh1- ED56 RBROM.H 1557 518 33.3% 86-03-27 16:21:54 a--w -lh1- 6E08 -------------- -------- -------- ------ -------- -------- 6 files 9472 2894 30.6% 89-09-24 23:15:34 Listing of archive : 'B:OPTION.LZH' Name Original Packed Ratio Date Time Attr Type CRC -------------- -------- -------- ------ -------- -------- ---- ----- ---- 0README.1ST 966 567 58.7% 86-12-06 11:15:20 a--w -lh1- F676 MACROS.ASM 5749 1410 24.5% 86-10-09 21:45:22 a--w -lh1- DE4A OPTION.ASM 10739 2798 26.1% 86-12-06 11:33:28 a--w -lh1- 4F0B OPTION.COM 1513 909 60.1% 86-11-17 12:34:24 a--w -lh1- 6BD1 -------------- -------- -------- ------ -------- -------- 4 files 18967 5684 30.0% 89-09-24 23:18:56 Listing of archive : 'B:RB-TSR.LZH' Name Original Packed Ratio Date Time Attr Type CRC -------------- -------- -------- ------ -------- -------- ---- ----- ---- RB-TSR.ASM 3456 1302 37.7% 86-11-03 12:30:34 a--w -lh1- A6E8 RB-TSR.COM 164 145 88.4% 86-11-03 23:24:54 a--w -lh1- 04A1 RB-TSR.DOC 1848 1022 55.3% 86-11-03 23:20:22 a--w -lh1- 1F21 -------------- -------- -------- ------ -------- -------- 3 files 5468 2469 45.2% 89-09-24 23:22:36 Listing of archive : 'B:RX50-103.LZH' Name Original Packed Ratio Date Time Attr Type CRC -------------- -------- -------- ------ -------- -------- ---- ----- ---- MSDOSDIR.H 719 320 44.5% 86-09-10 15:20:06 a--w -lh1- F68E MSDOSDPB.H 1387 553 39.9% 86-09-10 15:19:42 a--w -lh1- 4D35 RX50.DOC 3184 1434 45.0% 86-09-04 16:45:36 a--w -lh1- 485E RX50DRVR.ASM 19762 7169 36.3% 86-09-10 15:14:06 a--w -lh1- 3C17 RX50DRVR.SYS 798 667 83.6% 86-09-04 16:45:36 a--w -lh1- E4BB RX50INIT.C 8455 3508 41.5% 86-09-10 15:16:18 a--w -lh1- D18F RX50INIT.COM 5861 4048 69.1% 86-09-04 16:45:50 a--w -lh1- F258 STANDARD.H 1043 566 54.3% 86-09-10 15:19:54 a--w -lh1- 732B -------------- -------- -------- ------ -------- -------- 8 files 41209 18265 44.3% 89-09-04 10:56:40 Listing of archive : 'B:WUT312SC.LZH' Name Original Packed Ratio Date Time Attr Type CRC -------------- -------- -------- ------ -------- -------- ---- ----- ---- $README.1ST 6577 2871 43.7% 89-04-12 20:55:10 a--w -lh1- A83E BLDPBOOT.BAT 566 311 54.9% 86-07-26 1:58:22 a--w -lh1- ED62 BLDPBOOT.DEB 66 54 81.8% 86-07-19 15:34:12 a--w -lh1- 5ECF BLDSBOOT.BAT 934 430 46.0% 86-07-26 1:58:04 a--w -lh1- D061 BLDSBOOT.DEB 140 97 69.3% 86-07-23 22:22:00 a--w -lh1- 73C2 PREBOOT.ASM 11653 4796 41.2% 86-07-28 2:48:56 a--w -lh1- 2F68 SECBOOT.ASM 40168 12277 30.6% 89-04-05 1:19:46 a--w -lh1- 4B90 WUDATA.PAS 18012 5657 31.4% 89-04-12 20:45:02 a--w -lh1- 31F3 WUOVR.PAS 54525 16632 30.5% 89-01-31 20:31:20 a--w -lh1- B6C3 WUPART.PAS 39482 11594 29.4% 88-12-15 21:53:32 a--w -lh1- DA3E WUREVS.PAS 22320 6522 29.2% 89-04-12 20:42:00 a--w -lh1- 013C WUSUBH.PAS 56345 19025 33.8% 89-01-31 20:21:40 a--w -lh1- D89D WUSUBL.PAS 39726 13202 33.2% 88-12-16 7:38:14 a--w -lh1- 1722 WUTIL.PAS 10046 3801 37.8% 89-04-12 20:42:36 a--w -lh1- 2CA0 WUTILDSK.DAT 3288 406 12.3% 88-10-26 20:21:30 a--w -lh1- 5980 -------------- -------- -------- ------ -------- -------- 15 files 303848 97675 32.1% 90-01-23 21:52:36 Listing of archive : 'B:WUTIL312.LZH' Name Original Packed Ratio Date Time Attr Type CRC -------------- -------- -------- ------ -------- -------- ---- ----- ---- PREBOOT.LDX 512 322 62.9% 86-07-28 2:49:30 a--w -lh1- 7C84 README.1ST 13034 5853 44.9% 89-04-23 19:41:06 a--w -lh1- 496D SECBOOT.LDX 6144 2581 42.0% 89-04-05 1:21:06 a--w -lh1- E87A WUTIL.000 38400 19519 50.8% 89-04-12 20:55:22 a--w -lh1- BE42 WUTIL.COM 39641 23412 59.1% 89-04-12 20:55:22 a--w -lh1- 3317 WUTIL.MAN 140919 48185 34.2% 88-12-18 13:34:40 a--w -lh1- 5C47 WUTILDSK.DAT 3288 406 12.3% 88-10-26 20:21:30 a--w -lh1- 5980 -------------- -------- -------- ------ -------- -------- 7 files 241938 100278 41.4% 90-04-28 8:48:54 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- I adapted MAIL 2.0R to the Rainbow, but otherwise was not involved in developing any of these programs. I have not examined in detail the source codes for the programs other than MAIL 2.0R. However, I have tried all the compiled programs at least briefly, and some often. All the programs seem to work much as intended. Performance of the RX50 driver varies with the computer on which it runs. I had the most luck on an AST Premium 286. I have not tried the driver on an actual IBM AT. For more information, see the .DOC, .MAN, and README files in the archives. Once extracted, these can be viewed on the screen with the MS-DOS 'TYPE' command. You can also use the 'COPY' command to send these files, the ABSTRACT, or this READ.ME file to a printer. For example, you can print the file you are now reading with the command COPY READ.ME PRN. David P. Maroun 9395 Windsor Street Chilliwack, British Columbia Canada V2P 6C5 28-Apr-1990