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From: Rick Youngman on 21 Apr 2008 23:25
On Apr 20, 2:53 am, "vxvxc" <f...(a)hh.com> wrote:
>
>    Whats really cool about centipede is the fact that it will display the
> text that is compatible with the terminal programs that the user is calling
> in. In other words, a caller may come in with ANSI, and the main menu is
> completely different than a PETSCII-40 Caller, and A PETSCII-80 would get
> yet another screen.
>
>     Fun stuff....
>
> CJ

Fun stuff is right :-))

Heck if I had known that ( or taken the time to dig deeper ) I might
have ran that program

I remember setting Centipede up ( more than once ), but because the
128D "dual" clock was so screwed up'ed, I abandoned it... along with a
few other 128 BBs programs.... some made for the 128 ONLY.. none
"seemed" to work

It's kinda funny now... I got the 128D, JUST to run a BBs off it...
tried a bunch of them, and nothing seemed to work right, so I litterly
gave the "hunk a junk" away ( besides I hated the 1571 dirve ). It
was years latter, I saw some message about the clock conflict on a
128D, when running a BBs on it ( keep in mind the "flat" 128 had no
problems... from what I understand)

By then it was too late. I gave up on the 128 entirely, because I was
already leaning towards a DOS PC to run the BBs, as most my callers
used a "IBM" machine by then.

==I'll add this too .... I also seem to remember that there was also,
some kind of hardware hack, you could do to the 128D ( maybe it was a
software hack ???) to allow it to keep time, accurate enough to run a
BBs program-- of course it was too late for me, but anyone trying to
setup a BBs on a 128D, might want to research it more.

I no longer remember "exactly" what the conflict was with the clock
thing, but maybe one of the guru's here, can add some insite and/or
start a new thread about it.
From: Andrew Wiskow on 22 Apr 2008 04:20
I ran AA BBS 128 on a 128D for a while, and I never had any problems with
keeping time. I guess AA BBS 128 used the "right" clock. ;)

-Andrew


From: Sam Gillett on 22 Apr 2008 14:45

"Rick Youngman" wrote ...
>
> It's kinda funny now... I got the 128D, JUST to run a BBs off it...
> tried a bunch of them, and nothing seemed to work right, so I litterly
> gave the "hunk a junk" away ( besides I hated the 1571 dirve ). It
> was years latter, I saw some message about the clock conflict on a
> 128D, when running a BBs on it ( keep in mind the "flat" 128 had no
> problems... from what I understand)
>
> By then it was too late. I gave up on the 128 entirely, because I was
> already leaning towards a DOS PC to run the BBs, as most my callers
> used a "IBM" machine by then.
>
> ==I'll add this too .... I also seem to remember that there was also,
> some kind of hardware hack, you could do to the 128D ( maybe it was a
> software hack ???) to allow it to keep time, accurate enough to run a
> BBs program-- of course it was too late for me, but anyone trying to
> setup a BBs on a 128D, might want to research it more.
>
> I no longer remember "exactly" what the conflict was with the clock
> thing, but maybe one of the guru's here, can add some insite and/or
> start a new thread about it.

I seem to remember seeing something in the docs for an early version of
EBBS-128 something about one or more of the BBS timers not working right on
the D model. Then, in the docs for a later version, Ed Parry explained what
had been done to the code for EBBS-128 to fix, or at least work around the
problem.

Sorry, but I don't remember any of the details. :-(
--
Best regards,

Sam Gillett

Change is inevitable,
except from vending machines!


From: Rick Youngman on 23 Apr 2008 00:34
On Apr 22, 11:45 am, "Sam Gillett" <sgillettnos...(a)diespammergte.net>
wrote:
> "Rick Youngman" wrote ...
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > It's kinda funny now...  I got the 128D, JUST to run a BBs off it...
> > tried a bunch of them, and nothing seemed to work right, so I litterly
> > gave the "hunk a junk" away  ( besides I hated the 1571 dirve ).   It
> > was years latter, I saw some message about the clock conflict on a
> > 128D, when running a BBs on it ( keep in mind the "flat" 128 had no
> > problems... from what I understand)
>
> > By then it was too late. I gave up on the 128 entirely, because I was
> > already leaning towards a DOS  PC to run the BBs, as most my callers
> > used a "IBM" machine by then.
>
> > ==I'll add this too ....  I also seem to remember that there was also,
> > some kind of hardware hack, you could do to the 128D ( maybe it was a
> > software hack ???)  to allow it to keep time, accurate enough to run a
> > BBs program-- of course it was too late for me, but anyone trying to
> > setup a BBs on a 128D,  might want to research it more.
>
> > I no longer remember "exactly" what the conflict was with the clock
> > thing, but maybe one of the guru's here, can add some insite  and/or
> > start a new thread about it.
>
> I seem to remember seeing something in the docs for an early version of
> EBBS-128 something about one or more of the BBS timers not working right on
> the D model.  Then, in the docs for a later version, Ed Parry explained what
> had been done to the code for EBBS-128 to fix, or at least work around the
> problem.
>
> Sorry, but I don't remember any of the details.    :-(
> --
> Best regards,
>
> Sam Gillett
>
> Change is inevitable,
> except from vending machines!- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

I got EBBS 128 here somewhere.... I'll see if I can find some more
info
From: Sam Gillett on 23 Apr 2008 00:50

"Rick Youngman" wrote ...

> On Apr 22, 11:45 am, "Sam Gillett" <sgillettnos...(a)diespammergte.net>
> wrote:
>> "Rick Youngman" wrote ...
>>
>> > I no longer remember "exactly" what the conflict was with the clock
>> > thing, but maybe one of the guru's here, can add some insite and/or
>> > start a new thread about it.
>>
>> I seem to remember seeing something in the docs for an early version of
>> EBBS-128 something about one or more of the BBS timers not working right
>> on
>> the D model. Then, in the docs for a later version, Ed Parry explained
>> what
>> had been done to the code for EBBS-128 to fix, or at least work around the
>> problem.
>>
>> Sorry, but I don't remember any of the details. :-(
>
> I got EBBS 128 here somewhere.... I'll see if I can find some more
> info

OK. You are not looking for the latest version, which was released by
someone else after Ed Parry sold EBBS-128 to them. You are looking for one
of the Ed Parry versions. Ed always included several addendums to the main
doc file in release packages of EBBS. You will find what you are looking for
in one of the addendums, not in the main doc file.
--
Best regards,

Sam Gillett

Change is inevitable,
except from vending machines!


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