[Info-vax] Anyone interested in another public access system

[yyyc186]

On Apr 7, 2:11 pm, "Bob Eager" <rd... at spamcop.net> wrote:

> > > You were obviously using a different FORMAT program, or you didn't read
> > > the documentation. I had an early Rainbow and FORMAT /I worked fine for
> > > me.
>
> > An "early" Rainbow was not the first generation Rainbow.  The business
> > decision to not include a format utility with the initial Rainbow was
>
> So, you made a sweeping statement, which you mow wish to qualify in
> order to correct your error.
>

Not so sweeping a statement.  I simply couldn't find documentation on
the Rainbow format program.  Back issues of DEC Professional don't
appear to be on-line, or at least aren't deeply indexed.  Dave G. also
had the same memory.  The 350 I found documentation about not being
shipped with a FORMAT utility.  I didn't find confirmation about the
'bow not having a FORMAT program originally.  Everyone has the "later"
documented, but it appears only a few of us remember back to when they
"first" came out.  Memory isn't proof.  Since I'm arguing with
academics who should be refunding tuition money instead of accepting
it, I wanted to put my hands on the original articals from DEC
Professional and that old DVorak (sp?) column from a different
magazine.

I didn't have all day to spend looking for the thing.  I've got a lot
I'm trying to get done.  I kill here when transfering files and
installing updates.  I'm installing my last update tonight, so won't
have time to kill for days if not weeks.

Hopefully somebody else has a stash of DEC Professional back issues
(or a known on-line index site) where one can search for the articles
about when the Rainbow first came out.  I distinctly remember the
article mentioning the 'bow, but all I could find given the 10 minutes
I had to search was information about the 350.