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changed username to rich-c rich-c: bonjour Daniel rich-c: tu es pret a l'heure
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changed username to George rich-c: good afternoon George George: Hi Rich rich-c: Daniel is listed as being on but he isnt responding right now George: ok rich-c: how's life down in Philly today? George: we had the worst thunderstorms of the season last night rich-c: right - that would be the cold front coming through rich-c: bet the weasther is really nice today - warm, but dry George: no cool weather though rich-c: really? we're in the same air mass and we're in the low 80s George: hot and muggy rich-c: it's hot in the sun but very nice in the shade rich-c: odd - thunderstorms normally mean acold front and drier air George: it's 96 with dewpoint 72 rich-c: 90 - freaking SIX???? George: heat index is 105 rich-c: I'm not sure I even want to know about that George: it really hits you in the face when yougo out rich-c: it's a bad as Alberta the other way - they had two inches of snow overnight George: what i would give for snow right now rich-c: I suspect it hits you even harder in the lungs - I hate to think what your air quality index might be rich-c: to be honest, I am not a fan of cold weather - I suffer less from excessive warmth George: i got central air running full rich-c: oh, two things before I forget rich-c: first, remember next Saturday chat will be at 9 p.m. rich-c: second, make a note of this URL: annoyances.com - you will find it useful and informative rich-c: and yes, we have the a/c on too as the house has considerable thermal mass and takes more than a day to cool down George: i hurt my left thumb rich-c: also, despite the cooler air temp, the insolation continues to heat up the masonry rich-c: how did you manage to do that? newcoleco: hello! George: it must have happened during lights out last night newcoleco: I wasn't in front of my desk rich-c: bonjour Daniel rich-c: yes, I noticed you were listed but not responding rich-c: did you get my email and was it useful? newcoleco: I get your e-mail... rich-c: George, I gather the thunderstorm brought on a power failure newcoleco: and now I have time to test my drive George: several rich-c: but your don't have a firm result yet, that it, Daniel? rich-c: George, I hope you had your computers turned off and off line newcoleco: Give me one minute to plug my adam computer George: power kept going on and off rich-c: you are going to test it now, are you, Daniel? George: after the third time they stayed off rich-c: when there's bad weather around you need to disconnect your modem from the phone line and turn off the computer George: i was downloading aol 8.0 at the time rich-c: oh boy - have fun straightening out that mess! George: you got it rich-c: I suppose that's some sort of automatic install thing, too? George: yes rich-c: so how badly did it mess up your hard drive? George: not much after running scandisk rich-c: as in "scandisc found 6,742 errors and corrected them all"? George: not quite George: a few rich-c: the real problem will be if it did any writing to the registry George: t lest it didn't say my harddisk failed rich-c: stuff you download to "My Download Files" then run from there after you're offline is rarely a problem George: aol 8.0 is a different story rich-c: yes, and you're well awre it's one the rest of us do not want to have anything to do with George: they don't have a standard signon proceedure George: oh God my thumb rich-c: as if you didn't have troubles enough already rich-c: you must have mashed it pretty good last night George: i think so rich-c: or is it just that you unconsciously moved it the wrong way - sort of like my leg? George: can't hold anything in that hand rich-c: that sounds more like a muscle strain, then George: i hope thats all rich-c: any idea how the injury happened? George: not at all rich-c: that is weird - sure you were sober? rich-c: (that's unfair, isn't it?) George: i don't drink rich-c: I know you don't, you can't with the pills you're taking George: you got that i don't even dare rich-c: sort of like my situation with smoking - I want to, but no way, Jose newcoleco: ok, I used my cleaning kit. George: i don't evevn had champagne on New Years rich-c: wondered where you'd got to, Daniel rich-c: what results are you getting now? newcoleco: My Adam computer is now truned on newcoleco: the two lignts in front of my diskdrive still on rich-c: OK, did you turn on the disc drive first? newcoleco: I'm not sure.. I will turn off everything George: my ADAM is in bed rich-c: OK - by the way, I assume you got the Coleco power supply with the disc drive newcoleco: I have aadam disk drive power supply rich-c: well, George, that's fine, but do remember to wake it up every once in a while newcoleco: and my adam computer works with a printer George: i do, to play rich-c: yes, Daniel, and an aside - Adams last longer if you keep a fan blowing on the printer newcoleco: ok now... I turn on the disk drive rich-c: check the plug to see it's in "input" and the "drive" switch is set to 1 newcoleco: check! rich-c: OK, drive on, now you can turn on the Adam newcoleco: the two lignts in front of my disk drive are turned on newcoleco: I will turn on the computer now rich-c: just for kicks, pull the reset button on the Adam and see if the access light blinks newcoleco: no blnks rich-c: OK, both lights stay on, access light does not blink on reset newcoleco: that's right rich-c: that is telling us something significant, I just don't know what rich-c: other than, of course, that it isn't working properly rich-c: you are leaving the latch open, of course? newcoleco: do I need to close the front panel of my disk drive? there is no disk inside it rich-c: no, you must leave it open unless there is a disc in there rich-c: what is going on is that your drive is trying to read a disc that isn't there newcoleco: I think there are no disk access (no blinks). rich-c: the fix is very simple for anyone who knows what he is doing - but that does not include me rich-c: but you now have information that narrows down the problem considerably newcoleco: "When you turn on the Adam, the other red light, showing the drive is being accessed, should flash quickly and go out." rich-c: right rich-c: but the drive thinks it is being accessed when it isn't newcoleco: i think this is what my disk drive doesn't understand :) rich-c: notice that even with the computer off, the access light is staying on newcoleco: yeah! but they stay on after too rich-c: so we know the problem is in a circuit in the drive itself, not the Adamnet newcoleco: I tried both adamnet port newcoleco: I tried both cables I have rich-c: smart move, Daniel, just helps narrow things down further newcoleco: the keyboard works everywhere with every cables. rich-c: good - so you have eliminated the ports and cables as sources of the problem newcoleco: the disk drive is warm now. rich-c: that means it has to be within a certain circuit of the dirve newcoleco: so i need antoher disk drive? rich-c: yes, they heat up very quickly since part of the power supply handling is on the drive controller board rich-c: yours is repairable by any competent technician, the problem is finding one newcoleco: this is a big problem for me rich-c: the only one I know is Howard Pines and I have misplaced his email address rich-c: it's a problem for all of us, Daniel rich-c: most techs are not as competent as they'd like you to believe rich-c: they can do IBM fixes they've learned by rote but have no true understanding of what they are doing newcoleco: So, I have two choices, finding someone who can fix my disk drive problem OR finding another disk drive. rich-c: any technician who understands disc drives in electronic terms would have no problem rich-c: right Daniel; I don't know if Howard would do that favour now that he's retired newcoleco: I know someone who can modify a ColecoVision to split signal in two rca cables. rich-c: and of course you'd have to mail the drive, and pay for the repair in US dollars George: i got lost rich-c: you mean, change the output signal so it's usable on a composite monitor, I assume newcoleco: yes. rich-c: well, we're trying to help Daniel with a problem with his disc drive rich-c: yes, Daniel, I have a schematic showing how it is done rich-c: again, a pity you don't have an email box that permits attachments - I could send you a scan George: aol instant message wiped my screen newcoleco: yes, but his schematic is a little bit different than the one I found in the internet. rich-c: don't know which one is on the 'net but since I've circulated it before, it's likely the one I have newcoleco: do you have a schematic to resolve disk drive problem? rich-c: no, I have schematics for the Adam proper but not for the disc drive rich-c: in fact, don't know of anyone who does George: who is slammig doors? newcoleco: in that case, I don't think my friend will help me. newcoleco: doors? rich-c: why don't you post a message to the Adam mailing list asking if anyone has a schematic? George: i heard a door slam rich-c: odd, George, most apartment dwellers know better than to do that newcoleco: yahoo messenger use some doors sounds. George: oh it must be aol rich-c: aha! and George has already mentioned he has internet messanger open and active newcoleco: where i can find the Adam mailing list? George: just buddy list rich-c: coladam-list@calum.csclub.uwaterloo.ca. newcoleco: I'm stupid... the answer was in your e-mail. rich-c: to join the list, you send an email with subject "subscribe" to coladam-admin@ (etc.) rich-c: then you hope Dale gets around to updating the list sometime this century rich-c: maybe we can twist his arm a bit next week - he will be at Adamcon rich-c: actually, there has been remarkably little traffic on the list of late George: are the chat archives going to be updated ? they only go back to October of last year rich-c: George and Daniel: next Saturday, get on the chat at 9 p.m. from Adamcon rich-c: Dale will almost certainly be on and you can both nag him yourselves rich-c: sometimes when you get him on line he'll multitask and do the job "while you wait" George: oh, Boy! rich-c: with luck, the chat should be very interesting with lots of people rich-c: of course, that means a lot of confusing crosstalk George: is ther going to be a chat Wednesday? newcoleco: I will do my best to be online next saturday night 9:00pm. rich-c: I expect so, though it may be short newcoleco: I don't know if he will understand me. rich-c: remember we have to hit the road for Adamcon early Thursday morning - it's a long drive rich-c: I think Dale has a fair bit of French, and I'm pretty sure wife Jill does rich-c: as the "uwaterloo" suggests, Dale is Canadian - runs a software company here in Toronto rich-c: in fact we are chatting on his home computer now George: so i won't understand? rich-c: depends on how much French you have, George rich-c: if you don't have any, you will miss that thread George: i don't speak French at all rich-c: remember most of the people chatting are Americans and more likely to have Spanish than French George: or Spanish rich-c: I only barely speak it, can read it mostly, but my writing is very poor George: just gutter English George: with typeos rich-c: well, I wasn't going to say anything about your strange New Jersey accent, but... ;-) rich-c: (I'm teasing him, Daniel - I was born in New Jersey) George: mixed with Philly newcoleco: I receive many "mailing delivery failed" messages and one message who said : rich-c: every once in a while our chats include insider jokes newcoleco: Please confirm your message rich-c: it's a big list and hasn't been edited for too long, but the "please confirm" is new to me rich-c: still it means the server did something rich-c: hold on till I see if I got your message newcoleco: this "please confirm" came from millers@inebraska.com rich-c: you got through, Daniel - there's a message from you on my email newcoleco: and the message said I need to reply newcoleco: to this address : newcoleco: millers+confirm+accept.1028405695.11478.3b1beb@inebraska.com rich-c: OK - right - that is a user who has a firewall with super-paranoid settings newcoleco: paranoid settings? rich-c: I would say in this case ignore it rich-c: yes, it's set to be hostile and suspicious to anything it hasn't seen before newcoleco: and about all the "Mail Delivery System (or Subsystem)" messages? rich-c: it works quite well to filter out spam because spammers never confirm newcoleco: Returned mail: User unknown rich-c: well, whenever the mailing list can't deliver the message, it tells you so rich-c: you will notice it tells you names on the list it couldn't reach newcoleco: bob.zimmerman@masterpiece.com newcoleco: permanent fatal errors rich-c: that would be one of several rich-c: what it amounts to is, the message went out to maybe 100+ addressees rich-c: some change their addresses but they haven' rich-c: t been changed on the list yet rich-c: for instance, when home.com went down, the addresses became rogers.ca or shaw.ca rich-c: but the server may still be sending to home.com rich-c: in that case you'll get a "permanent fatal error" report newcoleco: I think I have to turn off my adam computer and the disk drive. newcoleco: I don'T want to see some smoke. rich-c: don't worry if they're warm, Adams are durable that way, even if turning a fan on them is a good idea newcoleco: I have no fan right now rich-c: I've seen an Adam left on 24 hours a day, which the manual says one should not do newcoleco: except some friends who like my coleco games. rich-c: it was on a closed shelf, and a notebook had been left on top of the printer rich-c: but it still worked! rich-c: yes, pity we can't get you to Adamcon - I think you would like it and find the contacts useful rich-c: and I suspect some of the group would get a huge kick our of the games you have written rich-c: and yes, Geroge, Daniel actually writes games for the Adam himself George: i can't do that rich-c: I can't write games either, and really admire those who can newcoleco: what is your mailing address George newcoleco: your email? George: GWahl53937@aol,com newcoleco: I suppose I have to change the "," for a "." rich-c: yes, George's typing is as error-prone as mine George: yes, sorry rich-c: anyway, gentlemen, I have a few other issues to address this afternoon George: farn dingers newcoleco: That's ok! I will try to send you an e-mail now! rich-c: so I am going to have to log off now rich-c: hope to see you both Wednesday evening George: i'm going too newcoleco: I hope too! George: bye for now newcoleco: I have to go now! rich-c: George, see you, Daniel, au revior newcoleco: have fun! newcoleco: aurevoir rich! rich-c: till Wednesday then. Bye!
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