12 May
2016
12 May
'16
11:40 p.m.
I understand that DEC created a version of Windows for the Rainbow. Does
anyone have this?
Regards
Rob
13 May
13 May
1:01 a.m.
On 13/05/2016 07:40, "Robert Jarratt" <robert.jarratt at ntlworld.com>
wrote:
I understand that DEC created a version of Windows for
the Rainbow. Does
anyone have this?
None of the Rainbows I used had the option of a mouse, it was an item
reserved for workstations back then, I see the wiki entry says that DEC
ported Windows 1 but there's no footnote showing further evidence. I don't
remember it being advertised anywhere either, the world was falling over the
IBM PC by then.
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2:31 a.m.
On Fri, May 13, 2016 at 07:40:08AM +0100, Robert Jarratt wrote:
I understand that DEC created a version of Windows for
the Rainbow. Does
anyone have this?
Have you seen:
http://www.vcfed.org/forum/showthread.php?28472-Rainbow-Windows
maybe getting a hold of Jeff "PrintStar" Armstrong could be a start.
/P
Regards
Rob
17 May
17 May
5:11 p.m.
I have it on floppies, but no easy way to read those floppies onto a
networked computer...
Warner
On Fri, May 13, 2016 at 3:31 AM, Pontus Pihlgren <pontus at update.uu.se>
wrote:
On Fri, May 13, 2016 at 07:40:08AM +0100, Robert
Jarratt wrote:
I understand that DEC created a version of
Windows for the Rainbow. Does
anyone have this?
Have you seen:
http://www.vcfed.org/forum/showthread.php?28472-Rainbow-Windows
maybe getting a hold of Jeff "PrintStar" Armstrong could be a start.
/P
Regards
Rob
11:24 p.m.
Perhaps someone else on the list has the necessary facilities, where are you located?
Certainly I want to find a way to image the floppies I have too for safe keeping of the
software.
Regards
Rob
From: Warner Losh
Sent: 18 May 2016 01:11
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: Windows 1.0 For DEC Rainbow
I have it on floppies, but no easy way to read those floppies onto a
networked computer...
Warner
On Fri, May 13, 2016 at 3:31 AM, Pontus Pihlgren <pontus at update.uu.se>
wrote:
On Fri, May 13, 2016 at 07:40:08AM +0100, Robert
Jarratt wrote:
I understand that DEC created a version of
Windows for the Rainbow. Does
anyone have this?
Have you seen:
http://www.vcfed.org/forum/showthread.php?28472-Rainbow-Windows
maybe getting a hold of Jeff "PrintStar" Armstrong could be a start.
/P
Regards
Rob
18 May
18 May
4:04 a.m.
Warner Losh wrote:
I have it on floppies, but no easy way to read those
floppies onto a
networked computer...
Warner
Do you know anyone who has a older computer with a 5 1/4" HD floppy
drive?
While a 64-bit Windows 7 system will not run PUTR by John Wilson from dbit,
even a 32-bit Windows XP system can do so. Since the Rainbow used an RX50
floppy drive, PUTR is able to read RX50 type media and copy the image to a
hard disk file which can then be attached to an e-mail and sent anywhere.
Please ask if you need more help.
Jerome Fine
On Fri, May 13, 2016 at 3:31 AM, Pontus Pihlgren
<pontus at update.uu.se>
wrote:
>>On Fri, May 13, 2016 at 07:40:08AM +0100, Robert Jarratt wrote:
>
>
>>I understand that DEC created a version of Windows for the Rainbow. Does
>>anyone have this?
>>
>>
>Have you seen:
>
>http://www.vcfed.org/forum/showthread.php?28472-Rainbow-Windows
>
>maybe getting a hold of Jeff "PrintStar" Armstrong could be a start.
> 
5:34 a.m.
<snip>
Have you seen:
Does PUTR require an HD floppy to create a WIn 1.0 for Rainbow disk set?
Bill
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>
> http://www.vcfed.org/forum/showthread.php?28472-Rainbow-Windows
>
> maybe getting a hold of Jeff "PrintStar" Armstrong could be a start.
>
> Do you know anyone who has a older computer with a 5 1/4" HD floppy
drive?
While a 64-bit Windows 7 system will not run PUTR by John Wilson from dbit,
even a 32-bit Windows XP system can do so. Since the Rainbow used an RX50
floppy drive, PUTR is able to read RX50 type media and copy the image to a
hard disk file which can then be attached to an e-mail and sent anywhere.
Please ask if you need more help.
Jerome Fine
9:46 a.m.
On May 18, 2016 6:35 AM, "william degnan" <billdegnan at gmail.com>
wrote:
Does PUTR require an HD floppy to create a WIn 1.0 for
Rainbow disk set?
Technically it doesn't have to be HD, but it has to be 80-track, and the
only 80-track 5.25" drives commonly found on PCs are the "1.2M" HD ones. A
"360K" PC drive won't suffice.
8:38 a.m.
On Wed, May 18, 2016 at 5:04 AM, Jerome H. Fine <jhfinedp3k at compsys.to>
wrote:
Does PUTR run on FreeBSD? I can DD the floppies on FreeBSD w/o an issue
because the RX-50's or the TEAC FD-55's that I have work just fine. I just
don't
know what the current state of play is wrt interchange formats actually is.
I have
the Rainbow in the basement, and could setup a kermit server and copy the
files
over one at a time. I haven't peeled back the covers beyond the disks that
have the labels on them.
Sadly, I have no windows machines in this house, and haven't for quite some
time.
Warner
Warner Losh
wrote:
I have it on floppies, but no easy way to read those floppies onto a
networked computer...
Warner
On Fri, May 13, 2016 at 3:31 AM, Pontus Pihlgren <pontus at update.uu.se
wrote:
On Fri, May 13, 2016 at 07:40:08AM +0100, Robert Jarratt wrote:
>
>> I understand that DEC
created a version of Windows for the Rainbow. Does
>> anyone have this?
> > > Have you seen:
>
http://www.vcfed.org/forum/showthread.php?28472-Rainbow-Windows
> maybe getting a hold of Jeff
"PrintStar" Armstrong could be a start.
> Do you know anyone who has a older
computer with a 5 1/4" HD floppy
drive?
While a 64-bit Windows 7 system will not run PUTR by John Wilson from dbit,
even a 32-bit Windows XP system can do so. Since the Rainbow used an RX50
floppy drive, PUTR is able to read RX50 type media and copy the image to a
hard disk file which can then be attached to an e-mail and sent anywhere.
9:05 a.m.
On 18 May 2016 at 12:04, Jerome H. Fine <jhfinedp3k at compsys.to> wrote:
While a 64-bit Windows 7 system will not run PUTR by John Wilson from dbit,
even a 32-bit Windows XP system can do so. Since the Rainbow used an RX50
floppy drive, PUTR is able to read RX50 type media and copy the image to a
hard disk file which can then be attached to an e-mail and sent anywhere.
It will under Dosbox, which is how I use it...
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