#: 10833 S10/OS9/6809 (CoCo)
    25-May-91  13:48:53
Sb: #s10/os9/6809 (CoCo)
Fm: Rick Ulland 70540,3305
To: All

I'm having a little trouble with DeskMate 3. I know thhis isn't the greatest
program around, but for $4.95 it could be handy in a side window. (WWith
DM,Basic09##32k, and a shell theres 200k left!) I was able to Config VDDG and
WIND together, then XMode'd printer baud,modpatched step rates, set montype and
Hi-Res mouse (using SRB's setype from CoCo Artist disk),and cobbled the whole
 meess. The only thing that hheld wass the stepping rate. DM uses the printer
at 2400baud, but none of the windowss do unless I XMode again. Also DeskMate
comes up in montype c and can't use thhe Hi-Res mouse at all(cursor wraps about
2 1/2 times). Even when I reset all of the above in startup, as soon ass I fork
DeskMate, it all goes away again!
 Can anybody help me do any of the following:
          a. Get XMode to hold or
          b. extend StartUp past the DeskMate command
          c. get DM to boot in RGB
          d. scaale the moouse for Hi=res
 Note: I've got DeskMate on a Apps disk in /d1 (My only double sided)). Is this
 messing up CONFIG.DESK?

I'm noticeing thhat third party programs usuaally work better than Tandy's own,
ie Lvl1 DynaCalc from 1985 runs in an 80 col window no sweat. Mebbe if Tandy'd
demanded thhhis kind of flexability in their own sooftware, thhhe CoCo wouldn't
be dead!
                  Thanx
                    Rick 70540,3305

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