›               o=o=o=o=o=››               New Member››             by Alan Sharkis›         OHAUG Newsletter Editor›› It isn't a permanent feature of  this› newsletter  that  new   members   are› highlighted.   Perhaps  it should be,› but my experience tells me that  most› members  are reluctant to write about› themselves.  One of our  new  members› has  not  only written about himself,› but   his  equipment  list,  and  his› position as a sysop on  the  IAN  are› just  the things I think we'd want to› know.›› The member is RENE DE BIE,  otherwise› known  as  SYSOP*TXG.  He is sysop of› The Underground, a PRO BBS  operating› in  The  Netherlands.   He's also Co-› Sysop of Thunderdome BBS.  His BBS is› not public and presently not on line,› but Thunderdome is part  of  the  IAN› and  also involved in TOM HUNT's QWK-› Net.    What  impressed  me  most  in› reading his equipment list is that he› has  almost enough equipment to stock› a retail store --  although  I  doubt› that Rene would part with any of it. › Just  to  run  the  BBS  he  has  the› following system, installed in a  big› tower case:››  * 130XE upgraded to 320Kb of RAM››  * 720Kb 3.5" XF551 (Woolley upgrade)››  * 360Kb 5.25" XF551 (stock)››  * Black Box with enhancement ROM and›    parity PAL upgrade››  * 676Mb SCSI hard disk drive››  * 270Mb SCSI hard disk drive››  * 14,400 modem›› That just runs the BBS!  In  addition› to  that,   he   does   some   rather› extensive  programming.    For   that› purpose,   he   has   the   following› equipment (note: many  of  the  names› and  model  numbers   will   not   be› familiar to American users - ed.):››  * Atari 800XE››  * Black Box with enhancement ROM and›    parity PAL upgrade››  * 140Mb hard disk drive››  * Supermax 1050 drive››  * 2 Speedy 1050 drives››  * Turbo-Speedy 1050 drive››  * Happy 7.10 1050 drive››  * XF551 drive››  * XEP80 80-column display device›› And yet another system:››  * Atari 130XE with IDE Interface››  * 420Mb IDE hard disk drive››  * XFD602 (double XF551 multiple speed›    with automatic mode-switching for›    various modes››  * XEP80 80-column display device›› He also has other 8-bit equipment.›› What  Rene needs help with is getting› the CD-ROM drive to work.  He'd  like› to be able to develop a driver for it› and/or   test  drivers  developed  by› others.      He     has     a    file› (HDFMT1993.COM) which will autodetect› the  CD-Player,  but he needs to know› the following:›› 1. How does he address absolute›    blocks/sectors on a hard disk/CD?›› 2. How can he read bigger sectors›    than the 512 byte limit of the›    Black Box ROM?  Most CD's use 2048›    bytes/sector.›› 3. If the first two questions are›    answered, he would like to improve›    the process more by incorporating›    Send SCSI and Receive SCSI commands›    into the driver.  Can anyone help›    with this?›› Rene can be reached at:›› Schrevelstraat 15› 5161 AB Sprang Capelle› The Netherlands›› or at:›› Sysoptxg@Freemail.nl›››               o=o=o=o=o=››