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2025-12-29: I have restored the wiki to a backup from the end of November. Starting in September 2025, accesses went form the 800MB-1.2GB range per month to 26GB in September, 42GB in October, and 70GB in November with most accesses originating from China. As soon as I realized what was causing all the access problems in November, I shut it down (it had reached 36GB by then) behind a password/login screen. The database had gotten corrupted, and I tried a restore from just before the spike in access but that didn't work. Thus, end of November. I still have the other daily backups so if there were any important additions in December, let me know and maybe they can be recovered. - Allen H.
Telecommunications
Feature Articles
In 8 of the 13 years it was published in, The Rainbow had telecommunications as the theme topic for the November issue.
HOT CoCo featured a regular Bobby Ballard column called 6809 Online.
| Title | Device / Program | Author | Magazine | Y | M | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Supreme Sysop and the Magnificent Modem Master | Rainboard | Lance Lester | The Rainbow | 83 | 11 | 20 |
| Master Messenger | Master Messenger | Alan Davenport | The Rainbow | 83 | 11 | 42 |
| CoCo Caller: An Automatic Phone Dialer for Radio Shack's Modem II | Jorge Mir | The Rainbow | 83 | 11 | 53 | |
| Remote Operation of the Color Computer | various apps | Dan Downard | The Rainbow | 83 | 11 | 118 |
| Teach CoCo to Dial Up Some Fun | Ric Manning | The Rainbow | 83 | 11 | 122 | |
| An Introduction to Synchronous Data Transmission | Harry Hardy | The Rainbow | 83 | 11 | 173 | |
| Communicating With Your Color Computer | Bob Rosen | The Rainbow | 83 | 11 | 192 | |
| The Other End of the Phone | CompuServe, etc. | Alexander B. Trevor | The Rainbow | 83 | 11 | 288 |
| The Bulletin Boards | List of BBSs | Staff | The Rainbow | 83 | 11 | 325 |
| CoCo, Phone Home | Michael L. Johnson | HOT CoCo | 84 | 04 | 56 | |
| 6809 Online: Making the Most of CompuServe | CompuServe | Bobby Ballard | HOT CoCo | 85 | 02 | 78 |
Reviews
| Review | Product | Author | Magazine | Y | M | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COLOR TERM+PLUS+ Has Many Plusses | COLOR TERM+PLUS+ | Bruce Rothermel | The Rainbow | 83 | 11 | 246 |
| C.C. Dialer: Reach Out and Touch Someone | C.C. Dialer | Bruce Rothermel | The Rainbow | 83 | 11 | 254 |
| Reviews: Micro Compac | Micro Compac (for MC-10) | John S. Cullings | HOT CoCo | 84 | 06 | 109 |
| Reviews: BBS Log Book | BBS Log Book by Robert E. Ballard | Jeffrey Parker | HOT CoCo | 85 | 02 | 88 |
Related
See Modems