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From: [e-mail] (ROBERT SALTIEL)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: CMD Hard Drive replacemen
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Date: Sat, 03 Aug 96 20:41:00 -0400
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Paul Macarthur ([e-mail]) wrote:

 PM> I have replaced an IDE hard drive before,
 PM> is it similiar to this and what
 PM> brand name of drive would you recommend that I purchase?

I haven't done an IDE, but have done several replacements in CMD
units..  Upgrading to a larger SCSI drive is just a matter of mounting
the new drive (usually the mounting screws are in the standard
positions), and plugging the SCSI cable and the power connector into
the new drive's connectors.  Couldn't be easier.

Two things to be aware of are: 1) That the replacement drive has the
SCSI terminator resistors installed (those multi-pin things that are
plugged into the drive's circuit board right near the SCSI connector) -
generally there's three of them.  2) Jumpers on the drive should be
set for SCSI device '0'.  If it/they aren't, when you run the llformat
prg, you will see that it won't detect device zero when it scans for
it.  You need it as device zero, as that's the device where the system
will want to be created.  Some drives have another jumper on-board
which is used to set operating mode (or somesuch).  If that isn't in
the right position, then drive won't spin when powered-up.  ..so those
are pretty straightforward.

One more point is that I understand that upgrading to some larger
drives / or brands of drives (I'm thinking specifically of IBM brand
here) may necessitate an upgrade to the latest DOS, plus an upgraded
boot ROM.  I recently upgraded my HD-40 (had Quantum drive) to a 240
meg Quantum.  No additionals needed.  I am now upgrading a friend's
HD-20..  It originally had a Seagate mech (yecchh), was upped to a 70
Meg Rodime (yecchh), and now going to a 200 Meg IBM.  Looks like the
latest upgrade requires the latest HDOS (v1.92) and boot ROM (2.78)
(just got them in, and I'll probably do it tomorrow)

I'm partial (in my limited experience) to Quantum..  I didn't care for
what I saw of the Seagate, or what I've read at other times.  This
isn't to say whether Maxtor or Conner are great (maybe?), good, ok,
etc.  I just don't have experience with them.

Regards,

    Robert
    [e-mail]

-=3D- QWKRR128 V4.32 [R]
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From: [e-mail] (Doug Cotton)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Re: OVER 30000 C64 PROGRAMS!!!
Date: Sat, 03 Aug 1996 14:51:21 -0500
Organization: Creative Micro Designs, Inc.
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In article <4tu90m$[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Michael W. Hall=
)
wrote:

> >Are you selling them legally? Or are you another pirate out there
> >depriving programmers and software producers their rightful earnings?
> >
> >--Harold
>=20
> Are you seroius?!?!?!? Who is being deprived here. No programmer is=20
> collecting money on any C=3D software.

An incorrect generalization, but then, most are.

> Anything being sold is probably used anyway.

Incorrect as well. There's all kinds of software available for sale that
is still unopened and unused.

> If anyone out there is still looking for their earnings=20
> from original copies of River Raid, they are going to be poor for a lon=
g=20
> time.

While there are relatively few programmers still collecting royalties on =
a
lot of the new packages stocked by the last remaining few distributors,
they indeed were paid for it at some point (whenever the distributor sold
it). So yes, in most cases you this no longer deprives the author... just
us poor sucker distributors who thought we were doing folks a favor by
buying up what was left and keeping it legally available. And because
games in general are so easy to get for free now, those few new titles
that have been released in the last couple of years don't sell enough to
make it worth even writing, let alone distributing. I guess we should
thank the pirates for doing us these favors.


Doug Cotton
E-mail: [e-mail]


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From: [e-mail] (Joseph Snider)
Subject: WTT: Amiga 500 For C128D
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Ive got an extra Amiga 500 computer so im going to offer this as a trade..

 Im looking for a Commodore 128D computer..(The one with the detachable
keyboard, and internal 1571 drive. *MUST* be in working condition). And
any other extras you want to throw in..=20

 The a500 has 1 meg of memory and works fine.. (Will include software,
power supply and mouse..)

 Please send any offers to "[e-mail]"


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From: [e-mail] (Kairy Ibrahim)
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Does anyone know where I can find an IBM program that emulated either the=
 C64
or 128?

Thanks,
kairy Ibrahim

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From: Dale Chitwood <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Forsale C-64 w/256K ram expansion
Date: Sat, 03 Aug 1996 22:26:40 -0700
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Hello,
I have a very nice Commodore 64C I would like to sell.
it has the following:

- 1764 256K Ram expansion and Deluxe C=3D64 Powersupply with=20
included software to patch GEOS as a RAM disk. (this is
new and still in orginal box)

- 1541 floppy drive
- MPS 801 Printer
- Joystick
-(also small joystick that is on the side of the computer
for GEOS)

-All necessary cables included to hook up the system, and some
extra cables too.
-2 extra power supplys (1 C64 white, 1 regular black)
-Fastload cartridge
and at least 50 probably more like 70 titles with orginal
documentation (I will list them if necessary)

I have tested the computer recently (today) and it worked fine.
it is in very good shape and has been well taken care of.

I think about 60.00 for all plus shipping sounds good.  If
not, make an offer, I really don't know what it is worth
now. =20

Thanks

Dale
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From: [e-mail]
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Subject: Printer needed
Date: 4 Aug 1996 05:55:35 GMT
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Keywords: need to buy printer

Preferably an old IBM compatible (well, basically, just not an old C=3D
printer - parts / ribbons are impossible to find! :-> ).

Thanks so much!!

Chris McLeod (of the clan MacLeod)

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Subject: THE PRICE IS RIGHT!
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=20
does anyone have the game "THE PRICE IS RIGHT"=20
=20
it was made by GAMETEK=20
=20
please help me find it!!!!!=20
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COMMODORE 64 WITH OKIDATA PRINTER FOR SALE.  PLEASE E-MAIL. In=20
perfect condition. [e-mail]
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From: Joachim Str=F6mbergson <[e-mail]>
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Subject: Demo a la 1984 Was: Re: Programmers wanted!
Date: Sun, 04 Aug 1996 10:53:08 +0200
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Woa!

Mr. David L. Tuomis newspost felt exactly like those 1984 coarse
scroller demos... Pretty suitable for this newsgroup!!

Cheers!
Joachim
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From: [e-mail] (Adrian Gonzalez)
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Date: 4 Aug 1996 11:10:57 GMT
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Hello

While attempting to figure out how the 1581 computes its CRC's, I bumped =
into
the necessity to disassemble code to disk so that I could transfer it to
my amiga.  Here's how I did it, using Super Snapshot V5's ml monitor.

First I loaded the code into the c64's memory
then, from basic, I opened a file like this:

open 1,8,2,"0:code.txt,s,w"

after that, I hit F8 to start the monitor up, and then typed

o8,1

to redirect the output to the disk drive.  Then

d c000 c0f0

to disassemble, then

o

to go back to screen output, then

x

to leave the monitor, and finally, from BASIC

close 2


The SS manual only gives an example for printer output, so I tought I'd p=
ost
about this.  Anyway, hope you find a use for it  :-)

later

-Adrian Gonzalez (dW/Style)

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From: "Fred S. Dart" <[e-mail]>
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Subject: Re: Programmers wanted!
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Jack Followay, Jr. (Rascal@PHB) wrote:
>=20

>=20
>   From what I hear, GEOS _does_ get a new lease on life with the
> SuperCPU.
> GEOS's major fault was that it was SLOW.  Doesn't sound so slow anymore.
>   There are still quite a few programmers out there.  But I don't know
> how
> many plan on developing FOR the SuperCPU.  It's not like the PC market
> where the programmers push the envelope to force you to upgrade to the
> next
> level of INTEL technology.  This is the first true proccessor upgrade
> for
> a 64.  Who knows how the community will actually respond.
>   When I save up enough spare cash to pick on up, I will certainly want
> to
> play with the idea of ?native? SuperCPU programs; but I doubt we will
> see
> very many over-hauls of major products for what may or may not (hope
> not!)
> turn out to be a 'niche' market.  Think about how many programs you fin=
d
> in ?native? 128 mode.  How about 80 columns? VDC?  Not a whole lot.  No=
t
> meaning to be negative; I certainly hope it will take off. (At least
> long
> enough for me to buy mine! =3D] )

Jack neglected to mention that he is writing the next version of the
IMAGE BBS system, version 2.0, and is one of the programmers that still
support the C64 as does New Image Software of which I am a part. :)
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Subject: Re: Programmers wanted!
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From: [e-mail]
Date: 4 Aug 96 01:46:52 EDT
Organization: Marshall University
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The C-64 had for the longest time a huge chunk of the personal computer
market. But, people still do not expect any type of come back for the
commodore 64 as a business machine nor do they expect any huge jump
in quality of the games produced for the C-64 to change. No, the
chip probably won't change anything.

What does the C-64 need to revitalize its missing link in time? It needs
not to try to compete but only to become compatable. The wide variety
of emulators currently being produced has greatly helped but programming
on an emulator is to be simply put, 'anal'. No, what we need is a
Commodore 64 PC card in which would contain all the Commodore chips
"minimal cost at best" and a quality peice of software to work with
the hardware to emulate exactly how a commodore would work. The
cost of producing such a card would be probably just a few dollars if tha=
t,
and all that would be left would be for the last of us C-64 guru's to
write the software.

Robby

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From: [e-mail] (Johan Van den Brande)
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Hello,

Can somebody please tell me what electronics is between
the SID and the output on the videoconnector of a C64 ?
I have no sound on my C64, and I'm wondering if it is
the SID (tried 3 SID's) or maybe it is an corrupted
transistor? in the path between SID and output ?

Please help me !!!

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From: [e-mail] (Michael Naberezny)
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Subject: Hart Cart
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Greetings.

Does anyone have any technical or programming information on the Hart=20
Cart?  Specifics like what interrupt line it uses, its IO page, etc.  My=20
best guess without anything is that it is an 8250/16550 mapped at $DE00,
connected to NMI.

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From: [e-mail] (CHRISTOPHERMCLEOD)
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Subject: Re: Programmers wanted!
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>                                      =20
>   From: [e-mail]
>   Reply to: [e-mail]
>   Date: 4 Aug 96 01:46:52 EDT
>   Organization: Marshall University
>   Newsgroups:
>          comp.sys.cbm
>   Followup to: newsgroup(s)
>
>The C-64 had for the longest time a huge chunk of the personal computer
>market. But, people still do not expect any type of come back for the
>commodore 64 as a business machine nor do they expect any huge jump
>in quality of the games produced for the C-64 to change. No, the
>chip probably won't change anything.
>
>What does the C-64 need to revitalize its missing link in time? It needs
>not to try to compete but only to become compatable. The wide variety

(unfortunately) this is the truth!  I truely enjoy everything available
for the C64 now, but I do not plan on staying on it forever.  If there wa=
s
still a big market I would most certainly do so, but alas, as with most
people, the demise of Run took some wind out of my sails - althought I am
STILL very MUCH a commie....

But the real reason I am writing is COMPATIBILITY.  There has GOT to be a
patch of some sort for Word or WP that will sucessfully import a C=3D wor=
d
processing file - INCLUDING FORMATTING (e.g. bold, italics, etc.).  Does
anyone know where?

What I want to do is to be able to convert a Word file into a C=3D
compatible file, bring it home, edit it, save it, take it back to work,
and open it back up in Word, and have all of the editing, formatting etc
that I did on the C=3D be there.

Please Please help!  If something like this does NOT exist, why not? :-)

I guess it could even go the other way - a patch for the C=3D to open and
save in a Word file format (text grabber in GEOS?).

I would be willing to PAY for this ability.  :-)

THanks for your input!

Chris McLeod (of the clan MacLeod)
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From: [e-mail] (LINCARD 1000)
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Subject: Re: CMD Hard Drive replacement
Date: Sat, 03 Aug 1996 14:38:42 +1200
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In article <01bb7f35$3f24ef40$[e-mail]>, "Paul
MacArthur" <[e-mail]> wrote:

> Has anyone replaced the hard drive in a CMD hard drive?
>=20
> I have a 20 meg CMD hard drive and would like to upgrade the megs to ab=
out
> 100 megs.=20
>=20
> It seems I have a selection of these drives to buy
>=20
> 3.5 Quantum
> 3.5 Maxtor
> 3.5 Connor
> 3.5 Seagate
>=20
> I have replaced an IDE hard drive before, is it similiar to this and wh=
at
> brand name of drive would you recommend that I purchase?

I recommend you use the Quantum HD's, Ive done the replacement 2 times,
from 20-40, then 40-80 Megs... Havent had any problems with the Quantums
whereas the Connor died... :-/ Just my 2 c worth. :-)

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From: J Kindon <[e-mail]>
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Subject: Re: 1541 device 9???
Date: Sun, 4 Aug 1996 11:43:32 +0100
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In article <4tr6et$[e-mail]>, "Michael W. Hall"
<[e-mail]> writes
>Does anyone know how to make a 1541 device #9???
>[e-mail]
>
        Hi Mike
I hope this reply is not over late, Ive just checked the posts.

        Set the dip switches at the back of the drive in the following
manner.

Device  8       9       10      11

SW1     on      off     on      off

sw2     on      on      off     off

        This should do the trick for you.
RSVP the result.
          Jim Kindon
Keeping it Country at Skyline Music
         with "NITE OUT".
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From: [e-mail] (Michael W. Hall)
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Subject: Re: Mods
Date: 4 Aug 1996 15:18:51 GMT
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There are emulators for the IBM that run c64, but I dont know about 128.
you can get c64s11bd.zip from oak.oakland.edu
/pub/simtelnet/msdos/emulate

I think there are others, but this seems to be the newest.
you can do searches on www.shareware.com=20


In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail]=20
says...
>
>Does anyone know where I can find an IBM program that emulated either=20
the C64
>or 128?
>
>Thanks,
>kairy Ibrahim
>

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From: [e-mail] (Jim Lawless)
Organization: Greater Omaha Public Access Unix
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[e-mail] (Harold Stevens) writes:

>Xkomunnik8 ([e-mail]) wrote:
>: How do you load a SEQ (sequential) file from 1571/1541???
>: I'm using a 128 in 64 mode and trying to look at sequential files=20
>: on 64 formatted disks, and am having no luck. I have forgotten how to=20
>: load them and look at em. can someone help me remember?

>You need to get a sequential file reader or a word processing program to
>look at SEQ files. One good utility for reading sequential files is
>Omega-Q (or Omega-Q II).

Or ...


   10 INPUT "FILENAME";A$
   20 OPEN 2,8,2,A$+",S,R"
   30 GET#2,B$
   40 IF ST =3D 64 THEN 70
   50 PRINT B$;
   60 GOTO 30
   70 CLOSE 2

You'll likely want to put a "pause" in there somewhere, but this should
get you started.

Jim Lawless
[e-mail]

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From: [e-mail]
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Subject: magazine programs
Date: Sat, 3 Aug 1996 12:48:01
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    Has anyone ever gotten Monthly Calendar (March 1989, Gazette) to work
with
either a Super-G or Super Graphix Jr. interface?  I found a thing in
Gazette
saying that it would not work with some interfaces and 1525 compatible
printers.  Did they ever fix it to work with the interfaces I mentioned
above?

    Also, does anyone have Hanger 14 (Jan. 1987, Ahoy!)?  I can't figure
out
what that thing that goes up and down on level 3 is suppose to do to you.=
=20
Is
it suppose to crush you or something?

    Finally, does anyone have the correction for F/X Plot 128 (June 1992,
Gazette)?  Line 920 tells the program to goto line 170.  However there is
no
line 170.  Can anyone post the correction here?

                                -Kungfushi
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From: [e-mail] (Michael W. Hall)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Re: OVER 30000 C64 PROGRAMS!!!
Date: 4 Aug 1996 15:39:19 GMT
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In article <[e-mail]>,=20
[e-mail] says...


>> Anything being sold is probably used anyway.
>
>Incorrect as well. There's all kinds of software available for sale that
>is still unopened and unused.
>
>> If anyone out there is still looking for their earnings=20
>> from original copies of River Raid, they are going to be poor for a lo=
ng=20
>> time.
>
>While there are relatively few programmers still collecting royalties on=
 a
>lot of the new packages stocked by the last remaining few distributors,
>they indeed were paid for it at some point (whenever the distributor sol=
d
>it). So yes, in most cases you this no longer deprives the author... jus=
t
>us poor sucker distributors who thought we were doing folks a favor by
>buying up what was left and keeping it legally available. And because
>games in general are so easy to get for free now, those few new titles
>that have been released in the last couple of years don't sell enough to
>make it worth even writing, let alone distributing. I guess we should
>thank the pirates for doing us these favors.


You have said my comment about software being used is incorrect, but then=
=20
you stated my point exactly. Whether or not it is unopened and unused, No=
=20
programmer is waiting for it to sell in order to collect on it. It has al=
l=20
been sold long ago and they have collected anything that is going to be=20
collected. If you are selling software that is no longer being produced=20
then you need not worry about piracy because your supply is limited to a=20
certain amount. You are no longer trying to sell as many copies as you ca=
n=20
because you cannot make more than you have. You need only worry about=20
marketing it in order to sell the copies you have available. Contrary to=20
the beleif of a lot the programmers in this newsgroup someone who has=20
copied a program probably would not have bought it if they could not have=
=20
copied it.=20

Anyway, sure piracy is illegal. Im not questioning that. However I dont=20
think it is affecting anyone in the commodore world in the manner it is=20
always stated.  At any rate it makes little difference to me, as my=20
commodores are usually boxed up and used rarely. I just follow the c=3D f=
or=20
nostalgias sake. Also I BOUGHT all this software for it when I used it a=20
lot and I cant bare getting rid of it. =20

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From: [e-mail] (Michael W. Hall)
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Subject: CMD web?????
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Why is www.the-spa.com does work? Whenever I try it Netscape says this=20
does not have a DNS entry. is that the right address?

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From: [e-mail] (kickass)
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Subject: 1541's w/ power cord for $20 +S&H
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If u r interested, they are the first model, (the brown one, some with=20
the latch and some with the big door thingy.)

just emial me & let me know

[e-mail]

Zilla

C=3D64 Rulez!!!

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Hi [e-mail],

 BC> Therefore, I suggest that others consider the notion of creating
 BC> comp.sys.cbm.forsale.

I don't see the reason personally. I have more interest in for sale ads
than I do talk about games, but that does not mean I want separate
news groups for every topic. I find it easy enough to skip or at least
scan the messages when they really don't interest me, but you never
know when you will learn something from those almost skipped messages.
I know it can be annoying when people try and make a business of the
for sale stuff and run constant ads, but it is also easy to skip the
messages after the first time or two.

... [e-mail] (David Schmoll)
/\/ QWKRR128 V4.32 [R]
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I also use my VIC-20. It's sitting on my Dining room table right now.
I haven't named it, though.

-Jonathan Taylor
[e-mail]

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Does anyone have or know where I can find a schematic for a VIC-20 ram
expansion unit? I'm interested in maxing it out, though smaller sizes
(3K, 8K etc.) would be way better than what I have now (nothing).

-Jonathan Taylor
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From: J Self <[e-mail]>
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Subject: Re: SEQ files. How do i look at them?
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This is a question that gets asked=20
and answered a lot. There are mamy
sequential reader programs out there
including Big Red Reader, metabasic
and others. Here is the simplest
program I can think of to read a
sequential file.
=20
10 open8,8,8,"filename,s,r"
20 get#8,a$
30 print a$;
40 if st=3D0 then 20
50 close8=20

There are several ways sequential files
are used so reading them can be tricky.
If the file was created by a word=20
processing program, chances are it uses
a variation of Commodore Screen Ascii.
The characters are poked directly to the=20
screen. Some of that data will include
formatting symbols specific to that
writer.
The file might be in Commodore ASCII in
which case it is pretty easy to read.
The following program ought to read it=20
although I just now threw this together
in response to your question and didn't
spend much time checking it for bugs.
(I did test it)
If the file was saved in true ASCII or=20
other format, a converter program will
have to be used to read it.
I wrote a little program which reads=20
the ascii screen file (the kind Word
Writer-Timeworks uses) but I didn't=20
include it here as I'm not sure what
kind of stuff you're trying to read.
This is for C=3D64.  The spaces are=20
just for readability and can be=20
eliminated.

60  open15,8,15
80 dim b$(22):p$=3D"(page  )[3 lefts]":pr$=3D"press return"
90 print"[clr/home][ctrl/1][4 downs]":poke53272,21:poke53280,3:poke53281,=
3
100 input"sequential file to read";r$
105 if r$=3D"" then end
110 r$=3Dr$+",s,r"
112 open8,8,8,r$
114 gosub300
116 if e then print:print er$:print pr$:gosub280:close8:r$=3D"":goto 90
120 print "[clr/home]"
150 get#8,a$
151 a=3Dasc(a$+chr$(0))
152 if a=3D13then 170
153 if a>95 then 200
154 if a<32 then 200
160 b$(j)=3Db$(j)+a$:goto200
170 print b$(j):j=3Dj+1
190 if peek(214)=3D>22 then j=3D0:gosub260:print "[clr/home]"
200 if st=3D0 then 150
210 gosub260
220 close8
230 end
260 for k=3D0 to 22:b$(k)=3D"":next
270 p=3Dp+1:printtab(15)p$p:printtab(13)pr$
280 getz$:if z$<> chr$(13) then 280
290 return
300 input#15,e,er$
310 return