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In article <4tssv2$[e-mail]>,
[e-mail] (Harold Stevens) wrote:

> To find out if your print head is working, do the following short test on
> your NX-1000C: hold down the "on line" button while turning on your printer.
>
> If the printer works from the short test, then try getting another serial
> cable to make sure the cable is not defective. How do have your disk
> drives and printer set up? Mine is set up this way -- C-64 to 1541-II
> (device 8) to 1581 (device 9) to NX-1000C. The printer has to be last on
> the serial daisy chain. Also, check to see if the problem persists in both
> of the C= serial outlets on the printer.

Hiya.. Well I actually got the thing working... I had previously tried all
of those suggestions, but nothing seemed to work. I opened it up and had a
good look around... lo and behold one of the fuses inside was blown. Why
this should have caused the problem I dunno... Our power supply here in NZ
isnt overly reliable, full of spikes and stuff, so Im suspecting it was
one of those that fried it. But its working now - I dont have to use a
crummy Riteman printer anymore!! :-)

Thanx for your suggestions anyway! :-)

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From: [e-mail] (T. Koyn)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Need X1541 cable
Date: 4 Aug 1996 21:49:17 -0700
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I am looking to obtain a x1541 cable.  Since I am not familier with
building cables, I am wondering if someone has one that they no longer
need after having transferred their data, or if I can buy one somewhere.
Thanks in advance.
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From: [e-mail] (Phd Software Systems)
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Subject: Re: Programmers wanted!
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 Mo> No, the chip probably won't change anything.

The faster processor means that there can now be some very
respectable programs writing in basic.  One of the interesting things
to run on a SCPU is some of the old stuff that seemed pathetically
slow - it looks like pure ml on the SCPU.  Which ultimately means the
programming market has opened up to a whole host of new programmers
who are great at basic but never learned ml.

 Mo> What does the C-64 need to revitalize its missing link in time? It

The only thing we are short of to make the 64/128 line a viable
platform again, is an svga cartridge.  Who knows, with an SVGA
cartridge, the 64 may be the mythical cheap "net-in-a-box" everyone
is trying to build.

... [e-mail]

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From: [e-mail] (XcLaN02)
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Date: 5 Aug 1996 01:40:48 -0400
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I am making a WWW page w/ C64 stuff.  It will include a Links page.  If
you want your link to appear in it, please E-mail me at [e-mail],
and include the name and URL of your page.  Thanks! :)
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If anyone is selling C64 related CD-ROMs, please send order forms to
[e-mail].  Please respond.  Thanks! :)
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From: [e-mail](R. T. Cunningham)
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Subject: Re: Programmers wanted!
Date: 5 Aug 1996 05:21:12 GMT
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I spend most of my time programming for Color 64 Version 128, and will
continue when Centipede (BBS) for the 128 is released.

On the side, I write QD&D programs for my own uses.  However, I'm currently
working a project that I hope will involve more programmers than just me.

Will the SuperCPU (64 or 128) make a big difference in the commie
community?  For GEOS or otherwise?  I don't think so.  If we really want to
breathe life back into the commie community, we need serious video and
sound upgrades.  In reality, probably a new commie type computer
altogether.

CMD seems to be the only company at present that could possibly deliver
what we would expect.  Face it, why did the 64 become so popular in the
first place?  Load and run.  Something that IBM and Apple (among others)
couldn't deliver.  To this day, you have to know how to configure your
computer as well as your software when it comes to the PC.  What we need is
a computer that can load and run with the current technology.  Then, and
only then, will we see the people who once made the 64 great return and
kick butt with the new stuff and blow the others away.  Pipe dream, I'm
sure.

Richard T. Cunningham (a.k.a. Wanderer)
SysOp of the Desert Oasis BBS in Phoenix, AZ
A Commodore 128 BBS, 602-849-2892
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From: Radioactive Warrior <[e-mail]>
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Adam Vardy wrote:
>
> There are various ways to read a text file.  One thing that has always
> been lacking for me is a good way to read a very large text file.  You
> can  read  such  a  thing  right  off  disk with various SEQ text file
> viewers.  But say I am reading DisC=overy (around 200K), and I want to
> go  to  an  article  near the end.  It will take forever to get to it.
> With  Zed  128 you can load the whole thing up at once, IF you have an
> REU.  I haven't seen any discussion of a good way to view massive text
> files  without an REU, not sure why.  I assume no one else has written
> any program to deal with this situation?

My first thought is a program that would chain through the file pulling
out track/sector pairs into c64 memory then have the computer show you
a sector at a time the text like it was a virtual window, scrolling for-
ward or back...  This would also allow the user to easily sever the
file into smaller parts or allow easy positioning to start reading any-
where in the file...  I could write this in a few hours for the c64/1541
but I am not familiar with the extra tracks of the 1571 or 1581 and how
they are delt with by DOS...  Any other ideas?

Lates,
Radioactive Warrior
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From: Radioactive Warrior <[e-mail]>
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Subject: Re: C64 files to Macintosh?
Date: Mon, 05 Aug 1996 02:29:51 +0000
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Bruce Burdick, Jr. wrote:
>
> I have a Macintosh and a bunch of old C64 files on C64 floppies which
> I would like to transfer. I also have a 5 1/4" Dayna drive (for PC
> floppies). Is there a way to do this?
>
> -B...

I am in the same perdicament but I have transfered almost 100meg the
hard way- using a 2400 baud C= modem and novaterm (Y-modem) on the c64
side and Zterm and my MAC modem on the MAC side.  I have been told
many times to make up a "null" modem cable where you don't need to have
any modems but I haven't gotten all the parts gathered together yet...
Also, with a null modem cable, the xfer speed is faster but don't expect
14k4bps or faster cause the c64 maxes at 9600- besides, the 1541 bottle-
necks the speed down to ~4800bps assuming you don't have jiffy-dos...

Anyway, to get the above to work, set up your c64 modem and term to the
max. speed (ie. 1200 baud for a C= 1670...)
Set up your MAC modem and term and set the term DCE port speed to the
same as your max c64 speed (you may have difficulty connecting with
anything lower than 1200 baud- might just be my cheep modem, though...)
Then the modems will need to be connected together by a standard modular
telephone cord (ie. "LINE" port on the MAC modem runs to the "LINE" port
on the c64- make sure both modems are disconnected from the wall- no
dialtone is needed...)
The next step depends on the modem you are using on your c64 but for a
C= 1670, this is not necessary.  You must instruct the modem to ignore
the dialtone status (refer to your modem user book) "ATX3" works for me.
Then the modems are ready to connect... Issue a dial command on the c64
term/modem, "ATD"  while simultaneously issuing an answer command on
your MAC, "ATA"   The two modems should connect right up.  That is the
easist way to transfer files but it is slow and also assumes you have
the two computers side-by-side and two modems and novaterm...
Well, anyway, let us know if you can't get this far.

Later,
Radioactive Warrior
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yes, you do need a special cable!

there's a place called SEATTLE LABS

they sale the docs, cable and disk for 75.69 (that icludes tax) but for
shipping, that may make it a little more!

phone : [phone]

it will allow you to use 1541 or 1571 dive to run on IBM systems.
also, it will also let you convert all your disks to run on IBM hd or
floppy disks.

nice package,

tell them Mike Arendt sent you, im one of there new clients thats
satisfied!

p.s. they also have tech support!


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From: Adam Bergstrom <[e-mail]>
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Subject: Re: VIC-20 RAM Expansion
Date: Mon, 05 Aug 1996 12:11:53 +0200
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Jonathan William Taylor wrote:
>
>         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
> [e-mail]

I've made some schematics for this. You can find them at:
http://www.hut.fi/~msmakela/cbm/docs/exp-vic20to32kB.html
Sorry, no PCB layout yet.
/Adam
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Michael W. Hall ([e-mail]) wrote:

<snip>
: Anyway, sure piracy is illegal. Im not questioning that. However I dont
: think it is affecting anyone in the commodore world in the manner it is
: always stated.
Effect is not the point.  It is the priciple of the thing.  Offering
someone else's work for sale without their permission is just wrong.

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LINCARD 1000 ([e-mail]) wrote:

: Hiya.. Well I actually got the thing working... I had previously tried all
: of those suggestions, but nothing seemed to work. I opened it up and had a
: good look around... lo and behold one of the fuses inside was blown. Why
: this should have caused the problem I dunno... Our power supply here in NZ
: isnt overly reliable, full of spikes and stuff, so Im suspecting it was
: one of those that fried it. But its working now - I dont have to use a
: crummy Riteman printer anymore!! :-)

Oops. I forgot about the fuse. BTW, if you live in an area with all kinds
of power problems like spikes and etc., if might be a good idea to invest
in a surge guard. I have two hooked to my system due to the fact that
during the summertime I have to put up with frequent thunder showers or
thunder storms in the afternoons and evenings and I have had my C-64C
fried at least once due to a power spike that occured during a storm.

--Harold

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From: Armknechts <[e-mail]>
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Subject: "The Games" series from Epyx
Date: Mon, 05 Aug 1996 08:42:58 -0700
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A looong time back, a company called Epyx made a series called "The Games."
These
included Summer Games, Winter Games, Summer Games II, World Games, California
Games, and
California Games II.  I have all of these but California Games II.. would
anyone be
interested in exchanging world records with me just to see how they compare?

Also, does anyone have the manual to the original Summer Games?  I seem to have
lost
mine.

I know, I know, this is *ancient* stuff, and my Commodore has been gathering
dust for
years, but I pulled it out last night... still worked!!  Just curious if there
is anyone
out there just like me.  Any help or comments are appreciated!!

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From: [e-mail](R. T. Cunningham)
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Subject: Re: Commodore HD?
Date: 5 Aug 1996 12:13:39 GMT
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On Aug 01, 1996 18:52:49 in article <Re: Commodore HD?>, '"Jack Followay,
Jr." <[e-mail]>' wrote:

>R. T. Cunningham (or Wanderer as the reader might know) wrote:
>>
>> Wow, what a topic!  Anyway, I can stand corrected.  I vaguely remember
the
>> Lt. Commder.  What I really meant was that the CMD RAMLink s
completely
>> incompatible with the Lt.Kernal, not the HD.
>>
>> How's that for humility and skipping around the corner?
>
>That is disappointing to hear (re: RAMlink w/Kernal).  I was thinking
>about
>getting a RAMlink.  Any word on compatibility of the Lt. Kernal w/
>SuperCPU??
>I can't afford to switch to a CMD HardDrive just to get a SuperCPU.
><sniff*2>

Adam Fanello (Ant) tells me that the SuperCPU is not compatible with the
Lt. Kernal either.

>Wanderer ALSO wrote (a while back):
>>>
>>> You know, I never knew that the Lt. Kernal system was contained in a
>>> cartridge!
>
>Yep.  All that's in the case is the drive itself and a Power Supply.
>For a while I was using a PC case for the drive.  Much better Power
>Supply (especially considering the age of my Kernal) and I could mount
>the
>Multiplexer inside, etc.  One of these days I'll get motivated enough to
>mount an SX-64 inside a tower with the Lt. Kernal.
>
>Tell me (maybe some CMD Guru or other person 'in the know'), will the
>CMD
>drive every be Multi-plexable? (new phrase)
>
>-JackLF<end>

Word I got from CMD is that there is not a big enough demand for a muxer
for the CMD drives.  The only way they'll produce one is if we treat it
like the Super128CPU - by sending postcards and E-Mail.  There would have
to be a demand equivalent to that in order to prompt them to even try it.

--

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SysOp of the Desert Oasis BBS in Phoenix, AZ
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From: [e-mail](R. T. Cunningham)
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Subject: Re: Converting to Word
Date: 5 Aug 1996 18:24:58 GMT
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On Aug 04, 1996 22:21:53 in article <Converting to Word>,
'[e-mail]' wrote:

>What steps would I need to take in order to convert a Word file to a file
>that could be read by a C= word processor?
>
>For example, If I send a formatted (e.g., Bold, italics, etc) word
>processing file to myself (uuencoded) via email, then download it (without

>translating it into PETSCII), and then uudecode it, I would have an
>untouched Word document sitting on my C=.
>
>What steps would I go through to convert the formatting codes to something

>a C= word processor would interpret correctly?
>
>I am assuming that I would be able to not translate the file into PETSCII.

>
>Is there a way I could modify a C= word processor to read "bold" using the

>same lingo that Word uses?
>
>On the other end, does anyone out there know of a patch that I could put
>into Word which would give me an option under "Save As..." to save as a C=

>file? (e.g., it would convert the formatting into lingo a C= word
>processor would understand - maybe it could even convert it to and from
>PETSCII).
>
>Please please help!
>
>I do not program, but I am getting to the point with this issue that I am
>thinking of tackling it on the C= side.  Anyone willing to help me?  :-)
>
>I am willing to pay for some sort of good conversion routine between the
>two!
>
>Chris McLeod (of the clan MacLeod)
>
>PS Right now I am using Pocket Writer and GeoWrite.

Doing it on the PC in Word would not be possible unless you programmed it
yourself, provided you knew how.  On the Commodore side however, I'll give
you some tips.

1) You need the translation program...it's out there somewhere..that
translates standard ASCII to PETASCII.  This is only necessary if you
Pocket Writer and GeoWrite don't recognize standard ASCII.

2) List the document from Word with the formatting commands in it.  Use the
DOS Edit.  Make a note of which codes do what.

3) Write a converter on the Commodore that reads in the file changes the
codes to something your programs recognize, and you're in business.

I can't help on this one for 3 reasons.

1) I don't own Word.
2) I don't own pocket writer.
3) I don't own GEOS.

Sorry, good luck!




--

Richard T. Cunningham (a.k.a. Wanderer)
SysOp of the Desert Oasis BBS in Phoenix, AZ
A Commodore 128 BBS, 602-849-2892
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From: [e-mail](R. T. Cunningham)
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Subject: Re: OVER 30000 C64 PROGRAMS!!!
Date: 5 Aug 1996 12:35:04 GMT
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Ward says it so well.  I think the point is that if you want original
software without any defects, you have to buy it.  Most of the "cracks" and
"demos" have bugs generated by trying to get around the original copy
protection or drive specific information.  I would pay $50.00 for an
original software product over 100
whacked copies of the same product.

In another light, if you have a really intensive software product that you
need the documentation for, again you have to buy it.  I don't think
pirates like to scan/type entire manuals for the software they're pirating.


Let's go back to the definition of pirating.  Making a profit from someone
else's work.  Most copies of Commodore software being distributed now are
being illegally distributed to be sure, but pirating is not the proper
terminology or mindset.  Most of the people participating aren't making any
money off the distribution.

On the other hand, if someone *IS* making money off of illegally
distributed copies, that person (or people) should be prosecuted to the
full extent of the law.  That person *IS* taking money out of the owner's
pocket - whether it's pennies or megabucks.

If you're selling a CD with software on it that is still being supported,
you should be hung by your testicles.  You're making money whether you say
so or not.  Nobody goes to this kind of trouble if there is nothing in it
for him.  On the other hand, if you have permission from the
authors/copyright holders, you are well within your rights to publish it.
I don't think you have a letter from each of the companies/authors
associated with each of the programs on the CD.

I'll sum this up.  I, as a software author, would not write software that I
knew was going to be gobbled up by the likes of you, the moron selling the
CD, and distributed for free if I wanted to make my own money.

On Aug 04, 1996 17:06:47 in article <Re: OVER 30000 C64 PROGRAMS!!!>,
'[e-mail] (WShrake)' wrote:

>The spirit of copyright protection is that while the author of a (textual)

>work was still alive, that he/she would benefit from his/her work. But
>balancing that, right in the original laws, was that IDEAS could NOT be
>copyrighted, only the EXPRESSION of ideas.
>
>In other words, the laws originally intended to benefit both the author
>(while they were alive) and the PUBLIC too, by letting everyone else
>benefit from the IDEAS created.
>
>Just for what its worth, as I rarely see any posts about copyright law,
>where the writer has a clue what they are talking about. I won't even get
>started on Trademarks and Patents....
>
>There is a balance here, folks! You can argue forever about whether or not

>the LETTER of the law has been violated in some case. But the SPIRIT of
>the law is plain; once the original author of a work dies, its public
>domain for everybody else! This allows both groups to benefit, progress to

>be made, and so on.
>
>The difficulty arose when the lawmakers could not decide where software
>should fit in, legally, so they treated it like a text work. All sorts of
>screwy problems now result, and the laws have not been addressed yet, to
>fix them.
>
>Whatever. Enough of that...
>
>But, you need a grasp of Commodore's early history, to put this all into
>better perspective. Commodore themselves GOT POPULAR by stealing other
>people's copyrights!
>
>I'm talking about them doing unauthorized Vic20 ports of Space Invaders,
>Galaxian, Pac-Man, Lunar Lander, Night Driver, Rally-X, Avalanche /
>Kaboom!, and so on.
>
>In other words, the first dozen or so Vic20 carts are about half filled
>with "pirated" games! Guess what? Is it any mystery that the Commodore
>computers later had a piracy mindset heavily in place? The manufacturers
>did it. So did lots of users, later.
>
>I'm not arguing whether any of this is right, or is wrong. I'm just
>saying, it happens now, it has happened before, etc, etc...
>
>Ward Shrake
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Hopefully, I won't get laughed out of house and home, but is there a method
of converting a Commodore .d64 file to an executable file for DOS?

Bill
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Have Geos 64 2.0..not in use ..manuel and origional box...$15.+ shipping
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Have full kracker Jax disk cracker..all disks and instructions...$20.+
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From: Radioactive Warrior <[e-mail]>
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Date: Mon, 05 Aug 1996 13:57:23 +0000
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Armknechts wrote:
>
> A looong time back, a company called Epyx made a series called "The Games."
These
> included Summer Games, Winter Games, Summer Games II, World Games, California
Games, and
> California Games II.  I have all of these but California Games II.. would
anyone be
> interested in exchanging world records with me just to see how they compare?

Someone please confirm.  I don't believe EPYX ever released/made CALIFORNIA
GAMES II
for the c64 (or any other platform for that matter).  I could be wrong...
Also, to the best of my knoweldge, THE GAMES: SUMMER EDITION was another game
with
different events than SUMMER GAMES I and II.  This is the only EPYX "GAMES" I
don't
have but could get it calling 2400baud LD...  As far I as I have heard, THE
GAMES was
released with many bugs so I haven't made obtaining it a priority...  Is there a
hacked version that has any bugs fixed?

late-
RadWar
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On 02-Aug-96 16:57:12, Jeff Hunsinger wrote about Re: Erm, digitising sound
on c64.

>If you mean using the volume control on the SID, then congratulations! You
>figured out how most sound samples are played on the C64.

This thread made me remember an old "scan-memory-for-samples"-routine i did a
long time ago. I could never understand why it crashed halfway through the
memory... It looked something like this:

 loop:
   [bankswitch; ram]
   lda $0800,x
   [bankswitch; i/o]
   sta $volumereg
   inx
  [check if x=0; if false, jump to loop]
   [selfmodifying code to increase $08 to $09 :-)]
  jmp loop

As i said, it worked fine halfway through memory, but then just crashed for no
reason. Don't try to find bugs in this example; i just wrote it down as i
remembered it. And the program itself is so simple, so im sure there wasn't
any problem with the code...

My guess is that the hardware didn't like to bankswitch/write to SID at
this high rate.... However, im sure one of you hardware gurus out there have
an explanation for this...

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From: [e-mail]
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On 08/05/96, Kungfushi quoted All: Re: Programmers wanted!.

RT> Well, I know of one.  Mr. Brian Bell who writes Omni 128 BBS.  Mr Ben
RT> Holmes, who just recently finished a new Lotto program for the 64.  And
RT> there are many others, I'm sure.  Part of the problem with Commodore
RT> programs is that its difficult to distribute- Gated via NewsHound 2.0

    Are we talking about Lottoman here?  If we are, it should be noted that
a
person representing the program announced that they were not going to
upgrade
the lottoman program anymore if I remember correctly.
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In article <4u40c8$[e-mail]>, [e-mail].
com(R. T. Cunningham) writes:
> Will the SuperCPU (64 or 128) make a big difference in the commie
> community?  For GEOS or otherwise?  I don't think so.  If we really want to
> breathe life back into the commie community, we need serious video and
> sound upgrades.  In reality, probably a new commie type computer
> altogether.

  I'm going to have to agree here, but for a different reason.  The Super
CPU will do great things for GEOS, applications, and other processor intensive
programs that need it.  However, since many of the games, word processors, and
other pieces of software we use will either not be affected, or be poorly
affected by the advance, it's use will certainlty have a limit.

  As for the new machine... nah.  If I thought 133Mhz, pixels the size of
atoms (and therefore graphic files the size of china), and 45 katrillion
bytes of memory would improve my computing pleasures, I wouldn't be here. :)

>
> CMD seems to be the only company at present that could possibly deliver
> what we would expect.  Face it, why did the 64 become so popular in the
> first place?  Load and run.  Something that IBM and Apple (among others)
> couldn't deliver.  To this day, you have to know how to configure your
> computer as well as your software when it comes to the PC.  What we need is
> a computer that can load and run with the current technology.  Then, and
> only then, will we see the people who once made the 64 great return and
> kick butt with the new stuff and blow the others away.  Pipe dream, I'm
> sure.
>
> Richard T. Cunningham (a.k.a. Wanderer)
> SysOp of the Desert Oasis BBS in Phoenix, AZ
> A Commodore 128 BBS, 602-849-2892

    - Bo
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Jennifer's Commodore Sale

The following items are for sale:
(unless otherwise indicated, all
items are in good shape and in
full working order)
_________________________________

Commodore 128    power supply, all C128 cables,
                 original box, C128 System Guide,

                 $68.00

Commodore 128    power supply, all c128 cables,
                 original box, and C128 Guide Book,

                 $65.00

Commodore 64     power supply, all C64 cables,
                 original box and C64 User's Manual.

                 $35.00

Commodore 64     power supply, all C64 cables,
                 and C64 User's Manual.

                 $33.00

Commodore 64C    power supply, all C64C cables,
                 C64C system guide, original box,
                 and original GEOS software.

                 $50.00

Commodore 64C    power supply, all C64C cables,
                 and original GEOS software.

                 $44.00

1541C disk drive all cables and original box.

                 $31.00

1541C disk drive all cables.

                 $29.00

1541 Custom      Custom drive with 3 external
     Drive       switches. 1 to reset the drive,
                 1 to toggle between assignment
                 as device 8/9, and 1 to turn
                 write protect on and off

                 $29.00

1541 drive       all cables and user's manual.

                 $25.00

Commodore        owner's manual, great shape,
1702 Monitor     good vcr monitor too.

                 $40.00


Commodore C2N    all cables.
Tape Drive

                 $7.00

About 130        don't ask for a listing,
disks full       basically a grab bag.
of games

                 $30.00

About 100        don't ask for a listing,
disks full       basically a grab bag.
of games

                 $24.00

About 40 disks   don't ask for a listing,
full of games    basically a grab bag.


Kickman cart     Instruction manual/no box.

                 $3.50

Tooth Invaders   Instruction manual/no box.
cart
                 $4.00

Avenger cart     Intruction manual/no box.

                 $4.00

Pac Man cart     Instruction manual/no box.

                 $2.00

Flight
Simulator II     Pilot's Operating Handbook
                 Flight Reference Card
                 Flight Physics and Aircraft
                 Control Book. Original software.

                 $6.00

HesWare          Original Software and manuals.
Synthesound 64

Word Writer      All manuals/original box
Pro 6            and software.

                 $3.00


Commodore        Geography, Computer Science I,
Education Pack   Science I, Science II, Math II,
                 History, and Games II. All orig.

                 $5.00

Epyx Summer      Just original disk.
Games
                 $2.00

2 Mastertronix   Shogun and Ninja- just the
Games            original disks.

                 $3.00

Dig Dug          Original game with instructions.

                 $2.00

The President    Original Software.
is Missing

                 $2.00

Jeopardy and     2 disks/Original Software.
Wheel of Fortune
                 $2.00

C64 Out of Print "COMMODORE 64 COMPUTER PROGRAMS
Book              FOR BEGINNERS"

                 $3.00

C64 Out of Print "EVERYTHING YOU CAN DO WITH YOUR
Book              C64 AND HOW TO DO IT"

                 $3.00
_____________
TERMS OF SALE
_____________


1. Sales are first come, first served. Please include you full
   mailing address in reply for faster service.

2. Everything is sold as is.  Unless specified, all games and
   systems have been tested and are in working order.  I very
   rarely sell items that aren't working, but if I do, they are
   clearly labeled as such.

3. Buyer has ten (10) days to send payment, and pays all shipping
   costs.  Shipping cost depends on both the weight of the order
   and the distance that the order must travel, unless a set
   amount is already listed.

4. Payment must be made in U.S. funds, by either check or money
   order, drawn from a U.S. bank branch.  Orders from outside the
   U.S. are also accepted.




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On 3 Aug 1996, GAELYNE wrote:

  AL> If I open the buffer to save stuff with the logo/B cmd, it saves it
  AL> to buffer (and or appends it to buffer) alright, however it
  AL> insists on double spacing all the lines, so I have to go through
  AL> the buffer and

 Silly question, but what do you have the margins set for ?
 I don't know if it's related to the margins, but it's worth taking a
 look and experimenting.

 Cheers,
Yep Gaelyne,  first thing did was set no margins left or right.  Cleared
tabe and set it as the default in the editor, just to avoid any possible
confliction there.   Funny thing is if I use the "grab" function just to
grab stuff from trmnl screen into the buffer, it grabs it okay and does
not double space anything, but it also grabs the "cmd line" so that has
to be all edited out.   I also set WordWrap to on but that shudnt hurt
anything.  I will try with the WW off although that functions nicely and
never prints any short one or 2 word lines.  I am beginning to wonder if
maybe something in my "home directory" on the server may have something
to do with this.
                     ***** kilroy *****


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From: Phil Porth <[e-mail]>
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Subject: Re: Dialogue bug??
Date: Mon, 5 Aug 1996 22:36:17 -0600
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On 4 Aug 1996, Adam Vardy wrote:

>
> I'd like to know how/why you don't get this double-spacing with Desterm!
> I do.

Please see my response to the original poster. I think the problem itself
is with PINE. but I haven't yet found the fix for it in the personal
config/setup options. It might be something that is configured system
wide. Kind of like the problems some shell users are having with downloads
of binary files. Some Lynx users are fine while others (like me) had never
been able to download binary files until I managed to ask the right
questions of the right person, and then browbeat my provider into
telling me how to set up my own mime.types file.

Phil Porth (aka Phone Man)

From the land of the frozen North, Calgary Alberta Canada
Home of the Calgary Stampede
and Calgary Commodore Users Group





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