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On 4 Aug 1996, Michael W. Hall wrote:

Why is www.the-spa.com does work? Whenever I try it Netscape says this
does not have a DNS entry. is that the right address?

Think you got it wrong try this one
http://www.the-spa.com/cmd/
                   ***** kilroy *****


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From: Phil Porth <[e-mail]>
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Subject: Re: Novaterm help!
Date: Mon, 5 Aug 1996 23:31:00 -0600
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On Sat, 3 Aug 1996, Timothy R. Lewis wrote:

> Ok folks, this is a question about Novaterm.......
>
> I have been having the worst trouble lately with Novaterm and I am not
> sure why.  I have a 128 and I have tried to get the 2 1571 disk drives
> into 71 mode. I can't! I was given the command to go into the Disk
> Commands and follow the menu. I did that. I went into the disk commands
> and I followed the instructions. When the command came up for DOS> I was
> told to type this: o0>m1  (Or something to that nature) Well, when I do

The first question is "why are you using Novaterm with a 128" ????
Unless you have Novaterm 9.6 that is, as it can use the 80 column screen

Now to your solution... You have been given the wrong command to enter.
Try : U0>M1 instead, you will have to enter this command for each drive,
or the better solution is to boot the 128 in 128 mode, and then switch to
64 mode with go64 <return> then type y, this will leave both drives in
1571 mode. To switch the drives to 1541 mode the command is U0>M0
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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From: [e-mail] (GAELYNE)
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Subject: Re: "More" text viewer fo
Date: 5 Aug 1996 17:54:03 -0400
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G'day All,


Adam Vardy wrote:
 AL> > There are various ways to read a text
 AL> > file.  One thing that has always
 AL> > been lacking for me is a good way to
 AL> > read a very large text file.  You

snip


 AL> My first thought is a program that would
 AL> chain through the file pulling
 AL> out track/sector pairs into c64 memory
 AL> then have the computer show you
 AL> a sector at a time the text like it was a
 AL> virtual window, scrolling for-

This is sorta how Browser works.  It also lets you save an index file
so if you're reading a very long file you can return to where you were.
You can go BACKWARDS in the text file, print the whole thing or just a
part of the file, copy it to another file, etc.  It really is quite
slick.  (C128 80 column mode).

It can read a text file that's up to the size of your disk drive, all
the way to 16 meg.   Check it out:

http://hal9000.net.au/~moranec/browser.html

and for the latest Beta version:

http://hal9000.net.au/~moranec/browsernotes.html

 AL> but I am not familiar with the extra tracks of the 1571 or 1581
 AL> and how they are delt with by DOS...  Any other ideas?

Browser has a problem with keeping it's place when it comes to
NON-JiffyDOSed 1581's.

For any other C= or CMD drive it works fine. If anyone has any
suggestions about this problem, send Rod Gasson Email.  (His address is
on the QWKRR/Browser WWW pages).

Cheers,
Gaelyne


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From: [e-mail] (Doug Cotton)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Re: OVER 30000 C64 PROGRAMS!!!
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In article <4u2g77$[e-mail]>, [e-mail] wrote:

> You have said my comment about software being used is incorrect, but then
> you stated my point exactly. Whether or not it is unopened and unused, No
> programmer is waiting for it to sell in order to collect on it. It has all
> been sold long ago and they have collected anything that is going to be
> collected.

I thought I wouldn't need to point out those programmers (both individual
and in companies) that ARE still collecting -- those writing new apps, and
a few left distributing their old ones. These folks have been pointed out
in other responses, but offhand I can name a few: Maurice Randall, Nick
Rossi, TPI, EBES, Cherry Software, Autumn Technologies, Madman, Brian
Bell, Chris Miller, Gary Farmaner, Dave Fergeson, Jim Collette, Thilo
Herrmann, CMD, the folks at Loadstar and those who submit material to
them.. and the list is longer yet.

This should be sufficient to show that presently available software has
not "all been sold long ago" and that not all authors "have collected
anything that is going to be collected."

>If you are selling software that is no longer being produced
> then you need not worry about piracy because your supply is limited to a
> certain amount. You are no longer trying to sell as many copies as you can
> because you cannot make more than you have. You need only worry about
> marketing it in order to sell the copies you have available.

How long are we supposed to sit on 200 copies of program X? We're just as
entitled to the courtesy you seem to extend only to the original author.
How much would he have made without a distribution chain to buy and
distribute his program? Frankly, if the program WERE still produced, we'd
be in better shape, as we'd only have to buy what we know we can sell. But
with liquidations of titles or whole inventories, you either buy a block
or you let it go to dumpster-land. There are some programs that I know we
have in excess of 500 copies, all because we either had to get it along
with a bunch of other things or let it go. If we see 100 copies of
something we know users want, we may have to buy a thousand packages of
other stuff that won't move as well just to get it. Now we've either got
to sell it for an outrageous price (way too high for this market) and toss
the junk, or try to get some of the other stuff to move as well. But if we
can't recoup what we paid for this stuff plus at least an 8 to 10 percent
profit, then we'd have been better off putting our money into some other
form of investment.

> Contrary to
> the beleif of a lot the programmers in this newsgroup someone who has
> copied a program probably would not have bought it if they could not have
> copied it.

Those who pirate have always had this 'reason'. But it doesn't wash. If
there weren't anything available illegally -- on any platform -- what
would these folks do? Write everything they need or want themselves? If
they weren't willing to buy software, and it weren't available illegally,
then they simply wouldn't have a computer to begin with. I willing to bet
a lot of them would have computers anyway and would be buying software as
they NEEDED it. Personally,  I'd rather have a much smaller overall user
base that buys software, than a larger base that doesn't... because
eventually some percentage of the honest users start pirating as well. If
only one out of every hundred users who currently gets their software
illegally bought only one item a year, our software sales would skyrocket
in coparison to what they already are.

> 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.  At any rate it makes little difference to me, as my
> commodores are usually boxed up and used rarely. I just follow the c= for
> nostalgias sake. Also I BOUGHT all this software for it when I used it a
> lot and I cant bare getting rid of it.

While you're entitled to your opinion, I just can't see what qualifies it.
I don't know what you do for a living, but if you've done it for any
length of time, I suspect you know how to do it reasonably well. My job
and background provide me with the proper figures and skill to make such
determinations within a reasonable degree of accuracy. Piracy does impact
our sales, and I can further speculate that it also affects other dealers
in our market. It also devalues legal software, and creates a mindset that
software isn't something you need to pay for. Just get a copy from your
friend, or download it. Many honest users faced with that message will
eventually take heed, and will stop buying software.

So why should we bother buying things to keep them legally available? If
they're going to be openly pirated, why should we have 200 copies of
program X on the shelf while we sell a copy every other month? Because if
we don't buy these things and stock them, what do the honest users do for
software? It is, after all, these users who keep our company in business.

So what bothers me is that I know and see what effect piracy has on our
sales. And I know what effect that has on the future of new products by
our company, and the other companies in this market. I also have to
wrestle with issues like what do I tell someone who says he's got a great
idea for a program that he wants to write, when I know the odds are we'll
sell a couple dozen when it first comes out, then nearly nothing at all
after that? What do I tell the honest users hoping something new will come
out?

And one of things that probably irks me the most is that piracy in the
Commodore market was at an all-time low until ex-Commodore turned PC
pirates got bored. Suddenly we had emulators, whose main source of
software is cracked and pirated disk images that are easily moved to their
PC's. It didn't take long for remaining Commodore pirates to make
utilities to make use of these images on the Commodore itself. Now we've
got CD-ROMs filled with thousands of such images, made to cater to the
whims of people who don't even use our computer platform. The presence of
these have turned countless BBS's and Internet sites into instant
Commodore warez distribution hubs. Real Commodore users now Email me
asking when our company will come out with CD-ROM drive for the Commodore
so that they can get these CD's instead of having to download the stuff.
All while I sit and watch our software sales go from reasonable to almost
non-existant.

The point to this that we -- the companies still in this market -- need to
maintain a resonable level of sales if we're to bother sticking around.
It's up to the market itself as to whether that's worthwhile to them or
not. If it isn't, then CMD, SSI, Loadstar, or whoever folds or moves on to
doing something else when the sales indicate that. The more people pirate,
the more likely that end is to come for these companies sooner rather than
later.


Doug Cotton
E-mail: [e-mail]


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From: [e-mail] (Dan Amborn)
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Subject: Re: 1541 device 9???
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On Sun, 4 Aug 1996 11:43:32 +0100, J Kindon <[e-mail]> wrote:

>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".


This is for the 1571 drive not the 1541.  The 1541 drive uses jumpers traces on
the
internal board while the 1571 uses the switches at the rear of the drive which
are very
nice :-)


--
Dan Amborn
[e-mail]
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From: [e-mail] (Dan Amborn)
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Someone posted here a while back stating they tried using a C128 power supply
as an
alternative to purchasing a heavy duty power supply for a C64 by adding a C64
connector to
the end to it.  Anyone have any feedback on this?



--
Dan Amborn
[e-mail]
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On 31 Jul 1996, Bo wrote:

> > Wrong. There IS a program that one can compile under Unix to convert a
> > .d64 file to Zip-Code (disk) format. I just leeched it from frodo.hiof.no.
> >
> > So there!
>
>     However, DOS, Windows, Os/2 and other operating systems are out of luck
> it seems.  I tried compiling that puppy once under Borland C for DOS with
> no luck-- even after rewriting parts to clear up errors.  Ah well.

That's a shame. It works fine with the GNU compiler found on most Unix
systems, though.

>     There IS a great, fantastic little application Loadstar had for
> dissolving and creating D64's.  Issue 145 I believe-- they sell individual
> issues I believe if you want to get a-hold of it.

I have a .d64 dissolver (not creator) available on my Website. Works on a
64, and all you need is one drive, but it MUST be a 1571. It's a PD
program, too. B-)


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From: [e-mail](R. T. Cunningham)
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Subject: Re: Programmers wanted!
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On Aug 05, 1996 14:45:38 in article <Re: Programmers wanted!>,
'[e-mail] (Bo)' wrote:

>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.

Exactly what I meant by not really.  As great as the hardware is, it's
limited by the software itself.  Will people rush and put an order in for
GEOS because of the SuperCPU?  I seriously doubt it.

>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.
:)

Just a modest exaggeration right? :)

The perfect machine wouldn't need all of that high powered stuff, just part
of it.  I want a CMD computer with both 64 and a 128 built in - not
emulation.  An external switch to choose between native, 64, 128 as well as
the ability to do so via software.  Native Mode should be load and run just
like the trusty 64.  The C65 is close to what the native mode should be,
but a more powerful computer would be marketable to more than just this
niche market.  I really think CMD could do it, using the chips and
peripherals that PC's use now, not having to re-invent the wheel for the
most part.

Oh well, more pipe dreams.

--

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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Hello all:

I'm looking for some software of any kind for an old CBM 80xx machine
for a friend.  He has a 4040 C= dual drive.

If he can't find software for it, he'd like to either sell it or trade
it for fishing gear... is especially interested in very old balsa wood
lures, etc.

Can anyone follow up on this?


Thanks much.

--
Dale Bryant
Cape Cod, MA
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From: Reeves Hall <[e-mail]>
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I would like to obtain a copy of the C64 Programmer's Manual. If you have
this book or know where I can get it, please E-mail me. I will gladly pay
for it.

Thanks!

C= Reeves Hall C=
[e-mail]

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To: [e-mail]

I just rediscovered my old C64 as well. My old one broke when I was 8 (I'm
now 15). I owe my programming hobby to that old computer! I acquired a
replacement Commodore from a school that was replacing all of theirs. It
works better than ever (except for the old floppy disks, they seem to
have taken a beating)!

By the way, do you have a copy of the C64 Programmer's Manual?

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Epyx made some of the best games ever... Where did they go?

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From: Reeves Hall <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Re: Reading 1541 disks on PC
Date: 6 Aug 1996 02:49:54 GMT
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[e-mail] (T. Koyn) wrote:
>I am wondering if there is any software that is capable of reading a 1541
>format floppy disk on an IBM compatible's 5.25" disk drive, or will I
>need to get a cable to connect to a 1541 or 1571 drive?  Please post any
>advice here and send email.  Thanks.

I read that it can't be done. Totally different disk formats.  But I've
never tried it..

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From: Reeves Hall <[e-mail]>
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>Does anyone know where I can find an IBM program that emulated either the
>C64
>or 128?

There are several. C64S seems to be one of the most popular. You can get a
shareware copy off the 'net, along with several of the other emulators.

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From: Reeves Hall <[e-mail]>
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Subject: Re: Commodore System For Sale / Will Break Up!
Date: 6 Aug 1996 03:13:53 GMT
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Matt Devine <[e-mail]> wrote:
>I have a Commodore 64c here for sale with the following:
>(2) 1541 Disk Drives
>(1) 1541-II Disk Drive
>(1) 1581 Disk Drive
>(3) 1670 1200 Baud Modems
>Other stuff too, that I can dig up.  I will seperate it and sell it in
>pieces if anyone is interested in the drives and such.  Email me with
>your bid on the different pieces of equipment, and I will shortly get
>back to you.  Thanks.

I'm looking for a C64 Programmer's Manual.

By the way, how much for a 1541 drive?

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From: Joesph Fenn <[e-mail]>
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                  The Hipocritic Oath
         I shall not brag, I shall not boast
         I shall not flame, I shall not roast
         I will assist, and I will help
         and those who help do me give
         shall always remain at the top of my ram
         for while I am not perfect, I am what I am!
                     **** kilroy ****


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From: Joesph Fenn <[e-mail]>
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Does anyone out there know if DSI (Digital Solutions Inc.) still exists
in Willowdale Ontario Canada and/or if so their current mail address?
I would like to write them and offer to purchase their Pocket Planner 2
and or Pocketwriter 2 again at whatever price they want, if they will
modify the original so it will work from within the CMD Ram/link. I/E
get rid of the nonstandard cbm tracks etc.   I would gladly pay them
double the original price to get this.
                    ***** kilroy *****


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From: Phil Porth <[e-mail]>
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On Fri, 2 Aug 1996, Joesph Fenn wrote:

> I have been using Dialogue V2.2D for some time now and no matter how
> I set up the Phonelist default or the config file  cr cr/lf or lf only,
> If I open the buffer to save stuff with the logo/B cmd, it saves it
> to buffer (and or appends it to buffer) alright, however it insists on
> double spacing all the lines, so I have to go through the buffer and
> delete all the empty lines.  What a pain in the arse!.   Changing the
I have the same problem, with my server. The solution (at least here it
works) is the use the print option (Y) in Pine (v3.92) and then when it
conforms that you want the print to ASCII option used you open your
buffer and print y to conform this will save up to the 800 line buffer
capacity of Dialogue and all single spaced

Phil Porth (aka Phone Man)

From the land of the frozen North, Calgary Alberta Canada
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From: [e-mail](R. T. Cunningham)
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Something I neglected to mention.  The reason that so many commie users,
such as myself, even use a PC is because of the limitations of the old
Commodore computers.  I don't think this was true before the advent of
Windows, but that's my perception.  Sell me a computer that let's me do the
commie thing as well as jump onto the internet and do word
processing/database/spreadsheets like I can on the PC, and I'll dump the PC
in a heartbeat.

--

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] (WShrake)
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Subject: Re: OVER 30000 C64 PROGRAMS!!!
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Its a difficult issue, all in all, isn't it.

But just to clarify, I think Doug is doing us all a favor, so put
semantics aside for a moment, and BUY something if you want to support
Commodore stuff. I applaud CMD's efforts to support us, and I do know it
has to be a pretty thankless job at times.

I'm not trying to take sides on EITHER end of the argument, so much as
nit-pick a few semantics here and there. I am pretty sure all of us have
both bought and pirated software in the past. Everyone does whatever they
want, then justifies it somehow later. Buy both the pirate CD if you
really want it, AND real software too .... who says it has to be one or
the other?

But if there's a big issue here, now, its are we going to show some
appreciation to those among us who are trying hard to help all of us?
There are more profitable things they could be doing with their time....

Soap box mode off. Hope no one got offended. Sorry if they did!

Ward Shrake
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From: Phil Porth <[e-mail]>
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Subject: Re: Need 128 WP files printed
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On Sun, 4 Aug 1996, Sean Terwilliger wrote:

> I have one disc of files created on Timeworks Wordwriter128. If anyone
> who has a C128 and a printer would be so kind as to print these out
> for me I would be very grateful. I have the software (which you could
> keep) as well as some games. (if monetary settlement were required,
> that could be aranged as well).
Do you need the files printed, or would a conversion to another platform
be in order? There are numerous ways to convert files from one platform to
another. I just finished converting some 128 files into Wordperfect 5.1
The only problem may be that the formatting and printing  commands
that are in your original files may not work on just any old printer
either. If I can help any further send me a letter (you didn't mention
where you live).

Phil Porth (aka PhoneMan)

From the land of the frozen North, Calgary Alberta Canada
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From: Phil Porth <[e-mail]>
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On Sat, 3 Aug 1996, Radioactive Warrior wrote:

> One drawback to NOVATERM when using two drives, there is no easy way to
> change the DISK COMMAND/DIRECTORY commands from one device to another.
> Hopefully, Nick will fix this in NT9.6.?.  The only way I have found to
> do it is to set UPLOAD device to your first drive and DOWNLOAD device to
> your second drive (or vice-versa) then, in term mode, activate UPLOAD then
> abort and all commands will be sent to your first drive. Likewise- select
> DOWNLOAD then abort and all commands are sent to your second drive and so
> on...  hope it helps-
At the disk command line, try typing  #9 <return> to switch drives.

Phil Porth (aka Phone Man)

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I was wondering if there is a device that allows the PC to emmulate the
1541 using disk images?  I have such a device for my atari called
sio2pc.
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From: Phil Porth <[e-mail]>
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On 3 Aug 1996, Michael W. Hall wrote:

> Rs232 adapter wanted that will support 14.4 or 28.8 k modem on a c128.

What you need is a DataPump, a HART cartridge, or a swiftlink cartridge.
I don't know where the first two can be purchased, but CMD sells the
latter. If you want a used one then ask if anyone has one for sale.

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