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[e-mail] wrote:
>=20
>    I need two things 1. the 7.2 operating system on disk in a normal
>     format,* i have had trouble decompressing the files in the past*

  I have it normal, zipped, arced, etc.  Question is how to GET it to
you.

>     2. I need info from someone who knows how to install the 7.2 on
>     the LT K's controller, as i understand ,it the controller has to
>     be fooled into thinking  7.1 is still in place because of the
>     serial number that it looks for on starup, im assuming the serial
>     no. has to be transfered to the 7.2 software prior to installing
>     on the drive, so i need someone to tell me how to do it.
>=20

  Yes and no.  It's not really as complicated as that.  Do you need to
format the drive?  What SIZE drive is it?  (that's the complicated part,
if any).  More info would be helpful.

-JackLF
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From: Raymond Carlsen <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Re: Is my C=3D64 dead?
Date: Fri, 9 Aug 1996 08:12:08 -0700
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> I have three 64's (old shape) and one 64C, from car boot sales (US
> garage sales?) that all appear to have the same problem - the red
> LED is lit when switched on, the TV goes black/green then nothing!
> I've tried with a psu that I know works, could this be the PLA chip?
> If so, where is it located?

There are quite a few chips in the computer, any one of which will
give you a black screen on power up. You've already eliminated one
possible cause by swapping power supplies. Note that a bad supply can
damage chips in the computer, which will then not work with a good
supply. The PLA chip is the most common failure in the C64. It is one
of several large chips that normally run very hot. The PLA is marked
as U17 on the PC board, at least on all the C64s I've seen. It's part
number could be CBM 906114-01, 82S100PLA, or 93459DC.

> Getting repairs in the UK seems a little tricky (unless anyone can
> help there?).  Will trying chips from my working 64 in the faulty
> machines damage my working chips - or does this depend on the
> original fault?

That's a very good point. Unless you have a bad power supply that is
burning the chips out, installing a good chip in a "dead" computer
should do no harm. However, it may not always tell you what the
problem is. What if you have more than one bad chip in there?  The
best way to check a suspected "bad" chip is to test it in a working
board. I have one C-64 with all the major chips socketed that I use as
a "test" board. Now when I want to check a dead board, I remove chips
one at a time and test them. Now I'm -sure- I'll never put back a
defective chip by mistake. It saves a lot of time and "tail chasing".

> Is there anywhere on any ftp or www sites on troubleshooting? I've
> had a brief look but cannot find help on faulty machines?

Not that I know of. Most of the help you will see is from this very
newsgroup. There are a few old books on the subject of repairing the
C64 and 1541 drive. Some things you can repair yourself, and some
require technical help. I give as much information as I can here to
help fellow Commodore users, but if the problems get very complicated,
you will need to find a local user group (or a friendly technician)
to give you a hand. Distribution of information is what the user
groups are all about. Parts for the C64 are still available from
several sources in this Country, but stock is shrinking. I'm not sure
what the situation is in other Countries... probably the same.
Obviously, no new parts are being manufactured. Almost everything is
surplus. One company that still sells new parts and has worldwide
sales is Jameco Electronics. They are based in California, USA.
Toll free (USA): 1-800-831-4242
International orders: 1-415-592-8097
FAX Toll free (USA): 1-800-237-6948
International FAX: [phone]

Ray Carlsen
CARLSEN ELECTRONICS... A leader in trailing-edge technology.


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From: Richard Trissel <[e-mail]>
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The Central Coast Commodore Users Group (CCCUG) August, 1996 newsletter i=
s
now available at the following URL:

http://www.slonet.org/~rtrissel

We are only going to retain 12 months of newsletters on our Web site, so
the June-August, 1995 newsletters will no longer be available for reading
or downloading.  However, if anyone wants an e-mail copy of any of those
newsletters, send me a request at:=20

[e-mail]

Dick Trissel
Vice-president, CCCUG

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From: [e-mail] (Sjoerd Schaafsma)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Re: I'm glad I found this newsgroup.
Date: Fri, 09 Aug 1996 16:27:34 GMT
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"Reggie Meneses a.k.a. Thespian" <[e-mail]> wrote:

>it safely stored though and have not given or sold any of my old program=
s=20
>or files.  Some of the disks have some word processing files that I'll=20
>print out and retype in my current PC machine.  The C64 saved my butt=20

Oh horrors!!  don't retype them, just convert them or send them to
yourself via modem.  There are umpteen ways of accomplising this.
Unless of course you really want to re read those term papers etc. and
find typing a good way to relax.


Sjoerd Schaafsma=20
- a sometime 8 bit holdout in Lethbridge, AB, Canada

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In a previous article, [e-mail] (Jezebel Rebecca Delilah=
) says:

>
>Hmmm... Subject says it all, what's CMD's web address :)
>

I can't think of it but you can access it from my page at=20
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Park/4645/

--=20
Tim Phelps -- The comments I made above are my own.
[e-mail] / [e-mail] / http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum=
/3284/
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Park/4645
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From: [e-mail] (Jim Butterfield)
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: Gary Sutton wrote:
: >=20
: > Anyone know of an editor-assembler cartridge for Vicki? (my name for =
her,
: > Mindi is the name of the 128 sitting on the desk next to her).  I wou=
ld
: > really like to program for her and provide support to other VIC users
: > eventually.

Well, there is a SUPERMON+VIC available, which will do tiny assemblies,=20
etc.  And Commodore did, at one time, put out a cartridge MLM that would=20
do a similar job.

You get kind of squeezed in 22 columns, and limited RAM (on unexpanded=20
machines) crowds things, too.  The best deal, if you have the facilities,=
=20
is to cross-assemble for the VIC-20 on another machine, such as the 64. =20
The Op Codes are the same, so code written on one will work on the other.

   --Jim

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From: [e-mail] (Sjoerd Schaafsma)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Re: Converting to Word
Date: Fri, 09 Aug 1996 16:27:29 GMT
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[e-mail] (William R. Ward) wrote:

>In article <4u37q1$[e-mail]>, [e-mail] writes:
>) What steps would I need to take in order to convert a Word file to a f=
ile
>) that could be read by a C=3D word processor?

>I seem to recall reading about a RTF to various commodore file format
>converter.  I don't have the article handy, but search for RTF and you
>might find it.  RTF is Rich Text Format, which Microsoft Word can
>export.  With the converter, you can then convert that to a form your
>C=3D word processor can deal with.

Plain and simple, save the word file as an ascii text file.  Any
decent commodore WP will let you load it up.   DON'T use RTF, there is
too much added junk in there.  You may still need to run an ASCII to
pet converter if your CBM WP won't handle the conversion.
 I used Paperclip 3 as WP, it converts ascii files on the fly.
ZED will do the same for you.


Sjoerd Schaafsma=20
- a sometime 8 bit holdout in Lethbridge, AB, Canada

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From: [e-mail] (Sjoerd Schaafsma)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Re: 1571 problems solved
Date: Fri, 09 Aug 1996 16:27:33 GMT
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"Ch.Nitsche" <[e-mail]> wrote:

>Dennis Brew wrote:
>>=20
>> I have a 1571 disk drive that has a problem going into 1571 mode and o=
nce
>> it's in 1571 mode it has a hard time when you directory a disk.
>>=20

>I had the same problem 10 years ago with my 1571, and had the following
>work-around: Everytime i wanted to read a one-sided disk and the drive
>began to rattle, i opened the front lever a bit, maybe 30 degrees.
>Then the drive begins to clatter much faster about a second, and then

It seems to me that I had a similar problem which was fixed by putting
in a Jiffy DOS ROM chip.   I believe some of the original ROM chips in
the 1571's were flakey.

An updated 1571 ROM might solve your problem.

Sjoerd Schaafsma=20
- a sometime 8 bit holdout in Lethbridge, AB, Canada

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From: [e-mail] ([e-mail])
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Re: Setting drives to device #12+ ??
Date: Fri, 09 Aug 1996 16:52:32 GMT
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[e-mail](R. T. Cunningham) wrote:


>I know that you can cut jumpers on 41's and 71D's, but only to make it
>9/10/11.  Now, with the CMD drives (RAMLink, HD, FD-2000/4000 and PPI's
>RAMDrive) you can set them as any device from 8 to 29, use the swap keys
>and swap it with 8 or 9 and that gives you the higher device number.  Bu=
t I
>believe that there isn't a simple hardware method for the CBM drives.=20
>=20

Yes, but I am sure there is some way to set 1541's higher as I used to
call a couple of commie boards that had more than four 1541's as far
back as '85 or '86.  I can't believe they did all this via software
every time they powered-up.


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From: "Reggie Meneses a.k.a. Thespian" <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Re: I'm glad I found this newsgroup.
Date: Fri, 9 Aug 1996 12:12:25 -0500
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Everyone,

I just wanted to say "thank you" to everyone who has posted on this threa=
d=20
or who have been sending me e-mail and advice.  I appreciate the=20
welcomes, the greetings, and the well-wishes. =20

This is a very friendly newsgroup!  And I think it's because the C64 is a
friendly machine.  You know . . . "like owner, like machine." =20

And as for retyping my data . . . I ain't gonna do it!  I've received=20
some e-mail from folks imploring me *not* to retype my old files.  So I=20
won't!  I'll use a modem or an emulator!  It won't be done anytime soon=20
though, but I'll definitely do the file transfers one day!

Thanks again, folks!  You're the best.

--Reggie
--------------------------------------------------------
Visit my homepage!Snail Mail:
http://www.uwm.edu/~meneses3400 N. Maryland Avenue
Sandburg Box 2015
Milwaukee, WI 53211-2953
[phone]






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Hi VIC lovers,

I've just completed the .D64 conversion of all my VIC20 software. It's
not that many disks (25) so if anyone's interested, let me know, so I
can perhaps upload it to an FTP site, or post it.

Does anybody know of a VIC-specialized area on an FTP site, or
website, or anywhere?


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From: [e-mail] (Jerry Kurtz)
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Subject: Re: C64 Carts for Auction
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In article <4ub44s$[e-mail]>, [e-mail] says...
>
>
>I have the following carts available for auction...email me for details=20
>and for my complete auction list. =20
>
>[e-mail]
>
>-------------------------------------------------
>COMMODORE 64-Loose Cartridges
>-------------------------------------------------
>
>-Centipede (Atarisoft)
>-Choplifter (Broderbund)
>-Clowns=20
>-Crisis Mountain (Creative Software)
>-Diamond Mine
>-Fast Load (Epyx)              =20
>-Fraction Fever
>-Gridrunner(HES)
>-Hop Along Counting (Fisher-Price)
>-Juke Box
>-Jungle Hunt (Atarisoft);
>-Jupiter Lander
>-Kickman                       =20
>-Monster Voyage (Maxion)
>-Oils Well (Sierra)
>-Omega Race
>-Paint Brush (HES)
>-Pipes (Creative Software)
>-S'More Basic (Cardco)
>-Speed/Bingo Math
>-Spy Hunter (Sega)
>-Tylers Dungeons (Turbo Software)
>-Up & Add Em (Fisher-Price)
>-Visible Solar System
>
>
What are you asking for FastLoad and Jungle Hunt?

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From: [e-mail] (Bryan Durall)
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Subject: Cable for 1541 pinouts?
Date: 9 Aug 1996 18:58:13 GMT
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My roommate and I dug out his old C-64 to have a bit of fun with, but he
seems to have misplaced his cable for his 1541 drive.

Two questions:

Does anyone out there have a spare cable to sell?

If not, could someone give me the pinouts for the 1541 - C64 cable?  From
the looks of it, it's just a 6-pin DIN to 6-pin DIN cable, and I could
whip up another one quickly from Radio Shack parts, but I'm not sure whic=
h
pins to connect to each other.

--=20
Bryan Durall  |  [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail]=
.edu
"Na, na na na-na-na-na, na-na-na naaaa, hey Jude..."
- The Beatles, 1968
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From: [e-mail](R. T. Cunningham)
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Subject: Re: Setting drives to device #12+ ??
Date: 9 Aug 1996 18:34:51 GMT
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On Aug 09, 1996 16:52:32 in article <Re: Setting drives to device #12+ ??=
>,
'[e-mail] ([e-mail])' wrote:=20
=20
>Yes, but I am sure there is some way to set 1541's higher as I used to=20
>call a couple of commie boards that had more than four 1541's as far=20
>back as '85 or '86.  I can't believe they did all this via software=20
>every time they powered-up.=20
=20
You'd be surprised at what some of the sysops do.  With the original Colo=
r
64, the time and date had to be set each and every time the program was
started.  Doing the software method works fine until a power outtage or
tampering by the sysop, regardless of what software method is used.=20
=20
You have to understand, those BBS's usually stayed up 24/7 and thus the
power up routines only had to be done once in a great while.=20
=20
--=20
=20
Richard T. Cunningham (a.k.a. Wanderer)=20
SysOp of the Desert Oasis BBS in Phoenix, AZ=20
A Commodore 128 BBS, 602-849-2892
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From: Jonas Hult=E9n <[e-mail]>
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Subject: Re: OVER 30000 C64 PROGRAMS!!!
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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
> collecting money on any C=3D software. Anything being sold is probably
> used anyway. If anyone out there is still looking for their earnings
> from original copies of River Raid, they are going to be poor for a lon=
g
> time.

I heard that Activision is currently selling a CD with old classics=20
like Pitfall I&II, H.E.R.O and others for emulators. I believe that=20
they are pretty serious about collecting money...

/Jonas

E-mail:    [e-mail]
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Subject: Re: Obtaining parts?
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Matthew Spinks wrote:
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> Hi All,
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> Does anyone know of anywhere where I can obtain Commodore parts?
> Specifically, I'm after the custom chips for the C64, 1541 drive, etc.
>=20

Well Matt,

Jamenco Electronic Components lists many of the chips found in the 64 in
their May-July 1996 catalog #962
Customer Service 1-415-592-8097
BBS 1-415-637-9025

Hope that helps - Anthony.

PS - I've never posted before, I hope I'm doing this right!
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From: J. E. Sears <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Re: Erm, digitising sound on c64
Date: Fri, 9 Aug 96 21:22:00 -0500
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Gurce Isikyildiz <[e-mail]> writes:
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>Which probably would've been wonderful for me if I had a c128:) Alas,
>mine is just a plain brown case c64. Thats okay though, Jeff gave me a
>few good ideas and I'll look around a bit more:) Thanks anyways:) <wave>
>
>Gurce Isikyildiz
=20
Well, CMD sells a great software for digitizing called Digimaster.
In Commodore World they published the docs on making a digitizer for it.
I have several extra i had made if you wnat one. $75 postage included.
These are full 8bit sound not just 4 bit like the early stuff.
e-mail for details.
This has been a nonpolitical advertisment ;) Hi Chris Brenner wherever yo=
u are!
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From: [e-mail] (Ismael Cordeiro)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Re: can a 64 w/ a 1581 read LD pc disks?
Date: 9 Aug 1996 12:17:13 -0400
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kickass ([e-mail]) wrote:
> Yup, thats my question... is there any software for the 64 that would=20
> allow it to read low density pc disks via the 1581 drive? (I'm still=20
> trying to figure out how to get 64 software from my Amiga to my 64...)

Yes. Big Blue Reader 64, sold by CMD.

Ismael

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From: [e-mail](mike arendt)
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to anyone: =20
=20
i finally got a gif viewer for my ibm, and looked over the schematics of
the c128 that i download from FUNET.FI.=20
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there are a total of 8 GIF FILES, just the one file does not work.=20
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the file is c128-1-l.gif=20
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does anyone have a working file of this?=20
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From: [e-mail] (Michael W. Hall)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Re: OVER 30000 C64 PROGRAMS!!!
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Too bad what you are talking about is a CD full of Atari 2600 classic=20
that we released in there original format for the IBM. Perhaps the=20
emulator you are refering to it the Atari 2600 emulator that they all=20
run on.


In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] says...
>

>
>I heard that Activision is currently selling a CD with old classics=20
>like Pitfall I&II, H.E.R.O and others for emulators. I believe that=20
>they are pretty serious about collecting money...
>
>/Jonas

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From: Fred G. Athearn <[e-mail]>
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I just got a reconditioned 1902A Video Monitor from CMD and after
working fine for about six weeks it has this problem of just
going black very quickly in 80 column mode.  Then if you bump the
monitor hard it will come back on dim and out of focus at first
and the after a few seconds it is OK again until the next time,
but it seems to be happening more and more often and taking a
harder and harder bump to fix.

Anyone got a clue as to where the problem would be?

BTW I have heard that you can use a CGA monitor with the=20
128 in 80 column mode.  How do you hook that up?  Is there an
adaptor or something?
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Fred G. Athearn        [e-mail]        http://www.sover.net/~fga
Rockingham, VT, USA    finger for pgp key   [phone]  =20
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From: "Ricardo \"Storm\" Marques Ferreira" <[e-mail]>
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Subject: 6522 Schematics
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Does anybody have some schematics of the 6522 inside the 1541?
If you do sebd them to me!

Thank you,
Ricardo Ferreira.
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From: joy daidola <[e-mail]>
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I think this is fine the way it is..I find stuff while cleaning up and pu=
t
in an ad and it's gone..I also read all the ads and other info..have
learned a great deal from sone of these brighter people..I really don't
think it's necessary to change anything...when I put in an ad I title
it FS:::such & such, so anyone who isn't interested in an ad can just go
right by...just my humble opinion..JOY
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From: [e-mail] (Roger Long)
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Date: 9 Aug 1996 20:21:27 GMT
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ANDREA MILOCCO ([e-mail]) wrote:
> I would like to find out the schematic of a REU of any kind.
> I don't know the complexity of a REU but I would like to try to clone i=
t
> (I would prefer this is not forbidden).
> As REUs upgrades already exists I hope also REU's schematics are availa=
ble.
> Would you be so kind to help me in this search?

In order to make a clone of the REU, you will need to duplicate the Direc=
t
Memory Access feature, which Commodore made into a custom chip.  Jameco
Electronics MIGHT have the chip available separately, but I suspect that
the chip will only be found on existing REUs.

Berkely Softworks, makers of GEOS, tried making a RAM cartridge that did
not have the DMA chip.  The advantage: did not require a bigger power
supply to use.  The disadvantages: only worked with GEOS (though a few
more programs can use it now, it's slower because there's no DMA chip to
do transfers to/from the REU, and they sold fewer than C=3D's REU, so the=
y
are harder to find.

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Roger J. Long ([e-mail]), SWAMI (Amiga) & TC-Cubed (C64) editor.

Commodore Products Source List On-Line is now active:
http://www.televar.com/~rjlong/

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From: [e-mail] (Doug Cotton)
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Subject: Re: CMD's web address
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In article <[e-mail]>, Matthias Kirchner
<[e-mail]> wrote:

> Jezebel Rebecca Delilah wrote:
> >=20
> > Hmmm... Subject says it all, what's CMD's web address :)

> Try http://www.cmd.com

No, that's CMD Technology. See my signature block below.


Doug Cotton
E-mail: [e-mail]


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From: [e-mail] (Peter Karlsson)
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Subject: Re: Fastloader Cartridge
Date: Fri, 09 Aug 1996 19:14:13 GMT
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In article <4uctn9$[e-mail]>, [e-mail]
(Po-Ching Lives!) wrote:

> Final Cartridge III: Nice GUI and BASIC enhancements;
> includes a freezer utility. One problem is that it saves BASIC
> programs in a format unreadable without the cartridge (grrr).

Uhm? What? I haven't had any problems with the files not being
readable.

The only thing is if you use the extend BASIC commands like MREAD or
so... They will of course not work without the cartridge.

Even packed programs (using PACK) can be loaded without the cartridge
with no problems at all...

\\//
Peter - [e-mail] - Fidonet 2:204/145.42
      - May not be distributed via the microsoft network

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From: Chris Clark <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Looking for a C=3D65, C=3D128 or C=3D64(just the keyboard prefer=
rably but we can deal)
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If you want to get rid of an old C=3D65, C=3D64 or C=3D128 and want to do
a favor to a guy that still thinking that this is the best computer
ever made and misses playing his games, contact me at: [e-mail]
I am willing to deal, even with shipments and stuff.

Diego J.



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