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Jack Followay, Jr. ([e-mail]) wrote:
> Ismael Cordeiro wrote:
> >=20
> > kickass ([e-mail]) wrote:
> > > Yup, thats my question... is there any software for the 64 that wou=
ld
> > > allow it to read low density pc disks via the 1581 drive? (I'm stil=
l
> > > trying to figure out how to get 64 software from my Amiga to my 64.=
..)
> >=20
> > Yes. Big Blue Reader 64, sold by CMD.
> >=20

> Or better yet: Little Red Reader (v2.5), Freeware from Craig Bruce:
> Get it here:

>   http://www.funet.fi/pub/cbm/c128/utilities/lrr25.sfx
>   ftp://ftp.giga.or.at/pub/c64/tools/c128/disk/lrr25.sfx

Jack, if you had read the original message more attentively you would hav=
e
seen that its author was asking for a program for the *C64*, not for the
C128:

> > > Yup, thats my question... is there any software for the 64 that wou=
ld
                                                              ^^
> > > allow it to read low density pc disks via the 1581 drive? (I'm stil=
l
> > > trying to figure out how to get 64 software from my Amiga to my 64.=
..)
                                      ^^                              ^^

Little Red Reader is a C128-only program. Look at the first lines of
lrr25.doc:

| LITTLE RED READER-128  Version 2.5  [June 3, 1996]
|                   ^^^
| MS-DOS file reader/writer for the C128 and 1571/81/FD drives.
                                    ^^^^
Its BASIC portion is named lrr-128 and even the URLs you mentioned make i=
t
clear that it's a C128 program:

>   http://www.funet.fi/pub/cbm/c128/utilities/lrr25.sfx
                                ^^^^
>   ftp://ftp.giga.or.at/pub/c64/tools/c128/disk/lrr25.sfx
                                       ^^^^

That's why my answer was "Yes. Big Blue Reader 64, sold by CMD."
                                               ^^

Ismael
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From: "Jack Followay, Jr." <[e-mail]>
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Subject: Re: can a 64 w/ a 1581 read LD pc disks?
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Ismael Cordeiro wrote:
>=20
> Jack Followay, Jr. ([e-mail]) wrote:
> > Ismael Cordeiro wrote:
> > >
> > > kick--- ([e-mail]) wrote:
> > > > Yup, thats my question... is there any software for the 64 that w=
ould
> > > > allow it to read low density pc disks via the 1581 drive? (I'm st=
ill
> > > > trying to figure out how to get 64 software from my Amiga to my 6=
4...)
> > >
> > > Yes. Big Blue Reader 64, sold by CMD.
> > >
>=20
> > Or better yet: Little Red Reader (v2.5), Freeware from Craig Bruce:
> > Get it here:
>=20
> >   http://www.funet.fi/pub/cbm/c128/utilities/lrr25.sfx
> >   ftp://ftp.giga.or.at/pub/c64/tools/c128/disk/lrr25.sfx
>=20
> Jack, if you had read the original message more attentively you would h=
ave
> seen that its author was asking for a program for the *C64*, not for th=
e
> C128:

<snipus-majoris>

> That's why my answer was "Yes. Big Blue Reader 64, sold by CMD."
>                                                ^^
>=20
> Ismael


  Sorry, my mistake.  Repeated clubbing to head not necessary.
Guess I've been using the 128 too long.  I rarely seperate the
two.  64 < 128.  64 NOT =3D 128.  Got it.

  In a NEW reply, then, may I suggest 'The MS-DOS/C-64 Connection' as
published by RUN Magazine April, May, and June 1989.  The June 1989
issue has the actual C64 version.  Only drawback is the ~30kb
(120 C=3D blocks) filesize limits.  If that is a problem, then it
might be overcome by something such as the 'splitter' article/prgm
'published' in C=3DHacking, Issue 3 (I believe).

  Of course, this is only helpful if you can get a back-issue, but it
seems like.. hmmm.. ah!

> From: [e-mail] (Ken Durell)
> Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
> Subject: Commodore Magazines
> Date: Fri,  9 Aug 1996 19:28:06 GMT
> Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
> Organization: Central Park West BBS 916.351.1476
> Distribution: world
> Lines: 2        =20
>=20
> I have approximately 100 1980's vintage Commodore magazines.  I will
> sell them for $20 plus shipping.

  There are always folks in here selling thier old Commodore Magazines.
Not sure if the above is referring to THE _Commodore Magazine_ or if
it's a generic term. <shrug> Might try one of them.  Or does CMD still
have (ever have?) any RUN back-issues?

-JackLF
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From: "Jack Followay, Jr." <[e-mail]>
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Subject: 1084s (s is for smoke?)
Date: Sat, 10 Aug 1996 23:35:41 -0500
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Among my collection of Commodore Goodies is a C=3D1084s.
I used it with my Amiga for a long while, and as a spare
monitor for the 64 at times.  However, a few months back,
I went to turn on the monitor, and I got a blackish-blank
screen, followed very quickly by a burning smell.

  Now, I am fairly good with electronics by both training
and hobby.  Therefore, I recognized this right away as
a _bad sign_ and quickly shut off the monitor.  However,
I have NO experience with TV/monitor repair.  Before I
take this thing to a monitor repair center, does anyone
have an idea what might have happened to the poor thing?
A common problem, perhaps? A simpler (read cheaper)
solution?

  btw: yes, it does this every time.  If more info is
needed, I will happily supply.

  Thanks for reading,

-JackLF
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From: [e-mail] (Fensome Martin)
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Subject: mapping the c128
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I am looking to purchase the Compute book "mapping the C128".Please email
if you have one, and what you want for it, plus your address.
Thank you!

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From: [e-mail] (Anders Carlsson  SdU)
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Jan Lund Thomsen wrote:+

> As far as I remember it runs on a 192K ROM/24K RAM expanded VIC20.

Ok, I understand the RAM expansion, but why 192K ROM? Did they put a lot
of pre-calculated data into ROM and did some strange bank-switching?

Anyway, I think one can do a lot of cool effects on a VIC20 without
that extensive hardware expansions. (Just wait for Veni, Vidi VIC! :)

/Anders Carlsson
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>Do you mean that Wild Compo entry? it was VIC with some kind of mandelbr=
ot
>zoomer....
Hmmm I heard there was WAY more than that :)

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Hi there,

I am stuck in an old adventure game called Farmer's Daughter. I cooked
the ham and tempted the brothers into the kitchen so that I could steal
their radio. But how do I get back to the barn now? Is there another way
out of the house (front door) or should I get the brothers out of the
kitchen?

Please help!
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From: Joachim Str=F6mbergson <[e-mail]>
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Subject: 6504 programming Was: Re: Multi-processor fractal program
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Hi!

Peter Karlsson wrote:
>=20
> I once read, in 64'er a few years ago, about a "multi-processor"
> fractal drawing program for the C64, that used the floppy's processor
> to speed up the calculations ("true" multitasking).

I used to have it somewhere, but dunno where it is now... Genesis=20
released a demo with a wire-frame 3d part where the drive did some of=20
the calculations (probably point tranformations) while the 6510 handled=20
som other things (line drawing, scrolling and music) When I saw this I=20
thought of using the 6504 CPU in the Printer (1526 I think it was) as=20
well as the drive. The idea crashed on two things: Didn't knwo how to=20
program the 6504 and working out a commprotocol for the system.

Ideas and/or info anyone?=20

Cheers!
Joachim
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From: [e-mail] (Greg Cox)
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Subject: Where to find text adventures ?
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Anyone know of any good sites that have any text adventures or grphic=20
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Speaking of this. I just bought a SyQuest EZ135 to hook up to my CMD and
I'm having problems...

I have a friend who bought one and had no trouble hooking it up and
getting the thing working. But I am having major problems... When I run
add drive or llformat the programs find the SyQuest as DVN #4 but when it
starts looking for the LUN it never finds it. Grrrrr :[ I have the latest
DOS installed and the newest old older HDutils disks but nothing seems to
work.=20

I took it to another friends who has a PC and it worked flawlessly for
him. But still won't work for me... Help!

[e-mail]


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From: [e-mail] (Andreas Andersson)
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Subject: Re: SEARCHING: REU schematics
Date: 11 Aug 1996 10:05:52 +0200
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Roger Long wrote:

> 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 =
it
>> (I would prefer this is not forbidden).
>> As REUs upgrades already exists I hope also REU's schematics are avail=
able.
>> 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 Dir=
ect
> Memory Access feature, which Commodore made into a custom chip.  Jameco
> Electronics MIGHT have the chip available separately, but I suspect tha=
t
> the chip will only be found on existing REUs.

Well... you could of course use some hot new FPGA or something like that
to do the work of the DMA chip. A friend of mine looked into it a while
ago and it's by no means impossible, it's just a bit impractical as the c=
ost
of the type of chip needed used to be just a bit under $100 here in Swede=
n
if I'm not mistaken.
With the cost of the 16 Megs of memory we would have _had to_ have
added we thought the price was a little steep :)
We had a kind of budget version on our minds for a while though, but it
involved three (I think) EPLD's (which we have loads of) but it was just
a bit too complex and we just never got past the planning stage.

If, however, anyone's interested in a project that's a bit easier, I have
some nice plans (schematics, PCB layouts) of a Swiftlink clone that I mad=
e
some six months ago and have been using ever since. There's one thing tha=
t
separates it from the real Swiftlink however. It has a switch to select t=
he
oscillator frequency thus enabling it to use both regular baud rates as w=
ell
as the 115200 baud rate (very useful with ACE). It's mostly surface mount=
ed
and therefore pretty small. (I had to make it larger in order for it to f=
it
nicely in the cartridge I had :)

Oh, and before anyone gets exited about copyright issues and such things,=
 let
me say that I've never really seen a Swiftlink cart, nor any schematics o=
f one.
And, if you're in the U.S. , you're probably better of buying the real th=
ing
from CMD...
But then of course, you wouldn't have the satisfaction of using hardware =
you
built yourself :)
                                                  /Pitch

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From: [e-mail] (Andreas Andersson)
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In article Joachim Str=F6mbergson <[e-mail]> wrote:

   From: Joachim Str=F6mbergson <[e-mail]>
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> Hi!
>
> Peter Karlsson wrote:
> >=20
> > I once read, in 64'er a few years ago, about a "multi-processor"
> > fractal drawing program for the C64, that used the floppy's processor
> > to speed up the calculations ("true" multitasking).
>
> I used to have it somewhere, but dunno where it is now... Genesis=20
> released a demo with a wire-frame 3d part where the drive did some of=20
> the calculations (probably point tranformations) while the 6510 handled=
=20
> som other things (line drawing, scrolling and music) When I saw this I=20
> thought of using the 6504 CPU in the Printer (1526 I think it was) as=20
> well as the drive. The idea crashed on two things: Didn't knwo how to=20
> program the 6504 and working out a commprotocol for the system.
>
> Ideas and/or info anyone?

Fun as this might be, I don't think you'll get the printer to load your c=
ode
the way the drive does...
I might be wrong of course, and in that case you should be able to come u=
p
with a commprotocol much like the regular one on the serial bus, with the
64 as a bus master and the drive(s) and the printer as slaves.

It would of course have to be quite a bit faster, but you can fix that by
checking out a few decent fastloaders. I'd send you some source if it
wasn't for the fact that the only fastloader (actually trackreader/writer=
)
I've ever done stinks :) (Just kidding really, I guess I've seen worse.)

But if you really want to do multi-processor stuff, I recently came acros=
s
a number ( >100 ) of 4 MHz 62C02's. :)

Any ideas about what to do with those ?



I guess I'll just go home and sleep now. The caffeine is making me kkkind=
a
sshakkkky...
                                               /Andreas
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Howdy!

I again did a major effort in order to update the C64 reled tools list
and mend it according to the suggestions I've got! It now contains far
more categories that it used to and I have also started to add comments
on the files. As is said on the page, there are so many more to go
before  I've added comments and checked the lot, but it's far better
than it used to.

http://hem.passagen.se/bacchus/tools2.htm

Mind that this is a beta of the page, and that I'll mail the full
version - when I feel like I have worked through what it contains - to
Watchmans page...

-- =3D

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  Who:     Pontus Berg (Aka: Bacchus of FairLight)
  Where:   Stockholm, Sweden, [phone]
  Mail:    [e-mail]
  URL:     http://hem.passagen.se/bacchus
  Fido:    2:201/411.71
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 If it can't be done on a C64 - it's not worth doin'
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From: Ron King <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Re: FS:::super sketch
Date: Sun, 11 Aug 1996 09:27:19 +0000
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What is super sketch?
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From: [e-mail] (Daniel Weatherford)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: FS: 2 C=3D 16/+4 Games
Date: 11 Aug 1996 15:55:53 GMT
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Hi, I have 2 games to sell. I recently got them with an old Plus/4 and
i do not like them. Here's the games

Jack attack  -  Good condition, ruined screw on the back, no manual
Strange Oddisy - Good Condition, no manual

I'd like to get around $1 or $2 each for them, and i will sell them both=20
at the same time. also i will split them up.

Please e-mail me at: [e-mail]

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From: [e-mail] (Mr. Self Destruct)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: 6504 programming Was: Re: Muti-processor fractal program
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How about with a 128?
anyone ever use the different cpus in it for the same thing?
is it possible?

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From: John LaDez <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Re: Canon BJC-210 and Commodore
Date: Sun, 11 Aug 96 12:51:02 -0500
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Irv Cobb <[e-mail]> writes:
=20
>In the Epson mode, the BJC210 works well with the Epson 24 Q PerfectPrin=
t
>driver. Quality seems to be a bit better than when in the IBM mode. I ju=
st
>switched it last night, so haven't had much time to experiment with it y=
et.
>
>Unfortunately, it still does NOT print color using any of the Epson colo=
r
>drivers that I have. I haven't given up on this yet, but I'm going to ha=
ve to
>get hold of the escape codes. Does anyone have them, or know where I mig=
ht
>find them (other than Canon's automated fax service, which is slick if y=
ou
>have a fax . . .   :-(
>
=20
According to the latest issue of Commodore World,the color controls for t=
he
BJC-210 are "non-standard" an vis a vis Epson color emulation. They don't
elaborate on the differences, but apparently the newer (and much more
expensive) BJC-4100 works well with Epson 24-pin color codes. I wish you
luck, and I for one would be VERY interested if you found a way to use
color on the Commodore with this printer. As you said, they're cheap to
buy and I've been extremely pleased with the performance and reliability
of my BJ-200ex black and white inkjet. Good luck!
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From: JPaul <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Help!  Need translation/printout in Atlanta area!
Date: 11 Aug 1996 18:14:14 GMT
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I've got a wordprocessing file disk that was done on a Commodore 128.  Th=
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the disk.

I would like to find a group, office, company, or individual in the Atlan=
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area that has a 128 that will help me print a hard-copy from this disk.

Any help in this matter would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks, Paul

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From: Paulo Leite <[e-mail]>
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Hi,

I am looking for a Commodore 1071 monitor in good, not excellent,
condition. I'll pay shipping and a fair price.

Claudio
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From: [e-mail] (Ted Jennings)
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How may I connect a 2.5 inch SCSI HD to my c64 and then either copy files
from it from the 1541/1571 II or transfer disk images from a mac and then
conect the drive to the c64?
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From: [e-mail] (T. Koyn)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: terminal program to send a whole disk
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I would like to send the entire contents of a 1541 disk (raw sector dump)=
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as a single file to be received on another computer for use with an=20
emulator.  I have a working commodre system, but am wondering what=20
terminal program would allow me to do this.  I do not want to have to=20
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disk.  Any guidance on what software to use on the commodre would be=20
greatly appreciated.  Thanks.

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From: [e-mail] (Steve Guidi)
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 I need your help people! I just got hooked on these great games by Epyx=20
the other day and found out that I can't do half the events because I=20
don't know the controls! If anyone has any doc files for the following=20
then please Email them to me! Thanks! Also I am looking for World record=20
files of the following aswell so I can update my record files. Thanks aga=
in!

Need doc/record files for:

World Games
Summer Games
Summer Games 2
Winter Games


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Hi all, Nate Dannenberg here..

I figured I woul send out a plea for you all here on c.s.c..  I am in nee=
d of
TWO 8580 SID chips to replace the blown one and missing one in my 128D..

I had stereo SIDs in it at one time, but lost one in a fire and the other=
 died
just a couple days ago.

The problem is it will seriously delay my Modplayer andother sound relate=
d
software indefinitely until I replace both missing SIDs.

So, does ANYone out there have any spare 8580 (or 6581 will work) SIDs th=
at they
can donate to a worthy cause?

Any help would really be appreciated.

Email:  [e-mail]


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From: BOWES1 <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Re: ?: CMD HD and Geos
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To: Bo <[e-mail]>
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> regular GEOS desktop.  The speed and capacity are nice though.  If you
> are an icon junky like myself, then you'll appreciate any ability to=20
> use your CMD HD and RamLink from the regular GEOS deskTop no matter
> what other limitations come with it...

I agree, although I prefer DualTop.

However, I would like to know what would be involveld in getting my copy =
of GEOS
to work with my RamLink?

My setup is a 128-D, HD-40 with three GEOS 1581 partitions, and an FD2000=
, and
of course a RamLink, with 2MB.

I also have an REU plugged into the RamLink, which I keep set on Direct m=
ode, so
that other programs can use it (I did the direct mode hack that appeared =
in C=3D
World).

HD is Device 8, FD is device 10, RamLink is device 16.  My internal 71 is
usually disabled (using the Cut-the-ATN-Line-and-put-in-a-10K-resistor ha=
ck),
but when it's switched on, it's also device 8.

So the question here is, Let's say I configure my RamLink for two 1581
partitions, one of them would be GEOS 64 and the other would be GEOS 128,=
 the
work partitions would remain on my harddrive.

How then would I get the system to work with all these drives??

I mean, I have five GEOS-accessable devices here..  an REU, a RamLink, a
harddrive, an FD2000, and a 1571-D...

Beyond anything, I want the thing to be able to access the HD, the RamLin=
k, and
the FD2000, with the option to swap in my REU and/or my 1571 if needed.  =
FWIW
the REU is used here as temporary storage, I don't care if it's contents =
gets
destroyed by other programs--it wasn't meant to be battery backed.  The r=
amLink
memory right now, has nothing in it, not even a copy of EZloader.

Can someone give me any ideas, or point me to a decent alternate desktop =
that
will allow better drive access?

I am willing to change device numbers around if needed, as long as my HD =
can
remain as device 8 (I use it for everything).