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text1 text2 text3 text4 text5 text6 text7 text8 ************ Topic 25 Fri Feb 04, 1994 MRABOY at 21:57 EST Sub: Grapevine 3 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 2, Topic 25 Message 3 Fri Feb 11, 1994 L.SCHONDER [Lou] at 10:08 EST It might take longer than that to get it back. ------------ ************ Topic 28 Wed Feb 09, 1994 H.STEVENS5 [KHaroldOH] at 21:36 EST Sub: Compute Gazette Disk This topic is devoted to the discussion of the change in Compute Gazette from hardcopy to floppy disk. Tell us what you think about the change. Do you like the changeover or dislike it? 5 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 2, Topic 28 Message 1 Wed Feb 09, 1994 T.GOSSER1 [PowerUserMag] at 22:18 EST I like it! A few refinements would make it better. But as is, it is a winner. :) Tom ------------ Category 2, Topic 28 Message 2 Wed Feb 09, 1994 GEOS-TIM at 22:30 EST I like it too. I wish I had gotten January, but February's disk seems to have quite a bit of info in it. I guess, I probably liked the hard copy better, but as far as disk publications go, I think it will do alright. : :) -Tim ------------ Category 2, Topic 28 Message 3 Fri Feb 11, 1994 L.SCHONDER [Lou] at 10:09 EST I'm still waiting for my January disk. I guess at this point I should call them! ------------ Category 2, Topic 28 Message 4 Sat Feb 12, 1994 H.STEVENS5 [HaroldOH] at 11:05 EST If you are waiting to get the January issue you will not get it. I had to call the editor, Tom Netsel, to see if he could send me a spare copy (I am one of the feature writers). According to the circulation department if you changed over from hardcopy to the disk in November, you will start with the february issue. And I have yet to get the February disk, despite calling three times to get it. --Harold ------------ Category 2, Topic 28 Message 5 Sat Feb 12, 1994 P.KELLER5 at 21:48 EST Hmmmmm, a couple of yeas and a couple of nays on Compute's Gazette disk. Well, I'm not convinced yet if I should try it or not. How about a few more replies on their subscriptions to the Gazette disk? ------------ ************ Topic 2 Thu Feb 03, 1994 H.HERMAN1 (Forwarded) Sub: ZED-128 The *BIG* editor for the 128. 3 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 3, Topic 2 Message 2 Sun Feb 06, 1994 C.TAYLOR37 [C=Hacking] (Forwarded) I believe what ZED-128 is doing - (I'm going to extract your message and also forward it to the author) is that the REU can be configured to re-load the original address that was used, or to keep the ending address in its registers. I imagine what Craig Bruce did was to configure the REU away from the default. What should work is to turn the computer off, count to five slowly, and then try turning on the computer and running PW3... (Or write a program to re- write the original REU configuration registers...) - Craig Taylor (C.Taylor 37) duck@pembvax1.pembroke.edu ------------ Category 3, Topic 2 Message 3 Mon Feb 07, 1994 H.HERMAN1 (Forwarded) Craig, Thanks for sending a copy of the prob to Craig!!! I cannot imagine why I did not think to send an email myself... The crazy part of this is that turning off the computer does *not* clear up the prob. Hmmm.... Naybe this is because *my* REU is in a RAMLink, and therefore never loses its power? But, Craig has a RL too, I think... Or, maybe he doesn't... I forget now..... One other thought I had after the original post was that it might be the running of CS/DOS which is re-configuring things back, and have nothing to do with the disk2reu image rebuilding. I'll send a copy of this to Craig! :) Thanks! Howie ------------ ************ Topic 7 Sun Dec 27, 1992 G.HOYLE (Forwarded) Sub: Search for a Simple ARC Program Basically, I want an easy-to-use program to archive files for easy upload/download. Is there such a thing? You tell me! 46 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 3, Topic 7 Message 46 Sun Feb 13, 1994 D.BOBER [RENTaLASER] at 00:18 EST I've downloaded some files that have been arced (.arc). Is there a utility that will de-arc them. Perhaps a utility that works in GEOS and outside of GEOS? I have searched the libs and can't find anything. I have OMEGA-Q, leftover from Q-Link. (gag!) Woudld rather have something else... ------------ ************ Topic 10 Fri Apr 10, 1992 C.GAMLOWSKI1 [Gamlowski] (Forwarded) Sub: Finding Software... This topic is for finding software! 69 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 3, Topic 10 Message 66 Sun Feb 06, 1994 A.CLARK at 22:05 EST I am looking for educational software for my inquisitive 5 year old. I have seen a number of titles in a catalog, but have no way of evaluating them. It has been my experience that you can't judge software by its cover either. I wonder if anyone has recommendations for good educational software for either c64 or 128, either PD or commercial? I will be very gratefull for any suggestions. ------------ Category 3, Topic 10 Message 67 Mon Feb 07, 1994 H.HERMAN1 at 06:03 EST For consistantly high quality content, in instructional programming that will interest and amuse, the Stickey Bear Series is one to consider. Howie ------------ Category 3, Topic 10 Message 69 Fri Feb 11, 1994 L.SCHONDER [Lou] at 10:11 EST Has anyone tried the KidWare series? ------------ ************ Topic 12 Wed Jul 28, 1993 B.GANN1 (Forwarded) Sub: GEnie Library files For questions regarding GEnie downloadable files 18 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 3, Topic 12 Message 17 Sun Feb 06, 1994 W.HARD at 22:28 EST Thanks for the info, c.g. I downloaded file 9238, and it works just fine setting up my 1700 as a drive. I'm having a fair amount of trouble doing anything other than opening sequential files on it, at the moment. In particular, the COPIER-2 subprogram included (plus CBM's UNI-COPY) freeze up when I try to copy a file. However, I suspect some tinkering will fix this, so I'm holding off on any specific questions here for the moment. Again, thanks much for the information. Walter ------------ Category 3, Topic 12 Message 18 Fri Feb 11, 1994 L.SCHONDER [Lou] at 10:15 EST Traditional disk/file copy programs generally look for a 1541 drive, not a 128 or 512K drive (RamDos). JiffyDOS works well with RamDOS for swapping files around for housekeeping. I, too, have a 1700 REU, BTW. ------------ ************ Topic 18 Sat Jun 22, 1991 C128.JBEE [* Sysop *] (Forwarded) Sub: CS-DOS & REU C1750 & LHA & Autoexec One of the most often asked questions is how to set up the C128/C1750/ LHA/Autoexec file to make SFX archives. The autoexec file follows... 60 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 3, Topic 18 Message 60 Sat Feb 12, 1994 W.WIESE [WES256] at 22:28 EST Well got the flat128-lha/arc disk access problem semi-solved. If jd is out and fast mode is in it works ok.If jd is in and fast mode is out it works ok. I tried this with all emulation types on my xpanded hd with the same results.Setup is flat128-xpanded reu-xpanded hd.The problem must be chip and/or software timing in the disk access routines within the csdos s/w and/or the jd s/w ONLY in fast mode routines tho. ------------ ************ Topic 27 Sat Sep 04, 1993 MRABOY at 08:27 EDT Sub: superbase and geocable user port,parallel cables and software 14 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 3, Topic 27 Message 13 Sun Feb 06, 1994 MRABOY at 18:11 EST Thats correct. ------------ Category 3, Topic 27 Message 14 Thu Feb 10, 1994 J.KARN at 19:59 EST Well, I tried my bright idea about filling the print buffer with the printer offline as a technique for speeding Superbase printouts and it doesn't help. What does improve the speed is the use of a programmed output. For instance, consider a vertical printout of a series of records located by the FIND command. Sent to the printer by entering on the command line OUTPUT FROM "H8LIST" (after entering PRINT DOWN) this produces the following output (for each record): Fieldname 1 Contents of Field 1 Fieldname 2 Contents of Field 2 ....... ....... Fieldname n Contents of Field n An identical printout can be obtained from a programmed printout as follows: 10 PRINT ACROSS 20 OUTPUT FROM "" @1"Fieldname 1" @15&[Fieldname 1] PLUS 30 @1"Fieldname 2" @15&[Fieldname 2] PLUS 40 ............... 50 ...............etc. 100 @1 "Fieldname n" @15&[Fieldname n] The difference is that in the second case the printout will be about 30% faster. Not a dramatic difference, but significant. J.Karn ------------ ************ Topic 31 Sat Feb 12, 1994 M.KLINGER [fid:bob] at 13:57 EST Sub: PET We have a nonprofit inc for disabled where we accept computers, find software useful for them, give them the computers and software to the people (like blind, MS, MD. etc.) We have been given three PET's, from 2 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 3, Topic 31 Message 1 Sat Feb 12, 1994 M.KLINGER [fid:bob] at 14:01 EST We are a nonprofit organization to help disabled: We accept gifts of computers and software for them, and give to needful people. We accepted three pets and useful software but have discovered they have NO cords. Need cords so can hookup to diskdrives and printers also given us. PETs from 8000 to 9000. May even keep one as useful to find what software will work. ANYONE HAVE ISEAS ON AVAILABLE CORDS AND SOFTWARE? ------------ Category 3, Topic 31 Message 2 Sat Feb 12, 1994 M.KLINGER [fid:bob] at 14:03 EST PLEASE SEND ANSWERS VIA MAIL as well as here, as I may not get back soon --- the time I get online usually in area of "ABLE" ------------ ************ Topic 1 Fri Sep 21, 1990 C128-BILL at 16:45 EDT Sub: Your area for Hardware related Q, A, C' Please use this area for Questions, Answers, and Comments about your trusty Commodore 8-bit machines. 21 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 4, Topic 1 Message 20 Sun Feb 06, 1994 LLOYD at 17:53 EST I have a M3 mouse that the right button just quit working on. Prior to the button quitting, I would be moving the mouse over a file in geos and have the file open so something was shorting. But, I am lost on trying to fix it. Any ideas? Does anyone stock these anymore where I could get a new one? Lloyd :( ------------ Category 4, Topic 1 Message 21 Fri Feb 11, 1994 L.SCHONDER [Lou] at 10:21 EST The Commodore rodent market is rather dry now. Keep your eye on CMD, a 1351 compatible mouse will be scurring your way soon! ------------ ************ Topic 4 Sat Aug 28, 1993 G.HILL15 (Forwarded) Sub: 1581 Disk Drive Questions and info about the Commodore 1581 disk drive. 50 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 4, Topic 4 Message 50 Fri Feb 11, 1994 L.SCHONDER [Lou] (Forwarded) I have two 1772's sitting around, BTW. ------------ ************ Topic 6 Sun Feb 13, 1994 K.DOWHOWER at 06:51 EST Sub: Upgrading the C-128 MPU Discuss the feasability of improving the processing speeds of the C-128/C-64 by using 65C02 processers. 1 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 4, Topic 6 Message 1 Sun Feb 13, 1994 K.DOWHOWER at 06:56 EST First off, there has got to be a way to accelerate this thing! I do have RamLink, FD-2000, and a HD-100(170) but I want the MPU to process data at a faster or more effecient rate for graphics work. The most likely thing would be to speed up the clock but that can get rather sticky with timing problems and such. Another route which I am looking into is to replace the 8510 with a 65C02 which can run at a faster clock speed and has a streamlined architecture. It is also pin- compatable too :). Any one got any ideas? Sources for chips? ------------ ************ Topic 13 Sat Nov 30, 1991 VANDENELSEN (Forwarded) Sub: printer problems ? This is a place for your questions about printer problems. Maybe someone has a solution!!!!! with fingers crossed 60 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 4, Topic 13 Message 57 Sun Feb 06, 1994 LLOYD at 17:24 EST Aaron, I don't know about the color printing that the Cannon 600 does, but I just bought a BJ200. It is as fast as a Deskjet with regular text. But in graphics mode, it is down-right SLOW. My MPS1000 was faster. But, the printout is outstanding. I paid $288 for mine. I don't need color. I had the old Okimate 10 and found that I rarely used color. One more thing. The Cannon Bubblejet used any IBM or Epson driver. So the Shell drivers work best sence you can adjust their page length and the BJ does have a slightly shorter page. BTW. With IBMs, the Deskjet was outstanding. But no more so then the Bublejets. BTW. Laser printers are also down-right slow with graphics. Lloyd ------------ Category 4, Topic 13 Message 58 Mon Feb 07, 1994 E.LEVY at 23:20 EST I have a Star NX-10C printer from my Commodore. I would like to hook it up to my IBM compatible. Does anybody know the pinouts of this printer and/or the pinouts of the Commodore printer port? Also is there any reason it shouldn't work as a serial printer for the IBM? Thanks. ------------ Category 4, Topic 13 Message 59 Tue Feb 08, 1994 CMD-DOUG at 23:20 EST Check with Grapevine Group for an adapter. Without one, you really can't run a Commodore compatible printer on an IBM. Further, the results will be somewhat less than satisfactory unless all you plan to do is draft text. ------------ Category 4, Topic 13 Message 60 Wed Feb 09, 1994 LLOYD at 00:36 EST Check with Tenex. I think that I saw one in the last catalog that I got from them (Last Year). They still carry C64/C128 items since I got a Super Graphics interface from them a month ago. (They're good!) Lloyd ------------ ************ Topic 45 Sun Feb 06, 1994 D.VIOLINO at 00:33 EST Sub: RGB to Composite Does anyone know of a product or doit yourself project to convert the color RGB outputs on a 128 to composite? 2 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 4, Topic 45 Message 1 Sun Feb 06, 1994 LLOYD at 17:26 EST Someone else will have to help me with this. There used to be a cord that you could buy that converted the 128 RGB signal to 2 color composite. Lloyd ------------ Category 4, Topic 45 Message 2 Sun Feb 06, 1994 C.TAYLOR37 [C=Hacking] at 17:34 EST Hmmm, If I believe right the composite output is availble on pin 7 of the RGB plug (it's normally unused but C= added it in)... Just checked and that's right... - Craig Taylor (C.Taylor37) duck@pembvax1.pembroke.edu ------------ ************ Topic 30 Tue Jan 18, 1994 E.RAFANAN at 22:19 EST Sub: Loadstart 128? Is Loadstar still being published? 5 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 5, Topic 30 Message 5 Sat Feb 12, 1994 P.KELLER5 at 22:04 EST And they are especially looking for 128 programs! Of course 64 too, but they are running out of 128 programs. ------------ ************ Topic 4 Sun Dec 19, 1993 CMD-DOUG at 12:02 EST Sub: GEOS 2.0, deskTop and General Questions An area for discussion of GEOS 2.0 64 and 128, deskTop, and related matters. 6 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 6, Topic 4 Message 2 Tue Feb 08, 1994 C.KALLAS1 at 15:19 EST Can you please tell answer a question for me. I have a citizen 200gx printer and I have it under a driver that will print all fonts and everything in draft but when I want to use NLQ all the words look like this. Hewentupthehillto. Can someone help me where I can print NLQ without this? Thanks, Charlie ------------ Category 6, Topic 4 Message 3 Tue Feb 08, 1994 CMD-DOUG at 23:28 EST Printing in NLQ with GEOWRITE requires special formatting of the document. There is an 'NLQ spacing' option in the PAGE menu which must be selected. You should also use the Commodore 10 pt font for all your text. Please note that the NLQ print option does not print out bold, underline or italics. ------------ Category 6, Topic 4 Message 4 Tue Feb 08, 1994 S.EYRSE at 23:52 EST however there are special drivers. ie: Textprint..in our libs. that operate as a DeskAss. while in GEOWRITE that will give you both. Bold, Underline, Italics and others..but as Doug said you must first format to NLQ..the Textprint arc has other fonts to help. ------------ Category 6, Topic 4 Message 5 Wed Feb 09, 1994 M.RANDALL2 [Maurice] at 22:50 EST If you use geoSHELL, there is also a new command called 'pwrite' that will print out a GeoWrite document using your printer's built=-in fonts. Myself and a couple of others have been testing the final release version of this command and I will upload it as soon as I'm satisfied with it. So far, no problems. There is a version of it included in the development package that is online here. I think that the only difference is that version does not allow printing a range of pages. The final version can do any range of pages, odd or even pages, supports headers and footers, DATE, PAGE, and TIME, bold, italic, underline, superscript, subscript etc. It also uses a special configure file that lets you send up to 20 control codes for any of these special styles, allowing you to set up your printer any way you want. By doing odd and even pages, you can print on the front and back or print left and right columns. You can also tell it to start printing from the last page down to the first. I will upload this command within the next week. ( I've been busy doing some special GEOS diagnosing this past 5 or 6 evenings) ------------ Category 6, Topic 4 Message 6 Thu Feb 10, 1994 C.KALLAS1 at 08:44 EST Thanks for the answers. Let me make sure I understand. With these other options, does this mean I can use any of the fonts with no problems? I do understand the one that allows using your printers fonts. Charlie ------------ ************ Topic 5 Sun Dec 19, 1993 CMD-DOUG at 12:03 EST Sub: GEOS CONVERT An area for discussion of the various CONVERT utilities. 10 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 6, Topic 5 Message 6 Thu Feb 10, 1994 A.PEROTTI at 22:45 EST Hello GEOs users! I am brand new to the GEOS environment and I need a little help. I have GEOS 128v2 that I run on my 128D. I have downloaded some GEO Paint files from GEnie and would like to view them. How do I go about converting them from C= files to GEOS files? When I try and run Convert 3.0 GEOS tells me that they are not the right type of files. I downloaded Convert 2.5 but I can't get it to run either. HELP!!! Tony Perotti ------------ Category 6, Topic 5 Message 7 Fri Feb 11, 1994 L.VICKERS at 00:35 EST Just a thought, but if the files are bundled as arc files ( denoted by the filename ending with .SFX, .SDA, or .ARC ) they will have to be de-arced and Convert 2.5 used on each individual file created. ( Convert 3.0 only works on seq. files, not prog. files. ) Filenames ending in .CVT are not bundled and should convert normally. Photo album files ( once converted ) should be viewed/copied with the photo manager desk accessory. ------------ Category 6, Topic 5 Message 8 Fri Feb 11, 1994 CMD-DOUG at 04:42 EST If you can give us the file numbers of the files, we can look into exactly what conversion are required to use them. Also, could you detail what kind of problem you had with Convert 2.5? ------------ Category 6, Topic 5 Message 9 Fri Feb 11, 1994 J.ROBBINS16 [JBUS] at 04:46 EST That's good advice, but it gets a wee bit more detailed with each different one of those., So Tony, give us a clue as to which files you downloaded. For ex... files ending with ".SFX", just load and run from either a 128 or 64 computer, from BASIC (not GEOS), then use convert 2.5 from within GEOS to change them into GEOS format. files ending in ".SDA", can only be desolved from a 64, or a 128 in 64 Mode. Load and run the file, after it desolves then use convert 2.5 from within GEOS. files ending in ".ARC" get a bit more complicated. You have to run the ARC program from Basic, or use CSDOS and de- arc with the arc128/x command. ...So let us know which ones you are having trouble with.. You can also go to CAT #1 and read one of the help files JBEE has in there. (I think it's Topic #3..?) for downloading files. ...BTW...I'm almost sure, if you downloaded the convert2.5 program it has to be desolved from Basic first, then you can use it in GEOS... the "How-To" is in the file description of convert 2.5 so it might help to read the description over again, you might have missed something. ------------ Category 6, Topic 5 Message 10 Fri Feb 11, 1994 A.PEROTTI at 07:02 EST OK, I went back and read the file description for CONVERT 2.5DA and I need to run it as a basic file first. I'll give that a try and if it fails I'll post more details on the problem. In any case thanks, and I'll post my results. Tony ------------ ************ Topic 6 Sun Dec 19, 1993 CMD-DOUG at 12:03 EST Sub: Text File Converters and Utilities An area for discussion of utilities for working with and converting text. 22 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 6, Topic 6 Message 20 Sun Feb 06, 1994 C.TAYLOR37 [C=Hacking] at 17:34 EST For a quick, dirty file conversion program (forgot which way it went) - read in a single character at a time, then print it to the first position on the screen and peek the starting position on the screen and that'll be your character value. Short, Dirty, not functional w/ everything but it works for alphabetical type stuff... - Craig Taylor (C.Taylor37) duck@pembvax1.pembroke.edu ------------ Category 6, Topic 6 Message 21 Sun Feb 06, 1994 CBM-ED [e.g.bell] at 19:27 EST Sounds neat DC Ca raig... That i s what I call u That is pretty clever! ------------ Category 6, Topic 6 Message 22 Tue Feb 08, 1994 L.VICKERS at 23:31 EST Speaking of quick and dirty ......... Another program useful in removing unwanted carriage returns is Q & D Edit by Frank Kostella and Joe Buckley. It is sold by CMD on it Geos Power Pack II disk. It is a Geos text editing program that reads/converts ASCII, PETASC, and Geos text files. It has a search and replace function that can be used to remove/insert text strings with carriage returns and tabs. ------------ ************ Topic 12 Sun Dec 19, 1993 CMD-DOUG at 12:08 EST Sub: Dot-Matrix Printers and Printer Drivers An area for discussion of dot-matrix printers and drivers. 15 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 6, Topic 12 Message 11 Sun Feb 06, 1994 A.CLARK at 21:25 EST I would like to find a printer driver for the Okimmate 20 that would be able to use the built in underline, bold, italic, etc. fonts when printing in NLQ mode. Is there one? ------------ Category 6, Topic 12 Message 12 Sun Feb 06, 1994 CMD-DOUG at 22:51 EST No standard GEOS printer driver supports those attributes while printing in NLQ or DRAFT modes. TextPrint may do this, though I'm uncertain as to whether or not it's compatible with the Okimate printers. Hopefully someone who is more familiar with it will come along and respond to your question. ------------ Category 6, Topic 12 Message 13 Mon Feb 07, 1994 S.EYRSE at 02:21 EST TextPrint has a editor so you can set it to be used with any type of printer OTHER than a HP desk or Lazer jet.. ------------ Category 6, Topic 12 Message 14 Wed Feb 09, 1994 LLOYD at 00:46 EST YEP! Text Print is the ONLY way to go. I used to have the Okimate 10. Same problem with my MPS1000. Lloyd ------------ Category 6, Topic 12 Message 15 Thu Feb 10, 1994 A.CLARK at 22:04 EST Thanks. I'll try TextPrint. @s ------------ ************ Topic 29 Sun Dec 19, 1993 CMD-DOUG at 12:14 EST Sub: Perfect Print LQ An area for discussion of Perfect Print LQ. 5 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 6, Topic 29 Message 4 Mon Feb 07, 1994 A.BAUGHER at 01:29 EST Does Perfect Print LQ have a driver that will provide LQ on the Star NX-2480 Rainbow? It claims to print 360dpi, but I'm wondering if Geos can take advantage of that kind of precision. Aaron ------------ Category 6, Topic 29 Message 5 Mon Feb 07, 1994 CMD-DOUG at 23:07 EST Provided the Star NX-2480 has Epson LQ-850 emulation (most 24-pin printers do), then yes, PPLQ should be able to handle it nicely. PPLQ does drive such printers to 360 dpi resolution, btw. ------------ ************ Topic 41 Thu Jan 13, 1994 M.RANDALL2 [Maurice] at 20:45 EST Sub: geoSHELL Any possible question concerning geoSHELL may be directed at this topic. I will be available to answer any questions about it's use. 6 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 6, Topic 41 Message 5 Sun Feb 06, 1994 J.PACKARD [CAPRI] at 21:07 EST Thanks For the info ! The validate thing has been driving me crazy . geoSHELL is a wonderful work of art for us HD owners . Thanks again for making a GREAT PROGRAM and supporting It !!!!! ------------ Category 6, Topic 41 Message 6 Sun Feb 06, 1994 CMD-DOUG at 22:59 EST Just a reminder, but all CMD devices properly validate GEOS files through the use of the standard DOS Validate command... so you can send that directly with the DOS Wedge in geoSHELL. ------------ ************ Topic 42 Sun Jan 16, 1994 J.BARBER9 [dan barber] at 16:14 EST Sub: geospell help!!!! I am having problems with geospell. Can anyone help me? Thanks in advance. 8 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 6, Topic 42 Message 7 Sun Feb 13, 1994 J.BARBER9 [dan barber] at 15:21 EST I am useing the 64 version. But I have not had the 9 page problem since last time. Weird! Dan ------------ Category 6, Topic 42 Message 8 Mon Feb 14, 1994 J.ROBBINS16 [JBUS] at 01:04 EST Might be normal in the 64 version, the swap file geoSpell uses to store bits and pieces of the document is very small, and it will only check just so many pages (depending on how large they are) at a time, then it re-writes the changes to the document, then loads in the next piece of the document. (you should see it check A thru Z again, and each time it finishes a section.) ...BTW.. to be safe, leave an extra 2k (in addition to the manuals recommended ammount) as the file you are checking just may be getting larger from some spelling corrections. It may not have enough extra room left for the swap file (after it re-writes your document). ------------ ************ Topic 23 Mon Jul 26, 1993 S.CRAIK [Steve] at 03:05 EDT Sub: looking 4 amiga iff pic 2 basic 8 conv I'm looking "ACBMB8" by Loren Lovhaug. I'd noticed in GEOWORLD iss. #23 an article by Paul A. Hughes "Inter-Computer Graphics Interchange" I searched for it here.. but, couldn't find. Article mentions Q-link 7 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 7, Topic 23 Message 6 Sun Feb 06, 1994 LLOYD at 17:33 EST I removed it since the right are owned by JBee. It's up to him. Besides, it was a very old version that converted in 2 colors. I don't know if there is a newer version. Lloyd ------------ Category 7, Topic 23 Message 7 Fri Feb 11, 1994 L.SCHONDER [Lou] at 10:35 EST Souns like a good program! ------------ ************ Topic 40 Sun Jan 09, 1994 C.YOUNG36 [Charlie] at 14:33 EST Sub: legal problems with SIDS on GEnie All SIDs that might be copyrighted have been deleted from GEnie. Let's talk about it. 15 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 7, Topic 40 Message 15 Sun Feb 13, 1994 C.YOUNG36 [Charlie] at 22:44 EST Howie, > Are you sure that CIS is being sued? I have heard nothing about this. That info came from CMD-DOUG in msg 2 in this topic. Lloyd, GEnie had some very recent songs in SID form, but now all from this century seem to be gone. Re-creatng artwork with artistic license, making obvious changes, and calling it original makes sense to me. No question that SIDs would fit that definition. Like Lou says, it certainly is not an exact copy! CBM-ED, > I can't address the issue with the SIDS, but I have never > heard it said that GEnie does not allow you to upload a file you have > uploaded here to another system. Think I read some discussion of that in GEnieus. I reread POLICY and see that in GEnie Services Terms and Conditions under 3. Proprietary Rights the language could be interpreted to mean that GEnie claims intelectual property rights to anything I upload including my own work. Did I misinterpret that? > As for being mad, I am not a SID person, but I would not be upset with > GEnie over this. OK Ed, I am upset with everybody who had anything to do with the loss of SIDs on GEnie. Is that better? :) I still think that GEnie wiping out hundreds of SIDs might have been an overeaction, and that a better solution to the problem might have been found. > I suspect you are going to see the pool of SID's dry up > on legitimate local BBS's too eventually. You may be right. I guess SIDs exchange (and graphics, software, and other computer info) may have to revert to snail mail the way it was in the pre-BBS days. If so, BBS's will not be very valuable anymore. Charlie ------------ ************ Topic 3 Fri Oct 26, 1990 D.RAY1 at 01:41 EDT Sub: Aprotek Minimodem C24 Enter your experiences with this Commodore compatible 2400 baud modem here. 56 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 8, Topic 3 Message 53 Sun Feb 06, 1994 S.MERZON [Steve] at 19:02 EST thanks for the carrier detect tip! I manually sent a &c1 and set wizard's carrier detect to match and the modem works fine! Thank you! ------------ Category 8, Topic 3 Message 54 Sun Feb 06, 1994 CBM-ED [e.g.bell] at 19:26 EST They should alal l be that easy. :) ------------ Category 8, Topic 3 Message 55 Sun Feb 06, 1994 LLOYD at 21:01 EST You're doing better then I did. I could never get Wizard to work with the MiniModem-C24 which is what I use. As for Proterm & Desterm (Any version), the minimodem work perfectly. I'm not sure but I think that I inverted the signal with Desterm. You probably forgot to hit hhh<RETURN> after the connection. Lloyd ------------ Category 8, Topic 3 Message 56 Sun Feb 06, 1994 J.THOMPSON75 [Wyrkham] at 23:04 EST I have the Amiga version and an Apotect interface but my 128 will not recognise it any help? Thanks JimBo :} ------------ ************ Topic 4 Sun Mar 14, 1993 R.ROBERTS21 (Forwarded) Sub: terminal programs I want to access a statewide network.It requires vt100. I have c-64 using BTP. What is best "nerminal program? Bellterm,Novaterm,Desterm,Other? 20 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 8, Topic 4 Message 18 Sun Feb 06, 1994 A.CLARK at 21:31 EST I use my c128 a lot as a terminal to a UNIX system. Is there any terminal software that will emulate any common graphics terminal that is supported by UNIX? ------------ Category 8, Topic 4 Message 19 Sun Feb 06, 1994 G.NOGGLE [Greg] at 21:48 EST vt100 or better emulation is what you want I believe. Desterm has it.This will at least do cursor positioning. I use when using gopher. Colors I don't know about that except for ansi graphics which BTW Desterm handles pretty good. Hope this helps Greg ------------ Category 8, Topic 4 Message 20 Mon Feb 07, 1994 H.HERMAN1 at 06:03 EST I too am not sure as to what you are referring. If you meant something like a Tektronix, then I quess you would want to use Kermit. Howie ------------ ************ Topic 8 Sat Aug 12, 1989 N.ROSSI at 22:37 PDT Sub: Novaterm for the C-64 Any questions, comments, bugs, or other ramblings about Novaterm, I'm here to help! 88 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 8, Topic 8 Message 86 Sat Feb 12, 1994 D.PHELPS1 [Tim Phelps] at 01:18 EST Two questions: I lose characters at 9600 baud. What can I do to eliminate this problem? My setup is Novaterm in 80 col. ANSI mode, C64 with Swiftlink and a high speed modem. Flow tolerance is on with the value being 150, line delay is 0 (in other words, I'm using Novaterm's defaults). Also, has anyone successfully written a Novaterm script program for GEnie yet? Thanks. ------------ Category 8, Topic 8 Message 87 Sat Feb 12, 1994 CBM-ED [e.g.bell] at 08:34 EST Tim: TP> lose characters at 9600 baud. What can I do to eliminate this TP> problem? My setup is Novaterm in 80 col. ANSI mode If you are talking about here on GEnie, turn off the ANSI. You don't need it because GEnie doesn't use it, and it probably is consuming a lot of clock cycles testing for incoming escapes. Another suggestion would be to lower the flow tolerance, which I assume is the number of characters in the input buffer that triggers an xoff. You can lower that very low... even as low as 20 or 30 characters, if it is what I think it is. I suspect line delay would be what controls outgoing characters. I believe NovaTerm also has an adjustable screen scroll setting, where instead of scrolling 1 line when a new line is added to the bottom of the screen, you can add 2 or 3. Setting this to 2 or three might help. I'm not a novaterm user, and I seem to remember Nick saying somewhere that you should probably expect to lose characters in ANSI mode even at 2400 baud. I don't use NovaTerm...never have as a matter of fact, but the stuff above should hold pretty true no matter what term you are using given the problem you are having. BTW, GEOS-TIM says Nick Rossi is going to be in a conference soon. That would be a good opportunity for you to 'meet' him and really grill him with your questions. :) ------------ Category 8, Topic 8 Message 88 Sun Feb 13, 1994 GEOS-TIM at 17:41 EST Yes, in answer to the comment in the previous message, Nick Rossi will be in my RTC this Tuesday at 10:00. The first 15 minutes will be a free chat, followed by about a half hour to 45 minutes of formal conference. The remaining time of the conference will be more informal. Hope to see you there. This Tuesday, February 15th. from 10 to 11:30 pm. EST. :) -Tim ------------ ************ Topic 11 Sat Jan 27, 1990 D.ROHNER (Forwarded) Sub: Desterm I am having trouble getting this term to work right in Color Graphics mode.*s 51 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 8, Topic 11 Message 48 Tue Feb 08, 1994 S.CLEMENTS [Krazy Kat] at 01:35 EST Hi folks - Once again, I'm the happy messenger courier for a friend: "I have used a registered DesTerm 2.01 to up- and download from Commodore- based BBS's for months, without major problems. I use single- and multi- Punter protocols and a 1581 with JiffyDOS for storage. "Recently, I have started to frequent FidoNet nodes for news from the CBM and C-128 Echoes. Unfortunately, I cannot download QWK packets to my 1581, for some reason. I have tried plain Y-Modem protocol, and transfer aborts after only 5 blocks (when I wanted 23!). "Y-Modem G" caused a similar abort after only 1 block. And X-Modem causes Bad Blocks all over the place, plus occasional lockups.... "This is getting VERY frustrating for me, and I assume for the poor Fido SysOps as well. Can anybody help me? Is my 1581 showing signs of flakiness, or is there a terminal setting I've missed? Please help! "Thanks... :-( " ------------------------- And once again, thanks in advance for your help. - Krazy ------------ Category 8, Topic 11 Message 49 Tue Feb 08, 1994 CBM-ED [e.g.bell] at 09:01 EST Krazy Kat: SC> I cannot download QWK packets to my 1581, for some reason Can we read between the lines here that you can download other things to your 1581, or is it just the QWK packets that you can't download? SC> plain Y-Modem protocol, and transfer aborts after only 5 blocks SC> (when I wanted 23!). "Y-Modem G" caused a similar abort after SC> only 1 block. And X-Modem causes Bad Blocks all over the SC> place, plus occasional lockups First, DesTerm does not support Ymodem-G. Second, your problem sounds more like line noise than any kind of disk problem. (We can assume you tried with more than 1 diskette, right? :) The disk drive can't tell a QWK packet from a BASIC program. Neither can DesTerm or the FIDO BBS you are calling. If it is just the QWK packets, or just packets from that BBS, more specifically, you have to suspect line noise. SC> is there a terminal setting I've missed? Please help! For file transfers, the only terminal setting that should make any difference to a file transfer, other than the selection of the protocol, is the baud rate, and you would see the impact of that long before you ever tried to download a packet. Incidentally, while I'm here, what modem do you use, and what baud rate? And what software package is the FIDO system running? Opus? RBBS? DLG? This stuff may not be all that critical to this problem, but it may remind someone of a problem they had or heard of with your setup. ------------ Category 8, Topic 11 Message 50 Fri Feb 11, 1994 S.CLEMENTS [Krazy Kat] at 02:39 EST This comes from my friend with the QWK packet problems: "Thank you for your advice. It turns out that my lockup problems must have been due entirely to line noise; I finally downloaded a QWK packet completely intact! Now I have to figure out how to use CS-DOS and QWKRR... "FYI, I am using a Cardinal MB2400EX modem with no compression, connected to an Aprotek Com-Modem adapter. The BBS I am now calling is based on Major BBS software, v8.62 or 6.82 or something like that. The only problem I noticed is the slow transfer rate - twenty seconds per 1024 bytes, in either X-Modem 1K or Y-Modem Batch. Does that really reflect 2400 bps?? Sheesh - I guess it's time for a 14,4! $$$" ---------- Thanks for your quick response. It really helped him out! - Krazy Kat ------------ Category 8, Topic 11 Message 51 Fri Feb 11, 1994 CBM-ED [e.g.bell] at 08:55 EST Krazy Kat: SC> only problem I noticed is the slow transfer rate - twenty SC> seconds per 1024 bytes, in either X-Modem 1K or Y-Modem Batch. SC> Does that really reflect 2400 bps?? Glad to be of any help w/the QWK thing. 20 seconds per 1024 bytes? Hmmmm! Ideally, 2400 baud should equal about 240 chars/second, based on ideal conditions, 2400 bits/second, 10 bits/character. So 4.??? seconds would be more in the ballpark. Are you sure you are at 2400? :) That sounds like a speed even less than 1200 baud. And remember, in a protocol, the data is streaming during the packet transfer, so I would say that that is pretty much the speed you should see in the transfer. 2400 baud is 2400 baud is 2400 baud. The reason you never see 100% efficience over the life of a transfer is that it takes time for the handshake between the 2 systems after every packet and the time it takes to write the data to disk. 20 seconds must seem forever! It may be time for 14.4, but there may be other problems here if you are seeing that poor a performance with your 2400. ------------ ************ Topic 22 Thu Feb 11, 1993 CBM-MARK at 01:53 EST Sub: WIZARD - Looking for Help? A place to ask for help setting up and using Wizard 64 and Wizard 128. 140 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 8, Topic 22 Message 138 Mon Feb 07, 1994 B.FINKELSTEI [BradleyF] at 21:59 EST I belong to another BBS where the programmer is looking to develop a Commodore front end He wants to know if wizard can handle QWK-packets? Thanks ------------ Category 8, Topic 22 Message 139 Mon Feb 07, 1994 CMD-DOUG at 23:17 EST No, Wizard does not; however, there are shareware programs for both the 64 and 128 which do. QWKIE3.1 for the 64, and QWKRR v4.1 are the latest of these. ------------ Category 8, Topic 22 Message 140 Fri Feb 11, 1994 B.FINKELSTEI [BradleyF] at 20:29 EST Thanks for the info Doug :) ------------ ************ Topic 23 Thu Feb 11, 1993 CBM-MARK at 01:55 EST Sub: RTC Master -> Looking for help! A place to ask for help with RTC Master. 140 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 8, Topic 23 Message 128 Sun Feb 06, 1994 R.KIRK7 [Dick] at 17:59 EST I will be in the middle of capturing messages of a BBS and all of a sudden RTCM gives me a SCRIPT TERMINATED SUCCESSFUL message. or something similiar. What is happening is it is terminating without capturing all of the messages. When there are a large number of messages I usually get a termination by the 3- 4 BBS. Do you understand the problem now? Frankly, I don't believe the delay is working correctly. ------------ Category 8, Topic 23 Message 131 Mon Feb 07, 1994 H.HERMAN1 at 06:02 EST Ed, I sure hope you have saved some of your recent postings.... And, if you did, would you mind reposting the last two.... :) Thanks!! Howie ------------ Category 8, Topic 23 Message 132 Mon Feb 07, 1994 CBM-ED [e.g.bell] at 07:39 EST Dick: I'll try those last 2 posts again. :) RK> Do you understand the problem now? Frankly, I don't believe the RK> delay is working correctly. Yes, I understand it. However I know it is not the delay. The delay has nothing to do with how long a script runs or is allowed to run. It just specifies how lon the script will wait between characters from the modem. For example, suppose it is a reaaal slow night...lots of delays from the remote system... You get the letter 'e', and then 79 seconds of silence. The script would not time in that scenario because you have your delay set to 80 seconds. However, if the next letter took 81 seconds to arrive, the script would have timed out. In a situation where the text is streaming into the modem, you will never time out. The 'timer' starts at zero again every time a character comes in from the modem. I have a script that goes to the setting page and makes a bunch of settings for RTCM. It uses something like 21 or 22 cases and runs thru to completion every time. The reason I have had trouble testing your script more fully is that you read only marked messages, and I don't have any marked topics in those categories you use, but I'm going to go in and manually mark them so that I can test your script. Doing that, I should get as good a collection of messages or better. One thing that really throws me is that you say the script says it is terminating successfully. I know what that should mean, but I also know that things have happened over the years that I have been hard-put to explain, so I know better than to categorically say this cannot be happening. I'll test it myself. In the meantime, have you tried tracing script execution. This makes the screen harder to read, but does not change what goes into your buffer. All you have to do is press ALT while the script is running. This will tell you where you are in the script. You will be able to tell what case you are terminating on... if it is the same one all the time, etc. I suggest this because from what you are describing, the script seems happy with what has transpired. In order for that to happen, from the way I wrote the program, it should have gone through every case you set up. I'll try today to check also tho, but do give the trace a try. My earlier responses were messed up because I had to set my break char and I accidentally set my delete char to the same thing. duhhhhhhh! All is back now. :) ------------ Category 8, Topic 23 Message 133 Mon Feb 07, 1994 CBM-ED [e.g.bell] at 07:41 EST Howie (and Dick): I deleted the 2 garbled posts. No point making anyone read through that gibberish. :) ------------ Category 8, Topic 23 Message 134 Mon Feb 07, 1994 CBM-ED [e.g.bell] at 09:33 EST Dick: I now have some information for you that may prove useful. First a few things. Mark, you deserve a LOT of credit for making scripts so easy for people to create. Dick's does a LOT in a little bit of script and I really enjoy seeing people make them and the fact that someone took the time to put together a program to make making them so easy! Dick, your script is very well put together, and I have a couple of suggestions for you to make it even better. First, Dick, does the last screen full of data when the script terminates look anything like this: Hello CBM-ED Last On: Mon Feb 07, 1994 Category 1 Welcome to the Family and Personal Growth RT 1 ?rea all new cat=45 nor No messages found in category #45 1 ?m1 Script Successfully Completed Usage charges stopped P 1? If it looks anything like that, the script has worked as it should. Second, here is what I did to test your script, and it was a BIG JOB! First, I went into all of the BB's you visit and marked EVERY TOPIC in EVERY CATEGORY. aiiiiiiiii! Next, I executed your script. Here is what I got on my disks: 0 "blank disk " eb 3d 141 "00AutoBuffer" prg 141 "01AutoBuffer" prg 141 "02AutoBuffer" prg 141 "03AutoBuffer" prg 141 "04AutoBuffer" prg 141 "05AutoBuffer" prg 141 "06AutoBuffer" prg 141 "07AutoBuffer" prg 141 "08AutoBuffer" prg 141 "09AutoBuffer" prg 141 "10AutoBuffer" prg 141 "11AutoBuffer" prg 141 "12AutoBuffer" prg 141 "13AutoBuffer" prg 141 "14AutoBuffer" prg 141 "15AutoBuffer" prg 141 "16AutoBuffer" prg 141 "17AutoBuffer" prg 141 "18AutoBuffer" prg 141 "19AutoBuffer" prg 141 "20AutoBuffer" prg 81 "21AutoBuffer" prg As you can see, I got a LOT of information the way I set things up, and I'm reasonably sure you don't have all the stuff marked that I did. The script works as you intended, at least it did for me. There are a couple of things I did different than you. The first, which would not make a difference one way or the other, was, when I was marking things, set the prompt to none... (pro non) so that the menus do not come up every time a bb prompt is offered. Since the script is going to see '1 ?' every time either way, this change makes no difference to you at all. The second change, however, I did not make, but I recommend. This one may be the root of the problem you are having. When you start your script, on entry to page 625, the first thing you do is to send a 'scr 0' command, which is a good idea and cuts way down on the number of things the script has to parse for. Wish I had done that in most of my earlier scripts. However, you don't do this for any of the other BB's you enter. What happened to me, running your script, was that every time I entered a BB, I got to the first full screen and was prompted to press RETURN or make a new scroll setting. I just pressed S and RETURN and that set the scroll for the rest of the session in that BB, but the same had to be done in the very next RT. If this is what is happening to you, it might cause what you are experiencing, though it would not terminate successfully. At any rate, this is one thing you might want to look into. As I said, and as you can see from the list of files in this post, the script works fine except for that scroll thing. A couple of times GEnie delayed in the middle of a line, but it resumed long before it would have timed out, and I just pressed cursor-down to send an Xon just in case. And here is one other thing too... I did this during prime-time, which is a slower period for GEnie. I can do no more now that say your script is fine with the one possible exception. Does this sound like it may be the problem? O, and thanks for introducing me to a couple of interesting BB's. Dunno if I'll ever find time to visit there again, tho if I do I have a decent script to use. :) What I will do is probably put in a sub-case to test for the RETURN <S>Croll prompt with a 'repeat' token so that it will be handled if it occurs. ------------ Category 8, Topic 23 Message 135 Wed Feb 09, 1994 R.KIRK7 [Dick] at 21:38 EST CBM-ED Thanks for all the work checking my problem out. Your message caused my script to terminate while capturing it. Must have been the 1? in it. When I say it terminates I mean it acts like it isn't seeing the characters coming in, times out, and gives the Scropt Successfully Completed message. Sometimes it will put up the next page number i.e (m1430) right in the middle of capturing messages. I do get your example at the end when it works. This is usually after the second or third call. I hang up when it terminates on me as it also closes the buffer so I call back and re-execute it to get the rest of the messages. Incidently, I am using an Aprotek 2400 baud modem,1750 REU, 8 bank setup. Try that if you can rather than the Auto Buffer mode you used. How do you repeat extracts of my message when answering, by-the-way? Thanks agin for the help. My Dialog script does work. I like your programs saving to the REU banks better, however. It would be nice to get all through a message save without it terminating on me. ------------ Category 8, Topic 23 Message 136 Wed Feb 09, 1994 R.KIRK7 [Dick] at 21:59 EST CBM-ED I have PRO NONE set and for some reason my scripts SCR 0 on the first BB takes care of the scrolling on the remaining BB. I haven't experinced the having to restart the scrolling. Wonder why the difference. I originally had to use the scr 0 on every BB, I think. Could it be that doing it on the first visit to a BB takes care of it for subsequent? I haven't tried the trace mode yet. I will try to remember next attempt. If I every get a small file captured when it messes up on me is there a way to send it to you so you can se it? ------------ Category 8, Topic 23 Message 137 Thu Feb 10, 1994 CBM-ED [e.g.bell] at 08:40 EST Dick: RK> Your message caused my script to terminate while capturing it. RK> Must have been the 1? in it Yes, that is exactly what caused that. That is one thing I suggested you check, but it would not happen every time anyway tho. RK> it acts like it isn't seeing the characters coming in, times RK> out, and gives the Scropt Successfully Completed message. RK> Sometimes it will put up the next page number i.e (m1430) RK> right in the middle of capturing messages. I don't understand the last part of this. If this is happening, what it *should* mean is that there was a 1_? in the message somewhere that tripped the script up, but that should only ever have happened in the last BB or it would not have seen itself as completed. There is a series of registers called QUEUE that flags that there is more work to do, and reaching the end of that series is the only way a script can actually be 'finished'. RK> 1750 REU, 8 bank setup. Try that if you can rather than the RK> Auto Buffer mode you used. Good idea. I'll try that on my next day off, which is next week. :) RK> repeat extracts of my message when answering, by-the-way? I am using The Editor overlay, which was never released with versions prior to 2.02, and is included with 2.04. However, you could also do it using the QUOTER overlay, which you should have. RK> saving to the REU banks better You are using RamDOs, right... not DMA? I'll have to know so I can set up the same as you. RK> haven't experinced the having to restart the scrolling. Wonder RK> why the difference Did you set your scroll to 0 at the 'SETTINGS' page (900). That would explain that. The scr 0 you do in only temporary for that session in the BB. I did it too when I marked all the messages. RK> a small file captured when it messes up on me is there a way to RK> send it to you Just upload it. I can get it there. :) I am wondering now if it is not something to do with the REU, because except for the scroll, your script captured and saved everything... and I mean EVERYTHIN! :) That is a very interesting thing!!! ------------ Category 8, Topic 23 Message 138 Sat Feb 12, 1994 R.KIRK7 [Dick] at 18:46 EST E.G.Bell As I stated earlier, my RTCM set up is the 8 bank 1750 REU setup. I select DMA option 3. On the no scroll. I didn't find that as an option in the GENIE setup menu. I do have COMMAND MODE set to on which may explain why one No Scroll takes cake of all BB. I executed the script today and it worked ok through Case #11. It captured all the messages on page 1430;1 as it should then when the 1 ? prompt showed up - the Case #13- rea all new cat=45 nor came up instead of the case #12 - m1235;1 This happens quite often for some reason. Thanks for the help. ------------ Category 8, Topic 23 Message 139 Sun Feb 13, 1994 CBM-ED [e.g.bell] at 10:27 EST Dick: I just ran through all of your RT's again successfully. Got every new message of every topic of every category. I have banks 0-6 in my 1750 full of data. My script never stopped, never exited... the only thing that was mildly annoying was the scroll prompt every time I entered a new RT. I suspect you set your scroll to 0 at the settings page at some time or another, but I was able to just press s<return> and was good for the rest of the session. BTW, I also use command mode, and no prompts fwiw. Just for curiosity's sake, I have 2 questions. 1, why do you use DMA instead of RamDOs. It is not all that much faster considering that you have to move it out of there if you want to save it anyway... if you are just reading it and trashing it, I guess it makes a bit of sense. 2nd, and infinitely more important... if you use DMA, why do you have the page setting at 155 instead of 254 as the documentation suggests? It is a great waste of REU space doing it like that. You use defaults to change that setting, under the serial setting under the autosave sub-heading. I believe it is the last setting in the column and will force the buffer save at the full-buffer mark. I recommend you do that and it may solve the problem, tho I can't understand why. Bottom line, I just shot another 40 minutes buffering messages from 4 RT's. I just can't duplicate your results and I'm using your script, the 1750 and DMA now, a Supra 2400, with Omnitronix interface, and a flat 128. The REU is mounted in the front port of the ramlink, the same as if it were in the computer itself. There is not much else I can tell you. Your script works for me no matter what I throw at it, and if I put 1 more test in each of the BB entry cases that tested and replied to that scroll prompt, I could leave the thing unattended. :) Try changing your page setting and see what happens. Do your reads get you 8 or more pages of data? ------------ Category 8, Topic 23 Message 140 Sun Feb 13, 1994 CBM-ED [e.g.bell] at 10:36 EST Dick: One other suggestion before i completely throw in the towel. Try going in and reading all of your script stuff manually, outside of the script once. (make the page setting change tho). The auto-buffer will still work. But if 1 message is kicking you out, perhaps it is never getting completely read and it is the same message kicking you out every time. This is a stab, but I have tried everything else. :) ------------ ************ Topic 37 Tue Oct 15, 1991 C128-BILL [Bill] (Forwarded) Sub: Dialogue 128 Support Product Support area for Dialogue 128, by Gary Farmaner 34 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 8, Topic 37 Message 33 Thu Feb 10, 1994 A.PEROTTI at 22:46 EST I have a couple of Dialogue questions. First, what modifications do I make to the load file to get CMD HD time info into Dialogue? Second, how does one write .ext programs for Dialogue? I presume they must be ML, but what are the memory limits for the programs and how do they interface to the main program? Thanks, Tony Perotti ------------ Category 8, Topic 37 Message 34 Sun Feb 13, 1994 H.HERMAN1 at 02:43 EST Tony, Do a search under h.herman1 or howie-cbm (as uploader) and you will turn up a file that will describe how to set up the Dialogue starter for auto time setting, using CMD's RTC. That same search will also turn up files for auto setting the date and time in cs/dos and CP/M. (Did I upload a file describing how Pocket Writer 3 can also have a date file, which in turn is automatically inserted into correspondence?) Howie ------------ ************ Topic 1 Mon Nov 01, 1993 J.MACINNES at 23:10 EST Sub: Spence XP BBS If anyone has any questions, or problems setting up the Spence XP BBS, I'm all ears. 16 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 9, Topic 1 Message 14 Sun Feb 06, 1994 J.MACINNES at 22:19 EST Greetings All, A day or so ago I uploaded the latest version of Spence XP; version 6.4a. Along with that, and the point of this message, I uploaded the SPXP-LINKS.ARC. This archive hasn't as yet appeared in the directories, for whatever reasons, but a few things need to be mentioned about it. This archive contains three files: "links" basic source, "links" compiled, and a documentation file. The doc file was written back in '92 and since then a number of changes of taken place. To add the l-LINKS game package to your BBS, you need to do the following (instead of what the docs instruct): - Type "EDIT" from the main prompt to go to the Edit link. - Type "STAT" to enter the Config Menu. - Select Menu "G", the Links Menu. - From this menu there are three options: 1-List, 2-Add, 3-Delete. You should then add the new link. Enter "LINKS". On your link disk you should have l- LINKS. As an after thought, I should mention that the links archive is a package of user/game oriented programs. Included are: Quiz (Multiple Choice or Short Answer), Vote (User lengthy responses to a sysop created question), Poll (User created multiple choice polls), Chess (Two player chess platform), Hangman (Simple Hangman game which uses user names or a words file of your creation), and Ads (A BBS ads section). The docs instructions for each section are still relevant and correct. Jason ------------ Category 9, Topic 1 Message 15 Mon Feb 07, 1994 C128.JBEE at 01:19 EST The LINKS file has not been released yet because it looks like it is corrupted and the other sysops had trouble dissolving it. If I do not have better luck, you will have to upload it again. Since the other BBS files do not need this archive to run, I decided not to hold the other files up while this one was examined closer. :) ------------ Category 9, Topic 1 Message 16 Mon Feb 07, 1994 J.MACINNES at 20:24 EST C128.JBEE, That's odd. Regardless, I took the opportunity to create a new arc with an additional doc seq outlining how to add the links program to v6.4 (as I did in my previous message). If there's any trouble with this archive please let me know. Hm... Jason ------------ ************ Topic 5 Wed Feb 09, 1994 LLOYD at 01:08 EST Sub: Mouse Wanted Looking for new mice. 3 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 10, Topic 5 Message 1 Wed Feb 09, 1994 LLOYD at 01:09 EST Mine's just about worn out. Need replacements. (2) Lloyd ------------ Category 10, Topic 5 Message 2 Wed Feb 09, 1994 GEOS-TIM at 22:37 EST Check out CMD. I believe they have some in stock, plus they are coming out with their own mouse. :) -Tim ------------ Category 10, Topic 5 Message 3 Wed Feb 09, 1994 CMD-DOUG at 22:48 EST We sold out of the ones we brought in from Europe quickly. Our own mouse is still a couple of weeks away from going into production. ------------ ************ Topic 10 Thu Jan 27, 1994 C.GOLAB at 12:00 EST Sub: C-128 for sale Great condition, has been in box for years while I used my Amiga. 3 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 10, Topic 10 Message 3 Thu Feb 10, 1994 M.BRIGHT at 21:16 EST leave me e-mail on the 128 as to price extras etc m.bright ------------ ************ Topic 13 Sat Jan 29, 1994 MIKE2 at 01:38 EST Sub: For Sale: Complete 128D System 128D system for sale, complete with ALL manuals, disks, software, and peripherals. 7 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 10, Topic 13 Message 7 Sun Feb 06, 1994 R.PATERNOST2 [Ray] at 18:42 EST MIKE2: If you didn't get my latest e-mail by the time you read this message, please call me voice at 504-737-9099. I WANT THAT SYSTEM!! ------------ ************ Topic 15 Mon Feb 07, 1994 E.TOLBERT at 21:37 EST Sub: Commodore Equipment Cheap! See first message 4 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 10, Topic 15 Message 1 Mon Feb 07, 1994 E.TOLBERT at 21:39 EST I have the following items for sale all of which is in excellent condition. All prices includes shipping and COD. Qty Name Price Hardware 1 Accelarator Plus Drive with JiffyDOS 5.0 $60 1 C128D w/JiffyDOS 6.0 $240 drive 8/9/10/11 switches 1 Super Expander 64 $15 1 The Right Time $20 Keeps the correct time and date on your C64/128 Needs BR2325 Battery 1 1750 Ram Expansion Unit $75 1 Mach 128 Cartridge $25 1 PPI(Parallel Printer Interface) $25 S O F T W A R E 2 Super Pascal 64 $15 each 1 Super Pascal 128 $15 1 Super C 128 $15 1 Copy II 64/128 $10 1 GEOS 128 V1.2 w/manual $10 1 Inside The 64 $15 1 Team Mate 128 $15 WordProcessor DataBase, Spreadsheet 80 columns 1 Epyx Programmers BASIC $15 Toolkit/for the 64 1 Big Blue Reader $15 1 SwiftCalc 128 $15 1 Fleet System 4 1 ChartPAK 128 $15 B O O K S F O R S A L E 2 Digital Research CP/M Plus Prog User Gde $15 1 Fleet System/2 User's Guide # 1 Comal Handbook by Len Lindsay # 1 1571 User's Guide # 1 Commodore 64 Sound & Graphics # 1 Commodore 128 Programming Secrets # 1 Commodore 64 MicroComputer User's Guide # 1 Commodore 128 Programmer's Ref Guide # 1 GEOS 2.0 User's Manual # 1 Writer's Manual workshop # 1 GEOS 128 V2.0 User's Manual Addendum # 1 Fontpack 1 User's Manual # 1 Flexidraw Manual # 1 Plus/4 Higgy Term Manual # 1 Commodore 128 CP/M User's Guide $10 1 Bobsterm Pro Manual # 1 Pocket Planner 2 Ref Guide Spreadsheet # 1 Pocket Planner 2 Ref Guide Wordprocessor # 1 Pocket Planner 2 Ref Guide DataBase # #Make offer on one are all. ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& This equipment belongs to Don Messer. Email if and I will contact him for you. &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& C64 $45 Commodore 1702 monitor $75 1541C drive $60 C128 $85 300 Baud Modem $12 Epyx Fast Load $25 Super Graphics Interface $25 Magnavox Green Screen $40 ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& This Equipment belongs to Bob Goldstein email me, and I will contact him for you. 1 SX 64 $200 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& This equipment belongs to Bill Asbaugh 216 936 2382 Call after 2pm on Sunday or after 6pm on weekends Amdek Color monitor &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& ------------ Category 10, Topic 15 Message 2 Tue Feb 08, 1994 E.TOLBERT at 20:35 EST PLEASE NOTE THAT THE ITEMS WHICH DO NOT BELONG TO ME THE PRICES DO NOT INCLUDE SHIPPING AND COD. ------------ Category 10, Topic 15 Message 3 Wed Feb 09, 1994 LLOYD at 00:56 EST Oh, No! The CBM broker is back on here! Keep it up Ed.... Lloyd :) ------------ Category 10, Topic 15 Message 4 Sun Feb 13, 1994 E.TOLBERT at 09:06 EST Monty Montgomery has the following equipment for sale: 1 C128 $85 1 1571 $85 His prices do not include shipping and COD ------------ ************ Topic 18 Tue Feb 08, 1994 D.BOBER [RENTaLASER] at 00:59 EST Sub: 1571 Drive and REU for sale... 2 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 10, Topic 18 Message 1 Tue Feb 08, 1994 D.BOBER [RENTaLASER] at 01:28 EST 1571 Disk Drive $95 -- Includes 1st. Class Postage and insurance 1764 REU (unexpanded) $45 -- Includes 1st. Class Postage and insurance Flight Simulator II $6 -- Includes 1st. Class Postage Send E-Mail to D.Bober ------------ Category 10, Topic 18 Message 2 Tue Feb 08, 1994 P.LIEBERMAN at 04:05 EST I'll take that flight simulator, if no one's beat me to it. I'll send info by e-mail. ------------ ************ Topic 26 Fri Dec 31, 1993 W.SHRAKE [ward] at 12:10 EST Sub: WANTED: old magazines Looking for certain old magazines, Transactor and Ahoy! among them, also some Commodore. Like hardware articles; almost any thing that has programming / hardware articles considered. 7 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 10, Topic 26 Message 6 Tue Feb 08, 1994 R.SNYDER2 at 02:05 EST E-Mail me a list of what you need. I have some dups (hundreds) including the first 3 vols of Transactor before it went public. ------------ Category 10, Topic 26 Message 7 Tue Feb 08, 1994 CBM-ED [e.g.bell] at 09:02 EST RS: As per the Email I sent you, I would be interested in the vol 1-3 Transactors you have. thanks! egb ------------ ************ Topic 38 Sun Jan 30, 1994 A.METTS [Allan] at 11:03 EST Sub: Commodore 64 MIDI Music System Commodore 64 Stuff with MIDI for sale cheap! Read on... 2 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 10, Topic 38 Message 2 Thu Feb 10, 1994 M.BRIGHT at 21:36 EST SOLD!!! m.bright will e-mail deyails ------------ ************ Topic 2 Fri Dec 24, 1993 C128.JBEE (Forwarded) Sub: TWIN CITIES 128/64 TWIN CITIES 128/64 - The Commodore Specific Computer Journal. Providing original articles and news since 1986. 5 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 11, Topic 2 Message 4 Sat Feb 12, 1994 P.KELLER5 at 22:53 EST So you only get 2 issues per year? For example, issue #32 was July 92, issue #33 was January 93, and issue #34 was August 93? This is from the issues I got were #32 & #33, and R.KIRK7 stating he got #34. So the 12 isue subscription to TC 64/128 is actually a 6 year/2 times per year subscription? ------------ Category 11, Topic 2 Message 5 Sun Feb 13, 1994 J.BARBER9 [dan barber] at 15:38 EST When is the next issue due out? Also I would like a catalouge of all the commdore products you sell. I asked before and you said that it would be out with the next issue of TC, but that was half a year ago! This seems like bad bussiness pratice to me. To wait to give someone a catalouge when they might be a good souce of revenue? Dan ------------ ************ Topic 2 Thu Oct 24, 1991 C128.JBEE [* Sysop *] at 04:36 EDT Sub: Ram Link This topic is for comments, suggestions, and news about CMD's Ramlink. 280 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 12, Topic 2 Message 267 Fri Feb 11, 1994 E.WHITAKER2 [Scormus] at 02:33 EST doug, the switch is clicking. The problem doesn't seem to occur often, & I haven't isolated any specific circumstances. I'm tempted to think that it could be software related now, though. I just noticed that Superscript won't reset properly unless the super snapshot cart is installed. IT's to prevent people from examining the code, I guess, but if you don't exit through the software's quit function, the computer locks up. H.Herman1 >> The ram APPEARS to be intact, and some of it is verifiably so but I don't know for sure that the system area was the only part that was rewritten. The whole thing was scary as h**k though. As for which programs I have online, Search for Scormus. That's a key word on all of them. There's a very useful version of find, among others. Scormus aka Eeek ------------ Category 12, Topic 2 Message 268 Fri Feb 11, 1994 C.OGLE2 [V128_B.Stick] at 04:02 EST While we're on the Ramlink subject... I was reading in Compute'S C128 Programmers guide that the 128's can't access 2 relative files simultaneously, yet out of curiosity I tried in on both my Ramlink and HD, with no problems. Will this cause any unforseen side effects, or were CMD products adapted to do this? ------------ Category 12, Topic 2 Message 269 Fri Feb 11, 1994 CMD-DOUG at 04:53 EST Accessing more than one REL file at once is not a shortcoming of the computer itself - it is generally a limitation of a specific drive, based on the number of buffers available. The limitation of one REL file applies only to 1541 and 1571 disk drives (or clones). The 1581, RAMLink, FD and HD can all handle at least two (the FD and HD can actually handle several). ------------ Category 12, Topic 2 Message 270 Fri Feb 11, 1994 D.BOBER [RENTaLASER] at 22:49 EST Having a problem with RamLink/GEOS and a C128D... First, this is how I had RamLink/GEOS configured with my FLAT 128. GateWay is located in a NATV Partition. Part.#1 RamLinks default device number is 8 I have a Super 1750 Clone REU installed in the RAM PORT. It is Partition number 31. (for Switcher and geoWizard) And I had a 1571 drive set at device #9 Now when I boot gateway from RamLink (#8), everything worked fine. I nnever had a problem...Until I bought a refurbished C128D... Before iI installed RamLink, I changed the device number in the Internal drdrive to #9. (Cut the trace closest to the front of the Computer.) But when I boot GateWay from RamLink (#8) it starts to load, but freezes right after the Pull-down menus and the date/time appear. The Trash can and drivers never appear. Neither does the filePad. Just stops... I have tried to boot from the floppy boot disk, same result. Even tried to boot from the Master GEOS Disk (after pressing SWAP 9), again, GEOS starts to boot, the DeskTop appears, so does the trash, then CRASH! Now, if I disable RamLink, and boot from the GEOS Master Disk, it works, but you obviously can't access the RamLink... Any Ideas??? Is there any reason I can't change the internal drive number to 9... :( ------------ Category 12, Topic 2 Message 271 Fri Feb 11, 1994 D.BOBER [RENTaLASER] at 23:03 EST Oh, I forgot... All my other software, both 64 and 128 loads and runs from RamLink flawlessly. Just having a problem with GEOS... Thanks ------------ Category 12, Topic 2 Message 272 Fri Feb 11, 1994 CMD-DOUG at 23:54 EST Could be any of a number of things... If you aren't running with the timing jumper clip installed, that would be something to try. Position of the Normal/Direct switch also can cause boot failure if it isn't set exactly the same way as it was when the boot disk was created. Something could also be messed up in the System area of RAMLink, so you may have to ZAP SYSTEM and recreate the partitions. ------------ Category 12, Topic 2 Message 273 Sat Feb 12, 1994 C128.JBEE at 03:34 EST If you have this problem using gateWay it is usually because your disk drivers are not in proper order. Since you did not mention gateWay, I will assume you do not have it. So, run your OLD boot disk on the flat 128 with Ramlink, then pick the configure file and set up the drive sequence the way you want it with the 1571 attached (or in this case with a C-128D). Then save the configure file. Next time you boot GEOS on the 128D, it will properly search for the drives. Sometimes you have to configure the 1571 as a 1541 if you are having problems booting (especially with the Maverick boot). When using the normal deskTop, you HAVE to have the A/B drives as 8/9. ------------ Category 12, Topic 2 Message 274 Sat Feb 12, 1994 D.BOBER [RENTaLASER] at 10:50 EST I am using GateWay. The switches are in the same position as before. This morning, I connected RamLink to my Flat 128 and GEOS/GateWay booted with no lock-up. Everything worked. Also I do have the jumper clip ins [A [C [C [C [C [A [B [C [C [B [D [D [D [D [D [D [D [D [Dd on the PLA. On the 128D that is... ------------ Category 12, Topic 2 Message 275 Sat Feb 12, 1994 M.RANDALL2 [Maurice] at 11:35 EST Obviously, your RamLink is working OK, you've proven that on your C-128. But you need to figure out if the problem exists with it being connected to the 128-D or if it is just a problem with the 128-D itself, or if it is the internal drive. Since you can't disconnect the drive, put your RamLink back on the C-128 and boot up gateWay. Then, delete all the disk drivers except the one you need for the RL. This way, when gateWay boots up, it won't even attempt to look for the 1571, and any access problems with it won't occur. So, put the RL back into the 128-D and boot it up. If it comes up OK, then the problem is with the 1571. If it still does not work then it is a problem either with the computer or the computer/RL combination. Keep testing. ------------ Category 12, Topic 2 Message 276 Sat Feb 12, 1994 D.BOBER [RENTaLASER] at 14:57 EST M.Randall2... ...Thats it!!!! I booted gateWay/GEOS from my flat 128, removed the 1571 driver from the partition. Plugged RamLink into the 128D, booted gateWay, and it worked. Just can't use the internal 1571 drive. There must be a defect in the 128D and or the drive. I bought it from a mail order company. Its going back on Monday...Damn. Before I send it back, is there anything I can do to make the drive work with gateWay/RamLink? Thanks alot for all your jhelp!!! I really appreciate it! :) ------------ Category 12, Topic 2 Message 277 Sat Feb 12, 1994 M.RANDALL2 [Maurice] at 18:09 EST Now that you've got it narrowed down to the drive, here's the next thing to check. My 128D is very sensitive to having certain monitors sitting on top of it. It will mess up about 10 percent of the time and it only seems to happen with certain programs. But ever since I changed the layout, it hasn't faulted yet. I now have two 1541s sitting on top of the D and then a power center on top of the 1541s. Then on top of the power center is the monitor. I think that the 1541s are providing a good shield for the built-in 1571. Try relocating your monitor and see what happens. Also, pay attention to little things like how the drive sounds, if the heads sound like they are moving smoothly. Does the drive start spinning if a disk is either removed or inserted? If not, then that is one problem to investigate. You might also have to do a ram test of the drive. Maybe somebody else has some other ideas. But I'd check the monitor for messing up the drive first. ------------ Category 12, Topic 2 Message 278 Sat Feb 12, 1994 D.BOBER [RENTaLASER] at 20:21 EST My monitor doesn't sit on the computer. In fact, nothing sits on the computer. The drive starts spinning when a disk is inserted and removed. How do you do a drive RAM test? ------------ Category 12, Topic 2 Message 279 Sun Feb 13, 1994 M.RANDALL2 [Maurice] at 01:03 EST Here's a little BASIC program that will test the ram area that the GEOS turbo code resides in within any drive that GEOS can use. It works on the 1541,1571,1581,HD,and FD. Since it's a BASIC program, it's kinda slow, but it works. It will take almost a minute and a half to run, and will work on either a 64 or 128. 10 input"device number to test";dv 20 print:print"wait, testing drive ram..." 30 vl=85:gosub100 40 vl=170:gosub100 50 print"drive ram is ok":end 100 open15,dv,15:ad=768 110 for m=1to32 120 ah=int(ad/256):al=ad and 255 130 a$=chr$(vl):forl=1to31:a$=a$+chr$(vl):next 140 print#15,"m-w"chr$(al)chr$(ah)chr$(32)a$ 150 ad=ad+32:next 160 print#15 170 ad=768 180 form=1to4 190 ah=int(ad/256):al=ad and 255 200 print#15,"m-r"chr$(al)chr$(ah)chr$(0) 210 for l=1to256:get#15,a$:if a$=""then a$=chr$(0) 220 if vl<>asc(a$)then print"ram failed!!!":close15:end 230 next:ad=ad+256:next:close15:return In addition to running this test on your D's 1571, try something else. Try to verify that the problem doesn't exist with the fast bus electronics of the 1571. There are a couple of tests you could try. Switch JiffyDos off and time how long it takes to load a plain old BASIC file in 128 mode. Then time it on your C-128 with your other 1571. If there is a big difference, then you are getting close to the problem. Also, copy the 1541 disk driver to your RamLink with your C-128. Then plug the RL back into your 128D and issue the command @U0>M0 to the 1571 with a single-sided disk in the drive. Now boot up gateWay from the RamLink and see if gateWay will run your 1571 in 1541 mode. Keep checking... ------------ Category 12, Topic 2 Message 280 Sun Feb 13, 1994 H.HERMAN1 at 02:43 EST It might be prudent to take another look at the device changing board cut. Is it a clean cut all the way thru? Any little bits of metal left floating around inside the 128? Howie ------------ ************ Topic 4 Thu Oct 24, 1991 C128.JBEE [* Sysop *] at 04:48 EDT Sub: HD Series Hard Drives A place to post questions, answers, comments, and suggestions for the CMD HD series of Hard Drives for the C64 and C128. 202 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 12, Topic 4 Message 198 Thu Feb 10, 1994 A.PEROTTI at 22:45 EST I recently bought a CMD HD40 and I love it. I have run into two problems that I need some advice/help with. 1. I have installed GEOS 128v2 on the HD in a 1581 partition using the procedures outlined in the manual. I created a boot disk on a 1581 drive using Maverick v5 and loaded all the files needed on that disk. The 1581 floppy boots just fine. I then MCOPY-ed the disk to a 1581 partition. The HD partition will not boot. I followed the procedure twice just to make sure that I didn't make a mistake. Any ideas??? 2. I have also installed CS-DOS on a native mode partition and that seems to work just fine...until I try to unzip (using bvunzip) or unarc (using csxarc). If the HD is one of the devices involved in the operation my computer locks up. Is this normal? I have tried using native and 1581 partitions with the same result. Any suggestions??? For reference I am running the HD on a 128D with a 1581 and a 1541 attached. I have a Super 1750 Clone and an RS232 interface to a modem connected as well. Thanks, Tony Perotti ------------ Category 12, Topic 4 Message 199 Fri Feb 11, 1994 CMD-DOUG at 05:04 EST Before creating a '1581' boot disk, make sure you have the HD version of CONFIGURE (128 CONFIGURE in your case) installed on the disk you boot from (your SYSTEM disk). This disk must be used to create the Maverick boot disk. The way I did this with Maverick myself (years ago) was to SWAP the HD in, in place of a real 1581, just before the actual boot disk was to be written. Lot's of folks have found Maverick to be finicky, though, so we created geoMakeBoot a couple of years ago to perform this task. It has a number of advantages and really simplifies making boot disks and partitions, so I very much recommend getting it if you can't get around your problems with Maverick. ------------ Category 12, Topic 4 Message 200 Fri Feb 11, 1994 A.PEROTTI at 07:02 EST Thanks for the prompt response, Doug. I think my mistake was that I did not transfer the new CONFIGURE 128 file to the original boot disk. I'll try that and let you know if it works. Tony ------------ Category 12, Topic 4 Message 201 Fri Feb 11, 1994 C128.JBEE at 18:11 EST Not only is geoMakeBoot easier to use, it is cheaper too. Only reason I bought Maverick was for the geoboot and it has been sitting idle ever since :P I never was able to get the Geos file copiers in Maverick to work correctly with my system either. ------------ Category 12, Topic 4 Message 202 Sun Feb 13, 1994 H.HERMAN1 at 02:42 EST Tony, Regarding your cs/dos question, have you properly assigned the drives? Also, and *very important* for some cs/dos applications, you *cannot* use assigned drives other than 0. So, for example, if you are using a partition that happens to be 9, then default (@cp9) to that partition first. And, finally, while the docs do not describe a need for drive designators within commands, by using them, you can avoid lots of probs. Howie ------------ ************ Topic 24 Sat Oct 23, 1993 MRABOY at 09:22 EDT Sub: Superbase 3.01 KEEP US GOING!!!! 30 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 12, Topic 24 Message 29 Sun Feb 06, 1994 R.SMITH32 at 02:21 EST Because if i mess with the start.p program on my boot disk, it won't boot anymore. The modified start.p has to be on the data disk. Believe me, I've tried. So now when I'm prompted to insert my data disk after bootup I then change to the parent directory of the 1581 sub where I can put a modified start.p. ------------ Category 12, Topic 24 Message 30 Sat Feb 12, 1994 J.KARN at 11:35 EST To RSmith32. Actually you can alter the start.p program on your Superbase boot disk if your really feel up to. I've done a similar thing to my Superscript boot disk sot that the default printdriver file is a customized file for my Star SD-10 with all the macros built in (e.g. ESC p to change drive partitions). Thing is, you gotta do it with a track and sector editor like Disk Doctor or Peek-A-Byte 128. As you know, any attempt to delete the old start.p program and replace it with a modified version just overwrites the damn copy protection scheme. Also the modified start.p program will have to be on a portion of the disk where there are no copy protection errors. Obviously, you only attempt this on a backup copy of the boot disk. J.Karn ------------ ************ Topic 29 Sat Dec 18, 1993 J.SERAFINO at 16:48 EST Sub: General CMD DOS Functions & Programming A place to ask questions or make comments on general CMD DOS functions, commands, programming, etc. If it has to do with CMD DOS, but isn't specific to a single CMD device, this is a good place to discuss it. 29 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 12, Topic 29 Message 22 Sun Feb 06, 1994 J.SERAFINO at 14:17 EST Doug, I need your expert help ------------ Category 12, Topic 29 Message 23 Sun Feb 06, 1994 J.SERAFINO at 14:25 EST I've got the File copy module almost done. I was able to get more into it than I expected to. Right now, The "source" is the current directory/dvc you were in when you started the module. You are presented with the file list from the main window. The files that you wish to copy are selected from this list. Underneath, there is an area to set up the target. The module will display dest. dvc#, and partition and path if necessary. I have almost all the error checking done except there is no way for me to tell if your destination path is exactly the same as your source path, because there is no parameters for the source path to compare to. (except device number). Any Ideas? ---JohnS ------------ Category 12, Topic 29 Message 24 Sun Feb 06, 1994 CMD-DOUG at 20:27 EST Well, if your copier is written in a such a way that it doesn't mind copying to the same device, then your only real problem is in copying to the same specific directory... and so long as you're checking for errors after attempting to open the destination file, you should be able to trap a 'file exists' error right about then. :) ------------ Category 12, Topic 29 Message 25 Tue Feb 08, 1994 J.SERAFINO at 18:43 EST No, It doesn't mind copying to the same device. And the problem is copying to the same specific directory. You DO get a "file exists" error, and a message to overwrite... but your toast if you select yes, and your target directory is the same as your source. Somehow, Ii have to make it smart enough to realize the directories are the same... But as I said, I don't have info about the source dir to compare to the user-inputted target dir. My problem is I need a real slick way of doing this. With all the other error checking, such as checking to see if the target device exists, what type it is, what partition and type, if the dir exists, etc. I dont have uch room to do much else. (modules are only 2k, remember). I hoped that opening the source file in read mode first, then opening the write file would generate an error, but it doesn't. ("file not input file, or something"...) ---JohnS ------------ Category 12, Topic 29 Message 26 Tue Feb 08, 1994 CMD-DOUG at 23:44 EST So I assume that what you're saying is that you wish to allow the user to replace an existing file with the same name (provided it isn't in the same directory). There are some tricks you could use to get by this, I suppose. The first which comes to mind is that you could create the new file under a temporary name, scratch the old file, then rename the new one. This, of course, requires some extra space. You could also read the directory headers from the two directories and compare the 'parent' pointers. This can be done without direct track and sector access, but you would have to know the path of the source directory (as well as the path of the target)... unless the source directory has been made 'current' by regular DOS commands. In which case, you need only know the path of the target directory. There are probably some other methods, though they get even more involved. ------------ Category 12, Topic 29 Message 27 Wed Feb 09, 1994 J.SERAFINO at 20:42 EST Well, The module is compatible with all devices, naturally. It knows what type of device you set as the target. (and if a "path" is necessary. ) The source device/directory is whatever is currently being displayed on the main window when the module is invoked. I'm not sure that you understand what the problem is, I possibly explained it wrong. If your source device / directory is your HD, for example, and you are currently in a native partition, say //sidplayer/music files when you invoke the copy module, it is possible to set that same path as the target, which results in big trouble. I was counting on a DOS error when you try to open the same file for write as was opend for read. i.e I open the source file for reading, then open the target with the user supplied path. If the files are one and the same, I expected a DOS error to result, and I could use this error to inform the user thet the target path is the same as the source. No checking is needed if the current and target device numbers are different.... If I had a little more space, I could read the source path and compare it to the user-inputted target path. ????????? ------------ Category 12, Topic 29 Message 28 Wed Feb 09, 1994 CMD-DOUG at 22:58 EST John, I did understand it. The work-arounds I described are valid methods. As far as errors for having a file open for both read and write goes, it is intentionally a valid thing to do, so there is no error. An error only occurs if you attempt to write to a file already open for writing. ------------ Category 12, Topic 29 Message 29 Thu Feb 10, 1994 J.SERAFINO at 20:05 EST Yes, and thank you. Was a bit of a struggle getting it in the remaining space I had, but the module functions perfectly, now. I'll upload to your mailbox, and you can tell me what you think. (I'll probably do this tomorrow...) ---JohnS ------------ ************ Topic 6 Mon Dec 06, 1993 QT.PIE [Sherry] at 17:55 EST Sub: Acronyms A place for your favorite and most unusual ACRONYMS! These Acronyms will be placed in an upcoming Trivia File! 16 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 16, Topic 6 Message 12 Sat Feb 12, 1994 MIKE.DUNCAN [Scratch] at 11:29 EST Hi everbody! It's been a while. Glad to see that this place is still going strong. Has anybody posted this one? GMAFB -- Give me a friggen break! ------------ Category 16, Topic 6 Message 13 Sat Feb 12, 1994 C128-QT.PIE at 13:27 EST Hi Scratch! Welcome back! I haven't seen that one yet :) Thanks! ------------ Category 16, Topic 6 Message 14 Sat Feb 12, 1994 THE.OUTLAW at 17:30 EST Not sure if all these fit in this Catagory but I think you'll enjoy them just the same! :> A quick glossary of Fidonet poltical and technical terms: Bark Something dogs do when they want something WaZOO Wynn told me it was Warp-Zillion, Opus-to-Opus but I don't buy that since other mailers can do it too... Personally, I think it's a short name for the Washington Zoo. YooHoo Kinda like a knock on a door. This phrase is usually used by old ladies and oh yea, by WaZOO- compatible mailers such as BT, FD, DB, Opus and Dutchie. YaHOO A name given to YOOHOO by a developer who didn't want to play. EMSI A poor spelling of ELSIE, a famous cow. NewHoo An incredibly stupid name for something that doesn't exist. FTSC Fidonet Turkey and Salami Committee. Their task is to prepare the luncheons for FidoCon. IFNA Intra-Fidonet Nuclear Arsenal (Luckily for all of us, it was disarmed before it exploded.) RC Real cool - no further explanation needed. REC Really extra cool - ditto NC Nearly cool (pretty cool, but not "Real cool") NEC National Evangelical Convention, or a brand of computer equipment and monitors. ZC Zone Czar (A Godlike person who has a blast deciding the fate of the rest of us in a zone I think he could just say "OK, new rule: only PS/2 systems allowed in this zone." if he felt like it. [or maybe all nodes must display ANSI- purple logon banners]) It has been rumored that the ZC is fourth in line for the presidency of the United States, should the President, Vice-President and House-Speaker all happen to die at the same time. ZEC Zone Entertainment Czar - This is the diety who tells other people what to do with their hard-earned money. (At FidoCon, I think he's in charge of hiring the band...) *C A command in some mailers to substitute the actually connect string when spawing a BBS Policy A document generally read only by those who created it. It's supposed to be followed, but most feel "rules were made to be broken." Echo- Policy A system whereby the non-technical people try to tell the software developers what to do. Flame Usually relating to fire; often involves smoke. Fido- news The most widely-read publication in history. Node- list A list of all the people that want to receive junkmail, bombing-runs, viruses, trojan destructo programs and generally unsolicited mail (and kids sending file-requests hoping to find pirated games) Standard An oxymoron meaning "somthing that is supposed to stay the same but changes constantly." Zonegate Somewhere to send your mail if you don't care if it gets read by the operators of the 14 systems it will pass through. Also, if you want your mail to take a few days getting there, this option is it! Protocol Something that R2-D2 knew over 1,200 of. ZMODEM A file transfer protocol that keeps going even if the recieving machine crashes. Second only to SEAlink, it's "pretty fast." and used by all mailers at the Washington Zoo. ZEDZAP An altered version of ZMODEM named after the fact that Europeans simply can't call it "ZEE-MODEM." The ZAP part is because the maximum packet size was stretched to 8K just so mailer authors would have to allocate that much extra memory so a transfer could go a minute percentage faster. Again, a requirement for all mailers at the Washington Zoo. XMODEM Something we all used previously - like "XWIFE." MODEM7 Absolutely the most ingenious way ever invented to transfer a filename to a remote system. (Just kidding - I could write it in greek faster...) TELINK A slower clone of the SEAlink protocol. Generally used only in the U.K. at tea-time, but also by some "XX" mailers when talking to the first commercial Fidonet-compatible mailer. SEAlink A method of sending data overseas, usually using a large freighter or other seaworthy vessel. The diskettes are loaded into the cargo hold where they are stored until they reach the other side of the ocean, seconds later. (It should be noted that calculations PROVE that SEAlink is in all cases much faster than ZMODEM) YMODEM Why use a modem - mail a floppy disk! Janus Definiately a God of Greek or Roman origin (I forget which) Fidonet Something created by Tom Jennings that grew into something none of us could have expected. Fight- O-Net A name given to the network by a famous mailer author who shall go un-named. NET 107 Fidonet's New York-based labratory where cruel routing and forwarding topologies were tested in the mid-to-late 80's. Because of this cruel mind-bending, most sysops in NET 107 doesn't understand how simple things can be configured. Alternate- network A place to go when the politics get too thick in Fidonet. (Just remember the saying about the grass being greener...) Politics Something that happens when you get three or more people together. (With just two people, it's called a fight.) Point A system designed to make mailer and ECHOmail processor authors go absolutely crazy and want to kill each other. Censor- ship The worst thing that could possibly happen within Fidonet. The penalty should be death by horrible torture, but unfortunately, current policy does allow for capital-punishment. Mailer- Author Someeone who MUST be crazy, receives both praise and flames constantly and must make sense of all of the technical stuff. I think that it's more important to be a philosopher than a programmer to be a "mailer- author." After all, mailers are simple programs - a kid could write one... Utility- Author Someone smart enough to know not to write another mailer. BBS- Author I think the last count was 2,492,192 BBS packages in the world. Of those, there's a few-dozen good ones. Both should be considered BBS authors, but the good ones know who they are. SysOp Short for Sysmagraph Operator - this is the person who monitors the earthquakes. They don't usually warn us about anything, but tell us how bad we're hurt when we already know. -------------- Daffynitions. AUTOMOBILE - A mechanical device that runs up hills and down people. BRAIN -- the apparatus with which we think that we think. BATCH - A group, kinda like a herd. GAY ABANDON - Homosexual repellent perfume. JURY -- Twelve people who determine which client has the better lawyer. KODACLONE - duplicating film. MOP AND GLOW - Floor wax used by Three Mile Island cleanup team. QUARKBAR - the candy with flavour and charm. QUASIMOTO - 4 wheeled hard-top moped made in France. SQWERTY - Computer keyboard sized down for use by children. TRAPEZOID - A device for catching zoids. XMODEM - A spot-marking transfer protocol. YTERM - A terminal program for queries. ------------ Category 16, Topic 6 Message 15 Sat Feb 12, 1994 C128-QT.PIE at 17:34 EST Wow Cam! You've been busy! :) ------------ Category 16, Topic 6 Message 16 Sun Feb 13, 1994 C.EFTHIMIOU [brat] at 08:37 EST HI have one for the books. ==PMS==> Pack My Suitcase Hope u enjoyed that. ------------