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- Topic 1 Tue Oct 29, 1991
- C128-BILL [Bill] at 10:22 EST
- Sub: Welcome to the FlagShip Bulletin Board
-
- Welcome. You have now entered an interactive part of the FlagShip that allows
- you to Read and Reply to other 8-bit Commodore user's comments, Questions, and
- Answers.
- 1 message(s) total.
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- Category 1, Topic 1
- Message 1 Tue Oct 29, 1991
- C128-BILL [Bill] at 10:41 EST
-
- Our FlagShip bulletin Board is set up similar to an outline.
-
- We have, first Major Categories. These can be listed (and buffered for later
- reference) by using the CAT command. Use the SET XX command to SET to a
- specific Category. Each Category covers a General Subject concerning
- Commodore hardware, Software, etc. It is important to keep some form of order
- in the Bulletin Board, so if you do not SET to the proper Category, your Topic
- Police will help you locate or just plain ol' Move your message to the proper
- area.
-
- Under each Category, we have Minor Topics. Many Topics can be in a Category,
- but usually they are all releated to the Category. For a listing of TOPICS,
- just SET to the desired Category (by using the SET command as explained above)
- and then enter TOP. Note the Topic number that interests you, and/or buffer
- that list, too.
-
- To read a specific Topic, enter REA YY (where YY=the Topic Number). You may
- use Control S and Control Q to stop and restart the flow of information.
-
- REPLYING to a Topic can be just as easy! Find the Topic Number that you wish
- to reply to, and enter REPly YY... now just type away hitting a carriage
- return every 60-80 columns. End your message with a *S for SEND.
-
- If this is your first time here, You will discover that there will be no new
- messages for you to read, so you may want to use the REAd command. After your
- first visit the BROwse command will automagically pick up all of the new
- messages since your last visit. Be prepared, though by having your buffer
- open, or use the Control S and Control Q commands.
-
- While this short message does not cover many of the Bulletin Board commands it
- will get ya going well enough to enjoy the FlagShip Message Center and start
- to really Learn How to unleash that power under the hood of your Commodore
- Machine!
-
- For more details, please see the Survival Kit that is located on the Main
- FlagShip Bulletin Board. Select Item #6. (type EXI or M625;6 from here)
-
- Remember, your Topic Police will help you use the Bulletin Board, and we may
- even move your Topic to a better location.
-
- Enjoy!
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- Topic 2 Sun Jan 31, 1993
- YLR.ROSE [RTC Queen] (Forwarded)
- Sub: RTC Announcements!
-
- Here is where I'll announce the latest and greatest that will be happening in
- our RTC's every night! Check here first! HUGs
- 28 message(s) total.
- ************
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- Category 1, Topic 2
- Message 1 Sun Jan 31, 1993
- YLR.ROSE [RTC Queen] (Forwarded)
-
- Tonight!! 31 Jan 93!! Its =my= party and you are invited!!
-
- See all my new and =old= friends tonight after 11 pm CST! HUGs
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 2
- Message 2 Mon Feb 01, 1993
- R.KNOP1 [Rob Knop] (Forwarded)
-
- Rose- I dropped by, but too late to wish you happy birthday; instead talked
- techie with Jeff and Ed, and later Mark, for a short while. So I'll say it
- now! Happy Birthday!
-
- -Rob
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- Category 1, Topic 2
- Message 3 Mon Feb 01, 1993
- YLR.ROSE [RTC Queen] (Forwarded)
-
- Thanks Rob... ;*
-
- Folks!!! Our own Fred Ogle will be hosting tonight.. bring lots of
- questions about Color 64 BBS and many other things.. always glad to
- give some kind of answer.. remember, there are no stupid questions,
- only unasked ones! HUGs
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- Category 1, Topic 2
- Message 4 Tue Feb 02, 1993
- YLR.ROSE [RTC Queen] (Forwarded)
-
- Come in and see the Dynamic Duo tonight in the RTC! Tom and I will be
- on hand to help with any problems you may have.. (as long as my local
- node doesnt burn out again ::grin::) and even maybe some impromtu lessons
- on how to navigate using E.G.Bell's RTCMaster!! Download Version 1.09
- and git online and learn how to use this simple but POWERFUL program!
- HUGs
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 2
- Message 5 Thu Feb 04, 1993
- YLR.ROSE [RTC Queen] (Forwarded)
-
- Join us tonight to get a chance to win a free LoadStar Disk from our
- own Rob Knop!!! Drop by page 625;2 room 8 from 10 to 12 EST! :> Here
- is our list of Winners from Last Month!!!!! Congrats Folks! Hugs
-
- Jan 93 winners
-
- 7 - G.NOGGLE (Greg) \ Loadstar Disk
- 14 - F.BUNTON (Frank) \ Loadstar Disk
- 21 - R.WEAZER (Reub) \ Loadstar Disk
- 28 - S.CRAIK (Steve) \ Loadstar Disk
-
- Dont let these guys steal all the goodies!!! Show up and git yours! :>
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 2
- Message 6 Fri Feb 05, 1993
- YLR.ROSE [RTC Queen] (Forwarded)
-
- YEEHAWWWWW! Come one and all tonight to the RTC, page 625;2, Room 5!!
- Our new Hostest Almostest is Sherry Freedline, and she'll be making
- sure all you heathens and crayon eaters behave!! We'll also play a
- game or two of Trivial Pursuit of Happiness.. so join us for a great
- time on an otherwise boring Friday night!! BYOB >:D
- HUGs
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- Category 1, Topic 2
- Message 7 Sun Feb 07, 1993
- YLR.ROSE [RTC Queen] (Forwarded)
-
- Come One and All to the RTC tonight!!! Tom and I will be
- on hand (G) to help you with problems, feed you crayons,
- or just general 'tom'foolery! Page 625;2, Room 7!! HUGS
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 2
- Message 8 Mon Feb 08, 1993
- HOWIE-CBM (Forwarded)
-
- Tom foolery huh?
-
- I like that Rose!! :)
-
- Howie
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- Category 1, Topic 2
- Message 9 Mon Feb 08, 1993
- T.ADAMS18 [Tom] (Forwarded)
-
- Is Tom fooling around again?
- :)
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 2
- Message 10 Mon Feb 08, 1993
- YLR.ROSE [RTC Queen] (Forwarded)
-
- tom?? who is tom?? heheheehhehe
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 2
- Message 11 Fri Feb 12, 1993
- YLR.ROSE [RTC Queen] at 13:05 EST
-
- The Wizard Board may be gone.. but we are still here!!!
- Stop by nightly to get help, shoot the breeze, play Hangman
- or Trivial Pursuit, and just have a general good time!!!
- We have lots of hosts with a various amount of knowledge,
- and surely one or more of us can help you... if we cant,
- we'll certainly find someone who can! Drop by soon, page
- 625;2 .. and visit one of the rooms listed below during the
- week.
-
- DAY HOST/HOSTESS All Times 10-12 EST
-
- Monday Fred Ogle (F.OGLE)
- Tuesday Tom Adams (T.ADAMS18) & YLR.ROSE
- Wednesday Doug Cotton (CMD-DOUG)
- Thursday Rob Knop (R.KNOP1)
- Friday Sherry Freedline (S.FREEDLINE)
- Sat/Sun Tom Adams (T.ADAMS18) & YLR.ROSE
-
- If there is enough interest from our Left Coast friends,
- I may start hosting an hour or so from 12-1 EST, or 10-11
- Pacific. Let me know if you are interested, and if this
- would be a worthwhile adventure!!
-
- Drop in tonight and razz our newest Hostess, Sherry Freedline!!
- We'll also be playing some Trivial Pursuit amongst the other stuff
- going on.. Hope to see you there! HUGs
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- Category 1, Topic 2
- Message 12 Fri Feb 12, 1993
- S.FREEDLINE [Sherry] at 21:00 EST
-
- Hi Everyone! I'm the newest hostess in the Flagship! I'd like to invite
- everyone to join me and the Trivial RTC Queen...um I mean Trivia RTC Queen
- Rose in the RTC tonight from 10-12 EST. There will be tons of Triv for
- everyone!!! Bring your own popcorn (BYOP) and BYOB!!! See u all later!!! :)
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 2
- Message 13 Sun Feb 14, 1993
- YLR.ROSE [RTC Queen] at 12:49 EST
-
- Happy Valentines Day Everyone!! Join us tonight for a Rosy Day of fun
- and games... tell us what you did for your special significant one!!
- Hugs
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- Category 1, Topic 2
- Message 14 Sat Feb 20, 1993
- YLR.ROSE [RTC Queen] at 00:16 EST
-
- ACK.. I forgot!! WOW.. what a wild night in Trivial Pursuit tonight!
- but now... I will be online late for all you CAlifornia folks who wish to
- come in an visit fer a spell.... lets give this a try and see how
- it goes!! HUGS.. see ya in room 5!
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- Category 1, Topic 2
- Message 15 Fri Mar 05, 1993
- YLR.ROSE [RTC/Lib] at 19:45 EST
-
- Make sure you join us tonight for fun and games and most of
- all Trivial Pursuit of Silliness!!!!! Sherry has some new
- files to stump you with and I'll be in the background passing
- out the tissues for you to cry in.. see if you can beat me or
- any of our other geniuses... I might even find a prize in my
- magic bag of tricks for the one who wins the most or has the
- highest score, or whatever I decide to use! Room 10 at 10!
- Hugs
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- Category 1, Topic 2
- Message 16 Fri Mar 05, 1993
- HOWIE-CBM at 21:47 EST
-
- Room 10 at 10?
-
- That is easy to remember!! :)
-
- Howie
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 2
- Message 17 Sat Mar 13, 1993
- YLR.ROSE [RTC/Lib] at 20:09 EST
-
- It's Saturday and the party is starting.. we are gonna play some trivial
- pursuit of the ridiculous, yak, have fun, yak, have some more fun, and
- even do some yakkin!! Hope to see you there, we have a good time, and you
- can get all the help you'll ever need (probably more than you wanted)
- from lots of helpful and knowledgeable folks.. See ya tonight !! Page
- 625;2 and then jump into whatever room we happen to be in at the moment.
- Hugs
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- Category 1, Topic 2
- Message 18 Mon Mar 15, 1993
- YLR.ROSE [RTC/Lib] at 12:14 EST
-
- The text file for the CP/M conference last night (930314) is now
- 'live' in the Library 1!. Sorry we missed you last night! Hugs
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 2
- Message 19 Mon Mar 15, 1993
- YLR.ROSE [RTC/Lib] at 12:15 EST
-
- oops.. the text file for the CP/M Conference is file # 11812. :>
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- Category 1, Topic 2
- Message 20 Tue Apr 27, 1993
- YLR.ROSE at 20:34 EDT
-
- HEY!! its TUESDAY!! Now, aint that just a kick!! (G).. and guess what
- else?? Its your lucky night, cause its my turn to host(ess) tonight in
- the RTC.. I'm so full of useless stuff that you will be overwhelmed!
- I'm all charged up and rarin to go, so drop in tonight between 10 and
- midnight EDT and let me fill yore head with some mush! ::snicker:: But
- watch out.. I found my whip and I use it regular! >:D
- Hugs
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- Category 1, Topic 2
- Message 21 Fri Apr 30, 1993
- YLR.ROSE at 20:43 EDT
-
- hey hey hey!!!! IT's the weekend, people and time to party! And
- even if ya dont party, drop in tonight and enjoy some live but totally
- safe fun.. (git your shots early::giggle::).. Load up RTCMaster and
- get some fast online instruction on how to set up your whips and
- chains and pies and all kinds of other good stuff. See ya tonight at
- 10:00 pm EDT, room 10! Hugs
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- Category 1, Topic 2
- Message 23 Sat Jun 05, 1993
- S.FREEDLINE [Sherry] at 18:24 EDT
-
- \ O /^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^*
- Y Sherry is
- / \ Cracking
- - - Her Whip!!!!
- +++++++++++++++++++++++++
- + It's Trivia Time!! :) +
- +++++++++++++++++++++++++
- Saturday is Trivia Night!
- Feel Free to Join the Fun!
- Saturdays from 10-1!!!
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- Category 1, Topic 2
- Message 24 Wed Sep 08, 1993
- QT.PIE [Sherry] at 23:43 EDT
-
- Guess what time it is again??? <G> This Friday it is our MONTHLY RSCards
- night! So, brush off that RSCards disk and pop it in the drive! Try to beat
- the staff! Anyone care to Challenge me to a game of Poker???? The place is
- RSCards (Page 875) and the time is 10-12 EST. The date is Friday - September
- 10! See you there!
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- Category 1, Topic 2
- Message 25 Thu Sep 09, 1993
- YLR.ROSE at 00:19 EDT
-
- actually, Sherry.. I like whuppin cans in Backgammon.. hehehe
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 2
- Message 26 Fri Sep 17, 1993
- CBM-YLR.ROSE at 18:12 EDT
-
- HEY!! Did you know that tonight you can join us in the RTC and
- have a blast!! Well, you can, from 10 to 1 am every night! See
- you there soon!
-
- Tom.Patch won a free issue of LOADSTAR last night.. if you want
- to see how he does it.. then show up by 11 pm Eastern next
- Thursday night and see how easy it is to do! Hugs
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- Category 1, Topic 2
- Message 27 Sat Sep 25, 1993
- A.PRATHER1 [Ren] at 09:21 EDT
-
- This is Ren, the better half of Stimpy. I own a c64, and this is my first time
- visiting this area.
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- Category 1, Topic 2
- Message 28 Sat Sep 25, 1993
- CBM-YLR.ROSE at 12:16 EDT
-
- Nice to meet you Ren, glad you could join us. Maybe we will see you
- tonight for some Trivia?? Bring your brain and leave your sanity at
- the door.. (G). Hugs
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- Topic 3 Sun Mar 07, 1993
- T.MCDONALD2 (Forwarded)
- Sub: Introduce yourself!
-
- Welcome One and All to the Commodore 64/128 Roundtable! Take a moment and
- introduce yourself to everyone.
- 60 message(s) total.
- ************
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 3
- Message 1 Sun Mar 07, 1993
- T.MCDONALD2 (Forwarded)
-
- Hi all! :-) I'm new on GEnie, thanks to JBEE. I found out about the "LARGE"
- C=64/128 presence on GEnie from the free TC128 issue I received. I'm still
- learning my way around, so if anyone tries to leave me any messages or
- anything, and I seem to be ignoring you, please understand I'm new here and
- get lost easily trying to learn GEnie AND Wizard at the same time! I'M
- LEARNING ! :-) JBEE, I'm gonna send in for a subscription, just wanted to let
- you know it's all YOUR fault! <<GRIN>>
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- Category 1, Topic 3
- Message 2 Sun Mar 07, 1993
- YLR.ROSE [RTC/Lib] (Forwarded)
-
- Hi There T.McD.. Glad to have you here and we'll help all we can.. First
- thing you can do is set a nickname for the BB, which will let everyone
- know what to call you.. at the first prompt you get after the menu, which
- I will guess you haven't turned off yet, type NAM and return.. it will
- ask you for a nickname to use that is less than 12 letters. That'll
- get ya started here. A great book for a beginner is the Genie Manual,
- which you can either buy a hardback spiral bound copy, or download it
- free from the Genie Library. Hugs
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- Category 1, Topic 3
- Message 3 Sun Mar 07, 1993
- CMD-DOUG (Forwarded)
-
- Let me echo (echo, echo) that welcome, T.M. :)
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 3
- Message 4 Sun Mar 07, 1993
- S.FREEDLINE [Sherry] (Forwarded)
-
- Hi T.McD! Welcome to the Flagship!
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 3
- Message 5 Sun Mar 07, 1993
- L.SCHONDER [Lou] (Forwarded)
-
- Enjoy yourself here, "T"!!! You found, in my opinion (& many others), the BEST
- CBM (&CMD!) resource!
-
- Stop by a CBM conference sometime. YLR.ROSE will get you straightened out!!!
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 3
- Message 6 Sun Mar 07, 1993
- CBM-MARK (Forwarded)
-
- Hey, hey! Welcome T.M.! The Flagship (and GEnie :) is the place to be ;D
-
- My suggestion for learning your way around is to read all the help files
- scattered around GEnie you can stand. Lots of good help and tips can be
- found. Ask questions! No question is dumb, just some of the answers ;>
-
- ``Mark``
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- Category 1, Topic 3
- Message 7 Sun Mar 07, 1993
- CBM-MARK (Forwarded)
-
- Hi! I removed your other topic you started T.M. Looks like you got stuck?
- No problem!
-
- ``Mark``
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 3
- Message 8 Mon Mar 08, 1993
- HOWIE-CBM (Forwarded)
-
- T.McD,
-
- Ditto the Welcome!
-
- Howie
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- Category 1, Topic 3
- Message 9 Mon Mar 08, 1993
- C128.JBEE (Forwarded)
-
- T.M, I feel so guilty ;D
-
- Welcome aboard!
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 3
- Message 10 Mon Mar 08, 1993
- T.MCDONALD2 (Forwarded)
-
- Don't feel guilty, JBEE! :-D I can't get ENOUGH info for my 128! I also
- frequent the Commodore SIG on DELPHI, and between both GEnie and Delphi, I'm
- broadening my knowledge as much as possible.
- BTW, I sent a money order today for a subscription to TC128. CAN'T WAIT TO
- GET IT!!! I know I have a bit of a wait, I'm just an impatient type. :-/
-
-
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- Category 1, Topic 3
- Message 11 Sun Mar 21, 1993
- E.BELCHER1 (Forwarded)
-
- HELLO,I7 'M FROM JACKSONVILLE,FLA AND HAVE BEEN ON GENIE FOR OVER A YEAR
- NOW.I'M LOOKING INTO THE WIZARD PROGRAM FO R A TERMINAL PROGRAM.
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 3
- Message 12 Mon Mar 22, 1993
- T.MCDONALD2 [TOM] (Forwarded)
-
- Hi! The WIZARD was the very first program I downloaded.
- It takes a little time to set up the way you want it,
- but it's well worth the effort. It makes it easier to
- move around GEnie and has quite alot of features!
- By all means, download it! :-)
-
- Tom
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- Category 1, Topic 3
- Message 13 Tue May 18, 1993
- R.CORDDRY (Forwarded)
-
- what is this???
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 3
- Message 14 Tue May 18, 1993
- CMD-DOUG (Forwarded)
-
- Hi, and WELCOME!
-
- = Doug Cotton =
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- / _| | \ / | | \
- ( <_ | || | | D )
- \__| |/\||/\| |__/
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- Category 1, Topic 3
- Message 15 Sat May 22, 1993
- M.NEUS [Neusoft] (Forwarded)
-
- Hello, this is Mike Neus of
-
- Neusoft Software Systems!
-
- Mike
-
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- Category 1, Topic 3
- Message 16 Sat May 22, 1993
- CMD-DOUG (Forwarded)
-
- Welcome Mike! Why not tell us a little bit about Neusoft?
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 3
- Message 17 Sun May 30, 1993
- M.NEUS [Neusoft] (Forwarded)
-
- Not much to say, really...its mostly a hobby. So, have you seen ZOUNDS!? To
- date, its my only major release, but I've done some other minor projects as
- well. Hey, your probably the guy I need to talk to. Right now I'm working
- on a menu system for my CMD drive...well, actually the menu is done, just need
- to come up with an editor to edit menu entries. Its pretty slick (I think
- anyways), just move the arrow to the program or catagory, hit return, next
- menu pops up or the program runs, works in both 64 and 128 modes and keeps two
- menus for each side. It automatically calls up the one for the mode your in.
-
-
- Like I say, the menu is done, but entering the text in Paperclip is a chore,
- and confusing (even to the author!), so an editor needs to be drawn up. Would
- CMD be interested in such a program???
-
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- Category 1, Topic 3
- Message 18 Mon May 31, 1993
- CMD-DOUG (Forwarded)
-
- We already have such a program which will be coming out on CMD Utilities. Ours
- requires no editing of text files, though - it just executes the selected
- program according to which option you select. But thanks for asking, and
- welcome! :)
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 3
- Message 19 Tue Jul 13, 1993
- J.STAFF [James] (Forwarded)
-
- I'm back again! Thanks to GEnies dropped charges I can enjoy the use of this
- area. Looking forward to the current and future topics to cover!
-
-
- James
-
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 3
- Message 20 Wed Jul 14, 1993
- C128.JBEE (Forwarded)
-
- Welcome back :)
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 3
- Message 21 Wed Jul 14, 1993
- HOWIE-CBM (Forwarded)
-
- James,
-
- Yes the new rates make most all of GEnie a real bargain these days! :)
-
- Howie
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 3
- Message 22 Sat Jul 17, 1993
- T.BRAMMANN [Tom Tech] (Forwarded)
-
- Hi all! I have been on GEnie for over a year, but always concidered it too
- expensive for doing much on! But now I can really enjoy all of it!
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 3
- Message 23 Sat Jul 17, 1993
- HOWIE-CBM (Forwarded)
-
- Hi Tom,
-
- Yup! GEnie is now a *real* bargain.
-
- The extra *free* hour this month is also pretty nice!
-
- Howie
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 3
- Message 24 Sun Jul 18, 1993
- P.KELLER5 [Diesel II] (Forwarded)
-
- Yeah, I read that about getting 5 hours instead of the 4 for this month! They
- really want us to stay here on GEnie, of course where could us Commodore users
- go to anyway? Q-Link? Yeah, right!
-
- I just hope someone will improve our software to be easier to use with GEnie.
- Wizard 128 is fine, but improvements are always accepted!
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 3
- Message 25 Mon Jul 19, 1993
- HOWIE-CBM (Forwarded)
-
- Diesel II,
-
- You might want to take a look at RTCMaster for the 128.
-
- Howie
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 3
- Message 26 Mon Jul 19, 1993
- M.NEUS [Neusoft] (Forwarded)
-
- I really wish they would do something standard, like V100 or ANSI. I'm to
- used to programs like Desterm and Qmodem and found Aladin just plain wierd and
- to foriegn to use, and as far as I could tell, it offered no real advantages
- over the TTY emulation I'm using now...
-
- __________
- I soap box I
- ----------
-
- Mike
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 3
- Message 27 Sat Aug 21, 1993
- J.HARRIS5 [YANKEE] (Forwarded)
-
- Hi, Yankee here. I'm new to GEnie and modems in general. Now that I semi can
- get around I seem to be leanrning alot Just wanted to say Hi. See ya.
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 3
- Message 28 Sat Aug 21, 1993
- CBM-ED [e.g.bell] (Forwarded)
-
- Hi Yankee. Welcome aboard. You'll be getting around like a champ
- in no time! Glad to have ya!
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 3
- Message 29 Sat Aug 28, 1993
- D.CRAIG6 at 02:07 EDT
-
- HOWDY Yankee....I'm new also. There is a BBS in my area you could leave E-
- MAIL....1-513-372-3373....it is called XENET and it's free except for long
- distance charges. Call on weekends or after normal hours.. Looking forward to
- computing as a new "COMPUNERD"..... DON CRAIG ******S
-
- s
-
-
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 3
- Message 31 Mon Sep 06, 1993
- P.KELLER5 [Diesel II] at 06:27 EDT
-
- Welcome you all! Are you all from Q-Link (may they rest in peace, NOT!) and
- getting your sights here? It took me awhile, and I'm still rusty in some
- areas, but hey at least everything is updated constantly here! Just look in
- the download areas! Take care!!! :D
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 3
- Message 32 Mon Sep 06, 1993
- M.COLWELL1 [MattMan] at 14:45 EDT
-
- Did Q-Link die? I quit Q-Link, and joined GEnie about a year and a half ago
- when I got a 2400 baud modem. Q-Link wouldn't go that fast.
-
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 3
- Message 33 Mon Sep 06, 1993
- R.KNOP1 [Rob Knop] at 16:06 EDT
-
- I bagged off of Qlink something like 2 or 2.5 years ago myself. Two of the
- big reasons were (1) GEnie does 2400 baud, (2) GEnie does 80 columns. Plus,
- while the Qlink interface might be more intuitive to the first time user, once
- you get used to it and learn the tricks the GEnie interface is MUCH more
- efficient. I love being able to capture all of my new messages, read them
- offline, and write replies offline- saves me a lot of online time!
-
- -Rob
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- Category 1, Topic 3
- Message 34 Mon Sep 06, 1993
- J.JONES36 [LOADSTAR] at 20:00 EDT
-
- Heck, I literally don't have to pay my Qlink bill. Softdisk will pay it for
- me. I still don't log on except to check mail from users once a month.
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 3
- Message 35 Tue Sep 07, 1993
- S.VANDERARK [Steve VA] at 23:34 EDT
-
- Well, say what you will, but QLink does have a lot more to offer the Commodore
- user. Don't get all mad at me for saying it, but its true. I mean, GEnie has
- nothing like Rabbit Jack's Casino, has no way to add comments to files in the
- libraries, has no way to tag a room in the RT with a title so users can drop
- into an area they think they'll be interested in (hey, there's never enough
- users in the RT at one time to warrant such a thing!), no Club Caribe with its
- live-action role playing, etc. etc. etc. The libraries are much much larger
- too, and I love to be able to send an OLM (on- line message) to get someone's
- attention!
-
- I realize that for many of you those things aren't what you're looking for,
- and that's fine. I spend a lot more tome on GEnie than QLink myself. But Q
- does have a unique Commodore environment with truly an amazing array of
- services for a (lets facec it) waning systm. Granted, I sure miss using
- Alladin when I'm on QLink (oops, did I give myself away? Yep, I call here with
- my PC, mostly...), and at least these libraries are still growing (QLink's
- have been "under repair" for the better part of a year now). I love GEnie and
- the Flagship, believe me! Butlet's give credit where credit is due! QLink does
- what it does andserves the market it serves pretty darn well. I can even
- listen to music while I answer my mail!
-
- So how about it, JBEE? Since Q always looks like it's slip sliding away, can
- you get Rabbit Jack's Casino or Club Caribe installed here? I never touch the
- PC graphic games here, but I sure could be persuaded to try a hand or three of
- Blackjack!
-
- Steve Vander Ark
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 3
- Message 36 Wed Sep 08, 1993
- B.GANN1 at 00:08 EDT
-
- I agree. Both Q and GEnie are good, for different reasons. Hi, SteveV14 and
- Desiel! Brenda
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 3
- Message 37 Wed Sep 08, 1993
- CMD-DOUG at 21:13 EDT
-
- Steve, perhaps you've overlooked RSCARDS?
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 3
- Message 38 Fri Sep 10, 1993
- S.VANDERARK [Steve VA] at 01:04 EDT
-
- Hmmmm.....tell me more, Oh Great Cottony One. It won't be Club Caribe,
- perhaps, but hey!
-
- Brenda...not my favorite GEOS hater of QLink fame! My dear Lady Disdain, are
- yet living? ;) <== Shakespeare refernce, in case the rest of you missed Much
- Ado.
-
- Steve "Love 'em Both, so don't send me nasty letters" Vander Ark
-
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 3
- Message 39 Fri Sep 10, 1993
- CMD-DOUG at 23:24 EDT
-
- Well Steve, why should I tell you when you can simply download the RSCARDS
- front end program for the 128 and try it out yourself? You'll be glad you did!
- :)
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 3
- Message 40 Sat Sep 11, 1993
- QT.PIE [Sherry] at 00:35 EDT
-
- Yep, Steve you will be glad you did! Tonight (9/10/93) was our monthly RSCards
- night. We had a blast. Thank you to Tom.Patch, A.Pagliacci, and P.Trotter for
- joining me for tons of fun. Giggle...honestly...I didn't cheat guys!
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 3
- Message 41 Sat Sep 11, 1993
- C.OGLE2 [breadstick] at 02:15 EDT
-
- I had never head of RS cards until Doug mentioned it the other night, and
- decided to download the Software. It is actually pretty good. I like the
- 64kVDC option for C128 users, especially...
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 3
- Message 42 Sat Sep 11, 1993
- J.JONES36 [LOADSTAR] at 02:18 EDT
-
- Steve! Hello!
-
- For those who never heard of me, I'm Jeff Jones, associate editor of LOADSTAR.
- I'm the guy to contact if you have any questions about LOADSTAR.
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 3
- Message 43 Sat Sep 11, 1993
- C128.JBEE at 17:47 EDT
-
- Not to kill this topic too ... but I agree with Steve for the most part.
- Except to note that the "live-action" role playing and arcade action
- (interactive) games for the IBM PCs on GEnie are vastly superior to any
- Qlink offering. I am working on getting "unique" online games for the C-64
- and C-128 done, just in the stage of getting the tools written :)
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 3
- Message 44 Sun Sep 12, 1993
- F.OGLE [Color BBS] at 22:10 EDT
-
- Hmm...
-
- I couldn't stand olm's -- since the bps rate was only 1200, and Q is shuttling
- olm's AND adverts to you when downloading, your bps rate is cut even further.
- A total rip-off. Especially since your mail prompt on Q tells you as soon as
- you get mail (I remember an icon in the lower right-hand corner). I don't
- Program" doesn't mean diddly to me, and 90% of the
- comments were along those lines.
-
- The self-
- made room titles were the worst, and since I Q'ed mostly on I found
- it a real bummer, when rooms are titled "XXX for trade", "Guys who want
- guys", etc. Things like that are *exactly* what is wrong with modeming, as
- there is no structure or supervision. Seems like if you went to the chat
- rooms, you were privy to more wierdos than people who have common computing
- interests, especially late on the weekends.
-
- I did like the games. But I remember one (like wheel of fortune) where some
- people had a nasty habit of designing characters that resemble genetalia.
- :grin: Bear in mind that this is just one man's opinion.
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 3
- Message 45 Mon Sep 13, 1993
- P.KELLER5 [Diesel II] at 00:19 EDT
-
- I think the only areas left alive in Q-Link is People Connection, either in
- regular or Super-Q mode, RabbitJack's Casino, Club Caribe, and the "like Wheel
- of Fortune" Puzzler. But those are basically the only areas actually not shut
- down. The download areas are, sure, larger than GEnie, BUT, they have been
- "broke down" since the last uploades dated 1/28/93. And if you think they will
- fix it, don't be too sure. I'll bet you they just turned that area off! A
- lot of areas are no longer in use, or haven't been updated in ages! Right
- before I quit Q-Link (August 31st) I usually check the entertainment area for
- movie news, tv news, etc. and it stated it is currently unavailable, please
- check again later, basically meaning it's closed forever! That was it, I
- cancelled my membership there to be more here on GEnie!
-
-
- Hi Brenda! Bout time you got here on GEnie, thought you'd die with the Q-
- Linkers!
-
- Oh, also, it's cheaper here on GEnie now than Q-Link, another plus, not to
- mention the constant updated download section, etc. I do still go on Q-Link
- with our user group disk since it's free, might as well get as many downloads
- as I can for our group, when I can get the time to do it.
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 3
- Message 46 Mon Sep 13, 1993
- B.GANN1 at 10:12 EDT
-
- Diesel... I'm still on Q-Link. I also hold a club's account. Steve, ya just
- got to show me a reason to want GEOS, is all. I haven't seen anything it can
- do that I can't do better with another prg. I'm sure the stuff is out there,
- but no one has shown it to me. Brenda
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 3
- Message 47 Mon Sep 13, 1993
- C128.JBEE at 12:17 EDT
-
- The games by Paul Murdaugh and Lace II are good reasons for using GEOS :)
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 3
- Message 49 Mon Sep 13, 1993
- S.VANDERARK [Steve VA] at 20:36 EDT
-
- Ooo, JBEE, don't get her started! <VBG> The power of GEOS is that it combines
- all the things you can do with other programs into one integrated package.
- With the conversion programs available, you can use pretty much any kind of
- Commodore graphics in GEOS, as well as any kind of text file. And while there
- are excellent non-GEOS programs for nearly everything else, there are none
- that can approach geoPublish for desktop publishing. Combine that with the
- integration, and you have a system that is unbeatable.
- Steve "GEOS on the Brain" Vander Ark
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 3
- Message 50 Mon Sep 13, 1993
- F.OGLE [Color BBS] at 21:37 EDT
-
- Are you saying that you can't even currently download from Q?
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 3
- Message 51 Tue Sep 14, 1993
- R.HARRIS1 at 00:51 EDT
-
- Never fear, Q-Link is still ALIVE and well. It has its problem with new
- uploads corrupting library files, so new uploads are not made 'live' for
- downloading. Also, the editing capabilities for SYSOPS has been greatly
- limited for same reason. But the libraries ARE active and available for
- downloading.
-
- Randy Harris CIN General/Beginners Help Room Host (Thursdays 9-11 EST)
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 3
- Message 52 Tue Sep 14, 1993
- T.RUTTER2 [Troy Rutter] at 10:46 EDT
-
- Ok, coming from one of the QDJ's on Qlink.... heres the scoop because Im sick
- and tired of hearing unfounded rumors from people who left over a year ago...
-
- All of the main areas of Qlink are still up. ie: Commodore Software Showcase,
- Just for Fun, COmmodore Information Network, The Mall, etc. However, several
- discussion areas in News and Information, as well as some other areas are
- down... I dont know specifics because I never go in those anyway.
-
- There has been a problem making files live since January 28, 1993. The
- problem was that new uploads were over-writing some of the old ones. We have
- been told they are "working on it" for some time yet, but to no avail. So,
- people can still upload, but they are placed in a "holding area" until the
- problem is fixed, so go ahead and upload! Downloading *IS NOT A PROBLEM*, I
- should know, I downloaded 5 disks of SIDs last night!
-
- The only "major" thing on Qlink that isnt working, in my opinion, are the
- uploads. I can live without the Trivia, weekly upload guides, current event
- discussion, and some of those other ones. But, thats me.
-
- -Troy
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 3
- Message 53 Thu Sep 16, 1993
- B.GANN1 at 23:00 EDT
-
- Well, someone will have to show these wonderful things to me... cause to get
- started in GEOS it is major $$$ Doesn't help to tell me it has great gagames
- or whatever, cause that means nothing unless I would see it myself. ;D The
- problem is, people have shown me stuff that is supposed to be so great and
- wonderful, and it looks horrible. But this isn't the place for a GEOS
- discussion, so I better shut up. As Steve said, don't get me started :) Brenda
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 3
- Message 54 Fri Sep 17, 1993
- RHHAYDEN [Robert H.] at 05:31 EDT
-
- Just to let everybody know: The latest catalog I got from Software Support
- International has a full selection of Berkeley Softworks/Geoworks products for
- the 64 and 128, even including geoChart.
-
- How they pulled this off, I haven't the slightest idea. :)
-
- I probably won't be buying anything. I have everything I want for geos for my
- C-64 except the original Fontpack I. (I hear that the fonts unique to
- Fontpack I are now in the International Fontpack. So maybe I WILL take them
- up on their offer?)
-
- I don't recall seeing geoBasic. I suppose you could buy it from CMD.
-
- Robert Hayden
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 3
- Message 55 Fri Sep 17, 1993
- CMD-DOUG at 23:33 EDT
-
- How they pulled it off is simple... we talked GeoWorks into making up some of
- the old stuff again, and so they made extra. We've had geoChart and all the
- other apps for a couple of months now. :)
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 3
- Message 56 Sat Sep 18, 1993
- R.KING53 [Ron] at 17:53 EDT
-
- Steve,
- Just wanted to say I enjoyed reading your articles in RUN and elsewhere!
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 3
- Message 57 Sun Sep 19, 1993
- S.VANDERARK [Steve VA] at 01:36 EDT
-
- Thanks for nice comment, Ron! I hope you are subscribing to Compute's Gazette
- now...still cheerfully publishing Commodore material every month for a
- ridiculously low price! And we even put a nice thick padding around it of
- filler junk about the IBM just to keep the good stuff clean and fingerprint-
- free as it wanders through the Post Awful's delivery system!
- Steve Vander Ark
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 3
- Message 58 Sun Sep 19, 1993
- C128.JBEE at 17:39 EDT
-
- Steve - lol!
-
- I believe everyone and their uncle but Compute has posted signup and
- subscription information in Cat 2 Topic 3. If you have that handy would
- you mind? I sent my $12.97 to the IA address but forgot to right
- it down ...
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 3
- Message 59 Sun Sep 19, 1993
- QT.PIE [Sherry] at 20:26 EDT
-
- Steve:
-
- Giggle! I loved that reply!
-
- QT.PIE
-
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 3
- Message 60 Mon Sep 20, 1993
- P.KELLER5 [Diesel II] at 04:28 EDT
-
- I have seen another report on why Q-Link's software upload area is stuck!
- Just read the article in dieHard's September issue. I was surprised, but I'll
- tell you now after reading the article, they won't get it turned on again
- (something about very expensive for them to try for Commodore users of Q-Link,
- not a quote, but close enough).
-
-
- If there are new Commodore users, Q-Link is still a perfect online service to
- start out with, then when you can be a pro, then GEnie is the next one.
- ------------
- ************
- Topic 4 Mon Dec 28, 1987
- L.KLEIN1 (Forwarded)
- Sub: How To:Set SCROLL prompt to your Screen
-
- Reading with-out Skroll prompt
- 23 message(s) total.
- ************
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 4
- Message 1 Mon Dec 28, 1987
- L.KLEIN1 (Forwarded)
-
- Is there a way to read the new messages right thru without getting the Skroll
- ( is that spelled right?) or the "return" prompt? I use the Browse command.
- Thanks. Bert
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 4
- Message 2 Mon Dec 28, 1987
- WC.COLEMAN [geo*op] (Forwarded)
-
- At the BB menu prompt type SCRoll 0. This will disable the scroll prompt.
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 4
- Message 3 Mon Dec 28, 1987
- DEB [*SysOp*] (Forwarded)
-
- To set your Scroll to 0 permanently, tho, you will need to change your GEnie
- terminal setup parameters. I think they call it PAGE LENGTH or something like
- that at the SETUP menu. Type SETUP at the main menu to get there if you don't
- want to type SCROLL 0 each time before you BRO ALL.
-
- *deb!*
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 4
- Message 4 Sun Jan 10, 1993
- HOWIE-CBM at 22:17 EST
-
- Let me see if I can explain this properly...
-
- And, let me preface this by suggesting that this is mostly for the
- experienced user here on GEnie, although anyone is certainly free
- to give it a try.
-
- Basically, I seem to have accidently fallen into a fast way to post
- messages and replies in the Bulletin Board.
-
- The procedure is simple:
-
- Prepare the posting the same as you would if it were going to be
- sent with Line Prompts, the > character, usually.
-
- So, for example a reply might start out as:
-
- REP 4
- blah, blah, blah...
-
- *sn
-
- Then when it comes time to transfer the message to GEnie, so your
- usual SET to the CAT #, and then simply straight dump all of the
- message. The dump will race ahead of the GEnie response, but then
- shortly you will see a stream of line numbers returned to your
- screen, confirming that GEnie has indeed absorbed all of your
- message, which you transmitted.
-
- Why bother doing this?
-
- Well, a fast stream dump is umpteen times faster than doing the more
- conservative and slower Line prompt, and especially a big time saver
- when your replies are long.
-
- Hope you enjoy this one!
-
- Howie
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 4
- Message 5 Mon Jan 11, 1993
- R.KNOP1 [Rob Knop] at 00:31 EST
-
- Howie-
-
- What about the *up command? Maybe I don't understand what you are saying, but
- it seems to me that it would be better to compose the message offline in an
- editor, then start replying, do a *up, wait for your term to top sending, hit
- CTRL-C (or whatever your break key is) and then do *s or *sn.
-
- Am I confused about what you are suggesting? If so, please enlighten me!
-
- -Rob
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 4
- Message 6 Mon Jan 11, 1993
- HOWIE-CBM at 12:46 EST
-
- Rob,
-
- Ah!
-
- I was afraid I didn't describe this very well....
-
- The reasson "my way" is better is that it saves a number of time
- consuming steps, and after all time is money....
-
- Yes! The message and or reply would in both cases get composed off
- line where it can be done properly and liesurely. :)
-
- Once on line my way requires only a SET # (where # is the number of the
- Category to reply to). Then the upload dump begins.
-
- To do it the official GEnie way, you would first have to also issue the
- REP # command, wait for the GEnie > prompt, then issue the *up command.
- Finally when the *up is complete, you have to issue a BREAK, and again
- wait for the > prompt before doing the *s or *sn. All of the steps
- in this paragraph can be skipped doing it my way. :)
-
- Howie
-
- P.S. Give it a try and see what I am talking about!
-
- P.P.S. This reply as other recent ones from me have all been posted
- using this fast abbreviated method. :)
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 4
- Message 7 Mon Jan 11, 1993
- CBM-MARK at 21:45 EST
-
- Ahhhh, in otherwords, Howie, you're saying GEnie seems to have an input
- buffer where 'REP #' & data stream text are saved until GEnie is ready
- to do something with it! In which case *you're* way ahead of the prompts
- but GEnie is losing nothing and taking from it's so called buffer, losing
- nothing.
-
- You are starting your replys with "REP #" as the first line right? Do you
- also have the last line as "*sn"?
-
- ``Mark``
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 4
- Message 8 Mon Jan 11, 1993
- R.KNOP1 [Rob Knop] at 22:00 EST
-
- Howie! OK, I'm trying this message with a "rep 4" at the top and an "*sn" at
- the bottom. I understand now why you do it your way....
-
- One other question, though: why not put the "set #" in the uploaded message
- as well? Or, will the delay waiting for the "# ?" prompt eat up subsequent
- lines? If you could do the "set #" with the rest, then one could visualize
- putting ALL of one's responses to various BB topics in a single text buffer
- and just uploading once... kinda like you can do with E-Mail, only this way
- it isn't "official" :).
-
- -Rob
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 4
- Message 9 Tue Jan 12, 1993
- GULLIBLE [Jon] at 22:55 EST
-
- While I've never tried it with a message, I often enter multiple commands
- while waiting for GEnie to respond. But, is there a limit to the buffer?
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 4
- Message 10 Thu Jan 14, 1993
- HOWIE-CBM at 14:15 EST
-
- Mark,
-
- Yup! Exactly!! :)
-
- However....
-
- Rob,
-
- Adding the enhancements you suggested is a terrif idea, and I am working
- on this...
-
- However....
-
- Jon,
-
- The GEnie buffer does seem to be limited. So while this works nicely
- with multiple short postings, I run into a prob when they are long.
-
- I will try to figure out just what is needed to get this working
- and repost the entire procedure.
-
- So far, with 6 long replies, I get 5 good ones, and one with a fewc^ really
- advisable to use it til this can be avoided.
-
- Howie
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 4
- Message 11 Thu Jan 14, 1993
- HOWIE-CBM at 14:31 EST
-
- It figures....
-
- My reply above must have been the one out of the 5...
-
- Here is is again in the usual fashion:
-
- Mark,
-
- Yup! Exactly!! :)
-
- However....
-
- Rob,
-
- Adding the enhancements you suggested is a terrif idea, and I am working
- on this...
-
- However....
-
- Jon,
-
- The GEnie buffer does seem to be limited. So while this works nicely
- with multiple short postings, I run into a prob when they are long.
-
- I will try to figure out just what is needed to get this working
- and repost the entire procedure.
-
- So far, with 6 long replies, I get 5 good ones, and one with a few
- garbage characters. Nothing serious, but it is a degradation, so not
- really advisable to use it til this can be avoided.
-
- Howie
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 4
- Message 12 Thu Jan 14, 1993
- CBM-MARK at 22:11 EST
-
- Actually I'm really surprised to see you get 5 out of 6 good ones. I
- expected
- far more garbage sooner! I wonder how this would fair on a 'heavy use' time
- hear on GEnie?
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 4
- Message 13 Thu Jan 14, 1993
- GULLIBLE [Jon] at 23:46 EST
-
- I discovered that if you hit CTRL-S before sending multiple lines, then you
- get disconnected. It is probably the node, rather than GEnie, that
- disconnects.
-
- I too wonder how this would work if GEnie is sluggish.
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 4
- Message 14 Fri Jan 15, 1993
- CBM-ED [e.g.bell] at 10:50 EST
-
- I may be WAY off base, Jon, but pressing CTRL-S is probably sending an Xoff to
- GEnie. The disconnect may be an inactivity timeout if it is happening after
- waiting a bit. I have never done any of what you all are talking about, but
- do your terminals have delay settings for the characters you are sending. I
- don't know if GEnie uses Xon/Xoff flow control in that type of transfer, but
- you can control the speed and perhaps do as many messages as you like. The
- speed is a sacrifice for successful transfer if I am correct.
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 4
- Message 16 Sat Jan 16, 1993
- HOWIE-CBM at 01:34 EST
-
- GEnie is always using xon/xoff for flow control, and yes this is very
- apparent when using this upload procedure.
-
- I am now confident enough (partially anyway) so that I am posting this
- message along with a number of others using this new technique. Just take
- a look at the Genie time that messages were posted by me today. :)
-
- Slowing down the upload (or more precisely the dump) doesn't seem to
- matter all that much. When GEnie's buffer gets full it sends along its
- xoff.
-
- What has me miffed about this is that many short to moderate length
- postings will work fine. However, when it comes to lengthy postings
- the occasional typo or character error appears. Nothing fatal since
- it is only text, but enough of a bother that I am reluctant to recommend
- using this without further testing, and trying to determine how to avoid
- them.
-
- What I have done is nothing more than put into a text buffer the exact
- keystrokes which I would send to GEnie to do things, as suggested by
- Rob. So, postings might look something like:
- set 3
- rep 10
- Hi Hilda,
-
- blah blah blah...
-
- Howie
- *sn
- set 5
- rep 7
- JBEE,
-
- Why the prob with big text files?
-
- Howie
- *sn
- etc.
-
- All of the above without indents, of course. :)
-
- I quess this process could even be expanded to STA new Topics, so long
- as all text line entries accounted for all GEnie prompts.
-
- Thinking about it, dumping this text file to GEnie is really nothing
- more exotic than presenting GEnie with a user who happens to be an
- extremely, very, very fast typist! :)
-
- Howie
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 4
- Message 17 Sat Jan 16, 1993
- HOWIE-CBM at 07:59 EST
-
- Entering Multple Messages in The Flagship RoundTable
- ____________________________________________________
-
- It works! And, it works well!!
-
- Because characters are streaming what seems to be needed is a slight
- character transmit delay. (NOT a line transmit delay.) With my particular
- hardware setup a 10 ms (millisecond) delay will do it. Using this
- setting, as hard as I tried I could not generate even one error. And, I
- transmitted a lot of text to a lot of trial test messages.
-
- Most all Terms and Communications programs will allow the user to set this
- parameter. I'd suggest trying a 10 ms setting first. (The actual key
- entry may vary depending upon the program. Some may ask for a 1 or a 2,
- or a 10 to accomplish a 10 ms character delay.)
-
- The plus side of all this is that:
-
- Now there is ONE stop-and-shop replying. Enter a RoundTable's Bulletin
- Board, and stream (dump) text replies to as many Topics and Categories as
- you want. All in one easy step.
-
- Although a slight delay (in my case 10 milliseconds) is necessary, it is
- still VERY fast. Certainly a lot faster than using the *UP command when
- there are several replies to get posted.
-
- As an example, take a look at these message headers to see what I did
- earlier this AM:
-
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 4
- Message 16 Sat Jan 16, 1993
- HOWIE-CBM at 01:34 EST
-
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 6
- Message 104 Sat Jan 16, 1993
- HOWIE-CBM at 01:33 EST
-
- ------------
- Category 2, Topic 26
- Message 5 Sat Jan 16, 1993
- HOWIE-CBM at 01:33 EST
-
- ------------
- Category 3, Topic 26
- Message 30 Sat Jan 16, 1993
- HOWIE-CBM at 01:33 EST
-
- ------------
- Category 3, Topic 34
- Message 21 Sat Jan 16, 1993
- HOWIE-CBM at 01:33 EST
-
- ------------
- Category 5, Topic 30
- Message 23 Sat Jan 16, 1993
- HOWIE-CBM at 01:33 EST
-
- ------------
- Category 12, Topic 2
- Message 35 Sat Jan 16, 1993
- HOWIE-CBM at 01:33 EST
-
- ------------
- Category 32, Topic 5
- Message 82 Sat Jan 16, 1993
- HOWIE-CBM at 01:32 EST
-
- Between 01:32 and 01:34, a period of two minutes, I was able to reply to 8
- messages, at a standard 2400 bps. That makes it a VERY cost effective way
- to post multiple messages into Bulletin Boards.
-
- And, the nice thing about this is that EVERYONE can use this procedure.
- It does not matter what computer you might be using, or what Term or
- Communications program you use. It will work for everyone! :)
-
- A few miscellany suggestions for those who wish to implement this:
-
- + Experiment with your software/hardware combination. Character
- delays may not be necesssary, or a higher value than 10 ms may be
- required. Use the setting that works best for you.
-
- + Do your trial test experimenting in one of the GEnie*Basic
- Bulletin Boards where it will not cost you anything. (As a courtesy, if
- the messages are just nonsense (as mine were) you might want to delete
- them so as not to annoy other users.)
-
- + Start all commands (the REP's and the SET's, and the *s or *sn's
- in the leftmost column, and end each with a carriage return <CR>.
-
- + Unlike the earlier procedure for transmitting a single reply, do
- include the hard carriage return <CR> after the *s or *sn.
-
- + While the text is being transmitted to GEnie your screen will
- appear awful. All sorts of garbage will get intermixed together. Do not
- be concerned. You can safely ignore it.
-
- + Most every Term program implements flow control (xon/xoff) as a
- default. Do not override this feature if you are using this procedure.
-
- Again, the formatting for using this might appear in your text file as:
-
- SET 4 <--- go to Category 4
- REP 6 <--- reply to Topic 6
- Hi Lou, <--- the message
- blah, blah, blah
-
- See ya,
-
- Howie
- *sn <--- end the message
- SET 6 <--- go to Category 6
- REP 9 <--- reply to Topic 9
- Hi Betty, <--- the message
-
- blah, blah blah
-
- See ya,
-
- Howie
- *s <--- end the message
- REP 3 <--- reply to Topic 3 in the same Category 6
- Hi Frank, <--- the message
-
- blah, blah, blah, blah
-
- See ya,
-
- Howie
- *sn <--- end the message
-
- That's it!
-
- Enjoy!
-
- Howie
-
- P.S. If you would like to share this with others, please feel free to
- re-post into other GEnie RoundTables. There is no reason why Commodore
- computer users should be the only ones to benefit from this. None that I
- can think of. :)
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 4
- Message 18 Sun Jan 17, 1993
- HOWIE-CBM at 21:06 EST
-
- ha!
-
- This is fun now seeing batches of my messages into different
- Categories ALL get posted at exactly the same time! :)
-
- Howie
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 4
- Message 19 Sun Jan 17, 1993
- CBM-MARK at 23:55 EST
-
- Nice Howie!!! Gonna have to give it try for myself ;)
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 4
- Message 20 Sat Jun 12, 1993
- GULLIBLE [Jon] at 15:12 EDT
-
- With the new rates (higher for Basic*Service BB'S) I would like to practice
- the multiple message posting method that Howie described in this Topic. Can I
- use this Topic and maybe one or two others to practice? I would delete my
- messages after I see if they uploaded properly or not.
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 4
- Message 21 Sat Jun 12, 1993
- HOWIE-CBM at 15:53 EDT
-
- Jon,
-
- Sure!
-
- Just delete any postings that you do not want to remain.
-
- I did essentially the same thing while I was "honing" these skills.
-
- The one essential thing that seems required for this to work is to set your
- Term program for a character delay of 30 ms for the dump.
-
- And, if you want to try for any records, with that setting, the best that I
- have been able to achieve is 5 postings per minute.
-
- You might find that the delay is not necessary if you have especially clean
- lines. I found that any shorter delay would cause the ocassional error.
-
- Good luck!
-
- Howie
-
- P.S. Hollar for me if you need any assist!
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 4
- Message 22 Sat Jun 12, 1993
- GULLIBLE [Jon] at 20:43 EDT
-
- Ok, thanks. It sounds like the fastest method of posting several messages at
- once.
-
- How would a 30 ms delay translate into Snapterms 0 (fastest) to 7 (slowest)
- setting? At 2400 baud, if I have both Line and character delay set at 0, it
- uploads at a speed equal to 1200 baud. Is that slow enough? I rarely have line
- nosie.
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 4
- Message 23 Tue Jun 15, 1993
- HOWIE-CBM at 11:09 EDT
-
- Jon,
-
- I am not sure what settings might be required with specific Term programs.
- However, the cleaner your lines, the less things have to be slowed.
-
- I was (am) pretty fussy, and didn't like the appearance of an ocassional
- error, so used the 30 ms character delay. If you don't mind an error or two
- appearing every now and then, less of a delay can be used.
-
- Howie
- ------------
- ************
- Topic 5 Tue Mar 05, 1991
- C128.JBEE [* Sysop *] (Forwarded)
- Sub: online faces and gestures
-
- rad topic dude! ;)
- 41 message(s) total.
- ************
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 5
- Message 1 Tue Mar 05, 1991
- C128.JBEE [* Sysop *] (Forwarded)
-
- I would like to compile a list of all the obvious and not so obvious
- faces and gestures you can make using Wizard and other CBM terminals
- we all know
- :) smile
- ;) wink
- :> boy, do I know something you don't that could wreck your chances for
- president
- :* kiss
- :'( crying
- but one i learned here was ||| ||| for waving though why it is waving is
- beyond me, so far.
- :O OH! WOW
- any others I have missed? I just want to add *spice* to my conversation!
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 5
- Message 2 Tue Mar 05, 1991
- C128-BILL [Bill] (Forwarded)
-
- I think ``` is waving, but I can never find it on my keyboard. Must be a
- mental block or sumthin so...
- See ya... ||| waving |||
- is my macro for RTC's <grin>
-
- :/ is 'grunting' or 'grimace'.
-
- Don't forget the abreviations:
-
- BTW= By the way BRB= Be Right Back
- IMHO= In My Humble Opinion etc...
-
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 5
- Message 3 Wed Mar 06, 1991
- H.HERMAN1 (Forwarded)
-
- :?
-
- B-)
-
- :/
-
- #:-)
-
- #B-)
- ve to leave explainations ;)
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 5
- Message 5 Fri Mar 08, 1991
- H.HERMAN1 (Forwarded)
-
- Okey. Let me take a look at what I did, and try to sort it all out.
-
- In the meantime, and while this isn't exactly what you were seeking, still
- thought you might enjoy it:
-
-
-
- /\
-
- / \
-
- / \
-
- / \
-
- / \ _
-
- | | / \
-
- | | /|oo \
-
- | | (_| /_)
-
- | | _~@/_ \ _
-
- | | | | \ \\
-
- | /^ \ | | (*) | \ ))
-
- | | | | ______ |__U__| / \//
-
- | | | | /SMOKEY\ _//|| _\ /
-
- | | | | (USERDOG ) (_/(_|(____/
-
-
-
- JCG
-
-
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 5
- Message 6 Fri Mar 08, 1991
- H.HERMAN1 (Forwarded)
-
- Okey. Here's what I think they mean:
-
- :? huh?
-
- B-) smiling dude with sunglasses
-
- :/ Egads!
-
- #:-) smiling dude with flattop
-
- #B-) smiling dude with sunglasses AND flattop... (Did I say that?)
-
- :( sad...
-
- Howie
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 5
- Message 7 Fri Mar 08, 1991
- C128.JBEE [* Sysop *] (Forwarded)
-
- Like the ascii dog! :)
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 5
- Message 8 Fri Mar 08, 1991
- C128-BILL [Bill] (Forwarded)
-
- See ya... ||| waving |||
-
- Bill J.'s standard goodbye message!
- Pat Pending
- <grin>
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 5
- Message 9 Sat Mar 09, 1991
- H.HERMAN1 (Forwarded)
-
-
-
-
- Another clip-art, from that same ascii artist:
-
-
-
-
-
- \\\\ ////
-
- 0 0
-
- ------UUUU----U----UUUU------
-
-
-
-
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 5
- Message 10 Thu Mar 21, 1991
- H.HERMAN1 (Forwarded)
-
-
-
-
- **
- )o)__
- _ / )_/
- () )_ _ / /
- () )) ) ( ( / (
- () , ,( // / )
- ( o_)// /"((
- _/ (_// /""((
- _))_____( /""""((
- // (""""_) /"""""((
- // )""(_ /""""" ((
- // /""""""""""""((
- _// (""""""""""""((
- )/ )""""""""""((
- /""""""""""((
- )_((_((_((_((
- ( /
- ) /
- / /
- /_( _
- Y (_(*
- ---------------------------------------
-
-
- Another Masterpiece from the buffer of Jeff Gerber, Attorney
- extroadinaire, and Sysop on Cleveland's Free-Net!
-
- Enjoy!
-
- Howie
-
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 5
- Message 11 Thu Mar 21, 1991
- C128.JBEE [* Sysop *] (Forwarded)
-
- She's just my "type" ;)
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 5
- Message 12 Thu Aug 22, 1991
- THE.LIGHT [Tansi] (Forwarded)
-
- ::groan::
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 5
- Message 13 Sat Feb 29, 1992
- PAUL-MB at 20:17 EST
-
- Believe it or not, a new post in this topic :)
-
- :JD - Guy with a big nose, smiling
-
- Q:) - Scuba Diver with mask up
-
- :^ - Zip your lip! :D
-
- ...Paul (The ModemMeister!)
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 5
- Message 14 Sat Feb 29, 1992
- C128.JBEE [* Sysop *] at 21:56 EST
-
- I love the guy with a big nose!
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 5
- Message 15 Sun Mar 01, 1992
- PAUL-MB at 09:48 EST
-
- Thanks, JBEE :J)
-
- ...Paul @ Micro-Bytes Publishing
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 5
- Message 16 Sat Mar 14, 1992
- HOWIE-CBM at 17:37 EST
-
- This might be a bit off topic, but....
-
- Came across the following message ~signature' and enhancement:
- :)
-
-
- --
- (`)/`)/`) o / __ | I cant figure it out, when it said <HIT ANY KEY>,
- / / / / /_/ /__) | and I hit <SHIFT>, nothing happened. Then I hit
- / / (__/__/ \_/\__/ | <CAPS LOCK>, and still nothing happened!!
-
- To which Ed Wilts cleverly offered:
-
- ____________________ ?
- / \ \ ____________
- ! ! / \
- ! ! ! \
- \____________________/ ! \
- ! ! ! \_____
- ! ! ! !
- L_ ! ! !
- / _)! ! ____!
- / /__L ! /
- _____/ (____) ! /
- (____) ! /
- _____ (____) \____________/
- \_(____) / \
- ! ! [][][][][][][][]__! !________
- ! ! / \___
- \__/ \_______________________________/ \
- STRIKE ANY KEY WHEN READY !
-
-
- --
- (`)/`)/`) o / __ | I cant figure it out, when it said <HIT ANY KEY>,
- / / / / /_/ /__) | and I hit <SHIFT>, nothing happened. Then I hit
- / / (__/__/ \_/\__/ | <CAPS LOCK>, and still nothing happened!!
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 5
- Message 17 Sat Mar 28, 1992
- J.ROBBINS16 [JBUS] at 07:25 EST
-
- That was a nice one!, but back to the subject....
- %-) NUTS ABOUT YOU
- :-X SPEAK NO EVIL, OR I'M NOT TALKING
- X-) SEE NO EVIL, OR I CAN'T SEE YOU
- H-) HEAR NO EVIL, OR I CAN'T HEAR YOU
- ?-O CAN'T BELIEVE WHAT I'M SEEING
- :-? WHAT?
- B=0 NERD
- :-E STICKING TONGUE OUT
- [-Z BORING !
- MYOB MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS
- ,'[] OUCH !
-
- ,'xl PUNCH IN THE NOSE
- ;)
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 5
- Message 18 Sat Mar 28, 1992
- C128.JBEE [* Sysop *] at 20:43 EST
-
- I like the punch in the nose!
- IMHO (In My Humble Opinion)
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 5
- Message 19 Sat Apr 18, 1992
- CBM-ED [e.g.bell] at 15:20 EDT
-
- Hi JBEE. Long time. How about this?
-
- ;-P Sticking tongue out.
-
- @->->-> Roses
-
- &-( Staring at greenscreen too long
-
- |-) squinting
-
- :^) Nose in the air
-
- Good to be back, and I'm enjoying this thread!
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 5
- Message 20 Sat Apr 18, 1992
- PAUL-MB at 15:35 EDT
-
- Welcome back, Ed! :D
-
- I like the new address :)
-
- ``` Paul ```
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 5
- Message 21 Sat Apr 18, 1992
- C128.JBEE [* Sysop *] at 16:56 EDT
-
- Welcome back Ed :)
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 5
- Message 22 Sun Apr 19, 1992
- BRAD-HARRIS at 15:47 EDT
-
- Hey, Ed!!
-
- Welcome back! It's great to see you again!
-
- Brad
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 5
- Message 23 Mon Apr 20, 1992
- M.DULSKI1 [Mark @WIZARD] at 01:39 EDT
-
- Ah, ha! Ed's back! Welcome, WELCOME!
- Great to have you back online with us ;D
-
- ``Mark``
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 5
- Message 24 Mon Apr 20, 1992
- HOWIE-CBM at 08:23 EDT
-
- e.g.,
-
- Nice to see ya on-line! :)
-
- Howie
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 5
- Message 25 Mon Apr 20, 1992
- CBM-ED [e.g.bell] at 19:05 EDT
-
- It is very good to be back. Already have uploaded some new files. But he bthe
- best thing is just the interchange! Thanks guys!
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 5
- Message 26 Wed Jul 29, 1992
- G.EDDY [Angel Bear] at 02:47 EDT
-
- Something I need to know. I'm a Wizard 64 user. How can I make a vertical
- line and one of those wavy line thingies?
- I have a mascot made out of C64 character graphics. I can attach it to e-
- mail if you're interested in seeing it. Thanks.
- Angel Bear O:)
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 5
- Message 27 Wed Jul 29, 1992
- M.DULSKI1 [Mark @WIZARD] at 21:37 EDT
-
- Hi Angel Bear ;)
-
- There is a Wizard Support BB you could of used for this question that
- is part of GEnie*Basic ;) But since you asked...
- Wizard 64 doesn't have these characters built in like Wizard 128 does
- but there is an alternate "make-fkey" file in the Flagship Libraries I
- wrote that will let you define some of your function keys to print those
- ascii characters that petscii doesn't have. Vertical line, tilde(the wavy
- thingies ;), forward slash,left & right braces, maybe others(I forget).
-
- I don't have the file# handy but you can use the word "wizard" to do a
- search. About a dozen or so files will come up. Be sure it is the one
- for Wizard 64 NOT Wizard128. If you can't find it let me know or go to
- the Wizard Support BB (625;11) and look in Category #1 for the topic
- of "New Library #40 Wizard Files". I have the list of all the Wizard
- related programs posted in that topic.
-
- ``Mark``
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 5
- Message 29 Sat Dec 12, 1992
- HOWIE-CBM at 07:27 EST
-
-
- .
- .
- ____ :
- __nn__ ________ ________ ________ ____ :_:____U
- :____:-:______:-:______:-:______:-:___\-:_______)
- oo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo ooOOOOoo\
-
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 5
- Message 30 Sat Dec 12, 1992
- C128.JBEE at 08:29 EST
-
- Nice one :)
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 5
- Message 31 Sun Dec 13, 1992
- HOWIE-CBM at 03:33 EST
-
- toot!
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 5
- Message 32 Mon Dec 21, 1992
- HOWIE-CBM at 05:22 EST
-
-
-
-
- ||/|/|/|
- | |
- | |
- | (o)(o)
- C )
- | /__|
- | /
- / |
-
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 5
- Message 33 Mon Dec 21, 1992
- C128.JBEE at 06:44 EST
-
- Don't have a cow ;D
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 5
- Message 34 Mon Dec 21, 1992
- HOWIE-CBM at 08:50 EST
-
- > Don't have a cow ;D
-
- Very funny!!! LOL :)
-
- Howie
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 5
- Message 35 Mon Dec 21, 1992
- CBM-MARK at 22:11 EST
-
- Another good Howie!!
-
- Guess I'll put Ed's favorite one of mine in here ;>
-
- O
- <Q>
- / \
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 5
- Message 36 Tue Dec 22, 1992
- HOWIE-CBM at 01:01 EST
-
- ha!
-
- I like that too!!
-
- Howie
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 5
- Message 37 Tue Dec 22, 1992
- YLR.ROSE [* Mistress *] at 08:52 EST
-
- (0)!(0)
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 5
- Message 38 Tue Dec 22, 1992
- CBM-MARK at 22:02 EST
-
- You looking for your ascii pic Rose? ;)
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 5
- Message 40 Thu Feb 25, 1993
- HOWIE-CBM at 00:31 EST
-
-
- __o
- _ \<,_
- (_)/ (_)
-
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 5
- Message 41 Thu Feb 25, 1993
- YLR.ROSE [RTC Queen] at 01:43 EST
-
- /``````*
- O/
- /P
- ./ \. Ylr is after you with her WHIP!
- ------------
- ************
- Topic 6 Tue Dec 04, 1990
- T.JUMP3 [Tim] (Forwarded)
- Sub: 'Hep me! 'Hep me!
-
- I'm looking for some stuff, yet it doesn't exactly fit under the "For
- Sale/Wanted" category! Hep me!
- 51 message(s) total.
- ************
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 6
- Message 1 Fri Jan 15, 1993
- M.MINNIG at 05:00 EST
-
- *UP John, in light of your recent announcements re: WIZARD downloads, I'm
- wondering about:
-
- Will Bill Coleman continue work on WIZARD? Is he still programming for the C=
- 8-bits?
-
- What ever became of plans for APPRENTICE?
-
-
- Oh, BTW, good move on your part getting the flagship Focus into print in this
- month's LiveWire! We all appreciate it!
-
- Michael
-
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 6
- Message 2 Fri Jan 15, 1993
- C128.JBEE at 13:48 EST
-
- Hi :)
- Yes, it is nice seeing the Flagship in print :)
-
- Will Bill continue work on Wizard? I honestly don't know. He is still
- doing the 8 bit programming because he just released RSCARDS 128.
-
-
- I don't really know what Apprentice is or was suppose to be but whatever
- is was suppose to be I am sure within the next year or so whatever we
- release will equal or surpass it.
-
- JBEE
- (:
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 6
- Message 3 Fri Jan 15, 1993
- CBM-ED [e.g.bell] at 19:18 EST
-
- Bill was just starting on Wizard when I left in 1990. I believe it is a
- program on the order of Aladdin. I thought it had been released tho.
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 6
- Message 4 Sat Jan 16, 1993
- HOWIE-CBM at 01:33 EST
-
- And, the *new* RSCards for the C128 which was just released about a
- week ago is TERRIF!!!!
-
- A compatibility prob I had with getting full color while playing cards
- is now gone and all the games are in LIVING COLOR! Very nice!!
-
- As to Apprentice, I do not believe it got beyond Alpha testing. Someone
- else may know more about this, however.
-
- In any event, the *current* RTCMaster 128 now has most features that were
- intended for Apprentice, and soon will have all and more.
-
- I think I have all of this right...
-
- Howie
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 6
- Message 5 Sat Jan 16, 1993
- M.MINNIG at 06:26 EST
-
- Thanks for the update!
-
- Michael
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 6
- Message 6 Thu Mar 18, 1993
- E.COURTENAY [bull] at 00:34 EST
-
- i want to know how to download load the wizard
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 6
- Message 7 Thu Mar 18, 1993
- YLR.ROSE [RTC/Lib] at 10:55 EST
-
- E.Courtenay (Bull).. which version of Wizard do you want... the 64 or 128
- version, which telecom program are you using now? This will be very helpful
- so that we can tell you exactly which file number to download and how to do
- it with the program you are currently using. Hugs.
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 6
- Message 8 Thu Mar 18, 1993
- CBM-MARK at 22:25 EST
-
- Hi Bull!
-
- Wizard for the C64 is file number 8897 (wiz64.sfx). Wizard for the C128
- is file number 8898 (wiz128.sfx).
-
- The Flagship Libraries are entered from page 625, select item #3. Once in
- library select #6 from the library menu to download a file. Enter either
- filenumber that I listed above depending on which computer you have. (The
- C128 version ONLY runs in 80 columns)
- After you enter the file number you want to download, the file description
- will be listed to your screen. Enter -> D to do the downloading at the
- prompt. The protocal you probably should use would be #1, xmodem. Just
- about all term programs support it. After selecting the protocal (file
- transfer method) be SURE to wait for GEnie to tell you it is ready to send
- the file before you start the downloading from your end.
-
- After the download is finished, sign off GEnie, reset the computer and load
- the Wizard file. It is a self-dissolving archive so you will need a blank
- formatted disk to write the files onto. Now run the Wizard file you down-
- loaded and the Wizard files will be written to your blank disk.
-
- If you need any help getting Wizard up and running there is a Wizard help
- topic in Category #8. Just leave a message there and we'll get you fixed
- up in no time ;) The Wizard self-dissolving archive also contains the full
- documentaion, be sure to read it because there is some setting up you must
- do in the fkey file before Wizard will autolog onto GEnie for you.
-
- ``Mark``
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 6
- Message 9 Fri Mar 19, 1993
- E.BELCHER1 at 22:30 EST
-
- I'M LOOKING FOR A TERMINAL PROGRAM THAT DOESN'T PRINT IN CAPS LIKE THE ONE I'M
- USING NOW(CCGM5.5).HOPE THIS HLEPS ELSP LPS YOU.
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 6
- Message 10 Sat Mar 20, 1993
- YLR.ROSE [RTC/Lib] at 01:14 EST
-
- E.Belcher.. since you are using ccgm5.5, I am assuming (dumb idea, I know)
- that you are using a 64? Download WIZARD64 from the Library.. you'll like it
- MUCHO better.. and its a term program written just for GEnie. :> Hugs
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 6
- Message 11 Sat Mar 20, 1993
- HOWIE-CBM at 02:24 EST
-
- Sending CBMASCII will result in all CAPS appearing as in the above message.
- However, I believe that CCGM will do cbm<>ascii translation.
-
- In any event, more up to date terms will most certainly do the necessary
- translation, and you might want to take a look at Wizard, or maybe Bellterm,
- and by all means Novaterm. All three are superb selections, although I am
- sure that some will prefer one over the other.
-
- Thinking about it, using all three, each one for its special strength makes a
- lot of sense.
-
- Howie
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 6
- Message 12 Mon May 03, 1993
- J.WILSON38 [little JOHN] at 01:49 EDT
-
- I don't know if this the place to ask, but.... I know I have seen a
- command that will tell you what topics you have marked but I can't find it
- anywhere. What is it? I need to rework what I have marked and it would be a
- lot easier if I knew what was already marked. Thanks in advance for the help!
- John
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 6
- Message 13 Mon May 03, 1993
- YLR.ROSE at 09:10 EDT
-
- John.. if you do a board INDex.. then all the topics will only show as open or
- closed. To see the ones you MARked.. you have to set to each Category and do
- a TOP.. this will show you which ones are marked. :> Its a royal pain, but
- thats the only way I know of to do it. Hugs
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 6
- Message 15 Fri Jun 18, 1993
- CBM-ED [e.g.bell] at 23:23 EDT
-
- The message regarding the keyboard problem was moved from here to category
- 4 topic 18.
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 6
- Message 16 Fri Jul 23, 1993
- FLORIDA.2 [Milton] at 23:19 EDT
-
- Like the sign say, 'Hep me! I'm setting up a C=64 for the local musuems
- children's art program. Have purchased Advanced Art Studio, color printer,
- SuperGraphics Jr., etc. but when the order came in we were told the 1531(?)
- mouse was no longer available. HELP! We really NEED a mouse for the 4-8 year
- olds, even I have have trouble controling the joysticks. :)
-
- Any leads/information on a C=64 compatible would be greatly appreciated. And
- if anyone out there happens to have one laying around they never use, you
- could consider a donation?
-
- I'll be checking in frequently over the next few days/week hoping to find a
- solution.
-
- --Milton
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 6
- Message 17 Sat Jul 24, 1993
- CBM-ED [e.g.bell] at 02:16 EDT
-
- There has been at least one after-market Mouse for the C64/128, and
- it is supposed to be even better than the original. It is sold by
- Tenex, whose number I do not have at hand at the moment. They have
- an 800 number, which I *THINK* is 1-800-PROMPT, but that could be
- incorrect. You may be able to convince them to contribute a mouse
- to your project. Alternatively, check out all of the ads in this
- category, and watch for new ones. There is a lot of turnover of
- used equipment, and the mouses I have seen go for from $12-$15 used.
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 6
- Message 18 Sat Jul 24, 1993
- CBM-MARK at 07:44 EDT
-
- Tenex's phone number is 1-800-776-6781.
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 6
- Message 19 Sat Jul 24, 1993
- J.STAFF [James] at 19:52 EDT
-
- Tenex(1-800-PROMPT1 or 800-776-6781) is the place to buy it from! The M3
- mouse(#82704) is $39.95 and the 1351 mouse(#37885) is $32.95.
-
-
- James
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 6
- Message 20 Sun Jul 25, 1993
- FLORIDA.2 [Milton] at 00:15 EDT
-
- Tenex is where I tried and the order came back saying the 1531 was no longer
- available.
-
- --Milton
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 6
- Message 21 Sun Jul 25, 1993
- CBM-ED [e.g.bell] at 02:11 EDT
-
- That may be because you specifically ordered the 1531. The M3 that
- someone mentioned is a compatible, supposedly even better. Give them
- a call at their 800 number.
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 6
- Message 22 Sun Jul 25, 1993
- P.KELLER5 [Diesel II] at 06:11 EDT
-
- How about trying Software Support International at 1-800-356-1179. They have
- a mouse called Handy Mouse. They have a 1351 Compatible for the 64/128
- (catalog #CO11822) for $29.95 plus $5.25 shipping (plus WA state sales tax if
- you reside in WA). You can check with them to see if they still have some.
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 6
- Message 23 Wed Jul 28, 1993
- HOWIE-CBM at 16:40 EDT
-
- Better yet, why not call CMD.
-
- Didn't I see where Doug posted that CMD now sells good mice?
-
- Howie
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 6
- Message 26 Sat Jul 31, 1993
- G.STAGLIANO [c128Stag] at 14:26 EDT
-
- While we are on the subject of wierd wants. I need the New address of BOB- CO
- maker of World geography. I have the 85 version and want to update it to the
- 1993 version!
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 6
- Message 27 Sun Aug 08, 1993
- T.VICINANZA [1] at 10:43 EDT
-
- Hi all. I need one simple bit of info for my C64 using uncle (80 years old..
- him not the machine).
-
- thats all i need to know.. thanks!!! tom
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 6
- Message 28 Sun Aug 08, 1993
- T.VICINANZA [1] at 10:47 EDT
-
- my msg didnt make it.. i repeat.. hi all.. i need one simple bit of info for
- my c64 using uncle (80 years old.. him.. not the machine.. how does one
- format a disk on c64? he is using the 1541 disk drive. what is that command?
- tks all tom
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 6
- Message 29 Sun Aug 08, 1993
- CBM-ED [e.g.bell] at 11:38 EDT
-
- That one is easy.... assuming your disk drive is number 8, which most
- are, the command to format a disk is....
-
- open 15,8,15,"n0:diskname,id":close15
-
- 'diskname' can be any 16 character name (you can't use the '$' or '*'
- characters) and the 'id' can be any 2 printable characters. That is
- how to do it... :)
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 6
- Message 30 Sun Aug 08, 1993
- T.VICINANZA [1] at 18:46 EDT
-
- tks a mill e.g. Those commdore commands have long faded from memory. mine
- that is. havent used the c64 in years, so when my uncle asked how to format a
- disk, I was lost. Knew where to come for the answer though! I thank you
- again. tom, Orlando, fl.
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 6
- Message 31 Mon Aug 09, 1993
- FLORIDA.2 [Milton] at 11:22 EDT
-
- Yikes! GEOS question. I was talking to an Amiga, ex-commdore, user at work
- and he said that GEOS is disk intensive and thus requires a lot of swapping, a
- second drive or a RAM card, TRUE or FALSE? And would the newer version of
- GEOS solve this problem. I'm looking at 4-8 year olds useing the program
- unsupervised and can't have them swapping disks all the time.
-
- --Milton
- ------------
- ould *not* be the way to go if
- the predominate users are to be 4-8 year olds, unsupervised. Yes, it is
- disk intensive, but you *can* get away with using only 1 drive if you are
- careful, I did it for a few years before I got my second drive. Yep again,
- lots of disk swapping going from application to application.
-
- ``Mark``
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 6
- Message 33 Tue Aug 10, 1993
- R.KNOP1 [Rob Knop] at 01:44 EDT
-
- Um, I'd like to interject another view of things. Yes, it is true that with
- GEOS you usually end up with a lot of disk swapping, and that GEOS runs much
- faster and better with a RAM expansion unit, and that multiple disk drives are
- handy.
-
- However: for what you are doing, you will be able to get away with everything
- on one disk and no swapping necessary, after the program has been loaded.
- Since you will basically be using only geoPaint, you can make up a work disk
- that has (1) the deskTop, (2) geoPaint, (3) your printer and input drivers and
- (4) any documents (files created with geoPaint). This should serve all of
- your needs. You will need to boot from the original disk, and then swap that
- disk out and put this other disk in, but once that is set up, you can just let
- it run.
-
- geoPaint will occasionally access the disk, when switching tools, and when
- moving the screen around the document (the screen only shows about 320x200 at
- a time, while the whole document is 640x720 pixels). This results in a brief
- slowdown, but you won't have to worry about swapping disks or anything like
- that.
-
- Incidentally, to answer another question you asked in mail, you can use a
- mouse with GEOS. (I will have to check to make sure there is a driver
- included with GEOS 1.3, but I think there is.)
-
- -Rob
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 6
- Message 34 Tue Aug 10, 1993
- CBM-MARK at 08:29 EDT
-
- You're right Rob, one work disk will work but I'ld worry about some of those
- 'brighter' unsupervised 8 yearolds messing with file saves, deletes, etc ;)
- All so easy to do GEOS. Just a click here, a click there ;>
-
- Want to know how I know this? Experiance with my 8 year old, now 10. He
- just loved to play around with all the stuff on the GEOS desktop and the
- GEOPaint menu itself. I had a work disk set up just for him to use and he
- was constantly filling it up with GEOPaint files or deleting stuff from the
- desktop. *I* didn't show him how to do that. Kids will be kids ;D
-
- ``Mark``
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 6
- Message 35 Tue Aug 10, 1993
- FLORIDA.2 [Milton] at 09:48 EDT
-
- Alright, I'm calmer about GEOS now. :) I am totaly C=64 dumbfounded. At some
- point I'll need instructions on how to make that special disk, but I'll wait
- until I have everything in one place.
-
- --Milton
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 6
- Message 36 Wed Aug 11, 1993
- R.KNOP1 [Rob Knop] at 01:21 EDT
-
- Milton, I could probably also be talked into making you the work disk you
- would need and sending that to you along with the copy of GEOS... :D This
- will all be sometime after September begins, though.
-
- -Rob
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 6
- Message 37 Wed Aug 11, 1993
- HOWIE-CBM at 03:19 EDT
-
- Milton,
-
- As you have seen we have many GEOS experts. When you have more questions, let
- us know.
-
- If you will be running from the one drive, one suggestion I would make up
- front is that you have many copies of that work disk handy. This will allow
- any one 8 year old to mouse to his heart's content, totally destroying a disk,
- only requiring slipping another disk into the drive for the next youngster to
- destroy.
-
- Hey! This is beginning to sound like fun! :)
-
- Howie
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 6
- Message 38 Wed Aug 11, 1993
- CBM-MARK at 08:06 EDT
-
- HH> any one 8 year old to mouse to his heart's content, totally
- HH> destroying a disk, Hey! This is beginning to sound like
- HH> fun! :)
-
- Howie, LOL!
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 6
- Message 39 Fri Aug 13, 1993
- FLORIDA.2 [Milton] at 21:24 EDT
-
- Howie, that's exactly what I had in mind. :)
-
- HAPPY, HAPPY, JOY, JOY! Our mouse came in today and it came with a copy of
- GEOS deskTop 1.5!!!
-
- Now I think this is what I need, but as you've heard me say before I just
- don't know commodore. Fliping though the manuel I see illustrations that look
- a lot like MacPaint and seems to be exactly what I wanted.
-
- My question now is, Where do I start? How do I copy disks? How do I set up
- for single disk operation? Etc? Etc?
-
- This is going to work! I'm sure of it now, but it may happen faster with your
- help rather than my trying to digest an entire manuel.
-
- --Milton
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 6
- Message 40 Sat Aug 14, 1993
- R.KNOP1 [Rob Knop] at 04:28 EDT
-
- Nuts.... I don't believe I just did that... had written a response, and
- instead of transmitting my buffer, I just cleared it... *** sigh *** OK... to
- summarize, I am not sure what is included with that GEOS disk that comes with
- the M3 mouse. It may just be the deskTop, I am not sure that tyou have
- geoPaint with that. (Also, I was never able to get that disk to boot, but
- since I already had GEOS 2.0 I didn't try too hard.)
-
- To get up and running with the mouse: put the disk in the drive and type:
-
- load"0:*",8,1
-
- and hit RETURN. Once GEOS has finished loading and you see the deskTop, hold
- down the C= key (lower left of the keyboard) and hit the I key. This will
- bring up a dialog box. Use the arrow keys (lower right of keyboard) to move
- the pointer over the entry in the dialog box for the 1351 mouse (will have the
- number "1351" in it), and hit RETURN. Move the pointer over the OK icon and
- hit RETURN. At this point the mouse should work with GEOS for you, and you
- should be up and running.
-
- If you don't have geoPaint, and do end up getting a version of GEOS 1.3 from
- me or from sombody else, I would recommed replacing the 1.3 deskTop you would
- have there with the 1.5 deskTop you got with your mouse. On the other hand,
- if you get ahold of a copy of GEOS 2.0, you should just ignore the disk that
- came with the M3 mouse.
-
- -Rob
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 6
- Message 41 Sat Aug 14, 1993
- HOWIE-CBM at 07:08 EDT
-
- So, Rob, are you saying that you do not use GEnie's online editing features?
- :)
-
- Howie
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 6
- Message 42 Sat Aug 14, 1993
- R.KNOP1 [Rob Knop] at 23:46 EDT
-
- 1-6
-
- Howie, *up is pretty much the only GEnie editing feature I usually use.
- Ocasionally (rarely) I find myself inspired to type something in online, and
- sometimes I catch a mistake in what I've uploaded (usually, though, I don't
- catch them), and then I use *cha. Mostly just *up though.
-
- -Rob
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 6
- Message 43 Sun Aug 15, 1993
- P.KELLER5 [Diesel II] at 09:00 EDT
-
- Speaking of GEOS stuff, what's the difference between the two mouse options,
- 1351 and 1351(a)? Is one better than the other?
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 6
- Message 44 Sun Aug 15, 1993
- R.KNOP1 [Rob Knop] at 19:26 EDT
-
- I believe that the 1351(a) mouse driver has faster response. In other words,
- you have to move your mouse a smaller physical distance across the table in
- order to move the pointer from one side of the screen to the other.
- Basically, try both 1351 and 1351(a), and whichever "feels" better to you is
- the one you should use. If you can't tell any difference, then pick one at
- random :)
-
- -Rob
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 6
- Message 45 Sun Aug 15, 1993
- CBM-MARK at 22:23 EDT
-
- Just a bit of a reminder, there is an entire GEOS related Category (#6)
- in the BB here just for GEOS guestions ;D
-
- ``Mark``
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 6
- Message 47 Mon Aug 16, 1993
- L.VICTORY [FO#1] at 22:36 EDT
-
- I just started having this problem with accessing my 1541 II drive. For
- instance, I try 'load"$",8 and the words list to screen. Then the green light
- comes on for a bit and goes off. After all this, I lose the cursor. The
- computer is locked up until I do a reset or turn it off.
-
- I have a C64c w/RAMLink(1.5m), the above drive, printer and, of course, a
- modem. I tried disconnecting all the devices except the modem to no avail. I
- even tried putting my original rom chip back in my disk drive to see if that
- might have been the problem. I can access RAMLink in any mode. I don't have
- any idea where the problem is. I would appreciate any and all help.
-
-
- FO#1
-
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 6
- Message 48 Tue Aug 17, 1993
- HOWIE-CBM at 02:13 EDT
-
- FO#1,
-
- For starters I would try cleaning all the contacts on the serial cable, both
- sockets and plugs, at the computer, and at the drive.
-
- Ordinary ispropyl alcohol should do nicely. Any accumulation of oxidents
- could cause those symptoms, which a cleaning would erase.
-
- If the prob should still persist after this cleaning, let us know.
-
- Howie
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 6
- Message 49 Tue Aug 17, 1993
- L.VICTORY [FO#1] at 19:38 EDT
-
- "!#$%&! as the Tasmanian Devil would say. Needless to say, I still don't have
- a drive working. I'm glad that my terminal program was loaded on my RAMLink.
- I swabbed and inserted the jacks and plugs on both ends several times. Now I
- wish I had bought another drive to compliment the one I have. I'm still open
- for suggestions. Thanks, Howie.
-
- There was one other thing I noticed about my problem. After a disk
- access attempt and the computer locks up, I reset and trie to access my
- RAMLink. I use F1 to get a directory listing of files on it and I have to use
- the F1 key twice. I just get @$:* after the first push and a blinking
- cursor. Then when I push it a second time, I get the directory I was
- requested. Don't know if that last would help.
-
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 6
- Message 50 Wed Aug 18, 1993
- HOWIE-CBM at 03:17 EDT
-
- FO#1,
-
- OK, now we have clean solid connections on the serial bus. This is good.
-
- As you know F1 should not behave that way, unless you have redefined F1, which
- you obviously have not.
-
- Hmmm....
-
- This is getting beyond my knowledge. I wonder if you might ask Doug, since
- you are now getting erratic responses from both the serial port (your drive)
- and RAMLink itself.
-
- Maybe it has something to do with timing and the jumper clip? This is only a
- wild quess... Maybe the jumper clip is loose? Now I am grasping at
- straws....
-
- I'd ask Doug for a more difinitive response on this one.
-
- Doug! Oh Doug!!!!
-
- I wonder if he will see this, or if it might be necessary to ask Doug in his
- Category..... :/
-
- Howie
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 6
- Message 51 Sat Aug 28, 1993
- L.VICTORY [FO#1] at 00:23 EDT
-
- I'll tell you what I'm gonna do. In fact, I've already done it. I got b
-
- back from work and sent my 1541 in for repair. I have to admit that in the
- back of my mind, I think the problem is not in my drive. I had no other drive
- to try, so-- I ordered another one of those from that place advertised in the
- last issue of Loadstar over in the Carolinas. I'll let you know what if
- anything , if anything, was wrong.
- ------------
- ************
- Topic 7 Mon Aug 16, 1993
- C128.JBEE at 13:54 EDT
- Sub: Hot Summer Nights for Commodore owners
-
- Hot Summer Nights for Commodore owners
- A topic about our upcoming promotions. Details at 11:00!
- 1 message(s) total.
- ************
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 7
- Message 1 Tue Aug 17, 1993
- L.SCHONDER [Lou] at 18:06 EDT
-
- Sounds cool! I mean ...errr... HOT!!! :D
- ------------
- ************
- Topic 8 Sat Sep 18, 1993
- E.BENDER at 18:45 EDT
- Sub: file 585 personal cking
-
- problem with file
- 1 message(s) total.
- ************
- ------------
- Category 1, Topic 8
- Message 1 Sat Sep 18, 1993
- E.BENDER at 18:48 EDT
-
- I downloaded this file and have a problem. When I use the F1 key to create a
- WORKING FILE DISK - I get a syntax error, Has anyone else had this problem?
- And if so what is the solution?
- ------------
-
- 1 ?
- Unrecognized command - [THE]
-
- 1 ?
-
- No. Subject Msgs Status Author
- 1 Welcome to the FlagShip Bulletin Board 1 Closed C128-BILL [Bill]
- 2 RTC Announcements! 28 Open YLR.ROSE [RTC Queen]
- 3 Introduce yourself! 60 Marked T.MCDONALD2
- 4 How To:Set SCROLL prompt to your Screen 23 Open L.KLEIN1
- 5 online faces and gestures 41 Marked C128.JBEE [* Sysop *]
- 6 'Hep me! 'Hep me! 51 Marked T.JUMP3 [Tim]
- 7 Hot Summer Nights for Commodore owners 1 Marked C128.JBEE
- 8 file 585 personal cking 1 Open E.BENDER
-
- 1 ?