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├╧═╨.╙┘╙.├┬═ ╞┴╤ ╞╔╠┼ VERSION 1.2 92/08/01 ═AINTAINED BY ╥OBERT ┴. ╦NOP ╩R. (RKNOP@TYBALT.CALTECH.EDU). ╘HE LATEST VERSION OF THIS ╞┴╤ FILE MAY BE FOUND IN /PUB/RKNOP/COMP.SYS.CBM ON TYBALT.CALTECH.EDU. 0. ╔╬╘╥╧─╒├╘╔╧╬ ╫ELCOME TO THE NOT-SO-NEWLY CREATED COMP.SYS.CBM ╞┴╤ FILE. ╞OR A FIRST ╞┴╤, THE QUESTION WILL BE, "╫HAT IS A ╞┴╤ FILE?" ╞┴╤ STANDS FOR "╞REQUENTLY ┴SKED ╤UESTIONS." ═ANY NEWSGROUPS MAINTAIN A ╞┴╤ FILE WHICH IS POSTED MONTHLY, AND IS A REPOSITORY FOR GENERAL INTEREST AND COMMON INFORMATION THAT MANY READERS OF THE NEWSGROUP, OR NEW READERS OF THE NEWSGROUP, MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN. ╔ WOULD LIKE TO KEEP PROGRAMMING INFORMATION IN THIS ╞┴╤ FILE TO A MINIMUM; OTHREWISE, IT COULD BALOON OUT OF CONTROL. ╞OR THOSE INTERESTED IN PROGRAMMING, SEE THE ENTRY BELOW ON THE ╒SENET ├= ╚ACKING ═AGAZINE. ┴DDITIONAL FILES OF USEFUL INFORMATION MAY ALSO BE FOUND IN THE /PUB/RKNOP/COMP.SYS.CBM DIRECTORY ON TYBALT.CALTECH.EDU; THESE INCLUDE (OR, ╔ PLAN FOR THEM TO INCLUDE) A LIST OF MAIL ORDER PLACES THAT SUPPORT THE ├64 AND ├128, ╥.╞ERGUSON'S LIST OF FTP SITES, A LIST OF USER GROUP NEWSLETTERS (IF ANYONE SENDS ME ANYTHING TO PUT IN THE LIST) AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT ANYONE TELLS ME ╔ OUGHT TO HAVE THERE. ┴NYONE WITH COMMENTS, _CORRECTIONS_(!), ADDITIONS, OR SUGGESTIONS SHOULD CONTACT ME AT RKNOP@TYBALT.CALTECH.EDU. ╘HIS ╞┴╤ FILE IS STILL DEFINITELY A ╫ORK ╔N ╨ROGRESS. ╘HANKS TO THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE SUBMITTED SUGGESTIONS, CORRECTIONS, QUESTIONS, AND SECTIONS (IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER): ═ICHAEL ═EI (MMMEI@SUNEE.WARERLOO.EDU) ┬EN ╫ILDASIN (BWILDASI@SILVER.UCS.INDIANA.EDU) ┬ARNETT ├. ╚UE (BCH41249@MRCNEXT.CSO.UIUC.EDU) ├AREY ╘REESH (TREESH@BACH.HELIOS.ND.EDU) ├RAIG ╘AYLOR (DUCK@PEMBVAX1.PEMBROKE.EDU) ╨ETER ╨AN (╔SAMU->┘ONG) (YPAN@CS.ARIZONA.EDU) ╚OWARD ╚ERMAN (╚╧╫╔┼-├┬═ ON ╟┼NIE) ╥OBERT ╙. ╞ERGUSON (RFERGUSO@ECN.PURDUE.EDU) ═IKE ╥EILLY (N1MJR@IASTATE.EDU) ╩OHN <SOMEBODY> (CS202124@UMBC5.UMBC.EDU) ├OREY ─ ═INTER (CDMINTER@ICAEN.UIOWA.EDU) ╙TEVE <SOMEBODY> (AKERSSE@NEXTWORK.ROSE-HULMAN.EDU) (NO RELATION TO ╩OHN) ╘HIS C.S.C. ╞┴╤ IS ORGANIZED INTO THE FOLLOWING MAJOR SECTIONS: ╔. ├ONNECTION A ├64/128 WITH THE OUTSIDE WORLD ╔╔. ├OMMON ╚ARDWARE ╨ROBLEMS ╔╔╔. ╘RICKS AND ╘IPS ╔╓. ╥┴═ EXPANSION ISSUES ╓. ╬ET RESOURCES ╓╔. ╧N-╠INE SERVICES ╓╔╔. ╨UBLICATIONS ╓╔╔╔. ┴CCELERATORS ╞OR A MORE DETAILED OUTLINE SEE FAQ.OUTLINE IN /PUB/RKNOP/COMP.SYS.CBM ON TYBALT.CALTECH.EDU. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ╙UBJECT: ├╧╬╬┼├╘╔╬╟ ┘╧╒╥ ├64/128 ╫╔╘╚ ╘╚┼ ╧╒╘╙╔─┼ ╫╧╥╠─ ┴. ╘ERMINAL ╨ROGRAMS ╘HE MOST STRAIGHTFORWARD WAY TO CONNECT YOUR COMPUTER TO THE OUTSIDE WORLD IS USING A TERMINAL PROGRAM. ╫ITH THIS AND A MODEM, YOU CAN USE YOUR COMPUTER JUST AS A TERMINAL TO LOG ON TO ANY MAINFRAME SYSTEMS YOU MAY HAVE ACCESS TO AT SCHOOL OR AT WORK. ╨OPULAR SHAREWARE AND FREELY DISTRIBUTABLE TERMINAL PROGRAMS AVAILABLE ON THE NET INCLUDE ─ES╘ERM128 FOR THE 128, ╬OVATERM FOR THE 64, AND ╦ERMIT FOR BOTH THE 64 AND 128. ┼ACH OF THESE PROGRAMS INCLUDE EMULATIONS OF POPULAR TERMINAL TYPES (E.G. ╓╘100, ┴╬╙╔), AS WELL AS ONE OR MORE DOWNLOAD PROTOCOLS (Q.Q.V.). ╦ERMIT, IN ADDITION, SPORTS A LIMITED ╘┼╦-4010 GRAPHICS EMULATION. ╨OPULAR COMMERCIAL TERMINAL PROGRAMS INCLUDE ┬OB'S ╘ERM ╨RO AND ─IALOGUE 128. ─OWNLOADING FILES ╘O TRANSFER FILES FROM YOUR MAINFRAME (USUALLY ╒NIX OR ╓═╙) SYSTEM TO YOUR 64/128, YOU TYPICALLY NEED TO USE SOME SORT OF ERROR-CORRECTING FILE TRANSFER PROTOCOL. ╘HE MOST POPULAR PROTOCOLS FOR THE 64/128 ARE XMODEM AND KERMIT. ╘HESE TWO PROTOCOLS ARE VERY COMMON, AND ARE AVAILABLE ON MANY COMPUTER SYSTEMS. ╓ARIETIES OF ╪MODEM ╪MODEM COMES IN SEVERAL VARIETIES. ╙TANDARD XMODEM SENDS FILES IN 128 BYTE PACKETS. ╘HERE ARE TWO STANDARD ERROR-CORRECTION METHODS WITH ╪MODEM CHECKSUM AND ├╥├. ├╥├ IS THE MORE MODERN OF THE TWO. ╘HERE IS ALSO A VERSION OF XMODEM WHICH SUPPORTS 1╦-BYTE PACKETS. ╘HIS VERSION IS MOST COMMONLY KNOWN AS XMODEM-1╦, BUT IS SOMETIMES ERRONEOUSLY CALLED YMODEM. ┘MODEM IS A "BATCH" XMODEM PROTOCOL, ALLOWING YOU TO TRANSFER MULTIPLE FILES IN ONE OPERATION. ┴ FINAL *MODEM TRANSFER PROTOCOL IS ┌MODEM. ╘HERE ARE CURRENTLY NO TERMINAL PROGRAMS FOR THE 64/128 THAT SUPPORT ┌MODEM. ╫HILE THE DEBATE RAGES ON WHETHER OR NOT IT SHOULD BE POSSIBLE TO IMPLEMENT ┌MODEM ON THE 128, THE OVERRIDING CONSENSUS SEEMS TO BE THAT ┌MODEM IS EITHER NOT POSSIBLE ON THE 128, OR POSSIBLE BUT HARD ENOUGH TO NOT BE WORTH THE EFFORT. ╔N SUMMARY, THE REASON ZMODEM IS SO HARD TO IMPLEMENT IS BECAUSE IT IS A "STREAMING" PROTOCL (DATA IS CONTINUOUSLY COMING ACROSS THE LINE), AND THE ├64/128 KERNAL DOESN'T SUPPORT DISK ACCESS OR ╥┼╒ ─═┴S CONCURRENT WITH ╥╙232 ACCESS; ADDITIONALLY, THE ├64/128 DON'T HAVE ENOUGH ╥┴═ TO ALLOCATE A BUFFER LARGE ENOUGH FOR A TYPICAL FILE TRANSFER. ╔T ISN'T WORTH IT BECAUSE DUE TO THE SLOW DISK ACCESS ON A ├=, THE GAIN OF ZMODEM OVER XMODEM-1╦ WOULD BE MINIMAL. ╚OW TO ╦ERMIT ╘HE PROTOCOL WHOSE INTRUCTIONS FOR USE ARE MOST REQUESTED ON COMP.SYS.CBM SEEMS TO BE ╦ERMIT. ╞OR THIS REASON, AND THESE OTHERS, HERE IS A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF HOW TO USE ╦ERMIT. ╧THER REASONS ARE (1) ╪MODEM'S USE TENDS TO BE MORE OBVIOUS TO THE UNINITIATED. (2) ╦ERMIT WORKS MORE OFTEN THAN ╪MODEM. ╦ERMIT CONVERTS ALL DATA TO DISPLAYABLE ┴╙├╔╔ CHARACTERS BEFORE SENDING THEM OVER THE MODEM LINE. ╪MODEM, ON THE OTHER HAND, SENDS FULL 8 BIT CHARACTERS. ╔F YOU DO NOT HAVE A CLEAN, 8-BIT DATA PATHWAY, SOME OF THE CHARACTERS SENT BY ╪MODEM MAY BE INTERCEPTED BY AN INTERMEDIARY TERMINAL SERVER AS A COMMAND, THUS CAUSING THE TRANSFER PROTOCOL TO HANG. ╦ERMIT TENDS NOT TO HAVE SUCH PROBLEMS. ╔F OTHER TRANSFER PROTOCOLS DON'T WORK, TRY ╦ERMIT. (╔F ╪MODEM ETC. DOES WORK, HOEVER, IT TENDS TO BE FASTER THAN ╦ERMIT.) ╚OW TO USE ╦ERMIT: (1) ┬OOT UP ╦ENT ╙ULLIVAN'S ╦ERMIT 64/128. ╘HIS IS A FREELY DISTRIBUTABLE PIECE OF SOFTWARE DISTRIBUTED (STILL?) BY ─R. ┼VIL ╠ABS. ┘OU MAY WISH TO MESS WITH THE TERMINAL CONFIGURATION (E.G. SCREEN-MODE, ESPECIALLY FOR ├128 USERS WHO WILL WANT TO USE THE ╓─├ 80-COLUMN SCREEN) UNTIL YOU ARE COMFORTABLE WITH THE PROGRAM. (2) ╦ERMIT WILL PRESENT YOU WITH A "╦ERMIT-65>" PROMPT. ╘YPE "C" AT THIS PROMPT TO CONNECT TO THE OUTSIDE WORLD. ┴FTER TYPING C, YOU ARE IN DIRECT COMMUNICATION WITH THE MODEM, OR WHATEVER YOU HAVE PLUGGED INTO YOUR SERIAL PORT. (╙╧═┼┬╧─┘ ╙╒╨╨╠┘ ╔╬╞╧ ╧╬ ╙╫╔╞╘╠╔╬╦ ╞╧╥ ═┼?) (3) ├ONNECT TO YOUR HOST. ┴S ╦ERMIT (AS OF V2.2B) DOESN'T HAVE A BUILT-IN PHONE BOOK, YOU WILL NEED TO ISSUSE THE "ATDT XXXXXXX" MODEM DIALING COMMAND YOURSELF. (4) ╘YPE WHATEVER IS NECESSARY TO LOG ON TO YOUR HOST, AND RUN ╦ERMIT. ╘YPICALLY THE LATTER INVOLVES JUST TYPING "KERMIT". (5) ┘OUR HOST WILL PRESENT YOU WITH A KERMIT PROMPT; ON ╒NIX, THIS IS TYPICALLY "├-╦ERMIT> ". ┴T THIS PROMPT, SELECT YOUR FILE TYPE. ┘OUR FILE TYPE CAN BE "BINARY" OR "ASCII" (SOMETIMES "TEXT"). ╙ELECT "BINARY" IF THE FILE IS A PROGRAM, PROGRAM-SPECIFIC DATA FILE, OR ANY OTHER FUKE THAT HAS 8-BIT INFORMATION. ╙ELECT "ASCII" IF THE FILE IS A TEXT FILE THAT CAN BE DIRECTLY TYPED OR PRINTED. ╘HE COMMAND TO MAKE THIS SELECTION MAY DEPEND ON YOUR ╦ERMIT IMPLEMENTATION; USUALLY, A COMMAND LIKE "SET FILE TYPE BINARY" WILL DO IT. (6) ╨UT YOUR HOST INTO SERVER MODE. ╘O DO THIS, SIMPLY TYPE "SERVER" AT THE HOST'S KERMIT PROMPT. (7) ┼SCAPE BACK TO COMMAND MODE FOR 64/128 ╦ERMIT. ┘OU CAN DO THIS WITH THE KEY COMBINATION ├╘╥╠/┘ ├. ┴T THE "╦ERMIT-65> " PROMPT, TYPE EITHER "SET FILE-TYPE BINARY" OR "SET FILE-TYPE TEXT" (MATCHING WHATEVER YOU TYPED AT THE HOST'S ╦ERMIT PROMPT). >>┴╙├╔╔/╨┼╘╙├╔╔ ╘╥┴╬╙╠┴╘╔╧╬<< (8) ┴T THIS POINT, YOU CAN DOWNLOAD OR UPLOAD ANY FILES YOU WANT WITH THE COMMANDS GET <FILENAME> (DOWNLOADS THE FILE FROM THE HOST TO DRIVE 8 OF YOUR 64/128), AND PUT <FILENAME> (UPLOADS THE FILE FROM DRIVE 8 OF YOUR 64/128 TO THE HOST). (9) ╫HEN YOU ARE FINISHED, TYPE "FINISH." ╘HIS TAKES THE HOST OUT OF SERVER MODE. ╘YPE "C" AT THE "╦ERMIT-65> " PROMPT, AND YOU WILL BE RETURNED TO THE HOST, WHERE YOU WILL SEE THE HOST'S ╦ERMIT PROMPT. ╚ERE, TYPE "QUIT" TO EXIT ╦ERMIT ON THE HOST, AND GO ABOUT YOUR BUSINESS. ╬╧╘┼-> ╔F YOU UUENCODE A BINARY FILE AT THE SOURCE MACHINE, SEND IT AS A TEXT FILE (WITH NO TRANSLATION), AND UUDECODE IT AT THE HOST MACHINE, THE FILE TRANSFER ACTUALLY GOES FASTER (I.E. YOU HAVE TO TRANSFER FEWER PACKETS) THAN IF YOU TRANSFER THE FILE AS A BINARY FILE. ╔F YOU DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THIS LAST SENTENSE, IGNORE IT. ┬. ╥EADING ╞OREIGN ─ISK ╞ORMATS ├OMMODORE COMPUTERS USE A DISK FORMAT WHICH IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH THE DISK FORMATS OF OTHER COMPUTERS. ╚OWEVER, SOME PROGRAMS EXIST WHICH ALLOW YOU TO READ FOREIGN, SPECIFICALLY ═╙-─╧╙, DISKS. ╬OTE THAT IN GENERAL TO DO THIS, YOU MUST HAVE EITHER A 1571 OR 1581 DISK DRIVE. ╘HE 1541 CANNOT READ ═╙-─╧╙ DISKS. ┴ COMMERCIAL PACKAGE, ╘HE ┬IG ┬LUE ╥EADER, FROM ╙╧╟╫┴╨ SOFTWARE, RUNS ON EITHER A 64 OR A 128, WILL READ AND WRITE ═╙-─╧╙ FORMAT 3.5" (WITH A 1581) AND 5.25" (WITH A 1571) DISKS. ╧THER FREELY DISTRIBUTABLE PROGRAMS EXIST TO READ AND WRITE 5.25" ═╙-─╧╙ DISKS. ╧NE SUCH PROGRAM IS ├ROSSLINK, ALTHOUGH IT IS LIMITED TO READING FILES 43╦ IN SIZE OR SMALLER. ╞INALLY, THERE ARE A FEW ├╨/═ ═╙-─╧╙ READING UTILITIES THAT WORK IN THE ├128'S ├╨/═ MODE. ├. ┴RCHIVED ╞ILES ╫HEN YOU HAVE DOWNLOADED A FILE TO YOUR SYSTEM, OFTEN IT IS IN ARCHIVED FORMAT. ╘HESE FILES TYPICALLY NEED TO BE DE-ARCHIVED WITH AN ARCHIVE PROGRAM BEFORE THEY CAN BE USED BY YOUR SYSTEM. ┘OU CAN USUALLY ASCERTAIN THE NATURE OF THESE FILES FROM THE EXTENTION (THE LETTERS AFTER THE LAST PERIOD IN THE FILENAME). ╘HIS IS A BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE MOST COMMON OF THESE ARCHIVED-FILE EXTENTIONS: ┼XTENTION: ═EANING: ╬OTES: ----------------------------------------- .SDA ╙ELF-─ISSOLVING ╩UST LOAD AND RUN THE .SDA FILE TO ┴RCHIVE DISSOLVE THE ARCHIVE. ╫ILL DISSOVLE ITSELF INTO ITS CONSTITUENT FILES. ├64 AND ├128 .SDA FILES ARE NOT COMPATIBLE WITH EACH OTHER. .SFX ╙ELF-┼XTRACTING ╠OAD AND RUN JUST LIKE A .SDA FILE. ┴RCHIVE ╘HE SAME ARCHIVE CAN BE EXTRACTED ON EITHER A ├64 OR A ├128, MEMORY PERMITTING. .ARC ┴╥├HIVE ╒SE THE PROGRAM ARC FOR THE 64 OR ARC128 FOR THE 128 TO DISSOLVE THE ARCHIVE. ARC128 IS AVAILABLE AS PART OF THE ├╙-─╧╙ PACKAGE. ╧THER DE-ARCHIVE PROGRAMS MAY EXIST. .LZH ╠╚┴RCHIVE ╒SE THE PROGRAM LHX IN ├╙-─╧╙ ON THE 128 TO DISSOLVE THIS ARCHIVE. ╘HESE ARE NOT VERY COMMON. ╘HIS ARCHIVE USES THE SAME FORMAT AS .SFX FILES, BUT IS NOT SELF-EXTRACTHING. ╔T IS A STANDARD FORMAT ALSO USED BY ┴MIGA (AND ═╙-─╧╙?) COMPUTERS. .LNX ╠YNX ┴RCHIVE ╘HE ABOVE FORMATS ALL COMPRESS FILES WHEN STORING THEM; ╠YNX JUST STORES THEM. ╘HERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF ╠YNX OUT THERE, SO GOOD LUCK DISSOLVING THESE. .LBR ╠IBRARY ┴RCHIVE ┴ FORMAT SIMILAR TO LYNX. ╠IBRARY DISSOLVING PROGRAMS EXIST FOR BOTH THE 64 AND 128 TO DISSOLVE THESE. .CVT ├ONVERTED ╟┼╧╙ ╟┼╧╙ FILES CAN NOT BE UPLOADED AND FILE DOWNLOADED AS THEY ARE; THEY MUST FIRST BE CONVERTED TO ├OMMODORE FORMAT. ╙EE THE NOTE ON ╟┼╧╙ BELOW .UUE ╒╒┼NCODED FILE ╒╒ENCODING IS A PROCESS WHEREBY A BINARY FILE CAN BE CONVERTED TO AN ALL-TEXT FILE, TRANSFERABLE BY ┼-MAIL. ╘HIS ENCODED FILE CAN LATER BE ╒╒─ECODED BACK TO THE ORIGINAL BINARY FILE. ╒NIX HAS STANDARD (?) UUENCODING/DECODING UTILITIES. ┴ PROGRAM "UUXFER" FOR THE ├64 (BY ╞UZZY ╞OX) WILL BOTH UUENCODE AND UUDECODE. .UUA ╒╒ ARCHIVE ┴N EXTENTION OF UUENCODING, A UUARCHIVE FILE IS A CONCATENATION OF ONE OR MORE ╒╒┼NCODED FILES. ╙O FAR AS ╔ KNOW, THIS WAS INTRODUCED BY ├RAIG ┬RUCE IN HIS ┴├┼ SHELL FOR THE ├=128, AND THE UTILITIES INCLUDED WITH THAT SHELL CREATE AND DISSOLVE UUARCHIVES. .KAR ╦EVIN'S ┴RCHIVE ┴NOTHER TEXT ARCHIVE FORMAT THAT SEEMS TO HAVE ORIGINATED WITH ├RAIG ┬RUCE, THIS IS A PROSCRIPTION FOR CONCATENATING A SERIES OF TEXT FILES (WHICH CAN INCLUDE UUENCODED FILES) INTO ONE FILE. ═ORE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND IN ├. ┬RUCE'S DOCUMENTATION FOR HIS ACE SHELL. X!<FILE>? ┌╔╨PED FILE ┌╔╨ TAKES AN ENTIRE 1541 DISK AND "ZIPS" IT UP INTO FOUR FILES (1!<FILE>, ETC.). .OTHER ╫HAT DID ╔ FORGET? ╬OTE ON ╟┼╧╙ ╟┼╧╙ FILES ARE FORMATTED DIFFERENTLY FROM STANDARD ├OMMODORE FILES. ╘HEY CANNOT BE UPLOADED OR DOWNLOADED DIRECTLY. ┬EFORE YOU UPLOAD A ╟┼╧╙ FILE, USE THE FREEWARE ╟┼╧╙ APPLICATION CONVERT2.5 BY ╫.├. ├OLEMAN TO CONVERT IT TO ├OMMDORE FORMAT. ╫HEN YOU DOWNLOAD A ╟┼╧╙ FILE, YOU MUST USE THE SAME PROGRAM TO CONVERT IT TO ╟┼╧╙ FORMAT. ┬Y CONVENTION, ╟┼╧╙ FORMAT FILES CONVERTED TO STANDARD ├OMMODORE FORMAT HAVE A .CVT ON THE END; HOWEVER, MANY CONVERTED ╟┼╧╙ FILES JUST HAVE THE SAME NAME AS THE ORIGINAL ╟┼╧╙ FILE. ┴S A RULE OF THUMB, ANY ╟┼╧╙ FILE YOU DOWNLOAD, REGARDLESS OF THE EXTENTION, MUST BE CONVERTED TO ╟┼╧╙ FORMAT WITH CONVERT2.5. ╔F YOU DOWNLOAD AN ARCHIVE OF ╟┼╧╙ FILES (E.G. A .ARC OR .SDA FILE CONTAINING ╟┼╧╙ FILES), YOU MUST FIRST DISSOLVE THE ARCHIVE USING YOUR ├64 OR ├128 IN NATIVE MODE. ╘HE CONSTITUENTS OF THE ARCHIVE WILL BE CONVERTED ╟┼╧╙ FILES, WHETHER OR NOT THEY HAVE THE .CVT EXTENTION. ┼ACH OF THESE CONSTITUENTS (WHICH ARE ╟┼╧╙ FILES) MUST BE INDIVIDUALLY CONVERTED TO ╟┼╧╙ FORMAT WITH CONVERT2.5. ╘HE RUMOR MILL HAS IT THAT THERE IS AT LEAST ONE ╟┼╧╙ ARCHIVE PROGRAM IN THE WORKS. ╫HILE THIS REMAINS A RUMOR, IT IS MORE FIRM THAN THE LAST TIME ╔ SAID IT.... ═ODEMS ├= STANDARD MODEMS ╘HE EASIEST MODEMS TO USE ARE ├= STANDARD MODEMS. ╘HESE MODEMS PLUG DIRECTLY INTO THE USER PORT OF YOUR 64/128. ╘HE MOST POPULAR MODEM FROM ├OMMODORE IS THE ├=1670. ╘HE 1670 SPORTS A (LARGE AND USEFUL) SUBSET OF THE ╚AYES COMMAND SET, THE STANDARD COMMAND SET EXPECTED BY MOST TERMINAL PROGRAMS. ═OST OTHER ├= STANDARD MODEMS ARE 1670 COMPATABLE, ╚AYES COMPATIBLE, OR BOTH. ╙TANDARD ├= MODEMS CAN BE FOUND AS FAST AS 2400 BAUD. ╬ON ├= MODEMS ┘OU CAN CONNECT A STANDARD ╚AYES MODEM TO YOUR 64/128 IF YOU AQUIRE A ╥╙232 ADAPTER. ╙UCH AN ADAPTER PLUGS INTO YOUR ╒SER PORT, AND PROVIDES YOU WITH A STANDARD ╥╙232 SERIAL PORT, INTO WHICH A STANDARD MODEM CAN BE PLUGGED. ╨EAK ╨ERIPHERALS, ╧MNITRONIX, AND A FEW OTHERS SELL SUCH ADAPTERS. ╘HEY TYPICALLY COST FROM $20 TO $40. ╙WIFTLINK ╬ORMALLY, THE ├64/128 CAN EASILY SUPPORT UP TO 2400 BAUD WITHOUT SPECIAL HARDWARE. (─ES╘ERM WILL TAKE THE ├128 UP TO 9600 BAUD, HOWEVER; ─IALOGUE128 WILL DO 4800 BAUD.) ╔F YOU WISH TO USE A FASTER MODEM OR DIRECT CONNECTION, YOU CAN DO SO VIA. ─R. ┼VIL'S (NOW DISTRIBUTED BY ├═─) ╙WIFTLINK CARTRAIGE, WHICH ALLOWS SPEEDS UP TO 38.4 ╦BAUD. ╘HIS DEVICE PLUGS INTO YOUR CARTRAIDGE PORT AND SUPPLIES YOU WITH A ╞┴╙╘ STANDARD 9-PIN SERIAL PORT. ╘ELECOMMUNCATIONS SOFTWARE MUST BE SPECIFICALLY WRITTEN TO SUPPORT A ╙WIFTLINK; FORTUNATELY, THIS IS NOT RARE. ╞OR INSTANCE, ─IALOGUE128, ╬OVATER64, (AND ╦ERMIT?) SUPPORT THE ╙WIFTLINK. ╬╒╠╠ ═ODEMS ╔F YOU ARE TRANSFERRING DATA TO ANOTHER COMPUTER (E.G. A ╨├) IN THE SAME ROOM, OR IF YOU ARE LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE A TERMINAL SERVER LINE NEAR YOUR 64/128 (MORE AND MORE COLLEGES ARE PUTTING SUCH BEASTS IN DORM ROOMS), YOU BE ABLE TO CONNECT YOUR SERIAL PORT DIRECTLY TO ANOTHER COMPUTER. ╔F YOU HAVE A TERMINAL SERVER PORT, ALL YOU NEED IS A ├= ╥╙232 TO STANDARD ╥╙232 ADAPTER (SEE ABOVE). ╔F YOU ARE CONNECTING TO ANOTHER, ╨├, YOU WILL ALSO NEED A NULL MODEM. ┴ NULL MODEM IS A SIMPLE DEVICE THAT YOU CAN GET FOR LESS THAN $10 AT PLACES LIKE ╥ADIO ╙HACK. ╔T TYPICALLY IS A SMALL BOX WITH A 25-PIN (OR 9-PIN) ╥╙232 CONNECTOR ON EITHER SIDE. ╨UT IT SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE LINE BETWEEN YOUR ├= AND THE OTHER ╨├. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ╙UBJECT: ├╧══╧╬ ╚┴╥─╫┴╥┼ ╨╥╧┬╠┼═╙ ┴. ─ISK ─RIVES 1541 ╘HE MOST COMMON PROBLEM FACING THE 1541 DISK DRIVE IS ALIGNMENT. ╔F YOUR 1541 HAS TROUBLE READING COMMERCIAL DISKS, OR READING DISKS WRITTEN SOME TIME AGO, BUT HAS LESS TROUBLE READING RECENTLY WRITTEN DISKS, CHANCES ARE YOUR 1541 IS OUT OF ALIGNMENT. ├= SERVICE CENTERS WILL TYPICALLY ALIGN A 1541 FOR ANYWHERE FROM $20 TO $45. ╘HERE ARE ALSO 1541 ALIGNMENT PROGRAMS, (E.G. ╞REE ╙PIRIT'S "1541/71 ┴LIGNMENT ╙YSTEM") WHICH ALLOW YOU TO ALIGN A 1541 YOURSELF. ╘HERE ARE THOSE WHO CLAIM THAT THIS DOES NOT PRODUCE GOOD RESULTS, BUT THERE ARE OTHERS (E.G. THE MAINTAINER OF THIS ╞┴╤ FILE) WHO CLAIM TO HAVE HAD SATISFACTORY RESULTS WITH THESE PROGRAMS. 1571 ╘HE ├=1571 DRIVE IS NORMALLY A DOUBLE SIDED DRIVE. ╚OWEVER, IT CAN ALSO EMULATE A 1541 AND READ SINGLE SIDED DISKS. ╙OME OF THE EARLIER 1571'S HAD OLDER SYSTEM CHIPS (╥╧═S) WHICH CAUSED A COUPLE OF PROBLEMS. ╧NE, THESE OLDER DRIVES WERE TYPICALLY VERY SLOW WHEN WRITING TO THE BACK SIDE OF A DISK. ╘WO, IT WOULD TAKE THESE DRIVES └30 SECONDS TO GO INTO SINGLE SIDED MODE. ╘O CHECK YOUR ╥╧═ VERSION, READ THE ERROR CHANNEL OF THE DISK DRIVE RIGHT AFTER STARTUP. ╧N THE 128, JUST ╨╥╔╬╘ ─╙$. ╧N THE 64, USE: 10 OPEN15,8,15:INPUT#15,A,A$,B,C:CLOSE15:PRINTA,A$,B,C ╥UN THE PROGRAM; IF THE MESSAGE SAYS V3.0 OR V3.1, YOU HAVE THE NEWER ╥╧═. ╔F IT HAS A VERSION <3.0, YOU PROBABLY HAVE THE OLDER ╥╧═. [├OULD SOMEBODY CHECK MY ACCURACY ON THIS?] 1581 ╘HE ├=1581 DRIVE IS A 3.5" DRIVE THAT USES ─╙── 800╦ DISKS. ╔T IS COMPATIBLE WITH BOTH THE ├64 AND ├128, ALTHOUGH SOME PROGRAMS WILL NOT WORK CORRECTLY WITH THE 1581. ┴ SMALL NUMBER OF 1581'S WERE SHIPPED WITH AN EARLY VERSION OF A CONTROLLER CHIP WHICH HAS PROBLEMS WITH SOME SOFTWARE. <<╔╬╙┼╥╘ ─┼╘┴╔╠╙>> ┬. ╨╧╫┼╥ ╙╒╨╨╠╔┼╙ ╘HE MOST COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE ├-64 IS IT'S POWER SUPPLY. ╘HE ├64 POWER SUPPLIES ARE NOT ESPECIALLY POWERFUL, AND HAVE THIS DISTURBING TENDENCY TO FAIL. ╔F YOUR COMPUTER STOPS WORKING, FIRST CHECK THE POWER SUPPLY. ╥EPLACEMENT POWER SUPPLIES CAN BE OBTAINED FROM A NUMBER OF MAIL ORDER PLACES (E.G. ╘ENEX, ╨ARSEC, ╔NC.). ┴DDITIONALLY, SEVERAL PLACES ADVERTISE "HEAVY-DUTY" POWER SUPPLIES THAT COME WITH WARRANTIES, AND GIVE THE ├64 ENOUGH POWER TO RUN A ╥┼╒ (Q.V.). ╔F YOUR POWER SUPPLY GOES, IT CAN SOMETIMES TAKE OTHER PARTS OF THE COMPUTER WITH IT. ╔F YOUR POWER SUPPLY HAS DIED, BUT THE ├64 CONTINUES TO FAIL WITH A KNOWN WORKING POWER SUPPLY, IT IS LIKELY THAT A FEW OF YOUR CHIPS GOT FRIED. ├. ├=128 ╠IKE THE 1571, THE ├-128 HAS AN OLDER ╥╧═ AND A NEWER ╥╧═. ╘HE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE TWO ARE LESS SERIOUS THAN IS THE CASE WITHA 1571. ╘HE EASIEST WAY TO TELL THE DIFFERENCE IS TO CLICK DOWN THE ├┴╨╙ ╠╧├╦ KEY AND HIT ╤ WHILE IN ┬┴╙╔├ DIRECT MODE. ╔F YOU SEE A LOWERCASE Q, THEN YOU HAVE AN OLDER ╥╧═. ╔F YOU SEE AN UPPERCASE ╤, THEN YOU HAVE A NEWER ╥╧═. ╬EW ╥╧═S CAN BE ORDERED FROM (E.G. THE ╟RAPEVINE ╟ROUP) FOR ABOUT $25. ╘HE ╥╧═ CHIPS IN THE 128 ARE ALL SOCKETED, SO REPLACING THE CHIPS IS RELATIVELY EASY. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ╙UBJECT: ╘╥╔├╦╙ ┴╬─ ╘╔╨╙ ┴. ─ISK ─RIVE 1. ╞ASTLOADERS ╙PEED UP 1541'S SLOW DISK ACCESS. (├╧╒╠─ ╙╧═┼┬╧─┘ ╫╥╔╘┼ ╙╧═┼╘╚╔╬╟ ╞╧╥ ═┼?) 2. 1571 SIDE SWAPPING ╧N A 128, YOU CAN FORCE THE 1571 TO GO INTO SINGLE SIDED MODE WITH THE DRIVE COMMAND "U0>M0". (╔SSUE SUCH A COMMAND WITH OPEN15,8,15,"U0>M0":CLOSE15.) ╧N THE 64, A 1571 DEFAULTS TO SINGLE SIDED MODE, BUT YOU CAN CONVERT IT TO DOUBLE SIDED MODE (AND READ FULL DOUBLE SIDED DIKS IN 64 MODE) WITH THE DRIVE COMMAND "U0>M1". ╫HILE IN SINGLE SIDED MODE, YOU CAN ACTUALLY FORMAT BOTH SIDES OF THE DISK AS SEPARATE FILE SYSTEMS. ╘HE COMMAND "U0>H0" SELECTS THE REGULAR SIDE OF THE DISK, AND "U0>H1" SELECTS THE FLIP SIDE OF THE DISK. ╬OTE THAT THE FLIP SIDE, WHEN FORMATTED THIS WAY, CANNOT BE READ BY A 1541; NEITHER SIDE WILL BE READABLE BY A 1571 WHEN THE DISK IS INSERTED UPSIDE-DOWN. 3. 1581 INITIAL DRIVE NUMBER ╘HERE IS A SPECIAL FILE YOU CAN PUT ON A DISK THAT WILL AUTOMATICALLY CHANGE THE DEVICE NUMBER OF A 1581 WHEN THE COMPUTER IS BOOTED OR RESET WITH THAT DISK IN THE 1581 DRIVE. (╙╧═┼┬╧─┘ ╙╒╨╨╠┘ ─┼╘┴╔╠╙?) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ╙UBJECT: ╥┴═ ┼╪╨┴╬╙╔╧╬ ╔╙╙╒┼╙ ┴. ├1700/1764/1750 ╘HE ORIGINAL FORM OF ╥┴═ EXPANSION AVAILABLE TO THE ├64 AND ├128 WERE THE ├OMODORE ╥┼╒S (╥AM ┼XPANSION ╒NITS). ╘HESE ╥┼╒S PLUG INTO THE CARTRAIGE PORT, AND PROVIDE 128╦ (THE ├=1700), 256╦ (THE ├=1764), OR 512╦ (THE ├=1750) OF ADDITIONAL ╥┴═. ╘HIS ╥┴═ IS NOT TRUE SYSTEM ╥┴═ HOWEVER; SIMPLY ADDING A 512╦ ╥┼╒ TO YOUR SYSTEM DOES ╬╧╘ MEAN THAT YOUR WORD PROCESSOR WILL SUDDENLY BE ABLE TO EDIT 512╦ LARGER DOCUMENTS. ┴ ╥┼╒ WILL ONLY BE USED BY A PROGRAM THAT WAS WRITTEN TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF AN ╥┼╒. ┴S A CAVEAT ON THIS, YOU CAN USE YOUR ╥┼╒ AS ADDITIONAL ╥┴═ FOR A ╥┴═╠INK (Q.V.). ┴LTHOUGH THE ├=1764 WAS ORIGINALLY ADVERTISED FOR THE ├64, AND THE 1700 AND 1750 FOR THE ├128, ANY OF THE THREE ╥┴═ EXPANDERS WILL WORK WITH EITHER THE ├64 OR THE ├128. ╬OTE THAT IF YOU WANT TO USE ANY OF THEM ON THE ├64, YOU NEED A HEAVY DUTY POWER SUPPLY. ╘HE 1764 COMES WITH SUCH A POWER SUPPLY. ╘HERE EXIST HARDWARE HACKS THAT WILL EXPAND A 1700 OR A 1764 TO 512╦; ADDITIONALLY, A 512╦ ╥┼╒ CAN BE EXPANDED TO 1 ═EG OR MORE. ╘HERE EXIST TEXT FILES ON THE MILTON FTP SITE (Q.V.) THAT DESCRIBE THIS PROCEDURE. ╔F YOU DON'T WISH TO DO IT YOURSELF, THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO WILL DO IT FOR YOU, FOR A FEE. >>╚┼╠╨ ═┼: ╔╬╙┼╥╘ ╬┴═┼╙/┴──╥┼╙╙┼╙<< ╬╧╘┼: WHILE IT APPEARS COMPLETELY SAFE TO UPGRADE YOUR ╥┼╒ TO 1 ═EG, THERE HAVE BEEN SOME REPORTS OF PROBLEMS WITH ╥┼╒'S UPGRADED TO 2 ═EGS. ╙OMETIMES THE ╥┼╒ WILL WORK FINE FOR A WHILE, THEN FAIL. ╔F YOU ARE UPGRADING YOUR ╥┼╒, IT WOULD PROBABLY BE WISE TO STOP AT 1 ═EG. ╔F YOU ARE STILL MEMORY HUNGRY, CONSIDER A ├═─ ╥┴═╠INK OR ╥┴═─RIVE. ╥┴═ EXPANSION WITH ╟┼╧╙ ╧NE SOFTWARE PACKAGE THAT MAKES VERY EFFECTIVE USE OF A ╥┴═ EXPANSION UNIT IS ╟┼╧╙. ╟┼╧╙ ALLOWS YOU TO CONFIGURE YOUR ╥┼╒ TO APPEAR JUST LIKE ANOTHER DISK DRIVE- ONLY A VERY FAST ONE, ALTHOUGH IT DOES NOT KEEP ITS CONTENTS WHEN YOU TURN YOUR COMPTUER OFF. ╙O, ANY ╟┼╧╙ SOFTWARE THAT WORKS OFF OF A DISK WILL WORK OUT OF YOUR ╥┼╒. ╙INCE ╟┼╧╙ IS VERY DISK-INTENSIVE, THIS GREATLY IMPROVES THE PERFORMANCE OF YOUR SYSTEM. ╔NDEED, SOME FIRM ╟┼╧╙ ADHERENTS HAVE SAID THAT THEY WOULD NOT USE ╟┼╧╙ WITHOUT A ╥┴═ DEVICE OF SOME SORT. ╟┼╧╙ WILL NOT WORK WITH A STOCK 1700. ╘O HAVE A ╥┴═ DRIVE, IN ╟┼╧╙, YOU MUST HAVE AT LEAST 256╦ OF EXPANSION. ╘HANKS TO PATCHES DEVELOPED BY ╩IM ├OLLETTE (CONFIGURE2.1, AVAILABLE ON MILTON (Q.V.)), ╟┼╧╙ ALSO SUPPORTS 1 ═EG, 1.5 ═EG, AND 2 ═EG ╥┼╒S. ┬. GEO╥┴═ ╫HEN ├OMMODORE ╥┼╒S BECAME HARD TO FIND SEVERAL YEARS BACK, ┬ERKELEY ╙OFTWORKS INTRODUCED GEO╥┴═, WHICH IS A 512╦ ╥┴═ EXPANDER. ╘HIS ╥┴═ EXPANDER GIVES YOU ALL OF THE ADVANTAGES OF A 1750 WITH ╟┼╧╙. ╚OWEVER, IT IS NOT 1750 COMPATIBLE, SO IT WILL NOT WORK LIKE A 1750 OUTSIDE OF ╟┼╧╙; IT IS TRANSPARENT TO OTHER PROGRAMS. (┴S A CAVEAT ON THIS, SEE THE INFO ON ╥┴═╠INK)). ─ES╘ERM128 2.0 WILL NOT WORK WITH A GEO╥┴═ PLUGGED IN. ┴ SPECIAL VERSION OF ╟┼╧╙ 2.0 (WHICH IS BUNDLED WITH GEO╥┴═) IS NECESSARY TO USE GEO╥┴═. ╬O ADDITIONAL POWER SUPPLY IS NECESSARY TO USE GEO╥┴═. ╘O THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE, THE ╥┴═ IN A GEO╥┴═ CANNOT BE UPGRADED. ├. ╥┴═─RIVE, ╥┴═╠INK ╥┴═─RIVE (╥─) AND ╥┴═╠INK (╥╠) ARE RELATIVELY NEW ╥┴═ DEVICES FROM ├═─. ╘HE ╥┴═ IN THESE DEVICES CAN BE PARTITIONED INTO NATIVE MODE PARTITIONS (WITH DYNAMICALLY ALLOCATED SUBDIRECTORIES), OR COMPETELY 1541, 1571, OR 1581 EMULATING PARTITIONS. ╘HANKS TO THE 15X1 EMULATING PARTITIONS, SOFTWARE DOES NOT HAVE TO BE SPECIFICALLY WRITTEN TO RUN WITH A ╥─ OR A ╥╠. ╘HESE ╥┴═ DEVICES SHOULD APPEAR AS A DISK DRIVE TO MOST PROGRAMS. ╧NE NOTABLE EXCEPTION IS ─ES╘ERM V2.00, WHICH DOES NOT WORK WITH ╥─ OR ╥╠. ╘HERE ARE FEW OTHER EXCEPTIONS, AND NO MAJOR COMMERCIAL PROGRAM HAS A PROBLEM RUNNING WITH ╥╠ OR ╥─. ╘HE DECIDING FACTOR SEEMS TO BE WHETHER OR NOT THE PROGRAM USES A DRIVE'S INTERNAL RAM. ╥╠ AND ╥─ DO NOT ▐MIMIC' HAVING THIS TYPE OF INTERNAL DRIVE RAM, AND IF A PROGRAM RELIES UPON THIS IT WILL NOT RUN. ╘HE HEAVILLY COPY PROTECTED ─IGITAL ╙OLUTIONS' PROGRAMS USE THIS DRIVE RAM FOR ITS BURST LOADING ROUTINES. ╙O, EVEN THOUGH A ═AVERICK/╥AM┬OARD COMBINATION WILL WRITE A COPY TO IT TO ╥╠, IT WILL FAIL TO BOOT. ╚OWEVER, THESE PROGRAMS, ONCE BOOTED FROM A 1571, WILL USE AND ACCESS ALL OF ╥╠'S MANY FUNCTIONS FOR LIGHTENING FAST LOADS AND SAVES. ╥─ AND ╥╠ BOTH HAVE THEIR OWN POWER SOURCES, SEPERATE FROM THE COMPUTER. ╫HEN YOU TURN OFF THE COMPUTER, THE POWER TO THE ╥┴═ DEVICE IS LEFT ON, LEAVING ITS CONTENTS INTACT. ╥─ IS A SELF-CONTAINED UNIT, WITH ITS OWN INTERNAL BATTERY FOR POWER WHEN THE COMPUTER IS OFF. ╥╠, ON THE OTHER HAND, USES ITS OWN SEPERATE POWER SUPPLY THAT IS ELECTRICALLY IDENTICAL TO THE POWER SUPPLIES USED BY THE 1581 DRIVES. ╘HIS POWER SUPPLY ALWAYS REMAINS ON. (╞OR SAFETY FROM POWER OUTAGES, BATTERY BACKUPS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE.) ╥┴═─RIVE IS AVAIABLE IN SIZES OF 512╦, 1 ═EG, OR 2 ═EG, AND IS NOT EASILY EXPANDIBLE (╬╧╘┼- THIS IS OUT OF DATE, THEY COME BIGGER NOW). ╔T IS A RELATIVELY SMALL BOX THAT PLUGS INTO YOUR CARTRIDGE PORT. ╥┴═╠INK IS A MORE POWERFUL, LARGER DEVICE. ╔T CAN BE CONFIGURED FROM 0 TO UP TO 16 ═EGS OF ╥┴═, USING INDUSTRY STANDARD 1X8 (100NS) 1 ═EG AND 4 ═EG ╙╔══S. (1X9, AND FASTER ╙IMMS CAN BE USED.) ╔N CONFIGURING THE ╙IMMS, ╥╠ WILL ACCEPT EITHER THE 1 ═EGS OR 4 ═EGS, BUT NOT COMBINATIONS OF BOTH. (╘HE ONE EXCEPTION, IF ╥╠ IS SET TO ACCEPT 4 ═EG ╙IMMS, ONE 1 ═EG ╙IMM CAN BE ADDED. ┴S AN EXAMPLE, A ╥╠ POPULATED WITH 5 ═EGS IS THEREFORE POSSIBLE, BUT NOT ONE WITH 6 ═EGS.) ╘HE ╥╠ IS CONSTRUCTED SO THAT THE USER MAY EASILLY ADD ADDITIONAL ╙IMMS AT ANY TIME. ┴DDITIONALLY, ╥┴═╠INK HAS A PORT INTO WHICH YOU CAN PLUG A ├OMMDORE ╥┼╒ OR A GEO╥┴═. ┘OU CAN CONFIGURE ╥┴═╠INK TO EITHER LEAVE THIS ╥┴═ DEVICE ALONE, OR TO USE THE ╥┼╒/GEO╥┴═'S ╥┴═ JUST AS IF IT WERE PART OF THE ╥┴═╠INK'S ╥┴═. ┴ ╥┴═╠INK ALSO HAS A PASS-THROUGH PORT, IN WHICH YOU CAN PLUG A NORMAL ├64/├128 CARTRIDGE, AND A PARALLEL PORT FOR A ├═─ HARD DRIVE. ╘HE LATTER GREATLY IMPROVES THE TRANSFER SPEED OF DATA BETWEEN YOUR COMPUTER AND THE HARD DRIVE. ┬OTH ╥─ AND ╥╠ COME WITH A VERY WELL DOCUMENTED, THOROUGH, AND EASILLY REFERENCED ╒SER ═ANUAL. ─. ├128 ╓IDEO ╥┴═ ╘HE ORIGINAL, "FLAT" ├128'S CAME WITH AN 80 COLUMN DISPLAY THAT HAD IT'S OWN DISPLAY ╥┴═ THAT WAS SEPARATE FROM THE SYSTEM MEMORY OF THE COMPUTER. ╘HIS "╓─├ ╥┴═" WAS 16╦ IN SIZE. ╫HEN ├OMMODORE INTRODUCED THE ├128─, IT CAME WITH 64╦ OF ╓─├ ╥┴═. ╙INCE THEM, SOME PROGRAMS (E.G. ╔-╨AINT, ─IALOGUE128) HAVE COME OUT THAT EITHER NEED OR SUPPORT 64╦ OF ╓─├ ╥┴═. ╧WNERS OF FLAT 128'S CAN UPGRADE THEIR VIDEO ╥┴═ TO 64╦ EITHER BY ORDERING AN UPGRADE PLUG-IN BOARD (E.G. FROM ╙OFTWARE ╙UPPORT ╔NTERNATIONAL), OR BY REPLACING THE ╥┴═ CHIPS THEMSELVES. ┴LL THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE IS, THE TWO 4416 ╥┴═ CHIPS NEXT TO THE ╓─├ CHIP NEED TO BE REPLACED WITH 4464 ╥┴═ CHIPS. ╬OTE, HOWEVER, THAT SINCE THIS INVOLVES SOLDERING IN TIGHT QUARTERS ON YOUR 128'S MOTHERBOARD, IT IS VERY EASY TO DAMAGE THE MOTHERBOARD OR THE NEARBY ╓─├ CHIP. ┼. ╘HE ├-256 AND ├-512 ╘WIN ├ITIES 128 (Q.V.) ISSUES #30 AND #31 HAVE A HARDWARE SCHEME FOR EXPANDING YOUR 128 TO 256╦ OR 512╦. ╘O PEOPLE WHO UNDERSTAND BANKING ON THE 128, THE 256╦ MODIFICATION ADDS ╥┴═ BLOCKS 2 AND 3 TO YOUR SYSTEM. ╘HE 512╦ MODIFICATION ADDS FOUR MORE ╥┴═ BLOCKS THAT CAN BE ACCESSED AS ALTERNATE ╥┴═ BLOCKS 2 AND 3, OR AS A COMPLETELY SEPARATE SET OF ╥┴═ BLOCKS 0-3. ┴S WITH ├OMMODORE ╥┼╒S, SOFTWARE MUST SPECIFICALLY SUPPORT THE EXPANDED ╥┴═. ╙INCE THESE MODIFICATIONS ARE RELATIVELY NEW, THERE IS NOT MUCH SOFTWARE OUT YET THAT SUPPORTS THE ADDITIONAL ╥┴═. ╚OWEVER, WITH THE PROMISE OF ADDITIONAL ╥┴═ AVAILABLE ON THE ┌╔╨ BOARD (Q.V.), IT IS REASONABLE TO EXPECT THAT SOFTWARE WILL START TO APPEAR THAT TAKES ADVANTAGE OF THE ADDITIONAL ╥┴═. ╘HE HARDWARE MODIFICATION, WHILE SIMPLE FROM SOFTWARE'S POINT OF VIEW, IS RATHER DIFFICULT TO PERFROM IN HARDWARE. ╥ICARD ├URCIO, THE DESIGNER OF THE MEMORY MODIFICATIONS, CAN MODIFY YOUR 128 FOR YOU. ╙EE ╘WIN ├ITIES 128 ISSUE #31 FOR MORE INFORMATION. ╞. ┼XPANDED 64'S? ╔ HAVE HEARD THINGS ABOUT ADDING MEMORY TO THE MOTHERBOARD OF THE ├64. ╔ WOULD BE GRATEFUL IF ANYONE WHO KNOWS ANYTHING ABOUT THIS WOULD WRITE A PARAGRAPH OR TWO ABOUT THEM FOR THIS ╞┴╤. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ╙UBJEC: ╬┼╘ ╥┼╙╧╒╥├┼╙. ┴. ├OMP.SYS.CBM ├OMP.SYS.CBM IS THE ╒SENET DISCUSSION GROUP RELATED TO COMMODORE 8-BIT COMPUTERS. ═ESSAGE VOLUME TYPICALLY FALLS IN THE RANGE 10-30 MESSAGES PER DAY. ┴NYONE IS WELCOME TO JOIN THE GROUP AND ASK QUESTIONS, OR MAKE ANY COMMENTS THAT THEY FEEL ARE APPROPRIATE. ─O NOT BE AFRAID TO ASK WHAT YOU THINK ARE STUPID QUESTIONS; PEOPLE OUT THERE ARE WILLING TO HELP, AND THE LOT ON COMP.SYS.CBM TENDS TO BE A RATHER NICE AND HELPFUL LOT. ┬. ┴NONYMOUS ╞╘╨ ╞REELY DISTRIBUTABLE (╨─, FREEWARE, SHAREWARE) FILES ARE AVAILABLE FOR YOU TO DOWNLOAD AT A NUMBER OF "ANONYMOUS FTP" SITES ON THE NET. ╘O GET FILES FROM THESE SITES, YOU USE (ON MOST SYSTEMS) A PROGRAM CALLED FTP. ┴ TYPICAL FTP SESSION (ASSUMING YOU ARE RUNNING FROM A ╒NIX SYSTEM) WOULD BE AS FOLLOWS: %FTP TYBALT.CALTECH.EDU <TYBALT.CALTECH.EDU IS SITE NAME> ├ONNECTED TO TYBALT.CALTECH.EDU. 220 TRUEBALT ╞╘╨ SERVER (╙UN╧╙ 4.1) READY. ╬AME (TYBALT.CALTECH.EDU:RKNOP): ANONYMOUS <╒SE "ANONYMOUS" FOR USER NAME> 331 ╟UEST LOGIN OK, SEND IDENT AS PASSWORD. ╨ASSWORD: <╘YPE YOUR ┼-MAIL ADDRESS HERE> 230 ╟UEST LOGIN OK, ACCESS RESTRICTIONS APPLY. FTP> CD /PUB/RKNOP/UTILITIES <"CD" CHANGES DIRECTORY> 250 ├╫─ COMMAND SUCCESSFUL. FTP> DIR Z* <"DIR" ALONE LISTS WHOLE DIRECTORY> 200 ╨╧╥╘ COMMAND SUCCESSFUL. 150 ┴╙├╔╔ DATA CONNECTION FOR /BIN/LS (131.215.48.57,2084) (0 BYTES). -RW-R--R-- 1 RKNOP GRADS 15427 ┴PR 13 15:42 ZED-128.070 -RW-R--R-- 1 RKNOP GRADS 14107 ┴PR 13 15:42 ZED-128.DOC 226 ┴╙├╔╔ ╘RANSFER COMPLETE. REMOTE: Z* 134 BYTES RECEIVED IN 0.44 SECONDS (0.3 ╦BYTES/S) FTP> BINARY <SPECIFIES BINARY FILES. ╔═╨╧╥╘┴╬╘!!> 200 ╘YPE SET TO ╔. FTP> GET ZED-128.070 <REQUESTS FILE ZED-128.070> 200 ╨╧╥╘ COMMAND SUCCESSFUL. 150 ┬INARY DATA CONNECTION FOR ZED-128.070 (131.215.48.57,2082) (15427 BYTES). 226 ┬INARY ╘RANSFER COMPLETE. LOCAL: ZED-128.070 REMOTE: ZED-128.070 15427 BYTES RECEIVED IN 0.1 SECONDS (1.5E+02 ╦BYTES/S) FTP> QUIT <QUIT WHEN YOU ARE FINISHED> 221 ╟OODBYE. % (╞╧╠╦ - IS THIS SAMPLE SESSION MORE USEFUL THAN THE PARAGRAPH ╔ HAD BEFORE? ╠ET ME KNOW --RKNOP) ╘O SUBMIT FILES TO AN FTP SITE, YOU USE THE COMMAND "PUT". ┴GAIN, MAKE SURE TO FIRST SPECIFY "BINARY" FOR PROGRAMS AND OTHER BINARY FILES. ╘YPICALLY, FTP SITES WILL ONLY ACCEPT SUBMISSIONS IN AN "╔╬├╧═╔╬╟" DIRECTORY. ╥OBERT ╞ERGUSON (RFERGUSO@GN.ECN.PURDU.EDU) POSTS A LIST OF FTP SITES THAT SUPPORT COMMODORE FILES MORE OR LESS MONTHLY TO COMP.SYS.CBM. ╘HE VAST MAJORITY OF SHAREWARE AND FREEWARE REFERRED TO IN THIS DOCUMENT IS AVAILABLE AT ONE OR MORE OF THE VARIOUS FTP SITES IN THIS LIST. ├. ═AIL ╙ERVERS ╔F YOU DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO FTP, THERE ARE ALSO SOME "MAIL SERVERS" THAT DISTRIBUTE COMMODORE FILES. >>├╧╒╠─ ╙╧═┼┬╧─┘ ╙╒╨╨╠┘ ═╧╥┼ ╔╬╞╧╥═┴╘╔╧╬ ╧╬ ╫╚┴╘ ├= ═┴╔╠ ╙┼╥╓┼╥╙ ┼╪╔╙╘ ┴╬─ ╚╧╫ ╘╧ ╒╙┼ ╘╚┼═, ╨╠┼┴╙┼!<< ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ╙UBJECT: ╧╬-╠╔╬┼ ╙┼╥╓╔├┼╙ ╔N ADDITION TO ╔NTER╬ET, THERE EXIST ON-LINE SERVICES TO WHICH YOU CAN SUBSCRIBE AND CONNECT TO WITH YOUR COMMODORE COMPTUER AND A MODEM. ┴. ╤-╠INK ╤-╠INK IS A ├OMMODORE SPECIFIC TELECOMMUNCATIONS SERVICE. >>╔ ╚┴╓┼ ╬╧╘ ┬┼┼╬ ╧╬ ╤-╠╔╬╦ ╞╧╥ >1 ┘┼┴╥, ╙╧ ├╧╒╠─ ╙╧═┼┬╧─┘ ┼╠╙┼ ╫╥╔╘┼ ┴ ╤╒╔├╦ ╙╒══┴╥┘?<< ┬. ╟┼NIE ╟┼NIE IS A GENERAL INTEREST TELECOMMUNCATIONS SERVICE RUN BY ╟ENERAL ┼LECTRIC. ╞OR A MONTLY PRICE OF $4.95, YOU ARE GIVEN UNLIMITED ACCESS TO SO-CALLED "┬ASIC" SERVICES DURING NON-╨RIME HOURS (6 ╨═ - 8 ┴═). ╘HIS INCLUDES A NUMBER OF NEWS AND EDUCATIONAL SERVICES, SOME DISCUSSION ┬ULLETIN ┬OARDS, AS WELL AS (NOTABLY) ┼-MAIL. ╬ON-BASIC SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE AT THE RATE OF $6.00 PER HOUR OF CONNECT TIME DURING NON-╨RIME ╘IME HOURS, AND $18.00 (?) PER HOUR OF CONNECT TIME DURING ╨RIME ╘IME HOURS. (╬OTE THAT DURING ╨RIME ╘IME, YOU PAY THE FULL CONNECT TIME CHARGES REGARDLESS OF WHAT SERVICES YOU ARE USING.) ╘HE ├OMMODORE SUPPORT AREA ON ╟┼NIE IS KNOWN AS THE ╞LAG╙HIP ╥OUND╘ABLE. ═OST OF THE ╞LAG╙HIP IS NOT A ┬ASIC SERVICE, ALTHOUGH SOME INTRODUCTORY AND INFORMATIONAL INFORMATION CAN BE READ AT A ┬ASIC RATE, AND THE ├64/├128 SPECIFIC ╟┼NIE FRONT END (╫IZARD) IS AVAILABLE AT ┬ASIC RATES. ╘HE ╞LAG╙HIP ╥╘ INCLUDES SOME "╥EAL-╘IME ├ONFERENCES" (╥╘├S) FEATURING CLASSES OR DISCUSSION OF ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH ├OMMODORE COMPUTERS. ┴DDITIONALLY, THERE IS A ┬┬ (┬ULLETIN ┬OARD), WHICH WORKS MUCH LIKE ╒SENET'S COMP.SYS.CBM (ONLY THE DISCUSSION IS BROKEN DOWN INTO CATEGORIES AND TOPICS). ╞INALLY, THE ╞LAG╙HIP HAS AN EXTENSIVE LIBRARY OF ├OMMODORE FILES. ┴LTHOUGH NOT A ┬ASIC SERVICE, THE ┬┬ MESSAGES CAN BE READ ECONOMICALLY BY CAPTURING ALL NEW MESSAGES IN A TERMINAL PROGRAMS BUFFER AND READING THE MESSAGES OFFLINE. ╫IZARD, THE ├= ╟┼NIE FRONT END SUPPORTS THIS. ┬ECAUSE ╟┼NIE IS A GENERAL INTEREST SERVICE, IT SUPPORTS MANY DIFFERENT COMPUTERS, AND YOU CAN USE ANY ┴╙├╔╔ TERMINAL PROGRAM TO CONNECT TO ╟┼NIE. ╫IZARD IS AVAILABLE, BUT NOT REQUIRED. ╟┼NIE OPERATES NORMALLY AT 300, 1200, ADN 2400 BAUD, ALTHOUGH FOR ADDITIONAL COST YOU CAN CONNECT AT 9600 BAUD. ╘HERE ARE LOCAL ACCESS NUMBERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. ├. ╧THER? ╔F ANYONE WANTS TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT ├= SUPPORT ON ├OMPU╙ERVE, THE ╨ORTAL ╙YSTEM, OR WHATEVER, FEEL FREE TO SUBMIT SOMETHING TO ME. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ╙UBJECT: ╨╒┬╠╔├┴╘╔╧╬╙ ╘HERE ARE A NUMBER OF PUBLICATIONS WHICH ARE SPECIFICALLY GEARED TO INFORMATION ASSOCIATED WITH THE ├64 AND ├128. ┴. ╥╒╬ ╥UN IS PERHAPS THE LONGEST-RUNNING ├OMMODORE-SPECIFIC MAGAZINE. ╔T IS PUBLISHED BI-MONTHLY, AND FEATURES NEWS ABOUT THE WORLD OF ├OMMODORE COMPUTING AND TYPE-IN PROGRAMS. ┴ COMPANION DISK IS ALSO AVAILABLE. >>INSERT SUBSCRIPTION INFO<< ┬. ╘WIN ├ITIES 128 (╘├128) ╘WIN ├ITIES 128 IS (AS OF ISSUE #29) PUBLISHED BY ╨ARSEC, ╔NC. ╔T FEATURES ├OMMODORE 128 SPECIFIC INFORMATION, AND ATTEMPTS TO CATER TO READERS AT ALL LEVELS OF EXPERIENCE, NOT JUST NOVICES. ┴DDITIONALLY, STARTING WITH ╔SSUE #31 (╞EBRUARY/═ARCH 1991), ╘WIN ├ITIES 128 COMES WITH A COMPANION DISK. ┴ SUBSCRIPTION TO ╘├128 IN THE ╒╙ IS $20 ($36.50 WITH DISK), OUTSIDE THE ╒╙ IS $26 ($46.50 WITH DISK). ═AIL A CHECK PAYABLE IN ╒╙ FUNDS TO ╨ARSEC, ╔NC, ╨╧ ┬╧╪ 111, ╙ALEM ═┴ 09170-0111, ╒╙┴. ├OMING ╙OON: ╘WIN ├ITIES 64, THE 64 SPECIFIC MAGAZINE, FROM ╨ARSEC, ╔NC. ├. ═ICRO-┬YTES ═ICRO-┬YTES IS A NEWSLETTER PUBLISHED BY 8-BIT ├┬═ OWNERS FOR 8-BIT ├┬═ OWNERS. ╔T IS PUBLISHED FIVE TIMES A YEAR, AND COVERS A WIDE RANGE OF TOPCIS ASSOCIATED WITH THE ├64 AND THE ├128. ╙UBSCRIPTIONS ARE $11/1 YEAR, $20/2 YEARS. ┴S OF 25-═AY-1992, ╨ARSEC, ╔NC. HAS TAKEN OVER THE DISTRIBUTION OF ═┬ PRODUCTS, BACK ISSUES, AND SUBSCRIPTIONS. ═ORE INFORMATION ABOUT ═┬ CAN BE FOUND IN THE /PUB/RKNOP/PARSEC DIRECTORY ON TYBALT.CALTECH.EDU. ─. GEO╫ORLD >>├┴╬ ╙╧═┼┬╧─┘ ╫╥╔╘┼ ┴┬╧╒╘ ╘╚╔╙? (IS IT STILL ALIVE?)<< ┼. ╒SER ╟ROUP ╬EWSLETTERS ┘OUR LOCAL USER GROUP NEWSLETTER IS ANOTHER SOURCE OF COMMODORE INFORMATION. ╧FTEN, NEWSLETTERS WILL REPRINT ARTICLES OF OTHER USER GROUPS, ALLOWING INFORMATION TO SPREAD FURTHER. ═ANY USER GROUP NEWSLETTERS CAN BE SUBSCRIBED TO IN THE MAIL. (╔F ANYONE IS INTERESTED, ╔ AM WILLING TO COMPILE A LIST OF USER GROUP NEWSLETTERS TO WHICH ONE CAN SUBSCRIBE; SEND ME MAIL AT RKNOP@TYBALT.CALTECH.EDU.) ╞. ╘HE ╘RANSACTOR ╙URE, IT'S DEAD, AND HAS BEEN FOR A FEW YEARS, BUT THIS ONE WAS A CLASSIC. ├ALLING ITSELF THE MAGAZINE FOR ├OMMODORE PROGRAMMERS, THIS MAGAZINE WAS ENOUGH TO MAKE ANY ├64/├128 PROGRAMMER DROOL. ╞EATURING IN-DEPTH TECHINCAL INFORMATION AND PROGRAMMING TUTORIALS, AS WELL AS "OUT-OF-THE-WAY" TOPICS (THINGS ALONG THE LINE OF ╥ICHARD ├URCIO'S 256╦ AND 512╦ ARTICLES THAT APPEARED IN ╘├128). ╔F YOU ARE A PROGRAMMER, AND CAN GET YOUR HANDS ON BACK ISSUES OF THIS MAGAZINE, DO SO. ╟. ╒SENET ├= ╚ACKING ═AGAZINE ┴N ON-LINE MAGAZINE WRITTEN BY DENZIENS OF COMP.SYS.CBM, THIS FEATURES IN-DEPTH TECHNICAL PROGRAMMING INFORMATION ON ├64 AND ├128 COMPUTERS. ╘HE EDITOR OF ├= ╚ACKING IS ├RAIG ╘AYLOR (DUCK@PEMBVAX1.PEMBROKE.EDU). ╘HE ISSUES OF ├= ╚ACKING CAN BE FOUND ON TYBALT.CALTECH.EDU IN THE DIRECTORY /PUB/RKNOP/HACKING.MAG. ╚. ╠ODE╙TAR ┴ DISK MAGAZINE THAT FEATURES ├64/├128 PROGRAMS. >>├┴╬ ╙╧═┼┬╧─┘ ╫╥╔╘┼ ┴ ┬╠╒╥┬ ┴┬╧╒╘ ╠╧─┼╙╘┴╥?<< ╔. ╧THER: ╫HAT DID ╔ LEAVE OUT? ├OULD SOMBEODY WRITE A BLURB ABOUT THE ╟AZETTE EDITION OF ├OMPUTE!, IF THAT STILL EXISTS? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ╙UBJECT: ┴├├┼╠┼╥┴╘╧╥╙ ┬ELIEVE IT OR NOT, THERE ARE A FEW PRODUCTS OUT THERE WHICH CAN IMPROVE THE OPERATING SPEED OF YOUR ├64/├128. ┴. ╘URBO ═ASTER ┴CCELERATOR FOR ├64. ┴CCELERATES YOUR ├64 TO 4 ═╚Z, OVER THE 1 ═╚Z STANDARD. >> ├╧╒╠─ ╙╧═┼┬╧─┘ ╫╥╔╘┼ ╘╚╔╙ ╒╨? << ┬. ╘HE ┌╔╨ CARD FOR YOUR ├128. ╘HIS DOES NOT YET EXIST, BUT IS CURRENTLY UNDER DEVELOPMENT BY ╨ARSEC, ╔NC., THE COMPANY THAT PUBLISHES ╘WIN ├ITIES 128. ╘HE ┌╔╨ CHIP PROMISES TO BE A ├╨╒ REPLACEMENT BOARD FOR THE ├128 AND ├128─ THAT BOASTS 8 ═╚Z (OR MAYBE EVEN MORE) PERFORMANCE, AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL SYSTEM ╥┴═ ON BOARD AS AN OPTION (SUPPORTED IN SOFTWARE IN THE SAME MANNER AS ╥ICHARD ├URCIO'S ╘├128 256╦ AND 512╦ HARDWARE MODIFICATIONS). ╔F HAVE SENT IN A COMMITMENT TO PUT DOWN A $50 DEPOSIT ON THIS BOARD, IT WILL BE AVAILABLE TO YOU FOR UNDER $200. ╞OR MORE INFORMATION, LOOK IN THE /PUB/RKNOP/PARSEC DIRECTORY ON TYBALT.CALTECH.EDU. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ╙UBJECT: ╫╚┴╘ ┼╠╙┼? ╫HAT ELSE NEEDS TO BE COVERED? ─O YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS THAT YOU THINK SHOULD BE IN THE ╞┴╤? ├AN YOU FILL IN SOME OF THE GAPS? ╨LEASE POST OR MAIL QUESTIONS, AND MAIL ME SUBMISSIONS. -╥OB ╦NOP RKNOP@TYBALT.CALTECH.EDU