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- ═SG 38 OF 75 ╙YSCBM (╨UBLIC)
- ─ATE:05-19-95 16:43
- ╞ROM:BRAIN@MAIL.MSEN.COM
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- ╙UBJ:├╧═╨.╙┘╙.├┬═: ╟ENERAL ╞┴╤
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- ┴RCHIVE-NAME: CBM-MAIN-FAQ.3.0.P2
- ├OMP-ANSWERS-ARCHIVE-NAME: COMMODORE/MAIN-FAQ/PART2
- ╬EWS-ANSWERS-ARCHIVE-NAME: COMMODORE/MAIN-FAQ/PART2
- ├OMP-SYS-CBM-ARCHIVE-NAME: MAIN-FAQ/PART2
- ╓ERSION: 3.0
- ╠AST-MODIFIED: 1995/05/19
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- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- ╘ABLE OF ├ONTENTS (FOR THIS FILE)
- ---------------------------------
-
- 6. ╘HE ╧NLINE ╔NFORMATION ╥ESERVOIR
- 6.1. ╚OW DO ╔ DOWNLOAD? ╫HAT IS A TRANSFER PROTOCOL?
- 6.2. ╫HAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ╨┼╘╙├╔╔ AND ┴╙├╔╔?
- 6.3. ╫HERE CAN ╔ FIND ├OMMODORE PROGRAMS?
- 6.4. ╫HAT IS A FILE EXTENSION, AND WHAT DO THEY STAND FOR?
- 6.5. ╫HAT IS ELECTRONIC MAIL?
- 6.5.1. ╫HAT ARE MAILING LISTS AND HOW DO ╔ JOIN ONE?
- 6.5.2. ╫HAT IS A ═AIL ╙ERVER? ╚OW DO ╔ USE ONE?
- 6.5.3. ╚OW DO ╔ CONTACT PEOPLE ON ├OMPUSERVE, ╟ENIE, ETC.?
- 6.6. ╫HAT IS ╒╙┼╬┼╘ OR ╬ET╬EWS? ╫HAT IS A ╒╙┼╬┼╘ NEWSGROUP?
- 6.6.1. ╫HAT NEWS GROUPS CATER TO ├OMMODORE 8-BIT MACHINES?
- 6.6.2. ╫HAT TYPES OF DISCUSSIONS BELONG IN COMP.SYS.CBM?
- 6.6.3. ╫HICH ISSUES DOES COMP.SYS.CBM DISCUSS REGULARLY?
- 6.6.4. ╚OW DO ╔ POST IN COMP.SYS.CBM?
- 6.6.5. ╚OW CAN ╔ ACCESS COMP.SYS.CBM THROUGH EMAIL?
- 6.7. ╫HAT IS A ╞IDO╬┼╘ ECHO?
- 6.7.1. ╫HAT ECHOES CATER TO ├OMMODORE 8-BIT MACHINES?
- 6.7.2. ╚OW DO ╔ POST IN AN ECHO?
- 6.8. ╫HAT IS THE ╫ORLD ╫IDE ╫EB?
- 6.8.1. ╫HAT ╫╫╫ SITES HAVE ├OMMODORE INFORMATION?
- 6.9. ╫HAT IS ╞ILE ╘RANSFER ╨ROTOCOL (╞╘╨)?
- 6.9.1. ╫HAT ╞╘╨ SITES HAVE ├OMMODORE ╔NFORMATION?
- 6.9.2. ╫HAT IS AN ╞╘╨ ═AIL ╙ERVER? ╚OW DO ╔ USE ONE?
- 6.10. ╫HAT IS ╔NTERNET ╥ELAY ├HAT (╔╥├)?
- 6.11. ╫HAT ELSE IS AVAILABLE ONLINE?
-
- 7. ┼XCHANGING ─ATA
- 7.1. ╚OW DO ╔ EXCHANGE DATA AMONG ├OMMODORE 8-BIT MACHINES?
- 7.2. ╚OW DO ╔ EXCHANGE DATA BETWEEN AN ╔┬═(TM) AND MY ├OMMODORE?
- 7.3. ╚OW DO ╔ EXCHANGE DATA BETWEEN AN ┴MIGA AND MY ├OMMODORE?
- 7.4. ╚OW DO ╔ EXCHANGE DATA BETWEEN A ═ACINTOSH(TM) AND MY ├OMMODORE?
- 7.5. ╚OW DO ╔ EXCHANGE DATA BETWEEN AN ┴TARI ╙╘(TM) AND MY ├OMMODORE?
- 7.6. ╚OW DO ╔ EXCHANGE DATA BETWEEN A ╒╬╔╪(TM) MACHINE AND MY ├OMMODORE?
- 7.7. ┴RE THERE OTHER WAYS TO EXCHANGE DATA BETWEEN COMPUTERS?
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-
-
- 6. ╘HE ╧NLINE ╔NFORMATION ╥ESERVOIR
-
- ╚OW TRUE THIS IS. ╘HERE IS INFORMATION EVERYWHERE ONLINE, JUST
- WAITING TO BE ACCESSED AND USED. ╚OEVER, GETTING AT THE INFORMATION
- CAN BE A TIME CONSUMING PROCESS.
-
- 6.1. ╚OW DO ╔ DOWNLOAD? ╫HAT IS A TRANSFER PROTOCOL?
-
- ╘O TRANSFER FILES FOR ANOTHER COMPUTER (ANOTHER 64 OR 128, ╒╬╔╪, ╧╙/2,
- ─╧╙, ═╓╙, ╓═╙, ┴MIGA, ┴TARI, OR OTHER), YOU SHOULD USE A TRANSFER PROTOCOL.
- ┴LTHOUGH IT IS POSSIBLE TO TRANSFER FILES BY TURNING ON THE TERMINAL
- PROGRAM'S CAPTURE BUFFER AND RECEIVING THE FILE, THIS IS NOT VERY
- RELIABLE AND IS PRONE TO ERRORS. ╫HEN TRANSFERRING ANY SIZABLE AMOUNT OF
- DATA, ONE SHOULD USE SOME SORT OF ERROR-CORRECTING FILE TRANSFER PROTOCOL.
- ┴ FILE TRANSFER PROTOCOL SPLITS A FILE INTO MANY PIECES, OR "PACKETS", AND
- SEND A NUMBER OF THEM AT A TIME. ╔T THEN WAITS FOR AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FROM
- THE RECEIVER THAT THE RECEIVED RECEIVED THE PACKETS CORRECTLY. ┴T THIS
- POINT, THE SENDER SEND THE NEXT BATCH OF PACKETS. ╘HIS PROCESS IS
- REPEATED UNTIL THE ENTORE FILE IS TRANSMITTED. ┼ACH PACKET CONTAINS
- COMPUTED CHECKSUMS AND OTHER ERROR DETECTION BYTES TO ENSURE THE
- RECEIVED DATA IS NOT CORRUPT.
-
- ┬ELOW ARE DESCRIPTIONS FOR SOME OF THE MORE POPULAR PROTOCOLS:
-
- ╨╒╬╘┼╥
-
- ╨╒╬╘┼╥ IS A ├OMMODORE SPECIFIC TRANSFER PROTOCOL THAT USED TO BE THE
- STANDARD FOR FILE TRANSFER. ╚OWEVER, WITH THE INCREASE IN ╔┬═-BASED
- BULLETING BOARD, IT HAS BEEN REPLACED BY OTHER PROTOCOLS. ═OST ├OMMODORE
- ┬┬╙ SYSTEMS STILL OFFER ╨╒╬╘┼╥ AS AN OPTION, BUT ALMOST NO OTHER ┬┬╙
- SYSTEMS HAVE SUPPORT FOR IT.
-
- ╦┼╥═╔╘
-
- ╦┼╥═╔╘ IS THE NAME OF ONE OF THE OLDEST FILE TRANSFER PROTOCOLS. ╦┼╥═╔╘
- IS UNIQUE IN THAT IT CAN ENCODE THE FILE BEING TRANSMITTED SO THAT
- IT DOES NOT CONTAIN ANY BYTES GREATER THAN 128 AND DOES NOT CONTAIN ANY
- SPECIAL CONTROL BYTES THAT TERMINALS USE TO PERFORM SPECIAL ACTIONS. ┴S
- SUCH, THIS PROTOCOL IS THE MOST ROBUST, BUT IT IS ALSO THE SLOWEST.
- ┴ COMMON STATEMENT IS, "IF YOU CAN'T ╦┼╥═╔╘ IT, YOU CAN'T GET IT"
-
- ╪═╧─┼═
-
- ╪═╧─┼═ COMES IN SEVERAL VARIETIES. ╙TANDARD ╪═╧─┼═ SENDS FILES IN 128 BYTE
- PACKETS. ╘HERE ARE TWO STANDARD ERROR-CORRECTION METHODS WITH ╪═╧─┼═
- CHECKSUM AND ├╥├. ├╥├ IS THE MORE MODERN OF THE TWO. ╘HERE IS ALSO A
- VERSION OF ╪═╧─┼═ WHICH SUPPORTS 1╦-BYTE PACKETS. ╘HIS VERSION IS MOST
- COMMONLY KNOWN AS ╪═╧─┼═-1╦, BUT IS SOMETIMES ERRONEOUSLY CALLED ┘═╧─┼═.
-
- ┘═╧─┼═
-
- ┘═╧─┼═ IS A "BATCH" ╪═╧─┼═ PROTOCOL, ALLOWING YOU TO TRANSFER MULTIPLE
- FILES IN ONE OPERATION.
-
- ┌═╧─┼═
-
- ┴ NEW FILE TRANSFER PROTOCOL IS ┌═╧─┼═. ┌═╧─┼═ IS THEORETICALLY THE
- FASTEST TRANSFER PROTOCOL, BUT ONLY SHOWS A SPEED GAIN OVER THE OTHERS
- ON NOISE-FREE TELEPHONE LINES. ╔T ACHIEVES THIS SPEED INCREASE BY ONLY
- REPLYING TO THE SENDER ABOUT THE BAD PACKETS.
-
- ═OST TERMINAL PROGRAMS SUPPORT ╨╒╬╘┼╥, ╪═╧─┼═, ╪═╧─┼═-1╦, ┘═╧─┼═, AND
- ╦┼╥═╔╘. ╘HE ╦ERMIT TERMINAL PROGRAM ONLY SUPPORTS ╦┼╥═╔╘, AND ╬OVATERM,
- AS OF VERSION 9.5, SUPPORTS ┌═╧─┼═ RECEIVES, BUT NOT SENDS.
-
-
- 6.2. ╫HAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ╨┼╘╙├╔╔ AND ┴╙├╔╔?
-
- ╫HEN ├OMMODORE DESIGNED THE ╨┼╘ LINE OF COMPUTERS, THEY CHOSE FOR THE
- CHARACTER SET ENCODING A SPECIAL ENCODING CALLED ╨┼╘╙├╔╔. ╘HIS SET IS
- SIMILAR BUT NOT THE SAME AS THE ┴MERICAN ╙TANDARD ├ODE FOR ╔NFORMATION
- ╔NTERCAHNGE (┴╙├╔╔). ╬OW, THIS DOES NOT CAUSE ANY
- PROBLEM WHEN TRANSFERRING INFORMATION BETWEEN OR AMONG ├OMMODORE
- COMPUTERS (EXCEPT THE ┴MIGA, WHICH ╔ BELIEVE USES ┴╙├╔╔), BUT CAUSES
- PROBLEMS WHEN EXCHANGING INFORMATION WITH OTHE COMPUTER TYPES.
-
- ╘HE OBVIOUS SOLUTION IS FOR ALL ├OMMODORE USERS TO TRANSLATE INCOMING
- INFORMATION INTO ╨┼╘╙├╔╔ FROM ┴╙├╔╔ WHEN TALKING TO ANOTHER TYPE OF
- COMPUTER. ╚OWEVER, THIS EFFECTIVELY RUINS BINARY FILES, WHICH HAVE
- NO CONCEPT OF CHARACTER CODES. ╘HEREFORE, THE RULES ARE:
-
- ─O NOT TRANSLATE WHEN EXCHANGING BINARY FILES WITH ANY COMPUTER
-
- ╘RANSLATE ALL TEXTUAL INFORMATION EXCHANGED WITH NON-├OMMODORE COMPUTERS.
-
- ╘RANSLATE TEXTUAL INFORMATION EXCHANGED WITH ├OMMODORE COMPUTERS ONLY
- IF THEY ARE TRANSLATING IT AS WELL.
-
- ╔F A TEXT FILE YOU RETRIEVE LOOKS LIKE THE UPPERCASE LETTERS SHOULD
- BE LOWERCASE AND VICE VERSA, THEN THE FILE IS IN ┴╙├╔╔ AND NEEDS TO
- BE CONVERTED TO ╨┼╘╙├╔╔.
-
-
- 6.3. ╫HERE CAN ╔ FIND ├OMMODORE PROGRAMS?
-
- ├OMMODORE PROGRAMS ARE AVAILABLE FROM A NUMBER OF SOURCES. ╞OR COMMERCIAL
- SOFTWARE, PLEASE SEE ╙ECTION 15.1 FOR A LIST OF SOFTWARE DEALERS. ╞OR
- SHAREWARE AND PUBLIC DOMAIN, YOU CAN USE ╞╘╨ (╙ECTION 6.9), ELECTRONIC
- MAIL (╙ECTION 6.5.2), AND BULLETIN BOARD SYSTEM IN ADDITION TO THE
- SOFTWARE DEALERS TO DOWNLOAD OR BUY PROGRAMS AND OTHER SOFTWARE.
-
-
- 6.4. ╫HAT IS A FILE EXTENSION, AND WHAT DO THEY STAND FOR?
-
- ┴ FILE EXTENSION IS A 1 OR MORE LETTER SUFFIX APPENDED TO THE END OF A FILE
- NAME TO INDICATE THE TYPE OF FILE IT IS. ╘HE EXTENSION USUALLY INDICATES
- THE CONTENTS OF A FILE. ╘HE LIST BELOW DESCRIBES SOME MORE COMMON FILE
- EXTENSIONS, WHAT THEY ARE USED FOR, AND HOW TO USE THE FILE.
-
- ╨LEASE NOTE THAT THESE FILE EXTENSIONS ARE NOT ├OMMODORE-EXCLUSIVE. ═ANY
- COMPUTERS USE FILE EXTENSIONS. ┴LSO NOTE THAT SOME FILE EXTENSIONS
- ARE CUMULATIVE. ╔╞ A FILE IS NAMED "FILENAME.TAR.GZ", THIS INDICATES THAT
- THE FILE IS OF TYPE "GZ", AND THE FILE(S) INSIDE THE GZ FILE ARE OF TYPE
- "TAR". ╘O USE THIS FILE, ONE WOULD NOTE THAT BOTH EXTENSION ARE
- ARCHIVAL EXTENSIONS. ╧NE WOULD UNDO THE "GZ" ARCHIVAL METHOD TO RESTORE
- THE "FILENAME.TAR" ARCHIVE, THEN UNDO THE "TAR" ARCHIVAL METHOD TO RESTORE
- THE ORIGINAL FILE.
-
- ┼XTENSION: ═EANING: ╬OTES:
- -----------------------------------------
- .TXT ╘EXT ╞ILE ╘HIS FILE IS NOT COMPRESSED, SO IT NEEDS
- NO DECOMPRESSION STEP. ╚OWEVER, THE FILE
- MAY BE IN EITHER ┴╙├╔╔ OR ╨┼╘╙├╔╔ FORMAT,
- SO A CONVERSION STEP MAY BE NECESSARY.
- ═OST TERMINAL PROGRAMS CAN DO THIS
- CONVERSION, AND THERE ARE STAND-ALONE
- PROGRAMS THAT DO THE NECESSARY CONVERSION
- ALSO.
-
- .SDA ╙ELF-─ISSOLVING ╩UST LOAD AND RUN THE .SDA FILE TO
- ┴RCHIVE DISSOLVE THE ARCHIVE. ╫ILL DISSOLVE
- 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 ARC250.4 OR EARLIER
- 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-EXTRACTING. ╔T IS
- A STANDARD FORMAT ALSO USED BY
- ┴MIGA (AND ═╙-─╧╙) COMPUTERS. ╘HIS
- FORMAT ORIGINATED ON THE ╨├.
-
- .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.
-
- .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 UUENCODING/DECODING UTILITIES.
- ┴ PROGRAM "UUXFER" FOR THE
- ├64 (BY ╞UZZY ╞OX) WILL BOTH UUENCODE
- AND UUDECODE. ╬OTE THAT THE CONTENTS OF
- UUE FILE COULD BE ANOTHER ARCHIVED FILE.
-
- .UUA ╒╒ ARCHIVE ┴N EXTENSION 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> ┌╔╨├ODED FILE ┌╔╨├ODE IS A PROGRAM THAT TAKES AN ENTIRE
- DISK AND "COMPACTS" IT INTO 4 FILES THAT
- HAVE A NUMBER FOLLOWED BY A '!' AND THEN
- A FILENAME. ┴LSO, ┌IP├ODE CAN COMPRESS
- FILES, IN WHICH CASE THE X IS A LETTER
- (A,B,C,D) AND THERE NEED NOT BE 4 FILES.
- ╔F ┌IP├ODE HAS COMPRESSED INDIVIDUAL
- FILES, THERE WILL BE AN "I!" OR
- "X!"-PREFIXED FILE ON THE DISK THAT HOLDS
- THE DIRECTORY OF THE FILE COMPRESSED. ╘O
- MAKE THINGS EVEN MORE CONFUSING, THERE
- ARE TWO VERSIONS OF ┌IP├ODE (V1 AND V2).
- ╘HE NEWER VERSION WILL ACCEPT V1 ARCHIVES,
- BUT NOT VICE-VERSA. ╒SE ┌IP├ODE V2 TO
- UNPACK SUCH ARCHIVES.
-
- X!!<FILE> ┌╔╨├ODE 6-PACK ╘HIS IS A ┌╔╨├ODE ARCHIVE THAT TAKES AN
- ENTIRE DISK AND PUTS IT INTO 6 FILES,
- EACH FILE CONTAINING ╟├╙ CODES AND HEADER
- INFO FOR THE TRACKS. ╘HIS IS BASICALLY
- A NYBBLE COPIER THAT STORES THE DATA IT
- RECEIVES FROM THE DISK INTO FILES.
-
- .BCO ┬├╧─┼D FILE ┬├╧─ING IS VERY SIMILAR TO ╒╒ENCODING IN
- THAT A BINARY FILE IS CONVERTED INTO AN
- ALL-TEXT FORMAT THAT IS 33% LARGER THAN
- THE ORIGINAL. ╘HE DIFFERENCE IS THAT THE
- ┬├╧─┼ FORMAT PROVIDES ADDITIONAL
- INFORMATION FOR ERROR DETECTION AND
- AUTOMATIC DATA SEGMENTATION AND
- REORDERING. ├-CODE VERSIONS OF "BCODE"
- AND "UNBCODE" ARE AVAILABLE VIA ╞╘╨ AND
- ├OMMODORE VERSIONS ARE PROVIDED WITH
- ┴├┼-128/64.
-
- .ZIP ┌╔╨ ARCHIVE ┌IP IS A FILE FORMAT USED ON ╔┬═
- PLATFORMS AND IS CREATED BY THE ╨╦┌IP
- PROGRAM THAT IS AVAILABLE FOR SOME
- PLATFORMS. ╘HERE ARE TWO FORMS OF ZIP
- FILES THAT HAVE THE SAME EXTENSION.
- ┬OTH ARE CREATED BY DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF
- ╨╦┌IP. ╘HE FIRST, VERSION 1.01, CAN BE
- DISSOLVED ON A 64 BY USING THE PROGRAM
- ╒╬┌╔╨64. ╘HE SECOND, NEWER FORMAT IS
- VERSION 2.04, WHICH CANNOT BE DISSOLVED BY
- ╒╬┌╔╨64. ┘OUR BEST SOLUTION WHEN IN DOUBT
- IS TO DISSOLVE THE FILES ON ANOTHER
- PLATFORM. ╞OR THE 128, THERE IS A VERSION
- OF THE ╒╬┌╔╨64 PROGRAM, CALLED ╒╬┌╔╨128
- THAT HAS BEEN MODIFIED TO RUN IN 128 MODE.
- ╔T IS IN A FILE CALLED ╬┌╨12813.╙╞╪.
-
- <FILE>]X ├OMPRESSION ╦IT X = 4,7,8, CMD, OR C(XX) TO DENOTE TYPE
- ┴RCHIVE OF MEDIA THAT WAS COMPRESSED. ╘HE FILES
- CAN BE EXTRACTED ONLY WITH ╘HE ├OMPRESSION
- ╦IT, FROM ═AD ═AN ╙OFTWARE.
-
- .TAR ╘┴╥ ┴RCHIVE ╒╬╔╪ ╘APE ┴╥CHIVER. ╘HIS PROGRAM CAN BE
- USED TO ARCHIVE FILES AS WELL. ╘HE FILE
- MUST BE DECODED USING TAR.
-
- .┌ ├OMPRESS ARCHIVE ├OMPRESS IS A PROGRAM ON ╒╬╔╪ THAT WILL
- SHRINK A SINGLE FILE. ╔T IS USUALLY USED
- ON .TAR FILES IN ╒╬╔╪ TO REDUCE THEIR
- SIZE. ╘HE FILE MUST BE DECODED BY THE
- UNCOMPRESS PROGRAM, AVAILABLE ON ╒╬╔╪, ╨├,
- ═AC AND OTHER PLATFORMS.
-
- .GZ ╟┌╔╨ ┴RCHIVE ╟┌╔╨ IS A FREE PROGRAM DEVELOPED BY THE
- ╞REE ╙OFTWARE ╞OUNDATION TO FREELY SHRINK
- THEIR SOFTWARE. THE
- RESULTING FILE MUST BE
- DECODED BY ╟╒╬┌╔╨, AVAILABLE ON MANY
- PLATFORMS, BEFORE USING.
-
- .TAZ ├OMPRESSED ╘┴╥ ╘HIS IS A FILE THAT SHOULD HAVE THE
- EXTENSION "TAR.┌", BUT HAS BEEN SHORTENED
- FOR ═╙-─╧╙. ╥UN UNCOMPRESS, THEN TAR ON
- THIS FILE.
-
- .TGZ ╟ZIPPED ╘AR ╞ILE ╘HIS IS A FILE THAT SHOULD HAVE EXTENSION
- TAR.GZ, BUT HAS BEEN SHORTENED FOR ═╙-─╧╙
- ╥UN GZIP OR SIMILAR ON THE FILE, THEN TAR.
-
- .GIF ╟RAPHICS ╘HIS IS A COMPRESSED GRAPHICS FORMAT
- ╔NTERCHANGE CREATED BY ├OMPUSERVE. ╘O VIEW THIS FILE,
- ╞ORMAT ONE MUST FIND A ╟╔╞ VIEWER PROGRAM.
-
- .JPEG ╩OINT ╘HIS IS A GRAPHICS FORMAT THAT RELIES ON
- ╨HOTOGRAPHERS THE FACT THAT THE EYE CANNOT DISTINGUISH
- ? SUBTLE CHANGES IN COLOR. ╘HIS FORMAT
- ╟ROUP ACHIEVE VERY HIGH COMPRESSION BY "THROWING
- AWAY SOME INFOMRATION CONTENT", ╘O VIEW
- THESE PCITURES, ONE MUST EITHER OBTAIN A
- ╩╨┼╟ VIEWER, OR CONVERT THEM TO ╟╔╞
- FORMAT.
-
- .JPG ╩╨┼╟ ╘HIS IS AN ═╙-─╧╙ NAMED .JPEG FILE.
-
- .TIFF ╘AGGED ╘HIS IS A GRAPHICS FORMAT USED ON HIGH
- ╔MAGE PERFORMANCE WORKSTATIONS. ╘O VIEW THIS
- ╞ILE GRAPHICS FORMAT, YOU WILL NEED TO CONVERT
- ╞ORMAT SOMETHING ELSE.
-
- .PCX ╔┬═ ╨ICTURE ╘HIS IS GRAPHICS FORMAT USED IN ─╧╙ ON
- ╔┬═ MACHINES. ├ONVERT THIS FILE TO A
- ╟╔╞ FILE TO VIEW.
-
- .PICT ═AC ╨╔├╘URE ╘HIS IS A GRAPHICS FORMAT USED ON ┴PPLE
- ═ACINTOSH MACHINES. ├ONVERT THIS FILE
- TO A ╟╔╞ FILE TO VIEW.
-
- .D64 1541 ─ISK ╔MAGE
-
- .P00 1541 ─ISK ╔MAGE
-
- .BMP ╫INDOWS ┬ITMAP ╘HIS IS A FORMAT USED FOR GRAPHICS IN
- ═ICROSOFT ╫INDOWS AND ╧╙/2. ├ONVERT THIS
- FILE TO A ╟╔╞ TO VIEW.
-
- .PBM ╨ORTABLE ┬ITMAP
-
- .XBM ╪ BITMAP ╘HIS IS A FORMAT USED FOR GRAPHICS ON THE
- ╪ WINDOWSING SYSTEM. ├ONVERT THIS FILE
- TO A ╟╔╞ TO VIEW.
-
- .HTML ╚YPER╘EXT ╘HIS IS A ╫╫╫ HYPERTEXT DOCUMENT. ╘O
- ═ARKUP VIEW THIS FILE, YOU WILL NEED A ╫╫╫
- ╠ANGUAGE BROWSER OF SOME KIND.
-
- .DOC ─OCUMENT ╘HIS FILE COULD BE A WORD PROCESSING FILE
- FROM A PROGRAM LIKE ╫ORD FOR ╫INDOWS,
- ╫ORDPERFECT, OR ANY OTHER WORD PROCESSOR.
- ┴LSO, SOME TEXT FILES THAT CONTAIN
- DOCUMENTATION USE THIS EXTENSION.
-
- .CVT ╟┼╧╙ FILE ╟┼╧╙ FILES USE A SPECIAL FILE FORMAT. ╘HE
- FILES ARE CALLED ╒╙╥ FILES, BUT THEY HAVE
- SPECIAL INFORMATION IN THE FILE THAT
- NORMAL FILES DON'T, SO YOU CANNOT JUST
- UPLOAD A ╟┼╧╙ FILE LIKE ANY ╙┼╤ OR ╨╥╟
- FILE. ┘OU CAN PACK ALL THE EXTRA
- INFORMATION AND THE DATA INTO A REGULAR
- ├OMMODORE ╙┼╤ OR ╨╥╟ FILE WITH A PROGRAM
- ├ALLED ├ONVERT. ╔T HAS A VERSION 2.5 AND
- A 3.0. ╘HE FILES THAT RESULT FROM THIS
- CONVERSION HAVE THE EXTENSION. ╘HE FILE
- MUST BE PROCESSED AGAIN BY ├ONVERT BEFORE
- IT CAN BE USED WITH ╟┼╧╙.
-
- ╔F THE FILE TYPE INDICATES AN ARCHIVE, THERE ARE MANY PROGRAMS AVAILABLE
- THAT WILL HANDLE MOST ARCHIVAL METHODS. ╧NE OF THESE IS CALLED ╧MEGA-╤ ╔╔,
- WHICH INCLUDES ONE-STOP COMPRESSION AND DECOMPRESSION OF MANY OF THE ABOVE
- ARCHIVAL TYPES.
-
- ╔F YOU USE A HOST SYSTEM TO DOWNLOAD THE FILES FROM, YOU MAY WANT TO
- DECOMPRESS THE FILES BEFORE DOWNLOADING. ┼VEN THOUGH THE FILES WILL BE
- LARGER TO DOWNLOAD, THE TIME TO DECOMPRESS THEM OFFLINE WILL NOT BE A
- FACTOR. ╚OWEVER, THOSE WHO PAY BY-THE-MINUTE FOR DOWNLOAD TIME WOULD
- PROBABLY WANT THE SMALLEST POSSIBLE FILE, WHICH IMPLIES DECOMPRESSING ON
- THE LOCAL MACHINE, EXCEPT IN THE CASE OF A ╒╒ ENCODED FILE. ╘HESE FILES
- ARE ACTUALLY BIGGER IN THE '╒╒' FORMAT.
-
-
- 6.5. ╫HAT IS ELECTRONIC MAIL?
-
- ┼LECTRONIC MAIL IS THE ONLINE EQUIVALENT OF POST OFFICE MAIL. ┴LTHOUGH
- EMAIL IS A GENERAL TERM, ITS USE IS USUALLY MEANT TO MEAN "╔NTERNET EMAIL".
- ╘O USE EMAIL, YOU MUST HAVE ACCESS TO AN INTERNET EMAIL PROGRAM. ╧N ╒╬╔╪,
- THESE PROGRAMS ARE CALLED MAIL, ELM, OR PINE. ┬┬╙ SYSTEMS USUALLY HAVE A
- SPECIAL MESSAGE AREA FOR ╔NTERNET EMAIL. ┘OU ADDRESS A MESSAGE TO A USER
- BY USING HIS OR HER INTERNET EMAIL ADDRESS, WHICH IS USUALLY OF THE FORM
- NAME@MACHINE_NAME.DOAMIN_NAME.TYPE_OF_INSTITUTION_OR_COUNTRY. ┴N EXAMPLE
- WOULD BE BRAIN@MAIL.MSEN.COM, WHICH WOULD BE USER "BRAIN" AT MACHINE "MAIL"
- IN DOAMIN "MSEN" AND THE TYPE "COM" WHICH MEANS COMPANY OR COMMERCIAL.
-
- ┴FTER ADDRESSING THE MESSAGE AND CHOOSING A SUTIABLE SUBJECT, THE BODY OF
- THE MESSAGE IS WRITTEN WITH INFORMATION MEANINGFUL TO THE ADDRESSEE.
- ╒SUALLY THIS INFORMATION IS TEXTUAL IN NATURE AND READS MUCH LIKE A
- PERSONAL LETTER.
-
- ╔T IS POSSIBLE TO MAIL PEOPLE BINARY FILES. ╘O DO THIS, YOU NEED ACCESS
- TO A PROGRAM CALLED UUENCODE. ═OST, IF NOT ALL ╒╬╔╪ MACHINES HAVE THIS
- COMMAND AVAILABLE, AND THERE ARE VERSIONS AVAILABLE FOR ╔┬═, ┴MIGA, AND
- ═ACINTOSH. ╘HERE IS ALSO A VERSION OF UUENCODE AVAILABLE FOR THE
- ├OMMODORE 64 AND 128 AS PART OF THE ┴├┼ 128/64 ╧╙ REPLACEMENT. (╙EE SECTION
- 8.3) ╘HE UUENCODE PROGRAM TAKES A BINARY FILE AND EXPANDS IT SO THAT
- IT ONLY CONTAINS 7-BIT ┴╙├╔╔ CHARACTERS. ╘HIS RESULTING FILE CAN THEN BE
- MAILED TO A RECIPIENT, WHO THEN USES A SIMILAR PROGRAM CALLED UUDECODE
- THAT WILL TRANSFORM THE UUENCODED FILE INTO THE RESULTING BINARY FILE.
- ╘HIS ENCODING TECHNIQUE IS A STANDARD ONE USED ACROSS MULTIPLE PLATFORMS.
- ╔F YOU WANT TO SEND A FILE TO ANOTHER ├OMMODORE OWNER, YOU CAN USE BCODE,
- WHICH IS A ├OMMODORE-SPECIFIC ENCODING AVAILABLE IN ┴├┼ 128/64.
-
-
- 6.5.1. ╫HAT ARE MAILING LISTS AND HOW DO ╔ JOIN ONE?
-
- ┴ MAILING LIST IS SIMILAR TO A ╒╙┼╬┼╘ NEWSGROUP LIKE COMP.SYS.CBM, IN THAT
- IT PROVIDES A PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO TALK AMONG EACH OTHER AND ASK QUESTIONS.
- ╘HE DIFFERENCE IS THAT THE MECHANISM USED IS MAIL. ┘OU MAIL A MESSAGE OFF
- TO THE LIST, THE MESSAGE THEN GETS SENT OUT TO ALL MEMBERS OF THAT LIST,
- THEY READ AND REPLY TO THE LIST, AND THE PROCESS REPEATS. ╔T IS USED FOR
- TOPICS THAT ARE CONSIDERED TEMPORARY OR TOPICS THAT HAVE A LIMITED SCOPE AND
- MAY NOT SUSTAIN AN ENTIRE NEWSGROUP BEING DEVOTED TO THEM. ╔T MAY ALSO
- BE USED WHEN PEOPLE WANT TO PRIVATELY DISCUSS SOME ISSUE.
-
- ╘HERE ARE A NUMBER OF ├OMMODORE 8-BIT MAILING LISTS FOR YOU TO JOIN:
-
- CBM-UNIX - ╘HIS IS A LIST DEVOTED TO THE DISCUSSION OF ALTERNATE OPERATING
- SYSTEMS FOR THE ├OMMODORE LINE THAT HAVE THE FAMILIAR ╒╬╔╪
- SHELL LOOK-AND-FEEL. ┘OU CAN JOIN THIS ONE BY SENDING MAIL TO
- MAILSERV@LISTS.FUNET.FI WITH THE MESSAGE:
-
- SUBSCRIBE CBM-UNIX ╩IM ┬RAIN <USE YOUR OWN NAME>
- REVIEW CBM-UNIX <THIS WILL SHOW YOU WHO IS ON THE LIST>
- HELP <THIS WILL EXPLAIN HOW TO USE THE LIST>
-
- YOU CAN THEN SEND MAIL TO THE LIST BY ADDRESSING IT TO:
- CBM-UNIX@LISTS.FUNET.FI.
-
- OLD-CBM - ╘HIS IS A LIST DEVOTED TO DISCUSSIONS OF OLDER ├OMMODORE
- EQUIPMENT. ╘YPICALLY, THIS LIST DISCUSSES ISSUES CONCERNING
- ╨┼╘S, THE ╓╔├-20, ╨LUS 4 AND ├16, AND OTHER LESSER USED
- MACHINES. ┘OU CAN JOIN THIS ONE BY SENDING MAIL TO
- MAILSERV@LISTS.FUNET.FI WITH THE MESSAGE:
-
- SUBSCRIBE OLD-CBM ╩IM ┬RAIN <USE YOUR OWN NAME>
- REVIEW OLD-CBM <THIS WILL SHOW YOU WHO IS ON THE LIST>
- HELP <THIS WILL EXPLAIN HOW TO USE THE LIST>
-
- YOU CAN THEN SEND MAIL TO THE LIST BY ADDRESSING IT TO:
- OLD-CBM-UNIX@LISTS.FUNET.FI.
-
- C64-HACKERS - ╔ DO NOT KNOW MUCH ABOUT THIS LIST OTHER THAN IT IS USED TO
- DISCUSS ISSUE REALTING TO TIMING AND SPECIAL OPCODES USED IN
- ├OMMODORE PROGRAMS. ┘OU CAN JOIN THIS LIST BY SENDING MAIL TO
- MAILSERV@LISTS.FUNET.FI WITH THE MESSAGE:
-
- SUBSCRIBE C64-HACKERS ╩IM ┬RAIN <USE YOUR OWN NAME>
- REVIEW C64-HACKERS <THIS WILL SHOW YOU WHO IS ON THE LIST>
- HELP <THIS WILL EXPLAIN HOW TO USE THE LIST>
-
- YOU CAN THEN SEND MAIL TO THE LIST BY ADDRESSING IT TO:
- C64-HACKERS@LISTS.FUNET.FI.
-
- COMMODOR - ╘HIS IS A LIST THAT IS FOR ALL ├OMMODORE 8-BIT COMPUTER
- DISCUSSION. ╘HIS LIST MIRRORS MOST OF THE DISCUSSION ON
- COMP.SYS.CBM, SO ╔ WOULD POST TO BOTH PLACES. ┘OU SUBSCRIBE
- BY SENDING A MAIL MSG TO:
- LISTSERV@UBVM.CC.BUFFALO.EDU WITH THE MESSAGE:
-
- SUBSCRIBE COMMODOR ╩IM ┬RAIN <USE YOUR OWN NAME>
- REVIEW COMMODOR <THIS WILL SHOW YOU WHO IS ON THE LIST>
- HELP <THIS WILL EXPLAIN HOW TO USE THE LIST>
-
- YOU CAN THEN SEND MAIL TO THE LIST BY ADDRESSING IT TO:
- COMMODOR@UBVM.CC.BUFFALO.EDU
-
- C65 - ╘HIS IS A LIST THAT DISCUSSES THE VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THE
- ├OMMODORE ├65 ╨ROTOTYPE SYSTEM. ╘HERE ARE FILES AND
- INFORMATION AVAILABLE THROUGH THIS LIST TO ├65 OWNERS. ╬OTE
- THAT THIS IS ╬╧╘ THE LIST TO ASK WHERE A ├64 CAN BE PURCHASED
- FROM, SINCE THE ├65 IS NOT A PRODUCT, PER SE, AS ALL AVAILABLE
- UNITS WERE IN-HOUSE PROTOTYPES LIQUIDATED AT A WAREHOUSE.
- ┘OU CAN SUBSCRIBE BY SENDING A MAIL MSG TO:
- C65LIST-REQUEST@DCE.VIC.GOV.AU WITH THE SUBJECT:
-
- SUBSCRIBE
-
- ┘OU CAN THEN SEND MAIL TO THE LIST BY ADDRESS IT TO:
- C65@DCE.VIC.GOV.AU
-
- C=HACKING - ╘HIS LIST IS SET UP TO AUTOMATICALLY MAIL OUT THE LATEST COPY
- OF ├OMMODORE ╚ACKING ╧NLINE ═AGAZINE UPON PUBLICATION. ╔T IS RUN
- THROUGH ├RAIG ╘AYLOR'S MAILSERVER. ┘OU CAN SUBSCRIBE BY SENDING
- A MAIL MESSAGE TO:
-
- DUCK@PEMBVAX1.PEMBROKE.EDU WITH A SUBJECT LINE OF:
-
- ═┴╔╠╙┼╥╓ WITH A MESSAGE OF:
-
- SUBSCRIBE
- HELP <THIS WILL EXPLAIN HOW TO USE THE LIST>
-
- C64CODERS - ╘HIS LIST IS FOR ├OMMODORE 64 CODERS. ╬OT MUCH IS KNOWN ABOUT
- THE LIST, BUT HERE IS HOW TO JOIN. ╙END A MAIL MESSAGE TO:
- C64CODERS-REQUEST@UCLINK2.BERKELEY.EDU WITH A SUBJECT LINE OF:
-
- SUBSCRIBE.
-
-
-
- 6.5.2. ╫HAT IS A ═AIL ╙ERVER? ╚OW DO ╔ USE ONE?
-
- ┴ COUPLE OF PEOPLE ARE RUNNING SERVERS THAT WILL RESPOND TO EMAIL REQUESTS.
- ┼ACH HAVE A LIMITED AMOUNT OF FILES AVAILABLE. ╘O ACCESS THEM SEND THE
- FOLLOWING EMAIL:
-
- ╘O: BRAIN@MAIL.MSEN.COM
- | ╙UBJECT: ═┴╔╠╙┼╥╓
- + ═ESSAGE ┬ODY:
-
- + HELP
- + QUIT
-
- | ╘HAT WILL RETURN A LIST OF COMMANDS. ├URRENTLY THE FOLLOWING COMMANDS
- + ARE SUPPORTED:
-
- + HELP RETRIEVES A LIST OF AVAILABLE COMMANDS.
- + CATALOG RETRIEVES A LIST OF FILES CURRENTLY AVAILABLE.
- + SEND <FILENAME> RETRIEVES THE FILE <FILENAME>
-
-
- 6.5.3. ╚OW DO ╔ CONTACT PEOPLE ON ├OMPUSERVE, ╟ENIE, ETC.?
-
- ╘HESE ONLINE SERVICES HAVE GATEWAYS TO THE ╔NTERNET. ╘O SEND A MESSAGE TO
- SOMEONE ON THE FOLLOWING SERVICES, MAKE SURE THEY CAN RECEIVE ╔NTERNET MAIL
- AND ADDRESS THE MESSAGE AS FOLLOWS:
-
- ╙ERVICE ╒SERNAME ╔NTERNET ┴DDRESS
-
- ├OMPUSERVE 12345,678 12345.678@COMPUSERVE.COM
- ╟┼NIE J.SMITH2 J.SMITH2@GENIE.GEIS.COM
- ─ELPHI JSMITH JSMITH@DELPHI.COM
-
- ╞IDO╬ET IS SPECIAL, SINCE THERE ARE MANY FIDONET NODES, SO YOU NEED THE
- SPECIFIC NODE INFORMATION FOR THE SYSTEM THAT THE RECIPIENT IS ON. ┴SSUME
- THAT ╩IM ┬RAIN IS ON A FIDO ┬┬╙ THAT IS NODE 115 ON NETWORK 233 IN ZONE
- 1. (DENOTED IN ╞╔─╧ AS 1:233/115) ╘HE ADDRESS WOULD BE:
-
- ╞IDO╬ET ╩IM ┬RAIN ╩IM_┬RAIN@F115.N233.Z1.FIDONET.ORG
-
- ╔F THE FIDO ADDRESS IS A POINT ON A ╞╔─╧ NETWORK (DENOTED AS 1:233/115.200),
- THEN THE ADDRESS WOULD BE:
-
- ╞IDO╬ET ╩IM ┬RAIN ╩IM_┬RAIN@P200.F115.N233.Z1.FIDONET.ORG
-
-
- 6.6. ╫HAT IS ╒╙┼╬┼╘ OR ╬ET╬EWS? ╫HAT IS A ╒╙┼╬┼╘ NEWSGROUP?
-
- ╒╙┼╬┼╘ IS A SERVICE ON THE ╔NTERNET THAT PRESENTS THE USER WITH A VARIETY
- OF FORUMS IN WHICH TO PLACE MESSAGES. ╔T CAN BE VIEWED AS THE ONLINE
- EQUIVALENT OF A SET OF BULLETING "CORKBOARDS", LIKE THOSE IN A HALLWAY.
- ┼ACH CORKBOARD OR "NEWSGROUP" CATERS TO A DIFFERENT TOPIC. ╒SERS CAN
- PLACE OR "POST" MESSAGES TO THE NEWSGROUP FOR OTHERS TO READ, OR FOLLOWUP
- TO POSTS ON THE NEWSGROUP.
-
-
- 6.6.1. ╫HAT NEWS GROUPS CATER TO ├OMMODORE 8-BIT MACHINES?
-
- ╘HE FIRST THING TO DISCUSS HERE IS THE DIVIDING LINE BETWEEN ├OMMODORE
- MODELS. ┴LL ├OMMODORE COMPUTERS UP TO, BUT NOT INCLUDING, THE ├OMMODORE
- ┴MIGA OR THE ├OMMODORE LINE OF ╔┬═ ╨├ ├OMPATIBLE COMPUTERS, ARE
- DISCUSSED IN COMP.SYS.CBM, WHICH IS WHAT THIS ╞┴╤ COVERS. ╘HE ┴MIGA LINE
- OF COMPUTERS IS COVERED IN THE SEPARATE NEWSGROUPS COMP.SYS.AMIGA.*,
- WHERE THE '*' INDICATES THAT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF GROUPS THAT MATCH THAT
- NAME. ╘HE ╔┬═ ╨├ ├OMPATIBLE COMPUTERS ARE DISCUSSED IN COMP.SYS.IBM-PC.*.
-
- COMP.SYS.CBM -
-
- ╘HIS UNMODERATED NEWSGROUP DISCUSSES ALL TOPICS CONCERNING ├OMMODORE
- 8-BIT MACHINES, INCLUDING EVERYTHING FROM THE ╦╔═-1 TO THE ├OMMODORE
- 65. ╘HIS IS THE FLAGSHIP ╒╙┼╬┼╘ NEWSGROUP.
-
- COMP.BINARIES.CBM -
-
- ╘HIS MODERATED GROUPS PERMITS THE DISTRIBUTION OF UUENCODED BINARY FILES
- FOR THE ├OMMODORE 8-BIT COMPUTERS. ╘HE MODERATOR IS ═IKE ═ILLER
- (MMMILLER3@GAC.EDU). ╔F YOU HAVE A FAVORITE PROGRAM YOU WISH TO PUT UP FOR
- DISTRIBUTION, PLEASE DOWNLOAD AND READ THE COMP.BINARIES.CBM ╞┴╤ (POSTED IN
- ITS RESPECTIVE GROUP).
-
- COMP.EMULATORS.CBM -
-
- ╘HIS UNMODERATED NEWSGROUP WAS CREATED IN 1994 FOR THOSE WHO WISH TO
- RUN ONE OF THE MANY EMULATION PROGRAMS AVAILABLE ON OTHER MACHINES THAT
- EMULATE THE ├64.
-
- ZER.Z-NETZ.RECHNER.C64+C128.ALLGEMEIN -
-
- ╘HIS IS A ╟ERMAN NEWSGROUP THAT DISCUSSES MUCH OF THE SAME TOPICS AS
- COMP.SYS.CBM. "ALLGEMEIN" = GENERAL.
-
- ZER.Z-NETZ.RECHNER.C64+C128.BINAER -
-
- ╘HIS ╟ERMAN NEWSGROUP PARALLELS THE FUNCTION OF COMP.BINARIES.CBM.
- "BINAER" = "BINARY".
-
- ZER.T-NETZ.C64 -
-
- ╘HIS IS A GENERAL DISCUSSION GROUP FOR THE C64 COMPUTER. ╔T HAS THE
- DESCRIPTION '─ER AM WEITESTEN VERBREITETE ╥ECHNER', WHICH MEANS "╘HE MOST
- WIDELY USED/MOST POPULAR COMPUTER."
-
- ZER.Z-NETZ.RECHNER.C64+C128.HARDWARE
-
- ╘HIS ╟ERMAN NEWSGROUPS DISCUSSES HARDWARE TOPICS RELATING TO THE ├64 AND
- ├128.
-
-
- 6.6.2. ╫HAT TYPES OF DISCUSSIONS BELONG IN COMP.SYS.CBM?
-
- ┴NY DISCUSSIONS ABOUT ├OMMODORE MACHINES EXCLUDING THE ├OMMODORE ┴MIGA
- LINE, THE ├OMMODORE ╔┬═ ╨├ ├LONE LINE ARE ENCOURAGED IN COMP.SYS.CBM
- ╘HESE MACHINES ARE COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS THE ├OMMODORE 8-BIT LINE,
- WHEREAS THE ┴MIGA AND ╨├ LINE IS NOT 8-BIT. ╨LEASE MAKE SURE ANY QUESTION
- YOU INTEND ON POSTING IS NOT ALREADY ANSWERED IN THIS ╞┴╤. ┴LSO, WHEN
- POSTING A TROUBLESHOOTING QUESTION ABOUT INOPERATIVE EQUIPMENT, PLEASE GIVE
- AS MUCH DETAIL AS POSSIBLE. ┬E CONSIDERATE OF OTHERS IN THE GROUP AND KEEP
- QUESTIONS NOT PERTAINING TO SOME ASPECT OF ├OMMODORE 8-BIT MACHINES AND
- PERIPHERALS OUT OF COMP.SYS.CBM. ╘HE GROUP DOES REALIZE, HOWEVER, THAT A
- LARGE PERCENTAGE OF ├OMMODORE 8-BIT OWNERS ALSO OWN ANOTHER COMPUTER SYSTEM
- AND MIGHT HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT INTERFACING OR EMULATIONS. ╩UST USE YOUR
- OWN GOOD JUDGEMENT.
-
-
- 6.6.3. ╫HICH ISSUES DOES COMP.SYS.CBM DISCUSS REGULARLY?
-
- ┴LTHOUGH COMP.SYS.CBM DISCUSSES ALL ├OMMODORE 8-BIT MACHINES AT TIMES,
- THE ├64 AND ├128 GET MOST OF THE ATTENTION.
-
-
- 6.6.4. ╚OW DO ╔ POST IN COMP.SYS.CBM?
-
- ┘OU FIRST NEED TO ACCESS THE NEWSGROUP COMP.SYS.CBM THROUGH THE USE OF
- NEWSREADER. ╘HERE ARE MANY AVAILABLE IN ╒╬╔╪ WITH NAMES LIKE RN, NN, TIN,
- AND TRN. ╔ CAN'T BEGIN TO TELL YOU WHAT COMMAND EACH USES TO CONSTRUCT
- A POSTING, BUT YOUR MACHINE ADMINISTRATOR SHOULD BE ABLE TO TELL YOU.
- ┴LL POSTS SHOULD CONTAINS RELEVANT ╙UMMARY AND ╦EYWORD INFO, AS WELL AS
- A DESCRIPTIVE TITLE. ╔F YOU ARE POSTING A FOLLOWUP TO AN EXISTING ARTICLE,
- AND ARE QUOTING THE ARTICLE, PLEASE ONLY QUOTE THE RELEVANT PORTIONS OF THE
- EXISTING ARTICLE.
-
- ╔F YOU FIND THAT YOU CANNOT POST TO A NEWSGROUP VIA YOUR NEWSREADER, BUT DO
- HAVE ╔NTERNET ELECTRONIC MAIL CAPABILITIES, YOU CAN POST TO THE NEWSGROUPS
- VIA E-MAIL. ╞OR EXAMPLE, TO POSTS A MESSAGE TO
- ├╧═╨.╙┘╙.├┬═, SIMPLY MAIL THE
- MESSAGE TO EITHER COMP.SYS.CBM@ANON.PENET.FI OR COMP-SYS-CBM@CS.UTEXAS.EDU.
- ╔T IS PROBABLY BEST TO USE THE ╒ OF ╘EXAS ADDRESS, SINCE THE OTHER IS AN
- ANONYMOUS POSTING SERVICE, SO PEOPLE WON'T KNOW WHO ORIGINATED THE POST.
- ╙UCH DISGUISES ARE UNNECESSARY IN THE ├┬═ NEWSGROUPS.
-
-
- 6.6.5. ╚OW CAN ╔ ACCESS COMP.SYS.CBM THROUGH EMAIL?
-
- ╔F YOU DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO THE ╒╙┼╬┼╘ NEWSGROUP COMP.SYS.CBM AND DO HAVE
- ACCESS TO ╔NTERNET EMAIL, ┴LLEN ╙MITH HAS GRACIOUSLY SET UP A LIST SERVER
- THAT WILL MAIL EACH DAY'S POSTINGS TO YOU. ╘O USE THIS SERVICE, EMAIL
- LISTSERV@COMPSMTH.SOONET.CA WITH ╬╧ SUBJECT AND ╧╬╠┘
-
- ╙╒┬╙├╥╔┬┼ COMP-SYS-CBM
-
- IN THE BODY (NO LEADING SPACES, NO SIGNATURE) TO USE THIS SERVICE.
-
-
- 6.7. ╫HAT IS A ╞IDO╬┼╘ ECHO?
-
- ╞IDO╬┼╘ IS A "GRASS ROOTS" NETWORK THAT ORIGINATED TO LINK BULLETIN BOARD
- SYSTEMS ACROSS THE COUNTRY TOGETHER. ╒NLIKE THE ╔NTERNET, WHICH USES
- DEDICATED PHONE LINES AT HIGH SPEEDS TO IMPLEMENT ITS NETWORK, ╞IDO╬┼╘ USES
- REGULAR PHONE LINES AT NORMAL MODEM SPEEDS THAT ARE NOT DEDICATED TO
- PROVIDING NETWORKING TO LINK THE MACHINE ON ╞IDO╬┼╘ TOGETHER. ╞IDO╬┼╘
- ALLOWS THE EXCHANGE OF MESSAGES IN MESSAGE BASES CALLED "ECHOES" AMONG
- VARIOUS BOARDS. ╘O USE THE ╞IDO╬┼╘ ECHOES, YOU MUST CONNECT TO A SYSTEM
- THAT HAS ╞IDO╬┼╘ ACCESS. ╔T IS NOT POSSIBLE TO DESCRIBE ALL THE FEATURES
- OF ╞IDO╬┼╘ IN THIS ╞┴╤, SO YOU SHOULD CONSULT YOUR LOCAL ╒SER ╟ROUP OR ┬┬╙
- SYSOP FOR MORE INFO.
-
- ╘HE ╞IDO╬┼╘ ECHOES ARE SIMILAR TO ╒╙┼╬┼╘ NEWSGROUPS, ALTHOUGH THE ECHOES
- HAVE MORE STRICT RULES ABOUT CONTENT AND TOPICS.
-
-
- 6.7.1. ╫HAT ECHOES CATER TO ├OMMODORE 8-BIT MACHINES?
-
- ╘HE RELEVANT ECHOES FOR ├OMMODORE USERS ARE:
-
- ├┬═ ├OMMODORE 64 AND 128 ╬EWS AND ─ISCUSSIONS
- ├┬═128 ├OMMODORE 128 SPECIFIC ╬EWS AND ─ISCUSSIONS
- ╟┼╧╙ ╟┼╧╙ ╬EWS AND ─ISCUSSIONS
- ╨├╫╥╔╘┼ ├ROSS ╨LATFORM ├OMPUTING, INCLUDING ├64 EMULATORS
- ├┬═.╟┼╥ ╟ERMAN ╞IDO AREA FOR ├┬═ DISCUSSION.
-
-
- 6.7.2. ╚OW DO ╔ POST IN AN ECHO?
-
- ┼CHOES ARE USUALLY POSTED IN THE SAME WAY THAT YOU WOULD MAIL A ┬┬╙
- MESSAGE IN ANY OTHER AREA, ALTHOUGH THE ┬┬╙ MAY OPERATE DIFFERENTLY.
- ╔T IS BEST TO FOLLOW ANY ONLINE DIRECTIONS OR CONSULT THE LOCAL ┬┬╙ SYSOP
- FOR MORE DETAILS.
-
- 6.8. ╫HAT IS THE ╫ORLD ╫IDE ╫EB?
-
- ╘HE ╫ORLD ╫IDE ╫EB (╫╫╫ OR ╫3) IS A ╔NTERNET-WIDE ╚YPERTEXT DOCUMENT
- RETRIEVAL AND DISPLAY SYSTEM. ╘O USE ╫╫╫, YOU MUST HAVE ACCESS TO A
- ╫╫╫ ╚YPER╘EXT ═ARKUP ╠ANGUAGE (╚╘═╠) BROWSER. ╘YPICAL EXAMPLES INCLUDE
- LYNX, WHICH IS A ┴╙├╔╔ BROWSER AVAILABLE ON ╒╬╔╪, AND ═OSAIC, A ╟╒╔
- BROWSER AVAILABLE FOR ╒╬╔╪, ╫INDOWS, ═AC, AND OTHER PLATFORMS. ╘HERE
- ARE OTHERS, BUT THESE ARE A FEW. ╧NCE IN A BROWSER PROGRAM, POINT IT AT
- SOME OF THESE ╫╫╫ "PAGES".
-
- ╔F YOU DO NOT HAVE ╫╫╫ ACCESS TO THE ╫EB, YOU CAN REQUEST PAGES BE MAILED
- TO BY SENDING MAIL TO LISTPROC@WWW0.CERN.CH WITH THE SUBJECT HELP. ╘HE
- RETURN MAIL SHOULD TELL YOU HOW TO REQUEST A ╫╫╫ PAGE.
-
- ╚OWEVER, IF YOU DO HAVE ACCESS TO TELNET ON THE ╔NTERNET, YOU CAN ACCESS
- THE ╫EB. ╔NSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO DO THIS, IN A FILE CALLED WWWTELNET.TXT,
- CAN BE RETRIEVED FROM ╩IM ┬RAIN'S ═┴╔╠╙┼╥╓ SERVER. ╙EE ╙ECTION 5.╪ FOR
- INFORMATION ON HOW TO ACCESS THE SERVER.
-
-
- 6.8.1. ╫HAT ╫╫╫ SITES HAVE ├OMMODORE INFORMATION?
-
- ┴ NUMBER OF THEM! ┬ELOW IS A PARTIAL LIST OF ╫╫╫ SITES THAT CONTAIN
- ├OMMODORE INFORMATION. ╘HIS LIST IS NOT EXHASTIVE, BUT WILL PROVIDE
- MANY HOURS OF ├OMMODORE INFORMATION.
-
- HTTP://WWW.HUT.FI/~MSMAKELA/CBM/
- ╘HE MAIN ┼UROPEAN ├OMMODORE SITE MAINTAINED BY ═ARKO ═AKELA
-
- HTTP://CCNGA.UWATERLOO.CA/~CSBRUCE/INDEX.HTML
- ├RAIG ┬RUCE'S SITE.
-
- HTTP://WWW.MSEN.COM/~BRAIN
- ═AIN ╒╙ ├OMMODORE SITE MAINTAINED BY ╩IM ┬RAIN
-
- HTTP://WWW.PRAIRIENET.ORG/COMMUNITY/CLUBS/CUCUG/MAIN.HTML
- ╘HE ├HAMPAIGN-╒RBANA ├OMMODORE ╒SER ╟ROUP ╙ITE.
-
- HTTP://MONAMI.PSC.EDU/
- ╘HE ╨ITTSBURGH ├OMMODORE ╟ROUP SITE.
-
- HTTP://WWW.CS.UMD.EDU/USERS/FMS/COMP
- ╘HE WORLD ROOT SITE FOR COMPUTERS.
-
- HTTP://WWW.NADA.KTH.SE/~D93-ALO/C64/
- ├OMMODORE 64 ╟AMES ╚OME ╨AGE.
-
- HTTP://IX.URZ.UNI-HEIELBERG/~FS1/C64/
- ┴NDRE ╞ACHAT'S MISCELLANEOUS UTILITIES AND FILES.
-
- HTTP://BASIL.CS.FLINDERS.EDU.AU:2374/~GARDNERS
- ╨AUL ╟ARDNER-╙TEPHEN'S HOME PAGE, ├65 INFORMATION.
-
- HTTP://WWW.RBG.INFORMATIK.TH-DARMSTADT.DE/~SUPERMJK
- ═ARC-╩ANO ╦NOPP'S HOME PAGE.
-
- HTTP://WWW.INFINET.COM/~RBATINA
- ╥OBERT ┬ATINA'S HOME PAGE.
-
- HTTP://WWW.CSD.UU.SE/~D94ACA/VIC20.HTML
- ┴NDERS ├ARLSSON'S HOME PAGE
-
- HTTP://IX.URZ.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE/~FS1/C64/
- ┴NDRE ╞ACHAT'S HOME PAGE
-
- HTTP://CIIPS.EE.UWA.EDU.AU/~PHILLIPS/C64/╔NDEX.HTML
- ├HRISTOPHER ╨HILLIPS' HOME PAGE
-
- HTTP://131.188.190.131/~POLDI/C64.HTML
- ─ANIEL ─ALLMANN'S HOME PAGE
-
- HTTP://WWW.CS.TU-BERLIN.DE/~POING/ENGLISH/PADUA.HTML
- ╞RANK ═ICHLICK'S HOME PAGE
-
- HTTP://130.239.24.82/ASV/PHRED/INDEX.HTML
- ╞REDRICK ┬ACKMAN'S HOME PAGE
-
- HTTP://STEKT.OULU.FI/~JOPI/
- ╩OUKO ╓ALTA'S (╩OPI'S) HOME PAGE.
-
- HTTP://WWW.INDUSTRY.NET:80/USERS/SPECK/
- ╙EAN ╨ECK'S HOME PAGE.
-
- HTTP://WWW.ALKYMI.UNIT.NO/~SVEINW/
- ╙VEIN ┘NGVAR ╫ILLASSEN'S HOME PAGE.
-
- HTTP://WWW.CS.VU.NL/~IPOORTEN/8BIT.HTML
- ┴TARI 8-BIT ╚OME PAGE
-
- HTTP://WWW.SEATTLELAB.COM/C64S.HTM
- ├64╙ ┼MULATOR HOME PAGE.
-
- HTTP://WWW.FUTURENET.CO.UK/COMPUTING/COMMODOREFORMAT.HTML
- ├OMMODORE ╞ORMAT MAGAZINE HOME PAGE.
-
- HTTP://WWW.ENGR.WISC.EDU/~CONOVER/C64.HTML
- ├OMMODORE 64 (*.D64 AND *.T64 ┴RCHIVE) HOME PAGE.
-
- HTTP://WWW.FUNET.FI/PUB/CBM/
- ╞TP.FUNET.FI (VIA ╫╫╫)
-
- HTTP://WWW.CS.UMD.EDU/USERS/FMS/COMP/
- ╨ERSONAL ├OMPUTING AND ┼MULATION ╚OMEPAGE
-
- HTTP://AKEBONO.STANFORD.EDU/YAHOO/├OMPUTERS/╨├S/├OMMODORE/
- ┘AHOO ├OMMODORE ╔NDEX
-
- HTTP://WWW.ARMORY.COM/~SPECTRE/CWI.HTML
- ╘HE ├OMPUTER ╫ORKSHOPS ╫╫╫ SITE.
-
- HTTP://WWW.CS.TU-BERLIN.DE/~POING/
- ─EMO SCENE INFO.
-
- HTTP://WWW.FUTURENET.CO.UK/COMPUTING/AMIGAFORMAT/COMMODORE.HTML
- ╔NFO ON STATUS OF ├┬═ AND ┴MIGA ╞ORMAT MAG INFO.
-
- HTTP://HTTP.ECN.BGU.EDU/USERS/XAVF/CBM.EMU.FAQ.TOC.HTML
- HTTP://HTTP.ECN.BGU.EDU/USERS/GFORTE/CBM.EMU.FAQ.TOC.HTML
- ├OMMODORE ┼MULATION ╞┴╤.
-
- HTTP://CHROM.IMBG.KU.DK/BONZAI.HTML
- ┬ONZAI HOME PAGE.
-
- HTTP://WWW.INF.BME.HU/~MRC/
- ─ELTA ╙YTEM HOME PAGE
-
- HTTP://WWW.LING.UMU.SE/ASV/PHRED/CBM64/CBM64.HTML
- ╨HRED'S HOME PAGE.
-
- HTTP://WWW.CFN.CS.DAL.CA/╙ERVICES/╨─┴/COMMODORE.HTML
- ╨─┴ HOME PAGES.
-
- HTTP://WWW.JYU.FI/~NP/C64CHEATS.HTML
- ╘HE ╟REAT ├64 ├HEATS ├OMPENDIUM
-
- HTTP://WWW.NETAXS.COM/~RMK/COM
- ╥ICK ╦EPHART'S HOME PAGE.
-
- HTTP://WWW.KAIWAN.COM/~SIRFITZ/QLINK.HTML
- ├HARLES ╞ITZHUGH'S ╤LINK HOME PAGE.
-
- HTTP://WWW.PORTAL.COM/~STEWARD/QLINK.HTML
- ┴NOTHER ╤LINK HOME PAGE.
-
- HTTP://WWW.WARWICK.AC.UK/~STUCE/DEFAULT.HTML
- ╨ETER ╫EIGHILL'S ╧RIGINAL ├┬═ ╫╫╫ SITE (SOON TO GO AWAY)
-
- HTTP://WWW.GIGA.OR.AT/PUB
- ╫╫╫ MIRROR OF ╟UENTHER ┬AUER'S FTP SITE.
-
- HTTP://WWW.CS.CMU.EDU:8001/╫EB/╨EOPLE/MJW/├OMPUTER/┴MIGA/╬EWS/┴╥/INDEX.HTML
- ┴MIGA ╬EWSLETTER ╚OMEPAGE
-
- HTTP://TWAIN.OIT.UMASS.EDU/~PFKUREK
- ╨ETER ╦UREK'S ╔NTERACTIVE SITE FOR THE ├128/64.
-
- HTTP://SDSDABMC.NESDIS.NOAA.GOV/╟┼╧╞/WAC.HTML
- ╫ASHINGTON ┴REA ├OMPUTER ╒SER ╟ROUP HOME PAGE.
-
- + HTTP://WWW.WEBCOM.COM/~SOFTDISK/
- + ╙OFTDISK ╨UBLISHING, PUBLISHER OF ╠╧┴─╙╘┴╥ AND ╠╧┴─╙╘┴╥ 128, HOME PAGE.
-
- + HTTP://STUD1.TUWIEN.AC.AT/~E9426444/INDEX.HTML
- + ├OMMODORE ╙╔─ ═USIC HOME PAGE.
-
- + HTTP://WWW.CFN.CS.DAL.CA/╘ECHNOLOGY/╟╒╟╬╙/├┬═.HTML
- + ┘ET ANOTHER ├OMMODORE 64/128 HOME PAGE.
-
- + HTTP://WWW.LUT.FI/~VEIJALAI/
- + ╦IMMO ╓EIJALAINEN'S HOME PAGE.
-
- + HTTP://WWW.JYU.FI/~NP/
- + ╬IILO ╨AASIVIRTA'S HOME PAGE.
-
- + HTTP://WWW.RHI.HI.IS/~AAJ/
- + ┴GUST ┴RNI ╩ONSSON'S HOME PAGE. ╬EME╙╔─ COLLECTION.
-
- + HTTP://WWW.INF.BME.HU/~MRC/
- + ╨ETER ╙UBA'S HOME PAGE (─ELTA ╙YSTEM HOME PAGE).
-
- + HTTP://WWW.CS.UIOWA.EDU/~JONES/CROSS/
- + ─OUGLAS ╫. ╩ONES', AUTHOR OF THE ╙═┴╠ CROSS ASSEMBLER, HOME PAGE.
-
-
- 6.9. ╫HAT IS ╞ILE ╘RANSFER ╨ROTOCOL (╞╘╨)?
-
- ╞ILE ╘RANSFER ╨ROTOCOL (╞╘╨) IS A SERVICE AVAILABLE ON THE ╔NTERNET TO
- ALLOW USERS TO SEND AND RETRIEVE FILES ON THE ╔NTERNET. ╘O ALLOW ANYONE
- TO ACCESS SOME MACHINES, THE SPECIAL USER "ANONYMOUS" OR "FTP" IS USED
- TO LOG INTO ANOTHER MACHINE FOR FTP. ╘HESE MACHINE, WHICH HOLD PUBLIC
- DOMAIN (╨─), SHAREWARE, AND FREEWARE FILES, ARE CALLED "ANONYMOUS FTP"
- SITES. ╘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 CCNGA.UWATERLOO.CA <CCNGA.UWATERLOO.CA IS SITE NAME>
- ├ONNECTED TO CCNGA.UWATERLOO.CA.
- 220 PUNISHER ╞╘╨ SERVER (╙UN╧╙ 4.1) READY.
- ╬AME (CCO.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/CBM/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 ROOT ROOT 15427 ┴PR 13 15:42 ZED-128.070
- -RW-R--R-- 1 ROOT ROOT 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 (131.215.48.57,20) (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.
- %
-
- ╘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.
-
- ╘O DOWNLOAD SOFTWARE (FILES) FROM AN ANONYMOUS FTP SITES, ONE HAS TO
- BE AWARE THAT THERE ARE TWO CONNECTIONS TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT. ╘HE
- FIRST CONNECTION IS FROM YOUR ├OMMODORE TO YOU HOST COMPUTER AND THEN
- THE CONNECTION FROM YOUR HOST TO THE FTP SITE. ╔N ADDITION YOU NEED TO BE
- BE AWARE OF THE NATURE OF THE INFORMATION IN THE DESIRED FILE, PARTICULARLY
- IF YOU ARE DOWNLOADING PROGRAMS. ╔F THE FILE IS NOT KNOWN TO BE IN
- PRINTABLE ┴╙├╔╔ FORM, CONSIDER IT A BINARY FILE. ╔T MAY ALSO BE BE IN AN
- ARCHIVED FORM, I.E. A FORM WHERE IT IS PACKED WITH MANY FILES OR IN A
- SHORTENED FORMAT. ├ONSIDER THESE TO BE BINARY UNLESS IT IS OF THE "UU"
- TYPE WHICH IS AN ┴╙├╔╔ FORMAT.
-
-
- 6.9.1. ╫HAT ╞╘╨ SITES HAVE ├OMMODORE ╔NFORMATION?
-
- ┴ NUMBER OF SITES ON ╔NTERNET HAVE AREAS FOR ├OMMODORE FILES. ╘HE LIST
- OF CURRENT ╔NTERNET ╞╘╨ SITES CAN BE RETRIEVED FROM THE ╩IM ┬RAIN'S
- MAIL SERVER AS FILE CBM-FTP-SITES.══.┘┘ WHERE ══ IS THE ═ONTH AND ┘┘ IS THE
- YEAR THAT THE LIST IS FOR. (╙EE ╙ECTION 6.5.2 FOR DIRECTIONS ON HOW TO
- USE THE MAIL SERVER). ╘HE ╞╘╨ ╠IST IS MAINTAINED BY ╚OWARD ╚ERMAN AND A
- COPY OF THE LATEST FILE CAN BE OBTAINED FROM HIM AT
- 72560.3467@COMPUSERVE.COM.
-
-
- 6.9.2. ╫HAT IS AN ╞╘╨ ═AIL ╙ERVER? ╚OW DO ╔ USE ONE?
-
- ╔F YOUR SERVICE PROVIDER DOES NOT ALLOW ACCESS TO ╞╘╨ DIRECTLY, THERE
- ARE SOME SYSTEMS THAT WILL PERFORM THE ╞╘╨ SESSION ON YOUR BEHALF. ╘HESE
- SYSTEMS ARE CALLED "FTP MAIL SERVERS". ╘HESE ALLOW THE USER TO REQUEST
- FILES TO BE RETRIEVED BY ELECTRONICALLY MAILING A MESSAGE TO THE SERVER.
-
- ╘O USE THE SERVICE, YOU MUST FIRST LEARN HOW THE SERVICE WORKS. ╘HIS IS
- DONE BY MAILING THE SERVER ADDRESS WITH THE WORD "HELP" IN THE BODY OF
- THE MESSAGE ╘HIS WILL RESULT IN THE DIRECTIONS BEING SENT IN A MESSAGE TO
- YOU. ╘HEN, FOLLOWING THE DIRECTIONS, YOU CAN REQUEST FILES FROM ANY
- ╞╘╨ SITES THROUGH THE SERVER. ╘HE SERVER WILL SEND BOTH THE RETRIEVED
- FILES AND A MESSAGE DETAILING THE EXECUTION OF YOUR REQUEST.
-
- ╚ERE IS A SAMPLE REQUEST MESSAGE:
-
- ╘O: FTPMAIL@DECWRL.DEC.COM
- ╙UBJECT:
- ┬ODY:
- CONNECT CCNGA.UWATERLOO.CA ANONYMOUS BRAIN@MSEN.COM
- CHDIR /PUB/CBM/COMP.SYS.CBM
- LS -L
- QUIT
-
- ╨LEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING:
-
- ╘HIS SERVICE IS ONLY FOR RETRIEVING FILES.
-
- ┬INARY FILES WILL USUALLY BE UUENCODED. ╘HEY MUST BE DECODED BEFORE USE.
-
- ╠ARGE FILES MAY BE SPLIT INTO SMALLER PIECES. ╘HE RESULTING PIECES MUST
- BE EDITTED BACK INTO ONE PIECE, AND DECODED IF NECESSARY.
-
- ╨OTENTIAL FTPMAIL SERVERS INCLUDE:
-
- FTPMAIL@DECWRL.DEC.COM
- BITFTP@PUCC.PRINCETON.EDU
-
- ├RAIG ┬RUCE HAS SET UP A FTP MAIL SERVER OFF HIS REGULAR EMAIL ADDRESS.
- ╚ERE IS HOW YOU WOULD UTILIZE IT:
-
- ╘O: CSBRUCE@LITTLE.UWATERLOO.CA
- ╙UBJECT: FTPMAIL
- ┬ODY:
- HELP
- BCODE
- FTP CCNGA.UWATERLOO.CA
- CD /PUB/CBM/OS/ACE
- DIR
- GET ACE12.DOC
- QUIT
-
- ┴LL OF THE REGULAR ╞╘╨ COMMANDS ARE SUPPORTED, WITH THE ADDITION OF
- THE FOLLOWING COMMANDS:
-
- HELP - GIVES HELP INFORMATION.
- BCODE - REQUESTS THE DATA BE SENT AS BCODED FILES.
- HEXCODE- REQUESTS THE DATA BE SENT AS HEXCODED FILES.
-
-
- 6.10. ╫HAT IS ╔NTERNET ╥ELAY ├HAT (╔╥├)?
-
- ╔NTERNET ╥ALEY ├HAT (╔╥├) IS AN ONLINE VERSION OF CITIZEN'S BAND RADIO OR
- ┬┬╙ CHAT ROOMS. ╘HE SERVICE IS WORLDWIDE AND IS AVAILABLE ON THE ╔NTERNET.
- ╘O USE ╔╥├, ONE WOULD NORMALLY USE A CLIENT PROGRAM (TYPICALLY CALLED IRC ON
- ╒╬╔╪ MACHINES) TO ACCESS THE SERVICE.
-
- ┴LTHOUGH THE PROGRAM USED TO ACCESS ╔╥├ VARIES, THE COMMANDS ARE PRETTY
- MUCH STANDARD. ┴LL COMMANDS ARE ENTERED ON THE TEXT LINE AND BEGIN
- WITH A "/" CHARACTER. ╚ERE ARE A FEW IMPORTANT ONES:
-
- /JOIN #C-64 ╩OIN THE #C-64 CHANNEL, WHICH DISCUSSES TOPICS
- CONCERNING ├OMMODORE HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE.
-
- /MSG ├OMMBOT HELP WILL GET YOU INFO ON ├OMMBOT WHICH CARRIES ├64/128
- SOFTWARE TO DOWNLOAD.
-
- /MSG ╞ILEBOT HELP ANOTHER ├64 BOT WITH SOFTWARE TO DOWNLOAD FROM.
-
- /MSG COOLHAND XDCC LIST IF HE IS ONLINE, THIS USER HAS MANY C64 FILES
- WHICH CAN BE DOWNLOADED VIA THIS COMMAND.
-
- /QUIT LEAVE.
-
- /NAMES * ╠IST NAMES OF ALL PEOPLE IN CURRENT CHANNEL.
-
- /DCC SEND (NICKNAME) (FILENAME)
- ╙END A FILE TO PERSON (NICKNAME).
-
- /DCC RECEIVE (NICKNAME) OR
- /DCC GET (FILENAME) ╥┼CEIVE A FILE FROM SOMEONE.
-
- ╔F YOU NEED MORE INFO ON HOW ╔╥├ WORKS, THERE IS A FILE AVAILABLE ON
- ╩IM ┬RAIN'S EMAIL FILE SERVER CALLED IRC-INFO.TXT THAT EXPLAINS ╔╥├ IN
- | MORE DEPTH. (╙EE ╙ECTION 6.5.2 FOR DIRECTIONS ON HOW TO
- USE THE MAIL SERVER)
-
-
- 6.11. ╫HAT ELSE IS AVAILABLE ONLINE?
-
- ╔F YOU ARE LOOKING FOR OTHER PLACES ON THE ╔NTERNET TO TALK ├OMMODORE,
- THERE IS THE ├OMMODORE FORUM ON ├O╙Y, A SYSTEM ACCESSIBLE FROM THE
- ╔NTERNET. ╘O ACCESS THIS SERVICE, YOU MUST HAVE ACCESS TO A TELNET
- PROGRAM. ╚ERE IS THE RELEVANT INFORMATION:
-
- TELNET COSY.SOFTWAORDS.BC.CA
- LOGIN: COSY
- ├O╙Y: J COMMODORE
-
- ╘HIS WILL BRING UP A LIST OF TOPICS PERTAINING TO ├OMMODORE. ╘HE FORUM
- MODERATOR IS ╥OBERT ╘ODD AND HIS EMAIL ADDRESS IS ROBERT.TODD@BBS.SERVE.ORG.
- ╘HIS FORUM IS IDEALLY SUITED TO DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE ├OLOR64 ┬┬╙
- SYSTEM AND OTHER ├OMMODORE ┬┬╙ SYSTEMS. ╔F YOU WISH TO POST IN THE
- FORUM, PLEASE SEND EMAIL TO THAT EFFECT TO ╥OBERT ╘ODD.
-
-
- 7. ┼XCHANGING ─ATA
-
-
- 7.1. ╚OW DO ╔ EXCHANGE DATA AMONG ├OMMODORE 8-BIT MACHINES?
-
-
- 7.2. ╚OW DO ╔ EXCHANGE DATA BETWEEN AN ╔┬═(TM) AND MY ├OMMODORE?
-
- ├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 WITHOUT SOME HARDWARE MODIFICATIONS.
-
- ┴ 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, (AVAILABLE ON CCNGA.UWATERLOO.CA
- 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.
-
- ╥╒╬ MAGAZINE (4/89 TO 6/89) PUBLISHED A SERIES OF PROGRAMS THAT WOULD USE
- 1571/1581 DRIVES TO TRANSFER ═╙-─╧╙ FILES TO AND FROM A ├= DRIVE. ╔T IS
- ALSO LIMITED IN FILE SIZE HANDLING ~43-44╦.
-
- ╔SSUES 4 AND 5 OF ├= ╚ACKING MAGAZINE PRESENTED A PROGRAM CALLED ╠ITTLE
- ╥ED ╥EADER FOR THE 128 THAT WILL COPY FILES TO AND FROM ═╙-─╧╙ FLOPPY
- DISKS. ╘HE MENU-DRIVEN PROGRAM REQUIRES TWO DISK DRIVES TO WORK, WHERE THE
- ONE CONTAINING THE ═╙-─╧╙ DISK MUST BE A 1571 OR 1581 (OR COMPATIBLE). ╘HE
- PROGRAM DOES NOT BUFFER DATA INTERNALLY, SO THE ONLY SIZE RESTRICTION ON
- COPYING IS THE CAPACITY OF THE TARGET DISK. ╘HE PROGRAM PROVIDES ╨┼╘╙├╔╔/
- ┴╙├╔╔ CONVERSION BUT WILL WORK ONLY WITH THE ROOT DIRECTORIES OF ═╙-─╧╙
- DISKS. ╘HE PROGRAM IS ALSO AVAILABLE VIA ╞╘╨ AND IS ╞╥┼┼.
-
- ╘O READ AND WRITE TO ═╙-─╧╙ DISKS WITH 1541 DISK DRIVES YOU HAVE TO MAKE A
- SMALL HARDWARE MODIFICATION. ╘HE 1541-DOS PACKAGE CONTAINS INSTRUCTIONS ON
- HOW TO MODIFY ├OMMODORE 1541 AND ╧CEANIC ╧├-118/╧├-118╬ DISK DRIVES, AND
- PROGRAMS TO READ DISKS IN ═╙-─╧╙ FORMAT AND TO WRITE TO DISKS IN A FORMAT
- THAT CAN BE READ BY ═╙-─╧╙ COMPUTERS. ╘HE NEWEST VERSION OF THE PACKAGE IS
- AVAILABLE VIA ANONYMOUS FTP ON FTP.FUNET.FI IN /PUB/CBM/DOCUMENTS/1541-DOS.
-
- ╘O READ ├┬═ DISKS ON AN ╔┬═, YOU CAN USE THE PROGRAM X1541 AVAILABLE ON
- CCNGA.UWATERLOO.CA IN /PUB/CBM/EMULATION. ╘HIS PROGRAM USES THE ╨├ PARALLEL
- PORT TO EMULATE A ├= SERIAL PORT. ┘OU NEED TO HAVE A UNIQUE CABLE BUILT TO
- MAKE THE CONNECTION. ╘HE CABLE IS CONNECTED TO A 1541 DRIVE.
- ╘HE DOCUMENTATION HAS A SCHEMATIC FOR THE CABLE.
-
- ┴LSO, IF YOU OWN A ├OMMODORE 1581, THERE IS A ╨├ PROGRAM WHICH CAN READ
- 1581 FORMATTED DISKS. ╔T IS CALLED 22─╙╦13.
-
- ╘HERE ARE NO PROGRAMS THAT WILL READ A 5.25" ├OMMODORE DISK IN A 5.25" ╨├
- DRIVE.
-
-
- 7.3. ╚OW DO ╔ EXCHANGE DATA BETWEEN AN ┴MIGA AND MY ├OMMODORE?
-
- ╘RANS╬IB
-
- ╘HE ╘RANS╬IB 1.00 PACKAGE FOR ┴MIGA ALLOWS TRANSFERRING FILES
- ├64<->┴MIGA AT UP TO 60000 BPS. ╔T USES A PARALLEL<->USER PORT CABLE THAT
- CURRENTLY TRANSFERS 4BITS AT A TIME. ╒SES 2-WAY HANDSHAKING. 2 VERSIONS
- OF THE 64SOFTWARE ARE IN THE ARCHIVE. ╥EQUIRES A DISK DRIVE. 1541
- FASTLOADER COMPATIBLE. ╘HE ┴MIGA SIDE SOFTWARE CAN BE RUN FROM SHELL OF
- ╫┬, MULTITASKS FINE AND HAS NICE SIMPLE ╟╒╔."
-
- ╞OR MORE INFORMATION, GET THE ARCHIVE FROM FTP.WUSTL.EDU,
- /SYSTEMS/AMIGA/AMINET/MISC/EMU/╘RANS╬IB100.LHA
-
-
- 7.4. ╚OW DO ╔ EXCHANGE DATA BETWEEN A ═ACINTOSH(TM) AND MY ├OMMODORE?
-
-
- 7.5. ╚OW DO ╔ EXCHANGE DATA BETWEEN AN ┴TARI ╙╘(TM) AND MY ├OMMODORE?
-
-
- 7.6. ╚OW DO ╔ EXCHANGE DATA BETWEEN A ╒╬╔╪(TM) MACHINE AND MY ├OMMODORE?
-
-
- 7.7. ┴RE THERE OTHER WAYS TO EXCHANGE DATA BETWEEN COMPUTERS?
-
- ╔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 9.8). ╔F YOU ARE CONNECTING TO ANOTHER, ╨├, YOU WILL ALSO
- NEED A NULL MODEM. ┴ NULL MODEM IS A SIMPLE DEVICE THAT YOU CAN BUY FOR
- LESS THAN $10. ╔T TYPICALLY IS A SMALL BOX WITH A 25-PIN (OR 9-PIN) ╥╙232
- CONNECTOR ON EITHER SIDE. ╨UT IT SOMEWHERE IN THE LINE BETWEEN YOUR ├= AND
- THE OTHER ╨├.
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