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From: [e-mail] (ROBERT SALTIEL)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: CMD Hard Drive replacemen
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Date: Sat, 03 Aug 96 20:41:00 -0400
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Paul Macarthur ([e-mail]) wrote:

 PM> I have replaced an IDE hard drive before,
 PM> is it similiar to this and what
 PM> brand name of drive would you recommend that I purchase?

I haven't done an IDE, but have done several replacements in CMD
units..  Upgrading to a larger SCSI drive is just a matter of mounting
the new drive (usually the mounting screws are in the standard
positions), and plugging the SCSI cable and the power connector into
the new drive's connectors.  Couldn't be easier.

Two things to be aware of are: 1) That the replacement drive has the
SCSI terminator resistors installed (those multi-pin things that are
plugged into the drive's circuit board right near the SCSI connector) -
generally there's three of them.  2) Jumpers on the drive should be
set for SCSI device '0'.  If it/they aren't, when you run the llformat
prg, you will see that it won't detect device zero when it scans for
it.  You need it as device zero, as that's the device where the system
will want to be created.  Some drives have another jumper on-board
which is used to set operating mode (or somesuch).  If that isn't in
the right position, then drive won't spin when powered-up.  ..so those
are pretty straightforward.

One more point is that I understand that upgrading to some larger
drives / or brands of drives (I'm thinking specifically of IBM brand
here) may necessitate an upgrade to the latest DOS, plus an upgraded
boot ROM.  I recently upgraded my HD-40 (had Quantum drive) to a 240
meg Quantum.  No additionals needed.  I am now upgrading a friend's
HD-20..  It originally had a Seagate mech (yecchh), was upped to a 70
Meg Rodime (yecchh), and now going to a 200 Meg IBM.  Looks like the
latest upgrade requires the latest HDOS (v1.92) and boot ROM (2.78)
(just got them in, and I'll probably do it tomorrow)

I'm partial (in my limited experience) to Quantum..  I didn't care for
what I saw of the Seagate, or what I've read at other times.  This
isn't to say whether Maxtor or Conner are great (maybe?), good, ok,
etc.  I just don't have experience with them.

Regards,

    Robert
    [e-mail]

-=- QWKRR128 V4.32 [R]
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From: [e-mail] (Doug Cotton)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Re: OVER 30000 C64 PROGRAMS!!!
Date: Sat, 03 Aug 1996 14:51:21 -0500
Organization: Creative Micro Designs, Inc.
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In article <4tu90m$[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Michael W. Hall)
wrote:

> >Are you selling them legally? Or are you another pirate out there
> >depriving programmers and software producers their rightful earnings?
> >
> >--Harold
>
> Are you seroius?!?!?!? Who is being deprived here. No programmer is
> collecting money on any C= software.

An incorrect generalization, but then, most are.

> Anything being sold is probably used anyway.

Incorrect as well. There's all kinds of software available for sale that
is still unopened and unused.

> If anyone out there is still looking for their earnings
> from original copies of River Raid, they are going to be poor for a long
> time.

While there are relatively few programmers still collecting royalties on a
lot of the new packages stocked by the last remaining few distributors,
they indeed were paid for it at some point (whenever the distributor sold
it). So yes, in most cases you this no longer deprives the author... just
us poor sucker distributors who thought we were doing folks a favor by
buying up what was left and keeping it legally available. And because
games in general are so easy to get for free now, those few new titles
that have been released in the last couple of years don't sell enough to
make it worth even writing, let alone distributing. I guess we should
thank the pirates for doing us these favors.


Doug Cotton
E-mail: [e-mail]


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From: [e-mail] (Joseph Snider)
Subject: WTT: Amiga 500 For C128D
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Ive got an extra Amiga 500 computer so im going to offer this as a trade..

 Im looking for a Commodore 128D computer..(The one with the detachable
keyboard, and internal 1571 drive. *MUST* be in working condition). And
any other extras you want to throw in..

 The a500 has 1 meg of memory and works fine.. (Will include software,
power supply and mouse..)

 Please send any offers to "[e-mail]"


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From: [e-mail] (Kairy Ibrahim)
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Does anyone know where I can find an IBM program that emulated either the C64
or 128?

Thanks,
kairy Ibrahim

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From: Dale Chitwood <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Forsale C-64 w/256K ram expansion
Date: Sat, 03 Aug 1996 22:26:40 -0700
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Hello,
I have a very nice Commodore 64C I would like to sell.
it has the following:

- 1764 256K Ram expansion and Deluxe C=64 Powersupply with
included software to patch GEOS as a RAM disk. (this is
new and still in orginal box)

- 1541 floppy drive
- MPS 801 Printer
- Joystick
-(also small joystick that is on the side of the computer
for GEOS)

-All necessary cables included to hook up the system, and some
extra cables too.
-2 extra power supplys (1 C64 white, 1 regular black)
-Fastload cartridge
and at least 50 probably more like 70 titles with orginal
documentation (I will list them if necessary)

I have tested the computer recently (today) and it worked fine.
it is in very good shape and has been well taken care of.

I think about 60.00 for all plus shipping sounds good.  If
not, make an offer, I really don't know what it is worth
now.

Thanks

Dale
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Subject: Printer needed
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Keywords: need to buy printer

Preferably an old IBM compatible (well, basically, just not an old C=
printer - parts / ribbons are impossible to find! :-> ).

Thanks so much!!

Chris McLeod (of the clan MacLeod)

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From: [e-mail](mike arendt)
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Subject: THE PRICE IS RIGHT!
Date: 4 Aug 1996 06:26:31 GMT
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does anyone have the game "THE PRICE IS RIGHT"

it was made by GAMETEK

please help me find it!!!!!


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From: [e-mail] (Steve)
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Subject: C64 FOR SALE
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COMMODORE 64 WITH OKIDATA PRINTER FOR SALE.  PLEASE E-MAIL. In
perfect condition. [e-mail]
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From: Joachim Str÷mbergson <[e-mail]>
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Subject: Demo a la 1984 Was: Re: Programmers wanted!
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Woa!

Mr. David L. Tuomis newspost felt exactly like those 1984 coarse
scroller demos... Pretty suitable for this newsgroup!!

Cheers!
Joachim
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From: [e-mail] (Adrian Gonzalez)
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Hello

While attempting to figure out how the 1581 computes its CRC's, I bumped into
the necessity to disassemble code to disk so that I could transfer it to
my amiga.  Here's how I did it, using Super Snapshot V5's ml monitor.

First I loaded the code into the c64's memory
then, from basic, I opened a file like this:

open 1,8,2,"0:code.txt,s,w"

after that, I hit F8 to start the monitor up, and then typed

o8,1

to redirect the output to the disk drive.  Then

d c000 c0f0

to disassemble, then

o

to go back to screen output, then

x

to leave the monitor, and finally, from BASIC

close 2


The SS manual only gives an example for printer output, so I tought I'd post
about this.  Anyway, hope you find a use for it  :-)

later

-Adrian Gonzalez (dW/Style)

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From: "Fred S. Dart" <[e-mail]>
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Subject: Re: Programmers wanted!
Date: Sun, 04 Aug 1996 05:45:23 -0600
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Jack Followay, Jr. (Rascal@PHB) wrote:
>

>
>   From what I hear, GEOS _does_ get a new lease on life with the
> SuperCPU.
> GEOS's major fault was that it was SLOW.  Doesn't sound so slow anymore.
>   There are still quite a few programmers out there.  But I don't know
> how
> many plan on developing FOR the SuperCPU.  It's not like the PC market
> where the programmers push the envelope to force you to upgrade to the
> next
> level of INTEL technology.  This is the first true proccessor upgrade
> for
> a 64.  Who knows how the community will actually respond.
>   When I save up enough spare cash to pick on up, I will certainly want
> to
> play with the idea of ?native? SuperCPU programs; but I doubt we will
> see
> very many over-hauls of major products for what may or may not (hope
> not!)
> turn out to be a 'niche' market.  Think about how many programs you find
> in ?native? 128 mode.  How about 80 columns? VDC?  Not a whole lot.  Not
> meaning to be negative; I certainly hope it will take off. (At least
> long
> enough for me to buy mine! =] )

Jack neglected to mention that he is writing the next version of the
IMAGE BBS system, version 2.0, and is one of the programmers that still
support the C64 as does New Image Software of which I am a part. :)
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Subject: Re: Programmers wanted!
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From: [e-mail]
Date: 4 Aug 96 01:46:52 EDT
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The C-64 had for the longest time a huge chunk of the personal computer
market. But, people still do not expect any type of come back for the
commodore 64 as a business machine nor do they expect any huge jump
in quality of the games produced for the C-64 to change. No, the
chip probably won't change anything.

What does the C-64 need to revitalize its missing link in time? It needs
not to try to compete but only to become compatable. The wide variety
of emulators currently being produced has greatly helped but programming
on an emulator is to be simply put, 'anal'. No, what we need is a
Commodore 64 PC card in which would contain all the Commodore chips
"minimal cost at best" and a quality peice of software to work with
the hardware to emulate exactly how a commodore would work. The
cost of producing such a card would be probably just a few dollars if that,
and all that would be left would be for the last of us C-64 guru's to
write the software.

Robby

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From: [e-mail] (Johan Van den Brande)
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Hello,

Can somebody please tell me what electronics is between
the SID and the output on the videoconnector of a C64 ?
I have no sound on my C64, and I'm wondering if it is
the SID (tried 3 SID's) or maybe it is an corrupted
transistor? in the path between SID and output ?

Please help me !!!

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From: [e-mail] (Michael Naberezny)
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Greetings.

Does anyone have any technical or programming information on the Hart
Cart?  Specifics like what interrupt line it uses, its IO page, etc.  My
best guess without anything is that it is an 8250/16550 mapped at $DE00,
connected to NMI.

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From: [e-mail] (CHRISTOPHERMCLEOD)
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Subject: Re: Programmers wanted!
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 From: [e-mail]

>
>   From: [e-mail]
>   Reply to: [e-mail]
>   Date: 4 Aug 96 01:46:52 EDT
>   Organization: Marshall University
>   Newsgroups:
>          comp.sys.cbm
>   Followup to: newsgroup(s)
>
>The C-64 had for the longest time a huge chunk of the personal computer
>market. But, people still do not expect any type of come back for the
>commodore 64 as a business machine nor do they expect any huge jump
>in quality of the games produced for the C-64 to change. No, the
>chip probably won't change anything.
>
>What does the C-64 need to revitalize its missing link in time? It needs
>not to try to compete but only to become compatable. The wide variety

(unfortunately) this is the truth!  I truely enjoy everything available
for the C64 now, but I do not plan on staying on it forever.  If there was
still a big market I would most certainly do so, but alas, as with most
people, the demise of Run took some wind out of my sails - althought I am
STILL very MUCH a commie....

But the real reason I am writing is COMPATIBILITY.  There has GOT to be a
patch of some sort for Word or WP that will sucessfully import a C= word
processing file - INCLUDING FORMATTING (e.g. bold, italics, etc.).  Does
anyone know where?

What I want to do is to be able to convert a Word file into a C=
compatible file, bring it home, edit it, save it, take it back to work,
and open it back up in Word, and have all of the editing, formatting etc
that I did on the C= be there.

Please Please help!  If something like this does NOT exist, why not? :-)

I guess it could even go the other way - a patch for the C= to open and
save in a Word file format (text grabber in GEOS?).

I would be willing to PAY for this ability.  :-)

THanks for your input!

Chris McLeod (of the clan MacLeod)
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From: [e-mail] (LINCARD 1000)
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Subject: Re: CMD Hard Drive replacement
Date: Sat, 03 Aug 1996 14:38:42 +1200
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In article <01bb7f35$3f24ef40$[e-mail]>, "Paul
MacArthur" <[e-mail]> wrote:

> Has anyone replaced the hard drive in a CMD hard drive?
>
> I have a 20 meg CMD hard drive and would like to upgrade the megs to about
> 100 megs.
>
> It seems I have a selection of these drives to buy
>
> 3.5 Quantum
> 3.5 Maxtor
> 3.5 Connor
> 3.5 Seagate
>
> I have replaced an IDE hard drive before, is it similiar to this and what
> brand name of drive would you recommend that I purchase?

I recommend you use the Quantum HD's, Ive done the replacement 2 times,
from 20-40, then 40-80 Megs... Havent had any problems with the Quantums
whereas the Connor died... :-/ Just my 2 c worth. :-)

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From: J Kindon <[e-mail]>
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In article <4tr6et$[e-mail]>, "Michael W. Hall"
<[e-mail]> writes
>Does anyone know how to make a 1541 device #9???
>[e-mail]
>
        Hi Mike
I hope this reply is not over late, Ive just checked the posts.

        Set the dip switches at the back of the drive in the following
manner.

Device  8       9       10      11

SW1     on      off     on      off

sw2     on      on      off     off

        This should do the trick for you.
RSVP the result.
          Jim Kindon
Keeping it Country at Skyline Music
         with "NITE OUT".
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From: [e-mail] (Michael W. Hall)
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Subject: Re: Mods
Date: 4 Aug 1996 15:18:51 GMT
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There are emulators for the IBM that run c64, but I dont know about 128.
you can get c64s11bd.zip from oak.oakland.edu
/pub/simtelnet/msdos/emulate

I think there are others, but this seems to be the newest.
you can do searches on www.shareware.com


In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail]
says...
>
>Does anyone know where I can find an IBM program that emulated either
the C64
>or 128?
>
>Thanks,
>kairy Ibrahim
>

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From: [e-mail] (Jim Lawless)
Organization: Greater Omaha Public Access Unix
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[e-mail] (Harold Stevens) writes:

>Xkomunnik8 ([e-mail]) wrote:
>: How do you load a SEQ (sequential) file from 1571/1541???
>: I'm using a 128 in 64 mode and trying to look at sequential files
>: on 64 formatted disks, and am having no luck. I have forgotten how to
>: load them and look at em. can someone help me remember?

>You need to get a sequential file reader or a word processing program to
>look at SEQ files. One good utility for reading sequential files is
>Omega-Q (or Omega-Q II).

Or ...


   10 INPUT "FILENAME";A$
   20 OPEN 2,8,2,A$+",S,R"
   30 GET#2,B$
   40 IF ST = 64 THEN 70
   50 PRINT B$;
   60 GOTO 30
   70 CLOSE 2

You'll likely want to put a "pause" in there somewhere, but this should
get you started.

Jim Lawless
[e-mail]

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From: [e-mail]
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Date: Sat, 3 Aug 1996 12:48:01
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    Has anyone ever gotten Monthly Calendar (March 1989, Gazette) to work
with
either a Super-G or Super Graphix Jr. interface?  I found a thing in
Gazette
saying that it would not work with some interfaces and 1525 compatible
printers.  Did they ever fix it to work with the interfaces I mentioned
above?

    Also, does anyone have Hanger 14 (Jan. 1987, Ahoy!)?  I can't figure
out
what that thing that goes up and down on level 3 is suppose to do to you.
Is
it suppose to crush you or something?

    Finally, does anyone have the correction for F/X Plot 128 (June 1992,
Gazette)?  Line 920 tells the program to goto line 170.  However there is
no
line 170.  Can anyone post the correction here?

                                -Kungfushi
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From: [e-mail] (Michael W. Hall)
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Subject: Re: OVER 30000 C64 PROGRAMS!!!
Date: 4 Aug 1996 15:39:19 GMT
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In article <[e-mail]>,
[e-mail] says...


>> Anything being sold is probably used anyway.
>
>Incorrect as well. There's all kinds of software available for sale that
>is still unopened and unused.
>
>> If anyone out there is still looking for their earnings
>> from original copies of River Raid, they are going to be poor for a long
>> time.
>
>While there are relatively few programmers still collecting royalties on a
>lot of the new packages stocked by the last remaining few distributors,
>they indeed were paid for it at some point (whenever the distributor sold
>it). So yes, in most cases you this no longer deprives the author... just
>us poor sucker distributors who thought we were doing folks a favor by
>buying up what was left and keeping it legally available. And because
>games in general are so easy to get for free now, those few new titles
>that have been released in the last couple of years don't sell enough to
>make it worth even writing, let alone distributing. I guess we should
>thank the pirates for doing us these favors.


You have said my comment about software being used is incorrect, but then
you stated my point exactly. Whether or not it is unopened and unused, No
programmer is waiting for it to sell in order to collect on it. It has all
been sold long ago and they have collected anything that is going to be
collected. If you are selling software that is no longer being produced
then you need not worry about piracy because your supply is limited to a
certain amount. You are no longer trying to sell as many copies as you can
because you cannot make more than you have. You need only worry about
marketing it in order to sell the copies you have available. Contrary to
the beleif of a lot the programmers in this newsgroup someone who has
copied a program probably would not have bought it if they could not have
copied it.

Anyway, sure piracy is illegal. Im not questioning that. However I dont
think it is affecting anyone in the commodore world in the manner it is
always stated.  At any rate it makes little difference to me, as my
commodores are usually boxed up and used rarely. I just follow the c= for
nostalgias sake. Also I BOUGHT all this software for it when I used it a
lot and I cant bare getting rid of it.

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From: [e-mail] (Michael W. Hall)
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Subject: CMD web?????
Date: 4 Aug 1996 15:44:40 GMT
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Why is www.the-spa.com does work? Whenever I try it Netscape says this
does not have a DNS entry. is that the right address?

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From: [e-mail] (kickass)
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Subject: 1541's w/ power cord for $20 +S&H
Date: 4 Aug 1996 16:25:34 GMT
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If u r interested, they are the first model, (the brown one, some with
the latch and some with the big door thingy.)

just emial me & let me know

[e-mail]

Zilla

C=64 Rulez!!!


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From: [e-mail] (David Schmoll)
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Hi [e-mail],

 BC> Therefore, I suggest that others consider the notion of creating
 BC> comp.sys.cbm.forsale.

I don't see the reason personally. I have more interest in for sale ads
than I do talk about games, but that does not mean I want separate
news groups for every topic. I find it easy enough to skip or at least
scan the messages when they really don't interest me, but you never
know when you will learn something from those almost skipped messages.
I know it can be annoying when people try and make a business of the
for sale stuff and run constant ads, but it is also easy to skip the
messages after the first time or two.

... [e-mail] (David Schmoll)
/\/ QWKRR128 V4.32 [R]

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I also use my VIC-20. It's sitting on my Dining room table right now.
I haven't named it, though.

-Jonathan Taylor
[e-mail]

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Does anyone have or know where I can find a schematic for a VIC-20 ram
expansion unit? I'm interested in maxing it out, though smaller sizes
(3K, 8K etc.) would be way better than what I have now (nothing).

-Jonathan Taylor
[e-mail]

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From: J Self <[e-mail]>
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Subject: Re: SEQ files. How do i look at them?
Date: Sun, 4 Aug 1996 11:22:54 -0500
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This is a question that gets asked
and answered a lot. There are mamy
sequential reader programs out there
including Big Red Reader, metabasic
and others. Here is the simplest
program I can think of to read a
sequential file.

10 open8,8,8,"filename,s,r"
20 get#8,a$
30 print a$;
40 if st=0 then 20
50 close8

There are several ways sequential files
are used so reading them can be tricky.
If the file was created by a word
processing program, chances are it uses
a variation of Commodore Screen Ascii.
The characters are poked directly to the
screen. Some of that data will include
formatting symbols specific to that
writer.
The file might be in Commodore ASCII in
which case it is pretty easy to read.
The following program ought to read it
although I just now threw this together
in response to your question and didn't
spend much time checking it for bugs.
(I did test it)
If the file was saved in true ASCII or
other format, a converter program will
have to be used to read it.
I wrote a little program which reads
the ascii screen file (the kind Word
Writer-Timeworks uses) but I didn't
include it here as I'm not sure what
kind of stuff you're trying to read.
This is for C=64.  The spaces are
just for readability and can be
eliminated.

60  open15,8,15
80 dim b$(22):p$="(page  )[3 lefts]":pr$="press return"
90 print"[clr/home][ctrl/1][4 downs]":poke53272,21:poke53280,3:poke53281,3
100 input"sequential file to read";r$
105 if r$="" then end
110 r$=r$+",s,r"
112 open8,8,8,r$
114 gosub300
116 if e then print:print er$:print pr$:gosub280:close8:r$="":goto 90
120 print "[clr/home]"
150 get#8,a$
151 a=asc(a$+chr$(0))
152 if a=13then 170
153 if a>95 then 200
154 if a<32 then 200
160 b$(j)=b$(j)+a$:goto200
170 print b$(j):j=j+1
190 if peek(214)=>22 then j=0:gosub260:print "[clr/home]"
200 if st=0 then 150
210 gosub260
220 close8
230 end
260 for k=0 to 22:b$(k)="":next
270 p=p+1:printtab(15)p$p:printtab(13)pr$
280 getz$:if z$<> chr$(13) then 280
290 return
300 input#15,e,er$
310 return

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From: Roger Long <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Re: Who owns Epyx games?
Date: Sun, 4 Aug 1996 12:05:27 -0700
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> I just wanted to find out if anyone here knows who owns the rights to the games
> made by Epyx.  This year's olympic games have brought out some memories of c64
> games like summer games and winter games.  Those were sooo cool!

I believe Epyx is still in business.  A while back, they decided to start
programming games for arcade machines instead of home computers.

-----
Roger J. Long ([e-mail]), SWAMI (Amiga) & TC-Cubed (C64) editor.

Commodore Products Source List On-Line is now active:
http://www.televar.com/~rjlong/


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I have for sale a 128 command center...
this holds 2 drives and the back of the
128 slips inside and has fan for cooling...sets your 128 up to look like a PC..
monitor sits on  top...$60.+shipping...
a super grafix jr. with manuel $15.+shipping...2 anamation stations $12.+ each.
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From: [e-mail] (Sean Terwilliger)
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I have one disc of files created on Timeworks Wordwriter128. If anyone
who has a C128 and a printer would be so kind as to print these out
for me I would be very grateful. I have the software (which you could
keep) as well as some games. (if monetary settlement were required,
that could be aranged as well).

Thanks.

Sean Terwilliger (prefer [e-mail])

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From: [e-mail] (WShrake)
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Subject: Re: OVER 30000 C64 PROGRAMS!!!
Date: 4 Aug 1996 17:06:47 -0400
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The spirit of copyright protection is that while the author of a (textual)
work was still alive, that he/she would benefit from his/her work. But
balancing that, right in the original laws, was that IDEAS could NOT be
copyrighted, only the EXPRESSION of ideas.

In other words, the laws originally intended to benefit both the author
(while they were alive) and the PUBLIC too, by letting everyone else
benefit from the IDEAS created.

Just for what its worth, as I rarely see any posts about copyright law,
where the writer has a clue what they are talking about. I won't even get
started on Trademarks and Patents....

There is a balance here, folks! You can argue forever about whether or not
the LETTER of the law has been violated in some case. But the SPIRIT of
the law is plain; once the original author of a work dies, its public
domain for everybody else! This allows both groups to benefit, progress to
be made, and so on.

The difficulty arose when the lawmakers could not decide where software
should fit in, legally, so they treated it like a text work. All sorts of
screwy problems now result, and the laws have not been addressed yet, to
fix them.

Whatever. Enough of that...

But, you need a grasp of Commodore's early history, to put this all into
better perspective. Commodore themselves GOT POPULAR by stealing other
people's copyrights!

I'm talking about them doing unauthorized Vic20 ports of Space Invaders,
Galaxian, Pac-Man, Lunar Lander, Night Driver, Rally-X, Avalanche /
Kaboom!, and so on.

In other words, the first dozen or so Vic20 carts are about half filled
with "pirated" games! Guess what? Is it any mystery that the Commodore
computers later had a piracy mindset heavily in place? The manufacturers
did it. So did lots of users, later.

I'm not arguing whether any of this is right, or is wrong. I'm just
saying, it happens now, it has happened before, etc, etc...

Ward Shrake
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From: [e-mail] (Bo)
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In article <Pine.SOL.3.91.960803102053.141B-100000@vixa>, "Timothy R. Lewis" <[e-mail]> writes:
> How many people have recieved their Super CPU? from CMD? I heard they
> were shipping.....
> Let me share some thoughts about this and how programmers fit into the
> picture......
> I understand that with new hardware, new software is sure to
> follow....here is something that I perceive to be a problem. First, how
> many people write software for Commodore anymore? I know of one....He
> belongs to my club! The name? Maurice Randall....I know of Nick Rossi
> (The creator of Novaterm) and a mixture of others. Here is something that
> has me concerned.....When the SuperCPU is out and in people's hands, is
> new software going to be created? The reason that I ask, is because I see
> more and more people abandoning the C= market and not enough people
> helping out to fill the void! Where are the programmers? I really hope
> that the new SuperCPU will be a hit among GEOS users, but I would
> sincerely love to have a revision done on GEOS. Don't you think it is
> about time that GEOS gets a major overhaul?
> If the new SuperCPU is going to work, then I would suggest that GEOS gets
> a new lease on life...and a new life! I am no a programmer and I don't
> know enoug to do such a major project...but it seems to me that GEOS does
> need some help! I can think of some things that would help out, but the
> question is...who is going to take a look at GEOS and do the revisions
> necessary to compliment the S-CPU?

   As a fellow geoJunky, and a sometimes GEOS programmer, I'd like to
throw my own pennies into the mix.

1.   Would GEOS be a better OS after a revision:  YES!

  Lord knows there is so much held back potential in this little baby that
most of us can hardly stand it.  Better ram support would be an excellent
start-- some virtual memory routines to allow bigger and more powerful
software.  This could include SuperCPU memory-- but need not.

   Having GEOS internally gateWayized, where drivers are files separate from
the CONFIGURE program, would do wonders for hardware compatibility and
eliminate the constant patching and repatching to make new drives work with
GEOS.  New hardware-- all you need is a new driver!

  Another great trick of gateWay's is the Swapper, which is a greatly improved
geoWizard, where true task switching can take place.  However, at present, if
you want these features, you have to take the damn gateWay desktop along for the
ride. Give me icons, or give me death!


2.   Now, ought someone revise GEOS: Absolutely, positively NO!

  Although I'd give my left arm for all those nice features in the GEOS kernel,
I know that it will come at a cost too dear-- compatibility.  Already there
are tons of great little GEOS programs I've come across which don't work
or barely work with version 2.0, as they were written for 1.3.  If these
revisions were to be made to the GEOS kernel, a great many more programs
would suddenly become rotting piles of bits.  Already there is the
compatibility gap between GEOS 64 and 128... and an even larger one between
gateWay and the standard GEOSs.  With a revised GEOS coming in to use, this
gap would widen and people would go back to version 2.0 with tears in their
eyes, just as I went back to GEOS 64 after ooohing and ahhhing at both GEOS 128
and gateWay's kernel features. And why would they go back?  For the sake of the
software they were able to run (including the deskTop in gateWay's case).

  Now, you may be wondering:  Sure, this may be indeed happen, but so what?
Windows 3.1 replaced its predecessor without a glitch, and Windows 95 appears
to be leaving 3.1 behind.  Not only is software ported over... but even bigger
and better things are filling the gaps... this could happen for GEOS too,
right?  NO! Unlike Windows, we Commie folk don't have thousands of software
companies clawing at each other to upgrade their software, and make old
software compatible again.  If geoPublish doesn't work with a new version
of GEOS... that means BYE BYE for desk-top publishing in GEOS.

Now, is there a compromise?  Probably.  Surely some things can be done to
the GEOS kernel that will maintain compatibility, while giving us at least
some of the new changes we crave.  However, whoever does so, and that would
have to be GeoWorks, which still holds all the cards on GEOS 64/128, would
have to tread very very lightly, lest they find themselves holding a
briliantly written but useless GEOS upgrade.

WHEW!

>
> Well, that is my two cents worth....any and all comments are welcome!
> (Both good and bad!)
>
> Have a good one and.....Happy Computing!
>
> Tim
>

     - Bo
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From: [e-mail] (Jan Lund Thomsen)
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[ <Friday July 26 1996>: Jim Brain ]

 > It's probably my doing that so many postings show up here lately... GO
 > ahead, hate me....

If it wasn't for an ad in c.s.cbm I would never have gotten hold of my 512Kb
REU. Besides, there aren't really that many ads posted here.  Someone mentioned
that a .marketplace group would also be a major spammer magnet - something we
could definately do without.

I say we go on as usual.


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From: [e-mail] (Jan Lund Thomsen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: CBM 9060 Hard Disk
Date: Thu, 01 Aug 1996 13:15:16 -0400 (EDT)
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[ <Sunday July 28 1996>: Peter Karlsson ]

 > According to the Swedish CMD retailer, a device called "Superbox-64"
 > could do the trick. It's supposed to have a parallel IEEE port.

<rushes off to read the FAQ, emits an excited yell, composes himself, switches
back to the mailreader...>

A CMD outlet in Sweden - that's practically next door. Do they carry the full
line of products? And equally important: are they willing to ship stuff to
Denmark?

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From: [e-mail] (Jan Lund Thomsen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Vic-20 info posted here.
Date: Fri, 02 Aug 1996 00:17:27 -0400 (EDT)
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[ <Sunday July 28 1996>: WShrake ]

 > You've brought up a very interesting point. This is as good a time and
 > place as I'll get, so here's more information.

Ward, I'm sorry to hear that your 'colleague' decided to stiff you. I can
imagine the anger and frustration you must have felt. I'm sure I speak for the
rest of the Vic fans present when I say that I accept your apology.

As someone who is slowly but safely creating a web.presence for one of
yesteryears legends I have had quite a few requests to "hurry up and get it
online". I keep telling these people that the project will premiere when I feel
it is ready. So far, people have been very understanding regarding this.

I am sorry to hear that you did not have any response to your FAQ. I for one am
very pleased with it. And I am sure a lot of other people are as well. It can
be very ungratifying to put a lot of time into a project if noone seems to
appreciate it. I speak from personal experience; during the late eighties/early
nineties I didn't get any feedback on my numerous contributions to the "Scene".
I'm happy to hear that despite this setback you have been able to collect all
those cart-images.

I recently made contact with a guy in the UK who is also collecting Vic20
programs, on cart as well as on disk/tape. I'll talk to him and see if he has
anything to offer, and whether or not he wants to share it with the public.

I will gladly share whatever Vic-stuff I have with the public. Unfortunately I
fear that I haven't got that much (if any) software that you don't already have
in your possesion. However I do own a number of Danish/Norwegian magazines with
Vic-related articles that I could dig up and digitize. I should also be able to
get a european mirror up and running pretty fast - depending on how much space
the project will require. If it doesn't take up to much space I can store it
myself, otherwise I would recommend putting it in /pub/cbm/vic20 at ftp.funet.fi.

I would also be more than willing to help you HTMLize documents, design &
maintain a web.presence and publish a european mirror on the web.

There are, however, a number of things I cannot do for this project: 1) I've
got no room for my Vic in this tiny flat (which explains why it is in storage
at my parents house) so I can't really test/review any software without having
to make some prior arrangements. 2) I can't purchase any Vic-related products
for the project - what little money I have is primarily spent to support my
existance and my other hobby: comics.


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From: John J McGlinchey <[e-mail]>
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Subject: Re: Q on 'Freeze Machine' by Eversham Micros
Date: Sun, 4 Aug 96 21:53:12 GMT
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Paul Sampson ([e-mail]) wrote:
: Recently I picked up this cart built by Eversham Micros. The back
: of the box states that it allows tape users to dump the contents
: of the machine to disk, and that the extra addon disk allows
: (more) multi-part games to be dumped to disk.

: Anyone ever used this cart? What are it's limitations? What can
: and can't be done using the extra disk? There's no documentation
: in the box.

: Personally, I love Gauntlet, but the constant reloading of each
: level, when you die, ruins the fun for me.  I'd like a disk
: version, but disk based games *much* harder to find in the UK,
: compared to the tape versions.

  Basically you press the freeze button and the contents of
memory can be saved to disk. You can convert multi-part games
to run from disk using this cart, but it could be useful to
create boot disks for your favourite games of maybe save your
current position and leave the tape in the datasette,

John

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  If I had some cash I'd love to buy up the rights to the C64.

  I would sell as a Pre-computer just like the Comquests, V-Techs and
the Sega Pico. It would need a better version of BASIC, a 3.5" drive
(possibily built in), a new colourful and curvy case and a new name.

  C64 Inc could buy the rights to lots of existing software and update
it. Maybe even try bundling GEOS etc. just to make it like mummies's and
daddie's or big bro and sis's computer.

  Oh and lots of adverts on Saturday morning to grab the kidz and some
during sensible grown-up programmes to explain its educational benefits.

  Mmm...It can't fail.

John



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From: [e-mail] (Adam Vardy)
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Subject: "More" text viewer for REUless users
Date: 4 Aug 1996 22:17:13 GMT
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There are various ways to read a text file.  One thing that has always
been lacking for me is a good way to read a very large text file.  You
can  read  such  a  thing  right  off  disk with various SEQ text file
viewers.  But say I am reading DisC=overy (around 200K), and I want to
go  to  an  article  near the end.  It will take forever to get to it.
With  Zed  128 you can load the whole thing up at once, IF you have an
REU.  I haven't seen any discussion of a good way to view massive text
files  without an REU, not sure why.  I assume no one else has written
any program to deal with this situation?

For REUless Commodore users, this here is my stab at a solution.

It is particularly relevant now that the latest issue of C=Hacking has
come  out  (almost 400K of text).  One tip here: Avoid using an "=" in
the  filename  when  downloading this or other file.  The "=" is not a
legal Commodore filename character.

BTW,  More  is  a  text  file viewer.  For those not in the know, I'll
repeat  how  it  works  in  ACE.   When viewing a file, press Space to
advance  to  the  next  screen.   Press Return to go forward one line.
Press Q to quit More.  Press N to view the next file, if any.

Slightly revised MORE command for ACE
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The file below is uuencoded.  You can decode in ACE simply by typing:

uudecode filename

You can type "more manmore" to see some instructions.

- Adam

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From: [e-mail]
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Converting to Word
Date: 4 Aug 1996 22:21:53 GMT
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Keywords: Word Processing Compatibility

What steps would I need to take in order to convert a Word file to a file
that could be read by a C= word processor?

For example, If I send a formatted (e.g., Bold, italics, etc) word
processing file to myself (uuencoded) via email, then download it (without
translating it into PETSCII), and then uudecode it, I would have an
untouched Word document sitting on my C=.

What steps would I go through to convert the formatting codes to something
a C= word processor would interpret correctly?

I am assuming that I would be able to not translate the file into PETSCII.

Is there a way I could modify a C= word processor to read "bold" using the
same lingo that Word uses?

On the other end, does anyone out there know of a patch that I could put
into Word which would give me an option under "Save As..." to save as a C=
file? (e.g., it would convert the formatting into lingo a C= word
processor would understand - maybe it could even convert it to and from
PETSCII).

Please please help!

I do not program, but I am getting to the point with this issue that I am
thinking of tackling it on the C= side.  Anyone willing to help me?  :-)

I am willing to pay for some sort of good conversion routine between the
two!

Chris McLeod (of the clan MacLeod)

PS Right now I am using Pocket Writer and GeoWrite.


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From: [e-mail] (Adam Vardy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Re: Dissassembling to disk with ss mon
Date: 4 Aug 1996 22:28:25 GMT
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Adrian Gonzalez ([e-mail]) wrote:
: Hello

: While attempting to figure out how the 1581 computes its CRC's, I bumped into
: the necessity to disassemble code to disk so that I could transfer it to
: my amiga.  Here's how I did it, using Super Snapshot V5's ml monitor.

: First I loaded the code into the c64's memory
: then, from basic, I opened a file like this:

: open 1,8,2,"0:code.txt,s,w"

: after that, I hit F8 to start the monitor up, and then typed

: o8,1

: to redirect the output to the disk drive.  Then

: d c000 c0f0

: to disassemble, then

: o

: to go back to screen output, then

: x

: to leave the monitor, and finally, from BASIC


I am not familiar with SS, but it seems to me that you are missing one step
here.  You should have a PRINT#1 here before closing.

And the close should be CLOSE 1.

- Adam

: close 2

: The SS manual only gives an example for printer output, so I tought I'd post
: about this.  Anyway, hope you find a use for it  :-)

: later

: -Adrian Gonzalez (dW/Style)

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From: [e-mail] (Mr. X)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Re: C65?
Date: 4 Aug 1996 22:25:11 GMT
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Michael W. Hall ([e-mail]) wrote:
: Can someone tell me what is a C65? I keep seeing that in posts.

   It was the last C64 compatible machine made by CBM.  It was faster, 16
bit, stereo sound, hi res, 256 colour gfx, built in 3.5" drive, etc.  It
looked like an Amiga 500/600/1200 or an Atari ST....

    ________________________________________________________________________
     (c) 1996 [e-mail]   All rights reserved.   www.skylink.net/~mrx
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From: [e-mail] (T. Koyn)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Reading 1541 disks on PC
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I am wondering if there is any software that is capable of reading a 1541
format floppy disk on an IBM compatible's 5.25" disk drive, or will I
need to get a cable to connect to a 1541 or 1571 drive?  Please post any
advice here and send email.  Thanks.
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From: [e-mail] (Bo)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Re: Converting to Word
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In article <4u37q1$[e-mail]>, [e-mail] writes:
> What steps would I need to take in order to convert a Word file to a file
> that could be read by a C= word processor?
>
> For example, If I send a formatted (e.g., Bold, italics, etc) word
> processing file to myself (uuencoded) via email, then download it (without
> translating it into PETSCII), and then uudecode it, I would have an
> untouched Word document sitting on my C=.
>
> What steps would I go through to convert the formatting codes to something
> a C= word processor would interpret correctly?
>
> I am assuming that I would be able to not translate the file into PETSCII.
>
> Is there a way I could modify a C= word processor to read "bold" using the
> same lingo that Word uses?
>
> On the other end, does anyone out there know of a patch that I could put
> into Word which would give me an option under "Save As..." to save as a C=
> file? (e.g., it would convert the formatting into lingo a C= word
> processor would understand - maybe it could even convert it to and from
> PETSCII).
>
> Please please help!
>
> I do not program, but I am getting to the point with this issue that I am
> thinking of tackling it on the C= side.  Anyone willing to help me?  :-)
>
> I am willing to pay for some sort of good conversion routine between the
> two!
>
> Chris McLeod (of the clan MacLeod)
>
> PS Right now I am using Pocket Writer and GeoWrite.
>
>

    As far as I know, this has never been done.

    Moreover, I'm not all that sure it will be.  Does Microsoft publish
their file formats?

       - Bo
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From: [e-mail] (Bo)
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    The Zelch BBS, running on a trusty C128, is back up and running.

    No, there's no phone number you need to call.. no long distance
charges to rack up..just TELNET to 147.26.162.107 and login as "bbs".

    My buddy in Arizona finally sent that drive over, so the system is
even bigger and better than previous.  I was able to get Murder Motel,
Galactic Empire, and a couple other online games in there this time.
However, there's still no Commodore graphics support, or file transfer
abilities.. ah well, can't have it all.

      - Bo  (The Zacman)
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From: [e-mail] (Michael W. Hall)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Wanted Swiftlink or other
Date: 4 Aug 1996 23:49:58 GMT
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I am looking for a serial port adapter that will allow me to hook up a
14.4 or 28.8k modem to a 64 or 128.
[e-mail]

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From: "Bruce Burdick, Jr." <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: C64 files to Macintosh?
Date: Sun, 04 Aug 1996 19:08:04 -0500
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I have a Macintosh and a bunch of old C64 files on C64 floppies which
I would like to transfer. I also have a 5 1/4" Dayna drive (for PC
floppies). Is there a way to do this?

-B...
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From: [e-mail] (Geoffrey Welsh)
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[e-mail] (Michael Naberezny) wrote:

>Does anyone have any technical or programming information on the Hart
>Cart?  Specifics like what interrupt line it uses, its IO page, etc.  My
>best guess without anything is that it is an 8250/16550 mapped at $DE00,
>connected to NMI.

I went looking for my HART info, and found that i had lost it.  :-<

I do recall that it was an 8250 UART, though I suspect that you can
heave anything from a 16450 to a 16750 into it if you really want.

--
Geoffrey Welsh, MIS Co-ordinator, InSystems Technologies ([e-mail])
     At home: xenitec.on.ca!zswamp!geoff; Temporary: [e-mail]
         DO NOT SEND ANY FORM OF ADVERTISING TO ANY OF THESE ADDRESSES

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From: "Jack Followay, Jr." <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Re: CMD web?????
Date: Sun, 04 Aug 1996 21:08:37 -0500
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Michael W. Hall wrote:
>
> Why is www.the-spa.com does work? Whenever I try it Netscape says this
> does not have a DNS entry. is that the right address?

CMD's Web Page is:

http://www.the-spa.com/cmd/

 (is it me, or does this get posted every 2 days? ;] )
-JackLF<end>
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From: Dale Chitwood <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Re: Forsale C-64 w/256K ram expansion
Date: Sun, 04 Aug 1996 20:17:01 -0700
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Dale Chitwood wrote:
>
> Hello,
> I have a very nice Commodore 64C I would like to sell.
> it has the following:
>
> - 1764 256K Ram expansion and Deluxe C=64 Powersupply with
> included software to patch GEOS as a RAM disk. (this is
> new and still in orginal box)
>
> - 1541 floppy drive
> - MPS 801 Printer
> - Joystick
> -(also small joystick that is on the side of the computer
> for GEOS)
>
> -All necessary cables included to hook up the system, and some
> extra cables too.
> -2 extra power supplys (1 C64 white, 1 regular black)
> -Fastload cartridge
> and at least 50 probably more like 70 titles with orginal
> documentation (I will list them if necessary)
>
> I have tested the computer recently (today) and it worked fine.
> it is in very good shape and has been well taken care of.
>
> I think about 60.00 for all plus shipping sounds good.  If
> not, make an offer, I really don't know what it is worth
> now.
>
> Thanks
>
> Dale

Just letting everyone know the above item has been sold.
Thanks for all the offers.

Dale
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From: Marc Eric Haynes <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Problems reading 1541 with the X1541 cable
Date: Sun, 04 Aug 1996 23:22:58 -0400
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I have just built the X1541 type cable.  When I ran it using Star
commander and again with Trans64, the drive would access but I got 3
knocks and the error message 20.  I am absolutely certain that the cable
is correct!  Also, the drive works fine plugged into a real C64.  Any
ideas or suggestions to what the problem might be?

Thank you in advance,

Marc Haynes
[e-mail]



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