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************ Topic 6 Tue Dec 04, 1990 T.JUMP3 [Tim] (Forwarded) Sub: 'Hep me! 'Hep me! I'm looking for some stuff, yet it doesn't exactly fit under the "For Sale/Wanted" category! Hep me! 111 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 1, Topic 6 Message 1 Tue Dec 04, 1990 T.JUMP3 [Tim] (Forwarded) Howdy! I'm looking for a decent program that I'm SURE must be in the software library somewhere that will balance my checkbook/savings. What's the best one out there? Also, where would I go to find a replacement drive door handle for a 1571? The only way I can insert/remove disks with mine is by having the case torn apart! Finally, where's a good place to get 64K VDC's at a good price, and how difficult are they to install? Thanks in advance... Tim ------------ Category 1, Topic 6 Message 2 Wed Dec 05, 1990 JBEE (Forwarded) For a door handle try contacting these people Harvey and Associates Inc 1409 Mill Street Laramie, WY 82070 also called "micro west computer center" Earl Harvey is a good friend of mine and I highly recommend him. He is a C= authorized dealer and repair shop. : re:64K VDC For most people the best way to go is to order the SSI 64K upgrade board and pop it into your flat C128. You might as well get it with the 64K ram too. If you are handy with a soldering iron and have a lot of patience and skill upgrading your VDC memory is as simple as desoldering the VDC rams, putting sockets in, and plugging in new 4464s (120-150 ns). That way you spend about $10, oh course, it is a pretty tedious soldering j job, but I get a certain satisfaction out of doing it myself. Of course if you mess it up you have to clean it up yourself too ;D re:checking I am not sure if I uploaded it here, but I have a template that I did for Swiftcalc 128 that I use in my business to balance my checking everyday. If you are interested in it drop me a note and I will upload it, if I haven't already. JBEE (: ------------ Category 1, Topic 6 Message 3 Thu Dec 06, 1990 T.JUMP3 [Tim] (Forwarded) Thanks for the assist! I'll probably be sending a letter to your friend in Wyoming within the week, and I'm also going to be looking into SSI's board. As for the Swiftcalc 128 template...well, simply put...I DON'T GOTS IT! :> I'm looking for something stand-alone. Thanks again... Tim ------------ Category 1, Topic 6 Message 4 Thu Dec 06, 1990 VOYAGER-1 [Gary V] (Forwarded) JBEE, I haven't scanned the library for it, but if it isn't there, I would appriciate if you would upload the checking template for Swiftcalc 128. I found the hardest part of upgrading the VDC RAM was getting the old chips out. I initially was going to try and get them out in one piece to save for another possable use. The one away from the shield was fairly easy to get out in one piece, but the one closest to the shield required cutting the chip from the pins and then removing the pins one at a time. From there it was a snap to solder in sockets and insert the new chips. I just happened to have 2 of the correct RAM chips in my spare parts bin. A problem that that others may encounter is a minimum order from vendors who sell these RAM chips. ------------ Category 1, Topic 6 Message 5 Fri Dec 07, 1990 D.RAY1 (Forwarded) Gary, if someone who wants to upgrade to 64k video ram can't find tham anywhere else Briwall sells the chips. I also think that JDR has the chips and they don't require a minimum order. JDR advertises in Computer Shopper every month. ------------ Category 1, Topic 6 Message 6 Fri Dec 07, 1990 VOYAGER-1 [Gary V] (Forwarded) Thanks for the tip on those vendors Dale. All too often, I have a project in the works that only requires a chip or two. I usualy have to wait until I have enough projects stacked up or pad the order with stuff that I have no immediate need for to make a minimum order. I use to deal with Jameco, but they have raised their minimum to $50. Lately I have been dealing with American Design Components. Their minimum is only $15 & their prices are pretty competetive. ------------ Category 1, Topic 6 Message 7 Sat Dec 08, 1990 T.JUMP3 [Tim] (Forwarded) Ack! Prying out the pins one by one? Soldering/desoldering? I trust that the upgrade card/kit from SSI is a bit easier to install for non/electronic-type people like myself? Tim ------------ Category 1, Topic 6 Message 8 Sat Dec 08, 1990 D.RAY1 (Forwarded) Tim, The board that SSI sells is much easier to install. You have to open the case on the 128, remove the shielding and remove the cover over the video chips. You then remove the VDC chip, plug the board into its socket, and plug the VDC chip into the board. Put the 128 back together and you are done. ------------ Category 1, Topic 6 Message 9 Sat Dec 08, 1990 C128.JBEE (Forwarded) How I did my upgrades ( I use to do quite a bit of business upgrading flat C128s) is first I went out and spent the money on a Radio Shack desoldering iron. It is the one that has a rubber tube on one end to do the sucking up of hot solder and a heating iron tip on the other with a little hole in it. : first after removing all the shields, keyboard connector, etc I remove the video chips from the board, especially the VDC! : second, with a pair of dykes (cutters) i cut off all the ram chip legs as close as possible to the board : third, now i stand the board on one end and from the back, with the Radio Shack desolder I suck all the solder out (and the ram chip legs come with it to). : fourth step is installing GOOD sockets and soldering them in. Do not bother with the cheap Radio Shack sockets, get some good gold plated ones (cost about 1.00 a piece) and install them, pop in the video ram and video chips and you are all set! : Tedious owrk, but there is a certain satisfaction doing it yourself. You can also look at it as a test drive for upgrading your REU ;D JBEE Ps.I will upload that template this week. ------------ Category 1, Topic 6 Message 10 Tue Jan 01, 1991 G.WILKERSON1 (Forwarded) HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE !!!!!! In my exploration of the *FLAGSHIP* I have encountered several references to phrases and hardware that I do not understand: 1) IEE interface 2) Parallel cable 3) "reading these threads" 4) "converted GEOS" Any help would be greatly appreciated. Have a safe NEW YEAR!!! ------------ Category 1, Topic 6 Message 11 Tue Jan 01, 1991 VOYAGER-1 [Gary V] (Forwarded) I will try to shed a bit of light on them for you. 1) IEEE Interface - The first Disk Drives that CBM built were for the PET series of computers. They decided to use a data transfer buss that was developed by HP and then adopted as a standard by the IEEE ( an electrical engineering standards organization ). This buss has 8 data lines so that one full byte can be transfered at a time ( this makes it a parallel buss as opposed to a serial buss which has to transfer 8 bits in a row to transfer a byte) In theory it should be 8 times faster than a serial buss with all other things being equil. Anyway when CBM decided to go into the home computer market (remember this was in the early 80's and a factory VIC-20 only had 8K of users RAM) they decided to go to a less expensive serial buss for their computers. This left many nice disk drives out there with the same DOS, but an incompatable data buss. This is what the IEEE Interface is for. To use one of theos IEEE Drives on one of the serial buss machines ( usualy the 64 or the 128). 2) Parallel Cable - This is for any cable that transfers a full byte at a time. They can vary in construction depending on their use. The IEEE Interface uses a parallel cable to the disk drive. Many printers use a data buss called the Centronics Standard, which is also parallel. 3) Read this thread - I think the word that might be confusing you in this phrase is 'thread'. It usualy means a group of related messages. Such as this Catagory / Topic is a thread. One person starts a topic and others add their replys. Thread is then in the context of a common thread. 4) Converted GEOS - There could be 2 different answers to this one, depending on which message you were reading it from. Usualy it is refering to a file containiging something like artwork that has been converted from another computers / programs format to one that will work with the GEOS program or visa versa. The other meaning could be refering to a general GEOS convert program. GEOS uses it's own special disk routines for storing and reading data on a disk. The standard CBM DOS cannot read these files correctly, thus the need to convert any GEOS file into a standard CBM DOS type file before it can be transfered via modem. Then after it is downloaded, it must then be converted back into a GEOS DOS format. The utility to do this is called Convert and the latest version is 2.5 (available in our library) Hope this was enough to answer your questions without going overboard. Gary ------------ Category 1, Topic 6 Message 12 Sat Jan 05, 1991 M.MCCORMIC10 (Forwarded) Anybody out there- I use Common Sense software. What is the procedure to download all new messages in a bulletin board? Also I want to write my messages of line. Does it matter what software I use? I realize Commodore is a different format.PETSCAN HELP--Mike Mc ------------ Category 1, Topic 6 Message 13 Mon Jan 07, 1991 C128.JBEE (Forwarded) I did upload a Swiftcalc template a while ago in Lib #8. You can find most of the files I uploaded by using the search feature and typing the uploader address as "JBEE" There are also spreadsheet programs uploaded in the C128 SOFTWARE TO GO lib you can find by doing a DIR search (#2) In the Basic 8 library I uploaded a spreadsheet program done by LRW that is pretty good. You could try that too :) : re:capturingnew messages After setting the date then from the prompt type "bro" or type SET xx (where xx is the cat. number) then type #7 (read messages) then the topic number you want or all then either "all", "new", or "last" when it prompts you for the messages. ------------ Category 1, Topic 6 Message 14 Sun Jan 20, 1991 M.MCCORMIC10 (Forwarded) Message Editor of line wanted. I am looking for a program in which I can edit all the messages I saved each time. Is there any thing that I can dump to the screen the messages and then edit out what I don't want? Then I could save it under a different name. All suggestions welcome Mike Mc ------------ Category 1, Topic 6 Message 15 Mon Jan 21, 1991 H.HERMAN1 (Forwarded) Mike, Maybe I'm missing the point, but wouldn't just about any WP or Term's buffers do what you're seeking? Howie ------------ Category 1, Topic 6 Message 16 Tue Jan 22, 1991 C128.JBEE (Forwarded) You can use almost any term program (wizard etc) to save buffers to disk and then edit the responses or questions with a w.p. Some w.p. such as Paperclip III (128 version) have terminal programs built right in so you can edit them without even booting another program. jbee ------------ Category 1, Topic 6 Message 17 Wed Jan 23, 1991 T.JUMP3 [Tim] (Forwarded) Yes, once again I have a couple of questions: 1) I've owned an Okimate 120 printer for a few years now, and only recently has it started to mess up. When I print standard text, the letters are messy (for example, the letter "I" would have a sort of zig-zag pattern to the pixels), and when I print graphics, there is a blank pixel line in between passes. Is this the print head finally giving out on me? If so, how difficult is it to replace (I just received a catalog from some company that carries them)? 2) I own a C-128 flat-top, and my shift keys are dying a painful death. The right one is completely gone, and the left one takes some pressure to work. What's an easy way to fix this? I tried taking the keyboard out and cleaning it as best as I could without taking the keys apart, but to no avail. Thanks in advance for your help... Tim ------------ Category 1, Topic 6 Message 18 Wed Jan 23, 1991 E.DURKIN1 [Montana Kid] (Forwarded) >> Tim I recall reading an article on how easy the 128 keyboard was to clean. I'll see if I can find it and letcha know. --==<M.K.>==-- ------------ Category 1, Topic 6 Message 19 Thu Jan 24, 1991 C128.JBEE (Forwarded) Hi :) If you are having sticking or dead keys it could be because the pads are gone or it is simply dirty. You can get a spray/cleaner from Radio Shack that can clean under a key. If you "gently" pry on a key it pops right off. If you wanted to really clean the keyboard then completely disassembly it (some soldering required) and wash the circuit board and pat it dry. Do not wash the keys though as the springs will rust. What you can do to clean the keys is wash the caps with some ivory soap and a q-tip. On the "carbon" part of the plunger just gently brush it with a cloth being carefully not to rip it. Don't use anymore pressure than you would on a eyeball (that gentle). If you have keys with weak springs you can buy one of those C16 keyboards, snip a little off the C16 springs and use them on the C128 (i did this for my Fkeys, space key, and return key) Radio Shack use to sell those C16 keyboards, maybe they still do. re:washing Don't use "hard water" ------------ Category 1, Topic 6 Message 20 Thu Jan 24, 1991 E.DURKIN1 [Montana Kid] (Forwarded) Ya -=- I remember seeing a C64 keyboard at Raido Shack. It only cost FIVE BUCKS!! ..Anybody know where I can get on that cheap anymore? I'm gonna make an extenction keyboard for computing around six feet from the computer. ___ 0 0 \_/ --==<M.K.>==-- ------------ Category 1, Topic 6 Message 21 Fri Jan 25, 1991 VOYAGER-1 [Gary V] (Forwarded) M.K., those keyboards RS had were not from a C64, but from a C16. They required some modification to the PC board in order to make them fully compatable with the C64. You may want to request a few catalogs from surplus dealers that advertize in the back of electronics magazines. Usualy one of them has a good deal on stuff like this. ------------ Category 1, Topic 6 Message 22 Fri Jan 25, 1991 E.DURKIN1 [Montana Kid] (Forwarded) I remember the package saying 'Commodore 64 replacement keyboard' specifically. --==<M.K.>==-- ------------ Category 1, Topic 6 Message 23 Fri Jan 25, 1991 VOYAGER-1 [Gary V] (Forwarded) Hmmm, I guess that it could be that the Radio Shack's in your area did have some C64 keyboards. I'm quite sure that the ones in their stores in my area were for the C16. Until you took a close look, they were easily mistaken for the C64's. ------------ Category 1, Topic 6 Message 24 Sat Jan 26, 1991 A.ROSEBROCK (Forwarded) If anyone can come up with an address for the replacement keyboards for the C64, I'd appreciate it. I, too, remember seeing replacement keyboards at my local RS about 3 yrs ago. But, NOW that I need one, they told me they no longer carry them. Our C64 still gets daily use and it's dying fast. I will try the cleaning tip I read a few messages up topic. Annette ------------ Category 1, Topic 6 Message 25 Sun Jan 27, 1991 C128-BILL [Bill] (Forwarded) I'll try and dig up a source for the individual key pads. It'll take a bit of work to replace them, but it's better than a stuck key! Give me a few weeks to scrounge around, but the best solution (because it's easy) is to replace the keyboard. ------------ Category 1, Topic 6 Message 26 Mon Jan 28, 1991 M.NOWOWIEJSK (Forwarded) can any one tell me where I can find a stand alone speller for the C-64/128? I know that many companies now sell those calculator style dictionary/spell checker, but who makes some software that will do the same thing? It would be nice for types like me that can't spell. ------------ Category 1, Topic 6 Message 27 Tue Jan 29, 1991 H.HERMAN1 (Forwarded) Well, if you have either a wordprocessor, spreadsheet or data base program, you can easilly create your own. Or, if you have Chris Smeet's CS/DOS, you can do the same, using its GREP command, with a simple call to a batch routine. All you need is a dictionary of words in uncompresed, and algorhythemed format. Then let the WP, spreadsheet, dbase, or GREP find the word. For speedy access most WP's have their dictionaries set up in some form of algorythm. However, 'simple' dictionaries can be found in the PD. I used this method to add thousands of new words to PW3's dictionary. Because you plan to use this to check spelling for one word at a time, instead of a spell checker's usual method of checking an entire document you won't need the compression or algorythm. Especially if your words are stored in ram or ramdisk. Your selection, and similarly spelled words should appear on screen, just about as soon as you press the RETURN key. This is one possible approach. I am certain you'll hear from others with more ideas! Howie ------------ Category 1, Topic 6 Message 28 Wed Mar 27, 1991 H.HERMAN1 (Forwarded) help! I got the file hexpert.sfx from the library, and it looks VERY interesting. A 128 debugger. I don't really know this for sure however, since all the docs are in GEOS files. Could someone help and translate the docs to ascii, or even a GEOS text scrap would be okey, too! The file's decription sounds great, but since I don't know how it runs, it just sits there... Thanks! Howie ------------ Category 1, Topic 6 Message 29 Wed Mar 27, 1991 VOYAGER-1 [Gary V] (Forwarded) Howie, The BBS where I found that file had a seperate file of the docs in Petscii format. I figured that everyone would have a copy of GEOS and that the petscii file would not be required. I will go ahead and upload a copy here. I haven't had the time to realy try Hexpert out, but from the info contained within the docs, it looks like a very powerfull tool. Gary ------------ Category 1, Topic 6 Message 30 Thu Mar 28, 1991 H.HERMAN1 (Forwarded) Gary, Thanks! I am off to get the petscii! Howie ------------ Category 1, Topic 6 Message 31 Tue Apr 23, 1991 M.MCCORMIC10 (Forwarded) Howie & jbee I know I can buy a program to edit messages, i wondered if there were any on GENIE that could be recommended. Why buy,what may be already here? Mike Mc ------------ Category 1, Topic 6 Message 32 Tue Apr 23, 1991 C128.JBEE [* Sysop *] (Forwarded) Well, this topic has traveled a bit but I think if you go to the libraries and set it to "all libraries" #41 you will be all set. Use the search feature and search for "word". A few SID files will be thrown in there but I think you will find all the files you need. It has been a while but for editing of short messages I think "easyletter128" would do the trick. Also there are text editors by both Ed Bell and Ed Parry (search for uploader "ebbs") that are excellent. If you want a basic 128 word processor you can hack around with then set to Lib #8 and search for "wd". I have often wondered if it would be alright if we uploaded our revised spell checkers for programs such as PCiii here. After all in a case like mine a good part of the dictionary I have revised and added all the words a C128 needs :D As mentioned in an earlier message CS-DOS and "grep" might be what the doctor ordered! ------------ Category 1, Topic 6 Message 33 Thu May 09, 1991 W.JOHNSON5 (Forwarded) I've written a program to track rental income on my 128 and have a really dumb problem: I use both the arrow keys and the INST/DEL key to write over entries. Since the CLR/HOME key is right next to the INST/DEL key, and I get a little carried away typing, I sometimes hit the HOME key by mistake and wreck my data entry. Anyone know a POKE or SYS command to disable the CLR/HOME Key? I have looked in "Mapping the Commodore 128" but can't seem to find anything suitable. I think I saw a solution in Compute! Gazette several years back but that mag is packed away. Any suggestions? ------------ Category 1, Topic 6 Message 34 Thu May 09, 1991 VOYAGER-1 [Gary V] (Forwarded) I don't know of any poke to disable it off the top of my head, but if this program is written in basic you could just insert a line that checks for this key and loops back to the get a character line if it is detected. This is assuming that you are using your own input routine rather than the built in input routine. I have found that in many programs that I have written that basic's input routine is such a pain that it is much easyer to use my own with the Get command. This way I can screen out any unwanted keypresses, limit the length of the input string and I don't have to wory about a chr$ that I may be using as a border becomming part of the input string. Gary ------------ Category 1, Topic 6 Message 35 Thu May 09, 1991 D.BURR7 (Forwarded) I tend to agree with Gary on that one. Don't try and disable it, just set up a trap for the clr/home key that will ignore the keypress and wait for another . In the Transactor there was a so-called 'Bullet-Proof' input by Gary Kiziak, written in ml that would probably soup up your program immensely. ------------ Category 1, Topic 6 Message 36 Thu May 09, 1991 C128.JBEE [* Sysop *] (Forwarded) If you want to use the basic "input" command and not worry about wrecking your screen you could always create a 1 line window for the input and then open the keyboard as input device (Open 3,3,3). The most you could wreck with the wrong key press is one line of data. ------------ Category 1, Topic 6 Message 37 Sun May 12, 1991 W.JOHNSON5 (Forwarded) thanxs for the ideas. I probably will set up my own input routine - it's just a royal pain to have to add ANOTHER subroutine to this program. I was just so pleased with myself finding a simple way to create formated input screens using the screen editor command at 65520 to control cursor movements that I thought there had to be a simple way to POKE a disable command to the CLR/HOME key, too. ------------ Category 1, Topic 6 Message 38 Mon Jun 24, 1991 J.PEEPLES (Forwarded) Concerning cleaning the C128 keyboard: I've done this, and I'm not sure I recommend cleaning the board with soap and water. Generally water and PC boards don't mix too well. What I did was to gently clean the contacts with a pencil eraser--just go over them lightly, and you should be fine. ------------ Category 1, Topic 6 Message 39 Tue Jul 02, 1991 H.LESSER3 (Forwarded) Hello, I am having some major problems printing out ascii files on my printer. I am using a straight c128, 1571 and seikosha sp1200vc printer. Are there any programs I could use to transfer these to petascii so I don't get the double space bug I'm getting now? Also what do I do when a file is longer than my buffer can hold? I'll be posting this in the Wizard board as well. thanks for any help. ------------ Category 1, Topic 6 Message 40 Tue Jul 02, 1991 AMFORD (Forwarded) You might want to look around the libraries for a sequential file printing program. Most of them that I have used, offer a choice between printing ASCII or PETACII and some even offer to control the line spacing.. (line feed + carriage return vs just a Carriag return.) Sprint and Ultra come to mind, but I have a poor mind. :) ------------ Category 1, Topic 6 Message 41 Wed Jul 03, 1991 H.LESSER3 (Forwarded) Well, if they work any better than the file readers I've been currently using that will be a great help! thanks Amford :) ------------ Category 1, Topic 6 Message 42 Wed Jul 03, 1991 VOYAGER-1 [Gary V] (Forwarded) One other thing to consider is switching your SP-1200VC into True ASCII mode. That would involve flipping the #3 DIP switch in the back while power to it is turned off. Switch #5 can be used to turn off auto linefeed on a file that has both carrage return and linfeed codes at the end of each line of text. The SP- 1200VC is for the most part an Epson compatable in ASCII mode. Because there are many more control features available using ASCII mode, I use the one I have in that mode as often as possible. Gary ------------ Category 1, Topic 6 Message 43 Wed Jul 03, 1991 H.LESSER3 (Forwarded) thanks I switched it to ASCII mode, but never considered switching of the auto line feeds. I'll try that tonight, Thanks! ------------ Category 1, Topic 6 Message 44 Sun Aug 04, 1991 H.TRAN1 [Hai] (Forwarded) Hiya folks! This ought to be easy... I'm looking for a 2400 baud modem for a Commodore... 128 I think (white, flat keyboard? It's my girlfriend's computer and the modem got blasted). What I'm looking for is a cheap dealer that sells good equipment. Any such thing?? And what are we looking at as far as costs?? I'd appreciate any replies, either here or to my address. Thanks!! Hai ------------ Category 1, Topic 6 Message 45 Sun Aug 04, 1991 W.JOHNSON5 (Forwarded) Sounds like a 128 to me. 2400 baud is not cheap. APROTEX sells a 2400 BPS modem for around $80.00 and a 1200 BPS for $60.00 through Tenex Computer Express. They claim to be Hayes Compatable (industry standard). Tenex Computer Express/PO Box 6578/South Bend, IN 46660 or ordering 1-800-Prompt-1. Anyone else know anything about this modem? I'm thinking of upgrading, too. ------------ Category 1, Topic 6 Message 46 Mon Aug 05, 1991 C128.JBEE [* Sysop *] (Forwarded) Sounds about right on the prices and they work fine with the Hayes commands If she doesnt *need* 2400 you can buy new C1670 1200 baud modems from RUN magazine for $28 Those plug right into the C64 or C128 and they dont need an interface. ------------ Category 1, Topic 6 Message 47 Tue Aug 06, 1991 H.TRAN1 [Hai] (Forwarded) Thanks for the answers guys! Any address on RUN? Please send it to my mail address if you have one. COme to think of it, I believe she might have been running on a 1200 before! Thanks again! Hai ------------ Category 1, Topic 6 Message 48 Tue Aug 06, 1991 C128.JBEE [* Sysop *] (Forwarded) 1.800.343.0728 stock #m1200 $24.95 (thats the 1670 -1200 baud modem) yea, I just found my August issue :) ------------ Category 1, Topic 6 Message 49 Sun Oct 20, 1991 M.MCCORMIC10 [Mike Mc-] (Forwarded) Anyone- there is a GEO-File template in Cat.35 listed as #7424.When I tried to download this it was not found in Cat.35 and the one that did show up was not the correct one. can anyone check the file & library #'s for this Genealogy template for me? Mike Mc- ------------ Category 1, Topic 6 Message 50 Sun Oct 20, 1991 C128-BILL [Bill] (Forwarded) Nope, File #7424 is something else (and correctly labelled in the Libraries). I think what you want is: 9175 FAMILY.GROUP.SDA X M.DULSKI1 910925 7424 22 35 Desc: GEOFile template for genealogy type M625;3 and then select item #6. Now punch in 9175 ------------ Category 1, Topic 6 Message 51 Thu Oct 24, 1991 M.MCCORMIC10 [Mike Mc-] (Forwarded) Bill- Now that I see it again,I guess I was tired and copied the wrong number. Thanks. Mike Mc- ------------ Category 1, Topic 6 Message 52 Fri Oct 25, 1991 C128-BILL [Bill] (Forwarded) No Problem, Mike. I've done worse (like download files from the wrong RT!). ;) ------------ Category 1, Topic 6 Message 53 Fri Nov 29, 1991 YLR.ROSE [of TEXAS!!!] at 22:06 CST HELP!! I know I've seen somewhere where you can "save" a directory that you have accidently "headered" as long as you didnt change the "ID".... I did this with a Master Disk thinking I had the backup in the drive and now I've lost one of my favorite programs.. which is practically irreplaceable.. Can someone help me?? what do I need to do to "Restore" my directory?? ];D ------------ Category 1, Topic 6 Message 54 Sun Dec 01, 1991 HOWIE-CBM [H.HERMAN1] at 07:14 EST YLR, You are right!! I've seen where it can be done, but I'm not really sure how. Hopefully one of our resident dos gurus will have the answer for you. Two thought off the top of my head: (1) make a back-up of that original disk before you do anything, and (2) you might try cbm's unscratch program to see if it works. Run this on the backup copy, so if it does any damage, the original source is still availble. Howie ------------ Category 1, Topic 6 Message 55 Sun Dec 01, 1991 CMD-DOUG at 17:43 EST You may not be able to get it all back. When you issue a DOS NEW command (short version) here is what happens... The BAM is cleared, indicating that all blocks are now free. The first directory block is filled with zeros, overwriting the first 8 directory entries entirely. Finally, the track and sector pointer in the first directory block (first two bytes of track 18 sector 1) are set to 00 FF to indicate that there are no more directory blocks in use. Often you can get back most of a disk by using a track and sector editor and changing the pointers I mentioned above to point to the second directory block (usually located at track 18 sector 4 - 12 04 in hex). After doing that, immediately validate the disk and you'll get back everything EXCEPT the first 8 files that were on the disk. This might not work too well with a disk that contains copy protection, since there might be errors on the disk that will cause the validate to bomb out, but that can sometimes be ignored if the disk is never going to be written to. But again, if you're missing the first 8 files, the software isn't likely to work (considering that it is a single 'program' on the disk). If you ever made a backup of the original (regardless of whether it worked or not), your best chance of recovery is to use a track and sector editor to copy track 18 sector 0 (the Header/BAM block) and track 18 sector 1 (first directory block) from the backup to the original. ------------ Category 1, Topic 6 Message 56 Sun Dec 01, 1991 C128.JBEE [* Sysop *] at 20:09 EST I have done this before and it certainly is not the easiest way but do everything Doug mentioned. Then make a map of all the tracks and sectors on a piece of graph paper. As you trace the files remaining in the directory AFTER the validate, cross off each track and sector occuppied by the remaining files. After that is done you will have a "map" of remaining blocks. By figuring out where your first file started on a blank disk you might be able to trace it down by finding the beginning block and following all the sector/track links. Once you do that you can write the directory again to point to the beginning of the file and to change the needed bytes in the bam. A lot of work but you can restore by hand most if not all out your disk. I did this on a 1581 which although 5x larger than a 1541 is actually easier because files are layed out in sequential order on tracks so the beginning and ending of files are much easier to find (vs something saved on a 6 or 10 interleaved disk). Time estimate: 2-3 hours to save the disk. ------------ Category 1, Topic 6 Message 57 Wed Dec 04, 1991 VOYAGER-1 [Gary] at 08:20 EST The previous replies basically covered the tedious process of trying to recover your disk, so there isn't alot more to add. The one thing that I would like to add though,is that the best utilities I have ever used for such work are part of the Maverick package. These are better than the average sector editor you are likely to download. Also, I want to restress the importance of making a duplicate of the damaged disk first and then only working on that backup copy. ------------ Category 1, Topic 6 Message 58 Sun Dec 08, 1991 L.WIILSON [C128R] at 07:51 PST In addition, there is a program on Maverick that will do this all for you automatically. It has save me more than once, particularly with my hard drive. Most definatly make a nibbled back up of the disk, then run the recover program from Maverick. When it is finished you will have a disk with all files named file1, file2, file 2 etc. You can then go back and figure out which files are which. Keep in mind that ALL files will be recovered, so those that you scratched will be recovered too. Best of luck, and the Maverick utilities are well worth the purchase cost. Available from Software Support International, 1-800-356-1179 ------------ Category 1, Topic 6 Message 59 Sat Jan 04, 1992 D.GILMAN2 at 16:53 PST help,help. I'm using a C64 with Wizard, and I'm having trouble downloading stuff. I don't seem to be able to capture on my printer (maybe wrong procedure), and spose I found something on GROLIERS that I wanted to download to disk. I haven't found a way to do that either. Also, too, when I download a message, I get a jumble of symbols that can only be corrected with (c=(shift)). help,help. Incidentally, I would like to encourage all to register over in PROFILES. A quick way for people with like interests to find each other. Mad Banger ------------ Category 1, Topic 6 Message 60 Sat Jan 04, 1992 M.DULSKI1 [Mark] at 22:03 CST Wizard has a Support Bulletin Board here on GEnie that you should be able to find your answer. You can find it by typing m625;11 at any GEnie prompt. The Wizard Support BB is also part of GEnie*Basic!! See you there? Mark ------------ Category 1, Topic 6 Message 61 Sun Jan 05, 1992 D.GILMAN2 at 03:25 PST Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Mad Banger ------------ Category 1, Topic 6 Message 62 Sat Feb 15, 1992 PAUL-MB at 15:08 CST Like the topic header says, "HELP ME!" :) I've downloaded CS-DOS, both parts, but can't get any ARC commands going. I did install ARC128 in my RAMdisk, but to no avail; I consistently get file not found errors. I do have a RAMDrive installed, acting as drive g:. Should I unplug the RD for CS-DOS? Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks! ...Paul @ Micro-Bytes Publishing ------------ Category 1, Topic 6 Message 63 Sat Feb 15, 1992 M.DULSKI1 [Mark @WIZARD] at 20:43 CST Paul, You should be able to find your answer in CAT 3 TOP 18 the CS-DOS topic ;) quick tip: when giving a arc command, start it with the same name the arc program has on disk (floppy or ram). ARC128 (command) ^^^^^^ Mark ------------ Category 1, Topic 6 Message 64 Sun Feb 16, 1992 PAUL-MB at 05:56 CST Thanks, Mark, I'll check it out. :) ...Paul @ Micro-Bytes Publishing ------------ Category 1, Topic 6 Message 65 Thu Feb 20, 1992 C.GIBSON5 at 22:38 PST HELP!!!!! Help I just purchased an Epson Action Printer 5000 (LQ-570) it is a 24 pin printer. Using Print Shop it will always print elongated taking up about 2 1/2 inchs of the next sheet of paper. I have an old flat C128 going through a XETEC Super Graphics Gold interface to the Epson I've tried all the different mode settings and darn near all the printer choices including the Epson LQ setting on the interface but it seems to be more stubborn then me. I've tried setting the printer to 8 lines per inch before loading up Print Shop which also made no difference (I didn't think it would). Can anyone offer some help?!?! My word processor works ju fine. HELP, HELP, HELP, HELP!!!!!!!!!!!! ------------ Category 1, Topic 6 Message 66 Fri Feb 21, 1992 C128.JBEE [* Sysop *] at 02:11 EST The curse of using a 24 pin printer with 9 pin software! What is happening is PrintShop is sending codes to the printer that tell it to use 9 pin mode mode vs. 24 pin mode. It is also sending graphics to the printer as 9 pin graphics. The reason it is being elongated is the 24 pin printer is printing at a low density where three of it's pins are striking the paper (vertically) for every dot a 9 pin dot matrix would. Because the 24 pin printer has a taller head vertically it makes a taller line every pass. So everything is elongated in 9 pin mode. You have two options 1)use different software 2)write a patch, find a patch, or call Broderbund to see if they have a patch (not likely) ------------ Category 1, Topic 6 Message 67 Sat Feb 22, 1992 C.GIBSON5 at 23:56 PST thanks thanks thanks for the info regarding the 24 pin printer and Print Shop S ------------ Category 1, Topic 6 Message 68 Tue Feb 25, 1992 C128.JBEE [* Sysop *] at 10:45 EST You're welcome :) ------------ Category 1, Topic 6 Message 69 Mon Mar 09, 1992 G.HOYLE at 20:43 EST I'm trying to upload an attached file to someone who uses an IBM machine. I wrote a lengthy paper on GEOS, then converted it to PETASCII with 'WRONG IS WRITE'. To set the maximum line length (since GeoWrite is a WYSIWYG word pro- cessor) I used OMEGA to translate it to ASCII. I chopped the file into several pieces with '64/128 SEQ SLICE' and uploaded the programs as attached files in the mailroom. The documents arrived with 0 content! This is the second time I have tried this; the first time I uploaded it as one big document, and the last half was garbled. Is there a foolproof way to translate something form GeoWrite to an ASCII sequential file and upload it? Frustrated! ------------ Category 1, Topic 6 Message 70 Tue Mar 10, 1992 R.KNOP1 [Rob Knop] at 02:28 EST It sounds like all of the steps you are taking are reasonable ones. The only advice I can give is, look at the file after each step to make sure that it made it through the previous step OK. I apply a similar principle when I am shipping files to other computers via. the Big Blue Reader. Typically, it is a 5-10 minute unicycle ride to the destination computer, and while that isn't far, it is a pain if I get there, my files are corrupted, I have to come back, etc.... So, once I copy the file to an IBM disk, I copy it back to a C= disk under a different name, and look at it to make sure it made the transfer to IBM disk OK. Apply similar principles to what you are doing, to figure out just which step is giving you trouble. The only other suggestion I could give would be to try archiving the files. the lhz format of CS-DOS is (I believe) standard, and can be dissolved by utilities on MS-DOS machines. (But I haven't tried that, so I don't know.) Good luck! -Rob ------------ Category 1, Topic 6 Message 71 Wed Mar 11, 1992 C128-BILL [Bill] at 00:34 EST This can be a very frustrating event, but you might want to try a few things: Take a smaller file (or a portion) of 'converted to ASCII' text and upload in regular mail, first. Enter the TO, CC, etc information then at the first prompt ( 1> ) type *UP. Ship the file (transfer) it without any protocol. Hit Control C, and then at the next prompt, type *L (for list). See if the text is OK. If it isn't, then you are possibly sending some non-printable characters that are being recognized by GEnie's QuickCom Mail. Also make sure that a hard CR is before position 79 on your line length. Send me a sample of your file using the UP command if you are still having a problem, and I'll have the Systems people take a gander. ------------ Category 1, Topic 6 Message 72 Wed Mar 11, 1992 C128.JBEE [* Sysop *] at 13:28 EST One hint in general for using files with GEnie: Do not use the slash or back slash in file names. ------------ Category 1, Topic 6 Message 73 Fri Mar 13, 1992 G.HOYLE at 20:16 EST Thanks for the hep. I still don't think they're getting through, but it may be some problem on the other end. Thanks! ------------ Category 1, Topic 6 Message 74 Sun Mar 15, 1992 HOWIE-CBM at 10:30 EST Did I see someone mention unicycling? While toting along a bunch of floppies... Wish I could do that... :) Howie ------------ Category 1, Topic 6 Message 75 Mon Mar 16, 1992 C128.JBEE [* Sysop *] at 18:11 EST Would you happen to be using gateWay? When using Wrong is Write convert to straight ASCII directly and avoid a second step. The reason I am asking about gateWay is using gateWay, Wrong is Write, and Ramlink produces blank documents or documents with blank pages. I didn't really remember this until I reread your email last night. If this is the setup you are using try converting the files from a floppy drive. ------------ Category 1, Topic 6 Message 76 Sat Mar 21, 1992 J.ROBERTSO34 [jeff] at 12:29 EST ------------ Category 1, Topic 6 Message 77 Thu Apr 23, 1992 MIKE.DUNCAN [ Mikey ] at 20:09 EDT Bill, Recently, some fellas I know were grumblin' about having to use PC-Mail on Quick-Comm, to exchange messages with their main office. Do you know if PC-Mail is a *MUST* with Quick-Comm? They didn't seem to like using PC-Mail. - Mikey ------------ Category 1, Topic 6 Message 78 Sat Jul 11, 1992 M.MCCORMIC10 [Mike Mc-] at 06:30 EDT I could use help fixing an error message in a program.What Cat. & Topic should I post the question? Mike Mc- ------------ Category 1, Topic 6 Message 79 Sat Jul 11, 1992 C128.JBEE [* Sysop *] at 17:04 EDT Category #3 or if it is very specific Category #21 (Programmer's den). ------------ Category 1, Topic 6 Message 80 Sat Jul 25, 1992 J.HERNDON1 [Patriot] at 00:28 EDT Hi All, And help please, Is there anyone here that is a Q-Link member? I am looking for a program called 'DISP/LACE'. It is suppose to take a 640 x 600 pixel serial interlaced .GIF and put it on the 80 col screen of a C-128 that has the 64K VDC RAM capability. I have installed the 64K VDC RAM chips in my (ex-) flat C-128 and would like to view some of the many MS-DOS .GIF's that are out there. I have heard that the program may be on Q-Link and so I was wondering if there may be a Q-Link member here that would be so kind as to check for the 'DISP/LACE' program. Thanks in advance. :) <<<<<< Patriot >>>>>> ------------ Category 1, Topic 6 Message 81 Sat Jul 25, 1992 YLR.ROSE [Flag*Staff] at 07:46 EDT Patriot.. I am still on Q.. although for only a couple more months.. will check it out for you and report back.. :> HUGS ------------ Category 1, Topic 6 Message 82 Sun Jul 26, 1992 J.HERNDON1 [Patriot] at 22:42 EDT Hugs Thanks, would appreciate any assistance. In case it may help, the fella that told me about the DISP/LACE program got his information from the latest (August, 1992) Compute magazine. The way I understand it there is an adendum in the magazine for the commodore subscribers (Compute Gazette). This article also mentioned several national BB systems that carry this SHAREWARE program of which Q-link was one. It sounds like a neat prgm and I would like to see it here on the Flagship. :) Patriot ------------ Category 1, Topic 6 Message 83 Mon Jul 27, 1992 M.DULSKI1 [Mark @WIZARD] at 22:31 EDT That *does* sound like a neat program, I'ld like to see it here too! ------------ Category 1, Topic 6 Message 84 Sat Aug 22, 1992 H.PRECIADO at 13:29 EDT I have a commodore Plus4 and want to xfer files to IBM compatible. I tried using xmodem in the mail section of Genie but my files xferred without capital letters Is there an easier way to do this. Is there a way to do this at all? Hep me Hep me. ------------ Category 1, Topic 6 Message 85 Sat Aug 22, 1992 C128.JBEE [* Sysop *] at 20:46 EDT Convert your PetAscii text files to straight ASCII before sending them in over the modem. ------------ Category 1, Topic 6 Message 86 Sun Aug 23, 1992 H.PRECIADO at 03:55 EDT Can you point me in the direction of some utility that converts PetAscii text to straight ASCII thank you *s ------------ Category 1, Topic 6 Message 87 Mon Aug 24, 1992 CBM-ED [e.g.bell] at 07:34 EDT You should try doing a keyword search in the library. I just did on the word 'ascii'. Came up with quite a list, including: 3783 ASCII CONVERT128 Desc: Convert Files to Pet or ASCII 3784 ASCII CONVERT64 Desc: Convert Files to Pet or ASCII 3271 ASCII/PETSCII CONVERTER Desc: SEQ file utility by Dennis Larson. 6129 CBM-IBM.EXE Desc: Petascii <--> Ascii converter, 5382 CONVERT Desc: Fast ASCII to PETASCII converter 532 PET ASCII TO REAL ASCII Desc: Converts PETSCII to REAL ASCII 3655 TRANSLATOR 1.2 Desc: PETSCII <---> ASCII file converter. 9917 ZED-128V075.SFX Desc: 80 column text editor for C=128 To do your own search, exit the BB and you will be at page 65. Just select option 3 for the libraries, then 3 for the search, and enter whatever keyword you want to search on. Make sure you open your capture buffer of your term first. BTW, if you want a recommendation from the list above, get #9917, which will serve you very well and do a lot more besides. ------------ Category 1, Topic 6 Message 88 Mon Aug 24, 1992 C128.JBEE [* Sysop *] at 19:42 EDT Are you using just a Plus 4? Or do you have access to a C64 or C-128? ------------ Category 1, Topic 6 Message 89 Mon Aug 24, 1992 R.KNOP1 [Rob Knop] at 22:36 EDT If you can find a C64 or C128 BASIC program that does the Petscii-Ascii conversion, you could probably adapt it for use with the Plus/4 with little trouble. There is also the option of doing the translation on the PC; I would imagine that generic "convert" utilities are not to hard to find, which let you specify the table of byte conversions to do. -Rob ------------