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- Topic 1 Mon May 22, 1995
- C128.JBEE at 19:10 EDT
- Sub: Performance Peripherals, Inc.
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- Performance Peripherals, Inc.
- Support Area.
- 2 message(s) total.
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- Category 14, Topic 1
- Message 1 Tue May 23, 1995
- C128.JBEE at 01:35 EDT
-
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- Performance Peripherals, Inc.
- 5 Upper Loudon Road, Loudonville, NY, 12211
- U.S.A.
- ------------
- Category 14, Topic 1
- Message 2 Thu Mar 14, 1996
- CINDY.S at 21:04 EST
-
- Phone numbers are 1-800-327-9932 (order only) 1-518-436-0485 tech help Or e-
- mail fiset@global1.net
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- Topic 2 Mon May 22, 1995
- C128.JBEE at 19:11 EDT
- Sub: BBU
-
- BBU
- Battery Back Up for REUs.
- 1 message(s) total.
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- Category 14, Topic 2
- Message 1 Mon May 22, 1995
- C128.JBEE at 19:16 EDT
-
- BBU
- Battery Back Up for REUs.
-
- The BBU is a battery backup unit for 17xx series RAM expansion units, 1750
- CLONE and GEORAM 512K. The BBU provides all power to the REU and therefore
- there is NO need for a heavy duty power supply for the computer. The
- batteries (not included) allow the BBU to continue to back up the REU when
- power to the wall mount supply is lost. A red BATTERY LOW indicator lights
- up when the voltage of the batteries drops from a fresh voltage of 6.0
- volts to a used voltage of approximately 5.1 volts. If power to the wall
- mount power supply is never lost then the batteries will never be used by
- the BBU. When you feel an urge to see if your REU is being accessed then
- take a look at the green ACTIVITY indicator included.
-
- The BBU is quite compact. It measures 2.5 inches wide by 4.5 inches long
- by 1 inch tall. The REU fits vertically into the BBU. This adds some height
- to the computer but it shortens the depth on REU would normally take up on
- a desk.
-
- Complete documentation for setup and use is included in the manual. And
- software for rebooting GEOS and 128 GEOS is included. The BBU works with
- many programs that allow reuse of data stored in and REU. RAMDOS and
- (RAMDOS II) work very well with the BBU. The RAMDOS programs allow the use
- of the REU as a disk drive. There are many applications for the BBU and you
- have to try it to believe it. A Wall mount power supply, battery holder,
- manual and a utilities disk are included.
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- Topic 3 Mon May 22, 1995
- C128.JBEE at 19:18 EDT
- Sub: BBGRam
-
- BBGRam Battery Backed GEOS compatible RAM expansion unit.
- 1 message(s) total.
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- Category 14, Topic 3
- Message 1 Mon May 22, 1995
- C128.JBEE at 19:20 EDT
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- BBGRam
- Battery Backed GEOS compatible RAM expansion unit.
-
- This battery backed non-volatile RAM expander is similar to the volatile
- GEORAM 512K from Berkeley Softworks. It is the RAM expander of choice for
- GEOS users.
-
- For GEOS users, the BBGRam is all the RAM expander that the user needs. The
- BBGRam has battery backup built in and comes in sizes of 512K, 1M and 2M.
-
- Compared to a floppy drive BBGRam wins on all counts. lower cost, much
- faster, no moving parts to break or wear out, smaller, and less power
- consumption. The 2M version stores the equivalent of ten 1541 disk drives.
- Additional features include a red BATTERY LOW indicator, and a green
- ACTIVITY indicator. Wall mount power supply, 4 D-cell battery holder,
- manual and utilities disk included.
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- Topic 4 Mon May 22, 1995
- C128.JBEE at 19:21 EDT
- Sub: BBRTC
-
- BBRTC
- Battery Backed Real Time Clock.
- 1 message(s) total.
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- Category 14, Topic 4
- Message 1 Mon May 22, 1995
- C128.JBEE at 19:23 EDT
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- BBRTC
- Battery Backed Real Time Clock.
-
- This tiny module, plugs into the unused CONTROL PORT. The time and date is
- read out of the BBRTC automatically upon booting or rebooting GEOS.
- Additional software utilities are provided which allow the display of time
- and date from the BASIC command prompt. BASIC programs for controlling the
- BBRTC are included. A utilities disk and a user's manual are included.
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- Topic 5 Tue May 23, 1995
- C128.JBEE at 01:20 EDT
- Sub: RAMDrive
-
- RAMDrive
- High Speed General Purpose Disk Drive Emulator
- 5 message(s) total.
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- Category 14, Topic 5
- Message 1 Tue May 23, 1995
- C128.JBEE at 01:25 EDT
-
- RAMDrive
- High Speed General Purpose Disk Drive Emulator
-
- The Performance Peripherals' RAMDrive was developed together with the
- Creative Micro Designs' RAMLink. RAMLink and RAMDrive are very similar, and
- reach the same speed performance and level of compatibility with
- application software.
-
- RAMDrive is effectively a disk drive substitute. To software, RAMDrive
- looks and acts as if it were a disk drive; with one exception - it is very
- very fast. RAMDrive is also much faster than a hard drive and has no moving
- parts to wear out..
-
- RAMDrive does work in combination with 17xx series REU on an expansion
- board. RAMDrive works with GEOS in addition to regular Commodore DOS
- programs. RAMDrive is very portable and has built in rechargeable batteries.
- The batteries last up to 2 weeks on a full charge and are recharged
- continuously from the power supply and built in recharge circuit. The
- RAMDrive manual is very precise and is an excellent reference for the
- extensive and complete features the RAMDrive offers. The RAMDrive provides
- auto-boot program execution on power up for both the C64 and the C128. The
- RAMDrive is an extremely powerful and flexible product. Additional hardware
- features of the RAMDrive include ENABLE/DISABLE switch, (drive) SWAP8,
- SWAP9, RESET switch, and BBG (battery backed good) indicator, ACTIVITY
- indicator, and ERROR indicator. User manual and utilities disk included.
-
- Please note that for users interested in speeding up GEOS only, then the
- BBGRam is a more cost effective solution than the RAMDrive.
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- Category 14, Topic 5
- Message 2 Mon Aug 07, 1995
- CINDY.S at 00:16 EDT
-
- Yes that is all so true. I picked up a used unit and it worked tte THe
- rechargaBle Battery seems to not Be holding a charge. ie. when the power goes
- down I lose the memory. The AC a adaptor appears to Be hotter than Before
- also? Can these items Be replaced By a simpleton user like me? the AC supply
- and NICAD Battery? It is still a good REU But I have to reformat it each time
- I use it.
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- Category 14, Topic 5
- Message 3 Tue Aug 08, 1995
- K.SCHENK at 00:21 EDT
-
- I have a RAMdrive also, purchased through CMD a year or two ago and probably
- (next to JiffyDos) the best bang for the buck I've found in the realm of
- commodorianism. I would like to know if any of the PPI devices will function
- with an SX-64? This model is quirky about cartridge devices and the Ramdrive
- is the only unit I have found that will even partially operate in it. The CBM
- 1750 REU won't, the SSI 1750 clone won't either... Maybe I'm just stuck with
- the one puny 1541 that's built into the SX-64, for portable stuff.. EEeecchhh!
- I makes a great Amateur Radio field-excercise contact logger tho. Thanks for
- any info you can give me! CUL
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- Category 14, Topic 5
- Message 4 Sun Aug 13, 1995
- C128.JBEE at 14:52 EDT
-
- CINDY.S,
- The one I took apart had the NICAD soldered to the PC board. This
- is not as easy to take apart as RamLink. With everything jammed in
- there the chance of messing something up is much greater than if you opened
- up your RamLink. There are so many components crammed in there, probably
- at least sixty, that the extra heat could be caused by anything. If I were
- you, I would return it to PPI for repairs. As for the AC adapter and
- availability, I will leave that question to Peter.
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- Category 14, Topic 5
- Message 5 Sun Aug 27, 1995
- CINDY.S at 08:42 EDT
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- Thanks I guess I will pack up the RAMdrive and mail it off. t I have one of
- PPIs Battery Backed powersupplies. I wonder i I could Just use that to plug
- in the RamDrive for power and Battery Backup? since I Bought a Ramlink I am
- not using it anymore.
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- Topic 6 Tue May 23, 1995
- C128.JBEE at 01:26 EDT
- Sub: FLASH8
-
- 8 Megahertz Accelerator Card for C64
- 1 message(s) total.
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- Category 14, Topic 6
- Message 1 Tue May 23, 1995
- C128.JBEE at 01:27 EDT
-
- FLASH8
- 8 Megahertz Accelerator Card for C64
-
- 8 MHz accelerator imported from Germany. Works on a C64 only, not with
- a C128.
-
- Compatible with GEOS, and BASIC programs. GEOS at 8 MHz it truly amazing.
-
- Another highly successful application for the FLASH8 is BBS systems.
- Manual and utilities disk included.
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- Topic 7 Tue May 23, 1995
- C128.JBEE at 01:27 EDT
- Sub: 64NET (beta version)
-
- 64NET (beta version)
- 6 message(s) total.
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- Category 14, Topic 7
- Message 1 Tue May 23, 1995
- C128.JBEE at 01:30 EDT
-
- 64NET (beta version)
-
- 64NET authored by Paul Gardner-Stephens of Australia, allows the C64 to
- use the resources of an IBM-PC. A parallel cable from the C64 user port to
- the PC printer port connects the two systems. Up to four C64s can share a
- common PC and the PC's hard drives, CD-ROMs and other resources. Sample
- program files are included. This software is in beta testing; which means
- that the user may find bugs and undocumented operations. The beta version
- is recommended for advanced computer users only. When 64NET is released as
- a commercial package the version will be 2.xx. So if this is interesting to
- you, write to us so we can send you information when 64NET 2.0 is available.
-
- Various system configurations are available from PPI for this shareware
- product. A shareware demo version is available which is limited to read
- only from the PC. Cables, shareware and key-files are available. The key
- file allows use of all the features of 64NET.
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- Category 14, Topic 7
- Message 2 Mon Aug 07, 1995
- CINDY.S at 21:44 EDT
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- e in I would Be interested in when this product comes out! Is there any plan
- to allow more than 4 computers to use the net?
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- Category 14, Topic 7
- Message 3 Thu Aug 10, 1995
- D.TUOMI [Doctor] at 22:43 EDT
-
- I read a post recently on Usenet concerning this product. The author said
- that the next version of the product will be able to use any port as a 64Net
- connection point. Meaning that you can use a user port to parallel port to
- connect to a PC, or a Swiftlink to nullmodemed serial port on a PC. There is
- even discussion of a dedicated LAN type cart. So, I'd say that there will be
- ways of connected more than one 64 to the same server in the future. But,
- even now a lot of the problems can be solved by getting a good IBM 486 type
- fileserver with a LAN card, then buying up some surplus 286's and populating
- them with parallel ports and LAN cards. The parallel ports will go out to 4
- Commodores, so each 286 could handle the Commodoes, and all the 286'ss could
- fetch their data from the fileserver. A little inconvenient, but it would
- work until the next version is out. And from the Commodore point of view it
- would seem like your loading off a disk drive and not actually transfering
- data from a 486 to a 286 via LAN and from a 286 to a 64 by user/parallel
- connection.
-
- Doc.
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- Category 14, Topic 7
- Message 4 Tue Oct 17, 1995
- MC.PHOTO at 12:55 EDT
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- With the advent of the offer that I have to put my BBS on the internet, I
- suppose that I could use this to net some CBMs off of a 486 with a SLIPP or a
- PTP. Veeeerrrry interesting.
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- Category 14, Topic 7
- Message 5 Sat Oct 21, 1995
- D.TUOMI [Doctor] at 00:50 EDT
-
- That's the theory. But, I'm having trouble getting ahold of Fiset to order a
- copy of 64Net. I really would like to, but haven't been able to get a hold of
- him.
-
- Doc.
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- Category 14, Topic 7
- Message 6 Sat Mar 16, 1996
- D.PARSONS2 at 19:08 EST
-
- What is the latest status of 64net? When will it be available to all of us? We
- have several in the TVBUG users group in Boise Idaho who would like to try
- this program out. Is the BETA version still available to test?
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- Topic 8 Tue May 23, 1995
- C128.JBEE at 01:32 EDT
- Sub: geoCOM
-
- geoCOM
- A programming system for GEOS.
- 8 message(s) total.
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- Category 14, Topic 8
- Message 1 Tue May 23, 1995
- C128.JBEE at 01:33 EDT
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- geoCOM
- A programming system for GEOS.
-
- Imported from Germany. geoCOM is a full featured GEOS programming system.
- The many features of this system allow application creation similar to the
- ease with which BASIC programs are created. Please write for additional
- information. English manual and disk included.
-
- A demo is online in library #01.
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- Category 14, Topic 8
- Message 2 Fri May 26, 1995
- R.REEVES at 22:44 EDT
-
- Is geoCOM completely translated into English ? How bug free is geoCOM ? Is
- geoCOM more reliable than GeoBasic ? Can you create any type of GEOS program
- (Application, Desk Access, etc) ? Are the programs stand alone or do you need
- the geoCOM program to run ? I am interested in creating a program that will
- read in a non-GEOS data file and convert the data file into a GeoPaint data
- file. Can geoCOM read in a non-GEOS data file a byte at a time ? Can geoCOM
- create data files (geoWrite data file, GeoPaint data file text scraps (file
- type 7)) ? Thanks in advance :-)
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- Category 14, Topic 8
- Message 3 Wed May 31, 1995
- C128.JBEE at 11:44 EDT
-
- > Is geoCOM completely translated into English?
-
- Yes, though it still needs some fine tuning, though it is very readable.
-
- > How bug free is geoCOM ? Is geoCOM more reliable than GeoBasic ?
-
- It appears not to have any major bugs that I can detect but I need to
- play with it a lot more. One nice thing is you can create both 40
- AND 80 column versions of your programs.
-
- > Are the programs stand alone or do you need the geoCOM program to run ?
-
- The programs are compiled into ML and are regular stand alone GEOS
- applications.
-
- I will have to pass on the rest of your questions until I understand
- geoCom a little bit better. Peter and his support staff are still learning
- the GEnie ropes and will be posting here shortly themselves.
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- Category 14, Topic 8
- Message 4 Sun Aug 13, 1995
- J.ROBBINS16 [JBUS] at 04:32 EDT
-
- I have a copy from Germany from about a year ago. Can't find any bugs so far
- and it is an English version. It's easier to use than geoProgrammer, and uses
- geoWrite files for the source code just like geoProgrammer. It does have an
- easier to use debugger in it than geoDebugger. The only difference from basic
- is you have to use geos routine calls. Much much easier than geoBasic and none
- of the restrictions or bugs geoBasic has. Very nice program.
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- Category 14, Topic 8
- Message 5 Sun Aug 27, 1995
- CINDY.S at 08:44 EDT
-
- Does anyone know if any of the GEOS utilities in the liBrary were written with
- GEOCOM? I'd like to see a product produced By it. I'm thinking of Buying it :)
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- Category 14, Topic 8
- Message 6 Tue Sep 05, 1995
- C128.JBEE at 17:15 EDT
-
- I hope to have an on-line contest for programs written with it. I do
- not think any programs in the library have been written with it.
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- Category 14, Topic 8
- Message 7 Mon Sep 11, 1995
- J.FOWLER [Lone Wolf] at 21:38 EDT
-
- How much is the program and is it compatible with Gateway?
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- Category 14, Topic 8
- Message 8 Sat Jan 27, 1996
- J.ROBBINS16 [JBUS] at 10:04 EST
-
- The DEMO has about 4 or 5 working programs in it, including the source code
- for them. Although the source code isn't very helpful, as it is still written
- in Gernman. The Font display program is about the best of them.
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- Topic 9 Tue May 23, 1995
- C128.JBEE at 01:36 EDT
- Sub: S&H, Pricing, & Warranties
-
- S&H, Pricing, and Warranties
- 1 message(s) total.
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- Category 14, Topic 9
- Message 1 Tue May 23, 1995
- C128.JBEE at 01:38 EDT
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- LOW RISK TRIAL PERIOD
- A limited 30 day money back guarantee is available on the BBU, BBGRam,
- BBRTC, and RAMDrive. Products returned for a refund must be undamaged.
- Shipping and handling charges are not refundable. PPI reserves the right
- to charge a 15% restocking fee. Please call for additional details.
-
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- BBRTC $ 24.97
- BBU $ 61.97
- RAMDrive 1M CALL
- RAMDrive 2M CALL
- BBGRam 512K $ 92.97
- BBGRam 1M $ 123.97
- BBGRam 2M $ 165.97
- FLASH8 CALL
- 64NET beta key disk CALL
- 64NET Cable $ 19.00
- 64NET Shareware disks $ 5.00
- geoCOM CALL
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-
- SHIPPING and HANDLING: For 64NET Cable, FLASH8, RAMDrive, BBGRam and
- BBU, add: $6.00 for U.S., $10.00 for Canada, and $19.00 for other
- destinations. For BBRTC add: $3.00 for U.S., $5.00 for Canada, $10 other.
- Cash on delivery (COD) for U.S. only: add $5.00.
-
- All prices in U.S. funds only. Prices and terms subject to change without
- notice. Dealer pricing available.
-
- ORDERS only:800-EASYWEB (800-327-9932).
- Technical help Voice/FAX:518-436-0485.
- Internet E-Mail:<p.fiset@genie.geis.com>.
- TCCUG BBS:518-370-8632, handle: <periph>,
- TCCUG BBS:SUB4 is Performance Peripherals' area.
-
- Performance Peripherals, Inc.
- 5 Upper Loudon Road, Loudonville, NY, 12211
- U.S.A.
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