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rea 8 nor rea 13 nor rea 15 nor rea 17 nor rea 20 nor rea 22-24 nor rea 26-27 nor rea 29 nor rea 31 nor ************ Topic 8 Wed Dec 29, 1993 MRABOY (Forwarded) Sub: user port software to test c128 11 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 3, Topic 8 Message 1 Wed Dec 29, 1993 MRABOY (Forwarded) Is there a way to test the user port of a c128 to see if it is functioning properly and turning out the right power. I don't if this could be done with software or needs to be mechanically checked. Mike:) ------------ Category 3, Topic 8 Message 2 Wed Dec 29, 1993 L.SCHONDER [Lou] (Forwarded) Does your modem use the user port? ------------ Category 3, Topic 8 Message 3 Thu Dec 30, 1993 MRABOY (Forwarded) yes ------------ Category 3, Topic 8 Message 4 Sun Jan 02, 1994 L.SCHONDER [Lou] (Forwarded) I'd think that if your modem works OK MRABOY, then your user port is OK too. Are you having a problem with it (with another user port device), or are you just curious? ------------ Category 3, Topic 8 Message 5 Sun Jan 02, 1994 MRABOY (Forwarded) I am having a problem with running perfect print in parallel. I was having no problem until I switched from a 128d to a C128. The problem is either a weak user port or a bad parallel cable. The cable works with superbase and the user port works otherwise, so I am not sure. My 128d has another problem and it is being fixed. Mike :) ------------ Category 3, Topic 8 Message 6 Sun Jan 02, 1994 C128.JBEE (Forwarded) If the problem only occurs when using Perfect Print on the flat C-128, I would hazard a guess that: 1) the 6526 chip is bad at the User Port or 2) nothing is wrong except the timing/signal on the flat C-128 is off enough to mess up a high speed serial transfer. If it is #2, just grin and bear it :) ------------ Category 3, Topic 8 Message 7 Fri Jan 14, 1994 MRABOY (Forwarded) I have been using adata transfer switch to connect both my serial interface and my parallel cable to my printer. When i bypassed this and connected my parallel cable directly to my printer everything works ok. I conclude that there is something wrong with my sitch box or the cable from the box to the printer. Any ideas which one aassume that these are generic devices? Mike :) ------------ Category 3, Topic 8 Message 8 Sat Jan 15, 1994 MRABOY (Forwarded) Strange, I tried a new switch box and cable and I still had the problem. If I bypass a switch box and go directly to the printer Perfect print works fine. Why should placing a switch box make a difference. It didn't with a c64 and a 128D. When I switched to a flat c128 I had the problem. It's not a major problem, but I wish I could understand it. Mike :) ------------ Category 3, Topic 8 Message 9 Sat Jan 15, 1994 CMD-DOUG (Forwarded) Possible that the 128 you're using simply has weaker serial bus signals, and the additional connection of the switchbox is enough to skew those signals and create problems for some software. ------------ Category 3, Topic 8 Message 10 Mon Jan 17, 1994 L.SCHONDER [Lou] (Forwarded) I had simular problems with a switch box. I finnally bought an automatic switch box. So far, so good! ------------ Category 3, Topic 8 Message 11 Wed Jan 19, 1994 MRABOY (Forwarded) what is an automatic switch box? Who makes it? How much does it cost? Thanks Mike :) ------------ 3 ************ Topic 13 Sun Jun 05, 1994 W.WILEY2 [COYOTE] (Forwarded) Sub: Wizard128 'make wizboot'-problem Have any had problem saving changes made with this program? I get an error in line 28- list shows a poke 8222, but no comma, and no #, no further lines. Not a programmer, kind of lost- went back to old ways. 3 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 3, Topic 13 Message 1 Tue Jun 07, 1994 CBM-MARK (Forwarded) When you run MAKE.WIZBOOT.128 the program never executes line #28. Or, are you talking about the resulting WIZBOOT.128 program it writes to disk? It'S possible you have a bad download of MAKE.WIZBOOT.128. I just checked and the file here is just fine. When I ran it, it notifies you it is NOT part of the Wizard package and then goes on to ask you about your setup. VDC ram, baud rate, printer device, printer secondary address, and such. Then writes a new copy of WIZBOOT.128 to disk. My line 28 was intact: 28 poke8222,7 :rem printer 2nd addr Just a thought... Since MAKE.WIZBOOT.128 is VERY sensitive to where in memory the program lies issue a GRAPHIC CLR command before running it to make sure the graphic area isn't allocated. Otherwise my guess would have to be a bad download. Mark ------------ Category 3, Topic 13 Message 2 Wed Jun 08, 1994 W.WILEY2 [COYOTE] (Forwarded) I'll try out both possible solutions...Thanks for checking it out,Mark. ------------ Category 3, Topic 13 Message 3 Sun Jun 12, 1994 CBM-MARK (Forwarded) You're welcome! ;) Let me know how you make out. Mark ------------ 3 ************ Topic 15 Thu Jun 02, 1994 W.WILEY2 [COYOTE] (Forwarded) Sub: want to restore 'Baron' disk-damaged:< I need to get a repair to my original disk, it was damaged before I bought it used. It sat around for months before loading...and front side is hist- ory. I can digitize an image of my original disk, manual, and folder, 3 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 3, Topic 15 Message 1 Thu Jun 02, 1994 W.WILEY2 [COYOTE] (Forwarded) help me fix it! I've tried directory repair already, but disk seems to be written over. If I can get disk restored, I'd sure like it! Thanks everyone :0 ------------ Category 3, Topic 15 Message 2 Tue Jun 07, 1994 C128.JBEE (Forwarded) > W.WILEY2 > written over. If I can get disk restored, I'd sure like it! Thanks everyone Did you ever get this done? ------------ Category 3, Topic 15 Message 3 Wed Jun 08, 1994 W.WILEY2 [COYOTE] (Forwarded) No. I havent been able to repair the disk, it was written over. I recall getting my phone line mangled while I was composing my last message online. OOPS! Never finished writing it...This 'Baron' game is by "Blue Chip Soft - ware." A real estate simulation. Can anyone help, Jbee? I can furnish proof I have original disk... Thanks all... Will :) ------------ 3 ************ Topic 17 Fri May 27, 1994 R.GUYTON1 [ROBERTG101] (Forwarded) Sub: Amiga.to.Ipaint notes, tips, sources for amiga graphics 2 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 3, Topic 17 Message 1 Fri May 27, 1994 R.GUYTON1 [ROBERTG101] (Forwarded) Via telecom, what are the sources for amiga IFF format graphics files. I searched here on genie, but what i find are compressed amiga format files which I have no decompression for. Anyone have any experience with this? ------------ Category 3, Topic 17 Message 2 Tue Jun 07, 1994 C128.JBEE (Forwarded) > R.GUYTON1 > Via telecom, what are the sources for amiga IFF format graphics files. The Amiga RT on page 555. To really make use of IFF files you will probably need an Amiga to convert the files to dithered B&W (psuedo grayscales) images and then uncompress that image to a regular bitmap. ------------ 3 ************ Topic 20 Sun May 22, 1994 J.BARBER9 [Dan Barber] (Forwarded) Sub: An ARC question I was wondering, can ARC damage my files? I am useing 2.5. Is there problems That I should be aware of? I would mainly be useing it with GEOS (after useing convert). Thanks in advance. :) Dan 1 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 3, Topic 20 Message 1 Sun May 22, 1994 CBM-ED [e.g.bell] (Forwarded) Dan: DB> can ARC damage my files? I am useing 2.5. Is there problems DB> That I should be aware of I'm sure you may get some conflicting information on this, but I'm going with experience, and there was, many years ago, a thread somewhere around here to this effect that I was a part of.... I personally don't trust ARC 2.5. When I have to use a C64 version, and there are occasions when I do, I prefer 2.03. Version 2.05 has given me problems... it frequently grunges an archive. Not the originals tho, mind you.... just the archives it creates. The thread never pursued this very deeply, but did generate other similar experiences. There are those who swear by it. Everyone can make their own decisions on this. There were also those who swore by the 1541, that there was no save@ bug... and by the 1581... that it is the most reliable drive CBM ever made.. that there were no bugs in it. I know better from experience on both. My recommendation is to use 2.03. C128 users may or may not note that even CS-DOS, I believe, used arc 2.41 and not 2.05. I'm not basing my opinion on this... just personal experience. The experiences I had were when I was writing PCG Term and uploading it here for others. I had to redo several of them. This is my feeling on ARC 2.05. I've always found 2.03 very solid. ------------ 3 ************ Topic 22 Tue Apr 26, 1994 F.WILSON4 (Forwarded) Sub: DisKat V3.1 SDA Just want to let folks know of an outstanding Catalogging program DisKat V3.1 file # 5859 1 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 3, Topic 22 Message 1 Tue Apr 26, 1994 F.WILSON4 (Forwarded) I down loaded this program a while ago and kept putting off using it. well I dug it out and started to play with it. I think it is an outstanding program. This program is put together very well. It has alot of easy to use applications. One of the many features this program has is a built-in screen saver. I stumbled on this by accident. The phone rang so I went to answer it, when I returned I thought my computer was messed up. after further searching I discovered that the time setting for the screen saver could be changed. As normal I didn't print the self contained Doc's I just jumped in feet first to see what it was like. Now I have the Doc's they are very short but informitive. This program runs in 128, 80col. mode. I am using a 1581 with it. It works real nice check it out. ------------ ************ Topic 23 Sun Oct 24, 1993 W.WILEY2 (Forwarded) Sub: Disk Catalog Manager/Reporter (D.C.M.R. Changed printers and need to print out my files. But dont know which codes to send my printer to use 6 column print feature. I use a Pan. kxp 1091i in epson emulation. Any help? 3 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 3, Topic 23 Message 1 Sat Oct 30, 1993 C128.JBEE (Forwarded) I believe your question was answered in another topic, but did you get the codes working okay? ------------ Category 3, Topic 23 Message 2 Sat Mar 19, 1994 N.PHI [Toto] at 13:15 EST Okay, I've got a question! DCMR is the best 64 OR 128 disk cataloger I have ever used. Unfortunately, there are obvious memory limitations that get in the way - not so much the total file capacity, but more like the space allocated for reading filenames from disk. I think the absolute limit for this function is 145 files, just beyond the ceiling for 1541 directories. This may have been fine for when DCMR was just created, but in this era of 1581's, RAMLinks and hard drives, this is NOT ENOUGH! Does anybody have any suggestions? (i.e. fixes, mods, new versions, 128 versions!) ------------ Category 3, Topic 23 Message 3 Sun Jun 05, 1994 W.WILEY2 [COYOTE] at 02:17 EDT I wanted to stop and say thanks for the help--- I was mailed the list of escape codes for my printer by a chum here just a day or two from when I made my request. It was much appreciated! Thanks :) ------------ ************ Topic 24 Mon Apr 11, 1994 C.EFTHIMIOU [brat] (Forwarded) Sub: cpm on the 128 I'm interesed in finding out if commodore ever upgraded the bios to alow the use of the 1581 disk drive. Also any input on using the cpm in the 128 would be of great help. 2 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 3, Topic 24 Message 1 Wed Apr 13, 1994 M.COCHRANE2 [Mr.Mikey] (Forwarded) Hiya. Yes, the latest (and last) version of CP/M, dated May 1987, supports the 1581. For more info, check out the CPM RT. If you can't get the latest version of CP/M anywhere, there are two other options you have. There is a patch program you can download from here, or an enhancement called ZPM or ZCPR is available (uploaded by R.KNOP1, I think) Mike :) ------------ Category 3, Topic 24 Message 2 Fri Apr 15, 1994 C.EFTHIMIOU [brat] (Forwarded) Thanks will do that asap ------------ 3 ************ Topic 26 Sat Apr 02, 1994 P.VACULIN [Prof. Filch] (Forwarded) Sub: MS DOS UNZIP Is there a new version that will unzip the NEW 2.10 version of PKZIP? 4 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 3, Topic 26 Message 1 Sat Apr 02, 1994 P.VACULIN [Prof. Filch] (Forwarded) I have a bit of a problem. I know that all of you can help...of course! The problem is that I have the versions of UNZIP 64 that will unzip the older versions of the MS DOS zip programs. Recently though newer versions have come out that make my unzip utility useless. Does anyone have a new version for the C64? If so can you upload it? What are you doing when you want to get a great text file and you can't unzip it? <<<<< Prof. Filch >>>>> ------------ Category 3, Topic 26 Message 2 Sat Apr 02, 1994 CMD-DOUG (Forwarded) Currently, there are no C64/128 unZIP utilities to handle the new (v2.10) ZIP archives. However, I have it on good authority that updates are in the works. ------------ Category 3, Topic 26 Message 3 Sat May 14, 1994 K.DAVE (Forwarded) CMD-DOUG: You wouldn't have any idea when this unZIPper is going to be a ailable would you? ------------ Category 3, Topic 26 Message 4 Sun May 15, 1994 CMD-DOUG (Forwarded) No, I haven't heard any date mentioned on the 2.10 compatible version of UNZIP as yet. ------------ ************ Topic 27 Sat Sep 04, 1993 MRABOY at 08:27 EDT Sub: superbase and geocable user port,parallel cables and software 23 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 3, Topic 27 Message 1 Sat Sep 04, 1993 MRABOY at 08:31 EDT I have G.H. Wells geocable that I have been using with perfect print and Geos. The question is can this cable be used with Superbase 128 Vs. 3.01, so that I can print from the user port without switching back to my serial interface. If this is possible how do I do it? :) Mike Raboy ------------ Category 3, Topic 27 Message 2 Sat Sep 04, 1993 CMD-DOUG at 09:08 EDT Superbase does support that type of cable for printing. I don't recall the setup exactly, and don't have my manual here, but it is definately dable and I believe covered in the manual. If no-one else posts an answer on the setup, I'll do so after I get back into the office where I have my manuals for Superbase. ------------ Category 3, Topic 27 Message 3 Sun Sep 05, 1993 B.GANN1 at 22:56 EDT Well, I do not have that cable or GEOS... but you should check Appendix D It has the printer info in it. Brenda ------------ Category 3, Topic 27 Message 4 Sun Sep 05, 1993 C128.JBEE at 23:30 EDT First go to the maintain option (F6), then select other disk commands (F8) and then send this command to rename your "start.p" file so you have it for a backup -> r:start-old.p=start.p then exit back to the command line. Get the command line and type load"start-old" then type PROG then cursor down to the end of the program listings and look for these words "pdef" "pdev" then make make "pdev 0" and "pdef 2" (I believe it will work with or without the space between the keyword and number parameter). then enter each line by hitting the return key. Once the numbers have been changed, cursor to the end of the program listing and once on a clear line type save"start" then exit out (CONTROL Q) and QUIT Superbase. Then start Superbase up after resetting the computer with the reset switch while you have your printer on. I have never used a printer with Superbase from the User Port but this should work. ------------ Category 3, Topic 27 Message 5 Mon Sep 06, 1993 MRABOY at 11:36 EDT Jbee's suggestion works. Thanks for your help. I thought that printing in parallel might be faster, but I don't know that it is. It least it saves me from switching when I leave Geos. It seems like no matter how much I spent over the years I still seem to always be switching from one device to another. Maybe that's why I stay with Commodore: always something new to figure out. Maybe next will be Geoshell. Anyway thanks. M. Raboy ------------ Category 3, Topic 27 Message 6 Mon Sep 06, 1993 C128.JBEE at 18:25 EDT You are welcome :) ------------ Category 3, Topic 27 Message 7 Wed Sep 08, 1993 B.GANN1 at 00:20 EDT I'd like to know if it helps... I have a Xetec Super Graphix and I have caught SB ignoring my interface's nbuffer and plodding along at its own slow pace. Brenda ------------ Category 3, Topic 27 Message 8 Wed Sep 15, 1993 MRABOY at 22:01 EDT Brenda, it seems faster, but I am not sure. Mike :) ------------ Category 3, Topic 27 Message 9 Thu Sep 16, 1993 B.GANN1 at 23:01 EDT Mike, puh-lease let me know!! Brenda ------------ Category 3, Topic 27 Message 10 Sat Sep 18, 1993 MRABOY at 07:44 EDT Ok Brenda, I'll run some comparison times and let you know. Mike :) ------------ Category 3, Topic 27 Message 11 Sat Sep 18, 1993 MRABOY at 23:02 EDT There is no difference in printing time, whether I use geocable and user port vs. super graphix and serial port. Advantage is that you don't need an interface and I don't have switch when going from geos to superbase Mike:) ------------ Category 3, Topic 27 Message 12 Sat Feb 05, 1994 J.KARN at 09:43 EST Superbase's print routine is, indeed, not too fast. If you have a buffer, e.g. I have a 64K Centronics buffer (Supra) between my Supergrafix interface and the printer, I think you can speed things slightly by taking the printer offline while you fill the buffer. That, at least, will eliminate handshaking between the buffer and the printer while the buffer is being filled, and free up the computer faster. To B.Gann and MRaboy: just to be sure, you're not using Cntrl-P to print from Superbase, I hope. That function is only a screen dump intended for occasional use. The way to print a series of records from Superbase is to create a keylist with the FIND function and then output from the list to the printer. ------------ Category 3, Topic 27 Message 13 Sun Feb 06, 1994 MRABOY at 18:11 EST Thats correct. ------------ Category 3, Topic 27 Message 14 Thu Feb 10, 1994 J.KARN at 19:59 EST Well, I tried my bright idea about filling the print buffer with the printer offline as a technique for speeding Superbase printouts and it doesn't help. What does improve the speed is the use of a programmed output. For instance, consider a vertical printout of a series of records located by the FIND command. Sent to the printer by entering on the command line OUTPUT FROM "H8LIST" (after entering PRINT DOWN) this produces the following output (for each record): Fieldname 1 Contents of Field 1 Fieldname 2 Contents of Field 2 ....... ....... Fieldname n Contents of Field n An identical printout can be obtained from a programmed printout as follows: 10 PRINT ACROSS 20 OUTPUT FROM "" @1"Fieldname 1" @15&[Fieldname 1] PLUS 30 @1"Fieldname 2" @15&[Fieldname 2] PLUS 40 ............... 50 ...............etc. 100 @1 "Fieldname n" @15&[Fieldname n] The difference is that in the second case the printout will be about 30% faster. Not a dramatic difference, but significant. J.Karn ------------ Category 3, Topic 27 Message 15 Fri Mar 04, 1994 D.SNYDER8 [tenpenny] at 23:41 EST It may be possible to speed up the geocable transfer by changing the baud rate sent to the printer cable. Check page A-10 of the manual for the rather complicated instructions. Superbase is capable of speeds up to 19200 baud if the printer is so equipped! s is under RS-232 control registers. ------------ Category 3, Topic 27 Message 17 Sat Aug 06, 1994 MRABOY at 08:18 EDT Is anybody out there still using Superbase, especially with a ramlink. I have a few questions. Mike ------------ Category 3, Topic 27 Message 18 Sat Aug 06, 1994 C128.JBEE at 16:12 EDT Yes, a lot of people are using Superbase with a RamLink, fire away :) ------------ Category 3, Topic 27 Message 19 Sat Aug 06, 1994 MRABOY at 18:07 EDT I am having a problem with strange things happening when I do a "Find". My list is created ok, but as I watch my key field scroll by characters are changed. For example smi/a/000/ might appear as sm/a0001. I thought it might be that I am using the "/" character in my key field, and if so is there a way to change all keys without doing it manually. In addition, if I select a group of records by a certain search request I some records may be left out. Finally if I export and then import I lose some records. I have been using this database of mail labels since 1985 and there have been times When it becomes corrupted, usually when I do a lot of deleting. At the present time it does not appear to be corrupt. Mike ------------ Category 3, Topic 27 Message 20 Tue Aug 09, 1994 W.OVE at 19:59 EDT I have noticed that superbase seems to drop and or add characters to the screen as it lists the keys during a find. However as near as I can tell it is simply a problem writing to the screen. If you use memo to look at the list you notice that all the keys are listed correctlly. ------------ Category 3, Topic 27 Message 21 Tue Aug 09, 1994 MRABOY at 20:58 EDT Yes. That is true. ------------ Category 3, Topic 27 Message 22 Wed Aug 10, 1994 C128.JBEE at 01:13 EDT Yes, I noticed when using FIND that sometimes the screen printing was messed up but after exporting the key fields, sorting them, and comparing them to ardcopy they checked out okay. ------------ Category 3, Topic 27 Message 23 Thu Aug 11, 1994 A.PEROTTI at 22:34 EDT I recently picked up a used copy of Superbase v2.07. Is there an upgrade policy? What are the differences between 2.07 and the latest? Tony ------------ 3 ************ Topic 29 Wed Sep 15, 1993 B.VRIELING1 (Forwarded) Sub: CSXTRA45.LZH released I've just uploaded the latest release... 12 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 3, Topic 29 Message 1 Wed Sep 15, 1993 B.VRIELING1 (Forwarded) Version 4.5 of the CS-DOS Extra Utilties Pack has just been released. It's only update is a new version of BVUNZIP that is much more flexible than the previous release. It does *not* yet handle 2.04g style PKZIP files; however, the new commands make BVUNZIP more useable. The Pack runs on the C128 under CS-DOS only. CS-DOS is available elsewhere online; direct questions concerning CS-DOS availability to John Brown at GEnie address C128.JBEE. The following is a copy of the help available within BVUNZIP. It was obtained by typing "bvunzip -h" at the command line. It will give you an idea of what the new release can do: BVUNZIP Zip Extract Utility Version 1.63 93-09-01 Copyright 1993 Bruce Vrieling. All rights reserved. Usage: BVUNZIP [options] filename [filespec] Options: -c extract to console -s force filetype to SEQ -v view contents of zip file -t trim off dir info -h print usage information -p translate output to petscii -n if dup exists, append a "+" to end of filename -u if dup exists, unconditionaly overwrite (no prompting) The "-t" option was by special request... it allows one to extract IBM zip archives that contain filenames longer than 16 characters. By specifying -t, BVUNZIP will chop off the directory suffix on the file name; the remaining filename will then be used as the filename of the extracted file. Please direct any questions to me here, or to one of the mailboxes listed at the end of this message. Enjoy! ...Bruce GEnie: B.VRIELING1 Internet: bvrieling@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca Fido: Bruce Vrieling @ 1:229/15 ------------ Category 3, Topic 29 Message 2 Wed Sep 15, 1993 C128.JBEE (Forwarded) THANK YOU VERY MUCH for the -t command :) Now I can get started on something ;) ------------ Category 3, Topic 29 Message 3 Fri Sep 17, 1993 B.VRIELING1 (Forwarded) John, Actually, it slipped my mind that you were still waiting for the -t command. If I had remembered, I could have slipped you the beta code a month ago, as - it was one of the first commands I added. :( Sorry about that. ...Bruce GEnie: B.VRIELING1 Internet: bvrieling@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca Fido: Bruce Vrieling @ 1:229/15 ------------ Category 3, Topic 29 Message 4 Fri Sep 17, 1993 CBM-YLR.ROSE (Forwarded) This file will probably be released either today or tomorrow.. due to some library maintenance, I am unable to release any files at this time--the file is not the problem. This is an excellent upgrade, Thanks Bruce! ------------ Category 3, Topic 29 Message 5 Fri Sep 17, 1993 C128.JBEE (Forwarded) I am just glad to have it :) ------------ Category 3, Topic 29 Message 6 Fri Sep 17, 1993 CBM-YLR.ROSE (Forwarded) File 13334, CSXTRA45.JLZH is NOW released and available to the public.. thanks for bearing with us on the reorganization of the libraries. :D Hugs ------------ Category 3, Topic 29 Message 7 Sun Sep 19, 1993 B.ECKARD (Forwarded) How do I un-.LZH this file? I have CS-DOS but not a clue as to how to decompress this file. Thanks --BWE ------------ Category 3, Topic 29 Message 8 Sun Sep 19, 1993 CBM-YLR.ROSE (Forwarded) BWE, answered you uptopic but will put it here again for others benefit as well.. use LHX to de-LZH files inside csdos. :> If the file is on drive 9 (csdos drive C), and you want to dissolve it to drive 8 (csdos drive A), then do this: a: <Cursor Return) lhx c:csxtra45* (cursor return) The file will look on drive 9 for the file, and dissolve it onto 8. Hugs ------------ Category 3, Topic 29 Message 9 Wed Sep 22, 1993 B.VRIELING1 (Forwarded) BWE, Like Rose said, you have to use LHX to decompress the file. LHX is not distributed in the same archive as CS-DOS itself. You can try hunting the libraries for a match on LHA or LHX, and get that file. It should contain LHX which you can use to decompress CSXTRA45.LZH. ...Bruce GEnie: B.VRIELING1 Internet: bvrieling@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca Fido: Bruce Vrieling @ 1:229/15 ------------ Category 3, Topic 29 Message 10 Fri Sep 24, 1993 CBM-MARK (Forwarded) The file needed is #8223 LHAV12.ARC. The archive contains the LHX prg and others. ------------ Category 3, Topic 29 Message 11 Mon Dec 27, 1993 TOM.PATCH (Forwarded) I downloaded this file and disolved it to my CS-DOS disk. When I tried to use the program it wouldn't work. I have a 'grunged' directory. The file was displved to the cs-dos disk and bvunzip was installed. I then gave the dir cammand and the directory is really messed up. The file sizes are missing or wrong, the "pgm" or "seq" file types are not in line, well some are but most aren't. Thsi is the second time I down loaded this file and the same thing has happened after intstalling the program. Any help would be appreciated. ------------ Category 3, Topic 29 Message 12 Mon Jan 03, 1994 C128.JBEE (Forwarded) >TOM.PATCH > I downloaded this file and disolved it to my CS-DOS disk. When I tried > to use the program it wouldn't work. I have a 'grunged' directory. If you mean you used RDIR and the directory was messed up, the only thing I could think of is when you installed the tools there was not enough memory in the ramdisk and you have to delete some files before adding Bruce's. ------------ 3 ************ Topic 31 Sat Sep 25, 1993 C128.JBEE (Forwarded) Sub: place holder place holder 1 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 3, Topic 31 Message 1 Sat Sep 25, 1993 C128.JBEE (Forwarded) place holder ------------ 3