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Date:         Fri, 28 Jun 1996 11:59:22 -0500
Reply-To:     COMMODORE COMPUTERS DISCUSSION <[e-mail]>
Sender:       COMMODORE COMPUTERS DISCUSSION <[e-mail]>
From:         Robert Johnson <[e-mail]>
Subject:      Re: WANTED: Commodore Equipment

IN>On Mon, 24 Jun 1996, Robert Johnson wrote:

IN>> IN>Denny,
IN>> IN>        You are so far behind that you do not know what you are talking
IN>> IN>about.  Right now!!!!!!!there is a program called The Wave (out in demo
IN>> IN>right now) that can access the net via ICP and view all the fancy image
IN>> IN>on the Internet.  However, most of us who use the Commodore 64/128 are
IN>> IN>there for one purpose.............TEXT.........  We are trying to keep
IN>the
IN>> IN>*old* machines alive.
IN>> Somehow, I just don't think anyone here is getting the point... I don't
IN>> care how many people have written how many programs to access the web or
IN>> the internet for surfing... I'm talking about server technology here...
IN>> not client technlogy (though that's included too!). Show me a BBS that
IN>> can be accessed directly from the web through telnet, FTP and e-mail and
IN>> runs up to 28.8 bps on a Commodore 64/128 and I'll shut up and go
IN>> away... until then... well... you figure it out.
IN>>
IN>> Denny S.
IN>> [e-mail]
IN>> Sent Via The Playpen BBS...Washington DC's Premier Online Service
IN>> ..TELNET: PLAYPEN.COM...MODEM: [phone]
IN>>
IN>        Okay, so now it is my turn to appoligize.  I misread your post,
IN>thinking that you were discussing surfing the net rather than running a
IN>server application.

IN>        If I remember correctly (and that is a little hared as one gets
IN>older....at least that is what the kids tell me), there is a C=128 that is
IN>right now acting as a server on the net.  I can't remember what software
IN>he is running, but I do remember seeing something like that posted either
IN>on FidoNet or CommNet.

IN>Tom Gislason - Sysop - Emergency Call BBS [phone]  [phone]
IN>Pearako Network Node #10 - CommNet Node #92
IN>Internet address: [e-mail]
IN>FidoNet address: Tom Gislason @ 1:134/281.0

Tom,
   As far as I know, the only software designed specifically for the 128
that would be capable of running a net-node would be OMNI 128, but I
myself have heard no news of such a server. Does anyone have the IP for
this server? I for one would like to check it out!

Denny S.
Sent Via The Playpen BBS...Washington DC's Premier Online Service
..TELNET: PLAYPEN.COM...MODEM: [phone]
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Date:         Fri, 28 Jun 1996 11:52:00 -0800
Reply-To:     COMMODORE COMPUTERS DISCUSSION <[e-mail]>
Sender:       COMMODORE COMPUTERS DISCUSSION <[e-mail]>
From:         [e-mail]
Subject:      Re: 1764 uses
X-To:         [e-mail]

  The best use of the 1764 is with GEOS, which runs much faster with it.
  Get a mouse and GEOS and you'll be in heaven...wish I still had mine.

  Jim Agnew in Las Vegas, NV
  [e-mail]

>>I just got a 1764 REU at my user group's annual auction.  $6, killer
>>price...
>>Now a question (if it doesn't take a book to reply)...what programs can
>>I use it with?
>>de Hat
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Date:         Fri, 28 Jun 1996 13:10:51 -0600
Reply-To:     COMMODORE COMPUTERS DISCUSSION <[e-mail]>
Sender:       COMMODORE COMPUTERS DISCUSSION <[e-mail]>
From:         "Tom A. Gislason" <[e-mail]>
Organization: Calgary Free-Net
Subject:      Re: Again? CommNet.....
In-Reply-To:  <90960625172909/[e-mail]>

On Tue, 25 Jun 1996, Christopher McLeod wrote:

>      Sorry for being so ignorant on the subject, but I am very excieted to
>      hear about a C= network!  :->
>
>      But, from what I have gathered so far, we are talking about a
>      "network" of BBSs.  In other words, the only ones that are really
>      involved with it now are the SysOps of those BBSs.

        No, you did not understand how CommNet works.  CommNet is a
network of C-64 and C-128 software that network together.  CommNet is
available to all the users on any CommNet board, not just the Sysops.

>      Am I also hearing (reading) that a special softare for its use (by
>      users, not sysops) is or will be necessary?

        There is no special software required by the users.  All the user
has to do, is log onto any CommNet board, and then he/she is in.

>      If none of the above is true, how can I connect?  I have an ISP
>      (Concentric) which gives me access to many different BBSs.  Can I
>      access ComNet thru the net or thru Concentric (as a BBS)?

        See above response.  CommNet cannot be access via the Internet at
this time...........that does not rule out something like that in the
future.

>      Thank you so much for putting up with my ignorance.  I have learned SO
>      INCREDIBLY MUCH about computers over the 12 years I have been using my
>      C64.

        Hey, we all had to learn at one time or the other.

>      Honestly, I know MUCH more about computers (i.e. PCs), than most
>      people in any company I have worked for.  Little do they know that my
>      conceptual (and some practical) knowledge comes from a C64!!  :-)

        And who said that the 64 and 128 were no good !!!!


Tom Gislason - Sysop - Emergency Call BBS [phone]  [phone]
Pearako Network Node #10 - CommNet Node #10
Internet address: [e-mail]
FidoNet address: Tom Gislason @ 1:134/281.0
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Date:         Fri, 28 Jun 1996 13:21:44 -0600
Reply-To:     COMMODORE COMPUTERS DISCUSSION <[e-mail]>
Sender:       COMMODORE COMPUTERS DISCUSSION <[e-mail]>
From:         "Tom A. Gislason" <[e-mail]>
Organization: Calgary Free-Net
Subject:      Re: 1764 uses
In-Reply-To:  <[e-mail]>

On Thu, 27 Jun 1996, David Meads wrote:

> I just got a 1764 REU at my user group's annual auction.  $6, killer
> price...
>
> Now a question (if it doesn't take a book to reply)...what programs can
> I use it with?
>
> de Hat
>

        Okay, you can use just about any program wiht the 1764 REU.  All
the REU does, is expand your memory capacity of the computer.  There are a
lot of programs out there that look for and make use of an REU.  One that
comes to mind right away, is Zed-128.  Zed-128 is a text editor that makes
the best use of an REU, but there are many more programs as well.

Tom Gislason - Sysop - Emergency Call BBS [phone]  [phone]
Pearako Network Node #10 - CommNet Node #10
Internet address: [e-mail]
FidoNet address: Tom Gislason @ 1:134/281.0
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Date:         Fri, 28 Jun 1996 13:25:03 -0600
Reply-To:     COMMODORE COMPUTERS DISCUSSION <[e-mail]>
Sender:       COMMODORE COMPUTERS DISCUSSION <[e-mail]>
From:         "Tom A. Gislason" <[e-mail]>
Organization: Calgary Free-Net
Subject:      Re: WANTED: Commodore Equipment
In-Reply-To:  <[e-mail]>

On Fri, 28 Jun 1996, Robert Johnson wrote:

> Tom,
>    As far as I know, the only software designed specifically for the 128
> that would be capable of running a net-node would be OMNI 128, but I
> myself have heard no news of such a server. Does anyone have the IP for
> this server? I for one would like to check it out!
>
        As I said earlier, I can't remember what the program is.  I will
have to look back at some of my printouts and see if I can find the info.

Tom Gislason - Sysop - Emergency Call BBS [phone]  [phone]
Pearako Network Node #10 - CommNet Node #10
Internet address: [e-mail]
FidoNet address: Tom Gislason @ 1:134/281.0
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Date:         Thu, 27 Jun 1996 21:01:24 PST
Reply-To:     COMMODORE COMPUTERS DISCUSSION <[e-mail]>
Sender:       COMMODORE COMPUTERS DISCUSSION <[e-mail]>
From:         Steven A Cavanaugh <[e-mail]>
Subject:      Virus Information..

Hi,I need help with something.Does anyone here know anything about
computer viruses? If you do,please contact me.I am in need of help with
something.

Steven C
[e-mail]
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Date:         Fri, 28 Jun 1996 21:50:16 -0500
Reply-To:     COMMODORE COMPUTERS DISCUSSION <[e-mail]>
Sender:       COMMODORE COMPUTERS DISCUSSION <[e-mail]>
From:         "SySteM AdMIn(Sys0P)" <[e-mail]>
Subject:      Re: .T64 FILES EXTRACTOR ON COMMODORE?
X-To:         "<Guliamo> <Cappucci>" <[e-mail]>
In-Reply-To:  <[e-mail]>

On Tue, 25 Jun 1996, <Guliamo> <Cappucci> wrote:

>   The program I am looking for is actually called st/r 4.0 or higher,
> can anyone assist me in locating the internet address of this program?
>


  I have the only version of ST/R 4.0 that I know of.  Doug (blackfire),
kinda willed me the whole STR series a few years ago.  I didn't go too
far with 4.0 as I cleaned up 3.9 to 80 columns, fastloader, true ANSI,
and IBM RIP menu capability.  I haven't touched the 64/128 in about 2
years tho.  I do have the original installs from 3.9 and tons of games
and such.  BUT, be warned, this BBS is kinda slow unless you run it from
an REU then its comparable to a real BBS.  Unfortunately, it only
supports 2400 baud.  Will support a HD with the proper partitioning coded
into the BBS.


Questions?  Email me!

[e-mail]
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Date:         Fri, 28 Jun 1996 13:05:46 PST
Reply-To:     COMMODORE COMPUTERS DISCUSSION <[e-mail]>
Sender:       COMMODORE COMPUTERS DISCUSSION <[e-mail]>
From:         Steven A Cavanaugh <[e-mail]>
Subject:      Computer Viruses..

Will someone contact me with info on the Michelangelo virus?Please reply
soon..Urgent!!!
[e-mail]
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Date:         Sun, 30 Jun 1996 05:13:46 +0400
Reply-To:     COMMODORE COMPUTERS DISCUSSION <[e-mail]>
Sender:       COMMODORE COMPUTERS DISCUSSION <[e-mail]>
From:         ilker ficicilar <[e-mail]>
Subject:      Re: Need help with C128 composite cable...
In-Reply-To:  <[e-mail]>

On Tue, 25 Jun 1996, David Meads wrote:

> CO>Hello,
>
> CO>I asked this question before, but I don't think I asked it
>
> CO>Steve
>
> I have a similar problem...but with the other connection.
>
> I have a Teknika MJ-22 monitor and have a cable from the 9 pin flat RGB
> connection on the puter to a round connection on the monitor.  When set
> up for 80 col and switched to RGB on the monitor the text is very much
> like when you have a TV that needs horizontal hold adjusted badly...only
> it won't straighten out completely...it goes to a warped, narrow screen.
>
> Any help with this one?
>
> de Hat                   [e-mail]
>
 It seems like your monitor has different scanning frequency in the rgb
mode. When I tried a hercules mono-monitor once, I had similar problem.
 I guess you have no solution to this problem, for color output at least.
You can still use monochrome 80 col. vdc output using pin7 of the db-9
rgb connector.
  If you have already solved this problem, please let me know how.

Good luck.

Ilker Ficicilar
[e-mail]

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Date:         Sun, 30 Jun 1996 05:38:32 +0400
Reply-To:     COMMODORE COMPUTERS DISCUSSION <[e-mail]>
Sender:       COMMODORE COMPUTERS DISCUSSION <[e-mail]>
From:         ilker ficicilar <[e-mail]>
Subject:      Re: RS232 conversion interface
In-Reply-To:  <[e-mail]>

On Mon, 10 Jun 1996, STEVE MELLO wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I have a modem that I would like to use the my 128 but as you all
> know, I can't connect it to the 64/128 without the interface.  I

> another schematic for this simple interface?  Has anyone tried it
> any other chip othern than the one in the faq?  It's hard to get

 Try this one. I used it, and it works fine. The schematics belongs to
Walter Wickersham ( [e-mail] ). It doesn't use RS232
voltages, but works though.


user port                               RS232 DB25      description
---------                               ----------      -----------

  A & N------------------------+-----------1 & 7        ground
                        _____  I
  B & C----------------[2   7]-+
                       [     ]
    M------------------[3   1]-------------3            rx
                       [     ]
    2------------------[14  4]-------------2            tx
                       [_____]


Part List
---------
7404 IC (you can easily find it)
DB25 male connector
User Port connector
2m. 2 line shielded cable. (you don't need this if your modem has the cable)

 Please inform me in case of a problem...

>
> Thanks,
>
> Steve
>


Ilker Ficicilar
[e-mail]

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