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QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
Larson 98371
The game program SPECTRUM on issue
#4 will not work right. It will not
play the cards the way the
instructions say it should. It won't
pick up the card and drop it. Also
BEATS on issue #10 doesn't work. None
of the options change the sound of the
tone. Please tell me how to fix them!
>The program SPECTRUM will allow you
to make a move only if it is a
valid move. If the move is invalid,
then it will not be accepted. If
the program continues to give you
problems, then you may have a bad
copy--you can send it to LOADSTAR for
replacement.
>Some of the changes that occur when
using BEATS are not very noticeable.
When you change something, you may or
you may not hear a distinct change.
If you continue to notice no change,
then you may want to check your SID
chip. It may not be able to hold
some of the filter values very well.
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Hautzenroeder 79756
Could you make the STARLINE editor
handle word wrap?
>We're really glad you asked that!
Now we have the chance to boast
about our latest change in LOADSTAR.
We would like you to take a look at
the new STARLINE. It does, among
other things, wrap words to the next
line. We're sure you will be glad
to see this wonderful improvement.
We also hope to see a tremendous
increase in the amount of INFLUX we
receive (hint, hint!). Anyway, check
out the newest addition to the
LOADSTAR system. We're sure you'll
love it!
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Lieber 46032
What are Loadstar's plans for
handling the new C-128? I am anxious
to know - perhaps others are, too.
>We do intend to support the C-128.
In what fashion remains to be
determined.
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Layell 28676
I have been working with BASIC for
about 6 years on various brands of
computers. I am now about to start
college and the school I will be going
to teaches its computer courses in
PASCAL. How much of a difference is
there between the two and how hard
will it be for me to adjust to PASCAL?
>PASCAL is more structured than
BASIC and will force you to be more
disciplined in writing programs.
Other than that, you'll find it easy
to adopt to PASCAL. One thing you
will have to get used to is the use
of local and global variables.
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Kober 75831
In PEEks, POKEs, and SYSes-Part 29,
Issue #12, you mentioned a variable
display routine named ALLVARP that
included simple variables as well as
array variables. Where did you hide
it?
>Well, first the bad news. We found a
little bug in our routine. Now the
good news. We've finally gotten
around to fixing our little bug and
you can find ALLVARP on this issue of
LOADSTAR. It was written with the
MERLIN assembler. The source code is
named ALLVARP.S and the ML file is
named ALLVARP.O. To use the variable
displayer, do the following before
starting to program:
LOAD "ALLVARP.O",8,1
When the READY. prompt appears, type:
NEW
The variable displayer is now intact.
Anytime you want a complete list of
your variables, all you need to type
is:
SYS 49664
Your variables will begin to scroll
down the screen. If you wish to
pause the list, press and HOLD the
space bar. To stop the listing,
press the "_" key (upper-left of your
keyboard). You may send your list to
your printer if you would like by
doing the following:
OPEN 4,4:CMD 4:SYS 49664
When the cursor reappears, type:
PRINT#4: CLOSE 4
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Elfman 19804
I have noticed that a few programs
on LOADSTAR are written in LOGO. I
would like to find out how I would go
about installing LOGO so that I could
use these programs.
>LOGO is available, on disk, from:
Commodore Business Machines, Inc.
1200 Wilson Drive
West Chester, PA 19380
You might also want to check for LOGO
at your local Commodore distributor.
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