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From: Garth 40228
I have a C-128, a 1541 disk drive,
and a MPS-802 printer. I have had no
success at all loading 'Paperless
Pages.' Each time I loaded the
programs, I would receive (CLR/HOME)
with the READY prompt, and if I tried
to run the program again, I'd receive
the same thing.
I finally decided to load the
"Presenter" from Issue 7, which starts
with line 5, rather than line 1,
modified line 7 to read
LOAD"ROUTINES V4",8,1
inserted Issue 17, and the program
worked well.
Why were lines 1-4 added and line 6
modified, and what could be the
reason the newer versions don't work
while the older ones do? Also, have
other subscribers had this problem?
I find it an inconvenience to insert
another issue, modify lines,
re-insert the issue I want, and then
continue. Please help me out, and in
case you're wondering, yes I'm using
the 64-mode of my C-128. The same
thing happened when I had the C-64.
Any help you have or suggestions
will be greatly appreciated.
> We're flabbergasted by this turn
> of events because we actually
> build Loadstar on a C-128 in C-64
> mode and do our preliminary testing
> in that mode.
>
> We're anxious to get to the bottom
> of this. If you have a problem with
> this issue, please get back to us.
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From: Geffen 75251
This is my first Loadstar disk and
I am having a great deal of difficulty
in extracting, to a duplicate disk,
working copies of the Mr.Mailman
program and the ABC.Sort program.
I can get copies of Mailman to a
duplicate disk and seem to be able to
create the data file. However, when
instructing the program to do
anything with the data file such as
sort, print, etc. the disk drive
(MSD-2) will run continuously without
producing any results. Further, I am
only able to put one name in the data
file.
In the ABC.SORT program, my copy
doesn't work at all.
I would appreciate any help you
could give me in curing these
problems.
> We assume the versions worked
> properly while on the Loadstar
> disk, right? The problems are with
> the copies.
>
> First, understand that you'll
> never get Mr.Mailman to run unless
> you COPY (i.e. using a copy
> program) four files. The files
> are Case Converter, Mr.Mailman.Boot,
> Mr.Mailman.Bas, and Instring. You
> cannot LOAD, then SAVE Instring or
> Case Converter; you must use a copy
> program to move them to your new
> disk. (We recommend EasyCopy from
> Loadstar #16, or the built-in copy
> functions of your MSD SD-2).
>
> The only insight we may have into
> your problem with ABC.SORT is that
> you cannot RUN the program before
> you SAVE it (assuming that you
> didn't use a copy program). We
> successfully LOADed ABC.Sort, then
> SAVEd it to a backup disk, and it
> ran fine from the backup. Make
> sure you load 'ABC.SORT' and not
> 'ABC.SORT.NAKED'.
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On the last several issues of
LOADSTAR I have not been able to hear
any music in the paperless pages
section. Why is this?
>There are several possibilities.
>
>1. The music is stored in a file
>called ROMUSIC, which is loaded when
>you LOAD"STAR",8 and RUN. If you
>start with HELLO, the music never
>gets loaded into the system.
>
>2. Try pressing the Q and M keys
>while using the Paperless Pages.
>They turn the music on and off.
>
>3. Go direct from the main menu to
>the Paperless Pages. Something you
>are running before the Paperless
>Pages may be erasing the music in
>memory.
>
>4. Maybe your SID (sound) chip is
>blown up. If you can still play the
>music on the old issues, this is not
>the case.
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I purchased the Steiman Spreadsheet
and am having some difficulty with the
report generator. When I print out a
report, I get a "?H" before each line.
Why is that?
>Looks like your printer or interface
>may be intercepting and printing the
>code that is supposed to compress the
>characters.
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Hello!!!
My name is Bill James, and I
enjoy your publication very much.
I was wondering if you had to write
under separate cover for guidelines
for your software writers?
>Yes, Bill. It would be best to
>send a paper note to the programming
>department or editor. We're always
>eager to see new people submitting
>new programs and we'll send our
>guidelines to anyone who wants them.
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On disk #15 there was program called
"LITTLE BLACK DISK". There were two
files that where supposed to go with
it called "ADDRESS RECS" and "ADDRESS
BOOK". These two files where not on
that disk. I didn't see them
mentioned in BUGS & STUFF on the next
LOADSTAR disks. Are these files
created by the program; or did you
forget to include them?
>You guessed right. When you run
>Little Black Disk, it creates those
>two files. I guess you just didn't
>run it to find out.
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It seems I can only use a feedback
disk about four times before the disk
is utterly destroyed. Why??
Thank You
Emma Larson
98371
> The fact that it worked once for
>you means that there's nothing wrong
>with the feedback disk. I suggest
>your disk drive may have problems
>writing. Most commercial disks never
>get written to, just read from, and
>so they never get "blown up". Our
>feedback disk writes to itself every
>time you use it. If your 1541 drive
>has severe heat problems, we
>guarantee it will eventually blast
>the feedback disk. Our suggestion:
>legs or a fan for your disk drive.
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I started my subscription with the
number 17 edition of Loadstar. I
perfectly understand the usefulness
of the Steinman Spreadsheet, but the
program given in this edition is
strictly to calculate loans or
mortgages. I am a travel agent and I
would like to use the spreadsheet in
a way that I can keep on disk the
names of my clients, billing number,
date of departure/return, commission
on each billing and the cumulative of
all commissions for one month. As you
can see, I need 6 or 7 columns to work
such a system. Is it possible to adapt
the spreadsheet to do so and how do I
go about it?
Thanks for your help,
Claude R.Talbot
P.O.Box 33
St-Lambert,Que.
Canada
J4P 3N4
>The template we supplied with the
>abridged Steinman we put on Loadstar
>is, indeed, limited in just the
>manner you described. But the
>complete Steinman Spreadsheet,
>published on its own disk is not so
>limited. You can use plenty of
>columns for most small applications.
>
>However, the application you describe
>sounds more suited to data basing. I
>think you need a sophisticated filing
>program, not a spreadsheet.
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Two questions; first, can anything
be done to the Commodore 1526 printer
to make it compatible with "PRINT
SHOP"?
If the answer to my first question
is what I think it is, I'd like to
know if your "SIGN PAINTER" program
is compatible with the Commodore
1526 printer?
> The answer to the second question
>is no. Sign Painter has never been
>tried on a 1526.
I lied. Three questions. If neither
of these programs work with the 1526
and it can't be modified, then does
anybody have any information on a
similar program that IS compatible
with the 1526??
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