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- THIS ARTICLE IS BEING PRESENTED THROUGH THE PIP ONLINE CP/M MAGAZINE
- OF THE NATIONAL CP/M ROUNDTABLE ON GENIE. copyright (c) 1989 BY
- BILL JULIANI. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. PERMISSION IS HEREBY GRANTED
- TO NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS ONLY TO REPRINT THIS ARTICLE OR PASS IT
- ALONG ELECTRONICALLY AS LONG AS PROPER CREDIT IS GIVEN TO BOTH THE
- AUTHOR AND GENIE.
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- Editorial PIPMAG, The Online C-128 CP/M Magazine from GEnie
-
- As the PIP Online Magazine continues to grow, so does the quality of
- our work. Several people have joined us in writing articles for the
- third issue of PIP, with a more diverse topic selection. I must thank
- the people who have encouraged me to continue this Online Magazine,
- especially those who offer constructive suggestions, and of course the
- people who took the time to submit articles (opps, almost forgot
- Roxanne, one our helpers!).
-
- Having been busy at the World Of Commodore Show, in Philadelphia, I
- regret that I did not sit down and give you more information. For
- those who did not catch my Show Notes, here, in GEnie (FlagShip RT
- page 625;1) I will summerize who and what happened at this expensive
- gathering. First thing I noticed was that the cost of food was about
- the same as parking, and $10.00 for admission was steep. The Civic
- Center bill must have been paid for in the first 10 minutes!! There
- is just no excuse for this!!
- While a large part of the floor space was taken up by Amigas, several
- areas were for the C-128 and C-64. Commodore displayed their complete
- line of hardware in the show's biggest booth, and it was nice to be
- able to chat with several CBM gurus. CBM also had an area just for
- software, called the Commodore Store, which was packed with both
- people and software. Run, Twin Cities 128, and AMnews was prominent
- along with several Software Distributers. Progressive Pereferials has
- a new updated Bob's Term Pro that removes the dongle and other copy
- protection in both 64 and 128 versions. Berkeley Softworks will be
- releasing GEO Chart 64/128, Q-Disk now has included a CRC Check
- program for the QBB Cartidge (see PIPMAG issue #2), Free Spirit's
- SketchPAD 128 (80 col mode) can be mouse driven, and speaking of mice,
- start looking for infra-red, cordless mice in the near future. It was
- interesting to see plug in add-ons and software drivers demoed.
- WordStar booting in 1.2 seconds from a Lt Kernal hard drive, Z3PLUS'
- EASE (a point and shoot CP/M program) load instantly from a QBB Ram
- Disk, Jiffy DOS cut disk access times in half on a '71 drive, and a
- plug in 64K Video Ram board for the C-128. While I believe a picture
- is worth a thousand words, a demo is worth a SOLD receipt!
- Three items were strangely missing from the show: Basic 8, 1750 REUs,
- and any new 8 bit products by Commodore <sigh>. Your guess is as good
- as mine!
- There will be several possible new additions for the C-128. One is
- a full featured Terminal Program (native mode) that will rival Bob's
- Term, and be able to write to CP/M disks, and an interface for CP/M
- mode that will allow the C-128 to use multiple clone drives. While
- there isn't any film at 11:00, more news in the next PIP.
- Since this is a C-128 specific newsletter, I won't mention anything
- about Apple entering the PC/FAX market with a $699 AppleFax modem
- (resolution is 200 dots/inch).
- Speaking of Apple, I am including a short Apple article that I think
- you will find interesting.
-
- **** NEWS FLASH ****
-
- GEnie now has a CP/M Help Desk for C-128 users at 9:00PM eastern time
- in room 4, page 625;2!! And don't forget the Wednesday night CP/M
- Conference on page 685;2 at 10:00PM, eastern!!
-
- **** NEWS FLASH II ****
- Are we going to let Commodore kill the best drive that ever came out
- of West Chester? That's right!! The 1571 is no longer being manufactured!
- Join us for a discussion of this cruel treatment, or send me mail
- with your ideas. I will soon be mounting a letter writing campaign to
- stop this foolish behavior! Join me in defending the honor of the
- 8 bit Commodore Users!!
-
- NEXT ISSUE:
- The PIP will be publishing reviews on JIFFY DOS for native and CP/M
- modes. Just how fast is it? Initial tests do show a speed-up for
- disk access times in both modes, but read this review for information
- about how to use it to your advantage.
- Also, we answer the big question: How to save money reading all those
- Messages on the GEnie Bulletin Boards!
- And..... we will have several (finally) how to update your 28MAY87
- CP/M plus disk to elliminate all those annoying, but still minor bugs.
-
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- Again I solicit articles, hints, tips, etc on C-128 (OK, 64 too!) in
- Native or CP/M mode for the PIP. Please send submissions to me in
- GEnie Mail, unformatted (no padded spaces from right justify), in
- ASCII or PETSCII mode. While I don't get into CI$ much, for those who
- don't have a GEnie account, you can contact me in EasyPlex:
- 74206,3310. GEnie mail is easier (and cheaper at 1200B): C128.CPM
-
- Thanx again, Bill Juliani
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