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- Path: sparky!uunet!gatech!emory!cs.utk.edu!jfarmer
- From: jfarmer@cs.utk.edu (JOHN FARMER)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
- Subject: New owner of C-64/128 questions
- Date: 6 Jan 1993 18:08:58 GMT
- Organization: University of Tennessee, Knoxville - CS Department
- Lines: 59
- Message-ID: <1if77qINNevh@CS.UTK.EDU>
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- Summary: We got a lot of stuff, what is it!
-
-
- Before I begin my list of questions, let me say that I am not computer
- illiterate. I've been programming for 19 years and still use CP/M at
- home (Kaypro 4'84). But I've just purchased Commodore stuff for
- my Dad and my Cousin and I have some questions. Between the 3 of us,
- we now have 2-128's, 3-64's, various peripherals and 300 diskettes of
- *STUFF*. I can't say that I got everything on the face of the earth
- for the Commodore, but except for the Bible, MIDI, and the Complete
- Works of Infocom, I feel like I just about did.
-
- Questions:
- If a program calls for a mouse can you use a joystick (and vice
- versa). I seem to remember in one of the Compute magazines
- (Yes, I got a stack of them too 1984-1988) there was something
- about how to use the keyboard if the pgm called for a joystick.
-
- Where can I get paper for the Okimate-10?
-
- I use Wordstar 4.0, and I need to teach my mom to use a word processor.
- I know I have Paperclip III, Jane 128, and Creative Writer. I'm
- sure there are others as well. What is going to be the easiest
- to teach a completely computer illeterate person?
-
- Is there a way to back up a cartridge to a floppy? I'm distrustful
- of software that I can't backup.
-
- Is there a way to speed up CP/M on the 128? We tried to play Zork
- for the Kaypro and it was sooooooooooooooo slooooooooooooow, as
- to be almost unbearable.
-
- Is there a way to get a *real* vanilla RS-232 port on the 64/128? I
- know you can get Printer adapters. I'm going to go order one
- as soon as I get done here.
-
- Where does one get GIF viewers for the C-64/128? Can you print the
- stuff out? (I pay be a programmer, but I'm completely
- ignorant about the current state of computer graphics.).
-
- Is there an archives for C-64/128 public domain software?
-
- What's the best disk cataloguer to use (IYHO)?
-
- One of the 128's is sick. (Bad serial port, and bad RGB port. Can
- I fix this? Or does it really need to be serviced?
-
- Given that you have no idea what's included on my 287 disks, what
- should I try to get (in case I don't have it). What should
- I make sure that I *do* have?
-
- Thanks ever so much.
-
- Susan
-
-
- --
- Susan B. Farmer farmer@cs.utk.edu Lady Jerusha Kilgore
- I can't even find time to clean house and you want me to come up with a .sig?
- And now she wants to go back to grad school after 14 years .....
- We'll let her out when the delusion passes.
-