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- QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
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- Larson 98371
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- The game program SPECTRUM on issue
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- #4 will not work right. It will not
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- play the cards the way the
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- instructions say it should. It won't
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- pick up the card and drop it. Also
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- BEATS on issue #10 doesn't work. None
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- of the options change the sound of the
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- tone. Please tell me how to fix them!
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- >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.
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- >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
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- Could you make the STARLINE editor
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- handle word wrap?
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- >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
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- What are Loadstar's plans for
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- handling the new C-128? I am anxious
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- to know - perhaps others are, too.
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- >We do intend to support the C-128.
- In what fashion remains to be
- determined.
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- Layell 28676
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- I have been working with BASIC for
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- about 6 years on various brands of
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- computers. I am now about to start
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- college and the school I will be going
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- to teaches its computer courses in
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- PASCAL. How much of a difference is
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- there between the two and how hard
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- will it be for me to adjust to PASCAL?
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- >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
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- In PEEks, POKEs, and SYSes-Part 29,
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- Issue #12, you mentioned a variable
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- display routine named ALLVARP that
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- included simple variables as well as
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- array variables. Where did you hide
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- it?
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- >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:
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- LOAD "ALLVARP.O",8,1
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- When the READY. prompt appears, type:
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- NEW
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- The variable displayer is now intact.
- Anytime you want a complete list of
- your variables, all you need to type
- is:
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- SYS 49664
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- 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:
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- OPEN 4,4:CMD 4:SYS 49664
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- When the cursor reappears, type:
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- PRINT#4: CLOSE 4
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- Elfman 19804
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- I have noticed that a few programs
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- on LOADSTAR are written in LOGO. I
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- would like to find out how I would go
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- about installing LOGO so that I could
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- use these programs.
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- >LOGO is available, on disk, from:
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- Commodore Business Machines, Inc.
- 1200 Wilson Drive
- West Chester, PA 19380
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- You might also want to check for LOGO
- at your local Commodore distributor.
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