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MORE COMPUTER TIPS
From Howald 91406
I found out why I was having so much
trouble with FASTLOAD. I bought a
FASTLOAD cartridge when I bought my
1541 last December. I had an early
version of it. I just bought another
and !WOW! is it different!! This one
has a bigger menu and it does every-
thing I want to do.
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From Jenkins 76903
I have a comment that I hope you
will pass on to Larson 98371. In
Issue 14's Influx, I noticed she was
having trouble with copying her
LOADSTAR disks. She might be using the
wrong name for her copied disks. I
found out, from copying my own disks,
that the name of the disk has to be:
'LOADSTAR #XX S-X' where XX and X are
the issue number and the side number
of the disk. That may be part of her
problem.
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I would like to recommend the
Seikosha GP-550 CD printer. It's
marketed by Apropros Technology and
is a fine piece of equipment. It
offers a variety of features such as:
several fonts, variable space
printing, tractor or friction feed,
and more. I also have it from
Batteries Included that PaperClip
fully supports this printer.
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From Kober 75831
Information for Shaffer 50312
There is no valid WEDGE command
@UI. The command most likely intended
was @UJ, which does in fact, reset the
disk drive. This can also be written
as @U:. These are two of the USER
commands explained in the 1541 USER'S
MANUAL.
The @* command in DOSPLUS is the
same as the WEDGE's @UJ or @U:, except
that a short time delay has been
included in the @* routine to allow
reading in a portion of the drive's
DOS version message.
This message is in the ROM of the
drive, and can be read as follows:
1. LOAD and RUN DOSPLUS or the
C-64 WEDGE.
2. Turn the disk drive off, and
then back on.
3. Enter @ and RETURN.
This message is read by the drive
anytime the drive is reset, as error
number 73 DOS MISMATCH. Since the
drive is reset when it is first turned
on, and entering @ will read the disk
error message, this will then read the
DOS version message.
This error will also be encountered
when trying to write to a disk that
has been software write protected with
the 'WRITE GUARD' program found on
LOADSTAR #14.
Here is a short BASIC program that
is identical to the ML routine found
in DOSPLUS that is executed when @* is
entered.
10 OPEN 1,8,15
20 PRINT#1,''UJ''
30 FOR I=1 TO 1000:NEXT
40 GET#1,A$:IF A$<>CHR$(67) THEN 40
50 PRINT A$;
60 GET#1,A$:IF A$<>CHR$(44) THEN 50
70 CLOSE 1:END
To explain what was meant in the
program DOSPLUS concerning the ability
to UN-NEW a BASIC program even after
entering SYS 64738, the following is
offered.
To UN-NEW a BASIC program (after
entering SYS 64738), follow this
sequence (with DOSPLUS loaded):
1. Enter SYS 52224 (This resets
DOSPLUS).
2. Enter @#8 (This resets the
default device to 8).
3. Enter @U (This UN-NEWs the
BASIC program).
Should any further information be
wanted, I may be contacted directly
by mail at:
R.W. Bob Kober
P.O. Box 181
Buffalo, Texas 75831
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