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Questions and Answers - Part 1
From Hayden 21613
I just spent 15 minutes writing you
a letter. Then I got some ERROR
message about line 250 and BLAM! my
letter was gone to RAM land. What in
the world happened??
>We've received a lot of complaints
just like yours. To remedy the
problem, we have totally changed the
STARLINE program. Now you can type
till your heart is content (or about
700 lines of text). This should
clear up the problems that you and
many others were experiencing.
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From Murphy 55317
When I receive each issue, the first
thing that I do is go right to the
PIXEL PAGE. However, I have often
wished that I could transfer them to
the graphics program which helped
produce them (so I could print them
out or even manipulate them). I have
tried many ways to accomplish this
task with little or no luck (even
trying to rename the files and
resaving them onto another disk does
not seem to work; often ending up much
like hi-res screen garbage).
Can this be done? If so, how? There
must be some way of loading the files
into the proper graphics packages. If
they could be converted to work with
LOADSTAR, surely they should be able
to be changed back into their
original state. Thanks for any info.
>Most of the graphics that appear in
the Pixel Page are constructed with
the Koala pad. Every now and then,
when we are short of space, we will
pack the pictures. Packing involves
finding repeated patterns and storing
them more efficiently. When we need
to display the picture for the Pixel
Page, we are able to unpack the
picture. The problem is that we
unpack it in memory and do not save
the unpacked version to disk. The
unpacked pictures that have appeared
in the Pixel Page already include the
special reverse spade that signifies
a Koala picture in its name.
Therefore, you should have no problem
LOADing them back into your Koala
software. If you do not have the
Koala software, you may consider
purchasing Chameleon. Chameleon will
allow you to convert the Koala
pictures into formats that are
readable with other graphics
packages.
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From Chu 20001
In the 14th issue of Loadstar in
the Microcomputers Programs section, I
think you left out a program that is
in the magazine called 'Chameleon'.
The magazine and 'Available from
Loadstar' says the program is on disk
as part of the 'Rich and Famous'
series. If the program is in the
Commodore Microcomputer Magazine,
then why wasn't it included on the
LOADSTAR disk?
>Chameleon was treated differently at
the expressed request of Commodore
Microcomputers.
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From Jack Barnes
I have a disk cataloger that
references all programs by disk ID.
and saves them on disk to either
search or print. My problem is all
of your disks have an ID. of \$.
I am afraid to change your disk ID.
because I might ruin your disk.
>You're right--the LOADSTAR operating
system depends on having the correct
ID. If the ID is changed, then the
LOADSTAR operating system will think
that the disk in the drive is NOT a
LOADSTAR disk.
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From Hackman 17663
I was pleased to find PEABODY, the
menu-driven filing system. As one of
the clergy subscribers to LOADSTAR,
I was quick to set up a file for my
sermons, something which I had been
longing to do.
I set up seven fields: title, filing
reference number, scripture reference,
sermon type, and three subject
headings. I now have access to
almost 200 sermons in any one of the
above areas.
My problem however, is two-fold.
First, after entering all of the
sermons, I asked for a hardcopy of
the simple DUMP routine, only to
discover that it would take an
'eternity' for them to be printed in
the seven category fashion. Is there
some way I can alter the program so
that it is faster and more efficient?
Understand I wasn't even using the
sort and print option, only the dump
and print.
Secondly, is there some way to
allow the program to sort more than
one field at a time, something like
the print label option that allows
for the printing of more than one
field per line?
>We have looked into both of these
problems and have come up empty
handed. If you would like to pursue
this issue further, you can write to
the author of PEABODY, John
Stilwell, in care of Commodore
PowerPlay Magazine. The address is:
John Stilwell
c/o Commodore PowerPlay
Computer Systems Division
1200 Wilson Drive
West Chester, PA 19380
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From Shepard 91331
I have a VICMODEM, but the telephone
that is closest to my computer is not
modular. Where can I get a coupler
for it or how can I make my TDD
(telecommunications device for deaf)
work?
>To get a coupler for your phone,
check at your nearest Radio
Shack or other electronics store.
Nobody around here has any
information on a TDD.
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My sister in Iceland has the
COMMODORE SX64 executive model, which
does not have the extra port for
hooking up the smaller wire from her
printer interface. How can she make
it work?
>All the little wire is for is to
pull 5 volts of power to the
printer. If you are up to hardware
wiring, you can construct a joystick
port adapter that will draw the 5
volts from the joystick port and send
it into the extra wire on the
interface. You may want to look at
some of the electronic layouts in
the Commodore Programmer's Reference
Guide.
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