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MORE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
From Knight 13041
The back issue list on issue #12 is
most useful. Will it continue
yearly?
>Yes! We plan to continue publishing
a yearly back issue list. As of now,
we are not sure if it will include
all past years or just the current
year.
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From Geren 49009
I have been experimenting with your
program LABEL MAKER, but I am having
difficulty in getting it to work on
my Commodore 1526 printer. When I
attempt to make duplicate labels the
first one prints just fine, but the
others following are printed
backwards. Am I doing something wrong
or is my printer not compatible with
the program.
>We don't know what is going on, but
if we had to guess, we would say
that your printer is not compatible
with the program.
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From Franusich 95624
At times I get a 'break in 250'
when typing into the STARLINE.
What does this mean?
>It means that our old STARLINE was
really not that good when it came to
word processing. This is why we have
completely rewritten the STARLINE
word processor. Now you should
experience nothing but heavenly bliss
while typing your comments, reviews,
questions, etc... Let's all send
Joe Garrett a thank-you letter (he
is the one that rewrote the whole
thing).
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From Ferree 96328
If you would do me a big favor it
would help tremendously. When
LOADSTAR exits the table of contents,
could you return the machine to the
graphics (start-up) mode? It is
rather inconvenient to have to reset
the machine after exiting LOADSTAR. It
would be more convenient to go
straight into the upper case/graphics
mode rather than having to reset the
whole machine.
>To return to the start-up graphics
mode you do not have to reset the
whole computer. All you have to do
is PRINT CHR$(142). This will
return your computer to the default
upper-case/graphics mode.
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From Shaffer 50312
I have heard that it is not wise to
turn over a double sided disk for use
in a single head disk drive. The
reason given was that a double sided
disk is normally rotated in only one
direction in a normal two head drive,
and that rotation in the opposite
direction (which occurs when it is
flipped over and used in a single head
drive) risks damage to both the drive
head and the disk. This is due to the
one way cleaning filter in the disks.
Rotation in the opposite direction
can dislodge particles which have been
collected and these particles cause
the damage. Please respond to this as
I am concerned about damage to my
drive.
>We have been turning disks over
every day and the trouble we have
experienced due to this is
approximately nil. Jimmy has been
turning disks over for about five
years and in this time has not had
any fatal disk errors because of it.
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From Charron 06118
Can you tell me how I can pre-
program messages in the #13 'MARQUE'
program ?
>If you insert the following lines
into the program, you can have
pre-programmed messages.
31 N=3 : REM NUMBER OF LINES IN
MESSAGE
32 A$(1)="This is line one"
33 A$(2)="This is line two"
:
:
39 GOTO 280
Now for an explanation:
Line 31 sets the number of lines in
your message. In our example there
are three lines.
Lines 32-38 can be used to set the
actual lines of the message.
Line 39 begins execution of the
marquee.
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From Cato 30021
There seems to be a problem with
the 'Peabody' filing system on
LOADSTAR #13. When you try to reload
a saved filename, the disk drive busy
light stays on, the drive itself
stops, and nothing further happens.
Please advise.
>When you attempt to read a file, the
program searches the disk for
PEABODY files. When it is through
searching, you can decide which one
you want to work with. At this point
you need to type in the correct file
name. The search is a bit slow, so
it may seem that the computer is just
sitting there doing nothing. Just
give the drive plenty of time to
think.
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