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├OMPUTER ╘IPS
╞ROM: ╦OBER 75831
├ONTRARY TO ALL INFORMATION
PUBLISHED TO DATE, ╞┴╙╘╠╧┴─ MOST
CERTAINLY CAN BE ╥┼╙┼╘ WITHOUT
TURNING THE COMPUTER OFF AND BACK ON.
╚ERE'S ALL THAT IS NECESSARY:
┼NTER THIS AS ONE LINE....
╨╧╦┼770,106:╨╧╦┼771,223
╞┴╙╘╠╧┴─ 'HOOKS IN' TO ┬┴╙╔├ BY
DIVERTING THE '╔═┴╔╬' VECTOR TO
ITSELF. ╘HEREFORE, SWITCHING ╞┴╙╘╠╧┴─
IN OR OUT IS DONE BY SIMPLY CHANGING
THESE VECTORS TO POINT TO ╞┴╙╘╠╧┴─,
OR NORMAL ┬┴╙╔├.
╘HE ╔═┴╔╬ VECTOR IS LOCATED AT
770 ($0302) AND 771 ($0303).
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╞ROM: ╞RANUSICH 95624
╞OR THE LAST FEW MONTHS ├OMMODORE
AGAIN OFFERS HELP TO ├OMMODORE USERS
BY CALLING 1-800-247-9000. ╔ CALLED
THEM AND ABOUT THREE DAYS LATER
RECEIVED A SHORT 3-LINE PROGRAM TO
PREVENT THE BANGING OF THE READ/WRITE
HEAD WHEN LOADING PROTECTED SOFTWARE
OR FORMATTING A DISK. ╘HIS TAKES CARE
OF THE MAIN CAUSE LEADING TO ALIGNMENT
PROBLEMS. ╔ PUT THE PROGRAM ON A DISK
AND IT LOADS IN A SECOND OR SO AND
THEN JUST TYPE RUN AND THEN LOAD OR
FORMAT.
╔ HAVE NEVER HAD A BREAKDOWN IN
MY ├OMMODORE. ╔ ATTRIBUTE THAT TO VERY
GOOD COOLING. ╔ HAVE ADDED RUBBER
FEET TO EXTEND THE CLEARANCE ON THE
BOTTOM OF THE ├-64, 1541, AND POWER
SUPPLY SO THAT THERE IS ALMOST AN INCH
OF CLEAR SPACE UNDERNEATH EACH. ╘HE
VENTS NOW CAN DO WHAT THEY WERE
INTENDED TO DO. ╔ ADDED SMALL QUIET
┼╘╥╔ FANS ONE ON TOP OF THE 1541 AND
ANOTHER COOLING THE POWER SUPPLY. ╘HE
├-64 AND 1541 ARE ALMOST COLD TO THE
TOUCH AFTER BEING ON FOR A COUPLE OF
HOURS AND THE POWER SUPPLY IS JUST
WARM INSTEAD OF HOT WITHOUT ADDED
CIRCULATION AND COOLING.
╘HE ─ISKETTE ─RIVE ├LEANING ╦IT IS
A GOOD IDEA AS ARE DUST COVERS FOR
YOUR EQUIPMENT FOR PREVENTION OF
FUTURE PROBLEMS.
> ╟OOD ADVICE. ╒NFORTUNATELY,
> ├OMMODORE HAS DISCONNECTED ITS
> 800 HELPLINE NUMBER.
>
> ╫AIT!! ╫E HAVE JUST DISCOVERED THAT
> ├OMMODORE IS BACK ONLINE. ╘HEIR
> NEW ├USTOMER ╙UPPORT ╚OTLINE NUMBER
> IS: 215-436-4200.
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╞ROM: ╙CRIBNER 55337
╔ HAVE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO MAKE A
HARD-COPY OF THE CONTENTS MAP. ╔
ALWAYS GOT SYNTAX ERROR IN LINE 2050.
╘ONIGHT ╔ SAT DOWN AND CHANGED LINE
2050 AS FOLLOWS:
> 2050 ╨╥╔╬╘#4,├╚╥$(16)"20";╔╬$(├╨)
╔ NOW CAN PRINT THE CONTENTS MAP WITH
NO TROUBLE. ╔ HAVE A ═╨╙ 801 PRINTER.
> ╧THER ═╨╙ 801 USERS HAVE BEEN
> SIMILARLY TROUBLED. ╘HANKS FOR THE
> FIX.
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