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╙╘╔╠╠ ═╧╥┼ ╤╒┼╙╘╔╧╬╙ ┴╬─ ┴╬╙╫┼╥╙
╞ROM: ╙HAW 33064
─OES THE ╙TEINMAN ╙PREADSHEET
SUPPORT THE PRODUCTION OF SIMPLE
GRAPHS FROM THE SPREADSHEET DATA. ╔
USE ╠╧╘╒╙ 123 AT WORK OCCASIONALLY,
AND IT SUPPORTS SIMPLE LINE GRAPHS OF
DATA (UP TO 3 ROWS ON A SINGLE
GRAPH). ╘HAT SIMPLE SUPPORT WOULD DO
ME JUST FINE. ┼VEN IF IT DOESN'T, THE
POWER AND PRICE SURE MAKE IT A GOOD
BUY.
> ╙TEINMAN DOES NOT CONTAIN A GRAPH
> FUNCTION, BUT IT DOES SUPPORT
> PRINTING A REPORT TO DISK AS A
> SEQUENTIAL FILE. ╔F YOU HAVE A
> GRAPHING PROGRAM THAT ACCEPTS
> DATA FROM DISK, IT MIGHT WORK.
─OES ANYONE KNOW WHY PROGRAMS THAT
DO ╥┼╠ATIVE RECORD ╔/╧ CRASH WHEN RUN
WITH THE ┼╨┘╪ ╞AST╠OAD CARTRIDGE? ╔T
DOESN'T HAPPEN ALL THE TIME, AND
USUALLY WORKS THE SECOND TIME IT IS
TRIED. ╘HE ╠ITTLE ┬LACK ┬OX PROGRAM
DIED WITH ERROR #70 (NO MORE CHANNELS)
THE FIRST TIME ╔ TRIED IT. ╘HE SECOND
TIME IT WORKED FINE. ╔ ALSO HAVE THE
╨╥╧═┴╠ PACKAGE, AND THE ╥┼╠ATIVE FILE
╔/╧ LIBRARY THEY SUPPLY DIES EVERY
TIME WITH ╞AST╠OAD INSTALLED, EXCEPT
IF ╔ ╘┘╨┼ A FILE ON THE DISK FIRST.
> ╬O, WE'RE NOT SURE WHY THIS IS, BUT
> WE CAN RELIABLY TELL YOU THAT IT
> DOES INDEED CRASH A ╥┼╠ATIVE FILE
> ACCESS. ╫E HAVE FOUND THIS OUT FROM
> BITTER EXPERIENCE. ┼VEN WITH THIS
> BUG, WE STILL LOVE OUR ╞┴╙╘╠╧┴─╙!
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╞ROM: ═OSSA 11377
╔ HAVE A QUESTION ON THE ├OMMODORE
═AGAZINE LOADER PROGRAM. ╔ HAVE
FOLLOWED THE INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO
USE IT, BUT IT DOESN'T WORK PROPERLY.
┴FTER PROPERLY LOADING AND FOLLOWING
THE INSTRUCTIONS, ╔ TRY TO ENTER A
BASIC LINE AND THE FOLLOWING HAPPENS:
╘HE ENTIRE LINE IS ENTERED (AS PER
INSTRUCTIONS). ╫HEN RETURN IS HIT,
THERE IS A BELL SOUND, THE SCREEN
CLEARS AND THE READY PROMPT APPEARS AT
THE TOP LEFT-HAND CORNER OF THE
SCREEN, BUT THERE IS NO LINE IN MEMORY
WHEN ╔ TRY TO LIST IT.
╔ ALSO PURPOSELY ATTEMPTED TO ENTER
A LINE INCORRECTLY, BUT THE PROGRAM
WILL NOT ALLOW THAT AND LEAVES AN
ERROR MESSAGE. ╔N EFFECT THE ENTRY
PROGRAM WORKS CORRECTLY FOR LINES
ENTERED WRONG, BUT NOT FOR LINES THAT
ARE ENTERED CORRECTLY. ┴NY HELP IN
THIS MATTER WOULD BE GREATLY
APPRECIATED.
> ╘HE VERSION ON OUR MASTER SEEMS
> TO WORK FINE. ┘OU MAY HAVE A SMALL
> GLITCH ON YOUR COPY THAT'S CAUSING
> THE PROGRAM TO MALFUNCTION.
>
> ╘HE WAY THE PROGRAM WORKS, AFTER
> YOU HAVE ENTERED THE LINE COMPLETE
> WITH CHECKSUM, IT CHECKS TO SEE IF
> THE LINE IS CORRECT. ╔F IT IS, IT
> IS ENTERED IN MEMORY. ╔F THE LINE
> IS INCORRECT, YOU'LL GET THE ERROR
> MESSAGE YOU INDICATE YOU'RE ALREADY
> FAMILIAR WITH.
>
> ═AGAZINE ┼NTRY ╨ROGRAM IS ALSO ON
> THIS ISSUE OF ╠╧┴─╙╘┴╥. ╘RY THIS
> COPY.
>
> ╫E JUST DISCOVERED THAT ═┴╟┴┌╔╬┼
> ┼╬╘╥┘ IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH
> ╞┴╙╘╠╧┴─. ┘OU GET THE SAME ERROR
> YOU HAVE DESCRIBED. ╔F YOU HAVE
> ╞┴╙╘╠╧┴─, OR SOME OTHER CARTRIDGE,
> INSTALLED, YOU SHOULD REMOVE IT
> BEFORE RUNNING ═┴╟┴┌╔╬┼ ┼╬╘╥┘.
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╞ROM: ╙CHRAM 54015
╔ PURCHASED A DISK DRIVE HEAD
CLEANING KIT AND ╔'M WONDERING HOW ╔
GO ABOUT RUNNING MY DRIVE FOR THE 30
SECONDS IT SPECIFIES?
> ╚ERE IS A SIMPLE WAY TO DO THIS:
>
> 10 ╧╨┼╬ 15,8,15
> 20 ╞╧╥ ╪=1 ╘╧ 20
> 30 ╨╥╔╬╘#15,"╔0"
> 40 ╬┼╪╘ ╪
> 50 ├╠╧╙┼ 15
╧N THE ╠OADSTAR #15 ╔ DON'T
UNDERSTAND HOW ╔ GET THE ╠╧╟╧ PROGRAM
TO WORK. ╔ LOAD THE PROGRAM, BUT GET A
SYNTAX ERROR MESSAGE. ├OULD YOU PLEASE
EXPLAIN?
> ╔T SOUNDS AS IF YOU DO NOT HAVE
> THE LANGUAGE OF ╠╧╟╧ LOADED INTO
> YOUR MACHINE.
╘HE ORDER ╔ TURN MY DEVICES ON IS
AS FOLLOWS: ╘╓, PRINTER, DISK DRIVE,
THEN LASTLY MY COMPUTER. ╘HIS IS
CORRECT ISN'T IT? ╘HE WAY ╔ TURN THEM
OFF IS EXACTLY THE OPPOSITE OR AS
FOLLOWS: COMPUTER, DISK DRIVE,
PRINTER, THEN ╘╓. ╙HOULD THE SHUT OFF
ALWAYS BE IN THAT ORDER?
> ┘OUR POWER-UP PROCEDURE IS CORRECT.
> ╘HE ORDER FOR POWERING-DOWN ISN'T
> AS CRITICAL.
╚OW DOES A PERSON TYPE UP THE
╠╧╟╧ PROGRAMS. ╘HERE ARE NO LINE
NUMBERS AND WHEN ╔ TRY TO TYPE THEM
UP ╔ GET A SYNTAX ERROR MESSAGE.
> ╘HE LANGUAGE OF ╠╧╟╧ DOES NOT NEED
> LINE NUMBERS. ╠╧╟╧ IS A STRUCTURED,
> HIGH-LEVEL LANGUAGE. ╠╧╟╧ IS
> AVAILABLE FROM ├OMMODORE ┬USINESS
> ═ACHINES OR YOUR LOCAL DEALER.
╘HE ├-64 ╫EDGE PROGRAM ╔ RECEIVED
WITH MY DISK DRIVE WORKS FINE, BUT ╔
WOULD LIKE TO MAKE AN EXTRA COPY OF
THAT PROGRAM. ╘HE ├-64 PROGRAM WHEN
RUN LOADS ANOTHER PROGRAM CALLED ─╧╙
5.1. ╔ CAN COPY THE FIRST PROGRAM, BUT
NOT THE SECOND (─╧╙ 5.1). ─O ╔ NEED
TWO DISK DRIVES TO COPY THE ENTIRE
TEST DISK?
> ┴S YOU ALREADY HAVE FOUND OUT, YOU
> CANNOT EASILY TRANFER A MACHINE-
> LANGUAGE FILE FROM ONE DISK TO
> ANOTHER. ╔F YOU'VE EVER WONDERED
> WHY THERE ARE SO MANY DISK COPIERS
> OUT ON THE MARKET FOR THE ├-64,
> THEN NOW YOU KNOW WHY. ╘O SOLVE
> YOUR PROBLEM, YOU NEED A DISK OR
> FILE COPIER. ┘OU MAY WANT TO
> INVESTIGATE THE ┼┴╙┘├╧╨┘ PROGRAM ON
> ╠╧┴─╙╘┴╥ ISSUE #16!
╔N THE ╩UNE/╩ULY ISSUE OF ├OMMODORE
╨OWER╨LAY THERE IS A PROGRAM CALLED
╠ANGUAGE ╘RANSLATOR ON PAGE 50. ╔
TYPED IT UP CORRECTLY ACCORDING TO
THE MAGAZINE ENTRY PROGRAM BUT ╔
CAN'T GET IT TO RUN. ╔'LL INSERT LINE
NUMBER 5001 WITH AN ┼NGLISH WORD THEN
A FOREIGN WORD, BUT IT WON'T TRANSLATE
PROPERLY. ╔ WOULD GET AN '╧╒╘ ╧╞ ─┴╘┴'
ERROR IN LINE 140. ╔ TRIED SWITCHING
THE ORDER OF ╥┼┴─ ┴┴$:╥┼┴─ ┬┬$ TO
╥┼┴─ ┬┬$:╥┼┴─ ┴┴$. ╘HIS CURED THE
╧╒╘ ╧╞ ─┴╘┴ ERROR, BUT THE PROGRAM
STILL WON'T RUN CORRECTLY. ├OULD YOU
PLEASE EXPLAIN?
> ╘HE ORDER OF READING IN THE ORIGINAL
> PROGRAM IS CORRECT (I.E. ╥┼┴─ ┴┴$:
> ╥┼┴─ ┬┬$). ╘HE PROBLEM SOUNDS LIKE
> YOU ARE LEAVING OFF THE 'TTTT,TTTT'
> AS THE LAST ─┴╘┴ STATEMENT. ╘HE
> PROGRAM RECOGNIZES THIS AS THE END
> OF DATA.
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╞ROM: ╚AIG 02648
╔ HAVE A ╞AST╠OAD CARTRIDGE AND
╔ SHOULD BE ABLE TO COPY PROTECTED
DISKS WITH IT UNLESS ╔ MISUNDERSTOOD
THE DIRECTIONS. ├AN YOU CLARIFY?
> ╞AST╠OAD WILL NOT COPY PROTECTED
> SOFTWARE.
╬EXT ╔ WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT
SOFTWARE OR CARTRIDGES WOULD ENABLE ME
TO DO THIS (MAKE A BACKUP).
> ╔SSUE #16 CARRIED BRIEF REVIEWS
> OF FOUR COPY PROGRAMS THAT WILL
> MAKE ARCHIVAL COPIES OF PROTECTED
> SOFTWARE.
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╞ROM: ╬ORDGREN 15010
╔ AM CONCERNED ABOUT A COUPLE OF
THINGS AS FAR AS USING ╠OADSTAR IS
CONCERNED. ╙OME PROGRAMS APPARENTLY
PROVIDE NO MEANS TO EXIT THE PROGRAM,
EXCEPT TO POWER DOWN AND BACK UP
AGAIN. ╔S THIS CORRECT, OR AM ╔
MISSING SOMETHING?
> ┘OU'RE RIGHT. ╙OME PROGRAMS MAKE
> AN ABSOLUTE MESS OF MEMORY AND
> THERE'S NO WAY WE CAN ENSURE THE
> INTEGRITY OF OUR OPERATING
> ENVIRONMENT AFTER SUCH PROGRAMS
> HAVE BEEN RUN.
┴LSO, SOME PROGRAMS PROVIDE
PRINT-OUTS ONLY FOR CERTAIN PRINTERS.
╔ REALIZE THIS CREATES DIFFICULTIES,
WHEN YOU TRY TO PROVIDE FOR EVERY TYPE
OF PRINTER, BUT CAN'T YOU AT LEAST
PROGRAM TO PROVIDE FOR ├OMMODORE
PRINTERS? ╔ OWN A ═╨╙ 801. ╔ PLAN TO
INVEST SHORTLY IN A ╙TAR 10├, IF ALL
GOES WELL, BUT IN SOME OF YOUR
PROGRAMS, NEITHER OF THESE PRINTERS
WILL BE USABLE. ╘HIS IS MOST
FRUSTRATING, BECAUSE SOME OF THE
PROGRAMS ARE MOST WORTHWHILE. ╨ERHAPS
YOU CAN MAKE SOMETHING AVAILABLE TO
PROGRAM FOR A ├OMMDORE PRINTER?
> ╘HIS PROBLEM IS FRUSTRATING TO US
> ALSO, BUT AS LONG AS ├OMMODORE
> SUPPLIERS REFUSE TO ADHERE TO
> ANY STANDARD, THE PROBLEM WILL BE
> WITH US.
>
> ├HECK OUT THE ├OMPUTER ╘IPS SECTION
> OF ╔NFLUX THIS MONTH FOR A POSSIBLE
> SOLUTION FOR YOUR ═╨╙ 801.
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