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- Computer Tips
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- From: Kober 75831
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- Contrary to all information
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- published to date, FASTLOAD most
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- certainly can be RESET without
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- turning the computer off and back on.
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- Here's all that is necessary:
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- Enter this as one line....
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- POKE770,106:POKE771,223
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- FASTLOAD 'hooks in' to BASIC by
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- diverting the 'IMAIN' vector to
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- itself. Therefore, switching FASTLOAD
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- in or out is done by simply changing
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- these vectors to point to FASTLOAD,
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- or normal BASIC.
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- The IMAIN vector is located at
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- 770 ($0302) and 771 ($0303).
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- From: Franusich 95624
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- For the last few months Commodore
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- again offers help to Commodore users
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- by calling 1-800-247-9000. I called
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- them and about three days later
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- received a short 3-line program to
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- prevent the banging of the read/write
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- head when loading protected software
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- or formatting a disk. This takes care
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- of the main cause leading to alignment
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- problems. I put the program on a disk
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- and it loads in a second or so and
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- then just type run and then load or
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- format.
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- I have never had a breakdown in
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- my Commodore. I atribute that to very
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- good cooling. I have added rubber
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- feet to extend the clearance on the
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- bottom of the C-64, 1541, and power
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- supply so that there is almost an inch
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- of clear space underneath each. The
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- vents now can do what they were
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- intended to do. I added small quiet
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- ETRI fans one on top of the 1541 and
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- another cooling the power supply. The
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- C-64 and 1541 are almost cold to the
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- touch after being on for a couple of
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- hours and the power supply is just
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- warm instead of hot without added
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- circulation and cooling.
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- The Diskette Drive Cleaning Kit is
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- a good idea as are dust covers for
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- your equipment for prevention of
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- future problems.
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- > Good advice. Unfortunately,
- > Commodore has disconnected its
- > 800 helpline number.
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- > Wait!! We have just discovered that
- > Commodore is back online. Their
- > new Customer Support Hotline number
- > is: 215-436-4200.
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- From: Scribner 55337
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- I have never been able to make a
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- hard-copy of the contents map. I
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- always got syntax error in line 2050.
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- Tonight I sat down and changed line
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- 2050 as follows:
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- > 2050 PRINT#4,CHR$(16)"20";IN$(CP)
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- I now can print the contents map with
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- no trouble. I have a MPS 801 printer.
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- > Other MPS 801 users have been
- > similarly troubled. Thanks for the
- > fix.
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