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Question and Answers part 1
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From: McCarthy 19104
Help! How do I make backup copies
of your diskettes? I have tried
everything I know to get usable
copies. I have used the 1541 Backup
program from the Bonus Pack and tried
loading and saving each program.
While I have been able to copy side 1
of both the Best of Loadstar and #
12, I have not been able to make
usable copies of side 2 of either
disk. Is there some secret I don't
know? I very much want to give my 8
year old his own set to run the games
etc, without worrying about him
messing up my original copies. Any
backup advice would be most helpful.
As soon as I can make copies of the
two disks I have, I want to subscribe
to Loadstar because it is a terrific
idea. I hope to hear from you soon.
Thank you.
>
> Some of the programs use machine
> language routines. Therefore LOADing
> then SAVEing these programs will
> not work. Try using EasyCopy on
> LOADSTAR issue #16. Another
> possibility is 4-minute copy from
> LOADSTAR #3. Or, if you have a Fast
> Load (tm) cartridge, use its
> built-in copy program. The 1541
> Backup program changes the
> destination disk's ID, making it
> impossible for Loadstar to run.
>
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From: The Stewart's 78550
We have owned our C-64 for about
6 months, and just recently purchased
a 1541 Disk Drive, and an 803
printer. While shopping for the
printer, we found a dealer who
handles your Loadstar disks. Having
read about them in the Commodore
magazines, we bought two of them, #15
and #16.
Overall, we are very pleased.
However, we do have a few minor
difficulties. Please be kind enough
to help us, and be patient with our
novice status.
First, our printer skips the
bottom line of the first column when
we print anything using the Loadstar
word processor. Is this the printer,
the software, or are we doing
something wrong?
>
> We tested the word processor with
> a MPS 803 and to our suprise it
> behaved just as you said.
> Starline works fine with the
> VIC-1525, Gemini-10x, and Epson.
> Sorry!! In the near future, we hope
> to modify Starline to work with the
> 803 also.
>
Also, do you still sell the COMAL
language disks for $10.00?
>
> As of December 1985, yes, we still
> sell the COMAL 0.14 Sampler for that
> price.
>
> For more information on COMAL and
> COMAL users groups, contact
>
> COMAL USERS GROUP, U.S.A., LIMITED
> 5501 Groveland Ter.
> Madison
> WI 53716
>
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From: Moore 22101
I want to first say that I am
very new to the Commodore
environment. I have had my Commodore
for less than 6 months.
I was exploring the program
A MAZING GRACE on side one of LOADSTAR
#15, and I ran into a problem which
due to the fact that I don't have any
programming experience as such, I
could not solve.
It seems that something happened
when I tried to create a maze and
print it out on my printer. It seems
that there was an error message that
appeared on the screen, but I didn't
really understand enough to know how
to get into the program and correct
it. Perhaps a little insight or
guideline in the right direction will
help me towards solving this
situation should it happen again. If
I remember correctly when I received
your disks, there was something I
read that said if there was a problem
with the disk that you would some way
be able to correct or help me solve
the dilemma. I'm not really sure
what I should be doing at this point.
Do I simply return the disk to you to
correct or what?
>
> It always helps to specify exactly
> what the error was; and what were
> the chain of events that caused the
> error. However in this case, we may
> have the solution. Try changing
> line 680 to:
>
> 680M$=M$+CHR$(PK)+CHR$(PK):EE=FRE(0)
>
> This was an unfortunate goof on our
> part. We hope it solves your
> problem. Sorry for the
> inconvenience.
>
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End of Question and Answer part 1
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