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Questions & Answers Part 3
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From: A. Sessanna
> Oh don't you cry for me... <
When somebody sends in some
questions how many issues pass before
they are answered?
> We attempt to operate on a schedule
> two months ahead of our publication
> date. This helps insure that an
> issue is thoroughly tested, but also
> delays user responses.
Is cleaning the disk drive rough on
it like formatting is?
> According to our sources, neither
> formatting or cleaning is bad on the
> drive. The general rule of thumb is
> to clean your drive head about every
> 25 hours of use.
Is there any way to change the name
of a SEQ file?
> The normal rename command will work
> for SEQ files. To use it, type in
> the following:
>
> OPEN15,8,15,"R0:NEWNAME=OLDNAME"
> CLOSE15
When I turn on my disk drive the
light doesn't go out for about 1
minute. Is there a way that this can
be stopped?
> That is a problem we have never
> heard of. There is undoubtedly
> something wrong with your drive.
> Try typing this after you turn on
> your machine and insert a formatted
> disk:
>
> OPEN15,8,15,"I0:":CLOSE15
>
> This is the command to initialize
> the disk drive. If there are no
> other problems with your drive,
> then just ignore the light.
Is it illegal to use part of someone
else's program in one of your
programs and send it in to LOADSTAR?
> Yes, IF it is copyrighted.
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From: Jim White
I would like to thank all concerned
for some fine software. The PGM
program (Loadstar #21) has given me a
lot more power on my 64.
One thing I would like to do is
print the hires screens from your
disks. Can you help me?
> Because our pictures can be in
> several different formats, and there
> are so many different printers out
> there, not to mention so many
> different interfaces, there would
> have to be dozens of specific
> programs to do the job. We don't
> anticipate tackling it, but will
> gladly accept program submissions
> that do it.
I would like to see an alarm clock
program.
> We published an alarm clock program
> in Loadstar #9. Why not order it
> and check it out?
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From: Brown
I am having problems with a
program from disk #23, the program is
"123 DIRECTORY". Sometimes it works
but most of the time it doesn't.
When I load and then run the program
I will get: Bad Subscript Error in
100.
Line 100 reads as follows:
GET#1,A$,B$:X=ASC(A$+N$)+ASC(B$+N$)*
256:C$(I,L)=STR$(X)
> We have found that "123 Directory"
> is very sensitive to control
> characters in filenames. Try to
> make sure that you don't run it on
> any directory with such characters
> embedded.
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From: Chris DeYoung
I'm ten years old. I made a program
that lists all the houses I deliver
to on my paper route. Whenever
somebody stops or starts receiving
the newspaper I deliver, I have to
change about ten lines in the
program then save the program
again. I want to be able to save the
numbers in a sequential file so that
I can alter the data without changing
program lines. I want to learn how
to create and access the file; could
you give me some information?
Thank you.
> To create a NEW SEQ data file
> and write information to it:
>
> 100 REM OPEN THE DATA FILE
> 110 :
> 120 OPEN5,8,5,"FILENAME,S,W"
> 130 :
> 140 REM PUT DATA INTO AN ARRAY
> 145 REM WITH NO COMMAS IN DATA!
> 150 :
> 160 A$(1)="JOHN DOE"
> 170 A$(2)="1315 STRAIGHT ST."
> 180 A$(3)="SHREVEPORT LA. 71104"
> 190 :
> 200 REM WRITE DATA TO SEQ FILE
> 210 :
> 220 FOR T=1 TO 3
> 230 PRINT#5,A$(T)
> 240 NEXT : CLOSE5
>
> To read data from the file do this:
>
> 200 OPEN5,8,5,"FILENAME,S,R"
> 210 FOR T=1 TO 3
> 220 INPUT#5,A$(T) : PRINT A$(T)
> 230 NEXT : CLOSE5
>
> Good luck with your newspaper
> route as well as your program
> to organize it! I hope this is
> enough information to get you
> started on putting your data into
> SEQ files.
> For full information on disk use,
> order our disk, "DOS and DON'TS".
> See the "About our Products" file on
> Side Two.
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