#! rnews 1112 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!news1.best.com!nntp.primenet.com!news.mathworks.= com!uunet!inXS.uu.net!whales.netwave.net!news From: Steve De Rose Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm,alt.fun.with.steve Subject: Name the most common post to comp.sys.cbm Date: Mon, 01 Jul 1996 21:58:59 -0500 Organization: P Q R S, Ltd. Lines: 12 Message-ID: <31D89073.57EA@maui.netwave.net> References: <4r0962$bcc@ruby.ucc.nau.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: pppm5.netwave.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=3Dus-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0b3 (Win95; I) Xref: pravda.aa.msen.com comp.sys.cbm:57259 alt.fun.with.steve:580 Paul Allen Panks wrote: > Here are my observations: > 1) For sale posts (mostly people wanting to buy a C64 or 128). [whole lot of snip to save bandwidth] > 40) Questions about BASIC. [.sig file snipped] =20 I am amazed that no one has suggested =3D 41) How can I {swive (look it up)} my JiffyDOS? !=3DD> And it should be cross-posted to alt.alt . Steve `Pudgy' De Rose 8=3D)> The Chicago Beer Society: 1996 A.H.A. Homebrew Club of the Year! #! rnews 10049 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!news1.best.com!nntp.primenet.com!news.cais.net!n= ews.mathworks.com!news.PBI.net!samba.rahul.net!rahul.net!a2i!olivea!expre= ss.ior.com!pm3-20.ior.com!Cstever From: Cstever@on-ramp.ior.com (SteveR) Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: FS:C-64, Vic-20 cartridges Date: Mon, 1 Jul 1996 19:44:38 UNDEFINED Organization: Internet On-Ramp, Inc. Lines: 259 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: pm3-20.ior.com X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev B final beta #1] =09 SteveR's Classic Cartridges 6/30/96 -=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D- =09 FREE SHIPPING on ALL Cartridge orders OVER $30.00 - US and Canada ONLY ^^^^^^^^^ ^^ ^^^^^^ ---- >>>> Overseas Shipping Cost More, See End of Files <<<< --All Prices are in US Funds. Cartridges and Prices Change WEEKLY-- ----Visa/Mastercard SAME As Cash---- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ This list contains: Atari 2600/5200/7800, Intellivision, ColecoVision Odyssey 2, Atari 400/800, C-64, Vic-20, Channel F, Arcadia-2001 Hand-Helds, Texas Instruments, Sega Saturn, Timex Sinclear,=20 Aquarius, IBM Hardware, Books, Magazines Every cartridge below is a double from my personal collection. I personally don't need more than ONE copy of each title, this is why I started selling my extras on Internet since October 1994. If you think something is priced too high, watch my weekly list, because I Lower the Prices of stuff that doesn't sell. This is NOT an Auction-all cartridge are sold for the price listed ^^^ ^^^^^^^ COLECO ADAMS as-is/untested ------------ Blank Adams Data Tape 256k in BOX $6.00 (2) Blank Adams Data Tape 256k $4.00 Buck Rogers:Planet of Zoom $4.00 (2) CP/M 2.2 and Assembler $8.00 Tape, Manual, Binder Donkey Kong (Cassette Only) $8.00 Smart Basic (Cassette only) $3.00 =20 Commodore C-64 `Untested/As-is' ------------------------------- 64 Modem $6.00 BOX, Modem, Disk, 300 Buad Adventure Creator $15.00 Cart, Box, Docs, Warrenty card Centipede $7.00 Clowns $4.00 Congo Bongo $10.00 MINT label (1) $6.00 label tear Frogger $7.00 Gridrunner $6.00 HES Writer 64 $5.00 Jupitar Lander $5.00 (2) Kickman $4.00 Kids on Keys $4.00 Case, Docs and Nice Case Magic Desk I $4.00 (3) Ms Pac-man $7.00 Cart and BOX Popeye $7.00 Sea Wolf $5.00 Tapper $10.00 $ Webster:the Word Game $6.00 Cart, Case,Docs = =20 Vic-20 Cartridges 'Untested/AS-IS' SYS 32592 to run most ------------------ BOOK: Personal Computing on the Vic-20 164 Pages $10.00 BOOK: an Introduction to Basic:`Part 1 152 Pages $10.00 Comes with BOX, Large size book, 2 tapes included 8K RAM MDS,inc $6.00 Adventure Land vic-1914 $4.00 (2) Aggressor HES $10.00 Aliens vic-1906 $4.00 Avenger vic-1901 $3.00 (3) Avenger vic-1901 $6.00 Box and Manual Centipede atarisoft $12.00 Choplifter Creative Soft. $8.00 Choplifter Creative Soft. $4.00 Faded label Clowns vic1931 $3.00 (2) Cosmic Cruncher vic-1922 $3.00 Cosmic Cruncher vic-1922 $6.00 Box, and Docs the Count vic-1917 $3.00 (3) Demon Attack Imagic $20.00=20 Dig Dug atarisoft $12.00 (2) Gorf vic-1923 $3.00 (6) Gorf vic-1923 $6.00 Metal Cover Gorf vic-1923 $8.00 With BOX, Manual Grid Runner HesWare $9.00 Grid Runner $3.00 (NO LABEL) HES Mon Hesware $8.00 HES Writer HesWare $10.00 BOX and Manual Home Babysitter vic-1928 $4.00 Jupiter Lander vic-1907 $4.00 K-Razy Antiks CBS $13.00 K-Star Patrol CBS $13.00 Mole Attack vic-1912 $3.00 (5) Ms. Pac-Man atarisoft $12.00 Number Nabber/Shape Grabber $5.00 (2) vic-1941 Pac-Man $10.00 Pirates Cove vic-1915 $3.00 (5) Poker vic-1908 $4.00 (1) Poker vic-1908 $6.00 With BOX Pole Position atarisoft $10.00 Omega Race vic-1924 $2.00 (9) Omega Race vic-1924 $6.00 BOX and docs Q*Bert $12.00 (2) Radar RatRace vic-1910 $3.00 (5) Raid on Fort Knox vic-1913 $6.00 (2) River Rescue Thorn EMI $20.00 Made in the UK Sargon II Chess vic-1919 $6.00 Slot vic-1904 $3.00 Slot vic-1904 $6.00 With BOX Speed Math/Bingo Math vic-1933 $3.00 (2) Star Post vic-1939 $5.00 StarTrek: S.O.S. Sega $12.00 Super Smash vic-1921 $5.00 The Sky is Falling vic-1911 $4.00 Tooth Invaders vic-1938 $6.00 Trashman Creative Soft. $10.00 With BOX VooDoo Castle vic-1918 $4.00 (3) Vic-20 CASSETTES 'Untested/AS-IS' ---------------- Car Chase $2.00 Blue Meanies from Outer Space $3.00 Docs Expense Calendar $3.00 With Box, and Docs Galactic Blitz $3.00 by Tronix Home Inventory $3.00 With Box Home Inventory $2.00 =20 Loan/Mortgage $3.00 With Box and Docs Personal Finance $4.00 (2 cassettes) With Box Slither $2.00 Snakeman $2.00 =20 Trek $3.00 Vic-20/C-64 Typewrite WordProcessor $3.00 With Box 3 Misc cassettes and Case $3.00 misc programs AQUARIUS by Mattel (Untested/AS-IS) ------------------ Advanced D&D: Treasure of Tarmin $20.00 AstroSmash $10.00 BioRhythms $5.00 NO End label TRON: Deadly Disc $12.00 =09 CHANNEL F (Fairchild video system) ----------------------------------- #1:TicTacToe plus '3' others $6.00 #2:Shooting Gallery/Desert Fox $6.00 #3:Video Blackjack $5.00 No End Label #9:Drag Race $8.00 #10:Maze/Cat and Mouse $12.00 =09 Arcadia-2001 Emerson (untested) ------------------------------- Cat Trax $8.00 Escape $8.00 Jungler #23 $12.00 Space Raiders $8.00 Tanks A Lot $10.00 MAGAZINES & Books ----------------- Electronic Games magazine Nov 1983 $14.00 Electronic Games magazine Jan 1985 $11.00 How to Master Video Games by Tom Hirschfeld 1981 $6.00 Mastering Pac-man by Ken Uston 1981 128 pages $3.00 (2) Scoring Big at Pac-Man by Craig Kubey 1982 46 pages $3.00 (1) HandHelds & Misc: (ALL hand-helds are in Working Condition) ----------------- (UNLESS Noted otherwise) Stunt Cycle by ATARI Model SC-450 Works GREAT, This is NICE, a Table top machine you sit on=20 a table, and hook to your TV. It has two handle grips on the machine to gas your Stunt cycle. FOUR games in one: Stunt Cycle, Drag Race, Motocross, and Enduro, THIS is a Classic. $60 or Best TRADE =09 Boxing (Bambino) Can't get to work, No battery Cover $2.00 as-is PLUS $1.00 shipping Cosmic Clash (Mini-Arcade) by TOMY (1982) NEW mint in Box, (the box shows some wear) Electro-Mechanical $25.00 or best Trade (1) Donkey Kong by Coleco This is the Tabletop Arcade series BUT Does Not work for me, no Cover $5.00 Football by Mattel Electronics (1977) Battery Cover included $6.00 (1) Head to Head HOCKEY (Coleco) Very Nice condition, Includes Battery cover $10.00 Hit and Missile (1979 TOMY) Electro-Mechanical game Works GREAT, includes battery Cover $30.00 OBO Team Play BasketBall by Sears Battery Cover included $10.00 Soccer by Entex Electronics (1979) LED field, Battery Cover Included $6.00 Split Second (Doesn't seem to work) But in Orginal BOX, It does look Nice! $10.00 Or Best Offer Muppet Learning Keys (1984) This is a Kid controller,=20 Not sure what systems this was used with yet $6.00 WANT LIST: Chase the Chuckwagon, X-men, Crazy Climber, Custer's Revenge SwordQuest:WaterWorld, X-rated Double-enders, Cakewalk, Cubicolor, Gas Hog, LockJaw, Master Builder, Q*Bert Qubes Quadrun, Stronghold, 128 in 1 system, CompuMate,=20 anything else extremely Rare ---------------------------------------------------------- SHIPPING USA/Canada ALL Other Countries 1 items $1.50 $3.50 2 items $2.00 $4.00 3 items $2.50 $4.50 4 items $3.00 MAX $5.00 MAX All Carts are sold as Working conditions Only, If you have a concern of the Labels Condition Please ask first. All Boxes/carts will be mailed within 1-4 Days after money is recieved! After I tell you that I've got you down for any certain cart, you will have 'SEVEN' days to have a check, money order or Cash to me before the cart goes back on sale again. If my cartridge count was wrong and I am OUT of the cartridge you ordered, I will E-mail you to see if you want a REFUND or=20 a Second Choice-This RARELY happens. E-mail: Stever@on-ramp.ior.com http://www.ior.com/~stever (Classic Cart Web Page) Call: Prowler's DOMAIN bbs 509-327-8922 6-lines 18.0+GIGS Contact: Night Prowler http://www.ior.com/~stever (Classic Video Game Page) SteveR@on-ramp.ior.com Atari 2600/5200/7800 Atari 400/800 ColecoVision Intellivision =20 E-mail for COMPLETE Price/Trade list Prowler's DOMAIN bbs 509-327-8922 6-lines 20.0-Gigs+30 CD-ROMS #! rnews 981 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!news1.best.com!nntp.primenet.com!news.cais.net!n= ews.vbc.net!news.mira.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!mugca.cc.monash.e= du.au!not-for-mail From: mspinks@mugca.cc.monash.edu.au (Matthew Spinks) Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: Problem with M.U.L.E.? Date: 2 Jul 1996 13:35:03 +1000 Organization: Monash University Lines: 18 Message-ID: <4ra5d7$2kv@mugca.cc.monash.edu.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: mugca.cc.monash.edu.au X-NNTP-Posting-User: mspinks X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 CURRENT #11 Hi, Does anyone else have this problem? When playing M.U.L.E. in beginner mode, the program goes into a loop when the ship comes back after six mon= ths. Is this a known bug, or is there something wrong with my copy? If it is= a bug, are there any fixes? Cheers, - Matthew. -- Matthew Spinks | PhD grad. slave | 'Man is a thinking erratum.' GSCIT Research Ctr. | Monash University | - after Machado de Assis Churchill, Victoria | Australia | #! rnews 1048 Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!news1.best.com!nntp.primenet.com!news.cais.net!n= ews.mathworks.com!uunet!in2.uu.net!news2.interlog.com!news1.io.org!torfre= e!af874 From: af874@torfree.net (Gary Harper) Subject: Need some Help with a C64 fuse problem Message-ID: Organization: Toronto Free-Net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Date: Sun, 30 Jun 1996 14:45:27 GMT Lines: 15 Can anyone tell me what type of fuse goes in a C64, as a friend picked=20 up a C64 that he did not try first. The computer didn't work so I opened=20 it up and seen that it had a missing fuse. I jumped the socket and the=20 computer worked. So, I need to know what type of fuse goes in it. Please answer by Email if possible as this news server goes down a lot. Thanks in advance.. --=20 -- Amiga: The stealth computer. **********************************= **** I'd rather be R/C-ing. * Just a lurker at heart = * This line is for rent, enquire. **********************************= **** #! rnews 1319 Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!news1.best.com!nntp.primenet.com!news.cais.net!v= an-bc!van.istar!ott.istar!istar.net!torn!watserv3.uwaterloo.ca!undergrad.= math.uwaterloo.ca!csbruce From: csbruce@ccnga.uwaterloo.ca (Craig Bruce) Subject: CCNGA demos and emulation support discontinued... timeframe unkn= own Sender: news@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca (news spool owner) Message-ID: Date: Tue, 2 Jul 1996 01:31:54 GMT Nntp-Posting-Host: ccnga.uwaterloo.ca Organization: University of Waterloo, Canada (eh!) Lines: 17 The FTP disk of the host "ccnga.uwaterloo.ca" has filled up, so I have decided to discontinue carrying demos and emulator files on the site unti= l other space frees up. The site is currently carrying 72 Megs of Commodor= e stuff (where, really, I only have official permission to carry 25 Megs of stuff). Anyhow, the demos and emulation stuff are taking up 20 Megs of this space and that is increasing since both of these types of programs usually come= in obnoxiously large ZIP files. (Plus, I personally think that both of thes= e things are useless). If the disk ever goes back above 60 Megs free, I'll put these directories back. Keep on Hackin'! -Craig Bruce csbruce@ccnga.uwaterloo.ca "Supermarket automatic doors open for me, therefore I am." #! rnews 1233 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!news1.best.com!news.texas.net!news.kei.com!newsf= eed.internetmci.com!act.news.telstra.net!nsw.news.telstra.net!asstdc.scgt= .oz.au!metro!metro!seagoon.newcastle.edu.au!usenet From: "Bruce R. McFarling" Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: Re: 1581 HD or DD Date: 2 Jul 1996 03:39:39 GMT Organization: Department of Economics, University of Newcastle Lines: 17 Message-ID: <4ra5lr$4q3@seagoon.newcastle.edu.au> References: <4r3qqr$anj@nyx10.cs.du.edu> <4r6gku$p6l@seagoon.newcastle.ed= u.au> <4r92dg$264@mksrv1.dseg.ti.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: econ70.newcastle.edu.au Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=3Dus-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.2N (Windows; I; 16bit) egotrip@lesol1.dseg.ti.com (Mike Neus) wrote: > Bruce, your theory seems sound regarding HD disks...and > given this I can see why you would keep your disks separate. > But if you use DD disks like your supposed to, you will not > have this problem. When I could go into a Big-W and buy a box a DD disks, fine. Nowadays, I'll keep my DD disks for things that are more important, like archiving Style demos. =20 Virtually, Bruce R. McFarling, Newcastle, NSW ecbm@cc.newcastle.edu.au #! rnews 1428 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!news1.best.com!news.texas.net!news.kei.com!newsf= eed.internetmci.com!act.news.telstra.net!nsw.news.telstra.net!asstdc.scgt= .oz.au!metro!metro!seagoon.newcastle.edu.au!usenet From: "Bruce R. McFarling" Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: Re: 1581 HD or DD Date: 2 Jul 1996 03:42:18 GMT Organization: Department of Economics, University of Newcastle Lines: 20 Message-ID: <4ra5qq$4q3@seagoon.newcastle.edu.au> References: = <4r93gb$264@mksrv1.dseg.ti.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: econ70.newcastle.edu.au Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=3Dus-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.2N (Windows; I; 16bit) egotrip@lesol1.dseg.ti.com (Mike Neus) wrote: > I would say your disk collection speaks for itself. If you are=20 > successfully using 100 HD disks what better determination of > reliability can you have? However, I am curious...why are you > using HD disks? I doubt they are any better or posses any special > characteristics that make them better suited to DD data than DD > disks. Save your pennies. If you have to buy DD disks from a high-markup computer store, and can get HD disks from a low-markup discount store, saving pennies may be *exactly* the reason to use HD disks for a 100 disk collection! Virtually, Bruce R. McFarling, Newcastle, NSW ecbm@cc.newcastle.edu.au #! rnews 3292 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!news1.best.com!news.texas.net!news.kei.com!newsf= eed.internetmci.com!act.news.telstra.net!newshost.telstra.net!news.ci.com= .au!wabbit.its.uow.edu.au!seagoon.newcastle.edu.au!usenet From: "Bruce R. McFarling" Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: Re: Question about Big Blue Reader Date: 2 Jul 1996 03:59:15 GMT Organization: Department of Economics, University of Newcastle Lines: 56 Message-ID: <4ra6qj$4q3@seagoon.newcastle.edu.au> References: <31CCDCA2.13A5@micron.com> <4qmacc$3q8@seagoon.newcastle.edu.= au> <4qp4t4$q6j@mksrv1.dseg.ti.com> <4qpptj$637@dfw-ixnews5.ix.netcom.com= > <4r8sme$264@mksrv1.dseg.ti.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: econ70.newcastle.edu.au Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=3Dus-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.2N (Windows; I; 16bit) egotrip@lesol1.dseg.ti.com (Mike Neus) wrote: > I do spend alot of time swaping files with a 1581 and a > high density PC floppy, and I have never had this problem. > It sounds like you have a hardware problem if you can't > format a disk without first bulk erasing it. =20 > Are you sure you don't have a bad disk? If my original information source was correct that an HD drive wrote slightly narrower tracks than a DD drive (whether this was when detecting an HD disk or a DD disk, I don't know, but I've seen too many solutions to compatibility problems to believe just because they *attempted* to solve the DD / HD compatibility problem with 3.5" disks that they necessarily succeeded -- so maybe I believed the original source for so long because I'm *ready* to believe in this kind of problem 8-)# -- ( pretty long parenthetical statement, huh?) -- then the problem *is* a hardware problem -- drive alignment. Remember the original explanation I gave (which might just as easily be wrong, as we've seen): the HD drive write a slightly narrower track, so that there is that DD data still out there on the edges. With properly aligned drives, no problem, because they are just tiny ribbons, not enough even for a obsolete 1 to over-ride a current 0. However, with alignment problems, that non-overwritten old track would be wider than with a DD <-> DD or HD <-> HD track, so that the DD <-> HD transfer would be (notice the use of the contional sense there) more finicky about alignment problems ( not a rare hardware problem, is it? ) than DD <-> DD or HD <-> HD. Oh, and BTW, there's a technique to use if you have to live with sneaker netting data between misaligned drives in a setting where the drives won't get aligned until they fail to read a 'written once' commercial distribution disk. I'll leave people to guess what it is, but as a hint I'll point out that it double the number of disks you have to dedicate to disk-based transfers. 8-)#=20 Notice that the above would actually be an accurate description if the university had just bought a bunch of machines with sub-spec HD drive mechanisms, so it also could have been true for the HD drives the university hardware support person was talking about without necessarily being true in general. That's something that I *didn't* notice when I started spouting off on this topic last week. 8-)# =20 Virtually, Bruce R. McFarling, Newcastle, NSW ecbm@cc.newcastle.edu.au #! rnews 1472 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!news1.best.com!nntp.primenet.com!news.cais.net!n= ews.vbc.net!news.mira.net.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!mel.di= t.csiro.au!actcsiro!news.nsw.CSIRO.AU!wabbit.its.uow.edu.au!seagoon.newca= stle.edu.au!usenet From: "Bruce R. McFarling" Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: Re: what is a .sfx???? Date: 2 Jul 1996 04:06:29 GMT Organization: Department of Economics, University of Newcastle Lines: 23 Message-ID: <4ra785$4q3@seagoon.newcastle.edu.au> References: <4r24iv$c6c@omnifest.uwm.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: econ70.newcastle.edu.au Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=3Dus-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.2N (Windows; I; 16bit) Joesph Fenn wrote: > > >On 28 Jun 1996, Andrew R. McInnis wrote: > >> i recently got a commodore modem and everything i see to download >> is a .sfx or a .lha file >> whAt are these?? >Andy that is a self disolving file. It is a 128 mode file just load >it in 128 mode and run it. It will dissolve itself and present you >with a dir of all the files or parts of the program that are needed. >(works just like the old 64 files that ended with .sda) As others have said before, .sfx files work with either C64 or C128. But if you have a C128, you won't regret .sfx in fast mode. =20 Virtually, Bruce R. McFarling, Newcastle, NSW ecbm@cc.newcastle.edu.au #! rnews 926 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!news1.best.com!nntp.primenet.com!news.mathworks.= com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!panix!not-for-mail From: rpowers@panix.com (Rich Will Powers) Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: Re: SuperCPU-64 status? Date: 2 Jul 1996 01:05:09 -0400 Organization: Lacking... Lines: 13 Message-ID: <4raam5$51r@panix.com> References: <31CF00A7.64A5@softd= isk.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com In <31CF00A7.64A5@softdisk.com> Jeff Jones writes= : >Last time I spoke to them (last week), they said they would probably >be ready to ship this week. Our beta unit is very impressive. Ok, I'm curious. What is SuperCPU-64? rwp --=20 Fuck the CDA, you say? "As the most participatory form of mass speech yet developed, the Internet deserves the highest protection from governmental intrusion." And the CDA got fucked. rpowers@panix.com #! rnews 767 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!news1.best.com!nntp.primenet.com!news.cais.net!n= ewsfeed.internetmci.com!info.ucla.edu!nnrp.info.ucla.edu!news.ucdavis.edu= !usenet From: Edward Eisenman Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: 1571 DD for sale? Date: Mon, 01 Jul 1996 23:03:21 -0700 Organization: University of California, Davis Lines: 5 Message-ID: <31D8BBA9.24E2@ucdavis.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: reqa-028.ucdavis.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=3Dus-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0b4 (Win95; I) I have a Commodore 128, but unfortunately my 1571 DD doesn't work=20 anymore. If anyone has a working 1571 DD that they are willing to part=20 with, please e-mail me, and tell me how much you want for it. Thanks! Ed #! rnews 5141 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!news1.best.com!nntp.primenet.com!news.mathworks.= com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!xmission!news.wasatch.com!news From: "Mike Casey" Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: Software For Sale Date: Mon, 1 Jul 1996 23:54:32 -0600 Organization: Wasatch Communications Lines: 268 Message-ID: <01bb67da.f0d14a80$f38163cc@bugfamly> NNTP-Posting-Host: port0l.wasatch.com X-Newsreader: Microsoft Internet News 4.70.1085 COMMODORE 64/128 SOFTWARE FOR SALE JULY 1996 =20 MIKE CASEY, 2534 WEST 3360 SOUTH, WEST VALLEY UT 84119 (801) 963-6573 E-MAIL: BUGFAMLY@WASATCH.COM =20 THE FOLLOWING TITLES ARE COMPLETE IN BOX WITH ORIGINAL DISKS AND DOCS,ONL= Y $4 EACH APPLICATIONS/PRODUCTIVITY WIZZARD OF ID *PLEAS= E ADD POSTAGE TO EACH ORDER! MICRO DETECTIVE ($4 MINIMUM) COMMODORE EASY SPELL GENERAL KNOWLEDGE BUILDER BLANK DS/DD DISKS .10c EACH! INFOBASE 64 BLACK RIBBON FOR OKI 10/20 $5 SUPERBASE 64 SET INSTANT RECALL DATABASE BASEBALL STAT. MANAGER EASY SPEECH (ADDS SPEECH TO TEXT GAMES, USE ONLY WITH VOICE MESENGER) GAMES AXE OF RAGE DECEPTOR COSMIC TUNNELS NETHERWORLD NOVABLAST MURDER BY THE DOZEN HOLLYWOOD SQUARES WING COMMANDER DEADLINE JEOPARDY(SHRINKWRAPPED) Z PILOT SUPER HUEY FLIGHT SIM II TRIPLE CROWN CHALLENGE RACING (SHRINKWRAPPED) RELMS OF DARKNESS POWER (SHRINKWRAPPED) PORTAL ARCHON BARDS TALE II ECHELON DUNGEONQUEST AMAZON TEMPLE OF APSHI RENDEVOUS WITH RAMA 720 SKATEBOARDING WASTELAND HES GAMES BMX RACING INTERNATIONAL SOCCER (CART, IN BOX) THE FOLLOWING TITLES ARE ORIGINAL DISKS WITH INSTRUCTIONS ONLY, $3 EACH BLOCK OUT EASY SCRIPT HEAVY METAL 10TH FRAME BOWLING MUSICALC VIP TERMINAL MOVIE MONSTER GAME TOP GUN SUPERSTAR HOCKEY SUPERSTAR SOCCER SKATE ROCK BLOCKBUSTER ROAD RUNNER F-14 TOMCAT INVADERS OF THE LOST TOMB GHOSTS & GOBLINS KARNOV VALUE CALC ELIMINATOR HUNTER PATROL/AD INFINITUM HARDWARE C64 COMPLETE $25 1541 DRIVE $20 1541 DRIVE W/JIFFY DOS $45 BOOKS PROGRAMMING THE COMMODORE 64...600 pages $5 KID TO KID ON THE COMMODORE 64 $4 C64 OWNERS MANUAL $4 1541 OWNERS MANUAL $4 THE FOLLOWING TITLES ARE ORIGINAL DISK ONLY WITH NO DOCS, $2 EACH 128 TUTORIAL DISK 1541 DEMO DISK 1551 DEMO DISK 1571 DEMO DISK 1985 ACCOLADE COMICS ACTION CITY MICKIE ADVENTURE PAK ADVENTURE CONSTRUCTION SET AEROBICS ALTER EGO ALTERED BEAST AMERICA'S CUP APOLLO 18 ARCADE ACTION ARCADE GAMES AND SPORTS SPECTACULAR BARDS TALE III BAT BATMAN BATTLETECH BCI SOFTWARE 3 FOR ALL BEACH VOLLEYBALL BETTER WORKING WORD PROCESSOR BEYOND CASTLE WOLFENSTEIN BILL & TEDS EXCELLENT ADVENTURE BLACK FLAG COPIER BMX TRIALS CAPCOM MINI GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP GAMBLER CHASE ON TOM SAWYERS ISLAND (DISNEY) CHESS CHALENGER CHESS CHAMPION CHOMP CLASSIC CONCENTRATION CLIFFHANGER COMMODORE B/GRAPH COMMODORE ENGLISH 5 COMMODORE HISTORY COMMODORE MATH III CONAN CONTRA COOL WORLD COUNTDOWN TO SHUTDOWN CRITICAL MASS DANCING FEATS DARK TOWER, THE DEADLINE DESCISION MAKER DEMONSTALKERS DES-SOFT DI-SECTOR 3.0 DICK TRACY DIEHARD DONALD DUCKS PLAYGROUND DUCK TALES EARLY GAMES FOR CHILDREN EASY WORKING PLANNER/FILER ELECTRONIC CHECKBOOK FACTORY FAST EDDIE FEARLESS FRED & THE FACTORY OF DOOM FELONY FROGGER/THRESHOLD FUN HOUSE GEOS 1.2 GHOST MANOR/SPIKES PEAK GHOSTBUSTERS II GOLDEN AXE GOSPEL GRAPHICS FOR PRINTSHOP GRAPH PAK/CHART PAK GRAPHIC LABEL MAKER HARDBALL HEIST,THE HITCHIKERS GUIDE TO THE GALAXY HOLLYWOOD POKER HOME BANKER HUNTER PATROL/AD INFINITUM IN SEARCH OF THE MOST AMAZING THING INDOOR SPORTS INFOCOM 4 IN 1 SAMPLER INTERNATIONAL TEAM SPORTS JEOPARDY JET JOHN ELWAY QUARTERBACK KANE/HUMAN RACE KENTUCKY DERBY KEYPUNCH ARCADE & SPORTS SPECTACULAR KIKSTART KNIGHT GAMES L.A. SWAT/PANTHER LAST V8,THE LAGACY OF THE ANCIENTS LIFEPLAN LORDS OF CONQUEST MACH 5 UTILITIES DISK MANAGER, THE C64 MANIAC MANSION MASTER GRADER MASTER OF MAGIC MASTER TRIVIA MASTERING THE S.A.T. (4 DISKS) MICRO-ASTROLOGER MINDSHADOW MIRROR V.3.3 COPIER MOBIUS MONDUS FIGHT PALACE MR. ROBOT & HIS ROBOT FACTORY NEUTRAL ZONE NEVER ENDING STORY NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET NINJA ONE STEP PROGRAMMING UTILITIES OUTRUN PERFECT COLLEGE, THE PIRATES TOOLKIT/MIRROR V.2 POCKETWRITER 2 POWER DISK GAMES PREDATOR PRINTED WORD, THE PSYCHO PUZZLE MANIA R-TYPE RAMPAGE RAMPART REPTON=20 RETROGRADE ROBOCOP ROCK STAR ROCKET RANGER SARGON II SCOOBY DOO SCRUPLES SENTINAL WORLDS SEVEN CITIES OF GOLD SHADOW WARRIORS SHAMUS SHOTGUN II/BULLSEYE COPIERS SIDEARMS SKATECRAZY SLUGGER SPACE HARRIER SPELLRIGHT PLUS STAR FRONTEIRS STARGLIDER=20 STRIP POKER I STRIP POKER II SUCCESS WITH MATH SUMMER CAMP SUPER HUEY II SUPERBASE SUPERMAN SUPERSTAR SOCCER TEAM SPORTS TECHNOCOP TETRIS THING ON A SPRING THUNDERBLADE TITAN TOP FLIGHT TOUCHDOWN FOOTBALL TOUCHTERM TYPING PROFESSOR TYPING TEACHER/ALGEBRA DRAGONS TYPING TUTOR/WORD INVADERS WATER POLO WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT WILLOW WIN, LOSE, OR DRAW WOBBLER WORDMASTER SENIOR WORDPRO 3 =20 #! rnews 650 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!news1.best.com!nntp.primenet.com!news.mathworks.= com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!xmission!news.wasatch.com!news From: "Mike Casey" Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: FS: SX64 W/Jiffy-Dos Date: Tue, 2 Jul 1996 00:02:41 -0600 Organization: Wasatch Communications Lines: 4 Message-ID: <01bb67dc.14737e80$f38163cc@bugfamly> NNTP-Posting-Host: port0l.wasatch.com X-Newsreader: Microsoft Internet News 4.70.1085 For Sale: 1 Commodore SX64 in great condition, has Jiffy-Dos installed an= d an 8/9 device switch on the back. $99 includes shipping! If interested, please E-Mail: bugfamly@wasatch.com ...Thanks #! rnews 1905 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!news1.best.com!nntp.primenet.com!news.cais.net!n= ewsfeed.internetmci.com!uwm.edu!spool.mu.edu!munnari.OZ.AU!mel.dit.csiro.= au!actcsiro!news.nsw.CSIRO.AU!wabbit.its.uow.edu.au!seagoon.newcastle.edu= .au!usenet From: "Bruce R. McFarling" Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: Re: CCNGA demos and emulation support discontinued... timeframe = unknown Date: 2 Jul 1996 06:57:08 GMT Organization: Department of Economics, University of Newcastle Lines: 28 Message-ID: <4rah84$c5m@seagoon.newcastle.edu.au> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: econ70.newcastle.edu.au Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=3Dus-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.2N (Windows; I; 16bit) csbruce@ccnga.uwaterloo.ca (Craig Bruce) wrote: > Anyhow, the demos and emulation stuff are taking up 20 Megs of this > space and that is increasing since both of these types of programs > usually come in obnoxiously large ZIP files. (Plus, I personally > think that both of these things are useless). What a terrible thing to say! Why, here I am spending some of my weekend downloading demos to run on my emulator. Of course, when I get a real C64 again, I won't need the emulator, but that doesn't mean that the emulator is not a useful stop-gap. A much better reason would be that the best emulators are available elsewhere, and *ought* to be on any collection of the relevant host system that pretends to provide all the useful things you can do on that host -- and to be sure, there nothing more useful than making a host pretend it's a C64. And Digital Dungeon has a good collection of demos. So I think that replacing the directories by a reference to other sources for these particular categories would be reasonable permanent solution. =20 Virtually, Bruce R. McFarling, Newcastle, NSW ecbm@cc.newcastle.edu.au #! rnews 2145 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!spool.mu.edu!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!newsfeed.interne= tmci.com!news.mathworks.com!nntp.primenet.com!news.cais.net!van-bc!unixg.= ubc.ca!rover.ucs.ualberta.ca!news.ucalgary.ca!srv1.freenet.calgary.ab.ca!= pdporth From: Phil Porth Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: Re: C64 VideoTitling Software??? Date: Tue, 2 Jul 1996 02:19:48 -0600 Organization: Calgary Free-Net Lines: 34 Message-ID: References: <31CD972C.1C98@mail.bcpl.lib.md.us> <4qqr2q$gpl@news-2.csn.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: pdporth@srv1.freenet.calgary.ab.ca Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN;harset=3DUS-ASCII To: chrisg@execpc.com, dmoormacsn.net, ehall@mail.bcpl.lib.md.us In-Reply-To: <4qqr2q$gpl@news-2.csn.net> On 26 Jun 1996, David Moorman wrote: > Chris George (chrisg@execpc.com) wrote: > >In article <31CD972C.1C98@mail.bcpl.lib.md.us>, Ellsworth Hall > > wrote: > > >>Anyone aware of some video titling software still available for the C= 64? > >>I still use mine occasionally with a sequencer program, but I wanted = to > >>use it to create simple titles for videos. I've seen some titling > >>programs years ago that were availble in catalogs, but they are hard = to > >>find today. I've also done a few Net searches with little luck. I hav= e a > >>version of GEOS from '86, but that's not what I had in mind. > >> > >>Can anyone help? > >> > >>Thanks! > > >If you don't need it immediately, try Loadstar issue 54. On Disk 1, s= ide > >2 of this issue is a program titled Video Pro-Titler with the descript= ion > >"Add professional titles to your video tapes". This sounds like exact= ly > >what you need! > I have used this program many times -- it IS excellent. Computes Gazette put out a very profession looking program on their disk called Mutate 64. I have used it for years, but don't have the issue handy, would you like it? Phil Porth (aka Phone Man) From the land of the frozen North, Calgary Alberta Canada Home of the Calgary Stampede and Calgary Commodore Users Group #! rnews 1127 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!news1.best.com!news.texas.net!news.kei.com!newsf= eed.internetmci.com!newsxfer2.itd.umich.edu!netnews.worldnet.att.net!news= .u.washington.edu!carson.u.washington.edu!rrcc From: Raymond Carlsen Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: Re: Need some Help with a C64 fuse problem Date: Tue, 2 Jul 1996 01:44:15 -0700 Organization: University of Washington Lines: 12 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: carson.u.washington.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=3DUS-ASCII To: Gary Harper In-Reply-To: > Can anyone tell me what type of fuse goes in a C64, as a > friend picked up a C64 that he did not try first. The computer > didn't work so I opened it up and seen that it had a missing > fuse. I jumped the socket and the computer worked. So, I need > to know what type of fuse goes in it. It's a 1 Amp, 250 volt, 3AG type, Gary. Ray Carlsen CARLSEN ELECTRONICS... A leader in trailing-edge technology. #! rnews 1153 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!news1.best.com!nntp.primenet.com!news.cais.net!v= an-bc!unixg.ubc.ca!rover.ucs.ualberta.ca!news.ucalgary.ca!srv1.freenet.ca= lgary.ab.ca!pdporth From: Phil Porth Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: Re: Changing Device Number Date: Tue, 2 Jul 1996 02:27:07 -0600 Organization: Calgary Free-Net Lines: 16 Message-ID: References: <31D35034.761A@clarkston.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: pdporth@srv1.freenet.calgary.ab.ca Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=3DUS-ASCII To: Levi Smith In-Reply-To: <31D35034.761A@clarkston.com> On Thu, 27 Jun 1996, Levi Smith wrote: > I just bought another 1541 disk drive. Does anybody know how to change > the device number. The manual is very vague, and does not say alot. I= f > anyone can help I would appreciate it > Thanks My manual is quite specific. Read page 82 it takes 3/4 of the page to explain it. Phil Porth (aka Phone Man) From the land of the frozen North, Calgary Alberta Canada Home of the Calgary Stampede and Calgary Commodore Users Group #! rnews 678 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!spool.mu.edu!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!newsfeed.interne= tmci.com!info.ucla.edu!csulb.edu!heart.engr.csulb.edu!dlegan From: Dallas Legan Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: Zip Drives Date: Tue, 2 Jul 1996 02:05:48 -0700 Organization: Cal State Long Beach Lines: 13 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: heart.engr.csulb.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=3DUS-ASCII Anyone done anything with hooking up Iomega Zip Disk Drives up to CBM machines out there? Regards Dallas E. Legan 310.862.4854 dlegan@heart.engr.csulb.edu aw585@lafn.org delii@sc.liberty.com #! rnews 1703 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.int= ernetmci.com!in2.uu.net!ott.istar!istar.net!news.nstn.ca!psinntp!psinntp!= psinntp!spunky.RedBrick.COM!nntp.et.byu.edu!cwis.isu.edu!news.cc.utah.edu= !cor-oz!pre7874 From: Perry Eidelbus Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: User groups wanted for a Driven mag article Date: Mon, 1 Jul 1996 22:34:20 -0600 Organization: University of Utah Computer Center Lines: 22 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: cor.oz.cc.utah.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=3DUS-ASCII X-Sender: pre7874@cor-oz I've been asked by the good guys at Driven if I'd write an article about user groups. It would be general stuff, basically answering the question= , "How are YOU keeping the Commie alive?" We're looking for descriptions o= f what goes on at your meetings (topics, equipment, demos), how many member= s you have and from what walks of life they come from, etc. Just send whatever you think might be usable! To be fair, though I can't guarantee this, I'll try to include something from every group I hear from. In the next few days, I'll be going through Mr. Brain's user group list and contacting those with Internet e-mail addresses; I'm afraid I don't have the resources to contact groups by postal mail. If you know a group that doesn't have an Internet e-mail contact, but it would like to be included, I'd be happy to accept mail to this address: 5244 South 4780 West Kearns, Utah 84118-5826 Thanks! Perry Eidelbus Computer Science undergrad, poet and singer, pre7874@u.cc.utah.edu and at work, The Crazy Frenchman. #! rnews 1229 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!news1.best.com!nntp.primenet.com!news.cais.net!v= an-bc!unixg.ubc.ca!rover.ucs.ualberta.ca!news.ucalgary.ca!srv1.freenet.ca= lgary.ab.ca!pdporth From: Phil Porth Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: Re: GoDot and .gifs Date: Tue, 2 Jul 1996 02:51:28 -0600 Organization: Calgary Free-Net Lines: 17 Message-ID: References: <4r3nrf$ln4@news.sas.ab.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: pdporth@srv1.freenet.calgary.ab.ca Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=3DUS-ASCII To: rbthomas@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca In-Reply-To: <4r3nrf$ln4@news.sas.ab.ca> On 29 Jun 1996 rbthomas@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca wrote: > Does GoDot (the commercial version) handle .Gifs? Does the demo versio= n > handle .gifs? When and where will the commercial version be available = in > N. America? Yes, Yes, and soon. CMD is slated to carry it, and very soon according to the author who e-mailed me a couple of weeks ago. Do you need to convert to .gif or convert from .gif to a CBM format? Phil Porth (aka Phone Man) From the land of the frozen North, Calgary Alberta Canada Home of the Calgary Stampede and Calgary Commodore Users Group #! rnews 1941 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!news1.best.com!nntp.primenet.com!news.cais.net!v= an-bc!unixg.ubc.ca!rover.ucs.ualberta.ca!news.ucalgary.ca!srv1.freenet.ca= lgary.ab.ca!pdporth From: Phil Porth Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: Re: HELP!!! Cant't get GEOS to work!! Date: Tue, 2 Jul 1996 02:57:12 -0600 Organization: Calgary Free-Net Lines: 25 Message-ID: References: <31CB3A48.2BAE@prodigy.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: pdporth@srv1.freenet.calgary.ab.ca Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=3DUS-ASCII To: Andrew Freck In-Reply-To: On Wed, 26 Jun 1996, Andrew Freck wrote: > On Fri, 21 Jun 1996, Josh Spatz wrote: > > > I just acquired a Commodore 64C. It came with three disks: Odell Lake= , > > GEOS/QuantumLink, and GEOS Work Disk. The GEOS/QuantumLink is a "flip= py" > > with GEOS on one side and QuantntumLink on the other. I am using a br= own > > 1541, but a 1541 is a 1541, right? My problem is, Odell Lake and > > QuantumLink work perfectly, but neither of the GEOS disks seen to wor= k. > > I try LOAD"GEOS",8,1 with both GEOS and GEOS work disk in the 1541, b= ut > > neither will load. I get a file not found error. This is the only way > > the GEOS manual tells to load GEOS. What am I doing wrong? > > Josh Spatz > Some programs are picky if any devices are plugged into the > computer. I know for a fact that fast-load carts and even modems can > interfere with the 64 loading programs... I'd assume GEOS wouldn't fall > into this category... But, you might want to try loading it without the= se > devices plugged in to be sure. It's been years since I've booted up GEO= S. What kind of printer interface are you using? A PPI will have to be loade= d differently. Phil Porth (aka Phone Man)