#! rnews 1366 Newsgroups: rec.games.video.nintendo,rec.games.video.sega,rec.games.video= .3do,comp.sys.cbm,comp.sys.atari.8bit,rec.games.video.atari,rec.games.vid= eo.classic Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!news1.best.com!nntp.primenet.com!news.mathworks.= com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!iglou!iglou.com!metallik From: metallik@iglou.com (Larry Scott Ii) Subject: Re: Game screen shots (07/07/96) X-Nntp-Posting-Host: iglou2 Message-ID: Followup-To: rec.games.video.nintendo,rec.games.video.sega,rec.games.vide= o.3do,comp.sys.cbm,comp.sys.atari.8bit,rec.games.video.atari,rec.games.vi= deo.classic Sender: news@iglou.com (News Administrator) Organization: IgLou Internet Services (1-800-436-4456) X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] References: <4rov0t$st1@dfw-ixnews7.ix.netcom.com> Date: Mon, 8 Jul 1996 04:55:32 GMT Lines: 9 Xref: pravda.aa.msen.com rec.games.video.nintendo:147883 rec.games.video.= sega:161489 rec.games.video.3do:81370 comp.sys.cbm:57578 comp.sys.atari.8= bit:38594 rec.games.video.atari:85487 rec.games.video.classic:52656 : I have just added 50 SNES game screen shots to my WWW site. This : brings the total number of ORIGINAL screen shots on-line to 955, : for the following systems: Your ISP lets you have that much space?!? (955 .GIF's) .. Damn.. nice people.. or else you're paying out the yahoo! Are they shots of games-in-progress or what? #! rnews 3431 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!news1.best.com!news.texas.net!news.kei.com!news.= mathworks.com!news-res.gsl.net!news.gsl.net!portc01.blue.aol.com!newstf01= .news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: wshrake@aol.com (WShrake) Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: Can someone put this in a FAQ? Date: 8 Jul 1996 02:33:14 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 74 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <4rqa3a$9kq@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Reply-To: wshrake@aol.com (WShrake) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com Perhaps someone can put this info somewhere where it won't get lost; in a FAQ or some such... =20 The following information is all the built-in speech from the games "Gorf= " and "Wizard of Wor" by Commodore. This speech is only accessible if you have a cartridge-like unit for your Commodore 64, called the Magic Voice. (So far it seems that only a real cartridge will work, even if you have the Magic Voice module. My otherwise-working disk-based game copies had no speech.) All of this information was taken directly from Commodore's own magazine, called "Commodore Power/Play"; pages 39 and 40 of the Winter 1983 issue. (In other words, I did not guess what they were saying and write it down!= ) Ward Shrake Table 1: Phrases from Wizard of Wor ----------------------------------- 1. Find me, the Wizard of Wor. 2. Get ready warrior. 3. My pets are getting hungry. 4. Remember, I'm the wizard, not you. 5. You'll never leave Wor alive, ha ha ha ha. 6. If you destroy my babies, I'll pop you in the oven. 7. You'll get the arena. 8. You'll get the pit. 9. Now you get the heavyweights, ha ha ha ha. 10. If you get too powerful, I'll take care of you myself. 11. Your bones will lie in the dungeons of Wor, ha ha ha ha. 12. Garwor and Thorwor become invisible, ha ha ha ha. 13. Worlord be forewarned, you approach the pit. 14. Beware, you are now in the Worlord dungeons. 15. Hey, your space boot is untied. 16. Oops! I must have forgotten the walls, ha ha ha ha. 17. Come back for more with the Wizard of Wor, ha ha ha ha. 18. You can start anew but for now you're through, ha ha ha ha. 19. He he he ho ho ho ha ha ha ha, that was fun. 20. Keep going and you will find me, ha ha ha ha. 21. By Jeff Bruette. Table 2: Phrases from Gorf -------------------------- 1. Commodore presents Gorf, a Bally/Midway Game. 2. By Eric Cotton. 3. I am the Gorfian Empire. 4. Long live Gorf. 5. Push the joystick button. 6. Gorfian robots attack, attack. 7. You will meet a Gorfian doom. 8. Survival is impossible. 9. Robot warriors seek and destroy. 10. My robot warriors are unbeatable. 11. Prepare yourself for annihilation. 12. Gorfians take no prisoners. 13. You cannot escape my Gorfian robots, ha ha ha. 14. Bad move. 15. Got you. 16. Another enemy ship destroyed, ha ha ha. 17. Your end draws near. 18. Some galactic defender you are. 19. Too bad. 20. Bite the dust. 21. Gorfians conquer another galaxy, ha ha ha. 22. All hail the supreme Gorfian empire. 23. Nice shot, you have been promoted. 24. Next time will be harder, but for now you have been promoted. 25. In the Gorfian chronicles, you have been promoted. 26. For hitting my flagship you have been promoted. (end of list) #! rnews 2800 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!news1.best.com!news.texas.net!news.kei.com!newsf= eed.internetmci.com!zdc!szdc!news From: Benny Hayslett Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: Re: Color 64 BBS Date: Sun, 07 Jul 1996 20:17:48 -0700 Organization: Zippo Lines: 49 Message-ID: <31E07DDC.D4D@bluenet.net> References: <31DFEA85.4677@bluenet.net> <31E041C7.4C32@prolog.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: 205.244.98.65 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=3Dus-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.01KIT (Win95; U; 16bit) To: Rich White II Rich White II wrote: >=20 > Benny Hayslett wrote: >=20 > > I use to run a BBS on a c64 using Color 64 BBS. We even had a networ= k > > setup, man that was something! Are there any old Color64 Sysops out > > there? >=20 > Sure are! I ran a Color64 BBS for about 4 years. (1988 to 1991). I s= tarted > with a simple C-128 and two 1571's (using the h0 and h1 modes), and the= n > purchased two 1581's and a 1764 REU... In 1990, I purchased a 20 Meg L= tK > and ran the system until its death in 1991. The Commodore BBS communit= y just > dried up around the area... no use running a system that didn't have an= y > callers. I still have all my original disks, various overlay backups,= and > even disks and disks of mods and games (Empire & Murder Motel!) >=20 > Some day, if I can acquire an LtK, I could put the thing back online ag= ain! >=20 > Oh the memories... >=20 > TTFN... >=20 > Rich / ex-SysOp: The Reading Depot BBS/UD, Reading, PA. > -- > // Rich White II <*> rwhite2@postoffice.ptd.net <*> Reading, PA > (( =3D=3D Where C=3Dommodore computers seek sanctuary from the trash! > \\ Moody Blues.King Crimson.Pink Floyd.Yes.Genesis.Gabriel.Echoly= n=20 I ran the system using 3 1571's and a c64 until I picked up the Lt Kernal= 20M HD. I=20 don't remember exactly when I first went online, but it was using other s= oftware, and=20 once I saw Greg's Color 64.... from the start I guess I ran about every c= onfiguration of=20 drives and ram expansion units around. But the Lt Kernal, a single 1571,= a 2400 baud=20 modem, and the old trusty c64 were in service for several years. I 'pull= ed the plug' on=20 it in early '88. Due more to a problem with the wife than anything... giv= en the choice so=20 to speak ... =20 I too have all the software, Color 64 v7.3X, Network 64 v1.17 (i think), = and about every=20 mod there was... I have all the hardware and software around here somewhere, who knows may= be one day I'll=20 fire that puppy up... It's funny how I don't quite remember the time I invested in the system..= . whew, it was=20 something! Benny Hayslett ex-sysop HABBS (Hudson Area BBS)=20 --=20 "The first rule of intelligent tinkering is to save all of the pieces." Aldo Leopold #! rnews 1643 Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!news1.best.com!nntp.primenet.com!news.cais.net!n= ews.mathworks.com!uunet!inXS.uu.net!news.maz.net!cls.net!deceiver!hades.c= ls.de!pluton From: pluton@hades.cls.de (Jens Ellerbrock) Subject: Re: How to transfer files from PC to C64? X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 BETA-950824-color-rfc1342 PL0] Organization: Organized ? Me ?!? Message-ID: References: <4rcep2$net@druid.borland.com> <31D9CF53.7C76@orl.mindspring.= com> <4rg4u9$e3q@sjx-ixn4.ix.netcom.com> Date: Sun, 7 Jul 1996 16:33:45 GMT X-Discordian-Date: Today is Pungenday, the 42nd day of Confusion in the Y= OLD 3162 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=3DISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Lines: 19 ChrisC (jamesch@ix.netcom.com) wrote: > Except the PC also needs to be able to send the data in the exact forma= t that=20 > micromon expects. The best solution is to find a term program for the=20 > commodore and a NULL MODEM adapter. Then transfer programs that way. Or, cheaper and easier, hook your 1541 to the PC's Printerport and use an utility like trans 1541 oder Starcommander to transfer the files from PC to floppy ore vice versa. Jens --=20 Jens Ellerbrock * Holtenauer Str 162 * 24105 Kiel * pluton@hades.cl= s.de "BELIEVE AND DECEIVE" ><> * Tel: 0431 / 806890 * Modem/x75: 0431 / 8= 4749 -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ---- Tired and bored of your operating system ? Just go ahead and write your own multitasking multiuser os ! Worked for me all the times. -- Linus Torvalds -- #! rnews 997 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!news1.best.com!nntp.primenet.com!news.mathworks.= com!fu-berlin.de!news.coli.uni-sb.de!not-for-mail From: kuzi@mpi-sb.mpg.de (Kurt Ziegenbein) Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: 100Hz display on an PAL c128 ? Date: 8 Jul 1996 11:57:40 GMT Organization: Max-Planck-Institut fuer Informatik Lines: 19 Message-ID: <4rqt3k$ssg@coli-gate.coli.uni-sb.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: mpii01045.ag1.mpi-sb.mpg.de X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950824BETA PL0] hello all, Has anybody tried to connect a 100Hz TV / monitor to a PAL c128 ? can I use the RGBI output ? is it good ? ciao Kurt --=20 _______________________________________________________________________ Kurt EMAIL: kuzi@mpi-sb.mpg.de Ziegenbein SnailMAIL: M"olschbacher Stra\3e 5 66482 Zweibr"ucken / Germany my homepage _______________________________________________________________________ #! rnews 581 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.int= ernetmci.com!news.ac.net!news.cais.net!van-bc!nntp.portal.ca!news.bc.net!= torn!nott!cunews!freenet-news.carleton.ca!FreeNet.Carleton.CA!df465 From: df465@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Onno Ebbinge) Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: Disassembler Date: 8 Jul 1996 12:39:56 GMT Organization: National Capital Freenet, Ottawa, Canada Lines: 4 Sender: df465@freenet6.carleton.ca (Onno Ebbinge) Message-ID: <4rqvis$367@freenet-news.carleton.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: freenet6.carleton.ca What is the best disassembler? Onno #! rnews 1100 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!news1.best.com!sgigate.sgi.com!nntp.coast.net!zo= mbie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news= tf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: elphantas@aol.com (El Phantas) Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: Re: More 128D problems Date: 8 Jul 1996 09:19:17 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 16 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <4rr1sl$ea3@newsbf02.news.aol.com> References: <4rjaqs$5pu@mksrv1.dseg.ti.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com X-Newsreader: AOL Offline Reader In article <4rjaqs$5pu@mksrv1.dseg.ti.com>, egotrip@lesol1.dseg.ti.com (Mike Neus) writes: >Acutally, it has nothing to do with the mechanisim. It is the ROM revision.=20 > But in any case, he said the games would load, they just don't run.=20 That=20 >sounds like a computer problem to me. I personally have no problems with=20 >C64 software on my C128D. > > This is true. I don't have any problems either, unless I use the "go 64" command, which leaves the drive in '71 mode, and then I have lots of problems. =20 #! rnews 914 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!news1.best.com!news.texas.net!news.kei.com!nntp.= coast.net!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2= .uu.net!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: elphantas@aol.com (El Phantas) Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: Re: What or who is Visacorp? Date: 8 Jul 1996 09:19:43 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 7 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <4rr1tf$ea8@newsbf02.news.aol.com> References: <9607032300.AA0047r@cosine.demon.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com X-Newsreader: AOL Offline Reader In article <9607032300.AA0047r@cosine.demon.co.uk>, Jason writes: >One thing I missed is who owns the old 8bit C=3D architecture now? Viscorp will own the technology, but Escom will retain rights to the Commodore name. They have been using it for IBM compatible peripherals. #! rnews 918 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!news1.best.com!nntp.primenet.com!news.mathworks.= com!fu-berlin.de!zrz.TU-Berlin.DE!news.tu-chemnitz.de!fachat From: fachat@physik.tu-chemnitz.de (Andre Fachat) Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: Re: Disassembler Date: 8 Jul 1996 13:17:32 GMT Organization: University of Technology Chemnitz, FRG Lines: 10 Message-ID: <4rr1pc$46a@narses.hrz.tu-chemnitz.de> References: <4rqvis$367@freenet-news.carleton.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: mclane.physik.tu-chemnitz.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Onno Ebbinge (df465@FreeNet.Carleton.CA) wrote: : What is the best disassembler? What for? -- Andre Fachat, Tel:++49-371-531-3551|"I do not feel obliged to believe tha= t the Stadlerstr 17, 09126 Chemnitz, FRG | same God who has endowed us with sen= se, a.fachat@physik.tu-chemnitz.de | reason, and intellect has intended u= s to http://www.tu-chemnitz.de/~fachat | forego their use" -- Galileo Galilei #! rnews 1132 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintl= ink.net!new-news.sprintlink.net!EU.net!usenet2.news.uk.psi.net!uknet!usen= et1.news.uk.psi.net!uknet!uknet!lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk!news From: Konrad Bajer Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: C-64's and young people Date: 8 Jul 1996 14:41:26 GMT Organization: DAMTP, University of Cambridge, UK. Lines: 8 Message-ID: <4rr6mm$lak@lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk> References: <31D66083.37BE@ra.nettuno.it> NNTP-Posting-Host: anger.amtp.cam.ac.uk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=3Dus-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (X11; I; SunOS 4.1.3_U1 sun4c) To: pdporth@freenet.calgary.ab.ca X-URL: news:Pine.A32.3.92.960703235318.16488B-100000@srv1.freenet.calgary= .ab.ca I read your comment about young people thinking that faster is better.=20 I am happy to tell you that I love the C-64 and I am 15. I wouldn't change my C-64 for a super PC even if I was paid for it. If you want to reply please use the following e-mail address: karol@mimuw.edu.pl =20 K. Bajer #! rnews 1353 Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!news1.best.com!news.texas.net!news.kei.com!nntp.= coast.net!news.sprintlink.net!news-stk-200.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.intern= etmci.com!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!usc!news.cerf.net!mvb.saic.com!eskim= o!voyager From: voyager@eskimo.com (Nick Rossi) Subject: Re: Novaterm 9.6 release X-Nntp-Posting-Host: eskimo.com Message-ID: Sender: news@eskimo.com (News User Id) Organization: Eskimo North (206) For-Ever References: <4ro9ol$mc@ns1.thpl.lib.fl.us> Date: Mon, 8 Jul 1996 14:50:46 GMT Lines: 14 In article <4ro9ol$mc@ns1.thpl.lib.fl.us>, Jayme Rice wrote: >: We realized that this problem was with Novaterm versions 9.4 and >: 9.5, but Novaterm 9.3 worked great with no PINE incompatability. So, >: we are all still on using the older Novaterm version. If you run into >: this same problem, keep this in mind and hang on to your Novaterm 9.3. I got some email about this at the time that Pine came out. It turned ou= t to be a double bug - Pine was setting the scroll region of the screen one higher than it should, and Novaterm crashed instead of just dealing with it. The Pine authors immediately fixed their problem and got an update out. Needless to say Novaterm 9.6 doesn't have its side of the problem anymore either. #! rnews 1016 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!news1.best.com!nntp.primenet.com!news.cais.net!n= ewsfeed.internetmci.com!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!news.alaska.edu= !news From: psslh@cwolf.alaska.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: FS: commodore equipment Date: 8 Jul 1996 15:28:44 GMT Organization: University of Alaska Computer Network Lines: 21 Message-ID: <4rr9fc$om4@news.alaska.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: matsu-usr-01-04.alaska.edu X-Newsreader: SPRY News 3.03 (SPRY, Inc.) I Have the following Item for sale:=20 Three Commodore 1541 Disk Drives (Brown Cases) One FSD-1 (1541 Compatible) Disk Drive One Commodore MPS-801 printer One Commodore MPS-802 printer (Missing flip-top cover) One Commodore 64 Computer I am asking $20 per unit plus shipping costs, All are in excellent shap= e, clean, and in good working order, comes with external power supplies if not built into unit. Sorry, I have no serial cables. If interested please contact me at the following E-mail address psslh@orion.alaska.edu #! rnews 1081 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!news1.best.com!nntp.primenet.com!news.mathworks.= com!news.kei.com!nntp.coast.net!netnews.worldnet.att.net!newsadm From: Hueiming Chow Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: Re: c64 Date: Mon, 08 Jul 1996 09:08:18 -0700 Organization: AT&T WorldNet Services Lines: 11 Message-ID: <31E13272.3B20@worldnet.att.net> References: <31DE6CF0.41C6@risc1.rhein-main.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: 160.seattle-1.wa.dial-access.att.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=3Dus-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.01E (Win95; I) To: "A. Irmer" A. Irmer wrote: >=20 > Hi, > C64 with 16 channel AD-card, I would be happy to give it away to > someone working with it. > The only point is that I dont want to pay for shipping - maybe there > is someone in Europe interested in it? > Dont hesitate to contact me, otherwise it will end in a litterbox! > AndreasI would like it! send it to me! I wuld love to have it. my address is mark chow 2338 Benton Ave Richland,WA 99352 this is my dad's account #! rnews 1090 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!news1.best.com!nntp.primenet.com!news.mathworks.= com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.ee.net!usenet From: Memory Newsgroups: comp.sys.misc,comp.sys.ncr,comp.sys.cbm,comp.sys.be,comp.sys.= intel,comp.sys.hp48,comp.sys.laptops,comp.sys.misc,comp.sys.acorn.hardwar= e, Subject: SIMMs and Memory for Notebooks. Date: Mon, 08 Jul 1996 12:38:09 -0400 Organization: OMNA Digital Lines: 10 Message-ID: <31E13971.1D4E@box.omna.com> Reply-To: Memory@box.omna.com NNTP-Posting-Host: box.omna.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=3Dus-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0b3 (WinNT; I) Xref: pravda.aa.msen.com comp.sys.misc:8499 comp.sys.ncr:6101 comp.sys.cb= m:57591 comp.sys.be:9347 comp.sys.intel:95919 comp.sys.hp48:51773 comp.sy= s.laptops:81795 comp.sys.acorn.hardware:15422 SIMMs and Memory for Notebooks. http://www.omna.com Best Quality Memory Lifetime Warranty, Same Day Shipping=20 Place Your Order Online or=20 Call 1-800-263-0036 OMNA Digital Memory For a full price list visit: =09 http://www.omna.com/Memory #! rnews 971 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!news1.best.com!sgigate.sgi.com!swrinde!howland.r= eston.ans.net!nntp.coast.net!sdd.hp.com!hp-pcd!hpbs2500.boi.hp.com!tbaca From: tbaca@boi.hp.com (Tony Baca (?)) Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: Help! Glink & 1802 Date: 8 Jul 1996 15:53:01 GMT Organization: Tony Baca at Hewlett Packard Co. (Boise, ID) Lines: 13 Message-ID: <4rrast$dss@hpbs2500.boi.hp.com> Reply-To: tbaca@boi.hp.com NNTP-Posting-Host: hpbs114.boi.hp.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2.2] I have a Glink IEEE cartridge sold through the Transactor mag. It seems that the EPROM has a checksum error. Does anyone out there have one of these interfaces? If so, could I either get a copy of the EPROM or have you compare an image of my EPROM with a known good copy? Second, I need a schematic for the 1802 monitor. Where can I get one? Does SAMS carry it? What is the photofact number? Thanks _____ /ony Baca Hewlett Packard Co. Boise, Idaho tbaca@boi.hp.com #! rnews 2764 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!news1.best.com!sgigate.sgi.com!news.tamu.edu!cs.= utexas.edu!news.ti.com!news.dseg.ti.com!news=09 From: egotrip@lesol1.dseg.ti.com (Mike Neus) Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: Re: opinions on kx-p2123 printer needed Date: 8 Jul 1996 16:11:42 GMT Organization: Texas Instruments Lines: 41 Message-ID: <4rrbvu$fos@mksrv1.dseg.ti.com> References: <31DDFE81.3C5E@micron.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: cns0599352.dseg.ti.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=3DUS-ASCII X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.7 In article <31DDFE81.3C5E@micron.com>, @micron.com says... > >Can anyone give me their opinion of this printer? I would assume that i= t >can be driven by GEOS. Is there anything I should look for? I have=20 >found a used one. =20 > >Any input would be appreciated. Well dave, you don't have a valid e-mail address, so hopefully you will c= atch=20 this. First, my opinion of the printer is great. I own an 1123 which is the=20 predisesor for your printer. However, because of more recent experiences= =20 with Panasonic (not related to the printer), it was the second to last=20 Panasonic product I'll buy. But anyway, for printing outside of GEOS, you'll need an interface. I us= e=20 SuperGraphics by Xetec, but its hard to say if this is still availible. =20 Honestly this particular interface is overkill for this printer. The=20 graphics stuff is all intended for 9 pin printers, and while they work wi= th=20 24 pins, the quality just isn't the same. Even if I did have a 9 pin=20 printer, the only software I have that uses these features is the Xetec d= emo=20 disk that came with the printer. IMHO, if Xetec is still in the interfac= e=20 business, save your pennies and go for the SuperGraphics Jr. version. For printer in GEOS, you can use the Epson LQ series printer drivers (be = sure=20 to set the printer in Epson mode), but the printout will still look like = it=20 came from a nine pin printer. Why? Because the font's themselves do not= =20 have the resolution. The solution is to get Perfect Print from CMD. It = will=20 take advantage of all the printers abilities, but it is very slow. If yo= u've=20 got the patients though, the results are very worth while. If your going to be printing *only* from GEOS, you can get a GEOcable typ= e=20 interface. This drives the printer directly from the User port, rather t= han=20 the serial port. The biggest advantage is you don't have to pay $$$ for = a=20 plug in interface. Some say speed is also a factor, but my personal=20 experience suggests the bottle neck with Perfect Print is largely the=20 computer, not the serial port. Of course, if the User port is already=20 employed by a modem, this may not be a satisfactory choice. Nor will it = work=20 with most other programs, as they expect the printer to be a serial devic= e. #! rnews 3529 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!news1.best.com!sgigate.sgi.com!news.tamu.edu!cs.= utexas.edu!news.ti.com!news.dseg.ti.com!news=09 From: egotrip@lesol1.dseg.ti.com (Mike Neus) Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: Re: Zip drive Date: 8 Jul 1996 16:29:44 GMT Organization: Texas Instruments Lines: 54 Message-ID: <4rrd1o$fos@mksrv1.dseg.ti.com> References: <96070621492543280@qcs.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: cns0599352.dseg.ti.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=3DUS-ASCII X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.7 In article <96070621492543280@qcs.org>, alan.jones@qcs.org says... > >How long will the drives and particulary the media be available? Will >they be available for 10-20 years or are they just a passing fad? Only the future will tell, but I think it is a fad. In the near future t= here=20 is supposedly a new floppy disk standard from a combination of Matsushita= ,=20 3M, and Compaq that will hold 120MB but is still compatible with older 3.= 5"=20 disks. This I think has a real chance at becoming standard, especially s= ince=20 Compaq and others are supposed to include them with computers starting th= is=20 fall. Of course, it is still floppy disk technology, so it probably won'= t be=20 as fast as a zip drive. Zip does still have a chance though, as they app= ear=20 to be licensing the technology to other companies. You can now buy a Zip= =20 drive under the Epson name. >Which of the Zip and Syquest drives will survive the longest in the >market? Zip of course was first. I don't expect either to become a Actually, Syquest was first and has been at it for a very long time. The= re=20 older products included a 44 and 88MB hard disks that used 5.25" media. = The=20 Zip drive has only taken off because the price is within reach of the ave= rage=20 consumer *and* the capacity was higher. The EZdrive was a reaction to Zi= p=20 drive. However, even today you can walk into a compUSA and buy the removeable 5.= 25"=20 media for the old Syquest drives, even though I doubt you can buy drives=20 anymore. I think even if both Iomega and Syquest stopped making drives=20 today, there would be little chance of facing a media glut. This style o= f=20 drive has a very large user base and there should be demand for some time= to=20 come. >major media like 3.5" floppies or ISO 9660 CD-ROMs. I think >competition between the two is keeping prices low. Recently I have >seen the Syquest 135M dirve for $130 (while the 100M Zip is still about >$200). Is this an indication that Syquest is taking the market away >from Zip or that Syquest is doing poorly and just dumping stock? I checked prices recently and you are right. Why there is such a price=20 difference I do not know, prehaps Syquest is trying to get their market s= hare=20 back. Iomega also recently introduced a Jaz drive that stores 1GB. Sinc= e=20 the Zip drive price did not drop, Syquest might also be trying to pass a=20 message that the Zip drive is overpriced. >Currently, I have a CD-ROM drive attached to my CMD HD. Both have only >one DB25 SCSI connector and I think this is also true of the Zip and >Syquest drives. How can I attach more than one additional SCSI device >to a CMD HD (with different device numbers)? I don't know why this would be. Any external SCSI device should have two= =20 connectors. The SCSI ID is usually changed by a rotary switch on the out= side=20 of the box. Multiple SCSI devices are chained together ala 1541 style wi= th=20 the two ports. If both devices have only one port, first, complain very=20 loudly, second, you will need a special 'Y' cable to chain them together. #! rnews 1200 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!news1.best.com!sgigate.sgi.com!news.tamu.edu!cs.= utexas.edu!news.ti.com!news.dseg.ti.com!news=09 From: egotrip@lesol1.dseg.ti.com (Mike Neus) Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: Re: Sid chip connection help wanted Date: 8 Jul 1996 16:44:26 GMT Organization: Texas Instruments Lines: 16 Message-ID: <4rrdta$fos@mksrv1.dseg.ti.com> References: <4r946u$cq6@mn5.swip.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: cns0599352.dseg.ti.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=3DISO-8859-1 X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.7 In article , pluton@hades.cls.de says... > >Gardus (magnus.johansson@mbox201.swipnet.se) wrote: >> Hello out there! >> Is there anyone out there that can help me connect >> a new sidchip to my c64, if I remember right it=B4s called=20 >> sid 8580? > >It should be a 6581, at least for the 'old' C64. The new ones have a 858= 1 >AFAIK. The difference between then is, that the new c64 does'nt play >digitized sound via $d418. (or at least not very loud). There are also several versions of the SID that require different voltage= s. =20 Some are 12 (6581) and some are 9 (maybe 8581?). You might simply have t= he=20 wrong voltage applied. #! rnews 745 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!news1.best.com!nntp.primenet.com!news.mathworks.= com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!newshub.csu.net!charnel.ecst.csuchico.edu!us= enet From: Phil Hoff Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: Whole Disk Copier Date: 8 Jul 1996 17:05:48 GMT Organization: California State University, Chico Lines: 4 Message-ID: <4rrf5c$b9@charnel.ecst.csuchico.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: hoff.ecst.csuchico.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=3Dus-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (Windows; I; 16bit) Who knows of a decent whole-disk copier for the C64 that is in the public= =20 domain? I'm primarily interested in one for a single drive, but a=20 two-drive program would also be useful. #! rnews 2277 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!news1.best.com!sgigate.sgi.com!esiee.fr!jussieu.= fr!math.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!chi-news.cic.net!news.isl.net!sparc.isl.ne= t!not-for-mail From: Michael Miller (mmiller3@sparc.isl.net) Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: Re: 1581 HD or DD Date: 8 Jul 1996 12:43:17 -0500 Organization: A poorly-installed InterNetNews site Lines: 37 Sender: mmiller3@sparc.isl.net Message-ID: <4rrhbl$hg3@sparc.isl.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: sparc.isl.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Joesph Fenn (jfenn@spartacus.hula.net) wrote: : 800K on format" or words to that effect. I told him to try them anyway. : He has Doc6.2 and a 486 DX2. I tried the format cmd but his response : was "unrecognized format". In order to get around that he "bulk erase= d" or, if you wanted DD disks: format z: /f:720 or whatever... Anyway, thought I'd throw this out to everyone: My 1581 has never seemed to work 'correctly'. It works fine with disks=20 formatted in it. It doesn't work at all with disks formatted anywhere=20 else. About that works fine thing: if I use a disk over and over, doing=20 @writes (like SID music editing) it will eventually give me an error=20 message (one of the Read errors, track 40 sector 0) which means the disk is fried unless I use Maverick to recover the directory, then fix =20 all the files from "FILE0000" to their actual name and type. Sorry I've been so vague, but it hasn't happened for a while. I've checked my chip revision. It was the latest (again, I don't=20 remember what rev that is, but it's been a while) plus I have JiffyDos in= =20 there. Did I mention that the first time I tried to use the drive I had a real=20 live Datasette plugged into the cassette port, and the drive fried my=20 Test/Demo disk? Why, Why, WHY isn't that mentioned in the manual? Maybe= =20 it's just me, but my 1581 didn't come with JD originally, and it never=20 has worked if I had a Datasette/compatible in the cassette port. Anyway, would just like some feedback from the general Commodore=20 community on my experience. Do I need to align this thing, and is there=20 a way to? Or is something else my problem? BTW, anyone willing to .SFX a= =20 1581 T/D disk and dump the Nucode in my email box? Mike Miller (How many more compuwords can he drop in one sentence??? :-) #! rnews 2152 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!news1.best.com!sgigate.sgi.com!newsfeeder.sdsu.e= du!newspump.sol.net!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsjunkie.ans.ne= t!newsfeeds.ans.net!rcogate.rco.qc.ca!altitude!Ocean.CAM.ORG!not-for-mail From: pomakis@CAM.ORG (Keith Pomakis) Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: Re: How to connect to internet with a C64? Date: 8 Jul 1996 12:58:18 -0400 Organization: Communications Accessibles Montreal, Quebec Canada Lines: 37 Message-ID: <4rrena$f88@ocean.CAM.ORG> References: <31D66083.37BE@ra.nettuno.it> <4rg0lk$q7f@seagoon.newcastle.edu.= au> In article <4rg0lk$q7f@seagoon.newcastle.edu.au>, Bruce R. McFarling wrote: > Phil Porth wrote: > >> For the 64 or 128 the first thing you need is an internet provider >> willing to give you a Dos Shell access account, NOT Graphics (PPP >> or SLIP) > > Where did this weird notion that PPP or SLIP are somehow > intrinsically 'graphical' come from? We saw this last year when > someone was saying the C64 would 'never' get a SLIP because it > didn't have the capabilities, and turns out he meant graphic > capabilities. > > Is it a common practice of providers who sell PPP or SLIP > access to bundle it with a graphical browser as a front end, so > that people confuse the two? Alas, I'm afraid it is. In fact, it appears to be a lot worse than that. When I was looking for a shell account in the Montreal area a few months ago, I was actually told by a couple of service providers that in order t= o access the internet I'd need all of: - SLIP or PPP - Netscape - a 14.4 Kbaud modem or higher This is getting ridiculous. .--------------------+--------------------------------------------. | Keith Pomakis | Don't take life too seriously. | | pomakis@pobox.com | After all, you'll never make it out alive. | +--------------------+--------------------------------------------+ | WWW home page: "http://www.pobox.com/~pomakis/" | `-----------------------------------------------------------------' #! rnews 500 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!news1.best.com!news.texas.net!news.kei.com!newsf= eed.internetmci.com!news.sprintlink.net!new-news.sprintlink.net!druid.bor= land.com!usenet From: squonk@mousehouse.com (Josh Lubliner) Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: Post FAQ, please. Date: Mon, 08 Jul 1996 17:54:33 GMT Organization: Borland Intl Lines: 5 Message-ID: <4rri4s$s7@druid.borland.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: nvorapc2.borland.com X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Could someone please post the CSC FAQ? --Josh #! rnews 3553 Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!news1.best.com!sgigate.sgi.com!spool.mu.edu!howl= and.reston.ans.net!world1.bawave.com!news2.cais.net!news.cais.net!news.ma= thworks.com!uunet!in1.uu.net!nntp.cadence.com!cds9172.cadence.com!daled From: daled@cds9172.cadence.com (Dale DePriest) Subject: Re: "monitor/TV's" Message-ID: Sender: news@Cadence.COM Organization: Cadence Design Systems, Inc References: Date: Mon, 8 Jul 1996 17:38:44 GMT Lines: 52 In article ,= Joesph Fenn writes: |> I have a question about the run of the mill TV's you see in appliance |> outlets, and dept stores, that describe the TV as being a monitor with |> separate audio/video inputs on the back for use as a monitor. When=20 |> they say "use as a monitor" are they saying one of the following??? |> 1. You can plug in a C128 into the video jack on the back of the Tv |> and get a rather crappy 80 col display from your 9 pin connector |> on the back of your 128 (I think pin 3 is the one with vid signal. |> or |> 2. You can do the above and get a rather nice 80 col display akin to |> what you might expect on a 1902 or 1084. |> or |> 3. Would you only be able to achieve a composite type signal (40col) |> such as you do often in 64 mode and using a plain old TV set with |> with an RF modulator at the Antenna terminals |>=20 |> I know or have read somewhere that even though those TV sets are descr= ibed |> as monitors, they do not rival the expensive SVGA .28 pitch splendid |> machines that run about $1000 and up. But even those fancy jobs do |> require driver cards to do their stuff. I guess someonw can tell me |> if any of the above would make a suitable substitute for my ols 2002 |> monitor when someday it craps out. |> ***** kilroy ***** |>=20 |>=20 When a tv set says that it has monitor capability this usually means that it can be used as a video monitor, i.e. it has direct video input of composite video. What this means in the ntsc world is that you might be able to achieve a 3 MHZ bandwidth of video (more often than not only 2.5 MHz) and 240 lines of vertical resolution (480 if interlaced= ). In computer usage a MHz of video equates roughly to 100 dots of resolutio= n. That is to say 3 Meg would do 300 dots which is about what you need for a 40 column display. For a good 80 column display you would need 640 dots or 6.4 Meg HZ. Now since commodore is expecting composite display they have reduced the bandwidth somewhat by using fonts that have 2 pixel wide lines so that maximum resolution is not needed. Now another trick commodore did was to move the color signal onto a separ= ate cable from the video signal. This moved the 3.58 MHZ color signal off th= e cable which allows the video part to go to higher resolution. TV's did th= is=20 too and called is S-VHS so if you have S-VHS capability you can build a cable that sends the video in a separate wire from the color and get more resolution. Typical S-VHS resolution is over 4.2 MHz but many TV's are actually capable of 5 MHz or higher. Bottom line is a good S-VHS tv could replace your monitor if composite vi= deo is good enough for you but most tv's don't have direct 3 gun video input.= =20 --=20 _ _ Dale DePriest San Jose, California /`) _ // daled@Cadence.COMvoice: (408) 428-5249 o/_/ (_(_X_(` ISO 9000 Program Managerfax: (408) 894-3484