#! rnews 858 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!news1.best.com!news.zeitgeist.net!news.pixi.com!= news.hula.net!spartacus.hula.net!jfenn From: Joesph Fenn Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: Re: No More Posts or Replies From Me Date: Thu, 18 Jul 1996 11:26:38 -1000 Organization: Hula Net, Inc. Hawaii's Newest Internet Provider Lines: 6 Message-ID: References: <4sjamh$k8a@news2.h1.usa.pipeline.com> <4sjlnq$e69@victoria.p= e.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: spartacus.hula.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=3DUS-ASCII To: bob masse In-Reply-To: <4sjlnq$e69@victoria.pe.net> >=20 I for one will miss the accurate info Bob puts out. He has been a true savior for me but I have his addr and will get help directlyfrom him ***** kilroy ***** >=20 #! rnews 787 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!news1.best.com!nntp.primenet.com!news.cais.net!h= unter.premier.net!news-res.gsl.net!news.gsl.net!news.mathworks.com!newsfe= ed.internetmci.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!snooze.ser.bbnplanet.com!n= ews.mountain.net!slip20-10.mountain.net!user From: xam@access.mountain.net (Bob Heffner) Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: WTB: SSI's 50 Mission Crush Date: Thu, 18 Jul 1996 17:39:52 -0500 Organization: MountainNet, Inc. Morgantown WV 800.444.1458 Lines: 9 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: slip20-10.mountain.net X-Newsreader: Yet Another NewsWatcher 2.1.1 Anyone have a copy w/manual for sale? Later, -Bob --=20 Bob Heffner Graphic Designer - Fairmont State College xam@access.mountain.net rlh@fscvax.fairmont.wvnet.edu=20 #! rnews 13928 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!news1.best.com!nntp.primenet.com!news.cais.net!n= ews.mathworks.com!zombie.ncsc.mil!admaix.sunydutchess.edu!news.acsu.buffa= lo.edu!news.drenet.dnd.ca!crc-news.doc.ca!nott!cunews!freenet-news.carlet= on.ca!FreeNet.Carleton.CA!df465 From: df465@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Onno Ebbinge) Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: Re: Converting C=3D files to IBM Date: 18 Jul 1996 21:09:55 GMT Organization: National Capital Freenet, Ottawa, Canada Lines: 230 Sender: df465@freenet3.carleton.ca (Onno Ebbinge) Message-ID: <4sm973$n7r@freenet-news.carleton.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: freenet3.carleton.ca > The easiest way I have found to convert my C=3D files to IBM text > files is to email them to my own personal email box (while having > Novaterm convert the Petscii to ASCII) and then retreive the email > using a PC!! :-) >=20 > Hope this helps someone out there ! :-) =20 Here is a little util I wrote for various platforms in ANSI-C. 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However, my decision not t= o > buy more programs or dongles is based on my own belief that no one shou= ld > have to buy more than one copy of any program. Let's get real. If I > wanted to pirate a copy of a program, I most definitely could...but nev= er > do. I have two residences. One in Barstow, CA and one in Phoenix, AZ.= =20 > When I make trips back and forth, I have to take the dongle with me. I > forgot to last time and spent a week unable to do what I desired to > do...simply because of that stupid dongle.=20 You know, with all this bitching about licensing software, its no wond= er no one wants to write software for the 64 anymore. If folks aren't bitching about the price, they bitch about not being able to copy it and use on as many machines as they like. And if they aren't bitching about that, then its the support. > I agree, a dongle is better than disk copy protection. I prefer it. I= n > fact, I never considered having more than one copy until my current > situation came up. I agree that most people will not fall in this category > at all.=20 Actually many people fall into this category. Why do you think they specified this in the license? Because folks will buy one copy and run i= t on 10 machines in their business or at home. The idea isn't to sell one peice of software per person, the idea is to sell one peice of software p= er machine. --=20 C-Net 64 DS2 Software WWW: http://www.infinet.com/~mbendure 92 Lee Ave Suite N3 Email: mbendure@infinet.com Newark, Ohio 43055 IRC: #C-Net on Efnet = =20 =20 (614)/788-8568 CommNet: Mitron @ Cygnus X-1 Cygnus X-1 BBS (614)/522-6563 #! rnews 2149 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!news1.best.com!nntp.primenet.com!news.mathworks.= com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.corpcomm.net!funny.bahnhof.se!news From: jonasth@bahnhof.se (Jonas Thorell) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games,comp.sys.cbm Subject: Re: ESCOM Germany Bankrupt Date: 18 Jul 96 23:21:02 -500 Organization: Bahnhof Internet Access AB Lines: 36 Message-ID: <1563.6773T1401T123@bahnhof.se> References: <948.6773T988T710@mbox.vol.it> NNTP-Posting-Host: pppnode22.bahnhof.se X-System: Amiga 1200/030@50 Mhz, 10 Meg, 1 Gig HD, 28k8 X-Software: Aweb, Miami, Thor X-Misc-info: Who's reading this?? X-Newsreader: THOR 2.31 (Amiga;TCP/IP) Xref: pravda.aa.msen.com comp.sys.amiga.games:108300 comp.sys.cbm:58158 Fabio Bizzetti (bizzetti@mbox.vol.it) wrote >Jonas Thorell (jonasth@bahnhof.se) wrote: >>Lee Huggett (Lee@burst.demon.co.uk) wrote >>>On 17-Jul-96 03:09:59, J. Patterson said about Re: ESCOM Germany Bankr= upt: >>>> On 16 Jul 1996, Fabio Bizzetti wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I wish the Amiga was my "problem". :-( >>>> Can you guys give a source for this info? I mean, I thought ESCOM h= ad so >>>> much money that it would take them years to go bankrupt...this would= mean >>>> that they beat the Commodore record which would be pretty tough :) >>>I heard it twice on Business Breakfast on the BBC in the UK >>>It said they had field for liquidation, then that they had called in t= he >>>receivers.. >>Okay, I know I'm not answering the poster beat what Commodore record? >>Fastest bankrupcy? They existed for what, 30 years? >AFAIK Commodore is _very_ old, it existed much before they began to make >personal computers (they made typewriters and such, as Olivetti). Yes, I actually used to own a calculator with the Commodore name on it. Too bad I haven't got it left, it would be a nice memory... --- Jonas Thorell |Internet: jonasth@bahnhof.se |"Animals are our Skyttbacksv=E4gen 11 |Fidonet: 2:206/124.7 |to wear, eat and 740 34 Skyttorp |Voice: +46-18-352444 | experiment on" Sweden | |- Cat rapes dog --- "Trust me sir. My whole case hinges on procing you're a dork" #! rnews 1115 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!news1.best.com!nntp.primenet.com!uunet!inXS.uu.n= et!news.idt.net!news From: jms7@mail.idt.net (jms7@mail.idt.net) Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: Re: C64 repairs itself| Date: Thu, 18 Jul 1996 22:23:44 GMT Organization: IDT Corporation Lines: 15 Message-ID: <4smdon$e6t@News.IDT.NET> References: <19960718.063946.480@de.ibm.com> <4sldmu$es8@magnolia.pe.net> Reply-To: jms7@mail.idt.net NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp-5.ts-10.nyc.idt.net X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 > >: One thing, however, wasn't cured by the relocation: In some programmes= , speech >: is terribly faint - nearly unnoticeable. (Ghostbusters and Impossible = Mission >: are the culprits). Normal sound works just fine. Are there slightly di= fferent >: SIDs out there? Note: My C64 has one of those newer, flat cases. >: Thanks for any comments| Keep our good old C64 alive| Greetings| >: Axel Niedenhoff (axel_niedenhoff@de.ibm.com) I noticed that digitized sound/speech played at a much lower volume on my 64c than on any of the original C-64's I used to have. I always assumed that this was the case with all 64c's. #! rnews 1030 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!news1.best.com!nntp.primenet.com!news.mathworks.= com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.io.com!usenet From: eholmes@onramp.net (E.Holmes) Newsgroups: alt.religion.kibology,comp.sys.cbm,alt.fan.jim-carrey Subject: Re: Carrey-64 Date: Thu, 18 Jul 1996 22:43:43 GMT Organization: Infinity; Campaign HQ; The Kitchen Lines: 14 Message-ID: <31eebde2.775198@news.io.com> References: <4shemt$qi1@nnrp1.news.primenet.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: turnpike50.onramp.net X-Newsreader: Forte Agent .99e/32.227 Xref: pravda.aa.msen.com alt.religion.kibology:124795 comp.sys.cbm:58160 = alt.fan.jim-carrey:2938 In alt.religion.kibology, nickb@primenet.com (Nick S Bensema) remarks: /$15 * 1 billion people =3D=3D FIFTEEN BILLION DOLLARS! Wouldn't work. That's too close to their annual average income. ,,,^..^,,, E.Holmes, Hostess/Muse of Alt.Rissa | A weed is just a flower growing | somewhere it isn't wanted. And a http://rampages.onramp.net/~eholmes | rose by any name still has thorns. #! rnews 965 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!news1.best.com!news.texas.net!newsfeed.concentri= c.net!news-master!voyager.cris.com!Rug-rat From: Rug-rat@cris.com (Thomas Pinto) Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: Re: Zmodem for Desterm128 V2.00 Date: 18 Jul 1996 23:22:51 GMT Organization: Concentric Internet Services Lines: 12 Message-ID: <4smh0b$qbu@herald.concentric.net> References: <4shduc$oql@herald.concentric.net> <4shf5p$6k1@news2.h1.usa.p= ipeline.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: voyager.cris.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] R. T. Cunningham (wanderer_rtc@usa.pipeline.com) wrote: : Thanks, Tom. You know, that's not on any of the menus, but I just hit = S : and it worked!!! Darn, I should've asked this question 2 years ago!=20 No problem. I had a hell of a time figuring it out. Once I used it for = a week or so I knew almost everything about it. Even how to write small scripts so I could automatically log on to boards and internet thru the script. Take care, Tom #! rnews 1245 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!news1.best.com!nntp.primenet.com!news.cais.net!n= ews.mathworks.com!news.kei.com!news.texas.net!newsfeed.concentric.net!new= s-master!voyager.cris.com!Rug-rat From: Rug-rat@cris.com (Thomas Pinto) Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: Re: C64 Tower Date: 18 Jul 1996 23:27:22 GMT Organization: Concentric Internet Services Lines: 18 Message-ID: <4smh8q$qbu@herald.concentric.net> References: <340.6040T26T2444@innet.be> <4sese7$d5e@news.rain.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: voyager.cris.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Ben Holmes (bnholmes@rain.org) wrote: : I have two CMD HD's, a 1.28Gig on the BBS, and my personal 200Meg. I L= OVE : my CMD HD, and have had no problems with them worth mentioning... The = one : on the BBS has been running continuously for several years (although, i= t : started as a 20Meg, upgraded by CMD to a 40Meg, then upgraded by me to = a : 200Meg, then by me to a 1.28Gig) The CMD HD is more compatible with a : larger amount of Commodore software than any other HD, and is ideal for Ben, What brand is that 1.28gig drive? What model # is it? Because I run a CMD 540 (it was a 40, then I upgraded to 540 by myself) then, I daisy chained it to an external scsi 730meg hd... Take care,=20 Tom #! rnews 997 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!news1.best.com!nntp.primenet.com!news.cais.net!h= unter.premier.net!op.net!news.mathworks.com!zombie.ncsc.mil!nntp.coast.ne= t!swidir.switch.ch!01-newsfeed.univie.ac.at!02-newsfeed.univie.ac.at!news= .ecrc.de!news00.btx.dtag.de!not-for-mail From: Rainer.Fritz@t-online.de (Rainer Fritz) Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: MFM HD on C64 Date: 16 Jul 1996 04:24:30 GMT Organization: T.Online Lines: 13 Message-ID: <4sf5hu$3be@news00.btx.dtag.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=3Diso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Sender: 07114092950-0001@t-online.de (Rainer Fritz) X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Hi there how can I connect an old WD MFM Controller to my C64. I know there is a file called "hdproject" on the net, but it looks to be corupt.=20 I there another server witch contains the correct file?? I think I`ve tried Funet.fi. Ciao Rainer \_______________________________/ Email: Rainer.Fritz@t-online.de / \ #! rnews 3171 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!news1.best.com!nntp.primenet.com!news.asu.edu!en= nfs.eas.asu.edu!noao!CS.Arizona.EDU!ruby.ucc.nau.edu!dana.ucc.nau.edu!pap From: pap@dana.ucc.nau.edu (Paul Allen Panks) Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: Re: MULE: All time best scores? Date: 18 Jul 1996 23:58:53 GMT Organization: Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff AZ, USA Lines: 61 Message-ID: <4smj3t$bi8@ruby.ucc.nau.edu> References: <4s6keu$8a9@ruby.ucc.nau.edu> = <4sgqan$eqa@zeus.crosslink.net> <31EC2AA9.268C@ix.netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: dana.ucc.nau.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] I've noticed that in the Tournament game with 1 player and 3 computer=20 players: The computer players (mechtrons) always get first shot at plots, even if=20 you press the button immediately. There's nothing to override their=20 dominance in this department (I've only played with Flapper and Human, so= =20 I am not sure if the E.T. guy with the long neck or the fat, round=20 friend-of-sienfeld-on-that-show farmer-dude looking guy gets first shot. The Pirate ship will come if Crystite production is high in most or all=20 plots (if its late in the game). This could,of course, be random, but it=20 seems to have some sort of pattern to it. Plots with "No crystite found in plot" will nevertheless still produce=20 crystite if your energy is high enough (I had a No Crystite plot produce=20 7 units once). An easy way to push your money past 20,000 or more is have a game where=20 there's repeated Fire's in the Store and food and energy prices skyrocket= =20 past 200 a unit. If you stockpile food and energy during these lean=20 months, you could be sitting pretty by the 10th or 11th months. And, of=20 course, always _ALWAYS_ stockpile Crystite plots. IMHO, Smithore is crap=20 and therefore should never, ever be mined. (There was one game,however,=20 where the price hit an amazing 250 per unit for Smithore. The Mechtron=20 who had 71 units of it ended up with 25,000+ by the 7th month. But I had=20 38,750 by the 12th in money so I still won first founder) hehehe ;) &Pd~k3h{ Jack Followay, Jr. (jacklf@ix.netcom.com) wrote: : Cris Berneburg wrote: : >=20 : > abaugher@cancun.bcl.net (Aaron Baugher) wrote: : >=20 : > >always looking for other humans to play, since the computer players : > >really aren't that smart. (I have a dream... Network Mule!) : >=20 : > Funny, me too ... : >=20 : > ------- : > Cris "PC-Geek" Berneburg, mailto:74171.2136@compuserve.com : > The Basic Bombardier, Manager of Project 64, Geek Dragon (UDIC) : > http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/pcgeek/ : > PGP public key A1CE4355 available on keyservers : Don't count on it, unless someone writes a 'clone'. Last I read from : the author (in a game programming magazine from last year) that it is r= ather : unlikely that there will be an IBM/updated version. Apparently they wa= nted : to change the game too much for the author's conscience. : -- -- "Chickens may lay eggs, but roosters wake you up in the morning. Nobody=20 pays them to do that. I do less work than that and I get paid. And I=20 don't like eggs anyhow. Ooh! Bacon!" Homer Simpson, on subsidizing small-town agriculture. #! rnews 1545 Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!spool.mu.edu!sgigate.sgi.com!nntp.coast.net!fu-b= erlin.de!news.mathworks.com!nntp.primenet.com!news.goodnet.com!rtd.com!nn= tp.wwwi.com!news.genuity.net!webnews!news.lafn.org!lafn.org!lafn.org!ay18= 9 From: ay189@lafn.org (Patrick Mattauch) Subject: Re: Pokes,Peeks X-Nntp-Posting-Host: lafn.org Message-ID: <1996Jul18.025706.6546@lafn.org> Sender: news@lafn.org Reply-To: ay189@lafn.org (Patrick Mattauch) Organization: The Los Angeles Free-Net References: <31EC439F.3ECD@ix.netcom.com> <4scvgi$s45@mtinsc01-mgt.ops.wo= rldnet.att.net> <4sheco$2bc@news.tdl.com> Date: Thu, 18 Jul 1996 02:57:06 GMT Lines: 24 > >Miscellaneous > >POKE 775,200disable LIST >POKE 775,167enable LIST >POKE 56341,Sset cursor speed (S=3D0-255) >POKE 204,0turn cursor on during a GET >POKE 204,255turn cursor back off >POKE 19,65turn off question mark during INPUT >POKE 19,0turn question mark back on >POKE 54296,15:POKE 54296,0make a click sound > POKE 22,35 LIST won't show line numbers POKE 774,0 LIST shows line numbers only POKE 775,100 LIST performs a NEW POKE 775,121 LIST locks up computer POKE 775,234 LIST prevents lines from being entered POKE 819,2 disable SAVE POKE 819,245 enable SAVE POKE 199,1 prints in reverse mode POKE 211,Y move cursor to row Y POKE 214,X move cursor to column X #! rnews 2754 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!news1.best.com!nntp.primenet.com!news.cais.net!h= unter.premier.net!op.net!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!swri= nde!howland.reston.ans.net!surfnet.nl!sun4nl!charon.cvi.ns.nl!Utrecht.NL.= net!telebyte.nl!usenet From: gg@telebyte.nl Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: Best C64 CD-Rom available! Date: Thu, 18 Jul 1996 23:12:23 GMT Organization: Telebyte Lines: 58 Message-ID: <4smgb1$ad7@rubens.telebyte.nl> NNTP-Posting-Host: db-0-28.telebyte.nl X-Newsreader: Forte Agent .99b.112 For all Commodore-64 freaks.... Remember those CLASSIC games ? Aztec Challenge, Pharao's Curse, Gyruss, Buck Rogers, Pole Position, Booga Boo, Blue Max, Blue Max 2001, Congo Bongo, Crystal Castles, Thing on a Spring, River Raid, Pitfall, Crazy Comets, Commando, Lazy Jones, Burnin'Rubber, Zaxxon, Snokie, Candy Bandits, Moon Buggy, Forbidden Forest, Flip and Flop, Bristles, Popeye, Pengo, Mr Do, Monty on the Run, Kong Strikes Back, Mask of the Sun, Raid over Moscow, Impossible Mission, Toy Bizzare, Pitstop I & II, Fort Apocalypse, M.U.L.E., Archon I & II, Wizball, Cybernoid, The Young Ones, Web Dimension, Caverns of Khafka, Track & Field, Kikstart 1 & 2, Ghosts'n'Goblins, One on One, Choplifter, Plotting, Dallas Quest, Space Taxi, Boulderdash, Castle Wolfenstein, Rambo, Yie Ar Kung Fu, Poster Paster, Kung Fu Master, Green Beret, Minit Man, Bomb Jack, Beach Head 1 & 2, Drol, Karateka, Bruce Lee, Blagger, Moon Cresta, Monty Mole, Who Dares Wins, Exploding Fist, International Karate, Parallax, Skramble, Suicide Express, Last Ninja 1 & 2 & 3, Out Run, Barbarian, Hard Hat Mac, Wonderboy, War, Hyper Sports, Dan Dare 1 & 2 & 3, Hawkeye, Ghostbusters, Break Streat, The Hobbit, Spy Hunter, Killerwatt, Lode Runner, Daredevil Dennis, H.E.R.O, Little Computer People, Mickey's Space Adventure, Penetrator, Decathlon, Summer Games I & II, Winter Games, Comic Bakery, The Delta, Alt. Reality, Juno First, Defender, Armalyte, Quedex, Battle Valley, Spy Versus Spy 1 & 2 & 3, Cybernoid II, Blood and Guts, Nebulus, ....., ....., .... , ...., ..... The C64, The C64-games, The C64-demos, The C64-utils, All compiled on one CD-ROM. The C64-CD-ROM-'96 contains 5650 C-64 disks.... over 30.000 programs, run them on a C64-emulator, or run them on your C64 again. C64-Emulators for IBM-PC (486 or higher) and Amiga are included on the CD-Rom. This CD-ROM contains the most complete C64-collection ever! More than 650Mb of C64 software on one little disc. If you are a real C64 freak, order !now! For a complete index-file ftp to: utopia.hacktic.nl pub/c64/Misc/c64cd96.lha dhp.com pub/c64/scene/others/c64cd96.lha For more info, questions, or orders send e-mail to: gg@telebyte.nl #! rnews 1170 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!news1.best.com!nntp.primenet.com!news.cais.net!n= ews.mathworks.com!news.kei.com!nntp.coast.net!netnews.worldnet.att.net!ix= .netcom.com!news From: jmcgee@mail.orion.org (Jack McGee) Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: Re: Converting C=3D files to IBM Date: Thu, 18 Jul 1996 01:49:18 GMT Organization: The Jack McGee Company Lines: 10 Message-ID: <31ed97da.19443390@nntp.ix.netcom.com> References: <4shu9m$638@herald.concentric.net> <4si1o9$8jg@news2.h1.usa.p= ipeline.com> Reply-To: jmcgee@mail.orion.org NNTP-Posting-Host: spr-mo2-20.ix.netcom.com X-NETCOM-Date: Thu Jul 18 8:50:09 PM CDT 1996 X-Newsreader: Forte Agent .99e/32.227 >You might save yourself a step or two by just using Novaterm and a stand= ard >PC term and sending it straight from the commie to the pc with translati= on >on. There was a recent post about it, that you just use atx0 or 3 on yo= ur >PC and dial the commie (with a line straight from modem to modem). Afte= r >dialing just type ATA in Novaterm and it should connect within 45 second= s.=20 Why bother with the modem? Why not just use a null modem cable between the machines, and then you are not restricted by modem speeds. #! rnews 765 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!news1.best.com!nntp.primenet.com!news.mathworks.= com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!uwm.edu!alpha1.csd.uwm.edu!jwistl From: Magician@bbs.tcbi.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: C64 Browser? Date: 19 Jul 1996 01:48:38 GMT Organization: University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Lines: 12 Message-ID: <4smphm$lk7@uwm.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: 129.89.169.1 Originator: jwistl@alpha1.csd.uwm.edu Hi all! About a week ago I saw several posts about a browser for=20 the C64. I noticed Jim Brain posted an article saying it was on his=20 site? Does anyone know exactly where it is and what it is called? I=20 have looked and did not find it. =20 O.K., thanks for any help! -*** Abracadabra!!! The Magician is OUTTA here! ***- http://www.uwm.edu/~jwistl #! rnews 1571 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!news1.best.com!nntp.primenet.com!news.cais.net!h= unter.premier.net!op.net!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news= .sprintlink.net!new-news.sprintlink.net!news.rain.org!not-for-mail From: bnholmes@rain.org (Ben Holmes) Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: Re: ID these files please! Date: 19 Jul 1996 02:20:19 GMT Organization: RAIN Public Access Internet (805) 967-RAIN Lines: 20 Message-ID: <4smrd3$t49@news.rain.org> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: bnholmes@coyote.rain.org X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950824BETA PL0] Phil Porth (pdporth@freenet.calgary.ab.ca) wrote: > On Mon, 15 Jul 1996, Steve Guidi wrote: >=20 > > I recently logged onto ccnga.uwaterloo.ca and noticed the following > > files in the pub/cbm/telecomm/ dir: > > co64-s1.ca- > > co64.s2.ca- > > co64.s3.ca- > > co64.s4.ca- > > co64dox.ca- > > Does anyone know what is contained in these archive files? Also, wh= at > > compressor/archiver is being used to archive them? Thanks! > Try highlighting the last file (co64dox.ca) and instead of hitting D to > download the file hit return instead and if the dosx are in a sequentia= l > file format you should be able to read them online, or buffer capture t= hem > to find out more about the file format before you decide to download th= em. These are the files for the BBS software 'Color64'. They are compressed with Madman Software's CKit... I can't recall the name of the freeware file that is used to uncompress these... #! rnews 650 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!news1.best.com!nntp.primenet.com!news.mathworks.= com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news-feed.iguide.com!news.delphi.com!usenet From: joy daidola Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: Re: JOYS::stuff for sale Date: Thu, 18 Jul 96 22:49:38 -0500 Organization: Delphi (info@delphi.com email, 800-695-4005 voice) Lines: 5 Message-ID: References: <31ec3f9e.3037371@news.polari= stel.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: bos1e.delphi.com X-To: Dan Amborn y =20 this was the Commodore 1750, but it was already traded as all my stuff was for a 386 #! rnews 2737 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!news1.best.com!nntp.primenet.com!news.mathworks.= com!hunter.premier.net!netnews.worldnet.att.net!ix.netcom.com!news From: "Jack Followay, Jr." Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: Re: MULE: All time best scores? Date: Thu, 18 Jul 1996 22:08:41 -0500 Organization: PowerHouse (XNET/CommNet) Lines: 41 Message-ID: <31EEFC39.4C18@ix.netcom.com> References: <4s6keu$8a9@ruby.ucc.nau.edu> = <4sgqan$eqa@zeus.crosslink.net> <31EC2AA9.268C@ix.netcom.com> <4smj3t$bi= 8@ruby.ucc.nau.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: hou-tx23-30.ix.netcom.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=3Dus-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-NETCOM-Date: Thu Jul 18 10:06:34 PM CDT 1996 X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0 (Win95; I) Paul Allen Panks wrote: >=20 > I've noticed that in the Tournament game with 1 player and 3 computer > players: >=20 > The computer players (mechtrons) always get first shot at plots, even i= f > you press the button immediately. There's nothing to override their > dominance in this department (I've only played with Flapper and Human, = so > I am not sure if the E.T. guy with the long neck or the fat, round > friend-of-sienfeld-on-that-show farmer-dude looking guy gets first shot. >=20 The player who's score/status is least, gets first shot at plots, buy/ selling/etc. That allows the underdog to always get first chance at thin= gs. (even if it's a computer player!) > The Pirate ship will come if Crystite production is high in most or all > plots (if its late in the game). This could,of course, be random, but i= t > seems to have some sort of pattern to it. >=20 The pirate ship follows random patterns (like most everything else). I= f it comes in an early round, it will show up again around round 11. If it comes around round 5-7, then it will not likely come again. A good strat= egy it so mine Smithore for he first few rounds. If the pirates come, then=20 switch to Crystite and be rich until round 11! > Plots with "No crystite found in plot" will nevertheless still produce > crystite if your energy is high enough (I had a No Crystite plot produc= e > 7 units once). >=20 Production of products is not simply dependant upon the plot you build upon. You will also get production for having EXPERIENCE, which comes from having multiple plots producing the same product. You will produce even MORE of the product if you have the same product plots physically adjacent to each other. GROUP YOUR PLOTS!! This is a major key to successful MULEing! So you could have all one product, and produce goodi= es on all the plots quite successfully. Although, unless the computer or fe= llow human players are willing to share, you will be rather..um.. unsuccessful. #! rnews 3032 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!news1.best.com!nntp.primenet.com!news.mathworks.= com!hunter.premier.net!netnews.worldnet.att.net!ix.netcom.com!news From: Quantum Leaper Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: Re: MULE: All time best scores? Date: Thu, 18 Jul 1996 21:12:01 -0500 Organization: Netcom Lines: 51 Message-ID: <31EEEEF1.58BF@ix.netcom.com> References: <4s6keu$8a9@ruby.ucc.nau.edu> = <4sgqan$eqa@zeus.crosslink.net> <31EC2AA9.268C@ix.netcom.com> <4smj3t$bi= 8@ruby.ucc.nau.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: roc-il6-63.ix.netcom.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=3Dus-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-NETCOM-Date: Thu Jul 18 8:16:56 PM PDT 1996 X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0b5 (Win95; I) Paul Allen Panks wrote: >=20 > I've noticed that in the Tournament game with 1 player and 3 computer > players: >=20 > The computer players (mechtrons) always get first shot at plots, even i= f > you press the button immediately. There's nothing to override their > dominance in this department (I've only played with Flapper and Human, = so > I am not sure if the E.T. guy with the long neck or the fat, round > friend-of-sienfeld-on-that-show farmer-dude looking guy gets first shot. >=20 The Flapper can get the last plot (only one remaining plot) if he is lucky,=20 the Human is not bad but he gets the short end of the deal most times. :( > The Pirate ship will come if Crystite production is high in most or all > plots (if its late in the game). This could,of course, be random, but i= t > seems to have some sort of pattern to it. > The Pirate ship is random, if I remember the but the odds go up if alot of Crystite is mined. =20 > Plots with "No crystite found in plot" will nevertheless still produce > crystite if your energy is high enough (I had a No Crystite plot produc= e > 7 units once). > I have gotten 7 unit quite a few times, and energy doesn't to matter that much. =20 > An easy way to push your money past 20,000 or more is have a game where > there's repeated Fire's in the Store and food and energy prices skyrock= et > past 200 a unit. If you stockpile food and energy during these lean > months, you could be sitting pretty by the 10th or 11th months. And, of > course, always _ALWAYS_ stockpile Crystite plots. IMHO, Smithore is cra= p > and therefore should never, ever be mined. (There was one game,however, > where the price hit an amazing 250 per unit for Smithore. The Mechtron > who had 71 units of it ended up with 25,000+ by the 7th month. But I ha= d > 38,750 by the 12th in money so I still won first founder) hehehe ;) > &P d~k3h{ >>=20 Only 38750? My best is 56353, Flapper against the computers, the best=20 game as a group was 129,000. I have never done 130K+ games, yet. Smithore isn't crap, but it used to make MULEs, so a neat why of=20 driving up the cost of Smithore is releasing MULEs! I have gotten Smithore from 53 to 240 in one round that way, also the fire helped! Also selling Crystite at 144 with 135 units helps get those REALLY high scores!! =END=