#! rnews 1493 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!news1.best.com!nntp.primenet.com!news.cais.net!n= ews.mathworks.com!news-res.gsl.net!news.gsl.net!portc01.blue.aol.com!news= stand.cit.cornell.edu!news.acsu.buffalo.edu!news.drenet.dnd.ca!crc-news.d= oc.ca!nott!bcarh189.bnr.ca!bmerhc5e.bnr.ca!bcrkh13.bnr.ca!salimk From: salimk@Nortel.com (S.Khan) Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm,misc.forsale.computers.other.systems,misc.forsal= e.computers.other.misc Subject: fs: C64 & stuff Date: 19 Jul 1996 20:26:55 GMT Organization: Nortel. Lines: 42 Distribution: na Message-ID: <4sor2f$46l@bcrkh13.bnr.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: batph525.bnr.ca Originator: salimk@batph525 Xref: pravda.aa.msen.com comp.sys.cbm:58206 misc.forsale.computers.other.= systems:13422 misc.forsale.computers.other.misc:30708 Commodore C-64 with power supply $25 + s &h 1541 Power supply with power cord $20 + s & h Parallel printer interface cable $10 + s & h 300 baud modem for commodore $7 + s & h Cassete player for Commodore with interface cable $10 + s & h BMC Color Monitor $35 + s & h Commodore MPS 802 Printer $25 + s & h Printer Okidata for Commodore (Okimate 20) $20 + s & h=20 =20 Joy stick - $10 Paddles (2) - 15 =20 =20 =20 Buyer pays the shiping =20 Please send replies to johny@usa.pipeline.com =20 Salim Khan salimk@nortel.com =20 BroadBand Networks NorTel (Northern Telecom). Norcross, Georgia =20 Standard disclaimer applies ..... My employer has nothing to do with my opinoins or the matter in this post, or for that matter anywhere. =20 #! rnews 936 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!news1.best.com!nntp.primenet.com!news.mathworks.= com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!malgudi.oar.net!news.donet.com!news From: xr600@donet.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: DX4/100 $ale~!~! Date: Fri, 19 Jul 1996 17:52:04 -0400 Organization: Dayton Ohio Network (DONet, Inc.) Lines: 25 Message-ID: <31F00384.70FA@donet.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: peanut.donet.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=3Dus-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0b4 (Win95; I) Check it out! All info here! http://www.donet.com/~xr600/cpu4sale.htm -=3DLate Night With Tom=3D- http://www.donet.com/~xr600 "Home Page" \\Y|M| ~~..'~ ( \ ) \ =3D/ _\/_ / -_ < \ \^-_-^\ \ iii <\v =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3Duu=3D=3D> References: <4slhpb$s92@mksrv1.dseg.ti= .com> <4snd7s$h3c@brumby.cowan.edu.au> Date: Fri, 19 Jul 1996 22:54:08 GMT Lines: 16 Style/Chrome (st952e2c@echidna.cowan.edu.au) wrote: > My favourite is the 'When I turn my 64 on, I get nothing but a blank sc= reen.=20 > Can anyone help?' post. The problem is tho, after seeing this post too = many=20 > times, I still cant remember what the fault is!! hahaha Well, most often the commie just died of boredom ;) Jens --=20 Jens Ellerbrock * Holtenauer Str 162 * 24105 Kiel * pluton@hades.cl= s.de "BELIEVE AND DECEIVE" ><> * Tel: 0431 / 806890 * Modem/x75: 0431 / 8= 4749 -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ---- Tired and bored of your operating system ? Just go ahead and write your own multitasking multiuser os ! Worked for me all the times. -- Linus Torvalds -- #! rnews 1066 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!news1.best.com!news.texas.net!news.sprintlink.ne= t!news-fw-6.sprintlink.net!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!wo= rld1.bawave.com!news.clark.net!mr.net!winternet.com!n1ott.istar!ott.istar= !istar.net!tor.istar!east.istar!newsjunkie.ans.net!newsfeeds.ans.net!prod= igy.com!usenet From: RVTP18B@prodigy.com (David Tuomi) Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: Re: CKIT 94 - Dongle! Date: 19 Jul 1996 23:38:05 GMT Organization: Prodigy Services Company 1-800-PRODIGY Lines: 5 Distribution: world Message-ID: <4sp68t$kek@useneta1.news.prodigy.com> References: <4sgaue$fpf@mksrv1.dseg.ti.com> <4sgmc1$qfs@news2.h1.usa.pipe= line.com> <4sinvo$isl@sirius.cs.pdx.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: innugap1-int.news.prodigy.com X-Newsreader: Version 1.2 I own a copy of this software, and have lost the dongle myself. Such a=20 pitty, not a bad archival program really. I've not gotten around to=20 giving Mad Man a ring up. I keep hoping the dongle will turn up. I'm=20 sure it will, when its replacement shows up. #! rnews 1036 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!news1.best.com!nntp.primenet.com!news.mathworks.= com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.softdisk.com!usenet From: Jeff Jones Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: Re: d64 Date: Fri, 19 Jul 1996 19:01:29 -0500 Organization: Loadstar Lines: 10 Message-ID: <31F021D9.7389@softdisk.com> References: <31EB1549.21EB@cdsnet.net> <4sfv3q$kp3@dfw-ixnews2.ix.netcom.= com> NNTP-Posting-Host: tty001.softdisk.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=3Dus-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.02Gold (Win95; I) ChrisC wrote: > The .d64 files are actually disk images used for the IBM C64S emulator.= They > can be restored to thier original format with a program I wrote, downlo= adable > at members.aol.com/xdr12/download/ the program name is D64-REST.TXT an= d > D64-REST.PRG. Be forewarnd, the program is slllooowww. LOADSTAR published a GEOS progam called geoBeap, which creates and conver= ts .d64 files. It was only about 4 issues ago. The program was by Bo Zimme= rman. #! rnews 809 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!news1.best.com!nntp.primenet.com!news.mathworks.= com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.softdisk.com!usenet From: Jeff Jones Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: LOADSTAR Letter Subscription Date: Fri, 19 Jul 1996 19:09:57 -0500 Organization: Loadstar Lines: 8 Message-ID: <31F023D5.310D@softdisk.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: tty001.softdisk.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=3Dus-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.02Gold (Win95; I) Time is slipping away. Those who want to become charter subscribers to=20 the LOADSTAR newsletter should subscribe before the price increases to=20 $18.00 for twelve issues. We offer news, information, humor and hints=20 for the C-64 community. LOADSTAR LETTER 606 Common Street Shreveport LA 71101 #! rnews 2336 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!news1.best.com!nntp.primenet.com!news.cais.net!n= ews.mathworks.com!zombie.ncsc.mil!nntp.coast.net!dispatch.news.demon.net!= demon!mail2news.demon.co.uk!gate.demon.co.uk From: Jason Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: Re: whatever happened to? Date: Sat, 20 Jul 96 00:26:14 GMT Organization: Cosine Systems Lines: 45 Message-ID: <9607200026.AA004p1@cosine.demon.co.uk> References: <4sndjm$h3c@brumby.cowan.edu.au> X-NNTP-Posting-Host: gate.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [AMIGA 1.3 950726BETA PL0] X-Mail2News-Path: relay-1.mail.demon.net!gate.demon.co.uk Style/Chrome: : a) What ever happened to Kati, Maff and Gordo from Zzap?? Not sure about Kati but Maff and Gordo have been doing some work for othe= r mags recently. I think I saw Kati's writings in a non computer mag... : b) Whatever happened to Fatty Phil??? Same thing. : c) Does Lloyd Mangram really exist, and if so what is he doing now? Als= o, : does ANYONE have a photo of this man? No, I visited the Zzap offices (I was there the day Kati, Maff and Gordo got sacked!) and didn't see Lloyd... : d) Why do these people refuse to produce an all encompasing 8 bit mag? : Surely all 8 bit owners combined would buy enough mags. Not over here. There are very few C64 dedicates over here let alone thos= e still using Speccys and Amstrads. : e) Why do we look back and say 'those were the good ol' days' when 99% = of=20 : releases were pure crap, and by today's standards wouldnt even be : considered for release?? I'd rather have lots of software and a fair few turkeys than bugger all... : f) What ever happened to Julian Rignall ??? (first Zzap ed) Last seen as editor of C+VG and still with a funny haircut. : Anyone have any clue??? No, but I can answer the questions... =3D-) Jason =3D-) ____________________________________________________________________= ___ TMR / / / / / / / = /\ / /__/ / / /__/ / / / /__/ Email: tmr@cosine.demon.co.uk = / / / /\_/ / /__ / / / / __// Cosine Homepage: = / / / /__/ / / / / / / / / / Moving soon! New site found... /= / /_____/_____/_____/__/__/__/_____/_____________________________________/ = / \_____\_____\_____\__\__\__\_____\_____________________________________\/ #! rnews 2463 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!news1.best.com!newshub.sdsu.edu!newsfeeder.sdsu.= edu!newspump.sol.net!news.inc.net!news.moneng.mei.com!uwm.edu!math.ohio-s= tate.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!nntp.= inet.fi!news.funet.fi!ousrvr3.oulu.fi!news From: Jouko Valta Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: Re: More errors/inaccuracies in online docs! Date: 20 Jul 1996 03:29:12 +0300 Organization: University of Oulu, Department of Electrical Engineering, F= inland Lines: 42 Sender: jopi@stekt25.oulu.fi Message-ID: References: <4sok1r$iuv@freenet-news.carleton.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: stekt25.oulu.fi Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=3Diso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-reply-to: df465@FreeNet.Carleton.CA's message of 19 Jul 1996 18:27:07 = GMT X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.1 Onno Ebbinge writes: Onno> *** ORIGINAL C64 PRG only =20 Onno> On page 254 (INSTRUCTION ADDRESSING MODES AND RELATED Onno> EXECUTION TIMES) the BRK instruction has 7 cycles in implied Onno> addressing mode instead of none. =20 Think about it. ;) Furthermore, BRK _does_ have 2 byte "operand", which is ignored, though. --- shameless quote --- =20 +----------+-------+----------+-----+-----+-----+ Current State | Opcode | Cycle | Flags | Res | Irq | Nmi | +----------+-------+----------+-----+-----+-----+ \_______ _________/ \___________ _______________/ | | V V ALU Enable Next State Branch Control Register Enable Bus Enable =20 Notice that Reset only is a special interrupt -- or in Motorola (2) tech= speak, an exception -- like the other interrupts. Thus, upon Reset, the CPU does not lose the contents of its registers an= d it even stores the most important of them onto the stack -- you just don't = know where. Even though the Reset doesn't directly force the logic to any specific s= tate, it can recover the CPU from any imagineable state put by opcodes even wi= thout any addressing mode (codes 02, 12, ...) as long as no electronic deadloc= ks are involved. =20 [ Copyright (C) 1993-1996, Project X64 All right reserve= d. No part of this document may be read using any kind of Microsoft pro= duct.] --- end --- #! rnews 1249 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!news1.best.com!nntp.primenet.com!news.sprintlink= .net!news-stk-3.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!news-stk-11.sprintlink= .net!news.sprintlink.net!news-stk-200.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.concentric.= net!news-master!viking.cris.com!Rug-rat From: Rug-rat@cris.com (Thomas Pinto) Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: Re: d64 Date: 20 Jul 1996 03:04:58 GMT Organization: Concentric Internet Services Lines: 16 Message-ID: <4spicq$ped@herald.concentric.net> References: <31EB1549.21EB@cdsnet.net> <4sfv3q$kp3@dfw-ixnews2.ix.netcom.= com> <31F021D9.7389@softdisk.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: viking.cris.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Jeff Jones (loadstar@softdisk.com) wrote: : ChrisC wrote: : > The .d64 files are actually disk images used for the IBM C64S emulato= r. They : > can be restored to thier original format with a program I wrote, down= loadable : > at members.aol.com/xdr12/download/ the program name is D64-REST.TXT = and : > D64-REST.PRG. Be forewarnd, the program is slllooowww. : LOADSTAR published a GEOS progam called geoBeap, which creates and conv= erts : .d64 files. It was only about 4 issues ago. The program was by Bo Zim= merman. Is there a command we can use with Unix to decompile this .D64 file??? -Tom #! rnews 1296 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!news1.best.com!news.texas.net!newsfeed.concentri= c.net!news-master!viking.cris.com!Rug-rat From: Rug-rat@cris.com (Thomas Pinto) Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: Re: .zip file help Date: 20 Jul 1996 03:08:42 GMT Organization: Concentric Internet Services Lines: 19 Message-ID: <4spijq$ped@herald.concentric.net> References: <4slgg2$fc8@news.sas.ab.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: viking.cris.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] rbthomas@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca wrote: : I just d-loaded what appears to be a useful file from ccnga.uwaterloo : It is called Prn-GW-pages.zip and claims to print every second GeoWrite= =20 : page so that you can flip the page over and print the others on the bac= k=20 : - effectively reducing the number of pages of paper you use. Now this=20 : would be a very good program to have. It is in a .zip format and I am=20 : unable to unzip it. I have unzip64 and unzip128 and neither will=20 : recognize the file. They keep giving me unknown compression method=20 : errors. If anyone has this GEOS file in unzipped form could you please= =20 : e-mail me a copy? I have uudecode and geoPack so that would be an idea= l=20 : way to convert the file. : Thanks in advance for any help. Just type "unzip filename.zip" at the Unix prompt and it will unzip it. -Ruggie #! rnews 1635 Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games,comp.sys.cbm Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!news1.best.com!nntp.primenet.com!news.cais.net!n= ews.mathworks.com!news.kei.com!nntp.coast.net!oleane!jussieu.fr!math.ohio= -state.edu!usc!newshub.csu.net!csulb.edu!info.ucla.edu!nnrp.info.ucla.edu= !news.bc.net!torn!watserv3.uwaterloo.ca!novice.uwaterloo.ca!dfevans From: dfevans@bbcr.uwaterloo.ca (David Evans) Subject: Re: ESCOM Germany Bankrupt Sender: news@novice.uwaterloo.ca (Mr. News) Message-ID: Date: Fri, 19 Jul 1996 15:54:06 GMT References: <1170.6773T418T836@bahnhof.se> <948.6773T988T710@mbox.vol.it> Nntp-Posting-Host: bcr.uwaterloo.ca Organization: University of Waterloo Lines: 18 Xref: pravda.aa.msen.com comp.sys.amiga.games:108355 comp.sys.cbm:58216 In article <948.6773T988T710@mbox.vol.it>, Fabio Bizzetti wrote: > >AFAIK Commodore is _very_ old, it existed much before they began to make >personal computers (they made typewriters and such, as Olivetti). > Yep, they are quite old. 1958, as I recall, as a typewriter repair sho= p in Toronto. I think they were on Bloor somewhere, but am not sure. The fir= st World of Commodore, in 1983, was arranged as a sort of 25th anniversary e= vent. Anyone know why it started in Toronto? Jack wasn't Canadian as far as = I know. --=20 David Evans (NeXTMail OK) dfevans@bbcr.uwaterlo= o.ca Computer/Synth Junkie http://bbcr.uwaterloo.ca/~dfev= ans/ University of Waterloo "Default is the value selected by the comp= oser Ontario, Canada overridden by your command." - Roland TR-707 Ma= nual #! rnews 1471 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.int= ernetmci.com!news.sprintlink.net!new-news.sprintlink.net!nntp.coast.net!f= u-berlin.de!zrz.TU-Berlin.DE!news.dfn.de!news.ruhr-uni-bochum.de!news.rwt= h-aachen.de!newsserver.rrzn.uni-hannover.de!ikarus.rz.tu-clausthal.de!new= s From: Matthias Kirchner Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: Re: 64C case Date: Sat, 20 Jul 1996 13:28:31 -0700 Organization: Institute Of Electrical Engineering, Technical University o= f Clausthal Lines: 14 Message-ID: <31F1416F.4CE3@iee.tu-clausthal.de> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: modem4.slip.tu-clausthal.de Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=3Diso-8859-2 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.02 (Win16; I) To: dbryant@ccsnet.com Hi! dbryant@ccsnet.com wrote: >=20 > Can someone tell me wether the innards of a C-64 will fit into a 64-C > case without modification? > It won't fit into a 64-C case. The 'old' board is about 30% larger than the new one.=20 --=20 *************************************************************************= ****** * Matthias Kirchner Telefon: 05323 / 72-2940 Fax: 05323 / 72-2= 104 * * Institut fuer Elektrische Energietechnik Technische Universitaet Claus= thal * * E-Mail: purzel@iee.tu-clausthal.de WWW: http://www.tu-clausthal.de/~= eemk * *************************************************************************= ****** #! rnews 1714 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!news1.best.com!nntp.primenet.com!news.mathworks.= com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.indy.net!news From: padge@indy.net (WaD) Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: Re: C64 still being made/sold? Date: Sat, 20 Jul 1996 07:37:01 GMT Organization: IndyNet - Indys Internet Gateway (info@indy.net) Lines: 18 Message-ID: <4spq9u$g1k@news.indy.net> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: indy3.indy.net X-Newsreader: Forte Agent .99c/32.126 >Some time ago commodore was bought by Escom, and I understand that they=20 >intended to produce c64's again....(possibly for 3rd world markets..) >Does anyone know something about this...? Well, considering that Escom has apparently filed for bankrupcy, I don't think this is going to happen :(( .------------------------+----------------------------= --. ____________ | __ __ ___ ____ | "Elite??! You?! HAHAHAHA!" = | \ /. . . . \ | / \|/ \ \/ \ | -Imel(31:4) = | | |. . . . . | | | | \ | | +----------------------------= --+ | | .________. | | | | | | | | | | Notorious C=3D User/Net Jun= kie | | \./ /~ ~\ \ / | \__/ \__/_/| |____/ | Astonishing Coder/Muzo! (ha= !)| | | (x)/\(x) | | WaD'96 \| \ / +----------------------------= --' | `\~\_\/_/~/' | ^^^^^^ : o.o | .--------------------------= ----' | |____| | | S U P E R B ! : - | | * Prehistoria President/F= DR * \________/ `------------------------' | * C; Intel; ANSI; Trax; H= aQ * `-------------------------' +----------------------= + [Entire Sig. Drawn/(c) WaD/Prehistoria'96 - Homepage Coming Soon!!= ] #! rnews 1595 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!news1.best.com!nntp.primenet.com!news.mathworks.= com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.indy.net!news From: padge@indy.net (WaD) Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: Re: WTB:Sim City for Commodore 64 Date: Sat, 20 Jul 1996 07:40:07 GMT Organization: IndyNet - Indys Internet Gateway (info@indy.net) Lines: 16 Message-ID: <4spqfo$g1k@news.indy.net> References: <4s6kpa$8a9@ruby.ucc.nau.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: indy3.indy.net X-Newsreader: Forte Agent .99c/32.126 >I am looking for that great game, Sim City, for my Commodore 64. Does=20 >anyone have an original they are willing to part with? Ummm I have a pirated version if you want that :P .------------------------+----------------------------= --. ____________ | __ __ ___ ____ | "Elite??! You?! HAHAHAHA!" = | \ /. . . . \ | / \|/ \ \/ \ | -Imel(31:4) = | | |. . . . . | | | | \ | | +----------------------------= --+ | | .________. | | | | | | | | | | Notorious C=3D User/Net Jun= kie | | \./ /~ ~\ \ / | \__/ \__/_/| |____/ | Astonishing Coder/Muzo! (ha= !)| | | (x)/\(x) | | WaD'96 \| \ / +----------------------------= --' | `\~\_\/_/~/' | ^^^^^^ : o.o | .--------------------------= ----' | |____| | | S U P E R B ! : - | | * Prehistoria President/F= DR * \________/ `------------------------' | * C; Intel; ANSI; Trax; H= aQ * `-------------------------' +----------------------= + [Entire Sig. Drawn/(c) WaD/Prehistoria'96 - Homepage Coming Soon!!= ] #! rnews 1523 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!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!sdd.hp.com!h= amblin.math.byu.edu!news.byu.edu!news.celestar.com!news.sprintlink.net!ne= ws-ana-7.sprintlink.net!news.rain.org!not-for-mail From: bnholmes@rain.org (Ben Holmes) Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: Re: .zip file help Date: 20 Jul 1996 05:35:18 GMT Organization: RAIN Public Access Internet (805) 967-RAIN Lines: 15 Message-ID: <4spr6m$hbn@news.rain.org> References: <4slgg2$fc8@news.sas.ab.ca> <4spijq$ped@herald.concentric.net= > NNTP-Posting-Host: bnholmes@coyote.rain.org X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950824BETA PL0] Thomas Pinto (Rug-rat@cris.com) wrote: > rbthomas@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca wrote: > : It is in a .zip format and I am unable to unzip it. I have unzip64 > : and unzip128 and neither will recognize the file. They keep giving > : me unknown compression method errors. >=20 > Just type "unzip filename.zip" at the Unix prompt and it will unzip it. Well, that depends on whether your service provider has zip as an executable file! I'm lucky, mine does, but I've ran into people who's service provider *doesn't* If you're in this position, give your service provider a call, and politely ask them to give a little support! I already unzipped, and sent the files to rbthomas, and would be happy to help anyone else in the same position (as long as it doesn't turn into a full time position!) #! rnews 739 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.int= ernetmci.com!news.pe.net!news.pe.net!not-for-mail From: kh6zv9@victoria.pe.net (bob masse) Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: Re: ELITE: Wow Date: 20 Jul 1996 06:51:29 -0700 Organization: PE.net - Internet access from the Press-Enterprise Company Lines: 10 Message-ID: <4sqo91$hj3@victoria.pe.net> References: <4sorlo$ocp@ruby.ucc.nau.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: victoria.pe.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Paul Allen Panks (pap@dana.ucc.nau.edu) wrote: : I just had the opportunity to pick up ELITE yesterday (complete in box,= =20 : w/ all necesarry documentation, even a novella!) : All I can say is...Wow! One of my all time favorite games. Bob kh6zv9@pe.net #! rnews 1294 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!news1.best.com!news.texas.net!news.kei.com!newsf= eed.internetmci.com!news.ycc.yale.edu!yale!news-mail-gateway!daemon From: Joey.Mcdonald@genesplicer.org (Joey Mcdonald) Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: FS: C64 software Date: 20 Jul 1996 03:52:50 -0400 Organization: The GeneSplicer Lines: 37 Sender: daemon@cs.yale.edu Message-ID: <19960720035239.aaaa001n9@babyblue.cs.yale.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: babyblue.cs.yale.edu ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Commodore 64 programs, still in ORIGINAL SHRINK-WRAP, $5 each! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- =20 Cartridge Based: =20 - Activision Decathlon (Activision) - Toy Bizarre (Activision) - Zenji (Activision) =20 Disk Based: =20 - Toy Bizarre - The designers pencil=20 =20 -------------------------------------------------------------------- The following are have no box, docs, etc.. unless noted. -------------------------------------------------------------------- =20 Cartridge based: =20 - SnapShot-64.. $6 - JR Capture.. $6 - Epyx Fast Load (Label is in bad condition)...$5 =20 Disk Based: =20 - Dan Dare (electronic arts... has folder and all docs) $4 =20 Please respond via e-mail ONLY at: =20 joey.mcdonald@genesplicer.org =20 Thanks, Joey Mcdonald =20 #! rnews 1511 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!math.ohio-st= ate.edu!uwm.edu!news-res.gsl.net!news.gsl.net!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed= .internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!nntp.earthlink.net!vreeland From: vreeland@earthlink.net (Robert Vreeland Jr.) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.marketplace,comp.sys.cbm,comp.sys.amiga.hardwa= re.comp.sys.amiga.misc Subject: Re: I need to buy a cheap but well-working RGB color Monitor.. Date: Sat, 20 Jul 1996 07:48:56 -0800 Organization: Earthlink Network, Inc. Lines: 18 Message-ID: References: <4rniii$ifm@dfw-ixnews4.ix.netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: pool025.max1.santa-clara.ca.dynip.alter.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=3DISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Newsreader: Yet Another NewsWatcher 2.2.0b13 Xref: pravda.aa.msen.com comp.sys.amiga.marketplace:78178 comp.sys.cbm:58= 223 In article <4rniii$ifm@dfw-ixnews4.ix.netcom.com>, dreamzs@ix.netcom.com(MARCEL GONZALEZ ) wrote: > If anyone out there has an used *working* RGB monitor that puts out a > good picture, and it is just sitting somewhere collecting dust..=20 > Please do sell it to me! I am looking for a bargain price, since I am > only using it to test out some computer equipment.. then I will no > longer need it. >=20 > Please E-mail me if you have one. >=20 > Thank you! I have a working Commodore 1084 monitor that is sitting boxed in my garage. I would want to ask about $65.00+shipping costs. Or make me an offer. Robert. #! rnews 834 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!agate!ames!h= ookup!news.mathworks.com!op.net!netaxs.com!news.cyberenet.net!news From: Fred Harris Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: Commodore 128 Computer For Sale Date: Sat, 20 Jul 1996 12:54:45 -0400 Organization: Eastern High School Lines: 11 Message-ID: <31F10F55.5DE@cyberenet.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: fharris.ppp.cyberenet.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=3Dus-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0 (Macintosh; I; PPC) Hello everyone, A friend of mine asked me to post a Commodore 128 Computer for sale. =20 Asking $750.00, like brand new. Will throw in all games. Please e-mail with questions or interest. Thank you, --=20 Fred H. fharris@cyberenet.net Penn State Football Card and Artifact Collector #! rnews 2001 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!news1.best.com!news.texas.net!news.kei.com!nntp.= coast.net!swidir.switch.ch!scsing.switch.ch!ubnsrv.unisource.ch!peroni.it= a.tip.net!news.vol.it!news From: bizzetti@mbox.vol.it (Fabio Bizzetti) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games,comp.sys.cbm Subject: Re: ESCOM Germany Bankrupt Date: 20 Jul 1996 13:20:42 GMT Organization: Video On Line Lines: 36 Distribution: world Message-ID: <1397.6775T839T592@mbox.vol.it> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: molcl11.vol.it X-Newsreader: THOR 2.22 (Amiga;TCP/IP) Xref: pravda.aa.msen.com comp.sys.amiga.games:108369 comp.sys.cbm:58225 David Evans (dfevans@bbcr.uwaterloo.ca) wrote: >In article <948.6773T988T710@mbox.vol.it>, >Fabio Bizzetti wrote: >>AFAIK Commodore is _very_ old, it existed much before they began to mak= e >>personal computers (they made typewriters and such, as Olivetti). > Yep, they are quite old. 1958, as I recall, as a typewriter repair sh= op in >Toronto. I think they were on Bloor somewhere, but am not sure. The fi= rst >World of Commodore, in 1983, was arranged as a sort of 25th anniversary >event. > Anyone know why it started in Toronto? Jack wasn't Canadian as far as= I >know. (Tramiel?): Was Jack Tramiel the founder of Commodore? Are you sure? >--=20 >David Evans (NeXTMail OK) dfevans@bbcr.uwaterl= oo.ca >Computer/Synth Junkie http://bbcr.uwaterloo.ca/~dfe= vans/ >University of Waterloo "Default is the value selected by the com= poser >Ontario, Canada overridden by your command." - Roland TR-707 M= anual /----------------------------------------------------------------------= \ | Fabio "Maverick" Bizzetti - bizzetti@mbox.vol.it - Maver|ck at IRC = | | The maker of "CyberMan" and "Virtual Karting" = | | working on "EscapeFrom.." & "StarFighter" = | \----------------------------------------------------------------------= / #! rnews 845 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!news1.best.com!news.texas.net!news.kei.com!news.= mathworks.com!enews.sgi.com!decwrl!pagesat.net!calweb!gigo!698!big.dog From: Big.Dog@698.gigo.com (Big Dog) Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: pokes and peeks Date: 20 Jul 96 07:27:28 Organization: Fidonet: Particles! [916] 6714221 12-33600 Lines: 10 Message-ID: <6f2_9607200811@gigo.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: gigo.com NNTP-Posting-User: account=3Dgigo ident=3Djfesler Greetings all... There is a poke to display the hidden message in the 128 ROM. This message was installed by the porgramers at Commodore during it= 's creation. Can anybody recall what the peek command is ? I had it at one time, but lost it. -=3D* The Big Dog *=3D- Later Daze, The Big Dog The Big Dog is Outta Here -- : Fidonet: Big Dog 1:203/698 .. speaking for only myself. : Internet: Big.Dog@698.gigo.com #! rnews 579 Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!spool.mu.edu!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!gatech!news.math= works.com!news-res.gsl.net!news.gsl.net!nntp.coast.net!netnews.worldnet.a= tt.net!ix.netcom.com!tor-nn1.netcom.ca!torfree!bm408 From: bm408@torfree.net (Gajo Rasic) Subject: Help!!! Message-ID: Organization: Toronto Free-Net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Date: Sat, 20 Jul 1996 18:23:45 GMT Lines: 4 I'm wondering if there are places in the Toronto/Mississauga area that=20 does a great job on repairing Commodore 64c's at a good cheap price? #! rnews 3142 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!news1.best.com!news.texas.net!news.kei.com!newsf= eed.internetmci.com!peach!atl1!phred From: phred Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: Re: CKIT 94 - Dongle! Date: Sat, 20 Jul 1996 10:55:58 -0500 Organization: America.Net, P.O. Box 1222, Alpharetta, GA 30239-1222 Lines: 42 Message-ID: References: <4sgaue$fpf@mksrv1.dseg.ti.com> <4sgmc1$qfs@news2.h1.usa.pipe= line.com> <4soqc= 8$rjj@news-e2c.gnn.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: atl1.america.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=3DUS-ASCII X-Sender: phred@atl1 In-Reply-To: <4soqc8$rjj@news-e2c.gnn.com>=20 On Fri, 19 Jul 1996, Todd Elliott wrote: > I forgot who originally posted this, but there was a posting that state= d a > 1351 mouse plugged in port 1 will bypass the security check in Ckit 94.= Yes, > the mouse will fool the software and the Ckit 94 will boot normally wit= h > the "security key ok" line. >=20 > Before all of you guys rush off and bug someone to copy it for your own= use, > the Ckit 94 will not work on subsequent actions when accessing its util= ities. > Within each utility, the Ckit 94 software will check for the dongle at = some > unspecified intervals during compression, copying and storing files. At= those > points, the 1351 mouse will not just cut it, and Ckit 94 hangs. I was the person who posted this "fix", and I was about to post a=20 retraction. I tested it, and it just doesn't work. I'm sorry I misled=20 everyone without checking it out thoroughly. > IMHO, a dongle is not necessary. If Madman Software truly had a geniune= fear > of piracy, they could have burned it onto a ROM cartridge similar to Ac= tion > Replay, but with better file management utilities. Look at Novaterm 9.6= - It > is in a cartridge format, and while critizied, it protects Nick Rossi's > interest in his software and any potential revenues it may garner. Just= ask > Matt Desmond and ask how much did he get in monies for Desterm v2.0? A > pittance, I'm willing to bet. But Novaterm 9.6 isn't available on cart, only on disk. You just can't=20 get this version without actually purchasing it. I agree about the=20 dongle issue; this is the first program I've ever purchased that requires= =20 a dongle. I personally prefer the code wheels or word lookups that SSI us= es. But considering the fact that my Novaterm registration # is 431, and if=20 Nick started at zero, he made a few thousand from his programming efforts. -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ---- * What, Me Clueless? I don't think so...I'm navigating = * * the Internet on a Commodore 64, aren't I? = * *Look for me in the following spots: _phred_ on #c-64 (in IRC) = * *Web Page - http://www.america.net/~phred = * *(If I like you, I might even tell you where my secret links are...) >B-= > * *This signature is subject to change at my whim. -- phred@america.net = * -------------------------------------------------------------------------= -----