#! rnews 2229 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!news1.best.com!nntp04.primenet.com!news.shkoo.co= m!nntp.primenet.com!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!peach!atl= 1!phred From: phred Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: Re: Commodore Hacking Followup Date: Sun, 28 Jul 1996 23:08:06 -0500 Organization: America.Net, P.O. Box 1222, Alpharetta, GA 30239-1222 Lines: 37 Message-ID: References: <4t8eh9$o7l@pravda.aa.msen.com> <4t9c0g$h40@news2.h1.usa.pipeline.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: =20 On 26 Jul 1996, Jim Brain wrote: > To all: >=20 > I have a couple of options, listed below: They are ranked in order tha= t > I would like you to consider them: >=20 > --------------------------------------- >=20 > a) 1 Request an exclusion for the magazine. > b) 1 post only a pointer to the magazine in the newsgroup, and put the= mag > elsewhere. >=20 > c) 2 Post the magazine, but strip the uuencoded bins from the issue. > =20 > -------------------------------------- >=20 > If it is important that you receive the mag via USENET, vote for a or c. > If you feel the 190-280 kB file is is simply too big for a posting, bin= s > or not, vote for b. Here's my opinion, FWIW... Just post something like, "Commodore Hacking Issue #x is available from=20 the following sites... Anyone with special needs may send me email...=20 etc, etc". I guess this is your idea of option "b". -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ---- * 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 = * *This signature is subject to change at my whim. -- phred@america.net = * -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----- #! rnews 885 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.int= ernetmci.com!news.mathworks.com!nntp.primenet.com!news.primenet.com!pammy= k From: Pamela Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: Wanted:RS-232 Date: 28 Jul 1996 22:49:07 -0700 Organization: Primenet (602)416-7000 Lines: 12 Message-ID: <4thjcj$3kl@nnrp1.news.primenet.com> X-Posted-By: pammyk@usr02.primenet.com Can someone please point me in the right direction to an RS-232 interface for the 64/128? I'd really appreciate it. All I'm using right now between the 128 and the PC is a 1670. Not good. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks! ------------------------------------------------------------ | Pammyk@primenet.com | | Classic Video Game Collector. Atari/INTV/ColecoVision | ------------------------------------------------------------ #! rnews 1766 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!news1.best.com!news.texas.net!news.kei.com!newsf= eed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!EU.net!usenet2.news.uk.psi.net= !uknet!usenet1.news.uk.psi.net!uknet!psinntp!psinntp!psinntp!usenet From: wanderer_rtc@usa.pipeline.com(R. T. Cunningham) Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: Re: 1581 woes and questions Date: 29 Jul 1996 05:29:36 GMT Organization: BBS SysOp Extraordinaire Lines: 28 Message-ID: <4thi80$kl5@news2.h1.usa.pipeline.com> References: <4thfm1$so8@jaxnet.southeast.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: 38.8.231.2 X-PipeUser: wanderer_rtc X-PipeHub: usa.pipeline.com X-PipeGCOS: (R. T. Cunningham) X-Newsreader: Pipeline v3.5.0 On Jul 29, 1996 04:45:53 in article <1581 woes and questions>, 'kickass@users.jaxnet.com (kickass)' wrote:=20 =20 >I just got a 1581, and now I have no clue how to do anything with it! =20 >(read directory, format, etc.) I'm using it with an sx-64. I also don't = =20 >know how to read the dip-switch, so I don't know what device number it =20 >is. I've tried 9-20 and got no response. It turns on and the green light= =20 >comes on for a second whenever the computer is reset...=20 =20 When you first turn it on, type:=20 =20 print peek(186)=20 =20 and press return. That will tell you what device number the dip switches are set to.=20 =20 Most of the generic commands are the same as with the 1541, however, ther= e are partition commands, sometimes referred to as subdirectories by 1581 users and sub-partitions when used in a 1581 emulation partition of CMD drive.=20 =20 I don't have the manual so I can't relate all the information for you. I just have the commands as they are shown in the CMD Hard Drive manual.=20 --=20 =20 Richard T. Cunningham (a.k.a. Wanderer)=20 SysOp of the Desert Oasis BBS in Phoenix, AZ=20 A Commodore 128 BBS, 602-849-2892 #! rnews 1205 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!news1.best.com!news.texas.net!news.kei.com!newsf= eed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!EU.net!usenet2.news.uk.psi.net= !uknet!usenet1.news.uk.psi.net!uknet!psinntp!psinntp!psinntp!usenet From: wanderer_rtc@usa.pipeline.com(R. T. Cunningham) Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: Re: 1581 woes and questions Date: 29 Jul 1996 05:34:26 GMT Organization: BBS SysOp Extraordinaire Lines: 19 Message-ID: <4thih2$l62@news2.h1.usa.pipeline.com> References: <4thi80$kl5@news2.h1.usa.pipeline.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 38.8.231.2 X-PipeUser: wanderer_rtc X-PipeHub: usa.pipeline.com X-PipeGCOS: (R. T. Cunningham) X-Newsreader: Pipeline v3.5.0 On Jul 29, 1996 05:29:36 in article , 'wanderer_rtc@usa.pipeline.com(R. T. Cunningham)' wrote:=20 =20 >When you first turn it on, type: =20 >=20 >print peek(186) =20 >=20 >and press return. That will tell you what device number the dip switche= s=20 >are set to. =20 =20 Oops, sorry. You're using an SX-64. That command will show you the devi= ce # of the internal 1541. You can do this though:=20 =20 10 for i=3D8to11=20 20 open15,i,15:close15:ifst=3D0thenprint i=20 30 next=20 =20 This will show you 8 and then the number of the second drive (1581)=20 #! rnews 2007 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!news1.best.com!nntp04.primenet.com!news.shkoo.co= m!nntp.primenet.com!ddsw1!news.mcs.net!in-news.erinet.com!inquo!nntp.uio.= no!news.global-one.no!news1.transpac.net!oden.abc.se!dos.canit.se!uno.can= it.se!p1.f411.n201!f411.n201!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm X-Comment-To: Keith Pomakis From: Pontus Berg Date: Sun, 28 Jul 96 17:29:04 +0200 Subject: Little Computer People Message-ID: <838600144@p71.f411.n201.z2.ftn> References: <3548071186@ocean.CAM.ORG> Organization: BoArDgasm, Farsta, Sweden X-FTN-AREA: CANIT_COMP_SYS_CBM X-FTN-MSGID: 2:201/411.71 31fc05d0 X-FTN-REPLY: ocean.CAM.ORG d37b4512 X-FTN-CHRS: IBMPC 2 X-FTN-Tearline: Spot 1.3a #676 X-FTN-Origin: BoArDgasm, Farsta, Sweden (2:201/411.71) X-FTN-SEEN-BY: 201/411=20 X-FTN-PATH: 201/411=20 X-FTN-PATH: 201/411 Lines: 25 In a message of 11 Jul 96 Keith Pomakis wrote to All: >> Take a Disk-editor and edit the first 3 bytes om Track 18, Sector 17.= THe >> first one determines the look of you LCP and the color of the dog. th= e >> second one is for the color of your lcp and the third one determines = the >> behaviour. KP> The behavior of a little computer person is determined by EIGHT BITS= ? KP> And all this time I thought my LCP was unique, one-in-a-million, KP> specially crafted with care by someone with a PhD in Psychology. I'= m KP> crushed. Next you're probably gonna tell me that these eight bits a= re KP> RANDOMLY chosen per disk. No, don't - I just wouldn't be able to ha= ndle KP> that. Every byte is eight bits so threee bytes is 24 bits! That enhances the possibilities substansially ;-) (24 bits makes 16,8 million possibilities= so it is actually one in several millions!) )=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D( ) o/ Bacchus@FairLight.COM Fido: 2:201/411.71 ( ) (# HTTP://WWW.Canit.Se/ANet/p71.html ( )=3D/7=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D( ... MicroSoft, as good as AIDS! (Pontus) #! rnews 2091 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!news1.best.com!nntp04.primenet.com!news.shkoo.co= m!nntp.primenet.com!ddsw1!news.mcs.net!in-news.erinet.com!inquo!nntp.uio.= no!news.global-one.no!news1.transpac.net!oden.abc.se!dos.canit.se!uno.can= it.se!p1.f411.n201!f411.n201!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm X-Comment-To: Radioactive Warrior From: Pontus Berg Date: Sun, 28 Jul 96 17:49:14 +0200 Subject: C=3DScape Message-ID: <838601354@p71.f411.n201.z2.ftn> References: <3289571251@orl.mindspring.com> Organization: BoArDgasm, Farsta, Sweden X-FTN-AREA: CANIT_COMP_SYS_CBM X-FTN-MSGID: 2:201/411.71 31fc0a8a X-FTN-REPLY: orl.mindspring.com c412dfb3 X-FTN-CHRS: IBMPC 2 X-FTN-Tearline: Spot 1.3a #676 X-FTN-Origin: BoArDgasm, Farsta, Sweden (2:201/411.71) X-FTN-SEEN-BY: 201/411=20 X-FTN-PATH: 201/411=20 X-FTN-PATH: 201/411 Lines: 27 In a message of 12 Jul 96 Radioactive Warrior wrote to All: >> Well, someone could do a C/G plugin for Netscape! That is something I= 'd >> love to have! RW> HA! I'm still waiting to come across a solid C64 font (bitmap or po= st RW> script) for a PC- I should clairify and say a font set that looks li= ke RW> the c64 char. set that I can use on my MAC (cause, as we all know, RW> windoze as well as its IBM counterpart sucks and so does its font RW> handling...) I really need a high definition post script font that = was RW> done with FONTOGRAPHER or some comparable high quality software. If RW> anyone reading this (mayhaps an Amiga user) has such a beast, please= let RW> me know... Thanks. Here here as well :-) (Not on the Mac though but a CG-font or TT-font wou= ld work for me as well!) I have bitmap fonts for the Amiga, used by the emulators and also the one= for PlaySID but I don't know if they can be converted or anything! )=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D( ) o/ Bacchus@FairLight.COM Fido: 2:201/411.71 ( ) (# HTTP://WWW.Canit.Se/ANet/p71.html ( )=3D/7=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D( ... Coming soon: "PONTUS V1.3 /FLT" (Jason of Cosine) #! rnews 2018 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!news1.best.com!news.sgi.com!news.msfc.nasa.gov!n= ewsfeed.internetmci.com!news-out.microserve.net!news-in.microserve.net!ne= ws.paonline.com!s174.the-spa.com!user From: doug.cotton@the-spa.com (Doug Cotton) Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: Re: SuperCPU-64 status? Date: Sun, 28 Jul 1996 23:26:39 -0500 Organization: Creative Micro Designs, Inc. Lines: 31 Message-ID: References: <96072222150148208@qcs.org> <4t93= 7b$q42@seagoon.newcastle.edu.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: news3.paonline.com X-Newsreader: Yet Another NewsWatcher 2.0.6b4 In article <4t937b$q42@seagoon.newcastle.edu.au>, "Bruce R. McFarling" wrote: > arca93@delphi.com wrote: > >.. As for cartridges that will work with it, such as your COMAL > > cartridge, I can't answer that one personally. Some cartridges > > will not work, depending on the nature of the cartridge. In the > > SuperCPU manual, it states that cartridges that pull the GAME > > line low and the EXROM line high will not work. ... >=20 > So if *both* are low or *both* are high, it will work? > Do tell, this is important. Yes, generally speaking... or at least there won't be a hardware conflict as long as the Ultimax mode isn't used (which is what Maurice described). The SuperCPU will, however, slow down to 1 MHz when reading from the cartridge, with the address range determined by the way these signals are set. Doug Cotton E-mail: doug.cotton@the-spa.com =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D | Creative Micro Designs, Inc. | Orders: (800) 6383-CMD | | P.O. Box 646 | Support: (413) 525-0023 | | East Longmeadow, MA 01028 | Fax: (413) 525-0147 | --------------------------------------------------------------------- | Visit our WWW Site at: http://www.the-spa.com/cmd/ | =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D #! rnews 2013 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!news1.best.com!news.sgi.com!news.msfc.nasa.gov!n= ewsfeed.internetmci.com!news-out.microserve.net!news-in.microserve.net!ne= ws.paonline.com!s174.the-spa.com!user From: doug.cotton@the-spa.com (Doug Cotton) Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: Re: PET sightings Date: Sun, 28 Jul 1996 23:29:42 -0500 Organization: Creative Micro Designs, Inc. Lines: 29 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: news3.paonline.com X-Newsreader: Yet Another NewsWatcher 2.0.6b4 In article , Dav= e Tickle wrote: > Whilst flipping channels a few minutes ago, I chanced to see a PET/CBM > machine sitting in the background in a music video for a song called > "Homosapien" by Peter Shelley(?) on Much Music's "80's weekend". This > would be only the third or fourth PET/CBM I've ever seen on television, > the most memorable of which was the one they had as a prize on the > American gameshow "The Price is Right". I remember the "actual retail > price" was $999! How things change. That same machine could probably = be > had for about a hundredth of that now.=20 Be sure to check out old re-runs of Buck Rodgers for a glimpse of one of the 'chicklet' keyboard PETs with the built-in cassette drive. I couldn't believe they were still using casstte drives for data in the 25th century... Doug Cotton E-mail: doug.cotton@the-spa.com =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D | Creative Micro Designs, Inc. | Orders: (800) 6383-CMD | | P.O. Box 646 | Support: (413) 525-0023 | | East Longmeadow, MA 01028 | Fax: (413) 525-0147 | --------------------------------------------------------------------- | Visit our WWW Site at: http://www.the-spa.com/cmd/ | =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D #! rnews 1374 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!news1.best.com!news.texas.net!news.kei.com!newsf= eed.internetmci.com!info.ucla.edu!agate!news.ucsc.edu!news.ucsc.edu!hermi= t From: hermit@cats.UCSC.EDU (William R. Ward) Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: Re: Commodore Hacking Followup Date: 29 Jul 1996 06:46:29 GMT Organization: Computing and Telecommunications Services, UCSC Lines: 16 Message-ID: References: <4t8eh9$o7l@pravda.aa.msen.com> <4t9c0g$h40@news2.h1.usa.pipe= line.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ese.ucsc.edu In-reply-to: brain@mail.msen.com's message of 26 Jul 1996 23:53:19 -0400 ) a) 1 Request an exclusion for the magazine. ) b) 1 post only a pointer to the magazine in the newsgroup, and put the= mag ) elsewhere. ) c) 2 Post the magazine, but strip the uuencoded bins from the issue. I vote for (c), and would suggest that you always keep the uuencoded bins separate. Post them on comp.binaries.cbm, and in the magazine itself include a pointer there. For LoadStar and other distribution, you'd want to have the binaries not in an encoded form anyway, right? --Bill. -- William R Ward Bay View Consulting http://www.bayview.com/~her= mit/ hermit@bayview.com 1803 Mission St. #339 voicemail +1 408/479-= 4072 hermit@cats.ucsc.edu Santa Cruz CA 95060 USA pager +1 408/458-= 8862 #! rnews 1301 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!news1.best.com!news.texas.net!news.kei.com!newsf= eed.internetmci.com!info.ucla.edu!agate!news.ucsc.edu!news.ucsc.edu!hermi= t From: hermit@cats.UCSC.EDU (William R. Ward) Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: Re: Some serious thoughts on a new newsgroup.... Date: 29 Jul 1996 06:50:10 GMT Organization: Computing and Telecommunications Services, UCSC Lines: 18 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: ese.ucsc.edu In-reply-to: brain@mail.msen.com's message of 26 Jul 1996 23:55:48 -0400 Well in keeping with tradition and experience in other hierarchies I have two comments: 1. Name it comp.sys.cbm.marketplace, not .forsale 2. Make it moderated. I will gladly volunteer to be moderator, if people wish it; I am moderator of rec.boats.marketplace already, as well as being the head moderator for comp.binaries.cbm, and already have the posting scripts and such for the job. Also PLEASE do not let anyone talk you into renaming this group comp.sys.cbm.misc!!! --Bill. -- William R Ward Bay View Consulting http://www.bayview.com/~her= mit/ hermit@bayview.com 1803 Mission St. #339 voicemail +1 408/479-= 4072 hermit@cats.ucsc.edu Santa Cruz CA 95060 USA pager +1 408/458-= 8862 #! rnews 1400 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!news1.best.com!news.texas.net!news.kei.com!newsf= eed.internetmci.com!info.ucla.edu!agate!news.ucsc.edu!news.ucsc.edu!hermi= t From: hermit@cats.UCSC.EDU (William R. Ward) Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: Re: Some serious thoughts on a new newsgroup.... Date: 29 Jul 1996 06:51:28 GMT Organization: Computing and Telecommunications Services, UCSC Lines: 15 Message-ID: References: <1996Jul27.004046@nyssa.swt= .edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: ese.ucsc.edu In-reply-to: brain@mail.msen.com's message of 27 Jul 1996 14:38:14 -0400 In article , brain@mail.msen.com (Jim Br= ain) writes: ) In article <1996Jul27.004046@nyssa.swt.edu>, ez13942@nyssa.swt.edu (Bo)= wrote: ) The first thing is to hop over to alt.config.... and read their FAQ. ) I will try to get the RFD form (request for discussion) to have an RFD ) made up for the newsgroup and a moderator for this assigned.... No, actually news.groups is the right place for this, since we're under one of the Big Eight hierarchies (specifically, comp). --Bill. -- William R Ward Bay View Consulting http://www.bayview.com/~her= mit/ hermit@bayview.com 1803 Mission St. #339 voicemail +1 408/479-= 4072 hermit@cats.ucsc.edu Santa Cruz CA 95060 USA pager +1 408/458-= 8862 #! rnews 2311 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!news1.best.com!news.sgi.com!news.msfc.nasa.gov!n= ewsfeed.internetmci.com!newsxfer2.itd.umich.edu!agate!news.ucsc.edu!news.= ucsc.edu!hermit From: hermit@cats.UCSC.EDU (William R. Ward) Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: Interesting Email Date: 29 Jul 1996 07:11:16 GMT Organization: Computing and Telecommunications Services, UCSC Lines: 43 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: ese.ucsc.edu Well after browsing around ESCOM and VIScorp's web pages I found a list of contacts for officers at VIScorp, and figured I'd send a message to the CEO encouraging them to do only good things with their new powers over the Commodore 8-bit technology. I didn't save a copy of the message I sent unfortunately, but to sum up and paraphrase, I suggested that they have several options: 1. Sell it off, perhaps to CMD. 2. Support the existing customers, manufacture and sell replacement parts, etc. 3. Manufacture and sell C-64's, mainly to third world countries. 4. Release the rights into the public domain, so people can copy ROM's freely etc. 5. Sit on it and do nothing. I encouraged them to do one of 1 through 4, and tried to be as polite and gracious as I could. Well, he responded! I got an e-mail back the next day, saying he likes my ideas and wants something "definitive"... I thought I'd share this with you all, to see what ideas you might have. Might CMD be interested in buying up the rights? How well could VIScorp do selling parts and/or complete systems? (The VIScorp 64 -- remember ESCOM still owns the name "Commodore") I'll be sending a reply to him soon, but I thought I'd see what comments you all might have about it before I do. His name is Bill Buck, and his address is buck@vistv.com. Please think your messages through before mailing him, if you choose to mail him, as he is a busy executive and we want him on our side. I suggest that you present reasoned arguments and well thought out opinions if you want a positive outcome. I will keep you all posted (pardon the pun)... --Bill. -- William R Ward Bay View Consulting http://www.bayview.com/~her= mit/ hermit@bayview.com 1803 Mission St. #339 voicemail +1 408/479-= 4072 hermit@cats.ucsc.edu Santa Cruz CA 95060 USA pager +1 408/458-= 8862 #! rnews 2268 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!news1.best.com!nntp04.primenet.com!news.shkoo.co= m!nntp.primenet.com!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!newsfeed.= direct.ca!nntp.teleport.com!keroppi From: keroppi@teleport.com (A Green Frog) Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: Commodore 128D for sale.. Date: 29 Jul 1996 07:53:48 GMT Organization: Teleport - Portland's Public Access (503) 220-1016 Lines: 59 Message-ID: <4thqmc$1f8@nadine.teleport.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: julie.teleport.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Hi, I have following Commodore 128D system for sales. The price for the whole thing is $200... and I prefer to sell it to someone in Oregon.=20 However, if no one from my home town is interested, I will consider shipping them out to another state. All the equitment are in excellent=20 condition and come with original boxes and manuals.=20 Commodore Equipment: =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D C128D computer 1902A Monitor 1571 Disk Drive with Upgrade ROM MPS1200 printer 1750 RAM Expansion Unit (512k) 1660 Modem 1351 Mouse =20 Software: =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Geos 1.2 (both 64 & 128 version) GeoProgrammer Writer's Workshop=20 DeskPack Plus FontPack 1 Fontpack Plus Big Blue Reader Better Working C (both 64 & 128 version) Wordstar 4.0 (for CPM) Mix C compiler (for CPM) Books: =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Commodore 128 Programmer Reference Guide Commodre 64 Programmer Reference Guide Official Geos Programmer's Reference Guide Machine Language Routine for the Commodore 64/128 Mapping the Commodore 128 128 Machine Language for the Beginners 6502 Assembly Language Programming=20 CPM+ User's Guide, Programmer's Guide, System Guide If you are interested, drop me an email at keroppi@teleport.com :) {~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~} { Sum /\**/\ Sum } { ( o_o )_) Ergo } { keroppi@teleport.com ,(u u ,), Sum!!!! } { {}{}{}{}{}{} } ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ GCS/FA d- s-:- !a C++ UALS++++$ P++>+++++ L+++=20 E--- W N++ o? K! w-- O! M+ V-- PS+ PE-- Y+ PGP++=20 t 5! X R* tv b+++ DI++ D+ G+>+++ e+>+++ h+ r>+++ y+ #! rnews 1447 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!spool.mu.edu!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.= cso.uiuc.edu!uchinews!ncar!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: 29 Jul 1996 07:38:23 GMT Organization: Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff AZ, USA Lines: 29 Message-ID: <4thppf$pg9@ruby.ucc.nau.edu> References: <4s6keu$8a9@ruby.ucc.nau.edu> <4sgqan$eqa@zeus.crosslink.net>= <31EC2AA9.268C@ix.netcom.com> <4smj3t$bi8@ruby.ucc.nau.edu> <4st0ja$31c@= kira.peak.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: dana.ucc.nau.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Dean Ridgway (ridgwad@kira.peak.org) wrote: : In article <4smj3t$bi8@ruby.ucc.nau.edu>, : Paul Allen Panks wrote: My personal bests in MULE are: Money $47,258 (12/17/1995) Land $10,050 (07/28/96) - 17 plots, 15 Crystitie, 1 food, 1 energy* Goods $ 7,292 (04/28/95) Total $57,703 (12/17/95) The funny part about the land score is that I had 14 plots...by the 6th=20 month!! I'll bet that's never been done (much less exceeded) before!! In one round I pulled in $15,272 from Crystite alone. It helps to=20 have 132 units at $116 a pop! The only discouraging part about the 07/28/96 score was the colony=20 finished at a disappointing 116,787, despite my best efforts. I had=20 $42,400 in money, not bad. My colony's best ever finish was $127,612. Regards, Paul Allen Panks #! rnews 1161 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!news1.best.com!news.texas.net!news.kei.com!newsf= eed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news.u.washington.edu!carson.u.washington.= edu!rrcc From: Raymond Carlsen Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: Re: SX-64 Woes Date: Mon, 29 Jul 1996 01:20:32 -0700 Organization: University of Washington Lines: 14 Message-ID: References: <4tgq2n$off@news-e2d.gnn.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: carson.u.washington.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=3DUS-ASCII To: Todd Elliott In-Reply-To: <4tgq2n$off@news-e2d.gnn.com> > My SX-64 is kapoot. When powered on, the disk drive light turns red, > and the screen goes blank, usually beige, orange or blue. That's > it. Does someone out there have any idea what happened to it? I sure > hope it's something I can fix easily. Todd, As with the C64, the most common failure with the SX is the PLA chip. I would start there. It's a real pain to work inside the SX. Let me know if you need more info. I'll try to help. Ray Carlsen CARLSEN ELECTRONICS... A leader in trailing-edge technology. #! rnews 2043 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!cs.utexas.ed= u!news.sprintlink.net!news-stk-200.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!new= -news.sprintlink.net!news.mathworks.com!news-res.gsl.net!news.gsl.net!ix.= netcom.com!jamescha From: jamesch@ix.netcom.com (ChrisC) Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: Re: HELP! Music Construction Set HELP! Date: Mon, 29 Jul 96 11:49:01 GMT Organization: Netcom Lines: 33 Message-ID: <4ti8ci$nbn@sjx-ixn3.ix.netcom.com> References: <31FB23FF.6C0E@dclink.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: orl-fl3-04.ix.netcom.com X-NETCOM-Date: Mon Jul 29 4:47:30 AM PDT 1996 X-Newsreader: News Xpress 2.0 Beta #0 In article <31FB23FF.6C0E@dclink.com>, Xkomunnik8 wrote: >I have an original disk for a music program put out by a software=20 >company called Electronic Arts. > The name of the music program is "Will Harvey's Music=20 >Construction Set" It's a music notation program and it's quite old. I=20 >have long since lost the user's manual for this program, and was=20 >wondering if ANYONE has this or the manual or can tell me how to LOAD=20 >music in the program, please help me out. > I pressed on the button for loading or saving music but I can't=20 >seem to get it to load anything and when I try to get a list of what is=20 >on the disk, it gives me a bunch of garble characters instead. > > I have been doing this way. > > LOAD MUSIC (where music is the song i wanna load) > > i have also tried LOAD "MUSIC" and also LOAD "MUSIC",8 and still no=20 >effect. I remember that this program had a funky way of loading music bu= t=20 >I cant remember the combination. > > PLEASE HELP ME OUT if you have this program and know how to use=20 >it. > > > > >=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D >Vivisektion Lab | http://www.geocities.com/Paris/5172 >Goth/Surreal Poetry, Art, Graveyards and Links >Email: heartcoldsplinter@dclink.com First you have to load the program, then load the music in the program. = MCS=20 doesn't create stand alone music. #! rnews 1225 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!news1.best.com!nntp.primenet.com!news.mathworks.= com!news-res.gsl.net!news.gsl.net!ix.netcom.com!jamescha From: jamesch@ix.netcom.com (ChrisC) Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: Re: 1581 woes and questions Date: Mon, 29 Jul 96 11:57:19 GMT Organization: Netcom Lines: 21 Message-ID: <4ti8s3$nbn@sjx-ixn3.ix.netcom.com> References: <4thfm1$so8@jaxnet.southeast.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: orl-fl3-04.ix.netcom.com X-NETCOM-Date: Mon Jul 29 4:55:47 AM PDT 1996 X-Newsreader: News Xpress 2.0 Beta #0 In article <4thfm1$so8@jaxnet.southeast.net>, kickass@users.jaxnet.com (k= ickass) wrote: >I just got a 1581, and now I have no clue how to do anything with it!=20 >(read directory, format, etc.) I'm using it with an sx-64. I also don't=20 >know how to read the dip-switch, so I don't know what device number it=20 >is. I've tried 9-20 and got no response. It turns on and the green light= =20 >comes on for a second whenever the computer is reset... > >Thanks, in advance, for any advice, or help you can offer, it would be=20 >greatly appreciated. > >Zilla > Looking at the back of the '81 drive up o o | o | o | | down | o | o | o o | 8 9 10 11 #! rnews 1539 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!news1.best.com!newshub.sdsu.edu!newsfeeder.sdsu.= edu!newspump.sol.net!news.inc.net!uwm.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!jussieu.fr!= rain.fr!news.sprintlink.net!news-dc-9.sprintlink.net!usenet.logical.net!n= ews.wizvax.net!vger.vgernet.net!mpython From: mpython@vgernet.net (Monty Python) Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: Re: SidPrograms+Digiprograms Date: 29 Jul 1996 12:27:31 GMT Organization: Knights of Ni! Lines: 20 Message-ID: <4tianj$t3b@news.wizvax.net> References: <4tbove$k1k@herald.concentric.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: vger.vgernet.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Thomas Pinto (Rug-rat@cris.com) wrote: > If anyone feels like it, email me any/all of your AUDIO PROGRAMS for = the > c64/128. Meaning....sids, digis, digimakers, music makers, everything = and > anything you have. I'm putting my bbs back online after being down for > about 2 years. I ran it for about 11 years and just decided to take it > down one day. I was never a music collector so I need to fill the > directory, it's a bit bare at the moment! My ftp site contains a lot of the programs you are looking for. Check it out at: ftp.vgernet.net /pub/mpython -- <<-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D= -=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D>> =20 >> Commodore 128 User / mpython@vgernet.net \ Monty Python Fan << << CUGB President /________________________\ Computer Addict >> >> The C=3D64/128 Digital Homepage http://www.vgernet.net/mpython <= < =20 <<=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D= -=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D->>=20 #! rnews 1781 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.int= ernetmci.com!newsxfer2.itd.umich.edu!portc01.blue.aol.com!newsstand.cit.c= ornell.edu!news.acsu.buffalo.edu!news.drenet.dnd.ca!crc-news.doc.ca!nott!= bcarh189.bnr.ca!bcarh8ac.bnr.ca!bmdhh222.bnr.ca!psampson From: psampson@nortel.ca (Paul Sampson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: Q on 'Freeze Machine' by Eversham Micros Date: 29 Jul 1996 12:15:39 GMT Organization: Bell Northern Research Lines: 25 Message-ID: <4tia1b$ftq@bmdhh222.bnr.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: bmdhh188.bnr.ca X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Recently I picked up this cart built by Eversham Micros. The back of the box states that it allows tape users to dump the contents of the machine to disk, and that the extra addon disk allows (more) multi-part games to be dumped to disk. Anyone ever used this cart? What are it's limitations? What can and can't be done using the extra disk? There's no documentation in the box. Personally, I love Gauntlet, but the constant reloading of each level, when you die, ruins the fun for me. I'd like a disk version, but disk based games *much* harder to find in the UK, compared to the tape versions. I'm going to try it out, when I can dig out my C=3D64 or 64C. It's a smart looking cart. Bright red, with buttons for freeze and=20 reset. Quite an interesting find. -- |ZX81/TS1000/Spectrum 48K/128K/+2/+2a/+3/QL/Z88/ChannelF/PSX| |VCS/2600Jr/XEGS/65XE/7800/400/600XL/800XL/Jaguar/Saturn/3DO| |C=3DPET/VIC20/C=3D16/C=3D+4/C=3D64/Intellivision/Colecovision/Atmos| |CPC464/CPC664/BBC B/Electron/Vectrex/TI994a/Apple][/Genesis| |MZ700/MZ80A/Amiga/Einstein/Dragon32/G7000/ADAM/NewBrain/MSX| |Binatone Mk4,4+2,6,10(B/W) Mk4+2,6,10,Superstar(Colour)....| |Paul Sampson, Nortel (Northern Telecom), Just my own views.| #! rnews 912 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!news1.best.com!nntp04.primenet.com!news.shkoo.co= m!nntp.primenet.com!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.pe.n= et!news.pe.net!not-for-mail From: kh6zv9@magnolia.pe.net (bob masse) Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: Re: dir/editor/fd2000 Date: 29 Jul 1996 06:20:29 -0700 Organization: PE.net - Internet access from the Press-Enterprise Company Lines: 11 Message-ID: <4tidqt$2bc@magnolia.pe.net> References: = <4th5im$9rk@coranto.ucs.mun.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: magnolia.pe.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Adam Vardy (abe0084@InfoNET.st-johns.nf.ca) wrote: : BTW, I don't understand Bob's suggestion. I don't see what he achieves= =20 : with Save-with-replace. : - Adam Good point, I used the <@0> out of habit. Omit that in the command and= =20 save the keystrokes. Bob kh6zv9@pe.net #! rnews 1237 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!news1.best.com!news.texas.net!news.kei.com!nntp.= coast.net!fu-berlin.de!news.belwue.de!news.uni-kl.de!rz.uni-karlsruhe.de!= rzstud3.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de!ubki From: ubki@rzstud3.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de (Frank Schnuerer) Newsgroups: comp.emulators.cbm,comp.sys.cbm Subject: Re: Does this game exist? Followup-To: comp.emulators.cbm,comp.sys.cbm Date: 29 Jul 1996 12:57:18 GMT Organization: University of Karlsruhe, Germany Lines: 10 Message-ID: <4ticfe$fbv@nz12.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: rzstud3.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=3Diso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit NNTP-Posting-User: ubki X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Xref: pravda.aa.msen.com comp.emulators.cbm:12869 comp.sys.cbm:58707 Caleb Joliffe (u953592@student.canberra.edu.au) wrote: > There was an Archon3 and it is on some of the FTP sites. It was/is=20 > called Exciter. It can be found at arnold in the rix section called=20 > games52.zip. Can you tell me how to play Archon III ! I don't understand the rules of that game ! -- Frank Schnuerer *** eMail ubki@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de #! rnews 1348 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!nntp.coast.n= et!fu-berlin.de!zrz.TU-Berlin.DE!suncom.rz.hu-berlin.de!not-for-mail From: h0142kdd@joker.rz.hu-berlin.de (Paul David Doherty) Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: Re: Commodore Hacking Followup (was: Re: bincancel:55 large bina= ries:AR505:@@NCM) Date: 29 Jul 1996 15:56:16 +0200 Organization: Humboldt Universitaet Berlin Lines: 16 Message-ID: <4tifu0$hq5@joker.rz.hu-berlin.de> References: <4t8eh9$o7l@pravda.aa.msen.com> <4t94g5$8gl@news-e2d.gnn.c= om> NNTP-Posting-Host: joker.rz.hu-berlin.de In article <4t94g5$8gl@news-e2d.gnn.com>, Todd Elliott wr= ote: >I would suggest that you do not include binaries with C=3DHacking. The r= eason >is that I print them out. I'm sure other readers print them out. I often >have to strip out the binaries to get printable text. I would suggest that C=3DH stays exactly the way it is, binaries and all. If exclusion of comp.sys.cbm from Mr. Depew's bincancel list is the only way to continue posting it here, then c.s.c should be excluded. Then again, maybe it would be better to update the bincancel script to make a distinction between "large binary" and "large posting with some binary content"? Only the former should be canceled anyway. -- Dave #! rnews 620 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!news1.best.com!news.texas.net!news.kei.com!news.= mathworks.com!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!hole.news.pipex.net!pipex!duke.te= lepac.pt!news.telepac.pt!dux.isec.pt!storm96 From: "Ricardo \"Storm\" Marques Ferreira" Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: Amiga ROMS Date: Mon, 29 Jul 1996 15:00:13 +0100 Organization: TELEPAC, SA Lines: 5 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: dux.isec.pt Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=3DUS-ASCII Could somebody post the amiga roms (1.3)? You could post 2.0 & 3.0 if you want. Thanks! #! rnews 913 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!news1.best.com!news.texas.net!news.kei.com!news.= mathworks.com!news-res.gsl.net!news.gsl.net!news-hk.gsl.net!news.gsl.net!= news.hklink.net!news.asiaonline.net!usenet From: "TIMMINS" Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: Reading C64 Disks on a PC Date: 29 Jul 1996 12:12:50 GMT Organization: TIMMINS & FAMILY Ltd Lines: 11 Message-ID: <01bb7d46$1c60a8a0$480d55ca@timmins.asiaonline.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: 202.85.13.72 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=3DISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Newsreader: Microsoft Internet News 4.70.1141 Can anyone help me? I did my thesis some years ago now on a C64. I have m= y thesis saved on quite a few floppies and now want to transfer the text to my PC.=20 Does anyone know if it is possible to get a software package for the PC that will read my C64 disks directly from my PC floppy drive? Thanks, MAT #! rnews 759 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!news1.best.com!newshub.sdsu.edu!newsfeeder.sdsu.= edu!newspump.sol.net!news.mindspring.com!usenet From: Radioactive Warrior Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: Re: Amiga ROMS Date: Mon, 29 Jul 1996 11:18:29 +0000 Organization: What? me! worry?! Lines: 4 Message-ID: <31FC9E05.252D@orl.mindspring.com> References: Reply-To: radwar@orl.mindspring.com NNTP-Posting-Host: user-168-121-176-117.dialup.mindspring.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=3Dus-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.02 (Macintosh; U; PPC) Guy- You don't know what your asking for... Ok, all you Flanders wannabe's, let him have it... (hehehe) #! rnews 1289 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!news1.best.com!newshub.sdsu.edu!newsfeeder.sdsu.= edu!newspump.sol.net!news.mindspring.com!usenet From: Radioactive Warrior Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: Re: C=3DScape Date: Mon, 29 Jul 1996 11:28:42 +0000 Organization: What? me! worry?! Lines: 15 Message-ID: <31FCA06A.41BA@orl.mindspring.com> References: <3289571251@orl.mindspring.com> <838601354@p71.f411.n201.z2.f= tn> Reply-To: radwar@orl.mindspring.com NNTP-Posting-Host: user-168-121-176-117.dialup.mindspring.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=3Dus-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.02 (Macintosh; U; PPC) Pontus Berg wrote: > Here here as well :-) (Not on the Mac though but a CG-font or TT-font w= ould > work for me as well!) >=20 > I have bitmap fonts for the Amiga, used by the emulators and also the o= ne for > PlaySID but I don't know if they can be converted or anything! Pontus, If you would, email me the bitmap font and I will run it through FONTOGRA= PHER- I think it might be able to convert bitmap to true type (I know the rever= se is true...) Anyway, if I get a good true type/post script conversion I will= email it to you... BTW, is it Pontus Berg, Bacchus, or Jason? All same person? Anyway, lat= er- Radioactive Warrior #! rnews 1357 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!news1.best.com!newshub.sdsu.edu!newsfeeder.sdsu.= edu!newspump.sol.net!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!surfnet.nl!tuega= te.tue.nl!toad.stack.urc.tue.nl!not-for-mail From: toine@stack.urc.tue.nl (Toine de Greef) Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: Commodore 8032SK + 8250LP Date: 29 Jul 1996 17:28:10 +0200 Organization: MCGV Stack, Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherl= ands. Lines: 20 Message-ID: <4tilaa$oih@toad.stack.urc.tue.nl> NNTP-Posting-Host: toad.stack.urc.tue.nl X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Hi Recently I bought a Commodore 8032SK with a 8250LP drive (and a HUGE MPP1= 361 printer). Each of them seems to work OK, but till now I don't have the IEEE488 cables for it. The person selling them will be looking to get som= e for me. Is there a way of fixing 1 one or two of these cables myself? In a hardware shop do I refer to these as "IEEE488 for Commodore periphals" or is there a more common name for them? How do I connect these: just pin by pin or are any crossings / extra electronics needed? My second question is: how do I obtain some more information on using them (soft/hardware projects like buidling memory expansion/graphic stuff, memory maps etc). If you respond to this newsgroup, please drop a copy in my mailbox as well. --=20 You must remember this, a .sig is just a .sig --From Casablanca #! rnews 1427 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!news1.best.com!newshub.sdsu.edu!newsfeeder.sdsu.= edu!newspump.sol.net!news.mindspring.com!usenet From: Radioactive Warrior Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: Re: Reading C64 Disks on a PC Date: Mon, 29 Jul 1996 11:49:00 +0000 Organization: What? me! worry?! Lines: 17 Message-ID: <31FCA52C.1CFD@orl.mindspring.com> References: <01bb7d46$1c60a8a0$480d55ca@timmins.asiaonline.net> Reply-To: radwar@orl.mindspring.com NNTP-Posting-Host: user-168-121-176-117.dialup.mindspring.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=3Dus-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.02 (Macintosh; U; PPC) TIMMINS wrote: >=20 > Can anyone help me? I did my thesis some years ago now on a C64. I have= my > thesis saved on quite a few floppies and now want to transfer the text = to > my PC. Well, it quite depends on what you used to type in your text... If you u= sed a "fancy" word processor like POCKET WRITER or PAPERBACK WRITER and your = text files are PRG (contrast SEQ) files than you will need to do some re-arang= ing before you can convert the text to PC format... I think I came across a utility program for doing just that but I haven't tested it yet so others= may know more about this. Once you have the text saved into a SEQ file (CTRL-A in POCKET WRITER) it= is easy to get it over to a PC... Let me know when you get this far... Later, Radioactive Warrior