#! rnews 797 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!spool.mu.edu!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!hookup!news.math= works.com!hunter.premier.net!netnews.worldnet.att.net!ix.netcom.com!defau= lt From: gamesrme@ix.netcom.com (Joe Bedard) Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: VIC-20 Help Date: Tue, 30 Jul 96 04:28:51 GMT Organization: Netcom Lines: 8 Message-ID: <4tk3a6$a0p@dfw-ixnews2.ix.netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: prv-ri6-25.ix.netcom.com X-NETCOM-Date: Mon Jul 29 11:33:10 PM CDT 1996 X-Newsreader: News Xpress 2.0 Beta #0 Keyword: VIC-20 Thanks much for the monitor cable and pinout for the VIC-20. I just dug t= he=20 old thing out. I have one other problem...I need to know what type of fus= es=20 are used inside the VIC and its power supply. (need the Amp and Voltage) Also anyone have an extra 16k ram expansion cart ?!?!? Thanks all Joe #! rnews 586 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!news1.best.com!nntp04.primenet.com!news.shkoo.co= m!nntp.primenet.com!news.cais.net!news.ac.net!news2.whytel.com!news.sprin= tlink.net!news-fw-12.sprintlink.net!isc-newsserver.isc.rit.edu!vaxc.isc.r= it.edu!HCL5384 From: hcl5384@vaxc.isc.rit.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: C64 and C64GS Date: 29 Jul 1996 16:50:42 GMT Organization: Rochester Institute of Technology Lines: 3 Message-ID: <4tiq52$f8q@news.isc.rit.edu> Reply-To: hcl5384@vaxc.isc.rit.edu NNTP-Posting-Host: vaxc.isc.rit.edu What is difference between C64 and C64GS? Like Apple II and IIGS? Hon #! rnews 2180 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!news1.best.com!nntp04.primenet.com!news.shkoo.co= m!nntp.primenet.com!news.texas.net!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!= in3.uu.net!ott.istar!istar.net!tor.istar!east.istar!news.nstn.ca!coranto.= ucs.mun.ca!InfoNET.st-johns.nf.ca!abe0084 From: abe0084@InfoNET.st-johns.nf.ca (Adam Vardy) Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: Re: VIC20 video output - help please Date: 29 Jul 1996 21:44:31 GMT Organization: St. John's InfoNET Lines: 34 Message-ID: <4tjbbv$v41@coranto.ucs.mun.ca> References: <4t8c37$e02@news.lth.se> NNTP-Posting-Host: infonet.st-johns.nf.ca X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Kaare Hviid (ukh@df.lth.se) wrote: : I just picked up TWO old VIC20:s at TWO different flea markets. I only : got an RF modulator with one of them, and it is obviously broken (signs : of somebody opening modulator and cables up for examination). I was : thinking that I could the VIC20(s) up just like my old C128 - with : direct video output from the video connector. However, this socket is : obviously of a different type from the C64 (C128) - the manual says : pin 2 is GND, pin 4 VIDEO LOW, and pin 5 VIDEO HIGH. Neither of these : VIDEO pins seems to work like on the C64 - I just get a grayish stripe : going up and down the monitor on both of the machines. Since both of : them behave the same way I presume they both are working but the video : connector is acting up on me...the question: : How do I connect a VIC20 (this is a PAL machine, if that matters) to : a color monitor with standard VIDEO (FBAS I think) input. I can also : do RGB-Analog on my monitor (used it with my Amiga as well). : Any help much appreciated - I've been looking a long time for a VIC20 : and when I all of a sudden find TWO of them, it kills me that I can't : get any of them to work... Get Radio Shack part no. 42-2394. Then just use standard stereo cables=20 (mono plugs) to extend it, because the part is just an adaptor, not a=20 cable. =20 You can then plug that into a composite monitor. - Adam : Thanks! : -- : K=E5re Hviid SM7WEL =C5kershus 12B, SE-245 37 Staffanstorp, = Su=E8de : ukh@marijne.df.lth.se +46 46 253583 (home), +46 46 250620 (work= ) #! rnews 5059 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!news1.best.com!news.sgi.com!news.msfc.nasa.gov!n= ewsfeed.internetmci.com!in3.uu.net!ns4.directnet.net!usenet From: jmize@directnet.net (jennifer mize) Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: Jennifer's C=3D Sale Date: Mon, 29 Jul 1996 14:10:43 -400 Organization: TECHNOSTALGIA Lines: 188 Message-ID: <4tjcg1$358@ns4.directnet.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: a5-ppp81.directnet.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=3Dus-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-NewsReader: QNews v0.9b4 Beta 15 Apr 1994 Evaluation copy. Jennifer's Commodore Sale The following items are for sale: (unless otherwise indicated, all items are in good shape and in full working order) _________________________________ Commodore 128 power supply, all C128 cables, original box, C128 System Guide, = =20 $68.00 Commodore 128 power supply, all c128 cables, original box, and C128 Guide Book, =20 $65.00 Commodore 64 power supply, all C64 cables, original box and C64 User's Manual. =20 $35.00 Commodore 64 power supply, all C64 cables, and C64 User's Manual. =20 $33.00 =20 Commodore 64C power supply, all C64C cables,=20 C64C system guide, original box, and original GEOS software. =20 $50.00 Commodore 64C power supply, all C64C cables, and original GEOS software. $44.00 1541C disk drive all cables and original box. =20 $31.00 1541C disk drive all cables. $29.00 1541 Custom Custom drive with 3 external=20 Drive switches. 1 to reset the drive, 1 to toggle between assignment as device 8/9, and 1 to turn=20 write protect on and off $29.00 1541 drive all cables and user's manual. =20 =20 $25.00 Commodore owner's manual, great shape,=20 1702 Monitor good vcr monitor too. $40.00 Okimate 10 with 1 color and 2 black unopened Color Printer ribbon replacements, all cables. $12.00 Commodore C2N all cables. Tape Drive=20 =20 $7.00 About 130 don't ask for a listing,=20 disks full basically a grab bag. of games=20 $30.00 About 100 don't ask for a listing, disks full basically a grab bag. of games=20 $24.00 About 40 disks don't ask for a listing, full of games basically a grab bag. Kickman cart Instruction manual/no box. $3.50 Tooth Invaders Instruction manual/no box. cart =20 $4.00 Avenger cart Intruction manual/no box. =20 $4.00 Pac Man cart Instruction manual/no box. $2.00 Flight=20 Simulator II Pilot's Operating Handbook=20 Flight Reference Card Flight Physics and Aircraft Control Book. Original software. $6.00 HesWare Original Software and manuals. Synthesound 64 =20 Word Writer All manuals/original box =20 Pro 6 and software. $3.00 Print Shop Pro Original docs and software. Deluxe $3.00 Commodore Geography, Computer Science I, Education Pack Science I, Science II, Math II, History, and Games II. All orig. =20 $5.00 Epyx Summer Just original disk.=20 Games $2.00 2 Mastertronix Shogun and Ninja- just the Games original disks. $3.00 Dig Dug Original game with instructions. $2.00 =20 The President Original Software. is Missing $2.00 Jeopardy and 2 disks/Original Software. Wheel of Fortune=20 $2.00 C64 Out of Print "COMMODORE 64 COMPUTER PROGRAMS Book FOR BEGINNERS" =20 $3.00 C64 Out of Print "EVERYTHING YOU CAN DO WITH YOUR Book C64 AND HOW TO DO IT" $3.00 _____________ TERMS OF SALE _____________ 1. Sales are first come, first served. Please include you full mailing address in reply for faster service. 2. Everything is sold as is. Unless specified, all games and systems have been tested and are in working order. I very rarely sell items that aren't working, but if I do, they are clearly labeled as such. 3. Buyer has ten (10) days to send payment, and pays all shipping costs. Shipping cost depends on both the weight of the order and the distance that the order must travel, unless a set amount is already listed. 4. Payment must be made in U.S. funds, by either check or money order, drawn from a U.S. bank branch. Orders from outside the U.S. are also accepted. #! rnews 1456 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!news1.best.com!nntp04.primenet.com!news.shkoo.co= m!nntp.primenet.com!news.cais.net!op.net!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.inte= rnetmci.com!in3.uu.net!ott.istar!istar.net!tor.istar!east.istar!news.info= ramp.net!news From: hermit@bogus.net (hermit) Newsgroups: comp.emulators.cbm,comp.sys.cbm Subject: Re: Does this game exist? Date: Tue, 30 Jul 1996 01:33:58 GMT Organization: iSTAR Internet Inc. Lines: 20 Message-ID: <4tjedv$3kb@news.inforamp.net> References: <4tbvtj$17bj@msunews.cl.msu.= edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: ts43-11.tor.istar.ca X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Xref: pravda.aa.msen.com comp.emulators.cbm:12886 comp.sys.cbm:58742 hoadley@pa.msu.edu (Dave Hoadley) wrote: >In article , dal95acn@mds.mdh.se (Anders= Carlsson SdU) writes: >>Hello all Commodore 64-gamers out there. >> >>I guess most of you remember Archon and Archon II - Adept from >>Electronic Arts back in the 80s. I certainly do, and I still >>have copies of these for my old 64. >> >>Anyhow, I have a vague memory of an Archon III too, released >>sometime late 1984 to early 1986. >I got Archon I, II, and III on one D64 from 128.195.201.233. >It is in fact D229 in the oldgames directory. The name of the >game is Exciter, but don't ask me how to play it! >Dave. Hey did anyone of you guys find SUPER PACMAN or PACMAN JR. ?? I wish I hadn't given all 2000 diskettes I had for the C64. #! rnews 694 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintl= ink.net!new-news.sprintlink.net!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.c= om!golden.adams.net!minor.rnet.com!bronco From: Bronco Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: Re: WTB: Simon's BASIC Date: Tue, 30 Jul 1996 01:04:43 -0500 Organization: a Digital Internet AlphaServer Site Lines: 5 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: minor.rnet.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=3DUS-ASCII In-Reply-To: =20 I have that cartridge and manual. Make me an offer. Willard - Saint Louis #! rnews 3362 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!news1.best.com!newshub.sdsu.edu!newsfeeder.sdsu.= edu!newspump.sol.net!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e2a.gnn.com= !pop.gnn.com!Eyeth From: Eyeth@gnn.com (Todd Elliott) Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: WAIT6502,x Followup Date: Mon, 29 Jul 1996 19:22:32 Organization: GNN Lines: 70 Message-ID: <4tjh37$la3@news-e2c.gnn.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 38-242.client.gnn.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=3D"us-ascii" X-GNN-NewsServer-Posting-Date: 29 Jul 1996 23:22:15 GMT X-Mailer: GNNmessenger 1.3 I've recently asked Mr. Butterfield about the infamous WAIT6502,x command used in early PETs. His response follows, in which I think gives a defini= tive answer to the WAIT6502,x question. Of course, I'm still looking for any legal information involving CBM. Todd RESPONSE -------------------- > I hope you don't mind if I ask you a question about WAIT6502,X used in=20 early > PETs? I was hoping a PET guru like you may be able to answer the true=20 story. =20 > The story I've heard is that CBM contracted with Microsoft to build the= ML > code for BASIC. True. They paid a flat fee for unlimited usage. Microsoft thought that=20 was a great deal .. until, later, they made royalty deals. > However, Microsoft fell substantially short, and CBM's own > engineers reprogrammed and finished up the BASIC for the CBM PETs. Not true of that time frame. Commodore paid Microsoft an additional fee=20 to write a revision to the original Basic that they had bought. Among=20 other things, spaces-in-keywords were changed, zero page shifted around,=20 and (unknown to Commodore) the WAIT 6502,x joke was inserted. As it happened, I was the person to show this WAIT feature to Len Tramiel= =20 of Commodore engineering. He was furious at Microsoft: "We're very=20 short of ROM memory, and they do THAT do us!" All subsequent revisions of Basic were done by Commodore personnel. > CBM > marketed their BASIC as their own work, much to the chagrin of Microsof= t. As an afterthought, Microsoft would have liked to see their name come up=20 on the screen. But it wasn't in the contract (and Apple, later,=20 introduced "Applesoft Basic", another Microsoft rename. Microsoft subsequently become quite fussy about disclosure. Commodore=20 was enjoined to never reveal a single byte of the Basic interpreter code=20 (and Commodore employees were so cautioned on many occasions). But the=20 user groups sorted most of that out. > A > lawsuit ensued, and in court, Bill Gates typed in that command, where X > equals the amount of times MICROSOFT! would show up onscreen. Needless = to > say, CBM lost the case and had paid royalties to Microsoft since. Could have been a nice reason for putting in the code, but it didn't happ= en. =20 > Is this true? If so, can you give me an idea of where the lawsuit was i= n? > Canada? When was the lawsuit instituted? A few more specific answers ma= y > enable me to find the case on Westlaw. Don't think any such case ever hit court. > So far, lacking specific information, > I have yet to find any legal information concerning that siutation I've > just described. --Jim {.sig starts here!} Todd Elliott C128D Nirvana Enthusiast! telliott@ubmail.ubalt.edu University of Baltimore School of Law #! rnews 1075 Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!news1.best.com!nntp04.primenet.com!news.shkoo.co= m!nntp.primenet.com!news.cais.net!hunter.premier.net!news-res.gsl.net!new= s.gsl.net!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!demos!news.uni-stut= tgart.de!rz.uni-karlsruhe.de!inka.de!news.ka.inka.de!not-for-mail From: lemon@gromit.inka.de (Stephan Kleinert) Subject: Re: Amiga ROMS Message-ID: <393.6784T1033T1358@gromit.inka.de> Date: 30 Jul 1996 00:53:33 +0200 References: X-Newsreader: THOR 2.22 (Amiga;TCP/IP) *UNREGISTERED* Organization: Individual Network Region Karlsruhe e.V. Lines: 24 NNTP-Posting-Host: gromit.inka.de Ricardo \"Storm\" Marques Ferreira schrieb am 29-Jul-96 14:00:13 das folgende: >Could somebody post the amiga roms (1.3)? >You could post 2.0 & 3.0 if you want. Could somebody please post WinDoze '95? You could post NT and 3.11 if you want. (sorry, I didn't really want to compare WinShit to AmigaOS) >Thanks! Regards, Stephan -- www: http://www.inka.de/~gromit/ irc: madiel #! rnews 873 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!news1.best.com!newshub.sdsu.edu!newsfeeder.sdsu.= edu!news.sgi.com!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sprintl= ink.net!news-stk-200.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!news-chi-13.sprin= tlink.net!news.rain.org!not-for-mail From: bnholmes@rain.org (Ben Holmes) Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: MSW Program Wanted... Date: 29 Jul 1996 23:35:54 GMT Organization: RAIN Public Access Internet (805) 967-RAIN Lines: 5 Message-ID: <4tjhsq$j3l@news.rain.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: bnholmes@coyote.rain.org X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950824BETA PL0] I'm looking for the program that creates 'xxxxxx.msw' files. This is for SID music files, it combines .mus, .wds, .pic, .ani, files into one self-dissolving file. If you have it, or know what the name of this program is, or know where I can get my hands on it, I'd greatly appreciat= e it. Thanks! #! rnews 1193 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!news1.best.com!nntp04.primenet.com!news.shkoo.co= m!nntp.primenet.com!news.mathworks.com!hunter.premier.net!news.uoregon.ed= u!kaiwan.kaiwan.com!not-for-mail From: coolhand@kaiwan009.kaiwan.com (Roger W Lueck) Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: Re: Driven #15 Date: 29 Jul 1996 16:52:56 -0700 Organization: KAIWAN Internet (310-527-4279,818-756-0180,909-785-9712,714= -638-4133,805-294-9338) Lines: 19 Message-ID: <4tjiso$p2v@kaiwan009.kaiwan.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: kaiwan009.kaiwan.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Kungfushi@f103.n3407.z1.fidonet.org wrote: : On 07/26/96, Kungfushi quoted All: Driven #15. : cL> If anybody needs a uuencoded email copy, please email me at : cL> coolhand@kaiwan.com and I will be glad to get one out to you. : cL> : cL> Bill : Can you post it to comp.binaries.cbm, coolhand? I don't have an : internet : e-mail account right now. :( : -Kungfushi I don't think that is possible. As far as I know, comp.binaries is a moderated group with no moderator. So it is completely dysfunctional and useless at the moment. Any other ideas? Bill #! rnews 1292 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!news1.best.com!news.sgi.com!spool.mu.edu!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: Amiga ROMS Date: 30 Jul 1996 00:20:01 GMT Organization: BBS SysOp Extraordinaire Lines: 31 Message-ID: <4tjkfh$rqp@news2.h1.usa.pipeline.com> References: <393.6784T1033T1358@gromit.inka.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: 38.8.231.4 X-PipeUser: wanderer_rtc X-PipeHub: usa.pipeline.com X-PipeGCOS: (R. T. Cunningham) X-Newsreader: Pipeline v3.5.0 ROTFLMAO!!!=20 =20 On Jul 30, 1996 00:53:33 in article , 'lemon@gromit.inka.= de (Stephan Kleinert)' wrote:=20 =20 >Ricardo \"Storm\" Marques Ferreira schrieb am 29-Jul-96 14:00:13 das=20 >folgende:=20 >=20 >>Could somebody post the amiga roms (1.3)?=20 >>You could post 2.0 & 3.0 if you want.=20 >=20 >Could somebody please post WinDoze '95?=20 >You could post NT and 3.11 if you want.=20 >=20 >(sorry, I didn't really want to compare WinShit to AmigaOS)=20 >=20 >>Thanks!=20 >=20 >=20 >Regards,=20 >=20 >Stephan=20 >--=20 >www: http://www.inka.de/~gromit/=20 >irc: madiel=20 >=20 --=20 =20 Richard T. Cunningham (a.k.a. Wanderer)=20 SysOp of the Desert Oasis BBS in Phoenix, AZ=20 A Commodore 128 BBS, 602-849-2892 #! rnews 2355 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!news1.best.com!news.sgi.com!news-res.gsl.net!new= s.gsl.net!news.mathworks.com!zombie.ncsc.mil!newsgate.duke.edu!agate!news= .ucsc.edu!news.ucsc.edu!hermit From: hermit@cats.UCSC.EDU (William R. Ward) Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: Re: Driven #15 Date: 30 Jul 1996 00:56:50 GMT Organization: Computing and Telecommunications Services, UCSC Lines: 38 Message-ID: References: <4tjiso$p2v@kaiwan009.ka= iwan.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ese.ucsc.edu In-reply-to: coolhand@kaiwan009.kaiwan.com's message of 29 Jul 1996 16:52= :56 -0700 In article <4tjiso$p2v@kaiwan009.kaiwan.com>, coolhand@kaiwan009.kaiwan.c= om (Roger W Lueck) writes: ) Kungfushi@f103.n3407.z1.fidonet.org wrote: ) : On 07/26/96, Kungfushi quoted All: Driven #15. ) : cL> If anybody needs a uuencoded email copy, please email me at ) : cL> coolhand@kaiwan.com and I will be glad to get one out to you. ) : cL> ) : cL> Bill ) : Can you post it to comp.binaries.cbm, coolhand? I don't have an ) : internet ) : e-mail account right now. :( ) : -Kungfushi ) I don't think that is possible. As far as I know, comp.binaries is a ) moderated group with no moderator. So it is completely dysfunctional ) and useless at the moment. Any other ideas? Comp.binaries.cbm is moderated, and it *does* have a moderator. In fact it has several moderators, who receive as e-mail every message that is posted there. I am the head moderator, so I can say with certainty that it is neither dysfunctional nor useless. Three files containing Jim Butterfield ML utilities just went out today. We have received very few approvable submissions; the few that have been sent have turned out to be either restricted by copyright, not Commodore software at all (we got a couple JPG's), or impossible to decode, run, or both. I am working on revising the FAQ files, and determining what formats should be used in postings (SFX, D64, etc.). Anyone with opinions on this is requested to send me e-mail and let me know what you think. --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 1397 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!news1.best.com!nntp04.primenet.com!news.shkoo.co= m!nntp.primenet.com!newsfeeder.sdsu.edu!newspump.sol.net!spool.mu.edu!mun= nari.OZ.AU!comp.vuw.ac.nz!waikato!waikato!ppm.slip.waikato.ac.nz!user From: lincard@itsmac.waikato.ac.nz (LINCARD 1000) Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: Star NX1000C prob Date: Tue, 30 Jul 1996 11:15:44 +1200 Organization: At home and happy Lines: 18 Sender: ppm3@waikato.ac.nz Message-ID: Reply-To: ppm3@waikato.ac.nz NNTP-Posting-Host: ppm.slip.waikato.ac.nz Hiya all... problem printer time <>. OK situation is: Star printer, NX 1000C <<64/128 plug in variety>> powers up, ie lights come on, but no one home. The print head doesnt even move around like on normal printers. Also when hooked up to either a 64 or 128, it locks up the serial bus. ie none of the disk drives attached to that machine work until the printer i= s removed or turned off. I get told that it will cost mega-bux to get repaired, but if its only a simple-ish problem, then maybe I can do it myself? Any ideas? <> --=20 ___ E-Mail: lincard@itsmac.waikato.ac.nz / / INC.A.R.D 1000 / /___________________ "I'm more of a man than you'll ever=20 /_______________________\ be, and more of a woman than you'll ever get!" :-) #! rnews 8603 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!news1.best.com!news.sgi.com!news.msfc.nasa.gov!n= ewsfeed.internetmci.com!in3.uu.net!noos.hooked.net!news.scruz.net!chamele= on.bayview.com!hermit From: hermit@bayview.com (William R. Ward) Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: FS: AUCTION of Commodore HW, VIC-20 cartridges, & books (UPDATE) Date: 30 Jul 1996 00:58:06 GMT Organization: Bay View Consulting Services Lines: 172 Message-ID: <19960729.cbm-auction@bayview.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 199.190.253.31 Keywords: auction, commodore, hardware, software, books This is an update of my earlier auction announcement, including the bids that have been received so far. I have been going through all my Commodore stuff that I have collected and have compiled this list of items for sale. The format will be a public auction. Send all bids to me in electronic mail to hermit@bayview.com. I will try to set up a WWW interface to submit bids and check on the current highest bid, but for now stick to e-mail. I will post progress reports approximately every week to report the current bidding status. RULES OF THE AUCTION - SUGGESTED BID IS *NOT* A MINIMUM BID; I will accept the highest bid over that amount, or if all bids are below it, I *may* choose to accept the highest bid. If you think my prices are too high; bid anyway, and you might just get it after all. However there is a MINIMUM PURCHASE OF $10, just to make it worth my time to package and mail. - Bidding runs UNTIL ALL ITEMS ARE SOLD, OR AUGUST 1ST, 1996, whichever is soonest. I may elect to extend the bidding period, add or remove items available, and/or change suggested bids after that date. - YOU WILL PAY ALL SHIPPING COSTS. Shipping cost depends on method of shipment, weight of what you buy, and your location. If you live in or near the San Francisco or Monterey bay areas in California (I live in Santa Cruz), we may be able to meet in person to transfer the goods. Send me email if you have any questions about shipping. - Unless otherwise indicated, all equipment has been tested and is in GOOD WORKING ORDER. Exceptions to this are noted in parentheses. The 1571 and 1541's have all been aligned by me, but understand that shipping could misalign them, so check them when you receive them. If you don't know how, ask me. - Except for problems noted in parentheses below, all items have a THIRTY DAY WARRANTY. If anything does not work to your satisfaction for ANY REASON within 30 days of your receipt of the item(s), send it back to me for a FULL REFUND. *NOTE* Refunds will NOT be given on shipping costs in either direction! ############################## HARDWARE ################################ COMPUTERS SuggBid Qty Mfr Model Description ------- --- --- ----- ----------- $25.00 1 CBM 64 Commodore 64 w/ P/S (keyboard needs cleaning) $35.00 1 CBM 128 Commodore 128 w/ P/S (F3 & F5 missing) $40.00 1 CBM 128 Commodore 128 w/ P/S $15.00 1 CBM Plus/4 Commodore Plus/4 Computer in box, with manuals and P/S BID:$15.00Rich White (7/16/96 15:38 PDT) [OUT] BID:$15.00Brian Seeley (7/16/96 16:01 PDT) BID:$10.00Tim Grooms (7/17/96 15:07 PDT) [OUT] BID:$20.00Brian Seeley (7/24/96 16:52 PDT) BID:$25.00Dan Amborn (7/26/96 17:38 PDT) BID:$30.00Brian Seeley (7/26/96 19:54 PDT) $20.00 1 CBM 8032 80 col, 32k CBM/PET computer (E key missing) BID:$10.00Joseph Keane (7/16/96) FLOPPY DISK DRIVES SuggBid Qty Mfr Model Description ------- --- --- ----- ----------- $30.00 4 CBM 1541 Single Drive Floppy Disk 5.25" $40.00 1 CBM 1571 Double-sided 5.25" Floppy Disk Drive $20.00 1 FSD FSD-1 Mostly 1541-compatible disk drive $10.00 1 CBM 8040 Dual PET floppy disk drive, 512k each disk (one side broken) BID:$10.00Joseph Keane (7/16/96) $10.00 1 CBM 8240 Dual PET floppy disk drive, 1MB each disk (broken) $5.00 1 CBM IEEE-488 Cable, PET to drive BID:$5.00 Rich White (7/16/96 15:38 PDT) $3.00 1 CBM IEEE-488 Cable, drive to drive BID:$3.00 Rich White (7/16/96 15:38 PDT) $2.00 1 HP IEEE-488 Cable, drive to drive BID:$2.00 Rich White (7/16/96 15:38 PDT) PRINTERS SuggBid Qty Mfr Model Description ------- --- --- ----- ----------- $20.00 1 Oki 10 Okimate 10 thermal color printer with Black ribbon & Commodore "Plug 'N' Print" cartridge, in box $5.00 1 Oki 10 Okimate 10 thermal color printer, no ribbon or "Plug 'N' Print" cartridge $30.00 1 Seikosha SP180VC 9-pin Commodore-ready printer; good cond., nice NLQ mode $5.00 1 CBM MPS803 7-pin Commodore printer ######################### VIC-20 CARTRIDGES ############################ Commodore VIC-1xxx cartridges SuggBid Qty Model Name ------- --- ----- ---- $7.50 1 VIC-1211A Super Expander w/ 3K RAM BID:$2.00 Jonathan Taylor (7/26/96 15:52 PDT) BID:$6.50Fabrizio Farenga (7/29/96 11:53 PDT) $5.00 1 VIC-1212 Programmer's Aid Cartridge BID:$4.00Fabrizio Farenga (7/29/96 11:53 PDT) $2.50 1 VIC-1909 Road Race $2.50 1 VIC-1910 Radar Ratrace $2.50 1 VIC-1911 The Sky is Falling $2.50 1 VIC-1914 Adventure Land (Scott Adams) $2.50 1 VIC-1915 Pirate's Cove (Scott Adams) $2.50 1 VIC-1918 Voodoo Castle (Scott Adams) $2.50 1 VIC-1919 Sargon II Chess (w/ Manual) $2.50 1 VIC-1920 Pin Ball $2.50 1 VIC-1921 Super Smash $2.50 1 VIC-1922 Cosmic Cruncher $2.50 1 VIC-1923 Gorf $2.50 2 VIC-1924 Omega Race $2.50 1 VIC-1937 Sea Wolf $2.50 1 VIC-1938 Tooth Invaders $2.50 1 VIC-1941 Number Nabber / Shape Gobbler NOTE: I have the manual that covers all five Scott Adams games, but only three of the games. The manual is sold separately below; but if one person buys all three Scott Adams games, the manual will be included free (taking precedence over all other bids). Other Manufacturers' cartridges SuggBid Qty Maker Name ------- --- ----- ---- $2.50 1 Creative S/W Apple Panic BID:$2.50 Russ Perry Jr (7/25/96 19:28 PDT) $2.50 1 Creative S/W Trashman BID:$2.50 Russ Perry Jr (7/25/96 19:28 PDT) $2.50 1 HES Aggressor $2.50 1 HES Gridrunner $2.50 1 HES Turtle Graphics $2.50 1 Parker Bros. Q*Bert $2.50 1 SpectraVideo Ape Escape BID:$2.50 Russ Perry Jr (7/25/96 19:28 PDT) $2.50 1 UMI Alien Blitz (broken case) BID:$2.50 Russ Perry Jr (7/25/96 19:28 PDT) ############################### BOOKS ################################## SuggBid Publisher Title ------- --------- ----- $5.00 CBM 1571 User's Guide $5.00 CBM An Introduction to BASIC:~Part 2 (VIC-20 Programming) $5.00 CBM Personal Computing on the VIC-20 $1.00 * CBM Scott Adams' Adventure Games $1.00 ^ CBM User's Guide to the VIC Version of Sargon II $5.00 Compute! Compute!'s First Book of the Commodore 64 BID:$5.00 Jim Lawless (7/18/96 04:34 PDT) $5.00 Compute! Creating Arcade Games on the Commodore 64 (BASIC only) $5.00 McGraw-Hill Hands-On BASIC with a PET $5.00 Osborne Your Commodore 64 * =3D Free with purchase of all three Scott Adams cartridges above ^ =3D Free with purchase of Sargon II cartridge above (Purchasing these two manuals separately will only be considered if nobody buys the cartridges, or if the person who buys them does not want the manuals) ######################################################################## Send me e-mail and let me know what you want! --Bill. #! rnews 760 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.ptd.= net!news From: bseeley@prolog.net (bseeley) Newsgroups: comp.emulators.cbm,comp.sys.cbm,kw.forsale,uw.forsale Subject: Re: Transactors for sale Date: 30 Jul 1996 01:11:07 GMT Organization: ProLog - PenTeleData, Inc. Lines: 5 Message-ID: <4tjnfb$5g@news.ptd.net> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: cs3-6.cli.ptd.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=3DISO-8859-1 X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Xref: pravda.aa.msen.com comp.emulators.cbm:12887 comp.sys.cbm:58752 kw.f= orsale:15143 uw.forsale:14506 peter, email me regarding price. brian (bseeley@prolog.net) #! rnews 1764 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!news1.best.com!nntp04.primenet.com!news.shkoo.co= m!nntp.primenet.com!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!oleane!jussieu.fr!math.ohio= -state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!freenet.columbus.oh.us!not-for-mail From: hstevens@freenet.columbus.oh.us (Harold Stevens) Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: Re: Commodore HD? Date: 29 Jul 1996 21:45:43 -0400 Organization: The Greater Columbus FreeNet Lines: 27 Message-ID: <4tjpg7$nhl@login.freenet.columbus.oh.us> References: <31F34FAB.6E6A@ucdavis.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: login.freenet.columbus.oh.us X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Edward Eisenman (ez061273@ucdavis.edu) wrote: : This may be a silly question but... : Is there a C64/128 compatible hard drive? (1581?) : If so, what kinds of specs does it have (ie capacity, speed, etc.)? : And what is the going price for one? Ed, hard drives have been around for the C-64/128 for quite some time. Th= e first ones were the Lt. Kernal by Xetec and were around before the compan= y that produced them folded. Currently, hard drives are being produced by Creative Micro Design with the smallest one starting at 40 meg and the largest at 2 gigabytes. The nice thing about the CMD HDs is that they have the SCSI interface which enables the C-64/128 user to daisy chain his or her HD to another non-Commodore compatible HD, CD-ROM or tape drive. The 1581 is a floppy disk drive that uses 3.5-inch disks and at first, it seemed to feel like a hard drive because of the amount of data that could be stored on it at that time. --Harold Stevens, Genie Commodore Roundtable Conference Friday night host =20 --=20 Internet addresses: hstevens@freenet.columbus.oh.us h.stevens@genie.com hg350@cleveland.freenet.edu #! rnews 1798 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!news1.best.com!nntp04.primenet.com!news.shkoo.co= m!nntp.primenet.com!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!oleane!jussieu.fr!math.ohio= -state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!freenet.columbus.oh.us!not-for-mail From: hstevens@freenet.columbus.oh.us (Harold Stevens) Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: Re: Compute! software rights Date: 29 Jul 1996 22:03:31 -0400 Organization: The Greater Columbus FreeNet Lines: 27 Message-ID: <4tjqhj$rpq@login.freenet.columbus.oh.us> References: <31F7C926.10C1@swt.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: login.freenet.columbus.oh.us X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Bo (ez13942@swt.edu) wrote: : Hey there... : Does anyone know who currently holds the rights to all the old : Compute!'s Gazette software... ? Bo, General Media Services (which owned Omni and Penthouse magazines) still retain the rights to the old Compute Gazette and its software. When Ziff Davis purchased the regular Compute magazine and killed it in favor of its own PC related magazines, the fate of the Gazette was left up in the air as Ziff Davis was not interested in Commodore computers. So, when the Gazette disk started to fold, the editor, Tom Netsel, spread the word that they were giving away old and new Gazette software disks. The last I heard was that Tom was working for AOL and the Compute Gazette passed into oblivion. I doubt that anything is left with General Media in regards to the Gazett= e as they even failed to refund the readers and when I inquired about this nobody bother with responding by either telephone or registered mail. --Harold Stevens, Genie Commodore Roundtable Conference Friday Night Host --=20 Internet addresses: hstevens@freenet.columbus.oh.us h.stevens@genie.com hg350@cleveland.freenet.edu #! rnews 3239 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!news1.best.com!news.sgi.com!news-res.gsl.net!new= s.gsl.net!news.mathworks.com!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu= .net!news2.epix.net!beast From: digicon@epix.net (Greg Sullivan) Newsgroups: comp.emulators.cbm,comp.sys.cbm Subject: FOR SALE - C64 Disks (Originals) Date: Tue, 30 Jul 96 02:30:02 GMT Organization: Digital Concepts Lines: 81 Message-ID: <4tjs5a$kgu@star.epix.net> Reply-To: sully4@capital.net NNTP-Posting-Host: grmn-105ppp68.epix.net X-Newsreader: News Xpress 2.0 Beta #2 Xref: pravda.aa.msen.com comp.emulators.cbm:12890 comp.sys.cbm:58755 Hey folks, I've got the following C-64 disks for sale. **These are all ORIGINALS - = NOT=20 COPIES** All are in their original packaging. I'd like to get at least $= 4 per=20 title. (Shipping 'em is gonna cost me at least half that). For folks tak= ing=20 more than 2 or 3 titles, I'm sure a different arrangement can be made. I= 'll=20 send *all* of them for $90 (Shipping included). Here's the list: Publisher Program ----------------------- Academy Software Typing Tutor.Typing Invaders Accolade 4th & Inches Team Construction Killed Until Dead Test Drive Test Drive II Test Drive II: European Challenge Test Drive II: Muscle Cars Activision Apache Strike Predator Avantage Deceptor Spy vs Spy Berkeley Softworks GEOS 1.2 GEOS 2.0 GEOS: DeskPack 1 GEOS: GeoPublish Broderbund Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego Capcom 1942 Hat Trick Mini-Golf Pocket Rockets CBS Software Webster: The Word Game CinemaWare Defender Of The Crown Commodore Sea Wolf (Cart) CRL The Mandroid Files Data-East Kung Fu Master Robo-Cop Electric Dreams Zoids Electronic Arts Dan Dare Delta Patrol Instant Music Movie Maker (Animation Construction Set) Pinball Construction Project Firestart Racing Destruction Set Sanxion Seven Cities of Gold SkyFox Epyx Impossible Mission 2 Print Shop/Print Master Graphics Scrapbook I: Sports Print Shop/Print Master Graphics Scrapbook II: Off The Wa= ll Space Station Oblivion Street Sport Football Epyx/US Gold Techno-COp Epyx/Val-U-Line Future Knight Hayden SAT:Algebra SAT:Geometry SAT:Quantitative Comparison HesWare The Factory Infocom/Commodore StarCross Suspect KeyPunch Software Combat Zone Mastertronic Last V8 Microdraft Drop Zone MicroPlay Stunt Track Racer MicroProse AcroJet Gunship (+ Amiga Version) Mindscape Bop'N Wrestle Parker Bros Star Wars (Cart) Polarware Oo-Topos SEGA Spy Hunter Springboard The Newsroom The Newsroom: Clip Art Collection Vol 1 Swift Paint Taito Arkanoid