#! rnews 1210 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!ixnews1.ix.n= etcom.com!ix.netcom.com!ix.netcom.com!news From: "Jack Followay, Jr." Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: Re: Programming Date: Thu, 01 Aug 1996 11:32:27 -0500 Organization: PowerHouse (XNET/CommNet) Lines: 20 Message-ID: <3200DC1B.7594@ix.netcom.com> References: <31FFEBCE.5064@NRCan.gc.CA> Reply-To: jacklf@ix.netcom.com NNTP-Posting-Host: hou-tx6-21.ix.netcom.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=3Dus-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-NETCOM-Date: Thu Aug 01 9:30:22 AM PDT 1996 X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0b5a (Win95; I) Rene Guillas pondered: > > IBM BASIC has LOCATE n,n and APPLE BASIC has HPOS n and VPOS n , what i= s the POKE > equivalent on the C=3D64? > > -- > Colin Guillas > http://www.ncf.carleton.ca/~ag090 > http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Park/1603 > So what does the Maytag man do in his spare time? > >Plays with his C=3D64 of course :-) (THX Jack) (Your Welcome) > --------------------------------------------------------------- Try cheating the ML Kernal out of a routine: POKE 781,row:POKE 782,column:SYS 65520:PRINT"This is plotted at row,column" -JackLF #! rnews 1790 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!news1.best.com!newshub.sdsu.edu!newsfeeder.sdsu.= edu!in-news.erinet.com!imci5!pull-feed.internetmci.com!newsfeed.internetm= ci.com!news.ac.net!news.serv.net!nntp.teleport.com!news.reed.edu!usenet.e= e.pdx.edu!not-for-mail From: crimson@cs.pdx.edu (bill m howland) Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: Re: GeoBASIC (and BeckerBASIC) info Date: 1 Aug 1996 03:06:22 -0700 Lines: 30 Message-ID: <4tpviu$b5t@sirius.cs.pdx.edu> References: <1996Jul31.181754@nyssa.swt.edu> <4tp5uh$oae@news2.h1.usa.pip= eline.com> <1996Jul31.235210@nyssa.swt.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: sirius.cs.pdx.edu X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 #4 (NOV) ez13942@nyssa.swt.edu (Bo) writes: >> I wonder if Becker BASIC (came out before geoBASIC) has the same amoun= t of >> bugs. I almost bought it when it came out. But both programs had one >> limitation. They worked for the 64 but not 128 version of GEOS. >> >> -- >> >> Richard T. Cunningham (a.k.a. Wanderer) >> SysOp of the Desert Oasis BBS in Phoenix, AZ >> A Commodore 128 BBS, 602-849-2892 > That's an excellent question. Heck, I'd just be curious for >information about this program. Perhaps our conversation will spur a >response from a BeckerBASIC owner... > ? > - Bo STAY AWAY from BeckerBASIC. It actually works by exiting to basic from GE= OS and the programs created by it just PRETEND to be GEOS. They run in the computer's basic mode. This is why they won't work on a 128, nor on any device but 8. -- : Crimson Knight : "The power of good will not be shown by = : : crimson@sirius.cs.pdx.edu : conquering fear." = : :---------------------------: = : ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: - Fates Warning 1986 = : #! rnews 797 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!howland.res= ton.ans.net!swrinde!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!sdcc12.ucsd.edu!sdcc13!ckaiser From: ckaiser@sdcc13.ucsd.edu (Po-Ching Lives!) Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: Re: Game sites Date: 1 Aug 1996 14:13:47 GMT Organization: University of California, San Diego Lines: 8 Message-ID: <4tqe2r$qsi@sdcc12.ucsd.edu> References: <4tov6j$fdb@newsbf02.news.aol.com> <4tpmtq$b5r@nz12.rz.uni-ka= rlsruhe.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: sdcc13.ucsd.edu Stripes jr (stripesjr@aol.com) wrote: > Does anyone know a good WWW page/FTP site to get C64 games that run wit= h > C64S? Please respond. Thanks :) Try ftp://ftp.armory.com/pub/user/spectre/D64-FORMAT Cameron Kaiser ckaiser@ucsd.edu #! rnews 3435 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!news1.best.com!news.texas.net!news.kei.com!newsf= eed.internetmci.com!newsreader.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!news-pe= n-14.sprintlink.net!cs.utexas.edu!news.ti.com!news.dseg.ti.com!news=09 From: egotrip@lesol1.dseg.ti.com (Mike Neus) Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: Re: C128D keyboard weirdness (REPOST) Date: 1 Aug 1996 15:35:57 GMT Organization: Texas Instruments Lines: 50 Message-ID: <4tqist$e3g@mksrv1.dseg.ti.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: cns0599352.dseg.ti.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=3DUS-ASCII X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.7 In article , hermit@cats.UCSC.EDU says= ... > > >I posted this earlier, but nobody replied ... I'm really hoping >someone out there might know what is wrong and/or have suggestions on >repairing it! > > >My C128D acts very oddly. All keys work fine except for the keys 7, >Y, G, V, 8, U, H, and B. Those keys do semi-random things, as if >there's a short somewhere between the rows/columns of the keyboard >matrix. It isn't the CIA chip; I've tried 3 of them. It isn't the >keyboard; it works fine on other computers (with a DB25 >gender-changer, it'll work on a flat 128). I suspect a bad trace on >the motherboard between the CIA and the keyboard connector. This is a baffling one, but I think your too quick to blame it on a trace= on the motherboard. PCBs don't just go bad unless you've done somthing to i= t. You've been able to isolate that it probably isn't the keyboard...good fi= rst move, but have you confirmed its the computer by using another keyboard o= n your 128D? Only once you confirm this can you say it's the computer for sure. If you don't have another keyboard, this is what I would do: First, remove all peripherals from the computer, cartridges, joysticks, modems, keyboard extender cables, EVERYTHING. If it works, you need to t= rack down the affending peripheral. I know it sounds strange, but it does hap= pen. Then, double check, for a broken wire near the connector and near the keyboard. Wiggle them in circles, push/pull on them, bend them at all angles. Try it again on the normal 128 and repeat the bending/flexing/wiggling. Can you get the keyboard to work on the 128D o= r fail on the 128? It is possible that when you tried it on a normal 128 y= ou had the cable bent such that the keyboard would work. Next doublecheck the CIA. I know you said you've tried three of them, bu= t that tells me you have a socket. Are you sure the socket doesn't have a = cold solder joint or the socket has gone bad? Next, attack the keyboard connector. Female connectors like the DB25 on the 128D for the keyboard = do wear out as the bifrucated pins will tend to spread open with age and repeated matings. Also examine it for cold solder joints. If its none of those, it could be the mother board, but I really doubt it= unless you spilled somthing on it or cracked it doing a modification. Tr= y taking it out of the case and make sure nothing is on the underside short= ing it out and inspect for cracks. Beyond this there is not much more you ca= n do. If ionic contamination/corrosion/electromigration has shorted traces= together, your probably better off getting a new machine because (1) you'= ll have a hard time finding the problem and (2) if you fix it, it will proba= bly happen again in a relatively short amount of time. #! rnews 2071 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!news1.best.com!news.texas.net!news.kei.com!newsf= eed.internetmci.com!news.sprintlink.net!news-stk-200.sprintlink.net!news.= sprintlink.net!news-pen-14.sprintlink.net!cs.utexas.edu!news.ti.com!news.= dseg.ti.com!news=09 From: egotrip@lesol1.dseg.ti.com (Mike Neus) Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: Re: Drive Detection Problems Date: 1 Aug 1996 15:39:47 GMT Organization: Texas Instruments Lines: 36 Message-ID: <4tqj43$e3g@mksrv1.dseg.ti.com> References: <4tnr7j$974@mksrv1.dseg.ti.com> <4to8gh$aeq@news2.h1.usa.pipe= line.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: cns0599352.dseg.ti.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=3DUS-ASCII X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.7 In article <4to8gh$aeq@news2.h1.usa.pipeline.com>, wanderer_rtc@usa.pipeline.co says... Richard, Double check your news settings. I tried to mail you (wanderer_rtc@usa.pipeline.co) but it bounced back to me. I know there is a program on that comes with the CMD hard disk because I = even hacked it into one of my own programs. Give me some time and I'll find t= he file name for you. >On Jul 31, 1996 14:39:47 in article , >'egotrip@lesol1.dseg.ti.com (Mike Neus)' wrote: > >>I think CMD already has such a program that ships with their hard disk.= >It >>polls all the devices on the serial bus, prints the device number, driv= e >>type, and for the hard disk even reports the partition type and name. > >I don't know what program you're talking about since such a program neit= her >came with my original HD-20 or with my latest HD-1000. There are a few >programs on their that poll while operating, but they're hidden in the >programs like FCOPY and MCOPY (in the ML at the end of the BASIC program= ). >I would have to know what I was looking at in particular in order to >deciper it through the monitor. > >Doug Cotton sent me E-Mail saying that he would get some other programs = to >me that may be more helpful. > >-- > >Richard T. Cunningham (a.k.a. Wanderer) >SysOp of the Desert Oasis BBS in Phoenix, AZ >A Commodore 128 BBS, 602-849-2892 #! rnews 1829 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!news1.best.com!newshub.sdsu.edu!newsfeeder.sdsu.= edu!news.sgi.com!swrinde!cssun.mathcs.emory.edu!cc.gatech.edu!news.cc.gat= ech.edu!markd From: markd@pravda.cc.gatech.edu (Mark Devaney) Newsgroups: rec.games.video.classic,ga.forsale,comp.sys.cbm Subject: FS : Colecovision, C=3D disk drives + monitor Followup-To: rec.games.video.classic Date: 01 Aug 1996 15:42:13 GMT Organization: College o' Computing Lines: 40 Distribution: usa Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: pravda.cc.gatech.edu NNTP-Posting-User: markd Xref: pravda.aa.msen.com rec.games.video.classic:54868 ga.forsale:25932 c= omp.sys.cbm:58883 For sale or trade: $30 Complete Colecovision system: deck, 2 controllers, power supply, switchbo= x, cable, and 2 games (Donkey Kong, Cabbage Patch Adv. in the Park) - in good shape and works fine includes Colecovision Expansion Module #2 (play Atari 2600 games) - also in good shape and works fine $5 each 2 Commodore 1541 disk drives, brown cases, 1 is wired for device #9 - not pretty (no faceplates) but work fine $40 Commodore 1802 13" color monitor (composite) - works perfectly, looks great I'm also happy to trade for Atari/Intellivision/Colecovision/Oddysey^2/ Commodore Vic-20/64/128 software or any interesting old computer (non-PC) hardware/software Buyer pays shipping. Thanks Mark -- |----_____-----_____-----_____-----_____-----_____-----_____-----_____---= --| Mark Devaney "Mister Order, he runs at a very good pa= ce Georgia Institute of Technology But old Mother Chaos is winning the rac= e" markd@cc.gatech.edu _The Illuminatus! Trilogy_ = http://www.cc.gatech.edu/ai/students/markd/ PGP public key available via finger = #! rnews 1193 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!news1.best.com!news.sgi.com!swrinde!cs.utexas.ed= u!news.ti.com!news.dseg.ti.com!news=09 From: egotrip@lesol1.dseg.ti.com (Mike Neus) Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: Re: lha help needed Date: 1 Aug 1996 15:48:41 GMT Organization: Texas Instruments Lines: 15 Distribution: na Message-ID: <4tqjkp$e3g@mksrv1.dseg.ti.com> References: <4tm2iu$r24@omnifest.uwm.edu> <4tmkfa$b1g@ocean.CAM.ORG> NNTP-Posting-Host: cns0599352.dseg.ti.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=3DUS-ASCII X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.7 In article <4tmkfa$b1g@ocean.CAM.ORG>, ismael@CAM.ORG says... > >Andrew R. McInnis (amcinnis@omnifest.uwm.edu) wrote: >> does anyone know of a ftp site where i can get a program to dissolve .= lha >> files??? > >Assuming that you want to dissolve them on a Commodore 8-bit computer, t= he >only way is on a C128 in CP/M mode, using PMEXT.COM. It can be found ins= ide >PMAUTOAE.COM, a self-extracting PMA archive, at ftp.cam.org, directory >/users/ismael/cpm/archivers. You havn't discovered CS-DOS yet, have you? There is both an lha creater= and disolver as part of this package. Check out ccnga.uwaterloo.ca/pub/cbm/cs-dos. You'll be glad you did! #! rnews 1477 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!nntp.coast.n= et!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in3.uu.net= !newsgw.mentorg.com!sdl!not-for-mail From: eoporto@shokk.Warren.MENTORG.COM (Ernie Oporto) Newsgroups: misc.forsale.computers.pc-clone,misc.forsale.computer.pc-spec= ific.misc,comp.sys.cbm Subject: Spare computer parts for sale Date: 1 Aug 1996 15:35:03 -0400 Organization: Mentor Graphics -- IC Group, Warren, NJ, USA Lines: 25 Message-ID: <4tr0t7$mtr@shokk.Warren.MENTORG.COM> NNTP-Posting-Host: shokk.warren.mentorg.com Xref: pravda.aa.msen.com misc.forsale.computers.pc-clone:2347 comp.sys.cb= m:58885 I am selling off these parts from my 386 system, which I upgraded recentl= y. A couple of things from my C128 at the bottom. All prices are OBO and do not include shipping. More stuff gone! Some prices lowered! PC * 386-25MHZ chip and motherboard with 7 ISA slots and math-coprocessor on= board AMI BIOS (8 1MB simm slots) $69 * Tseng ET-4000 SVGA graphics card 600x480 to 1024x768 $50 * Suncom FX-2000 joystick (brand new and with warranty!) $20 * Identity internal 14.4k fax/14.4k data modem $50 * QuickShot Smart Game Card 2 port ISA card $10 * Radio Shack DMP-340 9-pin dot matrix printer $50 -- _____/ ____ / /Ernie "Shokk" Oporto-SysAdmin _____ ____ / \ __ / __Mentor Graphics Corp, Warren, NJ \______/ __ __ \______/ __ \___ __ \ww.angelfire.com/pages9/eoporto #! rnews 1171 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!news1.best.com!news.texas.net!news.kei.com!newsf= eed.internetmci.com!in3.uu.net!EU.net!usenet2.news.uk.psi.net!uknet!usene= t1.news.uk.psi.net!uknet!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!troas.demon.co.uk From: andy@troas.demon.co.uk (Andy D) Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm,comp.sys.atari.8bit Subject: Re: The Home Computer Wars! :) Date: Thu, 01 Aug 1996 16:13:57 GMT Organization: 8 shaped worm Lines: 14 Message-ID: <3200690e.68010286@news3.news.demon.net> References: <4tesn8$99n@ruby.ucc.nau.edu> <4tf4mb$e7h@nnrp1.news.primenet= .com> NNTP-Posting-Host: troas.demon.co.uk X-NNTP-Posting-Host: troas.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: Forte Agent .99e/32.227 Xref: pravda.aa.msen.com comp.sys.cbm:58886 comp.sys.atari.8bit:39307 On 28 Jul 1996 00:26:03 -0700, nickb@Primenet.Com (Nick S Bensema) wrote: >but I'm reminded of "Death of an Apple" and "To Kill A Commodore" demos. >The most excellent work I've ever seen in Atari BASIC. Well there might >be something I saw years ago but forgot, but for me these were great. There's a music disk out there with 'Anti-Commodore Soundtrack' on it. Good tune actually. -- andy@troas.demon.co.uk ---------------------- #! rnews 2924 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!news1.best.com!nntp.primenet.com!news.mathworks.= com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.compuserve.com!ix.netcom.com!news From: "Jack Followay, Jr." Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: Re: Commodore HD? Date: Thu, 01 Aug 1996 11:18:03 -0500 Organization: PowerHouse (XNET/CommNet) Lines: 55 Message-ID: <3200D8BB.1093@ix.netcom.com> References: <320026B2.7D19@znet.com> <4tq6tu$4gi@news2.h1.usa.pipeline.co= m> <4tqak9$jm4@login.freenet.columbus.oh.us> Reply-To: jacklf@ix.netcom.com NNTP-Posting-Host: hou-tx6-21.ix.netcom.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=3Dus-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-NETCOM-Date: Thu Aug 01 9:15:59 AM PDT 1996 X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0b5a (Win95; I) Harold Stevens wrote: > R. T. Cunningham (wanderer_rtc@usa.pipeline.com) wrote: > : > : Lt. Kernals are not compatible with CMD drives at all. > > I don't think that's necessarily true, Richard. If I recall, CMD used t= o > make an interface called Lt. Commander that allow the user of a Lt. Ker= nal > to hook up to a CMD hard-drive. I haven't seen that interface advertise= d > for a while, so you could check with CMD to see if it is still availabl= e. I think that's backwards.. If I recall, the Lt. Commander thing let you hook the Kernal up to the CMD (enslaving the poor Kernal to the whims of the evil CMD). -------------------- Joe St. Lucas wrote: > >So, I can hook up my lt. kernal to a scsi cd-rom and have it work, wit= h > some > >magic s/w from someone to get it to search? I have a double speed scs= i > just > >WAITING to be used on my c128. I've hooked up a SCSI External CD-ROM to my Kernal before; upon boot it init'd the drive, and after about 1-2 minutes booted to a 'pre-SYSGEN' status. The CMD & Kernal are both basically just SCSI interfaces for the 64/128. So in theory, with proper routines/drivers, reading a CD-ROM from them is viable. -------------------- Back to what R.T. Cunningham scribbled: > Lt. Kernals are not compatible with CMD drives at all. So that's not a= n > available route for you. If you use a CMD Drive as your main drive, yo= u > can add scsi drives to it. If you don't use multiple host adapters and= /or > multiple phone lines to your Lt. Kernal, you won't want to use the Lt. > Kernal at all once you get used to the CMD. The CMD is much more frien= dly. > Of course, if you have more than one computer, you can use a CMD on on= e > and the Lt. Kernal on the other. This is the route I would choose, > specifically for the programming aspects. > > You know, I never knew that the Lt. Kernal system was contained in a > cartridge! I've yet to experience a CMD drive first hand. Everyone tells me they are nice, but I am in absolute love with my Lt. Kernal. Of course, I have a muxed system that allows me to program without taking my system down. Well, anyway, we are all entitled to our opinions. =3DD -JackLF #! rnews 842 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!news1.best.com!news.texas.net!news.kei.com!newsf= eed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news.iadfw.net!news.airmail.net From: joseph atkins Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: RE:WTB C128-D or C128 w/ 1571 or 1571 (s) Date: 1 Aug 1996 16:45:15 GMT Organization: customer of Internet America Lines: 19 Message-ID: <4tqmur$ff5@news-f.iadfw.net> References: 523 <4n1akt$6bv@clark.zippo.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: fw7-29.ppp.iadfw.net > > > HELP! > > I'm looking for a 128-d, or a 128 with a 1571 disk drive. > > Also interested in 1571 disk drives... > > are there any out there? > yes there is one in my closet right now looking for a place to go. i can = let them go for about $120 depending on what shipping will be. let me know wh= at state and i will find out the shipping price kathy =2E #! rnews 2163 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!news1.best.com!news.texas.net!news.kei.com!newsf= eed.internetmci.com!in3.uu.net!rcogate.rco.qc.ca!altitude!Ocean.CAM.ORG!n= ot-for-mail From: ismael@CAM.ORG (Ismael Cordeiro) Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: Re: lha help needed Date: 1 Aug 1996 12:35:29 -0400 Organization: Communications Accessibles Montreal, Quebec Canada Lines: 37 Distribution: na Message-ID: <4tqmch$89f@ocean.CAM.ORG> References: <4tm2iu$r24@omnifest.uwm.edu> <4tmkfa$b1g@ocean.CAM.ORG> X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Aaron Baugher (abaugher@cancun.bcl.net) wrote: > From: ismael@CAM.ORG (Ismael Cordeiro) > Date: 30 Jul 1996 23:38:18 -0400 > Andrew R. McInnis (amcinnis@omnifest.uwm.edu) wrote: > does anyone > know of a ftp site where i can get a program to > dissolve .lha > files??? > Assuming that you want to dissolve them on a Commodore 8-bit compute= r, > the only way is on a C128 in CP/M mode, using PMEXT.COM. It can be > found inside PMAUTOAE.COM, a self-extracting PMA archive, at > ftp.cam.org, directory /users/ismael/cpm/archivers. > This actually depends. No, it doesn't. All archives with the lha extension I've seen were create= d on AMIGAs and always used the lh5 method. Archives with the lzh extension can be created on IBMs, UNIX boxes, C128 and maybe other platforms. They = can use lh0, lh1 and lh5 methods. > There are two versions of LHA compression, 1 and 5. Version 1 LHA archi= ves > can be unarchived with the LHARC package for CS-DOS, but it can't do > version 5's. (It can view them though, and it'll say what version of lh= arc > compression they are.) > PMEXT will do verison 5's, but I don't think it'll do version 1's. At > least, the last time I tried one it failed. PMEXT can dissolve archives created with both lh1 and lh5 methods. If it failed the archive must be corrupted. Ismael -- +---------------------------------------------------------+ | ISMAEL CORDEIRO | ismael@cam.org | | Montreal - Quebec - Canada | http://www.cam.org/~ismael | +---------------------------------------------------------+ #! rnews 564 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!nntp.coast.n= et!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!hunter.premier.net!news.cais.net!ne= ws.us.net!usenet From: mhall59@mail.us.net (Michael W. Hall) Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: 1541 device 9??? Date: 1 Aug 1996 21:09:49 GMT Organization: US Net, Incorporated Lines: 3 Message-ID: <4tr6et$7d6@news.us.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: host185.laurel.us.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=3DUS-ASCII X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.7 Does anyone know how to make a 1541 device #9??? mhall59@us.net #! rnews 1533 Path: pravda.aa.msen.com!news1.best.com!news.texas.net!news.kei.com!newsf= eed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!ott.istar!istar.net!van.istar!west.istar!n= 1van.istar!van-bc!unixg.ubc.ca!rover.ucs.ualberta.ca!news.sas.ab.ca!demo1 From: demo1@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca () Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: Re: GeoBASIC (and BeckerBASIC) info Date: 1 Aug 1996 16:33:52 GMT Organization: Edmonton FreeNet, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Lines: 20 Message-ID: <4tqm9g$k7c@news.sas.ab.ca> References: <1996Jul31.181754@nyssa.swt.edu> <4tp5uh$oae@news2.h1.usa.pip= eline.com> <1996Jul31.235210@nyssa.swt.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: freenet.edmonton.ab.ca X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2.5] Bo (ez13942@nyssa.swt.edu) wrote: : > I wonder if Becker BASIC (came out before geoBASIC) has the same amou= nt of : > bugs. I almost bought it when it came out. But both programs had on= e : > limitation. They worked for the 64 but not 128 version of GEOS. : > Richard T. Cunningham (a.k.a. Wanderer) : > SysOp of the Desert Oasis BBS in Phoenix, AZ : > A Commodore 128 BBS, 602-849-2892 : That's an excellent question. Heck, I'd just be curious for : information about this program. Perhaps our conversation will spur a : response from a BeckerBASIC owner... : - Bo I am not sure about the reliability of Becker Basic, not owning it, but the reason I opted for GeoBasic was that it lets the user create stand-alone files whereas BeckerBasic files required the user to own BeckerBasic to run them. :-( Bruce Thomas rbthomas@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca