text1 text2 text3 text4 text5 text6 text7 text8 ************ Topic 5 Tue Sep 21, 1993 G.CORREA [RAMRunner] at 23:22 EDT Sub: The >>>NEW<<< Commodore! C'mon, has NO-ONE seen the ad for the NEW 8-bit Commodore computer...?!? The machine no-one thought would see the light of day...? The 64 with a built-in 1581...? The COMMODORE 65! 110 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 2, Topic 5 Message 105 Thu Jan 27, 1994 C128.JBEE at 03:38 EST Colors could probably be done like they are on the +4/128 COLOR #,# First number is the mode, second is the color. I would just try color 1,1 color 2,1 color 3,1 etc and see what changed. Throw it in an FOR/NEXT loop with either a SLEEP or GETKEY command. ------------ Category 2, Topic 5 Message 106 Wed Feb 02, 1994 C128.JBEE at 06:24 EST >L.MCCLURE >BTW...do you know if Fred Bowen is still at Commodore? Yes, he is. He should be online shortly under his old name FREDBOWEN ------------ Category 2, Topic 5 Message 107 Wed Feb 02, 1994 GEOS-TIM at 20:48 EST In fact, he will be in the RTC on February 22 at 10 pm. EST. He will be there as my "guest speaker", and I'm sure we will be covering a variety of subjects. :) -Tim ------------ Category 2, Topic 5 Message 108 Wed Feb 02, 1994 G.CORREA [RAMRunner] at 21:41 EST Ooooh- that should be good. Makes me wish I had stuck with the C65 order instead of cancelling it when I found out it was PAL. Ah well. Grapevine is ticking me off too. They *still* haven't delivered my printer, mouse, and programs I ordered in place of the 65- I call every so often, and it's a different excuse each time. First it was waiting on ribbons. Then they were waiting for them (printers) to come from their warehouse (?- snow too heavy for someone to go over?!?). Last I heard they were waiting on paper guides. ***NEVER*** again shall I order from Grapevine. I'll consider myself fortunate ***IF*** I get this order, never mind the $20 difference they'll owe me from what I sent for the 65. I'm wondering what horrors I will have to go thru to retrieve that. -K ------------ Category 2, Topic 5 Message 109 Wed Feb 02, 1994 L.MCCLURE at 23:36 EST Some interesting info from comp.sys.cbm: c65 - graphics info... From: Simon Laule Date: 31 Jan 1994 11:45:35 GMT (5 screens) Hi! In addition to the infos that were posted last week from the c65 manual, here are some _REAL_ infos, tested on my c65 . ROM version was 0.09.910111. Ok. For displaying graphics the following commands are necessary: screen def screen#,width,heigth,depth - define screen# and resolution.. screen open screen# - allocate memory for screen#... screen set drawscreen#,viewscreen# (normally the same..) - display screen... ... now all normal (basic 3.5/7.0) drawing cmds are allowed, line, etc. etc. screen close screen# - give memory free, and display text screen... If, because of RESTORE-NMI, the text screen reappears without screen close, all commands normally fail, because of lost memory. Possible Resolutions are: Resolution screen def Memory allocated 1280*400*1 2 1 1 - ok 64k 1280*200*1 2 0 1 - ok 32k 1280*200*2 2 0 2 - ok 64k 640*400*1 1 1 1 - ok 32k 640*400*2 1 1 2 - ok 64k 640*200*1 1 0 1 - ok 16k 640*200*2 1 0 2 - ok 32k 640*200*4 1 0 4 - ok 64k 320*400*1 0 1 1 - ok 16k 320*400*2 0 1 2 - ok 32k 320*400*4 0 1 4 - failed 64k 320*200*1 0 0 1 - ok 8k 320*200*2 0 0 2 - failed 16k 320*200*4 0 0 4 X failed 32k 320*200*8 0 0 8 X failed 64k - failed means display ok, but screen clr palette# crashes system - RESET X failed means screen set crashes with blank screen - RESET I don`t know, why the last three modes crash, they need the same amount of memory as the others, 320*200*2 needs only 16k, but crashes... Any ideas?????? Also I don't know where the memory is allocated, a print fre during HiRes brings the same as without.... I think the 128k Modes (320*400*8) will only available with RAM Expansion. Any suggestion, for this expansion???? The MOUSE command mentioned in the last weeks c65 article, is not available in 0.09.91011, also RMOUSE. GRAPHIC command# [,args] brings sytax error. The screen modes use the color palette PALETTE screen#,color#,R(0-15),G(0- 15),B(0-15) Changing the palette when displaying a screen crashes the system... I don`t know how the 1-7 bitplane graphics point to their palette color, just because i have only a green monitor. Ok, thats enough for now. Any comments, hints etc. please directly to me, i will post corrections/additions.... Oh, and Im still curious about all the ROM versions out there. Until now i have mine (0.09.910111) and ralpheys (something like 0.0b.910429). Are other versions?? Im still looking for version 0.0b.910429 on disk, ralphey owns no eprommer, so he cannot get the image...??? Any hints??? ------------ Category 2, Topic 5 Message 110 Wed Feb 02, 1994 L.MCCLURE at 23:39 EST M.MATTING: Can you give us the RAM expansion (bellyboard 30-position connector) and main expansion (50-position) connector pinouts from your C65 manual? BTW, have arrangements been made for anyone in the U.S. yet to recieve a copy of that manual, and make it available to others? ------------ ************ Topic 21 Thu Jul 08, 1993 HOWIE-CBM at 17:32 EDT Sub: I am HOT!!! I'm melting... 14 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 2, Topic 21 Message 14 Thu Jan 27, 1994 CBM-MARK at 10:38 EST Gee, and Ithought only Wisconsin had erratic weather like that ;D ------------ ************ Topic 25 Fri Feb 04, 1994 MRABOY at 21:57 EST Sub: Grapevine 2 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 2, Topic 25 Message 1 Fri Feb 04, 1994 MRABOY at 22:01 EST I have a computer at Grapevine for repair and its been there for over amonth . are these people reputable. When i call they say they will have it in ad ay or two. Any suggestions. Thanks Mike :) ------------ Category 2, Topic 25 Message 2 Sat Feb 05, 1994 C128.JBEE at 04:17 EST If they have had it for a month, I think it is time to ask for it back and send it to someone else. ------------ ************ Topic 26 Fri May 15, 1992 M.KERN1 (Forwarded) Sub: C128/C64 mail-order, magazine sources This topic is for information regarding existing mail-order firms and magazines that support the C= 8-bit machines. This topic is also for the notification of which companies are no longer with us. 61 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 2, Topic 26 Message 60 Sun Jan 30, 1994 G.NOGGLE [Greg] at 22:10 EST MICROBYTES By: Greg Noggle To: Present and Future Subcribers Hello,this is to let you know that I haven't decided not to produce MicroBytes and let you know that that status of the next issue of MicroBytes. vol 2,issue #2 of MicroBytes is going to be a double size or better sized issue. Its at 45 pages right now without pictures and some editing to be done. I am very sorry about the hold ups of this issue. So far I have had to stop using Bank Street Writer for it because of issue size. I had a brand new 240 meg Hard drive go belly up on me. Now my brand new word processor costing me more money then I care to think about refuses to work on my hardware although the box said it would work on my equipment. I was trying to get wp 6.0 running on my 286 bridgeboard in my amiga 2000.(grrr). The issue is over 1/2 meg in size right now without pictures and I got to have pictures :). So much for excuses(I got more) but the bottom line is this I should be shipping to current mailing list anytime,I wanted to do it last week but between job hunting and school I had to make priorities. I fully expect to be finsished and ship this week. To paid subcribers I have not spent your money yet and untill I ship I will not. I am sorry for the delay but I will ship soon and try very hard to be on scedule afterwards. Now for the reason I am boring you the flagship customer with this. MicroBytes A Newsletter for the 64/128 and Amiga Focusing on the past,present and future of MicroComputing Coming soon to a mailbox near you. I will be posting subcription,submission info after the volume 2,issue 2 is mailed Publishing history Volume 1-editor/publisher Paul Mclear Volume 2- editor/publisher Greg Noggle Happy Computing to one and all,may the the C64/128 live forever. Greg Noggle Publisher Microbytes Newsletter ------------ Category 2, Topic 26 Message 61 Mon Jan 31, 1994 L.SCHONDER [Lou] at 04:55 EST Will subscriber's of Volume #1 have their subscriptions carried over? I'm not sure of my status. ------------ ************ Topic 39 Fri Jan 07, 1994 R.HARRIS1 [Randysx] at 01:46 EST Sub: Chicago area C= users! Maurice Randall, author of geoShell, will be at 1/16/94 SWRAP C= user group meeting for demos of software. 4 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 2, Topic 39 Message 4 Thu Jan 27, 1994 R.SNYDER2 at 03:32 EST Can any of your members give me an address or phone number to get in touch with Elizabeth Deal or CBUG (Chicago B Users Group) or if they have bit the dust, an ex-member. I have a few of their library disks and would like to get the rest. ------------ ************ Topic 40 Thu Feb 03, 1994 C128.JBEE at 22:54 EST Sub: place holder place holder 1 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 2, Topic 40 Message 1 Thu Feb 03, 1994 C128.JBEE at 22:55 EST ------------ ************ Topic 12 Wed Jul 28, 1993 B.GANN1 (Forwarded) Sub: GEnie Library files For questions regarding GEnie downloadable files 16 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 3, Topic 12 Message 15 Sat Feb 05, 1994 W.HARD at 16:17 EST Can anyone here recommend a RAMDos type of program I could download from the libraries which would let me use the 1700 REU as a drive? Please note that I have the 1700, not the 1750. Thanks. Walter ------------ Category 3, Topic 12 Message 16 Sat Feb 05, 1994 CBM-ED [e.g.bell] at 19:57 EST WH: WH> recommend a RAMDos type of program I could download from the WH> libraries which would let me use the 1700 REU as a drive >>> 9238 RAMDOSII.SFX X R.KNOP1 911107 17408 >>> Desc: RAM disk on CBM REU up to 2 Megs >>> 5125 RAMDOS128.BIN4.3 X SPARROW.J 871117 7560 >>> Desc: Updated Binary file for RAMDOS 128 >>> 5124 RAMDOS128V4.3.LBR X SPARROW.J 871117 22680 >>> Desc: RAMDOS 128 v4.3a 11/17/87 I don't know how 5125 got in there because the original stipulation on the RAMDOS files was that they be in the collection as uploaded I thought. And 5124 is a LBR file, meaning you must have the library utility to dissolve it. File 9238 will do for you though, and it is a self dissolving file. All of them have a routine called 'sniff' that determines the size of your REU, so you don't have to worry about what modely you have. Your 1700 will work just fine. :) ------------ ************ Topic 18 Sat Jun 22, 1991 C128.JBEE [* Sysop *] (Forwarded) Sub: CS-DOS & REU C1750 & LHA & Autoexec One of the most often asked questions is how to set up the C128/C1750/ LHA/Autoexec file to make SFX archives. The autoexec file follows... 56 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 3, Topic 18 Message 56 Wed Feb 02, 1994 C128.JBEE at 06:23 EST >D.TUOMI Can I send you a disk with my setup to try? ------------ ************ Topic 27 Sat Sep 04, 1993 MRABOY at 08:27 EDT Sub: superbase and geocable user port,parallel cables and software 12 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 3, Topic 27 Message 12 Sat Feb 05, 1994 J.KARN at 09:43 EST Superbase's print routine is, indeed, not too fast. If you have a buffer, e.g. I have a 64K Centronics buffer (Supra) between my Supergrafix interface and the printer, I think you can speed things slightly by taking the printer offline while you fill the buffer. That, at least, will eliminate handshaking between the buffer and the printer while the buffer is being filled, and free up the computer faster. To B.Gann and MRaboy: just to be sure, you're not using Cntrl-P to print from Superbase, I hope. That function is only a screen dump intended for occasional use. The way to print a series of records from Superbase is to create a keylist with the FIND function and then output from the list to the printer. ------------ ************ Topic 37 Sun Nov 21, 1993 AMFORD at 11:02 EST Sub: COMAL COMAL, the replacement language for BASIC that many C64 owners used years ago. Is there anyone out there still writing in COMOL and generating new procedures and programs? 5 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 3, Topic 37 Message 5 Sat Feb 05, 1994 W.HARD at 16:12 EST COMAL is an excellent language, superior in several ways to the latest IBM Basics. I have the CP/M version, but back when COMAL(relatively) available for the C128, the price was rediculous -- close to that of the 128 itself. It never had a chance. Walter ------------ ************ Topic 43 Sat Jan 29, 1994 I.MCKINNEY [TheBigMac] at 21:54 EST Sub: Bank Street Writer transfers A question about how to send a Bank Street Writer created file to a BBS. 4 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 3, Topic 43 Message 1 Sat Jan 29, 1994 I.MCKINNEY [TheBigMac] at 22:02 EST I have a friend who is using Bank Street Writer to create text files. He wants to upload these files to a local BBS. He is using a 128 with a Volksmodem and the AutoComm program that came with it. He is trying to upload the files using X-Modem but his program can't seem to find the files even after validating the disk. He wants to know if it is something in the software that is preventing him from finding the file on disk or is there something I'm missing in deciphering his problem? I have never used BSW to create files so I have never come across this type of problem before. ------------ Category 3, Topic 43 Message 2 Sun Jan 30, 1994 M.RANDALL2 [Maurice] at 19:37 EST I've never used BSW myself, but I might guess that the problem is that Bank Street Writer saves it's text files with a certain character added somewhere within the filename. If so, you will need to rename the files. Then the term program should be able to find the files on the disk. The DOS in a Commodore drive does not handle lowercase ASCII characters well. Just try to delete a GEOS file that uses lowercase characters in it's filename (from GEOS- in BASIC they will look like uppercase), it will report 'file not found'. This is one undocumented way to write-protect a file. I know that GEOS has nothing to do with Bank Street Writer, but the concept is the same. See if this is the problem. ------------ Category 3, Topic 43 Message 3 Sun Jan 30, 1994 G.NOGGLE [Greg] at 22:10 EST In my limited experience with bank street writter I had to due the same thing. I found that bank street writter added I believe 7 spacces to file name. also for what I was doing at the time I had to switch the file type. I think I had to change them to seq. files. The info in the files is also in pet-ascii and not ascii. Greg ------------ Category 3, Topic 43 Message 4 Mon Jan 31, 1994 I.MCKINNEY [TheBigMac] at 03:27 EST I'll relay the info to my friend and see if it works for him. Thanks. ------------ ************ Topic 44 Thu Feb 03, 1994 H.HERMAN1 at 20:26 EST Sub: ZED-128 The *BIG* editor for the 128. 1 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 3, Topic 44 Message 1 Thu Feb 03, 1994 H.HERMAN1 at 20:28 EST Here's one I thought I could solve, but now realize it is beyond my capabilities.... <> 90% of the time I use my regular ZED-128, and things are fine. Great, in fact. The other 10% of the time I need to use my BIG-ZED-128, the one that is preconfigured to use the 1750. And, here is where the problem shows up. After quitting ZED, and then trying to run Pocket Writer3, PW3 goes through its boot, but not entirely. It locks up before completing the boot. A _total_ lockup. I can use the RESET on either the RAMLink or the 128D to get things going again. However, attempting to boot into PW3 will again lock up the 128D at the exact same point in the boot. I can repeat this RESET and BOOT again and again, and always lock up. And, worse: If I turn off the 128D, and leave it off for a few minutes, and then try to BOOT PW3 it again locks up at that same point in the boot. This is repeatable, so that turning off the computer a lot of times does not improve things. The thing that does allow me to once again boot into PW3 is running the disk2reu image that is a part of the boot procedure for starting CS/DOS. This is putting an image back into the 1750 REU that includes a CS/DOS ramdisk, *and* PW3 overlay files, and Pocket Filer2 overlay files, and some other things used by the Pocket programs into lower ram of the REU. After this is done, that is, after booting into CS/DOS this way, then quitting CS/DOS, Pocket Writer 3 will successfully boot and run. So my question is: what is ZED (when configured to use the REU) doing to my REU that prevents PW3 from booting afterwards? And why are resets, and turning off the computer doing nothing to fix this? More to the point: Is there a routine that I can run, after exiting from BIG-ZED, that will give me back my REU and let me boot PW3? As stated, the only way now is to boot into CS/DOS with a REU image, and this is becoming tiring...... The computer setup here is a 128D with 1750 REU plugged into a RAMLink. Did I describe my problem okey? Is there a solution to the prob? Howie P.S. Although running disk2reu puts back things into the REU that Pocket Writer uses, I do not think that this is what lets Pocket Writer 3 boot. Often, I will boot into PW3 with a completely empty REU successfully. The only thing PW3 needs to complete its boot are its overlay files, and duplicates of these are kept on drive 8 for easy access. I suspect that restoring a REU image is cancelling something that ZED has done to the REU making it usable, once again? Not sure what this is though.... ------------ ************ Topic 4 Sat Aug 28, 1993 G.HILL15 (Forwarded) Sub: 1581 Disk Drive Questions and info about the Commodore 1581 disk drive. 46 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 4, Topic 4 Message 42 Thu Jan 27, 1994 B.CHADWICK at 23:52 EST Is there any way to reconstruct a corrupted and un-readable directory on a 1581? Most or all of the files are presumable still on the few disks I have had this happen to. I have heard of a feature of "Maverick" (version 4 or 5 I think) that can rebuild a directory. Will it work on the 1581 and do what I need done (rebuild a directory from tracing files on a disk)? If so, where is Maverick available now? If not, is there other software that will re-construct directories from files on disks? Any help on this would be much appreciated. I have many files on these disks that I would like to save. ------------ Category 4, Topic 4 Message 43 Fri Jan 28, 1994 CBM-ED [e.g.bell] at 08:28 EST BC> Is there any way to reconstruct a corrupted and un-readable BC> directory on a 1581? Most or all of the files are presumable BC> still on the few disks It is possible, depending on the extent of the damage to the disk, your abilities, and if the files are actually still intact. I don't know if Maverick will do what you want, but I know any sector editor can get you through the job, or in the worst case, a block by block copy. Before you do any of that though, what is the error you are receiving? THere are a couple firstline fixes you should try if it is something on the directory track (40) that is sending an error 23 or something like that. First, try spinning the disk in the plastic by using your finger or a pen in the metal hub on the back of the disk. Then try to re-read the disk. If that does not work (try it a couple of times) get the file called FIX 1581 from the libraries (don't know the number) and run it, specifying track 40 sector 0. (This assumes your problem is the e one common to the 1581). Try this at least twice if the 1st attempt does not work. If none of this works, if Maverick does not do the job, you will have to copy each sector to a new disk and recreate the directory... ------------ Category 4, Topic 4 Message 44 Fri Jan 28, 1994 C128.JBEE at 09:24 EST Here is how I have fixed disks that could not be fixed any other way. I formatted another 1581 with the same ID. Then I nibbled every track to the disk except for the directory track (18 on a 1541/71 - 40 on a 1581). With a sector editor I stepped through every directory track until I got a read error (example 40,0 40,1 40,2 40,3 etc). I noted the bad directory sectors (usually only the Bam at 40,0 is nuked). Then I nibbled the good directory sectors to the disk and allocated the whole BAM (think you have to write 255 to each byte at 40,0 - been a while since i did this). Usually, you will lose the first 8 files that had their directory pointers at 40,1. So, if needed, skip over this sector or any other bad sectors and link all the good sectors together. Then validate the disk. Then file copy all the files that remain to a good disk. If the disk is of vital importance, you can make a little graph chart and walk through the Track and Sectors of the found files and mark off all the validated sectors. This leaves the unvalidated sectors where information might be. Going by the unused sectors, start at 1,0 or the lowest available T/S and follow the file links. Note their positions on your chart. Now go to 40,1, make a directory entry, and point the link to that files (t/s) you just traced. Now load and check that file. If it is good, file copy it to another disk. Mark off all its sectors. Take the next sector following the previous file's last t/s and assume that is where the second file started. Trace that and just keep doing this routine until you have accounted for every T/S. Will take awhile, but as long as only 40,0 or 40,1 are corrupted, you can save the whole disk with some detective work. What makes this somewhat bearable on the 1581 is that the 1581 writes the T/S one after another without an interleaf for files, unlike the 1571. ------------ Category 4, Topic 4 Message 45 Sun Jan 30, 1994 R.ROSENLOF [Wizardry] at 03:54 EST Maverick's Directory Repair will only work on a 1541, or a 1571 in '41 mode... And besides that, the program will *not* work miracles! It just finds every track and sector pointer that are common to one "link" and enters it into a new directory as "PGM 1", "PGM 2", etc... Then YOU have to go through and figure out what they really are. If your disk contains lots of little ML, font, or sprite data files, this could get rather extensive. The method JBEE outlined is far faster, and much more practical. But in the end, both methods require you to have a fair amount of knowledge of how the DOS stores information on the diskette. Your best weapon is a 1581 drive manual. Good luck! Ron :) ------------ Category 4, Topic 4 Message 46 Sun Jan 30, 1994 F.OGLE [Color BBS] at 12:24 EST That reminds me of the days when we were developing Color 64 strictly on 1581's ... It seemed that no matter how careful we were, we had problem after problem ... It is fair to say that the 1581 can be a tad bit flaky at times, especially when you APPEND files on it. The rule of thumb is ALWAYS to make B/U copies of any 1581 format disk that's important to you. Take it from two dudes who have spent an entire weekend RECOVERING much of our entire work to date. Good Luck :) ------------ ************ Topic 13 Sat Nov 30, 1991 VANDENELSEN (Forwarded) Sub: printer problems ? This is a place for your questions about printer problems. Maybe someone has a solution!!!!! with fingers crossed 56 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 4, Topic 13 Message 52 Tue Feb 01, 1994 A.BAUGHER at 23:43 EST Does anyone have experience with the new Star Micronics SJ144? I've been thinking of buying one since it was first advertised in Tenex a few months ago, but I have some questions about it. First of all, what type of printing does it use? The ad doesn't specify whether it's laser or bubble jet. Are there Geos color drivers that will work with it? And if anyone owns one, what do you think of it in general? I'd appreciate any info I can get, as this is a pretty new product. Thanks, Aaron A.BAUGHER ------------ Category 4, Topic 13 Message 53 Wed Feb 02, 1994 C128.JBEE at 06:26 EST >A.BAUGHER > Does anyone have experience with the new Star Micronics SJ144? The ad > doesn't specify whether it's laser or bubble jet. Because they do not want to tell you it uses a ribbon type cartridge. I read a review (in Computer Shopper?) that said that the ribbon cartridge was only good for 20 or so pictures giving it a high page cost of $1 per page! -> OUCH <-. Though for picture quality, it is suppose to be superior to the inkjet because of the way to prints (the wax ribbon?) to the paper. > Are there Geos color drivers that will work with it? Anyone's guess if you do not know what other printers it emulates. I think the Deskjet 500 or Cannon BJ-600 might be much better deals, unless page cost does not matter. ------------ Category 4, Topic 13 Message 54 Thu Feb 03, 1994 E.WHITAKER2 [Scormus] at 04:18 EST Back again. The 8 pin 3 pass geos driver online here seems to be about the best. It does an extremely nice job of smoothing the 80 dpi output. After that, the LQ 1500 driver works about as well in 24 pin mode as the original fx quad print driver. The HP laser driver on line gives good output but only at 50% or 25% reduction. That gives you 12 point and 6 point fonts, from 24 point originals, and they look very nice, but you do not get a whole page. I haven't checked into cmd's perfect print drivers, but they may have potential. Doug, if you're reading this, how about it? Would PP give me perfect print on a 300 dpi laser printer? Anyway, that's all I have to report at this time. The laser driver for superscript isn't quite ready. Scormus ------------ Category 4, Topic 13 Message 55 Fri Feb 04, 1994 R.STANSBERR1 at 22:39 EST I'm looking for help with a Gemini II printer which quit the other day. It's in the hands of a novice friend in Tracy Calif., so if anyone in that area knows of a good source of parts or service please reply. I believe it probably needs a new rom. Remote diagnosis is never easy :( ------------ Category 4, Topic 13 Message 56 Sat Feb 05, 1994 A.BAUGHER at 09:53 EST re: Comparing new printers Now I understand why they sell ribbons for the Star SJ144 in packs of three!! $1/page is WAY too expensive, as I'm trying to start a resume and term paper word processing service. So now I have another couple questions: If the Star 24-pin printers print 360dpi, why pay $300+ more for a laser or bubble jet printer? There must be a reason, right? I realize that the Deskjet is much faster at 3ppm, but it only prints 300dpi. Would 300dpi be good enough for letter quality printing? The Canon BJC-600 prints 360dpi but is not listed as much faster than the Star NX-2480R, and the Canon is $330 dollars more! Besides quieter printing, what advantage does the Canon bubble jet have over a 24-pin like the Star? Thanks, Aaron ------------ ************ Topic 17 Wed Oct 06, 1993 B.KIRKLAND (Forwarded) Sub: 1581 Problem Would it be possible to replace my 1581 drive mech. with that of an "IBM" type DD 3.5" drive and keeping the original board? 5 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 4, Topic 17 Message 3 Thu Feb 03, 1994 R.KIRK7 [Dick] at 19:40 EST I recently purchased two 1581 drives both of which indicate WD1770 chips with J1 open by the 1581 Checker program. Both drives appear to work Ok and have previously been worked on a BBS without any problem. Is there any test I can run which will demonstrate the supposed problem with these chips? I am trying to decide if I should go ahead and replace them. ------------ Category 4, Topic 17 Message 4 Fri Feb 04, 1994 F.OGLE [Color BBS] at 01:12 EST If you run a BBS and want to try and produce a problem, I suggest keeping e- mail and any other seq files that are regularly appended. I have had 81's that worked fine, but in my mind at least, if there's a recipe for disaster cooking, try to avoid eating ;) ------------ Category 4, Topic 17 Message 5 Fri Feb 04, 1994 CBM-ED [e.g.bell] at 09:12 EST Dick: RK> WD1770 chips with J1 open by the 1581 Checker program. Both RK> drives appear to work Ok and have previously been worked on a RK> BBS without any problem. RK> Is there any test I can run which will demonstrate the RK> supposed problem with these chips The word I have always heard about this is that if 'it ain't broke, don't fix it'. It was said that only some of the chips were bad of the wd1770s, and if you haven't had a problem, you probably won't. They are not that expensive, I don't think, so it probably wouldn't hurt, but I have no idea where you would get them. Seems to me that GEOS-TIM said Fred Bowen is going to be in a conference real soon right here in the Commodore$ area. He would be the ideal person to ask. It was him that wrote the program that tells what chip is in the drive. ------------ ************ Topic 29 Mon Jan 17, 1994 E.RAFANAN at 01:20 EST Sub: Programming trajectory... Need help figuring out how to figure out trajectory. 12 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 5, Topic 29 Message 10 Wed Feb 02, 1994 C128.JBEE at 06:24 EST > E.RAFANAN > So here's an example: If I start with an angle of 45, and a force of 100 Actually, force is measured (in simple terms) Mass X Velocity. I think you mean velocity? > H.HERMAN1 at 02:12 EST > How in the world would you know something like that? :) When I was in high school I wanted to be a college history professor, so one qtr I combined my Fortran, History, and Physics class all into one project. I wanted to determine, without air power, how much U.S. sea power it would have taken to sink the Japanese Yamato Battleship. Because I had to figure the maximum range, effective range, and firing rate of the guns and torpedos, ship speed and turning radius, time of the shell in the air, etc I had to know these same formulas :) I see from an earlier post he already has the formula from a book. But since I already dug out my text books I think I will post some books I have used in case someone else wants to look them up in their local library. New Intelligent Man's Guide to Science (two volume set) by Isaac Asimov (1965) The volume on Physical Science is the one you need for a basic understanding of how rockets and shells work. (no ISBN) Calculus by Flanders, Korthage, Price ISBN #0-12-259640-4 ------------ Category 5, Topic 29 Message 11 Wed Feb 02, 1994 CBM-ED [e.g.bell] at 08:39 EST JB> volume on Physical Science is the one you need for a basic JB> understanding of how rockets and shells work I peeked at the end of this one.... you drop them on something and they explode. :) ------------ Category 5, Topic 29 Message 12 Wed Feb 02, 1994 C128.JBEE at 15:06 EST lol! ------------ ************ Topic 32 Sun Jan 30, 1994 J.SERAFINO at 22:30 EST Sub: file copier help Help needed on ML file copier program 2 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 5, Topic 32 Message 1 Sun Jan 30, 1994 J.SERAFINO at 22:31 EST I am attempting to write a file copy module for menuette, which I can't seem to get working. I don't have reference material on this subject, outside of the 'commodore reference guide'. I could use either a text file explaning the necessary kernal routines, or a documented source file to examine. ------------ Category 5, Topic 32 Message 2 Mon Jan 31, 1994 CBM-ED [e.g.bell] at 06:42 EST JS: JS> I could use either a text file explaning the necessary kernal JS> routines setnam $ffbd - .a=length, .x=address of name low .y = address of name hi setlfs $ffba - .a=file # .x=device # .a=secondary address setbnk $ff68 - .a=bank of data .x=bank of file name open $ffc0 - open file - no parameters passed. ex: name .byte "Demo File Name":.byte 0 ; open.file = * lda #14:ldx #name:jsr setnam lda #0:tax:jsr setbnk lda #6:ldx #8:tay:jsr setlfs:jsr open To access the data in the file, the routines you need are: clrchn $ffcc Clear all currently opened channels chkout $ffc9 Connect channel to file chrout $ffd2 Send character in .a to file $90 status byte - non-zero if eof or file error Bit 6 set for end of file. ex: write.bytes = * ldx #6:jsr chkout; load .x w/file number from 'setlfs' above ldy #0 !01 lda ($fb),y:jsr chrout lda $90:bne !02 iny:bne !01 beq !03 ; !02 and %01000000:bne !03 jsr error.handler !03 jmp clrchn; disconnect channel and exit ; To read from the file, you need: chkin = $ffc6 getin = $ffe4 ex: read.file = * jsr clrchn ldx #6:jsr chkin; .x=file # from 'setlfs' above !01 jsr getin:ldx $90; getin gets char in .a jsr store.char; store char somewhere cpx #0:beq !01; is status=0 - yes then loop jsr error.handler jmp clrchn; exit w/channels clear ; To close the file: close.file = * lda #6:jsr close; .a=file # from 'setlfs' above jmp clrchn That is pretty much it. The routines above are the 'higher-level' kernal routines, and are somewhat easier to use than the lower level ones. :) ------------ ************ Topic 6 Sun Dec 19, 1993 CMD-DOUG at 12:03 EST Sub: Text File Converters and Utilities An area for discussion of utilities for working with and converting text. 19 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 6, Topic 6 Message 13 Thu Jan 27, 1994 J.ROBBINS16 [JBUS] at 02:13 EST Wheww. Twas the right address so all is well. :) 20 mins., do you guys have as much ice and snow as us? ;] ------------ Category 6, Topic 6 Message 14 Thu Jan 27, 1994 C128.JBEE at 03:40 EST Yes, I had a solid 6 inches of ice around my house and about 10-15 inches of snow. Just like last year, it damaged the phone lines and blew underground transformers from the phone company. ------------ Category 6, Topic 6 Message 15 Wed Feb 02, 1994 C128.JBEE at 06:25 EST > D.BOBER [RENTaLASER] > How do you convert PETASC seq. files to GEOS without all of the carriage > returns at the end of each line. Some word processors allow you to unformat text, one of my favorite features of PCiii :) I believe "velvetta 64" or "velvetta128" will do the job too. ------------ Category 6, Topic 6 Message 16 Thu Feb 03, 1994 J.ROBBINS16 [JBUS] at 03:12 EST Oh yeah, those are nice converters. :] I think they're in the toolkit libs., but you spelled them wrong. Velveeta 64, and (don't quote me) Velveeta128. They both do a nice job of converting text files and stripping (or inserting) formatting codes in them. ------------ Category 6, Topic 6 Message 17 Thu Feb 03, 1994 J.ROBBINS16 [JBUS] at 03:14 EST Opps, almost forgot to say they don't convert GEOS files, but they do a better job of prepping them, then you can use one of the Geos text file converters to finish up the job. ------------ Category 6, Topic 6 Message 18 Thu Feb 03, 1994 C128.JBEE at 09:41 EST Good thing I did not have to spell potato ;) ------------ Category 6, Topic 6 Message 19 Fri Feb 04, 1994 J.ROBBINS16 [JBUS] at 03:33 EST No prob.. :D (everybody thinks of the cheese first)(darn thing even uses the same color as the cheese box) ;) ------------ ************ Topic 14 Sun Dec 19, 1993 CMD-DOUG at 12:09 EST Sub: Ink-Jet Printers An area for discussion of ink-jet printers. 25 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 6, Topic 14 Message 22 Wed Feb 02, 1994 C128.JBEE at 06:22 EST > D.WADLEIGH [Don] > The messsages here suggest that people are using Ink Jet and Laser > printers with C128's. I wish that someone could give some detail > about how they do this. (like write a book). I print books of 120-150 pages on my laser using my C-128 :) I do have a series of articles about using your word processors with scaleable fonts and such. I am just waiting to purchase a HP4 duplex with PCL5 before finishing the series of articles so it is not obsolete too fast. Already worked it out for the Epson dot matrix printers too (Example 3250 etc) Will post more in Cat #11 when the time comes. The PSRT is also a good place for learning the basics on using Postscript to print documents. ------------ Category 6, Topic 14 Message 23 Wed Feb 02, 1994 C128.JBEE at 06:25 EST >R.WAGNER4 >I have a cannon bjc-600 color inkjet that prints in black & white There is a recently uploaded color 24 pin driver for GEOS that might work with this printer. Does 16 colors. Even if it does not, would you mind sending a sample copy of the color print out from one of the demo tests? I am very interesting in buying this printer but I am not quite sure about the color quality. Thank you, JBEE (: set 6 ------------ Category 6, Topic 14 Message 24 Thu Feb 03, 1994 R.WAGNER4 at 22:33 EST To JBEE Send me E-mail and or mail me your address so I can send you a sample of Black & White PRe erfect Print out with Geocable driver sample and a color printout of the various drivers ive I've I've used on my Cannon BJC-600 color bubblejet printer. I'm having trouble getting getting a color driver to work proberly. perly, It prints out nice with G.h.w H.W.S 'S SHELL PRINTER DRIVER 9 24pin90gcvc & 8pin color epson 90gc & epson 8pin color driver combinere d put the printer printer skips to the next page when it gets to the bottom of a GEo eopaint document. SENd to Richard H. Wagner 10615 W. 97th Terrace Overland Park, Ks 66214 or call ( (913) 888-2465 ------------ Category 6, Topic 14 Message 25 Fri Feb 04, 1994 CBM-ED [e.g.bell] at 09:14 EST RW: You might want to go to the settings page here on GEnie, at page 900, and change your setting for the delete character that GEnie recognizes from you. Appears your setting is not deleting. :) ------------ ************ Topic 24 Sun Dec 19, 1993 CMD-DOUG at 12:12 EST Sub: GEOFILE An area for discussion of GEOFILE 64 and 128. 8 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 6, Topic 24 Message 4 Thu Jan 27, 1994 W.WILEY2 at 22:26 EST How about multiple sorts in geofile? ------------ Category 6, Topic 24 Message 5 Thu Jan 27, 1994 W.WILEY2 at 22:33 EST OK, Doug, I'll give it a try... Now for my next attempt to stump you: I want to sort records by date AND by another number field, so I tried to first sort by date, then sort by the other 'number' field. But I cant seem to keep records in chronological order when I resort. I must mention that when I entered the data, they were not entered in chronological order; rather, by random order. When changing sort fields, is the program default- ing back to the order I entered the records in before performing the sort? That is the only reason I can see for the problem... Do you follow me? ------------ Category 6, Topic 24 Message 6 Fri Jan 28, 1994 W.WILEY2 at 03:39 EST Doug, I followed your advice re: leaving enough space for temp. swap of inf o on the disk. On my 1750 REU I had only Geofile 128 and my data file (74k), and nothing else. The same error keeps showing up. After 3 tries, it aborts to desktop, as manual states. I try printing both from the options menu and the file menu--same response. I cant even get to the point where you define the printout- 'fieldnames printed-y/n', etc. .... I'm getting nervous about losing all my data entry time....any other ideas for me? --Thanks ------------ Category 6, Topic 24 Message 7 Fri Jan 28, 1994 CMD-DOUG at 07:51 EST RE: Sorting by two fields - I think you're right about what geoFile is doing; starting the sort in the order of when the records were entered. There's no way that I know of to sort by two fields, other than to add a sort field and manually combine data from the two fields into it. A lot of work, but perhaps worthwhile if this is the way you want your data sorted all the time. RE: Error Swapping GeoFile - The only other reason I can think of for this to show up would be a corrupt copy of GEOFILE itself (I wouldn't think that a corrupt data file would generate that specific error). Have you tried to re- copy from your original? Also, try making another data file using the same copy on the same drive to see if the size of the data file is what is effecting this. Having just inherited all of these programs, we're probably going to run into things we don't know much about yet - and Geoworks hasn't supplied us with any 'problem data' at all - so we're going to have to get up to speed on these things on our own, and without benefit of source code or help from the authors. ------------ Category 6, Topic 24 Message 8 Sun Jan 30, 1994 W.WILEY2 at 13:30 EST Doug: The solutions outlined above worked like a charm! Since I used BOTH ideas at once, I cant say which was the true solution, but suffice it to say that I am now able to use my file, i.e., print it out in the formats I had hoped. Though I must say I am a bit disappointed that I cant accomplish the kind of sortin g I need- I need to be able to have one sort rearrange the records in a permanent fashion, so that my 2nd sort will effectively keep my first sort in some kind of prioritized sequence. Now it simply un-does the first sort when I try the 2nd... ... Oh, well... Thanks for getting me to THIS point- I can use the file, just not quite ideally. -Will :) ------------ ************ Topic 41 Thu Jan 13, 1994 M.RANDALL2 [Maurice] at 20:45 EST Sub: geoSHELL Any possible question concerning geoSHELL may be directed at this topic. I will be available to answer any questions about it's use. 4 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 6, Topic 41 Message 2 Sun Jan 30, 1994 M.RANDALL2 [Maurice] at 17:22 EST If you own a XETEC Super Graphics Gold printer interface, you may know that it can print banners. I have one and just recently discovered that I can print banners right from geoSHELL with this interface. I accomplish it with the following exec file: pconf 415np pcode 83 65 55 13^ pconf 414np @p echo Commodore^ @p pconf 47np The first line instructs the pcode command to send control codes to secondary address 15, the command channel of the interface. The second line sends the same thing as PRINT#15,"SA7". This tells the banner routines to use the uppercase/lowercase character set. The third line tells geoSHELL to send any printer output to channel 14, which is the Gold interface's banner channel. Then line 4 turns on geoSHELL's printer output. Line 5 uses the echo command to send a string of characters to the interface. In this example, it is sending 'Commodore' and this is what will be printed on the banner. Then line 6 toggles the printer output back off. Line 7 finishes up by resetting my normal pconf settings. This is handy for doing any quick banner. The interface lets you choose the font you want to use also. I haven't tried all the different modes, but I know it won't work if the interface is in transparent mode. I have mine set to 'GOLD' mode. ------------ Category 6, Topic 41 Message 3 Fri Feb 04, 1994 J.PACKARD [CAPRI] at 21:08 EST How do you do a Validate from within geoshell? And also is there a way to delete more than one file at a time without creating an execute file to do this? Thanks in advance ------------ Category 6, Topic 41 Message 4 Sat Feb 05, 1994 M.RANDALL2 [Maurice] at 01:33 EST I'm currently working on a validate command and will upload it here as soon as it is finished. It will be able to validate any kind of disk, including ramdisks and native partitions. As for deleting multiple files, the easiest way is to make use of the 'insert' command followed by 'del' in a function key. Then use 'cdir' to display the files you wish to select from. Just click once on the desired file, hit the function key and then return. It's not quite the same as deleting multiple files in one fell swoop, but even if you could, you would still at one time have to select each file one at a time from a list. I've just finished a new filecopy command to replace the existing 'fcopy'. This is capable of copying multiple files. You can select files according to filetype, date of creation, or with wildcards. It will also interact with you to a certain degree. As soon as beta testing is finished, I will upload it here also. It looks good, as I've been using this copy command entirely for the last week now as well as two other people. Some other new commands include: ifont, sfont, and pwrite. 'ifont' will install a new font into your copy of geoSHELL if you are tired of looking at the existing one. 'sfont' is for programmers and will create source code for any existing GEOS font so that it may be assembled directly into a program. 'pwrite' will print a GeoWrite document using your printer's own built-in font. Oh and there is also the 'mem' command that can do what BASIC's peek and poke commands can do. One more command that I'm creating right now is called 'maxpatch'. This is a command that you would usually include in your boot startup file. This will patch the various disk drivers that are being used so that you can copy more than 144 files to a 1581 disk or RAM1581. It will also increase the maximum allowed on a native partition instead of the existing 192 that the drivers are currently limiting you to. Remember, geoSHELL does not care how big a directory is, you are only limited by the what the disk drive allows, or in this case, the disk driver. ------------ ************ Topic 42 Sun Jan 16, 1994 J.BARBER9 [dan barber] at 16:14 EST Sub: geospell help!!!! I am having problems with geospell. Can anyone help me? Thanks in advance. 6 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 6, Topic 42 Message 5 Sat Jan 29, 1994 J.BARBER9 [dan barber] at 12:50 EST Thanks for the info. I am useing a 1581, a 1541, and a 1750 ram. But I think I fixed the problem. I read a geohelp colum in RUN and it mentioned that haveing somthing in the header might cause problems. And come to find out I had a number PAGE comand in it! So I think that this was my problem. Although I am not certain. One more thing, has anyone else had problems spell checking a document longer than 9 pages? I can advoid the problem (before dleating the header) by just spell checking 1-9. And then just page 10 by itself. Thanks again for all the info. Dan ------------ Category 6, Topic 42 Message 6 Tue Feb 01, 1994 R.ROBBINS7 [GOBUSTER] at 04:50 EST Son-of-a-Gun, I forgot all about that problem. :Z P.S. that same progblem will happen if you put DATE in the footer or header I never had the 9 page spell checking problem, but I did find that if I use "replace ALL" too many times it will do strange things and take ten years to finish up checking a document. BTW are you using the 64 or 128 version of geoSpell? the 64 version islower than the 128 version, and has some weird bugs the 128 version doesn't have. ------------ ************ Topic 50 Wed Nov 03, 1993 GEOS-TIM at 01:43 EST Sub: CHATROOM GUESTS ON TUESDAY NIGHTS Dates and times of "Guest speakers" in GEOS DEN. These will be informal chat formats with formal "speaking" threads throughout the visit. This will be on Tuesday nights in GEOS-TIM's (that's me) RTC. SEE YOU THERE! 29 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 6, Topic 50 Message 23 Tue Feb 01, 1994 H.HERMAN1 at 07:15 EST Tim! oh Tim!!! uh. um.... file number 14879????? :/ Howie ------------ Category 6, Topic 50 Message 25 Thu Feb 03, 1994 GEOS-TIM at 23:39 EST I have confirmation that Nick Rossi will be a guest in my RTC on February 15th. at 10 pm. EST. He will be talking about his new 9.5 version of Novaterm. So mark the 15th on your calendar, and I'll be seeing you there. :) -Tim ------------ Category 6, Topic 50 Message 27 Fri Feb 04, 1994 H.HERMAN1 at 01:18 EST gee Tim.... Now you want me to do a search for file number 138799? LOL!!! Howie ------------ Category 6, Topic 50 Message 29 Sat Feb 05, 1994 GEOS-TIM at 21:47 EST ========================================= CONFERENCE TRANSCRIPTS (take three ) ========================================= I am writing this announcement for the third time, and hopefully I will get it right this time.LOL If you missed the three conferences that were held in my RTC the last few months, Do Not Despair!!! They have been uploaded in the form of lightly edited transcripts. They are as follows: Guest Inof file# Maurice Programmer of geoShell Randall Invoice writerII, geoMorph, etc. #13879 Tom Editor of Compute's Netsel Gazette. #13909 Jim Author of geoWizard Collette Font Editor,Minidesk Laser applications,etc. #14163 Tony Author of Color64 bbs Tolle to be uploaded in the near future. ------------ ************ Topic 2 Thu Mar 07, 1991 WHOLE.NOTE [Bruce] (Forwarded) Sub: What is SID Music? This topic contains information about SID music files, the most common music files for the 64 and 128, how to order the program to make them, and how to order the SID Symphony cartridge allowing 6 voice stereo. 8 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 7, Topic 2 Message 7 Mon Jan 31, 1994 LLOYD at 03:24 EST Somewhere, I have some programs, dloaded from Q- which will print the notes, but not on a music score. I know that I have it for the C128. I think that I have it for the C64. I'll upload if I find it. ------------ Category 7, Topic 2 Message 8 Wed Feb 02, 1994 LLOYD at 02:31 EST Change that. I think that it cam with the SID cartridge so you'll have to talk to JBee. Lloyd ------------ ************ Topic 3 Thu Mar 07, 1991 WHOLE.NOTE [Bruce] (Forwarded) Sub: BRAVO!!!! Comments on Music Files This topis is provided as a place to tell other folks the filenames of the files you really enjoyed! A place to let the music artists know that their countless hours of arranging and programming are appreciated! 13 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 7, Topic 3 Message 13 Mon Jan 31, 1994 LLOYD at 03:25 EST Grandma/Reindeer is a classic! ------------ ************ Topic 17 Mon Jan 18, 1993 R.PATERNOST2 [Ray] at 22:01 EST Sub: Viewers for Geos Info on displaying graphics screens from other software packages under Geos. 3 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 7, Topic 17 Message 3 Mon Jan 31, 1994 LLOYD at 03:31 EST Graphic Storm was from Joe. ScrapIt will also convert Koala's to GeoPaint. ------------ ************ Topic 20 Mon Mar 22, 1993 T.RUTTER2 [Troy Rutter] at 00:10 EST Sub: SID Artists Check In This topic is for all the SID artists using Craig Chamberlain's COMPUTE! editor to announce themselves and chat about what files they are working on. Drift welcome. >;D 21 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 7, Topic 20 Message 18 Mon Jan 31, 1994 LLOYD at 03:37 EST I also agree! But, when you've been a member as long as I have been, well, I had my choice. (I joined GEnie 4 months after she started.) Lloyd ------------ Category 7, Topic 20 Message 19 Tue Feb 01, 1994 F.OGLE [Color BBS] at 01:07 EST Shucks, that's what I call loyalty :) ------------ Category 7, Topic 20 Message 20 Wed Feb 02, 1994 LLOYD at 02:03 EST You should see my grey hair.... ------------ Category 7, Topic 20 Message 21 Wed Feb 02, 1994 H.HERMAN1 at 07:00 EST Hey Lloyd? You got hair? :) Howie ------------ ************ Topic 23 Mon Jul 26, 1993 S.CRAIK [Steve] at 03:05 EDT Sub: looking 4 amiga iff pic 2 basic 8 conv I'm looking "ACBMB8" by Loren Lovhaug. I'd noticed in GEOWORLD iss. #23 an article by Paul A. Hughes "Inter-Computer Graphics Interchange" I searched for it here.. but, couldn't find. Article mentions Q-link 5 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 7, Topic 23 Message 1 Mon Jan 31, 1994 LLOYD at 03:40 EST I should have that program. I'll upload it when I find it. ------------ Category 7, Topic 23 Message 2 Mon Jan 31, 1994 L.SCHONDER [Lou] at 04:59 EST That sounds interesting! ------------ Category 7, Topic 23 Message 3 Mon Jan 31, 1994 C128.JBEE at 12:12 EST I believe it was removed from Qlink, GEnie, and CIS when I took over TC-128/64 because it was a TC-128/64 program and was not properly credited to the magazine in the program REMs. ------------ Category 7, Topic 23 Message 4 Wed Feb 02, 1994 LLOYD at 02:08 EST Ooops.... I re-up'd it the other night. JBee, you may want to grab it. Lloyd ------------ Category 7, Topic 23 Message 5 Wed Feb 02, 1994 C128.JBEE at 15:08 EST BTW, the file is live in Lib#29. ------------ ************ Topic 39 Thu Dec 23, 1993 D.BOBER [RENTaLASER] at 01:41 EST Sub: VDC interlace mode 20 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 7, Topic 39 Message 20 Wed Feb 02, 1994 C128.JBEE at 06:25 EST > D.BOBER [RENTaLASER] > Any other Ideas? :/ No, I am all out of them :P All I can say at this point is to contact the author "r.kane" and see if he can whip up some sort of fix. ------------ ************ Topic 40 Sun Jan 09, 1994 C.YOUNG36 [Charlie] at 14:33 EST Sub: legal problems with SIDS on GEnie All SIDs that might be copyrighted have been deleted from GEnie. Let's talk about it. 14 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 7, Topic 40 Message 10 Sun Jan 30, 1994 C.YOUNG36 [Charlie] at 22:20 EST I too would like to know who is suing CS. I figured out that, yes, I was dreaming. There is no longer any catagory where I can upload my original (uncopyrighted) work. The only SID catagories left are for classical SIDs which could not possibly be copyrighted. The more I think about this, the madder I get. GEnie seems to have tucked tail and run on this issue -- they can dish out legal grief, but they can't take it. GEnie threatens those who would dare upload their own stuff to any other system. That could be misinterpretted, so here is an example. Let's say I write a nifty program and upload it to GEnie. GEnie prohibits me from also uploading it to any other system. I may not like it, but that is the policy. That is also why some stuff does not get uploaded to GEnie. If GEnie can be so tough about that, why is GEnie so quick to wipe out all recent SIDs just because there is a slight possibility of some trouble to them? GEnie is a big company with the resources to go to court to protect themselves. Instead they just delete all threatened files. Why hasn't GEnie deleted all the MIDI files? Could it be that they value MIDI people more than SID people? Is this discrimination? Will GEnie delete all GIFs if someone sues regarding a copyrighted picture being available on a BBS? Where will it end? Will all software files be deleted one day because a file similar to a copyrighted program was on the system and someone filed a law suit? Am I the only one disappointed in GEnie for throwing out our SIDs? Charlie ------------ Category 7, Topic 40 Message 11 Mon Jan 31, 1994 H.HERMAN1 at 03:35 EST Charlie, Are you sure that CIS is being sued? I have heard nothing about this. Last time I looked, a few days ago, there were still lots of SID files there. Howie ------------ Category 7, Topic 40 Message 12 Mon Jan 31, 1994 LLOYD at 04:05 EST JBee I agree with Howie. CIS has all kinds of SID files. None have been deleted. Most of the SIDs are songs which are older then 1978 or 1979. This is the year that the copyright law was change from 15 or 17 years to the author's lifetime plus 50 years. So, the copyright should have run out on anything copyrighted before 1976. Same with art and photos. Also, today you can collectivily copyright a whole series of things. Back then, each item had to have a seperate copyright. The laws were tougher on the artist then. But, we got them the way we like them now. But, there shouldn't be any problems with something written prior to 1976. They're still writing the laws on altering artwork with a computer. But, it used to be that you could re-create artwork with artistic license, making obvious changes, and call it original. Most people who write SIDs do this. (Humm... I'm getting longwinded again.) Later Lloyd ------------ Category 7, Topic 40 Message 13 Mon Jan 31, 1994 L.SCHONDER [Lou] at 05:03 EST SID chips can make some beautiful sounds, but can the sounds REALLY be considered THAT close to the original? Hmmmmm... ------------ Category 7, Topic 40 Message 14 Mon Jan 31, 1994 CBM-ED [e.g.bell] at 06:53 EST Charlie: I can't address the issue with the SIDS, but I have never heard it said that GEnie does not allow you to upload a file you have uploaded here to another system. Logic would argue against them trying that for the very reason the problem with the SIDS has come up... copyright. For GEnie to recognize this in terms of the SIDS, they would likewise have to recognize it in terms of anything you would write and upload here... namely that you have the copyright.... the right to do with it as you please. As for being mad, I am not a SID person, but I would not be upset with GEnie over this. Why not get mad at the lawyers who have decided to enforce the laws as they exist... or the artists who did the original song for being nit-picky enough to press the issue regarding the songs made into SID format. This is a CRAZY world, and it seems even moreso in the law courts. THAT makes me mad, but push comes to shove, I would cover my fanny as fast as anyone else, and the bigger corporations also have more to lose.... bigger plums for people inclined toward litigation. I get very frustrated the way the courts are deciding things these days, but the message is not lost on me, and I'm not even one of GEnie's legal department. I understand your frustration, but I understand GEnie's position too. I suspect you are going to see the pool of SID's dry up on legitimate local BBS's too eventually. ------------ ************ Topic 3 Fri Oct 26, 1990 D.RAY1 at 01:41 EDT Sub: Aprotek Minimodem C24 Enter your experiences with this Commodore compatible 2400 baud modem here. 52 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 8, Topic 3 Message 51 Sat Feb 05, 1994 S.MERZON [Steve] at 18:52 EST i have just purchased a mim minimodem c24 and I can't get it to work in 2400 bu\ aud mode. When I try to connect to Genie using wizard128, desterm2.00 or proterm128v16.1, I get a connect 2400 mee ssage, but instead of the U# promo pt, i I get "ff" instead of ! I was able to connect at 1200 baud only through Desterm. Neither WNi ia zard o nore Proterm would connect at get allow me to get past the connect message. My 1670 modem works fine with all three programs Could the modem be defective or am I doing something wrong? Any suggestions? Stef ve e *e ------------ Category 8, Topic 3 Message 52 Sat Feb 05, 1994 CBM-ED [e.g.bell] at 19:49 EST It sounds like the modem is connecting but you are not telling GEnie you are online fast enough, or at all. When you get the 'CONNECT 2400' message, type 'hhhhh'. You don't have to press RETURN. I thought Wizard did that automatically. I know I uploaded a DesTerm script for GEnie tho. But the f'f is definitely a sign that GEnie is not getting the 'hhhhh' soon enough, and by that time, all you can do is hang up and try again. If you are getting the CONNECT message, there is probably nothing at all wrong with your modem. When I first saw your message, I thought perhaps you had the carrier test set wrong. It is opposite on the minimodem, but if that had been the case, you would probably have see a message telling you you were already online. (Wizard does tell you that, right Mark? :) If Wizard does not tell you that, then that could also be the problem. O, and does Wizard send the &c1 command to tell the modem to follow the carrier instead of being 'on' all the time??? ------------ ************ Topic 23 Thu Feb 11, 1993 CBM-MARK at 01:55 EST Sub: RTC Master -> Looking for help! A place to ask for help with RTC Master. 127 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 8, Topic 23 Message 120 Thu Jan 27, 1994 C128.JBEE at 03:43 EST V2.02 is being re-released as shareware, which once registered gets you V2.04 the commercial version. Please note that V2.02 will be fully functional, V2.04 just has more goodies like an editor etc. I expect both will be ready for prime time before the end of Feb. ------------ Category 8, Topic 23 Message 121 Sun Jan 30, 1994 R.KIRK7 [Dick] at 18:35 EST Ok E.G. Bell I uploaded my RTCM script for your review. It is file 14230 and titled scrp.rkirk.7 thanks for the trouble. Any help will be appreciated. ------------ Category 8, Topic 23 Message 122 Sun Jan 30, 1994 CBM-ED [e.g.bell] at 20:43 EST Richard: I assume you read my email to you so I won't go into that subject here. I got your script and changed it for me, then tried it out. I got all the way through, but there are no marked cats for me in any of the BB's you attend so obviously I didn't see any mail. However I kind of suspect the trouble may be in slow response time from GEnie. Sometimes I call around 11 or 11:20 at night and end up forcing my modem to hang up because it gets so slow. You will know this is the problem if you get timeout messages from the script. If that is not the problem, can you describe what happens when the script stops working. From what I can see, your script is not only nicely thought out, there are no problems I can see, and indeed, it covers more situations than most of the ones I use. :) I don't have any scripts that cover that many RT's, but as I said, using yours, I got through every one of them, altho w/o any mail. I haven't looked very close at the actual script text... do you have a 'save' command in there, or do you just go back and read them after the script is finished. I will probably go into a couple of those BB's and mark some things when I get time to see if I can make the script stop, but let me know just how the stops are occurring.... Thanks, and the script you have is very well done! ------------ Category 8, Topic 23 Message 123 Wed Feb 02, 1994 R.KIRK7 [Dick] at 22:17 EST CBM-ED The script messes up by sending me a SCRIPT TERMINATED SUCCESSFULLY + f]B! wU+ M9 m ; _ )$ o?* Y y { message or something similiar in the middle of capturing messages. the problem appears to be in not having anough time allocated to wait for the next prompt. Changing the time at the end of the script doesn't seem to make any difference. Take a look at that and tell me how long it should stay on a BB before going to the next one. Thanks for the trouble. Looks like a little noise crept in in line 4. If I knew how to change it I would. Sorry about that. ------------ Category 8, Topic 23 Message 124 Wed Feb 02, 1994 CBM-ED [e.g.bell] at 23:27 EST Dick: RK> messes up by sending me a SCRIPT TERMINATED SUCCESSFULLY RK> message or something It really sounds to me, from this, like the script is finishing what it is told to do. I thought it was terminating unsuccessfully. I'll have to take a closer look at your script, but as I said already, it got me through all of the RT's and back to page 1, as it should have from what I saw of it. RK> in not having anough time allocated to wait for the next RK> prompt. Changing the time at the end of the script doesn't RK> seem to make any difference I don't think that is the problem. If it were, you would get a message that the script timed out, and you would be asked to make an entry at the keyboard to resume. I see you are set up for 80 seconds, which is 20 seconds more than I use in any of mine. If you are getting all the way to the successful message w/o seeing a timeout message or being asked to press a key, timing is not a problem. As for how long you should stay in a BB, the time setting only comes into play for periods of 'silence' from the modem. As long as it gets info it won't time out ever. It will stay in a BB until it gets the expect string you have set that tells it it is finished. In your case, the prompt is '1 ?' as I saw it. My problem testing this is getting marked messages in all of those categories. w/o messages, your script sailed me through all of them. Does this happen on the same BB every time? Does it happen on the last one every time? Are there messages in the buffer that contain the expect string. That gets me sometimes too... someone quotes exactly the expect string I am looking for and it fools the script. The only way to beat that is to change to Wizard's settings, tho Mark is the one who can tell you more about that IF that is what is happening. I doubt it would be happening every time tho. ------------ Category 8, Topic 23 Message 125 Thu Feb 03, 1994 CBM-MARK at 09:21 EST > contain the expect string. That gets me sometimes too... > someone quotes exactly the expect string I am looking for and > it fools the script. The The chr$(31) prompt I have GEnie send me works great for preventing this from happening. The prompt character can be changed by going to page 900 (SETTINGS). In RTCM I run the DEFAULTS overlay and at the "Kill the Wizard" default setting I use a value of 169 which has RTCM display 'smiley' for a prompt instead of the question mark. ------------ Category 8, Topic 23 Message 126 Fri Feb 04, 1994 CBM-ED [e.g.bell] at 09:17 EST Dick: MD> In RTCM I run the DEFAULTS overlay and at the "Kill the MD> Wizard" default setting I use a value of 169 which has RTCM MD> display 'smiley' for a prompt instead of the question mark Mark's method *is* foolproof as far as the problem I mentioned in my previous post. However, what Mark did not say was that if you do this, you must also make sure your script expects chr$(31) in the proper position instead of the question mark or whatever you use. Just making the change at page 900 is not going to work unless your script is set up for that. (Correct me if I'm wrong on that Mark. :) ------------ Category 8, Topic 23 Message 127 Sat Feb 05, 1994 CBM-MARK at 13:50 EST EB> (Correct me if I'm wrong on that Mark. :) You're absolutely right Ed! You caught me ;) I did forget to mention the change that need be made to a script and the expected prompt character. ------------ ************ Topic 40 Wed Jan 26, 1994 T.FARRELL5 [12Paws] at 21:19 EST Sub: Omnitronix and Bocamodem 2400e 7 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 8, Topic 40 Message 3 Thu Jan 27, 1994 C128.JBEE at 03:45 EST That interface has several settings does it not? I think that maybe the lines are inverted. I think it has a three position switch? RS232, inverted rs232, and serial printer port, or something like that? ------------ Category 8, Topic 40 Message 4 Thu Jan 27, 1994 T.FARRELL5 [12Paws] at 19:05 EST I have tried several term progams with the interface. The one I use most is CCGMS. I thought that no matter what term I used, if I am in terminal mode I could address the modem with "AT" commands, which I cannot. Also, yes JBEE it has a two posi- tion switch, "printer" and "modem". I tried both positions. ------------ Category 8, Topic 40 Message 5 Fri Jan 28, 1994 CBM-ED [e.g.bell] at 08:30 EST Did anyone suggest using upper case letters. I don't think it should matter but it seems to me I have heard cases of that. Also, did you change the baud rate and modem setting, seeing as how you upgraded from a 1670. (Didn't you? :) This might cause the problem of the modem not recognizing the AT commands even from term mode. ------------ Category 8, Topic 40 Message 6 Wed Feb 02, 1994 C128.JBEE at 06:22 EST > T.FARRELL5 [12Paws] > has a two posi- tion switch, "printer" and "modem". I tried both positions. What are the modem dip switches for and what are they set to? In thinking this over and looking through my own modem manual, I see my modem dip switches can be set to ignore terminal commands. I wonder if one of the dip switches on your modem is set incorrectly. ------------ Category 8, Topic 40 Message 7 Thu Feb 03, 1994 T.FARRELL5 [12Paws] at 19:02 EST There are NO DIP SWITCHES on or inside this modem,JBEE. I think I have a bad interface, as a co-worker tested the modem at home on his IBM and it worked fine. Thanks for trying to help. ------------ ************ Topic 41 Thu Jan 27, 1994 S.ADAMS17 at 21:43 EST Sub: Dilogue128-Internet-off line Can I prepare off line message load buffer and send over Internet I am using Dialog 128, I can send OK if type message on line So my address is OK. Thanks for any help. Sam 2 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 8, Topic 41 Message 1 Thu Jan 27, 1994 S.ADAMS17 at 21:49 EST Can I send to Internet from buffer prepared off line I am using Dialogue 128, I can send OK if I type message on line so I am using the correct address. Thanks for any help. Sam ------------ Category 8, Topic 41 Message 2 Fri Jan 28, 1994 C128.JBEE at 09:30 EST As long as the address is not too long, you can use regular e-mail command mode (see Cat 1 Topic 15). If the address is over 35 (?) characters I believe you will have to use the mail item on the INTERNET page. I use TBATCH all the time with Dialogue 128, just fix all your mail offline, enter the tbatch command and type C=T ------------ ************ Topic 2 Mon Oct 18, 1993 H.HERMAN1 at 01:53 EDT Sub: A fan for a C-128D You too can have a fan in your C-128D that is exactly the same as the fan which our very own YLR.ROSE has in hers. I have one extra. Also one other 12 VDC fan that is the same height and width, but too fat to fit. 20 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 10, Topic 2 Message 17 Fri Jan 28, 1994 B.EVANS3 [Iceman] at 21:44 EST I would be interested in on of these fans. D.PFAFF, please E-mail me with all the info(how much, where to get it, ect.) Thanks! The Iceman ------------ Category 10, Topic 2 Message 18 Thu Feb 03, 1994 D.PFAFF [Beowulf] at 23:05 EST The fans are about $6.95, and simply bolt into place in the C-128D's built-in fan mount. Then it's simply a matter of wiring into the 12 Volt side of the computer's power supply. Make sure you exhaust the air out of the back of the computer, and place some furnace filter material behind the C-128D's bottom front grille. Failure to do this will result in a lot of dust collecting inside the computer. You could reverse the flow of air by mounting the fan backwards, but you want to draw cool air across the disk drive and power supply... I'll grab the model number and address for the fans here in Sacramento and put them here... ------------ Category 10, Topic 2 Message 19 Fri Feb 04, 1994 H.HERMAN1 at 01:18 EST Folks! Please don't forget that I still have one fat fan that is looking for a nice home. It's too fat for the 128, but may be useful somewhere else. Howie ------------ Category 10, Topic 2 Message 20 Sat Feb 05, 1994 B.EVANS3 [Iceman] at 20:21 EST D.PFAFF, I'll be looking for the info on the fans, I'll need 2 of them as I have 2 128D'S. Thanks for your help, ICEMAN ------------ ************ Topic 5 Fri Feb 04, 1994 E.TOLBERT at 09:12 EST Sub: Commodore Equipment Cheap! See first message. 1 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 10, Topic 5 Message 1 Fri Feb 04, 1994 E.TOLBERT at 09:13 EST I have the following items for sale all of which is in excellent condition. All prices includes shipping and COD. Qty Name Price 1 Accelarator Plus Drive with JiffyDOS 5.0 $60 1 1902A 40/80 col monitor $115 1 Aprotek 2400 Baud Modem $30 with modem extender 1 C128D w/JiffyDOS 6.0 $240 drive 8/9/10/11 switches 1 Super Expander 64 $15 1 1750 Ram Expansion Unit $75 2 Super Pascal 64 $15 each 1 Epyx Programmers BASIC $15 Toolkit 2 Mach 128 Cartridge $25ea 1 PPI(Parallel Printer Interface) $25 Books for sale: Digital Research CP/M Plus Prog User Gde $15 Inside The Commodore 64 by John French # 1541 Users Guide # Programming The 6502 # Compute's First Book of Commodore 64 Sound and Graphics # Commodore 64 & 128 Simons' Basic # Commodore 64 MicroComputer User manual # Sprites and Sound on the C64 # #Make offer on one are all. ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& This equipment belongs to Don Messer. Email if and I will contact him for you. &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& C64 $45 Commodore 1702 monitor $75 1541C drive $60 C128 $85 300 Baud Modem $12 Epyx Fast Load $25 Super Graphics Interface $25 1571 $85 Magnavox Green Screen $40 ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& This Equipment belongs to Bob Goldstein email me, and I will contact him for you. 1 SX 64 $200 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& This equipment belongs to Bill Asbaugh 216 936 2382 Call after 2pm on Sunday or after 6pm on weekends Amdek Color monitor &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& ------------ ************ Topic 6 Wed Jan 12, 1994 G.STAGLIANO [C128Stag] at 20:39 EST Sub: Wanted broken plus 4's and accessories Hi its time to clean out your closet and get rid of that old plus four hard ware you dont want any more. I am looking for plus for for parts and will pay shipping. 1 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 10, Topic 6 Message 1 Sun Jan 30, 1994 W.OVE at 18:08 EST I have 3 plus/4 computers all are working. I would part with one, but hate to just give it away for shipping. ------------ ************ Topic 7 Fri Feb 04, 1994 J.PACKARD [CAPRI] at 21:00 EST Sub: WANTED RAMLINK Am Looking for a ramlink of at least 3 Megs would prefer Battery back-up but not nessasary. Please E-Mail If you have one to get rid of "cash or Trade" 1 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 10, Topic 7 Message 1 Sat Feb 05, 1994 C128.JBEE at 04:20 EST Leave e-mail to R.KNOP1 He has one with 4 megs and battery backup. ------------ ************ Topic 9 Fri Feb 04, 1994 J.JACKMAN3 at 22:39 EST Sub: Okidata 120 Printer for sale Okidata 120 Printers for sale. Plug-in C-64 compatible, NLQ printing. 1 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 10, Topic 9 Message 1 Fri Feb 04, 1994 J.JACKMAN3 at 22:41 EST I have two Okidata 120 printers for sale. 9-pin printing, near letter quality mode, plug-in C-64 compatible, good condition. $20 each obo. E-Mail or call (610) 926-7051 ------------ ************ Topic 10 Thu Jan 27, 1994 C.GOLAB at 12:00 EST Sub: C-128 for sale Great condition, has been in box for years while I used my Amiga. 2 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 10, Topic 10 Message 1 Thu Jan 27, 1994 C.GOLAB at 12:01 EST Great condition, has been in box for years while I used my Amiga. *s ------------ Category 10, Topic 10 Message 2 Sat Jan 29, 1994 R.PATERNOST2 [Ray] at 02:57 EST Any peripherals you are selling with it (like a 1571 & maybe an RGB monitor)? ------------ ************ Topic 12 Thu Jan 13, 1994 F.OGLE [Color BBS] at 17:39 EST Sub: Looking for a Print head ... I am looking for a print head for a Star Micronics NX-1000 9 pin printer. Any help and/or advice is appreciated. 3 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 10, Topic 12 Message 3 Thu Jan 27, 1994 M.BARNETT4 [BUBBA] at 19:02 EST I have a Swiftlink (the standard one) that I don't use anymore. If you make me a reasonable offer, you can have it and the term software that came with it. It is 3 years old, has been sitting for 2 years, and cost me $50 new with cable. I don't monitor this BBS regularly so send me Email. Thanks Bubba ------------ ************ Topic 13 Sat Jan 29, 1994 MIKE2 at 01:38 EST Sub: For Sale: Complete 128D System 128D system for sale, complete with ALL manuals, disks, software, and peripherals. 6 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 10, Topic 13 Message 1 Sat Jan 29, 1994 MIKE2 at 02:05 EST I'm selling my complete 128D system, in whole or in parts. It's well taken care of and in excellent condition, both working wise and in appearence. I have: 128D unit with cooling fan. 1084S sterio hi-res color monitor. 1581 external drive. 1571 external drive. 1750 REU boosted to 1meg. Works great! Passes all RAM tests. I configure it as a 1581 RAM-drive and use it with GEOS. Real fast! Okidata Microline 182 printer, upgraded to emulate an IBM Graphics printer. It prints great graphics (like GEOS stuff). I still have the original ROM, plus the manuals for both the new ROM and the old one. Omnitronics Serial Interface adaptor (interface for printers or other standard RS232 devices). Omnitronics Deluxe RS232 Interface adaptor (another interface for printers and stuff). Peak Modem Interface adaptor (user port to RS232 modem port. allows Hayes compatible modem usage) Joystick Plus I have ALL the manuals to ALL the above stuff as well as all the original disks that come with Commodore stuff. I also have a 128D Programer's Reference manual and the 128D complete maintaince manual. Lots of soft ware, like Timeworks 128 Word Writer, GEOS 2.0 with lots of clip art and over 100 fonts. (I have an excellent GEOS setup, including the official 1581 and 1581 RAM-disk desktop upgrade. I also have GEOS booting up from my 1581 disk. Real fast.) I also have several telecommunications programs including Desterm and Bob's Proterm. I have a spread sheet program and a dbase program. And I have lots of Commodore and disk/file utilities. And, of course, I have a fairly large and varied assortment of games. (Email me for details). Everything I've posted here is in great working condition and in great physical appearence (ie: not beat up or dirty). I'm asking about $400 for it all, but will consider best offer. I just need to sell it. I will also sell it in parts. Email me for details or if you have any questions. ------------ Category 10, Topic 13 Message 2 Sat Jan 29, 1994 R.PATERNOST2 [Ray] at 03:01 EST THE ENTIRE SYSTEM IS SOLD FOR YOUR ASKING PRICE!!!!!! Details in e-mail.... ------------ Category 10, Topic 13 Message 3 Sat Jan 29, 1994 C128.JBEE at 03:23 EST When I saw the price I knew this system would sell fast: Posted 2:05 Sold 3:01 56 minutes :D ------------ Category 10, Topic 13 Message 4 Sun Jan 30, 1994 AMFORD at 10:19 EST Is Ray's script to call Genie hourly and note if there are any For Sale messages really ethical? :) ------------ Category 10, Topic 13 Message 5 Sun Jan 30, 1994 R.PATERNOST2 [Ray] at 17:23 EST Hehehehe.... Well, I'm using Wizard 128, and as far as I know, it doesn't have any scripting capabilities.... :) Actually, I just rather lucked out at the timing... ------------ Category 10, Topic 13 Message 6 Mon Jan 31, 1994 H.HERMAN1 at 03:35 EST Alan, LOL!!! Howie ------------ ************ Topic 14 Fri Feb 04, 1994 J.JACKMAN3 at 22:43 EST Sub: ComputerEyes Digitizer for sale ComputerEyes digitizer for sale. C-64, C-128, GEOS compatible. 1 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 10, Topic 14 Message 1 Fri Feb 04, 1994 J.JACKMAN3 at 22:49 EST I have a perfect condition ComputerEyes digitizer for the 64/128 for sale. Works super, but seldom used since I have videograbbing handy. Will digitize still video to a 40-column image (standard software) or a full GeoPaint page (80 columns) using special GEOS driver which I will include. Will digitize fine from a good 4-head VCR if it has a solid picture in "pause" mode. Won't from a cheapo 2-head VCR. Perfect results from regular camcorder signal. All docs and software included, plus GEOS driver. I haven't seen one of these for sale for a while, so I'm not sure what a fair used price would be. Try $40; make me an offer if you think that's too high. E-MAIL me; I don't check this BB often, or call (610)926-7051. :) ------------ ************ Topic 16 Sat Jan 29, 1994 T.CRIPE1 at 07:17 EST Sub: 128D,RAMLINK,extras for sale 128D,RAMLINK,1764 w/1.25 megs,GEOS software, plus many extras. Must sell. 1 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 10, Topic 16 Message 1 Sat Jan 29, 1994 T.CRIPE1 at 07:23 EST 128D has RAM banks 2 & 3 added, bringing total RAM to 256K. 128D also has 1581 built-in. Comes in original box with all software manuals. Includes lots of GEOS stuff, GEOS Programmers Ref and Hitchhiker's Guide. 1764 Expander has 1.25 megs. Will also include SAMS service manual and Commodore's 128 Programmer's Reference Manual. Asking $299. CALL 419-784-3478 and ask for Terry. ------------ ************ Topic 24 Sun Jan 16, 1994 R.MURPHY1 [MURPHY] at 17:43 EST Sub: HARDWARE FOR SALE! Following is a list of hardware I'm selling... 4 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 10, Topic 24 Message 3 Fri Jan 28, 1994 M.BARNETT4 [BUBBA] at 20:27 EST Hello I have a Swiftlink RS=232 just gathering dust. I bought it 3 years ago for $50 with cable, I haven't used it for about 2 years. Make me a good offer and it's yours. Bubba ------------ Category 10, Topic 24 Message 4 Sat Jan 29, 1994 J.LIASSE at 20:10 EST How's $20 for the Swiftlink? ------------ ************ Topic 33 Thu Feb 03, 1994 B.EVANS3 [Iceman] at 21:17 EST Sub: C128 and other stuff for sale! I have a c128 for sale, with power supply, manuals, in original box. asking90.00, will negotiate. This computer is in very good shape, used very little. 1 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 10, Topic 33 Message 1 Thu Feb 03, 1994 B.EVANS3 [Iceman] at 21:21 EST Please E-mail me if interested in a C128 in good condition, with manuals, and power supply, in original box. Asking $90.00, but will negotiate. Voice number; 317/289-1340. ------------ ************ Topic 35 Sat Jan 29, 1994 J.JACKMAN3 at 12:34 EST Sub: 1581 drive for sale, cheap! 1581 drive for sale - $60 J.Jackman3 or call (215)926-7051 2 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 10, Topic 35 Message 1 Sat Jan 29, 1994 J.JACKMAN3 at 12:44 EST sorry, I just noticed that there is already a topic for 1581 drives. Should not have started this category. SYSOP, please delete -- look for my message under category 46! ------------ Category 10, Topic 35 Message 2 Sat Jan 29, 1994 C128.JBEE at 18:30 EST Starting your own topic for an individual item is okay :) ------------ ************ Topic 36 Sat Jan 29, 1994 J.JACKMAN3 at 12:45 EST Sub: OKIMATE 20 Printer for sale Okimate Printer for sale 3 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 10, Topic 36 Message 1 Sat Jan 29, 1994 J.JACKMAN3 at 12:49 EST Okimate 20 printer for sale. Have moved up to Amiga 4000 with Deskjet. Okimate is in good condition, recently replaced print head. Will include several black and color ribbons; have interfaces for Commodore, IBM, and the rare Amiga interface. You can do some phenomenal printing on this unit with the right paper and with George Wells' interpolating driver for GEOS. I will include paper, several versions of George's great driver! I don't check this BB often, so e-mail me at J.Jackman3 or call (215) 926-7051. $45 obo. ------------ Category 10, Topic 36 Message 2 Fri Feb 04, 1994 J.JACKMAN3 at 22:35 EST Hi, I have another Okimate 20 for sale. This one has a c-64 interface only, and there is something wrong with the head transport. Everything else is OK, and the head was replaced not too long ago. Minor repair, or for parts. $20 obo. E_MAIL or call (610)923-7051. :) ------------ Category 10, Topic 36 Message 3 Fri Feb 04, 1994 J.JACKMAN3 at 22:38 EST Oops, wife says to sell her Okimate 10 too! Boy, we have a lot of these, but now have an A4000 with Deskjet and access to a Primera, so these aren't needed! Will include thermal paper, a black ribbon, and a color ribbon. Docs & software, too. $20 obo. E-MAIL or call (610) 923-7051. :) ------------ ************ Topic 38 Sun Jan 30, 1994 A.METTS [Allan] at 11:03 EST Sub: Commodore 64 MIDI Music System Commodore 64 Stuff with MIDI for sale cheap! Read on... 1 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 10, Topic 38 Message 1 Sun Jan 30, 1994 A.METTS [Allan] at 11:03 EST -*- Commodore 64 computer -*- C64 MIDI interface -*- Command Development TX81Z editing software -*- Dr. T's KCS MIDI Sequencer software -*- Keyfrets Software (Play your keyboard like a guitar) -*- DX/TX MIDI libararian program -*- Public Domain and shareware disks -*- 1541 disk drive -*- modem, joystick, brand new heavy duty power supply, cables (C64) Get everything above for $45 *including* C.O.D. shipping! Manuals and documentation included. Send GEMail to A.METTS ------------ ************ Topic 40 Mon Jan 31, 1994 E.TOLBERT at 09:19 EST Sub: Commodore Equipment Cheap!(updated) See first message 1 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 10, Topic 40 Message 1 Mon Jan 31, 1994 E.TOLBERT at 09:21 EST I have the following items for sale all of which is in excellent condition. All prices includes shipping and COD. Qty Name Price 2 Super Pascal 64 $15 each 1 Epyx Programmers BASIC $15 Toolkit 2 Mach 128 Cartridge $25ea 1 Cartridge expander with $25 Extender 1 Star SL10C Printer $40 with upgrade chips 1 PPI(Parallel Printer Interface) $25 1 1670 1200 baud modem $25 Books for sale: Digital Research CP/M Plus Prog User Gde $15 Inside The Commodore 64 by John French # 1541 Users Guide # Programming The 6502 # Compute's First Book of Commodore 64 Sound and Graphics # Commodore 64 & 128 Simons' Basic # Commodore 64 MicroComputer User manual # Sprites and Sound on the C64 # #Make offer on one are all. ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& This equipment belongs to Don Messer. Email if and I will contact him for you. &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& C64 $45 1541C drive $60 C128 $85 300 Baud Modem $12 Epyx Fast Load $25 Super Graphics Interface $25 1571 $85 Magnavox Green Screen $40 ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& This Equipment belongs to Bob Goldstein 1 SX 64 $200 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& ------------ ************ Topic 44 Thu Feb 03, 1994 B.EVANS3 [Iceman] at 21:23 EST Sub: 1200 baud Modems For Sale New 1200 Baud Modems For Sale 1 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 10, Topic 44 Message 1 Fri Feb 04, 1994 B.EVANS3 [Iceman] at 19:55 EST See Topic # 49 for details, Thanks!! ------------ ************ Topic 46 Sun Dec 05, 1993 J.PACKARD [CAPRI ON Q] at 00:59 EST Sub: 1581 for sale I have a 1581 that I purscased NEW on 5/12/93 for sale. Just got a HD-40 and feel no need for 2 81's any more. Looking for $100.00 , Shipping and COD if you prefer 4 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 10, Topic 46 Message 2 Sat Jan 29, 1994 J.JACKMAN3 at 12:39 EST 1581 drive for sale, cheap. Good condition, used only occasionally. Complete with manual, utilities disk. E-Mail J.Jackman3 or call (215) 926-7051. Please do not post response here, since I don't check this BB often. $60 Or Best Offer. ------------ Category 10, Topic 46 Message 3 Thu Feb 03, 1994 J.JACKMAN3 at 22:26 EST 1581 drive has been sold. Those looking - Software Support has a few new ones for sale still. ------------ Category 10, Topic 46 Message 4 Fri Feb 04, 1994 J.PACKARD [CAPRI] at 20:58 EST I Still have 1 1581 for sale or trade am looking for a ramlink or an expanded REU . Please E-Mail If Interested ------------ ************ Topic 49 Thu Feb 03, 1994 B.EVANS3 [Iceman] at 21:41 EST Sub: New Commodore 1200 Baud Modems For Sale These are brand new in the box. 2 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 10, Topic 49 Message 1 Thu Feb 03, 1994 B.EVANS3 [Iceman] at 21:45 EST New Commodore 1200 baud modems for sale; at EMS Computer Services, 4355 Kinney Road, Ludington, MI 49431- Order phone #616-845-1540. ------------ Category 10, Topic 49 Message 2 Thu Feb 03, 1994 B.EVANS3 [Iceman] at 21:53 EST These are going for $14.95 + $4.50, C.O.D. is $5.00 extra. ------------ ************ Topic 2 Fri Dec 24, 1993 C128.JBEE (Forwarded) Sub: TWIN CITIES 128/64 TWIN CITIES 128/64 - The Commodore Specific Computer Journal. Providing original articles and news since 1986. 3 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 11, Topic 2 Message 2 Sun Jan 30, 1994 R.KIRK7 [Dick] at 18:38 EST Is the next issue about ready? My laast one was issue #34, Aug 93. ------------ Category 11, Topic 2 Message 3 Sun Jan 30, 1994 C128.JBEE at 19:00 EST yes ------------ ************ Topic 2 Thu Oct 24, 1991 C128.JBEE [* Sysop *] at 04:36 EDT Sub: Ram Link This topic is for comments, suggestions, and news about CMD's Ramlink. 265 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 12, Topic 2 Message 253 Sun Jan 30, 1994 M.KIRBY2 at 17:23 EST Help!! This is an urgent plea to anyone with a C128 and RAMLink. I Was recently downloading some files from a BBS and when I finished a HUGE chunk of files was missing from my RAMLink. The first eight files were still there along with the last file I DLed but every thing in between (and there was a lot in between) is gone. None of the files in the other partition were affected. I know I didn't accidently format it because some of the original files are still there. I have a program to retrieve scratched files but don't know if it will work on RAMLink. I'm using a C128, a RAMLink with a one meg card, an REU expanded to 2 megs, and was using Dialogue 128. I've had this setup for a while and never had a problem like this before. ------------ Category 12, Topic 2 Message 254 Sun Jan 30, 1994 C128.JBEE at 19:06 EST Sometimes Dialogue messes up your disk (nukes the partition table?) like it NEWed the whole partition IF one of the files contains a "/" slash in the file name. Also, there was a file called U-96 (the battleship game) that kept nuking my native mode partition, so I renamed it before it went live (of course). All I could think was Dialogue 128 was making the "u-96" into a command channel command. Never could track the exact problem down. Also, when downloading files, Dialogue 128 will cut the file off before the "/" in a filename. So we try to make sure the C= RT files do not have any "/" slashes in them. ------------ Category 12, Topic 2 Message 255 Mon Jan 31, 1994 L.SCHONDER [Lou] at 05:11 EST Nuked ramLink partitions!!!! Just the thought of it is terrifing!!!! I'll be careful of "slasher" files!!! ------------ Category 12, Topic 2 Message 256 Mon Jan 31, 1994 M.KIRBY2 at 09:06 EST Well, I've never had this problem before and like I saide some of the old files were still there. And I don't have any fils with a "/"in them. Whatever caused it I'm more interested in what could be done about it. Is there a program to unscratch RAMLink files? I don't think I can use the one on my commodore DOS Shell disk because the BAM is different. ------------ Category 12, Topic 2 Message 257 Mon Jan 31, 1994 CMD-DOUG at 22:21 EST No. File Name Type Address YYMMDD Bytes Access Lib ----- - ----------------------- - ------------ ------ ------- ------ --- 11585 UNSCRATCH.SFX X CMD-DOUG 930307 5376 36 8 Desc: File Unscratch for CMD & CBM drives Also highly recommended: CMD UTILITIES from CMD. FCOPY+ on this disk contains an UNSCRATCH function, as well as an UNNEW function. Lot's of other goodies for CMD device owners as well. ------------ Category 12, Topic 2 Message 258 Mon Jan 31, 1994 M.KIRBY2 at 22:36 EST Thanks. I'll try it. ------------ Category 12, Topic 2 Message 259 Mon Jan 31, 1994 M.KIRBY2 at 22:43 EST Can't get the file it's a private library. Who do I have to Email for acces? ------------ Category 12, Topic 2 Message 260 Tue Feb 01, 1994 C128.JBEE at 00:23 EST e-mail CMD-DOUG with your name, address, model, and serial numbers. ------------ Category 12, Topic 2 Message 261 Tue Feb 01, 1994 F.OGLE [Color BBS] at 01:09 EST FCOPY+ is the single copy utility that I use the most. This handy utility does everything but take out the trash. BTW is that feature being worked on? ;) ------------ Category 12, Topic 2 Message 262 Tue Feb 01, 1994 CMD-DOUG at 19:27 EST No. We have to leave something for future upgrades... :) ------------ Category 12, Topic 2 Message 263 Thu Feb 03, 1994 E.WHITAKER2 [Scormus] at 04:05 EST Well, boy do I feel stupid.... I've been noticing a bit of a problem with my ramalink lately. I'm not yet certain if it's software or hardware related, but occasionally, the reset button has been intermittently failing to function. My first thought , of course, was... HARDWARE. Something's not fully plugged in. I have a SuperSnapshot V5 cartridge, a 1750 clone from SSI, and of course the main ramcard and rtc plug into the motherboard as well. Please, when you read the next few lines, DON'T PITY ME. It was my own fault. Anyway, I made the [stupid] decision to unplug the SS5 and then plug it back in. No big deal but it led me down the path. The next time the reset failed, I popped out the 1750 clone and then stared in horror at the former 384K geos ramdrive full of information in my hand. Well, after I recovered from my shock, I turned off the ramlink, plugged in my now barren REU (praying the whole time to the gods of CMD that the rest of my data was still ok & I was not about to ruin my entire Ramlink hardware wise). Now for the big test. AAARRRRGGGGHHHHH. turning on the system, the familiar 3 second wait, and I have two partitions. One, the size of my empty clone, and the other, the size of all my expansion ram, and two or three weeks worth of tinkering and puttering with my new laser was gone. I had been writing a printer driver for SuperScript and the Epson Action Laser 1500. Well, fine. I, of course, had a backup of my ramlink on HD, minus the stuff I had been working on. Additionally, I have a paper printout of my partitions, sizes, etc. made with the program uploaded by me (scormus) in the libraries. Additionally, of course, I have a 16 block copy of my System partition stashed on the HD. Now what?. I didn't feel like a 29 minute wait to do a restore, and I really had nothing to lose, So i decided to experiment. I copied the 16 block system file into memory, & then sent it to the ramlink. Nothin happened. D***, I thought. Then I remembered seeing somewhere that the ramlink reads certain data on powerup and doesn't reread it. Turning off the power, and then turning it on. VOILA. Back in business. I am AMAZED at the quality of the Hardware that is produced at CMD. I know that plugging things in and unplugging them is a Major risk, but I simply cannot say enough good things about this device and it's performance for me so far. Anyway, my next step was to round up the laser printer horses that had escaped through the proverbial barn door. Then, I had to write on the blackboard 100 times... I will not write any programs,data files, or text files without saving them to at least two different forms of data storage. Thanks, CMD, for a fantastic piece of equipment. By the way, I apologize for making this whole thing one sentence. Also, any Idea why the reset button might be giving me trouble? The moral of the story? All's well that ends without hardware damage. Scormus aka Eeek ------------ Category 12, Topic 2 Message 264 Thu Feb 03, 1994 H.HERMAN1 at 05:08 EST Scormus, >... No big deal but it led me down the path. The next time the reset >failed, I popped out the 1750 clone and then stared in horror at the >former 384K geos ramdrive full of information in my hand. I wonder... Is this the way it happened.... with Mrs. Bobbitt? :) <> Actually you are a lot luckier. Imagine just replugging the REU clone back into RAMLink, and you found all the RL's ram intact. I never would have believed such a thing possible! Thinking about it, I do not think that I would ever think to do something like that. I mean all that plugging and unplugging while RL is still powered. That is the first "thou shalt not" commandment we all learned at the very beginning. But then I usually follow the rules, instructions, and everything else... I have never had a reason to make a copy of RL's sys setup. However, after reading your experiences, I will be runnning that just as soon as I signoff from here. You wrote the RL Root printer? Outstanding utility. Thanks!! Howie ------------ Category 12, Topic 2 Message 265 Fri Feb 04, 1994 CMD-DOUG at 23:43 EST RE: Reset button... can you 'feel' it click when this happens? If not, the switch may be sticking, and if it is it may have other problems internally, or may have a bad solder joint. There are also some components in that circuit, but generally they're the type that would either be good or bad, not occassionally one or the other. The switch can be replaced pretty cheaply - I'll check on a price. ------------ ************ Topic 4 Thu Oct 24, 1991 C128.JBEE [* Sysop *] at 04:48 EDT Sub: HD Series Hard Drives A place to post questions, answers, comments, and suggestions for the CMD HD series of Hard Drives for the C64 and C128. 197 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 12, Topic 4 Message 193 Thu Jan 27, 1994 R.SMITH32 at 10:56 EST Hi, I've sucessfully transfered my Geos stuff to the Hd100, no problem. However, I've noticed that even though the set time works upon bootup, when I switched to another partition and quit from there, the time was several hours off. The date was still OK, though. Also, I've noticed that the Kbytes free are alot higher than what would normally be on a 1581 even though I'm using 1581 partitions. Can someone please explain? Thanks ------------ Category 12, Topic 4 Message 194 Fri Jan 28, 1994 CMD-DOUG at 07:59 EST The time clock is only set at boot-up by the autoexec file - from that point on, it's up to your computer to keep time correctly. Specifically, How many Kbytes free? The initial size should be around 790 Kbytes (on an empty 1581 partition). ------------ Category 12, Topic 4 Message 195 Sat Jan 29, 1994 R.SMITH32 at 06:56 EST It was some astronomical amount that made no sense at all but it only happened when I created a 1581 partition and then copied data from 2 1541 disks into it from within the desktop environment. Whenever I copied from 1581's into 1581 partitions everything turned out fine. ------------ Category 12, Topic 4 Message 196 Sat Jan 29, 1994 CMD-DOUG at 10:18 EST Guess you've got me on this one; I've never seen nor heard of this ever happening under the standard GEOS deskTop. Have you validated the partition under GEOS? ------------ Category 12, Topic 4 Message 197 Sat Jan 29, 1994 C128.JBEE at 18:34 EST I have seen this when I have validated a splat file on a GEOS disk while NOT using GEOS. It is usually a fatal disk error. Sets the disk t/s pointers to 255,255 and stuff like that and then GEOS thinks it has a bazillion sectors free. ------------ ************ Topic 19 Wed Aug 19, 1992 CMD-DOUG at 23:35 EDT Sub: FD Series Floppy Drives Okay folks, now that the word is out, there's bound to be some questions about our new FD Series drives. This is the area for that. Since these are not yet released, I may not be able to answer some specifics. 66 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 12, Topic 19 Message 66 Wed Feb 02, 1994 C128.JBEE at 06:23 EST >R.SMITH32 >OK, the part I'm still a little fuzzy on is 'copy your file format to the >partition' and 'create a file from your file format (copied from your data >disk)'. Instead of creating a new file and trying to import the data into that, which can be chancy if you happen to make a typo and not copy it correctly, copy the format file. This is the file that is saved when you create the format for the file, for the first time. It most likely has the same name as the "file" used in your "startup.p" or "start.p" program. ------------ ************ Topic 24 Sat Oct 23, 1993 MRABOY at 09:22 EDT Sub: Superbase 3.01 KEEP US GOING!!!! 29 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 12, Topic 24 Message 19 Thu Jan 27, 1994 R.SMITH32 at 09:27 EST OK, the part I'm still a little fuzzy on is 'copy your file format to the partition' and 'create a file from your file format (copied from your data disk)'. Is there a file on my data disk that I need to physically copy over to the partition or do I just create a new file with the same fields? BTW I tried the recover utility and it didn't work. Thanks alot! ------------ Category 12, Topic 24 Message 20 Thu Feb 03, 1994 R.SMITH32 at 10:53 EST I can't even get Superbase to boot from the HD yet. I copied the files over using FCOPY and the 2 block SEQ file from my data disk of the file definitions to the 1581 subdirectory but Superbase just reset when I tried to boot. I don't mind booting from the 1541 I just want to get my data to the HD Please help! Thank you for your patience. ------------ Category 12, Topic 24 Message 21 Thu Feb 03, 1994 R.SMITH32 at 23:26 EST Eureka! I found an easy way to set up Superbase data on the HD. 1. Create a native mode partition on the HD of 12800 blocks 2. Run 1581sub on that partition. 3. Open that subdirectory and use the Utility program on your Program disk to recreate a data base. My data was on 1581 so I set my 1581 as device 8 and the HD as device 9. As long as you've opened the 1581 subdirectory you can copy everything right over;database definitions, file formats, everything. The Utility program handles it all. My next task is to learn to set up a boot disk on the HD. I think I'll set up a 1541 partition, MCOPY the boot disk to it and use the Start.p program to open up the right subdirectory. Time to look at the HD manual. Later ------------ Category 12, Topic 24 Message 22 Fri Feb 04, 1994 C128.JBEE at 02:39 EST Darn! Did I forget to tell you to open the subdirectory? :P No reason to suffer with a 1541 subdirectory and have to change partitions and such. Superbase (v3.01) will run just fine from the 1581 partition. ------------ Category 12, Topic 24 Message 23 Fri Feb 04, 1994 R.SMITH32 at 09:18 EST OK, here's where I'm stuck. I have my boot disk in a 1541 partition. I have my data in a 1581 subdirection in a Native mode partition. I can boot from floppy and access my data by switching to the right subdirectory before I boot and telling Superbase where the data is with the start program. But I can't boot from the HD and tell Superbase where the data is because I can't send disk commands from within Superbase. I can't use the FPPS mode because the data is in a subdirectory. Does ANYONE know a way to do it? Thanks ------------ Category 12, Topic 24 Message 24 Fri Feb 04, 1994 CMD-DOUG at 23:52 EST You CAN send disk commands from within Superbase. Try Maintain Other. ------------ Category 12, Topic 24 Message 25 Sat Feb 05, 1994 R.SMITH32 at 08:40 EST I saw that but the manual stated that only certain commands could be sent. I'll try to send the CP and CD commnands and see what happens. ------------ Category 12, Topic 24 Message 26 Sat Feb 05, 1994 R.SMITH32 at 09:22 EST JBEE, I'd love to try your idea but I can't get my Superbase program files over to the 1581 sub. FileCopy didn't work. Mcopy is only for 1541 partitions. And Bcopy is only for CMD devices. How else can I get my program files to the 1581sub? Thanks ------------ Category 12, Topic 24 Message 27 Sat Feb 05, 1994 R.SMITH32 at 16:39 EST Well, I finally got it! Thank you for all of your suggestions. Here's how. First my boot disk was Mcopied to a 1541 partition. Next my data was copied to a 1581 subpartition with the Utility program (copied from 1581). Then I modified my start.p program to send the CD command and placed it in the parent directory of the 1581 sub. After booting Superbase I used the FPPS mode to select the data partition's parent directory and the start.p program changed to the 1581 sub. It is now blindingly fast especially with my TurboMaster CPU. Thank again for all your help. Later ------------ Category 12, Topic 24 Message 28 Sat Feb 05, 1994 CMD-DOUG at 21:21 EST Why not put a CP command in your start.p program as well? Then you could skip using FPPS. ------------ Category 12, Topic 24 Message 29 Sun Feb 06, 1994 R.SMITH32 at 02:21 EST Because if i mess with the start.p program on my boot disk, it won't boot anymore. The modified start.p has to be on the data disk. Believe me, I've tried. So now when I'm prompted to insert my data disk after bootup I then change to the parent directory of the 1581 sub where I can put a modified start.p. ------------ ************ Topic 30 Sun Jan 30, 1994 W.WILEY2 at 14:42 EST Sub: IBM ascii to HD partition want to port HUGE ascii file from IBM HD to 3 1/2 disks, then add to native partition. Dont know commands to have MSdos system chop 1 huge file into pieces for the transfer. Have Big Ble Reader at the ready! 5 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 12, Topic 30 Message 1 Sun Jan 30, 1994 W.WILEY2 at 14:45 EST All I want to do is transfer the file, but dont know the commands for getting in-laws system to dump chunks (sounds gross,I know) of the file to the 3 1/2" disks for my 1581 to drop into my HD20. Also, I am not sure how to reattach the pieces once I get them on the HD. Anyone have any ideas? Thanks, Will ------------ Category 12, Topic 30 Message 2 Sun Jan 30, 1994 C128.JBEE at 19:08 EST If it is that huge, just .ARC or ZIP (V1.10) it on the IBM and then port it over to the CMD HD and uncompress it there. Then chop it up using your favorite Commodore text utility. ------------ Category 12, Topic 30 Message 3 Mon Jan 31, 1994 H.HERMAN1 at 03:35 EST Will, Since the file is ascii, why not load it into a WP or editor, and then chop it into chunks. So, for example, to make PART.1, delete the last 2/3rds, then save what remains. To make PART.2, reload the original, delete PART.1, and the last 1/3rd, then save, and continue the same way to make PART.3. You can use this procedure to make as many parts as you wish. However, if arcing or ziping will bring the file to the 800k size, as JBEE suggests, this might be the easiest way. Or.... Why not null-modem (or modem) the file from one computer to the other? Then there is no need to chop, nor to crunch/squeeze/zip, or otherwise shrink the original. Hmmm..... I quess I can safely assume that the original ascii file exceeds 800k? If that is the case, the only way I know of to read, and print and otherwise manipulate the file would be with ZED, and a custom expanded REU. (Using a 1750 REU will only allow you to load a file of about 600k or so.) Howie ------------ Category 12, Topic 30 Message 4 Fri Feb 04, 1994 D.HARKER1 [Dan] at 21:34 EST Will, I've had the same problem. There isn't an MS-DOS command to segment a large file into smaller pieces (as far as I know). There are PD programs to do this. (Chop or Chomp come to mind, but I can't remember the name.) Check out the IBM section here on GEnie. Make sure you have a partition that is 2 times as large (or larger) as the original file. Copy the segments into the partition. Make sure they appear as SEQ type files. Now to reassemble the pieces. Commodore already has the command to do this. If you are running a c128 (BASIC 7.0) or a c64 with BASIC 4.0 use this command: concat"file1"to"file2" 'file1' and 'file2' would be the names of the first and second file segments. After you have issued the 'concat' command, 'file1' will contain it's original data plus the data from 'file2'. 'file2' will remain unchanged. If you are using a c64 with BASIC 2.0, you will have to use the: open command channel, send command, close command channel way of doing things. I can't remember the syntax for using 'concat' this way. You'll have to check your manual. Keep an eye on the free space in your partition, it will be 'eaten up' quickly as you reassemble the file. Also, I suggest you reassemble the pieces in reverse order as things will go faster. For example: your file is now in 5 segments (file1 - file5). concat"file5"to"file4" scratch"file5" (if you need to free space on the HD) concat"file4"to"file3" scratch"file4" Do this until you are down to 'file1', it now contains the original file data. I assume you are going to manipulate the data in the file and return it to the IBM. If so, use a Commodore text utility to segment the file. When the pieces are back on the IBM use the following command: copy file1+file2+file3 lastfile 'file1 - file3' are the segment file names and 'lastfile' is where they all will end up. Note: MAKE SURE that 'file1 - file3' and 'lastfile' all have different names. If the names aren't different messy dos will do terrible, unspeakable things. Hope this helps. Dan ------------ Category 12, Topic 30 Message 5 Fri Feb 04, 1994 D.HARKER1 [Dan] at 22:00 EST Will, In my previous message: concat"file1"to"file2" should read as: concat"file2"to"file1" Sorry about that. Dan ------------ ************ Topic 31 Sat Jan 29, 1994 A.DEROSA [Al DeRosa] at 17:19 EST Sub: Need Help... Need help with a CMD HD that is coming up with SCSI Errors.. 3 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 12, Topic 31 Message 1 Sat Jan 29, 1994 A.DEROSA [Al DeRosa] at 17:24 EST I am in need of help for a friend who owns a CMD HD40.. When validating a gateway partition (Native), it came up with an unknown error, He tried to run FIX BLOCKS on it, and it came up with a SCSI error of 70 05 26.. This happened on 2 or 3 partitions of both Native and 1581 mode partitions.. Today he tried validating a different '81 partition, and he came up with a different SCSI Error, this one was 0 0 F0 03 14,29,02. Does anyone know what could be causing this?? I have suggested doing a low level format and re-installing DOS and re-doing partitions, but before he does this I wanted to check with Doug and the CMD guru's from here.. Why waste time doing something that may not have to be done... Any help would be appreciated... Al ------------ Category 12, Topic 31 Message 2 Sat Jan 29, 1994 CMD-DOUG at 22:34 EST He could try what you have suggested, but the errors you gave appear to indicate hardware problems. It may just be a loose connection, but could easily be failure of the main or embedded controller boards. ------------ Category 12, Topic 31 Message 3 Sun Jan 30, 1994 A.DEROSA [Al DeRosa] at 23:04 EST Thanks Doug, appreciate it.. I will tell him to try my suggestion, the thing that worries me is like you say it may be a hardware problem, the HD was recently transported via car to a user group meeting, and left in the car for a couple of hours and I am sure you know how cold it's been.. Hopefully the low level format will solve it, if not you'll be getting a drive to fix.. heheh Thanks again Doug appreciate the help as always... Al ------------