There are 5 messages totalling 291 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. performance peripherals, Interface (2) 2. Another call for Commodore 3. NOVATERM 9.6 --- LATE BREAKING NEWS --- 4. C=64 on CD ROM?! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 10 Jul 1996 17:15:03 EST From: David Erickson Subject: performance peripherals, Interface Does anyone know of any retail seller of Performance Peripherals Inc's 3-slot expander which is a cartridge port expander for the commodore. I'm not interested in any other type....thank you. davide@ncinet.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Jul 1996 08:37:04 -0600 From: "Tom A. Gislason" Subject: Re: performance peripherals, Interface On Wed, 10 Jul 1996, David Erickson wrote: > Does anyone know of any retail seller of Performance Peripherals Inc's > 3-slot expander which is a cartridge port expander for the commodore. > I'm not interested in any other type....thank you. > > davide@ncinet.com > Yeah, Performance Peripherals handles their own hardware. Their information is as follows: Performance Peripherals 5 Upper Loudon Rd. Loudonville, NY 12211 (518) 436-0485 I hope this helps you. Tom Gislason - Sysop - Emergency Call BBS (403)734-2382 (403)934-4756 Pearako Network Node #10 - CommNet Node #10 Internet address: gislason@freenet.calgary.ab.ca FidoNet address: Tom Gislason @ 1:134/281.0 ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Jul 1996 10:10:00 EST From: Christopher McLeod Subject: Re: Another call for Commodore Anyone out there interested in the following equipment? email me! :-) Chris McLeod ______________________________ Forward Header __________________________________ Subject: Re: Another call for Commodore Author: Joel Kaplan Date: 11/07/96 06:32 are you interested in the older Atari 800 equipoment/programs? I have and you are are welcome to it e-mail back or call, me Joel Kaplan x4029 ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Jul 1996 18:01:00 EST From: Christopher McLeod Subject: NOVATERM 9.6 --- LATE BREAKING NEWS --- I do not know if this news release has been on this mailing list yet so I thought I'd post it for everyone!!! ;^) A RAM buffer! How cool!! Christopher McLeod (of the clan MacLeod) *Note* This info came from the Novaterm Web Page -------------------------------------------------------------------- NOVATERM 9.6 --- LATE BREAKING NEWS --- 7/4/96 - NOVATERM 9.6 HAS BEEN RELEASED! You heard right! Novaterm 9.6 is officially available. You thought it would never happen... I thought so myself at times. It's here, and it's ready to ship out. Find out how to get it. The official press release... Seattle, WA (July 4, 1996) - Nick Rossi announced the long-awaited official release of Novaterm 9.6 today. With a broad range of new and powerful features, Novaterm 9.6 promises to remain the communications software of choice among Commodore users. Novaterm 9.6 offers significant new features that Commodore users can no longer do without, whether they are surfing the Internet, using on-line networks like GEnie and Delphi, or dialing BBS systems. For file transfers, the Zmodem protocol has been expanded to support uploading, downloading, and recovery of aborted downloads (often called "crash recovery" or "resume"). In addition, two new protocols have been added: Ymodem-g and Xmodem-1k-g. These are streaming protocols, which download data non-stop into the buffer. Zmodem upload and crash recovery, Ymodem-g, and Xmodem-1k-g have not been available on a Commodore computer until now. The functionality of the buffer has been greatly expanded. Novaterm's buffer now uses any memory expansion device as buffer space. Novaterm 9.6 includes drivers to support the REU, BBGRam, GEORam, C128 VDC memory, and DACC partitions in a RAMLink or RAMDrive. Using one of these devices provides a huge amount of memory for capturing text or downloading files. What's more, the contents of the buffer remain intact even if a user leaves Novaterm to use a different application. In fact, as long as the memory device is not overwritten or lose power, the buffer files are there when a user loads Novaterm again. That means a RAMLink or other powered devices will retain the buffer contents even if the computer is shut off. Users will no longer lose buffer files that they forgot to save to disk. Novaterm 9.6 allows Commodore 128 users to take advantage of the C128's 80-column screen. Novaterm is able to use the 80-column screen for terminal mode, and all of the terminal emulations may be used in conjunction with it: ANSI, VT100/102, VT52, and Standard. Novaterm can display either 25, 28, 43, or 50 lines on the 80-column screen. In this mode, Novaterm switches the C128 processor to 2 MHz, providing the fastest possible display. The speed of the 80-column emulation has been improved, and a special driver has been included for REU users that uses the REU to implement a fast scroll. The performance of Novaterm 9.6 in 80 columns is far superior to previous versions. Novaterm still supports the SwiftLink, of course, but other serial devices may also be used with Novaterm now. Performance Peripherals' CommPort device is supported, as well as the HART cartridge. In addition, Daniel Dallmann, a Commodore enthusiast from Germany, has devised a way to attain 9600 bps through the Commodore's user port. He wrote a driver for Novaterm 9.6, allowing it to reach 9600 bps without a cartridge. Novaterm 9.6 provides many other conveniences. It has an 80-column file viewer. It has ASCII translation and UUencode/decode options. It can read the time from real-time clock devices. It supports a complete scripting language for automated sessions. It comes with a text editor and a miniature BBS module. Especially useful to novice users is a user-friendly configuration utility that leads a person through the setup step by step. Novaterm is no longer shareware; it is now commercial software. Novaterm 9.6 sells for US$29.95. It comes on either a 1541 or 1581 disk, and it is shipped with a printed user's guide. When a Commodore user group registers with a one-time US$30.00 registration, its members become eligible to receive a 50% discount on purchases of Novaterm 9.6. For serious modem users, there is simply nothing better than Novaterm 9.6! E-mail: voyager@eskimo.com WWW: http://www.eskimo.com/~voyager/novaterm.html _________________________________________________________________ 6/5/96 - NOVATERM 9.6 TO BE RELEASED ON DISK (Cartridge project is offically dead) After months of struggling to get the Novaterm cartridge produced, I have decided to change course and release the software on disk instead. The disk version is ready, and will be available for purchase from me. I must apologize for all the delays and false hopes. Now that the complications inherent in hardware production are no longer an issue, distribution of Novaterm should move forward smoothly. Users will finally be able to enjoy all the features that have been anticipated over the last several months. Novaterm 9.6 has all the features people have been talking about, including expanded buffer capabilities, a complete Zmodem and other new transfer protocols, file conversion utilities, and much more. Please see the feature list for a complete description of the new software. I've been anxious to get this version released. It does things no other Commodore communications software has ever done! ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Jul 1996 18:08:00 EST From: Christopher McLeod Subject: C=64 on CD ROM?! Here is a response I received from some people that have put together software and C=64 emulators onto CD ROM. I hope you enjoy it as much as I. (Someday I, too, will be viewing my blue 64 screen on a PC :-( ) Chris McLeod (of the clan MacLeod) --------------------------------------------------------------------- The CD contains shareware versions of the emulators. You should be able to use your own data files, yes. Here is the info on the C64 CD that we put together, included is info concerning content, price and ordering information. We have sold over 400 copies of the CD in the past 12 weeks without any unhappy customers. Any further questions just ask me, or alternatively post the question in comp.sys.cbm.emulators where I am sure some of the happy customers will respond. Also note that we now sell a Shareware version of this C64 CD which is virtually the same without the Game images and also a ZX Spectrum Emulator CD which contains over 3000 images, scanned pics/docs etc. Both of these 2 CD's are professionally pressed and cost 20 Uk Pounds, If interested in one of the above 2 CD's just let me know. The C64 CD contains well over 600megs of data which include:- 4400+ Games, dating from 1982 up to 1995. 7700+ Demos and Magazines from 1986 up to 1995. 650+ Utilities. Copiers, Terminals, Programming Tools etc. Everything you could ever want to use and more. Various tools in Ms-Dos and Amiga formats to manipulate and convert the images on the CD which are all in .D64 format. A Full File list of the CD's contents is available via Anon Ftp from "utopia.hacktic.nl" in the /pub/c64/C64-CD directory. Please note that we have not only transferred Bod's collection but we have added to it. Added all the old games from sites like Watson that we didn't have onto the CD. Also we have been downloading daily the new games, demos and tools that are still continuosly being released in the C64 scene today. So the CD will be as up to date as you could imagine. The NEWEST files on the CD will be the files released through the Scene boards the day the that the Master CD was pressed (Sunday 16th April). The CD is priced at $55 US Dollars (That is equal to 35 UK Pounds), the price includes a copy of the CD and shipping. Shipping is free but as you will be paying in a foreign currency we will need to pay to convert the money into Uk Pounds, hence there is a $5 US Dollar handling Charge (for each CD ordered). So the CD will cost $60 US Dollars total. If you are interested in purchasing a copy then you can send your payment either in Cash (US Dollars), a Money Order from your Post Office or a Cashiers Cheque from your Bank. We can NOT accept payment by Personal Cheques of any kind. Please note that we offer discounts on all orders of 2 CD's or more, so we advise you to get together with your friends and order together. The more CD's ordered the greater your discount. Email me for more info. Please make the Money Order/Cashiers Cheque payable to "Lee Benson" and mail them to the following address:- P.O. Box 32203, Tucson, Arizona, 85751-2203, USA. It is important that you leave me another mail after you have shipped your order and make sure you include the Address you want the CD mailed to. When your order arrives at the above address I will ship you the goods from here (England), if you don't leave your mailing address to me via email it could delay things slightly. The PO Box is checked daily and all orders are shipped within 24 hours from the time they arrive. Lastly, we are currently making a second CD to compliment the first. We will inform everyone when it is finished and everybody who has a copy of the first CD will be entitled to a discount on the second. If you have something that is not on the 1st CD that you would like to see on the 2nd then leave me an email. Also Note that owners of the 1st CD will get a better price on the 2nd CD when it is finished, so better to buy the 1st now and the 2nd when it is finished than waiting for them both together. If you have any further questions please feel free to ask. Darren (darren@talent.demon.co.uk). ------------------------------ End of COMMODOR Digest - 10 Jul 1996 to 11 Jul 1996 *************************************************** =END=