HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: fuzzy@netcom.com (Fuzzy Fox)
Subject: Re: c128 and disk formats
Organization: Foxes 'R' Us - Seven locations to serve you
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 00:40:33 GMT

jfarmer@cs.utk.edu (JOHN FARMER) writes:

>Is it possible to use a 128 with a 1571 and a 1541 disk drive to
>copy c64 disks to cp/m format?

Yes.  The Big Blue Reader program will do this.

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
From: bvrielin@napier.uwaterloo.ca (Bruce Vrieling)
Subject: Re: CS-DOS and LHARC
Organization: University of Waterloo
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 20:31:29 GMT

In article <1992Dec31.103725.2915@brandonu.ca> yonerjp@brandonu.ca (Jerome P. Yoner) writes:
>I am working with CS-DOS and having problems with the LHARC.  I can get the
>LHARC to work only when I am in 40 coloumn mode.  Is this normal?????
>
>I have a 1764 expanded to 512K, FD-4000, and a 128 (64K VDC added).

What exactly does it do in 80 columns? I use it in 80 columns all the time.
Details, details...

...Bruce
From: georg@marie.physik.tu-berlin.de (Georg Schwarz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Re: About my cruncher again...
Date: 7 Jan 1993 17:27:23 GMT
Organization: ZRZ/TU-Berlin
NNTP-Posting-Host: marie.physik.tu-berlin.de

In <1993Jan7.151950.29073@news.tu-graz.ac.at> schuetz@fm11ap01.tu-graz.ac.at (Alexander Schuetz) writes:

>the original Darksqueezer is complete Public Domain

Where can I get Darksqueezer from? Any FTP site? I'd like to compare it to
some other crunchers I have.

Thanks.

(sorry, I don't have a REU)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Commodore 128, 1571, Magnavox Color 40 
From: vxdarano@wsuhub.uc.twsu.edu
Date: 6 Jan 93 00:40:22 CST
Organization: Wichita State University, Wichita, Ks

I am posting this for a friend:

Forsale: C= 128             make offer
         Magnavox Color 40  Make offer
    	 1571 Drive	    Make offer
From: ab245@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Sam Latonia)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Re: c64 blank screen
Date: 8 Jan 1993 08:28:50 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (USA)
NNTP-Posting-Host: slc10.ins.cwru.edu


Replace the KERNAL ROM  U4 chip...
From: shrydar@tartarus.uwa.edu.au (Christopher Phillips)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Rubicon - Help Needed
Date: 9 Jan 1993 17:46:05 GMT
Organization: The University of Western Australia
NNTP-Posting-Host: tartarus.uwa.edu.au
X-Newsreader: NN version 6.4.19 #1

Hi all, Christopher Jam again, not talking about coding for a change.

I recently got around to buying myself a copy of (according to Zzap64)
"The meanest, slickest blast'em up since Turrican II".  Well, I would
hesitate to say Rubicon's _that_ good, but its great fun, none the less.

Problem is, I can't get past the watery blue sphere in level 4.  I have
several times now reached this point with 3 lives and a continue remaining,
and have yet to destroy it before it reaches and kills me.
I kill all the orbiters, and then start shooting it, but can never seem
to get more than about 9 shots to hit it before it reaches me.

Any advice on where to stand to hit it enough?  Or is there some trick
to getting past it?

Thanx all,

Christopher.
From: bvrielin@napier.uwaterloo.ca (Bruce Vrieling)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Re: CS-DOS and LHARC
Date: 11 Jan 93 16:42:10 GMT
Organization: University of Waterloo

Arthur,

>
>Isnt it true that the original ROMs in the 128 cant do DMA at 2 mhz?  
>What ROMs do you have?

More precisely, the C128 can't do DMA at 2 MHz period. I believe the problem
with the original roms was that either a) they didn't switch the machine
down to 1 MHz when doing STASHes or FETCHes using the Kernal or b) screwed
up the bank switching under certain conditions.

Try it yourself. Write a small program to do a memory transfer (not sure if
size matters, so make it big) and try executing it at 2 MHz. It will work
some of the time, but die the rest of the time.

...Bruce
From: ac803@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Michael W. Kelley)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Re: .SFX on 64?
Date: 5 Jan 1993 11:26:36 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Reply-To: ac803@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Michael W. Kelley)
NNTP-Posting-Host: hela.ins.cwru.edu


In a previous article, mshep@alfred.carleton.ca (Mark Shepherd) says:

>
>I recently tried downloading the Novaterm 9.4 files recently, 
>converted them over to 64 format on my 1541, and when I load
>them, I basically get zip.  .SFX format files have worked with
>me before, although with smaller archives.  Is this a memory
>problem?  Or is .SFX strictly a 128 cs-dos by-product?  Has
>anyone written code which will unpack .SFX files on the 64?
> 
>Answers to any or all of these would be appreciated.
>
>Mark Shepherd (mshep@ccs.carleton.ca)
>
>BTW, I tried removing all fastloaders, attachments, extra
>printers and the like.  Still no dice.
>
>
>
>
.SFX files can be dissolved on either a 128 or a 64 (or a 128 in
64 mode), which is what makes them so much nicer, not to mention
the LZH archiving makes them more compact than ARC does.
I presume when you say you conveerted them, you transferred them
from an MS-DOS to a C64. If you used BBR, you shouldn't have turned
ASCII translation on.  If you didn't use BBR, then all you had to
do was filecopy them to a CBM format disk and load and run.
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: CS-DOS and LHARC
From: yonerjp@brandonu.ca (Jerome P. Yoner)
Date: 31 Dec 92 10:37:25 CST
Organization: Brandon University, Brandon, Manitoba, Canada

I am working with CS-DOS and having problems with the LHARC.  I can get the
LHARC to work only when I am in 40 coloumn mode.  Is this normal?????

I have a 1764 expanded to 512K, FD-4000, and a 128 (64K VDC added).

Thanks for any help....
 
--                                                                       --

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!                                         !             64/128             !
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From: leahy@math.rutgers.edu (Andrew Leahy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Problem: REU and Arkanoid
Keywords: REU, Arkanoid, copy protection
Date: 11 Jan 93 19:21:38 GMT
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.


I purchased Arkanoid over Christmas break.  It's a fun game, but it 
doesn't seem to like my REU:  I can run the program successfully when 
I have my REU disconnected.  However, when the REU is connected, the title 
screen comes up and then the program hangs. (All of the sudden, garbage 
comes on the screen and everything stops.)

Is this some sort of copy protection scheme in action?  Does anyone
have any suggestions for overcoming this problem?  I'd prefer not to
have my ten year-old brother tear out the REU every time he wants to
play.

Andrew Leahy
leahy@math.rutgers.edu
From: mcbride@cs.arizona.edu (Chris M. McBride)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Re: c64 blank screen
Summary: DON'T
Keywords: cpu video
Date: 9 Jan 93 06:03:41 GMT
Organization: U of Arizona CS Dept, Tucson


   WAIT! STOP! Before you replace any chips. Check your fuse!
 
Yes the 64 has a ten cent normal everday run of the mill Radio Shack
fuse. If the fuse blows, the light will come one. Tape/disk drive will
still run. But the screen will be blank. Always check your fuse first.
 
Chris

Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
From: schuetz@fm11ap01.tu-graz.ac.at (Alexander Schuetz)
Subject: About my cruncher again...
Organization: none
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 93 15:19:50 GMT


>>>>Do some guys remember the (quite wellknown) DARKSQUEEZER? Yes? Good.

>>>Never heard of it before, and I am our user groups founder.  Must have
>>>been before my time.

>>Okay, but then you must have been off the scene or off anyone for a bloody
>>long time. *EVERYBODY* knows Darksqueezer, it was released in 1988 and 
>>people still use it heavily for crunching their demos, programs, whatsoever.

>Programmers of demos and such are in the vast minority of C64 owners,
>and also in the vast minority of people who read this group.  I myself
>was a heavy programmer of the C64 at one time, and I never heard of
>DarkSqueezer, although I can guess that it's some sort of executable
>file cruncher.  But saying that EVERYBODY should know about it is just
>plain wrong.  The fact is that very few people know about crunchers.

All right. Well, all of a sudden, now you all know, I guess :)

>>>By requiring an REU, you have limited the audience for 'your' product.

>>I have not limited the audience. The computer memory is limiting ME!

>The number of people who own REU's is very small compared to the number
>of people who own C64's.  You *have* limited your audience.

Well, I guess I have limited it to everyone who is interested in a sophistica-
ted Lempel/Ziv style cruncher with enourmous speed compared to all known 
existing ones. Must be VERY few indeed. :-)


>>there is little I can do, except to use two disk drives.

>Won't that be a little slow?  No, make that *very* slow.

That's right, and actually I dont like the idea either.... just get a ram
expansion, everyone! Look how much time its gonna save you all.


>Now that you have explained it, more people will know what you're talking
>about.

Well I thought, all those experienced people had a lot of knowledge here 
ALREADY... :-)

>Now for the question that Mike was trying to ask you:  If this program
>uses code that was created by someone else (DarkSqueezer), then how can
>you call it your program and sell it?

First, it *partially* uses *similar algorythm* to Darksqueezer. Second, 
the original Darksqueezer is complete Public Domain, so everyone had and 
has the right to look at the code, hasn't he? Considering my hard work 
of reverse engeneering and *immensely improving* the original algorithm, 
and considering that I'm obviuosly the one and only who did it, and 
considering how damn (I hate the word) poor I am, I think some donations 
are in order. Must I really argue about that one? I think I really don't
have to.

Alex Schuetz (schuetz@fm11ap01.tu-graz.ac.at)




Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
From: fuzzy@netcom.com (Fuzzy Fox)
Subject: Re: uuencoder
Organization: Foxes 'R' Us - Seven locations to serve you
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 00:09:54 GMT

YOUCKR@Meena.CC.URegina.CA (192503133) writes:

>Can anyone tell me where I can get a UUENCODER or a UUDECODER for the c64 or
>c128?
>Perhaps on a FTP site?

Try ftp.cco.caltech.edu, /pub/rknop/INCOMING, files uuxfer and
uuxfer.doc.

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From: ac803@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Michael W. Kelley)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: geoVISION address
Date: 5 Jan 1993 11:41:44 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Reply-To: ac803@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Michael W. Kelley)
NNTP-Posting-Host: hela.ins.cwru.edu

After posting that nice long article about geoVISION International,
a couple of users noted to me that I did not include an address.
DUHHHH! Since I typed the release verbatim, I didn't even think
about it, so here it is.
geoVISION International
816 S.E. Polk St.
Camas, Washington  98607-2240 USA
Enjoy!
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From: cb317@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Stephanie J. Kessler)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: More BTIII help needed
Date: 12 Jan 1993 06:10:31 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (USA)
NNTP-Posting-Host: hela.ins.cwru.edu


Thanx a lot for pointing out the rest of the maze to me.. Boy, do
I feel silly for not checking the outer walls for more secret doors.
That message really did throw me off.
 
Well, now I need some help on the next one.  I have traveled to the
8 times and answered the ghost-faces with the names told to me.
I am on the last one, who then asks me for his true name.  These
are the other names I know (from the game):  Ares, Yan-lo-Wang,
Mars, Susa-no-o, Svarazic, St. George, Sdiabm, and Tyr.  Now, I
know that 3 of these are gods of War, so I have tried every variant
of war and death I can think of.. therefore, its probably a pretty
obvious answer that I am missing.  If someone can tell me what
the answer is, I'd appreciate it.

Why MUST these be so complicated when you are stumped, and yet so easy
when you are told the answer?
-- 
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randomly enforced.     Frank Zappa

cb317 @ cleveland.Freenet.Edu
From: mcmillan_a@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Re: null modem for C64: help needed
Date: 12 Jan 93 01:16:14 NZST
Organization: Welligton City Council, Public Access.
Distribution: usa
NNTP-Posting-Host: kosmos.wcc.govt.nz

In article <1993Jan8.150705.17077@cbnewse.cb.att.com>, liuzzo@cbnewse.cb.att.com (james.g.liuzzo) writes:
> I need to download some files to my C64.  A friend suggested that 
> rather than buying a modem for my C64, I download the files to my
> Macintosh (which has a modem), and then use xmodem to transfer them 
> from the Mac to the 64 over a null modem cable.

There a now a number of C64 terms which will let you use more efficient
protocols than xmodem.
 
> After digging out my C64 Programmer's Manual, it looks like the
> xmit and receive lines on the C64 user port need to be converted from
> 5 to 12 volts for the null modem cable.  Then it looks like it's just 
> a matter of connecting xmit and receive (crossing them) and ground 
> to the Mac port.

You are exactly right!  There are some commercial interfaces available
at a price. All that is needed are 4 capacitors, 4 diodes, 1 1488 ic
and 1 1489 ic, plus connectors.
 
> Have I got this right?  Assuming this works, at what speed could I
> transfer files across the 2 machines?  Any other considerations I should
> know about?

I have a 128 and can null modem (with Desterm) to my pc at 9600 baud. On a 
64 you might find 2400 is the fastest. (Try Novaterm 9.4)
You'll also need to translate PETASCII text files to ASCII... I found no
pc proram that would do that simple task, so wrote one using QuickBasic 4.5, 
which anyone is welcome to... but I don't know if it would run on a mac.

How compatible is the mac with a pc?? There's a wee gem of a program called
x1541.exe which lets you copy straight to a 1541 from a pc. Available from
ccosun.caltech.edu pub/rknop/INCOMING.

Cheers - Kirk
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Genealogy prog.
From: withers_n@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz
Date: 6 Jan 93 21:10:50 NZST
Organization: Welligton City Council, Public Access.
NNTP-Posting-Host: kosmos.wcc.govt.nz


Does anyone know if there was a program produced for the C64 (or 128)
called 'Compute Your Roots'
This was an excellent, and easy to use genealogy program that I used
a lot when I owned an Atari 800XL.
I have seen a couple of 64 programs, but for ease of use they don't 
compare with the Atari program.
If anyone knows of a Commodore version and where I could get it
please let me know.
Thanks,

Nick Withers.


Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
From: grweiss@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Gregory Robert Weiss)
Subject: Re: c64 blank screen
Originator: news@nimaster
Keywords: cpu video
Organization: Princeton University
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 03:56:25 GMT

Don't forget to check the tint and color knobs on the monitor.  I know
it sounds stupid, but I've overlooked it on a couple of occasions. :-)

  --Greg
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
From: markp@gr.hp.com (Mark Puhr)
Subject: Re: c64 blank screen
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 18:17:53 GMT
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Greeley, CO, USA
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL8.1]

Check and see if the RAM chips are getting hot. Use thermal paper or
your fingers, but be careful, sometimes they get really hot. I just fixed
a C64 the other day that had the black screen on power up.  The power
supply was the root cause of the problem. Always use a known good power
supply when hardware diagnosing problems.

--

Mark Puhr
From: ab245@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Sam Latonia)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: COMMODORE & OTHER FOR SALE (1/6/93)
Date: 7 Jan 1993 06:12:34 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (USA)
NNTP-Posting-Host: slc10.ins.cwru.edu


                 BRAND NEW & USED EQUIPMENT PRICE LIST  1/6/93

(1) COMMODORE C64C COMPUTER BRAND NEW IN THE BOX - WITH POWER SUPPLY

    $100 - WITH OWNERS MANUAL AND SEALED GEO'S PACKAGE FROM COMMODORE

(1) COMMODORE C64C COMPUTER USED BUT IN LIKE NEW CONDITION POWER SUPPLY

    $75 - WITH OWNERS MANUAL & HINGED KEYBOARD COVER & NEW TENIX C64C CASE

(2) C64 POWER SUPPLIES - USED BUT LIKE NEW CONDITION $20 EACH

(1) AVATEX 1200HC EXTERNAL RS232 MODEMS - USED BUT IN LIKE NEW CONDITION

    $35 WITH BOOKS BOX & CABLE

(1) AVATEX 2400HC EXTERNAL RS232 MODEMS - USED BUT IN LIKE NEW CONDITION

    $75 -  WITH BOOKS BOX & CABLES

(1) PPI 2400SA EXTERNAL RS232 MODEMS NEW - NEVER USED

    $75 - BOOKS - BOX & CABLES - FULL 1 YEAR WARRANTY

**************************************************************************

SOFTWARE - ALL FACTORY PACKAGES WITH MANUALS AND INSTRUCTIONS

C128 DISKBUSTERS II/COPY PROTECTED SOFTWARE 128 MODE $30

C128 DISKBUSTERS 2 DRIVE ADAPTOR FOR USE WITH DISKBUSTER I & II $20

C64 CERTIFICATE MAKER $15

C64 CERTIFICATE LIBRARY VOLUME #1 $10

C64 TEST DRIVE GAME $10

C64 ARRAYS INC. PHONE CALL TERMINAL & BBS PROGRAM $10

C64 FLIGHT SIMULATOR II $5

C64 PRACTICALC 64 $5

C64 THE DISK SURGEON C64 PRO $5

C64 DI-SECTOR V3.0 $5

C64 DISKBUSTER/USED TO COPY PROTECTED SOFTWARE 64 MODE $30

C64 SCREEN EDITOR C64 $5

C64 HOME MANAGER/WORD PROCESSOR/DATA MAGIC/CALCULATOR/MEMO PAD $5

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ALL PRICES ARE ROCK SOLID- PLUS SHIPPING COST IF NEEDED:

 

If interested please reply in private e-mail, thank you...
From: ckunz@src4src.linet.org (Charles Kunz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: TPUG (Toronto User Group)
Date: 8 Jan 93 04:23:11 GMT
Organization: The Source for Source

Someone mentioned a user group in Toronto called TPUG, is there an
address I can write (or send a SASE) for more info?  Thanks in
advance.

Chuck
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Re: Genealogy prog.
From: withers_n@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz
Date: 9 Jan 1993 10:30:43 GMT
Reply-To: withers_n@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz
Organization: Wellington City Council (Public Access), Wgtn, Nz
NNTP-Posting-Host: kosmos.wcc.govt.nz

In article <1iiejjINNdhp@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>, ac803@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Michael W. Kelley) writes:
>
>In a previous article, withers_n@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz () says:
>
>>
>>Does anyone know if there was a program produced for the C64 (or 128)
>>called 'Compute Your Roots'
>I don't know about the progam you ask about but there is a
>commercial one called FAMILY TREE.  A PD few, like ROOTS2, GENEALOGY,
>and one called PEDIGREE.
>-- 
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>Light Of Day C= Sysop (216) 327-1603, 9600  (216) 327-1423, 2400
>County Link C= Sysop (216) 236-6126 4 nodes, My Basement BBS (216) 234-6572
>Nerds Nook Fidonet 1:157/2   (216) 356-1431

Thanks Mike, Do you know if any of the PD programs are on FTP ?

Ihave used a commercial prog. called 'Family Roots' and also seen one
called Ezitree 128 (works with SuperBase 128) but I don't find
either of them very easy to use.

I'm looking for a program that's not to sophisticated and simple
to use!!

Nick.
From: ec_ind03@Oswego.EDU (William Jhun)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: 1541 problems
Summary: response to 'dead 1541'
Date: 10 Jan 93 18:46:54 GMT
Reply-To: ec_ind03@oswego.Oswego.EDU (William Jhun)
Organization: Instructional Computing Center, SUNY at Oswego, Oswego, NY

I have ran in to this problem before and it's usually a cause of some sort
of in-compatible or foriegn device plugged in. More than one disk drive
with the same number can cause this as well.

Anybody mess with SFD-1001? I have one and I think they're SUPERB! Amazing!
1.2 megs on a ds/dd (or ds/hd). With quicksilver 128 its fast, also! If
anyone out there can get their hands on one, check it out.

William Jhun (ec_ind03@cloy.oswego.edu)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
From: lxm8184@ritvax.isc.rit.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Dead 1541
Date: 10 Jan 93 17:50:41 GMT
Reply-To: lxm8184@ritvax.isc.rit.edu
Organization: Rochester Institute of Technology

Help!
     My 1541 is dying (dead?).
It turns on ok, the usual head bump, disk spin, etc.  As soon as I try to
access it, or anything else on the serial bus, the computer locks up.  When the
drive is turned off, the computer finally comes up with a Device not Present
error.  As long as the drive is off, I can access the serial bus fine.

Any information would be greatly appreciated.

          -Larry
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
From: fuzzy@netcom.com (Fuzzy Fox)
Subject: Re: About my cruncher again...
Organization: Foxes 'R' Us - Seven locations to serve you
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 00:54:46 GMT

bbs-artmoore@jwt.UUCP (arthur moore) writes:

>> Actually, you have limited it to people who want a fast LZ cruncher and
>> also have or had an extra $200 to spend on an REU.  C64 owners don't
>> usually have a lot of money.  That's why they bought C64's.  :)

>$200 for an REU?  Your gonna scare folks away with that misquote!

Well, that's what I paid for mine, several years ago.  Looking at
today's prices would probably just make me depressed.  So, how much is
an REU (256K or 512K) today?

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
From: palms@informatik.uni-kl.de (Marc Palms - PA Ritter)
Subject: A broken C-128D
Organization: University of Kaiserslautern
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 14:25:29 GMT



My good(?) old  C-128 D  is on strike ...

Turning it on, (almost) nothing happens. 
The screen remains black and the disk-drive doesn't seek for the CPM-disk, 
(it just initializes). Entering a command causes no effect.  

Thus, altogether I can't help but this looks like there could be something wrong
...

But seriously ... in my mind, a defective IC could be the reason. But - and 
that's my question - which IC ?

Obviously (?) it must be a chip with widespread function (the CPU, the ROM, 
the MMU or something like that) - a defective VIC or SID couldn't make a C128
tumble (could it ?)  - well, at least that's what I think ...

... but ... tell me what you think about it! 

If you have an idea what could be the cause for all this - please, let me know ...


 Best wishes,

      Marc Palms (busily waiting).