HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: ac803@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Michael W. Kelley)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Re: DesTerm question
Date: 10 Oct 1992 18:05:16 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, cloos@theory.TC.Cornell.EDU (James H. Cloos Jr.) says:

>Having just received my SwiftLink232, I was checking out the included
>copy of DesTerm earlier this afternoon.  After making some
>customizations, and saving the telephone list, the startup list, and
>the settings, I went on to other stuff.  When I next tried to boot
>DesTerm, it would refuse to do so.
>
>The exact symptoms are that after loading and running the boot
>program, the welcome screen (graphic) is displayed, and continued disk
>access occurs.  Soon, the vdc goes back to text mode, and the 128
>reboots.
>
>Does anyone have any idea what I did?  Also, it would appear that I
>need a new copy of the distribution.  Is it available by ftp?
>
It sounds like your disk lost a file in the process of trying to
save the new setup or prefs file.  I don't know where it can be
FTPd from, but Light Of Day and County Link have it, or I can send it
to you in .SFX form.  This is open to ANYONE that wants Desterm 2.0.
Send $1 and a disk to:
Desterm 2.0
P.O. Box 193
No. Ridgeville, OH  44039-0193
-- 
Basic Bits Commodore Group, No. Ridgeville, Ohio: Quantumlink - RidgeRunr
Light Of Day C= Sysop (216) 327-1603, 9600  (216) 327-1423, 2400
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
From: bbs-jwelch@jwt.UUCP (Johnathon Welch)
Subject: Re: I think I need a fuse for 1541C drive
Reply-To: bbs-jwelch@jwt.UUCP
Organization: The Matrix
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 18:15:49 GMT

ckunz@src4src.linet.org (Charles Kunz) writes:

> I've had my 1541C drive for almost 6 years, and I'm quite happy with it.  My
> Dad installed JiffyDOS 5.0 and since then I'm -extremely- happy with it.  Now
> it's starting to act quirky on me, and I think I need a new fuse, anyone know
> where I can get a fuse rated at 250V 1A ?  Does Radio Shack carry them?
> 
> Chuck

Hey there chuck... Radio Shack should carry them...  I'm not completely 
sure on this though... If you can't find it at R.S., you can try your 
local C= users group or you can probably (Not sure on this either) order 
them from commodore directly..  You can ask Fred Bowen who is a reader of 
this newsgroup about it..  

_____________________________________________________________
| Johnathon Welch - Sanford, FL, USA  -  bbs-jwelch@jwt.uucp|
| LASER BBS - (407)647-0031, FL's Oldest running C= BBS!!   |
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
From: ray@tara.SanDiego.NCR.COM (Ray Paul)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Re: C= Hacking Issue #4 3/5 ... IT NEVER ARRIVED!
Date: 7 Oct 92 16:18:37 GMT
Article-I.D.: donner.1992Oct7.161837.10926
Reply-To: ray.paul@SanDiegoCA.NCR.COM (Ray Paul)
Distribution: na
Organization: NCR Corporation, Rancho Bernardo

As the subject states: part 3 of 5 of the C= Hacking Issue #4 never made
it to our news server.  It appears no one else was missing it.  So, would
someone be so kind and email me part 3.  No need to repost it.  I would
be greatfully in your debt. 

Thanks in Advance,
Ray
Raymond Paul, M.S. 2220                   An AT&T Company  
NCR Corporation, E&M-SanDiego       ray.paul@SanDiegoCA.NCR.COM      
16550 West Bernardo Drive               phone: 619-485-2168
San Diego, CA  92127                      fax: 619-485-2020
From: v131p9t3@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (Ninstar Cybermage - Back Again from the Mists!)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Re: C64
Date: 14 Oct 92 00:19:00 GMT
Organization: University at Buffalo
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41

In article <qVwksB1w165w@aficom.ocunix.on.ca>, pk@aficom.ocunix.on.ca (Stephen Kunc) writes...
>lew@coyote.datalog.com (Lewis Brooks) writes:
> 
>| Hello! I was wondering how many people really read this message area.

That sounds like a suggestion to disband is coming up.

Watch it fella.  We get alot of traffic on this group.  The amount of traffic,
with the assumption that about half the people who read it will usually not
post, indicates that there is a serious need for the group.

James Shank           	#		v131p9t3@ubvms.cc.buffalo.edu
AKA: Ninstar Cybermage  #	or	shank@acsu.buffalo.edu
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From: gobeski8618@iscsvax.uni.edu (Steve 'Gobes' Gobeski)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Re: Power C - Spinnaker
Date: 12 Oct 92 11:33:01 -0500
Organization: University of Northern Iowa

In article <1992Oct12.151447.15620@col.hp.com>, warren@col.hp.com (Warren Tustin) writes:
> 
> --
> Help,
> 
>    I dug out my copy of Power-C for the C=64 (aquired before I bought my
> C=128) and have a big question.  Does anyone familiar with this program
> know how I can get it to output to a printer besides re-directing the output
> with '>>'?  I tried the open() command, but it demands a filename.  Putc()
> doesn't seem to work either, I tried:
> 

  On a hunch I would say try open(4,4,7,NULL) or something similar.  That
*should* take care of the filename problem.

-- Steve 'Gobes' Gobeski // GOBESKI8618@iscsvax.uni.edu
From: gobeski8618@iscsvax.uni.edu (Steve 'Gobes' Gobeski)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Re: Zmodem FLAME
Date: 11 Oct 92 20:29:36 -0500
Organization: University of Northern Iowa

In article <1992Oct11.062902.10735@ccu.umanitoba.ca>, shad04@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Dan Fandrich) writes:
> In article <1992Oct10.204225.7494@iscsvax.uni.edu> gobeski8618@iscsvax.uni.edu (Steve 'Gobes' Gobeski) writes:
>>> done.  At least not at 9600 baud.  Probably not at 2400 either.  What I /WOULD/
>>> like to see is Ymodem-G, since I am one of the fortunate few who have a 14.4k
>>> V.32 modem.  (Hey eat my shorts I had a 1200 baud modem before getting this one
>>> three months ago so I paid my dues.)  
> 

URGH!  Well, no I did *not* write that, but rather extracted the text in my
reply.  If you're going to edit the extracts (>'s) at least make sure you get
the names right!!!  My reply was also against the nay-sayers, I've since lost
track of who Mr. "eat my shorts" is.

-- Steve 'Gobes' Gobeski // GOBESKI8618@iscsvax.uni.edu

  Counter-flames to /dev/null.  I know I'm right on this one.

  "It's kind of fun to do the impossible." - Walt Disney

Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
From: duck@pembvax1.pembroke.edu
Subject: Re: C64 output ports
Organization: Pembroke State University
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 16:04:51 GMT

In article <1992Oct6.175719.1242@draco.macsch.com>, drd@macsch.com (Daniel R. Dawson) writes:
> 
> C64 hardware hackers!
> 
>      I have a project in the works for using my C64 as a burglar
> alarm (our cabin in northern WI was broken into a few times).  I'm
> using a joystick port for monitoring magnetic reed switches in
> the door jambs and the on/off switch.  I also have an autodial-capable
> modem plugged in, so when a switch is opened, the thing can call my
> year-round home and the police.
> 
>    Now for the tricky part.  I'd like the C64 to control an answering
> machine - get it to play it's introductory message on the phone line.
> I know that on the answering machine chip I've got to bring one pin
> to +5v for the duration of the message and one pin to 0v briefly to
> activate the recorder.
> 
>    The user port is occupied by the modem, and the expansion port
> is occupied by a cartridge with my program in EEPROM.  The cassette
> port and one joystick port are available.
> 
> SO, what two lines can I safely use for triggering the answering
> machine?
> 
> Thanks for any comments.
> 
>     Dan Dawson
>     The MacNeal-Schwendler Corporation

Try taking a look at the joystick ports - you'd probably need to buffer them
but they are capable of functioning as output ports also. Take a look in a
memory map for more info on 'em or email me....

-- 

- Craig Taylor   || Standard Disclaimer Applies (of course!)
duck@pembvax1.pembroke.edu (Pembroke State University)

Howe's Law:
	Everyone has a scheme that will not work.
From: gobeski8618@iscsvax.uni.edu (Steve 'Gobes' Gobeski)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Re: Zmodem
Date: 10 Oct 92 20:42:25 -0500
Organization: University of Northern Iowa

In article <1992Oct6.192923.4588@desire.wright.edu>, cshamis@desire.wright.edu writes:
>>   Did the Zmodem 64 project just phase out, or what?
>> 
> 
> I dont think that the 64 or 128 are fast enough to do Zmodem.  I dont think
> that they can compute the CRC in time before the next block is halveway thru
> done.  At least not at 9600 baud.  Probably not at 2400 either.  What I /WOULD/
> like to see is Ymodem-G, since I am one of the fortunate few who have a 14.4k
> V.32 modem.  (Hey eat my shorts I had a 1200 baud modem before getting this one
> three months ago so I paid my dues.)  
> 
> :)
> CShamis@Desire.Wright.Edu
> 

Based on preliminary examination, it *can* be done.  There will likely be flow
control involved, but based on the specs I've looked at, as long as ZM's
receive buffer is at least 16K (easily done on C64) there will a neglible
difference in performance.  This pretty much kills the hardware speed issue.

Also, given that much of ZM's "speed" is owed to the fact that the file is
compressed in the send phase and decompressed on receive, I doubt that a
segmented streaming (flow control) implementation of ZM will be noticeably
slower.  (An off-line decompress phase may result, though).

-- Steve 'Gobes' Gobeski // GOBESKI8618@iscsvax.uni.edu

  "It's kind of fun to do the impossible" -- Walt Disney

Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
From: phillips@uwa.oz.au (Christopher Phillips)
Subject: Re: ForSale
Organization: Elec Eng, Univ of Western Australia
Date: 15 Oct 92 05:37:19 GMT

duck@pembvax1.pembroke.edu writes:
>group was however). 

>Periodic postings are fine but I am getting tired of seeing it posted like
>clock-work every week or two weeks. While not the original list or what-not->
>SO WHAT?? 

>Comp.Sys.Cbm I believe is intended for discussion of C=64/128/whatever
>computers -- not as a for-sale C= anything. Yes, people do post stuff for sale
>and that's fine but it seems you're using it regularly, exclusively for that
>purpose and that's what we're bothered with.
Two solutions I can see to this sort of problem.  The first is to
workout how to use the Kill option on your newsreader;  With nn
you just have to hit 'K' to cancel all articles by the currnet author or
subject (your choice) for 30 days or indefinately.  Read the
Friendly Manual :)

Nudda option:  We could all embark on the long and convoluted
operation of Group Splitting.  The amount of ForSale postings
seems to be on the increase, and there might be enought bandwidth 
to justify it..

What say all?


--
Christopher Jam	__________________________________________________
phillips@swanee.ee.uwa.edu.au			c64 forever!!!!
300,000 c64's were sold in the fiscal year ending June 1991 :)
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From: ckunz@src4src.linet.org (Charles Kunz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Re: C64 output ports
Date: 12 Oct 92 03:25:04 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: The Source for Source Pub Access Unix

In article <1992Oct9.071257.1@pembvax1.pembroke.edu> duck@pembvax1.pembroke.edu writes:
>
>I believe the they're already configured as output ports and that the joysticks
>just shorts them forcing them to a logical 0 state. Try just poking directly to
>the ports themselves and see if the line follows the data path.
>

You are correct, I found the Compute issues which show a simple project
that use the joystick ports as output ports.  The issues, btw, were
July 1992 (p. G-18) and August 1992 (p. G-18).  If you have an old
joystick that you don't use anymore you can use the joystick cable for
the projects.

Chuck
-- 
E-mail: ckunz@src4src.linet.org, aq084@cleveland.freenet.edu
It's amazing what you can do with a Commodore 64, isn't it? 
My girlfriend thinks I'm weird.  She's right.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
From: zembrod@informatik.uni-freiburg.de (Philip Zembrod)
Subject: Re: C64 output ports
Keywords: C64 hardware ports
Organization: Institut fuer Informatik der Universitaet Freiburg, Deutschland
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 92 09:23:55 GMT

zembrod@informatik.uni-freiburg.de (Philip Zembrod) writes:

>drd@macsch.com (Daniel R. Dawson) writes:


>>C64 hardware hackers!

>>     I have a project in the works for using my C64 as a burglar
>>alarm (our cabin in northern WI was broken into a few times).  I'm
>>using a joystick port for monitoring magnetic reed switches in
>>the door jambs and the on/off switch.  I also have an autodial-capable
>>modem plugged in, so when a switch is opened, the thing can call my
>>year-round home and the police.

>>   Now for the tricky part.  I'd like the C64 to control an answering
>>machine - get it to play it's introductory message on the phone line.
>>I know that on the answering machine chip I've got to bring one pin
>>to +5v for the duration of the message and one pin to 0v briefly to
>>activate the recorder.

>>   The user port is occupied by the modem, and the expansion port
>>is occupied by a cartridge with my program in EEPROM.  The cassette
>>port and one joystick port are available.

>>SO, what two lines can I safely use for triggering the answering
>>machine?

>>Thanks for any comments.

>>    Dan Dawson
>>    The MacNeal-Schwendler Corporation

>I'd use the cassette port. The "cassette write" pin you can connect to an
>input of a 7406 to pull the trigger pin on the answering machine to 0V.
>I'm not quite sure which is the best way to do the 5V. One could perhaps
>revert the "cassette sense" pin and use it as an output to drive a transistor
>which pulls the other pin of the answering machine to 5V. Another possibility
>would be the "cassette motor" pin. This one is driven also by one I/O-pin of
>the 6510 CPU, but supplies unregulated 6V, I think. Perhaps one could limit
>that to 5 V with a Z-diode or a little voltage regulator, then it would also
>do the job. The "cassette read" pin is not able to do output since it is
>connected to an edge sensitive input of the CIA parallel I/O chip.

>The other joystick port might also work, but because it is connected via the
>keyboard with the first joystick port it could interfere with that one.

>I'm going to look up the bit about the "cassette sense" pin tonight.

The "cassette sense" pin has a 3.3kOhm intern pull-up, otherwise it should
work as an output. About the "cassette motor" I think I was wrong. It's
probably more like 9V than 6V.

Philip


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: whoisit?  ( -- )
 ." Philip Zembrod "  ( zembrod@informatik.uni-freiburg.de ) ;
From: phoenix@cats.ucsc.edu (Matthew Brian Lawrence)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: GEOS COPY -- HELP ME!
Date: 10 Oct 92 05:32:03 GMT
Organization: University of California; Santa Cruz
NNTP-Posting-Host: si.ucsc.edu


Please Please Help me!!!

I have only my original GEOS v1.3 SYSTEM DISK and I have
been using this for about 5 years.  I need to know how to
make a duplicate working copy so I no longer have to worry about
the disk crashing.

Thank you very much for your help.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
From: 880518l@dragon.acadiau.ca (Nelson Langille)
Subject: Fixing c64 drive (1541 I think) how to allign
Summary: fix drive
Keywords: allign
Organization: Acadia University
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 17:09:59 GMT

I am trying to fix a broken c64 drive, someone said that the heads
might be out of allignment, or that the drive speed may be incorrect.
How do you change these two things.  I would like to NOT take it to
the repair shop.
From: fred@cbmvax.commodore.com (Fred Bowen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Re: cpm cartridge wanted for c64
Date: 9 Oct 92 17:19:24 GMT
Reply-To: fred@cbmvax.commodore.com (Fred Bowen)
Distribution: comp
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA

drudetb@infonode.ingr.com (Ted B. Drude) writes:
>6500hage@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu (William F. Hagen) writes:
>>
>>I understand the [C-64] cpm was the biggest disaster for the CBM 
>>this side of the +4.
>
> [...]
> I've often felt the much-better-done CP/M Plus implementation in
> the C-128 was a really attempt by Commodore to atone for the ridiculous
> C-64 CP/M.  By the time the C-128 was on the market,  CP/M compatibilty
> was really a moot point,  just a minor marketing gimick,  being
> completely overshadowed by MS-DOS. In the early '80s when the C-64 was
> first introduced, CP/M compatibilty was a much more important selling point. 

Both C64 and C128 versions were done by the same guy (Von Ertwine), for
basically the same reason: tap into the very abundant supply of business
software to assist with the product's launch (the C64 was a brand new
computer with absolutely no software, and the C128 needed 80-column
stuff).  Early on, there was some consideration given to making the C128
a 2-mode machine: C64 and CP/M.  Ick!  Terry Ryan and I preferred & had
suggested, instead of a Z80, put in a 68000 running something like OS2.

We all know the C64 implementation of CP/M 2.2 failed primarily, IMHO,
because it was very slow, the TPA (program memory) was too small, screen
was too narrow, and it was not media compatible.  The C128 implementation
of CP/M 3.0 solved most of these problems, except it could have been faster
(the C256 prototype was).  Unfortunately, by that time CP/M was on its
way out and you-know-what was on its way in. 

The Plus/4 failed because it lacked software, plain & simple.  The
actual computer was pretty nice (though it lacked sprites).  All the
stuff you like about the C128 OS came directly from the Plus/4, so I
wouldn't knock it too much. 

-- 
Fred Bowen			uucp:	{uunet|rutgers|pyramid}!cbmvax!fred
				domain:	fred@cbmvax.commodore.com
				tele:	215 431-9100

Commodore Electronics, Ltd.,  1200 Wilson Drive,  West Chester,  PA,  19380
From: bz498@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Henry C Kessler III)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Epyx Fast Load:Thanks
Date: 16 Oct 1992 02:48:08 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Reply-To: bz498@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Henry C Kessler III)
NNTP-Posting-Host: hela.ins.cwru.edu


I would like to thank those of you who have sent me replies to my
question concerning the Epyx Fast Load Catridge.  Now, that I know the
major commands, I wll be able to do more with it then just let sit there
in the port.  Thanks again...

-- 
H C Kessler III             | bz498@cleveland.freenet.edu
============================================================
Spelling errrors due to a gremlin living in my computer!!!!!
From: dd237s278@sycom.mi.org (Dave Daniels)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: WANTED: Maniac Mansion (c64) 
Distribution: world
X-BBS-Software: EXCELSIOR! v0.960
Date: 11 Oct 92 01:28:55 EST
Organization: Michigan Information eXchange


  If anyone has a copy of "Maniac Mansion" and is willing to sell/copy please 
contact me.  I am having a hard time locating this game.  Also if you can 
transmitt it I am willin' to call anywhere in U.S... (1200 Baud)...

Peace
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
From: umleun65@ccu.umanitoba.ca (umleun65)
Subject: Re: relative file format
Organization: University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 15:56:04 GMT

In <35804@cbmvax.commodore.com> fred@cbmvax.commodore.com (Fred Bowen) writes:

>While we're at it, here is my list of 1581 ROM bugs:

>1. HEADER following a DIRECTORY does not zero system sectors.
>2. OPENing SAVE and LOAD files simultaneously cause system track corruption.
>3. Processing a UJ before dumping cache will corrupt disk (cache not dumped).
>4. A burst command (eg., inquire or query) will close direct access channels.
>5. Init routine sets incorrect (i.e., not optimum) step rate.

I have found another 1581 ROM bug!
 
  When CREATING a partition:
    if you include the drive number spec "0:" (the 1581 user's guide does this)
 
           print#file#,"/0:partition name,"+chr$...
 
    the partition name can only be of length 15 or less (not the usual 16), or
    else the drive will give an error 30 (general syntax).
 
    But if you omit the drive number spec,
  
           print#file#,"/partition name,"+chr$...
 
    the partition name can be the usual length of 16 characters.
 
  The drive number spec does not seem to matter when SELECTING a partition
  with a partition name of length 16, however.
From: andrew@zone4.ocunix.on.ca (Andrew Low)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Distribution: world
Subject: Re: Zmodem
Organization: Zone4
Date: Fri, 09 Oct 92 15:42:49 GMT

>In article <uNy7RB1w165w@lakes.trenton.sc.us>, 
massive@lakes.trenton.sc.us (Massive Onslaught) writes:
>>   Did the Zmodem 64 project just phase out, or what?
>>  

I was the person that sort of started the ball rolling then hit this
small problem, no time. (can you say school?)

In article <1992Oct7.121021.7376@iscsvax.uni.edu> 
gobeski8618@iscsvax.uni.edu (Steve 'Gobes' Gobeski) writes:
>
>More importantly, what ever happened to the idea of setting up a mailing list?

I was trying to get an account at school where I could run a list, but it
didn't work out.  I can't run a list from home since it would cost me an
arm and a leg (I pay for access).  Also the time factor has about killed
my ability to participate.  Is there anyone who is willing to try to create
a list?

Here is the list of interested people I had collected:

shad04@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Dan Fandrich)
massive@lakes.trenton.sc.us (Massive Onslaught)
kolstad@cae.wisc.edu (Joel Kolstad)
fuzzy@netcom.com (Fuzzy Fox)
andrew@zone4.ocunix.on.ca (Andrew Low)
duck@pembvax1.pembroke.edu (Craig Taylor)
wrasman@cs.utk.edu ('Walker Of Change')
gobeski8618@iscsvax.uni.edu (Steve "Gobes" Gobeski)

(sorry to anyone who is on the above list who isn't interested, I pulled
most from the related articles in the newsgroup)

>so we can run one the old fashioned way

If there is someone out there with internet access and has a secondary
account they would be willing to use as 'an old fashioned mailing list'
would they please raise their hand?   Maybe even someone with time on
their hands and internet access could telnet to one of the freenet sites
and get an account there to run one?

+/+\+/+\+/+chew carefully/+\+/+\+/+\+/+\+/+\+/+\+/+\+/+\+/+\+/+\+/+\+/+\+/+\+/+
Roo [andrew@zone4.ocunix.on.ca] m a c h i n e l o v e h a t e f e a r v o i d .
               "dreams are all that separate us from the machines"
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