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| Articles in section: ABOUT COCO FRIENDS DISK MAGAZINE |
| "ABOUT
CFDM" ABOUT COCO FRIENDS DISK MAGAZINE |
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"ABOUT CFDM" COCO FRIENDS DISK MAGAZINE is dedicated to those who still enjoy running under RS DOS. It will deal with that format exclusively. A primary goal is to keep the COCO community strong. By providing a unique means of communication, maybe old fires will be rekindled as you and I share our knowledge and experiences! The success of this effort depends on each one who becomes a subscriber. Everyone must contribute his/ her two cents in the form of articles, programs, opinions, experiences, etc. If this happens we will all look forward to the next issue. (Check out the manual with your starter kit for details on how to submit material.) Now let's have some fun!!! =* |
ABOUT COCO FRIENDS DISK MAGAZINE COCO FRIENDS DISK MAGAZINE is the creation and property of Rick Cooper. It is distributed solely by RICK'S COMPUTER ENTERPRISE. The material which makes up each issue remains the property of the author(s) or contributor(s) unless an agreement has been made otherwise. COCO FRIENDS DISK MAGAZINE is dedicated exclusively to those who enjoy the COCO3 operating under RS DOS. It is hoped that this publication will encourage the continued usage of our favorite computer. Neither CFDM nor RICK'S COMPUTER ENTERPRISE will be responsible for the submission or publication of any material that does not belong to the submitter. WE DO NOT ADVOCATE OR SUPPORT PIRACY! =* |
| Articles in section: ABOUT THIS ISSUE |
| BONUS
DISK DIRECTORY (v1 i12) CONTENTS...PART 1 (v1 i12) CONTENTS...PART 2 (v1 i12) PROGRAM DIRECTORY (v1 i12) THIS MONTH'S COVER |
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Here's a description of the files on the BONUS DISK. File names preceded by an asterisk are data files and not to be RUN or EXECed. ------------------ SIDE 1 ---------------------- NAME.........COMMAND..SECTION OR DESCRIPTION...... * CFDMCV01.NIB........PIX FILE FOR GMENU.BAS........ * CFDMCV02.NIB........PIX FILE FOR GMENU.BAS........ * CFDMCV03.NIB........PIX FILE FOR GMENU.BAS........ * CFDMCV04.NIB........PIX FILE FOR GMENU.BAS........ * CFDMCV05.NIB........PIX FILE FOR GMENU.BAS........ * CFDMCV06.NIB........PIX FILE FOR GMENU.BAS........ * CFDMCV07.NIB........PIX FILE FOR GMENU.BAS........ * CFDMCV08.NIB........PIX FILE FOR GMENU.BAS........ * CFDMCV09.NIB........PIX FILE FOR GMENU.BAS........ * CFDMCV10.NIB........PIX FILE FOR GMENU.BAS.. => ____________________________________________________ * CFDMCV11.NIB........PIX FILE FOR GMENU.BAS........ * GALDATA .DAT........DATA FILE FOR GMENU.BAS....... * GALLERY .NIB........PIX FILE FOR GMENU.BAS........ GMENU .BAS..RUN...ART GALLERY................... * NIBLOADR.BIN........PIX LOADER UTILITY............ ------------------- SIDE 2 ------------------- * ALSUNSET.NIB........PIX FILE FOR PUZZLES.BAS...... * BALLOONS.NIB........PIX FILE FOR PUZZLES.BAS...... CALYEAR2.BAS..RUN...PROGRAMS OF THE MONTH......... * COCO .NIB........PIX FILE FOR PUZZLES.BAS...... * GFLOWERS.NIB........ART GALLERY..USE NIBLODR+.BAS. * GOLF .NIB........PIX FILE FOR PUZZLES.BAS...... * JULY 4 .NIB........PIX FILE FOR PUZZLES.BAS...... * NIBLOADR.BIN........PIX LOADER UTILITY............ NIBLODR+.BAS..RUN...PROGRAMS OF THE MONTH... => ____________________________________________________ * OVERLAY .NIB........DATA FILE FOR PUZZLES.BAS..... * PHEASANT.NIB........ART GALLERY...USE NIBLODR+.BAS * PUZDAT .DAT........DATA FILE FOR PUZZLES.BAS..... * PUZTITLE.NIB........PIX FILE FOR PUZZLES.BAS...... * PUZZLE1 .NIB........DATA FILE FOR PUZZLES.BAS..... * PUZZLE2 .NIB........DATA FILE FOR PUZZLES.BAS..... PUZZLES .BAS..RUN...PROGRAMS OF THE MONTH......... * REFLECTN.NIB........PIX FILE FOR PUZZLES.BAS...... * SEQ0 .DAT........DATA FILE FOR PUZZLES.BAS..... * SEQ1 .DAT........DATA FILE FOR PUZZLES.BAS..... * SWITCH .BIN........UTILITY FILE FOR PUZZLES.BAS.. * UPGRADE .NIB........PIX FILE FOR PUZZLES.BAS...... * WINTSERN.NIB........PIX FILE FOR PUZZLES.BAS...... The puzzle and cover collections were put together by Friend Godfrey Moll. THANKS! =* |
ABOUT COCO FRIENDS DISK MAGAZINE (2)
1 "ABOUT CFDM"
2 ABOUT COCO FRIENDS DISK MAGAZINE
ABOUT THIS ISSUE (5)
1 BONUS DISK DIRECTORY (v1 i12)
2 CONTENTS...PART 1 (v1 i12)
3 CONTENTS...PART 2 (v1 i12)
4 PROGRAM DIRECTORY (v1 i12)
5 THIS MONTH'S COVER
ACTIVE COCO (3)
1 AUSTRALIAN FEST IS SUCCESS!
2 CoCo-ing to the C.I.S.
3 MIDDLE AMERICA COCO FEST '93
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ADVERTISEMENTS (2)
1 CFDM SUBSCRIPTION
2 SURPLUS FOR SALE
ARTICLES OF THE MONTH (5)
1 /CM3 TO /NIB conversion
2 BASIC MADE EASY, LABELPRC/BAS
3 CREATE PUZZLES TO SAVE
4 HOW AN M/L DISK FILE IS STORED
5 PUZZLES (CONT'D)
COCO FRIENDS ART GALLERY (6)
1 CFDM COVERS (BONUS SIDE 1)
2 COMICS by Art
3 COMICS by Chai
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5 PHEASANT
6 THIS MONTH'S ART GALLERY
FAMILY TREE (3)
1 DEMOGRAPHIC STUDY
2 HAROLD MOENICH
3 KATHY RUMPEL
FORUM (3)
1 Software Underwriters?
2 WHERE DO WE STAND?
3 Why did you buy your CoCo
FROM THE EDITOR (3)
1 ABOUT C.BAS THIS ISSUE
2 FROM THE EDITOR =*
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3 KUDOS <g>
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR (10)
1 ANOTHER SOLUTION TO <g> LOADING!
2 EARLY RETIREMENT FOR RICK!?
3 EXCERPTS WE LOVED RECEIVING!
4 FRIENDS HELPING FRIENDS
5 IN SEARCH OF MAX-10
6 TAKING ADVANTAGE OF FREE BONUS
7 TO GIVE-AWAY!
8 TO RICK
9 Thank You Letter
10 Tip on PRT#1CFD
POTPOURRI (4)
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2 A TAIL OF WHOA!
3 A TAIL OF WHOA! <PART II>
4 SCHUBERT'S 'SERENADE'
PROGRAMS OF THE MONTH (11)
1 1/2/4 Col. DIR for V. Hawxhurst.
2 CALYEAR2
3 FORMS1.0
4 GODFREY'S PUZZLES (BONUS SIDE 2)
5 HSCR4PT2 - Graphics Utility
6 HSCR4UTL - Graphics Utility
7 LOGIC, LOGIC2 & LOGIC3
8 La Belle Lucie. Solitaire Game.
9 NIBLOADR with a Menu
10 PUZZLES INSTRUCTIONS
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REVIEWS (2)
1 POWERBOOST (6309 AND RS-DOS)
2 SUPER COMICS+
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS (7)
1 "ML-ADDR" & "PRT#1CFD" Revisited
2 /NIB TO /CM3
3 Generic Database You Say?
4 RAINBOW INDEXES & ASSEMBLERS?
5 SLOTPAK III
6 TO L. BRYANT:OS-9/RS-DOS XFERS.
7 To D. Topping:Orch 90 & S/SC.
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Here's a description of the files on the PROGRAM/
SIDE. File names preceded by an asterisk are data
files and not to be RUN or EXECed!
NAME.........COMMAND..SECTION OR DESCRIPTION......
# .BAS..RUN...PROGRAMS OF THE MONTH.(LOGIC).
COLUMDIR.BAS..RUN...PROGRAMS OF THE MONTH.........
* FONT .BIN........DATA FILE FOR LUCIE.BAS.......
* FORMS .TXT........DATA FILE FOR FORMS1.BAS......
FORMS1 .BAS..RUN...PROGRAMS OF THE MONTH.........
HSCR4UTL.BAS..RUN...PROGRAMS OF THE MONTH.........
JASON .BAS..RUN...REVIEWS.......................
* JASON .BIN........PIX FILE FOR JASON.BAS........
* LABELUCY.006........DATA FILE FOR PRINTME6.BAS....
LGCINTRC.BAS..RUN...PROGRAMS OF THE MONTH.........
LOGIC .BAS..RUN...PROGRAMS OF THE MONTH... =>
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LUCIE .BAS..RUN...PROGRAMS OF THE MONTH.........
PRINTME6.BAS..RUN...ARTICLES & PROGRAMS OF MONTH..
* READ .TXT........DATA FILE FOR READDOC2.BAS....
READDOC2.BAS..RUN...PROGRAMS OF THE MONTH.........
SERENADE.BAS..RUN...POTPOURRI...(MUSIC)...........
* SERENADE.BIN........DATA FILE FOR SERENADE.BAS....
* SUBMISSI.FRM........DATA FILE FOR FORMS1.BAS......
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MoonLite This is a picture from upstate New York.
I thought of this as a different kind of
silhouette painting in that it covers blues
instead of reds. In western New York, there
are many such nights as these. Quite peacefull
and relaxing.
I hope you will enjoy this picture and I
will again be looking for pictures in the mail.
Just a note: I have received many postcards in
and I will get to as many as possible in the
near future. I am a teacher and time has a
habit of slipping away, especially this time
of year.
---- Jim Gibbons
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| Articles in section: ACTIVE COCO |
| AUSTRALIAN
FEST IS SUCCESS! CoCo-ing to the C.I.S. MIDDLE AMERICA COCO FEST '93 |
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AUSTRALIAN FEST IS SUCCESS! A recent letter from Fred Remin, new Editor of the
CoCo-Link magazine in Australia, included this note
about their recent CoCo Fest:
"...let me first tell you about our CoCo Fest,
considering that people were saying that the CoCo
was dead, the Fest was a breath of fresh air. Over
the day and a half I had about 70 to 80 people at
the Fest. At one stage there would have been about
16 CoCos in all sorts of configurations going at the
same time. (They) ranged from a CoCo 1 16k to a
number of 3s with all manner of hard drives and
floppies attached. I also had Australia's complement
of MM/1's there, both of them.
... I did get a chance to give a demo of the CFDM
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sent me. I also used one of my lectures on the
availability of support to advertise the fact that
I was now carrying your software. This coupled with
me advertising in the CoCo-Link magazine should see
a few sales coming up early in 93 if not before.
....I received a letter from Frank Swygert of FARNA
SYSTEMS the other day, and he has offered to write
an "American Report" for my magazine, would you be
interested in doing something similar? Maybe a
review or two, or even an update of some upcoming
software etc. I would be more than happy to be able
to include something of an international flavour in
the CoCo-Link."
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RICK: I'm going to try to come up with an article or
something for Fred. I'd really like to see some of
the Friends send something appropriate that way. It
would be great to be able to support our counter-
parts in some way!
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CoCo-ing to the C.I.S. For the past 10 months I have been using my CoCo to
write letters and create labels for parcels to a man
and son who live in Minsk, Belorussia which until a
little over a year ago was part of the USSR. Now
they are the C.I.S.
This has been a very rewarding experience for me and
my family. Many of our stereotyped ideas about the
Soviet people have changed. Our friend is a kind,
considerate, well-educated, intelligent, and witty
man who is a Christian.
Although he is a doctor in a major hospital, he does
not earn enough to feed and clothe himself and his
5 year old son. Good food is almost impossible for
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fact that a large portion of Belorussia was con-
taminated with radiation from Chernobyl. He has a
sad and difficult life. He lives with the worry
that his son is being poisoned by the radiation.
Our helping this family in crisis has been a very
rewarding "adventure" for us. And my trusty CoCo
has been right there to help me the whole way! I
have been able to take my time composing letters
(savng them to disk as I work on them). Also, I
have a complete file on disk of letters I have
written. I have even used CoCo Max III with special
fonts (from the 4 disk set of fonts) to create
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in the C.I.S., I suggest that you write or call me.
Because of extremely high postal rates, this will
require some degree of financial committment. It
would be an excellent project for a church group to
undertake. You may contact me for additional infor-
mation. I will be happy to answer your questions
and explain how you can get the name of a family in
the C.I.S. that is presently living without hope.
Jim Bennett
118 Corlies Ave.
Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
tel. (914) 485-8150
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MIDDLE AMERICA COCO FEST '93 Saturday Breakfast 8:30 a.m. w/speakers
(optional) $7.00 RSVP
Saturday March 27, 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Sunday March 28, 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
The Place: Ramada Inn (Des Moines, Iowa)
Easy highway access at I-35 & 80 interchange
(University Exit). With a "limited number" of rooms
reserved at Fest rates. $35 per room (up to four
occupants). Reservations: 1-800-255-2222
Airport shuttle provided!
Several Color Computer Fests were successfully done
in '92. Port Orchard, WA had a very successful Fest
in June. Atlanta had an attendance of 200, +vendors.
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a Fest could be held here in Des Moines, IA. Well..
not just another Fest. Our national reach out and
central location should assure full attendance with
an attractive and fun filled Fest!
Card tables in a gymnasium just isn't the sort of
fest people travel to and spend money at, nor is it
our style. What we have put together is a high
quality Fest, with an eye toward reasonable rates.
A quality hotel: The Ramada Inn with attractively
displayed booths and plenty of walking and talking
room. Speakers, start with the well-know James
Jones of Microware, OS-9 User Group President, Boisy
Pitre, and Terry Simons, RSDOS. Others will follow
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This promises to be a well rounded Fest. With both
heavy emphasis for the OS-9 enthusiast; with a good
representation of RSDOS.
Seven months after the previous Fest in October '92,
CoCo enthusists from all around will be looking
forward to it!
This will total up to a fest you don't want to miss!
Tickets: Til Feb 1 At the door
One day $10 $12
Two day $12 $15
Mail to: Middle America Fest, Terry Simons/Treas.
1328 48th, Des Moines, IA 50311
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| Articles in section: ADVERTISEMENTS |
| CFDM
SUBSCRIPTION SURPLUS FOR SALE |
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CFDM SUBSCRIPTION Is your subscription running out? Here's how to check: On your mailing label next to your name is a number. The number after the last dash (-) is the last issue on your present subscription. Please don't let your subscription expire. WHEN YOU RESUBSCRIBE PLEASE INCLUDE YOUR ENTIRE SUBSCRIPTION NUMBER. THIS HELPS ME LOCATE YOU IN MY DATABASE! A single issue of CFDM is $6. Or get 3 issues for only $16. A 6 issue subscription is only $30 (a savings of 6$). Back issues are available at the same rates. COCOs FOREVER!! =* |
SURPLUS FOR SALE My "CoCowidow", heavy with child, wants to
clean out my CoCocloset to give the new baby a place
to sleep! I have tons of boxed software and alot of
hardware, too, as well as a bunch of 6809 and other
books.
I plan to keep a basic setup (CoCo, monitor,
drives, Color Scripsit, Roman Checkers and Backgam-
mon, DMP-130A, etc.) but must discard the rest. I
have Childpace, MECC, Epyx, Micro. Mission, Mickey,
and many other titles too numerous to list, all
legal. I also have CoCo's of all types, tapeplayers,
drives, a used Ears system I never got going, DCM's,
printers (DMP 110, Okidata 97, etc.), color or B&W
monitors, joysticks galore, hi-res interface, books
...you name it, I probably have it! As a teacher, I
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If you have been searching for some item
relevant to CoCo please send me a list of what you
need and what you are willing to pay for it. I
probably have it. At least this way I can get a
subscription to Rick's excellent friends disk!
Please write to:
Charles Scanlon
2 Eagle Lane
Simsbury CT 06070-1703
or call: (203)657-8373 although it's easier for
all if you write, because I'm not always home! I
love my CoCo's but we need more room...Thanks!
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| Articles in section: ARTICLES OF THE MONTH |
| /CM3
to /NIB conversion BASIC MADE EASY, LABELPRC/BAS CREATE PUZZLES TO SAVE HOW AN M/L DISK FILE IS STORED. PUZZLES (CONT'D) |
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/CM3 to /NIB conversion I have found a way to convert CoCoMax 3 format /CM3
graphic file to the CFDM's /NIB. I will not say it
is a perfect nor foolproof way, but it did work for
me. Run, create, edit and finish your picture on
CM3 as usual. When you are finished, DO NOT SAVE!!!
Instead, select "OPTIONS" menu and click on "SCROLL
PAGE". This puts your graphic piture on the screen
without anything else. Next, you must perform a
screen dump to disk. Press <SHIFT-UP ARROW>. This
will save the screen as SCREEN??. When you have done
that, get out of CM3. Now, get the CM3 master disk
and RUN"MINILOAD" and load the SCREEN?? file. Then
get out of MINILOAD and get a copy of NIBSAVER. I
found a copy on Issue #5. LOADM"NIBSAVER" and EXEC
it. This will save the SCREEN??/CM3 as SCREEN/NIB.
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Filename. Now you should be able to move your newly
saved /NIB file to whereever you have to.
I hope this procedure works for you.
Raymond Berney =*
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BASIC MADE EASY, LABELPRC/BAS This month the first three pages of LABELTUT/006
( This month it is called LABELUCY/006 ) is the
documentation for the solitaire game La Belle Lucie.
The pages are numbered 1,2 and 3. The next five are
the regular installment of LABELTUT, these pages are
numbered 32,33,34,35 and 36.
If you want to printout the pages with a left margin
change line 16 in PRINTME6/BAS to read:
16 PRINTL$:PRINT#-2,STRING$(8,32);L$ and put your
printer in the 12 CPI mode. This will give you a 8
character left and right margin.
The program LABELPRC/BAS and FONT/BIN are NOT on the
disk. Since the entire program was published just
last month. It will now be on the disk every other
month until the series is finished.
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started this series, I will make a disk available,
once the series is finished, that will contain the
entire series together with a printme program. The
cost will be nominal, I am not looking to make a
profit here. Just want to please those who might
have missed some installments and would like to have
the entire series. This months programs are:
1. LABELUCY/006 The sixth installment in this
series and the instructions
for playing La Belle Lucie.
2. PRINTME6/BAS The program needed to print
out LABELUCY/006. As always
ADOS users can use the SCANP
command to print out the file
* CONGRATS TO RICK FOR THIS THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY *
* ISSUE * ................................ George *>
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CREATE PUZZLES TO SAVE For those of us that LOVE RICK's PUZZLES Pro-
gram, I have adapted the CHECK/BAS Program to do a
single PUZZLE for creating a PUZZLE Disk with the
SAVE feature that Esther Millard wrote about in the
CFDM Issue #10
First I prepared a MASTER PUZZLE DISK with the
following Programs from RICK'S PUZZLES (Unbelievable
Offer #1):
NIBSAVER/BAS NIBSAVER/BIN NIBLOADR/BIN
SEQ0/DAT SEQ1/DAT PUZZLE1/NIB
PUZZLE2/NIB OVERLAY/NIB SWITCH/BIN
CHECK/BAS CHECK/TTL CHECKPIX/BIN
and NEWDESPZ/BAS from CFDM Issue #6
and for /CM3 Pictures MINILOAD/BAS from CoCoMaxIII
To complete the MASTER PUZZLE DISK:
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EDIT LINES 180 & 370 as follows:
LINE 180 Change J<8 to J<1
LINE 370 Change P1=8 to P1=1
then SAVE "CHECK/BAS" <ENTER>
The MASTER PUZZLE DISK is completed -- place
the SEAL on to prevent any changes.
To Create a Single PUZZLE Disk I BACKUP the
MASTER PUZZLE DISK to a New PUZZLE Disk. Then I COPY
the /CM3 Picture to the PUZZLE Disk:
RUN "MINILOAD/BAS" <ENTER>
FILENAME: "--------" (No Extension) <ENTER>
Picture will be on SCREEN
Hit <BREAK> Key
RUN "NIBSAVER/BAS" <ENTER>
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Picture Size: Usually <1>
In Memory?: <Y>
Picture is SAVEd in /NIB format.
RUN "CHECK/BAS" <ENTER>
Title Screen Hit Any Key then <ENTER>
Takes Time to CHECK Picture
If Picture uses more than 13 COLORS or is ANI-
MATED it will not Process into a PUZZLE!
"Processing Complete" on Screen
LOAD "NEWDESPZ/BAS" <ENTER>
EDIT LINES 29 to 31 to include the PUZZLE name
and any info that you want shown on the Title Screen
-- may have to adjust the location numbers.
SAVE "--------/BAS" <ENTER> =*
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HOW AN M/L DISK FILE IS STORED. I have decided to write this article to explain how the disk portion of my program "ML-ADDR" (see CFDM #9) works. The first five bytes of an M/L file are called the preamble. The first byte is the Preamble Flag and is a zero. The second and third bytes represent the length of the file. The fourth and fifth bytes represent the loading or start addr- ess of the file. The reason that "ML-ADDR" does not work with multiple origined files is due to the fact that such files may contain several preambles. "ML- ADDR" in its present state does not account for this fact. Also, in the description of "ML-ADDR", I failed to mention the Postamble of an M/L file. As its name implies, the Postamble is located at the end of an M/L file. It is also five bytes in length. The first byte is the Postamble Flag and is a 255.=> ____________________________________________________ The second and third bytes are always zero. The fourth and fifth bytes represent the Transfer or EXEC address of the file. An M/L file may be OPENed as a random "D"irect Access file. If we OPEN the file with a record length of 1, then we can read one byte at a time, from anywhere in the file. This is how "M/L ADDR" accesses the Preamble and Postamble, one byte at a time. The addresses are then calculated from the retrieved data. If anyone modifies the "ML-ADDR" to account for multiple origined files, please submit it to CFDM. Direct any questions or comments to: R.A.Turner, BINARY SYSTEMS, RT 3 BOX 458, PO BOX 396, DOUBLE SPRINGS, AL 35553. copyright (c) 1992, Robert Allen Turner. =* |
PUZZLES (CONT'D) KILL "NEWDESPZ/BAS" <ENTER>
You are now ready to try out YOUR PUZZLE!
RUN "--------/BAS" <ENTER>
I enjoy creating Pictures using CoCoMaxIII to
be made into Puzzles using RICK'S PUZZLES Program
and have had many enjoyable hours putting them to-
gether.
If anyone has any questions about the way that
I've made the PUZZLE, just write to me at:
from now till February 28,1993:
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GODFREY J. MOLL
SEACHASE CONDO W303
17351 FRONT BEACH ROAD
PANAMA CITY BEACH, FL 32413
or anytime:
1571 EAST ERIE APT 103
SPRINGFIELD, MO 65804
PS: I still have to learn how to put more than one
PUZZLE on a Disk.
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| Articles in section: COCO FRIENDS ART GALLERY |
| CFDM
COVERS (BONUS SIDE 1) COMICS by Art COMICS by Chai GARDEN FLOWERS PHEASANT THIS MONTH'S ART GALLERY |
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CFDM GALLERY OF COVERS
Rick:
Enclosed is a Disk with a GALLERY prepared
using the PIXDOCTR/BAS from CFDM Issue #5 and your
GALLERY MAKER (Unbelievable Offer #1). I processed
all TEN CFDM Cover Pictures by James J. Gibbons
using the PIXDOCTR to eliminate the printed portion
and to center the Picture. I added a BLANK Picture
to provide the 11th Picture needed for GALLERY MAKER
-- it was a BLANK because I had to keep the total
number of Granules used by the Pictures below 55
in order to have room for the Processing Programs.
To provide more visibility to the Picture Icons
I changed the COLOR called for in LINES 125 and 128
of GMAKER/BAS from HCOLOR 1,0 to HCOLOR 8,0 from
YELLOW to BLACK.
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friends that will be with us for Thanksgiving Dinner
Hope that all our CoCo Friends had a super
Turkey Day!
If there are any questions about this use of
PIXDOCTR or GALLERY MAKER, contact me at our Florida
address up till February 28,1993 or at HOME anytime:
GODFREY J. MOLL GODFREY J. MOLL
1571 EAST ERIE APT 103 SEACHASE CONDO UNIT W303
SPRINGFIELD, MO 65804 17351 FRONT BEACH ROAD
PANAMA CITY BEACH, FL
32413
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found on the front side of this issue's BONUS DISK.
I have replaced the one blank screen with the Jim's
cover picture from issue #11.
Here's how to use GODFREY'S GALLERY OF CFDM COVERS.
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RUN "GMENU.BAS" from you backup copy of side 1 of
the BONUS DISK. Answer the MONITOR TYPE prompt with
the appropriate response. Wait for the gallery to
be displayed. Press H for the HELP SCREEN. Press A
for information about the framed picture. Move the
arrow keys to select a picture and press ENTER to
display that picture. Press C for continuous viewing
from the present picture to the end of the gallery.
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GARDEN FLOWERS
This picture was painted using Color Max and then translated to Co Co Max 3. I had painted a beautiful floral in Oil and thought I would now try one on the computer. It gave me a chance to use many of the tools (pencil, circle, brush sizes and move objects around), I found this very exciting and thoroughly enjoyed it. It took quite a while to do it as I spent a lot of time on detail. The flowers in the bouquet are from our home flower beds. I hope you enjoy this picture as much as I did painting it. ---------------------------------------------------- RICK: GFLOWERS.NIB is located on side 2 of the Bonus Disk. RUN "NIBLODR+" to display Dorothy's beautiful picture. =* |
PHEASANT
The PHEASANT is a picture of a ring-necked pheasant
which is a wild bird found in Wisconsin. This is
one of the many beautiful fall scenes from my part
of the country. I drew this picture using CoCo
Max III.
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RICK: PHEASANT.NIB is located on side 2 of the Bonus
Disk. RUN "NIBLODR+" to display Kathy's ring-necked
pheasant.
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THIS MONTH'S ART GALLERY There's plenty of graphics this month! You'll find
the first eleven covers of CFDM on side 1 of the
Bonus Disk. On side 2 there's a collection of eight
pictures and our two ART GALLERY entries of the
month. They are PHEASANT by Kathy Rumpel and
GFLOWERS by Dorothy Funk.
Instead of the usual GALLERY.BAS program, I've put
Keiran Kenny's NIBLODR+.BAS on side 2. Please use
this program to display the two gallery entries.
You can also use NIBLODR+.BAS to display all the
puzzle pictures plus the other files used by the
puzzle program. See the entry NIBLODR+ in the
PROGRAMS OF THE MONTH section for the instructions
for using NIBLODR+.
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| Articles in section: FAMILY TREE |
| DEMOGRAPHIC
STUDY HAROLD MOENICH KATHY RUMPEL |
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DEMOGRAPHIC STUDY I've always looked forward to reading the auto-
biographies submitted to FAMILY TREE by our CoCo
Friends. To-date we have 56 submitted, which only
represents about one-third of our Subscribers. I
would urge all of those that have not sent one to
RICK to do so as soon as possible. On mine I did not
include an address, but I would reccommend all fu-
ture persons to do so as I am sure you will then
receive mail from the other members.
I was most interested in the Age Spread of our
CoCo Friends and found that we have about an even
split at about 45 years old. I had to estimate some
of the ages. I found that about 29 of us are younger
than 45 and about 27 of us are older than 45.
The following Bar Chart gives a view of our
ages: =>
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Under 25 IIIII
25-35 IIIIIIIIIIIII
35-45 IIIIIIIIIII
45-55 IIIIIII
55-65 IIII
Over 65 IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
I did not include any family members that use
the CoCo -- just the person that submitted the auto-
biography. My youngest daughters family have a CoCo2
and a PC -- so far the Grandchildren tend to use the
PC and are not hooked on Programming the CoCo. I
plan to give my oldest daughters family a complete
CoCo2 and CoCo3 system this Spring when we drive
East to my wifes 50th Class Reunion. These computers
were given to me by a friend who has gone to a PC.=>
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If the CFDM is to be a future source of Soft-
ware and Hardware, we will all have to be aware of
what we have to contribute and then do it.
I would like to see autobiographies from:
ALLEN CHARLES WALT BILL
COLIN CHRIS TED MICHAEL
LEE JOHN NORVAL ROY
TERRY HAROLD BILL RAY
CHAI DEBRA JIM DOROTHY
GEORGE DONN MICHAEL BOB
CHARLOTTE & EVERYONE ELSE!! ????
Godfrey J. Moll
1571 East Erie Apt 103
Springfield, MO 65804
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FAMILY TREE I am a 77 year old retired employee of USX -
worked for them as an Exempt Insurance Clerk for
35 1/2 years.
My family includes my wife LaRue, sons Harold Jr.,
David and daughter Linda.
On December 16, 1988 I started to coco and I can't
get enough of it. I do not program, but use the
following:
1-128k COCO3, 1-512k COCO3, 1-SlotpakIII, 1-Tandy
Disk Drive FD-502, 1-Tandy DMP-132 Printer, 2-Deluxe
Joysticks,1-Cassette Recorder CCR-81, 2-Tandy Color
Mouse, 1-Direct Connect Modem Pak, 1-Speech/Sound
Pak, 1-Orchestra-90CC, 1-CocomaxIII and 1-Max10,
and many many PAKS and DISKS for Utilities and
Games.
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I graduated from The University of Pittsburgh with
a BA degree in Economics in 1956 after ten years of
night school, and I loved every minute of studying
and learning.
When much younger I played Saxophone in a dance band
and the Lutheran Church orchestra - sang in the
Choir, and became an Eagle Scout.
I believe at this time, I should say that Rick
Cooper certainly is one fine gentleman to work so
hard to keep all of us happy with our COCOS - when
I think of Rick I think of the song "MY OLD KENTUCKY
HOME".
Harold J.Moenich
715 Greenleaf Drive
Monroeville, PA 15146-1133
(412) 373-1309 =*
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KATHY RUMPEL Hi! My name is Kathy Rumpel and I live in Arcadia, Wisconsin. I also work in Arcadia at an agri- cultural testing laboratory as a computer programmer. My very first computer was a CoCo 2 and is where I got my start in learning how to program. I now have a CoCo 3, PC XT, and a PC 386 portable computer. I recently completed a project that connects my CoCo 3 to my XT and allows me to share files between the two of them. I have to admit that the CoCo will always be my favorite. At work, our main computer is a 68030 GMX running the UniFLEX operating system. This is a multi- tasking system much like OS-9 for the CoCo. => ____________________________________________________ When I am not on a computer, my other interests include football (go Packers!), golf, volleyball, music, and dabbling in electronics. I have enjoyed meeting new friends through CFDM and hope to continue to meet others. =* |
| Articles in section: FORUM |
| Software
Underwriters? WHERE DO WE STAND? Why did you buy your CoCo |
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Software Underwriters? I have an idea which I think will help keep our CoCo
community alive and well for at least a couple more
years. I haven't thought out all the details, but I
wanted to present the idea to the CoCo friends and
get their input.
Here is my idea: I would like to see 10 to 20 of us
come together to form a group of software under-
writers. The underwriters would finance the
creation of significant new software for the CoCo.
If the group could underwrite the creation of two
new pieces of software in a year, it would surely
cause a lot of renewed interest in the CoCo. Perhaps
the subscribers to CFDM could vote on what kinds of
new software they would like to have.
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I think that the underwriters could solicit pro-
posals from programmers. Then they could vote on
what projects they want to underwrite. I think
that $1000 to $2000 would be sufficient financial
enticement to many programmers.
My hope is that such a group would underwrite the
creation of MAJOR software in the same league as
CoCo Max which would expand the capabilities of our
computers. The software could then be sold at a
fair price through CFDM. A portion of the purchase
price could be paid as a royalty to the programmer
and the balance could be used to help finance future
projects. The underwriting group would be entirely
non-profit. I, for one, would welcome the oppor-
tunity to be a part of such a group. =>
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I would certainly be willing to invest at least $100
toward such a project.
How do you like the idea? As I said, the details
will have to be worked out, but I think that it is
an EXCITING idea with TREMENDOUS potential.
If you like my idea, I would like for you to send
your thoughts to our renowned leader, Rick. Let
Rick know if you like the idea and if you would be
interested in being a contributing member of the
underwriter group. Together we can do it!!!
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WHERE DO WE STAND? IN ANSWER TO ONE OF YOUR QUESTIONS POSED IN ISSUE
10 OF CFDM, IN THE OPINION OF THIS WRITER, CFDM
GETS BETTER AND BETTER WITH EACH ISSUE. I HAVE
LEARNED MORE ABOUT MY COCO IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS
THAN IN THE PREVIOUS 5 YEARS SINCE I GOT MY COCO.
SOME MONTHS WOULD GO BY WHEN I WOULD NOT EVEN
TURN IT ON. NOW I ANXIOUSLY AWAIT THE ARRIVAL OF
EACH ISSUE.
THE QUALITY OF CFDM IS VERY GOOD WITH THE VARIETY
OF ARTICLES AND PROGRAMS. THANK YOU TO GEORGE
QUELLHORST FOR HIS PROGRAMING TUTORIAL, JIM GIBBONS
FOR HIS ART ARTICLES, HERB SCHULER FOR HIS MUSIC,
AND ALL OF THE OTHER CONTRIBUTORS. I ENJOY READING
THE FAMILY TREE, LETTERS TO THE EDITOR AND THE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SECTIONS. I ENJOY THE ART=>
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WORK AND CHAI'S CARTOONS.
I WOULD HAVE TO FALL IN THE CATEGORY OF ONE OF
THOSE HEARD FROM SPORADICALLY SINCE THIS IS MY
SECOND CONTRIBUTION. SOME OF THE REASONS I DO NOT
ARE: I HAVE NOT WRITTEN ANY PROGRAMS OR DRAWN ANY
PICTURES. I WORK FULL TIME, SPENDING 12 HOURS A
DAY AWAY FROM HOME, SO I HAVE A LIMITED AMOUNT OF
TIME I CAN SPEND ON THE COMPUTER, QUILTING AND
READING. I ALSO NEED TO SPARE TIME FOR MY HUSBAND.
IN FACT, I HAVE BEEN INTENDING TO MAKE A SUBMISSION
FOR THE LAST 3 OR 4 MONTHS BUT THE TIME KEEPS
SLIPPING AWAY FROM ME. THIS TIME I WILL GET THIS
OFF TO YOU.
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Why did you buy your CoCo I constantly have people showing me what their
MS/DOS machines can do. They keep telling me how
much better their computer is compared to my CoCo.
That might be the case but, I watch them and all I
see them doing is running some program written by
some giant cooperation. I don't see them doing
their own programming. I don't see them trying to
figure out how to do an in memory sort of 2000 names
and addresses with only 32K of available memory. I
don't see the challenge.
That's what I enjoy about working with my CoCo. I
enjoy the challange.
I knew that the CoCo would never be as powerful ==>
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or perform like a CRAY. I knew it had short comings,
Memory, Hardware, Support. But that did not stop
me.
So, whenever somebody shows me that program to beat
all others on their MS/DOS machine, I just sit back
and say to myself, "The only reason it's not on my
CoCo is becasue no one has done it -- YET."
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* A computers only limitations are the *
* users imagination and determination. *
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| Articles in section: FROM THE EDITOR |
| ABOUT
C.BAS THIS ISSUE FROM THE EDITOR KUDOS <g> |
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ABOUT C.BAS THIS ISSUE In issue #11 a change was made in the C.BAS program
to facilitate the inclusion of a logo on the cover
page. As soon as I could get a copy to our good
Friend George Quellhorst, I asked him to make the
changes necessary for our ADOS-using Friends.
This issue has the changes which George so quickly
contributed. With this issue, we should again be
compatible with your ADOS.
Thanks George, for your usual timely and valuable
assistance!
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FROM THE EDITOR I was looking forward to Christmas break. There
would be plenty of time to finish the anniversary
issue and get to work on a little programming. The
best laid plans often go astray when we neglect to
consider the many little obstacles that might come
to visit unexpectedly. My major obstacle has been
nearly a week of flu. But finally this product is
nearly ready for the wrapping paper!
This has been an exciting month! Our enrollment is
up to about 190, the RAINBOW review of CFDM is due
next month, and the cool weather should allow for
more activity for everyone! We've already received
a few entries in the logo contest and hope you've
taken the time to give it a try.
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Special thanks to Godfrey Moll for his diligent work
which furnished the Friends with the bonus disk for
this special anniversary issue! Thanks Godfrey for
the time you put in on this project and also for
your encouraging attitude!
Behind the scenes other Friends are also working to
create projects for our further enjoyment. Enough
said for now.
The reports from Fred Remin's Australian Fest and
the upcoming Iowa Fest of Terry Simons are really
welcome news. The story of T & D's "closing the
doors" seems to be definite. So...we've had good
and bad news this month.
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A word about submissions: THANKS! Your response has
been great thus far! We can always use your reviews,
forums, family trees, articles and programs. Every
one likes to get published and I'll do my best to
get your entries (or at least some of them) in as
soon as possible! One favor: before sending me your
submission disk, RUN it again and check and see if
it loads properly. On occasion I receive glitched
entries. Sometimes just one sector is glitched. On
occasion it seems the whole directory is glitched.
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This is the stone which was set at nought of you
builders, which is beome head of the corner. Neither
is there salvation in any other; for there is none
other name under heaven given among men, whereby we
must be saved. The ACTS 4:11;12 =*
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THANKS FOR MAKING OUR PARTY SO MUCH FUN! ROY ATKINS NORM BARSON JIM BENNETT RAYMOND BERNEY MARIE BOUDET CHAI BOUPHAPHANH PAGE & JOANNA EDMONDSON PERRY FRIESEN DOROTHY FUNK JAMES GIBBONS ARTHUR HINMAN PAUL JOHNSON KEIRAN KENNY TED KITSOS DAVE MAUNDER HAROLD MOENICH GODFREY MOLL DENNIS NICHOLS L. E. PADGETT ROY PUTLACK GEORGE QUELLHORST FRED REMIN KATHY RUMPEL CHARLES SCANLON HERB SCHULER TERRY SIMONS RAY SMITH ROBERTA SOWELL DOROTHY TOPPING ROBERT A TURNER J. R. WAGGONER BENJAMIN WALKER LESLIE WALTZ ARTHUR WILLIAMS STUART WYSS-GALLIFENT 'Gaggle of Geese' (From a pattern in Cross Quick magazine) |
ANOTHER SOLUTION TO <g>
LOADING! Dear Rick, After receiving your note about my not being able to load the graphic <g> programs on the CFDM, I tried all your suggestions but nothing that you suggested did help. I sat around and moped for a day or so, and then for something to do I cleaned my disk drive (FD 500). I then tried to load the graphics <g> programs again, and they loaded without any problem. I guess the drive was extremely dirty. Now the head bangs against the side............ ---------------------------------------------------- RICK: Ben, there seems to be an answer to every one of our problems. Sometimes it just takes a while to find the answer. Thanks for sharing yours! =* |
EARLY RETIREMENT FOR RICK!? Dear Rick,
I recently ordered your sample CFDM disk and you
sent me no. 1 and no. 7. Then I ordered 6 months
worth starting with no. 8.
I did not think to order the back copies so would
you kindly send me nos. 2,3,4,5, and 6? ...........
This is the greatest CoCo idea I have seen and you
are going to have to retire early from school so
you can keep up with it!
Please hurry, Rick, I can hardly wait for more
disks!
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RICK: Arthur, there is nothing that would please me
more than to retire from education and work with
CFDM and my CoCo Friends! At present that does not
seem very likely, so we'll just keep having fun and
hope that others will join us and who knows what
might happen! THANKS FOR YOUR ENTHUSIASM!
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EXCERPTS WE LOVED RECEIVING! .....Love the CFDM disks..... Love the program's,
the graphics, and the music. It does feel like a
family..... - Marie Boudet
Springfield, MA
.....CFDM is GREAT! Subscribing to it, was one of
the BEST MOVES I've ever made. KEEP IT GOING!!!
- L. E. Padgett
Peachtree City, GA
...Glanced at issue 11 last night. As with each
issue I found myself asking "How did you do that?"
That's the fun in this hobby. Learning...
- Roy Putlack
Lisle, IL
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....I enjoy the CFDM and have learned some from it
in the programs that are submitted, I look forward
to receiving it every month, although I really don't
have that much time to work with it....
- Benjamin Walker
Flint, TX
(From a Christmas card:) "A good share of this
year's fun has been due to Rick's CoCo Friends.
Thank you! - Page and Joanna Edmondson
New Brighton, MN
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RICK: Yes I do notice your comments and I try to
include them in CFDM so that our contributors can
know their work is appreciated by others. =*
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FRIENDS HELPING FRIENDS Dear Rick,
Just remembered that my subscription ran out after I
received issue No. 8 (plus the bonus disk which was
a nice surprise!) - your reference on the envelope
is 4-19-8 if that's anything to go by.
I enclose herewith 30 dollars and I would be glad if
you would continue my subscription as from issue No.
9 please.
When I've got a moment I'll send you a contribution
and a conversion of UP-2-DATE disk magazine to the
Coco format - that is less both music and the
programs, which there is just not enough time to
convert. =>
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PS Incidentally following your insertion of my quest
for COCOMAX II, I received two copies of the program
from your readers, which I thought was marvellous.
Thanks for your help. - Ray Smith
5 Glen Road
Parkstone
POOLE, Dorset
BH14 0HF
(0202) 744688
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RICK: Thanks Ray. I think that is just great! I
never ceased to be amazed at how helpful the Friends
have been and continue to be to each other. It's
surely gratifying to know you've been of assistance
to others!
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IN SEARCH OF MAX-10 Could anyone tell me where I my obtain a copy of
MAX-10 by Colorware. I contacted COMPUTER PLUS, and
they have informed me that it is no longer available
through them. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Please send information to:
Roy Atkins
3 Lundy Lane
London, ONT. N6C 3G4
Canada
(519) 433-6948
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TAKING ADVANTAGE OF FREE BONUS Dear Rick,
Please send me your Fabulous Free Bonus offer
"HPRINT FONT EDITOR".
I am enclosing a check of $30 to renew my
subscription to CFDM.
I enjoy CFDM because it deals with computing at
a level that I can understand (almost anyway). OS9
goes beyond my needs.
Thanks for a great magazine,
Dennis D Nichols
3859 Commodore Dr.
San Marcos, CA 92069 =>
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RICK: And thank you Dennis for taking advantage of
the offer! Over 50 Friends have received HPRINT
FONT EDITOR by renewing or by purchasing one of the
UNBELIEVABLE OFFERS. The good news is that HPRINT
FONT EDITOR should still be available as a bonus for
a good time to come. On the other hand I must
announce that the SPORTSware PACKAGE (UNBELIEVABLE
OFFER #2) may be available for only a couple of more
months. It will be sad to see it go and I don't
forsee anyone being able to offer that package at
the price we have been offering it. If you have any
interest in the SPORTSware PACKAGE, I advise making
your order very soon.
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TO GIVE-AWAY! TO ALL COCO FRIENDS:
A few weeks ago I visited our local (famous/
infamous) Radio Shack store. Although there was no
longer any COCO STUFF around to be seen, I asked the
owner if they had anything "stashed in the back."
To my surprise (and delight) he said, "I have a box
of RAINBOW magazines that was just on it's way to
the dump. Sure you can have them."
The end result was that I gained the 1987 issues and
a bunch of duplicate issues.
Moral: SCROUNGE YOUR NEIGHBORHOODS, YOU MIGHT BE
SURPRISED WHAT SHOWS UP!
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I would like to take this opportunity to be of
service to my CoCo Friends. If you are missing an
issue of THE RAINBOW, check the list below and drop
me a note on which one's you need and I'll send them
out to you. Some of the issues are used and not
totally in mint condition; most are new.
RULES:
#1. Maximum of 4 issues/person.
#2. ENJOY!!!
ONE OF EACH: FEB.'88 - MAY.'89; JUL.'89, AUG.'89,
NOV.'89, DEC.'89, FEB.'90, MAR.'90,
MAY.'90.
TWO OF: SEPT.89. =>
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MY ADDRESS IS:
Perry Friesen
Box 1743
High Level, AB.
T0H 1Z0
My way of saying "thanks" for all your support and
input out there. Please enjoy!!!
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TO RICK DEAR RICK:
THE IDEA YOU MENTIONED IN A PREVIOUS ISSUE ABOUT
MAKING A VIDEO IS GREAT. I KNOW I WOULD BE INTER-
ESTED IN GETTING ONE.
LIKE BETTY MC CORMICK MENTIONED IN AN EARLIER ISSUE,
IT IS EASIER FOR ME TO UNDERSTAND WITH AN INSTRUCTOR
TO HELP INTERPRET THE LANGUAGE AND EXPLAIN THE
THINGS THAT ARE TAKEN FOR GRANTED THAT WE ALREADY
KNOW. MANY MANY THANKS TO GEORGE QUELLHORST FOR
HIS PROGRAMING TUTORIAL AND EXPLAINING IT IN A LAY-
MAN'S LANGUAGE. IT IS MUCH CLEARER TO ME NOW HOW A
PROGRAM WORKS.
THANK YOU ALSO TO HERB SCHULER - KEEP THE MUSIC =>
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COMING. LOVED "STARDUST" AND "DOLLY". I ENJOY ALL
TYPES OF MUSIC. I USED TO PLAY THE ORGAN MANY YEARS
AGO FOR MY OWN ENJOYMENT.
A SOURCE FOR A RAMDISK IS DANOSOFT, BOX 124, STATION
"A", MISSISSAUGA, ONTARIO L5A 2Z7, TELEPHONE # (416)
897-0121. ALTHOUGH THEY ARE NO LONGER ADVERTISING
IN THE RAINBOW, THEY STILL HAVE AVAILABLE FOR SALE
ALL PROGRAMS WHICH THEY HAVE WRITTEN. THIS INCLUDES
THE "BIG RAMDISK". I JUST ORDERED THIS PROGRAM
YESTERDAY, NOVEMBER 27TH.
I AM ENCLOSING A COPY OF A COVER PAGE THAT I MADE
FOR THE BOOKLETS THAT I AM MAKING OF THE HARD COPIES
OF CFDM. I MADE THIS WITH COCO GRAPHICS DESIGNER
PLUS FROM ZEBRA SYSTEMS. ZEBRA SYSTEMS IS ANOTHER=>
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COMPANY WITH PROGRAMS STILL AVAILABLE. I WILL BE
SENDING AN ORDER TO THEM SHORTLY.
HOW ABOUT RECYCLING YOUR MAILERS? I HAVE A DOZEN
ON HAND. IF I SHIP THEM BACK TO YOU, CAN YOU USE
THEM?
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RICK: Thanks for the feedback! I really want to do
the video. It's going to take time and planning. I
will definitely try to do it!
Per mailers: Thanks, but I do have a very very ample
supply!!
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Thank You Letter Dear Rick:
First of all, here's $30 for my next renewal,
(starting with # 9). I enjoy every issue of CFDM,
and find every item interesting, entertaining, or
usually BOTH - for example, Herb Schuler's great
arrangements of those old standards. (I'm retired,
and in my mid-50's.) I wrote a little COCO-JUKEBOX
loader program, deleted the delay loops in each
piece, and to each one I added a line to reload the
JUKEBOX after each tune is played. Now, with all
this in my 512K Ramdisk, I get instant play of any
tune on the "menu" with a single keypress...no disk
to spin. Hope you'll keep the tunes coming...to add
to my JUKEBOX!
I'm a relative newcomer to computers, bought a
used COCO 2 only a couple of years ago.. ==>
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for WEFAX use, with a shortwave radio. But, with
the help of a few issues of RAINBOW, I soon realized
COCO's terrific potential. Ironically, by that time,
Radio Shack was no longer supporting COCO in Canada!
Now, with RAINBOW so shallow and thin, YOU might
soon be all we have. Thanks for all your hard work
and dedication....I hope you get the support you
deserve so much.
I work only in Basic...(no OS-9 for ME, thank
you!) and I'm currently working on a couple of
interactive programs designed for kids. If and when
I think they're good enough...I may send CFDM a
sample!
Many thanks.......Dave.
RICK: Thanks Dave! Looking forward to your programs
for kids. =*
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Tip on PRT#1CFD For some reason I was having a bit of trouble
with Keiran Kenny's neat offering of PRT#1CFD (for
saving ASCII files from CFDM). It kept making an
automatic read of another file after I made my save
of the file I had selected. If anyone else is having
the same difficulty, it can be corrected by editing
line 1660 (1660 GOTO 790). EDIT this line so that it
reads 1660 POKE135,0:GOTO 790
POKE 135,0 will reset the last INKEY$ value to
null. After making this change, the program has
worked great for me. .
By the way, Keiran, I've been a fan of yours
for a long time. I've given some of your programs
some real good workouts! Keep 'em coming!
- Les - =*
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| Articles in section: POTPOURRI |
| A
GAGGLE OF GEESE <g> A TAIL OF WHOA! A TAIL OF WHOA! <PART II> SCHUBERT'S 'SERENADE' |
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A TAIL OF WHOA! I had a STRING$ of horses, and one day I took the one named "MONITOR" out for a RUN on the OPEN road because I needed a new wooden tub for watering my stock. As I gave her the BOOT and made a BREAK for the nearest town (which was a DUMP), I came to a DRIVE and saw a man named KEIRAN standing there. I gave "MONITOR" the BASIC COMMAND to STOP, trying not to RAM into KEIRAN, using some INPUT from the reins, and ASCII'd the man, "Do you know where I can find a COOPER? I need a new wooden tub." The man looked up at me and answered, "Go to the BAR,SON. That's the NORM around this town. I can VERIFY that the man you want will be there. He's trying to reform the BAD SECTOR around here and RESTORE them to decency." => ____________________________________________________ "Well," I answered, "I'm kinda LEAR-y about that. KENNY really help me?" "It's BASIC he can, son," he said. "Here, I'll hold your horse for you." When I RETURNed, he asked, "Why is your horse acting so FLIPPY?" "It's not CLEAR to me," I answered, "When I put in her BIT she gave me a BYTE and I almost blew my STACK!" "Think maybe she's got fleas?" he asked. "Guess I could DEBUG her in case," I answered. "Just down the road she saw a R.A.T. and began to RUN. Then she saw some sheep and ran into the FIELD and tried to MODEM RAMS down. I'd like to punch her INTERFACE, she's so BAUD-y." "And her ears are so FLOPPY," he added. => ____________________________________________________ "DOS what I mean," I said, "She seems to LIST a little and I'd almost like to POKE her. I just wish sometimes, she would go FORTH. And she NIBBLES at everything along the way until I'd like to CURSOR. Wish I could put a HEX on her." "DEFAULT is probably all yours," he JUSTIFIED. "And the saddle is HARDWARE I sit," I added. "Don't INTERRUPT me," he admonished, "You DIP - SWITCH horses! Why are you DIM?" "Do you have other transportation here?" I asked. "Shall I wait for a CARRIAGE RETURN? Or a RICKshaw? Or maybe I'd just better take a BUS." "Naw, c'mon, I'll get you and your horse a couple a cups of COCO I SAVEd." And he did. You never saw such a change in a horse as when this one downed her COCO. <CONTINUED PART II> =* |
A TAIL OF WHOA! <PART II> "There," Keiran said, "She'll be OK now. Just
TURNER around and TAKE off."
"Thank you, sir," I said, "I now have a QUELL-ed
HORSe, by GEORGE!"
As I left him, I almost made an ERROR, but I
remembered to BACKUP to RETURN and say, "Sir, I'm
glad to MEDIA. Thanks for the MEMORY!"
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RICK: Thanks for the TAIL about your horse Dorothy!
When I received your letter and took a PEEK, I got
quite a KICK out of it and I don't think anyone will
be TOPPING DATA story very soon!
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SCHUBERT'S 'SERENADE' Back in 1931, when I was a kid of 5, my parents
bought "The SCRIBNER Radio Music Library". This
Library is a set of 8 hard-bound books which came
in a wooden crate about a cubic-foot in size. I
still have the crate and the Music Library, and it
is still in excellent condition. The Library was
published by Charles Scribner's Sons of New York.
The first volume is entitled, "Classic and Romantic
Compositions".
This month's selection is from that volume and is an
old favorite: Franz Schubert's "SERENADE". I'm sure
you will recognize it when you hear it. I hope you
can listen to it on your Hi-Fi or Stereo.
I'd like to thank Esther Millard for her remarks =>
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of encouragement. Esther, it only takes a regular
2-conductor cable to get the music from your COCO
to the Stereo. I have one that is 12 feet long that
I got from Radio Shack. I think they have them 25
feet long and that may reach your Stereo. Maybe you
have a Radio HAM acquaintance who could help you
with the project. Also, I'll bet when George
Quellhorst goes thru North Carolina on his way to
Florida to help Dorothy Topping he could be coerced
to stop by your place and solve the cable problem
for you.
Enjoy Schubert....see you next month with more good
listening.
Herb Schuler =*
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1/2/4 Col. DIR for V. Hawxhurst. In the Q&A section of CFDM #9, I promised Virginia Hawxhurst that I was working on a program to allow 2 column DIR's in WIDTH 80. To tell the truth, I had not even started on the program. However, I thought I'd best get cranking because I love to help my fellow CoCo Friends any time I can. After a couple of hours, "COLUMDIR" was brought into existance (it took so long because I was watching the late movie). Now, I didn't exactly create a 2 column DIR in WIDTH 80. What I did was create a program that would auto- matically detect the screen WIDTH. In WIDTH 32, a single column DIR is performed, in WIDTH 40, a two column DIR and in WIDTH 80, a four column DIR. The program should work with a CoCo 1 & 2 also (single column DIR only), but I haven't tried it. The pro- gram is written as a stand alone routine. To use => ____________________________________________________ it as a subroutine (via GOSUB), you must place the following at the beginning of your program: CLEAR 1500:DIM A$(68) and delete the same from line 10002 of "COLUMDIR". You must also change END in line 10009 to RETURN. Be sure that your program does not use any of the same variables as used in "COLUMDIR". You may then use: GOSUB 10000 to get the directory. Here's a hint: Make the above changes and save the program to an- other disk via SAVE "COLUMDIR",A which will save the program in ASCII format. Then create your program, using GOSUB 10000 wherever you need a DIR. When done use MERGE "COLUMDIR" to add the routine to your pro- gram. "COLUMDIR" provides all of the same info as the DIR command, except for the file length (in GRANs). => ____________________________________________________ The program could be modified to provide the file length, if desired. While the program is displaying the DIR, pressing [ENTER] will pause the display. Subsequently pressing [ENTER] will list one line of the DIR listing at a time. Pressing any other key except [BREAK] will continue the display. "COLUMDIR" will automatically detect the current logged drive (as set via the DRIVE command) and will provide a DIR of that drive. The PEEKs that do this are in line 10003. The program as written, contains several lines of redundant code, which could be con- verted to subroutines if desired (to shorten the program a bit). Send any modifications to CFDM, if you wish. If I may be of assistance, please do let me know. Robert Turner, PO BOX 396, DOUBLE SPRINGS, AL 35553. =* |
CALYEAR2 When I submitted my CALYEAR program that prints out small calendars, I commented that it might be modified to print in a larger format, more suitable for the wall with enough space for notes. I decided to take up my own challenge, and CALYEAR2 is the result. CALYEAR2 prints two months per sheet, with a 3/4" x 1" space for each date. Make sure the printer is ready, and position the paper so that the top line of print will be not more than 3/8" from the perforation. Then RUN"CALYEAR2. This program uses more specialized printer codes, which may be specific to my Epson. Because many readers of CFDM use Tandy printers, I think that a more detailed discussion of these codes is in order. => ____________________________________________________ Line 15 creates a string that prints the bars that mark and separate the days of the week into neat boxes. The character used to make the bar, CHR$(141) is part of a set of text graphic characters avail- able on the Epson. This is a nice set that includes lines, crosses and corners for making charts and graphs, playing card suits, tiny Xmas trees, cars, a musical note and even a small running man, as well as other cute things. If such characters are not available to you, substitute something like the "=" CHR$(61), or "-" CHR$(45). Line 112 puts the printer in the enlarged mode, CHR$(27)"W"CHR$(1), 40 cpi (characters per inch), and emphasized mode, CHR$(27)"E";, which is twice normal density. I'm sure Tandy printers have these modes, but I think the printer codes are different=> ____________________________________________________ Line 370 provides a Form Feed, CHR$(12), which advances the paper to the top of the next sheet. Line 380 restores the printer to its original status, CHR$(27)"@" (there's that 'at' thing again, CHR$(64), just look at the LISTing.) This is the kind of exercise that is a lot of fun for me, and I hope the readers enjoy it. Tinkering with my own, and other people's, programs is what I like to do most with my COCO, when I've run out of ideas for new programs to write. If anyone has a question or comment, I can be reached at: Paul H. Johnson 1463 Willard Street San Francisco, CA 94117 (415) 681-1463 (9AM to 9PM PDT) =* |
FORMS1.0 View text file associated with this article FORMS version 1.0, called FORMS1.BAS is my attempt
to vastly improve upon a forms program in the July
RAINBOW. There are no similarities in the program.
There are few similarities in operation and style.
The RAINBOW program uses strings, no saving and
loading, and text is seen as triangles on the screen
How annoying.
FORMS allows you to do the following:
-have 3 working screens for your form(s). A screen
is 80 chars wide and 20 lines deep. If you use all
three screens, it will fill a printer page.
-works with DMP105/106 and graphically similar
other printers
-see text AND form structure on-screen at same time
-load and save your forms quickly
-part BASIC, part ASSEMBLY to make bits quicker =>
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-two cursor speeds and styles for complete control
all over the screen
-two styles of lines to make your forms. Use both
if you want!
-the output on the printer is fully redefined.
What I mean is, that I have redesigned the printer
font to work with FORMS1.BAS.
-With a little work, anyone can modify the printer
output, and/or the lines that make the form.
Use READDOC2.BAS to read the manual for FORMS1.BAS
The manual is called FORMS.TXT
If you haven't used READDOC2.BAS, here is how to
see FORMS.TXT. =>
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RUN the READDOC2.BAS program.
Press L to select Load. You'll see a directory.
Enter FORMS.TXT at the prompt.
At the question about blanks, just press RETURN.
When the screen clears, press N to see the first
page of text.
Press N again anytime you are ready to see the
Next page of text.
Also included so you can see a form and how it all
works is a form I made that is the submission slip
for CFDM. It is called SUBMISSI.FRM. Use FORMS1
and the Load option to load it and check it out.
Print it if you want.
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GODFREY'S PUZZLE COLLECTION
After receiving the neat BONUS Disk with Issue
#8 of CFDM, I thought that I might make up a PUZZLE
Disk to be used as a future BONUS Disk.
Using the PIXDOCTR Program from CFDM Issue #5
I prepared the GREAT Pictures created by James J.
Gibbons to be used as Puzzles. These were Cover
Pictures for three Issues of CFDM.
WINTSERN REFLECTN & ALSUNSET
I also included our budding Artist Norman Barsons
JULY 4 Picture from CFDM Issue #6.
Our Friend TERRY G. Simons from Des Moines Iowa
has given us permission to use his Pictures from the
Mid Iowa & Country CoCo 'UPGRADE' Newsletter. I used
his drawing of a CoCo from the MI&CC Library Disk
#304 and adapted his 'UPGRADE' Picture, by =>
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removing the Animation and clearing the sky.
The last two Pictures are from my CoCoMax III
efforts:
BALLOONS & GOLF
The LARGER size CURSOR was from NEWDESPZ pro-
vided by RICK in CFDM Issue #6 -- I use it on all my
PUZZLES now -- LOVE IT!!!!
If anyone would like to exchange PUZZLES Disks,
just drop me a PostCard or Note to:
until 2/28/93: GODFREY J. MOLL
GODFREY J. MOLL SEACHASE CONDO UNIT W303
1571 EAST ERIE APT 103 17351 FRONT BEACH ROAD
SPRINGFIELD, MO 65804 PANAMA CITY BEACH, FL
32413 =>
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RICK: And THANKS again for your BIG EFFORT on this
one Godfrey! I know you went to some trouble to
contact some folks about using their work in this
project. This kind of effort is what the Friends
are all about!
The GODFREY'S PUZZLE PROJECT can be found on side 2
of the BONUS DISK with this issue. See the entry
PUZZLES INSTRUCTIONS for instructions on how to use
this program collection.
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HSCR4PT2 - Graphics Utility Subroutine 60 selects the pattern indicated by the variable PT. After the color patch right of the tower is drawn by the PSET,BF option, subroutine 70 estalishes normal conditions. Note also that, while the picture screen is held at line 5000, you can also press Q to return to your listing or C to go directly to the color pattern display. While I was experimenting with color patterns, I discovered that pattern 85 is yellow, the same as color 1, 170 is blue and 255 is red. You can select these patterns and use them as outline colors for figures just as if they were colors 1, 2 or 3. I thought I could then get an extra three colors by poking palette values into slots 1 to 3. However, the three patterns then take on the color poked => ____________________________________________________ into slots 1 to 3. If you examine the color patterns in this pro- gram, you will note that there seems to be a domin- ant reddish color in most of them. Edit a statement PALETTE3,27 (cyan) into line 100. Run the program, press C at line 5000 and blues will now dominate. This could open up a possibility of a rich variation of the color patterns to suit your own needs. I'm no artist, but I think that the artifact col- or patterns can add a textured, dramatic effect to a picture. So, if any artistically gifted Friend wants to experiment, I'll be glad to see the result. You can begin typing your listing at line 130. =* |
HSCR4UTL - Graphics Utility In my program, HSC4ARTF, I demonstrated the HSCREEN4 artifact color patterns. I also mentioned that, on HSCREENS 3 & 4, graphic commands do not always behave as they do on the PMODE screens and on the other HSCREENs. Run the program and look at the two steeples on the tower at left. In line 170, "E45,F45" produces a slope of more than 60 degrees. To get a slope of 45 degrees you can use the M relative option with a variable value: S=45*.7:"M+45,-=S;M+45,+=S;". The value .7 is approximately SIN(45). In the fanciful flower, right, 24 circles are ranged in a circle with radius 80 and centerpoint 425,80. Line 210 sets the circle centers: 425+80*COS(Z),80-80*CR*SIN(Z). The correction factor, CR=192/640*1.65,is => ____________________________________________________ established in line 20. That 1.65 should be 1.7071 or 1 + SIN(45) but 1.65 arranges them a little more neatly. Similarly, line 300 draws 18 radials in a circle about a center 238,60, the syntax being: HLINE(238,60)-(238+80*COS(Z),60-80*CR*SIN(Z)),PSET. Z is the angle, A, divided by 57.29577951. Line 350 again uses CR to set the vertical coordinates of the HPAINT command and the slices of the pie are painted in random artifact patterns. The picture is held on the screen by line 5000 awaiting a key press. Press Q to return to the list- ing. Press P and you get a flashing cursor at screen center. Move the cursor by holding down arrow keys: a horizontal and vertical together for diagonal movement, X with arrows for more speed. => ____________________________________________________ At any time, press the spacebar to see the X and Y coordinates displayed top left. I have left most of the elements in the picture unpainted so move the cursor into an unpainted elem- ent, press P, note the coordinates, and then press C to bring up a two-screen display of the color pat- terns each numbered for reference. Note the number of a color you fancy and, at the end of the display, press Q to return to your list- ing. To paint the element, follow the model of lines 150 and 240. CL is the border color and V the color pattern number. Subroutine 50 accesses the artifact color patterns, paints the area indicated, and then restores normal conditions. In line 270, the variable PT sets a pattern num- ber. Subroutine 60, accesses the color patterns. =* |
LOGIC, LOGIC2 & LOGIC3 This is a series of Game/Simulations along with a
few accompanying programs to help set up the main 3
programs. The first program is called TITLE, a
PCLEAR0, company trademark drawing and select
program. The second program is called LGCINTRC, a
detailed instruction file that can be scrolled thru
at your leisure. LGCINTRC also shows you what the
logic gates look like and what color they are. It
starts as simply as RUN"#". From TITLE, you can load
any of the other programs:
LOGIC, the first and easiest level. Set scoring.
Few difficult challenges. Set Bonus scores.
LOGIC2, the second and middle level. More random
scoring. Many difficult challenges. Set Bonus Scores
LOGIC3, the third and most difficult level. A lot
of difficult challenges. Animated screen. =>
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Tricks to learn and master. Progressively additive
Bonus scoring.
After you run the title screen, reading the
instruction file (LGCINTRC) will give you a much
better idea on how to play LOGIC, LOGIC2 or LOGIC3.
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RICK: Due to space limitations, the 3 files LOGIC,
LOGIC2, and LOGIC3 will be presented as a series.
The first, LOGIC, appears this issue, along with the
startup program "#.BAS" and the instructional file
"LGCINTRC.BAS". All these files boot from "#.BAS".
You can read the LGCINTRC file and play LOGIC by
RUNning "#.BAS". As the other two files appear, in
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La Belle Lucie. Solitaire Game. La Belle Lucie For those of you who liked Aces-Up here is one that is just a little more CHALLENGING. It actually takes some "thinking power" to win this game. You will find the program on the other side of this disk under the name of LUCIE/BAS. It is also known by the following names. Two deals and a draw, Clover Leave, The Fan, Midnight oil and Alexander the Great. Once again it came from Esther Millards book. Thank you Esther. The DOC for playing the game can be printed by running the program PRINTME6/BAS. This program also prints out the LABELTUT installment. If you are not following this series. Press BREAK after the first three pages have been printed. HOPE YOU LIKE THE GAME .................. GEORGE *> |
NIBLOADR with a Menu Some disks ago, I sent CFDM a program, PIXLOADR,
that I used to load /NIB picture files from the
disks on which I collect them. I was happy with the
utility, but I had my share of NE ERRORs and found
it inconvenient having to consult the disk directory
to check on the correct name of the file I wanted to
load. NIBLODR+ solved that problem for me.
When you run the program, the screen displays a
directory of all /NIB files on the disk in two
columns. A pointer is at the top file in column one.
Use the up/down arrows to move the pointer ver-
tically. The right arrow accesses column two. Select
your picture and press the spacebar to load it. When
you have viewed a picture, press any key. You can
then press Y to load another or press N to end the
program. =>
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If you copy picture files from CFDM disks, some
renameing will be necessary. Put an asterisk at the
beginning of the filename of any picture that inclu-
des animation: thus, *BRANSON/NIB.
I also put the CCFFRONT/NIB files on my picture
disks, and rename them like CCFFRNT6 (to indicate
the cover for CFDM #6).
NIBLODR+ takes only one granule and saves a lot
of disk space as, otherwise, I would have to have a
separate specific loader program for each picture
file. I have as many as thirteen picture files on a
disk and that's perhaps three or four more that I
could have if I had to have a separate loader pro-
gram for each picture file.
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RICK: NIBLODR+.BAS is located on side 2 of the
Bonus Disk. You may use it to load this month's
ART GALLERY entries plus all the NIB files which are
used by the PUZZLES program.
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GODFREY'S PUZZLE COLLECTION is located on side 2 of
the BONUS DISK for this issue. Eight puzzles have
been created for your enjoyment. Be sure to plug a
joystick into the RIGHT JOYSTICK port before you
start.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR RUNNING "PUZZLES.BAS"
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RUN "PUZZLES" from your backup copy of side 2. At
the first prompt, "MONITOR TYPE", press R for RGB or
C for composite monitor or TV. At the first menu,
make your puzzle choice. Wait while data is loaded.
When the puzzle appears on the screen, move the joy-
stick until you locate the blinking cursor. The
pieces appear in the brown box at the bottom- =>
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center of the screen. You may try to place the first
piece by moving the cursor to an empty place on the
screen and pressing the fire button. If you want to
move to the next piece, press the right arrow. You
may move thru the entire selection of pieces with
the right arrow or press the left arrow to move
backwards to the previous pieces.
When attempting to place pieces you will find that
an incorrect placement causes a beep. A correct
attempt will move the piece in the box to it's
proper place on the screen. A new piece will then
appear in the brown box.
If you need help, press F2 to see the complete pix.
Press any key to return to the puzzle. =>
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You can change the borders of the puzzle to blue, if
you prefer. Press F1 to toggle from brown to blue.
When you finish the puzzle, the edges will disappear
and you will see the complete picture. Press the
spacebar to toggle the edges overlay on and off.
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READDOC2.BAS View text file associated with this article A month or so ago I questioned how much a program
must be changed in order for me to own the rights
again. I still don't know, but I submit READDOC2
to CFDM. This is version 1.2. One module has
been removed, some of the print routine is changed,
a bug is fixed, actually a couple. Well, okay, they
weren't bugs. They are slight modifications to make
READDOC2 work MORE correctly with certain entries.
I am pretty confident that RAINBOW, who owns the
original version 1.0 with the bugs. Oops, they
WEREN'T bugs. The slight deficiencies that made
READDOC2 work LESS correctly with certain entries.
RAINBOW has no rights over the new version.
So, here is READDOC2, the 2 meaning version 1.2.
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READDOC2.BAS is a BASIC program that allows the user
to read any text type file. This includes things
like programs saved in ASCII, wordprocessor files
that are saved in ASCII, buffers from terminal
programs, even the LABELTUT.001 file on issue 7.
In fact, any text file. To illustrate its use, I
have enclosed the operating manual for READDOC2
as a text file called READ.TXT. It is too long to
put in Entry Writer, plus I used the convenience of
Simply Better Wordprocessor to write it.
Read it by RUNning READDOC.BAS, select L to load,
enter READ.TXT at the prompt, and answer the
question about blanks by pressing RETURN. Press N
after the screen blanks to see the first 'page' of
text, and press N again anytime you want to see the
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READDOC2 has these features that are explained in
detail in READ.TXT
-reads any text file from ASCII saves to terminal
buffers
-can search for a specific word or phrase in the
file
-can print either a page or multiple pages
-fully error trapped
-menu driven operation
-very colorful (now I'm pushing it!)
-asks questions in English (handy, eh?)
-accepts answers to questions in English.
-but seriously, it can be very useful!
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| Articles in section: REVIEWS |
| POWERBOOST
(6309 AND RS-DOS) SUPER COMICS+ |
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POWERBOOST (6309 AND RS-DOS) Well I did it!!! I finally got up enough nerve
to open up my COCO and take a soldering iron to the
printed circuit board. In this review I will share
with you my experiences on installing the 6309 CPU
and how the change relates to RS-DOS.
I ordered the POWERBOOST product from BURKE &
BURKE. If you've read THE RAINBOW you've heard of
three different approaches that may be taken in
changing out the 6809 for the 6309. I elected to
take the "difficult" approach and desolder the 6809
so as to have a spare CPU, should I ever need one.
Desoldering a 40 pin chip DOES require patience! If
you try this route, take your time! One tip I
would like to pass on is to heat up the pin with the
soldering iron on the CHIP SIDE and use the =>
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solder sucker on the other side. This proved the
most successful method for removing the solder.
Make sure each pin is loose BEFORE trying to remove
it by prying. To check for looseness don't pry on
it, rather push sideways on each pin with a small
flat screwdriver and check for free movement. The
whole modification was completed in an hour and a
half.
My first concern was compatibility, to my
relief all programs worked just as if I had made no
change at all. POWERBOOST comes with a machine
langauge program which makes changes to Extended
Basic. From all the tests that I did, I could
honestly find no improvement in speed at all. I am
not sure what changes this software makes and the =>
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manual does not say. On the positive side, after
about six hours of running, I did notice that my
CoCo was running alot cooler. Upon searching the
Delphi database I found one program specifically
written for the 6309. It was IMAGE MASTER V4.0 by
Chet Simpson. I downloaded it as well as V3.0 which
is for the 6809. Here I definitely noticed the
difference. The graphic screen updates were so
smooth, they were hardly noticeable.
Would I recommend this upgrade? I suspect that
much of the new software developed will move in this
direction. If I can support any vendor who produces
new innovative upgrades for the CoCo, I for one will
whole-heartedly be in full support. I am eagerly
waiting to see more software for the 6309. =*
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SUPER COMICS+ SUPER COMICS+ (SC+) IS A PROGRAM THAT ALLOWS YOU TO CREATE YOUR OWN COMIC STRIPS. THE MANUAL STATES THAT SC+ IS "A WHOLE LOT OF FUN TO USE" AND I AGREE. SC+ LETS YOU CREATE PMODE4 BLACK & WHITE GRAPHICS WITH CAPTIONS. THE PROGRAM THEN LETS YOU STRING THE GRAPHICS TOGETHER, ADD A TITLE, AND YOUR OWN BYLINE. THE COMIC STRIP CAN BE UP TO 9 PANELS LONG. SC+ HAS AN EXCELLENT GRAPHIC USER INTERFACE (GUI). THE ICON DRIVEN MENU WILL REMIND YOU OF COCO MAX III IN B&W. SOME ICONS ARE A PENCIL, A LINE, A BOX AND A CIRCLE WHICH ARE USED TO DRAW. THE MAGNIFY ICON ALLOWS YOU TO DO DETAIL TOUCH UP ON A COMIC STRIP PANEL. THE TEXT ICON LETS YOU ADD THE ALL IMPORTANT COMIC CAPTIONS. WITH THE HAND ICON YOU CAN MOVE OBJECTS AROUND ON THE SCREEN. YOU CAN ALSO MOVE => ____________________________________________________ OBJECTS COMPLETELY OFF THE SCREEN AND BRING THEM BACK TO THE SCREEN LATER. SC+ HAS A EXCELLENT COLLECTION OF CLIP ART. IT HAS FACES, NOSES, EYES, MOUTHS, AND HAIR. WITH THE CLIP ART YOU CAN EASILY CREATE HUNDREDS OF DIFFERENT FACES. IN FACT, THIS IS THE PART OF SC+ THAT MY KIDS ENJOYED MOST. THEY'D CREATE FUNNY FACES FOR LAUGHS. SC+ ALSO HAS A COLLECTION OF FAMILAR CARTOON CHARAC- TERS THAT CAN BE LOADED INTO A CARTOON PANEL. YOU CAN ALSO LOAD YOUR OWN PMODE3 AND PMODE4 PICTURES INTO SC+, SO YOU ARE NOT LIMITED TO SC+'S PICTURES. SC+ SUPPORTS TANDY PRINTERS DMP 105-107, 130-134. => ____________________________________________________ SC+ ALSO SUPPORTS PRINTERS THAT CAN BE SET TO IBM MODE, SO I USE IT WITH MY STAR NX1000 PRINTER. SC+ HAS AN EXCELLENT MANUAL. THE DOCUMENTATION IS EASY TO FOLLOW AND COMPLETE. THE TRADING POST WAS ADVERTISING THIS PROGRAM FOR $24.45 INCLUDING SHIPPING IN THE MAY 1992 RAINBOW. ADDRESS P.O. BOX 3453; CARBONDALE, IL 62902. THE AUTHOR OF SC+ IS JIM BENNETT; 118 CORLIES AVE.; POUGHKEEPSIE, NY 12601. MR. BENNETT IS A CFDM SUBSCRIBER. I RECOMMEND THIS PROGRAM HIGHLY. I'VE INCLUDED A COMIC PANEL CREATED PRIMARILY WITH THE SUPER COMIC+ CLIP ART. THE FILE NAME IS JASON.BIN. VUMASTER, A PUBLIC DOMAIN PICTURE VIEWER, CAN BE USED TO VIEW JASON. =* |
"ML-ADDR" &
"PRT#1CFD" Revisited The copy of my "ML-ADDR" program that appeared in
CFDM #9 contains a minor error. To fix it, LOAD "ML-
ADDR" from issue #9. Type these two lines:
6 CLOSE:CLS:A$="FIND ADDRESSES FOR A PROGRAM ON":GOS
UB 61:A$="DISK OR TAPE?":GOSUB 61
40 CLOSE:OPEN "D",#1,F$,1
Then SAVE "ML-ADDR" to a formatted diskette. The
error caused an ERROR 18 to occur if you tried to
"FIND ANOTHER SET OF ADDRESSES?" because the file
was left OPEN.
The program "PRT#1CFD.BAS" by Keiran Kenny from the
article "ASCII saves for CFDM Texts" from CFDM #8
does not function if the first 8 characters of the=>
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article name contains an "/", "." or ":". This was
pointed out by the author. However, this problem is
easily rectified by the addition of the following
code:
1328 GOSUB 1900:OPEN "O",#1,CH$
1900 FOR RT=1 TO LEN(CH$):IF MID$(CH$,RT,1)="/" OR
MID$(CH$,RT,1)="." OR MID$(CH$,RT,1)=":" THEN
MID$(CH$,RT,1)="*"
1910 NEXT RT:RETURN
This subroutine merely scans the filename and looks
for an occurance of "/", "." or ":" and replaces it
with an "*". Just LOAD "PRT#1CFD" from issue #8,
type the above lines and SAVE "PRT#1CFD" to a =>
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formatted diskette.
I hope that these modifications are of some use to
the CFDM community. Robert Turner, PO BOX 396,
DOUBLE SPRINGS, AL 35553.
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/NIB TO /CM3? I certainly could use a Program that would
allow me to convert a /NIB Picture to a /CM3 pic-
ture! Whenever I assemble pictures for a PUZZLE, I
often find that the Artist had used too many COLORS
or has used ANIMATION. If I were able to take the
/NIB Picture into my CoCoMax III Program I could
adjust the COLORS and eliminate the ANIMATION. I
could also add the Artists Name to the Picture.
Has anyone worked out the conversion? I'm in
Florida till Feb. 28,1993.
GODFREY J. MOLL
GODFREY J. MOLL SEACHASE CONDO UNIT W303
1571 EAST ERIE APT 103 17351 FRONT BEACH ROAD
SPRINGFIELD, MO 65804 PANAMA CITY BEACH, FL
32413
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Generic Database You Say? In response to Michael Lewis for a generic database
program. FARNA SYSTEMS, 904 2ND AVE, WARNER ROBINS,
GA 31098-1029, markets OMEGA FILE, which would seem
to meet your needs. Here is their description:
"Omega File Programmable Database. Up to 16 fields,
255 characters each. Menu Driven! Requires 64K DECB,
$24.95" Although I have not seen this program, FARNA
SYSTEMS received a favorable review on a genealogy
program that they market. Send them a LSASE for info
on their products. LETS SUPPORT THE VENDORS WHO
STILL SUPPORT RS-DOS. Shipping & Handling is $1.50
and GA residents need to add 5% tax.
Hope this helps, Robert.
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RAINBOW INDEXES &
ASSEMBLERS? DEAR RICK:
I OBTAINED MY SET OF THE "RAINBOW INDEXES" WITH ONE
OF YOUR "UNBELIEVABLE OFFERS". THEY CAME ON TWO
DISKS WITH "GALLERY MAKER" ON THE BACK OF ONE DISK
AND "MODART" AND "MODRTD" ON THE BACK OF THE OTHER.
IN ORDER TO GET AN UPDATE OF THE "RAINBOW INDEXES",
DO I NEED TO RETURN BOTH OF THESE DISKS?
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO KNOW IF THERE ARE ANY ASSEMBLER
PROGRAMS ON THE MARKET NOW. IS "EDT/ASM III" PUT
OUT BY CER-COMP LTD ONE? I CAN'T TELL FOR SURE FROM
THE ADS AND I COULDN'T FIND A REVIEW IN THE RAINBOW
FOR THIS PROGRAM.
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RICK: Roberta, you don't have to return both disks.
Either one will be fine. As to the EDT/ASM III, it
sure sounds like an assembly language editor. I'll
bet one of our Friends can tell us for sure!
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SLOTPAK III I AM USING A SLOTPAK III WITH DISK DRIVE-0 IN SLOT #1 AND ORCHESTRA 90CC IN SLOT #2. THE SWITCH IS ON FOR ORCHESTRA 90CC - IF I FLIP THE SWITCH ON FOR THE DISK DRIVE-0 WHILE THE COMPUTER IS ON -- WILL I DAMAGE THE COMPUTER, OR THE PAKS, OR ALL THREE ? I ALSO NEED HELP WITH "HOME PUBLISHER". HAROLD J. MOENICH 715 GREENLEAF DRIVE MONROEVILLE, 15146-1133 (412) 373-1309 =* |
TO L.BRYANT:OS-9/RS-DOS XFERS. In issue #8, Larry Bryant asked if there was a way
to convert OS-9 Text Files to RS-DOS Text Files.
There is at least one program to do this. It is
called "TRSCOPY". This is a program that was avail-
able from Tandy/Radio Shack. The catalog number is:
#26-3263. Here is the description of the program
from the Radio Shack Supplemental Software Catalog:
TRSCOPY (26-3263) Disk. Required: Disk Drive, OS-9
Operating System. Optional: Additional Disk. Level:
Minimum 64K. TRSCOPY is an OS-9 utility that lets
you transfer text files between disks using Color
Computer Disk BASIC and disks using the OS-9 oper-
ating system. TRSCOPY transfers text files from
either Disk BASIC to OS-9 or from OS-9 to Disk BASIC
but TRSCOPY runs only under the Color Computer's
OS-9 operating system. You may transfer both text =>
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files and programs saved as ASCII files from one
operating system to the other. However, TRSCOPY
moves files without modification; control and
other special characters are copied, but not trans-
lated. Note:Files created by Disk BASIC are Type=
BASIC Data File; ASCII Flag=TRUE. Price:$24.95.
Your local Radio Shack may still be able to order
this for you. Note that OS-9 is required. I know
Tandy has discontinued the CoCo and it's software,
but I also know something that many Tandy Sales
Clerks don't - Tandy maintains a division called:
TANDY SOFTWARE ASSEMBLY. I have purchased, through
this (via my local Radio Shack), the following
software just recently: Disk EDTASM+, TRS-80 Model
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and various assorted manuals. The way it works is,
your local Radio Shack calls in the catalog number
to see if the product can still be obtained. If so,
they let you know. You are then required to pay in
advance as the software cannot be returned. They
then give you a call or mail you a postcard when the
item arrives. I plan on contacting Tandy to find out
the details regarding Tandy Software Assembly, and
perhaps reporting on it via CFDM. I managed to get
the address for Tandy Software Assembly from my
local Radio Shack. Tandy hasn't totally deserted us!
They still have software available for their Model I
computer via this service!
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To D.Topping:Orch 90 & S/SC. In issue #8 of CFDM, Dorothy Topping asked if there was a way to save certain ROM/PROGRAM PAK's to a cassette and then to disk. Among those mentioned was the ORCHESTRA 90-CC and SPEECH SOUND CARTRIDGE. These two PAK's cannot be transferred to tape or disk, due to the fact that they are both hardware & software in nature. However, with the ORCHESTRA 90- CC, you could transfer it's operating system to tape and disk. It uses an 8K eprom to contain it's Music Language. Using one of the available PAK to DISK/ TAPE utilities, the software contained in this eprom could be moved to disk. You could then remove the eprom from the ORCHESTRA 90-CC PAK and then connect the ORCHESTRA 90-CC to the disk controller via a "Y" cable. Whenever you wanted to use the ORCHESTRA => ____________________________________________________ 90-CC, you could then load it's operating system from diskette, and it should function properly. Note that it is not wise to use a "Y" cable, but it would work. You may experience excessive loading of the CoCo's BUS and possible overheating though. The Speech/Sound Cartridge is an entirely different matter. It contains no ROM that is accessed by the CoCo. It does have an operating system, but it is only accessed by the S/SC's onboard processor. As far as the CoCo is concerned, the S/SC is nothing more than several I/O ports. Transfer to disk/tape is not possible. A "Y" cable could be used with it. Obviously, the best solution would be to purchase a used MULTI-PAK or a SLOT-PAK III from CoCoPro. =* |
