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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 |
| CONTENTS...PART
1 (v1 i18) CONTENTS...PART 2 (v1 i18) PROGRAM DIRECTORY <v1 i18> PROGRAM DIRECTORY PART 2 THIS MONTH'S COVER |
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ABOUT COCO FRIENDS DISK MAGAZINE (2)
1 "ABOUT CFDM"
2 ABOUT COCO FRIENDS DISK MAGAZINE
ABOUT THIS ISSUE (5)
1 CONTENTS...PART 1 (v1 i18)
2 CONTENTS...PART 2 (v1 i18)
3 PROGRAM DIRECTORY <v1 i18>
4 PROGRAM DIRECTORY PART 2
5 THIS MONTH'S COVER
ACTIVE COCO (3)
1 SUBMISSION DISK BOUNTY
2 WHAT'S UNUSUAL CONTEST EXTENDED!
3 WHERE IN THE WORLD IS COCO CAT?
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ADVERTISEMENTS (9)
1 "the world of 68' micros"
2 CFDM SUBSCRIPTION
3 CIII PagesE + ClipartE
4 FOR SALE
5 PP4'S TIME HAS COME!!!!
6 PRESENTING..CFDM HARDCOPY!!
7 UPGRADE NATIONAL DISKMAGAZINE
8 more SURPLUS HARDWARE
9 more SURPLUS SOFTWARE
ARTICLES OF THE MONTH (3)
1 CM3 COLOR GUIDE
2 LABELDOC/TEN
3 Wordprocessing Versus Databasing
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COCO FRIENDS ART GALLERY (5)
1 A Self Portrait
2 CFDM COMICS by CHAI <g>
3 COCOLITE
4 ERIC and MIKE
5 What A Mess
FAMILY TREE (3)
1 GEORGE JURECKA
2 NANCY LOWERY
3 RON STRITE
FORUM (2)
1 PUBLIC DOMAIN LIBRARY
2 Submissions
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FROM THE EDITOR (4)
1 FROM THE EDITOR
2 KUDOS <g>
3 RESTORE.BAS (ANOTHER HEAVY DISK)
4 WHO'S AT HOME?
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR (10)
1 COLORWARE
2 EXCERPT FROM LETTERS TO CFDM
3 HRIDDLE < JIM BENNETT >
4 HURRAH FOR HARDCOPY !!
5 In Appreciation
6 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
7 NO THANKS TO 40 TRACK
8 SHOWERS OF BLESSING!!
9 THANK YOU =>
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10 WP FORMAT/80 COLUMN
POTPOURRI (4)
1 BOURREE
2 LRIDDLE
3 MEMORIES-MUSIC
4 WISH LIST
PROGRAMS OF THE MONTH (7)
1 A VCR Title Generator
2 CD - Music .BIN Loader
3 HINT FOR ANNYIELD AND BANKRATE
4 NIBSHOW (part 2)
5 NIBSHOW 1.0
6 NIM.BAS
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REVIEWS (1)
1 Rainbow Adventures #3
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS (8)
1 ANIMATION/.NIB
2 ANSWERS NEEDED...H&S-WARE NEEDED
3 Modifications and Updates
4 NEED HELP WITH SUPERCOMM
5 P-51, TW-128, and CoCo to IBM
6 TO:ROBERT TURNER
7 The old banner printer
8 To: William Rosenfeld <ADOS>
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Here's a description of the files on the PROGRAM
SIDE. File names preceeded by an asterisk are data
files and not to be RUN or EXECed!
PLEASE NOTE: On this month's PROGRAM SIDE a number
of files have been hidden. DO NOT RUN ANY PROGRAM
FROM THE MASTER DISK!! Make two backup copies of the
PROGRAM SIDE and one copy of the MAGAZINE SIDE. Next
store your MASTER DISK in a safe place. Label your
MAGAZINE DISK and then label one of your PROGRAM
disks "PROGRAM DISK #1". Label the other PROGRAM
disk "PROGRAM DISK #2".
NEXT KILL THE FILE "RESTORE.BAS" FROM "PROGRAM DISK
#1". You may now RUN the files on this disk. Now
you may RUN "RESTORE.BAS" on "PROGRAM DISK #2". =>
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Running this program will bring the hidden programs
to the directory. THIS PROCESS TAKES ABOUT 4 MINUTES
SO BE PATIENT. PLEASE FOLLOW THESE INSTRUCTIONS!
PROGRAM DISK #1
NAME.........COMMAND..SECTION OR DESCRIPTION
BOURREE .BAS..RUN...POTPOURRI (music)
* BOURREE .BIN........DATA FILE FOR BOURREE.BAS
CATTRAX1.BAS..RUN...ACTIVE COCO (contest)
CD .BAS..RUN...PROGRAMS OF THE MONTH
* CM3PALET.TXT........TEXT FILE FOR PRINT ME.BAS
FISHNIM .BAS..RUN...PROGRAMS OF THE MONTH
* FONT .BIN........FONT FILE FOR LABELPRC.BAS
* LABELDOC.TEN........DATA FILE FOR PRINTME.BAS
LABELPRC.BAS..RUN...ARTICLES OF THE MONTH
* MAKEDATA.DAT........DATA FILE FOR RESTORE.BAS =>
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MEMORIES.BAS..RUN...POTPOURRI (music)
* MEMORIES.BIN........DATA FILE FOR MEMORIES.BAS
PRINT ME.BAS..RUN...ARTICLES OF THE MONTH
PRINTME .BAS..RUN...ARTICLES OF THE MONTH
* QP .BIN........DATA FILE FOR FISHNIM.BAS
RESTORE .BAS..RUN...FROM THE EDITOR
STRING6 .BAS..RUN...PROGRAMS OF THE MONTH
* TITLE .ATS........DATA FILE FOR VCRTITLE.BAS
VCRTITLE.BAS..RUN...PROGRAMS OF THE MONTH
* WELCOME .BIN........DATA FILE FOR FISHNIM.BAS
* WPVSDB .TXT........ARTICLES OF THE MONTH
(See PROGRAM DIRECTORY PART 2 for a listing of the
files on PROGRAM DISK #2.)
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Here's a description of the files which will be
produced by following the instructions in PROGRAM
DIRECTORY (v1 i18) (or see RESTORE.BAS in the FROM
THE EDITOR section). File names preceded by an
asterisk are data files and not to be RUN or EXECed.
NAME.........COMMAND..SECTION OR DESCRIPTION......
* *3CCLITE.NIB........DATA FILE FOR NIBSHOW.BAS
* *3MESS .NIB........DATA FILE FOR NIBSHOW.BAS
* ERICMIKE.NIB........DATA FILE FOR NIBSHOW.BAS
* NIBLOADR.BIN........PIX LOADER UTILITY
NIBSHOW .BAS..RUN...PROGRAMS OF THE MONTH
* SELFPORT.NIB........DATA FILE FOR NIBSHOW.BAS
* WATERFAL.NIB........DATA FILE FOR NIBSHOW.BAS
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(*3CCLITE.NIB, *3MESS.NIB, ERICMIKE.NIB, and
SELFPORT.NIB are described in the ART GALLERY
section. WATERFAL.NIB is referred to in LETTERS
TO THE EDITOR (Keiran Kenny's entry)).
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Experiment Friends,
I thought I'd do an experimental design
for you on the CFDM cover. I was playing
with the painting colors and came up with a
design and I could come up with more if you
like these kind of designs. I enjoy working
with this type of Art Work as well. Let me
know what you think!
.... Your friend,
Jim Gibbons
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| Articles in section: ACTIVE COCO |
| SUBMISSION
DISK BOUNTY WHAT'S UNUSAL CONTEST EXTENDED! WHERE IN THE WORLD IS COCO CAT? |
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SUBMISSION DISK BOUNTY Here's a little incentive for you to help me build
up a store of material for CFDM.
For each subscriber who sends a submission disk to
me during the months of July and August, I will put
a free flippie in your mailer when I send your next
issue of CFDM. Your submission disk must be received
during those two months.
Plan now to be ACTIVE COCO! I'd really like to have
your Family Tree (if you haven't already sent one),
a Review of a CoCo product you like, a Forum entry,
a Program you've written, an Article, a Graphic, or
anything else you'd care to submit.
PLEASE PARTICIPATE! =*
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WHERE IN THE WORLD IS COCO CAT? Since RAINBOW has closed shop, the CoCo cat has no
place to call home! In fact, he has run away! He was
last seen wandering around confused and scared!!!
Join the hunt! Follow his tracks, gather the clues,
and discover where he is hiding. (Yes, it's a game!)
There are four cat tracks programs: ("CATTRAX1-4").
The first is on this disk. The other 3 will appear
in subsequent issues. Each program asks a question
about the CoCo cat. Answer correctly and you will
find clues that will enable you to locate the cat.
Answer all 4 questions, gather the clues, and find
CoCo cat's location. Then send a post card to CFDM
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with the four answers and the final solution. The
winner will receive an original one-of-a-kind CoCo
cat statue that I am sculpting especially for this
contest. The CoCo cat is standing proudly on top of
a wooden base which will have a brass plate with the
winner's name engraved on it. The cat stands about 6
inches tall. The CoCo cat is sculpted in color. It
will look really impressive standing next to some-
one's CoCo! Someone, PLEASE give this kitty a home!
The rules are:
1- All entrants must be subscribers to CFDM. Sub-
scribers may enter as many times as they wish.
2- The contest will end 21 days after the disk with
the 4th "CATTRAX" program has been mailed out.
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3- Entries must be submitted on a post card and con-
tain the answers to the 4 questions, the final solu-
tion and the sender's name, address, and tel. no.
4- In the event that there is more than one person
who has submitted all the correct answers, a grand
prize winner will be drawn at random to receive the
statue. Every one of the winners will receive a very
impressive looking certificate suitable for framing.
5- In the event that no one has all the correct an-
wers, we will extend the deadline until someone is
a winner. (I'm sure we won't have to do that!)
JOIN THE HUNT! RUN "CATTRAX1" TO GET STARTED!
FIND THAT CAT!!!!
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"the world of 68'
micros" Introducing a NEW MAGAZINE for CoCo users:
"the world of 68' micros"
[Tandy Color Computer, OS-9, OSK]
...is dedicated to producing a QUALITY publication
supporting the CoCo, Disk BASIC, and OS-9. Top
writers and articles will be featured, including the
infamous Marty Goodman, who will continue answering
CoCo questions. The initial issue will be delivered
in August 1993. Contents will be:
* "Repackaging the CoCo" - edited, several authors
* "CoCo Answers!" - Marty Goodman
* "C" Programming (DECB & OS-9) - Bill Sgambati
* "Beginners Showcase" - Readers programs =>
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* "OS-9/OSK Answers!" - Matthew Joel Hegberg
* "Beginning OS-9...from the box!" -
F.G. Swygert & Rick Ulland
* "Telecommunications" - Network Database/BBS News
* "Micro News" - New Products and News
* "Swap Shop" - Classifieds...SUBSCRIBERS ONLY!
Classified ads will be .20/word, $4 minimum (sub-
scribers get 120 words per year free). No complete
systems. Software may be sold or traded...PIRATING
NOT TOLERATED! Display ads are $25 1/4, $45 1/2, $80
full page. Subscriptions are $23/year ($30 Canada)
for 8-9 issues (every six weeks). "micro disk" is
$30/year ($42 Canada) and features DECB and CoCo
OS-9 formats. Individual copies are $6 each.
SPECIAL FOUR ISSUE SUBSCRIPTION: $12.00 =>
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FARNA Systems
904 Second Avenue
Warner Robins, GA 31098-1029
Phone: 912-328-7859
(9-12 am, 6-9 pm EST)
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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!! =* |
CIII PagesE + ClipartE For all CFDM friends:
CIII PagesE v. 2.5 plus ClipartE (1500+)
all for $30.00 + $3.00 S/H
If you send me 8 DSDD disks you get the above for
$22.00 + $3.00 S/H
All manuals and/or guides included.
Coless Computer Design
1917 Madera St. #8
Waukesha, WI 53186
(414) 549-0750
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FOR SALE FOR SALE: LOTS OF TANDY SOFTWARE ON DISK,CART.AND
CASSETTE. ALL ORIGINAL IN BOXES. 1 ONLY OF EACH
PROGRAM. FOR COMPLETE LIST AND PRICES, SEND A "SASE"
TO:
MICHAEL LEWIS
1311 SECOND ST.
MOUNDSVILLE, WV. 26041-1430
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PP4'S TIME HAS COME!!!! #4#4#4#4#4#4#4#4#4#4#4#4#4#4#4#4#4#4#4#4#4#4#4#4#4#4
Patience Pair #4 is now available. It consists
two of my favorite games of solitaire -
SHAM BATTLE and WALLS OF JERICHO.
You can purchase Patience Pair #4 for $6.00 from
H. Allen Curtis
at
172 Dennis Drive
Williamsburg, VA 23185
Patience Pair, the first of this series, as well
as Patience Pairs #2 and #3 can still be obtained
for $6.00 each.
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PRESENTING..CFDM HARDCOPY!! If you received issue #17 of CFDM, you have been
introduced to the newest product from RICK'S
COMPUTER ENTERPRISE. That's CFDM HARDCOPY, the
paper version of the magazine side of CFDM.
I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did! This newest
offering was produced by our good Friend, Arthur
Hallock of Deming, New Mexico. Arthur has done a
masterful job of turning the disk version into "a
disk on paper". One thing that is now clear about
CFDM, is just how much information is held on the
side we refer to as the "magazine side"!
All I can say is "way to go Arthur". Thanks for
giving us this new companion to CFDM.
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Here's the story on subscribing to CFDM HARDCOPY:
CFDM HARDCOPY will be offered at only one rate. That
is 12 issues for $30. Out of country Friends must
add another $6. ALL SUBSCRIPTIONS WILL RUN FROM
ISSUE #18 TO #29. So if you are interested in this
product, it would be wise to get your order in now.
If you choose to subscribe later you will receive
all the issues you've missed at one time.
Looking forward to your order!
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UPGRADE NATIONAL DISKMAGAZINE Let the "UPGRADE National Diskmagazine", keep you in
touch with the entire CoCo Community. Filled with
articles from BASIC to OS-9 programming, hardware,
reviews & tips. Accompanied by 16 color graphics.
Required 128K CC3/drive & TV, RGB, or Mon.
We have an eight year record with a strong treasury
to assure confidence of delivery. Join in with
members in over 40 states and five provinces of
Canada. We have a 95% renewal rate!
Included is "Mid Iowa & Country CoCo" membership
opening our domain and shareware library to you.
Buy, sell, info. and more.
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Your subscription will bring you all Newsletters,
Plus Library, and other member privileges, for a
year. ($3 Sample disk)
Do you want support tommorrow? Join in today! Say,
"I saw it in CFDM" and receive... an UPGRADE plus
added bonus disk via return mail!
Annual rate: $16.00 US:$21.00 Canada:$31.00 Foreign
To: Terry Simons
1328 48th St.
Des Moines, IA 50311
(515) 279-2576 (after 8 pm)
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more SURPLUS HARDWARE Dear Friends,
I recently purchased two CoCo systems with
quite abit of software and hardware. The following
hardware items are for sale. Please call me at
606 787-5783 or send a post card, to verify that
they are still available before sending your money.
1 CM8 (RGB) MONITOR $100 + $10 s/h
1 CM8 (RGB) MONITOR $100 + $10 s/h
1 512K CoCo III $125 + $5 s/h
1 64K CoCo II $ 30 + $5 s/h
1 J/M DISK CONTROLLER WITH
BUILT IN EXTENDED ADOS 3 $ 35 + $2 s/h
REMEMBER, CALL BEFORE SENDING PAYMENT.
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more SURPLUS SOFTWARE Dear Friends,
I have recently purchased two CoCo systems.
These systems came with quite a collection of
software and hardware (See "more SURPLUS HARDWARE").
I'm listing 9 groups of this surplus which may be of
interest to you. Since I only have one of each of
these, please call me at 606 787-5783, or send a
post card to reserve the group you want. First come,
first served. These packages are sold as is. Sorry
no refunds.
PACKAGE #1 - $20
COLOR COMPUTER ARTIST, SUB BATTLE, T/S EDIT, RESCUE
ON FRACTALUS, TRSCOPY + 20 assorted disks. (The
assorted disks have data on them. You can explore
the data or format the disks.) =>
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PACKAGE #2 - $20
WHERE IN THE WORLD IS CARMEN SANDIEGO? + 20 ASSORT.
DISKS. (See description of assorted disks above.)
PACKAGE #3 - $20
ZONE RUNNER, PHANTOMGRAPH, ROGUE + 20 assrtd. disks
PACKAGE #4 - $20
HOME PUBLISHER, MICROSCOPIC MISSION, KORONIS RIFT +
20 assorted disks.
PACKAGE #5 - $20
COMPUTERWARE'S RAMDISK, SUB BATTLE, + 20 assorted
disks.
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PACKAGE #6 - $20
FLIGHT SIMULATOR II (docs included), FLIGHT
SIMULATOR I (no docs) + 20 assorted disks.
PACKAGE #7 - $20
SLOTS & CARDS + 20 assorted disks.
PACKAGE #8 - $20
KING'S QUEST III + 20 assorted disks.
PACKAGE #9 - $20
MULTI-VUE (requires OS-9 LEVEL II) + 20 assorted
disks.
Remember, call and verify availability before
sending money! =*
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| Articles in section: ARTICLES OF THE MONTH |
| CM3
COLOR GUIDE LABELDOC/TEN Wordprocessing Versus Databasing |
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CM3 COLOR GUIDE View text file associated with this article Whenever I've been working with CoCo Max III I
find that I cannot really distinguish between the
various Colors offered in the COLOR Pull-down Chart
-- so I created a PRINTED CHART of the COLORS offer-
ed. I took the liberty of adapting ARTHUR HALLOCK's
PRINTME/BAS Program to PRINT out the ASCII File that
I created. This File also includes the STANDARD RGB
PALETTE, the SLOTS that correspond to the WHITE/GRAY
/BLACK used in PRINTING COLOR Pictures on Black Rib-
bon Printers, and the STANDARD CMP PALETTE. You can
also PRINT this File 'CM3PALET/TXT' with your favor-
ite Word Processor.
I had a Program by Jim Beltramo 'HGCOLOR/BAS'
that gave NAMES to all of the 64 COLORS in both RGB
and CMP format. I've been trying to use this to
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but to-date I haven't been too successful. That's
the nice thing about working with the CoCo -- always
something more to do!
When converting COLOR Pictures to be PRINTED in
Black & White, they often look like they are much
TOO DARK to be worthwhile. If you study the CHART
for Printing you will soon see that it all depends
upon which SLOTS were used for the COLORS. A DARK
Color can PRINTOUT as LIGHT GRAY!
The 'TRANSLAT/BAS' Program has its COLORS list-
ed in LINE 100. You may want to study these and see
how they can change your PALETTE of COLORS used. I
will be returning HOME to Springfield, Missouri on
March 1st and will be able to work with my 512K CoCo
III. More importantly I will be back to my Double
Disk Drives -- lots of DISKS IN and OUT here! =>
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I've been studying the Drawing Techniques of
James Gibbons, Norm Barson and Terry Simons and find
that they use excellent selection of COLORS before
they start to DRAW a Picture. From the NIB Pictures
in RICK'S GALLERY Program I have been able to put
the 'GALDATA/DAT' file into my 'WORD POWER' wordpro-
cessor and LIST out all of the 16 COLORS used. Keep
the Pictures coming -- I enjoy all of them!
I've had MORE FUN these past 12 months with the
arrival of the monthly ISSUE of CFDM!
GODFREY J. MOLL
1571 EAST ERIE APT 103
SPRINGFIELD, MO 65804
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LABELDOC/TEN Well the time has come ...... This is the last of
the articles in this series. It has been a lot of
fun, but it also took up large chunks of my spare
time. But I really did not mind. All the program
lacks now is a "operators manual". If no one writes
one, I will do so myself within the next two months.
A thanks to John Daniels for spotting the bug in the
return address routine. I had noticed and corrected
this bug earlier, but failed to incorporate it into
the program.
What am I going to do for the next issue ?? Well, I
really dont know yet. I have had some request for
articles on using a laser printer with the Coco III.
But I dont know if there would be enough interest to
warrant the space on the disk. Let me know. !!!
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You will find the usual programs on this months disk
As always, if you want to have a left margin on the
printout, set your printer for 12CPI. The program
PRINTME/BAS is all set up to give you a 8 character
left margin.
ON THIS DISK:
LABELPRC/BAS < RUN > THE PROGRAM ITSELF
FONT/BIN < --- > FONT USED BY PROGRAM
LABELDOC/TEN <PRINT> FILE TO BE PRINTED
USING PRINTME/BAS
PRINTME/BAS < RUN > PRINTS OUT LABELDOC/TEN
**********************************************
ctrl3 =>
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If you have any questions and/or commends regarding
this program, please feel free to write me or give
me a call. If you would like a responce or maybe a
disk send back to you, a SASE or return postage
would be greatly appreciated. When calling, please
call between 9:00 AM and 11:00 PM ESDT.
Thanks for putting up with me.
George Quellhorst.
203B Meadows Drive.
Painesville, Ohio. 44077-5361
Phone: (216) 350-9121
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Wordprocessing Versus Databasing View text file associated with this article The file WPVSDB.TXT is ASCII Text that can be read
on RS-DOS Word Processing software.
This file will give instructions - with demonstra-
tions - to create a flexible record structure to
list names, places, etc., on a Word Processor rather
than on Database when label or card printouts are
not needed.
The printer code commands appear on the top left.
These are embedded, non-printable codes. They will
show on the screen but not on text printouts. Do not
change the codes before running the program for the
first time. Suggest you make a hard copy of it
before attempting to edit it.
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Send questions or comments to:
Bill Rosenfeld
103 Barberry Lane
Roslyn Heights, NY 11577
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| Articles in section: COCO FRIENDS ART GALLERY |
| A
Self Portrait CFDM COMICS by CHAI <g> COCOLITE ERIC and MIKE What A Mess |
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A Self Portrait
I ran out of fresh ideas for a picture to draw with
CM3, so I tried to copy a picture of myself. The
most recent picture of myself was my passport
photo. I needed more colors, but this is the best I
could do. Maybe other Friends can draw their own
self portraits and send them in.
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COCOLITE
WOULDN'T IT BE NICE TO HAVE A LIGHT LIKE THIS WHEN
YOU RUN INTO A COCO COMPUTING PROBLEM ?
I USED COCO MAX III TO CREATE "COCOLITE", CAN YOU
GUESS WHERE I GOT THE IDEA FROM ?
MICHAEL LEWIS
1311 SECOND ST.
MOUNDSVILLE, WV. 26041-1430
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ERIC and MIKE
If I told you that the picture ERICMIKE was my first picture ever drawn on CoCo Max III (Thanks to Kerian for the CM3 to NIB program!), I'd be lying. It's my second. Wait, my second? But...it's pretty good! I'm no artist. I have an 8x10 enlargement of a photo I took of two boys from my youth group. The photo was taken on the Appalachian Trail as the youth group made its annual one-day hike. Then, I used a ruler and copied the photo into Coco Max 3. I am pleased with the result. I think the clothing on Mike looks great, the faces, well...for the second picture ever! P.S. Use my NIBSHOW program to view it! =* |
What A Mess
My NIBSHOW program can handle animated CocoMax III files. The way NIBSHOW knows that the files requires animating is the *3 as the first two characters. The * makes NIBSHOW run the animate routine. The 3 (it could be between 0 and 9) is a delay for the cycle. *3MESS.NIB is therefore a short NIB file to be viewed with NIBSHOW. The *3 is VITAL to the correct animation of NIBSHOW. If you rename the file, make sure the first two characters are still *3. Just select *3MESS.NIB from the menu. You can view this screen with GALLERY or NIBLOADR but it won't "move". -* |
| Articles in section: FAMILY TREE |
| GEORGE
JURECKA NANCY LOWERY RON STRITE |
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FAMILY TREE My name is George Jurecka, and I live with my wife (Nancy) and two children (Jason and Ginger) in the small Texas town of Weimar (Population 2052). I work for the United States Postal Service as a Rural Letter Carrier on a route that is over 118 miles long and serves nearly 450 boxes. Nancy teaches at the local high school. The CoCo 2 was my first computer, and it is still in use since I have collected much software for it. It is a 64K and has a multipak, disk drive, cassette, and TV monitor as its configuration. The CoCo 3 I have is a 128K with disk drive, Star NX-1001 printer and a Magnavox RGB monitor. <CTRL + 2 or 3> => ____________________________________________________ My collection of magazines, books, and programs covers the full spectrum of Color Computer operation and use. The information covers machine language, OS9 (Level 1 & 2), desktop publishing, word process- ing, peeks, pokes and other stuff. As a self-taught BASIC programmer, I enjoy writing orignal programs as well as modifying programs from CoCo magazines or BASIC computer programming books. Most enjoyable, are programs that educate or perform some task such as printing a banner, drawing a pic- ture, keeping track of something, or making music. I'm not much on games, except for "Shanghai" (to which I'm addicted). <CTRL + 1 or 3> => ____________________________________________________ My aspirations to become proficient at machine language and OS9 programming have met with little success. However, at age 45, I feel my learning will most likely be limited to the lifetime of the two CoCos. Long live the CoCos! In addition to my interest in the Color Computer, I enjoy electronics, music, astronomy and carpentry. <CTRL + 1 or 2> -=**=- <ESC/BREAK = EXIT> |
HI! FROM KANSAS Hi! I am also from the LAND OF AH'S! I
was glad to see Roberta C. Sowell's letter
in issue 7. I live in Arkansas City, Kansas,
a town of 12,000, located 6 miles North of
the Oklahoma border.
I am a secretary for an investment broker. I
input information on a Tandy 1200 computer
using the Ashton-Tate Framework II program.
I am 48 years old, married to a Rancher-farmer
who raises Registered Herford cattle and wheat.
Wwe have two grown daughters, a 2 1/2 year old
granddaughter, KaCee, and a grandson due any
time! Also sharing our home: Missy, a small
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Jingles, a black cat. What a group!
I purchased a COCO 3, 502 disk drive, 107
Tandy printer a year ago. Besides game
cartridges, I purchased two programs: Scripsit
and Sspectaculator. The reason for a COCO was
to help with Kevin's tree spraying business.
I have NO programing knowledge!!
I subscribed to The Rainbow and ordered three
disks for the games. In February, I finally
saw Rick's ad and sent $6.00 for one issue of
CFDM. I was gambling that I would find help me
understand my COCO. It was the best $6.00
investment I have made. After two phone calls
to Rick I have began reading the Extended Basic =>
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manual and started learning! Thanks also to
John Pendleton for his help also. You have been
a lot of help to a beginner. I am glad I mailed
mailed that first $6.00!!!
THANKS AGAIN!
NANCY LOWERY
RT 3 BOX 382-2
ARKANSSAS CITY, KS 67005
316-442-2451
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FAMILY TREE Hello from South Central Pennsylvania! My name
is Ronald, but since we are all friends please call
me Ron. I've only received CFDM two months and I'm
already hooked and sent Rick $30 for 6 more issues.
This is a great magazine!
I've lived all of my 41 years right here in PA.
My wife and I have a teenage daughter and also a
teenage son. I worked 18 years in a manufacturing co
wiring electric control panels and now for the last
5 years I'm a vending mechanic. That means when the
jukebox doesn't work or it takes your money, I'm the
one who fixes it.
I got my COCO 3 and FD-502 disk drive with an
Industrial Electronics Course I completed in 1989.
I'm not much of a programer, but enjoy using many
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years. But since Rainbow is falling by the way, I'm
glad for Rick's CFDM. I've already received much
from my couple of CFDM's. One friend is selling me a
printer and I have ordered some software from
others. Thanks for the ads!
I'm active in my Church and help lead a boys
club on Wed. evenings. I also help with my son's
baseball team when it starts. So it is usually after
dark when I get to sit down to my COCO.
Ron Strite
10398 Five Forks Road
Waynesboro, Pa. 17268
(717)-762-6986
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| Articles in section: FORUM |
| PUBLIC
DOMAIN LIBRARY Submissions |
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PUBLIC DOMAIN LIBRARY I'm looking forward to the creation of a PUBLIC
DOMAIN LIBRARY included in the 'ADVERTISEMENTS' por-
tion of CFDM as suggested in ISSUE #16 by SCOTT A.
BALDRIDGE. I will review my many Disks and send
programs that hopefully will be of interest to our
FRIENDS. I've enjoyed the many Disks that I have
purchased from the MI&CC Library in Des Moines, Iowa
and I'm sure that there are many programs that each
of us have in our Personal Libraries that would be
enjoyed by everyone.
SCOTT's offer is MOST GENEROUS -- I hope he has
the time, space and equipment available to prepare
the Disk requests that I am sure he will receive!?
I'm sure that he has thought about the organi-
zation of the Library as to the CoCo2 and 3, along
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that could be printed out by the purchaser -- save
on special copying and mailing. Just a syggestion.
On the SECOND PART OF THE PLAN:
DELPHI-ON DISK
I like it as I've never been successful in download-
ing a Program or Graphic! I hope that SCOTT will be
able to generate enough money from the LIBRARY to
cover his additional costs - if not, I would suggest
that he set a DOWNLOAD CHARGE for those that want a
particular item from DELPHI.
To make this SUCCESSFUL we all need to start
sending PUBLIC DOMAIN PROGRAMS to SCOTT -- be sure
that they are 100% pure!
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SCOTT A. BALDRIDGE
711 NORTHEAST DR.
NORTH HUNTINGDON, PA 15642
(412)864-6548
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Submissions I don't know if it is appropriate to suggest this.
Rick probably agrees. I get the impression that
CFDM is overwhelmed with original programs, artwork,
music and other stuff. Every disk has been full,
and the three bonus disks (3 FULL double sided disks
in just over one year!) indicate a quantity of
programs.
Naturally, not everyone makes it right away, due
to space. I think that space is an issue that we
can help Rick with. A granule on the disk takes up
about 2k. If your submission is 1 byte longer than
that, Diskbasic takes up another whole granule for
that extra byte! That is an extra 2k!!
WHAT CAN YOU DO ??? see next screen CTRL-2=>
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Okay! You're still reading!
Every BASIC program can be made more space effecient
by removing all unnessecary spaces in program lines!
It doesn't sound like much, but my NIBSHOW program
went from 3 grans to 2 grans. If everyone could
cut a granule off their long programs, Rick would
have at least 6-10 extra granules for YOUR programs!
Lines like this:
100 IF H>5 THEN 200 ELSE IF H<4 THEN POKE 456,78:GOT
O 200
...could be shortened to...
100 IFH>5THEN200ELSEIFH<4THENPOKE456,78:GOTO200
I know it looks cramped, but it saves SO MUCH space!
more <CTRL-3> =>
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I edit one line at a time, using the S command to
Search for spaces, then D to delete. It goes
pretty quick, and I was happy to see NIBSHOW go to
2 grans. I hope it has a better chance of making
it!!!! (Rick?)
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RICK: Excellent suggestion Stuart! Thanks for your
idea on how CFDM can become bigger by becoming
smaller!
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| Articles in section: FROM THE EDITOR |
| FROM
THE EDITOR KUDOS <g> RESTORE.BAS (ANOTHER HEAVY DISK) WHO'S AT HOME? |
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FROM THE EDITOR Wow! Another issue almost finished. What a month
this has been! One notable event was the first
visit to CFDM headquarters by a Friend from out-of-
state. I won't tell his name here, but you can see
an entry written by him in this section. Check it
out!
Another reason this has been a great month is that
a number of new Friends have enrolled and quite a
number of old Friends have returned after being
absent for some time.
Also, the first subscribers to CFDM HARDCOPY have
signed up and I'm really excited about this newest
product! Arthur Hallock has done a fantastic job in
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If you haven't signed up, I sincerely hope you plan
to! There's a number of reasons. One is that it
will be an incentive for you to resubscribe to CFDM
when your current subscription runs out! One other
apparent reason is that advertisers in the CoCo
community will probably prefer to advertise in the
traditional paper-type magazine and this will help
them and us. Please consider subscribing if you
have not already!
Next topic. Every once in a while I've reminded you
that we are in need of certain entries. You've never
let me down yet! At this time we need Family Trees,
Reviews, Forums, and Articles. If you've never made
a submission, it's really not that hard and you'll
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Here's hoping that this issue finds you well and
still excited about CFDM and CoCo!!
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Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not
unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways
acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. Be
not wise in thine own eyes: fear the Lord, and
depart from evil.
- Proverbs 3:5-7
Amen!
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<< JOHN ANDERSON >> << ROY ATKINS >> << NORM BARSON >> << WALTER BAYER >> << JIM BENNETT >> << RAYMOND BERNEY >> << LOGAN BLECKLEY >> << MARIE BOUDET >> << CHAIRUTH BOUPHAPHANH >> << H ALLEN CURTIS >> << JOHN DANIELS >> << FARNA SYSTEMS >> << JAMES GIBBONS >> << CHARLES GIBSON >> << J MARK GRIFFIN >> << RAUL GUIDO >> << GEORGE JURECKA >> << KEIRAN KENNY >> << GEORGE LEVKA >> << MICHAEL LEWIS >> << KENT LORENTZEN >> << NANCY LOWERY >> << DENIS BENJAMIN MARCIL >> << D M MACFARLANE >> << GODFREY MOLL >> << L E PADGETT >> << GEORGE QUELLHORST >> << WILLIAM ROSENFELD >> << TERRY SIMONS >> << RON STRITE >> << J R WAGGONER >> << LESLIE WALTZ >> << STUART WYSS-GALLIFENT >> |
RESTORE.BAS (ANOTHER HEAVY DISK) For those who do not have CFDM issue #11, you are
most likely unfamiliar with our "heavy disks". Due
do the large number of files we had scheduled for
that disk, we ran out of disk space. So ... with a
little coaxing I managed to hide the extra files on
the program side. By running the RESTORE.BAS program
on issue #11, the other files were uncovered. This
process required making two copies of the program
side of the disk. Please read on.
On the issue #11 disk there were a total of 88
granules of programs. On this disk, #18, there are
81 granules of programs. Follow the instructions
below exactly to uncover the hidden files.
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INSTRUCTIONS FOR UNCOVERING THE HIDDEN FILES:
1. Make one backup of the MAGAZINE SIDE (SIDE 1)
and label it - CFDM ISSUE #18, MAGAZINE.
2. Make TWO backups of the PROGRAM SIDE...
Label one - PROGRAM DISK #1
Label the second one - PROGRAM DISK #2
3. PUT YOUR MASTER CFDM DISK IN A SAFE PLACE!!
4. KILL the program "RESTORE.BAS" on (and ONLY on)
PROGRAM DISK #1.
5. RUN "RESTORE.BAS" on PROGRAM DISK #2.
This program ("RESTORE.BAS") will erase the
DIRECTORY, move in a new DIRECTORY, and move the
hidden programs into their correct locations on
the disk.
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After the above process, you will have two disks of
programs. All came on the PROGRAM SIDE of the CFDM
disk. You will notice that PROGRAM DISK #1 has 11
granules free (before KILLing "RESTORE.BAS"). You
will also notice that PROGRAM DISK #2 has 44 free
granules. That's a total of 81 (68-11 + 68-44)
granules of programs that were stored on this disk!
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WHO'S AT HOME? LIVE! FROM LIBERTY,KY! IT'S ELAD REMARK! YES,
IT'S TRUE! I'VE TAKEN OVER THE KEYBOARD AT RICK'S
HOUSE AND AM WRITING THIS ENTRY ON THE SAME COCO
THAT PUTS OUT CFDM.
BEHOLD AND TREMBLE AT THE THOUGHT OF MY REIGN
AS EDITOR.NOW BREATHE A SIGH OF RELIEF AS YOU
REALIZE THAT I RULE ONLY THIS ARTICLE! HA!
I HAVE BEEN ENJOYING RICK'S HOSPITALITY AND
HIS WIFES COOKING. RICK INVITED ME TO WRITE AN
ARTICLE BUT I DECIDED TO JUST SAY HELLO TO EVERY-
ONE FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF CFDM! IT HAS BEEN A
PLEASURE TO VISIT THE HOME OF CFDM.
EGAD! I'M GLAD! =*
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COLORWARE
QUESTION 1: do you know if COLORWARE, publishers of
CoCo Max 3 are still in business?
I sent them a program, MINILOD+, as a possible
alternative to their MINILOAD program. The package
was returned by US Post with the notation that there
was no mail receptacle for COLORWARE at the address.
MINILOD+ works much the same as NIBLODR+ that I
sent you some time ago. If Dave Stampe reads this, I
would be glad to send him a copy.
QUESTION 2: Could you please send another 25 flippy
disks? I really appreciate the convenience of having
clean, factory-punched flippies.
QUESTION 3: Recently I did a CM3 picture that, when
saved, took 12 granules on the disk. I converted it
to a NIB picture but all I got was garbage when I
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I cleared 12 graphic pages and deleted the
PCLEAR8s from NIBSAVER and NIBLOADR. I then got the
top half of the picture loaded but the bottom half
was garbage. Clearing more than 12 graphic pages
got me an OM ERROR when I ran NIBSAVER.
I have put the picture, WATRFALS/CM3 on the disk
for you to see.
Wherever possible, I like to save pictures as NIB
files because they take less disk space than CM3
files.
Any suggestions?
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RICK: Keiran, NIB will compress most pictures, but
those that require more than 9 granules will crash
the SAVE routine in NIB. The fault is my own but you
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I did have a go at your WATERFAL.CM3 picture and it
did NIB (See the GALLERY on the PROGRAM SIDE). The
only answer I have for why it didn't NIB for you is
that there is a possiblity that some memory had been
changed by a previous program. This could have made
a conflict for the NIBSAVER program. It's always a
good idea to do a cold-start when changing programs!
By the way, the picture is GREAT! THANKS!
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EXCERPT FROM LETTERS TO CFDM Rick, I hope you are more successful in publishing
CFDM than you ever imagined. I think it's the
greatest thing going. I'm looking forward to
receiving CFDM for more years than I can count.
May GOD bless and keep you happy.
- John Anderson
P.S. CFDM is the greatest thing since the invention
of ICE CREAM.
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Rick, thank you for ALL you have done to keep the
CoCo alive. I am not a programmer, so I need people
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received my last issue of "Rainbow". How sad! Please
keep your disk magazine going. It is a MUST in our
lives.
Also, thanks for your scripture quotations. They are
well received.
- J. Mark Griffin
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Dear Rick,
WELL I DID IT! Just what you remind us NOT TO DO! I
let my subscription lapse! Sorry about that. I have
enclosed a check for $60 - one year subscription.
PLEASE start me with CFDM #16 (I DON'T want to miss
an issue). =>
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We have 12 new members, directly attributable to
CFDM, and YOU!
L.E. Padgett, (Editor of ADVENTURE SURVIVORS
24 Perthshire Drive
Peachtree City, GA 30269
Tel: 404 487-8461 )
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.....The programs that have appeared in CFDM have
really help me to understand how to do a lot of
things that I wasn't able to do with my programs
before. They have also given me the challenge to
keep trying to improve. I get a lot of relaxation
from programming because it provides the mental
challenge that my job often lacks.
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HRIDDLE < JIM BENNETT > JIM,
First of all sorry about that last "T" I was too
much in a hurry I guess.
Needless too say, I solved last months HRIDDLE
with relative ease. But decided not to submit my
answer, due to a possible conflict of interest.
The Riddle was VERY well done. Just wish I was an
artist. I could not draw a circle if I had to.
BTW. I am taking some B&W pictures and will send
them too you when they are done.
George Quellhorst.
Pains ville,
my home town.
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HURRAH FOR HARDCOPY !! ! RICK -- you've done it AGAIN! I don't know how
much 'AID' ARTHUR S. HALLOCK from Deming, New Mexico
gave to you in preparing CFDM in HARDCOPY, but you
BOTH are to be CONGRATULATED!!
I'm enclosing my $30 to receive the next 12
Issues of CFDM HARDCOPY -- it will save me the time
to copy including ribbons and paper! The Format and
Layout are SUPERB!! The inclusion of GRAPHICS and
various TYPE SETS make it come to life.
In ISSUE #17 I made a GROSS ERROR in switching
the HOME STATES of ARTHUR S. HALLOCK and LARRY K.
LARAWAY -- SORRY!! ART is in DEMING, NEW MEXICO and
LARRY is in BREMERTON, WASHINGTON. BOTH have been
very helpful to me in my GRAPHICS conversions from
one format to another.
THANKS for bringing so much FUN to my HOUSE! =>
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RICK: Thanks Godfrey..but..about 99% of the credit
goes to Arthur! All I did (along with Donna) was to
spend about 9 hours duplicating the issue! Now that
I think about it, maybe Arthur only did 98% of the
work!
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In Appreciation Dear Rick,
Just thought I'd put a few lines in to let you
know how much I appreciate CFDM and the time and
effort that you and your family are giving to keep
the interest alive in the CoCo community.
I also want the rest of the CFDM family (it
sure feels like a family to me) to know that I, for
one, really appreciate their continuing support of
CFDM, not only by their submissions (which I REALLY
appreciate), but also by just remaining interested
and staying with us!
I come into personal contact with very few CoCo
enthusiasts and I must say that CFDM has opened new
doors for me. CFDM has given me ideas that otherwise
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much more incentive to improve on my programming, as
well as giving me many new ideas and insights into
what this little CoCo is capable of doing.
I sincerely hope that we, as a group, will be
able to keep other CoCo enthusiasts interested and
in contact. I agree also, that we should do all that
we are able to do to keep the hardware and software
available for those who need it. I extend another
thank you to those who have passed on information to
the rest of us about sources that are still willing
to support the CoCo, and to those who have rescued
some software from oblivion.
Sincerely,
Leslie Waltz
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR I would like to thank you Rick for CFDM. The
format of the magazine is very user friendly. Also
I was impressed with your openness in sharing about
the sickness and passing of your Mother. My thoughts
and prayers are with you during this difficult time.
It was also a pleasent surprise to see scripture in
your magazine from you and from others as well.
Truly I now know that I am among friends. Thanks
again! < II Chronicles 7:14 >
PS: Rick, you don't have to share this with CFDM if
you don't want to.
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RICK: Thanks for your kind words Ron! I do like to
include as much of the Friend's input as possible.
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NO THANKS TO 40 TRACK ...I want to thank you for your choice of mailers
that you use for mailing CFDM. Issue #16 arrived at
my home looking like it went through a demolition
derby. There were both tire and foot tracks on the
mailer. When I backed up the disk, I found no
problems with any of the files.
...On CFDM changing from Tandy's standard of a 35
track disk format to a non-standard 40 track disk
format.
After reading your article (RED FLASH) in issue #16
of CFDM, I immediately wrote a 3 page letter voicing
my negative thoughts on the issue. Now that I have
calmed down. I would like to offer the following
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A> Use a file compression program to increase
the space on a 35 track disk.
Or
B> Throw in a bonus disk every 6 months. (I think
you already do this one.)
As it is, my main system will read and write both
sides of a 40 track disk. My backup system though,
will only read and write a single-sided 35 track
disk. And, as far as I know, I am the only person in
my area with a Color Computer 3 disk system.
In the article, you said that it would mean more
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family also.) I feel you have already done a great
job with what you have. It is time now to sit back
and relax.
As the old saying goes - "If it ain't broke, don't
fix it."
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RICK: Thanks J.R., for your great arguments for
staying 35 track. There have been a number of other
Friends who reported they were unable to "pass" the
40 track test. So..this puts the issue to rest for
me, though it would be nice to have just a little
more space!
Per the bonus disk idea, I hope to do something at
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SHOWERS OF BLESSING!! Just a few issues ago, we had a request from our
Friend, Logan Bleckley. He sure would like to have
a program called "B-51 Mustang". Well, today I
received a call from Logan and he said, "Thanks to
the many responses I've received. Thanks immensely
and please let it be known that my request has been
answered many times over!"
Now to wish on a CoCo Star: Logan would like to see
a program which would display a bar graph of data
which would be entered prior to making the display.
If twelve inputs of numerical (specifically dollar
amounts) are entered, then a bar graph would be
drawn which would give a visual picture of his
monthly expenditures. If interested, contact Logan
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Logan Bleckley III
717 Piedmont Ave. NE
Atlanta, GA 30308
The above experience is just one of the many, almost
unbelievable, displays of Friendliness of which I've
become aware. If you want to do something Friendly,
don't hesitate to contact one of the Friends when
the occasion arises. The following excerpts from a
letter from Marie Boudet, reflects our relationship
very well!
Dear Rick,
........I love to receive each disk, and feel you
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...I want to thank all the wonderful people that
are sending in programs for you to use on your disk.
Love to make puzzles out of the graphics, that will
fit this process. The explanations on how to do, I
like a lot.
I have made a folder for each issue....I use the
great program (PRT#1CFD.BAS) to save these sections
to disk. I then use RSDOS, an OS-9 program, to
transfer these files to OS-9 and use my editor VED
to adapt them to an 80 width. Then I use VPT (Bob
Van der Poel programs) to print them .....
...all the best...hope you can continue for a long
time... I want to do whatever I can to help keep our
group (family) together as long as possible. =*
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THANK YOU I wish to extend a word of thanks to the
following CFDM members who have helped me
in various ways when I have written to them:
RICK COOPER ROBERT ALLEN TURNER
HERB SCHULER GEORGE QUELLHORST
JERRY CRABTREE GUY CHARBONNIER
FLOYD KEIRNAN ROBERT COULTANT
JAMES MILLS CHARLES GIBSON
If I have forgotten anyone, please except my
apologies. Again, many thanks.
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WP FORMAT/80 COLUMN Hi Rick,
I think "COCO FRIENDS DISK MAGAZINE" looks GREAT.
Now don't get me wrong, but I was wondering if
"CFDM" in the future would ever go to something like
a word processor format and a choice of 80 columns
for the "COCO FRIENDS" who would want this option ?
I got this idea when I was communicating with
another "COCO FRIEND". We use what I call a "disk
letter" (TW-128 WORD PROCESSOR), the program itself
only takes up about 11 granules of space on the
disk itself and leaves plenty of room on the same
side of the disk for text files or art files.
I would like to see your thoughts on this idea.
KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK ! =>
MICHAEL LEWIS,1311 SECOND ST.,MOUNDSVILLE,WV. 26041
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RICK: Thanks Mike for your thoughts. Your idea was
a popular one when CFDM first started. But...I had
put in a lot of work on the driver and asked for
everyone to just give it a chance for awhile. Now I
very seldom hear any complaints. I hope everyone has
become accustomed to our present setup.
As one Friend recently said, "if it ain't broke,
don't fix it". We really have a good thing here
and I have a little apprehension about tinkering
with it.
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| Articles in section: POTPOURRI |
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BOURREE This is the first transcription in a series of
music transcriptions that I will be submitting
to CFDM.
BOURREE IN E MINOR BY JOHANN SABASTION BACH is
from Lute Suite #1. It is a favourite of most
classical guitar and lute players. Just type
RUN"BOURREE" and enjoy.
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LRIDDLE Looking through an old chemistry book, I found a
chemical name that TRULY resembles our favorite
color computer. Can you find that chemical name?????
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MEMORIES-MUSIC "Memories"is a beautiful, haunting, melody from
the musical "Cats". Music is by Andrew Lloyd Weber.
The text is by Trevor Nunn after a book by T.S.
Eliot.
I wanted a more pleasing screen to look at while
the music played so I used a PMODE 4 screen with a
partial font by Bill Bernico and the cats are mine
using the draw function. I felt I should keep within
the one granule so I kept it simple.I hope you enjoy
it. Run "MEMORIES/BAS".
Charles L. Gibson
701 Sherman
Edwadsville,IL 62025
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WISH LIST I would like to have a colorful calendar program
that would keep track of "things to do" or important
dates to remember with a printer option to print out
certain day(s) or an entire month of memos.
I hope I'm not asking for alot, but it would
also be nice if this program could look ahead to see
when certain dates fall on. I'm sure the other "COCO
FRIENDS" could think of some other options for such
a program.
Maybe this would be a good project for the
programmer's in our "CFDM FAMILY"...
Please, no OS-9...I tried "MULTI-VU'S
calendar program and had nothing but problems:
MICHAEL LEWIS
1311 SECOND ST.
MOUNDSVILLE, WV. 26041 - 1430 =*
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| Articles in section: PROGRAMS OF THE MONTH |
| A
VCR Title Generator CD - Music .BIN Loader HINT FOR ANNYIELD AND BANKRATE NIBSHOW (part 2) NIBSHOW 1.0 NIM.BAS STRINGART REVISITED |
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A VCR Title Generator The Color Computer is an ideal candidate for producing title screens for home videos becasue of it's output capabilities. Unlike more powerful systems, any CoCo can be connected to a VCR via the antenna terminals. The CoCo 3's video output, con- nected to a VCR's video input, makes this connection even easier. A "y" connector can be used to connect a VCR and a TV at the same time, thus enabling one to see the computer output as the title is being recorded. CoCo 3 users with a RGB monitor do not even need the "y" connector. However, the normal CoCo text is too small to be easily read on the TV when the tape is played back. What is needed, is an easy to enter, read and record title generator for the CoCo. <CTRL + 2 or 3> => ____________________________________________________ "VCRTITLE.BAS" could be the answer to the problem. It has nine lines of text that are large enough to be read when the video is viewed on a TV. Its text entry mode allows access to any line at any time. Text can be centered, left or right justified or shifted anywhere on the line. It supports upper and lowercase letters and all of the numbers and other characters (i.e. !"#$%&) on the CoCo. Titles can be saved to disk for multiple use, or use at a more convenient time. The record sequence allows a full screen display or a line-by-line display. Titles can be black characters on a white or green back- ground. A variety of title effects can be produced by starting at different points in the recording sequence. <CTRL + 1 or 3> => ____________________________________________________ "VCRTITLE" will run on any 64K CoCo2 or 128K CoCo3. Modification of line 2000 will be necessary if a RGB monitor is not being used (change RGB to CMP). The program will automatically load "TITLE.ATS"when run. This data will display the author's name and address as well as the copyright date. Any CFDM subscriber may use the program freely; however, any copy of "VCRTITLE.BAS" must be accompainied by a copy of "TITLE.ATS", as the program remains the property of the author. Any questions about the program may be directed to the author at the address contained in the "TITLE.ATS" title. Experimenting with the display produced by "TITLE. ATS" will enable original titles to be produced and recorded with ease. <CTRL + 1 or 2> -=**=- <ESC/BREAK = EXIT> |
CD - Music .BIN Loader CD....Compact Disk? CoCo Disk? CoCo Digital?...
CD.BAS is a program to be used with the music BIN
files that have been appearing in CFDM. To use it,
copy CD.BAS to a freshly formatted disk and then
copy the music BIN files from CFDM to the same disk.
RUN "CD and, after the names of all the BIN
files (up to 34) have been read from the disk and
listed to the screen, use the arrow keys to make
your selection and then press ENTER.
After your selection has been played, a random
comment will appear on your screen for a few moments
and then the file selection screen will reappear for
you to make another selection. If you want to quit,
press the break key.
The names on the Title Screen that appears on
startup of the program are read by line 50 from =>
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DATA statements contained in line 540. Line 70
prints the names to the screen. If you have tran-
scriptions on your disk that were made by others
than those listed, it would be appropriate to give
them credit by adding their names to those appearing
in the DATA statements. If you use more than 5 names
you must re-dimension NM$ in line 10.
Comments may be changed or added to - lines 520
and 530 contain the comments. If you end up with
more or less than 10 comments, be sure to change the
dimensioning of CM$ in line 10, change line 40 to
read the correct number of statements into the CM$
array, and change line 470 (RND(10)) to the correct
number.
CD.BIN was written exclusively for use with the
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any file that has BIN as its extension. The most
likely result of this attempt is a "crash" and a
lockup of your computer. While a disk will hold more
than 34 music files, CD.BAS will only read the first
34 BIN files that it encounters in the directory.
You may want to modify it for more than 34 files,
but for me, that seemed like enough.
And finally, a request...Herb, Ray, or George..
or anyone else...I'm looking for a number called
"Teddy Bears on Parade". Does anyone have that one?
----- -Les
NOTE: If you have no printer, you should
put REMs in lines 20 and 30. =*
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HINT FOR ANNYIELD AND BANKRATE Two programs, ANNYIELD and BANKRATE, appeared in
issue #17. If you RUN these two programs from the
WIDTH40 or WIDTH80 screens, you will get an HP
error. To avoid crashing these two programs, always
start them in WIDTH32.
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NIBSHOW (part 2) One last minute addition to NIBSHOW, while keeping
it at 2 granules, is the ability to animate CoCoMax
III files. Once you have drawn and saved your
CM3 file (that uses animation (NOT color cycling))
turn it into a NIB file by using Kierian's
CM3>NIB conversion program (Issue #14). For a
filename, you MUST make the first two characters
an asterisk, and then a number from 0 to 9.
For example:
*4BEACH - the filename is BEACH, and the *4 in
front tells NIBSHOW that the animate speed is 4.
4 is an abitrary number. If it seems to slow or
too fast, rename the file to a higher number
e.g. RENAME"*4BEACH.NIB" TO "*2BEACH.NIB" ->
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The * tells NIBSHOW to look for a number between 0
and 9 right after the *, and that number becomes the
count for the animate delay. If you have a program
named *DRIVER, you will seriously confuse NIBSHOW
as it will try to interpret the letter D as a number
If you do not want your picture animated, you can
simply rename it to something without an asterisk.
eg. RENAME"*3BEACH.NIB" TO "BEACH.NIB"
Now your BEACH file will load, but won't "move".
Asterisk files can be loaded with GALLERY or
NIBLOADR, but they won't be animated.
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As of right now, NIBSHOW will animate the files, as
in those four palettes (11,12,13, and 14) will
rotate their colors.
CoCoMax III also supports a color-cycling in slot
10, and you can select another 8 colors to cycle
through slot 10. Because the NIB process cuts off
that kind of information, it is currently impossible
for NIBSHOW to do color-cycling as well.
KUDOS to Rick for NIB!! It works more effeciently
than the compression done by CoCoMax III! I wish I
could make CM3 use the NIB format!!!
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NIBSHOW 1.0 Every month, when I receive CFDM, I look at all the
NIB files. In order to show them, Rick generally
programs the names into a GALLERY program. So
on each CFDM issue, the GALLERY program is custom
programmed for the pictures on that particular
disk. I wanted to make Rick's life, and my life,
and the lives of everyone out there who puts all the
NIB files on a special disk(s).
NIBSHOW is a viewing program for NIB files. It
requires the NIBLOADR.BIN be on the disk in drive 0.
You can put picture disks in drives 0 (after the
program is up and running) and drive 1 and 2 and 3
(if you have them (or RAM disks)).
NIBSHOW has the following commands (listed on the
screen of NIBSHOW) -CTRL-2 =>
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C: change drive. Select a drive to access (0-3)
D: get the directory
arrows: move highlight around the directory on the
screen.
Space: load the highlighted file
B: select black or white border
H: switch the default hscreen (2 or 4)
L: switch between 192, 200 or 225 vertical lines
X: exit the program
S: slide show. Asks for a time delay between frames
then loads all files with a NIB extention and
displays them for the time delay.
When viewing the picture (except during Slide show)
you can press B to change the border, L to change
the number of vertical lines, or 1,2,3,4 to view
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NIBSHOW will handle up to 26 NIB files per disk.
Don't ask why 26!
TECHNICAL STUFF:
NIB requires a lot of memory to run, so I need to
use CLEAR 1 statements to free enough memory so that
it doesn't crash. This destroys all variables!
So, all important stuff is POKEd into memory, along
with the filenames from the disk.
NIB uses a lot of the free memory, so I had to find
a safe area to keep the data. I chose the HPRINT
data memory locations. The data to HPRINT on the
screen (something I don't need) takes up about .7k.
This is plenty to store small amounts of data. And
NIB doesn't mess with that area!
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NIM.BAS I suppose that this could be an entry into the
EDUCATION PROJECT. It is a thinking game called
NIM. If you don't recognize the title, you
probably know the game anyway. There are counters
on the screen. You and your oponent take turns
taking either 1, 2 or 3 counters. The person who
takes the last one loses. I submit a version of
NIM that I call FISH NIM, because the counters
are food, and the players are represented by fish.
The graphics are pretty neat, so check it out!
FISHNIM.BAS comes with two optional files. One is
called WELCOME.BIN, and the other is CONGRATS.BIT.
These are digitized voice files that say "Welcome
to NIM" and "Congratulations". If you don't have
the files, or don't want to hear it, one of the ->
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lines at the beginning of FISHNIM.BAS allows you to
switch the voices off. Take a look.
(Yes, it's my voice, digitized with a 6-bit
digitizer (uses joystick port to sample sound)
The included files were NOT recorded with the
highest quality settings, because recording 6-bit
samples takes tons of memory. At the highest
quality settings, a 128k coco can store 3.5 seconds
of sound (40k of storage available on 128k machine)
So enjoy FISHNIM.BAS and my voice!
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STRINGART REVISITED If you don't recall what stringart is, just refer
back to the description in Issue # 3. Here are
three more projects translated to the CoCo 3. Just
RUN each program. STRING4 and STRING5 are abstracts
titled "Pierced Planes" and "Starburst", respective-
ly. STRING6 will be easily recognized as it is
developed.
The programming involved is fairly simple, but it
requires a lot of effort keeping track of where you
are and which points are to be connnected. As before
I have shown the points ("nails") which are used to
"string" the designs. I have not used the high-speed
poke so you can better see the stringing sequence.
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respectively. The final program, STRING6, appears
in this issue.
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Adventures #3 |
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Rainbow Adventures #3 When I learned that the Rainbow was going out
of business, I called in to order some back issues
that I needed. When the order clerk told me that
everything was on sale at $2 each, I also ordered
all 4 of the adventure series tapes and disks.
I have only tried one of the disks (#3) and
can only say that I am glad I did not pay the full
price for these products. I tried the first program-
"Escape"- which was probably written for a 5 year
old. It worked up to a point, but certain parts were
incorrect. I discovered typing errors and program-
ing errors in the listing and on the disk itself.
The second program-"The Amulet"-worked pretty well
until you got into the wine cellar where it got
confused about where you were and where you could
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the directions available was set up wrong. I fixed
this and finished the adventure. This one turned out
to be pretty good after that. The third program -
"Spymaster" - is set up to run from tape only. I had
to save the program to tape, remove the disk control
ler, and reload from tape. This proved to be a monu-
mental nightmare that only worked 2 out of 10 times.
When it did work, the program had several problems.
The most annoying is that when hidden exits were
found, the program saved the new exit while deleting
the old exits. I have been so frustrated that I have
not tried any more of the adventures yet.
Overall I can say that for $2, it is not too
bad a buy - just be prepared to do a lot of fixing.
If you are not used to the strange ways some people
program, this can be a real struggle. =*
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ANIMATION/.NIB Is there a way to save a picture that contains
animation to the .NIB format ? I have noticed
that when I save an animated picture to the .NIB
format, the animation is lost.
I have seen pictures in "CFDM" with animation
in the .NIB format, but I figured that was something
Rick done on his end.
MICHAEL LEWIS
1311 SECOND ST.
MOUNDSVILLE, WV. 26041-1430
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RICK: You were right Mike. Animation is lost when
you save to .NIB format. But...It's not too hard to
write a routine to bring it back if you know which
palette colors are to be animated.
See Stuart Wyss-Gallifent's NIBSHOW in the PROGRAMS
section of this issue for a demonstration on using
animation with NIB pictures.
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ANSWERS NEEDED...H&S-WARE
NEEDED I need a printer driver for DMP 430 for the RAT
program.
George Levka
1209 W Hawthorne St.
Arlington Hts., IL 60005
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I have in my possession 6 books. OS-9 START, GETTING
STARTED WITH OS-9, OS-9 PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT, OS-9
COMMANDS, OS-9 TECH INFORMATION, and BASIC OS-9. As
previously stated I need a OS-9 MASTER SYSTEMS DISK
Level II and OS-9 BOOT DISK Level II. I would
appreciate any help in this matter. Even a copy of
a printed copy of these programmes.
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D.M. MacFarlane
P.O. Box 45
Metcalfe, ONT K0A 2P0
Canada
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I'm looking for a printer driver that I can use with
COCOMAX3 and the printer STAR NX-2420 RAINBOW. Does
anyone know where I can get or buy one?
Raul Guido
Box 402
Boqueron, P.R. 00622
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Continue to enjoy the CFDM and look forward to it's
arrival each month.
I have a problem this month as the magazine side
will not RUN. I RUN "C" and get a wide green screen
and then the drive stops. I tried loading "CUTILS"
and EXEC but...the same thing. The program side
runs fine. Can you suggest a solution?
RICK: When I changed the LOGO loading routine, I
inadvertently forgot about the ADOS incompatibility.
Change line 1160 to the following:
1160 IF AD=23 THEN EXEC &HD66C ELSE EXEC &HD75F
This should work! =*
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Modifications and Updates **** f l a s h ****
Recently, Scott Baldridge wrote to me wanting to
know how to make my FORMS program run with an IBM
compatible printer. Others have also inquired about
my Hscreen2 grey-level screen dump for IBM printers.
Because of this, I spent a few hours modifying those
programs to run on IBM compatible printers.
If you are interested in a copy of IFORMS, the FORMS
program (slightly improved and runs on IBM printer)
or IBMDUMP, an 8 grey-level screen dump for IBM
printers, please contact me! 2123 Longview Rd
Warrington, PA 18976-1524 (215) 343-1364
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Although I do not have an IBM printer, my DMP-133
can switch to IBM mode, so I switched it.
Both programs run well on the DMP-133 in IBM mode.
DIP switches, if any, need to be set to CR=LF also
known as CR=CR+LF.
The printer must do 120 BPI bit image mode (1/2
speed) NOT NORMAL SPEED.
I think, but I don't know, that most IBM printers
can do that.
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NEED HELP WITH SUPERCOMM I have bought Rainbow on Disk to get the program "Supercomm". In the docs it says that it should fit on the OS9 stock disk. My problem is that when I try to copy "Supercomm" to my OS9 disk it shows an error 211 (End of file). I have all the hardware to make it work. If anyone could help me on the "Supercomm" search, it would be appreciated a lot. Also, I have a multipak, (no. 26-3124) to sell or to exchange for a printer such as the DMP 105. 222 Lomas Sherbrooke, Quebec J1J 2R3 =* |
P-51, TW-128, and CoCo to IBM In answer to questions in CFDM #16. P51 Mustang Flight Simulator was put out by Tom Mix and was last available from T&D Subscription Software; 2490 Miles Standish Drive; Holland MI 49424. Phone (616) 399-9648, FAX (616) 396-2744. It is on disk #88 along with other games. The cost is $6.00 I have it and think it is a good game and simulator, it is best on a CoCo 3 with a composite monitor but will work on a Coco 2. An RGB monitor doesn't work well since the colors aren't right. Also a deluxe joystick makes it better to use. It is really challenging to dogfight with two computers connected by a cable in the serial ports. Tele Writer 128 and the other versions of TeleWriter are available from Mid Iowa and Country CoCo on --> ____________________________________________________ library disk #A06 "Word Processors." Cost is $3.00 plus $2.00 shipping to members. There are documents and a tutorial on the disk. The help file in TW-128 has good information, you get it by pressing CTRL H. CoCo RS-Dos to IBM MS-Dos disk file transfers can be done with a set of programs by Marty Goodman that were in the July 86 Rainbow. They will format a single sided MS-Dos disk and read or write to the root directory of a MS-Dos disk. These programs are available from Mid Iowa & Country CoCo on library disk A08 "Ancestors, CoCo - MS-Dos + more utilities." The cost is $3.00 plus $2.00 shipping for members, membership is $16.00 per year. Mid Iowa & Country CoCo also has a lot of other --> ____________________________________________________ good software in their library, a lot of it is orphanware so you might try them. T & D software also has a lot of programs and games, a lot of the Tom Mix programs. Kent Lorentzen ===* |
TO:ROBERT TURNER HOW'S YOUR "HAND SCANNER" PROJECT COMING ALONG?
...I KNOW I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A PIECE OF HARDWARE
LIKE THIS!!! DON'T GIVE UP !!!
MICHAEL LEWIS
1311 SECOND ST.
MOUNDSVILLE, WV. 26041-1430
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The old banner printer When I put in a request for a copy of the Old Banner
Printer last month, I had no idea what kind of
responce it would generate. As of this writing,
06/20/1993, I have had 11 phone calls from people
wanting to know if I received the program yet. Three
cassette tapes with the Old.... on it, and 18 disks
with the program on it.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU and THANK YOU ONCE MORE !!!!!
But please do not send any more. !!! Almost all of
you who wrote, were interested in operating a laser
printer using the Coco 3. It can be done, and I am
doing it on a daily basis. You will need a Serial to
parallel converter to make it work. The problem is
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do not have any documentation written with it. The
way they are set up, and also due to the fact that
the Coco was never designed to operate a laser
printer, makes it rather difficult to use them
without some form of documentation.
So far I have the following programs for the Coco
that use a laser printer.
LLISTER/BAS Llist programs using flist which
makes a purty formatted llisting
DISKJACK/BAS Prints a disk jacket.
ENVELOPE/BAS Prints an envelope, using Simply.
POSTCARD/BAS Prints both sides of a postcard
LASER/BAS LABELPRC/BAS with a laser driver
SIMPLY/LAS SIMPLY BETTER with a laser driver
LTRHEAD/BAS Prints a "shaded box" letter head
using Simply Better. =>
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CALENDAR/BAS Prints a desk calendar, including next
and previous months, it allows 31
entries for special days, i.e. Full
Moon, and ALL YOU input is the month
the year, and the entries. It prints
any month from 1900 to 1999.
As soon as I have written the needed documentation
for the programs mentioned I will put them on a disk
together with the docs, and send those of you who
wrote and expressed an interest in these programs, a
copy. If anyone else wants a copy, I would
appreciate a check for $5.00 to cover the cost of
the disk, the mailer and the postage. So all of you
who have asked for them, please be patient, THEY IS
COMMINK. !!!!!! George. *>
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To: William Rosenfeld
<ADOS> William,
With the new "C/BAS" program you do not have to
disable ADOS to run the magazine.
But if your particular Ados is set up for 40 tracks
you must use the command BACKUP 0 TO 1,35 since CFDM
is a 35 track disk. Also and more important, ADOS
does not do a regular backup as RS-DOS does. RS-DOS
backs up the entire disk sector by sector.
ADOS does a GAT backup. Which is more like a COPY
then a BACKUP. ADOS looks in the GAT, track 17
sector 2, and COPIES each file to the new disk. The
CFDM disk contains code that is NOT listed in the
GAT. Therefore this code, will NOT be copied when
you back up the disk using ADOS. You have to use the
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Thus: BACKUP 0 TO 1,A,35. I think that the programs
will work for you if you use this method.
Also remember NEVER EVER to save anything to a 40
track disk when you are using a 35 track DOS. It
will goof things up royally.
George.
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