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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 i19) CONTENTS...PART 2 (v1 i19) PROGRAM DIRECTORY (v1 i19) 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 (4)
1 CONTENTS...PART 1 (v1 i19)
2 CONTENTS...PART 2 (v1 i19)
3 PROGRAM DIRECTORY (v1 i19)
4 THIS MONTH'S COVER
ACTIVE COCO (4)
1 A NEW COCO BBS ! ! !
2 ANSWER TO HRIDDLE #3
3 PNW CoCoFEST III
4 WHERE IN THE WORLD IS COCO CAT?
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ADVERTISEMENTS (6)
1 "the world of 68' micros"
2 CFDM SUBSCRIPTION
3 OS-9 LEVEL II FOR SALE
4 PRESENTING..CFDM HARDCOPY!!
5 THE COCO TRADER
6 UPGRADE NATIONAL DISKMAGAZINE
ARTICLES OF THE MONTH (3)
1 GALLERY -- "HOW TO"
2 PRT#1CFD REVISITED (AGAIN!)
3 ROTATION
COCO FRIENDS ART GALLERY (8)
1 A Manitoba Stream
2 A Toast To CFDM! =>
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3 BIRDS
4 CFDM GRAPHICS by Mike Lewis <g>
5 MARLIN -- HAWAII
6 Mood Indigo
7 VIEW IN THE SMOKIES
8 VIEWING THE CFDM ART GALLERY
FAMILY TREE (3)
1 CHARLES HALL JR.
2 JAMES S. MCNEILL JR.
3 THE FRONTIERO'S
FORUM (4)
1 CFDM 40 TRACK OR 35, I LIKE IT!
2 GRIPE DEPARTMENT.
3 My tribute to THE RAINBOW =*
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4 RAINBOWS END
FROM THE EDITOR (2)
1 FROM THE EDITOR
2 KUDOS (THE SOWER) <g>
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR (6)
1 NOTE TO RICK
2 RAINBOW Submissions...
3 THE CFDM LIFE SAVER!
4 THE YOUNGER CROWD
5 TWO MEMORABLE THIRD PLACE PRIZES
6 Thank You Plus Order
POTPOURRI (4)
1 CFDM FUNNIES by McNeill <g> =>
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2 LARA'S THEME
3 Notice to Stagecoach Riders
4 POEM
PROGRAMS OF THE MONTH (11)
1 +Data Line Generator:"DATAMAKE"+
2 BIT16.BAS
3 Binary to DATA statements.
4 CLIPART on the COCO
5 COCODEMO
6 EXTENTION CHANGER
7 LINKFILE - Link Sequential Files
8 MUSIC3+ PLAYER.
9 THE COMPUTER CHESS BOARD
10 The Computer Chess Board (pt. 2)
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REVIEWS (3)
1 King Micro Associates
2 REVIEWs Ratings Systems Proposal
3 The Rat & Color Max Deluxe
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS (9)
1 COCO 3 AT 2400
2 GrafExpress Programmers
3 HOW CAN I HELP?
4 Michael Lewis, Wish list.
5 QUESTION
6 Question!
7 SEARCHING FOR NEWSART O9
8 SPACES, Stuart T Wyss etc.
9 TRAPPED IN TUTS TOMB
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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......
A TOAST .BAS..RUN...ART GALLERY
* B16LOAD .BIN........DATA FILE FOR BIT16.BAS
* B16SAVE .BIN........DATA FILE FOR BIT16.BAS
BIN2DATA.BAS..RUN...PROGRAMS OF THE MONTH
* BIRDS .NIB........ART GALLERY..RUN "NIBSHOW.BAS"
BIT16 .BAS..RUN...PROGRAMS OF THE MONTH
* BLACK .NIB........USED BY CHESS.BAS
CATTRAX2.BAS..RUN...ACTIVE COCO
CHESS .BAS..RUN...PROGRAMS OF THE MONTH
CLIPART .BAS..RUN...PROGRAMS OF THE MONTH
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* CLIPS2 .PIX........DATA FILE FOR CLIPART.BAS
COCODEMO.BAS..RUN...PROGRAMS OF THE MONTH
DATAMAKE.BAS..RUN...PROGRAMS OF THE MONTH
EXTCHGR .BAS..RUN...PROGRAMS OF THE MONTH
* FLYERS .BIT........DATA FILE FOR BIT16.BAS
* INDIGO .NIB........ART GALLERY..RUN "NIBSHOW.BAS"
LARA .BAS..RUN...POTPOURRI..(MUSIC)
* LARA .BIN........DATA FILE FOR "LARA.BAS"
LINKFILE.BAS..RUN...PROGRAMS OF THE MONTH
* MARLIN .NIB........ART GALLERY..RUN "NIBSHOW.BAS"
* NIBLOADR.BIN........PIX LOADER UTILITY
NIBSHOW .BAS..RUN...ART GALLERY..USE TO VIEW .NIBs
PLAYER .BAS..RUN...PROGRAMS OF THE MONTH
ROTATION.BAS..RUN...ARTICLES OF THE MONTH
* SMOKIES .NIB........ART GALLERY..RUN "NIBSHOW.BAS"
* STREAM .NIB........ART GALLERY..RUN "NIBSHOW =>
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* TITLE .NIB........USED BY CHESS.BAS
VIEWBUFF.BAS..RUN...PROGRAMS OF THE MONTH
* VOICE .SYS........USED BY CHESS.BAS
* WHITE .NIB........USED BY CHESS.BAS
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Oak Creek Canyon I painted this picture from the 48th state
of the United States, ARIZONA.
The picture was taken from the Oak Creek
Canyon area of Arizona. This was a little bit
harder than the other pictures I have done in the
past. It was suggested that I pick a picture
from out West and so, here it is.
I hope you will enjoy the picture and I am
receiving more pictures, so new challenges are
coming my way.
...Jim Gibbons
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| Articles in section: ACTIVE COCO |
| A
NEW COCO BBS ! ! ! ANSWER TO HRIDDLE #3 PNW CoCoFEST III WHERE IN THE WORLD IS COCO CAT? |
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A NEW COCO BBS ! ! ! Yes a new Coco BBS! I was chatting ON-LINE with the
SYSOP, Sparky Miller and he asked what a Coco was
and several Chatting sessions later I told him the
CoCo market situation and he said he was willing to
set up Coco subsystems. I was made a CO-SYSOP and
Coco files manager. Well anyway would you please
call and pass the number on. And I need files,
RS-DOS and OS-9. We have message bases for RS-DOS
and OS-9. It is located in Wellsville, Ohio and runs
on a 386 PC compatible (the BBS also supports PC's).
The number is (216) 532-2742.
"COCOMAN" CO-SYSOP ---> Coco files manager ---> 980
Main BBS
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ANSWER TO HRIDDLE #3 The answer to this HRIDDLE is "George Quellhorst" -
a regular contributor to CFDM. The clues were:
George Washington, a hoist, and a quail (George -
quail - hoist); George is saying "Him, you, us. I
see 3 plus." This sounds like "M - U - S - I - C -
3+" (George Q. wrote the MUSIC 3+ program). The
quail is saying, "Oh, I owe. Pains fill his home."
This sounds like "Ohio - Painesville's his home"
which is where George Quellhorst lives.
I hope you enjoyed this HRIDDLE. This is just my
way of paying tribute to George Quellhorst who has
been a really major help in making CFDM a success.
I will do more HRIDDLES in the future when the
"Where In The World Is CoCo Cat?" contest is over.
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RICK: Now we're getting more participation in Jim's
HRIDDLE contest! HRIDDLE3 prompted nine correct
entries and we're looking forward to Jim's next
HRIDDLE (scheduled for December '93) and hopefully
many more participants!
The winner in our random drawing of correct entries
was Dan McConnell. Congratulations Dan, your prize
is in the mail. The two runners-up were Leslie
Waltz and Keiran Kenny. They too will receive a
gift. Thanks to all who participated!! And thanks
to Jim Bennett for his classy HRIDDLE puzzles!!
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PNW CoCoFEST III Well, it's the day after the Fest and I'm still
trying to recover what I have experienced. Although
the attendance was down from last year, a wider area
was represented. I saw people from Las Vegas, NV;
Atlanta, GA; Calgary, AB; Torrance, CA; many from
Eastern Washington (including me!) & the bulk from
Western Washington. In fact, the main sponsors for
the Fest were within 30 miles!
Now for some bad news. Most of the demostrations on
the CoCo 3 were OS-9, OS-9000, OSK or "C". A
"KIX-30" from Frank Hogg Labs was there. An MM-1 was
supposed to be there, but failed to show. But the
rest of the computers were the ever popular CoCo 3!!
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Chet Simpson of Hyper-Tech Software (NV) was there
to show how to program in ML Graphics. What he had
was FANTASTIC!! Brian O'Neil (WA) was there again to
show some of his WILD games (PAC-DUDE, PAC-DUDE 3-D)
as well of his prototypes of new games. Friend
Terry Laraway (WA) brought a little (!) of his
collection of CoCo products and support products.
One BIG name at this Fest were Chris Burke of BURKE
& BURKE. Chris showed off his newest add-on. After
things like CoCo-XT and POWERBOOST 6309, something
better was BIG news. He calls it "THE ROCKET". It is
a 14 Mhz 68EC000 MPU, 2 Meg x 8 SIMM memory and can
be switched back to 6x09 mode with a single jumper.
But it is aimed at the OSK group and it starts at
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The other BIG name was Bob van der Poel. He gave a
motivational speech. I wasn't there because I was
busy talking to the president of Eversoft, Inc. He
counted about 40-45 people at the Fest. That number
was down from last year' 75-80, but we will accept
all CoCoist who will come.
I brought a IBM>CoCo keyboard interface & keyboard
and a used Star NX-1000 B/W printer. Sold both. Then
bought a DS-69B Digitizer for $70 and a 512k CoCo 3
for $75. Couldn't beat that. Port O'CoCo, the
sponsor, sold a whole lot of surplus computer
equipment for the Computer Charity they support.
All in all, it was just another great CoCoFEST!!!!
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WHERE IN THE WORLD IS COCO CAT? As I explained last time, the CoCo cat has been left
homeless since RAINBOW died. It was reported that he
is lost, confused, and scared. He needs a home!!!
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").
"CATTRAX2" is on this disk. The first installment
was in the last CFDM. 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!
See the last issue of CFDM for a list of the contest
rules. In order to win the game and find the CoCo
cat, you will have to answer each of the 4 questions
correctly and name the place the cat is hiding.
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There is plenty of time for people to join in the
game and that gives me an idea. Perhaps, some of
the CoCo users who are not currently subscribers may
be enticed into joining "our great cat hunt". If
you know a CoCo-ist who is not a subscriber but en-
joys puzzles and games, I encourage you to show him
or her these programs. Maybe they'll want to become
subscribers!!! Remember, only the subscribers are
eligible to win this contest.
I'm getting very curious to see how many winners we
will have.
JOIN THE HUNT!!! FIND THAT CAT!!!
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| Articles in section: ADVERTISEMENTS |
| "the
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"the world of 68' micros"
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...is dedicated to producing a QUALITY publication
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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
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OS-9 formats. Individual copies are $6 each.
SPECIAL FOUR ISSUE SUBSCRIPTION: $12.00 =>
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Phone: 912-328-7859
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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!! =* |
OS-9 LEVEL II FOR SALE I have two EXTRA Radio Shack OS-9 Level Two
Manuals and Disks that I would be willing to sell
for $30 (Post Paid - US) or $33 (Post Paid - Canada)
These are Catalog Number 26-3031, which includes the
HUGE Manual and Two Disks -- BOOT/CONFIG/BASIC O9
and the SYSTEM MASTER.
If you are interested, just phone or write to
me at:
GODFREY J. MOLL
1571 EAST ERIE APT 103
SPRINGFIELD, MO 65804
(417)882-5863 =*
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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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THE COCO TRADER The COCO TRADER is a newsletter for buyers, sellers,
& traders of any COCO items. For $2.50 you can list
any items you have for sale or trade, and any items
that you may be looking for. You may use up to 1/8th
of a page. It is $2 more for each additional 1/8th
page. Please include your name, address and phone #,
which will not be listed unless you specify it.
For now the COCO TRADER will bi-monthly. If the
response is good, we will make it monthly.
Subscription rate is $3 for 6 months. If it becomes
monthly, renewals after that time will be $6 for six
months, or $10 a year.
CoCo TRADER GIVE-AWAY
To get more COCO-NUTS to list something in the COCO
TRADER, we will have a drawing from the names of =>
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the first 30 paid ads that we receive. The winner
will receive an R.S cassette recorder & over 25
original RAINBOW ON TAPE cassettes, along with some
other COCO items. There will also be a drawing from
the first 30 paid subscriptions we receive. The
winner will receive at least 15 original RAINBOW ON
TAPE cassettes, and about 20 other original programs
on tape, including CHROMASETTE, T&D, and others
along with some other COCO items.
So let us list your COCO item that you no longer
have a use for, and in so doing maybe we will give
you some different ones back.
Send ads, and/or subscriptions to James Sternett,
3000 Woodland Hills DR., APT.14, ANN ARBOR, MI.48108
Send check or M.O., but for now, please make it
out to James Sternett. NO DEALER ADS PLEASE! =>
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The first issue was to be out in June, but we will
be out in July, )3. For more info, please call, or
write to me. (313)-677-2418 after 5:00 PM please.
The COCO TRADER will not be responsible for any
transactions between buyers, and sellers. It is only
a means for others to see what is available from
other private parties.
PS.
We do have several subscriptions, and som ads
already, so hurry and be one of the first 30 to be
in one or both of the drawings.
PSS.
Rick, you are Great.
LOOOOOOOONNNNNG LIVE CFDM *<:)=O=I =*
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| Articles in section: ARTICLES OF THE MONTH |
| GALLERY
-- "HOW TO" PRT#1CFD REVISITED (AGAIN!) ROTATION |
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GALLERY -- "HOW TO" In preparing my latest RICK'S COCO GALLERY I
made an ERROR on the entry of DATA about one of the
pictures. To repeat the whole preparation process
again would be very time consuming as I only have a
single Disk Drive with me here in Florida. Here's
the "HOW TO":
I found that I could LOAD the GALDAT/DAT file
into my favorite Word Processor -- WORD POWER sold
by Microcom Technologies, Inc. Using the processor
I could change ANY of the Background Information
on the pictures that is accessed by Pressing the 'A'
Key in the GALLERY Program. Then a simple SAVE is
all that is necessary.
A BONUS -- I also found that I then had access
to the PALETTE COLORS used in the picture! I was
able to PRINT all of this out with the WORD POWER =
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for future reference. For anyone that is interested
in doing Art Work -- it allows you to see just how
the "ARTISTS" are able to create the neat Pictures.
MORE FUN with the COCO3!!
I've always enjoyed RICK'S GALLERY MAKER Pro-
gram!
Godfrey J. Moll
1571 East Erie Apt 103
Springfield, MO 65804 =*
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PRT#1CFD REVISITED (AGAIN!) When I find a program that I feel can be very
useful to me, I usually end up tailoring it to meet
my personal needs. Such is the case with PRT#1CFD
from issue #8 of CFDM. I hope the author will take
this as a compliment, as it means that I really like
his program, and that I am giving his program a lot
of use!
After adding the modifications for PRT#1CFD that
were given in CFDM issue #14 by Robert Allen Turner,
I went on to add a couple more that perhaps others
may find useful, too.
First I changed the second DATA statement in
line 190 to ABOUT THIS ISSUE in order to reflect the
current format of CFDM and make it easier for me to
remember where to look for the program directory.
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lines to enable me to re-name a file before I save
it to my files disk. I did this since a lot of files
start out with the same eight characters! If you
would like to add this file re-naming feature, add
the following five lines and re-save the program:
1326 GOSUB1920
1920 HCOLOR2:HPRINT(4,18),"FILE WILL BE SAVED AS: "+
CH$:HPRINT(10,20),"CHANGE NAME? <Y/N>":EXEC44539
1930 K$=INKEY$:HCOLOR0:HPRINT(4,18),"FILE WILL BE SA
VED AS: "+CH$:HPRINT(10,20),"CHANGE NAME? <Y/N>":IF
K$<>"Y" AND K$<>"y" THEN RETURN
1940 HCOLOR2:HPRINT(2,18),"ENTER NEW FILENAME (OMIT
EXTENSION):":TH$="":GOSUB1950:HCOLOR0:HPRINT(2,18),"
ENTER NEW FILENAME (OMIT EXTENSION):":HPRINT(16,20),
CH$:RETURN =>
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1950 EXEC44539:K$=INKEY$:IF K$=CHR$(13) THEN RETURN
ELSE TH$=TH$+K$:CH$=TH$:HPRINT(16,20),CH$:IF LEN(CH$
)>7 THEN RETURN ELSE GOTO1950
I thought it was a great idea to use Telewriter
128 as a "database" for filing articles and tips
from CFDM. I chain the ASCII files taken from CFDM
and then edit them down if necessary and save them
under filenames like FRIENDS, TIPS, PROGRAMS, etc.,
and then I can use the global "find" function within
a file to find what I'm looking for. The"block move"
functionis also handy for re-arranging things within
the files into whatever order I want them in.
-*- _(airplane) =*= _(biplane)
Les _(me!) *=*
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ROTATION This program displays three examples of the use
of palette-switching to obtain an illusion of
rotation.
In the first, lines 10 to 190, a ball colored in
fourteen segments is rotated from left to right. The
colors are established by the string A$ in line 30.
Line 40 pokes the two-digit values into color slots
0 to 15. Lines 60 to 140 draw the ball and paint the
segments in colors 1 to 14.
In line 160 the values 18 and 00 are stripped
from A$ leaving only values in slots 1 to 14 in the
string. Line 170 moves the palette value in color
slot 1 to the end of the string and the loop in line
180 pokes the new values into slots 1 to 14. Line
190 keeps the process repeating.
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The second example displays a disk turning anti-
clockwise. In this example only eight colors are
used. Press BREAK for example three.
Example three displays two concentric colored
wheels. The fourteen outer segments are painted in
anti-clockwise order and the inner segments are
painted in clockwise order. The result is that the
two segments seem to revolve in opposite directions.
Press BREAK to end example three and restore the
operating speed to normal.
Examples two and three use much the same method
as example one to obtain an illusion of rotation.
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A Manitoba Stream
This started out as a attempt to produce a cover
artwork that could (?) replace J. J. Gibbons artwork
But I soon realizied that was a futile effort. I am
not a professional artist, don't claim to be.
This picture was found in the Manitoba article of my
encyclopedia. There was this very nice picture of a
rushing stream that didn't have too much detail. So,
after 4 hours, I got done. Hope you enjoy it.
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A Toast To CFDM! Should Brutus P. Thornapple (The Born Loser) of
comic pages fame have no objection I just wanted to
use his services to express my feelings with respect
to this most welcome disk magazine.
RUN "A TOAST"
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BIRDS
BIRDS, was created on a great program that was on
the back of issue 15 of CFDM called "C3ARTPAD" by:
Keiran Kenny. I've always wanted to contribute some
thing to CFDM since my first issue came in the mail-
box. But, I'm not a programer and I didn't have any
type of drawing tool utility... until now!
I thought of a picture almost instantly and deci-
ded to do one of my best friends. My Cockatiels!
They both keep me company when I'm up late at night
on my CoCo 3. Hope you enjoy the picture. I want
to thank Keiran Kenny for such a wonderful program.
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MARLIN -- HAWAII
KAILUA-KONA is a famous Pacific Blue Marlin
angling center, with the HAWAIIAN INTERNATIONAL
BILLFISH TOURNAMENT drawing fishermen (& women)
from all over the World. The MARLIN that they catch
weigh as much as 1,100 pounds! Serious Anglers come
to KONA with 3 almost impossible DREAMS: to set a
World Record, to catch a "GRANDER" (fish over 1,000
pounds), and to WIN the International Billfishing
Tournament.
The west Coast of the BIG Island of HAWAII has
what is known as a "GRANDER ALLEY" stretching from
the South Point north to the Ocean opposite the KONA
KEAHOLE Airport. The "ALLEY" is from 1/8th to 5
miles offshore. The last GRANDER that I'm aware of
was caught on June 6,1992 weighing in at 1,356
pounds. =>
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At the Waterfront Row in Kailua-Kona's ocean-
front gathering spot on Alii Drive there is a unique
collection of fishing photographs of anglers and
their Pacific Blue MARLIN catches. This is known as
"GRANDERS WALL". Forty-five of these fish all weigh-
ing in excess of 1,000 pounds were caught on rod and
reel by anglers fishing in waters surrounding the
BIG Island.
I created this Picture using CoCoMaxIII.
Godfrey Moll =*
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Mood Indigo
I had intended this to be a picture in shades of
blue. But I had to cheat a little and use white and
grey, since there aren't enough shades available on
the CoCo 3. Like all of my pictures, this was done
with CoCoMax 3. For you PUZZLE buffs, INDIGO uses
less than 14 colors, so it should load into Rick's
PUZZLE generator.
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VIEW IN THE SMOKIES
This snapshot was taken in the Cades Cove area
of the Great Smokey Mountain National Park of
Tennessee and North Carolina -- one of my favorite
places to visit, especially in the Fall.
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VIEWING THE CFDM ART GALLERY Please use NIBSHOW to view the .NIB pictures on this
month's disk. As you recall, NIBSHOW was featured
in issue #18 and a more complete documentation can
be found there. NIBSHOW is the contribution of our
Friend Stuart Wyss-Gallifent. Thanks Stuart!
After RUNning NIBSHOW, press D for a directory of
the NIB pictures on the disk. Use the arrow keys to
choose a picture and press the spacebar to view it.
Press BREAK to leave the picture. Press X at the
MAIN MENU to exit NIBSHOW.
=*
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| Articles in section: FAMILY TREE |
| CHARLES
HALL JR. JAMES S. MCNEILL JR. THE FRONTIERO'S |
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From Pasadena, MD Hello to all. Although my real name is Charles, my
friends, family, co-workers call me Barney. I
acquired the nickname from my teammates from my high
school track team. I was born in '69 in Baltimore
and have lived in Anne Arundel Co. since I was two.
My interests include photography, cycling, reading
science fiction (especially Isaac Asimov), and music
(everything from Mozart to Metallica). My
photography equipment includes 2 Pentax bodies,
zoom lenses ranging from 18-210 mm, Vivitar flash,
and other various goodies. I enjoy outdoor photo
most. I don't do much cycling (bicycling, that is)
these days; have you noticed the way people drive?
I am currently building a teriffic SciFi library
from the Masters of Science Fiction leather =>
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bound editions. My music tastes range from my
passion for classical to the rock and roll in my
blood. I love to see the BSO and go to Rush
concerts.
I currently work in the multimedia center (we call
it AV-COM) at Anne Arundel Community College where
I earned my A.A. degree in Communication Arts. I
plan to be married to a wonderful lady named
Carolyn who is an elementary education major.
She will graduate from Towson State in May '93.
Our wedding will be July 10th; then off on a cruise
to Bermuda (sounds like fun). Next spring I plan to
attend UMBC to complete my bachelors.
Now lets talk CoCos. =>
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I use a Color Computer 3 with 128k (want 512k real
bad), an FD 500 floppy to which I plan to add a
second 360k drive. I have a CM-8 monitor, a DCM-3
modem (sloooow), and a DMP 105 printer. I also have
an Emerson computer cassette recorder and a CoCo 2.
My software consists of both RS-DOS and OS-9. I
have CoCoPRO! Solitaire, Quickletter, and Presto
Partner (which I cant use until I get more mem.),
Zone Runner, and CCArtist for OS-9. For RS-DOS, I
have lots of Radio Shack games, and those utilities
looming around here somewhere. I also have some
neat Basic programs, and my favorite word processor,
Simply Better. I cant forget to mention my favorite
publication, CFDM. Address: 141 Shellcove Ct.
Pasadena Md 21122 =*
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Take Me Along For The Ride As I hop aboard CFDM for anticipated interesting journeys, permit me as a passenger, not as an engi- neer or conductor. By no stretch of the imagination can I be classified as a programmer so I'm along for the ride (or "read" maybe we should say) with hopes of learning a thing or two. For the records, I was born for what seems a short 78 years ago down in North Carolina. I graduated from the University in the midst of the granddaddy of all depressions and job hunting brought me up above the Mason-Dixon Line where shortly thereafter jobs became plentiful by way of Uncle Sam and his WWII efforts. I flunked his physicals three times before I could convince him I wouldn't really screw things up. Worked up through the ranks for a lieutenantcy and became an LSD* com- mander. My biggest battle, and victory, during => ____________________________________________________ those years was winning the affections of a charming young girl who later as my wife gifted me with a lovely daughter, both of whom tolerate me nowadays in spite of CoCo competition. After the military I spent some 43 years in the insurance business, re- tiring a few years ago. At that time I determined to stay in good physical condition, but overdid it and herniated several discs. It was at that time, being immobilized for several months, that I chanced upon CoCo for something to do, so something good re- sulted from the misfortune. Not being in any hurry, and speed not essential, I stuck to my CoCo 2, 64K Ext and tape during the years as they fulfilled my needs, along with Rainbow, and especially help and timely tips from very good pen-pals Keiran Kenny, Tom Lehane, and Arthur Williams of Australia. => ____________________________________________________ But as time went by I could see the handwriting on the wall for the Bow and knew I had better start a CoCo 3 and disk drive search if I wanted to try the interesting sounding CFDM advertised in Rainbow. I was about to give up when good fortune struck again; the very week I got Lonnie Falk's "Dear John" issue a chap called and made an offer as he was moving up to some ultra megabytes machine. His loss my gain! So I am back to learning things again and about to experience the trials and tribulations of transfer- ing from a tape world to disk. So ring the bell and blow the whistle! Let's start the trip! * = Large Steel Desk in the Pentagon. =* |
THE FRONTIERO'S Hi CoCo Friends! Joe and Kathy are both 35 years
old, living in the town of Beverly, MA along with
Eddie,(Kathy's 14 year old son). Joe was sixteen
when he met Kathy in church. They both dated for
a few years and then ended up going their seperate
ways. Kathy stayed in MA., while Joe moved to the
warmer climate of Florida back in '78. Both Kathy
and Joe married someone in their respective States.
Both marriages ended in disaster for one reason or
another. Joe moved back to Massachusetts in '91.
He knew that Kathy was divorced and had a son but
had no idea where she lived. Joe says,"I was walk-
ing around in the Mall one day when I thought I had
heard my named called. I continued to walk when I
heard my name again. It was Kathy!" They both had
started dateing again and were married in March =>
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on the 17th 1991. Kathy for the past seven years,
has worked as an MRW1 (Mental Retardation Worker).
Her hobbies are: Plants/Flowers, knitting, reading,
yelling at Joe cause he spends more time with his
CoCo 3 than with her. Joe works for himself as a
full time Independent AMWAY Distributor. His fav-
orite hobbies are: Sitting down in the morning with
his CoCo 3, and a hot cup of coffee, reading, spen-
ding lots of time with his wife and stepson, careing
for his 2 pet Cockatiels... The family loves: to go
camping, walks, travel, boating, movie's, eating out
and bicycling. EQUIPMENT:CoCO 1 and 3, couple D.C.M
. paks, FD501 dual floppie drives, CM8-RGB monitor,
DMP-105 printer, mouse, deluxe joystick, sp/snd PAK,
RS-232 PAK, OS9-Level II, MULI-VUE, DeskMate Level 1
, C-Programing package, Multi-Pak Interface #3124 =>
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(Not Up-graded for CoCo 3.) Please feel free to
drop the Frontiero's a note. They would like to send
a BIG THANK YOU to everyone for their woderful info-
rmation, programs, music and artwork. A special BIG
THANK YOU to Keiran Kenny for bringing us C3ARTPAD.
** CFDM IS FANTASTIC !!! **
Your New CoCo Friends,
Joe, Kathy, Eddie
Joe & Kathy Frontiero
287 Rantoul Street
Beverly, MA 01915
(508)927-3712
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| Articles in section: FORUM |
| CFDM
40 TRACK OR 35, I LIKE IT! GRIPE DEPARTMENT. My tribute to THE RAINBOW RAINBOWS END |
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CFDM 40 TRACK OR 35, I LIKE IT! ..I received my copy of CFDM - issue no. 16 in the
mail Friday night, and was unable to read through it
until Saturday morning (I got up early enough so I
could read through the whole magazine side before
the Chicago-New York basketball game. Remember my
"Family Tree" entry? I'm the guy who shot his mouth
off about the Portland Trailblazers winning the NBA
title in '92.) Anyway. I got down to your "Red
Flash" entry in "From the Editor" and I am happy to
report that I am capable of going 40-tracks on a
disk side. However, it makes me wonder if that is
really or not a good idea. The reason that we are
talking about going 40-track is so we can get more
files on 1 disk. Right? Well, it seems to me that if
we kept the disks at 35-tracks, wouldn't that assure
us of more submissions than disk space, and in =>
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turn, assure us of more future issues of CFDM? I
can only speak for myself when I say I would rather
receive more 35-track issues than fewer 40-track
issues. I do not know it you have an abundance of
submissions, and I know I am not helping by not
submitting anything for quite some time (will remedy
that soon). Maybe I am a group of 1, but, that is
just my opinion. However, I will happily accept
CFDM in any format, 35 or 40 tracks.
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GRIPE DEPARTMENT. I have a gripe against some computer programmers and would like to get it off of my chest once and for all. While all of the contributors to this magazine write fantastic well thought out programs, there is one thing that everyone seems to overlook. Some of us, and I think the percentage is rather large, use either ADOS JDOS or some other alternate system, and like my own setup, our screens come up in the 80 WIDTH MODE when the computer is turned on. When you write a program that uses the 32 wide screen or even worse a PMODE screen, our computers lock up and only the RESET button will recover it from a PMODE or PRINT at command. So please be nice and include a WIDTH32 command on the first program line AFTER the CLEAR command if used. Thank you and Thank you. George Quellhorst. =* |
My tribute to THE RAINBOW As I sit here reading the last issue of THE RAINBOW,
my mind goes back to the the beginning of a journey.
This journey began in Feb.88 when I bought a CoCo
III and THE RAINBOW. From the very beginning of
this fun-filled, adventureous and even emotional
journey; THE RAINBOW has been there...
I take down each colorful issue of THE RAINBOW and
immediately the cover causes my memory to recall
some scene, event, landmark on that journey...
As the months wiz by, much of the jargon is starting
to make sense. I've even begun to get some rather
complicated programs to run after hours of tracing
down errors. As a highlight to keying in programs,
I type in "For the Love of Gold" (Dec.88). 17 pages
of data numbers; I almost lost my eyesight. I take
a delightful detour starting with the Nov.88 issue=>
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and follow "Turn of the Screw" with an ever expand-
ing project. As I complete the project 6 monthes
later, I have the joy of seeing my COCO control the
real world through the ROM port. Oh how I remember
the Jul.89 issue as I take the plunge off of the
mountain and purchase a disk drive, RGB monitor and
printer. Checking all the reviews and ads, it is
obvious that my first software purchase be Max 10
and CoCoMax III. I am absolutely thrilled! I never
dreamed my CoCo could do this! As I continue to
look at the covers of THE RAINBOW- oh ya here is the
time I purchased ADOS3, what a delight! And Simply
Better and EDTasm3 and LYRA and COCO TOOLS and...
And then Jul.90. OS9. At first it was a love/hate
relationship. I would spend 6 hours, get absolutely
nowhere throw OS9 aside, vow never to touch it again
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but two days later... With time it became a friend
and I entered a whole new world. With each new pur-
chase I reread previous issues with new interest.
But alas I did take a turn in the road, buying a 486
DX, SVGA monitor, 120 meg hard drive, fax/modem card
etc. Have I arrived? Has the journey come to an
end? No. It has only added another dimension.
When I want to feel that old sense of adventure
(which is often) it is to the CoCo that I turn. Oh
the IBM has some awesome software, but it is the
still the CoCo that continues to captivate my
pioneering spirit. Perhaps the journey will never
end. But thanks to THE RAINBOW I've had the oppor-
tunity to begin.
*** COCO'S FOREVER! **** =*
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RAINBOWS END Rick, BIG thanks for a great magazine. I have never seen a computer publication encourage direct inter- action with the computer. Not only is it fun, but CFDM is a great way to introduce someone new to computers. Because it is all about friends, it creates a very friendly feeling that anyone new to computers could feel comfortable with. Another advantage is the feature articles are squeezed on a disk with pix and programs just a flip away. It is great that CoCo users have access to such fine products. I thought that when the RAINBOW would finally fade away, so would the CoCo Community. Boy was I wrong. With CFDM; the world of '68 micros, a new mag form FARNA; a new book, also from FARNA; CoCoPRO!; and innovative products from CoNect; we have great support. The spirit is alive and well.=* |
| Articles in section: FROM THE EDITOR |
| FROM
THE EDITOR KUDOS (THE SOWER) <g> |
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FROM THE EDITOR Greetings to all the CoCo Friends,
It's Tuesday, July 20th, and issue #19 is almost
complete! The reason for this early production is
that ol' Rick and family are preparing to take a
little vacation! A vacation for the Cooper family
is a rare event indeed! As a matter of fact, I
can't remember the last one.
On Friday, we will be heading for Chattanooga (I
hope I spelled that right) and John Daniel's new
aquarium. I've heard it's great and wanted to go
for some time now. Then it's on to Florida and a
visit to Disney World. My girls are really looking
forward to that stop. Donna wants us to see Sea
World too. Finally, we'll plan to visit the =>
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ocean and make some tracks in the sand. Talk about
taking the country boy out of his natural environ!
So..by the time you read this, I'll be back at home
and still enjoying my Mickey Mouse souveniers! I do
hope we'll have a safe and happy trip!
It's been very, very busy here at RCE. I've been
preparing and sending out flyers to prospective new
Friends as well as getting #19 together. I think
it's a great issue with lots of programs and a good
collection of graphics!
As you'll see in ACTIVE COCO, there's a new CoCo sig
and next issue I'll have a report on a new magazine
which is presently called The NONAME MAGAZINE. =>
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I hope you are having a great summer and that our
Friends to our northwest have escaped the floods
that have devastated that part of our country!
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After being instructed to destroy the Amalekites and
all their possessions, the prophet Samuel found that
the new king, Saul, had disobeyed by sparing the
best of the animals. He claimed they were spared so
that sacrifice could be made to God.
"And Samuel said, Hath the Lord as great delight in
burnt-offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the
voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than
sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams."
- I Samuel 15: 22 =*
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<< ROY ATKINS >> << NORM BARSON >> << JIM BENNETT >> << RAY BERNEY >> << H ALLEN CURTIS >> << JOHN DANIELS >> << FARNA SYSTEMS >> << PERRY FRIESEN >> << JOSEPH FRONTIERO >> << JAMES GIBBONS >> << CHARLES HALL JR. >> << KEIRAN KENNY >> << MICHAEL LEWIS >> << KENT LORENTZEN >> << WINNIE MCGINNIS >> << JAMES S. MCNEILL JR >> << RON MELIN >> << GODFREY MOLL >> << GEORGE QUELLHORST >> << JASON REIGHARD >> << RAY SMITH >> << JAMES STERNETT >> << JERRY TOFTE >> << KENNY TREVINO >> << ROBERT A. TURNER >> << UPGRADE NATIONAL DISKMAGAZINE >> << LESLIE WALTZ >> << STUART WYSS-GALLIFENT >> |
| Articles in section: LETTERS TO THE EDITOR |
| NOTE
TO RICK RAINBOW Submissions... THE CFDM LIFE SAVER! THE YOUNGER CROWD TWO MEMORABLE THIRD PLACE PRIZES Thank You Plus Order |
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NOTE TO RICK Rick: Just procured a COCO MAX III and should you be
interested in my "novice" endeavors, herewith find
ESSOEXTA. I'll not be offended if it gets DSKINI0!
You once indicated a desire for some black and white
comics. Maybe HAPPY HR will fill a notch. This
PMODE4 was accomplished with a couple of neat graph-
ic programs by Keiran Kenny and Tom Lehane. If they
haven't been "C"'ed by such as Falsoft, maybe you
will be receiving same someday.
I have listed VUMASTER for your reviewing the two. I
am as yet not hep to NIB'ing, but I am sure you can
lift them if interested.
Keep up the good work! Best regards, Jim =>
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RICK: Not in the least offended by either pix. You
will find HAPPY HOUR in POTPOURRI this issue. ESSO
will be coming to your town soon!! Thanks James!
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RAINBOW Submissions... Rick: I Would Like To Know If You Are Excepting
Submissions That Were Made To RAINBOW Now That It's
No Longer In Publication, Because I Have Two
Programs That I Would Like To Submit To You That I
Had Over The Past 8 Years Submitted To RAINBOW But
Were Never Printed ???
Please Contact Me At The Following Address And Let
Me Know If I Can Send One Or Both To You !!!
Thank You
Kenney Trevino
1146 W. Lynwood St.
Phoenix, Arizona 85007-1917
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RICK: Yes Kenney, I think it's safe to assume that
RAINBOW won't be publishing any more programs =>
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for the CoCo. If you did not sign away your rights
to the programs, we'd like to see them.
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THE CFDM LIFE SAVER! I'm one of those die-hard COCO NUTS that have
enjoyed using the Color Computer for many years. I
even still have the first gray 16k COCO that I dust
off and use when the family won't let me use the
COCO 3.
My family and friends were so sad to see the RAINBOW
magazine come to an end but then stumbled across
your COCO FRIENDS DISK MAGAZINE. What a life saver!
We're ready to join in with our COCO friends and for
the fun with a six month subscription to CFDM.
- Joseph S. Frontiero
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RICK: And we welcome you to come in and feel at home
with the over 225 Friends of CFDM!! By the way, I
still have my CoCo I. (Cost me about $500!) =*
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THE YOUNGER CROWD Hi Rick:
I can't tell you enough, the enjoyment that CFDM
brings to our family. My stepson Eddie's always
asking me if I've received my new CFDM disk yet.
He's happy with the art and music and most of the
programs, but he feels that most of CFDM is geared
for an older crowd and would like to see more young
adults participate or maybe have a column for kids.
Something like Pen Pals, or a project that they
can get involved in, games. We loved the programs
that you submitted to the Rainbow like STATES and
the other educational games. I've noticed too that
a few of the programs that were in the Rainbow Mag.
were done by 14 and 17 year olds - Where did they
all go? It's just a thought. J.F.
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RICK: Nice ideas Joe! Well I'm very much in favor
of the youngsters in the CFDM homes becoming more
vocal. Let's start with a little survey and then go
from there.
To find out how many youngsters (and we won't set an
age except to say "under 18") please send me a card
or letter with your response to the following:
1) How many "youngsters" in your household enjoy
CFDM? Names and ages.
2) What's their favorite part of CFDM?
3) Do they (or anyone) have ideas about how we can
involve them? Would they be interested in being
in the FAMILY TREE? Would they be willing to
participate in a competiton? ETC. =>
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Your last question is a good one too! Where did all
those young programmers go? One answer may be that
since the abandonment of CoCo, everyone has aged a
few years!
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TWO MEMORABLE THIRD PLACE PRIZES .....
It was a pleasure to see that Jim Bennett put his
considerable artistic talents to work in making a
major contribution to the success of this issue
(#17). ....
Last week when the third place prize for my HRIDDLE2
solution arrived, I was completely surprised........
Anyway, this is the second time that I have been a
third place winner in a magazine sponsored contest.
It has been 51 years since I won the first one and I
still have the prize. I shall cherish the CFDM
prize likewise but I have my doubts about whether
either the prize or I will still be around 51 years
hence.
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I hope you will not mind my reminiscing about my
previous magazine contest win: One summer day, when
I was 12 years old, my baseball team's practice was
interrupted by my out of breath mom who had sprinted
nearly a block from our home to the athletic field.
She excitedly handed me a letter which had just come
from Mickey Mouse Magazine, apparently concerning a
contest that I had entered. Hurriedly, I opened the
envelope to find the prize for my third place win -
a 10 cent war stamp!
By the way, the baseball team was organized and
managed by my boyhood pal, Bud Collins, who today is
a renowned TV color commentator for professional
tennis. We grew up only a block away in the town of
Berea, Ohio (not Kentucky). - Allen Curtis =>
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RICK: Thanks for the story Allen! I really enjoyed
it and just had to print it for the Friends!
Your mentioning Bud Collins and his being a public
figure of some reknown, makes me think of an idea
which has come to me on a couple of occasions. I
know that several of our Friends have quite a few
accomplishments in their lives (from reading their
Family Tree) but wouldn't it be nice to have a real
well-known public figure associated with CFDM. I
remember seeing an article in CHESS LIFE a number of
years back about a celebrity chess tournament. They
had eight or ten celebrities involved. One that
comes to mind is Peter Falk of Columbo fame. Well,
Peter never became a world-class player but it just
goes to show that even celebrites enjoy hobbies. =*
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Thank You Plus Order Rick: I am one of your silent but nonetheless enthusiastic supporters. I just had to let you and all of the regular contributors know just how much I enjoy CFDM. It's great to know that there is "Life after THE RAINBOW". I am just getting started in painting by computer and I have included one on this disk. Thanks to Jim Gibbons, K. Kenny, and Raymond Berney I was able to put in on the disk from CM3. This one is from a snapshot take in the Smokie Mountain National Park in the fall. Enclosed is an order for flippies and also some of the COCOPRO Software. =* |
| Articles in section: POTPOURRI |
| CFDM
FUNNIES by McNeill <g> LARA'S THEME Notice to Stagecoach Riders POEM |
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LARA'S THEME This is the second of a series of musical
transcriptions.
LARA'S THEME is also known as SOMEWHERE MY LOVE.
It is from the movie Doctor Zhivago and was
written by Maurice Jarre.
Roy Atkins
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Notice to Stagecoach Riders Notice to Coach Passengers
1. If the horses run away or you are pursued by
Indians, stay in the coach and take your chances.
Don't jump out, for you will be injured or scalped.
2. In cold weather, abstain from liquor, for you are
subject to freezing quicker if under the influence
than if you were cold sober. But if you are drinking
from a bottle, pass it around. It is the only polite
thing to do.
3. If chewing tobacco, spit to the leeward side.
4. Don't swear, snore, or lop over on neighbors when
sleeping. Let others share the buffalo robes
provided in cold weather.
5. Don't shoot firearms for pleasure while enroute,
as it scares the horses. =>
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6. Don't grease hair with bear grease or buffalo
tallow as travel is very dusty.
7. Don't discuss politics or religion.
8. Don't point out sites where robberies or Indian
attacks have taken place.
9. Don't imagine you are going on a picnic, for
stage travel is inconvenient.
-Source unknown,
19th century
Why this totally unconnected set of rules in CFDM???
Why, I think this applies to the loss of our last
CoCo magazine, "The RAINBOW".
Read on, please
=>
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1. If you are truly a CoCo diehard, don't junk your
entire system because you lost the RAINBOW. In CFDM,
you have a team that can help you.
2. If your system doesn't have anything to do, get a
"bottle" of great software from a fellow Friend.
3. If you're complaining, keep it to yourself.
4. Don't gripe because you didn't think of that.
Just use their great CFDM-pubished software.
5. Don't fool around with the CoCo Community. It'll
scare away your Friends.
6. Don't dabble in software programming that you
can't handle. You won't like it.
7. CFDM doesn't discuss stupid subjects.
8. Don't point out a Friend's weakness. Encourage
and support their strengths.
9. CFDM isn't free. Renew your subscription!!!! =*
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POEM My CoCo has a little cursor,
It sparkles all aglow
And everywhere I write a word
That cursor's sure to go!
=*
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+Data Line
Generator:"DATAMAKE"+ "DATAMAKE.BAS" is a program that will generate a program on disk, which consists of DATA statements as entered by you. However, all you will need to enter are the actual data values/strings, and the commas. The line numbers & DATA statements are auto- matically provided for you. When you run the program you will be prompted for a File-Name. The extension .BAS will be appended to this File-Name, which will be the destination File-Name of the generated file. You will then be prompted to insert the destination disk and press ENTER. You will then see: 10000 DATA * The '*' represents the Color BASIC cursor. You may then begin entering the DATA. When done with each line, press ENTER. After the last line has been entered, just press ENTER without typing any data,=> ____________________________________________________ and the program will finish writing to disk and will then end. The program has now been generated on disk and may be loaded and renumbered or merged with ano- ther BASIC program. If you load and renumber the program, be sure to save it back to disk in ASCII format, so it can be merged via the MERGE command. This is done via: SAVE "FILENAME",A The A means to save in ASCII format. To merge it with another program, load the program that you wish to merge to, and then type: MERGE "FILENAME" The file will be loaded & merged with the program that is currently in memory. If any line #'s are the same, they will be overwritten by the program that is merged in. "DATAMAKE" numbers the program that it creates starting with 10000 and incremented by 1's. R.A.Turner,POB 396,Double Springs, AL 35553-0396. =* |
BIT16.BAS I don't know that much about assembly, but I am learning a lot. I have been and still am intrigued by the NIB compressor. I have asked Rick for the source code. I think the idea of compressing things is very neat. I wish I could find very convenient compression programs. All of them require too much extra time of you at the keyboard just to save a granule or two. This is not so with NIB. It is very easy to use, and I have already integrated it into a fractal program, so that fractals are saved and loaded with NIB, saving, in some cases, 6 or 7 granules. And NIB is so quick! Back to the story; although pretty useless for the Coco 3, unless some people use the old PMODE 4,1 graphics screen, but useful for Coco 2 users, -> ____________________________________________________ I wrote an assembly program called B16SAVE.BIN and B16LOAD.BIN and a BASIC program to operate them called BIT16.BAS. BIT16 is a Pmode 4,1 compression program. It is called BIT because it examines the individual bits (or pixels) on the PMODE 4,1 screen and uses run-length-encoding to save the info. The 16 means more to me that you. BIT16 compresses a PMODE 4,1 screen usually down to 2 granules instead of the usual 3. Some simple screens can be reduced to 1 granule. I have included a 1 gran. file called FLYERS.BIT (the BIT extention means it is compressed). Run BIT16.BAS and select the D- Decompress option. Type FLYERS.BIT to see the image. I drew it with CoCo Max. (The Flyers aren't doing really well, but so what?) The other options are C-compress and V-view the pmode 4,1 screen. -> ____________________________________________________ It's a fun program to play with, and a neat try at some involved assembly language programming. BIT16.BAS will try to compress any Pmode 4,1 screen. It will even try Pmode 3,1 screens too. If the compressions results in a LONGER file, meaning the picture will not compress with RLE (Run-length- encoding), BIT16 will tell you, and exit nicely. (unlike NIB which just crashes. Sorry, Rick!) Play with it, or KILL it, but I hope you like it ************** LET'S GO FLYERS!!!! ------- * ------ * OO * Yeah! ERIC LINDROS ($3 million) ----- * * * ****** **** They'll win one eventually! |
Binary to DATA statements. "BIN2DATA.BAS" - This is a program that I wrote for
converting binary data or machine language programs
into DATA statements. Sure, there are already pro-
grams available for this purpose, but this one diff-
ers in several aspects:
1) It writes the complete program to disk.
2) The program that is created by this routine may
simply be loaded from disk and executed as is.
3) The number of numerical values per DATA line is
specified by the user.
4) The numerical output is specified by the user &
may be in Hexadecimal, Decimal or Octal.
When you run the program, you will need to answer
several prompts. The first being the File-Name. This
will be the name of the program containing the =>
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DATA statements. The extension /BAS will be appended
to this File-Name. The next prompt will be for the
START ADDRESS of the binary/ml data to be converted.
Next is for the END ADDRESS, and finally the EXEC
ADDRESS. If you enter a 0 for the EXEC ADDRESS, then
the BASIC program that is generated will not contain
the EXEC statement. Next, you are asked for the
NUMBER OF NUMERICAL VALUES PER LINE. This may be any
number in the range of 10 to 50. I would suggest 20
for short routines and the maximum for larger ones.
You are then asked for the output format: Hex, Dec
or Octal. Just press the first letter of the desired
format. Octal is a base 8 numbering system that used
to be in wide use, but Hexadecimal is dominant in
todays computer world. The CoCo's BASIC supports the
Octal numbering system with the '&O' operator, but=>
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it does not have an OCT$ function (as it does a HEX$
function). I wrote a small routine to do the conver-
sion, because I wanted this program to be unique.
You need to remember that Octal values will appear
to be larger than can be POKE'd, but this is only an
illusion, as Octal 377 represents Decimal 255 or Hex
FF. You will then be prompted to place the destina-
tion disk in drive 0 and press ENTER. You can then
watch the screen as the program is generated from
the data as it is retrieved from memory. When all is
complete, you can then LOAD the generated BASIC pro-
gram from disk & renumber it, SAVE it back to disk
or whatever. It is numbered starting with line 10000
& is incremented by 1. If you have any questions,
feel free to write me at: PO BOX 396, DOUBLE SPRINGS
, ALABAMA 35553-0396. =*
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CLIPART on the COCO CLIPART was devised by Dave Riley and myself on the Dragon64, using the PMODE4 screen, which is the highest resolution the Dragon can muster. Even so some pretty nifty graphics and effects can be produced using this mode. The program gives you a choice of either generating or using a clip (that is a file already created with this program), but in the first instance you have no choice other than generating some clip art of your own. Now you are asked whether you wish to load in a graphic screen and you should do so unless you have a screen already in memory. Hopefully Rick has put one or two screens on the disk for you to practice on. You are then asked for the filename & extension and finally the drive number you are using. ===> ____________________________________________________ Once the file has loaded, a cursor in the form of a square with an inverted outline will appear at the center of your graphic screen. Use the ARROW keys to place the cursor over the top left hand corner of the part of the screen you wish to clip. You can speed up vertical movement with SHIFT/ARROW. When the left hand corner of the clip has been satisfactorily defined, press ENTER. Now you can use the arrow keys to expand the cursor until it covers the whole area you wish to clip (the boundaries are inclusive). Finally hit CLEAR to escape from graphics mode, give the clip a name (& ext) when prompted and it will be saved to the disk drive you nominate. (Default /CMP) This clip can now be placed anywhere on any PMODE4 screen. So when prompted run the program again.===> ____________________________________________________ This time press 'U' at the first prompt, so you can use your clip. Load in a graphic screen, if you wish to add to one, or type the 'AT' character to clear the screen in memory. When your clip is loaded it will appear at the center of the PMODE4 screen. Move it, as before, with the arrow keys and when it has been placed correctly press 'P'. Now you have a choice of two forms of placement. Press 2 and the clip is placed in its original form, or press 1 and it will be merged into the background. You can place the clip on the screen by pressing 'P' etc., as many times as you wish. The program will now tell you the address of the last placement of the clip, and you can save the screen to any drive. Full instructions are contained in the program. RS |
COCODEMO Well, the great demo contest is over, but that
doesn't stop THIS programmer from continuing!
I submit COCODEMO.BAS, a very short demo that uses
a tiny machine language routine to make the GIME
chip display all 64 colors flowing around some
shapes on the screen. It looks very nice!
The little white flicker lines are unavoidable!
Just run COCODEMO.BAS and watch!
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EXTENTION CHANGER This program originally written for myself was re- programmed just recently for one of our CFDM friends I believe it was Herb Schuler. When the program first saw the light of day, it would only change MUS files to BIN files, so I could use music files that were composed with MUSICA, with my player program. However, it now has two inputs to designate the names of the extentions to be changed. Threfore it can now be used on all sorts of programs. Run the program, you will be prompted for: 1 Enter extention to be changed... I.E. "MUS" 2 Enter new extention ............ I.E. "BIN" As soon as you have entered the second extention, the screen will clear, change to a 80 COLUMN => ____________________________________________________ format and the header will read: Changing MUS to BIN. The program will now display all MUS files on the disk in eight columns. To change the extention of a program, manipulate the highlight bar with the four arrow keys, to the file who's extention you wish to change and press ENTER. The extention will be changed from MUS to BIN and the new name will be displayed on the screen. Remember if you are planning to play MUS files with the player program, you must remove the high speed POKE in lines 34 and 39 of the player program. To change the extentions to be changed; ( huh ? ) Press the SPACEBAR and the program will switch back to the input screen and you can enter two new extentions The new extentions you selected will be displayed on top of the 80 wide screen, ...... => ____________________________________________________ and all the files on your disk having the right extention, the first one you entered, will once again be displayed on your screen. The reason I choose NOT to make the extention changing automatic, and do the whole disk at once is because sometimes I will have MUS files on a disk that are not yet finished or do not have the ADDPLAY feature added to them as yet. And of course you would not want to change the extention if either of the above is true. Thus: A one file at a time extention changer. However, the program is real fast and I dont think this will slow you down any. ENJOY ............................ George =* |
LINKFILE - Link Sequential Files LINKFILE is a utility for chaining together two
sequential access files into one combined file. It
was written especially for use with the programs
PRT#1CFD from issue #8 of CFDM and Telewriter 128,
from which I could find no provision for merging
files except in the printout process.
Load and run LINKFILE. When the menu appears on
the screen, place your ASCII files disk into the
drive. Press the key (C,D,R,K,or Q) corresponding to
the option you desire to use. The BREAK key will
always take you back to the main menu except that
while a merge is taking place, the BREAK key is
disabled.
Prompts will appear on all screens to guide you
as you go along. If you elect to rename a file or
kill a file, you will be given a SURE? prompt to =>
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permit you to back out before the process takes
place.
While you are in the sections that require you
to select a filename, use the arrow keys to move the
cursor (=>) to the left of the name of the file you
want, and press ENTER.
If you are asked to enter a filename, do not
enclose it in quotes. If your entry plus extension
exceed the allowable length, you will be asked to re
-enter it. If you leave off the extension it will
automatically be given ".TXT" as an extension.
Other things you should be aware of are that the
merged file will be written back onto the disk that
is being read during the merge, so it must contain
enough space for the new file! Also, this program
will read filenames of programs that have been =>
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saved in ASCII format. You may consider this either
a plus or a minus. On occasion, you may get an error
message while displaying, or trying to merge a file.
This may be the case especially if you are trying to
display a program listing or a direct access file.
This could also indicate a file which has a bad file
structure. (I have found this on some disks that had
previously been crashed.) An error message may also
be encountered when an attempt is made to read an
unformatted disk or if you attempt to use a non-
existant drive. To continue after an error induced
program halt, simply type RUN and [ENTER]. I hope
this program will be of use to someone else. If you
have any modifications, improvements, or comments, I
would be happy to see them in a future issue of
CFDM! =8*O Les =*
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MUSIC3+ PLAYER. Ever since I wrote MUSIC3+, I have had two utility programs, that are used in conjunction with this program. One is a player, program and the other is a extention changer utility. You will find them both on this months disk. When you are using the player, keep in mind that it will display ALL BIN files on the disk, on the screen. You should have nothing but music files on the disk. To use this program, SAVE the player program to an empty disk, and add your music files until the disk is full. The program, when run, will display the directory in a three column format on a 40 wide screen. The cursor, manipulated with the four arrow keys, high- lights the selection about to be played. Press ENTER to play the highlighted song. But that is not all this program can do ............... CTRL <2> .. => ____________________________________________________ Press the F1 key and the entire disk will play without stopping. Therefore in order to use this function you CANNOT have any BIN files on the disk that are NOT music files. Press the F2 key and the entire disk will play starting at the cursor location. Hold down the BREAK key while a song is ending to stop the program while in the F1 or F2 mode. You can listen to part of the disk, press BREAK, make yourself a cup of coffee, and continue with the rest of the disk using the F2 key. Note that the program is designed for MUSIC3+ which runs and plays with the speedup POKE. If you want to use the program to play other music files like MUSICA for example, remove the speedup POKE in line 34 and 39. ( POKE 65497,0 ) ENJOY !!! George * |
THE COMPUTER CHESS BOARD
No, this is NOT another program that plays chess.
What this program does is to provide a way for the
serious chess player to save games to disk and then
have the computer replay them. Computer Chess Board
is like a chess game database. You input the data
and the computer will file it away for future refer-
ence. This provides an easy way to study the game.
For example, you could play out a number of openings
and their variations, save them to disk, and use the
REPLAY feature of the Computer Chess Board to review
them at your convenience.
A mouse or joystick is used for moving the chess
pieces and if you have an RS speech pack, you can
add spoken commentary to the games you save!
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First, format a blank disk and copy "CHESS.BAS",
"TITLE.NIB", "WHITE.NIB", "BLACK.NIB", and "NIBLOADR
.BIN" onto it. Yes, this program makes extensive
use of Rick's graphics loader. Why not? It's the
best there is!
Now, RUN "CHESS". When the title screen appears,
select PLAY by pressing "P". Then select whether
you want to play white or black. Next, the chess
board should appear. To move a chess piece, use a
mouse or joystick to click on it and then the desti-
nation. If you want to undo, press "U". If you want
to add a comment which will be spoken by the speech
pack, press CTRL and enter your comment. Remember
to limit comments to short statements and always
spell phonetically! Press the clear key and =>
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the game will be cleared and the board will be set
up so you can start over.
When your game or opening is complete, press BREAK
and answer "Y" or "N" to save it or not. If you do
want to save it, give it a title (the standard 8
letter maximum), and a caption or label which will
be written beneath the board when the game is re-
played in the future.
To replay a game that has been saved, select REPLAY.
The program will then read the disk and display the
directory on screen. Use the arrow keys to move
from title to title. ENTER to load. Press "A" if
you want to read the directory of another disk and
"K" if you want to kill a file. (continued) =*
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The Computer Chess Board (pt.2) Once your game has been loaded and the board appears
on the screen, press the mouse or joystick firebut-
ton to activate each move. Press "R" to have your
computer repeat a spoken comment. When the game is
over, press any key to return to the main menu.
The program must access the disk at various times.
The disk must not have a write protect tab on it. If
you have 512k with RAM disk, you will find that the
program runs much faster and smoother with the RAM
disk installed.
I have found this program to be very helpful in
studying chess openings. I have also transcribed
games from chess books which are particularly
instructive for me. =>
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If you find this program helpful, I would very much
appreciate hearing from you. Also, if you have made
some improvements to my program, I would really
appreciate hearing from you!
I am not such a great chess player myself, but I'd
like to hear from any serious players who have com-
ments about my program. Do you like it? Could it
be improved?
Jim Bennett
118 Corlies Avenue
Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
Tel. (914) 485-8150
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View The COCO Buffer... Rick: I Wrote This Utility Program So That In The
Event That I Might Need a Hard Copy Of An Area Of
The COCO.s Memory (Often Refered To As The Buffer),
I Would Have a Program That Would Choose Between
Which COCO That I Was Using.
Originally I Wrote This Program Just For The Screen
Useage Only Of My COCO 3 In WIDTH 80, Then I Had To
Use My COCO 2 And Could Not Use This Program With My
Other COCO, So The Other Evening I Modified The
Program To Except Any COCO On Any Screen With Or
Without a Printer, It Is a Short Program That Unless
You Are a Programmer Is Just Fun To Watch And See
The Buffer Contents Of Your COCO Scroll On The
Screen.
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The Program Has Most Every Printer Baud Rate That
I Was Able To Find (Nine In All Plus [N] For No Baud
Rate If You Are Just Using The Screen To See The
Buffer).
You Can Choose Any COCO Ever Made And If You Are
Using The COCO 3, Then You Can Choose Which Screen
WIDTH You Want For Display Of The Buffer.
I Also Added a Speed-Up Poke For Thoses People Who
Would Like To See The Scrolling a Little Faster.
Have Fun Using VIEWBUFF.BAS See You Later.
Kenney Trevino
1146 W. Lynwood St.
Phoenix, Arizona 85007-1917
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| King
Micro Associates REVIEWs Ratings Systems Proposal The Rat & Color Max Deluxe |
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King Micro Associates I responded to an ad in Computer Monthly for a
company that said they had Tandy software for sale.
I received a nice 12 or so page catalog that covered
all the Tandy line and included 2 full pages of
Color Computer software and some hardware. The
prices were reasonable - most were $3-$5 - and there
was a 50% discount coupon included with the catalog.
I got a copy of Trivia Fever, Sands of Egypt, and a
couple of others that I did not have.
My only complaint is that it took 4 weeks to
get the order, but that is probably because I sent
a personal check.
For a copy of the catalog, send $1 to:
King Micro Associates
1302 S. Columbus Airport Rd.
Columbus, OH 43207 =*
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REVIEWs Ratings Systems Proposal Looking thru my few "HOT COCO" magazines, I noticed
the ratings system the reviewers used to rate both
hardware & software. It uses a four-part category
with a 1 to 6 number rating for each category. Then
they are averaged. This is what is looks like in the
magazine:
For software:
PERFORMANCE EASE OF ERROR DOCUMENTATION
USE HANDLING
6
5
4
3
2
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For hardware:
Set-Construction Performance Document-Ease of
up quality ation use
6
5
4
3
2
1
Fill up the category from the bottom up to the level
where you feel it goes. This might be more useful to
potential users rather than simple words. Hope this
helps clear up reviewing for more people.
Raymond =*
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The Rat & Color Max Deluxe Both of these drawing packages work well and are quite simular. They both have adjustable drawing tools, patterns, and a zoom or fat bits mode. You can also get part of a picture and rotate it or strech or shrink it. The biggest difference is that The Rat alows you to have 8 graphics screens and Color Max Deluxe allows 2. Both programs come with fonts and patterns. I think the fonts are better in Color Max Deluxe, with bold face italics and other options for each type style. Each program also allows you to import other graphic picture files. Color Max Deluxe allows GIF and DS-69 pictures. The Rat allows MGE pictures, which is the type created by Color Max Deluxe. Color Max Deluxe also comes with some picture convertion utilities. Not NIB or CM3 though. ==> ____________________________________________________ Both programs require a CoCo 3 and a Hi-Res Joystick interface. A two button mouse is best for using the Rat while a one button mouse works well with Color Max Deluxe. The compression method The Rat uses to store pictures is the better of the two. Rat picture files are usually shorter than MGE picture files. I am not an artist so haven't drawn alot of pictures with either but both work well and do about all that you would need to do. Both programs are available from the Mid Iowa and Country CoCo club's library for $2.00 each. Which is a bargin even with the cost of membership, $19.00 which includes 1 year membership and the UPGRADE Diskmagazine. To join and get these programs contact; Mid Iowa & Country CoCo; Terry Simons, Editor; 1328 48th Des Moines IA 50311 ==* |
COCO 3 AT 2400 In ISSUE 15, it was stated that the coco is not
reliable at 2400 baud through the serial (the bit
banger) port.
I have found this to be UNTRUE! I run a ZOOM 2400
modem with Ultimaterm through the serial port,
because I have a disk drive and no Multipak.
The transmission is flawless, and the XMODEM
protocols for file transfers are perfect. I have
contacted many IBM based BBS systems, with no
problems reported.
My suggestion is TRY IT!
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GrafExpress Programmers Is there anyone out there who uses or programs with the GrafExpress system? I would like some hints and suggestions for saving memory or other tricks in programming with this system. I have just to polish up a generic point and click interface using the GrafExpress enviroment. The reason this is exciting is because you get practic- ally the same speed as a machine language program but you can make simple changes in basic data state- ments to customize your own pull-down menu programs. My main problem is the amount of memory left for basic programming after the GrafExpress system has been initialized. NOTE: You can purchase Graf- Express 2.0 from Sundog Systems for $34.95. =* |
HOW CAN I HELP? RICK:
I RECEIVED THE SCI-FI DISK FROM JIM MILLS --
THAT IS QUITE SOME STORY!!! LOOKING AT JIMS LETTER
AND THE INFO IN CFDM I COULDN'T FIGURE OUT HOW I
COULD HELP OUT WITH HIS PROJECT?
IF IT IS TO BE A VIDEO -- I'VE ALWAYS HAD TROU-
BLE SEEING REGULAR COCO FONTS ON MY TV SCREEN. I'VE
TRIED COCO2's AND COCO3's. FOUND THAT I HAD TO
CREATE SPECIAL FONTS THAT WOULD NOT 'RUN' THE CHAR-
ACTERS TOGETHER. MY ONLY EXPERIENCE IS WITH TITLES
FOR HOME VIDEOS.
JIM -- KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!!!
Godfrey J. Moll
1571 East Erie Apt 103
Sringfield, MO 65804 =*
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Michael Lewis, Wish list. HOLD YOUR HORSES, MICHAEL, I AM WORKING ON YOUR
CALENDAR PROGRAM, LOOK FOR IT IN ISSUE NUMBER 20.
GEORGE QUELLHORST.
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QUESTION I am sharing a DMP-105 printer between my COCO 3
(disk) and my COCO 2 (cassette). Before I wear the
jacks out switching cables betwen the two, can any-
one advise where I might get an appropriate serial
switch? Radio Shack(s) no help. Am not sure they
ever sold such. As you are no doubt aware, the cable
is 4 pins. Thanks for any tips!
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Question! Rick:
When using ENTRY WRITER, after you have written
your bit and saved it to disk, you find errors and
do an EDIT, which you also save. Is it possible then
to remove the erroneous bit from the disk so that
only a (1) count shows on the main menu? I tried to
accomplish same using the ABORT, but no luck. That's
why on this menu under the various sections I have
used you will find multiple numbers, but only the
last in each instance is the "final edition".
Jim
RICK: Here's how to delete (KILL) an unwanted entry
from the disk: Just load the unwanted file =>
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by choosing it from the section menu. When the
text is displayed on the screen, press F1. You'll
then see the SYSOP's MENU. Now use the arrow keys
to highlight KILL FILE FROM DRIVE0 and press the
ENTER key. The disk light will come on as the file
name is deleted. Afterwards the SYSOP's MENU will
be re-displayed. Finally choose the last option on
the menu to get back to the section menu. If you
KILL the last entry in a section, you will still see
most of the filename displayed. NOT TO WORRY! Just
leave the section and upon re-entry it'll be gone!
One note of caution: before KILLing a file, be sure
it's the one you want to KILL.
Thanks for the question James! =*
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SEARCHING FOR NEWSART O9 I need help in finding NEWSART O9, Disk W,X. Mine
was blank when I received it.
Ron Melin
4012 9th Ave. W
Anoka, MN 55303
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SPACES, Stuart T Wyss etc. Stuart,
Good idea, however, it is worth noting that some
commands absolutely need a space in between them.
examples:
IF B<>ATHEN Does not work you need a space after
the "A" the computer sees ATHEN as a
single variable. (Not all the time)
FIELD#1,25ASA$ Does not work ASA is a reserved word
you need a space after the "S"
ONAGOSUB/GOTO Sometimes is works, sometimes it
does not work, like example 1, use..
ON A GOSUB/GOTO
I am sure there are more, those are some of the ones
I have run into. George. =*
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TRAPPED IN TUTS TOMB Help! I'm stuck in an error trap. Back in 1988,
the Rainbow Magazine had a program called "Escape
From Tut's Tomb." After spending a couple of hours
typing in the program and running it, I ran into
problems when trying to load the second half - Tut2.
The problem I'm having, is in listing 2PART1 AUG.,
'88, Pg.60. I keep getting an error in line 15.
After checking the listing over and over and adding
a few lines that were left out,(Oct.'88 Corrections)
I still had the same problem. Are there other
Corrections that I'm not aware of? I'm not very
good at programing, but I think the problem is in
line 680. Could someone type or print just line 680
and send it to me plus any other corrections I may
have missed.
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P.S. Has anyone been successful in transfering
the Speech/Sound pak to disk, and if so, How?
Please Write To: Thank You,
Joseph Frontiero J.F.
287 Rantoul St.
Beverly, MA 01915 =*
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