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| Articles in section: ABOUT COCO FRIENDS DISK MAGAZINE |
| "ABOUT
CFDM" ABOUT COCO FRIENDS DISK MAGAZINE |
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"ABOUT CFDM" COCO FRIENDS DISK MAGAZINE is dedicated to those who still enjoy running under RS DOS. It will deal with that format exclusively. A primary goal is to keep the COCO community strong. By providing a unique means of communication, maybe old fires will be rekindled as you and I share our knowledge and experiences! The success of this effort depends on each one who becomes a subscriber. Everyone must contribute his/ her two cents in the form of articles, programs, opinions, experiences, etc. If this happens we will all look forward to the next issue. (Check out the manual with your starter kit for details on how to submit material.) Now let's have some fun!!! =* |
ABOUT COCO FRIENDS DISK MAGAZINE COCO FRIENDS DISK MAGAZINE is the creation and property of Rick Cooper. It is distributed solely by RICK'S COMPUTER ENTERPRISE. The material which makes up each issue remains the property of the author(s) or contributor(s) unless an agreement has been made otherwise. COCO FRIENDS DISK MAGAZINE is dedicated exclusively to those who enjoy the COCO3 operating under RS DOS. It is hoped that this publication will encourage the continued usage of our favorite computer. Neither CFDM nor RICK'S COMPUTER ENTERPRISE will be responsible for the submission or publication of any material that does not belong to the submitter. WE DO NOT ADVOCATE OR SUPPORT PIRACY! =* |
| Articles in section: ABOUT THIS ISSUE |
| BONUS
DISK DIRECTORY <v1 i21> CONTENTS...PART 1 (v1 i21) CONTENTS...PART 2 (v1 i21) PROGRAM DIRECTORY <v1 i21> THIS MONTH'S COVER |
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Here's a description of the files on the BONUS DISK.
File names preceded by an asterisk are data files or
program files used by other programs. Do not RUN or
EXEC files preceded by an asterisk.
------------------ SIDE 1 ------------------------
NAME.........COMMAND..SECTION OR DESCRIPTION......
* BOLD .FNT........ FONT FOR MOVE-IT.BAS
* BRANDING.NIB........ PIX FILE FOR "RAYS ART.BAS"
* CFDM4*16.NIB........ PIX FILE FOR "RAYS ART.BAS"
* DMP105A .ASM........ AL SOURCE FOR DMP105A
DMP105A .BAS..RUN... PROGRAMS OF THE MONTH
FIX MUS .BAS..RUN... PROGRAMS OF THE MONTH
JIMS ART.BAS..RUN... ARTICLES OF THE MONTH
LINEPACK.BIN.LOADM:EXEC ARTICLES OF THE MONTH
MOVE-IT .BAS..RUN... PROGRAMS OF THE MONTH =>
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MURDER .BAS..RUN... PROGRAMS OF THE MONTH
* NIBLOADR.BIN........ PIX LOADER UTILITY
* PICTURE1.NIB........
* PICTURE2.NIB........ THESE ARE THE PICTURE
* PICTURE3.NIB........ FILES FOR "JIMS ART.BAS"
* PICTURE4.NIB........
* PICTURE5.NIB........ FROM:
* PICTURE6.NIB........ ARTICLES OF THE MONTH
* PICTURE7.NIB........
* PICTURE8.NIB........
* PIECEPRN.NIB........ PIX FILE FOR MURDER.BAS
* PIXMOVER.BIN........ 512K UTILITY
RAYS ART.BAS..RUN... ART GALLERY
* RNCHCOW1.NIB........ PIX FILE FOR "RAYS ART.BAS"
* RNCHCOW2.NIB........ PIX FILE FOR "RAYS ART.BAS"
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* TITLE .NIB........ PIX FILE FOR MURDER.BAS
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* *1CITY .NIB........ PIX
* *6QURTET.NIB........ FILES
* BORDERS .NIB........ USE NIBSHOW.BAS
* DINOSAUR.NIB........ TO VIEW
* FARAWAY .NIB........
* MANDELBR.NIB........
* NEWFONTS.NIB........ PIX FILE - FROM JIM BENNETT
* NIBLOADR.BIN........ PIX LOADER UTILITY
NIBSHOW .BAS..RUN... ART GALLERY
* PGFOMILL.NIB........ PIX FILE - ART GALLERY
* SPACEWLK.NIB........ PIX FILE - ART GALLERY
* STARLORD.NIB........ PIX FILE - FROM THE EDITOR
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ABOUT COCO FRIENDS DISK MAGAZINE (2)
1 "ABOUT CFDM"
2 ABOUT COCO FRIENDS DISK MAGAZINE
ABOUT THIS ISSUE (5)
1 BONUS DISK DIRECTORY (v1 i21)
2 CONTENTS...PART 1 (v1 i21)
3 CONTENTS...PART 2 (v1 i21)
4 PROGRAM DIRECTORY (v1 i21)
5 THIS MONTH'S COVER
ACTIVE COCO (3)
1 CHRISTMAS CARD PROJECT II
2 FREE FOR THE ASKING
3 WHERE IN THE WORLD IS COCO CAT?
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ADVERTISEMENTS (8)
1 1994 "PASTE A CALENDAR"
2 "the world of 68' micros"
3 BORDERS & BOXES FOR MAX-10
4 CFDM SUBSCRIPTION
5 PRESENTING..CFDM HARDCOPY!!
6 PRINTER RIBBONS FOR SALE!!
7 The "UPGRADE" Disk Magazine
8 WORDPOWER 3.2
ARTICLES OF THE MONTH (5)
1 COCO SECURITY SYSTEM
2 DIGITIZING 4 COLOR GRAPHICS
3 LINEPACK
4 Landscape Painting (Viewing)
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COCO FRIENDS ART GALLERY (8)
1 BALLED TOWN QUARTET
2 CITYSCAPE '93
3 FARAWAY
4 FRACTALS
5 PIGEON FORGE MILL
6 Some Pictures, Ideas & Gags
7 Space Walk
8 VIEWING THE CFDM ART GALLERY
FAMILY TREE (5)
1 Funnies by Arthur Williams <g>
2 JOHN ANDERSON
3 JONATHAN WEBER
4 Magpye and Hugo
5 Quinn Granfor =*
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FORUM (2)
1 Delphi and Digitized Images
2 I Like Those Suggestions!
FROM THE EDITOR (3)
1 FROM RICK
2 KUDOS <g>
3 SUNDOG SYSTEMS (UNBELIEVABLE #5)
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR (4)
1 Hey, Rick...
2 LINKFILE.BAS Corrections
3 THANKS FOR "CHARIOTS" ROY!
4 WOW
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POTPOURRI (4)
1 BERBAREL
2 I'LL WALK WITH GOD
3 RENRUT NELLA TREBOR
4 STEALTH <g>
PROGRAMS OF THE MONTH (9)
1 "DMP 105A/BAS" REVISITED
2 COCO CAD !
3 DATA READER with DATA EDITOR
4 DEEN for security!
5 MOVE-IT
6 MUSICA /MUS FILE FIXER: "FIX MUS"
7 Murder at CFDM
8 PATTERNS/BAS A GAME OF SKILL.
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REVIEWS (2)
1 MUSIC3+
2 Ultimaterm V4.0
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS (7)
1 Disk Drive Fixing
2 IBM PICTURES
3 Need DS-69B Software
4 PRINTER PROBLEMS
5 TO: MICHAEL LEWIS
6 WANTED-COCO books and software
7 WHAT'S THE FORMAT FOR......?
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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......
* ANIMALS..DAT........DATA FILE FOR DATREDER.BAS
BERBAREL.BAS..RUN...POTPOURRI (MUSIC)
* BERBAREL.BIN........MUSIC FILE FOR BERBAREL.BAS
* BP .BIN........PRINTER DRIVER FOR VUD3.BAS
CATTRAX4.BAS..RUN...ACTIVE COCO
* CHECKS .PAY........DATA FILE FOR DATREDER.BAS
COCOCAD2.BAS..RUN...PROGRAMS OF THE MONTH
* COMB .BIN........ML ROUTINE FOR VUD3.BAS
* CUR .BIN........CURSOR FOR VUD3.BAS
* DATA1 .DAT........DATA FILE FOR PATTERNS.BAS
* DATA2 .DAT........DATA FILE FOR PATTERNS.BAS =>
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* DATA3 .DAT........DATA FILE FOR PATTERNS.BAS
DATEDTR .BAS..RUN...PROGRAMS OF THE MONTH
DATREDER.BAS..RUN...PROGRAMS OF THE MONTH
DEEN .BAS..RUN...PROGRAMS OF THE MONTH
LINKFILE.FIX..RUN...LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
* NAMES .TXT........DATA FILE FOR DATREDER.BAS
NEWDATA .BAS..RUN...PROGRAMS OF THE MONTH
* NIBLOADR.BIN........PIX LOADER UTILITY
PATTERNS.BAS..RUN...PROGRAMS OF THE MONTH
* PATTERNS.DOC........DATA FILE FOR PRINTME.BAS
* PP .BIN........PRINT DRIVER
PRINTME .BAS..RUN...PROGRAMS OF THE MONTH
SP .BAS..RUN...PRINT DRIVER FOR VUD3.BAS
* TTL .BIN........TITLE FOR VUD3.BAS
VUD3 .BAS..RUN...PROGRAMS OF THE MONTH
* VUDT .DAT........DATA FILE FOR VUD3 =>
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WALK .BAS..RUN...POTPOURRI (MUSIC)
* WALK .BIN........MUSIC FILE FOR WALK.BAS
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THIS MONTH'S COVER This month's cover is entitled "AUTUMN BRIDGE". The
entry has been lost. Although one of Jim's best
pictures, I have waited for just the right time of
year to use it. Thanks Jim, for one of my favorite
pictures!
- Rick
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| Articles in section: ACTIVE COCO |
| CHRISTMAS
CARD PROJECT II FREE FOR THE ASKING WHERE IN THE WORLD IS COCO CAT? |
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CHRISTMAS CARD PROJECT II One of the most popular participatory activities
sponsored by CFDM was last year's CHRISTMAS CARD
PROJECT. It was so popular that we'll do it again
this year! I hope you'll participate.
Here's how we introduced the project last year:
"It appears there's a lot of communication going on
among the members of CFDM. And that's great! One
of our most popular sections is the FAMILY TREE. And
many of you have commented that you enjoy finding
out about other Cocoists.
Sharing, communication, and participation will keep
us strong. So here's a simple idea, with only a
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give each of us a chance to strengthen our bond and
let each feel a little cheer at the special season
that is fast approaching!
The project consists of sending a Friend a Christmas
or seasons greeting card. In return you will receive
a card from a different Friend. If you would like to
participate, just send me a post card with your name
and address printed clearly on the back side. Also
print "HOLIDAY", to indicate that you would like to
participate.
When issue #22 goes out, in November, I'll place
your card in the mailer of another Friend who has
returned a card. (If I receive your card after that
mailing, I'll send it with #23 in December.) =>
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WHEN YOU GET THE CARD WITH THE ADDRESS, SEND A
GREETINGS CARD TO THE FRIEND WHOSE NAME IS ON THE
CARD.
>> PLEASE DON'T ENTER THIS PROJECT IF YOU ARE NOT
PREPARED TO BOTH SEND AND RECEIVE A CHRISTMAS OR
HOLIDAY GREETING CARD! <<
HERE'S HOPING FOR A GREAT RESPONSE!!"
PS About 30% of our Friends participated (enjoyed!)
last year's project. SHOW YOU CARE! PARTICIPATE!
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FREE FOR THE ASKING I have written many programs over the years. Here
is a list in case anyone is interested. They are
free. Send me a disk, and I'll send it back with
stuff on it!
B1C - text based b-1c bomber game -published in CFDM
NIM - the classic game of NIM, with some voice
files thrown in for added interest
MELT - a REALLY short nifty routine to clear a 40 or
80 column text screen (published in CFDM)
GREYII, GREYIII, H4DUMP, IBMDUMP, GREYII6 - grey-
scale screen dumps for HSCREEN 2 or 4,
respectively;for DMP105, for DMP132, for
HSCREEN4 (DMP132), for IBM compatible printers
for 600 baud DMP105.
MINES - Just like MINESWEEPER for WINDOWS on IBM =>
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FORMS - make full page forms with lines and text on
screen at the same time (Unlike the RAINBOW
one) Save and Load, edit, etc. Version
available for IBM printers as well as the
DMP 105/106. If you have a DMP 132, I
could probably change it for you! (CFDM)
VLD - A very basic Pmode 4 screen compressor - just
in case anyone wants it.
BIT16 - Another basic Pmode 4 screen compressor -
This and VLD use machine language-quick!
COCOCAD-save/load/scale/design floor plans on the
HSCREEN4 (4 colors) Uses NIB to save/load
Joystick/keyboard/zoom/text/openings/grid/
help screen/etc.
PLAY - 6-bit digital recorder/player (128k okay,
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ERIC - Name/Address/Phone/Bday database program
CC3GIF - (Public Domain) Allows you to view GIF
files on the CoCo 3. After displaying the
GIF you can break out, and run NIBSAVER to
convert the GIF to NIB.
COM101- Text file compression. This program uses
some a/l to compress text files. It will
chain multiple files together. Shrink them
to 66% of original size (avg.) Some to 50%.
DEFRAG-Short and sweet floppy disk defragmenter.
Can save wear and tear on your drives.
Requires RAMDISK!!!!
DEEN-text file encoding
FRACTALS-Faster than Spillers-Mandelbrot/Julia/save
load with NIB/3-d plots/continue/color-cycle/
enlargements/help/updated since CFDM entry. =*
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WHERE IN THE WORLD IS COCO CAT? Well, here we are with the final installment of our
great cat hunt contest. The deadline for submitting
entries is just 21 days from the date post marked on
this disk's mailer.
Remember, only CFDM subscribers may win and all en-
tries should be on standard size post cards. (We
anticipate a lot of entries and need to keep things
simple.)
The "CATTRAX" program on this disk provides all the
remaining clues. These letter clues, when arranged
correctly, will spell the name of the place where
the CoCo cat is hiding. If you are our winner, the
cat will soon be coming to stay at your house!!!
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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1994 "PASTE A
CALENDAR" NEW...NEW...NEW...NEW...NEW...NEW...NEW...NEW...NEW.
1994 "PASTE A CALENDAR"
:-) ----------------------- (-:
For the "MAX-10" word processor
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SIDE 2: 199 "PASTE A CALENDAR"
For word processor's using the ASCII format.
Works great with "Simply Better" and "TW-128"
Use "PASTE A CALENDAR" for MEMO'S, TO DO LIST'S, OR
LETTERS. When you use with "MAX-10",you can make
calendar any size you want. MICHAEL LEWIS
1311 SECOND ST.
ONLY...$5.00 MOUNDSVILLE,WV.26041=*
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BORDERS & BOXES FOR MAX-10
One thing that Max-10 lacks is a selection of border
designs and boxes for enclosing titles. IBM & Apple
word processors have these and they really enhance
the appearance of the page especially when you want
to create a sign, poster, or flier.
Using C-III Pages, I created 6 attractive borders
to go around the page and 2 styles of boxes to en-
close titles. I want to make these available to the
Friends, but they take up almost an entire disk and
there's not enough room for them in CFDM!
If you want to see what the designs look like, just
view the NIB file titled "BORDERS". There you will
see examples of all 6 borders and also one of the
boxes (around the title). (CTRL+2) - - - >
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If you are interested in getting a set of the Max-10
borders and boxes, just drop me a line. Please en-
close $5 to cover my costs. I'll send a copy of the
disk and also printed instructions on how to use the
borders and boxes. (If you don't have my address,
you'll find it on the BORDERS.NIB illustration.)
These borders and boxes really expand the capabili-
ties of Max-10. If you like to use Max-10, I know
that you'll enjoy having these designs to "spruce
up" the things that you produce!
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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!! =* |
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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PRINTER RIBBONS FOR SALE !! RIBBONS RIBBONS RIBBONS RIBBONS RIBBONS
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DUE TO A SPECIAL CONNECTION I HAVE, I CAN OFFER THE
FOLLOWING PRINTER RIBBONS AT ROCK BOTTOM PRICES. !!
ALL RIBBONS ARE $ 5.00 PLUS $ 0.50 SHIPPING CHARGE
FOR EACH RIBBON ORDERED. THE FOLLOWING ARE FOR SALE:
RADIO SHACK: DMP130,132,133,230,2100
CITIZEN....:PREMIER 35,MSP 15/25,MSP 10/20,GSX140/GX
120,120D,180D
EPSON......:ACTION PRINTER,L750,L1000,T750,T1000,
4400/5500. HOMEWRITER 10.
EPSON......:LQ 570/510/500/200/800/850/870/860/1060
1000/1050/1070/1500/2500/2550/5500
EPSON......:LX 2500/2550/5500. EX800/1000.FX85,86E
FX/MX/RX 70/80,100 AND FX286/286E =>
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PANASONIC KXP: 1080/1080i/1090/1091/1092/1592/1595,
1123/1124/1124i/1524/1540/1624/1654,
2030. 2123/2124/2180/2624/2664.
STAR MICRONICS:NX2400/GEMINI II/NX10C/NX1000.
OKIDATA.......:MICROLINE ML84,OKIDATA 80/82/83/92/93
182/192/183/193/184/320/321/390/391.
IBM...........:GRAPHICS,PROPRINTERII,PROPRINTER4201,
PROPRINTER XL/4202XL
THERE IS A CATCH HOWEVER......................
THE MINIMUM ORDER IS THREE RIBBONS FOR A TOTAL PRICE
OF 16.50 WHICH INCLUDES $ 1.50 SHIPPING CHARGES.
SEND CHECK OR M.O. TO: GEORGE QUELLHORST.
203B MEADOWS DRIVE. PAINESVILLE, OHIO. 44077-5361.
ALSO CITIZEN COLOR RIBBONS GSX140,230,240, 4 COLORS,
$ 12.00 EACH, MINIMUM TWO + 1.00 S/H TOTAL $ 25.00
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The "UPGRADE" Disk
Magazine Looking for good Coco Support?
Look to the:
"UPGRADE" Disk Magazine!
From: "Mid Iowa & Country CoCo"
Now in it's eighth year!
Three as a national Disk magazine.
With the UPGRADE National Disk magazine, we've
grown to be one of the largest CoCo outreaches! I
can say that firmly by the response from over 200
members in over 40 states and 5 provinces of Canada;
with others in Australia & England, we expect to be
around for a long, long time.
The "UPGRADE" Disk Magazine: =>
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- Does not support OSK or computers not compatible
to CoCo. That we leave to those more qualified.
- Not hard copy, but can be dumped to your printer.
- Displays first rate 16 color H2 graphics, with
articles.
- Does keep you informed with news from around the
country. Including ads and recommendations of
better dealers.
- Does have OS-9 articles concerning the CoCo. We've
just started an excellent level II tutorial series
- Does have Basic program technique articles and
tutorials.
- Does carry a full variety of indepth articles and
reviews.
- Recently added "Marty's Memos" column by Marty
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- We carry tips on where to buy CoCo hardware.
- Software is available thru our library. ($3/disk.)
Join the largest CoCo reach out. Join those who
write "Here's my renewal, I don't want to miss an
issue"! Just $16 keeps you in touch with the CoCo
community.
Your subscription includes: 1 year membership in
MI&CC and UPGRADE Disk magazine subscription.
Requires: 128K CC3, 1 drive, RGB or TV
$16 US $21 Canada $31 Foreign Air
Say "I say it in CFDM" and receive a surprise bonus
disk. Mid Iowa & Country CoCo (non-profit)
Terry Simons Editor/Treasurer
1328 48th Des Moines, IA 50311
(Include your phone & system information) =*
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WORDPOWER 3.2 The original WORDPOWER 3.2 disk can be yours for
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> only $25.00. (orig. $79.95)<<<<<<<<<
WORDPOWER 3.2 has the following features:
80 column, page break indication, custom colors, RGB
or CMP, 72K ON 128K, 450K ON 512K, full-screen edit,
word-wrap, margins, tabs, page-numbering, headers,
footers, search/replace, block functions, pop-up
calculator, file input/output in ASCII, disk
commands, SUPPORTS DOUBLE-SIDED DRIVES, supports
common printers (Epsom, DMP, Okidata, etc), pre-
view option, print spooler, automatic TWO-COLOMN
PRINTING, comes with SPELLCHECKER, PUNCTUATION
CHECKER (caps, double-spaces, commas, etc)
Comes on unprotected disk w/ manual and reference
card. Call me (215) 343-1364 or write to me.
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My address is:
Stuart Wyss-Gallifent
2123 Longview Rd.
Warrington, PA 18976-1524
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| Articles in section: ARTICLES OF THE MONTH |
| COCO
SECURITY SYSTEM DIGITIZING 4 COLOR GRAPHICS LINEPACK Landscape Painting (Viewing) Landscape Painting Installemnt 2 |
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COCO SECURITY SYSTEM We recently had a disturbing event at our house
which prompted me to use my CoCo in a way that I had
never anticipated. Two weeks ago, in the middle of
the day, we were burlarized! Fortunately, we only
had our expensive telephone stolen; the burglar must
have thought that no one was at home and when he
heard noise once he was inside the house, he grabbed
the first thing he saw and made a quick get-away.
Needless to say, the police were unable to find the
guy.
I recalled that I had seen plans for a security sys-
tem connected to the CoCo in a book I bought years
ago. I located the book (by Doug Mosher) and found
the plans. The next day, I was in the Radio Shack
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buying all the components. By the end of the week-
end, I had the system installed and running perfect-
ly. I am so impressed that I wanted to share this
information with the CoCo Friends.
The system is interfaced through the left joystick
port. By using a series of resistors in the line,
it is possible to identify the location of the open
door or disturbed window. On the system that I put
together, I have have 3 doors (front, back, and
basement) and windows in 3 rooms. My CoCo can tell
me which door is opened or in which room there is a
window broken or opened. I have written a short pro-
gram which monitors the system.
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with the results is that I am a complete klutz when
it comes to working with electrical/computer hard-
ware. So if anyone who reads this is interested in
installing your own CoCo security system, I can tell
you that it is relatively simple.
I would be happy to show you exactly how this sys-
tem works. Just send me a SASE and I'll send you a
diagram with instructions and a short BASIC program
for monitoring the system.
Jim Bennett
118 Corlies Avenue
Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
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DIGITIZING 4 COLOR GRAPHICS
I am in the process of developing a technique for
digitizing full (4) color graphics. One method of
doing this is the approach used by the Rascan digi-
tizer in which a series of different colored screens
were "flipped" on and off the screen very quickly.
Results were good except for an irritating flicker.
I didn't want to use this method. I wanted to be
able to digitize a single colored image. I would
like to show you what I've done so far, describe how
I did it, and ask for your suggestions. I am sure
that there are friends out there who can collaborate
with me on refining this technique.
First, my early results can be seen by viewing the
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NIB file that is titled "DINOSAUR". This image was
taken from a book about a fictional land where peo-
ple and dinosaurs co-exist peacefully. The artist
lives close to me. When viewed from a distance of
30 to 40 feet, the image looks great; up close, it
could use some more refinement.
Here's how I created this graphic:
1- Using a black & white video camera, DS-69B digi-
tizer, and colored photo filters, I created 4 PMODE4
pictures for yellow, red, blue, and black.
2- I converted these MAX files to MGE files, loaded
them into COLORMAX DELUXE individually, and used the
REMAP feature to change black pixels to palette 14
for yellow, 13 for red, 11 for blue, & 7 for black.
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3- I resaved the 4 files after remapping each one.
4- Using TRANSLAT, I loaded the 4 MGE files and re-
saved them as CM3 files.
5- I then loaded each CM3 file into CoCo Max 3, CUT
out the screen portion & saved it as a clipboard (A,
B, C, & D). I then selected ADDITIVE COLOR MIX and
pasted all 4 clipboards one on top of the other. I
then selected STANDARD RGB COLOR SET and made some
minor adjustments in color intensity to achieve the
best balance.
I would like to refine this technique and to im-
prove the quality of the results. Please write me
at 118 Corlies Ave.; Poughkeepsie, NY 12601. I would
greatly appreciate help and I'd be happy to explain
in greater detail what I have done here. =*
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LINEPACK In Issue #18 of CFDM, Stuart Wyss-Gallifent
stressed the need for authors who submit BASIC
programs to make them as compact as possible in
order to maximize the number of programs on a CFDM
disk. He suggested that authors remove via EDITing
the unnecessary spaces in all lines of their
programs. Stuart's suggestion inspired my submission
of LINEPACK, a program that I wrote in 1984 for my
own use.
Ironically, LINEPACK does NOT eliminate unneeded
spaces from a program. When I taught myself BASIC in
the late 1970s, the RAMs of most home computers were
very small. This fact provided powerful motivation
to make it a habit to write each line with a minimum
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There is another good way to economize on RAM
usage. That is by packing as much programming per
line as possible. When composing a program, I am
occasionally prone to writing short lines. So that I
could indulge myself in this habit and still end up
with less lines of greater capacity, I wrote
LINEPACK.
LINEPACK collects together as many adjacent lines
as possible and combines them into one line. The
combining or packing of lines is accomplished in a
way that does not impair (at least not so far) the
operation of the shortened program. Line packing
will usually reduce memory usage by 2% to 40%
depending on how efficient one "naturally" packs
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then you should find LINEPACK useful.
To use LINEPACK on a BASIC program, do this:
1. Type LOADM"LINEPACK" and press ENTER.
2. Load your BASIC program.
3. Type EXEC and press ENTER.
4. Wait for a second to as many as 40 seconds for
LINEPACK to execute.
5. Save the shortened BASIC program.
If the first ten lines, for instance, of the
BASIC program were originally number 10, 20, 30,
etc. to 100, then after using LINEPACK, the same
information might be contained in three lines, say,
10, 40, and 90.
Use of RENUM0,0,1 will provide further memory
savings.
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Landscape Painting (Viewing)
All eight of Jim Gibbon's art pictures on found on
side 1 of the Bonus Disk. To view them just RUN
"JIMS ART.BAS".
PIXMOVER.BIN (from issue #20) has been incorporated
into the viewer program. Your CoCo will be checked
to see if you have 512K. If so, you will be prompted
to WAIT while all pictures are initially loaded.
Then you may choose to view the pictures one by one
( you press a key to move to the next picture ) OR
continuously. If you choose continuous view, there
will be a couple of seconds between picture loading.
If you wish to change the wait time, you may change
line 520. That line reads:
520 FOR Y=1 TO 1500:NEXT Y
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a longer wait time or to a lower number for faster
display.
Deleting line 520 will provide no wait time. This
gives the effect of rapid overlay. Try it.
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Landscape Painting Installemnt 2 (Please refer to CoCo Max 3 manual about the spray
icon and how to use it, if you are unfamiliar with
with CoCo Max 3.) Next I filled in the last solid
color in the foreground using dark green at the
bottom of the picture. Then using the line icon,
I chose the thickest line and drew in the two
largest trees. I like to use black for my tree
stump colors and add other colors to the trees
later. You can use other colors in your line by
double clicking (while in the line icon) the color
you want. (See Picture #3)
In the next step, You will see that I begin to
paint in some of background trees down by the river.
Also, a little reflection in the river is added.
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smaller trees. Notice that I do only small areas
of of the picture at a time. If you hurry and
try to do all the background at once you can end
up with a mess. (See Picture #4)
What follows next is to draw or paint in more
trees. To get the illusion of space even greater
and that you are looking from the top down into a
valley, I draw various size lines for trees. Make
some tall or short, thin or wide. The closer you
are to the trees the larger they are. The farther
you are from them the smaller they are.
(See Picture #5)
After drawing the tree stumps, the branches can
then be added. I use the small brush mode for this
and you can see I add just a few and also add the
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is used to paint in along the branches just drawn
in a moment ago. Also, during this step, I paint,
using the spray mode, the foreground flowers and
bushes. After this is done, I drew in the branches
in the bush and flower area at the bottom of the
picture. (See Picture #6)
Finally, the rest of the branches can be added.
I could also paint leaves with the spray on the
large tree branches or leave it as it is.
(See Picture #7)
I will go ahead and paint the Autumn leaves to
show how the picture can be changed.
(See Picture #8)
I hope that this finds you painting better
landscapes using CoCo Max 3. Until next teaching
session, happy drawing and painting. =*
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| Articles in section: COCO FRIENDS ART GALLERY |
| BALLED
TOWN QUARTET CITYSCAPE '93 FARAWAY FRACTALS PIGEON FORGE MILL Some Pictures, Ideas & Gags Space Walk VIEWING THE CFDM ART GALLERY |
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BALLED TOWN QUARTET
The N.W. Barbershop Quartet Championship contest
is held here every spring, I thought this would be a
good subject for a picture. (Quartet)
Dorothy Funk ( & Rolland)
47760 N W Waldheim Way
Forest Grove, OR 97116-7413
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CITYSCAPE '93
Around midnight, you would think that people are in
bed, asleep (At least, I am). But the city does
not sleep. It is awake and alive all though the
night.
Use NIBSHOW (Issue #18) to see this animated NIB
file, called *1CITY.NIB.
If you don't have access to NIBSHOW, the file is
still viewable on other NIB loading programs, but
the animation won't be seen.
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FARAWAY
Here I am again with another picture made with
COCOMAX III - the only thing that stopped me from
drawing was my second heart attack! I am ok now,
and plan to continue drawing since it is good
therapy.
Geography has been one of my favorite subjects....
so here is a copy of a small hut in a valley of
Afghanistan.
I enjoyed #18 and all of the drawings...GOOD LUCK
TO EVERYONE AND KEEP UP THE "COCODRAWING".
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FRACTALS
These pictures of Mandelbrot fractals were created using my FRACTALS program, previously published in CFDM. I took the basic Mandelbrot set, and made three enlargements. I then converted all four pictures to CoCoMax III format, using TRANSLAT.BAS off the CoCoMax III disk, cut them all into pieces, and assembled this picture. Then I saved it, and converted it to NIB with Kenny's CM3>NIB program. Fractals come in many varieties, the two most well- known (For all you Trivial Pursuit buffs) are Mandelbrot, and Julia. The Spiller's RAINBOW program could only do Mandel- brot. FRACTALS does both. I will also submit some Julia Sets for you to see the differences. =* |
PIGEON FORGE MILL
This was taken from a photo we took during our
visit there in 1990. (PgFoMill)
Dorothy Funk ( & Rolland )
47760 N W Waldheim Way
Forest Grove, OR 97116-7413
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Some Pictures, Ideas & Gags
Hi Rick,
I have been busy recreating, repositioning and
copying old cartoons, so I don't remember what I
have sent you already. So here is what I have done
so far.
All 3 "Range Cow" cartoons
A "Belching Cow" cartoon
A Gary Larson cartoon
Some fictitious CFDM Title Pages
The female end of a Power Connector to Disk Drive
I hope I have not insulted anyone. It's fun
hearing laughter. Try it. You might like it.
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RICK: Okay Ray, let's have a few laughs! On the
front side of the Bonus Disk, you'll find five of
Ray's pictures. Just RUN "RAYS ART.BAS". We'll try
to get some of the others in future issues.
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Space Walk
Here is another GIF that has been converted into
a NIB file. It goes with the Endeavor NIB picture.
(Endeavor.NIB is not included in this issue.)
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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 |
| Funnies
by Arthur Williams <g> JOHN ANDERSON JONATHAN WEBER Magpye and Hugo Quinn Granfor |
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JOHN ANDERSON Hi, my name is John Anderson. I am a retired 66
year old CoCo user. I live in Lancaster, Ohio which
is 30 miles southeast of Columbus. I have been
married to my wife Ruth for 46 years. We have two
children who are married and living on their own.
I've been using a CoCo3 for about 2 years. I
began subscribing to RAINBOW immediately after I
got my CoCo. Sorry to see them fade into the past,
but happy that Rick has more than picked up the
slack.
My system consists of a CoCo3 (128K), CM-8
monitor, FD-502 disk drive and a DMP-107 printer
with BLUE STREAK serial to parallel converter.
My favorite programs are utility programs. I
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don't play the game pragrams much.
I also enjoy exchanging programs with other
CoCo users.
John W. Anderson
1709 W. Union St.
Lancaster, Ohio 43130
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JONATHAN WEBER Hi, Howdy, and Hello, fellow CFDMers! My name's
Jonathan, as you might have guessed. I just joined
CFDM with issue #17. I'm thirteen and live in a
small community in Michigan. My hobbies include the
outdoors, fantasy books and games, and, of course,
my CoCo.
I have a CoCo3 with 512k, a CM-8 RGB Monitor,
an FD-502 disk drive, and a DMP-133 printer, along
with lots of games and useful software. I am an
ameteur programmer (very, VERY ameteur) and am curr-
ently working on something good enough to submit to
CFDM.
When I opened the mailbox and saw my very first
issue of CFDM, I nearly cried. It was the Fourth of
July weekend, and I was going to be away from my
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computer for three days. I could, however, read
issue #17 from the hardcopy. (By the way, Rick,
thanks for issue #16 free.) When I finally did
get home, I immediately rushed to my computer, and
all I can say is WOW!!!! It was beyond my wildest
dreams! Super Comics+, the awesome Art Gallery, the
music; I nearly fell off my rocker! It was so
great! Don't worry, Rick, you'll always have my
subscription!
I suppose I've used up enough of your disk space
now, so I'm going to have to sign off. One last
comment--KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK!!!
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Bye for now,
Jonathan Weber
!------------------!
! Jonathan Weber !
! 1862 West Street !
! Reese, MI 48757 !
!------------------!
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CFDM Forever!!!
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Magpye and Hugo Hello everybody.
The name's Dan Maguire, but you can call me Magpye.
My patient counterpart is Hugo, you'll meet him in a
moment.
This is the first time for me telling someone
besides a vendor on the phone I have a Coco and them
not saying "A What?" so please forgive if I stumble.
I have been a follower since around '82. I've been
through the ranks of Cocos and associated hardware,
a pupil of The Rainbow and Hot Coco, and general
tinkerer with our beloved machine.
I am an aircraft electrician by trade and avid
reader by nature. Both of which I try to incorporate
with Hugo.
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Orange Park (Jacksonville) Florida is where I call
home with a wife who is supportive like a mother
whose kid just found out a "J" makes a great nose on
the face he is drawing.I also have a nine year old
daughter who is my brutally honest program tester.
I am currently struggling through OS-9, but RS-DOS
is my first love.
Now meet Hugo. A 512k brain who likes to argue with
anyone at the keyboard. He has dual drives and a DMP
133 printer that omits a line every now and then.
That's us. Heckle and Jeckle. We've been friends
forever and now we're part of a much bigger (but
just as close) circle of friends. This is GREAT!!
We will contribute where we can and support always.
Magpye and Hugo
115 Ursa St. Orange Park,FL. 32073 =*
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Quinn Granfor Hi, my name is Quinn Granfor and I am a 22 year
old coconut. I got a 16k Basic Coco II for Christmas
one year and have been hooked ever since. My current
system is as follows: 512k Coco III(6309 installed),
MPI, CM8, Rs232, SS cart, Orc90, Disto SCII with a
3n1 installed, 2 DSDD floppies, 60 megabytes of hard
drive space(B&B), EARS, 2400 baud modem, TP-10, the
Digiscan(c) video digitizer, cassete player and a
dead CGP-220.
I am currently employed by the state of North
Dakotah as a computer programmer and I hope to stay
that way for quite awhile yet. It's kind of odd to
sit in front of a terminal all day at work and then
get home and sit in front of the coco to unwind. ;-)
My main interests are computers(obvious), video
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such as Manowar, Megadeth, etc.
I currently use Os9 about 99% of the time so if
any of you have ordered "offer number 4" and can't
get something running I might be able to help you
out.
Quinn Granfor
1930 N 11th Apt #8
Bismarck, ND 58501
1-701-258-3498
Or I can reached on Delphi as "QUINNGRANFOR" or
through the internet at in%"quinngranfor*delphi.com"
NOTE: The asterik in the internet address should be
the "at" sign.(The one above the '6' key) =*
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| Articles in section: FORUM |
| Delphi
and Digitized Images I Like Those Suggestions! |
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Delphi and Digitized Images In response the the questions about getting the
software off of Delphi and getting digitized pics
of the family photo album I thought I would put in
my 2 cents.
I am currently a Delphi member and would have
no problems about getting the software from Delphi
and distributing it among CFDM subscribers. Just
tell me what you want and I will get it and mail
you a copy.
Also on getting your personnel photos digitized,
I currently have a video digitizer for the Coco and
could do this for CFDM subscribers IF they can send
the pictures they want digitized on a VHS format
video tape. When I get a video camera I will be
able to digitize straight from a photograph, but I
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to digitize pretty much anything from a video tape
in 16 color grayscale.(4096 requires a video camera)
For the best digitization the subject should be
still for a good 30-seconds. Also avoid subjects
that are light on a light background and/or dark
on a dark background.
Now for the good part....these services will be
offered FREE OF CHARGE although donations will be
accepted. :-)
Quinn Granfor
1930 N 11th Apt #8
Bismarck, ND 58501
1-701-258-3498
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I Like Those Suggestions! In recent issues of CFDM, I have read 2 suggestions
that I really like. One is to publish a classified
ad newsletter for buying and selling CoCo items. I
think that this is an excellent idea! Sign me up
for a subscription right away! The second idea is
to begin a public domain software library - another
fantastic idea!
I would like to connect this last suggestion with
another suggestion that I read in CFDM earlier.
Perhaps, rights could be obtained from the holders
of copyrights to release their software into public
domain since there is no longer (nor will there ever
be again) a commercial market for it.
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com, just to name 3, are very likely to say "yes"
to such a proposition. The problem is that in most
cases there is a program author who would also have
to be contacted to give us the final consent.
I suggest that we try to track down some of those
vendors who sold good quality software and have been
out of business for at least a couple years. If
anyone is interested, I have found a current tele-
phone number for the guy who ran Graphicom. I talk-
ed with him not long ago, and he stated that he had
no interest in the CoCo market, had nothing left to
sell, and encouraged me to try to find pirated ver-
sions of any Graphicom software that I wanted! Let's
put this to our advantage!
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| Articles in section: FROM THE EDITOR |
| FROM
RICK KUDOS <g> SUNDOG SYSTEMS (UNBELIEVABLE #5) |
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FROM RICK
Greetings to all the CoCo Friends!
This has been quite a month! Preparing issue #21,
acquiring the SUNDOG SYSTEMS software, preparing for
the Atlanta Fest, and being out of town for six days
for educational training; that's been a portion of
my month. But...here it is September 25th and I'm
seeing just a little daylight!
Per issue #21, I believe we have a great issue with
alot of everything. It wasn't in the plans for this
to be a Bonus Disk issue, but the plans changed very
quickly when I saw the amount of submissions in my
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of the SUNDOG SYSTEMS software. As Ray Smith would
say, "My mouth always drooled just to see their ads"
and now I believe this great software is affordable!
I hope you'll agree. Please see the NIB picture of
STARLORD on side 2 of the Bonus Disk. This screen is
the startup screen for the program STARLORD. Due to
the protection of the SUNDOG disks and the way their
graphics are displayed, this is the only screen I've
been able to capture.
The Atlanta Fest is one week away. My staff and I
will be busy duplicating disks and documentation for
that event. I was asked to do a seminar on Saturday.
I hope plenty of the Friends will be in attendance.
Mike Brown has had a change of plans and won't be
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staff (that's my family, Donna, Kristin, Kasey, and
Kayla) to make the trip with me. I hope there's room
for some of the products I plan to take!
The educational training concerned learning about
"assessor training". It was very intense! We started
at 7:30 a.m. and left the classroom at 5:00 p.m. We
then had lots of homework which didn't include much
time for sleep. The earliest I went to bed was 12
midnight. But it was an interesting experience!
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"There is nothing better for a man, than that he
should eat and drink, and that he should make his
soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw, that
it was from the hand of God."
- Ecclesiastes 2:24 =*
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SUNDOG SYSTEMS (UNBELIEVABLE #5) THE LATEST AND GREATEST UNBELIEVABLE OFFER HAS NOW
ARRIVED! Rick's Computer Enterprise has recently
acquired the software of SUNDOG SYSTEMS! This is
probably the last of the quality software companies
in the CoCo community. AND THIS IS QUALITY SOFTWARE!
The 18 programs were sold by SUNDOG SYSTEMS for over
$500 (to be exact $539.10). Now you can have this
fabulous software at an Unbelievable price. Due to
the quality and quantity of the software, I've had
a great deal of trouble trying to figure out how to
offer it. But I think I've come up with a deal that
will allow you to get the packages you want at a
very good price. Check out the next page for a look
at the plan. I hope to have a better ad by next
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Here's a list of the 18 programs, their regular
price and the NEW prices from Rick's.
* You can purchase any of
Program reg. NEW * the programs at the NEW
PHOTON $34.95 $18 * listed price or you can go
STARLORD $34.95 $18 * for:**********************
THE CONTRAS $34.95 $18 * UNBELIEVABLE OFFER #5
SINISTAAR $34.95 $18 * **********************
THELDA $34.95 $18 * That is: PURCHASE ANY ONE
WHITE FIRE $19.95 $12 * PROGRAM FOR $22, THEN PICK
SOUNDTRAX * ANY OR ALL THE REST FOR
INSTRUMENTS * ONLY $10 EACH!!!!!!
DISK $29.95 $18 * OR
PALADINS * TAKE ALL 18 PROGRAMS FOR
LEGACY $24.95 $12 * $170 + $5 s/h
WAR MONGER $34.95 $18 * =>
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WARRIOR * NOTE: MANY OF THESE
KING $29.95 $18 * PROGRAMS ARE PROTECTED.
HALL OF THE * THE PROTECTION CANNOT BE
KING I $29.95 $12 * REMOVED (EVEN BY ME).
HALL OF THE * SO:
KING II $29.95 $12 * YOU CAN BE ASSURED THAT
HALL OF THE * IF SOMETHING GOES WRONG
KING III $29.95 $12 * WITH YOUR ORIGINALS, YOU
CHAMPION $19.95 $12 * CAN SEND YOUR ORIGINAL
SOUNDTRAX $34.95 $18 * TO ME FOR A REPLACEMENT.
KYUM-GAI $29.95 $18 *
GRAF- * AGAIN, THIS IS QUALITY
EXPRESS $34.95 $18 * SOFTWARE AT UNHEARD OF
DRAGON BLADE$19.95 $12 * PRICES. I HOPE YOU'LL
----------------------- * TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT!!
TOTALS $539.10 $282 * =*
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| Articles in section: LETTERS TO THE EDITOR |
| Hey,
Rick... LINKFILE.BAS Corrections THANKS FOR "CHARIOTS" ROY! WOW |
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Hey, Rick... Hey, Rick! I just have a little quick question.
I wrote this entry on a copy of a CFDM disk that I
deleted all the files from. How can I get a copy
of the CFDM Template Disk?
-----
RICK: That's a good question Jonathan and thanks for
asking! It's true that some folks didn't get issue
#8 which had the SUBMISSION DISK TEMPLATE. If you
plan to make submissions and didn't get that issue,
just drop me a line and I'll make you a SUBMISSION
DISK TEMPLATE for free.
PS Jonathan, your's is in the mail!
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LINKFILE.BAS Corrections Dear Rick,
AAARRRGGGH!!!
I recently discovered, much to my horror, that
the program LINKFILE.BAS, which I had submitted and
which appeared in Issue 19 of CFDM will not prevent
an accidental attempt to merge a file with itself or
prevent an accidental attempt to rename a file with
a name that already exists in the disk directory!!!
It is my sincere hope that I have been the only
one to discover those two bugs, and that they have
not caused any harm to anyone's files! In the first
case, each line in the file will merely appear twice
in succession in the output file. However, in the
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been used in error will be overwritten by the output
file!
I have placed an ASCII save of additional lines
which should be merged with LINKFILE.BAS to correct
those two bugs. Please load the original LINKFILE.
BAS program, merge LINKFILE.FIX from this disk, and
re-save LINKFILE.BAS before running it. The program
will require one additional granule on the disk that
it is saved to. In addition to the fix, provision is
added to the original program to make a printout of
your file, if desired. Place your printer baud POKE
in line 10 if required.
I apologize for any harm this program may have
caused, and I promise to check my work more closely
in the future. Sincerely,
=*= Leslie Waltz
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THANKS FOR "CHARIOTS"
ROY! I would like to thank Roy Atkins for taking the
time to transcribe "Chariots of Fire", which
appeared in CFDM #17. It sounds great!
I would also like to thank Herb Schuler for his
attempts at finding the sheet music. I do appreciate
the trouble that you went through, even though you
were unable to find the sheet music. I tried to find
it around here, but alas, I could not locate it
either.
Thanks to you both - two GREAT CoCoFriends!
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WOW Rick, I'm sure you've heard it all before, but
I had to put my two cents in.
Wow. CFDM is terrific. The work that goes into
each issue is plainly evident.
All the unselfish contributions I see in each
issue proves the raw dedication that will keep our
Coco family around for years to come.
Thanks for helping to keep us tight.
Coco onward!!!!
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| Articles in section: POTPOURRI |
| BERBAREL I'LL WALK WITH GOD RENRUT NELLA TREBOR STEALTH <g> |
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BERBAREL After listening to all the great music sent in by
Herb Schuler, I had to try my hand. I think George
Quellhorst must be a genius to be able to write
a program such as MUSIC3+. I had to order the
April 1991 RAINBOW on disk special just to get his
program. Thanks George for your MUSIC3+ program
and thanks Herb for your inspiration to transcribe
this music. Hope you enjoy "BEER BARREL POLKA".
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I'LL WALK WITH GOD This is the next in my series of transcriptions.
Though the musical highlights of Sigmund Romberg's
score for The Student Prince were retained for the
1952 film,the authors were summoned to supply a
suitable hymn for the grief-stricken prince as he
views his dead father. "I'll Walk With God" was sung
in the movie by the unseen Mario Lanza whose voice
was dubbed in for actor Edmund Purdom. I hope that
you like this transcription. If you would like any
song please let me know and I will do my best to
transcribe it. My address is:
Roy Atkins
3 Lundy Lane
London,Ont.,Canada
N6C 3G4 =*
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RENRUT NELLA TREBOR When I first noticed that Dale Kramer was indeed
Elad Remark, It brought back memories of a program
that I wrote on an Apple Computer [Long Ago, in a
far away classroom....]. This program was then
converted to a Timex Sinclair 1000 (which I still
proudly own.. It was my first home computer), and
then to the CoCo 2 (my original 1983 model). The
program went something like this:
10 'REVERSE, (C) 1993 BY:
ROBERT ALLEN TURNER
RT 3 BOX 458
PO BOX 396
DOUBLE SPRINGS, AL 35553
20 CLS
30 LINE INPUT "ENTER SOMETHING: ";A$ =>
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40 IF LEN(A$)=0 THEN GOTO 30
50 PRINT:PRINT A$:PRINT "BACKWARDS IS:":FOR F=
LEN(A$) TO 1 STEP -1
60 PRINT MID$(A$,F,1);:NEXT F:PRINT
70 GOTO 30
What this program will do is take input from you &
then will print it backwards. My name (which is the
first thing I originally typed on the original Apple
][ version) becomes: renruT nellA treboR. I got a
good laugh when that popped up on the screen back
then. Dale Kramer would be remarK elaD, rather than
Elad Remark (the latter sounds better). Well, in any
event, I hope you all enjoy this rather simple
program. (-: BOB :-) =*
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"DMP105A/BAS"
REVISITED. In issue #20 of CFDM, I presented my PMODE screen
dump for the Tandy DMP-105 Dot Matrix Printer. In my
haste to prepare the BASIC driver and get the
program to CFDM headquarters, I left out an option
that I had allowed for in the M/L code, but forgot
to implement in the BASIC driver. This option is the
Photo-Negative screen dump.
In order to allow the photo-negative dump, all that
is required is to NOP out the COMA instruction. The
pixels on the PMODE screen appear reversed when
printed out, so the COMA instruction changes all 1's
to 0's and vice versa. This provides the photo-
positive output. The rewritten BASIC driver appears
much neater than the original. Rather than have it
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of the BASIC driver via end packing. This being the
case, the program should NEVER be saved in the ASCII
format. To do so would alter, and thus destroy, the
M/L routine. The program tests to see if this has
happened & will inform you of such.
To use the program, load a PMODE screen into memory
and type: RUN "DMP105A/BAS" and press the [ENTER]
key. You will be offered two options:
1] PHOTO-NEGATIVE SCREEN DUMP
2] PHOTO-POSITIVE SCREEN DUMP
Option 1 will print the screen image with the black
and white reversed. Option 2 will print the image as
is.
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As I pointed out in the original article in CFDM
#20, this program will only dump the first 189 of
the 192 screen lines. I have not included the
source code this time, as it is the same as that
in issue #20. NO changes were made in the M/L code,
only the BASIC driver was rewritten. I hope that
this program is useful to the CFDM/CoCo community.
As always, I will try to answer any questions.
Robert Allen Turner, Binary Systems, PO Box 396,
Double Springs, AL 35553-0396.
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COCO CAD ! If I could write a whole help file for CocoCAD, I
could (but Rick wouldn't include it because of its
length!).
COCOCAD2.BAS is a mini-cad program for the CoCo III
with 128k. It uses NIB to save and load the designs
which are drawn on HSCREEN 4.
There is a help screen in the program (#6 from the
main menu) It is brief. I suggest playing with
the program.
Here is a list of HIGHLIGHTS from COCOCAD.BAS
-uses NIB to save and load (Great program, Rick!)
-you select the horizontal scale
-joystick moves the cursor in 1 foot increments
-select 1/2 foot access
-fat bits to do detail work
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-automatically draws windows/door openings
-overlay with foot by foot grid
-select 4 drawing colors (3 + black to erase)
-joystick drawing mode, or arrows to move cursor
-joystick updates its position with the press of
a button in order to access the whole screen with
a regular joystick (no high-res interface)
-help screen
I wrote the program to help my family plan an
addition to the house. I also rewrote my HSCREEN2
screen dump (for the DMP-133) to dump HSCREEN 4
pictures. We are waiting to see if the township
will accept the printout!
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DATA READER with DATA EDITOR DATREDER.BAS is a short program designed to read
DAT and TXT files directly from the disk. It has an
option to either print to screen or to printer.
Most of the necessary instructions are found in
the body of the program; however, a few additional
precautions/instructions cannot do harm.
If your system has trouble with the high speed
poke [POKE 55232,0 ], this should be edited out.
If your drives will not work at 6ms, these pokes
[POKE 55232,0:POKE 55318,20] should be edited also.
The printer options have been set up for the
Radio Shack DMP-105. If you have a different printer
you will probably need to change these options.
The high speed poke and the disk timing pokes are
found in line 100. The printer options are found in
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DATEDTR.BAS allows you to read data from a disk
file. As you read the data you have the option to
(a) retain the old data as is; (b) change the name
(or number) of the data (of course, you lose the old
data); (c) add data to the file and; (d) delete data
from the file.
With DATEDTR you can go to and remain in lower
case made throughout the program, except when set-
ting up "file name/ext" at the beginning.
The same precautions/instructions above (DATREDER
) applies to both programs, except that DATEDTR has
no printer options.
If you press <Q> or <q> or <BREAK> or experience
an error, the programs will <1) preserve your old
file; (2) save any additions you have made; (3)
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(5) give you a DIRectory listing at the point that
whichever occurred. I am not sure whether this
works in case of a drastic ("FATAL") error. I tried
to program in as much safety as I knew how.
There are three demo programs included that you
can use to familarize yourself with the operation of
DATREDER and DATEDTR. Happy CoCoing, gentle beings!!
The following programs make up this submission:
DATREDER/BAS....Reads and/or prints data from disk.
DATEDTR/BAS.....Reads data; adds data; changes data
and deletes data from disk.
CHECKS/PAY......Demo for above programs.
ANIMALS/DAT.....Demo for above programs.
NAMES/TXT.......Demo for above programs. =*
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DEEN for security! I'd like you to meet DEEN. DEEN stands for DEcode/ ENcode of text files and basic programs saved in ASCII. DEEN is easy to use and almost impossible to crack once a file is encoded. No simply substitution cyphers here, DEEN wants you to type in a PASSWORD with which it will encode or decode your file. The PASSWORD can be ANY length (up to 255 chars.) and contain upper and lower case, numbers, symbols, etc. You could use a famous quote, or a favourite verse from the Good Book, whatever! DEEN asks for the password, then whether you want to encode or decode a file. The select the name of the input file, and the drive where it is, and the name of the output file, and the drive where it is, and off it goes... => ____________________________________________________ Let's say you had a Christmas Gift file, called GIFT.TXT and it was on a disk in drive 0. You want to secure it, so run DEEN, and choose a password. (Please don't forget it!). Let's go with "Merry Christmas!". So you type that it, select E to encode the file, type GIFT.TXT as the input file from drive 0, and say, SECRET.TXT as the output file (encoded file), and save it to drive 0. DEEN will encode that file. To decode it, you need the same password, and the input file will be the name of the coded file, and the output file will be the decoded file. HOW SECURE IS IT REALLY? Quite! The password when you decode must match the original EXACTLY or it won't be readable. => ____________________________________________________ If you REALLY want protection, take the encoded file and encode it a second time with a different password! Do it three times if you want! Make sure you remember all three passwords! When you decode a file that has been encoded say, three times, it is NOT necessary to use the passwords in the reverse order! What that means is if your original passwords were: Hello! How Are You? and CFDM Rules! You could pick any of them as the first to decode, then pick another, then the last. The order is NOT important when you decode. Not to confuse anyone, but I guess you could take a file, encode it with one password, decode it with another and reencode it with yet another. Just do the exact opposite to get the original back!!!! =* |
MOVE-IT When I was about 10, my father brought home a puzzle
consisting of square and rectangular wooden blocks
in a shallow cardboard box. You were supposed to
slide the blocks around from a starting arrangement
to a final designated position. My brother and I
spent hours moving the blocks around, even after we
knew the solution - so much so that many, many years
later, I could still recall the sequence of moves.
About 8 years ago, I found a book on puzzles which
said that such "sliding block" puzzles were very
popular in the 1930's. I thought it would be a
challenge to program it for the CoCo 1,2, so I did.
It was only recently that I decided to redo it for
the CoCo 3 and CFDM. This is the end result.
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The game is menu-driven, and instructions are at the
beginning. It includes some unusual animation tech-
niques by the use of string manipulation - I did not
change these when I upgraded. I did, however, make
use of the BOLD font in HPRINT FONT EDITOR. It
really does a great job on HSCREEN2. Thanks, Rick.
If you suffer digital distress or joystick jerk from
arcade-type games which seem to require superhuman
speed, you'll find this a change of pace. When you
solve the puzzle in more than the minimum number of
moves, you'll hear the opening bars from Beethoven's
Fifth Symphony (the familiar V for Victory). You are
told what the minimum number of moves is (you'll
have to get to this point to find out) and chal-
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When you solve the puzzle in the minimum number of
moves, you are rewarded with the theme of the Ode to
Joy from Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. How's that for
a touch of class?
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MUSICA /MUS FILE FIXER:"FIX
MUS" Those of you who have been using the program that I
wrote for playing MUSICA files (PLAY-MUS), may have
noticed that some files play past the end, thus
'playing' garbage. I became frustrated by this
occurrence, and decided to look into it. After
examining the files, I noticed that all files which
played correctly ended with a 255 code, followed by
nine zeroes. The files that did not play correctly
(those that played past the end) did not have this
termination code, or end of file delimeter.
Now that I knew the problem, I set about developing
a program that would correct it. The result is on
this diskette as "FIX MUS/BAS". This program will
examine all files on a disk that have a /MUS
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end of file code, it is corrected and is then
written back to disk. The program is self-
explanatory, so little is required here as to how to
operate it, other than: RUN "FIX MUS" <ENTER>.
"FIX MUS" serves it's purpose well. I hope that it
is well received by those who are experiencing the
frustration of the /MUS files playing past the end.
This program should put a stop to that. :-)
Until next time: Robert Allen Turner
RT 3 Box 458
PO Box 396
Double Springs, AL 35553-0396
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Murder at CFDM
Rick has been killed! (Sorry, Rick) And it is up to
you to find out who did it (DUNNIT). The program is
called MURDER.BAS, and requires the files called
NIBLOADR.BIN, PIECEPPR.NIB, and TITLE.NIB to run.
The program is a text-type game in which you type in
commands like GET KEY, or EAT FOOD. The computer
will follow the command. If you type HELP, you can
see a list of all commands available, but here's a
few to get you curious: U, D, N, S, E, W, GET, DROP,
EXAMINE, LOOK, INVENTORY, and HELP. You wander
through Rick's house, diligently gathering clues.
Pretty much everything you can GET is a clue, so
remember to EXAMINE everything. I apologize to the
person I picked to be the perpetrator. I won't say
who he or she is, in case he or she decides to play
the game. Best wishes, amateur detective. =>
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If you break and list the program, you still won't
find the name of the bad guy, so don't think you are
real clever by doing that!!!
Basically, the rooms, descriptions, and directions
available are stored in strings, along with the
objects and their descriptions. The PARSER, or
routine that translates what you type, is VERY basic
allowing only two words (verb and noun) and occasion
ally three (GET SMALL KEY) (verb abjective noun).
The commands are interpreted and sent off to various
subroutines that do each command (see REM statements
for routine names) and various conditions are
checked to see if you can actually do what you tell
it to do. ie: EAT KEY produces a 'don't understand'
message.
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interesting. TITLE.NIB is the title screen, and
PIECEPPR.NIB is a picture of the paper that is one
of the clues. If you have the correct piece of
paper, type EXAMINE PAPER and you can view the NIB
file.
I deliberately kept the two NIB files as SIMPLE as
possible so that each one only occupies 1 gran. I
figured that 2 1-gran files would be worth the space
to jazz it up a little! If you don't have, or don't
want to see the NIB files, there is a variable near
the beginning of the program that will switch off
all NIB functions. List the first several lines and
you will see the REM statements about it.
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(MURDER.BAS is on side 1 of the Bonus Disk.)
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PATTERNS/BAS A GAME OF SKILL. PATTERNS/BAS is a game of skill in which you will
have to complete a pattern that is displayed on the
screen. There are three levels of play. Level 1, for
K - 6, level 2, grades 7 - 12 while level three is
strictly for intellectuals like yourself.
DATAGEN/BAS is a program imbedded in PATTERNS/BAS
that will let you GENerate your own patterns or DATA
On the flipside of the disk you will find:.....
1. PATTERNS/BAS [ RUN ] THE PROGRAM ITSELF.
2. PATTERNS/DOC [ --- ] THE INSTRUCTIONS.
3. PRINTME/BAS [ RUN ] PRINTS OUT THE DOC.
SET PRINTER FOR 12 CPI.
4. DATA1/DAT [ --- ]
5. DATA2/DAT [ --- ] DATE FOR LEVELS 1,2 & 3.
6. DATA3/DAT [ --- ]
HAVE FUN. !!! GEORGE ..... *>
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Video"U"Dig 3 Video"U"Dig3 (VUD3) was originally designed to work
with the Computize Video Digitizer and still does.
However, this program can also be used as a Pmode4
picture manipulator and (512K only) animator. The
accompanying VUDT/DAT creates the documentation when
printed out. If by chance you have this particular
digitizer, please give me a call. While a Multi-Pak
is required for the video digitizer to work, you
will not need one if you have no digitizer. Please
copy the following programs to a newly formatted
disk:
VUD3.BAS - main program
COMB.BIN - ML subroutine
TTL .BIN - Title screen
SP .BAS - Printer driver
PP .BIN - Printer driver =>
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BP .BIN - Printer driver
CUR.BIN - Cursor.
If you need further assistance with this program,
call or write to:
Walter Bayer
Coless Computer Design
1917 Madera St. #8
Waukesha, WI 53186
(414) 549-0750
Have Fun =*
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MUSIC3+ If I were asked to list the all-time top programs
for the CoCo, I would certainly include "MUSIC3+"
by George Quellhorst, a prolific programmer and
regular contributor to CFDM. This is a program
which everyone should have in his or her software
library. It is "the" music program for the CoCo 3.
Even for people who are not specifically interested
in using their CoCo's for transcribing music, I say,
you should still have this program because it is
truly a "classic". Maybe, you'll pass your CoCo
system on to someone else one day (perhaps a young
person who is just getting started). For that rea-
son alone, you should have a copy of "MUSIC3+" for
your system.
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"MUSIC3+" is actually an updated version of "MUSIC+"
for the CoCo 3. Using the CoCo3 Hi-res graphics dis-
play makes the program extremely user-friendly.
One of the really nice features of this program is
that once a piece of music has been transcribed and
saved as a file on disk, the music can be played by
simply LOADMing and EXECing this file without having
to use the "MUSIC3+" parent program! The music
files which appear in CFDM were created with this
program.
The program appeared in the April, 1991 issue of The
RAINBOW and unfortunately RAINBOW still retains the
copyright. So, in order to get a legal copy, you'll
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have to order a back issue of the magazine and, if
you want to avoid keying the program in, a copy of
this RAINBOW on disk. But that's not really bad be-
cause they are only $2 each plus S&H. I think it's
a total of only $8 while they last!
So, if you don't already have a copy of this impor-
tant program, I strongly urge you to get a copy.
Maybe, we can even encourage more music submissions
to CFDM! The music submissions are one of the
things I really enjoy about CFDM and one of the
things which make CFDM special.
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Ultimaterm V4.0 If you are looking for a flexible, no hassel, easy to use terminal program for your CoCo 3, you might consider Ultimaterm Version 4.0. On a 512 K CoCo 3, Ultimaterm features a Ramdisk, large buffer (280,000+ bytes), user programable function keys. If you have double sided drives, Ultimaterm allows you to use both sides. File transfer can be done using X modem, Y modem, or ASCII. File transfers can be made to or from the Ramdisk, buffer, or floppy disk. Ultimaterm can be used with either the CoCo 3's built in serial I/O port or RS-232 Pak for communi- cating. Baud rates up to 2400 for serial port and up to 19200 are available when using an RS-232 Pak. Baud rates up to 19200 are available for printing to a printer. ==> ____________________________________________________ Ultimaterm has a built in dialing directory that will dial a smart modem and set the terminal param- eters automatically for your favorite BBS. There are several menu boxes that can be displayed just by pressing ALT plus a single letter. Every- thing from system setup to displaying the buffer can be acheived with just a couple of keystrokes. Modules for both a software clock and a hardware clock are provided. The clock is displayed in the upper right corner of the screen at all times. The 80 column screen is used at all times and can be displayed either in color or in black & white. Downloaded files can be saved as ASCII, Tokenized BASIC, ASCII BASIC, Machine Language, or Word processor files. If you save a file under the wrong format, (ASCII BASIC saved as Tokenized BASIC) ==> ____________________________________________________ you can load the file into the buffer then resave the file in the proper format. This can be done either online or offline. The instruction manual for Ultimaterm is supplied as a text file on the disk. I have tried many different terminal programs, both public domain and commercial. Of all, I found Ultimaterm to be the easiest, most flexible and versatile of them all. After the initial setup, the program is almost maintenance free. I have been using Ultimaterm for over nine months now when accesing DELPHI and transfering files with direct connection to an ibm at work with no problems. Ultimaterm V.4.0 was developed by Ken Johnston and released as FREEWARE. (Version 4.1 for ADOS) ==* |
Disk Drive Fixing A friend of mine owns two CoCo disk controllers, and neither work. One gives and I/O error, the other will move around on your disk and wipe out sections of it. (Not very desirable) Apart from going to the Shack to get them fixed, is there anyone out there in CFDMland that can help out or make suggestions. I would be willing to even sacrifice one to fix the other, but I have NO idea where to start! -Stuart p.s. I also own a Magnavox 8cm515 monitor, and the video just died the other day. No picture, and the high whine sounds different (Flyback transformer?)=* |
IBM PICTURES I bought #87 5.25" disk from T&D SOFTWARE which states-"view IBM pictures on your COCO with this graphic utility". I have seen many programs now available in drug stores, called "SOFTWARE USA IBM COMPATIBLE". One in particular is called "COOPER PCX GRAPHICS (1714-1716) (3 DISKS) - a collection of approximately 800 clip-art images in the PCX format". Any suggestions will be appreciated. HAROLD J. MOENICH 715 GREENLEAF DRIVE MONROEVILLE, PA 15146-1133 (412) 373-1309 =* |
Need DS-69B Software! When I purchased my DS-69B Digitizer at the PNW CoCoFEST 3, the application software included the older DS-69/DS-69A software. This older set excluded some very important features needed for the DS-69B model. The CONFIG program listed in the manual asked for which CoCo model. There is no such feature in my CONFIG program. Another feature listed in the manual is CoCo 3 only "16 LEVEL" MENU. It's not there. So I'm pretty sure that I don't have the right software yet. Can any Friend out there help? I need this software. Raymond Berney (509) 826-1435 Star Route 68 Box 880 Okanogan, WA 98840-9704 =* |
PRINTER PROBLEMS I'm having problems with several programs I have.
Namely "ULTRA LACE" by H. Allen Curtis, "TANDY HOME
PUBLISHER" and "SIMPLY BETTER".
I cannot use the full width of my monitor screen
when using these programs. I can only use the left
3/4 of the screen when printing. What is on the
right 1/4 of the screen is either not printed or
is printed on the left hand side of the page as if
I had hit the ENTER key at the 3/4 mark on the
screen. I cannot print "What you see is what you
get".
My system consists of a CoCo3, CM-8 MONITOR,
FD-502 disk drive and a DMP-107 printer with BLUE
STREAK serial to parallel converter.
Can someone out there in CFDM CoCo Land please
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help me?
Thanks.
John W. Anderson
1709 W. Union St.
Lancaster, Ohio 43130
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TO: MICHAEL LEWIS In issue #18 of CFDM, Michael Lewis asked how the
Hand Scanner project was going. Unfortunately, not
too well, mainly due to lack of time. It can be
done, though, and I won't mind if someone else beats
me to the punch. Also, I have heard rumours, via a
couple of newsletters, that Chris Burke of Burke &
Burke had been working on such a project. According
to these articles, the Hand Scanner would be inter-
faced via the Burke & Burke CoCo XT interface, which
was developed to allow the use of IBM Hard Drive
cards with the CoCo. It may be worth checking with
Burke & Burke on this.
Jim Mills had written to me and asked if a CD ROM
drive might be interfaced via such a scheme. I have
no doubt that it could, and under OS-9, it should =>
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be possible to access the data on the CD ROM discs.
OS-9 makes it possible to interface just about any-
thing to the good ole' Color Computer.
That's all for now. I will keep everyone informed
of my attempts at this, via CFDM. Does anyone happen
to have a good Schematic Drafting program for the
CoCo? CoCoPro! advertised one for $10 shortly before
their demise, and I should be kicked (ouch!) for not
ordering it then. I think they said it was by DISTO.
Robert Allen Turner, PO BOX 396, Double Springs,
Alabama 35553-0396.
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WANTED-COCO books and software As Dale would say: E G A D ! If any of you have tried calling any of the ads. in Rainbow, most lead to disconnected numbers!!! Here is a list of things that I am very interested in acquiring. I know that other friends have often asked for things, and then had a zillion people who have kindly offered to help. Maybe that many people can help this die-hard coco-nut out: THINGS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO GET MY HANDS ON... 1. CoCo 3 technical manual 2. CoCo 3 service manual 3. CoCo-C compiler (advertised in RAINBOW several years ago) 4. ML-BASIC 2.0 Basic compiler THANKS!!-*) |
WHAT'S THE FORMAT FOR......? Pete Blackwell writes and asks how to make program
submissions.
The instructions are in CFDM's documentation, but
here's a brief overview of the process.
First, make a copy of the SUBMISSION DISK TEMPLATE
which you'll find on the back side of the BONUS DISK
which came with issue #8. (If you don't have that
disk, just send me a post card and I'll send you one
ASAP.)
Second, copy any programs or graphics to the copy of
the SUBMISSION DISK TEMPLATE that you just made.
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Third, RUN "C.BAS" on the disk and enter the section
where your submission(s) will go.
Fourth, Enter the ENTRY WRITER the that section.
THEN: -Type in your name and press BREAK.
-Type in your article's name and press BREAK.
-Press shift/zero to get lowercase letters.
-Type in your entry.
-Press CTRL, followed by 2 or 3 to get to the
appropriate page if your entry is larger
than one page.
-Place the => sign at the bottom of all pages
except the last. On the last page type =*.
-When finished press BREAK and choose SAVE at
the menu.
Your submission disk is now complete, so mail =>
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it to RICK'S COMPUTER ENTERPRISE and I'll try to get
it into CFDM as soon as possible.
There are a few other features of the ENTRY WRITER
that I haven't covered. You can press the CLEAR key
to choose the color of your text. You can use the
F1 key to delete the character after the cursor. You
can use the F2 key to insert one character at the
cursor.
ENTRY WRITER is admittedly a crude word processor...
but it serves it's purpose very well. After a little
practice, you will find it's not that hard to use!
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