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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 (i31) CONTENTS...PART 2 (i31) PROGRAM DIRECTORY (i 31) 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 (i31)
2 CONTENTS...PART 2 (i31)
3 PROGRAM DIRECTORY (i31)
4 THIS MONTH'S COVER
ACTIVE COCO (2)
1 ATLANTA COCOFEST V
2 COCO COLORING BOOK PROJECT
ADVERTISEMENTS (7)
1 CFDM SUBSCRIPTION =>
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2 COCO-ACCOUNTANT 3
3 FD-500 PART WANTED
4 KYUM-GAI...OS9 VERSION
5 THE COCO REGISTRY
6 TWO MORE POINTS FOR HARDCOPY
7 The "UPGRADE" Disk Magazine
ARTICLES OF THE MONTH (3)
1 GODFREY AND MURIEL MAKE IT 5!
2 JOHN DANIELS COMES FOR A VISIT
3 PHONE FEST 3
COCO FRIENDS ART GALLERY (5)
1 BREAKING WAVES
2 COTTAGE
3 HUNT AND PECK by Ben Walker <g> =>
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4 SATURN SC-1
5 VIEWING THE CFDM ART GALLERY
FAMILY TREE (3)
1 CHARLES BOULANGER
2 LOGAN BLECKLEY III
3 TERRY STAFFORD
FORUM (5)
1 COMPUTERS & TECHNOLOGY
2 COMPUTERS & TECHNOLOGY PART 2
3 COMPUTERS & TECHNOLOGY PART 3
4 Emulation: the current trend
5 THE COCO3 EMULATOR BOUNTY ESCROW
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FROM THE EDITOR (2)
1 KUDOS <g>
2 THANK GOODNESS IT'S VACATION!!
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR (7)
1 "QUICK AS A FLASH" RESPONSE!
2 ABOUT THAT EMULATOR...
3 ANOTHER FRIEND GONE...
4 I CAN SEEEEEEEEE!
5 Letter to the Editor
6 MY LIBRARY OF INFORMATION
7 THE COCO REGISTRY...
POTPOURRI (2)
1 DIGI-FUN with Godfrey Moll <g>
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PROGRAMS OF THE MONTH (9)
1 ADDTRAIN and CONCOLOR
2 DMP-105/6/7 HSCREEN2 DUMP
3 RANDOM FASCIP
4 RSV** HSCREEN 2 & 4 utility
5 SHERLOCK - DISK UTILITIES
6 SQEZLOAD..CFDM PIX UTILITY
7 SQUIGGLE and wriggle if you like
8 STRINGART 9
9 TRIANGLE - solve right triangles
REVIEWS (2)
1 CoCo II Emulator
2 JUMPIN' JIM'S ART DISK
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1 EMULATOR INSTRUCTIONS...
2 ENTRY WRITER
3 GIF to CM3/NIB conversions
4 HSCREEN2 CONVERTER
5 IN A FOG ABOUT OPERATING SYSTEMS
6 MIND ROLL ANSWER & QUESTIONS
7 QUESTIONS FROM FRIENDS???
8 Reply: To G. Corbin C/O T&D S.W.
9 THEMES FOR CFDM!
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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 are not to be RUN or EXECed!
NAME.........COMMAND..SECTION OR DESCRIPTION
16S DUMP.BAS..RUN...PROGRAMS OF THE MONTH
ADDTRAIN.BAS..RUN...PROGRAMS OF THE MONTH
CONCOLOR.BAS..RUN...PROGRAMS OF THE MONTH
COPY .BAS..RUN...PROGRAMS OF THE MONTH
COTTAGE .BAS..RUN...ART GALLERY
* DOG .CM3........ACTIVE COCO
* FD500DRV.CM3........ADVERTISEMENTS
* HUM .CM3........ACTIVE COCO
* NIBLOADR.BIN........PIX LOADER UTILITY
NIBSAVER.BAS..RUN...ROUTINE FROM SQUIGGLE.BAS
* NIBSAVER.BIN........PIX SAVER UTILITY =>
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NIBSHOW .BAS..RUN...ART GALLERY VIEWER
* QUAIL .CM3........ACTIVE COCO
RSV40 .BIN..LOADM..EXEC..PROGRAMS OF THE MONTH
RSV80 .BIN..LOADM..EXEC..PROGRAMS OF THE MONTH
* SATURN .NIB........ART GALLERY
SHERLOCK.BAS..RUN...PROGRAMS OF THE MONTH
SQEZLOAD.BAS..RUN...PROGRAMS OF THE MONTH
SQUIGGLE.BAS..RUN...PROGRAMS OF THE MONTH
STRING9 .BAS..RUN...PROGRAMS OF THE MONTH
TRIANGLE.RSV..RUN...PROGRAMS OF THE MONTH
* VINCENTE.NIB........POTPOURRI
* WAVES .NIB........ART GALLERY
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Forest in Summer This is a picture taken from a state park
forest in Pennsylvania. It is a nice place to
go on these hot days of summer. It's a place
where it is quiet and cooler and I hope I make
you sense this in this picture. There's not
much to say about how I did the picture because
it's the same process I always use. I hope
this finds you all doing well.
............ Jim Gibbons
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| Articles in section: ACTIVE COCO |
| ATLANTA
COCOFEST V COCO COLORING BOOK PROJECT |
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ATLANTA COCOFEST V ***********************************
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* ANNOUNCING *
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* 5th Annual *
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* Atlanta CoCofest *
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* Holiday Inn, Northlake *
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* October 1 & 2, 1994 *
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SHOW HOURS
Sat. Oct 1 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Sun. Oct 2 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
VENDOR SETUP
Fri. Sept 30 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Sat. Oct 1 8:00 AM - 8:45 AM
ADMISSION $10.00 (Whole Show)
RESERVATIONS:
HOLIDAY INN, NORTHLAKE
(800) 465-4329 or (404) 938-1026
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SPONSORED BY:
ATLANTA COMPUTER SOCIETY
P.O. Box 80694
Atlanta, GA 30366
BBS: (404) 636-2991
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COCO COLORING BOOK PROJECT RICK:
I've completed a SIX page CoCo Coloring Book
based on DESERT WILDLIFE of the Southwest where my
Son Larry and his spouse Carol now operate a B&B in
TAOS, New Mexico called "THE BROOKS STREET INN". Do
you think that we could use this as part of a BONUS
Disk and also have a COLORING CONTEST among our Fri-
ends?
I would be glad to have all of the submissions
sent to me at my WINTER address (Nov 1,1994 till Mar
25,1995) -- I would make disks with coded COPIES of
the pictures to be sent to the JUDGE or JUDGES.
I will also supply the PRIZES to be awarded to
the FIVE best submissions. When we talk on July 2nd
I'll discuss the Prizes and then hopefully plan to
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The nice thing about a CoCo Coloring Book is
that you don't have to stay within the lines -- you
may change the color of the lines or even move them!
You may add your own scenery to the background!
You can practice color mixing as we have been
reading about it in CFDM Issues #23 & #29 by NORM
BARSON!
You can test your abilities at 3-D Graphics as
demonstrated by JIM BENNETT in CFDM Issue #24!
If there is a good response to this First Color
ing Book, I would be glad to create another using a
different subject matter -- with hopefully a little
more color involved. Your Friend Godfrey
SEACHASE CONDO UNIT W303
17351 FRONT BEACH ROAD PANAMA CITY, FL 32413
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RICK: There you have it in a nut shell. THE GREAT
COLORING BOOK CONTEST is now underway! On the back
of this disk you'll find the first 3 of the pictures
to be colored. Next issue, #32, you'll find the last
three. Choose any or all as your submission(s).
Just load the pictures into your CoCo MAX 3 and have
at it. (We've left the pictures in .CM3 format so
you can load directly into CoCo MAX 3.)
Godfrey and Muriel did visit on the 16th and brought
some very nice prizes. A DMP 105 printer (in the box
with docs), a CGP 115 with a box of paper (this is
the miniature color printer), and a CoCo cassette
player with about 50 blank tapes. GREAT PRIZES!
(More details later...) =*
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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!! =* |
COCO-ACCOUNTANT 3 ----------------------------------------------------
STAY ON TOP OF YOUR FINANCES WITH
COCO-ACCOUNTANT 3
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If you're like most of us, keeping track of your
finances is a hassle. But your CoCo 3 can turn you
into a financial wizard if you have CoCo-Accountant3
This full-featured, home and small business
accounting program answers the three big questions
we all have about our money: Where did it come from?
Where did it go? And what can I deduct from my
income tax?
CoCo-Accountant 3 is easy to use and menu-driven.
Just set up a list of accounts and start =>
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entering your transactions. Checks, credit cards,
cash, paycheck information, interest. In any order.
Just toss it in and CoCo-Accountant sorts it out.
Here's what CoCo-Accountant will do:
- List and total transactions by account, for any
month or the whole year.
- List and total transactions by payee or income
source, for any month or the whole year.
- List and total transactions by month, with income,
expense and cash flow summaries.
- Quick year to date account and month summaries.
- Printed spreadsheet showing activity by account
and month for the whole year!
- List and total tax-deductible expenditures and
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- Quick, easy checkbook reconciliation.
CoCo-Accountant 3 will run on any CoCo 3 with a disk
drive. It's last advertised price was $35.95. Thanks
to an arrangement between the author, Mike Himowitz,
and RICK'S COMPUTER ENTERPRISE, you can now get this
wonderful program for only
$15 + $2 s/h
Or, if you presently subscribe to CFDM HARDCOPY or
if you include in your order for CoCo-Accountant 3
an order for subscription to CFDM HARDCOPY, you can
have CoCo-Accountant 3 for only
$10 + $2 s/h =*
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FD-500 PART WANTED
DO YOU HAVE AN OLD, UNUSED FD-500 SINGLE DISK DRIVE?
IF SO, I NEED A PART TO KEEP MINE GOING. I DON'T
KNOW THE NAME OR THE CATALOGUE NUMBER OF THE PART
BUT IT LOOKS AS SHOWN IN THE PICTURE FD500DRV ON
THIS DISK. IT CLAMPS DOWN ON THE DISK AND THE WHEEL
PROVIDES THE ROTATION. MAYBE YOUR LOCAL TANDYMAN MAY
HAVE ONE. IF YOU CAN HELP, PLEASE WRITE TO ME AS
BELOW:
Keiran Kenny
van Montfoortlaan 31
2596 SP The Hague
Holland
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See Keiran's drawing of this needed part by RUNing
the NIBSHOW. Please help if you can!!!! =*
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KYUM-GAI...OS9 VERSION For all those who enjoy OS9, I now have KYUM-GAI the
OS9 version. Here's a few lines from the docs of
this program:
Kyum-Gai: to be Ninja (OS-9 Version) is
the product of the combined efforts of
many talented people in the Color Computer
community. It is a landmark attempt, as
many stated, that it was impossible to
create a fast, well programmed arcade
game under the OS-9 environment. This
product proves them wrong.
Now you can have the OS-9 version of KYUM-GAI for
just $18 + $2 s/h. If you already have purchased
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this version for just $10 + $2 s/h. If you haven't
yet purchased KYUM-GAI, you can get both for just
$28 + $2 s/h.
K K Y Y U U M M GGGGG A IIIII
K K Y Y U U MM MM G G A A I
K K Y Y U U M M M M G A A I
KK Y U U M M M -- G AAAAA I
K K Y U U M M G GGG A A I
K K Y U U M M G G A A I
K K Y UUU M M GGGGG A A IIIII
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THE COCO REGISTRY Here's one project you'll definitely want to be in
on...and one program you won't want to be without!!
I'm talking about The CoCo Registry. At this writing
(July 9th) over 150 have already responded by
filling out and returning their Registry forms (see
the flyer with CFDM issue #29). Their action has
guaranteed their inclusion in the initial issue of
The CoCo Registry. If you haven't returned your
form, please do so. You'll be added to the roll of
registered CoCoists and your record will be in the
second issue (due about December 1st). Please do it
now! This is a very important project and you need
to be included.
The forms I've already received have come from a
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MI&CC, and computer clubs as well as from CFDM
members. As time goes on everyone will want to be
in the database and everyone will want their own
copy.
My plans are to have a collection of advertisements
from any and all CoCo companies on the flip side of
the disk. These will be free ads and surely all
companies will want to be included. One of the most
common comments on the returned forms was "tell me
how to get in touch with...etc."
Check out the enclosed flyer to get an idea of how
the Registry program works. This has been my summer
project and I've very pleased with the results.
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Now here's how to get your copy of The CoCo Registry
and the planned updates.
Send $12 to recieve the initial disk and you'll get
two updated disks at four month intervals. That is
you'll get the initial disk now, then in December
you'll get the first update and in March the third.
Each disk is sure to have a number of additional
names, addresses, etc.
If you prefer, you can send $5 + $2 s/h and just get
the initial disk...but..WHEN you decide to continue
you'll have to pay the $5 + $2 s/h for each update.
Don't hesitate..get your copy of The CoCo Registry
NOW!!!
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TWO MORE POINTS FOR HARDCOPY I've never ceased to proclaim how great our HARDCOPY
version of CFDM is....and now here are two more good
reasons for you to subscribe:
Each issue of HARDCOPY will contain a program
listing of a program that will appear in the
next regular issue of CFDM. As Arthur Hallock
points out, "there's no better way to learn
or hone your programming skills than to type
in a program listing. This is the traditional
way many of us have learned to program our
CoCos." Issue #29 featured Norm Barson's
STRING8.BAS and issue #30 features Arthur
William's COTTAGE.BAS, a graphic program. Both
of these programs demostrate useful techniques
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And reason #2:
With this issue we announced the availability
of one of the GREAT programs for the CoCo 3.
That is Mike Himowitz's CoCo-Accountant 3. This
program was last marketed with a $39.95 price
tag. Now you can get it for only $15 + $2 s/h
OR
Subscribe to HARDCOPY and get a $5 discount.
That's right you can receive this great program
for only $10 + $2 s/h with your subscription to
HARDCOPY.
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HARDCOPY just seems to get better with each issue
and Arthur is continually coming up with little
things that make it even more attractive.
I don't know how anyone can be without this neat
companion to CFDM!
Order today: HARDCOPY, issues #30-41 for only:
$30
(Out of country Friends
please add $6.00)
Then get CoCo-Accountant 3 for only
$10 + $2 s/h =*
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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.
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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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| Articles in section: ARTICLES OF THE MONTH |
| GODFREY
AND MURIEL MAKE IT 5! JOHN DANIELS VISITS CFDM! PHONE FEST 3 |
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GODFREY AND MURIEL MAKE IT 5! That's right, the fifth visit to CFDM took place on
July 16th. Friends Godfrey and Muriel Moll stopped
by for a few enjoyable hours of CoCoing and getting
acquainted.
They came bearing gifts ....and prizes too! Godfrey
had made printouts of his CoCo Coloring Book (see
the Coloring Book Contest in ACTIVE COCO) for my
three girls to enjoy. And there were also some
delicious Macadamian nuts and passion fruit jelly
from their recent trip to Hawaii! YUM! YUM!
A couple of boxes contained the prizes for Godfrey's
Coloring Book Contest. And they are very nice too!
A DMP 105 printer in it's original box (with docs),
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a CoCo cassette player with gobs of blank tapes!
After a little get-acquainted chat, we headed for
the basement to see where CFDM is produced. Muriel
said it reminded her of Terry Laraway's place, full
of good ol' CoCo stuff! Godfrey took a few minutes
to check out the CoCo Registry and then it was time
for lunch.
The Molls and the Coopers went for a delicious pizza
lunch at the local PIZZA HUT. The pizza was great
but it lost out to the conversation with these most
delightful folks!
Back to the house, Donna and Muriel tried to chat
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and I were back at the CoCo. We discussed the
Coloring Book Contest and I nearly had time to
demonstrate how to place a "SQUEEZE" picture inside
the magazine before it was time to say goodbye.
May God richly bless you, Godfrey and Muriel! We
really enjoyed your visit!!
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JOHN DANIELS VISITS CFDM! On July 8th the Cooper family received it's fourth
visitor from a CFDM Friend. John Daniels stopped by
on his way to Lexington for a visit with us. John
lives in Cleveland, Tennessee and made the trip up
Highway 127 in about four hours.
After catching his arrival on video tape, John and I
headed down to headquarters to check out the new
CoCo Registry. We soon took a break and sat down
with Donna and the girls for a "Big Foot" pizza.
(Everyone knew John because he had given us a guided
tour of the big Tennessee Aquarium last summer.)
Back downstairs we went for the rest of the evening.
I thought John might be interested in seeing how I
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This process takes about 30 minutes. First the
picture must be centered. The background color is
then painted in. Finally the "header", caption, and
borders are placed. After finishing with the cover,
I copy Jim's magazine entry to the master disk.
Then John showed me his German-English program. He's
preparing this educational drill and practice for
inclusion in a future CFDM. It's a neat program
with four German characters added to the character
set. We're looking forward to this program in the
near future!
About 6:30 we retired to the porch and chatted for
awhile. I showed John a new project I'm working on
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it is right now, but I hope you'll be interested if
and when it's completed!
About seven o'clock we bade John a fond farewell.
Thanks for coming John, it was really GREAT seeing
you again and having you in our home! See you in
Atlanta in October.
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PHONE FEST 3 On July 2nd, nineteen Friends participated in our
third phone fest. Calls came from all over the
country and one big surprise call came from across
the Atlantic! We've had participants from Canada
but Ray Smith, Great Britain, was the first from
"across a big pond"! Ray phoned at about midnight
his time, to buy Unbelievable #1 and Graf Express.
He also placed an auction bid. (Sorry you didn't get
the package Ray!)
Here's a list of those "attending" the fest: Ron
McCauley, A G Boos, Godfrey Moll, Charlie Round,
Rafael Ortiz, Henry Kszepka, Larry Bryant, Terry
Simons, Don Good, John Daniels, Ralph Fehringer,
Terry Stafford, Chuck Cohen, Leroy Rafalski, Larry
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and Laura Boyce. The five auction packages went to
Ron McCauley, Laura Boyce, Henry Kszepka, Larry
Bryant, and Rafael Ortiz. Also a Ray Berney Patch.
The TANDY Modem Phone, our second door prize, was
won by CHARLIE ROUND of Erie, Michigan. Charlie also
receives a Ray Berney Patch. The $100 Grand prize
went to Henry Kszepka of Wilbraham, Mass. Henry also
received a patch. Brian O'Hagan won MI&CC's pen set.
Congratulations to all who participated!!
PHONE FEST 4 will be coming up in November. I think
we'll try a new angle this time. Instead of door
prizes, we'll make everyone a winner..and just in
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I've recently purchased two systems with loads of
great software..so..we'll try to have about 20-25
auction packages. Here's the "hook", whoever gets
the high bid on EACH package, will in addition to
the package receive a coupon worth 50% of their bid.
This coupon can be used towards the purchase of any
of my products. So, if you've been wanting one of
my UNBELIEVABLES, some flippies, a subscription of
HARDCOPY, or even CFDM, you can use your coupon
towards any of those items.....
and just in time for
CHRISTMAS!!
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| Articles in section: COCO FRIENDS ART GALLERY |
| BREAKING
WAVES COTTAGE HUNT AND PECK by Ben Walker <g> SATURN SC-1 VIEWING THE CFDM ART GALLERY |
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BREAKING WAVES
I didn't have any ideas this month for a picture,
so I tried doing a composite of various ocean scenes
I recalled seeing in art programs on public TV. Once
I got into it, I developed more enthusiasm. Select
WAVES in NIBSHOW. This one took about 11 hours to
complete. For the most part, it was drawn, pixel by
pixel and used no patterns.
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COTTAGE Here's another entertaining graphic from our Friend
downunder, Arthur Williams. Run "COTTAGE".
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SATURN SC-1
By now, most of you have probably seen ads on t.v.
for the Saturn make of cars. Well, I just bought
one and I am very happy with it. I decided to
draw a quick picture of it, to share it with you.
This Saturday, my dealer is having a barbecue with
chicken and ribs, and country music. Wow! I think
I will at least stop by for a short time.
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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
BOULANGER LOGAN BLECKLEY III TERRY STAFFORD |
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FAMILY TREE Born and raised in Lynn, Massachusetts the home
of the first American jet engine. I am 52 years old
and bought a used COCO1 in 1982. My occupation is a
machinist for GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY here in Lynn
manufacturing the latest in jet engine technology.
Writing my own programs and running others has
been a hobby for me and also helpful on the job for
keeping up with the hi-tech new world of production.
CFDM has brought a renewal of interest for me in the
COCO.
My favorite programs are COCO MAX III, MAX 10
and SIMPLY BETTER. That has recently created a prob-
lem for me since for the first two I need the hi-res
joystick interface. My TANDY interface now only
works in the horizontal. Does anyone have any ideas
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interface. A TANDY or any other brand will do.
Please help. Life is less fun without these fine
products from COLORWARE.
Charles Boulanger
62 Springvale Ave.
Lynn, Ma 01904
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LOGAN BLECKLEY III From 6 or 7 generations of Georgians am I sprung. I attended Marist High School (I am not a Catholic) and 3 years at Georgia Tech (I am not an engineer). My career was spent in commercial art, illustrator, and fine arts as a watercolorist. (My graphics, you can't see, are direct object d'art.) My first computer was the 20k Tandy MC-10 which fortunately was supported by MCUG (MC user's group) with a monthly newsletter in which my first programs saw light of day. It was a great "mighty mite" and key-strokes produced BASIC commands on the screen. I missed that when I graduated to the CoCo3. My best program with the MC was a long graphic drawing of a steam locomotive. When it was drawn, you hit SPACE to see wheels turn and smoke, and the headlight. =* |
Family Tree Hello from Elora Tennessee.
If you look on a map you probably will not see
Elora but we are just above the Alabama line , about
20 miles N.E. of Huntsville Al. about 22 miles S.W.
of Winchester Tn. and about 20 miles S.E of
Fayetteville Tn.
I am 39 years old, married for 19 years to Kathy
and have three daughters Teresa 16 , Angela 12, and
Rebecca 8. I am an electronic technician for a small
heart monitor company. We build heart monitors out
of IBM compatible computers. I get quite a bit of
hasseling about my CoCo. The guys at work say why
don't you get a real computer. The fact is, my CoCo
does all I need so why should I get a more expensive
system that I don't know how to use. I have =>
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a 512K Coco III, two ds 40trk disk drives, a CM-8
monitor, a Star NX-1001 printer. I also have a
CoCo II with 32k and a CM-81 tape recorder.
I use the VIP-Library for my word processor,
COLOR MAX III for my drawing entertainment, of which
I am a beginner and Computer Villa's HOME-PAC to
keep the check book straight.
This is my first subscription to CFDM and I have
read and re-read every issue. I only wish I had
started with the first ad I saw in the RAINBOW. I
have been a member of the MID IOWA AND COUNTRY COCO
for two years and after seeing ads in the UPGRADE,
and listning to the advise of Terry Simons I finally
subscribed. With what I have seen and heard of these
two (and Rick and Terry), I am proud to be =>
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associated with them and I think they will be around
for a long time. In the meanwhile if I can be of any
help to anyone my address is :
Terry Stafford
107 John Hunter Hwy.
Elora Tn. 37328
615-937-6196
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| Articles in section: FORUM |
| COMPUTERS
& TECHNOLOGY COMPUTERS & TECHNOLOGY PART 2 COMPUTERS & TECHNOLOGY PART 3 Emulation: the current trend THE COCO3 EMULATOR BOUNTY ESCROW |
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COMPUTERS & TECHNOLOGY Norm Barson: Michael Himowitz writes a regular
column on Computers & Technology. This one appeared
in the Newark Star Ledger on Sunday May 15, 1994.
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IF YOU'RE HAPPY AND YOU KNOW IT, DON'T BE AFRAID TO
KEEP YOUR MACHINE.
Columnists the world over like to pontificate on
the happenings of whatever industry or endeavor they
cover. Just in case their readers happened to miss
the previous columns.
I admit I'm prone to this affliction. Last January
is a bit special because it marks an anniversary of
sorts. About this time, 10 years ago, I bought my
first computer.
I had no idea what I was getting into at the time.
I didn't know anything about computers. My one =>
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and only experience had occurred back in 1968 when I
dropped out of a non-credit college Fortran course.
It seems that after two weeks of sweat and a couple
hundred mangled punch cards, I couldn't write a pro-
gram to make that old mainframe calculate the length
of the hypotenuse of a right triangle. Come to think
of it, I couldn't figure out why anyone would want
to make a computer do that in the first place.
Years later, when the microcomputer revolution was
getting underway, I tried again. This time I had
reason for using a computer. I wanted to be able to
write stories at home late at night and send them in
to the newspaper -- avoiding a long commute to the
office.
So I walked into a Radio Shack, chatted with a
salesman who seemed only slightly less befuddled =>
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than I was and evenually exchanged $800 for a TRS-80
Color Computer and a 300-baud modem.
By today's standards, it wasn't much. The Color
Computer had 16K of memory and no monitor (I hooked
it up to an old TV set). No disk drive, either. I
stored my deathless prose on a cassette recorder.
The word processor came in a game cartridge that
plugged into the side of the machine. It only dis-
played 32 characters across the screen -- all capi-
tal letters. I had to enlist a local computer genius
to tweak the program and fool it into "printing" my
story over the modem.
As crude as that computer was, it was magic to me.
It freed me from the artificial constraints of the
office and, for a fairly small outlay, gave me
See Part 2 =*
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COMPUTERS & TECHNOLOGY PART
2 pretty much the same word processing capability
that my company had spent a couple of million dol-
lars to buy. Working long hours, particularly at
night wasn't so bad any more. I saw a lot more of my
family.
Over the years, things have changed a lot. And
they haven't.
I admit that I developed a nasty computer habit --
they're as addictive as cocaine and possibly more
insidious because the only symptoms of the disease
are bleary eyes, a strange vocabulary and a depleted
bank account. I started writing programs because it
was fun and eventually got proficient enough to
write commercial-quality software. Which was good,
because I needed some way to support an insatiable
appetite for new processors, disk drives, =>
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printers, monitors, modems, scanners and other para-
phernalia.
The Color Computers (eventually I bought three)
were packed in their boxes long ago. They're in a
corner of the basement now. I'm not sure why I keep
them around, other than sentimentality.
I'm writing this column on an 80486DX/33 computer
with eight megabytes of memory, 800 megabytes of
hard disk capacity, a CD-ROM drive, a 14,400-baud
modem and a high-resolution color monitor. It was
the state of the art when I bought it two years ago.
It still has plenty of muscle.
Unlike my original word processor, the software I
use now will display both capital and lower case
letters. In fact, it will display them in 100 dif-
ferent fonts, in a zillion different sizes, in =>
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boldface, italics, superscript and subscript --
right side up, upside down or slanted at improbable
angles.
It will create charts, graphs, tables, drawings,
and footnotes. It will find a synonym in a thesaurus
if I get stuck, check my spelling, and even give my
style and grammar a once-over.
With the little notebook computer on the table
across the room, it will let me do the same thing on
an airplane, if I can ever learn to concentrate on
using it instead of worrying about crashing.
But with all this technology at my fingertips, I'm
still here, pounding a keyboard late at night, try-
ing to meet a morning deadline.
If I were still flogging away at that old Color
See Part 3 =*
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COMPUTERS & TECHNOLOGY PART
3 Computer, the result wouldn't be much different. The
quantum improvement in my lifestyle that the compu-
ter made possible -- the ability to work at home --
occurred 10 years ago.
This is one of the reasons so many computer users
are still happily pecking away at old, "obsolete"
machines. They bought their computers for a specific
purpose and know how to make those computers work.
They're comfortable with the software.
It's something that people in my line of business
often forget in our frenzy to write about the newest
and flashiest technology.
Computers are useful because they make your life
easier or make your business more productive. If you
hired a computer to do something, and it still does
what you hired it to do, it isn't obsolete. =>
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As long as you can get it fixed when it breaks, and
the sofware that it's capable of running will help
you in your chores, it's a good machine.
Likewise, if you're considering a new computer,
or you've just bought one, don't worry that it will
be obsolete next year. There will always be some-
thing newer, faster and more powerful on the market.
But your computer will continue to do what it does
now. No matter what you read here or anyplace else,
if you're happy with your machine, it's a great
computer.
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Norm: I hope Rick will excuse this article running
on to 3 parts, but I feel it will ring a bell with
all of us.
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RICK: Norm I can't begin to thank you for finding
and submitting this article. In itself it is a
wonderful submission..and..it has led to:
1) Meeting Mike Himowitz;
2) Getting some nationwide coverage;
3) Reclaiming a great piece of CoCo
Software for the community.
So, THANKS to both Norm and Mike!!
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Emulation: the current trend If you check out the computer market these days you will find not just one main operating system, but many. IBM has PC DOS 6.3, Microsoft has MS-DOS 6.21 and Novell has DOS 7. Add to that Microsoft Windows, the Apple operating system and OS/2. A new version of MS Windows (dubbed the Chicago Project) is prom- ised by the end of '94 which will not use MS-DOS but have it's own operating system. Perhaps the latest buzz is the PowerPC which is again a new system de- signed by the combined efforts of Apple, IBM and Motorola which won the "Most Promising Newcomer" award. So what's the point? As a CoCo owner we no longer have the only unique operating system, to be different in the computer world is O.K, to be "uncompatible" is acceptable nowadays. So what makes these various systems successful and => ____________________________________________________ accepted by consumers? Enter emulation software. And enter the CoCo II Emulator. I believe this could be very positive for CoCo owners. For myself personally I benefit by gaining a "second CoCo sys- tem" without the investment of hard to find parts. For those CoCo owners with friends who do not have CoCo's, giving them the CoCo Emulator would give you common ground to share programs and data. Who knows they might even become interested in the easy to learn CoCo enviroment and invest in a real CoCo. Of course the obvious cannot be over stated; the number of CoCo II only owners who could benefit from the CoCo II Emulator are very few. WE NEED A COCO III EMULATOR!!! For this reason I for one am => ____________________________________________________ putting my money where my mouth is. Here is my donation of $35 (that's $50 Canadian). =* |
THE COCO3 EMULATOR BOUNTY ESCROW As I wrote a couple of months ago, I feel the
possibility of a CoCo 3 emulator for the PC is THE
brightest hope of the CoCo community. IT IS A REAL
OPPORTUNITY THAT WE MUST NOT LET GET AWAY!
I announced in that issue that we would begin a fund
with the objective of sending a message to Jeff
Vavasour that we are intensely interested in this
product. After $1000 is raised, I will communicate
to Jeff that the fund will be sent to him as soon as
a working prototype is sent to us. If this fund is
not claimed within one year of it's announcement,
the contributions will be returned to those who have
made those donations.
I also stated that I would keep you apprised of =>
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how the fund was growing. Here's a list of the
contributors, their contributions, and the total at
this time.
donation total
Rick Cooper $100.00 $100.00
Robert Russell 5.00 105.00
Rolland & Dorothy Funk 10.00 115.00
Godfrey Moll 30.00 145.00
Henry Kszepka 5.00 150.00
Don Good 30.00 180.00
Phone Fest 3 commissions 65.00 245.00
Larry Bryant 5.00 250.00
Perry Friesen 35.00 285.00
Total >>>>>>>>>>> $285.00
As you can see we have a way to go, but we have =>
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already made a great start. If each CFDM Friend
donated $5, we'd be well over the $1000 goal. Any
and all donations will be greatly appreciated and
I'm sure we will all feel we've done what we could
to make this opportunity a reality!
Nearly 50 Friends have ordered the CoCo 2 Emulator.
Many do not have a PC but are planning to seek out
friends, who do own PCs, so that they can see what
it's all about.
Please get involved with your donation, your letter
of encouragement to Jeff Vavasour, or both. If we
work together, WE CAN MAKE THIS HAPPEN!!
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| Articles in section: FROM THE EDITOR |
| KUDOS
<g> THANK GOODNESS IT'S VACATION!! |
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|
<< ATLANTA COMPUTER SOCIETY >> << JOHN BARBER >> << NORM BARSON >> << JIM BENNETT >> << LOGAN BLECKLEY III >> << A.G. BOOS >> << CHARLES BOULANGER >> << CLARENCE BOWERS >> << JEFF CHO >> << JOHN DANIELS >> << ALAN DOHERTY >> << BUD FELGER >> << PERRY FREISEN >> << JIM GIBBONS >> << MIKE HIMOWITZ >> << THOMAS HUBER >> << GEORGE JURECKA >> << KEIRAN KENNY >> << JIM MCNEILL >> << JIM MILLS >> << GODFREY & MURIEL MOLL >> << GILBERTO LUIS MUSA >> << L.E. PADGETT >> << BOB RUSSELL >> << ROGER SEVERS >> << TERRY SIMONS >> << DOROTHY SPENCER >> << TERRY STAFFORD >> << KENNEY TREVINO >> << BEN WALKER >> << SALLY WARDLOW >> << ARTHUR WILLIAMS >> << DAN WILLIAMSON >> << EDWARD WOLAK >> << STUART WYSS-GALLIFENT >> |
THANK GOODNESS IT'S VACATION!! I can't help but smile just a little...Recently I've
received a number of letters that encouraged me to
have a nice summer vacation. Well, it is "summer
vacation" from school but I've been so busy with the
CoCo Registry, Phone Fest 3, CFDM, and getting the
school clean, that I really haven't had that much
free time. It may be a little more restful after
school finally starts. (It has to be!)
But I've enjoyed all the action this summer. The
CoCo Registry has been a real experience. In the
last four weeks, I've received over 180 letters with
forms enclosed, from those wanting to be included!
Many wanted to know about such and such a company or
how to get information about them. This brought on
the idea of adding an collection of ads on =>
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the flip-side of the disk. I then drew up a picture
of the Registry and an informational sheet to send
out to over 50 CoCo companies and individuals having
products to sell. The ads will be provided FREE to
all who will send me their ad. I refrained from
saying in my memo that this offer of a FREE ad is
actually an "apathy check" for those receiving the
offer. If CoCo companies don't accept free ads.....
"somebodies in trouble"! Well here's hoping!
In addition to all the work there were some real
pleasantries. The visit from John Daniels and then
Godfrey and Muriel Moll were most enjoyable. It is
always GREAT to meet with a CoCo Friend!
This disk is almost full. I've taken quite abit =>
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of magazine space to get in the graphics. Sometimes
this happens when Jim's cover picture is complex and
doesn't NIB well.
Until next month...HAVE A GREAT SUMMER!!
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Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me
with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield:
but I come to thee in the name of the Lord of hosts,
the God of the armies of Israel, who thou has
defied. - I Samuel 17:45
So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling
and with a stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew
him; but there was no sword in the hand of David.
- I Samuel 17:50 =*
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"QUICK AS A FLASH"
RESPONSE! Here's a letter Jim sent to Norm Barson after Norm
had sent an answer to a question that Jim knew had
not even been published yet! Norm is one of the
editors of CFDM and receives his copy about three
weeks early so he can help avoid sending out a bad
issue! - Rick
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Dear Norm,
I've often heard of "quick as a flash", but getting
an answer before a question is published establishes
some sort of record. I'll have to let Rick know
what a responsive thing he has going there!
I was really perplexed at first, yours being June 3
and I knew I wasn't due #29 until the 15th of =>
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the month. You are apparently what Keiran Kenny used
to call me, his "test pilot", when he would send me
some of his programs before submitting to RAINBOW. A
programmer I "ain't", but bugs and glitches seem to
take a liking to me.
.......
I certainly do enjoy your contributions to CFDM and
will be anticipating more. 'Til then, thanks again,
and keep CoCo'ing!
Sincerely,
Jim McNeill
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RICK: GREAT!!
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ABOUT THAT EMULATOR... Please send me a copy of Jeff Vavasour's CoCo II
Emulator...I had thought it would be nice to have a
CoCo on an expansion card that could be accessed
under WINDOWS. I never even considered a software
emulator. This should open a lot of possibilities.
I hope that Jeff does do a CoCo III emulator and
thank you for bringing this product to my attention.
- Roger Severs
Southern Missouri Softworks
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...I am also enclosing $5 for a copy of the CoCo2
Emulator. I don't have a PC as yet; but it certainly
sounds like a good idea to be able to use familiar
CoCo software while trying to figure out how to get
around in the PC world.
- Jim Mills =>
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I'll write an encouraging note to Jeff Vavasour as
well. His work on a CoCo 3 Emulator is certainly
needed, and his project deserves all of the support
we can provide.
- L. E. Padgett
Adventure Survivors
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Enclosed find check in amount of $5.00. Kindly enter
the donation in the CoCo III Emulator Bounty Escrow.
Although, in Maine I have no access to a PC, I do in
Florida. I also wrote to Jeff Vavasour encouraging
him to make the CoCo III Emulator a reality. Hoping
many of the other CFDM devotees will do the same.
- Bob Russell =>
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Enclosed is $5.00 for a copy of Jeff Vavasour's
CoCo 2 Emulator. WOW. Please pass along my letter.
- Alan Doherty
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Enclosed is my check...(for) a copy of the CoCo 2
Emulator. I don't have a PC but use one at my work
place and want to try it out on some of the Color
Computer II programs.
- Clarence Bowers
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..enclosed a check..$30 for the CoCo II Emulator
Bounty Escrow. I have not had a chance to try the
(emulator) on my daughter's PC so far..but as
insurance against the failure of all my CoCos, I
think the Emulator is the answer. I did write Jeff.
- Godfrey Moll =*
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ANOTHER FRIEND GONE... Dear Mr. Cooper,
It is with the saddest of hearts that I write to
inform you that Elbert Earl Spencer died on June 6
of a massive heart attack. He would have been 69
next month. Although we were divorced we lived
together for the past two years and we were very
happy and enjoyed each others company.
Elbert, or Earl as he liked to be called, died
here in the house making this one of the most
devastating and traumatic things I have ever had to
deal with. Bbut, he was a truly good and decent man
and will be greatly missed.
One of the things that gave him the most pleasure
was his computers. He always enjoyed being part of
the "CoCo Nuts" and looked forward to receiving =>
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the new disk every month.
My thanks to you for all the hours of pleasure
you provided him. His three daughters and I will
miss him for a long time to come.
Sincerely,
Dorothy E. Spencer
7720 N.W. 11th Court
Pembroke Pines, FL 33024
305 987-6041
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RICK: Another dear CoCo Friend.....
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I CAN SEEEEEEEEE! I am writing to let you know that the monitor and
the RS232 I got from you are in excellent working
order...I can seeeeee!
....I am looking for a small hard drive and driver
(20 meg maybe). I would prefer used but not abused
instead of new for monetary reasons. If you know of
one that is available, could you put me in touch? I
am also looking for the address of Eric A. Wolf
(author of NEWSPAPERO9). If you know of his where-
abouts could you please let me know?
- Dan Williamson
6850 Georgetown Rd N.E.
East Canton, OH 44730
216 875-1752 =*
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Letter to the Editor I just wanted to let you know I enjoy CFDM and
usually read the complete issue the first night. I
like the way everyone contributes. It helps us all
to see others views, answers, and problems. Keep up
the good work.
Terry Stafford
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MY LIBRARY OF INFORMATION .....Rick I cannot remember the question you asked
me in your last letter. I think you asked me about
my library of information. I have about 20 or 25
disks with information on word processor programs I
have typed from my manuals. I typed them in the form
of a quick reference form. If you have seen the
information cards that PC World publishes in their
magazine, it is similar to that. If anyone wants
that information, I will be happy to send them a
copy of that. Just send me a blank disk with the
correct postage and the name of the program info you
want. I will see if I have that information on file.
...I also asked if anyone wanted help with a word
process program. If they have a problem with the
program I will try and help them. I see in the =>
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latest edition of CFDM the person who wrote about
the Word Power 3.x did a better job than I could
have done.
Edward Wolak
13526 S. Buffalo Avenue
Chicago, IL 60633-1838
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RICK: Thanks for your generous offer Ed!
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THE COCO REGISTRY... I'm enclosing my CoCo Registry form so I can be
included in the database. I'm looking forward to
seeing the entire list and hope you get a good
response.
- Clarence Bowers
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RICK: Response has been GREAT so far..over 150 forms
in a little over three weeks.
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Do believe your idea of a registry to be a great
asset to myself as well as others.
- Bob Russell
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RICK: I can't wait for you to see it Bob...and by
the time you read this you may have!
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I thought it would be really cool if the CoCo
Registry database was a menu driven program with
printer options, much like the CFDM format. I will
be interested in the database, so please give the
price in CFDM. I think you should also make avail-
able a database of active companies, or at least the
ones that advertise in CFDM (kind of like a big
catalog). If I knew where to buy things more easily,
I am sure I would spend more money on my CoCo. I
think this offer stands to benefit both the consumer
and the companies. Just a few suggestions to think
about. - Jeffrey Cho
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RICK: And wonderful suggestions they are. When you
see the Registry, you will find that all of your
ideas have been included!! =*
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| Articles in section: POTPOURRI |
| DIGI-FUN
with Godfrey Moll <g> Vincente Segrelles bio |
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Vincente Segrelles bio
This article goes with the picture file called
VINCENTE, a digitized reproduction of an untitled
piece of artwork by Vincente Segrelles.
The fantasy pictures of this Spanish painter are
dominated by frightening reptiles and the magic of
ornate palaces that seem to come straight from the
Arabian Nights.
Born in Barcelona in 1936, Segrelles is one of the
best-known European fantasy artists. He is best
known for his El Mercenario which he began publish-
ing in 1980. It is now published in 17 countries--
along with the works of Richard Corben-- and is con-
sidered the most impressive of fantasy comic strips.
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What is unusual about Segrelles' comics is the fact
that the original copies are real paintings. This is
also true for his book covers, but it is most unusu-
al for comics. Further, Segrelles uses mainly the
paintbrush and not the spray gun, which gives his
pictures an interesting surface structure.
Each frame of the comic strip is a separate oil
painting-- the original being about 18" square. Then
the painting is glossed over so it can be cut down
to the right size. Unfortunately, when they are re-
duced to the size of comics, many subtle shades are
lost; but still this technique gives the comics a
very unique appearance and style.
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In Segrelles' artwork, a world full of magic and
artistic skill unfolds before our eyes: oriental
fairy tales come back to life, coupled with the
dreams and fantasies of a contempory artist.
"Heroic fantasy", Segrelles confesses, "is no more
than the way in which I can transform my own fan-
tasies into art".
This bio synopsis and the reproduction of Segrelles
untitled piece of artwork were both found in the
book entitled Masterpieces of Fantasy Art. Please
note that the digitizing process and my feeble at-
tempts to touch it up with CoCoMax III do not do
justice to the detail of the artist's work.
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ADDTRAIN and CONCOLOR Sally Wardlow is a teacher of Special Needs children
in Georgetown, Ohio. She recently sent me a disk
full of educational programs she wrote and uses with
her students. Here's an excerpt from her letter:
"As you will see, I can only program in BASIC,
but a pretty sophisticated BASIC even if I do
say so myself. ...That is how I learned to
program in BASIC. I opened the manual to page
one and read every single page and did what-
ever it said to do. I also subscribed to the
RAINBOW, but never got into the "hard" parts
because I was too intimidated.
But back to the programs I have sent. They all
need a CoCo 3 and some use but don't require =>
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a printer. All of these will work with or
without a TANDY "Speech/Sound Cartridge".
I have included a variety of programs
ranging in ability level from preschool
through second grade. I have many more,
including a lesson plan program that is
especially useful. I just don't know how
many teachers are out there that are still
using CoCo3. I will happily GIVE teachers
any of my programs if I know their needs."
The programs included on this issue's disk are
ADDTRAIN and CONCOLOR. Both programs are very easy
to understand and some instructions appear at the
beginning of each. Look for one of Sally's programs
to be featured in HARDCOPY very soon. =*
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DMP-105/6/7 HSCREEN2 DUMP The "16S DUMP" is a short BASIC program which will
print 16 shades of grey with a DMP-105/6/7 printer.
Your HSCREEN2 picture must be loaded into memory
before you RUN this program. Also, line 10 should
be edited for your BAUD rate; however, please note
that the program uses the speed-up POKE so the BAUD
rate must be set to HALF the usual rate! For exam-
ple, POKE 150,41 should be used if your BAUD rate is
2400; POKE 150, 180 should be used for 600 BAUD.
When you RUN"16S DUMP", there will be a menu with 3
choices. If you select "1 - VIEW SCREEN", the dis-
play will be an approximation of what the printed
version will look like. However, the screen display
uses only 4 shades and not 16, so it is not abso- =>
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lutely accurate.
If the white-grey-black shades need to be reversed,
select option 2 on the menu.
The picture will be printed sideways. The results
are especially good for digitized pictures.
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RANDOM FASCINATION..ADDITION To subscribers:
Add the following short file to the disk that has
Allen Curtis' FASCIN8 (a marvelous solitaire game).
Type RUN "PREFASC", then hit the BREAK key any time
after to have perfect randomness to every shuffle.
(Note: you must change his title FASCIN8.BAS to
FASC.BAS with your disk for this to work.)
This loads his game, which then loads the graphics
file FASBFR. I think BFR must mean buffer, for it
stores an early N tap and shows you the top pot card
when the display is ready.
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PREFASC.BAS
10 ON BRK GOTO 70
20 'FILENAME: "PREFASC"
30 CLS:PRINT:PRINT "HIT BRK WHEN READY FOR THE
SOLITAIRE GAME:
FASCINATION!"
40 FOR Q=1 TO 1000:NEXT Q
50 PRINT TIMER;:PRINT,RND(TIMER)
60 GOTO 50
70 RUN "FASC"
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RSV** HSCREEN 2 & 4 utility The two programs RSV80 and RSV40 are adaptations
of a program titled RSVIDEO. That program was
written by Steve Odneal and published by COLOR
COMPUTER MAGAZINE in the early 80's. The program has
been modified extensively by me to run on the COCO3.
It uses the COCO3 fonts.
These two programs provide the capability to
type in programs or work at the COCO3 command level
while in the hi-res graphics mode. RSV40 is on the
HSCREEN2 graphics page and has 40 columns for your
text. It sort of emulates WIDTH40 but with graphics
capability. RSV80 works the same but on HSCREEN4
with 80 columns of text.
Some benefits:
The ability to implement PRINT USING to format text.
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every other text capability is now possible.
To change the border color while running RSV40
POKE&HE073,n and while running RSV80 POKE&HE07C,n.
Where n is a number from 0 to 63. To exit either
program type in the following and press enter.
PRINT CHR$(27)
Those of you with John R. Strong's font disk may
enjoy experimenting with the different looks created
while typing in programs or for output to the screen
using PRINT and HPRINT. I like the look of the BOLD.
FNT with the program TRIANGLE.RSV .
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SHERLOCK SHERLOCK is a very useful program for those who like
to work with disk information. It consists of a
group of disk utilities which can help you clean up
diskettes (by purging unwanted files), find absolute
file locations on the disk, inspect the GAT table,
format disks, and a number of other helpful choices.
It includes a worthy disk sector editor and has
memory dump capability with printer support. This
program is user-friendly with easy to understand
prompts and messages. (There's also a HELP file.)
SHERLOCK will also work with most ramdisks.
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Please note that the companion file COPY.BAS may be
called from SHERLOCK.
Just RUN "SHERLOCK" and see how easy it is to find
out the secrets of your diskettes.
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RICK: Many of the features of SHERLOCK will be
more helpful when you've read about such subjects as
sectors, directories, granule tables, etc in your
DISK BASIC booklet. For some interesting reading
check out pages 57-62 of the DISK BASIC manual.
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SQEZLOAD..CFDM PIX UTILITY A number of the Friends have written to ask about
those new .SQZ files they've been noticing on the
magazine side of CFDM.
The .SQZ files are replacing the .SPR files I had
been using for graphics inside CFDM. A little
explanation is in order here. Early on I thought
it would add to CFDM if I could put some graphics
inside the magazine side. My preference would have
been to use the efficient .NIB format....but NIB
requires some of the memory used by CUTILS, the
driver for CFDM. With NIB being out of the question,
I remembered earlier efforts I had made at graphics
compression. The answer seemed to be a program I
had dubbed SUPERCRAM. This program makes the .SPR
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I discovered that SUPERCRAM would not save more than
2 granules of memory. That shouldn't have been a
great problem..just find the source code and change
it. But it was a problem because I've not been able
to locate the source code. Surely I didn't erase it
but who knows?
Because of the limitations of SUPERCRAM, I couldn't
include some very neat graphics such as Mike Lewis's
COOLSPOT. (I tried everything I knew to get that one
in...to no avail!)
So...I finally managed some time to write a brand
new compressor program with the objective of making
it possible to place graphics bigger than 2 granules
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So why not make it available to the Friends...Well
SQUEEZE does what it needs to do for me..but..it is
not bug-free and it is not as efficient as NIB.
But for those desiring to collect all the .SQZ files
on one disk and need a loader, I've included the
program SQEZLOAD.BAS. Just copy SQEZLOAD.BAS and
SQEZLOAD.BIN (located on the front side of the disk)
to a disk with your collection of .SQZ files. RUN
"SQEZLOAD" and type in the name of the file you wish
to display. SQEZLOAD.BAS works just like the old
NIBLOADR.BAS program from earlier issues.
-- Have fun with SQEZLOAD --
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SQUIGGLE and wriggle if you like SQUIGGLE is one for the artistically ambitious unartistic like me. The program puts random lines all over the screen. Let it run for a while for a Jackson Pollock-like effect. Press BREAK if you do not like the effect. Press CLEAR to frame your mas- terpiece and save it as a NIB file. Lines 110 to 140 contain examples of the syntax for combining random variables with the HDRAW move- ment option: HDRAW"M+=X;,-=Y;" =* |
STRINGART 9 By now, these stringart designs don't need further
comment. This example, Hexagon, uses four colors,
which is about the limit, as it is already becoming
a little cluttered. Surprisingly, the resolution on
the RGB monitor is not quite good enough to dupli-
cate some of the more complex stringart examples. If
a design gets too complicated, it can sometimes be
done on the computer by spacing the "nails" farther
apart. This allows the lower layers to show through
better.
Norm Barson
7 Ridge Court
East Brunswick, NJ 08816
(908) 254-7767
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TRIANGLE - solve right triangles The program TRIANGLE.RSV was written by me to
run in HSCREEN4 graphics and later modified to run
with RSV80.BIN. To get started do the following.
LOADM"RSV80":EXEC
If everything went well you should now be looking
at the HSCREEN4 graphics page with the OK prompt in
the upper left hand corner. Now type in RUN"TRIANGLE
.RSV" and a right triangle should be on the screen.
Pressing keyboard letter A will display a chart with
the formulas for finding angles, pressing S will
display a chart with the formulas for finding sides.
Press T to solve a right triangle. At the prompt
"Are there any angle known (Y/N)?", press Y. At the
next prompt input 60 for angle B degrees. Answer Y
to the next question and input 1 for length of side
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shape described in the input data. Also note the
text out-put for the numeric values for sides and
angles has been formatted with the PRINT USING
statement in the program.
Both LOCATE and HPRINT have certain advantages.
LOCATE with PRINT will print over any existing text.
HPRINT can print in different colors while PRINT
uses only the color in PALETTE register 1.
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| Articles in section: REVIEWS |
| CoCo
II Emulator JUMPIN' JIM'S ART DISK |
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CoCo II Emulator Although I've just received this software and my selection of CoCo II software is very limited, I'll share my first impressions anyway. First of all, the files installed on my hard drive without a hitch and the software ran just fine. I was impressed with how well this software appears to be written. First one criticism: for game players; there doesn't seem to be any support for the game port on the PC so that eliminates use of the IBM joystick (maybe someone has this figured out?). The mouse control is excellent, no jerky movements at all. All Basic programs can just fine, the real test came with the M/L programs. All I own is LYRA (a midi music program), COCOCALC (a spreadsheet), COCO GRAPHICS DESIGNER PLUS and PROSPECTOR => ____________________________________________________ (December '89 Rainbow, the best arcade type game I've ever seen on the CoCo). I must report that I have not had the time to throughly test these programs but each one loaded and seem to run well. I was disappointed with CoCo Graphics Designer Plus. Even with my 33 MHZ 486, the program didn't run any faster which goes to show that programming is still the critical factor in speed. All other programs seemed to run faster. I must also report that I had no problems in loading my CoCo disks on to the IBM hard drive with the RETRIEVE utility. Probably the best thing I like about the CoCo II Emulator is the ability to store all your CoCo disks as files on the hard drive (one 35 trk disk is one file). You can then load four of these full disk => ____________________________________________________ files into your emulated CoCo drives, 0,1,2,3. This makes for extremely fast access to any files. =* |
JUMPIN' JIM'S ART DISK One of Jim Bennett's latest contributions to the
CoCo world is Jumpin' Jim's Art Disk. Actually, it
is 6 disks which issue bimonthly from Feb. 1 to
Dec.1, 1994. The cost for the set of 6 is $24 for
CFDM subscribers.
Having received the first three issues, I am very
impressed with the quality of the material and the
presentation. Each flippy disk is chock full of
original graphic-related material. Both sides are
accessed via colorful menu pages.
What is contained on the disks? In a word - LOTS!
If you were delighted with Jim's CoCo Animation
Theater "Dancer" in CFDM Issue 24, you'll find more
in Jim's Art Disks. There are also pictures created
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In addition to the visual gems, Jim has included
new Fonts and Clipart for use with MAX-10. There are
also useful utilities. "NUTRANS" in Issue 1 is a
modification of the COCOMAX 3 utility "TRANSLAT".
New features are the capability of saving COCOMAX
pictures in NIB format and loading NIB pictures for
conversion to CM3 format.
In Issue 3, he gives us his commercial program
Leonardo's Paintbox with complete documentation.
This is a utility that let's you create an HSCREEN2
graphic onscreen. This is then translated into a
BASIC program which reproduces the graphic when RUN.
Issue 3 also comes with a Bonus Disk, a MAX-10
utility, Title Maker.
And, there is lots more! There is something for
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like looking at them, you'll want to get Jumpin'
Jim's Art Disk. And, if you want to expand the
capabilities of MAX-10, you'll find Jim's disks
worth the price for this reason alone.
At present, Jim has no plans to extend Jumpin'
Jim's Art Disk beyond this initial set of six disks.
With enough support, perhaps he can be persuaded to
continue his creative efforts.
I'm sure a lot of Friends have already subscribed,
but, if you are one who hasn't, don't miss out. Jim
has a winner here!
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EMULATOR INSTRUCTIONS... Mr. Jeff Vavasour is to be congratulated on his
CoCo Emulator. It is wonderful just to see the Color
Computer copyright screen appear on an IBM system.
I ordered a copy from MI&CC. I cannot make a DOS to
CoCo or a CoCo to DOS transfer. At best I have been
able to get a "DSKINI" disk made that the CoCo will
copy files onto, but the DOS never can find the
files. Please explain, in detail (i.e. a dummies
approach), how to move files to and from the
emulator.
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RICK: Here goes:
I too had trouble with the DSKINI & RETRIEVE until,
quite by accident, I found that the program is very
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- DSKINI and RETRIEVE are MSDOS routines for moving
entire CoCo disks to and from the PC and regular
CoCo diskettes. Thus you must be in the MSDOS
directory where these files (DSKINI and RETRIEVE)
reside. That should be your COCO 2 EMULATOR
directory (and not inside the emulator itself).
- Now be sure to have a 5 1/4" disk in the your PC
disk drive. When copying a CoCo disk to PC you
will use the RETRIEVE command. Type the following
exactly with spaces just where I have them.
RETRIEVE B: COCODISK
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When you use the RETRIEVE command and the disk is
copied you can type DIR on your PC and you'll see
the filename with .DSK appended to it. This disk
file can now be loaded by the Emulator and is to be
considered a "disk".
- To move a .DSK file from PC to a CoCo disk you
will use the DSKINI command. Put a blank disk in
the appropriate drive and type exactly:
DSKINI B: PCTOCOCO
(Of course B could be A and PCTOCOCO could be any
legal filename.)
This command not only copies the .DSK file you have
designated, but also formats your disk at the same
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ENTRY WRITER How do you delete a complete file from the Entry
Writer? Where is it on the disk? How is it hidden
from DIR .
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RICK: Terry, to delete a file from a CFDM disk (or
Submission Disk Template) simply load the file you
wish to delete, then press F1. You will then be at
the SYSOP'S MENU. Use the down arrow to move to the
selection that says "KILL THIS FILE". Then press
the ENTER key and the file will be removed from the
disk. Upon exiting the SYSOP'S MENU, you may still
see the filename. But if you will leave the section
and the return to it, you'll see that it's gone.
Where is it on the disk? The files are stored on
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directory and it's located on tracks 8 and 9. While
the RSDOS directory occupies only 10 sectors, the
CFDM directory occupies 32 sectors. That makes it
possible to store a few more entries and a lot of
additional info about the files.
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GIF to CM3/NIB conversions The only way that I know to convert a GIF to a CM3 or NIB file is to use a program called CC3GIF.BIN. This program will load GIFs into the CoCo 3. You can then press the RESET button, and run TRANSLAT. The BIG problem with this is that the palette colors are all messed up. This is unavoidable using this method. After you run TRANSLAT, you will now have a CM3 picture that can be loaded into CoCoMax III, edited, colors corrected, and later converted to NIB using CM3>NIB. PLEASE NOTE: Many GIFs are larger than the CoCo's 320 x 192 x 16 colors. CC3GIF will load these GIFs, but the quality of the picture starts to seriously degrade. This, too, is unavoidable.-* |
HSCREEN2 CONVERTER Does anyone know of a utility that will convert
various graphics screens (in particular, PMODE4
screens and HSCREEN3 double page graphics) into a
single HSCREEN2, scaled for the best fit on the
screen?
In order to do this now, I must make HSCREEN2 saves
and then use CoCoMax III's edit feature for sizing,
and in the case of double page graphics, then the
two halves must be pasted back together. This does
not help the resolution of the picture at all.
Has some clever programmer written a utility to
have our favorite computer do this tedious task?
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IN A FOG ABOUT OPERATING SYSTEMS While I am returning The CoCo Registry form please
accept my CFDM renewal. I enjoy the magazine and
have learned a few things. But I am still in a fog
about the several languages (RS this, ADOS that,
OS9, etc.)
Maybe I will find a book or tutorial on this subject
..... - Thomas
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RICK: Thomas, these are not really languages..they
are called operating systems. RSDOS (Radio Shack
Disk Operating System) is really just a combination
of programs, that come with your CoCo, which make
your CoCo work. This group of programs includes
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EXTENDED BASIC. All these are in memory and active
in any CoCo 3 with a disk drive controller as sold
by Radio Shack.
ADOS is simply some added routines to RSDOS. These
routines were written by a fellow named Art Flexer.
Some CoCoists have these added ADOS commands burned
into a chip and placed in their controllers so they
don't have to load them from disk everytime they
turn on their CoCo.
OS9 is altogether different from RSDOS and ADOS.
This operating system was marketed by TANDY and
actually takes the place of BASIC, EXTENDED BASIC,
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computers. I'm not a proponent of OS9 on the CoCo.
Hope this helps!
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MIND ROLL ANSWER & QUESTIONS In Response to Ted Kitsos in issue no. 24:
To get past the first level of MIND ROLL, just
move the joystick up and down quickly. It seems
strange and it may take a few attempts. The eight
ball will then "fall" off the plane and enter a new
plane, the next few planes are easy to figure out.
GOOD LUCK!
To All:
I need help in finding a few items new or used.
I will accept any reasonable offers. PLEASE HELP!
RASCAN 2.4, Z-89, MEDIEVAL MADNESS, IRON FOREST,
ONE DELUXE TANDY JOYSTICK, THE FIVE TOWERS OF ----
(NOT SURE ABOUT THE LAST NAME), <CONTINUED =>
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Send details and prices to:
JEFF CHO
187 BRAMBLEBUSH ROAD
STOUGHTON, MA 02072
THANKS!
:)
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QUESTIONS FROM FRIENDS??? After a few steps into NEWPAPERO9, I get an out of
memory error. Do you know if NEWSPAPER requires more
than 128K ram? It is not said in the manual.
Gilberto Luis Musa
Rivadavia 10773
1408 Capital Federal
Argentina
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RICK: No Gilberto, I don't think it does..but..I am
not at all knowledgeable about OS9 and cannot make
any suggestions. But I bet some of the Friends can!
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Have you ever seen any programs that will run on
the CoCo for chess, checkers, or solitaire? Sure
would like to find some.
Bud Felger
4345 Flowers Road
Mansfield, OH 44903
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RICK: There was a rom pak for chess and one for
checkers from TANDY. I haven't seen one for a long
time, but I remember the chess game as being rather
weak. For SOLITAIRE please check the many offerings
by H Allen Curtis and George Quellhorst and others,
in back issues of CFDM. These have been some of our
most popular programs!!
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Do you know of any graphics driver for RSDOS or OS9
that will work with the HP Deskjet 500?
John R. Barber
1130 Galloway Avenue
Lincoln, NE 68512
(402) 423-0356
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RICK: I know George Quellhorst has written drivers
for an HP Laser but I would doubt there would be
compatibility. Can anyone help John with this one?
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ALSO..WALTER GROSSMAN IS LOOKING FOR A COPY (WITH
MANUAL) OF DYNASTAR, THE OS9 WORD PROCESSOR...CAN WE
HELP? Write Walter at: 17810 Allien Avenue
Tel: 216 252-3150 Cleveland, OH 44111 =*
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Reply: To G. Corbin C/O T&D
S.W. To: George Corbin
The T&D software that you spoke of came without
DOC. materials because the programs that were on
that utility disk #5 were on past issues of their
monthly disk magazines which came with the printed
DOC. materials, so when you bought the utility disk
#5 the T&D Software Company took it for granted that
you already had them.
As soon as I can I will take a look and see if I
have all the printed DOC. materials for the utility
disk #5 and I will send a copy of them to you.
Please send me a letter to let me know where to send
them.
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The address to send the letter to is:
Kenney Trevino
1146 W. Lynwood St.
Phoenix, Arizona 85007-1917
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THEMES FOR CFDM! I like your ideas for CFDM using a theme running
throughout an issue -- the "Out of Country" issue,
the "Dragon Thaw", issue, etc. Please give us
slower CoCoists a little more time to come up with
something for submission. If you are looking for
some ideas to use this "theme" approach again, I
would like to suggest, guess what? -- Sci-Fi. You
saw that one coming, didn't you?
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RICK: I like the "theme" idea too James and I use
it whenever I can think of a theme. And your Sci-Fi
theme is quite welcome by me. How about if we do
this, let everyone send me your Sci-Fi material and
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it's announced and then I'll send something". No..
let's consider it "announced" and look for folks
like Jim Mills, Stuart Wyss-Gallifent, Norm Barson,
etc. to fill it up!!
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