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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 <i33> CONTENTS...PART 2 (i33) CONTENTS...PART I (i33) PROGRAM DIRECTORY <i33> 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......
BBINDEX .BAS..RUN...PROGRAMS OF THE MONTH
* BBSTORY .CLP........DATA FILE FOR BBINDEX.BAS
* BBSTORY .TXT........DATA FILE FOR BGINDEX.BAS
* MJ12 .NIB.
* MJ13 .NIB..
* MJ14 .NIB... GODFREY'S FRACTALS
* MJ16 .NIB....
* MJ5 .NIB..... (USE NIBSHOW TO VIEW)
* MJ6 .NIB.... =>
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* MMF5 .NIB.... SEE DESCRIPTION IN THE
* MMF5A .NIB... ART GALLERY
* MMF5AA .NIB..
* MMF6 .NIB.
* NIBLOADR.BIN........PIX LOADER UTILITY
NIBSHOW .BAS..RUN...ART GALLERY VIEWER
PAGER .BAS..RUN...PROGRAMS OF THE MONTH
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* CFDM .NIB........ART GALLERY
* CFDMCROP.NIB........ART GALLERY
* COVER#29.NIB........ART GALLERY
* HAPPEND?.NIB........ART GALLERY
* HERETIC .NIB........POTPOURRI
* LETTERS .NIB........ART GALLERY
* NIBLOADR.BIN........PIX LOADER UTILITY =>
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NIBSHOW .BAS..RUN...ART GALLERY VIEWER
* OUTBACK .NIB........ART GALLERY
* REDROCKS.NIB........ART GALLERY
* SAILSURF.NIB........ART GALLERY
* SKI .NIB........ART GALLERY
* SUSITNA .NIB........ART GALLERY
* TREE .NIB........ART GALLERY
* TROUT .NIB........ART GALLERY
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FROM THE EDITOR (2)
1 KUDOS
2 TO MY DEAR CFDM FRIENDS
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR (10)
1 * COCO REGISTRY ->EXCELLENT *
2 CFDM..BIT BY THE DRAGON!
3 EXCERPTS FROM LETTERS
4 LIKES MANY FEATURES OF CFDM
5 LOOKING FORWARD TO THE REGISTRY
6 REGISTRY RESPONSE!
7 RENEWAL TIME
8 Re: Coco-Accountant 3
9 Single Drive Article Copies
10 To Rick
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POTPOURRI (4)
1 *** SCORE BOARD ***
2 CoCofest-Pacific North West
3 Hymn Sing !
4 Kelly Freas bio
PROGRAMS OF THE MONTH (11)
1 "C3READER/BAS" ASCII Reader
2 ADDRESSING LABELS
3 BASEBALL ANYONE?
4 BASEBALL ANYONE? PART 2
5 DISASSEMBLER REVISITED
6 FILE COPY/KILL HELPER
7 GE-Planner v1.0
8 HIDDEN TREASURE
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10 PIXBLOX - a simple jigsaw
11 STRINGART 11
REVIEWS (1)
1 ** HOOKED ON FRACTALS! **
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS (9)
1 A Messed-up CoCo 3
2 GIF to CM3 conversions
3 LOOKING FOR A FEW GOOD PROGRAMS
4 OFFSET SCREEN PROBLEM
5 Old Drives....
6 Reply: To ROM-PAK TRANSFERS...
7 Some Answers and a Question
8 WANTED AND FOR SALE
9 WANTED: PENPAL =*
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ABOUT COCO FRIENDS DISK MAGAZINE (2)
1 "ABOUT CFDM"
2 ABOUT COCO FRIENDS DISK MAGAZINE
ABOUT THIS ISSUE (3)
1 BONUS DISK DIRECTORY <i33>
2 CONTENTS...PART I (i33)
3 CONTENTS...PART II (i33)
4 PROGRAM DIRECTORY <i33>
5 THIS MONTH'S COVER <i33>
ACTIVE COCO (5)
1 CHRISTMAS CARD PROJECT III
2 EQUIPMENT DONATION..APPRECIATED!
3 HERB FORGER WINS SUBSCRIPTION!!
4 PHONE FEST IV =>
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5 PORT ORCHARD FEST MUGS...
ADVERTISEMENTS (4)
1 CFDM SUBSCRIPTION
2 COCO MAX III GRAPHICS
3 SMALL GRAFX ETC.
4 The "UPGRADE" Disk Magazine
ARTICLES OF THE MONTH (3)
1 Magnets and Monitors
2 Two's Complement: What it is.
3 What is a VARPTR?
COCO FRIENDS ART GALLERY (4)
1 * STW-G FRACTALS
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3 MCNEIL'S FUNNIES <g>
4 Salt Lick Meadow
FAMILY TREE (3)
1 COCO HAS BEEN A LEARNING TOOL!
2 RAMAN V ENSMINGER
3 ROBERT NICHOLSON
FORUM (5)
1 1st Northwest Two Man COCO-FEST
2 BEN WALKER'S TRUISMS <g>
3 CFDM Subscription Increase?
4 COCO EMULATOR FUND UPDATE
5 COCO2 EMULATOR DEMO
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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......
ADDRLBL .BAS..RUN...PROGRAMS OF THE MONTH
* BIG .FNT........DATA FILE FOR GEPLAN.BAS
C3READER.BAS..RUN...PROGRAMS OF THE MONTH
* C3READER.DOC........DOCUMENTATION FOR C3READER.BAS
DISASM2 .BAS..RUN...PROGRAMS OF THE MONTH
FILECOPY.BAS..RUN...PROGRAMS OF THE MONTH
* FONT MAX.FNT........FONT FOR C3READER.BAS
* GE16 .BIN........DATA FILE FOR GEPLAN.BAS
GEPLAN .BAS..RUN...PROGRAMS OF THE MONTH
* GEPLAN .CHN........DATA FILE FOR GEPLAN.BAS
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* GODGRACE.BIN........DATA FILE FOR HYMNSING.BAS
* H2DESIGN.NIB........PIX FOR PIXBLOX.BAS
HYMNSING.BAS..RUN...POTPOURRI
* MAC .FNT........FONT FOR 3CREADER.BAS
* NIBLOADR.BIN........PIX LOADER UTILITY
PIXBLOX .BAS..RUN...PROGRAMS OF THE MONTH
* SP3 .BIN........DATA FILE FOR PIXBLOX.BAS
STRING11.BAS..RUN...PROGRAMS OF THE MONTH
TREASURE.BAS..RUN...PROGRAMS OF THE MONTH
VARPTR .BAS..RUN...ARTICLES OF THE MONTH
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Monument Valley, Arizona This is another picture taken from the
Monument Valley area of Arizona. I really like
the rock patterns made by the force of nature
and the way light reflects off them. This park
is located in the northeastern area of Arizona
up by the Colorado border.
........ Jim Gibbons
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| Articles in section: ACTIVE COCO |
| CHRISTMAS
CARD PROJECT III EQUIPMENT DONATION..APPRECIATED! HERB FORGER WINS SUBSCRIPTION!! PHONE FEST IV PORT ORCHARD FEST MUGS... |
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CHRISTMAS CARD PROJECT III One of the most popular participatory activities
sponsored by CFDM has been our two CHRISTMAS CARD
PROJECTS. It has been so popular that we'll do it
again this year! I hope you'll participate.
Here's how we've introduced the project before:
"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
small amount of commitment required, which will =>
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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 #34 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 #35 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 25% of our Friends participated (enjoyed!)
last year's project. SHOW YOU CARE! PARTICIPATE!
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EQUIPMENT DONATION..APPRECIATED! Rick! (I like that "!" ..Rick)
I received your letter and appreciate your thought-
fulness in letting me know that the package went
right thru to where it belongs.
As I said in my original letter; you make the
decisions on what you want to do with the stuff I
sent you. You are doing a good job keeping an
interest in our little (but powerful) computer. You
can figure out anything you wish with all of it.
....I just got home from sending Keiran Kenny a used
single 35 track disk drive. Figured he could use it
or if nothing else for parts, if the 110 volt
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It will take about 3-4 weeks to reach him but I sent
a letter telling him it's on it's way. Hope he can
use it. I have 1 more of them left if you know of
someone who could use it.
I have a little 4-Color Graphic Printer someone
might be able to use. I have no ink cartridges for
it but maybe there is a source for getting them. If
someone wants one tell them to contact me. It will
be a "FREE-ZY" for them if they will pay the
freight.
- Arthur Weisberg
230 E. Bain Drive
Tidewater, OR 97290
(503) 528-3942
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RICK: Arthur I couldn't decide how to include your
great offers and tell about your previous donation,
so I just put in the whole letter.
Arthur refers to a package of neat CoCo stuff he
recently sent to me. Since the decision of how to
dispose of it seems to be in my hands...I've decided
to make it a special auction package in Phone Fest 4
and the proceeds will be deposited in the CoCo 3
Emulator Escrow Bounty Fund.
Thanks Arthur for making this possible!!!!!!!!!!
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HERB FORGER WINS SUBSCRIPTION!! Ray Berney's SUBSCRIPTION CONTEST (issue #30) is
over and we have a winner. Of the eight correct
entries received, Herb Forger was the randomly
picked winner! Congratulations Herb!! Your new
subscription number is now 8-19-43!
And thanks to the following who also had all the
correct answers: Winnie McGinnis, Laura Boyce,
Godfrey Moll, Garry Spencer, J. R. Waggoner, Mario
Lecours, and Jonathan Weber!
And a big thanks to Ray Berney for conceiving this
contest and providing the very nice prize, a six
month subscription to CFDM (value $30)!!!
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1. Key: ABOUT COCO FRIENDS DISK MAGAZINE
Question: Who was the first person to call the Color
Computer a "COCO"?
Answer: DAVE LAGERQUIST
2. Key: ANYMORE LEFTOVER "ROM" SPACE?
Question: What is considered the worst peripheral
for the CoCo?
Answer: TANDY HARD DISK INTERFACE
3. Key: INSTANT SUPER ADDING MACHINE
Question: What was the first rumored name for the
Color Computer before it was introduced?
Answer: THE TRS-90
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4. Key: TIE-DOWNS:COMPACT ANT:MULTWRENCH
Question: What does 'GIME' stand for?
Answer: GRAPHICS INTERRUPT MEMORY ENHANCEMENT
5. Key: CMP/MONO/RGB NIBSHOW
Question: Who made a Motorola MC6809E replacement?
Answer: HITACHI HD6309
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PHONE FEST IV Just enough space to remind you of our biggest Phone
Fest ever! With this issue you'll receive a program
booklet containing all the information about Phone
Fest IV. I hope you'll plan to join us on November
12, 1994.
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PORT ORCHARD FEST MUGS... I see by your registry there are only 17 listings
in Washington. I hope the lists I sent you help
that number!
I've written Jeff (Vavasour) and I'm trying to get
him to one of our meetings in Seattle or Port
Orchard. Vancouver is not that far away.
You could help our cause here by promoting our CoCo
mugs. We have Fest III and Fest IV mugs available.
(For information contact: Don Zimmerman
3046 Banner Rd. SE
Port Orchard, WA 98366-
----- 8810
Good luck Donald and Port Orchard! =*
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| Articles in section: ADVERTISEMENTS |
| CFDM
SUBSCRIPTION COCO MAX III GRAPHICS SMALL GRAFX ETC. The "UPGRADE" Disk Magazine |
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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 MAX III GRAPHICS ==================================================== Get the Picture! Introducing a collection of detailed pictures for COCO MAX III. Included are SIX DOUBLE PAGE pictures and TWO SINGLE PAGE pictures. A total of eight pictures for only ten dollars. See THEXDER in last month's ART GALLERY. ORDER NOW and "Get the whole picture" ALADDIN, ALADDIN2, BEAUTY, CONSTRUX, OPTIMUS, SUNSTREK, THEXDER, THE WALL...................$10.00 JEFF CHO 187 BRAMBLEBUSH RD STOUGHTON, MA 02072 :) =* |
SMALL GRAFX ETC. SMALL GRAFX ETC.
"Y" & "TRI" cables, Special 40 pin
MALE/FEMALE end connectors each...$6.50
Rainbow 40 wire ribbon cable per/ft....$1.00
Hitachi HD63C09E CPU & Socket.........$13.00
512K Upgrades.........................$72.00
MPI Pal upgrade. #26-3024 (chip),
#26-3124 (Satellite Board) ........$10.00
Serial to Parallel w/64k Buffer
Interface w/cables/ps .............$50.00
2400 Baud Hayes comb. extl. modems....$40.00
S/H EACH ORDER $2.00
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Service, parts, & hard to find software,
complete documentation available. Inks &
refills kits for CGP-220, Cannon & HP
Inkjet printers, ribbons & Ver.6 Eprom for
CGP-220 Printer (BOLD MODE). Color Printing.
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TERRY LARAWAY
41 N.W. Doncee Drive
Bremerton, WA 98310
Telephone: 206-692-5374
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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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| Articles in section: ARTICLES OF THE MONTH |
| Magnets
and Monitors Two's Complement: What it is. What is a VARPTR? |
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Magnets and Monitors The other day I was playing one of my favorite games
(DUNGEONS OF DAGGORATH) and was doing remarkably
well. I decided I'd keep the tape eraser handy in
case I wanted to make a quick save and without
thinking I set it on top of my monitor. I looked at
the screen and wondered what was going on: the
picture was all distorted. I scratched my head for
a while before I realized that the picture seemed to
be dragged toward the magnet. (tape erasers are
magnetic!!) I removed the eraser from my monitor and
the picture resumed normal proportions. However,
there was a bright blue splotch in the middle of the
screen. I was mortified!!!. I turned off the CoCo
and my RGB monitor and wandered around worried. A
few hours later out of curiosity I turned things on
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everything was all right! My advice to anyone who is
ever tempted to sit a magnet on a monitor or TV is:
especially if you do not want the anxiety of
wondering if you goofed up your monitor!!!!
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Two's Complement: What it is. As I mentioned in the article "'Piping' with DECB",
two's complement is a way of representing negative
numbers in binary. This is called signed binary. In
signed binary, the most significant bit is the sign
bit. In the case of an eight bit number, this would
be bit 7 (the eighth bit). If the sign bit is a one
then the number is negative. If the sign bit is 0,
then the number is positive. The range of numbers
that can be represented with eight bits is -128 to
+127.
To compute the two's complement value of a negative
number, we take the absolute value of the number and
complement (invert) all bits and then add one to
this result. That is why it is called two's
complement. Let's look at an example, say, -2. The
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ignore the sign to get the absolute value). In
binary, two is: 00000010, we then complement it
(change all one's to 0's and vice versa) and it
becomes: 11111101, next we add one to the result:
11111101
+00000001
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11111110 , this then, is the two's complement
value for -2. It is equal to 254 in
decimal, or $FE in hexadecimal. As you
can see, bit seven is high, so the
number is negative. In unsigned binary,
the value 254 would be correct, however,
in signed binary, it is negative two.
You may be wondering, why is the range that can be
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Well, let's look at 128. In binary it is: 10000000.
Notice that bit seven, the sign bit, is high, thus
this would be considered a negative number. The
highest positive number would be: 01111111. This is
equal to 127. Let's perform a two's complement on
128 just to see what would happen:
10000000 (128)
01111111 (invert it)
+ 00000001 (add one)
10000000 (we ended up with the same number!)
I have tried my best to explain this and I hope
that I have not confused anyone too much. If you
still do not understand this, drop me a line, and
I'll try to clarify. ROBERT ALLEN TURNER, POB 396,
DOUBLE SPRINGS, ALABAMA 35553-0396. =*
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What is a VARPTR? Every variable used by your basic program is
kept track of in a variable table. Each entry in
this table is 7 bytes long. The first 2 bytes are
the variable name. If the variable is numeric, the
next 5 bytes are the actual data in floating-point
format. If the variable is a string, the next 5
bytes contain the length and a pointer to the ac-
tual location of the string data. When you use a
statement such as: A=VARPTR(A$), A will then con-
tain a pointer to the third byte of the variable
table entry for A$. You can use peeks and pokes to
access this data for your own purposes.
I don't know about floating-point data so I
will leave it up to basic to handle the math parts
of my programs, but I have had need to handle some
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that I could not enter from the keyboard. The
following is what I learned about strings.
The first byte pointed to by VARPTR is a
1-byte length field. Since the maximun number
that can be held in 1 byte is 255, this is the
maximun length of a string in basic. The state-
ment, LN=VARPTR(A$), will put a pointer to the
lenght of A$ in LN. If you poke something into
LN, you will change the length of A$. The state-
ment, V=PEEK((LN+2)*256) + PEEK(LN+3), will put a
pointer to the actual variable in V. If you poke
something into V, you will change the data in the
variable. The actual location of the variable will
vary, depending on how you specify the variable in
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The statement, B$=A$ will place the actual data for
B$ in string space, which is separate from program
storage.
The program, VARPTR.BAS, will demonstrate some
of this. It creates a variable in the program area,
finds that variable and then changes it. List the
program both before and after you run it to see
what has happened to the variable.
What use is this? One use is to create a long
variable and then poke a m/l program into the var-
iable then save the program. The m/l program will
still be there when you load the program and it can
be exec'ed. Another use is to build a string one
byte at a time with INKEY$ without using concaten-
ation and losing time for garbage collection every
few minutes. =*
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| Articles in section: COCO FRIENDS ART GALLERY |
| *
STW-G FRACTALS * ART COLLECTION MCNEIL'S FUNNIES <g> Salt Lick Meadow |
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* STW-G FRACTALS *
Thanks to our good friend STUART WYSS-GALLIFENT
I have been able to enjoy making Fractals using his
original program FRACTALS/BAS in CFDM Issue #16 and
also his IMPROVED Program SFRACTAL/BAS that he sent
to me FREE! Most of these graphics were created us-
ing the original program.
The graphics MMF5 and MMF6 look the same but if
you look closely you will see that there is a little
more detail in the one that I ran at 20 'ITERATION'
instead of 16.
The ZOOMed in enlargement MMF5A and then a ZOOM
of it MMF5AA were both done at 100 iterations to pro
duce the DETAIL -- which also requires more granules
to store. These were all done using the MANDELBROT
equation.
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all done with the JULIA numbers factored into the
equation.
These are all samples of my first attempts to
create Fractals that I would consider pleasing to
the eye.
I could only convert Fractals of less than 9
granules to the /NIB format and then to /CM3 to be
editted. I eliminated STUs CODE from the right hand
margin and added Initials and Date with a Border. I
also adjusted the color Palettes using CoCoMaxIII.
These cannot be converted back to /SQS and re-
viewed in the SFRACTAL Program. If anyone would like
the /SQS format of them just send me a blank disk.
I hope you enjoy them as much as I enjoyed wat-
ching them develop on my CoCo Screen.
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GODFREY J. MOLL
1571 EAST ERIE APT 103
SPRINGFIELD, MO 65804
(417)882-5863
(NOTE: RUN "NIBSHOW.BAS" on side 1 of the Bonus Disk
to see some GREAT fractals.)
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ART COLLECTION
On side 2 of the Bonus Disk you'll find a collection of art by some of our very talented artists. Here's the credits: COVER#29, HAPPEND?, LETTERS ....Ray Berney OUTBACK, TREE .................Arthur Williams TROUT, SKI ...................Charles Gibson SAILSURF .....................Ralph Fehringer REDROCKS .....................Orval "Buck" Carden CFDM, CFDMCROP ...............Michael Lewis SUSITNA ......................Garry Spencer (RUN "NIBSHOW.BAS" on side 2 of the Bonus Disk.)=* |
Salt Lick Meadow
This picture was copied from a two-page spread in a
May 1985 "National Geographic" article about the Bob
Marshall Wilderness. This picture is near the Sun
River's North Fork.
(The picture is entitled "COVER#29" and is located
on side 2 of the Bonus Disk.)
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| Articles in section: FAMILY TREE |
| COCO
HAS BEEN A LEARNING TOOL! RAMAN V ENSMINGER ROBERT NICHOLSON |
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COCO HAS BEEN A LEARNING TOOL! Where did the time go? I'm about four months behind.
My twin daughters are getting ready to go off to
college. We leave for William & Mary tomorrow with
Juliana, and Sara leaves Sept. 9th for Long Island
University in South Hampton, Long Island. Juliana
will be taking International Studies and Russian
Studies; Sara, Marine Biology.
I am very proud of both of them. Juliana was first
in her class, and had the highest average ever
attained at Sparta High. Sara was third in her
class. Sara has a full scholarship and Juliana,
(who could have attended several top schools on a
full scholarship) chose her school on the basis of
course offerings and faculity. However, no
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I'm telling you this because I believe that the use
of the CoCo had a lot to do with their success. They
have been using the CoCo since 1983. Sometimes it
was difficult to get to use it myself. They played
educational games, wrote stories, and just had fun.
Throughout high school they never wanted another
computer. I bought an Apple for them to use because
that is what they used in school. They'd rather use
the CoCo. I donated the Apple to the school. We had
no use for it. WHAT A LEARNING TOOL the CoCo has
been. TANDY blew it when they stopped supporting
the CoCo.
Now they are off to school and no CoCo. It's almost
mine. My youngest (13) still uses it a lot. =>
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She is following in her sister's footsteps.
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FAMILY TREE Hello to all the fellow members of the CFDM, I am a
bit late in submitting my contribution, but after
having a bit of trouble with my disk drive I decided
it was time to get my entry in.
I am a 77 year old former Nebraskan, now retired
from the army since 1963. After retiring from the
army my wife, Vivian, and I settled in Tucson, AZ.
I went to work for the Mercedes Benz auto dealer as
their parts manager for four years. Then worked for
the city of Tucson as Parts Dept. Supervisor.
In 1978 we decided that we would like to do a
little more travelling so we sold everything and for
a year we lived in a mobile trailer. After coming to
San Antonio, we decided to stay put.
I have enjoyed being here in San Antonio as the
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been too bad.
I want to thank you, Rick, for your help in
getting me back in the computer business. Everything
seems to be working fine now.
RAMAN V. ENSMINGER
5111 GLENRIDGE APT L-12
SAN ANTONIO, TX 78229-5439
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WHAT IS THAT "ATARI"
THING? And the lady at the church sale screwed up her
face and said "Its got 9 game cartridges and Radio
Shack said all you need is a cable to your T.V.set."
So my wife Helen said "Buy it for our grandson."
That was a little over two years ago. It was twelve
dollars.
Hi, my name is Bob Nicholson, and my wife and I
live on a small island off the west coast of Canada,
about one hundred miles north of Seattle. I'm 61 and
retired, we have a married daughter living on our
island, and a married son in Port St Lucie, Florida.
We also have 5 grandchildren (here and there).
That 16k CoCo has aquired some relatives too, a
64k, a CoCo III, another with 512, 2 CM8 monitors, a
501 double, 502 double, Ados3, a 440 Tandy printer,
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With all the stuff I've accumulated, I should
know something, but the learning is very slow; the
enjoyment level, however, is very high.
I've spent most of my life in the electric sign
business, started in Vancouver B.C., moved to
Sacramento Calif., lived there for 12 years, then
moved to Saltspring island B.C. (pop. 7500) and have
lived here for 18 years. During that time I managed
a local hardware store.
Prior to CoCo, I'd never touched a computer, so I
am learning very slowly, there is another fellow
here who had a CoCo, but lost interest when he went
to IBM. I have had hobbies before, and know how fast
money can vanish on them, so I'm learning and having
fun, what could be better. The tough part is not
being able to ask someone here, so thank you Rick=>
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for this fellowship. My island is about halfway
between Vancouver and Victoria B.C., the ferry
service is very good so when I get off island I
prowl the second hand stores looking for the Tandy
label. Amazing what pops up if you look around.
If there's anyone out there in the same kind of
situation, and would like to write, I'd love to hear
from you, and will get back to you ASAP.
My address is Bob Nicholson
1411-1 Beddis Rd.
Saltspring Island
B.C. Canada
V8K 2C9
604 537 5668 =*
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| Articles in section: FORUM |
| 1st
Northwest Two man COCO-FEST BEN WALKER'S TRUISMS <g> CFDM Subscription Increase? COCO EMULATOR FUND UPDATE COCO2 EMULATOR DEMO |
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1st Northwest Two man COCO-FEST I have been given the task of reporting on our
recent 1st Annual Northwest Two Man COCO Fest held
in the metropolis? of Kellogg, Idaho. The other
member, namely RAY BERNEY arrived and was waiting
on my door step,(I'm not kiddin either) on Saturday
the 11th of June, he had announced his arrival by
unscrewing my porch light that I had forgot to turn
off on the way to work! After a hand shake, we had
a informal lunch, and I mean really informal, as I
have been batching since 4 May, we devoured some
sandwichs and IMMEDIATELY went to my COCO room and
dived into the COCO-ZONE, we both commented that we
would have to make the Fest the best we could do
without the presence of BOB BRUTKO, who couldn't
make it because Daddy KODAK is sending him to some
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After 3.5 hours we shut down and went out to
dinner, Mac's treat! When we returned the fun began
when RAY crashed my COCO, GOOD FRIEND HUH?, Well,
Ray tore down the COCO and we vacuumed it all out
and checked all connections, PROGNOSIS #1: IF RAY
BERNEY COMES TO VISIT YOU,KEEP HIM AWAY FROM COCO!
PROGNOSIS #2: (ACTUALITY) COLD SOLDER JOINT ON THE
MASTER POWER SWITCH! We were up and running in about
20 minutes, I learned some new neat things about my
COCO, and also finally met a CFDM Friend in person
instead of disk mail! All in all the COCO Fest went
great, EXCEPT FOR RAY CRASHING MY COCO! Chuckle!!
We will probably have another MINI NW COCO FEST next
year if not sooner!
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Ray left for home Sunday at 3'ish, and once again
old Mac was left in solitude with his COCO! No I
would like to put in a litte glitch for Ray's CFDM
patches! Guys and Gals they really are worth the
small sum of $7.00, the patch is 3 1/2 by 4 1/4 in
size and with the CFDM logo in vivid color they
make an excellent patch to show your true colours,
I realize that he needs Money Orders for the sale,
and can't take personal checks, but what the hey,
Ray has about 65 or 70 of them! Not to speak of the
money he invested for the patches. His address is
in Issue #27 and #28, Order a Patch!
Dann McConnell
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CFDM Subscription Increase? When the United States Postal Service increases the first class rate from 29 cents to 32 cents, will Rick be forced to increase the subscription rate as well or can he keep costs down? I'm asking that ALL the Friends out there who are concerned like I am to put in their two cents worth in. I feel Rick WILL have to increase the subscription rate, backorder issue prices and the UNBLIEVEABLE offers. It will have to come one day and I'm trying to warn people about the increasing costs to everybody. What do you say, Mac, Stu, H. Allen, George Q., R.A.T., Norm, G. Moll, W. Astle, Chai, Keiran, Bennett, Sternett, T. Simons, Moenich, J.R.? => ____________________________________________________ ----- RICK: Ray asks some of the most intriguing questions doesn't he? Well Ray, if you hadn't mentioned it, I never would have thought about it! So when the postal rates go up we'll raise the rate of all my products by 100%. That way we will just get over all that pain now and not have to increase the costs 10 to 15 percent at a time! Now how's that for creative business thinking? Now....I'm just kidding! The prices of my products will not go up..and that's that! While we're talking about it, let me say that I feel we have the best of about everything at Rick's Computer Enterprise. We have the best products, the best prices, AND........ THE BEST FRIENDS. LET'S KEEP IT THAT WAY!! =* |
COCO EMULATOR FUND UPDATE On August 15th the CoCo 3 Emulator Bounty Escrow
stood at $365. We've made considerable progress
since then. I wish to thank all who have made their
donations thus far and encourage others to give us a
little help. We need to get this fund up to our
$1000 goal so that we can give Jeff Vavasour our
message, "WE WANT A COCO 3 EMULATOR!". The sooner
we reach our goal, the sooner we'll see results.
Here's how we stand:
Beginning Balance August 15, 1994.........$365.00
Robert A. Turner 6.00
Terry Laraway 15.00
Robert Russell 5.00
Herb Forger 50.00
Barry Miller 50.00
Edward Webster 25.00 =>
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Alvin E. Robinson 10.00
Marie Boudet 10.00
Nancy Lowery 5.00
Bill Yale 30.00
Kathy Rumpel 5.00
Robert Roeder 5.00
Rick Porter 20.00
Dale Heglin 20.00
Raul Guido 5.00
Donald Zimmerman 15.00
Arnold Garlic 10.00
Richard Williams 10.00
Bernard Churnetski 5.00
David Maze 5.00
Jim Mills 5.00
Jerry Tofte 20.00 =>
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Frank Davidson 5.00
Ending Balance September 17, 1994 $704.00
Thanks to all those who have generously contributed
to the fund thus far! WE WILL VERY MUCH APPRECIATE
SEEING YOUR NAME ON THIS LIST SOON!
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COCO2 EMULATOR DEMO During my recent visit to the HOME of CFDM, RICK
did a DEMO of the COCO2 EMULATOR - it was fasinating
to see his PC (used for business) convert to a CoCo
Screen and then provide a MENU System that allowed
him to access the Hard Drive that contained programs
that he had previously loaded. Under GAMES he was
able to bring to screen one of my old favorites PIPE
LINE from THE RAINBOW Magazine. It was one that I
had spent time to include 'INSTRUCTIONS' and also a
Graphic Start-up Screen created with Pipes and Sound
all done in BASIC.
JEFF VAVASOUR certainly has the talent to create
an EMULATOR for the PC to run our COCO3 programs and
we should do everything possible to encourage him to
complete his efforts in this area. I would encourage
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just as soon as possible.
I have 31 Disk Boxes filled with Programs that I
enjoy and would hate to have my CoCos go down due to
old age and then not be able to access them!
If you have access to a PC and have purchased
the COCO2 EMULATOR, you should share your experience
in its performance so that JEFF can make any needed
improvements in his latest efforts.
*** LONG LIVE THE COCO ***
Godfrey =*
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| Articles in section: FROM THE EDITOR |
| KUDOS TO MY DEAR CFDM FRIENDS |
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KUDOS Due to the large number of Friends participating in
this issue and the very little disk space remaining,
this month's KUDOS will be a text entry. At least
every name will show up in HARDCOPY's KUDOS. Here's
the longest list of participants EVER in an issue of
CFDM!!
William Astle Terry Laraway
Norm Barson Dann McConnell
Jim Bennett James McNeil
Ray Berney Barry Miller
Marie Boudet James Mills
Robert Bruhl Robert Mirabilio
Orval Carden Godfrey Moll
Guy Charbonnier Robert Nicholson
Jeff Cho Pat Norris =>
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Toby Cropper Dave Otis
John Daniels John Pendleton
Frank Davidson Robert Roeder
Harvey Driscoll Raymond Sami
Frank D'Urso Terry Simons
Page Edmondson Ray Smith
Raman Ensminger Garry Spencer
Ralph Fehringer Robert Stitt
Steve Felker Kenney Trevino
Herb Forger Robert A. Turner
Perry Friesen J. R. Waggoner
Jim Gibbons Ben Walker
Charles Gibson Arthur Weisberg
Dale Heglin Arthur Williams
Keiran Kenny Stuart Wyss-Gallifent
Terry Laraway Don Zimmerman =>
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Michael Lewis
Fifty-one Friends are featured in this issue. Thanks
to all who contributed their 2 cents worth!
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TO MY DEAR CFDM FRIENDS Another issue of CFDM is almost complete! This one
includes Bonus Disk #9. I hope you'll enjoy it!
There's plenty in this issue, although there are a
few granules free on each Program/Side.
Schools back in full swing now. I must say it's been
very smooth so far. It's not often I've been able to
say that, so I'll just enjoy it while I can!!
It's been a very busy month and there's no let up in
sight. In a couple of weeks Donna, Kristin, Kasey,
Kayla, and I will be heading for Atlanta and the
Atlanta Fest. I'm expecting to see some CFDM Friends
I've never seen before. Terry Simons, for one, has
been announcing his travel plans for a couple of
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returning for at least his third in a row. I'm sure
they'll be others too.
Then in November (the 12th) we'll be hosting the
biggest Phone Fest ever! You'll find a catalog of
the items and information with this disk. I hope
you'll make every effort to attend (by phone that
is). This will probably be our last until at least
next summer vacation.
As you'll notice in the FORUM, the CoCo 3 Emulator
Escrow Bounty Fund is coming along very nicely. If
every Friend donated $1.50, we'd meet our goal. The
donations we've received have been larger than that,
of course, and the special auction items donated by
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On the bad news side, Bob Brutko called this week to
say that Friend Dan McConnell was in the hospital.
Dan has suffered his second heart attack in two
years. GET WELL SOON DAN! OUR PRAYERS ARE WITH YOU!!
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(Last month's scripture can be found in John 4:18)
My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord;
neither be weary of his correction: For whom the
Lord loveth he correcteth; even as a father the
son in whom he delighteth.
- Proverbs 3:11,12
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* COCO REGISTRY ->EXCELLENT * RICK:
The COCO REGISTRY disk arrived yesterday, Aug.
14th and I've had a few minutes to try it out.
I found that we have 26 FRIENDS who have a DIG-
ITIZER -- so we should be seeing more digitized pic-
tures in the future!
I was very interested in seeing how many run at
40TR versus 35TR -- more than half! 146 out of 262!
I have stayed away from it, but plan to start using
40TR for all of my back-up disks inorder to save the
file space. Maybe if I get used to using it I will
switch from 35TR to 40TR?
My next interest was as to those that have HARD
DRIVES -- WOW! -- 51. In this area I'm sure that a
lot of us could use some TECHNICAL advice. Maybe an
Article by a FRIEND? Keep them coming, Godfrey =*
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CFDM..BIT BY THE DRAGON! ...I'm enclosing copies of the last four issues of
UP-2-DATE.....You'll see on one of the issues....
I've included a rewrite for the Dragon of your BYTE
tutorial from an early CFDM. I hope you don't mind
me using it, but it was so relevant to the article
on the FAT (File Allocation Table-Dragon equivalent
of the GAT) in the same issue.
I must say I look forward to receiving CFDM every
month and always find lots of highly interesting
articles and programs. I'm so pushed for time most
of the while that I don't get as much opportunity as
I would like to really absorb some of the programs.
You can always learn from other people's work and if
you don't you're either a fool, or you're wasting
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said that retirement was a time for relaxing and
sitting back with your feet up? I think he must
have slipped into an early grave!
- Ray Smith
5 Glen Road
Parkstone
POOLE, Dorset
BH14 0HF
England
Phone - (0202) 744688
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RICK: Thanks for your letter Ray! I deem it a great
honor to have the Byte Tutor included in your disk
magazine!!! =*
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EXCERPTS FROM LETTERS Sometimes it's no fun paying a bill; but in the case
of COCO FRIEND'S DISK MAGAZINE it's a pleasure. So,
enclosed is my check for $30.
- Page R. Edmondson, MN
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I received your information in the mail and I must
admit, I am very impressed with what you are doing.
You have really made my day when I found out that
there are still CoCoists doing their thing. I can't
wait to get my hands on some of these user-friendly
/ windows type programs.
Thank you very much in advance, for a whole new
world that you will introduce me to...and thank you
for sending the package to my friend.
- Robert Stitt, FL =>
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I wish you "SUCCESS" and hope that you will take
care of your health. The same applies to your
numerous contibutors.
Thanks to all those who contribute, not only with
money (like me!) but with articles & ideas, etc..
- Guy Charbonnier, Quebec, Can.
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ps. Frankly I don't see how you can find time to put
the CFDM together for each disk. I like what you are
doing and enjoy every copy.
- Frank Davidson, NJ
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Just received the CoCo Registry in the mail and have
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My compliments to the chefs.....PS According to the
CoCo Registry, 150 entries out of 262 are interested
in OS9 !! WOW.
- Barry Miller, IL
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The CoCo Registry arrived yesterday. I found that 26
have digitizers...146 out of 262 RUN 40 track....51
have hard drives..WOW!
- Godfrey J. Moll, MO
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Enjoy every Issue !
Enjoy every HARDCOPY !
Enjoy every purchased program !
Enjoy every CoCo Friend !
- John C Pendleton, MO
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LIKES MANY FEATURES OF CFDM Dear Rick,
I am enclosing a check for $22. $12 for the CoCo
Registry disks and $10 for the development of the
CoCo III Emulator.
I want to say what a great program you had in Vol.
30 - DF3. Data Form III a database program by Jim
Bennett. This is so well done. With it you can set
up any number of database programs. I really like
the fact that when you want to print out your data,
you can set the baud rate, at this time right from
the screen. This is good programming. Also like
the idea of the CoCo Coloring Book (Godfrey Moll).
As always, I love the CFDM and HARDCOPY. =>
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Continue the good work. I thank you for all the
work you put into this for the rest of us. All the
best to you and your family.
- Marie Boudet
Springfield, MA
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RICK: Thanks for all the Kudos Marie and your best
wishes!
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LOOKING FORWARD TO THE REGISTRY I have enclosed a money order for $12 for the CoCo
Registry. I mailed in the completed registration
form when I received it. I was really impressed with
all the work that has obviously gone into the
creation of the Registry as outlined in your summary
advertisement.
In particular I am looking forward to seeing lists
of any remaining sources of supplies for the CoCo3.
I would like to acquire a Multi-Pak interface, a
mouse, and whatever the driver program required for
my Home Publisher disk which I purchased from Radio
Shack when I first got the computer. I can not get
the program to print to my DMP 132 Radio Shack
printer and I noted in an old Rainbow Magazine, the
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(in the US) someone like myself who purchased the
Home Publisher program could get the driver program
for a DMP 132 by phoning the Tandy Express at (800)
321-3133. I can't access that number from here and
was wondering if you could phone this toll free
number for me and possibly through your connections
acquire me one of these driver programs.
Do you have access to an address for TANDY in the
US that I could write to.
- Harvey Driscoll Sr.
P.O. Box 87
Maynooth, Ont
Canada K0L 2S0
613 338-2809 =>
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RICK: Harvey, I had no luck dailing the number you
gave. Does anyone have any information on the
TANDY Express line. I've heard there was such a
thing, but I've never had need to call. Or maybe
someone has the driver Harvey spoke about.
An address to write TANDY..that I don't have either.
Harvey, most of us have learned to live without
TANDY support and really don't call on them that
often!
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REGISTRY RESPONSE! I enjoyed the Registry with my very own record
number, 0162. Very impressive. I have decided to
make use of it, especially the ads. The accounting
offer may be just what I am looking for.
Even though I may never use it, Jeff Vavasour's
emulator could be a boon for the CoCo, so I am
adding a small donation along with my order.
I have also decided to subscribe to Adventure
Survivors and Upgrade. Keep up the good work.
- Dale Heglin, MB, Canada
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RICK: Thanks for the feedback Dale! I happy to hear
the ads section of the Registry will be used! =*
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RENEWAL TIME Rick, here is a money order to renew 6 months of
disk, and one year of hardcopy, also my personal
thanks for issues past. I'm sorry I'm late but we
recently built a new home, moved in a few weeks ago
and have been busy inside and out, so no time for
CoCo. Did manage to read the last two issues and am
enclosing $5.00 for the CoCo-PC fund.
Keep up the good work, I know that I speak for
others like me, lost in the boonies, clinging to
this thread to the CoCo world, and we say -
Thank You
Bob Nicholson
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Re: Coco-Accountant 3 I just spent the day working on the COCO-Accountant
3 program. It is GREAT!! As you said in your review
in issue 31, it is very easy to use.
Even I tackled it without any problems. I only enter
ed transactions for 7 1/2 months- Pest Control bus-
iness and my personal checkbook! What a challenge!
It is neat how easily it sorts information out.
Quickly sorts, prints separate account summarys;
even spreadsheet for a year printed quickly. The new
STAR printer is fantastic. Of course I still have a
lot to learn. Next I will tackle checkbook
reconciliation. Another day!!
Rick: Sorry about my issue 31. Don't know what =>
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happened to my disk information. Sure will be glad
when I get another. Thanks!!!
I enjoyed visiting with you last week. Thanks for
the information on the Emulator. It sounds like a
great insurance policy if our CoCo's fail, heaven
forbid! Enclosed is $5.00 donation for Jeff
Vavasour's emulation project.
Also enclosed is $12.00 for your COCO Registry. I am
excited about receiving my first issue.
Keep up the GREAT work! Nancy Lowery
Rt 2 Box 1040
Arkansas City, KS 67005-9447
316-442-2451 =>
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RICK: Thanks for your update on your CoCo doings
Nancy! I'm glad to hear you're enjoying the STAR
and for the report on CoCo Accountant 3!
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Single Drive Article Copies Rick, when reading articles in CFDM, I at times want
to immediately write a response. It seems that I
cannot insert my CFDM template and have the computer
write my article on the template without the direct-
ory of the current CFDM disk being written on the
template. Can you alter the program so that single
drive users like myself can do what I want to do?
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RICK: Steve this could be accomplished but....the
CUTILS program is very big and consists of more than
five (I really can't remember how many source files
there are) which have to be fit together carefully.
To add a routine, even a small routine, is a very
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every byte count (NIB, compressed CFDM files, etc.)
and when I wrote CUTILS and even C.BAS, I filled
almost all of the disk memory and the 128K memory
that is standard to CFDM.
I'm not saying it can't be done...it would be a
difficult undertaking. (Especially at this time of
year. i.e. school is underway.)
I might suggest that you can make a copy of the CFDM
disk...load the entry you wish to comment on..use
Entry Writer to edit or add to it...then SAVE the
edited entry. WITH THIS SUGGESTION I RECOMMEND THAT
YOU USE THIS PROCEDURE WITH CARE...MANY CFDM DISKS
ARE NEARLY FULL.
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To Rick To Rick, thanks for the hospitality on my visit to
the headquarters of CFDM. I enjoyed seeing you and
the family again. I look forward to seeing you at
the Atlanta COCOFEST this Oct.
John
To Everyone Else, if there is any way you can make
a trip to Liberty to visit Rick, I can recommend
it as a very enjoyable experience. I got to see a
little of what it takes to put together CFDM and
run the software business and I can't see how Rick
has time to do his "real" job as school principle!
I also got to see the infamous pool table that has
not been used for months now, at least I saw the
part that wasn't covered with COCO stuff.
John =>
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RICK: Thanks John, it was great having you in our
home! And your reference to the "pool table" will
give folks an idea of how full it is! Actually the
"pool table" is a ping pong table. At least it was
the last time we saw the top of it!!
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| Articles in section: POTPOURRI |
| ***
SCORE BOARD *** CoCofest-Pacific North West Hymn Sing ! Kelly Freas bio |
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Here's a new feature for POTPOURRI, a scoreboard for
those who enjoy playing CoCo games. Each month I'll
include the score of anyone who thinks they have
done well on a CoCo game. It doesn't have to be the
high score, but the high score will be noted as
well. So let's see what games you like to play and
how you're doing.
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SCORE BOARD
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Name Game Current High
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Jeffrey Cho Photon 49 levels 51
Godfrey Moll EZACES 115 115
Jonathan Weber Rogue 4964 gold p. 4964
Jonathan Weber Digger 31600 31600 =>
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Jeffrey Cho Contras WON WON
Jeffrey Cho Thelda WON WON
Godfrey Moll FASCIN8 309 309
Godfrey Moll Walls of J. 135 135
Godfrey Moll BASH 91,600 91,600
Come on..SEND IN THOSE SCORES!!
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CoCofest-Pacific North West Rick, a brief report (second hand) on the fest, swap meet at Port Orchard Washington, on June 25th weekend. I'm not sure of all the facts but I got some information from Rodger Alexander, of the Bellingham OS-9 Users Group. Rodger indicated that this year the organizers found interest declining, and so decided to team up with a P.C. fest and swap meet. I had really wanted to go, but at the last moment, couldn't, and after talking to Rodger, found that I hadn't missed much. He said that there was very little CoCo stuff there, but there was "an older lady" (who apparently had just discovered the Color Computer) running around buying everything she could get her hands on. In Rodger's words "she was just as excited as we were ten years ago! I will be seeing him soon, and may have more to report,later=* |
Hymn Sing ! In Issue #24, Charles Gibson surprised me with
a sing-along program, "PUFF". I hadn't realized it
was something that could be done and I liked it a
lot. Inspired by his example, I wrote "HYMNSING",
which presents the words and music of two favorite
hymns: "God of Grace" and "God of Our Fathers". I
hope you like it. RUN"HYMNSING", on the program side
of this disk.
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Kelly Freas bio
This article goes with the picture file called
HERETIC, a digitized reproduction of a piece of art-
work by Frank Kelly Freas entitled Heretic in a
Ballon.
Although Freas is one of the older fantasy artists,
and although he can look back upon thirty years of
experience as an illustrator, he has nevertheless
successfully managed to keep his work up-to-date.
Frank Kelly Freas, an American, was 28 years old
when he produced his first cover in November 1950:
it was for the science fiction magazine "Weird
Tales".
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Kelly Freas, who was born in New York, tried his
hand at a number of completely different jobs such
as engineering and medicine, before turning to art.
But his artistic talents also turned out to be quite
diverse: among other things, he concentrated on
photography, television commercials, he painted re-
ligious pictures for the order of St. Francis, and
Alfred E. Neumann for "Mad"-- and again and again
science fiction and fantasy.
One of his most spectacular commissions was that of
designing the badge for the first NASA Skylab and a
number of posters to popularize American space pro-
jects.
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It would of course be unthinkable to imagine an
artist of his stature without official recognition.
Frank Kelly Freas is a kind of regular customer
when, year after year, the World Science Fiction
Association award their "Hugo". So far he has re-
ceived this award ten times-- more often than any
other artist before him!
This bio synopsis and the reproduction of Freas'
Heretic in a Ballon were both found in the book en-
titled Masterpieces of Fantasy Art. Please note that
the digitizing process and my feeble attempts to
touch it up with CoCoMax III do not do justice to
the detail of the artist's work
(View with NIBSHOW from Side 2 of the Bonus disk)=*
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"C3READER/BAS" ASCII
Reader. The program "C3READER.BAS" was written to provide
a convenient means of reading documentation files
that are included with Public Domain and Shareware
software. I am in the process of compiling such a
library of Color Computer software, and so I wrote
this program for inclusion on the Color Computer 3
software diskettes which contain documentation. It
has several features, such as font selection, use
of HSCREEN 4 for display, and four column Menu &
DIRectory selection. The program supports both
diskette and cassette I/O, however, I do not have
the means to test the cassette I/O function yet.
That is one of the reasons that I have decided to
submit it to CFDM. Perhaps someone can test the
cassette reading function for me? The other reason
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four files which relate to this program, all of
which are on the program side of this diskette.
They are: "C3READER/BAS", which is the actual
program; "C3READER/DOC", which is the program
documentation; and two font files: "MAC/FNT" and
"FONT MAX/FNT". This program will allow selection
of any font files that may be present on the disk.
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NOTE: DO NOT SELECT THE "BIG.FNT" DURING THE FONT
SELECTION PROCESS OF "C3READER.BAS". THAT FILE
IS FOR USE WITH THE "GEPLAN.BAS" PROGRAM.
"BIG.FNT" IS NOT A STANDARD COCO 3 HPRINT
FONT.
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ADDRESSING LABELS This is a data base program that will let you create a file, sort the file, search the file, change records in the file & print the records on paper, mailing labels, regular labels or display the records on the screen. I used various colors in the different sections of the program. When adding records to the file, each field will be represented by a string of yellow. When the cursor is in the last position, the field is full. The sort that is used is a bubble sort that I modified. The sort keeps track of the last record changed, and on the next run through the records, it will stop sorting at that record because all records following it are in sequence. This speeds up the sort. => ____________________________________________________ This program will run on all versions of the COCO. It uses the high speed disk I/O routine by L. TODD KNUDSEN. It is set up for the DMP130 series printers Lines are commented to show where changes can be made. This program is named ADDRLBL. =* |
BASEBALL ANYONE? View text file associated with this article BBINDEX/BAS will give your printer a spring-training
workout! Baseball lovers can use this database/
program to trace the histories of their favorite
teams. Not too many people may know that today's
Atlanta Braves were the ORIGINAL Cincinnati Red-
Stockings, or that the Giants were once called the
Trojans. Looking for the original Mets?, check out
the listing for todays KC Royals!
BBINDEX is easy to use. The index sits at the
beginning of the program and the interface is at the
end. When you run the program there will be a short
introduction, press <ENTER> to get the interface
menu. The menu lists all current Major League Base-
ball team names. Choose the letter of the team whose
history you wish to trace. You will then be =>
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asked if you would like a printout of the results.
Just hit yes or no. Make sure your printer is on-
line. Results print one line at a time on both the
printer and monitor. If you choose not to print out
you will just see the results on screen and then you
will be asked if you want to print the next results.
If you choose LL at the menu, you will see a listing
of all leagues having teams included in the index.
I've included the pro teams from the Negro leagues
that existed during the years of the color line, and
also included the Women's league that existed during
World War II as seen in the movie "A League of Their
Own".
Making this index involved much research. I've =>
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even included teams that no longer exist or have
any current "ancestors". To find these teams and
what cities that they represented <LIST> the program
and scroll the teams by. When you see an interesting
entry that you would like to search, type <RUN>XXXX
(where XXXX is the line number). The program will
search the rest of the database, bring you back to
the interface, and then give you the results.
(See BASEBALL ANYONE? PART 2.)
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BASEBALL ANYONE? PART 2 I enjoy using this index to find obscure teams to
match against each other in conjunction with my
Baseball Encyclopedias and my Baseball ROM Pak.
Tandy's Baseball program is actually one of the
better baseball simulation programs ever written.
(Including Martin Lee's Baseball program from the
first "Rainbow Book of Simulations", which I
heartily endorse!) With the ROM Pak (or disk copy)
you are able to enter lineups and batting averages
and then have the teams play each other..or you
could choose to operate either team. I know there
are many fantasy league baseball fans out there who
would find these programs fascinating.
I've included the possibility of the Giants moving
this year. If they don't just edit their =>
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San Francisco entry to read - GOTO 3540 -. Here's
a treat for the Rainbow (CFDM) staff, for the
professional Baseball team from Kentucky, type
RUN410 !!
I hope that people enjoy this program. I am working
on similar programs for football, hockey, and
basketball leagues as well. Feel free to call me
with any questions (or to let me know if I've missed
any). ENJOY!
Frank D'Urso
159 Highland Ave.
Somerville, MA 01243
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This program was originally submitted to
the Rainbow.
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BBINDEX/BAS is located on side 1 of the Bonus
Disk.
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Great job Frank!
- Rick
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DISASSEMBLER REVISITED Back in Issue #22 I presented a DISASSEMBLER. I have
since found a way to erase the need for a disk file
to hold the data. My new DISASSEMBLER does not
support saveing the output to a file, but it does
permit a printout.
On startup, it asks for the start address in HEX. It
assumes that you know hexadecimal since that is what
all numbers are output in. It then asks whether you
wish a printout. Just press <Y> or <N> at this
prompt and the program will proceed. I am working on
a way to translate the program into Machine Code but
the machine code version could be a long time in the
design stage. Some ideas I've had include disassem-
bling from a disk file and a choice of BAUD rates.
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FCB, FDB, FCC, or FCS instructions and converting
numbers into symbols. I may even design a routine to
provide EDTASM+ compatable source code. This may be
a load of wishful thinking, but it is worth a try.
In the mean time, enjoy my new version. It operates
a little faster since it does not need to access a
disk.
Just RUN "DISASM2.BAS"
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FILE COPY/KILL HELPER I Like to go through my CFDM disk and transfer
certain files and programs to appropriate disks that
I have set up. When I noticed the features of the
"M.BAS" program in issue #28, I tried out the COPY
command. Since I have a single drive, guess what
happened when I copied a large file? It took about
8 swaps to accomplish the COPY! The program is
fairly large, and so there is not much memory left
for copying files.
So I decided to write a program especially made
for single drive users like myself. My goal was to
use less that 1 gran of disk space and keep the pro-
gram short enough to be able to copy large files. I
also wanted the program to require a few keystrokes
as possible. I believe that I have accomplished
that. --> =>
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The main menu will give you 4 options: 1) COPY
1 or more files to another disk & KILL the file(s)
off the original disk. 2) COPY one or more files to
another disk. 3) Kill one or more files. 4) End.
Once you make your choice, you will be asked to give
the extention of the file(s) you want to copy and/or
kill. The screen will display files on the original
disk that have that extention. You will then enter
the # of the file that you want to copy and/or kill.
If you select all it will kill and/or copy all
files with that extention on your disk. Of course,
be extra careful when choosing to kill file(s).
Also, please note that the display of files is
limited to the 1st 30 files with the given exten-
tion. The screen will give swapping instructions.
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<BREAK> to return to main menu, or to change the
extention of the file(s) you wish to work with.
When you kill a file, you will notice that that
filename will disappear from the screen display.
Also, you can edit out the '(REM) marker from line
15 if you wish to use this with 40 tracks.
Again, I will use this program to copy MUSIC and
GRAPHICS files from CFDM to designation disks, as
well as other types of programs or files. I hope
you can use this program. For questions, send a
SASE to the address listed on the program. I also
welcome any suggestions for improvement. BASIC pro-
graming is one of my favorite hobbies.
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GE-Planner v1.0 GE-Planner is a program which allows you to schedule
special dates throughout the year by assigning a
label to a color code. You can mark those dates by
selecting that color and then clicking in the appro-
priate spot on the calendar. You might choose to
mark such events such as vacations & seminars. GE-
Planner provides as uncluttered way to view the year
at a glance. You may plan ahead until 1999. GE-
Planner also allows you to load and save this data
to disk.
GE-Planner operates within the GrafExpress enviro-
ment. This allows for extremely fast collision
checking & screen copying, even while programming in
basic. GE-Planner is completely mouse driven. There
are no commands to remember and no special order =>
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to follow in using the program. All functions are
available at all times, so go ahead and feel it out.
Instructions are not necessary. Enjoy!!!
You will need to copy the following files to a new
disk: GE16/BIN, BIG/FNT, GEPLAN/BAS, & GEPLAN/CHN.
Hardware requirements: 512K RAM & HI RES mouse.
NOTE: Each save will use 10 grans of disk space. Do
not include an extension or drive number in your
filename. GE-Planner has no disk error protection.
If you get a disk error, simply rerun GEPLAN/BAS.
WARNING: GrafExpress picture saves are not ADOS 3
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I Believe the GgrafExpress system has a lot of po-
tential to bring new and innovative programs to the
CoCo community. Especially through the talented
programmers in CFDM. I am very much a novice pro-
grammer. With the many expert programmers in CFDM,
GrafExpress programs could really fly! Although GE-
Planner is a good example, it barely scratches the
surface of what could be done through GrafExpress.
Also graphics drawing was done the hard way (within
the program) to save space in CFDM. GrafExpress is
available through Rick's and includes both the 16 &
256 color versions, a well written 48 page manual, &
many application & demo programs. Any questions,
comments or suggestions can be directed to CFDM or:
Perry Friesen
Box 1743 High Level, AB T0H 1Z0 =*
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HIDDEN TREASURE Recently, I learned that a famous explorer who also
happened to be an avid CoCo-ist discovered the lo-
cation of a hidden treasure of inestimable value.
Unfortunately, he disappeared before he could reveal
his discovery to the world. However, it was rumored
that he wrote a computer program which held the se-
cret to the treasure's location.
Now, by a stroke of fate, I have come across the
very program which tells where the treasure is hid-
den. Unfortunately, some evil-minded villain has
altered this program so that it no longer works cor-
rectly.
I am submitting this program to Rick in hopes that
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one of the CoCo Friends will be able to fix the pro-
gram so it will tell us where the treasure is.
The program is titled "TREASURE". It is written in
BASIC and has REM statements which explain the parts
of the program. LOAD "TREASURE", try to RUN it, and
then LIST it to see if you can find out how to make
the program work properly so that it will reveal
where the treasure is located.
GOOD LUCK!!!
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PAGER The PAGER doesn't beep you, it reformats text into
two or three columns and outputs it one page at a
time onto separate files. To use it just edit a
text file using a word processor with the left
margin set to zero and the right margin set to one
third the width of the pages you want to create.
SAVE it to an ASCII disk file.
Next RUN the PAGER and answer the questions about
your text file (the input file), such as what column
width? (This is the right margin--or about 25 if you
want a file 80 characters wide with three columns
and two spaces between the columns). When the PAGER
is done doing it's thing you'll have separate files
named "PAGE 1.DAT", "PAGE 2.DAT", etc. Use these
files for "MAX10" OR "CCIII PAGES". =>
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- Ralph Fehringer
(See PAGER.BAS on the front side of the Bonus Disk.)
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PIXBLOX - a simple jigsaw
I am still as fascinated by the potential in Mike Hoke's SUPERPUT3 as I was when it first appeared. I am grateful for it too because I have been going through a period when I just couldn't think of a subject to write a program about. My familiarisation experiments with SP3 produced a few programs worth submitting to CFDM. PIXBLOX begins with a variation of NIBLOADR. En- ter the name of a /NIB file and when it is loaded the picture will be divided into twelve blocks. Press a key and the SP3 entries in the loop in lines 480 to 580 will GET and PUT pairs of blocks so that they swap positions on the screen. There may be an inevitable delay while lines 510, 540 and 570 en- sure that no swap is repeated. But when six swaps have been effected, a cursor=> ____________________________________________________ will appear flashing in block 2 of the second row. The cursor (line 720) is also an SP3 product: a 3 x 3 square of random colors 0 to 7. The 3 x 3 background is GOT before the cursor flashes on and PUT back in place when it flashes off. The cursor remains visible against any background. Move the cursor with the arrow keys to a block and press 1. Move to another block, press 2, and the blocks will swap positions. Continue until the pic- ture is restored. Press CLEAR to delete the cursor. Then press any key to end the program. The BREAK key is disabled by the POKE41598,255 in line 10, but you can also press SHIFT-BREAK to end the program. However you end the program the BREAK key is re- enabled and operating speed returns to normal. => ____________________________________________________ To run PIXBLOX you need NIBLOADR/BIN, SP3/BIN and a suitable /NIB picture file on the same disk. If you use a BOOT utility on your disks, you may find that it will not execute PIXBLOX. If so, just run the program direct from the disk. Also, you may experience difficulty if you run the program with ADOS3 on board. =* |
STRINGART 11 I have only one comment on STRINGART11 -- I didn't
make up the title. It was taken right from the book,
along with the design.
RUN"STRING11" on the program side.
Norm Barson
7 Ridge Court
East Brunswick, NJ 08816
(908) 254-7767 =*
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HOOKED ON FRACTALS! ** |
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** HOOKED ON FRACTALS! ** I can't believe all the FUN I've been missing
out on by not trying STUART WYSS-GALLIFENT'S pro-
gram "FRACTALS/BAS" as published in CFDM ISSUE #16,
followed by his FREE offer of Programs in ISSUE #21,
which included his updated version "SFRACTAL/BAS".
This will be a Preliminary Review as I have not
had enough time to try but one-third of the capab-
ilites offered by his SUPERB Programming. FRACTALS
operates using a single pixel review moving on the Y
axis -- seems to take a little longer than SFRACTAL,
which operates with a CUBE of 64 pixels and does a
16 pixel quadrant at a time very quickly. There are
by my calculation 59,904 pixels or dots of color to
be filled in SFRACTAL and 61,056 dots for FRACTALS
as STU has reserved space along the right border to
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permit the luxury of stopping and starting a fractal
which is very handy due to the time needed to compl-
ete a detailed one.
One nice feature about FRACTALS is that a pic-
ture is saved in the /NIB format, which can easily
be converted to /CM3 and EDITed in CoCoMaxIII.
Another handy feature is the ENLARGEMENT part
of the program, which provided a neat little picture
in the lower corner of the section selected.
STU sent excellent INSTRUCTIONS with SFRACTAL,
EIGHT PAGES of detailed information on each of the
programs functions -- need to read carefully and try
out his recommended values for MANDELBROT and JULIA
sets -- yielding FRACTALs that mesmerized me as they
developed on the screen and when you color cycle the
fractal it like a kaleidescope of colors pouring =>
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as if in the molten stage. I found that it was very
easy to change the 16 PALETTES to give combinations
of color to enhance a fractal. LINE 1710 in FRACTALS
and LINEs 124-127 in SFRACTAL.
STU explains why he went to a differnt compres-
sion program in SFRACTAL and that only fractals of 9
or less granules will be converted to /NIB format.
With a VIEWer Program we will still be able to
do a FRACTAL SHOW -- *HINT*HINT* of very complicated
graphics -- a delight to see!
I did have trouble with format conversions hav-
ing the palette colors messed up - easy to change in
the CM3 format -- need help with /NIB.
I plan to submit some of my early FRACTALS to
RICK and hope to see some from others in the future!
CoCoNut Godfrey =*
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A Messed-up CoCo 3 Does anybody know of someone who has the skills
and is willing to attempt to repair a messed-up
CoCo 3? I have one that I attempted to install 512K
in, but it wouldn't work afterward. I called the
supplier and got permission to return the upgrade to
them, and did so. They said it was o.k. and returned
it. In the meantime, I took the CoCo3 to Radio Shack
to check it out. They said it was o.k., but it
wouldn't work either with the original or the up-
graded memory in it. In short, it doesn't work at
all, while both the machine itself and the upgrade
have been certified o.k. by experts. Maybe one or
the other of them, or both, was mistaken? Maybe I
overlooked something? In any case, if there is any-
one out there who is willing to tackle it, or knows
somebody who would, for reasonable payment, =>
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please let me know. I later bought a new CoCo3 with
512K already installed, but it would be nice to have
a backup machine!
Dave Otis
21 Valerie Avenue
Montpelier, VT 05602
Telephone (802)223-3190
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GIF to CM3 conversions In issue #30, Dann McConnell and Charlie Round
asked about converting GIF graphic files to CM3
format.
I use a program called GIF.BIN. This program will
allow you to view GIF's and then convert them to
.MGE, .HRS, or .VEF files. The MGE files can be
converted to .CM3 files by using the TRANSLATE
program supplied with CM3, or NUTRANS from Jumpin
Jim's Art Disk. Or you can convert the .MGE's to
.CLP files for use in MAX-10 with PIXTRANS from
MAX-10. And GIF.BIN will keep the PALETTES in tact.
Of course, all of your GIF's need to be on a CoCo
formatted disk before you can do this. I accomplish
this by using ULTIMATERM and a NULL Modem cable
between my CoCo3 and my Laptop. I just download all
the GIF's to my CoCo3 disk. After that, it is ==>
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just a matter of LOADing GIF.BIN and converting your
GIF's to .MGE's.
If you just want to view you GIF's on you CoCo3, I
suggest you use a program called The Projector.
This program allows the viewing of several graphic
formats. Including CM3, MGE, IMG, GIF, VEF and
others. This program does not have provision for
saving pictures though. You can press RESET to exit
the program and then try to convert the picture
still in memory. But, you lose the palette doing it
this way.
If you would like the two programs mentioned,
GIF.BIN and The Projector, send me a postcard with
your name and address and I will send you a disk
with the programs along with a couple of sample GIF
files. I will also be glad to transfer ==>
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and / or convert any GIF files you wish.
One last note, there are many different GIF
formats and not all will convert properly.
J R Waggoner
911 North Grand Avenue
Stuttgart, AR 72160-2913
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LOOKING FOR A FEW GOOD PROGRAMS I am very interested in acquiring software that no
longer exists or that is very hard to find. I have
several programs that I use on my CoCo3 almost every
day. The following software list contains a few
programs that I would very much like to have in my
possession for using with my everyday applications.
- Telewriter 128
- CoCo Calligrapher
- The Newspaper
- VIP Integrated Library
- Keep-Trak
- Max Wear
- Robert Stitt III
230 Avilez Blvd
Titusville, FL 32780 =*
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OFFSET SCREEN PROBLEM ...One question, sometimes when I cold-start my
CoCo, the writing is starting with the first
vertical column of letters on the far right-hand
side of the screen. All the rest is on the left-hand
side where it should be. Can anyone help?
Photon is truly the most fun I've had in years. I
have a multi-pak and would consider buying a printer
if the price is not too high.
- Robert Roeder
3237 Mapleway Court
Columbus, OH 43204
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Old Drives.... In issue #30, John Daniels said that he had
purchased a Model 1 computer.
The drives are 35 track drives and are basicaly the
same drives that Radio Shack originally sold for use
on the CoCo 1. I have 2 that I have been using for
three years now on my CoCo 1 with no problems.
As for the video display, there are only three pins
used in the din plug.
Pin # 1 -- +5 Volts supplied by the computer
Pin # 4 -- Composite video
Pin # 5 -- Ground
There is no audio circuit in the monitor since the
Model 1 did not have sound capabilities.
Here is a little bit of trivia for you Trekkies==>
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A TRS-80 Model 1 was used to create some of the
computer displays in the first Star Trek movie
"Star Trek: The Motion Picture". Of course the
displays had to be colorized since the Model 1 only
displayed Black and White.
J R Waggoner
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Reply: To ROM-PAK TRANSFERS... To: Godfery J. Moll & Robert Countant
If you have a copy The Rainbow On Disk December
1987 issue page #152, you will find an RSDOS Basic
program by. the name of "PAXFER.BAS". Don't forget
to refer to the magazine for more information.
If you have a copy of The T&D Software Utility #1
disk, you will find two programs by the names of
"ROMBACK" and "ROMPACK". This T&D Software issue
will not come with documention. I know because I
bought one several years ago. If you have a copy of
The T&D Software issue #20 Febuary 1984, you will
find a program by the name of "ROM COPY". This
T&D Software issue will come with documention. I
know because I have bought quite a few of the
T&D Software products but not this specific one. =>
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Note: the EDTASM+ ROM-PAK may not be able to be
transfered on your COCO 3, because it will not
function on the COCO 3 to start with, at least it
will not on my COCO's at either 128K or 512K. I have
one of each, this may be the same for other
ROM-PAK's as well.
If you happen to have a copy of The Peeks, Pokes 'n
Execs by Microcom Software, you should take a look
at pages #29 and #64 my more help in transfering
your ROM-PAK's to disk or tape. I hope that this
will be of help to you in transfering your ROM-PAK's
to disk or tape.
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* GOOD LUCK * Signed: Kenney Trevino =*
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Some Answers and a Question MADMIKE HOKE was looking for free 'ROM' space in the
CoCo3. The following is a list of unused addresses
in the CoCo3 ROM:
$8C55 - $8C61 13 BYTES :THIS IS WHERE THE DLOAD
$8D14 - $8E36 291 BYTES :COMMAND USED TO BE
$A064 - $A071 14 BYTES :OLD BOOT CODE
$BFE6 - $BFFF 26 BYTES :TOP OF COLOR BASIC ROM
$D8D0 - $DEFF 1584 BYTES :DISK 1.1 UNUSED ROM
$DF59 - $DFFF 167 BYTES :ANY CFDM SUBMISSIONS
SHOULD USE THIS SPACE INSTEAD OF THE 1.0 SPACE
$D7DD - $DFFF 2083 BYTES :DISK 1.0 UNUSED ROM -
USE OF THIS SPACE IN A SUBMISSION MEANS THAT
PEOPLE WITH DISK 1.1 CANNOT USE IT =>
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$FA0C - $FDFF 1012 BYTES :SUPER BASIC UNUSED ROM
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KEIRAN KENNY was wondering about primary colors. I
may be able to explain:
RED, YELLOW and BLUE are used when mixing paints or
any kinds of dyes or pigments. They involve the sub-
tractive theory of light (sorry about the PHYSICS)
while shining colored lights requires RED, GREEN and
BLUE. This is the additive theory of light and is
the method used by television sets and RGB monitors.
Any physics text which deals with light should clear
any confusion you have with this explanation.
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And now my question:
I am looking for all sorts of interesting POKES,
PEEKS, & EXECutes which may be handy for programming
especially, how to disable the RESET button from
within software (I'm not good with hardware modifi-
cations.) I do hope that someone can share some of
their knowledge with me (I cannot afford to buy
books such as 500 PEEKs POKEs and EXECs.)
If anyone has any suggestions, reply through CFDM.
Others may be interested in this information as
well.
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WANTED AND FOR SALE I would be interested in talking to anyone that uses
their CoCo3 for ham radio, like packet. Also I would
be interested in programs and interfaces for ham
radio.
Is there any place to purchase any of the old
programs like Color Max or some of the word
processors? If you could help in any of these areas
I would really appreciate it.
Thanks
- Pat Norris
16436 SR 231
Nevada, OH 44849
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I spoke to you over the phone some time ago about
selling some color computer equipment. I have lots
of games and some software that is practically new-
never used. I bought up a lot of stuff from Radio
Shack when I worked for them. I am basically trying
to clear some space and pay off some bills.
If interested contact: Toby Cropper
1023 Gallatin
San Antonio, TX 78245
(210) 674-9395
or
(210) 675-6300
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WANTED: PENPAL I got a copy of issue of your magazine. This is
a great magazine; really the CoCo World needs it in
this hard time.
I write this letter for 2 things: to ask if you can
publish a penpal letter in your magazine...if you
can:
My name if Raymond Sami. I have a CoCo3 512K,
2 drives (40 and 80 track), RGB monitor, NX1000
printer, S & S pak, Orchestra Pak, multi-pak. I
look for penpals that can help me get software
and hardware for the CoCo3. Especially in the
last 4 years, there is no CoCo in the Netherlands
and my CoCo is freezing to death. Please help!
Second, I'm am looking for PC AT keyboard =>
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interface for CoCo3, Studio Work Pro ADC Pak and
cable, Ears Pak and software, Rom switch for disk
drive controller (FD501), adaptor for Extended ADOS
eprom, Serial to Parallel interface, and 40 pin 'Y'
cable 3 way or normal 'Y' cable.
Best Regards,
Raymond Sami
Vliestroom 225
2401 VE
Alphen a/d ryn
The Netherland
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