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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 (i44) CONTENTS...PART 2 (i44) PROGRAM DIRECTORY (i44) 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 (i44) 2 CONTENTS...PART 2 (i44) 3 PROGRAM DIRECTORY (i44) 4 THIS MONTH'S COVER ACTIVE COCO (1) 1 6TH ANNUAL ATLANTA COCOFEST ADVERTISEMENTS (7) 1 Bob van der Poel Software 2 CFDM SUBSCRIPTION => ____________________________________________________ 3 MAX-10 BORDER DISK II 4 PAGE DESIGNER COLLECTION 5 PC FRIENDS DISK MAGAZINE 6 Still For Sale - CFDM Patches 7 TOOL TEXT ARTICLES OF THE MONTH (1) 1 GrafExpress Tutorial Series #06 COCO FRIENDS ART GALLERY (7) 1 LAKESIDE 2 POPSNAKE 3 PROCRASTINATION 4 Plasma Clouds? 5 SOME CFDM EDITORS 6 THE MULE => ____________________________________________________ 7 VIEWING THE CFDM ART GALLERY FAMILY TREE (4) 1 CLYDE GANO PASSES AWAY 2 HICK BROS. by Ray Berney <g> 3 IT'S ABOUT TIME TO RESPOND 4 THE HICK BROS. by Ray Berney <g> FORUM (2) 1 * NOT MY 'VIEW' * 2 Rick's Picnic-What an Event!! FROM THE EDITOR (3) 1 CORRECTIONS!!??!!??!! 2 FROM THE EDITOR 3 KUDOS for Issue #44 =* |
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR (8)
1 AD BRINGS RESULTS!
2 APPRECIATED THOUGHTS!
3 Another one of my weird ideas...
4 COPY0>1
5 DELPHI MESSAGE ON HARDCOPY
6 PICNIC WISHES
7 RENEWAL AND NOTICE
8 TREE BRANCH WILL COME LATER!
POTPOURRI (3)
1 DEBBIE BOONE
2 FLAG
3 PLAISIR D'AMOUR
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PROGRAMS OF THE MONTH (10)
1 * PALEDIT CHANGES? *
2 AMORTIZATION (AMORT)
3 Color Disk ASCII Lister-LISTER1.
4 GARGANTUAN GROTTO 2!
5 INVENTRY - Correction
6 PALEDIT UPDATE
7 PALETTE EDITOR
8 RAINYDAY
9 ROMPAKs to RAM
10 TRIPCAL: Not another Calendar!
REVIEWS (4)
1 ABOUT REVIEWS
2 RAINBOW, OCTOBER 1982
3 RAINBOW, OCTOBER 1985 =>
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4 RAINBOW, OCTOBER 1992
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS (9)
1 GARFIELD CONTEST
2 LOOKING FOR A SOURCE
3 LOOKING FOR DISK DRIVE
4 QUESTIONS...
5 To Lin Padgett (& others)
6 To: E.Wolak 'Commodore Emulator'
7 To: E.Wolak 'Commodore...PART 2'
8 To: T. Stafford: "A SICK COCO 3"
9 YAHTZEE3
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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......
AMORT .BAS..RUN...PROGRAMS OF THE MONTH
* B4BATTLE.BIN........Data file for FLAG.BAS
* BIG .FNT........Data file for GE06.BAS
* CFDM .NIB........ART GALLERY
* COPYROM .ASM........Source code for COPYROM.BAS
COPYROM .BAS..RUN...PROGRAMS OF THE MONTH
* COPYROM .BIN........Data file for COPYROM.BAS
* CRUELWAR.BIN........Data file for FLAG.BAS
* EDPICNIC.NIB........ART GALLERY
FLAG .BAS..RUN...POTPOURRI (music)
* GE06 .BAS..RUN...ARTICLES OF THE MONTH =>
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* GE16 .BIN........Data file for GE06.BAS
GROTTO 2.BAS..RUN...PROGRAMS OF THE MONTH
* INVENT95.DAT........Data file for INVENTRY.BAS
JOY .BAS..RUN...POTPOURRI (music)
* JOY .BIN........Data file for JOY.BAS
* LAKESIDE.NIB........ART GALLERY
LIGHTUP .BAS..RUN...POTPOURRI (music)
* LIGHTUP .BIN........Data file for LIGHTUP.BAS
* LISTER1 .ASM........Source code for LISTER1.BAS
LISTER1 .BAS..RUN...PROGRAMS OF THE MONTH
* LISTER1 .DOC........Doc file for LISTER1.BAS
* NIBLOADR.BIN........Pix loader utility
NIBSHOW .BAS..RUN...ART GALLERY
PALEDIT .BAS..RUN...PROGRAMS OF THE MONTH
* PLASMA3 .NIB........ART GALLERY
* PLASMA6 .NIB........ART GALLERY =>
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* POPSNAKE.NIB........ART GALLERY
RAINYDAY.BAS..RUN...PROGRAMS OF THE MONTH
* THE MULE.NIB........ART GALLERY
TRIPCAL .BAS..RUN...PROGRAMS OF THE MONTH
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Maine Coast This picture comes from the coast of Maine.
The ocean is so calming and cooling.
I hope you get the chance to visit Maine
and it's many miles of coastline. Until next
time..
......................Jim Gibbons
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| Articles in section: ACTIVE COCO |
| 6TH
ANNUAL ATLANTA COCOFEST |
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6TH ANNUAL ATLANTA COCOFEST Announcing
THE 6TH ANNUAL ATLANTA COCOFEST
Show Hours: Sat. Sept. 30 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Sun. Oct. 1 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Vendor Setup: Fri. Sept. 29 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Sat. Sept. 30 8:00 PM - 8:45 PM
Admission: $10 (Whole Show)
Reservations: Holiday Inn, Northlake
(800) 465-4329 or (404) 938-1026
Sponsored by: Atlanta Computer Society =*
P.O. Box 80694 Atlanta, GA 30366 BBS: 404-636-2991
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Bob van der Poel Software GREAT STUFF FOR OS9 LEVEL II
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Ved Text Editor.........The Best OS9 Editor! $24.95
Vprint Text Formatter.......Dynamite Outputs $29.95
OS-9 Character Set Editor..Change the Screen $19.95
OS-9 Disk Mailing List (DML9)...............
Unlimited Capacity $24.95
Basic09 Subroutine Pack.....................
24 Useful ML Routines $24.95
Cribbage.The Classic Card Game with Graphics $19.95
Ultra Label Maker..........Make Nifty Labels $19.95
Magazine Index System.Complete Rainbow Dbase $19.95
RMA Assembler Library...Complete with Source $19.95
Stock Manager..Your Accountant will love you $24.95
OS-9 Public Domain Disk.Programs with source $ 9.95
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GREAT STUFF FOR DISK BASIC
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*Disk Utility Pack...16 Programs/1 low price $14.95
+Disk Mailing List.....Keeps up to 200 names $16.45
-Ultra Telepatch........THE Telewriter64 Fix $19.95
+CoCo 3 Cribbage....In Fully Commented BASIC $13.95
*Disk Programming Package...................
4 Hard-to-Find Programs $14.95
*Ultra Label Maker...Create Beautiful Labels $14.95
*Magazine Index System..W/Lots of Data Files $14.95
*Basic Program Lister..Easy to Read Listings $14.95
*Mapper...Detailed BASIC Program x-reference $14.95
*Packer..............Compress BASIC Programs $14.95
*Stocks & Bonds Manager...Not Only For Taxes $19.95
(+ = CoCo 3 - = CoCo 1 or 2 * = CoCo 1,2,3) =>
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For a free, descriptive catalogue please send a
postcard, call or send us email.
All programs are in stock for immediate shipping.
Please include check or money order with your order.
Sorry, no credit cards; but we will ship COD to US
and Canadian addresses (we add a small additional
charge to cover the post office COD fee). Mention
"CFDM" in your order and shipping is FREE! All
orders are shipped via first class mail, usually on
the same day they are received.
P.O. Box 355 P.O. Box 57
Porthill, ID or Wynndel, B.C.
USA 83853-0355 Canada V0B 2N0
Tel: 604-866-5772 EMAIL: Compuserve 76510,2203 =*
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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!! =* |
MAX-10 BORDER DISK II ----------------------------------------------------
N MAX-10 N
E BORDER E
W DISK II W
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Introducing an amazing new collection of borders for
Max-10! The disk includes ten full page borders that
you can use to make your documents really shine. It
also includes useful features like pre-set margins
to prevent your text from being placed over the
border edges and a detailed six page manual. Still
not convinced? Send for a free copy of the actual
printout quality. Take Max-10 to the max!
Requires Max-10 and at least 512K
$10.00 MORE=>
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MAX-10 BORDER DISK I
The accolades have poured in for this set of Max-10
borders. It has recently been upgraded and now
includes ten borders. It also now uses the 2-column
format and includes a six page manual. See the
review in issue #38. Make your documents shine!
Requires Max-10 and at least 512K
$10.00
Also Available: COCO MAX 3 GRAPHICS PACKAGE: 6
double page and 2 single page pictures for CoCo Max3
Requires CoCo Max III...$10.00
JEFF CHO
187 BRAMBLEBUSH RD.
STOUGHTON MA 02072 =*
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PAGE DESIGNER COLLECTION This is a set of 6 disks which support Max-10 and
provide you with the means to create truly impres-
sive documents. The Page Designer Collection gives
you borders for the page, boxes & frames for enclos-
ing portions of text, bold capital letters, heading
designs, greeting cards, and a variety of graphics
you can use to create signs, posters, awards, news-
letters, etc. The 20 page instruction manual makes
using the Page Designer a real snap!
Disk #1 - 7 page borders, 2 boxes, and a line.
Disk #2 - 30 frames, scrolls, boxes, ribbons, and
designs for enhancing the text.
(CTRL + 2)=>
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Disk #3 - 26 bold capital letters, a newsletter de-
sign, and an award design.
Disk #4 - 26 large script capital letters, stars,
U.S. flag, and an eagle.
Disk #5 - 7 greeting card designs, 12 headings (one
for each month), 4 boxes, and clip art.
Disk #6 - a program which you can use to create
special titles to use with Max-10.
The entire set of 6 disks is only $30.
Send your check or M.O. to:
Jim Bennett; 118 Corlies Ave; Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
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PC FRIENDS DISK MAGAZINE COMING...LATE SEPTEMBER 1995
PC Friends Disk Magazine
from
Rick's Computer Enterprise
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We love doing disk magazines based on friendship and
sharing. PC Friends Disk Magazine requires a PC
compatible computer.
Send $12 for the Intro disk (will be sent by return
mail) and then receive the first issue in September.
(PLEASE TELL YOUR PC FRIENDS ABOUT PCFDM) =*
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Still For Sale - CFDM Patches Let's see if I got this straight....
All of Rick's UNBELIEVABLE OFFERs cost more than a
CFDM Patch.
All PATIENCE PAIRS cost less than a CFDM Patch.
H. Allen Curtis' PICTURE PUZZLER costs more than a
CFDM Patch.
Barry Michael's SCRABBLE package costs more than a
CFDM Patch.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
But, the CFDM Patch still costs only $7.00 each,
postage included. The AD in CFDM #28 is still valid.
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TOOL TEXT Welcome to SMALL GRAFX ETC.'S TOOL. Version 2.5
($15 plus shipping)
TOOL is - in it's present form - a CM3 file mani-
pulator plus a number of graphics utilities for the
High Resolution screen for the CoCo 3 - especially
for the HSCREEN2 sixteen color mode.
The requirements for the full use of this utility is
a Tandy Color Computer 3 with 512K upgrade, a floppy
disk drive, and a CGP color printer. Each picture
file requires four contiguous 8K blocks of physical
memory for storage. TOOL uses the first 52 blocks of
physical memory for CM3 file and HSCREEN2 manipula-
tions leaving the top 12 blocks for BASIC and system
usage. Since each screen requires four =>
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contiguous blocks (8K blocks) of physical memory
and since this utility identifies each screen with
the number of it's first block of memory, screen
slots are identified by the following numbers in
ascending order: 0,4,8,12,16,20,24,28,32,36,40,44,
and 48. In most TOOL utilities, screen slot numbers
can be input by the user using ONLY the above
numbers.
The following is a list of TOOL operators and some
descriptions: FLIP, LOAD, PRINT, MOVE, LOOK, SAVE,
ROLL, CHANGE, SCROLL, OVERLAY, CLEAR, COLOR, ZOOM,
SHRINK, and KILL.
FLIP-Flips screen from right to left, top to bottom
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PRINT-Prints multiple screens already in memory on
the CGP-220 Color Printer.
MOVE-Moves a screen from one screen slot to another.
ROLL-Sequentially rolls the palette colors.
SCROLL-Scrolls physical memory starting at block 0.
OVERLAY-Overlays one screen with selected pixels of
another screen.
SMALL GRAFX ETC. TEL: 206 692-5374
Terry Laraway
41 N.W. Doncee Drive
Bremerton, WA 98311 =*
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| GrafExpress
Tutorial Series #06 |
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GrafExpress Tutorial Series #06 This month we continue with the topic of GE windows.
Last month we covered the ability of GE windows to
contain graphics drawn in them, this month we look
at the second purpose of windows- to be a viewport
into spriteland. The dictionary says that a sprite
is an elf or a fairy. Spriteland is an acronym for
a world that is bigger than we can see all at once.
Think of GE windows as looking through a set of
binoculars, only a part of the landscape is visable
at one time. Thus a viewport into spriteland. How
big is this world? In GrafExpress it's 64,000 x
64,000 pixels.
This months demo (GEDEMO06.BAS) shows this principle
with a calendar that's bigger than the screen.
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List the demo program to follow the tutorial.
Notice the initiation in lines 80 & 90. Two windows
are used, their dimensions are defined in line 140.
Window #1 uses the top 30 pixels of the screen and
is used as a title for the calendar. Window #2 uses
the rest of the screen and is used as a viewport.
Each one of the dates and day of the week squares is
a separate sprite. These are drawn in lines 170-250
and placed in their real world positions in line 260
-310; nothing new so far.
Line 330 contains a new command: &2ON. Remember & is
a shortcut for WINDOW. This command turns on the
viewport ability of window #2. The syntax is:
WINDOW wnd# ON/OFF e.g. WINDOW5ON or &7OFF.
Line 350 is simply the keyboard input.
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Line 370 contain the second new command, moving the
windows viewport or line of sight. This is the
syntax: WINDOW wnd# > xworldcoord,yworldcoord
The valid range of numbers is -32000 to 32000.
Note that when the viewport function is turned on
that window has two sets of coordinates, but are the
same size. One on the screen and one in spriteland.
Also notice that the window does not move only the
viewport does, just like moving your head while
looking through binoculars. Also notice that just
moving the windows viewport will not change the dis-
play screen hince the switch command (!).
Perry Friesen
50 Eggleton St
Red Deer, Alberta T4R 2L2 =*
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| Articles in section: COCO FRIENDS ART GALLERY |
| LAKESIDE POPSNAKE PROCRASTINATION Plasma Clouds? SOME CFDM EDITORS THE MULE VIEWING THE CFDM ART GALLERY |
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LAKESIDE
Dorothea Clements has contributed four great graphic
creations! The one featured in this issue is called
"LAKESIDE". Use the NIBSHOW to view it.
Dorothea reports that Allen Curtis has made PUZZLEs
of some of her pictures. Watch out now for Norm and
Godfrey to try to do the same. I haven't checked
how many palettes are used, but they would make some
great puzzles!
Your pictures are GREAT Dorothea...look for the rest
in near future issues of CFDM.
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POPSNAKE
See the .NIB file called POPSNAKE. My wife thinks I
have a sick sense of humor, but I think a sense of
humor is integral to survival in today's "GOOFY"
world. Good luck on your upcoming July CoCo Fest.
Judging from our phone conversation, I think I will
be missing a real good time.
Wolfie
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PROCRASTINATION
At least I can say with honesty that I inherited one good quality from my father, who died at the ade of 101 -- I am not a procrastinator -- Thank God and my father. I can name some COCOers who submit program after program, and very very good ones too. But with all of the hundreds and hundreds of fellow COCOers - where are your programs and drawings? Don't tell me you can't draw! You will never know until you try and try again. I cannot compare to people like Dorothy Funk, Ben Walker, Norm Barson, J.R.Waggoner, Ray Berney, Rick Cooper, Godfrey Moll ,James Bennett ,James Mills , Terry Simons and Floyd Keirnan. Then there is programming - Rick Cooper , Stuart Wyss- Gallifent , Robert Turner and others I don't know about. Without them is UNTHINKABLE . Thanks for listening folks. Send in all your goodies --NOW =* |
Plasma Clouds?
Here are 2 pictures generated by STWG's new program
simpleFRACTAL (SFRACTAL). I mainly use the option 0,
plasma clouds. Each takes a little less than an hour
to complete. They almost remind me of the fields in
the Midwest as I passed over them on the way home
from my trip to Rick's Picnic.
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SOME CFDM EDITORS
I thought you might be interested in seeing a PC
scan of a picture Donna took of Stuart Wyss, Jim
Bennett, Norm Barson, and Rick at the Picnic. It's
not great (we're really much taller and prettier in
person) but it is an interesting effect!
(See EDPICNIC.NIB with NIBSHOW.)
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THE MULE
Dear Rick:
Every piece of farm machinery had it's peculiarities
in the old days. There was no way the old Brockway
tractor was going to start without the spray can of
starter. The pump needed priming. The chickens
needed coaxing from the artificial glass egg from
the feed store...and the old mule needed some
encouragement too! See "THE MULE" NIB.
- WOLFIE
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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 |
| CLYDE
GANO PASSES AWAY HICK BROS. by Ray Berney <g> IT'S ABOUT TIME TO RESPOND THE HICK BROS. by Ray Berney <g> |
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CLYDE GANO PASSES AWAY The following message was received on August 22nd
from the widow of one of our CFDM Friends, Clyde
Gano.
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Dear Rick,
I am sorry to have to send you this message.
After several years of fighting cancer, Clyde died
April 1st.
Thank you for continuing to send your disks. I
have given them to one of Clyde's computer friends.
Missing him terribly,
Ruth Gano
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It is always sad to report the passing of one of our
friends. Clyde is one of the Friends that I had met.
Two years ago at the Atlanta Fest, Clyde stopped at
my booth and we chatted. He was interested in our
CFDM group and subscribed for six issues. I can
distinctly remember that I like him at once and
identified him as a good Christian gentleman. (Later
in a letter Clyde told me he enjoyed the scriptures
we include each month.)
I remember when Clyde's first renewal came due and
I hoped he had enjoyed CFDM and would renew. I had
not heard from him since Atlanta and really didn't
know if he was even using the disks..but his renewal
did come and he expressed his appreciation. It is
sad to know another friend is gone! - Rick =*
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IT'S ABOUT TIME TO RESPOND Hi from Phoenix, AZ. I am a semi-retired X-ray tech-
nician with more interests than time. I enjoy photo-
graphy, showing my Burmese cats and of course my
CoCo. I am a volunteer at the Desert Botanical
Garden (If you ever come to Phoenix don't miss it)
and spend many hours a month there.
I got my first CoCo 1 64K ECB at a charity auction
at a time when everyone else had moved up to the new
CoCo 3. When I decided to look for a disk drive, I
found one at a yard sale with a CoCo 2 attached for
a good price (The people had moved into the world of
"real computing". I now have a 512K CoCo 3, a dual
half-height drive, a multipac and a hard drive plus
other odds and ends. No, I am not really into OS-9
nor do I program. I am a grateful user of the many
programs written by others. (Thank you CFDM for =>
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helping the CoCo world keep in touch with each other
.)
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| Articles in section: FORUM |
| *
NOT MY 'VIEW' * Rick's Picnic-What an Event!! |
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* NOT MY 'VIEW' * CFDM Friends:
I did not write the program 'VIEW' -- all I did
was to rename ** Keiran Kenny's ** NIBLODR+/BAS
program 'VIEW/BAS' to allow my Puzzle friends to see
or'VIEW' the actual pictures available on the disk
before making or choosing a Puzzle.
The many credits that I received in CFDM issue
#43 all go to Keiran Kenny!!
I personally never look at a Puzzle picture
before I do a Puzzle -- I enjoy the surprise of
seeing a picture develop on the screen or on a card
table when doing a 1000 piece puzzle -- I actually
throw away the boxes that they come in!
THANKS TO KEIRAN KENNY FOR THE 'VIEW' =*
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Rick's Picnic-What an Event!! Having barely recovered from crossing 3 time zones, I finally settle back into my dreary routine of working on the ranch. What memories! I actually met 19 other CFDM Friends! Along with their wifes, other friends and family, a total of 38 people showed up for the Picnic. A few people looked like their pix published in CFDM, but many were nice surprises. I had met one before at a PNW CoCoFest in '92 & '93, but never his wife. (Alan & Barbara Dages) Although the electricity was off when we got there, it came back on just as soon as we got done introducing our- selves. More showed up during the morning and the "Very Unsubstantiated" programme continued without any hitch. Even I had to speak on two of my most recent games! (I saw the rough copy later and I did act and sound terrible!) I wandered in and about => ____________________________________________________ between the fest room (Library) and the lecture room (classroom) bought a bunch of stuff, aquired free-of -charge a 26-3126 upgraded MPI, sold some of my CFDM embroidered patches and generally had a marvelous time! I found out later the Jim Sternett was giving away a 512k CoCo 3 as a door prize, so Jim asked me if I could provide a way of randomly picking a winner. I wrote a 120 byte random number generator for him, tried it out several times to make sure I wouldn't pick myself and when it his turn in the lecture room, the number the program picked turned out to be the guest of honor, Jeff Vavasour! Alan Dages thought it was a cheat, so he ran the same program again. This time, he got a different number. (Which just happened to be Rick-but don't tell Alan) The actual Picnic turned out to be an evening => ____________________________________________________ Picnic. Grilled hamburgers, plenty of side dishes & desserts, great conversation. It doesn't get any better than this! After that wonderful meal, we went back to Rick's house to see where all of the neat CFDM software comes from. Turns out, it's not as cluttered as I imagined it to be. Just to make sure, I took some photos to remind me. After which, we went upstairs and Donna offered us CAKE! I got to serve. After most of us had eaten, we left for the evening. It was a thrill just to be there! Too bad, it couldn't be longer. Of all the names listed on our printed programme, only 2 didn't make it. (Barry Miller & George Quellhorst) Many wanted a Fest like this to be held every year, but Rick said he just didn't have the stamina for it. Oh well. Maybe when you're rested again, Rick! -Ray- =* |
| Articles in section: FROM THE EDITOR |
| CORRECTIONS!!??!!??!! FROM THE EDITOR KUDOS for Issue #44 |
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CORRECTIONS!!??!!??!! I must 'fess up! I have a couple of embarassing corrections to make. In issue #43 I somehow mistyped Terry Laraway's ad and gave the wrong area code. Terry's number is actually: 206-692-5374. My apologies to anyone who tried to reach Terry at the number I gave. Also...I mistakenly awarded the wrong prize to Norm Barson at the Picnic, for winning Herb Forger's CFDM Trivia Contest II. Herb had sent $30 to cover a prize of 6 months subscription to CFDM. I presented Norm with a box of 10 flippies. To make up the difference, Norm will receive the Picnic Video Pkg. My apologies to both Herb and Norm. I must start writing this stuff down!!! =* |
FROM THE EDITOR Where did the summer go? We've already started back
to school here in Casey County and I don't remember
ever being out!! But keeping busy sure does help
keep one out of trouble.
I have been very busy the last month...editing the
Rick's Picnic video, working on CFDM and the new
PCFDM, getting ready for school, etc. I don't think
things are going to slow down. Donna and I are also
making plans to go to the Atlanta Fest on September
30th. If things work out this will be Donna's third
trip and my fourth. If we can work out baby-sitting
services, the girls will stay here and not have to
miss a day of school. They really "rared" last year
when we killed their chances at perfect attendance
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before the last Atlanta Fest! (As it turned out,
Kasey would have completed the year with perfect
attendance if not for that one "forced" miss!)
Except for the new PCFDM we won't have any new
offerings this year. The first year we had CFDM,
the second we had Sundog, CoCoPro!, and Hardcopy,
and the third we had the CoCo Registry to sell and
Jeff's CoCo 3 Emulator to show. Most were anxious to
see the Emulator. This year we'll have some special
prices on some of our software and I'll have the new
PCFDM to show. While PCFDM is not a CoCo product,
maybe it will of interest to PC users there.
Well it's time to get this issue wrapped up and off
to our great editors! Let me take this opportunity
to say thanks to all who continue to make CFDM =>
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the Greatest CoCo project going! There's not a
group anywhere that works harder or have as much
interest in our favorite computer!!
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This Month's Scripture
And when those beasts give glory and honour and
thanks to him that sat on the throne, who liveth for
ever and ever, The four and twenty elders fall down
before him that sat on the throne, and worship him
that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns
before the throne saying, Thou art worthy, O Lord to
receive glory and honour and power: for thou has
created all things, and for thy pleasure they are
and were created.
Revelation 4:9-11 =*
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KUDOS for Issue #44 As I started looking thru the entries for the names
of this month's contributors, I noticed that again
there are quite a number of them. Do you know of
any other CoCo group or publication that can say 38
folks contributed to the effort? I don't!! Thanks!
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Roy Atkins, William Astle, Bill Baker, Jim Bennett,
Ray Berney, Lyone Boult, Laura Boyce, David Breeding
D'Arcy Brownrigg, Robert E. Bruhl, Kristophor Canali
Vince Cardillo, Guy Charbonnier, Jeff Cho, Dorothea
Clement, Herb Forger Sr., Perry Friesen, Ruth Gano,
Jim Gibbons, Michael Gross, Thomas Huber, Keiran
Kenny, Terry Laraway, Yvon Levaque, Percy McDonald,
Ron Melin, Harold Moenich, Godfrey Moll, Robert
Nicholson, William Rosenfeld, Kathy Rumpel, Herb
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Bob van der Poel, Dick Williams, Paul Wolf, and
Stuart Wyss Gallifent.
Thanks Friends!!!!!!
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AD BRINGS RESULTS! Dear Rick,
Thanks for including my ad of CoCo hardware in your
#42 CFDM. It brought immediate results. Five CoCo
Friends called me. From Alabama, Tennessee, City
Island, NY, Poughkeepsie, NY, and Chicago.
...I do want to subscribe to your MS-DOS magazine
disk when you proceed with that program. Your intial
one was great.
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APPRECIATED THOUGHTS! Dear Rick,
I am always happy to renew my subscription...
I must add that "This Month's Scripture" is always
read and thought..
Many thanks to you, your family, and all the Friends
who help make CFDM so interesting.
- a friend
Guy Charbonnier, Canada
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Rick: Thanks for your thoughts Guy. I appreciate
your comments on the scriptures! and your faithful
support of CFDM!! =>
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Dear Rick,
...it appears that the time has come to insure I
enjoy the months ahead by renewing my subscription
for the coming 12 months.
..I sure want to thank you and all others concerned
with the preparation of CFDM Magazine and Hardcopy.
Their values seem to appreciate each month as RSDos
info is getting harder to get.
So keep up the good work with continue success.
- Sincerely,
Percy McDonald, Canada
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Rick: Thanks for your kind comments Percy! There's
a lot of work by many individuals which makes our
publications and our group a success. Thanks to all
our Friends for their material submissions and even
just for being there!!!
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Another one of my weird ideas... I remember Rick showing me his submission box at his
home and how he told me that he always get loads of
stuff from all of the regular contributors. And I
remember when Rick dedicated an issue of CFDM to
people outside of the United States. Why not have an
issue dedicated to first time contributors, people
that have never sent stuff to Rick. Write in about
your system, what you like to read about in CFDM,
what section do you first look at when you get your
issue, even submit a FAMILY TREE! Names that we CoCo
Registry owners only see in the database. Names that
we never or seldom see in the pages of CFDM. How
about it?
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COPY0>1 Thanks for your attention in CFDM#41 to my
question re copying "C" text files from drive 0 to
drive 1. You were right: it was a hardware problem.
The read/write head in drive 1 seemed to be having
difficulty in moving back and forth.
A touch of WP40 oil along the runners did the
trick. No further troubles!
At present I am slowly assembling a selection of
CFDM programs I liked most, and I find it easier to
save/copy a program to a disk and then use PRT#1CFD
to copy the text to the same disk.
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DELPHI MESSAGE ON HARDCOPY If you attended Rick's Picnic you probably had the
opportunity to meet another Kentucky CoCoist by the
name of David Breeding. David and I both grew up
in Russell County. Although David got into OS9 and
finally purchased a System 5, he still has interest
in the CoCo world and enjoyed meeting the Friends at
the Picnic. David subscribed to Hardcopy at the
Picnic and I recently received this Delphi message
from him.
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You mailed my issue of Hardcopy today? Wow! This
-is- quick service! I got it today (same day)..Is
this the same organization we affectionately call
"Snail Mail"? <G> Still haven't gotten into it...
Worked today and had a bunch of stuff to do.. But
I loved the other issue. =>
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Keep up the good work.. I am still remembering the
fest you had. It was really unbelievable that we
did have something like this so close.
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PICNIC WISHES Thanks for the reminder...here is my renewal and a
choice of a few disks. I have OS9 programs but
these are new to me. I enjoy your CFDM very much.
I may have a chance this fall to send you my Family
Tree input. I would like to have gone to your
Picnic, but distance and summer activities prevail.
Keep CoCo going.
- Thomas Huber, NV
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Here's my renewal for 6 more months. Hope the Picnic
went well. My best to all. Keep up the good work.
- Bob Nicholson, Saltspring Isle
Canada
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Rick,
I am also interested in the picnic video. I am
curious to see what I missed. Let me know when it is
available.
- Kathy Rumpel
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COUNT ME IN FOR A COPY OF THE
PICNIC VIDEO
- Herb Forger Sr.
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RICK: Okay Friends. This was only a very few of
the "Well Wishes" we received for the Picnic!
Per the Picnic video...I worked about eight
hours at the local Middle School library on it this
week (August 3rd). It is basically finished except
for a couple of glitches that need to be brushed. I
must admit it was quite a job and this type of work
is new to me. IT IS NOT A HOLLYWOOD PRODUCTION....
but it is very viewable and I hope many of you will
want one. The price will be $20 + $2 s/h. The
package will include at least one flippie with some
of the graphics (& programs) we couldn't put on the
Bonus Disk. Also a copy of the Programme and an
Arthur Hallock produced HARDCOPY of the report. =*
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RENEWAL AND NOTICE Dear Rick and family,
Please find enclosed my cheque ($30) in US money
for my CFDM renewal. I spend most of my spare-time
now operating an IBM but I still keep one CoCo3 and
have decided to sell the rest...which is quite
impressive when you put it all down on paper. I've
sent a copy of my library list to the CoCo Trader
and I am enclosing one for you. Maybe some CoCo club
would be interested in buying the whole library of
books and magazines...at a minimum price view of the
transportation cost it might entail. If you know of
any prospective buyer - either individual or club -
then let me know or give them my address.
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Too bad that Kentucky is so far away from Canada
...I would have liked to been at your picnic...I
hope it was a success.
- Yvon Levaque
1199 Ch. De La Montagne
Aylmer, Qc.
Canada J9H 5E1
Tel: 819 827-1928
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RICK: And I wish you could have been here Yvon! We
had a great time.
Per Yvon's list: over 20 pages of hardware,
software, and books. Contact Yvon if interested. =*
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TREE BRANCH WILL COME LATER! Dear Rick, Please find an International money order for renewal of HARDCOPY. I have had a rather busy year, but I read the CFDM as it arrives (HARDCOPY). I "play" the disks when I have time to sit down and enjoy. I had two new 40 track double-sided drives installed by Colin McKay. Now I can run my OS9 disks. It was almost impossible with the original Tandy drives. I want to send a branch of my tree...but time is rather scarce for me...but it's coming! Good Wishes to everyone there! =* |
| Articles in section: POTPOURRI |
| DEBBIE
BOONE FLAG PLAISIR D'AMOUR |
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DEBBIE BOONE Remember Debbie Boone? What a nice singer who, essentially, only had one song. That should not happen to anyone, let alone one with such a great mother-in-law. Yes, Debbie Boone, a daughter-in-law of Rosemary Clooney, had one great song and she did it well. Everytime I hear "You Light Up My Life" I think of her and her beautiful voice in that song. I can't resist listening to her. I hope you enjoy listening to it, too. Try to hook your computer to a Hi-Fi; it will sound much better. And thanks to Pete Blackwell of Paris, Tennessee for sending the music. =* |
FLAG "Flag" loads two Civil War songs that I found
in a song book entitled Melodies of Days Gone By.
B4BATTLE.BIN (Just Before the Battle, Mother) was
written by G.F.Root and appears to be a young boys
letter written to his mother before going into
battle. CRUELWAR.BIN (When This Cruel War is Over);
words by Chas. C. Sawyer and music by Henry Tucker,
is the thoughts of a Southern maiden about her
fiance who was taken from her before they could
marry. The words to these two songs alone show how
the innocent suffered greatly during the "War
Between the States", and anyone desiring a copy of
these words may have it by writing me at:
Michael Gross
2235 E. Honeysuckle St.
Tucson, Az. 85706 =*
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PLAISIR D'AMOUR Plaisir d'amour was written by Giovanni Martini.
He has an Italian name, but I understand that he
was German by birth. It is usually sung in French.
Plaisir d'amour translated in English means Joy of
Love.
RUN"JOY"
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* PALEDIT CHANGES? * Rick: You sent me a preview copy of 'PALEDIT/BAS',
which I immediately had to test on one of Jim Mill's
fantasy pictures for use as a puzzle. I did have a
few problems:
1) The Palettes 12 & 13 did not have any color?
I had to go to COCOMAXIII and seek out their colors
and then use Paledit to put them in place for trans-
fer to another palette. ??
2) When I tried to use function 5) Quit or Save,
I got a blank 'SNOW WHITE' screen with no message on
it -- supposed to ask me Yes OR No. So using your
'MENU' screen technique I reporgrammed the following
lines:
4500 REM QUIT
4501 GOSUB 5000
4502 GOSUB 5060 -->
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4505 GOSUB 5080
4506 PALETTE 0,0:PALETTE 15,63
4507 HCOLOR 0,15
4520 HPRINT(1,1),"DO YOU WISH TO SAVE"
4530 HPRINT(1,2),"THIS PICTURE? Y/N"
4540 I$=INKEY$:IF I$="" THEN 4540
4550 IF I$="N" THEN END
4560 IF I$<>"Y" THEN 4540
4570 GOSUB 5020
4580 GOSUB 5040
4730 EXEC &H1DC
4740 GOSUB 5080
4741 PALETTE 0,0:PALETTE 15,63
4742 HCOLOR 0,15
4745 HPRINT(1,1),"SAVED" -->
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4750 FOR T=1 TO 3000:NEXT T:CLSO
4755 POKE &HFFD8,0
4760 END
During the next few weeks we'll be moving to a
new apartment complex about one mile south of our
present apartment. So I guess the keyboard may be a
little idle for that time frame -- or I might need
it as a Rest Place!?
MURIEL & I WILL BE AT:
KELLY GREENS APT 1001
Your CoCoNut Friend 4355 S. NATIONAL AVE.
Godfrey SPRINGFIELD, MO 65810
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Rick: Thanks for your report and solution Godfrey! I
have made a couple of changes in the program due to
your report. See PALEDIT UPDATE, this section. =*
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AMORTIZATION (AMORT) This program can be used at any time to get an
entire schedule showing how your loan will decrease
over the years. Just enter the information as it is
asked for and a schedule will be printed out showing
how much interest will be paid each year and what
the total interest, total principal and total amount
paid over the life of the loan will be.
If this is a new loan and you enter any 3 of the
items list below, the program will calculate the 4th
item and then print the schedule.
1. LOAN AMOUNT
2. MONTHLY PAYMENT
3. INTEREST RATE
4. # OF MONTHLY PAYMENTS
THESE CALCULATIONS WILL ONLY GIVE CORRECT RESULTS
ON A NEW LOAN. =*
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Color Disk ASCII Lister-LISTER1. The Color Disk ASCII Lister is a simple program that
is intended to list ASCII files (file-type 0 and 3)
to the screen or printer. It was written to provide
a convenient means of listing the documentation
files that accompany the Public Domain diskettes
that I am in the process of compiling. There are
three files that relate to this program. They are:
LISTER1.ASM - The assembly source code.
LISTER1.BAS - The actual program with the binary
file appended to it via end-packing.
LISTER1.DOC - The complete documentation for the
LISTER1.BAS program. You may use the
LISTER1.BAS program to read this file.
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GARGANTUAN GROTTO 2! Just when you thought you had conquered GARGANTUAN
GROTTO, the 2nd version is released! GARGANTUAN
GROTTO TWO is 266% larger and the fixed start/finish
concept is gone! No, both the starting point AND the
finishing point change with every game! How mind
numbing! Plus, the 2 word input subroutine is gone,
replaced instead by fast INKEY$ commands! And the
treasures in the original GROTTO? Eliminated! No
more looking necessary! With just 3 keys to move
your character around the GROTTO, trying to find the
proper escape, you'll go nuts looking in all the
wrong directions! All I can say is:
HAVE FUN! =*
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INVENTRY - Correction In the version of INVENTRY submitted recently,
there was an error that would have made hardcopy
printouts end in FC ERROR. Line 50 should read, as
in the copy on this disk:
50 Z$="$$######.##":Y$="######.##"
A data file, INVENT95, is also on the disk for
your convenience.
My goods and chattels have done a lot of travel-
ling and data printouts have been appended to many
insurance proposals since I wrote the original CoCo
1.1 (tape) version of this program. I can thus as-
sure you, from experience, that it has proved its
value. =*
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PALEDIT UPDATE After you've read the docs for PALETTE EDITOR and
the entry PALEDIT CHANGES by Godfrey Moll, this
entry will make more sense!
After receiving Godfrey's report on a couple of
PALEDIT misfunctions, I thought I should revisit it
and find what I'd done wrong. (Please keep in mind
that Godfrey offers changes in his entry that will
work fine.)
The problem on the "SNOWWHITE" screen experienced
when choosing to QUIT/SAVE is readily apparent when
the graphic has certain colors in palettes 12 and
13. These are the palettes used for foreground and
background by the WIDTH32 screen. I had used this
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Yet in the routine I used to make the colors black
and white so they could be read, I somehow thought
I was using Hscreen2 which uses palettes 0 and 15.
Those are the palettes I adjusted instead of the
correct ones, 12 and 13. So sooner or later someone
was going to confront an unreadable screen. Thanks
for catching that Godfrey.
The second problem of not "seeing" colors in the two
palettes 12 and 13, I cannot replicate. Maybe I
will before sending out this issue. Maybe if I knew
the graphic Godfrey was testing, then I would most
likely experience that problem....Anyway...while I
was into the program I decide to add one more item
to option 4. Now when you choose to "Count the
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They are PAL (for Palette), COL (for Color number),
and COUNT (how many pixels used by that palette).
(There are 16 palettes, numbered 0 to 15. There are
64 possible colors, numbered 0 to 63.)
Thanks again for your report Godfrey! I think this
is a useful program and probably more useful options
could easily be added.
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PALETTE EDITOR This program is dedicated especially to those who
enjoy making Puzzle pictures for my PUZZLES program.
I think Norm Barson and Godfrey Moll will enjoy this
program because it should save them lots of pixel
blasting time!
PALETTE EDITOR ("PALEDIT.BAS") is for manipulating
the palettes. It contains some machine language
routines which are held in data statements. After
you RUN "PALEDIT" and answer the prompt for the file
name of your NIB pix, there will be a small delay
while the ml data is put in memory. (NOTE: BE SURE
TO COPY NIBLOADR.BIN & NIBSAVER.BIN TO YOUR DISK!)
Now let's walk thru the four options. I would assume
that it would be most useful to choose option 4 =>
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first. This routine will count the number of pixels
of each palette in the picture. After a brief delay,
you'll see these numbers listed. I'd advise writing
them down. You'll probably be most interested in
the empty (0 count) palettes, since you will want to
move the colors in slots 13 thru 15 to those with a
zero count. (Note: after using the other options, go
back and use option 4 again. You'll see that the
numbers will change.) Press any key to exit #4.
Now let's look at option #1. It's simple! To change
the colors on the screen just use the left and right
arrows to choose the palette, then use the up and
down arrows to cycle thru the colors. The changes
are permanent. Press Q to quit this option.
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Option #2 - Transfer a Palette to a Palette. Let's
say you have a brown cat (palette D, that's really
palette 3) and an empty palette 10 (marked K). You
need palette 3 (D) empty, so you move all pixels on
the cat to palette 10...VERY IMPORTANT: to make the
cat brown again simply use option 1 to change the
color in it's new palette (10) to the original brown
color. So press D first, then K, to make the change.
Option #3 - Exchange Two Palettes. This option is
used to change the color content of two palettes.
Using the above example of the brown cat (D) and now
let's say palette K (10) held blue used in a trash
can and a hat. Press either D or K, then the other.
Option #5 - You will be given an opportunity to save
your NIB picture with this option. =*
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RAINYDAY Well, here I go again. After my "PLANE5" BIT... When I saw Rick's "RAINFALL", I knew I had another new toy. So I immediately went to work on it to see what would happen. And low and behold, out came "RAINYDAY". Thanks Rick for the picture of the "PICNIC". I would have liked to have been there. At my age, I would have had a blast. It was good to see the faces of the fellows I write to and then one can picture them working on all of those programs and graphics. It's that time of year now, so I will say to one and all Happy Labor Day. HJM =* |
ROMPAKs to RAM Do you have ROMPAKs lying around that you want to
transfer to disk but do not want to fiddle with
contacts. If you have a Multipak interface which has
been upgraded, it is possible to transfer a ROM to
the lower RAM.
Included is a program which will transfer the pro-
gram in the ROM in slot 1 of the multipack. It will
move the ROM to memory starting at $4000. From this
point, you can save the ROM to disk or examine it.
These two files are required:
COPYROM.BAS run this file
COPYROM.BIN this is the machine code which
copies the ROM
COPYROM.ASM the source file - sorry for the=>
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lack of comments.
Have fun with this program.
William Astle
5612 43 St Close
Olds, AB
T4H 1C3
Canada
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TRIPCAL: Not another Calendar! Here is a program to print a calendar small
enough to put into a compartment in your wallet. And
for the thrifty ones who hate to waste paper, it
prints 3 months across the 80 character page.
RUN "TRIPCAL" and follow the prompts. Only 2
printer control codes are used: CHR$(31) to begin
double-width print; and CHR$(30) to begin normal
print. Both occur in LINE 170 and it is a simple
matter to edit this line so as to contain the proper
codes for your printer.
The formulae upon which the calendar depends
are valid through Feb. 2100. I will be happy to
update the program for anyone who phones me at 305 -
652-1376 at about that time.
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| Articles in section: REVIEWS |
| ABOUT
REVIEWS RAINBOW, OCTOBER 1982 RAINBOW, OCTOBER 1985 RAINBOW, OCTOBER 1992 |
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ABOUT REVIEWS The four entries in this section came about due to
the lack of any reviews in my submission box. It
seems that there is beginning to be a slowdown in
the amount of material we are receiving in some of
the CFDM sections. Actually there shouldn't be any
shortage of subjects in this section.
When I needed a review for this issue, I started to
think about what I could review. As the idea of
going back to issues of Rainbow, 5, 10, etc years
and see what was going on back then, it dawned on me
that this really is an unsual time in CoCo history!
Over eleven years of Rainbow is filled with software
that one can come by almost by asking around...and
at a very reasonable price! Any of this software,
and even hardware and publications are great =>
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subjects for reviews.
So...please look around and review something that
you have enjoyed or continue to enjoy on your CoCo!
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RAINBOW, OCTOBER 1982 For this first entry I really would have liked to covered a Rainbow issue from 1981, but I don't seem to have that one...so..let's look at the October issue, 1982. That's 13 years ago!! (130 pages) As I browse thru that issue, the first thing I see is on the inside cover. An ad for the Nanos Systems Corp. Reference Cards. These refence cards covered info on various computers (TRS Models 1-3, Apples, and CoCos) and also on languages like BASIC and Assembly. The prices ranges from $2.95 to $4.95. In the table of contents I found 11 articles, many with program listings, and various articles in the specialized departments. Also there were reviews of 24 CoCo products!! => ____________________________________________________ The Program Articles: Some of the subjects covered here sound familiar. There's a calendar program, an accounting program, a spreadsheet, and a mailing list. There's also a printer program which allows you to create a logo and a program to create some diamond patterns on your CoCo screen. And here's one I could have put to use recently, a program to title your video tapes! Departments: In the assembly language department, Dennis Lewandowski presented a nice article on doing graphics in a.l. There's also a listing which allows you to look at screens located in different areas of memory. Note: For those wishing to learn to program in assembly, the Rainbow holds a wealth of articles and information. => ____________________________________________________ In Departments there's also Steve Blyn's education column, an article on creating characters for those who enjoy Dungeons and Dragons, and letters to the Rainbow. Some of the products reviewed were FHL Flex, Color Enhancer, Endicott Joysticks, and Startrek. I'm sure these products are not as familiar as those found in the next entry. Advertisements: Do you remember any of these CoCo products or companies? Spectral Associate's "Space Invaders", Mark Data Products' "Calixto Island", Computerware sold YORK 10 Cassettes!!, Ark Royal Games' "Across the Rubicon", Tom Mix's "Protectors", and Cognitec's TELEWRITER word processor!! =* |
RAINBOW, OCTOBER 1985 Now we move into the "green" years of the CoCo. By
"green" years I mean the prosperous years...there
were many companies, many products, and many fat
purses. This issue of the Rainbow was a healthy
258 pages plus colored covers.
By now Computer Plus had taken it's familiar spot
on page 1. They advertised all kinds of Tandy hard-
ware and software. The Color Computer II with 64K
Extended Basic sold for $179!
By this time Falsoft had started providing Rainbow
on tape and each entry of the Table of Contents had
a little cassette icon by it, if it was included on
the cassette.
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There were 12 featured articles including a report
of the Chicago Rainbow fest. There were also entries
on graphics, sound, education, and games. Some of
the author's names are familiar. Bill Bernico and
Richard Ramella are two such names.
In this issue I find one of my all-time favorite
Rainbow offerings, the CoCo Gallery. Fourteen pics
were included...they are good but the PMODE quality
was never that impressive!
In the columns section we see Tony DiStefano's Turn
of The Screw column. And Fred Scerbo features a
CoCo Puzzle Maker ( of all things )!
The products reviewed in this issue included: =>
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CoCo Calligrapher, EARS, Dungeon Quest, EZ Profiler,
Merge n' Mail, and OS-9 Hi-Res Screen Dump Utility.
Some of the products advertised in this issue were
Dayton Associate's BLUE STREAK II, Colorware's REAL
TALKER, Green Mountain Micro's "Micro Learning Lab",
Spectrum Project's CoCo Max, and Dr. Preble's
Programs.
BUT...the most interesting article in the issue is
one that I encourage you to look up and read. It's
Lonnie Falk's editorial about how Wayne Green gave
up on the CoCo...how he "shot himself in the foot"
by saying the Color Computer was "dead" and how he
wondered "whether people should be in the Color
Computer business if they don't believe in it"! =*
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RAINBOW, OCTOBER 1992 Now we come down to the "lean" years of the CoCo experience. In the October 1992 issue there were just 24 pages of newspaper print. But we were still happy to get the Rainbow! The feature article in this issue was Tim Kientzle's "Tips, Traps, and Tricks". I've always enjoy Tim's articles, and especially his series on graphic compression techniques. In this entry he focuses on random numbers. Tim is the author of V-Term (now sold by me). The feature program is a game, Inter-Planetary Trash by Kenneth Reighard Jr. The listing is really not that long and does contain some machine language code. => ____________________________________________________ There is a total of 16 entries that feature either a program, article, review, etc. Only two products are reviewed. The CoCo Collection by Sheldon Parsons and CoCo Font Pro from Color Computing. The former was available for only $9.95 plus $2 s/h. In the Letters section, I found an entry by our own Perry Friesen. Perry's letter reflected he was a true friend to Rainbow to the very end! Commendable! In the Advertiser's Index only 12 advertisers were listed including the Rainbow itself. The names are mostly familiar...Burke & Burke, Cer-Comp, Dayton Associates, Delphi, Farna Systems, Gale Force, Hawk- soft, JWT Enterprises, Owl-Ware, Sundog Systems, => ____________________________________________________ and Zebra Systems. How many of these are still in business in some form or other? You know I market Sundog and Zebra. Farna Systems is Frank Swygert of 68 micros. Delphi of course is still in business. I believe Cer-Comp and Hawksoft still have their products available too. The products advertised were Photon, Icon BasicO9, CoCo III Tool Kit, NITROS9, the Blue Streak serial to parallel interface, and a few others. That's basically it for these reviews. It's been interesting for me to go back thru these 3 issues. Overall the feeling is sad. Let's make sure this fate doesn't occur in our group...do a little bit of work and send in material!! =* |
GARFIELD CONTEST I have been corresponding with Ray Berney, and I
know he has created some very fine pictures...or
as one says "graphics". Good for you Ray and the
contest. Happy that Rick entered it in #41. I am
always looking for some way to express my desire
to color pictures on the COCOMAXIII. On the back
side of this disk I ran "NIBSHOW2" and a NIB of
Garfield with words in the balloon. However, I
need some advice on color shifting. When I convert
Garfield from CM3 to NIB, he turns black in color.
Please advise. I am almost certain that there is a
program that will take care of the problem...but I
cannot find it. HELP-HELP-HELP.
HAROLD J. MOENICH
715 GREENLEAF DRIVE
MONROEVILLE, PA 15146-1133 =>
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Rick: Harold I believe you will find a number of
entries in Norm's CFDM Index that refer to CM3 to
NIB conversions (see side 2 of issue #36). And I
believe there have been others added during 1995.
But...here's how I convert from CM3 to NIB without
losing the palette. First I use PSPOKER, which I
cannot locate the issue, to place a ml routine in
that will interrupt and save a picture's palette
whenever you press the ALT key. Then I load David
Mill's VUMASTER, from issue #3. Then I put the disk
with the picture in the drive and load the desired
picture. While the picture is on the screen I press
ALT, then press the reset button. Now in BASIC I
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This puts the picture and palette back together.
Finally I use NIBSAVER to save the picture as a NIB.
NOTE: Where is PSPOKER and PS??? If anyone can find
it's whereabouts, please let us know. If by chance
it was never in CFDM, I'll get it in!
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LOOKING FOR A SOURCE... Rick, can you give me an address of a mail-order
house where I can buy various size pin-feed self-
stick labels? I sent our daughter to different
places but to no avail.
Still enjoy your magazine, keep it going.
- Dick Williams
322 E. Dewart St.
Shamokin, PA 17872-4902
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RICK: Dick I get my labels here in Liberty at the
Casey Print Shop. Maybe I'm not too demanding but
they are usually able to order what I request. Per
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information. But I bet someone does.....
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LOOKING FOR DISK DRIVE Hello, and how are you? I am taking a chance that my
letter gets to you considering the passage of time
since your article on "All the Knight Moves" for
chess players. This comes from the October, 1990,
issue of the Rainbow.
I had entered all, no errors came up on "RUN", but
nothing happened. What must be done to get the game
going? My computer experience is nil to be honest,
seldom if ever can I get a game to run properly when
nothing happens on "RUN". I would certainly appre-
ciate your letting me know how to proceed as the
game certainly looks interesting.
The old CoCo 3 is still going strong, but will act
up every now and then. I am trying to find =>
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an extra 35 track drive as I am still using an old
CoCo 2 for a weatherfax program to display the
weather maps as they are transmitted by various
stations. I have a printer program for the DMP-105
which is fairly good despite the loss of about one
third of the total picture. An Epson colour printer
is being considered, might you have any suggestions
as to a best model?
Are you still active in scholastic matters, and now
on summer vacation? I am a seventy year old retired
civil servant, a goodly amount of time to spend on
the computer. I like doing graphics and animation.
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RICK: I have written and offered to help D'Arcy with
the "Knights" program...but I don't have an extra
drive. I also can suggest a "best Epson". If you
can help, here's the address:
D'Arcy Brownrigg
P. O. Box 292
Chelsea, Quebec
Canada J0X 1N0
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QUESTIONS... I ordered the Contras from you and I wanted to know
if there is a bug in the program. No matter what
weapon you pick-up, you weapon never changes.
- Ron Melin
4012 9th Ave. N.
Anoka, MN 55303-1245
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RICK: Now would it look bad on me if I couldn't
answer questions like this? I guess it does but...
the truth is I market quite a number of programs and
many of them I have done little more than load them!
And certain ones I know a little more about (such as
PHOTON, ZENIX, etc.). But the good thing is that I
would be willing to bet that someone out there knows
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In the 1980s there was a company called Infocom
which originall sold all text adventure games before
they expanded to include graphics later on. One of
the items they sold was Zork III. I was wondering
if you have or know of a copy which might be for
sale. The disk is actually what I am interested in
and not so much the instructions, etc. This program
is very old, so I am not sure if you ever heard of
it or of Infocom.
- Kristophor Canali
19 Proctor Street
Worcester, MA 01606
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RICK: I've heard of both Kris...but I don't have a
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From Keiran Kenny I received a request for informa-
tion on modifying RS-HPRT.BIN from the HPRINT FONT
EDITOR package so that he could dump the HSCREEN2 to
his printer. I replied that I don't have the source
code to that program, it was written by John Strong.
So Keiran is interested in a good HSCREEN2 printer
program. Can anyone recommend one?
- Keiran Kenny
van Montfoortlaan 31
2596 SP
The Hague
Holland
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To Lin Padgett (& others) Lin, at the Picnic, you told me that you could not
get through Gargantuan Grotto because of my crazy
mapping technique. Every time you play the game, the
program assigns a different random name to that room
and you have to map it out each and every time. Well
there is an easy way to figure your way through the
maze. Insert this line into the program:
465 PRINT S(L(1),1);S(L(1),2);S(L(1),3)
This array is set up as LEFT, RIGHT, STRAIGHT in
that order.
Also, there was an error in the maze array data.
Edit line 1100 from 1,50,13,21,12 to 1,50,13,31,12.
The 21 must be changed to 31.
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To: E.Wolak 'Commodore Emulator' R.E.: "HELP" - Edward Wolak, From CFDM issue #36.
Dear CoCoFriend Edward: Your sister-in-law can still
get support for her Commodore computer (whether it
be a C-64, C-128 or AMIGA) from: TENEX Computer
Express, 56800 Magnetic Drive, Mishawaka, IN 46545.
(219)-259-7051. They have a 512K RAM upgrade for the
C-64 and all sorts of other products. They also have
a separate PC products catalog, so request which one
you want (or both).
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As for a Commodore Emulator, I do not know of one
for the C-128 or Amiga, but there is at least one
for the C-64. It is available on the "Walnut Creek
SIMTEL MSDOS CD-ROM". I do not know where to obtain
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PC products suppliers. The file is located in the
MSDOS/EMULATRS/ directory on the CD. It is titled:
'C64.ZIP' and requires a Hercules video card (most
VGA cards can emulate the Hercules card). The CD
contains a load of emulators in the MSDOS/EMULATRS/
directory. They are:
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Filename :Description
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22NCE132.ZIP Z80 CP/M EMULATOR FOR MS-DOS SYSTEMS
(SYDEX)
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68EM10 .ZIP 6800 EMULATOR FOR DOS. INCLUDES A REAL
TIME OPERATING SYSTEM.
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AME86 .ZIP CP/M-86 EMULATOR FOR DOS. =>
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APL2EM .ZIP APPLE ][ EMULATOR FOR 286+, WITH THE
ASM ASSEMBLY SOURCE CODE.
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C64 .ZIP COMMODORE 64 EMULATOR, REQUIRES A
HERCULES VIDEO CARD.
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JPP .ZIP SINCLAIR ZX-SPECTRUM 48K RAM, Z-80
BASED COMPUTER EMULATOR.
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JPP_B4 .ZIP SINCLAIR ZX-SPECTRUM 48K RAM, Z-80
BASED COMPUTER EMULATOR, REQUIRES 386+
MICROPROCESSOR AND VGA VIDEO CARD.
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MCX11V15.ZIP MC68HC11 MICROCONTROLLER MULTITASK
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To: E.Wolak 'Commodore...PART 2' ----------------------------------------------------
MYZ80103 .ZIP SIMEON CRAN'S Z80 CP/M AND Z-SYSTEM
EMULATOR.
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SIM68102 .ZIP MOTOROLA MC68HC11 MICROCONTROLLER
SIMULATOR.
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SPEC145 .ZIP SINCLAIR ZX SPECTRUM EMULATOR FOR ANY
IBM COMPATIBLE PC.
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V2080J88 .ZIP RUN CP/M-80 PROGRAMS ON IBM PC/XT
COMPATIBLE PC'S THAT HAVE THE V20 CPU
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V20BOOT .ZIP TURBO PASCAL SOURCE CODE FOR THE V20
CP/M EMULATOR.
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XTNDR093.ZIP TIMEX/SINCLAIR ZX-81/TS-1000 EMULATOR,
VERSION V0.93
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Z80MU52B.ZIP CP/M (Z-80 MICROPROCESSOR) EMULATOR
FOR MS-DOS.
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ZRUN321 .ZIP Z80 CP/M EMULATOR FOR MS-DOS SYSTEMS
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ZSIM20 .ZIP Z80 EMULATOR PLUS CP/M-80 BIOS CODE TO
RUN CP/M-80 ON MS-DOS SYSTEMS.
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This is all of the information that I currently have
and I hope that it has been of some help to those
CFDM readers who are interested in emulators. Note
that when using the Apple ][ and C-64 emulators, it
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Apple ][ and C-64 diskettes. These two computers use
odd diskette formats, which are not readable (to my
knowledge) using normal disk drives. Apple ][ & C-64
drives do not even require the 'index hole' on the
diskettes. To make a flippy for these computers, all
you have to do is punch another write notch on the
diskette. You don't have to worry with the 'index
hole'. Now, back to transferring files from these
types of diskettes to the PC: You will probably have
to perform this with a 'null-modem' cable connected
from the C-64 (or Apple ][) computer to the PC and
use a terminal (telecommunications) program to
transfer the diskette contents from the C-64 (or
Apple ][) to the PC, and then save it to the PC
diskette for use with the emulators. -Robert.
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To: T. Stafford: "A SICK
COCO 3" R.E.: "HELP FOR A SICK COCO 3" - TERRY STAFFORD,
ISSUE #36 of CoCo Friends Disk Magazine.
Reply: Dear CoCoFriend Terry:
I seem to remember Dave Otis writing about his sick
CoCo 3, and the illness being a result of a failed
512K RAM upgrade installation. If this is indeed the
case, then I would suspect one of the following IC's
as possibly being damaged: IC10, IC11, IC12 which
are 74LS244's and IC13 which is a 74LS374. These
IC's handle buffering and latching of information
between the GIME chip and the RAM chips. It would
not hurt to go ahead and replace all of these (they
are not that expensive). Be sure to use sockets
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Do not use single-wipe sockets, as they are not as
reliable as the dual-wipe (recommended) sockets. I
personally use gold-plated machine pin sockets, but
they tend to wear down after a few IC replacements.
Also, I would not use a 512K board during testing &
repair of the CoCo, rather, I would re-install four
4464 Dynamic RAM chips. This will prevent accidental
death of the 512K board. An easy way to test the
GIME chip (IC6) is as follows: Remove the suspected
'BAD' GIME from the dead CoCo 3. Place it into a
known 'GOOD' working CoCo. If that CoCo 3 functions
correctly, then the GIME is good. DO NOT put a good
GIME in a defective CoCo as the test, as you may
destroy it, if the CoCo has other problems. I have a
set of FOUR 20-PIN MACHINE PIN IC SOCKETS, ONE
74LS374 and THREE 74LS244's that I will sell for =>
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$5.00 postpaid. I only have one set of these, so let
me know if you want them: R. A. Turner, PO Box 396,
Double Springs, AL 35553-0396. A limited supply of
GIME chips is available at $30.00 each from:
Performance Concepts, 8250 Tyler Blvd., Mentor, OH
44060. Shipping and Handling (ground) is $5.00 for
orders under two pounds. TCC1014A 1987 GIME $30.00.
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The following were listed in the February 1995, #32
of the Mid Iowa & Country CoCo 'Upgrade' newsletter,
but they mave have been sold by now:
Newer 1987 GIME chip 1 only $20 plus $2 shipping.
1987 (newer) GIME chip $24 plus $1 shipping.
Terry Simons, 1328 48th Street, Des Moines, Iowa
50311. Telephone 1-(515)-279-2576.
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YAHTZEE3 To Rick Lewis:
I have all T&D Software disks from #43 (January '86)
to the final #121 (July '92). On disk #71 is the
game 'YAHTZEE3'. If you want a copy, I'll send one
to you. The only cost is for the disk and postage.
Write me for details.
- Vince Cardillo
63 Foothill Drive
Lincoln Park, N. J. 07035
(201) 694-3129
P.S. If anyone else has a request and I have the
program, I'll be glad to help you out. Call me or
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RICK: I know some may find this offering a little
unusual...so...let me explain that Vince called me
and we talked over the situation before deciding to
place this response. Most of the T&D Software is
Public Domain and no copyright infringement would
result in this case, to my knowledge. If anyone
knows different please let us know!
As we have stated in each CFDM issue, it is not our
policy to pirate software or encourage the practice.
Neither do we wish to break any other regulation.
I would also like to state my opinion (for the first
time) on the subject of Orphanware. I do not believe
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us believe. Just because the author or owner of a
piece of software no longer offers it for sale or
is no longer available (i.e. change of address,
death, etc.) to say "yes it is" or "no it is not"
does not make something Orphanware. ANY SOFTWARE
HAS A CREATOR AND/OR OWNER AND OTHERS DO NOT HAVE
THE RIGHT TO MAKE THE DECISION FOR THAT CREATOR
AND/OR OWNER AS TO WHETHER HIS PROPERTY IS "UP FOR
GRABS".
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