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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 <i45> CONTENTS...PART I (i45) CONTENTS...PART II (i45) PROGRAM DIRECTORY <i45> 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.
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NAME.........COMMAND..SECTION OR DESCRIPTION......
* -9WITCHS.NIB........ART GALLERY
* MUSHRMS .NIB........ART GALLERY
* NIBLOADR.BIN........Pix loader utility
NIBSHOW2.BAS..RUN...ART GALLERY viewer
PICPUZ .BAS..RUN...PROGRAMS OF THE MONTH
* PIECE1 .BIN........Data file for PICPUZ.BAS
* PIECE2 .BIN........Data file for PICPUZ.BAS
* PIECE3 .BIN........Data file for PICPUZ.BAS
* PIECE4 .BIN........Data file for PICPUZ.BAS =>
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* PIECE5 .BIN........Data file for PICPUZ.BAS
* PIECE6 .BIN........Data file for PICPUZ.BAS
* PIECE7 .BIN........Data file for PICPUZ.BAS
* PIECE8 .BIN........Data file for PICPUZ.BAS
* PUZML .BIN........Data file for PICPUZ.BAS
* SEASHORE.NIB........ART GALLERY
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* -6FRACTL.SQS........ART GALLERY
* -6WITCHS.SQS........ART GALLERY
* BARNEY .NIB........ART GALLERY
* BEACHGAL.NIB........ART GALLERY
* BEACHGUY.NIB........ART GALLERY
* FOX .NIB........ART GALLERY
* FREDBARN.NIB........ART GALLERY
* FREDQUIT.NIB........ART GALLERY =>
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* FREDREAD.NIB........ART GALLERY
* INDIAN .NIB........ART GALLERY
* NIBLOADR.BIN........Pix loader utility
NIBSHOW .BAS..RUN...ART GALLERY viewer
* OWLS .NIB........ART GALLERY
* PENNY .NIB........ART GALLERY
* PICNIC .NIB........ART GALLERY
* PROFF .NIB........ART GALLERY
* RABBIT .NIB........ART GALLERY
* REALREST.NIB........ART GALLERY
* SQSREADR.BIN........SQS picture loader utility
SQSSHOW .BAS..RUN...ART GALLERY
* SQUIRREL.NIB........ART GALLERY
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ABOUT COCO FRIENDS DISK MAGAZINE (2)
1 "ABOUT CFDM"
2 ABOUT COCO FRIENDS DISK MAGAZINE
ABOUT THIS ISSUE (5)
1 BONUS DISK DIRECTORY <i45>
2 CONTENTS...PART I (i45)
3 CONTENTS...PART II (i45)
4 PROGRAM DIRECTORY <i45>
5 THIS MONTH'S COVER
ACTIVE COCO (4)
1 ACTIVITY LIST UPDATE
2 ADVENTURE SURVIVORS
3 THE COCO TRADER
4 WORD STALK CONTEST =>
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ADVERTISEMENTS (9)
1 Bob van der Poel Software
2 CFDM SUBSCRIPTION
3 GET YOUR HARDCOPY NOW!
4 GREAT COCO COLLECTION SALE!
5 PC FRIENDS DISK MAGAZINE
6 Printer Supplies for sale
7 RICK'S NOW SELLS ZEBRA!!
8 UNBELIEVABLE OFFER #1
9 Wild Roman Productions
ARTICLES OF THE MONTH (3)
1 FROM ENGLAND & THE DRAGON
2 FROM ENGLAND & THE DRAGON PART 2
3 GrafExpress Tutorial Series 07
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COCO FRIENDS ART GALLERY (6)
1 * BEN 'QUOTE' WALKER *
2 Animated Fractals
3 ENHANCE-COLOR-QUIP
4 Leather Jacket Man
5 MUSHROOM and SEASHORE
6 VIEWING THE CFDM ART GALLERY
FAMILY TREE (2)
1 Frank D'Urso TREE
2 THE FIRST CFDM WEDDING!?!
FORUM (2)
1 A HEART TO HEART TALK
2 A HEART TO HEART TALKE PART II
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FROM THE EDITOR (2)
1 KUDOS <i45>
2 MESSAGE FROM RICK
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR (6)
1 A GREAT PICNIC
2 EXCERPTS FROM LETTERS
3 PAUL'S F-14 <g>
4 PICNICS, PCS, AND NIB TO CM3s
5 TO RICK
6 VIDEO PUTS FRIENDS "IN MIND"
POTPOURRI (6)
1 A TIME FOR US
2 FactSheet 5 article
3 HICK BROTHERS by Ray Berney <g> =>
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4 KENTUCKY SONG
5 MUSIC
6 So THAT'S What It's For!
PROGRAMS OF THE MONTH (7)
1 Carpet Estimator
2 Monster Pit
3 PAGE FORM and FONT SELECTION
4 PICPUZ
5 PICPUZ (Continued)
6 SHOPLIST
7 SHOPLIST - Pt. 2
REVIEWS (1)
1 THE PICNIC VIDEO
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QUESTIONS & ANSWERS (7)
1 ADOS3 & EXTENDED ADOS3
2 DS,HD DISK EXPERIENCE
3 Questions about NIBSHOW
4 TO RON MCCAULEY
5 TO WM. ROSENFELD
6 TO ROBERT ALLEN TURNER
7 Thanks to Kenny T
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Here's a description of the files on the PROGRAM/
SIDE. File names preceded by an asterisk are data
files and not to be RUN or EXECed!
..NAME.........COMMAND..SECTION OR DESCRIPTION......
A TIME .BAS..RUN...POTPOURRI (Music)
* A TIME .BIN........Data file for A TIME.BAS
* ADDD .PIX........ARTICLES OF THE MONTH
* ADDD .TYP........ARTICLES OF THE MONTH
* BENQUOTE.NIB........ART GALLERY
* BESS .BIN........Data file for MUSIC.BAS
* BIG .FNT........Data file for GEDEMO07.BAS
CARPET .BAS..RUN...PROGRAMS OF THE MONTH
CIRCLE .BAS..RUN...POTPOURRI (Music)
* DISK1 .TYP........ARTICLES OF THE MONTH
* DISK2 .TYP........ARTICLES OF THE MONTH =>
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* DPX1 .PIX........ARTICLES OF THE MONTH
* DPX2 .PIX........ARTICLES OF THE MONTH
* DPX3 .PIX........ARTICLES OF THE MONTH
* ELECTRA .FNT........Data file for GEDEMO07.BAS
GE16 .BAS..RUN...ARTICLES OF THE MONTH
* GE16 .BIN........ARTICLES OF THE MONTH
GEDEMO07.BAS..RUN...ARTICLES OF THE MONTH
* ILOVESU .BIN........Data file for MUSIC.BAS
* LJM .NIB........ART GALLERY
LOOK-PIX.BAS..RUN...ARTICLES OF THE MONTH
MUSIC .BAS..RUN...POTPOURRI (Music)
* NIBLOADR.BIN........Pix loader utility
NIBSHOW .BAS..RUN...ART GALLERY viewer
PAGE .BAS..RUN...PROGRAMS OF THE MONTH
* PINOUT .PIX........ARTICLES OF THE MONTH
* PINOUT .TYP........ARTICLES OF THE MONTH =>
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PITM .BAS..RUN...PROGRAMS OF THE MONTH
READ-TYP.BAS..RUN...ARTICLES OF THE MONTH
SHOPLIST.BAS..RUN...PROGRAMS OF THE MONTH
* SHOPLIST.DAT........Data file for SHOPLIST.BAS
* SHOPLIST.FNT........Data file for SHOPLIST.BAS
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Sunset There is one thing that there is a lot of
this year and that is the sun. We are in a
drought situation here in Pennsylvania, and the
prospects for rain are still fairly dim. So I
did another sunset hoping that this will be the
last of many sunsets and more rain showers.
............... Jim Gibbons
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| Articles in section: ACTIVE COCO |
| ACTIVITY
LIST UPDATE ADVENTURE SURVIVORS THE COCO TRADER WORD STALK CONTEST |
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ACTIVITY LIST UPDATE Hello everyone, it has been over a year since the
last ACTIVE coco article concerning my computing
activities, here is an UPDATE!!
I've changed jobs yet again, y'all may remember that
I am a UNIX Administrator, and as always things seem
too always pop up too slow the HOBBY end of things
down. I often mention my COCO3 in interviews, most
computer people have had similiar machines in their
pasts that they fondly remember! Luckily, especially
with the efforts of Jeff Vavasour, the COCO will be
around as a platform for a long time to come!
I'm including a bunch of STUFF (articles, graphics
and programs) that may be included in this or =>
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upcoming issues of CFDM. Oh, yeah, I got married
last year (9/24/94) and my wife Mary and I are
currently in the middle of the House buying process,
so as I can't definitely list my NEW address I'll
list my OLD (yet current) address! If anyone wishes
to write it may just take a bit longer to reach me!
(But for 32 cents not a bad deal!)
Frank D'Urso
159 Highland Ave
Somerville MA 02143
(617) 666-2137
Franv (at) delphi.com
franv (at) beta.delphi.com
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ADVENTURE SURVIVORS CFDM highly recommends L. E. Padgett's Adventure
Survivors, a newsletter for adventure gamers. "AD"
is an eight page newsletter and is always full of
information about popular CoCo adventures plus news
and ads. Below is the contents of the most current
issue.
1) CEO TALK
2) NEW MEMBER.
REVIEW: ENCHANTER.
BONUS REVIEW: POLYNESIAN ADVENTURE
3) ENCHANTER MAP AND INFORMATION
4) ENCHANTER SOLUTION.
5) POLYNESIAN MAP.
6) POLYNESIAN SOLUTION.
7) SWAP SHOPPE =>
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FUTURE REVIEW LIST
Lin Padgett, editor of Adventure Survivors, gave a
neat report of Rick's Picnic and Mini CoCo Fest in
his CEO TALK column.
Adventure Survivors is available for $7 per year.
You may order from the address below. This is a very
economical avenue of supporting a genuine CoCo
project.
Adventure Survivors
c/o L. E. Padgett
24 Perthshire Drive
Peachtree City, GA 30269
(404) 487-8461 =*
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THE COCO TRADER The COCO TRADER is a newsletter for buyers, sellers,
and traders of any COLOR COMPUTER related items. For
$2.50 you can list any items you have for sale or
trade, and any items that you may be looking for.
You may use up to 1/8 of a page per listing. It is
$2.00 more for each additional 1/8 of a page. Please
include your name, address, and phone number (which
will not be listed unless you ask for it to be).
Since TANDY has dropped the COLOR COMPUTER and since
the demise of The RAINBOW, it is hard to find a lot
of the items that you may be looking for...so the
COCO TRADER will be a place to find them.
The COCO TRADER is a bi-monthly. The subscription
rate is $6 for one year. =>
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Let us list your CoCo items that you no longer have
use for and in so doing maybe get some different
ones back.
Send ads and/or subscriptions to:
James Sternett
2759 Easy Street
Sevierville, TN 37862
For more information PLEASE call:
615 428-1220
(after 5:00 pm)
Note: Jim Sternett recently announced at Rick's
Picnic that "ads are FREE". Take advantage of this
opportunity and advertise in the CoCo Trader! =*
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WORD STALK CONTEST Here's a little participatory event. The game comes
from a PC shareware program I recently found on
Delphi and included in the first issue of PCFDM.
The object of the game is to find as many words as
you can from the grid of letters which the computer
generates. On the PC you play against the computer
in timed rounds. For our event we'll just see who
can find the most words in the grid. First let's
look at a sample grid and see how words are formed.
Here's our sample grid:
Use letters that adjoin each other C A D I
either vertically, horizontally, or E M S C
diagonally. Each letter can be used R I T S
only once in each word you make. U W C I
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Here's our grid again:
Let's make the word DAME by using C A D I
the D (top row), A (adjoins D), E M S C
M (adjoins A), and E (adjoins M). R I T S
U W C I
Let's make the word SIT. See it?
S (second row), I (third row) and T (third row).
For practice find these words: CAME, DAM, SAD, WIT
WITS, EMIT, EMITS, MAD, TIME, TIMER, CASTS, EMIR,
ITS, MEAD, MEADS, MERITS, MIRE, RIM, RIMS, SAC, SIC,
and TIE.
NOW FOR THE CONTEST GRID
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GOOD LUCK !!!!!!!!
(OUR JUDGE IS WEBSTER'S NEW COLLEGIATE DICTIONARY)
REMEMBER ALL WORDS MUST HAVE AT LEAST 3 LETTERS!
DEADLINE IS DECEMBER 1st. Winner gets a box of 10
flippies. Random draw in case of ties. =*
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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!! =* |
GET YOUR HARDCOPY NOW! With issue #42 we started a new year of HARDCOPY subscription. We have about 55 faithful subscribers to HARDCOPY and hope you'll consider joining. (And if you missed out on the first two years you can get all 24 issues now for only $40 (please add $4 s/h if you are an out-of-country Friend.)) The cost of HARDCOPY is only $30 for 12 issues (out- of-country Friends please add $6). All third year subscriptions will run from issue #42 to #53. The editor for HARDCOPY is Arthur Hallock. He's done a magnificent job of improving on each issue. Art has agreed to do HARDCOPY "for as long as he can". Thanks Arthur for your commitment to a great product and companion for CFDM!! => ____________________________________________________ If you've wanted to subscribe but just "never got around to it", let me encourage you to do so. I've explained to Arthur that I'm actually losing money on HARDCOPY, but I'm so high on it that I'm willing to take the loss (at least for now)! So get on board....get your subscription to CFDM on paper...that's CFDM HARDCOPY!! Note: HARDCOPY now features a monthly listing of one of the CFDM programs that will be found in the next issue. If you enjoy typing in programs or just want to know what's coming up, then you'll enjoy this new feature. Art also includes a few hints and tips that aren't found in CFDM. We encourage you to send this kind of material directly to Art. =* |
GREAT COCO COLLECTION SALE! Below you will find a partial list of CoCo hardware
and software items that I would like to sell. For
a complete list, offers on single items, or the
entire package please contact me at my listed phone
or address. Thanks. - Dale Brainerd
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NEW 128K CoCo-3 (includes docs and cables)...$40
Radio Shack 26-3022 SS drive w/controller....$10
300 BAUD MODEM PAC with docs and all hookups..$2
Hi-Res Joystick interface....................$4
POWERED BLUE STREAK ULTIMA with docs.........$25
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<< More CoCo Accessories >>
2 Disk Drive adapter harness
TANDY Disk Drive cleaning kit
TANDY 5 1/4 Disk Notcher
NEW: 3 boxes BASF 5 1/4 Reversible Disks
4 boxes Memorex 5 1/4 disks
BASIC Software:
Simply Better, Zebra's Label Designer, Zebra's
Graphics Designer Plus, VIP III Integrated Library,
COCOMAX3, QUICKPRO+2, Rick's Unbelievable Offers #1
and #3, CFDM 1-13,
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MICROCOM's CALENDAR MAKER, DISK MASTER APPRENTICE,
BASIC SCREEN EDITOR, 8 ROM Paks with docs
OS9 Software:
TANDY's OS-9 Level 2 Operating System, MULTI-VUE,
HOME PUBLISHER, DESKMATE3, SIERRA's Learning Games,
SUBLOGIC's FLIGHT SIMULATOR II, RAINBOW COMPLETE
GUIDE TO OS-9 LEVEL 2 V.1.
-> (Most items are in clean, like new condition!) <-
Dale Brainerd
Telephone: 1814 27th Ave. South
701 232-3030 Fargo, ND 58103
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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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Printer Supplies for sale Since my Canon BJ-300 inkjet printer went kaput, I am stuck with trying to get it fixed for almost the cost of the origianl printer or get rid of it. Unfortunately, right before it died, I bought 22 BJI-642 black ink cartridges. I used up one trying to get the printer to work again without any luck, so now I have 21 BJ-300/BJ-330 black ink cartridges available. Does anyone use a Canon BJ-300/330 or know someone who does and needs ink cartridges? I will only sell all 21 cartridges at once, no selling of a few at a time. Make me an offer. Ray Berney 1750 Conconully Highway Okanogan, WA 98840-9704 (509) 826-1435 =* |
RICK'S NOW SELLS ZEBRA!! Rick's Computer Enterprize has recently entered an
agreement to sell the famous ZEBRA SYSTEMS software!
Below is a description of the three major packages
and the great add-ons!
The CoCo Graphics Designer Plus.........$20.00
(Also note the add-ons listed below to make
this a very complete system.)
The Label Designer......................$20.00
(Also note the add-ons listed below. They
work with both Label Designer & CoCo Graphics
Designer Plus.)
First Prize.............................$30.00
(Comes with 9 disk sides of clip art, borders, =>
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and templates to make awards, certificates,
and licenses for business, education, family,
general purpose, humor, religion, and sports.)
subLOGIC Flight Simulator II for CoCo 3....$10.00
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PLEASE ADD $2.00 TO COVER SHIPPING/HANDLING ON ANY
SIZE ORDER! OUT OF COUNTRY S/H IS ANOTHER $3.00.
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ALL PRODUCTS REQUIRE 64K COCO II OR 3, MOUSE OR
JOYSTICK, DISK DRIVE, AND COMPATIBLE PRINTER.
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GREAT ADD-ONS FOR LABEL DESIGNER
AND COCO GRAPHICS DESIGNER PLUS
Picture disks 1 to 6 each contain 132 pictures =>
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for use with CGDP and LD and also export to
Colorware's CoCo Max and Max-10 programs.
- #1 Education, People, School, Science...$7.50
- #2 America, Sports, Party, Office.......$7.50
- #3 Animals, Religion, Nature, Travel....$7.50
- #4 Holiday Collection...................$7.50
- #5 Hobbies, Vehicles, Astrology.........$7.50
- #6 Maps of the 50 US States.............$7.50
- Font Disk A (10 fonts for CGDP & LD)....$7.50
- Font Disk B (10 fonts for CGDP & LD)....$7.50
- Border Disk #1 (176 Borders for CGDP)...$7.50
Rick's Computer Enterprise
P.O. Box 276 Liberty, KY 42539 =*
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UNBELIEVABLE OFFER #1 Just before beginning CFDM, I decided to gather all
the software packages I had written into one package
and offer it at an Unbelievable price. This was the
first of the Unbelievable offers. As I look back at
this package, I still believe it is a fantastic
bargain for anyone who has a CoCo 3 and enjoys using
databases, games, graphics, and educational
software. Here's what you get for only $33 + $2 s/h:
- CC3FLAGS..The best RISK play-alike for the CoCo 3.
I had always wanted to write this program, but
until the CoCo 3 came along there was not enough
memory and the graphics weren't sufficient.
- VOCAB..You can actually play Scrabble against your
friends or against CoCo opponents. This is =>
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the best Scrabble play-alike I've seen on the
CoCo (all modesty aside). CoCo is lightning
fast at finding his word from his limited but
capable word list.
- RAINBOW INDEXES..An eleven year database of the
programs, articles, and reviews from Rainbow.
- NIB COMPRESSOR..It took me about 3 years to find
this method of graphics compression.
- GALLERY MAKER..You can make a disk gallery of your
favorite NIB pictures with GM. It's neat!
- RICK'S COCO GALLERY..A sample gallery of my pics
created with GALLERY MAKER. =>
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- PUZZLES..Well you've seen these many times in CFDM
and now you get the program and instructions.
- TETRA..My version of Tetris. Not so fancy..just
fun...and addicting.
- MASTER DIRECTORY 3..Organize your disks with this
easy to use database. Put your disk in the drive
and MD3 reads the dir and adds it to the base.
Fast search routine. Similar to CoCo Registry.
- STEVE'S PICS..Four disk sides of digitized pics by
Steve Ricketts. (NIB format.)
- PROGRAMS FOR FRIENDS..Four great programs..WACKO,
SMARTY THE PIG, EUROPE, and CANADA. =*
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Wild Roman Productions COCO goes VINYL!!!
Records WILL save the World!!!
It IS bizarre AND peculiar!!!
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I am putting together a record and comic book of my
work, available this FALL 95 (I hope!). The 'zine
portion of the project is partly produced with COCO
MAX and the original type printed on my HP DeskJet
500 printer connected to my COCO system (Which I've
named Roman the Edge).
Goto Page II>
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The record portion (a 7" Vinyl record) contains
"AGGRAVATOR" a polyphonic jamble of noise put
together with my KORG 707 and my TASCAM
PortaStudio 2.
Of special interest to COCO fans (and the reason I
list this here) is the flip side "CLASSICAL PUNK".
This song was created with my COCO3 running CoCo
Midi 3 connected to the KORG 707 then finished on
the PortaStudio, with overlays from my CASIO
Sampler. The music was recorded via MIDI connection
as a 10 track slow Blues piece. Using the
OPTIMIZATION feature I got some startling results,
and when I used classical instruments to play the
music >>>>
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"CLASSICAL PUNK" became more of a classical
instrument with jazz/fusion type of snappy sounds.
This cut contains 14 tracks of sound all interlayed
into a interesting combo!
I admit (and warn) that MOST readers of CFDM may not
appreciate my comics, but if anyone would like to
order the record it will be 5$ (including shipping)
and is available by the time this sees "print". All
you need is a turntable!!
Frank D'Urso
159 Highland Ave
Somerville MA 02143
(617) 666-2137
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FROM ENGLAND & THE DRAGON The following letter was received from our friend Ray Smith, editor of UP-2-DATE, the Dragon disk magazine. Not only is the letter interesting, but Ray has been authorized to send some articles with PMODE graphics which explain about using 3 1/2 inch drives on the Dragon. I believe they'll be of use to those of you who are interested in adding these drives to your CoCo 3. If anyone knows if the info herein conflicts with CoCo use, please feel welcomed to let us know. Thanks Ray and Neville for thinking of us with this information! ---------------------------------------------------- Dear Rick, I am most grateful for your prompt reply to my letter and for the trouble you went to put example programs on disk. I was hoping to be able to => ____________________________________________________ use the information in the current issue of UP-2- DATE - but unfortunately did not have sufficient time to do so. It is the holiday season and my wife is always anxious to be out and about in the hot sun, or to take advantage of any good weather to go to Torquay to see our son and family. On top of that, living in a 'holiday resort' means there are always relatives wanting to 'drop in' for a few days! Add to this all the outdoor chores attached to hot weather, the gardening (which I hate - but love the result!) and the endless watering of plants, lawns, etc. The list is endless. All this conspires to occupy my time to such a degree that the time spent on the magazine is far less than I would wish, as I find I am having to write an increasing number => ____________________________________________________ of articles to fill the magazine. The diminishing number of people active on the Dragon scene means that more is expected of the small number still programming the 6809 - hence the constant appeals for help - repeated again in the current issue. I'm sure the CoCo3 is slowly going down the same road and people who used to contribute a great deal, no longer do so, for a variety of reasons. You have a number of contributors whose names appear with great regularity and long may their enthusiasm flourish. The CoCo Friends Disk Magazine continues to go from strength to strength and one of the themes taken up by several readers in the last issue was the question of 3 1/2 inch drives. (continued) =* |
FROM ENGLAND & THE DRAGON
PART 2 There are numbers of these in use on the Dragon
scene as the Dragon Data disk controller is able to
read 40 and 80 tracks and single and double sided
disks with equal ease. I take it that you have to
have ADOS to be able to use them on the CoCo, apart
from OS-9 which is the way I use them on my CoCo3.
Dragon disk drives are compatible with the CoCo.
Consequently, I have no Tandy drives as such, but 3
sets of Dragon double sided, double drives and one
set of Cumana double drives which are 40/80 switch-
able and another set of 3 1/2 inch double drives -
so you can see I am well provided for - but editing
the magazine is very hard on your drives and I have
had to replace several. Bare 5 1/4 inch 360k drives
are becoming extremely difficult to obtain however,
as are 3 1/2 inch 720k drives. =>
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Anyway, to come to the point, I featured one or
two articles in the early days of UP-2-DATE on the
use of 3 1/2 inch drives written by Neville Simmons.
I've had a word with him and he is pleased to think
his articles may be of use to a wider readership, so
he readily agreed to me sending you copies. Hope-
fully they may be of use to the CoCo Community.
I don't know whether this letter will arrive
before the picnic, but I doubt it. I hope that
everything goes off well. I shall be thinking about
you all and wishing I could be there to join in all
the 'shop talk' and meet you and Ray, Robert, Stuart
et al. Please convey my appreciation to Perry
Friesen as I am finding his GrafExpress tutorials
highly interesting. Thanks again for your help. =>
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Your CoCoing Friend,
Ray Smith
5 Glen Road
Parkstone
Poole, Dorset
Great Britain BH14 0HF
Tel: (01202) 744688
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Rick: Thanks again Ray and Neville and good luck in
your UP-2-DATE endeavors. The articles and pics are
on side 2 of this disk. All files with extensions
of .TYP are articles and can be read with the BASIC
program READ-TYP.BAS. All files with extensions of
.PIX are PMODE pictures (diagrams) which can be
viewed with the BASIC LOOK-PIX.BAS.
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GrafExpress Tutorial Series 07 This months topic is nothing as exciting as sprites or windows. Rather we'll simply look at text com- mands. Even if they are simple, you'll discover that GE has added some flexibility that is indeed interesting. Begin this months tutorial by printing this article and then RUN the program GEDEMO07.BAS on the program side of this disk. GrafExpress (GE) always runs in graphics mode, but the program must run in the standard 32 column text mode (see LINE30). The reason it does this is because GE uses the memory area for the 40 and 80 column text screens and it has its own text format- ting. You must use GE text commands to format => ____________________________________________________ your text then use the 32 column print command to send this text to the graphics screen (such as PRINT "Hello there!". To turn this capability on you must use the GE command ECHO ON. Since almost all pro- grams will have some text I have made it a habit to keep this command as part of the initiation line (LINE 90). The reason this command is included is because it is also desirable to turn ECHO OFF (LINE 40) because it slows down listing and editing when you program. O.K. You have the demo program running? Great! Go ahead and type, press enter and type some more. No cursor will ever show up unless you program one. Press ESC and enter the following command FONT6,8 press enter and type. Enter the font command! => ____________________________________________________ Here's the syntax: FONT width,height Width can be 6 or 8 pixels and height can be 8 - 12. Now you'll notice that the SIZE of the font doesn't change only the number of pixels between lines. This is a great way to easily space your text on screen. Also note that VERTICALLY text may start on any pixel, not as in BASIC. You may change fonts any time simply by LOADMing a new font into memory (this demo uses ELECTRA.FNT). Now press ESC and change color with COLOR5,1 (more on color later). You should have red characters and a grey background. Press ESC again and enter the MIX ON command. Notice that now only the foreground color is drawn. The syntax is: MIX ON/OFF. Play around till you get the hang of it. Flexibility, yes? *** Perry Friesen *** =* |
| Articles in section: COCO FRIENDS ART GALLERY |
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BEN 'QUOTE' WALKER * Animated Fractals ENHANCE-COLOR-QUIP Leather Jacket Man MUSHROOM and SEASHORE VIEWING THE CFDM ART GALLERY |
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* BEN 'QUOTE' WALKER *
When I saw Ben Walker's neat 'BENQUOTE/NIB'
picture, it immediately reminded me of a carnival
hawker.
I don't think that Jeff Vavasour's emulator
needs a hawker, but it sure is a great insurance
policy for all of us CoCoNuts that have thousands
of programs on hundreds of 5 1/4 inch disks and
enjoy doing our own adapting of programs -- not real
programmers but good honest hackers.
I centainly enjoyed meeting Ben at the Picnic
and always look forward to his neat pictures and
great sense of humor.
COCONUT GODFREY
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Animated Fractals
Using Stuart T. Wyss-Gallifent's program,
FRACTALS.BAS, and starting with his suggested
coordinates, I mapped and then enlarged portions of
the Mandelbrot set. At the 2nd enlargement I got an
interesting picture that, to me, resembled a group
of witches. Then Stuart's -6MANDEL.SQS appeared. I
just had to see my witches in action. The result is
-6WITCHS.SQS and it has the same beautiful flowing
motion as Stuart's creation. I then converted my
pic to -9WITCHS.NIB and was dismayed to find the
rolling effect was gone. Could this effect be
generated by the SQS format? To check this out I
converted Start's FRACTAL1.NIB to -6FRACTL.SQS which
then changed colors but didn't really MOVE like the
others. STUART-Do you have an explanation?
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You'll find the .SQS driver and pictures on side 2
of the Bonus Disk. Use SQSSHOW.BAS to view -6WITCHS
and -6FRACTL.SQS. You'll find NIBSHOW2.BAS on side
1 of the Bonus Disk. Use it to view -9WITCHS.NIB.
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ENHANCE-COLOR-QUIP
What a surprise I received when I ran CFDM #42 side
1 and found part of 2 CM3 black and white clipart I
had enhanced-colored-quipped on "COCO FRIENDS ART
GALLERY" under the title "MORE CFDM CCFFONT.NIB
Files" by Ray Berney. I have been giving these CM3
enhanced-colored-quipped to some of my COCO friends
and I am sorry if they thought that I drew these
pictures. I received the black and white CM3 clips
from James Mills, who has given me hundreds of clips
and utilities for which I am eternally grateful.
I have created many many of these CM3 pictures, so
if they are wanted, I will send a disk from time to
time. Please let me know Rick !
HJM 07-26-95 =>
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Rick: Okay Harold, you've given out credit where
credit is due. I'm including a whole gang of your
"redone clips" on side #2 of the Bonus Disk. Of
course I've changed them to the NIB format. Thanks
for all your contributions!
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Leather Jacket Man
This was produced with COCO MAX III, and promotes my
book/record project!
LJM is one of the characters that I created for this
project, he is a persona of myself. I wear a similar
jacket but am not quite so surly!!!
I created LJM while sitting in the TASTY a (semi)
world famous diner in the heart of Harvard Square.
Other characters include: Leather Coat Guy, the
Aggravator, BaseballMan, Astonishing Man, Decimation
Man, Bat Person,... you get the idea. Record and
comic available for 5$ at the following address
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Frank D'Urso
159 Highland Ave
Somerville MA 02143
(617) 666-2137
franvdelphi.com
PS: OH YEAH, this page may end up on my beta test
WEB page!!!
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MUSHROOM and SEASHORE
Here's two more dandy graphics by Dorothea Clement!
Dorothea stated that SEASHORE was a product of her
imagination while MUSHROOMS were suggested by slides
taken around her yard. Whatever the source, I like
them both!! Thanks for sharing Dorothea!
(RUN "NIBSHOW2.BAS" on side 1 of the Bonus Disk to
view Dorothea's pictures.)
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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 |
| Frank
D'Urso TREE THE FIRST CFDM WEDDING!?! |
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Frank D'Urso TREE It took my WAAAAAY too long to write this!
(lets just call this part ONE)
I was born June 1, 1964 in Lynn MA, my parents
lived in Revere MA. My mother was (and still is) a
candy store manager. My father worked (just retired)
at GE. They bought a new house in SAUGUS where I
grew up with younger sisters Gina and Lisa.
I went to Saugus High, St. Mary's High ('82)
Northeastern U ('87), graduate work -
Cambridge College, Harvard and MIT. I am currently
taking classes at MIT and may add a AS too my BA!
(I'll finish my MA later.)
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Meanwhile, here's how I got involved in computers.
My dad was also a part time TV repairman and loves
tinkering. One year they got me the Solar panel kit
from radio shack and I whizzed through all the
projects, next I purchased the computer kit too work
on with my Dad. It was fun, although a bit dry, as
their was no monitor, just various overlays on
indicator lights, but it was a good grounding in
analog logic!
PC's started becoming affordable about then, we
drooled over the coco's but did not get one right
away. The summer after Freshman year (83) the
company I worked at (Malden Jewelry & TV) offered me
a discount on a Timex-Sinclair 2K computer! It had
a B/W output to TV and we loved it!!! =>
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There was a touch pad keyboard, years ahead of the
laptop craze!!! After this we grew onto the COCO 1
16K, then 64K COCO2, 128K COCO3 then my current 512K
COCO3. I set my parents up so that we could share
data, they often bring files over too print on my
Inkjet printer! My sister Lisa gave me a sub-
scription too CFDM as a Xmas gift and I've been
"connected" ever since!!!
Enough babbling from me! More later in PART 2 some
other time!!!
Frank D'Urso 159 Highland Av, Somerville MA 02143
franv at delphi.com (617) 666-2137
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THE FIRST CFDM WEDDING!?!
Our warmest congratulations
to
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Allan Vander Meer
on their wedding day
October 14, 1995
May God richly bless your life together.
From Rick and all the CFDM Friends!
(Mrs. Vander Meer is our own Kathy Rumpel!)
The first CFDM wedding report. =*
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| Articles in section: FORUM |
| A
HEART TO HEART TALK A HEART TO HEART TALK PART II |
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A HEART TO HEART TALK Certain statements and actions in recent months
cause us to think that the CoCo community is surely
shrinking. In a recent issue Perry Friesen asked
the question about our membership and activity as to
the number of submissions received by CFDM over the
years. (Although our average month sees about 16
submission disks arriving here, this month (Sept.),
we have received only 7 and 3 of those were from one
contributor!)
I understand 80 micros, Frank Swygert's magazine,
which has been issued 8 times per year, is going to
bimonthly (every other month) status. And others
have been speaking of a falling away of membership
and attendance at CoCo events.
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While CFDM has held at close to 200 subscribers for
nearly two years, during the last three months we
have fallen too. Issue #44 went out to about 175
Friends. This happened even tho I advertised more
and offered valuable bonuses. For example, in July
I mailed the above offer to 367 former purchasers of
CFDM. The results were 8 renewals or 2% returns.
Of course this rate of return makes it impossible to
continue such mailings.
I know there is still a keen interest in the CoCo
and CFDM by our many friends...but there has most
definitely been a shrinking in submissions, renewals
and activity! Our business, Rick's Computer Ent. is
also seeing a real slowdown in sales. I contribute
this in large part to the lack of new products. =>
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And there are not many avenues, that I can see, to
find new products to offer.
For nearly four years now I've been able to produce
an issue of CFDM each month. This has certainly
been fun...but it has taken a toll. Mostly it takes
time, and time is something that there is just so
much of. Please don't get me wrong...I've enjoyed
every minute of it!
But recently I've have a desire to get back into
life a little. I need to spend time with my family.
I need to be able to drive to my hometown and visit
with my dad and my sister and my other relatives
there. I really do not have that time now.
(Continued in Part II) =*
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A HEART TO HEART TALK PART II Now before you get into despair don't think I'm quitting. Please read on. I've talked with Donna and some of the Friends about the situation. I know that I could never desert my friends and have no desire to do so. I hope that we will be able to continue for many years. But I am looking forward to making some adjustments in my computing life and business in the not too distant future. In the anniversary issue each year I have made the resolution to continue with CFDM for one more year. I hope to do the same this January...but there will be a little change. On the next page you'll see the changes I have in mind. => ____________________________________________________ CFDM will continue as a monthly publication until June, 1996. At that time all subscriptions to Hardcopy will be completed. At that time we will continue as a quarterly, that means CFDM will come out 4 times per year, at three month intervals. So after June, 1996, the next issue would be mailed in September, December, March, and then June. There will also be only one subscription rate and all subscribers would purchase a yearly subscription for $30 which would include the above mentioned issues (Sept, Dec, March, and June). In addition to the disk, all subscribers would receive Arthur's Hardcopy with each issue. This latter statement assumes Arthur is willing to continue. => ____________________________________________________ The above described arrangement would allow the following: 1) it would allow me to have some time for my family, 2) it would allow us to continue CFDM and support of the CoCo, and 3) it would allow our contributors more time to produce quality material for future issues of CFDM. Hopefully each issue would include a Bonus Disk, but that I cannot say for sure. I hope each of my friends will continue with me in our future efforts and please understand why I must take these actions at this time. And finally to Muriel Moll I say, Muriel thanks for your advice..I will take some time for my family.=* |
| Articles in section: FROM THE EDITOR |
| KUDOS
<i45> MESSAGE FROM RICK |
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Thanks to all the following Friends for furnishing
the material in this issue of CFDM:
Roy Atkins, Ray Berney, Marie Boudet, Dale Brainerd,
Robert Bruhl, Dorothea Clement, H Allen Curtis,
Frank D'Urso, Perry Friesen, Jim Gibbons, Mike
Gross, Henry Kszepka, Nazaire Lamarre, Ron McCauley,
Harold Moenich, Godfrey Moll, L. E. Padgett, Neville
Simmons, Ray Smith, Harry Stern, Jim Sternett, Bob
van der Poel, Kathy and Jeffrey Vander Meer, J. R.
Waggoner, Leslie Waltz, Roy Wilson, Edward Wolak,
Paul Wolf, and Stuart Wyss Gallifent.
And to Arthur Hallock for his continued "hard" work
on Hardcopy!!
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MESSAGE FROM RICK Hello again dear friends,
Wow, I'm right on the deadline getting this issue
ready for the editors! It has been busy this month.
School has been going on for four weeks, PCFDM is
due out next week, and this issue of CFDM is due for
the editors on Monday. Also, Donna and I are going
to Atlanta for the Atlanta Fest. We'll leave next
Friday afternoon. I would like to get an early
start but the annual Apple Festival happens next
week so we will delay our start so that the girls
can enjoy the parade. We really don't like to get
someone else to watch our kids that much. This has
led to a little more closeness, I think!
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Now as you can see we are getting a serious need for
some of the sections in CFDM. We need reviews,
family trees, programs, articles, and forum entries
the most. But we always welcome anything you have
to share. Art Hallock also welcomes your input for
Hardcopy. Your hints and tips or very, very short
programs are very much in demand and will almost
guarantee you a place in Hardcopy. Art's address is:
Route 1 Box 198HHH Deming, NM 88030
Next month I'll try to get in a report of our trip
to Atlanta and hopefully some of the Friends will be
there too!
Continue to Endeavor to Persevere!
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This Month's Holy Scripture
When Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took Jerusalem
in 607 BC, he carried the fairest and wisest of the
Hebrews back to Babylon. In order to prepare Daniel,
Hananiah (Shadrach), Mishael (Meshach), and Azariah
(Abed-nego) for the king's service, it was ordered
that they eat from the king's table for 3 years.
Daniel asked the eunuch in charge that he and the
others be allowed to eat pulse and drink water
instead. They did not wish to defile themselves.
And at the end of ten days their countenances
appeared fairer and fatter in flesh than all the
children which did eat the portion of the king's
meat. Daniel 1:15 =*
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| Articles in section: LETTERS TO THE EDITOR |
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GREAT PICNIC EXCERPTS FROM LETTERS PAUL'S F-14 <g> PICNICS, PCS, AND NIB TO CM3s TO RICK VIDEO PUTS FRIENDS "IN MIND" |
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A GREAT PICNIC Dear Rick,
A Great Picnic! It was a pleasure to visit with you,
your family, and many CFDM Friends. We look forward
to the "Video", and perhaps another Picnic in the
future.
I still haven't spent enough time on "Nan's" PC to
know how to use it. Nan uses it all the time -
geneology work, keeping in touch on Prodigy, playing
adventures and other games, etc. She has run into
the inevitable problem - FULL (350 meg.) harddrive!
Our next move, will be an upgrade for that device,
and a tape back-up system. For my use, I see nothing
else to do except BUY another one, and set it up
next to my CoCo 3! =>
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Best wishes to the family, and look forward to
seeing you again at the Atlanta Fest if you're plan-
ning to attend again this year.
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Rick: Thanks for coming to Liberty Lin and Nan! You
certainly helped make this an event I will remember
for a long time! And...YES...Donna and I are still
planning to attend the Atlanta Fest. We will have
a booth and hope to see many of our friends there!
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EXCERPTS FROM LETTERS ..The ribbon I am using is the first of four ribbons
that I purchased from you for my Star NX-1020 during
the phone fest. I think was last November. Will
this ribbon ever wear out? The first ribbon that
came with the printer did not last two months.
- J. R. Waggoner
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Rick: Oh yes J. R., they will wear out...but I am
glad to hear you are getting good service from the
ones you purchased from me. Actually you may have
cut down on printing graphics lately...graphics
printing really wears out color ribbons quickly!
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...Speaking of pictures, I was delighted to see one
of Dorothea Clement's creations in this issue (#44).
- H Allen Curtis
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Rick: And there's a couple more in this issue Allen!
I really like Dorothea's work and a recent message
from her daughter hints that she may be working on
some more!
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(Upon ordering the Picnic Video Pkg.)...This is
probably as close as any of us will get to (being
in) the "Movies!!"
- Ron McCauley
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..In CFDM #43 Friend Bob Nicholson stated he had
attained level 51 in PHOTON. To date my best is a
look at level 37.
Do you suppose Bob would be willing to share a few
hints? e.g...Do you need to stay at each level until
you destroy all the Droids?, Do you need to find all
the moves that add to the point score?, etc.
- Henry Kszepka
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Rick: Great suggestion Henry! How about it Bob?
(Per "need to destroy all the Droids?" and "need to
find all the moves that add to the point score?"...
I don't think those are requirements.)
PHOTON is still my favorite Sundog game!! =*
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PICNICS, PCS, AND NIB TO CM3s Dear Rick,
I'm glad you had a great picnic. Since I couldn't
come I am sending my check for $22 for the video
package. This way I can see some of the CFDM
friends.
I do not have a PC and most likely won't but you
never know. I think I would like to buy the CoCo 3
Emulator. Do you sell this or do you have to order
from Jeff Vavasour direct? Some of my CoCo files
could be transferred at some future date. Should
this be available for some time to come?
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I also would like to ask if there is any way to have
a CoCo3 CM3 picture that has been made into a NIB
graphic changed back from NIB to CM3?
I wish you success with your new PCFDM project.
Thanks for all your work for us steadfast CoCo
users.
- Marie Boudet
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Rick: Thanks for your great letter Marie! I hope
you have enjoyed the video and seeing the Friends
that were here on July 15th!
Per purchasing the CoCo 3 Emulator...yes that should
be ordered directly from Jeff. Here's the address:=>
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Jeff Vavasour
c/o Dept. of Physics
6224 Agricultural Road
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, B.C.
Canada V6T 1Z1
(The price is $25.)
Per changing NIBs to (back to) CM3s...I believe we
get this request about once a month!! Someone really
has to write that program.....I just wish I had time
to delve into that. Maybe....someday....!
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TO RICK Dear Rick: In this package you will find a program
pack of MALCOLM MORTAR (new condition), a copy of
MICKEY'S SPACE ADVENTURE (only RUN once to make a
backup copy to RUN). These two programs contain all
of the original docs. Also you will find a copy of
Lester Hands' MUSICA II (sans docs! If ever I locate
them I will send them to you). I wish to donate
these to CFDM for your next "Phone Fest".
I really appreciated your taking that extra step
during the last Phone Fest by giving me a call at
work. The world of papermaking goes on 7 days a week
and 24 hours a day. Otherwise I might not have
gotten my bid and my order to you. It's a crazy life
when you have to manipulate your home, meals, sleep,
church and everything else around a job. =>
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One thing that makes it bearable (believe it or not)
is that we keep a COCO III tucked away in the
instrument technicians shop. Comes in handy during
those free times.
Also on this disk you will find a .NIB pic titled
C-17. I "ain't no" artist, thats for sure, but I do
enjoy planes. If anyone in CFDM country has any pics
of planes to share I would sure like to see them.
Also, if anyone would like to see this newest USAF
freighter made by MCDONNELL DOUGLAS up close (or any
other military plane for that matter) I would
recommend going to the air show at Andrews AFB in
Washington, D.C. on Armed Forces Day. It's free to
the public and you will see the very best we have.=>
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I say it's free, but I guess as taxpayers we have
paid our share. Last year we were treated to a great
exibition by the USN Blue Angels. Rumor has it that
this year we will see the USAF Thunderbirds.
WOLFIE
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Rick: Thanks so much for the donation Paul! And in
a <g> file, this issue, you'll find Paul's F-14.
We'll try to get the C-17 in a near future issue.
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VIDEO PUTS FRIENDS "IN
MIND" Dear Rick,
I wish to extend my subscription for another six
issues before it runs out. I am also ordering the
Picnic Video Package as per the advertisement with
my issue #43.
I can't wait to see everyone live on the video and
to participate in the picnic. I thank you for giving
us the opportunity "in mind" on screen to be with
you, family, and Friends on the event.
Long live Rick's dreams and may God bless.
- Nazaire Lamarre
Greenfield Park, Quebec =>
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Rick: Thanks for your order and kind words Nazarre!
As I've said before the Picnic was an Unbelievable
event. It was just like a reunion of former class-
mates...although in this case we'd never seen each
other (mostly). Actually I had planned the video
as a means of meeting the expenses of the Picnic.
One thing I didn't plan on was having to buy two
vcr's to duplicate the tapes. But if sales continue
I'll end up with two relatively new vcr's at a low
price!!
Hope you enjoy the tape!
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| Articles in section: POTPOURRI |
| A
TIME FOR US FactSheet 5 article HICK BROTHERS by Ray Berney <g> KENTUCKY SONG MUSIC So THAT'S What It's For! |
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A TIME FOR US A Time For Us is also known as the Love Theme From
the movie Romeo & Juliet.It was written by Nino Rota
and was recorded as a piano solo by Henry Mancini.
RUN" A TIME"
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FactSheet 5 article In Fact Sheet Five magazine (issue #55)
I ran across this article about a magazine that
had published a DECB COCO program, I thought that
perhaps CFDM readers may want too order this
issue and see for themselves:
HITCH magazine Vol 1 #5
Rod M. Lott
5504 N. Tulsa Ave
Oklahoma City, OK 73112
rlott at aol.com
Price is 3.50 $ including postage I believe.
page 2.......>>>>>>>>>>>>
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I also suggest that CFDM HARDCOPY be submitted
too review at FACT SHEET FIVE magazine because
it connects small publishers everywhere!
CFDM is a disk-magazine, and a EZINE (electronic
magazine!) so lets get the word out too the world!
FactSheet Five is also available in the internet
so it is a good tool for people seeking resources
such as CFDM!!!
Here's how too get a copy:
Available for 3.50 on newstands or mail
6$ to Factsheet Five Subscriptions
PO Box 170099
San Francisco CA 94117 - 0099
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Rick: Thanks for the info Frank...I do want to get
a copy and send a copy (of HARDCOPY that is).
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KENTUCKY SONG "Well" -- Here I am again -- in the ART GALLERY.
"You are never too old to learn" say some, and again
some say "You can't teach an old dog new tricks"
I agree with the first. I have gone back to the
Color Computer3 "EXTENDED BASIC" manual to find out
how to produce music without using the "MUSIC3+" or
the "MUSICAII". It can be done, but it takes a lot
of patience. My daughter, a very good pianist, gave
me a book of music written by Stephen Foster called
"Immortal Melodies". "My Old Kentucky Home, Good
Night" was one of them. I know I did not do a very
good job, but I did my best.
See Y'all in the "ART GALLERY"---------------------
RUN "CIRCLE.BAS"
HJM 09-04-95 =>
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Rick: Although Harold placed this selection in the
Art Gallery, I moved it to Potpourri because of the
music and because I'm featuring Harold's other art
work in the gallery this month.
By the way, one of our former governors, the beloved
Happy Chandler, use to sing this song at the "Senior
Night" at the University of Kentucky basketball
game. It was always a very emotional moment and the
tradition has continued even tho Happy died a few
years ago. (That is featured guests now sing it.)
Another "by the way", I wonder if everyone has noted
that after 15 years someone is still learning to
program the CoCo. Way to go Harold!!!!!!! =*
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MUSIC Gershwin's magnificent masterwork, Porgy and Bess,
is another of those odd cases in the history of
music. It was received with grudging approval by
critics and public in 1935, but has since grown to
become one of our best-loved works. Into this bru-
tally realistic piece of musical theater, the young
composer poured a soul of lovely melodies. He creat-
ed excitement in the music of the recitative pass-
ages. He literally threw away in fragmented form
some stunningly beautiful melodies that are heard
briefly as street cries or bridges between songs. It
seemed that he had a limitless fund of music at his
disposal. By every measure, Porgy and Bess is a work
of superb art. If Gershwin had left no other music,
he would be considered great by this alone.
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These notes were gleaned from The Reader's Digest's
"The Golden Age of Operetta" recordings. The music
was transcribed from the Nov. 1982 issue of Sheet
Music Magazine, of which I have bought several
issues from a major used book and record store here
in Tucson, Az. My only hope is that justice has been
done to these two selections; Bess You Is My Woman
and I Loves You Porgy, and that everyone listening
to this music enjoys my attempt to bring you fine
organ music done by an outstanding American composer
George Gershwin. Ira Gershwin and Du Bose Heyward
wrote the words. "They just don't write music like
they used to!"
Run "MUSIC.BAS" to hear my transcriptions, and try
to play it through big speakers or your hi-fi, and
remember, if I can use MUSIC3+, anyone can! =*
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So THAT'S What It's For! After reading Rick's explanation of the COPY
FILE TO DRIVE 1 in a recent issue, I slipped a CFDM
submission disk template into my Drive 1 and tried
it out....works great!
Now I can store several articles from different
issues on one disk to make it easier to refer back
to them at a future date....or store more than one
set of submissions to keep as a backup on one disk
when I send a submission!
Thanks for the explanation, Rick!
P.S. Boy, did I panic the first time I entered the
SYSOPS menu from a screen with red text!....
hitting the clear key a few times finally made
the cursor visible again, though! =*
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| Articles in section: PROGRAMS OF THE MONTH |
| Carpet
Estimator Monster Pit PAGE FORM and FONT SELECTION PICPUZ PICPUZ (Continued) SHOPLIST SHOPLIST - Pt. 2 |
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Carpet Estimator Hi Rick. Thought I'd send a PGM I put together about
two years ago to help in my carpet business. Hope it
will come in handy for some of you the next time you
go shopping for carpet.
The programs pretty simple. You start out giving the
name of the room,'LIV,DIN 'etc. Then your asked for
the width in feet. Input the total full feet of your
room.
The next prompt is inches. Input the the number of
inches over the full feet your room is. Example if
your room is 12 ft. 5 inches wide you would enter 12
for the feet prompt and 5 for the inch prompt.
If your room is exactly 12 ft wide then enter 0 at
the inch prompt. Do the same with the Length prompt.
The next prompt explains on some floor coverings
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Flooring such as kitchen carpet or sheet vinyl will
have anywhere from 3 inches to 6 feet in pattern
match. As a rule of thumb add 18 inches if your not
sure or just hit Enter for carpet and go on.
A graphics screen come up and a drawing of your room
indicating the location of any seams appears.
Hit any key to return to the main screen. A printout
appears giving you the room the size of roll you
will need to buy and the yardage and price if you
entered on. The size of roll is helpful if you see a
remanent you like you can be sure it will fit.
A running total is kept of the yardage and running
feet of a 12 foot roll and any prices.
The screen can display up to 15 rooms or areas so
just keep answering the prompts. When you want to
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You will then be asked if you want a printout to
your printer or save the information to a file on
disk. Hit P or D for a permanent record.
An added feature in the program is the 'CPT' option.
Entering CPT at the room prompt gives you a chance
to compare a roll of carpet you may have to an area.
The yardage will not be added to the running total.
I hope you enjoy and can use this program. Feel free
to improve upon it any way you want.
Thanks All,
Roy Wilson
P.S. After you quit the program, you can type:
PRINT TS
and you can see how many feet of tack strip
you will use for that amount of carpet. =*
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Monster Pit MONSTER PIT is a program that I adapted from
the Timex/Sinclair world, I found it in a
magazine that was a competitor of sorts to RAINBOW!
It is not so neatened up, but I loaded it with
standard sounds and interesting screens as far
as text based adventures go.
Go ahead and give it a try, see if you can
climb out of the pit, or what the heck dive
down deeper see how high a score you can gather!!
Frank D'Urso
---- See the Program side of this disk.
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PAGE FORM and FONT SELECTION Although I've seen several neat ideas for
setting up the printer, I thought I'd submit a
short program that I've been using for several years
to make listings of programs I'm working on.
The short program, PAGE.BAS is written for use
with a DMP107 (codes compatable with the DMP130
series of printers) printer working at 2400 baud.
If you like the idea that this program presents, but
your printer uses different codes, you should be
able to put your codes into the program lines with
little difficulty.
In its form as I have presented it here, when
you run PAGE.BAS, all you need to do is align the
top of your page with the top of the ribbon in your
printer as prompted and then press any key except
the BREAK key to automatically set up a page form =>
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with top, bottom, and side margins, with a page
break that skips the fold in the fanfold sheet to
go to the next page. The printer font will also be
automatically set up for you. (The line spacing in
the program is 1 1/2 - see REM's in listing.)
If you wish to use a different page format or
font, press the BREAK key instead of any other key,
and the program will automatically be listed to the
screen to allow you to EDIT the lines for the form
or font you desire before running the program.
As mentioned above, I have used a line spacing
of 1 1/2, which provides a little extra space to
write notes between the printed lines when editing a
program listing (my main use for this program) and
the page is also formatted to print the lines the
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If you edit this program to set up your page
form and font in the format you use most, and then
save it, you will have a quick and easy way of set-
ting up your printer that can easily be modified to
provide other formats if desired, without having to
dig out the printer manual to look up the printer
codes.
One final tip: if you have printed something
out and want to advance the page in your printer
without disturbing your pre-set page breaks, type
your printer code for a form feed....the Tandy code
is PRINT#-2,CHR$(12);....and then press ENTER,
rather than advancing the page manually.
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PICPUZ The development of PICPUZ (short for Picture Puzzler) was a labor of love. It was motivated by a lifelong delight in working jigsaw puzzles. Jigsaw puzzles were extremely popular during the Great Depression when I was born. My mother had a Jigsaw Puzzle Lending Library. She would buy the big (for those days) adult size, 300 piece puzzles. Mom, Dad, and I would work them for our own pleasure. Then they would be placed on the shelves of the library to be lent at a charge of one cent a day. The puzzles quickly more than paid for themselves & provided both borrower and lender with inexpensive entertainment. When I was 3 years old, I was working children's puzzles. By age 4 I had graduated to the 300 piecers & have been working puzzles regularly ever since.=> ____________________________________________________ Each of the SCREEN jigsaw puzzles that can be worked using PICPUZ contains 240 pieces & is as challenging as the 300 piecers of the 1930s. PICPUZ requires a CoCo 3 with a 512K RAM. It begins by offering you a choice of puzzles to work. However, only one puzzle is included with PICPUZ; so presently you have one choice only. After you make your selection, the pieces of the puzzle are brought to the screen one-by-one to form the puzzle picture when it is stored for future reference. Then a board is drawn on the screen. Each slot of the board is shaped like a puzzle piece. In fact, each piece of the puzzle has a unique slot on the board. In the lower right corner of the screen is the Current Piece Display Area. The current piece is rotated into place in that area. It is displayed => ____________________________________________________ in a random orientation that probably will not agree with its correct orientation when fitted into its slot. You may look at the displayed piece in each of its 4 orientations. Each press of the R key on the keyboard rotates the piece 90 degrees clockwise. Viewing the complete puzzle picture as an aid in finding the correct slot of the current piece is accomplished merely by pressing the V key. Pressing V again returns the puzzle board to the screen. When you think you have found the slot where the piece belongs, use the arrow keys to move the cursor from the top left slot to the desired slot. The cursor will move as long as you press an arrow key or until it reaches a boundary of the board. When the cursor is in the desired slot, press the P key. If you have correctly located the piece's slot, =* |
PICPUZ (Continued) 3 beeps will be sounded & another piece will appear
in the display area. However, if you chose an
incorrect slot, 1 beep will be sounded. If you do
not find the correct slot in 3 such tries, another
piece will become current in the display area.
Pressing P 3 times also lets you skip the displayed
piece for the present.
It may be that the slot where the current piece
belongs is obscured by the display area. You can
easily move the display area by pressing the CLEAR
key. The display area will be moved to the lower
left portion of the screen, clearing away the former
display area for viewing. Subsequent presses of
CLEAR will move the display area back & forth
between lower left & right portions of the screen.
Sometimes the piece will not show up well in =>
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the display area. In such a case press the D key to
change the background color of the display area. You
may wish to use D several times to obtain the best
contrast.
Sometimes after one or more pieces have been
placed on the board surrounding an unoccupied slot,
the shape of that slot will become difficult to
discern. The B key can be used to change the
background color of any such unoccupied slot at
which you point the cursor. Each press of B changes
the color again. If you find a color suitable to use
for most "fuzzy" slots, press CTRL and then B to
lock in that color. The same keys unlock the color.
PICPUZ provides a list of the previously cited
keys. The list is activated by H, the HELP key.
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may save it on disk for future completion. You must
have handy a disk with at least 32 free granules.
Then merely press BREAK & follow the instructions
that will appear on the screen.
Later when you wish to resume work on the puzzle,
at the beginning of PICPUZ select the unfinished
puzzle as the one to be loaded. After the board has
been formed on the screen, each already found piece
of the puzzle will be automatically placed in its
correct slot. Then a puzzle piece will be rotated
into the display area for you to start puzzling
anew.
GET STARTED & HAVE FUN!
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RICK: Thanks for sharing this great program with the
Friends. PICPUZ is on side 1 of Bonus Disk. =*
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SHOPLIST When it got to the point that making up a
grocery list sometimes seemed to take as long as the
actual trip to the store, and we still forgot to
put items we needed on the list, I felt it was time
to put together this program I call SHOPLIST.
When using the program, you create a database of
up to 216 items (12 categories of up to 18 items per
category) that you normally might buy at the grocery
store. You can then print out an "inventory" list
that can be used to help "jog your memory" when
making a shopping list or it can be used as an aid
in keeping an actual inventory. In addition, you
can use your computer to select the items you want
to put on your shopping list and then print out a
two-column list to take to the store with you.
To try out or use SHOPLIST, copy both =>
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SHOPLIST.BAS and SHOPLIST.FNT from the program side
of this disk to another disk that has at least 6
free granules. (You may also want to copy the file
SHOPLIST.DAT to your new disk too, if it has been
included on the program side of this disk....if you
do not copy this file, a new data file will be
created on your disk when you run SHOPLIST.BAS).
If your printer uses codes that are compatible
with the DMP-130 series printers, and your printer
is set for 2400 baud, the program should run
properly for you with no changes. However, if you
use a different baud rate or different printer
codes, load SHOPLIST.BAS, list it to the screen,
and make any changes as necessary to the following
lines:
Line 9: POKE150,18 = 2400 baud =>
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Line 40: PRINT#-2,CHR$(27);CHR$(15) = End
elongated printing
Line 49: Same as line 40
Line 63: PRINT#-2,CHR$(27);CHR$(29);CHR$(27);
CHR$(31);CHR$(27);CHR$(66);CHR$(1);
CHR$(27);CHR$(14) = Correspondence-12,
Italics, and Start elongated printing
Once you have made any necessary changes, save
the program to your disk before running it.
PALETTES 0, 1, 2, 3, and 4 are changed to white
, black, white, and red, respectively by the
program in line 9.
DATA statements in line 96 may be changed to
suit your preference or needs, but keep the same
number of DATA statements. <continued in Pt.2> =*
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SHOPLIST - Pt. 2 When you run SHOPLIST.BAS, a title screen will
appear while the font is being loaded and the arrays
are set up in memory and then the data file (if
present on the disk) is loaded. Then th screen
will clear and a new screen will appear with six of
the twelve categories near the top of the screen,
with six columns of items (or dashes) below the
categories. You will see the function key listing at
the bottom of the screen. There are two screens for
the twelve categories. The following is a list of
the functions of the active keys:
ARROWS: The four arrow keys are used to move the
cursor around the screen to highlight the spaces
for the items. If the cursor is moved to the
lower right corner of the screen with the =>
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first six categories, pressing the down arrow
once more will cause the second category screen
to appear. You may return to the first screen by
moving the cursor to the upper left corner of
the screen and pressing the up arrow once more.
A slow key repeat has been provided for the
arrow keys.
"I" Press I when you wish to "I"nsert an item. The
black bar will disappear as everything from the
cursor position in the column shifts down one
position, and a line of red dashes will appear
where you can type in your entry. When you press
ENTER, the cursor will re-appear, indicating the
item has been entered. NOTE: if the column
already contained 18 items, the last item in the
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"D" To "D"elete an item, move the cursor onto the
item to be deleted and press D. You will be
prompted near the bottom of the screen to press
Y if you are sure, and when the Y is pressed,
the column will shift upward to fill the space.
"S" Press S to sort the items in each column alpha-
betically.
"Q" Press Q when you want to "Q"uit. Your file will
be saved to disk by doing this.
SPACEBAR Use the spacebar to mark or un-mark the
items you want printed on a shopping list, THEN
"F1" to print out the items you have marked on the
screen.
"F2" Will print out your entire inventory list. Use
it as a checklist! Follow the prompts when
using F1 or F2....HAPPY SHOPPING! =*
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| Articles in section: REVIEWS |
| THE
PICNIC VIDEO |
| Back to top |
THE PICNIC VIDEO -----
RICK: Although this entry was not submitted as a
review, it does give J. R.'s impressions of the tape
...and besides...it's the nearest thing I have to a
review for this issue!! Thanks J. R.!!!
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Just thought that I would let you know that I had no
trouble viewing the video tape of the Picnic. Even
with your small problems it appears that the picnic
went fairly well. Also, it is great to be able to
put a face with many of the people that I have met
only through letters over the last 3 years.
How you managed to get all those people to come up
in front of the camera, I'll never know. With my
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make it. I do not like having a photograph of me
taken, much less video.
Most tapes made the way this one was, usually give
me trouble when I use RASCAN to scan pictures into
my CoCo3. The lighting is usually never right, the
subject is either too far away or too close, or the
colors are all washed out. Things like that. Well,
so far, I have gotten 14 good color scans from your
tape. Of course the background did not come through
very good but, I always cut that part anyway and
leave only the bodies. Saves on disk space that way
too.
Also the disk is just great. Now I have more puzzles
to do. I'm thinking about disabling the key =>
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that lets you see the complete picture. I think it
is more fun that way, plus it adds a bit of mystery
to what you are trying to put together.
- J. R. Waggoner
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| Articles in section: QUESTIONS & ANSWERS |
| ADOS3
& EXTENDED ADOS3 DS,HD DISK EXPERIENCE Questions about NIBSHOW TO RON MCCAULEY TO WM. ROSENFELD TO: ROBERT ALLEN TURNER Thanks to Kenny T |
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ADOS3 & EXTENDED ADOS3 When I add or edit DATA items, all lower case
letters get changed to upper case letters.
What am I doing wrong?
How have I set up ADOS3 and extended ADOS3 wrong?
Robert E. Bruhl
841 N. Mapleton Ave.
Oak Park, IL. 60302
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DS,HD DISK EXPERIENCE The DS,HD (or 2S/HD disk) is a high density
disk that is sold (usually formatted) for use in 80
track disk drives. I think that I read somewhere
that the main physical difference betweenthe high
density (HD) disk and the double density (DD) disk
is that the HD disk is certified to have a more
uniform coating on its surface, so it is less likely
to have dropouts when used with the narrower head of
the 80 track drive.
I have some HD disks that I have been using in
my 40 track FD-502 drive for three or four years
with no problem.....BUT.....when I installed a FD501
40 track drive for use as drive 1, I encountered a
lot of I/O errors with some of my disks. I thought
there was something wrong with my drive installation
until I realized that it was only the HD disks =>
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that gave me the I/O problem in drive 1. I don't
know if it is common with all HD disks (I have three
different brands), but I noticed that none of my HD
disks has a reinforcing ring around the center hole.
Apparently, my FD-501 drive needs either the extra
stiffness or the extra thickness of the reinforcing
ring for reliable operation.
I continue to use the HD disks that I already
have, but I try to make sure that I have a backup
of the programs on the disk on a disk with a rein-
forced hub hole, too, as added insurance.
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Questions about NIBSHOW I really like Stuart Wyss-Gallifent's NIBSHOW,
and appreciated the tip to be able to use it with
more pictures on one disk because I wanted to make a
collection of disks dedicated solely to pictures
submitted by CFDM Friends. I also like the fact
the first two versions of NIBSHOW can be used to
view "STEVE'S PICS" (that came with one of Rick's
INCREDIBLE OFFERS) in black and white on my RGB
monitor. (I can't display my own pictures 'cause I
haven't learned to make any yet!)
I do have one problem, though, that perhaps
Stuart could help me with.....after I change drives
to drive 2 and read the directory, my screen says
Drive 65 and a number other than 2 or 4 for the
HSCREEN. Then, if I try to load a NIB file, the
computer tells me I have an error in the =>
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line that reads the HSCREEN number by PEEKing at
location &HF09E. If I try to change the HSCREEN
after going to drive 2, my computer locks up.
I am using the following POKES to set up my
system to activate drive 2, set the step rate, set
the BAUD rate, access 40 tracks, and reset-protect
the setup:
1 POKE&HD7C0,0:POKE&HD816,20:POKE150,18
2 POKE243,&HCC:POKE244,&H41:POKE245,&H42:POKE246,
&HFD:POKE247,&HD8:POKE248,&H9F:POKE249,57:EXEC243
3 POKE50997,78:POKE51034,84:POKE51131,78:POKE51183,
78:POKE51152,78:POKE52518,78:POKE52917,78:POKE
53917,40:POKE54349,78:POKE54580,39:POKE54879,40:
POKE54914,40
4 POKE114,1:POKE115,&HD1:POKE&H1D1,12:POKE&H1D2,1A:
POKE&H1D3,50:POKE&H1D4,7F:POKE&H1D5,FF: =>
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POKE&H1D6,DF:POKE&H1D7,7E:POKE&H1D8,C0:POKE&H1D9,
E7
The POKES in line 4 are for reset protection, and
I do know they will not permit cassette operation.
Do you think any of these POKES might be inter-
acting with NIBSHOW to create the problems I have
encountered when activating drive 2? NIBSHOW will
read the directory for me on drive 2, but that is
all. I've tried REMing out the lines that make NIB-
SHOW default to drive 0 with the same results. (I
have included NIBLOADR.BIN on side 2 of my disk.)
All three versions of NIBSHOW work great for me
in drive 0, but I would really like to be able to
use it in drive 2, also!.....HELP!!!???
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TO RON MCCAULEY Dear Ron:
The answer to your printing problems are easy.
To print your pictures in the NIB format all you
need is Rick Cooper's COLPRINT program, and we all
know where we can get that one.
As for the NIB - CM3, you need Jim Bennett's
NUTRANS program which can be found on Jim's Issue #1
of "Jumpin Jim's Art Disk". If you are going to buy
this one I would suggest buying the set of 6, as it
will provide you with a bushel of great programs,
CM3 pics, NIB picx, MAX 10 clips, etc. A bargain at
$30 for the set assuming it is still the same price
I paid. You can get this from Jim Bennett, 118
Corlies Ave., Poughkeepsie, NY 12601.
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I would be glad to share any of these programs with
you, but as they are still available from the writer
we must respect his rights and keep in mind the many
hours of hard work that went into them.
Paul Wolf
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TO WM. ROSENFELD Dear William:
I received your CoCo3 512K in excellent condition
and it works perfectly.
Thanks Again
Paul Wolf
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TO: ROBERT ALLEN TURNER R.E. FROM ROBERT ALLEN TURNER. From CFDM issue #44.
In answer to your letter in the CFDM issue #36. My
sisten-in-law went to the computer store you
suggested and got all of the items she needed to get
her Commodore up and running. I thank you for
sending me the information on this store.
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In answer to your question on Simtel CDROM program
for copying Commodore programs to IBM PC, I found
the company Walnut Creek and purchased the program
from them. They also sent me a catalog of their
programs. Most of their programs are $34.95 plus
$5.00 s/h. They also included a coupon for $5.00 off
on your next purchase. The Simtel CDROM program is
a two disk set. =====>
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With over 10,000 MSDOS shareware programs in the two
disk set. It also has source codes, programming
utilities, general utilities. The address to Walnut
Creek is as follows:
Walnut Creek CDROM
1547 Palos Verdes Mall, STE. 260
Walnut Creek, CA. 94596
Phone # 1-800-786-9907
General # 1-510-674-0783
FAX # 1-510-674-0821
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Robert if you are looking for some semi-new PC
programs, I just received a catalog from a company
that sells surplus software for about 1/3 TO 2/3 off
normal prices.
SURPLUS SOFTWARE INCORPORATED
489 North 8th Street
Hood River, Oregon 97031
Phone # 1-800-753-7877 (ordering only)
FAX # 1-503-386-4227
Customer Service Phone # 1-503-386-5215
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Thanks to Kenny T Special thanks to Kenny Trevino for answering several of my questions and providing me with copies of information regarding the screen saver that I had published in Rainbow, but had not gotten an official copy because they sold that issue out! Thanks Kenny it was VERY thoughtful to include everything in one package!!!! Frank D'Urso Franv -at- delphi.com Hey there's a question, how do I get a at symbol? ----- Rick: Sorry Frank, there is no at symbol in the Entry Writer! (Clearly an oversight on my part.) =* |
