X-SystemInfo: Buyers Review: Cbm X-ReplyTo-No: 1 (There are no more replies.) X-Message-No: 107 (original); 153 (database) From: RUSSELL PRATER To: DAVID MEADS Subject: Geos/GIF/Conversion Date: Sat, 27 Jul 96 22:49:00 Hi David, DM> Alright...I will try the Maverick DM> trick...that helps out a lot with the gif DM> files...thank you sir! When you try it, it will tell you to make a copy and how, then run the Maverick Parm on it. That's good, as far as it goes. Be SURE to run the Maverick Parm for DeskTop, too. If you don't, you'll have a Trojan Horse on your disk that will take out the boot files about the first time you save anything to the disk. ... URA Redneck if you've ever hit a jukebox with a cue stick. -=- QWKRR128 V4.32 [R] --- Silver Xpress Mail System 5.3H1e * Origin: Computer Country * P.C. FL * 28.8K * 904-769-9431 @ (1:3608/5) X-SystemInfo: Buyers Review: Cbm X-Message-No: 81 (original); 2 (database) From: David Meads To: RUSSELL PRATER Subject: geogif.sfx Date: Sat, 20 Jul 96 01:28:00 > Hi David, > DM> I called 221-B Baker St a few minutes > DM> ago...geogif.sfx was nowhere to be found... > I know. That's why I told you to get it from here. > ( Computer Country, 904-769-9431, 904-769-6981, 904-769-8138 > ) > Call, logon as Commodore Caller and use cbm as the password > for > instant access. Oops...too late...I called my users group BBS and it's been on there for at least 6 months!!!!!! DUH...:> DM aka de dum Hat --- GEcho 1.00 * Origin: Outpost XIO BBS (804) 850-0909 Hampton Va 23669 (1:271/1701) X-SystemInfo: Buyers Review: Cbm X-ReplyTo-No: 2 (There are no more replies.) X-Message-No: 95 (original); 141 (database) From: Tony Postmayer To: James Host Subject: Re: Transfer IBM/Commodor Date: Sat, 27 Jul 96 18:59:00 TP> X1541.ZIP Interfaces PC computer with Commodore floppy disk drive. JH> Question: Is there a program for the PC which causes the PC to JH> emulate a 1541 disk drive, using the X1541 or similar cable to connect JH> the PC and Commodore 8-bit computer? There was something called "64NET". I don't know how well it works or if it is still supported. Anyway, this is drifting off-target a bit for this conference. Tony - --- COMNET v1.33e/BlueWave 2.12 * Origin: COMNET Headquarters [Albany, NY] (1:267/113) X-SystemInfo: Buyers Review: Cbm X-ReplyTo-No: 141 (There are more replies.) X-Message-No: 96 (original); 142 (database) From: Peter Karlsson To: Gary Ranchuk Subject: Transfer IBM/Commodore Date: Fri, 26 Jul 96 18:09:00 * Reply to a message in From_them_to_me. On 23 Jul, one could hear Gary say: > Is StarCommander shareware? If so, can I Freq it from you? I need to > know the name of file (name.zip)... StarCommander is freeware, but I don't have the original archive here, so you can't freq it from me. If you have ftp access, look at ftp://ccnga.uwaterloo.ca \\// Peter - m9944@abc.se --- * Origin: Quinta Essentia + Ullers¿ter, Sweden (2:204/152.42) X-SystemInfo: Buyers Review: Cbm X-ReplyTo-No: 142 (There are no more replies.) X-Message-No: 98 (original); 144 (database) From: Peter Karlsson To: Tony Postmayer Subject: Transfer IBM/Commodore Date: Fri, 26 Jul 96 19:14:00 On 24 Jul, one could hear Tony say: > SC_BETA6.ZIP This sounds like an old version. The latest I believe is 0.70 or 0.71. \\// Peter - m9944@abc.se --- * Origin: Quinta Essentia + Ullers¿ter, Sweden (2:204/152.42) X-SystemInfo: Buyers Review: Cbm X-ReplyTo-No: 144 (There are no more replies.) X-Message-No: 118 (original); 164 (database) From: Gary Ranchuk To: Peter Karlsson Subject: Re: Transfer IBM/Commodor Date: Sun, 28 Jul 96 23:47:00 PK> StarCommander is freeware, but I don't have the PK> original archive here, so y PK> can't freq it from me. If you have ftp access, look at PK> ftp://ccnga.uwaterlo Thanx I picked up.. --- GEcho 1.11+ * Origin: The Trading Post ][ 519-974-2976 (1:246/109) X-SystemInfo: Buyers Review: Cbm X-ReplyTo-No: 164 (There are no more replies.) X-Message-No: 149 (original); 195 (database) From: Peter Karlsson To: James Host Subject: Transfer IBM/Commodore Date: Mon, 29 Jul 96 17:56:00 On 25 Jul, one could hear James say: > Question: Is there a program for the PC which causes the PC to emulate > a 1541 disk drive, using the X1541 or similar cable to connect the PC > and Commodore 8-bit computer? Yes. Try Server64. It uses a X1541 cable and you address it as you would address a normal drive, i.e LOAD"$",8 to get the directory (you can set different addresses for different PC directories, D64 images or T64 images). \\// Peter - m9944@abc.se --- * Origin: Quinta Essentia + Ullers¿ter, Sweden (2:204/152.42) X-SystemInfo: Buyers Review: Cbm X-ReplyTo-No: 141 (There are no more replies.) X-Message-No: 137 (original); 199 (database) From: Ron Mitchell To: Rod Gasson Subject: Try Date: Tue, 30 Jul 96 13:14:00 Hi Rod, RG> The dissadvantage of this is when the docs are large, and/or the user is new. They generally have little or no idea.... True. I've experienced this for myself over the years, and unless you provide a method of going straight to the job at hand without a lot of technical fanfare, you lose them. RG> ;Course most of the major word-processors allow youto strip RG> formatting from text anyway.... In this case I'm using "The Write Stuff", which I absolutely hated when I first loaded it up, but it's growing on me. And I find there's not a heck of a lot of re-formatting required. The only question to be solved is, where is the top of the page. And the answer to that I suppose is, somewhere north of the bottom of the page. -Ron Mitchell ___ QWKRR128 V4.2 [R] --- * Origin: Community Access Courtenay, BC (604) 338-4597 (1:3412/1) X-SystemInfo: Buyers Review: Cbm X-Message-No: 82 (original); 3 (database) From: Gary Ranchuk To: Jeremy Craig Subject: Re: Transfer IBM/Commodor Date: Sat, 20 Jul 96 20:07:00 JC> Is there any way that a human can transfer a file from an IBM to a JC> Commodore, if a person downloads a Commodore file on an IBM? Yes there is.. To start you need the file called "X1541.zip". Most BBS will have it "if" they have CD-Roms online. Secondly, will will need to make the cable that is described in this file. Thirdly, you will need a 1541 Drive. I know this works 'cause I have it on my IBM computer.. If you need this file let me know and I can send it to the sysop of the BBS. Gary ( 1:246/109) --- GEcho 1.11+ * Origin: The Trading Post ][ 519-974-2976 (1:246/109) X-SystemInfo: Buyers Review: Cbm X-ReplyTo-No: 3 (There are more replies.) X-Message-No: 86 (original); 7 (database) From: RUSSELL PRATER To: JEREMY CRAIG Subject: Transfer IBM/Commodore Date: Sat, 20 Jul 96 18:22:00 Hi Jeremy, JC> Is there any way that a human can transfer a file from an IBM to a JC> Commodore, if a person downloads a Commodore file on an IBM? Sure. If you have two modems, just connect them with a modular telephone cord and load a term program on each. Or, if you have a user port to RS232 adapter, connect them with a null modem cable, load a term on each and transfer them that way. You can also grab a copy of X1541.ZIP and use it to connect a 1541 (or other Commie drive) directly to your IBM. Then there is LRR25.SFX which allows you to read an MS-Dos type disk with a C128 and a 1571 or 1581. ... URA Redneck if your tattoo says "Mother" and it's misspelled. -=- QWKRR128 V4.32 [R] --- Silver Xpress Mail System 5.3H1e * Origin: Computer Country * P.C. FL * 28.8K * 904-769-9431 @ (1:3608/5) X-SystemInfo: Buyers Review: Cbm X-ReplyTo-No: 7 (There are more replies.) X-Message-No: 106 (original); 27 (database) From: Karen Allison To: Jeremy Craig Subject: Transfer Ibm/commodore Date: Sun, 21 Jul 96 15:52:00 RE: What Jeremy Craig was referring to about Transfer IBM/Commodore on 19 Jul'96 ... JC> Is there any way that a human can transfer a file from an IBM to a JC> Commodore, if a person downloads a Commodore file on an IBM? Yes, but its much easier with a computer (g). Get either the commercial program Big Blue Reader (BBB) or Little Red Reader, which is shareware/public domain (am not sure which). Hugz! ... c:\DR.PEPPER missing: (A)bort (R)etry (F)reak out.... === QWKRR128 V4.32 [R] --- * Origin: File Quest (1:388/14) X-SystemInfo: Buyers Review: Cbm X-ReplyTo-No: 27 (There are no more replies.) X-Message-No: 112 (original); 33 (database) From: Ron D'Aigle To: Jeremy Craig Subject: Transfer IBM/Commodore Date: Sun, 21 Jul 96 20:05:00 Hi Jeremy, JC> Is there any way that a human can transfer a file from an IBM to a JC> Commodore, if a person downloads a Commodore file on an IBM? Yes, you can use LRR (Little Red Reader) a freeware program that will work with a 1571, 1581, or one of the CMD floppies which reads and writes MS-DOS formatted floppies; Big Blue, a commercial product that does the same thing and more (about $30-40), or you can use a null-modem cable and use your modem to transfer files. I've used LRR and have my modem connected through A/B switchboxes and have used both LRR and null-modem transfers and far prefer LRR. Only use null-modem when I absentmindedly dl a file to my RAMlink that's too large to put on a 3.5 floppy. Ron --- Maximus 3.01 * Origin: Gateway To Mid-Michigan, Burton,MI(810)742-6126 (1:2240/320) X-SystemInfo: Buyers Review: Cbm X-ReplyTo-No: 33 (There are no more replies.) X-Message-No: 116 (original); 37 (database) From: Peter Karlsson To: Jeremy Craig Subject: Transfer IBM/Commodore Date: Sun, 21 Jul 96 21:43:00 On 19 Jul, one could hear Jeremy say: > Is there any way that a human can transfer a file from an IBM to a > Commodore, if a person downloads a Commodore file on an IBM? Yes. You mean you wanted to know how? Okay. If you have access to a 1571 or 1581 disk drive, get a program called Big Blue Reader (or even a freeware one called Little Red Reader, I haven't tried it, though), and use it to copy the file from the IBM disk to the Commodore disk. You can also transfer it directly from the PC using programs like X1541 or StarCommander (I recommend the latter). In this case, you'll need to make a special cable to connect your Commodore drive to the PC, and copy the files from there. If you can't do any of the above, you could transfer it via a null-modem cable, or even with one modem at each computer. \\// Peter - m9944@abc.se --- timEd/2 1.10+ * Origin: Quinta Essentia + Ullers¿ter, Sweden (2:204/152.42) X-SystemInfo: Buyers Review: Cbm X-ReplyTo-No: 37 (There are no more replies.) X-Message-No: 119 (original); 40 (database) From: John Larkin To: Jeremy Craig Subject: Transfer IBM/Commodore Date: Sat, 20 Jul 96 21:47:00 JC> Is there any way that a human can transfer a file from an IBM to a JC> Commodore, if a person downloads a Commodore file on an IBM? Yes. --- Squish v1.01 * Origin: Unknown: soon to be grunged, somewhere. (1:141/455) X-SystemInfo: Buyers Review: Cbm X-ReplyTo-No: 40 (There are no more replies.) X-Message-No: 123 (original); 44 (database) From: Sjoerd Schaafsma To: Jeremy Craig Subject: Re: Transfer IBM/Commodor Date: Sat, 20 Jul 96 23:48:00 Howdy Jeremy JC> Is there any way that a human can transfer a file from an IBM JC> to a Commodore, if a person downloads a Commodore file on an JC> IBM? Ahhh, no, that is something only Ferrengi can do. So file your teeth put on some floppy ears and expect a few answers besides my short one. Yes, the least hassle, but not the fastest way is to use a null modem between the two. Phone cable between modem of each machine, and do a file transfer. I used to dial 1 when I xferred text files 'twixt apple //e and a C64. Sjoerd Schaafsma - An occasional 8 bit holdout ... IT IS STARTING TO RAIN... .QWK .PAK ALL THE ANIMALS INTO AN ARC!!! --- RA2.5/FD2.20/GEcho * Origin: The TERMINAL BBS (403)327-9731 Lethbridge,AB,Canada (1:358/1) X-SystemInfo: Buyers Review: Cbm X-ReplyTo-No: 44 (There are no more replies.) X-Message-No: 134 (original); 55 (database) From: Gary Ranchuk To: Peter Karlsson Subject: Re: Transfer IBM/Commodor Date: Tue, 23 Jul 96 13:30:00 PK> You can also transfer it directly from the PC using programs like X1541 or PK> StarCommander (I recommend the latter). In this case, PK> you'll need to make a PK> special cable to connect your Commodore drive to the PK> PC, and copy the files PK> from there. Is StarCommander shareware? If so, can I Freq it from you? I need to know the name of file (name.zip)... --- GEcho 1.11+ * Origin: The Trading Post ][ 519-974-2976 (1:246/109) X-SystemInfo: Buyers Review: Cbm X-ReplyTo-No: 7 (There are no more replies.) X-Message-No: 101 (original); 147 (database) From: Gary Ranchuk To: Jeremy Craig Subject: Re: Transfer IBM/Commodor Date: Sat, 27 Jul 96 23:10:00 JC> Please send the file. Thanks. There's no CD-ROM access on this BBS. JC> There's still Comm. 64 files on this board, and I'd like to try to use JC> them. I have a 1571 drive, does that make a difference? I send 2 files to the net address. As for the 1571.. Not sure if it would.. Gary --- GEcho 1.11+ * Origin: The Trading Post ][ 519-974-2976 (1:246/109) X-SystemInfo: Buyers Review: Cbm X-ReplyTo-No: 3 (There are no more replies.) X-Message-No: 146 (original); 192 (database) From: Myke Carter To: Kungfushi Subject: Compute!'s Gazette Date: Tue, 30 Jul 96 12:47:00 Kungfushi, aye? That's a new name for me to see in this echo! KK> I have no idea what people got during July-September of that year KK> since I wasn't subscribing then. Perhaps it was just the regular KK> Compute! magazine? Probably so, if anything. That's about par for the course. If a magazine can't offer it's subscribers what they can use, it will usually provide them with something they can't. Heckuvadeal! Also, I did receive some Internet email on this subject and you are apparently correct about there not being any 7-9/90 disks. In a way, I was happy to hear it because it makes my disk library restoration project just that much easier to deal with! Thanks! Myke mykec@delphi.com --- (C) 1996 * Origin: Big Dreams CEC (918)835-6347 C= Support. Tulsa, OK (1:170/609) X-SystemInfo: Buyers Review: Cbm X-Message-No: 83 (original); 4 (database) From: Margie Weller To: David Veatch Subject: QWKRR'S EDITOR, ETC. Date: Thu, 18 Jul 96 21:30:00 Hi David, Among other things, we were talking about uploading, using Desterm: DV> My modem is a 14,400 USR HST Dual DV> Standard, and I just simply could DV> not get Desterm to upload a whole file unless I did that taking it Once a month I upload to a local Commodore BBS a report to go into our CCCC users club newsletter.... . the editor, Ron Fick, is sysop of Batcave BBS. I have never been able to use Punter to upload with my 14,400 modem. And the Xmodems and Ymodem are troublesome, too, on the local Commodore boards. So I have been just sending the report as an ASCII or PetSCII text file, with no protocol selected. When I said I don't have many uploading problems with Desterm, I had forgotten about that. It seems I keep having to take back something I've said! :-) My uploading consists almost entirely of zipped QWKRR packets. These go to the BBS I use for FidoNet messages, and to a UNIX based system, Nyx. For the FidoNet packets I use ANSI emulation, and the UNIX one requires VT100/102, of course. DV> Desterm is great on downloading, it's DV> just on uploading that it has the DV> problem. :-( I'd love to know how DV> you are able to get it to work reliably ^^^^^^^^ Hmmm.m.m.. I do rely on getting it to work, as it is the only term I use, but it doesn't always happen without a bit of trial and error. DV> for you. I'll bet it has to be DV> in your initialization string and/or NRAM settings. I will send you more on my configurations in a separate message. Even though I do sometimes have trouble uploading, there has never been a time when repeated efforts to send something did not eventually succeed after I have changed to a different protocol. Or, sometimes, I must take apart a reply packet and reassemble it before it will upload. This happens most often when I have zipped several messages together, including replies with quotes from someone else's messages. Do you ever have that happen when you're using Dialogue? DV> MW> that isn't nearly as much about DV> MW> modeming as he TRIED to teach me! DV> DV> A person's mind can absorb only DV> so much info at one time. You should ask DV> David to give you a refresher course. No, I want to give the guy a break in case something new comes up that I'll urgently need his help with! :-) DV> Having a RL makes mail reading lots faster and DV> more convenient. Using QWKRR was what DV> made me buy my RL in the first place. That would be nice to have for sure! I have been wishing QWKRR could make use of the REU for mail reading, as that would help a lot. DV> I belong to a Commodore user group here, DV> as well. It's called MCUG - DV> Michigan Com. Users Group. Been a member DV> since 1983 - the year I bought DV> my first one - the VIC-20 - and got a DV> C-64 later that same year. The DV> club was very helpful in expanding my software library and base of DV> knowledge. I'm glad you have a club near by you! You are a long-time member! I would love to hear more about your club. I've been in the Colorado Commodore Computer Club for a little over three years and have really found a lot of good help there. In addition to David Schmoll we have, and have had, other notable members. I expect that is true of most Commodore user groups that have been around for awhile. To name a few: Jack Moss, of Moss Technologies, is a lifetime member. Ron Snyder, who operated a public Commodore help line until recently, is an active member. George Page was a member until a year or so ago. He brought his grand collection of Commodore computers and disk drives to the club meetings a time or two and gave excellent presentations of the history of Commodore's hardware. Ron Fick, mentioned above, has his Batcave BBS networked with other Commodore boards around the country, including the other three that are still active in Denver. Ron also sells and repairs Lt. Kernal hard drives. Currently, we have 36 to 40 members, but far fewer regularly attend the meetings. Some have been taken with PC fever and dropped out. As for me, the C128D serves me well and so far as I'm concerned it's a keeper! I've enjoyed chatting with you! Margie ___ QWKRR128 V4.32 [R] --- Silver Xpress Mail System 5.4P1a * Origin: AOA * Aurora, Co * 303.366.5515 (1:104/953) X-SystemInfo: Buyers Review: Cbm X-ReplyTo-No: 4 (There are more replies.) X-Message-No: 142 (original); 63 (database) From: Rod Gasson To: Margie Weller Subject: QWKRR'S EDITOR, ETC. Date: Mon, 22 Jul 96 23:16:00 Hi Margie, In a recent message to David Veatch, you said something like.... MW> That would be nice to have for sure! I MW> have been wishing QWKRR could MW> make use of the REU for mail reading, as that would help a lot. I hate to say this Margie, but it won't happen.. at least not in the way you would like. One of these days I will be utilising the REU with QWKRR, but it won't be used to read the actual mail packets. To do so would require a complete change in the way that QWKRR accesses individual messages, meaning it would take a lot of new and different code, and unless everyone had an REU with at least 1meg then I don't think it is worth the effort (since 512k isn't a real lot of memory anyway when it comes to dealing with mail). A Ramlink is a much better proposition these days.. 'cos in a practical sense they aren't noticably slower than an REU, plus they start out with a minimum of twice the capacity of the REU, *plus* you get the REU storage on top of that... Cheers, Rod ___ QWKRR128 V4.51 [R] --- * Origin: QWKRR128 test site (Aust) (3:800/809.128) X-SystemInfo: Buyers Review: Cbm X-ReplyTo-No: 4 (There are more replies.) X-Message-No: 132 (original); 178 (database) From: Charlie Young To: Kenneth Barsky Subject: SIDs Date: Mon, 29 Jul 96 14:18:00 > Yes, I do have two disks of Barbershop Style SIDs with words. Check out > SAVOY STEREO #21 and 24. Hi Kenneth; Obviously I have not figured out how to scan the entire list for certain songs. Also I don't have all my SIDs as well organized as you have yours. Guess I need to work on that. Then maybe I can figure out if I have any stuff that you don't have. Also I need to figure out what you have that I don't have, but would like to have. I will try to work on that :) > I also have AMERICAN STANDARDS and the following have words: I looked those up in the list and noticed that all refer to words or text. Guess that means that if there is no such reference, it is music only. --- PCBoard (R) v15.22/M 2 * Origin: The Ether Net Amateur Radio BBS (1:3821/7) X-SystemInfo: Buyers Review: Cbm X-ReplyTo-No: 4 (There are no more replies.) X-Message-No: 145 (original); 207 (database) From: Tracy Poole To: Harsha Godavari Subject: Breadbox Cd Date: Tue, 30 Jul 96 03:07:00 On 07-27-96, HARSHA GODAVARI said to TRACY POOLE: TP>I agree... I would go so far as to take a chance and send nice fresh n TP>disks for those. ;-) TP>But seriously folks. Before you go erasing disks concider what you do. TP>Pass'm on to a Commie. HG> keep your YANKEE mits OFF. us CANAJUNS will take care off our selve Hello Harsha, I was just trying to help out. You know... in the spirit of Internationa l Commie Fellowship. ;-))) HG> Tracy : HG> You are right. If he needs some disks, I am sure we can orgn HG> But apparently he is going to save the programs. So they are safe fo That's a relief. I hate to see good software and hardware go to waste. In the spirit of it all tho. If the need ever comes to light the offer of the disks still stands. So if ya ever need to save some disks from the recycler remember this old Yankee. :-) HG> I do think commie lovers ( that's us, all of us, of course) have to HG> look for a permanent repository. I agree. That's why I grab up what my meager funds allow and make available what I can to anyone who wants. Stopping short of copywrite infringement. HG> Thanks for yur support. What's a friend for. Tracy : Come'n at ya from the State of Confusion, Arkansas. - QWKie v3.1 - You are reading a tagline... You are STILL reading a tagline. --- JMail-H 2.80d * Origin: 221B Baker St * Ft Walton Beach FL * 904-862-8643 (1:366/221) X-SystemInfo: Buyers Review: Cbm X-Message-No: 84 (original); 5 (database) From: Thomas Benton To: The Moderator Subject: What to do with? Date: Fri, 19 Jul 96 13:48:00 On behalf of any others who may be ignorant in the following, will you please tell us how to handle messages that are Non-Text? I have saved these to my buffer and then to disk and would like to know how to interpret them. How do you load and run such files? There is one on conf 37 today. The author states that it is a little "game". I hope that you can find the one to which I refer and post the needed information regarding such posts. Sorry if this sounds vague, I know it is, but maybe you can solve the puzzle. Thanks. T. Benton --- FreeMail 1.09 * Origin: Default origin line appended by FreeMail (1:300/301) X-SystemInfo: Buyers Review: Cbm X-ReplyTo-No: 5 (There are no more replies.) X-Message-No: 135 (original); 56 (database) From: Karen Allison To: Thomas Benton Subject: What To Do With? Date: Tue, 23 Jul 96 19:51:00 RE: What Thomas Benton was referring to about What to do with? on 19 Jul'96 ... TB> tell us how to handle messages that are TB> Non-Text? I have saved these to my Those are Uuencoded files, Thomas, and if you are using Qwkie or Qwkrr 128, then you can "dissolve" them automatically. Otherwise, download them, save as a program file, and then use a DeUencoder to make them into working programs. Hugz! ... Oxymoron: Divorce Court. === QWKRR128 V4.32 [R] --- * Origin: File Quest (1:388/14) X-SystemInfo: Buyers Review: Cbm X-ReplyTo-No: 56 (There are no more replies.) X-Message-No: 141 (original); 62 (database) From: Rod Gasson To: Thomas Benton Subject: What to do with? Date: Mon, 22 Jul 96 22:49:00 Hi Thomas, In a recent message to The Moderator, you said something like.... TB> On behalf of any others who may be TB> ignorant in the following, will you Gee, why should the moderator have all the fun ;-) TB> please tell us how to handle messages TB> that are Non-Text? I have saved these TB> to my buffer and then to disk and would TB> like to know how to interpret them. TB> How do you load and run such files? There TB> is one on conf 37 today. The "conf 37" means nothing to the rest of us, but I'm guessing you mean the C128 echo ? (not that it matters). TB> author states that it is a little "game". TB> I hope that you can find the one TB> to which I refer and post the needed TB> information regarding such posts. Sorry TB> if this sounds vague, I know it is, but TB> maybe you can solve the puzzle. It is vague, but I'm guessing that you are refering to UUencoded messages ? These look something like ... --------------------- Text Import Start --------------------- begin 644 test 0`0@-"`H`F2)415-4(@`````` ` end --------------------- Text Import End --------------------- If so, you can decode them in several ways.. one of the easiest, if you are reading mail offline, is to use QWKRR, as this has a decoder built into it.. you simply eport the message, and QWKRR will detect the uuencoded portion and give you the option to decode it. If you have captured the uunecode in a buffer and saved it to disk, as you have, then a program called UUXFER (C64 mode) can be used to decode it.. another option is to use ACE (but personally I feel ACE is an overkill if this is all you are going to use it for). Cheers, Rod ___ QWKRR128 V4.51 [R] --- * Origin: QWKRR128 test site (Aust) (3:800/809.128) X-SystemInfo: Buyers Review: Cbm X-ReplyTo-No: 62 (There are no more replies.) X-Message-No: 145 (original); 66 (database) From: Gaelyne Moranec To: Thomas Benton Subject: What to do with? Date: Tue, 23 Jul 96 00:56:00 G'day Thomas, In a msg from Rod Gasson, he mentioned to you that: TB> If you have captured the uunecode in a buffer and saved it to TB> disk, as you have, then a program called UUXFER (C64 mode) can be TB> used to decode it.. another option is to use ACE (but personally I An alternative to this that may be much easier is to start a message in QWKRR and import the uuencode into your reply. Press the C= and x keys and select "d" for decode. This only works if the file is small enough to fit into QWKRR's editor, but it works very well and is easy to do. After the file has been decoded, just abort the reply you started by pressing the CONTROL and "a" key at the same time. Cheers, Gaelyne ... http://hal9000.net.au/~moranec/browser.html ___ QWKRR128 V4.51 [R] --- * Origin: Official QWKRR128 test site (USA) (3:800/809.64) X-SystemInfo: Buyers Review: Cbm X-Message-No: 85 (original); 6 (database) From: Harsha Godavari To: Sjoerd Schaafsma Subject: BreadBox CD Date: Sat, 20 Jul 96 22:33:00 SS>I don't have a snail mail address for him. Yes it does have C64 SS>software on it, 64NET at least, and I don't know how much else. I'd SS>like a CD to keep all those PD educational programs on, I could clear ^^^^^^^^^^^^ SS>out a few floppies that way. The best thing for me to do would be to ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ SS>realize that I'll likely never use those programs anyway, and just give SS>them away, but.... Sjoerd Schaafsma: Please don't clear them out. Since those floppies are not worth all that much any more, there is little (financial) gain to be made. Those programs, though, have a historical value. Once erased, they are gone forever. Perhaps you can upload them to an archival site or pass them on to someone willing to save them for future. Regards Harsha Godavari --- GEcho/386 1.11+ * Origin: * Cobalt's Haven * Winnipeg * 204-832-9603 * OS/2-FD-RA * (1:348/402) X-SystemInfo: Buyers Review: Cbm X-ReplyTo-No: 6 (There are no more replies.) X-Message-No: 94 (original); 15 (database) From: Peter Karlsson To: Mary Vasiliadis Subject: BreadBox CD Date: Sat, 20 Jul 96 16:09:00 On 14 Jul, one could hear Mary say: > What exactly is a breadbox cd? It's a CD with a lot of games for the old "breadbox", i.e the computer known to the world as Commodore C-64. It should be runnable on a 64/128 if you have a CMD harddisk and a SCSI CD-ROM plus a program called "CD-ROM commander" (I think). \\// Peter - m9944@abc.se --- timEd/2 1.10+ * Origin: Quinta Essentia + Ullers¿ter, Sweden (2:204/152.42) X-SystemInfo: Buyers Review: Cbm X-ReplyTo-No: 15 (There are more replies.) X-Message-No: 120 (original); 41 (database) From: Gary Ranchuk To: Peter Karlsson Subject: Re: BreadBox CD Date: Mon, 22 Jul 96 22:24:00 > What exactly is a breadbox cd? PK> PK> It's a CD with a lot of games for the old "breadbox", PK> i.e the computer know PK> to the world as Commodore C-64. It should be runnable PK> on a 64/128 if you ha PK> a CMD harddisk and a SCSI CD-ROM plus a program called PK> "CD-ROM commander" ( PK> think). Where can I get this CD from??? Would you happen to have an address?? --- GEcho 1.11+ * Origin: The Trading Post ][ 519-974-2976 (1:246/109) X-SystemInfo: Buyers Review: Cbm X-ReplyTo-No: 41 (There are no more replies.) X-Message-No: 140 (original); 61 (database) From: Sjoerd Schaafsma To: Harsha Godavari Subject: Re: BreadBox CD Date: Mon, 22 Jul 96 14:47:00 Howdy Harsha SS>>I don't have a snail mail address for him. Yes it does have C64 SS>>software on it, 64NET at least, and I don't know how much else. I'd SS>>like a CD to keep all those PD educational programs on, I could clear HG> HG> ^^^^^^^^^^^^ SS>out a few floppies that way. The best HG> thing for me to do would be to ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ SS>>realize that I'll likely never use those programs anyway, and just SS>>rgive SS>them away, but.... HG> Please don't clear them out. Since those HG> floppies are not worth all that much any more, HG> there is little (financial) gain to be made. HG>Those programs, though, have a historical value. Once erased, they are gone forever. ^^^^^^^^^^ That's why I've been hanging on to them,,, as well as half a dozen copies of Terminal ONE, ... to mark its development (ya right, I'm really going to study how it's put together ). No, I won't chuck 'em, probably should pack them up though and transfer the files to a hard drive somewhere. It's on my list of things to do... HG> Perhaps you can upload them to an archival site or pass them on HG> to someone willing to save them for future. Sjoerd Schaafsma - An occasional 8 bit holdout ... Computers eliminate spare time. --- RA2.5/FD2.20/GEcho * Origin: The TERMINAL BBS (403)327-9731 Lethbridge,AB,Canada (1:358/1) X-SystemInfo: Buyers Review: Cbm X-ReplyTo-No: 15 (There are no more replies.) X-Message-No: 136 (original); 198 (database) From: Karen Allison To: Rod Gasson Subject: What To Do With? Date: Tue, 30 Jul 96 09:02:00 RE: What Rod Gasson was referring to about What To Do With? on 26 Jul'96 ... RG> TB>> Non-Text? I have saved these to my RG> KA> Those are Uuencoded files, Thomas, RG> KA> and if you are using Qwkie or RG> QWKRR does. QWKie doesn't. Qwkie doesnt? hmm.. always "ass"umed it did.. never used it, although I have a copy just for my library. Thot one of the requirements with Qwkie was the decoder. Oh well.. shutup and lern now and then. (G) Hugz ... Oxymoron: Computer Science. === QWKRR128 V4.32 [R] --- * Origin: File Quest (1:388/14) X-SystemInfo: Buyers Review: Cbm X-Message-No: 87 (original); 8 (database) From: Rod Gasson To: Dick Kirk Subject: Baud Date: Fri, 19 Jul 96 22:00:00 G'day Dick, 18 Jul 96 15:10, Dick Kirk wrote to All: DK> Does anyone know how high of Baud rate modem the Vic1011A RS232 DK> interface will operate with? There is no technical reason why it won't work up to 56k (or higher). The problem is that the C64 itself can't manage these speeds through the user port, so it is really a moot point. It has been a long while since I've used this particular interface, but I can tell you for a fact that it handles 9600bps (using Desterm) without any hassles. If you want/need faster than this, then a swiftlink type cartridge is your only option. Cheers, Rod ___ QWKRR128 V4.50 [F] --- FMail 0.94 * Origin: QWKRR128 test point. (1:366/221) X-SystemInfo: Buyers Review: Cbm X-ReplyTo-No: 8 (There are more replies.) X-Message-No: 91 (original); 12 (database) From: Dick Kirk To: Rod Gasson Subject: Baud Date: Sat, 20 Jul 96 13:24:00 RG> There is no technical reason why it won't work up to 56k (or higher). RG> It has been a long while since I've used this particular interface, RG> but I can tell you for a fact that it handles 9600bps (using Desterm) That's what I wanted to find out. Thanks --- JMail-H 2.80d * Origin: 221B Baker St * Ft Walton Beach FL * 904-862-8643 (1:366/221) X-SystemInfo: Buyers Review: Cbm X-ReplyTo-No: 12 (There are more replies.) X-Message-No: 93 (original); 14 (database) From: Tracy Poole To: Dick Kirk Subject: Baud Date: Fri, 19 Jul 96 11:18:00 Hi again, Help, I'm losing control! ... and shift-lock and restore... --- JMail-H 2.80d * Origin: 221B Baker St * Ft Walton Beach FL * 904-862-8643 (1:366/221) X-SystemInfo: Buyers Review: Cbm X-ReplyTo-No: 14 (There are no more replies.) X-Message-No: 126 (original); 172 (database) From: Gil Parrish To: Brian Strang Subject: to be or not? Date: Mon, 29 Jul 96 15:45:00 BS> KW> 4th You asked about going C= all the way. No amount of BS> KW> floppies attached to a 128/64 BBS program will take the BS> KW> place of a CMD HD. You're activity running just floppies BS> KW> will die in less than a week. So a HD would be a BS> I wouldn't even think of running one off of floppies. Gads Somebody once wrote a program to run a C64-based BBS off a tape drive. Really. Obviously, you have to have some sort of storage device to LOAD the program, but once done, it had no storage access at all. It had a single message base, and could store something like 30 messages in memory. Once the next message came along, it would overwrite the oldest message to make room for it, and so on. So running a C64 BBS with floppy drives is really somewhat of a luxury. ;-] --- (C) 1996 * Origin: Big Dreams CEC (918)835-6347 C= Support. Tulsa, OK (1:170/609) X-SystemInfo: Buyers Review: Cbm X-ReplyTo-No: 12 (There are no more replies.) X-Message-No: 119 (original); 78 (database) From: Denny Byrd To: Cosmo Ianiro Subject: Re: 1581 4 sale Date: Wed, 24 Jul 96 00:40:00 How many new drives and used drives do ya have!!! --- MEBBSNet 1.168 * Origin: Amiga Micro MebbsNet CSR Site 804-853-5789 (1:275/119.0) X-SystemInfo: Buyers Review: Cbm X-ReplyTo-No: 8 (There are no more replies.) X-Message-No: 138 (original); 128 (database) From: Gary Ranchuk To: Myke Carter Subject: Re: Compute!'s Gazette Date: Thu, 25 Jul 96 12:37:00 MC> We have every disk from May 1984 to February 1995 with the exception of: MC> MC> 2/88, 9/89, 12/89, 7/90, 8/90, 9/90 I have September 1989's Issue 9/89 (disk)(Vol. 7, No. 9, Issue 75). How would I get a "copy" to you? Send me a self addressed stamped envelope to my address below. Be sure you have the proper amount of postage. Gary Ranchuk 1545 Central Ave. Windsor, Ontario N8Y-3V7, Canada Gary --- GEcho 1.11+ * Origin: The Trading Post ][ 519-974-2976 (1:246/109) X-SystemInfo: Buyers Review: Cbm X-Message-No: 88 (original); 9 (database) From: Rod Gasson To: Ron Mitchell Subject: Try Date: Fri, 19 Jul 96 22:06:00 G'day Ron, 17 Jul 96 10:39, Ron Mitchell wrote to Russell Prater: RM> In a message to Ron Mitchell <09 Jul 96 23:08> Russell Prater wrote: RM> All of which leads me to another question about software docs. RM> When printing them out there is frequently some formatting performed RM> by the author, right down to a carefully arranged index, and page RM> numbering. Trouble is that my concept of a full page of print, and RM> the author's are seldom the same, I've found that too. RM> Most often I find myself re-working the docs to remove all page RM> numbering, hard returns and special paragraphing. Then I get a half Yuk. :-( RM> ways readable document. This usually negates a lot of hard work that RM> somebody at the other end has gone to to make the docs look RM> professional. Uhuh. RM> It happens frequently enough to lead me to believe that there is RM> some sort of page setup convention that I haven't heard about. RM> So... RM> Where does the page start? At the top of the page ;-) RM> At the top of the printhead? Depends on the printer... some printers 'force' a small top margin, others don't. RM> And how long is it? 66 lines? 54 lines? R