M> Any comments? The biggest cause of this dilemma is because USA doesn't generally use international standard paper sizes.. prefering their own "legal" and "letter" sizes.. The international standards are A3, A4, etc (with A4 being the most common size by far). A4 paper is generally printed at 66 lines per page, but this in itself causes a problem, because if 66lines per page is assumed by the writer, with no formfeed after each 66th line, then things can easily get out of sync if other than A4 paper sizes are used. If however, a formfeed is sent after every 66th line, then the pages *should* print correctly regardless of whether A4, letter, or legal sized paper is used. Another problem is that some programs used for printing tend to either not honour formfeeds, or they will add/insert their own when text is imported for printing, so ideally, any docs should be printed out with the same prg that they were written with, which unfortunatly isn't always known. FWIW, the QWKRR docs are formatted so that they will printout correctly with any of the 3 major paper sizes, when printed out using CSDOS's "type" command.. it ain't fast, but it should print out exactly as intended (myself and Mark Dowsett spent a lot of time getting this right) Cheers, Rod ___ QWKRR128 V4.50 [F] --- FMail 0.94 * Origin: QWKRR128 test point. (1:366/221.128) X-SystemInfo: Buyers Review: Cbm X-ReplyTo-No: 9 (There are no more replies.) X-Message-No: 126 (original); 116 (database) From: JOHN DAVIS To: COSMO IANIRO Subject: 1581 4 sale Date: Thu, 25 Jul 96 13:39:00 CI>Hello John: CI>The answer to your question is $90.0 U.S. for the new CI>1581 and $50.0 for the CI>d 1581 drive. I should have answered sooner But I have had to going on. Will file for reference, I should have money in 2 weeks, I'll think about it then TTYL * SLMR 2.1a * Keep that sense of humor; it's critical. --- Silver Xpress Mail System 5.4H1 * Origin: Egghead's Place 810-473-5435 (1:2410/297) X-SystemInfo: Buyers Review: Cbm X-Message-No: 89 (original); 10 (database) From: Gaelyne Moranec To: Russell Prater Subject: @T or @P Date: Sat, 20 Jul 96 04:51:00 G'day Russell, RP> GM> experience I can use the "@,command" method in the monitor of RP> GM> sending DOS commands, like "@,$" gives the directory. RP> GM> RP> GM> Anyway, would you know how I could use this to change the RP> GM> current disk device used? RP> RP> I can't say what will happen in the monitor, but the JiffyDos RP> command to change default drive numbers is @#n where n is the RP> number you want to be the default drive It didn't work. :-( This seems "odd", though as other CMD/JiffyDOS related commands do work. For instance, if the current drive is a RAMLink, HD or FD drive, I can type @,cpn (where "n" is a partition number) and it changes partitions. And the "cd" change directory command also works from the monitor. Hmm..... curious. Thanks - at least I was able to try it out. Cheers, Gaelyne ... QWKRR Info: http://hal9000.net.au/~moranec/qtoc.html ___ QWKRR128 V4.51 [R] --- * Origin: Official QWKRR128 test site (USA) (3:800/809.64) X-SystemInfo: Buyers Review: Cbm X-ReplyTo-No: 10 (There are no more replies.) X-Message-No: 111 (original); 32 (database) From: Lee Hyatt To: Gaelyne Moranec Subject: @T Or @P Date: Sun, 21 Jul 96 11:29:00 On 07-20-96, GAELYNE MORANEC said to RUSSELL PRATER: RP> I can't say what will happen in the monitor, but the JiffyDos RP> command to change default drive numbers is @#n where n is the RP> number you want to be the default drive GM> It didn't work. :-( This seems "odd", though as other GM> CMD/JiffyDOS related commands do work. For instance, if the current GM> drive is a RAMLink, HD or FD drive, I can type @,cpn (where "n" is GM> partition number) and it changes partitions. And the "cd" change GM> directory command also works from the monitor. Hmm..... curious. PMFJI... I always use CTRL-d to change devices (I generally use 4 or 5 drives). This probably wouldn't work for you, though, since that command just cycles through all the storage devices on the daisy-chain (excluding the printer). I take it back... I just looked in my JDOS manual, and CTRL-d works only in direct mode. It *does* say, though, that the command @#n is the same for both direct and program modes, as far as syntax goes. - QWKie v3.1 - Looking for something? Try http://www.america.net/~phred --- 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: 32 (There are no more replies.) X-Message-No: 146 (original); 67 (database) From: Gaelyne Moranec To: Lee Hyatt Subject: @T Or @P Date: Tue, 23 Jul 96 15:50:00 G'day Lee, LH> RP> I can't say what will happen in the monitor, but the JiffyDos LH> RP> command to change default drive numbers is @#n where n is the LH> RP> number you want to be the default drive LH> LH> GM> It didn't work. :-( This seems "odd", though as other LH> GM> CMD/JiffyDOS related commands do work. For instance, if the LH> GM> current drive is a RAMLink, HD or FD drive, I can type @,cpn LH> GM> (where "n" is partition number) and it changes partitions. And LH> LH> PMFJI... I always use CTRL-d to change devices (I generally use 4 Me too, but this is with the monitor, not in direct mode. LH> I take it back... I just looked in my JDOS manual, and CTRL-d LH> works only in direct mode. It *does* say, though, that the command LH> @#n is the same for both direct and program modes, as far as syntax LH> goes. Yup, but for whatever reason, the monitor doesn't accept that particular command. :-( Oh well, it was an interesting exercise. Thanks for he comments. Cheers, Gaelyne ... http://hal9000.net.au/~moranec ___ QWKRR128 V4.51 [R] --- * Origin: Official QWKRR128 test site (USA) (3:800/809.64) X-SystemInfo: Buyers Review: Cbm X-Message-No: 90 (original); 11 (database) From: Dick Kirk To: Ismael Cordeiro Subject: Re: Modem Date: Sat, 20 Jul 96 13:21:00 IC> Or I am very lucky or you are very unlucky, Dick. Since my first C64, IC> 10 years ago, I never had a problem with CBM products that were not IC> caused by normal wear. And this means 1 C64, 2 C128s, 1 1541, 3 IC> 1571s, 4 1581s, 2 1351s, 2 1750s, 1 803, etc. You have been lucky. I bought the first C64 system which arrived in my town- way back when. The computer had to have a number of chips changed. The 1541 had a timing error and the printer wouldn't advance paper without help. Furthermore the C64 instruction book was so full of errors that it took me 6 months to get smart enough to know what the problem was. There were a lot in the beginning. I later bought two 1581's which had the bad ROM which caused the directory to get scrambled. Such is life. Good to see the 14.4 works good. I may pick one up while waiting for t 28.8 bug to get fixed. --- 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: 11 (There are no more replies.) X-Message-No: 92 (original); 13 (database) From: Tracy Poole To: Dick Kirk Subject: Re: Modem Date: Fri, 19 Jul 96 11:14:00 Howdy, DK> Don't worry I want a USR because of their external volume control wh DK> other has. i am getting impatient however. I have the swiftlink and DK> set to get the 14.4 when I read about its chip problem. By the time DK> it was fixed I had heard about the 28.8 then the upgrade to 33.6. That's good. The thing I like about the 28.8 is the idea of upgrading with software. DK> I may have to stop listening and take the plunge soon. This 2400 is DK> awful slow these day I know what you mean. :) DK> There is always something better coming along these days. This cable DK> access may may make all of this unnecessary in the future. Too true. I'm not going to hold my breath on the cable access. As I understand it.. It will be 7 to 10 years before we see full access offered other than in test spots. Plus the cost of access and equiptment will be about double of what it is now. L8r! Tracy - QWKie v3.1 - That's not an illusion; it just looks like one. --- 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: 13 (There are more replies.) X-Message-No: 108 (original); 29 (database) From: Dick Kirk To: Tracy Poole Subject: Re: Modem Date: Sun, 21 Jul 96 15:44:00 TP> That's good. The thing I like about the 28.8 is the idea of upgrading TP> with software. You are thinking about the Courier Modem then. I am going the Sportster route, I think. Do you know if there is any problem upgrading those Courier's when using a CBM computer? --- 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: 29 (There are more replies.) X-Message-No: 109 (original); 30 (database) From: Dick Kirk To: Steve Craik Subject: Re: Modem Date: Sun, 21 Jul 96 15:49:00 SC> What was the nature of the problem with the Sportster 28.8 that was SC> being discussed? If it was some spiral death syndrome or something SC> of that nominclature, I thought that had been remedied with a chip SC> revision. If it is this, it prolly can be ascertained as to whether SC> you might have that production date and revision number by simply SC> doing an ATIn ..I think for Sportsters as with Couriers, as I have, SC> it is ATI7 that gives you a listing of the Supervisor and DSP dates SC> and revisions. From there just confirm that the date and revision SC> number is of a later date and revision. They have corrected the spiral death syndrome and now it is freezing up on people while online. Are you using a Courier 28.8 upgraded to 33.6? Is there any problem upgrading the flsh ROM when using a CBM computer? Have you had any problem with it? What computer do you use? --- 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: 30 (There are more replies.) X-Message-No: 147 (original); 68 (database) From: Tracy Poole To: Dick Kirk Subject: Re: Modem Date: Tue, 23 Jul 96 02:29:00 Hello, DK> You are thinking about the Courier Modem then. I am going the Sports DK> route, I think. Do you know if there is any problem upgrading those DK> when using a CBM computer? No.. It was the Sportster. When I first concidered the USR I talked to the company rep about future upgrades for the 14.4. He mentioned that something good was in the works in the 28.8 line but that they had taken the 14.4 as far as it would go. I again called the rep about the chip to fix the 14.4 and while I had him online I asked about what he said earlier. His answer was that the Sportster SR series 28.8 modems would have the new flash-rom so that future upgrades or fixes could be done by software. He goes on to say that this would be how all USR 28.8 modems would be in the future. If this is truly not the case now please forgive me. I have no wish to misinform anyone. My information is a little dated. Tracy - QWKie v3.1 - That's not an illusion; it just looks like one. --- 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: 30 (There are no more replies.) X-Message-No: 123 (original); 82 (database) From: Dick Kirk To: Tracy Poole Subject: Re: Modem Date: Wed, 24 Jul 96 13:38:00 TP> No.. It was the Sportster. When I first concidered the USR I talked TP> to the company rep about future upgrades for the 14.4. He mentioned TP> that something good was in the works in the 28.8 line but that they TP> about what he said earlier. His answer was that the Sportster TP> SR series 28.8 modems would have the new flash-rom so that future TP> upgrades or fixes could be done by software. He goes on to say that I am not aware that there is a Sportster made with a flash-rom. I will check it out, however. Thanks for the info. --- 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: 29 (There are more replies.) X-Message-No: 128 (original); 87 (database) From: Jean Parrot To: Russell Prater Subject: @T or @P Date: Mon, 22 Jul 96 01:11:00 Russell, allo and no, I have not lost my JD booklet! I tried all the combinations that I could think of and got no good results. So, I asked you. Thanks for your reply, I have it eXported for sure. I am aorry if I did not come back to you before, I was away. Just lived 2 gorgeous weeks on the sloop and now I have to catch up to more that 600 posts on Fido. I had to trick my 1581 as there were 81800 odd bytes to uncompress for me. It choked on that as you would know. So, I think that I lost the last 16k of it. I used the DiskDoctor to make it beleive that the file was not "*" and had 0 blocks. This way at least, I can read the whole disk. See, I did not forget all in them 2 weeks.. :*) It was the combination of first doing the printer @p string then going back and doing the @t command that stumped me. Now, I promise that I will not ask again. Thanks. Going back again 2-moro for another 2 weeks, to give you another rest. arf! arf! ... This is the mid^dle of the screen. <*> QWKRR128 V4.32 [R] --- Maximus 3.01 * Origin: SOFT WATCH --> AGENDA WORLD BBS (514) 694-0703 (1:167/722) X-SystemInfo: Buyers Review: Cbm X-ReplyTo-No: 29 (There are no more replies.) X-Message-No: 120 (original); 110 (database) From: Gary Ranchuk To: Peter Karlsson Subject: Re: BreadBox CD Date: Fri, 26 Jul 96 11:33:00 Thanx for the info on the CD... --- GEcho 1.11+ * Origin: The Trading Post ][ 519-974-2976 (1:246/109) X-SystemInfo: Buyers Review: Cbm X-ReplyTo-No: 110 (There are no more replies.) X-Message-No: 135 (original); 125 (database) From: MARY VASILIADIS To: PETER KARLSSON Subject: BreadBox CD Date: Tue, 23 Jul 96 16:35:00 -> CMD harddisk and a SCSI CD-ROM plus a program called "CD-ROM commander" (I Hi Peter, Do you know where CD-ROM commander is available? Is it on any internet sites, or for sale anywhere? I never heard of it before. Mary --- Platinum Xpress/Win/Wildcat5! v2.0GE * Origin: starGate BBS NY 1-1718-519-8042 (1:278/110) X-SystemInfo: Buyers Review: Cbm X-ReplyTo-No: 13 (There are no more replies.) X-Message-No: 115 (original); 74 (database) From: Ken Waugh To: Brian Strang Subject: to be or not? Date: Wed, 24 Jul 96 12:33:00 > The system is a 286, with small HD. I am wondering what my > "friends" on > the echo would do, should I take over the board and pay the > phone bills > myself and leave it the same? Or should I start a True Commie > board > with a 128 as the brains behind the system. Can I use the All pretty much depends on you.. ie: I put my Dying Epson 32 meg up as a BBS to hold my commodore software. 2nd reason to use the clone as the BBS was the FIDO network. FIDO vs other C= nets is worldwide, vs just stateside. Plus FIDO has more echoes to choose from than the majority of surviving C= nets. Speed and expansion was a consideration, but the Epson can only be expanded to an 85 meg hd. And they aren't easy to find (not with a crooks hand in your pocket anyways). 3rd Commodore (last I heard) there isn't any BBS software that can or does hook to FIDO. Zmodem isn't mandatory, but archiving is. Leaving LHA (memory hungry-requiring an expansion unit) ARC, not guaranteed compatible with CLONE ARC ARK. 4th You asked about going C= all the way. No amount of floppies attached to a 128/64 BBS program will take the place of a CMD HD. You're activity running just floppies will die in less than a week. So a HD would be a neccessity. and without some kind of network activity your bbs won't be known beyond the doors of your house. I'd grab your 286 in a sec if I had the cash to replace this dying epson. If you've ever called, you'd see that my clone is 99 % commodore. 1% clone. 221 Baker street is the same. C= World (I think) is on a clone. has to be, it has FIDO net, and FREQ'ing. Champaign Urbana Commodore user group is Inet only no FIDO, but still alive and thriving. If you can find a reason other than activity as the driving force, go ahead with setting up the bbs on your 286. My reasons are for the echoes, and extra drive space for my C= programs. Activity (outside) isn't a requirement. if they call, thats fine. If they don't thats fine too. It doesn't matter what machine you run the BBS on. Long as the BBS program serves your needs. --- GEcho 1.00 * Origin: Static Line C= Support 407-633-6855 (1:374/128) X-SystemInfo: Buyers Review: Cbm X-ReplyTo-No: 74 (There are no more replies.) X-Message-No: 137 (original); 96 (database) From: David Veatch To: Brian Strang Subject: To be or not? Date: Wed, 24 Jul 96 15:57:00 Hi Brian, On 20 Jul'96, Brian Strang said to All about To be or not?: BS> As more and more commie user groups go belly up. Our club is BS> deciding whether to close our BBS, or not. Financially we can't BS> afford the rent and costs to keep a BBS running. BS> The system is a 286, with small HD. I am wondering what my BS> "friends" on the echo would do, should I take over the board and BS> pay the phone bills myself and leave it the same? Or should I BS> start a True Commie board with a 128 as the brains behind the BS> system. Can I use the Hard drive in the 286 for the mass data BS> storage (for a 128 system) or would I need a cmd device? which I BS> cannot afford. Since all you are asking for is our opinion, Brian, I'll offer mine free of charge. Regarding the phone bill, you can get a dedicated line for the bbs, restricted to 50 outgoing calls per month, for about $12/mo. This is presuming the board will be mostly accepting incoming calls. If you're going to be making regular/daily outgoing calls as well, you're probably better off getting the 400 calls per month plan, which should run you about $20+/-. That's how things are offered in our area. Rates/specifications may be slightly different where you are, but it'll most likely be around the same figures. How much can you personally afford, and would it be worth it to you to make such expenditures? As for the bbs hard/software, since you already have the 286 computer with the software on it - ready set up to go - that would seem to be the wisest thing to do IMHO. Finding the right 128 bbs program, getting it running on your machine, etc. might be more trouble that it's worth - just to say you're running the board on an actual Commodore computer. Our club has been running it's bbs on an MS/DOS machine for many years now. And you might even find that the DOS bbs programs are simpler and easier to use - from the sysop's standpoint. The whole thing boils down to how much financial and intellectual resources are you willing to expend each month to keep the board up and running? Having been a bbs sysop for 12+ years, I'd hate to see you take your club's board down now - especially considering how few bbs's there are existing with any kind of C= info/software available. It's all up to you, of course, but I encourage you to try to save the board - if you possibly can do so. Check your wallet and your weekly scheduler and see if this is a project you want to undertake. You're the final arbitor in the matter. What do you think? Respectfully submitted, David Veatch ... QWKRR128 - Read 'n' Reply offline with a C=128 ... QWKRR128 V4.32 [R] --- DlgQWK v0.71a/PDQMail v2.60 * Origin: EastPointe Amiga (EastPointe,Mi) ADS STAR & Z1C (1:120/229) X-SystemInfo: Buyers Review: Cbm X-Message-No: 95 (original); 16 (database) From: Ray Paternostro To: Stuart Mendel Subject: Help with BJ-200 & C64 Date: Sun, 21 Jul 96 15:10:00 If I remember correctly, the populare ink-jet printers emulate the 24 pin dot matrix printers, all the way to not emulating the graphics commands for the 9 pin printers correctly. The result is that when using a program such as Print Shop, your printouts will stretch onto two pages instead of fitting on one page like the 9 pin dot matrix printers work. (You shouldn't have this problem with GEOS, because a few 24 print drivers do exist for it.) The only way that I'm aware of for getting proper printouts with the other graphics programs is to obtain a 9 pin dot matrix printer. --- Maximus 3.01 * Origin: New Orleans P.C. Club (1:396/17) X-SystemInfo: Buyers Review: Cbm X-ReplyTo-No: 16 (There are more replies.) X-Message-No: 113 (original); 34 (database) From: Phil Heberer To: Stuart Mendel Subject: Help with BJ-200 & C64 Date: Mon, 22 Jul 96 17:45:00 Hello Stuart, On (13 Jul 96) Stuart Mendel wrote to All... SM> Thanks for reading this post. I have been running my C64 with a BJ-200 SM> printer for a year with no trouble. Most of the time I am printing SM> documents from various wp programs. Recently I have been making small SM> signs for a business with GEOS & Print Shop only to notice that these SM> print outs are elongated. Does anyone know of a way to correct this SM> qwirk? *I* used a BJ-200 for sometime with GEOS also, and the best way I found to avoid the elongation you speak of was to use Perfect Print LQ from CMD. As I recall, I helped you get a Gemini-10X printer working with PPLQ quite a while back, so hopefully you still have PPLQ. Also, make sure you use the IBM Proprinter emulation, which handles the 8-pin emulation better. As for Print Shop, I don't know if there is a printer driver that is going to help much there. You might try setting the dip switch on the printer for 66 lines versus the usual 63 lines of print (DIP 2). Also, make sure AGM mode is OFF. Cheers, Phil ... WHAT Housework? I own a COMPUTER!! --- PPoint 2.00 * Origin: Phil's Point System (1:387/800.10) X-SystemInfo: Buyers Review: Cbm X-ReplyTo-No: 16 (There are no more replies.) X-Message-No: 140 (original); 99 (database) From: Peter Karlsson To: Gil Parrish Subject: CBM 8050 Date: Wed, 24 Jul 96 12:24:00 * Reply to a message in From_them_to_me. On 23 Jul, one could hear Gil say: > Correct. I think the one you need is Quicksilver 128 interface; > probably still available from CMD. (Even in Sweden, you DO know about > CMD, don't you?) Yes, I do know about CMD, *even* in Sweden :-) Thanks for the tip, I'll ask the Swedish retailer if he has it. I don't know if I'd be able to find a PET, though... It was just by chance that I found the drive... \\// Peter - m9944@abc.se --- * Origin: Quinta Essentia + Ullers¿ter, Sweden (2:204/152.42) X-SystemInfo: Buyers Review: Cbm X-Message-No: 96 (original); 17 (database) From: David Veatch To: Jeremy Craig Subject: Re: Transfer IBM/Commodor Date: Sun, 21 Jul 96 16:47:00 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? You could hook up your C= to your PC via two modems or a null-modem cable, load up terminal software in each computer, and then download the file from your PC to your C=. Or there are two pieces of software available that will transfer files from DOS disks to C= disks. One is commercial and is called "Big Blue Reader". It goes for about $30 and has a version for both the C64 and for the C128. The other program is called "Little Red Reader" - which is freeware, but it only runs on the C128. The two software programs take advantage of the fact that the C= 1571 drive can read/write MS/DOS 360K formatted disks, and the 1581 can read/write DOS 720K formatted disks. I've used all three of the above methods to do what you want to do. Which method you chose to use depends on your C= hardware setup. They all work equally as well - if done properly. On my systems, this kind of transfer of files from PC to C= is done several times a week! Cheers! David (Signing off at 16:55) ... QWKRR128 - Read 'n' Reply offline with a C=128 ... QWKRR128 V4.32 [R] --- DlgQWK v0.71a/PDQMail v2.60 * Origin: EastPointe Amiga (EastPointe,Mi) ADS STAR & Z1C (1:120/229) X-SystemInfo: Buyers Review: Cbm X-ReplyTo-No: 17 (There are no more replies.) X-Message-No: 120 (original); 79 (database) From: Tony Postmayer To: Gary Ranchuk Subject: Re: Transfer IBM/Commodor Date: Wed, 24 Jul 96 21:26:00 GR> Is StarCommander shareware? If so, can I Freq it from you? I need to GR> know the name of file (name.zip)... You can request the following files from my system if you care to. I have Star Commander and Transfer 64 - personally, I recommend T64. You also might want to get X1541 for a diagram of the cable. SC_BETA6.ZIP Star Commander, a utility that allows you to copy files or whole disks between a PC clone and a Commodore floppy drive. Uses the same cable as X1541. TR64_122.ZIP Trans64: a program for copying files or whole disks between a PC clone and a Commodore floppy drive. Uses its own cable or the X1541 cable. X1541.ZIP Interfaces PC computer with Commodore floppy disk drive. Has online schematic of required cable. Requires a 12 MHz AT computer. Almost forgot - the address is 1:267/141, and the fone is (518) 756-9454 --- COMNET v1.33e/BlueWave 2.12 * Origin: COMNET Headquarters [Albany, NY] (1:267/113) X-SystemInfo: Buyers Review: Cbm X-ReplyTo-No: 79 (There are no more replies.) X-Message-No: 144 (original); 103 (database) From: James Host To: Tony Postmayer Subject: Re: Transfer IBM/Commodor Date: Thu, 25 Jul 96 12:48:00 TP> X1541.ZIP Interfaces PC computer with Commodore floppy disk drive. 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? --- DLG Pro v1.1u5/PDQMail v2.60 * Origin: Mike's Video House - Glendale, CA 818-240-1593 (1:102/852) X-SystemInfo: Buyers Review: Cbm X-Message-No: 97 (original); 18 (database) From: David Veatch To: Margie Weller Subject: Desterm, etc. etc. Date: Sun, 21 Jul 96 16:59:00 Hi Margie, MW> Among other things, we were talking about uploading, using Desterm: MW> Once a month I upload to a local Commodore BBS a report to go into MW> our CCCC users club newsletter.... . the editor, Ron Fick, is MW> sysop of Batcave BBS. I have never been able to use Punter to MW> upload with my 14,400 modem. And the Xmodems and Ymodem are MW> troublesome, too, on the local Commodore boards. So I have been MW> just sending the report as an ASCII or PetSCII text file, with no MW> protocol selected. With my USR Dual Std. modem, I was not able to upload at all - not with any protocol. Then one of the fellows on here told me about the method I mentioned in a previous message - about taking the modem offline, changing the &I register from a value of 2 to 0, then going back online, doing the upload, going back offline, changing the &I back to a value of 2, and then going back online again to continue. The person who told me about this was Ismael Cordeiro. He frequents this message base, and he uses that method with his USR modem all the time with good success. Ismael has the modem commands to do these changes programmed into the function keys of his copy of Desterm. I know it sounds like a lot of work, Margie, but I'll bet if you got it down right, it would be much less frustrating than attempting your uploads over and over again until they took. Ismael's method will work but you have to make some changes to your modem's initialization string and learn how to send the commands before and after file uploads. It's just a suggestion, but I honestly think it would work better for you. The easiest way, IMHO, would be to get a copy of Dialogue and use it for your uploads. This whole problem will be a moot point, however, when/if Matt Desmond releases version 3.00 of his terminal program. It will have the RTS/CTS flow control that is needed to do file uploads without the cutoffs/lockups. MW> When I said I don't have many uploading problems with Desterm, I MW> had forgotten about that. It seems I keep having to take back MW> something I've said! :-) BTDT (been there, done that) - many times! MW> I will send you more on my configurations in a separate message. MW> Even though I do sometimes have trouble uploading, there has never MW> been a time when repeated efforts to send something did not MW> eventually succeed after I have changed to a different protocol. MW> Or, sometimes, I must take apart a reply packet and reassemble MW> it before it will upload. You must have the patience of a Saint! :-) When this problem first occured on my system - and I found out what was causing it - I went out and got a copy of Dialogue as fast as I could! Ismael doesn't seem to mind the rigamarole, though, and he uses it all the time. What with your sweet temperament, Ismael's method might be perfect for you! ;-) MW> It happens most often when I have zipped several messages together, MW> including replies with quotes from someone else's messages. Do you MW> ever have that happen when you're using Dialogue? Not really. I have zipped up bunches of messages at a time, and have uploaded the packets to various bbs's using Dialogue, with nary a problem. The only board I have problems with getting it to accpet my REP packets is this one. It's a matter of the bbs software, not the terminal program I'm using, though. I've tried using both Desterm and Dialogue to upload here, but no-go. The board won't accept my replies. What I have to do is to port them over to my PC using Big Blue Reader and then upload them using Zmodem on the DOS machine. The sysop here wasn't sure why it wasn't working either, but I'm just glad I've got the MS/DOS computers to do it for me - or I'd be up the creek! BTW, this bbs is run on an Amiga-2000. MW> DV> Having a RL makes mail reading lots faster and MW> DV> more convenient. Using QWKRR was what MW> DV> made me buy my RL in the first place. MW> That would be nice to have for sure! I have been wishing QWKRR MW> could make use of the REU for mail reading, as that would help a MW> lot. Geez, I wish you lived close by here. I've got a spare RamLink that I am not using at present. (I bought it because it was at a good price, and because owning computers makes you wanna have backups of everything - including equipment!) But I know what you mean about the REU. Some of us were asking Rod about that aspect some time back. I was wishing the same as you regarding the ram expander. Now I have my REU plugged into the RamLink. I use it all the time with Big Blue Reader and ZED. DV> I belong to a Commodore user group here, Michigan Com. Users DV> Group. Been a member since 1983 - the year I bought my C-64. MW> You are a long-time member! I would love to hear more about your MW> club. I've been in the Colorado Commodore Computer Club for a MW> little over three years and have really found a lot of good help MW> there. MCUG started in 1982 as the Michigan C-64 Users Group. In 1985-86, when the C-128 came out - quickly followed by the Amiga - we changed the name to Michigan COMMODORE Users Group (still MCUG). Then when C= started building MS/DOS compatible computers, we had people with those models, as well as other PC's join, so the name got changed again to the Michigan Computer Users Group (still MCUG!). In it's hey-day, the club had between 500-600 members. Now there are probably a couple of hundred. There is another group hereabouts called DKUG - the Detroit Komputer Users Group - and there is rumor that the two clubs might merge, due to the declining membership in each. I'm a member of both, so I'd like to see them get together. It would be good for everyone concerned, IMHO. MW> In addition to David Schmoll we have, and have had, other notable MW> members. I expect that is true of most Commodore user groups that MW> have been around for awhile. That was an impressive list of present/former members you delineated! About the most famous of our club's previous members would be a fellow named Craig Chamberlain. He wrote the original SID-Composer program that appear in Compute!'s Second (?) Book of Commodore - that's the music composition software that everyone used to make all the SID songs that run on the C-64. Craig was just a kid at the time he wrote it, too. I think he was only 15 years old! I was the sysop of the club's bbs then. One day, just after the SID composer/player software came out, I received a disk in the mail from Craig - with a whole bunch of .MUS songs on it. Craig asked me to put them on the club's bbs - a task which I was only too happy to perform. They were immediatedly a tremendous hit with the C-64 owners in our area - many many downloads! MW> As for me, the C128D serves me well and so far as I'm concerned MW> it's a keeper! Well, I agree with your sentiments 100% !! I have the 128 in both the "C" and the "D" - but I use my "C" most often. I keep the other one in its box as a backup - in case something goes wrong with this one - I won't be 128-less while I sent the "C" off to CMD for repairs! MW> I've enjoyed chatting with you! Thank you very much! I enjoy corresponding with you, too! Please do write back. And don't hesitate to ask if there is anything I am able to do - to assist you in your 128 use! Cheers! David (Signing off at 17:58) ... I'm a very happy C128, BBR, RamLink and QWKRR user! ... QWKRR128 V4.32 [R] --- DlgQWK v0.71a/PDQMail v2.60 * Origin: EastPointe Amiga (EastPointe,Mi) ADS STAR & Z1C (1:120/229) X-SystemInfo: Buyers Review: Cbm X-ReplyTo-No: 18 (There are no more replies.) X-Message-No: 125 (original); 115 (database) From: RUSSELL PRATER To: JEAN PARROT Subject: @T or @P Date: Fri, 26 Jul 96 11:07:00 Hi Jean, JP> Russell, allo and no, I have not JP> lost my JD booklet! I tried all JP> the combinations that I could think of JP> and got no good results. So, I JP> asked you. Thanks for your reply, I have it eXported for sure. JP> It was the combination of first JP> doing the printer @p string then JP> going back and doing the @t command that stumped me. Now, I promise JP> that I will not ask again. Thanks. Okay. Well, the @P is on page 42 and the @T is on page 34 and 35. The data on using them together is on page 35. I always list the directory before sending the @P so I can send it then just cursor up to the program and enter the @T. Enjoy the water! ... URA Redneck if you keep catfish in your aquarium. -=- 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: 98 (original); 19 (database) From: Demian Katz To: RUSSELL PRATER Subject: Re: Modem Problems Date: Sat, 20 Jul 96 11:40:00 > actual address for that. You can get it from this BBS. Call and logon I tried to call the board, but was unable to connect... The handshake was unusually long and eventually just became static. --- DB 1.58/005132 * Origin: Castrovalva BBS (1:2626/102) X-SystemInfo: Buyers Review: Cbm X-ReplyTo-No: 19 (There are more replies.) X-Message-No: 99 (original); 20 (database) From: Demian Katz To: RUSSELL PRATER Subject: Re: Modem Problems Date: Sat, 20 Jul 96 12:47:00 > actual address for that. You can get it from this BBS. Call and logon I tried to call the board, but was unable to connect... The handshake was unusually long and eventually just became static. I did manage to get the files from Internet.. I transferred the first .SFX file and tried to run it, though I'm not having much luck. It's either very slow or something is wrong. I tried it with Fastload and got a pink screen for a long time... I tried without Fastload, and I got what looks like a dump of memory on screen. I'm letting it run still but I think it has locked up... Am I doing something wrong? --- DB 1.58/005132 * Origin: Castrovalva BBS (1:2626/102) X-SystemInfo: Buyers Review: Cbm X-ReplyTo-No: 20 (There are no more replies.) X-Message-No: 122 (original); 43 (database) From: RUSSELL PRATER To: DEMIAN KATZ Subject: Re: Modem Problems Date: Mon, 22 Jul 96 09:57:00 Hi Demian, DK> RP> actual address for that. You can get it DK> RP> from this BBS. Call and logon DK> DK> I tried to call the board, but was unable DK> to connect... The handshake DK> was unusually long and eventually just became static. I don't understand that. I call it two or three times a day with no problems. Maybe noisy lines? DK> I did manage to get the files from Internet.. I transferred the DK> first .SFX file and tried to run it, though I'm not having much DK> luck. It's either very slow or something is wrong. I tried it DK> with Fastload and got a pink screen for a long time... I tried DK> without Fastload, and I got what looks like a dump of memory on DK> screen. I'm letting it run still but I think it has locked up... DK> Am I doing something wrong? I don't know. Did you answer the Drive question with 0 and the Device question with the device number you wanted it to go to? That's about all you need to do to disolve an SFX. I don't think I'd have the FastLoad cart pluged in while doing it. ... URA Redneck if going to the bathroom requires shoes and a flashlight -=- 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: 43 (There are no more replies.) X-Message-No: 125 (original); 46 (database) From: Gaelyne Moranec To: Marvin Clapp Subject: Modem Problems Date: Mon, 22 Jul 96 05:46:00 G'day Marvin, MC> machine.) Have you heard the riddle about the difference between a MC> Commodore user and an IBM user? The IBM user wonders which brand MC> of Laser Printer to buy. The Commo