Ask the folks at Creative Micro Designs.
By TIM WALSH
cnton Drive is Little more than the driveway for a non Referred toas the I'D drives, which stands tor flop descript building in die industrial section of scenic py disk drives, the series consists of the FD-2000 and East Longmeadois Massachusetts. Nothing out of the FD-1000. The difference between the two lies in their ordinary: The building is home in theobligatory limo respective capacities: The FD-2000 holds up to 1.6 service, a sheet metal shop, and a tidy, well-Hi com megabytes ol daia on a high-density S'/s-inch disk, puter (inn with nary a do/eti employees. Measured while the FD-KJOO holds up to 3.2 megs ofdata on by oilier business standards, the building on Bcnton an extended-density 3'A-lDch disk. That represents Drive is a small-time rental property inhabited by quite an improvement over the HtfOK limit imposed small-time shops. by Commodore's 1581 drive, which, you may be But if you're a Commodore user, that unimposing aware, is becoming increasingly harder to find. building bouses tine of the last bastions ofhope, in Consider that a 3Y*-indldisk formatted on ihe FD- novation and surprise: Creative Micro Designs. -1000 is capable of storing almost four times as much Whether you're sucking RAM expansion units, data data as a 1581-formatted disk. Now consider that the storage systems, software, or even i allies for your mo I'D-louo employs extended-density disk technology dem, CMD seemingly offers everything Commodore available only on the highest-priced PCs. Impressive, enthusiasts need to beef up their computers. isn't it? All hough OUT numbers are dwindling, CMD knows Don't worry if you're a long-time 1581 user, be thai this market still hungers for good hardware. And, cause your collection of 1581-formatted disksare to satiate our appetite, CMD is about to release a pair 100-percent readable by either FD drive. Both the of new storage devices that will bumble even MS-DOS FD-2000 and the FD-4000 support the standard masters. HOOK double-sided, double-density format as well as a 1600K high-density format. Inaddition, the FD- Meet the FD Drives 4000 supports the 3200K extended-density formal You aren't going to believe this, lint Creative Micro mentioned above. Designs has put together a new series of 3 'A-inch disk To usethe 1600K and :12OOK formats, however, you drives that can ]jui up to 3.2 megabytes of daia onto will need to purchase special disks, which, as you a single floppy disk. To date, such drives have only might expect,are called high-density (HI)) and ex been available at the high end of the PC market, but tended-density (ED), respectively. These disks are here they are for our modest Commodores. available through CMD and other national computer li li U N ■ NOVKMm-.U'LIKCKMBKK ISJ92 supply companies. (See ('Igure 1, below, fora summa you don't have to send commands or fiddle with ry of the disk/drive compatibility.) hard-to-reach DIP switches. (Like the Commodore 1571 and 1581, eachof the FD drives is equipped Managing All that Memory with a bank of DIP switches in the rear of the unit for Anyone familiar with Commodore drives should Betting the device number.) find the FD drives simple to set up, fusi plug die Hidden from view in the I'D ROM is a new Disk drive's serial cable into your computes or daisy chain Operating System (DOS) dial improves read/write it to your odier drives, Then plug the power supply performance and capacity, while adding low-level disk into the nearest outlet. commands, wildcards, directory paths and a multi A handy utility disk called FD "fools comes with the tude of other functions. drives. These tools let n on -co nip liter types access the Once you're upand running with an FD drive, various FD features, such as the disk Formatting com you'll naturally want to format some disks. Asyou mands, withoul committing lengthy DOS commands might expect with disks of this rapacity, the FD drives to memory. The fronl plate of the drive slums Error, make liberal use of partitioning, so you won't have to Access and Power lights, plus a Swap button unique watch hundreds of filenames scroll by whenever you to these drives. A combination ofpresses on this but warn to End a lile. (See "Partitioning for Beginners," ton swaps thedrive between device number 8, 9 or next page, if you're unfamiliar with thetechnique.) thedefault setting of the DIP switches on the unit, so When it's time to panilion an FD disk, most users will want topull out FD Tools to simplify the process. Ifyou're a ao-It-yourselfer, the manual provides, in Figure 1. Format and disk drive compatibility. detail, die commands Tor Basic 2.0, 7.0 and JiilVDOS Format 1581 FD2000 FD4000 to customize your FD-formatted disks. BOOK1 Further enhancing the DOS commands in the FD I600K1 • • drive is the useofpaths to access subdirectories 3200K1 more quickly and easily. Again, if you ait- familiar 1 Requires double-sided, double-ttenshy (DSDD) tiisks. with MS-DOS or Amiga DOS, you will be comfort ' Requires high-density (HD| disks. able with the FD syntax. Like those operating sys : Requites extended-density {F,D) ilisks. tems, FD-DOS recognizes the slash (/) as ilie delim iter between directory names. Here is a good »■
NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 1992 -RUN IS MEGADRIVES
example of s path that I found in the FD manual: must lie slow as molasses in [anuary, right? Guess again. The FD 2000 beatihe 1581 in a side-hy-side LOAD'S/COPIERS/:COPi" ,10 performance comparison. In this example, I represents When loading and saving a partition 1, COPIERS represents 12-M>lock Basic file, the I'D .1 subdirectory in the partition, drive was faster than the 1581, "Don't worry if you're and COPY is the name of the iile particularly in C-128 mode, to be loaded. While ii can he set where (lie load time was cut in to virtually any legal number, 10 half. (See Figure 2, below left, a long-time 1581 user, is the device number of the vn lor thf results.) drive in the example. Because I performed all the tests ns- ibis is a HI-specific command, ing the same liiHl-fonnsilted because your collection ihf above example would also disk (because the I'jKI cannot work in 128 mode and on [ifiy- read an 1 D-formatted disk). No DOS-equipped computers. disk enhancements wereused oflS81-f ormatted disks Commodore users familiar thai mighlskew the figures. with RAMLink and RAM Drive will be happy to note that Cre Documentation are 100-percent readable ative Micro Designs has contin CMD apparently spared no ued the tradition of creating expense in developing the doc drive-emulating piiriiiions. To umentation for these new disk by either FD drive." get a 1541, 1571 or !581 parti drives. Between the manual and tion on your FD disk, jusi specify the FD Tools utility disk, even the partition type when setting low-tech users shouldbe able to ii|) your disks. tackle almost every non-pro gramming aspect of the drives. Watch Thkm Run: The Performance Stats For programmers and developers, the documen So, with all of this extra space, these new disk drives tation contains detailed, extensive notes on physical disk formats, directory lilt* entry formats, 11AM (Block Allocation Map) and so on. Of particular in Figure 2. Time required. in seconds , toload and save a 124-black terestto both novice and experienced disk-drive Basic file. programmers ate the tables that list the FD series 1581 FD2000 Difference Burst Command Instruction Set, bit-by-bii, for op Load. 128 mode 9.5 5.2 4.3 timizing the access speed when reading and writing Save, 128 mode 2f).() 22.9 3.1 dala to and from the drives, Load, 64 mode 61.0 55.0 CO And, if you can't find the information you need in Save, 6-1 mode 44.0 42.2 1.8 the manual, the Creative Micro Ik-signs technical stall' is only a phone call, e-mail or fax/letter away.
Say It Ain't So, Joe What's wrong with the FD drives? Not much. Me chanically and technically, months of abuse and gen era) mistreatment revealed no faultwitli the unitthat l'll, I tested. 1 do, however, have two objections. First, I don't care for the matte black finish; an I'D drive wouldn't lix)k out ol place in an audio rack, but it casts an odd, unbalanced appearance when placed next to the various putty-colored Commodore and CMD components in my computer system. I'ai litioning is the process ol spondence and a second subdi My second objection is the timing of the release. If breaking down the disk into rectory fin" reports. this wns, say, early 1988 instead of late 1992, the FD multiple directories, which sim Don't let the terminology in series would be a strong argument for other manu plifies file management. For ex timidate you—anyone (aniiiiai facturers to stay in the market and support their ample, you can isolate your with the concept of subdirecto users. Unfortunately, while the FD drives air by no word processing files into one ries on other computer plat means too little, (bey almost certainly are too late. partition, your graphics files forms, oreven the partitioning Their release at this stage of the 8-bit life-cycle will into another partition and your of 1581'formatted disks will be have no effect on third-party developers who've king database files in yet another. righl a! borne since moved on to greener pastures. The partitions themselves tan with the FD Even so, these are stunning products. With very re then be broken down into sub drives. spectable access times anil iheir immense storage ca directories. pacity, these little black drives will leave my "hi-tech" For example, you mighl have MS-DOS and Amiga drives green with envy. ■ one subdirectory in your word processing partition for corre Tim Wahh has hern writing far RUN for, veil, almost forever. Hi\ articles, revitnvs and online support have con tinually been a positive force in Commotion1 computing.
16 K 1/ N NOVfcMUER/OKCEMBER 1*192 GEOS 102
In Part II ofout GEOS tutorial, learn how to boot GEOS and navigate the desktop.
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By STEVE VANDERARK
In our first tutorial, GEOS 101, we something about whai GEOS is doing.) with your existing applications. If you discussed the concepts underlying Each system disk is assigned a serial answer no, GEOS assignsa new serial the GEOS environment, We saw number, and each application yon use number to your .system disk, and you will how GEOS uses the disk drive, with that system disk IS automatically im have io make all of your applications talked briefly about GEOS B!e structures, printed with thai serial number. The first and discussed the pros and tons of hi-res time you usegeoWrite, for example, (pronounced high-rez), the display mode you'll need to "install" the application, used by GEOS. We mentioned the "vir encoding the geoWrite disk with the se tual page" concept and talked about us rial number from your system disk. ing a ])()im-and-c!K'k interface. The ivmiIi ol this procedure is thai your Thai kind of background Information particular system disk and your particular is important for understanding whai you copies of geoWrite, geohiblish. or other see on your screen, hut now it's time to GEOS applications all gelthe same serial leave theory behind and fire up GEOS. number. From then on, every time you In this session, I'll talk aboul the dreaded open one of the applications, your GEOS GEOS "installation" procedure, the copy systemcheeks to see if it has a matching protection scheme, and finally the desk- serial number. If so. the application opens Top, i he scivcn mostpeople think ol as and you're in business; if not, GEOS in GEOS itself. So break out your bool disk, forms you that it can't open thai copy of hit the switch on your power strip, and the application. Answer carefully! You only getpne chance let's explore GEOS1 Translation: Your friends can't use a lo do this right! copy of your geoWrite. and you can't use Lesson 1: Boot GEOS ii copyof theirs. 'l~his also means thai you agree with it. Followthe manual's in Type LOAD"GEOSn,8,l to start GEOS can'i buy second-hand GEOS applications structions and the on-screen prompts from drive 8. (GEOS ran be liooted Inmi and use them, because they will have oth very carefully. either drive8 or 9, so make sine you use er serial numbers and therefore won't Lksson 4: The desktop the correct drive numbei in your Bool work on your system. Anil, if you get the command). If you're using the 1'28 ver installation pnX edune mixed up on anap Once past the installation, you're in sion, just type BOOT or let the disk auto- plication, you won't he able to use it. the wonderful world of GEOS. The Imxii as you power up. It takes a few mo screen you sec when you first boot Gt''.OS Lesson 3: Installation ments for GEOS to load into your is called the deskibp, and its job is to help Computer's memory. During thai time it So. when the box shows up on the you handle all the files on your disks, sends tome code to your drives to modify Screen asking if youwant to key your disk whether programs or data. i heir load and save functions and "teach" loan application you've been using, think Thisjob lies at the heart ofeverything them how to get along in the GEOS en before you dick: You only gel one shot. It you do with yOUT computer Tiles can be vironment Hie drives need thai code to yonanswer incorrectly, you could lose the programs to run, such as geoPublish or operate under GEOS, so if you turn one use of your applical ions. (Remember, this letns; data that your programs use, .such of diem off during a CEOS session and only happens when booting a (iEOS sys as word-processing text; sonic files are then turn it back on, ii won't work—the tem disk for the first time,) part of the operating system itself. Every system will crash. I lcre's what to do: thing you do on your computer involves •Answer YES ii' you own oilier GEOS files. (And don't ever move 01 erase files Lesson 2: Copy protection applications thai you've been using with that you don't recognize, especially on If this is your first time booting a aijj&rmi system disk. the system disk—they might lie essential (.'■EOS, brace yourself: You're about to •Answer no if ihis is ihe first time to GEOS rigbi where they are.) come face to face with GEOS'scopy pro you've usedany GEOS application. The nice thing abou! the deskTop is it tection scheme. While the system is If you answer yks,you'll be given a makes handling all those files quick and booting, let me explain how GEOS copy chance to insert an old application disk easy. For one thing, ihey're easy to keep protection works. (The installation will to let your new system disk copy the old straight. To see what I mean, compare make more sense to vmi if von know serial number, thereby making it agree what yon see when you use ihe deskTop
NOVtMHK.WDECKMBKR 1992 RON 17 GEOS 10 2
to ilif standard directory you see when button. This will select the icon. Click witli your keyboard, mouse or joystick. you type l.OAD'T.H {RETURN} LIST {RE again ii> release it. Ib attach the icon Look ;ii the series of words printed TURN}. Sure, you seethe lilt- names ei (and it's file] in the pointer, to move it, across thetop of the deskTop screen ther way, bm in GEOS you see for more for example, click twice in rapid succes (geos, file, VIEW, disk, and so on). This than that. Ea< h file noi only has a name, sion ("double-dick"). Click again to re area is the menu bar, and eachof those Inn also a little picture, called an icon, lease the file. words is the title of a drop-down menu. i hat gives you an immediate idea ofwhat To open a menu, dick on one of the Lesson 6: The Notepad and ii is. 'lake a look at theicons that appear words. To select a command from that Icon-based Controls menu, either click on the option or type Now let's look at the area the Icons are thekey combination listed to die right of in; it's called the Notepad. The Notepad tile command, liii example, il vnu w;iut holds the id ins lor all of the files on your to rename a file, click once on the Hies disk, though inn all of them canbe dis icon to select it. then click on the word played at tune. Von see only ejghl icons, FILEto drop down the Ille menu, and innthereare more than eight files on the then click on the option riinamk. disk. On tin- top edge of the Notepad is Often, as in this example, CEOS will :t readout of how many files [here actu need sonu- additional information from ally are. along with some notes on how you, like the new name you'd like to give much ol the total disk space those files your lile. Inthese cases, GEOS opens a take up. li> view the other icons, you windowon the screen called a dialog box "page;" through the Note-pad (so tailed dial asks you for die information and because it looks like you're Hipping gives you a place to type your response. through a scries of pages). To turn the Usually dialog boxes also include at
Vdu can do all of your file-handling from the pages, dick on the folded corner in the least one button; ihese are small boxes dsskTop, BEOS's piceure-based interfaCB. Notepad's lower left. thai provide additional choices like can- This gets to theheart of the way < 1E0S cm.. To select that option, you "press" in the rectangular area at the left-center works. When you use the desk lop. and the button by clicking cm it with your of the desklbp screen, Ii isn't hard to tell to some extent GEOS applications, you pointer. which one represents a printer file) it's work intuitively on the screen with the GEOS 103: Setting Up CONFIG i he one will: the picture <>i the printer on painter, GEOS makes sense in a real- ii. Likewise, the icon For a geoWrite doc world son of way. In your office, if you and Using Applications ument looks like a slack of paper, the want to get rid ofsomething, yon loss il Now that you have a solid understand iron for a geoPaini drawing like a frame in the wastebasket, With CEOS, yon dis ing of the ileskTiip. you're almost teady to surrounding some shapes, ;iml soon. card (delete) Mies by dragging their icons start using applications, htu first, if GEOS to thewastebaskct icon at ilielowei light is going to work properly, it has to know Lesson 5: Using the Pointer eoiner of I he screen. Likewise, to print a how many disk drives you have and wliic h In this picture-based environment, tile, drag its icon to die printer icon. To type they are. Il also has to know whal you don't have to type commands like copy it to a disk, drop il on thai disk's kind ofprinter you're using, It's easy to fill i.oai>"myfii,]-:.ml",x,1. In fact, that's the icon. Simple ;is that GEOS in on these details, and you only whole point: (-EOS replaces awkward have lo do it once—that is, at least until commands with an intuitive point-and- Lesson 7: Menus & Dialog Boxes you change your equipment around. dick interface. A pointer on the screen If you'd rather, yon can perform the Next time we'll wrap up our lessons by ihat's controlled by either a mouse or a same activities (deleting, printing, copy sriting up your Configure file and looking joystick lets you reach oul and interact ing) and many others by selecting them at the main applications you're likely to with CiKOS, its applications, and all of from menus thai drop down from the use with GKOS. Seeyou then. ■ tile lilcs on your disks. top of the deskTop screen. A menu in The pointer can do more than just computer lingo,as you might know, is CEOS iiiiz Steve Vander Ark lives in point, too. Move tin1 pointer to an icon simply a list of choices displayed mi your Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he leaches iind click onto on VOUT mouse- 01 fnc- screen from which you make a selection ill? third grade.
Double-click with your mouse button Co To got ridof a lile, take it to the trash can □ rap-dawn menus and dialog boxes arecon attach ■ file to the pointer. Htid drop it In with a click. trolled with the point-snd-cllck method, tno.
18 RUN- NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 1092 Turbocharge GEOS
Add RAMLink or RAM Drive to your Commodore and watch GEOS fly!
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By STEVE VANDER ARK
GEOS needs RAM. An REU v:. "' should he- listed on the box under "Hardware Require' merits." It gives you speed; ii lets you use the hot new GEOS products, like geoCanvas; and it gives you access to all of your disk drives. Without s RAM device you can't have gcoRtint on a l"i-l I disk and expect it to iinil ;l geoRiintdoc- titncni on a l'>71 disk. (1F.OS won'i even remember thai youhave more than one type of driveunless you copyyour Con figure tile onto every disk.
A Little History When Commodore released the first RAM expansion devices many Folks were confused about what 10 do with them. They plugged thorn into the back of their machines, bill nothing seemed to happen: The extra RAM didn't appear, software didn'l work an}' better, even with the REU set up as a RAM drive few pro grams could recognize it. GEOS was one of the first programs to lapthe REU's potential by using the ex tra space tor iis own code and for a RAM I,ink and RAM Drive are compatible with program oui there. geoPublish, i.s ii(.)K. drive that acted just like a 154]or 1571. a much widerrange (if software. With a (that's 0.1 meg), that leaves quite a bil of And utter ;i short time Berkeley Soft- battery backup and a separate power room for dala tiles, fonts, and a whole works released their own REU, called supply, these units can store dala indef pile ofgames. geoRAM, that offered 5I2K for a lower initely, even when you shul down your Tn access all that extra space, every price. But geoRAM worked only with computer or when a power failure leaves unii is shipped with a disk of jini Col- GEOS, and overall it did little to improve you in thedark. The numerous reviews lette's CEOS utilities. These programs on the original REUs: thai have appeared since the release of improve your Configure file so GEOS With all of these RAM devices, includ RAMLink and RAMDnve all note thai will recognize the extra RAM as one or ing geoRAM, twoshortcomings limited thesedevicesarc GEOS compatible—bin more drive-emulating partitions, their usefulness: First, they offered lim "compatible" only hints at wliai these ba If you'd like to have your RAM device ited storage capacity, and second, their bies can do lor GEOS. show Up as one big GEOS partition that memory was volatile, which meani that isn't constrained by emulating a specific Moke Power everything had to hebacked up to a flop Commodore drive, try HMD's gaieU'ay, py disk win1]] you shut down and reload When you talk aboul RAM devices, the » replacement for the standard CEOS ed when you started the next time, bottom line is space. More space equals desklbp. GateWay includes drivers lor Then, aboul a year ago, CMD more power—■especially with a behe native mode partitions, which are made spawned a new generation of RAM ex moth like GEOS. I know thereare places up ol as many 356-block chunks ofmem pansion devices with RAMDrivc and 11 KM will expand your old REUs and geo ory as you choose. RAM I. ink. They addressed several of die RAM units beyond their meager half That's just the beginning. RAM Drive REUs' shortcomings! They provide the meg, but you can gel RAMDnve shipped and RAMlink can both be set up to au- needed RAM space, and by emulating with a whopping is or 16 megabytes. tobooi any program you specify, includ the standard Commodore drives. RAM- when you figure dial the largesi GEOS ing Gl\( )S, in cither mode. (lumbuie thai ■
NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 1992 ■ K u N 19 TURBOCHARGE GEOS
with gateway's MakeBool or geoMake- therearea few differences worth noting. nieni unit, almost like a pocket-sizeddisk Biiot (both fromCMD), andyou can bool RAMI.ink can be purchased with a ili ive. And, the battery back-up (available GEOS straight (nun KAM—noiQorebooi nifty link clock drip, and CM 1) includes for Ijotli RAMDnve and RAMLJnk) "ill disk! And ii takes l<-'» than [en seconds. an autoexec file ForyourGEOS booi par- Id you cany the unit, with memory intact, There'sscatch, ihough: Tbautoboota [iiuii] (or Ikioidisk, il you still have one Inirn one place to another. I lake my non-Basic program you have lo know the after this] that automatically seis your RAMDnve toschool with me to use on the program's beginning address, i don'l GEOS dock. C-IHin my classroom. (With my ;mtoboni have a due about thai son of thing, so I The most notable differences, though, sequence, thestudentsdon't even need to worked around the problem. I wrote a arc HAM [.ink's Hvo expansion port! into type load commands.) 1 barely even need shon loader program in liasii with iln1 which you can plug other cartridges. a diskdrive1. Ofcourse, RAMDrivedoesn'l tiKDS Bihii command, and I QUtobool One is a para-through pori thai can han have pass-through ports for adding an thatinstead. Here's what my program dle utility cartridges. These cartridges other RED or a cartridge. looks like for the C-64 and for the C-128: aren'l typically used with GEOS, hut it's So which onedo you buy? That de still a nice feature. The other port is a pends on howyou plan louse it. Ifyou al 10 LOAD "C-EOS", 16,1 RAM port, where you can insert other ready own an REL', RAMI.ink is the way or RAM devices you mightown. If you OWD logo. If you run your computerwith oth a geoRAM, for instance, ii necdn'i go to er cartridges in Dirci I mode, again you'll 10 RUN "GEQS128",U16 waste once you start using the KAMI.ink. want die RAMLink, But, if you want a Notice that the drive number is 16 for When you pltij; in geoRAM, its memory convenient, portable memory device, on a RAM device under GEOS. is added to RAM I.ink's memory, for ex whit li to Carrv vom entire(>K( )S arsenal, ample, when I plug my geiiKAM into my go with RAMDrive. What'sthe Difference? 2-megRAMIink, 1 can createthree 1581 Either way, you'll lind that this new So far I've used the term "RAM de partitions in addition to the 512-block breed of RAM devices will definitely tur- vices" to refer to both RAMI.ink and GK( )S system partition. Without the geo bocbarge GEOS. ■ RAMDnve. The two units work nearly RAM, I would have to "settle" for two the same with GEOS; everything I've 1'iNI partitions, (Life's rough, isn't it?) Sieve UimlfiArl; lira wiiiii'ii megabytes on said so 'in applies to them both. Still, RAMDnve is a smaller, more convc- Contmodon computing and GEOS.
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Tin.1 lirsi of tlie month is ;i day fraught with emotion! Hnd writ er's crump—the rent, ihc elec tric bill, die phone Mil (and my Clicck It Out lets you handwriting is, well, nothing lo write review your entries home about). I wrote Check It Out 10 before printing rase the burden. It lets you type in the the check- payee, dale, account number, di^mi! EtmouDl and written amount, and then prints ii onio youi wnllel-si/etl checks; all you need to dn is sign them. Check Ii Out works (hi either the (!-()■! or the C- 128 and with almost any printer. lypc in Check Ii Out from listing I, using the checksum onpage 44 io catch printing, place the check flush with the tie space between i he lines or items, refer Lyping errors. Save it to disk before run trli edge ofthe printer and the top ofthe to "Customizing Check It Out" (opposite ning ii. When you're ready to use the check level with the print head. Be pre page) for tips on how to make il workon program, simply load and run ii as you pared lo make mistakes on the first run. your printer. Now, if I could only gel it would any Basic program. Von might wan! to photocopy or trace to pay with someone else's money.... Check It On: guides you around the some blank checks to practice on; after check, prompting you to enter the infor a few tries, you'll know exactly how to tenant Roach, purl-time comedian n'lil mation to be printed. A review sLiten lets load the check. father of two, has been paying on /its Com you catch and correct any errors, Before If you find there is too much or too lit- modore for five years...bills, thut is.
Listing 1. Check It Out Program. [Also available on the Novembiir/December RaRUN disk. Call !'10 HEMCHECK IT OUT :REM'100 THEDATE YOU WISHONYOUR 200 PAYJ = "":V$ = "(SHFT CLRHCRSR 20 POKE53280,0:POKE53281,0;POKE CHECK.13 SPACEsJDO NOT ENTE DNITYPE THENAME OF THE PA 646,7 :REM*172 R THEYEAR." :REM*147 YEE.DO NOT USE(2 SPACEsJPU 30 AA$="(26 SPACEs)":BB$="{29 S 120 LS="(CRSR DN1PRESS {CTRL 9} NCTUATION.":PRINTV$:REM'242 PACES}" :REM'42 SPACE1CTRL 0) TO CONTINUE.. 210 US="{CRSR DN1EXAMPLE -- NEW 40 CCS="(6 SPACES!" :REM*203 ." :REK*1S HAMPSHIRE ELECTRIC":PRINTU 50 EES="{1B SPACEs)":FF$="{19 S 130 XS="(CRSR DN)EXAMPLE -- (CT S:PRINTWS:INPUT"{2 CRSR DNS PACEs}":GGJ*"(16SPACES}" RL 9H0/121CTRL 0) OR (CTRL )";PAYS :REM"4 :REM*t45 9)02/16(CTRL 0)":PRINTZ$:P 220 IFPAYS-""THEN1010 :REM'184 60 PRINT"(SHFT CLRHCRSR DN)WEL RINTXJ :REM'220 230 IFLEN(PAY$))40THEN107fl COME TO CHECK IT OUTl":PRINT 140 W$="(2CRSR DNs)PRESS {CTRL :REM*238 "(CRSR DN)MAKE SUREYOUR PRI 9(RETURN I CTRL 0} WHEN YOU' 240 ES = "(SHFT CLRHCRSR DN}TYPE NTER IS ON-LINE." :REM*170 RE DONE.":PRINTWS:INPUT"{2 THEAMOUNT IN DIGITS.":RS= 70 PRINT"(CRSR DN1IHSERT A BLAN CRSR DNs}";DATES :REM*132 "(CRSR DN}EXAMPLE -- {CTRL K CHECK INTO YOUR PRINTER12 150 IFDATE$=""THEN930 :REM«192 9J10.001CTRL 0} OR (CTRL 9) SPACEs)WITH THE TOP EDGE FLU 1G0 IFLEN(DATES)<>5THEN980 47.631CTRL 0)" :REM*105 SH "; :REM-75 :REM*206 250 PRINTS$:PRINTRJ:PRINTW$:INP 00 PKINT"WITH THE PRINT12SPACE 170 PRIMT"(SHFT CLR)ENTER YEAR UT"(2 CRSRDNs}";B$ :REM+38 s)HEAD.":PRINT"(2 CRSR DNsJP WITH TWO DIGITS. :REM'G8 260 IFBS=""THEN1100 :REM*109 RESS {CTRL 9)SPACE{CTRL 0) W 1S0 r-RINT"(CRSR DNIEXAMPLE: 199 270 QJ-"{SHFT CLRJ(CRSR DN)ENTE HENVOU'REREADY." :REM*92 2 ENTER AS {CTRL 9)92" R THE WRITTEN AMOUNT.":PS=" 90 GETA$:IFflJ=""THEN90 :REM*117 :REM*37 (2 CRER DNs)EXAMPLE -- (CTR 100 IFA$oCHR$(32)THEN90 :REH*2 190 INPUT"{2CRSR DNs}";YRS L 9(TEN AND NO/1001CTRL 0) 110 ZS = "(SHFT CLRHCRSR DNJTYPE :REM*71 OR" :REM*8
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22 HUN- NOVEMBEWDECEMBER 1992 280 0$="{2 CRSR DNsJFORTY-SEVEN 570 IFLEN(DATEI)<>5TI!EN1240 )";"13 CRSR LFs)*";BS:PRINT AND 63/100":PRINTQ$:PRINTP :REM*19 #3 :REM«98 $:PRINTOJ:PRINTWI :REM'182 580 GOTO350 :REM»150 7 90 ZZ=LEN(AMOUNTS):QQS="":FORZ 290 AK0UNT$="":INPUT"{2 CRSR DN 590 PAyS="":PRINTVS:PRINTUS:PRI =1TO(40-ZZ):QQI=QQS*"-":NEX S)";AMOUNT$ :REM'4 NTWS:INPUT"{2 CRSR DNs)";PA TZ :REM»240 300 IFAMOUNTS=""THEN1160:REM*93 YS :REM*5 800 PRINT#3,AMOUNTS;QQS:REM*148 310 IFLEN40THEN122f> 600 IFPAYS=""THEN1280 :REM*156 810 CLOSE10:CLOSE6:CLOSE4:CLOSE :REM"248 610 IFLEN(PAY$)>40THEN1330 :REM*231 320 IDS="":PRINT"1SHFT CLR}(2 C :REM*26 820 PRINT"(SHFT CLRKCRSR DN1WH RSR DNsiSOMETIMES A PAYEE R 620 GOTO350 :REM-190 EN PRINTER HAS FINISHED, RE EQUIRES AN ACCOUNT13 SPACES 630 EiS-"":PRINTSS:PRINTR$: PRINT MOVE CHECK." :REM*20 JNUMBER." :REM»133 W$:INPUT"(2 CRSR DNs]";B$830 PRINT"(2DNsJPRESS CRSR {CT 330 PRINT"(CRSR DN)IFPAYEE THE :REM»23 RL 9)SPACE(CTRL 0} AFTER YO NEEDSA SUCHNUMBER, TYPE< 640 IFB$=""THEN1340 :REM+33 U'VE DONE SO" :RF,M*227 2 SPACES JITNOW IN AND650 PRESGOTO350 :REM+220 B-S0 GETA$:IFA$ = ""TI!EN84H:REM*61 S "; :REH*112 660 AMOUNT$="":PRINTQ$:PRINTP$: 850 IFA$<>CHR$(32)THEN840 340 PRINT"[CTRL 9)RETURN{CTRL 0 PRINTOI:PRINTWS:INPUT"{2 CR :REM247 ) .":PRINT"{CRSR DNJIF NOT, SR DNs)";AMOUNT$ :REM"176 860 PRINT"{SHFT CLR](3DNs CRSR THEN PRESS (CTRL 9}RETURN{C 6 70 IFAMOONTS = ""THEN1380:REM'C1 5 }(4 SPACEslDO YOU WISH TO:" TRL 0}.":INPUT"(2 CRSR DNs) 680 IFLENIAMOUNTS)H0THEN1430 :REM«72 ";IDS :REM'106 :REH»76 870 PRINT"(4DNs)";EES;"(C CRSR 350 PBINT"(SHFT CLR)(3 CRSR DNs 690 GOTO350 :REM*5 TRL 9)0{CTRL 0)UIT":REM'223 [HERE'S WHAT YOU'VE GOT ... 700 OPEN4,4:OPEN6,4,6:OPEN10,4, 880 PRINT:PRINTFFS;"OR":REM'167 :REM"17 10 :REM'144 890 PRINT"[CRSR DN!";GGS;"(CTRL 360 PRINT"{2DNslDATE CRSR -- ( 710 FORI=1TO1STEP1:PRINT#6,CHRS 9)C{CTRL 0JONTINUE" CTRL 9}";DATE$;"{CTRL 01" ID :REM-130 :REM'229 :REM«7 4 720 IFID£=""THEN740 :REM*169 900 GETAS:IFAI=""THEN900:REM*17 370 PRINT"(CRSR DN}PAY TO THE O 730 PRINT#4,AA$;"ACCT.tf ";ID$ 910 IFAS="Q"THENPRINT"(SHFT CLR RDER OF — (CTRL 9)";PAY$;" :REM*3 4 }{12 CRSR DNs)(5SPACES)HAV {CTRL 0}" :REM*181 740 NEXT :REM*101 E A NICE DAY.":END :REM*10 380 PRINT"(CRSR DN1DIGITAL AMOU 750 OPEN3,4 :REM*66 920 IFAS = "C"T!IENCLR;GOTO30 NT -- (CTRL 9)";B$;"(CTRL 0 760 PRINTW3,TAB(27):PRINT#3:PRI :REM*144 I" :REM*124 N'VH3 : PRINT#3 : PRINTW3 , BB$ ; DA 930 PRINT"{SHFT CLR){6 CRSR DNs 390 PRINT"(CRSR DNJWRITTEN AMOU TE$;CC$;YRS:PRINT//3 :REM*1 )SORRY, A DATE IS NECESSARY NT -- {CTRL 9)";AMOUNT$;"{C 770 ZZ=LEN(PAYS):FORZ=1TO(40-ZZ ON EACH CHECK" :REM*220 TRL 0}" :REM«162 I:PAYS=PAYS»" ":NEXTZ940 PRINTLJ :REM*76 400 PRINT"(CRSR DN}ACCOUNT NUMB :REM*185 950 GETA$:IFAS=""THEN950 ER -- (CTRL 9)";IDS;"(CTRI, 780 PRINT03," ";PAY$;"(2 SPACES Continued on p.42. 0)" :REM*182 ■110 PRINT"(3DNsJANY CRSR CHANG ES (Y/N)? :REM'55 420 GETAS:IFAS=""THEN420:REM*17 Customizing Check It Out 430 IFA$="Y"THEN460 :REM*193 440 IFAS = "N"TIiENPRINT"(SHFT CLR )(3 CRSR DNslPRINTING Check It Out is a simple1 Basic pro gramming skill, then yNOVEMBEWDKCKMBL-.K 1992 -HUN 23 Happy Holidays!
Celebrate your Yuletide seasonwith this festive Santa display for the C-128. 0
Bv KENNETH HOKE
Htre's a colorful and festive •!()■ 390 SLEEP1:NEXTD:L0OP :REM»60 column, animated display for 400 REM HAPPY HOLIDAYS DATA :REM*18 0 the I2B featuring Santa and 410 DATA D5C3C9E0E0E0D5FFCACB*C his reindeer that's guaranteed 2E0E0E0C2D5C3C9D5C3*C9D5C3C to add a special holiday touch to any den 9C9E0D5FFE0E0 :REM-179 or living room. Type in Listing t using 420 DATA C2E0E0E0C2C2E0C2C2E0«C RUN'S checksum on page 44, save it, and 2C2E0C2C2E0C2FFE0E0»C2E0E0E 0C2ABC3B3ABC3 :REM-66 then type RUN. 430 DATA CBABC3CBCAB2CBFFE0E0*C Hit- animation technique is fairly sim 2E0E0E0C2C2E0C2C2E0*E0C2E0E ple. Five sprites—one for Santa and his 0E0C2FFE0CADB :REM"130 sleigh, four for the reindeer—are sent 440 DATA C3C3C3DBCBE0CACBE0E0»C aCTOU thescreen with the MOVSI'R com BE0E0E0CBFFE0E0C2E0*E0E0C2D 5C3C9C9E0E0C9 :REM*218 mand.To create the illusion of flying, the 450 DATA B0C3C9D5C3C9C9E0D5D5*C pointers tor the reindeer sprites alternate 3C9FFE0E0C2E0E0E0C2*C2E0C2C between sprite definition areas 2 and 3, This year, let Santa (and the C-128) 2E0E0C2C2E0C2 :REM*74 which holddata for the two poses. add a cheerful toucli to your home. From 460 DATA C2E0C2C2E0C2C2E0CBFF'E For more information on this tech all ofus at RUN, Happy Holidays! HI 0E0C2E0E0E0C2C2E0C2*C2E0E0C 2C2E0C2ABC3B3 :REM*215 nique,seethe Commodore 128 I'rogrmn- 470 DATA CAB2CBCAC3C9FFD5C9C2*E mer's Reference Guide (Bantam Hooks). Commercial pilot Ken Hohe hoi been pro 0E0E0C2C2E0C2C2E0E0*C2C2E0C Look for it at a library or user's group. gramming since before Cltristmas 1986, 2C2E0C2E0C2E0 :REM'226 480 DATA D5C9C2FFCAC3CBE0E0E0*C Lilting 1. Happy Holidays program. Also available on tha lJuvui.iljcr December RcRUlM disk. ACAC3CBCAC 3 CBCAADC3 * CBCBE0C AE0CAE0CAC3CB :REM*14 10 REH"HAPPY HOLIDAi'S":REM'184 190 FOR I=1TO30 :REM'107 490 DATA -1 :REM*89 20 A=260:B=270:C=115:D=90:E=2500 20000 CS=MID$(BS,[I*2)-1,2]( 500 REM SPRITE DEFINITIONS 1,2 :REM*14 4 :REM*177 S 3 :REM«3 30 C0LOR4.1:COLOR0,1:C0L0R1,8 210 IFC$="FF"THEN Y.Y*t:X=2:GOT 510 DATA 1,,,1,,,,C0,,,F0,,,F0, :REM*82 0240 :REM*164 0,80,50,0 :REM-175 520 DATA 80,50,,A0,70,,A8,F0,A0 40 GRAPHIC1,1:WIDTH2 :REM*22 220 C=DEC(C$) :REM*212 50 CIRCLE1,A,120,3,50,,,,D:PAIN 230 CHAR!,X,Y,CHRS(C),0:X=X*1 ,A8,FF,FF :REM*107 T1,A,C :REM"254 :REM*215 530 DATA 2A,FA,A0,2AfAA,80,2A,A 60 CIRCLE1,A,C,40,2,,,,D 240 IFI=30THEN170:ELSE NEXTI A,80.2A :REM*144 540 DATA AA,,2A,AA,,2A,A8,,4,4, :REM'123 :REM*227 70 PAINT1,B,C:PAI»T1,E,C 250 REM ** STORE SPRITE DATA •• 54,44,4,4 :REM-96 :REM*247 :REM-19 550 DATA 55,55,54,,,,,,,0 80 CIRCLE1,A,C,25,3,,,45,D 260FOR A=3584 TO 3775 :REH'142 :REM»250 270 READ DS:POKEA,DEC(DS):NEXT 560 DATA 0,5, , ,1,40,,,50,,,10,, 90 PAINT1,E,105:PAINT1,B,125 :REM»29 ,14,,,15 :REM*77 :REM*120 280 REM *♦ POSITION/MOVE SPRITE 570 DATA ,,50,4,57,50,1,57,50,F 100 CIRCLE1,A,C,25,3,,,315,D S "* :REM*134 F,FF,FF,1 :REM*234 :REH*1B0 290 X=350:FORS=1TO5 :REM*116 580 DATA 55,50,,40,10,,40,10,,5 110 PAINT1,B,105:PAINT1,E,125 300 MOVSPRS,X,95 :REM*223 0,50,0,14 :REM*208 ■REM*171 310 SPRITE S,1 ,11 ,0 , 0 , 0 ,1 590 DATA 40, ,5,40, ,15,,,11 , , , , , 120 FOR S=1 TO 100 :REH*168 :REM*205 ,, , , , ,0 :REM*74 600 DATA 0,1 ,,,5,40,,,50,,,14,, 130 X=INT(RND(1)*319) :REH*2 320 MOVSPR S.90W1 :REM*165 0,15,,,10 :REM*113 140 U=INT(RND(1)»199) :REM*115 330 X=X*25:NEXTS :REM*110 610 DATA 0, ,50,4,57,50,1,57,50, 150 DRAW 1,X,Y:NEXT :REM*85 340 REM *'* ANIMATE SPRITES •■ FF,FF,FF :REM*205 160 C0L0R1,6:X=2:Y=14 :REM»225 :REH*61 170 READA$:IFAi="-1"THEN250 350 DO:SLEEP1 :REM-222 620 DATA 1 ,55,50,,40,10,1 ,40,14 :REH«236 360 FOR D=57 TO 58 :REM«116 ,1,,5,5,0 :REH«213 18« BS=MTD$(AS,1,20).MID$(AJ,22 370 FOR S=81B5 TO 8188 :REM-70 630 DATA 1,14,,!,,, ,,,,,.. ,20)-MID$(AS,43,20t :REM*82 300 POKES,D:NEXTS :REH*202 ,0 :REM*64 ■
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Extra!Extra! Maniac pelts city streets withbombs. Only one person can stop him—YOU!
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By TONY BRANTNER
A madman equipped with a iviih three turns, you earn an extraMini huge supplyof explosives is every liODu points. The game ends when perched atop a local high- yihi have no turns remaining. rise, and lie's bombing the To freeze the game, press the S1IIK1- street below. With only a bucket ofwater LOCK key; press it again to resume. To to catch and diffuse the bombs,you air exii the game and return to Basic, press the only one who can save the block run/stop. from sure destruction. Type in Bombard from Listing I. us To play Bombaid, have your joystick ing RUtTz checksum onpage44 to catch plugged into porl two. Press the Grebut- any typing errors, Save ii with the name ton io begin. IVisiiinn the bucket under Hiitnhard.se. N'ext. run lionihaid.SC lo each bomb and catch it before- ii hils the create the file Bombard.ML. Tb play, ground. With every level the bomber be load Bombard-ML with the command comes mom proficient; he lights and LOAD "BOMKARD.ML ",8.1 {RETURN} drops more bombs each level, and he Catch Che bombs or Che madman will blew and then type RUN {RTTURN}. And drops them faster. Even" bomb you catch up Che block In Brantner'E latest gome. please) do ii before it's too late! e earns five times the current level. When a bomb hit* the pound all the of course, leaves tile bomber giggling in tlw) Brnntntr ran stufj a mean man ») other bombs on-screen explode,which. delight. Although you begin the game inlojiut n fiige or two oj code.
Listing 1. Bombard.SC program. Also available onthe November/December ReRUN disk. Call 80O-B24-5499.
0 REMTHIS LIST 1 CREATES {AND 60 IF LENIAS)<42 THEN BS-LEFTSI 104 DATA A9F9A00C201EABA027A9'7 SHOULD NOTBE CALLED) BOMBARD AS,20)-RIGIITI(AS, (LEN"9" THEN 1I = A 927D08810F7A9008D15*D0A203A 15 IF LEN|A$><62 THEN 55 SC(HS)-55 :REH»56 00A18 20F0FFA9 :REM*206 :REM'254 85 I,=VAL(LS):IF L$i"9"THEN L=A 108 DATA 9FA00C201EABA914205A-0 20 B$=MID$fA$,l,20)+MIDSlAS,22, SCILSI-55 :REM'84 CA04FA9A09978048810'FAA90A2 20)+MIDS(AS,43,20) :REM*242 90 BY=H*16*L:PRINT#8,CHRS(BY); 05A0CAD00DC29 :REM*49 2 5 FOR 1=1 TO 30 :REM*181 109 DATA 10D0D6A901B5FBA90320-B 30 CS=MIDJ(BJ,"9"THEN =A 101 DATA 01080D080A009E323036*3 0£iF0BA900A8991C10CB*D0FA203 SCIHS1-55 : REM* 85 1 0000 00A000B94C0D99+-4 030394 F0CA9E48D2210 :REM'213 40 L=VAL(L$):IF LS>"9" THEN L=A C0E99403EB94C :REM*35 111 DATA A9488D2310A9198D2710*2 SC(LS)-55 :REM*136 102 DATA 0F99403FC8D0EBA900BD*2 06B0CA9FF8D15D020E1*FFD0010 45 B¥=H*16*L:PRINTffB,CHR$(BY); 0D0A9018D21D0A000A9*A099^00 0AD8D02C901F0 :REM*125 :REM*67 499CB04999005 :REM*71 112 DATA F9E60420CF0A202E0B20M 50 NEXT:GOTO 10 :REM*115 103 DATA 995806992007A90E9900*D A0B200C0AEE2A10AD2A*10C9059 55 IF LEN|AJ)<21THEN BS=AS:GOT 008A9008D2A10 :REM*36 0 70 :REM*184 0DBC8C0C8D0D7 :REM*221 113 DATA 20E209EE2810AD2810C9'0
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NOVEMBER/DECEMBER IBS2 -RUN 27 128 Mode
This debut computer version of the challenging word game, Droplines, proves that "All things come to those who wait."
By MARK JORDAN
SEVERAL YEARS AGO a colleague of en space, you'll read across the grid to it according to your printer manual. mine showed me some word games she find out how many letters are in the word, F7 Get a him (it fills in die correct an was using in the classroom. (All English and below the grid tofind out which ones swer for the spate the cursor is on). teachers love word games.) Unlil then, I might fit. ESCape Go back to the main menu. thought I was familiar with all such game). In the sample printed here the fust Back-arrow (<—) The double-width op "What'it these?" I said. square is a space, the next out- a blank. tion mentioned above. A little-used fea ")im don't know what dmplincs are?" This puzzle must start with a one-letter ture of the video chip that runs the 80-col I studied thepaper. They looked sort word. The choices found below column 1 umn screen is its ability to double pixel of like Wheel of Fortune grids, son of like are Q, I, or S. Obviously, Q and S aren't width. This chip also allows you to change crossword puzzles. "Oh...yes, of course," one-letter words, so it must be I. The next your screen's memory very easily. Putting I said, "...droplines." word is a four-letter word (a comma fol diese two features together gives you the She rolled her eyes. "Here, I'll show you lows); but what can it be? It stnnswith ei ability to work all your puzzles in a how they work." Within minutes, i was ther an R,C, W, or E. If we look at the scrolling, double-width screen. You can booked. next three columns of letters, we can see toggle back and forth between the two Noi only do they have great potential many possibilities: rope, (iipe, Rome, ri'me simplyby pressing the back-arrow key. as a tool for helping kids memorize fa are all there. Not ready to hazard a guess? You'll definitely want to try this out. mous quotes, but droplines are addielivcly Then glance at the next word; it's a one- You can also en-ate quotes for use infu fun. I don't know why it took me so long letter jobbie also (must be ! again). Let's turepuzzles. Just choose Create from the to reali/.e they aredie ideal computer read what we've got: I...I...Hmm, this is main menu. Create mode usesa simple game, but they are, and, if you type in getting interesting. input statement, so don't expect any lux Droplines. you'll have what I believe is the Don't get it yet? Don't dismay. Drop- uries here; just type and press return. first computerized version of this game. lines can be quite challenging, but at You can type up to 150 characters sodon'L Type in Listing I using the Checksum least they're more rim to work on the worry when you get (o the end of tile line. on page 44 and save it. Tile program runs computer. For siarters, you can cursor Also, punctuation fl allowed. The pro in 80-column mode (though it lias a nicely over tlie blanks, skipping punctu gram allows up to 500 quotes, so grab a unique double-widdi output you'll read ation, and jump from space to space. copy of Bartlett's Familiar Qimtationf and about below) so make sure you've got your Plus, you can't type an errant letter (that add quotes any lime you play. If you plan -10/80 Display key pressed down. If you is, one that is not available as a choice on solving many of these yourself, type want to try solving a dropline right away, in whatever column you're on). When enough so you won't recognize diem. Or type in Listing 2 also (you don't have to you do pick a letter, the corresponding belter yet, call in someone else to type s;ive ii if you don't want lo). It will create letter from below the grid will darken to some in for you. Just tell them to finish a few puzzles, which I've encoded so you indicate you've used it once. If you try to each one witha wtl'RN. can't figure them out while you're typing use it again in a different space in that You don't have lo bean Englishteacher them. When you load and run the main column, you won't be able to. 1 he title- to enjoy Droplines, hut using the program program, it will look for a "puzzles" file bar will remind you of your options: will definitely make you more quote-wise, (created by listing 2) and will present you Fl Check your answer. and "A word to the wise is sufficient." You with the main menu, which lias three op F3 Solve the puzzle ("I give up"). can quote me on that. E tions: IjmcI a puzzle. Create one, or Ojiit. F5 Print it. Note: Line 6IM0 sends the Select I. for load. printer codes to make my Star NX-IOC 128 Mode ralttmnat MarkJordan is living Playing the game is almost foolproof if change its spacing. If your printer gives proof that hobliy programming can be creative you know how droplines work. Here's the you trouble, REM out this line or adjust and lots offitn. skinny. A dropline is a puzzle thai asks you to figure out a quotation (a sentence of Listing 1. The Dropilno program. AIbd available an lii.m IIM. (Call 800-824-34991 any kind). You're given a grid with blanks (tilleci-in spaces) indicating the spaces be 70 CilAR,30,2,"fCTRL 6} (2 SPA tween the words. Note; The end of each 0 REM DROPLINE BY MARK JORDAN :REM*148 CEsHSHFT LJOAD (SHFT P)UZ2L line does not indicate the end of a word, 10 SCNCLR :REM'242 E ",1 :RE«*147 only the blanks do. 20 GOSUB30fJ:REM VARIABLES 80 CHAR,3f),3,"(COMD 6) (SHFT The quotes read from left to right :REM*112 CJREATE (SHFT PJUZZLE ",1 across the grid over a series of four or five 30 GOSUBB0l):IFNP<2THENGOSUB7000 :REM*168 90 CHAR,30,4,"(COMD 7} —(5 SPA iuws. All the letters you need to solve the :REM'1B2 40 : :REM*98 CEsHSHFT Q)UIT{5 SPACEs) puzzle are given in scrambled order below 50 DO :REM+28 ",1 :REM*205 each column. So, when you're Hying to 60 SCNCLR:PRINTCHRS11i):GRAPHIC 100 CHAR,30,5,"(CTRL 7) {{SHFT figure out what letter might go in any giv 5:COLOR6,1:FAST :REM*217 P1RESS (SHFT L), {SHFT C),
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RUN Script Plus 128 and 1750 REV incompatibility, the Super Expander Cartridge and sprites, and 1541 drive alignment.
By TIM WALSH
Qhi 1987, RUN released the I'roduc tried transforming the sprite dot patterns gins to lose its ability to formal disks. A tivity litk HI disk, which offered nu into variables and saving them as a sequen number of factors contribute to the mis merous utilities mid applications. Theword tial file, hut that doesn 't seem to work, either. alignment (if floppy drives. Dirtydisk processor HUN Script Plus, for the C-64 I have tried saving sections oj memory surfaces, airborne dust and frequent use and C-J28 was includtd among the Produc wheir I thought the sprite pattern might re all contribute to throwing the drives' tivity liik III programs. side, without success. Ifthen'i anything I heads askew. Even if you go to the ex- flu C-64 version of RUN Script Plus am doing wrong, please let me know. I rentes of keeping your computer area works nicely xeitk a RAM expansion unit, yet —John Writt Spotlessly clean, using an air filtration the C-128 version doesn't work ill all with Lexington, KY system in your home,and only using an REU. To your credit, //(is possibility of in new disks in your drives, bear in mind compatibility was mentioned in the docu A If you have a manual For the Super the read/write heads are mechanical de mentation. Expander cartridge, yon may want vices thai ate subject to wear and tear My question is as follows: Will RUN to check in there for additional infor from heat and constanl motion. Script Phisfir the C-128 ever he upgraded mationOH the sprite editor, I'nforiu- Ihe solution: Align ihe drive your- to work with the 1750 REU? nately, [ don't have such a manual, so I sell, or have a service center do it for —John c. Tobin can't pass along the procedure to you. you. Programs areavailable on thenet Richland, WA One of the conveniences ol the sprite works, such as Quantum Link, to guide editors is that they takethe drudgery you through the process if you want to When we were developing RUN out of having to "reinvent the wheel" tackle it yourself. On 0-1 .ink, look for IScrijJt Plus over five pears ago. I whenever someone wants to Create and R/X Aligner v3.0 and Disk R/X V2.3. worked closely with Robert Rockefeller. save sprites to disk. Of course, with no Vnu'll find them under DOS, Alignment who designed ;ill ol ihe RUN Script documentation on how io use the edi and Cleaning in the (Mil Disk Utilities programs. I recall wo problems oc- tor, it's not going in be of much use. section ol the Commodore Information curred getting ihe 1750 REU to work One of thebestsolutions ! know of is Network (CIN). with RUN Scripl Plus. to ust' a sprite editor such as the Ulti Most service centers only charge One problem was that the program mate Sprite Editor published in RUN about S-15 to align a diskdrivefor you, that Commodore provided withthe (Nov/Dec '91) by Mark Jordan. Sprite and it's money well spent,since they're 1750 RED tli.tt configured thedevice as Editor is packeil with time-saving tools experienced in the procedure and it's a RAM drive used the same memory lo- that makes ihe creation and savingof somethingyou won't have to do again catiom as RUN Script, and that made sprites a breeze. Ali of ihe sprites creat anytime soon. it impractical, if noi impossible in use. ed with ii should work iine with the Su Your second question concerning the The second problem was that the devel per Expander cartridge. 1581 and Datasette really doesn't sur oper's version of a RAM disk configura prise me, but because I don't have ac tion programworked with RUN Script cess to a Daiasette (they've been out of 128, yet it was not available to con Ql have an older C-64 and 15-11 disk production for overseven years), I can't sumers ;U thai time. drive. The drive has a hard time for test and see if I experience I ho same Over time, the developer's RAM disk matting new dish, and it won't work prop problems. became available on the nets, such as erly i/ I power up with a disk in thedrive. 1 ilo know, however, that a C-128D Quantum Link. Thai alleviated the The speed is correct according to an align Cannot access devices plugged into the RUN Scripl problem for some users. ment program. Is there anything I can do to User port (such as a modem) if a 1581 With the passage of more time, other fix this problem? Also, my Datasetle cassette is connected to the system and it is no! REUs wiih compatible software, such as player will not mark with the 1581 disk turned on. ■ Creative Micro Designs RAMI.inkand drive plugged in. Is this normal? RAM Drive became available. That took —Bill White Do you have problems with your kardwarx care of incompatibility issues. We have Los Angeles, ca or questions about your software? You can no plans For publishing any i hanges to get help by writing to: RUN Script ii> accommodate the dis A The problem that you're experienc continued 1750 REU. ing with your computer and 1541 Commodore Clinic drive is more common than you might e/o RUN Magazine think. Virtually all Commodore a'/i- 80 Elm St. Ql use a Super Expander cartridge with inch drives, such as the 154 I and 1571. Peterborough, NH 03458. my C-64. The cartridge's built-in Sprite eventually go out of alignment. When editor is easy to use, hut I ran V finda way this begins to occur, one of the first Hue to the volume of mail, questions can to save the sprites I create to disk. I have things you'll notice is that the drive, be be answered only through ihis column.
NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 1B93 ■ It L N 31 News and New Products
Big plans at Creative Micro Designs, an improved version ofBig Blue Reader and RUN announces the winners of our Summer Fun Giveaway.
By JANICE CROTTY
Readers Pick RUN Winners photo showing its unique miiltiwmdow GateWay 2.5, now available, supports capabilities, see Curtain Call on page 48. geoRAM. adds a few new features and PETERBOROUGH, MI—More than two GeoCanvas is available now for $34.95. fixes some bugs, including anomalies thousand readers entered lUlN'a $2000 Undoubtedly the hottest items to hit with the clock. Gateway 2.5 sells for Summer Fun Giveaway, On the entry the markei ihis year are tlie FD-2000 $34,96, l>nt to current owners of gateY&y form, we asked you to list your favorite and the FD-4000 floppy disk drives. I he upgrade is only S1 "> when you return article from each of our summer issues. These unbelievable drives let you store your original gaieWay disk. Your favorites, in order, were "Geoa up to 3 megabytes ofdata on a single (On a side note, Collette began study 101." "Shareware," "Perfect Print" and 3'/cinch disk. At presstime, CMD ex ing computer engineering this fall at "Online Solutions." pected to star! shipping these drives in Clarkson University in New York. What's October, and both will fall within the his biggest gripe about collegeso fair S250-325 price range. For details, see The closest Q-Link node is in Syracuse, A Better Big Blue "Megadrives" on page 14. a long-distance call.) DECATUR, IN—SOGWAI* Software has Later in the holiday season, look fora Also coming from CMD is anen just released Big Blue Reader 4.0, a sig disk ofJim College's CMOS utility pro hanced version of ftrfect Print, which nificant npgnide ol' their popular grams. Gillette has long been known for will include higher resolution I1Q print MS/DOS-to-Conunodore convulsion his excellent utilities, but now this re er drivers for 9-pin pi inters, better sup utility. BBR has long been a standard in markable young man h oil'to college, port for IBM-emulation printers and LQ the average Commodore user's software and has arranged to have CMD dis border fonts for use in geoWrite docu library, and with its lengthy list of new tribute his software. Collette and CMD ments. At lea.st one additional disk of features, IIBR is even mure powerful. are working together to produce Collette bordei fonts is also ill theworks, and will Improvements have been made to both Utilities ($34.95), a disk thai will include reportedly be available in December. the C-64 and t;-l^n versions. geoWi/ard, Ijislt Landscape and Font (Neither price has been announced at For instance, BBR 4.0 can transfer Editor, among others. presstime, though release of the up "Screen Code" file*, such as Word Writei- G-ateWay users will be pleased lo note grade is imminent.) 6-1, Speed Script, The Write Stuff and that Collette has written an upgrade for For more information, you can call Omni Writer, to MS/DOS formal. (Pocket CMD's popular deskTop replacement. Writer and Paper Clip—PRO Screen Code files—transfer without formatting.) BBR 4.0 can also transfer ASCII or bina Who Won RUN's Summer Fun Giveaway? ry Bles ol any length) \nn\ ran read files from MS/DOS ana CMD subdirectories. Congratulations to these 20 winners chosen from over 2000 entries. Unfortunately, BBR still does not work Thanks to all ofour readers for your overwhelming support. with the 154! disk drive, but it docssup port the 1571.1581, CMD's new ETJ '2000 and -1000. and Commodore REls. Rira complete description of Bit;'"'"' Jay Peel ofVent or, NJ ■to megabyte CMD Hard Drive Reader 4.0, write SOt MAP at 115 Bdl- Robert Wadley of Atlanta, GA 2 megabyte BAMDrive iiiiini Road, Decatur, IN 467S3; or tall Jennifer Lung ol Lancaster, PA I megabyte RAMLmk 219-724-3900. The program is J44.95, Joseph Stalzer ol' Ridgewood, NY Complete live of CEOS software but current owners can upgrade (or $IH K.R. Rollins oi'Cliirkslou, MI Psygnosis games collection il they return their original disks. Frank Vyhnal of Irving, TX Ihneworh productivity package MargaretArbogast of Sacramento, GA JifiyDOS &SID Symphony April Christie of Hal ilelt. TN Abacus productivity fuirkiige Creative Developments Rick Nielsen ol Spencer. 1A Rl.'N software package EAST LONGMEADOW MA—This fall, Thomas Gauigns of Landsale, I'A Mixtd games pack Creative Micro Designs leads the markcl in Commodore and GEOS support with surprising new disk technology and Thefollowing readers wona single game: Steven Cabillot of Mound, MN « Reg many other enhancements to their im Freedman of Staten Island, NY • Thomas Gulizio of Brooklyn, NY • Wayne pressive line of products. Kerns of Justice, II. ■ Michael Long of Rock Hill. SC • Tara Long of Miami, The newest CMD application is geo- FL" David Moeckly of Richmond, VA * Allen Mosley of Oakland. CA * Canvas. a paint program by Nan: Charles Roy ol I'lainvievv. NY • Merrill Sanders of Salcm, OR Fiedler. For a review of geoCanvas and a
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Marvelous Marvel around or under the obstacles blocking Madness A your way. Aside from swinging a mean joystick, you'll also have to use your noggin 10 Super Funand Super Value With solve the puzzles associated with each This Super-Hero Collection level. Only then will you be allowed to advance. The animation and playabilily are superb, even though Spidey's on In the last issue of Software Gallery, I screen character is a bit small. had the somewhat dubious honor ofre X-Men, Madness in .Murderworld viewing one of the latest "bargain" game rounds out this triple-header. Professor collections; I was not impressed. This is Xavier has been kidnapped by Ins long sue finds tne, again, looking at a repack time enemy, Magneto (kidnapping seems aged collection of garnet, hut this time to be a popular theme), it's up 10 the rnu- I'm pleased to report thai the fare of- An excellent value and .1 must-hava, tatii X-Men 10 rescue their mentor. fered in Marvelous Marvel Madness is Marvel Madness from MlcroProas could To advance each level, you'll have to served on a polished platter make you b super hero at your house. contend with puzzles, traps and hostile First off, this collection of three ar Creatures. You can select which of the X- cade/action games should appeal to all puterized comics are dam near as en Men—Cyclops, Storm, Nightcrawler, comic book fans. As the tide implies. grossing as the game. Once past each Daz/ler, Colossus or Wolverine—to use Marvel Madness is based on the adven "page" of comics, tiie picture changes to 10 solvea puzzleor fight your battles. tures of Marvel's comic hook characters, full-screen action as you actually play out Since each X-Man has special abilities, most notably Spider-Man, Captain the story line. ranging from fighting prowess to men America and the X-Men. Next in lilt super hero hit parade is tal abilities, you must choose your hems The games have a few things in com my favorite of the three games, The effectively. There's a lot of fast-action mon: All have exquisite graphics, Amazing Spider-Man. This mix ofac combat here, but X-Men also provides smooth animation and game play, and a tion, arcade and strategy will definitely devious traps and difficult puz/Ies. Anil, high-end, glossy look that smacks of a keep yon glued to your Commodore as I said before,the graphics and sound truly professional product. With thai in screen like a fly in Spidcy's web. Mary are great: plenty of color and smooth mind, let's take a brief look at what's in Jane, the wile ofFcttl Banter (a.k.a., Spi animation make this game pleasing 1o store foryou if you should End X-Men In der-Man) has been kidnapped by Myste- look at and to play. your Christinas stocking. rio. Spidey\s job is, of'course, to slip into The bottom line: Marvelous Marvel Hrst, Spider-Man and Captain America Mystcrio's lair and rescue her. Madness is a great value. Itslast, fun and star in Doom's Revenge. Dr. Doom has This game is like Mario Brothers with colorful. It has good documentation and gotten his hands on a nuclear weapon webs. You'll find obstacles, traps, and reasonable loading times. If I was going and is threatening to bomb a major monsters galore as you wind your way to nominate a "must-have" for thissoft American city—unless, of course, Spidey through level after level of full-screen, ware season, Marvel Madness would cer and the Captain can puta stop tohis in high-resolution graphics. You'll have to tainly get the nod. "It's malicious...just sidious plan. In order to .smash dear Dr. use all of Spidey'.s power to gel through mahelous." Doom, our heroes illllsl fight llleii tollec- the labyrinth. You canclimb walls (or (C-Mi$2-1.95 MicmPmse, ixo Lakefienl tive way into Doom's castle, defeat iiis ceilings!) and fire your webs to get over, Drive, Hunt Valley, MD 21030) minions and face off with die old Doc himself. "Hie game is actually made up of a series of battle sequences, where you (as RUN'S Software Report Card Western Heritage Graphics Spider-Man and Captain America, alter Collection B+ nately) light bad guys with names like Khi- Excellent! A no, Machete and Electro. Everything You Need for Very Decent B Doom's Revenge is more like an elec Western Print Shop Creations tronic comic book than the other games Okay C inthis collection. Before each test of Spi Not Too Swift D Something miraculous happened a der-Man'sor Captain America's special hundred thousand years ago: A chap skills, the story line is presented on the RUN The Other Way F named Grog Rockneck came up with an screen in classic comic book Style. Beau idea to put prehistoric clip art on his tifully drawn with rich colors, the COm- cave walls. Unfortunately, Grog foundhe 1
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could not move his drawings from wallto also old English fonts, stick-aud-rope let wall, nor could he import them to other Z tering, and even a Native American sym caves so as to impress the unwashed TOUARE bol language. Lastly, Western Heritage denizens of his neighborhood. No mat- offers more than 40 border patterns, in teE Grog had the right idea. AM INVITED TO cluding ropes, brands, boots, horses, To be sure, we've come a long way wagons, tackle, Native American designs AM from the cave-drawing days. In fact, we V* and more. Am no longer have to l-ely on OUT own artistic While Western Heritage is veryeasy to skills to have access to literally thousands use, ii comes with a few caveats: First, you of pictures or drawings. Clip an collec must own Print Shop version 2.0, or ver tions abound, and the Western Heritage sion 1.0 with eitherthe Companion or Graphics Collection lias found a definite the 1 loliday Edition, wbii b update Print niche in an otherwise crowded market. Shop 1.0 to version 2.0. Second, 1 used
Western Heritage is a collection of A* Western Heritage with my Seikosiui SP- graphics, borders and Poms thai you can AtJ 1000 printer and Super Graphics Inter import and use with your own copy of A WESTERN face with no problems. But, the manual PrinI Shop. states that Western Heritage will not As tlie name implies. Western Her BAR-B-Q work witli a Commodore printer, so be itage's graphics are all based upon an fore purchasing this program call I lorse Old West theme. A plethora of nicely PARTY Feathers and ask them about your par drawn graphics await your homemade ticular printer (1-509-376-ti928). wanted posters, stationary, letterhead, Ul- If you're tired of using the same old yitatiQns or newsletters. You'll find cow Western Heritage provides Print Shop clip an day after day. Western Heritage boys, Indians, horses, famous western graphics, borders and fonts for every can add new /ing to your Print Shop ses heroes and villains, brands, wagons and Western occasion. sions. The thorough documentation in- jusi about any other figure we popularly cludes samples, instructions for putting ascribe to the Old West. Moreover, a bevy ofwestern fonts can together wanted posters and the like, With over (JO graphic designs From help gel your messages across. The pack and the graphics look great. Ef western which to choose, you will likely run out age's 11 fonts in< hide not only those as themes are your thing. Western Heritage of irleas before you run out of clip art. sociated with original reward posters, but has everything you need—indigo dye
PD Gallery I've evenbean!songs that sound better to help keep your files straight. on my C-64 than on my Amiga. StereoPlayer has advanced features Everyihing about Stereo Player is top normally associated with commercial RUN widen are turning to shareware and notch. Its fitst, good-looking, easy-to- programs, including fast-load routines, /iiii'lii: dtimain softwaiv man mid more often, use interface is divided in half: One 1581 drive support, drivelogging, even and Software Gallery has heard the call. side displays the music files on the se a simulated piano keyboard that dis Look for reviews offreely distributable soft lected disk, I he other displays the com plays the notes being played.Q-I.ink ware in every i«i«f. mands you can invoke to move around hasthe largest collection of SIDed mu the system. Vou can select one song or sic available, including oldies, lop 40, highlight up to 200 songs from a list. soundtracks and original compositions. Stereo Player v.10.03 A Moreover, some SIDed files have pic But this is supposed to be a stereo tures or Ivrics associated wills (hem that player, is it not? Quile so, and that's A Great Way to Play Music will appear as the song plays. You can where ii shines. How canyou gel stereo Files on Your C-64 repeal songs, change to a different file sound from a one-channel system like disk or invoke various DOS commands the 64's? Easy, you must have a second I only have one question about this SID chip installed. It's not as dilticuli as program: Why in the WOl Id didn't Mark it sounds, especially since Creative Mi DickerSOfl release this line i'.-M music ni) Designs sells a Stereo SID Cartridge player commercially? This is, by far, the that | >lii-;s into the backof the comput best program I've ran across—bar none er, (See "Curtain Call" in ihc July/Au —for playing "SIDed" music files. (For gust issue for a review). With a second the uniniiiatcd. SIDed music refers to SID chip, you liave two channels and musical scores composed with Com- six "voices" available, milking it possi putel's Music System for the Com ble to create some really outstanding modore 64 and 128. Enhanced Editor) music and sound effects. StereoPlayer There arc thousands of music files that sends its music through both the left you can download and play with Stereo and righi channels for pseudo-stereo Player. And I'm not talking about rinky- playback. Of course, the music iile in dink, Mary-had-a-litile-lamb composi question mustbe created specifically for tions. Some of the best music I have stereo playback. Mono songs are auto ever heard out of the 64*5 SID chip has PD prog ram Stereo Player rivals matically put through one channel. come from Dickerson's Stereo I'iayer. commercial C-64 musicprograms. If you're a music lover and haven't
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and cave walls not included, of course, pointed with SID Matter Even though waveform, attack, decay, sustain and re {C-64 and Print Skop/$24.9S. Horse you can experiment with the program lease values. Ring modulation and sync Feathers Graphics, North 27310 Short Road, by changing different register values, parameters are also displayed, among Deerltirk, Washington 99006-9712) you won't really know what you're doing other things. unless you happen to he a SID wizard to Bringing the voices to life is as easy as begin with. This program was designed pressing a function key. By entering dif SID Master B to help users understand how the SID ferent numbers into voice parameters, works. Todo that, you're going to have you can dramatically change the way the Sound Editor Program Helps to hit the extensive and often technical voice sounds. Moreover, you can further Users Understand the SID Chip documentation. shape- the sound by working wilh SID The 48-page booklet thai accompa Master's filter registers and special "soft The C-G4, as mosi ofus know, has al nies this program holds a wealth ofiniOT- ware links"—registers not actually within ways been capable of producing sophis maiion. Noi only will it explain how to the SID chip thai ailcct the quality of the ticated music and sound effects. Unfor usethe program, but it also shows how sounds. tunately, working with the Sound waveforms and other SID features work, The SID Master program offers visual Interface Device (the SID chip) is often using both narrative and a liberal sprin prompts to what's happening inside the an exercise in frustration. Without a kling of diagrams. Make no mistake computer. Digital and analogmeters at good reference book—and theyaie hai d about it, however, some of the material the bottom of the screen display theout to find ihesi: days—programming the is rather technical. put range of the SID's sound registers. SID chip in make anything other than Although the program doesn't break Additionally, a wave graphics area places migraine-inducing static can lie a hassle. new ground, it does succeed in one vital a graphical designation of the selected Many sound editor programs have been area: SID Master provides both visual waveform on the screen. released over the years in an effort to and audio cues that help you navigate SID Master is one of the better SID ed make programming the SID a litile less the SID chip, and develop sophisticated itors I've chanced across. It is not a music difficult, and (as you might have sound effects. editor, nor will it make you an expert SID guessed) SID Master is yet another. SID Master's single screen is divided programme!; It will, however, make ex If you're a devoted Followerof the up into live windows that address distinct perimenting with sound effects faster "boot-and-go" school of program use. aspects of the.SID's sound registers. The and easier. someone who loathes wading through screen displays the SID's three voices (C-64/S7. Info Sofiwait, 9725Alexander documentation, you'll be sorely disap along with their frequency parameters, Lane, Fishers, IN 46038) U
yet downloaded this program, do so. Some liles are buried on the bottom, so must select two tiles that have matching And, while you're at it, make sure you you can't remove them until you've patterns. If it's a legal match, they'll be download the documentation file. Al cleared much of the board. Clearing removed from the Dragon; if they don't though you don't necessarily need it, the Mah [ongg Dragon takes both strat match, you'll be told so. Tappe also in you'll want to know all the ins and outs egy and luck, so chances are good you cluded handy Undo andHelp features, of Stereo I'layer. will play many games before you man to get you through the rough spots. age to win one. While Tappe's Mah Jongg is not as Author: Mark A. Dickmon Kurt lappc's C-1S8 version of Mah colorful as some versions I've seen, the Service: Q-l.ink Jongg is one of the most faithful I've tiles are well-drawn and easy to identify, filename: stBfsolO.3a.sda seen, and the implementation of the andmouse support is a nifty (ouch, And Uploader: mark AD I game itself is where this program even though Mali Jongg 2.0 is written Terms: Freeware shines. Soon after you run the program, in Basic, it is relatively fast and plays DL Tivie: 1200bps—7:56 minutes a classic Mali Jongg Dragon (stack) ap smoothly. Required: C-64; For documentation, pears with the tiles randomly dispersed. Mali I ongg is admittedly one of my download "stereo 10.doc.sda" Using a joystick or 1851 mouse, you favorite computer games, and I find myself CODling back to Kurt Tappe's version lime and again—even when I Mah Jongg v. 2.0 B+ shouldn't. In (act, if my editorasks why my reviews were late, I'll simply have to The Most Addictive Game You tell her that I couldn't help it, I've been May Ever Play playing Mah jongg. Somehow I think she'll understand. Mali Jongg, developed thousands of years ago in the Far East, is a variation Author: Kurt Tappe of Chinese solitaire. You systematically Service: Q-IJnk remove tiles from a playing board until Filename: mah'jongg v2.sda none remain. The catch is that you can Uploader: KurTappe only remove tiles in matching pairs, Terms; Freeware and even then, only when the tiles both DL Time: 12G0bps-^:43 have a left or right side free. To further Required: C-12S in 40-column mode; Joy complicate matters, die 144 tiles are ar Usa a mouse or a joystick to clear the stick or 1351 mouse ranged in a stack, called the Dragon. Dragon in thisclassic Chinese gama.
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