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TEST-DRIVE THE
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Serial bus Interface supports Standard Serial as well as high-performance Fast Serial and JiffyDOS protocols. 31/2" SCSI technology allows for quiet, cool reliable operation In a compact case about the same size as a 1581 drive. Can be interfaced with Amiga, IBM - compatible and Macintosh computers, allowing you to take It with you when you upgrade. Built-in real time clock for time and date stamping of flies.
Pre-installed Q-LJnk software provides easy access and faster downloading to Americas most popular 64/126 online service.
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HD-20 $599.95 • HD-40 $799.95 • HD-100 $1299.95 • Built-in two drive file copier. Copy PRG.
SEO. RELand USR dies botwaan two drives of any lypo or toand from REU's. Great for quick backups and moving programs and files be tween 15d1.1571 8 1581 drives and REU's.
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JiffvDOS Version 6.0
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haidwsrB and scftHa1?, indud^wpyprDSWedrefriniereia] programs
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• Redefinable 64-mode function keys. Allows you to easily redefine the function keys to sun your specific needs.
Irom 1541 arid 1571 drives to any partition on your 1581. Select partitions ess )y with just a
Burct ROMs, Turbo ROMs, and Paratel Systems - without any o! the tisadvamages
Access your REU just like a ds* drive without
screen mode recognition and printirg of up
products.
' Ultra-las! muHMint MrIII technology. ErabteJrSyQOStooutpertomi Cartridges, | • 1581 support. Copy programs and files
Expansion Units) running under RAMDOS.
• Enhanced text screen dump. Automat*
and RAMLInk. Enhances the performance
ol CMC's new line of integrated C64C128
The Ultimate Disk Drive Speed Enhancement System
■ Speeds up ill disk optmlonf. Load. Save. Format. Scratch, VaKaie, access PRG,SEQ,RrL,USHaci;fea-acces3(ilesupto15tlmMla$Mrl
having lo load special wedge utilities.
■ Supports CMD HD Series Hard Drives
few key strokes.
■ Quick printer output toggle. Asim^e3-
key command swtcnes ojtpji Irom screen io ptinief and bacHumn ease. Eliminates having to type the complied OPEN£.4.CMD4 ana PRINTsi.CLOSEi command sequences.
■ Umj no pettiertiti»e«Mlng. The JflyCOS ROMs nfliadajcur computer and
tfnvefs) rrTunaSy lor maim in $eed and compaibilj. ■ E<tsy IraUWion. No eipeneno; or ipecal tools required for most systems
SupportiCW,6»C.SXS4,C12S,Cl280,154l,1S41C, 1S4H, 1471,1581 4 m<wt| Cm ba complnUiy snitched nut > ever necessary, the (lip ol a milch returns you
to a 100% stock configuration - without resetting or powering (town.
• Adjustable sector interleave. Enadles
Bultt-ln DCS W»dgt. Plus 17 auditorial commands and amwiience features, Jnckjdinp.fikjcopieT, icfcendump, duodory menu, and sin
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C-E.1 SX-64 systems $59.95; C-128 C-i:'iil) systems 169,95; Additional diivn ROMs $23.95 Please specify computer (w serial number) and driv9|s| when ordering.
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CONTENT VOLUME 7, NUMBER 6
JUNE/JULY 1990
FEATURES More Power to You by Ellen Rutt Considering an upgrade lo a [581 disk drive? First learn about its Special fcuutes and how il operates. Do-lT-YOURSELFTnOUBLESHOOTINO hy Mithlld CaVHtUtUgh
All tilings del tricol eventually brtak down, even when you take precautions. The diagnostic look described in this ankle can help you deal with problem situations as [hey arise. The Palette-able G4 by Richard I'enn
who would ever believe that theC-64 could display 138 different cobra on the monitor screen al ihe same time? This programmer did, and you will too! BulL'S-Eye! by Tony ttmntner
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Have fun playing this C-64 dart game—you'll never again have to worry aboul darts marring the paneling in your pliiyrcxim!
Escape Hatch 128 by Richard Cure to Add a split-screen Escape function lo your C-128 in both 40- and 80-Coluinn mndes.
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RUN readers will find a free pullout between panes 28 and 29 of this issue. Included in our programmer's reference card are the command! (or screen colors, tin1 1571 and 1581 disk drives, CommodntOLonipaiible printers and the 1351 mouse—and they all work with the C-64 and the C-128! In addition. C-128 users get 2". escape key commands.
DEPARTMENTS 4 Letter From the Publisher
What raided can raped from RUN manzlne in the month] ahead.
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1fl Software Gallery Reviews of: • Lou Sander's Tips and Tricks for Commodore
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Gold Mine by Louis F. Sandrr Get into the swing of things this summer with tips to turn you into a hot gamer.
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Commodore Clinic ■■ Ellen Ruin Answers to your questions about Commodore computing,
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At last! A utility that lets you load almost any GEOS desk accessory on your C-64 or C-128.
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76,0,0,169,2,37,7,208,5,104
:REM*225
DATA 104,76,68,229,24,104,168,104,170,
Super Sweep 64 "sweeps" the screen clear in a variety of
76,240,255
ways, and you can experiment with them. The syntax for activating .Super Sweep 64 is as follows:
:REM*43
—reinkr Richtf.r, Kalusta, Australia
SVS 49152.S.T
where Sis a number ham 0 to 255 and determines the (peed of the clearing process {the lower the number, the foster the clear), T is 0, 1 or 2 and specifies the type of dear. For instance, setting T equal to 0 will clear upwards and towards the center of the screen simultaneously, while 1 will sweep towards the center and 2 will sweep lo the center and return
lo the line where the command originated. Clean Sweep 64 can easily be used within programs for dynamic effects, and it's fully relocatable,
0 REM CLEAN SWEEP 64 - REINER RICHTER :REM*132
10 FOR T= 49152 TO 49399:READ D:POKE TfD:C K=CK+D:NEXT
20 IF CK <>
:REM*228
28864 THEN PRINT "ERROR IN DAT
A..,":END
:REM*70
30 B=49152:C=256:B=B+35:POKE B+192,B-INT(B /C)*C:P0KE B+193,B/C :REM*127 40 PRINT"ENTER SYS 49152,S,D TO CLEAR SCRE EN."
All those who've endured the agony of typing in C-64 programs made up of seemingly endless Data statements probably have longed for a numeric keypad. Well, your wait is over! 64 Numeric Keypad is a keypad program packed with useful options.
Type in and save 64 Numeric Keypad lo disk. To activate
It, press the control and I-'i keys at the same time. It converts the U, 1 and O keys to 4, 5 and 6, respectively; the J, K and
L keys become I, 2 and 3; and the M key is 0. The 7, 8 and 9 keys perform as usual. For addeil convenience, the 0 key is now the insert-delete key, and P is the minus key. The colon key becomes the return key.
All other keys are deactivated, except for the D key and shifted A, so thai the word DATA can he abbreviated when typ
ing iu Data statements. You can deactivate 64 Numeric Keypad the same way you activated it—just press control/Fl.
f) REM 64 NUMERIC KEYPAD - IVAN KRALJEVIC
:REM*89
50 DATA 32,241,183,232,134,2,32,241,183,13 4,7,56,32,240,255,138,72,152,72:REM*167
60 DATA 162,25,169,19,32,210,255,169,17,20 2,208,248,169,20,13 3,12,166,2
:REM*163
70 DATA 136,208,253,202,208,250,169,255,13
3,30,133,32,169,215,133,31,169 :REM*52 80 DATA 3,133,33,162,231,160,19,177,32,72, 177,30,200,145,30,104,145,32
:REM*199
90 DATA 136,136,208,241,169,40,24,101,30,1 33,30,169,40,24,101,32,133,32 :REM*175 100 DATA 144,4,230,31,230,33,228,32,208,21 5,169,7,197,33,208,209,169,20
110
S598 64 Numeric Keypad
:REM*26
DATA 133,30,133,32,169,4,133,33,169,21
:REM*118
10 FOR T=49152 TO 49342:READ D:POKE T,D:CK =CK+D:NEXT
:REM*2
20 IF CKO25665 THEN PRINT"DATA ERROR":END :REM*86
30 SYS
49152
:REM*204
40 DATA 120,169,18,141,143,2,169,192,141,1 44,2,169,0,141,125,192,88,96
:REM*188
40,52,173,145,2,48,77,173,24
:REM*211
50 DATA 173,141,2,201,3,208,21,205,142,2,2 60 DATA 208,73,2,141,24,208,76,112,192,201 ,4,144,35,164,203,192,4,208
:REM*173
70 DATA 29,205,142,2,208,4,196,197,240,17, 173,125,192,2 40,2,169,255,73
:REM*85
:REM*109
80 DATA 255,141,125,192,162,255,76,36,235,
00,200,192,20,208,239,169,40 :REM*178 130 DATA 24,101,30,133,30,169,40,24,101,32 ,133,32,144,4,230,31,230,33 :REM*54 140 DATA 228,32,208,213,169,7,197,33,208,2 07,169,3,133,33,169,255,133,32 :REM*41 150 DATA 162,15,169,32,160,0,145,32,200,14
90 DATA 5,170,208,7,173,125,192,240,2,162,
6,133,31,162,252,160,1,177,32
120 DATA 72,177,30,136,145,30,104,145,32,2
5,32,169,40,24,101,32,133,32
160
:REM*225
DATA 144,2,230,33,228,32,208,232,169,8 ,197,3 3,208,226,169,1,37,7,20S:REM*115
170 6
DATA 5,169,17,32,210,255,198,12,240,3, kl'S
JUNEflUUf 1990
76,66,235,10,201,8,144,2,169
:REM*75
8,189,115,192,133,245,189,116
;REM*6 4
100 DATA 192,133,246,76,224,234,129,235,19 110
4,235,3,236,120,236,126,192,0 :REM*155 DATA 20,13,29,255,255,255,255,17,255,2 55,255,255,255,255,69,1,255
120
:REM»107
DATA 255,68,255,255,255,255,255,55,255 ,255,56,255,255,52,255,57,53
;REM*192
130 DATA 49,20,48,50,54,255,43,45,51,45,46 ,13,255,44,255,42,59,255,1,61
:REM*2 9
140 DATA 94,47,255,255,4,255,32,2,255,3,25 5
:REM*235
— Ivan Kraljevic Harford cochabamba, bolivia
S599 Mini Marquee 64
system with two drives that are not equipped with DIP
Switches, such as older 1541s, and configure one as device H and the other as device (J. [usl keep :\ copy of Add a Drive 64/128 oil a disk and run it when needed.
0 REM ADD A DRIVE 64/128 - JERRY DICKSON :REM*206
10 PRINTCHR$(147)"TURN OFF FIRST DRIVE,
Many routines have been written thai make ;i message
scroll across the C-64 screen. What sets my short machine language program, Mini Marquee 64f apart from other mes sage-scrolling routines is that up to 175 characters move
across the screen in a pixel-by-pixel format, resulting in a
super-smooth, professional display. To use it in your own programs, delete lines 70-90 and
HN":PRINT"ON
20
GETA$:IFA$=""THEN20
:REM*38
10 FOR U*=679 TO 744:READ Q: POKE U,Q:CK = CK+ Q:NECT:FORT=1TO40:B$=B$+"
":NEXT: REM*90
20 IF CK <>
10433 THEN PRINT"ERROR IN DATA
...":END
:REM*201
30 DATA 120,162,192,134,252,169,0,133,251, 160,199,173,18,208,201,50,208,24 9 :REM*252
40
DATA 140,22,208,173,18,208,201,58,208,2 49,142,22,208,136,192,191 ,208,231 :REM*31
50 60
DATA 173,1,220,201,239,240,21,160,40,17 7,251,153,255,3,136,208,248,230:REM*135 DATA 251,165,251,201,69,208,204,76,172, 2,88,96
:REM*242
70 M$="INTRODUCING MINI MARQUEE! L
ROUTINE
FOR
SCROLLING"
A SHORT M :REM*7
80 M$=M$+" MESSAGES SMOOTHLY ACROSS THE SC REEN...PRESS SPACEBAR TO QUIT..." :REM*140
90 PRINTCHR$(147)CHR$(154):POKE 53281,0:PO KE 53280,0:L=10:GOSUB 2000:END :REM*210 1999
REM DISPLAY
MARQUEE
SUB
:REM*27
2000 M$=B$+M$+B$:POKE 209,0:POKE 210,192:P OKE
211,0:POKE
213,LEN(M$):PRINTM$
50
R$(41)CHR$(73):CLOSE15 :REM*148 PRINT"{CTRL 8)NOW TURN ON FIRST DRIVE." :END
C=55296+L*40:FORT=CTOC+39:POKE T,PEEK <646):NEXT
:REM*25
:REM*216
—Jerry Dickson. Sandwich. IL
S59B Banner 64 Banner 04 prints banners in eight different heights, using any character or graphics symbol. At the first prompt, enter your message, and at the second enter tile height of the message, from 1 lo 8.
Banner 6-1 works with virtually any primer and can be used with custom character sets that are stored beginning at location 12288.
$ REM BANKER 64 - JAY TAPLIN :REM*225 10 OPEN4,4:PRINT#4,CHR$(27);CHRS(86);CHR$( 14):IF(PEEK(25?)AND255)=99THEN50 :REM*182
20
POKE52,48:POKE56,48:POKE5633 4,PEEK(5633
30
FORI=0TO204 0:POKE12288+1,PEEK(1+53248):
4)AND2 54:POKE1,PEEK(1)AND251 NEXT:POKE1,PEEK(1)OR4
:REM*201 :REM*73
40 POKE56334,PEEK(56334)OR1:POKE251,99 :REM*162
50
INPUT"MESSAGE";W$:INPUT"HEIGHT";H:R$="( CTRL 9)(10 SPACEsHCTRL 0}":I$ = "{10 SPA CEs}":SL=12288 :REM*197
60 FORW=1TOLEN(W$):PRINT"{SHFT CLR}"MID${W $,W,1 );X=PEEK(1024)AND255:X=X*8
:REM*43
70 FORT=7TO0ETEP-1:Z=(2{UP ARROW}T):FORQ=1 80
TOH:FORJ=7TO0STEP-1 :REM*250 IF(PEEK(SL+X+J)ANDZ)=ZTHENO=0;FORN=1TOH
90
0100 FORN=1TOH:PRINT#4,"
:PRINT#4,"{CTRL 9)
:REM*230 2010
:REM*138
40 PRINT#15,"M-W"CHR$(119)CHR$(0)CHR$(2)CH
activate, use the commands MS = "VOUR MESSAGE" and
f) REM MINI MARQUEE 64 - RICHARD PENN
TU
:REM*167
:REM*212
30 OPEN15,8,15
substitute your own program between lines 150 and 1999. To
E. = lint#, which is the physical screen line fur the marquee to scroll across.
SECOND DRIVE."
{CTRL 0)";:NEXTN:GOT ";:NEXTN
:REM*84 :REM*158
2020 S=C~54273:H=INT(S/256);POKE727,S-H*25
100 NEXTJ:PRINT*I4,CHR$(141 ) :NEXTQ,T:PRINTS
6:POKE 728,H ;REM*103 2030 POKE 694,50+8*L:POKE 704,PEEK{694)+9:
110
POKE 737,LEN(M$)-40:SYS679:RETURN :REM*102
120
—Richard Penn, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
4,CHR$(141):NEXTW
:REM*175
INPUT"AMOTHER BANNER";A$:IFLEFT$(A$,1) ="Y"THENGOTO50 :REM*247 CLOSE4:END :REM*42
—Jay Taplin. Hampden, ME ■
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Mail RUN Reader reaction concerning the problems facing users' groups; and a plea for programs supporting RAM expansion units.
WHO'S To Blame? Editor-in-Chief Dennis Brisson's RUNning Ruminations column (RUN, March 1990) has hit bottom. Do the edi tors and writers at RUN realize what they
are doing tn the Commodore industry
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if you'd slop treating the machines as toys by pushing games and CEOS at your readers. — Daniel H. Toth Bath, SC If we were to deny Ike existence of games
and the influence of GEOS in this market,
which I am program director, has been in operation since September 1986 and now has 84 families in the group. We continue to gain new members, draw
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—Michael W. Kelley N. RIDGEVILLE, OH
REU Support are neglecting serious users of RAM expansion units such as the 1700, 1750 and 1764.1 have yet to see any software made exclusively for them. Lei's see the REU's direct memory access instead
of just settling for a simple four-com mand wedge or a 1541 emulator. The Commodore REU is a serious piece of hardware that should get a lot more use than it does,
Staying Alive Dennis Brisson's editorials have ap peared to be accurate reflections of the state of support for the Commodore 64 and 128. Your editorial in March is no exception. Nor is our local users' group
an exception to the deteriorating con ditions you mentioned.
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Virginia Beach, VA For a list of productivity software that support REUs, see "Packing a Punch" in the December 1989 issue of RUN. Appli
cations thai support the REU include word processors, databases and spreadsheets.
Users' groups should re-organize un
—Editors
der a new, more generic name, and restructure the organization to reflect
the fact thai eventually the C-64 and 128 are going to be phased out. To keep
users' groups alive means incorporat
Meeting 64/128 Users Through the Mail
ing special interest groups (C-64, C-128, MS-DOS), each of which has its own chairman, iis own meetings and its own library.
You are so right. Many users' groups once devoted to the interests of Com modore users are no longer serving this
—William H. Ciark
serting [he 8-bii Commodores prema turely. As your editorial pointed out, there is life in these machines and there are a great many people who still use them and love them. Meeting 64/128 Users Through the Mail is a Commodore group that's ideal for the disabled, elderly, rural residents,
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Still Going Strong I read the March 1990 editorial about users' groups. Basic Bits Commodore Group of North Ridgeville, Ohio, of 12
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information on the group and an ap
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some programs that lake advantage of
RUN would mislead its many readers and
—Editors
and those who work at a time when most local groups have their meetings. We welcome any 64/128 users, whether they are beginners or experi enced progammers. Write to me (Route 1, Box 151, St. Joseph, IL 61873) for
who'd like to join a local users' group, please
It seems as if serious programmers
fail miserably in its role as news reporter, not news maker.
those with transportation difficulties
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From reading RUN'S March Mail RUN column, it would appear that some readers don't understand what's happening. If Mr. Johnson (see the let ter, "He's Serious About Computing")
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Software Gallery Having fun in the summertime means reviews offootball, games, books and (don't tell the kids) education! By BETH S.JALA
Lou Sanders Tips and Tricks For Commodore Computers . A Lou Sander's Gold Mine ...
A
Add These Two Books To Your Software Library!
every
commercial
game
written
for
Commodore computers. As a mailer of fact, there are more than
1200 tips
(most of which came from readers) on The games are arranged alphabeti cally for easy reference. Not only will you
many games better, but you'll also dis
to cover in three nights—a testimony to the fact thai I found I was learning
cover dozens of secret codes, key presses
something new and that, even though
gain extra lives, points or money in
I'm a game reviewer, there are siill sev eral games I've given up on simply be
cause I couldn't get past a particular puzzle or level.
Tips and Trich for llommodote Com puters details hundreds of nifty timesavers, short
utilities
and
nice-to-know
information for a broad Spectrum of
Commodore computers, Obviously, the
C-(54 receives most of the attention, but scattered throughout you'll find dozens ofC-128 and Plus/4 hints, and even a chapter thru contains tricks for the Amiga and SX-64 computers.
or pre-boot I'okes that can be used lo many games.
and hardware goodies, computer lan guage tidbits, SOUnd effects, working with numbers and video displays, screen hacks and a lot mure. What really sets this book apart from others of its ilk is the variety and use
fulness <if the information. And, al-
addresses and telephone numbers, I'll wager thai many of you have a lot of money invested in software that's sitting dormant in your bookcase be
Speaking of gold mines, you're prob
ably familiar with Sander's column of that name in this magazine. His book, ('•old Mine, is a compilation of hundred]
of useful hints, tines and tips for almost II
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labels. That's because I've got Label Maker, version 2.0. li does exactly what its name says.
Label Maker comes set up for one
find that darn crystal sword. Gold Mine
dozen popular-sized labels, from "Hello"
may be jusi the anodyne your battered
tags to FOtBTy file cards. II you run out ol address labels, the program lets you
software library needs. (Wmdcrest Books; distributed by TAB Hooka, Inc., Blue Ridge
Report Card A
Superb! An exceptional program that outshinei all others.
B
Good. One oft he better programs
availnble in its category. A worthy addition to your software library. C
Average. Lives up to its billing. \d major
hassles or disappointment <i here-. □
Poor. This program has some problems. There are better on the market.
you're an old hand like me, then yon
much you don't know!
Labels? You want labels? I've got disk
cause you just can't get past a level or
easy reference.
may be pleasantly surprised by how
Who's Got the Label?
I've got filing labels. I've got standard address labels, audio and video cassette
ers and authors, many of Sander's own
if you're just getting started in the world of Commodore computing, this book will be a gold mine to yon. If
Label, Label,
the game programs listed by publisher, as well as a complete directory, with
though the majority of hints were
book. Moreover, the chapters are ar ranged categorically and indexed for
A
labels (51/,- or 3V,-inch. take your pick).
submitted by Omrnodore Magazine read
insights are scattered throughout the
Label Maker
In the final chapters, you'll find all
The short chapters (-112 pages) cover a broad range of topics: saving money on computer supplies, programming
—John Ryan BlLOXI, MS
over "i00 games!
find little treasures to help you play
I read both ofthese books from cover
Summit, PA 17294-0840, Tips and Tricks, $21.95 paptrback[ Cold Mine, SI 9.95 paperback-)
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Failure. Many problems; should be
deep-si xedl
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keys move you around. The program has many useful op tions. A handy one, Increment Field, lets labels be numbered sequentially. Another fixes characters on the screen so they can't be erased or typed over.
The I-'rce/.e feature lets the return ad dress on an envelope remain the same while other areas change. Label Maker also has a Screen-blanking feature (fiat turns your monitor screen gray after several minutes of no keyboard activity. Fill fields lets up to nine fields of data
merge into labels. The manna! gives specific instructions for making fill files using Data Manager 2, Data Manager
128, Fleet Filer, Superbase and The t'onsultant. It also explains how to cre
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the label lines to lake advantage of your
input regarding local weather. The USA
as a spectator, have Madden coach both
printer's various typefaces. The pro
database provides facts for 52 weather
the home and visiting teams.
gram can also handle from one to 12
Stations in the U.S.—January and July temperatures, record highs and lows
Prior to play, you set up field con ditions and the number of minutes per
and precipitation, for example.
quarter, along with toggiing on and off
up copy of the program to use as a
If students are not familiar with the use of a database or the Bank Street
working copy. That's good advice, and
School
Filer, a teacher will have to
keeping copy protection
several other critical functions, includ ing fatigue, penalties, injuries, play re cap and the 30-second clock.
spend
some lime familiarizing them
labels aCTOIS the page.
The dearly written documentation
recommends that users make a liack-
away from
There are ten teams to choose from,
productivity software is a laudable mar
with [he procedures for accessing and
each with its own strengths and weak
keting practice. Label Maker isn't flashy or exciting-
utilizing the databases. 'File Teacher's Guide includes a sum
nesses, and each player has his general ratings. On the field, you must not only
even its liile is lackluster. But it does
mary of each database, sample records, detailed lesson plans, follow-up activi
determine ihe appropriate plays lo use,
what it was designed 10 do, with no ."".".
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key for the teacher. Also included in the Guide are various maps, temperature
Printing on Rotode« cards demonstrates
charts, cloud descriptions, instructions
Label Maker's versatility.
for making weather instruments, gen eralizations you can draw from re
hassle for the user. I'll take thai over
searching the files, and the scientific
busy displays and colorflj] packaging any day. (Keystone Software, I'O Box 8369, Pittsburgh, PA 15218, C.-64I
explanations lor each generalization. The suggested activities are clever and workable. File Teacher's Guide is,
$29.95.)
however, extremely cumbersome. Al though it contains a wealth of infor
— LONNIK BROWN Lakf.uvnd, FL
Climate and Weather B+
Courseware for Future Meteorologists You are an employee ofClimate Find ers, Inc., an electronic data research agency that specializes in "travel and
relocation," You've been asked to (hid nomropical places on earth where it's never below freezing, so that a man can travel without endangering his Gila monster. Do you know how to obtain this information—quickly? You do if you're familiar with Climate and Weather Databases, a set of files
designed for use with the Bank Street School Filer. With this program, stu dents in grades four through 12 can
research many facets of climate and weather, while becoming proficient in database manipulation. The software contains three files: World. Weather and USA. The World database provides climatic facts for 72 weather stations around the globe. As employees of Climate Finders, Inc.,
students research this file and respond
to information requests. The Weather file is a database of informal ion students 16
RUN
JUNFJJULY 1990
Just one of the miny screens in fBBtureladen John Mattdsn Football.
mation, it's not well organized or easily
accessible. There's no index, no glossary and no suggestions on how to lead stu
Databases
but also keep track of the players' health
ties and student materials. The first five Climate Finders requests are accom
and performance as ihe game progresses.
You deal with three basic views in
dents lo reach generalizations.
JM1"; the huddle, the field and the sta
Nonetheless, Climate and Weather Databases should be a valuable resource
dium. The field and stadium views place you above the players at approximately
for any school interested in training
a 15-degree angle. This adds a three-
students to use more than an encyclo pedia for research. And it should pro vide any classroom with plenty of data
dimensional look to the game that's es sential to this type of simulation.
on weather and cliiuaie. (Sunburst Com-
includes a chalkboard play-diagram ming utility. Moreover, you can create
munkations, 39 Washington Ave., Pitasantvilte, NY 10570. C-MI$59- SI 77 for the IO-disk lab pack.)
—Sharon G. Weinf.r Chicago, IL
John Madden Football
A
Lei's Go to The Chalkboard! This simulation might just change the way people think about computer foot
ball software. John Madden Football (|MF) can be played as an action game, where key players are manually controlled, or as a strategy game, where you select the
JMF offers a Practice option and also
new playbooks lo hold your plays, or redesign those already in existence. With the Madden Report feature, you can easily get an at-a-glance comparison of two teams. Finally, JMF lets you edit each team—change player numbers, names, injury status and ratings to your liking.
As an action game, the switch from the close-up view to stadium view can become confusing because it's hard to distinguish your players. Likewise, tak ing control of the runner becomes dif ficult if your man gels in a crowd.
JMF is a statistician's dream. And, while the joystick selection method of double clicking takes some gelling used
play and let the computer handle move
lo, the program layout and logical menu setups make getting into the coachingbusiness very easy. Depending
ment. You can play against a friend or against John Madden as the computer coach. Or, if you want to enjoy the game
limes are not intolerable.
on what options you toggle, disk activity can be fairly regular, although load
SOFTWARE
GALLERY
JMF has its quirks, but it could be come the definitive C-G4 football sim
player. Gathering prizes increases your
ulation. With its superb documentation
points; and touching chutes lakes you
and a quick-start program to case you
to another level. Unfortunately, all of
score; hitting boODV traps costs you
in, about the only thing missing from
this is a waste of time, for you've already
John Madden football is die locker
won the game, and you can't take your prizes with you. Youngsters will quickly tire of Fun
room! (Electronic Arts, 1820 Gateway Drive, San Malta, CA 94404. C-64/ $39.95.)
House. The graphics arc IBM CGA-
quality. and the music and sound effects are equally unsophisticated. Worse yet, ihe Single Player option lacks a com puter opponent, and there is no real head-to-head competition between players in the Two Player mode.
—John Ryan
BUOXI, MS
Eye of Horus
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The Stage is Set With Aiicient Mazes and Keys, Amulets and Elevators An evil Egyptian named Set has torn the corpse of his half-brother Osiris into seven pieces, scattering them through
out a cavernous tomb. As Osiris' son, Horns, you must locate all seven pans, return them to your father's sarcopha
gus and defeat your villainous uncle. Success in ibis is no easy matter; in feet, you might find ii downright impossible.
Initially, you have only three lives, bui others may be earned with some difficulty. Travelling across a series of horizontally scrolling chambers, you
encounter animated hieroglyphics [hat fly oin of the walls and aiiack you. Un
In Eye of Horus, you're able to move around
a computer party game, this program
decorated with all sorts of signs and sym
will bring very liiile fun to anyone's
bols, and animation is impressive. To gain access to the program, you
way, New York, NY. C-64/S 12.99.)
four-page booklet, which contains nearly 2000 six-digit numbers. The tiny print on dark red paper is designed to makephotocopying difficult H also makes lo cating the appropriate code almost as im possible as completing ihe game. 1'layers looking for a challenging, ac tion-packed contest sporting an Egyp tian theme might find Eye of Horns entertaining. Others, however, may be disappointed by its lack of originality or
thwarted by its difficulty level. (Brttannica Software, 345 Fourth St., Sail Vran-
chco, CA 94107. C-64/&29.95.) Syracuse, NY
and cost you one of your lives. moving, human character. In the air, you assume the role of a hawk capable of moving rapidly and maneuvering
Fun House
around many deadly obstacles. Unfor
job Of recreating the look and feel of the TV game show. Not only are many
Transporting you between the tomb's numerous levels are a series of eleva tors. Many are locked and may be en tered only if you possess the appro priately colored key. Each amulet increases your power or summons a divine being to assist you. To transport Osiris's remains to the sar
cophagus, to reassemble his body and to call up a map of your whereabouts all require specific amulets.
You control your movement quite easily by flicking the joystick, and you discharge your weapon by pressing the firebiiuon. Selecting keys and amulets from the inventory and viewing the map
are accomplished in a like manner. Graphically, the program is no master piece, but its many rooms are elaborately
— LEN PCX KHALI
Vegas Casino 2
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According to many gambling experts, there are only two kinds of casino games: those played tin fun and those
played for money, Vegas Casino 2 in cludes one of each type of game (rou lette and craps), supplies on-disk odds information, and challenges one to four players to beat the house. Unfortunately, while Gasino 2 de signers were busy writing Las Vegas
— LEN POGGIAU
pyrus darts, they'll drain your energy
tunately, to pick up body parts, keys and amulets, you musi walk past them, which leaves you hopelessly vulnerable to endless waves of attackers,
house. (Hi Ticfl Expressions, 384 Broad
must type in an activation code from a
less you can shoot them with your pa
On the ground, you portray a slow-
As a facsimile of the TV show and as
as e h.u: k in flight.
D
Fun House does a less than adequate
of the elements missing, but what re mains provides neither the fun nor the
excitement of the original.
rules into help tiles, they seem lo have paid little attention to Las Vegas play and
pizzazz.
Roulette's
"big
wheel"
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bling dice are just large enough to qual ify as squarish objects. Chips, limited to a single value before play begins, fare no belter, for only the currently selected
player's chips are displayed. You see a tiny circle with a number indicating chips placed, and upon a spin or roll
One or two players compete in a
of the dice, all chips vanish from the
round consisting of three simple stunts, and another in which a trio of trivia
belting
questions are posed. All stunts are con
that is, unless his or her chip color hap pens to match a part of the table!
trolled somewhat awkwardly using the keyboard, but quite easily with
the
joystick. The multiple-choice trivia questions range in difficulty from the very basic to the relatively esoteric. Since the ques
tions reside, along will) the program, on the front of the disk, be prepared to see the same ones again and again. Particularly disappointing is the Fun
House, which in no way resembles the
three-tiered, upright, gaudy TV struc ture. The program provides only three
simple mazes, viewed from overhead, with a small square representing the
table.
Only when
reselected
does a player see the results of a bet;
Besides misdoaimented key func tions, an unusable mouse interface, incorreci placement of winnings and a
Bank Roll display that never seems to change, you'll also have to put up with a "Return to Main Menu" function (to
change games) that doesn't work. Add ultra-long load times plus the absence of any on-disk "Big Winners" rosier, and you've got plenty of good reasons to place your bets elsewhere. (Virgin Mustertronic, Inc., 18001 Cowan, Irvine, CA 92114. C-64/S9.99.)
—Jeff Hurlburt ■ JUNE/JULY HI'IO
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how this little beige box operates, and how best w exploit its special features, such as partitioning. The
glow steadily.)
1581 is noi only faster than the 1541 and
1571
One way to take advantage of the 1581's speed
smaller disks that hold more data and also performs functions that are clear improvements over those
and storage capacity is to load and run your word processor, database or spreadsheet software from your 1541 or 1571 drive, and use your 1581 as the data storage unit. In order lo use more than one disk drive, however, you must make sure that the drives have different device numbers. If they're both
Big in Capacityâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;And Fast, To Boot The 1581. released in 1987, is the solution to the search for a good, inexpensive mass storage device.
The S'/j-inch, double-sided disk holds more than
HOOK of data when formatted in the 1581 drive, providing a full 3160 blocks of data storage. The
1581's directory can address 296 files, and, by using the drive's special partition feature, 29fi files may be stored in each partition. Compared lo the Com modore 1571 disk drive, which lias been discontin ued, the 1581 has roughly two-and-a-half limes the storage capacity for about the same price. In addition, the 1581 is very fast. It uses both standard and fast serial daia transfer rates, auto matically
matching the operating mode
of the
C-64 or 128, but you can transfer data even more
rapidly through [be drive's special high-speed Hurst commands, available to C-l'28 machine lan
guage programs. Another factor contributing lo fast data transfer is the minimal head movement madepossible by the way ihe 1581 stores information on a disk.
Getting Set Getting your 1581 drive up, ready and running is a lot like setting up other Commodore drives. I'irst make sure the drive's power switch is off, then connect the power supply by plugging its cords into
the drive and a wall outlet or power strip. Place the power unit as far as possible from your com puter and disk drive to reduce radio frequency
interference.
With the (omputer and all peripherals turned
off, plug the interface cable from the serial port on
the back of the 1581 Into either the back of another drive or directly into the back of the computer. Your
printer or other serial devices plug into the interface port on the hack of the 1581.
Now remove the cardboard insert from the drive slot. Turn on the 1581 and other peripherals in any order; then turn on the computer last. (On startup. RUN
The 1581 as a Second drive
drives, but it has plenty of commercial support, uses
earlier drives.
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the drive performs a self-test: The green activity
1581 disk drive, you'll want to learn more about
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sel to the same number, your computer system wil! lock up. Customarily, a 1541 or 1571 is sel lo device 8, with other drives configured to consecutively higher numbers. Keep in mind, however, that most software is usually designed to run from drive #8. You can choose the device number for your 1581 simply by Hipping the two switches on (he back of [he drive. Viewed from the rear, with the drive turned off, use these settings: for device#8, set both
switches lo ihe up position; for device #9, set ihe left switch down and the righi switch up; for #10, set the left switch up and the right switch down; and for#l 1, set both switches down. If you need to change the drive's device number temporarily, either from within a program or in Direct mode, you can do so via software by entering
this command; OPENly.okl device number, 15."U0>" + CH RJ(new de
vice number|:CLOSEI5 The new device number may be anything from 4 to 30, but remember that standard disk drive de vices are numbered 8 to 11 only, and software programs will generally not recognize other num bers. If you're starting out with two drives using the same device number, the_drive whose device number you don'! want changed must be turned off before executing this command.
ABOUT THE S'/i-lNCH FLOPPY DISK The magnetic material encased in a 3l/,-inch disk is the same medium used in other floppy disks, but more data may he written to it. The disk's shell is sturdy to protect it against bending and crimping. To use the 1581 disk, inseit il into the drive with the hub facing down and the metal collar facing the drive. Once the disk is inside, the shutter slides aside to expose the magnetic medium to the readwrite heads. You remove the disk from the drive
Experience life in the fast lane with the 1 581 â&#x20AC;&#x201D;the little
disk drive with the big capacity.
(after the green operating light is out) by pushing
in the disk-eject button on the front of the drive housing.
One surprising difference between the 51/,- and 3'/)-inch disk is that the wrile-proiect switch in the corner of the smaller disk works in the opposite way
utility such as RUN'S RUN Shell or RUN Copy 64 or 128 to transfer your (noncopy-protcctcd) pro grams and data from 57,-inch to SVfindl disks.
Commodore's DOS Shell program won't do the job. Duplicating S'/j-incfa disks is best accomplished
from the largcr's write-protect tab: When the SVr
through the use of a second 1581 drive, [f you have a 1750 RAM expansion unit, there are public do
inch disk's hole is uncovered, the disk is writeprotected and cannot be written to; when ihe hole
main utilities that take advantage of the 1750 to make single-drive disk copying quicker and less
is covered by the sliding tab, the disk is now write-
enabled and will receive information from the drive. The 1581 uses the same command set as the 1541
and 1571 drives, with additional commands to ad dress partitions. Before using the disk, you must format it with the DOS New command. The Save
command writes information to the disk, and the Load command reads programs and data from it. These and other DOS commands arc detailed in Table 1.
tiresome.
Lots of Commercial Support The 3'/j-inch format is actively supported by sev eral commercial programs, such as UltraTertn 111 (a telecommunications program), The Write
Stuff (a word proces sor) and Basic 8 (a computer lan guage for the
Partitions If you like to store dozens, or even hundreds, of files on a single disk, then you'll appreciate the function of partitions on 1581 disks. Partitioning
C-12 8). number of soft-
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allows you to divide a disk so that you can organize your programs into database files, text files, graphics files, utility files, and so on. Some users may find handling partitions a bit intimidating, but help is available in the form of the Partition Aid program on the demo disk that comes
with your 1581, as well as in many commercial and public domain utilities. (See "The Anatomy of 1581 Partitions" sidebar that accompanies this article for
more details about partitions and partitioning, and Table 2 for some available partitioning utilities.)
Converting to 37i-I.nch Format Because a 1581 disk is configured differently (its directory is not on track 18, but track 40, for instance), you need a file-copy
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The Anatomy of 1581 Partitions PARTITIONING DIVIDES A DISK into subsections, called partitions,
used to specify partitions greater than 255 disk blocks. To calculate the values
much as a tile cabinet is divided into
of high byte and low byte, use this
drawers. These divisions are helpful
Basic program (the term sector is used
20 INPUT#15,EN,EM$,ET,ES
in splitting the disk into separate areas
here instead of disk block):
30 PRINT EN.EMJ
so that you can organize the contents into text files, database Tiles, graphics
files, and so on. An example of a par tition is I'IC.DIR on the 1581 Demo/ Utilities disk. It contains pictures com pressed for use with the 128 slide show program on that same disk. You can easily create a partition with
the command: OPENlB,deviai*U6:PRINWt5, "/0: parti lion nai]ic," + CHRS(stariing track) + CHR$(siarting disk
block) + CHRSdow byte # of disk blocks) + CHR$(high byte # of disk ",C":CLOSE15
Let's take a closer look at this. First, a channel is opened (OPEN 15) to the device number of your 1581 drive. The PRINT#15 directs the Partition
Command statement (the part in quotes) to the drivechannel. The drive recognizes the slash as a partition com mand. Partition areas have names just like other 1581 tiles. The values con tained in the CHRS commands de scribe the partition to be created. The first (decimal) value is the starting
track (1-80) of the partition, and the next value is the starting disk block (sector) (0-39). A utility such as
SHOW BAM (on the 1581 Demo/Util ity disk) displays the free areas on the disk. (Don't include track 40, the disk
directory's track, in your partition.) Next, two bytes are used to tell the computer the size of a partition in disk blocks. Since a single byte can contain the values of 0 to 255, two bytes are
10 INPUT "W OF SECIORS";SECT 20 HI = lNT(SECT/256) 30 LO = SECT-HI"256 40 PRINT "LOW = ":LO; â&#x2013; 'HIGH = ";H1
Within a partition command, the size of the partition is expressed as low-byte, high-byte, a standard method of expressing multiple-byte
values. For example, a partition of 1500 disk blocks would be described as a low byte of 220 and a high byte of 5. For another example, a partition
of 120 disk blocks would be described as a low byte of 120 and a high byte of zero. If a partition is large enough, it can
be used as a subdirectory. To qualify, the partition must be at least 120 disk blocks long, the starting disk block must be zero (0), the ending disk block must be a multiple of 40, and the partition cannot contain track 40 (be
cause this is where the disk's root di rectory, which is a directory of all the partitions themselves, is located). You enter into a partition area with the command; OPEN 15,device*, 15,70;partition name"
number and partition name: 10 OPENl3.device#,15,"/0:partiuon name"
40 PRINT ET.E5
50 CLOSE 15
When you run this program, the message 02, SELECTED PARTI TION, FIRST TRACK #, LAST
TRACK # verifies that you have en tered the partition. However, if you get the error message 77,SELECTED PARTITION ILLEGAL,00,00, it
means that you've either misspelled the name or the partition doesn't exist. Now that you've opened a partition, you format it with the following com mand, giving it a name and a twocharacter ID that you specify: OPEN 15,device#, 15,"N0:name,ID": CLOSE15
Once formatted, the first track of the disk partition holds file informa tion, functioning like the disk's root directory. The selected partition be comes the default work area, making files outside of the partition virtually invisible. To exit a partition, enter OPEM5,dcvice#,15,7":CLOSE15
and this will send you back to the root directory, where you can open other partitions.
If you want to remove a partition
:CLOSF.15
The first time you open a disk par tition, you must format it. To avoid
and all files contained therein, use the Scratch command:
formatting the entire disk, first make
OPEN15,devk:e#,15, "SO;partition
sure you've selected the partition properly by checking the error chan nel. This bit of Basic code opens a partition with a user-specified device
name": CLOSE15
houses, such as Abacus, S.O.G.W.A.P. (makers of the Big Blue
Reader) and Professional Software (which publishes the Fleet System software series) ofFer many of their programs on 3Vj-inch format for a $10 to S15 charge. Superbase 3.0 (a database) can be ordered in both disk formats.
Copy-protected 5',',-inch disks are not easily transferred to 3V;-inch format. However, commercial software that's not
copy protected (for example, Electronic Arts' PaperClip III
and PaperClip Publisher), or is dongle-protected (such as
Xetec's FontMaster 128), can be file-copied onto a 3V.-inch disk. As with public domain and type-in programs, com mercial software that addresses specific tracks will give you problems in the 1581 drive.
If you're a Quantuml.ink subscriber, you normally down
load files with a 1541 or a 1571, but with a patch from
-ER
D-Link, you can use your 1581 drive as the default drive whenever you wish to download something. Using a 1581 drive with Berkeley Sbftworks' GEOS 2.0 system (earlier versions of GEOS are incompatible with the
1581) may keep you from ever looking at another brand of computer. While the program is released only in 5'/,-inch format, both the 1581 GEOS Bootmaker (on RUffs new
GEOS Companion Disk) and the commercial Utility, Mav
erick V.4 (Software Support International), allow GEOS 2.0 to boot from u 1581 drive. There are software utilities in the public domain that
transfer copy-protected software to other disk formats (for example, DM.UN PROTECT. SDA, American PeopleLink file #6794, will copy Timeworks' Data Manager to a 1581). Fast-load cartridges and copy programs that support the
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1581 drive include Super Snapshot V.5 and the WarpSpeed
contains copy and back-up programs, BAM and disk block
tridges marketed before 1!)K7 probably support only the 1541 and 1571 drives.
ples. (Tip; If the program, Burst subs.src on your demo disk shows 84 blocks, you'll need to obtain the 112-hlock version, available from a commercial BBS or your local user group library.) A multitude of Utilities designed to work with the 1581 disk drive also exist in the public domain. ■
cartridge (see Table 2 for mure information}. Similar car
Utilities expressly for use with the 1583 drive include Super
'81 Utilities) from Free Spirii Software, and the 1581 Toolkit V.2, from Software Support International. These packages feature fast disk and file copiers, fast formatters, partition utilities, track and disk block editors, directory editors, and
other programs to make your 1581 files more efficient.
The 1581 Demo/Utilities disk that's included with the 1581
Utilities, partition aid, and machine language source exam
Ellen Rule is a regular contributor to the pages o/RL'N and the
columnist for Commodore Clime. She enjop using her 1581 as a second drive.
Tabls 1. C-64 and C-12B 1SB1 disk drive commands.
To access the 1581 drive with a C-64: OPEN15,device#,]5,command:CLOSE15 C-128 users may issue commands (other than partition
To verify that a Basic program saved to disk matches the contents of your Basic memory: VERlFY'Tilenamei',device#(lor C-64)
commands) directly.
DVERIFY"fiIename",device#(fbr C-128)
To format a disk on the C-64: OPEN15,device#115,"Ndrive#:diskname,ic!":CLOSKiri
To toad a C-64 program: LOAlV'tilename",clcvice# To load a C-128 program:
For example, to format a disk in device #9: OPEN15,9,15,"N0:MYDISK.AB":CLOSE15
(Note: MYDISK is the disk's name and AB is an ID unique
to that disk.) To format a disk on the C-128:
DLOAD"nlename",device# Basic 2.0 (C-64) commands:
To copy a file: OPEN15,8,15,"C0:new file = 0:old
GLe":CLO5E15
HEADER "diskname, lid, Ddevice#[,Udrive#|" For example, HEADER "MYDISK, 1AB,D9,UO" formats
To rename a file; OPEN 15,8,16,"R0:new name = o!d
the disk named "MYDISK" with the identification (ID) of "AB", where the device number is 9 and the drive unit is 0. (The brackets around "Udrive#" in the command line
To scratch a file: OPi;N!5,8,15,"S0:iilename":CLOSE15 To validate a disk: OPEN'15,8,15,"V0":CLOSE15
indicate an optional parameter; the value, if you do not specify, defaults to drive 0.)
To quick-formal a previously formatted disk, use the for
mat command without the ID.
To save a program on the C-64: SAVL"'fi]ename",clevice# To save a program on the C-128:
name";CLOSE15
To initialize (reset) a drive: Ol'ENl 5,8,15,"I0":CLOSE15 Basic 7.0 (C-128) commands:
To copy a file: COPY "old file" TO "new file"
To rename a file: RENAME "old file" TO "new file" To scratch a file: SCRATCH "filename" To validate a disk: COLLECT To initialize (reset) a drive: DCLEAR
D SAV E" fi I ena me", dev ic e#
Table 2. Commercial utilities and publications designed specifically for use with the 1581 drive.
1581 Toolkit V.2—Software Support International, '2700 NEAndresen Rd., Vancouver, WA 98661. C-64. Fast disk and file copier, partition creator with visual representation
of the disk structure, fasi formatter, track and disk block editor, directory editor. RKU support and 04K video RAM support for 128 owners.
1581 DOS Reference Guide—Software Support Interna tional (address above). Learn the inner workings of the 1581 drive. Technically oriented; designed to complement
the 1581 manual. Super '81 Utilities—Free -Spirit Software, PO Box 128, Km/town, PA 19530. For the non-programming user; op
tions window, no need to memorize commands. Partition commands: Create, Copy, Manipulate, Enter and Exit par titions; copy up to 50 files consecutively; disk copy 1571 disk to a 1581 partition. (Won'! duplicate the placement of data
on the disk, essential to some copy-protection schemes.)
Create autoboot. Auto-con figures to system as long as drives are on before booting; autoboots from drive#8. Super Snapshot V.5—Software Support International (ad dress above). Save and load faster with 1541, 1571, 1581 drives. Includes terminal program, utility to archive pro
grams resident in memory, screen-copy and file manage ment programs, partition support. Copiers and nibble rs make use of REU. WarpSpeed cartridge—Tenex, 56790 Magnetic Drive, Mishawaka, IN 46545. Loads, saves, formats, verifies up to ten times faster on the 1581. 1581 Demo/Utilities Disk (included with the 1581)— hirtition aid and sample partition, file-copy programs,
auto-run and compression utilities, disk block editor and BAM utilities, and machine language examples to access Burst routines are among the utilities on the disk.
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Do-It-Yourself Troubleshooting If preventive maintenance fails, you can take matters into your own hands with these diagnostic tools.
Q By MICHAEL CAVANAUGH All things electrical or mechan ics! eventually break down, and, even sturdy as they are,
Commodores are no excep
tion. Now, with both parts and service
centers for G-64s and 128s becoming ever more difficult to find, it's increas ingly Important for Commodore own ers to delay ilie inevitable for as long as
possible through preventive mainte
nance and by themselves learning to
deal with problem situations as they arise.
The Basics There are a few fundamentals all computer owners should know. First,
heat and static art' natural enemies of Computers. Second, mechanical parts
generally wear faster than electrical
ones. With this in mind, you can take certain steps lo prolong the life of your machine. Use a power strip. It's nothing more
than an extension cord with a scries of outlets ;m<i an on/offswitch, but switch
ofalignment. Copy protection schemes are the biggest offenders, since they cause the head to bang into the head
pending on what you own—C-64/64C or C-128/128D). The (lip side of the sheet lists mechanical adjustments that
stop assembly. Take advantage of DOS
you can make to your 1541 in response
wedge programs that include a com
to indicated symptoms. It also Includes a lisl of the locations ofspecific (hips on
mand to disable head bumping, Con
ing it off when your equipment is not
sider using a software program that
in use cms off electricity to the power
strips off copy protection. This is not an endorsement of software piracy. 1 as
supply, thereby reducing heat buildup. Use surge protectors. Buy them for both your electrical outlets and your phone line, because strong power
surges CAD damage computers and mo
dems- A surge protector ads like a fiisc, breaking the circuit before your equip
ment is damaged. Note that even with surge protectors, it's still best to unplug
all equipment during an electrical storm—a power surge and a lightning strike arc not the same thing. Use an anti-static mat, versions of
which are available for both the floor and desk. Dry winter air and wool car pels are especially conducive (o static charges, 'lunch something metal, like the arm of a chair, to discharge any static buildup in your body before using your computer equipmenl.
The 1541 is infamous for going out 24
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sume you would remove copy protec tion only from a program that you have legitimately purchased.
"Who Ya Gonna Call?" Whai happens, however, when di-
the PC board. While The Grapevine
Group's Commodore Diagnostician II won't help you correct a problem, it can certainly aid in identifying it. Repairs to the CPU are probably be
yond the capabilities of most users, and the same applies to the monitor. But before you take either to a professional, consider a lew alternatives. See if any
sastei does strike? First, try to discover
one at your local ysers' group can he
which device is at fault. Contact a friend
of assistance. You'll probably be pleas
with :he same setup and test your equip ment, piece by piece and in varying combinations, on his or her system until you isolate ihe culprit. Be sure also to test your cables and power supply.
A double-sided, laminated reference sheet called The Commodore Diagnos tician II can help you in your search for the causes ofequipment ailments. Set up like a spreadsheet, one side has rows of symptoms intersecting with column list
ings of probable faulty components (de
antly surprised at the pool of available
talent there. Also, evaluate the worth of the equipment in question. Visit a local llea market or scan the classified ads section of a BBS to find the going prices
for used equipment. Outright replace ment is usually cheaper than repair.
Disk Drive Dilemmas Disk drives are a different story, but before attempting to do any work on your 1541, you should consider viewing ■ ILLUSTRATED BY RAYMOND MEDICI
DO-IT-YOURSELF Computer Restore's videotape. How to Repair Your Commodore 1541 Disk Drive, Its eight sections cover topics
ranging from preventive maintenance
to complete mechanical disassembly of the 1541.
Although the production values are crude, the tape does a terrific job of explaining how to address almost any
ofthe problems thai might befall a 1541. Since this is virtually a videoshop man ual, its purchase should be high on the
priority list of any Commodore users'
group that has a reference library for its members. Even armed with the videotape, ad
justments to a disk drive still require software. Two programs that meet this need are Free Spirit's 1541/1571 Drive Alignment and Norih Coast Computers' Disk Alignment Tool. The former offers diagnostic and repair op erations for both the 1541 and 1571 drives, while the latter is restricted to the 1541 and concentrates more on problem correction than detection. These programs are not for the faint hearted. Both require making adjust ments with the drive disassembled and the power on. You therefore must take
from contaminating the interior's me chanical parts.
While the instructions lor both pro grams are <|iiile straightforward, the de scriptions and drawings of the various drives leave something to be desired. There is, for example, a disagreement between the two programs as to the location of the 1541 's speed adjustment. Some of the confusion may be attrib
uted to various 1541 design modifica
tions made by Commodore. Developed only ibr the 1541, Disk Alignment Tool's directions are more detailed. Included with the software is the actual alignment tool: a series often LEDs, powered by two 9-volt batteries. You splice this into the circuitry of the
Even so, at S69.95—more than half the price of a new 1541 clone—it's hard
to recommend the purchase of Disk Alignment Tool for individual users. Free Spirit's 1541/1571
Drive Align
ment is a less expensive, albeit some what cruder, alternative. Once again, investment on the part of a users' group might be a better way to go.
Before Proceeding While both of the aforementioned
programs do what they promise, a cou
ple of caveats do apply. Drive alignment is a repair, not pan of routine mainte nance. Follow the old adage, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." Also consider that the problem may nut be alignment nt all,
1541 with a pair of alligator clips, and you see that alignment is achieved when
or that it might be too severe for you n>
the maximum number of LEDs are at
drive while attempting the repairs. This is not to say that the average user cannot adjust a disk drive, because thousands have done so successfully. Rather, I just want to point out that, in
their brightest. You set the zero stop with a feeler gauge and adjust drive speed by using a small paper strobe pattern at tached to the underside ofthe 1541. On the oihcr hand, no hardware ac companies the Free Spirit program. In
stead, you run a diagnostic disk that
tells you if the drive is within acceptable tolerances. You then make adjustments
correct, or that you might damage the
some cases, you might faie better taking
steps that prevent or delay problems as long as possible, and then replace or upgrade, rather than repair. ■
special care to avoid damaging any in ternal parts or getting an electric shock.
to the drive and run the disk again to determine proper calibration. There's
Michael Cavanaugh, a field supervisor for the Pennsylvania Bureau of Standard
In addition, a clean working environ ment is a must to prevent dust or dirt
more trial and error than with the Disk Alignment Tool, and it lakes longer.
Weights and Measures, has contributed many articles in RUN over the yean.
Table 1. Manufacturers' addresses.
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The Palette-able 64 You can mix the C-64's 16 primary colors to create more hues than you thought possible.
0 By RICHARD PENN If you thought your C-64 was lim ited in 16 colon, get ready for ;i surprise. Palette 64 produces an ex-
tern to produce the appearance of a
third color. Dithering is usually done in Multicolor mode, but in Ili-Res mode
tntvaganzaof 128 ilistinct hues, ihe built-in Hi plus 112 more mixtures! A demonstration program operating in Hi-Res mode, Wette (M oilers llirte screen displays that are accessed with the [unction keys. Press HI or V'i lo see a large or small palette of the 128 colors.
it produces smoother color blending be cause of (lie smaller pixels. If you have some knowledge of programming in Basic, an examination of this program
vertically and a different hue filling ihe cell ;ii each intersection. Press F5 to see an assortment of color scales, or pro
will change the way you think about
can show you how the dithering tech nique is accomplished.
Type in Listing 1, using RUN'S Check sum program to detect typing errors;
Each palette h d matrix, with the Ifi built-in colors running horizontally and
gressions, and F7 to exit the program. The color-scale display also appears first when you run tin.1 program. The I IS "mixed" colors are created
then save it to disk. When you run it. it
color on the C-64! SI The C-64's remarkable shading of color.
through a "dithering" technique, in which pixels or two different colors ;ilternste rapidly in a checkerboard pat
Richard Penn, a steady contributor of Magic tricks to RUN, u especially interested in developing programs thut break new ground in C-64 graphics.
Listing 1. The Palette 64 program. (Available on ReRUN disk. See order card facing page 24.) Whan entering this listing, bo certain that you type
in the spaces between any Control and Commadare key commands In lines 150. 170 and lines 430-460. RjceiamplB. in line 150, beginning
with {C0MD 4}-. . ., you'd first hold down the Commodore key, press the 4 key. release both keys, press and release the space bar, then hold down the Commodore key, press the 5 key, and so <n>.
10
REM
HUE
PALETTE
RICHARD
FOR THE
PENN
64
-
:REM*241
20 POKE53280,0:POKE53281,0:PRIN T"{SHFT CLR){3
100
CRSR DNs)"CHR
S(142)CHRSI8)
:REM*25
110
INTTABd6)"(COMD 5)M0MENT":P
40
GOSUB590:REM INSTALL ML ROUT INES
50
GOSUB730:REM REDEFINE ING
60
:REM*207
DITHER
CHR
:REM*11S
RESTORE
:REM*200
70 FORT=50000TO50000+255:POKET, 0:NEXT:FORT=50256TO50256+255 :POKET,0:NEXT :REM« 56
120
90
130
99:PRINT"{CTRL 9){CTRL 1)
";
{CRSR {CRSR
DNJICRSR LF)(C0MD
8)
(CRSR
SYS4 9152:GOSUB2 90:GOSUB480: [>OKE2,0:SYS2 :REM*218
DNHCRSR LFHCTRL
2}
(CRSR
DN){CRSR
8)
{CRSR
DN>ICRSR LF)[COMD
REM
3)
(CRSR
DN) I CRSR
LF){COMD
1 )
{CRSR
DN){CRSR
LF){CTRL
3)
{CRSH
DN){CRSR
LF){COMD
2)
(CRSR
:REM*134
DN){CRSR
LF){CTRL
5)
(CRSR
DN-) {CRSR
LF)(CTRL
:FORT=1TOL-2:
7)
(CRSR
DN){CRSR
LF)(COMD
:REM-185
7)
(CRSR
DN)(CRSR
LFHCTRL
4)
[CRSR
DN}|CRSR LF}{COMD
6)
{CRSR
DNHCRSR
LF){CTRL
6}
{CRSR
DNHCRSR
LF)"
:REM*38
SMALL
GRID
SUB
Si-S679:G=1 :GOSUB5 50: PRINT"! HOME)"TAB(13)"(CTRL 2)128 II
UE PALETTE" 140 PRINT"{HOME) PRINT:NEXT
1 50
:REM*245
PRINT"{SHFT CLR}";:FORT=1TO9
4) 5}
:REM«B1
■8STEP8:RE/VDX:FORZ = 'J KK2,X:NEXT:NEXT
160
PRINTTAB(13|"{CTRL 9){COMD 4) (COMD 5) {COMD 8) {CTRL
2) 11
{CTRL 8} {CTRL 3)
tCOMD
3}
{COMD
{COMU
2)
{CTRL
5)
{CTRL 7}
{COMD
7)
{CTRL
41
{COMD
{CTRL
6)
{COMD
4)
"
6)
PRINT"(HOME|' INT:NEXT
:REM*1 41
KIN
JUNEflULV 1090
DN){CRSR LFHC0MD LFHCTRL
:REM*73
II
PRINT"{HOME)";:F0RT=1TOL:PR INT:NEXT:F0RT=1T016
:REM*79
190 PRINTTAB(13)"{COMD 4)@{C0MD
:FORT=1T0L:PR
5)S[COMD
8}@{CTRL 2)elCTRL
:REM*178
8)@{C0MD
3)@£C0MD
RUN it light: C-64; color monitor 26
170 PRINTTAB(11)"{CTRL 9){COMD
FORT = 217TO2 42:POKET,PEEK(T)
OR128:NEXT
30 PRINTTAEd6)"{COMD 4}ONE":PR RINTTAB{16)"{COMD 8)PLEASE{C TRL 2)..." :REM*62
:NEXT:POKE2023,160:POKE56295 ,0 :REM*249
1}@{CTRL
2) @ {CTRL
3 ) @ (COMD
5) @ {CTRL
DATA 11,12,15,1,7,10,8,2,9, 4,6,14,3,13,5,0 :REM«118
7)e(COMD 7)@{CTRL 4)@{COMD 6}e(CTRL 6)§{COMD 4)e":NEX
200 GOSUB430 210 RETURN 220
REM
:REM*122
T
REM
RUPT
:REM*21 LARGE
600
230 SYS679:G=2:GOSUB550:PRINT"(
B(6)"(CTRL 1){CTRL 9)GREY"T
HOHEKCHSR DN)"TAB(1 3)"(CTR
AB(15)"BROWN"TAB{2 6)"BLUE-"
2)128 HUE
PALETTE"
380 PRINTTAB(26)"{CTRL 91GREEN"
240
PRINT"(HOME)";:FORT=1TOL:PR
:REM*18
250
PRINTTAB(4)"{COMD 4J@@{COMD
:REM*11
5}@@{COMD 8)§@{CTRL @(CTRL
6JM
410
RETURN
:REM*37
420
REM
260 270
GOSUB430
;REM*81
280
REM
LES
SUB
:REM*157 COLOR
SHADING
SCA
440
450
RL
9)(37
SPACEs)":NEXT
460
PRINT"{2 CRSR DNs}{39 SPACE
470
330 PRINT"{HOME){3 CRSR DNs)":F ORT=1TO4:PRINTTAB(1 2)"(CTRL
480
9KCTRL 1){2 SPACES) " : NEXT 340
PRINT"{HOME)(3 CRSR DNs)":F ORT = 1 TO4:PRINTTAB(22)"{CTRL 9){CTRL
1)12 SPACEs)":NEXT
ORT=1TO4:PRINTTAB(34)"(CTRL
9({CTRL 1){2
SPACE3)":NEXT :REM"20 3 360 PRINT"1HOME){16 CRSR DNs)": FORT=1TO2:PRINTTAB(2 2)"(CTR L T
9)(CTRL
1){6
SPACEs)":NEX :REM*6
370 PRINT"(HOME)(9 CRSR DNs)"TA
F3
(CTRL
0)
SMALL
:REM*16
DATA 138,24,105,8,141,18,20 8,104,168,104,170,104,64,16 9,50,141,18,208
PALETT
:REM-222
PRIMTTAB(11)"[COMD
{CTRL
0)
:REM*253
KEU,Q:CK = CK-.Q:NEXT
:"REM*197 :REM*227
680
IF CK<>4206 TUENPRINT"ERROR IN DATA LINES 690-700":END
690
DATA 173,17,208,16,251,169,
5IICTRL
SHADING SCAL :REM*215
:REM*74
EXIT";:RETUR
91,141,17,208,169,216,141,2 2,20B,96,173,17 :REM*232
:REM*219
700 DATA 208,16,251,169,27,141,
REM MENU SUB :REM*9 SYS695:POKE198,0JWAIT198,1:
17,208,169,200,141,22,206,9
PRINTTABI11 )'"{COMD F7
(CTRL
0}
4)(CTRL
:REH*142
710
RETURN
ANDGOlTHEN
720
REM
1}' ANDG<>2THEN
:REM*87
REDEFINE
DITHERING
ACTER
:REM*14
IFAJ="{FUNCT
IFA$="{FUNCT 5)1 ANDGt>3THEN GOSUB290 :REM*233
520
IFAJ="{FUNCT 7) ,0:RETURN
730
POKE5 6 3 33,!27;POKE1,51
740
POKE7 81,9:POKE782,0:POKE90,
:REM'226
0:POKE91,216:POKE88,0:POKE8 9,56:SYS41964
THENPOKE1 98 :REM*154 SUB
POKE1,55:POKE56333,129
760
;REM*111 POKE12288,170:POKE1 2289,85: POKE122 90,170:POKE122 91,85:
:REM*128
POKE12292,170
550 PRINT"(HOME)";:F0RT=1TO21:P RINT"1CTRL
ACEs)":NEXT 560 RETURN
9){CTRL !){39 SP
:REM*169
750
:REM*111 SCREEN
CHAR
:REM*12
:REM*111
510
530 GOTO480 540 REM CLEAR
6
:REM*13
GOSUB230
;REM*9
350 PRINT"{HOME){3 CRSR DNS)":F
3,208,141,32,208 650
CK=0:FORU=679TO710:READQ:PO
GOSUB130 500
250,240,22,189,80,195,141,3
670
GETAS 490 IFAS="(FUNCT 3)
:REM* 21
:REM*244
DATA 25,208,174,16,208,224,
8}(CTRL
N
:REM*17
a)"
,169,1,141 640
PRINTTABI11)"(COMD
9}
:REM*251
320
20,3,169,192,141,21,3,88,96
DATA 76,49,234
9) F5 ES"
1 )(CT
DATA 141,17,208,169,33,141,
660
9}
:REM*255
DATA 120,169,127,141,13,220 ,169,1,141,26,208,169,50,14 1,18,208,169,27 :REM*169
SU
:REM*170
620-660":END
:REM*158
E"
FORT=1TO9:PRINT"(CTRL
WINDOW
DATA LINES
PALETTE"
2)COL
310
COMMAND
430 PRINT:PRINTTAB(11)"{CTRL 2) (CTRL 9) F1 {CTRL 0} LARGE
OR SHADING SCALES" :REM*163 300 PRINT"{HOME){7 CRSR DNs)"
DNJ"TAB(10)"{CTRL
B
:REM*70
290 GOSUB230:G=3:PRINT"{HOME)(C RSR
:REM*171 :REM*42
:RGM*29
:REM*73
620
PRINTTAB(29)"{CTRL 91SET 2"
{COMD RETURN
R
:REM*239
IN
:REM*26
7)@@(CT
RL
ML
:REM*220
EU,Q:CK=CK+Q:NEXT
630
AB{29)"(CRSR UPIGREEN"
1}?
2)§e{CTRL
7)§e{COMD
INTER
610 IF CKO8767 THENPRINT"GRROR
390 PRINT"(IIOME) (1 5 CRSR DNs)"T AB(7)"(CTRL 9JGREEN SET 1 "T
2}@@{C
3)@@(COMD
TRL
TOGGLE
FORU=4 9152TO49226:READQ:POK
:REM*69
:REM*132 INT:NEXT:FORT=1T016
RASTER
SCREEN
590 FORT=1TO16:READD:NEXT
GRID
:REM*245
L
AND
OUTINES
:REM*97
BACKGROUND
770
:REM*191
POKE12293,85:POKE12294,170:
:REM*252
POKE12295,85:POKE53272,29:R
:REM*188
ETURN
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Bull's-Eye! Are you sharp enough to get the point when you play this tricky C-64 dart game1?
0 By TONY BRANTNER If you're aiming for :i two-player game that's fun and easy to learn,
then you're right on target with
Bull's-Eye, a computerized dart
game for the C-64. A single joystick, plumed into port 2, is shared by both players, Ifyou'd like to practice by your
self, you just take both players' turns.
llie dart board is divided into 12 radial sectors, each worth one to 12 points. If you hit one1 of the [ings thai cross the sectors, you'll compound your
sector store. The ycllow-and-green outer ring doubles the score; the yellowand-black inner ring triples it. The red
bull's-eye is worth 50 points, while ihe black ring that immediately .surrounds it is worth 25. You gel nothing for hit ting the black outer L-dge.
Throwers alternate turns, with each turn consisting of three throws. The dart is always moving on the diagonal,
hut you can relocate it to sonic extent with ihe joystick lever. A little- practice will give you the feel of the dart's path. When it's a liiile below your aiming point, release it by pressing the fire-
btltton. At the instant you "throw" it,
the dart moves straight up about an inch on the screen before the hit—depicted by a little cross—is registered.
To win, you must be the first player
to accumulate exactly 301 points. The
Type in Buil's-Eye from Listing 1,
scores for both players, initially 801, are
using RUN'S Checksum program to
displayed in boxes to the right and k'fi of the board. As play proceeds, both scores decrease. To win, you must make
a final hit that brings your score pre cisely to zero. If you go below zero, you
"break," and your score reverts to what it was at the Mart ofyour last turn.
catch any typing errors. Then be surcto save it to disk before running it. 33 Tuny llrantner, a carpenter (is trade and a self-taught computer programmer, enjoys using the C-64 particularly far its graphics capabilities.
Listing 1. Bull's-Eye program. (Available on ReRUN disk. See order card racing page E4.1 When entering this listing, be certain th.t you typo in the spaces between any Control and Commodore; key commands in lines 420-440, 490-560 and 5B0-590. For example, In line 420,
beginning with {CTRL 9}. . ., you'd first hold down the Commodore key, press the S key, release both keys, press and release the space bar, then hold down Che control key, press the 0 key, and so on.
10
REM BULLSEYE - T.
BRANTNER
50 DIMSE%[13,18),QT(3,14),SCM)
:HEM*7 2
20 POKE53280,0:POKE53281,0:PRrN TCHRS(8)CHR$(142)"{SHFT CLR) " :REM*198
30
FORA=B32TO1022:READZ:POKEA,Z
40
FORA=49152T049259:READZ:POKE
:NEXT
:REM*228
A,Z:NEXT
:REM"246
:REM*25
60 FORA=0TO13:FORZ=0TO18:READSE
90
TC=646:S 272:J2 =56320:A=RND(-TI) :REM»174
:REM*200
100 POKEV+16,0:POKEV+28,7:POKEV
,Z):QT(A,4-*Z)=QT(A,Z)»2:QT(A
110 SC(0)=301:SC(1)=301:REM*131
%(A,Z):NEXT:NEXT
70 FORA=0TO3:FORZ=0TO3:READQT(A ,8+Z)=QT(A,Z>*3
:REM*12
80 NEXT:QT(A,12)=25:QTIA, 131 = 50 :NEXT
:REM*121
♦37,11:POKEV+38,12
:BEM*79
120 PL=0:POKEV+21,0:POKE53265,1
:REM*225
RUN it right! C-64; joystick ■2K
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ILLUSTRATED I1V SAKA ANDKKSON
130 DN=2:CS=SC(PL):P0KEV+1,0:PO KEV+3,0:POKEVt5,0:POKEV+21, 7
:REM'173
PL*7
:REM*41
140 CY=4:IFPLTHENCX=3:GOSUB400:
ND(1 )*2:POKE5,RtJD(1 )*2:POKE G,DN :REM*175
PRINT"(3 SPACES,":PRINTTAB{
290 SYS<19152:XP=PEEK(2) :YP=PEEK
CX)"(3 SPACES)" :REM*224 150 POKETC,6+PL*7:CX=3+PL*31:G0 SUB400:PRINT"{COMD K){CTRL 9}{SHFT BHCOMD F) {CRSR DN) {3 CRSH LFsKCOMD C) fSHFT B )(COHD I!" :REM*144
160 GOSDB270:CY=13-DN:CX=3»PL*3 1 :A=.PV:GOSUB390:CS=CS-PV
(3)
180 CX=3+PL*31:A=CS:GOSUB390:IF CS=0THEN230 :REM*87 190 DN=DN-1:IFDN>-1THEN160
:REM*239
200 210
240
PRINT"WINNER:
,|PEEK(TC)AND7)+1
:REM*113
"ONETWO",1+PL*3,3)
250
:REM*106
PRINTTAB(8)"PRESS FIRE TO P LAY
260
AGAIN'";:IFPEEK(J2)AND1 6
THEN230
:REM»7
GOTO110
:REM-65
270 POKESP+DN,13:POKEVt39+DN,6+
440
0}(COMD V){CTRL 9}{2 COMD I s)(CTRL 0KCOMD V)
400 POKE214,CY-1:PRINT:PRINTTAB :REM-135
{CTRL 9)(2 COMD Is)(CTRL 0) (COMD VKCTRL 9} {2 COMD Is}
:POKES1+24,15:RETURN 450
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3}(COMD YJfSHFT P}(COMD K){
:REM*89
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{CTRL 6}
(CTRL B)[2 SPACE (CTRL 6}{2 SPACE
COMD V)(CTRL 9}
:REM*134
3B0 Z=SE%(Y%,X%(:PV=QT(A,Z):RET
:REM*97
KKCTRL 9) S)(CTRL 9)
360 A=>(S: IFX%>18THENA = 1 :X% = 37-X%
FPL<2THEN130
{CTRL
:REH-81
(CTRL 0HCOMD Yl {COHD
K){CTRL 9)
)/4 :REM*133 350 IFX%<0ORX%>37ORY%<0ORY%>27T
370 IFY*>13THENA=A+2:Y%=27-Y%
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;REM*214
:REM*237
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430 PRINT"(8 SPACES)(COMD 1){CT
340 PV=0:X%=(XP-9B)/4:Y%=(YP-85
SC(PL)=C5 :REM*163 FORA=1T01500:NEXT:PL=PL+1 :I
220 230
0KCOMD Y)"
1,10:POKES 1+4,16:POXES1+4,1
HENRETURN
{CTRL 0HCOMD Y)
D NUCOMD KKCTRL 9}
1:POKEV+1+DN*2,YP-A:POKES1t
7iYP=YP-23
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CTRL 9)(COMD M){CTRL 0}{COH
310 FORA=0TO23:POKESP+DN,13+A/1
170 CY = 15:IFCS<0THENCX=2 + PL*31 :
9}
{CTRL 0HCOMD Y)(2 SPACEs] {CTRL 9)
:REM*153
1,140-A :REM*122 320 FORZ=1TO10:N£XT:NEXT:REM"44 330 GOSUB410:POKES1+5,3:POKES1+
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3HCOMD
RI. 0HSHFT P){COHD G) {CTRL
300 GOSUB410:POKES1*5,153:POKES
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Escape Hatch 128 Now you can toggle between two windows in both 40- and 80-Column modes.
By RICHARD CURCIO Sleep command slows things down for observation. Note that Escape L is
One of the best features of the
C-12H is iis screen editor, Ed itor Swap otters significant enhancements to ilie screen editor and i is windowing capabilities by
printed in ihe left window and Escape M
in the right, so the left window scrolls while the right does not. The demo also creates upper and lower windows in different colors, flash ing and underlining in 80-Column
adding a new command— Escape £. The program in Listing 1 is a Basic loader
thai pukes the Editor Swap machine Iangunge into memory. Type
in
the
listing,
using
mode, and prints inside the windows
some numbers that show these attri-
RUN'S
Checksum program to detect any typ
buteS. Again, one window scrolls while
ing errors, and be sure to rave it to disk
the other doesn't.
before running it. When run, the loader displays the range of memory the ma
CHRS(27)"R" {Escape R) reverses the
chine language occupies.
Editor Swap gives the C-128 an ad
In
entire screen, and clearing ihe windows
Editor Swap's split-screen display.
press
the
run-stop/restore
80-Coluinn mode, entering
key
with a different color cursor creates two different backgrounds, luderlined and
ditional escape function, executed by
lion,
pressing the escape key and then the £ key (Escape £), or by Including 1'RINT CHR$(27) "£" in a 128-mode program. This (unction is similar to Escape X.
combination. THE DEMO
After you run ihe demo program in
than £. enter POKE ES + 24, followed
which toggleii [he C-128 between 40and 80-Column modes.
Listing 2, it adjusts itself to 40 or 80 col umns and assigns the escape-key code,
by the CHRS value of the character you want to use. Appendix E in your C-128
However, this command swaps editor values without switching display modes.
CHRS(27), plus £ to variable ES. Then it
System Guide lists the CHKS codes. If
creates a window in the left half of the
you want to use one that's not listed,
flashing characters are available onl\ in 80 columns.
If you wish to use a character other
It allows you to jump between windows
in 40-Column mode, .switch to 80 col
screen, prints ES, changes the ch&nu ter color and opens a window in the right
umns and do the same thing, and then
halfof the screen. Next, it jumps from the
return to 40 columns and find the win dows siil! intact. To disable the func-
the previous list operation ended. The
right side to the left, listing itself where
enter I'RINT ASC fx|, where x is the
de.sired character. [H Richard CllTcio has had many programs published in u variety of magazines.
Listing 1. Editor Swap 120 Basic loader. (Available on ReRUN disk. See order card facing page 24.1
5
HEM
EDITOR
SWAP
128
CURCIO 10
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"TO"ES+172 :REM»75 PRINT"SY.S"ES"TO ENABLE"
34,207,160,2 5,177,206,182,2
80
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RUN it right: C-128 34
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INSTALLED"ES
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40
215,16,6,24,105
:REM*238
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30
B:POKEES-t33,HB
70
2,230,207,160,13 150
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177,206,190,84,3,153,8
4,3,138,145,206,136,16,242,
96,0,4,0,216,24 160
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DATA 128,128,128,128,128,12
180
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8,128,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,24,0,
0,0,0,0,0,128,128,128,128,1
0,79,0,0,0,0,0
28,128,128,128
:REM*113
190
DATA 128,123,0,0,0,0:REM*3S
:REH-22
Listing a. Demo program. (Available on ReRUN rflik. See order card facing page 24.1
10
REM EDITOR 2
SWAP DEMO LISTING :REM*5
NEXT
WINDOW0,0,SW-1,12,1:REM*222
20 ES=CHRS(27)t"{LB.rl
:REM*125
110
30 GOSUB220
:REM*103
120
40 50
.
:REM*103 :REM*230
100
COLORBG,!:COLOR4,15 :REM*4 COLOR5,8:WINDOW0,0,5W/2-1,24
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(80)
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80
FORI*0TO3
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;REM«84
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:REM"159
:REM"254
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150
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Cold Mine Infiltrating an enemy command center, outrunning your opponents and pitching a winner will keep you busy during school break this summer. By LOUIS F. SANDER
INFILTRATOR: reach
the enemy
This will help you
[hen follow up with Sophistry, Logic
command center.
and the others. Zen takes all damage
casionally an outfielder will overthrow
down to zero.
an infielder, allowing the runner to take an extra base. So when you get a single,
Once you're in the helicopter, press
keys B, S and I. When the engine has enough power for lakeoff, pull the stick back and leave the ground. Press the asterisk key, and your screen will
change. Press the A key; when the cur sor appears, type 72.8 and press the spuce bar to return to the helicopter screen. Travel at 6000 meters in the compass direction.
Press the R key to enable your rockets
You can use a track-and-sector editor to find all the passwords for all of the
bases. An effective method of cracking a base is to use: Ice Breaking skill; SLOW (5 is best); a virus like Thun-
derhead; cracking software like Logic-
get crushed in cyberspace. — BltordT. Justice Texarkana, TX
screen. To destroy him, keep him in this
button and pull your joystick backward. The helicopter will slow down and stop. Release the firebutton and push the joystick forward. Your helicopter will
lose altitude. When you've reached 200 meters, press the W key and land slowly in the enemy command center. (If you
fail io press W, the enemy will catch you landing!) —XaVIERJOHN Boroko, Papua, Nf.w Guinea
NEUROMANCER: To get to see Lupus,
enter the SEA base and use the pass word LONG1SLAND. Edit the warrants and use Larry Moe's name as one of
the offenders. He'll be arrested, and you can walk right into the Panther Mod
the computer will load the main games module, then you'll see the radio with the music playing. At this point, you
normally select the music and press the
While you're searching for the head thug in a building, many other thugs will try to stop you. When they come at you. squat and open fire with your .88 Magnum, and they will not hit you. Finally, don't worry about using up
amount.
nition, because you have an unlimited
turn> SVS 38371 <return>. You'll end up back at the radio. Now press the firebutton. and you're off with unlim ited time! —Jai:<jUES FlSET l'REVOST, QUKHEC. CANADA
—Mike Chatel Address unknown
Thunder Blade: when attacking
tanks or low-flying enemy helicopters,
gins to circle you. stay at the exact center
hover your helicopter just above the ground, shooting away without increas ing your altitude. Then the enemy bombs and missiles never seem to harm you.
of its search circle, which is its blind spot. If the control wire's still intact after
—Prince Farmer Prince George. B.C., Canada
RED STORM RISING: If a torpedo be
a Mark -18 becomes active, you can then
control the torpedo by changing ihe
search pattern from right to left and back, making an "S" path similar to that of the Russians'.
If you break and kill the AI for Bank Gemeinschaft, you can get 5500,000. To
the pitch, pull down so the ball sinks. If the batter hits it, he will almost always
kill an AI. use the Psychoanalysis skill
hit a ground bail for an easy out. Also, though they do not appear on
JUNK/JULY IUW1
the crime scene, shoot the very right most edge of the enemy cars. It takes
your machine gun or cannon ammu
Sporting News Baseball: When
KIN
TECHNOCOP: When you use the ma chine gun while driving your VMAX to
has a reset button, press it now and enter these lines: POKE 34999,173 <re-
It lets you enter Maas Biolabs (without
36
Tucson. AZ
firebutton to start. But if your computer
—Ted Robkrson
to see its weakness. Use that skill first.
— M.IKK
less time to destroy them this wayOUTRUN: Here's how to get unlimited time: After you've selected your road,
erns. Ask him about Sense/Net, and he'll sell you a security pass. Also ask about Bank Gemeinschaf't. Buy a gas mask from Julius Dcane.
getting killed) after you disable the se curity system from cyberspace.
steps; if you draw a throw from the outfield, you might get a throwing error and the chance for an extra base.
decrease your damage. Finally, never sell your body parts! If you do, you'll
plane in your helicopter's middle
ton to drop a flare, then lurn your he licopter to escape enemy rockets. When you've destroyed both fighter planes, press the R key to disable your rockets, and follow your compass. When it starts to rotate, press ihe fire-
always round first base by a couple of
Bomb or DepthCharge; ArmorAll to
and, when the enemy attacks, get his
position while you're firing. If he fires at you, press ihe F key and hit the firebut-
the storecard, errors do happen. Oc
Ladson. SC
pitching, select the curveballby pushing the joystick toward the batter. During
Where in [Wherever] Is Car men SANDIEGO?: In the first city of your quest, investigate all three build ings, even if one of the early ones tells you where your quarry is headed. This will give you at least two clues about your suspect, and you only need three to get a warrant ti orn the Interpol com
puter. If you're lucky, you can get the three clues and have the arrest order early in the game. — Krick Cantc Paz Mexico City, Mexico ■
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Commodore Clinic Word processing with Spanish character sets; copying files; and printing Basic programs. By ELLEN RULE
Q I need a C-I2S ward processor that writes and prink Spanish-language
I can'! read what it says. I tried another 128 and the display is fine. Could you explain
A Please, walk before you run! Start
characters using my Panasonic KX-I'1180 printer's foreign character set.
what is wrong with my 128 and how to fix it? The 40-Column mode works just fine.
cessor, and print narrow columns that can be manually cut and pasted onto the
—W. J. Miller
—Charles Muhlbauer
Sun City West, az
Verga, nj
A Digital Solutions' (20 Wertheim Court, Unit 39, Richmond Hill,
All's likely that the 80-column
Ontario, Canada L4B 3A8) Pocket
troller) or one
Writer 3 has foreign language options that let you design a screen character set lo correspond to your printer's for
(74LS244 or 4416) is defective. Before you consult a qualified repair techni cian, run through a quick check of your
eign language set.
graphics chip (85(51f Video Con of its support chips
system.
You may also UK a word processor thai lias ;i user-definable graphic font Xetec's (2804 Arnold Rd.. Saliiia, KS 07401) FontMaster 128 and Berkeley
Softworks' (2150 Shattuck Ave., Berke ley, CA 94704) CEOS (with geoWrite
and the geoFont editor) let you create characters i« match the Spanish set.
In order to obtain an 80-column dis play, set the monitor to RGB-Digital
mode and depress the 40/80 key; the 80column cable must be snugly in plate, and the software you are using must work in 128 mode with 80 columns.
light slays off.
—Jonathan Catt
milwaukee, wi
A Your drive is not successfully com pleting its self-test, You may he suffering from radio frequency inter ference from the power supply being
loo close to your 1541-11. Try moving the power supply farther away from the drive.
Or, possibly, an attached component,
such as a primer that's not turned on (or is on, but out of paper) might be tying up the serial bus and not allowing the drive to complete its start-up pro
cedure. Unplug as many extra compo
nents as possible; if the problem persists, your drive needs testing by a Commo
dore-authorized repair technician.
Q I just bought an 80-column monitor for my 128. When 1 try to use the 80Column mode with my word processor, the screen remains blank. If / just tun) the com
puter on, the StaTt-Up screen comes on, hut
page. If your word processor doesn't
have enlarged character capabilities, use
rub-on letters for your headlines. Paste in your pictures with a glue stick. Once you get the knack offormatting disks, loading and saving Hies, using your printer, and other aspects of Com
modore computing, invest in PaperClip Publisher by Electronic Arts (1820 Gate way Drive, San Mateo, CA 94404) or Berkeley Softworks' (address above) CEOS with geoPublish, either of which will allow you to import text and graph
ics, format columns and make headlines to create your newsletter documents.
By starting .slowly and increasing
your knowledge one slep at a time, How do I get a printed luting of a Basic program?
QWhen I turn on my 15-11-1/ drive, the drive light sometimes stays on. I must keep turning the drive off and on until the
out by learning to use a word pro
—RON GREENLOW
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you'll have a more productive and less frustrating computing experience.
Concord, NH
Q I have a C-128 and tt 1571 diskdrive.
With the program in memory, just
I copied files (occupying a little more than 500 blocks) from one disk to a newly formatted double-sided disk with 1328 blocks
enter:
O1>K\W.4:CMn4:UST;l1KIN'[#l:(;[.OSK.l
This is what it all means: Open a channel #4 to device #1, which is ihe printer. The CMD command means "change main device" to 4; now every thing that would normally go to the screen will go to the new main device, the primer. LIST sends your Basic pro gram listing to the printer. PRINT*! clears (he channel, and CLOSE4 closes it and changes the main device hack to the default device, the screen. This method may also be used to print a disk
directory tbat has been loaded using the LOAD"S",8 command.
Ql have been asked to product a flub
newsletter, and J am thinking of using
my son's C-6-f. Help! I am a novice at the 64. Hoir should I approach the project* Can
I include pictures?
—Evelyn Babineau
Lincoln. NE
free. Now both disks show only 162 blocks free. Why the discrepancy? —John Potter
New Lexington, oh
A You probably used a 64-mode cop ier to copy your files, which left
your drive in 1541 mode. A disk for matted in 1571 mode will only show a
total of 664 blocks when read in 1541
mode. Try setting your drive back to 1571 mode with the command,
OPENI5,8,13,"U0>Ml", and then list the directory. There should now be a
total of 1328 blocks Free.
Disk-copying (as opposed to filecopying) a single-sided disk or using the Validate command in (vi mode
COllId have caused the results you de
scribe, in which case the single-sided flag in the disk's BAM would be set to zero. To recover the other (formatted)
side of the disk, use a sector editor to
set the flag (byte 3, the fourth byte, of track 18, sector 0) back to 1. ■ JUNE/JULV Ifl'lfl
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128 Mode Here are some tips that can help add years to the life of your 128 system. By MARK JORDAN
WITH THE C-128 no longer in produc tion, owners of thai machine must con sider not only preventive measures to
avoid system failure, but what to do if failure does occur,
you start thumbing through the VellOW Pages for a dealer who repairs Com
modores, why not see ifyou can fix the problem? First, I
Next, with a clean, damp rag and a very small bit ofliquid soap, gently wash the circuit board. Rinse with a clean,
soapless, damp rag. must give
the mandatory
Cleaning the keys themselves is trick
wotds of warning; You'll probably void
ier. On the bottom of each key is a conductive rubber piece with two leet.
can strike your Commodore system in volve electricity: static, lightning and
might i mi into problems you can't pos sibly solve (but no harm in looking), and you might make things woise (hut
power surges. I
not if you're careful).
Depress the keys so that these feet are accessible from the rear, then gently wash them. This rubber piece will flipflop, so be careful. If a key doesn't travel properly, you
PRO TALK
Obviously, many ofthe problems that
recently spoke with
Bryan Appel, a Commodore repair spe cialist from Teutonics Plus, Inc. (150
Houston Si., Batavia, ILnO'ilO), about guidelines thai may help yon reduce these vexations. Appel stressed (hat unplugging a sys
tem during lightning storms is the onh
your warranty (if it's slill intact), you
Two repairs 1 think you can make
yourself are changing a blown fuse and cleaning a dirty keyboard. Fuse Fix
If your entire system goes out, you
might have blown a fuse. First, check
guaranteed safeguard against damage. To lessen the risk of Static electricity, lie
the fuse in the power supply. Simply disconnect the power supply, turn it over and use a screwdriver lo remove
keep two joysticks plugged in at all
thefuseholder. (In the 128D, the power
offered two simple solutions. One is !o times,This will save the pins from shot ting ii your hand should accidentally
touch the ports while plugging in a joy
supply is internal, located inside the console ai the left rear.) If the fuse is
stick (a clear possibility with the 12811).
blown, you'll see the metal snip is sev ered. Gently remove the (use and re
The other tip affords even more pro
place it with a duplicate.
tection: Connect one end of a hare lenglh of wire to the cover strew 013 nearby grounded outlet ami tape the
The other fuse you should check is inside the computer console near the on/o(Vswiich (located near 1 he other one
other end to your computer desk. Then
on i he 128D). Take the computer apart,
you sit down to use the computer.
place it if necessary.
gel in the habil of touching i! each time Concerning surge protectors, Appel
said, "11 you pay less than 100 dollars for one, you're not getting much pro tection," When 1 asked him if it made sense to .spend Kill dollars protecting a
20(1 dollar computer, he reminded me that you're protecting an entire sys tem—disk drive, monitor, printer and In the seven years I've owned Com
modore computers, my machines have visited the shop five limes—but I'm
what you'd consider a "heavy user." Of those five repairs, three could have been prevented if I had heeded llie above advice, and the saved expense would have paid for a new computer. Try Your Hand at Repairs If 'you've read this far, it may be be
cause you have a sick computer. Before RCN
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major cleaning job. that, it may help lo and forth and blow bath dme. Dip the
entire keyboard into a bucket of soapy water. After letting it soak overnight, re move it and rinse thoroughly. Then let ihe keyboard air-dry for three or four days before reassembling. Sound dras tic? Bryan Appel assured me that it's a
sale procedure, as long as you let it dry thoroughly before reusing it. I haven't tried soaking it, hut I have
cleaned my keyboard several times, and it's saved me from having Co visit the repair shop.
128 Specialists When your 128's problems are greater than your skills can handle, it's lime to have a professional take a look.
Even if dealers in your area won't touch
Key Cures Problems with keys are a common source of consternation. If a group ol
keys stops working, it's likely you have a blown CIA chip. Leave thai job to the pros. If only one or two keys start to act up, give your 128 a cleaning.
a C-128, don't worry—UPS can come to your rescue. There are several com
panies advertising in RUN who do com puter repairs through the mail, in cluding Tektonics. Personally, I prefer having my com
puter repaired via the mail because it's
board if you have a 128D—andsepaiate the printed circuit board horn (lie key switches. To do so, you'll have to un solder (and then resolder when you're
last (I once sent in my C-128 on a Mon day and had it back on Thursday), it's reliable, and I know how much it's going to cost (most companies charge a flat fee, somewhere in the S55 to $70
finished) three pairs of wires thai are
range).
lock, caps-lock and no-scroll keys.
est way to go. 1 tome repair is next. And
Open your computer—or the key
computer.
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locate and examine the fuse, and re
may have lo do a Before attempting work the key back into it. If not, it's
connected i<> the bottoms ol the shiftIl
isn't difficult, and there's little danger of damaging anything because they tome from the back side of the circuit board and are isolated from any sen sitive electrical parts.
Remember, prevention is the cheap
if all else fails, there's UPS. ■ Mark Jordan, a high school English teacher by profession, has been programming Commodore computers iince 1983.
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JUST AS YOU ARK READY to paste a
few pictures in geoPubHsh, you realize
thai you forgot td copy Photo Manager omo your geoPublish disk. You waste
lime searching for the I'liolo Manager, ;mrl finally waste more time copying it i" the work disk.
DA-Runner to the rescue! With this
short desk accessoiy (DA), you can load
any other DA you want from the first 50 DAs on any disk drive. As an added bo nus, color is turned offwhfle the DA tuns. 1 had implemented this concept in
my GEOS Fonl Editor 2.6, which always
lets you pick DAs from diflereni drives, and ii worked so well that 1 developed DA-Runner so it could he employed in other programs.
using RUN'S Checksum program) and program, place a G EOS-formatted disk containing the application program you will be using in [he drive and run List ing 1. Be sure to make it one of the first
seven DAs on the disk, so that it will appear when yon load a desk accessory within a program. Then, whenever you need to run a DA, simply select DA-Runner instead of
the desk accessoiy you want to load. When DA-Runner executes, it displays a list ofthe lirsi 50 DAs on the current
disk. The Disk and Drive buttons allow yon to change disks and drives, so you can insert various disks. Once you locale the desired desk accessory, dick its file
To use DA-Runner, type in Listing 1,
desk accessoiy will tlien be loaded.
save it to disk. To create the DA-Runner
name and select the Open icon. Your
When the desk accessory you Ye using is done, you then need to restore control to the original application. If you re moved the disk that DA-Runner was (in, you'll be prompted to re-insert it into
the appropriate drive. When you do so, control will be returned to the original GEOS program you were using. I've tried DVRunner with many desk accessories, and it has worked well with all. Most important: Don't remove a disk
before quitting a desk accessory^ for that will usually crash the system. w
JimColUtle, belter known as "geoRi'ji Jim"
mi Qiuntiuml.ink, it a high school Student
who amtributetl several programs, to RUN's recently published GEOS Companion.
Listing 1. The DA-Hunncr program creator. CAvailable on ReRUN disk. See the order card lacing pige 24.)
1
DR=8:FIS="DA-RUNNER":TYI=CHR$ (S):GOTO9
:REM*113
15 OPEN15,DR,15:OPEN2,DR,2,"H":
2 HI=INT<A/256):PRINT#15,"M-R"C 3
HRJ ( A-HI*2 56 )CHK$ ( HI) :REM*250 GET#15,A$:A=ASCfA$+CHR$(0)):R ETURN
4
N
:REM'134
N
:RHM*254
16 A = 656:GOStIB2:DB=A:A=660:GOSU B2;DE=A:TR=18:SC=DB:GOSUB4 :REM*236
28 DATA 800001FFFFFF83050000 04
1):RETURN
:REM*130
8
PRINTS,CHR$(A);:RETURN
9
DIMD$(29):PRINT"WOKKING...":O
:REM*110 PEN3,DR,3,FI$.",U,W" KNCLOSE3:GOTO15
11
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ID$(A$,I+1)
:REM*217
12 NEXT:FORI=1TOLEN{A$)STEP2:HS =MID$(A$,I,1):L$=MIDJ[AS,I+1 ,1)
:REM*189
00000000000
:REM»29
DATA 00000000000000000000 00 000000000000000000 000000000
31
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DS{19)=D$(1):DS(20)=D$(2):D$
20616E79204441206S
:REM'9B 726F6D203
2):O$(2S)=CHR$(21):DS(26)=CH
32064726976 :REM*46 32 DATA 65732E0D436F70797269 67 6874202B4329203139 39302C204 A69GD20436F :REM*147
R$(14)
33
DATA 6C6C657474652E0D0000 00
34
DATA
{1)=XT$:DI(2)=XS$:DS(21)=CHR
$(0):D$(22)=TY$ 21
:REM*132
30
GOSUB8:A=21:GOSUB8:GOSUB5
20
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6C6C65747465000000 000000000
19 A=0:GOSUB0:A = 255:GOStJB8:A=3: :REH*140
:REM*59
29 DATA 30000000404A696D2043 6F
SC=ASC[D$(2)) :GOSUB4:GOSU!i7:
:REM*60
:REM*9 7
"THENA$=LEFTi(A$,I-1 )+M
1202056312E
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F0RI=1T0LEN{A$):IFMID$(A$,I,
1)="
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:REM*179
10 READA$:PRINT".";:IFA$="-1"Til
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17 PS=DE:GOSUB6:FORI=0TO29:GOSU
:REM*77
7 GET#2,A$:A$=LEFT$<AS + CiIR$(0) ,
27
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5 PRINT015,"U2:"2;0;TR;SC:RETUR 6 PRINT#15,"B-P:"2;PS:RETURN
A320DAA92ED
:REH*237
;REM*82
PRINTS 15,"U1 :"2;0;TR;SC:RETUR
F9A0000DAFFE0DA802 EDAB02EDA
OPEN3,DR,3,FI$:CLOSE3
:REM*56
D$(23)=CHR$(90):DS(24)=CHR${ :REM*240
22 DS(27)=CHRS(0):TR=18:SC=DB:G 03UB4:PS=DE:GOSUB6
:REM*113
23 FORI=0TO29:PRINT#2,LEFT$(DS[ I),1);:NEXT:G0SUB5:CLOSE2:CL
:REM*227
OSE15
:REM*42
:REM'97
00000000000000000000
00
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:R£M*226
13 H = 16'(VAL(IIS)-(iiS>"@"ANDf!$<"
24 PRINT:PRINT"DONE!":END
35 DATA D0F4204C08A0008CEB0D AD
1 4 PRINT#3,CHR$(H+(VAML$)-(L$>
25
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G")'(ASC<H$)-55M
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:REM*132
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0FC0C913900FAD13C0 100AA9FF8
8DC120B4C15B00F30D 0020D0082
RUN it right: C-64 or C-128, with the appropriate GEOS disks ■14
RUN ■ JUNE/JULY 1000
04BC1A98085 :REM*90 37 DATA 2FA9048503A96D850220 23 084C5B0CADF20D8D8D 84ADF10D2 0B0C2203009 :R£M«286 38 DATA 4C3EC235053D05BC04BE 04
C906CB06000018496E 736572742 06E65772064
:REM*21
39 DATA 69736B20696E746F2064 72 6976652E1B00184361 6E2774206 C6F61642074
41
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:REM*203
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068503A9F38502A92A 8505A9008 519A9758518
59 DATA ADEC0D1008A901 8519A9 0B 85182048C14CC50818 1A2044412
052756E6E65
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61
1152390500184F6E2064
69
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050000061
0A206980500 :REM*40 45 DATA 000610A70605FF82FE80 04 00B203800400BE0380 03E006600 38006300060
66
600380063666600380 063666600 :REM"153
47 DATA 038006B6E660038003E3 E6 380380003000000380 6FF817F05FF
040081030 :REM*121
48 DATA 0CBF05FFB2FE80040082 03 B00400B80380F800C0 000380CC0 000000380C6 :REM*199 DATA FDD99E0380C6E0D9B303 80
C6C0D9B30380C6C0CF 3F0380C6C 0CF300380CC
:REM*129
50 DATA C0C6330380F8C0C61E03 80
040082038004008103 06FF817F0 5FF0CFFDB80 ;REM*153 DATA 00800080008000800080 01
BC00BF00BE3CBE3C80 8081C1B20
08C00B362B3 :REM*215 52 DATA 6281C081C1BC008C00B3 60
B36083E081C1B2008D C0BE6EBE6 EB7F081C1BD
:REM*0
53 DATA C08360B066B0668FF881
C1
8360B360B03CB03C81 C081C1836 081C081C060 :REM*209 54 DATA CD8081C081C181C0803C 81 C081C081C08FF9807E 803687F08 3E081C087F1 :REM»125 55 DATA 80ia803C83Efi87F081C0 S3
E18018803081C081C0 81C081C18
DATA A9008505A9008507A90A 85 06A204A0062069C1A9 188D407FA 93A8D427FA9
:REH*16
62 DATA 498D417FA003A504F005 09 3099407FA512093099 407FC8A91 B99407FC8A9 :REM«250 63 DATA 0099407FA9058503A914 85 022056C260ADF00D20 B0C2A2122 09QC2A00FB1 :REM*12 64 DATA 1299040E8810F8A9008D 14 0EAD89841869398D10 05A915B50 FA967850EA9 ;REM»103
:REM*55
DATA 038006366EF003800636 38006366660
20436F6C6C6574746S 1B008E3B0 EAD3B0E8504 :REM*9
:REM*137
98684F0F098 :REH-56 75 DATA 60ADF00D6020AC06AD40 7F A0114CCA0920B7C1IF 854F0EA10 1ADEC0D3021 :REM*118 76 DATA 2087C1008C7F11E803A9 03 8503A9E88502A98C85 05A900B50
4AD008C8506 :REM*195 77 DATA 207BC120B7C1407FFF0F C0
0020B7C140BFBF10C0 0020A1C2A 2122098C2A9
:REH*46
DATA
3656C656374
51
:REM*97
60 DATA 72201B00186279204A69 6D
43 DATA 20612044413A1B001828 44 726976652041291B00 810111480 B101023050B :REM*229 44 DATA 1020407F00184469736B 20
49
54CBFC2A908
57 DATA 4C9C06A9074C9C06A912 8D E104AD8D84C902B005 A9008DE10
DATA 17F2040B821708050B82 21 E7040B822B040E0511 301211633 10506114112 :REM"62 736B3A1B0018506C65 617365207
46
008000800080010CFF 18638D1D8
:REM*G9
40 DATA 6869732044412E1B0081 10100E010148000120
01880308080 :REM*114 56 DATA 81C081C0808180008000 80
:REM+68
78 DATA 0E8505A9158504A212A0 04
A9102068C2A9008D25 0E6020A1C 2A2122098C2 :REH*100 79 DATA A90E8505A9158504A212 A0
04A910206EC2F017AD 898418693 98DBE09A909
:REM*222
80 DATA 8503A98C85022056C24C 30 09ADEC0D300920B7C1 7F11008CE 80320B7C1BF :REM*69 81
DATA 1040BFC00020B7C1FF0F 40
7FC00020B7C14F0E1F B5A101608 10B1010A009 :REM*66 82 DATA 0B1020150E0B1030B509 iJi
01480018506C656173 6520696E7
36572742064 :REM*200 83 DATA 69736B3A00496E204472 69 766520412E1B000000
000000000
65 DATA 058510A9328511A90085 17 A900B516203BC238A9 32E511BD4
0008CC5098D :REM*204 84 DATA C209A5218DC909A5208D C8 09A9022039C120370A A9838506A
66 DATA A9678520A9048503A9B8 85 022056C2A502C905F0 33C908D00
85 DATA C1A9FF2027C1A93B8506 A9 FF2027C1ADEC0D1009 E60AC608A
07FA915B521
568684C5B04
:REM«18
:REM"71
99285072024
9FF2027C1AD
:REM»240
:REM»41
67 DATA C907F007C906F0094C68 07 20830B4C6807A90485 03A9AF850
86 DATA C209C908901AADEC0D10 0C
68 DATA 7B850E2056C220A1C24C 68 07ACC4098B8406A911 8504A204A
87 DATA 0C10A90B8DAA84A9A48D A9
69 DATA A50469678504A5056915 85 05A010B104911E8810 F93860ADE
88 DATA 0AADEC0D1010A9008509 A9 878S08A901850BA97E 850AA93B8
2A904850FA9
0062060C118
B0DF023A97F
:REM*74
C8B102F0118505C8A2 00A1040DE C0D2520B104 :REM*199 DATA B850E660A5BA8DF10D8D F0
0DAD8DB4C901F025AD 0FC0C9209
01EAD9084F0 :REM*186 72 DATA 19290F8DEF0DAD8E8429 0F CDEF0DF007ADC48829 D844CE1C1AE
40F003EEB :REM*175
73 DATA 8D84CAF015209F088DF0 0D
20B0C220A1C28AF006 201407B85 0EB60AD8D8 4 74
844C5D0BA9008509A9 08 50BA9BF8 5
:REM*194
70 DATA 0DEC0D8520A000B10285 04 71
20ABC1EC058C838C10 BC1EC050C83
:REH*222
F00D186901CDEF0D90 02A908A8B
438508A90 :REM*24 3
506A9828507 :REM«125 89 DATA 608502A90A8504A004A2 02 2060C120370AE606A5 021865068 506690A8507 :REM*10 90 DATA E608D002E609A20A4C75 C1 ADC209F078A53848A5 374820370 AA50B8538A5 :REM*18 91 DATA 0A8537C637A9002039C1 A9 182045C1A9008DC709 20650A202
4C1A5098519 :REM*223 92 DATA A5088518A50618690785 05 ADC709186DC309A888 CCC209B02
:REM*84
DATA C901F01B1869088DEF0D AD
B85»0920A :REM*251
A8420ADC509 93
:REM«215
DATA 8502A202A0202060C118 AD
CB0965028502ADC909 JUNE/JULY 1990
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GEOWATCH
048C1EEC709 :HEM*143 94 DATA ADC709C907D0B3203F0B 68
052A9058DC709A98385 06A9928
853768853B60AEC309 CAD011F02
103 DATA 0CB50A38E90F8508ADEC 0
DATA C18AF0034C8A0CA90E85 0 3A9268502A97F8505A9 408504A 202A0042065C2 :REM*177
D29808509B50B20B3C2 C900F02
112 DATA AD89848D557F20B7C185 0
BAEC309E8AD :REM*24 95 DATA C20938EDC309C907901C 8A 48203F0B688DC309CD C409B0081 86906CDC409 :REM*85 96 DATA B0038DC1094C9E0B60AD C4
0938EDC30920650A4C 2AC1ADC20 98DC4093BE9
:REM*46
97 DATA 06B00BD009A901D0O5A9 01 BDC4098DC3094CBD0A ADC309C90 1F0CFC90790 :REM*1B7 98 DATA EA38E9068DC309BDC409 4C 9E0BADC20938E9078D C709CDC30 990B1ADC309
:REM*15
99 DATA 186906CDC709B0B48DC3 09 8DC409208D0A4CA40B AD05B5304 5ADC209F040 :KEM*106
100 DATA 20370AA980B50720B3C2 C
900F033203F0B20370A A53C38E 93B8502A90085 :REM+199
101
DATA 038505A90A8504A202A0 0
42069C1A502186DC309 CDC2099 003ADC2098DC4 :REH*37 102 DATA 09203F0B60ADC209C908 9
507ACC709B949
111
:HEH«57
3202AC1A000A2
:REM*212
104 DATA 60ADEC0D1002A2C088D0 F DCAD0FA202AC1ACC709 B9S50CB E4F0C4CD8C1CE
D567F430020B7C15F0D 0A90D850FA9F3
113
:REM*224
105 DATA C70910B360BFAF9F8F7F 6
F0B0B0B0B0B0B130B68 7F5D4CA 90D8S1FA9F38 5 :REM«194
106 DATA 1E20G807A90DB50FA9F3 8
50E200BC2A9848515A9 0085142
029C2AD4A81C9 :REM*131 DATA 18D005AD4981C9B9D016 A 9048503A9AF8502A904 850FA99 9850E2056C24C :REM*199 108 DATA 5B0CA002D93EC299820D 8 810F7AD4C818D410EAD 4B818D4 00EA90D0 503A9 :REM*8 9 109 DATA F38502A90E8505A92785 0 4A202A0042065C2A91A 8D260EA 9008D360EA90E :REM«191 110 DATA 8D0181A9268D0081A90D 8
:REM*115
DATA 0E8D42BFAD400E8D41BF 4 C45BFA9848515A90085
14A9008
D6B882011C2AD
:REH*51
115 DATA 40BF65166C41BFA26320 1
107
D4581EE4D81A9818515 A900851 4A900851620ED :REM'214
DATA 850E200BC28AF0034C8A 0 CA002B97F0D993EC288 10F7AD4
E0E8D40BFAD41 114
45BF200 :REM*129
116
117
4074C5B0C4C567F0000 0020B4C 114009B8400A9 :REM*6 4 DATA 008D7D87AD557F20B0C2 A
97F850FA940850E200B C28AF00 62014074C8A0C :REM*238 DATA A9008D6B88A9848515A9 0
085142011C28AF00620 14074C8 A0C4CC80DA002 :REM*54
118 DATA B9820D993EC28810F7A9 0 E8503A92685022038C2 8AF0072 01407004C8A0C :REM«72 119 DATA 4C5B0400000808080803 0 2,-1
:REM«239B
RUN's Checksum TYPE IN RUN'S CHECKSUM, which serves for both the C-64 and fur !he C-128 in eilher ■!()■ or SOColumn mode, and save
it lo disk before running. When typing in a program from
o. AUATs Checksum program. Ttili program is available on ffl/nr-i BBS for uaars to download,
RUN. first load and run RUN"t Checksum. The screen will display a SVS number thai deactivates and reactivates the
Checksum, Always disable ROtFi Checksum before attempting to run another program. Note: You can abbreviate
and the order of characters affects ihc checksum. With this new version, when you press relurn after typing in a program line, a one-, two-, or three digit number from 0 lo 2Sf> appears in the home position. If this number matches the checksum value in the program listing, the line is correct. If
the number that appear! doesn't match the checksum value, compare the line with lite magazine listing (ci find your error. Then move the cursor back up to the line and make your
corrections. Now, after you press return, the corred checksum value should appear. Continue entering the listing until all the lines have been correctly typed. Then deactivate RUN'S Checksum, using the SYS number. Save (he finished program. All the graphics and control characters in the listings in R UN have been translated into understandable key combinations. They are the instruction* you sec inside the curly braces. VilT
example, (SHIFT L} means you hold down the shift key while you press the L key. You (to nal lyjje in the curly braces. What appears on the screen will look quite different from what is
designated inside the braces. Here are some more examples: {22 SPACEs)—press the space bar 22 times (SHIFT Cl.R}—hold down the shift key and press the clrhome key
J2 CRSR DNs( —press the cursor-down key twice (CTRL I)—hold down ih<- control key and press the 1 key (COMD T(—hold down the Commodore logo key and press the T key (F1JNCT 1}—press the Fl key
(5 LB.s)—press the British pound key {not #) five times uD
RUN
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BOB KODADEK
20 HO-12a:SA.332B:IF PEEK{40960ITHEN MO.64:SA.*
Basic
keywords; spaces affect the checksum only when within quotes;
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60 PRINTCHRS(147)STRSfMOi" RUN CHECKSUM":PRINT 19 PRINT"TO TOGGLE ON OR OFF, THEN 10a B0
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90 POKESA«39,20:POKESA+41,21:POKESA*1 23,205:POK ESA.124,189
100 110
POKESA+4,INT(SA/256);S¥S SAiNEW DATA 120,162,24,160,13,173,4,3,201,24,208,4
120
,162,13,160,67,142,4,3,140 DATA 5,3,88,96,32,13,67,152,72,169,0,141,0, 255,133,176,133,180,166,22
130 DATA 164,23,134,167,132,168,170,189,0,2,248 140
, 56, 201,48, HI, 7, 2g 1,5B, 176 DATA 3,232,208,240,189,0,2,240,42,201,32,20
8,4,164,180,240,31,201,34 150 160 170
DATA 208,6,165,180,73,1,133,180,230,176,164 ,176,165,167,24,125,0,2,133 DATA 167,165,168,105,0,133,168,136,208,239, 232,208,209,169,42,32,210 DATA 255,165,167,69,168,170,169,0,32,50,142 ,169,32,32,210,255,32,210
180 DATA 255,169,13,32,210,255,104,168,96,104,1 70,24,32,240,255,104,168 190
DATA
96,56,32,240,255,138,72,152,72,24,162,
0,160,8,32,240,255,169 200 DATA 42,208,198
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