Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!clarkson! From: shikascs@clutx.clarkson.edu (Glo,,,) Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: Re: ALL PLEASE RESPOND... Message-ID: <1990Nov27.231059.7897@grape.ecs.clarkson.edu> Date: 27 Nov 90 23:10:59 GMT References: Sender: @grape.ecs.clarkson.edu Reply-To: shikascs@clutx.clarkson.edu Organization: Clarkson University Lines: 43 From article , by lcs@remus.rutgers.edu (Lyle C. Seplowitz): > > Please take a minute to answer these questions... > I am asking them mainly out of curiousity, but I do have some need for > the information. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > 1. What computer do you own? If you own a C128 indicate how much > 80-column video RAM you have (i.e. 16K or 64K). For those that aren't > sure, the standard C128 has 16K unless you had it upgraded. The C128D > has 64K. C128, C64, Zenith 286 > 2. What hardware (i.e. disk drives, printers, etc.--include company > and model) do you own? 1541,1571,1581 > 3. Do you own GEOS? What version? (1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, > 2.0--for the 64 or 128 or both) I don't own/have a copy of GEOS. > 4. Do you own ANY kind of external RAM device? (i.e. C17xx, GEORAM, > RamLink, RamDrive, Brown Box, PageFox...). How much memory does it > have? 1764 (@512k) I can't wait until I save enough money to buy RamLink. :> > 5. What is your main area of interest? (i.e. programming, graphics, > music, sound, games, education, business, animation, > telecommunications...) I have dabbled in a bit of everything. I guess I would have to put down my main interest to be in the telecommunications area. I also enjoy writing programs that manipulate disk i/o. > 6. Explain any comments, suggestions, criticisms, or whatever that you > have with your computer and/or its software/hardware. (This is > optional since it can be quite long). I would like to see a 1581 type drive that supports a 1.44 meg format. I wish Commodore had a more efficient system of releasing new versions of DOS (on ROM). The autoboot sector 'bug' is driving me nuts! (Upon validation, track one, sector 0 is set free. It can't be set as a file either because of the track is pointing to 67 (C) and the sector is 66 (B). Is a $00,$FF,$43,$42,$4D header for the first 5 bytes possible? Oh well, it's too late anyway. > 7. For GEOS owners, are you satisfied with the operating system? What > weaknesses do you find with it? What suggestions do you have if there > were to be a version 3.0? (question three) > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------