Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!ganymede!terre.DMI.USherb.CA!sd05 From: sd05@terre.DMI.USherb.CA (Sylvain Tremblay / Eric Trepanier) Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: Re: ALL PLEASE RESPOND... Message-ID: <1990Nov30.063940.12233@DMI.USherb.CA> Date: 30 Nov 90 06:39:40 GMT References: <1990Nov27.231059.7897@grape.ecs.clarkson.edu> Sender: usenet@DMI.USherb.CA (Pour courrier Usenet) Organization: Universite de Sherbrooke, Quebec Lines: 75 Nntp-Posting-Host: terre.dmi.usherb.ca > 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. I have a C128D, so I already have 64K RAM, and if I had a C128, I would surely upgrade it to 64K! ... > 2. What hardware (i.e. disk drives, printers, etc.--include company > and model) do you own? An internal 1571 and 1581 disk drive, a 1750 512K ram expander, a 1670 1200 BPS modem (with plans to upgrade to 2400 BPS), a 1084 monitor, a 1351 mouse, an EPSON LX-800 printer and an excellent 6 years old WICO joystick. ... > 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 have GEOS 128 v2.0. I use it mostly for word processing and I intent to get in some geoProgramming eventually. I'm satisfied with the actual state of the GEOS environment, but I know that it could be a lot better. For example, it would be possible to have a splendid 320x200 16 colors GEOS environment, without requiring 64K of video RAM... Of course, a 640x200 color or 640x400 GEOS would be even better (though a 64K is required here). The window support is very limited, it's virtually impossible to have multiple overlapping windows as is seen on the mac and/or Amiga. I'm sure that with a little effort, this too could be done. > 5. What is your main area of interest? (i.e. programming, graphics, > music, sound, games, education, business, animation, > telecommunications...) I'm mostly interested in ml programming, but I also use my C128 for word processing, graphics, telecommunications and entertainment... > 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). The lack of a good, standard, ROM-oriented Operating System with command line and command arguments. You know, the type of commands like the COPY A:*.PRG B: we're used to see on other machines. I wish there was an intelligent sb-directory support available for all Commodore disk drives. Mostly, the lack of an inexpensive 20/40 Mb hard disk (below 300$ like you see on the PC market)... Someone wrote this: > 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. I suppose this tip has already been given, but you can create a fake CBM file that points to track 1 / sector 0 with a file size of 1 block. The DOS doesn't care about the track links on a CBM file (filetype $85), so the block won't be reallocated after a validate. Well that's it for me, hope you will find this useful... Eric Trepanier -- +-----------------------------------------------------------------///------+ | Sylvain Tremblay INTERNET: sd05@terre.USherb.CA __ /// /| | | Eric Trepanier CIS: 71640,666 \\\/// # | | | Sherbrooke, Qc, Can TEL: (819) 820-0976 \XX/ _|_ |