Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!ceres.physics.uiowa.edu!news.iastate.edu!cs352a55 From: cs352a55@cs.iastate.edu (Class login) Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: Ibm c64 Message-ID: Date: 22 Dec 90 00:31:31 GMT Sender: news@news.iastate.edu (USENET News System) Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA Lines: 43 Hi, I have just purchased a c64 (for $35... one of the keys is broken, and the diskdrive has to be upside down to run because of a loose connection. I was wondering, how do I program the communications port (ie the linked up RS232) from BASIC? I dont have access to any books other than the manual for the disk drive and another book on sound and graphics.... I checked our library and there is no C64 Programmers Guide/Manual there either. If someone could send me a quick example, I can do the rest. Please send to: TAA65@ISUVAX.BITNET or taa65@ccvax.iastate.edu What I intend to do (just for kicks :) is: Have a program that will send a file from the c64 out the rs232 (in a special format) to the awaiting ibm pc on the other side... and another program (or maybe the same one) in the other direction. After that I am going to write a patch form my music editor on the ibm to save to a format that a c64 program can read in and play.... I dont suppose reading from the modem will be fast enough to keep tempo, would it? Anyway, if someone could point me in the direction of SOURCE of a good down- loader for the c64, I could use that instead.... dont tell me where to ftp zmodem or some other such thing from, seeing as how I dont have any programs to download it with!!! PS: is ARC for the 64 compatible with the other ARCs for other computers? Have they come out with ARJ for the 64 yet? Where can I get lots of free games? is it possible to hook up an IBM joystick to the 64 (I know, potentiometer vs. click)? How would one write a TSR equivalent for the 64 (so that I may use the Mouse -> IBM -> RS232 -> c64 pathway)? Where can I get the SID Editor ( and how much does it cost? How easy is it to use?) and finally.... CAN ONE GET A FASTER DISK DRIVE!!!! (1541 or 1571 is what I have...) Sunjeev "Sunny" Gulati 296-9537 (after Jan 17th) TAA65@ISUVAX taa65@ccvax.iastate.edu -- or talk to me on ADND-L the adnd list server available from LISTSERV@PUCC