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From: eric@cbmvax.UUCP (Eric Cotton)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Re: C64 Manual****Saving Files
Message-ID: <2214@cbmvax.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 13-Aug-87 09:34:39 EDT
Article-I.D.: cbmvax.2214
Posted: Thu Aug 13 09:34:39 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 15-Aug-87 09:03:22 EDT
References: <295@dsacg3.UUCP>
Reply-To: eric@cbmvax.UUCP (Eric Cotton)
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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Keywords: Help

In article <295@dsacg3.UUCP> nfs1677@dsacg3.UUCP (Harold Chodnoff) writes:
>   As a new C64 user I have many questions, however I will address
>only three at the moment. 
>1. Can anyone suggest a good C64 manual? The one that it comes with
>   seems to leave a lot of questions unanswered.

If you do not already have the C64 Programmer's Reference Guide then buy
that first.  If you are looking for material that is more tutorial there
are many good books on the market.  Try the local bookstore; most are pretty
well stocked with c64 books for all users from novice to expert.

>2. Is it normal to save a file on disk, after modifications, to the 
>   old file name and not have those changes saved? It seems that I 
>   have to scratch the old file in order to save those changes under
>   the same name.

The syntax for save-with-replace is:

	save "@0:filename",8

A word of caution here: It is not advisable to use save-with-replace on
the old 1541 disk drives.  Delete the file first and then save the new
version.

>3. I am presently in the market for a dot matrix printer. Keeping in
>   mind that I may want to some day in the distant future upgrade to
>   an, excuse the expression, IBM compatible, are there any Ideas?
>   Are there interfaces made for the Commadore printers? The reason
>   I'm asking is that I keep getting a lot of different answers 
>   from associates as well as retail stores.

You might look at the CBM MPS1000 and MPS 1250 dot matrix printers.  I
believe both can be used on the C64 line as well as IBMs.

-- 
	Eric Cotton
	Commodore-Amiga

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