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From: elg@killer.UUCP (Eric Green)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Re: Blue Chip/Pocket Writer 2/C128 problems. (HELP!)
Message-ID: <1773@killer.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 9-Oct-87 21:56:06 EDT
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Posted: Fri Oct  9 21:56:06 1987
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in article <751@cblpf.ATT.COM>, dar@cblpf.ATT.COM (David A. Roth) says:
> decided to upgrade my setup and I bought a C128/1571 and switched
> to  Pocket  Writer 2 in the 128 mode. I have found out that I can
> not get my Blue Chip  to work now.  What happens is after  I  get
> into   Pocket  Writer 2 and do a directory of the disk I then try
> to load a file and the system locks up leaving the  light  on the
> 1571  blinking.

This is due to a bug in the Blue Chip's interface. It is a common bug in
hardware designed before the introduction of the Commodore 128. Apparently the
interface intercepts the fast-mode stuff intended for the drive, resulting in
total lockup and confusion. Turn off your Blue Chip while doing disk access,
and all is jiffy. 

> back on. Then I requested to print the file. It printed it all in
> upper case only.

Two possibilities here: a) did you set your word processor to "Diablo", and 
b) did you set your Blue Chip's DIP switches to "no CBM/ASCII translation"? 

I don't have Pocket Writer, so I would have no sure answers to these
questions.  I do recall having a bit of trouble getting Wordpro-128 to work
with the Blue Chip, though. Eventually traced it to the fact that the Blue
Chip won't respond to secondary addres 5 (transparent mode of most printer
interfaces).  That was easily fixed by telling the printer driver it was
secondary address 7. 

Hope this helped,
     Eric

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