p_macdonald@eden.DEC (PRO Workstations Pubs) (08/22/85)
I too managed to find a C128 at Caldor's in Brighton, MA. They had two left in stock. Other Caldor's in the region were out of stock. No 1571 or 1902. They wrote a raincheck for those. Like Pat, I am impressed with the quality of the hardware, and the completeness of the supplied manual. They did an excellent job with that book! C64 mode works fine, and I haven't encountered the "Letter Q" bug that some people on Compuserve were complaining about. My machine language programs work fine in C64 mode. I even tried a few C64 BASIC programs in 128 mode, and they worked fine. So converting non-machine language programs from 64 to 128 mode for the purpose of taking advantage of the 7.0 BASIC should be no problem. CP/M boots fine on the 1541. Not the 15 seconds claimed on the 1571, but not excrutiatingly long. Wish they had supplied TERM for CP/M. Dunno how I will be able to get MEX downloaded to the 128 without it. You have to use a diskette formatted with the CP/M FORMAT command (not COPYSYS as the manual states). I downloaded MEX740.COM in 64 mode but it can't be PIP or executed from CP/M. If anyone has a copy of MEX740.COM and MEX.HLP loaded onto a CP/M formatted diskette, I should would appreciate a copy. Paul MacDonald 617-493-3439
paull@hplabs.UUCP (Rob WE6B) (09/25/85)
C64 fans and hackers,
I have written a terminal program in BASIC that uses a machine
language routine to speed things up. The question is, will my program
run on a C128? Does the C64 mode on the 128 look EXACTLY like a real 64?
I would assume that all BASIC programs would work, but are all the peeks,
pokes and kernal routines at the same addresses? I would hate to have to
discard all the c64 documentation I have and wait for new stuff on the 128.
If anyone can answer this I would appreciate it.
TNX, Rob (WE6B)pjm@spuxll.UUCP (PJ Maioriello) (09/30/85)
YES! YES YES yes The C64 mode of the 128 is TOTALLY compatible with a real 64. This is not an emulation. IN 64 mode the 128 IS a 64. BASIC (no matter how you peek and poke) and ML will both work P. Maioriello spuxll!pjm
ubsims@ecsvax.UUCP (William K. Sims) (08/15/86)
Has any gotten the Plug-in device called Partner by Timeworks?? Ther a few Questions a friend would like to know. (1) Does the Name and Address file saved to disk or is it in memory, or just how?? (2) How many entries are allowed per file?? (3) Will the Auto Dialer work with any modem? or does it have to be Commodore?? Any help to these questions or information anyone may have conerning this Plug-in device please response via E-mail to: ======================================================================= William K. Sims University of North Carolina User Id ubsims@ecsvax North Carolina Educational computing Service. (NCECS). =======================================================================