misha@daisy.UUCP (Mike Umansky) (03/04/86)
Hi. My cousing has recently bought a Commodore 64 system with disk. He loads a game from a disk and starts running it. Now, when he wants to stop the games and/or load another one or do something in basic, he has to turn the machine on and off. IS there a keyboard key sequence that he can use to return him to on board basic from a running program??? Any pointers are greately appreciated!! Thank you. -- -- NAME: Michael Umansky (misha) E-MAIL: ucbvax!hplabs!nsc!daisy!misha WORK: Daisy Systems Corp. 700B Middlefield Road Mountain View, CA 94039-7006 (415) 960-7166 (work) HOME: 94 Cassia Ct. Hayward, CA 94544 (415) 886-4805 (home)
bub@rlgvax.UUCP ( Mongo Mauler) (03/04/86)
> Hi. > > My cousing has recently bought a Commodore 64 system with disk. > He loads a game from a disk and starts running it. > Now, when he wants to stop the games and/or load another one or > do something in basic, he has to turn the machine on and off. > IS there a keyboard key sequence that he can use to return him > to on board basic from a running program??? > Any pointers are greately appreciated!! > Thank you. > -- > -- > NAME: Michael Umansky (misha) > E-MAIL: ucbvax!hplabs!nsc!daisy!misha > WORK: > Daisy Systems Corp. > 700B Middlefield Road > Mountain View, CA 94039-7006 > (415) 960-7166 (work) > HOME: > 94 Cassia Ct. > Hayward, CA 94544 > (415) 886-4805 (home) You can try pressing the RUN/STOP key, then while holding it down smartly tap the RESTORE key. If this doesn't reset the machine, and the game has no facility to exit to BASIC, turning the machine off is your only recourse. The power switch is the C64 'reset/reboot' switch!
doug@terak.UUCP (03/07/86)
> My cousing has recently bought a Commodore 64 system with disk. > He loads a game from a disk and starts running it. > IS there a keyboard key sequence that he can use to return him > to on board basic from a running program??? A three-part answer: I) The standard sequence for restarting the 64 is to hold the RUN/STOP key down and thump the RESTORE key (do not just press the RESTORE key, it needs a hard thump). II) Most commercial software purposely disables the RESTORE key, to force you to turn the computer off before running another program. Because when you turn the computer off, that erases the program from the computer's memory, making it more difficult for you to "pirate" the program. III) If you're handy with a soldering iron, it's easy to rig up a RESET switch, which will perform a "power-up reset" without actually turning the power off. And a few companies sell RESET switches for the 64. If you do much BASIC programming, you might find such a switch a lifesaver anyway. -- Doug Pardee -- CalComp -- {hardy,savax,seismo,decvax,ihnp4}!terak!doug