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| Thread ID: 64497 | 2005-12-17 00:29:00 | Is Commodore poised for a comeback? | SurferJoe46 (51) | PC World Chat |
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| 413312 | 2005-12-17 00:29:00 | Interesting News-story here. (msn.com.com) . | SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 413313 | 2005-12-17 01:49:00 | I think they'll be pushing manure uphill... | pctek (84) | ||
| 413314 | 2005-12-17 02:58:00 | Commodore werent too bad. I had an Amiga till the battery leaked lol. But I've still got the disks, and the scsi hdd / enclosure here. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 413315 | 2005-12-17 03:53:00 | I really enjoyed my C>64's and the C>128 . I still have 4 external HDDS (were there any other kind?) and a few extra power supplies too . . . . Oh, and I have a lot of cartridges and those huge floppies with things like "Raid on Bungling Bay" and "Rescue on Fractulus" and "Forbidden Forest" and a cassette! I even have an old Vic-20 too! Anyone remember this? 10) Open15,8,15,for t=1to120; get L 20) ?"Insert Disk"; Read 15,8,15; goto30 30) Close15,8,15,for t=1to120; next t 40) return 11) if "L"=0, then goto 20 12) if "L"=1, then goto50; next t 50) ?"Thanks"; next t 70) If "L">0 or=1 then ?"What are you waiting for?"; next t 80) ?Chr$127;end (I think that's right) :confused: hahahahahah . . . wasn't that a disc boot routine? Remember how you hadda leave some room between the numbered lines so you could insert some extra code like lines 11 and 12? . . . it would collate and auto-sequence itself . |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 413316 | 2005-12-17 04:18:00 | Anyone remember this? 10) Open15,8,15,for t=1to120; get L 20) ?"Insert Disk"; Read 15,8,15; goto30 30) Close15,8,15,for t=1to120; next t 40) return 11) if "L"=0, then goto 20 12) if "L"=1, then goto50; next t 50) ?"Thanks"; next t 70) If "L">0 or=1 then ?"What are you waiting for?"; next t 80) ?Chr$127;end (I think that's right) :confused: hahahahahah . . . wasn't that a disc boot routine? LOAD "* . *",8,1 |
pctek (84) | ||
| 413317 | 2005-12-17 04:25:00 | I know..I was just trying to get it to prompt, that's all...thanks anyway... | SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 413318 | 2005-12-17 06:20:00 | In fact: Load"*.*",8 when I first got it.... Go off, make coffee, watch half a movie, come back and then! Aha! At last: "Turn tape over..." |
pctek (84) | ||
| 413319 | 2005-12-17 06:24:00 | users.actrix.co.nz Trevor :) |
Trev (427) | ||
| 413320 | 2005-12-18 02:25:00 | I owned a Commodore 16,64 then Amiga (actually VZ100 first) and they were light years ahead of PC at the time. But enthusiasts have been trying to revive it for years including a new OS and design etc. The reality is, if it does ever reappear it will only be the name, the hardware purposed a year or so ago was basically just a PC where to be true to itself they should be basing it closer to Mac architecture. Not really excited, I put it right up there with the release of "Duke Nuken forever", never going to happen. |
Battleneter (60) | ||
| 413321 | 2005-12-18 02:54:00 | If I am not mistaken, I think the original (US, anyway) OPSYS was PET or CPM ( or was it CBM?). I remember the defaults were all along the PET 40-40 architecture, with the "save with replace" bug really a toggle from first the "0" drive then the next time the "1" drive....it made a lot of people mad when they saved a file half the time to a non-existant default...hahahahah. :lol: |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
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