1 print chr$(147)
10 for i =0 to 255
20 poke 646,i
25 print i;"hello world"
30 next i
i ran this in vice by mistake
this is what it should of been

1 print chr$(147)
10 for i =0 to 15
20 poke 646,i
25 print i;"hello world"
30 next i
c128 mode tried in c128 mode

1 print chr$(147)
10 for i =0 to 255
20 poke 241,i
25 print i;"hello world"
30 next i
correct code
1 print chr$(147)
10 for i =0 to 15
20 poke 241,i
25 print i;"hello world"
30 next i
how can this happens there are only 0 to 15 colours and I can poke up to 255 values

Ken

Quote from: BigDumbDinosaur on January 11, 2011, 10:21 AM

Quote from: Hershey on January 10, 2011, 01:43 PMCould it also be why when I just use the file name, the bbs never finish loading just sits there with the ra drive light on and I have to reset the system and use load"dragondire bbs",8 to load up the bbs boot file

Rename the file to dragonfirebbs (one word).  The blank between dragonfire and bbs is causing the RA DOS to think that the filename you want to run is dragonfire and that bbs is a command line argument to dragonfire.  Shame on you for not figuring this out, as the behavior of the RA command line is clearly explained in the documentation. 

Ok i read the manual over and over and the only thing I can find is
invoke (feature)
Syntax: [lu:][user:]filename
Any legal filename typed beginning in the first column of the screen will cause the system to attempt to load and execute that file. The INVOKE feature works for both BASIC and machine language programs. Simply type the program's name, followed by a carriage return.

am I missing somthing  - a full manual maybe.

Try out this windows program Works with all cbm basics
http://www.stojalowski.de/files/BasEdit.net.zip
Edit Commodore Basic files on the PC with syntax highlighting and support of the full PETSCII character set

can also save files as pc text file

Full review here
http://www.commodorefree.com/magazine/vol4/issue42.html#NEWS8

Thanks again BigDumbDinosaur

I printed the manual on sunday. Now to take the time to read it.

I Think it is now time to think outside of the commodore dos box. Everything I know about cbm dos is about to change lol

Hershrey

Thanks for the quick rely BigDumbDinosaur

I do understand about not following proper programing and I was hoping it was not that. Will move bbs back to cmd hard drive. Could it also be why when I just use the file name, the bbs never finish loading just sits there with the ra drive light on and I have to reset the system and use load"dragondire bbs",8 to load up the bbs boot file

Hershey

I Just installed the ra this weekend. It is working great. very fast. little ticked with the manuals for the fact it mentioned that you could boot into 128 mode but did not state how it was done. So after many time going over manuals and online search I gave up and went to the configure software. Very power software. After playing around in there (carefull not to change anything that I could not remember what it was before) found lots of features and the c128 mode boot. now I moved dragonfire bbs software to it (went well except rel file, had to use a rel file copier)

Now to run the bbs software - did not load with dragonfire bbs  had to use load"dragonfire bbs",8  and was loaded before I could remove my hand from keyboard.

typed run then this happend

load"1:dragonfire ?.?",8?

run

run
monitor
#
when I exited ml monitor the ra display bar came up under the load dragonfire prompt.
removed the ? at the end of the load command and the bbs loaded and ran fine.

this well cause a problem because this software loads in stand alone modules moving back in forth I would have to be there to run the mods and main bbs prg. if the bbs loads a prg that I wrote  it will not load it but will return back to the bbs after I load it (I use load"dragonfire ?.?",dv:run).

my question is  is the ra bar interfering with the direct mode input of commands if so how do I turn off display bar with out turing of ra

Hershey

Any one know where I get the telbbs standard cable that Jim Brain has recomended?

Hershey

Where can I find this book ?
Abacus Commodore 128: Basic 7.0 Internals Book 2
Have looked around the net, with no luck.
Found books 1 to 8 except for 2

A pdf would be fine. Would like to have paperback as well to help compleate my collection

Hershey

Thanks for the replies.
   
Now I know the code works in other vice systems.
Tried the code on my desktop and got the same responce, also tried wte's code and it stopped too,  at the end of prg no ready prompt. Which leaves me wondering what setting in vice I have to Change?

I just ran the code in vice c64 and it worked correctly. Now I really have to check setting in vice 128


Hershey

This program hangs at line 70 in winvice c128, except if you turn on tron , then it works or if you put in a print d command in side loop (line 70)

Have not tried it on a real c128 yet

10 CLR:FAST
20 PRINT CHR$(147)
30 PRINT "DEVICE NUMBER CHECK": PRINT
40 DN=PEEK(186):PRINT "DEVICE NUMBER";DN;":ACCESSED LAST":PRINT
50 FOR DV=8 TO 15:OPEN 1,DV,15:CLOSE 1
60 PRINT"DEVICE NUMBER";DV;": ";:A$="NOT PRESENT":IF ST<0 THEN 90
70 OPEN1,DV,15,"UJ":FOR D= 1 TO 1000:NEXT:INPUT#1,A,A$:CLOSE1
80 A$=RIGHT$(A$,4):IF LEFT$(A$,1)<>"1" THEN A$="DRIVE UNKNOWN"
90 PRINT A$:NEXT

Try it out see if it works for you
Hershey

Quote from: quarkx on February 19, 2010, 12:56 PM
Hi, all, I was just wondering if anybody knew the status of TPUG? I sent an order in for their store a week ago and have not heard back. I am wondering if anyone is still answering the e-mail.

I sent in my membership and orderd their new tpug dvd. Which arrived last week. but it had a flaw on the disk, They are sending me a new one. 

I Will look around for the disk or the information.
Here is what I found on the net

http://commodorefiles.zapto.org/Commodore%20Software/Zimmers/cbm/demodisks/c128/

cpm.622-5002336.d81.gz

It is commodore's version (I think)
attached is the cpm .d81 format
Hershey

Years ago I had modified the cpm 3.0 boot disk to handle a 1581 drive. It worked great. It also booted cpm. The only problem was you had to format the disks in 128 mode with a utility (1581 utility disk, I think). For cpm format program did not support 1581 format. Over time I have misplaced the information (I think it was in a magazine) I may still have the disk. If I Did not use it for another purpose.

Hershey

Looking for c64 BBS software called The Stock Exchange(TSE). It is a BBS with a message base and Stock Market built right in to the main bbs code so stock prices are updated at all times not just when the game loads.
Originally developed by a Canadian company called Telepro Techologies.

More info Here http://www.bbsdocumentary.com/software/COMMODORE/AMIGA/DLG/

Quote from: Gumpy on June 30, 2009, 05:22 AM

Quote from: Hershey on October 16, 2008, 01:00 PM

Quote from: Gumpy on September 30, 2008, 03:34 AM
Does anybody have .d64 images of this? I don't have mine anymore, I accidentally lost them while moving files around. :-(

My email is sammymarlo@yahoo.com

I have it

http://elitebbs.dyndns.org/mag/Run/ReRUN/disks/Special/funpak/

Enjoy

I haven't visited this site in awhile, and I am still looking for FunPak 128.

I was excited to see your link for downloading it, but I just clicked on the link and got the elitebbs webpage with a "Page Not Found. The Page "funpak" was not found." message. :-(

Do you still have FunPak, and if so, could you re-upload it someplace or email me the disk images? Thank you very much.

Try again with this new link http://elitebbs.dyndns.org:8000/mag/Run/ReRUN/disks/Special/funpak/

made a little change to the address

Main link to all files has also changed to http://elitebbs.dyndns.org:8000

Quote from: MIRKOSOFT on June 15, 2009, 12:31 AM
http://www.ntrautanen.fi/computers/commodore/prg/c128/basic_128.zip

Miro

In vice turn off the true drive emulation and the program will run.

Hershey

Quote from: SmallCleverDinosaur on January 21, 2009, 05:33 PM
So where can you download Wheels then?

try here
ftp://ftp.scs-trc.net/pub/c64/Tools/GEOS wheels_128_1999_Maurice_Randell.zip      113.414
ftp://ftp.scs-trc.net/pub/c64/Tools/GEOS wheels_64_1999_Click_Here_Software.zip  381.686
ftp://ftp.scs-trc.net/pub/c64/Tools/GEOS wheels_64_1999_Maurice_Rand.zip            81.143

Quote from: Gumpy on September 30, 2008, 03:34 AM
Does anybody have .d64 images of this? I don't have mine anymore, I accidentally lost them while moving files around. :-(

My email is sammymarlo@yahoo.com

I have it

http://elitebbs.dyndns.org:8000/mag/Run/ReRUN/disks/Special/funpak/

Enjoy

Quote from: dilbert on July 21, 2008, 05:05 AM
this newbie(me) is trying too use the BLOAD basic command to load a  ML program in from disk to bank 0 at address 4608 or 1200 hex.  Monitor can load it ok. And SYS 4608 wil start the program running.

But for the life of me i can't get BLOAD to do it.

BLOAD "TAZB2",8,0,4608
or
10 BLOAD "TAZB2",8,0,4608

I have also tried BLOAD "TAZB2",D0,U8,B0,P4608

Everthing comes back as a syntacs error.



??

Hope This Helps
Took it right out of the COMMODORE 128 PROGRAMMER'S REFERENCE GUIDE


BLOAD
Load a binary file starting at the specified memory location
BLOAD "filename"[,Ddrive number][<ON!,U>device number] [,Bbank
number] [,Pstart address]
where:
• filename is the name of your file
• bank number selects one of the 16 BASIC banks (default memory configurations)
• start address is the memory location where loading begins
EXAMPLES:
BLOAD "SPRITES", B0, P3584 LOADS the binary file "SPRITES"
starting in location 3584 (in BANK 0).
BLOAD "DATA1", DO, U8, Bl, P4096 LOADS the binary file "DATA 1"
into location 4096 (BANK 1) from
Drive 0, unit 8.

Hershey

How about a Commodore DPS-1101 Daisy Wheel Printer I got one. heavy and noisy

I do like the layout of this forum. It is nice easy to use - great job.
 
Doing my job in posting mesages

I have Basic 8 on disk as well as sketchpad 128 and the other one (can not think of name right now).

I have a box of new misc parts (chips, double headed drive assembly).etc. If you have a part number I can see if I have the parts

I am new here but not to new to the Commodore 128. I have owned one for over 20 years. Mostly played game and a little basic programing. I was a very active collecting software in the early years. Ran a bbs in the 80's and now I am running one again (telneted), Still on the commodore c128. My Main system was the C128 right up to 1999 then I got my first pc. My c128 was fine untill I got the internet in my small town. Now I do all my searching on the net for cbm stuff and now use my c128 for the bbs. I have more then one c128 setup, so I Can do both play and bbs .

Current setup (c128 systems only)

4 - c128
4 - 1571
2 - 1581
2 - 1084(s)
1 - ramlink (16meg)
1 - cmd-100 (4g)
1 - 1750 ram expansion

there are many books, mags, software, and Manuals, etc. that I have collected over the years (as I have not chucked any thing out )

I have a program that is compiled with Abacus 128 compiler and  I would like to convert  it back into basic for editing. Any one have any decompilers that might work.