I was surfing Digg and Slashdot today and found a few articles on Breadbox 64.
Thought I would pass the link to the programmer along for anyone who might want
to check it out.

http://www.vandenbrande.com/wp/2009/06/breadbox64-a-twitter-client-for-the-c64/

I have winVISTA 32-bit home premium.  When I type in email addresses, it
auto fills.  This is not a problem for me but what the program fills in
is NOT from my contacts list.  The program/application is getting these
email addresses (common) from another source.  Where is that source and
where is it getting them from so I can edit that source?  Please help.


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Bro. Luby D. Jackson wrote:
> I have a USB drive for backup.  When I delete files from this drive,
> then just don't delete but go into my trash can on my notebook.  Is
> there anyway I can delete files from this drive and have them not go
> into my trash can on my notebook?
>
Hold down the shift key while pressing delete.

Cheers,

Bryan

I have a USB drive for backup.  When I delete files from this drive,
then just don't delete but go into my trash can on my notebook.  Is
there anyway I can delete files from this drive and have them not go
into my trash can on my notebook?


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I have been looking for replacement drive belts for my 1541 drives.
has any body found one that would fit? I have 3 drives that slip real
bad now and one of my SX-64's is slipping too.

Hi

Your thinking of 2 different things,  Hard drives are just that but an MMU
is commonly used for ram, the 64 for example has 16 bit addressing which
allows 64k ram which is different than 64bit addressing or data bus.  There
have been some REU's from 64k up to 16megs for ram (commonly for ramdisk or
geos uses).  For hard drives the CMD drives were the last complete packages
but these are only available used now.  More recent developments are the
IDE64 which allows the use of ide hard drives & cdroms, also some solid
state drives are available, MMC64,  1541 ultimate, and the uIEC (either CF
card & ide or SD cards).  Each has different features and price ranges.
Personally I'm using the SD card uIEC with an 8gig card and it works fairly
reliably, works even better with jiffydos from what I heard (something I
don't have yet).  If you want to delve a bit deeper try the local search
engine to dig up more info.  As for maximum space, I've heard of people
using 4 gig drives in some of the cmd hd devices.  For some of the solid
state devices I've heard of people using anywhere from 128megs up to
8gigabytes (haven't heard of anyone using a 16gig card on a commodore yet).

On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 1:46 PM, Bro. Luby D. Jackson
<ldjackson@...>wrote:

>   I was thinking about those external hard drives for the C64/C128D. I
> was wanting to know to access even the latest technology, wouldn't the
> Commodores have to have a MMU (memory managing unit) and 64-bit
> technology to access all that space? What's the maximum space that the
> CBM 8-bits can handle successfully?
>
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>
>
>


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I was thinking about those external hard drives for the C64/C128D.  I
was wanting to know to access even the latest technology, wouldn't the
Commodores have to have a MMU (memory managing unit) and 64-bit
technology to access all that space?  What's the maximum space that the
CBM 8-bits can handle successfully?


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How much to ship to CT?


--- In classiccommodore@yahoogroups.com, "Patric D'Eimon" <patric@...>
wrote:
>
> Greetings.  I have a Commodore dot matrix printer-MPS-803.  It worked
> the last time I had a system to use it with.
>
> Free to a good home!
>
>
> I am in Austin, Tx.
>

Greetings.  I have a Commodore dot matrix printer-MPS-803.  It worked
the last time I had a system to use it with.

Free to a good home!


I am in Austin, Tx.

I would like to know if any of you have any screen shots of a C64 or
C128D viewing a standard .RTF file?
I would like to see a screen shot of a Commdore 8-bit or the Amiga
browsing the web.  I've been told that
they can do this, correct?


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If anyone has an Amiga 1080 monitor that is surplusage to their use, I
would like to buy one if the price isn;t too high. Please contact me by
private email. Thanks!

It was probably due in part to hardware limitations. Even though color
could be used on high resolution screens of the C128 (and also
the Apple II), there were limits on the number of colors that can be
used. Not every pixel could be addressed in a single color like
today's high resolution screens (or even the Amiga back then). Pixels
were grouped in sets of 8x8 blocks. Excluding the background color of
the block, only one color could be used in any active 8x8 block to
"light up" a pixel. Therefore, it was very difficult to represent a
color page on screen, when two adjacent pixels were supposed to be
different colors, much less show how it'll look when printed on a
color printer.

Color printers back then were luxuries, regardless of how cheap they
were at the time. Not everybody had them. A software company didn't
find it worth the investment to develop code to work for a select few
users that had color printers.

Besides, GEOS was sort of going for the Macintosh look, which was B&W
anyway.

--- In classiccommodore@yahoogroups.com, "Bro. Luby D. Jackson"
<ldjackson@...> wrote:
>
> Please forgive the spelling.  Having owned GEOS 2.0 and a 9-pin color
> printer back in the days, why was color not implemented on GEOS 2.0 for
> the C128D?  Even the new version of Wheels is not really implementing
> color.  Is or was color implemented because of memory constraints?
>
> For those of you that have Apple GEOS, was color implemented on that
> version?
>
> Please explain.
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>

Please forgive the spelling.  Having owned GEOS 2.0 and a 9-pin color
printer back in the days, why was color not implemented on GEOS 2.0 for
the C128D?  Even the new version of Wheels is not really implementing
color.  Is or was color implemented because of memory constraints?

For those of you that have Apple GEOS, was color implemented on that
version?

Please explain.


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Auctioning off some of my collection...sorry, US shipping only...

GEOS v2.0 for C64    #230282406702

Delphi Oracle C64 w/Dongle v3.28 1982    #230282410471

Lot of 7 Games on disk for C64    #230282396848


Thanks for looking,
Jeff

The Amiga and Atari ST were considered extreme competitors in the mid
to late 80's. In fact, Jack Tramiel, founder and president of
Commodore actually left Commodore to work for Atari to build/promote
the Atari ST, right before the Amiga was pushed in the market.

Between company founders and users, there was a sort of "religious
war" between the Amiga and Atari ST, with users of one bashing the
other. After all, egos had to be justified due to the prices people
paid for the things.

They both had their advantages and disadvantages, and they were
incompatible with each other (except maybe for a joystick or
something). Many people thought about what they wanted to do with a 16
bit, high graphic machine before they plunked down the money. They
both supported 4096 colors, just not all at once. The Amiga was better
at producing 4096 colors at once, especially when it came to images,
using its HAM rendering mode. The GEM based operating system on the ST
had some familiarity for those who used GEM before on older, erstwhile
systems.

At first, the Amiga and ST had, in retrospect, very cheesy looking
operating systems. But, to those who in the past saw them as new, they
were great to work with. With the introduction of Workbench 2.0 for
the Amiga, the ST stood little chance against someone who wanted an
attractive looking GUI.

Windowing was able to be done on both. The Amiga hardware was designed
for true multitasking. Where they both were able to run multiple
programs in separate movable windows on the operating system main
screen, the Amiga could multitask on several screens at once. A
feature demonstrated quite often by being able to grab the title bar
of the operating system desktop and "drag" it down to reveal another
program's screen and that application working in the background. It
was not unusual for some people to have several programs running on
their own screens like this.

They were both strong as multimedia resources. The Atari ST had
built-in MIDI capability. It was a great computer for those who wanted
to use it as a music sequencer. The Amiga was geared for graphics and
video, due to it's inherent NTSC (or PAL) video architecture. That's
why products like genlocks and the Video Toaster became popular.
People were producing their own movies and animations. They were even
able to create their own titles and graphic overlays for their home
movies. Remember, this was possible in the mid 80's on the Amiga when
only TV studios could do this kind of stuff with expensive hardware.

Gaming....  What can I say, Amiga all the way. Although the ST did
well, I just was never fully impressed with ST gaming. The hardware
design of the Amiga made it very useful for game programmers to create
impressive feats within their games as far as presentation and
playability.

When the Amiga 2000 (and higher) models came out, you now had internal
expansion capabilities. This means you could throw in hard drives,
processor accelerators, networking cards, etc. inside a single case,
like the PC. The ST didn't have those advantages. Everything needed to
be tethered to the base system, even though solutions did eventually
come out for the ST to compensate, in much the same way as they did
for the Amiga 500/600/1200.

The Amiga did have a minor drawback that was known between the two.
The Amiga floppy disk access was slow compared to the ST. The ST had
what I think was the Twister format that allowed it to read/write
floppies at extreme speeds (for the time).

However, I believe the Amiga had a greater market share, probably due
to the European influence. The Amiga was a big hit in Europe. That's
probably the reason why Broderbund decided NOT to make Print Shop for
the ST. They assumed there were not enough potential consumers using
Atari ST to give them a return on their investment.

-----

Now, to take care of some of your questions...

Hooking the 1581 to the Amiga can be done with a special adapter. The
only one I know of is this:

http://sta.c64.org/frodoiec.html

You'll need special software to use it though. The question becomes,
why do you want to do this? You won't be able to read Amiga disks with
it. The adapter is primarily used to help archive Commodore software
using an Amiga, instead of a similar cable for use on a PC.

--- In classiccommodore@yahoogroups.com, "Bro. Luby D. Jackson"
<ldjackson@...> wrote:
>
> I realize this list is for the Commodore.  Thank you all for helping me
> to understand more about the Amiga and it's place in the computer world.

I realize this list is for the Commodore.  Thank you all for helping me
to understand more about the Amiga and it's place in the computer world.

I have several more questions.  My first question is could the 1581 work
on the Amiga?  If it can, it this feasible or advisable?  Likewise,
could the Amiga 3.5 drive work on the C128D?

The reason I titled this email about the Atari ST is that I did some
research about this to see how compatible it was and it's place in the
computer world.  When I was reading about the
Amiga, still when I was using a C128D, I would hear things about how
great the Atari ST is.  After doing my research, I was not that
impressed with it even though it had a graphical
user interface on it as well.  I realize the the Amiga and Atari ST were
both 16-bit computers, with those limitations.

So my question is, how compatible (with the GUI) is or was the Atari ST
with the Amiga 4000 or earlier versions?  Why were these pitted against
one another?  What is a side by side comparison of the two?

My last question about the Amiga (you all have pretty much answered
this) is why wasn't all the Print Shop and Print Master programs
produced for the Atari ST being that it was 16-bit and had a GUI when
those programs were popular on 8-bit computers?

Looking forward to hearing from you all.


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Hello, again. This is Gabriel Noel, the filmmaker from Canada with another film,
this one utilizing Martin Galway's gameplay music from 'Comic Bakery'.In my
travels, I'd stumbled upon an obscure recipe for a really good bar drink that is
served by the pitcher. I'd made an animated film of it, as this drink deserves
to be popularized, and that very music is a perfect fit, as you will see (via
the provided link): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOspPTN92lw Regarding my use
of Galway's 'Mikie' music for my obscure video review of 'Guitar God', I will be
using it for subsequent entries, as I hope to make my reviews of awful Quasmi
games a series (I will be filming some new episodes in July).
  My future output will be greater, as I recently quit my day job of seven years
to concentrate on my filmmaking, and am presently fully immersed in the craft
(I'd even bought a website to showcase my work; it's in the link below). I've a
documentary short I'm working on that I will be shopping before September that I
am hoping will cast attention on the rest of my work, much of which is a
showcase for great c64 music.
Best,Gabriel Noelitstheit productionsgnE: itstheit@...:
http://itstheit.comW (portfolio): http://youtube.com/itstheit
_________________________________________________________________



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I do not want to offend anyone on this list.  I thank you all for
contributing to helping me understand about the Amiga and certain DTP
programs in the 8-bit.  I have a better understanding about all those
questions that I just couldn't ask in times past.

I installed some software on my PC this past FRI and I was very
surprised to see that the software acknowledged the file formats for the
Amiga.  Among these formats were graphics formats and sound formats.  I
know nothing about the "top notch and best" graphics and sound formats
for the Amiga.

Apparently, the Amiga must STILL be a strong contender if this software
still acknowledges these file formats.

Currently, I understand that .MP3, .MP3, .WMA, .WMV and .MOV files are
the latest on the PC with a windows based OS.  Of course I have oodles
of questions.  My questions are if there is a strong base of sharware or
free utilities for the OS 3.9 for the Amiga that support pretty
sophisticated conversions on the Amiga like the latest PC?

My other question is the about the graphics formats for the Amiga and
their popularity and what made them so great on the Amiga until windows
still acknowledges them.  If the maximum number of colors the Amiga
could show were 4096 (provided that the Amiga is maxed out) colors, how
can this contend with 24-bit graphics these days in the Mac and windows
environments?

Likewise, I have the same questions about the sound formats.  What's out
there on the Amiga that will handle the popular formats now and the
Amiga only has so much RAM.

Please advise and bring me up to date.


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An inkjet from a few years ago might be useable if it had epson
compatibility.  One member of the user group I'm in does programming
articles every month with one and does it directly from his 64

On Sun, Jun 1, 2008 at 10:25 PM, Bro. Luby D. Jackson <ldjackson@...>
wrote:

>   I'm sure you could find a cable but the problem then would be a printer
> driver.
> ----------------------------------------------------------
>
> K5HML - Harry wrote:
> >
> > Been lurking in the background for a while,
> > reading the mail about printers.
> > Was wondering --- Is there any way to interface
> > an inkjet printer to either a C-64 or C-128?
> > I still have my two 64's and 128 from back in the
> > 1980s. Wonder if it's possible with, say, an
> > Epson Stylus Color 600.
> >
> > Harry in San Antonio
>
>


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Short answer, No.

The Amiga was primarily renowned for it's graphics capabilities, not
publishing. Even though it was able to perform decent printing tasks,
and there was software to do that, the Amiga had a lack of powerful
printer drivers that would have put it at a level of the Mac (or PC)
for such tasks.

As far as surfing the Internet, I'm not aware if the capability is
beyond that of a PC in the late 90's. There certainly isn't Flash or
other multimedia content software, and I don't know if Java is even
available in a form that's considered modern. As much as I'd like to
get my Amiga online, it'll be cost prohibitive for me to do so. I also
wouldn't expect the same enriched experience you get these days. My
Amiga gets used for games and nostalgic trips through my early 3D
graphics and animation creation.

As for reading a CD. I never had an Amiga configured to read any. I do
recall that it may only be possible to read ISO9600 formatted CDs. The
Joliet standard for modern Windows CDs may not be supported. I refer
that question to anyone else who has more experience working with Cds
on an Amiga.

--- In classiccommodore@yahoogroups.com, "Bro. Luby D. Jackson"
<ldjackson@...> wrote:
> My question is that if I invested in an Amiga 4000 and got all the
> upgrades, would I be able to browse the internet on DSL and then create
> sophisticated documents like
> I do with Corel X3 for winXP?

I'm sure you could find a cable but the problem then would be a printer
driver.
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K5HML - Harry wrote:
>
> Been lurking in the background for a while,
> reading the mail about printers.
> Was wondering --- Is there any way to interface
> an inkjet printer to either a C-64 or C-128?
> I still have my two 64's and 128 from back in the
> 1980s. Wonder if it's possible with, say, an
> Epson Stylus Color 600.
>
> Harry in San Antonio
>
>
> relayer <no_reply@yahoogroups.com <mailto:no_reply%40yahoogroups.com>>
> wrote:
> The Amiga 4000 was late and high up the Amiga line. There were few of
> them sold. Most of them were sold for use with the Video Toaster card.
> Very few were just for desktop use as Commodore was losing steam at
> the time.
>
> I'm not aware of many Amiga 4000 specific software titles, at least
> that weren't for video and advanced graphics. Most of the software was
> able to operate on the Amiga 500/600/1000/1200/2000/2500/3000 series
> of computers.
>
> I remember PrintMaster Plus for the Amiga. I haven't used it myself. I
> mainly used my Amiga for multimedia. 2D/3D Graphics, animation, etc. I
> did have the Okimate 20 for the Amiga for a while. I also had it for a
> C128. Simply replacing the interface module made it Amiga (and PC)
> compatible. I haven't done much with color printing on the Amiga. It
> simply took a lot of time with the Oki 20. When I got my first HP500C,
> then I printed a lot of pictures.
>
> Harry, K5HML
> San Antonio, Texas
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>


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/Thanks for letting me see this.  Was is Kyocera Unison that made that
program?  Do you have a screen shot of it and did it offer color
printing and print/preview support?

My question is that if I invested in an Amiga 4000 and got all the
upgrades, would I be able to browse the internet on DSL and then create
sophisticated documents like
I do with Corel X3 for winXP?

Would I be able to insert a CD-ROM and the Amiga read the PC formatted
CD and load in graphics files?/
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relayer wrote:
>
> The Amiga 4000 was late and high up the Amiga line. There were few of
> them sold. Most of them were sold for use with the Video Toaster card.
> Very few were just for desktop use as Commodore was losing steam at
> the time.
>
> I'm not aware of many Amiga 4000 specific software titles, at least
> that weren't for video and advanced graphics. Most of the software was
> able to operate on the Amiga 500/600/1000/1200/2000/2500/3000 series
> of computers.
>
> I remember PrintMaster Plus for the Amiga. I haven't used it myself. I
> mainly used my Amiga for multimedia. 2D/3D Graphics, animation, etc. I
> did have the Okimate 20 for the Amiga for a while. I also had it for a
> C128. Simply replacing the interface module made it Amiga (and PC)
> compatible. I haven't done much with color printing on the Amiga. It
> simply took a lot of time with the Oki 20. When I got my first HP500C,
> then I printed a lot of pictures.
>
>


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First, you'll need to get a Commodore to Centronics adapter. A company
called Xetec was a popular vendor with their Supergrafix line. Here's
an eBay link to one right now:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Commodore-64-128-Xetec-Super-Graphicjr-printer-adapter_W0QQi\
temZ300228106114QQihZ020QQcategoryZ4193QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

If the above link fails to work, just search eBay using these keywords:

printer commodore

and you'll see quite a few of them mixed in with assorted printers.
They appear to be going cheap.

Anyhow, you'll need that as a start. That will give you the centronics
connector (big one that's on most IBM compatible printers of the 80's
and 90's) to even establish a physical connection.

The rest of the story may be different. First, you'll need some sort
of compatibility mode in the printer. This means, regardless of the
brand of printer, there is a common "language" which the printer
recognizes to perform it's tasks. Epson compatibility was very popular
(I think Star was another, lesser compatibility). If your printer is
Epson compatible (the traditional Epson compatibility, check your
printer documentation), then regardless of it's native "language", it
will still recognize the once industry standard Epson printer codes.

The Xetec adapter may help with this compatibility, but I never
researched it. I have one of the Supergraphix adapters, but never
found the time to try it out. Basically because, other than having
Commodore specific printers already, the only Centronics capable
printer I have is a Laserjet 4MP. I'm not sure if the Xetec adapter
will work with it.

Now, you're referencing a modern Epson Stylus printer. These days,
even Epsons now aren't Epson compatible like the term was used years
ago. All I can suggest is try it and find out. You may need to do a
little research to find out for sure. My suggestion is this, looking
at the low prices for the Xetec adapters on eBay, if you have a few
bucks to burn, and want to play around with your Commodore equipment,
get one of them. It might come in handy someday.

Jeff
73, K1TUX

--- In classiccommodore@yahoogroups.com, K5HML - Harry <k5hml@...> wrote:
>
> Been lurking in the background for a while,
>   reading the mail about printers.
>   Was wondering --- Is there any way to interface
>   an inkjet printer to either a C-64 or C-128?
>   I still have my two 64's and 128 from back in the
>   1980s.  Wonder if it's possible with, say, an
>   Epson Stylus Color 600.

Been lurking in the background for a while,
   reading the mail about printers.
   Was wondering --- Is there any way to interface
   an inkjet printer to either a C-64 or C-128?
   I still have my two 64's and 128 from back in the
   1980s.  Wonder if it's possible with, say, an
   Epson Stylus Color 600.

   Harry in San Antonio


relayer <no_reply@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
           The Amiga 4000 was late and high up the Amiga line. There were few of
them sold. Most of them were sold for use with the Video Toaster card.
Very few were just for desktop use as Commodore was losing steam at
the time.

I'm not aware of many Amiga 4000 specific software titles, at least
that weren't for video and advanced graphics. Most of the software was
able to operate on the Amiga 500/600/1000/1200/2000/2500/3000 series
of computers.

I remember PrintMaster Plus for the Amiga. I haven't used it myself. I
mainly used my Amiga for multimedia. 2D/3D Graphics, animation, etc. I
did have the Okimate 20 for the Amiga for a while. I also had it for a
C128. Simply replacing the interface module made it Amiga (and PC)
compatible. I haven't done much with color printing on the Amiga. It
simply took a lot of time with the Oki 20. When I got my first HP500C,
then I printed a lot of pictures.






Harry, K5HML
San Antonio, Texas


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The Amiga 4000 was late and high up the Amiga line. There were few of
them sold. Most of them were sold for use with the Video Toaster card.
Very few were just for desktop use as Commodore was losing steam at
the time.

I'm not aware of many Amiga 4000 specific software titles, at least
that weren't for video and advanced graphics. Most of the software was
able to operate on the Amiga 500/600/1000/1200/2000/2500/3000 series
of computers.

I remember PrintMaster Plus for the Amiga. I haven't used it myself. I
mainly used my Amiga for multimedia. 2D/3D Graphics, animation, etc. I
did have the Okimate 20 for the Amiga for a while. I also had it for a
C128. Simply replacing the interface module made it Amiga (and PC)
compatible. I haven't done much with color printing on the Amiga. It
simply took a lot of time with the Oki 20. When I got my first HP500C,
then I printed a lot of pictures.

Thank you for the information about the color printers.  I was excited
about the Star Micronic 1000 series and finally got the CBM compatible
one but it was 9-pin.  I had really wanted to get a 24-pin color printer
and see what it was like.  I know was monochrome 24-pin printers were
like from being in college.

Do you know if the Imagewriter II  was 18-pin or 9-pin?  I always wanted
to sample the color LQ Imagewriter but I don't think there were any
printer drivers for the CBM 8-bits that could drive a printer like that
to the max, were there (even with GEOS)?

I've been looking at the Amiga 4000 and hearing about the printing
programs.  Do you know if they had print/preview in color and if they
offered color printing as a support?  I saw where Printshop and
Printmaster were made for the Amiga 4000.  I would like to see a screen
shot of those programs running on the Amiga if someone has a screen shot
of that.
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tom metzger wrote:
>
> Hey gang,
>
> Color printers did make a nice Christmas present in 1984. The Okimate
> 10 was affordable color printing, although it was a thermal printer
> and required good paper for decent printouts. It was also slow at
> graphics printing.
>
> Given the evidence of Okidata later coming out with an Okimate 20, I
> think sales of these printers for Commodores were pretty good.
>
> Also, Epson produced a dot-matrix impact printer with a COLOR ribbon,
> or ribbons. I can't remember the technology design they used , perhaps
> it was a ribbon that had 3 "stripes" of color on it, but I remember
> the advertising of it and apparently it was compatible with software
> like Print Master. I saw this advertised 1985/1986.
>
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>


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Hey gang,

   Color printers did make a nice Christmas present in 1984.  The Okimate 10 was
affordable color printing, although it was a thermal printer and required good
paper for decent printouts.  It was also slow at graphics printing.

   Given the evidence of Okidata later coming out with an Okimate 20, I think
sales of these printers for Commodores were pretty good.

   Also, Epson produced a dot-matrix impact printer with a COLOR ribbon, or
ribbons.  I can't remember the technology design they used , perhaps it was a
ribbon that had 3 "stripes" of color on it, but I remember the advertising of it
and apparently it was compatible with software like Print Master.  I saw this
advertised  1985/1986.





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Hi Brian & Andrew,

I've tried the conductive pen.  It is designed for the typical rigid pcb.
Tried on the ribbon (like) cable with little success.  The main problem is
removing the rather thin insulation without destroying the trace.  Soldering
of course is not a real solution, it'll burn through the cable in short
order.

Andrew,  Thanks for the offer,  if you do have the part still available I'll
cover the postage for it.  Lemme know we can do the address thing over an
off list email

On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 1:45 PM, <bpope@...> wrote:

>   And thusly were the wise words spake by James Alexander
>
> >
> > Anyone here have a junked MPS803 printer. Mine had a fall not long ago
> and
> > I've gotten it mostly repaired. All I really need at the moment is the
> > flexi cable (like a ribbon cable) that goes from the printers logic board
> to
> > the print head as mines got 2 traces torn.
> >
>
> Another thing that may work is using a conductive ink pen. I bought
> mine from a Radio Shack store, but this item was being
> discontinued so it may be hard to find at a Radio Shack. I did a
> search at Jameco and they have them.
>
> It worked good enough to fix some traces on a normal PCB, but I am
> not sure how well it would work on that flexi cable. Perhaps if the
> repaired trace is protected with clear nail polish?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Bryan
>
>
>


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Thank you for this link.  I've heard some horror stories about the
Q-Link parties on the east coast.  I think this is neat.  Do you know
any more about Craig Bruce or Jim Colette?  I still have some of my
Commodore RUN magazines too.

I wanted to ask about the Amiga now and the Print Shop and Print
Master.  I looked at some of the specs of the Amiga 4000 and see that it
was a contender of the Mac OS and Mac kind of computer because of the
similar chips being used.  The 68xxx series of chips for the graphical
user environment, right?

Was the 1581 drive ever compatible with the Amiga line or the Amiga
built in 3.5 backwardly compatible with the C128D?
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relayer wrote:
>
> Jim Brain is still active. He primarily restarted a famous online
> service called Quantum Link. Using old code and some dug up data
> captures, he wrote a service using Javascript that emulates the
> original Q-Link service almost in it's entirety. The primary website,
> Quantum Link Reloaded, is down right now, but here's the Wikipedia entry:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_Link_Reloaded
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_Link_Reloaded>
>
> I'm sure there are steps that can be found (via Google) to connect
> yourself to Q-Link Reloaded. From what I remember, their website is
> not needed to connect. They basically detailed the reborn service and
> steps to connect. I don't know if the actual server to connect to is
> running or not at the moment. You can connect using a real C-64 (via
> RS-232 interface to a PC) or via emulation (like VICE). I tried it out
> over a year ago and it worked as well I remembered it.
>
> --- In classiccommodore@yahoogroups.com
> <mailto:classiccommodore%40yahoogroups.com>, "Bro. Luby D. Jackson"
> <ldjackson@...> wrote:
> >
> > Isn't Jim Brain one of the great programmers for the Commodore line?
>
>


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I know I *had* a junk MPS-803 printer, but I can't remember if I got
rid of it yet or not.  If I still have it, the part you need is all
yours!  I'll check tonight when I get home from work (around midnight
(PDT)), and I'll let you know...

-Andrew


2008/5/22 James Alexander <james.m.alexander@...>:
> Anyone here have a junked MPS803 printer.  Mine had a fall not long ago and
> I've gotten it mostly repaired.  All I really need at the moment is the
> flexi cable (like a ribbon cable) that goes from the printers logic board to
> the print head as mines got 2 traces torn.