YourCommodore_SeriousUsersGuide1988.pdf

COMMODORE

-3fou R

SERIOUS

USERS

C os

GUIDE

- THE ULTIMATE PROGRAM

• COLLECTION FOR

C64 AND C128 OWNERS

•

avaaaaanaaaaaaaa.

Er 1111111111111111DOODUIR 0113121

CIMMILIteD1111111

INCWDING:

DISK OP

_PROGRAM COMPACTER

120 FONT EDITOR

•

1 Ili it, it it it 4 4 4 "J

• •

• • 44 t me tiP4 , p4 1.44 14

- .r _II lit ..4t, 1

•••••• 7

r r .1 arg .0

1 *

4,0,,,*tomiap10/411Q

MESSAGE CONSTRUCTION KIT•

Gil COMPILER

DISK CATALOGUE

MOUSE MANAGER

TECHNICAL INFORMATION FOR THE C64 AND C128

'CORMODORE

SERIOUS

Editor:

Stuart Cooke

Deputy Editor:

Eric Doyle

Typesetting:

Magazine Typesetters

Design:

Wakeworth Design

Artist:

Alan Batchelor

USERS Lc)

GUIDE cl%

A program also needs style if it is

going to impress anyone and the 128

Font Editor and the Message Con-

struction Kit for the C64 provide easy

routes to adding a 'designer look' to

your routines.

Instead of attaching a printer or

disk drive to the serial port, using it to

link through to another C64, C128,

Plus 4 or C16 can add a new dimen-

sion to games playing. With the Bus

Route 64 program you possess a key

which opens up the world of interac-

tive, two player games.

On the technical side there are

memory maps of the C128, C64 and

1541 disk drive Arith detailed tables of

many more vital statistics in a quick

reference format.

information to help any ser-

ious C64 or Cl28 user to get the best

from their computer. Utilities for

programmers and other computer us-

ers are backed-up by an informative

technical section and an extensive

hints and tips guide.

If your forte is Basic program-

ming, the GTX Compiler can convert

a program to run at over 30 times its

normal speed.

The Your Commodore Serious Users

Guide is more than a magazine, it's a

reference guide that deserves a place

beside every Commodore 64 or 128.

Contents

Listings 4

A guide to help you to enter the

Serious User programs,

Diskos 2 7

Window control sees you through

drive difﬁculties.

Super Index 52

Put all your favourite articles at

your ﬁngertips.

Technical Information 56

Full memory maps for the C64,

C128 and 1541 disk drive.

Mouse Manager 6

Whip your NEOS mouse into

shape.

Mailing List 128 32

Keeps you in touch with everyone.

Message Construction

Kit 3 6

Liven up your listings with a supe-

rior scroll.

128 Font Editor 68

A utility to give character to your

programs.

Sticky Cursors

Joystick control is at hand.

64 Tips for the 64 10

A comprehensive list of program-

ming hints

GTX Compiler 73

44 Gives the go-faster stripe to BASIC

routines.

Disk Cat

Keep track of your programs.

A Bit More 17

Get into hi-res without losing your

memory.

Bus Route 64 81

Conduct a conversation with

another computer.

Program Compactor 48

Squeeze more programs into less

disk space.

Your Commodore is a

monthly magazine appearing

on the ﬁrst Friday of each

month. Argus Specialist

Publications Limited

Editorial & Advertisement

Ofﬁce, Your Commodore,

No I Golden Square, London

W IR 3AB. Telephone: 01-

437 0626. Telex: 8811896.

Subscription rates upon

application to Your

Commodore Subscriptions

Department. Infonet Ltd, 5

River Park Estate,

Berkhamsted, Herts, HP4

1HL. U.S.A. Subscription

Agent: Wise Owl Worldwide

Publications. 4314 West

238th Street, Torrance CA

90505 USA.

Distribution SM Distribu-

tion, 6 Leigham Court Road,

London SW16 2.P0. Printed

cialist Publications Limited.

All rights conferred by the

Law of Copyright and other

intellectual property rights

and by virtue of international

speciﬁcally reserved to Argus

Specialist Publications Limit-

ed and any reproduction re-

quires the prior written con-

by Chase Web, Plymouth.

While every effort is made to

thoroughly check programs

published, we cannot be held

responsible for any errors that

do occur.

The contents of this publica-

tion including all articles, de-

signs, drawings and programs

and all copyright and other

intellectual property rights

therein belong to Argus Spe-

YOUR COMMODORE SERIOUS USERS GUIDE

Easy Entry C64

Listings

17111 ﬁ rs' ﬁ nk' ik•ith our delta(' pro

for thc C64.

:CC=2*[Pi] R:

Ignore the square brackets and just

type in a shifted upward pointing

arrow (ie. the pi symbol).

down the CTRL key as you press N,

press the cursor key down twice, the

cursor left key ﬁve times, press the key

marked BLUE while holding down the

CTRL key, press the F3 key and,

ﬁnally hold the Commodore key down

while pressing the number two key (C2

would of course make the computer

print in brown).

Always remember that you should

only have a row of graphics characters

on your screen with no square brackets

and no commas, unless something like

this appears:

[SS],[C*]

In this case the two characters should

have a comma between them.

On rare occasions [REV Ti will

appear in a listing. This is a delete

symbol and is created by entering the

line up to this mnemonic. Then type a

closing quotation mark (SHIFT & 2)

and delete it. This gets the computer

out of quotes mode. Hold down CTRL

and press the number nine key

(RVSON), type the relevant number of

reversed T's and then hold down

CTRL and press zero (RN/SOFT).

Next type another quotation mark and

delete it again. Now ﬁnish the line and

press RETURN.

A list of these special cases is given

in the table but remember that only

one of these mnemonics will appear

outside of a PRINT string: the symbol

for pi. This may appear when its value

is needed in a calculation so this may

look something like:

listings are free of those horrible little

black

around the keyboard for a suitable

graphic symbol. You may also have

noticed the funny numbers by the side

of each line of the listing. Fret no more,

it's all part of our easy entry aid.

Instead of those nasty graphics and

rows of countless spaces in PRINT

statements and strings we use a special

coding system. The code, or

mnemonic, is always contained in

square brackets and you'll soon learn

to decipher their meanings.

For example, [SA] would mean

type in a Shifted A, or an ace of spades

in layman's terms, and [SA10] would

mean a row of ten of these symbols.

[S+2] means hold down the shift

key and press the plus key twice. It

doesn't take a great leap of logic to

realise that [C+2] means exactly the

same thing except that the Commo-

dore key (bottom left of the keyboard)

is held down instead of the shift key.

If more than two spaces appear in a

statement then this will be printed as

[SPCA] or, exceptionally, [SSPC4].

Translated into English this means

press the spacebar four times or in the

latter case hold the shift key down

while you do it.

A string of special characters could

appear as:

[CTRL N, DOWN2,LEFT5,BLUE,

F3,C3]

This would be achieved by holding

5 REM SYTAX CHECKER - ERIC DOYLE

10 81-•.10 :SA-49152

20 FOR L0 TO 21..CX-0:FOR 13<1 TD

30 READ AAF A>255THENPRINT"NUM6

ER TO LARGE";LW

10):STOP

40 EX.LX+A:POKE S4.L.16•0,ANEXT

50 READ A:IF A><CX THENPRINT

ERR

OR IN LINE

TOP

GO NEXT L:SYS 49152:NEW

70 DATA 173,5,3,201,155,208,31,1

20.169,9.141,32,208,141,33,

208

847

80 DATA 169,7,141,134,2,169.13,3

2,210,255,169.64.141,4,3,169,168

90 DATA 192.141,5.3.88,96,120.16

8,124,141.4.3.169,165,141.5.1566

100 DATA 3,169,14.141,134,2,111.

32,208,162.6.141,33,208,88,96,15

EIS

110 DATA 32,124,165,72,138,

2,15

2,72,162.0.165.20.133,294,165.21

,1717

120 DATA 24,101,254,133,254,189,

0,2,240,18,69,254,133,251,232,

9.2346

130 DATA 0,2,240,8,24,101,254,13

3.254,232,208,233,169,1,141,134,

2134

140 DATA 2,16s.254,74,74,74,74,3

2,156,182,32,a1o,255,16s,254.41..

2054

150 DATA 15,32,156,192,32,210,25

5,169,13,32,210,255,169,13,32.21

0,1995

160 DATA 255,169,7,141,134,2,104

,16e,104,170,104,96,24,105,48.20

1,1832

170 DATA 58,16,1,96,24,105.7,96,

0,0,0,0.0,0,0,0.403

by Erie Doyle

YOUR COMMODORE SERIOUS USERS GUIDE

Easy Entry C64

Mnemonic

Symbol

Keypress

Mnemonic Symbol Keypress

CTRL & I

[BLACK]

[RIGHT]

CRSR left/right

CTRL & 2

[WHITE]

[LEFT]

SHIFT & CRSR left/right

CTRL & 3

[DOWN]

[RED]

CRSR up/down

111

CTRL & 4

[UP]

SHIFT & CRSR up/down

[CYAN)

CTRL & 5

f I key

[PURPLE]

CTRL & 6

[GREEN]

I F2]

SHIFT & ﬂ key

•••L•ItH

1112

•• • • •

NI: NI!

CTRL & 7

[F3]

13 key

[BLUE]

CTRL & 8

[F4]

[YELLOW]

SHIFT & f3 key

[F5]

f5 key

[POUND]

:ram:

[F6]

SHIFT & f5 key

[LARROW]

[F71

17 key

UPAR ROW]

SHIFT &

IF8)

SHIFT & £7 key

IN]

CLR/HOME

[HOME]

SHIFT & INST/DEL

I INST)

SHIFT & CLR/HOME

see text

[CLR]

[REV Ti

CTRL & 9

CBM + letter

[RVSON]

[Cletter]

CTRL & 0

SHIFT + letter

[RVSOFF1

[Sletterl

Checksum Program

immediately because it will be used

with most of the present and future

listings appearing in Your

Commodore.

At the start of each programming

session, load Checksum and run it.

The screen will turn brown with yellow

characters and each time you type in a

line and press the RETURN key a

number will appear on the screen in

white. This should be the same as the

corresponding value in the magazine.

If the two values don't relate to one'

another, you have not copied the line

exactly as printed so go back and check

each character carefully. When you

ﬁnd the error simply correct it and

press RETURN again.

If you want to turn off the checker

simply type SYS49I52 and the screen

will return to the familiar blue colours.

You can then do whatever it was you

wanted to do and if this doesn't use the

area where Checksum lies you can go

back to it with the same SYS

command.

No system is foolproof but the

chances of two errors cancelling one

another out are so remote that we

believe our listings are more reliable

than any other magazine in the world.

So get typingl

The hexadecimal numbers appearing

in a column to the left of the listing

should not be typed in with the

program. These are merely checksum

values and are there to help you get

each line right. Don't worry if you

don't understand the hexadecimal

system, as long as you can compare

two characters on the screen with the

corresponding two characters in the

magazine you can use our line

checking program.

Type in the Checksum Program,

make sure that you've not made any

mistakes and save it to tape or disk

YOUR COMMODORE SERIOUS USERS GUIDE

Plik z chomika:

Inne pliki z tego folderu:

Inne foldery tego chomika: