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* Commodore Free Magazine *
* Issue 29 April 2009 *
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Commodore Magazine dedicated to
all Commodore Computers
Available as
TEXT PDF SEQ D64 and PDF
www.commodorefree.com
EDITOR
After the Forth issue (last month) I
thought we would return back to a
mixed bag of articles and........
Hey you at the back; stop falling
asleep I said "we are returning to a
mixed bag of articles!"
This month sees the end of our "in
the beginning series" so with a tear
we say goodbye to Lord Ronin and
thank him for his interesting and
often enlightening look at the
Commodore user manual.
I seem to have fallen into my own
trap and have created a Commodore 64
magazine rather than a Commodore
magazine, My Amigas have laid turned
off for to many years now, finding
space and time to house and even
power them is just impossible at the
moment. I regret I havent followed
the Amiga scene for some time, I am
an absolute fan of the Classic Amiga
but can't say the newer versions have
excited me. It seems to me anyway,
the spark has died and the newer
systems are: just another box running
a customised Linux installation. Am I
wrong is the Amiga going to be "the"
next OS.
I paid for the Amiga OS 4 discounts
and after many years I have received
only a rather large oversized t-shirt
that looks like a tent on me! BUT No
coupon to upgrade to os4 as promised.
So maybe I shouldnt ever pay up front
I will stick with OS 3.5 (if I ever
turn the machines on) I always wanted
an Amiga A3000 (to my mind the best
designed Amiga) but never found one
for sale, well technically never
found anyone who would part with one.
I worked for Silica for a number of
years who were the U.K. importer of
Commodore products, although the head
office and test centre had a number
of A3000s listed as "stock" they were
all classed as spares only and would
not sell them because none were in a
working state. So after a long search
I had to purchase an A4000 and that
was a big disappointment, maybe I
should have just purchased a 1200
with an accelerator card. Well they
are my thoughts, is the Amiga still a
strong system?
Readers
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A couple of readers have sent in
articles and I am reading through
them for inclusion. I would like to
say thanks for your time penning
these and they "will be included"
where space allows. We have more
"readers code" (common stop playing
games and start learning, OK I have
had enough of your comments you with
the long hair and red t-shirt please
report to the principals office) I
received a short story from Leon
roach Called "Rise and Fall", I urge
you to read it as its a highly
amusing story about his BBS.
Also at this very moment, the
Commodore Free disk magazine version
is being updated and improved "how
can you improve the best magazine
ever" ehhhh errrmmm oh thanks for the
nice comments you with the long hair
and t-shirt please re enter the room!
I am not sure its the best magazine,
although some readers have emailed me
to say so! but its definitely
evolving into something, for people
looking at purchasing DOTNET+ the
Commodore Free Disk magazine was
created using this very application.
So this should give you an idea of
the power, the rough version was
produced in just a few days!
TV and Easter
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I can't leave you without a comment
about this, "I just couldn't let it
lie"
Well the Easter weekend should have
been a sci-fi geek-fest at least in
the U.K. with the Doctor Who Easter
special and Red Dwarf Easter special
a 3 day special "one off" although
there is now hints of a series 10 but
no film, apparently in the U.K. Dave
TV who funded the episodes graced the
highest ever viewer figures from the
3 episodes. Doctor Who had a strange
Deja-vu Feeling about the story line,
like a number of the other "newer
story lines" and as is the custom
stole some ideas from other sci-fi
shows, but it was a good episode and
very enjoyable viewing.
Red Dwarf (back to earth) on the
other hand was absolutely awful and
should never have seen the light of
day, I presume Dug Naylor was
convinced by the cash hand out to
start writing but the spark was gone.
In fact the spark was so far gone it
had left in a taxi 10 years ago and
died was buried and then dug up only
to find it had transported to a
parallel planet just before mankind
had stepped foot on the earth and
suggested there may be a problem, and
coined the term "credit crunch" I
can't say there was anything in any
of the episodes worthy of a mention,
and why the long pauses between
sentences like waiting for the TV
audience (that wasnt there) to find
something amusing (that wasnt there)
HOWEVER so popular has been the 3 day
special Dave T.V. (in the U.K.) are
running the series from start to end,
and of course the Easter 3 day
special every day (multiple times)
Maybe I was expecting to much, I
heard a rumour the last episode would
have no special effects, no props
just pure acting, I am sorry this
never happened because this would
have been superb! All the main actors
were and are excellent (in previous
versions) or should that be previous
lives.
Windows
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I spent 3 days working to remove a
virus from a laptop, (no big deal)
well the problem seemed to be the
virus had affected every single file
on the machine even a format of the
disk left traces of the infection, a
secured delete utility of the hard
disk didnt remove the beast! and in
the end I had to revert to an older
BIOS level then reinstall Windows.
Add to that the manufacturers website
listed the wrong drivers that
wouldn't install on the version of
windows stated and you end up with
almost 3 days of frustration, the
machine itself was slow and so even
quick formatting took ages. After the
machine was returned to its rightful
owner I went upstairs turned on my
C64 and it said READY. As it always
does, I loaded an application from
disk and thought "I have learned an
important lesson here"
Now if I find out what the lesson
was, I am sure I would be a far
better man than I am now.
Here we go then with another packed
issue
Regards
Nigel
www.commodorefree.com
www.commodorecomputerclub.co.uk
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