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- Questions and Answers Part 1
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- From: Schneider
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- Has anyone found a solution to
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- wasted paper on the MPS 801? It
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- annoys me that in order to start
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- printing at the top of a page, I must
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- put one whole blank page of paper
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- through the feed mechanism. I have a
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- lot of blank single sheets of computer
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- paper lying around. I do use them for
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- scrap paper, but it's expensive scrap
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- paper.
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- > Fact is, Schneider, 99% of ALL
- > printers are made like this, i.e.,
- > they require a "sacrificial" sheet
- > of paper be fed in before printing
- > can begin at the top of the next
- > sheet. It has to do with the fact
- > that the print head is usually a
- > couple of inches below the tractor
- > drums, thus making it impossible
- > to have the top of the first sheet
- > at the print head and on the
- > tractor head at the same time.
- > Yes, use the leftover sheets for
- > scrap note paper and, they make for
- > good paper hats and airplanes...
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- From: Brown
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- When I try to run LOADSTAR on my
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- C-128, the computer stops at the
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- READY prompt instead of running the
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- Table of Contents. Also, why should
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- I have to turn the disk over to get
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- programs on Side 2 when I have a 1571
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- disk drive?
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- > Prior to Issue 26, you needed to
- > put your computer in 64-mode before
- > running LOADSTAR. However, we are
- > now including an "auto boot"
- > program that will automatically run
- > LOADSTAR when you turn on the
- > C-128.
- > Yes, the 1571 has the capacity to
- > read both sides of a disk without
- > turning it over. However, it is
- > NOT automatic and must be handled
- > by software. We are looking into
- > it.
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- From: Watson
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- Recently I read a blurb from someone
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- who had a program that converted from
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- one numbering system to another
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- handling systems up to base 24. But I
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- do not remember who it was. If your
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- memory is any better than mine (and
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- it surely is) please tell me who it
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- was. Or better yet- run it in
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- LOADSTAR. I know how to convert but
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- it would be much faster and easier to
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- let my computer do it. Yes, like
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- everyone else now, I am spoiled by
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- the computer and calculator age.
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- > What luck, my dear Watson! See
- > ALL BASE CALCULATOR in this issue.
- > It provides add, subtract, multiply
- > and divide functions in as many
- > numbering systems as your heart
- > desires.
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- From: Landis
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- QUESTION????
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- How do I get the printer file
- program off 'LOADSTAR' so I can
- print my own material in 2 columns ?
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- This would be a very useful
- utility to have for publishing a
- newsletter.
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- I am using PAPER BACK WRITER as a
- word processor since it is very
- powerful yet easy to use.
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- Any help would be of great
- assistance.
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- > Our printer routines only handle
- > data from our own in-house text
- > processors. A strange text file
- > would surely produce unpredictable
- > results. Sorry!
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- From: No-Name Nelly
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- 1. How can I list a program before
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- I run it? I have attempted to do this
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- with a program included on the BEST
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- OF LOADSTAR but only get an error
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- message and/or '0 SEQ'. I would like
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- very much to consolidate most of the
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- games and utilities from previous
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- disks onto one disk.
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- > You can list a program by first
- > loading it using the following
- > syntax:
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- > LOAD "program name",8
- > LIST
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- > This assumes, however, that the
- > program is in BASIC.
- > As far as transferring programs to
- > other disks is concerned, you can
- > use any file copying program to
- > move the program files from
- > LOADSTAR to another formatted
- > disk. The text file describing
- > the program usually has a list
- > of all files required.
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- 2. Has Loadstar ever considered
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- printing a card to be inserted into
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- the sleeve of the disk listing the
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- programs on the disk ? It would be a
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- great help to have this information
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- ready at hand when looking for a
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- particular program.
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- > A "Contents Card" can be found on
- > the back of every issue, listing
- > all of the programs contained on
- > it, as well as a brief summary
- > of each.
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