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- Dear LOADSTAR 128,
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- I just happened to have my mouse still plugged in when I ran an issue
- and noticed that the button works fine but I couldn't cursor around the
- menu with it. Is there any way the LOADSTAR 128 menu could be made mouse-
- conscious? I wish I were a programmer so I could tackle this.
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- How about a program to print out color pics from LOADSTAR 128?
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- Richard C. Olson
- Depew NY
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- LS: If we were to use Maurice Randall's MOUSE 80 from LS 128 #15 I'm sure
- that the menu could be made to work with a mouse. The only problem is that
- adding mouse support would add quite a bit of code to "presenter.128" as
- well as the 8 block "mouse80.o" object code. The code and object file
- overhead are negligible for most programs that could use mouse support, but
- for a menu program like LOADSTAR 128, which is to be loaded and run between
- EVERY program, the extra load time would be noticeable. Jon Mattson wrote
- "presenter.128" to be as efficient and compact as possible. The bottom
- line is that I cringe at the thought of messing too much with a proven
- program like "presenter.128". However, if someone out there does the work,
- tests it thoroughly and sends me the program... Who knows?
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- Our philosophy on printing, especially in color, is to use hardware, not
- software. The folks who make Super Snapshot V5 and Explode! have solved
- the millions of problems connected to printing on different printers and
- couldn't be matched by anything we'd come up with. But you're asking about
- pics from LS 128 which are mainly BASIC 8 pics. The only way I know of to
- print 80-column pics is to use BASIC 8 itself. We will be publishing an
- e.g. bell routine that allows programmers to add printer support to their
- programs that show 40-column graphics, but it doesn't do color.
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- Dear LOADSTAR 128,
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- I'm having trouble with the menu screen on DISKSERVANT on LS 128 #21.
- It won't stay stable on the screen. Please help.
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- Baudouin Bisqueret
- Liege, Belgium
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- LS: DISKSERVANT was first written for the European PAL system then modified
- to work on the NTSC system. I have to adjust my Horizontal and Vertical
- controls on my monitor a little to get the screen to stay steady. Have you
- tried tweaking your controls? Alf Jonassen does some screen tricks to give
- DISKSERVANT that 40-column look in the 80-column mode. If tweaking the
- monitor's Hor. and Vert. controls don't steady the screen, then I'm at a
- loss for theories. Alf allowed us to publish his address on the disk so
- you may try writing to him.
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- Dear LOADSTAR 128,
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- How about adding a save feature for the Critique program? I would
- like to look at some things and come back to the critique after each one.
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- Carl Hellner
- Kenesaw NE
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- LS: I'll look into this, but keep in mind that a letter done with a word
- processor will get to me just as well as the critique. Of course with your
- word processor there's no problem in saving and editing your file then
- printing it out when it's finally finished.
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- Dear LOADSTAR 128,
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- I've had KeyDOS ROM in my C-128 for a couple of years. You are LATE,
- with OLD NEWS...
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- Cleveland Greenough
- Long Beach CA
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- LS: The review was for KeyDOS ROM II, which is not as old as the first
- version, but you're right, it's not an up-to-the-minute product for the C-
- 128. Are there any up-to-the-minute products for the C-128? Besides
- LOADSTAR 128?
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