Commodore 128 stuff (was:St. Vincent DePaul Finds) - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

28 Nov 1998

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  From: Phil Clayton &lt;handyman(a)sprintmail.com&gt;
 Subject: St. Vincent DePaul Finds

 Interesting find at the local Thrift store. A large box of 3-1/2
 diskettes
 for the Amiga 500 computer.. There must be over 500 different  programs
 all  neatly labeled and neatly packed in a nice box.. I did'nt know so
 many
 programs even existed for the Amiga. Should be fun looking at all this
 stuff. 
It was pretty popular with games and graphics designers before IBM developers
got a clue and Gould/Ali really milked thier cash cow...  Sure wish some of
those games were made for the Mac, but alas, 
it didn't have the potential then either.

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  Now I have to unpack my old Amiga and see what
treasures I have found..

 Also inculded in the find was 6 books for the Amiga and 6 books for the
 Commodore 128 computer, including a large Tech Reference manual.. 
I'll say.

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  Best was a book on C/PM for the C-128 (Really like
that one).. 
That's the one you got with the newer version of CP/M when you sent in the
$20.00 with the card in the users guide.  All in all 20.00 for that book, the
newer CP/M (which finally supported the 1581) and CP/M utilities was a great bargain.

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 From: Phil Clayton &lt;handyman(a)sprintmail.com&gt;
 Subject: Uknown Cartridge found..

 Forgot to mention in my find was a cartridge titled
 "Mach 128" its by Access software inc..
 Obviously for the C-128, but don't know what it does..
 Has a switch on top and a reset button? on it..
 Anyone ever seen this Cart before ? 
It's a fast-loader for the 128 (that's where the Mach comes in , the 64
version was called Mach 5) It might also be a program freezer/utility.  Put it
in your 128 and push the reset button, some of these will present a menu (for
save options and such).  The switch is probably to select whether the cart is
active or not.  Best not to switch it while the computer is on.

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