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What to do with a C128 [message #355131] Wed, 29 November 2017 13:40 Go to next message
cbmeeks is currently offline  cbmeeks
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What do you guys do with your C128's other than boot into C64 mode to play games?
Re: What to do with a C128 [message #355132 is a reply to message #355131] Thu, 30 November 2017 01:02 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Originally posted by: Tom C=64

On Wed, 29 Nov 2017 10:40:14 -0800 (PST), cbmeeks <cbmeeks@gmail.com>
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> What do you guys do with your C128's other than boot into C64 mode to play games?

Back in the day I used my C128 for business. I ran accounting
software, database software and GEOS for writing and spreadsheets. For
$500 I had a complete computer system for my business. With a 1581
disk drive and 1 MB of RAM it was fast enough to do the job.
Re: What to do with a C128 [message #355133 is a reply to message #355131] Wed, 29 November 2017 15:38 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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c> What do you guys do with your C128's other than boot into C64 mode to
c> play games?

I'm working on starting a BBS running in 128-mode. Hopefully it will be up this
weekend if I can find the time and get all hardware to play nicely. On my C128D
I will start to develop my own BBS system in Pascal. If I can find a Pascal for
it.
Re: What to do with a C128 [message #355134 is a reply to message #355133] Thu, 30 November 2017 17:40 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Andreas Kohlbach is currently offline  Andreas Kohlbach
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On Thu, 30 Nov 2017 08:38:00 +1200, Joacim Melin wrote:
>
> c> What do you guys do with your C128's other than boot into C64 mode to
> c> play games?
>
> I'm working on starting a BBS running in 128-mode. Hopefully it will be up this
> weekend if I can find the time and get all hardware to play nicely. On my C128D
> I will start to develop my own BBS system in Pascal. If I can find a Pascal for
> it.

Will it be accessible via telnet?
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Re: What to do with a C128 [message #355135 is a reply to message #355131] Fri, 01 December 2017 10:33 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Chris Cureau is currently offline  Chris Cureau
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On Wednesday, November 29, 2017 at 12:40:16 PM UTC-6, cbmeeks wrote:
> What do you guys do with your C128's other than boot into C64 mode to play games?

I've been working for some time on a single user UNIX-like OS for my C128. Of course I never seem to have much time to dedicate to it, but I do have high hopes of finishing it one day.
Re: What to do with a C128 [message #355136 is a reply to message #355132] Fri, 01 December 2017 16:02 Go to previous messageGo to next message
cbmeeks is currently offline  cbmeeks
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On Thursday, November 30, 2017 at 1:02:06 AM UTC-5, Tom C=64 wrote:
> On Wed, 29 Nov 2017 10:40:14 -0800 (PST), cbmeeks <cbmeeks@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> What do you guys do with your C128's other than boot into C64 mode to play games?
>
> Back in the day I used my C128 for business. I ran accounting
> software, database software and GEOS for writing and spreadsheets. For
> $500 I had a complete computer system for my business. With a 1581
> disk drive and 1 MB of RAM it was fast enough to do the job.


That's awesome. I'd love to get GEOS running on my C128D(cr) because of the extended VDC RAM. I used GEOS as a kid but on the C64.
Re: What to do with a C128 [message #355137 is a reply to message #355133] Fri, 01 December 2017 16:03 Go to previous messageGo to next message
cbmeeks is currently offline  cbmeeks
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On Thursday, November 30, 2017 at 3:11:13 AM UTC-5, Joacim Melin wrote:
> c> What do you guys do with your C128's other than boot into C64 mode to
> c> play games?
>
> I'm working on starting a BBS running in 128-mode. Hopefully it will be up this
> weekend if I can find the time and get all hardware to play nicely. On my C128D
> I will start to develop my own BBS system in Pascal. If I can find a Pascal for
> it.


What do you use to connect online with your C128? I'd love to do some telnet/BBS'ing with mine.
Re: What to do with a C128 [message #355140 is a reply to message #355134] Fri, 01 December 2017 22:59 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Originally posted by: nospam.Joacim.Melin

AK> On Thu, 30 Nov 2017 08:38:00 +1200, Joacim Melin wrote: >>
>> c> What do you guys do with your C128's other than boot into C64 mode to >>
c> play games?
>>
>> I'm working on starting a BBS running in 128-mode. Hopefully it will be up t
AK> his
>> weekend if I can find the time and get all hardware to play nicely. On my C1
AK> 28D
>> I will start to develop my own BBS system in Pascal. If I can find a Pascal
AK> for
>> it.

AK> Will it be accessible via telnet?

Of course it will. :)
Re: What to do with a C128 [message #355141 is a reply to message #355131] Fri, 01 December 2017 22:59 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Originally posted by: nospam.Joacim.Melin

c> On Thursday, November 30, 2017 at 3:11:13 AM UTC-5, Joacim Melin
c> wrote:
>> c> What do you guys do with your C128's other than boot into C64 mode to >>
c> play games?
>>
>> I'm working on starting a BBS running in 128-mode. Hopefully it will be up t
c> his
>> weekend if I can find the time and get all hardware to play nicely. On my C1
c> 28D
>> I will start to develop my own BBS system in Pascal. If I can find a Pascal
c> for
>> it.


c> What do you use to connect online with your C128? I'd love to do some
c> telnet/BBS'ing with mine.

A VIC-1011A or a GLink-LT (which is basically a clone of the VIC-1011A), null
modem to a raspberry pi which acts as a "modem" and then from there to my
firewall and from there to the interwebz.
Re: What to do with a C128 [message #358402 is a reply to message #355131] Mon, 11 December 2017 17:05 Go to previous message
Bo Zimmerman is currently offline  Bo Zimmerman
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On 11/29/2017 12:40 PM, cbmeeks wrote:
> What do you guys do with your C128's other than boot into C64 mode to play games?
>

I've been a C128 fan for 30 years, so I think I can speak for the things
I use it for.

Word processing and text reading and editing is always a biggie: Zed
128, Word Writer, and WordStar in CP/M are great editors I've used.
JiffyDOS @T in 80 columns is my favorite SEQ text Reader these days. :)
I've also long used it as both a BBS server (Zelch 128) and client
(Desterm FTW). Desterm made a great MUD client and *nix shell client in
the 90s as well, though the last 4-5 months I've been working on a
GEOS64 80col ansi telnet client, so not so much lately. You can see
some info and download links for Zelch 128 at the far bottom of this
page: http://www.zimmers.net/bbs/index.html

At various times I've enjoyed programming in C -- Power C 128 mostly,
but some Hi-Tech C in CP/M also. Turbo Pascal in CP/M got me through my
first 2 years of college, though I haven't messed with it since then. I
have and still do quite a bit of BASIC 7 programming. And while I do
all my ML in 64 mode with LADS, I'll use the ML monitor in C128 mode for
debugging sometimes. The C128 ML monitor is also my favorite dec/hex
converter. :)

I ran variations of GEOS 128 for several years, and still prefer to do
my WYSWIG geoWriting in it. Although it's more convenient to stick with
GEOS64 to avoid having to keep switching screen modes, I also do native
disk imaging/de-archiving in C128 mode, using either EMUTIL in native
C128 or geoBEAP in GEOS 128, for the cpu speed and burst-mode disk access.

The last year or so, I've written several wireless ethernet modem apps
for the C64NET WiFi Modem, all of which work in C128 mode, including an
IRC client, FTP client, WGET client, and a simple Telnet and BBS client.
All but the BBS client I regularly run in C128 mode, especially IRC
and native Telnet. So, you'd have to add those activities to the list.
You can see the ascii-ported source and binary downloads for those here:
https://github.com/bozimmerman/Zimodem/tree/master/cbm8bit

If I need to do file copies in JiffyDOS, or filesystem browsing and
manipulation in general, I go for the C128 in 80 Columns every time.
And obviously if I need to do any one-off data file processing, BASIC 7
is wonderful.

Lastly, the 80 column VDC chip may lack sprites for games, but it has
some interesting color video modes for displaying pictures. There are
several good demos of these abilities out there that I go back to from
time to time.


- Bo
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