------------ ÃATEGORY 4, ÔOPIC 10 ÍESSAGE 3 ÓAT ÏCT 27, 1990 Ò.ÒÏÍÉÎÅ1 (ÆORWARDED) ÏK, ABOUT THE Ã256. ÈERE'S SOME MORE INFO. É'ÖÅ ÒÅÃÅÉÖÅÄ ÔÈÉÓ ÉÎÆÏ ÁÂÏÕÔ ÒÉÃÈÁÒÄ ÃÕÒÃÉÏ, ÒÅÇÁÒÄÉÎÇ ÈÉÓ ÅØÐÁÎÓÉÏÎ ÏÆ Á 128 ÔÏ 256. ÈÉÓ ÉÎÓÔÒÕÃÔÉÏÎÓ ÃÏÓÔ $25, ÁÎÄ ÔÈÉÓ ÉÎÃÌÕÄÅÓ Ô×Ï ÓÐÅÃÉÁÌ ÃÈÉÐÓ ×ÈÉÃÈ ÈÅ ÐÒÏÖÉÄÅÓ. ÈÅ ÓÁÙÓ ÉÔ ÉÓ Á ÓÏÍÅ×ÈÁÔ ÉÎÖÏÌÖÅÄ ÊÏÂ, ÁÎÄ ÉÆ ÙÏÕ ÁÒÅ ÓÈÙ ÈÅ ×ÉÌÌ ÄÏ ÔÈÅ ÃÏÎÖÅÒÓÉÏÎ ÆÏÒ $80, ÙÏÕ ÐÁÙ ÓÈÉÐÐÉÎÇ ÂÏÔÈ ×ÁÙÓ. ÈÉÓ ÓÃÈÅÍÅ ÉÎÖÏÌÖÅÓ ÔÈÅ ÁÄÄÉÔÉÏÎ ÏÆ Á ÓÅÃÏÎÄ ÍÍÕ. ÉÔ ÓÅÅÍÓ ÌÉËÅ ÐÒÏÇÒÁÍÍÅÒÓ ÃÏÕÌÄ ÍÁËÅ ÕÓÅ ÏÆ ÔÈÉÓ, ÂÕÔ ÎÏ ÃÏÍÍÅÒÃÉÁÌ ÓÏÆÔ×ÁÒÅ ×ÉÌÌ ÅØÐÌÏÉÔ ÉÔ. ÒÉÃÈÁÒÄ ÃÕÒÃÉÏ,ÉÓ Á ÆÏÒÍÅÒ ÅÄÉÔÏÒ ×ÉÔÈ ÁÈÏÙ! ÁÎÄ ÃÏÎÔÒÉÂÕÔÏÒ ÔÏ ÔÒÁÎÓÁÃÔÏÒ, ÈÅ ÈÁÓ ÓÕÃÃÅÓÓÆÕÌÌÙ ÉÍÐÌÉÍÅÎÔÅÄ ÂÁÎËÓ 2 ÁÎÄ 3 ÏÎ ÔÈÅ 128. ÍÏÄÓ ÉÎÖÏÌÖÅ ÁÄÄÉÔÉÏÎÁÌ ÄÒÁÍÓ ÁÎÄ 4 ÉÃ'Ó. ÎÅ× É/Ï ÒÅÇÉÓÔÅÒÓ ÁÎÄ ÎÏ ÐÒÏÇÒÁÍÍÉÎÇ "ÔÒÉÃËÓ" ÎÅÃÅÓÓÁÒÙ. ÆÏÒ ÍÏÒÅ ÉÎÆÏ, ÓÅÎÄ ÁÎ ÓÁÓÅ ÔÏ ÈÉÍ ÁÔ 22 ÓÅÖÅÎÔÈ ÁÖÅ. ÂÒÏÏËÌÙÎ ÎÙ, 11217. (ÔHIS WAS RELAYED FROM ANOTHER NETWORK.) ÐERSONALLY, É HAVEN'T SENT MY Ã128 OFF FOR THE UPGRADE. É WON'T PART WITH MY Ã128 UNTIL É HAVE A BACKUP! É WONDER IF THE ÃÐ/ÍER'ERS WOULD BE INTERESTED IN THIS? ÔHE ÃÐ/Í ÐLUS, USED ON THE Ã128, IS A ÂANKED VERSION. ÒON. ------------ ÃATEGORY 4, ÔOPIC 10 ÍESSAGE 4 ÓUN ÏCT 28, 1990 Ä.ÂÕÒÒ [×INTERHAWK] (ÆORWARDED) ÁS FOR THE Ã256, É AM PLEASED TO HEAR OF SUCH A DEVELOPMENT. ÒICHARD ÃURCIO ÉS THE SAME FELLOW WHO SUGGESTED THE POSSIBILITY IN THE ÔRANSCATOR ARTICLE É CITED. ÓOUNDS LIKE HE PURSUED THE IDEA...ÍAYBE É WILL GIVE IT A TRY SOON. ------------ ÃATEGORY 4, ÔOPIC 10 ÍESSAGE 6 ÔHU ÎOV 01, 1990 Ò.ÒÏÍÉÎÅ1 AT 01:08 ÃÓÔ ÓINCE THE TOPIC HAS COME UP, É DO HAVE A VERY BIG QUESTION MYSELF. ÏË, THE Ã256 WORKS BY ADDING TWO EXTRA "BLOCKS" OF 64Ë ÒÁÍ KNOWN AS ÒÁÍ BANKS 2 & 3. ÔHE ÂANK ÃÏÍÍÁÎÄ OF THE C128 APPEARS TO ACCESS THESE EXTRA BANKS THROUGH BANK CONFIGURATION 2,3,6,7,10, & 11. ÃURRENTLY, THESE CONFIGURATIONS DISPLAY "IMAGES" OF ÒÁÍ BANK 1 & 2, INSTEAD OF ÒÁÍ BANK 3 & 4. ÔHE QUESTION IS; HOW ARE ÂANK CONFIGURATIONS 2 & 3, SUPPOSED TO WORK? ÄO THEY GIVE US ÒÁÍ BANK 0 FOR PROGRAMS WITH 2 OR 3 FOR VARIBLES? ÏR DO THEY GIVE US ÒÁÍ BANK 2 FOR PROGRAMS WITH 3 FOR VARIBLES? É'VE HEARD THAT CUSTOM CONFIGURATIONS CAN BE MADE USING THE RIGHT POKES. ÃOULD THE ÒÁÍ BANKS BE SETUP SO THAT "ÒÁÍ 0 CAN BE FOR PROGRAMS, ÒÁÍ 1 FOR VARIBLES; WITH ÒÁÍ 2 ÁÌÓÏ FOR ÐROGRAMS, AND ÒÁÍ 3 FOR ÒÁÍ2'S VARIBLES"? ÐERHAPS ONE COULD JUMP BETWEEN TWO PROGRAMS RUNNING CONCURRENTLY/NON-CONCURRENTLY WITHOUT HAVING TO "SAVE, LOAD, SAVE, RELOAD, ETC."? ÒON. ------------ ÃATEGORY 4, ÔOPIC 10 ÍESSAGE 7 ÔHU ÎOV 01, 1990 ÌÏÖÈÁÕÇ AT 02:14 ÅÓÔ É HAVE SEEN THE ÃURCIO INFORMATION, OR AT LEAST PIECES OF IT. ÉT IS INTERESTING. ÈOWEVER AGAIN IT MUST BE STRESSED THAT AT THIS TIME IT IS NOTHING MORE THAN A PROGRAMMER'S HACK AS NO EXISTING APPLICATIONS SUPPORT THE EXTRA ÒÁÍ. ÈOWEVER É SUSPECT THAT SOMEBODY WILL QUICKLY REMEDY THAT SITUATION, IN PARTICULAR THE ÇÅÏÓ HACKER CREW. ÌOREN ------------ ÃATEGORY 4, ÔOPIC 10 ÍESSAGE 8 ÔHU ÎOV 01, 1990 Ä.ÂÕÒÒ [×INTERHAWK] AT 22:40 ÅÓÔ ÙES, IT CERTAINLY IS AN INTERESTING DEVELOPMENT FOR 128 USERS. ÉF ANYONE CARES TO READ THE ARTICLE IN WHICH ÍR. ÃURCIO MAKES HIS INITIAL COMMENTS REGARDING 'FATTENING' THE 128, IT WAS PUBLISHED IN ÔRANSACTOR ÖOLUME 9, ÉSSUE 4. ÂESIDES THE C256 OPTION, HE ALSO SUGGESTS SEVERAL OTHER AND EQUALLY INTERESTING IDEAS FOR EXPANDING THE 128 MEMORY. ÁS FOR ÇEOS 128 USAGE OF THE AFOREMENTIONED EXPANSION, É AGREE THAT THIS WOULD CERTAINLY BE THE MOST USEFUL APPLICATION OF THE EXTRA BANKS THAT É COULD THINK OF. ÇEOS ONLY SERIOUS FLAW, ÉÍÈÏ, IS THE SEVERELY LIMITED PROGRAM SPACE. ÖÌÉÒ FILES ARE NIFTY AND ALL, BUT HAVING A 64K PROGRAM RESIDENT IN ÂANK 2, WITH PERHAPS A ROUTINE IN BANK 1 TO HANDLE THE SWITCHING WOULD REALLY EXTEND THE POSSIBILITIES OF ÇEOS. ÈOW ABOUT IT ÌOREN? ÃOULD YOU MAKE É-ÐAINT RUN UNDER ÇEOS WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF BANKS 2 AND 3? ÊUST DREAMING... ------------