speaking of POKE, on the C64 you could toggle the BASIC and the OS ROMs out of the memory space and get the full 64K of memory to use for programs. was tricky but it worked. -Ben
> -----Original Message----- > From: Jerry Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 6:40 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: CF Timeline > > > We had a group of six PETs all daisy-chained to a single floppy drive. > > We really confused the teacher when someone removed the (8") > floppy disk media from the floppy disk case, and put it into > the drive naked. > > The teacher would look in the drive, not see the disk, and > wonder how the machines were working. > > Does anyone else remember the POKE address to switch the > power supply from US to Euro power? > > Something like 32764? > > We found it by loop through all pokes. Smoke and flame. We > then ran it again on another machine, just to verify. > > Then we only had 4 :) > > Jerry Johnson > > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 04/23/02 06:35PM >>> > ;') > > My first hands-on computer experience was programming on > the Commodore > Pet when I was in the second grade. > > I felt really old the other day at the local game store > when a high school > freshman mentioned disbelieving his computer teacher when he > was told that > people used to use cassette tapes to store programs on. I > guess I should > be thankful that the kid knew what a cassette tape was. > > > > ....oh...I can feel the liver spots bursting on my hands....... > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Braver, Ben [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 4:42 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: RE: CF Timeline > > > > > > "Listen, young feller, when I was your age we had to enter > > programs through > > front-panel switches, and we had to walk three miles through the > > snow to do > > it..." > > <grin> > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
