T.BASICS
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FILENAME(S): T.BASICS
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NEED A R| 00000CA0: 45 56 49 53 49 4F 4E 0D 42 45 43 41 55 53 45 20 |EVISION.BECAUSE | 00000CB0: 4F 46 20 54 48 45 20 C3 2D 36 34 27 53 20 4D 41 |OF THE .-64'S MA| 00000CC0: 54 55 52 49 54 59 20 41 4E 44 0D 54 48 45 20 52 |TURITY AND.THE R| 00000CD0: 45 4E 41 49 53 53 41 4E 43 45 20 4F 46 20 53 4F |ENAISSANCE OF SO| 00000CE0: 46 54 57 41 52 45 20 53 54 59 4C 45 2E 0D 0D 0D |FTWARE STYLE....| 00000CF0: 0D 20 20 20 20 C9 54 27 53 20 41 4C 53 4F 20 4F |. .T'S ALSO O| 00000D00: 4E 20 50 41 47 45 20 31 34 32 20 4F 46 20 54 48 |N PAGE 142 OF TH| 00000D10: 45 0D C3 4F 4D 4D 4F 44 4F 52 45 20 36 34 20 D5 |E..OMMODORE 64 .| 00000D20: 53 45 52 27 53 20 C7 55 49 44 45 2E 20 20 D2 45 |SER'S .UIDE. .E| 00000D30: 4D 45 4D 42 45 52 3F 0D D4 48 41 54 20 44 49 53 |MEMBER?..HAT DIS| 00000D40: 41 50 50 4F 49 4E 54 49 4E 47 20 4C 49 54 54 4C |APPOINTING LITTL| 00000D50: 45 20 42 4F 4F 4B 20 54 48 41 54 0D 43 41 4D 45 |E BOOK THAT.CAME| 00000D60: 20 57 49 54 48 20 59 4F 55 52 20 43 4F 4D 50 55 | WITH YOUR COMPU| 00000D70: 54 45 52 3F 20 20 D7 45 4C 4C 2C 20 49 54 20 48 |TER? .ELL, IT H| 00000D80: 41 53 0D 41 54 20 4C 41 53 54 20 CF CE C5 20 55 |AS.AT LAST ... 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(.I| 00000DD0: 44 20 54 48 41 54 20 43 4F 56 45 52 20 41 4C 4C |D THAT COVER ALL| 00000DE0: 0D 4C 41 57 53 55 49 54 53 3F 29 20 20 CB 49 44 |.LAWSUITS?) .ID| 00000DF0: 53 2C 20 4F 4E 4C 59 20 54 52 59 20 54 48 49 53 |S, ONLY TRY THIS| 00000E00: 20 55 4E 44 45 52 0D 41 20 50 41 52 45 4E 54 27 | UNDER.A PARENT'| 00000E10: 53 20 53 55 50 45 52 56 49 53 49 4F 4E 2E 20 20 |S SUPERVISION. | 00000E20: 28 D4 48 41 54 20 53 48 4F 55 4C 44 0D 44 4F 20 |(.HAT SHOULD.DO | 00000E30: 49 54 29 2E 20 20 D4 48 45 20 45 41 53 49 45 53 |IT). .HE EASIES| 00000E40: 54 20 57 41 59 20 54 4F 20 44 4F 20 49 54 20 49 |T WAY TO DO IT I| 00000E50: 53 0D 54 4F 20 55 53 45 20 4E 45 45 44 4C 45 2D |S.TO USE NEEDLE-| 00000E60: 4E 4F 53 45 20 50 4C 49 45 52 53 20 54 4F 20 42 |NOSE PLIERS TO B| 00000E70: 45 4E 44 20 41 4E 44 0D 42 52 45 41 4B 20 4F 46 |END AND.BREAK OF| 00000E80: 46 20 50 49 4E 20 34 2E 20 20 D5 53 45 20 54 48 |F PIN 4. .SE TH| 00000E90: 45 20 44 49 41 47 52 41 4D 20 54 4F 0D 4D 41 4B |E DIAGRAM TO.MAK| 00000EA0: 45 20 53 55 52 45 20 59 4F 55 20 48 41 56 45 20 |E SURE YOU HAVE | 00000EB0: 54 48 45 20 52 49 47 48 54 20 50 49 4E 2E 0D 0D |THE RIGHT PIN...| 00000EC0: 0D 0D 0D 0D 20 20 20 20 C9 46 20 59 4F 55 27 52 |.... .F YOU'R| 00000ED0: 45 20 44 4F 55 42 54 49 4E 47 20 59 4F 55 52 53 |E DOUBTING YOURS| 00000EE0: 45 4C 46 20 4E 4F 57 2C 0D 59 4F 55 20 4D 49 47 |ELF NOW,.YOU MIG| 00000EF0: 48 54 20 57 41 4E 54 20 54 4F 20 41 53 4B 20 41 |HT WANT TO ASK A| 00000F00: 20 43 45 52 54 49 46 49 45 44 0D 54 45 43 48 4E | CERTIFIED.TECHN| 00000F10: 49 43 49 41 4E 20 52 45 50 41 49 52 4D 41 4E 20 |ICIAN REPAIRMAN | 00000F20: 54 4F 20 44 4F 20 54 48 49 53 20 46 4F 52 0D 59 |TO DO THIS FOR.Y| 00000F30: 4F 55 2E 20 20 C1 4D 50 55 54 41 54 49 4E 47 20 |OU. .MPUTATING | 00000F40: 50 49 4E 53 20 4D 41 59 20 4E 4F 54 20 42 45 20 |PINS MAY NOT BE | 00000F50: 46 4F 52 0D 54 48 45 20 53 51 55 45 41 4D 49 53 |FOR.THE SQUEAMIS| 00000F60: 48 2E 0D 0D 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 2A 2A 2A 2A 20 |H... **** | 00000F70: C5 4E 44 20 CF 46 20 D4 45 58 54 20 2A 2A 2A 2A |.ND .F .EXT ****| 00000F80: 0D |. |
..^U:ZERO. BASICS: CABLE COMPATIBILI
TY.. BY JEFFREY L. JONES.. I
OWN A COMMODORE 64 AND USED TO.LOVE IT U
NTIL MY TELEVISION BLEW OUT,.FORCING ME
TO PURCHASE A MONOCHROME.MONITOR. IN TH
E STORE THE MONITOR.LOOKED SO SHARP I CO
ULDN'T WAIT TO GET.IT HOME, BUT THE IMAG
E DISPLAYED ON.MY MONITOR WAS MUDDY AND
UNCLEAR. I.FOUND THAT THE ONLY REALLY R
EADABLE.COLOR COMBINATIONS WERE BLACKS,.
WHITES, GREENS AND GREYS. ANYTHING.ELSE
CAUSED DISGUSTING LINES TO.APPEAR ON MY
SCREEN. ALMOST EVERY.PROGRAM (EXCEPT M
Y OWN) WAS.UNREADABLE TO ME. BUT NOW TH
ERE'S A.FIX -- AND IT'S FREE!.. WHEN
I MOVED TO LOADSTAR IN.OCTOBER OF 1988,
I HAPPENED TO MENTION.TO JOEL ELLIS REA,
OUR TECHNICAL.SUPPORT PERSON, THAT MY C
OMPUTER AT.HOME HAD A BAD VIC CHIP. HIS
EYES LIT.UP DEVILISHLY. "HOW DO YOU ME
AN?" HE.ASKED... I TOLD HIM ABOUT THE
MUDDY.DISPLAY, THE UNREADABLE TEXT AND
THE.VERTICAL LINES... HE RAISED A FIN
GER, "UM, WOULD YOU.HAPPEN TO KNOW WHICH
VERSION OF THE.VIC CHIP YOU OWN?"..
I HAD NO IDEA... HE COMMENCED DRAWING
DIAGRAMS,.SINE WAVES AND SQUARE WAVES,
GENERALLY.SHOWING ME THE HISTORY OF BLAC
K &.WHITE AND COLOR BROADCASTS. HE THEN
.TOLD ME OF TWO REVISIONS OF THE.C-64'S
VIDEO DISPLAY SYSTEM WHICH I.WON'T GET I
NTO. WHEN JOEL GETS.STARTED ON SOMETHIN
G LIKE THIS HE IS.AN IRRESISTABLE FORCE
AND AN.IMMOVABLE OBJECT AT THE SAME TIME
... IT HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH NTSC.
WAVEFORMS TRANSMITTED TO THE MONITOR,.BU
T I DIDN'T CARE! ALL I KNEW WAS.THAT WH
EN I TRIED OUT A CABLE THAT.HE ALTERED,
MY DISPLAY LOOKED FINE..MY DISPLAY IS NO
W AS SHARP AS ANYONE.ELSE'S, REGARDLESS
OF THE COLORS USED... IT TURNED OUT T
HAT ALL JOEL DID.WAS AMPUTATE THE VIDEO
PIN FROM THE.CABLE. MONOCHROME MONITORS
ARE ONLY.CONCERNED WITH LUMINANCE SIGNA
LS, NOT.THE VIDEO. BENEATH ALL THE MURK
INESS.CAUSED BY MY VIDEO PIN WAS AN.INCR
EDIBLY SHARP DISPLAY, THE LIKES.OF WHICH
I HAD BEEN ENVYING FOR THE.PAST YEAR...
WHY DO ONLY SOME PEOPLE HAVE THIS.MU
DDINESS PROBLEM? AFTER ALL, A C-128.ATT
ACHED TO MY MONITOR LOOKED GREAT..IT'S B
ECAUSE THE NEWER CHIPS.BROADCAST A SIGNA
L WHERE THE COLOR.SIGNALS ARE EASY FOR A
MONOCHROME.MONITOR TO IGNORE. SOME OF
THE OLDER.CHIPS SEND A COLOR SIGNAL THAT
THE.MONITOR CAN'T IGNORE... I DO HAV
E ONE ADDED PROBLEM WHICH.JOEL WARNED ME
OF: MY VIC CHIP ONLY.HAS SEVEN LEVELS
OF GREY INSTEAD OF.NINE. THIS MEANS THA
T I CAN'T TELL.THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RE
D AND GREY.ON MY MONITOR NOW. SO IF I W
ERE TO.USE A PROGRAM WHERE GREY WAS PRIN
TED.ON A RED BACKGROUND, I COULDN'T SEE.
IT... IF I WERE TO HOOK UP MY COMPUTE
R.TO A COLOR MONITOR (WITH A COMPLETE.CA
BLE), I WOULD HAVE ALL MY COLORS.BUT MY
LUMINANCE SIGNALS RELY ON ME.HAVING A CO
LOR MONITOR AND A VIDEO.SIGNAL IN ORDER
TO DISTINGUISH.BETWEEN SOME OF THE SHADE
S... WE HOLD THSE TRUTHS TO BE SELF.E
VIDENT, THAT ALL C-64'S ARE NOT.CREATED
EQUAL; THAT IF YOU ARE.SUFFERING A MUDDY
PICTURE ON A.MONOCHROME MONITOR, IT MAY
OR MAY NOT.BE YOUR CABLE. I SUGGEST TH
AT YOU.EXPERIMENT. THE CABLES COME CHEA
P.AND AREN'T DANGEROUS TO FOOL AROUND.WI
TH. THE VIDEO PIN LOCATION CAN BE.FOUND
ON PAGE 396 OF YOUR.PROGRAMMER'S REFERE
NCE GUIDE... YOU DO HAVE ONE DON'T YO
U? IT'S.ONLY THE MOST USEFUL BOOK YOU C
AN.BUY, EVEN IF IT DOES NEED A REVISION.
BECAUSE OF THE C-64'S MATURITY AND.THE R
ENAISSANCE OF SOFTWARE STYLE..... IT'
S ALSO ON PAGE 142 OF THE.COMMODORE 64 U
SER'S GUIDE. REMEMBER?.THAT DISAPPOINTI
NG LITTLE BOOK THAT.CAME WITH YOUR COMPU
TER? WELL, IT HAS.AT LAST ONE USE NOW..
. REMEMBER, YOU DISABLE THE CABLE,.NO
T THE PORT. (DID THAT COVER ALL.LAWSUIT
S?) KIDS, ONLY TRY THIS UNDER.A PARENT'
S SUPERVISION. (THAT SHOULD.DO IT). TH
E EASIEST WAY TO DO IT IS.TO USE NEEDLE-
NOSE PLIERS TO BEND AND.BREAK OFF PIN 4.
USE THE DIAGRAM TO.MAKE SURE YOU HAVE
THE RIGHT PIN....... IF YOU'RE DOUBTI
NG YOURSELF NOW,.YOU MIGHT WANT TO ASK A
CERTIFIED.TECHNICIAN REPAIRMAN TO DO TH
IS FOR.YOU. AMPUTATING PINS MAY NOT BE
FOR.THE SQUEAMISH... **** END OF T
EXT ****.
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