************ Topic 1 Mon May 22, 1995 C128.JBEE at 19:10 EDT Sub: Performance Peripherals, Inc. Performance Peripherals, Inc. Support Area. 2 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 14, Topic 1 Message 1 Tue May 23, 1995 C128.JBEE at 01:35 EDT Performance Peripherals, Inc. 5 Upper Loudon Road, Loudonville, NY, 12211 U.S.A. ------------ Category 14, Topic 1 Message 2 Thu Mar 14, 1996 CINDY.S at 21:04 EST Phone numbers are 1-800-327-9932 (order only) 1-518-436-0485 tech help Or e- mail fiset@global1.net ------------ ************ Topic 2 Mon May 22, 1995 C128.JBEE at 19:11 EDT Sub: BBU BBU Battery Back Up for REUs. 1 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 14, Topic 2 Message 1 Mon May 22, 1995 C128.JBEE at 19:16 EDT BBU Battery Back Up for REUs. The BBU is a battery backup unit for 17xx series RAM expansion units, 1750 CLONE and GEORAM 512K. The BBU provides all power to the REU and therefore there is NO need for a heavy duty power supply for the computer. The batteries (not included) allow the BBU to continue to back up the REU when power to the wall mount supply is lost. A red BATTERY LOW indicator lights up when the voltage of the batteries drops from a fresh voltage of 6.0 volts to a used voltage of approximately 5.1 volts. If power to the wall mount power supply is never lost then the batteries will never be used by the BBU. When you feel an urge to see if your REU is being accessed then take a look at the green ACTIVITY indicator included. The BBU is quite compact. It measures 2.5 inches wide by 4.5 inches long by 1 inch tall. The REU fits vertically into the BBU. This adds some height to the computer but it shortens the depth on REU would normally take up on a desk. Complete documentation for setup and use is included in the manual. And software for rebooting GEOS and 128 GEOS is included. The BBU works with many programs that allow reuse of data stored in and REU. RAMDOS and (RAMDOS II) work very well with the BBU. The RAMDOS programs allow the use of the REU as a disk drive. There are many applications for the BBU and you have to try it to believe it. A Wall mount power supply, battery holder, manual and a utilities disk are included. ------------ ************ Topic 3 Mon May 22, 1995 C128.JBEE at 19:18 EDT Sub: BBGRam BBGRam Battery Backed GEOS compatible RAM expansion unit. 1 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 14, Topic 3 Message 1 Mon May 22, 1995 C128.JBEE at 19:20 EDT BBGRam Battery Backed GEOS compatible RAM expansion unit. This battery backed non-volatile RAM expander is similar to the volatile GEORAM 512K from Berkeley Softworks. It is the RAM expander of choice for GEOS users. For GEOS users, the BBGRam is all the RAM expander that the user needs. The BBGRam has battery backup built in and comes in sizes of 512K, 1M and 2M. Compared to a floppy drive BBGRam wins on all counts. lower cost, much faster, no moving parts to break or wear out, smaller, and less power consumption. The 2M version stores the equivalent of ten 1541 disk drives. Additional features include a red BATTERY LOW indicator, and a green ACTIVITY indicator. Wall mount power supply, 4 D-cell battery holder, manual and utilities disk included. ------------ ************ Topic 4 Mon May 22, 1995 C128.JBEE at 19:21 EDT Sub: BBRTC BBRTC Battery Backed Real Time Clock. 1 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 14, Topic 4 Message 1 Mon May 22, 1995 C128.JBEE at 19:23 EDT BBRTC Battery Backed Real Time Clock. This tiny module, plugs into the unused CONTROL PORT. The time and date is read out of the BBRTC automatically upon booting or rebooting GEOS. Additional software utilities are provided which allow the display of time and date from the BASIC command prompt. BASIC programs for controlling the BBRTC are included. A utilities disk and a user's manual are included. ------------ ************ Topic 5 Tue May 23, 1995 C128.JBEE at 01:20 EDT Sub: RAMDrive RAMDrive High Speed General Purpose Disk Drive Emulator 5 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 14, Topic 5 Message 1 Tue May 23, 1995 C128.JBEE at 01:25 EDT RAMDrive High Speed General Purpose Disk Drive Emulator The Performance Peripherals' RAMDrive was developed together with the Creative Micro Designs' RAMLink. RAMLink and RAMDrive are very similar, and reach the same speed performance and level of compatibility with application software. RAMDrive is effectively a disk drive substitute. To software, RAMDrive looks and acts as if it were a disk drive; with one exception - it is very very fast. RAMDrive is also much faster than a hard drive and has no moving parts to wear out.. RAMDrive does work in combination with 17xx series REU on an expansion board. RAMDrive works with GEOS in addition to regular Commodore DOS programs. RAMDrive is very portable and has built in rechargeable batteries. The batteries last up to 2 weeks on a full charge and are recharged continuously from the power supply and built in recharge circuit. The RAMDrive manual is very precise and is an excellent reference for the extensive and complete features the RAMDrive offers. The RAMDrive provides auto-boot program execution on power up for both the C64 and the C128. The RAMDrive is an extremely powerful and flexible product. Additional hardware features of the RAMDrive include ENABLE/DISABLE switch, (drive) SWAP8, SWAP9, RESET switch, and BBG (battery backed good) indicator, ACTIVITY indicator, and ERROR indicator. User manual and utilities disk included. Please note that for users interested in speeding up GEOS only, then the BBGRam is a more cost effective solution than the RAMDrive. ------------ Category 14, Topic 5 Message 2 Mon Aug 07, 1995 CINDY.S at 00:16 EDT Yes that is all so true. I picked up a used unit and it worked tte THe rechargaBle Battery seems to not Be holding a charge. ie. when the power goes down I lose the memory. The AC a adaptor appears to Be hotter than Before also? Can these items Be replaced By a simpleton user like me? the AC supply and NICAD Battery? It is still a good REU But I have to reformat it each time I use it. ------------ Category 14, Topic 5 Message 3 Tue Aug 08, 1995 K.SCHENK at 00:21 EDT I have a RAMdrive also, purchased through CMD a year or two ago and probably (next to JiffyDos) the best bang for the buck I've found in the realm of commodorianism. I would like to know if any of the PPI devices will function with an SX-64? This model is quirky about cartridge devices and the Ramdrive is the only unit I have found that will even partially operate in it. The CBM 1750 REU won't, the SSI 1750 clone won't either... Maybe I'm just stuck with the one puny 1541 that's built into the SX-64, for portable stuff.. EEeecchhh! I makes a great Amateur Radio field-excercise contact logger tho. Thanks for any info you can give me! CUL ------------ Category 14, Topic 5 Message 4 Sun Aug 13, 1995 C128.JBEE at 14:52 EDT CINDY.S, The one I took apart had the NICAD soldered to the PC board. This is not as easy to take apart as RamLink. With everything jammed in there the chance of messing something up is much greater than if you opened up your RamLink. There are so many components crammed in there, probably at least sixty, that the extra heat could be caused by anything. If I were you, I would return it to PPI for repairs. As for the AC adapter and availability, I will leave that question to Peter. ------------ Category 14, Topic 5 Message 5 Sun Aug 27, 1995 CINDY.S at 08:42 EDT Thanks I guess I will pack up the RAMdrive and mail it off. t I have one of PPIs Battery Backed powersupplies. I wonder i I could Just use that to plug in the RamDrive for power and Battery Backup? since I Bought a Ramlink I am not using it anymore. ------------ ************ Topic 6 Tue May 23, 1995 C128.JBEE at 01:26 EDT Sub: FLASH8 8 Megahertz Accelerator Card for C64 1 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 14, Topic 6 Message 1 Tue May 23, 1995 C128.JBEE at 01:27 EDT FLASH8 8 Megahertz Accelerator Card for C64 8 MHz accelerator imported from Germany. Works on a C64 only, not with a C128. Compatible with GEOS, and BASIC programs. GEOS at 8 MHz it truly amazing. Another highly successful application for the FLASH8 is BBS systems. Manual and utilities disk included. ------------ ************ Topic 7 Tue May 23, 1995 C128.JBEE at 01:27 EDT Sub: 64NET (beta version) 64NET (beta version) 6 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 14, Topic 7 Message 1 Tue May 23, 1995 C128.JBEE at 01:30 EDT 64NET (beta version) 64NET authored by Paul Gardner-Stephens of Australia, allows the C64 to use the resources of an IBM-PC. A parallel cable from the C64 user port to the PC printer port connects the two systems. Up to four C64s can share a common PC and the PC's hard drives, CD-ROMs and other resources. Sample program files are included. This software is in beta testing; which means that the user may find bugs and undocumented operations. The beta version is recommended for advanced computer users only. When 64NET is released as a commercial package the version will be 2.xx. So if this is interesting to you, write to us so we can send you information when 64NET 2.0 is available. Various system configurations are available from PPI for this shareware product. A shareware demo version is available which is limited to read only from the PC. Cables, shareware and key-files are available. The key file allows use of all the features of 64NET. ------------ Category 14, Topic 7 Message 2 Mon Aug 07, 1995 CINDY.S at 21:44 EDT e in I would Be interested in when this product comes out! Is there any plan to allow more than 4 computers to use the net? ------------ Category 14, Topic 7 Message 3 Thu Aug 10, 1995 D.TUOMI [Doctor] at 22:43 EDT I read a post recently on Usenet concerning this product. The author said that the next version of the product will be able to use any port as a 64Net connection point. Meaning that you can use a user port to parallel port to connect to a PC, or a Swiftlink to nullmodemed serial port on a PC. There is even discussion of a dedicated LAN type cart. So, I'd say that there will be ways of connected more than one 64 to the same server in the future. But, even now a lot of the problems can be solved by getting a good IBM 486 type fileserver with a LAN card, then buying up some surplus 286's and populating them with parallel ports and LAN cards. The parallel ports will go out to 4 Commodores, so each 286 could handle the Commodoes, and all the 286'ss could fetch their data from the fileserver. A little inconvenient, but it would work until the next version is out. And from the Commodore point of view it would seem like your loading off a disk drive and not actually transfering data from a 486 to a 286 via LAN and from a 286 to a 64 by user/parallel connection. Doc. ------------ Category 14, Topic 7 Message 4 Tue Oct 17, 1995 MC.PHOTO at 12:55 EDT With the advent of the offer that I have to put my BBS on the internet, I suppose that I could use this to net some CBMs off of a 486 with a SLIPP or a PTP. Veeeerrrry interesting. ------------ Category 14, Topic 7 Message 5 Sat Oct 21, 1995 D.TUOMI [Doctor] at 00:50 EDT That's the theory. But, I'm having trouble getting ahold of Fiset to order a copy of 64Net. I really would like to, but haven't been able to get a hold of him. Doc. ------------ Category 14, Topic 7 Message 6 Sat Mar 16, 1996 D.PARSONS2 at 19:08 EST What is the latest status of 64net? When will it be available to all of us? We have several in the TVBUG users group in Boise Idaho who would like to try this program out. Is the BETA version still available to test? ------------ ************ Topic 8 Tue May 23, 1995 C128.JBEE at 01:32 EDT Sub: geoCOM geoCOM A programming system for GEOS. 8 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 14, Topic 8 Message 1 Tue May 23, 1995 C128.JBEE at 01:33 EDT geoCOM A programming system for GEOS. Imported from Germany. geoCOM is a full featured GEOS programming system. The many features of this system allow application creation similar to the ease with which BASIC programs are created. Please write for additional information. English manual and disk included. A demo is online in library #01. ------------ Category 14, Topic 8 Message 2 Fri May 26, 1995 R.REEVES at 22:44 EDT Is geoCOM completely translated into English ? How bug free is geoCOM ? Is geoCOM more reliable than GeoBasic ? Can you create any type of GEOS program (Application, Desk Access, etc) ? Are the programs stand alone or do you need the geoCOM program to run ? I am interested in creating a program that will read in a non-GEOS data file and convert the data file into a GeoPaint data file. Can geoCOM read in a non-GEOS data file a byte at a time ? Can geoCOM create data files (geoWrite data file, GeoPaint data file text scraps (file type 7)) ? Thanks in advance :-) ------------ Category 14, Topic 8 Message 3 Wed May 31, 1995 C128.JBEE at 11:44 EDT > Is geoCOM completely translated into English? Yes, though it still needs some fine tuning, though it is very readable. > How bug free is geoCOM ? Is geoCOM more reliable than GeoBasic ? It appears not to have any major bugs that I can detect but I need to play with it a lot more. One nice thing is you can create both 40 AND 80 column versions of your programs. > Are the programs stand alone or do you need the geoCOM program to run ? The programs are compiled into ML and are regular stand alone GEOS applications. I will have to pass on the rest of your questions until I understand geoCom a little bit better. Peter and his support staff are still learning the GEnie ropes and will be posting here shortly themselves. ------------ Category 14, Topic 8 Message 4 Sun Aug 13, 1995 J.ROBBINS16 [JBUS] at 04:32 EDT I have a copy from Germany from about a year ago. Can't find any bugs so far and it is an English version. It's easier to use than geoProgrammer, and uses geoWrite files for the source code just like geoProgrammer. It does have an easier to use debugger in it than geoDebugger. The only difference from basic is you have to use geos routine calls. Much much easier than geoBasic and none of the restrictions or bugs geoBasic has. Very nice program. ------------ Category 14, Topic 8 Message 5 Sun Aug 27, 1995 CINDY.S at 08:44 EDT Does anyone know if any of the GEOS utilities in the liBrary were written with GEOCOM? I'd like to see a product produced By it. I'm thinking of Buying it :) ------------ Category 14, Topic 8 Message 6 Tue Sep 05, 1995 C128.JBEE at 17:15 EDT I hope to have an on-line contest for programs written with it. I do not think any programs in the library have been written with it. ------------ Category 14, Topic 8 Message 7 Mon Sep 11, 1995 J.FOWLER [Lone Wolf] at 21:38 EDT How much is the program and is it compatible with Gateway? ------------ Category 14, Topic 8 Message 8 Sat Jan 27, 1996 J.ROBBINS16 [JBUS] at 10:04 EST The DEMO has about 4 or 5 working programs in it, including the source code for them. Although the source code isn't very helpful, as it is still written in Gernman. The Font display program is about the best of them. ------------ ************ Topic 9 Tue May 23, 1995 C128.JBEE at 01:36 EDT Sub: S&H, Pricing, & Warranties S&H, Pricing, and Warranties 1 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 14, Topic 9 Message 1 Tue May 23, 1995 C128.JBEE at 01:38 EDT LOW RISK TRIAL PERIOD A limited 30 day money back guarantee is available on the BBU, BBGRam, BBRTC, and RAMDrive. Products returned for a refund must be undamaged. Shipping and handling charges are not refundable. PPI reserves the right to charge a 15% restocking fee. Please call for additional details. ------------------------------ BBRTC $ 24.97 BBU $ 61.97 RAMDrive 1M CALL RAMDrive 2M CALL BBGRam 512K $ 92.97 BBGRam 1M $ 123.97 BBGRam 2M $ 165.97 FLASH8 CALL 64NET beta key disk CALL 64NET Cable $ 19.00 64NET Shareware disks $ 5.00 geoCOM CALL ------------------------------- SHIPPING and HANDLING: For 64NET Cable, FLASH8, RAMDrive, BBGRam and BBU, add: $6.00 for U.S., $10.00 for Canada, and $19.00 for other destinations. For BBRTC add: $3.00 for U.S., $5.00 for Canada, $10 other. Cash on delivery (COD) for U.S. only: add $5.00. All prices in U.S. funds only. Prices and terms subject to change without notice. Dealer pricing available. ORDERS only:800-EASYWEB (800-327-9932). Technical help Voice/FAX:518-436-0485. Internet E-Mail:. TCCUG BBS:518-370-8632, handle: , TCCUG BBS:SUB4 is Performance Peripherals' area. Performance Peripherals, Inc. 5 Upper Loudon Road, Loudonville, NY, 12211 U.S.A. ------------ 14 ?