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CAPTURE & PROMENADE
Just in case you missed it last issue, we
happen to think that Capture from Jason-
Ranheim is the very best of the cartridge
snapshotters. Besides its capabilities as a
snapshotter, however, Capture will enable you
to make cartridges out of your snapshotted
programs. With Promenade you can burn
EPROMs with snapshotted programs or even
with your own code. If you talk to the
hardware pros, you will get the concensus that
Promenade is in a class by itself when it comes
to EPROM programming on the C64/C128.
The Promenade handles standard EPROMs to
32k and costs $99.50. Capture is $39.95, and a
Deluxe Set with Capture, Promenade, and
materials is available for $199.95 from: Jason-
Ranheim, 1805 Industrial Dr., Auburn CA
95603, (800/421-7731).
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GEOS seems to be getting an awful lot of
support...at least from Berkeley Softworks!
Since just last issue they have introduced
Geodex, an electronic card file with mail
merge capabilities, DeskPak 1, a set of GEOS
utility programs including a calendar, icon
editor, blackjack game, and graphics grabber
(to convert Print Shop, Print Master, and
Newsroom graphics to GEOS format), FontPak,
a set of new fonts, and Writer's Workshop, the
awaited enhanced version of geoWrite. Writer's
Workshop includes the capability to grab text
from PaperClip and other wordprocessors, the
same geoMerge utility included in the Geodex
package, and a laser printer driver for the
Apple LaserWriter. These packages also all
include the latest updated versions of the
GEOS desktop, with faster, enhanced printer
drivers (including one for the HP LaserJet!)
and new input drivers for the Commodore 1350
mouse, Flexidraw lightpen, and Koala Pad.
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DIAGNOSE 64
The good folks at Micro R&D have sent
along a unique product that will mostly be of
interest to the Commodore service technician,
though I can see it as a valuable asset to users
groups and even hardware types with extra
money they don't know what to do with. It's
called Diagnose 64. This is an oversize
cartridge outfitted with a bank of LEDs that
will analyze a dead or malfunctioning C64 and
tell you just what is wrong with it. Micro
R&D's Max Donaldson says if the C64's power
supply is operational, Diagnose 64 will tell you
what chips arc bad in your computer. He says
they've pulled chips from a test 64 until it
looked skeletal and the cartridge was still
telling them what was wrong! Sounds like it
could save a lot of bench time at the ol' repair
center. Anyway, Diagnose 64 is from Micro
R&D, 3333 S. Wadsworth, Suite A104,
Lakewood CO 80227, 3003/985-1473.
New for the 128
PAPERCLIP II
We've been using a beta version of Paperclip
II for a couple of months now, and are more
convinced than ever that it is still the most
powerful wordproccssor available for 8-bit
Commodore machines. This version includes
many small additions and enhancements, plus
the expansion of the active text area to 999
lines. Telecommunications terminal software
has been built into Paperclip II, and files can
be passed back and forth from the
wordprocessor to the terminal and vice-versa
using XMODEM or Punter C-l protocols, a real
boon for the active telecommunications buff.
Besides this obvious advantage of file
up/downloading, having your terminal program
resident with your wordprocessor can just plain
save you a lot of time swapping programs back
and forth. Other new functions include: a
macro key capability which lets you enter
often-used words and phrases with a single
keystroke, output in multiple columns, optional
automatic word wrap, and a fast built-in
30,000 word spelling checker which can be
upgraded with your own user dictionaries. The
manual has been redone, and is very good as
well as being spiral-bound. Unfortunately for
INFO, the HP LaserJet+ printer is just about
the only printer on the planet not supported by
Paperclip II. This program, like all of
Batteries Included's programs, is dongleprotectcd.
$79.95 from Batteries Included,
17875 Sky Park N., Suite P, Irvine CA 92714,
714/250-8723.
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