From brain@mail.msen.com Mon Feb 12 15:04:06 EET 1996 Article: 47390 of comp.sys.cbm Path: news.cs.tut.fi!news.funet.fi!verkko.uwasa.fi!nntp.coast.net!recepsen.aa.msen.com!conch.aa.msen.com!not-for-mail From: brain@mail.msen.com (Jim Brain) Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: Commodore Trivia Edition #24 Answers Date: 7 Feb 1996 13:41:27 -0500 Organization: Brain Innovations, Incorporated Lines: 176 Sender: brain@msen.com Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: conch.aa.msen.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Newsreader: Yarn 0.88 with YES 0.21.B1109 X-URL: http://www.msen.com/~brain/ -------Commodore Trivia Edition #24 Questions and Answers Preface-------- Not to leave you in the dark for too long, here are the trivia answers to the previous edition of Commodore Trivia. I am posting the answers at this time, and will post the scores and winners in a few days. This time frame is set up to allow time for any discussions on the correctness of these answers. By this time, the newest edition of trivia has been posted. I encourage you to enter it. This edition of trivia answers has been posted to the USENET newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm, alt.folklore.computers, and comp.sys.amiga.advocacy. It has also been posted to the FidoNET CBM Echo. Feel free to use these trivia answers in newsletters, magazines, and other publications (please see disclaimer). If you use the trivia, I would appreciate knowing where it has ended up. If you intend to use this information, please wait a few days after the posting date to allow for major errors to be corrected. Please mail any new questions for upcoming trivia (with answers) to my address. This edition and previous editions the trivia can be obtained from my mailserver. To: brain@mail.msen.com Subject: MAILSERV Body: send trivia1 quit This will retrieve the first edition of the trivia. Replace the number with the edition you want. **NEW** Interested persons can now subscribe to the Trivia Mailing List. To add your name to the list, please mail a message: To: brain@mail.msen.com Subject: MAILSERV Body: subscribe trivia Firstname Lastname help quit Each new edition of the trivia will be automatically mailed to you when it is made available on the Internet. I try to post the answers for the questions shortly after the monthly contest has ended. However, I usually wait a few days for any errors I may have made to be worked out before scoring the contest. -------Commodore Trivia Edition #24 Questions and Answers (BEGIN)-------- Q $170) What text is displayed on the screen of a Commodore 128 upon bootup? A $170) The following text is centered on either the 40 or 80 column screen: COMMODORE BASIC V7.0 122365 BYTES FREE (C)1985 COMMODORE ELECTRONICS, LTD. (C)1977 MICROSOFT CORP. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Q $171) How many bytes free does a Commodore 128 have on powerup? A $171) As shown above in Q $170, 122365 bytes. Q $172) On the Commodore B-128 series, the bell beeps at the right margin. What column is the default right margin on the B-128? A $172) Column 70. Q $173) When a Commodore C64 is hooked up to a 1541 and an MPS 801 printer, everything is powered up and connected correctly, and the floppy won't load. What is wrong? A $173) The printer is offline. Put the printer on-line, and the floppy will operate correctly. Q $174) How do you access the "hidden message" in the C128DCR? A $174) One brute force way: While in the machine language monitor, type: m f63f5 f640b Q $175) Some of you may remember the Commodore Magic Voice cartridge. If so, how many words was in the base unit's vocabulary? A $175) 235 Q $176) Who write the 3+1 software bundled with the Commodore Plus/4 in ROM. A $176) Tri Micro wrote the code, and created a version for the C64. It turns out that the 3+1 software included with the Commodore Plus/4 was originally designed to be but one of the many choices for bundled software with the 264. When the focus changed, 3+1 became the only software bundled, and some assumed Commodore had written it. (Ref. RUN April 1985:43) Q $177) The BASIC extension "Simon's BASIC" was created by whom? A $177) David Simons (Ref: Commodore Power/Play April/May 1985:56-7) Q $178) Simons' BASIC was influenced a lot by what other computer manufacturer's BASIC? A $178) Hewlett Packard. (Commodore Power/Play April/May 1985:56) Q $179) How many commands does Simons' BASIC add to the Commodore 64? A $179) 114. (P/P Apr/May 1985:57) Q $17A) In the United Kingdom, there was an extension to Simons' BASIC developed by David. Among other things, what major complaint about the original BASIC extension does it address? A $17A) Renumbering GOTOs and GOSUBs when renumbering a program. Q $17B) In the Commodore Plus/4 File Manager, there exists two bugs, which show up if you have over a certain number of records. What is this magic number? A $17B) When merging over 255 records in the Word Processor, a printout might stop early int the file and continually reprint a single record, or entering one record might trash another record. (RUN April 1985:43) Q $17C) Commodore Semiconductor Group (CSG) manufactured an 8500 IC. What common IC number is this IC functional equivalent to? A $17C) Q $17D) How many BASIC commands were included in BASIC 3.5, not including the monitor commands? A $17D) 80. (RUN November 1984:37) Q $17E) On the Commodore VIC-20, 64, and C16 keyboards, what row and column pins on the keyboard connector does the letter D correspond to? A $17E) Row 2 Column 2. (RUN July 1984:109) Q $17F) What is special about the keys in Row 4 of the hardware keyboard matrix? A $17F) Column 2-4 spell out CBM. 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