Session Start: Sat Oct 06 20:57:15 2007 Session Ident: #c64friends [20:57] * Now talking in #c64friends [20:57] * Topic is 'We Adore Our C64 == and Q-Link!!' [20:57] * Set by Snogpitch on Wed Oct 03 23:43:11 [20:57] * ChanServ sets mode: +qo Snogpitch Snogpitch [20:57] {King Sammy} Why? [20:57] Howdy folks [20:57] Evening Mr. Witmer, sir. [20:57] {King Sammy} Evening. [20:57] http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2007/10/128345618825468750mebiduvelcom.jpg [20:58] Hi, Snog [20:58] Oye! [20:58] good one Moloch [20:58] yeah, nice and goofy ;) [20:59] I was saying I maybe getting an A4000 w/toaster next month Snog. [20:59] just in time for al hallows night [20:59] {King Sammy} You can rule the world, or at least your garage, with one of those. [20:59] You going into the special effects department? [20:59] funnn [20:59] HI Snog [21:00] Nope. Just nice to have for a good price. [21:00] Anyone have a EX2+1 they want to sell? [21:00] Hi Civilian [21:01] ? [21:01] * RobertB (~robertber@NewNet-4202B59D.nocal.dialup.o1.com) has joined #c64friends [21:01] * ChanServ sets mode: +ao RobertB RobertB [21:01] HI Robert [21:01] Howdy RobertB [21:01] {King Sammy} Hello, Mr. B. [21:01] Good evening Mr. Bernardo, sir. [21:02] Hi, Rob B, [21:02] Hi, Snog, Steve, and Sammy and Antares. [21:02] Hi, Robert W. [21:02] {King Sammy} Que pasa? [21:02] hi RB [21:03] Manana voy a ir al show de Hollywood Collectors. [21:03] I ordered a brand spankin' new AM+ board. [21:03] Hi, iViper. [21:03] I found out some interesting stuff about my MSD Dual drive last nite..... [21:03] Tell us. [21:03] inquiring minds want to know [21:03] The TEC FB-501 is not the only mech that works in it [21:04] {King Sammy} Finalizing your W.C. Field's sock purchase? [21:04] Boing! [21:04] I was repairing my drive yesterday and noticed one of the two drives inside was of a different manufacture... [21:04] Tandon drives worked? [21:04] The stars of the t.v. show, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, will be there. [21:05] {King Sammy} Cool. Anyone from the Time Tunnel there? [21:05] ??? [21:05] LDD-204 was the model number on the other mech [21:05] gosh... are they still alive? [21:05] The co-stars are. [21:05] {King Sammy} James Darren is still performing. [21:05] Richard Basehart is dead. [21:06] The exact info on the drive was: 5 1/4 Floppy Direct Drive Model No. LDD-204 Made in Taiwan [21:06] I was not a Time Tunnel fan after the shows starting going bad. [21:06] ok wth [21:06] now I [21:06] {King Sammy} Who's schedule to appear? [21:06] The TEC mechs were made in Japan [21:07] {King Sammy} d [21:07] now I am getting "no carrier" when I try to connect to qlink [21:07] Go to http://www.hollywoodcollectorshow.com to see who is there. [21:07] Deja Vu the new movie on Starz, going to go watch that.. bbl [21:08] {King Sammy} I have had to reformat my Qlink disk at least 3 times to get it to work. [21:09] why did you need to format the disk? [21:10] what is the address? [21:10] Entered QRoom: ShadowM [21:10] go.quantumlink.tk:5190? [21:10] Now we have to figure out who manufactured Ldd-204s? [21:10] {King Sammy} I meant, I had to make a new copy. After each login, the disk would not work again. [21:11] Snog I`m going to see what in my next week 2 [21:11] hey ShadowM [21:11] {ShadowM} hiya [21:11] Howdy ShadowM [21:11] hey ShadowM, what is the working qlink address and port? [21:12] {ShadowM} just a sec... [21:12] 66.135.39.36:5190 [21:12] Hi, Glenn. [21:12] {ShadowM} Hi, Robert. [21:13] That is what I have in my setup [21:13] {ShadowM} Firefly, I'm using 66.135.39.36:5190 [21:13] {King Sammy} Wow. Olivia Hussey, George Lazenby. [21:13] {ShadowM} oh nuts Snogpitch said Bingo first [21:13] {King Sammy} Richard Kiel. [21:13] Lots of James Bond people. [21:14] :) [21:14] Yeah, I saw Richard Kiel at the Creaton Convention a week ago. [21:15] {King Sammy} Plenty . . . O'Toole aka Lana Wood. [21:15] Robert, are you going to the Star Trek Menagerie Theater release next month? [21:16] Of course! I'll have to go to Fresno, because the screen here in Visalia is not big enough. ;-) [21:16] I won't be able to do it I think...for some reason it isn't showing in Cincinnati [21:16] Aw, rats! [21:16] IT WORKED [21:17] how do I get from the lobby into here? [21:17] FireflyST move to a different public room [21:17] Also I guess will be meeting the IFT at the showing. [21:17] then for room name type irc c64friends [21:17] {King Sammy} Change rooms. Select public room. Type irc c64friends. [21:18] {King Sammy} When Qlink validates your disk, does it record your login info? [21:18] Yes. [21:19] {King Sammy} Since I keep having to make new copies to use, is there a way to log in under my original screen [21:19] {King Sammy} name? [21:19] Entered QRoom: Firefly [21:19] {ShadowM} hey Firefly [21:19] {Firefly} oh cool [21:19] {ShadowM} Qlink rulez OK [21:19] {Firefly} it worked :) [21:20] {Firefly} hehe it does [21:20] Snog, where is the next closest city to you which will be showing the episode? [21:20] That's why you copy your disk after the nickname is validated... [21:20] {ShadowM} you on a real machine or either an emulator? [21:20] of course after the fact doesn't help you much [21:20] {King Sammy} Oooh, I did not know. (Measurable feelings of shame). [21:21] {Firefly} my C128D, I just set up an old microtower Compaq to shove under my commodore desk for qlink :) [21:21] I originally set up my Q on emulator, so I was able to transfer that d64 image to a real disk when I got the setup working for the C= [21:21] {King Sammy} That Compaq modem is quite large, huh? [21:22] {Firefly} sadly,I own a leased line modem that is larger, Sammy :p [21:23] * FireflyST (~julian@NewNet-A961B4CF.hsd1.il.comcast.net) has left #c64friends [21:23] {Firefly} no need for 2 of me in here [21:23] {Firefly} = [21:24] {King Sammy} You in Commodore mode, now? [21:25] * Hellion_1 (~Hellion_1@NewNet-78D3D78A.unk.tds.net) has joined #c64friends [21:25] {Firefly} this thing needs some RSS feeds and stuff to fill it out [21:25] * ChanServ sets mode: +o Hellion_1 [21:25] {Firefly} or maybe some WAP web pages translated in here [21:26] {Firefly} WAP data would be perfect for this [21:26] Howdy Hellion_1 [21:26] Hey... [21:26] {Firefly} oh, yeah hi Hellion :) [21:27] Hey Firefly [21:27] ya, Jim Brain wanted to do that, at one point, have news and stuff [21:27] {Firefly} this is so wierd, I've never chatted on a Commodore before [21:27] Different huh! [21:27] {King Sammy} You'll always remember your first time. [21:27] It's been done for years, firefly [21:28] Goodnite [21:28] * Zapman (ZAPMAN@NewNet-B2ECC084.nyc.ny.metconnect.net) Quit (Quit: ) [21:28] Later zap [21:28] {ShadowM} I remember some of my first Q-Link bills... ouch! [21:28] Much better price today. [21:28] {King Sammy} It was always way too expensive for me. [21:29] {ShadowM} oh no, we're in plus time [21:29] my Q bills weren't high, I did most of my chats on GEnie [21:29] {Firefly} jasmaz and I were discussing that, and we came up with a bunch of ideas how a lot of things [21:29] {Firefly} could be improved [21:29] {Firefly} wow this doesn't have a very big input buffer does it?= [21:29] {King Sammy} Is Jim Brain planning on new things / features? [21:29] * rrCurtisP (HydraIRC@NewNet-708FD5A5.neo.res.rr.com) has joined #c64friends [21:29] Howdy rrCurtisP [21:30] * StatueTardis (moloch@NewNet-5BE0EEC5.silenceisdefeat.org) has joined #c64friends [21:30] * ChanServ sets mode: +o StatueTardis [21:30] {Firefly} no idea [21:30] No idea, haven't heard of anything improvement wize for a long time now [21:30] {King Sammy} You quickly learn that when the buffer ends, hit return, and resume typing. [21:30] {Firefly} it's something worth pursuing [21:30] Howdy StatueTardis [21:30] Hi, Curtis. [21:30] Hey rrCurtisP [21:30] Beep Beep! [21:30] HOWDY [21:31] {King Sammy} Is this IRC accessible by VIC20? [21:31] {Firefly} hahahaha, hello, 'StatueTard' (since that's what QLink calls you) [21:32] King Sammy: Sort of. [21:32] OH! I got my Q disk box in the mail today...haven't opened it up to take a look, yet [21:32] King Sammy: Use a VIC-20 with a modem to access an ISP with a dialup shell then run ircii and you're in. [21:32] {Firefly} can the QLink remote end modify your disk?= [21:32] {ShadowM} yes [21:33] {ShadowM} but there is no facility for updates [21:33] {Firefly} No facility on Jim B's end, right? [21:33] {ShadowM} it used to write a validation code when you log in, but Jim has it commented out [21:33] {King Sammy} Can't find a dialup shell in these here parts. [21:33] {ShadowM} or on the client, as far as I know [21:34] {ShadowM} there's a lot of detailed tech information on Jeff Ledger's forum [21:34] {King Sammy} Anyone know what after a successful login, a Qlink disk no longer works (just blank screen after [21:34] {King Sammy} some loading? [21:34] you should be able to use the VIC20 for telbbs use, as long as you have enough expansion memory [21:34] {Firefly} the best VIC-20 solution would be to have a lantronix box hooked up to a router that had the [21:34] {Firefly} OpenWRT with ircii built in [21:35] you'd probably want to do the 40 column emulation tho... [21:35] 22column would scroll way to fast [21:35] {Firefly} or if someone wanted to make a VIC-20 version of QLink, that'd be neat [21:36] Firefly: I've got an RS232 on my Linksys router. I can just connect the VIC to it and use it as a terminal. :) [21:37] {Firefly} well there you go (except that's blatant abuse of the idea of a terminal) :) [21:37] I don't know if I want to take the celophane off this disk box :/ [21:37] {King Sammy} Is Jeff Ledger the VIC20 guru? [21:37] Jeff? No. [21:37] Go to Denial. We're keeping it real. :) [21:38] Denial! [21:38] {ShadowM} I got a button from Denial Jeff. [21:39] {King Sammy} Yeah, I just recently stumbled onto it. Impressive amount of use. [21:39] {Firefly} that machine is really not suited to any kind of comms...I used it on BBSes..ugh [21:39] Ya, I didn't get a chance to introduce myself to Denial Jeff... [21:39] {Firefly} one big mess of scrolling and truncation [21:39] Does Denial Jeff frequent any other internet/irc areas? [21:40] {King Sammy} Commodore 64 - one giant leap . . . [21:40] Leif Bloomquist is a VIC-20 guru. [21:42] Entered QRoom: Trek [21:42] Howdy Trek [21:42] {King Sammy} Has 8-Bit Weapon ever used one in a recording? [21:42] Snog: No. He sticks to Denial. [21:42] {Trek} howdy king sammy [21:42] He has visited Lemon once or twice but that's it. [21:42] {Trek} hi ya snog [21:42] He wants to use VIC-20s in future performances. [21:43] {King Sammy} Hello, Trek. [21:43] {Trek} I forgot how this thing worked :0 [21:43] No more VIC-20 bashing or I'm going to kick some butt. ;) [21:43] {Trek} but I seem to be doing ok now [21:43] {King Sammy} Well, lots of rappers are apparently using things Commodore these days. [21:44] {Firefly} VIC-20 is a C=ripple [21:44] {Firefly} :) [21:44] * Darren0_1a (~Darren@NewNet-511CD5B0.hsd1.md.comcast.net) Quit (Quit: Friends help you move. Real friends help you move bodies.) [21:44] {King Sammy} Ouch, am I bleeding? [21:44] The VIC is a great computer. I still have mine. [21:44] * Bryan (~chatzilla@NewNet-32ECD8AF.hsd1.nj.comcast.net) has joined #c64friends [21:44] Howdy Bryan [21:45] Hi, Bryan. [21:45] {King Sammy} I want to "borrow" my brother's. [21:45] {Firefly} Antares51: Now that's overdoing it [21:45] Hello and Salutations all! :) [21:45] Never! [21:45] {Firefly} hi Bryan [21:45] {King Sammy} Seriously. [21:45] And to you, too, Bryan. [21:46] {Trek} howdy to you Bryan [21:46] RobertB> Thank-you very much! for bring the Chuck Peddle video to YouTube! [21:46] So how many are in Q now? [21:46] 3 or 4? [21:46] Oh, well, I sent my tapes to Dave Haynie, and he's the one who put them on YouTube. [21:47] * RobertB blushing [21:47] {King Sammy} My room count shows 35. [21:47] You did a great job of the videotaping! [21:47] {Firefly} my room count shows 1 [21:47] even got the BSOD.. yay.. [21:48] {King Sammy} If you type //who on the bottom, it will list a more accurate amount. [21:48] {Trek} occupied public rooms is 4 [21:48] * LordRonin (~lordronin@NewNet-1A467499.dial1.seattle1.level3.net) has joined #c64friends [21:48] * ChanServ sets mode: +o LordRonin [21:48] {King Sammy} Then press F5. [21:48] {Trek} hi ya LR [21:48] Hoi Gang [21:48] LordRonin> Cheer! [21:48] s [21:49] Hoi Trek [21:49] {Firefly} it didn't help [21:49] {King Sammy} Greetings. [21:49] LR! [21:49] Howdy LordRonin [21:49] {Firefly} I'll brb [21:49] Hoi Bryan, if the inkcart arrives in time and all works. Might have a bookltet this month [21:49] LordRonin> I need to send u dues for another year of ACUG! [21:49] Hoi Antares51 [21:49] Hoi Snogpitch [21:49] Thanks, Bryan. The documentary style is always "you-have-to-think-on-your-feet". [21:50] Byran paypal is fine if that is OK with you? [21:50] LordRonin> ok.. I will do that in the next day.. [21:50] Null Perspiration Chummer. Working on the BBS as we talk. [21:50] Left QRoom: Firefly [21:50] Hi, Dave M. [21:51] Hoi Robert, been talking to Charles on the situation that I frelled up on your, and his BBS ideas. [21:51] {King Sammy} Is Loadstar kaput? [21:51] RobertB> is there any video of stuff *after* the Chuck Peddle bit? ie questions to the engineers? [21:52] ya I was working on my MSD Dual drive last night and missed most of Stargate Atlantis and Dr Who [21:52] Entered QRoom: Firefly [21:52] {Firefly} yeah, still says only 1 person here [21:52] Well, I caught all of it except the last 10 minutes of Peddle's talk. That's when I ran out of tape. [21:53] Firefly .. meet Serenity.. ;) [21:53] {ShadowM} Firefly, I see four [21:53] {King Sammy} type //who and press return [21:53] Snogpitch it comes on later in the week. Or in about 10 months on BBS America. Did see it myself, almost missed it with 128 work [21:53] Entered QRoom: Balzabaar [21:53] I heard the audio of Peddle's talk... [21:53] Howdy Balzabaar [21:53] Oh, talk of another Serenity movie. [21:53] {Balzabaar} Hello! [21:53] {Firefly} OK, just for the record, this name has NOTHING to do with whatever sci fi series that is [21:53] Hi, Andrew. [21:53] Evening Mr. Wiskow. [21:53] {King Sammy} Ola. [21:53] {Balzabaar} Yay... Q-Link's connection to IRC is working this week. :) [21:54] {King Sammy} H [21:54] Oh, just say it does relate, Firefly. ;-) [21:54] Hoi Balzabaar [21:54] LordRonin, no worries, VCR was taping the show, so I'll get a chance to watch it sometime before the reruns start :/ [21:54] really? what are they going to do? they have already showed that the "Alliance" is pretty much evil.. [21:54] {Firefly} RobertB: No, let's not. [21:54] Firefly> sorry.. [21:54] Well, it is mostly rumor right now, but all the actors are up for it. [21:55] If I go to the Firefly/Serenity convention at the end of the month, I might find out more. [21:55] {Balzabaar} Robert: Are those YouTube videos the same thing that we saw at CommVEx? [21:55] RobertB> let me know! please.. [21:56] {Balzabaar} (haven't had a chance to check 'em out yet) [21:56] * saehn (saehn@NewNet-20014544.sip.sav.bellsouth.net) has joined #c64friends [21:56] Hoi saehn [21:56] The beginning is mine, the middle and end is Dave's, and I fill in a bit in the middle, too. [21:56] Howdy saehn [21:56] hello all :) [21:56] O.K., Bryan. [21:57] {Balzabaar} Okay, so there's some bits in there that I haven't seen then... I'll have to check it out. :) [21:57] Left QRoom: Firefly [21:57] BRB. Must get some dessert. [21:58] Left QRoom: Trek [21:58] dessert? [21:58] {King Sammy} Shower time for me. [21:58] any new pics from eccc, robertb? [21:58] I hope we did not scare off Firefly with the Serenity talk.. ;) [21:58] i think i've seen two sets [21:58] RobertB didn't go to ECCC [21:58] doh [21:58] {Balzabaar} LR: I still haven't had time to scan in those JiffyDOS install documents... [21:58] {Balzabaar} but I should be able to get to it over the next few days. [21:59] two sets? I have only seen one set so far....where's the other? [21:59] {Balzabaar} Then I'll be mailing the lot back to you. [21:59] speaking of scanning, did everyone get a chance to look at the Qlink software guide? [21:59] No problem, I'm still trying to find or recreate the fiddling little bits for the BBS. More copy work as we speak. [21:59] * iViper (~peter_gre@NewNet-91C26C7.dsl.bell.ca) has left #c64friends [21:59] * iViper (~peter_gre@NewNet-91C26C7.dsl.bell.ca) has joined #c64friends [21:59] {King Sammy} That quite was pretty extensive. [21:59] I'm hoping to see that Q-Link disk box next week. [22:00] {Balzabaar} Snogpitch: No, but I've seen the original. ;) [22:00] I got mine today, LordRonin :) [22:00] {Balzabaar} I've got a couple issues of the newsletter that Q-Link used to mail out in its early days... [22:00] I'm back.... with a chocolate caramel oatmeal bar. :-) [22:00] {Balzabaar} Think there's any interest in those? [22:00] Speaking of JiffyDOS.. CMD comes to mind and the recent problem with Colin's (and Willis's) RAMLink.. there is a flashing of LEDs that would probably be able to be quickly diagnosed by Maurice, but unfortunately.. :( [22:01] Didn't get online till wednesday to send her the paypal funds. Gave away the 4 we had as prizes at a anniversasry meeting. Thinking that Q-Link was forever. Silly me [22:01] RobertB> interesting choice of dessert.. [22:01] {Balzabaar} Ah, I should be getting a Q-Link disk box soon, too. ;) [22:01] almost healthy for you? ;) [22:01] L R do you talk to Wilkstar , Mom and Dad/// [22:01] Hey, it came from Tazzaria Coffee Shop. [22:01] I'm still debating if I should take off the celophane [22:02] Oh that power supply problem we talked about last week. Well I replaced the PS to the HD and it has been running without pause since last monday. [22:02] are there disks inside the disk box? [22:02] is it made with espresso beans ? [22:02] yoyoyoyooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo [22:02] Hoi beeman, no I haven't seen wilstar for months IRL. Years for his Fater Robert and his mother. [22:02] No, that would be in the espresso coffee. [22:02] http://www.c64friends.com/1988%20qlink%20software%20guide.pdf [22:03] {King Sammy} I've left cellophane on things and haven't had problems - DVD boxes, 1541 disk boxes, record [22:03] {King Sammy} albums. [22:03] So body better [22:03] * weirdwolf (weirdwolf@NewNet-8C21B3DB.hsd1.or.comcast.net) has joined #c64friends [22:03] Howdy weirdwolf [22:04] Entered QRoom: Firefly [22:04] snog [22:04] {Firefly} sorry about that [22:04] well, today was a good day..... [22:04] Hi, Jeremy. [22:04] :) [22:04] Sure quiet tonight [22:04] {Firefly} forgot to detach the tcpser [22:04] Grabbing that file right now Snogpitch [22:04] RobertB> u have never have chocolate covered espresso beans?? [22:04] Hoi #8 [22:04] {Firefly} I rebooted the laptop and it kicked me lol [22:04] No, Bryan. [22:04] {Balzabaar} LR: You can view PDF's now? [22:04] Hello Jeremy. [22:04] LR: don't install tcpser on Kajira [22:05] * CurtisToo (RevCurtis@NewNet-708FD5A5.neo.res.rr.com) has joined #c64friends [22:05] RobertB> O i c.. [22:05] Balzasbaar while on the kubuntu linux system [22:05] {Firefly} so for anyone else on Q, does it say there's more than 1 person in this room in the upper right? [22:05] * rrCurtisP (HydraIRC@NewNet-708FD5A5.neo.res.rr.com) Quit (Ping timeout) [22:05] Hoi CurtisToo [22:05] * CurtisToo is now known as rrCurtisP [22:06] However, I like coffee ice cream. [22:06] {ShadowM} firefly, now I see three [22:06] {Balzabaar} It says "PEOPLE HERE: 1" [22:06] weirdwolf No idea how to do it in the first place. So we are safe. {G} [22:06] when I was there is only showed 1 in the upper right [22:06] {ShadowM} oh, no, one for PEOPLE HERE [22:06] {Balzabaar} you have to type "//who" to see who's really here. [22:06] L R don`t come to the meeting any more??? [22:06] These are actual espresso beans, covered in (usually) dark chocolate.. [22:06] Friends don't let friends use Vista. [22:06] {ShadowM} but //who shows IRC as welel [22:06] {Firefly} oh, that's what I was talking about before [22:06] {ShadowM} well [22:06] but f7 view rooms showed 4 on c64friends [22:06] Hey Balbazaar [22:07] They tend to wake u up.. [22:07] beeman nope both his father and brother expired years ago. Wildstar expired last month. He hasn't been to a meeting in arouynd 4 years. [22:07] {King Sammy} I show 35 or so. [22:07] {Balzabaar} Hey Weirdwolf :) [22:07] I don't tnink I would like those, Bryan. [22:08] an acquired taste.. but something you must try one day!!! [22:08] :-) [22:08] {ShadowM} expired... they're dead ?! [22:08] Nope. [22:08] Nah, I want to try pie-and-mash! [22:08] King Sammy: that "would" be everyone on c64friends [22:08] Hint: Do *NOT* suck off the chocolate first ... just crunch away.. [22:09] Ah, a technique. [22:09] {King Sammy} iViper, please explain. [22:09] {Firefly} King Sammy: I was referring to the 'PEOPLE HERE: ' in the upper right [22:09] I think that using the internet qlink show ppl connected is only for qlink itself [22:09] pie-and-mash? [22:09] {ShadowM} viper, I think that's an accurate count of those on Q [22:09] Yup.. found in the British Isles. [22:09] u mean bangors and mash? [22:09] ??? [22:09] Nope, pie-and-mash. [22:10] press f7 and select the second option down from the top and press f1 [22:10] or am i thinking of something else.. [22:10] {Firefly} ShadowM: I don't think so, you and I are in here, and it still says '1' [22:10] will show # of ppl connected on all of qlink [22:10] There are pie-and-mash shops throughout the U.K.. [22:10] Bryan, nah for me a good curry vindaleu [22:10] {ShadowM} no firefly, what viper said [22:10] Oooo, too hot, LR! :-) [22:10] LordRonin> extra spicy for me! [22:11] {Firefly} I get [22:11] {ShadowM} no, first option [22:11] Too much fire for me. [22:11] {Firefly} PEOPLE IN THE CURRENT ROOM: CurtisToo [22:11] {Balzabaar} ShadowM & Firefly: I'm in Q-Link, too! :) [22:11] Pad Thai. [22:11] {King Sammy} Qlink currently lists 38 names in the room. [22:11] Pad Thai is o.k.. [22:11]