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Commodore Trivia 41
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----Commodore Trivia Contest Edition #41 Questions and Answers (BEGIN)----
Q $280) The C128 has a real Caps Lock Key, but it failed to present an
uppercase character for what letter on the 128 keyboard?
A $280) The Q key. This problem only exists on first revision US 128 ROM
units. As such, you can easily determine if you need a ROM upgrade
by trying the Q key on your 128.
Q $281) What one feature made the CBM 1660 modem immensely popular with the
phone phreaking crowd?
A $281) Ability to utilize the SID IC to generate touch tones and other tones
through the phone. This allowed the 64 to behave as a virtual "blue
box" or "red box" and send the magic 2600 Hz tone that patched one
into the phone system.
Q $282) What does Timothy Leary, "the father of LSD" and Commodore have
in common?
A $282) Leary was a C64 user and wrote articles for a small C= magazine based
in Oregon. However, I accept one technically true resoponse from
Roger Toupin Jr., who said, "Both are dead".
Q $283) At what speed do the platters in CBM D series hard drives revolve at?
A $283) 3600 RPM Compare to floppies at 300 RPM.
Q $284) In question $189, we noted that COMPUTE. Changed its punctuation to
COMPUTE! shortly after introdcution. However, many years later, they
changed back to their former punctuation. When did this occur?
A $284) When Compute! Publicationswas purchased by the publisher of OMNI
magazine, they changed the name back to COMPUTE. (note period.
Q $285) Tough one. Finish the following Commodore advertising slogan:
"Advanced Technology Through Vertical ___________"
A $285) Integration
Q $286) In what "mode" can the Commodore 64 VIC-II IC access external memory?
A $286) The UltiMax mode. This is the only mode where the VIC-II can perform
this feat, and is the same mode used on the ill-fated Ultimax machine.
Q $287) What Primary CPU was used in the CBM 500/600/700 series?
A $287) The MOS 6509. Basically, the 6509 was a 6502 with memory locations
0000 and 0001 used as 34bank34 registers. Address 0000 was the
execution bank, while 0001 was the indirection bank..
Q $288) How much RAM can be accessed on a 500/600/700 machine?
A $288) The 500/600/700 series, as well as the B128/B256 series, can be
expanded to 256kB internally, 704 kB externally, for a total of 960kB
of RAM.
Q $289) When using the KERNAL call PLOT, is the upper left corner of the
screen 0,0 or 1,1 ?
A $289) 0,0 identifies the upper left corner of the screen.
Q $28A) What does PRG stand for?
A $28A) Well, the CBM DOS uses it as a acronym for PRoGram File, and Commodore
calls it's technical references Programmer's Reference Guides.
Q $28B) when displaying information on the screen, what PETSCII character is
used to turn the character color to RED?
A $28B) COde 28 ($1C) will switch the character color to red.
Q $28C) If you poke the 64 screen memory with 0, what character fills the
screen? (Hint: it is NOT space)
A $28C) The '@' character, screen code 0. The space is screen code 32.
Q $28D) When a BASIC or ML program initializes DEVICE 2 (RS-232) for usage,
how much memory is stolen from the top of BASIC memory for
buffers?
A $28D) 512 bytes. 256 bytes each for an input and output buffer. That is
why you must open the RS-232 port before defining variables. The
buffers are taken from TOB (Top of BASIC), which resets are variables.
Q $28E) On what 64 computer model does [SHIFT] [RUN-STOP] load a program from
disk?
A $28E) The SX-64 is designed to boot from disk by default, and some suggested
the C64GS, although I can;t verify the latter.
Q $28F) What happens if you issue NEW in a program, like:
90 PRINT "HI"
100 NEW
110 GOTO 90
A $28F) As expected, the program prints the HI message, then erases the
current program from memory.
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