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Commodore Trivia 37
----Commodore Trivia Contest Edition #37 Questions and Answers Preface----
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----Commodore Trivia Contest Edition #37 Questions and Answers (BEGIN)----
Q $240) What POKE is used to disable RUN/STOP RESTORE and also scrambles
LIST attempts on the C64?
A $240) POKE 808,234. POKE 808,237 restores everything.
Q $241) What happens if you run a program in BASIC 2.0 and it
executes a CONT statement?
A $241) The program gets caught in an endless loop.
Q $242) What happens if you run a program in BASIC 7.0 and it
executes a CONT statement?
A $242) UNlike in BASIC 2.0, the statement is skipped.
Q $243) What difference exists between generating a "beep" (Ctrl-G) on the
C128 after RESET and after RUN/STOP RESTORE?
A $243) The volume is set to a different level on a warm start than on a cold
start.
Q $244) In Commodore BASIC, is anything needed after the THEN of an IF/THEN
statement?
A $244) No. The command following the THEN is optional.
Q $245) In Question $0B3, we noticed that the 64's BASIC 2.0 placed two
spaces between the error text and the word "ERROR" in error strings.
On what machine was this problem fixed and only one space appears?
A $245) The C128. The C128D and C65 also fixed the problem.
Q $246) What disk drive was introduced to be used with the Commodore 64?
A $246) The Commodore 1541. However, initially, it was called the VIC1541.
Commodore was confusing.
Q $247) What upgrade to original PETs caused some machines to dISPLAY tEXT
lIKE tHIS iNSTEAD oF dISPLAYING cORRECTLY?
A $247) When early PETs were upgraded to BASIC 2.0, the character set ROM
had to be replaced. The problem was that some PET boards had 28 pin
ROM sockets, while others had 24 pin. The new character ROM only
came in one size, so the models with the wrong number of pins on their
board had to go without. Commodore had decided to flip the location
of uppercase and lowercase characters in the ROM.
Q $248) Newer Commodore 1541 drives have a multicolored "rainbow" pattern
on the front decal. Name the colors in order from top to bottom
that make up the "rainbow".
A $248) Red, Dark Yellow, Light Yellow, Green, Blue.
Q $249) Commodore disk drives have flip flopped on drive LED color meanings
over the years. When the serial drives first appeared, green meant
power and red meant access/error. With what drive did they swap
the meanings?
A $249) The 1571 swapped meanings. Later, the 1541-II and 1581 also used
red for power and greeen for access, but the 1541C continued the
alternate usage.
Q $24A) Most late-model CBM VIC-20 sport a DIN style power supply connector.
However, early VIC units utilize a different connector. How many
pins did this early connector have?
A $24A) 2 (two). American typically refer to the connector as a "electric
Shaver" or "electric toaster" connector.
Q $24B) Although Commodore produced mainly 80 column printers, it did
introduce some "wide carriage" models. How many columns did these
printers have?
A $24B) 132 columns.
Q $24C) What is the "nickname" for the Commodore logo?
A $24C) Depending on who you ask, either "Chicken Feet", "Chicken Head", or
"Chicken Lips". I like the second one best.
Q $24D) When the Commodore 128 was introduced, a new Graphical User
Interface was introduced to be used with it. Name it. (hint: not
GEOS).
A $24D) Jane.
Q $24E) A stock C128 powers up showing how many bytes free?
A $24E) 122365 bytes free.
Q $24F) Of those, how many can actually be used to store BASIC code?
A $24F) Bank 0 locations $1c00 to $fbff (57344 bytes).
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