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ROTF!
Didn't you guys know the shortcuts?
L+shift-O = Load
S+shift-A = Save
I had easily 120+ games for that system - those were the days!!  :)
 Allyn <amalventano@sc.rr.com> wrote:**** COMMODORE 64 BASIC V2 ****
64K RAM SYSTEM 38911 BASIC BYTES FREE

READY
LOAD"ATIDRIVER",8,1
LOADING...

(long pause, followed by restart)

**** COMMODORE 64 BASIC V2 ****
64K RAM SYSTEM 38911 BASIC BYTES FREE

READY


(see? their drivers didnt work back then either :)
Al



----- Original Message -----
From: "Rabbit16v" 
To: "Scirocco List" 
Sent: Monday, December 23, 2002 10:26 PM
Subject: Re: OT: Need XP Pro Help badly!


> ATI since the early eighties? What, did you run them in your Commodore?
>
> Dave
>
> > I agree I have 3 machines here with XP and I only use ATI since ealy
80's
> > and I guess I got used to handling their poor delivery system for
windows
> > for drivers, make sure your motherboard has latest bios update then
> drivers
> > for everythign else, do not install CDROm drivers, but set card to be
VGA
> > 16Bit card then install drivers from web site should solve your problem,
> it
> > has for all my various ATI cards I have here including my Radeon 7500,
and
> > ATI Radeon Wonder.
> >
> > ATS - Patrick Bureau - txrocco@sbcglobal.net
> >
> >
> > =>-----Original Message-----
> > =>From: scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org
> > =>[mailto:scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of Joe Doty
> > =>Sent: Monday, December 23, 2002 1:20 PM
> > =>To: Euroroc II; Jeff Toomasson; scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> > =>Subject: RE: OT: Need XP Pro Help badly!
> > =>
> > =>
> > =>Negative. We use XP Pro on every workstation here at my office, and I
> > =>personally use it for development. It is rock solid.
> > =>
> > =>The problem lies with ATI's poor driver support. I have an ATI Radeon
> > =>8500, it took me a while to get the problems with that ironed out. I
> > =>would recommend going to http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com and making
> > =>sure all of your other hardware's drivers are updated (mainly
chipset).
> > =>I would also flash the BIOS with the latest version. Lastly, make
sure
> > =>you get the most recent driver for the card from ATI's website.
> > =>
> > =>Joe Doty
> > =>IT/Development
> > =>joe@lcnetwork.com
> > =>
> > =>-----Original Message-----
> > =>From: Euroroc II [mailto:flaatr@yahoo.com]
> > =>Sent: Monday, December 23, 2002 10:09 AM
> > =>To: Jeff Toomasson; scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> > =>Subject: Re: OT: Need XP Pro Help badly!
> > =>
> > =>Best fix to XP is to install 2000... XP is Windows for Dummies (well
> > =>isn't every version?)
> > =>
> > =>-my 0.01 (Not even woth 0.02)
> > =>-RGK-
> > =>
> > =>At 03:43 PM 12/22/02 -0800, Jeff Toomasson wrote:
> > =>
> > =>
> > =>I've been trying to load up the drivers for my video card (ATI Radeon
> > =>7500) after wiping the HD clean loading up XP Pro and it hangs during
> > =>restart while it's supposedly running "system testing" (according to
the
> > =>ATI install program). The XP Pro logo comes on and the little status
> > =>indicator freezes on its third pass.
> > =>
> > =>I've tried going through ATI's tech support but not really finding
> > =>anything there. I haven't tried MSN yet, but that's my next stop
> > =>
> > =>The card came with the PC when I got it from the guy who bought my M3.
> > =>He's actually a tech there and this card could be a beta (could
explain
> > =>why the device manager cannot ID it.)
> > =>
> > =>Another kick in the stomach is that he also gave me an AIW 32MB card
but
> > =>I just noticed that it doesn't have the normal 16-pin interface port
> > =>that older cards have so I can't test it with that one...
> > =>
> > =>I'm running a Sony VAIO 1.3GHz P4 with 256MB RAM so there shouldn't be
> > =>any problems there.
> > =>
> > =>Any help would be greatly appreciated!
> > =>
> > =>Thanks, Jeff
> > =>
> > =>
> > =>
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<P>ROTF!
<P>Didn't you guys know the shortcuts?
<P>L+shift-O = Load
<P>S+shift-A = Save
<P>I had easily 120+ games for that system - those were the days!!&nbsp; :)
<P>&nbsp;<B><I>Allyn &lt;amalventano@sc.rr.com&gt;</I></B> wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">**** COMMODORE 64 BASIC V2 ****<BR>64K RAM SYSTEM 38911 BASIC BYTES FREE<BR><BR>READY<BR>LOAD"ATIDRIVER",8,1<BR>LOADING...<BR><BR>(long pause, followed by restart)<BR><BR>**** COMMODORE 64 BASIC V2 ****<BR>64K RAM SYSTEM 38911 BASIC BYTES FREE<BR><BR>READY<BR><BR><BR>(see? their drivers didnt work back then either :)<BR>Al<BR><BR><BR><BR>----- Original Message -----<BR>From: "Rabbit16v" <RABBIT16V@ATTBI.COM><BR>To: "Scirocco List" <SCIROCCO-L@SCIROCCO.ORG><BR>Sent: Monday, December 23, 2002 10:26 PM<BR>Subject: Re: OT: Need XP Pro Help badly!<BR><BR><BR>&gt; ATI since the early eighties? What, did you run them in your Commodore?<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt; Dave<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt; &gt; I agree I have 3 machines here with XP and I only use ATI since ealy<BR>80's<BR>&gt; &gt; and I guess I got used to handling their poor delivery system for<BR>windows<BR>&gt; &gt; for drivers, make sure your motherboard has latest bios update then<BR>&gt; drivers<BR>&gt; &gt; for everythign else, do not install CDROm drivers, but set card to be<BR>VGA<BR>&gt; &gt; 16Bit card then install drivers from web site should solve your problem,<BR>&gt; it<BR>&gt; &gt; has for all my various ATI cards I have here including my Radeon 7500,<BR>and<BR>&gt; &gt; ATI Radeon Wonder.<BR>&gt; &gt;<BR>&gt; &gt; ATS - Patrick Bureau - txrocco@sbcglobal.net<BR>&gt; &gt;<BR>&gt; &gt;<BR>&gt; &gt; =&gt;-----Original Message-----<BR>&gt; &gt; =&gt;From: scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org<BR>&gt; &gt; =&gt;[mailto:scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of Joe Doty<BR>&gt; &gt; =&gt;Sent: Monday, December 23, 2002 1:20 PM<BR>&gt; &gt; =&gt;To: Euroroc II; Jeff Toomasson; scirocco-l@scirocco.org<BR>&gt; &gt; =&gt;Subject: RE: OT: Need XP Pro Help badly!<BR>&gt; &gt; =&gt;<BR>&gt; &gt; =&gt;<BR>&gt; &gt; =&gt;Negative. We use XP Pro on every workstation here at my office, and I<BR>&gt; &gt; =&gt;personally use it for development. It is rock solid.<BR>&gt; &gt; =&gt;<BR>&gt; &gt; =&gt;The problem lies with ATI's poor driver support. I have an ATI Radeon<BR>&gt; &gt; =&gt;8500, it took me a while to get the problems with that ironed out. I<BR>&gt; &gt; =&gt;would recommend going to http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com and making<BR>&gt; &gt; =&gt;sure all of your other hardware's drivers are updated (mainly<BR>chipset).<BR>&gt; &gt; =&gt;I would also flash the BIOS with the latest version. Lastly, make<BR>sure<BR>&gt; &gt; =&gt;you get the most recent driver for the card from ATI's website.<BR>&gt; &gt; =&gt;<BR>&gt; &gt; =&gt;Joe Doty<BR>&gt; &gt; =&gt;IT/Development<BR>&gt; &gt; =&gt;joe@lcnetwork.com<BR>&gt; &gt; =&gt;<BR>&gt; &gt; =&gt;-----Original Message-----<BR>&gt; &gt; =&gt;From: Euroroc II [mailto:flaatr@yahoo.com]<BR>&gt; &gt; =&gt;Sent: Monday, December 23, 2002 10:09 AM<BR>&gt; &gt; =&gt;To: Jeff Toomasson; scirocco-l@scirocco.org<BR>&gt; &gt; =&gt;Subject: Re: OT: Need XP Pro Help badly!<BR>&gt; &gt; =&gt;<BR>&gt; &gt; =&gt;Best fix to XP is to install 2000... XP is Windows for Dummies (well<BR>&gt; &gt; =&gt;isn't every version?)<BR>&gt; &gt; =&gt;<BR>&gt; &gt; =&gt;-my 0.01 (Not even woth 0.02)<BR>&gt; &gt; =&gt;-RGK-<BR>&gt; &gt; =&gt;<BR>&gt; &gt; =&gt;At 03:43 PM 12/22/02 -0800, Jeff Toomasson wrote:<BR>&gt; &gt; =&gt;<BR>&gt; &gt; =&gt;<BR>&gt; &gt; =&gt;I've been trying to load up the drivers for my video card (ATI Radeon<BR>&gt; &gt; =&gt;7500) after wiping the HD clean loading up XP Pro and it hangs during<BR>&gt; &gt; =&gt;restart while it's supposedly running "system testing" (according to<BR>the<BR>&gt; &gt; =&gt;ATI install program). The XP Pro logo comes on and the little status<BR>&gt; &gt; =&gt;indicator freezes on its third pass.<BR>&gt; &gt; =&gt;<BR>&gt; &gt; =&gt;I've tried going through ATI's tech support but not really finding<BR>&gt; &gt; =&gt;anything there. I haven't tried MSN yet, but that's my next stop<BR>&gt; &gt; =&gt;<BR>&gt; &gt; =&gt;The card came with the PC when I got it from the guy who bought my M3.<BR>&gt; &gt; =&gt;He's actually a tech there and this card could be a beta (could<BR>explain<BR>&gt; &gt; =&gt;why the device manager cannot ID it.)<BR>&gt; &gt; =&gt;<BR>&gt; &gt; =&gt;Another kick in the stomach is that he also gave me an AIW 32MB card<BR>but<BR>&gt; &gt; =&gt;I just noticed that it doesn't have the normal 16-pin interface port<BR>&gt; &gt; =&gt;that older cards have so I can't test it with that one...<BR>&gt; &gt; =&gt;<BR>&gt; &gt; =&gt;I'm running a Sony VAIO 1.3GHz P4 with 256MB RAM so there shouldn't be<BR>&gt; &gt; =&gt;any problems there.<BR>&gt; &gt; =&gt;<BR>&gt; &gt; =&gt;Any help would be greatly appreciated!<BR>&gt; &gt; =&gt;<BR>&gt; &gt; =&gt;Thanks, Jeff<BR>&gt; &gt; =&gt;<BR>&gt; &gt; =&gt;<BR>&gt; &gt; =&gt;<BR>&gt; &gt; =&gt;Do you Yahoo!?<BR>&gt; &gt; =&gt;Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now<BR>&gt; &gt; =&gt;<BR>&gt; &gt; =&gt;_______________________________________________<BR>&gt; &gt; =&gt;Scirocco-l mailing list<BR>&gt; &gt; =&gt;Scirocco-l@scirocco.org<BR>&gt; &gt; =&gt;http://neubayern.net/mailman/listinfo/scirocco-l<BR>&gt; &gt;<BR>&gt; &gt;<BR>&gt; &gt; _______________________________________________<BR>&gt; &gt; Scirocco-l mailing list<BR>&gt; &gt; Scirocco-l@scirocco.org<BR>&gt; &gt; http://neubayern.net/mailman/listinfo/scirocco-l<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt;<BR>&gt; _______________________________________________<BR>&gt; Scirocco-l mailing list<BR>&gt; Scirocco-l@scirocco.org<BR>&gt; http://neubayern.net/mailman/listinfo/scirocco-l<BR>&gt;<BR><BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Scirocco-l mailing list<BR>Scirocco-l@scirocco.org<BR>http://neubayern.net/mailman/listinfo/scirocco-l</BLOCKQUOTE><p><br><hr size=1>Do you Yahoo!?<br>
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