[torontocbm] Re: Canadian Tire Auto Maintenance by Batteries Included
- From: james.m.alexander@xxxxxxxxx
- To: torontocbm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 03 Aug 2008 21:13:04 -0400
Hi Joe,
Didn't canadian tire sell some tape with vic systems in their stores? I think
some canadian software company did one for
canadian tire with a few programs on it. Sort of deal where purchasers could
get vic & datassette and have a tape of
software to run out of the box soon as they got home.
I also remember an auto expenses & milage program for the vic for sale in a
canadian tire, I had planed to convert it to
64 but lost track of that tape before I ever got it done :(
An interesting bit of trivia I guess. I bet Canadian tire wasn't the only
chain to do such things.
> I had a Canadian Tire Original program but on tape before I moved into this
> house 7 yrs ago....Damned if I know where
> it is now...(you know I'm gonna tear this place apart looking now...)
>
> Joseph Palumbo
> JP PBM Products By Mail
> www.jppbm.com
>
> Golan Klinger <gklinger@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: Paul Quirk wrote:
>
> > I wonder if someone could run a disk copying program in an emulator and copy
> > the G64 image to a D64 disk image?
>
> That won't work. A d64 is just a container into which you can put
> files whereas g64 is a bit level backup of a floppy. The reason this
> software is presented in this form is because it checks for
> unformatted tracks which is something you can't simulate with a d64.
>
> As has previously been discussed, the curious can use an emulator to
> load the program from g64 and if someone really needs to use it on a
> 64 they can send me an off-list email and I'll write it out to a
> floppy for them. I suppose I could crack this but I can't imagine
> anyone cares enough for me to bother.
>
> --
> Golan Klinger
> Dark is the suede that mows like a harvest.
>
>
>
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