Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm,comp.answers,news.answers Subject: COMP.SYS.CBM: General FAQ, v3.0 Part 4/4 Summary: This posting contains answers to questions that commonly surface in comp.sys.cbm. This posting will tell you enough to get your computer connected to a network, fixed, and/or enhanced. This file should be read by new users of comp.sys.cbm before posting to the group. It should also be proofread by users who are currently active in comp.sys.cbm. Keywords: CBM FAQ Help List C64 C128 VIC Modem Followup-To: comp.sys.cbm Organization: Brain Innovations, Inc. Reply-To: brain@mail.msen.com Message-ID: <cbmmainfaq40895@msen.com> Supersedes: <cbmmainfaq40795@msen.com> Expires: 05 Sep 1995 Approved: news-answers-request@MIT.EDU Archive-name: cbm-main-faq.3.0.p4 Comp-answers-archive-name: commodore/main-faq/part4 News-answers-archive-name: commodore/main-faq/part4 Comp-sys-cbm-archive-name: main-faq/part4 Version: 3.0 Last-modified: 1995/08/04 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Table of Contents (for this file) --------------------------------- 14. Programming 14.1. What Programming Languages are available? 14.2. What is a Cross Assembler? How do I use one? 15. User Groups 16. Sales and Service 16.1. Where do I purchase Commodore Equipment and Software? 16.2. Where do I get equipment serviced? 16.3. How do I know who to buy from or request service from? 17. Miscellaneous 17.1. How fast does a Commodore 64 run? 17.2. How can a turn my NTSC-M 64 into a PAL-B 64 or vice versa? 17.3. What does this IC number mean? 18. Credits --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14. Programming 14.1. What Programming Languages are available? You name it, and it is probably available for the Commodore computer system. The following languages are known to be supported on the CBM platform at this time: BASIC C COBOL COMAL FORTH LISP PASCAL 14.2. What is a Cross Assembler? How do I use one? A cross assembler is a program that runs on one computer and generates code for another computer. Usually, a non 8-bit CBM machine generates the code using this program, but it can be another 64 hooked in some way to a "target" 64. Whatever the case, here are some packages that can be used: as6502 linking 6502 cross assembler masm6502 6502 macro cross-assembler ps65a12 Unix format 6502 cross assembler svasm02 6502 cross assembler xasm220 many-targeted cross assemblers 15. User Groups User's Groups fulfill a major function for Commodore owners. They provide a place to meet other users, discuss problems and solutions for computing, teach and learn information about their machines. Software can be shared and friendships are made. THe Commodore community is made up largely by real or virtual user's groups. The following list details the addresses and names of Commodore User's Groups around the world. Commodore owners are encouraged to join one that is close in order to reap the benefits from group membership. In addition, most groups publish newlsetters filled with topical information. However, these are not the only places to find Commodore owners. See Sections 7 and 8 for information on visiting Commodore owners "online" (Note: is anyone currently compiling these? If so, I can point to your information rather than present it here.) Alabama, USA Birmingham Commodore Club P.O. Box 59564 Birmingham, AL 35259-9564 The Computer Nut 2400 Mountain Drive (Shades Mountain Plaza) Birmingham, AL 35226 H.A.C.K.S. P.O. Box 14356 Huntsville, AL 35815 Alaska, USA Anchorage Commodore Users Group P.O. Box 104615 Anchorage, AK 99510-4615 Sitka Commodore User's Group P.O. Box 2204 Sitka, AK 99835 Arizona, USA Arizona Commodore User's Group (Input/Output) P.O. Box 27201 Tempe, AZ 85285-7201 One of the best newsletters around. Busy Bee User Group 2634 East Malvern Street Tucson, AZ 85716 Catalina Commodore Computer Club, Inc. P.O. Box 32548 Tucson, AZ 85751-2548 Arkansas, USA Arkansas Commodore Enthusiasts (ACE) 2026 B Nichols Road Little Rock, AR 72205 (501) 224-9657 (Bulletin Board System) Northwest Arkansas Commodore User's Group P.O. Box 2925 Fayetteville, AR 72702-2925 California, USA 64/MORE P.O. Box 612794 San Jose, CA 95161-2794 C-128 West User's Group 17047 Devanah Street Covina, CA 91722 C=Humboldt User Group P.O. Box 6502 Eureka, CA 95502 CIVIC 64/128 P.O. Box 2442 Oxnard, CA 93034-2442 (805) 382-1125 (Bulletin Board System) CHLB P.O. Box 7293 Long Beach, CA 90805 CWEST 3462B 17th Street San Francisco, CA 94110 + VCC + P.O. Box 310 + Denair, CA 95316 + Oldest continually active computer club in California. Central Coast Commodore User's Group 3896 Berwyn Drive Santa Maria, CA 93455 Classic 64 Preservation Society 660 Walton Drive Red Bluff, CA 96080 Club 64 P.O. Box 514 Patton, CA 92369 Commodore 64 West User's Group 2306 West 180th Street Torrance, CA 90504 Commodore Hayward User's Group c/o Vernon Viani 4586 Glenn Street Freemont, CA 94536 Commodore Technical User's Group 2231 East Trenton Avenue Orange, CA 92667 Diablo Valley Commodore User's Group P.O. Box 27155 Concord, CA 94527 The Fresno Sixty-Fourum P.O. Box 16098 Fresno, CA 93755 FUNHUG 814 Valley Run Hercules, CA 94547-1440 BBS Number: (510) 713-7944 Hub Area Commodore Club 7127 Arrowhead Trail Browns Valley, CA 95918-9630 Lake County Computer Users 7827 Evergreen Drive Kelseyville, CA 95451 Orange County Commodore Club c/o 439-102 Fair Drive Costa Mesa, CA 92626 Sacremento Commodore Computer Club P.O. Box 13393 Sacramento, CA 95813-3393 South Bay Commodore User's Group P.O. Box 1176 Redondo Beach, CA 90278 Southeast San Diego C-64 User's Group 258 Euclid Avenue #B San Diego, CA 92114-3640 Southern California Commodore User's Group 2059 Cedar Avenue #11 Long Beach, CA 90806-4616 Stockton Commodore User Group 714 East Oak Street Stockton, CA 95202-2229 S.U.C.C.E.S.S. 110 Grace Drive Pasa Robles, CA 93446 Valley Computer Club P.O. Box 310 Denair, CA 95316 Colorado, USA Colorado Commodore Computer Club 1192 South Nome Street Aurora, CO 80012 (303) 751-3247 Ron Snyder (Contact) FC C3 1713 Valley Forge Avenue Fort Collins, CO 80526 Front Range Commodore Club P.O. Box 272 Niwot, CO 80544-0272 Western Slope Commodore User Group P.O. Box 81 Mack, CO 81525 Connecticut, USA Capitol Region Commodore Computer Club/LOAD CRCCC P.O. Box 2372 Vernon, CT 06066 Fairfield Country Commodore User's Group P.O. Box 212 Danbury, CT 06813 Delaware, USA First State Commodore Club P.O. Box 1313 Dover, DE 19903 Florida, USA Beach Computers Highway A1A Satellite Beach, FL The Clearwater Commodore Club, Inc. P.O. Box 11211 Clearwater, FL 34616 Commodore Computer Club of Jacksonville 141 Mango Court Middleburg, FL 32068 Commodore User's Group of South West Florida P.O. Box 7692 Fort Meyers, FL 33911 Commodore User's Group of Venice P.O. Box 3325 Venice, FL 34293 El-Shift-Oh, Incorporated P.O. Box 361348 Melbourne, FL 32936-1348 Gainesville Commodore User's Group P.O. Box 90212 Gainesville, FL 32607 Manasota Commodore User's Group P.O. Box 698 Oneco, FL 34264-6618 M.I.C.E 11110 Bird Road Miami, FL 33165-4417 Port Orange Commodore User's Group 52 Windward Court Port Orange, FL 32127 Tampa Commodore User's Group P.O. Box 27141 Tampa, FL 33688 Sun Coast Commodore Club c/o 7034 Mayfield Drive Port Richey, FL 34668 Lake/Sumter Commodore User's Group P.O. Box 490416 Leesburg, FL 34748 Georgia, USA SMUG P.O. Box 1762 Lilburn, GA 30226 Hawaii, USA Commodore Hawaii User's Group c/o M.N. Daniels 46-329 Kumoo Loop Kaneohe, HI 96744-3532 Illinois, USA Bloomington-Normal Commodore User's Group P.O. Box 1058 Bloomington, IL 61702-1058 Champaign-Urbana Commodore User's Group (CUCUG) 2010 West William Champaign, IL 61821 East Side Computer Club P.O. Box 276 Godfrey, IL 62035-0276 Fox Valley Computer User Group P.O. Box 28 North Aurora, IL 60542-0028 PAPUG 2508 North Rockwood Drive Peoria, IL 61614 Sandwich Computer User Group P.O. Box 23 Sandwich, IL 60548-0023 S.I.C.K. 818 East Main Street Olney, IL 62450 S.W.R.A.P./64 Incorporated P.O. Box 342 Bedford Park, IL 60499-0342 Indiana, USA CPU 5168 East 65th Street Indianapolis, IN LUCKY LINE Magazine (LUCKY member Dale Sidebottom's own newsletter) c/o Dale Sidebottom P.O. Box 972 New Albany, IN 47151-0972 Midwest Computer User's Group P.O. Box 9311 Highland, IN 46322 Midwest Computer Users Group P.O. Box 9311 Highland, IN 46322 Iowa, USA Commodore User's Group, Ames Region P.O. Box 2302 Ames, IA 50010-2302 Commo-Hawk Commodore User's Group P.O. Box 2724 Cedar Rapids, IA 52406-2724 Kansas, USA TCCUG P.O. Box 8439 Topeka, KS 66608 Commodore Users of Wichita c/o Dale Lutes. 1201 East 61st Street North Park City, KS 67219-1947 (316) 744-2580 Produces the Zero Page newsletter. Kentucky, USA C.O.O.K.Y 3807 Krysta Lane Oboro, KY 43202 Gold City Computer users Group P.O. Box 257 Fort Knox, KY 40121 Louisville Users of Commodore of Kentucky/The LUCKY Report ...
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