kisrael Posted August 22, 2015 Share Posted August 22, 2015 Wow, it's been a while... I snagged a pile of those old compute's gazette disks on zips, for use on emulator. I can't remember how to load the main menu though... the file names (according the .txt file) are filename filename filename filename ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ++jul 1987++ winning numbers sam & ed s&e custom. load s & e customizer squeeze alt-80 for 128 calendar maker remedy animator loader animator lovedatafilemakr cubedatafilemakr graph designer notepad printer hi-res demo 3 hi-res demo 4 hi-res demo 5 datamaker 64 datamaker 128 text framer 64 text framer 128 a bit of art so "++jul 1987++" is a "USR" not a "PRG"... doing LOAD "*",8 RUN just does "winning numbers" (the files here are list via rows not columns) anyone remember what the magic foruma was for getting to the menu on these things? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris++ Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 I'd start out by reading the directory from within BASIC: LOAD"$",8 LIST At the top of the directory, you might see a menu program intended for the whole disk. (The actual first line, in reverse, just shows you the disk name.) Replacing the file name with an asterisk will load the first PRG file on the disk (or, if applicable, the last file loaded). LOAD "[Filename]",8,1 automatically runs a machine-language program that's been coded to do so. Try loading the first program (or any other, if the first doesn't turn out to be a menu / loader) with the comma-1 added. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kisrael Posted August 25, 2015 Author Share Posted August 25, 2015 I think I got it. For some reason this set of the software wasn't the original, it seems to lack the menu in general... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris++ Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 Weird. Maybe it's the second side of a two-sided disk? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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