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Issue 81

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* Editorial
* Commodore Free E-Cover Tape #14
* General News
- HandyPNP Games System
- Ray Carlsen's Computer Saver
- 1081/1084 Switch Replacement
- Happy Birthday BASIC
* C64 News
- Hoxs64 V1.0.8.7 Released
- BMP2MC 1.263 Released
- Relaunch64 Updated
- In SID We Trust Album Released
- C64 TV
- The Last Hope
- Game Corner Q1/2014 Released
- 1941 - The Secret Conflict
- Vampire Hunter 2
- 2048 Released For The C64
- C64games.de Update
- Mini Mag Issue 07 And 08 Released
- Re-Alienator - C64 SEUCK Game
- Speed Pinball Released
* VIC 20 News
- VIC 20 Cartridge 3D Printing
* C16 and Plus/4 News
- Floodit - For The Plus/4 Released
- 2048 Game Released For The Plus/4
- Commodore16.com Website Revamp
* Amiga News
- Chrysalis Pack 3.5.1 Available
- NetSurf 3.1 Released
- Andy Warhol Lost Artworks
- New Improved intuition.library
- BOH 5th Anniversary Edition
- "Marco Gregorio's Adventures to
Unusual Places" Released
- Xenon (Mega) Blast From The Past
- Software That Shaped Modern Music
- Galahad Interview - Putty Squad
- Raspberry Pi A3000 Style Case
* Ray Carlsen Universal PSU
* Contiki Networking With The C64
* VIC Game Reviews
* Review: Bertie The Ball
* Review: Threes
* Review: Get The Cat
* Catch-Up Chat With Arthur Jordison
* Interview With Creators of Armiga
* Games That Shouldn't Have Been
* Assembly Line - $04: The Stack pt.2

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EDITORIAL
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I was quite surprised to read in a forum group about some gent who seemed utterly confused as to how to configure his Commodore 64 and Retro Replay network device. He did list a number of other devices and asked for help
with them all! They were mostly network-related issues.

I tried to offer assistance but as he said, he only spoke a limited amount
of English, so the conversations via email tended to be confusing, to say
the least. I went through how to configure his setup and apply the same principles to all his hardware and networking devices. He wanted to know
why it just didn't work like his IBM compatible PC did, then started to
demand I go through a step by step process on how to check everything, just
so he could just follow what I had written.

Now not knowing his setup I had to make some generalisations and best
guesses. I did this and went through (as best as I could) a step by step process with Contiki first, from how to download it, then put the file on
an SD card to run the software. After all this effort he reposted the same problems on the forum group again! It was as if he really wanted someone
to go to his house and just set it all up for him while he sat back and
drank tea and watched TV - he had no inkling to be motivated. I even recommended some beginner's books about networking and he refused to even
look at them. I suggested if he learnt the basics he could actually answer
all his questions himself. He didn't want to do that, and wanted to know
why there were no guides on the Internet to set up the equipment. The
emails seemed to turn nasty and I had to assign him to the spam list, (he
was also banned from the forum group. And the moral of the story, is …..

Well, you need to help yourself as much as cry for help from others. Most people are happy to help, but you do have to put at least "SOME" effort in yourself.

Now with all that negativity in my astral plane, I phoned a friend and explained about "this guy's" problem. My friend said he never had Contiki working with Retro replay and RR NET! So I went round and set this up for
him - although he was more interested to learn, and I watched him set up
warp copy and copy files. Result! At least something went in; I was
wondering if information wasn't actually needed then to configure the
software, and my friend said he had a friend with the same problem,
although my friend helped his friend set up, much to my relief!

So after that lengthy intro we have a "how to setup Contiki and Retro
Replay with RR net" to browse the Internet. Of course, with this knowledge
you should be able to apply the information to other networking setups and software on your machines. It also could apply to other Commodore and
hardware - not just the Commodore 64, so it's a worth read. It does go to


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