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~ WELCOME TO GEnieLamp APPLE II! ~
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""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
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~ THE TREASURE HUNT: Very Best 8-bit Utilities ~
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~ COMMUNICATIONS: A2 Internet Launch Pad ~
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~ plus holiday cheer and fun! ~
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~ HOT NEWS, HOT FILES, HOT MESSAGES ~
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GEnieLamp Apple II ~ A T/TalkNET Publication ~ Vol.4, Issue 45
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Publisher................................................John F. Peters
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Editor...................................................Douglas Cuff
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~ GEnieLamp IBM ~ GEnieLamp ST ~ GEnieLamp PowerPC ~
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~ GEnieLamp A2Pro ~ GEnieLamp Macintosh ~ GEnieLamp TX2 ~
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~ GEnieLamp Windows ~ GEnieLamp A2 ~ LiveWire (ASCII) ~
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~ Member Of The Digital Publishing Association ~
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GE Mail: GENIELAMP Internet: genielamp@genie.com
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>>> WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE APPLE II ROUNDTABLE? <<<
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""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
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~ December 1, 1995 ~
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FROM MY DESKTOP ......... [FRM] FROM MY MAILBOX ......... [MAI]
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Notes From The Editor. Letters To The Editor.
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HEY MISTER POSTMAN ...... [HEY] HUMOR ONLINE ............ [HUM]
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Is That A Letter For Me? Christmas Cheer.
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SEARCH_ME ............... [FUN] REFLECTIONS ............. [REF]
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Online Puzzle Fun. Helping Others Help You?
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ASCII ART GALLERY ....... [ASA] THE TREASURE HUNT ....... [HUN]
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Christmas Art. Very Best 8-bit Utilities.
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COMMUNICATIONS .......... [COM] PAUG MEETING REPORT ..... [PMP]
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A2 Internet Launch Pad. Report on November's Meeting.
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LOG OFF ................. [LOG]
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GEnieLamp Information.
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[IDX]""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
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READING GEnieLamp GEnieLamp has incorporated a unique indexing system
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""""""""""""""""" to help make reading the magazine easier. To utilize
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this system, load GEnieLamp into any ASCII word processor or text editor.
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In the index you will find the following example:
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HUMOR ONLINE ............ [HUM]
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GEnie Fun & Games.
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To read this article, set your find or search command to [HUM]. If
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you want to scan all of the articles, search for [EOA]. [EOF] will take
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you to the last page, whereas [IDX] will bring you back to the index.
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MESSAGE INFO To make it easy for you to respond to messages reprinted
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"""""""""""" here in GEnieLamp, you will find all the information you
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need immediately following the message. For example:
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(SMITH, CAT6, TOP1, MSG:58/M475)
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|Name of sender CATegory TOPic Msg.# Page number|
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In this example, to respond to Smith's message, log on to page 475
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enter the bulletin board and set CAT 6. Enter your REPly in TOPic 1.
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A message number that is surrounded by brackets indicates that this
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message is a "target" message and is referring to a "chain" of two or more
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messages that are following the same topic. For example: {58}.
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ABOUT GEnie GEnie's monthly fee is $8.95 which gives you up to four hours
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""""""""""" of non-prime time access to most GEnie services, such as
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software downloads, bulletin boards, GE Mail, an Internet mail gateway, and
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chat lines. GEnie's non-prime time connect rate is $2.00. To sign up for
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GEnie service, call (with modem) 1-800-638-8369 in the USA or
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1-800-387-8330 in Canada. Wait for the U#= prompt. Type: JOINGENIE and
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hit RETURN. When you get the prompt asking for the signup/offer code,
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type: DSD524 and hit RETURN. The system will then prompt you for your
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information. Need more information? Call GEnie's customer service line
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(voice) at 1-800-638-9636.
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SPECIAL OFFER FOR GEnieLamp READERS! If you sign onto GEnie using the
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"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" method outlined above you will
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receive $50.00 worth of credit. Want more? Your first month charge of
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$8.95 will be waived! Now there are no excuses!
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GET GEnieLamp ON THE NET! Now you can get your GEnieLamp issues from
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""""""""""""""""""""""""" the Internet. If you use a web browser,
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connect to "gopher://gopher.genie.com/11/magazines". When using a gopher
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program, connect to "gopher.genie.com" and then choose item 7 (Magazines
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and Newsletters from GEnie's RoundTables).
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*** GET INTO THE LAMP! ***
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//////////////////////////////////////// GEnie_QWIK_QUOTE ////
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/ I want a program that reads the instructions for me, /
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/ intuitively knows what I'm thinking, and allows me to /
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/ blunder, regardless. /
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////////////////////////////////////////////// D.CROSS5 ////
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[EOA]
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[FRM]//////////////////////////////
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FROM MY DESKTOP /
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/////////////////////////////////
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Notes From The Editor
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by Douglas Cuff
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[EDITOR.A2]
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Once again this year, my parents have taken pity on their destitute
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son and daughter-in-law and have given us a Christmas gift of a flight
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home. And usually, by this time, I've ordered several Christmas gifts from
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catalogs and made other less material plans to help make the family
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Christmas bright. Not this year. Not yet.
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It's been a rough year... again. Some are looking forward to the
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next year with trepidation because of the announcement that GEIS, the
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parent of GEnie, has hired a firm to find someone to buy GEnie. I think
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it's worth quoting GEnie's acting president in full:
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[*][*][*]
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A LETTER FROM GENIE ACTING PRESIDENT, HORACE MARTIN
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November 13, 1995
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Dear GEnie Subscriber,
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GE Information Services, the owner of GEnie Online
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Services, announced yesterday that the company is working with
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the investment firm of Allen & Company to identify potential
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buyers for GEnie.
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The decision to seek a buyer for GEnie was a difficult one
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for GE Information Services. We feel tremendous loyalty to our
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customers, and we considered very carefully the options available
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to us. Finally, our business decision was based on a desire to
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focus on GE Information Services' main mission -- to provide
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business productivity solutions to businesses around the world.
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We lead this market, and we derive more than 95% of our revenues
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from this market. In 1995, GE Information Services has invested
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in GEnie with a new graphical user interface, new multi-player
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game offerings, faster access speeds, and simplified pricing. We
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believe that GEnie presents a good fit within a company whose
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main focus is in the consumer market.
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GEnie subscribers are the best in the world, and we are
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keeping you front and center as we seek a new owner for GEnie.
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We assure you that you will receive top quality service and
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support throughout this process. We will make every effort to
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make this transition transparent to you. In the long run, we
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hope that this transaction will make GEnie a better and even more
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exciting service for you, our customer.
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Please check GEnie's logon announcements periodically.
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Updates will be provided whenever new information can be
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released. (Type "GENIE" at any menu prompt and select Item #2
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from the menu which is presented to access the announcements if
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you're already online, or take a moment to review them each time
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you logon.)
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Sincerely,
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Horace Martin
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Acting President
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GEnie Online Services
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[*][*][*]
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I think it's fair to say that all the people on GEnie are anxious,
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but particularly the Apple II community. GEnie has become our de facto
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home. On GEnie, we don't have to huddle in the "orphaned computers"
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RoundTable--heck, we have two RoundTables all to ourselves. Those
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RoundTables take an archival approach to both its file library and its
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message base. It looks for reasons to keep archival material in place, not
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ways to delete last year's hits to make room for this year's hits.
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GEnie is one commercial on-line service that still welcomes you if
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all you have is a text display. It wants to help you point and click if
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that's what you like, but it doesn't turn away the user with lean, simple
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hardware. We don't want GEnie to go away.
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Okay. Fear is an understandable first reaction. It's a mistake to
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stop at the first reaction, though. I think Lloyd de Vries of the Stamps
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RoundTable put it best: "'Acquisition' or 'sale' does not mean 'end.'"
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Lloyd points out that he works for CBS, who was recently acquired by
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Westinghouse. "No one," says Lloyd, "seriously expects CBS to now go out
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of business."
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Ah... the voice of reason. Exactly what I needed to make this season
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a joyous one. Thank you, Lloyd.
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I would like to wish all of you--in the words of Commander Susan
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Ivanova--"Merry Christmas. Or Happy Hannukah. Whatever."
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-- Doug Cuff
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GEnie Mail: EDITOR.A2 Internet: editor.a2@genie.com
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__________________________________________________________
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| REPRINTING GEnieLamp |
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| If you want to reprint any part of GEnieLamp, or |
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| post it to a bulletin board, please see the very end |
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| of this file for instructions and limitations. |
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ASCII ART BEGINS
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[EOA]
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[MAI]//////////////////////////////
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FROM MY MAILBOX /
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Letters To The Editor
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TREASURE HUNT ERROR #1: HTML EDITOR In the last GEnieLamp A2, you made
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"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" a mistake in giving credit for HTML
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Editor. You said it came from the Nova Scotia User Group. Actually, I
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ported it from the Mac Hypercard stack of the same name. I am not
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affiliated with the Nova Scotia Users group.
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Since HTML Editor is a port, no new features were added (i.e.
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WYSIWYG, verify for valid code, etc). I am working on porting the latest
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Mac Hypercard version to HCGS (the only advantage is that it supports more
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HTML commands, such as forms). It is taking a while since I have to write
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several XCMDs to make it functionally similar. Hopefully, a GS web browser
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will soon be made so documents can then be viewed through IPC calls (if it
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will support them).
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Anyway, I was hoping the correction of where it came from could be
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corrected for the next issue of GEnieLamp A2.
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Geoff Weiss
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>>>>> Our news service has been erratic as of late and I just received
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""""" and read the latest issue of the _A2 GEnieLamp_ [sic] (November,
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1995) and noticed an error in the Website area (Treasure Hunt).
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You list a program we feature in our public download archive as being
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"from the Nova Scotia Apple Users Group". The program in question,
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HTMLEDIT was created by Geoff Weiss; we merely feature it in our archive as
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we do with many fine shareware and public domain programs.
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Could you please correct this oversight in your next issue as I would
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like to see Mr. Weiss receive the credit for his creation.
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Thank you,
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Tony Cianfaglione
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President
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Nova Scotia Apple Users Group
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Chebucto Community Net
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My apologies to both Mr Weiss and the Nova Scotia Apple Users
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Group. In the Treasure Hunt column, I referred to the program
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HTML Editor as "from The Nova Scotia Apple Users Group". This is
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because the person who uploaded it to GEnie obtained it from the
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home page of NSAUG. I was also determined to mention NSAUG,
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since they were the closest Apple II user group to me when I
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lived in Newfoundland, and I was once a long-distance member.
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My thanks to all those who brought this error to my attention,
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the first of whom was the inestimable Joe Kohn. No one who
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corrected me--and there were quite a few--adopted an accusatory
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or shaming tone. (That is, no letters began "Dear jerk" :-)
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Read on, dear reader. This was my month for errors.--Ed.
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TREASURE HUNT ERROR #2: rSOUNDER I'd like to point out another error you
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""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" made in the GEnieLamp [A2] for Nov.
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You gave the wrong last name for the author of rSounder v3.0. It
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should be "Benson". I call this matter to your attention, not as a flame,
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but simply so that you may make the proper correction, when you have the
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opportunity! I hope you won't be offended, when I mention that I called
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the error to the public attention, on our 1WSW Home Page update (11-4-95)
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in the politest of nature, I might add, simply because Paul Benson is a
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team member of our 1WSW group.
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Looking forward to your reply and with my best wishes I remain:
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Charles T. "Dr. Tom" Turley
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gbmaidsf@wco.com
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Absolutely--the author of rSounder was and is Paul Benson, not
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Paul Creager. My apologies to both gentlemen.
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Although it doesn't excuse it, I'll explain the substitution of
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Mr Creager's name for Mr Benson's: The "Shareware Spy" column in
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the July/August 1995 _II Alive_ (which magazine I was editing at
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the time) incorrectly lists Paul Creager as the author of
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lf2crNDA. (It was actually written by Jason Simmons.) I had Mr
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Creager on the brain, I guess.
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When contacted about the error, the programmer, Mr Benson
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replied: "Just as long as the checks are made out to me ;)."
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Amusingly, Paul "Wily" Creager also had a comment about my
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repeated attempts to credit him with programs he hadn't written:
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"Gee, I better start coding! :)" Thanks for your continued good
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humor!--Ed.
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TREASURE HUNT ERROR #3: GZIP2PKZIP I found a minor omission in the
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""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" November GEnieLamp [A2] -- For
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GZ2PKZ.BXY, the description says that the program uses a command-line
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interface. What is left out is that the archive contains a Finder Icon
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that allows you to simply double-click on a matching file to convert the
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.gz file to .zip format.
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Don Zahniser
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D.ZAHNISER
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Once again, I apologize. As with the two cases above, it was my
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own self personally who goofed.
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Thanks to all those to spotted my apology messages on
|
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comp.sys.apple2 and wrote into say that they enjoy GEnieLamp A2
|
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despite the occasional error: DOTW (ongtatwe@iscs.nus.sg),
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Mitchell Spector (spector@vax2.concordia.ca) and Larry W. Virden
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(larry.virden@cas.org).--Ed.
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[EOA]
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[HEY]//////////////////////////////
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HEY MISTER POSTMAN /
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/////////////////////////////////
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Is That A Letter For Me?
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""""""""""""""""""""""""
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by Douglas Cuff
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[EDITOR.A2]
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o A2 POT-POURRI
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o HOT TOPICS
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o WHAT'S NEW
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o THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE
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o MESSAGE SPOTLIGHT
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>>> A2 POT-POURRI <<<
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"""""""""""""""""""""
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|
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WHAT'S A .DSK FILE? Does anyone know what a .DSK file would be? A friend
|
|||
|
|
""""""""""""""""""" found a bunch of Eamons on an Internet ftp site, and
|
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|
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they have that suffix. He can't figure out how to use them. ShrinkIt says
|
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it's not an archive.
|
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TomZ
|
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(A2.TOMZ, CAT10, TOP10, MSG:27/M645;1)
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|
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>>>>> That is a "disk image" file, representing an Apple 5.25" disk, 16
|
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|
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""""" sector, as follows:
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1'st 256 bytes = Track 0, Sector 0
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2'nd 256 bytes = Track 0, Sector 1
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3'rd 256 bytes = Track 0, Sector 2
|
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etc..
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The common formats are:
|
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.DSK - As described above
|
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.DO - Same as .DSK. (Note that these two formats have the data in
|
|||
|
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"Dos 3.3 ascending logical sector order", data should be handled
|
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|
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as sectors, and not as ProDOS blocks)
|
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|
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.PO - This is essentially the same as .DO, EXCEPT that it is in
|
|||
|
|
"ProDOS ascending block order". That is, it was created by
|
|||
|
|
reading a 16 sector disk with the ProDOS ReadBlock command, and
|
|||
|
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is ordered Block 0, Block 1, Block 2, etc.
|
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|
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|
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Conversion between .DO/.DSK and .PO formats is relativly trivial,
|
|||
|
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once one understands the differences.
|
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|
|||
|
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Most files of this nature are stored as "Name.DSK.GZ" or
|
|||
|
|
"Name.DO.GZ", etc. You need a utility capable of unGZipping these archives
|
|||
|
|
prior to trying to write them back to 5.25" media. I have had =VERY=
|
|||
|
|
limited success using GZ2PKZ followed with Angel or PMPUnZip, and almost
|
|||
|
|
100% success with StuffIt Expander w/Expander Enhancer. [I now have the
|
|||
|
|
source code for a GZ unpacker, but I haven't yet tried to port it to the
|
|||
|
|
GS]
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
These files are how Apple II emulators manage to deal with Apple
|
|||
|
|
disks without the needed hardware (they don't use a real drive, instead
|
|||
|
|
they work with virtual disks)
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
-Harold
|
|||
|
|
(HAROLD.H, CAT10, TOP10, MSG:30/M645;1)
|
|||
|
|
[Minor editing at author's request]
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
WEB PAGE SERVICE Announcing a new service from Apple Blossom Publishing
|
|||
|
|
""""""""""""""""
|
|||
|
|
Have you wanted to put up a personal Web page, but lacked the
|
|||
|
|
resources, time to learn HTML, or an internet service provdier who was
|
|||
|
|
close/reasonably priced enough for you?
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Look no further.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
If you would like to put your page on the Web, I can host your page.
|
|||
|
|
All you need to do is send me a text or AppleWorks file that includes the
|
|||
|
|
information you want on your page, a list of any links you want on the
|
|||
|
|
page, any small gifs you would like embedded on the page, and a fee of
|
|||
|
|
$30.00 which will put you on the Web for one (1) year. If you e-mail me
|
|||
|
|
your text file, I should be able to have it up within one week. You can
|
|||
|
|
then use Lynx or some other browser to check it out, and if you are
|
|||
|
|
satisfied, send in the fee. If not, make your suggestions and I'll fix it
|
|||
|
|
up, then when you are satisfied, you can send in your fee.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Any interested parties, please e-mail me here.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Steve
|
|||
|
|
(S.CAVANAUGH1, CAT13, TOP17, MSG:100/M645;1)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
<<<<< Earlier I posted that I could design/host a Web page for anyone
|
|||
|
|
""""" interested. I have had some questions for more details, and this
|
|||
|
|
post is the result of going back and forth on this. Hope this clarifies my
|
|||
|
|
earlier post.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
If you are interested in having your own World Wide Web page, I can
|
|||
|
|
create your page for you; you may chose to have the page hosted elsewhere,
|
|||
|
|
or I can host it for you via America Online. The table below (which should
|
|||
|
|
be set in a monospaced font to look right) details prices of the service.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
SERVICE | PRICE
|
|||
|
|
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
|
|||
|
|
| Creating one page | |
|
|||
|
|
| with two GIFs & | $20.00 |
|
|||
|
|
| up to 10 links | |
|
|||
|
|
|=======================|===========================|
|
|||
|
|
| Creating one page | $30.00 |
|
|||
|
|
| & hosting same | |
|
|||
|
|
|=======================|===========================|
|
|||
|
|
| Additions/deletions | $1.00 per with |
|
|||
|
|
| or changes to page | minimum of $5.00 |
|
|||
|
|
|=======================|===========================|
|
|||
|
|
| Creation of graphics | $5.00 per image |
|
|||
|
|
| Scan of photos | |
|
|||
|
|
|=======================|===========================|
|
|||
|
|
| Larger projects | Customer must submit |
|
|||
|
|
| (multi-page, etc.) | detailed list of des- |
|
|||
|
|
| | ired work for bid. |
|
|||
|
|
|=======================|===========================|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
(S.CAVANAUGH1, CAT13, TOP17, MSG:107/M645;1)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
THE VIRTUAL SERVICE BUREAU If you have ever wanted to have some documents
|
|||
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""""""" laser printed, but lacked the money or
|
|||
|
|
inclination to purchase one for yourself and don't have access to a service
|
|||
|
|
bureau that understands Apple II programs and files, consider having me
|
|||
|
|
print your documents. I have a large arsenal of Apple II software,
|
|||
|
|
including AppleWorks, AppleWorks GS, GraphicWriter III, PublishIt! 4,
|
|||
|
|
MultiScribe, as well as Macintosh programs that don't look down on their
|
|||
|
|
Apple II cousins. I have been laying out newsletters and doing desktop
|
|||
|
|
publishing for more than 5 years (I began my desktop publishing career
|
|||
|
|
printing a newsletter for BirthRight in Vermont using PublishIt! 2) and am
|
|||
|
|
familiar with most issues surrounding Apple IIs and printing.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
There are three classes of work that I will be accepting:
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
A) word processing/layout/printing
|
|||
|
|
B) layout/printing
|
|||
|
|
C) printing
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
In practice that means something like the following:
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
A) you send me a hand written newsletter or resume, etc., and I type
|
|||
|
|
it, design and execute a layout, then print it;
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
B) you give me files saved as a word processing or ASCII file, and I
|
|||
|
|
simply pour that text into a page layout program, and print that;
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
C) you send me a file that is already laid out in a program like
|
|||
|
|
GraphicWriter III or AppleWorks GS, and I simply print that for
|
|||
|
|
you.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Just about any document will be accepted: labels from a database
|
|||
|
|
file, newsletters, resumes, pamphlets, short books, invitations.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
What You Need to Send Me If you are asking me to do a complete job, then
|
|||
|
|
'''''''''''''''''''''''' all you need to send me is the manuscript. If
|
|||
|
|
you want me to do the layout then you should send me a sketch or
|
|||
|
|
description of how you want the document laid out (if you have a
|
|||
|
|
preference), the word processing files, and a list of requests such as font
|
|||
|
|
(typeface, size, etc.), clip art, etc. If you only want me to print your
|
|||
|
|
file, then you need to send me the page layout file and the needed fonts (I
|
|||
|
|
will need the fonts to be sure I have the same version and your layout is
|
|||
|
|
not disturbed. (Fonts will be retained only long enough to print the
|
|||
|
|
document, and will not be kept afterward. This is standard practice in
|
|||
|
|
publishing when files are sent to a service bureau, and is not an attempt
|
|||
|
|
to pirate.) If you have graphics in the document, please send those as
|
|||
|
|
well, as I will try print them separately with SuperConvert which gives a
|
|||
|
|
better result.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
How to Get the Document to Me You can of course mail the document to me
|
|||
|
|
''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' (and will need to do so if you want me to
|
|||
|
|
type the doc :) via the postal service, but better yet, compress your file
|
|||
|
|
and email it to me. This will be cheaper for you and faster as well. If
|
|||
|
|
you have Internet access, you can also ftp files to me. The URL for my ftp
|
|||
|
|
drop folder is <ftp://users.aol.com/stevec1021/incoming>. If you do send
|
|||
|
|
the file via email or ftp, please compress it with ShrinkIt and upload it
|
|||
|
|
with Binary II or binscii the file to reduce chances of file corruption and
|
|||
|
|
down time.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
What I Will Do With Your Files If you have a particular program that you
|
|||
|
|
'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' want me to use to print your program, I
|
|||
|
|
will follow your instructions. If not, I will use my best judgment. I
|
|||
|
|
have over 500 fonts here, and should be able to meet any request of yours
|
|||
|
|
for a particular typeface or "look". I also have several CDs of clip art
|
|||
|
|
(added together there is more than 147,000 images) so I should be able to
|
|||
|
|
meet your requests for clip art.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Schedule of Rates When I mail your finished document back to you, I will
|
|||
|
|
''''''''''''''''' send two copies (unless you have specifically requested
|
|||
|
|
more) just in case of accidents (*%#! I knew I should've moved that
|
|||
|
|
coffee!). If you find any errors that I have made, I will of course, send
|
|||
|
|
you a corrected replacement copy free.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
A) Word processing/layout/printing
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
The fee for this service will be $2.00 per manuscript page for
|
|||
|
|
typing, $3.00 per page for layout, and $3.00 per page for printing
|
|||
|
|
(printing includes 2 copies per page). This service includes one fax to
|
|||
|
|
you of the completed layout for your review/approval if you so desire. So
|
|||
|
|
if you sent me a 10 page manuscript, the cost would be:
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
word processing 10 pages x $2.00 = $20.00
|
|||
|
|
layout* 4 pages x $3.00 = $12.00
|
|||
|
|
printing 4 pages x $3.00 = $12.00
|
|||
|
|
TOTAL $44.00
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
B) Layout/printing
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
This is of course much cheaper, as it is based on the number of final
|
|||
|
|
pages. This service also includes one fax to you of the completed layout
|
|||
|
|
for your review/approval if you so desire.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
layout* 4 pages x $3.00 = $12.00
|
|||
|
|
printing 4 pages x $3.00 = $12.00
|
|||
|
|
TOTAL $24.00
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
C) Printing
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
printing 4 pages x $3.00 = $12.00
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Corrections I will of course, not charge for any printer errors that I
|
|||
|
|
''''''''''' should make, and will reprint your document if you discover
|
|||
|
|
any. If the error is in your original word processor files, however, then
|
|||
|
|
it is not my error. You are responsible for your own spell-checking. Any
|
|||
|
|
corrections, deletions, or additions your request after the document has
|
|||
|
|
been finished will be charged to you at $1.00 per revision.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Shipping Unless a customer requests a different method of shipping (for
|
|||
|
|
'''''''' example, overnight), printed documents that weigh 4 pounds or
|
|||
|
|
less will be mailed to whatever address the customer specifies by one of
|
|||
|
|
the following means, at the following rates.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Destination | U.S.A. | Canada | Mexico | Other Countries|
|
|||
|
|
____________|________|________|________|________________|
|
|||
|
|
Surface | | $ 5.00 | $ 6.00 | $ 8.00 |
|
|||
|
|
____________|________|________|________|________________|
|
|||
|
|
Air | $ 3.00 | $ 6.50 | $10.00 | $10.00-$30.00* |
|
|||
|
|
____________|________|________|________|________________|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
*Latin America, Europe and Asia have different postal rates. Inquire for
|
|||
|
|
specifics. Prices based on publication 51 of the USPS, July 1995.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
For packages heavier than 4 pounds, special arrangements or prices
|
|||
|
|
will need to be negotiated.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Payment Payment should be in U.S. funds made payable to "Stephen
|
|||
|
|
''''''' Cavanaugh". I will ship your work first, unless it is unusually
|
|||
|
|
large or expensive, and you can then send me the fee when you have approved
|
|||
|
|
the work (yes, I'm counting on your honesty).
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
I know I've probably left some detail out that I need to cover. If
|
|||
|
|
you have further questions, please email me.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Regards,
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Steve Cavanaugh
|
|||
|
|
publisher of The Apple Blossom
|
|||
|
|
(S.CAVANAUGH1, CAT13, TOP17, MSG:101/M645;1)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
WE ARE IN CONTROL This last week I visited a very large, modern church,
|
|||
|
|
""""""""""""""""" Willow Creek Community Church. They showed an
|
|||
|
|
impressive multi-media show, using a combination of video and a battery of
|
|||
|
|
slide projectors. In the midst of all the modern equipment was ---> an
|
|||
|
|
Apple //e !! The //e controlled the whole thing. :)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
I was told that the only software to run such a show runs on an Apple II.
|
|||
|
|
Neat! :)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
__!__
|
|||
|
|
| Terrell Smith
|
|||
|
|
| tsmith@ivcfnsc.fullfeed.com
|
|||
|
|
(T.SMITH59, CAT2, TOP7, MSG:286/M645;1)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
>>>>> The last time I visited the Griffith Observatory in LA, a IIe was
|
|||
|
|
""""" used to control the telescope.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
The last time I visited the LA Museum of Science and Industry, many
|
|||
|
|
IIe computers were seen in an interactive exhibit on health.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Frequent NAUG contributor Keith Johnson uses AppleWorks/UltraMacros
|
|||
|
|
to control the Planetarium in Reno, Nevada.
|
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I also seem to remember reading an article in inCider (before I was
|
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involved with them) about a IIc being sent up in the Space Shuttle.
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Joe
|
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(JOE.KOHN, CAT2, TOP7, MSG:292/M645;1)
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ASK A SIMPLE QUESTION... Well, I can say I've been on the internet, but
|
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"""""""""""""""""""""""" boy it sure is confusing. I've figured out how
|
|||
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to get to page 5000 and enter via Lynx. Joe, I've made it to your home
|
|||
|
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page. I've Telnet(ed) to the UofM, but they wouldn't let me in without the
|
|||
|
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password. I wanted to go to comp.sys.apple... but I guess I have to wait
|
|||
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until GEnie has Usenet capability.
|
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|
|||
|
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Boy, all I can say is a person has to want to get there REAL BAD! It
|
|||
|
|
reminds me of how frustrated I was trying to use PRODOS after years of
|
|||
|
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booting DOS3.3 and basic. I just couldn't get the concepts straight.
|
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For any of you looking for a beginner's point of view, I would liken
|
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it to hearing of a wonderful swimming pool, where everyone is laughing and
|
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having a good time, and I can hear it, but I can't find it.
|
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"How do I get to the pool?" I ask... And I get a discussion of the
|
|||
|
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merits of the butterfly stroke vs the Australian Crawl.
|
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|
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"But how do I _get_ to the pool?" And someone cautions me
|
|||
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(helpfully) to enter at the shallow end.
|
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"But how do I get to the _pool_?" And someone points out the merits
|
|||
|
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of one pool versus the other.
|
|||
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|||
|
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"But _how_ do I get to the pool?" And someone talks about the games
|
|||
|
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played in one area vs another.
|
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|||
|
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Everyone is being helpful, but I am having to learn for myself
|
|||
|
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EXACTLY which door to open, how to unlock it, which turns to make to get to
|
|||
|
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the pool and where to enter. All I want to do at first is dip my toe in...
|
|||
|
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later I will make decisions on which pool games to play.
|
|||
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|
|||
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() ()
|
|||
|
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Rich ('-')
|
|||
|
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(R.HARE2, CAT10, TOP10, MSG:56/M645;1)
|
|||
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|
|||
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|
|||
|
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BOO! I mentioned in another spot that I was building a Halloween robot.
|
|||
|
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"""" Well, I did, and it worked great.
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
The robot features a moveable jaw, LED eyes, and a speaker, all
|
|||
|
|
controlled from an Apple IIGS. To put it mildly, it was a great hit on
|
|||
|
|
Halloween night!
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
I'd like to find a venue for a magazine article, but all of the
|
|||
|
|
magazines I've worked with in the past that would take an Apple II article
|
|||
|
|
are either gone, or will be well before next October, when I expect the
|
|||
|
|
article would be run.
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
Does anyone have a line on a magazine that might take an article
|
|||
|
|
about this robot as a general hardware/robotics article? Or perhaps a
|
|||
|
|
magazine that covers all sorts of computers, and wouldn't mind that the
|
|||
|
|
robot is controlled by an Apple II?
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Unfortunately, the obvious solution won't work. Making the robot
|
|||
|
|
work with a non-Apple II computer would be a nightmare--and very expensive,
|
|||
|
|
too! Our favorite computer is an absolute natural for this kind of
|
|||
|
|
project. Seriously, you can buy a used Apple IIGS for less than it would
|
|||
|
|
cost for the hardware to connect this robot to a Mac!
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Mike Westerfield
|
|||
|
|
(BYTEWORKS, CAT2, TOP3, MSG:116/M645;1)
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
APPLEWORKS SAVES THE DAY--A TRUE STORY "It started out as any other day
|
|||
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" for IBM owners their DOS/WIN boxes
|
|||
|
|
were filled with virus, and then along comes a saviour with an Apple II and
|
|||
|
|
Appleworks on hand. The cure was simple, always use an Apple II and
|
|||
|
|
Appleworks when working on important matters."
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
I finally was able to hand in my group's assignment for our
|
|||
|
|
management class today. It started out as a simple task, but as time went
|
|||
|
|
on it got worse. The group that I worked with all had IBM computers, and
|
|||
|
|
one by one each computer caught a virus (in total 3, IBM computers became
|
|||
|
|
useless). Then I came along with my trusty Apple IIgs and Appleworks 5.1,
|
|||
|
|
and in moments I retrieved the IBM disks, transferred all the information
|
|||
|
|
to the Apple IIgs. I did this by saving the WordPerfect v6.0 for Dos file
|
|||
|
|
in Rich Text Format on the IBM Then loading the IBM disk into my floptical
|
|||
|
|
drive and used Egoed to open the Rich Text Format file, then resaved the
|
|||
|
|
file in Ascii format.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
I then loade the file Ascii file into AppleWorks v5.1, and long after
|
|||
|
|
that I reformated the whole text, and printed it out to my laster printer.
|
|||
|
|
The group was thankful, and couldn't believe the performance of Appleworks
|
|||
|
|
v5.1. They kept saying, "How did you get rid of all those carriage returns
|
|||
|
|
like that in seconds?", and "Wow that was easy"...and of course I had this
|
|||
|
|
big grin on my face throughtout the whole crisis. :)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Sam Latella [A2World]
|
|||
|
|
"Apple II Forever, IBM Never!!!"
|
|||
|
|
(S.LATELLA, CAT2, TOP7, MSG:41/M645;1)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
SYQUEST EZ135 PLEASES I added a syquest EZ135 to my system this week.
|
|||
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""" The hardest part of setting it up was crawling
|
|||
|
|
under my disk to plug in the brick-on-a-rope. I am using a ROM 01 GS with
|
|||
|
|
a Ramfast SCSI and it's almost exactly the same speed as my quantum 105
|
|||
|
|
drive (prosel 16 used for speed test). Backups are a lot faster and easier
|
|||
|
|
then with my old Apple 40mb tape:-) All those pictures, FAQ files, and BBS
|
|||
|
|
archives are no longer plugging up my HD.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
One happy camper.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Tom.
|
|||
|
|
(T.SMITH52, CAT21, TOP14, MSG:99/M645;1)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
>>> HOT TOPICS <<<
|
|||
|
|
""""""""""""""""""
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
NEW SECONDSIGHT ROM I just installed the new Second Sight ROM. The chip
|
|||
|
|
""""""""""""""""""" is labeled as
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
"rev 1.4-BEEF"
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
David K.
|
|||
|
|
(D.KERWOOD, CAT20, TOP14, MSG:57/M645;1)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
>>>>> Can you tell us what the new ROM chips do? I've been trying to
|
|||
|
|
""""" drag the information out of the folks at Sequential for weeks. :)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
I'd also like more details about Second View Pro. Anyone have it yet?
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
- Tony
|
|||
|
|
(A2.TONY, CAT20, TOP14, MSG:58/M645;1)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
<<<<< I'm sure there's more to it than this, but the only real difference
|
|||
|
|
""""" my bloodshot eyes can see is that some random horizontal streaking
|
|||
|
|
that would appear from time to time when displaying 320-mode graphics seems
|
|||
|
|
to have gone away.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Installing the chips took all of about 2 minutes, btw.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
David K.
|
|||
|
|
(D.KERWOOD, CAT20, TOP14, MSG:61/M645;1)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
>>>>> I installed the new SS chips today - v1.4-BEEF. First thing I
|
|||
|
|
""""" noticed is that the Double Hi-Res display causes a freeze. This
|
|||
|
|
occured with my Appleworks/Afterworks screensavers. Halp?
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
From the SecondViewPro read.me:
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
SecondViewPro Supports the following image types:
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
JPEG 8-bit grayscale
|
|||
|
|
24-bit full color
|
|||
|
|
TARGA 15-bit
|
|||
|
|
16-bit
|
|||
|
|
24-bit
|
|||
|
|
RLE compression not supported
|
|||
|
|
TIFF 8-bit color & b/w
|
|||
|
|
AST Vision Plus
|
|||
|
|
Raw image files
|
|||
|
|
'3200 Color' RAW
|
|||
|
|
GIF Normal
|
|||
|
|
Interlace
|
|||
|
|
PICT 8-bit, pixel maps only
|
|||
|
|
(KEN.GAGNE, CAT20, TOP14, MSG:69/M645;1)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
>>>>> Have you tried viewing JPGs with SecondView Pro? Does the hardware
|
|||
|
|
""""" upgrade actually allow it to display in 24-bit color, or is it
|
|||
|
|
converted down to 8- bit color?
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
- Tony
|
|||
|
|
(A2.TONY, CAT20, TOP14, MSG:70/M645;1)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
>>>>> I don't know if it's SVP or the JPGs, but it seems to crash quite
|
|||
|
|
""""" often. How could I tell between 24-bit and 8-bit color?
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
-Ken
|
|||
|
|
(KEN.GAGNE, CAT20, TOP14, MSG:71/M645;1)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
>>>>> Unless Second View Pro displays image statistics (like SuperConvert
|
|||
|
|
""""" does) you will have to use your eyes. You could compare the IIgs
|
|||
|
|
screen to a Mac or PC capable of viewing 24-bit color JPGs. Or if you have
|
|||
|
|
a shell (ORCA, GNO, etc.) you could use "djpeg" (available in the A2
|
|||
|
|
Library) to convert the JPG to a GIF. View them both and see if there's a
|
|||
|
|
major difference in quality. If the GIF looks a lot worse, the JPG was
|
|||
|
|
most likely displayed in 24-bit color (GIFs, by definition, get whitled
|
|||
|
|
down to 8-bit.) If they look the same, either the JPG was only 8-bit or
|
|||
|
|
Second View Pro (or the SS ROM) can't do 24-bit color.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
I really hope this new ROM is "the one" that we've all been waiting
|
|||
|
|
for so Seven Hills can finish the SuperConvert update. Does the new ROM
|
|||
|
|
give you larger dimensions than 640x480?
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
- Tony
|
|||
|
|
(A2.TONY, CAT20, TOP14, MSG:72/M645;1)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
NEW SECONDSIGHT SOFTWARE What does the new SecondView Pro do? Is this
|
|||
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""""" the latest version to SecondView? What type of
|
|||
|
|
Graphics does it handle ie.. Gif, Tiff etc... What other features does this
|
|||
|
|
program have? Lastly, do you need the SecondSight card to use this
|
|||
|
|
program.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Sam Latella [A2World]
|
|||
|
|
"Apple II Forever, IBM Never!!!"
|
|||
|
|
(S.LATELLA, CAT20, TOP14, MSG:62/M645;1)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
>>>>> All I know about Second View Pro is that it can display JPEG
|
|||
|
|
""""" pictures. Other than that, I have no idea what's new. Yes, it
|
|||
|
|
does require a Second Sight card.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
- Tony
|
|||
|
|
(A2.TONY, CAT20, TOP14, MSG:63/M645;1)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
>>> WHAT'S NEW <<<
|
|||
|
|
""""""""""""""""""
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
JEM SOFTWARE SHIPS DEJA ][ ARVADA, COLORADO, 1995 OCT 30 -- JEM Software
|
|||
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""""""" announced today that it began shipping version
|
|||
|
|
1.0 of Deja ][, a System 7 software package allowing users to run
|
|||
|
|
AppleWorks 5 in native mode on both 68k and PowerPC Macintoshes. AppleWorks
|
|||
|
|
has been the most popular integrated package for the Apple II for more than
|
|||
|
|
a decade, and is currently published by Scantron Quality Computers under
|
|||
|
|
license from Claris Corp.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
When asked if Deja ][ was similar to SuperWorks for MS-DOS, JEM
|
|||
|
|
Software owner Randy Brandt responded, "You're not running software similar
|
|||
|
|
to AppleWorks, you're actually running AppleWorks 5 on your Mac. We provide
|
|||
|
|
the 'Apple II emulation engine', but you'll still need AppleWorks 5 to use
|
|||
|
|
Deja ][. Of course, that also means your favorite macros and TimeOut
|
|||
|
|
applications will work on the Mac."
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
While Deja ][ provides an "Apple II" environment for AppleWorks, it
|
|||
|
|
is also tightly integrated into the Macintosh environment, providing the
|
|||
|
|
ability to read and write files from a user's Macintosh hard drive as well
|
|||
|
|
as to copy and paste between the Macintosh clipboard and the AppleWorks
|
|||
|
|
Word Processor clipboard. Users of System 7.5 (or those with PC Exchange
|
|||
|
|
installed) will also be able to read and write directly from ProDOS 3.5"
|
|||
|
|
disks.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Deja ][ includes more than two dozen UltraMacros dot commands which
|
|||
|
|
interact with the Macintosh environment. One such command allows AppleWorks
|
|||
|
|
to speak text with a macro, another will play Macintosh sounds, and others
|
|||
|
|
allow you to set background and text colors, the font size, the error beep,
|
|||
|
|
and more.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Deja ][ was developed by Mark Munz and Randy Brandt. Mark Munz is
|
|||
|
|
renowned for writing "The UltraMacros Primer", programming TimeOut
|
|||
|
|
TextTools, and working for Beagle Bros, Inc. Randy Brandt was the lead
|
|||
|
|
designer and programmer for AppleWorks 4 and 5, and is also known for
|
|||
|
|
UltraMacros, Outliner, and many other AppleWorks add-ons over the past
|
|||
|
|
decade.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Deja ][ lists for $128, but through November 1995 is available at an
|
|||
|
|
introductory price of $75 plus $3 shipping.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
[ JEM Software, 7578 Lamar Ct., Arvada, CO 80003 Fax: 303-422-4856
|
|||
|
|
Email: rbJEM@aol.com ]
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
TIMEOUT CENTRAL REVISITED Available again, and shipping now!
|
|||
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
|||
|
|
Marin MacroWorks is pleased to offer all 26 back issues of TimeOut
|
|||
|
|
Central, an 800K disk magazine of tips, techniques, templates, tools, and
|
|||
|
|
programs for enhancing AppleWorks. Including tools for AppleWorks 3 (circa
|
|||
|
|
1990) through AppleWorks 5 (January, 1994), TimeOut Central offers sound
|
|||
|
|
advice from the people who made AppleWorks what it is today.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Disks include:
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
TOC#01 - WP File Format, AW3.0 Patcher, Check Register, CheckWorks 1.2,
|
|||
|
|
Credit Card, GradeSheet Macro, PowerMacros II, Resurrection
|
|||
|
|
(repair program), QD Inventory, Sales Invoice, Screen Macro,
|
|||
|
|
UltraMacros tips
|
|||
|
|
TOC#02 - Banjo Tab Translator, InvestingWorks 3, Nicholas Pyers Macros,
|
|||
|
|
SuperFonts Activity Guide review, Calendar/Schedule Generator
|
|||
|
|
TOC#03 - Age macros, Bible macros, Chess macros, Grammar Checker, Baseball
|
|||
|
|
Statkeeper, Draw Poker, MasterMind, Scott Young macros
|
|||
|
|
TOC#04 - Bud Simrin macros, Dick Honn macros, Essential TimeOut, Jim Hebden
|
|||
|
|
macros, Font Lore, Random Number Generator, Macros to Menus,
|
|||
|
|
BasicCat, Ultra-AppleWorks 1-2
|
|||
|
|
TOC#05 - Essential TimeOut (DeskTools), NASA data, Late Night Patches,
|
|||
|
|
Patcher 1.61, Ultra-AppleWorks 3-5
|
|||
|
|
TOC#06 - QuickView, Essential TimeOut (FileMaster), Geometry, Huck Finn
|
|||
|
|
text, Font Lore, Ultra-AppleWorks 7, Barclay Clemesha macros
|
|||
|
|
TOC#07 - Football macros, Graph Art, Lynx, Huck Finn text, Ultra-AppleWorks
|
|||
|
|
8, DHGR Viewer
|
|||
|
|
TOC#08 - Area Code macros, Clemesha macros, Auto-Hyphen, David Kilzer
|
|||
|
|
macros, Essential TimeOut (Graph), Total Control, Huck Finn text,
|
|||
|
|
Double Data, Super Ultra, Matrices, Ultra-AppleWorks 9, Envelope
|
|||
|
|
Maker
|
|||
|
|
TOC#09 - Essential TimeOut (PowerPack), Inits 2.0, Lynx update,
|
|||
|
|
Ultra-AppleWorks 10, Nicholas Pyers macros, Bob Merrill macros,
|
|||
|
|
Randy Brandt macros
|
|||
|
|
TOC#10 - Bruce Shanker macros, Calendar Maker, Kilzer macros, Essential
|
|||
|
|
TimeOut (SideSpread & SpreadTools), Keith Johnson macros, big
|
|||
|
|
fonts, Ultra-AppleWorks 11, Brandt macros, 1992 Payroll System,
|
|||
|
|
Zip Chip macros
|
|||
|
|
TOC#11 - Checkbook macros, Finance templates, Essential TimeOut fonts,
|
|||
|
|
TO.MouseText, Homework macros, Ultra-AppleWorks 12, Page Layout,
|
|||
|
|
Rod Young macros, TF Plot macros, Joe Walters macros
|
|||
|
|
TOC#12 - TimeOut PicStack, Ultra-AppleWorks appendices
|
|||
|
|
TOC#13 - Apple II History, DeskJet macros, Dictionary macros, Dutch macros,
|
|||
|
|
Finance templates, Ultra 4 Inits, ULTRA-to the Max (1-2)
|
|||
|
|
TOC#14 - Dan Crutcher macros, Films data base, John Tegelaar macros,
|
|||
|
|
ULTRA-to the Max (3-6), Wally Bradford macros
|
|||
|
|
TOC#15 - Canada Tax macros, Dan Verkade macros, Dutch macros, Computer
|
|||
|
|
Jargon text, ULTRA-to the Max (7-8), 1993 Payroll System, Sensible
|
|||
|
|
Speller converter, Ultra 4.2 updater
|
|||
|
|
TOC#16 - Angelo Rubino macros, Chris Serreau macros, Verkade macro, DB
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macros, Doug Brower macros, Brandt macros, Lorne Walton macro,
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ULTRA-to the Max (9-10), Rod Young macros, Roy Barrows macros
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TOC#17 - Angelo Rubino macros, AppleWorks Educator tips, IIgs KeyFind,
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Clark fonts, CLemesha macros, ULTRA-to the Max (11-12), Young
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macros, Barrows macros
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TOC#18 - A2 Central excerpts, Rubino's Syllabize It, CHange-a-File &
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Resurrection updates, Club List, Crutcher's TCXpress, Geraldine
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Engleman's Font Maker, ABC Kinetics, BatchFiler, FileDoctor,
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ULTRA-to the Max (13-14), TEXAS II
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TOC#19 - A2 Central excerpts, A2 Reader, Custom dictionaries, DeskJet
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notes, Auto-Hyphen update, ULTRA-to the Max (15)
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TOC#20 - AfterWork modules, A2 Central excerpts, Columnist, Finance
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templates, Stan Hecker's FootNoter, Laser SEG.ER, Nicholas Pyers
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macros update, AppleWorks tips, Randy's Free Patcher, Rod Young's
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FindFile, 1993 Form 1040
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TOC#21 - A2 Central excerpts, Roy Barrows macros, Wally Bradford's macros,
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GEnie Master, GEM Plus, Dialer macro, MAKE402 AppleWorks update,
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AmperMacros patch, Randy's Free Patcher update, Trigonometry
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TOC#22 - A2 Central excerpts, AppleWorks Data Base CDA, Barrows macros, GEM
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Plus fixes, AppleWorks tips, 1994 Payroll System, Serreau's AW4.0
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First Kit
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TOC#23 - A2 Central excerpts, Calendar macros, World Clock, FileView, Bob
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Fischer's Batch Loader, GEM Cost, GEM manual, PickFonts
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TOC#24 - A2 Central excerpts, (AFTYHODLS) Add File That You Had On Desktop
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Last Session, AW4 First Kit updates, Barrows templates and macros,
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AppleWorks 4.3 update, AppleWorks tips, (OMCP) One More Check
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Program, TimeOut Menus, TimeOut Link, TimeOut ReportWriter update
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TOC#25 - A2 Central excerpts, AppleWorks 4.3 update, GEM updates,
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AppleWorks tips, AppleWorks Resources list, AW4 First Kit update,
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ShrinkIt
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TOC#26 - A2 Central excerpts, AppleWorks 5 Checkbook, Barrows WordMaster
|
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and macros, Browser updates, Double Hi-Res graphics, Laser SEG.ER
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update, LastPatch patch, LivingWill, LibraryTracker, Help Screens,
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TimeOut Import Teach
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Prices are:
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1 to 5 disks -- $4.95 each, postpaid.
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6 or more disks -- $3.95 each, postpaid.
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All 26 disks -- $85.00, postpaid.
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OUTSIDE NORTH AMERICA, please add $3.00 for 1-5 disks, $6.00 for 6-10
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disks; $9.00 for 11-15 disks; $12.00 for 16-20 disks; $15.00 for 21+ disks.
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To order, please send prepayment (check or money order in U.S. funds)
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to:
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Marin MacroWorks
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1675 Grand Avenue, Suite 1
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San Rafael, CA 94901-2211 USA
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To contact by phone, please call (415) 459-0845.
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-(+)-
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...Will (Cat 13, Top 11)
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(W.NELKEN1, CAT13, TOP11, MSG:80/M645;1)
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RESIGNATION OF II ALIVE MANAGING EDITOR (7 November 1995) Waterloo,
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""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" Ontario--Doug Cuff wishes to
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announce his resignation as managing editor of _II Alive_. He intends to
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remain editor of _GEnieLamp A2_ at least until he completes his third year
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in that post.
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Oh, to heck with the third-person voice.
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In fact, I resigned after my first issue (July/August), but agreed to
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stay on for a second issue when I found out that no one officially
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connected with Scantron Quality Computers (as it is now) had received the
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resignation! Rather than inconvenience the publishers by making them
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search for an editor about two weeks before the August deadline for the
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September/October issue, I agreed to oversee my second issue, which I
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expressed to them on August 17.
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(In fact, the person who I was most anxious not to inconvenience was
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Carl Sperber, who handles design and layout of all SQC's print material.
|
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I've enjoyed working with Carl.)
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On a related note, Carl Sperber tells me that _II Alive_ Volume 3,
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Number 2 is "almost done". Carl asked me for a few words of farewell to
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appear in this issue, which I E-mailed to him this morning. I presume
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that's the last piece of copy needed to put the issue to bed. With any
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luck, you should all see it soon.
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Until the new editor takes over, all mail sent to the II.ALIVE
|
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account will be forwarded to the QUALITY account.
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Doug Cuff
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former managing editor, II Alive
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(also former editor, A2-Central; editor, GEnieLamp A2)
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(EDITOR.A2, CAT42, TOP11, MSG:237/M645;1)
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EGO SYSTEMS IS MOVING Effective November 16th, 1995 EGO Systems will be
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""""""""""""""""""""" moving to a new location. After this date, you can
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contact by one of the following means:
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Voice phone: 423-843-1775
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FAX: 423-843-0661
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ORDERS ONLY: 800-662-3634
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Snail Mail:
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EGO Systems
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7918 Cove Ridge Rd.
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Hixson, TN 37343
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e-mail:
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Diz@genie.com
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GSPlusDiz@aol.com
|
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In order to get everything moved on time (so we don't have to pay
|
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another month's rent on our old office) EGO Systems will be closed on
|
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November 13th through November 15th. We will re-open on November 16th at
|
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our new location. As before, our hours will be 9 am to 5 pm Eastern Time,
|
|||
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Monday through Friday.
|
|||
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|
|||
|
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Please pass this new contact information along to every Apple IIGS
|
|||
|
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owner that you know!
|
|||
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|
|||
|
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Diz
|
|||
|
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EGO Systems
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(DIZ, CAT33, TOP2, MSG:186/M645;1)
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APPLEWORKS FORUM CEASES PUBLICATION Yep, it's true. Here's the full text
|
|||
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" of NAUG's announcement, snif...
|
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|
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The Time Has Come
|
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|
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by Warren Williams and Cathleen Merritt
|
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|
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|
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This is a difficult note for us to write, but after ten years of
|
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|
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service to the AppleWorks community, NAUG will close its doors on December
|
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31, 1995. It was a hard decision, but with declining memberships and
|
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rising costs, the writing is on the wall.
|
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|
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Now that the decision is made, we are turning our efforts to making
|
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sure that NAUG goes out in style. You trusted us with your ideas, with
|
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your writing, and with your money. Our job is to make sure that we handle
|
|||
|
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these responsibilities fairly and honestly.
|
|||
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|
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|
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We will save our personal goodbyes for next month's AppleWorks Forum.
|
|||
|
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But an announcement like this raises important questions. Here are answers
|
|||
|
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to some of those questions:
|
|||
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|
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|
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Question: What will happen to the AppleWorks Forum?
|
|||
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|
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|
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Answer: The December 1995 issue will be the last issue of the AppleWorks
|
|||
|
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Forum. We want that issue to be spectacular, so we've asked
|
|||
|
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important contributors to the AppleWorks community to submit
|
|||
|
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articles, thoughts, and their heartfelt "goodbyes" for publication
|
|||
|
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in the Forum.
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
The December issue will also include a timeline of memorable
|
|||
|
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AppleWorks events, and we need your help with that project.
|
|||
|
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Please send us any important dates you think we might miss...like
|
|||
|
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the date someone introduced your favorite AppleWorks add-on and
|
|||
|
|
any other dates you think we should remember.
|
|||
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|
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|
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Your December AppleWorks Forum will arrive in mid-December, about
|
|||
|
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two weeks later than usual. That will give us the time we need to
|
|||
|
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prepare these late-arriving articles for the issue.
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
Question: What will happen to the balance of the money you sent us?
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
Answer: We will send the balance of your money back to you if you like.
|
|||
|
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However, we have five other options to offer you. These include
|
|||
|
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full-year subscriptions to major magazines (values up to $39.95),
|
|||
|
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membership in the ClarisWorks Users Group, a complete set of back
|
|||
|
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issues of the AppleWorks Forum, and popular AppleWorks products at
|
|||
|
|
unbelievably low prices. The details of these offers appear on
|
|||
|
|
pages 22 and 23 of this issue of the AppleWorks Forum.
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
Question: What will you do with the money that is not reclaimed by
|
|||
|
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members?
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
Answer: We will use any remaining funds to continue to operate our
|
|||
|
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electronic services (including NAUG's electronic bulletin board
|
|||
|
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service). We will keep those services open until we run out of
|
|||
|
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money.
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
Question: I just sent in my renewal payment. Will I have to request a
|
|||
|
|
refund?
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
Answer: We realized in early October that NAUG would have to close. Once
|
|||
|
|
we made that decision, we immediately changed some policies
|
|||
|
|
regarding member renewals. Members who paid by credit card or by
|
|||
|
|
purchase order were only charged to extend their membership
|
|||
|
|
through December. Members who paid by check should fill out the
|
|||
|
|
forms on pages 22 and 23 to exercise one of their refund options.
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
Question: What will happen to the NAUG staff? Will anyone lose his or her
|
|||
|
|
job when NAUG closes?
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
Answer: At its peak, NAUG had 13 full-time and part-time staff members to
|
|||
|
|
manage the membership list, fill your orders, copy disks, and
|
|||
|
|
perform the other jobs necessary to maintain an organization with
|
|||
|
|
more than 16,000 members. But in recent years the staff spent
|
|||
|
|
increasing amounts of time working with our sister organization,
|
|||
|
|
the ClarisWorks Users Group (C-WUG).
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
No jobs will be lost when NAUG closes.
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
Question: Will I be able to get disks and templates from NAUG after
|
|||
|
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December 31?
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
Answer: You will be able to download any files you want from NAUG's areas
|
|||
|
|
on America Online, CompuServe, GEnie, and from the NAUG bulletin
|
|||
|
|
board service. But you will not be able to order disks from NAUG
|
|||
|
|
after December 31.
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
The special offer on page 23 lets you order public domain disks
|
|||
|
|
for as little as $1 per disk, so now is the time to complete your
|
|||
|
|
collection. This month's issue of NAUG on Disk contains an
|
|||
|
|
updated copy of NAUG's Public Domain Catalog that you can use to
|
|||
|
|
choose the disks you order. NAUG on Disk costs $10 postpaid
|
|||
|
|
(international postage additional) and requires a 3.5-inch disk
|
|||
|
|
drive. If you do not have a 3.5-inch disk drive, the Public
|
|||
|
|
Domain Update articles in each issue of the AppleWorks Forum
|
|||
|
|
describe the different disks we added to our library.
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
Our software licensing agreement with Apple Computer prohibits us
|
|||
|
|
from distributing Apple's system software electronically. If you
|
|||
|
|
want those disks, please order them before our December 31
|
|||
|
|
deadline.
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
Question: What will happen to the disks in NAUG's Public Domain Library?
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
Answer: We will archive and protect those disks in case they are of
|
|||
|
|
historical interest to future generations. We will also try to
|
|||
|
|
identify a library or other institution that will care for the
|
|||
|
|
disks and make them available to researchers and others with a
|
|||
|
|
legitimate interest in their contents.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Question: What will happen to 1040Works?
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Answer: Dan Verkade, the developer of 1040Works, is trying to decide if
|
|||
|
|
the size of the Apple II market justifies updating 1040Works for
|
|||
|
|
the 1995 tax year. Mr. Verkade plans to make his decision by the
|
|||
|
|
end of November and will notify previous 1040Works users by mail
|
|||
|
|
in early December if he will update the package. If you bought
|
|||
|
|
last year's version of 1040Works, you will receive a letter if Mr.
|
|||
|
|
Verkade decides to produce a 1995 version of the package.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Mr. Verkade is anxious to hear your suggestions and comments, but
|
|||
|
|
because of the anticipated volume of mail and messages, he will
|
|||
|
|
not be able to respond to your contacts. Please direct your
|
|||
|
|
encouraging comments to Mr. Verkade, not to NAUG.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
[Dan Verkade, 51 Bowen Road, Perris, California 92571; (909)
|
|||
|
|
943-5500; Internet: danbv@aol.com]
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Question: How can I contact NAUG after December 31?
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Answer: To save money (which will let us keep our electronic services
|
|||
|
|
operating longer), we will disconnect NAUG's telephones on
|
|||
|
|
December 31. In an emergency, you can use the ClarisWorks User
|
|||
|
|
Group's phone lines to contact NAUG. The voice line is (313)
|
|||
|
|
454-1969. The fax number is (313) 454-1965.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
(NAUG, CAT17, TOP37, MSG:188/M645;1)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
KITCHEN SINK SOFTWARE ONLINE SUPPORT DECREASED Kitchen Sink Software,
|
|||
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" Inc. is consolidating its
|
|||
|
|
online support to our new server. You can contact Kitchen Sink Software in
|
|||
|
|
the following ways:
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Kitchen Sink Software, Inc.
|
|||
|
|
903 Knebworth Ct.
|
|||
|
|
Westerville, OH 43081
|
|||
|
|
800-235-5502 (continental US)
|
|||
|
|
614-891-2111 (central Ohio and elsewhere)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Guy Forsythe: gforsyth@kitchen-sink.com
|
|||
|
|
Eric Bush: eric@kitchen-sink.com
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
You can connect to our world wide web site at:
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
http://www.kitchen-sink.com/
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
This in no means that we are not supporting our products. We are
|
|||
|
|
just streamlining our online support. GEnie has been good to us over the
|
|||
|
|
years and GEnie's customers have as well.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
We check these e-mail accounts daily if not more often, so feel free
|
|||
|
|
to contact us if you need anything.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Sincerely,
|
|||
|
|
Kitchen Sink Software, Inc.
|
|||
|
|
(KITCHEN.SINK, CAT25, TOP2, MSG:7/M645;1)
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
APPLE IIGS EMULATION? (September 15, 1995) I am pleased to announce the
|
|||
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""" Hindenburg Project. Hindenburg is the code name
|
|||
|
|
for a forthcoming, software-based Apple IIgs emulator. Upon completion,
|
|||
|
|
virtually all existing Apple IIgs software will run, without modification,
|
|||
|
|
on non-Apple II computers. Hindenburg is designed to execute on Macintosh
|
|||
|
|
systems equipped with a high-performance 680x0, or a PowerPC-based,
|
|||
|
|
microprocessor.
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
For the latest up-to-date information on the Hindenburg Project,
|
|||
|
|
please visit the official Hindenburg Project home page. The URL is:
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
http://www.best.com/~hexman/hindenburg.html
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
If you do not have access to the World Wide Web, or if you would
|
|||
|
|
prefer to receive some Hindenburg literature via E-mail, please send a
|
|||
|
|
request to:
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
hexman@best.com
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
Permission is hereby granted to distribute the preceding text, in
|
|||
|
|
it's [sic] unmodified form. The Hindenburg Project is copyright (c) 1995
|
|||
|
|
by Tony Morales.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
>>> THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE <<<
|
|||
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
II ALIVE TO PUBLISH QUARTERLY I just talked with Quality about II Alive.
|
|||
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" Here is the news:
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
According to the operator who took my call, she never heard of the
|
|||
|
|
magazine.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
She transferred me to Michael, who said that there would be only five
|
|||
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more issues, sent quarterly. The next issue would be #14, the "Winter
|
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Issue," to be sent in December.
|
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|
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I then talked with Carl in the advertising department. He told me
|
|||
|
|
that the reason they were going to a quarterly issue was that there simply
|
|||
|
|
was not enough material coming in to fill a magazine.
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
I asked if they had asked anyone for articles. Carl said that they
|
|||
|
|
have few staff, and that they cannot devote much time to the magazine,
|
|||
|
|
because sales of Apple II stuff and interest in the magazine had declined
|
|||
|
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so rapidly.
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
I pointed out that it was Quality who had killed it, by not taking
|
|||
|
|
any renewals. Carl said that they decided to not offer renewals because
|
|||
|
|
the renewals had dropped off so much from the 30,000 original subscribers.
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
I pointed out that magazines such as Shareware Solutions II were
|
|||
|
|
growing. Carl was glad to hear that, but said that the numbers for II
|
|||
|
|
Alive were just not enough. That the five remaining issues would be their
|
|||
|
|
attempt to fulfill their obligations to subscribers.
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
I asked about subscriptions that go past five more issues. They have
|
|||
|
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not decided what they will do, and will cross that bridge when they come to
|
|||
|
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it, Carl said.
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
I asked about what Doug had sent in. Carl said that they were
|
|||
|
|
working on it right now, and that the December issue was definitely coming
|
|||
|
|
out in December.
|
|||
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|
|||
|
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Carl and Michael were polite and listened to what I had to say.
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
At the close of our conversation, Carl said, "It been fun while it
|
|||
|
|
lasted."
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
What sort of content shall we send them, so that the magazine gets
|
|||
|
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"fat?"
|
|||
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|
|||
|
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I look forward to the next five issues with a lump in my throat.
|
|||
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|
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__!__
|
|||
|
|
| Terrell Smith
|
|||
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| tsmith@ivcfnsc.fullfeed.com
|
|||
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(T.SMITH59, CAT42, TOP10, MSG:124/M645;1)
|
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|
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|
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|
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SAN RAFAEL = CENTRAL-CENTRAL? Well, well, well. It looks like San
|
|||
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" Rafael, California is fast becoming the new
|
|||
|
|
home for ICON's former publications. First, Shareware Solutions II started
|
|||
|
|
distributing Script-Central. Then, Will Nelken announced that
|
|||
|
|
TimeOut-Central back issues will soon become available again from Marin
|
|||
|
|
MacroWorks.
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
And, now....
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
Studio City back issues will become available again from Shareware
|
|||
|
|
Solutions II.
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
Say, Will...do you think we'd having any luck getting the San Rafael
|
|||
|
|
City Council to change the name of our town to Appleton?
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
Joe
|
|||
|
|
(JOE.KOHN, CAT28, TOP4, MSG:222/M645;1)
|
|||
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|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
FOUR PROJECTS AT SHAREWARE SOLUTIONS II Hi all. I just wanted to mention
|
|||
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" a few new SSII developments....
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
o I had another talk last week with Warren Williams, and it now
|
|||
|
|
looks like NAUG _will_ supply Shareware Solutions II with a complete set of
|
|||
|
|
NAUG Library disks.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
o It's going to be a while before Studio City actually becomes
|
|||
|
|
available. The current copyright holder wants to supply me with a new set
|
|||
|
|
of master disks that contain current and up-to-date copyright info. Since
|
|||
|
|
the copyright holder is a teacher, he plans to do that over his Christmas
|
|||
|
|
break. So, look for the re-release of Studio City in early 1996.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
o Despite my original intentions, Phase 2 of "The Computer That
|
|||
|
|
Could Have Changed The World Project" (the discovery phase) does not really
|
|||
|
|
lend itself to being videotaped. After all, there would be very long gaps
|
|||
|
|
of silence in the tape, punctuated by an occasional "hmmmm" and "wow" and
|
|||
|
|
"what on earth is that?" type of statements and questions. But rest
|
|||
|
|
assured, Phase 2 has begun.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
o All that is holding back Convert 3200 from being released is one
|
|||
|
|
more stab on my part at translating the documentation into understandable
|
|||
|
|
English <grin>. That should be completed soon...possibly later on this
|
|||
|
|
week.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Joe Kohn
|
|||
|
|
(JOE.KOHN, CAT28, TOP4, MSG:271/M645;1)
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
CONVERT 3200 UNOFFICIALLY AVAILABLE I still have one major unanswered
|
|||
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" question regarding Convert 3200.
|
|||
|
|
That question is whether Brutal Deluxe still plans to distribute the
|
|||
|
|
program in Europe.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Once I have that answer, I will post an official press release
|
|||
|
|
announcing the availablility of Convert 3200.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
That said...unofficially, Convert 3200 is now completed and shipping.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Joe
|
|||
|
|
(JOE.KOHN, CAT28, TOP4, MSG:286/M645;1)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
JAWAID BAZYAR LEAVES SEQUENTIAL for anyone wants to reach sequential, I
|
|||
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" got his msg from Jawaid Bazyar:
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
> Please send post to seqjoea@aol.com, as I am no longer
|
|||
|
|
> associated with Sequential Systems.
|
|||
|
|
> -- Jawaid Bazyar
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
so I've done. Hope it helps. If anyone wants to reach me by email, try
|
|||
|
|
a.flemming@eworld.com (there I can look with my Newton) Hope to be back,
|
|||
|
|
when I'm getting the new Chips from sequential.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Axel
|
|||
|
|
(A.FLEMMING, CAT20, TOP13, MSG:141/M645;1)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
>>>>> Ah, the cat's outta the bag. Since two and a half weeks or so,
|
|||
|
|
""""" actually. Jawaid's apparently busy setting up his
|
|||
|
|
Internet-provider cum small-firms-web-consulting company (what other person
|
|||
|
|
does that remind you of? ;-).
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
I'd say get your SS's while you can ... who knows what kind of impact
|
|||
|
|
this will have. On a cheery note, check out
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
http://www.winternet.com/~taubert/gstcp.html
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
and prepare to be awed. The mind boggles with the kind of potential this
|
|||
|
|
page opens ... but see for yourself.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Soenke
|
|||
|
|
(S.BEHRENS1, CAT20, TOP13, MSG:146/M645;1)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
DEJA ][ SPEED I've been collecting performance data on various A2 and Mac
|
|||
|
|
""""""""""""" models running a test macro designed by Mark Munz. It
|
|||
|
|
measures about 10 operations and averages the times. The best scores were
|
|||
|
|
a 100mhz PowerMac 7500 and a IIgs with a 10mhz Zip when the screen display
|
|||
|
|
was off (4.1 seconds).
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Here are a few models and average times with the display active:
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
4.4 IIgs 10mhz Zip
|
|||
|
|
5.0 PowerMac 7500 (100 mhz)
|
|||
|
|
6.5 IIgs 7mhz Zip (mine)
|
|||
|
|
7.3 PowerMac 7100
|
|||
|
|
13.4 IIgs 3mhz (mine)
|
|||
|
|
15.8 Performa 5200
|
|||
|
|
21.3 Quadra 605
|
|||
|
|
23.6 Centris 610 (my 25 mhz 040)
|
|||
|
|
30.9 IIgs 1mhz (mine)
|
|||
|
|
161.5 IIsi (20mhz 030)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
That shows why we recommend 040's or PowerMacs, or fast 030's. The
|
|||
|
|
drop-off to a slow 030 like Terrell Smith's IIsi is amazing. Keep in mind
|
|||
|
|
that the test areas can vary a lot. For example, my Centris scored roughly
|
|||
|
|
midway between my IIgs at 3 and 1 mhz, but it loads files much faster than
|
|||
|
|
my 7mhz IIgs, even without the snapshot option.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Eventually, we expect to have a faster Deja ][, especially on PPC
|
|||
|
|
machines. Mark has to learn more about optimizing for them first, but
|
|||
|
|
speed gains are definitely possible. When that happens, a 100mhz PPC
|
|||
|
|
should easily top a 10mhz IIgs, so you can imagine how a 150mhz PPC will
|
|||
|
|
perform!
|
|||
|
|
(BRANDT, CAT17, TOP20, MSG:122/M645;1)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
BIG RED COMPUTER (FINAL?) CHRISTMAS GAME SALE Big Red Computers still has
|
|||
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" a limited stock of games
|
|||
|
|
for the Apple IIGS computer. They will continue to take orders for these
|
|||
|
|
products until December 31, 1995. You can order by mail using this
|
|||
|
|
address:
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Big Red Computer
|
|||
|
|
423 Norfolk Ave
|
|||
|
|
Norfolk, NE 68701
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
You can also order by phone with a MasterCard or Visa. The phone
|
|||
|
|
number is 402-379-4680. You can usually reach them between 9:30 am and
|
|||
|
|
5:00 pm Monday through Friday. If they don't answer, try again later.
|
|||
|
|
BRCC's fax number has been disconnected.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
The following games are still available. Most require at least 1.25
|
|||
|
|
Megs of RAM and System 5.0.4 or higher.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Shanghai II: Dragon's Eye: Shanghai II gives you 8 beautifully
|
|||
|
|
detailed tile sets, over a dozen different layouts, animated tilesets and
|
|||
|
|
over 100 sound effects. Several ways to play # Solitaire, Challenge &
|
|||
|
|
Tournament. Beyond all this there is the interactive version of the
|
|||
|
|
Dragon's Eye, a special challenge for superior Shanghai players. Product
|
|||
|
|
number BR92 is $25.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Lost Treasures of Infocom: A compilation of 20 captivating games in
|
|||
|
|
one package including Zork, Planetfall, Deadline, Sorcerer, Spellbreaker,
|
|||
|
|
Infidel, Ballyhoo, Suspect, Witness and other classics. A fortune in
|
|||
|
|
Interactive Mystery, Fantasy and Science fiction Adventures. Now available
|
|||
|
|
in GS specific format with menus and GS/OS compatibility! Product number
|
|||
|
|
BR93 is $30.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Ancient Glory: This is an arcade action game based on the mythology
|
|||
|
|
of Hercules. Use a joystick to guide Hercules past raging bulls, centaurs,
|
|||
|
|
the Hydra, and the Minotaur. Your goal is to defeat Medusa and carry her
|
|||
|
|
head to Athena. The gods are watching and they will both aid and hinder
|
|||
|
|
your journey. Product number AG50 is $15.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Blackjack Academy: The ultimate tutorial program for learning to
|
|||
|
|
play Blackjack, the most popular Vegas card game. It features a five
|
|||
|
|
player table, multiple table rules like in Las Vegas, Reno and Atlantic
|
|||
|
|
City and different play strategies. Are you good enough to bust the bank?
|
|||
|
|
Order BR91 for $8.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Tunnels of Armegeddon: An arcade game by California Dreams that will
|
|||
|
|
leave you dizzy. Feel the G-Forces as you navigate through the tunnels.
|
|||
|
|
Use your blaster to clear out whatever gets in your way. Lavish detail.
|
|||
|
|
Great action. Unbelievable feeling of warp speed motion. A+/Incider gave
|
|||
|
|
it a 9 out of 10 rating! Order product number CD53 for $10.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Vegas Gambler: Four exciting games to play: Blackjack, Roulette,
|
|||
|
|
Video Poker and the Slot Machine. Experience the thrill of Las Vegas and
|
|||
|
|
see if you can break the bank. This program has excellent graphics and
|
|||
|
|
great sound effects. You won't want to miss it! Product number CD52 is
|
|||
|
|
$8.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Blockout: It's like Tetris* but it's 3-dimensional. Your job is to
|
|||
|
|
rotate and maneuver various 3-D blocks as they fall into a pit. The idea
|
|||
|
|
is to make the blocks fall into the proper positions to form complete
|
|||
|
|
layers. As each layer is completed, it vanishes, giving you more room to
|
|||
|
|
work with. Product number CD54 is $10.
|
|||
|
|
(JOE.KOHN, CAT28, TOP4, MSG:273/M645;1)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
OFFLINE MESSAGE READER COMING FOR HYPERCARD GS Currently in development
|
|||
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" is an Offline message
|
|||
|
|
processor for Genie, written in Hypercard. This product is pushing
|
|||
|
|
Hypercard's text capabilities to the Max! Post here, and help to shape a
|
|||
|
|
useful new GS product!
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
I already have the "paste as reply" feature worked out, automatic
|
|||
|
|
scanning of the message files for 2 or 3 separate strings, 20+ archive
|
|||
|
|
files selected from a pop-up, save position in a file and restore. Now, I
|
|||
|
|
need your input to make this the best supported offline processor yet!
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
In addition, it supports a 50% larger font for ease of reading, and
|
|||
|
|
keyboard control for most functions. LONG internet addresses are a snap,
|
|||
|
|
thanks to Hypercard's text handling abilities. In addition, I plan
|
|||
|
|
autoreply to Internet messages!!
|
|||
|
|
(B.GILLESPIE3, CAT13, TOP40, MSG:{1}/M645;1)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
WOLFENSTEIN 3-D IIGS LANGUISHING For your info. If you want to see Wolf
|
|||
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" GS please contact Bill Heineman, the
|
|||
|
|
programmer. Vitesse is not to blame for its lack of release. They have
|
|||
|
|
been doing everything possible to get Bill to finish it.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
I'd really like to see it too since I put a lot of work into it.
|
|||
|
|
It's really too bad since it was so close to being finished.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
-Scott Everts
|
|||
|
|
(S.EVERTS, CAT40, TOP6, MSG:137/M645;1)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
TOUCHTWO MACROS FOR APPLEWORKS UPDATE on progress of TouchTwo for
|
|||
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" AppleWorks 4 and 5.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
TouchTwo (formerly called HotKeys I) is very nearly at the point of
|
|||
|
|
distribution. We were all but ready to ship on November 18th, as
|
|||
|
|
predicted, but on that very day we discovered a single bug in one of the
|
|||
|
|
programs. It's rather obscure, but the crash it occasions is rather
|
|||
|
|
fantastic. :) We have located the problem and it has to do with one
|
|||
|
|
segment of AppleWorks code (not our program). We are working with Randy
|
|||
|
|
Brandt to figure out how to resolve it right now.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
I will keep you posted here.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
BTW, our next release, UltraMax, is also nearing completion. We're
|
|||
|
|
aiming for a December 16th shipping date. It's gonna be a great Christmas
|
|||
|
|
for AppleWorks fans!
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|||
|
|
-(+)-
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|||
|
|
...Will
|
|||
|
|
(W.NELKEN1, CAT13, TOP11, MSG:108/M645;1)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
>>> MESSAGE SPOTLIGHT <<<
|
|||
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Category 28, Topic 4
|
|||
|
|
Message 253 Sat Nov 11, 1995
|
|||
|
|
JOE.KOHN [SSII] at 18:54 EST
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
It started out as an impossible mission and soon turned into a
|
|||
|
|
maniacal mission. For 3 weeks, I have had one thing, and one thing only,
|
|||
|
|
on my mind.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Phase 1 is now complete.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
The details and technical specifications of the Apple IIGS ROM4
|
|||
|
|
computer...the machine that could have changed the world...the fabled
|
|||
|
|
GS+....the Macintosh killer...will no longer have to be the subject of
|
|||
|
|
rumors and speculation.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
The Apple II world has waited patiently for more than 4 years to
|
|||
|
|
learn what could have been.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
That long wait will soon be over.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
[EDITOR'S NOTE: Joe Kohn has promised to "blow the lid off" the ROM 4 in a
|
|||
|
|
coming issue of _Shareware Solutions II_, probably Volume
|
|||
|
|
3, Issue 1. For subscription info, mail joko@crl.com or
|
|||
|
|
joe.kohn@genie.com.--DGC]
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
[*][*][*]
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
While on GEnie, do you spend most of your time downloading files?
|
|||
|
|
If so, you may be missing out some excellent information in the Bulletin
|
|||
|
|
Board area. The messages listed above only scratch the surface of
|
|||
|
|
what's available and waiting for you in the bulletin board area.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
If you are serious about your Apple II, the GEnieLamp staff strongly
|
|||
|
|
urge you to give the bulletin board area a try. There are literally
|
|||
|
|
thousands of messages posted from people like you from all over the
|
|||
|
|
world.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
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[EOA]
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[HUM]//////////////////////////////
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HUMOR ONLINE /
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/////////////////////////////////
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Christmas Cheer
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"""""""""""""""
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by Marty Knight
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>>> A VISIT FROM SAINT WOZ <<<
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""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
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'Twas the night before Christmas, no sound in the house.
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My GS is dusty and so is my mouse.
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My dealer's gone Mac; he's too brainwashed to care.
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Apple marketing smells like that old dairy-air.
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My children are nestled, all snug in their beds,
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While visions of Mac LCs (ugh) dance in their heads.
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The GS is dead, I've heard them all say.
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They might just be right; things look pretty gray.
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When all of a sudden a great noise I did hear.
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I woke with a start and fell flat on my rear.
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Awakened from slumber I jumped up to see,
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Tripped over the cat and twisted my knee.
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The moon brightly shone on the new fallen snow.
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I looked but saw nothing, then turning to go,
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Stopped short... What's that?... Is that synthLAB I hear?
|
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Why yes! Yes it is! That's good reason to cheer!
|
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I jumped and I shouted and I danced then because
|
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I knew right away that it must be Saint Woz.
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More rapid than Zip Chip, old Wozniak came.
|
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He whistled and shouted and called out by name:
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"Now Quickie! Now Allison! Now AppleWorks GS!
|
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Go Claris! On SuperConvert! I love you Vitesse!
|
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Platinum Paint is so cool! Twilight Screen blanker rules!
|
|||
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Who needs those old Macs when you've got Apple IIs?
|
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"If you have been true I've got presents to dole,
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But if you're like inCider you'll get lumps of coal."
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So up to the housetop with the Green Team he flew;
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Jim Merritt, Andy Nicholas, and Saint Wozniak, too.
|
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I kept very quiet so that I might hear
|
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SoundSmith tunes softly playing, spreading Apple II cheer.
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Then I heard a slight scrape and as I turned 'round,
|
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|
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Down the chimney Saint Wozniak came with a bound.
|
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He wore blue jeans and sneakers and a T-shirt that said
|
|||
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II-Infinitum ... II-Forever... I had nothing to dread!
|
|||
|
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A sack of great software he had slung on his back
|
|||
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And he looked like a hacker there searching his pack.
|
|||
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|
|||
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His eyes twinkled brightly, his dimples so merry,
|
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his cheeks red as apples, his nose like a cherry.
|
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His droll little mouth smiled a smile oh so grand.
|
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And a full bearded chin, GDL labels in hand.
|
|||
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A thick slice of pizza he held tight in his teeth
|
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And the steam from it circled his head like a wreath.
|
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A plump little face and a round little belly.
|
|||
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He laughed and it shook like a bowl of grape jelly.
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
He was chubby and plump; a right jolly old elf.
|
|||
|
|
I laughed when I saw him, for he looked like myself.
|
|||
|
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He winked right at me then he twisted his head,
|
|||
|
|
So I knew deep inside I had nothing to dread.
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
He said not a word. He went straight to work,
|
|||
|
|
Programming in ORCA, then he turned with a jerk.
|
|||
|
|
Then placing his finger on top of that mess,
|
|||
|
|
And giving a nod... _games_ for the GS!
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
He jumped to his sleigh and it rose from the ground.
|
|||
|
|
But before it took off I saw him turn 'round,
|
|||
|
|
And I heard him exclaim, ere he flew out of sight,
|
|||
|
|
"Apple II Forever, and to all a good night!"
|
|||
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|
|||
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|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
[EOA]
|
|||
|
|
[FUN]//////////////////////////////
|
|||
|
|
SEARCH_ME /
|
|||
|
|
/////////////////////////////////
|
|||
|
|
Online Puzzle Fun
|
|||
|
|
"""""""""""""""""
|
|||
|
|
by Scott R. Garrigus
|
|||
|
|
[S.GARRIGUS]
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
>>> SEARCH_ME! <<<
|
|||
|
|
""""""""""""""""""
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
Christmas Time
|
|||
|
|
""""""""""""""
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
BOWS I I V D K C N F Z C X I H P C
|
|||
|
|
CANDLES V P K U Q V Z R I X T N O G W
|
|||
|
|
CANDY CANE A E N A C K Y D N A C A K Y S
|
|||
|
|
CARDS E I B K C B K C Q I V H V O D
|
|||
|
|
CAROLS T V U O N U G J O L L Y A P R
|
|||
|
|
EGGNOG L U L F W L S E G G N O G C A
|
|||
|
|
ELVES V F P A R W Y T F I G Q A G C
|
|||
|
|
EVERGREEN E V E R G R E E N S C N R A M
|
|||
|
|
FLOCK Y T T S Q Q Y I E E D I Z S X
|
|||
|
|
FROSTY Z J N L M V L V Z L N B T W E
|
|||
|
|
GIFT WRAP T R K O L O L U E C X H U B F
|
|||
|
|
GRINCH Y J V R H E O S H K G Z O K L
|
|||
|
|
HOLLY M L B A N O H N F I K W C O C
|
|||
|
|
JOLLY U Z W C O M B S L I S O X Y K
|
|||
|
|
LIGHTS G E F R O S T Y R Y P O M Y U
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
[*][*][*]
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
GIVE UP? You will find the answers in the LOG OFF column at the end of
|
|||
|
|
"""""""" the magazine.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
This puzzle was created with a shareware program called Word
|
|||
|
|
Search Puzzle Maker by Impact D. Publishing.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
[EOA]
|
|||
|
|
[REF]//////////////////////////////
|
|||
|
|
REFLECTIONS /
|
|||
|
|
/////////////////////////////////
|
|||
|
|
Thinking About Online Communications
|
|||
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
|||
|
|
by Phil Shapiro
|
|||
|
|
[pshapiro@aol.com]
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
>>> MAKING IT EASIER FOR OTHERS TO HELP YOU <<<
|
|||
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
A friend of mine is the director of a women's shelter here in
|
|||
|
|
Washington DC. Two months ago my friend asked me if I could help her find
|
|||
|
|
some computers she could set up for the women at the shelter.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
My first suggestion to her was that she should get herself online.
|
|||
|
|
By getting online she could make it far easier for others to help her.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
As it happens, my friend already owned a laptop computer. Within a
|
|||
|
|
week I received a friendly "hi there" E-mail message from her. Last week
|
|||
|
|
she sent me a message saying she took delivery of several donated computers
|
|||
|
|
for the shelter.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
How is it that being online makes it easier for others to help you?
|
|||
|
|
People who help charities and nonprofit organizations often have quite busy
|
|||
|
|
lives themselves. Help-givers really appreciate being able to communicate
|
|||
|
|
online with others because E-mail communication allows them to offer more
|
|||
|
|
assistance to more people each day.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Imagine this scenario: Someone in your community is known to be
|
|||
|
|
willing to offer computer help to charities and nonprofit organizations.
|
|||
|
|
He or she takes an interest in getting technology into the hands of people
|
|||
|
|
who otherwise could not afford it.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Would it be a productive use of that person's time to be playing
|
|||
|
|
phone tag with all the different people he or she is trying to help? Just
|
|||
|
|
keeping track of who needs what kind of help could strain the patience of
|
|||
|
|
even the most reasonable person.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Here is where the magic of E-mail kicks in. Your request for
|
|||
|
|
assistance can pop up as an E-mail message on the screen of a help-giver.
|
|||
|
|
If you include your name, phone number, organizational affiliation, and
|
|||
|
|
address in your first message, that information can be quickly saved to the
|
|||
|
|
help-giver's hard drive.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Once information is in electronic form (i.e. sent within an E-mail
|
|||
|
|
message), it can easily be referred to. It can forwarded to someone else.
|
|||
|
|
It can be reposted as a public message on an electronic bulletin board
|
|||
|
|
system (BBS). It could even be forwarded to sympathetic journalists in the
|
|||
|
|
press.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Help-givers are always thankful when people needing assistance reach
|
|||
|
|
them via E-mail. By getting online, people looking for assistance are
|
|||
|
|
helping themselves as well as helping their neighbors. The streamlining of
|
|||
|
|
communication that takes place via E-mail can free the help-giver to give
|
|||
|
|
extra assistance to others.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Here is another example. Last month I helped the director of a
|
|||
|
|
nonprofit adult literacy organization get online. It turns out this person
|
|||
|
|
already had a computer with a modem on his desk. All that was needed was
|
|||
|
|
an hour's worth of time to help him get set up online.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Three days later the person had already dashed off a dozen E-mail
|
|||
|
|
messages and had a long list of questions about the online world to ask me.
|
|||
|
|
Within the span of a week this person was transformed from being a person
|
|||
|
|
who had never used E-mail to being an active, enthusiastic online user.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
How will online communications help this literacy organization? It
|
|||
|
|
will help in countless ways. It will allow easy back-and-forth
|
|||
|
|
communication with foundations and other grant givers. It will allow the
|
|||
|
|
director to engage in quantities of communication without the constant
|
|||
|
|
interruption of phone calls. Every phone call that is averted by using
|
|||
|
|
E-mail is one less interruption in his day. And one less interruption is
|
|||
|
|
one more opportunity for him to attend to other important work.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
It would be no exaggeration to say that online communication is one
|
|||
|
|
of the best ways of making the gears of society turn smoothly. The
|
|||
|
|
telephone, on the other hand, is a communication device that makes the
|
|||
|
|
gears of society sputter along in fits and starts.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
This is not to say that there is no place for telephone communication
|
|||
|
|
between people needing assistance and help-givers. It is just that
|
|||
|
|
benefits are often maximized when phone communication is kept to a minimum.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
If you take an interest in helping broaden access to technology, one
|
|||
|
|
of the most effective thing you can do is to help the leaders of community
|
|||
|
|
organizations get online. By helping to empower them with an e-mail
|
|||
|
|
address, you can give them the gift of being connected.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Being connected online puts nonprofit agencies and charities in a
|
|||
|
|
much better position to raise their arms upward for assistance. Online
|
|||
|
|
communication narrows the distance between the help-giver's arm and the
|
|||
|
|
help-requester's arm. Increasing the chance of these two arms grasping
|
|||
|
|
each other firmly is what all of us hope for, isn't it?
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Phil Shapiro
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
[*][*][*]
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
[A hard copy anthology of these essays, along with six related
|
|||
|
|
book reviews, is now available for purchase. Copies of "Thinking
|
|||
|
|
About Online Communications" may be purchased directly from the
|
|||
|
|
author for $15 (including postage in the United States and
|
|||
|
|
Canada). Overseas postage is $5 for surface mail and $10 for air
|
|||
|
|
mail.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
[Orders for this book can be sent to:
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Phil Shapiro
|
|||
|
|
5201 Chevy Chase Parkway, NW
|
|||
|
|
Washington, DC 20015-1747
|
|||
|
|
USA
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
[Excerpts from each of the essays in the book can be found on
|
|||
|
|
the author's home page, at: http://users.aol.com/pshapiro/
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
[The author can be reached via e-mail at: pshapiro@aol.com.]
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
[EOA]
|
|||
|
|
[ASA]//////////////////////////////
|
|||
|
|
ASCII ART GALLERY /
|
|||
|
|
/////////////////////////////////
|
|||
|
|
Christmas Art
|
|||
|
|
"""""""""""""
|
|||
|
|
by Susie Oviatt
|
|||
|
|
[SUSIE]
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
ASCII ART BEGINS
|
|||
|
|
.,vvvnnnvvv,.
|
|||
|
|
.vvvnmmmmmmmmmnnvv.
|
|||
|
|
.vvvnmmmmmmmmmmmmmnv$)
|
|||
|
|
.,;;;;;;,. .vvnnmmmmmmmmmmmmmmnv($)
|
|||
|
|
.;;;;':::;;;;,. ##nn##nnmmmmmmmmmnvvv$)()
|
|||
|
|
.;;;;;,:::;;;;;;;, `v.vv.nnnmmmmmmnn)v($($$)
|
|||
|
|
0;;;;;;00@@@@@@@@@@@. <<@@a<<<nnnnnnvv'v)$($)($)
|
|||
|
|
0;;;;;00@@@@@@@@@@@@@ ($vsssnn($$)($$($)$$($($()
|
|||
|
|
`;;;;vvm.mmmmm.mmmnv' ... ($)($)$)($($$)$$)$$($)$$) .
|
|||
|
|
`;'vvmmmmm.mmmmmmnv...`:::.()$)$$($$)$($$($);;;;;;;;,:,
|
|||
|
|
@'vvmm.mmmmmmm.mnv.::::::.a@@a($($$)($$)$);;;;;;;;;;;':,
|
|||
|
|
//mmmm.m.m.mmnv/:::::::a@@@@::,()$$)$));;;;;;;;;;;;'::,
|
|||
|
|
.nm///////////////v`::::a@@@@@'::;;.($),;;;;;;;;;;;;':::;,
|
|||
|
|
.nnmmmn////////////nnvv,`:@@@@':::;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;':::;;;,
|
|||
|
|
nnmmmn%vvvnnnnnn////nnvv,;;,`:::;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;'::;;;;';
|
|||
|
|
nnmmmn%vvvnn nnn//n//nvv,;::::,;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;%;:;':::;' ,;
|
|||
|
|
`nnmmmn%vvvnnnn/nnn/nvvv,;;;;:::,;;;;;;;;;;;;%%;;;':'' .,::'
|
|||
|
|
`nnmmmn%vvv nnnnnnnnnv,.;;;;:::::,;;;;;;;;%%;;;;':' .aa@@@a
|
|||
|
|
.vv%nnmmn%vvvnnnnnnn'vv,; '';;:####::,;;;;;;;;;;' .aa@@@@@'
|
|||
|
|
vvnn;;*nmmn%;;*nnnnnnnnnvv;. #;;# `'''''' .aa@@@@@@@';
|
|||
|
|
vvnn;*;;vvvvv;*;;nnnnnnnnnvv.@. ####..........aa@@@@@@@@'::;;
|
|||
|
|
vvnn;;;*vvvvv;;;*nnnnnnnnnvv.@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@'::::;;;
|
|||
|
|
vvnnn*;;;*;;;;*;nnnnnnnnnnvv.`@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@'::::;;;;;
|
|||
|
|
vvnnnnnnnn)(nnnnnnnnnnnnnnvv.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, a@@@@@a'
|
|||
|
|
vvnnnnnn(nn)nnnnnnnnnnnnvv.;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;:::.@@@@@@,,'''',
|
|||
|
|
`vvnnnn*n(nnnnnnnnnnnvv';;%%;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;:::.@@@@@@ ;
|
|||
|
|
`vvnnnnn*nnnnnnnnvv' ;;%%;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;:::.@@@@@@ '
|
|||
|
|
`;;%%;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;:::.@@@@@@'``, :
|
|||
|
|
`;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;::' ; :
|
|||
|
|
`````````````````` `....'
|
|||
|
|
ASCII ART ENDS
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
"Christmas is for children of all ages."
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
[FOR VISUALLY IMPAIRED READERS: The preceding was a picture of Santa Claus
|
|||
|
|
kneeling to build a snowman, which he has topped with his own cap.]
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
[EOA]
|
|||
|
|
[HUN]//////////////////////////////
|
|||
|
|
THE TREASURE HUNT /
|
|||
|
|
/////////////////////////////////
|
|||
|
|
Yours For the Downloading
|
|||
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
|||
|
|
by Douglas Cuff
|
|||
|
|
[EDITOR.A2]
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
>>> THE VERY BEST UTILITIES <<<
|
|||
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Welcome back to the Treasure Hunt. This month, we're going to look
|
|||
|
|
at another in the series of the "Very Best of A2" archives that were
|
|||
|
|
created back in 1991 and 1992. These files were designed to fit on a
|
|||
|
|
single 800K 3.5" disk. Since the short descriptions only present an
|
|||
|
|
overview of these archives, I thought GEnieLamp A2 should provide detailed
|
|||
|
|
guides.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Here are the 9 "Very Best of A2" archives:
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
17180 BEST.A2.ART.BXY 2 Dec 1991 double hi-res pictures
|
|||
|
|
18761 BEST.OF.SHR.BXY 2 Jun 1992 super hi-res pictures
|
|||
|
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17586 BEST.3200.BXY 1 Feb 1992 3200-color pictures
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18976 BEST.OF.MS.BXY 31 Jun 1992 Music Studio songs
|
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17897 BEST.UTILS.BXY 1 Mar 1992 8-bit utilities
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17356 BEST.GAMES.BXY 1 Jan 1992 8-bit games
|
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16957 BEST.ICONS1.BXY 2 Nov 1991 icons
|
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19399 BEST.FONTS.BXY 13 Sep 1992 fonts
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16728 BEST.EAMONS.BXY 29 Sep 1991 Eamon adventure games
|
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We've already examined the three picture collections--double hi-res,
|
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super hi-res and 3200-color--in Vol.4, Issue 39 (June 1995). We also
|
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looked at the Music Studio songs in Vol.4, Issue 40 (July 1995).
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This month, we'll look at BEST.UTILS.BXY, a collection of the best
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8-bit utilities... programs that will run on an Apple IIe, Apple IIc, and
|
|||
|
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often on an Apple II Plus. (Which is not to say that they won't work on a
|
|||
|
|
IIgs, just that you don't need a IIgs to run them.) A few of these
|
|||
|
|
utilities don't work well with the most recent version of ProDOS, but don't
|
|||
|
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worry, we'll be sure to point them out as we go. By the same token, the
|
|||
|
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passage of time means that there are good utilities in the A2 library
|
|||
|
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uploaded since 1991 and 1992, so keep in mind that this list is no-longer
|
|||
|
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all-inclusive.
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[*][*][*]
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LCASE.KILLER (Lower Case Killer) is a simple but invaluable tool for
|
|||
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"""""""""""" older Apple IIs that can't display lower case. This utility
|
|||
|
|
will let you run Applesoft BASIC programs that use lower case. Just load
|
|||
|
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your program and BRUN LCASE.KILLER. All the lower case--in PRINT
|
|||
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statements, REM statements and DATA statements--will quickly be converted
|
|||
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to upper case. You can then SAVE your modified BASIC program if you want
|
|||
|
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to. It appears first in the list because you might need to use it to run
|
|||
|
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some of the other programs. Public domain.
|
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CAT.ALL.OG by Jon C. Thomason creates print-outs or text files of a disk
|
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|
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"""""""""" or prefix. The text files it creates are done by "printing to
|
|||
|
|
disk", as ProSel's "Info Desk" program does:
|
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|
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|
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/sample.disk
|
|||
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|
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FILENAME TYPE BLK MODIFIED CREATED
|
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TREASURE.HUNT................DIR 1 28-NOV-95 21:07 26-NOV-95 15:51
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FILE.LIBRARY...............ADB 22 28-NOV-95 21:07 28-NOV-95 21:07
|
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This handy little program comes with a documentation file, and is freeware.
|
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|
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|
|
CKDISK is a directory containing two separate programs:
|
|||
|
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""""""
|
|||
|
|
Status.Checker by Tom Vier is a simple program that checks a ProDOS disk
|
|||
|
|
'''''''''''''' or volume to see if can correctly detect when the disk is
|
|||
|
|
write protected. Freeware.
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
Smart.Test by Tom Weishaar and/or Dennis Doms (I think) detects what
|
|||
|
|
'''''''''' kinds of disk devices you have in your various slots. It's
|
|||
|
|
based on a simpler program that appeared in the January 1987 issue of
|
|||
|
|
_Open-Apple_. Freeware.
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
CYBERFIND.1.1 by Eric Mueller searches for the two most common ProDOS
|
|||
|
|
""""""""""""" viruses, Festering Hate and CyberAIDS. It does not
|
|||
|
|
disinfect contaminated files, but it will give you the option to delete
|
|||
|
|
them. NOTE: Viruses have never been very common in the Apple II
|
|||
|
|
community. Don't panic, okay? Freeware.
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
DBLRES.IIPLUS by Richard Napoli converts double hi-res graphics into two
|
|||
|
|
""""""""""""" single hi-res files. This is handy for Apple II Plus and
|
|||
|
|
those who got extremely early Apple IIes that cannot handle double hi-res.
|
|||
|
|
This utility will handle double hi-res graphics in either Dazzle Draw or
|
|||
|
|
Beagle Graphics format. It will take the original graphic and save it in
|
|||
|
|
two halves... the two file names will be the same, except one will end in
|
|||
|
|
.R (the right half of the picture) and the other in .L (the left half of
|
|||
|
|
the picture). WARNING: The program may hang after finishing the
|
|||
|
|
conversion with the most recent version of ProDOS. Don't worry, your
|
|||
|
|
original and converted files are still intact. Freeware.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
DEARC2E was brought to all Apple IIs by David R. Larsen and Michael
|
|||
|
|
""""""" Crane. (There was an earlier IIgs version by Tim Swihart.) This
|
|||
|
|
program will unpack files with the .ARC extension, an older but once quite
|
|||
|
|
popular archive format devised by System Enhancement Associates. In the
|
|||
|
|
telecommunications game, it's important to have as many file unpackers as
|
|||
|
|
possible.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
DISK.TEST by Craig Peterson performs three basic speed tests: it reads
|
|||
|
|
""""""""" block 0 repeatedly 1024 times; it does a sequential read block
|
|||
|
|
0-1023 (or to the maximum block number); and it does a seek test across
|
|||
|
|
one-third of the drive. You can print out the results and do comparisons
|
|||
|
|
of various disks, disk drives, and other devices. Freeware.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
FREEPRINTER by Elliot Lifson allows you to send text files to your
|
|||
|
|
""""""""""" printer. It correctly interprets many Apple Writer dot
|
|||
|
|
commands (.LM for left margin and so on). Now that Apple Writer v2.1 is
|
|||
|
|
freely available (file #20706 in the A2 libraries), you might want to
|
|||
|
|
consider downloading it instead of using the comparatively limited
|
|||
|
|
FreeWriter and FreePrinter programs. WARNING: This program hangs under
|
|||
|
|
the most recent version of ProDOS. (This makes downloading Apple Writer
|
|||
|
|
v2.1 an even better idea!) Freeware.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
FREEWRITER by Paul Lutus is a free but stripped-down version of his
|
|||
|
|
"""""""""" classic program Apple Writer. FreeWriter is not as powerful,
|
|||
|
|
it loads just 30K of text, and it has no means of printing the text (which
|
|||
|
|
is why FreePrinter was developed). FreeWriter still works well, but with
|
|||
|
|
Apple Writer v2.1 now freely available (file #20706 in the A2 libraries),
|
|||
|
|
you won't need FreeWriter much any more. Freeware.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
FAZ.II (File Attribute Zapper II) by Bruce A. Mah allows you to change
|
|||
|
|
"""""" the primary type and the auxiliary type of files. It provides a
|
|||
|
|
comprehensive list of available types so that you don't have to type number
|
|||
|
|
or have a book of file types in your lap as you work. FAZ II also lets you
|
|||
|
|
type in the numbers of filetypes it doesn't know. As a bonus, FAZ II lets
|
|||
|
|
you change the access bits--delete, rename, backup, invisible, read, and
|
|||
|
|
write--for a file. Public domain.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
FILE.CHOPPER by Tom Hoover lets you chop text files into smaller, more
|
|||
|
|
"""""""""""" manageable segments. You can chose from 9 smaller sizes,
|
|||
|
|
from 25K to 225K (rising in 25K increments). Freeware.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
FILE.COMPARE by Karl Bunker compares files so that you see exactly where
|
|||
|
|
"""""""""""" the differences in two similar files are. In the
|
|||
|
|
documentation, Mr Bunker has some amusingly caustic remarks about the user
|
|||
|
|
interface of the three file compare utilities that existed when he wrote
|
|||
|
|
this one. These remarks have a kernel of truth, but unfortunately they
|
|||
|
|
don't address the major flaw in this program: it's too slow. Still, it's
|
|||
|
|
free, it does work well--and it is written in BASIC, after all. Requires
|
|||
|
|
an enhanced Apple IIe, or any IIc or IIgs. Freeware.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
FILE.DIR (presumably written by G.BUNEVITCH1) is another program that
|
|||
|
|
"""""""" turns your CATALOG listings into text files. Unlike CAT.ALL.OG,
|
|||
|
|
though, this program creates _delimited_ text files, which can be read into
|
|||
|
|
the AppleWorks data base. The author has given his MD-BASIC source code,
|
|||
|
|
which will be of interest to fellow MD-BASIC fans. Freeware (I think).
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
FLIST is an uncredited utility that's really meant for programmers, not
|
|||
|
|
""""" users. It produces a nicely formatted listing of BASIC programs,
|
|||
|
|
with each statement on a separate line. It assumes that you have a
|
|||
|
|
printer, and that the printer is in slot 1. Either freeware or public
|
|||
|
|
domain.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
GECONV3 by Robert E. Phillips is powerful utility that converts GEnie
|
|||
|
|
""""""" file library listings into AppleWorks data base files. This is
|
|||
|
|
incredibly handy. There are no intermediate steps! You don't have to load
|
|||
|
|
the text file into AppleWorks and convert it; the file that GECONV creates
|
|||
|
|
can be loaded right to the desktop. This program is very
|
|||
|
|
situation-specific, but it does a great job. Public domain.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
HEXDEC is a directory contain two cleverly simple conversion utilities
|
|||
|
|
"""""" that both operate on the same principle. Author Peter J. Paul
|
|||
|
|
(presumably!) has taken a single line of BASIC and stuffed in a text file
|
|||
|
|
so that you can EXEC that file to convert from hexadecimal (base 16) to
|
|||
|
|
decimal (base 10), and vice versa. It's almost as easy as using a desk
|
|||
|
|
accessory on the IIgs. Freeware.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
IIGIF by Jason Harper allows viewing of GIF files on any Apple II with
|
|||
|
|
""""" double hi-res capability. Some Apple IIc users will need to patch
|
|||
|
|
this program; download either IIGIF.PATCH.BXY (#17447) or PATCH.IIGIF.BXY
|
|||
|
|
(#22983). This program also loads RLE files. Freeware.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
INFO by Clark Stiles is yet another utility for viewing and changing file
|
|||
|
|
"""" types. This utility uses a command style interface (you can type
|
|||
|
|
"INFO" and the correct parameters from the BASIC command line) and requires
|
|||
|
|
that you know the correct number for the filetype. Freeware.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
KOCO.LAUNCHER by Douglas Konitzer is a simple program launcher--just 18
|
|||
|
|
""""""""""""" ProDOS blocks!--that lets you launch SYS files as well as
|
|||
|
|
BAS programs, plus view or print text files. It also lets you load, lock,
|
|||
|
|
and delete files, and has the capacity to move up a directory... a nifty
|
|||
|
|
feature. This program uses MouseText in its display. If you use a hard
|
|||
|
|
drive, you might want to consider another launcher, since Koco Launcher has
|
|||
|
|
a maximum of 36 valid files on a screen. (It filters out file types it
|
|||
|
|
doesn't know about... including AppleWorks word processing files.) If you
|
|||
|
|
have more than that, the display will be messed up, and the program may
|
|||
|
|
even crash. The "change drive" interface is also not geared to hard drive
|
|||
|
|
users. Freeware.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
LINEFEED.IR (Linefeed Inserter/Remover) by Karl Bunker does just what
|
|||
|
|
""""""""""" you think! It strips or adds linefeed characters to a text
|
|||
|
|
file. (MS-DOS requires a carriage return and a linefeed at the end of a
|
|||
|
|
line or paragraph, but the Apple II requires only a carriage return.
|
|||
|
|
_That's_ why you'd want to perform either operation.) Freeware.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
PRODIR by Lane Roath is another program launcher that shows you 26 files
|
|||
|
|
"""""" at a time, and uses the space bar to move through the groups of
|
|||
|
|
26. You can also lock, delete, and rename files, and the left-arrow key
|
|||
|
|
brings you up a directory. Freeware.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
QUIT.CMD7A by David D. Ely patches the BASIC quit command "BYE" so that
|
|||
|
|
"""""""""" it looks for BASIC.SYSTEM on the highest active volume (that
|
|||
|
|
is, devices in slot 7 are checked first, then those in slot 6....). Of
|
|||
|
|
course, when BASIC.SYSTEM is launched, it looks for a file named STARTUP.
|
|||
|
|
This program was more useful when the BYE command was more primitive, as it
|
|||
|
|
was in earlier versions of ProDOS, but you may still find it handy.
|
|||
|
|
Freeware.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
SF.GET by Karl Bunker is a programmer's ampersand utility for that allows
|
|||
|
|
"""""" Applesoft BASIC to have a rough equivalent of the IIgs SFGetFile
|
|||
|
|
toolbox call. Users won't have to remember and type a filename or
|
|||
|
|
pathname--this program allows users to point-and-click the file from an
|
|||
|
|
on-screen list. Optionally, SF.Get will let you restrict the list of files
|
|||
|
|
to a certain file type (TXT, AWP, etc.). Freeware.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
SHLPD.SYSTEM (Super Hires Loader) by Thomas Dorris, lets Apple IIe and
|
|||
|
|
"""""""""""" IIc users view IIgs graphics. You must have double hi-res
|
|||
|
|
capability--and you should have MouseText--to run this valuable utility.
|
|||
|
|
Once you load a IIgs graphic, you can view it through a scrolling window...
|
|||
|
|
and the double hi-res color approximations are pretty faithful. If you
|
|||
|
|
want to substitute one color for another, the adjust palette option lets
|
|||
|
|
you do that. You can get a thumbnail sketch or overview of the picture,
|
|||
|
|
and when viewing through the scrolling window, you can toggle whether the
|
|||
|
|
pixel width is doubled or not. The function to save the converted file has
|
|||
|
|
been disabled. The program claims to be crippled public domain software,
|
|||
|
|
but in fact, the author retains his copyright, so it's really crippled
|
|||
|
|
freeware.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
| SIDEBAR: PUBLIC DOMAIN, FREEWARE, SHAREWARE |
|
|||
|
|
| |
|
|||
|
|
| Back in 1991, the concepts of public domain, freeware, and |
|
|||
|
|
| shareware were less clearly defined. It's not surprising that |
|
|||
|
|
| programmers occasionally slipped up and called their programs |
|
|||
|
|
| "public domain" when they meant "freeware". |
|
|||
|
|
| |
|
|||
|
|
| What exactly is the difference? If you allow something you've |
|
|||
|
|
| created--a program, an article, a song, a poem--to be ceded to the |
|
|||
|
|
| public domain, then you've lost all rights to it. The public owns |
|
|||
|
|
| it. Any member of the public can do whatever he or she wants to |
|
|||
|
|
| with it, without charge. In that sense, the work is free. (Though |
|
|||
|
|
| any member of the public can sell a copy of your work for $50 a |
|
|||
|
|
| copy if enough suckers can be found. No, you can't stop them, even |
|
|||
|
|
| though you meant the work to be free. You gave up all your rights |
|
|||
|
|
| when you ceded the work to the public domain, remember?) |
|
|||
|
|
| |
|
|||
|
|
| If you want to retain your copyright but still allow everyone to |
|
|||
|
|
| enjoy your work without charge, that's called freeware. If you |
|
|||
|
|
| want your work to be distributed without charge, but want users to |
|
|||
|
|
| pay voluntarily if they keep a copy of it, that's called shareware. |
|
|||
|
|
| (It's also called boundless optimism, apparently.) |
|
|||
|
|
| |
|
|||
|
|
| Somewhere between freeware and shareware is beggarware, also known |
|
|||
|
|
| under other names. With beggarware, the author tells you are not |
|
|||
|
|
| obligated to send any money--the program is free--but suggests |
|
|||
|
|
| sending a donation if you'd like to. If a shareware author has |
|
|||
|
|
| boundless optimism, then a beggarware author might actually be |
|
|||
|
|
| straying into naivete. |
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
SNEEZE by Karl Bunker is a great little program launcher... probably the
|
|||
|
|
"""""" best one available in this archive; the best of the best! It will
|
|||
|
|
let you launch files, delete files, print and/or display TXT or AWP files,
|
|||
|
|
plus display graphics, copy files, and even unshrink files (though this
|
|||
|
|
last feature is not documented--in order to activate it, all you have to do
|
|||
|
|
is download AUTOII.BXY, file #18062, and place it in the same directory as
|
|||
|
|
Sneeze). Also in this directory and a subdirectory are some of tools that
|
|||
|
|
Sneeze uses--or which you can use with Sneeze--or both! We'll discuss
|
|||
|
|
these tools separately below. Sneeze itself requires MouseText. Freeware.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
NOTE: The version of Sneeze available in this archive is 2.0. You
|
|||
|
|
can download the most recent version--v2.2--by getting
|
|||
|
|
SNEEZE.BXY, file #21357. This version documents and explains
|
|||
|
|
the ability to automatically unshrink files using Sneeze.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Dogpaw by Karl Bunker adds a command to BASIC so that you can display
|
|||
|
|
'''''' and/or print text and AppleWorks word processor files. You can
|
|||
|
|
view the file a page at a time, going forward or back, on either the 40- or
|
|||
|
|
80-column screens, and DOGPAW can also display in upper case only for you
|
|||
|
|
Apple II-Plus users. Also, DOGPAW lets you search for a string within the
|
|||
|
|
file. DOGPAW can read COMPRESSOR files (see below). Sneeze uses this
|
|||
|
|
utility, but you can use it on its own or include it in your programs.
|
|||
|
|
Freeware.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Beexter by Karl Bunker turns your text file of documentation into a
|
|||
|
|
''''''' BRUNABLE file. You user can view your documentation on the
|
|||
|
|
screen, or print it out! Best of all, this utility works under DOS 3.3 as
|
|||
|
|
well as ProDOS. Freeware.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Compressor by Karl Bunker compresses AppleWorks word processing files and
|
|||
|
|
'''''''''' simple text files so that they take up less space on your
|
|||
|
|
disk. They can still be read by DOGPAW (above), even in their compressed
|
|||
|
|
form. Freeware.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Doc.Getter by Karl Bunker will convert a TXT or AWP file into a
|
|||
|
|
'''''''''' collection of strings for Applesoft BASIC. This means you can
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have a BASIC program display your instructions to the user, but you can
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still have the luxury of creating those instructions in a full-fledged word
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processor. If you want to display in 40-column mode, your file must be 21K
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or less; in 70-column mode (requires 80-column card), your file can be 24K
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or less. Freeware.
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Doc.Screener by Karl Bunker displays the strings created by DOC.GETTER in
|
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'''''''''''' 40-column mode. DOC.SCREENER.80 is the 70-column version,
|
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which requires an 80-column card. Both are freeware.
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Image2.MouseTxt by Karl Bunker is a small BASIC program that produces a
|
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''''''''''''''' chart of MouseText characters on an ImageWriter II
|
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|
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printer. Freeware.
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SCLU is a SCreen Layout Utility by Karl Bunker which lets you quickly and
|
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'''' easily design 40-column text screens, complete with MouseText if you
|
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|
|
want, and translates your design into a BASIC program to display the
|
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screen. A big time-saver. Freeware.
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SNOOPER.SYSTEM (File Snooper) by Jay Jennings lets you display
|
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"""""""""""""" AppleWorks word processing files and text files. It has a
|
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limit of 60 files per subdirectory. Requires 128K and MouseText. It's
|
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|
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labelled "public domain", but the author has left a copyright notice, so we
|
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know that he really meant freeware.
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STARTUP.F is a simple program launcher/runner. Yes, simpler even than
|
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""""""""" Koco Launcher. This one is just 4 blocks, and all it will let
|
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you do is run or launch a program. It presents a scrolling window of 12
|
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files. It will try to launch SYS files, run BASIC programs, BRUN BIN
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files, EXEC TXT files, and open directories. No author credit appears
|
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anywhere in this program, so we have to assume it's public domain.
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ST.BYE.SYSTEM (Saint's Bye) by St. John Morrison is a patch for the BYE
|
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""""""""""""" command. It makes BYE always launch a specific program on
|
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a specific volume. It includes a utility to customize ST.BYE. When using
|
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the customizer, don't use the slash (/) _at all_ when entering the volume
|
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name. Instead of "/HARD1/" or "/HARD1", just type "HARD1" and let ST.BYE
|
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|
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take care of adding the slashes. If you use a slash in the volume name,
|
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ST.BYE will refuse to accept it but it won't tell you why. Freeware.
|
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TYPE.CHANGER by Jim Mensch is another program to let you change file
|
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|
|
"""""""""""" types (but not auxtypes), and even provides a large
|
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|
|
scrolling list of popular. It works extremely smoothly for a BASIC
|
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|
|
program--it lets you move up a directory, and you can press D to cycle
|
|||
|
|
through the online volumes--and of course, since the file types it knows
|
|||
|
|
are in DATA statements, you can easily update the program. Freeware
|
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|
|
(beggarware).
|
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|
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|
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TYPEUTIL by Richard Kaapke is an extremely simple BASIC program that lets
|
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|
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"""""""" you type--that is, view--a text file. You can get a catalog of
|
|||
|
|
the active disk or directory, but that display is cleared before you get to
|
|||
|
|
type in the filename... which means you have to remember how to spell it as
|
|||
|
|
you're typing it. Still, it's free....
|
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[*][*][*]
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That's it for this month's Treasure Hunt. Next month, we'll take a
|
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|
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look at another "Very Best of A2" archive. If there's a particular archive
|
|||
|
|
you want examined, be sure to write and let me know!
|
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[EOA]
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[COM]//////////////////////////////
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COMMUNICATIONS /
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/////////////////////////////////
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A2 Internet Launch Pad
|
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""""""""""""""""""""""
|
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|
|
by Douglas Cuff
|
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[EDITOR.A2]
|
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|
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|
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|
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|
|
>>> THE INTERNET... WITH TRAINING WHEELS <<<
|
|||
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
As part of its ongoing Internet services, GEnie has created "launch
|
|||
|
|
pads" in key areas. (Hey gang... where else but on GEnie does the Apple II
|
|||
|
|
hangout qualify as a key area?) These launch pads ease you gently into the
|
|||
|
|
world of the Internet, in a slightly more organized fashion.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
More organized than _what_? Essentially, the Internet is chaos.
|
|||
|
|
That's its great strength and great beauty. Its chaos is what keeps
|
|||
|
|
newcomers away. The new launch pads attempt to organize the chaos. (Just
|
|||
|
|
a bit. The bit at the beginning.)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
The launch pad for Apple II users is located at the main A2 menu.
|
|||
|
|
Once on GEnie, you always type "A2" or "m645" to visit the area to read
|
|||
|
|
messages, download files, or join a live chat, right? Now there's a new
|
|||
|
|
option on that same familiar menu:
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
GEnie A2 Page 645
|
|||
|
|
Apple II RoundTable
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
1. A2 Bulletin Board
|
|||
|
|
2. A2 Real-Time Conference
|
|||
|
|
3. A2 Software Libraries
|
|||
|
|
4. About the A2 RoundTable
|
|||
|
|
5. A2 RoundTable News
|
|||
|
|
6. GEnie Manual for Apple II Users
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
7. Download an Apple II Automatic Navigator
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
8. Download the Latest Disk Of The Month
|
|||
|
|
9. GEnieLamp Apple II Newsletter
|
|||
|
|
10. GEnieLamp Apple II Programmers Newsletter
|
|||
|
|
11. Free LiveWire Download
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
12. Apple II Programmers RoundTable
|
|||
|
|
13. Gallery 44 Graphics Exhibit
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
14. Internet Launch Pad
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
You can see how simple it is to find and start the launch pad. Just
|
|||
|
|
type "14"! You'll see a bunch of the standard cautions, and then you'll
|
|||
|
|
see another more interesting menu:
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Table of Contents
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
1. Electronic Magazines & Newsletters (1 items)
|
|||
|
|
2. FTP Sites (7 items)
|
|||
|
|
3. Gopher Resources (4 items)
|
|||
|
|
4. Newsgroups (20 items)
|
|||
|
|
5. World Wide Web Resources (12 items)
|
|||
|
|
6. Other Collections of Resources (2 items)
|
|||
|
|
7. Wide World of General Computing (36 items)
|
|||
|
|
8. Wide World of General Computing - Newsgroups (499 items)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
These all look pretty manageable, don't they? (Except maybe that
|
|||
|
|
last one: 499 items... phew! In fact, the last two are computer-oriented,
|
|||
|
|
not Apple II computer-oriented, so just ignore them for now.) The largest
|
|||
|
|
number of items you have to deal with is 20!
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
You all know what magazines and newsletter are, so I won't
|
|||
|
|
overexplain the first item. If you make this choice, you'll be taken to
|
|||
|
|
the electronic home of Shareware Solutions II, a bi-monthly 20-page
|
|||
|
|
newsletter produced by Joe Kohn. Not only can you get information about
|
|||
|
|
Shareware Solutions here, but Joe has set up a guide to these places that
|
|||
|
|
popular with Apple II folk. It's sort of a mini-launch pad.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
The next item, "FTP Sites", is just Internet-ese for file libraries.
|
|||
|
|
Here's where you can go to download Apple II programs from the Internet.
|
|||
|
|
As of late November, you have 7 choices here, but as you'll soon find out,
|
|||
|
|
there are other places to go.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
The third item, "Gopher Resources", isn't as simply explained--but
|
|||
|
|
you'll be relieved to hear that it's easily demonstrated. Once you try a
|
|||
|
|
gopher area, you'll see it's like running a text-based file launcher.
|
|||
|
|
There's nothing to it!
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
The fourth item, "Newsgroups" points to discussion areas similar to
|
|||
|
|
the A2 RoundTable's bulletin board. You'll find lots of public messages,
|
|||
|
|
but it may seem disorganized, even chaotic, compared to A2's message area.
|
|||
|
|
Don't worry, this feeling will pass. Let's have a look at the newsgroups
|
|||
|
|
available:
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
o alt.emulators.ibmpc.apple2
|
|||
|
|
o bit.listserv.apple2-l
|
|||
|
|
o comp.answers
|
|||
|
|
o comp.binaries.apple2
|
|||
|
|
o comp.emulators.apple2
|
|||
|
|
o comp.sources.apple2
|
|||
|
|
o comp.sys.apple2
|
|||
|
|
o comp.sys.apple2.comm
|
|||
|
|
o comp.sys.apple2.gno
|
|||
|
|
o comp.sys.apple2.marketplace
|
|||
|
|
o comp.sys.apple2.programmer
|
|||
|
|
o comp.sys.apple2.usergroups
|
|||
|
|
o tri.comp.apple
|
|||
|
|
o uiuc.sys.apple2
|
|||
|
|
o zer.z-netz.rechner.apple.allgemein
|
|||
|
|
o zer.z-netz.rechner.apple.binaer
|
|||
|
|
o zer.z-netz.rechner.apple.hardware
|
|||
|
|
o zer.z-netz.rechner.apple.programmieren
|
|||
|
|
o zer.z-netz.rechner.apple.spiele
|
|||
|
|
o zer.z-netz.rechner.apple.viren
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
(Those last six groups are for the German-speaking among us, by the way.
|
|||
|
|
Remember, the Internet is global in nature. On GEnie, the vast majority of
|
|||
|
|
denizens are from North America, usually the United States. There's
|
|||
|
|
nothing that says the Internet has to be that way!)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
The fifth item, "World Wide Web Resources" will point you to many of
|
|||
|
|
the Apple II oriented electronic homes, or "home pages" on the Internet.
|
|||
|
|
If you've gotten this far, you'll have noticed that every path you follow
|
|||
|
|
seems to have other paths leading from it. Sometimes you'll find that
|
|||
|
|
following the paths leads you in a circle! Not to worry, you're not doomed
|
|||
|
|
to travel the same ground forever. Just pick a different path next time.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
If you've noticed that each link along the way leads you to different
|
|||
|
|
links, you'll understand why it's almost impossible to ever tame or
|
|||
|
|
organize the Internet. But these launch pads can help. You can always
|
|||
|
|
return here if things get confusing, and start from first principles.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
A note for the mildly advanced: When you're using the launch pad,
|
|||
|
|
you're actually running a special version of Lynx, a web-browser. Under
|
|||
|
|
normal circumstances, Lynx will let you press G to manually type the name
|
|||
|
|
of the next place you want to visit. This is not possible when using the
|
|||
|
|
launch pad, but don't be discouraged! Once you've comfortable enough with
|
|||
|
|
Lynx to try this, you should visit GEnie's main Internet area. Here you
|
|||
|
|
can use a full-fledged version of Lynx that WILL permit you to decide where
|
|||
|
|
you want to go!
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
As soon as you get to feeling overwhelmed, all you have to do to
|
|||
|
|
leave the launch pad is type "Q". You'll be returned to GEnie's A2 area.
|
|||
|
|
On familiar ground at last!
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
[EOA]
|
|||
|
|
[PMP]//////////////////////////////
|
|||
|
|
PAUG MEETING REPORT /
|
|||
|
|
/////////////////////////////////
|
|||
|
|
Report of November 1995 Meeting
|
|||
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
|||
|
|
by Douglas Cuff
|
|||
|
|
[EDITOR.A2]
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
EDITOR'S NOTE We regret that the full PAUG Newsletter is not available
|
|||
|
|
""""""""""""" this month. Instead we present a brief summary of the
|
|||
|
|
monthly PAUG meeting for November. Ray Pasold will be back
|
|||
|
|
with the PAUG newsletter next month--look for it here!
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
WHAT IS PAUG? The mission of the Planetary Apple User Group (PAUG) is to
|
|||
|
|
""""""""""""" serve as the online heart of the worldwide Apple II
|
|||
|
|
community. PAUG's goals include providing help and support for anyone who
|
|||
|
|
may not have a local user group nearby, and for user groups that want a
|
|||
|
|
virtual link to the Heart of the Apple II world. Creating a link between
|
|||
|
|
PAUG and both the online and offline user group community is one of our
|
|||
|
|
priorities. PAUG sponsorship of an online user group is focused on
|
|||
|
|
promoting the fact that the Apple II is not only still alive, but doing
|
|||
|
|
very well.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
PAUG meets the third Sunday of every month at 7:00 p.m. Eastern Time
|
|||
|
|
in the Apple II RoundTable (A2) Real Time Conference (RTC) area. Type
|
|||
|
|
"m645;2" to join in the discussion.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
[*][*][*]
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
November's PAUG meeting focussed on using the A2 with other
|
|||
|
|
platforms. Not only can you transfer data to your Apple II from a MS-DOS
|
|||
|
|
machine or a Macintosh (or vice versa), but you can create a network of
|
|||
|
|
Apple II and other computers that share the same printers and other devices
|
|||
|
|
(like CD-ROMs). The most common network is the AppleTalk network. Once
|
|||
|
|
the network is activated on your Apple II, you must also turn on file
|
|||
|
|
sharing on your Macintosh. This done, you can use your Apple II to run
|
|||
|
|
programs that are stored on the Macintosh's hard drive! (Apple II
|
|||
|
|
programs, of course, not Macintosh programs!)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Another popular issue is how to use graphics from Macintosh areas on
|
|||
|
|
the Apple II. Of course, most Mac graphic formats are not compatible with
|
|||
|
|
the Apple II, but you can run into problems with GIF graphics, even though
|
|||
|
|
they can be read on any machine. The problem arises because of the
|
|||
|
|
Macbinary header that sometimes gets attached to GIFs. To get rid of it,
|
|||
|
|
you can download the graphic using the commercial telecommunications
|
|||
|
|
software Spectrum v2.0, if you own it, or you can process the file with
|
|||
|
|
file #24744, MACBIN.BXY. After stripping the MacBinary header, you may
|
|||
|
|
need to change the filetype so that you GIF program will recognize the
|
|||
|
|
graphic.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Other gems overhead during the PAUG meeting were:
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
"The guy that made Prism lives near me but he does not like the apple
|
|||
|
|
II any more." (Heh heh heh. We know where you live, guy.)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
"Actually, I think that it would be best if GEnie was bought."
|
|||
|
|
(Finally! An optimist!)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
"You were trying to print a 3200, and that can't be done." (That
|
|||
|
|
used to be true, but John Wrenholt of Big Red Computer Club has just
|
|||
|
|
released a utility to do just that! Download file #26092, PRINT3200.BXY.)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
This month's meeting will be on Sunday, December 10, from 7 p.m. to 9
|
|||
|
|
p.m. Eastern time, and PAUG will be celebrating Sights and Sounds of the
|
|||
|
|
Season. Last year PAUG brought in several guest speakers to our December
|
|||
|
|
online meeting, and it was a rousing success! Each brought their own
|
|||
|
|
special talents to bear on demonstrating how well the Apple II family of
|
|||
|
|
computers can help you celebrate the holidays, and we barely scratched the
|
|||
|
|
surface on all the wonderful things you can do with your computer to help
|
|||
|
|
bring the holiday spirit home to those you love.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
This year, PAUG is determined to outdo itself. We've invited our
|
|||
|
|
friends from last year, and we have also uncovered some new talent as well!
|
|||
|
|
Whether your interests lay in playing (or creating!) holiday music on the
|
|||
|
|
Apple II, using Christmas and Hanukkah fonts and graphics to make cards,
|
|||
|
|
invitations, gift tags, or placecards for the holiday table, or even just
|
|||
|
|
finding neat little holiday images to bring the spirit of the season to
|
|||
|
|
your own personal computing environment, we'll have the best tips, tricks,
|
|||
|
|
and answers for you at the December PAUG meeting! Remember: Sunday,
|
|||
|
|
December 10, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. EST.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
//////////////////////////////////////// GEnie_QWIK_QUOTE ////
|
|||
|
|
/ I think somebody at the local Waldenbooks needs to /
|
|||
|
|
/ re-examine the organization scheme... /
|
|||
|
|
/ /
|
|||
|
|
/ I was browsing the self-help section and noticed a /
|
|||
|
|
/ particular title: "Surviving Schizophrenia". The title /
|
|||
|
|
/ of the book just next to it: "You Are Not Alone." /
|
|||
|
|
///////////////////////////////////////////// KEN.GAGNE ////
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
[EOA]
|
|||
|
|
[LOG]///////////////////////////////
|
|||
|
|
LOG OFF /
|
|||
|
|
//////////////////////////////////
|
|||
|
|
GEnieLamp Information
|
|||
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
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