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~ WELCOME TO GEnieLamp APPLE II! ~
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""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
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~ POLISHING GREEN APPLES: Hooked on Classics, Part 3 ~
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~ PROFILE: Randy Brandt, AppleWorks programmer ~
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~ TYPESET on DR's Examining Table ~
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~ TECH TALK: More About Apple II Hybrids ~
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~ APPLE II HISTORY: Part 19a, AppleWorks ~
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~ HOT NEWS, HOT FILES, HOT MESSAGES ~
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GEnieLamp Apple II ~ A T/TalkNET OnLine Publication ~ Vol.2, Issue 22
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Editor....................................................Douglas Cuff
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Publisher.............................................John F. Peters
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Copy-Editor...........................................Bruce Maples
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~ GEnieLamp A2Pro ~ GEnieLamp Macintosh ~ GEnieLamp TX2 ~
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~ GEnieLamp A2 ~ A2-Central ~ LiveWire (ASCII) ~ GEnieLamp MacPRO ~
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~ Member Of The Digital Publishing Association ~
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GE Mail: GENIELAMP Internet: genielamp@genie.geis.com FTP: sosi.com
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>>> WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE APPLE II ROUNDTABLE? <<<
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~ January 1, 1994 ~
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FROM MY DESKTOP ......... [FRM] HEY MISTER POSTMAN ...... [HEY]
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Notes From The Editor. Is That A Letter For Me?
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HUMOR ONLINE ............ [HUM] REFLECTIONS ............. [REF]
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Apple Pie. Telecom Training Centers.
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BEGINNER'S CORNER ....... [BEG] REAL-TIME CHATTING ...... [RTC]
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Polishing Green Apples, Part 6. WWUG Snapshot, Live!
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CowTOONS! ............... [MOO] DR'S EXAMINING TABLE .... [DRT]
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Beef Futures. Review of TypeSet.
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PROFILES ................ [PRO] TECH TALK ............... [TEC]
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Who's Who: Randy Brandt. Apple II Hybrids, Part 2.
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WWUG NEWSLETTER ......... [WWU] APPLE II ................ [AII]
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January 1994 Report. Apple II History, Part 19a.
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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
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""""""""""""""""" system to help make reading the magazine easier.
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To utilize this system, load GEnieLamp into any ASCII word processor
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or text editor. 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 re-printed
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475 enter the bulletin board and set CAT 6. Enter your REPly in TOPic 1.
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ABOUT GEnie GEnie's monthly fee is $8.95 for which gives you up to four
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""""""""""" hours of non-prime time access to most GEnie services, such
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as software downloads, bulletin boards, GE Mail, an Internet gateway,
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multi-player games and chat lines, are allowed without charge. GEnie's
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non-prime time connect rate is $3.00. To sign up for GEnie service, call
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(with modem) 1-800-638-8369. Upon connection type HHH. Wait for the U#=
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//////////////////////////////////////// GEnie_QWIK_QUOTE ////
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/ "To tell the truth, I personally learn more about the /
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/ Apple II here on GEnie's A2, and I definitely prefer the /
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/ courtesy and respect that we have here in A2 a whole lot /
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/ more than the chaos and anarchy of the Internet. But, /
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/ every day, the Internet both amazes me and amuses me. If I /
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/ were looking for some type of arcane bit of trivia on any /
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/ subject, I know I'd turn to Gopher or WAIS before I turned /
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/ anywhere else. But, if I had an Apple II related question, /
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/ I'd ask it here on GEnie's A2." /
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//////////////////////////////////////////////// J.KOHN ////
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[EOA]
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[FRM]//////////////////////////////
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FROM MY DESKTOP /
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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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>>> A MIND FOREVER FORAGING <<<
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The tale had a familiar theme, but it still unnerved me.
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Tim Rogentine was regaling the denizens of GEnie's A2 RoundTable with
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the story of an acquaintance planning to buy a new computer. Mr Rogentine
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mentioned the Apple II to this acquaintance, who responded with derisive
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laughter.
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"Do you know anything about them?" he asked.
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"Enough not to get one!" was the reply.
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"I know enough not to need to know any more" is a phrase that scares
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the willies out of me. It's the beginning of prejudice.
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Mr Rogentine's story has a happy ending, for his acquaintance was
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reasonable enough to allow him to demonstrate what an Apple IIgs can do,
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and open-minded enough to be impressed by it. Occasionally, though, you
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come up against someone incapable of understanding the difference between
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making up one's mind and closing it.
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One of my first lessons in keeping an open mind came from a digital
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watch.
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When I was in high school, my best friend and I both thought the
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digital watch was a pretty neat idea. However, my best friend preferred
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an LCD (liquid-crystal digital) display similar to the type now found on
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solar-power calculators, while I had nothing but scorn for anything but an
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LED (light-emitting diode) display of the sort that now graces our VCR and
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microwave oven. After some good-natured but heartfelt debate, we
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approached Mr Hicks, a teacher whose opinion we both respected, and laid
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the matter before him.
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"Which of the two do you prefer?" we asked.
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I was confident of a judgment in my favor, a victory. I knew I had
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right on my side.
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"Oh, a liquid-crystal display," Mr Hicks smiled at both of us.
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I was sure he had overlooked the ultimate advantage of the LED
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display. "But with LED, you can check the time in the middle of the
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night!" I insisted. (For younger readers: LCD watches have not always
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featured a night light.)
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"Yes, of course," Mr Hicks acknowledged. "That's why I have that sort
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of alarm clock. But not on my wristwatch."
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Before I could rally from my shock and offer a rebuttal (which ran, I
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believe, "Er--"), Mr Hicks distributed another of his all-friends-here
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smiles and closed the discussion by leaving us.
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I had invested too much emotional energy in my watch to abandon it on
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the spot; however, some years later I returned to a more traditional watch
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with a dial face that showed time as a kind of distance instead of a
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collection of numbers. It took a while, but I had learned a valuable
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lesson about the way people think when they are convinced they are on the
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side of the angels.
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Such people make up their minds -- and then they close them.
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Worse still are those who close their minds on the assumption that
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they have all the facts. Opinions of one's friends are not facts. One
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_own_ opinions are not facts. In short: opinion, no matter how widely
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held, is never fact.
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Apple II users are accustomed to those who only know enough not to
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want to know any more. Occasionally we even find ourselves dismissing the
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competition without examining it. Or perhaps we perform a grudging
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examination of the alternatives, paying lip-service to the idea of being
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open-minded, while determined to remain convinced that the Apple II is
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superior. "We'll give 'em a fair trial... and then we'll find 'em
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guilty!" It doesn't matter what your position is -- closing your mind will
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weaken it.
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My Apple IIgs can't do everything, but it does do everything I need it
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to, and more. This doesn't mean I refuse to recognize the utility of other
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computers; there are indeed tasks currently beyond the capacity of my IIgs.
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However, here's the nub: I don't need to do any of those things!
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Many years ago, when computers were just starting to become popular
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acquisitions, I was given sage advice: counter sales talk of what a
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computer can _do_ by reminding yourself what you was _need_ it to do. For
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some reason, people seem eager to persuade themselves that they need
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something they didn't know existed a minute before. Built-in animation
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may be impressive, but not terribly useful if you use your computer for
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word processing and telecommunications. Only once in my life have I need a
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full-featured desktop publishing program... and that was when I was
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working for a book publisher.
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The responsibility of keeping an open mind involves a lot more work
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than making a decision and sticking to it, come hell or high water... and
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of course, there are times when sticking to your decision is the Right
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Thing. But closing your mind isn't, not ever.
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Once when I was in England, I saw a poster advertising beer which
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simply consisted of the brand name and the slogan "I haven't tried it
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because I don't like it". I chuckled appreciatively.
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That was many years ago... when I was still wearing a digital watch.
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[*][*][*]
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One or two ancillary matters to deal with before I let you loose on
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this month's issue.
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First, we love for you to reprint GEnieLamp articles in your
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non-profit newsletters, but do be aware that you're required to give us
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credit. I read a lot of Apple II user-group newsletters and magazines,
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and most are scrupulous about giving credit where credit is due. Last
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month, though, I noted with some dismay that one editor had reproduced an
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article by Darrel Raines and neither mentioned its source nor printed the
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copyright information. Please... if you reprint us, give us credit. See
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the end of any issue of GEnieLamp for further information.
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Second, thanks to Peter J. Paul for responding to the November 1993
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plea of Steven Weyhrich, Apple II historian, for a copy of _Fire in the
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Valley_. Thanks also to Dan Cross, who also offered a copy.
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-- Doug Cuff
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GEnie Mail: EDITOR.A2 Internet: editor.a2@genie.geis.com
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[EOA]
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[HEY]//////////////////////////////
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HEY MISTER POSTMAN /
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Is That A Letter For Me?
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By Douglas Cuff
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[EDITOR.A2]
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o BULLETIN BOARD HOT SPOTS
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o A2 POT-POURRI
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o HOT TOPICS
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o THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE
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o MESSAGE SPOTLIGHT
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>>> BULLETIN BOARD HOT SPOTS <<<
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[*] CAT2, TOP3 .............. Computers of yesteryear
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[*] CAT5, TOP3 .............. Recommend an Apple IIgs?
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[*] CAT9, TOP5 .............. GS/OS disk cache setting
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[*] CAT10, TOP10 ............ Apple II on the Internet
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[*] CAT12, TOP6 ............. Best external speakers for IIgs
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[*] CAT17, TOP9&10 .......... lastPATCH for AppleWorks 4.01
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[*] CAT20, TOP12 ............ CD-ROM formats supported
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[*] CAT44, TOP5 ............. At the Apple auctions
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>>> A2 POT-POURRI <<<
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AREA CODE CHANGES Starting tomorrow, our area code will change from
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""""""""""""""""" (313) to (810). Actually, you will still be able to
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get through if you use (313) but you'll get a recording reminding you to
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use (810) the next time. By this time next year (313) will no longer work.
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So if you want to fax something to us, the number is (810) 774-2698.
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Our BBS number is (810) 774-2652. And our main voice number is (810)
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774-7200.
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Our toll-free order line remains unchanged at (800) 777-3642.
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(QUALITY, CAT42, TOP1, MSG:9/M645;1)
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>>>>> North Carolina has added an area code, and mine has changed:
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Eamon Adventurer's Guild
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7625 Hawkhaven Dr.
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Clemmons, NC 27012-9408
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(910)766-7490
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(T.ZUCHOWSKI, CAT16, TOP1, MSG:2/M645;1)
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BBS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM FOR SALE The following came in over the APPLE
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"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" echo on Fidonet this morning.
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Please sit down and hold on to something before reading it :)
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- cut here -
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[Apple Users Conference #5]
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From : Lance Taylor-Warren
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To : All
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Subject: Carry on a Apple II Software tradition...
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Date : 29 Nov 93 16:00
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Have I got a deal for you...
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Have you ever wanted to be your own boss? Have you often
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thought about writing your own BBS Program? Now is your chance
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to do both. I have the following for sale:
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1 - Apple IIgs ROM 03, RGB Monitor, Extended Keyboard (5mb RAM)
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1 - Apple IIgs ROM 01, Green Screen, Regular Keyboard (1.5mb+Ram)
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1 - 3.5" drive
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1 - 5.25" drive
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2 - 5.25" drives (w/ controller)
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2 - ZipGS Accelerators (8mhz & 9mhz)
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1 - Apple SCSI card1 - RAMFast SCSI card (rev c)
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1 - Seagate 43mb Hard Drive
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1 - Quantum 80mb Hard Drive
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1 - Stereo Card for GS
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1 - ProDEV DDT 16 Debugging board
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And the icing on the offer, all the source code and commercial
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distribution rights for GBBS Pro (Both ProDOS and DOS 3.3 versions)
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and the source code and distribution rights for LLUCE as it stands
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today. This means you will fully own BOTH products. I will also
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include EVERYTHING I have Apple II related. The systems will include
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everything on the hard drives. All the sources and other development
|
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stuff as well as the DPS Support BBS as it is the day of the sale.
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Also included is the index cards of all known registered owners of
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GBBS Pro.
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As you have by most likely figured out, I'm selling all my Apple
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II stuff in hopes that someone out there has the time and the
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motivation to finish LLUCE and make a run for the market that's out
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there for it. I'm tired of looking at it and would love to see
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someone else run with it.
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Our projected marketing figures for LLUCE show that is has the
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potential to make well over $100,000 once it's done. All that is
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really left to finish is the docs and the installation/configure
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program. Once someone has come up to speed on how things are setup,
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you could have a new BBS product within a month. With the rapidly
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declining prices of Apple II equipment it becomes an even better
|
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platform to use as a base for a BBS. Why tie up a Mac or a IBM to use
|
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as a BBS with that Apple II sitting in the corner collecting dust is
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just perfect for the task. So now the BIG question...
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How much do I want for everything listed above? Well, even tho
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it's worth well over $20,000. I'm willing to let it go at a fraction
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of that price to the right person. If you are interested, please
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contact me at 702-322-5533 or via the following e-mail address,
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Internet: lance@dps.com, Fidonet 1:213/312 or 1:213/0.
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Visa/MC/Discover/AMEX accepted.
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- Lance Taylor-Warren
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--- GoldED 2.42.G1125
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* Origin: Net 213 NC - Internet Gateway Reno, NV (702) 322-9796
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(1:213/0)
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- cut here -
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My comments? I'm not sure how he was expecting to make $100,000 off
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it with METAL being freeware... if it was going to make that much, why
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didn't he finish it? But then who knows...
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Dave
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(JUST.DAVE, CAT41, TOP9, MSG:141/M645;1)
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BACKDROP PATTERNS CONTEST Send us your original BackDrop patterns by
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""""""""""""""""""""""""" January 31, 1994 and we'll pick the best one.
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The winner will recieve a shiny new check for $25 (ok, it's not a lot, but
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this isn't brain surgery either folks ;-) AND you'll get your name and
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pattern published on an issue of Softdisk G-S!!!
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You can send your patterns to SOFTDISK.INC or you can mail them:
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Softdisk Publishing
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ATTN: Softdisk G-S
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606 Common Street
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Shreveport LA 71101
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Good Luck!
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(SOFTDISK.INC, CAT34, TOP15, MSG:1/M645;1)
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WORDPERFECT WASHES THEIR HANDS, THEN FLUSHES I received WPGS from a
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"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" parent of 1 of my students
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when they got a Mac. The WPGS came with manual and 4 disks. . .No program
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disk. They moved out of town. I sent in the registartion card to Utah and
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requested a backup copy. WP called me back and said they copied over all
|
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GS copies with Mac versions. No more copies available. Nice huh?
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(M.SCHOOP, CAT8, TOP8, MSG:84/M645;1)
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EASTER EGG IN APPLEWORKS 4 there's even an easter egg in AWKS 4.0 - go to
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"""""""""""""""""""""""""" the very end of the main menu Help screen and
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press OA-A...
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Udo - ... just a IIGS freak -
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(U.HUTH, CAT42, TOP29, MSG:170/M645;1)
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TRIVIA DROPS TEXT MODE I would like to know how the TRIVIA board can get
|
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"""""""""""""""""""""" away with kicking all Apple users off of TRIVIA?
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TRIVIA no longer plays in TEXT format and they do not offer front end
|
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graphic software for the Apple users IIE, IIC, or GS. They decided a couple
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of weeks ago to stop playing in TEXT mode. I complained in an e-mail to the
|
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Trivia feed back, and I will admit I called them Creeps for doing it but
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that was after I spoke with customer service and they said they could do
|
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nothing about it. The answer back to me was that they would not put text
|
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format back and that my system was obsolete and I should buy a new one.
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That they are not responsible for people who insist on keeping obsolete
|
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systems. WRONG THING TO SAY TO AN APPLE USER!. They even informed me I
|
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could buy inexpensive equipment from them. I think that the answer stunk
|
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and I almost dropped Geanie services. I decided to give it another month
|
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because Gene from the round table was supposed to get back with me, but I
|
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have not heard anything. Another person is now investigating, I think her
|
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name is Pat (I forgot to write it down). I really enjoyed playing trivia
|
|||
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and had friends that played there. It really isn't fair that TRIVIA is
|
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|
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allowed to disciminate like this. Please, the powers that be, consider
|
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|
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putting back Text mode or giving the Apple IIE & C, C+ & GS users front end
|
|||
|
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graphic software so we can fully enjoy ALL of Geanies services.
|
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PeggyTheodorakis
|
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(M.THEODORAKI, CAT3, TOP13, MSG:148/M645;1)
|
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|
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>>>>> There are a few multi-player GEnie games that require graphic front
|
|||
|
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""""" ends where none are available for the Apple II (Air Warrior and
|
|||
|
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BattleTech, I think.) But this is the first I've seen of a current game
|
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that actually removed a text version for no apparent reason.
|
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Most of the games have graphic front ends, but for the most part they
|
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aren't required. I can't think of a reason why Trivia can't be played in
|
|||
|
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straight text unless they've made some major changes.
|
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|
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If you get a response explaining their reasoning, please let us know.
|
|||
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|
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Tony Ward [via GEM 4.21/PT 3.1]
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(A2.TONY, CAT3, TOP13, MSG:151/M645;1)
|
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|
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>>>>> <Sigh> I hate this.
|
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|
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""""" No, what's going on in NTN Trivia is not a "sign of things to
|
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|
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come." We're still gung-ho on Apple II support here, and plan to be here
|
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|
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for many years to come, and we're still at work on new products for the
|
|||
|
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Apple II to make GEnie a better experience.
|
|||
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|
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Why the folks who run NTN Trivia are doing this is beyond me. I'm
|
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offended by the "obsolete computer" line myself.
|
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|
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One of the things we have trouble making people understand is that on
|
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|
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GEnie, different people run different areas. We who run the A2 RTs have
|
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|
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nothing to do at all with the people who run NTN Trivia. What they say
|
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|
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does not go for us, and vice-versa.
|
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|
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I will have a word with them about their choice of language. I can't
|
|||
|
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argue with them about their software choices; apparently they feel that
|
|||
|
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the changes they're making to their own software makes an ASCII version
|
|||
|
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undoable. I can't argue with them about that because I'm not a
|
|||
|
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programmer. But I WILL speak to them about their attitude.
|
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Dean Esmay
|
|||
|
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(A2.DEAN, CAT3, TOP13, MSG:158/M645;1)
|
|||
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|
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|
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|
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EASTER EGG IN QUICKIE Has anyone else found Quickie's Easter Egg? <G>
|
|||
|
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""""""""""""""""""""" I'm using v3.1 so I'm not sure if it works with
|
|||
|
|
earlier versions. Once you have a picture on screen (either loaded or
|
|||
|
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scanned), click on the empty space in the menu bar right of the Color menu.
|
|||
|
|
A hidden menu! Now you can change the tone of your picture from Grey to
|
|||
|
|
Brown, Green, Yellow, Red, or Blue.
|
|||
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|
|||
|
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-Ken (KEN.GAGNE, CAT40, TOP8, MSG:178/M645;1)
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
>>>>> Congratulations, Ken!
|
|||
|
|
""""" As the first user to describe the Easter Egg, you get the prize -
|
|||
|
|
specifically, a congratulatory message from me, the author. (Note
|
|||
|
|
congratulatory message on first line of this post. :)
|
|||
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|
|||
|
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I had rather hoped that people would find and enjoy this feature of
|
|||
|
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Quickie 3.1, especially since I am a great fan of toning in my own
|
|||
|
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darkroom projects. For many images, toning provides character and depth
|
|||
|
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that is just not present in a simple gray-scale picture.
|
|||
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|
|||
|
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Have fun!
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
Steve
|
|||
|
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(S.MCQUEEN1, CAT40, TOP8, MSG:179/M645;1)
|
|||
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|
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|
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|
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APPLEWORKS QUICK-DELETE FOR FILES Tonight I inadvertantly discovered
|
|||
|
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""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" "expert" mode while in the file-delete
|
|||
|
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operations. Which is to say I pressed OA-Return while a file was
|
|||
|
|
highlighted. I saw the hard drive light flash, suspected the worst and
|
|||
|
|
immediately exited to ProSel and launched the exhume utility -- which,
|
|||
|
|
thank Glen Bredon, salvaged a file that had several hours of work in it.
|
|||
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|
|||
|
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I think this is a dangerous feature, and I fear that a few people
|
|||
|
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will lose a few files because of it.
|
|||
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(D.CRUTCHER, CAT42, TOP29, MSG:224/M645;1)
|
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|
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|
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|
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DESKJET OR DESKWRITER Not quite the ONLY difference. The DeskWriter's
|
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|
|
""""""""""""""""""""" serial port only speaks at a high baud rate
|
|||
|
|
(56.6k?) meaning you need a special high-speed serial driver to use it on a
|
|||
|
|
IIGS. Also, the DeskWriter has AppleTalk capability built in (although you
|
|||
|
|
need a Mac to use this; there are no AppleTalk DeskWriter drivers for the
|
|||
|
|
IIGS). The DeskJet has a parallel interface (in addition to its serial
|
|||
|
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interface) while the DeskWriter only has the serial/AppleTalk interface
|
|||
|
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(it's one port). Finally, the DeskWriter comes with Mac drivers while the
|
|||
|
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DeskJet does not (may come with Windows drivers; dunno).
|
|||
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|
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|
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|
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The breakdown - DeskJet: IIe, IIc, IIGS with appropriate interface or cable
|
|||
|
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Works with GS/OS programs via Harmonie
|
|||
|
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Works with 8-bit programs that print plain text
|
|||
|
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or which have drivers (Publish It, AppleWorks)
|
|||
|
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Serial or parallel interface
|
|||
|
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Also the best choice for a PC
|
|||
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|
|||
|
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DeskWriter: IIGS only via serial cable
|
|||
|
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Works with GS/OS programs via Harmonie
|
|||
|
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Does not work with 8-bit programs (or any
|
|||
|
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programs which do not use the GS/OS
|
|||
|
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print manager, e.g. ORCA shell, etc.)
|
|||
|
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Also the best choice for Mac
|
|||
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|
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|
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Where I say Harmone, you can also use Independence (similar product).
|
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(QUALITY, CAT12, TOP8, MSG:203/M645;1)
|
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|
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|
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|
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PICKFONTS WORK-AROUND Pickfonts is not compatible with AppleWorks 4.0.
|
|||
|
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""""""""""""""""""""" I would assume that it will be updated. In the
|
|||
|
|
meantime, a good workaround is to create a database with three catagories.
|
|||
|
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(Font name, recno, and font code)
|
|||
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|
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|
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Place the following formula in the recno field.
|
|||
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|
|||
|
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@currecno (check the oa-f to be sure I've got it right)
|
|||
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|
|||
|
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Then put this formula in the font code field.
|
|||
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|
|||
|
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@join("<",[recno],"=",[font name],">")
|
|||
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|
|||
|
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Insert enough blank records to hold your fonts.
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
for all the fonts that reside in the superfonts standard directory,
|
|||
|
|
type it's name into the font name field. ex courier.12, courier.10...
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
If the font resides elsewhere, type the full pathname. ex
|
|||
|
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/q1/system/fonts/new.york.24
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
When the file is complete, save it as Superfonts in an easy accessble
|
|||
|
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directory.
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
Create a glossary in the word processor that lists the font name and
|
|||
|
|
returns the font code followed by a <rtn>.
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
There you have it. Pickfonts. You will need to have the database on
|
|||
|
|
your desktop when you plan to use superfonts.
|
|||
|
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(W.CARVER1, CAT42, TOP29, MSG:323/M645;1)
|
|||
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|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
WHO KILLED THE ROM 04 IIGS? One reason Apple supported the II as long as
|
|||
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""""""""" they did was that there were some VERY loyal
|
|||
|
|
people at Apple that still believed in the II -- they just happened to be
|
|||
|
|
in the minority and weren't the ultimate decision makers.
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
For example: the fabled ROM 04 GS? From what I understand it was all
|
|||
|
|
set to go into production and was killed at the VERY last minute by none
|
|||
|
|
other than Jean Louie himself. <sigh>
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
Bryan
|
|||
|
|
(SOFTDISK.INC, CAT5, TOP3, MSG:292/M645;1)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
>>>>> Forgive me, but Jean Louis had long since departed Apple when the
|
|||
|
|
""""" ROM 4 was killed. The principle person that killed off the ROM 4
|
|||
|
|
was Bob (Petute) Puette.
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
Tyler
|
|||
|
|
(A2.TYLER, CAT5, TOP3, MSG:293/M645;1)
|
|||
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|
|||
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|
|||
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|
|||
|
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>>> HOT TOPICS <<<
|
|||
|
|
""""""""""""""""""
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
QUALITY WILL NOT BUY THE APPLE II I want to lay this one to rest once and
|
|||
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" for all. There are three chances of
|
|||
|
|
Quality (or anyone else) taking over the Apple II line: slim, fat, and
|
|||
|
|
none.
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
It's not for sale. If it was, it would be priced to drive any
|
|||
|
|
potential purchaser out of business shortly (or so that the machines could
|
|||
|
|
not compete price-wise with the Macintosh, which amounts to the same
|
|||
|
|
thing).
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
Apple is going to sell us THEIR technology so we can turn around and
|
|||
|
|
compete with them? I don't think so.
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
We were able to get AppleWorks because it cost Claris basically
|
|||
|
|
nothing to give it up. (They are saving enough in tech support staff and
|
|||
|
|
getting enough in royalties to make it worth their while.) The fact that
|
|||
|
|
we are selling AppleWorks does not compete with Claris in any way; if it
|
|||
|
|
did, they never would have allowed it.
|
|||
|
|
(QUALITY, CAT5, TOP3, MSG:205/M645;1)
|
|||
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|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
WHILE AS FOR AN APPLE II POWERPC... Jerry - Could you comment on the
|
|||
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" remarks in the latest Enhance about
|
|||
|
|
Quality creating a II or IIGS emulator for the PowerPC?
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
Thanks...
|
|||
|
|
Joe Kohn
|
|||
|
|
(J.KOHN, CAT5, TOP3, MSG:206/M645;1)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
>>>>> We're looking into it. An Apple IIe emulator would probably be
|
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""""" pretty easy (actually, we'd likely try to get our hands on the
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Laser ROM code); a IIGS emulator would likely require Apple's cooperation,
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which I don't think we'll get. (We're still studying the technical
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feasibility of that one yet.) And, of course, we're testing the waters.
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If a lot of teachers tell us they'll buy such a thing, it would make us a
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lot more interested in doing it. B)
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I'm dubious it will come to pass. But then, I felt the same way
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about the AW4 deal with Claris, so I've been wrong before. B)
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(QUALITY, CAT5, TOP3, MSG:207/M645;1)
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AUCTION REPORTS I know there is supposed to be a place to put
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""""""""""""""" information about the auctions but I can't find it. So
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if this message needs to be moved, please do so.
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I want to let everyone who might be attending any future Apple
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Auctions to get the word out loud and wide NOT to keep bidding up. It
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makes not sense bidding up for items because then everyone pays a higher
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price.
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I got a IIgs, with a color monitor with a Superdrive (is that just a
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regular 3.5 drive or is it the 1.44 drive?) for $350. I thought that that
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was a good deal.
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This is the way the auction works:
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There is a list of items to be auctioned off and the list just keeps
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getting repeated throughout the day with a different number of units
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available each time around.
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Here is a list of items and their prices the third time around:
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Quadra 950 8 MB Ram, 400 M HD 2/ 16" RGB, extended keyboard : $ 3950
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Quadra 700 4 meg ram, floppy same RGB and kb as above : $ 2400
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Mac II vx 4/230 14" color monitor : $ 1300
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Mac II vx 4/80 14" color monitor : $ 1000
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Powerbook 170 (didn't get the price)
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Powerbook 165 120 hd : $ 1550
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PBook 160 120 hd : $ 1350
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PBook 160 80 HD : $ 1150
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PBook 145 80 HD : $ 1050
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PBook 145 40 HD (all Pbooks w/ 4meg ram) : $ 950
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PBook duo 210 80 HD w/ floppy adapter & floppy drive : $ 1050
|
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II si, 3M ram, 40 HD, 12" Mon and standard Kb : $ 800
|
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Laserwriter IIF : $ 825
|
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Laserwriter IIg : $ 1000
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Mac Classic II 4 mg ram, 40 HD : $ 525
|
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IIgs RGB Monitor w/ 1 Superdrive : $ 350
|
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Personal Laserwriter LS : $ 375
|
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Select 310 Laserwriter : $ 700
|
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Color Printer : $ 400
|
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Color Scanner : $ 800
|
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CD Rom 150 Drive : $ 150
|
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They had other a few other items but I was unable to get those prices.
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These were the prices for individual units. The prices when sold in lots
|
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of 10 or more were lower. I was going to buy the CD Rom drive but two
|
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people told me that the price was too high by about $50. Given some of the
|
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bidding I saw and the prices, I wonder if Apple or the auction company had
|
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some plants. I saw a few people who keep their cards up on a lot of items
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until the price got to a certain point then never bid on the item again and
|
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did not take any items. Wierd!
|
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Sorry for the long message but I wanted to let people who were
|
|||
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planning on attending any future Apple auctions to know what the going
|
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prices were, at least in New England. (RON.ROYER, CAT2, TOP4,
|
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MSG:355/M645;1)
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>>>>> Here is a list of the things auctioned off in Boston and the
|
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""""" prices as the day went on and different lots were reoffered:
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Quadra 950, 8mb Ram, 400mb HD $4,750 $3,950 $3,850 $3,900 $3,800 $3,700
|
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w/ 16" monitor & Ext Keyb
|
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Quadra 700, 4 mb Ram, Floppy $2,400
|
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Drive, monitor & keyb
|
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Power Book 170, 4R, 40 HD $1,400
|
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PB 165, 4R, 120 HD $1,550 $1,450
|
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PB 160 4R, 120 HD $1,350 $1,350
|
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PB 160 4R, 80 HD $1,250
|
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PB 145 4R, 80 HD $1,050 $975
|
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PB 145 4R, 40 HD $950 $925
|
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PB Duo 210, 4R, 80HD, $1,050
|
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w/ Floppy adp & drive
|
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IIsi, 3R, 40HD, 12"Mon, std Ky $800 $700 $575 $675 $700
|
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|
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LW II F $825 $850 $675 $700 $700
|
|||
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LW II G $1,000 $1,000 $1,000 $1,050
|
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Classic II, 4R, 40HD $525 $525 $425 $500 $525
|
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IIGS Mon, Super Drive $350 $375 $300 $300 $300
|
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Personal LW w/ Accs Kit $375 $400 $400 $425 $400
|
|||
|
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Select 310 LW $700 $625 $650
|
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|
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Color Printer $400 $375 $350 $350
|
|||
|
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Color Scanner w/ accs kit $800 $800 $800
|
|||
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CD rom 150 ROM $250 $175 $150 $140 $130 $140
|
|||
|
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Apple Speakers (pair) $115 $110
|
|||
|
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16" RGB monitor $800 $800 $775 $775
|
|||
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|
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I missed a couple of prices here than there that's why the blanks.
|
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The kidneys only last so long. Also the back in those fold up chairs.
|
|||
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|
|||
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My feeling was about the best price you were going to get was
|
|||
|
|
wholesale. There was quite a few dealers there and if the prices were to
|
|||
|
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low they would keep bidding because it was a real good buy and where
|
|||
|
|
trying to get the merchandise for there business. Once the price was no
|
|||
|
|
long attractive the buyers would stop buying and the general public took
|
|||
|
|
over. There was around 4,000 bidders there.
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
A good example of this was the MAC Classic at $425. Normally with the
|
|||
|
|
price was in the $500 range and a lot of different people bought them at
|
|||
|
|
this price. But the classic was bid on right after a comment from the
|
|||
|
|
Ross-Davis people that no one was bidding up prices and they didn't care
|
|||
|
|
what the prices were. This was in a direct response to a flyer passed
|
|||
|
|
around saying Ros-Davis was trying to artificially inflate the prices
|
|||
|
|
either in their own interests or Apple's interest. (I don't feel that was
|
|||
|
|
happening) The bid on the Classic stopped at $425 and everyone was all
|
|||
|
|
set to get a great price, but low and behold when the auctioneer asked the
|
|||
|
|
high bidder how many machines he wanted the bidder replied "all of them".
|
|||
|
|
No doubt a buyer who also knew a good price.
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
I think the individual buyer some times got caught up in the heat of
|
|||
|
|
the auction and where not using there head. A lot of the time there were
|
|||
|
|
hundreds of the items being bid and the price was bid to high by some one
|
|||
|
|
and there ended up only be a few items sold and the rest ended up being
|
|||
|
|
sold in large lots. Also people had there minds set on a particular
|
|||
|
|
product and paid the price.
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
I sat next to a guy who wanted a Quadra but he had gotten a quote from
|
|||
|
|
a local dealer several hundred dollars less than what the machines went
|
|||
|
|
for.
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
Probably on the best bargains were the GS's. It was a Rom 3 machine
|
|||
|
|
with keyboard, mouse, monitor AND they were giving you a Super drive for
|
|||
|
|
the 3.5" drive (no 5 1/4). If I had known they were giving the super
|
|||
|
|
drive I would have bought a couple more than the one I did buy. Parts
|
|||
|
|
alone are worth a couple hundred dollars more than that. Live and learn.
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
All in all it was an interesting experience. I bought another GS, a
|
|||
|
|
Mac IIvx and a cd rom player. I was happy with what I paid and got, just
|
|||
|
|
wish I had bought a couple more GS's. I'd have my own network in the
|
|||
|
|
house. Now I have to figure out how to network the ones I have.
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
(___)
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
Buzz \/\/. _|_ enjoy vino
|
|||
|
|
(W.WALLING1, CAT44, TOP5, MSG:26/M645;1)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
>>>>> I hit the auction in Herndon today. It never fails to amaze me
|
|||
|
|
""""" what a**holes people are. People were bidding against each other
|
|||
|
|
to get one machine that were in lots of 100+, even when they knew the high
|
|||
|
|
bidder wouldn't take them all. The prices were outrageous! Apple
|
|||
|
|
Computer made a bundle. They should probably think about getting rid of
|
|||
|
|
their dealer network and just hold about 6 auctions a year. :) Some of
|
|||
|
|
the audience had flyers from local sellers. The prices in the flyers were
|
|||
|
|
often considerably less then what the stuff went for at the auction. They
|
|||
|
|
did sell over 400 IIGS's at the auction though. That puts more out there
|
|||
|
|
for our developers to reach!! I got one on the next to last lot (5th) for
|
|||
|
|
$370. Not bad for a new ROM 3 with RGB monitor and SuperDrive.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
I got my GS on the 5th lot and didn't wait to see what the last lot
|
|||
|
|
went for. Can you believe that people were buying GS's for $575 and $550
|
|||
|
|
?? They sold a bunch at that price too! I wonder how many of them went
|
|||
|
|
home and were suprised that a GS isn't a model of Macintosh. :)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
\\ ,;\\,, "It's better to be a big fish in a small pond
|
|||
|
|
\\\;;::::::::::o:. than a small fish in the ocean"
|
|||
|
|
/^^"""//////::::::< -Rod
|
|||
|
|
(J.NICOLETTE1, CAT44, TOP5, MSG:37/M645;1)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
>>>>> I bought 3 ROM 3 IIGSs with RGB and SuperDrives and two CD-150s. I
|
|||
|
|
""""" bought the IIGS's for $400.00 and the CD-150s for $140.00. I had a
|
|||
|
|
blast. Tony from AllTech was there. He was the only person there I had
|
|||
|
|
seen before. Tony was buying up the large lots of IIGSs.
|
|||
|
|
__
|
|||
|
|
/ \
|
|||
|
|
\__/ 3 GS.Ozoneman - IIGS Infinitum!
|
|||
|
|
(GS.OZONEMAN, CAT44, TOP5, MSG:42/M645;1)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
>>>>> Now THAT is really encouraging! Maybe we'll see his IIgs Portables
|
|||
|
|
""""" after all! (Sign me up, Tony!)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|||
|
|
-(+)-
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|||
|
|
...Will
|
|||
|
|
(W.NELKEN1, CAT44, TOP5, MSG:46/M645;1)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
>>>>> Was Tony Diaz the guy sitting towards the back of the room? Kind
|
|||
|
|
""""" of ethnic looking and sort of nervous. At one point did he buy a
|
|||
|
|
balance of a GS lot that included 18?
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
We (Apple II users) should have met at one place in the auction room.
|
|||
|
|
One of us could have brought a sign that said something like "Apple II
|
|||
|
|
Users Meet Here!" or something. That would have been cool.
|
|||
|
|
(J.NICOLETTE1, CAT44, TOP5, MSG:45/M645;1)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
>>>>> Yes, that was him. I was setting right across from him with my
|
|||
|
|
""""" wife. I wish we Apple II users had meet in one place. If not to
|
|||
|
|
do anything but meet the people we talk to online everyday. 8-)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
He told me that he had been to all three of the Ross-Dove Actions, so
|
|||
|
|
that most likely was him. When I talked to him he told me he had 800 IIGSs
|
|||
|
|
in a warehouse back home. 8-) His portable was back in his hotel room.
|
|||
|
|
He offered to let me come by and see it, but I had to get back on the road
|
|||
|
|
after the auction for the 6 hour drive back home.
|
|||
|
|
(GS.OZONEMAN, CAT44, TOP5, MSG:50/M645;1)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
AUCTIONS END The party's over. There were only three Apple auctions.
|
|||
|
|
"""""""""""" I called Ross-Dove to ask about what will happen to
|
|||
|
|
whatever's left, and left a message, but they didn't return my call (I'm
|
|||
|
|
not too surprised). I suppose:
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
1) Apple will decide to hold another auction sometime in the future
|
|||
|
|
2) Apple will take a steam roller and roll over whatever's left
|
|||
|
|
3) Apple might take back whatever's left to keep a small inventory
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Someone better check the dumpsters in Herndon, VA, site of the last
|
|||
|
|
auction. :(
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
__!__
|
|||
|
|
| Terrell Smith
|
|||
|
|
| tsmith@ivcfnsc.fullfeed.com
|
|||
|
|
(T.SMITH59, CAT44, TOP5, MSG:55/M645;1)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
>>>>> No WAY. They'll probably wind up with Sun Remarketing.
|
|||
|
|
"""""
|
|||
|
|
(GARY.UTTER, CAT44, TOP5, MSG:57/M645;1)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
LASTPATCH CONTROVERSY I talked with John Link today to inquire about the
|
|||
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""" lastPATCH arrangements. He explained that
|
|||
|
|
initially he was only going to release it on his own SuperStuff bulletin
|
|||
|
|
board. Then, persuaded by his good friendship with John Connelly, he
|
|||
|
|
conceded to letting John release it in his NAUG area on AOL, and granted
|
|||
|
|
NAUG the rights to duplicate the disk for their members.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
So this did not start off as an anti-GEnie move at all, and was only
|
|||
|
|
released to AOL and NAUG after some hefty negotiations with a good friend.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
lastPATCH is a freeware gift from John to the Apple II community in
|
|||
|
|
appreciation for the interest and support of the past. It represents about
|
|||
|
|
forty hours of work and is thoroughly copyrighted. lastPATCH is an
|
|||
|
|
AppleWorks 4.0-specific patch program offering the following options:
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
1. No return after pressing the number of the menu selection (hot keys).
|
|||
|
|
2. Defeat automatic form feed in Apple-H screen dumps.
|
|||
|
|
3. Overstrike cursor instead of insert at startup.
|
|||
|
|
4. Change error tone on any Apple II.
|
|||
|
|
5. Change "Do you really (etc)" to "Really?"
|
|||
|
|
6. Change "Type entry (etc)" to "Enter any d*** thing you want".
|
|||
|
|
7. Change "Preloading AppleWorks" message to anything you want.
|
|||
|
|
8. Move Apple-Q Menu to upper right corner.
|
|||
|
|
9. MouseText marks instead of text arrows in all menus.
|
|||
|
|
10. Change "Carefully saving" message to anything you want.
|
|||
|
|
11. Change "Path" to MouseText.
|
|||
|
|
12. Change "Subdirectory" to MouseText.
|
|||
|
|
13. Change "Disk" to MouseText.
|
|||
|
|
14. Change "Disk volume" to MouseText.
|
|||
|
|
15. Change "More" to MouseText down arrows.
|
|||
|
|
16. Reverse all "No/Yes" queries to "Yes/No".
|
|||
|
|
17. Change <cr> character to MouseText bent arrow.
|
|||
|
|
18. Customize Page Break lines as MouseText.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
John wants everyone to know that the program is available for a phone
|
|||
|
|
call to the SuperStuff bulletin board at 1-616-381-1726. I'm not certain
|
|||
|
|
yet if it is now available on the following boards, but it is expected to
|
|||
|
|
be:
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
John Connelly's BBS (1-313-421-9144)
|
|||
|
|
NAUG's BBS (1-615-359-8238)
|
|||
|
|
Quality Computers' BBS (1-313-774-2652)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
It is about a 3-minute download. At the right hour, that call should
|
|||
|
|
cost less than mailing a disk for a copy from a friend.
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
|
|
|||
|
|
-(+)-
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|||
|
|
...Will
|
|||
|
|
(W.NELKEN1, CAT17, TOP10, MSG:46/M645;1)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
>>>>> > Has anyone flamed-out long enough to call John Link and ask him
|
|||
|
|
""""" > to reconsider?
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
I wrote him a letter, but not to ask him to reconsider or to ask him
|
|||
|
|
why. Whether his program is on GEnie or not is none of my business or
|
|||
|
|
concern. I did ask about some personal business, then lamented the lack of
|
|||
|
|
DeskJet documentation on the AppleWorks 4.0 disk. In case anyone has been
|
|||
|
|
on another planet, the reason we now have DeskJet Drivers built in to
|
|||
|
|
AppleWorks 4.0 is thanks to John Link. The reason we don't know how to use
|
|||
|
|
them is because nobody thought to include documentation other than the
|
|||
|
|
Ctrl-A and other commands added by Randy.
|
|||
|
|
(B.CADIEUX, CAT17, TOP9, MSG:194/M645;1)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
DISCPASSAGE CD-ROM QUERIES > do the DiscPassage format CD ROMs work the
|
|||
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""""""" > same on a GS with discQuest as they do on
|
|||
|
|
> whatever platform they were "designed for"?
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Yes, and in some cases, better (the PC version of the software really
|
|||
|
|
bites).
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
> And will the package work with the Apple HS SCSI card, or do I need a
|
|||
|
|
> RAMFast?
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Yes. Only an Apple CD-ROM drive will work with the HS SCSI card, but
|
|||
|
|
that onfiguration is fully supported by discQuest.
|
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Jawaid
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|||
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(PROCYON.INC, CAT20, TOP12, MSG:83/M645;1)
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APPLEWORKS 4.01 UPDATES GOOF <Sigh> Apparently, in the fray of stuffing
|
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"""""""""""""""""""""""""""" all of those little white mailers, we ran
|
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|
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out of disks and one of the assembly line folks ran back to the duplicator
|
|||
|
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for a new set of disks. Sadly, they must have picked up a box slated for
|
|||
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re-duplication that contained v. 4.0 instead of the newly duplicated 4.01
|
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disks. We think this only affects a small number of the updates sent out.
|
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It would help us out a lot if any of you could report the version
|
|||
|
|
number of AppleWorks that you get when you get this update. It comes in a
|
|||
|
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small white mailer, and it should arrive at your doors anytime from today
|
|||
|
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till mid next week.
|
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Needless to say, we extend our apologies for the mixup.
|
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(W.ARCHER2, CAT42, TOP29, MSG:265/M645;1)
|
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|
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|||
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OUTLINER FOR AW4 DELAYED I had hoped to finish Outliner by Christmas, but
|
|||
|
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"""""""""""""""""""""""" it's becoming obvious that it won't be done
|
|||
|
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until 1994 (maybe not started until then). AfterWork is getting close, but
|
|||
|
|
I haven't been able to work on it for a few days. I hope to get back to it
|
|||
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tomorrow, and I expect we'll be shipping before Christmas.
|
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(BRANDT, CAT42, TOP29, MSG:313/M645;1)
|
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|||
|
|
RECORDING MACROS IN AW4 Three or so people have mentioned limited
|
|||
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""""""""""""""""""""""" recording. As Steve pointed out, that's because
|
|||
|
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you're using the default set, which only has a handful of bytes free,
|
|||
|
|
thanks to Steve packing it full of features. You can remove the macros you
|
|||
|
|
don't need and then recompile and resave the default to leave free space,
|
|||
|
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or if you just want easy playback of temporary keys, use macro 0.
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
The reason you can't use OA-X to replace an existing macro is because
|
|||
|
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of the way commands like "next", "rpt" and "()x" work. This change was made
|
|||
|
|
in AW 3 with Ultra 4 to allow maximum speed and to eliminate the old
|
|||
|
|
problems with some "bad" numbers causing problems inside of loops. You can
|
|||
|
|
record over any temporary recorded macros, but macros which were compiled
|
|||
|
|
and are part of the set can't be replaced by OA-X.
|
|||
|
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(BRANDT, CAT42, TOP29, MSG:335/M645;1)
|
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|
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>>> WHAT'S NEW <<<
|
|||
|
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""""""""""""""""""
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
SPECTRUM SHIPS! Spectrum is a new graphics-based telecommunications
|
|||
|
|
""""""""""""""" program written specifically for the Apple IIgs. It uses
|
|||
|
|
the standard Apple IIgs "desktop interface" so it's easy to learn and use.
|
|||
|
|
And you don't need to sacrifice speed or features.
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
Spectrum supports baud rates from 50 to 57,600 and includes many file
|
|||
|
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transfer protocols (including Zmodem and CompuServe B+, both of which
|
|||
|
|
support auto- receiving and auto-resuming interrupted file transfers).
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
A powerful, yet easy to use, scripting language lets Spectrum be
|
|||
|
|
tailored specifically for individual use. Scripts can do almost anything,
|
|||
|
|
ranging from emulating a bulletin board to the daily automatic logging,
|
|||
|
|
sending and retrieving of mail.
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
A rich text editor is built-in for convenience (supports text,
|
|||
|
|
TeachText, and AppleWorks Classic file formats).
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
Spectrum requires System 6.0 (or later) and is compatible with The
|
|||
|
|
Manager v1.1 (not available yet).
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
The retail price of Spectrum is $129.95.
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
Special Introductory Offer Through January 31, 1994 Spectrum is available
|
|||
|
|
'''''''''''''''''''''''''' at the VERY special introductory price of only
|
|||
|
|
$50 plus $3.50 shipping and handling. To order call 904-575-0566, M-F, 9-5
|
|||
|
|
ET, or just submit your order via e-mail (provide your name, address, phone
|
|||
|
|
number, and Visa/Mastercard/Discover number with expiration date).
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Thanks, --Dave
|
|||
|
|
(SEVENHILLS, CAT43, TOP15, MSGS:1&2/M645;1)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
<<<<< ARRRRGGG! Well, after creating the master Spectrum disks we did a
|
|||
|
|
""""" test Install to make sure the Installer scripts were working right.
|
|||
|
|
Sure enough they did and SP ran on our system. HOWEVER, our system already
|
|||
|
|
had a required file installed...Spectrum REQUIRES the "Hierarchic" INIT,
|
|||
|
|
but this file was overlooked in our installation scripts, and it is not
|
|||
|
|
included on either Spectrum disk.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
SO, unless you already have Hierarchic (from owning Kangaroo, TransProg,
|
|||
|
|
The Manager, or Super Menu Pack) this means you will not be able to run
|
|||
|
|
Spectrum until you get Hierarchic. :( I will upload a copy of Hierarchic
|
|||
|
|
into the A2 libraries and post the file number when I do. In the meantime
|
|||
|
|
you can download Hierarchic (along with some extra tech info) from the
|
|||
|
|
A2Pro library:
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Type: M530;3 (A2Pro software library)
|
|||
|
|
Then select option 6 (download a file)
|
|||
|
|
Then specify file number 3552
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
I really apologize for this major oversight.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Thanks, --Dave
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
P.S. All disks shipped on 12/17/93 or later have this problem corrected.
|
|||
|
|
(SEVENHILLS, CAT43, TOP15, MSG:10/M645;1)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
DANGEROUS BUG CONFIRMED IN HARDPRESSED There have been a few (two or
|
|||
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" three) cases where somebody has
|
|||
|
|
reported that HardPressed + LZSS has flat-out trashed their files. I've
|
|||
|
|
gone around in circles trying to duplicate it, but wasn't able to.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Well, finally somebody determined that if you use a profile that
|
|||
|
|
compresses everything with the unlikely combination of differential + LZSS
|
|||
|
|
+ adaptive Huffman (supposedly great for MODs), compressing and
|
|||
|
|
uncompressing the same file a couple of times will leave you with a hosed
|
|||
|
|
file. Guess what, I made it happen. :-(
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
The fix required is a replacement LZSS module, which I will upload as
|
|||
|
|
soon as I verify that I haven't introduced any new problems. I'll be
|
|||
|
|
sending a copy of it immediately to everybody who has had problems with it
|
|||
|
|
before (assuming I still have their e-mail addresses), so they can verify
|
|||
|
|
that the problems are gone.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
In the mean time, turn "verify" on. It WILL catch any problems with
|
|||
|
|
LZSS trashing a file. The nature of the bug is such that, if you haven't
|
|||
|
|
seen any problems before now, you probably won't, but there's no telling
|
|||
|
|
whether adding a new INIT to the system will shift things around enough.
|
|||
|
|
The bug has been in there since HP v1.0, and VERY few people have reported
|
|||
|
|
problems.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
I'm glad we finally got this one... I've been worried about these
|
|||
|
|
mysterious file trashings.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
- Andy
|
|||
|
|
(FADDEN, CAT37, TOP3, MSG:151/M645;1)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
>>> THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE <<<
|
|||
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
NO GENIE MASTER FOR APPLEWORKS 4? There is a legal holdup right now, so I
|
|||
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" can't say when, if ever, we'll be
|
|||
|
|
releasing an update to GEM to work with Appleworks 4. There's not much
|
|||
|
|
more I can say about it at the moment.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Dean Esmay
|
|||
|
|
(A2.DEAN, CAT29, TOP3, MSG:74/M645;1)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
NEW COPILOT SCRIPTS BEGIN _SERIOUS_ BETA Okay, it's time for plan B.
|
|||
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
The ProTerm scripts, while very CLOSE to being ready, just won't be
|
|||
|
|
in shape for a 12/22 release.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
The modified Installer (to handle Spectrum) is ready, but has not had
|
|||
|
|
ANY Beta testing, which makes it a very iffy proposition to haul off and
|
|||
|
|
attempt to produce a new version of CoPilot based on it by 12/22.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
SO, here is what we are going to do.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
On 12/22 I will upload the new scripts for TIC and Spectrum, complete
|
|||
|
|
with all files needed to run Spectrum/CoPilot as an OPEN BETA. That means
|
|||
|
|
that we have already run a Beta cycle, and things look pretty good, but we
|
|||
|
|
are going to use y'all for guinea pigs for a couple of weeks.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
The new PT scripts will also go up, with installation instructions,
|
|||
|
|
as Open Beta, as soon as they are ready. (Very soon, but NOT on 12/22.)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
After those of you who choose to download them and use them for a
|
|||
|
|
couple of weeks, and after we have thoroughly tested the other stuff we
|
|||
|
|
need to include, we will THEN put together a new release of CoPilot.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
This will allow us to put out a better product in the long run.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Those of you who don't HAVE CoPilot should hold off for a few weeks
|
|||
|
|
longer and download the new version when we have it all complete. (That is
|
|||
|
|
a VERY strong suggestion...)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Those of you who are getting Spectrum, and want to use it with
|
|||
|
|
CoPilot, will need to download CoPilot and install it for use with TIC,
|
|||
|
|
then download the new Spectrum scripts and install them over the files you
|
|||
|
|
just installed. I'll give instructions here for anyone who needs thme.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Gary R. Utter (GARY.UTTER, CAT29, TOP13, MSG:84/M645;1)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
HARDWARE MYSTERY UNDER WRAPS Joachim Lange (J.Lange7) of SHH Systeme has
|
|||
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""" contacted me to handle doing some beta
|
|||
|
|
testing of a new peripheral for the Apple //e and //GS that is in the final
|
|||
|
|
phases of development. I now know exactly what this product is, and what
|
|||
|
|
hardware it supports (and is capable of supporting). There isn't (to my
|
|||
|
|
knowledge) any product currently available for the Apple // series that
|
|||
|
|
does what this card does, or even comes close to it. I believe that it will
|
|||
|
|
be of great use to many Apple //e and //GS users (myself included) once it
|
|||
|
|
has passed some further real world testing and has had some further
|
|||
|
|
development work done on the associated driver code (which exists but needs
|
|||
|
|
some minor work done to fully support the capabilities of the hardware). I
|
|||
|
|
expect to have a beta revision of this hardware in my hands soon, along
|
|||
|
|
with the source code for the drivers. When this "vaporware" is firmly in my
|
|||
|
|
hands (err... in my //GS :), I'll post a message confirming it's arrival.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
-Harold
|
|||
|
|
(using the new CoP/TIC scripts :)
|
|||
|
|
(H.HISLOP, CAT2, TOP4, MSG:118/M645;1)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
>>>>> > BTW, my guess is a device to use ISA cards in a GS. I've been
|
|||
|
|
""""" > told Derek Taubert is working on one, too.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Derek would like to, but I have him quite busy working on something
|
|||
|
|
else that will make FAR more money :-)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Jawaid
|
|||
|
|
(PROCYON.INC, CAT13, TOP23, MSG:26/M645;1)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
>>>>> Joachim gave a few hints in this topic a few messages back - was
|
|||
|
|
""""" last week if I remember correctly. He said: what can be connected
|
|||
|
|
to this gizmo is usually cheap(er) and you can connect more than one.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Udo - ... just a IIGS freak -
|
|||
|
|
(U.HUTH, CAT13, TOP23, MSG:57/M645;1)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
>>>>> The clues thus far,
|
|||
|
|
"""""
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
> what can be connected to this gizmo is usually cheap(er) and you
|
|||
|
|
> can connect more than one.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
> There isn't (to my knowledge) any product currently available for
|
|||
|
|
> the Apple // series that does what this card does, or even comes
|
|||
|
|
> close to it.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
> development work done on the associated driver code (which exists
|
|||
|
|
> but needs some minor work done to fully support the capabilities of
|
|||
|
|
> the hardware). I
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Usaully cheaper; existing driver code. The only thing I can come up
|
|||
|
|
with is a card that allows you to use 1.2 and 1.4 drives. They are the
|
|||
|
|
only periphral that is cheaper and we already have 5.25 and 3.5 drivers.
|
|||
|
|
(J.FENSKE2, CAT13, TOP23, MSG:64/M645;1)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
WAITING SIGNATURE UPGRADE AND Q-FAX We'd hoped to have some Signature
|
|||
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" upgrade or other by now, but D. Proni
|
|||
|
|
(the program's author) had his hands more than full with his own company,
|
|||
|
|
Econ. If we can get Q Fax finished up, maybe then we can start looking at
|
|||
|
|
some new features for Signature. B)
|
|||
|
|
(QUALITY, CAT42, TOP2, MSG:76/M645;1)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
MULTI-LINE BBS FOR THE IIGS? > I think that most sysop's whould jump on
|
|||
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""" > that wagon, if the option for a multiline
|
|||
|
|
> BBS's systems got serius.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
The existing GS hardware permits at least a 3-node BBS: two incoming
|
|||
|
|
data lines and one local login. When my GS was at 8 MHz, it handled a
|
|||
|
|
simultaneous console login and dialup login at 2400 bps very easily. I
|
|||
|
|
doubt that a second 2400 dialup would affect performance noticeably. The
|
|||
|
|
GNO serial drivers are quite efficient, so I would be interested in seeing
|
|||
|
|
how fast I push both serial ports at the same time, while logged in myself.
|
|||
|
|
(B.TAO, CAT13, TOP23, MSG:38/M645;1)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
>>>>> One of the reasons Andrew (Roughan) and myself wrote Eclipse
|
|||
|
|
""""" (BBS package with language), was to everntually get a multi-line BBS
|
|||
|
|
running, on ONE machine. I believe it is possible, although in those days
|
|||
|
|
the line speeds were slow enough to alow multi-threading etc. without the
|
|||
|
|
user noticing any slow downs. I don't have GNO, so I don't know how it
|
|||
|
|
performs, but a custom threader...
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
If anyone is interested, drop me some mail. We may just continue from
|
|||
|
|
where we left off.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Regards,
|
|||
|
|
Richard
|
|||
|
|
(RICHARD.B, CAT13, TOP23, MSG:61/M645;1)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
WILD RUMOR DEPARTMENT You know, I heard someone say that Apple Inc. has
|
|||
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""" just came out with another new computer. But this
|
|||
|
|
one is different. It's a 486 clone???
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
If this is true, then their either desperate for $$$ or they don't
|
|||
|
|
have much faith in the Macs!
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Tim Rogentine
|
|||
|
|
(T.ROGENTINE1, CAT5, TOP3, MSG:245/M645;1)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
IIGS STEREO GIZMO I'm wondering...
|
|||
|
|
""""""""""""""""" How many people here would be intrested in an
|
|||
|
|
inexpensive (under $30.00 + shipping) gizmo that would provide two (stereo)
|
|||
|
|
"line level" outputs from the GS?
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
This would require an external amplifier and speakers (or cables to
|
|||
|
|
your stereo system) to complete the setup. Absolutely no adjustments,
|
|||
|
|
simply plug it onto the Molex connector (next to the Ensoniqs chip) and
|
|||
|
|
hook up the cables.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
If only so-so intrested, say so here, if _really_ intrested, and
|
|||
|
|
willing to commit to a purchase, say so in e-mail. If enough people commit
|
|||
|
|
to purchase, I'll start making them. (NO up-front money is being asked
|
|||
|
|
for!)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
If a "poor mans digitizer" is also desired, I can add that to the
|
|||
|
|
design fairly easily, guestimate another $5.00. (you supply a mike, or
|
|||
|
|
other audio source)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
-Harold
|
|||
|
|
(Running the NEW CoP/TIC scripts)
|
|||
|
|
(being released RSN :)
|
|||
|
|
(H.HISLOP, CAT12, TOP26, MSG:26/M645;1)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
$200 REWARD FOR PRINT SHOP/HP UTILITY Regarding the offer of a reward for
|
|||
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" a Print Shop driver, utility,
|
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program or whatever that will allow printing of Print Shop generated
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letterheads, greeting cards, signs, etc to Hewlett-Packard brand
|
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printers...
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The reward has been doubled, and it now stands at $200!
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Softdisk Publishing has agreed to match the $100 reward offered by
|
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Shareware Solutions II.
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I'm sure Softdisk will post some type of offical press release in
|
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their category, and print their offer in an upcoming issue of Softdisk.
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In any case, Shareware Solutions II would like to offer a great big
|
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thank you to Softdisk Publishing (THANK YOU Lee, Bryan and Dean) for your
|
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additional and continued support!
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Joe Kohn (J.KOHN, CAT28, TOP4, MSG:109/M645;1)
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>>>>> How about really sweeting the pot? I will contribute $20.00 bucks
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""""" to the reward. I am sure that there are others out there willing
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to put up $20.00 for such a desparately needed "shareware solution." How
|
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about it folks. Maybe if we have a big enough reward, it will get done a
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lot quicker!
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Pax! -=-Plato-=-
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(A.HUTCHINSON, CAT28, TOP4, MSG:114/M645;1)
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>>> MESSAGE SPOTLIGHT <<<
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"""""""""""""""""""""""""
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Category 28, Topic 4
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Message 365 Sat Dec 04, 1993
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L.DEVRIES [Lloyd] at 08:29 EST
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I've suggested this to Quality Computers and I'll suggest it here: I
|
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think we're all miss the bulk of current Apple II users.....teachers. I
|
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don't think most subscribe to on-line services or Apple magazines and
|
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|
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newsletters. I don't think they know the rest of us exist, or that there
|
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|
|
is any place to buy anything for the Apple II's any more. Every classroom
|
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in my sons' elementary school has a IIe; none of their teachers yet has
|
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|
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known where she can get software.
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So, if I were promoting an Apple II publication or service, I'd
|
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advertise and publicize in teachers' publications. There are two national
|
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|
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unions (the National Education Association and the American Federation of
|
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|
|
Teachers), and I'm sure each has its own publication for its members. Most
|
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|
|
stations have a state union (a branch of NEA, probably), and each probably
|
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|
|
has ITS own publication. Then there are the local newsletters (where I
|
|||
|
|
grew up, it was the "Ossining Teachers Association.") And of course
|
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|
|
professional journals.
|
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|
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|
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What this means is that an advertiser like Joe (or QC or anyone else)
|
|||
|
|
could start with some of the smaller, cheaper publications and build up to
|
|||
|
|
the bigger ones. Publication advertising is usually less expensive than
|
|||
|
|
direct mail.
|
|||
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|
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|
|
<<<Lloyd>>>
|
|||
|
|
[*][*][*]
|
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|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
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.
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
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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|
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|
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|
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|
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[EOA]
|
|||
|
|
[HUM]//////////////////////////////
|
|||
|
|
HUMOR ONLINE /
|
|||
|
|
/////////////////////////////////
|
|||
|
|
Apple Pie
|
|||
|
|
"""""""""
|
|||
|
|
By Steven Weyhrich
|
|||
|
|
[S.WEYHRICH]
|
|||
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|
|||
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|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
(profuse apologies to Don McLean)
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
A long, long time ago,
|
|||
|
|
I can still remember how those programs
|
|||
|
|
Used to make me smile.
|
|||
|
|
And I knew if I had my chance,
|
|||
|
|
That I could make those users dance
|
|||
|
|
And maybe they'd be happy for a while.
|
|||
|
|
November breezes made me shiver
|
|||
|
|
With every upload I'd deliver
|
|||
|
|
Bad news on the desktop
|
|||
|
|
I couldn't make the text stop.
|
|||
|
|
I can't remember if I cried
|
|||
|
|
When I read about our faltered pride
|
|||
|
|
But something touched me deep inside
|
|||
|
|
The day
|
|||
|
|
the IIe
|
|||
|
|
died.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
So, bye, bye to my Apple II pie
|
|||
|
|
Hooked my RamFAST to the SCSI
|
|||
|
|
But the SCSI was fried
|
|||
|
|
And hackin' boys drank Mountain Dew and sighed,
|
|||
|
|
Typin' "This'll be the day that I die.
|
|||
|
|
This'll be the day that I die."
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Do you know your Apple's core?
|
|||
|
|
Do you have faith in Woz's lore
|
|||
|
|
If the Red Book tells you so?
|
|||
|
|
Do you believe in ROR and ROL
|
|||
|
|
Can BASIC save your mortal soul
|
|||
|
|
And can you tell me why Pascal runs so slow?
|
|||
|
|
Well, I know you love that Lisa hack
|
|||
|
|
'Cause I saw you mousin' in the back
|
|||
|
|
Well, MacWrite was big news
|
|||
|
|
But AppleWorks got great reviews, oooh
|
|||
|
|
I was a twenty-something computer fan
|
|||
|
|
With a loaned assembler and some program plans
|
|||
|
|
But I knew I'd be just an "also-ran"
|
|||
|
|
The day the IIe died.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
I started singin'
|
|||
|
|
Bye, bye to my Apple II pie
|
|||
|
|
Hooked my RamFAST to the SCSI
|
|||
|
|
But the SCSI was fried
|
|||
|
|
And hackin' boys drank Cola Jolt and sighed,
|
|||
|
|
Typin' "This'll be the day that I die.
|
|||
|
|
This'll be the day that I die."
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Now for twelve years we've been on our own
|
|||
|
|
The software comes on my telephone
|
|||
|
|
But that's not how it used to be
|
|||
|
|
When ol' Steve Jobs planned a brand new box
|
|||
|
|
With designs he borrowed from Xerox
|
|||
|
|
And the cash, well it came from you and me
|
|||
|
|
Oh, and while our Woz was looking down
|
|||
|
|
Steve Jobs stole his designer's crown
|
|||
|
|
The /// plan was adjourned
|
|||
|
|
No money was returned
|
|||
|
|
And while Wagner wrote "Assembly Lines"
|
|||
|
|
We liked our BASIC programs fine
|
|||
|
|
And most thought ProDOS was devine
|
|||
|
|
The day the IIe died.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
We were singin'
|
|||
|
|
Bye, bye to my Apple II pie
|
|||
|
|
Hooked my RamFAST to the SCSI
|
|||
|
|
But the SCSI was fried
|
|||
|
|
And hackin' boys drank Dr. Pepper and sighed,
|
|||
|
|
Typin' "This'll be the day that I die.
|
|||
|
|
This'll be the day that I die."
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
HUFFIN, PUFFIN, move files with MUFFIN
|
|||
|
|
Single drive, lots of disks I'm stuffin'
|
|||
|
|
Eight piles high, and fadin' fast...
|
|||
|
|
With Macs out landing in the grass
|
|||
|
|
The Pirates tried for a forward pass
|
|||
|
|
Moving IIe to the sidelines, in a cast
|
|||
|
|
Now, the IIc Fair was sweet perfume
|
|||
|
|
And "Forever!" was our marching tune
|
|||
|
|
We all got up to dance
|
|||
|
|
Oh, but we never got the chance
|
|||
|
|
'Cause the Mac-heads tried to take the field
|
|||
|
|
Our Apple II's refused to yield
|
|||
|
|
Do you recall what was revealed
|
|||
|
|
The day the IIe died?
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
We started singin'
|
|||
|
|
Bye, bye to my Apple II pie
|
|||
|
|
Hooked my RamFAST to the SCSI
|
|||
|
|
But the SCSI was fried
|
|||
|
|
And hackin' boys drank Diet Pepsi and sighed,
|
|||
|
|
Typin' "This'll be the day that I die.
|
|||
|
|
This'll be the day that I die."
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
And there we were all in one place
|
|||
|
|
An online conference lost in space
|
|||
|
|
With no bucks left to start again
|
|||
|
|
So come on, Tom be nimble, Tom be quick
|
|||
|
|
Uncle-DOS made all our Apples tick
|
|||
|
|
'Cause Merlin is the hacker's only friend
|
|||
|
|
Oh, and as I watched him on the stage
|
|||
|
|
My hands were clenched in fists of rage
|
|||
|
|
No one that I could tell
|
|||
|
|
Could break that Sculley's spell
|
|||
|
|
And as the flames climbed high into the night
|
|||
|
|
To light the sacrificial rite
|
|||
|
|
I saw Sculley laughing with delight
|
|||
|
|
The day the IIe died
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
He was singin'
|
|||
|
|
Bye, bye to my Apple II pie
|
|||
|
|
Hooked my RamFAST to the SCSI
|
|||
|
|
But the SCSI was fried
|
|||
|
|
And hackin' boys drank lemon tea and sighed,
|
|||
|
|
Typin' "This'll be the day that I die.
|
|||
|
|
This'll be the day that I die."
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
I met a girl who sang of Blues
|
|||
|
|
And I asked her for some Apple news
|
|||
|
|
But she just smiled and turned away
|
|||
|
|
I went to the computer store
|
|||
|
|
Where I'd seen the Apple years before
|
|||
|
|
But the man there said the IIe couldn't play
|
|||
|
|
And in the schools the children screamed
|
|||
|
|
The teachers cried and the hackers dreamed
|
|||
|
|
But not a word was spoken
|
|||
|
|
The disk drives all were broken
|
|||
|
|
And the news mags that I'd liked the most
|
|||
|
|
Softalk, inCider -- were all toast
|
|||
|
|
They'd grabbed the last train for the coast
|
|||
|
|
The day
|
|||
|
|
the IIe
|
|||
|
|
died
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
And they were singin'
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Bye, bye to my Apple II pie
|
|||
|
|
Hooked my RamFAST to the SCSI
|
|||
|
|
But the SCSI was fried
|
|||
|
|
And hackin' boys drank Snapple soda and cried,
|
|||
|
|
Saying, "This'll be the day that I die.
|
|||
|
|
This'll be the day that I die."
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
They were singin'
|
|||
|
|
Bye, bye to my Apple II pie
|
|||
|
|
Hooked my RamFAST to the SCSI
|
|||
|
|
But the SCSI was fried
|
|||
|
|
And hackin' boys drank Snapple soda and cried,
|
|||
|
|
Saying, "This'll be the day that I die.
|
|||
|
|
This'll be
|
|||
|
|
the day
|
|||
|
|
that I die."
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
|||
|
|
(c) Copyright 1993 by Steven Weyhrich
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
[EOA]
|
|||
|
|
[REF]//////////////////////////////
|
|||
|
|
REFLECTIONS /
|
|||
|
|
/////////////////////////////////
|
|||
|
|
Thinking About Online Communications
|
|||
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
|||
|
|
By Phil Shapiro
|
|||
|
|
[P.SHAPIRO1]
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
>>> SOME THOUGHTS ABOUT TELECOM TRAINING CENTERS <<<
|
|||
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Our society values learning enough that we spend 200 billion dollars
|
|||
|
|
each year on our public school system. Likewise, in the interest of
|
|||
|
|
promoting learning, we subsidize a large and robust public library system.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
As we walk through the portals of the information age, thoughtful
|
|||
|
|
people have been spending time thinking about the role that government and
|
|||
|
|
industry can play in helping bring more of our nation's population online.
|
|||
|
|
What types of social institutions can we construct that can help people
|
|||
|
|
learn how to use communications software? Learn how to use bulletin
|
|||
|
|
boards? Learn how to use the national information services? And learn
|
|||
|
|
how to use the Internet?
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Currently, just a small fraction of the nation's population is
|
|||
|
|
online. This fact is drive home by considering that fewer than 10 percent
|
|||
|
|
of all home computers are connected to a modem. Furthermore, market
|
|||
|
|
studies have shown that the penetration of personal computers in the home
|
|||
|
|
is approximately 35 percent of the nation's households. Taking one tenth
|
|||
|
|
of 35 percent yields a paltry 3.5 percent.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
The bare truth is that the vast majority of the nation's population
|
|||
|
|
is not yet online. It behooves the nation as a whole to work vigorously to
|
|||
|
|
train our fellow citizens in basic telecommunications skills. The more
|
|||
|
|
people that can be reached online, the more each one of us can benefit
|
|||
|
|
from communicating with them.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
I can recall distinctly my own first faltering forays into the online
|
|||
|
|
world. A leader in my local user group, Ken DeVito, spoke in an animated
|
|||
|
|
voice about connecting up his computer to the online networks. This kind
|
|||
|
|
fellow generously offered to take phone calls at his house to help people
|
|||
|
|
get connected up themselves.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
After buying a modem and communications software, I hesitantly called
|
|||
|
|
Ken at his home. Having heard that telecommunications can be a complicated
|
|||
|
|
subject I went out of my way making sure I had my modem and communications
|
|||
|
|
software all set up correctly. Cautiously, timidly, I made my first phone
|
|||
|
|
call. Lo and behold, the word CONNECT bounced up onto my screen.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
I imagine that most of us who are already online had similar help and
|
|||
|
|
encouragement from friends and colleagues the first few times we went
|
|||
|
|
online. That type of informal learning was fine in the 1980s when online
|
|||
|
|
communications was largely the province of computer hobbyists. But as we
|
|||
|
|
plunge headlong into the information age, the time is long overdue for our
|
|||
|
|
society to set up more formal channels for teaching online communications
|
|||
|
|
skills. We cannot continue to rely on the goodwill of the Ken DeVitos of
|
|||
|
|
the world to help everyone get connected.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
What existing social institutions are best suited to take up this
|
|||
|
|
task? Schools, for sure, can help train our younger population. User
|
|||
|
|
groups, certainly, can help give online demonstrations and tutorials at
|
|||
|
|
their meetings.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
But neither schools nor user groups are equipped to handle the huge
|
|||
|
|
numbers of people we need to train. The most suitable social institution
|
|||
|
|
to help train our nation's populace is public libraries.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Public libraries already have a mandate to promote the dissemination
|
|||
|
|
of knowledge and information. Calling upon our libraries to help train our
|
|||
|
|
nation in online skills makes even more sense when you consider the great
|
|||
|
|
overlap between basic telecommunications skills and basic research skills.
|
|||
|
|
The skills of searching and capturing information from an online database
|
|||
|
|
is closely parallel to the skills of searching and capturing information
|
|||
|
|
from a CD-ROM database.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
While public libraries serve as the perfect venue for training
|
|||
|
|
sessions in online communications skills, no one for a moment would think
|
|||
|
|
that libraries have the funds to initiate such services on their own. What
|
|||
|
|
is obviously needed is a partnership between the private and public sectors
|
|||
|
|
to help bring telecommunications skills to the masses.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Phone companies, naturally, can play an important role in giving
|
|||
|
|
reduced rates for the installation of new phone lines in libraries. All
|
|||
|
|
that would be needed would be about eight to ten new phone lines for each
|
|||
|
|
library. Computer manufacturers should obviously step forward to make
|
|||
|
|
donations of computer hardware for telecom training purposes. These
|
|||
|
|
donated computers need not be an onerous expense since low-end computer
|
|||
|
|
systems work perfectly fine for telecommunications purposes.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Modem manufacturers, obviously, have a social duty to make their
|
|||
|
|
immensely useful devices available for use at library training centers.
|
|||
|
|
Here again, the low-end slower modems serve eminently well for training
|
|||
|
|
purposes.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
It goes without saying that the national information services should
|
|||
|
|
step forward to donate accounts that could be used in training centers.
|
|||
|
|
Many of the national information services have probably already given
|
|||
|
|
thought to how they could help support publicly funded telecom training
|
|||
|
|
centers.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Larger software publishers could step in to provide communications
|
|||
|
|
software and general financial support for the training centers. Mitch
|
|||
|
|
Kapor, Steve Wozniak, and other luminaries in the computer world have
|
|||
|
|
already taken bold steps to promote social causes with the Electronic
|
|||
|
|
Freedom Foundation. The participation and support of these luminaries
|
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would go far in making the training centers successful social institutions.
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Finally, the public sector can assist by providing tax incentives to
|
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the phone companies, computer companies, modem manufacturers, national
|
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information services, and software companies that donate in-kind goods or
|
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services to the telecom training center. The public sector could also help
|
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with the issuance of "Online Citizen" certificates for those persons who
|
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show mastery of basic telecommunications skills.
|
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Few North Americans are aware that the public library systems in the
|
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United States and Canada are held up as model systems in other nations
|
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around the world. Early in our two country's histories the people of our
|
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nations gave strong support to funding and promoting schools and libraries.
|
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For the good of our nations, we need to take the next step to help
|
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bring more of our citizens online. The time for a public/private
|
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|
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telecommunications skills initiative is long overdue. For the good of our
|
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nations, we need to create social institutions that can take over the
|
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supportive role of those who helped get the first 3.5 percent of us online.
|
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After we're able to get the first 10 percent online, the momentum will
|
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be strong enough that we can pull another 50 percent online before the turn
|
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of the century. And with 60 percent of the population online by the year
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2000, our countries will then be well positioned to move forward with the
|
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exciting possibilities of the information age.
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-Phil Shapiro
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[*][*][*]
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The author takes a keen interest in the social dimensions
|
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of communications technology. He can be reached on GEnie
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at P.SHAPIRO1; on Internet at: p.shapiro1.genie.geis.com;
|
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on America Online at: pshapiro
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[EOA]
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[BEG]//////////////////////////////
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BEGINNER'S CORNER /
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/////////////////////////////////
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Polishing Green Apples
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""""""""""""""""""""""
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By Steve Weyhrich
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[S.WEYHRICH]
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>>> HOOKED ON CLASSICS (Part 3) <<<
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"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
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STILL MORE CONTROL PANEL BASICS Yes, we are STILL slogging our way
|
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|
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""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" through the IIgs CDA Control Panel. This
|
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|
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month, as you look at ways to lose that holiday weight, pay those holiday
|
|||
|
|
bills, and shovel that holiday snow, why not take a break and join me as we
|
|||
|
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learn about "Options" (ROM 01), or "Keyboard"/"Mouse" (ROM 03). Scrape the
|
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|
|
ice off your monitor, and turn on that heater (this time of year it would
|
|||
|
|
probably be NICE to have a Pentium-based computer; they generate a LOT of
|
|||
|
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heat... :-) )
|
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|
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|
|||
|
|
KEYBOARD/OPTIONS Here is another difference between the ROM 01 and ROM 03
|
|||
|
|
"""""""""""""""" versions of the Apple IIgs. At this point in the CDA
|
|||
|
|
Control Panel, the ROM 01 version is called "Options", and the ROM 03
|
|||
|
|
version is called "Keyboard". They look something like this when you
|
|||
|
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select them:
|
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|
|||
|
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(ROM 01) (ROM 03)
|
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|
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Control Panel Control Panel
|
|||
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|
|||
|
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Options Keyboard
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
~ Display Language: U.S.A. ~ Display Language: U.S.A.
|
|||
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~ Keyboard Layout: U.S.A. ~ Keyboard Layout: U.S.A.
|
|||
|
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~ Keyboard Buffering: No ~ Keyboard Buffering: No
|
|||
|
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~ Repeat Speed: |------*--------| ~ Repeat Speed: |------*--------|
|
|||
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~ Repeat Delay: |-------*-------| ~ Repeat Delay: |-------*-------|
|
|||
|
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~ Double Click: |-------*-------| ~ Cursor Flash: |-------*-------|
|
|||
|
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~ Cursor Flash: |-------*-------|
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
-Advanced Features- -Advanced Features-
|
|||
|
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Shift Caps/Lowercase: No Shift Caps/Lowercase: No
|
|||
|
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Fast Space/Delete Keys: No Fast Space/Delete Keys: No
|
|||
|
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Dual Speed Keys: Normal Dual Speed Keys: Normal
|
|||
|
|
High Speed Mouse: No
|
|||
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|
|||
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|
|||
|
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Select <- -> V ^ Cancel: Esc Save <-|
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
(The "Double Click" and "High Speed Mouse" entries for the ROM 01
|
|||
|
|
version will be discussed below.)
|
|||
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|
|||
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|
|||
|
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Display Language/Keyboard Layout The intent of the top two entries,
|
|||
|
|
'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' Display Language and Keyboard Layout,
|
|||
|
|
was to simplify the manufacture and use of the IIgs for foreign countries.
|
|||
|
|
Older models of the Apple II would require a different character generator
|
|||
|
|
chip for each country where it was sold, to account for local differences
|
|||
|
|
in characters (for example, in Great Britain the character produced with a
|
|||
|
|
Shift-3 was the British stylized "L", for "pound", whereas here in the
|
|||
|
|
U.S. Shift-3 produces an octothorpe, which looks like the tic-tac-toe
|
|||
|
|
board). Manufacturing and stocking all these different ROM chips increased
|
|||
|
|
the cost of producing the computer. To have it built into the IIgs,
|
|||
|
|
selectable through this Control Panel, simplified things considerably. A
|
|||
|
|
separate keyboard is still necessary to be consistent with regional
|
|||
|
|
differences around the world, and the Keyboard Layout needs to be adjusted
|
|||
|
|
to match the type of keyboard that has been connected. In any case, the
|
|||
|
|
modular design of the IIgs still makes that easier than on previous models
|
|||
|
|
of the Apple II.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
If you make changes in the Display Language you will see some unusual
|
|||
|
|
characters substituted for characters like "{", "\", and so on. For users
|
|||
|
|
in the U.S. this would be primarily a curiosity; however, if you are
|
|||
|
|
developing software that might be used by IIgs owners in other parts of the
|
|||
|
|
world, you should change the Display settings to ensure that you are not
|
|||
|
|
using some characters that will not show properly with other language
|
|||
|
|
layouts. (AppleWorks, for instance, may not show proper screen characters
|
|||
|
|
with certain features when other Display Languages are selected).
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
One of the other uses of the Keyboard Layout would be to change from
|
|||
|
|
the standard (also called "Sholes" or "QWERTY") keyboard to the Dvorak
|
|||
|
|
system. This takes the arrangement of the letters on the keyboard and
|
|||
|
|
moves them into something that can be much faster to use--once you become
|
|||
|
|
accustomed to it. All of the most frequently used characters in English
|
|||
|
|
are placed in the home row (where it currently holds "ASDFGH", etc.). If
|
|||
|
|
you make this change and don't change the keycaps on the keyboard, you will
|
|||
|
|
find that typing a "D" causes an "E" to appear on the screen.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
I actually changed my Apple IIc keyboard layout years ago (via the
|
|||
|
|
"Keyboard" switch in the upper left corner) to the Dvorak layout, and used
|
|||
|
|
a typing program called MasterType to teach myself to use it. And I do
|
|||
|
|
admit that my typing began to get faster and a little more accurate.
|
|||
|
|
However, using a Dvorak keyboard is like being left-handed in a
|
|||
|
|
right-handed world. If the ONLY keyboard you are ever going to use is YOUR
|
|||
|
|
keyboard, you'll have no problems, once you get used to Dvorak. But since
|
|||
|
|
there was a Dvorak keyboard at home, and a QWERTY keyboard at work, my
|
|||
|
|
brain became too confused to keep making the switches, and so I went back
|
|||
|
|
to the old standard.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
On the IIc it was not TOO much trouble to pop the caps off of all the
|
|||
|
|
keys and rearrange them into the Dvorak layout. However, I've never tried
|
|||
|
|
this on my IIgs, and do not know how difficult it would be. If you want to
|
|||
|
|
make this change, just be careful not to FORCE anything as you try to
|
|||
|
|
remove the keycaps. If you break something, you'll probably have to pay
|
|||
|
|
SOMEONE to have it repaired (or replaced).
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Keyboard Buffering Keyboard buffering allows the user to continue typing
|
|||
|
|
'''''''''''''''''' while the computer is busy doing something else, and
|
|||
|
|
will save up the keystrokes until the program running is again ready to
|
|||
|
|
accept them. I have not personally seen that this works very well in the
|
|||
|
|
programs that I regularly use. IBM-type computers seem to buffer up nearly
|
|||
|
|
EVERY keystroke that is entered, regardless of what else the system is
|
|||
|
|
doing. If you know ahead of time which type of keystrokes will be needed
|
|||
|
|
to carry out a certain function, this can be a time saving feature.
|
|||
|
|
However, the IIgs buffer doesn't seem to be designed the same way, and you
|
|||
|
|
will just have to try it out yourself to see if having this turned on helps
|
|||
|
|
out in YOUR situation.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Repeat Speed/Repeat Delay Repeat Speed and Repeat Delay refer to the
|
|||
|
|
''''''''''''''''''''''''' auto-repeat of keys pressed on the keyboard. On
|
|||
|
|
the Apple II Plus, a separate key was included on the keyboard to allow a
|
|||
|
|
key that was held down to repeat. On the IIe and IIc, an AUTOMATIC repeat
|
|||
|
|
is built-in; if you press the "A" key and hold it down, it eventually
|
|||
|
|
begins to repeat and continues to do so until the key is released. The
|
|||
|
|
IIgs does the same thing, but lets you modify it to suit your style. The
|
|||
|
|
Repeat Speed is a relative measure of how fast the repeated keypresses are
|
|||
|
|
generated, and the Repeat Delay refers to how long a wait there is until a
|
|||
|
|
pressed key begins to repeat. If you are a heavy-fingered typist and have
|
|||
|
|
the Repeat Delay turned down too low, you may find some accidental
|
|||
|
|
repeeeeeeeeetition of some keypresses. If you don't like the default
|
|||
|
|
settings for these options, play with them until you find something more
|
|||
|
|
suitable.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Cursor Flash This should be self-explanatory. If that pulsating cursor
|
|||
|
|
'''''''''''' is not at a speed that seems comfortable for you, use this
|
|||
|
|
to make it faster or slower.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Shift Caps/Lowercase The various advanced features in this next section
|
|||
|
|
'''''''''''''''''''' of the Control Panel are primarily for those who
|
|||
|
|
have become very accustomed to the feel of the keyboard, and want to work a
|
|||
|
|
bit faster. Shift Caps/Lowercase changes the function of the Caps Lock key
|
|||
|
|
slightly. When this feature is set to "No", the keyboard will generate
|
|||
|
|
uppercase letters when the either the Caps Lock key or the Shift key is
|
|||
|
|
down. If this feature in the Control Panel is set to "Yes", the Caps Lock
|
|||
|
|
key will still cause letters on the keyboard to come out as uppercase;
|
|||
|
|
however, pressing the Shift key while the Caps Lock key is DOWN will cause
|
|||
|
|
letters to come out in lower case. In other words, the Caps Lock key will
|
|||
|
|
now change the function of the Shift key--but for the letters A-Z ONLY.
|
|||
|
|
Other characters on the keyboard (such as numbers and the symbols on the
|
|||
|
|
number keys) will STILL require the Shift key be pressed to generate them.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Fast Space/Delete Keys, Dual Speed Keys These features allows more rapid
|
|||
|
|
''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' movement of the cursor if the
|
|||
|
|
Control key is pressed along with certain other keys. If Fast Space/Delete
|
|||
|
|
is set to "Yes", Ctrl-Delete causes the Delete key to erase text twice as
|
|||
|
|
fast as other keys repeat, and Ctrl-Space causes you to insert spaces twice
|
|||
|
|
as fast. When Dual Speed Keys is set to "Fast", Ctrl-Up, Ctrl-Down,
|
|||
|
|
Ctrl-Left, and Ctrl-Right (arrow keys) will move the cursor twice as fast
|
|||
|
|
as usual. If the Repeat Speed setting further up in this Control Panel is
|
|||
|
|
set to the top speed possible, these particular features will appear to do
|
|||
|
|
nothing, since it will not repeat faster than the fastest speed.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
MOUSE On the ROM 03 IIgs, the ability to make the keyboard simulate mouse
|
|||
|
|
""""" movements was built into the firmware code. This was intended to
|
|||
|
|
make it easier for handicapped users who could not easily use a mouse still
|
|||
|
|
handle software that needed one. Because of this, the mouse-related items
|
|||
|
|
in this Control Panel were moved to a separate entry, which looks like
|
|||
|
|
this:
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
(ROM 03)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Control Panel
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Mouse
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
~ Mouse Tracking: |*-------------|
|
|||
|
|
~ Double Click : |-------*------|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
-Keyboard Mouse-
|
|||
|
|
~ Delay To Start: |-------*------|
|
|||
|
|
~ Acceleration : |-------*------|
|
|||
|
|
~ Maximum Speed : |--------*-----|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Select <- -> V ^ Cancel:Esc Save: <-|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Notice that the setting in the ROM 01 version (under "Options") calls
|
|||
|
|
Mouse Tracking a "High Speed Mouse". Setting that option to "Yes" makes
|
|||
|
|
any movement of the mouse on your table top to cause the cursor on the
|
|||
|
|
screen to move twice as far as usual. On the ROM 03, you have some finer
|
|||
|
|
control over the specifics of the mouse tracking.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
With enhancements the in System Software made available in System 6,
|
|||
|
|
the distinction between a ROM 01 and ROM 03 became less apparent, as now
|
|||
|
|
BOTH versions of the IIgs can make mouse movements accessible to
|
|||
|
|
handicapped users that cannot handle a standard mouse. However, if a
|
|||
|
|
program that does not run under GS/OS (or under System 6) needs this type
|
|||
|
|
of access, a ROM 03 GS will still be necessary.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Double Click items are present with both versions of the IIgs
|
|||
|
|
firmware. The Double Click control adjusts how quickly two clicks must be
|
|||
|
|
made in order to be properly registered by programs that use them for
|
|||
|
|
shortcuts (such as selecting and launching a program from the Finder). If
|
|||
|
|
your double clicks aren't always being accepted, you may have this set too
|
|||
|
|
high or too low for the speed you use. Try adjusting it and see what works
|
|||
|
|
better for you.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
The remaining items are specific for the keyboard mouse feature. This
|
|||
|
|
is activated by pressing the Open-Apple (Command) and Shift keys at the
|
|||
|
|
same time, and then pressing and releasing the Clear key. After you've
|
|||
|
|
done this, the numeric keypad can be used to control the position of the
|
|||
|
|
cursor on the screen, and the center key ("5") [15is used to] simulate the
|
|||
|
|
button on the mouse. Other features involved in controlling the keyboard
|
|||
|
|
mouse can be found in the ROM 03 IIgs Owner's Reference or the System 6
|
|||
|
|
User's Reference.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Back to the Mouse Control Panel: Delay To Start is similar to the
|
|||
|
|
Repeat Delay on the Keyboard Control Panel; this refers to how long the
|
|||
|
|
keypad keys have to be held down before the mouse cursor will move.
|
|||
|
|
Acceleration controls the speed at which the mouse cursor moves under
|
|||
|
|
keyboard control, and Maximum Speed refers to how fast the cursor moves.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
As mentioned above, if you are running System 6.0 or 6.0.1, you have
|
|||
|
|
these features available on ANY version of the IIgs. The adjustable
|
|||
|
|
Control Panel settings would not, of course, be available from this CDA
|
|||
|
|
Control Panel. Instead, a ROM 01 user will need to access the NDA Control
|
|||
|
|
Panel (from the Apple in the upper left corner) in a GS/OS program, and
|
|||
|
|
make the changes in how the keyboard mouse works from there.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
NEXT MONTH Well, the heater finally kicked in, and my monitor is not
|
|||
|
|
"""""""""" fogging up any more from the melted ice. We are approaching
|
|||
|
|
the end of this examination of the Control Panel Classic Desk Accessory.
|
|||
|
|
Communication with your printer and modem like you've never seen it before,
|
|||
|
|
RS-232 serial interfaces, and more--next time, on "Polishing Green Apples"!
|
|||
|
|
Don't miss it!!
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
[*][*][*]
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Steve Weyhrich is a family physician from Omaha, Nebraska.
|
|||
|
|
He has been using Apple II computers since 1981, and writing
|
|||
|
|
about them since 1990. He follows closely the events that
|
|||
|
|
continue to shape the destiny of the legendary Apple II and
|
|||
|
|
IIgs computers, and writes a monthly column called the "A2
|
|||
|
|
News Digest" for A2-Central disk magazine. He is also the
|
|||
|
|
author of the "Apple II History", available on fine BBS's
|
|||
|
|
everywhere. Add water and simmer until well done.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
[EOA]
|
|||
|
|
[RTC]//////////////////////////////
|
|||
|
|
REAL TIME CHATTING /
|
|||
|
|
/////////////////////////////////
|
|||
|
|
WWUG Snapshot, Live!
|
|||
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""
|
|||
|
|
By Gina E. Saikin
|
|||
|
|
[A2.GENA]
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
[ The World Wide Apple II User's Group meets every Sunday. This month, we
|
|||
|
|
though it would be fun to present you with the highlights of the WWUG
|
|||
|
|
meeting, live, as they happened. There's only space for a short extract
|
|||
|
|
with featured guest Jerry Kindall of Quality Computers, so drop in on the
|
|||
|
|
WWUG meeting this Sunday to find out just how widely the conversation
|
|||
|
|
ranges! -- Ed. ]
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Room 1, Bewitched, Bothered & Bewildered
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Notice on door: Come on in..new? Never fear...we'll help you unlock the
|
|||
|
|
secrets of A2 & GEnie with a few swipes of his magic lamp! Don't
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forget...starting at 4 p.m. eastern, will be our 3rd meeting of the
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WWUG...featuring AppleWorks 4.0!
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[ We join this RTC in progress -- Ed. ]
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<[Carl] C.MANUELIAN1> I started with an AII + in 79
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<[GEna] A2.GENA> I've got about 3-4 working II+'s in my basement... plus a
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LOT of software, and other parts...
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<[Paul] PMP> didn't get my ][+ until 82
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<[Carl] C.MANUELIAN1> I still have programs on CASSETTES!
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<[GEna] A2.GENA> This is stuff from A2.Susan's store...over the next
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several Sat's (after the holidays), I'm going to be taking a box at a time,
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inventorying it, and then posting it up in the bb
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<[Paul] PMP> but its an OLD ][+... a reconditioned ][
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<[GEna] A2.GENA> Wow, Carl! Those ARE old...they're antiques!
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<[Paul] PMP> oh, I actually have OFFICIAL Apple cassettes... like Hoppalong
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Cassidy, Lemonade Stand, etc
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<[Carl] C.MANUELIAN1> My gs cant load them and I sold my old IIe. I should
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have put them on disk
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<[GEna] A2.GENA> Well...would they work on a II+?
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<[Carl] C.MANUELIAN1> Yes--They were written on a II+
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<[GEna] A2.GENA> i.e., you culd use the II+ to transfer them over to disk?
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I would suspect they're old dos3.3 programs, right?
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<[Carl] C.MANUELIAN1> I never thought of trying that
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<[Paul] PMP> no o/s at all if they're on tape...
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<[GEna] A2.GENA> Carl...someone with more expertise than I would have to
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say if it would work, but...
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<[Carl] C.MANUELIAN1> Tey were written before DOS 3.3. THey work with
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original ROM Applesoft
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<[Paul] PMP> i used to save my BASIC and machine language programs on
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cassette... used to mess up all the time, which annoyed me to no end then I
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took the leap and spend $350 + $99 for the controller for a 5.25" disk
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drive...
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<[Carl] C.MANUELIAN1> I would just start up the computer and cue up the
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cassette and type load
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<[GEna] A2.GENA> You could pose this ? in the bb... cat 2, topic 4
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** <QUALITY> is here.
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<[GEna] A2.GENA> Hi, Jerry!
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<[Paul] PMP> Greetings, Jerry. How's it going?
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<[Jerry] QUALITY> Hi all
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<[Carl] C.MANUELIAN1> HI Jerry
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<[GEna] A2.GENA> So, shall we begin? Jerry, I'm going to make a few
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announcments, then give it over to you. Since there's not a crowd, I don't
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think listen-only is necessary...
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<[Jerry] QUALITY> Oh, OK
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<[Carl] C.MANUELIAN1> Jerry--Love Quality--Thanks for your Apple II support
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<[Jerry] QUALITY> Announce away. (Thanks, Carl.)
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<[Fred] F.GREATOREX> Hello Jerry.
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<[GEna] A2.GENA> Alright...as you know, WWUG was the brainchild of Lunatic,
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while we were sitting in a dorm room at kfest...and as Jeff and myself were
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the leaders of the BBB, we were appointed to get this group off it's feet.
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We figured that getting Apple II support out there was becoming more
|
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andmore difficult, so we'd try to help with an online support group!
|
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Our first area is "What's New in Appledom" -
|
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As we all know...AW4.0 is now shipping and becoming very popular. In
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a few moments, Jerry here will be telling us all about it!
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Also, Spectrum is soon to come off the drawing board and into
|
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production...it's a desktop communciations program...will undoubtedly
|
|||
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please those who use Manager and SwitchIt on a regular basis!
|
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|||
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ANSITerm has come out with a new version, which will be shipping
|
|||
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soon. Paul didn't stick around too long for me to have him tell us a
|
|||
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little about it, but... as soon as I can find the time, I'm gonna abstract
|
|||
|
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our interview with him last month...all about ANSITerm!
|
|||
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Now, for a few previews of some library files I've found quite cool.
|
|||
|
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For holiday pics, file #21761 has christmas and Hannukah stuff... File
|
|||
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#21778 is the December Disk of the Month...loaded with goodies. File
|
|||
|
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#21740 is a real nifty little program - it is an auto-trash thing...that
|
|||
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is, when you dump something in the trash, it automatically erases it
|
|||
|
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without you having to hit OA-T. File #21728 is a general GS file utility,
|
|||
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and file #11631 is a real nice program to play sounds in the background.
|
|||
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Right now, I can't get it to work, but I suspect it doesn't like one or
|
|||
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more of my myriad da's/inits, and I haven't had time to find out which one
|
|||
|
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is offensive...
|
|||
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|
|||
|
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Does anyone have any questions???
|
|||
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|||
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<[Fred] F.GREATOREX> Are any of those files duplicated on the A2 Dom disk?
|
|||
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|
|||
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<[GEna] A2.GENA> Fred, I'm not certain...haven't looked at the contents yet
|
|||
|
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of the Dec. DOM...got most of those files from the Dean's List :) I can't
|
|||
|
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dl the DOM right now until I can get my 3.5" drive working :(
|
|||
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<[Fred] F.GREATOREX> Cool.
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|||
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<[GEna] A2.GENA> Alright...Here's (said in my best Johny Carson
|
|||
|
|
announcement voice <grin>) Jerry! We're going to open the floor to
|
|||
|
|
questions...you all know the basics of AW4.0, right?
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
<[Jerry] QUALITY> Well, as you know, AppleWorks 4 has been shipping for
|
|||
|
|
about a month and a half... A lot of people are already using it and
|
|||
|
|
enjoying it. B) Anything I can help clear up about AW4?
|
|||
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|||
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<[GEna] A2.GENA> Jerry, I know that it incorporates many of the
|
|||
|
|
time-outs...which ones are they?
|
|||
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|
|||
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<[Carl] C.MANUELIAN1> What has been added since VERS. 3?
|
|||
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|
|||
|
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<[Fred] F.GREATOREX> can you send me a free copy?
|
|||
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|
|||
|
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<[GEna] A2.GENA> :)
|
|||
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|
|||
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<[Jerry] QUALITY> The majority of things that have been added are new
|
|||
|
|
database features, GEna. TotalControl is now built in. Also, UltraMacros
|
|||
|
|
is built in...
|
|||
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|
|||
|
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<[Carl] C.MANUELIAN1> What is total Control?
|
|||
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|
|||
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<[GEna] A2.GENA> I haven't played around too much with TO's myself...but...
|
|||
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|
|||
|
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<[Jerry] QUALITY> TotalControl is an add-on Randy Brandt developed... It
|
|||
|
|
allows one data base to access data from another data base, or from a
|
|||
|
|
spreadsheet. It also lets you use formulas in the data base.
|
|||
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|
|||
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<[GEna] A2.GENA> That would have been a BIG help in the job I was on
|
|||
|
|
earlier - at home!
|
|||
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|
|||
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<[Jerry] QUALITY> Similar features were added to the spreadsheet...
|
|||
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|
|||
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<[GEna] A2.GENA> I had multiple db's - one for each customer...and had to
|
|||
|
|
make reports on totals (customer = client)
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
<[Carl] C.MANUELIAN1> Can you set up seperate calc fields in the data base
|
|||
|
|
for reports?
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
<[Jerry] QUALITY> Reports no longer have calculated fields... all the
|
|||
|
|
calculations are done in the data base itself... You can even set up
|
|||
|
|
auto-calculate categories so that when you change one category, the
|
|||
|
|
calculated category is automatically updated.
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
<[GEna] A2.GENA> In the DB, too? that could be done already in the ss,
|
|||
|
|
right?
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
<[Jerry] QUALITY> Right... the data base has gained a whole bunch of
|
|||
|
|
spreadsheet-like features
|
|||
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|
|||
|
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<[Carl] C.MANUELIAN1> Is this similar to the way AWGS hansles the DB?
|
|||
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|
|||
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|
<[GEna] A2.GENA> Cool! I was using DB's exclusively, due to the fact that
|
|||
|
|
I had to cull out stuff...
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
<[Jerry] QUALITY> The spreadsheet remains the best place for
|
|||
|
|
number-crunching and what-ifs, the data base is the best place for keeping
|
|||
|
|
lists of things. Actually, I'm not sure if it's at all like the AWGS data
|
|||
|
|
base. I've never used the AWGS data base. (Believe it or not <g>)
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
<[GEna] A2.GENA> Actually, the SS WOULD have been better for me (number
|
|||
|
|
crunching), but I HAD to take out specific things, say, all records of a
|
|||
|
|
given merchandiser from an entire list of merchandisers who worked for one
|
|||
|
|
client
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
<[Carl] C.MANUELIAN1> It's hard to explain how I use the data base for
|
|||
|
|
customer order. But I need something that calcs tax and shipping after
|
|||
|
|
culling the order from the inventory DB
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
<[Jerry] QUALITY> In the Word Processor, you get Glossary functions. Which
|
|||
|
|
allow you, basically, to do mail merge one record at a time...
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
<[GEna] A2.GENA> Jerry, when I worked on the old xerox 860's - glossary
|
|||
|
|
function was like a macro...i.e., type one letter, and a phrase would pop
|
|||
|
|
up...that's what THEY called glossary
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
<[Jerry] QUALITY> In other words, you want to write a letter to someone, so
|
|||
|
|
you pull up your name and address glossary; it gives you a list of the
|
|||
|
|
people in your address data base... When you pick the name, it inserts the
|
|||
|
|
name and address into the WP document
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
<[GEna] A2.GENA> Wouldn't the new formula thing in the DB fill Carl's
|
|||
|
|
"order"?
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
<[Jerry] QUALITY> Yes, you can probably do that all using the data base
|
|||
|
|
now, Carl. The data base supports 60 categories instead of 30... so there
|
|||
|
|
will be lots more room.
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
<[GEna] A2.GENA> Indeed! (for my vendor database, how nice!) Jerry, one
|
|||
|
|
thing...does it support, like the ss, sideways print for the db?
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
<[Jerry] QUALITY> You still need Sidespread for that... Unless of course
|
|||
|
|
you have an HP Deskjet 500
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
<[GEna] A2.GENA> I thought SideSpread only worked with the ss!
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
<[Jerry] QUALITY> True... but you can easily copy the data base records to
|
|||
|
|
the spreadsheet
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
<[GEna] A2.GENA> True...
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
<[Jerry] QUALITY> The DJ 500 driver lets you print sideways from any
|
|||
|
|
application, but that's only because the DJ can print sideways.
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
<[GEna] A2.GENA> Question...until I get my hands on AW4.0 (which may be a
|
|||
|
|
while financially), can I copy the records from the DB into the SS in 3.0?
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
<[Jerry] QUALITY> Yes, you can... anything from one module can be copied to
|
|||
|
|
any other module, starting with 3.0
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
<[GEna] A2.GENA> (there are NO calculations...just data) (now, if I can
|
|||
|
|
just find my 5.25" version of SideSpread <grin>)
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
<[Jerry] QUALITY> Let's see... AW4 also has three independent Desktops...
|
|||
|
|
and three Clipboards. Built-in disk and file utilities... Better
|
|||
|
|
mail-merge... Many of the most popular AppleWorks patches (for example,
|
|||
|
|
cursor shape and blink rate) have their own option on the configuration
|
|||
|
|
menu. There's a built-in clock display and screen blanker. Lots of other
|
|||
|
|
stuff. B)
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
<[GEna] A2.GENA> Alright...anyone have any questions??? Don't all speak at
|
|||
|
|
once :)
|
|||
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|
|||
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<[GEna] A2.GENA> Jerry...I think you've left them speechless :)
|
|||
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|||
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|
<[Carl] C.MANUELIAN1> what are the prices for upgrade
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
** <PMP> is here.
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
<[Jerry] QUALITY> Upgrades from 3.0 are $79.95...from 2.x, $99.95... From
|
|||
|
|
1.x, $119.95... Or if you don't have AW already, you can get the package
|
|||
|
|
for $179.95. To upgrade, you just need to send your original disks (or
|
|||
|
|
photocopies) to us...
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
Quality Computers, 20200 Nine Mile Rd., St. Clair Shores, MI 48080
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
<[Carl] C.MANUELIAN1> What original Time Outs are now part of the new 4.0
|
|||
|
|
package?
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
<[Jerry] QUALITY> Hmmm, TimeOut Paint... There aren't really any TimeOuts
|
|||
|
|
included per se... that is, you don't activate them from the Apple-Escape
|
|||
|
|
menu... It's more like AppleWorks ate 'em for lunch
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
<[GEna] A2.GENA> Oh...speaking of TO's...what about original TO's...are
|
|||
|
|
they compatible with 4.0?
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
<[Jerry] QUALITY> For example, FileMaster is now incorporated...but you
|
|||
|
|
access it from the Other Activities menu, not from the TimeOut menu
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
<[Carl] C.MANUELIAN1> I uderstand--Waht features I should say--I understand
|
|||
|
|
they have been incorperayted into the core program
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
<[Paul] P.JANETZKE> When's the world conf.
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
<[GEna] A2.GENA> NOW!
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
<[Paul] PMP> what about macros? Does 4.0 have something like UltraMacros
|
|||
|
|
built-in?
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
<[Jerry] QUALITY> It has an UltraMacros 4 player built in...
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
<[Paul] PMP> cool!
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
<[Jerry] QUALITY> You need UltraMacros 4.3 or later to compile and record
|
|||
|
|
your own
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
<[GEna] A2.GENA> What about compatibility with present TO's..? i.e., side
|
|||
|
|
spread, etc.
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
<[Jerry] QUALITY> Some of them will work without modification. AW4 comes
|
|||
|
|
with an updater which will update many of them. We hope to have more
|
|||
|
|
working early in 1994.
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
<[GEna] A2.GENA> Is there a list of those that will/will not, and those
|
|||
|
|
that can or cannot be updated, or is it mainly "hit/miss"?
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
<[Jerry] QUALITY> I don't have the list handy, but it's been posted in Cat
|
|||
|
|
42 Top 29.
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
<[GEna] A2.GENA> Ah....alright!
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
<[Jerry] QUALITY> Sidespread has been, I think
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
<[Paul] P.JANETZKE> Hey, I know it's probably been asked already but what
|
|||
|
|
is the status on the AWGS update Jerry???
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
<[GEna] A2.GENA> Actually, not, Paul :)
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
<[Paul] PMP> good question...
|
|||
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|
|||
|
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<[GEna] A2.GENA> Indeed!
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
<[Jerry] QUALITY> Well, we've got Jim Merritt as project manager... And
|
|||
|
|
we're in the process of getting the source Claris sent us to compile... and
|
|||
|
|
looking at the suggestion lists to see what we can do in a reasonable time
|
|||
|
|
frame
|
|||
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|
|||
|
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<[Paul] PMP> :) thats always a problem...
|
|||
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|
|||
|
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<[Jerry] QUALITY> We hope to have something released next spring.
|
|||
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|
|||
|
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<[GEna] A2.GENA> Great! oh, and make it like system 6.0.1, too :) right?
|
|||
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<[Paul] PMP> one feature, if it hasn't been mentioned yet... having the
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spell checker work in PL...
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<[Jerry] QUALITY> That might be doable, depending on how closely the two
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data structures resemble each other
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<[Carl] C.MANUELIAN1> I am mostly using AWGS--I am also in the AWGS
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Upgrade
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<[Paul] PMP> and having 360 degree rotations of objects and text would be
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nice :)
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<[GEna] A2.GENA> I like AWGS for page layout...with an old imagewriter I,
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print quality is better than Publish It...
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<[Jerry] QUALITY> If you're going to rotate something 360 degrees, what's
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the point?
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<[GEna] A2.GENA> Besides...can't use Pointless with Publish It!
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<[Paul] PMP> :/ 0-360 degree... like having angled text, etc.
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<[Jerry] QUALITY> Not sure how feasible that is, but I'll add it to the
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list Anyone else got any pet suggestions for AWGS? B)
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<[Paul] PMP> oh... and having boxes with widths that scale properly in
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condensed mode sorta like how GWIII does it... i always have to add
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additional lines at the top and bottom to make them the same width as the
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sides
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<[GEna] A2.GENA> Since mine doesn't seem to like 6.0.1, I don't use it...
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<[Carl] C.MANUELIAN1> I would like to dee a better telecomm modual for AWGS
|
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such as an outo logon modual
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<[GEna] A2.GENA> Yes!...I'm certain that a LOT of people echo that, Carl...
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and better "split-screen" capability?
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<[Paul] PMP> oh... and a BIGGY... make it IPC-compatible with an "Extras"
|
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menu kinda like the Finder for external/TimeOut-type programs
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<[Jerry] QUALITY> I'm not sure how much effort we'll be putting into the
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telecomm module, to be honest. Most AWGS users don't have modems, so the
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telecomm is kinda low on our priority list.
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<[GEna] A2.GENA> Interesting note, Jerry, about users v modems
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** <A.RAHIMZADEH> is here.
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<[GEna] A2.GENA> Hi, Auri
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<[Auri Man] A.RAHIMZADEH> Hey Gena!~
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<[Carl] C.MANUELIAN1> I'm just looking for a good window (GS) interface for
|
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my telecomm program
|
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<[GEna] A2.GENA> Spectrum, Carl, when it comes out!
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<[Jerry] QUALITY> My suggestion right now is to invesitgate AnsiTerm or
|
|||
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Spectrum
|
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<[Carl] C.MANUELIAN1> That sounds great jerry--
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<[GEna] A2.GENA> ANSITerm, though excellent, is not a GS program, right?
|
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er desktop, that is
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<[Paul] PMP> right, its not a desktop program
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<[Jerry] QUALITY> A stand-alone telecomm program is always going to be more
|
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powerful than the one in an integrated package
|
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<[GEna] A2.GENA> Hint, hint...Paul...for your next update :)
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<[Paul] PMP> :/
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<[Paul] P.JANETZKE> Well I'm probably going to get FLAMED for this but as
|
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far as I'm concerned you can ditch the telecom altogether unless you make
|
|||
|
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it something that the GS can really use like full color ANSI and stuff like
|
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|
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that. That's my $.02 worth.
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<[GEna] A2.GENA> Poor Paul...he's gotten SO many suggsetions for his next
|
|||
|
|
update :)
|
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<[Paul] PMP> :) hey, 2.1 just came out, gimme a break!
|
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<[GEna] A2.GENA> Well...maybe if we badger Paul...hehehe
|
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<[Jerry] QUALITY> Paul: Sure, are you willing to pay $50 more for a better
|
|||
|
|
telecomm program?
|
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<[Carl] C.MANUELIAN1> Jerry--I saw your ad for spectrum--is it out yet?
|
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|
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<[David] D.PIERCE8> Has Quality received any shipments of Spectrum from
|
|||
|
|
Sevenhills?
|
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|
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|
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<[Auri Man] A.RAHIMZADEH> I'm using Spectrum :) It should be out soon!
|
|||
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|
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|
|
<[Paul] PMP> Jerry, what about the "Extras" menu idea? I'm sure this has
|
|||
|
|
been brought up before, since it would be a GREAT advantage for AWGS
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
<[Jerry] QUALITY> ANSI is a good way to slow down your baud rate. B) The
|
|||
|
|
good thing about the AWGS comm module is that it will serve to get modem
|
|||
|
|
novices online
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
<[Paul] P.JANETZKE> Well Jerry, my point is if it;s not the best why worry
|
|||
|
|
about it when the best can be had elsewhere. If a major update to the
|
|||
|
|
telecom would cost too much in time and/or money then find something else.
|
|||
|
|
I'm happy with PT 3.1.
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
<[GEna] A2.GENA> So am I, Paul, but if I can use a 'com program that is
|
|||
|
|
desktop, a good wp desktop program, etc., then I could use some of the
|
|||
|
|
other goodies, like SwitchIt, The Manager and HardPressed...
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
<[Paul] P.JANETZKE> I mean Megaterm isn't slow and it does excellent color
|
|||
|
|
ANSI for the GS.
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
<[Auri Man] A.RAHIMZADEH> Wait for MultiGS 2.0 Gena :)
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
<[Paul] P.JANETZKE> Good point about novice users, but the package deals
|
|||
|
|
that are offered with modems usually provide a telecom package/
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
<[Jerry] QUALITY> It might get zmodem..
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
<[GEna] A2.GENA> True, Paul, but most of the modem packages nowadays offer
|
|||
|
|
Mac and ms-dos com ware
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
<[Paul] P.JANETZKE> No Megaterm starts as P8 but then uses superhires for
|
|||
|
|
complete ANSI emulation.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Hey Jerry is Quality working on some sort of FAX software for the GS, I
|
|||
|
|
think I remember reading about this somewhere. If so what's its
|
|||
|
|
status??
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
<[Jerry] QUALITY> I think the Q Fax software's gonna be a wash. Unless we
|
|||
|
|
can get the author to finish it...
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
<[Jerry] QUALITY> Unless someone has some more questions about AW4 or AWGS,
|
|||
|
|
I think it's time for me to move along.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
<[Paul] PMP> what about the "Extras" menu, Jerry? :)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
<[Jerry] QUALITY> It's a suggestion many have made, Paul
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
<[Paul] PMP> thought so :) thanks
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
<[GEna] A2.GENA> Alright! Thank you very much Jerry for your informative
|
|||
|
|
talk!
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
<[Paul] PMP> Thanks for the info, Jerry. I'll be looking forward to the
|
|||
|
|
new AWGS update!
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
<[Paul] P.JANETZKE> Thank for the answers Jerry!!
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
<[Jerry] QUALITY> Thanks for having me, GEna!
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
<[GEna] A2.GENA> You're welcome, Jerry!
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
<[Jerry] QUALITY> Randy has done a phenomenal job with AW4. I'M
|
|||
|
|
impressed... and that's not easy. See y'all later.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
<[GEna] A2.GENA> Laters, Jerry
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
<[Auri Man] A.RAHIMZADEH> l8rness Jerry! looking forward to my next II
|
|||
|
|
Alive! :)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
<[Paul] PMP> has anyone received the new II Alive yet?
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
<[Auri Man] A.RAHIMZADEH> not here... can't wait tho! :)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
<[Jerry] QUALITY> New II Alive mailed the 7th so it's on the way.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
<[Auri Man] A.RAHIMZADEH> awesome!
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
** <[Jerry] QUALITY> has left.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
<A2.GENA> I suppose this concludes the formal part of the meeting :) I'm
|
|||
|
|
going to TRY to get Brian for January - Internetting
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
[EOA]
|
|||
|
|
[MOO]//////////////////////////////
|
|||
|
|
CowTOONS! /
|
|||
|
|
/////////////////////////////////
|
|||
|
|
Beef Futures
|
|||
|
|
""""""""""""
|
|||
|
|
by Mike White
|
|||
|
|
[MWHITE]
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
......j.............j.............j.............j.............j........
|
|||
|
|
\\ \\ \\ \\ \\
|
|||
|
|
( )~\ ( )~\ ( )~\ ( )~\ ( )~\
|
|||
|
|
| | | | | | | | | |
|
|||
|
|
| | | | | | | | | |
|
|||
|
|
| (__) | (__) | (__) | (__) | (__)
|
|||
|
|
//-_(++) //-_(++) //-_(++) //-_(++) //-_(++)
|
|||
|
|
\/ \/ \/ \/ \/
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Slaughterhouse Five
|
|||
|
|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
________________________________________ _
|
|||
|
|
[________________________________________]==[_)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
____________________________________________
|
|||
|
|
/ . . . |_(__)
|
|||
|
|
*~\____________________________________________|~(--)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Leather Belts
|
|||
|
|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Watch for another thunderin' herd of
|
|||
|
|
__ __ Moo Fun from Mike White in the next
|
|||
|
|
) \/ ( issue of GEnieLamp.
|
|||
|
|
> {: _<
|
|||
|
|
/ {: \ If you have an idea for a CowTOON, we
|
|||
|
|
| -- {: -- | /^\ would like to see it. And, if we pick
|
|||
|
|
|____/\____|* |/^\| your CowTOON for publishing in
|
|||
|
|
GEnieLamp
|
|||
|
|
we will credit your account with 2
|
|||
|
|
hours
|
|||
|
|
Leather Vest & Wallet of GEnie non-prime time!
|
|||
|
|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
[EOA]
|
|||
|
|
[DRT]//////////////////////////////
|
|||
|
|
DR'S EXAMINING TABLE /
|
|||
|
|
/////////////////////////////////
|
|||
|
|
Review of TypeSet
|
|||
|
|
"""""""""""""""""
|
|||
|
|
by Darrel Raines
|
|||
|
|
[D.RAINES]
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
TypeSet
|
|||
|
|
by WestCode Software Inc.
|
|||
|
|
15050 Avenue of Science, Suite 112
|
|||
|
|
San Diego, CA 92128
|
|||
|
|
1-800-448-4250 (orders only)
|
|||
|
|
or 619-487-9200
|
|||
|
|
list price $49.95 (introductory price $29.95)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
[*][*][*]
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
This time, we'll be putting a software package called TypeSet on the
|
|||
|
|
examining table. This program was created by Steve Disbrow and Joe Wankerl
|
|||
|
|
of _GS+ Magazine_ fame, and is distributed by WestCode Software.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
TRUETYPE TECHNOLOGY A little over a year ago, many Apple II computer
|
|||
|
|
""""""""""""""""""" users were surprised and pleased to find when
|
|||
|
|
TrueType technology arrived for the Apple IIgs. With the introduction of
|
|||
|
|
Pointless, Apple IIgs owners could use scalable fonts with many most
|
|||
|
|
popular software packages.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
TrueType fonts are available from a variety of sources. They only
|
|||
|
|
limitation to the number of typefaces available from Pointless is the disk
|
|||
|
|
space that a person is willing to allow his font collection to eat up.
|
|||
|
|
Once the typeface definition exists and is visible to Pointless, the
|
|||
|
|
software can generate a font in any size (point) that the user wants. You
|
|||
|
|
can probably guess that many people find themselves with more fonts than
|
|||
|
|
they know what to do with.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
When WestCode Software updated their Pointless package this year,
|
|||
|
|
they made many significant improvements. Some improvements will allow a
|
|||
|
|
user to have even more typefaces available. The trade-off is that it can
|
|||
|
|
be confusing to find all your typefaces and to remember what they look
|
|||
|
|
like. It is at this point that TypeSet enters the picture.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION TypeSet claims to be a tool that will let you do
|
|||
|
|
""""""""""""""""""" three things:
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
1) You can see a sample of each typeface in the pull-down Font menu.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
2) You can choose which of the typefaces will be available from
|
|||
|
|
pull-down Font menus.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
3) You can print four types of reports to a printer or the screen.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
TypeSet can be installed using the Apple Computer's Installer program
|
|||
|
|
with scripts written for that specific purpose. The first item that the
|
|||
|
|
installation process requires is the name of the user. The original can
|
|||
|
|
then be copied -- there is no copy protection -- and used to install the
|
|||
|
|
TypeSet program on a hard drive or on your favorite floppy system disks.
|
|||
|
|
You can also simply take the appropriate file (that's right... only one!)
|
|||
|
|
and put it in the System folder of your boot hard drive. If you gather
|
|||
|
|
from this that installation is a snap, then I have described the process
|
|||
|
|
correctly.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
The TypeSet software works as a New Desk Accessory (NDA). This type
|
|||
|
|
of program is available under the Apple pull-down menu within any standard
|
|||
|
|
desktop program. From here, the software can set up and change the way
|
|||
|
|
that other software gets information about the Font pull-down menu.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
When you select the TypeSet NDA, you are presented with a number of
|
|||
|
|
choices concerning how the Font menu appears under desktop programs. A
|
|||
|
|
button is also available that will take you to the report menu for other
|
|||
|
|
choices. When you have made your selections, the TypeSet NDA can be closed
|
|||
|
|
and put away until the next time that you want to customize the Font menu
|
|||
|
|
look.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Under the title of "Settings" you are given the option of whether or
|
|||
|
|
not you want What-You-See-Is-What-You-Get (WYSIWYG) Font menus. You may
|
|||
|
|
also choose the size of the typefaces displayed. Another nice feature on
|
|||
|
|
this page is the ability to change the keyboard selection sequence to your
|
|||
|
|
own preference.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
The main feature of TypeSet is available on the main page. You are
|
|||
|
|
given the opportunity to create and manage typeface "Sets" that can be
|
|||
|
|
selected on the fly. A set consists of any number of typefaces that have
|
|||
|
|
been previously established under Pointless. Any typeface that Pointless
|
|||
|
|
knows about is available; however, you can select which typefaces are shown
|
|||
|
|
as a Font menu selectable item. Any number of sets can be created and the
|
|||
|
|
set membership is available for editing on the first page. When you make a
|
|||
|
|
set active on this page, then only those typefaces are shown on Font
|
|||
|
|
pull-down menus until you change the set.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
One of my favorite features of the TypeSet package is the ability to
|
|||
|
|
print typeface reports. Four different reports are available: All
|
|||
|
|
characters, key equivalents, various sizes (same typeface), and line
|
|||
|
|
samples (multiple typefaces). The first three reports are meant to display
|
|||
|
|
important information about any single typeface. The final report is meant
|
|||
|
|
to be used for giving examples of many different typefaces in a small
|
|||
|
|
space. About eight typefaces are shown per page on the line sample report.
|
|||
|
|
These reports can be shown on the screen or sent to the printer using your
|
|||
|
|
favorite print driver. This NDA, in conjunction with Harmonie or
|
|||
|
|
Independence, provides fantastic reports on an HP IIP compatible laser
|
|||
|
|
printer.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
PROGRAM PERFORMANCE The first and last thing that hits me about this
|
|||
|
|
""""""""""""""""""" package can be summed up in one word: speed.
|
|||
|
|
TypeSet is too slow. I do not mean just a little pokey; I mean that you
|
|||
|
|
can eat a heavy snack during some of the operations available in TypeSet...
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even on my system, which has a 8 MHz Zip card and a RamFast SCSI
|
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controller.
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My major reason for buying the software was the promise of the
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ability to handle many TrueType typefaces without having to go into
|
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Pointless to change what was available. I wanted to be able to create sets
|
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and use those sets to limit the typefaces shown on my menus.
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TypeSet seems to slow down in direct response to the typefaces that
|
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|
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have been defined under Pointless. Therefore, the very reason that I
|
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|
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bought the package turns out to be its weakest point. WestCode indicates
|
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that TypeSet is the perfect solution for managing large typeface selection
|
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situations. I have to disagree.
|
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The problem is not even limited to using the TypeSet NDA. Because
|
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TypeSet is active whenever a desktop program is executing, .some unexpected
|
|||
|
|
delays quickly become apparent. Every time you start a new desktop program
|
|||
|
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with a Font pull-down menu, TypeSet sets up the list of typefaces that will
|
|||
|
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appear on that menu. During the initial setup time (i.e. before the menu
|
|||
|
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titles appear at the top of the page), there is an extended delay while the
|
|||
|
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Font menus are created. This was an unexpected event! I have put together
|
|||
|
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some typeface sets that caused the Finder to take an extra two minutes to
|
|||
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start up. (It may be that this is due to slowness of the system software's
|
|||
|
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List Manager. However, this is only my personal theory.)
|
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Another area that relates to overall speed concerns the Font menu
|
|||
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using WYSIWYG names. It takes a long time to move through the menu in this
|
|||
|
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mode. This happens because Pointless has to create the typeface on the fly
|
|||
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-- TypeSet's manual even suggests a way to speed this up. You must create
|
|||
|
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a fixed point size font for each TrueType file that you list on a menu.
|
|||
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This alternative takes up about 10-25 extra blocks for each typeface. It
|
|||
|
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can take more than 30 seconds to display a 20 item typeface menu.
|
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During testing, TypeSet proved to be unstable; a serious concern. By
|
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|
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this, I mean that I have had the software crash a number of times while
|
|||
|
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trying to create sets, change sets, create reports or print reports. I
|
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have never had a problem with stability in connection with the WYSIWYG Font
|
|||
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menu. The only pattern that I can glean from my testing indicates that the
|
|||
|
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more typefaces available from the Pointless setup, the more likely that I
|
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|
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am to crash the system. This "feature", combined with the speed problems
|
|||
|
|
that I have listed, have made for some slow and frustrating evenings using
|
|||
|
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TypeSet.
|
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|
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My last concern may be related to the system crashing -- I cannot
|
|||
|
|
honestly rule out that possibility; however, it seems to me to be a
|
|||
|
|
different problem: I have had set definitions disappear from one session
|
|||
|
|
to another. I will have created a set that has a few of the typefaces for
|
|||
|
|
use with a particular type of program. Once I go to another desktop
|
|||
|
|
program and reenter TypeSet, the set definition is gone. This tends to
|
|||
|
|
serve as yet another area of frustration.
|
|||
|
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|
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|
|
I do not want to leave this review without listing one of the
|
|||
|
|
outstanding features of this package. The typeface reports are an
|
|||
|
|
outstanding facet of the TypeSet NDA. It is extremely nice to be able to
|
|||
|
|
choose a list of typefaces and have TypeSet print out a group of
|
|||
|
|
professional-looking reports; however, I have found a few areas of
|
|||
|
|
instability in this area also. There have been times -- though relatively
|
|||
|
|
few -- when the system will crash while printing reports. On the whole,
|
|||
|
|
this is the strongest feature of TypeSet in its current state.
|
|||
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|
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|
|
RECOMMENDATION I cannot really recommend the purchase of TypeSet at this
|
|||
|
|
"""""""""""""" time. I feel that additional testing is needed to iron
|
|||
|
|
out some of the problems that I experienced. I also think that the program
|
|||
|
|
needs to be significantly speeded up.
|
|||
|
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|
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|
|
The only reason that I would recommend TypeSet at this time is for
|
|||
|
|
its reports feature. However, this is an expensive way to handle that
|
|||
|
|
task. Even when the software is used exclusively for reports, the speed
|
|||
|
|
problems will still be a concern. Most people will want to wait and see
|
|||
|
|
what WestCode Software does to address these problems. With some fixes for
|
|||
|
|
the most serious defects, I should be able to recommend this software at
|
|||
|
|
some point in the future. Until then, I will use Pointless to manage my
|
|||
|
|
typeface selection.
|
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[*][*][*]
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|
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|
|
Darrel Raines is an electrical engineer who works during
|
|||
|
|
the day as a contractor to NASA building simulations.
|
|||
|
|
During the evenings, he plays with his Apple IIgs computer
|
|||
|
|
and writes articles like this.
|
|||
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[EOA]
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[PRO]//////////////////////////////
|
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|
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PROFILES /
|
|||
|
|
/////////////////////////////////
|
|||
|
|
Who's Who In Apple II
|
|||
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""
|
|||
|
|
By Tara Dillinger
|
|||
|
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[TARA]
|
|||
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|
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|
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|
|||
|
|
>>> WHO'S WHO? <<<
|
|||
|
|
""""""""""""""""""
|
|||
|
|
~ GEnieLamp Profile: Randy Brandt ~
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
GEnieLamp> Randy Brandt is the programming wizard behind AppleWorks 4
|
|||
|
|
""""""""" by Quality Computers, and he has his own software company
|
|||
|
|
called JEM Software. He was one of the people that worked on AppleWorks
|
|||
|
|
3.0 and also worked for Beagle Bros.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Well, Randy, let's start from the beginning... where were you born
|
|||
|
|
and where did you grow up?
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
BRANDT> I was born in Morris, Manitoba and grew up in Kamsack,
|
|||
|
|
"""""" Saskatchewan and Kola, Manitoba. Kola had a population of 80 (7
|
|||
|
|
in my family). Kamsack was [named for] an Indian chief. My parents are
|
|||
|
|
back in Kamsack. I have a sister in Phoenix and the rest are in Canada.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
GEnieLamp> What is your educational background?
|
|||
|
|
"""""""""
|
|||
|
|
BRANDT> I have a degree in Sec Ed/English from Christian Heritage College
|
|||
|
|
"""""" in San Diego. Circa 1983.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
GEnieLamp> What had you originally planned to do with your life?
|
|||
|
|
"""""""""
|
|||
|
|
BRANDT> End it. Just kidding. I was going to be a scientist.
|
|||
|
|
""""""
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
GEnieLamp> In what field?
|
|||
|
|
"""""""""
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
BRANDT> I went to CHC as a Biology major. I dropped that after an "A" in
|
|||
|
|
"""""" Genetics. I loved the theory, but hated the lab work. My virgin
|
|||
|
|
female fruit flies kept multiplying.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
GEnieLamp> How and when did you get started with computers?
|
|||
|
|
"""""""""
|
|||
|
|
BRANDT> I started with computers in college. In 1980 my school,
|
|||
|
|
"""""" Christian Heritage College, got an Apple II, and I started
|
|||
|
|
hacking. My first program was a grading package for my girlfriend Joanna.
|
|||
|
|
She is now my wife and pregnant with kids #4 and 5.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
GEnieLamp> That first program must have impressed her, then! :)
|
|||
|
|
"""""""""
|
|||
|
|
BRANDT> Joanna wasn't impressed until I started making some money.
|
|||
|
|
""""""
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
GEnieLamp> What was your first programming job, and when was that?
|
|||
|
|
"""""""""
|
|||
|
|
BRANDT> Beagle hired me in 1984.
|
|||
|
|
""""""
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
GEnieLamp> What have you directly worked on for Beagle Bros?
|
|||
|
|
"""""""""
|
|||
|
|
BRANDT> My Beagle products were ProByter (a disk zap package) and
|
|||
|
|
"""""" Extra K, doing docs and a bit of software. Then I wrote Big U,
|
|||
|
|
followed by numerous others from MiniPix to MacroWorks.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
GEnieLamp> What was it like to work at Beagle Bros?
|
|||
|
|
"""""""""
|
|||
|
|
BRANDT> Working at Beagle was great, although I was only there a month or
|
|||
|
|
"""""" so, since I actually have worked at home for the last 8.5 years.
|
|||
|
|
It was great at Beagle Bros because Bert Kersey is hilarious and everyone
|
|||
|
|
got along. Bert was always pulling pranks, making phony ads, etc. He's
|
|||
|
|
just a funny person.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
His house had a trapdoor-looking pattern at the front door, with a
|
|||
|
|
sign that said "Press doorbell once for trapdoor, twice to ring." At
|
|||
|
|
Hallowe'en he had a battery-powered hand clawing at the window.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
GEnieLamp> Who did you work with there?
|
|||
|
|
"""""""""
|
|||
|
|
BRANDT> I worked with Mark de Jong, Mark Simonsen and Alan Bird. Later,
|
|||
|
|
"""""" in the Simonsen era, I worked with Mark Munz, Matt Reimer and
|
|||
|
|
Dan Verkade. We used to get together every Friday for lunch since we all
|
|||
|
|
worked at home.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
GEnieLamp> No office to go to?
|
|||
|
|
"""""""""
|
|||
|
|
BRANDT> None of us _wanted_ to go to the office to work.
|
|||
|
|
""""""
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
GEnieLamp> Tell us about each of your co-workers.
|
|||
|
|
"""""""""
|
|||
|
|
BRANDT> Alan is the genius. He's the only one with as many kids as I
|
|||
|
|
""""""" have. Mark Simonsen is a good guy as well, and a very good
|
|||
|
|
programmer, especially with graphics and printers. Mark de Jong didn't
|
|||
|
|
program as much, but he loved messing with little SuperMacroWorks
|
|||
|
|
programs, and even did a text-based game and paint program. Dan was a good
|
|||
|
|
friend of mine before Beagle days, and I got him hooked up with Beagle.
|
|||
|
|
Matt was a high school student and I met him while subbing his chemistry
|
|||
|
|
class. Years later we found out his grandfather and mine had been buddies
|
|||
|
|
in Canada in the 1930s. All the more amazing is that we met in San Diego.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
GEnieLamp> You taught chemistry?
|
|||
|
|
"""""""""
|
|||
|
|
BRANDT> I subbed chemistry. I taught English, Geometry, History, Math
|
|||
|
|
"""""" and Comp Sci.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
GEnieLamp> For how long did you teach?
|
|||
|
|
"""""""""
|
|||
|
|
BRANDT> I student-taught a semester, then I taught a year, then I did
|
|||
|
|
"""""" some subbing. Computers were my love and I couldn't land the
|
|||
|
|
comp sci job at my school, so I left.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Rob Renstrom is another Beagle friend. He wrote PowerPrint and TimeOut
|
|||
|
|
Graph and now owns WestCode. John Obberick of WestCode and Jon Simonsen
|
|||
|
|
are also Beagle friends.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
GEnieLamp> I didn't realize that an ex-Beagle Bros alumni owns WestCode.
|
|||
|
|
"""""""""
|
|||
|
|
BRANDT> Yes, John and Rob started out at Beagle.
|
|||
|
|
""""""
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
GEnieLamp> How much were you involved with the AppleWorks 3.0 project for
|
|||
|
|
""""""""" Claris?
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
BRANDT> AppleWorks 3.0 was developed by Alan Bird, Rob Renstrom and I. I
|
|||
|
|
"""""" did a lot of design and my share of programming.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
GEnieLamp> How did Claris approach you guys with this?
|
|||
|
|
"""""""""
|
|||
|
|
BRANDT> Claris contacted Mark and said it was between us and Pinpoint.
|
|||
|
|
"""""" After lengthy acrimonious negotiations, the lawyers made a deal.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
GEnieLamp> Was it a difficult project?
|
|||
|
|
"""""""""
|
|||
|
|
BRANDT> Hard to say. It had tough times and easy times, but was weird
|
|||
|
|
"""""" because we were used to doing our own thing. AppleWorks 4 was
|
|||
|
|
easier in that I had complete control, but harder because of the added
|
|||
|
|
responsibility and pressure. However, Claris wasn't paying us much so the
|
|||
|
|
motivation was lower: we got a flat fee. With AppleWorks 4 I get a
|
|||
|
|
royalty. AppleWorks 3.0 is basically the only non-royalty project I've
|
|||
|
|
done since 1985.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
GEnieLamp> When did you start your own company?
|
|||
|
|
"""""""""
|
|||
|
|
BRANDT> I started JEM Software before my Beagle days, back in January
|
|||
|
|
"""""" of 1984. My first products included Commodore 64 hardware and
|
|||
|
|
my grading package. I came up with name in college using Joanna's
|
|||
|
|
initials. I told her it might get somewhere someday, but she just laughed.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
GEnieLamp> How has having your own company been for you?
|
|||
|
|
"""""""""
|
|||
|
|
BRANDT> JEM has been fun, but I'm really doing everything through
|
|||
|
|
"""""" Quality now, except for one MS-DOS program.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
GEnieLamp> So is JEM defunct now?
|
|||
|
|
"""""""""
|
|||
|
|
BRANDT> No, it's been around since 1984, just not very active at the
|
|||
|
|
"""""" moment. To me, I _am_ JEM Software, so everything I do is JEM.
|
|||
|
|
I don't have plans for any JEM-published products at the moment.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
GEnieLamp> What are some of the products that you have at JEM Software?
|
|||
|
|
""""""""" Or had?
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
BRANDT> My MS-DOS package is called the Volunteer Management System.
|
|||
|
|
"""""" Past products included TotalControl, DoubleData, PathFinder, Mr.
|
|||
|
|
Invoice, Late Nite Patches, DB Pix and probably a few I've forgotten.
|
|||
|
|
Outliner and Ultra 4 were originally JEM products. OmniPrint is another.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
GEnieLamp> JEM has been doing okay, then?
|
|||
|
|
"""""""""
|
|||
|
|
BRANDT> Well, we've been busy. That doesn't always mean there are
|
|||
|
|
"""""" revenues. However, I'm supporting a big family on Apple II
|
|||
|
|
income.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
GEnieLamp> That's pretty amazing in itself! :)
|
|||
|
|
"""""""""
|
|||
|
|
BRANDT> My wife hasn't worked outside of the home since 1985.
|
|||
|
|
""""""
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
GEnieLamp> Anything that you haven't done that you'd like to try?
|
|||
|
|
"""""""""
|
|||
|
|
BRANDT> Anything I'd like to try? Good question. Skydiving looks
|
|||
|
|
"""""" interesting, but I have 5 kids now... I love playing hockey, so
|
|||
|
|
I'll stick with that. I'd like to travel to Europe someday.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
GEnieLamp> Which brings up the next question.... You seem to be a very
|
|||
|
|
""""""""" competitive person. Why is that? Do you think that helps or
|
|||
|
|
hinders you personally and professionally?
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
BRANDT> I _am_ competitive. I guess part of it is because I was a little
|
|||
|
|
"""""" wimp all my life. I started high school as a 4'11" 85 pounder
|
|||
|
|
who had just turned 13. Now I'm a 5'10" 155 pound brute! :)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
I never shied away from the hitting in hockey and football, but I was
|
|||
|
|
always small, wore glasses, and was called "runt" or "professor." Maybe I
|
|||
|
|
decided to make up for it.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
I always loved sports, so maybe that made me competitive, or maybe I
|
|||
|
|
loved sports because I'm competitive. Hey, is this a therapy session?
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
GEnieLamp> What, besides computers and hockey, do you do?
|
|||
|
|
"""""""""
|
|||
|
|
BRANDT> I play church league softball. I play with my kids. I teach an
|
|||
|
|
"""""" adult Sunday School class in my church. I read a lot. I mess
|
|||
|
|
with computers a bit.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
GEnieLamp> Fill us in a little on the background of the AppleWorks 4.
|
|||
|
|
""""""""" How were you approached about this?
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
BRANDT> I wasn't. I approached Joe [Gleason, president of Quality
|
|||
|
|
"""""" Computers].
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
GEnieLamp> How did that go?
|
|||
|
|
"""""""""
|
|||
|
|
BRANDT> Well, he had approached me to work with Quality, then I proposed
|
|||
|
|
"""""" AppleWorks 4. He liked it. We did it. Claris was a pain, but
|
|||
|
|
they finally came to an agreement.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
GEnieLamp> Who else worked with you?
|
|||
|
|
"""""""""
|
|||
|
|
BRANDT> Dan Verkade, the author of ReportWriter and DoubleData. He was
|
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"""""" an accountant when I met him.
|
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GEnieLamp> Do you two have a good working relationship?
|
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"""""""""
|
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BRANDT> Very good. He's one of my best friends. Dan is the nicest guy
|
|||
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"""""" you could meet.
|
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GEnieLamp> Was it a difficult project?
|
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"""""""""
|
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BRANDT> Yes. It still is. But I _liked_ it (old man voice).
|
|||
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|
""""""
|
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|
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|
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GEnieLamp> How do you like working with Quality Computers vs Claris?
|
|||
|
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"""""""""
|
|||
|
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BRANDT> No comparison. Claris was a pain. For example, I put in a
|
|||
|
|
"""""" spelling dictionary option so users could set the location, but
|
|||
|
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they said that was confusing and made me remove it. Then users accused me
|
|||
|
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of leaving it out so I could sell SpellCopy (another JEM product).
|
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|
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|
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|
|
GEnieLamp> Really?
|
|||
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"""""""""
|
|||
|
|
BRANDT> Really. I had total control of AppleWorks 4 since I was the
|
|||
|
|
"""""" project manager.
|
|||
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|
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|
|||
|
|
GEnieLamp> And you like having total control?
|
|||
|
|
"""""""""
|
|||
|
|
BRANDT> YES. I'M POWER MAD! I HAVE A NAPOLEONIC COMPLEX!!!!
|
|||
|
|
""""""
|
|||
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|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
GEnieLamp> Is the current version of AppleWorks 4 a stable, bug-free
|
|||
|
|
""""""""" program?
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
BRANDT> AppleWorks 4.0 isn't stable. AppleWorks 4.01 is. Debugging is
|
|||
|
|
""""""" torture! There are bugs in every big piece of software on every
|
|||
|
|
platform. There are a few in 4.01, but nothing too scary yet.
|
|||
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|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
GEnieLamp> What did you use as a development system for AppleWorks 4?
|
|||
|
|
"""""""""
|
|||
|
|
BRANDT> I used a Centris 610 to develop AppleWorks 4. I use MPW with the
|
|||
|
|
"""""" IIgs assembler connected to my IIgs via AppleShare.
|
|||
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|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
GEnieLamp> Can you let us know ordering information and prices for
|
|||
|
|
""""""""" AppleWorks 4?
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
BRANDT> Call 1-800-777-3642 (810-774-7200 if not in the US/Canada),
|
|||
|
|
"""""" or send your order to Quality Computers, 20200 Nine Mile Rd.,
|
|||
|
|
P.O. Box 665, St. Clair Shores, MI 48080. Prices: $79.95 for an upgrade
|
|||
|
|
from AppleWorks 3.0, $99.95 from AppleWorks 2.x, or $119.95 from 1.x.
|
|||
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|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
GEnieLamp> Are you working on AppleWorks 5?
|
|||
|
|
"""""""""
|
|||
|
|
BRANDT> AppleWorks 5 is not being worked on. It might [be] some day.
|
|||
|
|
""""""
|
|||
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|
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|
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|
[EOA]
|
|||
|
|
[TEC]//////////////////////////////
|
|||
|
|
TECH TALK /
|
|||
|
|
/////////////////////////////////
|
|||
|
|
Apple II Hybrids
|
|||
|
|
""""""""""""""""
|
|||
|
|
By Jay Curtis
|
|||
|
|
[J.CURTIS8]
|
|||
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|
|||
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|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
>>> THE APPLE II AND MS-DOS <<<
|
|||
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
Gregg Keizer may have said it best in a 1991 inCider/A+ article about
|
|||
|
|
the Macintosh LC: "The best bridge is one you can't see."(1) An ideal
|
|||
|
|
AppleII hybrid would be one that allowed the user simply to stick a
|
|||
|
|
foreign operating system's disk into a disk drive, open the directory and
|
|||
|
|
either perform file maintenance or launch programs by clicking icons or by
|
|||
|
|
highlighting menu items.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Many Apple II owners have discovered that something close to that
|
|||
|
|
ideal is possible on a Apple IIgs equipped with a PC Transporter. Until
|
|||
|
|
recently, owning an Apple IIe or IIgs with Applied Engineering's PCT card
|
|||
|
|
was more like owning two computers inside one box, rather than one
|
|||
|
|
integrated machine. Except for Applied's excellent file transfer utility
|
|||
|
|
-- which runs only on the PC side -- there just wasn't much communication
|
|||
|
|
between the PCT and the Apple II. The advertisements that introduced the
|
|||
|
|
PCT card in 1988 claimed, "With PC Transporter, MS-DOS programs see your
|
|||
|
|
Apple hardware as IBM hardware. You can use the same hardware you have
|
|||
|
|
now."(2) While truthful, many claims made in Applied's ads could be
|
|||
|
|
somewhat misleading. Users have often found that owning a PC Transporter
|
|||
|
|
provided less convenience and integration than they imagined.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
To be certain, the PC Transporter can (and did) make use of Apple II
|
|||
|
|
peripherals. For example, users can store MS-DOS files on standard ProDOS
|
|||
|
|
devices and on the PCT's own (MS-DOS) "Transdrives." Similarly, ProDOS
|
|||
|
|
files can be stored on the Transdrives as well. However, both kinds of
|
|||
|
|
data storage are nonstandard, and users have found that these nonstandard
|
|||
|
|
disks cannot be read in disk drives on other machines. Users have also
|
|||
|
|
discovered that MS-DOS files, even those stored on ProDOS devices, were
|
|||
|
|
inaccessible in Apple II mode. Additionally, ProDOS files that had been
|
|||
|
|
stored on the PCT's Transdrives, could only be read in those drives and not
|
|||
|
|
in standard ProDOS drives.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Despite these limitations, a PCT card can also offer certain
|
|||
|
|
advantages. For example, all 768 kilobytes of the PCT's RAM can be made
|
|||
|
|
available to an Apple IIe or IIgs as a RAMdisk in ProDOS mode. With
|
|||
|
|
Applied Engineering's special ProDOS software, the PCT's RAMdisk can be
|
|||
|
|
used as expanded desktop for programs like AppleWorks. Additionally, PCT
|
|||
|
|
users fortunate enough to own a PCT Transdrive system have found that they
|
|||
|
|
can store up to 360K of ProDOS data on a single 5.25 floppy disk, a much
|
|||
|
|
nicer alternative to the 143K available on standard Apple 5.25 floppy
|
|||
|
|
drives.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
An Apple IIe equipped with a PCT card and Transdrive system, remains
|
|||
|
|
a formidable tool. Besides it's MS-DOS capability, it has nearly 1MB of
|
|||
|
|
RAM available in ProDOS mode. With the additional disk drive storage
|
|||
|
|
available through the PCT's Transdrives, all of AppleWorks can be run from
|
|||
|
|
a single 5.25 or 720K floppy. Add in Mac file transfer programs for the
|
|||
|
|
Apple II such as HFS Link, plus similar Mac file transfer programs for
|
|||
|
|
MS-DOS (available from GEnie), which will run on the PCT side, and an Apple
|
|||
|
|
IIe shares files with both Macintosh and MS-DOS systems with ease. Today's
|
|||
|
|
Apple IIe, running with AppleWorks 4.0, a PCT card, and MS-DOS 5.0 can keep
|
|||
|
|
up with the best of them.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
FILE TRANSFER In recent months, the Apple IIgs has received a major boost
|
|||
|
|
""""""""""""" as a "GS/PC" through the development of GS/OS System
|
|||
|
|
6.0.1's MS-DOS file system translator. To make use of this FST, however,
|
|||
|
|
you need at least one of the following: a Floptical disk drive, a
|
|||
|
|
Superdrive, or a PC Transporter card. With the right equipment, the FST
|
|||
|
|
opens and displays MS-DOS volumes right on the GS desktop in the same way
|
|||
|
|
that it can open and display any standard GS/OS or ProDOS volume.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
With the FST, you can copy files from MS-DOS volumes and
|
|||
|
|
subdirectories to ProDOS volumes and subdirectories by dragging and
|
|||
|
|
dropping icons -- in the same way that you can copy files between ProDOS,
|
|||
|
|
GS/OS and HFS volumes. You can also open and display MS-DOS text files on
|
|||
|
|
the GS desktop with utilities like ShadowWrite or Teach, simply by
|
|||
|
|
clicking their icons. You can modify these files like any text file and
|
|||
|
|
save them back to ProDOS. Besides being able to work with standard MS-DOS
|
|||
|
|
diskettes, the FST can also open and display those special PC Transporter
|
|||
|
|
MS-DOS floppy disk volumes that have been created on standard ProDOS
|
|||
|
|
drives.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
There are, however, some limitations. Using the FST you cannot, for
|
|||
|
|
example, copy ProDOS files _to_ MS-DOS volumes or delete MS-DOS files from
|
|||
|
|
MS-DOS volumes. The FST is a read-only translator. Additionally, the FST
|
|||
|
|
won't recognize PC Transporter hard drive volumes. The FST does not have
|
|||
|
|
a complete icon set and will not identify most file types under the "Icon
|
|||
|
|
Info" menu bar selection. Blank page icons for unknown file types, text
|
|||
|
|
icons, and directory folders are all that appear to be available.
|
|||
|
|
Fortunately, MS-DOS filename conventions takes care of part of this
|
|||
|
|
problem -- the three-character filename extension can help signal the
|
|||
|
|
contents of a file.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Further refinement is called for. An ideal FST should have its own
|
|||
|
|
set of icons for most of the important MS-DOS file types. COM, BAT, and
|
|||
|
|
EXE, for example, are among those which need their own icons. The FST
|
|||
|
|
should be able to open and display hard drive volumes on the desktop, and
|
|||
|
|
it should be able to perform some basic file maintenance (i.e. copy, move,
|
|||
|
|
delete) upon MS-DOS files. Such an FST should permit both reading and
|
|||
|
|
writing. In view of the fact that Apple has discontinued the Apple IIe
|
|||
|
|
and IIgs including plans for the Ethernet card, it seems most unlikely that
|
|||
|
|
any refinements of the MS-DOS FST will be produced by the Apple II
|
|||
|
|
development team. That task will be left to Apple II enthusiasts who have
|
|||
|
|
the necessary programming skills to finish Apple's work.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
If a full read/write desktop FST is ever developed for GS/OS, it seems
|
|||
|
|
probable that the FST will be created as a system extension, NDA, or
|
|||
|
|
separate utility program, rather than being fully integrated into the GS
|
|||
|
|
desktop. Hugh McKay, an Apple II programer who had an MS-DOS copy program
|
|||
|
|
available for the IIgs before Apple's team had released their own FST, is
|
|||
|
|
one likely candidate to write a full set of MS-DOS desktop utilities for
|
|||
|
|
the IIgs. You can download Hugh's MS-DOS file copy program from the GEnie
|
|||
|
|
A2 Library (file #20669: MSDOS12.BXY). Another likely candidate is
|
|||
|
|
Australian Peter Watson. In fact, Watson already has a nearly full set of
|
|||
|
|
MS-DOS utilities which run under GS/OS (file #21414: MSDOSUTILS.BXY).
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Watson's utilities were written as a set of integrated executable
|
|||
|
|
files that will run under a GS desktop shell such as ProSEL-16, or under
|
|||
|
|
Watson's own minishell which he has named, appropriately enough,
|
|||
|
|
COMMAND.COM. The utilities use the text screen display rather than the GS
|
|||
|
|
desktop. These 16-bit utilities will not run under ProSel-8 or as 8-bit
|
|||
|
|
ProDOS utilities -- bad news for IIe owners.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Watson's utilities are good news, however, for PCT-equipped AppleIIgs
|
|||
|
|
owners. The utility's shell program can be launched from the GS desktop
|
|||
|
|
like any ProDOS system file. The utilities can poll all IIgs devices
|
|||
|
|
online, searching for MS-DOS capable volumes. They can display files in
|
|||
|
|
_any_ MS-DOS volume, including PC Transporter hard drive volumes. Watson's
|
|||
|
|
command-line display is nearly identical to the MS-DOS command line
|
|||
|
|
display. When the directory command "MDIR" is typed, the standard MS-DOS
|
|||
|
|
header with MS-DOS drive designation, serial number, and directory are
|
|||
|
|
displayed first, followed by a list of files for the directory by file name
|
|||
|
|
and attribute, number of bytes, date and time -- just like MS-DOS. The
|
|||
|
|
only difference for diehard MS-DOS users is that the Apple II's standard
|
|||
|
|
text screen characters do not greatly resemble the funky MS-DOS font.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
The program's command-line syntax is a bit difficult for the beginner,
|
|||
|
|
but online help is available for all commands. The user has a definite
|
|||
|
|
sense that this is a transitional interface between MS-DOS and ProDOS. The
|
|||
|
|
syntax is MS-DOS-_like_ syntax. Command capabilities include format, copy,
|
|||
|
|
delete, directory display, rename and type. The most obvious advantage to
|
|||
|
|
this program is that the user has considerable control over MS-DOS volumes
|
|||
|
|
and files without leaving ProDOS. The program offers more control than
|
|||
|
|
that given by the GS/OS FST.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Watson claims that he wants to add "make directory" and "remove
|
|||
|
|
directory" commands plus an "undelete" command and a "read-only version"
|
|||
|
|
of FDISK, which would provide hard disk partition information. He also
|
|||
|
|
says, "I want to make this a full desktop interface program -- Real Soon
|
|||
|
|
Now!" As they stand right now, the utilities are solid and, at $15 for the
|
|||
|
|
shareware fee, they are a real bargain.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
PROGRAM LAUNCHING Applied Engineering improved on its software for the
|
|||
|
|
""""""""""""""""" PC Transporter since its introduction. One upgrade
|
|||
|
|
provided a BASIC utility called PC.LAUNCHER. This utility creates task
|
|||
|
|
files that allow the user to directly launch any MS-DOS program from GS/OS
|
|||
|
|
or ProDOS. On the Apple II side, each task file can be given names like
|
|||
|
|
"DBase.IV," "MicroSoft.Works" "ProCOMM.Plus," or whatever applies. The
|
|||
|
|
user simply double clicks icons for each of these files in GS/OS and the
|
|||
|
|
corresponding MS-DOS programs are launched. The task files can be
|
|||
|
|
installed anywhere on your hard drive, or you can create aliases of them
|
|||
|
|
under 6.0.1 and place them in a launching menu right alongside ProDOS or
|
|||
|
|
GS/OS applications.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Apple IIe users with PCTs are also able to take advantage of this
|
|||
|
|
launching capability. Because the task files are ProDOS files, they can
|
|||
|
|
be run from any 8-bit ProDOS launcher or desktop management program, such
|
|||
|
|
as Byrd's Better Bye, Sneeze, or Copy II+. MS-DOS programs are launched
|
|||
|
|
like any ProDOS program, by simply highlighting the selected file and
|
|||
|
|
hitting <Return>. Because I use both AppleWorks classic and Microsoft
|
|||
|
|
Works, I have Applied Engineering's MS-DOS File Translation program patched
|
|||
|
|
to my AppleWorks TimeOut Program Selector with a PC.LAUNCHER task file.
|
|||
|
|
This allows me to access the PCT's file translation program from within
|
|||
|
|
AppleWorks, translate files directly into AppleWorks format from MS-DOS,
|
|||
|
|
and then return directly to AppleWorks and call up the files. Of course,
|
|||
|
|
I can also move things the other way (from AppleWorks to Microsoft Works)
|
|||
|
|
when needed.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Launching an MS-DOS program occurs almost as smoothly as launching an
|
|||
|
|
8-bit ProDOS program from GS/OS. The only difference is that (in contrast
|
|||
|
|
to the GS's "One moment please...") the "PC Transporter" announcement
|
|||
|
|
screen is flashed briefly on the screen, and then the traditional DOS
|
|||
|
|
memory counter runs before the selected program itself is run. If you're
|
|||
|
|
running MS-DOS from a hard drive with RamFAST interface, the time to load
|
|||
|
|
MS-DOS is, subjectively, little more than it takes to run a ProDOS session
|
|||
|
|
from GS/OS. If you're booting into MS-DOS from other devices (such as a
|
|||
|
|
3.5" disk, much slower than the average hard drive), the wait will be
|
|||
|
|
longer. Through use of another executable file on the MS-DOS side of
|
|||
|
|
things, PCT.QUIT, it is also possible to quit back to the IIgs or IIe
|
|||
|
|
desktop by simply typing BYE at the MS-DOS prompt.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
While running MS-DOS, IIgs users will especially like the fact that
|
|||
|
|
the IIgs control panel and all Classic Desk Accessories are always
|
|||
|
|
available during an MS-DOS session, just as they are in GS/OS. Therefore,
|
|||
|
|
the IIgs can take advantage of a kind of multi-processing, a capability
|
|||
|
|
which Applied Engineering has taken special pains to insure in newer
|
|||
|
|
versions of its PCT software. One particularly useful application of this
|
|||
|
|
capability may be that it allows users immediate access to ProDOS
|
|||
|
|
directories through any CDA file utility while an MS-DOS program is
|
|||
|
|
running.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
CONCLUSION As for the ideal Apple II hybrid posited at the beginning of
|
|||
|
|
"""""""""" this month's article -- one that would allow any disk to be
|
|||
|
|
inserted in a drive and then be available for copying files or launching
|
|||
|
|
programs -- it seems to this writer that the evidence is now in. An Apple
|
|||
|
|
IIgs with a PCT and/or a drive like a Floptical or SuperDrive is probably
|
|||
|
|
the best integrated hybrid that you are likely to see, short of the
|
|||
|
|
development of a PowerPC with an Apple II personality some time in the
|
|||
|
|
future.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Next month we'll talk more about the kinds of disk drives that are
|
|||
|
|
necessary for good integration in an Apple II/PC hybrid and about how the
|
|||
|
|
PC Transporter does its work within an Apple II. We'll also talk about
|
|||
|
|
low-level disk formatting or encoding schemes like MFM and GCR, something a
|
|||
|
|
potential hybrid owner/user really needs to know about for successful use
|
|||
|
|
of their machine. Until then, think hybrid!
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
NOTES
|
|||
|
|
"""""
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
(1) Keizer, Gregg. "The MAC LC's Split Personality." inCider/A+.
|
|||
|
|
July 1991. p. 26.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
(2) Applied Engineering advertisement. inCider. August 1988. p. 46.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
[EOA]
|
|||
|
|
[WWU]//////////////////////////////
|
|||
|
|
WWUG NEWSLETTER /
|
|||
|
|
/////////////////////////////////
|
|||
|
|
January 1994 Report
|
|||
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""
|
|||
|
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By GEna Saikin
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[A2.GENA]
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INTRODUCTION The World Wide User Group (WWUG) was the brainchild of
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"""""""""""" Lunatic E'Sex, conceived in a dorm room at KansasFest '93,
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and nurtered down through the months, until we had our very first meeting
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in October, 1993!
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We have discovered that it is at times difficult to find local support
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for the Apple II's, and so have created an online user group meeting, being
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held once per month (the 3rd Sunday of every month) at 4 p.m. eastern time
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in the Apple II Real Time Conference (RTC) center - page 645;2.
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NEWS FROM APPLEDOM There are several new programs that are out or are
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"""""""""""""""""" coming out very soon in the world of Apple II:
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Spectrum has been a long-awaited desktop communications program, and
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will be very handy for those who use the Manager and HardPressed on a
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regular basis...it should be shipping very, very soon...
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ANSITerm 2.1 has just started shipping. It's an update to Paul
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Parkhurst's ANSITerm 2.0 with a lot of added features.
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And, of course, the long-awaited update to the very popular AppleWorks
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3.0, Appleworks 4.0 is now shipping. December's meeting featured Jerry
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Kindall who told us all about AW4.0, and the cool updates it has!
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DECEMBER'S FEATURE Jerry Kindall of Quality Computers was our featured
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"""""""""""""""""" guest at the December meeting of the WWUG. He gave
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us a very thorough look-see at AW4.0 - and told us of it's many new
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features. I'll give you a brief outline here.
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AW4.0 incorporates many of the time-outs that now have to be manually
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patched into AW3.0, including TotalControl, which gives you the ability to
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pull data from several databases and/or spreadsheets for a report. Time-
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Out Paint and Time-Out Filemaster are two more TO's that have been
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incorporated into the AW4.0 package. These TO features will be accessed
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from the "Other" menu rather than the open-apple-control-escape method used
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now.
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Most of the external Time-Out features will be compatible with AW4.0,
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and some that are not, will be able to be updated by the included Updater.
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The rest will soon be made compatible.
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There is also the added feature that allows you to use formulas in
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databases, and will increase the number of categories to 60, up from the 30
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now. This is a very handy tool for those who must use databases, in lieu
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of spreadhseets for number-crunching, particularly if they have to pull out
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specific peoples, places or things...when making a final report!
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Another neat feature will be in the Word Processor. It's called
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Glossary, and will allow you to merge letters individually from any
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database of names/addresses...rather than having to tweak the database,
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when you want to send only one or two letters out, as you do now!
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Jerry also told us that an update to AppleWorks GS was in the offing.
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For ordering AW4.0, here are the prices:
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""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
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Update from 3.0 $79.95
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Update from 2.0 $99.95
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Original $179.95
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NEWS FROM THE A2 LIBRARY There are several excellent files in the
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"""""""""""""""""""""""" library that I'll recap here, but there are
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thousands of files available...and all are good!
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File #21778 is the December DOM - loaded with goodies.
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File #21740 is called AutoTrash - wherein your trash will automatically
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be dumped, when you drag it into the trashcan. No more having to hit
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OA-T to do that! But, be careful!
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File #21728 File Passage - a great little GS utility program.
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File #11631 BGSound - plays music in the background - even in 8-
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bit programs (like ProTERM), as it is a CDA
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NEWS FROM A2 What's new? New files, new faces and much valuable
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"""""""""""" information for the users of Apple II's! We are the best
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online support for Apple II's of all the commercial online services! Come
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visit us - we're on page 645 and have a bulletin board chock full of
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informative stuff, a library with over 21,000 files, and nightly RTC's for
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you to come in and either just talk or ask questions about any problems
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you're having. See ya there!
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[EOA]
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[AII]//////////////////////////////
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APPLE II /
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/////////////////////////////////
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Apple II History, Part 19a
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""""""""""""""""""""""""""
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By Steven Weyhrich
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[S.WEYHRICH]
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>>> APPLE II HISTORY <<<
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""""""""""""""""""""""""
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Compiled and written by Steven Weyhrich
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(C) Copyright 1993, Zonker Software
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(PART 19a -- APPLEWORKS)
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[v1.3 :: 10 Dec 93]
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INTRODUCTION With all the news recently about the latest version of
|
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"""""""""""" AppleWorks, it seems appropriate to reach the part of the
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History that deals with this long-lived and popular program. In this part
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we will deal with the earlier incarnations of the program, and discuss some
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of the enhancements made to it in the past.
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APPLEWORKS There is one program in the Apple II world that has not only
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"""""""""" showed amazing staying power in a world where this year's
|
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software hit is next year's yawn, but has also gone on to spawn a number
|
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of software companies and magazines that do nothing but sell products for
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it. That program is AppleWorks. Originally released in 1984 by Apple
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Computer, it has gone on to become one of the best selling computer
|
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programs of all time, on ANY computer. Although few seem to mention the
|
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influence it has had, it is evident in the number of computer programs that
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have come out for the IBM and Macintosh that have the "Works" name on them
|
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(Microsoft Works, ClarisWorks, Beagle Works, and others). AppleWorks was
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one of the first "integrated" software packages, preceded on the Apple II
|
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only by The Incredible Jack (published by Business Solutions in 1983; this
|
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program ran under DOS 3.3). It put modules that performed word processing,
|
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database management, and spreadsheet calculations into a single
|
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environment, using similar commands in each module. Previous software
|
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programs specialized for each of those jobs had their own unique keyboard
|
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commands that were often very different from each other. If you went from
|
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|
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Apple Writer to VisiCalc, or from VisiCalc to DB Master, you had to learn a
|
|||
|
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completely different method of controlling the program. Furthermore, the
|
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|
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data files created by those programs were usually not compatible with each
|
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other, making it difficult and awkward to move information directly from
|
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one program to another. AppleWorks not only created a continuity between
|
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these modules, but went a step beyond in allowing them to share data with
|
|||
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each other via a space of memory called a "clipboard". This clipboard was
|
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part of a larger memory area called a "desktop", which could hold data for
|
|||
|
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up to twelve different files at the same time, which made data sharing even
|
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more convenient.
|
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|
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|
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AppleWorks was written by Rupert Lissner (who later changed his first
|
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name to "Robert".<1>) Its earliest incarnation was in another product
|
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sold by Apple, called QuickFile. QuickFile was an Apple III database
|
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program written in Pascal. It was flexible and easy to use, and Apple
|
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agreed to market it for Lissner in 1980. It was later translated into a
|
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version for the Apple IIe (also in Pascal) called QuickFile IIe. As a
|
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database program it was flexible and powerful, but somewhat slow due to the
|
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inherent limitations of the UCSD Pascal system that Apple favored at the
|
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time.
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|
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After seeing the Office System on the Lisa computer, Lissner
|
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conceived the idea of a single program that would put word processing,
|
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database, and spreadsheet capabilities together, and run on an Apple II.
|
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It was originally called "Apple Pie", and he began work on it in 1982.
|
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|
Lissner took two years to complete his program, and did it entirely in
|
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assembly language to achieve better speed. He wrote versions of the
|
|||
|
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program to work on both the Apple II and Apple III computers, making use of
|
|||
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the same filetypes and data structures. Apple Pie files created on an
|
|||
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Apple II could be used on an Apple III, and vice-versa.
|
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|
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|
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Apple decided to market the Apple II version themselves, and called it
|
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"AppleWorks". Lissner was left with the rights to the Apple III version.
|
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|
|
He sold those rights to Haba Systems, who brought it out under the name,
|
|||
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|
"/// E-Z Pieces". That program continued to be compatible with the
|
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|
AppleII version up until Claris (the software company formed by Apple in
|
|||
|
|
1987) upgraded the Apple II AppleWorks to version 3.0 in 1989.
|
|||
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|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
A STAR IS BORN When it was finally released, AppleWorks was one of the
|
|||
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|
"""""""""""""" most comprehensive programs ever written for the Apple II.
|
|||
|
|
Although neither of the three modules were significantly more powerful than
|
|||
|
|
other standalone programs, they had enough power for the average computer
|
|||
|
|
user to do what was needed. The memory management system was the extremely
|
|||
|
|
flexible, eventually being able to handle not only the basic 128K on a IIe
|
|||
|
|
or IIc, but also several different types of memory cards used on those
|
|||
|
|
computers and on the IIgs. Far larger than the memory of the 64K Apple IIe
|
|||
|
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on which it would run (as a minimum memory configuration), the program was
|
|||
|
|
smart enough to swap in or out from disk the parts it needed to carry out
|
|||
|
|
its various functions. Considering that it would run on a computer whose
|
|||
|
|
microprocessor could address only 64K of memory at one time, the power
|
|||
|
|
achieved by this program is remarkable. There are few other software
|
|||
|
|
packages ever released that have as smoothly and seamlessly made up to two
|
|||
|
|
megabytes of memory on an 8-bit computer appear to be one contiguous space.
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
AppleWorks' user interface was designed with menu bars, rather than
|
|||
|
|
the older command line interface (such as the one used in Applesoft,
|
|||
|
|
Integer BASIC, and the Monitor). Apple's own researchers had put human
|
|||
|
|
subjects in front of a computer keyboard to learn what was easiest to use.
|
|||
|
|
They designed an interface that was based on using arrow keys to move a
|
|||
|
|
cursor (or "bar") to different choices in a list, and then using the return
|
|||
|
|
key to make the selection. They also came up with the concept of the
|
|||
|
|
"desktop" (represented in text rather than in graphics as on the Lisa and
|
|||
|
|
Macintosh), and a "clipboard" for transferring data between files. Apple
|
|||
|
|
shared this information with Lissner, and he went on to use it in his
|
|||
|
|
program design.<2>
|
|||
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|
|||
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|
|||
|
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APPLE'S "PROMOTION" OF APPLEWORKS The marketing decisions made concerning
|
|||
|
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""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" AppleWorks have not been very clear to
|
|||
|
|
the outside observer over the years. At the time that AppleWorks was ready
|
|||
|
|
for release there was a considerable amount of company money and time being
|
|||
|
|
spent in trying to make the Macintosh sell in the computer marketplace.
|
|||
|
|
Those who had the most influence at Apple were not very interested in a
|
|||
|
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"simple" text-based program, when the Mac and its graphic interface was the
|
|||
|
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"cutting edge" in technology. Those people believed that the Mac
|
|||
|
|
represented the future of Apple, and were not interested in wasting time
|
|||
|
|
with old Apple II technology in any form.
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
Another problem was Apple's past record in selling software. Tom
|
|||
|
|
Weishaar made these comments in the November 1987 issue of Open-Apple:
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
"...Apple was trying very hard to get the big MS-DOS developers to work
|
|||
|
|
with the Macintosh. One of the reasons these developers gave for their
|
|||
|
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reluctance to work on the Mac was their fear that Apple itself would
|
|||
|
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compete with them -- Apple, obviously, had tremendous advantages in terms
|
|||
|
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of distribution and access to inside information. Apple had a reputation
|
|||
|
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for developing applications software for its machines that would kill the
|
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|
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market for similar software -- Apple Writer (which was at the top of the
|
|||
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Apple II software charts at the time) and a complete set of applications
|
|||
|
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software for the Lisa being major examples. Powerful voices inside Apple
|
|||
|
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wanted the company to get out of the applications software business."<3>
|
|||
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|
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However, despite the concern about Apple selling AppleWorks, the
|
|||
|
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decision was eventually made.
|
|||
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|
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|
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"Apple's punishment for its indiscretion was immediate -- within six weeks
|
|||
|
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its illegitimate child sat at the top of the Apple II best-seller list.
|
|||
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AppleWorks achieved this without the benefits of a mother's love -- it
|
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succeeded in spite of, not because of, Apple's meager marketing efforts in
|
|||
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its behalf. Since AppleWorks was released, for example, Apple has run 26
|
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pages of ads in A+ magazine. The word 'AppleWorks' appears in those ads
|
|||
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exactly zero times. Four of the ads show screen shots of AppleWorks ...
|
|||
|
|
the Apple IIgs ad in the September 1987 A+ [shows a screen shot of]
|
|||
|
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AppleWorks ... in the gutter between the pages and is the only one of the
|
|||
|
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23 programs shown that isn't mentioned by name. This is typical of the
|
|||
|
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treatment Apple's bastard child gets from its mother. [Del] Yocam,
|
|||
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[Apple's Executive Vice-President in 1987], didn't mention it or Lissner in
|
|||
|
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his birthday speech [at the 1987 AppleFest, celebrating the tenth
|
|||
|
|
anniversary of the Apple II], and John Sculley, Apple's president, doesn't
|
|||
|
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mention it or Lissner in his ... book, Odyssey."<3>
|
|||
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|
|||
|
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When it first appeared on the market, AppleWorks STARTED at number 2
|
|||
|
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on Softalk's top thirty list. It moved to the number one spot in Apple
|
|||
|
|
sales by the following month, and stayed there for a LONG time. By the end
|
|||
|
|
of 1984, AppleWorks had moved into the number one spot in monthly retail
|
|||
|
|
software sales for ALL computers, overtaking the MS-DOS best-seller Lotus
|
|||
|
|
1-2-3 (a spreadsheet program with graphics and rudimentary word processing
|
|||
|
|
capabilities). Some reports estimate that it was selling thirty to forty
|
|||
|
|
thousand copies per month at one time.<10> But since it was not their
|
|||
|
|
beloved Macintosh that put an Apple program into first place, corporate
|
|||
|
|
Apple ignored the milestone. Since that time, though no longer in first
|
|||
|
|
place, AppleWorks has continued to do very well, despite an absence of
|
|||
|
|
advertising on the part of Apple, and minimal advertising on the part of
|
|||
|
|
Claris.<3>
|
|||
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|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
APPLEWORKS REVISIONS The first change to AppleWorks came with the
|
|||
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""" released of version 1.1 in 1985, which was a
|
|||
|
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modification to help overcome problems with non-Apple printers and
|
|||
|
|
interface cards. Later that year version 1.2 came out with the ability to
|
|||
|
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use more easily even more of this non-Apple hardware. Both relatively
|
|||
|
|
minor updates were made available free of charge to existing owners of the
|
|||
|
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program.
|
|||
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|
|||
|
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Version 1.3 of AppleWorks came out in early 1986 for a $20 update fee.
|
|||
|
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It provided a bit more functionality for those users who had larger
|
|||
|
|
capacity disk drives. Specifically, it better supported the new UniDisk
|
|||
|
|
3.5 for file storage and made it possible to format disks on that device.
|
|||
|
|
Previous versions could load files from 3.5 disks only by specifying the
|
|||
|
|
ProDOS pathname; version 1.3 could access these disks with the more
|
|||
|
|
familiar slot and drive numbers. Also, since Apple now sold a large memory
|
|||
|
|
card which would plug into any free slot on the Apple IIe, this new version
|
|||
|
|
of AppleWorks could expand the size of the desktop to as much as 1,012K. By
|
|||
|
|
this time, Applied Engineering and other companies had already been doing
|
|||
|
|
quite well selling RAM cards for the auxiliary slot on the IIe, and had
|
|||
|
|
also included special software that patched previous AppleWorks versions to
|
|||
|
|
allow a larger desktop. They went further than Apple, however, in also
|
|||
|
|
allowing larger word processing and database files to be created.<4>
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
Up through the release of AppleWorks 1.3, the only changes that had
|
|||
|
|
been made were bug fixes and enhancements to work better with new hardware.
|
|||
|
|
In September 1986, along with announcements about the new Apple IIgs, Apple
|
|||
|
|
released version 2.0 of AppleWorks. It now required a minimum of 128K
|
|||
|
|
(previous versions would work with 64K, but allowed only a 10K desktop). In
|
|||
|
|
exchange for the greater memory requirements, it gave users a built-in
|
|||
|
|
ability to do mail merge, added more functions to the spreadsheet, and
|
|||
|
|
supported Apple memory cards even better than v1.3. Furthermore, word
|
|||
|
|
processing, database, and spreadsheet files could be larger than in
|
|||
|
|
previous versions. Existing users were able to upgrade to v2.0 for $50,
|
|||
|
|
which included a completely new manual, a very reasonable price considering
|
|||
|
|
the extra abilities of this new version.<5>
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
July 1987 saw one change that had an impact on future distribution of
|
|||
|
|
AppleWorks. Apple decided to create a separate company, named "Claris", to
|
|||
|
|
handle some of the popular software that they had released for their
|
|||
|
|
AppleII and Macintosh computers over the years. As mentioned above,
|
|||
|
|
products released by Apple had a tendency to be the "kiss of death" for
|
|||
|
|
third-party companies trying to market similar programs. For example,
|
|||
|
|
after the outstanding success of AppleWorks, virtually NO text-based work
|
|||
|
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processors released for the Apple II made much of an impact on the market.
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car up on blocks with its wheels missing. The caption read, "There are
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still some Apple II users who don't have AppleWorks", suggesting that
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AppleWorks users who don't have TimeOut", suggesting that the sports car in
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upgrade in 1989. This one showed an old worn tennis shoe (representing the
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as eight megabytes, if that much memory was installed. However, because of
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the way in which desktop memory in AppleWorks was handled, this turned out
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"""""""""""""" AppleWorks, they were making plans to do some major
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improvements to the program. Since they primarily had Macintosh
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programmers working for them, they first asked Robert Lissner, the original
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author. He wasn't much interested, since he had already made good money
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off the program and didn't really have the motivation for such a major
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project. Claris then decided to turn to a third-party company to do the
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work for their project, which was given the code-name "Spike". There were
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planning to hire a company named Pinpoint Publishing to do the work.
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some features that MS-DOS users had available on their computers (a
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"pop-up" calendar, terminal program, and other modules), and seemed to be
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making a major effort to promote their product and stimulate more sales of
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AppleWorks. By this time, however, Pinpoint was financially getting into
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trouble, with sales of their products (AppleWorks-related and otherwise)
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below what was needed to support the large user support network they had
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set up. Consequently, they were eager for the chance to contract out to
|
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Claris for the AppleWorks upgrade. However, they planned to make very
|
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minimal changes to it, staying exclusively within Claris' specifications.
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During this time, Claris kept hearing from AppleWorks users who were
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much more loyal to Beagle Bros, who had a series of products called
|
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TimeOut. These products worked in a fashion similar to those from
|
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Pinpoint. After some complicated negotiations that nearly fell through
|
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several times, Beagle finally took on the job to do the AppleWorks project
|
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for Claris. Beagle programmers Alan Bird, Randy Brandt and Rob Renstrom
|
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worked on it for almost a year, in between a few other projects that were
|
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going on at the same time. They did their work on Macintosh II computers
|
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running the MPW (Macintosh Programmer's Workshop) cross-assembler,
|
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primarily for the sake of speed.<6> As enthusiastic Apple II programmers
|
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who also knew AppleWorks inside and out, Beagle's team added a lot of power
|
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Claris had not planned on in their original specifications. Occasionally
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they called on Lissner for help in understanding why certain parts of the
|
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code were written as they were, but all of the work came from these "Beagle
|
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Boys". Viewing it almost as a labor of love, they went beyond what they
|
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were asked to do, and enjoyed making AppleWorks into a program that they
|
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would want to use. Randy Brandt stated, "I think it's safe to say the
|
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AppleWorks 3.0 project yielded the worst hourly rate I've ever made in
|
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AppleWorks-related programming, but it did give me a lot of insight which
|
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came in handy on future projects."<7> Additionally, they fixed over one
|
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known hundred bugs in AppleWorks 2.1.<8>
|
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|
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In June 1989, Claris announced the AppleWorks 3.0 upgrade at the
|
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National Educational Computing Conference in Boston. The features that
|
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were added or improved are too numerous to describe here; in brief, it
|
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added nearly all the things users had wanted the program to do. It was
|
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easier to use, it took better advantage of extra memory (going beyond the
|
|||
|
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two meg limit on the IIgs), and it was easier to customize special printers
|
|||
|
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to work with it. And it included a new feature that was becoming standard
|
|||
|
|
in many commercial word processors: A built-in spelling checker. Because
|
|||
|
|
of these extra features, the maximum desktop size on a standard 128K
|
|||
|
|
AppleII was now reduced to about 40K (down from the original 55K). Also,
|
|||
|
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the program now loaded from TWO double-sided 5.25 disks (or a single 3.5
|
|||
|
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disk), instead of the previous one double-sided 5.25 disk.
|
|||
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|
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|
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Apple had for years included registration cards with their products,
|
|||
|
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both hardware and software, to identify the user in Apple's files as an
|
|||
|
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owner of that product. Unfortunately, although they had done a good job at
|
|||
|
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including those cards with everything they shipped out, they had done a
|
|||
|
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somewhat less satisfactory job of actually compiling the data from those
|
|||
|
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cards. Consequently, Claris really had no available information about who
|
|||
|
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was and who was not a "registered" owner of AppleWorks. They decided that
|
|||
|
|
they would make an initial upgrade offer of $79 for customers that owned
|
|||
|
|
ANY previous version of AppleWorks (from v1.0 to v2.1), and through
|
|||
|
|
A2-Central magazine they even made available a special $99 offer: An
|
|||
|
|
A2-Central subscriber could get the program from Claris for that price,
|
|||
|
|
even if he could not prove previous ownership of AppleWorks.<9> Later,
|
|||
|
|
owners of previous versions could still upgrade for $99 if they wanted.
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
Since that time, unhappily, Claris has concentrated exclusively on
|
|||
|
|
Macintosh products and apparently has no plans for further updates or
|
|||
|
|
upgrades to AppleWorks. This was unfortunate, since there were several
|
|||
|
|
known bugs in the program, and Beagle Bros programmer Mark Munz eventually
|
|||
|
|
decided to release his own AppleWorks bug-patcher program into the public
|
|||
|
|
domain to correct these known problems. Rather than take the hint and make
|
|||
|
|
a v3.1 release to officially acknowledge and correct these problems,
|
|||
|
|
Claris' policy was to simply wait until a customer complained about them
|
|||
|
|
and then to direct them to Mark's Patcher program.
|
|||
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|
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|
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|
ENHANCEMENTS: PINPOINT AppleWorks has been such a major influence in the
|
|||
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""" Apple II world that the program has itself spawned
|
|||
|
|
a number of related products that act to enhance or expand its usability
|
|||
|
|
for different purposes. This is a reflection on the widespread penetration
|
|||
|
|
of the program, as well as the desire of Apple II users for more and better
|
|||
|
|
features.
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
One of the first customization features that appeared for AppleWorks
|
|||
|
|
was from Pinpoint Publishing. They had originally been called Virtual
|
|||
|
|
Combinatics, and had sold a program for the Apple II called Micro Cookbook.
|
|||
|
|
Suddenly in 1985 they burst upon the market with a new name and a
|
|||
|
|
significant new product. Their Pinpoint Desk Accessories was primarily an
|
|||
|
|
enhancement for AppleWorks, though it was also possible to install its
|
|||
|
|
features for use under Applesoft, and eventually Apple Writer and Word
|
|||
|
|
Perfect. Taking after the popularity of "pop-up desktop" programs for the
|
|||
|
|
IBM PC like Sidekick, Pinpoint added some similar features to AppleWorks.
|
|||
|
|
These features were available at any time, simply by pressing solid-apple
|
|||
|
|
and P (option-P on the IIgs). At this point a little "Accessories" menu
|
|||
|
|
would pop-up onto the screen, drawn using MouseText characters, and the
|
|||
|
|
desired feature was selected by moving the cursor bar up and down the list,
|
|||
|
|
pressing RETURN for the one you wanted (working just like AppleWorks). The
|
|||
|
|
accessories included Appointment Calendar; Calculator; Communications (a
|
|||
|
|
small terminal program for use with a modem, which could send AppleWorks
|
|||
|
|
word processing files or save incoming text as a WP file); Dialer (just
|
|||
|
|
highlight on the screen the number you wanted to call, and it would be
|
|||
|
|
dialed for you via the modem); GraphMerge (which allowed you to print a
|
|||
|
|
word processing document with all or part of a double hi-res picture
|
|||
|
|
included with the text); Notepad (a miniature word processor, holding up to
|
|||
|
|
32 lines of text and saving notes in AppleWorks WP format); QuickLabel
|
|||
|
|
(take an address off the screen and place it on an envelope template for
|
|||
|
|
printing); and Typewriter (type and print lines one at a time). This was
|
|||
|
|
all very exciting at the time, multiplying the abilities of AppleWorks
|
|||
|
|
beyond what it was built to do. Because of disk-space requirements this
|
|||
|
|
was more convenient to use from a 3.5 disk or hard disk, but actually could
|
|||
|
|
be used from 5.25 disks without TOO much trouble. Eventually a spelling
|
|||
|
|
checker was also made available to use with Pinpoint.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
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|
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|
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[*][*][*]
|
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|
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|
|
NEXT INSTALLMENT: Magazines
|
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""""""""""""""""
|
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NOTES
|
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|
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"""""
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|
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|
|
<1> Weishaar, Tom. "Miscellanea", OPEN-APPLE, Nov 1986, p. 2.74.
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
<2> Williams, Warren, and Carlton, Steve. "AppleWorks", THE APPLE II
|
|||
|
|
GUIDE, Fall 1990, pp. 36-45.
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
<3> Weishaar, Tom. "Reality And Apple's Vision", OPEN-APPLE, Nov
|
|||
|
|
1987, pp. 3.73-3.74.
|
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|
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|
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<4> Weishaar, Tom. "Does Your Mother Love You?", OPEN-APPLE, Jan
|
|||
|
|
1986, p. 1.97.
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
<5> Weishaar, Tom. "New $999 Apple IIgs Arrives", OPEN-APPLE, Oct
|
|||
|
|
1986, pp. 2.65-2.67.
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
<6> Deatherage, Matt. "Who's Who In Apple II", GENIE LAMP, Aug 1992.
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|
|
<7> Brandt, Randy. (personal mail), GEnie, E-MAIL, Jul 1991.
|
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<8> Brandt, Randy. GEnie, A2 ROUNDTABLE, Jun 1992, Category 13, Topic
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16.
|
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|
|||
|
|
<9> Weishaar, Tom. "AppleWorks 3.0 A Blockbuster", A2-CENTRAL, Jul
|
|||
|
|
1989, pp. 5.41-5.46.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
<10> Brandt, Randy. "Enhancing AppleWorks" (video tape), Jul 1993,
|
|||
|
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Quality Computers.
|
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