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~ WELCOME TO GEnieLamp APPLE II! ~
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""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
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~ PROFILES -- Who's Who In Apple II: Eric Shepherd ~
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~ SPECIAL NEEDS: Autism and Apple IIs ~
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~ DR'S EXAMINING TABLE: Fear and Loathing in the Computer Store ~
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~ HOT NEWS, HOT FILES, HOT MESSAGES ~
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GEnieLamp Apple II ~ A T/TalkNET OnLine Publication ~ Vol.3, Issue 31
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Editor....................................................Douglas Cuff
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Publisher.............................................John F. Peters
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>>> WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE APPLE II ROUNDTABLE? <<<
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~ October 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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Please Adjust Your Mindset. About Online Book Reviews.
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ASCII ART GALLERY ....... [ASA] SPECIAL NEEDS ........... [SPC]
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Hallowe'en Art. Autism and Apple IIs.
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DR'S EXAMINING TABLE ... [DRT] THE TREASURE HUNT ....... [HUN]
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Shopping Report. Yours For the Downloading.
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PROFILES ............... [PRO] GEnie TIPS & HINTS ...... [TIP]
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Who's Who: Eric Shepherd. Using the "SEArch" Command.
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LOG OFF ................. [LOG]
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GEnieLamp Information.
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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].
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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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>>> PLEASE ADJUST YOUR MINDSET <<<
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In his book _The Dungeon Master: The Disappearance of James Dallas
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Egbert III_ (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1984), private investigator William
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Dear describes his hunt for a sixteen-year-old genius. One particularly
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gruelling stage of the investigation involved searching the service tunnels
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that ran underneath Michigan State University:
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The maintenance engineer and I were the last team out
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of the tunnels. We emerged at about 11 P.M., after four and
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a quarter hours underground, through unlocked double doors
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into the basement of Case Hall, where Dallas had lived....
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What we did next was curious, and I can only call it
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the act of a compulsive person. WE SEARCHED THE BASEMENT.
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If we'd been in Mother Teresa's bedroom, we probably would
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have searched that. We'd grown accustomed to searching.
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I thought of that incident recently when a new piece of software
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arrived in my mailbox. I copied the program onto my hard drive, ran the
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program, and started trying every possible menu choice in an effort to find
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a bug.
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You see, I've been spending the last little while beta-testing
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software, the final stage before the software is released for sale. I've
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gotten used to looking for bugs, and gotten used to trying menu options
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that I wouldn't normally use.
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That in turn reminded me that my fellow beta testers and I have been
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falling on each new release, closeting ourselves with the latest version,
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and emerging hours later to point out new bugs, or crow that old ones
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haven't been fixed. Very rarely indeed did anyone rave about the features
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that had been added; our preoccupation was always the bugs that the new
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features caused.
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Okay, we WERE asked to be beta testers, not reviewers or advertising
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and promotion execs. Even so:
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What's beta-testing like for a programmer or programming team? For a
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programmer, beta-testing means the project is almost finished. What's it
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like to suddenly hear 80 fantasticajillion complaints, and no compliments?
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I don't know; I don't really program. I suspect it can be
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demoralizing. (Writing--code, prose, or poetry--is so solitary that it's
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often demoralizing anyway.)
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It's great (if not surprising) news that there are still companies
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publishing software for the Apple II. In the days ahead, we need to be
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particularly vigilant that we haven't become so hypnotized that we continue
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as we always have just because that's the way we've always done it. There
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are few knowledgeable companies publishing Apple II software these days.
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Without becoming pushovers for any sloppy piece of software that comes down
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the pike, we need to realize that the Apple IIs dominance of the
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marketplace. This economic reality means that it's a lot riskier for a
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publisher to invest in Apple II software.
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I'm not saying "Let's allow the remaining publishers to give us
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crummy support." (This hasn't exactly been a major worry of mine lately,
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anyway.)
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I am saying that we should remember to be polite. (Saying "please"
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and "thank you" might not make all the difference, but they do make some
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difference.) We should remember to be reasonable. (No more blowing up the
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first time a mistake is made, not even if you're having a rotten day.) We
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should remember that practically every new piece of Apple II software comes
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at a bargain price... compared to a similar piece of software on a
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Macintosh or IBM. (Sure, your computer budget is shrinking, but so is the
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publisher's.)
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To be honest, my advice is good advice even when all is smooth
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sailing. It's just crucial advice when things are not going so well.
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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 A2 POT-POURRI
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>>> A2 POT-POURRI <<<
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"...FOR THEM, NOSTALGIA IS BREAKFAST..." As the VP of a local user group,
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group Ambassador. This morning, I got a call from someone at Apple's User
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Group Connection who was wanting information to update their data base.
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Her: Are you still using and supporting the Macintosh?
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Me: Arrrggghhh. I've never used or supported the Macintosh.
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Her: Have you switched to PC's.
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Me: No
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Me: No. I'm involved with another computer that Apple produced for
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a number of years. Does that give you an idea?
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Her: No. I have absolutley no idea what computer you could be
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referring to.
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(JOE.KOHN, CAT5, TOP2, MSG:338/M645;1)
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AMERICA ONLINE KEEPS APPLE II AREAS Gayle Keresey is now AFL Gayle, and
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""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" will stay there managing the A2
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forums along with AFL GaryJ.
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They may be discontinuing Apple II access, but they're not killing
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the forum.
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<<<<< May not sound logical, but that's the way it is.. They are paring
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""""" it down somewhat (conference rooms have now been cut down to two..
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Apple II General and Apple II Technical)..
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Andy... (A.WELLS5, CAT5, TOP6, MSGS:281&283/M645;1)
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EWORLD AND THE APPLE II |here's actually a very limited amount of
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""""""""""""""""""""""" support for the Apple II on Apple's own new
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service, eWorld. It consists of the Apple IIgs and IIe system software.
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Period.
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-= Lunatic (:
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BIG RED PHONE PROBLEMS? > Does anyone know (for sure) what the scoop on
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""""""""""""""""""""""" > BRCC is.
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I last spoke to John Wrenholt, BRCC's owner, a week or two ago.
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At that time, he said that he was finishing up a new issue of
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Scarlett. If I remember correctly, he said that he has 4 issues of
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Scarlett to complete, and he has every intention of doing so before Dec
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> nor have I been able to contact them.
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When I dialed 402-379-4680, I got through with no problems.
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Joe (JOE.KOHN, CAT2, TOP4, MSG:197/M645;1)
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QUICKPORT II CDA I saw this on comp.sys.apple2
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> QuickPort II is a CDA that lets you set your printer and modem ports to
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> whatever speed you want all the way up to 57600 baud on the fly.
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Anyone familiar with this CDA? Would QuickPort II let me logon to
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GEnie at 2400bps and then, provided my particular modem connection
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supported the faster speed, switch to 9600bps for a download? I didn't
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think this was possible.
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Nez (L.JIMINEZ, CAT10, TOP2, MSG:408/M645;1)
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APPLEWORKS 4.3 MOUSETEXT DESKTOP INDEX The other day at a meeting someone
|
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"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" asked me about patching AppleWorks
|
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4.3 to use mousetext in the oa-Q menu like Companion Plus. It's really
|
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very simple.
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Get in a block editor like Block Warden or Zap.
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Follow SEG.AW on your AppleWorks disk or in your AppleWorks directory.
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Change bytes +$14A through +$163 to the mousetext characters of your
|
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choice. These are the characters that appear on either side of "Desktop
|
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Index 1". To use the same characters as Companion Plus enter: D6 D7 D6
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D7.... or for the solid apple symbol, enter C0 starting at +$14A through
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|||
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+$163, 26 bytes.
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Starting at byte +$22C4 enter DA DF CC. These are the mousetext
|
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characters used to draw the box.
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It's also very simple to move the oa-Q Menu to another position on
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the screen. If anyone wants to, yell and I'll post the information.
|
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Note these addresses are for AW4.3 ONLY as far as I know. I don't
|
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even have a copy of 4.1 or 4.2 anymore, so I have no way of checking. As
|
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always, don't patch original disks. Always use a backup.
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(S.BEVILLE, CAT17, TOP14, MSG:430/M645;1)
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RAMFAST PARTITION ONE BLOCK TOO LONG I have been using the RamFAST Rev D
|
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"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" to setup hard disk drives that will
|
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|
|
be using a RamFAST or ship with a RamFAST, all year now. Recently, I
|
|||
|
|
noticed that DiskTimer GS won't run on the 32 meg partition (boot
|
|||
|
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partition) but didn't think much of it until I innocently ran ProSel-16,
|
|||
|
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Volume Repair in the Main Directory and Fix Directory mode and learned that
|
|||
|
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the partition was one block too long. ProSel-16 volume repair fixed that,
|
|||
|
|
and DiskTimer GS worked! So, now I check and fix all RamFAST created 32
|
|||
|
|
meg partitions (that is partitions that the RamFAST utility software
|
|||
|
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creates in 32,m 768k size). I recall and checked to verify, that the
|
|||
|
|
Chinook Hard Disk Drive Utility program always creats 32,767.5k partitions,
|
|||
|
|
which econfirms that the RamFAST 32,768k is one block too big, according to
|
|||
|
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conventional software.
|
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|
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|
|
In a future upgrade to the ROM software, would Sequential Systems
|
|||
|
|
please consider fixing this because I am now presently having to spend
|
|||
|
|
about 10 minutes resizing (correcting) the problem before shipping my Hard
|
|||
|
|
Diks (Disks) with RamFAST SCSI controllers.
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
Thanks; Chuck
|
|||
|
|
Charlie's AppleSeeds
|
|||
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(A2.CHUCK, CAT20, TOP13, MSG:412/M645;1)
|
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|
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|
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|
|
POSTSCRIPT ON AN APPLE IIGS? How would I use PostScript fonts from the
|
|||
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""" GS? This is something I just don't know
|
|||
|
|
about.
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
Mark (M.KLINE1, CAT37, TOP4, MSG:346/M645;1)
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
>>>>> A recent issue of GS+ has a utility to allow downloading Postscript
|
|||
|
|
""""" fonts from a IIgs. Used in conjunction with Pointless, it should
|
|||
|
|
work well. You would need both a TrueType and Postscript version of the
|
|||
|
|
same font to have it work, though.
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
-=Joat=- (A2.TIM, CAT37, TOP4, MSG:354/M645;1)
|
|||
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|
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|
|||
|
|
BILL BASHAM SPOTTED strange you should ask. i just happened to meet bill
|
|||
|
|
""""""""""""""""""" basham a couple of months (and again weeks) ago. (he
|
|||
|
|
bought some stuff at radio shack & since we ask everyone name & address, i
|
|||
|
|
asked if he might be the same who wrote some apple software). didn't get
|
|||
|
|
into too deep a conversation (other customers waiting) but from what he
|
|||
|
|
said, i know he isn't doing anything on the ][ anymore. DID seem quite
|
|||
|
|
excited about the power pc's, though. (still, he did say that he enjoyed
|
|||
|
|
having done diversi-tune, so i'd assume support is still there if you need
|
|||
|
|
it).
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
. jyri
|
|||
|
|
(J.KORK1, CAT2, TOP22, MSG:137/M645;1)
|
|||
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|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
SOMETHING YOU DON'T SEE EVERY DAY One of the most UNIQUE ways to use a
|
|||
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" IIgs that I know of: As an Egg Sorting
|
|||
|
|
computer.
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
One of the fellows on GEnie wrote a program for the GS that will read
|
|||
|
|
sensors on an machine which determines the size and grade of chicken eggs.
|
|||
|
|
As far as I know, it is still being sold, although he has had trouble
|
|||
|
|
getting the A/D cards necessary.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Ken Lessing (K.LESSING, CAT6, TOP17, MSG:3/M645;1)
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
SUPERDRIVE TIP Hugh Hood posted a really good tip in another CAT about
|
|||
|
|
"""""""""""""" testing the Apple II Superdrive Card by entering Cn0AG
|
|||
|
|
from the monitor, where n = Slot number of the card.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
It's a neat test, and can even detect the presense of an old 400K Mac
|
|||
|
|
MFS diskette. A2FX and HFS conversion programs wont touch these, but
|
|||
|
|
MAC.TRANS.GS, in our A2 library, does the trick. Even though it says GS,
|
|||
|
|
it will also work fine on an enhanced //e, though, just to complicate
|
|||
|
|
things, will work with a UDC but not the Superdrive Card.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
David K. (D.KERWOOD, CAT8, TOP21, MSG:25/M645;1)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
II ALIVE SUBSCRIPTION E-MAIL If you are having problems with II Alive,
|
|||
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""" please drop Internet e-mail to
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
jmkomasa@qualitycomp.com
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
From GEnie you will need to add @inet# to the end of that.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
That's Jeff Komasara, who is in charge of subscriptions for II Alive.
|
|||
|
|
I have been forwarding questions to him, but perhaps it will be easier for
|
|||
|
|
him to reply to direct Internet questions.
|
|||
|
|
(II.ALIVE, CAT42, TOP2, MSG:75/M645;1)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
ORDER NOW, AND GET 100 MEGS FREE? I recently ordered a 170 meg HD for my
|
|||
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" daughters MAC from LaCie. I ordered it
|
|||
|
|
on a Thursday late in the day and they said they couldn't get it to
|
|||
|
|
Airborne that day so it would arrive Monday. The following Thursday rolled
|
|||
|
|
around and no drive. When I called back, they told me that they had a
|
|||
|
|
computer crash and lost a bushel of orders. They had reconstructed the
|
|||
|
|
orders but by this time they were out of 170meggers. No problem, they
|
|||
|
|
shipped a 270 meg for Saturday delivery with no shipping or handling.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Shades of LL Bean. Good service, good price and, best of all, they
|
|||
|
|
care about their customers.
|
|||
|
|
(R.HOSKING, CAT2, TOP20, MSG:192/M645;1)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
SPECTRUM SLOWDOWN FIX BTW, the "big clipboard slowdown" actually is not
|
|||
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""" related to the clipboard's size. I believe the
|
|||
|
|
clipboard slowdown occurs if you copy ANYTHING to the clipboard while
|
|||
|
|
inside Spectrum using the Spectrum.8 font. If the clipboard contains
|
|||
|
|
copied text that references the Spectrum.8 font, the clipboard gets
|
|||
|
|
corrupted after you quit Spectrum (when the Spectrum.8 font is no longer
|
|||
|
|
resident in memory). When you OA-Copy something new to the clipboard,
|
|||
|
|
you're replacing the old (corrupted) contents with a valid clipboard, and
|
|||
|
|
launching Spectrum won't show a massive slowdown (caused by the Scrap
|
|||
|
|
Manager eating all available memory).
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
The only solution we've come up with: Version 2.0 will ship with the
|
|||
|
|
Spectrum.8 font on disk and will install to the *:System:Fonts: folder, and
|
|||
|
|
the problem won't show up.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
(SEVENHILLS, CAT43, TOP15, MSG:321 [extract]/M645;1)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
>>> HOT TOPICS <<<
|
|||
|
|
""""""""""""""""""
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
NEW TOPIC: SECOND SIGHT
|
|||
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Topic 14 Tue Sep 13, 1994
|
|||
|
|
PROCYON.INC [Switch-It!] at 15:51 EDT
|
|||
|
|
Sub: Second Sight VGA Card
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Discussion of the new Sequential Systems 'Second Sight' VGA card for the
|
|||
|
|
Apple II and IIGS!
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
>>>>> I saw the ad for "Second Sight" in GS+, your ad forgot two
|
|||
|
|
""""" things...
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
How much $$$?
|
|||
|
|
When can I get one???
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Burger (BURGERBILL, CAT20, TOP2, MSG:208/M645;1)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
>>>>> And I'm waiting to see what it'll do for the //e! :
|
|||
|
|
"""""
|
|||
|
|
__!__
|
|||
|
|
| Terrell Smith
|
|||
|
|
| tsmith@ivcfnsc.fullfeed.com
|
|||
|
|
(T.SMITH59, CAT20, TOP14, MSG:29/M645;1)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
<<<<< It _will_ work in a //e. I see no reason why an enterprising IIe
|
|||
|
|
""""" programmer couldn't write a quick-n-dirty GIF converter for the
|
|||
|
|
board. Even better, someone might write a GIF-convert code-module to run
|
|||
|
|
_on_ the board.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Jawaid (PROCYON.INC, CAT20, TOP14, MSG:32/M645;1)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
>>>>> Well then, to add to the fun, how about a little believe or not.
|
|||
|
|
""""" Rumour has it that besides Jawaid, one of Sequential's main VGA
|
|||
|
|
card designers is none other than Mr.Ramfast (AV).
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
ps. if this is true, you know it's going to be a helluva product.
|
|||
|
|
(J.FENSKE2, CAT20, TOP14, MSG:34/M645;1)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
>>>>> COME ON ALREADY
|
|||
|
|
"""""
|
|||
|
|
Yes, I realize Jawaid is a busy guy. But as we all sit here, the
|
|||
|
|
stock in Depends Adult Disposable Undergarments is going up because we're
|
|||
|
|
all p*ssing our pants waiting for a few details.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Sure, maybe there is going to be some FANTASIC press release that is
|
|||
|
|
coming, but a few simple "it will support the following resolutions, and
|
|||
|
|
the following monitors, and the following colors" comments wouldn't have
|
|||
|
|
been so hard to come up with in the two weeks since this topic was created.
|
|||
|
|
Sheesh! Maybe they just don't want our money that quickly... :)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
[- Matthew Ryan, SysOp of Dreamscape 24-Line BBS - (818) 781-7529 -]
|
|||
|
|
(M-RYAN, CAT20, TOP14, MSG:46/M645;1)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
ULTIMA I CHARACTER EDITOR? I got Ultima I yesterday! Very cool!!!! Way
|
|||
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""""""" to go BurgerBill! The sounds are fantastic!
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
I remember those character editors. I just used to keep a list of the byte
|
|||
|
|
offsets in the player file and a copy of Zap handy whenever I needed more
|
|||
|
|
food. :) I will play around with Ultima and let you know if the file is
|
|||
|
|
easily modifyable.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Binary Bear the CoPilot
|
|||
|
|
(BINARY.BEAR, CAT40, TOP5, MSG:30/M645;1)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
>>>>> The 'word' from the Burger Meister is that he uses a very
|
|||
|
|
""""" different file format than the original DOS 3.3 version of Ultima,
|
|||
|
|
and that none of the old character editors will work on the new GS/OS
|
|||
|
|
version.
|
|||
|
|
(JOE.KOHN, CAT40, TOP5, MSG:31/M645;1)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
PMP FAX SOFTWARE REPORTS FROM THE FIELD Wheels do need re-inventing now
|
|||
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" and again... :)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Seriously, I want my software to work with ANY kind of fax modem.
|
|||
|
|
So, I'll have to get to Class 1 eventually, anyway, and since its the
|
|||
|
|
hardest to program for, I may as well get it over with. Also, if I can
|
|||
|
|
write fax software that will work with a Class 1 modem, I can write it to
|
|||
|
|
work with anything...
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Anyway, I guess everyone is happy about this software :) To keep you
|
|||
|
|
up to day, I've been converting more C code into assembly to try to speed
|
|||
|
|
things up. Right now, it takes about 30 seconds or so (I haven't actually
|
|||
|
|
timed it) to "print" an AWGS page layout document to a fax file. It then
|
|||
|
|
takes about 2 minutes or so to send it to the receiver. The more
|
|||
|
|
complicated the document being printed, the longer it tends to take. To
|
|||
|
|
speed things up, I'm going to have 2 quality settings. When you "print" (ie
|
|||
|
|
save to a fax file), you'll be given 3 quality settings (Fast, Standard,
|
|||
|
|
Best). When you send the fax, you'll be given 3 or 4 resolution settings.
|
|||
|
|
The quality setting tells PMPFax how big to make the graphic image. When
|
|||
|
|
printing text, the bigger the better, since an enlarged graphic image will
|
|||
|
|
use larger font sizes if you have them, which will improve the general
|
|||
|
|
quality of the fax. The resolution is basically a chunkiness setting.
|
|||
|
|
Normally, PMPFax uses a 16x16 pattern to print in grey scale. With the
|
|||
|
|
best resolution, 1 bit in the patter represents one fax pixel. With a
|
|||
|
|
resolution setting of 2, 1 bit represents 2 bits, etc. Its more
|
|||
|
|
complicated than that in real life, but the upshot is larger the setting,
|
|||
|
|
the chunkier the printout (and the lousier the quality) and the larger the
|
|||
|
|
setting, the faster it sends.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
As I mentioned before, I'm saving fax files into standard Apple
|
|||
|
|
Preferred format (saved with a custom block for the page information). This
|
|||
|
|
will allow PMPFax to send any AP graphic file, as well as a receive fax
|
|||
|
|
file. Someone mentioned that type $C0, aux $0007 is the official Group 3
|
|||
|
|
T.4 raw image file, so I guess that's what I'll use for received faxes.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
So, here's the stuff that actually works: the CDev loads fine and
|
|||
|
|
patches the Print Manager. The patch code intercepts Print Manager calls
|
|||
|
|
to capture print jobs to fax files. And, a stand-alone (for now) program
|
|||
|
|
will take these files and send them out. In other words all the basics
|
|||
|
|
(except the receive) is finished. Receiving should be quite simple, since
|
|||
|
|
all the routines I'll need are already written for the send side.
|
|||
|
|
Converting received faxes will take a bit of time, but shouldn't cause too
|
|||
|
|
many sleepless nights (two weeks' worth tops ;-)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
So, there you have it. Keep suggesting things, and I'll keep working.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Paul (PMP, CAT38, TOP15, MSG:54/M645;1)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
>>>>> There is an article in the October '94 issue of MacWorld comparing
|
|||
|
|
""""" Mac fax programs. In a sidebar, the author describes desirable
|
|||
|
|
features of such programs. It would be nice for a GS program to include as
|
|||
|
|
many of these as are feasible. To paraphrase the article:
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Common features are: scheduling of outgoing faxes, send and receive
|
|||
|
|
in the background, multiple phone books, export received faxes as graphics,
|
|||
|
|
send one fax to multiple people, send multiple documents as one fax, log
|
|||
|
|
all faxes, forward a received fax to another fax machine, flip a received
|
|||
|
|
fax upside down, magnify and reduce faxes on screen.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
More sophisticated features are: send gray-scale images (like
|
|||
|
|
photos), antialiased (gray-scale) viewing of received faxes, intelligently
|
|||
|
|
omit the local area code when dialing, turn received faxes into text (OCR),
|
|||
|
|
rotate a received fax 90 degrees, dial credit card dialing sequences, can
|
|||
|
|
switch to fax manually during a voice call, automatically print received
|
|||
|
|
faxes, import and export tab-delimited phone books, a program that lets you
|
|||
|
|
quickly whip up short typed faxes.
|
|||
|
|
(S.REEVES2, CAT38, TOP15, MSG:63/M645;1)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
<<<<< Well, first, I wasn't assuming everyone had AWGS :) Just that most
|
|||
|
|
""""" do, which is why it would have been nice to have the graphic file
|
|||
|
|
specs. However, I'm writing my own cover sheet program, so the point is
|
|||
|
|
moot. It will be a basic draw program. You'll have all the basic shapes
|
|||
|
|
(ovals, rects, round rects, lines), 16 colors and 16 patterns, text, and
|
|||
|
|
APF importation of bitmaps for backgrounds, etc. Also, of course, you'll
|
|||
|
|
have the predefined fax fields, such as page #, total pages, addresse,
|
|||
|
|
company, comments, etc.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Short cover sheets won't be a problem. You could always just choose
|
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a short page size (such as envelope) and confine your sheet to that.
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Attaching a default cover sheet (or none at all) to a phone book entry is a
|
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good idea. I'll do something like that. Since the actual print jobs are
|
|||
|
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going to be stored in APF format, you'll be able to choose from print jobs,
|
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APF, and coversheet formats for sending faxes. You'll also be able to send
|
|||
|
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received faxes, or convert them over to APF format. I'll also include
|
|||
|
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groups in the phone book so you can send faxes to a number of different
|
|||
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people.
|
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Keep the suggestions coming!
|
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Paul (PMP, CAT38, TOP15, MSG:89/M645;1)
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<<<<< Well... I've changed how I'm going to do a few things. For the
|
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""""" actual saved fax file, I'll be using my own format instead of APF
|
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and do all of the translation at "print" time. This will greatly improve
|
|||
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the speed at which the fax is actually transmitted (saving on phone bills).
|
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It will still be able to import APF files, but actual send jobs will be
|
|||
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saved as a fax send file.
|
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Received images will be saved as raw T.4 fax data, with each page
|
|||
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stored in a different file. When viewing these files, the raw information
|
|||
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will be read in, translated to scanline/pixel information, and squeezed
|
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into whatever magnification level you've selected. When printing, I'll
|
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probably be stuck using whatever page size the printer driver is
|
|||
|
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supporting. I bet, though, if you select Compressed and 50% or whatever
|
|||
|
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with the Laserwriter, you'll actually get a nice printout.
|
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As to informing you of un-sent faxes... What I'm planning on doing is
|
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keeping a scheduled log that contains all send jobs that haven't been sent
|
|||
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yet. Each of these jobs (which can include print jobs, coversheets, pages
|
|||
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from other scheduled or received faxes, or PIC/APF files) will have a
|
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status and a time that they will be sent. Normally, you will send send
|
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jobs immediate when they are created. The job gets sent, then they are
|
|||
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normally deleted (you'll have an option to retain sent jobs). However,
|
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|
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you'll be able to sepecify a particular time to send a job. As long as you
|
|||
|
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keep your computer in the desktop, the fax software will look at the time
|
|||
|
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(as well as seeing if any calls are coming in) and when the time comes for
|
|||
|
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a scheduled fax, it will attempt to send. If something goes wrong, the job
|
|||
|
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will remain in the scheduled log, the status will be "Send Failed" or
|
|||
|
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soemthing like that, and all the details will be in the main log for you to
|
|||
|
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look at. At boot time next, you'll probably be able to hear nifty sounds
|
|||
|
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for "Fax Waiting", "Fax Not Sent" and the like.
|
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|
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Paul (PMP, CAT38, TOP15, MSG:106/M645;1)
|
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|
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|
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|
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APPLEWORKS 4.3 AND TWILIGHT II Why doesn't Twilight II blank the screen
|
|||
|
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"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" in AWKS 4.3 - has there something been
|
|||
|
|
changed inside AWKS 4.3??
|
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|
|||
|
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Udo - ... just a IIGS freak -
|
|||
|
|
(U.HUTH, CAT17, TOP14, MSG:377/M645;1)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
>>>>> Jim M. gave me some code to turn off Twilight while AW is running,
|
|||
|
|
""""" thereby avoiding the crashes people have complained about. T2
|
|||
|
|
hooks itself up again when you exit AW so it should keep working when
|
|||
|
|
you're back to GSOS. While in AW, you can use AfterWork.
|
|||
|
|
(BRANDT, CAT17, TOP14, MSG:378/M645;1)
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
<<<<< Randy, please, put Twilight II support back into AW 5.0. Or make
|
|||
|
|
""""" it an option the user can toggle.
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
I prefer to have Twilight II blank my screen, 'cause I own this and
|
|||
|
|
it behaves well on my system. I really don't wanna spend extra money on
|
|||
|
|
AfterWork.
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
Udo - ... just a IIGS freak -
|
|||
|
|
(U.HUTH, CAT17, TOP14, MSG:403/M645;1)
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
>>>>> Udo, the whole reason I added the code to deactivate Twilight was
|
|||
|
|
""""" because people said it conflicted with UltraMacros, resulting in a
|
|||
|
|
crash. I didn't realize it worked for anyone. To patch it out, you'll see
|
|||
|
|
there's a long jsr at offset +1611 of APLWORKS.SYSTEM in v4.3 (22 00 00
|
|||
|
|
E1). Change that to EA EA EA EA and Twilight will no longer be
|
|||
|
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deactivated.
|
|||
|
|
(BRANDT, CAT17, TOP14, MSG:404/M645;1)
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
>>> WHAT'S NEW <<<
|
|||
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|
""""""""""""""""""
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
SYSTEM II BRINGS THE DESKTOP TO THE APPLE II Westerville, OH. Kitchen
|
|||
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" Sink Software is shipping a
|
|||
|
|
desktop system for the Apple II computer. The desktop brings the Apple II
|
|||
|
|
up to the same level as a MAC in user friendliness. IBM also has a desktop
|
|||
|
|
called Windows. Asked why the Apple II needs a desktop program, Kitchen
|
|||
|
|
Sink Software President Guy Forsythe said, "There are a lot of Apple II
|
|||
|
|
computers out there. Schools want students to see the up to date methods of
|
|||
|
|
doing things. Individuals are tired of hearing about how the Apple II is
|
|||
|
|
just too out of date and being outdone by the newer systems. But the Apple
|
|||
|
|
II can do the job!"
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
The new desktop is called System II to keep in alignment with the MAC
|
|||
|
|
way of numbering their systems while at the same time making it evident
|
|||
|
|
that this is for the Apple II. The system will work on 5.25", 3.5" and
|
|||
|
|
hard disks. One place wanting a desktop is schools that have Mac LCs with
|
|||
|
|
the //e card. The system will work on any Apple II that can run ProDOS and
|
|||
|
|
has 128K of memory. Students will see System II and know how to use it
|
|||
|
|
because it is similar to the MAC system. System II brings the //e up to
|
|||
|
|
date.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
The desktop is similar to "At Ease" so it is not cluttered in
|
|||
|
|
appearance, but it has the capability to copy files and other desktop
|
|||
|
|
functions. Teachers will appreciate the ability to turn off the file
|
|||
|
|
manipulation capabilities.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
What makes System II different from //e desktop programs of the past
|
|||
|
|
is that System II is more than a desktop. It is a complete operating
|
|||
|
|
system. so teachers or developers who want to publish software that uses
|
|||
|
|
pull down menus, dialog boxes and all the other features that make the MAC
|
|||
|
|
and Windows interface so popular are available to everybody. The system
|
|||
|
|
works in both single and double hires in both color and mono- chrome modes.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
The System II Developer's Kit includes all the programs, routines and
|
|||
|
|
information you need to write fast running, professional looking programs
|
|||
|
|
in System II. Even things like a disk formatter are included. The
|
|||
|
|
licensing fee lets the developer make a profit before paying any fees!
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
System II $39.95 with site licenses for $99.95 allowing you to put it on
|
|||
|
|
''''''''' as many computers as you have in one building. This package
|
|||
|
|
includes:
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Easy II Desktop: a simplified desktop for use in classrooms or at home
|
|||
|
|
where you just want to run programs quickly from an easy to use desktop.
|
|||
|
|
Easy II allows you to boot from any disk including an internal hard disk or
|
|||
|
|
file server. You can run protected programs from a floppy disk as easily
|
|||
|
|
as any other program... all from a familiar desktop.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Full II Desktop: when it is time to do some copying or desktop arranging,
|
|||
|
|
just switch to Full II (password protection built in) to get a fully
|
|||
|
|
functional desktop system.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
System II Developers Kit $69.95. This package inlcudes:
|
|||
|
|
''''''''''''''''''''''''
|
|||
|
|
Easy II and Full II desktops. System II Complete User Interface.
|
|||
|
|
You get all the instructions and commands that allow you to write Applesoft
|
|||
|
|
programs with a complete graphical user interface for ProDOS and single or
|
|||
|
|
double hires graphics. This includes pull down menus, dialog boxes
|
|||
|
|
buttons, check boxes, cursor control, graphic drawing tools, etc. You can
|
|||
|
|
publish/distribute disks using all of our interface routines. You pay a
|
|||
|
|
$100 publishing license after you sell $1000 worth of your product.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
You can call and order either package from the continental US at:
|
|||
|
|
1-800-235-5502 or International at: 614-891-2111. Or, you can order by
|
|||
|
|
mail at: Kitchen Sink Software, Inc., 903 Knebworth Ct., Westerville OH
|
|||
|
|
43081. We take VISA/Master Card, school POs, and checks. We still take
|
|||
|
|
cash (if anyone still uses it) but it is risky sending cash through the
|
|||
|
|
mail so we discourage it.
|
|||
|
|
(KITCHEN.SINK, CAT25, TOP6, MSG:4/M645;1)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
CONTACTS GS RE-RELEASED (San Rafael, CA. September 14, 1994) Shareware
|
|||
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""""" Solutions II, a general interest bi-monthly
|
|||
|
|
newsletter that celebrates the magic that is the Apple II computer, is
|
|||
|
|
pleased to announce the re-release of Contacts GS and the release of
|
|||
|
|
TimeOut ContactsMover.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Contacts GS is a convenient to use IIGS New Desk Accessory that
|
|||
|
|
provides a Rolodex-style name, address and telephone database program that
|
|||
|
|
can be accessed from within any standard GS/OS desktop application which
|
|||
|
|
displays the Apple Pull Down Menu, including HyperCard IIGS, AppleWorksGS,
|
|||
|
|
the Finder, HyperStudio, and Platinum Paint.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Contacts GS provides the ability to enter information into a name and
|
|||
|
|
address database from within other GS/OS desktop programs, and it also
|
|||
|
|
allows users to quickly locate specific information using a fast Search
|
|||
|
|
function which is able to search all of the major data fields.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Contacts GS, in conjunction with TimeOut Contactsmover, also provides
|
|||
|
|
a flexible and convenient method to enter and retrieve data from AppleWorks
|
|||
|
|
Classic database files. If you ever wanted to have a GS/OS based Super Hi
|
|||
|
|
Res AppleWorks' data entry and retrieval system, Contacts GS and TimeOut
|
|||
|
|
ContactsMover will provide exactly that for you.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Contacts GS data can just as easily be imported into any Apple II
|
|||
|
|
word processor, and the Contacts GS data file is also 100% compatible with
|
|||
|
|
Addressed For Success and DB Master.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
The Contacts GS New Desk Accessory was written by Burger Bill
|
|||
|
|
Heineman. TimeOut ContactsMover was written by Will Nelken, the co-editor
|
|||
|
|
of TimeOut Central. The Contacts GS program manual was co-written by Joe
|
|||
|
|
Kohn, Publisher of Shareware Solutions II, and Will Nelken.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Contacts GS requires an Apple IIGS that is running System 5.0.2 or
|
|||
|
|
later, although System 6.0 or 6.0.1 is recommended. It has no special
|
|||
|
|
memory requirements; if you have enough RAM to run the Finder, you can use
|
|||
|
|
Contacts GS.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
The Retail price of Contacts GS is $35, but as a special introductory
|
|||
|
|
offer, Contacts GS is available for $25 (with $3 s/h for US delivery; $5
|
|||
|
|
s/h elsewhere).
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Upgrades from the version of Contacts GS that was previously
|
|||
|
|
available from Simplexity Software are available for only $10 (plus s/h, as
|
|||
|
|
above). Owners of Simplexity's version of Contacts GS must return their
|
|||
|
|
original disk to take advantage of this offer.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Contacts GS is only available from Shareware Solutions II.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
To purchase Contacts GS, send a check or money order, made payable to
|
|||
|
|
Joe Kohn, to:
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Shareware Solutions II
|
|||
|
|
166 Alpine Street
|
|||
|
|
San Rafael, CA
|
|||
|
|
94901-1008
|
|||
|
|
USA
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
(Please note that the above pricing information is NOT applicable to
|
|||
|
|
subscribers of Shareware Solutions II. You've supported SSII during its
|
|||
|
|
first year of existence, and in return for that support, please look at
|
|||
|
|
SSII #6 for *your* special pricing offer.)
|
|||
|
|
(JOE.KOHN, CAT28, TOP5, MSG:73/M645;1)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
THE ?BAD APPLE NEWSLETTER The announcement below was sent to the Eamon
|
|||
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""""""" Adventurer's Guild by an Apple II enthusiast
|
|||
|
|
who asked me to spread the Word for him. I do not know this gentleman, nor
|
|||
|
|
can I vouch for his newsletter. You pays your money, and you takes your
|
|||
|
|
chances. However, I must say that he does seem to have scads of
|
|||
|
|
enthusiasm. - TomZ
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
-----------
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Announcing an Apple II bi-monthly newsletter, "The ?Bad Apple".
|
|||
|
|
$12.00 per year. Starts Dec '94, accepting orders now.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Send order requests to:
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
The ?Bad Apple
|
|||
|
|
c/o Edge Publications
|
|||
|
|
Attn: Edward J. Jonas
|
|||
|
|
3321 Turnabout Loop
|
|||
|
|
Cibolo, TX 78108
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Send inquiries to:
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
The ?Bad Apple
|
|||
|
|
c/o Edward J. Jonas
|
|||
|
|
PSC 227 Box 212
|
|||
|
|
APO, AP 96512
|
|||
|
|
(T.ZUCHOWSKI, CAT31, TOP3, MSG:65/M645;1)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
RESOURCE CENTRAL CLOSES re: What happens on September 30?
|
|||
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""""
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Resource Central go bye-bye.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
NOTE: This does not, I repeat NOT, mean that any of the -Central
|
|||
|
|
publications are gone. They are now owned by ICON, which is sticking
|
|||
|
|
around. It's just the mail-order firm that's closing.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Doug Cuff, A2-Central
|
|||
|
|
(I'm not affiliated with Resource Central)
|
|||
|
|
(EDITOR.A2, CAT6, TOP3, MSG:396/M645;1)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
SOUNDMEISTER CARD NOW SHIPPING They are starting to trickle out the
|
|||
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" door.. the waiting list is first and by
|
|||
|
|
the time the backorders are out they should be in ample supply..
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
The major hold up right this second is the company that I ordered the
|
|||
|
|
1/8" panel mount phone jacks from sent me mono instead of stereo. When we
|
|||
|
|
recieve parts, they go into stock. They even looked like stereo so no one
|
|||
|
|
paid it any mind, but last Monday when I went to assemble a sample cable so
|
|||
|
|
they could build the rest, I discovered that.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Thats the reason for the slowness at this point. If people want to
|
|||
|
|
build their own "patch board" for connections, they can get a card a bit
|
|||
|
|
sooner..
|
|||
|
|
(T.DIAZ, CAT46, TOP7, MSG:112/M645;1)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
>>> THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE <<<
|
|||
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
PRINT SHOP IIGS DESKJET DRIVER > Is the attempt to build a Printshop GS
|
|||
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" > Deskjet printer driver still alive?
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
I really hate to say it, but at this point, I know as much about
|
|||
|
|
Burger Bill's progress as you do.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
I recently wrote to Bill, and told him that I'd like a statement from
|
|||
|
|
him; a statement for publication. I feel a need to convey a message or a
|
|||
|
|
progress report to all those people whose hopes were elevated by my promise
|
|||
|
|
of HP Print Shop drivers. Only Bill can provide that progress report.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Unfortunately, I have not heard back from him.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Joe (JOE.KOHN, CAT28, TOP4, MSG:408/M645;1)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
ECON ALIVE, BUT NO LONGER APPLE II I called ECON this morning, and
|
|||
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" received the following information:
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
ECON has discontinued their Apple II product line.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
They are trying to, but have not yet found a 'home' for
|
|||
|
|
UniverseMaster. When they do, the lists of registered users will be passed
|
|||
|
|
to the new 'owners'.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Don (Sent via CoPilot 2.5, ANSITerm 2.12, and ANSITerm beta scripts)
|
|||
|
|
(D.ZAHNISER, CAT35, TOP7, MSG:95/M645;1)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
RUMOR: TIMEWORKS HAS FOLDED I get a lot of User Group newsletters in
|
|||
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""" the mail, and recently received one from
|
|||
|
|
Illinois. It mentioned that same rumor, and said that one of the club
|
|||
|
|
members drove by the TimeWorks office to see if the rumor was true.
|
|||
|
|
Apparently, the officers were closed, and a note was on the door saying
|
|||
|
|
that TimeWorks had gone out of business.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Joe (JOE.KOHN, CAT5, TOP3, MSG:651/M645;1)
|
|||
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BRODERBUND TO PULL THE PLUG? BTW, if anyone has been thinking about
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"""""""""""""""""""""""""""" purchasing the New Print Shop or any of the
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NPS Graphics Libraries, you may want to do so soon. Otherwise, you'll have
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to look for them on the used market. I recently spoke with a fellow at
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Broderbund and he informed me that they will be pulling the plug on the
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Apple II version of NPS. From what he said, it will happen sometime within
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the next couple of months. They will, however, continue to offer NPS
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technical support for another year yet.
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Abbey (K.BIRK, CAT6, TOP34, MSG:142/M645;1)
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>>> MESSAGE SPOTLIGHT <<<
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"""""""""""""""""""""""""
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Category 17, Topic 18
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Message 115 Fri Sep 09, 1994
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T.SMITH59 [Terrell] at 23:54 EDT
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As a way of encouragement to Randy and Dan, yesterday I was at our
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national headquarters looking at the proofs of a magazine article which had
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been laid out on a very expensive IBM-type machine running windows, with
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comercial top-of-the-line desk-top publishing software. The Microsoft
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screen saver kicked in with it's normal screen saver. I moved the mouse
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and CRASH! An error message "A fatal error has occured." Someone yelled
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at me, "You can't touch the mouse without holding down the shift key!"
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I thought he was just kidding, but no, it's really true. With the
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screen saver on, one little bump on the mouse brings down the whole stack
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of cards requiring a re-startup - all work lost. (Fortunately, they had
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saved the magazine files earlier).
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What we have in the little bugs in AW are nothing compared to what
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people have to face everyday who use very expensive MS software!
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Thanks, Randy, Dan, Quality and many others, who give us programs
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which are stable!
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__!__
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| Terrell Smith
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| tsmith@ivcfnsc.fullfeed.com
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[*][*][*]
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While on GEnie, do you spend most of your time downloading files?
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If so, you may be missing out some excellent information in the Bulletin
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Board area. The messages listed above only scratch the surface of
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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
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urge you to give the bulletin board area a try. There are literally
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thousands of messages posted from people like you from all over the
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world.
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//////////////////////////////////////// GEnie_QWIK_QUOTE ////
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/ It's like trying to herd guppies... /
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//////////////////////////////////////////////// A2.BILL ////
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[EOA]
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[HUM]//////////////////////////////
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HUMOR ONLINE /
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/////////////////////////////////
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Some of Our Vowels are Missing
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""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
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by Phil Shapiro
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[P.SHAPIRO1]
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>>> F Y CN RD THS, Y CN GT A GD JB <<<
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""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
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A friend of mine recently bought a faster modem and hurriedly sent me
|
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a test E-mail message today. At the end of the message he anxiously added:
|
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"Please tell me if my message made it through to you intact."
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Feeling mischievous, I couldn't pass up the opportunity to play a
|
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simple prank. (In the best of the Wozniak tradition.)
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Here's a copy of the message I sent back to my friend.
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[*][*][*]
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Yr mssg md it to my mlbx, bt lmst all th vwls wr mssng. Myb yr nw
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mdm is drppng vwls?
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- Phil
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Only kidding. :-)
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[*][*][*]
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- Phil Shapiro
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[EOA]
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[REF]//////////////////////////////
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REFLECTIONS /
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/////////////////////////////////
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Thinking About Online Communications
|
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""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
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by Phil Shapiro
|
|||
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[P.SHAPIRO1]
|
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>>> A FEW THOUGHTS ABOUT ONLINE BOOK REVIEWS <<<
|
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""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
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As we walk through the portals of the information age, more and more
|
|||
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books are being published on a variety of interesting topics. The reading
|
|||
|
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public is eager to find out more about these books. Which books are
|
|||
|
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mediocre? Which books are good? Which books are excellent? Online
|
|||
|
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information services can provide a key role in helping readers separate the
|
|||
|
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wheat from the chaff. By providing online book reviews shortly after the
|
|||
|
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book has come to market, online services can promote the interests of the
|
|||
|
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reading public as well as promote the interests of book publishers.
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
The Key Advantages of Online Publishing Online publishing has three
|
|||
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""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" distinct advantages over hardcopy
|
|||
|
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publishing: 1) With online publishing the lead time between when the
|
|||
|
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article is written and when it is published can be very short; and, 2)
|
|||
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Online publishing does not face the rigorous space constraints that haunt
|
|||
|
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hardcopy periodical publishers. 3) Online publishing offers the best hope
|
|||
|
|
of breaking away from the "literary" strangle-hold of the current book
|
|||
|
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reviewing establishment. A closer look at each of the advantages of online
|
|||
|
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book reviews follows.
|
|||
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|
|||
|
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The Publishing "Lead Time" Lag These short lead times mean that any
|
|||
|
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"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" article written for an online publication
|
|||
|
|
can be published literally minutes after the author has finished writing
|
|||
|
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it. In comparison, hardcopy periodicals typically work on lead times of at
|
|||
|
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least three months. When you add the two or three months a book reviewer
|
|||
|
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usually takes to write a review, the published book review often appears
|
|||
|
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six months or more after the book was released.
|
|||
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|
|||
|
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This long "lead time" lag is detrimental to the reading public as
|
|||
|
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well as to book publishers. Book reviews serve as one of the primary ways
|
|||
|
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that people find out about new books. If the book review process is drawn
|
|||
|
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out, then publishers have a lag in the return on their investment (one
|
|||
|
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which could potentially cost them). Readers find it difficult to know
|
|||
|
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which new books are worth buying. As a result, society's interests may
|
|||
|
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suffer. By shortening the book review time cycle, online publishing can
|
|||
|
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serve the interests of readers, publishers, and society at large.
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
Hardcopy Periodical Space Constraints Many hardcopy book reviews are
|
|||
|
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""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" condensed and read as if they are
|
|||
|
|
summaries of book reviews. Newspapers and magazines typically publish book
|
|||
|
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reviews 400 to 600 words in length. These mini-reviews try to both
|
|||
|
|
describe and evaluate books in the span of three or four paragraphs. The
|
|||
|
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emphasis of many of these short reviews tends to be on the reviewer's
|
|||
|
|
opinions of the book. Readers rarely get to draw their own conclusions
|
|||
|
|
about the book's strengths and weaknesses. Rare indeed are the times when
|
|||
|
|
readers finish reading a review with a good sense of the book's true
|
|||
|
|
content.
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
In contrast, online book reviewers can write feature length book
|
|||
|
|
reviews: the type of book review that gives you a clear sense of what the
|
|||
|
|
reviewed book is all about. Reviews of non-fiction books can include a
|
|||
|
|
copy of the entire table of contents (where appropriate). Reviewers can
|
|||
|
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quote from three, four, or five different passages in the book. And the
|
|||
|
|
quotes need not be single sentence "sound bite" quotes.
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
With the book publisher's permission, an online book review could
|
|||
|
|
even include quoted segments of the book that were two or three paragraphs
|
|||
|
|
in length. In comparison with the current practice of annoyingly short
|
|||
|
|
"sound bite" quoted passages, quoted segments in online reviews would be
|
|||
|
|
more like "full sandwich" quotes -- far more fulfilling to both reader and
|
|||
|
|
book review author.
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
Breaking the Current "Literary" Strangle-hold on Book Reviews Many
|
|||
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" mainstream
|
|||
|
|
newspaper and magazine book review editors have a strong literary bent.
|
|||
|
|
Often publishers of these periodicals might hire these editors straight
|
|||
|
|
from academia. The result is that "literary" books make up a large
|
|||
|
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proportion of books chosen for review. Many worthy, "non-literary" books
|
|||
|
|
are overlooked.
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
Online publishing can help to break the stranglehold that the
|
|||
|
|
literary elite have on the book review publishing process. Without the
|
|||
|
|
space constraints of hardcopy publishing, online publishing can just as
|
|||
|
|
easily publish twenty book reviews per month as ten. No worthy book need
|
|||
|
|
ever be overlooked or brushed over.
|
|||
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|
|||
|
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Forging New Links Between Book Review Authors and Book Publisher
|
|||
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
Online publishing of book reviews also opens up the possibility of
|
|||
|
|
forging new links between book review authors and book publishers. There
|
|||
|
|
is no reason why the book review process needs to start when the finished
|
|||
|
|
book has reached the shelves of book stores. Once the publisher has a
|
|||
|
|
rough draft of the finished book book reviewers can then be contacted to
|
|||
|
|
start work on their review. There is no reason why an online book review
|
|||
|
|
cannot be published concurrently, or even two weeks before, the release of
|
|||
|
|
a new book.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
As online book reviews become more commonplace, hardcopy book reviews
|
|||
|
|
will become less important. Online book reviews will become known for
|
|||
|
|
being "early and detailed." hardcopy book reviews will become known for
|
|||
|
|
being "late and short."
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Creating a New Type of Book Review Online book reviews also open up the
|
|||
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" doorway for creating new types of book
|
|||
|
|
reviews. There is no reason why book publishers themselves could not be
|
|||
|
|
invited to write three or four paragraphs on whey they are publishing a
|
|||
|
|
book. Such a "publisher's statement" could be appended to the end of an
|
|||
|
|
online book review. Thoughtful publishers will use those few paragraphs to
|
|||
|
|
honestly describe their motivation for bringing the reviewed book to
|
|||
|
|
market. (Publishers's statements that sounded too much like a "sales
|
|||
|
|
pitch" would be quite naturally self-defeating.) Readers could then judge
|
|||
|
|
the book on yet one more criterion: how skilled is the publisher in
|
|||
|
|
describing the book it is publishing.
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
It's a simple, yet radical, idea to let publishers describe why they
|
|||
|
|
wanted to publish a book. Yet this idea serves the interests of both
|
|||
|
|
readers and publishers. Online publishing makes the idea possible.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Finding Suitable Book Reviewers Finding suitable book reviewers to write
|
|||
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" online book reviews should not be
|
|||
|
|
difficult. Currently there are about ten million students in our nation's
|
|||
|
|
colleges and universities. Out of those ten million, it would not be
|
|||
|
|
difficult to locate fifty to one hundred skilled writers with an interest
|
|||
|
|
in writing for a national online service. Students might also be able to
|
|||
|
|
submit their written reviews for credit in their classes.
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
Other than students, an additional fifty to one hundred reviewers
|
|||
|
|
could easily be found from the general population. These "non-student"
|
|||
|
|
reviewers could be pulled from the pool of freelance writers, published
|
|||
|
|
authors, librarians, and others with a general interest in books.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Finding Suitable Books to Review Likewise, finding suitable books to
|
|||
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" review ought not be difficult, either.
|
|||
|
|
Every two months a new edition of "Forthcoming Books" is published by R. R.
|
|||
|
|
Bowker. Listed in this reference book are the titles of thousands of books
|
|||
|
|
due to be published within the next six months.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
These "forthcoming books" are organized into subject categories.
|
|||
|
|
Book reviewers can zero in on their particular areas of interest to cover
|
|||
|
|
the new books coming out in that field of learning.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Book Review Bottleneck Burdens Burgeoning Bibliophiles It is ironic that
|
|||
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" at a time when
|
|||
|
|
bookstores seem to be prospering, when people are rediscovering reading and
|
|||
|
|
writing via online services, and when the need for information is great,
|
|||
|
|
that the publishing industry is held at bay by this tiny bottleneck known
|
|||
|
|
as the hardcopy book review. Online book reviews offer the best hope for
|
|||
|
|
liberating publishers, authors, and readers. The future of the written
|
|||
|
|
word looks promising, indeed.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
-Phil Shapiro
|
|||
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|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
[*][*][*]
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
The author takes a keen interest in issues involving information
|
|||
|
|
access and dissemination. He can be reached on GEnie at:
|
|||
|
|
p.shapiro1; on the Internet at: pshapiro@aol.com
|
|||
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|
|||
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|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
[EOA]
|
|||
|
|
[ASA]//////////////////////////////
|
|||
|
|
ASCII ART GALLERY /
|
|||
|
|
/////////////////////////////////
|
|||
|
|
Hallowe'en Art
|
|||
|
|
""""""""""""""
|
|||
|
|
by Susie Oviatt
|
|||
|
|
[SUSIE]
|
|||
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|
|||
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|
|||
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|
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|
|
ASCII ART BEGINS
|
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|
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........
|
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;::;;::;,
|
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;::;;::;;,
|
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;;:::;;::;;,
|
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.vnmmnv%vnmnv%,.;;;:::;;::;;, .,vnmnv%vnmnv,
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vnmmmnv%vnmmmnv%vnmmnv%;;;;;;;%nmmmnv%vnmmnv%vnmmnv
|
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vnmmnv%vnmmmmmnv%vnmmmmmnv%;:;%nmmmmmmnv%vnmmmnv%vnmmmnv
|
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vnmmnv%vnmmmmmnv%vnmmmmmmmmnv%vnmmmmmmmmnv%vnmmmnv%vnmmmnv
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vnmmnv%vnmmmmmnv%vnmmmmmmmmnv%vnmmmmmmmmmmnv%vnmmmnv%vnmmmnv
|
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vnmmnv%vnmmmmmnv%vnmm;mmmmmmnv%vnmmmmmmmm;mmnv%vnmmmnv%vnmmmnv,
|
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|
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vnmmnv%vnmmmmmnv%vnmm;' mmmmmnv%vnmmmmmmm;' mmnv%vnmmmnv%vnmmmnv
|
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|
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vnmmnv%vnmmmmmnv%vn;; mmmmnv%vnmmmmmm;; nv%vnmmmmnv%vnmmmnv
|
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vnmmnv%vnmmmmmmnv%v;; mmmnv%vnmmmmm;; v%vnmmmmmnv%vnmmmnv
|
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vnmmnv%vnmmmmmmnv%vnmmmmmmmmm;; mmmmmmmmmnv%vnmmmmmmnv%vnmmmnv
|
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vnmmnv%vnmmmmmmnv%vnmmmmmmmmmm;; mmmmmmmmmmnv%vnmmmmmmnv%vnmmmnv
|
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vnmmnv%vnmmmmm nv%vnmmmmmmmmmmnv;, mmmmmmmmmmmmnv%vn;mmmmmnv%vnmmmnv
|
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|
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vnmmnv%vnmmmmm nv%vnmmmmmmmmmnv%;nmmmmmmmmmmmnv%vn; mmmmmnv%vnmmmnv
|
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|
|
`vnmmnv%vnmmmm, v%vnmmmmmmmmmmnv%vnmmmmmmmmmmnv%v; mmmmnv%vnnmmnv'
|
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|
|
vnmmnv%vnmmmm;, %vnmmmmmmmmmnv%vnmmmmmmmmmnv%;' mmmnv%vnmmmmnv
|
|||
|
|
vnmmnv%vnmmmm;;, nmmm;' mmmm;;' mmmnv%vnmmmmnv'
|
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|
|
`vnmmnv%vnmmmmm;;,. mmnv%v;, mmmmnv%vnmmmmnv'
|
|||
|
|
`vnmmnv%vnmmmmmmnv%vnmmmmmmmmnv%vnmmmmmmnv%vnmmmmmnv%vnmmmmnv'
|
|||
|
|
`vnmvn%vnmmmmmmnv%vnmmmmmmmnv%vnmmmmmnv%vnmmmmmnv%vnmmmnv'
|
|||
|
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`vn%vnmmmmmmn%:%vnmnmmmmnv%vnmmmnv%:%vnmmnv%vnmnv'
|
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|
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|
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"Jack."
|
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i i
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i III II
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III IIIII III
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IIII)(IIIII)(IIIIII)(IIIIIIII)(IIIIII)(IIIII)(IIII
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IIIII)(IIIII)(IIIIII)(IIIIII)(IIIIII)(IIIII)(IIIII
|
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"Good ol' Frankie."
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ASCII ART ENDS
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(For visually impaired users: The preceeding was an ASCII art rendition of
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two separate images: a carved jack o' lantern and a cartoon Frankenstein.)
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[EOA]
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[SPC]//////////////////////////////
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SPECIAL NEEDS /
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/////////////////////////////////
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Autism and Apple IIs
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""""""""""""""""""""
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by Phil Shapiro
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[P.SHAPIRO1]
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The following two "sidebars" were written for inclusion in the
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recently published article in II ALIVE magazine, "Autism and Apple II's".
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Space constraints precluded them from being included with the published
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article. The sidebars are being included here in the GEnieLamp A2 for
|
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those who might be interested in further information on this subject.
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Sidebar: Online Resources for Parents of Autistic Children In doing
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""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" research for
|
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this article, I uncovered some dandy online resources for parents of aus
|
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the autism discussion newsgroup by first navigating to the newsgroups area
|
|||
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of AOL. (Hint: Use the keyword: "newsgroups".) Then double-click on the
|
|||
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icon titled: "Expert Add." When the dialog box appears on the screen, type
|
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in the name of the newsgroup: "bit.listserv.autism".
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AOL will confirm that this newsgroup has been added to the your list
|
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of newsgroups on AOL. To read the messages in this newsgroups, click on
|
|||
|
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the icon titled: "Read my newsgroups." In browsing this newsgroup I
|
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|
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encountered a wide range of messages on a diverse array of topics relating
|
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to autism. Some messages were even posted by persons overseas. And quite
|
|||
|
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serendipitously I found out that an international conference about autism
|
|||
|
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and computers will be taking place in the south of France in January 1995.
|
|||
|
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The Internet has wondrous powers at connecting up persons with shared
|
|||
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interests.
|
|||
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|
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Further information about America Online can be obtained by calling:
|
|||
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1-800-827-6364. To use America Online, you need to request a free copy of
|
|||
|
|
their custom telecommunications software. AOL currently has software for
|
|||
|
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Macintosh, DOS, and Windows platforms.
|
|||
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|
|||
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|
|||
|
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Sidebar: Independent Apple II Special Needs Software Developers
|
|||
|
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""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
Several independent software developers are working to produce
|
|||
|
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Apple II special needs software. Perhaps the best known of the independent
|
|||
|
|
(read: one person company) special needs software developers is Bill Lynn,
|
|||
|
|
of SimTech, in Connecticut. Bill is a nationally recognized HyperStudio
|
|||
|
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guru, and presents frequently at regional and national computer
|
|||
|
|
conferences. He has also written many articles on special needs computing
|
|||
|
|
subjects. In assembling information for this article, I sent Bill some
|
|||
|
|
questions via electronic mail on GEnie. Here is a copy of the answer he
|
|||
|
|
sent:
|
|||
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|
|||
|
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From: BILL.LYNN Bill Lynn
|
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|
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|
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To: P.SHAPIRO1 Phil Shapiro
|
|||
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|
|||
|
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> Bill, I'm looking forward to getting the info you're sending about the
|
|||
|
|
> creative stacks you've made.
|
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|
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|
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I dropped a brochure in the mail today, Phil. You should get it in a
|
|||
|
|
couple of days, depending on how many feet of snow fall between now and
|
|||
|
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then. ;)
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
> I imagine there might be info in the material you send on where parents/
|
|||
|
|
> schools might buy an Apple II Switch Interface.
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
No but plans for the A2 switch interface can be had pretty easily.
|
|||
|
|
Basically, you can adapt any joystick to be a switch interface by adding
|
|||
|
|
inputs to the fire buttons. The plans for the switch interface were also
|
|||
|
|
published in ][ Alive last summer (July/August issue, pages 49-51.) in my
|
|||
|
|
article entitled "Switched On HyperStudio." There are several sources for
|
|||
|
|
buying the interface commercially such as Don Johnston, Incorporated
|
|||
|
|
($42.00, call 1-800-999-4660), AbleNet ($36.00, call 1-800-322-0956) and
|
|||
|
|
Toys for Special Children ($41.00 & $46.00, call 1-800-832-8697).
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
Now that I think of it, Phil, I uploaded a HyperStudio stack to the
|
|||
|
|
A2 libraries here on GEnie several years ago, called SIMTECH.01.BXY. It's
|
|||
|
|
file #15531 and it includes plans on how to make the switch interface, a
|
|||
|
|
simple push switch and a call signal. The plans for the interface call for
|
|||
|
|
using the Apple II joystick extension cord which is no longer available
|
|||
|
|
from Radio Shack (America's Technology Store). Instead, any straight
|
|||
|
|
through DB9 cable with male plugs will substitute quite nicely.
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
If you like, you can list my address and if people are interested in
|
|||
|
|
the plans I will send them a copy of the ][ Alive article (Jerry Kindall
|
|||
|
|
won't mind).
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
> (Is this interface different from the Adaptive Firmware Card?)
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
Very much so. It's a great deal less expensive, doesn't take up a
|
|||
|
|
slot and it's much easier to use. However, if people already have and use
|
|||
|
|
the AFC they needn't buy or make an additional switch interface since the
|
|||
|
|
AFC will accommodate two switches in precisely the same way the A2 switch
|
|||
|
|
interface does (i.e. emulating the joystick fire buttons or the <option>
|
|||
|
|
and <apple> keys).
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
Cheers... Bill
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Here's a brief description of Bill Lynn's work, in his own words.
|
|||
|
|
(Also sent to me via electronic mail.)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
"A quick thumbnail sketch of what I do: I specialize in accessible
|
|||
|
|
software for kids with physical disabilities who use switches to access the
|
|||
|
|
Apple II, IIgs and Mac. These are all HyperStudio or HyperCard stacks that
|
|||
|
|
are programmed to respond to switch hits. Most programs require either an
|
|||
|
|
inexpensive Apple II Switch Interface or the more expensive Macintosh
|
|||
|
|
Switch Interface (or an adapted mouse will work on both platforms).
|
|||
|
|
Although these programs are not made specifically for kids who have autism
|
|||
|
|
I do believe it may be useful to some, particularly for those who perhaps
|
|||
|
|
could bang on a big panel switch but who might not be able to relate to the
|
|||
|
|
keyboard."
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Bill Lynn can be reached at:
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Bill Lynn
|
|||
|
|
SimTech Publications
|
|||
|
|
134 East St.
|
|||
|
|
Litchfield, CT 06759
|
|||
|
|
(203) 567-1173
|
|||
|
|
GEnie: Bill.Lynn
|
|||
|
|
America Online: StudioBill
|
|||
|
|
Internet: Bill.Lynn@genie.geis.com
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Computer Options for the Exceptional: Barbara Couse Adams Another
|
|||
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" independent
|
|||
|
|
Apple II software developer doing interesting work in the special needs
|
|||
|
|
field is Barbara Couse Adams. Along with developing HyperStudio stacks for
|
|||
|
|
persons with developmental disabilities, Ms. Adams also is an adjunct
|
|||
|
|
professor at the State University of New York.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Further information about her software can be obtained at:
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Computer Options for the Exceptional
|
|||
|
|
49 Overlook Rd.
|
|||
|
|
Poughkeepsie, NY 12603
|
|||
|
|
(914) 452-1850
|
|||
|
|
America Online: barbCOE
|
|||
|
|
Internet: barbCOE@aol.com
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Here is a brief description of the Independent Living Activities
|
|||
|
|
(ILA) HyperStudio stacks she has created: "Independent Living Activities
|
|||
|
|
(ILA) is a series of programs designed to provide developmentally disabled
|
|||
|
|
children and adults the opportunity to learn real-life practical skills.
|
|||
|
|
These programs were designed by special educators who were looking for
|
|||
|
|
activities which address everyday needs." The stacks require an Apple IIgs
|
|||
|
|
with 1 megabyte of RAM, and can work with either a mouse or TouchWindow.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
The titles in the ILA series include: Community Signs, Functional
|
|||
|
|
Sight Words, Grocery Shopping, Hygiene Routines, Laundry, MacDonald's Menu,
|
|||
|
|
Identifying Money, Dialing the Phone, Telling Time, What's That Sound.
|
|||
|
|
Each title sells for $20 per disk. Demo disks for this series are
|
|||
|
|
available. The entire series sells of disks sells for $175. Note: You do
|
|||
|
|
not need to own HyperStudio to use this software. A HyperStudio run-time
|
|||
|
|
disk is available from this company for an extra $10.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
A Few Suggestions for Contacting Smaller Software Publishing Companies
|
|||
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
If you're interested in contacting Bill Lynn or Barbara Couse Adams
|
|||
|
|
(or any other smaller educational software publisher), you might keep in
|
|||
|
|
mind a few things to make communications easier. When requesting
|
|||
|
|
information from smaller publishing companies, it's always thoughtful to
|
|||
|
|
send five or six postage stamps to help defray their postage expenses.
|
|||
|
|
Also, when leaving a phone message on their answering machines, leave your
|
|||
|
|
home or weekend phone number, so they don't have to incur the cost of
|
|||
|
|
calling you during peak phone-rate periods. Even better, send electronic
|
|||
|
|
mail whenever possible.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
One interesting facet about smaller publishing companies is that
|
|||
|
|
they're usually amenable to working on "custom-built" software. If you
|
|||
|
|
have a particular software program that you'd like made, you might try
|
|||
|
|
contacting some independent software developers to see how feasible it
|
|||
|
|
would be to make the software.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
[EOA]
|
|||
|
|
[DRT]//////////////////////////////
|
|||
|
|
DR'S EXAMINING TABLE /
|
|||
|
|
/////////////////////////////////
|
|||
|
|
Shopping Report
|
|||
|
|
"""""""""""""""
|
|||
|
|
by Darrel Raines
|
|||
|
|
[D.RAINES]
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
>>> FEAR AND LOATHING IN THE COMPUTER STORE <<<
|
|||
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
I HATE shopping for computers in a computer store. I don't mean that
|
|||
|
|
I dislike purchasing computers. Don't get me wrong. I just HATE having to
|
|||
|
|
deal with the salespeople in these types of stores. I would rather spend a
|
|||
|
|
day at the local car dealership instead of at the computer store. I would
|
|||
|
|
rather go shopping with my wife for dresses in Macy's. I would rather wear
|
|||
|
|
the dresses that my wife had bought at Macy's. I would rather have a root
|
|||
|
|
canal. Well, maybe I crossed the line with those last two. But you catch
|
|||
|
|
my drift. Could you tell that I was clenching my teeth while I was typing?
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
I have been involved with home computers since 1983 when I purchased
|
|||
|
|
my first computer: the Apple II+. My family has never been without a
|
|||
|
|
computer since the day of that acquisition. I have added printers, hard
|
|||
|
|
drives, monitors, modems, and various other equipment through the years. I
|
|||
|
|
have even managed to acquire about five more computers. However, almost
|
|||
|
|
without exception, my purchases after the original Apple II have been from
|
|||
|
|
somewhere besides a computer store.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
I am not saying that I have never gone into a computer store since my
|
|||
|
|
original purchase. Quite the opposite is true. I have actually spent a
|
|||
|
|
considerable amount of time in this type of store. But when it comes down
|
|||
|
|
to making a major purchase, forget it. Here is the typical conversation
|
|||
|
|
between myself and a computer salesman:
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
SALESPERSON: How may I help you today, sir?
|
|||
|
|
''''''''''''
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
ME: Well, I was interested in this computer. Can you tell me if the
|
|||
|
|
''' motherboard has an 128K cache or 256K?
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
SALESPERSON: Well, I am not sure... but are you really asking the right
|
|||
|
|
'''''''''''' question? Shouldn't you be asking yourself whether or not
|
|||
|
|
that computer will last for the next 10 years? That is really the
|
|||
|
|
question. Now if you would take a look at this computer over here. The
|
|||
|
|
Super Deluxe Mega Mainframe-in-a-box X686 computer will serve your needs
|
|||
|
|
for years to come. This baby comes fully loaded and ready to go. You can
|
|||
|
|
even mow your lawn with the optional mulching accessories.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
ME: Wait a minute! This computer is thousands more than I wanted to
|
|||
|
|
''' spend. I just wanted to...
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
SALESPERSON: Oh sure! Go ahead and limit yourself. But I ask you, do
|
|||
|
|
'''''''''''' you really want to keep your kids from going to college?
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
ME: What?
|
|||
|
|
'''
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
SALESPERSON: Your kids! Think, man. What about all of the great
|
|||
|
|
'''''''''''' multimedia educational software that your kids will not be
|
|||
|
|
able to run? But I guess you just don't care that the Smith kids are
|
|||
|
|
getting scholarships to all of the best universities. No child can get
|
|||
|
|
into the best schools without getting the advantage you can get with this
|
|||
|
|
computer. But I don't suppose that this subject is important to you...
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
ME: Well, I want my kids to have the best.
|
|||
|
|
'''
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
SALESPERSON: Good! Now you are thinking. What does your wife do for a
|
|||
|
|
'''''''''''' living?
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
ME: She is a teacher.
|
|||
|
|
'''
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
SALESPERSON: Excellent. I am sure that your wife will appreciate the
|
|||
|
|
'''''''''''' fact that this computer comes with a subscription to the
|
|||
|
|
national teacher's hot line. The subscription gives your wife 10 free
|
|||
|
|
minutes of access. Of course, you will need to purchase the optional
|
|||
|
|
4,000,000 baud modem.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
ME: How much does that cost?
|
|||
|
|
'''
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
SALESPERSON: Darrel, you are not focusing on the key issues here. What
|
|||
|
|
'''''''''''' is more important, your kids success in life or your
|
|||
|
|
checkbook? Your wife's ability to do her job, or a few measly bucks at the
|
|||
|
|
computer store?
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
ME: Goodness.
|
|||
|
|
'''
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
SALESPERSON: Now that you are thinking the right way, can I pack you one
|
|||
|
|
'''''''''''' of these to take home. I would, of course, add in a laser
|
|||
|
|
printer, 17" monitor, and decorative fish bowl to round out the system.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
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ME: What would be the total system price on the computer you just
|
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''' described?
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SALESPERSON: If you have to ask, then your heart is not in the right
|
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'''''''''''' place. Money is not the key factor here. The success of
|
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you, your wife, and your kids IS at stake. I think that you will want to
|
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act upon those factors instead of allowing yourself to be limited by
|
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current fiscal shortsightedness. Besides, we have a loan officer in the
|
|||
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back who will be glad to set you up with a convenient monthly payment that
|
|||
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will be well within your budget.
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|||
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Admit it. The scene I just described above has happened to you on at
|
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least one occasion. Right? I been subjected many times to the hard sale
|
|||
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from a computer neophyte (i.e. salesman) who didn't really know how to edit
|
|||
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a simple text file.
|
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Here's another typical scenario:
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ME: Excuse me, could you tell me the impedance of these speakers?
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'''
|
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SALESPERSON: Well, I could, but I would be ashamed of myself for doing
|
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'''''''''''' so.
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ME: Why is that? These are the speakers that are on sale, right?
|
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'''
|
|||
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SALESPERSON: Yes, these speakers are on sale, but I don't recommend them.
|
|||
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'''''''''''' They are not shielded and there is no amplification system
|
|||
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to bring out the subtle nuances of the music. Now over here we have our
|
|||
|
|
Bose Super Amplified 500 W Speaker System and Coffee Maker. This product
|
|||
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will give you superior sound and will not have a bit of interference from
|
|||
|
|
those traffic helicopters that fly over 3 times a day.
|
|||
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|
|||
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ME: Holy mark-up, Batman! I didn't want to spend that kind of money.
|
|||
|
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''' I was interested in the speakers that you have on sale.
|
|||
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|
|||
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SALESPERSON: Well, of course, you can purchase those speakers if you have
|
|||
|
|
'''''''''''' a tin ear and don't care about true sound reproduction.
|
|||
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|
|||
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ME: I just want to play games and stuff. I don't need a home stereo
|
|||
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|
''' system...
|
|||
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|
|||
|
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SALESPERSON: You are limiting yourself on this one. Why not go for the
|
|||
|
|
'''''''''''' home stereo approach. With the Bose system and a few
|
|||
|
|
additional components, you can have a better sound system on your computer
|
|||
|
|
than you do in your living room. What a concept. There is special this
|
|||
|
|
month on the Sony Mini-Home Studio with 5000 W Amplifier and CD-ROM player.
|
|||
|
|
In addition, I can throw in the Virtual Reality Game Playing helmet and you
|
|||
|
|
will be ready for some real game playing.
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
ME: Aargh!
|
|||
|
|
'''
|
|||
|
|
(This cry is ripped from my mouth as I go flying out the front door of the
|
|||
|
|
store.)
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
One final example should round out the explanation of my fear and
|
|||
|
|
loathing of computer stores:
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
ME: Excuse me. Could you tell me if this disk drive is compatible with
|
|||
|
|
''' a Macintosh IIx?
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
SALESPERSON: What is a Macintosh IIx?
|
|||
|
|
''''''''''''
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
ME (incredulously): It is a computer made by Apple. It was sold maybe
|
|||
|
|
''''''''''''''''''' three years ago in most stores.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
SALESPERSON: Oh, well this drive is not compatible with that computer.
|
|||
|
|
''''''''''''
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
ME: Are you sure?
|
|||
|
|
'''
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
SALESPERSON: Yes!
|
|||
|
|
''''''''''''
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
ME: Well, do you have a disk drive that will work with a IIx?
|
|||
|
|
'''
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
SALESPERSON: No.
|
|||
|
|
''''''''''''
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
ME: Okay, let's try a different route. Can you order a disk drive that
|
|||
|
|
''' will work with my IIx?
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
SALESPERSON: I will have to check with my manager. This will only take
|
|||
|
|
'''''''''''' 20 minutes. I will be right back.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
ME: Hold on. How long does it take to get in a special order?
|
|||
|
|
'''
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
SALESPERSON: I don't know.
|
|||
|
|
''''''''''''
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
ME: Can you give me a rough estimate? Does it take two weeks? Does it
|
|||
|
|
''' take a month?
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
SALESPERSON: Oh, okay. It will take two weeks to get in a drive.
|
|||
|
|
'''''''''''' However, since it will be a special order there will be no
|
|||
|
|
return possible.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
ME (in frustration): Don't you guys do anything to support the Mac IIx?
|
|||
|
|
''''''''''''''''''''
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
SALESPERSON: No, but that computer is ancient technology. I can sell you
|
|||
|
|
'''''''''''' a new computer that will work with all of our drives. In
|
|||
|
|
the process, you can move up to the newest technology. Besides that, the
|
|||
|
|
system plays great games. Let me take you over here and show you the Super
|
|||
|
|
Deluxe Mega Mainframe-in-a-box X686 computer...
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
And you thought it was just the Apple II world that had to endure
|
|||
|
|
this sort of abandonment!
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
[*][*][*]
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Darrel Raines is an avid computer user and hobbyist. He works on
|
|||
|
|
the NASA Space Station program in Houston, Texas. He spends as much
|
|||
|
|
of his spare time as is possible as a computer keyboard jockey.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
[EOA]
|
|||
|
|
[HUN]//////////////////////////////
|
|||
|
|
THE TREASURE HUNT /
|
|||
|
|
/////////////////////////////////
|
|||
|
|
Yours For the Downloading
|
|||
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
|||
|
|
by Charlie Hartley
|
|||
|
|
[C.HARTLEY3]
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Welcome back to the Treasure Hunt! This month we will examine
|
|||
|
|
several different files. There is no central theme this month, but I think
|
|||
|
|
there is something here for just about everyone. Let's get started. :)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
[*][*][*]
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
COGITO.BXY File #23321 285696 bytes GS PUZZLE GAME
|
|||
|
|
'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
. This is Cogito, the latest FREEWARE release from Brutal Deluxe. This
|
|||
|
|
nifty puzzle game for the GS is loosely based on the Rubik's Cube. [But
|
|||
|
|
it's a lot more fun!--Ed.] The object is to restore a shuffled puzzle to
|
|||
|
|
its original condition. It starts off fairly simple and gets progressively
|
|||
|
|
harder. You can play any of the 100+ levels at any time, but of course
|
|||
|
|
you'll have more fun if you start at level 1 and work your way up. The
|
|||
|
|
game itself is in greyscale, but it's very well done and has some nice
|
|||
|
|
background music that you can turn on and off as you wish. Once the game
|
|||
|
|
starts, press any key on the keyboard to get to the "setup" screen. Be
|
|||
|
|
sure to read the READ.ME file first. Included is Tool 220 which must be
|
|||
|
|
placed in the Tools folder located in the System folder of your boot disk.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
If you haven't discovered this game yet, rush over to the library and
|
|||
|
|
get it. It is well worth the long download time.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
[*][*][*]
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Are you tired of the generic trash can on your GS Finder screen?
|
|||
|
|
Would you like something different, unusual, perhaps a little weird? Check
|
|||
|
|
out the two files listed below that were uploaded by Lunatic.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
NUKE.NY.2.I.BXY File #18231 1408 bytes Finder Trash Icon
|
|||
|
|
'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
This is the latest version of Luny's popular "nuclear trash" icons.
|
|||
|
|
This version has been shrunk slightly so that Finder 6.0 won't have to move
|
|||
|
|
the fourth volume online up to the next row of disks. NOTE: Finder 6.0
|
|||
|
|
doesn't need these icons to be in any special file! Simply throw this icon
|
|||
|
|
file into the Icons folder on your boot disk and it'll show up!
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
EXPLOSIONHT.BXY File #18268 12672 byte rSound for trash icon
|
|||
|
|
'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
This is a Sound Resource file for use with System 6.0 and/or
|
|||
|
|
HyperCard v1.1. HangTime converted this sound from EXPLOSION2.BXY into a
|
|||
|
|
rSound for use with HyperCard. Lunatic then pulled the sound out of the
|
|||
|
|
HyperCard stack and put it into its own file. To use this sound, simply
|
|||
|
|
copy the file into your System Sounds folder on your system disk. Then it
|
|||
|
|
will show up in the Sound CDev (without a reboot) and you can use it for
|
|||
|
|
whatever system sounds you want. It'll be available to all HCGS v1.1
|
|||
|
|
stacks on your machine. This is a GREAT sound for use with his updated
|
|||
|
|
Nuclear Trash icons. You'll be able to HEAR the explosion as well as SEE
|
|||
|
|
the explosion.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
I might add that these icons and this sound can also be used within
|
|||
|
|
HyperStudio as well as HyperCard.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
[*][*][*]
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
SHOWME1.1.BXY File #23179 73728 byte GS GRAPHICS VIEWER +
|
|||
|
|
'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Dave Leffler has provided us with an exceptionally good NDA/Finder
|
|||
|
|
Extra to view IIgs and other graphics including MacPaint, GIF, 3200 color,
|
|||
|
|
Print Shop IIgs, and now Paintworks animations too! Not only that but it
|
|||
|
|
also allows some simple changes in the graphics as well as the ability to
|
|||
|
|
save in several formats. Best of all, the price is right -- FREE. Dave
|
|||
|
|
releases this as JesusAware, the same as Freeware.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
The following comments are quoted from Dave's documentation file that
|
|||
|
|
is included with the download.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
"ShowMe! is a combination New Desk Accessory (NDA) and Finder 6.0
|
|||
|
|
Extension (FX) that will allow you to see an unobstructed full screen views
|
|||
|
|
of any type of IIgs Super HiRes Graphic, plus some other non-IIgs formats.
|
|||
|
|
You can also save the displayed graphic in a couple of different formats,
|
|||
|
|
and do some simple color conversions.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
"You may view:
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
- Unpacked graphics (Screen) files
|
|||
|
|
- Eagle/Packbytes format packed graphics files
|
|||
|
|
- Apple Preferred Format packed graphics files
|
|||
|
|
- PaintWorks packed graphics files
|
|||
|
|
- PaintWorks Gold 640 mode packed graphics format
|
|||
|
|
- PrintShop GS Color Graphics
|
|||
|
|
- Unpacked 3200 Color pictures
|
|||
|
|
- Packed 3200 Color pictures, "3201"-APP and APF.
|
|||
|
|
- Graphics Interchange Format, GIF graphics versions 87a AND 89a
|
|||
|
|
- MacPaint graphics, Full or Half height
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
"You may save graphics: (does not apply to 3200 color pictures)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
- Unpacked graphics (Screen) files
|
|||
|
|
- Apple Preferred Format packed graphics files, Full or Screen Size
|
|||
|
|
- Double Height Apple Preferred Format files, Full or Screen Size
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
"You may convert: (does not apply to 3200 color pictures)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
- 320 mode pictures into 640 mode color pictures
|
|||
|
|
- 320 mode pictures into 640 mode gray scale pictures
|
|||
|
|
- 320 mode to 640 mode
|
|||
|
|
- 640 mode to 320 mode
|
|||
|
|
- 640 mode to 320 mode with default palette
|
|||
|
|
- 320 mode to 640 mode with default palette
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
"You may also:
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
- Display more that one graphic at a time in a slide show fashion.
|
|||
|
|
- Use it as a graphics previewer before launching a graphics application.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
"You must have a IIgs running System software version 5.04 or later.
|
|||
|
|
Also a little extra memory might be nice for those large graphics files.
|
|||
|
|
Even though ShowMe! will work fine under 5.04, you'll have many more
|
|||
|
|
features when running it under the System 6.0 since it takes advantage of
|
|||
|
|
the new Finder features."
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Previous versions were called ShowPic NDA. If you have a previous
|
|||
|
|
version, you know how good Dave's work is. This one is the best yet. Rush
|
|||
|
|
right over to the library and get it. Read the documentation file to be
|
|||
|
|
sure you are setting it up correctly, and then enjoy the graphics!
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
[*][*][*]
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
SCARABAEIDA.BXY File #18579 4608 bytes Finder Extra
|
|||
|
|
'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
|
|||
|
|
Scarabaeidae v1.0 - by Richard Bennett
|
|||
|
|
Copyright 1992 by Oz Data
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Scarabaeidae is a Finder extension for System 6.0 and above. It
|
|||
|
|
doesn't do much, but what it does, it does with a vengeance. Scarabaeidae
|
|||
|
|
will delete any Finder data files which it finds amongst the currently
|
|||
|
|
selected files on the desktop. If any folders are selected, Scarabaeidae
|
|||
|
|
will dive into them and delete all the Finder data files it finds inside
|
|||
|
|
them.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
If you want to remove the Finder files from any disk or folder, this
|
|||
|
|
is a quick and easy way to do it. If you could not possible care less that
|
|||
|
|
the Finder is dropping root and data files on your disks, then you don't
|
|||
|
|
need this program.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Install Scarabaeidae in your System/System.Setup folder, and reboot
|
|||
|
|
your IIgs. The Extras menu should now contain Scarabaeidae. It can be
|
|||
|
|
invoked by selecting it from the menu, or by pressing OA-Z.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
According to the dictionary, the scarab is one of a family
|
|||
|
|
(Scarabaeidae) of stout-bodied beetles (as a dung beetle) with lamellate
|
|||
|
|
antennae. If you remember that these Finder files are often called
|
|||
|
|
"droppings" by those who dislike them, you'll understand why Richard
|
|||
|
|
selected this name.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
[*][*][*]
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
MINIMIZER.BXY File #23193 7424 bytes Finder CDev
|
|||
|
|
'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
|
|||
|
|
Minimizer Ver. 1.0
|
|||
|
|
Copyright 1994 by Bill Tudor
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
According to Bill's documentation file, "Minimizer is an Apple IIgs
|
|||
|
|
Control Panel (CDev) that adds a minimize feature to the IIgs window
|
|||
|
|
manager. This feature allows you to minimize a window to reduce the space
|
|||
|
|
required to display the window on the physical screen. In general, you
|
|||
|
|
would minimize a window temporarily while you work in another window, and
|
|||
|
|
restore the window when you want to again work with it. This process moves
|
|||
|
|
the window out of the way without having to close and re-open it."
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
To install Minimizer, copy it to the System/CDevs folder on your boot
|
|||
|
|
disk and re-boot. To minimize a window, hold down the Option key while
|
|||
|
|
clicking on the zoom box. This causes the window to minimize (rather then
|
|||
|
|
Zoom). Clicking in the title area allows you to drag the minimized window
|
|||
|
|
around the screen. Clicking the window icon restores the minimized window
|
|||
|
|
to its original size and position.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
I've tried Minimizer several times, and it works just fine. It's
|
|||
|
|
actually kind of neat, and useful for keeping your Finder screen
|
|||
|
|
uncluttered. You should read the documentation file to get the most
|
|||
|
|
benefit from the program.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Bill Tudor describes this as shareware, and requires a $10 shareware
|
|||
|
|
payment, with a catch. If you pay him $10, you can consider it payment for
|
|||
|
|
any (or all) of his shareware programs in the A2 library.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
[*][*][*]
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
DESKDOCTOR.BXY File #23203 13440 bytes Finder Extension
|
|||
|
|
''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
|
|||
|
|
Desktop Doctor Ver. 1.0
|
|||
|
|
Copyright 1994 by Bill Tudor
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
The following description is taken from the documentation that comes
|
|||
|
|
with the program.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
"Desktop Doctor is an Apple IIgs Finder Extension that checks and
|
|||
|
|
fixes the Finder's desktop files and icon files. This includes removing
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duplicate entries, keeping desktop databases up to date, and checking and
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fixing icon application pathnames in both icons and desktop files.
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"After installation, choose 'Desktop Doctor' item from the Finder's
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Extras menu. This is bring up the desktop doctor dialogue box. Check each
|
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option you wish to perform:
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"[x] Delete desktop files - This option deletes all existing desktop
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files in the Icons folder of all of your
|
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disks. Note that this option is normally
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not performed. Any document/application
|
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links created with the Finder's Option-
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Control-Open feature will be lost.
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"[x] Rebuild desktop - Rebuilds your desktop databases by
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scanning your disks for applications and
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checking for rBundles.
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"[x] Remove duplicates - This options removes wasteful duplicate
|
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entries and unused entries (orphans)
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from your desktop databases.
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"[x] Check icon pathnames - Checks the 'Application to launch'
|
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pathname for BOTH old-style and new-
|
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style icons. You are given the
|
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opportunity to correct pathnames."
|
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Desktop Doctor may be installed in the FinderExtras folder on the
|
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boot disk, or in the System.Setup folder there. It requires System 6.0 or
|
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later.
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I confess that I don't know enough about this sort of thing to know
|
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how valuable this program can be. However, when I ran it on my system, it
|
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removed 13 duplicate entries and freed up 29,154 bytes.
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Bill Tudor describes this as shareware, and requires a $10 shareware
|
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payment, with a catch. If you pay him $10, you can consider it payment for
|
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any (or all) of his shareware programs in the A2 library.
|
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[*][*][*]
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FILEFINDER.BXY File #23252 22784 bytes Finder Extension
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''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
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File Finder Ver. 1.0b2
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Copyright 1994 by Bill Tudor
|
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According to Bill's documentation file that accompanies this file,
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"File Finder is an Apple IIgs Finder Extension INIT program that allows you
|
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|
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to search for files on disks or in folders. You can search for files by
|
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|
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name, partial name, created date, modified date, file type, file size,
|
|||
|
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embedded text, or any combination of the above. Once a set of files is
|
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|
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found, you can delete, open, peek at, or locate (open the Finder window
|
|||
|
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containing the file) the file."
|
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|
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You may install File Finder by copying it into either the
|
|||
|
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System.Setup folder or the FinderExtras folder on your boot disk. If you
|
|||
|
|
do the former, you must reboot for it to be active; in the latter case,
|
|||
|
|
just run the Finder again for it to be active.
|
|||
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|
|||
|
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The following information is taken from the documentation file.
|
|||
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|
|||
|
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"To search file files, select 'File Finder' from under the 'Extras'
|
|||
|
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menu in the Finder. If you want to search a particular disk or folder
|
|||
|
|
(including folders within the selected folder), select that folder before
|
|||
|
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choosing the File Finder item.
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
"Type in the name (or partial name) of the file you wish to search
|
|||
|
|
for, select the search location and name matching criteria and then click
|
|||
|
|
the Search button to begin the search. The location popup allows you to
|
|||
|
|
search any disk, all disks, the current folder or the current list (if you
|
|||
|
|
already have files selected). You can change the current folder by
|
|||
|
|
clicking the change folder button.
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
"Once the search is complete, you can highlight any of the found
|
|||
|
|
files and perform the following:
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
Open - Opens the file as if you had double-clicked it in Finder
|
|||
|
|
Delete - Deletes the file from disk
|
|||
|
|
Peek - Peeks at the file's contents (NOTE: Requires FilePeeker)
|
|||
|
|
Locate - Opens the Finder window that contains this file and
|
|||
|
|
selects this file
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
"To use some of the advanced features of FileFinder, click the
|
|||
|
|
Options button. You can search based on created date, modification date,
|
|||
|
|
file size, file type, or search only for files which contains a given text
|
|||
|
|
string. There is also an option that allows you to add the files found in
|
|||
|
|
the search to the current list of files rather than replacing the old list.
|
|||
|
|
This allows you to perform more complicated searches such as finder all
|
|||
|
|
files that begin with the letter 'A' and end with the letter 'Z'."
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
This is a nice program, and it does some things that others like it
|
|||
|
|
don't do. One possible shortcoming is that it only works from the Finder
|
|||
|
|
Extra menu.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Bill Tudor describes this as shareware, and requires a $10 shareware
|
|||
|
|
payment, with a catch. If you pay him $10, you can consider it payment for
|
|||
|
|
any (or all) of his shareware programs in the A2 library.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
[*][*][*]
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
FINDFILE.BXY File #10567 8820 bytes File Finder NDA
|
|||
|
|
'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
While we're talking about file finders, I must mention Steve Chick's
|
|||
|
|
excellent NDA. Find File NDA, version 1.2, is not quite as fancy as Bill
|
|||
|
|
Tutor's program mentioned above; but, it has some pretty nifty features of
|
|||
|
|
it's own.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
First of all, since it's a NDA, it can be accessed from within any
|
|||
|
|
desktop program that gives you access to the apple menu. Second, it
|
|||
|
|
searches for filenames in the background while you work. It has a priority
|
|||
|
|
level option that let's you do high speed searches as well.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
As a test, I opened ShadowWrite, then selected Find File, put it to
|
|||
|
|
work hunting through my 240 meg hard drive, and then went back to
|
|||
|
|
ShadowWrite and began typing. As I typed, I could hear the hard drive as
|
|||
|
|
Find File worked. When it finished, it beeped and all I had to do was
|
|||
|
|
reselect it from the Apple menu to see what it had found.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Find File is freeware. It works with System 4.0 and above. For you
|
|||
|
|
programmer types, the source code is supposed to be available in A2Pro.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
[*][*][*]
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
WW.PSINST.BXY File #23312 179072 bytes Physical Science files
|
|||
|
|
''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
George Heatherly has provided science teachers with a collection of
|
|||
|
|
files created by teachers at the 1990 Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship
|
|||
|
|
Foundation Physical Science Institute. The files include a number of
|
|||
|
|
activities created by the 1990 Physical Science Master Teachers to help
|
|||
|
|
improve the teaching of physical science.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
This information was published by the Woodrow Wilson National
|
|||
|
|
Fellowship Foundation and is in the public domain. A printed copy of the
|
|||
|
|
final curriculum module _might_ be available from the Foundation. The
|
|||
|
|
files contained in this archive are all AppleWorks word processor files.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
While these files are aimed at the middle school level, they should
|
|||
|
|
be useful to high school teachers as well. If you teach science, or know
|
|||
|
|
someone who does, this is a good download for you to get.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
[*][*][*]
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
CHASING.CAR.BXY File #18041 49152 bytes Cooperative Learning
|
|||
|
|
''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
While we're talking about school-related files, here is one that I
|
|||
|
|
uploaded in 1992.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
The files in this upload are all connected to a middle school unit
|
|||
|
|
based on the computer program "Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?"
|
|||
|
|
called "Chasing Carmen."
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Most of the word processor files are worksheets that can be used by
|
|||
|
|
individuals or teams to investigate and discover the facts needed to be
|
|||
|
|
successful at this game. They are ready to print now.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Two of the word processor files are lists of facts that the students
|
|||
|
|
will discover as they complete the worksheets. They are presented to
|
|||
|
|
assist busy teachers. However, I encourage the teachers to discover these
|
|||
|
|
facts first by playing the game and using the almanac.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
The AppleWorks data base template is designed to allow student teams
|
|||
|
|
to collect and organize Carmen facts and then use the data base to quickly
|
|||
|
|
find the info needed to play the game. The master data base contains most
|
|||
|
|
of the information that I have collected.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
I have also included a similar set of data base files for use with
|
|||
|
|
FrEdBase for those who need or want to use this data base manager.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
This material has been used successfully with seventh graders. It
|
|||
|
|
should be effective with anyone who finds the Carmen World game exciting.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
[*][*][*]
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
FENCED.IN.BXY File #20817 13696 bytes ProDOS Strategy Game
|
|||
|
|
''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
"Don't Fence Me In!" is a game for two players. It is a game of
|
|||
|
|
strategy with skill in planning ahead a real plus.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Players take turns claiming plots on a chart. If those plots are
|
|||
|
|
located in correct proximity to other plots already claimed by the player,
|
|||
|
|
then a fence is built between the plots. Once built, these fences act as a
|
|||
|
|
barrier to the other player.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
The object of the game for player #1 is to build a fence that
|
|||
|
|
connects the top to the bottom of the chart. For player #2, it is to
|
|||
|
|
connect the sides. If a player tries to claim a plot that is already
|
|||
|
|
claimed, he loses his turn.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
The game is not sophisticated enough to know when one or the other
|
|||
|
|
player has won. Like chess, you must decide that for yourself. There are
|
|||
|
|
no bells and whistles here, just the satisfaction of out-maneuvering your
|
|||
|
|
opponent.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
The program is copyrighted, but is offered as freeware. Let me know
|
|||
|
|
what you think of it.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
[*][*][*]
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
That's it for this month. I hope you have found something here to
|
|||
|
|
whet your interest. Drop me a line and let me know what you think of this
|
|||
|
|
column and offer any suggestions you might have about what should be in it.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Until next time, happy downloading!
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
-- Charlie Hartley
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
[EOA]
|
|||
|
|
[PRO]//////////////////////////////
|
|||
|
|
PROFILES /
|
|||
|
|
/////////////////////////////////
|
|||
|
|
Who's Who In Apple II
|
|||
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""
|
|||
|
|
by Charlie Hartley
|
|||
|
|
[C.HARTLEY3]
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
>>> WHO'S WHO? <<<
|
|||
|
|
""""""""""""""""""
|
|||
|
|
~ GEnieLamp Profile: Eric Shepherd ~
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
This month we will profile a rising star in the Apple II world. Eric
|
|||
|
|
Shepherd (a/k/a Sheppy) is a student at the University of California in
|
|||
|
|
Santa Barbara. When he isn't doing school work (and often when he is) or
|
|||
|
|
watching movies, Sheppy is busy online or at his computer writing nifty
|
|||
|
|
programs.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
GEnieLamp> Tell us a little bit about yourself.
|
|||
|
|
"""""""""
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Sheppy> I go to the University of California in Santa Barbara. I chose
|
|||
|
|
"""""" to go here because their computer science program was supposed to
|
|||
|
|
be quite good (and I suppose it is, although I like to make fun of it :),
|
|||
|
|
and because it's close to a number of relatives out here. I'm starting my
|
|||
|
|
fifth year in a week; this should be my last year, unless the university
|
|||
|
|
does something really mean to me.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
I grew up all over the place. This is my third time living in
|
|||
|
|
California. Lived in Texas twice (my brother was born in Texas) and in
|
|||
|
|
Colorado twice, and in Louisiana once. We also lived in Sumatra, Indonesia
|
|||
|
|
for five years, which was quite an experience, and probably the best
|
|||
|
|
education I ever got was while I was there.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
GEnieLamp> How did you first get interested in the Apple II computer?
|
|||
|
|
"""""""""
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Sheppy> When I was in the fourth grade, my school got its first computer:
|
|||
|
|
"""""" a TI 99/4. They taught us to program it in BASIC and I had a lot
|
|||
|
|
of fun doing that. About a year later, the school got an Apple ][+ and I
|
|||
|
|
switched to programming that. Not long after that, the school got some
|
|||
|
|
//e's and hired a new math and computer programming teacher... who didn't
|
|||
|
|
know how to program the II. I wound up teaching BASIC to my classmates for
|
|||
|
|
a while. Anyway, I used Apple IIs more or less exclusively (although I was
|
|||
|
|
admittedly an MS-DOS freak for about six months... then I went into rehab
|
|||
|
|
and am just fine now).
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
I didn't become a die-hard Apple II user until I first got online,
|
|||
|
|
though, and realized that there really were a lot of people out there using
|
|||
|
|
the II. That was the spring of 1991. Until then, I really, really liked
|
|||
|
|
the II, but it wasn't the kind of strong addiction I feel now.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
GEnieLamp> Do you have any anecdotes you can share with us about your
|
|||
|
|
""""""""" first experiences with the Apple II?
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Sheppy> Most of my anecdotes involve the fragile nature of floppy disks
|
|||
|
|
"""""" and how easy it is for a program gone horribly wrong to wipe them
|
|||
|
|
out. I used to do that a lot (and I lost a lot of really nifty programs
|
|||
|
|
that way). When I first got my IIgs, for instance, I only had 5.25" drives
|
|||
|
|
and 256K of memory, but I was determined to write a nifty paint program for
|
|||
|
|
the IIgs. I nuked a couple of disks trying to write that program.
|
|||
|
|
Eventually I did get a simple (but usable) paint program up and running,
|
|||
|
|
but by then I'd gotten a 3.5" drive, color monitor, and some RAM and was
|
|||
|
|
able to run some commercial stuff.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Probably my best Apple II anecdote is a tidbit on the durability of
|
|||
|
|
these machines. It was 8th grade computer class, and there were Apple //es
|
|||
|
|
on cheapo folding tables all over the classroom (you know the kind of table
|
|||
|
|
-- the ones they use in school lunchrooms). A friend of mine sat down on
|
|||
|
|
one of those tables and it broke. One of the //e's slid of the table,
|
|||
|
|
yanking the monitor and disk drives along with it, bouncing across the
|
|||
|
|
floor. The cases were scuffed, but the machine, monitor, and drives all
|
|||
|
|
worked fine. I don't think most computers could take that kind of beating.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
GEnieLamp> Where do you see the future of telecommunications moving in
|
|||
|
|
""""""""" the next five to ten years?
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Sheppy> "Yow!" That's the best word to describe it. It's impossible to
|
|||
|
|
"""""" imagine the future of telecommunications. Five years ago,
|
|||
|
|
telecommunications was an infant field of tiny little companies and one or
|
|||
|
|
two giants. Most of it was experimental. The fastest modems readily
|
|||
|
|
available today are 28,800 bits per second. Five years ago, everyone was
|
|||
|
|
just starting to make the move from 1200 to 2400 bits per second. We're
|
|||
|
|
looking at a speed increase of immense proportions, and vastly increased
|
|||
|
|
interconnectivity of networks. Today's networks will look puny and toylike
|
|||
|
|
compared to the networks at the beginning of the next millennium. The
|
|||
|
|
Internet is big and growing fast, but we haven't yet reached the point
|
|||
|
|
where being online is _necessary_. In five years we'll be there, and there
|
|||
|
|
will be nothing you can do in person that you can't do online. Or, at
|
|||
|
|
least, not much (let's face it, a nice dinner out just isn't the same if
|
|||
|
|
you're not face-to-face :).
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
GEnieLamp> How did you get started writing software?
|
|||
|
|
"""""""""
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Sheppy> I actually got started because my school required that we learn
|
|||
|
|
"""""" how to program in BASIC, and I learned that I really enjoyed it
|
|||
|
|
and was even pretty good at it (a unique pairing of positive attributes
|
|||
|
|
that just says "do it!"). I programmed entirely in BASIC for a few years,
|
|||
|
|
then learned assembly, Pascal, C, and a few other languages. I guess it
|
|||
|
|
just sort of happened.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
GEnieLamp> Tell us about some of the software you have written for the
|
|||
|
|
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Sheppy> Well, I've written mostly little utilities and such. The first
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"""""" program I put out on the online services was ProBOOT in 1991.
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The first version I uploaded was version 3.0, and it's at version 5.2.1
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now. ProBOOT lets you hold down the Apple key to bring up a menu that you
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can use to choose a disk to boot from. It automatically activates the slot
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for that disk if it's switched out, and it sets the system speed up for
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you, too.
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I've written some stuff for Softdisk, such as Shifty List, which
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allows you to choose some of your favorite INITs, DAs, and control panels
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to be loaded when you shift-boot. I like it not because it's useful (which
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it is) but because it's the kind of program you can find lots of clever
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uses for. For instance, you can set up your system so that booting
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normally loads only a few extensions, but shift-booting loads lots of extra
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stuff. That's kind of convenient.
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I've written a LOT of stuff, some I don't even remember writing. :)
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GEnieLamp> Shifty List is an impressive program. Folks who don't
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""""""""" subscribe to Softdisk G-S may get it by calling Softdisk at
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1-800-831-2694 and requesting the issue containing it.
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What other platforms have you created software for?
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Sheppy> I released a couple of shareware programs for MS-DOS a few years
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"""""" back, but nothing major. I also wrote some rather large
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professional database systems for MS-DOS in dBase and Clipper. I've been
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futzing with writing some Mac software, but programming the Mac is
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depressing and I tend to suffer IIgs withdrawal when I do it.
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GEnieLamp> You've assumed a leadership position in the PowerPC
|
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""""""""" Programmer's Roundtable here on GEnie. Please tell us a
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little about how this came about.
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Sheppy> To be honest, I don't really know how it came about. There was a
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"""""" bunch of shuffling around of staff earlier in the year, and a few
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openings came up, and I had happened to post a couple of messages in the
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PowerPC RoundTables and had recently become very active in A2 and A2Pro, so
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I guess Dean just figured he didn't have much to lose.
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The interesting thing is that I was actually picked up as an
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assistant sysop, but there was no Chief Sysop in PPCPro at the time, so I
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was kind of performing those duties... and after a couple of months, it was
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made official.
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GEnieLamp> What do you consider your proudest accomplishment?
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"""""""""
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Sheppy> Waking up before noon today. :)
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""""""
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No, seriously, I'd have to say that my proudest accomplishment is the
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three months I spent at Apple on the Apple IIgs operating system quality
|
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assurance team in 1990. It was fantastic work, and it was an honor to work
|
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with the folks that brought System 5.0 and 6.0 to us. Helping to squash
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bugs in the system software was a tremendous thrill.
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GEnieLamp> Who do you look up to as your mentors?
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"""""""""
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Sheppy> As hard as it is to believe, probably the person I most admire
|
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"""""" and look up to is my younger brother. He's the kind of person
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that isn't afraid to do new things, and usually succeeds at them. He's
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more dedicated to getting things finished than I am, and usually puts more
|
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work into it than I would. When he finds something he has trouble doing,
|
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he just works at it harder until everything works itself out. I wish I
|
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could get myself to do that sort of thing.
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GEnieLamp> Is your brother going to follow in your footsteps?
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"""""""""
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Sheppy> My brother is a mechanical engineering major at the University of
|
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"""""" Texas in Austin. He's just started his second year. He's going
|
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to be twenty on October 1. Holy cow... I never realized that until now.
|
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Twenty...
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Anyway, he's going to be a ME [Mechanical Engineer], like my dad, so
|
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he's not following in my footsteps, which is for the best. :) But I
|
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remember helping him with his math when he was in the first grade and I was
|
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in the fourth. He finished the first, second, third, and fourth grade math
|
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courses all while he was in the first grade. He's probably the only person
|
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in the world that can impress me without trying. :)
|
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GEnieLamp> What sorts of things do you like to do for fun (i.e.
|
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|
|
""""""""" non-computer hobbies)?
|
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|
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Sheppy> I like movies. Even movies that sound really bad, once I start
|
|||
|
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"""""" watching them, I can't stop. I also like to read. Science
|
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|
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fiction, mostly. And music... it's a wonderful thing.
|
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|
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GEnieLamp> What new services do you think GEnie should provide its
|
|||
|
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""""""""" subscribers?
|
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|
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|
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Sheppy> Lower-cost 9600 access. That's really important. But even more
|
|||
|
|
"""""" important than that, in my book (but less likely to actually
|
|||
|
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happen) is a faster protocol for uploading. Regardless of whatever reasons
|
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|
|
GEnie might have for not supporting ZModem uploads, I can't stand XModem.
|
|||
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|
|||
|
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GEnieLamp> What one piece of advice would you pass along to a new
|
|||
|
|
""""""""" Apple II telecommunications enthusiast?
|
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|
|||
|
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Sheppy> Don't bother trying to join America Online. :)
|
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|
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""""""
|
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|
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GEnieLamp> With the decision by Apple to finally drop the IIgs from their
|
|||
|
|
""""""""" price lists, many Apple II users are feeling frustrated. What
|
|||
|
|
do you see as the future for the Apple II and its owners?
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
Sheppy> I see the Apple II community slowly shrinking until it reaches a
|
|||
|
|
"""""" new stable point at which the number of users and the number of
|
|||
|
|
programmers equalizes itself again. There will be fewer of each, but there
|
|||
|
|
will always be an Apple II community, and I hope to remain a part of it.
|
|||
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|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
GEnieLamp> Of all the freeware/shareware programs that you have released
|
|||
|
|
""""""""" here on GEnie, which are your favorites?
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
Sheppy> Here's a list of my favorite programs, what they are, and why I
|
|||
|
|
"""""" like them.
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
ProBOOT 5.2.1 (A2 Library file #21525)
|
|||
|
|
'''''''''''''
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
This is my favorite freeware/shareware release. Of all my programs,
|
|||
|
|
ProBOOT has accumulated the most time and effort, and I never seem to run
|
|||
|
|
out of new ideas for what was originally a very simple concept. And it's
|
|||
|
|
the first program I ever released for the Apple II. This program also
|
|||
|
|
taught me the importance of beta-testing, because twice, ProBOOT went
|
|||
|
|
through three new versions in less than a week because of bugs.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
ProBOOT lets you pop up a list of disk drives that you can boot from
|
|||
|
|
just by holding down the Apple key when you boot your computer. Selecting
|
|||
|
|
one of the drives will automatically enable that drive in the control
|
|||
|
|
panel, set up your system speed, and boot it. You can do the same thing
|
|||
|
|
using a Finder extension that's included with ProBOOT. It's a big
|
|||
|
|
time-saver when you have to boot from floppy disks a lot, especially when
|
|||
|
|
you have to boot older 8-bit Apple II programs, because the system will
|
|||
|
|
automatically slow down for you.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
SysFail Plus 2.3 (A2 Library file #23350)
|
|||
|
|
''''''''''''''''
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
SysFail is a useful tool for finding out why your system does weird
|
|||
|
|
things in the dark of night. When your system goes really nuts and boinks
|
|||
|
|
into the system death manager, instead of the old "Fatal System Error
|
|||
|
|
$D0D0" type screen you used to get, you'll get a nice, long, descriptive
|
|||
|
|
set of information about what went wrong and why. The information can be
|
|||
|
|
useful when complaining about bugs in programs. :)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
FixBoot 2.0 (A2 Library file #23268)
|
|||
|
|
'''''''''''
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
This is one of those programs I wrote because I really needed to have
|
|||
|
|
it. The first versions of FixBoot were a 13K application you'd launch to
|
|||
|
|
put a boot block onto RAM disks. Version 2.0 is an INIT that automatically
|
|||
|
|
puts boot blocks on all empty ProDOS RAM disks. This is really convenient,
|
|||
|
|
because until FixBoot, you had to format any RAM disk you wanted to boot
|
|||
|
|
from. And I used to set up lots of files on my RAM disk, then remember I'd
|
|||
|
|
forgotten to format it first. With FixBoot installed, I don't have to
|
|||
|
|
think about it anymore.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Cleaner Clean Up 1.0.4 (A2 Library file #21531)
|
|||
|
|
''''''''''''''''''''''
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Actually, I don't remember what the latest version of this is,
|
|||
|
|
because I'm working on a new program that will do lots of nice changes to
|
|||
|
|
the Finder, and the features in Cleaner Clean Up are in there. But Cleaner
|
|||
|
|
Clean Up is the program that gave me the idea of writing Finder extensions
|
|||
|
|
that added features to the Finder without actually looking like they're
|
|||
|
|
additions to the Finder. Seamlessness. Cleaner Clean Up, for instance,
|
|||
|
|
adds a warning message before letting you clean up the icons on your
|
|||
|
|
desktop, giving you the opportunity to avoid messing up the desktop icons.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
This idea of seamless Finder extension design is carried even further
|
|||
|
|
in SmartRestart, which was published on Softdisk G-S #52. It actually adds
|
|||
|
|
a new menu item into the Finder's Special menu (a Restart item), to add to
|
|||
|
|
the IIgs Finder one of the few features of the Mac Finder that are better
|
|||
|
|
than the IIgs Finder. This kind of thing, I think, makes computer easier
|
|||
|
|
to use, and that's important.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
GEnieLamp> That's an impressive list Sheppy! For those of our readers
|
|||
|
|
""""""""" who want to find your other uploads, they should search in the
|
|||
|
|
library under either the name POWERPC.PRO or under E.SHEPHERD.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Thank you, Sheppy, for an enjoyable interview.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Sheppy> It's been my pleasure. Your readers are also welcome to visit
|
|||
|
|
"""""" with us in the PowerPC Programmer's Roundtable (PPCPRO).
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
[*][*][*]
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
A note to our readers: If you want to know more about a particular
|
|||
|
|
person and want him/her to be interviewed for the GEnieLamp A2 profile
|
|||
|
|
column, send E-mail to C.HARTLEY3 or EDITOR.A2 and we'll see what we can
|
|||
|
|
do. In your E-mail message, tell why you think this person is a good
|
|||
|
|
candidate for the profile.
|
|||
|
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|
|||
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|
|||
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|
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|
|
[EOA]
|
|||
|
|
[TIP]//////////////////////////////
|
|||
|
|
GEnie TIPS & HINTS /
|
|||
|
|
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|
|||
|
|
How to Use GEnie Efficiently
|
|||
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
|||
|
|
by Bill Dooley
|
|||
|
|
[A2.BILL]
|
|||
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|
|||
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|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
>>> USING THE "SEARCH" COMMAND <<<
|
|||
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
With the size of this bulletin board, finding the right topic to read
|
|||
|
|
or to post in can be a challenge. An index of categories and topics can
|
|||
|
|
help, but it lists topic titles only (see Category 2 Topic 4).
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
The GEnie SEArch command allows you to search both topic titles and
|
|||
|
|
topic descriptions for a character string. Here is GEnie's online help:
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
1 >help sea
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
SEArch
|
|||
|
|
======
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Allows you to search for a particular subject within the system. Each topic
|
|||
|
|
subject is searched for a match of the input string and a list of topics with
|
|||
|
|
that string is displayed. There are 2 parameters:
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
/STRing/ : is a string enclosed with ANY delimiter. The /'s are used
|
|||
|
|
here for demonstration. The search STRing must be at least 3
|
|||
|
|
characters long.
|
|||
|
|
ALL : is an optional parameter that forces searching throughout ALL
|
|||
|
|
categories. If it is not specified, ONLY the current
|
|||
|
|
category is searched.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Here is a sample search for the word "appleworks" in all categories and
|
|||
|
|
topics:
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
1 >sea /appleworks/ all
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
Searching for [APPLEWORKS]...
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
Found in Descrip: Cat 03 Top 004, Sub: A2 New Topic Service
|
|||
|
|
Found in Subject: Cat 08 Top 004, Sub: Using Appleworks in your business
|
|||
|
|
Found in Subject: Cat 08 Top 015, Sub: SuperWorks (MS-DOS AppleWorks clone)
|
|||
|
|
Found in Descrip: Cat 13 Top 005, Sub: MAGICAL SOFTWARE: AWKS Macros Add-Ons
|
|||
|
|
Found in Descrip: Cat 13 Top 006, Sub: WriteWorks -- Husky Blue Software
|
|||
|
|
Found in Descrip: Cat 13 Top 011, Sub: Marin MacroWorks
|
|||
|
|
Found in Descrip: Cat 13 Top 015, Sub: TEXAS II
|
|||
|
|
Found in Descrip: Cat 14 Top 017, Sub: Parallel Pro Problems
|
|||
|
|
Found in Subject: Cat 17 Top 001, Sub: About AppleWorks/AppleWorks-GS Online
|
|||
|
|
Found in Subject: Cat 17 Top 003, Sub: Misc. Utilities for AppleWorks
|
|||
|
|
Found in Subject: Cat 17 Top 004, Sub: AppleWorks 3.0 - General Discussion
|
|||
|
|
Found in Subject: Cat 17 Top 005, Sub: AppleWorks 3.0 - Word Processor Module
|
|||
|
|
Found in Subject: Cat 17 Top 006, Sub: Ultra & UltraMacros for AppleWorks
|
|||
|
|
Found in Subject: Cat 17 Top 007, Sub: WANTED: AppleWorks GS guru!
|
|||
|
|
Found in Subject: Cat 17 Top 009, Sub: AppleWorks 3.0 - Enhancements
|
|||
|
|
Found in Subject: Cat 17 Top 010, Sub: AppleWorks 3.0 - Patches
|
|||
|
|
Found in Descrip: Cat 17 Top 012, Sub: Macro Pro
|
|||
|
|
Found in Subject: Cat 17 Top 013, Sub: ---- AppleWorks 4.0 ----
|
|||
|
|
Found in Subject: Cat 17 Top 014, Sub: AppleWorks 4.0 - General Discussion
|
|||
|
|
Found in Subject: Cat 17 Top 015, Sub: AppleWorks 4.0 - Enhancements
|
|||
|
|
Found in Subject: Cat 17 Top 016, Sub: AppleWorks 4.0 - Macros
|
|||
|
|
Found in Subject: Cat 17 Top 017, Sub: AppleWorks 4.0 - Printer Problems
|
|||
|
|
Found in Subject: Cat 17 Top 018, Sub: -- AppleWorks 5.0 In Progress! --
|
|||
|
|
Found in Subject: Cat 17 Top 021, Sub: AppleWorks GS - Communication Module
|
|||
|
|
Found in Subject: Cat 17 Top 022, Sub: AppleWorks GS - General Discussion
|
|||
|
|
Found in Subject: Cat 17 Top 033, Sub: AppleWorks 3.0 Problems/Solutions
|
|||
|
|
Found in Subject: Cat 23 Top 013, Sub: AppleWorks books and wares
|
|||
|
|
Found in Descrip: Cat 25 Top 003, Sub: OmniPrint
|
|||
|
|
Found in Descrip: Cat 34 Top 012, Sub: How can I submit to Softdisk?
|
|||
|
|
Found in Subject: Cat 42 Top 029, Sub: AppleWorks 4.0 - Official Support Only
|
|||
|
|
Found in Subject: Cat 42 Top 032, Sub: AppleWorks GS Suggestions
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Does anyone find this search useful?
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Now, have you done a search that may be of interest to others? Post
|
|||
|
|
the results here. Caution: edit the search results to put a space at the
|
|||
|
|
beginning of every line, or post using the "*SN" command instead of "*S" or
|
|||
|
|
GEnie will word-wrap the list and make it very hard to read.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
A search will turn up a topic only if its title or description includes
|
|||
|
|
the desired word. Do you have any suggestions about editing topic titles or
|
|||
|
|
descriptions to add appropriate search terms? Do you have any other ideas
|
|||
|
|
for making this topic useful? The floor is open.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Bill Dooley (A2.BILL, CAT2, TOP14, MSG:1/M645;1)
|
|||
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//////////////////////////////////////// GEnie_QWIK_QUOTE ////
|
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|
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/ I don't agree with anybody here so I'm going to blow /
|
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/ up the Eiffel Tower. /
|
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|
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//////////////////////////////////////////////////// SM ////
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[EOA]
|
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[LOG]//////////////////////////////
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LOG OFF /
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