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~ WELCOME TO GEnieLamp APPLE II! ~
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""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
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~ FOCUS ON...: Lynx and VT100 ~
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~ THE TREASURE HUNT: Exploring "Very Best of A2" ~
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~ PAUG NEWSLETTER: KansasFest and more! ~
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~ HOT NEWS, HOT FILES, HOT MESSAGES ~
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GEnieLamp Apple II ~ A T/TalkNET Publication ~ Vol.4, Issue 39
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Publisher................................................John F. Peters
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Editor...................................................Douglas Cuff
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~ GEnieLamp IBM ~ GEnieLamp ST ~ GEnieLamp PowerPC ~
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~ GEnieLamp A2Pro ~ GEnieLamp Macintosh ~ GEnieLamp TX2 ~
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~ GEnieLamp Windows ~ GEnieLamp A2 ~ LiveWire (ASCII) ~
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~ Member Of The Digital Publishing Association ~
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GE Mail: GENIELAMP Internet: genielamp@genie.com
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>>> WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE APPLE II ROUNDTABLE? <<<
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""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
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~ June 1, 1995 ~
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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] POETIC REFLECTIONS ...... [POE]
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Ode to Dr. Seuss. The Forgotten One.
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FOCUS ON... ............. [FOC] ASCII ART GALLERY ....... [ASA]
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Lynx and VT100. Summer's Here.
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THE TREASURE HUNT ....... [HUN] PAUG NEWSLETTER ......... [PNL]
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Exploring "Very Best Of A2". June 1995 Report.
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LOG OFF ................. [LOG]
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GEnieLamp Information.
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[IDX]"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
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READING GEnieLamp GEnieLamp has incorporated a unique indexing system to
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""""""""""""""""" to help make reading the magazine easier. To utilize
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this system, load GEnieLamp into any ASCII word processor or text editor.
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In the index you will find the following example:
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HUMOR ONLINE ............ [HUM]
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GEnie Fun & Games.
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To read this article, set your find or search command to [HUM]. If
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you want to scan all of the articles, search for [EOA]. [EOF] will take
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you to the last page, whereas [IDX] will bring you back to the index.
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MESSAGE INFO To make it easy for you to respond to messages
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"""""""""""" re-printed here in GEnieLamp, you will find all the
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(SMITH, CAT6, TOP1, MSG:58/M475)
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|Name of sender CATegory TOPic Msg.# Page number|
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In this example, to respond to Smith's message, log on to page 475
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enter the bulletin board and set CAT 6. Enter your REPly in TOPic 1.
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A message number that is surrounded by brackets indicates that this
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message is a "target" message and is referring to a "chain" of two or more
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messages that are following the same topic. For example: {58}.
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ABOUT GEnie GEnie's monthly fee is $8.95 which gives you up to four hours
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""""""""""" of non-prime time access to most GEnie services, such as
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software downloads, bulletin boards, GE Mail, an Internet mail gateway, and
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chat lines. GEnie's non-prime time connect rate is $3.00. To sign up for
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GEnie service, call (with modem) 1-800-638-8369 in the USA or
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1-800-387-8330 in Canada. Upon connection type HHH. Wait for the U#=
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prompt. Type: JOINGENIE and hit RETURN. When you get the prompt asking
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for the signup/offer code, type: DSD524 and hit RETURN. The system will
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then prompt you for your information. Need more information? Call GEnie's
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customer service line (voice) at 1-800-638-9636.
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SPECIAL OFFER FOR GEnieLamp READERS! If you sign onto GEnie using the
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$8.95 will be waived! Now there are no excuses!
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*** GET INTO THE LAMP! ***
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//////////////////////////////////////// GEnie_QWIK_QUOTE ////
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/ "My port settings are set to Deskjet 550C/Printer.HAR. /
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/ Any other ideas?" /
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/ /
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/ "Get a three to five pound sledge hammer (I prefer /
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/ Craftsman). Wave it slowly over the machine, while /
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/ telling it how much PLEASURE you will get out of /
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/ smashing it to flinders if it doesn't start performing /
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/ properly." /
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//////////////////////////////// RON.ROYER & GARY.UTTER ////
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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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Summer's here, and that means it's time for--you guessed it--reruns
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on your TV!
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Instead of reruns, I'd like to talk to you about a summer special
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that's been scheduled. It's called KansasFest, and it's especially for
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Apple II users. It's not on TV... it's a summer get-together in Kansas
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City, Missouri.
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Last time, I told you that you could write me for information about
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KansasFest. (Thanks to those who did!) This month, I'm pleased to
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announce that the "transfer of power" has taken place, and that you should
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now E-mail registrations and information requests to:
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kfest.info$@genie.com
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If your mailer won't let you include a dollar sign ($) in an E-mail
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address, try this address instead:
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kfest@galadriel.ecaetc.ohio-state.edu
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As you'll see in this month's issue of the PAUG newsletter,
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KansasFest is a go! If you've never been to KansasFest before, you'll want
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to go this year, and if you're an old Kfest hand, you don't need me to
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encourage you to return.
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KansasFest began as a summer conference for Apple II programmers, but
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it quickly became a more informal get-together for Apple II users of all
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sorts. KansasFest was started by Resource Central, which metamorphosed
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into ICON. As we all know, ICON and all its disk publications disappeared
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this year, but the Apple II community on GEnie was determined that
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KansasFest live on, and they've pulled it off!
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KansasFest guarantees you a great time. I went for the first time,
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last year, and it was wonderful. Lots of demonstrations of new products,
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lectures, and just plain hanging around with Apple II people. Nobody tries
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to be la-di-da or uppity, there's a cup of tea for all. (Well, the cup of
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tea is more likely to be a can of Jolt Cola, Dr Pepper, or Mountain Dew,
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but you get the idea.) Stay up all night programming. See the PAUG
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newsletter for details on what's been planned and how you can enjoy the
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fun!
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[*][*][*]
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Here's a tip for those of you who can't wait for GEnie to unveil the
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Usenet newsgroup part of their Internet services:
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You can already read Apple II related newsgroups using Lynx!
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To do that, you'll need to know a little bit about using Lynx via
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GEnie. So go explore, and come back here when you're done.
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Right. All you need to do to read the messages in comp.sys.apple2
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and other such newsgroups is go to a web page that has a link to those
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newsgroups. If you know about such a web page, please use it. If you
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don't, you can use this example.
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Once you've started Lynx on GEnie, press G to go to a specific page.
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Then type:
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http://www.ugcs.caltech.edu/~nathan/apl2.resource.html
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This should get you to Nathan Mates's Apple II page. (I first met
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Nathan when he generously sent me some of his Apple IIgs programs for
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inclusion on A2-Central. Hi, guy!)
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Hands off the keys for a moment, please! Yes, on the first screen
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you should see a reference to comp.sys.apple2, but you don't want to select
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that link. We're still in the FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) section.
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Press the space bar once or twice, until you see the Newsgroups section
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Nathan has set up. Then move the cursor to comp.sys.apple2, and press
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Return. Voila! A bunch of subject headers from that newsgroup. You can
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join in the fun on the Usenet. In fact, you can even try to post a message
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if you like. It might even work! :-)
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Who else would tell you these things, gang?
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-- Doug Cuff
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GEnie Mail: EDITOR.A2 Internet: editor.a2@genie.com
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| REPRINTING GEnieLamp |
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ASCII ART BEGINS
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[EOA]
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[HEY]//////////////////////////////
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HEY MISTER POSTMAN /
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Is That A Letter For Me?
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by Douglas Cuff
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[EDITOR.A2]
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o BULLETIN BOARD HOT SPOTS
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o A2 POT-POURRI
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o WHAT'S NEW
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o THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE
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o MESSAGE SPOTLIGHT
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>>> BULLETIN BOARD HOT SPOTS <<<
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[*] CAT8, TOP24 ................... TrueType and PostScript fonts
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[*] CAT20, TOP14 .................. Second Sight card ships!
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[*] CAT40, TOP2 ................... FAXination Update V0.1.6
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[*] CAT42, TOP10 .................. II Alive to Last One More Year
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[*] CAT44, TOP2 ................... KansasFest
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>>> A2 POT-POURRI <<<
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9600 BAUD AND SPRINTNET CHARGES TO DISAPPEAR Here's an announcement I
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love.
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1. Eff. Aug. 1 GEnie 9600 & SprintNet Surcharges Removed!......
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GEnie is happy to announce effective August 1, 1995, GEnie's 9600
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baud and SprintNet surcharges will be eliminated. Along with the
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elimination of high speed surcharges for both U.S. and Canada, we'll also
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offer 14.4 baud access through SprintNet and reduce Canada's Datapac
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surcharge to CAN $5.00/hour.
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(A2.TONY, CAT3, TOP12, MSG:369/M645;1)
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SEQUENTIAL BBS NOW ON THE NET The Sequential BBS is now available from
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""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" Internet via Telnet:
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telnet hypermall.com
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login: bbs
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password: bbs
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(i.e., 'bbs' is both the login name, and the password. The password
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MUST be typed in lowercase letters).
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Since GEnie now has Telnet capabilities, I am turning the Sequential
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BBS into the primary source of tech support for Sequential Systems
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products. This consolidation will help me save considerable time.
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Check it out, and tell me what you think!
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Jawaid
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(PROCYON, CAT20, TOP13, MSG:50/M645;1)
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YOUR MONEY MATTERS TO BE A LOST CLASSIC? I got some bad news and some
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"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" good news.
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After quite a bit of time trying to unsuccessfully duplicate some
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problems with the beta version of YMM that testers found but which they
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couldn't duplicate, I've decided to not release a new version of YMM.
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That's the bad news.
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However, the good news is that I'll be happy to release the program
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and it's source code to the Lost Classics. I'll be talking to A2.Tim to get
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this done as soon as possible.
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In retrospect I wish I had done quite a few things differently in
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developing and marketing YMM. Along with some complaints on the program I
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have gotten many more compliments (many times from the same people). Trying
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to continue to support and update YMM on a part time basis along with
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everything else (wife, home, job, and two kids) has been hectic and it
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hasn't allowed me enough time for YMM to support it the way I would have
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liked to. Hopefully someone else (or multiple someone elses) will be able
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to step in and do a better job.
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I'll be making up quite a few copies of the program, the beta
|
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version, the validation program, and the documentation which I will send
|
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out as required and I will answer any questions that I can.
|
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However, along with releasing YMM to the A2 Lost Classics I'll also
|
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|
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be selling my Apple IIgs computer and software. I've been using an Apple
|
|||
|
|
II+, IIe, and finally Apple IIgs for close to 14 years and it'll be hard to
|
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|
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let go of it. I wrote three commercial programs for the Apple II series of
|
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computers and in total have had over 3000 users of these programs. It was
|
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a lot of work and a lot of fun.
|
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|
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|
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We did get a PC Clone around Christmas time with a CD Rom and while
|
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the operating system on the IIgs is better, there is a wealth of home and
|
|||
|
|
educational software available for it that is really awesome. Apple's
|
|||
|
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teatment of the IIgs and it's lack of marketing support for the IIgs made
|
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|
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the decision to get a PC clone pretty easy for me (plus my wife uses an IBM
|
|||
|
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PC at work).
|
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|
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|
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I'll be around for a couple of months but then expect I'll most
|
|||
|
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likely drop my Genie account. I'll always be available by snail mail
|
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though.
|
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|
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Steve
|
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(S.PETERSON2, CAT8, TOP11, MSG:275/M645;1)
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|
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NEW EXTERNAL COMMANDS FOR SPECTRUM 2.0 I just posted THREE new Spectrum
|
|||
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" XCMDs! :)
|
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If the files are OK they will be:
|
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|
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|
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|
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#24921 - BatchXfer
|
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#24922 - Freezer
|
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#24923 - Library
|
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BatchXfer lets scripts send multiple files via the Ymodem-batch or
|
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|
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Zmodem- batch protocol. (Users could always do this manually, but a script
|
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|
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could not.)
|
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Freezer "disconnects" the mouse during file transfers, so moving the
|
|||
|
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mouse will not cause character loss at that time. There are also commands
|
|||
|
|
that scripts can use to freeze/unfreeze the mouse during any "crucial"
|
|||
|
|
access.
|
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|
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|
|
Library lets scripts access a common "library" script that contains
|
|||
|
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functions you often use. For example, if you write 10 scripts and in each
|
|||
|
|
one you include a subroutine that centers text, you can instead put the
|
|||
|
|
"center text" function into the library and change those 10 scripts to call
|
|||
|
|
the library function. If you wanted to change the centering routine to fix
|
|||
|
|
a problem or add some feature, instead of modifying the routine in those 10
|
|||
|
|
separate scripts you'd just have to modify the common library script.
|
|||
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|
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|
|
Enjoy! --Dave
|
|||
|
|
(SEVENHILLS, CAT43, TOP15, MSG:207/M645;1)
|
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|
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|
|||
|
|
APPLE II HARDWARE FROM ABC DIRECT I've been exchanging e-mail with David
|
|||
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" of ABC Direct, who are marketing a 1.44
|
|||
|
|
MB floppy drive for the Mac and Apple II which is basically the same as the
|
|||
|
|
old AE drive. I asked if it would work as a 1.44 MB drive on the GS and
|
|||
|
|
his response was:
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
"Yes, our 1.44MB drive will work in the IIgs. If the IIGS is
|
|||
|
|
SuperDrive compatible, then you will see 1.44MB. Otherwise, you will need
|
|||
|
|
to wait for our 1.44MB controller card that will be available in August.
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
1 800 481 6782
|
|||
|
|
David
|
|||
|
|
ABC Direct"
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
So it looks like we will be seeing a new superdrive card for the
|
|||
|
|
Apple II line this summer. Good news for our market again!
|
|||
|
|
(S.CAVANAUGH1, CAT14, TOP30, MSG:249/M645;1)
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
CD-CENTRAL, ANYONE? Well, a thought was just crossing my mind: How about
|
|||
|
|
""""""""""""""""""" creating a CD which contains all the disk
|
|||
|
|
publications Open-Apple/Resource Central/ICON ever released. Including all
|
|||
|
|
the back issues of Open-Apple/Resource Central on disk. If I'd get the "OK"
|
|||
|
|
from Icon/Tom Weishaar and could get all the missing issues of the
|
|||
|
|
publications (I do have quite a few I bought used, but not complete...) I'd
|
|||
|
|
see to it that such a CD being produced. Would there be interest in such a
|
|||
|
|
CD?
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Udo - ... just a IIGS freak -
|
|||
|
|
(U.HUTH, CAT23, TOP3, MSG:114/M645;1)
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
TRUETYPE AND POSTSCRIPT FONTS Hi all, this is a long post coming, hope
|
|||
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" you don't mind:
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Mark Kline and I have been working on a problem he's had at school
|
|||
|
|
and I thought this was exciting enough information to share with everyone
|
|||
|
|
:)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Mark has a computer lab with many GS's tied to a Laserwriter Select
|
|||
|
|
360, a Postscript printer. He's able to display Truetype fonts on screen
|
|||
|
|
via Pointless, and if the fonts he wants to use for printing have
|
|||
|
|
Postscript equivalents, he can d/l the Postscript equivalents with
|
|||
|
|
Laserbeam.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Unfortunately, Mark also has a bunch of TrueType fonts that don't
|
|||
|
|
have Postscript equivalents, including a few mathematical fonts (he's a
|
|||
|
|
teacher). So we needed to find a way to send the TrueType fonts to the
|
|||
|
|
Postscript printer and have them make sense.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Having a Macintosh, I know that the Mac Laserwriter driver can make
|
|||
|
|
the conversion on the fly or d/l the TrueType font to the printer and the
|
|||
|
|
font can be used like any Postscript font. So that was my starting point,
|
|||
|
|
and after a few days of fooling around, I've figured out how to use a Mac
|
|||
|
|
to convert a TrueType font to a downloadable Postscript file that will
|
|||
|
|
contain the font data and remain in the printer; I'm hesitant about calling
|
|||
|
|
this a Postscript font because it's really not one. However, you can d/l
|
|||
|
|
it using Laserbeam or your favorite comm program (not fully tested, but it
|
|||
|
|
works with both the Mac and Laserbeam, so I'll assume it works with
|
|||
|
|
anything).
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Here we go:
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
(1) Make sure the TT font you want to use is installed in the Mac.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
(2) Use a Macintosh word processor (I use WriteNow 4, but any should
|
|||
|
|
do) to create a new document, select the font you want to convert, and
|
|||
|
|
insert a single space into the document, of any size.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
(3) Make sure the Laserwriter is chosen in the Chooser, ATalk on.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
(4) Select Page Setup, click the options button, and make sure
|
|||
|
|
"substitute fonts" is _not_ checked.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
(5) Select Print, under "Destination" click the "File" radio button,
|
|||
|
|
then hit "Save".
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
(6) In the Save File dialog box, save as Format: PostScript Job, Font
|
|||
|
|
inclusion: All (All But Standard 13 should work as well :), under whatever
|
|||
|
|
name you want (in this case, I use the name 'Tryit').
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
(7) Open the file (Tryit) with your word processor.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
(8) Search for the string "%%BeginFont" without the quotes.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
(9) Between the last line following %%BeginFont starting with a %
|
|||
|
|
(mine says "%IPS-TrueTypeFont-1-1-1", again without the quotes) and the
|
|||
|
|
first line without a preceeding % (mine says "25 dict begin" without
|
|||
|
|
quotes), insert, on its own line, "serverdict begin 0 exitserver" without
|
|||
|
|
quotes.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
(10) Save the file as a text file.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
That file now contains the pseudo Postscript font. Send the thing to
|
|||
|
|
the printer however you want (comm program, Laserbeam, Laserwriter utility
|
|||
|
|
on the Mac). . . it may give you an error message while loading (it does
|
|||
|
|
for me :), but the font appears to stay in the printer; shows up on
|
|||
|
|
documents like a regular font after that, and I would suspect you don't
|
|||
|
|
even have to change the name of the fonts anymore (Laserbeam users know
|
|||
|
|
what I'm talking about).
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Caveats: I have not tested extensively yet, but this seems to work
|
|||
|
|
fine with TrueType fonts from the KeyFonts CD Rom, which I use regularly.
|
|||
|
|
I would think it would work with any TT Font on the Mac; additionally, the
|
|||
|
|
generated files are quite large (close to 300k so far, it seems), which can
|
|||
|
|
take quite a bit of time to d/l. I thought this was exciting enough to
|
|||
|
|
post about. Have a good time with it; I'll be around to try and answer
|
|||
|
|
questions on it :)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Ryan
|
|||
|
|
Still in caffiene withdrawal
|
|||
|
|
but Kansasfest bound in '95!
|
|||
|
|
(And delivered by Copilot and PT 3.1 :)
|
|||
|
|
(R.SUENAGA1, CAT8, TOP24, MSG:167/M645;1)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
GENIE FRONT-END FOR THE IIGS NEWS Well, the final results of the "Name
|
|||
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" the Apple IIgs Front End" poll are
|
|||
|
|
here! After the votes were tabulated, the winners were easy to find...
|
|||
|
|
unfortunately, however, we cannot yet release them. :) After a long
|
|||
|
|
discussion with the GEnie for the Apple IIgs Product Manager, Syndicomm and
|
|||
|
|
A2Pro management came to the realization that the front end simply couldn't
|
|||
|
|
be ready on time if we included the recommendations of the beta testers,
|
|||
|
|
who have been a marvelous help as we've moved towards a truly polished
|
|||
|
|
product.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Therefore, we are extending the beta test, as well as re-opening the
|
|||
|
|
field to anyone else who would like to be a tester. We will not reject
|
|||
|
|
anyone, so even if you were informed earlier that we were full, we have a
|
|||
|
|
place for you. If you'd rather not use pre-release software, well... it
|
|||
|
|
looks like we can offer you August 1st as a release date. We're very sorry
|
|||
|
|
that it couldn't be sooner.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
PLEASE! If there's anything you'd like to have included in the front
|
|||
|
|
end, let us know ASAP. Your suggestions may not be prepared in time for
|
|||
|
|
version 1.0, but they will certainly be given most careful consideration.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Also, it has come to my attention that some users are not sure
|
|||
|
|
exactly what this entire "Front End" thing is all about. Thus, I have
|
|||
|
|
created a topic in A2's Category 3 where you can ask any questions you
|
|||
|
|
like. No, this is _not_ a new version of CoPilot (although we hope to
|
|||
|
|
release a new CoPilot version at some point in the future). No, you do
|
|||
|
|
_not_ need any other program to use this. Topic 37 is now available in
|
|||
|
|
A2's bulletin board to help answer these and other questions.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
The remainder of the voting results (with the top three scores hidden
|
|||
|
|
for the suspense :) follow. Thank you for your patience.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Rank # Name Points
|
|||
|
|
1. XX. YYYYYYYYYYYYYY ZZ
|
|||
|
|
2. XX. YYYYYYYYYYYYYY ZZ
|
|||
|
|
3. XX. YYYYYYYYYYYYYY ZZ
|
|||
|
|
4. 32. Jasmine GS 40
|
|||
|
|
5. 26. IIgs Cruiser 33
|
|||
|
|
6. 24. GS Up Front 22
|
|||
|
|
7. 19. GEnieNav 18
|
|||
|
|
8. 1. A2 View 13
|
|||
|
|
9. 46. The GANTRI 13
|
|||
|
|
10. 33. LampLighter 12
|
|||
|
|
11. 18. GEnieMate 11
|
|||
|
|
12. 31. Isaac Newton? 10
|
|||
|
|
13. 21. GenieuS Access 9
|
|||
|
|
14. 27. II-GeniuS 9
|
|||
|
|
15. 8. Gandalf 8
|
|||
|
|
16. 7. Fly II High 6
|
|||
|
|
17. 12. GEnie Servant 6
|
|||
|
|
18. 16. GEnieBot 6
|
|||
|
|
19. 23. GS to the MAXX 6
|
|||
|
|
20. 9. GaS.n.GO 5
|
|||
|
|
21. 35. Mean Gene 5
|
|||
|
|
22. 41. SideKick 5
|
|||
|
|
23. 49. WozAware 5
|
|||
|
|
24. Write-In: Gus-GS 5
|
|||
|
|
25. 17. GEnieFront 4
|
|||
|
|
26. 48. The Wizard 4
|
|||
|
|
27. 2. Apple Apply 3
|
|||
|
|
28. 30. In The Bottle 3
|
|||
|
|
29. 29. II-Nav 2
|
|||
|
|
30. 10. Gee.Slick 1
|
|||
|
|
31. 28. IIGEnie-uS 1
|
|||
|
|
32. 3. Apple Snapple 0
|
|||
|
|
33. 5. Barramundi 0
|
|||
|
|
34. 6. Browser 0
|
|||
|
|
35. 13. GEnie Servitor 0
|
|||
|
|
36. 14. GEnie Supporter 0
|
|||
|
|
37. 15. GEnie Sustainer 0
|
|||
|
|
38. 22. GS Grillwork 0
|
|||
|
|
39. 25. GSus 0
|
|||
|
|
40. 34. Let's Do It 0
|
|||
|
|
41. 36. Newton 0
|
|||
|
|
42. 37. Pathfinder 0
|
|||
|
|
43. 38. ROM Roam 0
|
|||
|
|
44. 39. ROMper Room 0
|
|||
|
|
45. 40. Searcher 0
|
|||
|
|
46. 42. Sorcerer 0
|
|||
|
|
47. 43. SpellBinder 0
|
|||
|
|
48. 44. StickyBeak 0
|
|||
|
|
49. 45. The Apple Corps 0
|
|||
|
|
50. 47. The Spiced Apple 0
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
This topic will now be closed. You may reply to this message in topic
|
|||
|
|
36 here in A2's Category #3.
|
|||
|
|
(A2PRO.HELP, CAT3, TOP35, MSG:5/M645;1)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
>>> HOT TOPICS <<<
|
|||
|
|
""""""""""""""""""
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
EARLY REPORTS OF SECOND SIGHT It's love at Second Sight!
|
|||
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
I'm back... with an upgraded RamFAST, my Second Sight card installed
|
|||
|
|
and a lovely 15" .28 pitch SVGA monitor. Gorgeous! (QuickDraw desperately
|
|||
|
|
needs an upgrade, though).
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
One thing... can you guys make the ribbon cables a little longer? I
|
|||
|
|
have a ROM 01, and with the card in slot 3, the cable won't reach the
|
|||
|
|
connector opening (for now, my GS case is opened up for the VGA cable to
|
|||
|
|
reach inside). I'd have gladly paid a little more for a little more
|
|||
|
|
cable...
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
I ordered my card on 9/16/94, the wait was definitely worth it. Great
|
|||
|
|
job, Sequential!
|
|||
|
|
______ _ _ ______
|
|||
|
|
| (o)-(o) |
|
|||
|
|
| ( _, ) |
|
|||
|
|
|__ooo_)_____(_ooo__|
|
|||
|
|
(FROG.MAN, CAT20, TOP14, MSG:70/M645;1)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
<<<<< > Could you please reveal who you ordered it from
|
|||
|
|
"""""
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Directly from Sequential. I saw the TurboRez at Apple Expo West, and
|
|||
|
|
then and there set aside funds for the eventual release of that card. When
|
|||
|
|
I heard about Second Sight, I _immediately_ ordered one. I almost got
|
|||
|
|
whiplash reaching for the phone ;) I was one of the first to place an
|
|||
|
|
order. Of course, I've been gnashing my teeth for 8 months waiting... I
|
|||
|
|
would also have gotten a TurboRez for our other GS if it would have been
|
|||
|
|
released.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
My card came with 1 meg video memory soldered on. Since I've got one
|
|||
|
|
of the first cards, the firmware isn't totally tricked out yet, and the
|
|||
|
|
manual is at present a stapled handout. But all of these will be
|
|||
|
|
automatically sent out as soon as they are finished, so don't fret.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
The SecondView software is very straightforward. It displays both
|
|||
|
|
GIFs and TIFFs. A disk of GIFs is included. The pictures are breathtaking
|
|||
|
|
compared to the GS SHR screen. Seeing that resolution on the standard GS
|
|||
|
|
RGB monitor was kind of weird after getting used to the limits of the GS
|
|||
|
|
display for so long. And my 15" SVGA monitor is fabulous, just like pics
|
|||
|
|
you would see on a PeeCee or a MAC, but with more style, of course.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
> Hmmm, I don't like the sound of the ribbon cable being too short. Do you
|
|||
|
|
> mean it won't reach the opening directly behind the slot it's in?
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
My cable is about an inch too short. The VGA connector needs to go in
|
|||
|
|
the opening behind slot 2. If I put the Second Sight in slot 2 it would
|
|||
|
|
just barely reach. I could barely put it in the (DB-25) opening in front of
|
|||
|
|
slot 3, but then I would have to move my SoundMeister and three other
|
|||
|
|
connectors (domino effect) and the VGA connector would need an adapter
|
|||
|
|
plate for the oversize hole. I don't like the idea of Apple leaving the
|
|||
|
|
M2B0 signal off of the other slots 1-6, so I'll probably break out the
|
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soldering iron to deal with that anyway. I made a little extension cable
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but I couldn't track down any 16-pin male headers today.
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BTW, Jawaid... Is my cable an exception? The VGA cable is 8-7/8" from
|
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the base of the HD-15 (where it meets the backplane of the GS) to the far
|
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side of the 16-pin header when installed.
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Anyway, the SHR screen is a little jaggy with Second Sight because
|
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you lose the dithering. But it is no big deal because there are no black
|
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lines between the scan lines either. Right now I have my RGB monitor hooked
|
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up to the standard RGB port, and my SVGA monitor running from Second Sight
|
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simultaneously. I've only had the card for a couple of days now, but I
|
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can't even look at the RGB monitor anymore. How did I avoid going blind
|
|||
|
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looking at that screen?! Now I can read my messages from across the room
|
|||
|
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with this baby. When comparing GIFs simultaneously on both screens, WOW!
|
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|
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Order yours today, if you haven't already done so. If/when Quickdraw II is
|
|||
|
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updated, the GS will really sparkle! I can't wait to see a //e with one of
|
|||
|
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these under the hood. Thanks, Sequential!
|
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(FROG.MAN, CAT20, TOP14, MSG:74/M645;1)
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<<<<< > How does the card improve the display on the RGB monitor if it's
|
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""""" > plugged into the card. (You can do that can't you? I may be
|
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|
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> mistaken.)
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The improvement is significant. The display is white, not grayish,
|
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and 640 X 400 GIFs are very crisp!
|
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>> My cable is about an inch too short.
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> What's the chance of geting a longer cable to solve this problem.
|
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I called Sequential and they said that the first couple of boards
|
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sent out unfortunately had a VGA cable that was too short. They are sending
|
|||
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a new one out to me pronto. So the problem already has been fixed...
|
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(FROG.MAN, CAT20, TOP14, MSG:85/M645;1)
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|
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UNOFFICIAL KANSASFEST MOTELS AND HOTELS Kansas City Motels near Avila
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""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" College (from the AAA book)
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Courtyard by Marriott 816-941-3333
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500 E. 105th St., Kansas City, MO 64131
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(I-435 and Holmes St)
|
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Best Western Hallmark Inn 913-383-2550
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7000 W. 108th St., Overland Park, KS 66211
|
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(I-435 and Metcalf)
|
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Clubhouse Inn - Overland Park 913-648-5555
|
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10610 Marty, Overland Park, KS 66212
|
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(I-435 and Metcalf)
|
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Courtyard by Marriott 913-339-9900
|
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11301 Metcalf, Overland Park, KS 66212
|
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(I-435 and Metcalf)
|
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Drury Inn - Overland Park 913-345-1500
|
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10951 Metcalf, Overland Park, KS 66210
|
|||
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(I-435 and Metcalf)
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
Embassy Suites - Overland Park 913-649-7060
|
|||
|
|
10601 Metcalf, Overland Park, KS 66212
|
|||
|
|
(I-435 and Metcalf)
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
Fairfield Inn - Overland Park 913-381-5700
|
|||
|
|
4401 W. 107th, Overland Park, KS 66207
|
|||
|
|
(I-435 and Roe)
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
Hampton Inn - Overland Park 913-341-1551
|
|||
|
|
10591 Metcalf E. Frontage Rd, Overland Park, KS 66212
|
|||
|
|
(I-435 and Metcalf)
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
Overland Park Marriott 913-451-8000
|
|||
|
|
10800 Metcalf, Overland Park, KS 66210
|
|||
|
|
(I-435 and Metcalf)
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
Red Roof Inn - Overland Park 913-341-0100
|
|||
|
|
6800 W. 108th St., Overland Park, KS 66211
|
|||
|
|
(I-435 and Metcalf)
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
These are only those listed in the AA book. I-435 and Metcalf is
|
|||
|
|
about 5 miles from Avila College.
|
|||
|
|
(C.ADAMS11, CAT44, TOP2, MSG:158/M645;1)
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
HANGTIME'S HOTEL SURVEY Quick comments (from memory) for those planning
|
|||
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""""" to stay at a hotel while at KFest:
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
The Fairfield is the closest to Avila, however NO hotel is within
|
|||
|
|
walking distance of the collage, you will need transportation. This hotel
|
|||
|
|
is barebones, but clean and reasonably priced. In years past they did
|
|||
|
|
offer a free continental breakfast (that was quite yummy, BTW).
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
The Marriott is a gorgeous hotel with full amenities as I recall, but
|
|||
|
|
naturally you pay for that. They do have weekend rates (Fri-Sun).
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Also I think I remember some questions regarding the difficulty in
|
|||
|
|
getting from the airport to the hotels, and from the hotels to the collage.
|
|||
|
|
Both are a snap. The I-435 loop takes you almost from the airport (it's a
|
|||
|
|
short drive [I think on route 29, but that's foggy ... Hey, It's been a
|
|||
|
|
year]) to the hotels (they're right off the loop). From the hotels you just
|
|||
|
|
get back on 435 and get off at Wornall (There's even a little sign on the
|
|||
|
|
highway for Avila), and make a right ... the school is "down the road a
|
|||
|
|
piece" on the left.
|
|||
|
|
--HangTime
|
|||
|
|
(HANGTIME, CAT44, TOP2, MSG:159/M645;1)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
AIRPORT TRANSPORT: QUICKSILVER For everyone that's been asking,
|
|||
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" Quicksilver still is in Kansas City.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
I was told that it would be $17.50 per person to go from the airport
|
|||
|
|
to Avila College. (This is only what I was told, so don't hold me to it if
|
|||
|
|
they change their rates.) They need 1 day advance notice, so we might want
|
|||
|
|
to wait until a little closer to time to call them at -----
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
1-800-888-8294
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Cindy
|
|||
|
|
(C.ADAMS11, CAT44, TOP2, MSG:167/M645;1)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
KANSASFEST GENIE NODES I have already had a request for the Kansas City
|
|||
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""" GEnie nodes to be publicized - so here they are,
|
|||
|
|
straight from PHONES at any main prompt.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Kansas City 300/1200 $2.00/hr SprintNet 816-221-9900
|
|||
|
|
Kansas City 300/1200/2400 GEnie 816-474-1778
|
|||
|
|
Kansas City 2400 $2.00/hr SprintNet 816-472-1430
|
|||
|
|
Kansas City 9600 $2.00/hr SprintNet 816-421-5783
|
|||
|
|
Kansas City 9600 $6.00/hr GEnie 816-472-5178
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Cindy
|
|||
|
|
(C.ADAMS11, CAT44, TOP2, MSG:168/M645;1)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
>>> WHAT'S NEW <<<
|
|||
|
|
""""""""""""""""""
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
SECOND SIGHT CARD SHIPS! Sequential Systems is pleased to announce that
|
|||
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""""" the Second Sight SVGA card for Apple II
|
|||
|
|
computers is now shipping. It will take some time for us to clear our
|
|||
|
|
backlog, so please be patient. However, rest assured that cards are
|
|||
|
|
shipping.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Below is an updated feature list for Second Sight.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
--
|
|||
|
|
SecondSight* SVGA Board
|
|||
|
|
Specifications & Features
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
SECOND SIGHT
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
A 24-bit video card for Apple II computers.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Monitors Works either with standard VGA/SVGA monitors, or with the
|
|||
|
|
'''''''' standard IIGS RGB ("AppleColor RGB") monitor & compatibles.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Modes The following existing Apple II and IIGS video modes are emulated
|
|||
|
|
''''' for display on an SVGA monitor.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
40 & 80 column text
|
|||
|
|
Lores / double lores
|
|||
|
|
Hires / double hires
|
|||
|
|
320x200x16
|
|||
|
|
640x200x4/16
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
The card is capable of the following SVGA video modes:
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Graphics
|
|||
|
|
''''''''
|
|||
|
|
320x200
|
|||
|
|
640x200
|
|||
|
|
640x400
|
|||
|
|
640x480*
|
|||
|
|
800x600*
|
|||
|
|
1024x768*
|
|||
|
|
Text
|
|||
|
|
'''''
|
|||
|
|
40x25
|
|||
|
|
80x25
|
|||
|
|
80x43*
|
|||
|
|
80x50*
|
|||
|
|
80x60*
|
|||
|
|
132x25
|
|||
|
|
132x60*
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
There are three basic graphics modes: indexed (palette), Hi-Color,
|
|||
|
|
and True-Color.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
In indexed mode, each pixel can be one of 256 colors that are
|
|||
|
|
specified in a palette. Each of these 256 palette entries can be one of
|
|||
|
|
16.7M colors. (All modes)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
In Hi-color mode, each pixel can be any of 32768 direct colors (no
|
|||
|
|
index or palette lookup). (resolutions up to 800x600)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
True-color mode is similar, but each pixel can be any of 16.7M
|
|||
|
|
(million) colors. (resolutions up to 640x480)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
(Note: existing software titles will not automatically use the high-
|
|||
|
|
resolution modes).
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
(* indicates that the mode is not available when used with an
|
|||
|
|
AppleColor RGB monitor.)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
(Since the VGA chip is completely programmable, there are actually a
|
|||
|
|
potential of millions of different text and graphics video modes - the
|
|||
|
|
above list is just the most commonly used ones).
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Software Support SecondSight comes with an image viewer program that
|
|||
|
|
'''''''''''''''' supports GIF and 8-bit TIFF images. A Photo-CD viewer
|
|||
|
|
will be forthcoming soon.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
A programmer's library with on-disk documentation is also available,
|
|||
|
|
to facilitate the development of third-party software for the card.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
At the current time no QuickDraw II support is provided.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Cost Pricing will be detailed in a future post; or feel free to call
|
|||
|
|
'''' Sequential *toll-free* at 800-759-4549 for prices.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Expected Third Party Software Support
|
|||
|
|
'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Sequential Systems
|
|||
|
|
discQuest(tm) and discQuest Encyclopedia(tm)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Procyon
|
|||
|
|
GNO/ME (high resolution text drivers)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Todd Whitesel
|
|||
|
|
Lord High Giffer (GIF image viewer)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Tim Meekins
|
|||
|
|
imageQuant
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Aurora Software
|
|||
|
|
dungeonQuest
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Digisoft Innovations
|
|||
|
|
Twilight II
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
["Common Questions and Answers" deleted from GEnieLamp A2--Ed.]
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
--
|
|||
|
|
Jawaid Bazyar | Like UNIX? Like your Apple IIGS? Then ask
|
|||
|
|
Procyon, Inc. | me about GNO/ME for the Apple IIgs!
|
|||
|
|
bazyar@netcom.com | P.O Box 620334 (Sequential: 303-666-4549)
|
|||
|
|
--Apple II Forever!-- | Littleton, CO 80162-0334 (303) 781-3273
|
|||
|
|
(A2.TONY, CAT20, TOP14, MSG:58/M645;1)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
II ALIVE TO PUBLISH 6 MORE ISSUES This is the official word on II Alive:
|
|||
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
1) There will be exactly six more issues of II Alive, including the
|
|||
|
|
May/June issue which is currently in production. (There is no March/April
|
|||
|
|
issue. However, this doesn't mean you have missed an issue; when you
|
|||
|
|
subscribed we signed you up for six issues; we don't just blindly cut you
|
|||
|
|
off after a calendar year).
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
2) Since we will cease publishing after six more issues, we are not
|
|||
|
|
accepting renewals. We are, however, considering making individual issues
|
|||
|
|
available as they are released, for those whose subscription runs out
|
|||
|
|
before we stop publishing. Pricing has not yet been set. Possibly we
|
|||
|
|
might offer some sort of mini-subscription (2-3 issues at a time). We are
|
|||
|
|
still considering what to do about this. Drop me a note and let me know
|
|||
|
|
what you think.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
3) At the end of II Alive's run, any subscriber who is still owed
|
|||
|
|
issues will receive a refund for unfulfilled issues. (It is possible that
|
|||
|
|
we might arrange for subscription transfers to another publication, but it
|
|||
|
|
seems unlikely.)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Sadly, II Alive subscriptions have been continuing to fall off and
|
|||
|
|
our Apple II business now represents less than 15% of our total sales
|
|||
|
|
volume. It's still profitable for us to sell Apple II products at the
|
|||
|
|
moment, but with the way things are going we will be very surprised if the
|
|||
|
|
Apple II market is still profitable for us this time next year.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
On an unrelated note, I will no longer be employed by Quality
|
|||
|
|
Computers after June 6, 1995. (I will be doing consulting and freelance
|
|||
|
|
writing full time, in case anyone is wondering.) The parting is amicable
|
|||
|
|
and it is likely I'll be working on QC projects in the future, on a
|
|||
|
|
contract or part-time basis.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
(JERRY.K, CAT42, TOP10, MSG:233/M645;1)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
FAXINATION UPDATE V0.1.6 Another FAXination update is now available. As
|
|||
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""""" before, just unpack it and use the files to
|
|||
|
|
replace your old programs. You can find it on the Vitesse BBS by
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
1. At the Main Menu, enter X for File Transfers.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
2. Enter 3 to go to Area 3 for FAXination Updates. This is VERY
|
|||
|
|
important.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
2.a. If you go too far, use the 'Z' command to change areas, then do
|
|||
|
|
step 2.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
3. Enter 'S' to tell the BBS to Send you a file. (On your own
|
|||
|
|
computer, you will be receiving the file.)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
4. Choose 'A' to add a file to your Y-Modem batch, then select file
|
|||
|
|
number 1.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
5. Choose 'B' to Begin transmitting the files in your Y-Modem batch.
|
|||
|
|
Instruct your own computer to receive files using Y-Modem.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
This update corrects the bug in the FAXination printer driver which
|
|||
|
|
forces the "Condensed" check box to always be checked. This same bug
|
|||
|
|
sometimes caused one or more pages of certain documents to be improperly
|
|||
|
|
scaled.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
A new set of options is now available which lets you set a prefix and
|
|||
|
|
suffix which are appended to the phone number each time you dial. Each of
|
|||
|
|
these fields can contain up to 20 characters.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
A new checkbox called "Line Noise Compensation" forces the fax
|
|||
|
|
transmission speed to slow down. This is useful in cases where the fax
|
|||
|
|
appears to connect properly, but the received document is completely or
|
|||
|
|
partially garbled.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Another new checkbox called "Extended Class 1 Protocol" is effective
|
|||
|
|
only with Class 1 modems. Most Class 1 modems automatically handle delays
|
|||
|
|
between messages during the fax protocol conversation, and this box should
|
|||
|
|
normally remain unchecked. However, some modems seem to do exactly what
|
|||
|
|
they are told, when they are told, so checking this box will cause
|
|||
|
|
FAXination to ensure that the required delays are being honored. This
|
|||
|
|
check box is ignored for Class 2 modems.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Error messages have been modified. If the modem experiences "No Dial
|
|||
|
|
Tone," "Busy," "No Carrier" or similar conditions unexpectedly, the message
|
|||
|
|
will reflect this fact. If the error is an unexpected condition related to
|
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the fax protocols, a generic error is generated indicating a "Fax Protocol
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Error."
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A few more instruction cycles have been trimmed from the interrupt
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handler. This may improve reliability, especially when receiving faxes.
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A great deal of time has been spent searching for the "Fax Print" bug
|
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and the "Crash When Ready to Receive" bug. These have not been found, but
|
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there are indications that there may be a CDEV or INIT conflict involved.
|
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|
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If anyone experiences a consistent problem with printing faxes, or finds
|
|||
|
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that their machine crashes while waiting for an incoming fax, please list
|
|||
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the contents of your CDEVS folder and your SYSTEM.SETUP folder and e-mail
|
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them to the address below. Otherwise, disable the programs one at a time,
|
|||
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keeping track of what is being changed, and reboot and retry the failed
|
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operation until it works. Then PLEASE tell us which program seems to be
|
|||
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causing the conflict so we can fix it or at least warn everyone about what
|
|||
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to look out for!!
|
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Thanks, and happy faxing!
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Steve
|
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S.MCQUEEN1@GENIE.GEIS.COM
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(S.MCQUEEN1, CAT40, TOP2, MSG:262/M645;1)
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>>> THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE <<<
|
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"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
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|
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WOLFSTEIN 3-D PROGRAMMER SPEAKS UP There were some disagreements between
|
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"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" me and my former employer that
|
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resulted in lawyer involvement.
|
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Since the delicate nature of the disagreement, I had to stop working
|
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on projects the directly or indirectly involved my former employer (Wolf 3D
|
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was indirectly involved).
|
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|
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At this time we are settling the dispute and hopefully a contract
|
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will be signed in a week.
|
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|
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No one is more frustrated than myself that this whole mess even
|
|||
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began. Please bear with me.
|
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|
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Burger
|
|||
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|
|||
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P.S. Wolf 3D is worth the wait.
|
|||
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(BURGERBILL, CAT40, TOP6, MSG:68/M645;1)
|
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|
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|
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|
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MORE GS GAMES FROM VITESSE Tracer Sanction and Mind Shadow are not help
|
|||
|
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"""""""""""""""""""""""""" up as a result of the dispute. Unfortunately,
|
|||
|
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they are held up for other reasons. Mainly, we have been working on fixing
|
|||
|
|
problems with FAXination, and getting Wolfenstein 3D ready to ship. Right
|
|||
|
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now, we really don't have a release date for Tracer Sanction and Mind
|
|||
|
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Shadow.
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
Lowell Erbe
|
|||
|
|
Vitesse, Inc., Technical Supporot
|
|||
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(VITESSE, CAT40, TOP6, MSG:78/M645;1)
|
|||
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|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
WHAT NEXT FOR THE BYTE WORKS? A lot of updates, some small projects that
|
|||
|
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""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" have been on the back burner for a while,
|
|||
|
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and some GS versions of HyperStudio programs we're doing for the Mac.
|
|||
|
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(Those may be offered under the RWP label, but I suspect the GS versions
|
|||
|
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will come out from us.)
|
|||
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|
|||
|
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I'll go into specifics as the projects are nearer to completed.
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
Mike Westerfield
|
|||
|
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(BYTEWORKS, CAT45, TOP3, MSG:156/M645;1)
|
|||
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|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
PMPFAX STARTS BETA TESTING It looks like PMPFax is probably about a week
|
|||
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""""""" away from beta. I've got everything
|
|||
|
|
implemented; I just need to touch up a few things before I send it out to
|
|||
|
|
my testers. I'm hoping by the middle of next month, it will be ready for
|
|||
|
|
release, but it all depends on how beta testing goes. I want to make sure
|
|||
|
|
the fax routines work with everything, and all the rest of the modules work
|
|||
|
|
the way they should (its quite extensive; the beta testers have their work
|
|||
|
|
cut out for them :)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Anyway, I'll keep everyone up to date when it gets into beta. I'll
|
|||
|
|
also post a features list in a couple of weeks. Thanks for waiting,
|
|||
|
|
everyone; I don't think anyone will be disappointed :)
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
Paul
|
|||
|
|
(PMP, CAT38, TOP15, MSG:206/M645;1)
|
|||
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|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
SOFTWARE FOR THE SECOND SIGHT CARD? Seven Hills Software, Procyon, and
|
|||
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" Sequential Systems are pleased to
|
|||
|
|
announce their cooperation to produce software that takes advantage of the
|
|||
|
|
Second Sight video card!
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
In the near future Seven Hills Software plans to release two product
|
|||
|
|
updates that (among other improvements) will take advantage of the Second
|
|||
|
|
Sight card:
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
- SuperConvert is expected to support displaying pictures in higher
|
|||
|
|
resolutions and colors
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
- Spectrum's ANSI display is expected to display true ANSI colors instead
|
|||
|
|
of the "dithered" colors offered by the standard IIGS video hardware
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Support is also planned for other titles; watch for future
|
|||
|
|
announcements from Seven Hills Software.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
For more information contact:
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
=== SuperConvert, Spectrum ===
|
|||
|
|
Seven Hills Software, 2310 Oxford Road, Tallahassee, FL 32304
|
|||
|
|
America Online, AppleLink, eWorld, GEnie: SevenHills
|
|||
|
|
Internet: sevenhills@aol.com
|
|||
|
|
CompuServe: 75300,1743
|
|||
|
|
Voice: 1-904-575-0566, M-F, 9am-5pm ET
|
|||
|
|
Fax: 1-904-575-2015 anytime
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
=== Second Sight ===
|
|||
|
|
Sequential Systems, 1200 Diamond Circle, Lafayette, CO 80026
|
|||
|
|
Sales: 1-800-759-4549, 9-5 MST
|
|||
|
|
(intl): 303-666-4549 anytime
|
|||
|
|
Internet: sequential@hypermall.com
|
|||
|
|
Telnet: telnet hypermall.com, login: bbs, password: bbs
|
|||
|
|
(Sequential Systems Internet BBS)
|
|||
|
|
(SEVENHILLS, CAT43, TOP2, MSG:113/M645;1)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
IS 3.01 THE MOST RECENT VERSION OF SUPERCONVERT? Yes, therefore No.
|
|||
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
The good news (which one can infer from the Second Sight notice
|
|||
|
|
posted in another Seven Hills topic) is that there WILL be an update to
|
|||
|
|
SuperConvert! Jason Harper decided that his schedule just won't permit him
|
|||
|
|
to finish the update, so he has released all the source code to us!
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
And we've already got someone lined up who thinks they'll be able to
|
|||
|
|
tackle the project and finalize the update. The update already includes
|
|||
|
|
lots of great improvements; the new author will be polishing some of them,
|
|||
|
|
and filling in some of the "holes" where new features were planned but
|
|||
|
|
never written. And, at the same time, we anticipate adding support for
|
|||
|
|
viewing pictures via the Second Sight video card from Sequential Systems.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
As always, I'll post more information when I have it. :)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Thanks,
|
|||
|
|
--Dave
|
|||
|
|
(SEVENHILLS, CAT43, TOP5, MSG:203/M645;1)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
<<<<< The first upgrade was already almost done by Jason. Our goal is
|
|||
|
|
""""" just to _complete_ that upgrade with its many current improvements
|
|||
|
|
and ship it. Haven't you been waiting long enough? :)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
These Load Formats were added:
|
|||
|
|
+ Apple II:
|
|||
|
|
New Print Shop Graphics
|
|||
|
|
Thunderscan Raw Scan File
|
|||
|
|
Springboard Publisher's "Works of Art"
|
|||
|
|
+ Apple IIGS:
|
|||
|
|
ComputerEyes GS raw data file
|
|||
|
|
+ Macintosh:
|
|||
|
|
MacPaint, as a monochrome image (a new image type in SuperConvert)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
The only item that falls outside "just _finishing_ the upgrade" is
|
|||
|
|
support for viewing pictures via the Second Sight board, which we
|
|||
|
|
anticipate will be relatively easy (and "safe").
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
After the first update (which also includes lots of cool new
|
|||
|
|
features) is released, we've got some BIG plans on the drawing board. :)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Thanks,
|
|||
|
|
--Dave
|
|||
|
|
(SEVENHILLS, CAT43, TOP5, MSG:208/M645;1)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
GS/TCP GRAPHIC WEB-BROWSING SOFTWARE Since GS/TCP is a
|
|||
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" "When-he-has-the-time" project for
|
|||
|
|
the programmer (Derek Taubert), progress on it is somewhat herky-jerky :-)
|
|||
|
|
A more viable short-term solution would be something that works like
|
|||
|
|
"Slip-Knot" for PC's.. it interfaces to the Lynx program on an Internet
|
|||
|
|
shell account for people who don't have access to SLIP or PPP (the two
|
|||
|
|
direct methods to interface to the Web).
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Now, when TCP gets finished, support for it could easily be added to
|
|||
|
|
such a browser.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
I agree that Second Sight would be almost a prerequisite for such a
|
|||
|
|
beast (and I'm not even being biased here! :-) While we GS'ers have lived
|
|||
|
|
with 16-color graphics for years, it _does_ take a non-trivial amount of
|
|||
|
|
time to convert a 256-color image to 16 colors. This processing time would
|
|||
|
|
be on top of that which it takes to uncompress a GIF or JPEG image. Yes,
|
|||
|
|
you could do a mostly-text browser which worked much like Lynx in that you
|
|||
|
|
only get an image when you specifically request it, but what fun is that?
|
|||
|
|
:-) (besides, that's what Lynx already does...)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Jawaid
|
|||
|
|
(PROCYON, CAT13, TOP9, MSG:113/M645;1)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
QUICK CLICK MORPH TO SHIP This is a quick note to let you know that Quick
|
|||
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""""""" Click Morph will ship on or about Monday 22
|
|||
|
|
May. We're waiting for the documentation to come back, and it's due back
|
|||
|
|
around then.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Those of you who have placed an order should plan on the charge to
|
|||
|
|
your credit card in the next few days.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Those of you who have been waiting for the program to ship, wait no
|
|||
|
|
longer! Because of impending vacations, if you don't order in the next few
|
|||
|
|
days, the order won't be shipped until after June 6th!
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Mike Westerfield
|
|||
|
|
(BYTEWORKS, CAT45, TOP4, MSG:66/M645;1)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
>>> MESSAGE SPOTLIGHT <<<
|
|||
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Category 44, Topic 2
|
|||
|
|
Message 71 Wed May 10, 1995
|
|||
|
|
JOE.KOHN [SSII] at 10:25 EDT
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
I remember being so intimidated the first time I attended KansasFest.
|
|||
|
|
After all, there were going to be all these famous Apple II super-stars
|
|||
|
|
there, all these folks that I admired from afar. How, I wondered, would I
|
|||
|
|
ever be able to talk to the likes of such mega-folks like Burger Bill or
|
|||
|
|
Roger Wagner?
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
My fears were alleviated within minutes of arrival at Avila College.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
I found people there with all different computer skill levels. I
|
|||
|
|
found teenagers and grand-fathers, students and teachers, programmers and
|
|||
|
|
hobbyists. I soon discovered that there really was a "community" of Apple
|
|||
|
|
II users. It didn't matter whether people were professional programmers or
|
|||
|
|
13 year olds. There was a sense (and that sense is evident every day here
|
|||
|
|
on A2) that we were 'all in this together' and that all our differences
|
|||
|
|
disappeared as we gathered to socialize and learn from each other.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
For me, that first KansasFest was a real eye opener. I never
|
|||
|
|
realized before that there were others like me. I seriously thought I was
|
|||
|
|
unique and alone, lost in my own little Apple II world, until I went to
|
|||
|
|
KansasFest, and found hundreds of others who all spoke the exact same
|
|||
|
|
language as I did and cared about the exact same things I cared about. I
|
|||
|
|
found I wasn't the only one who spent 60 or 70 hours every week sitting in
|
|||
|
|
front of my computer. I found out that I wasn't the only one who struggled
|
|||
|
|
in front of my computer, trying to figure things out.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
By the time I got to KansasFest, I'd already been working with my
|
|||
|
|
Apple II for several years, but had done so from the isolation of my
|
|||
|
|
computer room. I was already hopelessly obsessed and addicted to my Apple
|
|||
|
|
II, and it really was a great relief to learn that I wasn't alone. During
|
|||
|
|
that first KansasFest, the isolation ended. Not only did I meet my heroes,
|
|||
|
|
I became friends with them.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
KansasFest is an educational activity and a celebration that's a lot
|
|||
|
|
like going to summer camp with 100 of your closest friends. It's always a
|
|||
|
|
thrill to meet people you've "met" online and to marvel that they don't
|
|||
|
|
look anything like you imagined they would. It's inspirational to watch
|
|||
|
|
Roger Wagner in action. It's amusing to watch Bill Heineman being followed
|
|||
|
|
around by teenage burger-wannabes. It's great to meet our Australian
|
|||
|
|
brethren and laugh about the slang they speak. It's a kick to see Tony
|
|||
|
|
Diaz's portable IIGS. It's even fun to argue politics with Apple II peers
|
|||
|
|
and to philosophize on the meaning of life.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
KansasFest is truly the highlight of the year for Apple II users.
|
|||
|
|
It's fun and inspirational. It's phenomenal to meet folks from all over
|
|||
|
|
the world who all care about the same things you care about.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Forget any fears about not fitting in. At KansasFest, you _will_ be
|
|||
|
|
among peers and good friends.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Joe
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
[*][*][*]
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
While on GEnie, do you spend most of your time downloading files?
|
|||
|
|
If so, you may be missing out some excellent information in the Bulletin
|
|||
|
|
Board area. The messages listed above only scratch the surface of
|
|||
|
|
what's available and waiting for you in the bulletin board area.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
If you are serious about your Apple II, the GEnieLamp staff strongly
|
|||
|
|
urge you to give the bulletin board area a try. There are literally
|
|||
|
|
thousands of messages posted from people like you from all over the
|
|||
|
|
world.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
[EOA]
|
|||
|
|
[HUM]//////////////////////////////
|
|||
|
|
HUMOR ONLINE /
|
|||
|
|
/////////////////////////////////
|
|||
|
|
Ode to Dr. Seuss
|
|||
|
|
""""""""""""""""
|
|||
|
|
by Gene Ziegler
|
|||
|
|
(via N.CRAWFORD)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
The following was written by Gene Ziegler and posted to Delphi's DTP
|
|||
|
|
Forum (and forwarded to me roundabout):
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
>>> A GRANDCHILD'S GUIDE TO USING GRANDPA'S COMPUTER <<<
|
|||
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Bits. Bytes. Chips. Clocks.
|
|||
|
|
Bits in bytes on chips in box.
|
|||
|
|
Bytes with bits and chips with clocks.
|
|||
|
|
Chips in box on ether-docks.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Chips with bits come. Chips with bytes come.
|
|||
|
|
Chips with bits and bytes and clocks come
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Look, sir. Look, sir. Read the book, sir.
|
|||
|
|
Let's do tricks with bits and bytes sir.
|
|||
|
|
Let's do tricks with chips and clocks, sir.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
First, I'll make a quick trick bit stack.
|
|||
|
|
Then I'll make a quick trick byte stack.
|
|||
|
|
You can make a quick trick chip stack.
|
|||
|
|
You can make a quick trick clock stack.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
And here's a new trick on the scene.
|
|||
|
|
Bits in bytes for your machine.
|
|||
|
|
Bytes in words to fill your screen.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Now we come to ticks and tocks, sir.
|
|||
|
|
Try to say this by the clock, sir.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Clocks on chips tick.
|
|||
|
|
Clocks on chips tock.
|
|||
|
|
Eight byte bits tick.
|
|||
|
|
Eight bit bytes tock.
|
|||
|
|
Clocks on chips with eight bit bytes tick.
|
|||
|
|
Chips with clocks and eight byte bits tock.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Here's an easy game to play.
|
|||
|
|
Here's an easy thing to say.
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
If a packet hits a pocket on a socket on a port,
|
|||
|
|
And the bus is interrupted as a very last resort,
|
|||
|
|
And the address of the memory makes your floppy disk abort
|
|||
|
|
Then the socket packet pocket has an error to report!
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
If your cursor finds a menu item followed by a dash,
|
|||
|
|
And the double-clicking icon puts your window in the trash,
|
|||
|
|
And your data is corrupted 'cause the index doesn't hash,
|
|||
|
|
Then your situation's hopeless, and your system's gonna crash.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
You can't say this? What a shame, sir!
|
|||
|
|
We'll find you another game, sir.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
If the label on the cable on the table at your house
|
|||
|
|
Says the network is connected to the button on the mouse,
|
|||
|
|
But your packets want to tunnel on another protocol,
|
|||
|
|
That's repeatedly rejected by the printer down the hall,
|
|||
|
|
And your screen is all distorted by the the side effects of gauss,
|
|||
|
|
So your icons in the window are as wavy as a souse,
|
|||
|
|
Then you may as well reboot and go out with a bang,
|
|||
|
|
'Cause as sure as I'm a poet, the sucker's gonna hang!
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
When the copy of your floppy's getting sloppy on the disk,
|
|||
|
|
And the microcode instructions cause unncesssary risc,
|
|||
|
|
Then you have to flash your memory and you'll want to RAM your ROM.
|
|||
|
|
Quickly turn off your computer and be sure to tell your mom!
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
[EOA]
|
|||
|
|
[POE]//////////////////////////////
|
|||
|
|
POETIC REFLECTIONS /
|
|||
|
|
/////////////////////////////////
|
|||
|
|
The Forgotten One
|
|||
|
|
"""""""""""""""""
|
|||
|
|
by Tony Morales
|
|||
|
|
[HEXMAN]
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
>>> THE FORGOTTEN ONE <<<
|
|||
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
|||
|
|
Copyright 1995 by Tony Morales. All rights reserved.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
I am looked upon as being useless,
|
|||
|
|
Good for absolutely nothing.
|
|||
|
|
Abandoned by my parents,
|
|||
|
|
In favor of my brother.
|
|||
|
|
They say that he is faster,
|
|||
|
|
More attractive and appealing.
|
|||
|
|
Yet still I survive.
|
|||
|
|
For nearly twenty years,
|
|||
|
|
I have set standards.
|
|||
|
|
Now, I am forgotten.
|
|||
|
|
I was the first to have color graphics,
|
|||
|
|
And an easy setup.
|
|||
|
|
No one today seems to care,
|
|||
|
|
To offer consent.
|
|||
|
|
Despite the mistreatment,
|
|||
|
|
I have endured over the years,
|
|||
|
|
It makes me proud to say,
|
|||
|
|
I am an Apple II.
|
|||
|
|
For those who used and loved me,
|
|||
|
|
Will never truly forget,
|
|||
|
|
The mark I have made,
|
|||
|
|
The path I have set.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
[EOA]
|
|||
|
|
[FOC]//////////////////////////////
|
|||
|
|
FOCUS ON... /
|
|||
|
|
/////////////////////////////////
|
|||
|
|
Lynx and VT100
|
|||
|
|
""""""""""""""
|
|||
|
|
by Douglas Cuff
|
|||
|
|
[EDITOR.A2]
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Now that Internet services have come to GEnie, you can travel the
|
|||
|
|
World Wide Web and really explore. You don't have to feel left out any
|
|||
|
|
more just because you have an Apple II. (References to web pages are
|
|||
|
|
showing up everywhere these days: I was only a little surprised to see
|
|||
|
|
them show up in movie ads, but shocked when one appeared on my bank
|
|||
|
|
statement last month!) The Apple II doesn't yet have the fancy
|
|||
|
|
graphics-based interfaces such as Mosaic and Netscape, but you'll find the
|
|||
|
|
text-based interface of Lynx quite adequate. All you need is VT100
|
|||
|
|
emulation.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Don't let the term "VT100" intimidate you. It's simply a standard
|
|||
|
|
display mode that most computers, including the Apple II, can support.
|
|||
|
|
That's really all you need to know.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Can _your_ terminal program support VT100? Probably. ANSITerm,
|
|||
|
|
ProTERM, Spectrum, and Talk is Cheap all support it. Chances are, you're
|
|||
|
|
already using one of those package to log on to GEnie... and if you're not,
|
|||
|
|
you probably should be.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Not all Apple II terminal programs support VT100 equally, however.
|
|||
|
|
Apart from normal and inverse characters, VT100 can require bold,
|
|||
|
|
underlined, blinking, double wide, and double high characters... and
|
|||
|
|
combinations, such as bold underline.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
For the purpose of Lynx, you'll find what you need most are normal,
|
|||
|
|
bold, and underline characters, plus VT100's ability to move the cursor to
|
|||
|
|
any position on the screen. Why you need normal characters should be
|
|||
|
|
self-explanatory. Bold is often used in web pages for emphasis, so it's
|
|||
|
|
nice to have. Underline is used to indicate links, so it's more than nice;
|
|||
|
|
it's vital! (If you don't already know what links I'm talking about, see
|
|||
|
|
the sidebar at the end of this article.)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Another consideration when using Lynx is what download protocols a
|
|||
|
|
telecom package supports. Some images are embedded into web pages, which
|
|||
|
|
the Lynx user must do without, but others pictures may be downloaded. If
|
|||
|
|
you download a file, GEnie asks you if you want to use Zmodem or Xmodem, so
|
|||
|
|
your terminal software had better support one or the other.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Let's look at how various Apple II telecommunications programs stack
|
|||
|
|
up when it comes to VT100:
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
PROGRAM GRADE MODE UNDERLINE BOLD XMODEM ZMODEM
|
|||
|
|
"""""""""""" """"" """""""" """"""""" """" """""" """"""
|
|||
|
|
ANSITerm A graphics YES no* YES YES
|
|||
|
|
SnowTerm A- graphics YES YES no no
|
|||
|
|
ProTERM B+ text YES YES YES YES
|
|||
|
|
Agate B graphics YES no no YES
|
|||
|
|
Kermit C+ text YES YES YES no
|
|||
|
|
Spectrum C text no no YES YES
|
|||
|
|
TelCom C- text YES YES YES no
|
|||
|
|
Talk is Cheap D text YES YES YES no
|
|||
|
|
ATP D text YES YES no no
|
|||
|
|
Z-Link F text ? ? YES no
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
ANSITerm
|
|||
|
|
""""""""
|
|||
|
|
Computer: Apple IIgs only
|
|||
|
|
VT100 display: super hi-res graphics
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
ANSITerm, a commercial package, is probably the best of the lot for
|
|||
|
|
using Lynx on GEnie. "Out of the box", it appears that its VT100 mode
|
|||
|
|
supports underlining but not bold characters. However, you can configure
|
|||
|
|
ANSITerm's screen colors to get bold. (Personally, I used a white
|
|||
|
|
background and a blue foreground.) There's a trade-off, though: either
|
|||
|
|
your normal characters or your bold characters must have a dithered look,
|
|||
|
|
which makes them harder to read. You should choose the more ragged-edged
|
|||
|
|
characters for the bold text... it's the lesser of two evils. Or you may
|
|||
|
|
prefer the default of having bold text displayed as normal text... it's up
|
|||
|
|
to you.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
ANSITerm not only supports Zmodem and Xmodem file transfer, but also
|
|||
|
|
Kermit. Kermit is the method most often found on the net, so if you're
|
|||
|
|
expecting that your Internet time on GEnie will lead you to seek out a
|
|||
|
|
full-fledged Internet provider, and you're going to be buying
|
|||
|
|
telecommunications software, you should definitely consider ANSITerm for
|
|||
|
|
your IIgs.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
For use on the Internet, ANSITerm definitely rates an A+.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
SnowTerm
|
|||
|
|
""""""""
|
|||
|
|
Computer: Apple IIgs only
|
|||
|
|
VT100 display: super hi-res graphics
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
SnowTerm is a shareware package that does an excellent job of
|
|||
|
|
displaying all VT100 modes, including blinking text, which ANSITerm cannot
|
|||
|
|
handle. Since you're unlikely to come across blinking text while browsing
|
|||
|
|
the web, however, this point is somewhat moot. The important point is that
|
|||
|
|
VT100 does an excellent job of displaying both underline and bold text. It
|
|||
|
|
has a readable font for all modes... its display is even better than
|
|||
|
|
ANSITerm's, to my taste!
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
SnowTerm falls down badly in the area of file transfer, though. It
|
|||
|
|
offers nothing, not even Xmodem. Since beginners are unlikely to need file
|
|||
|
|
transfer, SnowTerm's excellent handling of VT100 codes earns it a solid A.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
ProTERM
|
|||
|
|
"""""""
|
|||
|
|
Computer: Apple IIe, Apple IIc, Apple IIc+, Apple IIgs
|
|||
|
|
VT100 display: text
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
ProTERM, a commercial package, is the only text-based VT100 telecom
|
|||
|
|
software tested that earns a better-than-average rating. Text-based
|
|||
|
|
software is at a distinct disadvantage when it comes to displaying both
|
|||
|
|
normal, bold, and underlined text. The Apple II's 80-column text screen
|
|||
|
|
can display only normal and inverse text. We can use inverse to indicate
|
|||
|
|
underlined text--much more important than bold when using Lynx--but what
|
|||
|
|
can we do about bold text? One option is to ignore it entirely. The other
|
|||
|
|
option is to use inverse text for bold as well. However, if you use
|
|||
|
|
inverse for both underline and bold text, which is the ProTERM default, you
|
|||
|
|
won't be able to tell the links from the emphasized text! Which is better?
|
|||
|
|
Well, if you ask me, it's better to ignore the bold text, but ProTERM lets
|
|||
|
|
you configure this parameter to your own taste. That earns ProTERM extra
|
|||
|
|
marks. Still, VT100 on the text screen is poor at best, partly due to
|
|||
|
|
anomalies in the way the 80-column text screen handles inverse.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
ProTERM also does well in the file transfer department, providing not
|
|||
|
|
only the Zmodem and Xmodem modes that GEnie encourages you to use, but also
|
|||
|
|
Kermit, for those that feel they may venture out further on the Internet.
|
|||
|
|
If you don't have an Apple IIgs, then ProTERM is the package that any
|
|||
|
|
Apple II Internet explorer should buy! It rates a solid B+.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Agate
|
|||
|
|
"""""
|
|||
|
|
Computer: enhanced Apple IIe, Apple IIc, Apple IIc+, Apple IIgs
|
|||
|
|
VT100 display: double hi-res graphics
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Agate is a shareware package that uses the double hi-res screen to
|
|||
|
|
display underline text exactly as it should, with no recourse to inverse
|
|||
|
|
text. However, its VT100 emulation is not perfect, and it occasionally
|
|||
|
|
drops characters... which can be dreadful, particularly if Agate chose to
|
|||
|
|
drop a character just as cursor co-ordinates were being sent. Also, Agate
|
|||
|
|
does not allow you to use the arrow keys to navigate during Lynx, which is
|
|||
|
|
a serious disadvantage. It is for this reason that Agate ranks the lowest
|
|||
|
|
of the graphics-based VT100 emulators for the Apple II. Also, beware that
|
|||
|
|
the program has been known to crash on receipt of some of the more rare
|
|||
|
|
VT100 sequences.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
When it comes to downloading, Agate supports Zmodem but not Xmodem.
|
|||
|
|
This is a trifle unusual, but will not be of great importance to the user.
|
|||
|
|
Agate's poor user interface should earn it a much lower rating, but it gets
|
|||
|
|
a B from me mostly because of its valiant attempt to use the double hi-res
|
|||
|
|
screen for character display.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Kermit
|
|||
|
|
""""""
|
|||
|
|
Computer: Apple II+, Apple IIe, Apple IIc, Apple IIc+, Apple IIgs
|
|||
|
|
VT100 display: text
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Kermit is a freeware program. It obeys the Kermit and VT100
|
|||
|
|
protocols rigorously. It displays both underline and bold text in inverse
|
|||
|
|
characters, which can be confusing. As noted above, it makes it difficult
|
|||
|
|
to tell where the links are at a glance. Also, Kermit has a command-line
|
|||
|
|
interface that makes it a poor choice for the beginning user.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Kermit supports Xmodem downloading--as well as Kermit, of course.
|
|||
|
|
Only its rigorous adherence to the standards earns it a C+.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Spectrum
|
|||
|
|
""""""""
|
|||
|
|
Computer: Apple IIgs only
|
|||
|
|
VT100 display: text
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Spectrum is a commercial program. While I feel that Spectrum is a
|
|||
|
|
good telecommunications package overall, its VT100 emulation is truly
|
|||
|
|
deplorable. Not only is it text-based (in a GUI program!), but it doesn't
|
|||
|
|
support either underline or bold text. If using inverse for both made it
|
|||
|
|
difficult to navigate with Lynx, using inverse for neither makes it an
|
|||
|
|
absolute nightmare. The fact that it consistently drops characters with my
|
|||
|
|
local host--even after a shift-boot!--doesn't make me feel any better about
|
|||
|
|
Spectrum's VT100 display. At least it properly supports the arrow keys.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Spectrum fares a good deal better in the downloading department. It
|
|||
|
|
supports Zmodem and Xmodem, and it is rumored that a Kermit module will
|
|||
|
|
eventually be available for its latest incarnation. Frankly, it is only
|
|||
|
|
Spectrum's use as a general telecom program that prevents it from receiving
|
|||
|
|
a failing grade for its VT100 emulation instead of the C grade I have
|
|||
|
|
supplied.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
NOTE FOR SPECTRUM OWNERS: If you already own Spectrum, the best
|
|||
|
|
thing to do is give the VT100 mode a miss. Instead, use the ANSI
|
|||
|
|
emulation! This works _very_ well so far as Lynx is concerned. Don't
|
|||
|
|
forget to turn color Lynx menus on, though, when you visit GEnie's Internet
|
|||
|
|
area, if you want to see why I recommend Spectrum's ANSI mode over its
|
|||
|
|
VT100 mode.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
TelCom
|
|||
|
|
""""""
|
|||
|
|
Computer: Apple IIgs only
|
|||
|
|
VT100 display: text
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
TelCom is a freeware program originally intended for use with GNO/ME.
|
|||
|
|
It uses inverse for both underline and inverse, and supports Xmodem
|
|||
|
|
downloading. It was meant as a bare-bones telecom package, and that's all
|
|||
|
|
it is. Rating: C-.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Talk is Cheap (v4.x)
|
|||
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""
|
|||
|
|
Computer: enhanced 128K Apple IIe, Apple IIc, Apple IIc+, Apple IIgs
|
|||
|
|
VT100 display: text
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Talk is Cheap is a commercial program that added VT100 support in its
|
|||
|
|
most recent version. It uses inverse text for both bold and underline.
|
|||
|
|
TIC's VT100 emulation doesn't always clear the screen properly, which is a
|
|||
|
|
serious flaw when using Lynx.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
As for transfer protocol, Talk is Cheap supports Xmodem but not
|
|||
|
|
Ymodem. When it comes to Lynx-ability, it only rates a D. It hurts me to
|
|||
|
|
give TIC such a low rating, because I've used it for years and love
|
|||
|
|
it--overall, it's a good, affordable telecom program--but its VT100 module
|
|||
|
|
just isn't up to snuff.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
ATP
|
|||
|
|
"""
|
|||
|
|
Computer: Apple IIe, Apple IIc, Apple IIc+, Apple IIgs
|
|||
|
|
VT100 display: text
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
ATP is a shareware program of considerable years. It uses inverse
|
|||
|
|
text for both bold and underline, which can be a trial, for the reasons
|
|||
|
|
discussed. It makes the problem worse by not having a blinking cursor
|
|||
|
|
(either box or underscore), so it's very hard to tell exactly what link the
|
|||
|
|
cursor is resting on! It doesn't support the arrow keys, and it doesn't
|
|||
|
|
allow downloading... neither Zmodem nor Xmodem. As far as using Lynx goes,
|
|||
|
|
this program is awful: D.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Z-Link
|
|||
|
|
""""""
|
|||
|
|
Computer: Apple IIe, Apple IIc, Apple IIc+, Apple IIgs
|
|||
|
|
VT100 display: text
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
This shareware package fails the VT100 test by crashing into the
|
|||
|
|
monitor when it receives a VT100 initiation sequence. For that reason, I
|
|||
|
|
can't tell you whether or not it supports bold or underlined characters.
|
|||
|
|
Its documentation tells me it supports Xmodem but not Zmodem downloading,
|
|||
|
|
but avoid it. Rating: F.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
[*][*][*]
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
You should be aware that I haven't mentioned absolutely all the
|
|||
|
|
Apple II telecommunications software that claims to support VT100, but I've
|
|||
|
|
tried. There's a shareware (or possibly freeware) program called GSVT that
|
|||
|
|
isn't mentioned in this article... because it's not available for download
|
|||
|
|
on GEnie. I last saw it on CompuServe years ago. There's also TMTerm,
|
|||
|
|
which works under GNO/ME, and I understand that it supports VT100
|
|||
|
|
display... though I don't think it's technically a telecommunications
|
|||
|
|
package. If you know of any program I've missed, I'd be delighted to hear
|
|||
|
|
from you.
|
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The revelation that Spectrum's ANSI modem works better for Lynx that
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does its VT100 mode might lead you to try ANSI software for the Apple II
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instead. Certainly the ANSI modes of both Spectrum and ANSITerm handle
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Lynx quite well. I am aware of three shareware or freeware ANSI programs
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for the Apple IIgs: MegaTerm, GenericTerm, and ColorTerm. None of these
|
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support downloading. GenericTerm is probably the best of these three, with
|
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MegaTerm coming a close second. You should avoid ColorTerm... its font is
|
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illegible and it doesn't clear the screen very well (It also doesn't work
|
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on a ROM 3 IIgs.)
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If you want to take advantage of GEnie's new Lynx option, my
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recommendation is that you use ANSITerm (VT100 or ANSI mode) or Spectrum
|
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(ANSI mode, but not VT100) if you have a IIgs, or ProTERM if you don't have
|
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a IIgs. If you can't afford one of these commercial packages, I recommend
|
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SnowTerm for the IIgs or Agate for the IIe and IIc. In fact, if you're
|
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absolutely certain you'll never need to download (which is unlikely), I
|
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recommend SnowTerm, ahead of ANSITerm or Spectrum, for any IIgs user.
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[*][*][*]
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*********************************************************
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* *
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* SIDEBAR: What's all this fuss about a web, anyway? *
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* *
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*********************************************************
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The World Wide Web works a lot like HyperStudio and HyperCard. If
|
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you've used either package, you can equate "links" with "buttons", stop
|
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reading this sidebar right now, and go back to the article. :-)
|
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When you read a document on the web with Lynx, certain words or
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phrases will be underlined or highlighted (depending on your
|
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|
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telecommunications software). These words or phrases indicate links to
|
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other places on the web. All you have to do is move your cursor to the
|
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link, press Return, and you'll be taken to a new place... and probably see
|
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|
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even more links!
|
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For example: imagine every word you see in the text below that has
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[square brackets] around it is a link.
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My name is [Doug Cuff]. I was born in [St. John's],
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[Newfoundland], [Canada]. I use an [Apple II] computer.
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If you selected "Doug Cuff", you'd get information about me. If you
|
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selected "St. John's", you'd get information pertaining to that city. Same
|
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|
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deal with the "Newfoundland" and "Canada" links. If you selected
|
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|
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"Apple II", you'd see a wide range of information of interest to Apple II
|
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|
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users.
|
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|
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|
|
The great thing about the web is that links can point to information
|
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|
|
pretty much anywhere. You don't have to have your Apple II link point to
|
|||
|
|
information you yourself created... you can have the link point to
|
|||
|
|
information about the Apple II elsewhere, or even to the web document of
|
|||
|
|
someone else who's interested in the Apple II! (No sense reinventing the
|
|||
|
|
wheel, is there?)
|
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|
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|
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When using Lynx, the World Wide Web resembles hypertext, with the
|
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|
|
highlighted words and phrases providing links to other areas. With
|
|||
|
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graphics-based tools like Mosaic and Netscape (not yet available for the
|
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|
|
Apple II, remember), the World Wide Web resembles hypermedia, since these
|
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|
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tools can display graphics as you browse!
|
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[EOA]
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[ASA]//////////////////////////////
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ASCII ART GALLERY /
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/////////////////////////////////
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Summer's Here
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"""""""""""""
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by Susie Oviatt
|
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[SUSIE]
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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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`;",%' ,%;' ;;%%%;;', ` ', ,' ' ,`;;%%%;; `;%, `%,";'
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`;",%'',,;%,';',;%; ;%, %% ,%; ;%;, ;`,%;,,``%,";'
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.%%%,. a@;@@@;@@@;@@;;%%%%%%%%%:mm:::::::::mm,. .,%%%,
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|
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`%%%%%%%%%%%%:::@::::::::::::::mmmmmmm:mmmmmmmmmmm:%%%%%%%%%%%'
|
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.\\\\,\\\\,\\\\,\\\\,\\\\,\\\\,\|/,////,////,////,/::/,////,////.
|
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\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\|//////////////////:////////////
|
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|
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`\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\|/////////////////://////////'
|
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`\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\|/////////////////://///'
|
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|
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`\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\|///////////////////'
|
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|
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`\\\\\\\\\\\\|////////////'
|
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|
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|
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|
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`\\\|///' .:.
|
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|
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|
|||
|
|
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|
|||
|
|
.///////|\\\\\\\.
|
|||
|
|
ASCII ART ENDS
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
[FOR VISUALLY IMPAIRED READERS: The preceding was a picture of a
|
|||
|
|
swallowtail butterfly and a picture of a banana split.]
|
|||
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|
|||
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|
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|
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|
|||
|
|
[EOA]
|
|||
|
|
[HUN]//////////////////////////////
|
|||
|
|
THE TREASURE HUNT /
|
|||
|
|
/////////////////////////////////
|
|||
|
|
Yours For the Downloading
|
|||
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
|||
|
|
by Douglas Cuff
|
|||
|
|
[EDITOR.A2]
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Welcome back to the Treasure Hunt! This month, regular columnist
|
|||
|
|
Charlie Hartley is taking a leave of absence, but he'll be back next month.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
I thought we'd take a closer look this month at some of the "Best of
|
|||
|
|
A2" disks that A2 RoundTable staff created back in 1991 and 1992. If this
|
|||
|
|
column has encouraged you to do any exploring on your own, you'll probably
|
|||
|
|
have seen these files, which were designed to fit on a single 800K 3.5"
|
|||
|
|
disk. Since the short descriptions don't give you much of an idea exactly
|
|||
|
|
what these archives hold, I thought GEnieLamp A2 should provide detailed
|
|||
|
|
lists.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Here are the 9 "Very Best of A2" archives:
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
17180 BEST.A2.ART.BXY 2 Dec 1991 double hi-res pictures
|
|||
|
|
18761 BEST.OF.SHR.BXY 2 Jun 1992 super hi-res pictures
|
|||
|
|
17586 BEST.3200.BXY 1 Feb 1992 3200-color pictures
|
|||
|
|
16957 BEST.ICONS1.BXY 2 Nov 1991 icons
|
|||
|
|
19399 BEST.FONTS.BXY 13 Sep 1992 fonts
|
|||
|
|
17897 BEST.UTILS.BXY 1 Mar 1992 8-bit utilities
|
|||
|
|
17356 BEST.GAMES.BXY 1 Jan 1992 8-bit games
|
|||
|
|
18976 BEST.OF.MS.BXY 31 Jun 1992 Music Studio songs
|
|||
|
|
16728 BEST.EAMONS.BXY 29 Sep 1991 Eamon adventure games
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
This month, we'll just look at the first three, all of which are
|
|||
|
|
archives of pictures.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
[*][*][*]
|
|||
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|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
BEST.A2.ART.BXY file #17180 171008 bytes 13'00" DL time @ 2400
|
|||
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
This collection of black and white double hi-res clip art contains 46
|
|||
|
|
pictures suitable for use with desktop publishing programs such as
|
|||
|
|
PublishIt! and Graphicwriter III. The graphics were collected by Tom
|
|||
|
|
Konczal in December 1991.
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
The archive includes a great shareware program called PHOTOMATRIX,
|
|||
|
|
which allows you to print out single- and double-high resolution graphics
|
|||
|
|
in condensed form... 30 pictures to a page. PHOTOMATRIX, by John C.
|
|||
|
|
Thomason, is the only shareware item on this disk. The pictures themselves
|
|||
|
|
are public domain and they may be used for any purpose, without charge.
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
Let's look at the pictures, which are divided into 8 categories:
|
|||
|
|
holidays, military, office, planes, school, ships, sports, and
|
|||
|
|
miscellaneous. Each category has its own subdirectory.
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
>>> HOLIDAYS <<<
|
|||
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|
|||
|
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CANDY.CANE On the left side of the screen is candy cane wrapped in holly;
|
|||
|
|
'''''''''' to the right there is a rectangle with space for a message.
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
COUPLE.DANCE A man and woman dressed in evening clothes "close" dance;
|
|||
|
|
'''''''''''' they surrounded by bubbles. There's space for a message to
|
|||
|
|
the right.
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
FATHER.TIME On the left, Father Time with scythe in hand and hourglass at
|
|||
|
|
''''''''''' his feet; in the lower right corner, a baby, wearing a sash,
|
|||
|
|
is throwing confetti. There's space for a message between them.
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
HAUNT.HOUSE In the background, a large haunted house with moon and clouds
|
|||
|
|
''''''''''' overhead, and a few bats; in the foreground, a small
|
|||
|
|
graveyard; to the left, dead tree with owl sitting in it.
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
HEARTS.HEART The outline of this large heart is made of many smaller
|
|||
|
|
'''''''''''' hearts of various sizes. There's space for a message inside
|
|||
|
|
the heart.
|
|||
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|
|||
|
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JACK.O.LATERN A large jack o'lantern, facing right.
|
|||
|
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'''''''''''''
|
|||
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|
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|
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NY.BALLON A baby clings is lifted aloft by one large balloon and three
|
|||
|
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''''''''' small ones; confetti surrounds. There's space for a message on
|
|||
|
|
the largest balloon.
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
SANTA.BEARD A portrait of Santa, wearing cap, with an extra-large beard
|
|||
|
|
''''''''''' providing space for Christmas message.
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
SNOW.MAN A cute two-stage (one ball for head, second for body) snowman is
|
|||
|
|
'''''''' wearing patched hat, scarf, and mittens. He is holding a candy
|
|||
|
|
cane and there is holly at his base. There's room for a message across his
|
|||
|
|
middle.
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
TURKEY A large turkey, facing left, provides space for a message.
|
|||
|
|
''''''
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
>>> MILITARY <<<
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
F14A.TOMCAT F-14A Tomcat aircraft, facing right, landing gear up.
|
|||
|
|
'''''''''''
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
F18A.HORNET F-18A Hornet Canadian aircraft, facing left, landing gear
|
|||
|
|
''''''''''' down.
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
M.60.PATTON M-60 Patton tank, facing left.
|
|||
|
|
'''''''''''
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
SDKFZ Sorry... I don't know what sort of military vehicle this is
|
|||
|
|
''''' exactly. It has two large wheels in front and a tread in back. It
|
|||
|
|
is facing left. Next to it, a soldier stands as he paints or cleans it.
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
SHERMAN.WW.II Sherman tank; a helmeted soldier is poking out of the top.
|
|||
|
|
'''''''''''''
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
>>> MISCELLANEOUS <<<
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
BUGLE.BANNER A large, straight ornamental horn (no valves) with a banner
|
|||
|
|
'''''''''''' tied to it with two pieces of ornamental cord with tassels.
|
|||
|
|
There's space for a message on the banner.
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
CAKE A two-tier cake with four candles on the top tier; two candles on
|
|||
|
|
'''' bottom tier; ribbons and bows much in evidence.
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
IRISH To the left, a leprechaun playing a pipe; to the right, an oval of
|
|||
|
|
''''' shamrocks providing suitable space for a message. The leftmost
|
|||
|
|
border of the oval is cut off.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
>>> OFFICE <<<
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
FEET.DESK.DHR A man wearing a suit and tie is smiling at he folds his
|
|||
|
|
''''''''''''' arms behind his neck and puts his feet on desk (on which
|
|||
|
|
rest a pen set and a dial telephone). Also see PAPERWORK.DHR, which shows
|
|||
|
|
the same man hard at work. Cartoon.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
FIVEOCLOCK.DHR A man wearing suit and tie; hat in right hand, coat over
|
|||
|
|
'''''''''''''' left arm, looks up at clock in smiling anticipation, ready
|
|||
|
|
to leave work for the day. Also see NINEOCLOCK.DHR, which shows the same
|
|||
|
|
man arriving. Cartoon.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
GOSSIP.DHR A head and shoulders picture of woman with shoulder-length
|
|||
|
|
'''''''''' hair speaking into phone receiver, which she holds in her left
|
|||
|
|
hand. Her right hand rests on the mouthpiece and holds a pencil. Cartoon.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
MANAGEMENT.DHR Cartoon of a two-storey outdoor privy (crescent on both
|
|||
|
|
'''''''''''''' doors); top storey is labelled "Management"; bottom storey
|
|||
|
|
is labelled "Employees".
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
NINEOCLOCK.DHR A man wearing suit, tie, and hat, coat over right arm, bag
|
|||
|
|
'''''''''''''' labelled "Coffee" in right hand, arrives at work, bags
|
|||
|
|
under eyes, clock on wall. Also see FIVEOCLOCK.DHR, which shows the same
|
|||
|
|
man about to leave work. Cartoon.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
PAPERWORK.DHR A man wearing suit and tie sweats as he stands over two
|
|||
|
|
''''''''''''' large stacks of paper. Two sheets are falling off the
|
|||
|
|
desk. Also see FEET.DESK.DHR, which shows the same man relaxing. Cartoon.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
WANTITWHEN.DHR Four characters in fits of laughter over the legend
|
|||
|
|
'''''''''''''' "YOU WANT IT WHEN?!" Cartoon.
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
>>> PLANES <<<
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
HELI.1.PIC A helicopter, facing left. Digitized.
|
|||
|
|
''''''''''
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
OLD.OLD.OLD Old "flying machine", viewed from the right side. Digitized.
|
|||
|
|
'''''''''''
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
RACER.4 Small racing plane, facing right. Digitized.
|
|||
|
|
'''''''
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
>>> SCHOOL <<<
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
BOOKSAPPLE2.DHR Three books, held together by a strap, sit on a surface;
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''''''''''''''' an apple sits on top of books. Books are in
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three-quarter perspective view.
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DIPLOMA.2.DHR A scroll read "Congratulations" on top and "Class of 1991"
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''''''''''''' on bottom; ribbon in right lower corner. Space for a
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message, particularly if you erase existing text.
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GLOBE.DHR A collection of objects: globe, lunchbox, apple, crayons,
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''''''''' scissors, paste pot, pad of paper, ruler, etc.
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KID.GRAD.DHR A small girl with a shy smile and pigtails sits, legs
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'''''''''''' crossed, wearing striped shirt, jeans, and sneakers, a
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mortarboard on her head. Realistic rendering.
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KIDS.CMPT1.DHR In the foreground, two kids using a computer, possibly a
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'''''''''''''' Mac, in middle group, one kid using a computer while
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another stands and watches; in the background, one kid listening to female
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teacher. Realistic rendering.
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LIBRARY.DHR A small male child hands two books over desk to female
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''''''''''' librarian. There are objects on the librarian's desk and a
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bookcase in the background. Realistic rendering.
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MORTAR.BD.DHR A mortarboard and a diploma.
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'''''''''''''
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OWL.GRAD.DHR An owl wearing mortarboard perched on three books.
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'''''''''''' Realistic rendering.
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POM2.DHR Two female cheerleaders leaping into air, arms wide, pom-poms in
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'''''''' each hand.
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SCHOOLXING.DHR A group of children cross the road while in the foreground
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'''''''''''''' their female teacher holds up their hand to indicate that
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cars should stop. Realistic rendering.
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>>> SHIPS <<<
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GONDOLA.1.PIC In the foreground, a young male and female cuddle in a
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''''''''''''' gondola while the gondolier poles them along; in the
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background, the city of Venice.
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HMS.VICTORY HMS Victory; sailing vessel in full sail, facing right.
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'''''''''''
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RIVER.BOAT2.PIC A paddle-wheel river boat on the river, facing right.
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''''''''''''''' Smoke pours from large smokestack.
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USS.CONSTITUTIO USS Constitution, large sailing vessel in full sail,
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''''''''''''''' on the waves, facing left.
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>>> SPORTS <<<
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CANOEING.1.DHR A cartoon of a beaver sitting on a log, polling it
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'''''''''''''' downriver with a stick; underneath legend "CANOEING", all
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enclosed by a closed semi-circle.
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GOLF.1.DHR A golfer in background exults as his ball bounced right into
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'''''''''' the hole. Cartoon.
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GOLF.2.DHR A golfer in background is dismayed as ball bounced into the
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'''''''''' water trap. Cartoon.
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SPORTS.2.DHR A young man wearing football helmet is surrounded by golf
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'''''''''''' clubs, darts, pingpong paddles, skis, balls, etc. He
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clutches a hockey stick, pool cue, baseball bat, tennis racquet, etc.
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Cartoon.
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[*][*][*]
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BEST.OF.SHR.BXY file #18761 586752 bytes 45"15" DL time @ 2400
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"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
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This collection of 32 PNT ($C1) 320-mode ultra hi-res graphics was
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compiled in the summer of 1992. Apart from the graphics, it also has a
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copy of SUPERVIEW, a utility which can view 320-mode, 640-mode, and even
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3200-color graphics.
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APPLESPHERE.320 A surreal imaginary "landscape" in which multi-colored
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''''''''''''''' Apple Computer logos stretch off to the horizon; above,
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two spheres reflect the logos on the "ground" (and they also casts shadows
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thereon). Color.
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ASTRONAUT.320 A digitized photo of an astronaut standing on the moon.
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''''''''''''' B&W with a blue tint.
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BILL.OPUS.320 Cartoon of Bill the Cat and Opus the penguin (from the
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''''''''''''' comic strips Bloom County and, later, Outland) which is a
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mock ad for the America Meadow Party labelled "Two for America". Opus is
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on the right, Bill is on the left; they are both facing right. Color.
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CHEETA.320 Extreme close-up drawing of a tiger, mostly eyes and snout.
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'''''''''' 3200-color version also available in the "Best of 3200"
|
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archive, confusingly under the name TIGER.3200. Color.
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DEMON.BREW.320 Dark fantasy drawing of a red demoin grinning evilly over
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'''''''''''''' a cauldron. Smoke spirits seem to be escaping from the
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flame. Color.
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DRACONIS.320 Drawing of a red dragon baring its teeth at a sorcerer
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'''''''''''' draped in a cloak. The sorcerer, standing at the extreme
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right, seems about to cast a spell. Color.
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FAUCET.320 Stylized, predominately blue, rendering of a faucet dripping,
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'''''''''' into a large pool in the interior of a room. The pool shows
|
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the rippled effect of a droplet hitting the surface. In the background, an
|
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open window shows a cityscape. Color.
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GIRL.SAMANT.320 Photo of a young blonde lady reclining (waist-up). She
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''''''''''''''' is wearing a diamond necklace and a blue dress with
|
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startling decolletage. Color.
|
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GOLDN.RETRV.320 Head-shot drawing of a golden retriever, labelled as
|
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''''''''''''''' such. Color.
|
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GREAT.SEAL.320 Drawing of the Great Seal of the United States. Eagle and
|
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'''''''''''''' E Pluribus Unum. You know what I'm talking about, right?
|
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Color.
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GRIMRIDER.320 Impressive drawing of the grim reaper riding on a horse
|
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''''''''''''' through a desert landscape; his bony white arm wields a
|
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scythe. The drawing is framed, and the horse and rider seems to be about
|
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to ride through it. Color.
|
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HARRY.320 Extreme close-up photo of Harry, Bigfoot as he appeared in the
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''''''''' movie Harry and the Hendersons. B&W with tint.
|
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HIT.ANY.KEY.320 Cartoon of a duck standing in front of his computer,
|
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''''''''''''''' preparing to respond emphatically to the "Hit any key to
|
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|
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continue" message by using a sledgehammer. Color.
|
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HOUND.DOG.320 Close-up photo of a sad-eyed hound dog lying on its front
|
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''''''''''''' paws. Two screens high. Labelled "Nut'n but a Hound
|
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Dog!!!". B&W.
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JUPITER1.320 Drawing of part of Jupiter with one of its moons in the
|
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'''''''''''' lower right corner. Color.
|
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KOALA.320 Grainy close-up photo of a koala bear. B&W.
|
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'''''''''
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LADYLIBERTY.320 Close-up photo of the head of the Statue of Liberty. B&W
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''''''''''''''' with greenish tint.
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LEOPARD.320 Color drawing of a leopard on the left side of the screen.
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''''''''''' The leopard has its head raised and is looking up. Color.
|
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MAX.HEADROO.320 Partly a digitized photo, partly a freehand rendering of
|
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''''''''''''''' Max Headroom. If you don't know who Max Headroom is...
|
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|
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you're better off, trust me. Color.
|
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MEDFLY.320 Extreme close-up/magnification of a medfly (mostly just the
|
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'''''''''' eyes). Digitized; blue & white.
|
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OPUS.320 Cartoon head-shot of a mildly dismayed-looking Opus the penguin
|
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'''''''' (from Berkley Breathed's comic strips Bloom County and Outland).
|
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Color.
|
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RED.DRAGON.320 Extremely large, muscular red dragon breathes fire,
|
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'''''''''''''' lighting up a portion of the dungeon. Color.
|
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REPTILES.640 Clean digitization of a M. C. Escher drawing. Reptiles seem
|
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'''''''''''' to be crawling in and out of a stylized reptile pattern on a
|
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|
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piece of paper. B&W
|
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ROCKWELL.320 Digitization of a Norman Rockwell painting. Sure wish I
|
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'''''''''''' knew the exact title; I expect Rockwell fans with tell me in
|
|||
|
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time for next month's issue of GEnieLamp A2. Side view of many
|
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|
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heads--obviously a congregation--praying. Color.
|
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ROSE.320 Drawing of three roses (but they could pass for carnations in a
|
|||
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'''''''' pinch). Color.
|
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|
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SECRETARIAT.320 Drawn portrait of Secretariat, a brown racehorse. He is
|
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|
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''''''''''''''' wearing blue tack. Color.
|
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SHET.SHPDOG.320 Drawing of a Shetland sheepdog on a black background.
|
|||
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''''''''''''''' Color.
|
|||
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|
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|
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SUNSET.LEE.320 Drawing of a sunset as seen through trees near a pond.
|
|||
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'''''''''''''' Two screens high. Color.
|
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|
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TORNADO.320 Drawing of a tornado tearing up Kansas. Pastel effect. Two
|
|||
|
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''''''''''' screen high. Greyscale.
|
|||
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|
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|
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UNCLE.SAM.320 Cartoon of Uncle Sam playing with a computer, his coat
|
|||
|
|
''''''''''''' draped over the back of his office chair. A balloon
|
|||
|
|
representing the computer display shows that he is playing a text adventure
|
|||
|
|
game. Color.
|
|||
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|
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|
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UNICORN.320 Drawing of a unicorn galloping across an imaginary grid
|
|||
|
|
''''''''''' landscape. There is a star field in the background.
|
|||
|
|
3200-color version also available in "Best of 3200" archive. Color.
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
WIZARD.320 Cartoon of a elderly mouse wizard with a long white beard and
|
|||
|
|
'''''''''' purple cloak in his cave, speaking to a short mouse in a red,
|
|||
|
|
hooded coat. Can anyone identify the TV show or movie it comes from?
|
|||
|
|
Color.
|
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|
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[*][*][*]
|
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|
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|
|
BEST.3200.BXY file #17586 605952 bytes 46'45" DL time @ 2400
|
|||
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
This collection of 21 3200-color pictures was compiled around January
|
|||
|
|
1992. To view these graphics, you will need a program capable of
|
|||
|
|
displaying 3200-color graphics, such as SUPERVIEW (see the "Best of SHR"
|
|||
|
|
archive) or Show Me! There are others, just search on "3200" in the A2
|
|||
|
|
library.
|
|||
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|
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|
|
ALMADEN.3200 Digitized photo of a wine bottle, wine glass, grapes,
|
|||
|
|
'''''''''''' cheese, bread, all resting on a red checked tablecloth, all
|
|||
|
|
which seems to be on several bales of straw. Color.
|
|||
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|
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|
|
ASTRO.3200 Digitized photo of an astronaut floating in space, strapped
|
|||
|
|
'''''''''' into some sort of propulsion frame. Color.
|
|||
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|
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|
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BIGMAC.3200 Extreme close-up of a Big Mac hamburger from Macdonald's.
|
|||
|
|
''''''''''' You can see the upper half of the sesame seed bun, pickle,
|
|||
|
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lettuce, cheese, tomato, and part of the beef patty. Now _that's_ a
|
|||
|
|
close-up. Digitized photo. Color.
|
|||
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|
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|
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BOY.3200 Digitized head-shot photo of a young boy in a red baseball cap
|
|||
|
|
'''''''' looking at something in rapt attention and awe. It seems to
|
|||
|
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have been night when the photo was taken (probably with a flash); the
|
|||
|
|
background is very dark. Labelled "CHICONY VGA". Color.
|
|||
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|
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|
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CHEETAH.3200 Two drawings of a cheetah by Robert Bateman, scanned in with
|
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'''''''''''' ComputerEyes digitizer. Color.
|
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|
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CHOLLA.3200 Digitized photo of an extreme close-up of the flower on a
|
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''''''''''' cholla cactus. Color.
|
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|
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DINOSKULL.3200 Digitized flash photo of a dinosaur skeleton in a museum.
|
|||
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'''''''''''''' Labelled "CHICONY VGA". Color.
|
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|
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FISH.3200 Digitized photo of two colorful tropical fish. Sure wish I
|
|||
|
|
''''''''' could identify 'em for you. Readers? Color.
|
|||
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|
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|
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LADY.3200 Digitized head-shot photo of a female with short dark hair,
|
|||
|
|
''''''''' wearing silver earrings. A high-maintenance model with a
|
|||
|
|
neutral "high fashion" expression. :-) Color.
|
|||
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|
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|
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LOCUTUS.3200 Digitized photo of Patrick Stewart as Locutus of Borg (from
|
|||
|
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'''''''''''' Star Trek: The Next Generation). Low angle. Color.
|
|||
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|
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|
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NYMPH.3200 Fantasy drawing of a nymph lying prone in a woodland pool.
|
|||
|
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'''''''''' A deer-like animal stands nearby. To the left are the
|
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|
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gnarled roots of trees and the spray of mist, presumably from a waterfall.
|
|||
|
|
Through the mist, you can make out the silhouette of a satyr. Color.
|
|||
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|
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|
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PARROT.3200 Digitized photo of a predominantly red parrot with pink wings
|
|||
|
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''''''''''' (which are spread) sitting on a tree branch. Color.
|
|||
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|
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PRETTY.3200 Digitized photo; extreme close-up of a female model with a
|
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''''''''''' pretty face and a slight smile. Color.
|
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|
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|
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RACCOON.3200 Digitized photo of a head of a raccoon costume. Color.
|
|||
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''''''''''''
|
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ROPES.3200 Digitized photo; study of many coils of rope on a rail in an
|
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'''''''''' urban marine setting. Labelled "CHICONY VGA". Color.
|
|||
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|
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|
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ROSE.3200 Digitized photo of a red rose. Color.
|
|||
|
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'''''''''
|
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|
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SALLYB.3200 Digitized photo, from the ground, of the front of a silver
|
|||
|
|
''''''''''' prop aircraft, identified on the nose cone as the Sally B (in
|
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|
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script font) and a painting of a nude woman.
|
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|
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SPIDERC.3200 Digitized photo; extreme close-up/magnification of a spider.
|
|||
|
|
'''''''''''' B&W with tint.
|
|||
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|
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|
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TIGER.3200 Extreme close-up drawing of a tiger, mostly eyes and snout.
|
|||
|
|
'''''''''' 320-mode version also available in the "Best of SHR" archive,
|
|||
|
|
confusingly under the name CHEETA.320. Color.
|
|||
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|
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|
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TULIPS.3200 Digitized photo of a landscape, a field of tulips. Color.
|
|||
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'''''''''''
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UNICORN.320 Drawing of a unicorn galloping across an imaginary grid
|
|||
|
|
''''''''''' landscape. There is a star field in the background. 320
|
|||
|
|
mode version also available in "Best of SHR" archive. Color.
|
|||
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[*][*][*]
|
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|
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|
|
As Charlie would say, that's it for this month. Keep in mind that
|
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|
|
many pictures have been uploaded since 1991 and 1992, so there are plenty
|
|||
|
|
excellent pictures in the A2 Library that weren't eligible for inclusion in
|
|||
|
|
these "Best of" archives. Charlie will be back next month. If you bug him
|
|||
|
|
enough, maybe he'll provide you with descriptions of other "Best of"
|
|||
|
|
archives. Or maybe not. Tune it next time to find out; same Lamp-time,
|
|||
|
|
same Lamp-channel....
|
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[EOA]
|
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|
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[PNL]//////////////////////////////
|
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|
|
PAUG NEWSLETTER /
|
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/////////////////////////////////
|
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|
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June 1995 Report
|
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|
""""""""""""""""
|
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|
|
by David R. Kerwood
|
|||
|
|
[D.KERWOOD]
|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
|
The mission of the Planetary Apple User's Group (PAUG) is to serve as
|
|||
|
|
the online heart of the worldwide Apple II Community. PAUG's goals include
|
|||
|
|
providing help and support for folks who may not have a local group nearby,
|
|||
|
|
and to create a virtual link between both the online and offline user group
|
|||
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community. PAUG sponsorship of an online user group is focused on
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promoting the fact that the Apple II is still alive, and doing very well.
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There _is_ support; PAUG can provide it, or help you find it! We
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meet the third Sunday of every month at 7:00 pm Eastern in the Apple II
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RoundTable Conference area. With no dues to pay or miles to drive, PAUG
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offers the Apple II user a friendly and comfortable association with others
|
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with similar computing interests, plenty of accurate information, hints,
|
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|
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tips, and the security that comes with knowing that you have all the
|
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|
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computing support you could possibly need right at your fingertips. What
|
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could be more convenient?
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THE MAIN EVENTS It's been some time since we've last put out a
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""""""""""""""" newsletter, but that has not been for a lack of anything
|
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to report! The truth is that there has been a lot of reorganization and
|
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|
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reshuffling of people associated with PAUG, and with the Apple II
|
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Roundtables on GEnie. Things are starting to settle down now, and we're
|
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|
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certain that you'll like the result.
|
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To give some idea of the breadth of information and topics that have
|
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|
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been the hallmark of PAUG meetings, here is a little list of what we've
|
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|
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been up to, since our initial inception as the World Wide User Group, then
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as the Planetary Apple League, and now as PAUG:
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1993
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October - Inaugural meeting of the then WWUG (now PAUG) - WWUG and
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Syndicomm, with a visit from Tom Weishaar; and Softdisk/Softdisk
|
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G-S, with Bryan Pietrzak
|
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November - Telecommunications and the Apple II
|
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December - Jerry Kindall (Quality Computers), and AppleWorks 4.0
|
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1994
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January - WWUG becomes PAL; Dave Hecker (Seven Hills), and Spectrum
|
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February - Jawaid Bazyar (Procyon/Sequential), and discQuest
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May - Sam Latella, and the newsletter A2World
|
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June - Upcoming events at (ICONFest - nee KansasFest)
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July - Highlights and happenings from ICONFest
|
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September- PAL becomes PAUG; User group Open House
|
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|
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October - Accessing GEnie with the Offline navigators GEM and CoPilot
|
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|
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November - Accessing the Information Superhighway, upcoming GEnie Internet
|
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|
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access
|
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|
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December - The sights and sounds of Christmas with Pat Kern (graphics),
|
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Tony Morales (Sonobox) and Clay Juniel (GS Entertainment)
|
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|
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1995
|
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January - AppleWorks 5.0, with Will Nelken and Randy Brandt
|
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|
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February - User group Open House
|
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|
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March - Mike Westerfield (ByteWorks), and Quick Click Morph for the IIgs
|
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|
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April - GEnie's Internet Access
|
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|
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May - Hypermedia and the IIgs, using HyperCard and HyperStudio
|
|||
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|
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|
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As you can see, we've been on kind of roll this year, fulfilling our
|
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|
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mission of serving as the online Apple II user group resource for the
|
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|
|
entire planet! We have had great guests for many of our meetings, and on
|
|||
|
|
several occasions have had the honor of hosting new product announcements
|
|||
|
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and services. Our biggest coup came just this past March, with ByteWorks
|
|||
|
|
choosing the monthly PAUG meeting as its venue for the formal rollout of
|
|||
|
|
the spectacular new addition to their Quick Click Line of productivity
|
|||
|
|
applications for the IIgs, Quick Click Morph. The mighty morphin' power
|
|||
|
|
ranger for the IIgs, Mike Westerfield, happily proclaimed that the
|
|||
|
|
generation time to create a typical morph animation on his accelerated IIgs
|
|||
|
|
was equivalent to what you'd see on a 50 MHz 486 PC clone. Mike has
|
|||
|
|
uploaded a demo morph animation to the A2 Library here on GEnie, file
|
|||
|
|
number 24489 (KARENCAT.BXY). This jaw-dropping animation shows Mike's
|
|||
|
|
daughter "morphing" into their family cat, "Psi". If anything qualifies as
|
|||
|
|
something well worth the download time, then file #24489 is it--a must see!
|
|||
|
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|
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|
|
April found PAUG in the enviable position of bringing user group
|
|||
|
|
support for the largest resource entity now available to the Apple II
|
|||
|
|
family of computers--the Internet. All any Apple II user needs now to get
|
|||
|
|
on the onramp to the "Information Superhighway" is GEnie access. The PAUG
|
|||
|
|
meeting went a long way towards illuminating the possibilities now
|
|||
|
|
available to anyone on GEnie, from gopher, archie, and veronica for
|
|||
|
|
information searching, and ftp access to worldwide collections of files and
|
|||
|
|
applications. Perhaps the most exciting development was the announcement
|
|||
|
|
that GEnie subscribers would now be able to break into the hottest area of
|
|||
|
|
the Internet, the World Wide Web, using the text-based navigation tool
|
|||
|
|
called Lynx. With Lynx, any Apple II with telecommunications software
|
|||
|
|
having VT-100 emulation can serve as a window into the vast wealth of
|
|||
|
|
information available on the 'Web!
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
Our most recent PAUG meeting brought a focus to what is possible on
|
|||
|
|
the Apple IIgs using the two supremely-capable hypermedia authoring tools
|
|||
|
|
for that platform, HyperCard IIGS (HCGS), from Apple, and HyperStudio, from
|
|||
|
|
Roger Wagner Publishing. The need for hypermedia support had become
|
|||
|
|
particularly apparent since Apple Computer reclassified HCGS as system
|
|||
|
|
software, which allowed it to be made downloadable from GEnie. In
|
|||
|
|
addition, the demise earlier this year of the ICON-based disk publications
|
|||
|
|
Studio City and Script-Central made the need for support a pressing issue
|
|||
|
|
for many. Some of the most interesting stacks available for downloading
|
|||
|
|
were discussed, as well as tips and hints for those that were interested in
|
|||
|
|
creating their own stacks. A good example of the power of hypermedia is
|
|||
|
|
one very noteworthy HCGS stack that can be used as a program launcher and
|
|||
|
|
alternative to the Finder. Called "No Worries", it can best be described
|
|||
|
|
as a near clone of the popular Macintosh application "At Ease". It can be
|
|||
|
|
a lifesaver if your IIgs is available and accessible to small children, or
|
|||
|
|
for those who want to use the computer but are uncomfortable with The
|
|||
|
|
Finder. Formerly shareware, this super stack has been updated and released
|
|||
|
|
as freeware! Highly recommended by A2's own resident hypermedia guru
|
|||
|
|
Hangtime, it can be found in the A2 Library as file #22323.
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
WHAT'S NEW IN THE APPLE II WORLD? Things are really hopping with both
|
|||
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" Apple II hardware and software. In
|
|||
|
|
addition to the products mentioned above, Sequential has begun shipping
|
|||
|
|
their VGA card for the Apple IIe and IIgs. Called Second Sight, this
|
|||
|
|
relatively inexpensive bundle consisting of a video card and imaging
|
|||
|
|
software promises to transform computing on the Apple II. Initial reports
|
|||
|
|
from those who have installed the card have highly favorable, some to the
|
|||
|
|
point of near ecstasy!
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
A significant update to the only full-featured desktop
|
|||
|
|
telecommunications software for the IIgs has been published by Seven Hills
|
|||
|
|
Software. Spectrum v2.0 rivals the best telecomm software available for
|
|||
|
|
any computing platform, and has garnered a loyal following in A2. When
|
|||
|
|
combined with the GEnie offline navigator CoPilot, Spectrum has become one
|
|||
|
|
of the slickest ways for Apple IIgs users to fully utilize GEnie, while
|
|||
|
|
maintaining their online time (and costs!) at a minimum. Our own Ken Lucke
|
|||
|
|
has written a full set of customized CoPilot scripts that take advantage of
|
|||
|
|
the special features only available in the Spectrum v2.0, and watching
|
|||
|
|
these scripts do their thing is an eye-opener to anyone who has ever said,
|
|||
|
|
"You can't do that on an Apple II!"
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Speaking of CoPilot, the latest version of what many consider the
|
|||
|
|
best GEnie offline navigator available for any platform is now v2.5.5.
|
|||
|
|
CoPilot, when used with either Talk Is Cheap, ProTERM, or Spectrum, can
|
|||
|
|
really enhance your online experience on GEnie. And the very least it will
|
|||
|
|
do is save you money! The easiest way to get to it is to choose item #7
|
|||
|
|
from the A2 Roundtable Menu.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Randy Brandt has gone on record as saying that he plans to publish at
|
|||
|
|
least one more update to AppleWorks, now selling well at v5.0 (and v5.1 is
|
|||
|
|
coming soon!). But this will be no ordinary update to this very popular
|
|||
|
|
8-bit integrated program. Code-named Phoenix, this is not actually an
|
|||
|
|
update, per se, but an Apple II emulator that will run Appleworks v5.x on
|
|||
|
|
Macintosh computers. GEnie, as always, will continue to provide all the
|
|||
|
|
resources of the A2 subscribers and staff to bear for any of your
|
|||
|
|
questions, including Phoenix when it's released. All versions of
|
|||
|
|
AppleWorks and AppleWorks GS are supported in the Apple II Roundtable on
|
|||
|
|
GEnie, having an entire category of topics devoted to all facets of these
|
|||
|
|
highly versatile integrated applications.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Vitesse has released their fax software for the IIgs. Called
|
|||
|
|
FAXination, it has also brought a capability to this machine that most had
|
|||
|
|
never thought would exist. FAXination has had some significant early
|
|||
|
|
teething problems in its initial release, but Vitesse has come a long way
|
|||
|
|
toward making successful send/receive fax capability a reality for the IIgs
|
|||
|
|
with v1.0.6. Parkhurst Micro Productions is also working on production of
|
|||
|
|
fax software for the IIgs, and CEO Paul Parkhurst has announced that the
|
|||
|
|
package is going into beta-testing, with an anticipated release later this
|
|||
|
|
year.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
And one more bit of hardware news of note--there is a removable media
|
|||
|
|
drive that has just recently hit the market that has gotten many in the
|
|||
|
|
Apple II community to sit up and take notice. While it was not originally
|
|||
|
|
intended to be used as an Apple II peripheral, the Iomega "Zip" drive is a
|
|||
|
|
SCSI device that uses ejectable 100 or 25 megabyte disks, and it has been
|
|||
|
|
checked out by several of the GEnie subscribers in A2. The bottom line?
|
|||
|
|
It works, and works quite well. With a typical retail price of about $200,
|
|||
|
|
and media cost of about $20 per 100 MByte disk (each about the size of a
|
|||
|
|
thick 3.5" floppy disk), the Iomega "Zip" drive has been found to be a cost
|
|||
|
|
effective method for backing up your data, as well as being able to be used
|
|||
|
|
as a removable hard drive, much like a SyQuest unit. The Zip Drive
|
|||
|
|
recently was the topic of a Real Time Conference (RTC), which was replete
|
|||
|
|
with detailed information on how to use this drive with the Apple II. Want
|
|||
|
|
to know more? Well, we archived the RTC for you, just download file #25002
|
|||
|
|
(IOMEGA.ZIP.BXY) for the straight story. If you're not familiar with
|
|||
|
|
GEnie's Real Time Conference, this transcript will give you a good idea of
|
|||
|
|
what the RTCs are all about. Check it out!
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
WHAT'S NEW IN GENIE'S A2 ROUNDTABLE? As I mentioned earlier, there has
|
|||
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" been quite a lot going on as far as
|
|||
|
|
our own internal reorganization is concerned. Here is the new breakdown of
|
|||
|
|
the main movers and shakers on the A2 staff, and their positions.
|
|||
|
|
Remember, they are here to serve you, and to make your time on GEnie as
|
|||
|
|
enjoyable and productive as it can possibly be!
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Our Chief of Apple II Operations (A2 and A2Pro):
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Lunatic E'Sex Chief of Apple II Operations A2.LUNATIC
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
The Apple II RoundTable Staff:
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Susan MacGregor Chief Sysop A2.SUSAN
|
|||
|
|
Tim Tobin Assistant Chief Sysop A2.TIM
|
|||
|
|
Charlie Hartley Bulletin Board Manager A2.CHARLIE
|
|||
|
|
Sarah Phillips BB Assistant Manager S.PHILLIPS1
|
|||
|
|
Doug Cuff BB Assistant Manager EDITOR.A2
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Richard Bennett Special Projects RICHARD.B
|
|||
|
|
Loren Damewood A2 Help Desk LORENZO
|
|||
|
|
Bill Dooley Internet Access A2.BILL
|
|||
|
|
Harold Hislop Hardware Coordinator & Guru HAROLD.H
|
|||
|
|
Chuck Newby Disk of the Month Editor A2.CHUCK
|
|||
|
|
Doug Pendleton Hardware Help DOUG.P
|
|||
|
|
Tim Tobin Lost Classics/Fonts A2.TIM
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Quite possibly the biggest thing on the minds of the staffers in A2
|
|||
|
|
is the upcoming KansasFest. What? You thought Kfest was history since
|
|||
|
|
A2-Central ceased operations? Think again, Chester. Kfest is going to be
|
|||
|
|
a reality this summer, and it'll be better than ever! For many years
|
|||
|
|
Resource Central, and then ICON, sponsored a popular festival for Apple II
|
|||
|
|
computer users called ICONference. Last year the festival was expanded to
|
|||
|
|
include users of Macintosh computers. Although RC/ICON went away, KFest
|
|||
|
|
will continue under new sponsorship! This summer, in Kansas City,
|
|||
|
|
Missouri, you can once again:
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
- meet friends old and new
|
|||
|
|
- learn about how to get the most out of your computer and peripherals
|
|||
|
|
- see demonstrations of new products
|
|||
|
|
- meet the celebrities of our little world
|
|||
|
|
- experience the InterNet and all that it has to offer to us and our
|
|||
|
|
computers
|
|||
|
|
- take advantage of special KFest '95 offers from Apple II and Macintosh
|
|||
|
|
vendors
|
|||
|
|
- and, of course, stay up all night if you want to :)
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
There will be speakers and presentations on a wide variety of topics.
|
|||
|
|
Presentations scheduled (so far) include:
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
* Joe Kohn - Shareware Solutions II
|
|||
|
|
* Erick Wagner - How to Control Real World Devices
|
|||
|
|
* Michael Lutynski - Animasia
|
|||
|
|
* Mike Westerfield - Quick Click Morph and HyperStuff
|
|||
|
|
* Tony Diaz - Building a case for the GS
|
|||
|
|
* Roger Wagner - HyperStudio
|
|||
|
|
* Greg Templeman - GSLib
|
|||
|
|
* Richard Bennett and J. Nathaniel Sloan - GS front end for GEnie
|
|||
|
|
* Doug Pendleton and Dave Ciotti - Solder, the Flux of the Matter
|
|||
|
|
* Ryan Suenaga - PDA's and PowerBooks - Portability for the Professional
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
KFest '95 will again be held on the campus of Avila College in Kansas
|
|||
|
|
City, Missouri. It will take place from July 27-29, 1995. The cost will
|
|||
|
|
be only $200, which _includes_ use of a double room in the Avila College
|
|||
|
|
dorms _and_ meals! (If you wish to stay at one of the many hotels or
|
|||
|
|
motels near the college then the cost is $150, but you would, of course,
|
|||
|
|
have to find and pay for your own room).
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
Kfest this year is being sponsored by Parkhurst Micro Products,
|
|||
|
|
makers of the award-winning ANSITerm telecommunications software, as well
|
|||
|
|
as the soon to be released PMPFax. You can send your registration form and
|
|||
|
|
fee to:
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Kfest '95
|
|||
|
|
c/o Parkhurst Micro Products
|
|||
|
|
2491 San Ramon Valley Blvd. Suite 1-317
|
|||
|
|
San Ramon, CA 94583
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
Please make checks payable to Parkhurst Micro Products. VISA and
|
|||
|
|
MasterCard also accepted for phone registrations: Just call PMP with your
|
|||
|
|
VISA or MasterCard number at (510) 837-9098.
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
If you have questions about Kfest, you can also find answers via the
|
|||
|
|
InterNet. Just send an email message to kfest.info$@genie.com or
|
|||
|
|
Kfest@galadriel.ecaetc.ohio-state.edu. An information file and
|
|||
|
|
registration form can also be found in the GEnie A2 Library, download file
|
|||
|
|
#24892.
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
THE A2 LIBRARY The following files are the "pick of the crop" for May,
|
|||
|
|
"""""""""""""" and can be found in the Apple II Roundtable library. A
|
|||
|
|
"+" before the number indicates it can be used on an 8 bit Apple.
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
+24832 GLAMPA29505.BXY GEnieLamp A2, May 1995 (AppleWorks)
|
|||
|
|
24837 JAZGRAPH.BXY Comprehensive graphing package
|
|||
|
|
+24861 A2.APR.ADB.BXY April ADB Update of A2 Library Index
|
|||
|
|
+24863 A2.APR.TXT.BXY April TXT Update of A2 Library Index
|
|||
|
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24879 MSDOS.TOOLS.BXY MS-DOS Utilities v2.21
|
|||
|
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+24892 KFEST95.TXT Registration info for KFest '95
|
|||
|
|
+24902 E.MPGM.TOUR.BXY Plain-English desc. of Eamon MAIN PGM
|
|||
|
|
+24904 FRKSPLITPRO.BXY Split GS resource forks under ProDOS 8
|
|||
|
|
24915 KFEST95CNTD.BXY KFest '95 Countdown Twilight II module
|
|||
|
|
24921 BATCHXFER.BXY BatchXfer - Spectrum XCMD
|
|||
|
|
24922 FREEZER.BXY Freezer - Spectrum XCMD
|
|||
|
|
24923 LIBRARY.BXY Library - Spectrum XCMD
|
|||
|
|
+24924 A2.DOM.0595.BXY A2 Disk of the Month, May 1995
|
|||
|
|
+24947 GSPLUSFAQ.BXY Information about GS+ magazine
|
|||
|
|
+24955 A2.MANUAL.BXY Capture of A2 Online Manual (1 big file)
|
|||
|
|
+24956 A2.SML.MANS.BXY A2 Online Man. (split into small files)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Either of the last two files are "must haves" for those of you that
|
|||
|
|
are relatively new to GEnie. Even experienced hands may find these useful
|
|||
|
|
as well.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
IN CONCLUSION Remember, the goal of the Planetary Apple User Group is to
|
|||
|
|
""""""""""""" be _your_ primary Apple II resource! If you have any
|
|||
|
|
suggestions, insights, or ways to help us help you...let us _know_! Future
|
|||
|
|
plans include working with groups on the "outside" to create a stronger
|
|||
|
|
bond within the Apple II community. Just E-mail C.ADAMS11 or A2.GENA, or
|
|||
|
|
post in Category 3, Topic 34 in the A2 bulletin board (m645;1).
|
|||
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|
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