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~ WELCOME TO GEnieLamp APPLE II! ~
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~ CONNECTIONS: Surfing Without a GUI ~
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~ THE TREASURE HUNT: Rogue's Gallery ~
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~ PAUG NEWSLETTER: October Report ~
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~ HOT NEWS, HOT FILES, HOT MESSAGES ~
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GEnieLamp Apple II ~ A T/TalkNET Publication ~ Vol.4, Issue 43
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Publisher................................................John F. Peters
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Editor...................................................Douglas Cuff
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>>> WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE APPLE II ROUNDTABLE? <<<
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~ October 1, 1995 ~
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FROM MY DESKTOP ......... [FRM] FROM MY MAILBOX ......... [MAI]
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Notes From The Editor. Letters To The Editor.
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HEY MISTER POSTMAN ...... [HEY] HUMOR ONLINE ............ [HUM]
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Is That A Letter For Me? Unofficial Computers "Laws".
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REFLECTIONS ............. [REF] CONNECTIONS ............. [CON]
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Getting Clued In About... Surfing Without a GUI.
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THE TREASURE HUNT ....... [HUN] PAUG NEWSLETTER ......... [PNL]
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Rogue's Gallery. October 1995 Report.
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LOG OFF ................. [LOG]
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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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//////////////////////////////////////// GEnie_QWIK_QUOTE ////
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/ Sign in a Mac store locally..... /
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/ Windoz 95 /
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/ Program................................$50 /
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/ Installed..............................$75 /
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/ Working...............................$200 /
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/ Removed...............................$500 /
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////////////////////////////////////////////// T.R.ONAN ////
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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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>>> AGREEABLE TO DISAGREEMENTS <<<
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"Maybe there's something here to make you think or make you laugh or
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just make you mad. Any of those reactions would please me. Boredom,
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however, would be a bummer." That's Stephen King writing, in his one
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non-fiction book to date, _Danse Macabre_.
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That's pretty much how I feel about my editorials. This month, I'm
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delighted to report that some people on the Usenet newsgroup
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comp.sys.apple2 actually felt that my September editorial deserved some
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discussion. In fact, one of the csa2 denizens actually wrote to me, as
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you'll see in this month's "From My Mailbox". Thanks a lot, Mr. Lee!
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(I have to say I noticed the fact that the messages were titled
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"Genielamp editorial". Capitalization aside, it's GEnieLamp _A2_, folks.
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There is a GEnieLamp A2Pro, you know. Not to mention versions for five
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other platforms. At least you didn't separate "GEnie" from "Lamp"!)
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If you missed it, last month's editorial was about the movement to
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send in "Tell Apple About..." registration cards to Apple Computer, Inc.
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The part that seemed to provoke the most reaction was this paragraph:
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"Apple Computer has been doing all right. But it could have done
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better. Perhaps they don't miss the revenue they've lost, but they have
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indeed lost revenue with its cavalier treatment of its original customers.
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They're so big, they don't notice little losses... until they start to add
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up." (For a summary of the issue and my response, please see this month's
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"From My Mailbox".)
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Also, Ron Wilson objected to my use of the phrase "some shmoe in the
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mailing room", claiming that it was elitist. By objecting, Ron earned me a
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dollar! (He earned himself absolutely nothing. Sorry, Ron.)
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In my original draft of the editorial, the wording was "some poor
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sap", which I thought was nicely neutral. Someone else read the editorial,
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pointed out that "sap" wasn't neutral at all, but added the comment "but no
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one's going to notice". Instead of choosing a more neutral phrase ("some
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unfortunate soul"), I deliberately chose a slightly less neutral one, and
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made a $1 bet that someone out there would notice.
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The other person (whom I won't be naming, since s/he lost) knew how
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little mail I get, either good or bad, and took the bet. Heh heh heh.
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Never bet against the GEnieLamp A2 readship!
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It's really heart-warming to provoke discussion. Writers and editors
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often feel as though their thoughts and words are falling down a well, or
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into the bottom of Echo Canyon. It's gratifying to learn otherwise.
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I managed to stir up response with another part of September's
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GEnieLamp A2... when I reviewed FAXination 0.1.6. Michael Ewen was
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displeased that I'd reviewed software even though I couldn't get it to work
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(presumably on the grounds that other people have been able to get it to
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work). I was of the opinion that if I couldn't get it to work, that was
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precisely the sort of thing that a reviewer should mention (on the grounds
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that other people have had NO success in getting to work). The review was
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as balanced as my experiences with the product allowed it to be.
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As far as I know, I didn't convert Mr Ewen to my point of view any
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more than he converted me to his... we've agreed to disagree. I don't
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intend to rehash the whole issue in this month's editorial, but I do want
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to assure you that I want to hear from you whenever you read something in
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GEnieLamp A2 that makes you think, makes you laugh, or makes you mad.
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[*][*][*]
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I find that getting mad is often counterproductive. (So is exploding
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with rage or dying of a heart attack brought on by stress, so I still let
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myself get mad sometimes.) That's why I was so delighted by the comments
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that Ryan Suenaga attached to one of his "Tell Apple About..." cards.
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You'll find it in the Message Spotlight section of HEY MISTER POSTMAN, but
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it deserves mention here because I consider it this month's guest
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editorial.
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If you like what Ryan has written, please write him and tell him so.
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(In other words, treat him better than you treat me. <grin>)
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-- Doug Cuff
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GEnie Mail: EDITOR.A2 Internet: editor.a2@genie.com
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[EOA]
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FROM MY MAILBOX /
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Letters To The Editor
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SEPTEMBER EDITORIAL I read the Sep 1995 issue of GEnieLamp [A2] and found
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""""""""""""""""""" the editorial very interesting. Doug Cuff said Apple
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probably didn't miss the people who had Apple II's and decided not to buy
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Macs because of the way Apple treated II users. Well, I'll disagree on one
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point, that Apple doesn't miss us. A case in point my old grammar school,
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which has been using Apple IIe's as far back as I can remember back in 6th
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grade, recently puchased a bunch of PC clones for their computer lab.
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Apple if they had continued supporting the Apple II would have had a
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permanent presence in the educational market. Instead they tried to push
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the Mac, and while a lot of schools jumped in, some just switched over to
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PC's.
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Also, from news reports, Apple has lost a bit of it's marketshare in
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the computer world, and with the introduction of Windows 95, one magazine
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said this might sound the death kneel for Apple Computer. Since I'm going
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to get a new computer soon to complement my Apple IIe, I was considering a
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Mac, but with the news going around about Apple, I am reconsidering. Apple
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has missed us, they might've not missed us before because the Mac was way
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ahead of the PC a few years ago, but the PC's are coming on and maybe
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people are jumping in and leaving the Mac behind, and now Apple will regret
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that they didn't treat Apple II users right.
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Donald Lee
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leed@sfsu.edu
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Apple II user since 1983
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I don't think you and I disagree; I think we just express the
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same concept differently. I know Apple isn't doing as well in
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the education field as they could have done, but Apple probably
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thinks it just isn't doing as well as it should be doing. See
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the difference? We know what they did to tick us off, but Apple
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has long since forgotten us, and that they've ticked us off, and
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is reacting to results rather than causes.--Ed.
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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 MESSAGE SPOTLIGHT
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>>> BULLETIN BOARD HOT SPOTS <<<
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[*] CAT2, TOP 3 ............... Operation Happy 10th Birthday IIgs
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[*] CAT6, TOP3 ................ Big Red Apple Club still alive
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[*] CAT12, TOP38 .............. Stan Sztaba's hardware project
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[*] CAT17, TOP28 .............. Writing AppleWorks dot commands
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[*] CAT28, TOP4 ............... Shareware Solutions II unveils...
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>>> A2 POT-POURRI <<<
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GS+ MAGAZINE AFTERMATH Where to start.... Let's see... we WILL be doing
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"""""""""""""""""""""" the KFest 1995 video... There WON'T be a "scaled
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down" version of GS+ Magazine. Sorry, but it's over and done (this is NOT
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a decision I want to second guess). At this point, one week after the
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announcement, the future of EGO Systems is VERY tenuous. The money just
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isn't coming in. So, PLEASE, don't wait to get V7.N1, call us and I can
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tell you how much credit you have right away. (I hate to pull an "Oral
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Roberts" here, but this is a REAL tough transition and without some more
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capital, we are kaput.)
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Speaking of raising some capitol, check out the next message and
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somebody tell me where else on GEnie I should post it :-)
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Thanks again for all your support everyone!
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Diz
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(DIZ, CAT33, TOP2, MSG:106/M645;1)
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>>>>> I received the last GS+ the other day and it was another excellent
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""""" issue, albeit emotional to read.
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I realize this was the last issue, but a correction needs to be
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raised. In the Letters section on page five, Mr. Avilla asked if Animasia
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3-D is compatible with the Second Sight. The reply was misleading. You
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stated that Animasia 3-D uses the special graphics Fill Mode which is not
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supported by the Second Sight. In actuality, Animasia 3-D's use of Fill
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Mode can be disabled by unchecking the Optimize option in the Animate
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Options dialog box. Therefore, Animasia 3-D works just fine with the
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Second Sight. The Optimize/Fill Mode feature is explained clearly in both
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the Reference and Tutorial manuals. Regretably, the lasting impression
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will be that the two are incompatible.
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Michael
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(ANIMASIA, CAT33, TOP2, MSG:138/M645;1)
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AV SYSTEMS CUSTOMER REACTION People that know me, know that I am a quiet
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"""""""""""""""""""""""""""" and polite person. I don't publicly say bad
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things about people unless they have really crossed the line.
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You may remember that a message (#71) was recently posted about
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Adrian Vance and mentioned a new catalog advertising the Apple II disks his
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company sells.
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I recently had an Internet encounter with Mr. Vance where I was
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personally attacked (via email) for a question and a suggestion that I
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posted in the comp.sys.apple2.usergroups newsgroup.
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Like most folks here in A2 and A2Pro, I appreciate the work Charlie
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does in keeping the bulletin board organized so information is easy to find
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and of a relevant nature. If you've ever lurked around the Internet
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newsgroups you'll notice that people frequently post in wrong areas. While
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this is common for newbies, it is not expected of seasoned computer
|
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veterans.
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Well... to make a long story short, I got tired of seeing Mr. Vance's
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posts/advertisements in the wrong newsgroups. When I look in the
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"usergroups" area, I expect to find information about user groups. Adrian
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knows better, he's been around for many years. So I posted a simple
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message...
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EW> Does this catalog provide any user group information?
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EW> If not, you shouldn't be posting this type of message here.
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I received a rather nasty and unexpected email reply...
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AV> ...After you have done that I would respectfully request
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AV> that you roll the paper into a thin tube and shove it up
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AV> your a**, jerk.
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AV> And don't try to buy anything from us. I've recorded
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AV> your name and we will not sell any of our 450 Apple II
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AV> disks to you.
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To which I replied...
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EW> I stand by my comment. It was not rude or out of place.
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EW> You are an experienced computer person and know better.
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EW> The User Group newsgroup is ONLY for User Group information,
|
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EW> not advertisements for products. The marketplace group
|
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EW> is the proper place...
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And received the following...
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AV> Dear Erick Jerk:
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AV> Why don't you stand by your comment until Hell freezes
|
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AV> over...
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AV> Who appointed you to the Usenet Police Force? As
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AV> usual, with your kind, you're wrong, out to lunch and
|
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AV> stupid. And again, take your complaint and shove it.
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I found Mr. Vance's remarks to be vulgar and without any basis.
|
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|
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While I wish to support as many Apple II vendors as possible, I will not do
|
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|
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any business with him. Besides, most of the software he sells (if I
|
||
|
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remember correctly) would be considered packaged public domain and
|
||
|
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shareware software (with perhaps some new or modified programs by Adrian).
|
||
|
|
Personally, I would obtain software of this type either directly from the
|
||
|
|
GEnie libraries or buy it from Joe Kohn of Shareware Solutions II. Don't
|
||
|
|
forget to support your local user group library if you are fortunate enough
|
||
|
|
to have one!
|
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|
||
|
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I'm not looking to turn this into an Adrian Vance hatefest. I just
|
||
|
|
want folks to be informed consumers. And part of being informed is knowing
|
||
|
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how reputable the supplier is.
|
||
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|
||
|
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Also, the Internet is a lot like the Wild West. Lots of gunslingers
|
||
|
|
shooting off flaming messages with little [law] enforcement taking place.
|
||
|
|
So you folks just getting started with newsgroups or IRC should take note.
|
||
|
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Don't take it too personally.
|
||
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|
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Erick
|
||
|
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(E.WAGNER10, CAT4, TOP39, MSG:72/M645;1)
|
||
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|
||
|
|
>>>>> A couple of years ago I purchased several disks from this
|
||
|
|
""""" individual's catalog. When I wrote him about some problems with
|
||
|
|
the programs I also was viciously & vilely assaulted. As an urban medic, I
|
||
|
|
have been exposed to some pretty rough stuff. Frankly, Vance's response to
|
||
|
|
my polite complaint was worse than vulgar. Let it suffice to say that
|
||
|
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Erick's encounter was very similar to mine --- wild ravings, vile personal
|
||
|
|
attacks etc. My encounter,however, resulted from some legitimate
|
||
|
|
complaints about his product/service. I, too, was told that it would be a
|
||
|
|
cold day before he would ever sell an item to me (I was marked!).
|
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|
||
|
|
Interestingly, I still frequently receive his catalogs. It is a
|
||
|
|
shame that so many worthy & reputable Apple II vendors & publications have
|
||
|
|
ceased to exist while this individual continues to survive. The attitude
|
||
|
|
that exists in this RT ( & most of the Apple II community) is the opposite
|
||
|
|
of what A. Vance exhibited to me --- and apparently others.
|
||
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|
||
|
|
I believe I am justified in saying that the buyer most definitely
|
||
|
|
must be aware if dealing w/Adrian Vance --- & don't dare complain or
|
||
|
|
criticize (unless you want to experience a flaming worse than you could
|
||
|
|
ever imagine). Quick example, I paid over $10.00 for a GS shareware game
|
||
|
|
that is in the A2 library [this was before I knew about the A2 RT & was
|
||
|
|
just beginning to learn about modems/on-line services]. The catalog lead
|
||
|
|
me to believe that this was a commercial game that filled a 3.5 disk and
|
||
|
|
would run on any GS. When I couldn't get it to run I wrote him for help. I
|
||
|
|
also mentioned my dissapointment with some of the other programs whose
|
||
|
|
quality was less than what the catalog implied. The response was far from
|
||
|
|
what one would expect from a business (& certainly not what I learned in my
|
||
|
|
business courses).
|
||
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|
||
|
|
In his defense, though the catalog never mentioned shareware, the
|
||
|
|
appropriate "read-me" notice was included on the disk. I suppose he has
|
||
|
|
the right to sell public domain/shareware at whatever (high) price he
|
||
|
|
chooses. I just believe his catalog should be less "this is wonderful" &
|
||
|
|
more accurately describe the product. I can find no defense for his
|
||
|
|
approach to customer relations.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
No one should have to put up with the type of verbal assault Erick &
|
||
|
|
I received from Adrian Vance. Unfortunately, not many other sources for
|
||
|
|
Apple II programs exist. It is my opinion that there are better, & less
|
||
|
|
costly, sources remaining. Personaly, even if his prices were not a factor
|
||
|
|
I would never purchase something from this individual or a company he is
|
||
|
|
affiliated with (e.g. The AV Catalog).
|
||
|
|
(J.KOCH6, CAT4, TOP46, MSG:57/M645;1)
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
>>>>> Since this is the Vendors Press Release topic, the discussions
|
||
|
|
""""" following the post of AV Systems recent press release, to include
|
||
|
|
vendettas, testimonials, opinions, personal feelings, etc., probably are
|
||
|
|
appropriate here.....
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
Before I go further, I must state that I paid a lot of money for ad
|
||
|
|
space in the next AV Systems Catalog, which was the topic of the original
|
||
|
|
post. Beyond that, I feel I must make a couple of observations.....
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
ERICK, unless I read incorrectly, you stated that you took upon
|
||
|
|
yourself to act as TOPIC COP in an area of the Internet. Adrian Vance was
|
||
|
|
the target of your post; I agree that Adrian posts his "press releases"
|
||
|
|
often, and readers may get tired of it (however, recent GS+ ads, preceeding
|
||
|
|
their RIP post, were long in the extreme, on the internet and nobody
|
||
|
|
indicated any outrage).
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
You state that Adrain posted responses to you in E-MAIL, which means
|
||
|
|
he went private with you. On that note, I feel it inappropriate for you to
|
||
|
|
take those private messages public, here on GEnie. Your response seems a
|
||
|
|
bit out of the ordinary for this group. I personally was offended by your
|
||
|
|
action, and that feeling has nothing to do with my having space in the
|
||
|
|
catalog.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
To all others; AV Catalog deals with, primarily, educational
|
||
|
|
software. The catalog defines and reminds the reader about Copyable
|
||
|
|
Software (not copy protected) and whether such software is Public Domain.
|
||
|
|
I will carefully review the Winter/Spring 1995 catalog I have here to make
|
||
|
|
certain, but I do not recall ANY PUBLIC DOMAIN software in there, nor any
|
||
|
|
software that should not be there......
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
AV Systems is one of the last of the Apple II vendors remaining. You
|
||
|
|
don't have to like Adrian Vance. Nobody is asking for that. But don't
|
||
|
|
bring private arguments public as a warning to the rest of us. That does
|
||
|
|
not belong here. Private means private; taking YOUR side of a private
|
||
|
|
argument public is by demonstrating the evil other side of that argument is
|
||
|
|
not fair to the other party, and we have no idea how much you quoted out of
|
||
|
|
context in the second place, and besides, none of what you, ERICK, and Mr.
|
||
|
|
Vance are doing is any of OUR business.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
Steping off the Soap Box, I remain
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
Chuck @ Charlie's AppleSeeds
|
||
|
|
(A2.CHUCK, CAT4, TOP46, MSG: 69/M645;1)
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
APPLE II FILES HERE ON GENIE I've been working on the new A2 Index
|
||
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""" uploads this past weekend. Check out these
|
||
|
|
numbers:
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
Total Public Files in A2 Library: 10,489
|
||
|
|
Total GS files: 5,134
|
||
|
|
Total 8-bit & General files: 5,355
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
TomZ
|
||
|
|
(A2.TOMZ, CAT3, TOP25, MSG:187/M645;1)
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
WOZNIAK SPEAKS OUT ABOUT APPLE The following is re-posted from DaveNet. I
|
||
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" think you'll find it _most_ interesting...
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
From: Steve Wozniak, steve@woz.org
|
||
|
|
Re: Apple is a Lousy Lover
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
I concur strongly but not wholeheartedly with your Apple comments.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
Mike Markkula organized Apple as a marketing driven company. And Steve
|
||
|
|
Jobs spoke out for buying the current technologies of the world and
|
||
|
|
adding value by piecing them together to create complete, finished
|
||
|
|
computers.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
So Apple is not the company I had hoped it would be.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
I always thought that a major player in the personal computer
|
||
|
|
business, with their label on the products, would be composed of top
|
||
|
|
engineers and multiple labs full of scientists developing new devices
|
||
|
|
out of physics and chemistry. I only worked for HP and Apple. HP had
|
||
|
|
lots of such labs. In fact they had chip manufacturing plants in each
|
||
|
|
division around 1976, for a technological edge. HP was known inside
|
||
|
|
and out as an engineering oriented company.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
It seemed to me in recent years that new software diverted to the PC
|
||
|
|
because of market share. You try to put the cause more on alienation
|
||
|
|
of developers. Have you worked with executives of producers of major
|
||
|
|
software titles who had full choice to choose which platforms to
|
||
|
|
develop for? My experience tells me that they go for market share. But
|
||
|
|
Apple had a lot of very dedicated fans who saw how right and good the
|
||
|
|
Mac OS was, and would never switch. Extreme loyalty was perhaps
|
||
|
|
Apple's strongest strength.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
I feel that Apple has hurt and alienated both the loyal developers and
|
||
|
|
loyal users. The developer who finds his platform and libraries and
|
||
|
|
development language yanked back and forth finally gives up the
|
||
|
|
loyalty. The user who buys a PowerBook full of red stickers "Ready for
|
||
|
|
PowerPC upgrade" (I leave mine on) finds that the computer is dropped
|
||
|
|
from Apple's line before the upgrade is even available.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
You fall in love with one model of Mac and convince yourself what a
|
||
|
|
great computer you have, and half a year later it's obsolete and
|
||
|
|
uncertain to work with the niftiest apps of the future. Customer
|
||
|
|
loyalty fades.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
I think Apple lost a lot in the Microsoft lawsuit. Apple should have
|
||
|
|
sued them for *not* copying the Mac as closely as possible. Had we
|
||
|
|
gone to Microsoft and said "do anything the way we've already found is
|
||
|
|
good, for 25 cents" the result might have been a commonality as
|
||
|
|
beneficial to Apple as Microsoft. When you're comfortable with one OS
|
||
|
|
because of all your skills, it's scary to change. Were the two
|
||
|
|
platforms very similar, the comfort feeling wouldn't trap Mac users or
|
||
|
|
PC users to their familiar machines.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
John Sculley, and others, were outspoken as to the importance of Apple
|
||
|
|
reaping great rewards by keeping everything proprietary, with examples
|
||
|
|
of how US companies licensed away the world to the Japaneese. But the
|
||
|
|
result is a totally owned and protected OS that leads to loyal users
|
||
|
|
because it's hard to step out of it into an OS very different. So Mac
|
||
|
|
users are trapped into Macs as long as the Mac is very different from
|
||
|
|
the alternatives.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
I feel most sorry that the best quality people are not solidly in the
|
||
|
|
Mac camp anymore.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
About me: I'm a private evangelist for the school district in Los
|
||
|
|
Gatos, where I live. I had two goals in life, to be an engineer and to
|
||
|
|
teach 5th grade. For several years I've been teaching computers to not
|
||
|
|
only teachers but also 5th through 8th graders.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
Steve Wozniak
|
||
|
|
_________________________________________________________________
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
Cooooooooool.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
Thanks Steve!
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
Dave Winer
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
PS: Steve has a website at http://www.woz.org. Running on a Mac, of
|
||
|
|
course.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
PPS: A lot of people don't know that DaveNet is also a weekly column
|
||
|
|
on the HotWired website at http://www.hotwired.com/davenet/. Steve was
|
||
|
|
actually replying to my 8/24/95 column on HotWired, not one of the
|
||
|
|
DaveNets distributed via email.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
PPPS: Reporters ask if they can quote my "Worldwide Trance" piece
|
||
|
|
about the Windows 95 rollout. The answer is always yes. Everything in
|
||
|
|
DaveNet is on the record and for attribution. No need to ask for
|
||
|
|
permission.
|
||
|
|
(JOE.KOHN, CAT28, TOP4, MSG:194/M645;1)
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
FAQS DISTILLED FROM BB DISCUSSIONS We on the A2 staff have begun a new
|
||
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" project of distilling the Bulletin
|
||
|
|
Board archives in Library 15 down to small FAQ files with high information
|
||
|
|
content and little chatter. The first such FAQ, for the PC Transporter,
|
||
|
|
should be released soon in a newly refurbished Library 16.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
Compiling these FAQ's is a large job, taking two or three weeks per
|
||
|
|
topic, and it will be easily a year before all significant topics have been
|
||
|
|
covered. So I would like to hear which topics that YOU would like to see
|
||
|
|
covered soonest.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
Give me some ideas.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
TomZ
|
||
|
|
(A2.TOMZ, CAT3, TOP25, MSG:242/M645;1)
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
TURBOREZ PROTOTYPE BOARDS You've all heard of the fabled TurboRez card,
|
||
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""""""" but what would you give to actually own one?
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
Put on your thinking cap, and help me decide what to do.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
I have 2 prototype TurboRez bare Printed Circuit Boards. They are
|
||
|
|
prototype designs, and they have no chips or sockets. They are just a bare
|
||
|
|
circuit board, with the words "TurboRez GS" silk screened on them. They
|
||
|
|
serve absolutely no function and have no value.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
I plan to keep one for its historical value.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
I have absolutely no idea what to do with the other one.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
Do you?
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
If so, I'm open to any and all ideas and suggestions.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
Joe Kohn
|
||
|
|
(JOE.KOHN, CAT28, TOP4, MSG:262/M645;1)
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
ADDRESS FOR WRITEAWAY AUTHOR Thanks! Your San Luis Obispo clue got me to
|
||
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""" the correct area code. I talked to Lane last
|
||
|
|
night, and his new address is:
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
Lane Roath
|
||
|
|
115 LePoint Street
|
||
|
|
Arroyo Grande, CA
|
||
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93420
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I mentioned that I have Write Away 1.0 and he said that he would send
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the latest version upon receipt of the shareware fee. GEnie A2 comes
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through once again. <VBG>
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,,,,,
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(o)-(o)
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( ,_, )
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___ooo_)_____(_ooo___
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(FROG.MAN, CAT2, TOP4, MSG:276/M645;1)
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>>> HOT TOPICS <<<
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""""""""""""""""""
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DISBROW OF GS+ JOINS SHAREWARE SOLUTIONS II Shareware Solutions II is
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""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" pleased and honored to inform
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you that Steve Disbrow will be joining the staff of Shareware Solutions II
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as a Contributing Writer.
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(JOE.KOHN, CAT28, TOP4, MSG:273/M645;1)
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ADVERTISE IN SHAREWARE SOLUTIONS II? Joe, with the Demise of GS+, there
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"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" is now essentially no place for
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Apple II vendors to advertise.
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Might you consider adding a classifieds section, and even taking real
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ads?
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TomZ
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(A2.TOMZ, CAT28, TOP4, MSG:175/M645;1)
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>>>>> I wouldn't have considered it before now, but with the recent
|
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""""" demise of GS+ Magazine, maybe now is the time to reconsider.
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First off, I would not want to sacrifice any editorial content to
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make room for ads. So, including ads would require increasing the size of
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the newsletter.
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If that were to happen, the page count would have to be increased to
|
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24 pages per issue. That would have 2 very major consequences...it would
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increase the cost of printing SSII by 20%, and it would bump the postage
|
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costs up to the next level, meaning that it would cost an additional $.23
|
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to send each issue to a US address (and a heckuva lot more to send it
|
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overseas).
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As you can all imagine, SSII's profit margin is slim, and I do not
|
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want to do anything that could jeopardize the future of SSII. That means
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that in order for any ads to even be considered, they'd have to at least
|
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pay for themselves, as far as printing/postage costs.
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So, without saying yes, and without saying no, and without making any
|
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committment whatsoever to carry ads...let me suggest that if there are any
|
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Apple II vendors who might want to advertise in SSII, contact me.
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In all honesty, SSII's finances are just fine, and I wouldn't want to
|
||
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do anything to jeopardize the financial well being of SSII. To paraphrase
|
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(because I can't remember the exact quote), 'he who does not learn from
|
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history is bound to repeat the mistakes of the past.'
|
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So, this is going to take a lot of thought. When making decisions
|
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that are monumental, I like to mull everything over for a loooong time.
|
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Joe Kohn
|
||
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(JOE.KOHN, CAT28, TOP4, MSG:178/M645;1)
|
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>>>>> Joe, I'd be interested in hearing what the rates would be. You
|
||
|
|
""""" might really consider that classified section, too. I know a lot
|
||
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of folks, me included, get some magazines for the ads, not the articles.
|
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:)
|
||
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The problem is you might not fill the ad section. Maybe you should
|
||
|
|
keep with the newsletter tradition and do what the newspapers do--add a
|
||
|
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special ad section that is printed separately from the newsletter, and just
|
||
|
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fasten them together (or fold them together if they are in an envelope by
|
||
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then).
|
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Just a thought.
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||
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||
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Mike Westerfield
|
||
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(BYTEWORKS, CAT28, TOP4, MSG:179/M645;1)
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||
|
|
SHAREWARE SOLUTIONS II TO SELL GAMES As most of you know, I worked for
|
||
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" Big Red Computer Club for several
|
||
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years, and over the years have remained friends and in contact with BRCC's
|
||
|
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owner.
|
||
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|
||
|
|
As you also know, BRCC is still in business, but because they haven't
|
||
|
|
advertised or actively promoted the software they carry, sales are
|
||
|
|
(understandably) way down. Although nothing definite has been decided,
|
||
|
|
BRCC is thinking about closing down the Apple II end of the business.
|
||
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|
||
|
|
However, they still have a large software inventory, so we've just
|
||
|
|
agreed to transfer a lot of BRCC's IIe/IIc un-sold entertainment programs
|
||
|
|
to Shareware Solutions II. Among some of the IIe/IIc titles that will
|
||
|
|
become available from Shareware Solutions II will be Neuromancer, Dragon
|
||
|
|
Wars, Qix, Renegade, Print Master PS Graphic Disks, and possibly some
|
||
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|
AtariSoft titles. There may be others.
|
||
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|
||
|
|
Stay tuned for details. And, expect a few more surprises from SSII...
|
||
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|
|
||
|
|
In fact, the next announcement you hear may knock your socks off.
|
||
|
|
No, strike that last comment from the record. It _will_ knock your socks
|
||
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|
off.
|
||
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|
||
|
|
Now, to help me pay for all the boxes of software that will be
|
||
|
|
arriving at the SSII Worldwide Headquarters, don't forget to renew your
|
||
|
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SSII subscription.
|
||
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|
||
|
|
Joe
|
||
|
|
(JOE.KOHN, CAT28, TOP4, MSG:252/M645;1)
|
||
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|
||
|
|
<<<<< Although I haven't yet received any boxes from BRCC, I did just
|
||
|
|
""""" receive a detailed listing of the IIe/IIc software that is in
|
||
|
|
transit and should arrive any day now.
|
||
|
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|
||
|
|
Title Quantity Available
|
||
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|
||
|
|
Dragon Wars 79
|
||
|
|
Neuromancer 144
|
||
|
|
Battlezone 15
|
||
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|
Centipede 17
|
||
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|
Defender 15
|
||
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|
Dig Dug 35
|
||
|
|
Donkey Kong 31
|
||
|
|
Galaxian 14
|
||
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Gremlins 14
|
||
|
|
Jungle Hunt 8
|
||
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|
Moon Patrol 10
|
||
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|
Ms Pac Man 29
|
||
|
|
Pac Man 29
|
||
|
|
Stargate 11
|
||
|
|
Qix 24
|
||
|
|
Renegade 24
|
||
|
|
American History Graphics 36
|
||
|
|
Art Gallery I and II Combo 24
|
||
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|
||
|
|
That's a heckuva lot of software and I do not especially have any
|
||
|
|
extra room to store it here, so I'm going to have to come up with some
|
||
|
|
pricing scheme that will guarantee that it all moves quickly.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
What would *you* pay for the above software titles?
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
Joe Kohn
|
||
|
|
(JOE.KOHN, CAT28, TOP4, MSG:305/M645;1)
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
CONVERT 3200 FROM II Shareware Solutions II has plans to distribute a
|
||
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""" brand new IIGS commercial (but low cost) graphics
|
||
|
|
conversion program. Its primary use is to convert GIF and TIFF and BMP
|
||
|
|
graphics (as well as several other formats common to PCs) to 3200 color
|
||
|
|
IIGS graphics.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
In some timed tests, Convert3200 took just about 15 seconds to
|
||
|
|
convert the same GIF that Prism took 2+ minutes to convert.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
As it stands now, SSII will be the "worldwide" distributor of
|
||
|
|
Convert3200, with one notable exception. There will be a European
|
||
|
|
distributor who'll ship Convert3200 to Europe.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
I have no other details at this time.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
Joe
|
||
|
|
(JOE.KOHN, CAT28, TOP1, MSG:31/M645;1)
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<<<<< The following was sent to me, along with the latest pre-release
|
||
|
|
""""" version of Convert3200, by the author of Convert 3200. As you read
|
||
|
|
the following, please keep in mind that English is not the author's native
|
||
|
|
language:
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
Some good things about Convert 3200 :
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
- it is fast (15 sec for 3200, 6 sec for 256, 2 sec for 16)
|
||
|
|
- it is not expensive ($15)
|
||
|
|
- it loads a lot of foreign file formats (gif,pcx,iff,bmp,bin, tiff
|
||
|
|
(with some restrictions), and all IIgs formats)
|
||
|
|
- it can save in foreign file format (pcx,iff,bin,tiff...)
|
||
|
|
- it lets you resize the picture exactly as you want
|
||
|
|
- it handles the Printshop GS conversion very well
|
||
|
|
- it is very easy to use (only 1 'Convert Area' botton)
|
||
|
|
- it is able to work alone : it can load, convert and save the file
|
||
|
|
from one folder without any help. (you have only to give the
|
||
|
|
start folder, the destination folder, the kind of conversion you
|
||
|
|
wish and it will work alone.
|
||
|
|
- it has a lot of low levels options : you can modify the rgb
|
||
|
|
component, remove some colors yourself, access to a lot of
|
||
|
|
statistics (number of colors, use frequency of the color..)
|
||
|
|
- online help (just hit the tab key)
|
||
|
|
- you can parameter the work of the conversion (script editor)
|
||
|
|
- one "I believe in god" option :-)
|
||
|
|
- some nice easter eggs
|
||
|
|
- you can put yourself the 16 palettes in the 256 mode conversion
|
||
|
|
(hit on the option key in the same time than you click on the
|
||
|
|
convert area botton. After this, use the tab key to change the
|
||
|
|
palette, the click to put it on a line, the esc key to start the
|
||
|
|
conversion).
|
||
|
|
- ALL THE SOURCE CODE WILL BE FREELY AVAILABLE FOR THE BUYERS !!
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
the bad things :
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
- the converted area can't be larger than 320*200
|
||
|
|
- it is only working with 256 color picture. it can't work with
|
||
|
|
true colors pictures as TGA, JPEG, some Tiff format...
|
||
|
|
- it won't save using gif file format because of the law problem
|
||
|
|
around the algorithm LZW.
|
||
|
|
- it doesn't support the second sight card
|
||
|
|
(JOE.KOHN, CAT28, TOP4, MSG:272/M645;1)
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
GREETING CARD CONTEST CLOSES The Shareware Solutions II Greeting Card
|
||
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""" Contest is now officially ended.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
It's now time to start going through all the contest entries to pick
|
||
|
|
the winners. But, the truth of the matter is that so many phenomenal
|
||
|
|
desktop published designs came in that it's simply going to be impossible
|
||
|
|
to choose one winner per category.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
Let me try to describe my dilemma...
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
For more than 2 years, I've been using AWGS to layout SSII, so I
|
||
|
|
thought I knew the program pretty well and thought I had a grasp on its
|
||
|
|
capabilities.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
And, then a newsletter created with AWGS arrives as a contest entry
|
||
|
|
that has even me thinking, "I didn't know you could do that on a IIGS."
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
There's some tough decisions to be made, as many wonderful entries
|
||
|
|
came in that had been created with AWGS, including greeting cards, order
|
||
|
|
forms, a User Group brochure, envelope templates, letterheads, and even
|
||
|
|
more greeting cards.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
In any case, I'd like to thank all of you who entered the contest,
|
||
|
|
and I'd like to salute all of you for "doing what can't be done on an Apple
|
||
|
|
II."
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
There sure are a number of you out there doing creative and artistic
|
||
|
|
work, and I'm very very impressed. Actually, I'm in awe of what people are
|
||
|
|
able to create with a little imagination and an Apple II. You will be too
|
||
|
|
when you've seen what I've seen.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
Who needs the Print Shop when you have Shareware Solutions II?
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
Joe
|
||
|
|
(JOE.KOHN, CAT28, TOP4, MSG:294/M645;1)
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
OPERATION: HAPPY 10TH BIRTHDAY OK. We can start anytime. We can make
|
||
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" cards using PublishIt, AWGS, Paintworks,
|
||
|
|
PrintShop, etc. Any Apple II or IIgs desktop publishing software. How
|
||
|
|
about Hyperstudio or Hypercard cards?
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
-=-= Preliminary Rules for "Operation Happy Birthday Apple IIgs" =-=-
|
||
|
|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
- Cards must be made entirely on an Apple II family machine (Apple II, II+,
|
||
|
|
//e, iic, IIgs).
|
||
|
|
- Any graphic can be used, imported, or scanned (as long as the Apple II
|
||
|
|
software will handle it).
|
||
|
|
- Any printer can be used to print or emboss the card (as long as it's
|
||
|
|
driven by an Apple II machine).
|
||
|
|
- All cards must carry the line (or something similar in text) "Made
|
||
|
|
entirely by an Apple IIgs" (or Apple //e, etc.)
|
||
|
|
- Upload all cards to A2 Library #62 "Desktop Publishing." Include as a
|
||
|
|
keyword "Birthday."
|
||
|
|
- Give yourself credit either on the card or in the upload.
|
||
|
|
- There is no size limit.
|
||
|
|
- You may download, print and send as many cards to Apple as you wish.
|
||
|
|
- Cards should be sent to Apple to arrive on September 15, 1996.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
Any further suggestions?
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
This is "Operation Happy Birthday Apple IIgs" - Ten Years Old. Next year
|
||
|
|
we can do the original Apple II - Twenty Years Old, as Ryan suggested. (Did
|
||
|
|
I get those ages correct?)
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
__!__
|
||
|
|
| Terrell Smith
|
||
|
|
| tsmith@ivcfnsc.fullfeed.com
|
||
|
|
(T.SMITH59, CAT2, TOP3, MSG:335/M645;1)
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
>>>>> The Tell Apple Conspiracy 1995 was held on the ninth birthday of
|
||
|
|
""""" the IIgs
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
I propose:
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
1996 be held on the tenth birthday of the IIgs;
|
||
|
|
1997 be held on the twentieth birthday of the original II;
|
||
|
|
1998 be held on the fifteenth birthday of the //e;
|
||
|
|
1999 be held on _both_ the fifteenth birthday of Appleworks and the
|
||
|
|
fifteenth birthday of the //c. . .
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
Yes, I do plan to be using my GS's a long time :)
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
Ryan
|
||
|
|
(R.SUENAGA1, CAT2, TOP7, MSG:349/M645;1)
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
>>> WHAT'S NEW <<<
|
||
|
|
""""""""""""""""""
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
SALE ON SOME BYTE WORKS PRODUCTS! Hurry--this offer expires October 31st,
|
||
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" 1995.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
We're cleaning house, and you're the winner! In the best summer
|
||
|
|
tradition, the Byte Works is having a garage sale to clear out boxes of
|
||
|
|
high-quality, printed manuals from the days before laserprinting. Back in
|
||
|
|
those days, we had to print 1000 copies of a product to keep the unit cost
|
||
|
|
down. Today, we're faced with several boxes each of some products. We
|
||
|
|
don't want to throw them out, but we don't want to store more than we'll
|
||
|
|
ever need.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
So we decided to sell these popular products to you at garage sale
|
||
|
|
prices. How low will we go? As low as 60% off of mail order prices! You
|
||
|
|
decide the price, because the more you buy, the lower the price. Buy just
|
||
|
|
one product from this list, and you already get a substantial 25% discount.
|
||
|
|
But if you buy two programs, either from this list or from our general
|
||
|
|
catalog, you take 33% off of any program in the sale list. Buy and 4 or
|
||
|
|
more programs from our current catalog and you take 60% off of any program
|
||
|
|
in our sale list! At one time, distributors paid more for these programs
|
||
|
|
when they ordered them by the hundred!
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
Of course, you may be wondering if we'll ever do the same thing with
|
||
|
|
our other programs. In a word, no. You see, all of our other programs are
|
||
|
|
printed as we need them, so we don't have boxes of them sitting in storage.
|
||
|
|
Only the products on this sale list will ever be sold at prices like
|
||
|
|
these.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
But hurry, because even these products won't be sold at garage sale
|
||
|
|
prices forever! On Halloween night, October 31, 1995, we'll throw out all
|
||
|
|
of the extra programs. And if we get down to the last box of any program,
|
||
|
|
we'll stop selling it at the sale price--we want to keep a few for
|
||
|
|
desperate people in the years to come! So if you want unbelievable garage
|
||
|
|
sale prices on some of our most popular programs ever, get your order in
|
||
|
|
fast!
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
Cat # Product Retail Buy 1 Buy 2 Buy 3 Buy 4+
|
||
|
|
----- --------------- ------ ------ ------ ------ ------
|
||
|
|
II-03 ORCA/M 4.0 $60.00 $45.00 $40.20 $30.00 $24.00
|
||
|
|
Add AW-20, Assembly Language for Applesoft Programmers,
|
||
|
|
$18.95 from our current catalog to learn how to program
|
||
|
|
in 6502 assembly language!
|
||
|
|
II-04 MON+ $25.00 $18.75 $16.75 $12.50 $10.00
|
||
|
|
II-05 O/S Source $25.00 $18.75 $16.75 $12.50 $10.00
|
||
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II-06 Floating Point $25.00 $18.75 $16.75 $12.50 $10.00
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GS-04 ORCA/M GS $75.00 $56.25 $50.25 $37.50 $30.00
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Add BD-06, GS Assembly Book Bonanza, $25 from our current
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catalog to learn Apple IIGS assembly language programming!
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GS-08 Integer BASIC $30.00 $22.50 $20.10 $15.00 $12.00
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GS-09 Design Master $40.00 $30.00 $26.80 $20.00 $16.00
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GS-10 Disassembler $30.00 $22.50 $20.10 $15.00 $12.00
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GS-11 ORCA/Debugger $30.00 $22.50 $20.10 $15.00 $12.00
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GS-12 Talking Tools $35.00 $26.25 $23.45 $17.50 $14.00
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If you have questions or would like to place an order, please get in
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touch with us at:
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Byte Works, Inc.
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8000 Wagon Mound Dr. NW
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Albuquerque, NM 87120
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AOL : MikeW50
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GEnie : ByteWorks
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Internet : MikeW50@AOL.COM
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Phone : (505) 898-8183
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If you would like a complete catalog, just ask! Be sure and include
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your mailing address; our catalog is printed.
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(BYTEWORKS, CAT4, TOP36, MSG:13/M645;1)
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SCRIPT-CENTRAL RIDES AGAIN Shareware Solutions II, in association with
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"""""""""""""""""""""""""" Southern Rock Software, is pleased to announce
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the availability of Script-Central.
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Script-Central is an interactive HyperCard IIGS based magazine on
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disk that was produced and distributed from 1991-1995 by ICON and Resource
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Central. All in all, 22 issues, each comprising two 3.5" disks, were
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produced. Originally available by subscription only, Shareware Solutions II
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is making all those back issues available for purchase once again.
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Script-Central has a dual focus and serves as both a showcase for the
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very best HyperCard-generated software ever created, and as an on-going
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tutorial and resource guide for those who want to learn how to use
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HyperCard to create their own software or presentations.
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In order to run any issue of Script-Central, your IIGS system must
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meet the minimum requirements that are necessary to run HyperCard; those
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are a hard disk drive and at least 2 Megabytes of RAM.
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Additionally, you must own HyperCard IIGS (See below).
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Shareware Solutions II is making Script-Central available as single
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issues or multiple issue sets. Following are all applicable pricing
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options:
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Single issues are available for $7 each.
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A six issue combo pack (choose any six issues) is available for $36.
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Shipping charges are $3 for US destinations or $5 elsewhere. As a bonus, we
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will include a one disk "HyperCard Player" that will allow you to launch
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each issue of Script-Central.
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You can purchase all 22 issues for $99. As a bonus, we will include
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the full six disk set that comprises HyperCard IIGS. Due to the weight
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involved, shipping charges are $6 for US or Canada delivery; $20 elsewhere.
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For those of you who wish to purchase the one disk "HyperCard
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Player," it is available for $5, with no additional shipping charges
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required. Please be aware that the one disk version of HyperCard is just
|
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fine for using Script-Central, but in order to use HyperCard to create your
|
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own stacks, you will need the complete six disk set. That complete
|
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HyperCard IIGS disk set is available for $15.
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Lastly, we have a one disk demo version of Script-Central available
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for $5, or $8 for both the demo disk and the one disk "HyperCard Player."
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All orders will be shipped by air mail, and Shareware Solutions II
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can accept money orders or checks made payable in US funds to "Joe Kohn."
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Joe Kohn
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Shareware Solutions II
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166 Alpine St
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San Rafael, CA 94901
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(JOE.KOHN, CAT28, TOP2, MSG:31/M645;1)
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SOFTDISK (_NOT_ SOFTDISK GS) CEASES PUBLICATION Learning that GS+ would
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""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" no longer be published
|
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was bad enough, but that same day I was also notified that issue #166 of
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Softdisk would be the final issue of the Apple II software subscription.
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It may be a cliche, but "Woe is me" is about all I can think of to say
|
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right now. My mind is numb & I feel as if someone cut off several vital
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parts of my body.
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Although I also subscribe to Softdisk G-S I looked forward to the
|
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"Monthly Mystery", Appleworks templates, games etc. that will no longer
|
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appear in my mailbox. I'd like to say "Thanks for the memories" & be
|
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understanding of the economics that caused this decision to be made --- but
|
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I also want to scream, cry, curse & ....... I can't take this!
|
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Please tell me that Softdisk G-S will not soon join the exodus.
|
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(J.KOCH6, CAT34, TOP5, MSG:36/M645;1)
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>>>>> Lee sent me this to post here
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"""""
|
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Dear Softdisk G-S Subscribers,
|
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To dispel your fears and raise your hopes:
|
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Excerpts from Diskovery [Issue #69]
|
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|
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by Lee Golden
|
||
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The time has come (once again) to promote ourselves and our friends
|
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in the industry around us. As the months fly by toward 1996, 1997, and
|
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|
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beyond, the early days of the Apple II computer with Steve Jobs and the Woz
|
||
|
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are further and further away. This column, from Tom Hall's G.Essence to
|
||
|
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this Diskovery, has tried many times to convince you to support those who
|
||
|
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support you. It is now more imperative that you do so.
|
||
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|
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|
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It seems like just last month that A+/inCider filled our mailbox
|
||
|
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every month. Was it really three years ago? Resource Central has been
|
||
|
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reduced to a couple of spin off publications and a summer conference.
|
||
|
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Remember when A-2 Central was the biggest publication going? It seems GS+,
|
||
|
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even with their high-quality articles and programmer-specific pieces
|
||
|
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couldn't keep enough customers in the door to publish bi-monthly. (I've
|
||
|
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heard they will continue selling software as EGO Systems, P.O. Box 15366,
|
||
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Chattanooga, TN, 37415-0366.)
|
||
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When you receive Softdisk G-S, show it to your friends, talk about at
|
||
|
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User Group meetings, [join a User Group!] and especially use Industry
|
||
|
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Connection to locate/purchase new things.
|
||
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|
||
|
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Now, I also don't want you to become paranoid. Softdisk G-S has some
|
||
|
|
incredible submitters, some fantastic editors and enough money to be around
|
||
|
|
for a VERY long time. Others are not so fortunate. Keep us informed. Tell
|
||
|
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us what you like (and don't like) and we will keep you happy for years to
|
||
|
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come.
|
||
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|
||
|
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Here's the Publications listing from Industry Connection. If we left
|
||
|
|
anyone out, let me know!!!
|
||
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|
||
|
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Apple II/IIgs Publications
|
||
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''''''''''''''''''''''''''
|
||
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|
||
|
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The AppleWorks Educator (newsletter about AppleWorks in education)
|
||
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AACE
|
||
|
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P.O. Box 60730
|
||
|
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Phoenix, AZ 85052.
|
||
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|
||
|
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AppleWorks Forum (newsletter for AppleWorks users)
|
||
|
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National AppleWorks Users Group
|
||
|
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P.O. Box 87453
|
||
|
|
Canton, MI 48187.
|
||
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|
||
|
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Golden Orchard (CD-ROM of GS programs, files, etc.)
|
||
|
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Maricondo, Jim
|
||
|
|
P.O. Box 11005
|
||
|
|
Stanford, CA 94309-1005
|
||
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|
||
|
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II Alive (a publication specifically for the Apple II line)
|
||
|
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Quality Computers
|
||
|
|
20200 Nine Mile Rd. Box 665
|
||
|
|
St. Clair Shores, MI 48080
|
||
|
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|
||
|
|
Logo Update (published three times a year)
|
||
|
|
The Logo Foundation
|
||
|
|
250 West 57th St.
|
||
|
|
New York, NY 10107-2603
|
||
|
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|
||
|
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PowerGS (IIGS hypermedia publication)
|
||
|
|
Rahimzadeh, Auri
|
||
|
|
114 Meadow Lane
|
||
|
|
Fishers, Indiana 46038-1145
|
||
|
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|
||
|
|
Shareware Solutions II (bimonthly shareware newsletter)
|
||
|
|
Kohn, Joe
|
||
|
|
166 Alpine St.
|
||
|
|
San Rafael, CA 94901-1008
|
||
|
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|
||
|
|
Software Information! For Apple II Computers (biannual) (lists 12,000
|
||
|
|
software titles and how to get them)
|
||
|
|
MENU Publishing
|
||
|
|
P.O. Box MENU
|
||
|
|
Pittsburgh, PA 15241
|
||
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|
||
|
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Please email me with your suggestions, comments, or criticisms. We rely on
|
||
|
|
your feedback to succeed! I apologize for not being more active on GEnie.
|
||
|
|
Since I moved I've had an INCREDIBLE time trying to log on. Feel free to
|
||
|
|
email me at leegolden@eworld.com in the meantime. Looking forward to
|
||
|
|
hearing from you!
|
||
|
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|
||
|
|
Sincerely,
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
Lee Golden
|
||
|
|
Editor, Softdisk G-S
|
||
|
|
(M.NICKOLAS, CAT34, TOP9, MSG:66/M645;1)
|
||
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|
||
|
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|
||
|
|
HYPERCARD IIGS MANUALS BACK IN PRINT Yesterday I got 4 orders for the
|
||
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" reprinted HyperCard IIGS manuals.
|
||
|
|
That put the total at 11, one more than I said I would need to reprint the
|
||
|
|
books as an APDA product. Thanks, guys!
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
We ordered the books today. It will be a week to 10 days before we
|
||
|
|
get them back, and you'll be charged at that time. The orders will ship
|
||
|
|
2-3 days later.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
For those of you who were waiting, wait no more! HyperCard is
|
||
|
|
definitely back. And as an APDA product, it will stay that way. For
|
||
|
|
details, see Cat 19, Top 4, Mess. 31. I'll also repost everything in an
|
||
|
|
official press release as soon as I wade out from under the project I'm
|
||
|
|
working on right now.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
Mike Westerfield
|
||
|
|
(BYTEWORKS, CAT45, TOP3, MSG:160/M645;1)
|
||
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|
||
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|
|
||
|
|
>>> THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE <<<
|
||
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
||
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|
||
|
|
ABC DIRECT DISK DRIVE I asked David Hardaway of ABC Direct about the
|
||
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""" SuperDrive controller that they are planning and
|
||
|
|
got this response:
|
||
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|
||
|
|
We are still on schedule for a 1.44MB controller card for the Apple
|
||
|
|
//e and IIGS. The card will ship probably in October 95 at a current
|
||
|
|
projected price of $129.00. This may go up or down as project gets closer
|
||
|
|
to completion
|
||
|
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|
||
|
|
ABC Direct
|
||
|
|
(ABCDIRECT@aol.com)
|
||
|
|
David
|
||
|
|
1 800 800 3680
|
||
|
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|
||
|
|
For those of you who had not heard, ABC is marketing SuperDrive
|
||
|
|
compatible disk drives, basically the same drives marketed by Applied
|
||
|
|
Engineering before they went out of business. A message from David earlier
|
||
|
|
this year about those is appended:
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
"Platinum cased, 1.44MB External disk drives that use the Sony
|
||
|
|
mechanism. Will work with all SuperDrive compatible Macintosh computers.
|
||
|
|
The Ultra 1.44MB connects directly to non-SuperDrive computers. Enables Mac
|
||
|
|
Plus, SE and Mac II computers to run 1.44MB disks without the SuperDrive
|
||
|
|
upgrade."
|
||
|
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|
||
|
|
According to David, the Plus drive will work just fine with an Apple
|
||
|
|
IIGS...as an 800K drive without the card, and once the card is available,
|
||
|
|
as a 1.44MB disk drive.
|
||
|
|
(S.CAVANAUGH1, CAT11, TOP7, MSG:94/M645;1)
|
||
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|
||
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|
||
|
|
SUPERCONVERT 4.0 FEATURES I think the JPEG rumor started at KansasFest.
|
||
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""""""" :) Here's the poop:
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
o SuperConvert v4.0 _will_ support viewing on the Second Sight card.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
o It _MIGHT_ support loading color JPEGs (i.e. we're working on it
|
||
|
|
while waiting for an updated Second Sight ROM, but aren't
|
||
|
|
guaranteeing anything)
|
||
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|
||
|
|
The way it would work: JPEGs would be loaded as a "True Color" image.
|
||
|
|
SuperConvert's "True Color" images will be directly viewable on the
|
||
|
|
(updated) Second Sight card with no conversion necessary.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
If you don't have a capable SS card then some conversion will be
|
||
|
|
necessary first, and we haven't finalized exactly how we're going to handle
|
||
|
|
that (probably a confirmation message about "do you want to convert the
|
||
|
|
image to view it" with a preference to automatically do it without asking).
|
||
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|
||
|
|
BTW/FYI: Any "conversion" to view on the Second Sight card would be a
|
||
|
|
conversion in the bit depth (colors) and/or resolution of the image.
|
||
|
|
GIF/TIFF/PICT/JPEG (and Apple Preferred, SHR Screen, etc.) are simply
|
||
|
|
different _formats_ that a given graphic can be stored in. That is, the
|
||
|
|
image's bit depth and resolution doesn't necessarily change among the file
|
||
|
|
formats; only the _way_ that data is stored changes.
|
||
|
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|
||
|
|
For example, Format A might save the image data this way:
|
||
|
|
Words 1-2-3: R-G-B values for pixel #1
|
||
|
|
Words 4-5-6: R-G-B values for pixel #2
|
||
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|
||
|
|
While Format B might save the same image data this way:
|
||
|
|
Words 1-2-3: B-R-G values for pixel #2,000
|
||
|
|
Words 4-5-6: B-R-G values for pixel #1,999
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
Both formats can describe the _exact_ same images; they each just
|
||
|
|
have a different way of storing that image data on disk.
|
||
|
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|
||
|
|
Another way to think of it: Knowing that you have a "GIF" file versus
|
||
|
|
a "TIFF" file doesn't tell you how many colors are in the picture, or what
|
||
|
|
the size/resolution of the picture is; it just tells you what _format_ the
|
||
|
|
picture is saved in (i.e. "I know 'ACME Painter' knows how to read GIF
|
||
|
|
files, so I can use any image that happens to be stored in the GIF file
|
||
|
|
format").
|
||
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|
||
|
|
The only affect the file _format_ has on a graphic image is that the
|
||
|
|
particular format may have limitations. For example, imagine you have an
|
||
|
|
8-bit color image (a max. of 256 colors) that is 1000x1000 pixels big. If
|
||
|
|
you wanted to save this as a TIFF or GIF image there is no problem, because
|
||
|
|
those file formats can save an image that large, and the formats do allow
|
||
|
|
saving 256 colors.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
However, if you wanted to save the same image in the "MacPaint"
|
||
|
|
format, the image data would have to be adjusted to fit into the
|
||
|
|
limitations of that format (in particular, the bit depth would have to be
|
||
|
|
reduced from 8-bits to just 2-bits, and the image size would have to be
|
||
|
|
reduced significantly).
|
||
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|
||
|
|
--Dave
|
||
|
|
(SEVENHILLS, CAT43, TOP5, MSG:238/M645;1)
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
GRAPHICWRITER III v2.0 I called to place my order this afternoon for GW
|
||
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""" III 2.0 (9-28-95) and the person to whom I spoke
|
||
|
|
said it would ship in about 2 weeks, due to a bug that was being fixed.
|
||
|
|
Hope this helps some.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
Tom M.
|
||
|
|
Delivered by: CoPilot v2.55 and ProTerm v3.1
|
||
|
|
(T.MASON12, CAT43, TOP6, MSG:38/M645;1)
|
||
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|
||
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|
||
|
|
WOLFENSTEIN 3-D DEAD? Attention to anyone who corresponds with Burger
|
||
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""" Bill!!
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
I called Vitesse on Tuesday (9/5) and the gal who answered the phone
|
||
|
|
told me the fofollowing: Unless Bill has the bug squashing done and a final
|
||
|
|
product to them by the end of this month, they will cancel (CANCEL) the
|
||
|
|
project and refund all orders to date. So if any of you have any influence
|
||
|
|
with Bill, beg (and I use that term literally) him to find the time to get
|
||
|
|
this wonderful program finished up before time runs out! We love ya Bill,
|
||
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|
||
|
|
Scott
|
||
|
|
(S.WEIERICH, CAT40, TOP6, MSG:113/M645;1)
|
||
|
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|
||
|
|
>>>>> When I heard a rumor that, if Burger Bill didn't finish Wolfenstein
|
||
|
|
""""" 3D by the end of the month that Vitesse would cancel it, I emailed
|
||
|
|
Scott Everts, who did the art. This was his reply:
|
||
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|
||
|
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Bill no longer works for Interplay and I don't talk to him much
|
||
|
|
anymore. I haven't had a talk with Kevin at Vitesse in quite awhile
|
||
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either. The last version I got had no save or load function, no menu bar
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support, and some of the monsters caused the game to crash. It was close,
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but still not finished. The problem is, Bill won't finish the game. He is
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working at a new company and has no time to work on it. I tried my hardest
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to convince him to finish it, but its no use. I seriously don't think it
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will see the light of day. I'm rather mad about it since I worked so hard
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on the art and Bill promised me it would ship. Oh, well.
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Sorry for the bad news, but I think that's it for the GS. I finally
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shelled out the money for a Pentium 133. I plan to keep my GS, but without
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the support of GS+ magazine, we don't have a hard copy forum for
|
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advertising anymore. I'm very saddened about it after all this time, but
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it looks like the party is over. :(
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(KEN.GAGNE, CAT40, TOP6, MSG:120/M645;1)
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>>>>> I'm as upset as the rest of you. I spent my entire Christmas 94
|
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""""" holiday don't all the artwork for the game. I have also playtested
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various versions. The last version I had did not have load/save function,
|
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menu bar support, and several monsters caused the game to crash. It was
|
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close and playable, but not finished.
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Bill promised me he would finish it. I hate to think I wasted all
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that time! I didn't even get paid for it! I'm real sorry, but I would be
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extremely surprised if it shipped.
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-Scott Everts
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(S.EVERTS, CAT40, TOP6, MSG:119/M645;1)
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HINDENBERG PROJECT IIGS EMULATOR September 15, 1995
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""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
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I am pleased to announce the Hindenburg project. Hindenburg is the
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code name for a forthcoming, software-based Apple IIgs emulator. Upon
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completion, virtually all existing Apple IIgs software will run, without
|
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modification, on non-Apple II computers. Hindenburg is designed to execute
|
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on Macintosh systems equipped with a high-performance 680x0, or a
|
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PowerPC-based, microprocessor.
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For the latest up-to-date information on the Hindenburg project,
|
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please visit the official Hindenburg web site. The URL is as follows:
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ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/he/hexman/index.html
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If you do not have access to the World Wide Web, or if you would
|
||
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|
prefer to receive some Hindenburg literature via E-mail, please send a
|
||
|
|
request to one of the following addresses:
|
||
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||
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GEnie: hexman
|
||
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Internet: hexman@netcom.com
|
||
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Permission is hereby granted to distribute the preceding text, in
|
||
|
|
it's unmodified form. The Hindenburg project is copyright (c) 1995 by Tony
|
||
|
|
Morales.
|
||
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(HEXMAN, CAT2, TOP7, MSG:266/M645;1)
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||
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>>> MESSAGE SPOTLIGHT <<<
|
||
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|
"""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
||
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|
||
|
|
Category 7, Topic 2
|
||
|
|
Message 80 Wed Sep 13, 1995
|
||
|
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R.SUENAGA1 [Ryan] at 04:06 EDT
|
||
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|
||
|
|
The card that I have for my Apple IIgs says to add additional
|
||
|
|
comments in a letter if there is not enough space. Here's my additional
|
||
|
|
comments :)
|
||
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|
||
|
|
September 15, 1995
|
||
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|
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Apple Computer, Inc.
|
||
|
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One Infinite Loop
|
||
|
|
Cupertino, CA 95015
|
||
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|
||
|
|
To whom it may concern:
|
||
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|
||
|
|
I am writing this to Tell Apple about a problem with my Apple IIgs.
|
||
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|
||
|
|
The problem I am having is that Apple Computer, Inc., has forgotten
|
||
|
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that it exists.
|
||
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|
||
|
|
I want to take this opportunity to than Apple Computer, Inc., for
|
||
|
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providing us with the most versatile and useful piece of computing
|
||
|
|
equipment in the history of man: the Apple II.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
This letter and response card are being sent on September 15, 1995,
|
||
|
|
exactly nine years to the date of the introduction of the Apple IIgs.
|
||
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|
||
|
|
The Apple II community has survived for years with little assistance
|
||
|
|
from Apple Computer, Inc. In recent years it has survived with none.
|
||
|
|
Years after the last Apple II rolled off of the assembly lines, the Apple
|
||
|
|
II community is cruising the Internet, printing on laser printers, using
|
||
|
|
TrueType and Postscript fonts, viewing photographic images on SVGA
|
||
|
|
monitors, playing with CD Roms and huge hard drives, and still using
|
||
|
|
Appleworks all these years later.
|
||
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|
|
||
|
|
The Apple II is still a force in education, where there are more
|
||
|
|
Apple II computers in use today than any other type of computer. Many
|
||
|
|
young children still have their first computing experience on an Apple II.
|
||
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|
||
|
|
The Apple II user is still churning out term papers and homework
|
||
|
|
assignments, doing graduate level statistics and Master's thesis, writing
|
||
|
|
resumes and preparing presentations, all with an Apple II.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
The only problem I have with the Apple II is with Apple Computer,
|
||
|
|
Inc. Apple Computer, Inc. doesnUt remember us anymore, which is amazing
|
||
|
|
considering that the Apple II built Apple Computer, Inc. If there had
|
||
|
|
never been an Apple II, there never would have been an Apple ///, a Lisa, a
|
||
|
|
Macintosh, a Newton, a Performa, a Powerbook, a Quadra, a PowerMacintosh,
|
||
|
|
maybe never a Next or Windows or even an IBM PC. Without us there may
|
||
|
|
never have been spreadsheets or integrated software or graphics or color
|
||
|
|
for personal computers.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
What does forgetting us mean?
|
||
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|
|
||
|
|
Forgetting us means not offering us any new system software for years
|
||
|
|
and years.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
Forgetting us means cancelling the last Apple II product from Apple
|
||
|
|
Computer, Inc. with a press release, the Ethernet card.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
Forgetting us means not giving us a trade-in path of any kind to your
|
||
|
|
currently made computer line.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
Forgetting us means not providing an Apple II emulator for the
|
||
|
|
PowerMacintosh. Many Apple II users would forgive the years of neglect
|
||
|
|
that have been heaped on us if you provided us with at least this.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
Most of all, forgetting us means ignoring six million computers
|
||
|
|
worldwide. There are still more Apple IIs out there than PowerMacintoshes,
|
||
|
|
by a factor of almost three to one. We may not be as large a market as
|
||
|
|
others, but we are steadfast, strong, and proud. We will not forget how we
|
||
|
|
have been treated, but we will forgive you when you remember us again.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
Happy birthday, Apple II. We still love you.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
Apple Computer, Inc., don't forget us. You may never have loved the
|
||
|
|
II the way we do, and we will never forget how you treated it. But we can
|
||
|
|
still forgive.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
Sincerely,
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
Ryan M. Suenaga, B.A., M.S.W. student
|
||
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|
|
||
|
|
[*][*][*]
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
While on GEnie, do you spend most of your time downloading files?
|
||
|
|
If so, you may be missing out some excellent information in the Bulletin
|
||
|
|
Board area. The messages listed above only scratch the surface of
|
||
|
|
what's available and waiting for you in the bulletin board area.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
If you are serious about your Apple II, the GEnieLamp staff strongly
|
||
|
|
urge you to give the bulletin board area a try. There are literally
|
||
|
|
thousands of messages posted from people like you from all over the
|
||
|
|
world.
|
||
|
|
|
||
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|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
[EOA]
|
||
|
|
[HUM]//////////////////////////////
|
||
|
|
HUMOR ONLINE /
|
||
|
|
/////////////////////////////////
|
||
|
|
Fun & Games On GEnie
|
||
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
>>> UNOFFICIAL COMPUTER LAWS <<<
|
||
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
Yes, you've probably heard of most of these before, but how many of
|
||
|
|
them have you ever seen correctly credited or attributed? More to the
|
||
|
|
point, are there any laws that you can help us attribute?
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
Please... if you reprint this section of GEnieLamp, leave the credits
|
||
|
|
intact. At GEnieLamp, we believe that just because a person understands
|
||
|
|
both brevity _and_ wit is no reason to steal their words.
|
||
|
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|
||
|
|
[*][*][*]
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
BRADLEY'S BROMIDE If computers get too powerful, we can organize them
|
||
|
|
"""""""""""""""""" into a committee--that will do them in.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
BROOKS'S LAW Adding manpower to a late software project makes it later.
|
||
|
|
""""""""""""
|
||
|
|
(Frederick P. Brooks, Jr.,
|
||
|
|
_The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering_)
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
LAW OF COMPUTABILITY APPLIED TO SOCIAL SCIENCES If at first you don't
|
||
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" succeed, transform your
|
||
|
|
data set.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
COMPUTER MAXIM To err is human, but to really foul things up requires a
|
||
|
|
"""""""""""""" computer.
|
||
|
|
(_The Farmers' Almanac_, 1978 edition)
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
LAWS OF COMPUTER PROGRAMMING
|
||
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
(1) Any given program, when running, is obsolete.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
(2) Any given program costs more and takes longer.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
(3) If a program is useful, it will have to be changed.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
(4) If a program is useless, it will have to be documented.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
(5) Any given program will expand to fit all available memory.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
(6) The value of a program is proportional to the weight of its
|
||
|
|
output.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
(7) Program complexity grows until it exceeds the capability of the
|
||
|
|
programmer who must maintain it.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
(8) Make it possible for programmers to write programs in English,
|
||
|
|
and you will find that programmers cannot write in English.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
(_SICPLAN Notices_, Vol. 2, No. 2)
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
DIJKSTRA'S PRESCRIPTION FOR PROGRAMMING INERTIA If you don't know what
|
||
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" your program is supposed
|
||
|
|
to do, you'd better not start writing it.
|
||
|
|
(Stanford Computer Science Colloquium, 18 April 1975)
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
FIRST COMPUTER AXIOM When putting it into memory, remember where you put
|
||
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""" it.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
A LAW FOR THE FUTURE If it's not in a computer, it doesn't exist.
|
||
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
GALLOIS' REVELATION If you put tomfoolery into a computer, nothing comes
|
||
|
|
""""""""""""""""""" out but tomfoolery. But this tomfoolery, having
|
||
|
|
passes through a very expensive machine, is somehow ennobled, and no one
|
||
|
|
dares criticize it.
|
||
|
|
(Pierre Gallois in _Science et Vie_;
|
||
|
|
reprinted in _Reader's Digest_)
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
GILB'S LAWS OF UNRELIABILITY
|
||
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
(1) Computers are unreliable, but humans are even more unreliable.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
Corollary At the source of every error which is blamed on the
|
||
|
|
''''''''' computer you will find at least two human errors,
|
||
|
|
including the error of blaming it on the computer.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
[Laws 2-7 omitted.]
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
(8) All real programs contain errors until proved otherwise--which is
|
||
|
|
impossible.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
(Tom Gilb, "The Laws of Unreliability, _Datamation_, March 1975.)
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
GOLUB'S LAWS OF COMPUTERDOM
|
||
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
(1) Fuzzy project objectives are used to avoid the embarrassment of
|
||
|
|
estimating the corresponding costs.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
(2) A carelessly planned project takes three times longer to complete
|
||
|
|
than expected; a carefully planned project takes only twice as
|
||
|
|
long.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
(3) The effort required to correct the error increases geometrically
|
||
|
|
with time.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
(4) Project teams detest weekly progress reporting because it so
|
||
|
|
vividly manifests their lack of progress.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
GRAY'S LAW OF PROGRAMMING n + 1 trivial tasks are expected to be
|
||
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""""""" accomplished in the same time as n trivial
|
||
|
|
tasks.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
LOGG'S REBUTTAL n + 1 trivial tasks take twice as long as n trivial
|
||
|
|
""""""""""""""" tasks for n sufficiently large.
|
||
|
|
(Ed Logg.)
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
GROSCH'S LAW Computing power increases as the square of the cost. If you
|
||
|
|
"""""""""""" want to do it twice as cheaply, you will have to do to it
|
||
|
|
four times as fast.
|
||
|
|
(Herb Grosch, editor, _Computerworld_)
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
HORGAN'S HOMILY We won't have personal computing until we can get them
|
||
|
|
""""""""""""""" little and talking.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
HALPERN'S OBSERVATION That tendency to err that programmers have been
|
||
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""" noticed to share with other human beings has often
|
||
|
|
been treated as if it were an awkwardness attendant upon programming's
|
||
|
|
adolescence, which like acne will disappear with the craft's coming of age.
|
||
|
|
It has proved otherwise.
|
||
|
|
(Mark Halpern)
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
HOARE'S LAW OF LARGE PROGRAMS Inside every small program is a large
|
||
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" program struggling to get out.
|
||
|
|
(Tony Hoare)
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
IBM POLLYANNA PRINCIPLE Machines should work; people should think.
|
||
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""""
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
LANDAU'S PROGRAMMING PARADOX The best programmer has to be someone.
|
||
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
The more human-like a computer becomes, the less times it spends
|
||
|
|
computing and the more time it spends doing more human-like work.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
A software committee of one is limited by its own horizon and will
|
||
|
|
only specify that far.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
LUBARSKY'S LAW OF CYBERNETIC ENTOMOLOGY There's always one more bug.
|
||
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
OSBORN'S LAW Variables won't, constants aren't.
|
||
|
|
""""""""""""
|
||
|
|
(Don Osborn, State of Arizona Solar Energy Commission)
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
PARETO'S LAW (20/80 LAW) ...twenty per cent of the components account for
|
||
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""""" eighty per cent of the cost, and so forth.
|
||
|
|
(after Italian economist Vildredo Pareto)
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
THE PROGRAMMER'S NEMESIS Experts theorize that, through evolution and
|
||
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""""" inbreeding, programmers may become a distinct
|
||
|
|
subspecies of the human race.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
SHAW'S PRINCIPLE Build a system that even a fool can use, and only a fool
|
||
|
|
"""""""""""""""" will want to use it.
|
||
|
|
(Christopher J. Shaw)
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
STEINBACH'S GUIDELINE FOR SYSTEMS PROGRAMMING Never test for an error
|
||
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" condition you don't know
|
||
|
|
how to handle.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
SUTIN'S SECOND LAW The most useless computer tasks are the most fun to
|
||
|
|
"""""""""""""""""" do.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
TROUTMAN'S PROGRAMMING POSTULATES
|
||
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
(1) If a test installation functions perfectly, all subsequent
|
||
|
|
systems will malfunction.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
(2) Not until a program has been in production for at least six
|
||
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months will the most harmful error be discovered.
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(3) Job control cards that positively cannot be arranged in improper
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order will be.
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(4) Interchangeable tapes won't.
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(5) If the input editor has been designed to reject all bad input, an
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ingenious idiot will discover a method to get bad data past it.
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(6) Profanity is the one language all programmers know best.
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TURNAUCKA'S LAW The attention span of a computer is only as long as its
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""""""""""""""" electrical cord.
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WAIN'S CONCLUSION The only people making money these days are the ones
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""""""""""""""""" who sell computer paper.
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WEINBERG'S SECOND LAW If builders built buildings the way programmers
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""""""""""""""""""""" wrote programs, then the first woodpecker that came
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along would destroy civilization.
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(Gerald Weinberg, University of Nebraska)
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UNATTRIBUTED LAWS
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"""""""""""""""""
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(1) Fallible men design fallible computers. A computer does what you
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tell it to do, not what you want it to do.
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(2) One good reason why computers can do more than people is that
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they never have to stop and answer the phone.
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[Can any reader help us identify the sources of any of the above?]
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[EOA]
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[REF]//////////////////////////////
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REFLECTIONS /
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/////////////////////////////////
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Thinking About Online Communications
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""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
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by Phil Shapiro
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[P.SHAPIRO1]
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>>> GETTING CLUED IN ABOUT EACH OTHER <<<
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"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
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This past week I've been spending time assembling text files for my
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world wide web page. While doing so, I've spent time thinking about how
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little each one of us knows about each other.
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Truth is, most of us don't have a clue about each other. Even people
|
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who I consider close friends continuously surprise me with interesting
|
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facets of their lives I had never known about before. If these friends had
|
||
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set up personal web pages telling about themselves, I might have come to
|
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know them sooner and in greater depth. I could have been clued in to who
|
||
|
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they were three years ago, rather than today.
|
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One fascinating aspect of the world wide web is that it offers the
|
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|
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opportunity to shorten the time period involved in discovering background
|
||
|
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information about friends and colleagues. By visiting a person's home page
|
||
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you can find a lot about who they are and what their interests are.
|
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Why is it important for people to be clued in about each other? It's
|
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important because otherwise we could all pass through life without the
|
||
|
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slightest idea of what anybody else is doing. This would be a shame
|
||
|
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because of the enormous number of missed opportunities for people to
|
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|
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connect with one another.
|
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The reason that personal web pages are so interesting is that they
|
||
|
|
allow us to better understand where each of us is coming from. And the
|
||
|
|
more you know about where a person is coming from, the better you'll be
|
||
|
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able to understand who they are as a person.
|
||
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|
||
|
|
To be sure, human beings are multifaceted creatures. For instance, I
|
||
|
|
happen to have a strong interest in computers in education. But I'm also
|
||
|
|
very interested in video production, multiculturalism, philosophy, music,
|
||
|
|
ethics, and special needs computing. One of my strongest interests is in
|
||
|
|
technology access issues. I also try to follow developments in the arts,
|
||
|
|
for the arts dignify the soul.
|
||
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|
||
|
|
My interests and hobbies are all laid out publicly on my web page.
|
||
|
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Interests and hobbies are a good starting point for constructing a personal
|
||
|
|
web page. But if your web page goes no further than a list of interests
|
||
|
|
and hobbies, you're overlooking one of the best tools for letting others
|
||
|
|
learn about you. If you'd like others to gain a view into who you are as a
|
||
|
|
person, you need to include copies of things you've written. How you
|
||
|
|
write, and what you choose to write about, reveal essential clues as to who
|
||
|
|
you are as a person.
|
||
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|
||
|
|
On my own web page I've chosen to include copies of various articles
|
||
|
|
I've written. Reading these articles ought to give people a glimpse into
|
||
|
|
how I think and what I value.
|
||
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|
||
|
|
I've also posted copies of some fictional children's stories I wrote
|
||
|
|
for my elementary school students. The stories I tell, and how I tell
|
||
|
|
them, reveal more about me than possibly anything else on my web page.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
To help others learn more about what I think, I've posted copies of a
|
||
|
|
few book reviews I've written in the past few years. Anyone who reads
|
||
|
|
these book reviews ought to gain a pretty good sense of how I think. And
|
||
|
|
how a person thinks cuts close to who they are as a person.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
To round out my home page, I thought it might be fun to include a
|
||
|
|
little humor and mischief. One section of my home page includes mock press
|
||
|
|
releases and news stories. What a person laughs at is yet one more clue as
|
||
|
|
to who they are as a person.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
We live in a world where most of us pass thru life oblivious to our
|
||
|
|
fellow travelers in time. The world wide web is a powerful tool for making
|
||
|
|
each one of us a little more informed about each other.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
So take time to learn who your fellow travelers are. Take time to
|
||
|
|
tell them who you are. You may well be surprised at the opportunities that
|
||
|
|
unfold as a result.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
Phil Shapiro
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
[*][*][*]
|
||
|
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|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
[This essay is the 26th in a series of essays titled, "Thinking
|
||
|
|
About Online Communications." Feedback is invited at:
|
||
|
|
pshapiro@aol.com]
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
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|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
[EOA]
|
||
|
|
[CON]//////////////////////////////
|
||
|
|
CONNECTIONS /
|
||
|
|
/////////////////////////////////
|
||
|
|
Online Thoughts
|
||
|
|
"""""""""""""""
|
||
|
|
by Al Fasoldt
|
||
|
|
[A.FASOLDT]
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
>>> SURFING WITHOUT A GUI <<<
|
||
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
||
|
|
Copyright 1995 by Al Fasoldt. All rights reserved.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
The World Wide Web is a wonderful way to surf the Internet.
|
||
|
|
Everybody knows you can't ride those Web waves without a modern graphical
|
||
|
|
interface -- a GUI--such as the ones in Windows, OS/2, a fancy Unix system
|
||
|
|
or the Mac, right?
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
Not true. You can hitch a ride from surf to shore any time you want
|
||
|
|
to, without an icon or a window in sight. All you need is the most basic
|
||
|
|
telecommunications software. Practically anything will do, as long as it
|
||
|
|
has a setting for VT100 or VT102 emulation.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
And that means just about any computer can use the Web. If your
|
||
|
|
computer, no matter how old, is able to run a telecomm program that has a
|
||
|
|
VT100 or VT102 option, you can join all the power users in cyberspace.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
You can do this by means of an Internet provider... a company that
|
||
|
|
gives your computer access to the Internet through your telephone line...
|
||
|
|
or by using a commercial online service that allows text-based connections.
|
||
|
|
Ones that do not allow this kind of connection include America Online and
|
||
|
|
Prodigy, which have their own graphical interface. (In other words, you
|
||
|
|
can't connect to either of them unless you have a computer that will run
|
||
|
|
their special software.)
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
GEnie is ideal for those who use a non-graphical interface when
|
||
|
|
dialing into the service. I tried out GEnie's text-based access to the
|
||
|
|
World Wide Web to see how it worked.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
I ran an ordinary telecomm program and set it to VT102. When GEnie's
|
||
|
|
service answered, I typed INTERNET and then chose LYNX from a menu. Lynx
|
||
|
|
is the standard text-based Web browser for Internet sites (it makes use of
|
||
|
|
Web links--get it?) and is very easy to use.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
A menu at the bottom of the screen is always visible. It tells you
|
||
|
|
how to move from one Web page to the next, how to go to another Web
|
||
|
|
address, how to move from link to link, and so on. Links are shown in
|
||
|
|
boldface type, and you go from one to another by pressing the tab key or
|
||
|
|
one of the arrow keys.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
The good news about Lynx is that it is fast. I'd say it's about
|
||
|
|
three times as fast in displaying Web pages as a graphical Web browser is.
|
||
|
|
That's no surprise, since Lynx doesn't have to deal with pictures. (You
|
||
|
|
can speed up your graphical Web browser the same way by turning off the
|
||
|
|
pictures.)
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
The bad news is obvious. You can't view Web pages the way they were
|
||
|
|
designed to be seen, full of pictures and logos and big and small type.
|
||
|
|
You just see text, all the same size.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
But that doesn't mean you can't view the pictures. If a picture on a
|
||
|
|
Web page is downloadable... if--if the way the page is set up allows
|
||
|
|
this--you can press one key and have the picture sent to your computer. If
|
||
|
|
you're running a multitasking computer, you can then view the picture using
|
||
|
|
another program that's running at the same time, or you can view it later.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
It's a little kludgy, perhaps. But it works.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
Access to the Internet through GEnie was much speedier when I tried
|
||
|
|
it recently than it was a few months ago. GEnie is doing a good job of
|
||
|
|
upgrading its own software and hardware. It was also cheaper, because
|
||
|
|
GEnie has dropped all extra charges for most high-speed connections.
|
||
|
|
There's no extra charge for Internet access, either.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
An Internet access service is a better way to connect for serious
|
||
|
|
surfers. You'd pay less per month if you're online for many hours a week.
|
||
|
|
But a commercial service that allows text-based Web browsing can be ideal
|
||
|
|
for anyone who uses the Web only occasionally--and who does not care to
|
||
|
|
make the move to a graphical operating system or an entirely new computer
|
||
|
|
just to get out into cybersurf now and then.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
Give it a try. The surf's up and the water's fine.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
[EOA]
|
||
|
|
[HUN]//////////////////////////////
|
||
|
|
THE TREASURE HUNT /
|
||
|
|
/////////////////////////////////
|
||
|
|
Yours For the Downloading
|
||
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
||
|
|
by Douglas Cuff
|
||
|
|
[EDITOR.A2]
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
>>> ROGUE'S GALLERY <<<
|
||
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""""
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
As I told you last month, Charlie Hartley no longer has the time in
|
||
|
|
his schedule for this column, which sorts out the wheat in the A2 library
|
||
|
|
from the chaff. I'll be writing it until I find someone to take the job
|
||
|
|
on! (I hate to use threats, but it's the truth, folks. <grin>)
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
When you're telecommunicating, it's often easy to forget that the
|
||
|
|
names you see of people leaving messages are attached to real, life people.
|
||
|
|
Fortunately, there are lots of pictures of these people in the A2
|
||
|
|
libraries. (If you'd like your picture to appear in the libraries, E-mail
|
||
|
|
me about where to send a photo and I'll digitize it for you.) We have our
|
||
|
|
very own "rogue's gallery".
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
You can find most of these pictures for yourself just by searching on
|
||
|
|
the keywords "a2user" or "userpic", but you'll miss a few as well. This
|
||
|
|
list contains 77 pictures I found by combing through the libraries. To
|
||
|
|
make the list more useful, I've included cross-references, which tell you
|
||
|
|
where you can find more pictures of the same individual.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
Some of these pictures are in IIgs format, but quite a lot of them
|
||
|
|
are in GIF format, which means you can view them on any Apple II.
|
||
|
|
(Actually, there's a utility that will let you view IIgs format pictures on
|
||
|
|
8-bit Apple II computers, but that's a subject for another column.)
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
Do your feet start to hurt after you've been gazing at the pictures
|
||
|
|
in an art gallery or museum for more than five minutes? Mine sure do.
|
||
|
|
That's why it's nice that you don't have to suffer like that to download
|
||
|
|
these pictures. However, since there are 77 pictures, I won't be
|
||
|
|
describing them in any detail. We've got a lot to see, so let's get to it.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
[*][*][*]
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
KANSASFEST PICTURES
|
||
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
These pictures were taken at KansasFest 1994 and 1995. Most are in
|
||
|
|
GIF format, and many were taken by Ray Merlin.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
File #25503 GSPLUS.GIF 46848 bytes
|
||
|
|
''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
|
||
|
|
A table at the vendor's fair at KansasFest 1995.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
File #25502 EPHRAIM.GIF 59776 bytes
|
||
|
|
''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
|
||
|
|
Ephraim Wall at KansasFest 1995.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
File #25500 STEAK1.GIF 50816 bytes
|
||
|
|
''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
|
||
|
|
Group shot taken at Jess & Jim's Steak House.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
File #25501 STEAK3.GIF 44928 bytes
|
||
|
|
''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
|
||
|
|
Another photo taken at Jess & Jim's Steak House.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
File #25495 PAT.RON.GIF 19544 bytes
|
||
|
|
''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
|
||
|
|
Pat Kern, Ron Wilson, and several others at KC Masterpiece. (See
|
||
|
|
also RONCINMP.GIF, GRP1MP.GIF, LUNCH.GIF, and DINNER.GIF for Ron.)
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
File #25474 PENDL.GIF 49664 bytes
|
||
|
|
''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
|
||
|
|
Doug and Ann Pendleton.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
File #25473 TOMW.GIF 65280 bytes
|
||
|
|
''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
|
||
|
|
Tom "Uncle DOS" Weishaar at KansasFest 1995. (See also
|
||
|
|
HEADTABLE.GIF, WEISHAAR.BXY.)
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
File #25472 MERLIN.GIF 67072 bytes
|
||
|
|
''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
|
||
|
|
Ray Merlin relaxing. (See also RAYMP.GIF, RAYHART.GIF, and
|
||
|
|
MERLIN.BXY.)
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
File #25471 AVILA.GIF 56576 bytes
|
||
|
|
''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
|
||
|
|
Diners in the Avila cafeteria.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
File #25470 VEND1.GIF 49408 bytes
|
||
|
|
''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
|
||
|
|
Cindy Adams, looking at a monitor. (See also RONCINMP.GIF and
|
||
|
|
GRP1MP.GIF.)
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
File #25468 SHEP1.GIF 50048 bytes
|
||
|
|
''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
|
||
|
|
Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd at KansasFest 1995. (See also SHEP2.GIF,
|
||
|
|
SARAH.GIF, and SHEPPY.GIF.)
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
File #25469 SHEP2.GIF 42112 bytes
|
||
|
|
''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
|
||
|
|
Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd at KansasFest 1995. (See also SHEP1.GIF,
|
||
|
|
SARAH.GIF, and SHEPPY.GIF.)
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
File #25467 SARAHS.GIF 25472 bytes
|
||
|
|
''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
|
||
|
|
Sarah Phillips at KansasFest 1995. (See also SARAH.GIF.)
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
File #25466 GRP2DORM.GIF 49280 bytes
|
||
|
|
''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
|
||
|
|
A group picture at KansasFest 1995.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
File #25464 QUARTET.GIF 43136 bytes
|
||
|
|
''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
|
||
|
|
Carl Knoblock and three others at KansasFest 1995. (See also
|
||
|
|
TRIODORM.GIF and KNOB1.GIF for Carl.)
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
File #25463 TRIODORM.GIF 46848 bytes
|
||
|
|
''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
|
||
|
|
In one of the dormitories, Ryan Suenaga and Carl Knoblock flank an
|
||
|
|
unnamed female. (See also GRP1MP.GIF, SUENAGA.GIF, and RYAN.GIF for Ryan;
|
||
|
|
QUARTET.GIF and KNOB1.GIF for Carl.)
|
||
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|
||
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File #25462 GRP1DORM.GIF 53376 bytes
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A bunch of people moving out of the dormitory. In the background on
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the left, Gary and Susan Utter.
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File #25460 VACCDAVE.GIF 89088 bytes
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''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
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Dave Johnson at KansasFest 1995. (See also LUNCH.GIF and
|
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VACC.DAVE.BXY.)
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File #25459 PAULGENA.GIF 77056 bytes
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''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
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Paul Parkhurst and Gina "GEna" Saikin. (See also COMMITTEE.GIF and
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PAUL.GIF for Paul; NAPTIME.GIF for Gina.)
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File #25458 KELLERS.GIF 112896 bytes
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''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
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Tim Kellers at KansasFest 1995. (See also ITF.EYE.GIF, GANG.GIF,
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ITF.GIF, and NAPTIME.GIF.)
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File #25457 KNOB1.GIF 108800 bytes
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''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
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Carl Knoblock and computer. (See also QUARTET.GIF and TRIODORM.GIF.)
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File #25456 RONCINMP.GIF 153856 bytes
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''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
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Ron Wilson and Cindy Adams. (See also PAT.RON.GIF, GRP1MP.GIF,
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LUNCH.GIF, and DINNER.GIF for Ron; VEND1.GIF and GRP1MP.GIF for Cindy.),
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File #25455 RAYMP.GIF 111360 bytes
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''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
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Ray Merlin at the KC Masterpiece. (See also MERLIN.GIF, RAYHART.GIF,
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and MERLIN.BXY.)
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File #25454 RAYHART.GIF 132096 bytes
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''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
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Ray Merlin and Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Hartley. (See also MERLIN.GIF,
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RAYMP.GIF, and MERLIN.BXY for Ray; CHARLIE.BXY for Charlie.)
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File #25451 GRP1MP.GIF 152064 bytes
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''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
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Group at KC Masterpiece: Ryan Suenaga, Cindy Adams, Ron Wilson
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(seated), and an unidentified person recoiling in horror in background.
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Ryan's shorts best viewed in color! (See also TRIODORM.GIF, SUENAGA.GIF,
|
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and RYAN.GIF for Ryan; VEND1.GIF and RONCINMP.GIF for Cindy; PAT.RON.GIF,
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RONCINMP.GIF, LUNCH.GIF, and DINNER.GIF for Ron.)
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File #25420 SARAH.GIF 25728 bytes
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''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
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Sarah Phillips (the future Mrs Sheppy) and Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd
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(See also SARAHS.GIF for Sarah; SHEP1.GIF and SHEP2.GIF Sheppy)
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File #25418 RICHARD2.GIF 25728 bytes
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''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
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Richard Bennett at KansasFest 1995. (See also RICHARD.GIF.)
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File #25417 ITF.EYE.GIF 31232 bytes
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''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
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Tim Kellers at KansasFest 1995. "It's Tim's fault!" (See also
|
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|
KELLERS.GIF, GANG.GIF, ITF.GIF, and NAPTIME.GIF.)
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File #25416 MARK.GIF 22272 bytes
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''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
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Mark Kline, Glenn [?], and Kevin Thornton at KansasFest 1995. (See
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also PLANNING.GIF, LUNCH.GIF, and COMMITTEE.GIF for Mark; NAPTIME.GIF for
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Kevin.)
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File #25408 GANG.GIF 36736 bytes
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''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
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The KansasFest 1995 gang looks at a PowerBook: (L-R) Greg Nelson,
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Tim Kellers, Joe Wankerl, and Paul Zaleski. (See also KELLERS.GIF,
|
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|
ITF.EYE.GIF, ITF.GIF, and NAPTIME.GIF for Tim; HEADTABLE.GIF, PHONE.GIF,
|
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and J.WANKERL.BXY for Joe.)
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File #25403 PLANNING.GIF 21120 bytes
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''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
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Mark Kline and Roger Wagner make plans for a talk at KansasFest 1995.
|
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(See also MARK.GIF, LUNCH.GIF, and COMMITTEE.GIF for Mark; HEADTABLE.GIF
|
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|
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for Roger.)
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File #25402 SUENAGA.GIF 28416 bytes
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''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
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Ryan Suenaga at KansasFest 1995. (See also TRIODORM.GIF, GRP1MP.GIF,
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and RYAN.GIF.)
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File #25401 HALL.GIF 33280 bytes
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''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
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Waiting in the hall at KansasFest 1995 are J. Nathaniel "Sloanie"
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Sloan (in back), Tim Buchheim, and Russell Nielson. (See also RUSSELL.GIF
|
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and RUSSELLPICS.BXY for Russell.)
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File #25400 LUNCH.GIF 41600 bytes
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''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
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|
Hungry people wait for lunch: (L-R) Jim Blair, Russ Alman, Ron
|
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Wilson, Magnus Ericson, (unidentified person with back to camera), Mark
|
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Kline, and Dave Johnson. (See also DINNER.GIF and NAPTIME.GIF for Russ;
|
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PAT.RON.GIF, RONCINMP.GIF, GRP1MP.GIF, and DINNER.GIF for Ron; NAPTIME.GIF
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for Magnus; MARK.GIF, PLANNING.GIF, and COMMITTEE.GIF for Mark;
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VACCDAVE.GIF and VACC.DAVE.BXY for Dave.)
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File #25399 COMMITTEE.GIF 40576 bytes
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''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
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|
KansasFest 1995 Committee members Mark Kline and Paul Parkhurst.
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(See also MARK.GIF, PLANNING.GIF, and LUNCH.GIF for Mark; PAULGENA.GIF and
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PAUL.GIF for Paul.)
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File #25398 DIZ.GIF 29440 bytes
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''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
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Steve "Diz" Disbrow (formerly of the now-defunct GS+ Magazine) at
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KansasFest 1995. (See also HEADTABLE.GIF.)
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File #25397 ITF.GIF 25472 bytes
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''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
|
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Tom Zuchowski & Tim Kellers at KansasFest 1995. "It's Tim's fault!"
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|
(See also KELLERS.GIF, ITF.EYE.GIF, GANG.GIF, NAPTIME.GIF for Tim.)
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File #25392 SCOTT.GIF 60800 bytes
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''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
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||
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|
Scott Johnson plays Bite the Bag.
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File #25391 HEADTABLE.GIF 40576 bytes
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''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
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Roastee and Roasters at the head table at KansasFest 1995: Steve
|
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|
|
"Diz" Disbrow, Joe Wankerl, Roger Wagner, Tom Weishaar, and a "mystery
|
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guest"] (See also DIZ.GIF for Steve; GANG.GIF, PHONE.GIF, and
|
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J.WANKERL.BXY for Joe; PLANNING.GIF for Roger; TOMW.GIF for Tom.)
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File #25390 DINNER.GIF 35584 bytes
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''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
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KansasFest 1995 attendees at dinner: (L-R) Cletus Heaps, Greg
|
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|
|
"Barnabas" Templeman, Russ Alman, Ron Wilson, Tim Gjenvick, and Ray
|
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|
Merlin's (back to camera). (See also LUNCH.GIF and NAPTIME.GIF for Russ;
|
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|
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PAT.RON.GIF, RONCINMP.GIF, GRP1MP.GIF, and LUNCH.GIF for Ron.)
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File #25389 RUSSELL.GIF 46080 bytes
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''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
|
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Russell Nielson wins Bite the Bag. (See also HALL.GIF and
|
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RUSSELLPICS.BXY.)
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File #25386 RICHARD.GIF 31360 bytes
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''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
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Richard Bennett at KansasFest 1995. (See also RICHARD2.GIF.)
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File #25385 BYTEWORKS.GIF 33024 bytes
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''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
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Mike Westerfield of the Byte Works Bites the Bag!
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File #25384 NAPTIME.GIF 42112 bytes
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''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
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Naptime at KansasFest 1995: (L-R) Tim Kellers, Magnus Ericson
|
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|
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(standing), Bill Rascher, Chad Trost, Kevin Thornton, Andrew Roughan
|
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|
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(asleep), Russ Alman, and Gina "GEna" Saikin (on the floor)] (See also
|
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KELLERS.GIF, ITF.EYE.GIF, GANG.GIF, and ITF.GIF for Tim; LUNCH.GIF for
|
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Magnus; MARK.GIF for Kevin; LUNCH.GIF and DINNER.GIF for Russ; PAULGENA.GIF
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for Gina.)
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File #25383 PAUL.GIF 38656 bytes
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''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
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Paul Parkhurst at KansasFest 1995. (See also PAULGENA.GIF and
|
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COMMITTEE.GIF.)
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File #25376 SHEPPY.GIF 38656 bytes
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''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
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Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd, winner of KansasFest 1995 "Tie One On"
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contest.
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File #25375 PHONE.GIF 38144 bytes
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''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
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Joe Wankerl on the phone. (See also GANG.GIF, HEADTABLE.GIF, and
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J.WANKERL.BXY.)
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File #25374 STEVE.GIF 33280 bytes
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''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
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Steve.MAC at KansasFest 1995 [Steve Gozdziewski]
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File #25373 SNAKEBYTE.GIF 9984 bytes
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''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
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Greg Betzel.
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File #25365 J.WANKERL.BXY 16256 bytes
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''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
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Photo of Joe Wankerl (formerly of the now-defunct GS+ Magazine) at
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KansasFest 1995. This seems to be the one KansasFest 1995 picture uploaded
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that is in native IIgs format--it is not a GIF file! (See also GANG.GIF,
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HEADTABLE.GIF, PHONE.GIF.)
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File #23102 KFEST94.CD.BXY 124544 bytes
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''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
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Ten pictures from the KansasFest 1994. These black and white images
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|
are from color Photo CD images, and were digitized with Allison software
|
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|
|
and a Visionary digitizing card. For the IIgs.
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A2 USER PICTURES
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""""""""""""""""
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No, this definitely isn't candid camera... these people uploaded
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these pictures of themselves (and sometimes their families) all by
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themselves. All but one of them (RYAN.GIF) are for the IIgs.
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File #25324 MERLIN.BXY 23296 bytes
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''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
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Ray Merlin. (See also MERLIN.GIF, RAYMP.GIF, and RAYHART.GIF.)
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File #25293 RYAN.GIF 17920 bytes
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''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
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GIF of Ryan Suenaga. (See also TRIODORM.GIF, GRP1MP.GIF, and
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SUENAGA.GIF.)
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File #25234 MILYFAMLY.BXY 75776 bytes
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''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
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Pictures of Bruce "The Wizz" Milyko's family.
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File #25220 D.KERWOOD.BXY 17536 bytes
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''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
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David Kerwood.
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File #23395 CHARLIE.BXY 9216 bytes
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''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
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Charlie Hartley. (See also RAYHART.GIF.)
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File #23356 F.GREATOREX.BXY 21760 bytes
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''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
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Fred Greatorex (digitized by ThunderScan).
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File #22512 TRON.BXY 17920 bytes
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''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
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T. R. "TRON" O'Nan (b&w).
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File #22494 AURI.MAN.BXY 15232 bytes
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''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
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Auri "Auri Man" Rahimzadeh, editor of PongLife (b&w).
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File #22480 BEARAND.SON.BXY 17664 bytes
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''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
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Dave "Binary Bear" Ciotti and son Ahren. (See also BEAR.PICS.BXY.)
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File #22390 EDITOR.A2.BXY 11008 bytes
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''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
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Doug Cuff (EDITOR.A2), editor of GEnieLamp A2 and II Alive; formerly
|
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|
|
editor of A2-Central. (digitized with ComputerEyes; b&w)
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File #22338 RUSSELLPICS.BXY 32256 bytes
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''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
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Russell Nielson. (See also HALL.GIF and RUSSELL.GIF.)
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File #22336 VACC.DAVE.BXY 23936 bytes
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''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
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"VACC" Dave Johnson. (See also VACCDAVE.GIF and LUNCH.GIF.)
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File #22332 BEAR.PICS.BXY 42624 bytes
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''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
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Dave "Binary Bear" Ciotti and son Ahren (b&w). (See also
|
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BEARAND.SON.BXY)
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File #22329 ROD.BXY 15744 bytes
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''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
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Rod Nicolette and wife (b&w; SHR).
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File #18555 LUNY.PICS.BXY 62976 bytes
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''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
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Three pictures of Lunatic E'Sex (b&w)
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"WHERE ARE THEY NOW?" PICTURES
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""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
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These are pictures of people once prominent in the A2 RT or the Apple
|
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|
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II world, but who don't visit us much any more. They are all for the IIgs.
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Many of them are from gatherings like KansasFest and Apple Expo.
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File #23025 TARA.GIF 21888 bytes
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''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
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Picture of Tara Dillinger, the "A2 goddess" (b&w).
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File #10854 PETER.CHIN.BXY 15120 bytes
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''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
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Peter Chin (b&w).
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File #10853 C.CARPENTER.BXY 21420 bytes
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''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
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Chuck Carpenter (b&w).
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File #10852 DENNIS.DOMS.BXY 20160 bytes
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''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
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Dennis Doms, former editor of A2-Central (b&w).
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File #10851 TIM.SWIHART.BXY 17640 bytes
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''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
|
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IIgs pic of Tim Swihart of Apple Computer (b&w).
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File #10850 PRE.MO.JAY.BXY 18900 bytes
|
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''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
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Jay Jennings (b&w). (See also MOHAWK.MAN.BXY.)
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File #10697 A2.DEAN.BXY 20160 bytes
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Dean Esmay (b&w).
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File # 9971 WEISHAAR.BXY 25200 bytes
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Tom "Uncle DOS" Weishaar, founder of Open-Apple (also known as
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A2-Central) and the Resource Central/ICON "empire" (b&w).
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File # 9472 MOHAWK.MAN.BXY 12600 bytes
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Jay Jennings, briefly editor of A2-Central and a programmer for
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Softdisk G-S. (See also PRE.MO.JAY.BXY.)
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File # 9433 WOZ.BXY 27720 bytes
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Stephen "Woz" Wozniak (b&w).
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File # 9123 EMERRILL.BXY 18900 bytes
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Eric Merrill, former A2 graphics librarian (b&w).
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[*][*][*]
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That's it for this month! If there's something you'd like to see
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discussed in this column, or if you think you'd like to try writing it
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(even just once), send me electronic mail and let me know.
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[EOA]
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[PNL]//////////////////////////////
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PAUG NEWSLETTER /
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/////////////////////////////////
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October 1995 Report
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"""""""""""""""""""
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by David R. Kerwood
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[D.KERWOOD]
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The mission of the Planetary Apple User's Group (PAUG) is to serve as
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the online heart of the worldwide Apple II Community. PAUG's goals include
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providing help and support for folks who may not have a local group nearby,
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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 Real-Time Conference area. With no dues to pay or miles to
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drive, PAUG offers the Apple II user a friendly and comfortable association
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with others with similar computing interests, plenty of accurate
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information, hints, tips, and the security that comes with knowing that you
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have all the computing support you could possibly need right at your
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fingertips. What could be more convenient?
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THE MAIN EVENTS Of course the main event in September was the monthly
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""""""""""""""" PAUG online meeting, held in the Apple II RoundTable
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Real-Time Conference area on GEnie. The theme of the meeting was Going Back
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to School with the Apple II, and there were some interesting discussions on
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using some of the latest hardware and software for the Apple II in a school
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environment, as well as hint and tips for using our all time favorite
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applications.
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First among these was an online evaluation of the utility of
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Sequential Systems' Second Sight video card for the IIgs and IIe in a
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school environment. The accessibility and clarity of gif images on both
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the standard RGB monitor and a VGA or Super VGA was already well known to
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those attending, which in turn prompted discussions on text displays and
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for large screen projection in a classroom setting. The consensus was that
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the quality of text screens far exceeds anything now available for any
|
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Apple II, with the possible exception of Phil Shapiro's Big Text Machine
|
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application for displaying really large text screens. The flexibility of
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an Apple IIe or IIgs for large overhead displays would be apparent with
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either an LCD overhead projector or display imager (such as the popular
|
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Proxima Desktop Projectors) connected to the VGA output of the Second Sight
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card, and the standard Apple RGB or composite monitor connected to the CPU.
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The IIgs or IIe would then be capable of driving the two displays
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simultaneously, which would be a real asset in a large room or lab. In
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fact, with this setup, a IIgs could easily drive _three_ monitors, those
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being the IIgs RGB monitor connected to the IIgs video port, a composite
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monitor connected to the composite video port (also standard on the IIgs),
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and the large display connected to a Second Sight card.
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If you were interested in really pushing the envelope, the addition
|
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|
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of an Apple II Video Overlay Card (which has both RGB and composite video
|
||
|
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out connectors) on a ROM 3 machine (or a suitably modified ROM 01 machine)
|
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|
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plus Second Sight would allow at least two more monitors to be jacked into
|
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|
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a IIgs or IIe. So as you can see, the possibilities are limited only by
|
||
|
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your own imagination and your budget.
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|
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Some useful hints and tips were also discussed. Again, on the
|
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|
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subject of monitors, one individual with a couple of IIc's "gathering dust"
|
||
|
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was wondering how he could test if they really worked, but did not have any
|
||
|
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monitor to connect them to (a personal computer without a display being
|
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about as useful as a car without wheels). He was reminded that the IIc can
|
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|
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be directly connected to the RCA connector on a VCR, and then to a TV, and
|
||
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you can get a good enough display on a TV to see if the computer can
|
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|
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actually do something.
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The Apple II in the classroom was also praised as being one of the
|
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|
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most appropriate platforms for teaching basic keyboarding skills, one of
|
||
|
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those entry-level techniques that many of us now take for granted. Any
|
||
|
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Apple II running the excellent application Computer Keyboarding 5 (by the
|
||
|
|
Apple II RoundTable staffer Charlie Hartley) is a perfect setup for
|
||
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teaching entry level keyboarding skills, either to children or to adults.
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Conversely, one of the meeting participants pointed out the fact that
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using the Apple II to allow students to express themselves creatively seems
|
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to have been forgotten by many educators, at least in his experience.
|
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Perhaps as a side effect of a lot of the very expensive hardware and
|
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software that many school systems seem to be enamored of these days, it
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seemed to that individual that there were more and more instances of
|
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teachers not being willing to take their classes to his computer lab to do
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|
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anything beyond basic keyboarding instruction. It may be that the
|
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intimidation factor of fancy new hardware and software would be enough to
|
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discourage teachers from letting their students hammer away on the
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|
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keyboard--particularly if they don't have the benefit of training that is
|
||
|
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necessary to comfortably utilize the latest personal computers (leaving all
|
||
|
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discussions of DOS/Windows machines vs. Macs vs. Apple IIs aside for now).
|
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|
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|
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So, as a reminder to the reader... put a child in front of an Apple
|
||
|
|
II with a painting and drawing program presenting a blank screen in front
|
||
|
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of them, and let them go to work! Watching a youngster create (or an
|
||
|
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"oldster", for that matter), now that is a magical thing!
|
||
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|
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As a tool for educators, the Apple II running AppleWorks was still
|
||
|
|
thought of as the teacher's number one assistant. The new spreadsheet
|
||
|
|
application from The Byte Works, Quick Click Calc, was also thought of so
|
||
|
|
highly by one participant that he was going to see if Byte Works could
|
||
|
|
produce a site license version of this very complete and versatile program.
|
||
|
|
He was particularly enthusiastic about the graphing capabilities that QC
|
||
|
|
Calc has built into it.
|
||
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|
||
|
|
Cindy Adams, the online host for the meeting, received some advice in
|
||
|
|
turn on how to implement HyperStudio as a "front end" for her networked
|
||
|
|
IIgs computers in a school computer lab. What was unresolved was whether
|
||
|
|
or not the network server needed to have a full network version of
|
||
|
|
HyperStudio resident on the server's hard drive, or if individual run-time
|
||
|
|
versions of HyperStudio would do the trick. Cindy took her hints and tips
|
||
|
|
and will investigate; if she's ever able to get it to work I'll report it
|
||
|
|
in the next PAUG newsletter. Stay tuned.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
THE A2 LIBRARY There are many, many files available in the Apple II
|
||
|
|
"""""""""""""" RoundTable library that educators will find valuable to
|
||
|
|
their work. Some of the best are listed below, courtesy of A2's own
|
||
|
|
graphics wizard, Pat Kern {PATZ.PIX]:
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BACK TO SCHOOL
|
||
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|
''''''''''''''
|
||
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|
||
|
|
School Clipart
|
||
|
|
''''''''''''''
|
||
|
|
19852 PSGS.SCHOOL.BXY Desc: School graphics for Print Shop GS.
|
||
|
|
25439 SCHOOL.FALL.BXY Desc: B/W SHR School & Autumn clipart.
|
||
|
|
25639 SCHOOL.LOTS.BXY Desc: Lots more school SHR clipart.
|
||
|
|
25517 SCHOOL.MORE.BXY Desc: More School B/W SHR clipart.
|
||
|
|
25655 SCHOOL1A.BXY Desc: School color NPS graphics. Part 1A.
|
||
|
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25656 SCHOOL1B.BXY Desc: School color NPS graphics. Part 1B.
|
||
|
|
25641 SCHOOL2NPS.BXY Desc: School NPS graphics.
|
||
|
|
25640 SCHOOL2PSGS.BXY Desc: PSGS school graphics. Color & BW.
|
||
|
|
16320 SCHOOL.1.BXY Desc: Double Hi Res school graphics.
|
||
|
|
16377 SCHOOL.2.BXY Desc: More school Double Hi Res clipart.
|
||
|
|
19418 SCHOOL.3.BXY Desc: DHR School Clipart. Part 3.
|
||
|
|
19443 SCHOOL.4.BXY Desc: School DHR clipart. Part 4.
|
||
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|
||
|
|
Graduation Clipart
|
||
|
|
''''''''''''''''''
|
||
|
|
16357 GRAD.1.BXY Desc: Double Hi Res Graduation clipart.
|
||
|
|
18427 GRAD.CARDS.BXY Desc: Publish It Graduation cards.
|
||
|
|
24962 GRADTION2.BXY Desc: SHR Graduation B/W 640 mode clipart.
|
||
|
|
24824 GRADTIONSHR.BXY Desc: Graduation SHR B/W clipart.
|
||
|
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|
||
|
|
Computer Keyboarding tutorial for home & school use
|
||
|
|
'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
|
||
|
|
25551 KB.ALLDEMO.BXY Desc: Computer Keyboarding 5 - all demo
|
||
|
|
25629 KB5.ALL.FIX.BXY Desc: Fix for KB5.ALLDEMO (25551)
|
||
|
|
25552 KB5.D1.DEMO.BXY Desc: Computer Keyboarding 5 Disk 1 Demo
|
||
|
|
25553 KB5.D2.DEMO.BXY Desc: Computer Keyboarding 5 Disk 2 Demo
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
Gradebook & record-keeping programs for teachers
|
||
|
|
''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
|
||
|
|
13128 GBOOK2.A.BXY Desc: Another gradebook program (update)
|
||
|
|
13129 GBOOK2.B.BXY Desc: Gradebook.2 (Part 2)
|
||
|
|
13131 GBOOK2.X.BXY Desc: Companion files to Gradebook.2
|
||
|
|
10940 SPREAD.EZ.BXY Desc: SpreadSheet GradeBook
|
||
|
|
18131 REPORTCARDS.BXY Desc: Report Card pgm for small schools
|
||
|
|
13600 SCHOOL.1A.BXY Desc: TAWUG School Templates Disk 1-A
|
||
|
|
13601 SCHOOL.1B.BXY Desc: TAWUG School Templates Disk 1-B
|
||
|
|
13617 SCHOOL.2A.BXY Desc: TAWUG School Templates Disk 2-A
|
||
|
|
13618 SCHOOL.2B.BXY Desc: TAWUG School Templates Disk 2-B
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
Teenage Driving
|
||
|
|
'''''''''''''''
|
||
|
|
22852 CNTRCTAW3.BXY Desc: Contract for teens/parents. AWP
|
||
|
|
22848 CONTRACT.1.TXT Desc: Contract for teens/parents. Ascii.
|
||
|
|
22843 PI.DRIVE.BXY Desc: Publish It Drink/Drive contract.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
MULTIMEDIA STACKS There are literally 100s of multimedia stacks in the A2
|
||
|
|
''''''''''''''''' library. Search using a keyword for your for a
|
||
|
|
particular interest or list them all by selecting option 2 Directory of
|
||
|
|
Files when set to library 29 for HyperStudio or library 30 for HyperCard.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
The following files are just a _sampling_ of the variety of files
|
||
|
|
available in A2.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
HYPERSTUDIO There is a runtime version of HyperStudio that will allow you
|
||
|
|
''''''''''' to use the stacks, but save and edit functions are disabled.
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
21265 HYPERSTUDIO.BXY Desc: Run any HyperStudio stack! Free!
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
PreSchool & Early Learning
|
||
|
|
''''''''''''''''''''''''''
|
||
|
|
23150 MOUSECOUNT.BXY Desc: Preschooler's counting game
|
||
|
|
20138 MICE.BXY Desc: Preschool HS Stack
|
||
|
|
19128 COWS2.BXY Desc: COWnting activities for kids.
|
||
|
|
19127 COWS2.RTM.BXY Desc: COWnting activities for kids.
|
||
|
|
13652 GHOST.STORY.BXY Desc: Young reader HyperStudio Stack
|
||
|
|
9184 HYPERCAL.BXY Desc: Teaches kids about calendar
|
||
|
|
14159 COUNTV1.BXY Desc: Count.It volume 1--Identify Numbers
|
||
|
|
14274 COUNT.IT2.2.BXY Desc: Counting Objects..Volume 2 Disk 2/2
|
||
|
|
14256 COUNT.IT2.1.BXY Desc: Counting Objects..Volume 2 Disk 1/2
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
General Interest
|
||
|
|
''''''''''''''''
|
||
|
|
24731 HEART.STACK.BXY Desc: Taking Care of Your Heart
|
||
|
|
21420 GSAUG.STACK.BXY Desc: HS Stack on Apple User Groups.
|
||
|
|
20556 FUN.BXY Desc: Puzzle HyperStudio Stack
|
||
|
|
16610 OS.PICASSO.BXY Desc: Contest winner, HyperStudio game!
|
||
|
|
13786 TOUR1.1.BXY Desc: Steve's Tour of IIGS (ver 1.1)
|
||
|
|
10260 ALL.ABT.US.BXY Desc: Stack by 6th grade students
|
||
|
|
9924 BR.TEASERS.BXY Desc: Brain Teasers HyperStudio Stack
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
Holiday
|
||
|
|
'''''''
|
||
|
|
16818 JIMS.SPOOKY.BXY Desc: Really cool Halloween window show!
|
||
|
|
13825 HYPER.WEEN.BXY Desc: HyperHoliday Series -- Halloween
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
HyperStudio Multidisk Series
|
||
|
|
''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
|
||
|
|
22583 SHAKESPR.1.BXY Desc: Much Ado Shakespeare #1 w/runtime
|
||
|
|
22584 SHAKESPR.1X.BXY Desc: Much Ado Shakespeare #1 w/o runtime
|
||
|
|
22585 SHAKESPR.2.BXY Desc: Much Ado About Shakespeare - Disk 2
|
||
|
|
22592 SHAKESPR.3.BXY Desc: Much Ado About Shakespeare - Disk 3
|
||
|
|
22587 SHAKESPR.4.BXY Desc: Much Ado About Shakespeare - Disk 4
|
||
|
|
22588 SHAKESPR.5.BXY Desc: Much Ado About Shakespeare - Disk 5
|
||
|
|
22589 SHAKESPR.6.BXY Desc: Much Ado About Shakespeare - Disk 6
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
10149 MEET.ORCHES.BXY Desc: Learn/Hear Orchestral Instruments
|
||
|
|
10150 STRINGS.ORC.BXY Desc: String sound file for Meet.Orchestra
|
||
|
|
10151 WOODWND.ORC.BXY Desc: Sound file for Meet the Orchestra
|
||
|
|
10152 PERCUS.ORC.BXY Desc: Sound file for Meet.Orchestra
|
||
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|
||
|
|
Math & Science
|
||
|
|
''''''''''''''
|
||
|
|
20535 MULTIPLY.BXY Desc: HyperStudio Multiplication Stack
|
||
|
|
20321 SUB.GAME.BXY Desc: HyperStudio Elementary Math Stack
|
||
|
|
17506 MATH.QUIZ.BXY Desc: HyperStudio elementary math
|
||
|
|
13681 PER.TABLE.BXY Desc: HyperStudio Periodic Table stack
|
||
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|
||
|
|
History & Geography
|
||
|
|
'''''''''''''''''''
|
||
|
|
24299 SAUDISTACK.BXY Desc: HyperStudio Stack of Saudi Arabia
|
||
|
|
23223 USA.QUIZ.BXY Desc: Best USA States and Capitals Quiz
|
||
|
|
20804 HS.CHICAGO.BXY Desc: HyperStudio stack of Chicago info
|
||
|
|
17370 H.STATES.BXY Desc: HyperStudio 3.0 stack of the states
|
||
|
|
10232 HYPER.SSEXM.BXY Desc: A sample Social Studies test in HS
|
||
|
|
25562 SCAHNTUSA.BXY Desc: Scavenger Hunt - USA Edition
|
||
|
|
25563 SCAHNTUSAJR.BXY Desc: Scavenger Hunt USA - Jr. Edition
|
||
|
|
25561 SCAHNTWORLD.BXY Desc: Scavenger Hunt - World Edition
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
Language Arts
|
||
|
|
'''''''''''''
|
||
|
|
10200 WORDS.BXY Desc: Word Meaning HyperStudio Stack
|
||
|
|
8998 SPELLSTACK.BXY Desc: Spelling stack with sound
|
||
|
|
13037 READTEST.02.BXY Desc: HyperStudio Reading Stack
|
||
|
|
12967 READTEST.01.BXY Desc: Reading test HyperStudio stack
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
Music
|
||
|
|
'''''
|
||
|
|
10224 MUSIC.MAKER.BXY Desc: Eight music notation stacks
|
||
|
|
10153 MUSIC.MASTR.BXY Desc: Music notation stack for HS
|
||
|
|
8859 HYPERKEYS.BXY Desc: Keyboard and Songs for Kids!
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
HYPERCARD
|
||
|
|
'''''''''
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
General Interest
|
||
|
|
''''''''''''''''
|
||
|
|
15466 QUICK.TUTOR.BXY Desc: Quick HyperCard Tutorial Stack.
|
||
|
|
16394 NO.PEEKING.BXY Desc: A brain teaser stack for HCGS
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
Math & Science
|
||
|
|
''''''''''''''
|
||
|
|
25634 MULTISTACK.BXY Desc: HCGS Multiplication drill
|
||
|
|
23065 CONVERTIT.BXY Desc: HCGS Stack to convert measurements.
|
||
|
|
16297 HYPERTABLE1.BXY Desc: Periodic table of elements for HCGS
|
||
|
|
25565 DINOSTACK.BXY Desc: Stack of Dinosaurs...great pics!
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
Language Arts
|
||
|
|
'''''''''''''
|
||
|
|
14938 FOUR.LTR.BXY Desc: HyperCard GS word game.
|
||
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|
|
||
|
|
Here are a couple of files that Pat recommends for preschoolers:
|
||
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|
||
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