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~ WELCOME TO GENIELAMP APPLE II! ~
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GenieLamp Apple II ~ A T/TalkNET Publication ~ Vol.5, Issue 51
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Publisher................................................John F. Peters
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~ June 1, 1996 ~
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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? Free Disks, Just Don't Sign Up!
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PD_QUICKVIEW ............ [PDQ] FILE BANDWAGON .......... [BAN]
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Sounds of History stacks. Top 10 Files for April.
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SOFTVIEW A2 ............. [SOF] LOG OFF ................. [LOG]
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Notes From The Editor
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by Douglas Cuff
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[EDITOR.A2]
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A few months ago, I was stolen from. Sadly, I've been through this
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before. What bothered me this time was that the perpetrator was from our
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own community. A significant portion of an article I had written for an
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Apple II magazine turned up on someone's web page. I wrote the owner of
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the web page, informing him that he was infringing my copyright, and asking
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that he cease.
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Did I get an apology and prompt action? No, I did not. I got an
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argument, a request for permission, and an attempt at a guilt trip. As the
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saying goes, some people would not hesitate to drive up to the gates of
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Heaven and honk.
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This person's argument was he had only copied part of my article.
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This, he said, came under the "fair use" provision. Many people do not
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understand the fair use clause. It was meant to make life easier for
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academics--to permit them to quote authorities in their original work--not
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to make life easier for those who do not understand the concept of
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intellectual property.
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(I am not trying to shame anyone. If you don't understand copyright
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or intellectual property, you need not hang your head. What you should do
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is learn about it. You could begin teaching yourself about copyright by
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reading Brad Templeton's document, "10 Big Myths about copyright explained"
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[http://www.clari.net/brad/copymyths.html]. You can also get quite a good
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layman's overview of copyright from _The Chicago Manual of Style_. This
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classic work stresses that quotations must not be so long that they
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represent a significant portion of the original work: "to quote five
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hundred words from an essay of five thousand is bound to be more serious
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than to quote the same number of words from a work of fifty thousand".
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[13th ed., p. 123])
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Only after the person who had violated my copyright had argued with
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me, presumably in an attempt to cow me, did he ask permission to use my
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material. Even then he wasn't done. He implied that I owed him permission
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because I had uploaded his freeware to Genie. (In fact, I had not. But if
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I had, how is that relevant? His material was freeware. Mine is not.)
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I consider myself pretty easy to get along with, but I could not find
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it in my heart to grant permission to anyone while they were actually in
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the act of violating my copyright. I asked the miscreant to remove the
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material while I decided. He complied. Still no apology. (Don't hold
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your breath waiting for one... he still has not apologized.)
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What followed? He removed one piece of my copyright material from
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his web page, and substituted another! The next time I visited his page,
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my E-mail to him about copyright violation was there. Not everyone
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realizes that private correspondence is also copyright material, and cannot
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be reproduced without permission. So I didn't go ballistic. I wrote
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granting permission for him to use the original excerpt if he attributed it
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correctly and affixed a copyright notice. I also pointed out that he
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really should ask permission before reproducing E-mail.
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He thanked me, and affixed a copyright notice. We are not talking
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about an evil person here... merely a discourteous and uninformed one. I
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hope. But I confess that if someone told me that I had done something
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wrong without meaning to, I would try to make amends. In my case, this
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hasn't happened.
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Uninformed people don't worry me. Ignorant people do. (They're easy
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to spot... they insist on remaining uninformed.)
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With the popularity of web pages, everyone is now his or her own
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publisher. The problem is, most people want the power without the
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responsibility. Heck, they don't even know that as a publisher, one HAS
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responsibilities. Desktop publishing is actually a serious misnomer. A
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layout program doesn't teach you how to publish.
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Only the ADVANCED "publishers" realize that you must correctly
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attribute copyright material... but they think that their job ends there.
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It doesn't. After attribution, you still have to get permission. If you
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make your own copy of my copyright material, it's NOT enough to tell
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everyone that I own it. Too many people think permission isn't necessary
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if the work is attributed. This is false.
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I'm familiar with Stewart's Law of Retraction: "It is easier to get
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forgiveness than permission." The thing is, folks, these "laws", like
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Murphy's Law, were meant to be laughed at, not followed. Stewart's Law of
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Retraction is laughing at people who order their lives this way. Since the
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desktop publishing revolution began, the joke isn't as funny. Desktop
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publishers actually obey Stewart's Law. The mind boggles.
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Or maybe it's just my mind that's boggling. But then, my mind is the
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kind that has never understood litterbugs. I cannot for one moment
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conceive that my immediate convenience is more important that litter-free
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neighborhoods. So I carry the sticky ice cream wrapper for ten blocks.
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Others think that the world revolves not merely around their needs--that
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was bad enough--but around their CONVENIENCE. Too many desktop publishers
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and too many web pagers seem to think that their instant gratification is
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embodied in the constitution.
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I'm not a law'n'order kind of guy, but I have to tell you that I am
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annoyed by what happened to me. When I stood up for my rights, I got an
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argument. When I was easy to get along with, I let a thief walk away with
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the perception that he had done nothing wrong. And this happened right
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here in the Apple II community. That's discouraging.
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My great regret is that I cannot afford to attend KansasFest this
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year. KFest would take this bad taste out of my mouth in the first two
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minutes. At KansasFest, you get a chance to be reminded that the Apple II
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community really is a community. You may arrive feeling like a nobody, but
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you'll go home feeling like one of the family. I urge you to attend if you
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possibly can.
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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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>YOUR GUIDE TO H-P DESKJET PRINTERS I suspect it is confusing some that
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>"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" two DJ series numbers overlap.
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>The "old" series The "new" series
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>with "DIP" switches with "software activated" switches
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>DJ DJ 520
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>DJ Plus DJ 540
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>DJ 500 DJ 600
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>DJ 500C DJ 600C
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>DJ 560C DJ 660C
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The HP DJ 520 does have the old "dip" switches. I posted a message
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to the forum about this correction soon after the original message was
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posted.
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Bradley P. Von Haden
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bpvh@primenet.com
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Sorry about that! We should have carried your correction in our
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HEY MISTER POSTMAN message digest, along with the original
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posting. We goofed.--DGC
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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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[EDITOR.A2]
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GAME TAKES ADVANTAGE OF SECOND SIGHT CARD I was over a friend's a few
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'net. Someone had u/led a program called something like OmegasGS (not the
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tank game). It was something new that took advantage of the Second Sight.
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He d/led but after using GScii, GS Shrinkit said the last file was
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corrupted.
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Since then I have been looking on the 'net for it but have come up
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empty. Does anyone know anything about this? I checked Caltech but the
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BTW, I will be leaving my survey open in Cat 5, Topic 4 "The Apple II
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in the 21st Century" for two more weeks. If you haven't checked it out
|
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please do so. I'm considering putting it on the comp.sys.apple2. usenet
|
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group as well
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Andy
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Delivered by: Copilot 2.55 w/ Spectrum 2.0 w/ a Super GS 8540CD
|
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(L.MIDDLETON3, CAT20, TOP14, MSG:30/M645;1)
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STUDIO CITY BACK ISSUE INDEX I just wanted to let folks know that the
|
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"""""""""""""""""""""""""""" Shareware Solutions II Home Page on the
|
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World Wide Web (http://www.crl.com/~joko) now includes a complete
|
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mini-index of all 30 issues of Stack Central/Studio City.
|
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Joe
|
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(JOE.KOHN, CAT28, TOP3, MSG:9/M645;1)
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YOUR GUIDE TO TESTING SCSI TERMINATION A short note on testing SCSI
|
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"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" termination resistor arrays (in
|
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particular, the resistor arrays used for internal termination)
|
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|
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When 'Gremlins' invade ones SCSI setup, and all the usual means have
|
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|
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been exhausted in trying to get rid of them without success, it is quite
|
|||
|
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possible that a terminator resistor has failed. Without proper termination
|
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|
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a SCSI chain simply will not work properly and reliably. (Symptoms may
|
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|
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range from random crashes and lockups to total corruption of files on any
|
|||
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or all devices on the SCSI chain)
|
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|
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The typical resistor array used for terminating a SCSI chain is a
|
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Single Inline Package (SIP) device, with eight pins. These consist
|
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(internally) of an array of resistors as follows:
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1 220 ohm 2 330 ohm 8 (10)
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|----v^v^v^v^----|----v^v^v^v^----|
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| 3 |
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|----v^v^v^v^----|----v^v^v^v^----|
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| 4 |
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|----v^v^v^v^----|----v^v^v^v^----|
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| 5 |
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|----v^v^v^v^----|----v^v^v^v^----|
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| 6 |
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|----v^v^v^v^----|----v^v^v^v^----|
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| 7 |
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|----v^v^v^v^----|----v^v^v^v^----|
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| |
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| (8) | <- these two apply only to 10 pin
|
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|----v^v^v^v^----|----v^v^v^v^----| termination arrays
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| |
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| (9) |
|
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|----v^v^v^v^----|----v^v^v^v^----|
|
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|
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[Note: The numbers above that are in parenthesis apply only to 10 pin
|
|||
|
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termination resistor arrays (some drives (and the RamFast) use two of
|
|||
|
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these, instead of three of the eight pin arrays)]
|
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|
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|
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|
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Note: Pin 1 on all these devices is noted in some manner on the
|
|||
|
|
device itself. Usually it will have a small dot next to it, or there will
|
|||
|
|
be a notch in the body of the device adjacent to pin #1
|
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|
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|
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|
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At first it may appear that an ohm meter can be used to test these
|
|||
|
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arrays, but upon closer inspection it should become apparent that there is
|
|||
|
|
no way to isolate either end of any one resistor... which means that one is
|
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|
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faced with a complex array. Not conducive to ohm meter testing at all.
|
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|
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|
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|
|
There is however an easy way to test these. Apply +5 to pin #8 and
|
|||
|
|
ground pin #1. Now measure the voltage developed between ground and pins
|
|||
|
|
2-6, as well as the voltage between +5 and pins 2-6.
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
If any pin (2-6 or 2-9 for 10 pin devices) reads almost a full five
|
|||
|
|
volts vs ground, then that terminator array is bad (one of the 330 ohm
|
|||
|
|
resistors is open, or one of the 220 ohm resistors is shorted)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
If any pin (2-6 or 2-9 for 10 pin devices) reads almost zero volts vs
|
|||
|
|
+5, then that terminator array is bad (one of the 220 ohm resistors is
|
|||
|
|
open, or one of the 330 ohm resistors is shorted)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
(The exact voltage isn't that critical, what is critical is that all
|
|||
|
|
the measurements are very close to one another. With the typical resistor
|
|||
|
|
array, there will be less than 1% variance, as these arrays are made using
|
|||
|
|
thick film technology, and all the resistors of each value are made at the
|
|||
|
|
same time)
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
-Harold
|
|||
|
|
Resident Solder Slinger
|
|||
|
|
Live Free or Die - New Hampshire state motto
|
|||
|
|
(HAROLD.H, CAT11, TOP2, MSG:208/M645;1)
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
CATALOGUING HFS VOLUMES "Catalog" from Bill Tudor's Six Pack will catalog
|
|||
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""""" HFS volumes just fine. I even got a patch from
|
|||
|
|
Bill to patch it, so that HFS filenames won't be truncated any more...
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Guess what I used to catalog the Golden Orchard CD...
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Udo - ... with the IIGS into the next millennium -
|
|||
|
|
(U.HUTH, CAT6, TOP5, MSG:56/M645;1)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
>>>>> Udo, can you upload/post the patch
|
|||
|
|
"""""
|
|||
|
|
(P.CREAGER, CAT6, TOP5, MSG:59/M645;1)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
<<<<< your wish is my command... Here's the message from Bill Tudor
|
|||
|
|
"""""
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Udo-
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Unfortunately, "patching" catalog will be a bit difficult. The
|
|||
|
|
routine with the goodies is shown below. You need to change the cmp
|
|||
|
|
#25;bge :tooBig to be a bigger number (33?), then change the
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
lda linepos
|
|||
|
|
clc
|
|||
|
|
adc #25
|
|||
|
|
sta linepos ;fixed width of 25
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
to the name bigger number, such as 32 or so. This may work, otherwise if I
|
|||
|
|
get a change I'll look into compiling a version w/32 chars for you.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
PS: You do assembly, right? If so look up the opcodes and search
|
|||
|
|
the object for the above sequences (like clc adc #25). Should only occur
|
|||
|
|
once in the file...
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
*============================= 8/ 5/92 10:29 PM===
|
|||
|
|
* Routine: fFilename
|
|||
|
|
* ~~~~~~~
|
|||
|
|
* + Move the filename into the buffer for printing.
|
|||
|
|
* + update linepos for the next guy
|
|||
|
|
*-------------------------------------------------
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
fFilename
|
|||
|
|
ldy level ;get current level
|
|||
|
|
beq :ok
|
|||
|
|
lda #'.'
|
|||
|
|
SHORTM
|
|||
|
|
:Loop dey
|
|||
|
|
sta buffer,Y
|
|||
|
|
cpy #0
|
|||
|
|
bne :Loop ;add the dots...
|
|||
|
|
LONGM
|
|||
|
|
:ok lda #^nameBuff
|
|||
|
|
pha
|
|||
|
|
lda #nameBuff
|
|||
|
|
clc
|
|||
|
|
adc #4
|
|||
|
|
pha
|
|||
|
|
lda #^buffer
|
|||
|
|
pha
|
|||
|
|
lda #buffer
|
|||
|
|
clc
|
|||
|
|
adc linepos
|
|||
|
|
clc
|
|||
|
|
adc level
|
|||
|
|
pha ;destination
|
|||
|
|
pea #0 ;HOW always zero
|
|||
|
|
lda nameBuff+2 ;get name length
|
|||
|
|
clc
|
|||
|
|
adc level
|
|||
|
|
cmp #25
|
|||
|
|
bge :tooBig
|
|||
|
|
lda nameBuff+2
|
|||
|
|
bra :1 ;use whole thing
|
|||
|
|
:tooBig lda #'..' ;add two dots
|
|||
|
|
sta nameBuff+26 ;add the two dots
|
|||
|
|
lda #24
|
|||
|
|
:1 pha
|
|||
|
|
_BlockMove
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
lda linepos
|
|||
|
|
clc
|
|||
|
|
adc #25
|
|||
|
|
sta linepos ;fixed width of 25
|
|||
|
|
rts
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Udo - ... with the IIGS into the next millennium -
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
... just four days remaining before being bounced (??)...
|
|||
|
|
future e-mail: udo.huth@auge.de
|
|||
|
|
(U.HUTH, CAT6, TOP5, MSG:60/M645;1)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
"MY IIGS IS NOW CALLER ID EQUIPPED" > Is Art Coughlin still out there?
|
|||
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Yup.....waaaay out there. :) Present and almost accounted for.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
> Is there a simple step by step process one should follow?
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
I believe there is an X-10 FAQ in the A2 lib (uploaded courtesy of
|
|||
|
|
Goose).
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
If you have access to back issues of II Alive, there was a fairly
|
|||
|
|
lucid article on X-10 in the May-June '94 issue.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
While I'm here, I'd like to announce that my IIgs is now Caller ID
|
|||
|
|
equipped :)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
A couple of years ago, I picked up a Caller ID decoder board that was
|
|||
|
|
meant to be plugged into the serial port on a WinTel machine. Since Caller
|
|||
|
|
ID went nation-wide this year, I decided to subscribe and dug the board out
|
|||
|
|
of the closet. A little tinkering with my home control program and it's
|
|||
|
|
working.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
/\
|
|||
|
|
//\\ rt
|
|||
|
|
//~~\\........
|
|||
|
|
(A.COUGHLIN, CAT6, TOP10, MSG:8/M645;1)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
APPLE II SALES LINE AT SCANTRON QUALITY COMPUTERS Ooops, face is red!
|
|||
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" The 800-890-8263 IS a
|
|||
|
|
viable sales number... it's for our Apple II Sales line! Sorry!
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
<slinking away>
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Gena
|
|||
|
|
(A2.GENA, CAT42, TOP26, MSG:252/M645;1)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
PERILS OF BASIC IN A CDA I couldn't find a better place to put this, so
|
|||
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""""" here it is :)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
BUG ALERT!!!
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
If you have Dave Lyon's 'BasicCDA' (also known as the 'Visit
|
|||
|
|
Applesoft' CDA) and use it, you should reboot right after each use of it.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
In the course of an unrelated (well, only distantly related)
|
|||
|
|
programming project, I had cause to disassemble Dave's CDA... Part of it's
|
|||
|
|
setup (and exit) routines deal with saving (restoring) several sets of
|
|||
|
|
vectors from page three. Unfortunetly there is a bit of a bug in the code
|
|||
|
|
that saves these vectors, such that several of them get overwritten. When
|
|||
|
|
these corrupted vectors are restored the machine is in a delicate state,
|
|||
|
|
and a crash, lockup, or other undesirable action is eventually inevitable.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
(Greg T, Sheppy - Should either of you wish to verify my findings,
|
|||
|
|
let me know, and I'll email you the related files (all pseudo source is in
|
|||
|
|
Merlin format) Dave messed up and used the wrong label for one of the save
|
|||
|
|
loops, this causes the data saved to be placed in the same area that some
|
|||
|
|
previously saved data was occupying. The restore loops are fine, which
|
|||
|
|
means the wrong data gets restored to some of the vectors)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
If anyone has a current email address for Dave Lyons, I'd appreciate
|
|||
|
|
it being either posted or emailed to me. (I wish to secure his permision
|
|||
|
|
to correct the problem and re-release his CDA in a fixed version)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
-Harold
|
|||
|
|
He who snOOps others code :)
|
|||
|
|
(HAROLD.H, CAT2, TOP3, MSG:194/M645;1)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
GENIE FALLOUT IN EUROPE AFFECTS ///SHH SYSTEME
|
|||
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
*********************** Important Information ************************
|
|||
|
|
*********************** Apple II Support ************************
|
|||
|
|
*********************** Keep for your records ************************
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Well, it seems that only a few days are left over for me until I have
|
|||
|
|
to leave GEnie (Genie). The number of our products, the support we gave
|
|||
|
|
(and would further give) to the Apple II community, and the products we are
|
|||
|
|
still planning to develop and to release, all these things seem to be not
|
|||
|
|
enough for the Genie admins that they give _us_ enough support that we
|
|||
|
|
would be able to continue our support here in the A2 Bulletin Board. Since
|
|||
|
|
there is a new pricing scheme for all users of Genie, the costs for
|
|||
|
|
overseas users drastically will go up to a level that is not affordable
|
|||
|
|
anymore.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
So we have no choice other than leaving Genie or paying _much_ money
|
|||
|
|
for being present on Genie in the future. However, the low level of Apple
|
|||
|
|
II related hardware sales doesn't allow such expenses.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
We are getting "de facto" kicked out of Genie, however this doesn't
|
|||
|
|
mean we are giving up our activities regarding the Apple II Computer.
|
|||
|
|
///SHH Systeme will be there for the Apple and for the Apple II user for a
|
|||
|
|
_long_ time. And we will continue to be 'available' (reachable) via e-mail
|
|||
|
|
and other online services. ///SHH Systeme will cease to exist when the
|
|||
|
|
Apple II is dead.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
If you want to send us e-mail you can use the following addresses:
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Internet: jlange@tasha.muc.de
|
|||
|
|
CompuServe: 73370,3106
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
What you can expect from ///SHH Systeme in the future:
|
|||
|
|
''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
o Development of new products planned (plain vapourware, of course, as it
|
|||
|
|
is with _all_ products coming from ///SHH Systeme):
|
|||
|
|
- ZIP GS Accessory I
|
|||
|
|
- ZIP GS Accessory II
|
|||
|
|
- Mass storage control for new (and old) kinds of drives
|
|||
|
|
- ???? (is this the end?)
|
|||
|
|
- ????
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
o ///SHH Systeme products sales & support:
|
|||
|
|
- FaST506 hard disk controller (out of production, but supported)
|
|||
|
|
- Turbo IDE Card hard disk controller
|
|||
|
|
- MicroDrive Card hard disk controller
|
|||
|
|
- BlueDisk Card floppy disk controller
|
|||
|
|
- Transwarp GS 32K cache ("second source")
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
o Specific Apple II Equipment Support:
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
If you have a problem or a need for an upgrade, we probably can help
|
|||
|
|
you, especially with this hardware:
|
|||
|
|
- Transwarp GS repair
|
|||
|
|
- Transwarp GS cache upgrade
|
|||
|
|
- ZIP GS repair
|
|||
|
|
- ZIP GS cache upgrades, modifications
|
|||
|
|
- TransWarp GS & ZIP GS cabling
|
|||
|
|
- RAMFast SCSI repair (rev. C & rev. D)
|
|||
|
|
- Apple SCSI card repair
|
|||
|
|
- Vulcan repair & upgrades
|
|||
|
|
- Apple 3.5" drive repair
|
|||
|
|
- AE 3.5" drive repair (DD & HD)
|
|||
|
|
- AE 3.5" DD drive to High Density upgrades
|
|||
|
|
- Memory expansion card repair (all brands)
|
|||
|
|
- Apple IIGS CPU repair
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
(If you cannot find your item in this list, send your inquiry by
|
|||
|
|
e-mail.)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
For inquiries and orders, here is our address:
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
///SHH Systeme
|
|||
|
|
Dipl. Ing. Joachim Lange
|
|||
|
|
Bergstrasse 95
|
|||
|
|
82131 Stockdorf
|
|||
|
|
Germany
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
E-mail
|
|||
|
|
''''''
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Internet: jlange@tasha.muc.de
|
|||
|
|
CompuServe: 73370,3106
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
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(BTW, Stockdorf is a small village in the vicinity of Munich/Bavaria)
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Copyright note: This information material is (c) 1996 Joachim Lange.
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It may be distributed freely as long as it remains unchanged in _every_
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aspect.
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******************** End of Important Information *********************
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************************ from ///SHH Systeme ************************
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(J.LANGE7, CAT46, TOP12, MSG:197/M645;1)
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EAMON ADVENTURES ON THE WEB There is a new Eamon-related WWW page. Right
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""""""""""""""""""""""""""" now it is a work in progress, but it will
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eventually have all the EAG newsletters and all the Eamon games available,
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with lots of neat hot links. For example, if you want to see the review
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for an Eamon in the list, just click in the link and you will find yourself
|
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linked over to the review in the applicable EAG newsletter.
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Check it out at http://www.ecnet.net/users/mumbv/pages/eamon/index.shtml
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TomZ
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(A2.TOMZ, CAT16, TOP2, MSG:74/M645;1)
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WHITE ON BLACK IN GRAPHICWRITER III I just printed white text in a black
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""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" box from GW III :) Here's what I
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did. First, I created a text frame and typed in some text in Avant Garde,
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at 18 points, and then set the style to bold and outline. I then selected
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the text, and set the Pen color to white. Next I selected the text frame
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with the arrow tool, and set the Fill color to black. Then I printed, to
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an Appletalk Laserwriter using Apple's printer driver. It came out a nice
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black box with the white text in it. Note: the screen presentation did
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not show me white text on a black box. It showed me a black box; but when
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scrolling up or down I could see the text kind of jumping in behind, so I
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knew it was still there. I also tried this with a grey and yellow fill,
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and it worked fine, except the fill was then more of a pattern. Hope this
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works for you. Oh, one more thing. I did not check the screen
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presentation in "Actual Size" only in "Tall Text"...perhaps "Actual Size"
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shows the box and text correctly...too late to check tonight though! Ciao!
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(S.CAVANAUGH1, CAT43, TOP6, MSG:306/M645;1)
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>>> HOT TOPICS <<<
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""""""""""""""""""
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APPLEWORKS GS (WP) TO GRAPHICWRITER II OK boys and girls, I've got a
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"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" bare-bones AppleWorks GS
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translator for GraphicWriter III up and running. It already does the
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Font/Size/Style thing... and I think it also does colors, but I haven't
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tested that yet. Here's what I have in mind for the final product:
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Add Color Support (if it isn't there already)
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Add Support for Rulers and Tabs (well, maybe not tabs)
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Add support for superScript and Subscript
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Exporting will NOT be supported. This will be an IMPORT ONLY
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translator. (And yep, it gives you a message when you try to export.)
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The price will PROBABLY be $14.95 (including shipping), and the docs
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will probably be on disk only.
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Comments? Suggestions? Make em snappy! This is another one I wanna
|
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ship ASAP.
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Diz
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EGO Systems
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(DIZ, CAT33, TOP13, MSG:1/M645;1)
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<<<<< Hmmm, the only thing that's been tossed out that I'm leery of are
|
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""""" page breaks. Unfortunately, GWIII translators don't have any way
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to communicate a "page break" to the GWIII application, so I don't think
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that will make it in.
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Let's hear more of the pro and con on tabs. I'm still of the opinion
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that preserving them will cause more harm than good when going from a "full
|
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sheet" wp program to a "probably columnar" page layout program.
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Diz
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EGO Systems
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(DIZ, CAT33, TOP13, MSG:8/M645;1)
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|
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<<<<< Well... let's hear it for code reusability! I've got to do a
|
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|
|
""""" little more testing, but I'm pretty sure that I've got a "feature
|
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|
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complete" AppleWorks GS Translator for GraphicWriter III here in captivity!
|
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|
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|
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Which is what this message is about. I need some files for testing...
|
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So, send me your AppleWorks GS files and I'll run them through the
|
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|
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translator. If everything goes ok... i'll start shipping this on hmmm,
|
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|
let's say, monday the 13th.
|
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|
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Here's what's in the translator now...
|
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|
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Font/Size/Style/Color Support
|
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|
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Super & Subscript support
|
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|
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Multiple ruler support (indents and Justification)
|
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The only things missing are tabs, and headers and footers. I've
|
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|
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already asked for comments on tabs, but I'd forgotten about headers and
|
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|
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footers... Does anybody need these to be supported? I'm not sure how I'd
|
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|
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do it, cause there's no way to tell GWIII "Hey, this is a header/footer.
|
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|
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Put it someplace special."
|
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Diz
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EGO Systems
|
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(DIZ, CAT33, TOP13, MSG:9/M645;1)
|
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|
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|
|
>>>>> I have to say (forgetting that I have a vested interest in GWIII
|
|||
|
|
""""" :), that Diz certainly deserves our support. How often do products
|
|||
|
|
get brought to market so quickly in these dark days of the Apple II?
|
|||
|
|
(RICHARD.B, CAT33, TOP13, MSG:15/M645;1)
|
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|
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|
|
<<<<< Hmmm... I seem to have left out some information about the tabs
|
|||
|
|
""""" controversy....
|
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|
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|
|
The Tab CHARACTERS __WILL__ still be imported, its their POSTION
|
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|
|
information that will be lost. In other words, the tabs WILL still be in
|
|||
|
|
the file after it's converted, they will just appear at the DEFAULT
|
|||
|
|
positions that GraphicWriter III imposes. All you have to do to pretty
|
|||
|
|
them up is to select whichever paragraph has the tabs and then reset the
|
|||
|
|
tab positions as you normally would.
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
(Sigh... I see I misspelled POSITION. Dang. Again, it's the
|
|||
|
|
POSITION info that will be lost, not the actual tab characters.)
|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
This is what happens in the RTF translator too... the tab characters
|
|||
|
|
are imported, they just appear at the GWIII default POSITIONS.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Diz
|
|||
|
|
EGO Systems
|
|||
|
|
(DIZ, CAT33, TOP13, MSG:20/M645;1)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
"I WANT A GRAPHICS-BASED WEB BROWSER!" I do as well and even discussed
|
|||
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" the matter with the author, Derek
|
|||
|
|
Taubert, a couple of times on Internet Relay Chat (IRC).
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
He was in agreement with the idea but was extremely busy in preparing
|
|||
|
|
for graduation and job interviewing.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
I chatted with him again a couple of days ago and he said "no". He
|
|||
|
|
just hired on with Cisco (network routers, etc.) and will be busy with
|
|||
|
|
relocation and his new job. When asked if another qualified person could
|
|||
|
|
do the presentation, he said "probably not" because he knows the most about
|
|||
|
|
it. I've heard/seen that other people have been working on various network
|
|||
|
|
applications so there's a possibility that several more people are
|
|||
|
|
qualified (interested is another matter) to demonstrate it. Another
|
|||
|
|
potentially limiting factor is that the latest version of GNO/ME is
|
|||
|
|
=required= and I've not seen any official announcement that it is shipping,
|
|||
|
|
although a few select individuals obviously have alpha or beta releases.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
If we can locate someone with the software and the knowledge, we
|
|||
|
|
should have no problems arranging for a presentation.
|
|||
|
|
(E.WAGNER10, CAT44, TOP8, MSG:165/M645;1)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
>>>>> I've had some recent Email from Derek Taubert indicating that he
|
|||
|
|
""""" has a scheduling conflict with KFest this year and is not likely to
|
|||
|
|
attend, himself. We are trying to get a demo of his wares worked out,
|
|||
|
|
though.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
On a similar note, would there be much (any) interest in a basic Unix
|
|||
|
|
course for people that have or use Unix shell accounts on their InterNet
|
|||
|
|
Service providers. A course that would cover some demonstrations of basic
|
|||
|
|
Unix programs like Pine, Lynx, Pico and commands like ls, mv, rm, chmod
|
|||
|
|
etc?
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Lemme know what y'all think.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Tim K
|
|||
|
|
(PPC.HELP, CAT44, TOP8, MSG:169/M645;1)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
>>>>> I'm exhausted, but exhilirated
|
|||
|
|
"""""
|
|||
|
|
Early today (Monday), I drove 2 1/2 hours from my home in Sullivan,
|
|||
|
|
Indiana, to Champaign, Illinois, where I spent almost fours hours with
|
|||
|
|
Derek Taubert, author of GS/TCP, the software that will team up with GNO/ME
|
|||
|
|
2.0.6 to allow IIGS users to connect directly to the Internet via SLIP,
|
|||
|
|
PPP, etc.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Derek is an =extremely= interesting young man with great knowledge of
|
|||
|
|
the inner workings of the IIGS and some great ideas for future
|
|||
|
|
telecommunications products. The only thing standing in the way of his
|
|||
|
|
moving forward right now is his Master's thesis, which he must complete by
|
|||
|
|
late July, when he is scheduled to move to San Jose, California, and begin
|
|||
|
|
a job with Cisco Systems, which specializes these days in Internet routers.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
When his thesis is complete and he gets settled into the Silicon
|
|||
|
|
Valley, he says he will then begin pulling together the final pieces of
|
|||
|
|
GS/TCP and make a decision on how the product will be packaged and sold.
|
|||
|
|
(He is also the programmer who is developing GNO/ME 2.0.6, which GS/TCP
|
|||
|
|
requires.)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Derek suspects it will be August before he can again turn his full
|
|||
|
|
attention to the project. The software development is essentially
|
|||
|
|
complete. What remains to be done is documentation and preparations for
|
|||
|
|
distribution.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
It was a thrill to see GS/TCP in action. Among other exercises in
|
|||
|
|
'Net surfing, we FTPed into Cal Tech and downloaded a small file directly
|
|||
|
|
to his hard drive.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
And to top it all off, he fired up GS Web, his graphical web browser
|
|||
|
|
that is in early development. Much work remains to do in the web browser,
|
|||
|
|
but we moved around the Web, stopping at familiar sites such as the GS/TCP
|
|||
|
|
web page, the Shareware Solutions II home page, the Cal Tech A2 page, and
|
|||
|
|
we even dropped in on the comp.sys.apple2 Usenet newsgroup.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
It was awesome. The words "You can't do that on an Apple 2" kept
|
|||
|
|
running through my mind. I had to smile. :)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Hope no one minds this long post. I just thought I'd share a little
|
|||
|
|
of what I learned with the folks here in A2. Meanwhile, I have about two
|
|||
|
|
hours of tape to transcribe from my interview, and then I will begin
|
|||
|
|
writing an article about Derek, his work, and what it means to the Apple
|
|||
|
|
IIGS community.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Oh, by the way, work on the spring edition of Juiced.GS is well under
|
|||
|
|
way. It is scheduled to be published late this month.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Anyone care to hazard a guess what the cover story will be? :-)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Max Jones
|
|||
|
|
Juiced.GS
|
|||
|
|
(M.JONES145, CAT13, TOP43, MSG:155/M645;1)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
>>>>> Glad to hear folks are eager to hear more about Derek Taubert's
|
|||
|
|
""""" development of GS/TCP.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
One of the most interesting things to me is the great potential
|
|||
|
|
GS/TCP holds for sparking development of new software for the IIGS. Once
|
|||
|
|
GS/TCP is on the market, independent developers can then produce
|
|||
|
|
complementary products such as a graphical Internet relay chat application,
|
|||
|
|
a full-featured news reader, graphical telnet, mail reader, and, of course,
|
|||
|
|
a web browser. In fact, Derek tells me some of his testers =are= working
|
|||
|
|
on some of these products.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
During the GS/TCP demonstration, Derek fired up a new application by
|
|||
|
|
James Brooks of Procyon fame that is in the final phase of development.
|
|||
|
|
It's known as GS Mail (an old news release about it appeared on the last
|
|||
|
|
issue of Softdisk GS). The pre-release version I saw in action, however,
|
|||
|
|
went by the name of "Metaphor" and is a slick piece of work. Nice
|
|||
|
|
interface, cool icons, and apparently loads of mail-reading and handling
|
|||
|
|
features. Derek explained that that's the sort of program that could work
|
|||
|
|
well with GS/TCP.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Derek said GS Mail is not yet ready for distribution, but there's not
|
|||
|
|
a lot of work remaining. He doesn't know when James plans to finish, but
|
|||
|
|
Derek intends to encourage completion so it will be ready when GS/TCP hits
|
|||
|
|
the market.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Max Jones
|
|||
|
|
Juiced.GS
|
|||
|
|
(M.JONES145, CAT13, TOP43, MSG:160/M645;1)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
>>>>> Every day as the Internet hype, fact and fiction, grows, more
|
|||
|
|
""""" people defect from the Apple II. We need GS/TCP and a www browser
|
|||
|
|
NOW. This is a big deal. I need it. If it takes too long to develop, there
|
|||
|
|
will be significantly less users of Apple II's left to buy it.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Eric
|
|||
|
|
(E.THOMPSON24, CAT13, TOP43, MSG:162/M645;1)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
>>>>> I posed this issue to Derek during our interview. His answer is
|
|||
|
|
""""" that he is aware that Apple II users continue to dwindle, but he
|
|||
|
|
feels no added pressure to produce GS/TCP and its related utilities. The
|
|||
|
|
reason he feels no pressure is because he's not doing this for the money.
|
|||
|
|
In fact, he said he expects to make very little money, certainly nothing
|
|||
|
|
near worth the time and effort he put into it. His motivation seems to
|
|||
|
|
come from inner forces, not market forces.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
I'll share one quote from Derek on this subject. He says he is
|
|||
|
|
developing something that is "purely a work of art rather than something
|
|||
|
|
that is just a commercial product."
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
For myself, I also wish we could have this product right now.
|
|||
|
|
Unfortunately, however, it's going to be a while. Having seen GS/TCP, GS
|
|||
|
|
Web and related utilities in action, the only comfort I can offer GS users
|
|||
|
|
willing to wait it out is that they will be =quite= impressed with this
|
|||
|
|
"work of art".
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Max Jones
|
|||
|
|
Juiced.GS
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
P.S. I know we've drifted off-topic here. Perhaps we should move further
|
|||
|
|
discussion of GS/TCP to the appropriate place.
|
|||
|
|
(M.JONES145, CAT13, TOP43, MSG:166/M645;1)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
>>> WHAT'S NEW <<<
|
|||
|
|
""""""""""""""""""
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
FREE FIX FOR GRAPHICWRITER III RTF TRANSLATOR OK everybody, Don actually
|
|||
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" found a couple of VERY
|
|||
|
|
minor problems in v1.0 of the RTF Translator... So, I fixed them, and added
|
|||
|
|
a small new feature (hold down the option key and you can pick a file to
|
|||
|
|
import from ALL the files on disk, not just Text files) and I'm shipping
|
|||
|
|
that now as v1.0.1. Since the only folks that have v1.0 are here on GEnie
|
|||
|
|
and the Internet, It's going to be a FREE update, and I'd like to e-mail it
|
|||
|
|
to all of you early purchasers. I have Genie e-mail addresses for most of
|
|||
|
|
you, but there are a few that I couldn't find. So, if you have version 1.0
|
|||
|
|
of the RTF Translator for GraphicWriter III, send me your Genie mail
|
|||
|
|
address along with your Serial # (it's on your disk label) and I'll e-mail
|
|||
|
|
you the free update.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Thanks again for supporting my IIGS efforts! I hope this update
|
|||
|
|
makes the RTF Translator even more useful to you!
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Diz
|
|||
|
|
EGO Systems
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
P.S. As soon as I have all of the e-mail addresses, I'll be doing a
|
|||
|
|
mass-e-mailing... Hopefully by friday or monday.
|
|||
|
|
(DIZ, CAT33, TOP6, MSG:54/M645;1)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
APPLEWORKS GS TRANSLATOR FOR GRAPHICWRITER III! May 8, 1996 -- EGO
|
|||
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" Systems is pleased to
|
|||
|
|
announce the upcoming release of a new AppleWorks GS Translator module for
|
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Seven Hills Software's GraphicWriter III page layout program.
|
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|
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|
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Over the years, AppleWorks GS (AWGS) has become a "de-facto" standard
|
|||
|
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for word processing on the Apple IIGS. Unfortunately, while the AWGS word
|
|||
|
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processor is quite usable, it's page layout capabilities leave a lot to be
|
|||
|
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desired. That's where the AWGS Translator for GraphicWriter III comes in.
|
|||
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|
|||
|
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The AWGS Translator for GraphicWriter III allows you to take
|
|||
|
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AppleWorks GS word processor files and import them into your GraphicWriter
|
|||
|
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III page layouts with all of the font, size, and style (and more!)
|
|||
|
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information intact! You can then use GraphicWriter III's superior
|
|||
|
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page-layout tools to give your text those extra-special touches.
|
|||
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|
|||
|
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When you import an AppleWorks GS file into GraphicWriter III, here's
|
|||
|
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what the translator pulls out of the file for you:
|
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-*- Font Information: Typeface (Times, Helvetica, etc), size (10 point,
|
|||
|
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24 point, etc.) and style (bold, superscript, etc.) information is all
|
|||
|
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preserved!
|
|||
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|
|||
|
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-*- Text Colors: Colored text in your AppleWorks GS file is automatically
|
|||
|
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given the correct color in GraphicWriter III!
|
|||
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|
|||
|
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-*- Paragraph Justification: Was that paragraph originally centered? Or
|
|||
|
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was it right justified? No need to guess, the AWGS Translator figures it
|
|||
|
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out for you!
|
|||
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|
|||
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-*- Paragraph Indentation: Each paragraph's indentation is recreated in
|
|||
|
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GraphicWriter III, relative to the columns in your page layout!
|
|||
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|
|||
|
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-*- The Text: Of course, all of the above would be useless if the text
|
|||
|
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itself wasn't imported!
|
|||
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|
|||
|
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Requirements, Availability & Pricing The AWGS Translator for
|
|||
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|
'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' GraphicWriter III requires
|
|||
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|
GraphicWriter III v1.1 or later (version 2.0 is recommended but NOT
|
|||
|
|
required). It comes on a single 3.5-inch disk and includes printed user's
|
|||
|
|
documentation. It will ship on May 13th, 1996. The price is just $14.95
|
|||
|
|
and it INCLUDES shipping to anywhere in the world!
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
To order, send a check or money order for the appropriate amount (in
|
|||
|
|
U.S. funds) to:
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
EGO Systems
|
|||
|
|
7918 Cove Ridge Rd.
|
|||
|
|
Hixson, TN 37343-1808
|
|||
|
|
USA
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
(When sending a check or money order, Tennessee residents MUST add 7.75%
|
|||
|
|
sales tax.)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
If you prefer to order by credit card, you can use your VISA or
|
|||
|
|
MasterCard by calling us toll-free at 1-800-662-3634. Outside of North
|
|||
|
|
America, please call 1-423-843-1775. You can also FAX your order to us at
|
|||
|
|
1-423-843-0661.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Phone orders and inquiries can be placed between 9 am and 5 pm
|
|||
|
|
Eastern Time. Our FAX line is available 24-hours a day. (Order before 10
|
|||
|
|
am and your order will ship the same day!) You can also e-mail credit card
|
|||
|
|
orders to us at either:
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Diz@genie.com
|
|||
|
|
-or-
|
|||
|
|
GSPlusDiz@aol.com
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
(For your protection, we recommend that you call or FAX us with your
|
|||
|
|
credit card orders. No credit cards will be charged and no checks will be
|
|||
|
|
cashed, until the product actually ships. GraphicWriter III is a trademark
|
|||
|
|
of DataPak Software, Inc. AppleWorks GS is a trademark of Claris. All
|
|||
|
|
other names are the property of their respective owners.)
|
|||
|
|
(DIZ, CAT33, TOP2, MSG:21/M645;1)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
COMPLETE GUIDE TO SHEPPYWARE ADDRESS CHANGE "The Complete Guide to
|
|||
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" SheppyWare" is now being
|
|||
|
|
distributed exclusively by EGO Systems. If you would like to order, you
|
|||
|
|
can now order by phone or email, using your credit card, by calling them
|
|||
|
|
directly!
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Don't send orders to me anymore, since I don't even have a printed
|
|||
|
|
copy of the current edition of the book myself anymore. :)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
EGO Systems has the new version of the manual (April 1996), which
|
|||
|
|
includes new documentation and some error corrections.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Sheppy
|
|||
|
|
[Team PPCPro]
|
|||
|
|
(SHEPPY, CAT13, TOP18, MSG:9/M645;1)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
SHEPPYWARE CONTACT ADDRESS CHANGE Okay, I have another address change for
|
|||
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" SheppyWare-related stuff -- but this
|
|||
|
|
should be the last one for a LONG time, because I now have a
|
|||
|
|
SheppyWare-specific mailing address!
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
All shareware payments, questions, comments, etc., should be mailed
|
|||
|
|
to the address below from now on.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
(Could the BB management type watching this category please put this
|
|||
|
|
address into the topic header? Thanks! :)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Eric Shepherd
|
|||
|
|
425 East Arrow Highway #232
|
|||
|
|
Glendora, CA 91740-5684
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Sheppy
|
|||
|
|
[Team PPCPro]
|
|||
|
|
(SHEPPY, CAT13, TOP18, MSG:12/M645;1)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
TIMEOUT DATABASE DISKSEARCH Some here might be interested to learn about
|
|||
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""""""""" a new TimeOut accessory written by Randy
|
|||
|
|
Brandt. TO.DB DiskSearch searches a data base ON DISK for an exact match
|
|||
|
|
of criteria that you enter. It is available exclusively from TEXAS II (see
|
|||
|
|
below).
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
The search is very fast, and would be used to search a large data
|
|||
|
|
base without taking the time to load it to the desktop first. It returns
|
|||
|
|
the contents of all categories, up to 80 characters onscreen. The
|
|||
|
|
remaining data can be seen in Debug (OA-Ctrl-X) in variables $20 to $79.
|
|||
|
|
Thus, the contents of the entire record are available for use within custom
|
|||
|
|
macros.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
The search data can be entered in upper or lower case, but it must
|
|||
|
|
match a complete category string; for example, Brandt not Brand or Bran.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
TimeOut DB DiskSearch can be found in the /FRIENDS directory of TEXAS
|
|||
|
|
II on Disk vol.20, along with a custom macro for its use. Questions about
|
|||
|
|
the availability, use and performance of TimeOut DBDisk Search and
|
|||
|
|
accompanying macros should be addressed _only_ to the TEXAS II Mail Group
|
|||
|
|
at 75757.3722@compuserve.com.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
TEXAS II also offers an update for TimeOut File Search (found on the
|
|||
|
|
DeskTools IV disk from Scantron Quality Computers). File Search will
|
|||
|
|
perform partial matches, and also searches WP and SS files.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|||
|
|
-(+)-
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|||
|
|
...Will (Cat 13, Top 11)
|
|||
|
|
(W.NELKEN1, CAT17, TOP31, MSG:127/M645;1)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
MODEM/SOFTWARE BUNDLES EGO Systems Offers 14.4 Fax Modem for IIGS and
|
|||
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""" Macintosh
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
EGO Systems is pleased to announce that it now sells the Magnum 144
|
|||
|
|
External Fax Modem. This modem, which operates at speeds up to 14,400 bps
|
|||
|
|
(faster using data compression), is completely compatible with both the
|
|||
|
|
IIGS and the Macintosh. It includes software for the Mac, and works with
|
|||
|
|
all IIGS telecommunication and Fax software.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Some of this modems features include:
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
-*- 14,400 bps data and Fax transmission (up to 57,600 bps with data
|
|||
|
|
compression)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
-*- Automatic error correction and data compression (V.42, V.42bis
|
|||
|
|
and MNP)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
-*- Automatic speed, error-control, and data compression negotiation
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
-*- Supports Group 3, Class 1 and 2 Fax transmission
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
-*- Hayes (TM) AT command set
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
-*- Two year warranty and EGO Systems' 30-day money-back guarantee
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Pricing, Requirements and IIGS Bundles EGO Systems' price for this modem
|
|||
|
|
'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' is just $79.95. This cost
|
|||
|
|
includes Priority Mail shipping to the United States. Air mail shipping to
|
|||
|
|
Canada is $5 extra. Air mail shipping to Mexico is $10 extra. Surface
|
|||
|
|
mail shipping to anywhere else in the world is $10 extra. Air mail
|
|||
|
|
shipping to Europe is $20 extra. Air mail shipping to Asia or Africa is
|
|||
|
|
$25 extra. Air mail shipping to the Pacific Rim is $30 extra.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
This modem includes all the hardware needed to work with both the
|
|||
|
|
Apple IIGS and the Macintosh. Fax and telecommunications software is
|
|||
|
|
included for the Macintosh. Apple IIGS owners will need to purchase Fax and
|
|||
|
|
telecommunications software separately. EGO Systems offers the following
|
|||
|
|
bundles for Apple IIGS owners:
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Telcom Deluxe Bundle - $134.95 (normally $144.95, you save $10)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
This bundle includes the Magnum 144 External Fax Modem as well the
|
|||
|
|
Parkhurst Micro's full-featured ANSITerm telecommunications software. (Add
|
|||
|
|
$10 for Air mail shipping outside North America.)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Fax Deluxe Bundle - $154.95 (normally $164.95, you save $10)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
This bundle includes the Magnum 144 External Fax Modem as well as
|
|||
|
|
Parkhurst Micro's amazing PMPFax Fax software. (Add $3 for Air mail
|
|||
|
|
shipping outside North America.)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Deluxe Deluxe Bundle - $209.95 (normally $229.85, you save $20)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
This bundles includes the Magnum 144 External Fax Modem as well as
|
|||
|
|
the ANSITerm and PMPFax software. (Add $13 for Air mail shipping outside
|
|||
|
|
North America.)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
To order, send a check or money order for the appropriate amount (in
|
|||
|
|
U.S. funds) to:
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
EGO Systems
|
|||
|
|
7918 Cove Ridge Rd.
|
|||
|
|
Hixson, TN 37343-1808
|
|||
|
|
USA
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
(When sending a check or money order, Tennessee residents MUST add 7.75%
|
|||
|
|
sales tax.)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
If you prefer to order by credit card, you can use your VISA or
|
|||
|
|
Master Card by calling us toll-free at 1-800-662-3634. Outside of North
|
|||
|
|
America, please call 1-423-843-1775. You can also FAX your order to us at
|
|||
|
|
1-423-843-0661.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Phone orders and inquiries can be placed between 9 am and 5 pm
|
|||
|
|
Eastern Time. Our FAX line is available 24-hours a day. (Order before 10
|
|||
|
|
am and your order will ship the same day!) You can also e-mail credit card
|
|||
|
|
orders to us at either:
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Diz@genie.com
|
|||
|
|
-or-
|
|||
|
|
GSPlusDiz@aol.com
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
(For your protection, we recommend that you call or FAX us with your
|
|||
|
|
credit card orders. All product names are the property of their respective
|
|||
|
|
owners.)
|
|||
|
|
(DIZ, CAT33, TOP2, MSG:22/M645;1)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
>>> THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE <<<
|
|||
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
APPLE II LAPTOP (SORT OF) I tried the Tiger Learning Computer briefly at
|
|||
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""""""" the Electronic Entertainment Expo last week in
|
|||
|
|
Los Angeles. It looks almost identical on-screen to a regular IIe. There
|
|||
|
|
are .SYSTEM files launched from ProDOS, and Applesoft programs seem to run
|
|||
|
|
as always. ("I'm just fooling around." "I wish you wouldn't." - my
|
|||
|
|
encounter with a Tiger product rep :)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
It looks like a laptop, but where the screen would be is where up to
|
|||
|
|
six cartridge-based softwares are installed. The keyboard's buttons are
|
|||
|
|
very flat, and have very little "clickability." The layout has changed, as
|
|||
|
|
well. There seemed to be Internet support, but whether it was disabled for
|
|||
|
|
the show or permanently, I couldn't tell.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Read more about it in Volume 2 Issue 2 of The Apple Blossom.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
-Ken
|
|||
|
|
(KEN.GAGNE, CAT5, TOP13, MSG:1/M645;1)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
ULTRAMAX 3 AT KANSASFEST More good news!
|
|||
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
UltraMax -- the third disk in this series is nearing completion.
|
|||
|
|
And, prompted by the above referenced fix work, I've added a Booklet Maker
|
|||
|
|
to the disk. Take any AppleWorks word processor document and print it as a
|
|||
|
|
booklet, portrait or landscape mode. After printing, just fold the stack
|
|||
|
|
in the middle and staple!
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
UltraMax...to be released at KansasFest this July.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|||
|
|
-(+)-
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|||
|
|
...Will (Cat 13, Top 11)
|
|||
|
|
(W.NELKEN1, CAT13, TOP11, MSG:149/M645;1)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
CASTLE WOLFENSTEIN 3-D It may be just me, but I have a funny feeling that
|
|||
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""" Wolf 3D will be shown or go on sale at K-Fest in
|
|||
|
|
July.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
BTW, I will be leaving my survey open in Cat 5, Topic 4 "The Apple II
|
|||
|
|
in the 21st Century" for two more weeks. If you haven't checked it out
|
|||
|
|
please do so. I'm considering putting it on the comp.sys.apple2. usenet
|
|||
|
|
group as well
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Andy
|
|||
|
|
Delivered by: Copilot 2.55 w/ Spectrum 2.0 w/ a Super GS 8540CD
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Email: L.Middleton3
|
|||
|
|
(L.MIDDLETON3, CAT40, TOP6, MSG:177/M645;1)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
>>>>> > It may be just me, but I have a funny feeling that Wolf 3D will
|
|||
|
|
""""" > be shown or go on sale at K-Fest in July.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
I hope so. No promises. :)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
I'm working on the final sound and music driver now. I still need to
|
|||
|
|
fix some cosmetic bugs, rewrite for speed in a few places, and add
|
|||
|
|
preferences and clean up the automap. Several weeks worth of work, and I
|
|||
|
|
still can't dedicate a lot of time to it. But work is ongoing. :)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Sheppy
|
|||
|
|
[Team PPCPro]
|
|||
|
|
(SHEPPY, CAT40, TOP6, MSG:178/M645;1)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
[EDITOR'S NOTE: At press time, Sheppy mailed me to following addendum:
|
|||
|
|
"Wolf 3D for the IIgs will probably not be finished by KFest this year,
|
|||
|
|
because I'm overworked and slowly losing my mind. However, I AM still
|
|||
|
|
working on it, whenever I can squeeze out the time and energy to do so."]
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
NEXT BRUTAL DELUXE GAME A LIMITED EDITION Although it's months and months
|
|||
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" away from completion, I just
|
|||
|
|
received an interesting e-mail from Olivier Zardini concerning the next
|
|||
|
|
Brutal Deluxe game.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
According to Olivier, Brutal Deluxe plans to make that game available
|
|||
|
|
only as a Limited Edition.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Brutal Deluxe would like to offer a special thanks to those who have
|
|||
|
|
purchased Convert 3200, and plan to do so by making their next game
|
|||
|
|
available for $5 only to those who have purchased Convert 3200.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Joe
|
|||
|
|
(JOE.KOHN, CAT28, TOP6, MSG:138/M645;1)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
ADDRESSED FOR SUCCESS AND BULK MAIL Well, I just got back from the local
|
|||
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" Post Office where I attended a "Mail
|
|||
|
|
Classification Reform" training class. The upshot of this meeting was
|
|||
|
|
that bulk mailing procedures are about to change DRAMATICALLY. These
|
|||
|
|
changes will probably make Addressed For Success' Bulk Sortation and bar
|
|||
|
|
code options, um, obsolete.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
I'm going to look into what needs to be done to update AFS to
|
|||
|
|
conform with the new standards, but I'd like to know how much of an update
|
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you guys are willing to pay for.
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At this point, I don't know EXACTLY what's going to be required to
|
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bring AFS in line with the new standards, so I can't really give any
|
|||
|
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specifics. I do know however that It WON'T be a small amount of work.
|
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We're talking a v2.0 or even 3.0 level revision here. If these revisions
|
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|
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happen, it'll not only be an expensive update, the base cost of the
|
|||
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product will go up too (well, probably).
|
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So, how much is too much? Does ANYBODY use the bulk mail or bar
|
|||
|
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codes? Should I just rip em out, CUT the price and just position it as an
|
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Address manager and label printer?
|
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Diz
|
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EGO Systems
|
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(DIZ, CAT33, TOP8, MSG:134/M645;1)
|
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<<<<< If a field is empty, AFS SHOULD just spit out a tab as a "place-
|
|||
|
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""""" holder". Is that not happening?
|
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|
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|
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As for the update, I've spoken with the folks at the USPS, and they
|
|||
|
|
are sending me the relevant Technical data. However, they tell me that, as
|
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|
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a conservative estimate, I should allocate ONE MAN YEAR or (oops, "of" not
|
|||
|
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"or") FULL TIME EFFORT to bring my software into line with the new bulk
|
|||
|
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mailing requirements.
|
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Of course, I simply can't do that...
|
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Diz
|
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EGO Systems
|
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(DIZ, CAT33, TOP8, MSG:151/M645;1)
|
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POWER GS MAGAZINE, ISSUE #6 yep, number six will be out in a few weeks,
|
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""""""""""""""""""""""""""" promise :)
|
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|
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heck, I'll even go tooKfest this year <grin>
|
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|
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l8rs!
|
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|
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|
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-Auri
|
|||
|
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(A.RAHIMZADEH, CAT13, TOP38, MSG:228/M645;1)
|
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|
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|
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|
|||
|
|
IIGS HTML EDITOR How many people would like to see a graphical HTML
|
|||
|
|
"""""""""""""""" editor for the IIGS? How much would you be willing to
|
|||
|
|
pay for such a beastie?
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
Diz
|
|||
|
|
EGO Systems
|
|||
|
|
(DIZ, CAT33, TOP4, MSG:215/M645;1)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
<<<<< The basic idea at this point is a tag-based editor, that would use
|
|||
|
|
""""" plug-ins for displaying the output of each tag. Right now, I'm
|
|||
|
|
trying to decide between supporting ALL tags (even simple junk like the
|
|||
|
|
<I>italic</I> tag) with plug ins and supporting the simple tags (like
|
|||
|
|
italics) internally in the application.
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
What the tags look like would be shown in a separate (non-editable)
|
|||
|
|
window.
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
Using Plug ins would make the display more flexible (i.e. someone
|
|||
|
|
could write a set of plug ins that support second sight) but it would add a
|
|||
|
|
lot of overhead to the actual display process.
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
I hadn't thought of including "lynx" display... that's a good idea.
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
Diz
|
|||
|
|
EGO Systems
|
|||
|
|
(DIZ, CAT33, TOP4, MSG:227/M645;1)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
>>>>> Geez, Diz, from what you're saying, sounds like there'd be the
|
|||
|
|
""""" basic foundation of a web browser there. :)
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
Ryan M. Suenaga, M.S.W.
|
|||
|
|
Social Worker by Day, Apple II geek by night
|
|||
|
|
ANSITerm and CoPilot v2.55
|
|||
|
|
(R.SUENAGA1, CAT33, TOP4, MSG:229/M645;1)
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
<<<<< I was hoping noone would notice ;-)
|
|||
|
|
"""""
|
|||
|
|
Diz
|
|||
|
|
EGO Systems
|
|||
|
|
(DIZ, CAT33, TOP4, MSG:230/M645;1)
|
|||
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|
|||
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|
|||
|
|
>>> MESSAGE SPOTLIGHT <<<
|
|||
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
Category 6, Topic 6
|
|||
|
|
Message 111 Mon May 27, 1996
|
|||
|
|
GARY.UTTER [Dispatcher] at 14:46 EDT
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
When viewing GIFs on either a IIc or a IIe it is well to bear in mind
|
|||
|
|
that neithier computer was designed with any intention of being able to
|
|||
|
|
HANDLE graphics at this level. These computers were designed to work in
|
|||
|
|
text, and deal with the very SIMPLE graphics of the time.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
NO personal computer of the same design generation as the IIe and IIc
|
|||
|
|
is capable of doing a better job wihtout significant modifications
|
|||
|
|
(including running later generation software, hardware and monitors).
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
The IIc is nothing more than a slightly modified IIe, and the IIe is
|
|||
|
|
nothing more than a slightly updated II+, which, in turn is a slightly
|
|||
|
|
updated II.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
The technology, in other words is approximately 15 years old. The
|
|||
|
|
initial designe was a very GOOD design and required relatively minor
|
|||
|
|
updates to produce a computer that is STILL highly usable in this day and
|
|||
|
|
age. But attempting to view these high quality graphics on such a machine
|
|||
|
|
should be considered an interesting experiment in how far the basic design
|
|||
|
|
can be pushed rather than something that SHOULD be doable as well on a IIc
|
|||
|
|
as on a IIgs.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
The IIgs itself, much as I love it, requires SERIOUS hardware
|
|||
|
|
"intervention" in order to display these graphics as well as more current
|
|||
|
|
platforms can do.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
The Ford Model T was an incredible vehicle for its time, and has
|
|||
|
|
capabilities that modern vehicles, for the most part, simply cannot
|
|||
|
|
emulate. The Model T can handle "off road" conditions that would require a
|
|||
|
|
"full tilt" off road 4WD vehicle today (this WITHOUT 4WD, or even fat
|
|||
|
|
tires), and can be maintained and repaired with simple hand tools (and
|
|||
|
|
perhaps a bit of bailing wire). It will run on fuel that a modern vehicle
|
|||
|
|
will choke and die on.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
The Model T was a simple, elegant and extremely effective machine for
|
|||
|
|
the purpose for which it was designed. While I would not want to
|
|||
|
|
characterize the IIe and IIc as "Model T" computers (they are much more
|
|||
|
|
than that), there ARE some strong paralells. The II series (even the GS)
|
|||
|
|
are simple and elegant machines that can perform the tasks they were
|
|||
|
|
designed for (IMO) much better than more modern machines can perform those
|
|||
|
|
same tasks. But there are limits to the performance levels they can
|
|||
|
|
acheive.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
This is not to say that you shouldn't attempt to display GIFs on a
|
|||
|
|
IIc, by any means, but (like the dancing bear) the marvel is not how WELL
|
|||
|
|
it can be done, but that it can be done at ALL.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
This whole message may be inappropriate for this topic, and meat for
|
|||
|
|
a different sort of discussion. :)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Gary R. Utter
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
[*][*][*]
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
While on GEnie, do you spend most of your time downloading files?
|
|||
|
|
If so, you may be missing out some excellent information in the Bulletin
|
|||
|
|
Board area. The messages listed above only scratch the surface of
|
|||
|
|
what's available and waiting for you in the bulletin board area.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
If you are serious about your Apple II, the GEnieLamp staff strongly
|
|||
|
|
urge you to give the bulletin board area a try. There are literally
|
|||
|
|
thousands of messages posted from people like you from all over the
|
|||
|
|
world.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
[EOA]
|
|||
|
|
[HUM]//////////////////////////////
|
|||
|
|
HUMOR ONLINE /
|
|||
|
|
/////////////////////////////////
|
|||
|
|
Free Disks, Just By Not Signing Up!
|
|||
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
|||
|
|
by Jerry Cline
|
|||
|
|
[INTREC]
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
>>> FREE DISKS = BIG $$$$ <<<
|
|||
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Just recently, I had been following a thread of tongue in cheek
|
|||
|
|
comments made on Genie A2 concening the plethora of free disks being mailed
|
|||
|
|
by Americal Oline (AOL). The thread concerned junk mail as finally having
|
|||
|
|
some value--a reformattable floppy disk. While musing these comments, I
|
|||
|
|
happened on an article illuminating the results of this advertising scheme.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
According to an Associated Press article in the Phoenix Republic newspaper
|
|||
|
|
Monday 5/13/96:
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
"AOL's 1 million subscribers in 1995 increased to 5 million in 1996."
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
While AOL may be the world's largest free disk supplier, with their
|
|||
|
|
present level of 5 million customers, they also now claim title to the
|
|||
|
|
world's largest subscriber service. They, along with the other "free disk
|
|||
|
|
supplier," CompuServe who with 2 million subscribers in 1995 and twice as
|
|||
|
|
big as AOL, is now second to AOL with their 1996 level of 4 million
|
|||
|
|
subscribers. Neither service seem to be worried that a few of their disks
|
|||
|
|
are used to level tables or are erased for personal use, and were last
|
|||
|
|
reported as being seen in private boothes at the bank where they sip caf`e
|
|||
|
|
au lait and watch large forklifts stack their money.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Meanwhile, Prodigy, who AOL management helped to get online in the
|
|||
|
|
late '80s and early '90's, was sold to its most present management,
|
|||
|
|
allowing IBM and Sears to stop pouring large sums of money into a poorly
|
|||
|
|
managed "black hole." IBM and Sears have been seeking relief from the
|
|||
|
|
giant sucking sound that Prodigy was making as it dined on their cash
|
|||
|
|
reserves.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
GEnie, who has sent out a least one free (IBM) based disk with a
|
|||
|
|
really ugly label (I have that disk ;-), and Delphi, who's management not
|
|||
|
|
only does not send out free disks, they never return phone calls nor reply
|
|||
|
|
to email requests, did not even receive honorable mention in the Associated
|
|||
|
|
Press report.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
eWorld, another free disk supplier, (we all have lots of those disks
|
|||
|
|
too :-), was digested and flushed, and reportedly last seen passing through
|
|||
|
|
a treatment plant somewhere in California. Its interesting to note, that
|
|||
|
|
like Prodigy, eWorld was also assisted by AOL as it emerged as Apple
|
|||
|
|
Computer's disastrous attempt to do battle for the higly competitive
|
|||
|
|
subscriber service.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
(C) Jerry Cline - InTrec Software
|
|||
|
|
Reproducible with permission
|
|||
|
|
jerrycline@intrec.com
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
[EOA]
|
|||
|
|
[PDQ]//////////////////////////////
|
|||
|
|
PD_QUICKVIEW /
|
|||
|
|
/////////////////////////////////
|
|||
|
|
Yours For The Asking
|
|||
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""
|
|||
|
|
by Douglas Cuff
|
|||
|
|
[EDITOR.A2]
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Program Name : Sounds of History (parts 1-3)
|
|||
|
|
Filename : SND.HISTORY.BXY, SND.HIST.02.BXY, SNDS.HIST.3.BXY
|
|||
|
|
Library Area : 29
|
|||
|
|
Program Number : 11813, 12084, 12120
|
|||
|
|
File Size : 538020, 437220, 378000
|
|||
|
|
Program Type : HyperStudio stacks
|
|||
|
|
Author : Joel E. Helton
|
|||
|
|
File Type : Freeware
|
|||
|
|
Requirements : HyperStudio run-time module
|
|||
|
|
(file #24732, HS3.1RJ.BXY)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
FROM THE AUTHOR SOUNDS OF HISTORY... consists of people and events in
|
|||
|
|
""""""""""""""" history. Most everyone can read about a certain person
|
|||
|
|
or event that is mentioned in this stack. Why not hear what they sounded
|
|||
|
|
like or hear the event as it actually happened? All of these events
|
|||
|
|
occurred before the age of television. So what was the mode of
|
|||
|
|
communication? Phonographs and radio, live radio in fact....
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Some technical notes. My school recently purchased a Quickie hand
|
|||
|
|
scanner with which I am most impressed with. All of the graphics except
|
|||
|
|
the HyperStudio "logo" were scanned with it. Having this scanner allows
|
|||
|
|
great leeway in developing stacks when for instance, a photograph would fit
|
|||
|
|
the bill. As with most things, you can always scan it just a little better
|
|||
|
|
if I did it one more time, but I had to draw the line somewhere. I might
|
|||
|
|
also note that pictures of some of the people in this stack were hard, if
|
|||
|
|
not impossible to get from my resources. I had to make do with what I
|
|||
|
|
could find. The sound files came from some old records of famous events in
|
|||
|
|
history I have. Keep in mind that these are live radio recordings as the
|
|||
|
|
quality made leave a lot to be desired. Also, I have an old amp and some
|
|||
|
|
speakers hooked up to my GS so I have to make allowances on the volume of
|
|||
|
|
the sound files. Hopefully, I didn't record the sound files at too low a
|
|||
|
|
volume.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
This idea for this stack should sound similar to some old Edward R.
|
|||
|
|
Murrow records called "Hear it Now". It is based on the same idea. All of
|
|||
|
|
the pictures were scanned from various magazines and books.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
[*][*][*]
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
. __
|
|||
|
|
(^) <^> /~ ~\
|
|||
|
|
\-=======_/"\_======-/ \)
|
|||
|
|
PD_Q RATING "\. 1 ./"
|
|||
|
|
""""""""""" "\._ _ _./"
|
|||
|
|
(_____)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
.
|
|||
|
|
(^) <^> /~ ~\
|
|||
|
|
\-=======_/"\_======-/ \)
|
|||
|
|
"\. 2 ./"
|
|||
|
|
"\._ _ _./"
|
|||
|
|
(_____)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
TWO LAMPS (1-5)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
PD_Q COMMENTS A week is a long time in politics, as Sir Harold Wilson
|
|||
|
|
""""""""""""" once said. Similarly, a second is a long time when it
|
|||
|
|
comes to sound files. Each second of sound can take up to 10,000 bytes on
|
|||
|
|
disk, which means close to a minute of downloading time at 2400 baud. Even
|
|||
|
|
at 9600 baud, to download the complete soundtrack of your average feature
|
|||
|
|
film would take over a day.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
The relevance of the above statistical trivia is that all three of
|
|||
|
|
Joel Helton's "Sound of History" stacks rely heavily on sound. The stacks
|
|||
|
|
range in size between 350 and 500K. The first stack has about 50 seconds
|
|||
|
|
of sound, the second about 48, and the third stack about 27 seconds.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Each stack has a page devoted to a person or event, and most have an
|
|||
|
|
appropriate picture. You can read a little background about the person or
|
|||
|
|
event, and you can heard a related voice. As the title indicates, the
|
|||
|
|
sounds are really the focus of each stack. Here are the sound clips in the
|
|||
|
|
three stacks (all times approximate):
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
I. Before the Second World War
|
|||
|
|
A. King Edward III of England abdicates the throne, 1936
|
|||
|
|
[13 sec.]
|
|||
|
|
B. Thomas Edison speaks into his own recording device, 1912
|
|||
|
|
[2 sec.]
|
|||
|
|
C. the explosion of the _Hindenburg_ dirigible at Lakehurst,
|
|||
|
|
N.J. as reported by Herb Morrison on station WLS, 1937
|
|||
|
|
[15 sec.]
|
|||
|
|
D. Charles Lindbergh addresses New Yorkers on his return to the
|
|||
|
|
United States after his solo non-stop flight across the
|
|||
|
|
Atlantic, 1927 [8 sec.]
|
|||
|
|
E. world-famous tenor Enrico Caruso sings "Over There", a song
|
|||
|
|
of the first World War (1914-1918) [12 sec.]
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
II. The Second World War
|
|||
|
|
A. Great Britain's prime minister, Neville Chamberlain,
|
|||
|
|
announces his country's declaration of war, September 1939
|
|||
|
|
[4 sec.]
|
|||
|
|
B. part of Prime Minister Winston Churchill's "this was their
|
|||
|
|
finest hour" speech, 1940 [10 sec.]
|
|||
|
|
C. Gen. Dwight Eisenhower announces results of D-Day, June 1944
|
|||
|
|
[7 sec.]
|
|||
|
|
D. United States president Harry Truman
|
|||
|
|
1. German surrender, May 1945 [9 sec.]
|
|||
|
|
2. atomic bomb dropped, August 1945 [4 sec.]
|
|||
|
|
E. Gen. Douglas MacArthur's farewell to Congress, 1951 [6 sec.]
|
|||
|
|
F. The space shuttle _Challenger_ disaster, January 1986 [8 sec.]
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
III. Sports
|
|||
|
|
A. Farewells from baseball greats
|
|||
|
|
1. Lou Gehrig, 1939 [5 sec.]
|
|||
|
|
2. Babe Ruth, 1947 [5 sec.]
|
|||
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B. 1951 World Series [7 sec.]
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C. 1956 World Series; Yankee pitcher Don Larson has a perfect
|
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game [5 sec.]
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I've already confessed my love for programs that use audio well, so I
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expected to like these stacks quite a lot. In fact, they don't have much
|
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going for them. Part of this is undoubtedly due to their age. All three
|
|||
|
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were created in June 1990, when most HyperStudio stacks were still
|
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|
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relatively primitive. Regrettably, these three stacks fall into that
|
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|
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category. The first two seem like first drafts, and the third seems like
|
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notes for a stack.
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The layout of these stacks is neither attractive nor consistent.
|
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|
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They are not logically organized, either. The sounds in the first stack
|
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|
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are not in chronological order, nor in any order than I could determine.
|
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The second stack is largely about the second World War, which is easier to
|
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|
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take, but adds two later pages--one about the U.S. General Douglas
|
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MacArthur and one about the space shuttle _Columbia_. The third stack is
|
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labelled "sports", but is in fact entirely about baseball. Even given the
|
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American nature of the stack, I understand that there are sports played in
|
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the U.S. other than the "national pastime".
|
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The scanned photographs and drawings are adequate at best; they are
|
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sometimes high-contrast reproductions that use no grays. Twice in the
|
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short sports stack, illustrations have been used that have nothing to do
|
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with the event being discussed. It might have been more sensible to
|
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construct these pages without photos. In no case does the photograph make
|
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its presence felt.
|
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The accompanying text is often painfully short. It serves as a
|
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|
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reminder to someone who already knows about the event or person, but is
|
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|
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virtually useless as an introduction. The page about the _Hindenburg_
|
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|
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disaster, for instance, does not mention that the _Hindenburg_ was a
|
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|
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dirigible nor that it exploded. (Sadly, this text seems even shorter than
|
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|
|
the author intended, because he created a scrolling text field but forgot
|
|||
|
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to give the user a chance to scroll it!) Similarly, the page about the
|
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|
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_Columbia_ does not even mention the date of the catastrophe, let alone the
|
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|
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people who died in it.
|
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The most sensible thing to do may be to keep the disk-based sounds
|
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|
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and throw away the stacks themselves. Even then, watch what you keep.
|
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|
|
Copyright questions aside, the snippet of Abbott & Costello's "Who's On
|
|||
|
|
First?" routine that's attached to the sports stack is so poorly edited
|
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|
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that the comic timing is mangled. I also found myself wondering if Lou
|
|||
|
|
Gehrig's famous farewell was the actual Lou Gehrig or Gary Cooper playing
|
|||
|
|
him in the 1942 film _The Pride of the Yankees_.
|
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|
|
|
|||
|
|
Still, some sounds are fun. It's nice to hear what Edison sounded
|
|||
|
|
like, and I have to admit that Lindbergh and Truman sound very different
|
|||
|
|
from the way I imagined. In a few cases, the words being spoken are
|
|||
|
|
interesting, moving, or justly famous, as in the case of Churchill's
|
|||
|
|
speech, Edward VIII's abdication, and MacArthur's farewell. Even
|
|||
|
|
consequential phrases are interesting, such as when Herb Morrison
|
|||
|
|
interrupts his remarks to the radio audience to tell a fellow witness to
|
|||
|
|
"Get out of the way, please." Anyone who hates overacting as much as I do
|
|||
|
|
will notice the quiet horror of the final "Oh my God" that finishes the
|
|||
|
|
_Columbia_ sound clip.
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
The idea behind these Sound of History stacks was sound.
|
|||
|
|
Unfortunately, the execution of that idea is not up to standard of the
|
|||
|
|
original concept.
|
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|
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|
|
RATING SYSTEM
|
|||
|
|
"""""""""""""
|
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|
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|
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|
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5 LAMPS.........What? You haven't downloaded this program YET?
|
|||
|
|
4 LAMPS.........Innovative or feature rich, take a look!
|
|||
|
|
3 LAMPS.........Good execution, stable program.
|
|||
|
|
2 LAMPS.........Gets the job done.
|
|||
|
|
1 LAMP..........A marginal download.
|
|||
|
|
0 ..............GenieLamp Turkey Award!
|
|||
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|
|||
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|
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|
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|
|
[EOA]
|
|||
|
|
[BAN]//////////////////////////////
|
|||
|
|
FILE BANDWAGON /
|
|||
|
|
/////////////////////////////////
|
|||
|
|
Top 10 Files for April
|
|||
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""""
|
|||
|
|
by Douglas Cuff
|
|||
|
|
[EDITOR.A2]
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
|
This feature lists the ten most popular files for the month. To give
|
|||
|
|
files a chance to seek their own levels, no files will be added to the list
|
|||
|
|
until they've been in place at least a month. This month, we look at the
|
|||
|
|
files uploaded 1-30 April 1996.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
This isn't the Academy Awards ceremony, folks; it's more like the
|
|||
|
|
People's Choice Awards (both of which are trademarked, by the way). The
|
|||
|
|
Top 10 doesn't necessarily tell you what's new and interesting--what files
|
|||
|
|
_you_ might find interesting--it simply tells you what files have been
|
|||
|
|
downloaded a lot--what other people found interesting!
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Once again, I'm pleased to find that four different editions of
|
|||
|
|
GenieLamp A2 occupy four spots in the Top 10 (three April issues, one May
|
|||
|
|
issue--which was uploaded on the last day of April). Since the purpose of
|
|||
|
|
the Top 10 is to keep track of popular files, not just file names, I've add
|
|||
|
|
two files to the list to make up for the two duplicate GenieLamps.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
File # Filename Bytes DLs Short description
|
|||
|
|
------ --------------- ------ --- -------------------------------------
|
|||
|
|
27023 A2.DOM.9604.BXY 404576 178 A2 Disk of the Month, April 1996
|
|||
|
|
27046 SUPERCLOCK.BXY 355200 127 Fantastic clock/chime/alarm utility
|
|||
|
|
27016 CW.2.0.2.BXY 33536 112 CoolWriter v2.0.2 -- GS Word Proc.
|
|||
|
|
27022 CHUNK.ICONS.BXY 16244 76 My personal version of COPLAND Icons
|
|||
|
|
26938 ALMP9604.AW.BXY 77184 62 GenieLamp A2, Apr. 1996 (AppleWorks)
|
|||
|
|
26939 ALMP9604.HC.BXY 90368 61 GenieLamp A2, Apr. 1996 (HyperCard)
|
|||
|
|
27033 PRODESK4.1.BXY 47008 58 ProDOS 8 launcher/disk utilities
|
|||
|
|
26940 ALMP9604.HS.BXY 162432 52 GenieLamp A2, Apr. 1996 (HyperStudio
|
|||
|
|
26967 COMET.H.APF.BXY 15232 51 APF picture of Comet Hyakutake
|
|||
|
|
27129 ALMP9605.AW.BXY 73088 50 GenieLamp A2, May 1996 (AppleWorks)
|
|||
|
|
27086 RFTW.DVR.BXY 2048 50 TWGS / RamFast driver DEVELOPMENTAL!
|
|||
|
|
27015 CRYSTALQUIT.BXY 3200 50 Stop Crystal Quest quit-crash, icons
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
A2.DOM.9604.BXY The A2 RoundTable Disk of the Month continues to be a
|
|||
|
|
""""""""""""""" favorite download. The March issue contains two issues
|
|||
|
|
of (March and April) assorted news tidbits. Apple IIe and IIc users will
|
|||
|
|
enjoy CoPilot 8 and a text file "Beginner's Guide to HTML". For the Apple
|
|||
|
|
IIgs user, there's Anime, an animation utility for paint programs from
|
|||
|
|
Brutal Deluxe; Chronos, a Menubar clock; Daleks, a desktop version of the
|
|||
|
|
Daleks game; rPacker, a Finder Extra to compact resources; and Winflate, an
|
|||
|
|
NDA to minimize windows to menubars.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
SUPERCLOCK.BXY SuperClock Init and CDev v1.0 by Lionel Saugrain is a
|
|||
|
|
"""""""""""""" configurable and customizable menu-bar clock with the
|
|||
|
|
following features:
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
o analog or digital (HH:MM or HH:MM:SS)
|
|||
|
|
o position clock at left or right, hide it or deactivate it
|
|||
|
|
o display date or free memory with clock
|
|||
|
|
o alarm function, with specific date/time or daily alarm
|
|||
|
|
o chime function - Quarter hour, half hour, or hourly
|
|||
|
|
o single chime on hour or multiple chimes for hour of day
|
|||
|
|
o separate digitized sounds for chime and alarm (or use sysbeep)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
The archive contains English and French versions, and comes with 20 sample
|
|||
|
|
sounds. Shareware ($20).
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
CW.2.0.2.BXY CoolWriter GS v2.0.2 by Rolf Braun is a text editor with all
|
|||
|
|
"""""""""""" the usual functions and plenty more, such as set/clear high
|
|||
|
|
bits, carriage return <-> linefeed, upper/lower case, ROT13, encryption
|
|||
|
|
functions. An unusual feature is that you can use CoolWriter to change the
|
|||
|
|
data in the commercially available "Quizzical GS" program (which appears on
|
|||
|
|
Softdisk G-S). Freeware.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
CHUNK.ICONS.BXY Variations on the Copland icons for your Apple
|
|||
|
|
""""""""""""""" IIgs--"three dimensional" folders, drives, and so on.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
ALMP9604.AW.BXY The April 1996 issue of GenieLamp A2 in AppleWorks word
|
|||
|
|
""""""""""""""" processor format. Don't have AppleWorks? Lots of
|
|||
|
|
utilities let you display AppleWorks WP files, including file #16674,
|
|||
|
|
QUICKVIEW.BXY and file #24324, QUIKVIEW1.1.BXY. Freeware.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
ALMP9604.HC.BXY Same as above, but in HyperCard IIgs format, thanks to
|
|||
|
|
""""""""""""""" HyperCard programmer Joshua Calvin. If you don't already
|
|||
|
|
own HyperCard IIgs, consider downloading file #22200, HCGSSTARTER.BXY.
|
|||
|
|
Freeware.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
PRODESK4.1.BXY ProDesk Plus 4.1 by Helge Malmgren is a program selector
|
|||
|
|
"""""""""""""" and utilities package for ProDOS. It lists all runnable
|
|||
|
|
(BAS, SYS and even S16) programs, displays hi-res and double hi-res
|
|||
|
|
pictures, types AWP and TXT files, deletes and renames files, finds files,
|
|||
|
|
and more. It supports a mouse and has a screen blanker built in.
|
|||
|
|
Shareware ($25).
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
ALMP9604.HS.BXY The April 1996 issue of GenieLamp A2 in HyperStudio IIgs
|
|||
|
|
""""""""""""""" format. If you don't own HyperStudio, you can still view
|
|||
|
|
this stack if you download file #24732, HS3.1RJ.BXY. Freeware.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
COMET.H.APF.BXY APF picture of Comet Hyakutake, converted from a GIF.
|
|||
|
|
""""""""""""""" The next time a cynic says that Apple II users are stuck
|
|||
|
|
in the Dark Ages, point out how popular this file was. Sure we know about
|
|||
|
|
the latest advances in science and technology! But we also know how to
|
|||
|
|
resist hype! <grin>
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
ALMP9605.AW.BXY The May 1996 issue of GenieLamp A2 in AppleWorks word
|
|||
|
|
""""""""""""""" processor format. If you don't have AppleWorks, see the
|
|||
|
|
note on ALMP9604.AW.BXY above. Why is the May issue in the April downloads
|
|||
|
|
list? I uploaded it on April 30, which technically qualifies it.
|
|||
|
|
Freeware.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
RFTW.DVR.BXY RamFAST/TransWarp GS driver by Harold Hislop. You have to
|
|||
|
|
"""""""""""" be careful if you download this, because it is still in
|
|||
|
|
development and not thoroughly tested. Make a backup before you install it
|
|||
|
|
and keep frequent backups thereafter. If you have a RamFAST SCSI card and
|
|||
|
|
a TransWarp GS card, this drive can provide a 20% system speed increase.
|
|||
|
|
This experimental driver is NOT supported by Sequential Systems. If you
|
|||
|
|
use it, you MUST replace your current RamFAST driver with this one--do not
|
|||
|
|
attempt to have both drivers active at the same time. NOTE for Internet
|
|||
|
|
readers of GenieLamp A2: The author has requested that this driver be
|
|||
|
|
distributed only on Genie. Therefore, there are two things you need to
|
|||
|
|
keep in mind: (1) I can't send you a copy of this file. (2) If you
|
|||
|
|
persuade someone else to send you a copy even though you're not on Genie,
|
|||
|
|
you're going to honk off the programmer, which probably means he won't
|
|||
|
|
release any more of his software. Just keep in mind that actions have
|
|||
|
|
consequences and we'll all keep smiling.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
CRYSTALQUIT.BXY A patch for the Crystal Quest game by Greg Templeman.
|
|||
|
|
""""""""""""""" Crystal Quest has a bug that causes it to crash when you
|
|||
|
|
quit; this file will patch that bug. Greg has also included his Crystal
|
|||
|
|
Quest icons in this archive.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
[EOA]
|
|||
|
|
[SOF]//////////////////////////////
|
|||
|
|
SOFTVIEW A2 /
|
|||
|
|
/////////////////////////////////
|
|||
|
|
Review: Convert 3200
|
|||
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""
|
|||
|
|
by Douglas Cuff
|
|||
|
|
[EDITOR.A2]
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
PROGRAM: Convert 3200
|
|||
|
|
VERSION: 1.0
|
|||
|
|
AUTHOR: Brutal Deluxe Software
|
|||
|
|
PUBLISHER: Joe Kohn, 166 Alpine Street, San Rafael, CA 94901-1008 USA
|
|||
|
|
PRICE: $15
|
|||
|
|
REQUIREMENTS: Apple IIgs, System 6, 700K of _free_ RAM (not total RAM!)
|
|||
|
|
4 megabytes RAM, hard disk drive, accelerator all
|
|||
|
|
recommended
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
[*][*][*]
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Convert 3200 is a graphic conversion utility from Brutal Deluxe, the
|
|||
|
|
French programming team that brought games such as The Tinies to the Apple
|
|||
|
|
IIgs. Convert 3200 began life a programmer's utility, so that Brutal
|
|||
|
|
Deluxe could grab the graphics used in other versions of the game. Because
|
|||
|
|
of its origins, Convert 3200 is powerful and it's fast. Because it's been
|
|||
|
|
released as a commercial product, it's much easier to use.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Still, don't assume that Convert 3200 has been designed for ease of
|
|||
|
|
use. It's been designed for power and for speed, and has add a "Conversion
|
|||
|
|
for Clots" interface grafted onto it. In fact, if you only retain one
|
|||
|
|
thing from this review, try to make it this: reading the documentation is
|
|||
|
|
not optional. You won't believe me until you try fiddling with the program
|
|||
|
|
first, but it's for your own good.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Installing and launching the program are a snap, and the main menu
|
|||
|
|
screen looks invitingly simple. After that, things get weird, and fast.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Convert 3200 has to be told what kind of graphic you're trying to
|
|||
|
|
load; it doesn't automatically detect graphic type. Unless you set the
|
|||
|
|
load type correctly, you're going to see this:
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
A L E R T !
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
LOAD CANCELLED
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
UNKNOWN GRAPHIC
|
|||
|
|
FILE FORMAT.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
CLICK TO CONTINUE
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Unknown graphic file format? Well, that message is misleading. Convert
|
|||
|
|
3200 supports a lot of formats: all the Apple IIgs formats, including 256-
|
|||
|
|
and 3200-color pictures, plus Compuserve GIF, TIFF, Windows/OS2 BMP, Amiga
|
|||
|
|
.IFF/ PC .LBM, and Paintbrush PCX. So Convert 3200 probably does support
|
|||
|
|
the type of picture you're trying to load. But if you try to load a GIF
|
|||
|
|
picture with the load type set to "Apple", then you're going to get the
|
|||
|
|
"unknown graphic format" error.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
(Because you're naturally cautious the first time you use a program,
|
|||
|
|
you probably won't commit the above sin. But I guarantee you that you will
|
|||
|
|
eventually. And it will scare the willies out of you.)
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Once you correctly select a graphic for loading, you are going to be
|
|||
|
|
blown away at how quickly Convert 3200 loads it. Particularly if you're
|
|||
|
|
loading from a RAM disk or fast hard drive. Zowie!
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
But then Convert 3200 just sits there. It doesn't show you what it's
|
|||
|
|
loaded. So you click on a few buttons, and you see your graphic--in
|
|||
|
|
monochrome. If you haven't read the documentation, or a review like this
|
|||
|
|
one, you're going to be slightly put off. Not to worry, you just have to
|
|||
|
|
visit the conversion screen. Wear your racing scarf--the conversion speed
|
|||
|
|
is almost as zippy as the loading speed. Once the conversion is done,
|
|||
|
|
Convert 3200 doesn't show you the graphic--you have to click on the "view"
|
|||
|
|
button. Then you can save the graphic (3200, 256, 16, 16 grey, or Print
|
|||
|
|
Shop colors) in a variety of formats (alas, NOT including GIF).
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Does this sound complicated? Well, it is, a little. But it's not as
|
|||
|
|
complicated as it sounds, and you get the hang of it pretty quickly anyway.
|
|||
|
|
Plus you can automate the whole procedure to automatically convert a whole
|
|||
|
|
disk full of graphics in one go. Still, there's no doubt that this program
|
|||
|
|
reflects its programmers' idiosynchrasies. It will take you a little while
|
|||
|
|
to learn how to use the program. The tutorial will take you through the
|
|||
|
|
basic process. You follow the tutorial, then read the main documentation
|
|||
|
|
file at least as far as the explanation of the shortcut keys.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Power users will want to read on. There's a lot of information in
|
|||
|
|
Chapter XV (How Does It Work?) that can help you to fine-tune your
|
|||
|
|
conversions. In fact, there's even a hidden function that lets you mess
|
|||
|
|
with Convert 3200's conversion rules.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Convert 3200 does all its conversions in 320 mode. That can be a
|
|||
|
|
pain sometimes, particularly with 640-mode GIF graphics. It imposes
|
|||
|
|
limitations that are fussy to circumvent. Also, Convert 3200 doesn't load
|
|||
|
|
JPEG graphics.
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
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