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~ WELCOME TO GENIELAMP APPLE II! ~
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~ PROFILE: Chris Serreau & Howard Katz of _The AppleWorks Gazette_ ~
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~ HUMOR ONLINE: The Wreck of the Apple II (EXCLUSIVE!) ~
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~ May 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? The Wreck of the Apple II.
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REFLECTIONS ............. [REF] APPLEWORKS ANNEX ........ [AWX]
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Automated E-mail Responders. AppleWorks Gazette Follow-Up.
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FILE BANDWAGON .......... [BAN] THE ONLINE LIBRARY ...... [LIB]
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Top 10 Files for March. March Arrivals on Genie.
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PROFILES ................ [PRO] LOG OFF ................. [LOG]
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Chris Serreau & Howard Katz. GenieLamp Information.
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Genie Fun & Games.
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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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>>> WEE PAWS <<<
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""""""""""""""""
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My wife and I recently took the day off to visit the Ontario Science
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Centre in North York (part of metropolitan Toronto--Toronto is the
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provincial capital). The Centre is a science museum for anyone who is even
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mildly interested in science but bored by science museums. Translation:
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Good luck dragging your kids out of there before the Centre closes.
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My wife and I arrived half an hour after the Centre opened at 10 AM
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and left only when forced to, at 6 PM. Even then, we didn't get to see
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everything--there was no time to play in the Internet Cafe, for instance,
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though that may have been because we tried the rock-climbing exhibit twice.
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I can't imagine how we would have managed if we'd taken any kids (other
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than ourselves, that is).
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I'd better confess here and now that I didn't see any Apple II
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computers anywhere. Plenty of basic, classic Macintoshes--a disturbing
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number of which had crashed--but not a single Apple II. I suspect that if
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Apple Canada still supported the Apple II, the Ontario Science Centre would
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use 'em.
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Those who run the Ontario Science Centre seems to understand that
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while playing with computers is fun, computers can also be used to make
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other sorts of play more fun. They seem to know that the fun can be
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spoiled if the computer is allowed to run things, not the visitor.
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"Land Like a Cat", an exhibit in the Sport hall, relegates the
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computer to its proper place. You walk up a set of steps, at the top of
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which is an embedded scale. A color monitor tells you when to jump, and
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you leap from the steps to the ground, where there's a hidden platform that
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measures the force of impact. The color monitor draws a picture of a cat
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landing, plays a sound effect, and tells you "You landed with a force [x]
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times your own weight."
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Anyone with children will tell you what kids will do in a situation
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like this: land with as much force as possible. And why not? The
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explosion sound effect for landing heavily is much more satisfying than the
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applause sound effect for landing lightly. In a culture where bigger is
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better, "24 times" looks more impressive than "2 times". The exhibit was
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built for wear and tear. It's clearly meant for the younger set. So once
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again: why not?
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Darned if I know. But I have to tell you I was a little bemused all
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the same. Because the exhibit was designed so that even some adults
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couldn't tell what the point was. After two young boys had taken several
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turns, my wife and I joined the queue. (If you blush just because you're
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twice as tall as the next tallest person in line, you might want to avoid
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the Ontario Science Centre.)
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Being a hopeless old stodge at the age of thirty-something, I did not
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try to crush the scales into multiple fragments by landing with the
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righteous fury of a Juvenal. I tried to land lightly, and did so well
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enough to garner applause. Only then did the father of the two boys
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realize that this was the point, at least in the mind of the designer.
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Should kids care what the designer's point was? Almost certainly
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not. I could argue that they should be able to figure out what the
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objective is, even if they decide to ignore it. I'm not going to. I am
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going to argue that their parents should be able to understand the exhibit.
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What a parent does with that knowledge is his or her own business.
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I hope I'm not being overly conformist to be just a shade bemused
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when an exhibit has a poor design. You don't want to damage a child's
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self-esteem by constantly yelling "YOU GOT IT WRONG!", but shouldn't it be
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possible for a child who wants feedback to learn how it did? I don't know.
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Possibly fostering a child's need for assurances makes him or her less
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independent. We don't want to overdo approval/disapproval, but we don't
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want to skimp on guidance, either. These are complex issues.
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Software design is a complex issue, too. I don't want to pick on
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this one exhibit--this isn't the first time I've come across software where
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setbacks were more impressively programmed than achievements. I can't say
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I have a solution to this issue of esteem vs. feedback. I just hope like
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heck there's still time to raise a few questions.
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ADDENDUM AND CORRIGENDUM Last issue, Andrew Roughan wrote in to question
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"""""""""""""""""""""""" the pedigree of John MacLean's DOS 3.3 Launcher
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v2.1. (Note that v2.0 was not called into question; it's perfectly fine.)
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Roughan hoped that the A2 RoundTable would change the description; in fact,
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v2.1 has been removed from circulation. Remember that v2.0 is still
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available, and that v2.2 is expected soon.
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In the January issue, we claimed that "LoadPall helps extend the
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native abilities of HyperCard IIGS by allowing the display of 16, 256, and
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3200 color 320-mode graphics in HyperCard". LoadPall author Brian
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Gillespie points out that 3200-color graphics are not supported.
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HYPERSTUDIO ANOMALY I've found an interesting difference between the full
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""""""""""""""""""" authoring version of HyperStudio, which lets you
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write your own stacks, and the run-time version, which allows you to run
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stacks created by other. To see it, you'll need to visit the Hog Heaven
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page.
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If you are using the full HyperStudio package to view this edition of
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GenieLamp A2, the Contents button in the bottom left corner of the screen
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will be labelled with white text on a black background. If you are using
|
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the run-time version, you will see the reverse--black text on a white
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background. This is possibly related to displaying an icon button, with
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text, over a 320-mode graphic.
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Has anyone out there noticed other differences between HyperStudio
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and the run-time version?
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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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"""""""""""""""""""""
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GRAPHICWRITER III PROGRAMMER RESPONDS Thank you for the GraphicWriter III
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""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" 2.0 review in the April 1996
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GenieLamp A2.
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I'd like to briefly explain the 2.0 designation, which fortunately
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enough seems to be the only negative issue in your review :-), and also
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correct one potential misnomer.
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We've been working on and off this update for almost three years, and
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right up until January 1996 it was considered version 1.2. Nearing
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completion, feedback from our beta testers, and our own "look back" at the
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list of new features suggested that perhaps this should be version 2.0, a
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starting point for future revisions. After a couple of weeks deliberation
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and agreement with our beta testers, we decided to go with that
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designation.
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The potential misnomer is at the beginning of your review, and
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suggests that, and I quote, "Australian programmer Richard Bennett is the
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man behind this update." Yes, I am the programmer, and yes I am
|
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Australian, however I am not the man "behind" this update.
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The man behind most of Seven Hills' products, at least for the six
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years I've been working with them, is Dave Hecker, and he rarely receives
|
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the credit he deserves. While the coding technicalities of updating
|
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GrahicWriter III were quite significant, considering the state it was in
|
||
after leaving DataPak, the design and layout (no pun intended) of the
|
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update as well as most of the new features and bug reports were all Dave's.
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I realise my opinion may be seen as biased, but companies such as
|
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Seven Hills deserve our support. While most companies have either gone
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under or moved on to bluer pastures, others such as Seven Hills, ByteWorks
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and Parkhurst Microproducts (to name a few) are still writing software for
|
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the computer we all love, the Apple II, and making very little out of it.
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Apple II forever!
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Best regards,
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Richard Bennett
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[RICHARD.B]
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In the sense that GraphicWriter III v2.0 is a _point d'appui_
|
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for future versions, you have a valid point. This seems to me a
|
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programmer's distinction rather than a user's distinction,
|
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though, so users do need to be aware of the small functional
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changes between v1.3 and v2.0. Perhaps I'd better emphasize once
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more that this question of a version number is quite a minor one.
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As to the second matter, it seems my words were poorly chosen.
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Because I knew Dave Hecker was the guiding force "behind" the
|
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update, I didn't seen any harm in using the phrase that you were
|
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behind it--I meant merely to convey that you wrote the update.
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Other who don't know of Dave's work may have been misled. Thanks
|
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for writing to clear that up and to sing a brief verse (no
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chorus) for a formerly unsung hero of the Apple II.--DGC
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LAMP A2 ON COMP.SYS.APPLE2 Any chance of getting this month's GenieLamp
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"""""""""""""""""""""""""" posted to, say, csa2?
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Tom
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[TDON@delphi.com]
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If by this you mean you'd like my forecasting of the
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probability, I would answer that the chances are excellent.
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Matthew Pearce has been posting GenieLamp A2 (I assume you mean
|
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the A2 edition; aside from the A2Pro edition, there are at least
|
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three others for other computer platforms) to the comp.sys.apple2
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newsgroup, unasked, for many months now. I'm sure he'll get
|
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around to it eventually; he usually does. I don't know who the
|
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heck he is or why he has volunteered for this, but I bless him
|
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for it.
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|
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If by this you mean to ask if I will be posting it, the answer
|
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is no. I do not have an Internet account, only a Genie account.
|
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Genie does allow for some Internet access, but it is possible to
|
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post only though Lynx. Try using Lynx to post a document as
|
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short as 100 lines to a newsgroup, and you'll understand why I
|
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cannot myself post GenieLamp A2.
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I keep hoping that sometime soon it will be possible for me to
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ensure that GenieLamp A2 gets better distribution outside of
|
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Genie. I'm well aware that a lot of Internet denizens read Lamp
|
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A2 too. As editor, technically my job might be over once the
|
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issue "goes to press", but these days, I have to take on a lot
|
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more of the publisher's duties, which includes making sure people
|
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who want our magazine can read it.--DGC
|
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[EOA]
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[HEY]//////////////////////////////
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HEY MISTER POSTMAN /
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/////////////////////////////////
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Is That A Letter For Me?
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""""""""""""""""""""""""
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by Douglas Cuff
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[EDITOR.A2]
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o BULLETIN BOARD HOT SPOTS
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o A2 POT-POURRI
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o HOT TOPICS
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o WHAT'S NEW
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o THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE
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o MESSAGE SPOTLIGHT
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>>> BULLETIN BOARD HOT SPOTS <<<
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""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
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[*] CAT 20, TOP 13 ......... Experimental RamFAST driver; TransWarp GS
|
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[*] CAT 28, TOP 4 ......... Joe Kohn "roast" at KansasFest?
|
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[*] CAT 33, TOP 6 ......... Rich Text translator for GraphicWriter
|
||
[*] CAT 33, TOP 7 ......... Proposals for backup software
|
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[*] CAT 44, TOP 8 ......... KANSASFEST 1996!
|
||
|
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|
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>>> A2 POT-POURRI <<<
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"""""""""""""""""""""
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|
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YOUR GUIDE TO H-P DESKJET PRINTERS I suspect it is confusing some that
|
||
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" two DJ series numbers overlap.
|
||
|
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The "old" series The "new" series
|
||
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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|
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Yet another bird: DJ 850C and DJ 855C
|
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And the 310, 320, 340, 400 ????
|
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|
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(Confidently awaitng corrections!)
|
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Jim, in Munich
|
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(J.DWYER8, CAT12, TOP8, MSG:171/M645;1)
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SUBSCRIBERS RALLY 'ROUND, PART I Yikes! When I took the premiere edition
|
||
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" of Juiced.GS to the printer in late
|
||
February, I ordered 50 copies over and above the number of subscriptions
|
||
sold at that point.
|
||
|
||
Well, only two (2) copies of the newsletter remain on my desk, and
|
||
one of them is MINE! I mailed the 151st, 152nd and 153rd copy today
|
||
(Monday). And to think that I was worried that I might end up eating the
|
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overrun. :)
|
||
|
||
I placed an order for another batch of copies last week, and will
|
||
pick them up on Tuesday. There will be no "sold out" sign hanging anywhere
|
||
around here.
|
||
|
||
Thought you all might like an update from the editor's desk ...
|
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|
||
Things are going =very= well!
|
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|
||
Max Jones
|
||
Juiced.GS
|
||
(M.JONES145, CAT13, TOP43, MSG:115/M645;1)
|
||
|
||
|
||
SUBSCRIBERS RALLY 'ROUND, PART II Whew; what a relief!
|
||
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
||
When Shareware Solutions II hit that magic number of 1,000
|
||
subscribers, my printer started giving me a 10% volume discount on printing
|
||
costs.
|
||
|
||
Now that all of the original charter subscriptions have expired, I've
|
||
been concerned recently that I was going to lose that discount.
|
||
|
||
However, it looks like the postcard renewal project worked, and the
|
||
10% volume discount is now assured. I am breathing a sigh of relief.
|
||
|
||
Once again, thank you to all of the loyal Shareware Solutions II
|
||
subscribers! Obviously, you're too numerous to mention by name, but you
|
||
know who you are <grin>. Thanks for your support!
|
||
|
||
Joe
|
||
(JOE.KOHN, CAT28, TOP4, MSG:237/M645;1)
|
||
|
||
|
||
CHANGING THE APPLEWORKS GS DEFAULT FONT The following was posted by
|
||
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" A2.MARTIN in November 1992:
|
||
|
||
(This is a quote from a older issue of my users group NewsLetter, and
|
||
I quote it as it is. I have no idea if it will REALLY work and I never
|
||
tried it. Please use this patch only on a backup disk, NEVER on your
|
||
original disk. You'll need a copy of the original v1.1 AppleWorks GS
|
||
program disk and a disk editor, like Block Warden from Glen Bredon).
|
||
|
||
1) Page Layout module:
|
||
|
||
Look for block $49B, byte $9C (version 1.0v2: block $24F, byte $EC).
|
||
You should find the following sequence there:
|
||
|
||
A9 03 00 LDA #3 (family #)
|
||
8D 73 1B STA store family
|
||
A9 00 00 LDA #0 (style word)
|
||
8D 75 1B STA store style
|
||
A9 0C 00 LDA #$C (size word)
|
||
8D 77 1B STA store size
|
||
A9 19 99 LDA #$10 justification
|
||
8D 71 1B STA store justification
|
||
A9 01 00 LDA #1 (spacing)
|
||
8D 6F 1B STA store spacing
|
||
|
||
2) Word processor:
|
||
|
||
This patch is divided into two steps: a) block $609, by $93 (version
|
||
1.0v2: block $4EE, byte $02)
|
||
|
||
A9 03 00 LDA #3 (family #)
|
||
87 0B STA [$B]
|
||
A9 00 0C LDA #$0C00 (size(high) and style(low) )
|
||
A0 02 00 LDY #2
|
||
97 0B STA [$B],Y
|
||
|
||
b) and again on block $64F, byte 141 (version 1.0v2: block $533, byte
|
||
$18)
|
||
|
||
A9 03 00 87 08 A9 00 0C A0 02 00 97 07
|
||
|
||
So what do you have to patch in here? These are the descriptions
|
||
(we're looking at 1) for reference):
|
||
|
||
- font family number ($03=Geneva, $14 would be Times)
|
||
- style (0=plain, 1=bold, 2=italic, 4=underline, 8=outline,
|
||
$10=shadow, $40=superscript, $80=subscript)
|
||
- size ($0C=12 point)
|
||
- justification ($10=left, $20=center, $40=right, $80=full)
|
||
- spacing (1=single, 2=double, 4=quadruple (right word??? :-) )
|
||
|
||
end of original post
|
||
---------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
|
||
I've used it to change the WP default to Shaston 8. For v1.1, I
|
||
found the above string of bytes to look like this:
|
||
|
||
A9 03 00 87 0B A9 00 0C A0 02 00 97 0B
|
||
|
||
and I changed it to this:
|
||
|
||
A9 FE FF 87 0B A9 00 08 A0 02 00 97 0B
|
||
|__|___________|__|__________________Family (Shaston = $FFFE)
|
||
|__|__________________Style
|
||
|__________________Size (8)
|
||
|
||
This may be more than a little cryptic to a lot of folks. If anyone
|
||
problems finding what and where to patch, give me shout and I'll try to
|
||
explain in more detail.
|
||
|
||
--= Jim Parker =--
|
||
|
||
end of original and quoted message
|
||
|
||
Udo - ... with the IIGS into the next millennium -
|
||
(U.HUTH, CAT17, TOP22, MSG:279/M645;1)
|
||
|
||
|
||
DOUBLE-SIDED, DOUBLE-DENSITY 800K 3.5" DISKS Howard put me on to a
|
||
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" wonderful source for DD
|
||
disks. I called them and got a price check. I will prolly be ordering 500
|
||
3.5's for some work I do for a music software company. (500 disks - $130
|
||
plus $8.75 for UPS ground).
|
||
|
||
Disk Movers, Inc
|
||
8534 N. McCormick Blvd.
|
||
Skokie, IL 60075
|
||
|
||
phone: (847) 679-3727
|
||
fax #: (847) 679-0414
|
||
|
||
CHunk- Apple IIs on my Desk, Songs in my Heart ... & more each day :)
|
||
(CHUNK.S, CAT13, TOP17, MSG:295/M645;1)
|
||
|
||
MORE APPLECOLOR MONITOR REPAIR TIPS I thought that this info might help
|
||
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" you or any other techies in the
|
||
future when you have an AppleColor RGB monitor to repair. Since there is
|
||
no service manual available and it took me a year of on and off work to
|
||
clear up two troubles in this spare monitor which looks good now. Here are
|
||
3 mini-lytic numbers to look for:
|
||
|
||
No Raster- C407 3.3 @ 350 Hot and plastic cover had shrunk making it
|
||
obvious.
|
||
|
||
Vertical weave in video slowly moving up the screen. Looked like the
|
||
old fashion ac troubles but after I was told that the ps was a 25khz job I
|
||
moved into the horizontal. By moving the raster off to the left I found a
|
||
nice straight edge on the right side of the raster.
|
||
|
||
Found C532 470 @ 16 near front of board with a pf of 50.
|
||
Found C519 22 @ 25 small cap near front IC with no capacity.
|
||
|
||
Finally finished and now have a spare monitor for my TN summer house.
|
||
Won't have to drag a monitor back and forth every six months. Wish I could
|
||
afford a laptop. (Grin).
|
||
|
||
Thanks All.
|
||
|
||
Roy R.
|
||
Retired Solder Slinger.
|
||
(R.RANDALL13, CAT12, TOP25, MSG:82/M645;1)
|
||
|
||
|
||
IIGS SURVERY The following is a survey that I am conducting concerning GS
|
||
"""""""""""" owners/users. Please send the corresponding numbers with
|
||
your answers to me via email. PLEASE DO NOT POST THEM IN THIS CAT. or
|
||
TOPIC. I will post a summary of this survey in about 2-3 weeks. Please
|
||
let others know about this survey.
|
||
|
||
Thanks
|
||
|
||
1. How much memory in your GS?
|
||
2. Do you own a Hard drive? How many megs? What System Software?
|
||
3. Do you own a CDROM drive?
|
||
4. What other Peripherals do you have?
|
||
5. Slot Occupancy:
|
||
6. Do you own another computer besides the GS?
|
||
7. What is the primary use of your GS?
|
||
8. Do you write programs for the GS?
|
||
9. Do you belong to an Apple Users' Group? If so, which one(s)?
|
||
10. What is your favorite GS software?
|
||
|
||
For the next three or four questions, please don't answer with items
|
||
currently being worked on and/or upgraded. Also be very realistic, if
|
||
possible. AWGS 2.0 is a dead issue so don't put that as an answer.
|
||
|
||
11. What piece of software that has been written would you like to
|
||
see upgraded? What kind of enhancements would you like to see
|
||
added to it or improved?
|
||
12. What new program would you like to see come out for the GS?
|
||
13. Any new hardware/peripherals you would like to for the GS?
|
||
14. Any you would like to see revised?
|
||
15. For questions 11-14, how much money would you be willing to pay
|
||
for each. (Try to consider the program writers or hardware
|
||
developers time and effort)
|
||
16. With such a small and limited market for the GS, do you feel
|
||
there should be competition among software or hardware? (For
|
||
example: AutoArk and HardPressed)
|
||
17. Feel free to add anything else about the GS:
|
||
|
||
Again, Please email your answers (I don't need the questions) to
|
||
L.MIDDLETON3
|
||
|
||
Thanks Again
|
||
|
||
Andy
|
||
(L.MIDDLETON3, CAT5, TOP4, MSG:235/M645;1)
|
||
|
||
|
||
EAMON AND APPLE II EMULATION For those of you playing with emulators
|
||
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""" these days, =the= place to get Eamon DSK
|
||
files is ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/games/appleII/eamon/guild/.
|
||
|
||
The stuff on asimov is a mess and I cannot recommend it as an Eamon
|
||
source.
|
||
|
||
TomZ
|
||
(A2.TOMZ, CAT16, TOP2, MSG:73/M645;1)
|
||
|
||
|
||
>>> HOT TOPICS <<<
|
||
""""""""""""""""""
|
||
|
||
NEW RAM CARDS FROM ALLTECH My Sirius 8 meg board arrived on Wednesday so
|
||
"""""""""""""""""""""""""" here's my assessment:
|
||
|
||
THe layout wasn't what I expected but it was really well thought out.
|
||
THe Simms lie to the right of the board. Not like usual Ram cards where
|
||
the chips are on the left. I dig the drawing of the GS on the board.
|
||
|
||
If you have one of those "covers" for cables and stuff on by the
|
||
memory slot, you'll need to take it off or turn it so it is straight up and
|
||
down. Any other way will cause the end of the board to stick up and not
|
||
allow you to put the cover on. You can also break what appears to be
|
||
connected jumpers on the board.
|
||
|
||
A memory check and utilites disk comes with the board. My was either
|
||
blank or corrupted but I'm getting another one.
|
||
|
||
As I mentioned before the price was $199, $212 for UPS blue from CA
|
||
to NJ.
|
||
|
||
Great Job AllTECH and thanks!
|
||
|
||
Andy
|
||
(L.MIDDLETON3, CAT46, TOP7, MSG:293/M645;1)
|
||
|
||
|
||
MINIMUM REGISTRATIONS--MAXIMUM REGISTRATIONS Just a Word from the Kfest
|
||
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" Sponsor and Financial Big
|
||
Cheese...
|
||
|
||
This year's KansasFest's registrations have sped up to a blinding
|
||
Email blur over the last week. All those who wish to take advantage of the
|
||
$325 'pre-registration' offer are advised that the 80 beds we have at Avila
|
||
College for this summer's conference are a maximum. In English, this means
|
||
that if you register for Kfest before the deadline, but are after prior
|
||
registrees fill up the 80 available beds at Avila, at best you will be
|
||
'waiting-listed' for a dorm room at Avila and, at worst, doomed to the
|
||
several hundred more potential dollars it will cost you to navigate the
|
||
intrigues of Kansas City in mid July.
|
||
|
||
May 1st is hard upon us, as we reach our minimum. Register now for
|
||
the 20th anniversary of the Apple computer, or the 10th anniversary of the
|
||
Apple IIGS!
|
||
|
||
And, if you have a Mac or a Newton, be advised that Apple Computer,
|
||
Inc, will be at KFest '96 to divulge secrets of the latest computer
|
||
systems.
|
||
|
||
If you miss Kfest '96, hang it up and buy a DOSBox, though we in A2
|
||
will pity and love you anyway ;-)
|
||
|
||
Tim K
|
||
|
||
KFEST'S DRIVING FORCE
|
||
(PPC.HELP, CAT44, TOP8, MSG:133/M645;1)
|
||
|
||
|
||
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF EVENTS There is, but it's really an "alpha version"
|
||
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""" right now:( Coordinating events, speakers,
|
||
times, etc. results in a lot of changes. Rather than mislead anyone, it's
|
||
best to wait until the schedule is a little closer to "finalization". BTW,
|
||
now would be a good time for any input on what YOU would like to see at
|
||
KFest!
|
||
|
||
As far as the 20th, the major event we know is scheduled would be the
|
||
"Vendor Fair". If you don't have to leave too early, you wouldn't miss
|
||
that. Other sessions may be scheduled concurrently depending on the
|
||
conflicts we have on the 18th and 19th. With luck, there won't be a "Part
|
||
II" scheduled on the 20th.
|
||
|
||
Hope this helps your KFest planning a little. Please follow the
|
||
discussion here and don't be shy about any suggestions/comments. Also
|
||
remember that KFest will be what everyone here wants it to be, if we work
|
||
together on it!
|
||
|
||
Looking forward to seeing everyone at KFest,
|
||
Steve
|
||
(S.GOZDZIEWSK, CAT44, TOP8, MSG:147/M645;1)
|
||
|
||
|
||
>>> WHAT'S NEW <<<
|
||
""""""""""""""""""
|
||
|
||
RTF TRANSLATOR FOR GRAPHICWRITER III April 9, 1996 -- EGO Systems is
|
||
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" pleased to announce the upcoming
|
||
release of a new RTF Translator module for Seven Hills Software's
|
||
GraphicWriter III page layout program.
|
||
|
||
"RTF" stands for "Rich Text Format." This is a file format
|
||
specifically designed to allow formatted text information to be easily
|
||
moved from one computer platform to another. So, using this translator,
|
||
GraphicWriter III users can import RTF files created on ANY computer!
|
||
|
||
When you import an RTF file into GraphicWriter III, here's what the
|
||
translator sqeezes out of the file for you:
|
||
|
||
-*- Font Information: Typeface (Times, Helvetica, etc), size (10 point,
|
||
24 point, etc.) and style (bold, superscript, etc.) information is all
|
||
preserved!
|
||
|
||
-*- Text Colors: Colored text in your RTF file is automatically given the
|
||
best matching GraphicWriter III color!
|
||
|
||
-*- Paragraph Justification: Was that paragraph originally centered? Or
|
||
was it right justified? No need to guess, the RTF Translator figures
|
||
it out for you!
|
||
|
||
-*- Paragraph Indentation: Each paragraph's indentation is recreated in
|
||
GraphicWriter III, relative to the columns in your page layout!
|
||
|
||
-*- The Text: Of course, all of the above would be useless if the text
|
||
itself wasn't imported!
|
||
|
||
And, the RTF Translator for GraphicWriter III doesn't just import RTF
|
||
files, it exports them as well! This is a great way to share the text you
|
||
create in GraphicWriter III with all those non-IIGS-owning computer users
|
||
out there!
|
||
|
||
Requirements, Availability & Pricing The RTF Translator for
|
||
'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' GraphicWriter III requires
|
||
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 or before May 1st, 1996. After that date,
|
||
the regular price will be $24.95. However, if you order BEFORE May 1st,
|
||
the price will be just $19.95. Both prices INCLUDE 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. RTF is a trademark of Microsoft, Inc. All other
|
||
names are the property of their respective owners.)
|
||
|
||
(DIZ, CAT33, TOP4, MSG:170/M645;1)
|
||
|
||
<<<<< The IIGS market small? NO! I'd never have guessed that! :-
|
||
"""""
|
||
Seriously, though, I'm not looking to sell thousands of RTF
|
||
translators. (I'd consider 100+ copies a success... does that sound
|
||
unreasonable?) But If I can't sell enough to justify even the small amount
|
||
of time (relatively) that I've put into it, then it stands to reason that I
|
||
couldn't sell a lot of any other product...
|
||
|
||
Given my 6.5 years of IIGS market experience, I think that's a pretty
|
||
well thought out conclusion.
|
||
|
||
Diz
|
||
EGO Systems
|
||
(DIZ, CAT33, TOP2, MSG:17/M645;1)
|
||
|
||
<<<<< Well, It looks like I'll start shipping the RTF translator for
|
||
""""" graphicwriter III on about April 15th. (The press release says may
|
||
1 to give me some room for any bugs that the testers find. So far, they
|
||
haven't found any :-)
|
||
|
||
Anyway, in addition to the info in the press release you should know
|
||
that:
|
||
|
||
-*- This translator IS based on the EGOed translator code
|
||
-*- But I fixed every problem I knew about (the ':' problem is an example)
|
||
and I added a BUNCH of stuff (detailed in the press release) that
|
||
EGOed simply couldn't support because it is textedit-based.
|
||
-*- That's all I can think of :-)
|
||
|
||
Questions? Let's hear em!
|
||
|
||
Diz
|
||
EGO Systems
|
||
(DIZ, CAT33, TOP6, MSG:1/M645;1)
|
||
|
||
NEW APPLE II/IIGS & MACINTOSH CATALOG EGO Systems is pleased to announce
|
||
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" that its second Apple II/IIGS &
|
||
Macintosh products catalog is in the mail! If you live in the U.S.A.,
|
||
Canada or Mexico and you've ordered from EGO Systems in the last year and a
|
||
half, you should be receiving your copy of this new catalog soon.
|
||
|
||
If you aren't on EGO Systems' mailing list and you'd like a copy of
|
||
this new catalog, just contact us by one of means shown below and we'll get
|
||
a copy of the catalog out to you ASAP.
|
||
|
||
If you live outside North America you'll need to contact EGO Systems
|
||
and request a copy of this new catalog. (Sorry, but postage costs make it
|
||
impossible for us to do a mass mailing to our foreign customers.)
|
||
|
||
Regardless of where you live, if you represent a User Group and you
|
||
would like multiple copies of our catalog for your group, just let us know
|
||
how many you want, and we'll send them right out to you!
|
||
|
||
To request your catalog or catalogs, contact EGO Systems at:
|
||
|
||
EGO Systems
|
||
7918 Cove Ridge Rd.
|
||
Hixson TN 37343-1808
|
||
USA
|
||
|
||
Voice Phone: 423-843-1775 (9am to 5pm Eastern Time)
|
||
FAX: 423-843-0661 (24 hours a day)
|
||
(DIZ, CAT33, TOP2, MSG:19/M645;1)
|
||
|
||
|
||
LOWER PRICE ON ZIP GS April 2, 1996 -- EGO Systems is pleased to announce
|
||
""""""""""""""""""""" that we has been able to reach a new purchasing
|
||
agreement with REMCorp (the makers of the ZipGS accelerator card) that
|
||
should mean faster turnaround on orders for ZipGS boards as well as a lower
|
||
price!
|
||
|
||
Effective immediately the ZipGS 8MHz/16K cache accelerator is only
|
||
$174.95 from EGO Systems!
|
||
|
||
As before, this new price INCLUDES shipping to the USA, Canada,
|
||
Mexico, and surface mail to the rest of the world. Air Mail shipping to
|
||
anywhere else in the world is just $10 extra.
|
||
|
||
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
|
||
|
||
(Please call us at 1-423-843-1775 to confirm availability before
|
||
sending a check or money order. When you do, we will hold any product for
|
||
you for one week. When sending your check or money order, please do not
|
||
forget to include shipping costs (if any)! 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.)
|
||
(DIZ, CAT33, TOP2, MSG:16/M645;1)
|
||
|
||
|
||
>>> THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE <<<
|
||
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
||
|
||
SHIFTY LIST STATUS, SHORT AND SWEET FYI: I intend to finish Shifty List
|
||
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" 2.0 by KFest this year. :)
|
||
|
||
Sheppy
|
||
[Team PPCPro]
|
||
(SHEPPY, CAT33, TOP4, MSG:146/M645;1)
|
||
|
||
|
||
UPDATE ON POWER GS (DISK MAGAZINE) So, now I need to update everybody on
|
||
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" PowerGS :)
|
||
|
||
I've been working with Steve for the past 3 months (starting in
|
||
January), working on many projects and on school (this is an internship of
|
||
sorts).
|
||
|
||
I want to have PowerGS Issue #6 out soon, which means within two
|
||
months, and it should be seen at Kfest. I will be at Kfest this year! :)
|
||
|
||
If anybody has any suggestions for PowerGS #6, email me at
|
||
auri@woz.org or here on GEnie at A.RAHIMZADEH. If you live in California
|
||
and want to hang out and toy on computers for awhile, or go rollerblading
|
||
or something, I'm out here for a year or so in Los Gatos.
|
||
|
||
l8r!
|
||
|
||
-Auri
|
||
(A.RAHIMZADEH, CAT13, TOP38, MSG:218/M645;1)
|
||
|
||
|
||
A+ TECHNOLOGIES Tracy Cook may or may not be moving, but he is moving
|
||
""""""""""""""" most of his warehouse items to Orange County. So he told
|
||
me. I didn't mention this before, but he is also not planning much further
|
||
Apple II activity.
|
||
|
||
Chuck
|
||
(A2.CHUCK, CAT2, TOP4, MSG:74/M645;1)
|
||
|
||
|
||
FALLOUT--GENIE'S CHANGES FOR EUROPEAN CUSTOMERS As the word might already
|
||
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" have spread, I too will
|
||
be kicked out on the 10th next month. This will have several consequences:
|
||
|
||
a) I won't write new programs any more.
|
||
b) I'll try to finish PG 1.3 beta and release it ASAP
|
||
c) I will make the source code available for all my projects. two of
|
||
never released programs that are in various stages of development
|
||
are:
|
||
-) PGP for GS (self explaining)
|
||
-) Triage B (a triage simulation (medical))
|
||
|
||
I won't be able to visit this RT very often, so I want to thank
|
||
everybody here in this RT (and A2Pro). It was truly an amazing experience
|
||
for me.
|
||
|
||
Farewell and stay clean
|
||
|
||
Alex
|
||
|
||
PS: Just for reference after 050596 my address is:
|
||
|
||
Alexander Corrieri
|
||
Turmburggasse 2/6/9
|
||
A-1060 Wien
|
||
AUSTRIA
|
||
|
||
you also could try (but I usually check it once every month) @
|
||
e8825642@student.tuwien.ac.at
|
||
(A.CORRIERI, CAT29, TOP31, MSG:91/M645;1)
|
||
|
||
|
||
FALLOUT--SEQUENTIAL I recently found out from Dave at Seven Hills that
|
||
""""""""""""""""""" since Jawaid and Sequential have parted ways, Seven
|
||
Hills has had problems getting firmware references from SS for their true
|
||
Ansi Online Display for Spectrum and the Second Sight.
|
||
|
||
|
||
Andy
|
||
(L.MIDDLETON3, CAT20, TOP14, MSG:277/M645;1)
|
||
|
||
|
||
NEW GAME(S) FROM BRUTAL DELUXE Brutal Deluxe has started coding their
|
||
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" next game for the IIGS, and Olivier
|
||
Zardini sent me an interesting e-mail offer yesterday. He said that if I
|
||
had any curiousity about the process, he'd be happy to send me updates each
|
||
week.
|
||
|
||
I imagine that a complex game takes months and months of steady
|
||
programming, so there would be many interim revisions. I've already seen
|
||
the graphics and the sprites, as those are the starting off point. It'll
|
||
be fascinating to see those come to life over the next few months.
|
||
|
||
The game I refer to is depicted in an Easter Egg in Convert 3200.
|
||
|
||
I can almost envision describing the creative process in an article
|
||
for Shareware Solutions II. Would folks be interested in reading something
|
||
like that?
|
||
|
||
Joe
|
||
(JOE.KOHN, CAT28, TOP6, MSG:111/M645;1)
|
||
|
||
<<<<< Brutal Deluxe learned a difficult lesson from The Opale Demo
|
||
"""""
|
||
Although the coding of the Opale program wasn't difficult for them,
|
||
they were stymied and had to stop the project because they could never find
|
||
a graphic artist to replace the one who created those stunning graphics you
|
||
see in the Opale Demo. If they had had more Opale graphics, Olivier and
|
||
Antoine would have been able to create a really amazing Opale game.
|
||
|
||
So these days, they are going about their programming projects
|
||
differently. They are first working on the graphics, and when those are
|
||
completed, then the coding begins.
|
||
|
||
And let me tell you...they have amassed a stunning collection of
|
||
graphics for at least several more games.
|
||
|
||
Looking back at the release dates of their software, it looks to me
|
||
like it takes Brutal Deluxe about 8 or 9 months to complete a project. So,
|
||
I'd say that we can expect some really amazing Brutal Deluxe games over the
|
||
next few years.
|
||
|
||
Joe
|
||
(JOE.KOHN, CAT28, TOP6, MSG:129/M645;1)
|
||
|
||
|
||
UNIVERSE MASTER UNLIKELY TO BE UPDATED? Well, D's a perfectionist and the
|
||
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" problem, as far as I can tell, is
|
||
that he doesn't want to sell it to me (or anyone) until he's fixed it.
|
||
(Remember the long delay in shipping AutoArk v1.1, that was the same
|
||
story). And apparently, UM needs a LOT of work before D would be happy
|
||
with it.
|
||
|
||
Diz
|
||
EGO Systems
|
||
(DIZ, CAT33, TOP4, MSG:126/M645;1)
|
||
|
||
|
||
PREPARING FOR THE UNTHINKABLE As Tony said, our libraries are not in any
|
||
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" danger. (And that is entirely enough said
|
||
about that, let's not discuss it at ALL. :)
|
||
|
||
If worst comes to worst, and Genie is suddenly not here anymore, get
|
||
on the net and go to
|
||
|
||
http://www.syndicomm.com
|
||
|
||
There is really nothing there but a little promo for Syndicomm, but
|
||
if there is any NEWS to report (like a new location to rendevous) it will
|
||
appear there.
|
||
|
||
Think of it as an emergency signpost. :)
|
||
|
||
(And keep checking, because it will be a bit before the news goes up.)
|
||
|
||
Gary R. Utter
|
||
|
||
|
||
HARD DRIVE BACKUP PROGRAM OK, I'm not saying I'm absolutely going to
|
||
""""""""""""""""""""""""" write this thing... but I'm VERY interested to
|
||
know what all you folk would like to see in a NEW IIGS backup application.
|
||
Here's my ideas for some common ground starting specs:
|
||
|
||
File and Volume backups supported. Compression supported. ALL
|
||
devices recognized by GS/OS supported.
|
||
|
||
Now, let's build something cool on top of that.
|
||
|
||
Diz EGO Systems
|
||
(DIZ, CAT33, TOP7, MSG:1/M645;1)
|
||
|
||
|
||
GRAPHICWRITER III FUTURE When updating GW, we did keep in mind the
|
||
"""""""""""""""""""""""" possibility of adding new object types or
|
||
undisplayable object types. Hopefully the next version should have
|
||
something complete in this regard.
|
||
|
||
Regards,
|
||
Richard
|
||
(RICHARD.B, CAT8, TOP19, MSG:92/M645;1)
|
||
|
||
<<<<< FWIW, yes there is a 32K text limit to text objects in
|
||
""""" GraphicWriter. We did look into raising the limit, but all the
|
||
main control blocks and layout code are based around it, and yes it would
|
||
have been beyond the scope of a simple update.
|
||
|
||
I'm still looking into what changes need to be made to raise it, even
|
||
just a simple one like 64K, so who knows what might happen. :-)
|
||
|
||
Regards,
|
||
Richard
|
||
(RICHARD.B, CAT33, TOP6, MSG:43/M645;1)
|
||
|
||
|
||
TIGER LEARNING COMPUTER I'll be attending the Electronic Entertainment
|
||
""""""""""""""""""""""" Expo (E3) in L.A. next month, where all the new
|
||
video games for dozens of systems (PC included) will be on display.
|
||
Included will be the latest in 3D displays, 64-bit consoles, analog input
|
||
devices, AM3 coin-op boards, etc.
|
||
|
||
The other day I got a postcard in the mail from Tiger Electronics
|
||
(maker of the handheld games you may've seen advertised on television),
|
||
inviting me to visit their E3 booth. The postcard proudly states:
|
||
|
||
"Come see the Tiger Learning Computer! Based on APPLE 2e technology,
|
||
a solid state computer for children that will retail for less than $200.
|
||
Dozens of Apple LICENSED SOFTWARE TITLES available."
|
||
|
||
Talk about full circle, eh? :)
|
||
|
||
-Ken
|
||
(KEN.GAGNE, CAT2, TOP3, MSG:160/M645;1)
|
||
|
||
>>>>> My understanding is that the computer will be based on software ROM
|
||
""""" cards. There were no planned disk interfaces for it, but that
|
||
doesn't mean an enterprising designer couldn't develop one for it. Last
|
||
info I had was a planned release of the computer this fall.
|
||
|
||
I didn't know who was developing it, just that it was being developed.
|
||
|
||
Joat
|
||
(A2.TIM, CAT2, TOP3, MSG:161/M645;1)
|
||
|
||
>>>>> For a full description of the Tiger Learning Computer, look for the
|
||
""""" next issue of The Apple Blossom, being mailed this week (yup, we've
|
||
been in touch with Tiger about this for the past couple of months).
|
||
|
||
Steve
|
||
(S.CAVANAUGH1, CAT2, TOP3, MSG:162/M645;1)
|
||
|
||
|
||
WAITING FOR II ALIVE is there really a new issue coming out soon?
|
||
""""""""""""""""""""
|
||
(J.LOFTIS, CAT42, TOP11, MSG:278/M645;1)
|
||
|
||
>>>>> That's what I heard
|
||
"""""
|
||
BTW, Carl Sperber, who was QC's art director before I even started
|
||
working there, recently moved on to a job as marketing director at
|
||
BrassCraft, a local furniture manufacturer.
|
||
(JERRY.K, CAT42, TOP11, MSG:279/M645;1)
|
||
|
||
>>>>> Gee, that must have been REALLY recently. I just got an email
|
||
""""" from him last week, acting as the marketing director or something.
|
||
________
|
||
|homas
|
||
(T.COMPTER, CAT42, TOP11, MSG:281/M645;1)
|
||
|
||
>>>>> Yeah, last Friday was Carl's last day
|
||
"""""
|
||
(JERRY.K, CAT42, TOP11, MSG:282/M645;1)
|
||
|
||
|
||
RTF FOR GWIII ARRIVED; RTF FOR APPLEWORKS GS COMING? Working around the
|
||
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" 32K limit was
|
||
something I TRIED to do, but it looked like just TOO much work for the
|
||
release date (and price point) that I was shooting for. This is really
|
||
something that needs to be fixed in GraphicWriter itself... but I'm going
|
||
to keep thinking about how to work around it.
|
||
|
||
As for the sub/superscript ending problem... that's very odd. I am
|
||
pretty sure I put ALL of the RTF v1.3 "end mark" codes in for
|
||
super/subscript. E-mail me the file and I'll take a look at it.
|
||
|
||
Which reminds me... someone here said they had a RTF file created by
|
||
Word For Windows v2 that was giving them trouble, but I haven't heard
|
||
anything else about it. If the file is still a problem, PLEASE e-mail it
|
||
to me so I can figure out what's wrong.
|
||
|
||
As for an AWGS translator for GWIII, I've already got the code (in
|
||
EGOed) for an IMPORT-only translator. Would it have to be IMPORT & EXPORT?
|
||
Or would simply importing be enough for folks?
|
||
|
||
I ask because I've sold about 20 RTF translators already... Which is
|
||
actually pretty good considering that I've only advertised it here on GEnie
|
||
and the 'Net. This makes me hopefull that I'll get a big response when the
|
||
new catalog goes out next week! ...So I'm thinking that an AWGS translator
|
||
might also do quite well.
|
||
|
||
Diz
|
||
EGO Systems
|
||
(DIZ, CAT33, TOP6, MSG:35/M645;1)
|
||
|
||
|
||
>>> MESSAGE SPOTLIGHT <<<
|
||
"""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
||
|
||
Category 28, Topic 6
|
||
Message 130 Mon Apr 29, 1996
|
||
JOE.KOHN [SSII] at 16:55 EDT
|
||
|
||
In another topic, we're vbeen discussing Convert 3200, and when the
|
||
discussion turned technical, I had to write to Olivier Zardini for
|
||
clarification.
|
||
|
||
The following message is from Olivier, and it discusses some problems
|
||
that folks have had with Platinum Paint, and it also expands greatly on
|
||
Convert 3200's documentation on how to use different palettes within the
|
||
same graphic.
|
||
|
||
As you read it, please remember that English is Olivier's second
|
||
langauage.
|
||
|
||
Joe Kohn
|
||
|
||
[*][*][*]
|
||
|
||
|
||
Hum, about the advanced users of Convert 3200, don't worry it's sad
|
||
but I think I am the only Power User of C3200... But with a little work,
|
||
everybody will be able to use the software. You don't necessarily need to
|
||
know all the features to use the software. You can learn it step by step.
|
||
|
||
About the problem with Platinum Paint, it is not difficult to
|
||
understand. For the 16 palettes mode - PP doesn't handle it, I have no
|
||
solutions to give... For the 1 palette mode (16 colors), the desktop
|
||
program use the black and the white color to draw the menus, the windows...
|
||
The used colors are usually in the palette at the first position (0 :
|
||
black) and the last one (15 : white). But when these colors are not in
|
||
these positions in the palette, the display can be strange. If the first
|
||
and the last colors in the palette are black, all the menu, windows... will
|
||
be full black, and you won't see anything... It exactly what happens with
|
||
PP and some pictures comming from Convert or any other converter... If your
|
||
picture is full black, with only black colors in the palette, your screen
|
||
will be full black... Hopefully, some good drawing software as DreamGraphix
|
||
use a specific palette for the menu bar, so you can see the menu bar
|
||
everytime. Convert 3200 sorts the colors in the palettes, from the darkers
|
||
ones to the ligthers ones. So, if your picture has at least 16 colors, the
|
||
first color will be certainly black, and the last color will be certainly
|
||
light, so you will be able to use PP, even if the last on is not realy
|
||
white. You will be able to see the menu bar and other bottons... Sadly, if
|
||
your picture has less than 16 colors, the non used colors of the palette
|
||
will be turn into black, so the first one and the last one will be black
|
||
and you could have problem with PP. I will modify this in the next update.
|
||
I will force the last color, if it is not used, as a white instead of a
|
||
black. But the problem comes more from PP than for C3200. PP is unable to
|
||
handle well all the graphics modes...
|
||
|
||
About the 16 palettes modes and the capability to choose how many
|
||
palettes you can use, here is an explanation. First of all, this is ONLY
|
||
for the 16 palettes mode, that won't work for the 1 palette or the 200
|
||
palettes mode... In the 16 palettes mode, you can use up to 16 palettes on
|
||
the screen. You can consider the 1 palette mode as a 16 palettes mode
|
||
picture where you use only 1 palettes (from the 16 available). So, as you
|
||
can use 16 palettes, you have to decide which lines will use which palette.
|
||
For exemple, if you have decided to use only 4 palettes, you can use the
|
||
first palette for the first 50 lines, the second palette for the lines from
|
||
51 to 100, the third palette for the line from 101 to 150 and the fourth
|
||
palette for the lines from 151 to 200. So each quarter of the screen will
|
||
have one palette. In Lemmings, you can see such the same thing the Ma in
|
||
screen, the scrolling area has a palette (blue and yellow tones) and all
|
||
the rest of the screen has another palette (brown and green tones). So you
|
||
have to things to decide :
|
||
|
||
- How many palette do you want to use
|
||
- Where to use them (which lines...)
|
||
|
||
Go into C3200, load the Happy picture, go into the statistics screen
|
||
(the stat will be computed there) and go into the Convert Area screen.
|
||
Choose the 16 palettes mode (red circle). Click now on 'Convert Area'
|
||
button, you can see the window with text as 'Palette : xx' where xx is a
|
||
number from 1 to 16. Here, C3200 use the whole 16 palettes. When the
|
||
conversion will be ended, click on 'View Area' to have a look to the
|
||
picture. The picture is ok. Now click again on 'View Area' but this time
|
||
press the Apple key (Command) in the same time. Now, instead of the
|
||
picture, you can see the palettes used. You can see the 16 palettes and you
|
||
can see which lines used which palettes. Here, each palette is used by the
|
||
same number of line (13 lines/palette). This is the default choice for the
|
||
16 palettes mode. But you can choose to tell to C3200 which palette to use
|
||
and where. Click now on the 'Convert Area' button. What happen ? Nothing
|
||
!!! It is ok. As C3200 has already converted the area in this mode, it
|
||
doesn't do anything. Hopefully, you can force it to convert in this mode
|
||
again. So press the Apple key (Command) and click on 'Convert Area' button.
|
||
The conversion is launched again... and the result will be the same than
|
||
before. There are several reasons to force it to convert the area again.
|
||
For example you can modify the number of colors (with '+' and '-' buttons)
|
||
and launch again the conversion to see the difference. But the best reason
|
||
is for the 16 palettes mode, and especially for the selection mode of the
|
||
palettes. Here we go. So, don't remember to press Apple key in the same
|
||
time than clicking on the 'Convert Area' button for all the following
|
||
conversions. Press on the Option key (and on the Apple key too) and click
|
||
on the 'Convert Area' button. You will see the Happy picture displayed in
|
||
grey scaled tones (but darker than the grey scale mode). Move the mouse you
|
||
will see a little cursor moving. Hit the Tab key (or Apple-Tab) and the
|
||
color of the border will change... Click on the mouse button and move the
|
||
mouse, you will be able to paint the lines of the pictures with the same
|
||
tones (blue, red, yellow...) than the border color. Each color (there are
|
||
16 colors) represent one palette. Each line colored will used t he
|
||
associated palette. At the beginning, all the lines of the screen use the
|
||
same palette, so the picture is nearly full black. Use now 4 palettes and
|
||
put them as describle above (one for the first 50 lines...). You can choose
|
||
th colors you want, the color of the palette is only here to see the
|
||
different 16 palettes, there is no link between the colors (red. bleu,
|
||
green...) and the tones really used in this palette at the end of the
|
||
conversion. When you will have filled the screen with the 4 palettes, hit
|
||
ESC key and that will launch the conversion process. But this time, in the
|
||
'Palette : xx' message, xx will only goes from 1 to 4, because you use only
|
||
4 palettes (instead of 16 as before). Click on the 'View area' button to
|
||
see the result, and don't forget to have a look to the palette (press Apple
|
||
key and click on 'View Area'). You will see clearly the 4 palettes used...
|
||
Now that you have understood, you are able to decide yourself how many
|
||
palettes you want to use and where you want to use them. This can be very
|
||
usefull to put a lot of palettes on one part of the screen to have a more
|
||
colors on this part and to put only 1 palette in large part of the screen
|
||
where you don't need a lot of colors.
|
||
|
||
Olivier.
|
||
|
||
ps : the update of Convert progesses... the Tiff will be completly
|
||
recognize this time (Off course, the non true colors pictures...)
|
||
|
||
[*][*][*]
|
||
|
||
|
||
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 /
|
||
/////////////////////////////////
|
||
An Apple II Parody
|
||
""""""""""""""""""
|
||
by Steven Weyhich
|
||
[104024.432@compuserve.com]
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
Many of you know Dr Steven Weyhrich as the unofficial Apple II
|
||
historian; his 23-part history of our favorite computer is well-received as
|
||
it is widely known (and widely available!). Some of you also know that he
|
||
writes song parodies. This month, Dr Weyhrich's latest parody appears for
|
||
the first time--a GenieLamp A2 exclusive!
|
||
|
||
When the "death" of the Apple IIe was announced, Dr Weyrich wrote
|
||
"Apple Pie" (to the tune of Don MacLean's "American Pie") and posted it to
|
||
Genie's A2 RoundTable. GenieLamp A2 reprinted it in the January 1994
|
||
issue. In honor of Brian Tao, a Genie user who was the A2 RT's Internet
|
||
liasion, Dr Weyhrich wrote "Internet Fileman" (to the tune of Glen
|
||
Campbell's "Wichita Lineman"), which we reprinted in the June 1994 issue.
|
||
The following parody, his latest, was written specifically for GenieLamp
|
||
A2.
|
||
|
||
[*][*][*]
|
||
|
||
|
||
>>> THE WRECK OF THE APPLE ][ <<<
|
||
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
||
(to the tune of Gordon Lightfoot's "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald")
|
||
|
||
The legend lives on from the management on down
|
||
In the big town they call Cupertino
|
||
At Apple, it's said, they will shoot products dead
|
||
When the stocks and the market turn gloomy
|
||
|
||
With a load of RAM chips, forty-eight thousand bytes fit
|
||
That the Apple ][ main board weighed loaded
|
||
That good CPU was a bone to be chewed
|
||
When reality distortion came early
|
||
|
||
The ][ was the pride of Wozniak's side
|
||
Of the Homebrew Computer Club meeting
|
||
As the new units went it was better than most
|
||
With a ROM and dot graphics well reasoned
|
||
|
||
Concluding some terms with that Microsoft firm
|
||
It shipped fully loaded with firmware
|
||
But within a few years we confirmed our worst fears
|
||
It would be the Mac wind we'd be feeling
|
||
|
||
The blurbs out in print made it seem we were safe
|
||
When they said the Mac's RAM was too tiny
|
||
But the Mac team knew, as their Captain did, too
|
||
That the Apple ]['s cash they'd be stealing
|
||
|
||
The IIe came late, sixteen bits had to wait
|
||
While the Mac and its sales they were flailing
|
||
When '86 came the GS staked its claim
|
||
In the face of a hurricane Mac blitz
|
||
|
||
When '91 dawned, the ROM 04 was spawned
|
||
And on satellite link they would show ya
|
||
But with a last minute cut, the ]['s shut down began
|
||
We thought, GS, it's been good to know ya
|
||
|
||
MacWeek wrote again, the old ][ would just end
|
||
It's publicity STILL was an outrage
|
||
By late '93, when more Macs came in sight
|
||
Came the end of the Apple ][ voyage
|
||
|
||
Does anyone know where the brains of men go
|
||
When cash for promotion's allotted?
|
||
The reviewers all say she'd be here today
|
||
If they'd put some more ad space behind her
|
||
|
||
It might have VGA, a big hard drive inside
|
||
Perhaps thirty-two bits with SIMMs in 'er
|
||
But all the remains are the faces and the names
|
||
Of the millions who've known and have loved her
|
||
|
||
Microsoft rolls, Intel sings
|
||
In the 95 Windows promotion
|
||
Ol' IBM steams with its OS/2 dreams
|
||
The Mac clones all try for their portion
|
||
|
||
And farther below, the World Wide Web goes
|
||
Taking in what the modems can send her
|
||
But the Apple folk go (at least we hope so)
|
||
With mistakes of the A2 remembered
|
||
|
||
In a virtual room there on GEnie they met
|
||
In the A2 Roundtable's big chat room
|
||
The ]['s speaker chimed, and it rang 64 times
|
||
For each page of the old ][ Plus memory.
|
||
|
||
The legend lives on from the management on down
|
||
In the big town they call Cupertino
|
||
At Apple, it's said, they will shoot products dead
|
||
When the stocks and the market turn gloomy
|
||
|
||
Copyright 1996 by Steven Weyhrich
|
||
(104024.432@compuserve.com)
|
||
|
||
[*][*][*]
|
||
|
||
|
||
(Please don't copy this item--in your newsletters, in your E-mail, in
|
||
newsgroups--WITHOUT asking permission first. That's what the copyright
|
||
notice is there for. It is not enough merely to ATTRIBUTE the article; you
|
||
must get PERMISSION first. Normally, GenieLamp is happy to let you assume
|
||
permission. Not this time. Ask the author for permission first.)
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
[EOA]
|
||
[REF]//////////////////////////////
|
||
REFLECTIONS /
|
||
/////////////////////////////////
|
||
Thinking About Online Communications
|
||
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
||
by Phil Shapiro
|
||
[pshapiro@aol.com]
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
>>> THOUGHTS ON THE POWER AND CONVENIENCE OF AUTOMATED EMAIL RESPONDERS <<<
|
||
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
||
|
||
Technology commentators think the world wide web is a big deal. I
|
||
sort of agree. But I've come to believe that there is something in
|
||
cyberspace far more powerful and far-reaching than the web. Automated
|
||
email responders are by far the most convenient way of making information
|
||
accessible to others.
|
||
|
||
Consider this. Of the ten to twenty million people who are online,
|
||
only a fraction of them have easy web access. And of the fraction who do
|
||
have web access, only a fraction of these people have the time (and skill)
|
||
needed to surf the web.
|
||
|
||
Consider how long it takes to get to a web page, and the possible
|
||
obstacles that could occur. It takes at least a minute to boot your web
|
||
browser. Then the web server you're trying to reach could be busy. Line
|
||
noise could drop your connection halfway over to the web page. Your web
|
||
browser could freeze (or crash). And when you get to the page you're
|
||
aiming to reach, it may or may not be obvious where on the page the
|
||
document you're looking for is located.
|
||
|
||
Unless you have a high speed, highly reliable online connection, it
|
||
takes an average of about four to five minutes to get to a web page. This
|
||
doesn't sound so long as a single unit of time. But if you multiply four
|
||
to five minutes several hundred times, you're starting to look at some
|
||
serious impositions on your time.
|
||
|
||
Compare this with the speed and ease of retrieving a file from an
|
||
automated email responder. The time span between the moment you see
|
||
mention of the file to the moment you're actually seeing the file itself
|
||
can be as little as one minute.
|
||
|
||
If the mention of the file happens to reach you at your email
|
||
mailbox, then it takes just a flick of the wrist to copy and paste the
|
||
email address and corresponding file request command into a new email
|
||
message. If you're skilled at using your computer, this task can be done
|
||
in twenty seconds (or less).
|
||
|
||
In my experience, email responders tend to return the requested file
|
||
within one to two minutes of their receiving the request. You just can't
|
||
beat that for convenience. Not only is it easier for people to retrieve
|
||
files via automated email responders, but the potential audience for any
|
||
responder file is magnitudes larger than the audience of people on the web.
|
||
|
||
Every single person who is online, by definition, can send and
|
||
receive email. Even total newbies can master automated email responders
|
||
with a minimum of effort.
|
||
|
||
Last month I set up the capability of distributing text files via
|
||
automated email responder from my local internet service provider. The
|
||
cost? Just $10 per month to set up a majordomo mailing list with automated
|
||
file archive retrieval.
|
||
|
||
As the owner of this list, I can put whatever files I want in the
|
||
file archive for this list. My internet service provider tells me I could
|
||
put several hundred separate messages in this list's file archives.
|
||
|
||
I like that. Makes it easy for me to deliver files to people who
|
||
could benefit from the things I write about.
|
||
|
||
To test how this mailing list works, I typed up a whimsical file
|
||
giving detailed instructions of how to train golden retrievers to retrieve
|
||
email. You (or your dog) can retrieve this file by sending the following
|
||
request:
|
||
|
||
get phils-ideas golden.retrievers.txt
|
||
|
||
to the address: majordomo@his.com
|
||
|
||
Within about a minute, you (or your dog) will be able to read about
|
||
golden retrievers doing what they do best.
|
||
|
||
Having assured myself that this magic really does work, I went about
|
||
placing some other files for people to retrieve.
|
||
|
||
To help other teachers learn how to use their Apple II computers
|
||
online, I made available instructions on how to use ZLink, the most popular
|
||
shareware communications program. This file can be retrieved by sending
|
||
the request:
|
||
|
||
get phils-ideas zlink.howto
|
||
|
||
to the address: majordomo@his.com
|
||
|
||
Having tasted how powerful this communications channel can be, I
|
||
followed a third whim and made available a large text file I captured,
|
||
containing all of the 1996 books acquired by the Montgomery County,
|
||
Maryland library system. This local library system has an excellent online
|
||
card catalog which allows you to search by the year the book was published.
|
||
|
||
To retrieve this file (which is about 200 kilobytes in size), you can
|
||
send the request:
|
||
|
||
get phils-ideas mcpl.books.1996
|
||
|
||
to the address: majordomo@his.com
|
||
|
||
The potential uses of automated email responders are just beginning
|
||
to be appreciated. Commercial uses are the ones that seem to have gained
|
||
the fastest foothold.
|
||
|
||
I can also imagine nonprofit organizations benefiting in a large way
|
||
from automated email responders. A simply-phrased text file named
|
||
"volunteers" could list in detail the kind of volunteer help that a
|
||
nonprofit could benefit from. The volunteer coordinator for this
|
||
organization could update this file daily (or even several times daily),
|
||
spelling out the organization's volunteer needs in the most easily
|
||
accessible form imaginable.
|
||
|
||
How can people publicize the availability of their automated email
|
||
responder? One of the most sensible ways is via an existing mailing list
|
||
whose subscribers might likely have an interest in your announcement.
|
||
|
||
The best part is that the announcement itself can be very short and
|
||
sweet, minimizing the intrusion on other people's time. They themselves
|
||
can decide whether they have any interest in the information being provided
|
||
by the automated email responder.
|
||
|
||
Yes, there is an alternative to getting all tangled up in the web.
|
||
You can unstick your feet by using (and creating) automated email
|
||
responders.
|
||
|
||
Phil Shapiro
|
||
|
||
[*][*][*]
|
||
|
||
|
||
The author takes a keen interest in the psychological and social
|
||
aspects of the online world. He can be reached at
|
||
pshapiro@his.com (preferred) or pshapiro@aol.com
|
||
|
||
Excerpts from his first book, "Thinking About Online
|
||
Communications," can be retrieved by sending the message:
|
||
|
||
get phils-ideas taoc.excerpts
|
||
|
||
to the address: majordomo@his.com
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
[EOA]
|
||
[AWX]//////////////////////////////
|
||
APPLEWORKS ANNEX /
|
||
/////////////////////////////////
|
||
The AppleWorks Gazette Follow-Up
|
||
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
||
by Douglas Cuff
|
||
[EDITOR.A2]
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
In the March 1996 issue, we took a look at the premiere issue of _The
|
||
AppleWorks Gazette_. The second issue arrived in our mailbox recently, so
|
||
we'll take a quick peek to see how the issue stacks up when it doesn't have
|
||
to include so much "obligatory" material, such as the AppleWorks 5.1
|
||
update.
|
||
|
||
As with the first issue, there are three parts to this magazine on
|
||
disk: the newsletter itself, software, and data. Overall, the second
|
||
issue looks much as the first one did, only slightly better.
|
||
|
||
NEWSLETTER The second newsletter (still an AppleWorks word processing
|
||
"""""""""" file) stacks up like this:
|
||
|
||
1. Actively AppleWorks
|
||
2. The Main Menu
|
||
3. The NewsReel
|
||
4. At the News Stand
|
||
5. Letters to the Editors
|
||
6. How to Modify the AppleWorks Default Macros
|
||
7. One Touch Commands [review]
|
||
8. AppleWorks on the Mac--A First Look
|
||
9. Shrink II
|
||
10. More Features I Wish I Had in AppleWorks 5.1
|
||
11. New Utilities for AppleWorks 4.3 and 5.1
|
||
12. Do It Yourself Hard Drives
|
||
13. Inside AppleWorks: Questions and Answers
|
||
14. Inside AppleWorks: AppleWorks Segments
|
||
15. How to Cook Your Own oa-H Command
|
||
16. How to Reach Us
|
||
|
||
For readers who are Genie regulars, the NewsReel continues to be
|
||
little more than a rehash of old news. There are a few gems from the
|
||
Internet's comp.sys.apple2 newsgroup and from CompuServe's AppUser forum.
|
||
A new column, At the News Stand, examines the most recent issues of other
|
||
Apple II newsletters. (We editors are able to eke out a meagre living by
|
||
taking in one another's laundry.)
|
||
|
||
In the letters to the editor, one reader points out--as I did, here
|
||
in GenieLamp A2, two months back--that the premiere issue of _The
|
||
AppleWorks Gazette_ was geared to AppleWorks 5 users, and geared toward
|
||
screen layout rather than printed layout. The editors seem to prefer to
|
||
run their publication that way, but are willing to make changes to make
|
||
life easier for readers, as evidenced by Serreau's editorial.
|
||
|
||
Once again, the newsletter has some good articles. Howard Katz
|
||
expands on Chris Serreau's wish list for AppleWorks, which I liked very
|
||
much, and I was pleased to see that Will Nelken and Ryan Suenaga are guest
|
||
writers for this issue. As before, no serious complaints with the
|
||
newsletter, but the spelling-checker still doesn't get used enough.
|
||
|
||
ON THE DISK The software on the premiere issue gave the disk a sparse
|
||
""""""""""" feel, since so much room was taken up with the AppleWorks 5.1
|
||
update and with ShrinkIt 3.4. Things are little better this month--the
|
||
only "golden oldie" is Harold Portnoy's Change-A-File program. This is an
|
||
indispensable utility, but hardly new. Also on the disk this month are two
|
||
new inits--one to bring a monthly calendar to AppleWorks 5.1, and one to
|
||
manage inits by enabling and disabling them--bug-fix updates for TimeOut
|
||
File Librarian and Word Count, an index of TimeOut-Central, a collection of
|
||
Roy Barrows' macros, and Joe Walters' Merlin macros. This month's
|
||
non-Apple II feature is H. G. Wells's "The Island of Dr. Moreau".
|
||
|
||
In the premiere issue, ShrinkIt was used on everything but the
|
||
newsletter, everything else in the main directory, and of course ShrinkIt
|
||
itself. In this issue, the macros and other data have been packed with
|
||
ShrinkIt, but the inits, update scripts, and Change-A-File have not.
|
||
|
||
PROGRESS REPORT _The AppleWorks Gazette_ has made some improvements and
|
||
""""""""""""""" is in the process of making others to be sure they serve
|
||
their readers well. There continues to be good stuff here, both for the
|
||
AppleWorks user and the UltraMacros programmer.
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
[EOA]
|
||
[BAN]//////////////////////////////
|
||
FILE BANDWAGON /
|
||
/////////////////////////////////
|
||
Top 10 Files for March
|
||
""""""""""""""""""""""
|
||
by Douglas Cuff
|
||
[EDITOR.A2]
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
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 1-31 March 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!
|
||
|
||
This month, I'm pleased but a little embarrassed to find that three
|
||
different editions of GenieLamp A2 occupy three spots in the Top 10. This
|
||
month, I'll let it stand because I'm so proud of the new hyper-editions,
|
||
but if it occurs again, I'll list additional files so that the list has 10
|
||
different files, not just ten different file names.
|
||
|
||
File # Filename Bytes DLs Short description
|
||
------ --------------- ------ --- -------------------------------------
|
||
26711 A2.DOM.9603.BXY 461056 207 A2 Disk of the Month, March 1996
|
||
26700 NEWPT3FIX.BXY 3456 105 New GS modem port driver for PT3.1
|
||
26698 ALMP9603.HC.BXY 81152 90 GenieLamp A2, Mar. 1996 (HyperCard)
|
||
26862 NAUG.CAT.BXY 87168 89 AppleWorks Resources Catalog
|
||
26866 GSE4.32.BXY 177280 82 GS Entertainment version 4.32
|
||
26927 KEYBOARD.BXY 9216 75 Displays keyboard layout
|
||
26752 ALMP9603.HS.BXY 96384 74 PROTOTYPE HStudio vers GenieLamp A2
|
||
26820 LETITRIDE.BXY 18048 73 A casino stud poker game.
|
||
26697 GLAMPA29603.BXY 75648 72 GenieLamp A2, Mar. 1996 (AppleWorks)
|
||
26749 A2.LIB.ADB.BXY 516780 70 ADB Index of entire A2 Library
|
||
|
||
|
||
A2.DOM.9603.BXY The A2 RoundTable Disk of the Month continues to be a
|
||
""""""""""""""" favorite download. The March issue contains three
|
||
newsletters--GenieLamp A2 (March), GenieLamp A2 (January), and II Something
|
||
(January 14). Apple IIe and IIc users will enjoy DOS 3.3 Launcher,
|
||
IMunger, and a BASIC game called Treasure. For the Apple IIgs user, there
|
||
are 10 pics from Bloofadoofa, a small HyperStudio word processor called
|
||
MicroWord, and two New Desk Accessories, one to print the screen and
|
||
another to save the screen as a picture.
|
||
|
||
NEWPT3FIX.BXY PT3FIX by John Kielkopf patches ProTERM's normal modem port
|
||
""""""""""""" driver (PT3.CODE0) to allow interrupts so that software
|
||
such AppleTalk and Twilight II will operate without data loss from the
|
||
modem. This patch works only with ProTERM v3.1, and only with the Apple
|
||
IIgs modem port. It requires a high-speed modem with hardware handshaking,
|
||
and the appropriate cable. Freeware.
|
||
|
||
ALMP9603.HC.BXY The March 1996 GenieLamp A2 in HyperCard IIgs format.
|
||
""""""""""""""" Thanks to HyperCard programmer Joshua Calvin, you can
|
||
enjoy GenieLamp A2 without having to leave HyperCard. Calvin's stack can
|
||
automatically generate a table of contents for _any_ issue of GenieLamp.
|
||
(If you don't already own HyperCard IIgs, consider downloading file #22200,
|
||
HCGSSTARTER.BXY.) Freeware.
|
||
|
||
NAUG.CAT.BXY This ASCII text file contains a catalog of all of the
|
||
"""""""""""" National AppleWorks User Group (NAUG) disks that are
|
||
currently available from Shareware Solutions II.
|
||
|
||
GSE4.32.BXY GS Entertainment by Clayburn W. Juniel, III is a kind of
|
||
""""""""""" jukebox that plays music and shows pictures too. It can
|
||
display PNT graphics, PIC graphics, 256 and 3200 color graphics, INI
|
||
desktop graphics, and ANI animations! It can simultaneously play music
|
||
from Music Composer, Music Studio, SoundSmith, or SynthLab, as well as
|
||
rSounds, HyperStudio and HyperCard IIgs formatted sound files, and "just
|
||
plain sound files". (Earlier versions were featured on last month's
|
||
bandwagon.) Shareware ($10).
|
||
|
||
KEYBOARD.BXY Keyboard NDA v1.0.1 by Wilfried Ricken lets you see which
|
||
"""""""""""" keys to press to generate special characters. If you hold
|
||
down a modifier key such as Option or Shift, the layout changes to reveal
|
||
characters not normally available. Includes the numeric keypad in its
|
||
display. Click near the bottom of the NDA window to change the font.
|
||
(Keyboard translation must be set to Standard first.) Freeware.
|
||
|
||
ALMP9603.HS.BXY The March 1996 GenieLamp A2 in HyperStudio IIgs format.
|
||
""""""""""""""" This prototype version convinced me to produce a
|
||
HyperStudio edition every month, to accompany Josh Calvin's HyperCard
|
||
edition. Since this is a prototype, it's not tidied up and it uses a
|
||
little more memory than it needs to, but there aren't any serious problems.
|
||
(If you don't own HyperStudio, you can still view this stack by downloading
|
||
and using file ##24732 HS3.1RJ.BXY.) Freeware.
|
||
|
||
LETITRIDE.BXY Let It Ride by Thad T. Taylor is a single-player version of
|
||
""""""""""""" the Nevada casino game. It lets you play five card stud
|
||
poker. The game is a little crude and the instructions sketchy, but on the
|
||
other hand, it's a relief to see more software for the IIgs with a 1996
|
||
copyright date. Freeware.
|
||
|
||
GLAMPA29603.BXY The March 1996 GenieLamp A2 in AppleWorks word processor
|
||
""""""""""""""" format. This "old standard" Apple II-specific edition
|
||
has been available since April 1993, yet some people still think you _have_
|
||
to own AppleWorks to view it. Not so. Download file #16674, QUICKVIEW.BXY
|
||
or file #24324, QUIKVIEW1.1.BXY and you'll be able to read the same
|
||
GenieLamp A2 that the editor uses as the basis for all other versions.
|
||
Freeware.
|
||
|
||
A2.LIB.ADB.BXY This index of the A2 RoundTable libraries, collected by
|
||
"""""""""""""" Tom Zuchowski, lists the whole of the software collection
|
||
in one AppleWorks data base file. For AppleWorks users with large
|
||
desktops! Indices of separate libraries are also available for AppleWorks
|
||
users with smaller desktops, as are text file indices, for those who don't
|
||
use AppleWorks. Freeware.
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
[EOA]
|
||
[LIB]//////////////////////////////
|
||
THE ONLINE LIBRARY /
|
||
/////////////////////////////////
|
||
March Arrivals
|
||
""""""""""""""
|
||
by Douglas Cuff
|
||
[EDITOR.A2]
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
This month, I'd like to list all the files that have been uploaded to
|
||
the A2 RoundTable libraries during March. Since there are so many--149--I
|
||
can't examine them in detail, but the short description provided should
|
||
give you an idea of what the file is all about.
|
||
|
||
>>> PROGRAMS <<<
|
||
""""""""""""""""
|
||
|
||
File # Filename Bytes Short description
|
||
------ --------------- ------ ---------------------------------------
|
||
26887 BORDTRACK11.BXY 30 Color borders for Second Sight v1.1
|
||
26793 DSK2FILE.BXY 53 Converts dsk and po files
|
||
26866 GSE4.32.BXY 73 GS Entertainment version 4.32
|
||
26703 GVIEW.BXY 54 Graphic viewer for Second Sight
|
||
26927 KEYBOARD.BXY 42 Displays keyboard layout
|
||
26700 NEWPT3FIX.BXY 99 New GS modem port driver for PT3.1
|
||
26704 PIX.WHIZ2.0.BXY 48 New Print Shop color pix editor
|
||
26713 QSL.V2.0B1.BXY 12 Ham Callsign Database Program
|
||
26818 QSL.V2.0B2.BXY 6 Ham Callsign Database Program
|
||
|
||
|
||
>>> GAMES <<<
|
||
"""""""""""""
|
||
|
||
File # Filename Bytes Short description
|
||
------ --------------- ------ ---------------------------------------
|
||
26827 E.DOS33.120.BXY 48428 DOS 3.3 Eamon "Orb of My Life"
|
||
26760 E.DOS33.UTL.BXY 72888 DOS 3.3 EAG Eamon Utilities
|
||
26707 EAMON.DOS12.BXY 725508 Eamon Collection: DOS 3.3 Disk 12
|
||
26748 FIRE.STAR.BXY 37376 A new game for Warp6 BBS Software
|
||
26820 LETITRIDE.BXY 18048 A casino stud poker game.
|
||
26708 TUFFENUFF2.BXY 37948 Course for Mean 18
|
||
26758 TUFFENUFF3.BXY 33532 New course for Mean 18
|
||
26826 TUFFENUFF4.BXY 33160 Course for Mean 18
|
||
26706 MERLIN.GS.BXY 126720 Merlin GS v1.0 HCGS Electronic game
|
||
|
||
|
||
>>> HYPERMEDIA <<<
|
||
""""""""""""""""""
|
||
|
||
File # Filename Bytes Short description
|
||
------ --------------- ------ ---------------------------------------
|
||
26717 CALENDAR.HC.BXY 2944 Calendar Stack from Blossom V2N1
|
||
26710 A2LAMP.RDR.BXY 16128 Import GenieLamp into HCGS
|
||
26819 HCLAMP.FIX.BXY 4864 Adds Quit button to GenieLamp Reader
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
>>> APPLEWORKS (CLASSIC AND GS) <<<
|
||
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
||
|
||
File # Filename Bytes Short description
|
||
------ --------------- ------ ---------------------------------------
|
||
26862 NAUG.CAT.BXY 87168 AppleWorks Resources Catalog
|
||
26895 NAUG.DISKS.BXY 113152 Index of NAUG-On-Disk disks
|
||
|
||
|
||
>>> DATA AND TEMPLATES <<<
|
||
""""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
||
|
||
File # Filename Bytes Short description
|
||
------ --------------- ------ ---------------------------------------
|
||
26877 A2.EMUL.FAQ.BXY 58992 FAQ for Apple II emulators (IBM,Mac)
|
||
26894 BRUTAL.RTC.BXY 20608 Transcript of Brutal Deluxe RTC
|
||
26799 KFEST96.REG.TXT 4696 Kfest '96!! The registration form!
|
||
26916 ORBICORR.SHK 171172 Example of a bad Internet file
|
||
26838 PAUG.3.96.BXY 14080 PAUG, the Publishers Transcript!!
|
||
26755 PGNOTES.BXY 42752 tech notes for PowerGuide scripting
|
||
26875 PLANET.TXT 2048 Description of PLANET.BXY (#18805)
|
||
|
||
|
||
>>> PERIODICALS <<<
|
||
"""""""""""""""""""
|
||
|
||
File # Filename Bytes Short description
|
||
------ --------------- ------ ---------------------------------------
|
||
26711 A2.DOM.9603.BXY 461056 A2 Disk of the Month, March 1996
|
||
26698 ALMP9603.HC.BXY 81152 GenieLamp A2, Mar. 1996 (HyperCard)
|
||
26752 ALMP9603.HS.BXY 96384 PROTOTYPE HStudio vers GenieLamp A2
|
||
26697 GLAMPA29603.BXY 75648 GenieLamp A2, Mar. 1996 (AppleWorks)
|
||
26765 IIS.960303.BXY 27904 II Something - Issue 19 - Mar 03 96
|
||
26848 IIS.960310.BXY 30464 II Something - Issue 20 - Mar 10 96
|
||
26878 IIS.960317.BXY 13696 II Something - Issue 21 - Mar 17 96
|
||
|
||
|
||
>>> GENIE A2 ROUNDTABLE TOOLS AND FILES <<<
|
||
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
||
|
||
File # Filename Bytes Short description
|
||
------ --------------- ------ ---------------------------------------
|
||
26744 A2.1319.ADB.BXY 20120 ADB Index of Libraries 13-14, 16-19
|
||
26733 A2.1319.TXT.BXY 19952 TXT Index of Libraries 13-14, 16-19
|
||
26743 A2.15A.ADB.BXY 36480 ADB Index of Library 15 (1989-1994)
|
||
26732 A2.15A.TXT.BXY 36428 TXT Index of Library 15 (1989-1994)
|
||
26742 A2.15B.ADB.BXY 25376 ADB Index of Library 15 (1995- )
|
||
26731 A2.15B.TXT.BXY 25132 TXT Index of Library 15 (1995- )
|
||
26741 A2.3238.ADB.BXY 37328 ADB Index of Libraries 32-38
|
||
26730 A2.3238.TXT.BXY 36412 TXT Index of Libraries 32-38
|
||
26740 A2.3940.ADB.BXY 36368 ADB Index of Libraries 39-40
|
||
26729 A2.3940.TXT.BXY 35920 TXT Index of Libraries 39-40
|
||
26739 A2.4144.ADB.BXY 10948 ADB Index of Libraries 41-44
|
||
26728 A2.4144.TXT.BXY 10732 TXT Index of Libraries 41-44
|
||
26738 A2.4553.ADB.BXY 59656 ADB Index of Libraries 45-47, 50-53
|
||
26727 A2.4553.TXT.BXY 59080 TXT Index of Libraries 45-47, 50-53
|
||
26737 A2.5462.ADB.BXY 45272 ADB Index of Libraries 54-62
|
||
26726 A2.5462.TXT.BXY 45508 TXT Index of Libraries 54-62
|
||
26746 A2.8BIT.ADB.BXY 101828 ADB Index of ProDOS/DOS3.3 Libraries
|
||
26735 A2.8BIT.TXT.BXY 100248 TXT Index of ProDOS/DOS3.3 Libraries
|
||
26745 A2.GENL.ADB.BXY 164624 ADB Index of Gen. Interest Libraries
|
||
26734 A2.GENL.TXT.BXY 164772 TXT Index of Gen. Interest Libraries
|
||
26747 A2.GSOS.ADB.BXY 252584 ADB Index of GS/OS Libraries
|
||
26736 A2.GSOS.TXT.BXY 248748 TXT Index of GS/OS Libraries
|
||
26749 A2.LIB.ADB.BXY 516780 ADB Index of entire A2 Library
|
||
26750 A2.LIB.INFO.TXT 6912 Description of A2 Library Indexes
|
||
26808 A2NDX.MKR.BXY 8736 A2 Bulletin Board Index Maker
|
||
26923 ATCOP.X.GEN.BXY 10112 CoPilot/AT Sprint mail bug helper
|
||
26810 GEM5.1.LIB3.BXY 3392 Replacement LIB3 file for GEM5
|
||
26828 GEM5.1.UP2.BXY 102676 Updates GEM5 to version 5.1
|
||
26906 POWERONOBRK.BXY 5760 Scripts to avoid SprintNet break bug
|
||
26873 SCRIPT.UPD.TXT 1152 Update older GEM scripts to work
|
||
|
||
|
||
>>> SOUNDS <<<
|
||
""""""""""""""
|
||
|
||
File # Filename Bytes Short description
|
||
------ --------------- ------ ---------------------------------------
|
||
26844 ANTHEM.BXY 9600 Star Spangled Banner in MIDI/synth
|
||
26876 CANON.VAR.BXY 26112 Canon in D for MIDI/SynthLab
|
||
26846 HALLELU.BXY 23424 Hallelujah Chorus MIDI/Synth
|
||
26716 IRSH.MID.BXY 213632 Irish songs in general MIDI format
|
||
26715 IRSH.SEQ.BXY 471808 Irish songs for SynthLab
|
||
26805 IRSHDAY.BXY 35200 MIDI and sequence of An Irish Day
|
||
26806 IRSHROSE.BXY 5632 MIDI and sequence of Wild Irish Rose
|
||
26836 PERSIAN.BXY 40320 Sequence and MIDI of Persian Market
|
||
26795 SYM40.BXY 116608 Classical song for SynthLab
|
||
26845 TIPERARY.BXY 17280 Long Way to Tiperary MIDI/synth
|
||
26796 VALK.BXY 64256 Valkyrie for SynthLab
|
||
|
||
|
||
>>> FONTS <<<
|
||
"""""""""""""
|
||
|
||
File # Filename Bytes Short description
|
||
------ --------------- ------ ---------------------------------------
|
||
26867 ANDESITE.T1.BXY 39380 T1 PostScript UC display font
|
||
26788 AQUILLIA.T1.BXY 47928 T1 PostScript casual oblique txt fnt
|
||
26789 ASHLEY.T1.BXY 30328 T1 PostScript print handwriting font
|
||
26868 BALLET.T1.BXY 92800 T1 PostScript art deco display font
|
||
26821 CLASSICA.T1.BXY 81164 Graceful T1 PostScript body txt font
|
||
26869 DUNCAN.T1.BXY 22408 T1 PostScript tall thin display font
|
||
26870 DUNCAN.TT.BXY 8212 TrueType tall thin display font
|
||
26763 ELGARRET.T1.BXY 81776 T1 PostScript script font
|
||
26724 FLINTSTO.T1.BXY 35024 Bold T1 PostScript display font
|
||
26705 GOODFELO.TT.BXY 53424 TrueType Victorian display font
|
||
26785 KINIGSTN.T1.BXY 57328 T1 PostScript drop caps display font
|
||
26722 KLINZAHI.T1.BXY 42680 T1 PostScript Klingon-alphabet font
|
||
26786 LEE.CAPS.T1.BXY 59272 T1 PostScript drop caps display font
|
||
26787 LEFTYCAS.T1.BXY 29200 T1 PostScript hand printing body fnt
|
||
26723 ORNAMENT.T1.BXY 72636 T1 PostScript woodcut symbol font
|
||
26764 PIGNOSE.T1.BXY 107688 T1 PostScript broad font
|
||
26822 ROOSTHVY.T1.BXY 69704 Bold T1 PostScript display font
|
||
26725 SANSSERI.T1.BXY 31272 T1 PostScript sans-serif text font
|
||
26823 SHOWBOAT.T1.BXY 62312 T1 PostScript fancy caps poster font
|
||
26721 STYLE.T1.BXY 22988 T1 PostScript bold script font
|
||
|
||
|
||
>>> GRAPHICS <<<
|
||
""""""""""""""""
|
||
|
||
File # Filename Bytes Short description
|
||
------ --------------- ------ ---------------------------------------
|
||
26859 A26.GIF 156768 Color GIF of an A26 plane
|
||
26834 ACE.GIF 5800 Color GIF of an airplane
|
||
26924 ANIMEINI.BXY 51176 3 Anime Desktop INIs. R-Rated.
|
||
26860 B17.GIF 257628 Color GIF of the B17 plane
|
||
26856 B1B.GIF 99612 Color GIF of the B1b plane
|
||
26855 B52.GIF 195712 Color GIF of a B-52
|
||
26802 BABIES.GIF 72380 Color GIF of rabbits
|
||
26702 BACKDROPIII.BXY 26368 More Backdrops for use w/ Backdrop
|
||
26714 BACKDROPZ.BXY 75904 Marble textures for Backdrop NDA
|
||
26775 BUNNIES.GIF 10120 Color GIF of bunnies for Easter
|
||
26863 CHART.GIF 40708 Color GIF Hyakutake comet chart
|
||
26701 DESKENVICNS.BXY 3584 Floptical and DocAlias Icons
|
||
26841 DUCKS.GIF 5992 B&W GIF of a duck
|
||
26840 EAGLE5.GIF 21740 This is a color GIF of an Eagle
|
||
26919 EAST.DESK96.BXY 354020 Easter desktop background INIs.
|
||
26774 EGGS.GIF 267660 Color GIF of Easter eggs
|
||
26797 ESTR.BUN.GIF 26204 Color GIF of a cute Easter Bunny
|
||
26779 ESTR.BUNY.GIF 3496 B&W GIF of an Easter bunny
|
||
26780 ESTR.EGG.GIF 100272 Grayscale GIF of an Easter Egg
|
||
26781 ESTR.EGG2.GIF 67596 Color GIF of an Easter egg
|
||
26777 ESTR.GIF 180952 Color GIF of an Easter picture
|
||
26883 F3F.GIF 8700 Grayscale GIF of a Gruman F3F-2
|
||
26884 F4F.GIF 210908 Color GIF of a F4F and a F6F
|
||
26896 FINALFOUR96.BXY 123416 NCAA Final Four desktop INIs.
|
||
26926 FRACINI.BXY 43176 4 Fractal INIs for your Desktop.
|
||
26843 FROG.GIF 11532 Color GIF of a green frog
|
||
26925 FSERRORINI.BXY 36488 INI of Atomic Bomb Detonation.
|
||
26762 GUAVA.SAMP1.BXY 93836 Guava Graphics EPS sampler
|
||
26858 GUNFT.GIF 53008 Color GIF of a P-51 plane
|
||
26864 HAMBRG.GIF 6608 Color GIF of a hamburger
|
||
26842 HEN.GIF 3904 Color GIF of a hen
|
||
26778 LILY.1.GIF 16500 Color GIF of an Easter Lily
|
||
26773 LILY.GIF 2440 Color GIF of an Easter Lily
|
||
26776 LST.SUP.GIF 53064 Color GIF of The Last Supper
|
||
26865 MACAW.GIF 21576 Color GIF of a macaw
|
||
26851 MANTLE.GIF 149712 Mickey Mantle socks a homer, GIF!
|
||
26850 MANTLE.JPG 68128 Mickey mantle goes Deep, the Jpeg!
|
||
26804 MUSIC.GIF 14292 B&W GIF of music clipart
|
||
26835 MUSTANG.GIF 18864 Color GIF of a P-51 Mustang plane
|
||
26803 P38.GIF 78652 Color GIF of a P 38 airplane
|
||
26854 P47.GIF 3996 Color GIF of a P-47 plane
|
||
26829 P51.2.GIF 2912 Little color GIF of a P-51
|
||
26857 P51.3.GIF 20616 Color GIF of a P-51
|
||
26830 P51.GIF 157428 Color GIF of a P-51 Mustang plane
|
||
26831 P51RR1.GIF 102972 Color GIF of a P-51 on a runway
|
||
26832 PLANE.GIF 59128 Color GIF of a P-51 plane
|
||
26833 STANG.GIF 101704 Color GIF of a P-51 Mustang plane
|
||
26886 STARSNSTUFF.BXY 38272 Backdrop patterns for the desktop.
|
||
26709 STPAT.DESK2.BXY 186944 St. Pat desktop backgrounds. Part 2
|
||
26794 STPAT.DESK3.BXY 188512 St. Pat destop INIs. Part 3.
|
||
26837 WLLPPR1.BXY 117248 Desktop Inits from II Something...
|
||
|
||
|
||
REMINDER: The message archives--37 of them--are excluded from this
|
||
month's column. I won't reinstate them unless I hear from YOU!
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
[EOA]
|
||
[PRO]//////////////////////////////
|
||
PROFILES /
|
||
/////////////////////////////////
|
||
Who's Who In Apple II
|
||
"""""""""""""""""""""
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
>>> WHO'S WHO <<<
|
||
"""""""""""""""""
|
||
~ Christian Serreau and Howard Katz, editors of _The AppleWorks Gazette_ ~
|
||
|
||
_The AppleWorks Gazette_ is a new disk magazine for AppleWorks users
|
||
and programmers. This month, we visit with the two editors--Christian
|
||
Serreau (France) and Howard Katz (United States).
|
||
|
||
[*][*][*]
|
||
|
||
|
||
GenieLamp> Would you tell us how you first became interested in the
|
||
""""""""" Apple II? Was it your first computer?
|
||
|
||
Serreau> An original Apple ][. I bought it in November 1977 from a
|
||
""""""" colleague that didn't want to spend more time trying to load
|
||
programs from the tape recorder. It still work well, though I must admit I
|
||
don't power it up very often :) My first contact with computers dates back
|
||
to 1973 when I used punch-hole cards on a mainframe to handle a MA degree
|
||
paperwork data.
|
||
|
||
Katz> A friend of mine had a ][+ that he had to sell for business
|
||
"""" reasons, and he made me a deal for the whole package. However,
|
||
this wasn't my first computer. When I was a pre-teen, my parents bought me
|
||
a kit that was a _mechanical_ computer--you set some slides, and
|
||
push/pulled on the handle to make it work. I never did figure how to read
|
||
the answer, tho. And I did make an abacus at Boy Scout camp.
|
||
|
||
|
||
GenieLamp> When did you first become interested in AppleWorks?
|
||
"""""""""
|
||
Katz> It took a while. I started my Apple II career with the purchase of
|
||
"""" a second-hand ][+, and stuck with the word processor I use on it
|
||
when I moved to my //e. It took quite a bit of coaxing from a friend of
|
||
mine to prove to me that AppleWorks wasn't as complicated as I thought it
|
||
might be.
|
||
|
||
Serreau> I've been using it from the start. I still have a few notes
|
||
""""""" about v1.0 and v1.0R, though I'm not sure I could easily locate
|
||
the disks. Those who already owned an Apple ][ in the late '70s and early
|
||
'80s sure remember a few milestones in software: they were QuickFile,
|
||
ProDOS, and then AppleWorks. AW really changed the way the Apple //e could
|
||
be used: a true word processor, and a data base you could use without
|
||
first quitting the program. The release of AppleWorks could be compared to
|
||
the introduction of the "Shugart" 5.25" drive: you suddenly saw you cpu
|
||
with different eyes. It should also be remembered that, when AppleWorks
|
||
was first introduced, no comparable software was available for other
|
||
platforms, even for the IBM PC. Considering the whole thing ex post, I
|
||
would bet that, if Apple had developed what was then known as the Apple
|
||
IIx--i.e. a 16-bit text-based Apple II--and a compatible, which means
|
||
faster, version of AppleWorks, things would have been much different.
|
||
|
||
|
||
GenieLamp> Chris, some of our readers will remember your AppleWorks First
|
||
""""""""" Kit. For those that don't remember, what was it?
|
||
|
||
Serreau> It was an attempt to make AppleWorks 4.02, then 4.3, more
|
||
""""""" flexible. There are a lot of features in those versions that
|
||
can easily be customized so that they're closer to what the user needs, but
|
||
you can't find any built-in menu to do it. The Kit contains a number of
|
||
init files that do the job. Except for the last version, that includes a
|
||
fileviewer, the Kit does not add any feature to AppleWorks. I hope there
|
||
will be versions for 3.0 and 5.1 in the future, but I'm afraid I don't know
|
||
when I shall have time to make them.
|
||
|
||
|
||
GenieLamp> What was the significance of the name, AppleWorks First Kit?
|
||
"""""""""
|
||
Serreau> I wanted to name it "Tool Kit", but I thought someone had
|
||
""""""" already used that name. As it was the first time AppleWorks
|
||
could be patched with init files (and not the old on-disk patches), I
|
||
changed "Tool" to "First".
|
||
|
||
|
||
GenieLamp> Howard, I believe you had some articles published in NAUG's
|
||
""""""""" _AppleWorks Gazette_. What can you tell us about that?
|
||
|
||
Katz> I was a NAUG member for around 5 years before I 1st wrote anything
|
||
"""" for them. My first article happened because of a printer problem.
|
||
I had just gotten a laser printer after trial, error, and numerous phone
|
||
calls to the manufacturer, I found out that fonts weren't additive like my
|
||
dot matrix. I then came across John Majka's Font Downloader program, and
|
||
realized that his program, plus information in the printer manual meant
|
||
AppleWorks users could use virtually any font. I simply put two pieces of
|
||
information together and then submitted the article to Warren Williams, who
|
||
published it.
|
||
|
||
After that, Warren asked me to do several projects for NAUG,
|
||
including the SEG.ER printer drives disks, and the US Government disks, as
|
||
well as several software reviews.
|
||
|
||
|
||
GenieLamp> How did you two first "meet"?
|
||
"""""""""
|
||
Serreau> Howard registered his copy of the First Kit, and asked for a few
|
||
""""""" more features.
|
||
|
||
Katz> ...after trying it out, I contacted him with a few suggestions, for
|
||
"""" which he let me beta test the next few versions of the kit. All of
|
||
our contacts have been made via e- and snailmail.
|
||
|
||
GenieLamp> So you've never actually met. Any plans to meet?
|
||
""""""""" Any reason to?
|
||
|
||
Serreau> It's actually a matter of time. I went to DC last year, but
|
||
""""""" never had time to take a plane to Chicago and meet Howard. I'm
|
||
pretty sure I won't be able to attend this year's KansasFest (I wasn't able
|
||
to come last year and the year before, either :), as July is the month when
|
||
university professors are asked as chairmen for the French "baccalaureat"
|
||
(the equivalent of your high school diploma), and when we make some kind of
|
||
plans for the coming university year, too. Maybe later...
|
||
|
||
GenieLamp> How is it that you decided to produce a magazine together?
|
||
""""""""" Who had the idea? Who approached who?
|
||
|
||
Katz> It's hard to recall to be honest. I think we both were lamenting
|
||
"""" the demise of NAUG, and decided that there was still a market for
|
||
an AppleWorks-related publication. I think the idea just grew out of our
|
||
discussions.
|
||
|
||
Serreau> When ICON stopped the publication of TO Central, I thought there
|
||
""""""" was room for an AppleWorks-related publication. I even designed
|
||
a four-page paper-based magazine, named "YAAWN!" (Yet Another AppleWorks
|
||
Newsletter!". I soon realized that going further would mean spending a lot
|
||
of time in page layout and printing, and the project was stopped there.
|
||
When NAUG stopped publishing the Forum and closed its doors, Howard
|
||
suggested that there could be a continuation to the NAUG publication.
|
||
Howard also brought the name.
|
||
|
||
|
||
GenieLamp> How often will you publish?
|
||
"""""""""
|
||
Katz> 6 times a year.
|
||
""""
|
||
Serreau> We go bimonthly. I first thought of a quarterly publication,
|
||
""""""" but Howard convinced me that 6 disks a year would be even
|
||
better.
|
||
|
||
|
||
GenieLamp> How much will a subscription be?
|
||
"""""""""
|
||
Serreau> U.S.$35 a year, worldwide mail included.
|
||
"""""""
|
||
Katz> For our non-US friends, I've made arrangements with a financial
|
||
"""" company that will cash foreign-drawn checks for an additional
|
||
$2.50/check. I have to rely on the subscriber to find out and figure out
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what the check amount should be in relation to currency exchange rates.
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GenieLamp> What do you see as the focus of _The AppleWorks Gazette_?
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"""""""""
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Katz> Well, AppleWorks. However, with 800k of room to work with, we're
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"""" finding that we're becoming more like a cross between RESOURCE
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CENTRAL and NAUG's FORUM. The 1st two issues have had a mix of software
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reviews, and technical information, and we've received feedback from our
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readers which we'll use to tailor the contents of future issues.
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Serreau> And Apple ][-related issues, too, as you can't run the software
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""""""" without the computer :)
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GenieLamp> Do you produce one version for all subscribers, or do you have
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""""""""" versions specially tailored to load into AppleWorks v3.0,
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v4.x, v5.x, etc?
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Serreau> We're working on the "one size fits all" principle. The
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""""""" newsletter comes in AppleWorks 5.1 word processor format, and we
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provide an updated version of Mark Munz's QuickView for pre-5 users. This
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is far from being perfect, but we couldn't have three versions of a 200K
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newsletter on the same disk without reducing the amount of software and
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data. And producing three different disks would have been a nightmare for
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the one that puts disks into envelopes :)
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Katz> Most of the information can be read with AW3, but since we're
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"""" making heavy use of AW4 and AW5's ability to display Mousetext
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characters as well as inverse characters, users of the later versions will
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get the full impact of the formatting.
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GenieLamp> Do you offer _The AppleWorks Gazette_ in 3.5" and 5.25"
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""""""""" formats?
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Serreau> The standard size is 3.5". It _is_ possible to subscribe for
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""""""" 5.25" disks, but we cannot include some of the software or data
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files on the disks.
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Katz> ....the vast majority of our subscribers have requested 3.5" disks.
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""""
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GenieLamp> Will you be having "outside talent" write for _The AppleWorks
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""""""""" Gazette_, or will you do it all yourselves?
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Katz> I think both of us would burn out quickly if we had to do
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"""" everything ourselves.
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Serreau> We already had Will Nelken and Ron Suenaga for articles, and Roy
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""""""" Barrows and Joe Walters for software. A few others are
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expected.
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GenieLamp> I think you mean Ryan Suenaga. <grin>
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"""""""""
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Serreau> My apologies for that [the typographical error]. The paper came
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""""""" in with "Ron M. Suenaga" in the header, and I didn't check with
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the bio footer.
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GenieLamp> So you perceive your contributors as coming from your
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""""""""" subscribers?
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Katz> We're hoping to have contributors from across the Apple II
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"""" spectrum.
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Serreau> We hope that many files will come from the readers, as they are
|
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""""""" the ones who know how they use AppleWorks on a daily basis.
|
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Katz> If any of our subscribers wish to submit an article, and we publish
|
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"""" it, we'll extend their subscription by 1 month.
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GenieLamp> What can we look forward to in future issues of The AppleWorks
|
||
""""""""" Gazette?
|
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|
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Serreau> As far as articles are concerned, I'll write a number of papers
|
||
"""""""" in the "Inside AppleWorks" series. The next one should be about
|
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AppleWorks inits, with a focus on the PatchManager and dot commands (two
|
||
different topics). In the "tips and techniques" column, we'll have
|
||
something about machine language and macros, and how to assemble a file
|
||
without an assembler. The software subdirectories will contain updates for
|
||
a number of TimeOut applications (either never updated or updated with
|
||
bugs), some new applications and init files, and a few new dot commands.
|
||
Of course, that is my own stuff only, and as more people contribute to the
|
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Gazette, there will be much more than that.
|
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|
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GenieLamp> Does Howard mail out the issues to the subscribers closest to
|
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""""""""" him and Chris handle the rest, or how is it handled?
|
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Serreau> If things go well, that's how it should work in the end. Right
|
||
""""""" now, all disks are duplicated, labelled and shipped from France.
|
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|
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GenieLamp> Does it cost a lot to mail an issue from France?
|
||
"""""""""
|
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Serreau> $1.64 per disk. It may seem a lot, but it's actually less that
|
||
""""""" what we would have to pay to get the disks duplicated in the US.
|
||
I have a free access to what seems to be one of the last GCR disk
|
||
duplicators in Paris.
|
||
|
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|
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GenieLamp> Are computers a part of your daytime job? Please tell us a
|
||
""""""""" little about what you do between 9 and 5.
|
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|
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Serreau> I'm currently teaching political science in Paris, London, and
|
||
""""""" Moscow, which implies that I don't work much on a 9am-5pm basis.
|
||
The use of computers is part of the work, since the only way to find the
|
||
document you need is to maintain a very large data base. That part of the
|
||
work is done with the help of a Mac connected to a mainframe. But I may
|
||
read documents with the Apple //e I have at my office in Paris, provided
|
||
that they're not too long.
|
||
|
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Katz> My college training was supposed to lead me to be a high school
|
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"""" teacher, so of course I ended un in another field. I ended up in
|
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the medical insurance field, where I've done everything from claims to
|
||
training underwriters. I've also become Adjunct Faculty at a couple of
|
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local medical schools working with 2nd year Med students.
|
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GenieLamp> What sorts of things do you like to do for fun (i.e.
|
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""""""""" non-computer hobbies)?
|
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Katz> I'm active in local politics and am currently running for a County
|
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"""" Commissioner position. I do a fair amount of public speaking on
|
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behalf of several organizations, and I also enjoy reading, mostly SciFi, as
|
||
well as skydiving.
|
||
|
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Serreau> I'm collecting stamps and Rolls-Royce cars. But, if you have a
|
||
""""""" spare RR in your garage you want to dispose of, don't bother
|
||
sending it to me. In order to keep my monthly gas bill within reasonable
|
||
limits, I decided I would collect 1/43 RR model cars only.
|
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GenieLamp> How did you get involved in telecommunications?
|
||
"""""""""
|
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Katz> I got my 1st modem in 1985, and stumbled upon a small online
|
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"""" service called Mnematics out of NY. I became their Politics SIG
|
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leader, and conducted weekly online discussions.
|
||
|
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Serreau> Well, I really began to use telecoms when I moved back to France
|
||
""""""" in 1989, first for email. I used the french CalvaCom network
|
||
first,and then moved to CIS when they made their services available in
|
||
France. Before that, I had been using CIS and The Source when in Berkeley,
|
||
but that was many years ago, I'm afraid...
|
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GenieLamp> Howard, I seem to recall you're an old America Online hand.
|
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""""""""" How long have you been a member of Genie? What new services
|
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do you think Genie should provide its subscribers?
|
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Katz> Actually, I was a Genie member up until around 1988. At that time,
|
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|
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|
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|
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until they dumped us text-based users off the system in November 1994.
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As far as new services go, I'd REALLY like to have the ability to
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:)
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GenieLamp> What one piece of advice would you pass along to a new
|
||
""""""""" Apple II telecommunications enthusiast?
|
||
|
||
Katz> Don't let anything throw you--keep trying. Remember, you rally
|
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"""" CAN'T make the other computer blow up by hooking into it, so if you
|
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can experiment to find out what you need to know, do it.
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