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~ A2/PRO_DUCTIVITY: BASIC Basics and Advancements
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~ FILE BANDWAGON: Top 10 Files for February
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Editor...................................................Ryan M. Suenaga
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~ May 15, 1997 ~
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FROM MY DESKTOP ......... [FRM] HEY MISTER POSTMAN ...... [HEY]
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Notes From The Editor. Is That A Letter For Me?
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A2/PRO_ductivity ........ [A2P] FILE BANDWAGON .......... [BAN]
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A2Pro Bits & Bytes. Top 10 files for March 1997.
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REAL WORLD APPLE .........[RWA] LOG OFF ................. [LOG]
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Pushing Your Buttons GenieLamp Information
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In the index you will find the following example:
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Genie Fun & Games.
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To read this article, set your find or search command to [HUM]. If
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you want to scan all of the articles, search for [EOA]. [EOF] will take
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FROM MY DESKTOP /
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"""""""""""""""""""""
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by Ryan M. Suenaga, M.S.W., L.S.W.
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[A2LAMP]
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>>> PACK MY THINGS AND RUN AWAY <<<
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"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
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Those of you who've read my work (not just in _GenieLamp A2_, but in
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other Apple II publications) know that I'm not just a computer geek, I'm a
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bicycling fiend (even though, especially since I started graduate school, I
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haven't even been close to being in decent shape).
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That said, recently two of our local bicycle shops closed their doors.
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These weren't exactly Mom & Pop operations, nor were they sports
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superstores. They were just stores that specialized in one thing with
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people who worked there who were about as interested in what they did as
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the clientele they attracted. A lot of the people who worked there
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could've taken a different job where they'd make more money, but they were
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vested in cycling, and decided it wouldn't just be what they did for fun,
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it would be what they'd do to live.
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So while I was happy to have an opportunity to pick up parts and
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equipment at a discount price, it was sad to see two businesses that
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serviced the enthusiast rather than the casual rider close, and I was left
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to ponder the fact that we had lost yet another great resource for cyclists
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on the island, and how few were left.
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It was the first Sunday in May when I ran into a buddy of mine in an
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electronic conference room on a national online service who greeted me with
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a private message:
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"Did you hear about EGO?"
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So, a day before the world at large heard the news, I learned that EGO
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Systems, the former publisher of _GS+_ magazine and the distributor of one
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of the most varied assortments of Apple II and IIgs software still
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available, was planning to close its Apple II mail order operations on
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June 27, 1997.
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I didn't know Tom Weishaar when _A2-Central_ ceased publication, or
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Joe Kohn when _inCider/A+_ published its last. I didn't know the gang at
|
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_Ingenuity_ or _CheckMate_ or _Applied Engineering_ when the plug was
|
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pulled there. Those were sad times as well. But this time, it's even
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sadder: you see, our world has become so small that like so many other of
|
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these times over the last few years, I know the people involved.
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Steve Disbrow gave everything he had into _GS+_ magazine, then when he
|
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found he couldn't do it profitably anymore, he kept going strong with EGO's
|
||
mail order business. Unfortunately, the harsh realities of the
|
||
ever-shrinking Apple II marketplace made it tougher and tougher to keep
|
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operating, and finally, it just no longer made sense to keep the mail order
|
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business alive.
|
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To Steve and Noreen, I wish only the best.
|
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|
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EGO Systems Apple II Mail Order: R.I.P.
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|
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And I am left to ponder the fact that we had lost yet another great
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resource for Apple II enthusiasts in the community, and how few are left.
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[*] [*] [*]
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One of my best friends at the hospital I work with is our Child Life
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Specialist, a delightful young woman named Elma (and if you don't know what
|
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a Child Life Specialist is, don't worry--I didn't until I started working
|
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at a hospital). She's young, bright, absolutely great with kids, and
|
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already has her master's degree (she's _only_ seven years younger than I
|
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was when I got _my_ master's degree). In the last year, she's also gotten
|
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married _and_ gotten pregnant. She's already done more things at age 23
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than most of us do in a lifetime.
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Unfortunately, this has been a really rough pregnancy for Elma. She's
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called in sick--or at least it's seemed like she has--every week throughout
|
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her pregnancy. It's gotten to the point that I've begun to kid her that
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she ought to save herself a few phone calls--instead of calling us to let
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us know she's feeling sick and staying home, she ought to call us to let us
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know she's feeling well and coming in.
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Now, why do I bring up the story of Elma here in an Apple II
|
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publication, you ask? To set the stage for this: this edition of
|
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_GenieLamp A2_ is late, as it's been regularly since I became editor. In
|
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fact, I've been late more times in the first six months of publication than
|
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my predecessor, Doug Cuff, was in his entire (prodigious) 40 issue run as
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editor. I've posted so many notes in the A2 RoundTable about
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_GenieLamp A2_ being late that I think I would post a lot less notes if I
|
||
just did it to tell everyone when it'll be on time.
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||
|
||
I find this entire matter totally unacceptable, and since it's my
|
||
responsibility to do something about it, I've come up with a plan.
|
||
|
||
Henceforth, _GenieLamp A2_ 's new publication date will be the
|
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fifteenth of the month. There's two reasons for this.
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First, I get totally bombed at both of my jobs at the end of the
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month, so I think the middle of the month is just a better time for me.
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Second, since we cover everything happening in Genie's A2 and A2Pro
|
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RoundTables right to the end of the month, it gives me a few more days to
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catch up with any hot potatoes thrown out on the 30th or 31st.
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[*] [*] [*]
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If this month sounds like a bummer so far, at least there's The Mother
|
||
Of All Silver Linings to this dark cloud of an editorial: KansasFest 1997,
|
||
_THE_ premier Apple II event of the year, is just around the corner. For
|
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the third year (and my first as editor of this publication), I plan to be
|
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in attendance, and we'll again have full coverage in the August issue of
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_GenieLamp A2_. . . which will be out around the fifteenth of the month.
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-- Ryan
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Genie Mail: A2LAMP Internet: a2lamp@genie.com
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| REPRINTING GENIELAMP |
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[EOA]
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[HEY]//////////////////////////////
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HEY MISTER POSTMAN /
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Is That A Letter For Me?
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""""""""""""""""""""""""
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by Ryan Suenaga
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[A2LAMP]
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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 10, TOP 2 ....... David Kerwood's Modem Impressions
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[*] CAT 10, TOP 3 ....... Telecomm Program Roll Call
|
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[*] CAT 13, TOP 18 ....... Shifty List 2.0 Ships!
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[*] CAT 17, TOP 25 ....... Do Not Feed The Energy Creature
|
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[*] CAT 28, TOP 8 ....... LemminGS Hints
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[*] CAT 35, TOP 33 ....... A Mime Stealing Home
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[*] CAT 44, TOP 7 ....... KFest! KFest! KFest! KFest! KFest!
|
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>>> A2 POT-POURRI <<<
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"""""""""""""""""""""
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THE NEWER PRINT SHOP I have uploaded 2 new New Print Shop files to the A2
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"""""""""""""""""""" library. They are file #28514, version 2.2 of the
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PIX.WHIZ program, and #28515, a design aid for people wanting to make NPS
|
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graphics with "NO" signs in them.
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The latest upgrade of PIX.WHIZ features sigmnificantly faster file
|
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operations than before. It can now load Print Shop GS graphics and convert
|
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them to New Print Shop format. I fixed the hardware conflict that prevented
|
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PIX.WHIZ from running while some clocks were installed, as well as the
|
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conflict with some RAM drives. I remedied the hardware conflict with the
|
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IIgs that caused the drawing screen to be scrambled. There are some other
|
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bug fixes, mostly related to the error recovery routine. There is even a
|
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prettier splash screen!
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File #28515, NO.SIGN.KIT, contains graphics grids with red slashed circles
|
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superimposed on them to help you design "NO" signs. There are 5 grids: 1 to
|
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design the lo-res picture of an NPS graphic, and 1 for each quarter of the
|
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hi-res picture in an NPS graphic. These grids are NPS full panels, so you
|
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can print them out using NPS. There is also a hi-res color graphic with the
|
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red slashed circle, so all you have to do is add the item inside the
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circle.
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(G.WRIGHT12, CAT6, TOP34, MSG:4/M645;1)
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MORE WITH HUGH ON PI!4 To all my PublishIt! friends:
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""""""""""""""""""""""
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Sorry I haven't written lately, and it has been intentional. <g>
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By now, I had planned to make public much of the PI patch work I had been
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hacking on.
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Several weeks ago I was made aware of a pending important announcement
|
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concerning the PublishIt! program for the Apple II.
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As a result, I have temporarily refrained from uploading any of the patches
|
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or 'work arounds' that I've been working on.
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||
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If things go well, perhaps PublishIt! will be improved even more than I had
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imagined.
|
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So, please don't give up on PublishIt! At least, not yet. <g>
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Hugh...
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(H.HOOD, CAT8, TOP18, MSG:168/M645;1)
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>>> HOT TOPICS <<<
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""""""""""""""""""
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NIBBLING ON HISTORY What was that last issue date of Nibble magazine? I
|
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""""""""""""""""""" was just going through my collection and my last
|
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issue is June 1990, but the address label says my subscription ran through
|
||
May 1991. I figure I either misplaced some forgot issues, to pay my
|
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renewal, or June 1990 was the last one.
|
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It was fun to go back and read some of them. My collection goes back to
|
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1983 (its fourth year, I think.)
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|
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- Tony
|
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(A2.TONY, CAT2, TOP4, MSG:24/M645;1)
|
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|
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>>>>> July 1992 (Vol 13 No 7), I'm afraid, Tony. Looks as though you've
|
||
""""" misplaced a lot.
|
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|
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Doug C.
|
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(D.CUFF, CAT2, TOP4, MSG:29/M645;1)
|
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|
||
|
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THIS MIME DOESN'T TALK EITHER I hope this counts as a "hard to place"
|
||
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" question. Lately I've been receiving Email
|
||
through the internet in which attached files, even text files, have been
|
||
converted to something called "64-bit encoding". The sender did not
|
||
specifically choose it, so I assume it's a default somewhere. It's not
|
||
binhex, uuencode, apack, BINSCII, or anything else I've checked.
|
||
|
||
Does anyone know of an Apple II or IIgs program that can decode these
|
||
things?
|
||
|
||
- Phil Albro
|
||
(P.ALBRO, CAT2, TOP4, MSG:53/M645;1)
|
||
|
||
>>>>> Those are Base64 encoded files, also known as MIME files.
|
||
"""""
|
||
|| Does anyone know of an Apple II or IIgs program that can decode these
|
||
|| things?
|
||
|
||
Yep. A program called StolenBASE was recently released by Aaron Pulver.
|
||
Unfortunately, it's available on-line only on Delphi. The author stipulated
|
||
it could not be distributed anywhere else on-line.
|
||
|
||
If you have an account on Delphi, you're all set. Just check out the
|
||
Databases (Libraries) on Delphi A2 or A2pro.
|
||
|
||
Otherwise, StolenBASE will also be available as a featured program on the
|
||
Juiced.GS Collection Shareware '97/Spring two-disk set, to be released on
|
||
or around June 1. Cost of the two-disk set is $7. Of course, there will be
|
||
tons of other stuff on the disk as well as StolenBASE.
|
||
|
||
Max Jones
|
||
Juiced.GS
|
||
http://users.ids.net/~kerwood/juiced.gs
|
||
(M.JONES145, CAT2, TOP4, MSG:54/M645;1)
|
||
|
||
|
||
SEE A DIFFERENT SHRINK Why do various versions of ShrinkIt save .BXY
|
||
"""""""""""""""""""""" files under different filetypes?
|
||
|
||
I have them as TXT files and as LBR or $E0 files.
|
||
|
||
Charlie
|
||
(A2.CHARLIE, CAT3, TOP29, MSG:78/M645;1)
|
||
|
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>>>>> ShrinkIt 3.4 and GSHK 1.1 both use the proper filetype of $E0/$8000
|
||
""""" when creating a Binary II file. They also use the proper filetype
|
||
of $E0/$8002 on the actual archive inside the Binary II. ($E0 and LBR are
|
||
hexadecimal and textual versions of the identical filetype, by the way.)
|
||
|
||
The problem may come when you download Binary II files. If your telecom
|
||
program strips the Binary II during the download, the internal archive will
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||
arrive on your disk with the proper filetype and filename (at least for
|
||
files on Genie and Delphi, where they are carefully checked.) However, if
|
||
you download without stripping the Binary II, then the file will arrive on
|
||
your disk with whatever filetype your telecom program defaults to (usually
|
||
BIN or TXT.)
|
||
|
||
The whole point of Binary II (and MacBinary on the Mac) is to avoid the
|
||
mess of downloading files with unknown filetypes and having to manually
|
||
change the8m. If you choose to download files with the Binary II intact,
|
||
you'll run into TXT and/or BIN files instead of $E0 (LBR) files.
|
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|
||
Does that answer your question?
|
||
|
||
- Tony
|
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(A2.TONY, CAT3, TOP29, MSG:79/M645;1)
|
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|
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|
||
>>> WHAT'S NEW <<<
|
||
""""""""""""""""'"
|
||
|
||
END OF AN ERA EGO Systems Mail Order Operation Closes Down on Friday,
|
||
""""""""""""" June 27th 1997
|
||
|
||
Well folks, it s been fun, but I m afraid that it s time for me to pull the
|
||
plug on EGO Systems Mail Order operation.
|
||
|
||
There are two reasons for this:
|
||
|
||
1) Money. Specifically, a lack of it. The Apple II mail order business
|
||
is about as dead as it can get.
|
||
|
||
2) Time. Given that there was little or no money coming in from the mail
|
||
order operation, I had to take part-time employment as a consultant. I ve
|
||
been far more successful at this than I had anticipated, and it s left me
|
||
very little time for anything else. I ve also been doing some freelance
|
||
writing (which has resulted in even more consulting), so I just don t have
|
||
the time to continue to run the mail order business.
|
||
|
||
So, here s the plan:
|
||
|
||
o - Friday, June 27th 1997 will be the last day that EGO Systems takes
|
||
orders for any of the products listed in our last catalog. (Assuming that
|
||
we have anything left.)
|
||
|
||
o - The EGO Systems web site (http://www.hypermall.com/ego/index.html) will
|
||
be updated as often as possible to reflect which items are still in stock
|
||
and which items are sold out.
|
||
|
||
o - EGO Systems will no longer accept purchase orders or invoices.
|
||
|
||
o - I am almost never in my office any more (due to my consulting work).
|
||
Because of this I strongly encourage everyone to mail, Fax or e-mail any
|
||
orders. You can also call and leave a message. I WILL call you back
|
||
(assuming you leave a daytime phone number), but it will be either on
|
||
Saturday or after 6 PM Eastern Time.
|
||
|
||
o - From this point on, items will be sold on a first-come, first-served
|
||
basis--when I sell out of an item, that s it, it s gone for good. I m down
|
||
to my last 10 or so copies of most items, so if you want something, be sure
|
||
to place your order now to make sure you get your copy. (If you want to
|
||
pay by check and want to make sure we don t sell out of something, CALL AND
|
||
LEAVE ME A MESSAGE and I ll hold a you a copy for ONE WEEK.) If you order
|
||
by mail, be sure to include an e-mail address so that I can notify you if
|
||
an item is sold out. (If we are out of stock on an item, I ll fill as much
|
||
of your order as I can and issue you a refund check.)
|
||
|
||
Of course, there are a few items that I m overstocked on. So, I m lowering
|
||
the prices on the following items in order to move them out as quickly as
|
||
possible (all other prices remain the same due to the low quantities I have
|
||
in stock):
|
||
|
||
HardPressed - $25
|
||
Pointless - $25
|
||
TypeSet - $15
|
||
TypeWest - $15
|
||
|
||
The following items are already out of stock and will NOT be reordered (as
|
||
items sell out, I ll post announcements on the EGO Systems web site):
|
||
|
||
Animasia 3D
|
||
TimeOut AboutTime Module
|
||
ZipGS accelerator
|
||
|
||
Any backorders for these items are hereby CANCELED. If you want to get any
|
||
of these, you ll need to contact the publisher directly.
|
||
|
||
And, while I hate to do this, I m also pulling the plug on the KansasFest
|
||
96 video. (We actually got about halfway finished with it when my
|
||
consulting business took off.) Unfortunately, we never got more than 10
|
||
orders for the video, so there was very little impetus to actually finish
|
||
the video.
|
||
|
||
So, what will become of the EGO Systems product line (Balloon, AutoArk,
|
||
etc.)? Well, I hope to sell the rights to most or all of these titles to
|
||
new publishers. If you are interested in acquiring the rights to one or
|
||
more of these products, contact me as soon as possible. I am also looking
|
||
for someone to take over the distribution of all of the GS+ Magazine back
|
||
issues I have left. However, I am NOT releasing ANYTHING into the public
|
||
domain (or as shareware)! So if anyone tells you otherwise, they are
|
||
either lying or misinformed..
|
||
|
||
Well, that about all I ve got to say, except Thanks! Because so many of
|
||
you were willing to actually put your money where your mouth was, I was
|
||
able to stay in the Apple II business for over 7 years! Not too bad, not
|
||
too bad at all...
|
||
(DIZ, CAT33, TOP2, MSG:25/M645;1)
|
||
|
||
KFEST! KFEST! KFEST! KFEST! KFEST
|
||
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
||
______ _____
|
||
( ) ( ) ________________________________________
|
||
| | / / ( _________________________'97____)
|
||
| | / / | |
|
||
| |/ / | | II Infinitum!!
|
||
| / | |______
|
||
| |\ \ | _______) __________ ________ ________
|
||
| | \ \ | | ( _____) ( ___) (__ __)
|
||
| | \ \ | | | |__ \ \ | |
|
||
| | \ \ | | | __) \ \ | |
|
||
| | \ \ | | | |_____ ___\ \ | |
|
||
(______) (________) (_______) (__________) (_________) |___|
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
KFest '97 will again be held on the campus of Avila College in Kansas City,
|
||
Missouri. It will take place from July 30 - August 3, 1997. The cost will
|
||
be only $300 until May 20, which _includes_ use of a double room in the
|
||
Avila College dorms _and_ meals! There are also a limited number of single
|
||
rooms available for $375. (If you wish to stay at one of the many hotels or
|
||
motels near the college then the cost is $225, but you would, of course,
|
||
have to find and pay for your own room and meals.) These prices will go up
|
||
by $75 on May 21, so sign up early. The last date pre-registrations will be
|
||
accepted is July 20th.
|
||
|
||
Check-in will be on Wedensday from 1-4 pm, and check-out from 11 am - 1 pm
|
||
on Sunday. Computer sessions will be conducted on Thursday and Friday. A
|
||
vendor fair is scheduled for Saturday morning, with software and hardware
|
||
demos slated for Saturday afternoon.
|
||
|
||
Meals included in the registration price are Thursday breakfast through
|
||
Sunday breakfast, with the exception of Saturday dinner. All children under
|
||
18 years must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian.
|
||
|
||
++ Please Note++ Dinner on Wednesday and Saturday are NOT included this
|
||
year. Attendees can dine on their own at one of the many fine restaurants
|
||
near the Avila campus, or join the Kfest '97 group for their annual treks
|
||
to KC Masterpiece and Jess & Jim's Steak House.
|
||
|
||
***
|
||
|
||
KFest this year is being sponsored by InTrec Software, Inc.. You can send
|
||
your completed registration forms to:
|
||
|
||
KFest '97
|
||
c/o Intrec Software
|
||
3035 E. Topaz Circle
|
||
Phoenix, AZ 85028-4423
|
||
|
||
* Please make checks payable to: InTrec Software
|
||
|
||
***
|
||
|
||
Credit Card registration is also available. Just call InTrec Software, Inc.
|
||
with your VISA, MasterCard, Discovery, or American Express number at (602)
|
||
992-1345, Mon-Fri 8:00AM-5:00PM Mountain Standard Time. If you prefer, you
|
||
can FAX your registration with credit card account number and expiration
|
||
date to: (602) 992-0232 Mon-Fri 8:00AM-5:00PM Mountain Standard Time.
|
||
|
||
If you prefer registering by Email, and are using a VISA, MasterCard,
|
||
Discovery, or American Express for payment, you can send the completed
|
||
registration form via InterNet Email to: proterm@intrec.com
|
||
|
||
|
||
***
|
||
|
||
If you have questions about KFest, or wish to make suggestions, you can
|
||
find answers via the InterNet. Just send an email message to
|
||
Cindyadams@delphi.com, or visit the World Wide Web page at
|
||
http://www.primenet.com/~adams/kfest.html
|
||
|
||
****** (cut here)******
|
||
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
|
||
|
||
KFest '97 Registration Form
|
||
|
||
Name:
|
||
|
||
Address:
|
||
|
||
City, State, Zip:
|
||
|
||
Phone (w): (h):
|
||
|
||
Email address:
|
||
|
||
Roommate preference (if any):
|
||
|
||
Do you prefer a smoker or non-smoker?
|
||
|
||
Howbout a collectible, soft and thrilling KFest '97 T-Shirt?
|
||
Yes I want One (Many)!!! [ ]
|
||
|
||
T-shirts are $15.00 each and are available in Small, Medium, Large,
|
||
X-Large.
|
||
|
||
|
||
Please circle size(s) Small Medium Large X-Large
|
||
|
||
Check here [] for additional X's on your X-Large T-shirt and indicate size
|
||
needed: _________
|
||
|
||
Send this completed registration form and fee to:
|
||
|
||
KFest '97
|
||
c/o Intrec Software
|
||
3035 E. Topaz Circle
|
||
Phoenix, AZ 85028-4423
|
||
|
||
* Please make checks payable to: InTrec Software
|
||
|
||
|
||
Credit Card registration is also available. Just call InTrec Software,
|
||
Inc. with your VISA, MasterCard, Discovery, or American Express number at
|
||
(602) 992-1345, Mon-Fri 8:00AM-5:00PM Mountain Standard Time. If you
|
||
prefer, you can FAX your registration with credit card account number and
|
||
expiration date to: (602) 992-0232 Mon-Fri 8:00AM-5:00PM Mountain Standard
|
||
Time.
|
||
|
||
If you prefer registering by Email, and are using a VISA, MasterCard,
|
||
Discovery, or American Express for payment, you can send the completed
|
||
registration form via InterNet Email to: proterm@intrec.com
|
||
|
||
For Credit Card registration please check:
|
||
|
||
[] Visa [] MasterCard [] Discovery [] American Express
|
||
|
||
Please charge my account number: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
|
||
Expiration: _ _ / _ _
|
||
(CINDY.A, CAT44, TOP7, MSG:98/M645;1)
|
||
|
||
SHIFTY LIST 2.0: SHAREWARE The Shifty List 2.0 Demo has been uploaded!
|
||
"""""""""""""""""""""""""" Once it's been released by our friendly
|
||
neighborhood librarians, it will be file #28522 here in A2!
|
||
|
||
The Shifty List 2.0 demo supports all the features of the full Shifty List
|
||
2.0, except --
|
||
|
||
1. You can't print out your scripts in the demo.
|
||
|
||
2. The boot-time script menu is limited to five scripts.
|
||
|
||
3. Although your scripts can have as many items in them as you like,
|
||
when you boot, only the first five items in the script will actually
|
||
be loaded.
|
||
|
||
Also, the demo pauses while booting your system and reminds you to pay your
|
||
$20.00 shareware fee.
|
||
|
||
Once you pay the shareware fee you will receive an unrestricted copy of
|
||
Shifty List 2.0. If you include your email address with your registration,
|
||
you will be emailed a copy, and will receive a copy on disk a few days
|
||
later. If you don't include your email address, you'll just get the disk
|
||
copy.
|
||
|
||
Note that the unregistered demo version of Shifty List 2.0 can be
|
||
distributedonline, on disks of the month, etc. The registered version
|
||
CANNOT BE DISTRIBUTED without written permission from myself.
|
||
|
||
I hope you enjoy Shifty List 2.0! :)
|
||
|
||
Sheppy
|
||
(SHEPPY, CAT13, TOP18, MSG:74/M645;1)
|
||
|
||
CHRIS VAVRUSKA'S NEW STUFF I have uploaded some finder extension that
|
||
"""""""""""""""""""""""""" some of you may find useful.
|
||
|
||
Let me know what you think
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
Current available 'vav-ware' programs:
|
||
|
||
|
||
Number: 28531 Name: FF1.0.BXY FinderFlipper V1.0 Number: 28534 Name:
|
||
FR10.BXY FinderRefresher V1.0 Number: 28532 Name: WORKSETS1.0.BXY
|
||
WorkSets V1.0 Number: 28533 Name: CDR1.0.BXY CD Remember V1.0
|
||
|
||
FinderFlipper V1.0:
|
||
|
||
FinderFlipper is a finder extension that aids in the task of
|
||
bringing windows up front. No longer will you have to move windows around
|
||
in order to find one that you have buried. No longer will you have to
|
||
move your mouse all the way to the Windows menu to select the window you
|
||
want. <<<<Freeware>>>>
|
||
|
||
|
||
FinderRefresher V1.0:
|
||
|
||
FinderRefresher is a finder extension that will force the front
|
||
most window to refresh itself. <<<<Shareware $5>>>>
|
||
|
||
|
||
WorkSets V1.0:
|
||
|
||
If you work with different files in multiple folders often and dont
|
||
like to clutter up the desktop of the Finder with aliases then WorkSets is
|
||
for you. WorkSets is a finder extension that allows the user to record the
|
||
open folders on the desktop in a list for later retrieval. <<<<Shareware
|
||
$10>>>>
|
||
|
||
|
||
CD Remember V1.0:
|
||
|
||
Have you ever been surfing through a CD checking out what is there
|
||
weaving your way through all of the directory structures....wait, something
|
||
strikes your fancy, it's an application...Double-click....hey, this stinks
|
||
or worse yet, a system crash. After you return to the Finder you have to
|
||
start all over surfing your way back down the directory tree to get back to
|
||
the point at which you left. Well, no longer will you have to spend your
|
||
time retracing your steps, let CD Remember remember where you were. CD
|
||
Remember will remember folders you have open when you leave the finder
|
||
until you return. <<<<ShareWare $15>>>>
|
||
(C.VAVRUSKA1, CAT13, TOP10, MSG:1/M645;1)
|
||
|
||
|
||
>>> THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE <<<
|
||
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
||
|
||
BYTEWORKS REPRINTS APDA While I have not sent out a mailing announcing
|
||
""""""""""""""""""""""" the books we put back in print, I did announce it
|
||
a few places. This topic wasn't one of them. Shame on me.
|
||
|
||
These books are now back in print as APDA reprints. They are laserprinted
|
||
on 8.5x11 paper, drilled for standard notebooks.
|
||
|
||
APDA-53 Apple IIGS Toolbox Reference Volume 1 769 pages $45
|
||
APDA-54 Apple IIGS Toolbox Reference Volume 2 730 pages $45
|
||
APDA-55 Apple IIGS Toolbox Reference Volume 3 1063 pages $55
|
||
APDA-56 Apple IIGS GS/OS Reference 526 pages $30
|
||
APDA-57 Apple IIGS Firmware Reference 345 pages $30
|
||
APDA-58 Apple IIGS Hardware Reference 346 pages $30
|
||
|
||
Mike Westerfield
|
||
(BYTEWORKS, CAT4, TOP32, MSG:23/M645;1)
|
||
|
||
|
||
>>> MESSAGE SPOTLIGHT <<<
|
||
"""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
||
|
||
Category 44, Topic 7
|
||
Message 69 Tue Apr 15, 1997
|
||
CINDY.A [Cindy] at 19:08 EDT
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
For the past nine years, Apple II enthusiasts from around the globe have
|
||
made an annual pilgrimage to Kansas City, Missouri, to learn more about
|
||
their computers, share their knowledge with others, and rekindle the spirit
|
||
that has made their virtual community unique and powerful.
|
||
|
||
Kfest has become a rich tradition. We are pleased to announce that in 1997,
|
||
the tradition continues ...
|
||
|
||
From July 30 through August 3, Kfest '97 will once again be in session on
|
||
the campus of Avila College in Kansas City. Sessions on a wide variety of
|
||
Apple II topics will be conducted July 31 and August 1. A vendor fair and
|
||
product demos will occur on August 2. The dorms, however, will be available
|
||
for attendees between Wednesday, July 30, through Sunday, August 3.
|
||
|
||
As always, the Kfest committee is working to make this year's event the
|
||
best ever.
|
||
|
||
Kfest '97 will provide the perfect opportunity for attendees to make new
|
||
friends, renew acquaintances, see the faces of on-line neighbors they've
|
||
chatted with through the years, meet some of the programmers, developers,
|
||
writers and publishers who help keep their computer platform viable is
|
||
today's world, and hear lectures on computer issues and witness
|
||
demonstrations of new and old hardware and software.
|
||
|
||
Most of all, they'll have fun!
|
||
|
||
So, you may ask, does this mean Kfest has everything an Apple II user would
|
||
want? Well, no. There are some things Kfest '97 won't provide. We can
|
||
almost guarantee you won't get much sleep. We can also guarantee that you
|
||
won't mind a bit. In fact, you won't want to sleep much for fear that
|
||
you'll miss something!
|
||
|
||
Last year's Kfest was special for a number of reasons. It provided the
|
||
first demonstration of Gus, the IIGS emulator for the Power Macintosh;
|
||
marked the release of Spectrum v2.1; roasted Apple II luminary Joe Kohn;
|
||
and gave birth to the first Apple IIGS web browser, Spectrum Internet
|
||
Suite.
|
||
|
||
It's too early to know what magic Kfest '97 will conjure up. Be assured it
|
||
will once again produce special magic.
|
||
|
||
Now is the time to make plans and get registered for Kfest '97. As always,
|
||
staying in the Avila dorms is the recommended method of attendance. Much of
|
||
the special magic occurs after hours, and being on hand for informal,
|
||
spontaneous events will make your Kfest experience even more enjoyable.
|
||
|
||
Avila College will be providing up to 80 rooms for Kfest '97 attendees. So
|
||
there should be plenty of room for everybody on campus.
|
||
|
||
If you would prefer to stay off-campus, there are a number of hotels and
|
||
motels close by. Off-campus registrations are also available.
|
||
|
||
Ready to sign up? We thought so! You won't regret it.
|
||
|
||
Stay tuned for registration information as soon as it is available.
|
||
|
||
|
||
Cindy
|
||
(KFest Big Cheese)
|
||
|
||
[*][*][*]
|
||
|
||
|
||
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]
|
||
[A2P]//////////////////////////////
|
||
A2/PRO_ductivity /
|
||
/////////////////////////////////
|
||
By Ryan M. Suenaga, M.S.W.
|
||
[A2LAMP]
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
>>> A2PRO BITS & BYTES <<<
|
||
""""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
||
|
||
LEARNING THE BASICS
|
||
"""""""""""""""""""
|
||
_________________________________________________________________________
|
||
| |
|
||
| Complete Applesoft Course Now Available! |
|
||
|_________________________________________________________________________|
|
||
|
||
Now is a perfect time to learn Applesoft programming!
|
||
|
||
Former A2 University Dean, Charles Hartley, has written a beginner's course
|
||
on programming in Applesoft BASIC. Applesoft is built into every Apple II
|
||
computer, so no compiler or special software is needed. Charlie has
|
||
written quite a few outstanding programs including Computer Keyboarding 5,
|
||
Scavenger Hunt World, and Scavenger Hunt USA. Learn from one of the
|
||
masters, download the complete five lesson course from the A2Pro Software
|
||
Libraries.
|
||
|
||
Files: 5186 APPLESOFT01.BXY 5204 APPLESOFT04.BXY
|
||
5193 APPLESOFT02.BXY 5205 APPLESOFT05.BXY
|
||
5203 APPLESOFT03.BXY
|
||
|
||
Discussion of all lessons will be held in the A2Pro Bulletin Board in
|
||
Category 22, Topic 20. Type 'm530;1' to get there, without the quotes.
|
||
|
||
___________________________________________________________________________
|
||
|
||
(RUSSELL.N, CAT1, TOP17, MSG:194/M530;1)
|
||
|
||
DO IT YOURSELF HTML I took the HTML course last year. Now I'm doing some
|
||
""""""""""""""""""" casual page writing and decided to invest in a good
|
||
book. I looked at Lemay's "Teach Yourself HTML" as recommended by Charlie
|
||
in the lessons. It was $30, though, and seemed to cover much Netscape and
|
||
the like.
|
||
|
||
I picked up instead the "10 Minute Guide to HTML", only $15. It says right
|
||
in the introduction: "We don't make any assumptions about the kind of
|
||
computer system you're using because HTML is completely
|
||
system-independent." That was good to see.
|
||
|
||
The book covers some things A2U's lessons don't, but also vice-versa. I
|
||
recommend both.
|
||
|
||
Now a quick question. When do I have to use reserved characters - such as
|
||
& for ampersand, % for percentages, etc? Lesson 7 in A2U gives a
|
||
full list that includes substitutes for everything, even commas. Can't I
|
||
use any punctuation in my web pages?
|
||
|
||
-Ken
|
||
(KEN.GAGNE, CAT22, TOP22, MSG:163/M530;1)
|
||
|
||
>>>>> Sure you can. Just because a character has an code equivelent like
|
||
""""" &char doesn't mean that you can't just use the character straight,
|
||
as long as it isn't reserved for something. Like, you have to use the
|
||
equivelents for "<" and "&" itself, and be careful about quotation marks
|
||
when you are already within quotes like in a link name, <A HREF="...">.
|
||
The &chars also give you access to a much larger set of characters than you
|
||
could type, such as accented letters and stuff. But yeah, feel free to go
|
||
ahead and use all the commas you want. :)
|
||
|
||
-Bret
|
||
(B.VICTOR1, CAT22, TOP22, MSG:164/M530;1)
|
||
|
||
>>>>> The only escape codes that you must use are
|
||
"""""
|
||
< <
|
||
> >
|
||
& &
|
||
|
||
For example,
|
||
|
||
<p><code>if x < 0 thended as
|
||
|
||
<p><code>if x < 0 then print i</code></p>
|
||
|
||
Otherwise the browser will think that the less than symbol is the beginning
|
||
of a tag and get confused.
|
||
|
||
There is also an escape code for the quotation mark, but most browsers
|
||
don't need it.
|
||
|
||
Charlie
|
||
(A2.CHARLIE, CAT22, TOP22, MSG:165/M645;1)
|
||
|
||
>>>>> Here is a bit of new information about the " entity for those
|
||
""""" of you who are writing HTML code. This comes from the official
|
||
source of information for the latest version of HTML (3.2).
|
||
|
||
From: http://www.w3.org/pub/WWW/MarkUp/Wilbur/
|
||
|
||
What happened to "?
|
||
|
||
Several people have commented on the absence of the " entity in
|
||
the HTML 3.2 Recommendation. This disappeared in a rationalization of
|
||
the entities, and with hindsight should not have been removed. In
|
||
general, you don't need it, and here are two work arounds:
|
||
|
||
When you want to include a double quote mark in a CDATA attribute
|
||
value, you can go ahead and do so provided you use single quote marks
|
||
around the attribute value itself, e.g.
|
||
ALT='and then he said "Let it be done" and it was so'
|
||
|
||
Another approach is to use the numeric entity " as in:
|
||
ALT="and then he said "Let it be done" and it was so"
|
||
|
||
This latter method is perhaps better suited to authoring tools as it
|
||
doesn't depend on any contextual clues and can be used in normal text
|
||
as well as in CDATA attribute values.
|
||
(A2.CHARLIE, CAT22, TOP22, MSG:170/M530;1)
|
||
|
||
<<<<< I've been using the <P ALIGN=CENTER> and </P> tags to center text
|
||
""""" ON the page. I was looking at the source for another A2er's page
|
||
and he used <CENTER> and </CENTER>. Are there any other easier
|
||
justification commands I don't know about? :)
|
||
|
||
-Ken
|
||
(KEN.GAGNE, CAT22, TOP22, MSG:172/M530;1)
|
||
|
||
>>>>> The <center> and </center> tags were originally NetScape specific,
|
||
""""" but are now generally recognized by most up-to-date browsers. I
|
||
believe (without looking) that the <p align=center> tag that you are using
|
||
is recommended in the HTML 3.2 specs.
|
||
|
||
Charlie
|
||
(A2.CHARLIE, CAT22, TOP22, MSG:173/M530;1)
|
||
|
||
WHITHER GSOFT? ...is there any word yet on when GSoft will be
|
||
"""""""""""""" available...
|
||
|
||
I'd guess late May to mid June. Alpha test should start in mid May. A lot
|
||
of things could change the schedule, though, so don't make firm plans based
|
||
on this estimate.
|
||
|
||
Mike Westerfield
|
||
(BYTEWORKS, CAT36, TOP35, MSG:23/M530;1)
|
||
|
||
>>>>> To what extent do us old Applesoft types have to retrain our
|
||
""""" brains? For instance, Applesoft likes this just fine:
|
||
|
||
Q$ = LEFT$ (AZ$, 40)
|
||
|
||
That is, Applesoft isn't bothered by the fact that AZ$ is only 26
|
||
characters long, despite the fact that we're trying to take the leftmost 40
|
||
characters of it.
|
||
|
||
(No wisecracks about D coming before E, okay?)
|
||
|
||
Doug C.
|
||
(D.CUFF, CAT36, TOP35, M26:19/M530;1)
|
||
|
||
<<<<< Quite a bit, but not for reasons like the one you gave.
|
||
"""""
|
||
Applesoft was designed for a very specific operating environment: The 48K
|
||
tape based 8 bit Apple ][ computer. Disk commands were hacked in later,
|
||
and it shows. The limited space available forced you to do things with
|
||
PEEK, POKE and CALL that just won't port to any other platform--including
|
||
GS/OS. THESE are the areas where you will need to retrain a bit.
|
||
|
||
On the other hand, the benefit is enormous. You have a full set of disk
|
||
I/O commands built right in. You get long integer, byte and double
|
||
precision variables in addition to Applesofts integer, real and string. You
|
||
get records and pointers so you can manipulate the toolbox the way it was
|
||
designed to be used--and a complete Apple IIGS toolbox interface, too.
|
||
GSoft supports ORCA compatible editors and debuggers (and can run from the
|
||
ORCA environment, although it ships with it's own Applesoft-like
|
||
environment). You get structured statements, like IF-THEN-ELSE-ENDIF,
|
||
WHILE-WEND, SELECT-CASE and DO-WHILE. You get PRINT USING (formatted
|
||
output) and LINE INPUT (input that works with commas). Line numbers are
|
||
optional. DEF FN takes multiple parameters, or you can create _true_
|
||
subroutines and functions with passed parameters and local variables.
|
||
|
||
Of course, the 48K barier is shattered: you can use all of available RAM
|
||
for program and variable space. And since floating point is not done
|
||
inSANE, it's fast. (Some compiled floating-point programs actually run
|
||
slower on the GS that the same program in Applesoft. GSoft is faster
|
||
still.)
|
||
|
||
In short, GSoft is not (and cannot be) 100% Applesoft compatible. Old
|
||
programs will have to be ported, and although tools included with GSoft
|
||
will help, they won't make it 100% automatic. But the added features,
|
||
added memory, and extra speed will defintely make GSoft the choice for new
|
||
programs--and will make it worth while to port many old ones.
|
||
|
||
Mike Westerfield
|
||
(BYTEWORKS, CAT36, TOP35, MSG:20/M530;1)
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
[EOA]
|
||
[BAN]//////////////////////////////
|
||
FILE BANDWAGON /
|
||
/////////////////////////////////
|
||
Top 10 Files for March
|
||
""""""""""""""""""""""
|
||
by Douglas Cuff
|
||
[D.CUFF]
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
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 1997.
|
||
|
||
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, GenieLamp A2 occupies two spots on the list, but we're
|
||
just counting that one file. We hope this explains why there are 11 files
|
||
on the Top 10 list.
|
||
|
||
File # Filename Bytes DLs Short description
|
||
------ --------------- ------ --- -------------------------------------
|
||
28404 SIS.SCREENS.BXY 48512 76 Screen shots of SIS in action
|
||
28395 RTC.SIS.BXY 43648 62 Transcript of SIS RTC celebration
|
||
28394 FOGHORN.BXY 29356 58 rSound of old SF Bay foghorn.
|
||
28403 PAUG.SIS.BXY 19328 57 Transcript of PAUG-SIS
|
||
28368 DESKPLAY202.BXY 42240 51 Deskplay 2.02 plays Amiga MOD songs
|
||
28357 ALMP9703TXT.BXY 37248 42 GenieLamp A2, Mar. 97 (text)
|
||
28356 ALMP9703AWP.BXY 41472 42 GenieLamp A2, Mar. 97 (AppleWorks)
|
||
28422 MIME64.BXY 18816 40 base64 en/decoder for IIGS!
|
||
28424 SARA.GIF 51044 34 Color GIF of Sara Hussong
|
||
28438 ENVEL.PRINT.BXY 5376 28 Envelope Printer
|
||
28402 A2QWK23.BXY 95744 27 Freeware QWK mailer version 2.03
|
||
|
||
|
||
SIS.SCREENS.BXY Nine sample screens from Spectrum Internet Suite, as
|
||
""""""""""""""" provided by beta tester Max Jones. You get a look at
|
||
Syndicomm's A2 Web page, Ewen Wannop's page, Geoff Weiss's page, the
|
||
official SIS site, and the Alta Vista web search engine site (with and
|
||
without SIS's text input-window interface). You'll also see SIS's
|
||
bookmarks and options screens. Freeware.
|
||
|
||
RTC.SIS.BXY Transcript of the late-night conference at which Spectrum
|
||
""""""""""" Internet Suite was announced to the world--Friday, 7 March
|
||
1997. Special guests present are Dave Hecker, partner in Seven Hills
|
||
Software; Ewen Wannop, author of Spectrum telecommunications program for
|
||
the Apple IIgs; and Geoff Weiss, a system administrator for an east coast
|
||
internet service provider, who worked on the scripts for SIS. Freeware.
|
||
|
||
FOGHORN.BXY An rSound of a foghorn--the one of the old foghorn heard on
|
||
""""""""""" San Francisco Bay, to be exact. Suitable for use with the
|
||
IIgs sound control panel. Freeware.
|
||
|
||
PAUG.SIS.BXY Transcript of the Planetary Apple Users Group conference for
|
||
"""""""""""" those who missed the Spectrum Internet Suite roll-out
|
||
conference. SIS beta testers Cindy Adams and Max Jones field questions
|
||
about the capacities without Seven Hills looking over their shoulders. :-)
|
||
Freeware.
|
||
|
||
DESKPLAY202.BXY Deskplay v2.0.2 by Jesse Blue and Clue of Ninjaforce is a
|
||
""""""""""""""" new desk accessory that allows you to play MOD (Amiga
|
||
music module) files from your desktop. Deskplay depends on Shellplay by
|
||
Brian C. Bening to play the songs, but provides an attractive CD-style
|
||
playing interface. This new version fixes two minor bugs, adds keyboard
|
||
equivalents for some commands, and allows viewing of pathnames in the song
|
||
list. Freeware?
|
||
|
||
ALMP9703---.BXY Two editions of the February issue of GenieLamp A2 grace
|
||
""""""""""""""" our Top 10 list this month--and, for a wonder, both the
|
||
AppleWorks and the standard text file edition had exactly the same number
|
||
of downloads. All editions feature the same great articles--a
|
||
behind-the-scenes interview with the Spectrum Internet Suite development
|
||
team from Max Jones, the return of Peter Brickell's "Real World Apple"
|
||
column, and a "PD_Quickview" column on Change-A-File. Freeware.
|
||
|
||
MIME64.BXY Mime64 by Aaron Pulver is a base 64 decoder for the Apple IIgs
|
||
"""""""""" ported from a decoder by Karl Hahn. It allows you to handle
|
||
the mime attachments that people on other platforms keep e-mailing you and
|
||
posting on usenet newsgroups. It requires a shell like ORCA or GNO. (A
|
||
desktop version is now available, but only on Delphi.) Freeware.
|
||
|
||
SARA.GIF A color GIF graphic portrait of A2 regular Sara Hussong.
|
||
"""""""" Freeware.
|
||
|
||
ENVEL.PRINT.BXY Enveloper by John "Honeybee" Shaver is a BASIC program
|
||
""""""""""""""" intended for those times when you want to address several
|
||
envelopes. It will work with envelopes as small as 4" x 2.5" or as big as
|
||
8" x 11". Freeware?
|
||
|
||
A2QWK23.BXY The 2qwk! by Tom Larson is an offline mail reader for qwk
|
||
""""""""""" mail systems. Offline mail readers allow you to download new
|
||
messages and mail in a compact format and read and reply to them offline,
|
||
and qwk is pretty popular on other platforms. Requires at least an 128k
|
||
enhanced Apple IIe. Freeware?
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
[EOA]
|
||
[RWA]//////////////////////////////
|
||
THE REAL WORLD APPLE /
|
||
/////////////////////////////////
|
||
Connecting to the World Outside
|
||
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
||
by Peter C. Brickell
|
||
[P.BRICKELL]
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
>>> PART 4: PUSHING YOUR APPLE'S BUTTONS <<<
|
||
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
||
|
||
So far in this series I have talked about timing sequences and the
|
||
paddle inputs. This time I will be describing the push button inputs or PB
|
||
lines as they are known.
|
||
|
||
Before I start, I should warn you that the push button inputs work
|
||
slightly differently on all the various Apple II models. The //c actually
|
||
lacks one of the PB lines that the other models have. So some caution must
|
||
be used with selecting an appropriate project for your particular machine.
|
||
I will give some details on the differences at the end of this article.
|
||
|
||
With that said, the PB input lines are useful for a wide range of
|
||
projects that you might not think of right away. Everyone has used these
|
||
PB lines at one time or another with a joystick or paddles (the "firing"
|
||
buttons) or when using the Open Apple (OA) or Solid Apple (SA) keys on the
|
||
newer Apples.
|
||
|
||
The PB lines are simply a way of inputting an "on" or "off" signal to
|
||
the Apple. They are actually the essence of digital logic as they can only
|
||
have on of two values - high/on or low/off. They are in fact, TTL
|
||
(transistor-transistor logic) inputs for those who are familiar with such
|
||
things. With that information out of the way I will leave digital theory
|
||
behind for the rest of this article!
|
||
|
||
The three lines are found on both the internal 16 pin DIP connector
|
||
and on the external DB-9 connector (on models where it exists). Their
|
||
operation is very simple. If a high voltage (in digital terms) is applied
|
||
to a PB line, its corresponding memory location will hold a value greater
|
||
than 127. If a low voltage is applied to the line, then the same memory
|
||
location will hold a value of less than 128. The actual value stored in
|
||
each case is not important (actually it is random). One can easily
|
||
determine whether the PB line voltage is high or low by checking to see if
|
||
its memory location is greater than or less than 127.
|
||
|
||
Here is where the PB lines are found on the Apple 16 pin DIP
|
||
connector.
|
||
|
||
|
||
16 PIN I/O CONNECTOR (from above):
|
||
_________ __________
|
||
| \____/ |
|
||
+5 V | 1 X 16 |
|
||
| |
|
||
PB0 | 2 X 15 |
|
||
| |
|
||
PB1 | 3 X 14 |
|
||
| |
|
||
PB2 | 4 X 13 |
|
||
| |
|
||
| 5 12 |
|
||
| |
|
||
| 6 11 |
|
||
| |
|
||
| 7 10 |
|
||
| |
|
||
GND | 8 X 9 |
|
||
|_________________________|
|
||
|
||
|
||
On the DB-9 pin connector on the newer Apple IIs, here is the relevant
|
||
pin number assignment:
|
||
|
||
|
||
+5 V = Pin 2
|
||
|
||
GND = Pin 3
|
||
|
||
PB0 = Pin 7
|
||
|
||
PB1 = Pin 1
|
||
|
||
PB2 = Pin 6 (not available on //c or //c+)
|
||
|
||
|
||
To be specific, a TTL high voltage is greater than 2 volts DC and a
|
||
low voltage is less than 0.8 volts DC. The range between 0.8 and 2 volts
|
||
is a digital waste land where the results will be unpredictable, so good
|
||
project design avoids producing this in-between condition.
|
||
|
||
From Applesoft it is a simple matter to check the condition of a given
|
||
PB line. The addresses to check for each line are as follows:
|
||
|
||
PB0 = 49249 decimal, $C061 hexadecimal (same number for those who don't
|
||
have 16 fingers)
|
||
|
||
PB1 = 49250 decimal, $C062 hex
|
||
|
||
PB2 = 49251 decimal, $C063 hex
|
||
|
||
|
||
To continuously check and display the status of PB0 one can write
|
||
something like this:
|
||
|
||
|
||
10 X = PEEK(49249)
|
||
20 IF X > 127 THEN PRINT "PB0 IS HIGH"
|
||
30 IF X <= 127 THEN PRINT "PB0 IS LOW"
|
||
40 GOTO 10
|
||
|
||
Obviously by substituting the other addresses listed above the other
|
||
PB lines can be checked. Try this with a joystick or paddle. If you have
|
||
a model other than a II or II Plus, you can use the Open Apple key to
|
||
activate PB0.
|
||
|
||
Those of you who were paying attention in class will remember that in
|
||
my installment on timing loops I used the WAIT command to check the status
|
||
of a PB line and used the joystick button to change its condition to start
|
||
a timing sequence. This is an example of a very straightforward use of the
|
||
PB lines. On a joystick or set of paddles connected to your Apple, you
|
||
have access to PB0 and PB1. The same lines can be operated on later model
|
||
Apple IIs by pushing the OA and SA keys respectively as well as by using
|
||
the joystick/paddles.
|
||
|
||
So what is the big deal about telling when the joystick buttons or a
|
||
key is presses you may ask (and probably will!). The real usefulness of
|
||
the PB lines for interfacing become apparent when you build your own
|
||
"switch" or "button" to push. This need not be a physical button or switch
|
||
as we will see later. But first, let's look at the wiring of a simple PB
|
||
circuit using a mechanical switch. It looks like this:
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
+5 V ________________
|
||
|
|
||
|
|
||
/
|
||
/ Switch
|
||
/
|
||
|
|
||
PB0 _______________|
|
||
|
|
||
|
|
||
/
|
||
\
|
||
/ Resistor
|
||
\
|
||
/
|
||
|
|
||
GND ________________|
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
As the circuit is pictured above, any voltage present at the PB0 line
|
||
is drained to ground through the resistor. Thus the voltage at the PB0
|
||
line is essential 0 volts and the PB line is low (or "off" in this case).
|
||
When the switch is closed, voltage will be applied to the PB0 line from the
|
||
+5 volt source. If the resistor is of a sufficiently high value then the
|
||
voltage will not be drained to ground quickly enough and the voltage at PB0
|
||
will rise. If the resistance is high enough to allow the voltage at PB0 to
|
||
rise above 2 volts, then the PB0 line will be high (or "on" in this case).
|
||
|
||
This is how the push buttons on a joystick are wired. Typical
|
||
resistor values would be 200 to 500 ohms. The resistor is essential in
|
||
this circuit not only to raise the voltage at the PB line, but also to
|
||
prevent shorting the Apple's power supply +5V line to ground and possibly
|
||
resulting in damage to the power supply, the computer, or both.
|
||
|
||
If you think about the schematic of the switch circuit for a moment,
|
||
you will realize that any device which can change its resistance from a
|
||
very high value to a very low value could be substituted in place of the
|
||
mechanical switch in this circuit.
|
||
|
||
You may think that a thermistor (temperature sensitive resistor) such
|
||
as was discussed in the last installment might work here. Unfortunately,
|
||
the lowest resistance of most thermistors is still too high for this
|
||
circuit.
|
||
|
||
However, a simple replacement for the switch is a phototransistor.
|
||
Under normal conditions its resistance is high (tens of thousands of ohms
|
||
or more) thus producing an "off" when testing PB0. When a beam of bright
|
||
light hits these phototransistors, their resistance drops to a few hundred
|
||
ohms or less. In this case, the circuit above would produce an "on" signal
|
||
when tested with an Applesoft program.
|
||
|
||
Here we have the makings of a simple intrusion alarm or automatic door
|
||
bell. Simply place a permanently lit light source (or even an invisible
|
||
infrared radiation source) such that it illuminates a phototransistor
|
||
across some pathway that you wish to monitor.
|
||
|
||
A fairly simple Applesoft program could be written to repeatedly check
|
||
the condition of the PB line. When the beam of light is broken by a
|
||
person's body, the phototransistor will cease to conduct and the PB line
|
||
will go low or off. The program could then beep the Apple's speaker to
|
||
notify the owner of the presence of another person. Other possible
|
||
security related "switches" are magnetic proximity switches for doors and
|
||
windows and conductive tape for monitoring window glass.
|
||
|
||
An enhancement to this type of device is a program which uses timing
|
||
loops to measure how long the light beam is broken or intact. I am well
|
||
acquainted with this idea as I have been using such a device and program
|
||
over the last couple of weeks to test my camera shutters for accuracy and
|
||
consistency of timing.
|
||
|
||
A beam of light is broken when the camera's shutter is placed between
|
||
the light source and the phototransistor. When the shutter opens, the
|
||
Apple senses the high PB line and starts "counting" (i.e. the switch is
|
||
"on"). When the shutter closes, the computer senses the return to a low
|
||
condition at the PB line and stops counting (the switch is "off"). The
|
||
counts are converted to milliseconds (by using a previous known time
|
||
interval) and the shutter speed is reported on the screen as a fraction of
|
||
a second. As you might suspect from my previous articles, this is a
|
||
project from the Vernier Software book "How to Build a Better Mousetrap".
|
||
See any of these articles for references.
|
||
|
||
There are a myriad of other uses for sensing the PB lines. Some are
|
||
quite complex in design. For example another Vernier project uses an
|
||
integrated circuit chip which converts a voltage applied to its input pins
|
||
to a certain and precise frequency of on/off pulses at its output pins. As
|
||
the applied voltage changes, so does the frequency of pulses. By directing
|
||
these output pulses to one of the PB lines, and using a machine language
|
||
program to do the very fast counting required, the original applied voltage
|
||
can be determined by the Apple. This device then becomes a way of turning
|
||
your Apple into an accurate digital voltmeter. The ability to precisely
|
||
measure voltage with your computer opens the door to many other uses for
|
||
the venerable Apple II.
|
||
|
||
I use this particular device for measuring nickel-cadmium battery
|
||
voltages during controlled discharging and charging operations. With a
|
||
simple amplifier circuit added on, an accurate temperature probe can be
|
||
built using a thermocouple sensor.
|
||
|
||
I will conclude by giving some details on the various circuits built
|
||
into the different Apple II models. I do not know the exact circuit
|
||
layouts for all the computers, but here are the major differences that you
|
||
need to be aware of in order to use them for PB interfacing.
|
||
|
||
First, let me say that the best machine for these projects is the
|
||
Apple II or II Plus. Apart from being almost (or entirely) free if you
|
||
know where to look these days, they have no interfering circuitry built in
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to them. They also have the full complement of PB lines available (i.e.
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three).
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Apple //e and GS:
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The OA and SA keys are wired to the PB0 and PB1 lines.
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Problems arise using these lines since there are internal resistors
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between the PB lines and ground. This could make some external circuits
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not behave as expected if they are very sensitive to resistance changes.
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Also, if the PB1 line is held high by an external circuit during boot
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up, this will have the same effect as depressing the SA key. The result is
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that the computer will execute a self test, rather than boot normally.
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The solution to these problems is to use the PB2 line wherever
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possible. It is not wired to any key and so has no extra resistors, nor
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will it affect the Apple's behaviour during boot up.
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Apple //c:
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Unfortunately this model has both OA and SA keys wired to PB0 and PB1
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but has no PB2 line available. Use with caution.
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Platinum //e (with numeric keyboard):
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This model, in addition to the normal problems with the OA and SA
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keys, has capacitors wired to its PB lines. This slows down the rate at
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which they can change from high to low and vice versa. For simple on/off
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devices this will not matter. However it will affect circuits which depend
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on very high speed changes in these lines. The voltage monitor and the
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high speed phototransistor timer described above are candidates for trouble
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with this model of Apple II.
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With these caveats in mind, the lowly push buttons are some of the
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most useful "ports" on the Apple II computer. Have fun experimenting with
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them. As always, if you do not feel confident of your electronics skills,
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have someone who is experienced in this area give you a hand with project
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building and inspection.
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Happy button pushing!
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Next time - Introduction to the Annunciator Outputs
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