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>>> WELCOME TO THE LAMP! <<<
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THE BEST OF THE A2 BULLETIN BOARD ON Syndicomm.com
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AND THE BEST OF THE DELPHI A2 AND A2PRO MESSAGE BOARDS
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"Teaching the Apple II user how to fish since 1998"
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K-Fest Feature:
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The Accidental Tourist at KansasFest
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by Douglas Cuff
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The Lamp! An Onipa'a Software Production Vol. 4, No. 7
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Publisher................................Ryan M. Suenaga, M.S.W., L.S.W.
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Editor.....................................................Lyle Syverson
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Internet Email, Publisher.........................thelamp@sheppyware.net
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Internet Email, Editor................................lyle@FoxValley.net
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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July 15, 2001
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HIGH ABOVE THE ROCK RIVER---------------------------------------------[OPN]
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Decisions
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Make Your Decision
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A2 FORUM AT Syndicomm Online (A2Central.com) DISTILLATIONS
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When the IIgs Came Out...----------------------------------------[GCO]
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Source for SCSI Adaptors-----------------------------------------[SSA]
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How do You Go About Writing?-------------------------------------[GAW]
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Syndicomm Has Printed Fliers Available---------------------------[SFA]
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Best Telecom Program for Apple ][ Plus?--------------------------[BTP]
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Soar 1.0b5 Available---------------------------------------------[SRA]
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How do You Use System 6 Sounds?----------------------------------[YUS]
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Lost Classics Project to Release Additional Titles---------------[LCP]
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Battery Replacement on the ROM 1 IIgs----------------------------[BRG]
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Beta Testers Needed for CoPilot ProTERM 3.1----------------------[BTN]
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IIgs ROM Grabber-------------------------------------------------[GRG]
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Change of Address for MUG! and MSDOS Utilities-------------------[COA]
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Init String for ProTERM------------------------------------------[ISP]
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LANceGS Support for ProTERM--------------------------------------[LSP]
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IIgs CD-ROMs from Juiced.GS--------------------------------------[CRJ]
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A2-Central-On-Disk from SS II------------------------------------[ACD]
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Fishwings Updated to v0.79---------------------------------------[FWU]
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Convert 3200 on Bernie-------------------------------------------[CTB]
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Progress on Bernie to the Rescue 3.0-----------------------------[PBR]
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Programing Help Needed-------------------------------------------[PHN]
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How Did You Get Your A2 Programing Skills?-----------------------[GPS]
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HUMOR FROM The A2 FORUM at Syndicomm.com (A2Central.com)
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Preparation for Blacksmithing------------------------------------[PFB]
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DELPHI A2 DISTILLATIONS
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Editor's Note----------------------------------------------------[ERN]
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
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No Letters to the Editor This Month------------------------------[NLE]
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An Invitation----------------------------------------------------[LTE]
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KFEST 2001
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The Accidental Tourist at KansasFest--by Douglas Cuff------------[TAT]
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K-Fest Registration Information----------------------------------[KFR]
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Of Interest to IIgs Users----------------------------------------[ITU]
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EXTRA INNINGS
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About The Lamp! ------------------------------------------------ [INN]
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[*] [*] [*]
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READING THE LAMP! The index system used by The Lamp! is designed to make
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""""""""""""""""" your reading easier. To use this system, load this
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issue into any word processor or text editor. In the index you will find
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something like:
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EXTRA INNINGS
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About The Lamp! ------------------------------------------------ [INN]
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To read this article, simply use your search or find command to locate
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[INN]. There is a similar tag at the end of each article: [EOA].
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[OPN]-------------------------------
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HIGH ABOVE THE ROCK RIVER |
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From The Editor
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by Lyle Syverson <lyle@FoxValley.net>
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Decisions
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From High Above The Rock River you can see several ball fields. The
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pitcher has to decide what kind of ball to throw for the next pitch... The
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batter has to decide whether to hit the ball coming toward him... The
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umpire has to decide between a ball or strike... and so on.
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Make Your Decision
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So you have been thinking about coming to K-Fest? Perhaps for several
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years now? Be sure to read "The Accidental Tourist at KansasFest" by
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Douglas Cuff in the K-Fest section of this issue.
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Then make your decision to come to K-Fest. You will be glad you did.
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[EOA]
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ASCII ART BEGINS
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DISTILLATIONS FROM The A2 FORUM at Syndicomm.com |
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(A2Central.com) |
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by Lyle Syverson <lyle@foxvalley.net>
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[GCO]
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WHEN THE IIgs CAME OUT...
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I was wondering about something the other day. When I had my first IIe
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back in 80's I remember thinking how cool this was and how much I could do
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with it. Then my friend's parents picked up an Apple IIgs and I had a
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serious case of the "monitor /// green with envy" syndrome. Were the
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Apple II users back then skeptical of the IIgs when it first came out, or
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was it considered an exciting development? I remember reading a review or
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two on the machine, referring to it as "too little, too late", and
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"underpowered".
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Was this how it was viewed in the II user community at first? My friend
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and I were the only die hard II users that we knew at the time.
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Just curious.:)
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Dain Neater
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(A2.DAIN, Cat 2, Top 15, Msg 2)
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>>>>>
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"""""
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Not for me. I had graduated from a II+, to a IIe, to a IIe 'enhanced', and
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I couldn't wait to buy the IIgs! It was a remarkable step up, yet
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maintained backward compatibility.
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LumiTech
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Cruising the 'railway' provided by:
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Spectrum v2.5.2 and SOAR! v1.0b5
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(LUMITECH, Cat 2, Top 15, Msg 3)
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>>>>>
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"""""
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I went from a ][+ to a //e to a IIgs.
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I was fortunate enough to be at the Australian announcement of the IIgs.
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The lead-in was the rotating graphic of the IIgs that many people have from
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the early days. I remember seeing it up on the screen at the front of the
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room and wondering what sort of workstation produced it. I nearly fell off
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my chair when I realized that it was running live on an Apple II! They also
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displayed a graphic image of a bowl of fruit and vegetables which also blew
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me away.
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So, did I think it was a worthwhile upgrade? I was doing everything short
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of baying at the moon! :-)
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Peter peterw@syndicomm.com
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Palm OS Community Bulletin Board Manager
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(PETERW, Cat 2, Top 15, Msg 4)
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>>>>>
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"""""
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I was looking to purchase my first home computer in 1989, which was well
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after the IIGS was released. I had worked on the new Macintosh at work, but
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I really hated the small screen and black-and-white restriction. I would
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have preferred a PC or the IIe in my home at the time. But that's when I
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discovered the IIGS. A teacher at the local school knew what I was looking
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for, and recommended that I check out the IIGS in her classroom.
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From my perspective, the IIGS gave me the best of all worlds. I liked the
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GUI interface over that of the PC-DOS machines or the IIe, and I loved the
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color and larger screen display over that of the Mac.
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I gave up a little power and flexibility (in the Mac) in order to have what
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appeared to me to be the coolest machines I'd ever seen.
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Heh ... I still think I made the right decision. :-)
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Max
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(JUICEDGS, Cat 2, Top 15, Msg 5)
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"""""
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I think some were skeptical, but to me, it was an exciting development.
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I attended the rollout at the local dealer and was quite impressed with the
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demo. I couldn't afford it right away, so I missed out on the Rom 0 and the
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Woz case.
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Carl Knoblock - Telephone Tech - Wed 4 Jul 01 2:29:30 pm
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cknoblo@home.com - Via Spectrum v2.5.1 & SOAR v1.0b4
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2001: A KFest Odyssey, July 25-29, 2001 - 21 days till KFest
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On cable via LANceGS & Marinetti 2.0.1 - Thank you, Richard.
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A2 RTC Staff - Saturday Night House Party - carlk@syndicomm.com
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(CARLK, Cat 2, Top 15, Msg 6)
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"""""
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15 years later, there is -no- computer that I've ever wanted more than an
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Apple IIgs.
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Ryan M. Suenaga, M.S.W., L.S.W.
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Delivered by: CoPilot v2.55 alpha, Bernie 3.0P, and a PowerBook
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Offline Syndicomm.com Message Manager
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(A2.RYAN, Cat 2, Top 15, Msg 7)
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>>>>>
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"""""
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I remember reading in inCider or A+ (before they merged) back in '88 or
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'89, some letters from users who were upset at the IIgs and coverage of the
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IIgs since it wasn't a "real" Apple II. Of course, when they switched to
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dual A2/mac coverage, there wasn't much of a peep (because they censored
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it, or maybe because there weren't any a2 readers left :(.
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A lot of 8-bit software was still released and updated since the IIgs was
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released, though, so in hindsight, the IIgs didn't threaten the 8-bit a2 so
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much as Apple Co. and progress in general did.
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(KWS, Cat 2, Top 15, Msg 9)
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I was using a Franklin 1500 at the time the GS was announced. Most of my
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computer news was from Byte, Call APPLE, Creative Computing and such, and
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any stories having to do with the GS just had me drooling harder. B-{)
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If I remember right, it was announced in Sept. but one didn't make it to my
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dealer until Dec. It was a ROM 0 Woz edition, and was everything I'd hoped
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for. In the 14+ years I've had it, my GS still holds the place of honor on
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my computer desk. My G3 is sitting off to the side. B-{)
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Kirk
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A2Central Chief Sysop, RTC Manager and Janitor
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(A2.KIRK, Cat 2, Top 15, Msg 10)
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>>>>>
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"""""
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I went from a ][+ straight to the IIGS. The alternative at the time was
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still a compact, black and white mac. I wanted the color, so I got the GS
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instead of the mac. Ironically, the other factor in the decision was that
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I wanted a computer that I could still program, and I knew that programming
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the Mac at the time would take resources (financial and mental) that I
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didn't have at the time.
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I went off and bought every book about programming the IIGS I could find.
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I cracked them open, began to read about pointers and stacks and JMPs and
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JSRs and event loops and starting up tools and hexadecimal notation and
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fast /slow memory and zero pages and... ...and my eyes glazed over, and
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those books looked just GRAND on my bookshelf for many a year.
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Sadly, it's only now, 13 years later, that I've had the nerve to open those
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books, and discover that after a degree and a few years' experience in the
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field, those books aren't quite as arcane as they once seemed. It's still
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a difficult (for me), but not insurmountable task to write a IIGS program.
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Even more ironically, with the advent of RealBasic, it's now easier to
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program the Mac than it is to program the IIGS. But now the IIGS is a
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challenge, and I won't give up on it, even if there's no one but me to run
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the programs I write. :)
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(TCOMPTER, Cat 2, Top 15, Msg 11)
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[EOA]
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[SSA]
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SOURCE FOR SCSI ADAPTORS
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I recently bought an internal SCSI drive for my desktop G3. The drive has
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a 68-pin connector; my internal SCSI drive has a 50-pin cable. Circuit
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City doesn't carry Mac adaptors, and CompUSA has only fat external cables.
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Any idea where I can get a small, plug-like adaptor that will allow me to
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connect this drive to my Macintosh?
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Thanks,
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-Ken
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(KGAGNE, Cat 2, Top 24, MSG 111)
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http://www.scsistuff.com/adapters.htm
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(STEVER, Cat 2, Top 24, Msg 115)
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[EOA]
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[GAW]
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HOW DO YOU GO ABOUT WRITING?
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I've been posting some specific questions about writing. Does anyone have
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any general topics to discuss?
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Here's one: what is your editing process? How do you start writing an
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article, story, or report? What changes are you likely to make, and how do
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you know when it's "done"?
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-Ken
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(KGAGNE, Cat 2, Top 34, Msg 18)
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"""""
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I'm a pretty unstructured writer. I generally start at the beginning and
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write until I'm out of things to say. I might then go back and do a little
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edit to remove anything that's repetitive or sort things into a more
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logical order, but usually it comes out pretty close to what I want.
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Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd sheppy@syndicomm.com
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Owner, Syndicomm http://www.syndicomm.com
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Building communities, bit by bit.
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(SYNDICOMM, Cat 2, Top 34, Msg 18)
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"""""
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I usually start with what later turns out to be the middle paragraphs, or
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the "meat" of the piece. I add the intro and summary paragraphs later, once
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I have a better idea of what I'm writing. It's done when I feel I have
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gotten my point across and I have checked my facts. Then I put it away for
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a while, a couple days is usually enough, and read it again to see if it
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needs polishing.
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- Tony
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(A2.TONY, Cat 2, Top 34, Msg 21)
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>>>>>
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"""""
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I try to write my articles from beginning to end, but sometimes I'll start
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in the middle when I have trouble thinking of a sufficiently-snappy intro.
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When I'm done my first draft, I'll print it out and go through it with a
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red pen. After I make some changes, I'll have another printout read aloud
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by a school writing tutor, and we'll go over it together. I find that a
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fresh pair of eyes helps tremendously, and that reciting the paper
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sometimes makes apparent quirks that you don't notice in writing.
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I'll sometimes then let the article sit for a few days before I re-read it
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and make some more changes, but this is rare.
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Since I use Appleworks Classic, I am constantly running spellcheck and
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TimeOut.Grammar between in and between every step of the editing process.
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-Ken
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(KGAGNE, Cat 2, Top 34, Msg 22)
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>>>>>
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"""""
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I tend to start by "brainstorming" with myself, typing little notes and
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snippets about the subject as fast as I can, with no regard for order or
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placement. When I feel I've gotten most of the ideas down in some form, I
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try to arrange them in a logical order, and while doing this, I might start
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outlining as well. Then I flesh out the notes into full sentences, and
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finally add the intro and conclusion. Like Tony, I also try to put it away
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for a few days, and come back to it for polishing. That's assuming I'm not
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under a deadline.
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(TCOMPTER, Cat 2, Top 34, Msg 24)
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>>>>>
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"""""
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I find printing a draft and editing on paper to be much more productive and
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satisfying than trying to edit in a word processor. Maybe it's the ink,
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maybe it's because I can see the big picture better (instead of half a page
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of text), but I find it so much easier.
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(KWS, Cat 2, Top 34, Msg 25)
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>>>>>
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I'm not sure. I just get into the mood, and I try to go until it's done.
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Exception: subjects that require lots of research.
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Ryan M. Suenaga, M.S.W., L.S.W. - rsuenaga@apple2.org - A2's Head Geek
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Alpha Testing CoPilot v2.55 and ProTERM 3.1
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Offline Syndicomm.com Message Manager
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(A2.RYAN, Cat 2, Top 34, Msg 27)
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[EOA]
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[SFA]
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SYNDICOMM HAS PRINTED FLIERS AVAILABLE
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Syndicomm has printed fliers available describing our service and providing
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information on some of our forums. If you'd like copies for your user
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group meeting, or for anything else, please drop me an email with your
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address and how many you want, and I'll get some out to you.
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Please, this is for people planning to distribute them to others, not just
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because you want to see what it looks like. :)
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Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd sheppy@syndicomm.com
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Owner, Syndicomm http://www.syndicomm.com
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Building communities, bit by bit.
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(SYNDICOMM, Cat 5, Top 20, Msg 9)
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>>>>>
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"""""
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You can have a look at the flier at
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http://www.syndicomm.com/syndiflier1.pdf -- we can still email you very
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attractively printed, high-resolution, color versions for distribution
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though, free of charge.
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Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd sheppy@syndicomm.com
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Owner, Syndicomm http://www.syndicomm.com
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Building communities, bit by bit.
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(SYNDICOMM, Cat 5, Top 20, Msg 10)
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[EOA]
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[BTP]
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BEST TELECOM PROGRAM FOR APPLE ][ PLUS?
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"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
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What would be the best telecom program to use on an Apple ][ plus equipped
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with an 80 column card?
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Mark Percival - Syndicomm.com Apple II RTC Host
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"Midweek Madness!" every Wednesday night.
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7:00 PM - 9:00 PM PDT
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(MARK, Cat 10, Top 14, Msg 5)
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>>>>>
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"""""
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Modem MGR.
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If you like pain, ASCII Express Pro :)
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Ryan M. Suenaga, M.S.W., L.S.W. - rsuenaga@apple2.org - A2's Head Geek
|
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Alpha Testing CoPilot v2.55 and ProTERM 3.1
|
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Offline Syndicomm.com Message Manager
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(A2.RYAN, Cat 10, Top 14, Msg 7)
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[EOA]
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[SRA]
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SOAR 1.0b5 AVAILABLE
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""""""""""""""""""""
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I have posted SOAR 1.0b5 on my web site:
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<http://www.ewannop.btinternet.co.uk/>
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This is a maintenance release, to fix the bugs that have been reported
|
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here, and a few I found myself. The Message Retrieval feature now works
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properly, and can handle the complete set of messages in a Topic, or the
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last 5 only.
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Please continue to report any bugs you find, and any ideas you have for new
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features.
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Ewen Wannop - Speccie - Sat 23 Jun 2001 - 32 days till KFest '01
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Delivered without using a IIgs by Spectrum v2.5.2 & SOAR 1.0b5
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Setup: Bernie ][ the Rescue 3.0 and a Blue & White G3/350
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http://www.ewannop.btinternet.co.uk/
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(CONDUCTOR, Cat 10, Top 59, Msg 186)
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[EOA]
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[YUS]
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HOW DO YOU USE SYSTEM 6 SOUNDS?
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"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
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I'm curious how people use System 6 sounds... do you set up none of them,
|
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preferring quiet, or load your machine up with a wide assortment of
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effects? Or do you go for a unified theme? :)
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Me, I tend to pick at random, although I'd like to have a themed GS, I
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don't have a good set of sounds to fill up all those events with. Anyone
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know of any collections of themed sounds for System 6?
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Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd sheppy@syndicomm.com
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Owner, Syndicomm http://www.syndicomm.com
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Building communities, bit by bit.
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(SYNDICOMM, Cat 12, Top 15, Msg 1)
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>>>>>
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"""""
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Years ago I installed a bunch of Bill & Ted sounds from Genie. They're
|
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still in one of my IIgs's.
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TIAB (and the Syndicomm.com FTP library, of course :) have a great range of
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sounds.
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Ryan M. Suenaga, M.S.W., L.S.W. - rsuenaga@apple2.org - A2's Head Geek
|
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Alpha Testing CoPilot v2.55 and ProTERM 3.1
|
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Offline Syndicomm.com Message Manager
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(A2.RYAN, Cat 12, Top 15, Msg 2)
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>>>>>
|
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"""""
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I use the "simplebeep" for my beep (I find it to be much less harsh and
|
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obnoxious than the regular beep) and leave everything else unassigned.
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Years ago, I created some simpson rSounds (converted from files found on
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the gopher) that I used for a few events "Mmmmm Forbidden Donut", "Don't
|
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think about beer" and "D'oh!". I also replaced the full trash icon with a
|
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picture of Homer Simpson's head :) I should probably go rooting through
|
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TIAB and replace it with oscar the grouch peeking out of the can someday.
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(KWS, Cat 12, Top 15, Msg 3)
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>>>>>
|
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"""""
|
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I use a Star Trek theme on my IIgs, with a few exceptions. A few years ago
|
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I was using a Ren & Stimpy theme, but that got old, fast. :)
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I can never decide what sound emptying the trash should make: Worf
|
|
screaming when hit by pain sticks, or Data commenting, "You are capable of
|
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great sadism and cruelty."
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-Ken
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(KGAGNE, Cat 12, Top 15, Msg 5)
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>>>>>
|
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"""""
|
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I have sounds for nearly everything, with no theme. I have an explosion for
|
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putting something in the trash, and "Wipeout" for emptying it. The empty
|
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trash can is the New York skyline, and the full trash can is a mushroom
|
|
cloud. I used to play with the sounds a lot, but haven't made any changes
|
|
now for many months.
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Carl Knoblock - Telephone Tech - Fri 22 Jun 01 10:58:43 pm
|
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cknoblo@home.com - Via Spectrum v2.5.1 & SOAR v1.0b4
|
|
2001: A KFest Odyssey, July 25-29, 2001 - 33 days till KFest
|
|
On cable via LANceGS & Marinetti 2.0.1 - Thank you, Richard.
|
|
A2 RTC Staff - Saturday Night House Party - carlk@syndicomm.com
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|
|
(CARLK, Cat 12, Top 15, Msg 12)
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|
|
|
>>>>>
|
|
"""""
|
|
I use George Carlin's "7 words you can't say on TV" as my system beep,
|
|
toilet plop and flush for filling and emptying the trash, Cindy's "Oh Tony"
|
|
for a disk inserted, a robotic Cylon saying "Attention" and various R-rated
|
|
movie sound bites for Alerts (ie. Bruce Willis' "Yippie-ki-yay #$%@" from
|
|
Die Hard or a Note alert, and Arnold saying something unprintable from
|
|
Terminator for a bad disk.) And of course, the opening notes of The Rolling
|
|
Stones "Start Me Up" is my startup sound.
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|
|
|
The one thing I can't stand is having sounds assigned for opening and
|
|
closing windows (Whoosh). That just drives me nuts.
|
|
|
|
- Tony
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|
(A2.TONY, Cat 12, Top 15, Msg 13)
|
|
[EOA]
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|
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[LCP]
|
|
LOST CLASSICS PROJECT RECEIVES PERMISSION TO RELEASE ADDITIONAL TITLES
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
|
I've just received permission to release the following through The Lost
|
|
Classics Project. Does anyone have the following:
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|
|
|
Beneath Apple Manor (both original and special edition of the game, Apple
|
|
and PC versions)
|
|
|
|
Babble (random language generator)
|
|
|
|
Linker (Linkage Editor for use with Assembly Language)
|
|
|
|
Beneath Apple DOS (all editions)
|
|
|
|
Bag of Tricks (book and software - all editions)
|
|
|
|
Beneath Apple ProDOS (all editions)
|
|
|
|
Any help in scanning the books (into text (txt) format) would be
|
|
appreciated too.
|
|
|
|
Note that any copies of these programs currently out on the net would be
|
|
pirated copies and their quality suspect. I need to get clean copies to
|
|
which I can add the freeware notice the authors agreed to.
|
|
|
|
Thanks!
|
|
|
|
Later..........Howard
|
|
|
|
(A2.HOWARD, Cat 15, Top 3, Msg 4)
|
|
[EOA]
|
|
|
|
|
|
[BRG]
|
|
BATTERY REPLACEMENT ON THE ROM 1 IIgs
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
|
I replaced my ROM 1 battery last night, so here's some notes.
|
|
|
|
I used a replacement battery that came from MC Price Breakers-
|
|
http://www.mcpb.com/html/ap2mm2.html which costs $8.95 and includes an
|
|
instruction sheet. Any 3v 1/2 AA battery should do, but it comes with the
|
|
metal connectors wrapped to easily connect to the original battery.
|
|
|
|
The battery is under the power supply, and looks like this:
|
|
__________
|
|
- ___| Battery |___ +
|
|
| |__________| |
|
|
front ---------------------- rear
|
|
|
|
|
|
You need to use wire cutters or a dremel to cut out the battery and leave
|
|
the posts:
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
---------------
|
|
|
|
I suggest cutting close to the battery and straightening the 'posts' out so
|
|
you have more room to work with:
|
|
|
|
__ | < straightened out
|
|
| |
|
|
---------------
|
|
|
|
The replacement battery slides onto the posts, then use needlenose pliers
|
|
to crimp it on. Or you could soldier it, or twist the posts. + end of
|
|
battery goes near the rear of the mobo, - to the front. There's also a
|
|
letter 'F' near the - post, and F is a minus grade ....
|
|
|
|
My (original) battery was purple and underneath it, the motherboard was
|
|
labeled 'Battery'. If you remove your battery and it doesn't say so
|
|
underneath it, it probably wasn't the battery :)
|
|
|
|
Also, there's the letters C D E F near it.
|
|
|
|
It's not really all that hard if you've had some experience building or
|
|
taking apart stuff, and having a working battery is most useful :)
|
|
|
|
(KWS, Cat 17, Top 23, Msg 11)
|
|
[EOA]
|
|
|
|
|
|
[BTN]
|
|
BETA TESTERS NEEDED FOR CoPilot ProTERM 3.1
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
|
Beta testers needed for CoPilot ProTERM 3.1 for the Syndicomm Online
|
|
Service.
|
|
|
|
Requirements: Apple IIgs running System 6.0.1, ProTERM 3.1, and some way of
|
|
telnetting via non Marinetti methods to Syndicomm.com, such as a shell
|
|
account or null modem connection to a Linux box.
|
|
|
|
Interested parties please email a2.ryan@syndicomm.com
|
|
|
|
Ryan M. Suenaga, M.S.W., L.S.W. - rsuenaga@apple2.org - A2's Head Geek
|
|
Alpha Testing CoPilot v2.55 and ProTERM 3.1
|
|
Offline Syndicomm.com Message Manager
|
|
|
|
(A2.RYAN, Cat 20, Top 1, Msg 1)
|
|
[EOA]
|
|
|
|
|
|
[GRG]
|
|
IIgs ROM GRABBER
|
|
""""""""""""""""
|
|
You can get info about GS ROM Grabber on Sarah's web site at
|
|
http://sarah.sheppyware.net.
|
|
|
|
Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd sheppy@syndicomm.com
|
|
Owner, Syndicomm http://www.syndicomm.com
|
|
Building communities, bit by bit.
|
|
|
|
(SYNDICOMM, Cat 20, Top 9, Msg 1)
|
|
[EOA]
|
|
|
|
|
|
[COA]
|
|
CHANGE OF ADDRESS FOR MUG! AND MSDOS UTILITIES
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
|
I guess this is the place for a post like this...
|
|
|
|
Due to declining (read "non-existent") shareware mail, the address
|
|
published for MUG! and the MSDOS Utilities (PO Box 493, Doncaster,
|
|
Australia) has "ceased to be". :-(
|
|
|
|
I can't quite bring myself to publish my home address on the Net (or even
|
|
on syndicomm.com), so I guess my public address will have to be my work
|
|
address:
|
|
|
|
Peter Watson
|
|
C/o Fujitsu Australia Ltd
|
|
1230 Nepean Hwy
|
|
Cheltenham, VIC 3192
|
|
Australia
|
|
|
|
If all else fails, many people here know my real address anyway: Sheppy,
|
|
Joe Kohn, Ryan (I think), Mike Westerfield, etc, so I should be able to be
|
|
found!
|
|
|
|
Peter peterw@syndicomm.com
|
|
Palm OS Community Bulletin Board Manager
|
|
|
|
(PETERW, Cat 20, Top 15, Msg 9)
|
|
[EOA]
|
|
|
|
|
|
[ISP]
|
|
INIT STRING FOR ProTERM
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""""
|
|
I've installed a Zoom 56K Dual Mode modem on my IIgs. ProTERM has trouble
|
|
detecting connections, though. The modem will dial, a connection will be
|
|
made, but the timer will count down until I'm informed "a connection could
|
|
not be made." But if I close the dial window and change ProTERM to online
|
|
mode (option-T), I can login just fine. I do have some trouble with
|
|
uploads though.
|
|
|
|
My init string:
|
|
|
|
ATE0V1Q0S7=45S11=65&K3&D0&Q9L1M1
|
|
|
|
Any suggestions how to edit the string to correct these problems?
|
|
|
|
Thanks,
|
|
|
|
-Ken
|
|
|
|
(KGAGNE, Cat 21, Top 4, Msg 2)
|
|
|
|
>>>>>
|
|
"""""
|
|
I've solved my modem init issues by adding "W0" to the init string, which I
|
|
believe disables negotiation messages.
|
|
|
|
-Ken
|
|
|
|
(KGAGNE, Cat 21, Top 4, Msg 3)
|
|
[EOA]
|
|
|
|
|
|
[LSP]
|
|
LANceGS SUPPORT FOR ProTERM
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
|
Am I the only person that would love to see LANceGS support in ProTERM? :)
|
|
|
|
Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd sheppy@syndicomm.com
|
|
Owner, Syndicomm http://www.syndicomm.com
|
|
Building communities, bit by bit.
|
|
|
|
(SYNDICOMM, Cat 21, Top 7, Msg 1)
|
|
|
|
>>>>>
|
|
"""""
|
|
I'd love it. From what I've been told there just isn't enough memory in
|
|
the IIe to add it without dropping some other feature. Also there would be
|
|
the problem of not having published specs for the LANceGS card.
|
|
|
|
Mark Percival - Syndicomm.com Apple II RTC Host
|
|
"Midweek Madness!" every Wednesday night.
|
|
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM PDT
|
|
|
|
(MARK, Cat 21, Top 7, Msg 2)
|
|
|
|
>>>>>
|
|
"""""
|
|
There's always a way to add features. :)
|
|
|
|
Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd sheppy@syndicomm.com
|
|
Owner, Syndicomm http://www.syndicomm.com
|
|
Building communities, bit by bit.
|
|
|
|
(SYNDICOMM, Cat 21, Top 7, Msg 4)
|
|
|
|
>>>>>
|
|
"""""
|
|
Shoot, I'd be willing to keep two versions of ProTERM on my computer. One
|
|
feature-laden, and one... well, come to think of it, I'm not sure which
|
|
feature I _would_ be willing to part with :)
|
|
|
|
_________
|
|
| homas
|
|
|
|
(TCOMPTER, Cat 21, Top 7, Msg 3)
|
|
[EOA]
|
|
|
|
|
|
[CRJ]
|
|
IIgs CD-ROMs FROM Juiced.GS
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
|
What Juiced.GS CD-ROM compilations are available, other than TIAB and FFL?
|
|
|
|
-Ken
|
|
|
|
(KGAGNE, Cat 23, Top 6, Msg 1)
|
|
Juiced.gs also handles orders for the A2Romulan CD (which has some stuff
|
|
that you probably would never find elsewhere)
|
|
|
|
(KWS, Cat 23, Top 6, Msg 2)
|
|
|
|
>>>>>
|
|
"""""
|
|
Ken,
|
|
|
|
Juiced.GS also handles the famed "The Compleat Lamp" CD-ROM.
|
|
|
|
I hope to add another title to the list later this summer.
|
|
|
|
Max
|
|
|
|
(JUICEDGS, Cat 23, Top 6, Msg 3)
|
|
[EOA]
|
|
|
|
|
|
[ACD]
|
|
A2-Central-On-Disk FROM SS II
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
|
I've been so busy getting ready for KansasFest that I almost forgot to look
|
|
up the info for the A2-Central collection. Here's what I found...
|
|
|
|
A2-Central-On-Disk
|
|
|
|
In the last issue of Shareware Solutions II, I wrote: "Before the
|
|
A2-Central-On-Disk collection can be made available, a lot of effort needs
|
|
to be devoted to cataloging and indexing those disks."
|
|
|
|
As it turned out, the cataloging and indexing of the disks turned out to be
|
|
the easiest part of the process. The hardest part was deciding the best and
|
|
most efficient way to make the contents of all those disks available. After
|
|
all, there is a total of 66 disks in the A2-Central-On-Disk collection, and
|
|
all of them are filled with software. If the contents were described within
|
|
the Shareware Solutions II newsletter, it would take two or three entire
|
|
issues to do so.
|
|
|
|
Instead of writing about it here, it's been decided that the very best
|
|
approach would be to have the actual editor of A2-Central-On-Disk tell you
|
|
himself about each issue and each disk.
|
|
|
|
On every issue of A2-Central-On-Disk, there was an introductory text file
|
|
that describes the contents of that issue. So, all 66 of these text files
|
|
have been compiled onto two 3.5" disks, and these disks will have to serve
|
|
as our catalog. These two catalog disks are available now from Shareware
|
|
Solutions II for $3.
|
|
|
|
Each individual A2-Central-On-Disk is available for $5. The cost for any
|
|
3 issues is $10. And the cost of the entire collection of 66 disks is $120.
|
|
All costs include postage to anywhere in the world.
|
|
|
|
(JOKO, Cat 26, Top 2, Msg 76)
|
|
|
|
>>>>>
|
|
"""""
|
|
You should do an A2-Central CD-ROM. I'd buy that.
|
|
|
|
Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd sheppy@syndicomm.com
|
|
Owner, Syndicomm http://www.syndicomm.com
|
|
Building communities, bit by bit.
|
|
|
|
(SYNDICOMM, Cat 26, Top 2, Msg 77)
|
|
|
|
>>>>>
|
|
"""""
|
|
Can I hold you to that, Sheppy? ;-)
|
|
|
|
A CD-ROM is entirely do-able, and price-wise, it could be offered for much
|
|
less than the 3.5" collection on 66 disks.
|
|
|
|
But time-wise, I doubt that it can be done in time for Kfest. As it is,
|
|
I expect that my CD burner will be getting very little rest in the next few
|
|
weeks...
|
|
|
|
Joe Kohn
|
|
Delivered by Spectrum v2.5.2 & SOAR
|
|
|
|
http://users.foxvalley.net/~joko
|
|
|
|
(JOKO, Cat 26, Top 2, Msg 81)
|
|
[EOA]
|
|
|
|
|
|
[FWU]
|
|
FISHWINGS UPDATED TO v0.79
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
|
Fishwings from Charles Danemark, the Windows disk image utility has just
|
|
received an update to v0.79. This version contains some bug fixes along
|
|
with a Windows TrueType Apple II text font. This is very cool since now I
|
|
can change my font on CRT to look exactly like my Apple IIe!
|
|
|
|
Fishwings is available from the author's home page at
|
|
http://www3.bboard.com/charlied/fishwings.htm
|
|
|
|
Mark Percival - Syndicomm.com Apple II RTC Host
|
|
"Midweek Madness!" every Wednesday night.
|
|
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM PDT
|
|
|
|
(MARK, Cat 29, Top 5, Msg 18)
|
|
[EOA]
|
|
|
|
|
|
[CTB]
|
|
CONVERT 3200 ON BERNIE
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""""
|
|
Has anyone tried Brutal Deluxe's Convert3200 program on Bernie? I lose all
|
|
GS mouse control when I get to the program's main menu.
|
|
|
|
I'm running Bernie 2.5.9 on OS 8.1, FWIW.
|
|
|
|
-Ken
|
|
|
|
(KGAGNE, Cat 29, Top 21, Msg 75)
|
|
|
|
>>>>>
|
|
"""""
|
|
Try it with low level mouse support on (apple shift m, at least in the 3.0
|
|
preview).
|
|
|
|
Ryan M. Suenaga, M.S.W., L.S.W.
|
|
Delivered by: CoPilot v2.55 alpha, Bernie 3.0P, and a PowerBook
|
|
Offline Syndicomm.com Message Manager
|
|
|
|
(A2.RYAN, Cat 29, Top 21, Msg 77)
|
|
[EOA]
|
|
|
|
|
|
[PBR]
|
|
PROGRESS ON Bernie to the Rescue 3.0
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
|
Just wondering if anyone has any information on any progress of Bernie to
|
|
the Rescue 3.0. The last thing I heard from the Bernie Boys was when they
|
|
released the Pre-release version of 3.0.
|
|
|
|
Anyone?
|
|
|
|
Dain Neater
|
|
Bulletin Board Manager A2 Community
|
|
Syndicomm
|
|
|
|
(A2.DAIN, Cat 29, Top 21, Msg 83)
|
|
|
|
>>>>>
|
|
"""""
|
|
Well, it's time for a Blatant Plug (tm) ...
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The upcoming issue of Juiced.GS will contain an interesting interview
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between our chief dog trainer Ryan Suenaga and Bernie's Top Dog Henrik
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Gudat. Henrik addresses Bernie's future and where it stands related to Mac
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OS X in this interview.
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I hope to get this issue to the printer on Monday.
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Max
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(JUICEDGS, Cat 29, Top 21, Msg 84)
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[EOA]
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[PHN]
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PROGRAMING HELP NEEDED
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""""""""""""""""""""""
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Ok, I've encountered a problem. I'm creating a IIGS programmer's utility
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(written in REALBasic) to help build all those darn hexadecimal flags,
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moreflags, textflags, etc. It's a quickie little utility for when you
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don't want to haul out DesignMaster, Genesys or foundation, and don't want
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to strain your brain with Hexidecimal math.
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I'm making good progress, and my problem isn't technical, it's aesthetic.
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My program was originally intended to be composed of a simple tab panel,
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with one tab for each control or message/whatever that I was supporting.
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It might look like this:
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__________ _______ ______ __________ ________ ____
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/wFrameBits\ /wInVerb\ /Button\ /IconButton\ /StatText\ /Grow\
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/ \/_________\/________\/____________\/__________\/______|
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| _ _ _ _ |
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||_| fTitle |_| fBScroll |_| fMove |_| fCtlTie |
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| _ _ _ _ |
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||_| fClose |_| fGrow |_| fQCont |_| fAllocated |
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| _ _ _ _ wFrameBits |
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||_| fAlert |_| fFlex |_| fVis |_| fZoomed _________ |
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| _ _ _ _ |$FFFF | |
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||_| fRScroll |_| fZoom |_| fInfo |_| fHilited |_________| |
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| |
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|___________________________________________________________________|
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I was expecting that, like Visual Basic, REALBasic would support multiple
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rows of tabs. Sadly, this is not the case, so I'm limited to only one row.
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The problem is, I've got a lot more tabs planned than will fit on one line.
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So now what do I do? Create another separate window? Put a second tab
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panel in the same window? Use a menu to select between panels? (As I
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|
think about it, I like the idea of a Window menu, where you can select
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which window (panel) you want to look at.)
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On a related note, I currently plan to implement panels for each of the
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following. If there is an obvious one I'm missing, or if there is a
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favorite you have that's not listed, please let me know and I'll add it to
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the list.
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wFrameBits
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wInVerb
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Button (4 types)
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Radio Button
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Checkbox
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Icon Button
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StatText
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Grow Box
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ScrollBar
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TextEdit Control
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List Box
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Rectangle
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Popup Menu
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TaskMask
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EventMask
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EventModifiers
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Finally, since it is almost certain that I'll have to break these into two
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groups, how should they be divided?
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Thanks for any help
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|
_________
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| homas
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(TCOMPTER, Cat 50, Top 5, Msg 5)
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>>>>>
|
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"""""
|
|
Thomas... how about using a list control with a list of the things you can
|
|
generate values for? Or a separate floating window with a list?
|
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|
|
Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd sheppy@syndicomm.com
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Owner, Syndicomm http://www.syndicomm.com
|
|
Building communities, bit by bit.
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|
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|
(SYNDICOMM, Cat 50, Top 5, Msg 6)
|
|
|
|
>>>>>
|
|
"""""
|
|
I think the IIgs solution (where there is no provided tab view) would be a
|
|
menu, pop-up menu button, or a scrolling list of icons, like with the
|
|
Control Panels NDA.
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(KWS, Cat 50, Top 5, Msg 7)
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[EOA]
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[GPS]
|
|
HOW DID YOU GET YOUR A2 PROGRAMMING SKILLS?
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"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
|
I first learned real programming (as opposed to typing in BASIC listings
|
|
and not entirely knowing why they did what they did) from a "teach yourself
|
|
pascal" course I found on a local bbs. I read it and said "okay, I guess
|
|
you can't do anything worthwhile in pascal" :). I think it did help when I
|
|
actually did learn pascal in college. I got Orca/Pascal, took a class in
|
|
C, and got orca/C.
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|
|
|
By then, I had disassembled enough orca c/pascal object files (and seen
|
|
enough asm source code) to have a fairly good understanding of 65816
|
|
assembly. Which helped somewhat when I took a college class on 8086
|
|
assembly. I don't recall if I got Orca/M before or after that. I also
|
|
read a couple 65816 books, and a couple 650x books from the college
|
|
library.
|
|
|
|
How did other people get their A2 programming skills?
|
|
|
|
(KWS, Cat 50, Top 6, Msg 23)
|
|
|
|
>>>>>
|
|
"""""
|
|
I learned a little BASIC in grade school, then taught myself more. Met
|
|
Greg Templeman in high school; he helped me learn assembly. I got Pascal
|
|
in high school as well, in class. C I taught myself.
|
|
|
|
Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd sheppy@syndicomm.com
|
|
Owner, Syndicomm http://www.syndicomm.com
|
|
Building communities, bit by bit.
|
|
|
|
(SYNDICOMM, Cat 50, Top 6, Msg 24)
|
|
|
|
>>>>>
|
|
"""""
|
|
heh, it could be argued that I don't _have_ any A2 programming skills
|
|
(yet), but as for programming skills in general, I started with an HP-25
|
|
calculator in college, where I also took a course in Fortran (CS101).
|
|
When I got my EurApple ][+ in 1981, I started in with AppleSoft. I loved
|
|
the Beagle utilities, and used them extensively in all my little projects.
|
|
|
|
I think it wasn't until I got my IIGS that I tried out Pascal, and I've
|
|
never done anything with Assembly (too scary still). In fact, I bought
|
|
Merlin 8/16 many years ago, and just sold it last month without EVER having
|
|
written one line of code with it :( When I started in on my Computer
|
|
Science degree, I got Orca C, so that I could stay out of the computer lab
|
|
at school as much as possible. That only partially worked, since we
|
|
actually used C++ in school most of the time.
|
|
|
|
_________
|
|
| homas
|
|
|
|
(TCOMPTER, Cat 50, Top 6, Msg 25)
|
|
|
|
>>>>>
|
|
"""""
|
|
I got my first taste of programming while in HS. Our school got a keypunch
|
|
to punch holes in computer cards, and the local Jr. College computer center
|
|
had timeshare on a CDC 6400 in Boulder, Colo. We'd have a lesson in
|
|
Fortran, punch our cards, and on Thursday nights, head into town to the
|
|
college to run our programs.
|
|
|
|
Of course, most of the time, we'd get a core dump, and have to debug our
|
|
programs on the spot and punch some more cards to correct our boo-boo's.
|
|
As I recall, it was a lot of fun. B-{)
|
|
|
|
Later, when I went to college, I was programming HP desktop programmable
|
|
calculators which used paper tape instead of cards, and used BASIC.
|
|
|
|
I purchased a TI-59 programmable calculator then, and programmed a lot with
|
|
it. It stored it's programs and date on small magnetic cards. It was
|
|
cool. It was stolen my first year of teaching. I still miss it. B-{(
|
|
|
|
I went through reams of paper at the University Library Computer Center
|
|
teletypes playing Adventure and Wumpus. I did very little programming
|
|
then, but had some courses on Boolean Algebra which caused some minor brain
|
|
damage. I did wire up some nice gates that actually did what they were
|
|
supposed to. B-{)
|
|
|
|
It was during my student teaching days when I saw my first Personal
|
|
Computer... a TRS-80... and it even had a disk drive! I programmed a
|
|
nifty semi-graphical artillery game on it in BASIC during my "planning"
|
|
hours. I impressed the students nearly as much as I impressed myself.
|
|
B-{)
|
|
|
|
At my first teaching job, I was given free rein to purchase whatever
|
|
computer equipment I wanted, so I got two Apple II+'s with _TWO_ drives
|
|
each, _AND_ the "Language System Card" with UCSD Pascal and Fortran. I was
|
|
in heaven, but my first year was a bit tough with so few computers for my
|
|
class sizes.
|
|
|
|
I taught BASIC to start, learned Pascal from books, and after we got our
|
|
first GS's , even taught some C and Assembly (always trying to stay a step
|
|
or two ahead of the students.).
|
|
|
|
Alas, the time came when the Administration came to the conclusion that we
|
|
should get a bunch of Macs (Classics at that...gag!), stop teaching
|
|
programming, and teach applications instead. It was probably the right
|
|
decision, but it pretty much closed the door on most of my programming. Of
|
|
course, the world is probably a safer place because of this. B-{)
|
|
|
|
Hmm... That's probably more than anyone wanted to know. B-{)
|
|
|
|
Kirk
|
|
A2Central Chief Sysop, RTC Manager and Janitor
|
|
|
|
(A2.KIRK, Cat 50, Top 6, Msg 26)
|
|
[EOA]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
---------------------------------------------------
|
|
HUMOR FROM The A2 FORUM at Syndicomm.com |
|
|
(A2Central.com) |
|
|
---------------------------------------------------
|
|
|
|
by Lyle Syverson <lyle@foxvalley.net>
|
|
|
|
[PFB]
|
|
PREPARATION FOR BLACKSMITHING
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
|
My grand-daddy worked in a blacksmith shop when he was a young fella, and
|
|
he used to tell me, when I was a little nipper, how he had toughened
|
|
himself up so he could stand the hard work of blacksmithing.
|
|
|
|
One story was how he had developed his arm and shoulder muscles. As he told
|
|
it, he would stand outside behind the wood shed, with a 5 pound potato sack
|
|
in each hand, extend his arms straight out from his sides and hold them
|
|
there as long as he could.
|
|
|
|
After awhile he tried 10 pound potato sacks, then 50 pound potato sacks and
|
|
finally he got to where he could lift a 100 pound potato sack in each hand
|
|
and hold his arms straight out for more than two full minutes. . . .
|
|
|
|
Then he started putting potatoes in the sacks.
|
|
|
|
(KGAGNE, Cat 2, Top 13, Msg 25)
|
|
[EOA]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
------------------------------------
|
|
DISTILLATIONS FROM DELPHI A2 |
|
|
------------------------------------
|
|
|
|
by Lyle Syverson <lyle@foxvalley.net>
|
|
|
|
[ERN]
|
|
EDITOR'S NOTE
|
|
"""""""""""""
|
|
The editor was not able to obtain the necessary permissions to publish any
|
|
of the threads from Delphi A2 this month.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
------------------------------------
|
|
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR |
|
|
------------------------------------
|
|
|
|
[NLE]
|
|
NO LETTERS TO THE EDITOR THIS MONTH
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
|
The mail box for Letters to the Editor remained empty this month.
|
|
[EOA]
|
|
|
|
|
|
[LTE]
|
|
AN INVITATION
|
|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
|
Express your opinions about the comings and goings in the world of the
|
|
Apple II computers.
|
|
|
|
Send your comments to Lyle Syverson, Editor <lyle@FoxValley.net>
|
|
|
|
The Editor reserves the right to edit any material submitted.
|
|
|
|
The Editor reserves the right to reject any material he considers
|
|
unsuitable for publication in _The Lamp!_.
|
|
[EOA]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
[KFT]------------------------------
|
|
KFest 2001 |
|
|
-----------------------------------
|
|
|
|
[TAT]
|
|
KansasFest 2001
|
|
"""""""""""""""
|
|
by Douglas Cuff
|
|
[doug@cuff.com]
|
|
|
|
The Accidental Tourist at KansasFest
|
|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
|
Copyright 1996-1999, 2001 by Douglas Cuff. All rights reserved.
|
|
|
|
|
|
KansasFest is the Apple II event of the year. Every summer, Apple II
|
|
users, aficionados, and programmers gather in Kansas City, Missouri to
|
|
celebrate the Apple II computer. This year's event will be the thirteenth
|
|
annual KansasFest.
|
|
|
|
The Accidental Tourist travel guides were described by Anne Tyler in
|
|
her 1985 novel of the same name (later a movie starring William Hurt,
|
|
Kathleen Turner, and Geena Davis). The Accidental Tourist guides were
|
|
designed for the business traveler for whom the mere thought of travel
|
|
produces feelings of anxiety and defenseless. The guides were meant to
|
|
soothe and comfort the non-adventurous traveler. If you've never be en to
|
|
KansasFest before, this guide will do the same for you. If you're an old
|
|
hand at KansasFest, this guide will provide you with some helpful
|
|
reminders.
|
|
|
|
One word of warning: If there's a conflict between the advice you
|
|
receive from the Accidental Tourist and the instructions you're given from
|
|
the information packet when you arrive at KansasFest--pay attention to the
|
|
official info packet. These folks know the score.
|
|
|
|
(If you've read this far with a growing sense of _deja vu, that's
|
|
because this article originally appeared in _GenieLamp A2_ Vol. 5, Issue 52
|
|
[July 1996], and has been reprinted in _GenieLamp A2_ or _The Lamp!_ every
|
|
year since, the year 2000 excepted.)
|
|
|
|
KansasFest began in 1989 as the A2-Central Developer Conference, and
|
|
didn't begin calling itself KansasFest until its third year, 1991. KFest
|
|
is not just for programmers and developers any more. If you've never been
|
|
to KansasFest before, you don't know what you're missing! It's a great
|
|
chance to learn about your Apple II, mingle with other users, and see what
|
|
software other people are working on.
|
|
|
|
I can't say exactly how many people will there, but a safe estimate
|
|
is 50-80 attendees (counting those who stay off-campus). What campus?
|
|
KansasFest takes place entirely at Avila College, in the southernmost part
|
|
of Kansas City.
|
|
|
|
Avila College is small--approximately 1500 students--which means you
|
|
can walk anywhere on campus in five minutes. Use of a car is therefore as
|
|
optional as it's ever going to get, assuming you fly to Kansas. (The one
|
|
time you are going to be hollering for a vehicle is when you try to get to
|
|
and from Kansas City International airport. More on that shortly.) Here's
|
|
the college address:
|
|
|
|
Avila College
|
|
11901 Wornall Road
|
|
Kansas City, Missouri 64145
|
|
U.S.A.
|
|
phone (816) 942-8400
|
|
|
|
Notice that KansasFest takes place in Kansas City, Missouri and not
|
|
Kansas City, Kansas. The Kansas state border is less than a mile away, if
|
|
that comforts you any.
|
|
|
|
This year, KansasFest is scheduled for July 25-July 29, but dorm
|
|
rooms are available for the nights of July 24-July 28.
|
|
|
|
PM Tue July 24 early arrival
|
|
Wed July 25 registration and keynote address (evening)
|
|
Thu July 26 scheduled sessions
|
|
Fri July 27 scheduled sessions
|
|
Sat July 28 demos (morning); vendors' fair (afternoon)
|
|
AM Sun July 29 farewell
|
|
|
|
Check-in time is 1-4 PM Wednesday. Checkout time is 11 AM-1 PM
|
|
Sunday. How much the conference costs depends on when you pay for it and
|
|
what kind of accommodation you require. You can save a few bucks if you're
|
|
willing to share a room--private rooms cost more. (The prices went up by
|
|
$50 on May 1, 2001.) Arriving a day early costs a little more, naturally.
|
|
|
|
arrival: Wed. Tue.
|
|
|
|
private room $325 $358
|
|
shared room $275 $300
|
|
spouse rate $225 $250
|
|
conference only $225
|
|
|
|
It is possible to stay at a hotel for about the same price, but
|
|
staying on campus is still a better idea, since after-hours activities are
|
|
a big part of KansasFest. If you've ever attended a conference held in one
|
|
hotel but stayed in another hotel, you'll remember how much you'd wished
|
|
you'd stayed "on site".
|
|
|
|
Also, the campus room rates include meals from Wednesday evening
|
|
dinner on July 25 through Sunday morning breakfast on July 29, with the
|
|
exception of the Saturday evening meal.
|
|
|
|
One note on meals for all attendees: For the first eight years of
|
|
KansasFest, free lunch at Avila's cafeteria used to be included for _all_
|
|
KFesters, even those not staying on campus. These days, those not staying
|
|
on campus must provide their own lunches. Fortunately, being banished from
|
|
the Avila cafeteria ought not make anyone weep.
|
|
|
|
Those staying on campus should also note that no meals are provided
|
|
on Tuesday or Wednesday (because both dates are before the official start)
|
|
nor on Saturday night (because that's the unofficially official night on
|
|
the town). Keep in mind that you're on your own your last night there.
|
|
You can get a breakfast on Sunday, though, if you're staying on campus.
|
|
|
|
You will be staying in either Ridgway or Carondelet dormitory, both
|
|
of which were built in 1963. For those of you who have never experienced
|
|
dorm life or have forgotten what it was like, expect spartan surroundings.
|
|
Forget the idea of a private bathroom, but you'll be glad to know that the
|
|
rooms are air-conditioned.
|
|
|
|
BEFORE YOU GO As with any conference trip, you need to arrange for
|
|
""""""""""""" several things:
|
|
|
|
o conference attendance;
|
|
o accommodation (included in package);
|
|
o meals (included in package);
|
|
o transport to/from conference.
|
|
|
|
Those attending from outside the United States will also need:
|
|
|
|
o passport/visa;
|
|
o medical insurance;
|
|
o US currency/traveler's checks.
|
|
|
|
Conference Attendance There are 50 or so spaces for on-campus attendees,
|
|
''''''''''''''''''''' and even if you register late, there may be room
|
|
for off-campus conference attendees. You may be able to register at Avila
|
|
on July 25. Check first.
|
|
|
|
You can get more KansasFest information by checking out the KFest
|
|
Home Page at http://www.kfest.org. For specific information, e-mail
|
|
kfest-help@kfest.org. There's also a KFest mailing list, which you can
|
|
subscribe to by sending e-mail to majordomo@kfest.org, and including the
|
|
words "subscribe kfest" in the body of the message (the body, not the
|
|
subject). The mailing list has up-to-the-minute chatter.
|
|
|
|
If you'd like to register, contact:
|
|
|
|
InTrec Software, Inc.
|
|
Attn: KFest Registration
|
|
3035 E. Topaz Circle
|
|
Phoenix, AZ 85028-4423
|
|
USA
|
|
|
|
Please make checks and money order payable to InTrec Software--in US
|
|
dollars, and drawn on a US bank.
|
|
|
|
Credit card registration is also available. Just call InTrec
|
|
Software, Inc. with your Visa, MasterCard, Discovery, or American Express
|
|
number at (602) 992-1345, Monday-Friday 8:00 AM-5:00 PM Mountain Standard
|
|
Time. You can also fax your registration with credit card account number
|
|
and expiration date to (602) 992-0232 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
|
|
Or e-mail your credit card account number and expiration date to
|
|
kfest@intrec.com.
|
|
|
|
In summary, to register by credit card:
|
|
|
|
o write to the address above (checks also okay here);
|
|
o phone (602) 992-1345;
|
|
o fax (602) 992-0232; or
|
|
o e-mail kfest@intrec.com
|
|
|
|
But remember, that's only when you know you want to register. If you
|
|
have questions first, send e-mail to kfest-help@kfest.org.
|
|
|
|
Accommodation If you're staying at Avila College campus, chances are good
|
|
''''''''''''' that you're going to be sharing a room with one other
|
|
person. Space is limited, so you're unlikely to end up in a room by
|
|
yourself unless you specifically request a private room (which costs more).
|
|
The rooms are _not_ co-ed (aside from the occasional married couple), but
|
|
the dorms are.
|
|
|
|
Here are some hotels relatively near Avila College. Please be warned
|
|
that I haven't stayed at any of them, so I can't make recommendations.
|
|
Approximate room rates are shown. NOTE: There aren't any hotels within
|
|
walking distance of Avila College, so plan on having transportation if
|
|
you're staying off-campus.
|
|
|
|
First, the two closest hotels:
|
|
|
|
Fairfield Inn--Overland Park
|
|
4401 W. 107th, Shawnee, KS, 66207-4002
|
|
1-800-228-2800 / 913-381-5700
|
|
$64+
|
|
(closest hotel to KansasFest in Kansas)
|
|
|
|
Courtyard by Marriott--Kansas City (South)
|
|
500 E. 105th Street, Kansas City, MO 64131-4308
|
|
1-800-321-2211 / 816-941-3333
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$72-$109
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(closest hotel to KansasFest in Missouri)
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Now, some nearby hotels in alphabetical order:
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AmeriSuites Overland Park
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5001 West 110th Street, Overland Park, KS 66211
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1-800-833-1516 / 913-491-9002
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$89-$115
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AmeriSuites--Overland Park
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6801 West 112th Street, Overland Park, KS 66211-1577
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1-800-833-1516 / 913-451-2553
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$99-$115
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Chase Suite Hotel Overland Park
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6300 West 110th Street, Overland Park, KS 66211-1527
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913-491-3333
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$89
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Courtyard Overland Park--Metcalf
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11301 Metcalf Avenue, Overland Park, KS 66210
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1-800-321-2211 / 913-339-9900
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$119+
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Courtyard Overland Park Convention Center
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11001 Woodson Street, Overland Park, KS 66211
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1-800-321-2211 / 913-317-8500
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$119+
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Courtyard Kansas City South
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500 East 105th Street, Kansas City, MO 64131
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1-800-321-2211 / 816-941-3333
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(room rate unknown)
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Days Inn Kansas City South
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11801 Blue Ridge Boulevard, Kansas City, MO 64134-3720
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816-765-1888
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$43-$50
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Doubletree Hotels Overland Park--Corporate Woods
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10100 College Boulevard, Overland Park, KS 66210-1416
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913-451-6100
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$109-$129
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Drury Inn & Suites--Overland Park
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10951 Metcalf Avenue, Overland Park, KS 66210
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913-345-1500
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$80-$110
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Embassy Suites Hotels
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10601 Metcalf Road (at I-435), Overland Park, KS 66212
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1-800-362-2779 / 913-649-7060
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$129-$169
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(may charge for local calls)
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Hampton Inn
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10591 Metcalf Frontage Road, Overland Park, KS 66212
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1-800-426-7866 / 913-341-1551
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$74-$82
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Holiday Inn Kansas City South
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5701 Longview Road, Kansas City, MO 64137-2728
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816-765-4100
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$80-$95
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Holiday Inn
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10920 Nall Avenue, Overland Park, KS 66211
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913-312-0900
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(room rate unknown)
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Holiday Inn Express
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7200 West 107th Terrace, Overland Park, KS 66212
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913-648-7858
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(room rate unknown)
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Homewood Suites by Hilton
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10556 Marty Avenue, Overland Park, KS 66212
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1-800-225-5466 / 913-341-5576
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$116-$129
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Overland Park Marriott
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10800 Metcalf Avenue, Overland Park, KS 66210
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1-800-228-9230 / 913-451-8000
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$139+
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Red Roof Inn--Kansas City Overland Park
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6800 West 108th Street, Overland Park, KS 66211
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913-341-0100
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$63-$91
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Residence Inn Overland Park
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12010 Blue Valley Parkway, Overland Park, KS 66213
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1-800-331-3131 / 913-491-4444
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$159
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SpringHill Suites Kansas--Overland Park
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12000 Blue Valley Parkway, Overland Park, KS 66213
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1-888-287-9400 / 913-491-0010
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$104
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Meals If you're staying on Avila campus, meals are included in the
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''''' package price (except Saturday evening). If you aren't staying at
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Avila, you're completely on your own.
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If you find the cafeteria food not to your liking--and many
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don't--you'll be relieved to know that there's a supermarket about 25
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|
minutes' walk away. Here's how to get there:
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Start at Carondelet dorm. Stand with your back to the dorm entrance,
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so that you can see the Marian Center if you look left. Turn right from
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Carondelet and walk down to the parking lot. Turn left and walk out of the
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parking lot, down Sister Oliver Louise Drive. This private road takes you
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to 118th Street. Turn left and walk on 118th until you reach Wornall Road.
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Turn right on Wornall until you reach the intersection of Wornall and
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Minor. Turn right onto Minor Drive.
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Once on Minor, ten minutes' walk will bring you to an intersection
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from which you can see a large parking lot. Veer left and you'll be at a
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|
small shopping mall that boasts a bank, a supermarket, and a restaurant.
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|
(NOTE: This trip can be made a few minutes shorter, but these directions
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|
are simpler, and can be easily adapted for use by motorists as well as
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|
pedestrians.)
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If you're not staying on Avila campus, you're probably sufficiently
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|
adventurous to know how to find decent food in a strange city. Be aware
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|
that Saturday evening is when the group has a night out at a restaurant
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|
(often either KC Masterpiece or Jess & Jim's). Let them know you want to
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|
be part of the crowd that night! And there may be other excursions on
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|
other nights... you'll hear about them if you keep your ears open.
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|
Transportation 101/A--Getting to Kansas Many of you intend to fly to
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''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' Kansas City. The airport you
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|
will be arriving at is Kansas City International (MCI). The airport has
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|
three arc-shaped terminals. If you're meeting someone there, be sure that
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|
everyone intends to go to the same terminal, or that everyone is catching
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|
the (free) shuttle to the same car rental agency.
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You can pick up a city map at one of the airport magazine stands.
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|
The Gousha map has Avila College marked (grid location I-19). If you have
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|
the (1998) AAA map, you'll find Avila College at grid location AX-24. If
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|
you don't have a map, better pay close attention:
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|
If you drew a map of Kansas City on a sheet of paper (8.5x11 or A4
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|
size), the airport would be in the upper left corner, to the northwest.
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|
Avila College would be near the bottom of the piece of paper, near the
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|
center. Point taken?
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|
(There is also a map at http://www.kcairports.com/citymap.htm. It
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|
shows Wornall Road, the road that Avila College is on. Look just below the
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|
red square labeled "The Plaza". However, that's just part of Wornall, and
|
|
is _not_ where Avila College is; that's nearer the bottom of the map,
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|
beneath the southernmost part of I-435.)
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|
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|
The distance between Avila College and the international airport is
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|
not small. It's perhaps 45 miles by the recommended route (below), so
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|
allow an hour's travel time at a bare minimum. What with collecting your
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|
luggage and arranging/co-ordinating ground transportation, it's probably
|
|
safer to assume it will take you two hours to get from the airport to
|
|
Avila, starting from the time the plane's landing gear touches the tarmac
|
|
and stopping when you sling your suitcase onto the dorm bed.
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|
Be aware that the airport is undergoing construction this year. If
|
|
you're an old hand, you should know that the airline may not land at the
|
|
same terminal you're used to.
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|
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|
If you need more information on the Kansas City International
|
|
Airport, you can check out their World Wide Web page,
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|
http://www.kcairports.org.
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|
Transportation 101/B--Getting to Avila Since the distance from the
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|
'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' airport to Avila College is 28
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|
miles as the crow flies, and about 45 miles by car, you don't even want to
|
|
think about taking a taxi. For a one-way trip, you'd pay $35 minimum,
|
|
possibly as much as $70.
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|
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|
If you book ahead, you can get Quicksilver to take you to Avila
|
|
College at a more reasonable rate:
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|
$29 for 1 person
|
|
$37 for 2 people ($18.50 per person)
|
|
$45 for 3 people ($15.00 per person)
|
|
$53 for 4 people ($13.25 per person)
|
|
|
|
These rates are one-way. For convenience's sake, you can also book a
|
|
return trip at the same time you arrange for Quicksilver to pick you up at
|
|
the airport.
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|
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|
You _must_ book Quicksilver in advance. They generally need at
|
|
least one's day's notice, so call them at 1-800-888-8294 or 913-262-0905.
|
|
IF YOU DON'T MAKE A RESERVATION, THEY CAN'T TAKE YOU. Don't think you can
|
|
call them once you arrive at the airport--you can't.
|
|
|
|
If you want to research other similar shuttle services, try pointing
|
|
your web browser to http://www.kcairports.com/kci/shuttle.htm.
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|
|
|
If you don't want to rent a car, you could also take the Airport
|
|
Express van to the Overland Park Marriott hotel and take a cab from there.
|
|
(Those of you renting cars at the airport: we'll discuss the route shortly,
|
|
in the ARRIVAL section.)
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|
PREPARING FOR THE TRIP Get plenty of sleep before you go, because you're
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""" not likely to get much sleep at KansasFest.
|
|
KansasFest days are 18 hours long, unless they're 20 or 24 hours long.
|
|
There's too much going on to waste time in sleep!
|
|
|
|
On the same note, make sure you don't schedule anything important
|
|
(like operating heavy machinery) for the day after KansasFest--Monday, July
|
|
30. You'll have had so little sleep that you won't feel your best.
|
|
|
|
Packing--Computer Stuff Lots of people bring computers. If you're doing
|
|
''''''''''''''''''''''' this, make a backup of your hard drive and leave
|
|
the backup at home. If you won't feel safe unless you take a backup with
|
|
you, make two backups.
|
|
|
|
If you're bringing a hard drive and you're travelling by plane, you
|
|
may want to consider packing the hard drive in your carry-on luggage. That
|
|
way, you can extract the hard drive from the luggage before it gets X-rayed
|
|
(!). Tell the attendant that what you are carrying in your hand is a hard
|
|
drive for a computer, and the X-ray machine might damage it. Chances are
|
|
they'll handle it differently. If they tell you that no damage could
|
|
possibly be caused, don't believe them. (You may have to obey them, but
|
|
don't believe them.) Try insisting--politely!--on special handling anyway.
|
|
Incidentally, X-rays are not good for diskettes either.
|
|
|
|
Bring extension cords, power bars, and surge suppressors, plus a
|
|
phone cord if you bring your modem, or a properly configured Ethernet cable
|
|
if you'll be using a Macintosh or WinTel box, or have a LANceGS card and a
|
|
separate router. (For Ethernet cable details, see Ryan Suenaga's KFest
|
|
FAQ, available at http://www.kfest.org/kfestfaq.html.) Bring plenty of
|
|
blank disks. Bring anything you'd like to show off, either software or
|
|
hardware.
|
|
|
|
Packing--Other Stuff A word about clothing: KansasFest is "dress
|
|
'''''''''''''''''''' casual", and Kansas City in July is hot and humid,
|
|
so light clothing would be a good idea. If you're bringing anything that
|
|
you want to hang in the closet, bring your own hangers.
|
|
|
|
You should pack a bathrobe or something you don't mind walking the
|
|
halls in when you rise in the morning. The dorms will be housing both
|
|
sexes, and there are no private bathrooms.
|
|
|
|
Towels are supplied, but you can pack an extra one if you feel so
|
|
inclined. Be sure to bring all the usual toiletries: soap, shampoo,
|
|
toothbrush, and all the etceteras.
|
|
|
|
There are modular phone jacks in all the dorm rooms, but phones are
|
|
not provided, so pack a phone, if only for local calls (which are free).
|
|
If you know who your roommate is, you can assure her or him that you're
|
|
bringing the phone and save her or him the trouble.
|
|
|
|
If you're serious about making the morning sessions, an alarm clock
|
|
is a good idea. If you're _really_ serious about attending morning
|
|
sessions, ear plugs--for the night before--couldn't hurt either. <grin>
|
|
|
|
Unless you're a private soul, some sort of sign for your door is a
|
|
good idea, so that people can find you. Many people take the trouble to
|
|
make their signs before they leave home.
|
|
|
|
Don't forget your airline tickets and other travel documents, if any,
|
|
but don't pack them in your checked luggage. Also don't forget a quarter
|
|
and a dime for a phone call.
|
|
|
|
ARRIVING As long as you arrive during normal check-in hours, 1-4 PM
|
|
"""""""" Wednesday, you shouldn't experience any problems. But what if
|
|
you know you won't arrive then? What if you've never been to Kansas City
|
|
before? What if you've never left your home town before? Read on, and
|
|
we'll deal with several what-ifs.
|
|
|
|
Getting from the Airport to Avila If you've arranged with an airport
|
|
''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' transportation service (like
|
|
Quicksilver) to pick you up at the airport, as you leave the "gate", look
|
|
for someone holding up a sign with your name on it. (The sign will
|
|
probably also have the name of the service written on it.)
|
|
|
|
Of course, these airport shuttles have been known to get busy at
|
|
KansasFest time. If no one is there looking for you, start looking for
|
|
them. Their people are usually easy to spot. If there's no one from the
|
|
airport transportation service in the terminal, don't panic. Just call
|
|
them--it'll be a local call from the airport. (You did remember the coins
|
|
for a phone call, didn't you?)
|
|
|
|
Remember that you usually _cannot_ ride with an airport shuttle
|
|
service unless you have made a reservation in advance.
|
|
|
|
Driving from the Airport to Avila If you're renting a car, look for the
|
|
''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' desk of the rental agency you're
|
|
dealing with. (If you have to go to another terminal, remember that there
|
|
are free shuttle buses among the three terminals.)
|
|
|
|
Once you've got your car, exit through the airport's main gate
|
|
(Cookingham Drive) onto Interstate 29 heading south. At highway 152, exit
|
|
west. Follow 152 west to I-435. Take I-435 south and follow it around
|
|
until it reaches Wornall Road from the west. Take the Wornall Road exit.
|
|
Then turn in at Avila College (which is a left turn off Wornall if you
|
|
approach it from I-435). Check our handy Avila map below for where to
|
|
park. The best place is probably the lot near the dormitories.
|
|
|
|
After Hours Arrival It's Wednesday night, and it's dark already. The
|
|
''''''''''''''''''' airport limo has just dropped you off... or you've
|
|
just parked the rental car. You're tired after the long drive from the
|
|
airport. You've never been to Avila College before. Now what do you do?
|
|
|
|
Well, if you know beforehand that you're going to arrive after hours,
|
|
you should contact KFest organizer Steve Gozdziewski so that he can let the
|
|
Avila staff know about late arrivals. Suppose, however, that you've
|
|
arrived late by accident--your flight was delayed, or your car had a flat?
|
|
What do you do now?
|
|
|
|
It's easy. The campus at Avila is small, and there are only a few
|
|
buildings that KFesters need to explore:
|
|
|
|
I and II. either Ridgway or Carondelet dormitory: This is where you
|
|
sleep, at least in theory. Even hotel-dwellers need to know about the
|
|
dorms, since sessions are held in the lounges in the dorms. And anyway,
|
|
most people spend a lot of evenings hanging out here.
|
|
|
|
III. Marian Center: This is where the cafeteria is. Unless you're
|
|
booked into a nearby hotel, this is where you come to eat. This is also
|
|
where the keynote address is traditionally held. Yes, you're allowed to
|
|
attend the keynote address even if you're staying at a hotel.
|
|
|
|
IV. Whitfield Conference Center: This building won't be used for
|
|
KansasFest this year, just in case the vendor fair or some other event is
|
|
relocated here at the last minute. (Whitfield has been used in past years
|
|
for various events.) The building is sufficiently small that you'd have to
|
|
try really hard to get lost here. If you walk the path to Whitfield from
|
|
one of the other buildings listed below, go down the stairs as soon as you
|
|
get inside the door. If you enter Whitfield from the roadway, you're at
|
|
the main conference entrance, so don't worry.
|
|
|
|
Look at the map of the campus below and get your bearings:
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|
|
|
AVILA COLLEGE CAMPUS
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|
* ___________ *
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|
* ########## | | *
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|
* ########## ... | *
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|
* ########## . |___________| *
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|
|
* . . ########***
|
|
* ______ . ......... ######## *
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|
* | | . ___.____ *
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|
* | | . | | *
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|
* |______| . | Marian | *
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|
* . | Center | *
|
|
* ______ . |________| *
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|
**** | | . . *
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|
* | | . .............. *
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* | | . . ____._____ ##
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|
* |______| ................................ | | ##
|
|
* . _____ . |Carondelet| ##
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|
* ________.__ | | . | dorm | ##
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___ * | | | | . |__________| ##
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| | * [| Whitfield | | | ____._____ ##
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| | #*#[| Center | |_____| | | ################
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|
| | #*# |___________| | Ridgway | ################
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|
|___| #*# | dorm | ################
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|
#*# |__________|
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|
*
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|
*
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|
... = pathway
|
|
*** = roadway
|
|
### = parking
|
|
[ = main entrance (Whitfield)
|
|
|
|
(There is also a good map at http://www.avila.edu/campus/maps.htm.)
|
|
|
|
A good place to start may be Marian Center, since the keynote address
|
|
is taking place there on Wednesday night. If it's late Wednesday night,
|
|
forget about registering for the _conference_. Check-in ended at 4 PM.
|
|
Concentrate on registering for your _room_, so at least you'll have a place
|
|
to sleep tonight.
|
|
|
|
If it's extremely late at night, the front doors of the dorms may be
|
|
shut. Look for a buzzer that will rouse a member of the staff.
|
|
|
|
The best thing to do is to read the instructions in your preliminary
|
|
information packet. If those instructions don't produce satisfactory
|
|
results, wander about one or both of the dorms until you find someone
|
|
who'll take pity on you. You'll get a room assignment and a room key.
|
|
(You may even get a sheet of paper that tells you who you've been billeted
|
|
with and how to register for the conference on the following morning.)
|
|
|
|
Do not panic when you see your room key. If you're staying in
|
|
Ridgway, the lowest number it will have on it is 401. That does _not_ mean
|
|
you're on the fourth floor. (Particularly as Ridgway has only three
|
|
floors.) If your room number begins with 4, it means you're on the first
|
|
floor (or "ground floor" to most Europeans). Similar deal for the second
|
|
and third floors. If your room number doesn't begin with 4, 5, or 6, it
|
|
means you aren't staying at Ridgway--you're probably staying at Carondelet.
|
|
|
|
If wandering around the dorms doesn't produce any results, try Marian
|
|
Center. If you still can't find anyone, wander down toward Whitfield.
|
|
|
|
Arriving after hours means you get to check in to your room. You
|
|
still must register for the conference in the morning. We'll cover that in
|
|
the "Business Hours Arrival" section. For now, what about your room?
|
|
|
|
Your Room Rooms at the Avila College dorms each have two beds. If your
|
|
''''''''' roommate is there, smile and introduce yourself. If your
|
|
roommate isn't there, don't be alarmed. Your roommate may not have arrived
|
|
yet, in which case you get to grab the best bed. (I'm joking. Neither bed
|
|
will be any less loathsome than the other.) Probably your roommate has
|
|
already arrived, grabbed the best bed, and is out visiting others.
|
|
|
|
Near the beds is a long institutional-looking unit with two closets,
|
|
two sets of drawers, and assorted storage space. The opposite side of this
|
|
unit is a desk long enough for two people to work at. There's plenty of
|
|
room for two computers on this desk, but there's just one outlet per
|
|
computer. If you don't have a power bar or a Kensington System Saver or an
|
|
AE Conserver, you're going to be limited to plugging in the computer and
|
|
the monitor--no hard drive, no modem, nothing else. (Those of you with
|
|
internal hard drives can stop being smug right now.)
|
|
|
|
Near the desk are two outlets that seem to be phone jacks. They
|
|
_aren't_ phone jacks--they're Ethernet ports (RJ-45 connectors to a 10
|
|
Base-T connection, for the technically-oriented). The phone jack is on the
|
|
other side of the room, by the beds. If you didn't bring plenty of phone
|
|
extension cord, you'll have to set up your computer at the foot of your
|
|
bed. (Don't laugh. It's happened.) Don't waste time looking for the
|
|
phone; they aren't supplied, which is why you had to bring one in your
|
|
suitcase. To find out the phone number of your room (so that people can
|
|
call you), ask one of the Avila staff. If you didn't bring a phone, you
|
|
can still use one of the pay phones in the hallways.
|
|
|
|
When dialing out from your dorm room, either with a phone or a modem,
|
|
you'll need to prefix the number with a 9 to get an outside line. If
|
|
you're using a modem, you may be able to use its "wait for dialtone"
|
|
feature before you dial the number. So the proper sequence would be:
|
|
|
|
ATDT9w5550012
|
|
|
|
If your modem doesn't support "wait for dialtone", try using a few
|
|
commas (,) to create a pause:
|
|
|
|
ATDT9,,5550012
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You may also need to set your software up so it waits about 45
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seconds for a connect instead of the standard 30 seconds, because it takes
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a bit longer to get through to the number you're dialing.
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Of course, if you've brought a Macintosh or WinTel box, or you have a
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LANceGS card and have brought a separate router, you may be able to use the
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Ethernet connection instead of the phone line. There are several gotchas
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here. Check out Ryan Suenaga's KFest FAQ for more information.
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The only real luxury in these rooms is air-conditioning. No private
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baths here, but you'll find bathrooms just down the corridor a piece. The
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one I frequented had one bathtub, two showers, three toilets, four sinks
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(one with an attachment for washing hair), and assorted mirrors. Every
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floor also seems to have a TV lounge and a small kitchen.
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Business Hours Arrival If you arrive at Avila between 9 AM and 5 PM
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'''''''''''''''''''''' (preferably between 1 PM and 4 PM Wednesday!), you
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can register for the conference and your room (if applicable) at the same
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time. Check your pre-conference packet for information on where to
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register. It will be somewhere in one of the four buildings mentioned
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above, of course--probably one of the dorms.
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One note of warning: if you've been told to register somewhere--say,
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Ridgway dorm--and no one has shown up fifteen minutes after the listed
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start time, then by all means check Carondelet dorm, Marian Center, and
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Whitfield Center to see if registration has been moved there. It's
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unlikely you'll have to worry about something like this, but it doesn't
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hurt to be prepared.
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ONCE YOU'RE THERE KansasFest is not difficult to figure out. Still, here
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""""""""""""""""" are a few tips to help you get the most out of the
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experience.
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Curricular Events Originally, KansasFest was a conference for Apple II
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''''''''''''''''' developers--people who wanted to create software and
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hardware for others to use. Nowadays it's for users, too. Don't worry
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that you don't belong there--you do and you're welcome, whether you've come
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to party or come to learn.
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The sessions--no one dignifies them with the name "seminars"--are
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mostly in the lounge areas of the dormitories. Wandering around is a good
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skill to develop.
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On Saturday, there's a demonstration of new and upcoming products and
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a vendors' fair. The fair is a chance to pick up products at special KFest
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prices, and to see and buy software never before released.
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Semi-curricular Events While not officially part of the proceedings, some
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'''''''''''''''''''''' products _may_ be released at KansasFest. (I
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sometimes think Apple II programmers would never ever ship if it weren't
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for KansasFest and Christmas.) This year, I haven't heard any
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announcements, so you'll have to attend to find out what's up-and-coming.
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Even if nothing gets released, you're practically guaranteed some
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product previews. At this point, in previous years, I've made a few wild
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guesses at what you might see. Sadly, this year I've been so busy that I
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haven't been in a position to hear any rumors.
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A great programming event again this year is HackFest, which begins 7
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AM Wednesday and closes to entries 7 AM Saturday. Syndicomm sponsors this
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event to produce software for the Apple II community.
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Extra-curricular Events It is perfectly possible to attend KansasFest,
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''''''''''''''''''''''' attend the sessions 9-5, and go back home. But
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why would you want to?
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One reason you might want to is that you're shy. You're shy at any
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gathering, but you can't imagine conversing with Eric Shepherd, Geoff
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Weiss, Joe Kohn, Max Jones, or Ryan Suenaga! There's no reason to be shy.
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Do what Dean Esmay did at his first KansasFest: walk around introducing
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yourself. To everyone. You'll meet lots of people just as awestruck as
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you are, and you can swap tips, stories, recommendations, and lies. Don't
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be intimidated by meeting well-known Apple II figures. Heck, we're all
|
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"just folks".
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Don't let yourself leave KansasFest without having mingled. Wander
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around the dorms. If there's one person sitting at a computer, just say
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"hi". You're intelligent enough to know how to figure out if the person is
|
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hard at work or at home to callers. If there are several people--which is
|
|
far more likely, particularly during the evening--you might be shy about
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joining the group. Don't be. Just announce your presence ("Hi, everybody!
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Room for one more?"). You'll be surprised how welcome the group will make
|
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you feel. Whatever the group is doing, it's probably in "kibitz mode", so
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join in! What will the group be doing? Hard to say. They might be:
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o trying out software that hasn't been released yet;
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o trying to get a piece of software to crash;
|
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o trying to get it to stop crashing (i.e. debugging it);
|
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o sending a group message to A2Central.com;
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o playing a game;
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o fixing hardware;
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o reminiscing about previous KansasFests; or
|
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o telling stories about the heyday of the Apple II.
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There's a chance that the group will be "multi-tasking"--that is,
|
|
doing more than one of these things at the same time.
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There are other extra-curricular events that have almost become KFest
|
|
traditions: Nerf(TM) warfare and a game called Bite the Bag, which
|
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involves a paper bag and a sense of balance. But what about the "real"
|
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traditions?
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Tradition I: Celebrity Roast If the term "celebrity roast" is new to you,
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'''''''''''''''''''''''''''' rest assured that it's not dangerous, not
|
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even to the celebrity. Open flame is not involved, except metaphorically.
|
|
A roast is simply an event where members of a panel give short speeches
|
|
which "honor" the celebrity guest by dishing out good-natured insults and
|
|
back-handed compliments: "Max Jones refuses to admit that the Apple II is
|
|
dead. That's an admirable quality, but it's possible to take it too far.
|
|
Max also refuses to admit that his ancestors are dead, and he props them up
|
|
at the dinner table every night. The conversation is deadly enough, but
|
|
the smell is unbearable." (Except that most of the jokes will be funnier
|
|
than that.) Ideally, the person being "roasted" is the keynote speaker
|
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from the previous KFest, but this isn't always possible.
|
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This year, the celebrity being roasted is Max Jones, editor of
|
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_Juiced.GS_. The celebrity roast is open to all KansasFest attendees, not
|
|
just those staying on campus.
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There's a new tradition tied to this tradition: the celebrity gets
|
|
to pick the restaurant for the Saturday night dinner. See Tradition III.
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Tradition II: Online Reports The link between KansasFest and one online
|
|
'''''''''''''''''''''''''''' message board or another goes back a long
|
|
way. The tradition may have begun with CompuServe, but it quickly became a
|
|
fixture on Genie for many years. When the Genie A2 area folded, the
|
|
reports moved to Delphi. Now that Delphi's Apple II area is a ghost town,
|
|
A2Central.com is place to read early reports.
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|
Tradition III: Dining Out It's traditional at KFest to take at least one
|
|
''''''''''''''''''''''''' meal at one of two restaurants (or both!)--KC
|
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Masterpiece and Jess & Jim's.
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|
This is guaranteed to happen on Saturday night--it's scheduled; it's
|
|
in the program. But it may happen on other nights too. If you hang out in
|
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the dorm rooms, you're bound to hear of groups heading off to dine. Ask to
|
|
be counted in... and tell me what happens, all the gory details. The
|
|
thought of breaking bread with some of these people intrigues me.
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A TYPICAL DAY A KansasFest day doesn't begin when you might it expect it
|
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""""""""""""" to. It begins right after supper. The pressing question
|
|
of something to eat dealt with, you take the aperitif of your choice--Jolt!
|
|
cola, Dr Pepper, or Mountain Dew--and wander around the dorms to see who's
|
|
doing what. Some people will be staying up until _very_ late. The reason
|
|
for this is that program bugs stay hidden until at least 2 AM, and the
|
|
really obscure ones wait until 5 AM. HackFest participants will attest to
|
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the truth of this.
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When morning comes, you may or may not have gotten any sleep. If you
|
|
have, chances are that you didn't get much of it. The cafeteria staff stop
|
|
serving breakfast at 8:30, but you may decide that sleep is more important
|
|
than food. In fact, you may decide that sleep is more important than being
|
|
at the first session. Or the first two sessions. Or world peace.
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|
Eventually you get out of bed and dither over which of the
|
|
simultaneous sessions you want to attend. You can bring paper or a
|
|
computer to take notes, if you wish--no one will laugh or point. No one
|
|
will frown if you don't take notes, either.
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|
|
All sessions will run over their allotted time. This is an immutable
|
|
rule. The domino theory rapidly comes into play here, which wreaks merry
|
|
havoc with the schedule.
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|
After the morning sessions, there's an hour to get some lunch at the
|
|
cafeteria at Marian Center. No one takes attendance here, either.
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|
During lunch, the stragglers begin to arrive, and afternoon sessions
|
|
may be more generously attended and received, since pretty much everyone is
|
|
now awake and reasonably certain that life is worth living. The afternoon
|
|
sessions will officially end at 5:00 or 5:30, but they may last a while
|
|
longer, since no one else is waiting to use the room. It's possible to get
|
|
so involved in the final session for the day that you miss the evening meal
|
|
at the cafeteria.
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|
Or perhaps you've decided to give the cafeteria a miss. Someone
|
|
might be headed to a restaurant for a meal--ask around. After you've
|
|
eaten, well... the cycle begins all over.
|
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|
LEAVING Avila College hosts events other than KansasFest--in fact,
|
|
""""""" Avila's summers are tightly booked. In previous years, both
|
|
Ridgway and Carondelet dorms have been available to KFesters, but in recent
|
|
yeas the organizing committee could only get one. That should give you
|
|
some idea of how hectic things are.
|
|
|
|
Because Avila is playing host to others after KansasFest is over, be
|
|
sure to check out on time. This year, you have the option of staying over
|
|
on Saturday night and checking out on Sunday, but don't push it. Check-out
|
|
time is 11 AM-1 PM Sunday. Avila wants you out of there by 1 PM on Sunday
|
|
at the _latest_!
|
|
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|
Incidentally, if you're travelling with a limousine service, don't
|
|
forget that you must have booked your return trip to the airport at least
|
|
24 hours in advance. Since most people leave at much the same time, it may
|
|
be possible to cadge a lift to the airport if you've made friends with
|
|
someone heading that way.
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|
|
|
This is far from the end. In fact, it's not even the beginning. If
|
|
you've been reading this, it's undoubtedly to prepare for KansasFest, which
|
|
means it's all still to come! So have a great time at KansasFest. And if
|
|
you spot Uncle DOS there, give him my warmest regards.
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|
WEB SITES Here are a few web sites that you may find useful:
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"""""""""
|
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o KansasFest, http://www.kfest.org
|
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o InTrec, http://www.intrec.com
|
|
o A2Central.com: http://www.a2central.com
|
|
o Avila College: http://www.avila.edu
|
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o Kansas City Airports System: http://www.kcairports.com
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[EOA]
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[KFR]
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K FEST REGISTRATION INFORMATION
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"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
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KFest 2001 Registration Info... meet old A2 friends... meet new friends...
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
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Help usher in the new millennium with the Apple II!!
|
|
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|
When: July 25-29, 2001
|
|
Where: Avila College, Kansas City, Missouri
|
|
|
|
The most important Apple II event of the year, KFest 2001, is on our
|
|
calendar again, and it's never too early to make sure it has a place on
|
|
your calendar, too.
|
|
|
|
Better yet, KFest is back with the same great prices as last year!
|
|
|
|
Check these rates, which include room and meals from Wednesday evening
|
|
(dinner) on July 25, through Sunday morning (breakfast) on July 29.
|
|
(Saturday evening dinner not included. That's KFesters' Night Out On The
|
|
Town!)
|
|
|
|
KFest 2001 Registration Form
|
|
|
|
View and print this document using 9-point Monaco or Courier font (the
|
|
default of most monospaced font applications such as ProTERM & Spectrum).
|
|
|
|
Registering for KFest 2001:
|
|
NOTE: - The information requested in the KFest Registration Form below must
|
|
be sent even though the information is called in.
|
|
- If a member of the family accompanies you to KFest, please send a
|
|
separate registration form for each person.
|
|
|
|
<> Fax or email KFest Registration Form using a credit card number:
|
|
- Complete the form below and send the KFest Registration Form;
|
|
(EMAIL IS NOT SECURE).
|
|
<> By postal mail: Credit card, check, Purchase Order or money order:
|
|
- Print and fill out the KFest Registration Form.
|
|
- Send the form with the payment to:
|
|
InTrec Software, Inc. <kfest@intrec.com>
|
|
Attn: KFest Registration Voc: 602/992-1345
|
|
3035 E Topaz Cir Fax: 602/992-0232
|
|
Phoenix, Az 85028-4423
|
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|
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Discover, Visa, Mastercard or AmEx accepted. Checks & money orders must be
|
|
payable to InTrec Software, and must be in US dollars from a US bank.
|
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|
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---[ The Form ]------------[ Cut Here ]----------[ Print Clearly ]---
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=>___ =>___
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First Name Last Name
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=>___
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Organization (if applicable to KFest)
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=>___
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Shipping Address
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=>___
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City
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=>___
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State/Province Zip+4 or Postal Code
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=>___ =>___
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Day Phone Eve Phone
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=>___
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Internet Mail Address
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=>___ =>___
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Credit Card Number (Mastercard-Visa-Discovery-AmEx) Expiration Date
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=>___
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Name on Card (please print clearly)
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=>___
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Authorized Signature (If printed, and mailed or faxed.)
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|
|
If you feel that using a credit card number via email may not be secure,
|
|
consider mailing via postal service, fax, or call voice to give the card
|
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number.
|
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Checks and money orders must be on a USA bank and USA compatible funds.
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Registration Cost Check Applicable
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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1 [ ] Early Arrival Double room ............................ 25.00
|
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2 [ ] Early Arrival Single room ............................ 33.00
|
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+++ Early Bird rates (Register BEFORE May 1) +++
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7 [ ] Double Room before 5/1 ............................... 225.00
|
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8 [ ] Single Room before 5/1 ............................... 275.00
|
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9 [ ] Spouse or child before 5/1 ........................... 175.00
|
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10 [ ] Registration only (no room or meals) before 5/1 ...... 175.00
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+++ Regular Attendee rates (Register AFTER May 1) +++
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Rates (after May 1 and at the door):
|
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11 [ ] Double Room after 5/1 ................................ 275.00
|
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12 [ ] Single Room after 5/1 ................................ 325.00
|
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13 [ ] Spouse or child after 5/1 ............................ 225.00
|
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14 [ ] Registration only (no room or meals) after 5/1 ....... 225.00
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T-Shirts must be ordered in advance
|
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15 [ ] T-Shirt softwear Small ............................... 15.00
|
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16 [ ] T-Shirt softwear Medium .............................. 15.00
|
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17 [ ] T-Shirt softwear Large ............................... 15.00
|
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18 [ ] T-Shirt softwear X-Large ............................. 15.00
|
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19 [ ] T-Shirt softwear XX-Large ............................ 15.00
|
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20 [ ] T-Shirt softwear XXX-Large ........................... 15.00
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May we send your registration confirmation via e-mail? [ ]Yes [ ]No
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[ ] As a PDF (Acrobat Reader) file (preferred)
|
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[ ] As a TEXT file mailed to the listed address
|
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Roommate preference: =>___
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Prefer smoking/non-smoking roommate: [ ] Smoke [ ] Non-smoke
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Today's Date: _=>___ / /
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1- Registration fee (see above dates & fees) ......... =>__
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2- Registration fee for spouse if applicable ......... =>__
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3- T-Shirts Quantity [ ] @ $15.00 ea) ................ =>__
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4- Sub-total of lines 1-3: ........................... =>__
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5- Arizona residents only add 7.5% tax: .............. =>__
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6- Total cost (total of lines 4-5): .................. =>__
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For attendees planning to arrive at the normal time on Wednesday, check-in
|
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will be from 1-4 pm. Check-out will be from 11 am-1 pm on Sunday.
|
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Current plans call for formal KFest 2001 sessions to begin with dinner in
|
|
the Avila cafeteria on Wednesday evening (time to be announced), followed
|
|
by the traditional opening event, the Keynote Address. We've got some great
|
|
plans again for that opening night activity. Stay tuned!!
|
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|
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Computer sessions will be conducted on Thursday and Friday. Software and
|
|
hardware demos are scheduled for Saturday morning, with a vendor fair
|
|
slated for Saturday afternoon.
|
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Reminder: Meals included in the registration price are Wednesday dinner
|
|
through Sunday breakfast, with the exception of Saturday dinner.
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On Saturday night, attendees can dine on their own at one of the many fine
|
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restaurants near the Avila campus, or join groups of KFesters at a local
|
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favorite selected by the Roastee.
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All children under 18 years must be accompanied by a parent or legal
|
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guardian.
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***
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KFest 2001 is again being sponsored by InTrec Software, Inc., makers of
|
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ProTERM telecommunications software for the Apple II and Macintosh.
|
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If you have questions about KFest, or wish to make suggestions, you can
|
|
find answers via the Internet. Just send an email message to:
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kfest-help@kfest.org
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... or visit the KFest World Wide Web page: <http://www.kfest.org>
|
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|
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If you're thinking about attending KFest, you'll enjoy the KFest Internet
|
|
e-mail chat:
|
|
|
|
To subscribe to the KFest Information Mailing List, send email to:
|
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<mailto: majordomo@kfest.org>.
|
|
Place the following text in the BODY of the message:
|
|
subscribe kfest
|
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|
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You will receive a confirmation e-mail. To be signed up for the list, you
|
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will have to respond to this confirmation as the instructions dictate, and
|
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then you will then be able send and read messages on the mailing list.
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Sponsored by:
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InTrec Software, Inc.
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3035 E Topaz Circle
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Phoenix, AZ 85028-4423
|
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Voc:602/992-1345
|
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Fax:602/992-0232
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<kfest@intrec.com>
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(KFESTSTEVE, Cat 5, Top 3, Msg 77)
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[EOA]
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[ITU]
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OF INTEREST TO IIgs USERS
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"""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
|
I'll be arriving at Kfest with quite a few items of interest to IIGS users,
|
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and I certainly hope to leave empty handed.
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|
|
I'm driving to Kfest this year, but having a small car that'll also be
|
|
crammed with my camping gear, I'm not going to be able to bring every
|
|
single product that SSII has to offer.
|
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|
|
Thinking about it, it seems like the majority of what I'll be bringing is
|
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the various CD-ROMs that SSII carries. I'm thinking of bringing 10 each,
|
|
with perhaps 20 of the IIGS Photo CD-ROM, and perhaps 25 sets of _____.
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I also plan to bring 3.5" versions of Spectrum, Spectrum Internet Suite,
|
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Spectrum Automated Mailer, NiftySpell, Ultima I, Harmonie, Pointless and
|
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Contacts.
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If there anything outside of that list that a Kfester might be interested
|
|
in getting from me at Kfest, please let me know.
|
|
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The sooner the better, I might add, because I'll be leaving here a good 10
|
|
to 14 days before the start of Kfest.
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Joe Kohn
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Delivered by Spectrum v2.5.2 & SOAR
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http://users.foxvalley.net/~joko
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(JOKO, Cat 26, Top 2, Msg 93)
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[EOA]
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[INN]------------------------------
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EXTRA INNINGS |
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-----------------------------------
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About The Lamp! The Lamp! is published on the fifteenth of every month on
|
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""""""""""""""" the WEB at: http://lamp.a2central.com/
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This publication produced entirely with real or emulated Apple II computers
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using Appleworks 5.1 and Hermes. Apple II Forever!
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* The Lamp! is (c) copyright 2001 by Ryan M. Suenaga, M.S.W. All
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rights reserved.
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* To reach The Lamp! on Internet email send mail to
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thelamp@sheppyware.net
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* All issues of The Lamp! are available at The Lamp! Home Page,
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