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>>> WELCOME TO THE LAMP! <<<
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THE BEST OF THE A2 BULLETIN BOARD ON Syndicomm Online
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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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The Lamp! An Onipa'a Software Production Vol. 7, 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, 2004
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HIGH ABOVE THE ROCK RIVER---------------------------------------------[OPN]
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The Farmers Market
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The KFest Experience
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A2 FORUM AT Syndicomm Online (A2Central.com) DISTILLATIONS------------[DAS]
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New Background For IIgs in A2 Library----------------------------[NBI]
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Hash Tool v1.0.2 Source Code Available in A2 Library-------------[HTS]
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Will Deja ][ Work Under Mac OS 10.3.4?---------------------------[DJT]
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Help With SuperSonic Card From MDIdeas---------------------------[SSC]
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A Hard Drive Solution for the //c, //c+?-------------------------[HDC]
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Juiced.GS - the Delayed Issue------------------------------------[TDI]
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Where Have I Seen This Code Before?------------------------------[WST]
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Detecting the Interleave Used on an Apple 3.5" Drive-------------[DTI]
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FireWire on the Mac----------------------------------------------[FWM]
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ILLUMINATING THE LAMP-------------------------------------------------[ITL]
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An overview of GEnieLamp A2 and The Lamp!
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This series will continue in the August or September issue.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM SYNDICOMM------------------------------------------[ANS]
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To Sign up for Syndicomm Online----------------------------------[TSU]
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July 2004 Issue of Syndicommotion Available----------------------[JSC]
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR-------------------------------------------------[LTE]
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Letter to the Editor
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An Invitation
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KFEST 2004------------------------------------------------------------[KFF]
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KansasFest 2004--------------------------------------------------[KF4]
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Registration for KFest 2004--------------------------------------[KFR]
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KansasFest 2004--------------------------------------------------[KFF]
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KFest Presentation - Digitize Music on Your Mac------------------[DMM]
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Are You Ready For KFest?-----------------------------------------[RKF]
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Peikop Endropov Airport Taxi Service-----------------------------[PTS]
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It's HackFest Season!--------------------------------------------[IHS]
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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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The Farmers Market
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Looking to the north from High Above The Rock River, you can see a
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small neighborhood business district called North End Commons. To call
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attention to their stores, the business owners have organized a weekly
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Farmers Market in the parking lot.
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Each saturday morning in the Spring, Summer, and Fall, venders are
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invited to bring their wares and set up shop. In season you can find fresh
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fruits and vegetables, fresh herbs, home baked items, home made jelly, home
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made crafts, cut flowers, flowering perennials, etc.
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The Law of Supply and Demand is dynamic here, with prices being
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adjusted on the go... influenced by how many venders are selling the same
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thing and how fast an item is being sold.
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Part of the experience is visiting with the venders. You can verify
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that corn on the cob was really harvested just before they came to the
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market. You can pull back the husk on an ear and see if the corn is as
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mature as you like.
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Many people like corn on the cob. However, you don't know what you
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are missing until you have had corn on the cob the same day as it was
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harvested. The Farmers Market makes this possible.
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The KFest Experience
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Getting acquainted with and exchanging ideas with other Apple II
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people on line is a great experience. However, you don't know what you are
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missing until you have had the KFest experience. Kind of like eating
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freshly harvested corn on the cob.
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There is still time to register for KFest 2004. Refer to the KFest
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section of this issue for more information.
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[EOA]
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ASCII ART BEGINS
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ASCII ART ENDS
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[EOA]
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[DAS]----------------------------------------------
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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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[NBI]
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NEW BACKGROUND FOR IIgs IN A2 LIBRARY
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"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
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There is a new file in the
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system_software/misc_16-bit/inits_and_finder_extras/Appearance/Desktop.Dres
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sing directory:
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File: appledesktop.bxy
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Size: 3456
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Date: Jun 15
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This is a background init for the Apple IIGS. Included in this collection
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is the init and the shr picture it was made from. Copy the Applelogo.init
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into the system.setup folder.
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Uploaded by the author.
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Tony Ward, A2 Librarian
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(A2.TONY, Cat 2, Top 37, Msg 31)
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[EOA]
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[HTS]
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HASH TOOL v1.0.2 SOURCE CODE AVAILABLE IN A2 LIBRARY
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""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
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There is a new upload in the programming/macros_and_libraries/tools
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directory:
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File: hashtool102.bxy
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Size: 39552
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Date: Jun 17
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This is version 1.0.2 of the Hash Tool source code; an update to Hash Tool
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1.0.1 which had a memory corruption bug if the DBR and the PBR were not the
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same in both md5 and md4. Note that this archive only contains the source
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code, not the compiled toolset.
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Uploaded by the author, Geoff Weiss.
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Tony Ward, A2 Librarian
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(A2.TONY, Cat 2, Top 37, Msg 32)
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[EOA]
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[DJT]
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WILL Deja ][ WORK UNDER Mac OS 10.3.4?
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""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
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Has anyone gotten Deja ][ to work under OS 10.3.4? I usually get a baud
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rate error, then the program either quits, or runs but continuously asks me
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to activate Inits, and the text screen is displayed without mousetext to an
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illegible degree.
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-Ken
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(KGAGNE, Cat 9, Top 40, Msg 5)
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>>>>>
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"""""
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I'm too lazy to check if it was previously mentioned, but Deja ][ was
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reclassified to freeware and renamed "OpenPhoenix" a few years ago. The
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source code is included in the archive here:
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http://emulation.net/apple2/openphoenix.sea.bin
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Kelvin
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(KWS, Cat 9, Top 40, Msg 6)
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>>>>>
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"""""
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I haven't even tried in 9. :)
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Ryan
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(A2.RYAN, Cat 9, Top 40, Msg 7)
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[EOA]
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[SSC]
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HELP WITH SuperSonic CARD FROM MDIdeas
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Hopefully, somebody here can help me out....
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I have a SuperSonic card from MDIdeas. It's a stereo card. Well, the jack
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where you plug in the audio cable (not the cord that plugs into the GS
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board) had a piece of fragile plastic fall off of it. Half of the plastic
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is still on there, but I can only assume that at some point this will break
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off completely. Now that I lost part of the plastic, the jack itself seems
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loose. Anyone have any idea on what could be done to secure this so that
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I don't loose this card?
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Thanks,
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Dain Neater
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Bulletin Board Manager A2 Community
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Syndicomm
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(A2.DAIN, Cat 17, Top 27, Msg 1)
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>>>>>
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Shoe Goo? :)
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Bring it to KFest, it'll be looked at.
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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 17, Top 27, Msg 2)
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>>>>>
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"""""
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Was it just a piece of shrinkwrap?
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(SFAHEY, Cat 17, Top 27, Msg 3)
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[EOA]
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[HDC]
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A HARD DRIVE SOLUTION FOR THE //c, //c+?
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Based on recent chats and development of related hardware, I think it's
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time to bring this topic back to life.
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The concept: adapt the logic in the CFFA card to an external smartport
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compatible format to create a hard drive type solution for the //c, //c+
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etc. The preference that it be daisychainable with other external drives
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is a given.
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(SFAHEY, Cat 18, Top 2, Msg 25)
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>>>>>
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"""""
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By the way, Syndicomm has some funds set aside for assisting in development
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of Apple II products; this is one we'd help fund the development of. It's
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not a ton of money, but it would help.
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We'd want specs like:
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Support for CompactFlash and MicroDrive.
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SmartPort interface
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Compatible with IIc, IIc+, and IIgs minimally
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Compatible with older Macs would be very cool (it'd greatly expand our
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market)
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Compatible with other drives being on the chain (especially 5.25" and 3.5"
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floppy drives)
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I'd be very interested in talking to hardware developers that might be
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interested in taking on a project like this.
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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 18, Top 2, Msg 28)
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[EOA]
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[TDI]
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Juiced.GS - THE DELAYED ISSUE
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"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
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We are continuing to work on shipping the delayed issue. Everyone will get
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an issue who subscribes, I just wish they already had gotten them.
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We will be pursuing this further this week.
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Ryan
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Editor in Chief, Juiced.GS
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(A2.RYAN, Cat 23, Top 2, Msg 598)
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>>>>>
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"""""
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As a stopgap measure until we get the rest of the issues actually out to
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folks, we've posted V9I2 of Juiced.GS on the web in PDF format:
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http://www.juiced.gs/issues/v9i2/JuicedV9I2.pdf
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We will still be getting copies mailed to folks, just as soon as we can.
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I'm going ahead to get some printed locally t this point. Still not sure
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who all did and did not get them though.
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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 23, Top 2, Msg 602)
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>>>>>
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"""""
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Today I ordered replacement copies of the issue from a different printer.
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I will be picking them up tomorrow; then it will take me a couple of days
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at least to get them all addressed, stamped, and mailed. The target is to
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have them all on the way by Wednesday.
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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 23, Top 2, Msg 607)
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>>>>>
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"""""
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I picked up the issues today; most if not all of them will be mailed
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tomorrow.
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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 23, Top 2, Msg 609)
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>>>>>
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"""""
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77 of the 88 copies went out in today's mail; the rest should go tomorrow.
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Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd
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sheppy@syndicomm.com
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Owner, Syndicomm
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http://www.syndicomm.com
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Building communities, bit by bit.
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(SYNDICOMM, Cat 23, Top 2, Msg 610)
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>>>>>
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"""""
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Yay.
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I guess I have to start working on the next issue now.
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Ryan
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(A2.RYAN, Cat 23, Top 2, Msg 611)
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>>>>>
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"""""
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The issues are all gone. Enjoy!
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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 23, Top 2, Msg 613)
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>>>>>
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"""""
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I plan (p-l-a-n, not g-u-a-r-a-n-t-e-e) that the next issue of Juiced.GS
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will be done at the end of August, 2004.
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Ryan
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Editor in Chief
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(A2.RYAN, Cat 23, Top 2, Msg 616)
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[EOA]
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[WST]
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WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS CODE BEFORE?
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"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
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Earlier tonight I stumbled across this famous snippet of code:
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8 *******************
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10 ORG $4000
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11 A1 = $3C
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12 A2 = $3E
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13 A4 = $42
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14 AUXMOVE = $3C11
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16 * **************************
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17 * SETUP - move data for VTOC
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18 * and catalog ro auxmem at
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19 * B000-B3FF (psuedo trk 11
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20 * 903
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21 **************************
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22 SETUP LDA #<VTOC
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23 STA A1
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24 LDA #>VTOC
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The $64 question: Where did I find it?
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I'll be back for the answer.
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Kelvin
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(KWS, Cat 51, Top 3, Msg 7)
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>>>>>
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"""""
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No idea and what's so famous about it? It looks like standard move to
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auxiliary memory move to me.
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Mark Percival - Apprentice
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Delivered by Spectrum v2.5.3 & SOAR v1.0b11
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The Apple ][ Fanatic and Wednesday Night RTC Host
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"Midweek Madness!" from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM Pacific Time
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(MARK, Cat 51, Topic 3, Msg 8)
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>>>>>
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"""""
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Ok, maybe it's not so famous.
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I was watching the Terminator (1984) DVD last night. There's a couple
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scenes where it shows things from the Terminator's point of view including
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some memory and code dumps. Pausing the scene revealed the Terminator was
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powered by an Apple II :)
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Kelvin
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(KWS, Cat 51, Top 3, Msg 9)
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>>>>>
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"""""
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More to the point, The Terminator's code dumps and the like are actually
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listings from Nibble magazine; you can even see the Key Perfect checksum
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dumps. :)
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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 51, Top 3, Msg 10)
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>>>>>
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"""""
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Ahh, I wasn't sure where it came from. If anyone else is interested,
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chapters 11 and 24 have the A2-related bits.
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Kelvin
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(KWS, Cat 51, Top 3, Msg 11)
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[EOA]
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[DTI]
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DETECTING THE INTERLEAVE USED ON AN Apple 3.5" DRIVE
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""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
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I'm working on some code that needs to be able to detect the interleave
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used on the disk in the Apple 3.5" drive. Does anyone have any thoughts on
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how (or if) this can be done?
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I've looked in the GS/OS Reference, and the Driver Reference, as well as
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the Firmware Reference and GS/OS technical notes, and although I've found
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ways to set the interleave when formatting a disk, I don't see any way to
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determine the current interleave.
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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 53, Top 9, Msg 1)
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>>>>>
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"""""
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I used to have some code that could detect the interleave on a 3.5" disk,
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but my memory is that I forgot about it once I discovered it didn't work
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with the SuperDriver controller card.
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If it's important I could try to dig it up for you.
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Peter peterw@syndicomm.com
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Palm OS Community Bulletin Board Manager
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(PETERW, Cat 53, Top 9, Msg 2)
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>>>>>
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"""""
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OK, my curiosity got the better of me and I looked it up anyway.
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My 1991 code says that the *unsupported* (but OK on ROM 01 and ROM 03) byte
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at $E10F31 contains the interleave of the last 3.5" disk read (so you need
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to read a block from the disk to set the value).
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If I'm reading the source code correctly after all this time, the
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interleave is in the low nibble (AND #$000F) and the number of sides is in
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bit $20 (0=Single, 1=Double). I no longer have any idea if there is meaning
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in any other bits.
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Peter peterw@syndicomm.com
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Palm OS Community Bulletin Board Manager
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(PETERW, Cat 53, Top 9, Msg 3)
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>>>>>
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"""""
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You, sir, are my hero. You say that doesn't work on the SuperDrive card?
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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 53, Top 9, Msg 4)
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>>>>>
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"""""
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It's been a while, but I'm fairly sure it does NOT work with the SuperDrive
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card. I guess this is not too surprising. I would presume that the
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location in bank $E1 is used by the internal driver for the disk 3.5
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(possibly even the ROM routines), but the SuperDrive card would use its own
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ROM routines and scratch RAM.
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Who knows, maybe a similar byte is maintained in one of the slot bytes?
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Hmm, I just had a thought. You might want to confirm that the byte I gave
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you still works under GS/OS (even for the Apple 3.5 drive) with its newer
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driver.
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Also, I'm just wondering now whether the "problem" was the SuperDrive
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rather than the SuperDrive *card*. Although the question is probably
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meaningless - why would you have the card without the drive? :-)
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PS. Years ago I tried to convince Dave Lyons to get me a copy of the
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internal docs for the SuperDrive card, but I never did manage it!
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Peter peterw@syndicomm.com
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Palm OS Community Bulletin Board Manager
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(PETERW, Cat 53, Top 9, Msg 5)
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[EOA]
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[FWM]
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FireWire ON THE Mac
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"""""""""""""""""""
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Is it not a good idea to connect and disconnect FireWire drives while my
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AlBook is up and running? It seems whenever I do, at some point afterward
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I'll get an error message that my computer needs to be rebooted by holding
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down the power button for several seconds.
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-Ken
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(KGAGNE, Cat 2, Top 24, Msg 159)
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>>>>>
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"""""
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FireWire is designed to allow that kind of hot-swapping of drives; you do
|
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need to un mount them from the desktop before unplugging them, by dragging
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them to the trash.
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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 24, Msg 160)
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>>>>>
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"""""
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Those errors (in my experience) tend to be related to permissions needing
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repair, but I've not experienced any related to FireWire.
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Ryan
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Chief Sysop and Head Geek
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(A2.RYAN, Cat 2, Top 24, Msg 161)
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[EOA]
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[ITL]------------------------
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ILLUMINATING THE LAMP |
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-----------------------------
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An overview of GEnieLamp A2 and The Lamp!
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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By Steven Weyhrich
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The author is busy getting his speeches ready for KansasFest. The series
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ILLUMINATING THE LAMP will continue in the August or September issue.
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[EOA]
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[ANS]-------------------------------
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ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM SYNDICOMM |
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------------------------------------
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by Lyle Syverson <lyle@foxvalley.net>
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[TSU]
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TO SIGN UP FOR SYNDICOMM ONLINE
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"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
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Please visit our web site at http://www.syndicomm.com for information or to
|
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sign up!
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(Logon message)
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[EOA]
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[JSC]
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June 2004 Issue of Syndicommotion Available
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"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
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The July 2004 (Volume 3, Number 7) issue of Syndicommotion has been emailed
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to subscribers. The HTML edition can be found online at the following URL:
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http://www.syndicomm.com/syndicommotion/v3n7.html
|
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or by selecting menu option #3 from Page 2 on Syndicomm Online (type "m2;3"
|
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without the quotes at any menu prompt).
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(KGAGNE, Cat 5, Top 4, Msg 21)
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[EOA]
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[LTE]-------------------------------
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR |
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------------------------------------
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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From Obsbedia2@aol.com Thu Jun 17 06:54:17 2004
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Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 23:21:25 EDT
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From: Obsbedia2@aol.com
|
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To: hedger@sbcglobal.net, lyle@FoxValley.net
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Subject: LAMP:2004.04: THE COMPUTER AS AN OBJECT OF LEARNING: TIME FOR
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SOMETHING NEW
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Thanks guys, I'm enjoying the article right now and had to thank you before
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even finishing it!
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JaY Edwards
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AN INVITATION
|
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Express your opinions about the comings and goings in the world of the
|
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Apple II computers.
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Send your comments to Lyle Syverson, Editor <lyle@FoxValley.net>
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The Editor reserves the right to edit any material submitted.
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The Editor reserves the right to reject any material he considers
|
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unsuitable for publication in _The Lamp!_.
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[EOA]
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[KFF]------------------------------
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KFest 2004 |
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-----------------------------------
|
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[KF4]
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KansasFest 2004
|
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"""""""""""""""
|
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KansasFest 2004 is planned for July 20-25, 2004 at Avila University in
|
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Kansas City, Missouri.
|
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(Heading: Cat 5, Top 22)
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[EOA]
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[KFR]
|
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REGISTRATION FOR KFest 2004
|
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"""""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
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Visit the KFest Home Page at: http://www.kfest.org/
|
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and follow the registration link.
|
|
[EOA]
|
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|
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[KFF]
|
|
KansasFest 2004
|
|
"""""""""""""""
|
|
KansasFest is an annual gathering of Apple II enthusiasts and users from
|
|
all walks of life and from all over the world. From European programmers
|
|
to American first-time Apple II owners, we gather each year in Kansas City,
|
|
Missouri, to celebrate the Apple II. It's a five-day event with
|
|
educational sessions covering a wide array of topics from using popular
|
|
Apple II software to writing new software yourself. No matter what your
|
|
skill level or interest, there's something at KansasFest for you!
|
|
|
|
After the sessions are over for the day, there are other events, from
|
|
trivia contests to viewings of classic geek movies like WarGames to just
|
|
hanging out and swapping stories. KansasFest is renowned for its late
|
|
nights and early mornings -- join a caravan at 2:00 in the morning to grab
|
|
a late-night meal, and then get up at 8 AM for breakfast and the first
|
|
session of the day.
|
|
|
|
KansasFest is the traditional place for new Apple II product announcements
|
|
and demonstrations, and the Saturday vendor fair is always popular -- get
|
|
the latest Apple II stuff (and usually some great used gear) at the best
|
|
prices. The vendor fair is open to everyone, even if they didn't attend
|
|
the rest of KansasFest.
|
|
|
|
KansasFest costs only $295 until July 15th, including all five days of the
|
|
conference and room and board. $359 for a single room. Get all your meals,
|
|
all your fun, and a place to sleep, all for one low price. So join us and
|
|
find out what the Apple II family is all about!
|
|
|
|
http://www.kfest.org
|
|
|
|
(Sean Fahey, comp.sys.apple2)
|
|
[EOA]
|
|
|
|
|
|
[DMM]
|
|
KFest PRESENTATION - DIGITIZE MUSIC ON YOUR Mac
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
|
Hi all.
|
|
|
|
I'd like some advice as to a talk or two I wanted to do (planned before
|
|
this keynote speaker thing came up :-) ).
|
|
|
|
What I wanted to present was a talk about digital music, from the Apple II
|
|
"beep" up through iTunes (a historical overview, so to speak). Now, THAT
|
|
presentation is moving along nicely, only needs some artwork to pretty it
|
|
up in Keynote.
|
|
|
|
The other talk was going to be more of a "how to", in regards to how to
|
|
digitize music that is not in a CD format (i.e., LP's, cassettes, 8-tracks,
|
|
cylinder records, etc) using available tools. This would also get into
|
|
organizing a music collection on your computer, use of Smart Playlists,
|
|
etc.
|
|
|
|
Is there enough interest from those planning to attend to bother creating
|
|
the second talk? If those who want to digitize music have already done it,
|
|
or don't have a Mac, there is probably not much point.
|
|
|
|
Steven Weyhrich <IX0YE>--<
|
|
Apple II History
|
|
http://apple2history.org
|
|
|
|
(A2HISTORY, Cat 5, Top 22, Msg 18)
|
|
|
|
>>>>>
|
|
"""""
|
|
Steve,
|
|
|
|
I've often seen inquiries, either on this service's Mac RT or elsewhere,
|
|
regarding how to get audio from older media into something more modern and
|
|
accessible. I think there would be sufficient interest in a presentation
|
|
regarding how to do just that.
|
|
|
|
-Ken
|
|
|
|
(KGAGNE, Cat 5, Top 22, Msg 19)
|
|
|
|
>>>>>
|
|
"""""
|
|
I'd be interested. But, alas I will not be there. It sounds like a very
|
|
interesting topic though.
|
|
|
|
Dain
|
|
|
|
(A2.DAIN, Cat 5, Top 22, Msg 20)
|
|
|
|
>>>>>
|
|
"""""
|
|
I have not done it yet, and have a Mac. I would be very interested in this
|
|
talk.
|
|
|
|
Carl Knoblock - Telephone Tech - Fri 11 Jun 04 9:13:28 pm
|
|
cknoblo@cox.com - Via Spectrum v2.5.3 & SOAR v1.0b10
|
|
KFest 2004, July 20-25, 2004 - 39 days till KFest
|
|
On cable via LANceGS & Marinetti 2.0.1 - Thank you, Richard.
|
|
A2 RTC Staff - Sunday Night House Party - carlk@syndicomm.com
|
|
|
|
(CARLK, Cat 5, Top 22, Msg 21)
|
|
[EOA]
|
|
|
|
|
|
[RKF]
|
|
ARE YOU READY FOR KFest?
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
|
It's July 10th...and now the million dollar question....
|
|
|
|
Are you guys and gals all ready for Kfest?
|
|
|
|
Right now my plans are to be there for some of it. I'm not exactly packed
|
|
yet. But I know what I am bringing.
|
|
|
|
I imagine that Ryan is somewhere in New York about now preparing for the
|
|
final leg of his trip towards MCI airport.
|
|
|
|
I hope to see you all there.
|
|
|
|
Dain
|
|
|
|
(A2.DAIN, Cat 5, Top 6, Msg 10)
|
|
|
|
>>>>>
|
|
"""""
|
|
I picked up Ryan at the Boston airport on Wednesday night, and dropped him
|
|
off at the train station to NYC 12 hours later. I just got off the phone
|
|
with him and am told that "HOPE's great; the Internet access sucks."
|
|
|
|
-Ken
|
|
|
|
(KGAGNE, Cat 5, Top 6, Msg 11)
|
|
|
|
>>>>>
|
|
"""""
|
|
I'm approaching ready, although I could use about three more weeks. :)
|
|
|
|
Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd sheppy@syndicomm.com
|
|
Owner, Syndicomm http://www.syndicomm.com
|
|
Building communities, bit by bit.
|
|
|
|
(SYNDICOMM, Cat 5, Top 6, Msg 12)
|
|
[EOA]
|
|
|
|
|
|
[PTS]
|
|
Peikop Endropov Airport Taxi Service
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
|
Don't forget to let Peikop Endropov Airport Taxi Service know your
|
|
schedule, and whether you are renting or need a ride.
|
|
|
|
Carl Knoblock - Telephone Tech - Mon 3 May 04 7:49:48 pm
|
|
cknoblo@cox.com - Via Spectrum v2.5.3 & SOAR v1.0b10
|
|
KFest 2004, July 20-25, 2004 - 78 days till KFest
|
|
On cable via LANceGS & Marinetti 2.0.1 - Thank you, Richard.
|
|
A2 RTC Staff - Sunday Night House Party - carlk@syndicomm.com
|
|
|
|
(CARLK, Cat 5, Top 22, Msg 15)
|
|
[EOA]
|
|
|
|
|
|
[IHS]
|
|
It's HackFest Season!
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""
|
|
Time to sharpen your brains and flex your programming muscles --
|
|
HackFest 2004 approaches! The rules are the same as always, but follow:
|
|
|
|
KansasFest 2004
|
|
HackFest Rules
|
|
|
|
1. Contest begins at 7:00 AM on Wednesday, July 21, and ends at 7:00 AM on
|
|
Saturday, July 24 so that judging can begin. The winners will be announced
|
|
during the Saturday morning sessions. Entries submitted late won't be
|
|
considered. Entries may be done by individuals or teams; however,
|
|
individual achievement counts.
|
|
|
|
2. Three judges will be selected by the KFest committee to judge the
|
|
competition; at least one of them will be available at all times, to
|
|
provide assistance and judgement calls. At least one judge will be a
|
|
non-programmer.
|
|
|
|
3. Entries must be written entirely during the allotted time; no source
|
|
code -- printed or on any form of computer-readable media -- may be used
|
|
(although sample source code printed inside standard and acceptable
|
|
reference materials is allowed), and the program must run on an Apple II
|
|
model present at KFest.
|
|
|
|
4. Any version of any development environment and programming language may
|
|
be used; however, there may not be any libraries, header files, or macro
|
|
sets used that aren't standard-issue for that version of the development
|
|
environment or programming language.
|
|
|
|
5. Programs can't require unusual additional software or hardware; it's up
|
|
to the judges to decide what constitutes "unusual." The participant should
|
|
ask in advance.
|
|
|
|
6. Programs can't take unfair advantage of system addons written in advance
|
|
for the sole purpose of easing the work to be done during the contest
|
|
period. Any extensions or other system addons used by an entry must have
|
|
been released to the general public at least three months prior to the
|
|
contest date.
|
|
|
|
7. Entries will be judged on completeness, cleverness, and the somewhat
|
|
vague "cool" factor. Entries don't have to be useful if they're otherwise
|
|
impressive, and they don't have to be "finished."
|
|
|
|
8. All entry programs are the property of the creator, and do not have to
|
|
be released to the general public at any time; however, we hope that
|
|
entries will be distributed by some means (whether for free or otherwise)
|
|
when ready. However, entries may be described or discussed, including
|
|
screen shots (where applicable), by the KFest committee for promotional
|
|
purposes, or by legitimate Apple II community press.
|
|
|
|
The following lists are not necessarily complete lists of everything
|
|
allowed; these are to be taken as "givens." If it's not on the list,
|
|
please ask for confirmation.
|
|
|
|
Acceptable software:
|
|
System software
|
|
Development environment (no customizations)
|
|
GSBug
|
|
Nifty List
|
|
Marinetti
|
|
Exerciser
|
|
ORCA/Debugger, Splat!
|
|
DesignMaster, Foundation, Genesys, ResLin
|
|
Talking Tools
|
|
Spectrum, ProTERM, ANSITerm
|
|
|
|
Acceptable hardware:
|
|
Apple II computer, monitor, disk drives, hard drives
|
|
CD-ROM drive, tape drive
|
|
Hard disk controller card
|
|
Sound card (speakers/headphones/etc)
|
|
Accelerator card (any speed)
|
|
RAM card
|
|
|
|
Accepted reference material:
|
|
All official Apple reference materials (including
|
|
manuals, technical notes, and file type notes).
|
|
|
|
Reference manuals included with development tools
|
|
and software.
|
|
|
|
Commercially-available reference manuals.
|
|
|
|
Any other hardware, software, or reference material needs the approval
|
|
of the judges in advance. When in doubt, ask the judges.
|
|
|
|
(Eric Shepherd, Owner, Syndicomm: http://www.syndicomm.com)
|
|
(Via KFest Mailing List)
|
|
[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
|
|
""""""""""""""" the WEB at: http://lamp.a2central.com/
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|
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This publication produced entirely with real or emulated Apple II computers
|
|
using Appleworks 5.1 and Hermes. Apple II Forever!
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* The Lamp! is (c) copyright 2004 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,
|
|
http://lamp.a2central.com/
|
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|
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
|
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Opinions expressed herein are those of the individual authors, and do not
|
|
necessarily represent the opinions of A2Central.com, Delphi Online
|
|
Services, Syndicomm, Ryan M. Suenaga, or Lyle Syverson. Forum messages are
|
|
reprinted verbatim and are included in this publication with permission
|
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from the individual authors. A2Central.com, Delphi Online Services,
|
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Syndicomm, Ryan M. Suenaga, and Lyle Syverson do not guarantee the accuracy
|
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or suitability of any information included herein. We reserve the right to
|
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edit all letters and copy.
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Material published in this edition may not be reprinted without the
|
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expressed written consent of the publisher. Registered computer user
|
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groups, not for profit publications , and other interested parties may
|
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write the publisher to apply for permission to reprint any or all material.
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[EOF]
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