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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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"Teaching the Apple II user how to fish since 1998"
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The Lamp! An Onipa'a Software Production Vol. 9, No. 6
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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..................lutefisk837 at sbcglobal dot net
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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June 15, 2006
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HIGH ABOVE THE ROCK RIVER---------------------------------------------[OPN]
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Rendezvous With Nostalgia
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Apple II Nostalgia
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A2 FORUM AT Syndicomm Online (A2Central.com) DISTILLATIONS------------[DAS]
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Aging Eyes-------------------------------------------------------[AES]
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Considering Several Programming Projects-------------------------[CSP]
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Scheduler Problem------------------------------------------------[SPM]
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The Guy With the Apple II Car------------------------------------[A2C]
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Comedians infiltrate a Best Buy----------------------------------[CIB]
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Number of the Beast----------------------------------------------[NOB]
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ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM SYNDICOMM------------------------------------------[ANS]
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To Sign up for Syndicomm Online----------------------------------[TSU]
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR-------------------------------------------------[LTE]
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No Letters to the Editor This Month
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An Invitation
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KFEST 2006------------------------------------------------------------[KF6]
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KansasFest 2006--------------------------------------------------[KFS]
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KansasFest 2006 Registration Open--------------------------------[KFR]
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HackFest 2006----------------------------------------------------[HF6]
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Syndicomm Selling Nibble Products at Vendor Fair-----------------[NVF]
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Eric Shepherd Keynote Speaker at KansasFest 2006-----------------[ESK]
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Special Offer to KansasFest Attendees----------------------------[SOA]
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Volunteer to Present a Session at KFest--------------------------[PSK]
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Presenters and Sessions Needed for KFest-------------------------[PSN]
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Show and Tell at KFest-------------------------------------------[SAT]
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Want to Visit Worlds of Fun Amusement Park?----------------------[WOF]
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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 email:lutefisk837 at sbcglobal dot net
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Rendezvous With Nostalgia
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It was one of those mornings where the rising sun, striking the window
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shade, cast a delightful amber glow throughout the bedroom. This was going
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to be a great day for a day trip. We were going to the White Pines Dinner
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Theater... the program was "Jukebox Memories, Songs of the 40's and 50's".
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Since this time period included courtship, marriage, and the birth of a
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son, this day promised to be bathed in nostalgia for my wife and I.
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We left early to allow time to take a less traveled route along the
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East bank of the Rock River. The scenery was enhanced by the white cotton
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clouds drifting slowly across the deep blue sky.
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We arrived at White Pines State Park an hour early... allowing time
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for a walk in the woods before the noon dinner. The wildflowers were
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glorious, especially the lavender blooming wild geraniums.
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The buildings housing the restaurant, dinner theater, gift shop, and
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guest cabins were built by the Civilian Conservation Corp in the 30's. The
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rustic log cabin style blends well with nature.
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The buffet dinner was delicious. The laid back atmosphere with guests
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seated at tables of eight encouraged people to become acquainted with the
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strangers seated at the same table.
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The program lived up to our expectations.
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The dessert, a delicious raspberry cobbler, was served during the
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intermission.
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Apple II Nostalgia
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Interested in a Rendezvous with Apple II Nostalgia? Sign up for
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KansasFest. See the KFest section of this issue for 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 email:lutefisk837 at sbcglobal dot net
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[AES]
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Aging Eyes
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While working on an issue of GS Plus in GraphicWriter III last night, I
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noticed (almost going blind working in 6 point and 7 point text) that using
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Bernie II The Rescue's Power Mode to give full screen emulation made things
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livable.
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It's amazing how bad my eyes have become over the years :)
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Ryan
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Chief Sysop and Head Geek
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(A2.RYAN, Cat 2, Top 8, Msg 630)
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>>>>>
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Just get a larger Monitor and continue to run it in full screen!
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(TECHNERD, Cat 2, Top 8, Msg 633)
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>>>>>
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"""""
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The biggest issue is, I need an OS X x86 emulator that runs natively...
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Ryan
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Chief Sysop and Head Geek
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(A2.RYAN, Cat 2, Top 8, Msg 634)
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[EOA]
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[CSP]
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Considering Several Programming Projects
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I'm considering several different projects right now:
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1) Improving DictioNDA;
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2) Finishing that forever in development send only email NDA;
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3) Working on a NDA that allows someone to send text messages to a cell
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phone.
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Any comments?
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Ryan
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Chief Sysop and Head Geek
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(A2.RYAN, Cat 50, Top 5, Msg 45)
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An SMS NDA would be freaking awesome. I'd pay for one, in fact.
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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 50, Top 5, Msg 46)
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[EOA]
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[SPM]
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Scheduler Problem
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Has anyone else run into problems dealing with the 4-item limit the
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Scheduler has? I have recently had some code that isn't able to file a
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Scheduler task due to the queue being full.
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I wonder what would be involved in writing a replacement Scheduler with a
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larger queue... any thoughts?
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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 56, Top 7, Msg 1)
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I've never dealt with the Scheduler at all.
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At risk of sounding more ignorant than usual, what does it do? :)
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Ryan
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Chief Sysop and Head Geek
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(A2.RYAN, Cat 56, Top 7, Msg 2)
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"""""
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The Scheduler is designed to queue up tasks that need to be run when the
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system isn't busy. For example, if you have a program that, during
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interrupt handling, realizes that an alert needs to appear to warn the user
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of something, you can't open that alert right then -- it's not safe to make
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most Toolbox calls from within an interrupt handler.
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So you call the Scheduler and ask it to run a routine of yours that will
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handle displaying the alert. The Scheduler makes sure the routine is
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called at a safe time to do whatever you might need to do.
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The Toolbox makes pretty extensive use of it.
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The problem is that only four tasks can be registered as pending at a time,
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and it's possible to try to add a task and not have enough room for it.
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That can be a big problem if some major situation needs to be scheduled to
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be handled.
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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 56, Top 7, Msg 3)
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[EOA]
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[A2C]
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The Guy With the Apple II Car
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Last night I went contra dancing, and a woman I'd seen at several such
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events introduced me to another dancer who went to the same college as me.
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My jaw hit the ground when he introduced himself by name: it was the guy
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with the Apple II car!!
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Finally, I meet the man I wrote about in Messages 122-125 uptopic as well
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as in an issue of Juiced.GS last year. I think he was relieved to find I
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wasn't nearly as enthusiastically, frighteningly stalkerish as I'd
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previously seemed.
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:-)
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-Ken
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(KGAGNE, Cat 2, Top 6, Msg 141)
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REF:
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Guys... you will NEVER believe what I found parked a block down from my
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apartment - I barely could myself:
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http://www.syndicomm.com/~kgagne/parked/
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This picture was taken in Worcester, Massachusetts, the morning of Friday,
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December 10th.
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Anyone have any idea whose this is??
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-Ken
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(KGAGNE, Cat 2, Top 6, Msg 122)
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>>>>>
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"""""
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I received an email yesterday, excerpts of which follow:
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"My apologies for not responding sooner, but I figure it's better to
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respond late than not at all. Perhaps you don't remember me, but
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considering the effort you extended, I'm going to guess you do. I'm the
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guy with Toyota Prius with the license plate Apple II :)"
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<snip!>
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"I must confess I do not own an Apple II, nor have I ever, but I hold a
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great admiration and respect for it. My first computer was a Macintosh
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128K, and I've been a mac guy ever since, cherishing the roots of the
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company and the genius of Wozniak.
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"So once again, I must thank you for making my day. It's wonderful to see
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people appreciate my license plate :)"
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Amazing. One mystery solved. :)
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-Ken
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(KGAGNE, Cat 2, Top 6, Msg 125)
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[EOA]
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[CIB]
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Comedians infiltrate a Best Buy
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80 comedians infiltrate a Best Buy. Mission: success!
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http://www.improveverywhere.com/mission_view.php?mission_id=57
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(KGAGNE, Cat 2, Top 13, Msg 165)
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[EOA]
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[NOB]
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Number of the Beast
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Today is 6-6-6; in the Bible, Revelations 13:18 identifies 666 as the
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"number of the Beast". Here are some other numbers you may not have known
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the significance of:
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670 - Approximate number of the Beast
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DCLXVI - Roman numeral of the Beast
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666.0000000 - Number of the High Precision Beast
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665.9999954 - Number of the Pentium Beast
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0.666 - Number of the Millibeast
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/666 - Beast Common Denominator
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666 x sq. rt (-1) - Imaginary number of the Beast
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1010011010 - Binary of the Beast
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1-666 - Area code of the Beast
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00666 - Zip code of the Beast
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1-900-666-0666 - Live Beasts! Call Now! Only $6.66/minute. (Must be over
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18)
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$665.95 - Retail price of the Beast
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$710.36 - Price of the Beast plus 6.66% state sales tax
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$769.95 - Price of the Beast with all accessories and replacement soul
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$606.66 - Price of the Beast at Wal-Mart
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$566.66 - Price of the Beast at Costco
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Phillips 666 - Gasoline of the Beast
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Route 666 - Way of the Beast
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666 F - Oven temperature for roast Beast
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666k - Retirement plan of the Beast
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666 mg - Recommended Daily Allowance of Beast
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6.66 % - 5 year CD interest rate at First Beast of Hell National Bank ($666
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minimum deposit)
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6-6-6.xls - Spreadsheet of the Beast
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Word 6.66 - Word Processor of the Beast
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666i - BMW of the Beast
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DSM-666 (revised) - Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of the Beast
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668 - Next-door neighbor of the Beast
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(KGAGNE, Cat 2, Top 13, Msg 168)
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"""""
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666 is also the Unix file permissions of the beast.
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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 13, Msg 169)
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[EOA]
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[ANS]-------------------------------
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ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM SYNDICOMM |
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by Lyle Syverson email:lutefisk837 at sbcglobal dot net
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[TSU]
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TO SIGN UP FOR SYNDICOMM ONLINE
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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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[LTE]-------------------------------
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR |
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NO LETTERS TO THE EDITOR THIS MONTH
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The mail box for Letters to the Editor remained empty this month.
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[EOA]
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AN INVITATION
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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, lutefisk837 at sbcglobal dot 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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[KF6]------------------------------
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KFest 2006 |
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[KFS]
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KansasFest 2006
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is scheduled for July 18th-23rd, 2006
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Mark your calendar... start saving some money. :)
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[EOA]
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[KFR]
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KansasFest 2006 Registration Open
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Registration for KansasFest, the annual celebration of all things Apple II,
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has begun. You can now sign up and take advantage of the early-bird
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discount rate of $325 for a double room. KansasFest is a great deal of fun,
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and is always educational as well. This year's event runs from July 18th
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through the 23rd.
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See <http://www.kfest.org> for more details.
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(KGAGNE, Cat 5, Top 8, Msg 1)
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[EOA]
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[HF6]
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HackFest 2006
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From sheppy@syndicomm.com Tue May 23 10:54:43 2006
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Date: Tue, 23 May 2006 11:52:09 -0400
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From: Eric Shepherd <sheppy@syndicomm.com>
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Reply-To: kfest@lists.gno.org
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To: kfest@lists.gno.org
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Subject: [kfest] HackFest 2006!
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Don't forget to plan ahead! Here, as usual, are the rules:
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KansasFest 2006
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HackFest Rules
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1. Contest begins at 7:00 AM on Wednesday, July 19, and ends at 7:00 AM on
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Saturday, July 23 so that judging can begin. The winners will be announced
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during the Saturday morning sessions. Entries submitted late won't be
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considered. Entries may be done by individuals or teams; however,
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individual achievement counts.
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2. Three judges will be selected by the KFest committee to judge the
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competition; at least one of them will be available at all times, to
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provide assistance and judgement calls. At least one judge will be a
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non-programmer.
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3. Entries must be written entirely during the allotted time; no source
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code -- printed or on any form of computer-readable media -- may be used
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(although sample source code printed inside standard and acceptable
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reference materials is allowed), and the program must run on an Apple II
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model present at KFest.
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4. Any version of any development environment and programming language may
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be used; however, there may not be any libraries, header files, or macro
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sets used that aren't standard-issue for that version of the development
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environment or programming language.
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5. Programs can't require unusual additional software or hardware; it's up
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to the judges to decide what constitutes "unusual." The participant should
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ask in advance.
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6. Programs can't take unfair advantage of system addons written in advance
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for the sole purpose of easing the work to be done during the contest
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period. Any extensions or other system addons used by an entry must have
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been released to the general public at least three months prior to the
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contest date.
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7. Entries will be judged on completeness, cleverness, and the somewhat
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vague "cool" factor. Entries don't have to be useful if they're otherwise
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impressive, and they don't have to be "finished."
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8. All entry programs are the property of the creator, and do not have to
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be released to the general public at any time; however, we hope that
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entries will be distributed by some means (whether for free or otherwise)
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when ready. However, entries may be described or discussed, including
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screen shots (where applicable), by the KFest committee for promotional
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purposes, or by legitimate Apple II community press.
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The following lists are not necessarily complete lists of everything
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allowed; these are to be taken as "givens." If it's not on the list,
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please ask for confirmation.
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Acceptable software:
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System software
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Development environment (no customizations)
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GSBug
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Nifty List
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Marinetti
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Exerciser
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ORCA/Debugger, Splat!
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DesignMaster, Foundation, Genesys, ResLin
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Talking Tools
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Spectrum, ProTERM, ANSITerm
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Acceptable hardware:
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Apple II computer, monitor, disk drives, hard drives
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CD-ROM drive, tape drive
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Hard disk controller card
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Sound card (speakers/headphones/etc)
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Accelerator card (any speed)
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RAM card
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Accepted reference material:
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All official Apple reference materials (including manuals, technical
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notes, and file type notes).
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Reference manuals included with development tools and software.
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Commercially-available reference manuals.
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Any other hardware, software, or reference material needs the approval of
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the judges in advance. When in doubt, ask the judges.
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Eric Shepherd
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Owner
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Syndicomm
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http://www.syndicomm.com
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[EOA]
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[NVF]
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Syndicomm Selling Nibble Products at Vendor Fair
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From sheppy@syndicomm.com Wed May 24 10:39:12 2006
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Date: Wed, 24 May 2006 11:36:12 -0400
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From: Eric Shepherd <sheppy@syndicomm.com>
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Reply-To: kfest@lists.gno.org
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To: kfest@lists.gno.org
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Subject: [kfest] Vendor fair
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Syndicomm will be selling Nibble products on behalf of Mike Harvey at the
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vendor fair this year! Save your pennies!
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Eric Shepherd
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Owner
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Syndicomm
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http://www.syndicomm.com
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[EOA]
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[ESK]
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Eric Shepherd Keynote Speaker at KansasFest 2006
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From a2fan@hotmail.com Wed May 31 03:41:57 2006
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Date: Wed, 31 May 2006 03:41:57 GMT
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From: Sean Fahey <a2fan@hotmail.com>
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
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Subject: KFest 2006
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CONTACT:
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KansasFest 2006
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kfest-help@kfest.org
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http://www.kfest.org
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The 2006 KansasFest Committee is pleased to announce Eric Shepherd,
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owner of Syndicomm and publisher of Juiced.GS, as the keynote speaker for
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this year's KansasFest convention.
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"It is an honor to have this opportunity to reflect on where the
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Apple II community has come in the past few years," said Shepherd, who
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also gave the 2002 keynote, "and to help chart a direction for it to
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continue." Past guest speakers have included Apple II inventor Stephen
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Wozniak and Syndicomm founder Gary Utter.
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KansasFest, the only computer conference dedicated to the Apple II
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computer, returns this year to Rockhurst University in Kansas City,
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Missouri. Last year's convention saw the successful launch of KansasFest
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on a campus that brought with it the continuation of old traditions and
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the launch of many new ones, including the Discathalon, which are sure to
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return this year. Shepherd kicks off the event with his keynote speech,
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followed by an official reception.
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The following days will consist of official events including
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informational sessions, the KFest Kookout, the HackFest programming
|
|
challenge, and more. Friday night will feature a catered dinner during
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which a retrospective of KansasFest pasts will be presented, before the
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convention officially concludes the following day with the annual Vendor
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Fair, at which attendees buy, sell, and trade new and used hardware and
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software. This year's vendors will be making available the wares of
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Syndicomm, The ByteWorks, Nibble Magazine, and more.
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KansasFest 2006 is set for Rockhurst University in Kansas City, Missouri,
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from July 18th through July 23rd. Registration information is available
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online at <http://www.kfest.org> or by calling InTrec Software, KFest's
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official sponsor, at (602) 992-1345. Registration payments are being
|
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accepted online via PayPal, providing attendees with the most payment
|
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choices and convenience possible.
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|
KansasFest, the Apple II summer gathering also known as KFest, was
|
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originally hosted by Resource Central, has been brought to you by the
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KFest Committee since 1995. Each year is like no other. Any and all
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Apple II and Macintosh users, fans, and friends are invited to attend this
|
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year's "summer camp for geeks"; you'll be glad you did!
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[EOA]
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[SOA]
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Special Offer to KansasFest Attendees
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"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
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Syndicomm announced yesterday that it will make a special offer to
|
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KansasFest attendees, allowing them to pre-purchase all six discs in The
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Definitive GS+ at a discounted price. The discounted price, which has not
|
|
yet been announced, will entitle buyers to receive each disc automatically
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when it is released with no shipping charge. The offer will only be
|
|
available at the KFest vendor fair.
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Disc one of the set is already available, while discs 2 and 3 are currently
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being assembled.
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(Sheppy, A2Central Web Site, May 31, 2006)
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[EOA]
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[PSK]
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Volunteer to Present a Session at KFest
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"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
|
From awmolloy@landsnail.com Tue May 2 07:12:14 2006
|
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Date: Tue, 2 May 2006 04:35:56 -0700 (PDT)
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From: Andrew Molloy <awmolloy@landsnail.com>
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To: kfest@lists.gno.org
|
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Subject: [kfest] KFest sessions!
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Ladies & Gentlemen:
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While the evenings and nights of KansasFest are renowned for their
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|
spontaneity, the mornings and afternoons are reserved for sessions spanning
|
|
a variety of uses, extensions, and applications of the Apple family. Just
|
|
as varied as these sessions are the good people who volunteer to present
|
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them. So... do you have an idea for a session you'd like to present at
|
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KFest? Let us know! The best way to do that is to access the session
|
|
proposal form at:
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http://www.kfest.org/SessionProposal.html
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You may also email sessions@kfest.org.
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Sessions are typically one hour in length, held at various times throughout
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the daytime hours. Past sessions have included hardware and software
|
|
demonstrations, tutorials, integration of the Apple with other devices
|
|
(Macs, scanners), Internet tips and tricks, or related subjects that would
|
|
be of interest to Apple II/Mac users.
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The attendees of KansasFest are the event's heart and soul. Give us
|
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something worth rolling out of bed for each morning!
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|
with thanks,
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Andy
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Junior KFest Schedulemeister
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awmolloy@landsnail.com
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[EOA]
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[PSN]
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Presenters and Sessions Needed for KFest
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""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
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From a2fan@hotmail.com Mon Jun 5 15:22:34 2006
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Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2006 15:18:55 -0500
|
|
From: Sean Fahey <a2fan@hotmail.com>
|
|
Reply-To: kfest@lists.gno.org
|
|
To: kfest@lists.gno.org
|
|
Subject: [kfest] Sessions/Presenters Needed
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|
|
Time is ticking away and we are in need of presenters and sessions for
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|
KFest.
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|
NOW is YOUR OPPORTUNITY to dazzle your fellow KFest attendees with a
|
|
demonstration of your technical acumen and geek prowess. Software,
|
|
Hardware, Programming, The Internet - we like seeing it all whether it's
|
|
practical or whimsical. We just want you to share with us what your Apple
|
|
computer can do.
|
|
[EOA]
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|
[SAT]
|
|
Show and Tell at KFest
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""""
|
|
After this weekend I'm about 95% sure I'll have at least one new thing to
|
|
show at KFest 2006 (could be as many as three, but I would not hold my
|
|
breath :)
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|
Ryan
|
|
Chief Sysop and Head Geek
|
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|
(RSUENAGA, Cat 5, Top 8, Msg 13)
|
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|
|
>>>>>
|
|
"""""
|
|
Woohoo!
|
|
|
|
I'm hoping to have something but am not yet certain at all that I will. I
|
|
really don't want to suck. :)
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|
|
Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd sheppy@syndicomm.com
|
|
Owner, Syndicomm http://www.syndicomm.com
|
|
Building communities, bit by bit.
|
|
|
|
(SYNDICOMM, Cat 5, Top 8, Msg 14)
|
|
[EOA]
|
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|
|
[WOF]
|
|
Want to Visit Worlds of Fun Amusement Park?
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
|
It fizzled out last year when I suggested it, but is there any interest to
|
|
get to Worlds of Fun amusement park this year during the KFest week?
|
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|
|
Geoff
|
|
|
|
(GEOFF, Cat 5, Top 8, Msg 10)
|
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|
|
>>>>>
|
|
"""""
|
|
Geoff,
|
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|
|
re: WoF
|
|
|
|
Maybe, I dunno. I can bring swim clothes...
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|
|
Ryan
|
|
Chief Sysop and Head Geek
|
|
|
|
(A2.RYAN, Cat 5, Top 8, Msg 11)
|
|
|
|
>>>>>
|
|
"""""
|
|
>> Maybe, I dunno. I can bring swim clothes... <<
|
|
|
|
That would be for Oceans of Fun, next door.
|
|
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|
Carl Knoblock - Retired - Mon 5 Jun 06 9:31:30 pm
|
|
cknoblo@cox.com - Via Spectrum v2.5.3 & SOAR v1.0b10
|
|
KFest 2006, July 18-23, 2006 - 43 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 8, Msg 12)
|
|
[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 2006 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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http://lamp.a2central.com/
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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Opinions expressed herein are those of the individual authors, and do not
|
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necessarily represent the opinions of A2Central.com, Delphi Online
|
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Services, Syndicomm, Ryan M. Suenaga, or Lyle Syverson. Forum messages are
|
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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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