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~ WELCOME TO GEnieLamp APPLE II! ~
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~ THE TREASURE HUNT: The Best of Music Studio ~
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GEnieLamp Apple II ~ A T/TalkNET Publication ~ Vol.4, Issue 40
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Publisher................................................John F. Peters
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Editor...................................................Douglas Cuff
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>>> WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE APPLE II ROUNDTABLE? <<<
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~ July 1, 1995 ~
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FROM MY DESKTOP ......... [FRM] HEY MISTER POSTMAN ...... [HEY]
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Notes From The Editor. Is That A Letter For Me?
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HUMOR ONLINE ............ [HUM] CONNECTIONS ............. [CON]
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Software for suing Microsoft. Virtually Real, Really Virtual.
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ASCII ART GALLERY ....... [ASA] THE TREASURE HUNT ....... [HUN]
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Summer Garden. The Best of Music Studio.
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HARD_VIEW ............... [HAR] REAL-TIME SCHEDULE ...... [RTC]
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IOmega Zip Drives. Chat with other Apple IIers.
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LOG OFF ................. [LOG]
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In the index you will find the following example:
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GEnie Fun & Games.
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To read this article, set your find or search command to [HUM]. If
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you want to scan all of the articles, search for [EOA]. [EOF] will take
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you to the last page, whereas [IDX] will bring you back to the index.
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[EOA]
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FROM MY DESKTOP /
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Notes From The Editor
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"""""""""""""""""""""
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by Douglas Cuff
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[EDITOR.A2]
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>>> "WE HAVE MET THE ENEMY, AND HE IS US" <<<
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"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
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As long as there has been science fiction, there have been warnings
|
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about how computers will control us or destroy us. They adjust all data so
|
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that it fits the database, which is how the average North American ended up
|
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with 2.3 children. They blindly follow instructions regardless of context,
|
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which is why a grammar checker complains about the repetition in the
|
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opening paragraph of Dickens's _A Tale of Two Cities_.
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|
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Well, relax. The good news is that computers are not going to
|
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pigeonhole us into either misery or oblivion. The bad news is that we
|
||
humans are doing it to ourselves... or, more likely, to one another. The
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tendency of the computer to reduce everything to ones and zeroes means
|
||
nothing compared to the eagerness with which some of grasp a tool that only
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deals with ones and zeroes.
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For example: I admit, with some shame, that I use a major credit
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card. About a year ago, the bank that issued the card gave me the capacity
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to use any convenient telephone to check my last five transactions. I
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heartily dislike the idea, which strikes me as inviting trouble. Or hasn't
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anyone at either the bank or the credit company realized that I'm not the
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only one in the world with access to a phone, and therefore with access to
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my last five transactions?
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Here is where I made my mistake: I called up the bank to get them to
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disable this terrific feature.
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I explained my request and--here's where I went wrong--my potential
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problem to the person on the other end of the phone. She thought I was
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complaining about a merchant to whom I had unwisely given my credit card
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number. I rephrased the problem. She still thought I was complaining
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about a merchant. I rerephrased the problems. She thought I was
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complaining about a hypothetical merchant. Eventually, she passed me on to
|
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her supervisor.
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Needless to say, I had to start at square one, explaining my concern
|
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from scratch. The supervisor thought I was complaining about a merchant.
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So I rephrased the problem. The supervisor thought I was complaining about
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a merchant....
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"Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until the cities be
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wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be
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utterly desolate." [Isaiah 6:11]
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It took me three different people, almost an hour of my time, and
|
||
more frustration than I care to admit to finally get the message across.
|
||
In the end, I had to raise my voice slightly, interrupt the zombie-like
|
||
speech, and demand, "Listen to me. Listen to what I am saying."
|
||
|
||
The brains of these three people were so used to dealing with maybe
|
||
five basic consumer complaints that they routed all requests into one of
|
||
the five areas. Now, just possibly the poor drones who answer the phones
|
||
all day can be excused this atrophy of the little grey cells. Possibly.
|
||
But not their supervisor, and most definitely not the supervisor's
|
||
supervisor.
|
||
|
||
In the end, I did convey to the Level 2 supervisor just what the heck
|
||
I wanted. She clearly thought I was a crank for refusing such a convenient
|
||
service, but she allowed as how she could place what she called a "phone
|
||
block" on my card... meaning that if I wanted to pay my credit card bill, I
|
||
could no longer do it over the phone.
|
||
|
||
What's more, she did place that block, and she did it the first time
|
||
I asked for it. I know for certain that she did it, because all of a
|
||
sudden, merchants were telling me that they couldn't accept my credit card.
|
||
It seems the phone block that prevented others from abusing my credit card
|
||
also prevented certain merchants from accepting my credit card.
|
||
(Incredibly, the alleged professionals who wrote and installed the credit
|
||
card company's software hadn't checked for such a conflict.) I may be
|
||
flattering myself, but this seems to me to indicate that I was the very
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first person to request a phone block.
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|
||
By the time my credit card company straightened out the problem, I
|
||
was well on the way to collecting a second example of how some people are
|
||
good at dealing only with the same scenario, and reject any scenario they
|
||
haven't prepared themselves for.
|
||
|
||
My doctor had sent me to a specialist, and that very busy, harried
|
||
specialist, had instructed me to call him if I had certain symptoms before
|
||
our next appointment. So, like the naif I am, I did call him when the
|
||
feared symptoms grabbed hold of me and shook me like a milkshake.
|
||
|
||
The receptionist refused--absolutely refused--to put me through to
|
||
the specialist. If I was in extreme pain, go to emergency. If I was not
|
||
in extreme pain, consult my physician. What I was absolutely not supposed
|
||
to do, according to the receptionist, was bother the specialist.
|
||
|
||
Now, I understand that people do make nuisances of themselves,
|
||
wasting the time of an overworked medical specialist when protocol demands
|
||
that a G.P. make a referral. I would estimate that the receptionist had
|
||
already had to deal with a hundred such nuisances that week. What troubles
|
||
me is that she was no longer capable of listening. Anyone who wants to
|
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turn this into a treatise on overwork--and it's not a bad idea--is invited
|
||
to write his or her own editorial. I still find it chilling how readily
|
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people tend to assume that what they're hearing is what they're used to
|
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hearing.
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Most data base programmers make the assumptions that the data is
|
||
going to be consistent. Real life isn't consistent. It's not merely that
|
||
humans aren't consistent, it's that what happens to humans is not
|
||
consistent. Any program that forces you to fit the environment to the
|
||
computer, rather than the other way around, is a third-rate program.
|
||
|
||
The widespread use of computers in today's work-world isn't the
|
||
problem. It's just the symptom.
|
||
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||
[*][*][*]
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|
||
|
||
Last month, I tipped you off that you could use Lynx to read Usenet
|
||
newsgroup such as comp.sys.apple2, merely by visiting the links on Nathan
|
||
Mates's home page. Well, you can, and it's a fairly non-threatening way of
|
||
doing it, too.
|
||
|
||
However, for those of you who want to read comp.sys.apple2 without
|
||
bothering Nathan, it's quite simple. Just press G to go to a specific
|
||
place, and instead of typing something that begins with "http://", just
|
||
type:
|
||
|
||
news:comp.sys.apple2
|
||
|
||
and you'll be taken to comp.sys.apple2. It will also work with other
|
||
newsgroups, such as comp.sys.apple2.comm, comp.sys.apple2.gno,
|
||
comp.sys.apple2.marketplace, comp.sys.apple2.programmer,
|
||
comp.sys.apple2.usergroups, comp.binaries.apple2, comp.sources.apple2, and
|
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alt.emulators.ibmpc.apple2.
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||
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-- Doug Cuff
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GEnie Mail: EDITOR.A2 Internet: editor.a2@genie.com
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ASCII ART ENDS
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[EOA]
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[HEY]//////////////////////////////
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HEY MISTER POSTMAN /
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/////////////////////////////////
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Is That A Letter For Me?
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""""""""""""""""""""""""
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by Douglas Cuff
|
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[EDITOR.A2]
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|
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o BULLETIN BOARD HOT SPOTS
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o A2 POT-POURRI
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o HOT TOPICS
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|
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o WHAT'S NEW
|
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o THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE
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o MESSAGE SPOTLIGHT
|
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|
||
|
||
>>> BULLETIN BOARD HOT SPOTS <<<
|
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""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
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|
||
[*] CAT2, TOP10 ................... Supporting Brutal Deluxe
|
||
[*] CAT3, TOP25 ................... The Finder Patch
|
||
[*] CAT8, TOP25 ................... Point of sale software
|
||
[*] CAT44, TOP2 ................... KansasFest
|
||
|
||
|
||
>>> A2 POT-POURRI <<<
|
||
"""""""""""""""""""""
|
||
|
||
LEGAL SOURCE OF STAR TREK SOUNDS Regarding the Star Trek sounds. A
|
||
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" couple of years ago (Sept/Oct 93 to be
|
||
specific), Bill Moore (of GS+) coordinated with Sound Source and converted
|
||
the Star Trek sounds into IIgs format. So, call "Sound Source" at
|
||
800-877-4778 or 805-494-9996 and ask for their Star Trek and/or Terminator
|
||
2 sounds for the Apple IIgs. They cost $24.95 each, or $39.95 for both.
|
||
(from the Sept-Oct/93 GS+ magazine). They come in a 3 disk set, ready to
|
||
play on the IIgs!
|
||
|
||
Wayne Sheffield (Be patient. God isn't finished with me yet!)
|
||
(W.SHEFFIELD, CAT31, TOP5, MSG:60/M645;1)
|
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|
||
<<<<< Yes, it's legal. They licensed them for this purpose
|
||
"""""
|
||
Since you asked for the sounds on the set, here goes: Star Trek,
|
||
"The Logical Collection" (rSoundSample Names) (sounds are separated by a
|
||
semi-colon).
|
||
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||
Alien Beam 1;
|
||
Alien Button 1;
|
||
Aye, Captain;
|
||
Bridge Button 1;
|
||
Bridge Button 3;
|
||
Bridge Button 4;
|
||
Bridge Button 5;
|
||
Bridge Button 6;
|
||
Bridge Buttons 7A;
|
||
Bridge Click;
|
||
Bridge Power Up;
|
||
Bridge to Captain;
|
||
Bulkhead Door;
|
||
Button Sequence 1;
|
||
Button Sequence 2;
|
||
Button Sequence 3;
|
||
Communicator;
|
||
Computing Now, Captain;
|
||
Contamination;
|
||
Did It Work?;
|
||
Disengage Computer Now!;
|
||
Dramatic Cue 1;
|
||
Dramatic Cue 2;
|
||
Dramatic Cue 7;
|
||
Energize 1;
|
||
Energize 2;
|
||
Energy Field;
|
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Fascinating;
|
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Female Computer;
|
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Great Curiousity;
|
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Hail Whistle;
|
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He's Dead Jim;
|
||
His Brain is Gone;
|
||
I Can't Explain it, Captain;
|
||
I suggest you study this;
|
||
I'm a Doctor;
|
||
It Will Never Work!;
|
||
It's Gone, Sir;
|
||
Leave That Alone;
|
||
Main Phasers Firing;
|
||
Main Theme;
|
||
Materialization;
|
||
Maximum Warp;
|
||
Nothing, Sir;
|
||
Phasers 1;
|
||
Photon Torpedo 2;
|
||
Quickly, Captain!;
|
||
Red Alert;
|
||
Reset;
|
||
Sick Bay 1;
|
||
Standing By, Captain;
|
||
Sterilize;
|
||
Suspense Cue 1; That sir, is illogical;
|
||
The Ultimate Computer;
|
||
Theme Cue 1;
|
||
Time Portal;
|
||
Transporter;
|
||
Verified;
|
||
View Screen 1;
|
||
Vulcans Never Bluff;
|
||
What have you done;
|
||
Where are you going;
|
||
You Are Relieved;
|
||
You Earth People;
|
||
Your logic can be.
|
||
|
||
FYI, this is how they did it. They secured the original soundtrack
|
||
magnetic tape reels from Paramount Pictures, and converted them to Digital
|
||
Audio Tape (DAT). From there, they converted/editted selected sound
|
||
effects into digital code.
|
||
|
||
Wayne Sheffield (Be patient. God isn't finished with me yet!)
|
||
(W.SHEFFIELD, CAT31, TOP5, MSG:64/M645;1)
|
||
|
||
|
||
RUMOR: AOL HELPS VIRUS Just a little note on the lighter side,
|
||
"""""""""""""""""""""""
|
||
I just received notification through Air Force channels, that the
|
||
recently mailed AOL disk was distributed with the BUPT virus on board. Way
|
||
to go AOL. One more good reason to stick with the Apple.
|
||
|
||
Dave C.
|
||
(D.CORKUM, CAT2, TOP4, MSG:129/M645;1)
|
||
|
||
|
||
DEADEYE DRIVES Hehehe, that reminds me of an incident that happened to me
|
||
"""""""""""""" back when I was still working at Softdisk.
|
||
|
||
A year or so ago, we discovered a very serious bug after we'd
|
||
mastered and duplicated an issue, but before it had been mailed out.
|
||
Unfortunately, due to the schedules of some of the larger Softdisk
|
||
products, we couldn't reduplicate with the big automatic machines, so we
|
||
had to resort to the old manual disk duplicators (two drives, can duplicate
|
||
two disks at a time, manual eject button, have to be hand fed).
|
||
|
||
Several people split up the long process of reduplicating all the
|
||
Softdisk G-S disks with these old machines, and I did my part as well. I
|
||
had a couple of disk duplicators sitting on my desk, hooked up to a spare
|
||
power strip (on the floor). Unfortunately, one of the duplicators had an
|
||
especially strong ejection spring, which shot disks out like toast.
|
||
|
||
A one in a million shot: I pressed the ejection button, the disk
|
||
ejected (but I missed stopping it), it flew into a perfect arc down onto
|
||
the power strip, hitting the button at just the right angle to shut off the
|
||
duplicating machines.
|
||
|
||
Fortunately I didn't hook my computers up to the same power strip! :)
|
||
|
||
-G.T. Barnabas
|
||
(BARNABAS, CAT44, TOP2, MSG:188/M645;1)
|
||
|
||
|
||
QUALITY COMPUTERS ON APPLE II, II ALIVE, APPLEWORKS 5 > It takes bad
|
||
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" > management to
|
||
> have 15% of their sales for a computer platform and EXPECT to start
|
||
> losing money next year (and perhaps someone can explain how you can LOSE
|
||
> money selling products at a profit, even if it is only .001% of your
|
||
> total sales).
|
||
|
||
Actually it takes bad management to concentrate on that 15%. If you
|
||
do, you'll be out of business quicker than you can sneeze. In order to
|
||
survive in the business world, you have to look for opportunity. I think
|
||
the Ferrengi have something in the rules of acquisition about that. In
|
||
order for QC to continue to support the Apple II, Quality must first
|
||
survive and thrive. Otherwise, the alternative is that we're not here.
|
||
Time marches on, the world changes and QC must react to those changes.
|
||
|
||
The good news is that QC at no time even considered dropping any of
|
||
its popular products. Appleworks, timeout, Six Pack, System 6, Q drives,
|
||
Memory cards and many third party educational products we have. We did
|
||
drop products that did not sell. These were not a personal thing. We
|
||
needed the space for that other 85% of our business. In business, you
|
||
learn about a dollar per foot formula that calculates just how much space
|
||
you can spend on a product. If we don't have a product, just call us or
|
||
email me. I'll tell you where to find it or at least give you a good path
|
||
to where to get whatever it is you're looking for.
|
||
|
||
We still support the Apple II on our telephones, here on Genie,
|
||
Eworld, the internet, America Online and there are Apple II sections on
|
||
theLINQ.
|
||
|
||
> Is Quality going to drop A2 items as soon as they begin to "lose" money
|
||
> on them? If you asked me two years ago, I would have said "no." But this
|
||
> is the New QC, the one that has broken promise after promise within the
|
||
> past two years.
|
||
|
||
Please feel free to list the promises and I'll be glad to answer
|
||
them. However, I cannot answer something this vague. I understand you're
|
||
upset, but every customer, including the Apple II customer is important to
|
||
us.
|
||
|
||
> You have to actively search for subscribers (and customers) if you expect
|
||
> to succeed. QC charged a premium price for a magazine that was always
|
||
> late, started shrinking after the 3rd issue, and was not even able to be
|
||
> subscribed to, as the telephone sales staff repeatedly told potential
|
||
> subscribers that it was folding -- for the past six months
|
||
|
||
Uncle! We learned one important lesson. Never try to handle a
|
||
subscription base the size of II Alive if it's not your primary business.
|
||
We just didn't have the knowledge, the time, and the resources to continue
|
||
with II Alive and I personally will miss the fun I had writing for it.
|
||
There still is a Woz interview coming up in a future issue:)
|
||
|
||
> They have yet to print anything other than a press release about why
|
||
> anyone might want a Second Sight card.
|
||
|
||
This is mostly because the second sight card is late. We don't have
|
||
it yet. AppleWorks GS tought us to wait and see something before we go
|
||
right ahead and market it. When it's released, I'm sure it will have
|
||
plenty of space. After all, it's a neat thing that frees you from the
|
||
shackles of the IIGS monitor.
|
||
|
||
> Sales of Appleworks 5 disappointing? Perhaps because there was never a
|
||
> convincing reason for people like me to update to it. I use AW3.0 about
|
||
> four times per year and have never felt limited.
|
||
|
||
I too used Appleworks 3 since the first day it came out. I bought
|
||
Appleworks GS before I had a GS. Then I got AppleWorks 4 when it was
|
||
Quadriga and Appleworks 5 when it was Narnia. You never truly know what
|
||
it's like on the mountain until you leave the valley. Trust me, without
|
||
Appleworks 5, you're missing a lot.
|
||
(QUALITY, CAT42, TOP10, MSG:303/M645;1)
|
||
|
||
|
||
FREE IIC UPGRADE DISAPPEARS Some bad news in IIc land, I'm afraid. My
|
||
""""""""""""""""""""""""""" local dealer (Albany, NY) showed me a msg
|
||
from Cupertino - Apple will no longer do the //c logic board swap for free,
|
||
effective May 3, 1995.
|
||
|
||
I'm now sitting with a ROM 01 //c and not happy, but I encourage
|
||
people to appreciate the length of time that Apple _did_ support this free
|
||
upgrade. I have had 4 //c's upgraded over the years for free over a 8-9
|
||
year period. Pretty good service. The free lunch had to end sometime :(
|
||
|
||
Dave H.
|
||
(D.HUGGINS1, CAT26, TOP3, MSG:61/M645;1)
|
||
|
||
|
||
PATCHES FOR PC TRANSPORTER I thought some of you PCT users might be
|
||
"""""""""""""""""""""""""" interested in some of my latest patches to the
|
||
PCT software. Note: These have only been tested a little. Use at your
|
||
own risk. Let me know what you think. These are only good for PCT
|
||
software version 2.0.4 or 2.0.5. As many of you know there is really no
|
||
difference between the two. Just different versions of ProDOS to fix clock
|
||
problems. Just Preferred Computing (what an arrogant name, I don't prefer
|
||
them!) and AE were not honest about this. I'm glad they are gone!
|
||
Perferred did not offer to give me my money back, BTW.
|
||
|
||
All patches are applied to the file AEPC.SYSTEM. You will need a
|
||
block editor that will follow files and show you the position relative to
|
||
the beginning of the file.
|
||
|
||
This first patch was listed earlier but I thought I'd post it again.
|
||
It makes the PCT control panel show up in bright text. Great for those dim
|
||
monitors.
|
||
|
||
Start at Byte Bytes there
|
||
Replace with
|
||
|
||
$1bba: 07
|
||
0f
|
||
|
||
Short patch, eh?
|
||
|
||
The next two patches are great for GS users with extended keyboards.
|
||
|
||
This patch resets the keyboard lights on exit. So that your Scroll
|
||
Lock, Num Lock, and Caps Lock lights, if on at exit, will not stay on when
|
||
you leave the PCT software. This patch simply intercepts the exit routine
|
||
and makes a call within the PCT software that tells it to clear all the
|
||
keyboard lights. I have a init for caps lock light for ROM 01 GS users
|
||
that I hope to release in the near future that is PCT aware. If you've
|
||
ever tried other caps lock inits they tend to goof up the scroll lock and
|
||
num lock lights, mine does not. My init is also fast in that it will not
|
||
interfere with Apple ][ telecom programs. Encourage me!
|
||
|
||
$80 D5 46
|
||
60 5c
|
||
$3c60 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
|
||
a9 00 8d 88 32 3a 8d 89 32 20 64 32 4c 5d 46
|
||
|
||
This final patch swaps the function of the Open-Apple (Command) and
|
||
Solid (Option) keys on the keyboard. Although this patch can be used by GS
|
||
users without an extended keyboard. Its usefulness comes in the fact that
|
||
(at least my) extended keyboard's option key is also labeled "ALT". The
|
||
PCT used the Open-Apple key for the ALT key. This patch fixes this. It
|
||
also offers the change in the labeling of the keyboard layout map in the
|
||
PCT control panel. I wish I could edit it to show a real extended
|
||
keyboard.
|
||
|
||
$1244 04
|
||
08
|
||
$1248 08
|
||
04
|
||
$1707 04
|
||
08
|
||
$170b 08
|
||
04
|
||
|
||
This part of the patch is only needed if you want the keyboard map
|
||
labeling changed.
|
||
|
||
$725c 53 6f 6c 69 64 2d 41 70 70 6c 65 20 28 4f 50 54 49 4f
|
||
4e
|
||
change to... 4f 70 65 6e 2d 41 70 70 6c 65 20 28 43 4f 4d 4d 41 4e
|
||
44
|
||
|
||
If there are any other patches you would like to suggest I'd like to
|
||
hear them. I don't know if I can do all of them though, but I might give
|
||
it a try. One I'd like to see is the PC time syncing with secs. from the
|
||
GS side. However that would requiring fixing the clock driver on the PC
|
||
side and I don't know if I can pull that off! Currently the PCT gets the
|
||
time with a ProDOS GET_TIME call. This only supports Year, month, date,
|
||
hours, and minutes, no seconds!
|
||
|
||
Happy PCing!
|
||
(G.TOLAR, CAT14, TOP12, MSG:342/M645;1)
|
||
|
||
|
||
MAC SERVER? YOU DON'T NEED ANY STINKIN'... I can't help but mention that
|
||
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" you do _NOT_ need a Mac to
|
||
function as a server for this purpose. A programmer can program a GS to
|
||
act as a special server to process the specific functions of your point of
|
||
sale application.
|
||
|
||
I say this with certainty because I know someone who had created a
|
||
professional, custom, networked database entirely of GSes using nothing but
|
||
AppleTalk connections! (It was highly impressive.) He wrote the program
|
||
in two parts: clients, and a server. The server collected data from the
|
||
clients and generated reports. The clients queried the workers for sales
|
||
information. Like I said, it was a custom application and could not be
|
||
repurposed without considerable reprogramming.
|
||
|
||
Michael
|
||
(ANIMASIA, CAT8, TOP25, MSG:12/M645;1)
|
||
|
||
|
||
TRANSWARP IIE HELP I recently got a transwarp for my //e also. No
|
||
"""""""""""""""""" manual. Someone sent me some nice instructions for
|
||
how to set the two switch groups. But the thing still drops into the
|
||
monitor if I try to boot from the hard disk (set in slot 7). Is there
|
||
something I haveto do different if uI use the hard drive. If I take it out
|
||
the Transwarp works good. But with the HD (some kind of off brand mac drive
|
||
SCSI) it crashes. If I try to boot slot 6 or 5 after doing a
|
||
control-reset, the prodos screen comes up, them the computer freezes. So
|
||
what gives?
|
||
(B.BAKER22, CAT14, TOP7, MSG:94/M645;1)
|
||
|
||
>>>>> I wouldn't know unless you told me your setup. But let's save some
|
||
""""" time. Here are all the details you'll probably need.
|
||
|
||
You can put the TW card in slot 3 (yes, finally a use for slot 3!)
|
||
|
||
Block 1 is for Memory cards, of the bank switch type. If you have
|
||
any of these kind of cards in a slot (rare) OPEN that switch (push it
|
||
down). If you use a RamWorks in the aux slot (and if you don't, get one!)
|
||
the TW will accelerate all programs in memory :) Switch 8 on both blocks 1
|
||
and 2 should be OPEN for full TW speed (leave them there).
|
||
|
||
Block 2 is for peripheral cards, and here is where the fun begins.
|
||
Switches 1 to 7 correspond to your slots. Any empty slots (no cards)
|
||
should be CLOSED. Slot 3 (where the TW should be) should be CLOSED.
|
||
|
||
If you have a serial interface card (like a Super Serial card for
|
||
printer or modem), that slot should be OPEN. Parallel interface cards can
|
||
be CLOSED for maximium speed. Your SCSI Hard Drive slot (7) should be
|
||
CLOSED for maximum speed. Do you have an Apple Hi Speed SCSI card?
|
||
|
||
I ran this configuration with DMA on and had no problems until I
|
||
added a PCTransporter card. Then I had to turm DMA on the SCSI card OFF.
|
||
That may be your problem, since the TW uses it's own DMA.
|
||
|
||
You can change speeds (for games, etc) by running these simple basic
|
||
programs.
|
||
|
||
First, make a subdirectory named SPEED.
|
||
|
||
Get into BASIC and make the following programs -
|
||
|
||
NEW
|
||
10 REM START 1 MHZ SPEED
|
||
20 POKE 49268,1
|
||
30 END
|
||
|
||
LIST the input to make sure it is okay, and then save it as START.1MHZ
|
||
|
||
Then make this one -
|
||
|
||
NEW
|
||
10 REM START 3 MHZ SPEED
|
||
20 POKE 49268,0
|
||
30 END
|
||
|
||
Save as START.3MHZ
|
||
|
||
You can also make this one, if you feel you will ever need it. Just
|
||
remember that if you use this, you will have to ReBoot to get the TW back
|
||
into operation.
|
||
|
||
NEW
|
||
10 REM DISABLE TRANSWARP
|
||
20 POKE 49268,3
|
||
30 END
|
||
|
||
Save as DISBLE.TW
|
||
|
||
Now you should have these 3 basic programs under /H?/SPEED/
|
||
available- (Where /H? is the name of your HD Partition.)
|
||
|
||
START.1MHZ
|
||
START.3MHZ
|
||
DISABLE.TW
|
||
|
||
Simply run the desired choice, and there you go!
|
||
|
||
Ray
|
||
(R.PASOLD, CAT14, TOP7, MSG:95-96/M645;1)
|
||
|
||
|
||
THERE ARE NONE SO BLIND... I had some fun at the office today - we had
|
||
"""""""""""""""""""""""""" open house for 72 new staff workers, and I
|
||
left my //e running on my desk with a large banner on the screen which said
|
||
"Apple II Forever!"
|
||
|
||
Quite a few people were surprised to see an "ancient" computer, and
|
||
they were even more amazed to find out all the "stuff" it's hooked to
|
||
(accelerator, internal HD, scanner, laser printer, VAX mainframe, high
|
||
speed modem), but what really blew their minds was seeing a printed
|
||
brochure done on it. One guy even took a copy just to show others. "No
|
||
one is going to believe this was done on an Apple //e!" he said over and
|
||
over - and not just to me - to everyone he met. :)
|
||
|
||
__!__
|
||
| Terrell Smith
|
||
| tsmith@ivcfnsc.fullfeed.com
|
||
(T.SMITH59, CAT2, TOP7, MSG:125/M645;1)
|
||
|
||
|
||
VT100 ON AN APPLE II PLUS What Bill said. Modem MGR has a VT-220
|
||
""""""""""""""""""""""""" emulation, which (according to the manual)
|
||
encompasses VT100 and VT-52 as well.
|
||
|
||
Modem MGR is a SOLID, very powerful telecom program for the II+. It
|
||
literally has no competition in this market.
|
||
|
||
It's $50 from:
|
||
|
||
MGR Software
|
||
Suite 101
|
||
305 So. State College Blvd.
|
||
Anaheim, CA 92806
|
||
(714)993-0294
|
||
|
||
They take plastic.
|
||
|
||
TomZ
|
||
(A2.TOMZ, CAT7, TOP16, MSG:78/M645;1)
|
||
|
||
|
||
>>> HOT TOPICS <<<
|
||
""""""""""""""""""
|
||
|
||
BRUTAL DELUXE AND "SYSTEM 6.0.2" I've explained my position to Joe (who
|
||
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" is "shocked" and "appalled" at me, which
|
||
is of course his right :). I'll stick to my opinion, though: I have no
|
||
intention of installing the Brutal Deluxe "System 6.0.2 update," (those
|
||
quotes are there for a reason, folks), and I will not go out of my way to
|
||
support it in any software I write. Period.
|
||
|
||
That's my feeling on it; let's talk about something more fun now. :)
|
||
|
||
Sheppy
|
||
[Team PPCPro]
|
||
(SHEPPY, CAT9, TOP7, MSG:273/M645;1)
|
||
|
||
>>>>> To be fair, Brutal Deluxe has openly invited any able programmers
|
||
""""" to help them with the system software update. If they can put
|
||
together a series of patches (or a single large patch program, however they
|
||
plan on doing it) to improve upon 6.0.1, then more power to them. But
|
||
these patches must not change any of the functionality of 6.0.1. If there
|
||
are new features added, it will be up to individual software writers to use
|
||
them or not (much like the new features that were added in 6.0.1.) If a
|
||
new piece of software requires the Brutal Deluxe update, it should ship
|
||
with the patch program since this will obviously not be an official Apple
|
||
Comp. update.
|
||
|
||
Whether their update is "official" or not is irrelevant. If it works
|
||
and it's useful, people will use it. There have been quite a few
|
||
unofficial patches that have been endorsed by the Apple IIgs community.
|
||
FixFontMgr is a good example. It is included in the latest version of
|
||
Pointless, and many people consider it a mandatory patch. II Scroll is
|
||
unofficial but it's so darned useful that many people can't live without
|
||
it. If Brutal Deluxe can create more of these types of improvements,
|
||
that's great.
|
||
|
||
- Tony Ward
|
||
(A2.TONY, CAT2, TOP10, MSG: 41/M645;1)
|
||
|
||
>>>>> Log me in as one more very-experienced GS programmer, and one who
|
||
""""" has done a lot of low-level work, who wouldn't trust Brutal Deluxe
|
||
to rewrite an OS.
|
||
|
||
I feel so strongly about this, I might design code to NOT work under
|
||
it. Let me hasten to add that there are programmers here I would trust to
|
||
do such a project. The BD folks just aren't in that lot.
|
||
|
||
A lot of these European programs don't even work right between ROM
|
||
01's and ROM 3's. That speaks volumes to me about the kind of programming
|
||
underlying it all.
|
||
|
||
Also, I distrust many of these programs that mess illegally with my
|
||
Battery RAM. Quite simply, I don't see the right kind of mindset in these
|
||
types of programmers to do an OS properly, and I don't want a poorly-done
|
||
OS to kill the GS market by dividing it between the "good OS" and "new OS"
|
||
camps.
|
||
|
||
I've written SEVERAL bug-patches for the GS (I've lost count of the
|
||
exact number; many of them were done at Softdisk, of course, but some were
|
||
done before that). I don't have problems with bug-patch add-ons, but
|
||
presuming to rewrite the OS is quite a different matter. Also, I know how
|
||
much time and effort _I_ go to to make my patch programs 100% compatible;
|
||
it's exhaustive and methodical work. I haven't seen that kind of work
|
||
ethic in many other programmers.
|
||
|
||
-Greg Templeman
|
||
(BARNABAS, CAT2, TOP10, MSG:43/M645;1)
|
||
|
||
>>>>> A few months ago, Brutal Deluxe proposed a group programming
|
||
""""" project that would identify bugs in System 6.0.1 and fix those
|
||
bugs.
|
||
|
||
They specifically asked for assistance. They stated that they needed
|
||
help in identifying the existing problems, and they solicited other
|
||
programmers to join in on the project.
|
||
|
||
I think that if people have concerns about Brutal Deluxe's proposed
|
||
project that they should get in touch with Brutal Deluxe directly, and
|
||
either offer to get involved in the project, offer constructive criticisms
|
||
of their programming skills, or explain to them why their proposed project
|
||
might be ill conceived or unfeasible.
|
||
|
||
The only programmer I've spoken to recently about the proposed Brutal
|
||
Deluxe project was most vehemently opposed to any Brutal Deluxe meddling
|
||
with system software, but was equally vehement about not contacting them to
|
||
explain why. And, that frustrated me, as I'd rather see the lines of
|
||
communication opened up.
|
||
|
||
That's my 2 cents....
|
||
|
||
Joe
|
||
(JOE.KOHN, CAT2, TOP7, MSG:109/M645;1)
|
||
|
||
|
||
KANSASFEST IS COMING This is an official KFest '95 WARNING!!!
|
||
""""""""""""""""""""
|
||
We are limited to 80 beds (that's 40 rooms) in the dorms at Avila.
|
||
We now have registrations for 62 of those beds.
|
||
|
||
If you've been holding off sending in your registration because you
|
||
are waiting for snow in Phoenix or some other miracle, you had better quit
|
||
waiting and get in touch with PMP (Paul Parkhurst) as soon as possible.
|
||
|
||
After we reach dorm capacity, you may still register to attend KFest
|
||
'95, but you will need to make your own arrangements to stay in a motel.
|
||
|
||
Full registration information may be found in the first message of
|
||
this topic.
|
||
|
||
Be there! July 27-29!!
|
||
|
||
Cindy
|
||
(C.ADAMS11, CAT44, TOP2, MSG:215/M645;1)
|
||
|
||
>>>>> In Topic 2, there is some discussion about the Kansas City airport.
|
||
""""" I'm not a resident of the city, but in looking at my city map it
|
||
appears that there are two ways to get from the Kansas City International
|
||
Airport (KCI) to the college.
|
||
|
||
1. Exit through the main gate (Cookingham Drive) onto Interstate 29
|
||
heading south. Take I-29 into the city. It will merge with I-35; continue
|
||
south until it connects with I-70. Take I-70 east to the junction with
|
||
I-435. Take I-435 south to exit 75A (Wornall Rd.). Follow Wornall south.
|
||
Avila College is on the left a little ways down.
|
||
|
||
2. Exit through the main gate (Cookingham Drive) onto Interstate 29
|
||
heading south. At highway 152, exit west. It appears to be a four lane,
|
||
limited access highway. Follow 152 west to I-435. Take I-435 south and
|
||
follow it around until it reaches Wornall Rd from the west. Then exit to
|
||
the college. This appears to be a longer route, but it MAY be less
|
||
crowded. If you take this route, you will pass through Overland Park,
|
||
Kansas.
|
||
|
||
Charlie
|
||
(A2.CHARLIE, CAT44, TOP3, MSG:21/M645;1)
|
||
|
||
>>>>> |>
|
||
""""" |\oute #2 is how I've usually gotten from the airport to Avila.
|
||
It's very difficult to make a wrong turn or get lost on. Not that I've
|
||
ever actually driven in Kansas City, myself... But still, this year I'm
|
||
planning on renting a car and driving from the airport, and I bet I could
|
||
get to Avila via route #2 without even looking at a map.
|
||
|
||
-= Lunatic (:
|
||
(A2.LUNATIC, CAT44, TOP3, MSG:22/M645;1)
|
||
|
||
>>>>> I agree 100% with Luny, Route #2 is =the= way to go. Route #1 is
|
||
""""" probably a few miles shorter, but takes you through a real
|
||
spaghetti-pile rat's-nest of heavy-traffic intersections and lane changes.
|
||
Route #2, OTOH, is a straight shot with no changes and has less dense
|
||
traffic.
|
||
|
||
TomZ
|
||
(A2.TOMZ, CAT44, TOP3, MSG:23/M645;1)
|
||
|
||
>>>>> I should have included a 3rd route in my list. Thanks, Carl
|
||
"""""
|
||
|
||
(3) Exit the airport, go under I-29 and follow Highway 291 to the
|
||
interchange at I-435. Take the first ramp onto I-435. Follow I-435 around
|
||
the east side of Kansas City until you get to Wornall Rd. Follow Wornall
|
||
Rd. south to the college.
|
||
|
||
It appears from the discussion that route #1 (through downtown Kansas
|
||
City) is a bad idea. ;)
|
||
|
||
Charlie
|
||
(A2.CHARLIE, CAT44, TOP3, MSG:29/M645;1)
|
||
|
||
>>>>> I know some are likely to call this nit-picking, however anyone
|
||
""""" that actually goes to "KCI" will be very disappointed when they
|
||
find that KFest is not in Kono, Indonesia B-)>
|
||
|
||
The airport code for Kansas City International airport (the airport you
|
||
WILL arrive at if you fly) is MCI. -- HangTime [PT Powered] B-)>
|
||
(HANGTIME, CAT44, TOP2, MSG:227/M645;1)
|
||
|
||
>>>>> Here's some additional information about Kansas City hotels. This
|
||
""""" builds on the information that Cindy had previously posted.
|
||
|
||
I was able to get prices (__single__ rate) for most of the hotels
|
||
listed below. The exception(s) were the Marriott hotels. When I called,
|
||
their local reservation person was gone for the evening and I couldn't get
|
||
through on the 1-800 reservation line (it was busy). The 24-hour
|
||
reservation line for the Marriott hotels is 1-800-229-9290.
|
||
|
||
Please use the prices listed below as a __guideline__ for comparison.
|
||
Your actual mileage may vary :)
|
||
|
||
Kansas City Motels near Avila College (from the AAA Book)
|
||
|
||
Courtyard by Marriott 816-941-3333
|
||
500 E. 105th St., Kansas City, MO 64131
|
||
(I-435 and Holmes St)
|
||
|
||
Best Western Hallmark Inn 913-383-2550
|
||
7000 W. 108th St., Overland Park, KS 66211
|
||
(I-435 and Metcalf)
|
||
[$62, free local calls, phone jack available]
|
||
|
||
Clubhouse Inn - Overland Park 913-648-5555
|
||
10610 Marty, Overland Park, KS 66212
|
||
(I-435 and Metcalf)
|
||
[$75, free local calls, phone jack available]
|
||
|
||
Courtyard by Marriott 913-339-9900
|
||
11301 Metcalf, Overland Park, KS 66212
|
||
(I-435 and Metcalf)
|
||
|
||
Drury Inn - Overland Park 913-345-1500
|
||
10951 Metcalf, Overland Park, KS 66210
|
||
(I-435 and Metcalf)
|
||
[$69, free local calls, phone jack available]
|
||
|
||
Embassy Suites - Overland Park 913-649-7060
|
||
10601 Metcalf, Overland Park, KS 66212
|
||
(I-435 and Metcalf)
|
||
[$119, local calls are $0.75 each, phone jack available]
|
||
|
||
Fairfield Inn - Overland Park 913-381-5700
|
||
4401 W. 107th, Overland Park, KS 66207
|
||
(I-435 and Roe)
|
||
[$53, free local calls, phone jack available]
|
||
|
||
Hampton Inn - Overland Park 913-341-1551
|
||
10591 Metcalf E. Frontage Rd, Overland Park, KS 66212
|
||
(I-435 and Metcalf)
|
||
[$66, free local calls, phone jack available]
|
||
|
||
Overland Park Marriott 913-451-8000
|
||
10800 Metcalf, Overland Park, KS 66210
|
||
(I-435 and Metcalf)
|
||
|
||
Red Roof Inn - Overland Park 913-341-0100
|
||
6800 W. 108th St., Overland Park, KS 66211
|
||
(I-435 and Metcalf)
|
||
[$43/50, free local calls, phone jack available]
|
||
|
||
>>>> new entry to list <<<<
|
||
Motel 6 - Kansas City - Lenexa, KS (Southwest) 913-541-8558
|
||
9725 Lenexa Drive, Lenexa, KS 66215
|
||
(I-35 @ 95th St. Exit 224) -- NE corner of I-435 & I-35
|
||
$33.14 (including tax), free local calls, phone jack avail
|
||
(E.WAGNER10, CAT44, TOP2, MSG:236/M645;1)
|
||
|
||
|
||
>>> WHAT'S NEW <<<
|
||
""""""""""""""""""
|
||
|
||
(San Rafael, CA. June 7, 1995) Shareware Solutions II, a general
|
||
interest bi-monthly newsletter devoted to the Apple II computer, is pleased
|
||
to announce that it is now the exclusive distributor of "The A+ Home
|
||
Organizer."
|
||
|
||
Created by Dr Cynthia Field, "The A+ Home Organizer" is a collection
|
||
of AppleWorks GS templates designed to assist you in organizing your
|
||
personal and family information. There's a credit card registry, a
|
||
personal balance sheet that allows you to create a statement of net worth,
|
||
several mortgage related templates that will help you through the maze of
|
||
refinancing your home, a vacation planner, a template to create address
|
||
labels, a template that lets you enter information about friends and family
|
||
and that serves as a reminder for important dates, a medical authorization
|
||
form, a home inventory worksheet, and a template that tracks the details of
|
||
your financial life. All documentation is provided on disk.
|
||
|
||
Originally available through inCider/A+ Magazine for $29.95,
|
||
Shareware Solutions II is making "The A+ Home Organizer" available for only
|
||
$5. There are no additional charges for shipping and handling, and air
|
||
mail delivery to anywhere in the world is included as part of the $5 cost.
|
||
Despite its low cost, "The A+ Home Organizer" is not freeware, shareware or
|
||
public domain; it is professionally created commercial software for the
|
||
Apple IIGS.
|
||
|
||
In order to use these templates, you MUST own AppleWorks GS.
|
||
|
||
Shareware Solutions II can accept checks or money orders, in US
|
||
dollars (or drawn on a US account) and made payable to "Joe Kohn." Sorry,
|
||
but no credit cards or school purchase orders can be accepted.
|
||
|
||
Joe Kohn
|
||
c/o Shareware Solutions II
|
||
166 Alpine Street
|
||
San Rafael, CA 94901-1008
|
||
USA
|
||
(JOE.KOHN, CAT28, TOP4, MSG:40/M645;1)
|
||
|
||
|
||
>>> THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE <<<
|
||
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
||
|
||
SCRIPT-CENTRAL BACK ISSUES I've dropped a few hints concerning a few of
|
||
"""""""""""""""""""""""""" the projects that Shareware Solutions II has
|
||
on tap...
|
||
|
||
HangTime has secured the copyrights to the excellent HyperCard based
|
||
Script-Central magazine-on-disk that he edited/created for ICON. HangTime
|
||
and I have reached an agreement for Shareware Solutions II to distribute
|
||
those, once again.
|
||
|
||
There's a lot that needs to be done before all those back issues will
|
||
become available once again. In no particular order....
|
||
|
||
1) We need to set a price for each issue and we need to determine a
|
||
price for the entire collection.
|
||
|
||
2) I need to go through all 20+ issues and re-acquaint myself with
|
||
them in order to be able to describe what's contained on each issue.
|
||
|
||
3) I do not yet have a complete set of disks.
|
||
|
||
So, in the midst of preparing the next issue of SSII, I have some
|
||
other time consuming tasks. I imagine that we'll be able to set an
|
||
equitable price in the next few weeks, so that should be included in the
|
||
next issue.
|
||
|
||
I'd just thought you'd want to know...
|
||
|
||
Joe Kohn
|
||
(JOE.KOHN, CAT28, TOP4, MSG:348/M645;1)
|
||
|
||
|
||
IIGS MS-DOS UTILITIES Recently I spoke via internet mail with Peter
|
||
""""""""""""""""""""" Watson. One of the things I asked was if he
|
||
planned on releasing a "desktop version" of his MSDOS Utilities. Here is
|
||
his reply:
|
||
|
||
Re: The "desktop version". I have started designing it,
|
||
but time is a real issue. It will probably be an NDA, which
|
||
means I won't try to implement some of the bells and whistles
|
||
that would be easy in a full application. On the other hand,
|
||
you will be able to transfer files from within any other
|
||
application, which is as close as we're going to get to a
|
||
"real" MSDOS FST.
|
||
|
||
I have no idea when it might be available, but he _is_ working on it!
|
||
|
||
-Doc
|
||
Internet: WEL378@prb.mhs.compuserve.com
|
||
(M.WELTE, CAT9, TOP17, MSG:51/M645;1)
|
||
|
||
|
||
UPDATED SUPERCONVERT Our goal is to have it finished by KansasFest.
|
||
"""""""""""""""""""" Don't know how much [it will cost] yet. We'll
|
||
announce complete details here as soon as SC is ready.
|
||
(SEVENHILLS, CAT43, TOP5, MSG:217/M645;1)
|
||
|
||
|
||
STATE OF FAXINATION As near as I can tell, we have one problem where the
|
||
""""""""""""""""""" program sometimes doesn't know that it's supposed to
|
||
turn on the Print Manager; one where the Finder is doing screen updates and
|
||
we have a Resource Manager bug; and one where a certain model of Zoom modem
|
||
doesn't handle the ends of pages the same way that everybody else does, and
|
||
therefore FAXination quits after sending one page.
|
||
|
||
Most of our users seem to be pretty happy with the last version
|
||
(v0.1.6) so I'll release another after I check out the fixes for the
|
||
problems mentioned above. Then there are a couple of features that need to
|
||
be added, and a couple of suggestions on making things a bit easier to deal
|
||
with, and I will finally be able to declare Version 1.0!
|
||
|
||
Yes, fax software is a *colossal* pain, but where would the fun be if
|
||
it was easy? :) Have I mentioned today that I hate modems?
|
||
|
||
Da Programmer
|
||
(S.MCQUEEN1, CAT40, TOP2, MSG:276/M645;1)
|
||
|
||
|
||
>>> MESSAGE SPOTLIGHT <<<
|
||
"""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
||
|
||
Category 9, Topic 6
|
||
Message 100 Sat Jun 03, 1995
|
||
M.EWEN [Michael E] at 01:44 EDT
|
||
|
||
Yesterday at about 6:30 I posted a message in A2 about the problems I
|
||
was having with accessing my P8 programs. It turns out that the problem
|
||
was my RamFast mapping. Everything is back to normal and I am ever so
|
||
grateful for all the help. In my desperation I also posted the same
|
||
message on Usenet.comp.sys.apple2. In A2 I had 3 suggestions within a
|
||
couple of hours and a solution within 24 hours. On the famous Intenet I
|
||
had not responses with the first 24 hours, none. Now if I ever needed
|
||
(which I don't) any encouragement to stay on GEnie I just got it. To me it
|
||
makes very short work of the discussion in Usenet.comp.sys.apple2 about the
|
||
costs and usefulness of GEnie. Once again thanks to all.
|
||
|
||
Michael E.
|
||
Delivered by:
|
||
Spectrum 2.0/CoPilot v2.55
|
||
|
||
[*][*][*]
|
||
|
||
|
||
While on GEnie, do you spend most of your time downloading files?
|
||
If so, you may be missing out some excellent information in the Bulletin
|
||
Board area. The messages listed above only scratch the surface of
|
||
what's available and waiting for you in the bulletin board area.
|
||
|
||
If you are serious about your Apple II, the GEnieLamp staff strongly
|
||
urge you to give the bulletin board area a try. There are literally
|
||
thousands of messages posted from people like you from all over the
|
||
world.
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
[EOA]
|
||
[HUM]//////////////////////////////
|
||
HUMOR ONLINE /
|
||
/////////////////////////////////
|
||
Fun and Games on GEnie
|
||
""""""""""""""""""""""
|
||
|
||
|
||
Microsoft Announces New CD-ROM Software to Aid Consumers In Suing MS
|
||
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
||
|
||
(REDMOND) In an effort to make it easier for computer users everywhere to
|
||
file a law suit against itself, Microsoft Corporation today announced
|
||
Microsoft Litigation '95, a multimedia reference library complete with 139
|
||
frequently used legal writs, briefs, templates and forms which are
|
||
accessible from within other programs with a single click.
|
||
|
||
With this handy tool, a user will be able to combine elements of the
|
||
popular Microsoft Office and Microsoft Office Professional desktop
|
||
productivity suites in conjunction with the Litigation '95 CD-ROM package
|
||
to quickly and efficiently bring suit against Microsoft for a variety of
|
||
reasons, whether legitimate or frivolous.
|
||
|
||
What is new this year:
|
||
|
||
Litigation Builder Located on the QuickSuit information retrieval
|
||
"""""""""""""""""" toolbar, Litigation Builder provides instant access to
|
||
an enormous variety of case law and civil code from within any program on
|
||
the Windows platform.
|
||
|
||
Suit Wizards (tm) Suit Wizards (tm) guide the user through the many mazes
|
||
""""""""""""""""" of 'legalese' required to bring suit against Microsoft,
|
||
whether in city, county, state, Federal, Appellate, or Supreme Court.
|
||
Localized versions of Litigation '95 will provide for the equivalent of
|
||
lawsuits in any nation's format.
|
||
|
||
Year in Review The Year in Review section highlights lawsuits, findings,
|
||
"""""""""""""" settlements and other legal events of the past year which
|
||
affect Microsoft, including the Justice Department suit, Judge Sporkin's
|
||
refusal to approve the settlement and the Stacker suit.
|
||
|
||
All New Forms View more than 650 legal templates and forms from around
|
||
""""""""""""" the world, 930 country-specific case law findings, and 180
|
||
bar associations. Also click a Latin legal term to hear it pronounced.
|
||
Nothing could make it easier for a non-lawyer to bring suit against
|
||
Microsoft.
|
||
|
||
More Multimedia Elements Litigation '95 contains all new video for a
|
||
"""""""""""""""""""""""" total of 45 clips, 150 new audio clips for a
|
||
total of five hours of sound, and 550 new images for a total of 3,000
|
||
pictures. The law dictionary contains more than 80,000 spoken
|
||
pronunciations (the feature can be turned off if desired).
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
[EOA]
|
||
[CON]//////////////////////////////
|
||
CONNECTIONS /
|
||
/////////////////////////////////
|
||
Online Thoughts
|
||
"""""""""""""""
|
||
by Al Fasoldt
|
||
[A.FASOLDT]
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
>>> VIRTUALLY REAL, AND REALLY VIRTUAL <<<
|
||
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
||
Copyright (c) 1995 By Al Fasoldt. All rights reserved.
|
||
|
||
I was adjusting the sound level of my virtual CD player the other day
|
||
when I suddenly realized how strange this act would have seemed a few years
|
||
ago.
|
||
|
||
But "virtual" is the buzzword of the mid-'90s for computer users, so
|
||
no one who has mastered a modern personal computer is likely to find
|
||
anything strange in what I was doing.
|
||
|
||
I turned a knob in the middle of my computer screen. Not a real
|
||
knob, of course -- that would really have messed up the display when I was
|
||
doing my word processing. It was a virtual knob.
|
||
|
||
Then I pushed the "pause" button when the phone rang. It isn't a
|
||
real button, mind you. I mean, it _is_ a real button, since it does a real
|
||
thing -- it puts the CD player on pause. But it's not a real button, if
|
||
you know what I mean.
|
||
|
||
Don't feel bad. Sometimes I don't know what I mean or what others
|
||
mean, either, when talk comes around to the latest virtual machines. I
|
||
don't know of any other term for them.
|
||
|
||
They're all around us when we use personal computers.
|
||
|
||
You're told to click on a window. It's not a window, of course.
|
||
It's a virtual window. And you're told to press a button. It's really a
|
||
picture of a button.
|
||
|
||
Things can get complicated fast. In our standard PC setup at the
|
||
newspaper where I train journalists in the new technologies of our trade,
|
||
reporters click on a typewriter to start up their word processor. It's not
|
||
a typewriter, of course. It's not even a picture of a typewriter, if you
|
||
are thinking along the virtual reality path. It's a picture of a virtual
|
||
typewriter.
|
||
|
||
And so I have my virtual CD player. The controls look just like the
|
||
knobs and buttons on the Technics CD player that sits on the shelf beside
|
||
my computer, but it's a lot more fun to use. Any time I want to listen to
|
||
a compact disc, I can just slide the disc into my CD-ROM drive and put my
|
||
virtual player on the screen.
|
||
|
||
I can even slide the virtual player out of the way if I'm doing
|
||
something else. It sure beats trying to lug my Technics around.
|
||
|
||
What this means to the non-virtual CD-player business is anybody's
|
||
guess. I know typewriters all but disappeared when word processors and
|
||
cheap computer printers took over. Sure, you need a computer if you want
|
||
to use a virtual CD player, but that's no problem; every office has
|
||
computers, and maybe 40 percent of all homes do, too.
|
||
|
||
Computers can be turned into virtual telephones, too. And virtual
|
||
TVs. I guy I know has a virtual stereo FM receiver on his computer screen.
|
||
|
||
One of my friends made a big discovery in the area of virtuality the
|
||
other day. He found a virtual keyboard on his computer screen. It comes
|
||
with Microsoft Windows. If you press a virtual key on this virtual
|
||
keyboard you get a virtual letter on the screen, I suppose. It would have
|
||
been a lot easier for him to press the real letter on the real keyboard,
|
||
but it wouldn't have been, well, virtual.
|
||
|
||
And it wouldn't have been as much fun.
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
[EOA]
|
||
[ASA]//////////////////////////////
|
||
ASCII ART GALLERY /
|
||
/////////////////////////////////
|
||
Summer Garden
|
||
"""""""""""""
|
||
by Susie Oviatt
|
||
[SUSIE]
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
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[FOR VISUALLY IMPAIRED READERS: The preceding was a picture of an iris and
|
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a picture of a rose.]
|
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|
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|
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[EOA]
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[HUN]//////////////////////////////
|
||
THE TREASURE HUNT /
|
||
/////////////////////////////////
|
||
Yours For the Downloading
|
||
"""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
||
by Charlie Hartley
|
||
[A2.CHARLIE]
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
Welcome back to the Treasure Hunt!
|
||
|
||
As Doug told you last month, there are several "Best of" disk
|
||
collections in the Apple II library. This month I'd like to give you some
|
||
extra information about the "Best of Music Studio Songs" file, as well as
|
||
information on the other Music Studio files available in the library.
|
||
|
||
This file, titled BEST.OF.MS.BXY (#18976) was uploaded in June 1992.
|
||
Since then there have only been a handful of new files uploaded for Music
|
||
Studio. If you have Music Studio, or have seen it for sale used and
|
||
wondered about it, here is the information you need to get the best of the
|
||
already recorded Music Studio songs.
|
||
|
||
[*][*][*]
|
||
|
||
|
||
Here is a list of all of the songs available on the Best of Music
|
||
Studio Songs file. This file is designed to fit on a single 800K 3.5"
|
||
disk.
|
||
|
||
To make this list, a song had to be special to some folks. I'll make
|
||
no attempt to evaluate them, since I have a tin ear. :)
|
||
|
||
ALLATRK.SNG Alla Turea - Wolfgang A. Mozart
|
||
ANNIES.SNG Annie's Song by John Denver
|
||
BEETHVN5TH.SNG Beethoven's 5th
|
||
BENHUR.SNG Ben Hur Chariot Race March
|
||
BLACKBIRD.SNG Blackbird - The Beatles
|
||
BLUE.MOON.SNG Blue Moon - Hart & Rogers
|
||
BO.RHAPSODY.SNG Bohemian Rhapsody
|
||
BOLERO.SNG Bolero by Ravel
|
||
BRICKWAL.SNG Another Brick on the Wall
|
||
BRISTL.STMP.SNG Bristol Stomp - The Dovells
|
||
BTVNS5THPNO.SNG Beethoven's 5th
|
||
BUMBLEBEE.SNG Flight of the Bumble Bee
|
||
CAN.CAN.SNG Hooked On a Can Can by Eric
|
||
CANTINA.B.SNG Cantina Band
|
||
CLOSER.SNG Closer to the Heart by Rush
|
||
COLOUR.SNG Colour My World
|
||
CONCERTO.SNG Concerto in the Italian Stype
|
||
DOWNUNDER.SNG Down Under by Men at Work
|
||
DWARVES.SNG March of the Dwarves
|
||
ENTERTAINER.SNG The Entertainer by Joplin
|
||
EVERY.DAY.SNG Every Day
|
||
FALCON.CRST.SNG Falcon Crest Arr: Greg Dib
|
||
FLASHDANCE.SNG Flashdance - What a Feeling
|
||
GAMES.PLAY.SNG Games People Play
|
||
GBUSTERS.SNG Ghostbusters- Ray Parker Jr.
|
||
GGROBAR.SNG Grandma Got Run Over - Brooks
|
||
GHOSTRIDERS.SNG Ghostriders
|
||
HEARTBREAK.SNG Heartbreaker by Pat Benetar
|
||
HELP.RONDA.SNG Help Me Rhonda by Brian Wilson
|
||
HERE.THERE.SNG Here, There, and Everywhere
|
||
HILL.ST.SNG Hill Street Blues Theme
|
||
I.HAV.2.DO2.SNG All I Have To Do Is Dream
|
||
INVENTION10.SNG Invention #10 in G Major
|
||
INVENTION12.SNG Invention #12 in A Major
|
||
INVENTION15.SNG Invention #15 in B Minor
|
||
LINUS.LUCY.SNG Linus and Lucy - V. Guaraldi
|
||
LION.SLEEPS.SNG Wimoweh Mbube - The Tokens
|
||
LOLLIPOP.SNG Lollipop
|
||
LONELY.SNG You're Only Lonely
|
||
LUCIFER.SNG Lucifer - Alan Parsons Project
|
||
MORK.SNG Mork & Mindy Theme
|
||
MPLE.LF.RAG.SNG Maple Leaf Rag by Scott Joplin
|
||
NACHT.MIDI.SNG Eine Kleine Nachtmusik - Mozart
|
||
NINETOFIVE.SNG Nine To Five
|
||
ONE.UR.WITH.SNG Love The One You're With
|
||
OVERTURE.SNG Overture - Rush
|
||
PAINT.BLAK.SNG Paint It Black - Rolling Stones
|
||
PEOPLE.EAT.SNG The Purple People Eater
|
||
PETERGUNN.SNG Peter Gunn
|
||
PLAY.W.FIRE.SNG Play With Fire - Rolling Stones
|
||
ROCK.ROUND.SNG Rock Around the Clock
|
||
ROCKUSA.SNG Rock in the USA
|
||
RUDOLPH.SNG Rudolph Song
|
||
RUNNING.SNG Running With The Night
|
||
S.L.T.WIND.SNG She's Like the Wind - P. Swayze
|
||
SD.SILENCE.SNG The Sound of Silence
|
||
SILANCEAG6O.SNG The Sound of Silence
|
||
SINFONIA12.SNG Sinfonia Nolz in A Major
|
||
SOLILOQUY.SNG Soliloquy - Rush
|
||
SOMETHING.SNG Something for Nothing
|
||
SOOLAIMON.SNG Soolaimon by Appletree
|
||
SPAULDING.SNG Hooray for Captain Spaulding
|
||
SPIRIT.SNG Spirit of the Radio by Rush
|
||
ST.ELSE.SNG St. Elsewhere Arr: Greg Dib
|
||
SURFIN.USA.SNG Surfin' USA - Beach Boys
|
||
SYRINX.SNG The Temple of Syrinx
|
||
UNDER.SEA.SNG Under the Sea
|
||
VINCENT.SNG Vincent (Don McLean)
|
||
WONDERFUL.SNG Wonderful! Wonderful!
|
||
YAKETY.YAK.SNG Yakety Yak - The Coasters
|
||
Z812.SNG 1812
|
||
|
||
Since this file was uploaded, there have been only four other Music
|
||
Studio files uploaded. They are:
|
||
|
||
File# Filename Description
|
||
|
||
22510 CANNON.SNG.BXY Tune for Music Studio .01
|
||
19924 PEACE.BXY Music Studio song 'Peace, Peace'
|
||
19625 UNDERSEA.BXY Under the Sea from "Little Mermaid."
|
||
19528 AMERICANPIE.BXY Song, American Pie by Don McLean.
|
||
|
||
Of the four, only PEACE.BXY caught my attention (but don't forget my
|
||
tin ear ;)
|
||
|
||
Below is a list of all of the other Music Studio songs available in
|
||
the Apple II library. It includes all of the songs on the BEST list, as
|
||
well as a number of others.
|
||
|
||
File# Filename Description
|
||
|
||
17378 LINUS.LUCY.BXY Peanuts theme song for MS 2.0
|
||
17377 GGROBAR.BXY GGROBAR for Music Studio 2.0
|
||
17267 FAREWLL.SNG.BXY Rush: A Farewell To Kings for MS
|
||
17159 THETREES.MS.BXY The Trees by Rush for Music Studio
|
||
17018 CLASSICAL..BXY A bunch of classical songs for MS
|
||
17016 OLDIES.BXY A bunch of oldie songs for MS
|
||
17015 RUSH.TUNES.BXY A bunch of RUSH tunes for MS
|
||
17014 ROCK.TUNES.BXY A bunch of tunes for MS
|
||
16574 PAPA.PRCH.BXY Song for Music Studio (RE-UP)
|
||
16573 SINFONIA12.BXY Song for Music Studio (RE-UP)
|
||
16572 SINFONIA09.BXY Song for Music Studio (RE-UP)
|
||
16570 SINFONIA07.BXY Song for Music Studio (RE-UP)
|
||
16569 SINFONIA03.BXY Song for Music Studio (RE-UP)
|
||
16567 IF.I.FELL.BXY Song for Music Studio (RE-UP)
|
||
16566 NIGHTINGALE.BXY Song for Music Studio (RE-UP)
|
||
16565 WONDERFUL.BXY Song for Music Studio (RE-UP)
|
||
16564 SUNDAY.GIRL.BXY Song for Music Studio (RE-UP)
|
||
16563 GAMES.PLAY.BXY Song for Music Studio (RE-UP)
|
||
16562 LUCIFER.BXY Song for Music Studio (RE-UP)
|
||
16561 BE.LIKE.U.BXY Song for Music Studio (RE-UP)
|
||
16560 RISING.SUN.BXY Song for Music Studio (RE-UP)
|
||
16257 TRUE.COLORS.BXY Song for Music Studio (RE-UP)
|
||
16256 CAL.GIRLS.BXY Song for Music Studio (RE-UP)
|
||
16254 I.GET.AROUN.BXY Song for Music Studio (RE-UP)
|
||
16253 PURPLE.PEPL.BXY Song for Music Studio (RE-UP)
|
||
16252 FR.OVRSPILL.BXY Song for Music Studio (RE-UP)
|
||
16251 ROKROLL.SND.BXY Sound file for Music Studio (RE-UP)
|
||
16247 FALCON.CRST.BXY Song for Music Studio (RE-UP)
|
||
16246 MAPLE.LF.RG.BXY Song for Music Studio (RE-UP)
|
||
16245 GO.YOUR.WAY.BXY Song for Music Studio (RE-UP)
|
||
16244 DOWN.UNDER.BXY Song for Music Studio (RE-UP)
|
||
16243 RUDOLPH.BXY Song for Music Studio (RE-UP)
|
||
16242 SURFR.GIRL.BXY Song for Music Studio (RE-UP)
|
||
16241 BARBARA.ANN.BXY Song for Music Studio (RE-UP)
|
||
16240 BERETTA.SNG.BXY Song for Music Studio (RE-UP)
|
||
16230 POSMNTATERS.BXY Ragtime song for MusicStudio 2.0.
|
||
16174 CANTINA.BXY Song for Music Studio (RE-UP)
|
||
16173 CAN.CAN.SNG.BXY Song for Music Studio (RE-UP)
|
||
16172 SPAULDING.BXY Song for Music Studio (RE-UP)
|
||
16171 AMERICA2.BXY Song for Music Studio (RE-UP)
|
||
16170 CAL.DREAMIN.BXY Song for Music Studio (RE-UP)
|
||
16169 BROADWAY.BXY Song for Music Studio (RE-UP)
|
||
15722 MUSICON.BXY Icons - Music Studio and SoundSmith
|
||
15552 WITCHY.BXY Song for Music Studio
|
||
15551 STAIRWAY.HV.BXY Song for Music Studio
|
||
15550 KILLING.ME.BXY Song for Music Studio
|
||
15549 EVERYBREATH.BXY Song for Music Studio
|
||
15483 BOADWAY.BXY Song for Music Studio
|
||
15456 SOLACE.BXY An original piece for Music Studio
|
||
15419 FALLING.2.BXY New version of Twin Peaks theme
|
||
15368 TWIN.PEAKS.BXY Twin Peaks Theme for Music Studio
|
||
15271 VINCENT.BXY Song for Music Studio
|
||
15216 MTRIBUTE.BXY Michigan Tribute for Music Studio
|
||
15201 BACH.BXY Song for Music Studio
|
||
15194 WE.R.WORLD.BXY Song for Music Studio (RE-UP)
|
||
15193 CELLO.WBNK.BXY Wavebank for Music Studio (Re-Up)
|
||
15190 STELSEWHERE.BXY Song For Music Studio (Re-UP)
|
||
15163 PSN.PIGEONS.BXY by Tom Lehrer for MusicStudio
|
||
15139 COLOUR.SNG.BXY Song for Music Studio (Re-Up)
|
||
15138 MS.1812.SNG.BXY Song for Music Studio (Re-UP)
|
||
15137 BUTLOVE.SNG.BXY Song for Music Studio (RE-UP)
|
||
15136 GHST.BUSTR.BXY Song for Music Studio (RE-UP)
|
||
15134 SAIL.AWAY.BXY Song for Music Studio 2.0
|
||
15029 AGNST.ODDS.BXY Song for Music Studio
|
||
15028 AXEL.FOLEY.BXY Song for Music Studio
|
||
15027 ANOTHR.BRIK.BXY Song for Music Studio
|
||
15026 ON.BROADWAY.BXY Song for Music Studio
|
||
15025 AMERICA.BXY Song for MusicStudio
|
||
14923 DONT.BE.SHY.BXY Song for Music Studio
|
||
14502 IN.MY.ROOM.BXY Song for Music Studio
|
||
14498 INVENTION.13.BXY Song for Music Studio
|
||
14497 SOOLAIMON.BXY Song for Music Studio
|
||
14217 GOD.REST.YE.BXY A Christmas song for Music Studio
|
||
14216 GHOSTRIDERS.BXY Ghost Riders song for Music Studio
|
||
14209 W.CHRISTMAS.BXY Christmas Music For Music Studio
|
||
14208 WHAT.CHILD.BXY Christmas Music For Music Studio
|
||
14207 SILENT.NITE.BXY Christmas Music For Music Studio
|
||
14206 MANGER.BXY Christmas Music For Music Studio
|
||
14205 KING.W.BXY Christmas Music For Music Studio
|
||
14204 JOY.2.WORLD.BXY Christmas Song For Music Studio
|
||
14176 FIRST.NOEL1.BXY Christmas Music For Music Studio
|
||
14172 DECK.HALLS1.BXY Christmas Music For Music Studio
|
||
14167 BETHLEHEM.BXY Christmas Music For Music Studio
|
||
14066 XMAS.CAROL.BXY by Tom Lehrer for MusicStudio 2.0.1
|
||
13962 NEVER.ENDIN.BXY Song for Music Studio
|
||
13961 JUMP.BXY Song for Music Studio
|
||
13960 HEARTBREAKR.BXY Song for Music Studio
|
||
13959 FLASHDANCE.BXY Song for Music Studio
|
||
13957 DANCER.BXY Song for Music Studio
|
||
13938 MARTHA.BXY Song for Music Studio
|
||
13901 SND.SILENCE.BXY Song for Music Studio
|
||
13900 GT.CHARLIE.BXY Song for Music Studio
|
||
13899 CLEMENTINE.BXY A Music Construction Set Song
|
||
13898 BUMBLEBEE.BXY Song for Music Studio
|
||
13897 BOHEMIAN.RP.BXY Song for Music Studio
|
||
13896 BOLERO.BXY Song for Music Studio
|
||
13895 BOOKENDS.BXY Song for Music Studio
|
||
13639 TRIO.K1.BXY Song for Music Studio
|
||
13638 TCHAIKOVSKY.BXY Song for Music Studio
|
||
13637 PRE.BELLS.BXY Song for Music Studio
|
||
13636 MOZART.3.BXY Song for Music Studio
|
||
13635 MOZART.2.BXY Song for Music Studio
|
||
13634 MINUET.T.BXY Song for Music Studio
|
||
13633 MINUET.F.BXY Song for Music Studio
|
||
13632 MINUET.2.BXY Song for Music Studio
|
||
13631 FANFARE.M.BXY Song for Music Studio
|
||
13630 DWARVES.BXY Song for Music Studio
|
||
13629 ALLEGRO.F.BXY Song for Music Studio
|
||
13590 AMANDA.BXY Song for Music Studio
|
||
13574 HITCHCOCK.BXY Song for Music Studio
|
||
13410 HLLSTRT.MS.BXY Hill Street Blues for Music Studio
|
||
13377 SONSDAUGH.BXY Song for Music Studio
|
||
13376 SEVENWORDS.BXY Song for Music Studio
|
||
13375 SACREDHEAD.BXY Song for Music Studio
|
||
13374 PRAISE.LORD.BXY Song for Music Studio
|
||
13373 OVERSPILL.BXY Song for Music Studio
|
||
13372 NINETOFIVE.BXY Song for Music Studio
|
||
13371 MORK.MINDY.BXY Song for Music Studio
|
||
13370 PETER.GUNN.BXY Song for Music Studio
|
||
13344 CHRISTVER2.BXY Song for Music Studio
|
||
13343 CHRISTVER1.BXY Song for Music Studio
|
||
13341 CHIEFSINNER.BXY Song for Music Studio
|
||
13340 CHARIOTS.BXY Song for Music Studio
|
||
13339 AMADEUS.BXY Song for Music Studio
|
||
13338 LORD.GUIDE.BXY Song for Music Studio
|
||
13337 I.KNOW.BXY Song for Music Studio
|
||
13335 HOLYHOLY.BXY Song for Music Studio
|
||
13334 ENTERTAINER.BXY Song for Music Studio
|
||
13333 CROWNHIM.BXY Song for Music Studio
|
||
13239 MUSKRAT.BXY Muskrat Ramble for Music Studio 2.1
|
||
13023 UNDER.SEA.BXY from The Little Mermaid for MS 2.0
|
||
13020 STREN.LIFE.BXY a Ragtime Two Step by Scott Joplin
|
||
12953 MEDIT.BXY Bossa Nova tune for Music Studio
|
||
12674 REQUERO.BXY 3 Classic Guitar Music Studio Songs
|
||
11818 SNDSMITH.94.BXY Version 0.94 of an awesome sequencer
|
||
11747 ANNIES.SNG.BXY MS file of Annie's Song by J Denver
|
||
11190 POPULAR.BXY 30's,40's & modern popular music
|
||
11189 CLASSICS.BXY classic music for Music Studio 2.0
|
||
10998 OLDIES.ROCK.BXY 18 Music Studio files
|
||
10019 RUSH.WIND.BXY Song by Keith Green for MS2.0
|
||
9754 SIDE.BYSIDE.BXY side by side for Music Studio
|
||
9049 XMAS.BXY White Christmas for Music Studio
|
||
|
||
[*][*][*]
|
||
|
||
|
||
That's it for this month. I hope you have found something here to
|
||
whet your interest. Drop me a line and let me know what you think of this
|
||
column and offer any suggestions you might have about what should be in it.
|
||
|
||
Until next time, happy downloading!
|
||
|
||
-- Charlie Hartley
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
[EOA]
|
||
[HAR]///////////////////////////////
|
||
HARD_VIEW //
|
||
//////////////////////////////////
|
||
Hardware and You
|
||
""""""""""""""""
|
||
by Bill Quinn
|
||
[QUINNIE]
|
||
|
||
o ADD SOME ZIP TO YOUR LIFE!
|
||
|
||
o ZIP DRIVE TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
|
||
|
||
|
||
[Editor's note: This column was originally written for
|
||
GEnieLamp IBM. I've presented it here, in a slightly abbreviated
|
||
form, because much of the information is applicable to those who
|
||
wish to run a Zip drive on their Apple II.]
|
||
|
||
|
||
>>> ADD SOME ZIP TO YOUR LIFE! <<<
|
||
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
||
|
||
Author's note: This is an article I wrote for a computer club's monthly
|
||
""""""""""""" magazine. Since I wrote the article I have purchased an AC
|
||
adapter that will work world-wide and I must say that it is half the weight
|
||
of the one that comes with the Zip drives. To the person who wanted to
|
||
know if you can run programs from the drive--yes. Just remember the
|
||
parallel-port drive has a speed like an old AT hard drive--the Seagate 4038
|
||
at about 29 Ms.
|
||
|
||
|
||
I Have a Zippy Drive A couple of months ago I heard rumors that the
|
||
"""""""""""""""""""" Iomega Company was going to release a new external
|
||
portable drive. The name of this new drive is Zip.
|
||
|
||
From the preliminary information I learned that:
|
||
|
||
It would be small, measuring about 5 x 7 x 1-1/4 inches.
|
||
It would weigh about one pound.
|
||
The disks would hold 100 Mb of data.
|
||
The disks would measure about 4 x 4 x 1/4 inches.
|
||
The drives were made as a SCSI or Parallel port drive.
|
||
The parallel Zip Drive has a Printer Pass-Though Connector.
|
||
The cost would be about $200 for either drive.
|
||
The 100 Mb disks would sell for about $20.
|
||
The 25 Mb disks would sell for about $15.
|
||
|
||
In my opinion the most important information was the cost of the new
|
||
drive and the cost of those 100 Mb disks.
|
||
|
||
Because Iomega makes the excellent Bernoulli drive, I was most
|
||
interested in adding one of these new drives to my portable computer in
|
||
order to reduce the weight we carry when traveling. We use a Compaq Aero,
|
||
a sub-notebook computer, which weighs only about four pounds. We also
|
||
carry the Bernoulli Transportable drive and about four Bernoulli 90 Mb
|
||
cartridges. The transportable and cartridges weigh about 12 pounds; about
|
||
three times the weight of the computer.
|
||
|
||
This Zip drive has reduced the weight of our computer gear by over
|
||
eight pounds. When traveling eight pounds is a lot of computer weight to
|
||
loose. Try to lose eight pounds of body weight in a week's time.
|
||
|
||
I purchased the parallel port Zip drive because I wanted the ability
|
||
to move the drive around to our various computers. I wanted the ability to
|
||
connect the drive to other peoples machines without a lot of configuration
|
||
hassles as well.
|
||
|
||
The Zip Drive comes with one free 100 Mb Zip Tools Disk which has
|
||
about 20 Mb of Iomega programs to install and support the Zip drive in
|
||
either DOS or Windows. The one 3.5 inch (1.44 Mb) installation diskette
|
||
furnished allows you to boot your computer with the Zip drive and to
|
||
install the software for DOS or Windows from the Zip 100 Mb disk. There is
|
||
an external power supply (a cube 2x2x3 inches) along with a Data Cable
|
||
furnished with the Zip Drive too.
|
||
|
||
My only criticism of the Zip Drive is the Power Supply cube which
|
||
plugs directly into an electrical outlet. This method necessitates the use
|
||
of a power strip for conveniently switching on or off the Zip drive. If a
|
||
power strip is not used, the cube will not allow you to plug any other
|
||
gadget into the same outlet. The same type of power cubes are used for
|
||
portable printers and modems and I don't like them either. I would rather
|
||
they use a short 12 to 18 inches pig-tail wire with a plug on the end.
|
||
This system would allow you to plug several other items into a power strip
|
||
or a wall outlet box.
|
||
|
||
Installation on my various systems was very easy. If you need more
|
||
information or if you have installation problems, there is a 130-page
|
||
manual and a couple of short "read me" files on the 3.5 installation
|
||
diskette. These cover just about everything you would need should you
|
||
experience any problems. Well... maybe the Crash Queen would need some
|
||
help. (grin)
|
||
|
||
I used the new Iomega drivers that came with the Zip drive on our
|
||
Tower computer. These drivers allowed me to boot with the two Bernoulli
|
||
drives and the Zip drive when attached.
|
||
|
||
On the portable computer and some other computers I use the Iomega
|
||
GUEST program. The GUEST program is a system driver which allows you to
|
||
use your Zip drive temporarily almost anywhere. It uses about 25 Kb of
|
||
memory and it may be loaded in either high memory or conventional memory.
|
||
This GUEST driver may be used as a permanent system driver as well.
|
||
|
||
When installed, the Zip drive becomes just another drive on your
|
||
system. You can run programs. You can copy files and programs to and from
|
||
the Zip drive. If you use Stacker you can store over 200 Mb on each disk.
|
||
|
||
Performance of this drive has been more than adequate for me. The
|
||
access speed of the Zip drive is about 29 ms which equates to the speed of
|
||
the old Seagate 4038 series drive I had in an old 286 computer. The speed
|
||
of data transfer to and from the Zip drive will depend on the model you
|
||
purchase. SCSI will be faster. If you have a bi-directional parallel port
|
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Caching will also speed up drive access. Make sure you load the Zip
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I have been running several programs from the Zip drive and I can see
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To make the most of your Zip drive Zip disks may be used to extend
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|
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|
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Do you need to move information between different work locations?
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Back up your hard disk. Your Zip drive makes backups fast and
|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
||
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|
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|
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Do you need to keep files for a number of years? Archive your
|
||
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|
||
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|
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|
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Get organized. If you work on several different projects or with
|
||
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|
||
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|
||
disks give you the capacity to get all associated files onto a single disk.
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|
||
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|
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To keep sensitive or confidential information safe, store it on a Zip
|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
such as tax records, budgets, and computerized checkbooks.
|
||
|
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I like this Zip drive and can recommend it as a best buy for the
|
||
average computer user. Considering the cost of the drive and disks it has
|
||
proven to be an excellent purchase.
|
||
|
||
Enjoy!
|
||
|
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>>> ZIP DRIVE TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS <<<
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""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
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\\\ Works like a hard drive...
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\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
|
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|
||
Max Sustained transfer rate up to 1.4MB/second
|
||
Average Seek time 29 milliseconds
|
||
Buffer size 32K SCSI throughput up to 60MB/minute
|
||
Parallel throughput up to 20MB/minute
|
||
Average start/stop time 3/3 second
|
||
Drive long format time (surface verify) 15 minutes
|
||
Drive short format time 5 seconds
|
||
Drive auto spin down
|
||
Software selectable
|
||
|
||
\\\ No fail reliability...
|
||
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
|
||
|
||
Drive data bit transfer (hard errors) 10 errors in 10(13) bits
|
||
Disk drop height/shock tolerance 8ft/1000Gs
|
||
Disk estimated shelf life 10 years
|
||
Disk storage capacity 100MB or 25MBs
|
||
Drive read/writes 100MB or 25MB disks.
|
||
|
||
\\\ Operating system compatibility
|
||
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
|
||
|
||
DOS, Windows, Mac, OS/2, ProDOS, and GS/OS
|
||
Drive temperature tolerances: Operating 50' to 90' F(10' to 32'C)
|
||
Storage -8' to 126' F (-22'to 52' C)
|
||
Shipping -40' to 140' F(-40' to 60' C)
|
||
|
||
Drive operational modes fixed or removable
|
||
Drive orientation horizontal or vertical
|
||
Drive service life 5 year Warranty
|
||
1 year warranty on drive
|
||
Limited Lifetime warranty on disks
|
||
|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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||
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|
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||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
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|
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