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>>> WELCOME TO THE LAMP! <<<
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HARDWORKING HARDWARE: The SuperDrive Card
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WEB SLINGING 101: Telnetting To Delphi
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AND THE BEST OF THE A2 AND A2PRO MESSAGE BOARDS
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The Lamp! An Onipa'a Software Production Vol. 1, No. 2
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Publisher & Editor.......................Ryan M. Suenaga, M.S.W., L.S.W.
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Internet Email........................................thelamp@delphi.com
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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February 15, 1998
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OPENING PITCH
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It May Be a MacWorld, But It's An Apple II Heart --------------- [OPN]
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A FUNNY THING HAPPENED [FOR]
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The Heat Is On ------------------------------------------------- [HET]
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Miscellanea [MSC]
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Rumor Mill ----------------------------------------------------- [RMR]
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Public Postings [PUB]
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Best Of The Best ----------------------------------------------- [BOB]
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A2Pro_DUCTIVITY
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Checking out A2PRO on Delphi ----------------------------------- [A2P]
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HARDWORKING HARDWARE
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Apple II 3.5 Disk Controller Card ------------------------------ [HAR]
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WEB SLINGING 101
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Telnetting To Delphi ------------------------------------------- [WEB]
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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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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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:: DISCUSSED ON DELPHI ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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: Serenity is not freedom from the storm, :
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: but peace amid the storm. :
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[EOA]
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[OPN]------------------------------
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OPENING PITCH |
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From The Editor
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by Ryan M. Suenaga, B.A., M.S.W., L.S.W.
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[thelamp@delphi.com]
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IT MAY BE A MACWORLD, BUT IT'S AN APPLE II HEART
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I needed a vacation. I wasn't burnt out at work, but I was set on
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high and ready to boil over, for sure. So, I used a combination of
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excuses: reasonable airfare prices, wanting to see my good friends the
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Sheppys (aka Sarah and Eric Shepherd), and MacWorld Expo in San Francisco
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to get myself on a plane from the islands to the bay area on a Monday night
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in early January and into the San Francisco International Airport so I
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could have some fun and get myself to cool down enough to be ready to go
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back to the islands called Paradise and my personal adventure called work.
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I'd been to computer trade shows before, at home, and KansasFest, of
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course, but never something as huge or as hyped as MacWorld Expo. Booth
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after booth after booth of software and hardware--and much of the hardware
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was Apple II savvy as well--the latest and greatest in technology. Fun it
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was, yes indeed.
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Even more fun was to see some of our old Apple II friends there.
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Besides myself and the Sheppys, Westcode Software--publisher of
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_Pointless_, among other Apple II titles--was there, with erstwhile Beagle
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Brother Rob Renstrom showing off their latest Mac software, and we ran into
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Burger Bill Heineman, the legendary Apple II programmer, as well.
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But the most fun I had in the bay area wasn't at MacWorld; it was on
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Friday night at Midwinter PizzaFest 1998.
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There I didn't see bunches of booths or the latest and greatest in
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computing technology; I didn't get free buttons or free bags or enter a
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contest to win a zillion dollars. What I did see were four friends of
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mine--Eric and Sarah Shepherd, Paul Parkhurst, and Joe Kohn--who knew me
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primarily through the Apple II, and some warm pizza for a cool night.
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We laughed and talked and reminisced and planned for the future, and
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after the pizza and soda was gone we kept talking on for hours and hours
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until it was past midnight.
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I guess it just goes to show that sometimes it's not the latest and
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greatest that makes a difference--it's the old reliable, what you've been
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doing for years and years and years.
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Times are different and things have changed from the world of 1986.
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As far as Apple Computer, Inc. is concerned, for instance, it's a MacWorld
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now.
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But for those of us who were raised on an Apple II, that doesn't
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matter. Indeed, it is we who Think Different. And Feel Different.
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Even in a MacWorld, I still have an Apple II Heart.
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First month's response to _The Lamp!_ has been overwhelmingly
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positive, if underwhelmingly low in volume, which makes me wonder if
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perhaps I haven't made it clear how to get in touch with us.
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To reach _The Lamp!_ by Internet email, simply send email to:
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thelamp@delphi.com
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and it will automagically be forwarded to me. If you like to cruise
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the Internet, there's even a mail link off of our Home Page at:
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http://www.sheppyware.ml.org/~rsuenaga
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If you are unable to send email or for some other reason want to
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communicate with us through regular postal channels, you can send regular
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mail to:
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Ryan M. Suenaga, M.S.W.
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Editor, The Lamp!
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45-021 O'opuhue Place
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Kane'ohe, HI 96744
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However, don't expect a quick response going that route. I may love
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email, but I hate writing letters.
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Next Verse, Same As The First, A Little Bit Louder And A Little Bit
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Worse Department: at one point in time, there was a _GenieLamp A2Pro_, and
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both before and after that, we had sections in _GenieLamp A2_ (and for that
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matter, _GEnieLamp A2_) covering the A2Pro RoundTable on Genie. In this
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second issue of _The Lamp!_, we can welcome (or, if you choose, welcome
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back) A2Pro_DUCTIVITY, where we'll feature the A2Pro Geek Gang as they
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prove to the world that the Apple II is alive and well.
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I had hoped after my editorial last month I wouldn't have to cover
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this again, but it seems I do.
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This publication is only to be distributed via the _IIScribe_ Forum on
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Delphi (GO CUS 11) for the first thirty days after its publication. After
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that, it will be placed on its web page at the URL listed above. Any other
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distribution without authorization is an infringement of copyright law.
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This includes downloading it from Delphi and emailing it to a friend, or
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putting it on a user group bulletin board, or posting it to Usenet.
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Several Apple II supporters are authorized to distribute _The Lamp!_
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including:
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Shareware Solutions II
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Apple Blossom Publishing
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Juiced.GS
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Apple II Update
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Alltech Electronics
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If you are part of a legitimate Apple II business or supporting
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organization such as a user group and are interested in distributing _The
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Lamp!_ at no cost, please contact me. Remember, every time someone
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illegally distributes this publication, or any other Apple II product, we
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come closer to the time when no more support exists for the Apple II series
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of computers. That would be a sad day indeed.
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[*] [*] [*]
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Oh, and a quick reminder:
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KansasFest 1998 registration is happening NOW! See the message in the
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_A FUNNY THING HAPPENED_ section to find out how to be part of Apple II
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history.
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Keep thinking KFest '98.
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And keep thinking Blatant Plug.
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I'll see you all in Kansas City in July.
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Ryan
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[EOA]
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[OPN]------------------------------
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A FUNNY THING HAPPENED. . . . |
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Checking out A2 on Delphi
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by Ryan M. Suenaga, B.A., M.S.W., L.S.W.
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[thelamp@delphi.com]
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* The Heat Is On
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* Miscellanea
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* Rumor Mill
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* Public Postings
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* Best Of The Best
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THE HEAT IS ON
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[*] Off-Line Readers ....... Even More Crock
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[*] Entertainment Software ....... Wolf! Wolf! Wolf!
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[*] The Apple II Legacy ....... KansasFest Gets An Early Start
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[*] Telecommunications ....... SIS Wish List
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MISCELLANEA
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APPLE'S APPLE II SOFTWARE, PART I Does any body know if the software for
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""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" running the IIe Card in the Performas
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is still available and if it's public domain?
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I'm particularly needing the following.
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LC 475 Running system 7.01
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Looking for version 2.2, 32 Bit addressing, of IIe start up software for
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the IIE Mac Card
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Nick Heywood _ --_|\
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IIGS 'What in the world do you want to do today?' / \
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Delivered By Spectrum 2.1, Crock O' Gold 2.1, | ___ | about
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Marinetti TCP/IP \_/ \_/ <-- here
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from an Apple IIGS.
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(NICKH, 9857, GO COM A2 FOR)
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>>>>> Try ftp://ftp.apple.com/dts/aii/lc.iiecard/
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[Or other places with a license to copy that] Like other system
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software, it's copyright by Apple and not PD.
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Nathan Mates
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(NMATES, 9865, GO COM A2 FOR)
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>>>>> sorry for bringing bad news: There is *no* version of the IIe Setup
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""""" (the IIe card driving software) compatible with 32 bit mem
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addressing. So, when you want to use the A2e card you can only use 8 MB mem
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in your Mac :((. The latest version of the IIe Setup software is 2.2.1. The
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card should work in all Mac with a LC pds slot type (i.e. even in a
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Performa 630 - aside the Dos compatible type of them).
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When you're trying that card, I'd be highly interested in exchanging
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experiences especially on 2 points: the (virtual) SuperSerial card and the
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(virtual) Workstation card! Will you?
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Aside Nathan's suggestion where to find the card's software, you can also
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try any ftp.support.apple.com server (directory: pub/software/usa/appleII
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or something like that). To drive Prodos on the Mac properly you'd also
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need or the older (sys 7.1) ProDos FileSystem extension, or PCExchange
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(which comes with sys 7.5. and higher). Personally, I prefer the Prodos
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FileSystem extension (which works fine also with sys 7.6.1) because I'm
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using DOSMounter95 instead of PCEXchange.
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Please share your experiences :)
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Best regards, Ulrich
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[ Delivered by ProTERM Message Manager (PTMM) v2.5.0 ]
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(UHAUSMANN, 9870, GO COM A2 FOR)
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APPLE'S APPLE II SOFTWARE, PART II Some (but not all) of Apple's disks
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"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" are online, including the SCSI utils
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at (sorry for real long URL, looks like Apple thinks nobody'd ever want to
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type such a thing manually :)
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ftp://ftp.info.apple.com/Apple_Support_Area/Apple.Software.Updates/
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US/Apple_II/Apple_II_Supplemental/Apple_II_SCSI_Utilities.bxy
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Nathan
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(NMATES, 9350, GO COM A2 FOR)
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>>>>> Tony Ward, aka Conan The Librarian, has the final say on if this
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""""" can be in the library. Maybe on his next pass he can say if having
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it here is okay or not.
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> Is there still a problem with Apple Corp on availability of those hard
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> drive utility disks?
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Nope.
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> If they are available, does anyone know where I can ftp or download them
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> from? How about one of Apples own sites?
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Okay.
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ftp://ftp.apple.com/Apple.Support.Area/Apple.Software.Updates/US/Apple_II/
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Apple_II_Supplemental/Apple_II_SCSI_Utilities.bxy
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All on one line :)
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Why anyone needs this, though, I don't know. Chinook SCSI Utils is
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freeware, and available off of Alltech's home page (http://www.allelec.com)
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and does more than Apple's 8 bit utils, including working with both the
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Apple Rev. C and AHS cards. If you have a GS, ADU does more, but that's
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readily available :)
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Ryan
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Think KFest '98!
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Delivered by OLRight! scripts for ANSITerm
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(RSUENAGA, 9353, GO COM A2 FOR)
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>>>>> I'll have to check our license, so give me a day or two to find it
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""""" (it's around here somewhere.) However, unless I'm mistaken it seems
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that the Chinook utilities would be a better choice anyway.
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Tony Ward, A2 Database Manager
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[Delivered with Spectrum 2.1 and Crock O' Gold 2.1b19]
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(TONYW1, 9357, GO COM A2 FOR)
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>>>>> We are now licensed for everything that is available from the ftp
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""""" sites (and a few other things besides. :)
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Gary R. Utter
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(UTTER, 9374, GO COM A2 FOR)
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IIGS TELECOMM SPEED FROM THE MASTERS It may not be what he meant, but
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"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" running your serial connection at
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57600 is not a good idea unless you have a super slim and super fast IIGS,
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and even then I'd recommend against it.
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While the IIGS can handle it physically, in most cases IIGS software cannot
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handle data coming in that quickly.
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Many folks run a 57600 port speed, but either direct connect to another box
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and use a paced protocol like XMODEM, or have the modem run at 28.8.
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Running 57600 port *AND* modem<-->modem speeds is simply asking for
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trouble.
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Regards,
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Richard
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(RICHARD_B, 8934, GO COM A2 FOR)
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>>>>> To add to what Richard has said...
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The golden rule is to set your baud rate to the maximum speed that your
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modem can give. If that speed is not available, then use the next higher
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speed. Never go higher than that, as you will only give yourself trouble!
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The reason... Incoming data will stream in so fast that the interrupt
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system may have problems dealing with it. This will be true, even if you
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have actually made a connection at 2400 baud, as the data will arrive in
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bursts at the computer-modem speed not the modem-host speed.
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Now all this was OK when we only had 28.8K modems to consider. On an
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accelerated IIgs, a computer-modem speed of 38400 baud worked fine. Now
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that we have 56K modems, you may find that a computer-modem speed of 57600
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baud is way over the edge. Whether it will work cleanly, without dropped
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characters, will depend on what you Inits have loaded on your IIgs, what
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speed your accelerator is running at, what comms program you are using,
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whether AppleTalk is active or not, etc. etc.
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Ewen Wannop - Speccie
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Message delivered by Crock O' Gold 2.0 and Marinetti TCP/IP!
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http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/ewannop/
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(EWANNOP, 8960, GO COM A2 FOR)
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APPLEWORKS, RAMFAST, AND PRODOS 8 Ramfast users Beware! :)
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I had a problem using Appleworks 5.1 from finder in my system until I
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disabled Ram5 volume. Turns out, the actual culprit was far too many
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devices per slot than P8 could ever handle. De activating some non p8
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useful partitions restored my Appleworks to it's previous glorious state.
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Tim
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(TIM_K, 8904, GO COM A2 FOR)
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APPLEWORKS AND. . . GOATS? I am working on (revamping) a data system for
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"""""""""""""""""""""""""" my goat herd, which requires several
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AppleWorks database files to be loaded at once. I seem to recall that
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someone came up with a utility to batch load several AppleWorks files.
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Anyone know where I can get this, if it exists?
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Thanks!
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- Don (IronTooth)
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Delivered by my ANSITerm off-line reader scripts... They're OLRight!
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(DZAHNISER, 8980, GO COM A2 FOR)
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>>>>> Uhm, yes.
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No. File Name Type Address YYMMDD Bytes Access Lib
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25306 BATCH14.BXY X R.FISCHER7 950713 43520 77 40
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Desc: Batch Load for AW 4.0 to 5.1
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Number: 25306 Name: BATCH14.BXY
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Address: R.FISCHER7 Date: 950713
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Approximate # of bytes: 43520
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Number of Accesses: 77 Library: 40
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Description:
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This version of Batch Loader is like the last one except that it works
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with Appleworks 4.0 to 5.1 so you don't have to worry about the change
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in the dot commands that AW 5.1 brought in. Includes compiled versions
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for AW 4.x and 5.x. Includes Batch Editor of course. Also has a version
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that can be used as a task file (thus allowing you to "CALL" the macro
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from any special macro set you may have without returning to the default
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macros. Other than that, it works the same.
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Packed with ShrinkIt 3.4.
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Keywords: Batch Loader,Batch.Loader,Appleworks,Autoload,Macro,Timeout
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I'll see what I can do about ulding it here, if it isn't already.
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-- Mark Wade
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(MSWADE, 8984, GO COM A2 FOR)
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EVEN MORE APPLEWORKS I'm wondering if anyone here has had experience,
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"""""""""""""""""""" preferably technically, with bar Code readers.
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The little I do know leads me to speculate that I can get Appleworks
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Classic to recognize and work with a Bar Code reader.
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The biggest problem I'm having is understanding how you generate the Bar
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Codes themselves.
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If someone puts their hand up for this, just be prepared for a series of
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further question, if that's ok.
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I am fairly clueless with this, but believe there is potential for this to
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work.
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Thanks.
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Nick.
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Oh P.S. I am aware of ADB Bar Code Scanners and that's what I intend to be
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dealing with.
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Nick Heywood
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Message delivered By Spectrum 2.1,
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Crock O' Gold 2.1,
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Marinetti TCP/IP
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from an Apple IIGS.
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(NICKH, 9628, GO COM A2 FOR)
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>>>>> I purchased an Apple IIGS a few years ago that had been used with a
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""""" bar code reader. He used it to scan into DB MAster Professional.
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Printing Bar codes might be a little trickier. Maybe Superfonts could do
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it? Possibly use a utility to convert a font to Superfonts format would
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work.
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Brian Gillespie, Jaunt! Software
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(JAUNT, 9638, GO COM A2 FOR)
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<<<<< The next step I need to get my thinking through is how the Bar
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""""" Code's are issued to a particular item?
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For instance.......
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An item is presented without a Bar Code and is also the first of it's kind
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to be entered into a DataBase of items and so therefore there is no record
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of it's existence.
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How is the BarCode to be issued?
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I have heard of Bar Coding standards/kinds, but how are they followed? and
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what is their formula for issuing codes, assuming there is a formula and
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it's not random?
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The next thing I would like to know is a little about how scanner works,
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Technically. Does a scanner issue a carriage return once a code is read,
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believe it or not this is an important point.
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Regards
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Nick Heywood
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Sorry No SIG :)
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(NICKH, 9648, GO COM A2 FOR)
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<<<<< As I mentioned to Nathan, I imagine I'll need to use SuperFonts to
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""""" print them, coupled with some macro's.
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Pointless should be able to convert TT Font to a SuperFont format. I
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think, off memory, Superfonts handles Standard Fonts that might be used in
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say an 8 bit program like PublishIt etc. I think I had a fiddle with this
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sort of thing a few years ago.
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One thing that keeps recurring in my thoughts on this is the BubbleJet
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Quality factor. Can a BubbleJet, using Bit Mp Fonts, produce higher enough
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quality for a BarCode Reader?
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Nick Heywood
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|
Message delivered By Spectrum 2.1,
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Crock O' Gold 2.1,
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Marinetti TCP/IP
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from an Apple IIGS.
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|
(NICKH, 9651, GO COM A2 FOR)
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>>>>> I've located a couple of files in the Genie Library that may be
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""""" assistance on the topic of bar codes.
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One is a bar code bitmap font, the other is an archive of AppleWorks files.
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I will upload these on my next pass through. Hope they're helpful.
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Genie's Library is awesome ... :-)
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Max Jones, Juiced.GS
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http://users.ids.net/~kerwood/juiced.gs
|
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Delivered by Spectrum 2.1 and Crock O' Gold 2.2
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(JUICEDGS, 9681, GO COM A2 FOR)
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CONAN ON DELPHI DATABASE FILENAMES I did notice a problem with
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"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" TODOLIST98.1.BXY. Notice anything odd
|
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about that filename? It's got 16 characters, and that's one too many. I
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don't mean to pick on Max (he uploaded this file) but I wanted to take this
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|
opportunity to point out one of the rules of uploading files here:
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Make sure you use ProDOS-legal filenames and make sure the ShrinkIt
|
|
filename matches the Binary II filename. Basically, this means keeping the
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filenames to 15 alphanumeric characters or less, beginning with a letter,
|
|
and containing no more than one period (that last one is a Delphi
|
|
limitation.) If you have ShrinkIt add the Binary II for you, the filenames
|
|
will match. If you have your telecom program add it, just make sure you
|
|
type in the exact same name you used when you created the archive with
|
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ShrinkIt, but use the .BXY suffix instead of .SHK.
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It may seem a bit nit picky, but by sticking to a standard format we reduce
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the chances of problems.
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- Tony Ward, A2 Database Manager
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(TONYW1, 8956, GO COM A2 FOR)
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SCREEN SHOTS, IIGS STYLE While we're on Screen Shots etc........
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""""""""""""""""""""""""
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I had a Great little CDA that saved a SHR screen to a Dir you had to input
|
|
at the time of the save and it was great. I used it to build the PMPfax
|
|
Stack. I can't find the thing:(. I do have backups of my boot partition
|
|
but not in the time I had that this CDA installed. I have no idea where I
|
|
got this from either. I fiddle with sec hand hard drives and went through
|
|
a stage of downloading everything I found, so it could've come from
|
|
anywhere.
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Anybody familiar with this one or where you can get "Screenprint" as
|
|
mentioned previously?
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Message delivered By Spectrum 2.1,
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Crock O' Gold 2.1,
|
|
Marinetti TCP/IP
|
|
from an Apple IIGS.
|
|
(NICKH, 9064, GO COM A2 FOR)
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|
|
>>>>> I use SHR Variable Timed Save all the time. In fact, the latest
|
|
""""" version of it was updated by our own Tony Ward, A2 Database Poobah.
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|
As someone else mentioned, the trick is finding where the screen is saved.
|
|
It should be in the last active folder. If you're shooting in Finder, it
|
|
should be in the root directory or System folder.
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|
|
|
Do a system search using one of the Find File NDAs on "Screen.A". That
|
|
should tell you where the booger has landed.
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|
Max Jones, Juiced.GS
|
|
(http://users.ids.net/~kerwood/juiced.gs)
|
|
Message delivered by Spectrum 2.1 and Crock O' Gold 2.1
|
|
(JUICEDGS, 9068, GO COM A2 FOR)
|
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|
|
>>>>> And for that matter, I have a CDA that I wrote many years ago. It
|
|
""""" simply asks you for a filename (you can give a full pathname if you
|
|
wish) and saves the current SHR screen to disk. I haven't really tested
|
|
it, but it has always worked fine for me.
|
|
|
|
If anybody is interested, I'm uploading it to the database. Look for
|
|
SHRSAVER.BXY when it is released.
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|
Later,
|
|
Aaron
|
|
(APULVER, 9071, GO COM A2 FOR)
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|
|
|
>>>>> ScreenPrint also uses a standard file dialog to let you pick the
|
|
""""" name and place for the file. I suspect I got it from Genie, but I
|
|
didn't keep records.
|
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|
|
|
|
--
|
|
Carl Knoblock - Telephone Tech - Via Crock O' Gold v2.1
|
|
Follow the Yellow Brick Road to KFest 10 - July 22-26, 1998
|
|
cknoblo@novia.net
|
|
(CKNOBLO, 9074, GO COM A2 FOR)
|
|
|
|
>>>>> Unfortunately, that version (and the original) doesn't provide a
|
|
""""" user selectable save path. It just uses the current Standard File
|
|
directory, which is usually the last one you worked with.
|
|
|
|
I have a completely new version just about finished. As soon as I get done
|
|
with the new Border Tracker I'll polish off SHR Snapshot and upload it
|
|
here. Among other things, it will let you select the save path and
|
|
filename.
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|
|
|
|
-----------------------------------------------------
|
|
Tony Ward, A2 Database Manager
|
|
[Delivered with Spectrum 2.1 and Crock O' Gold 2.1b19]
|
|
--
|
|
|
|
Anyone could do it with manuals...
|
|
(TONYW1, 9120, GO COM A2 FOR)
|
|
|
|
|
|
SUGGESTIONS FOR SIS I mentioned this awhile ago, but just wanted to
|
|
""""""""""""""""""" remind the good folks working on SIS of a rather
|
|
simple feature I'd like to see in the next version... automatic subject
|
|
fills on mailto links. Now, the reason I'd love to see this feature is
|
|
simple. To anyone who's ever been to my web page with Netscape or IE knows
|
|
I have a simple BBS running, which relies on e-mail instead of a fancy
|
|
script/applet. If SIS supports auto-subjects in e-mail, I can bring the BBS
|
|
to the SIS version of my site! And *that* would be cool. :)
|
|
|
|
Any chance? Thanks!
|
|
|
|
- Matt
|
|
(MPORTUNE, 9055, GO COM A2)
|
|
|
|
>>>>> if/when I get around to a SIS upgrade, I'm sure that will be one of
|
|
""""" the first set of features added. I have known about this limitation
|
|
of the mailto: URL shortly after SIS was released. The problem is that
|
|
there is no official documentation how the syntax is implemented. It is a
|
|
little hard adding the feature and making sure that something else won't
|
|
get broken or something else won't get supported since this is a
|
|
Netscape/Microsoft specific option.
|
|
|
|
I am very open hearing about other features that SIS needs that wasn't
|
|
implemented in version 1.0.
|
|
|
|
Geoff
|
|
(SISGEOFF, 9078, GO COM A2)
|
|
|
|
<<<<< I have some more non-standard requests for you, Geoff. :) I was
|
|
""""" just double-checking the HTML generated by my BBS program, and it
|
|
turns out there's another issue that SIS doesn't seem to support... a funky
|
|
"To:" header. Here's an example. When someone comes to the board and clicks
|
|
on "Post a new message" it's actually a mailto tag with a funky "To:"
|
|
header, like this...
|
|
|
|
href="mailto:"[Blue%20Monday:General]""
|
|
|
|
When the user clicks it, a mail window opens up, with the TO: field filled
|
|
in exactly like this:
|
|
|
|
"[Blue Monday:General]"
|
|
|
|
("Blue Monday" is the name of the board, "General" is the name of the
|
|
message base, and the rest is my address)
|
|
|
|
Let's say the user fills in "Test" as the subject, then proceeds to write
|
|
and send their message. After the message shows up on the board, and
|
|
somebody chooses to reply to it, the HTML for the "reply" mailto tag looks
|
|
like this:
|
|
|
|
href="mailto:"[Blue%20Monday:General]"?Subject=Re: Test"
|
|
|
|
And when the user clicks it, the mail window's TO: field (which is the same
|
|
as before) looks like:
|
|
|
|
"[Blue Monday:General]"
|
|
|
|
and the subject is already filled in as:
|
|
|
|
Re: Test
|
|
|
|
When I tried it under SIS, the TO: field was completely blank - not even
|
|
the standard address. Apparently it didn't like any of it. :)
|
|
|
|
I know those are some crazy mailto parameters, and I have no idea if
|
|
they're documented or not, but I *do* know that the BBS works great in
|
|
Netscape 3 & 4, as well as IE 3 & 4, so they must be following some rules
|
|
somewhere. (shocking, eh?)
|
|
|
|
Is it possible to make SIS work with it as well?
|
|
|
|
Feel free to look around the BBS for more code examples at my site,
|
|
http://www.telerama.com/~mportune - under Blue Monday. Or if you prefer to
|
|
use a non-frames browser, go straight to
|
|
http://www.telerama.com/~mportune/bbs/bbs.htm - that's the main entrance
|
|
page to the BBS.
|
|
|
|
I hope this is enough info, Geoff. Thanks for the hard work!
|
|
|
|
- Matt
|
|
(MPORTUNE, 9213, GO COM A2)
|
|
|
|
>>>>> They didn't invent View Document Source for no reason. Yes, it
|
|
""""" turns out from your example that SIS does not handle all variants
|
|
of the RFC822 email addresses and that is a real bug.
|
|
|
|
> href="mailto:"[Blue%20Monday:General]""
|
|
|
|
Heck, I don't even think the SIS.Email script handles all variants of valid
|
|
RFC822 email addresses either.
|
|
|
|
Geoff
|
|
(SISGEOFF, 9217, GO COM A2)
|
|
|
|
|
|
GRABBING A2 FILES OFF THE 'NET 101 What is a good strategy for
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" downloading files on the Internet that
|
|
are in the Apple II format? I have an IBM PC that is my Internet connection
|
|
and an Apple IIGS that is not Net-connected. Fortunately, I have the
|
|
coveted CrossWorks cable/software file-transfer package from SoftSpoken.
|
|
:-)
|
|
|
|
Can I download Apple II files with the above configuration? If I wanted to
|
|
download files in Apple II DOS 3.3 could the file be usable? Quite a few
|
|
games that were written for the Apple II were placed in DOS 3.3 format. In
|
|
my experience DOS 3.3 programs, especially games, only work on 5.25" 143K
|
|
floppy disk. Everytime I have tried to convert from 5.25" to 3.5" 800K I do
|
|
not have success.
|
|
|
|
Please send me some solutions to this challenge.
|
|
|
|
Thank you in advance,
|
|
|
|
Michael P. Owen
|
|
owenmp@hotmail.com
|
|
|
|
P.S. I have noticed something cool about my Apple IIGS and my IBM PC.
|
|
Although my Apple IIGS runs at 2.8 MHz and my IBM PC runs at over 166 MHz,
|
|
AppleWorks appears slightly faster than my Corel applications for my IBM.
|
|
This is yet another demonstration that the Apple II is NOT obsolete. :-)
|
|
(OWENMP, 9156, GO COM A2)
|
|
|
|
>>>>> Yes, you can download just fine via a PC and null modem them to the
|
|
""""" Apple II fine if you remember a few simple rules. First, for any
|
|
.shk or .bxy file you must download in BINARY mode at every step. [You
|
|
don't, you'll corrupt the files and have to redo the xfers] All of the
|
|
legitimate Apple II software sites use .shk, .bxy or .bsq (and the illegal
|
|
ones may not, though they won't tell you that), and so you can download for
|
|
Shrinkit fine. Shrinkit can write DOS 3.3 5.25" disks fine, so you don't
|
|
have to worry about that. [And expect no help for pirated cr*p]
|
|
|
|
This subject is covered in extensive detail in section 5 of the
|
|
comp.sys.apple2 FAQ at http://www.visi.com/~nathan/a2/faq/csa2.html I've
|
|
got a bunch of edits to make and after that, should have a delphi upload of
|
|
all my FAQs shortly.
|
|
|
|
Nathan Mates
|
|
(NMATES, 9157, GO COM A2)
|
|
|
|
<<<<< Thank you very much! Again Delphi has rescued me from another
|
|
""""" silicon and magnetic media crisis! :-)
|
|
|
|
Actually, I do have another question. IF I can ever finish my Web Page, I
|
|
will be posting quite a few word processing and spreadsheet files on the
|
|
site. Currently, these documents are in AppleWorks 3.0 format. What would
|
|
be good formats to use when adding these files to the WWW for downloads? My
|
|
IBM PC has Corel WordPerfect Suite programs that apparently allow me to
|
|
save to a variety of formats. I want my Web Page to be accessible to IBM,
|
|
Mac, and especially Apple users! :-)
|
|
|
|
Thanks again,
|
|
|
|
Michael P. Owen
|
|
owenmp@hotmail.com
|
|
owenmp@ior.com
|
|
(OWENMP, 9181, GO COM A2)
|
|
|
|
>>>>> Then the format to post to the WWW is either ascii text or html.
|
|
""""" Going with the content first and ditching fluff like graphics is
|
|
the best way to be accessible to all.
|
|
|
|
Nathan Mates
|
|
(NMATES, 9185, GO COM A2)
|
|
|
|
|
|
DEALING WITH DELPHI BINARY EMAIL Yes, it's me again... Help!!!
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
|
::watches as everyone quickly presses their spacebar:: :)
|
|
|
|
I received several emails/files yesterday, and this is a small part of the
|
|
first segment:
|
|
|
|
|
|
This file is in BINARY format, created by YERRI at 15-JAN-1998 18:39:07.
|
|
4184 bytes. Checksum = 5C2B XCRC = B781 CRC16 = 323B.
|
|
[*BINARY*128]
|
|
}~X}~``^PJFIF`^A^A^A`x`x``}~[`C`^P^K^L^N^L^J^P^N^M^N^R^Q^P^S^X(^Z^X^V^V^X
|
|
1#%%^](
|
|
|
|
.. and then it goes on for pages.
|
|
|
|
She is sending these using Win-D, so the usual encoding options (GSHK)
|
|
aren't possible for her. Before, when I was using Rainbow (please don't
|
|
throw ripe tomatoes, I needed an OLR {g}) it would somehow detect these
|
|
files, dump them into my workspace, and then download them from there.
|
|
Obviously, COG doesn't work that way, so instead of pictures, I get very
|
|
large text files. :)
|
|
|
|
First, can these be converted back into something I can view, or if not, is
|
|
there something she can do on her end before resending them? I don't think
|
|
she has the option of encoding before sending... Wid-D just asks for a
|
|
filename and goes on from there.
|
|
|
|
Second, if not that, is there a way to tell Delphi to dump these into my
|
|
workspace so I can download them manually? If 'Bow can do it, I know there
|
|
must be a way for us to do it. :)
|
|
|
|
Thanks.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Hugs, Goldfische
|
|
Conference Manager, New Age Forum (go rel new)
|
|
Web: {<http://www.delphi.com/newage> Newage}
|
|
|
|
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Renew ...
|
|
The Earth Belongs To Our Children
|
|
|
|
Sent by Spectrum 2.1 & COG 2.1
|
|
|
|
---
|
|
|
|
Why do we elect people and then become afraid of them?
|
|
(GOLDFISCHE, 9391, GO COM A2 FOR)
|
|
|
|
>>>>> I don't recognize this being a "standard" header for 8-bit data.
|
|
"""""
|
|
> She is sending these using Win-D, so the usual encoding
|
|
> options (GSHK) aren't possible for her.
|
|
|
|
GSHK is not what I consider an encoding method--it is used for archiving of
|
|
files.
|
|
|
|
A relatively cross platform encoding standard is Binhex which is very
|
|
common on the Mac, but many mainstream email applications support it.
|
|
Spectrum can decode binhex once you save the message onto a disk on the
|
|
IIgs. GSCII can handle messages that are UUencoded and that is also
|
|
relatively cross platform (mainly UNIX though). Base64 is becoming the
|
|
industry standard for email since that is closely tied with typical MIME
|
|
attachments. There are several utilities which handle base64 for the IIgs
|
|
now--check out the Delphi library!
|
|
|
|
Geoff
|
|
(SISGEOFF, 9398, GO COM A2 FOR)
|
|
|
|
>>>>> What you have here is Delphi Binary Mail - a proprietary scheme
|
|
""""" that Delphi uses to exchange files between users. There is no way
|
|
that I know of to directly use them on the Apple IIGS. However -
|
|
|
|
You can manually convert these files as follows:
|
|
|
|
1) Before going into mail, set /length=10 (or some similar low number)
|
|
|
|
2) Enter mail (would probably be best to enter thru workspace)
|
|
|
|
3) Type 'SEARCH [*BINARY' (without the quotes) and press <Return>. If you
|
|
have a binary file waiting, you should get a message that contains the text
|
|
'PRESS RETURN'. Otherwise, you will get 'NO MESSAGES'.
|
|
|
|
4) If you have binary mail, type the command 'EXTRACT <filename>' and press
|
|
<return>, where <filename> is the name that you want to have the file saved
|
|
under in workspace. If you don't have binary mail, just process your mail
|
|
in the normal way for you.
|
|
|
|
5) Enter workspace and download the file.
|
|
|
|
The above is derived from the way that OLRight! checks for and processes
|
|
Delphi Binary mail as part of each mail session. It takes a few more
|
|
seconds of online time, but downloads the files in the original format. It
|
|
shouldn't take much for an enterprising scripter to add this feature to COG
|
|
(he says in all ignorance ;^)
|
|
|
|
I adapted the above from a post by Tim Kellers, in which he described this
|
|
process. THANKS, TIM!!!!!!
|
|
|
|
- Don (IronTooth)
|
|
|
|
Delivered by my ANSITerm off-line reader scripts... They're OLRight!
|
|
(DZAHNISER, 9409, GO COM A2 FOR)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
RUMOR MILL
|
|
""""""""""
|
|
|
|
FINALLY. . . WOLFENSTEIN FOR THE IIGS Wolfenstein 3D for the Apple IIgs
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" -- COMING VALENTINE'S DAY, 1998.
|
|
|
|
What better way to celebrate the holiday of love and romance than by
|
|
blowing away a thousand Nazis?
|
|
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The most anticipated game of recent Apple IIgs history will be available
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for download at http://www.sheppyware.ml.org beginning February 14, 1998.
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Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd
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(SHEPPY, 9750, GO COM A2)
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SSII'S SIRIUS ABOUT APPLE II SUPPORT Blatant Plug Department...
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Come February 15th, some lucky current subscriber to Shareware Solutions II
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will become the proud owner of a brand new Sirius II RAM Card for the IIGS
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with 8 Megs.
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I'd like to take this opportunity to publicly thank Tony Diaz and Alltech
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Electronics for their incredibly generous support of Shareware Solutions
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II.
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Note to Cindy Adams - I hereby officially rescind my nomination of Tony
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Diaz as the Roastee at Kfest '98 ;-)
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Joe
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(JOE_KOHN, 9801, GO COM A2 FOR)
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PUBLIC POSTINGS
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"""""""""""""""
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OFFICIAL KFEST '98 BLATANT PLUG #1
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""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
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______ _____
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( ) ( ) ____________________________________________
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| | / / ( _____________________________'98____)
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| | / / | |
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| |/ / | | II Infinitum!!
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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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KFest is back! With some of its most affordable prices ever!
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KFest '98 will again be held on the campus of Avila College in Kansas
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City, Missouri. It will take place from July 22 - July 26, 1998. If you
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register before April 15, 1998, the cost is only $265, which -includes
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the use of a double room in the Avila College dorms -and- meals! There
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are also a limited number of single rooms available for $365. (If you
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wish to stay at one of the many hotels or motels near the college then
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the cost is $215, but you would, of course, have to find and pay for
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your own room and meals.) But act now--prices go up on April 16, 1998.
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Check-in will be on Wedensday from 1-4 pm, and check-out from 11 am - 1
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pm on Sunday. Computer sessions will be conducted on Thursday and
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Friday. Software and hardware demos are scheduled for Saturday morning,
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with a vendor fair slated for Saturday afternoon.
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Meals included in the registration price are Thursday breakfast through
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Sunday breakfast, with the exception of Saturday dinner. All children
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under 18 years must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian.
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++ Please Note++ Dinner on Wednesday and Saturday are NOT included this
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year. Attendees can dine on their own at one of the many fine
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restaurants near the Avila campus, or join the Kfest '98 group for their
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annual treks to KC Masterpiece and Jess & Jim's Steak House.
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***
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KFest this year is being sponsored by InTrec Software, Inc.. You can
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send your completed registration forms to:
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KFest '98
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c/o Intrec Software
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3035 E. Topaz Circle
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Phoenix, AZ 85028-4423
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* Please make checks payable to: InTrec Software, Inc.
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***
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Credit Card registration is also available. Just call InTrec Software,
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Inc. with your VISA, MasterCard, Discovery, or American Express number
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at (602) 992-1345, Mon-Fri 8:00AM-5:00PM Mountain Standard Time. If you
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prefer, you can FAX your registration with credit card account number and
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expiration date to: (602) 992-0232 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
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If you prefer registering by Email, and are using a VISA, MasterCard,
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Discovery, or American Express for payment, you can send the completed
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registration form via InterNet Email to: proterm@intrec.com
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***
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If you have questions about KFest, or wish to make suggestions, you can
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find answers via the InterNet. Just send an email message to
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kfest-help@trenco.gno.org, or visit the World Wide Web page at
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http://www.primenet.com/~adams/kfest.html
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****** (cut here)******
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- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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KFest '98 Registration Form
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Name:
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Address:
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City, State, Zip:
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Phone (h): (w):
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Email address:
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Roommate preference (if any):
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Do you prefer a smoker or non-smoker?
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Howbout a collectible, soft and thrilling KFest '98 T-Shirt?
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Yes I want One (Many)!!! [ ]
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T-shirts are $15.00 each and are available in Small, Medium, Large,
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X-Large.
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Please circle size(s) Small Medium Large X-Large
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Check here [] for additional X's on your X-Large T-shirt and indicate size
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needed: _________
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Send this completed registration form and fee to:
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KFest '98
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c/o Intrec Software
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3035 E. Topaz Circle
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Phoenix, AZ 85028-4423
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* Please make checks payable to: InTrec Software
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Credit Card registration is also available. Just call InTrec Software,
|
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Inc. with your VISA, MasterCard, Discovery, or American Express number at
|
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(602) 992-1345, Mon-Fri 8:00AM-5:00PM Mountain Standard Time. If you
|
|
prefer, you can FAX your registration with credit card account number and
|
|
expiration date to: (602) 992-0232 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
|
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If you prefer registering by Email, and are using a VISA, MasterCard,
|
|
Discovery, or American Express for payment, you can send the completed
|
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registration form via InterNet Email to: proterm@intrec.com
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For Credit Card registration please check:
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[] Visa [] MasterCard [] Discovery [] American Express
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Please charge my account number: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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Expiration: _ _ / _ _
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(RSUENAGA, 9864, GO COM A2 FOR)
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>>>>> Just in time to help get you excited about KFest 1998, another
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""""" Kfest '97 is ready for your viewing pleasure. (Information about
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1998 registration will be ready soon.)
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According to the official Kfest Webmaster, David Kerwood, "The site is
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specifically tailored for _all_ browsers, e.g., it looks great in gui, and
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also looks great with lynx, and all the downloadables are in gif format so
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Apple II users can view the images. All the thumbnails are jpegs, but that
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won't matter for the lynx users, since they're invisible to them anyway."
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The official KFest webpage is:
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http://www.primenet.com/~adams/kfest.html
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The Big Cheese
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(aka Cindy, A2.MOM)
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Cindy Adams -- cindyadams@delphi.com
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Posted by ProTERM Message Manager (PTMM) v2.5
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(CINDYADAMS, 9683, GO COM A2 FOR)
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>>>>> Actually, lynx can grab the thumbs if you really want to see them
|
|
""""" (try the "*" command to turn on inline graphics link creation), but
|
|
there's really not much point. Either one would need to be downloaded and
|
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viewed anyway, so you might as well get the full size pics.
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I'm already counting the days 'til KFest 98!
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-----------------------------------------------------
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Tony Ward, A2 Database Manager
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[Delivered with Spectrum 2.1 and Crock O' Gold 2.1b19]
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--
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Fax me no questions and I'll fax you no lies.
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(TONYW1, 9689, GO COM A2 FOR)
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HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM SSII Well, I made two New Year's resolution, and the
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|
"""""""""""""""""""""""" first and most important one is to get Shareware
|
|
Solutions II back onto a timely release schedule. So, even though V3, #6 is
|
|
very, very, very late, I'm aiming to get V4, #1 out the door in record
|
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time....meaning, in less than two months. That shouldn't be that hard,
|
|
considering all the leftover articles I have from V3, #6.
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|
As a reminder, there will be a drawing for a brand new Sirius II 8 meg IIGS
|
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RAM card on (note new date) February 15, 1998, and anyone whose
|
|
subscription is current as of that day will be eligible to win that RAM
|
|
card. So, get those renewals in.
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And the other resolution...
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I love to ski, and I didn't spend a single day in 1997 on the ski slopes.
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So, I intend to go skiing in 1998!
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Joe
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(JOE_KOHN, 9061, GO COM A2)
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SSII HOSTS MONDAY NIGHT CHAT Thanks to Gina Saiken, Dan Krass and Ray
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"""""""""""""""""""""""""""" Merlin...
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Shareware Solutions II is pleased to announce that the first of many weekly
|
|
chats is scheduled to kickoff on Monday night, January 26, 1998. Although
|
|
these chats are being held under the auspices of Syndicomm, they will be
|
|
sponsored and hosted by Shareware Solutions II.
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|
Unfortunately, I do not yet have the computer equipment here that will
|
|
allow me to "broadcast" the chat to Genie. It has been ordered, and once it
|
|
arrives, it may take me a little while to figure out exactly how to set it
|
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up and use it.
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So, it seems to me that we may as well get started here on Delphi, and then
|
|
once the computer hardware has arrived, we will have the dual system
|
|
Delphi/Genie chats on each successive Monday night.
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|
Unless some earth shaking Apple II development happens in the next 10 days,
|
|
that first chat should be very informal. So, polish up those Apple II
|
|
related jokes ;-)
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I hope to chat with ALL of you on January 26, 1998.
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Joe Kohn
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Publisher, Shareware Solutions II
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(JOE_KOHN, 9458, GO COM A2)
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GREAT NEWS FOR ANSITERM OWNERS! Paul Parkhurst, the author of ANSITerm,
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" the Apple IIgs specific telecommnications
|
|
program, has recently given me the authority to provide updates for all
|
|
registered owners. That's right, even those of using ANSITerm 1.0 can be
|
|
updated to the latest version of ANSITerm, 2.13. This will allow you to
|
|
start using Don Zahniser's OLRight! off line reader for Delphi.
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|
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|
In order to receive your update, please send a photocopy of the original
|
|
disk along with $5 for shipping and handling in North America, $8
|
|
elsewhere, to:
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Ryan M. Suenaga
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45-021 O'opuhue Place
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Kane'ohe, HI 96744
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Inquiries via email can be sent to:
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thelamp@delphi.com
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|
Many thanks to Paul for providing this opportunity for the ANSITerm
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|
faithful.
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Apple II Forever!
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|
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(This may be reproduced freely in user group newsletters, usenet, and
|
|
other online servicesprovided that the text of the message including this
|
|
statement is left unchanged)
|
|
(RSUENAGA, 9431, GO COM A2 FOR)
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OLRIGHT! VERSION 3.0 FOR ANSITERM--A DELPHI OFFLINE READER
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
|
OLRight! v3.0 - An Off-Line Reader using ANSITerm on the Apple IIGS
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|
|
Are you put into cold sweats when you work online in 'real time'? Having
|
|
trouble remembering all those commands? Do you dread the bills for the time
|
|
you spend on-line? Do you have ANSITerm v2.1x and an Apple IIGS? If you
|
|
answered 'yes' to any of these questions (especially the last), OLRight!
|
|
may be for you!
|
|
|
|
OLRight! is an off-line reader and user interface for Delphi, built with
|
|
the powerful scripting capabilities of ANSITerm, the telecommunications
|
|
program from Parkhurst Micro Products.
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|
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|
The heart of OLRight! is a menu system created with the ANSI emulation
|
|
capabilities that are the showpiece of ANSITerm. From the simple menu bar,
|
|
single key presses produce drop-down menus with a host of options:
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|
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o Access Delphi via SprintNet, Direct Dial, Telnet from an ISP, telnet from
|
|
Genie, or via any path that can be put into a custom script or auto-learn
|
|
macro. Included is an option to let you automatically log on and perform
|
|
on-line activities at a specific time.
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o Define up to 32 Delphi Forums, 16 of which may be accessed in a single
|
|
session. A Forum Chooser menu is used for selecting any Forum or
|
|
Database-related setup or off-line reading activity. Full support for
|
|
Custom Forums.
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|
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o Completely automated on-line sessions:
|
|
- Logon/Logoff banners captured for off-line viewing.
|
|
- Upload files to workspace.
|
|
- Send mail.
|
|
- Retrieve mail.
|
|
- Download Delphi Binary Mail.
|
|
- Forum message searches.
|
|
- Send Forum messages.
|
|
- Retrieve Forum messages.
|
|
- Search Databases.
|
|
- Submit (upload) files to Databases.
|
|
- Download Database files.
|
|
- Automatic execution of optional user script.
|
|
- Automated logoff.
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|
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o On-Line (Manual) Activities:
|
|
- Option to skip retrieving Mail
|
|
- Between Forums - Skip next Forum, exit, or go to OLRight! menu.
|
|
- Conference (Chat) - See Below.
|
|
- Terminal Mode - Optional user script automatically executed.
|
|
- Lynx.
|
|
- Restart automated activities at any Forum.
|
|
- Manual logoff.
|
|
- Manual execution of user script(s).
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|
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o Menu access to virtually all of ANSITerm's built-in features, including:
|
|
- View File utility.
|
|
- Editor.
|
|
- Scrollback.
|
|
- File Utilities.
|
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|
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o Mail support:
|
|
- Composing letters for sending, either as new mail or reply.
|
|
- Sending Delphi Binary Mail (Send files to other Delphi users).
|
|
- Address book with up to 32 names/addresses.
|
|
- Mail reader menu with sender address and subject.
|
|
- Navigate forward and backward through mail without returning to menu.
|
|
- Print mail, either via editor or a fast text dump.
|
|
- Archive letters to new file or append to existing archive files.
|
|
- Reply to mail, either to original address or alternate address.
|
|
- Automatic capture of subject for reply; subject can be edited.
|
|
- Outgoing mail log - View status and Delete transmitted mail files.
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|
|
o Forum Message Support:
|
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- Retrieve Forum topic list and view through menu selection.
|
|
- Add new messages (Start a new thread).
|
|
- Reply to a specific message number without reading it.
|
|
- Option to suppress sending or retrieving messages by Forum.
|
|
- Optional Forum-specific 'signatures' for all outgoing messages.
|
|
- Forum message menu - Messages to you are marked.
|
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- Navigate through messages without returning to Forum menu.
|
|
- Forward, backward, proportional movement through messages.
|
|
- Progress through messages indicated as percentage.
|
|
- Individual messages have addressee highlighted.
|
|
- Reply to message author or other Delphi user.
|
|
- Print individual messages.
|
|
- Archive message to new file or append to existing archive files.
|
|
- Search by Author, Addressee, Message Number range, Dates, Subject.
|
|
- Set High Pointers to a message number or NEW for last 50.
|
|
- Ad Hoc, freeform search capability.
|
|
- Search/Read a single message number.
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|
|
o Database Support:
|
|
- Set up Searches - Narrow or Broaden search.
|
|
- Set up Uploads - View pending upload queue and descriptions.
|
|
- Set up Downloads.
|
|
- Transfer via Xmodem, Ymodem, Ymodem-Batch, Zmodem, Kermit.
|
|
- You can use different protocols for upload vs download.
|
|
- View log of DB activities from OLRight! menu.
|
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|
|
o Conference Support:
|
|
- Menu selection for visiting conferences - Scripted conference entry.
|
|
- Visit conference for any previously set up Forum.
|
|
- Optional Forum-specific 'nickname' for conferences.
|
|
- View capture log of conference session(s) - by Forum.
|
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o Documentation:
|
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- Comprehensive documentation in a Teach file
|
|
- On-line Help menu
|
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|
|
OLRight! may be found in the A2 Forum Database, Telecommunications topic,
|
|
file name OLRight30.BXY. Once downloaded and unpacked with GSHK or
|
|
Balloon, the Apple IIGS Installer is used to install scripts and data
|
|
folders. For help or further information, please reply to Message 3077 in
|
|
the A2 Forum.
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|
- Don (IronTooth)
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|
Delivered by my ANSITerm off-line reader scripts...
|
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(DZAHNISER, 9192, GO COM A2)
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|
BERNIE WOOFS IT UP Hello Delphians!
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""""""""""""""""""
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I'd like to announce herewith, not without overboarding enthusiasm, a
|
|
mailing list for Bernie ][ The Rescue, our pet project. This list features
|
|
tips & tricks, news from the doghouse, and bandwidth for discussing Apple
|
|
II emulation, Bernie, or both.
|
|
|
|
The list is open and unmoderated - everyone can join in, whether you've
|
|
registered your copy or not. We're all really looking forward to meeting
|
|
you there and having some interesting communication.
|
|
|
|
To learn more about the list, please turn to
|
|
|
|
http://www.design.ncisc.org/~bernie/current/index.html
|
|
|
|
This site is an archive of all past messages. The first message gives you
|
|
an short introduction to how to subscribe, post, behave :-), and
|
|
unsubscribe.
|
|
|
|
BTW, this list is free (of course) and has been kindly donated by long-time
|
|
Apple II and Bernie user Joe Nowak.
|
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See you there,
|
|
henrik
|
|
(GUDATH, 9388, GO COM A2 FOR)
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BEST OF THE BEST
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|
""""""""""""""""
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9381 15-JAN 20:20 General Chatter
|
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RE: Lounge - General Chatter (Re: Msg 4)
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|
From: D_CUFF To: ALL
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I like the A2 area on Delphi. (Why would I be paying for a Delphi account
|
|
otherwise? :-) But would you grant me leave to talk about Genie for a
|
|
moment? I'm not trying to persuade you to jump ships... honest!
|
|
|
|
There seems to be an assumption--often unspoken--that A2 on Genie is dying.
|
|
It just ain't true, folks. (Yes, I am going to post something similar on
|
|
Genie. :-)
|
|
|
|
I didn't go near A2 on either Genie or Delphi for the first two weeks of
|
|
January. Then I logged on and collected all the messages that had
|
|
accumulated in that period.
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On Delphi, there were 330K of messages. (That's 23.5K a day on average.)
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On Genie, there were 280K of messages. (20K a day.)
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Whether you use Genie or Delphi or both is none of my business. Argue all
|
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you want for the superiority of either; I won't be listening. :-) Neither
|
|
am I here to promote Genie, particularly not over Delphi. I just thought
|
|
I'd mention that things on Genie are still as healthy as they are here.
|
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Maybe that means things need to improve here; I wouldn't know.
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I just like to get these things straight. :-)
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Doug C.
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[EOA]
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[A2P]------------------------------
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A2_ProDUCTIVITY |
|
|
-----------------------------------
|
|
Checking out A2PRO on Delphi
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
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by Ryan M. Suenaga, B.A., M.S.W., L.S.W.
|
|
[thelamp@delphi.com]
|
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|
|
APPLE PROCESSING A2 FILE TYPE REQUESTS? BTW, did you know that Apple is
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" still including there own Apple
|
|
II File Type Request form on the Apple developer CDs (as of November/97)? I
|
|
was just browsing through the CDs at work and stumbled upon this file that
|
|
still listed Apple as the source for type assignments. I just found it
|
|
odd/amusing that that was still on there. I wonder what would happen if you
|
|
actually sent a request into that address. :-)
|
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|
|
-- Michael
|
|
(SAR, 1221, GO COM A2PRO FOR)
|
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|
|
NOW YOU SEE IT, NOW YOU DON'T I have a problem with the cursor showing in
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" the ANSI display in Spectrum that has been
|
|
reported to me a couple of times. Basically, the ANSI display turns the
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cursor off at its Init, but does not turn it off again when it is
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re-opened. This leaves the cursor showing droppings on the display.
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I want to know where I can check to see if a cursor is currently active or
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not. I can't find any suitable reference in the docs I have. If I can find
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that byte, then I can check if the cursor is active before I close a
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display, then if necessary make sure it is turned off when I re-open.
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Richard could patch the ANSI display, but a more elegant solution is for
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Spectrum to handle this...
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Anybody know the answer?
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Ewen Wannop - Speccie
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Message delivered by Crock O' Gold 2.0 and Marinetti TCP/IP!
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http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/ewannop/
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(EWANNOP, 1225, GO COM A2PRO FOR)
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>>>>> There is indeed a flag in bank $E1, but I have no memory of where
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""""" it is. You might like to check out the _ShowCursor code and see
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what its doing.
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Regards,
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Richard
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(RICHARD_B, 1226, GO COM A2PRO FOR)
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<<<<< I was just trying to do this the easy way by asking the 'experts'
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""""" here!
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The flag is in the Quickdraw zero page, and you can get it this way:
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pha
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pha
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pea 0
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pea 4
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_GetWAP
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pla
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plx
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phd
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tcd
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ldx #$100
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lda $cc,x
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pld
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This returns $0000 if the cursor is showing and $FFFF if it is hidden...
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Ewen Wannop - Speccie
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Message delivered by Crock O' Gold 2.0 and Marinetti TCP/IP!
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http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/ewannop/
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(EWANNOP, 1227, GO COM A2PRO FOR)
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>>>>> Careful there! Don't count on absolute values. If the value is
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""""" negative, the cursor is hidden, and otherwise it is visible. In
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practice, the value should never go above 0, but it can definitely go below
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-1.
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But otherwise, you've got it right!
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-- Michael
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(SAR, 1241, GO COM A2PRO FOR)
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<<<<< Thanks for the clarification. In essence I am using a non-zero test
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""""" to see if it is hidden, so I think I have covered what I need...
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Ewen Wannop - Speccie
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Message delivered by Crock O' Gold 2.0 and Marinetti TCP/IP!
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http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/ewannop/
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(EWANNOP, 1246, GO COM A2PRO FOR)
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>>>>> It might be worth checking that assumption. I would assume that
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""""" what you're reading is the flag used by HideCursor/ShowCursor. If
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so, negative values indicate a hidden cursor, and zero a visible one, with
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the implication that positive values are accepted and also indicate a
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visible cursor. I suspect you should be looking solely at the most
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significant bit.
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BTW, why won't HideCursor, ShowCursor and InitCursor do what you want?
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Mike Westerfield
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(BYTEWORKS, 1247, GO COM A2PRO FOR)
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>>>>> Thanks for that Mike... That makes sense.
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"""""
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The problem I had actually got solved from another direction. What I
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wanted to know was if a display that Spectrum had no direct control
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over, had turned the cursor off or not. That way I could make sure I did
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not turn it on again when I restored control to it.
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(EWANNOP, 1248, GO COM A2PRO FOR)
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YET ANOTHER TEXTEDIT BUG? I was investigating a problem with the Spectrum
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""""""""""""""""""""""""" Find/Replace routine and I think I have found
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yet another problem with the TextEdit Tool.
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If you do a large amount of Find/Replaces in the Editor, it either missed
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out large chunks of the file on a $1700 boundary, or simply hung.
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The same routine within Spectrum is used whether you are working on a
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ScriptEditor Handle, or the displayed Editor window. Only when it is
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working on the displayed Editor, that is a visible TextEdit Record in a
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control, that the problem shows. If working on an invisible TextEdit Record
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that is not a control, there is no problem.
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The problem arises when either I use _TEReplace, or _TEClear with _TEInsert
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with the Record being a control and a selection has already been made. If I
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set the start and end of the selection to the same point, all is well. It
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is deleting the selection, and then getting the new start point wrong on
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exit!
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So we can chalk up another bug in TextEdit!
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BTW if anybody has a solution to this problem, I would love to know...
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Ewen Wannop - Speccie
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Message delivered by Crock O' Gold 2.0 and Marinetti TCP/IP!
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http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/ewannop/
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(WANNOP, 1276, GO COM A2PRO FOR)
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>>>>> Hmm... That could explain why EGOed would crash sometimes on
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""""" Find/Replaces that made a lot of changes. I thought it was just a
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bug in EGOed, but since it seemed pretty solid otherwise, it wouldn't
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surprise me if it turned out to be a TextEdit bug instead.
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So how's that new super TextEdit replacement coming along? :-)
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Michael
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(SAR, 1278, GO COM A2PRO FOR)
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8 BIT SNOOD GROUP SESSION? Who wants to be part of a project to port a
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"""""""""""""""""""""""""" SNOOD look-alike to the IIe? This is one of
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the few games that I've really enjoyed and I think it would be neat to have
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it available to the Apple II world.
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I figure it could be written mostly in assembly using either the hi-res or
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double hi-res screens. I can do shape tables for hi-res, but I've never
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done any dhr stuff.
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Anybody interested?
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Charlie Hartley ... via ProTERM Mac and PTMM
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(CKHARTLEY, 1277, GO COM A2PRO FOR)
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>>>>> Funny you should mention that, Charlie, I was just thinking to
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""""" myself that I'd love to do a GS-port of it once I get a little....
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no quite a bit better, at toolbox programming. I figured the basics have
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to be included in Mike W.'s example brickout program. (Hmmm, but as I think
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of it, that wasn't a toolbox program, was it?)
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But I'm sure it could also be done in the 8-bit environment.
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Unfortunately, I wouldn't know how to get near assembly, but I sure hope
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you can find someone who can!
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_________
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| homas
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Message delivered by Spectrum 2.1
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and rushed to you by Crock O' Gold 2.0!
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(TCOMPTER, 1282, GO COM A2PRO FOR)
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>>>>> Snood is the ultimate in Brick-out type games. You are armed with a
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""""" swivel cannon in the centre of the screen that fires 'Snoods'. You
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have seven different types that appear more or less at random on your
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cannon. The screen itself starts with various layouts of these Snoods. When
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you fire a Snood, if it hits two or more of the same kind, they fall away.
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The object is to clear them all from the screen. You can bounce of the side
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walls to help your aim.
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However every time you fire, a thermometer rises a notch. If the level
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reaches the top, the whole screen shifts down one layer, and if any of the
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Snoods touch the bottom, you die. However if any unsupported Snoods fall
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away with others you have hit, the thermometer drops down a notch or two.
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The strategy is therefore to clear the screen without the thermometer
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getting to the top so you die.
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There are five levels of play from Easy to Evil, each with its own screen.
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There is also a Puzzle game that has 50 individual levels.
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It is the best Brick-out game I have ever seen. My current high score at
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Puzzle level is 190564, and Evil level is 22605. I usually run the Puzzle
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level from the first screen, and can get to around level 26 without dying.
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You can set it up to start anywhere, so I have been through all 50 levels,
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but you don't get as high a score that way as the score multiplies with the
|
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number of levels you can get through.
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It would be a relatively simple game to program, so would be very easy for
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someone to do on the //e or IIgs. After all, it is not much more advanced
|
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in what it does than the old Space Invader programs...
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So Cindy should manage to be able program it quite well... :)
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Ewen Wannop - Speccie
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Message delivered by Crock O' Gold 2.0 and Marinetti TCP/IP!
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http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/ewannop/
|
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(EWANNOP, 1312, GO COM A2PRO FOR)
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>>>>> Hmmm, port of a game... sounds like fun. I've done very little on
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""""" DHR programming, and honestly, I don't have the time to learn to
|
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code for DHR. The only routines I've completely successfully were for two
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DHR demos I wrote for Christmas, and the routines were SLOW. :) Hi-res is
|
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NO problem!
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Fill me in on the details, and I'm game! :-)
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Russ
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(RUSSELL, 1339, GO COM A2PRO FOR)
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>>>>> Hmmm, and from what I've seen of Snood and GS programming, it seems
|
|
""""" to me the 'logic' would be the easy part. Maybe I'm missing
|
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something important :)
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> not to mention getting a hold of the screen layouts for all the levels.
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Welllll, we don't have to be THAT perfect in our flattery, do we? Aren't
|
|
the snood levels sort of random anyway? The levels I've played seem to be.
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_________
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| homas
|
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Message delivered by Spectrum 2.1
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and rushed to you by Crock O' Gold 2.0!
|
|
(TCOMPTER, 1349, GO COM A2PRO FOR)
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>>>>> The screens are random for the main five levels of the game, but
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|
""""" the 50 puzzle screens are the same every time. Once you have
|
|
registered your copy of Snood, you can actually design your own screens as
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well.
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The main problems in building the game would be working out the sprite
|
|
logic for animating the Snoods.
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Ewen Wannop - Speccie
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Message delivered by Crock O' Gold 2.1 and Marinetti TCP/IP!
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http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/ewannop/
|
|
(EWANNOP, 1352, GO COM A2PRO FOR)
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|
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>>>>> I played Snood on the Mac... fun game. As a programmer porting
|
|
""""" this game over to the hi-res of the IIe or IIc, the major problems
|
|
would be the graphics. Hi-Res is limited to 280x192 and 6 distinct colors
|
|
of which half cannot reside next to the other half with having color
|
|
distortion. It'll take some graphic talent.. :) Plus the sounds will be
|
|
simple two-voice sounds, not digitized samples (too big to fit into 64k).
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I'll work on some sample screens to see if I can actually fit that many
|
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Snoods on the screen, etc...
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I'll let you know..
|
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Russ
|
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(RUSSELL, 1380, GO COM A2PRO FOR)
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SURVEY SAYS. . . This was just passed along to me, and I don't think any
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"""""""""""""""" else posted it here, sooooo:
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Subject: Apple II Survey
|
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Sent: 1/15/98 10:13 PM
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Received: 1/15/98 11:23 PM
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From: MacTreasures Announcement List,
|
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MacTreasures-Announce@mail.pacific-
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Reply-To: announce-MacTreasures@MacTreasures.com
|
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To: MacTreasures-Announce@MacTreasures.com
|
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We need your input regarding Apple II, IIe, gs software. If you DO NOT use
|
|
this type of software, but know of someone who does, PLEASE forward this
|
|
email on to them.
|
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|
|
MacTreasures has been approached by a MAJOR software developer regarding
|
|
licensing titles they no longer produce for the Apple II, IIe, IIgs
|
|
education market. We would produce these titles for distribution. We know,
|
|
due to our queries, that there is a definite market for software for these
|
|
older CPUs. As you know we already carry such titles on our site. We are
|
|
now talking about titles that are NO LONGER being reproduced for the Apple
|
|
II, etc. market, but are being produced for the newer computers.
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|
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Please respond to unusual@mactreasures.com and place APPLE II SURVEY in the
|
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subject. Your responses will help us in our decision process. PLEASE DO NOT
|
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RESPOND JUST TO GIVE US AN ANSWER. WE NEED RESPONSES FROM APPLE II, IIe, gs
|
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USERS AND POTENTIAL PURCHASERS OF THESE TITLES!
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Thank you for your help! It is GREATLY appreciated.
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MacTreasures
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******************
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Our question:
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1. List software titles and company (if known), you would like to again
|
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have available for Apple II's, etc.
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2. Type of CPU (Apple II, IIe, gs)
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**********************************************
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Phone: (408) 226-6762 FAX: (408) 226-7303
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http://www.mactreasures.com....Complete our survey and add your email to
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You certainly can post your answers here for others to see, but make sure
|
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you get your answer to the company, they won't see them here. --HangTime
|
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B-)>
|
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(HANGTIME, 1314, GO COM A2PRO FOR)
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XCMD PERFORMANCE Documentation for writing XCMDs was deliberately not
|
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"""""""""""""""" included with the release Spectrum. It is available on
|
|
request, but we need to know from anyone interested the project they are
|
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considering, and what kind of projects they have already done.
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|
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This is to allow SevenHills to control and constrain released XCMDs to ones
|
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that will work, will be useful, and are not already in a pipeline
|
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somewhere.
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In the early days of XCMDs, one or two XCMDs got through that caused havoc
|
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with Spectrum. We do not want that to happen again.
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If you could send me all the relevant details in email to
|
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'ewannop@btinternet.com' or 'ewannop@delphi.com', I will see what we can
|
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do. The two doc files are in plain text format.
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Ewen Wannop - Speccie
|
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Message delivered by Crock O' Gold 2.1 and Marinetti TCP/IP!
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http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/ewannop/
|
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(EWANNOP, 1370, GO COM A2PRO FOR)
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GSOFT CLOSES IN Is GSBasic getting close to release, or have I missed an
|
|
""""""""""""""" important announcement?
|
|
|
|
--
|
|
Peter Watson
|
|
-- Write to MSDOS disks on the Apple IIgs?
|
|
-- Impossible! ;-)
|
|
(PETERWATSON, 1300, GO COM A2PRO FOR)
|
|
|
|
>>>>> It does keep getting closer. Work on HyperLogo has slowed it down,
|
|
""""" but I do spend time on it.
|
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|
|
It handles tools now, but only normal tools. I still have to finish coding
|
|
user tools and GS/OS calls, then the software will be at a very early alpha
|
|
stage. Once the manual is in draft form, I'll start advertising for beta
|
|
testers.
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|
|
Mike Westerfield
|
|
(BYTEWORKS, 1307, GO COM A2PRO FOR)
|
|
|
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>>>>> For the sake of clarity, it's actually GSoft BASIC, FWIW.
|
|
"""""
|
|
And no, I hadn't even considered an upgrade from ORCA/Integer BASIC. They
|
|
are so completely unrelated that the idea never occurred to me. I'll
|
|
consider it, but I doubt if it will happen.
|
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|
|
One thing I _have_ condsidered is licensing the source. Does anyone see the
|
|
need for a 65816 based BASIC for uses other than the Apple IIGS? (Besides
|
|
me, that is.)
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|
|
Mike Westerfield
|
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(BYTEWORKS, 1320, GO COM A2PRO FOR)
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[EOA]
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[HWH]------------------------------
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HARDWORKING HARDWARE |
|
|
-----------------------------------
|
|
THE SUPERDRIVE CARD
|
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"""""""""""""""""""
|
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by Ryan M. Suenaga, B.A., M.S.W., L.S.W.
|
|
[thelamp@delphi.com]
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|
|
THE SUPERDRIVE CARD
|
|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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|
|
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Product Name: Apple II 3.5 Drive Controller Card
|
|
(aka The SuperDrive Card)
|
|
Distribution: $59 plus shipping
|
|
Shreve Systems
|
|
1200 Marshall St.
|
|
Shreveport, LA 71101
|
|
phones: 318-424-7987 (technical support)
|
|
800-227-3971 (orders only)
|
|
fax: 318-424-9771
|
|
Requirements: Apple //e or IIgs; any free slot other than
|
|
slot three; Apple IIgs System Software 5.0.4
|
|
or later or Apple II System Disk 3.2 or later;
|
|
Apple 3.5 Drive, UniDisk 3.5, or SuperDrive
|
|
or equivalent (preferred).
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|
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Apple Computer, Inc. has always been an innovator, and while some
|
|
innovations were more successful than others, they continue striving to be
|
|
different from the rest of the computing world.
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One of the most successful innovations they incorporated into their
|
|
computers was the 3.5 inch floppy disk drive. While they did not invent
|
|
it, they were the first to use it in a mainstream computer, the Macintosh.
|
|
And of course, after its debut on the Mac, it was only a matter of time
|
|
until it showed up on the Apple II. The Apple II's first 3.5 inch floppy
|
|
disk drive incarnation, the UniDisk 3.5, was designed for use with the
|
|
Apple //e and the Apple //c. It, like the Macintosh, offered storage of
|
|
800K on a single Double Sided Double Density (DSDD) floppy diskette. With
|
|
the introduction of the Apple IIgs came the Apple 3.5 Drive, compatible
|
|
with the media and formatting of the earlier UniDisk 3.5, but faster and
|
|
compatible with both the IIgs and Macintosh.
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|
|
Of course, Apple's competitors in the Intel world didn't stand still,
|
|
and they had 3.5 inch floppy disk drives of their own, using a different
|
|
scheme for storing data on their diskettes. Instead of Apple's Group Code
|
|
Recording (GCR) format, they used the Modified Frequency Modulation (MFM)
|
|
format, and their drives stored either 720k on those same DSDD floppies, or
|
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twice as much (1.44 megabytes) on Double Sided High Density (DSHD)
|
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floppies.
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|
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Realizing that easy exchange of data was critical to their continued
|
|
success, Apple Computer, Inc. introduced what they called the "SuperDrive"
|
|
or "FDHD" (say "fudd-hudd") floppy drive, which could handle the 800K GCR
|
|
format as well as the 720K and 1.44 meg MFM format for their Macintosh line
|
|
of computers. With appropriate software, these could handle reading and
|
|
writing MSDOS formatted disks as well as the Macintosh's native
|
|
Hierarchical File System (HFS) disks.
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|
|
|
Very late in the lifespan of the Apple II (at least as far as Apple
|
|
Computer, Inc. was concerned), the Apple II faithful were presented with
|
|
one of the last peripherals Apple Computer, Inc. would make for the Apple
|
|
II--called "The Apple II 3.5 Drive Controller Card", just as its
|
|
predecessor was, this card was actually the "SuperDrive Card." When paired
|
|
with a SuperDrive floppy drive, it acted exactly like the old Apple 3.5
|
|
Drive--except it added the ability to use those 3.5 inch MFM formatted
|
|
floppies! However, very few of these appeared to make it out of Apple's
|
|
factories into the hands of the public, and the SuperDrive Card seemed
|
|
destined to be one of those rare pieces of Apple II hardware that many had
|
|
heard of, few had seen, and virtually no one owned.
|
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|
|
But as it has so many times before, fate smiled upon the Apple II.
|
|
Somehow, somewhere, Shreve Systems has acquired a number of the SuperDrive
|
|
Cards and is selling them for $59 apiece! When they were thought rare,
|
|
they often fetched over $100 per card. Given this opportunity, I ordered
|
|
two for my own use, and to share with you here.
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|
|
The SuperDrive Card comes in typical Apple late-model packaging--brown
|
|
cardboard with black lettering. It came with a rather sparse manual, a
|
|
disk of utilities, and the card itself. To install it in my Apple IIgs, I
|
|
simply turned off power to the computer, found an appropriate free slot
|
|
(any but slot three should work), inserted the card, attached the header to
|
|
the IIgs's case, plugged in my SuperDrive equivalent drive (an Applied
|
|
Engineering High Density Drive), switched the setting in the Control Panel
|
|
for slot six to "Your Card", and booted up.
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|
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In operation, it appeared nothing had changed, except that I could now
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use MFM formatted floppies in my 3.5 disk drive! With a fresh batch of
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DSHD disks and System 6.0.1 installed with the HFS and MSDOS File System
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Translators (FST's) and _MUG!_ (see Volume 1, Number 1's _MUG!_ review)
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active, I quickly experimented with a number of diskettes, easily reading,
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writing, and formatting Macintosh and IBM formatted diskettes, as well as
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1.44 megabyte ProDOS diskettes. Everything I could throw at it worked like
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a champ! My Apple IIgs was able to read files from and copy files onto a
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MSDOS formatted disk that I formatted with the 486 I have next to it--the
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MSDOS "dir" command also showed the files fine and dandy. Same went for
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reading and writing a Macintosh diskette--not a problem. Formatting HFS
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and ProDOS diskettes was a breeze, and formatting or writing to MSDOS
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diskettes was almost as easy with the _MUG!_ package. In the best Apple II
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tradition, the SuperDrive Card worked its magic without fanfare--it simply
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worked.
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The biggest problem that users may face with the SuperDrive Card is
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finding a drive to use it with. I happened to have picked up an Applied
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Engineering floppy drive that was SuperDrive compatible a few months before
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at a user group swap meet--these are out of production, as are the
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Apple-branded SuperDrives. It's quite possible to take an Apple SuperDrive
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mechanism and put it into the typical IIgs's 3.5 Drive enclosure with
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relative ease, but this may be cost prohibitive. Power users who have long
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had all of their slots filled may have a difficult time finding a free slot
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to place the card into. There have also been reports of difficulty dealing
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with 720K diskettes with this combination--I had no problems with these,
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and I come across these diskettes so infrequently now this may not be much
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of a concern. And the combined price of a SuperDrive and SuperDrive Card
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may be prohibitive compared to the alternative methods to achieve
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compatibility with MFM diskettes--the BlueDisk Card and generic Intel-style
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3.5 inch floppy drive from //SHH Systeme in Germany or the Floptical Drives
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formerly marketed by Tulin Technology. The SuperDrive Card will certainly
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drive conventional Apple 3.5 Drives that use 800K GCR formatted diskettes,
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but it is only at its best with a true SuperDrive.
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Still, the SuperDrive Card is a real find. In typical Apple II style,
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it does its job with function and little fanfare--it plain works, and works
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well. If you need to use 3.5 inch diskettes from MSDOS or Windows
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machines, and you have or can easily locate an appropriate 3.5 inch disk
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drive mechanism, the SuperDrive Card may well be the answer you have been
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waiting for. Thank you, Shreve Systems.
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[EOA]
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[WEB]------------------------------
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WEB SLINGING 101 |
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-----------------------------------
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Variations On A Theme
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by Ryan M. Suenaga, B.A., M.S.W., L.S.W.
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[thelamp@delphi.com]
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Telnet And The Delphi Content Plan
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One of the most useful things you can do with an Internet account is
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to telnet. Telnet allows you to communicate with a remote host just as if
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you were directly linked to them. Several online services, including
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Delphi, permit telnet access. In fact, Delphi's Content Plan allows
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unlimited access to Delphi via telnet for $35 a year. If you combine that
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with an account on an Internet Service Provider that allows unlimited
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access, you have a very economical way to get onto Delphi.
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Once you have your Content account set up with Delphi, you can attempt
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to telnet into Delphi many ways. If you have a standard shell account on
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an Internet Service Provider, you can easily use the telnet command to get
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onto Delphi. Here's an example.
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From the main prompt of an Internet Service Provider, which looks
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like:
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[BEGINNING OF SCREEN EXAMPLE ]------------------------------------
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[rsuenaga@butch rsuenaga]$
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[END OF SCREEN EXAMPLE ]------------------------------------------
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I then enter the telnet command by typing in:
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telnet delphi.com
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and press return. I then get the following:
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[BEGINNING OF SCREEN EXAMPLE ]------------------------------------
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Trying 199.93.4.67...
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Connected to delphi.com
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Escape character is ^].
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Username:
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[END OF SCREEN EXAMPLE ]------------------------------------------
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Let's take a look at this. Notice that the first thing it says is:
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Trying 199.93.4.67...
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The numbers 199.93.4.67 are an Internet Protocol Address, commonly
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referred to as an IP Address. Every Internet site has this numeric IP
|
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Address. If you'd like, you can telnet using this address rather than the
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alphanumeric domain name (delphi.com). Those of you who use _Marinetti_ on
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the IIgs are surely familiar with this. Simply substitute one for the
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other. In this case, instead of typing:
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telnet delphi.com
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you can type:
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telnet 199.93.4.67
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and get the same results.
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At this point, to log onto Delphi, simply enter your username, as in
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the following example:
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[BEGINNING OF SCREEN EXAMPLE ]------------------------------------
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Trying 199.93.4.67...
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Connected to delphi.com
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Escape character is ^].
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Username: RSUENAGA
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[END OF SCREEN EXAMPLE ]------------------------------------------
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and press return. You will then get the
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Password:
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prompt. To compete the sign in, type in your password and press
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return.
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[BEGINNING OF SCREEN EXAMPLE ]------------------------------------
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Trying 199.93.4.67...
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Connected to delphi.com
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Escape character is ^].
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Username: RSUENAGA
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Password: samplepassword
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[END OF SCREEN EXAMPLE ]------------------------------------------
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and then you will get the initial Delphi logon screen:
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[BEGINNING OF SCREEN EXAMPLE ]------------------------------------
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Hello RSUENAGA
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Welcome to DELPHI
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Copyright (c) 1995,1996,1997,1998
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Delphi Internet Services
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Logon at : 10-JAN-1998 17:56:02
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Last Logon : 10-JAN-1998 16:37:55
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There were no tortoises in the US Postal Service's annual race for "Most
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Popular Stamp," so the Hare won this year. Get detail, and find out why the
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methodology may be flawed, in Stamps, Coins & Postal: GO HOBby STAmps
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Special Holiday Recipes! In Southern States forum - read the thread
|
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starting at Message 13580. GO TRA SOU.
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OPERATIONS REPORT - 1/9/98 10:20am EST - Delphi will be down briefly one
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early morning next week to complete a software upgrade. Exact time and
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day to be announced ASAP. The outage will affect text-Delphi and POP
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mail access.
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MAIN Menu:
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Auditorium Mail
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Arts and Entertainment Member Directory
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Business and Finance News, Weather, and Sports
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Computing and Technology Reference/Health/Education
|
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Conference Relationships and Support
|
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Current Affairs Shopping
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Custom Forums Travel and Cultures
|
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Delphinian Using Delphi
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Games Workspace
|
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Hobbies and Crafts HELP
|
|
Home and Family EXIT
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Internet Services
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|
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MAIN>What do you want to do?
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[END OF SCREEN EXAMPLE ]------------------------------------------
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Several Apple II users who telnet in like this have problems
|
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transferring files from the Database via the XModem, YModem, or ZModem
|
|
protocol. That is likely due to not all ISP's supporting Telnet equally.
|
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Many times, they only support 7-bit telnet, which is not capable of
|
|
handling these types of protocols. If you are having downloading problems,
|
|
here are some things to try.
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Instead of simply typing:
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telnet delphi.com
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you can try one of the following variations:
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telnet -8 -E delphi.com
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-or-
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telnet -8 -E -L delphi.com
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-or-
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telnet delphi.com,T
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|
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If those don't work for you, try just entering:
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telnet
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|
|
then pressing return. You will likely get a prompt that looks like
|
|
this:
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|
|
telnet>
|
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|
|
at this prompt, try entering
|
|
|
|
toggle binary
|
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|
|
and pressing return. Hopefully it will say:
|
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|
|
Negotiating binary mode with remote host.
|
|
|
|
and give you another telnet> prompt. There you can enter:
|
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|
|
open delphi.com
|
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|
|
and hit return again. Then you can log in as above.
|
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|
|
If none of these allow you to do file transfers, you may be stuck
|
|
using the Kermit protocol to transfer files. Several Apple II telecomm
|
|
programs support Kermit (the latest versions of _ANSITerm_, _Spectrum_, and
|
|
_ProTERM_ all support Kermit). While it is a slow protocol in practice, it
|
|
is very reliable, and will let you transfer files where you otherwise would
|
|
not be able to.
|
|
|
|
There are several other options for telnetting into Delphi. If you
|
|
have _Marinetti_ up and running, you can telnet in with the simple _Telnet_
|
|
application Richard Bennett includes with Marinetti or with _Spectrum 2.1_
|
|
and the _TopCat_ XCMD. If you access under TCP/IP with another computer,
|
|
you can use a telnet client--such as _ProTERM Mac_ on the Macintosh. Or
|
|
you can try to use your World Wide Web browser to telnet. If you enter:
|
|
|
|
telnet://delphi.com
|
|
|
|
with, for instance, _Microsoft Internet Explorer_ or _Netscape Navigator_
|
|
it will try to pull up a "helper application" to telnet to Delphi.
|
|
Unfortunately, the _Spectrum Internet Suite_ does not support this
|
|
telnet:// tag, but _Lynx_ does. Not all ISP's installations of _Lynx_ will
|
|
support it, of course, but many do. One of the more interesting uses of
|
|
this for me is when I visit the local public libraries, which allow access
|
|
to _Lynx_ via their online catalogs. If I feel like taking a break from
|
|
reading, I simply go to the card catalog and check my email or chat with
|
|
friends!
|
|
|
|
This small primer will assist you in getting going with telnetting to
|
|
Delphi on your Apple II or other computer. We will continue to look at
|
|
different ways to use the Internet to get the most out of your Apple II
|
|
computer.
|
|
|
|
|
|
:: DISCUSSED ON DELPHI ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
|
|
: :
|
|
: I tried OS/2 once, but I didn't inhale. :
|
|
: :
|
|
::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: TONYW1 ::::
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[EOA]
|
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[INN]------------------------------
|
|
EXTRA INNINGS |
|
|
-----------------------------------
|
|
About The Lamp! The Lamp! is published on the fifteenth of every month in
|
|
""""""""""""""" the Database of the II Scribe Forum on the Delphi online
|
|
service (GO CUS 11).
|
|
|
|
* The Lamp! is (c) copyright 1998 by Ryan M. Suenaga, M.S.W. All
|
|
rights reserved.
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|
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* To reach The Lamp! on Internet email send mail to
|
|
thelamp@delphi.com.
|
|
|
|
* Back issues of The Lamp! are available in the II Scribe Forum on
|
|
Delphi as well as The Lamp! Home Page,
|
|
http://www.sheppyware.ml.org/~rsuenaga.
|
|
|
|
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
|
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Opinions expressed herein are those of the individual authors, and do not
|
|
necessarily represent the opinions of the Delphi Online Services,
|
|
Syndicomm, Inc., or Ryan M. Suenaga. Forum messages are reprinted
|
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verbatim and are included in this publication with permission from the
|
|
individual authors. Delphi Online Services, Syndicomm, Inc. and Ryan M.
|
|
Suenaga do not guarantee the accuracy or suitability of any information
|
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included herein. We reserve the right to edit all letters and copy.
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Material published in this edition may not be reprinted without the
|
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expressed written consent of the publisher. Registered computer user
|
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groups, not for profit publications , and other interested parties may
|
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write the publisher to apply for permission to reprint any or all material.
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[EOF]
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