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Lighting Your Apple II Path On Delphi | |
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>>> WELCOME TO THE LAMP! <<<
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THE LAMP SALUTES: Apple II Achievement, 1998
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FREEWARE FAVORITES: Babelfish 1.0
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AND THE BEST OF THE A2 AND A2PRO MESSAGE BOARDS
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"Teaching the Apple II user how to fish since 1998"
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The Lamp! An Onipa'a Software Production Vol. 2, No. 1
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Publisher & Editor.......................Ryan M. Suenaga, M.S.W., L.S.W.
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Internet Email....................................thelamp@sheppyware.net
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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January 15, 1998
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OPENING PITCH
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Many Classic Moments ------------------------------------------- [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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THE LAMP SALUTES
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Apple II Achievement, 1998 ------------------------------------- [TLS]
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FREEWARE FAVORITES
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Babelfish 1.0 -------------------------------------------------- [FRE]
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EXTRA INNINGS
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About The Lamp! ------------------------------------------------ [INN]
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[*] [*] [*]
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READING THE LAMP! The index system used by The Lamp! is designed to make
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""""""""""""""""" your reading easier. To use this system, load this
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issue into any word processor or text editor. In the index you will find
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something like:
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EXTRA INNINGS
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About The Lamp! ------------------------------------------------ [INN]
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To read this article, simply use your search or find command to locate
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[INN]. There is a similar tag at the end of each article: [EOA].
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:: DISCUSSED ON DELPHI ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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: :
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: C is ideally adapted to writing programs that no one :
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: can understand or debug. That's why it's so popular :
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: -- job security, and all that. ;) :
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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@sheppyware.net]
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MANY CLASSIC MOMENTS
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Apple Computer, Inc. did Apple II users a huge favor: it included in
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the ROM of every Apple II some form of the BASIC programming language.
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While BASIC has never been known for its power or structure, it is indeed
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easy to learn and easy to use to write short programs. Many of us got
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started on our Apple IIs just that way--booting up by 5.25 inch floppy,
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waiting for the ] prompt to show up, and typing away. Many, many hours
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were spent late into the night, scratching heads and reading manuals,
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wondering why this darned thing didn't work, or trying to figure out a new
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way of doing it.
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A few months ago, Mike Westerfield of Byte Works gave Applesoft
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programmers the language they've waited their entire Apple IIgs lives for:
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_GSoft BASIC_. Recently, he followed this up with _FREE.GSOFT_, a scaled
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down version of the language which could be freely distributed--an
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incredible gift to The Rest Of Us.
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In the late 1990's, Apple II users don't have a hundred new programs
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coming out each month--we have a stream of steady new software, but not a
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flood. As such, it's time to do what the generation of Apple II users in
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the late 1970's did: create our own future.
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Apple gave us the tools in Integer and Applesoft BASIC to do that 20
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years ago. Mike Westerfield gave us the tools to do it again in 1998.
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In the spirit of teaching the Apple II user to fish, we need to have
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the right nets. _GSoft BASIC_ is the net The Rest Of Us have waited for
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since that day in 1986.
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Seize the day.
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[*] [*] [*]
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Recess Is Over Department: I said you wouldn't hear it again 'till
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January. Well, it's January.
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KansasFest 1999 will once again be held on the campus of Avila College
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in Kansas City, Missouri, this year from July 21-25. Details are still
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being worked out, but you can get the latest information on the KFest Home
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Page at http://www.kfest.org.
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Behave yourselves. I'll be back in 30.
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Ryan
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thelamp@sheppyware.net
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ASCII ART BEGINS
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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@sheppyware.net]
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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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[*] Telecommunications ....... More Marinetti And PPP
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[*] User Groups & Publications ....... What Could Have Been: AWGS
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[*] Vendors & Tech Support ....... NEC Monitor With IIgs?
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[*] General Chatter ....... Lamenting The TurboRez
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MISCELLANEA
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MARINETTI APPLICATIONS: OPINIONS FROM THE AUTHOR Just wanted to thank
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"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" Sheppy for bringing out
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the first original idea for a Marinetti application, and before the end of
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1998 at that!
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OK, Telnet is a must (Spectrum) and Ping and Finger are neat nerd tools,
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but gsAIM is something that's innovative and useful. And to be honest, it
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was probably the most unlikely of projects I though would be brought to the
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GS. It fact I never even thought about it while writing Marinetti, and
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trust me when I say I've spent the last two years of my life thinking of
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applications that could use Marinetti.
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Regards,
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Richard
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Author of Marinetti
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(RICHARD_B, 18691, GO COM A2)
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<<<<< Oops, I should also add that its developers like Sheppy and the
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""""" people who support his Marinetti aware products, which will have
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the most affect on how much Marinetti is updated in the coming years.
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The more excited I get by seeing something like gsAIM, the more excited I
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get about working on Marinetti.
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Again, thanks Sheppy.
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Regards,
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Richard
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(RICHARD_B, 18692, GO COM A2)
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FTP STEP-BY-STEP Giselle - I've pretty much stopped using ftp or ncftp,
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"""""""""""""""" except when I have to, and much prefer to do all my
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downloading from the net using the lynx web browser. If that's the way you
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want to get the WWGS update, here's the URL:
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ftp://ftp.sheppyware.net/pub/apple_iigs/WWGS12Upd.shk
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Let me see if I can even remember the process of doing it via ftp....
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1) Run the ftp client.
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2) Type open ftp.sheppyware.net
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3) When prompted for a name, enter the word anonymous.
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4) When prompted for a password, enter your e-mail address.
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5) Type CD /pub/apple_iigs
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6) Type the word BIN
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7) Type get WWGS12Upd.shk
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8) Quit ftp
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9) Download WWGS12Upd.shk from your home directory.
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Yikes. I never realized just how many steps lynx saves you when downloading
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from ftp archives. In any case, either method should work just fine.
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Joe Kohn
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(JOE_KOHN, 17988, GO COM A2)
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IS THERE A WAY TO DO COPILOT AND COG ON THE SAME SPECTRUM PASS? Indeed
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This is my normal way of running COG. I sign on to Genie via CoPilot, a
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custom script then starts up COG, which then connects me to Delphi. I read
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and reply to Delphi via COG, quit COG which automatically returns me to
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CoPilot, where I read and reply to Genie.
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In the COG2 archive that you downloaded (not sure if it was included in
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v2.6) is a folder called "Contributions". Inside that folder are a few
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other folders with contributions from various people. One of the
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contributions details how you can easily do what you're asking.
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Basically, you create a RT in CoPilot called 'Special'. Write a simple
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script that says "Chain $spectrumpathCOG2:Rapid.Start" and name it
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"Genie.S.Special". Place it in your GEFiles folder. Configure COG to use
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the 'Genie.Connect' method of connection and be sure to enter your Delphi
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screen name and password. Check your 'Online Activities' in CoPilot to make
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sure that the 'Special' RT is checked. Also, be sure that the 'Special' RT
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is the last in the list of RT's to visit (I've placed mine in #11 just
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above 'Mail'). Sign on to Genie via CoPilot in the normal way, and voila!
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After CoPilot does its' normal run, it will then connect to Delphi via
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Genie's Telnet, run COG, and it will do its' normal run.
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Jeff Carr
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Sun, 13 Dec 98 @ 12:47:47
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Cruising the 'rainbow' path provided by:
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Spectrum v2.2 and Crock O' Gold v2.6
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(LUMITECH, 18345, GO COM A2)
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TRANSPROG III TIDBITS For all of you using Transprog III... you can add
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""""""""""""""""""""" COG to your TP III menu and launch it directly
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without having to launch Spectrum and then OA-R to run your script.
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I use it all the time... it is more of a direct route to where I wanna go..
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more useful things you can do with your GS ;)
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Make sure that before you add COG to your TP III menu that you launch
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Spectrum from the Finder so that Finder updates the Desktop file. Then
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quite back to the Finder and add COG to the TP III menu.
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If you don't do this, when you launch COG it will ask you to find Spectrum
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and Start.Cog each time you run COG from TP III.
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Leon
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(SARGENLE, 18221, GO COM A2)
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>>>>> I've had COG set up in my TransProg III menu for ages. One of the
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""""" really nice features of TransProg III is the ability to attach
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document files to the program menu.
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In my case, I added Spectrum to my TransProg III menu then added Start.COG
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and Start.SIS as documents of Spectrum. Now I can choose to launch
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directly to Spectrum, COG or SIS from TransProg III.
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By the way, I've never run into the problem you mentioned where you get
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asked to locate programs and such but I believe it is sound advice. I
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believe I've never run into it because I never added a program to my
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TransProg III menu that I haven't run because I always want to make sure
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the program actually works before spending the time and effort to update my
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TransProg III menu. :-)
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Jeff Blakeney - Dean of the Apple II University in A2Pro
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** HyperCard IIgs Course now in session! **
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(JBLAKENEY, 18240, GO COM A2)
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>>>>> Besides the obvious of setting up documents to use as templates,
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""""" one use that I make of this is to set up my UniverseMaster scripts
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as documents. I have a document in TransProg III for the script to back up
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each drive, plus a chain script that does the whole shebang. I click on
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that, walk away, and a few minutes later I am back to my program launcher
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application, with my backup updated. Nice, slick, and easy.
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- Don (IronTooth)
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Delivered by my ANSITerm off-line reader scripts...
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They're OLRight!
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(DZAHNISER, 18279, GO COM A2)
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>>>>> Maybe I should rephrase.
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With UniverseMaster, you perform backups using scripts, which are
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UniverseMaster-specific documents. You can specify whether or not to use
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compression, specify certain filetypes and/or folders, days since last
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backup for a file, etc. You can run scripts together as well by linking
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them in a chain document. You typically perform backups for the first time
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on a folder/drive from the UniverseMaster desktop, which creates the
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script, or subsequently from the menus. However...
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You can also use a program launcher such as Finder or TransProg III to
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launch UniverseMaster via a script or chain document. When UniverseMaster
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is launched with a start-up document (as in double-clicking from Finder or
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using the document feature of TransProg III), UniverseMaster scans the
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script and specified folders, prompts for the destination path (if not
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online), runs the script and then automatically quits back to the launcher.
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So, the ability to run these script documents from TransProg III means I
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can decide to do a back-up at any time I am in a desktop program (which
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reminds me - I have to set these up to 'stack' so that UM will quit back to
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wherever I was, not just my program launcher).
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- Don (IronTooth)
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Delivered by my ANSITerm off-line reader scripts...
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They're OLRight!
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(DZAHNISER, 18391, GO COM A2)
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A2U'S WINTER BREAK ENDS I should mention that I've just sent lesson 4 to
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""""""""""""""""""""""" Jeff. My apologies for taking so long, but I do
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have excuses which I will mail on fan-fold paper to anyone who is willing
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to pay the shipping costs :-)
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(GARETH, 18832, GO COM A2)
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HELPING RICHARD AND MACIP FOR MARINETTI I've done some thinking about the
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""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" MacIP module for Marinetti, and I
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think I've come up with an interesting idea. :-)
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My IIGS is currently in pieces, because I have no way to get it onto my
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Ethernet network.
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What I need, is a LocalTalk to Ethernet bridge box. This way the AppleTalk
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on the back of the IIGS could be connected to the bridge, and subsequently
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into the Ethernet hub.
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I do not know what boxes are available, and what power they do and do not
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need, nor their speed. But I guess I need something like this:
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Standalone bridge with LocalTalk (mini-din-8) and Ethernet (RJ45)
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connectors. Switching (or at least 240V) power supply, with universal power
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connector so I can use an Australian power cable. Status lights would be
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good, in case I have trouble getting it to work with the IIGS.
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I counted up the posts re the MacIP module, and figure there's enough
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support to put together a bridge to send to me. If I can get the bridge up
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and running, I'll release the MacIP driver. :-) I like this idea better
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than taking money off folks. It may as well go towards getting my machine
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back online so I can continue development.
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Oh, and the bridge would need to run without any drivers, it must be
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completely self contained. Failing that, if you can get specs on the
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interface, I may be able to work something out.
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Regards,
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Richard
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(RICHARD_B, 18465, GO COM A2)
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IMPROVING ON 6.0.1 What I always thought would be a nice idea is to have
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"""""""""""""""""" an 'on-line panel of reviewers' go over all the
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available 'quality' replacement icons and come up with a 'Delphi A2
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approved' set of icons for enhancing System 6.0.1.
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In fact, this potentially could be expanded to other areas of System 6.0.1
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(like an approved scrapbook NDA, text editor NDA, etc.) This way, if
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someone is having system problems they can say something like "I'm running
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System 6.0.1 and the Delphi endorsed enhancement package, version 1.0" and
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everyone else will have a good idea of what their system set-up is like.
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Plus, it would provide a stable core of system enhancements which have been
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'field tested' to ensure there were no incompatibilities among them. Also,
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it would help developers when they beta test. They'd know that if their
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program is solid with the 'enhancement package' during beta testing that
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there would be less likelihood of a bothersome post-release bug jumping up.
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After all, a lot of users would be running the same core of system
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components!
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Just a thought.
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Paul.
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Paul Schultz
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schultp@delphi.com
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sent your way via Spectrum 2.2 and Crock O' Gold 2.6
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(SCHULTP, 18853, GO COM A2)
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>>>>> It's a good thought, Paul. An enhancement package to System 6.0.1 I
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""""" believe would be a wonderful thing. A fresh look and some
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standardization in system components would be a positive step forward IMHO.
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Barry
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(BARRY_REES, 18855, GO COM A2)
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>>>>> Where do I send my Icons? I think I like the SHR collection of
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""""" Icons the best. A whole SHR double screen if icons to use with the
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'Instant Icon' NDA.
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But one point I would like to address:
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I think we need to agree upon a set of system 6.01 patches and fixes that
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are necessary for the optimal operation of the Apple IIgs. I would also
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like to see this collection fit upon one 800k disk.
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Along the same lines...
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I have a nine-disk set of System 6.01 Labels all laid out in AWGS for the
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DeskJet with a Grey-scale picture of the Gemini Astronaut (Irwin?) from the
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System 6.0 box. Some of the borders need tweaking and I've got my hacked
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up-side-down Times font (semiT) for the copyright disclaimers. They are
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basically ready for uploading here.
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,___(?___ Mike Brouillette; the "Un-Dead Apple"
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/ _ _\ mbroui11ette@delphi.com / mike_brouillette@haaug.org
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\ )|(@)m(_,
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`~7oooood Delivered via Spectrum v2.1 & Crock 'O Gold v2.5
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(MBROUI11ETTE, 18885, GO COM A2)
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GETTING GOING WITH GSOFT I was going to ask for more information, but I
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"""""""""""""""""""""""" think your second message may have had the piece
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I need.
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> ... it claims a line number is beyond allowable limits ...
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Applesoft BASIC requires line numbers, and in GSoft BASIC they are
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optional. I needed one number for use as "no number on this line," and I
|
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used 0 for that purpose. 0 is a legal Applesoft line number, though, and
|
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some Applesoft "compressors" apparently started the line numbers from 0.
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|
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Try renumbering the program, or at least that first line.
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|
|
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If that doesn't work, or if this just isn't the problem, try to give me
|
|
specific information about the error you're seeing.
|
|
|
|
In the end, though, GSoft BASIC is not a superset of Applesoft. It's flat
|
|
impossible to make all Applesoft programs run safely under GS/OS because of
|
|
differences in the way memory is handled. There are some Applesoft programs
|
|
that won't run, at least not without modification. The conversion program
|
|
tries to point those out, but in general, PEEK, POKE and CALL statements
|
|
need to be translated to a modern equivalent, and & commands just aren't
|
|
going to move at all.
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|
|
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For some programs, it's worth the effort to move it to GSoft BASIC. GSoft
|
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BASIC is a little faster than Applesoft BASIC, offers long number formats,
|
|
and can handle far more memory. But for other programs, it just might not
|
|
be worth the effort. That's really a decision for the person who wants to
|
|
use the Applesoft program. :)
|
|
|
|
Mike Westerfield
|
|
(BYTEWORKS, 18659, GO COM A2)
|
|
|
|
<<<<< On the subject of translations, I'd like to make a request:
|
|
"""""
|
|
If you translate any public domain or freeware program, and if you are
|
|
donating the translation to the public domain or making the translation
|
|
freeware, please send me a copy. Depending on time, number of submissions,
|
|
and the phase of the moon, I may create a download area on my web site
|
|
(once I figure out how!) with source samples for GSoft BASIC.
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|
|
|
Mike Westerfield
|
|
(BYTEWORKS, 18660, GO COM A2)
|
|
|
|
>>>>> Heck, send 'em to me, too. I'll set up a GSoft BASIC software
|
|
""""" repository on sheppyware. I'd like to do that. :)
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|
|
|
Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd
|
|
Macintosh & PowerPC Programmers Forum
|
|
(SHEPPY, 18664, GO COM A2)
|
|
|
|
|
|
VARIATIONS ON A THEME: //E MOTHERBOARDS There are several Apple //e
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" Revision Motherboards, like the
|
|
SCSI cards there are what would appear to be conflicting information on the
|
|
boards.
|
|
|
|
I don't remember all the exact part numbers but I do know the boards:
|
|
|
|
1982 820-0064-A - The First Issue, no DHR, Jumper has to be removed on the
|
|
Ext. 80 Col card ot the computer locks on power up. Also *incompatible*
|
|
with Enhanced ROM code, will also lock on boot with Enhanced ROMs
|
|
(342-0303/0304) installed. This board was upgradeable via Apple Service
|
|
Extension Program at no cost to the user UNLESS the board was stamped VAR
|
|
in the upper left or right area. A VAR (Value Added Reseller) purchased Rev
|
|
A //e boards from Apple and used them in a dedicated product that was not
|
|
dependent on any of the new features afforded by the Rev B board. Apple ][+
|
|
and //e boards made their way into a lot of equipment that was built to do
|
|
one/special things. Like the numbers for who's pizza order was ready at
|
|
then, Showbiz Pizza Place. (It was a ][+ with a ROM card and program burned
|
|
into ROM, just enter the order number on the keypad and hit enter. Enter it
|
|
again to remove it. The order numbers would draw the double digits in one
|
|
of 5 random ways onto the screen, two numbers full sized on the screen for
|
|
10 seconds each and every one around the que, put all the order numbers on
|
|
the screen using HiRes Page 1)
|
|
|
|
The VAR boards were already turned into Apple once for upgrade, and were
|
|
sold for those purposes only, not in assembled computers for end user
|
|
consumption.
|
|
|
|
Quick ID: Rear left/middle (C)1982 Apple, Part # ends in -A
|
|
PAL/HAL (Between RAM Slot & P/S) is Part # 342-0167
|
|
(This is where many of the changes were done, but you can't just
|
|
swap this PAL and have a Rev. B. Changes have to be made on the
|
|
motherboard. Cut and connect some traces, add a few resistors.
|
|
I've done this before, but it's been a long time)
|
|
|
|
*READ* (C)1982, the (C)1984 Board also has a -A.
|
|
|
|
1982 820-0064-B - The Second Issue. This board has the same ROMs as the -A
|
|
board, the differences are the PAL change and board level changes mentioned
|
|
above. The PAL Part# is 342-0170. The ROMs are 342-0134/0135.
|
|
|
|
1984 820-xxxx-A - Third Issue, Identical to the 820-0064-B except that part
|
|
# 65C02, 342-0303/0304 and 342-0265 are silk screened on the board to
|
|
reflect the new part numbers for the Enhanced ROM set. Also some parts of
|
|
the production run had some of the ICs soldered to the board instead of
|
|
socketed. Some boards have a part # of 820-0087-A, others 820-0187-A, some
|
|
have both these numbers.
|
|
|
|
1986 820-0087-B, 820-0128-A, Fourth Issue, RAM and ROM reduction. Replaced
|
|
the two 64K ROMs with a single 128K ROM. (2764 x 2 for 27182 x 1). Replaced
|
|
8 4164 DRAM with 2 4464 (64x1 x 8 for 64x4 x 2). More IC's soldered in
|
|
place. This is the board that shipped in the Platinum Apple //e with
|
|
numeric keypad.
|
|
|
|
In all that there were 4 major changes that meant change the part number.
|
|
There are probably 2 or 3 minor changes. Aside from the PAL (Europe,
|
|
Australia) motherboard I have seen 8 different revision //e boards. With
|
|
the exception of the first board, all can run either ROM set/CPU. For the
|
|
last revision you would need to burn your own ROM as the non-enhanced ROM
|
|
set was never produced in a single chip (27128) version.
|
|
|
|
The PAL versions of the //e motherboard also use the SAME ROMs. Only the
|
|
character generator and keyboard map (342-0132 in the US) were changed to
|
|
reflect the local keyboard needs.
|
|
|
|
Tony
|
|
(T_DIAZ, 18808, GO COM A2)
|
|
|
|
|
|
STRONG OPINIONS FROM A2 A Power Mac G3 and a copy of Bernie ][ the Rescue
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""""" is a better IIgs than Apple ever built.
|
|
|
|
(With a few caveats; Henrik has my list of demands :)
|
|
|
|
Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd
|
|
Macintosh & PowerPC Programmers Forum
|
|
(SHEPPY, 18445, GO COM A2)
|
|
|
|
>>>>> The reader in OLRight! 3 and later is far superior to any of the
|
|
""""" readers for the various Apple II and Mac OLR's for Delphi (and
|
|
Genie or Compuserve, for that matter) that I've tried.
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Ryan M. Suenaga, M.S.W., L.S.W. - rsuenaga@apple2.org
|
|
Editor and Publisher, _The Lamp!_, published monthly on Delphi
|
|
"Teaching the Apple II user how to fish since 1982"
|
|
Posted by PTMM v2.5 - The integrated information solution
|
|
(RSUENAGA, 18377, GO COM A2)
|
|
|
|
>>>>> Overall, I find TP III to be one of the most useful fixtures on my
|
|
""""" system. Its interface is also quite sophisticated and attractive,
|
|
which tends to be common for all of Brainstorm's software.
|
|
|
|
For those of you who may not know, Tranprog is a Seven Hills product:
|
|
|
|
http://www.sevenhills.com/applesoftware/
|
|
|
|
|
|
Max Jones, Juiced.GS
|
|
http://www.wbwip.com/juiced.gs
|
|
Delivered by Spectrum 2.2 and Crock O' Gold
|
|
(JUICEDGS, 18235, GO COM A2)
|
|
|
|
>>>>> I don't often heap endless praise, but I think this issue of
|
|
""""" _Juiced.GS_ might be the best issue of an Apple II publication I've
|
|
seen in years.
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Ryan M. Suenaga, M.S.W., L.S.W. - rsuenaga@apple2.org
|
|
Editor and Publisher, _The Lamp!_, published monthly on Delphi
|
|
"Teaching the Apple II user how to fish since 1982"
|
|
Posted by PTMM v2.5 - The integrated information solution
|
|
(RSUENAGA, 18348, GO COM A2)
|
|
|
|
|
|
TRANSWARP GS HACKING FROM THE DREMEL KING I forgot to mention this
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" earlier, but in all this TWGS
|
|
hoopla, I compile some rants and raves of mine on a page, took some
|
|
pictures and here it is:
|
|
|
|
at: http://www.apple2.org , you will find a link to the Transwarp GS Mods
|
|
and some other misc IIgs accelerator info. The direct link to the page is
|
|
http://www.apple2.org/TWGS/, but really dislike using URLs to pages within
|
|
a site, if anyone links to link to www.apple2.org, please use the home
|
|
page.
|
|
|
|
Tony
|
|
(T_DIAZ, 18126, GO COM A2)
|
|
|
|
|
|
HACKING THE GSHISEN TILESET BTW - I used ICE to edit the stock tile set -
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""""""""" I substituted periwinkle for green. Now I
|
|
can play a bit better from my chromatically-challenged perspective.
|
|
|
|
|
|
- Don (IronTooth)
|
|
|
|
Delivered by my ANSITerm off-line reader scripts...
|
|
|
|
They're OLRight!
|
|
(DZAHNISER, 18114, GO COM A2)
|
|
|
|
|
|
CONTROL PANEL FOR THE FOCUS DRIVE The Focus Control Panel, (All it does
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" is set the spin down time, after
|
|
periods of inactivity) does not work with a lot of drives, some even fail
|
|
to spin again after being turned off. Never physically, just that they
|
|
require a hard reset to spin again. (CTRL-OA-Reset), for this reason I gave
|
|
up distributing the CDev, if you really want it...
|
|
|
|
It's not like the thing is in a laptop anyway, and battery conservation is
|
|
an issue.
|
|
|
|
Tony
|
|
(T_DIAZ, 17976, GO COM A2)
|
|
|
|
|
|
DO YOU SEE WHAT I SEE? Does any one know if one can put a C-vue (or
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""" similar flat panel display) on a Laser 128 EX2?
|
|
What are the video Pin-outs?
|
|
|
|
,___(?___ Mike Brouillette; the "Un-Dead Apple"
|
|
/ _ _\ mbroui11ette@delphi.com / mike_brouillette@haaug.org
|
|
\ )|(@)m(_,
|
|
`~7oooood Delivered via Spectrum v2.1 & Crock 'O Gold v2.5
|
|
(MBROUI11ETTE, 18711, GO COM A2)
|
|
|
|
>>>>> The Laser had different video pinouts than the //c. It was RGB
|
|
""""" ready just with a cable, not requiring the Video 7 box the //c and
|
|
//c+ do.
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Ryan M. Suenaga, M.S.W., L.S.W. - rsuenaga@apple2.org
|
|
Editor and Publisher, _The Lamp!_, published monthly on Delphi
|
|
"Teaching the Apple II user how to fish since 1982"
|
|
Posted by PTMM v2.5 - The integrated information solution
|
|
(RSUENAGA, 18736, GO COM A2)
|
|
|
|
|
|
PRE-Y2K FIX FOR AW5'S I.CALENDAR Folks
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
|
last year Hugh Hood posted the information about how to patch the
|
|
AppleWorks 5 Init ... I.Calendar to work for 1998
|
|
|
|
|
|
here is the patch for 1999
|
|
|
|
Use your favorite block editor (e.g. ProSel's Zap/Block Warden) and follow
|
|
the file 'I.CALENDAR' (a 1-block file) to change the following bytes:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
BYTE TO COMMENT
|
|
----- -- -------
|
|
$0011 $39 1999
|
|
|
|
$0050 $39 1999
|
|
|
|
$0093 $1C 28 Days
|
|
|
|
$009E $2E Jan - Friday
|
|
$009F $1E Feb - Monday
|
|
$00A0 $1E Mar - Monday
|
|
$00A1 $2A Apr - Thursday
|
|
$00A2 $32 May - Saturday
|
|
$00A3 $22 Jun - Tuesday
|
|
$00A4 $2A Jul - Thursday
|
|
$00A5 $1A Aug - Sunday
|
|
$00A6 $26 Sep - Wednesday
|
|
$00A7 $2E Oct - Friday
|
|
$00A8 $1E Nov - Monday
|
|
$00A9 $26 Dec - Wednesday
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Then write the block back to the disk. PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A BACKUP
|
|
BEFORE YOU DO THIS.
|
|
|
|
Kevin Noonan
|
|
gswombat@delphi.com
|
|
|
|
Todays quote:
|
|
He's like a needle in a haystack, this man - he's everywhere!
|
|
(GSWOMBAT, 18232, GO COM A2)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
RUMOR MILL
|
|
""""""""""
|
|
|
|
WHAT HAPPENED TO FINANCIAL GENIUS AND RICK ADAMS? Rick Adams left Genie
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" two years ago (maybe
|
|
more), and when he did, he was offering to sell the source code to Financil
|
|
GeniuS, which he was close to having upgraded to v3.0. He was entering
|
|
medical school (or was it law school?), and he would no longer have time
|
|
for programming.
|
|
|
|
I heard a rumor somewhere that he had later made FG freeware and released
|
|
it, but I could never get that confirmed, and I've never seen the full
|
|
version posted anywhere for download.
|
|
|
|
Max
|
|
(JUICEDGS, 18796, GO COM A2)
|
|
|
|
|
|
WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN I've seen (and used) Burger's AWGS 2.0 (way early
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""" version of course). He did get a version built and
|
|
running, and fixed a few problems, but the problem was that the code was so
|
|
bad that they would have practically had to rewrite chunks of it to do
|
|
anything more. It wasn't worth their time or effort, and unfortunately, I
|
|
can't say I blame them.
|
|
|
|
Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd
|
|
Macintosh & PowerPC Programmers Forum
|
|
(SHEPPY, 18227, GO COM A2)
|
|
|
|
|
|
SPECTRUM INTERNET SUITE WATCH, DECEMBER EDITION I'm hoping to have the
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" SIS 1.1 master disk ready
|
|
by the end of January which means it will be available from Seven Hills by
|
|
the middle of February. This assumes the beta testers find no problems to
|
|
delay release. Hmm... only four months behind schedule--this is better than
|
|
Microsoft, though :)
|
|
|
|
Geoff
|
|
(SISGEOFF, 18841, GO COM A2)
|
|
|
|
|
|
HOW MANY AUSSIES IN DELPHI A2? We try to bring culture :)
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
|
Off hand ... Bill Robbins, Richard Bennet, Andrew Roughan, Dave Francis,
|
|
Peter Watson, Kevin Noonan, and Nick Heywood until he left the Apple II
|
|
world
|
|
|
|
|
|
Kevin Noonan
|
|
gswombat@delphi.com
|
|
|
|
Todays quote:
|
|
If it happens, it must be possible
|
|
(GSWOMBAT, 18842, GO COM A2)
|
|
|
|
|
|
DESKWRITERS AND APPLEWORKS? I've seen a lot of talk about using
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""""""""" AppleWorks to print to a DeskWriter lately,
|
|
and most people seem to "agree" that it's not possible. Last night I tried
|
|
it and I didn't have a problem :) Stay tuned for more info...
|
|
(KWS, 18012, GO COM A2)
|
|
|
|
|
|
WHEN WILL GENIE'S A2 FILES BE ON DELPHI'S A2? Eventually.
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
|
We had archived each and every file as it was uploaded, and we INTEND to
|
|
upload them here, but there are problems....
|
|
|
|
1. There are WAYYYY too many files for us to reasonably expect to upload
|
|
them manually (a file at a time).
|
|
|
|
2. Delphi's librarys are a LOT more complicated than GEnie's, thus a lot
|
|
more time consuming to upload to.
|
|
|
|
3. We don't have the staffing here that we did on GEnie in it's heyday. We
|
|
used to have well over a dozen people on the library staff. Now we have
|
|
two. (Two very GOOD people, but still only two.)
|
|
|
|
4. We have to sort the files we have. Some of them cannot be uploaded here
|
|
for copyright reasons.
|
|
|
|
I can describe the theoretical process that will make this happen, but that
|
|
doesn't illustrate the massive ammount of work/manhours involved. (See item
|
|
3)
|
|
|
|
There are some things we are looking into that may help, including putting
|
|
those files up on an FTP site with nothing but LINKS in the library here.
|
|
(This requires Delphi to have FTP, which may or may not happen in the
|
|
reasonably near future.)
|
|
|
|
Here's what I can say for sure.....
|
|
|
|
1. The A2 Library files that were/are on GEnie are safe.
|
|
|
|
2. At some point, they WILL be made available to the public, but we are not
|
|
sure just what form that availability will take.
|
|
|
|
Gary R. Utter
|
|
(UTTER, 18289, GO COM A2)
|
|
|
|
>>>>> Actually what we need is for me to sit down with the Genie file
|
|
""""" listing and finish sorting through it to see what can and cannot be
|
|
transferred to Delphi. Very soon after the New Year, I intend to do just
|
|
that. Then it's a matter of mass uploading which pretty much requires a
|
|
dedicated machine to do the work 24 hours a day via scripts. Including
|
|
A2Pro, we're talking about roughly 15000 files totalling over 900 megs.
|
|
|
|
To tell the truth, I've kinda been holding on to the hope that we might
|
|
eventually get a real ftp database here, but I'm no longer going to hold my
|
|
breath on that one so it's time to get to work...
|
|
|
|
In the meantime if anyone has a request for a specific Genie file, I will
|
|
be happy to upload it here.
|
|
|
|
------------------------------------------------------------------
|
|
Tony Ward, A2 Database Manager - Tue Dec 29, 1998 4:39:25 pm
|
|
[Delivered with Spectrum v2.2 and Crock O' Gold ]
|
|
--
|
|
People who live in stone houses shouldn't throw glasses.
|
|
(TONYW1, 18844, GO COM A2)
|
|
|
|
>>>>> Yes, me too. ..waiting for (hoping) Delphi to get a real ftp
|
|
""""" solution, or even a half solution that files could be moved from
|
|
someplace ftp'able into the workspace. I've been doing ProTERM scripts to
|
|
make it automated but it has proven to be that I need to be there anyway.
|
|
Not an easy task.
|
|
|
|
I guess we just need to go for the metal and do it. ;-)
|
|
|
|
Tony
|
|
(T_DIAZ, 18854, GO COM A2)
|
|
|
|
|
|
DEBUNKING URBAN LEGEND: THE DESKWRITER HAS A BUILT-IN FONT The font you
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" get when you
|
|
dump straight text to a DeskWriter is your basic Courier-like monospace
|
|
printer font. If the DeskJets have other built-in fonts (I don't know about
|
|
that), the DeskWriters might have them as well. Someone else will have to
|
|
clarify that.
|
|
|
|
To use the printer via serial connection, you must drive the serial port at
|
|
57600 baud. The printer also works fine over AppleTalk, but there is
|
|
currently no way (besides hand-patching Apple's Chooser or NetPrinter
|
|
control panel software) to get this to work with an Apple II. It has always
|
|
been my intention to figure this out one day, but sadly, I've just never
|
|
found the time.
|
|
|
|
-- Michael
|
|
(SAR, 18399, GO COM A2)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
PUBLIC POSTINGS
|
|
"""""""""""""""
|
|
|
|
SHEPPYWARE GETS A MAKEOVER Tonight, the SheppyWare Internet server
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""""""" (sheppyware.net) has been upgraded. It now has
|
|
twice as much virtual memory set up (for a grand total of about 120 MB of
|
|
addressable memory) and an extra 500 MB of disk storage space.
|
|
|
|
This should make service a bit more reliable, and provides me with more
|
|
expansion room in the future.
|
|
|
|
Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd
|
|
Macintosh & PowerPC Programmers Forum
|
|
(SHEPPY, 18107, GO COM A2)
|
|
|
|
|
|
SHEPPY'S SHEEP SHAVINGS Year-end announcements...
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""""
|
|
ShepPing, my new Ping NDA for the Apple IIgs, has been delayed into the new
|
|
year. I'm working with Richard to resolve my problems, but this is for
|
|
obvious reasons a time of the year in which getting stuff done is really
|
|
slow. :)
|
|
|
|
I have four other Marinetti-compatible projects in the works; I'm not ready
|
|
to make any announcements yet. But I expect that at least half of them will
|
|
be out in the first three or four months of 1999.
|
|
|
|
Happy holidays to everyone, and may 1999 be an even better year in the
|
|
Apple II world than was 1998, replete with new software, and shy on nasty
|
|
little spats. :)
|
|
|
|
Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd
|
|
Macintosh & PowerPC Programmers Forum
|
|
(SHEPPY, 18577, GO COM A2)
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<<<<< My Christmas gift to the Delphi A2 community is a PREVIEW release
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""""" of my first-to-be-released Marinetti project. I've uploaded it here
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on Delphi, today, as Delphiware -- please don't distribute it off Delphi.
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The final version, when completed, will be available as shareware from
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several locations online and otherwise.
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The software is called gsAIM, and is currently version 1.0a4. It's an NDA
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that lets your Apple IIgs, running System 6.0.1 and Marinetti, send and
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receive AOL Instant Messages. You can communicate with other IIgs users
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that have gsAIM, or with AOL or AIM users on Windows or Macintosh systems.
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The software is far from complete: you MUST read the included documentation
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before installing the NDA; if you don't, and you ask me a question that's
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answered in there, or report a bug that's listed in the known bugs list,
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I'll probably laugh at you. :)
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There is currently no significant error handling, no support for buddy
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lists, and several nice features are unimplemented.
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However, you can have up to 20 Instant Message sessions going at a time.
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I make NO guarantees. This software is almost entirely untested. I've had
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it working for a couple of days now, but nobody else has tried it yet. It
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may refuse to log on, it may crash, it's even theoretically possible
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(unlikely, but you never know) that it could wipe out a small country. If
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you install it, you take on the responsibility yourself.
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There are known bugs (another reason you must read the docs first), and it
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does occasionally appear to lock the system, and it occasionally gets
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tripped up by a glitch in Marinetti.
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I hope it entertains. Work is ongoing (I have the beginnings of support for
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buddy lists in a build on my GS now, although it's buggy). The final
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version will be $10 shareware; I'll add it to my online order form shortly,
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so people that want to register the software can do so.
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Happy holidays to everyone. Enjoy!
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Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd
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Macintosh & PowerPC Programmers Forum
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(SHEPPY, 18669, GO COM A2)
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<<<<< I've been informed that gsAIM 1.0a4 has been released, but that the
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""""" official posting listing it won't be up until later. The file is
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called "gsaim10a4.bxy". Download and enjoy. :)
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Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd
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Macintosh & PowerPC Programmers Forum
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(SHEPPY, 18670, GO COM A2)
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IT'S NEVER TOO COLD FOR SOME FRESH OR FROZEN JUICED GreetinGS and Happy
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""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" Holidays ....
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I've been promising to post this index for a few days now. I just received
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word that the Oz issues have arrived, so here now is the table of contents
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for all to see.
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Max
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+++
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Announcing ...
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===== Juiced.GS, Volume 3, Issue 4 =====
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The December 1998 edition of Juiced.GS, the Apple II world's premier
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IIGS-specific magazine, is now arriving in subscriber mail boxes.
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This issue is being mailed to 267 subscribers in 44 states and numerous
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points around the globe.
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Here's what you'll find in this issue:
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============
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FEATURES
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Cover Story: Learning the Language ... Part 1 of Eric Shepherd's series of
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articles/tutorials on GSoft BASIC, the new programming language from the
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Byte Works. This first installment, as will future installments, tutors
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IIGS users on two tracks, beginner and advanced, so that there is something
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for everyone in each article!
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SPECIAL HOLIDAY SURPRISE FROM THE BYTE WORKS!! Every issue will have a
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free version of GSoft BASIC attached to a page containing a Byte Works
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advertisement. Although the free version does not contain all the power
|
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and features of the full version, it will allow subscribers to follow along
|
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with Shepherd's article and begin learning how to use the program.
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REVIEWS
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Juiced.GS is the first publication to offer in-depth reviews of the latest
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IIGS software releases!
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Disk Access II: New Desk Accessory from Seven Hills gets a major update.
|
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Find out what's new and what's improved, and see screen shots of the
|
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enhanced user interface.
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GraphicWriter III v2.1: The premier IIGS desktop publishing program from
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Seven Hills has again been update by programmer Richard Bennett. Find out
|
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why it's better than ever.
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COLUMNS
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Telecommunications: Playing the "Shell" game ... Tony Ward introduces
|
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users to the treasures to be found on an Internet Service Providers'
|
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text-based shell.
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My Home Page: Extra ounce of GS satisfaction ... A few thoughts from the
|
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editor on the new issue and its exciting contents.
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II Be Named Later: Our columnist, Ryan Suenaga, gives thanks for what the
|
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Apple II community was given in 1998, and makes wishes for the future.
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DEPARTMENTS
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Shareware Spotlight: GShisen, an new and highly addictive IIGS game from
|
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Kelvin Sherlock is in the spotlight, as is Desktop Alarm, a cool update to
|
|
a desktop clock. Another Juiced.GS shareware collection is also unveiled.
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+++
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The Shareware Spotlight also contains a ...
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SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT!!
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Animasia 3-D, the IIGS animation creator from Michael Lutynski has been
|
|
reclassified as shareware and the disks are now available from the
|
|
Juiced.GS Collection.
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+++
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|
DumplinGS: Lots of news from around the Apple II world, including details
|
|
about Spectrum v2.2, Marinetti v2.0, and WebWorks GS 1.2.
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Letters from the Land of Rom ... Juiced.GS readers ask questions, get
|
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answers, and tell us what's on their minds.
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============
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Juiced.GS is a quarterly, printed publication available by subscription
|
|
only.
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|
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A subscription for 1999 is $14 in the U.S., Canada or Mexico, $20
|
|
elsewhere.
|
|
|
|
SPECIAL OFFER: Order a new 1999 subscription to Juiced.GS, and the get the
|
|
final issue of 1998 FREE!!
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|
|
|
To subscribe, send a check or money order in U.S. funds to:
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Max Jones
|
|
Juiced.GS
|
|
2217 Lakeview Drive
|
|
Sullivan, IN 47882
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|
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|
Makes checks or money orders payable to Max Jones. Sorry, no credit cards
|
|
or purchase orders can be accepted.
|
|
|
|
Complete sets of 1996, 1997 and 1998 issues are available for $14 each ($20
|
|
overseas). If you would like to purchase only a specific single copy (or
|
|
copies) of back issues, they are available for $4 each ($6 overseas). An
|
|
index and brief description of articles published in '96/'97 are available
|
|
on the Juiced.GS web site. See URL below.
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|
|
Apple II Forever!
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|
|
Max Jones
|
|
Juiced.GS
|
|
Delphi: JuicedGS -- Internet: juicedgs@delphi.com
|
|
World Wide Web: http://www.wbwip.com/juiced.gs
|
|
(JUICEDGS, 18589, GO COM A2)
|
|
|
|
<<<<< Hey gang,
|
|
"""""
|
|
I need to make a correction and clarification from the latest issue of
|
|
Juiced.GS.
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|
|
|
1 -- On Page 24 (Column 1), a slash mark was inadvertently omitted in the
|
|
Web page address that points to the site where you can order WebWorks GS
|
|
online. The correct address is:
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|
|
|
http://orders.kagi.com/?QGC
|
|
|
|
Please make a correction note on your copy so that you will always have the
|
|
right address for future reference.
|
|
|
|
2 -- In my personal column (My Home Page) on Page 2, I mentioned several
|
|
Apple II programmers who now work for Logicware Inc. Greg Templeman,
|
|
however, no longer works for the company, although he did at one time.
|
|
|
|
My apologies for the screw-ups.....
|
|
|
|
|
|
Max Jones, Juiced.GS
|
|
http://www.wbwip.com/juiced.gs
|
|
Delivered by Spectrum 2.2 and Crock O' Gold
|
|
(JUICEDGS, 18647, GO COM A2)
|
|
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|
|
JUICED.GS ANNOUNCES RECLASSIFICATION OF ANIMASIA As Juiced.GS subscribers
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" were told in the latest
|
|
issue of Juiced.GS, a prominent piece of Apple IIGS software, Animasia 3D,
|
|
has been reclassified from commercial to shareware status!
|
|
|
|
That's right, the application that some have called the best piece of IIGS
|
|
software ever written is now available for only a small shareware fee
|
|
($10), and that payment is only due after a user has had a chance to obtain
|
|
the program and evaluate it. This is a major development for the IIGS
|
|
community because, if you'll recall, the commercial version sold for as
|
|
high as $99.
|
|
|
|
But there is more to the story than was published in Juiced.GS, primarily
|
|
because I got some new information on the topic after the issue had already
|
|
gone to press.
|
|
|
|
Animasia 3D, in addition to now being shareware, has been upgraded to
|
|
Version 1.1b1. And author Michael Lutynski says that this new version is 33
|
|
percent faster that Version 1.0!
|
|
|
|
The only drawback is that the excellent manuals that accompanied the
|
|
commercial product are no longer available. At least not in printed form.
|
|
|
|
The good news, however, is that all of the manual files =do= exist on my
|
|
hard drive, and I will be working in coming weeks to get them into some
|
|
shape for distribution. I will be posting more about that later.
|
|
|
|
I will be uploading the Animasia 3D four-disk set to Delphi very soon.
|
|
|
|
Meanwhile, if you would like the disks sent to you via U.S. mail, send $12
|
|
in the U.S. Canada or Mexico ($15 elsewhere in the world) to:
|
|
|
|
Max Jones
|
|
Juiced.GS
|
|
2217 Lakeview Drive
|
|
Sullivan, IN 47882
|
|
|
|
Remember, this disk set does not contain manual files. I will be
|
|
distributing the manual files at a later date. It's going to take some
|
|
time combing through all this stuff, so please be patient. :-)
|
|
|
|
My thanks go out to Michael Lutynski for making this terrific piece of
|
|
software more accessible to the Apple II community. Juiced.GS is certainly
|
|
pleased and proud to be a part of this major development.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Max Jones, Juiced.GS
|
|
http://www.wbwip.com/juiced.gs
|
|
Delivered by Spectrum 2.2 and Crock O' Gold
|
|
(JUICEDGS, 18651, GO COM A2)
|
|
|
|
|
|
WOOF, WOOF: BERNIE TURNS 14 IN DOG VERSIONS Ladies and Gentlemen,
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
|
Yesterday evening our dog Bernie left the building. He was carrying a big
|
|
"2.0" sign. If you can find our dog, please catch him and lock him on your
|
|
hard disk. He likes to play, so you might want to go for a walk with
|
|
Bernie.
|
|
|
|
Bernie was last seen at
|
|
http://www.magnet.ch/emutech/Bernie/News/ but has disappeared since. If you
|
|
find him, you will be rewarded $-35. Please notify us through
|
|
http://order.kagi.com/?XF .
|
|
|
|
Bernie can be easily recognized by a few distinguished marks. First, he can
|
|
run faster than other dogs, he speaks Apple II lingo fluently. He knows how
|
|
to operate the Woof Woof Web. He has been trained not to poop on hard disks
|
|
and into RAM but behaves politely. He can eat not only 8 Megabones like
|
|
other St. Bernards but needs 14 Megabones a day.
|
|
|
|
If you should come across Bernie, please keep him in a colorful world as he
|
|
is really pleased by 16-bit colors.
|
|
|
|
Thanks for your support.
|
|
|
|
Henrik
|
|
(GUDATH, 18480, GO COM A2)
|
|
|
|
>>>>> At least one of Bernie's puppies is happy and woofing away here in
|
|
""""" the UK. Well done to the dog handling team yet again!
|
|
|
|
If you are using Bernie 2.0, and also using Spectrum 2.2, then try adding
|
|
this to your scripts:
|
|
|
|
Set Var 0 49231
|
|
Ext WB 11 $0 0
|
|
Ext WB 10 $0 1
|
|
Ext WB 10 $0 2
|
|
If Equal $1 254 If Equal $2 32 then Play Sound "Dog Bark"
|
|
|
|
Then you will know everytime you run the script that Bernie is wagging its
|
|
tail!
|
|
|
|
Ewen Wannop - Speccie - Fri 18 Dec 1998 - 215 days till KFest '99
|
|
Delivered without using a IIgs by Spectrum 2.2 & Crock O' Gold 2.6
|
|
Bernie ][ the Rescue 2.0 woofing on a PowerMac 8200/120
|
|
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/ewannop/
|
|
(EWANNOP, 18506, GO COM A2)
|
|
|
|
|
|
PRETTY PLEASE As a new year approaches (and we have new participants in
|
|
""""""""""""" our Forum here), I thought I'd repost this (Note for those
|
|
who've answered in the past--unless you want something changed, there's no
|
|
need to resend this to me):
|
|
|
|
As you may or may not know, _GenieLamp A2_ is no more, and a new
|
|
publication on Delphi has replaced it. The home base of operations for it
|
|
is the II Scribe Forum here on Delphi (GO CUS 11).
|
|
|
|
May I reproduce your messages in The Lamp!, which you post on the Delphi A2
|
|
and/or A2Pro Forum?
|
|
|
|
Each month, I'll collect posts for _POSSIBLE_ inclusion in our new
|
|
publication's message digest.
|
|
|
|
To be clear, I'm asking for one-time permission to reproduce. I'm not
|
|
asking for you to hand your copyright over to me. :-)
|
|
|
|
[_] Please feel free to reprint any messages I post without asking
|
|
specific permission.
|
|
[_] Please reprint any messages I post, but ask me for permission
|
|
first each time.
|
|
[_] Please do not reprint any messages I post.
|
|
|
|
Please email to me at thelamp@sheppyware.net
|
|
|
|
Thanks much!
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Ryan M. Suenaga, M.S.W., L.S.W. - rsuenaga@apple2.org
|
|
Editor and Publisher, _The Lamp!_, published monthly on Delphi
|
|
"Teaching the Apple II user how to fish since 1982"
|
|
Posted by PTMM v2.5 - The integrated information solution
|
|
(RSUENAGA, 18576, GO COM A2)
|
|
|
|
|
|
ANOTHER LATE BOMBER Important Notice:
|
|
""""""""""""""""""" =================
|
|
|
|
KABOOM! DELAYED ONCE AGAIN
|
|
|
|
Ninjaforce, the makers of the famous MEGADEMO and many other software
|
|
titles, have delayed their upcoming Apple IIGS game, KABOOM!, once again.
|
|
|
|
"The game is far from Vaporware. We could release it now, but we want it to
|
|
be perfect." says Jesse Blue, the programmer of the team.
|
|
|
|
This will mean that the IIGS community has to wait once again. The final
|
|
release will then be around the second half of 1999. In the meantime, have
|
|
a look at the Ninjaforce web page at:
|
|
|
|
http://www.ninjaforce.home.ml.org
|
|
(JESSEBLUE, 18627, GO COM A2)
|
|
|
|
|
|
A NEW VERSION? OLRIGHT! Coming Soon: !!!!!!!!! OLRight! v4.0 !!!!!!!!!
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
|
This is a MAJOR upgrade to the Delphi Off-Line Reader for ANSITerm. If
|
|
you've been using a prior version, or have v2.12 or higher of ANSITerm and
|
|
want to automate your Delphi experience, try OLRight! v4.0
|
|
|
|
New Features and Upgrades:
|
|
|
|
o - New 'Settings' folder to hold data files used by OLRight! - to reduce
|
|
the likelihood of accidentally messing up a configuration setting.
|
|
|
|
o - New 'User' folder to hold user scripts. Drop a script into this
|
|
folder, and it will automatically appear in the new 'Apple' menu in the
|
|
OLRight! main menu. Pick the script by number from the menu.
|
|
|
|
o - MAJOR enhancements to addressing of mail messages.
|
|
|
|
- Automatic fill-in of To: address in replies (You can change it)
|
|
- For To: and CC: addresses in replies, you can pick the To:, From:, or
|
|
CC: addresses from the original note, hand type an address, or pick from
|
|
your address book.
|
|
- Change To:, CC: or Subject: fields in outgoing mail as often as you
|
|
like until you are satisfied with the address.
|
|
- Optional automatic quoting of original mail message in your reply.
|
|
- Add Delphi Binary Mail while addressing your letters. New
|
|
error-checking for presence of the file to be sent.
|
|
- Internet addresses are automatically formatted for Delphi's custom
|
|
addressing requirements (Type in 'aa@bb.com', get 'IN%"aa@bb.com"').
|
|
- Option when addressing To: or CC: fields to APPEND addresses (from
|
|
original mail, address book, or hand-typed) to the existing address, up to
|
|
127 characters.
|
|
|
|
o - Scrolling of text while online has been customized to be less confusing
|
|
and more pleasing to the eye.
|
|
|
|
o - Online scripts have been modified to be more tolerant of 'NULL'
|
|
characters.
|
|
|
|
o - New and upgraded settings allow you to customize your online
|
|
activities:
|
|
- Forum activities setup screen much faster.
|
|
- New Mail activities setup screen
|
|
- Easier selection of Forum from which to do Mail
|
|
- Select whether to do only mail (not forums) or vice-versa.
|
|
- Configure whether to upload or download to/from workspace (and edit
|
|
file list).
|
|
|
|
o - (Hopefully) easier configuration for telnet from an ISP.
|
|
|
|
...and much MORE!
|
|
|
|
I am currently wrapping up a few loose ends, working on the documentation,
|
|
and the installer scripts. If any users of OLRight! want other
|
|
enhancements, now is the time to ask!
|
|
|
|
- Don (IronTooth)
|
|
|
|
Delivered by my ANSITerm off-line reader scripts...
|
|
|
|
They're OLRight!
|
|
(DZAHNISER, 18801, GO COM A2)
|
|
|
|
|
|
GWFTP MAKES PUBLIC APPEARANCE Well Sheppy beat me by a few hours to get
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" another new Marinetti-savvy app out. Watch
|
|
for GWFTP1.1b2.SHK to show up real soon now on Delphi. It uploads,
|
|
downloads, and supports ftp URLs. Due to a bug in Marinetti 2.0, it will
|
|
hang closing an FTP connection. I was debating releasing this code due to
|
|
that bug, but figured the following:
|
|
|
|
1) It's Chanukah/Christmas/other random December holidays
|
|
2) It'll get Richard to fix the Marinetti problem so I'm not blamed for
|
|
holding it up :)
|
|
3) There is no complaint of no FTP available for the GS
|
|
|
|
Special bonus for nerds (saw that message Richard ;) are Orca/GNO versions
|
|
of ping, finger, and whois. I wrote those because they taught me how to
|
|
write TCP/IP code. Without those, I couldn't have written GWFTP.
|
|
|
|
Geoff
|
|
(SISGEOFF, 18730, GO COM A2)
|
|
|
|
<<<<< I don't like most GUI interfaces for FTP programs and the GS
|
|
""""" resolution isn't good enough for the way I would want to code one.
|
|
When I started writing the code 15 or 16 months ago, my only competition
|
|
was the unreleased FTP for Derek's TCP/IP. The goal was to mimic such
|
|
features and add a few that were lacking.
|
|
|
|
I'm willing to make all my source code available for others to use, but in
|
|
return, any code developed from my code must have the source publicly
|
|
available as well.
|
|
|
|
Geoff
|
|
(SISGEOFF, 18745, GO COM A2)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
BEST OF THE BEST
|
|
""""""""""""""""
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|
|
|
|
|
18897 31-DEC 17:03 User Groups & Publications
|
|
RE: Shareware Solutions II (Re: Msg 442)
|
|
From: JOE_KOHN To: ALL
|
|
|
|
Looking back over the past year, it's almost hard to believe how great 1998
|
|
turned out for Apple II users. It really is ;-)
|
|
|
|
As the year began, who could have imagined all the great software that
|
|
would be released during the year? We got Wolf 3-D, Marinetti 2.0, GShisen,
|
|
WebWorks GS, NiftySpell, Disk Access II, ShiftyList 2.x, Spectrum 2.2,
|
|
updates to COG, a GWIII update, a new CD-ROM collection (TABBS), an almost
|
|
completed Bernie, Babelfish, Return of Cogito, GSoft BASIC, FontPimp, and
|
|
in just the past week or so, a Marinetti-aware chat program and ftp.
|
|
|
|
In 1998, we even got to do what those who use Macs and PCs can't...we could
|
|
attend the only regularly scheduled weekly multi-system chat.
|
|
|
|
All in all, I'd say that 1998 has been a great year to be an Apple II user!
|
|
|
|
On that note, I'd like to wish everyone a very healthy and happy New Year,
|
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and let's hope that 1999 is as exciting a year for the Apple II as 1998
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was.
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I'd really like to take this opportunity to thank the following people for
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their friendship and, more importantly, for their contributions to the
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Apple II world in the past year: Eric Shepherd, Ewen Wannop, Richard
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Bennett, Kelvin Sherlock, Dave and Earl at Seven Hills Software, FE Systems
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(with extra special greetings and well wishes to Henrik and Cody), Chris
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Vavruska, Tony Diaz, Cindy Adams and the entire Kfest Coordinating
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Committee, Max Jones, Geoff Weiss, Ryan Suenaga, Mike Westerfield, Olivier
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and Antoine of Brutal Deluxe, Syndicomm, and last but not least, all the
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wonderful subscribers to Shareware Solutions II.
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You all really did a lot this past year to make our world a better place.
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Please, keep up the good work in 1999.
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Please be extra safe tonight, especially if you're out on the roads. And
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have a wonderful start to 1999. Happy New Year! And, Apple II Forever!!
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Joe Kohn
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[EOA]
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[A2P]------------------------------
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A2Pro_DUCTIVITY |
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-----------------------------------
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Checking out A2PRO on Delphi
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""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
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by Ryan M. Suenaga, B.A., M.S.W., L.S.W.
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[thelamp@sheppyware.net]
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BYTEWORKS PUTS OUT PRINTED MARINETTI DOCUMENTATION You've seen Marinetti,
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"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" but maybe not the
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documentation. After all, pdf files can only be read with applications that
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are not available on the Apple IIGS, and printing them out for yourself
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from a Macintosh or Windows machine is, at best, a pain.
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Now, by special arrangement with Richard Bennett, you can buy a printed
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version of the documentation. It also comes with a disk containing the
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software, as well as header files for ORCA/M, ORCA/C, ORCA/Pascal, GSoft
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BASIC and Merlin.
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Get the full details at http://www.hypermall.com/byteworks.
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Mike Westerfield
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Byte Works, Inc.
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(BYTEWORKS, 2348, GO COM A2PRO)
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IS PASCAL DEAD? I'm not sure the language is totally dead, although it
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""""""""""""""" does seem to be off the "way cool" list of languages :)
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I sincerely wish that there was a viable 8-bit A2 PRODOS pascal compiler
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but as far as I know, (and I could be wrong) you have to use the pascal OS
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if you want to use Apple's pascal. That sort of limits the usefulness in
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my very humble opinion.
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_________
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| homas
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(TCOMPTER, 2350, GO COM A2PRO)
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>>>>> Well, first, Pascal isn't a dead language, but like most, it's
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""""" swamped by the C++/Java craze. It's also true that the original
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supporters of Pascal, the educational community, has largely moved on
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either to Ada (more or less a successor to Pascal, and just as elegant) or
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C++ (they have to teach what people want, whether what they want is good
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for them or not). But Pascal is still used by a fair number of people,
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including yours truly.
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As for a viable 8 bit compiler, there isn't one, never has been one, and
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never will be one. IMHO, there has never been a viable compiler of any kind
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for any language for the 8 bit Apple II. The reason is simple: with 40K of
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usable RAM and 1 256 byte stack you just can't implement a modern compiler.
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Not that there haven't been some good attempts. Apple Pascal is amazing for
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what it did with the resources available. Kyan Pascal claims ISO
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|
compatibility--and I just saw someone in the internet Apple II programmers
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|
forum selling a copy. But if you want to write something longer than a few
|
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hundred lines, Kyan Pascal won't do, and Apple Pascal will choke soon
|
|
enough.
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ORCA/Pascal is quite decent, although the environment is dated by today's
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standards. It works, but it's not as nice as some of the modern ones. (For
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it's day it was very advanced, but time marches on.) It runs on an Apple
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IIGS, and you can pick those up pretty cheep these days.
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There are several very nice Pascals on the Mac. I've used the Pascal that
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comes with Codewarrior, and generally like it. I've also used MPW Pascal.
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The environment isn't one I'm fond of, but the compiler performs well. I
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presume there are some nice ones on the Windows platforms, too, but I
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haven't used a Pascal on a Windows machine since the 8086 was a hot chip,
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so I can't speak from experience.
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For sheer poetry of the engineering kind, you might also look at the P4
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compiler. It's even public domain. This compiler isn't full Pascal, not
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even full Jensen&Wirth Pascal, but it's really elegant for another reason.
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It's a complete Pascal compiler that compiles itself, and the source is
|
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exactly 4000 lines long. Pretty cool. :) The compiled output is P-code; it
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|
would be easy enough to write a P-code interpreter in assembly language,
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Pascal, or C. I've compiled this compiler myself, writing p-code
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interpreters for the 8086, 6502 and 65816.
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Mike Westerfield
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(BYTEWORKS, 2352, GO COM A2PRO)
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>>>>> Just wanted to chip in re Pascal. It is most likely my favourite
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|
""""" language (aside from assembly, which is just not up to the task of
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big app development with a realistic deadline).
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I've used a couple of Pascals on the IIGS and Mac. Personally, I love MPW's
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Apple IIGS cross compiler.
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I've been doing a lot of Codewarrior Pascal under Mac OS and W98, and its
|
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pretty nice, once you realise half the Windows interface files aren't
|
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there, and have to write your own.
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FWIW, Windows is a nice development environment. I thought I'd hate it, but
|
|
IMHO its more productive that writing for Mac OS. (I've done both)
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Regards,
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Richard
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(RICHARD_B, 2370, GO COM A2PRO)
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>>>>> Of the languages available on the Apple IIGS, Pascal is my
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|
""""" favorite, too. I use a variety of languages, though, depending on
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the task.
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I've seen the interest in Pascal wane over the years, but I'd still
|
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recommend it over anything else for most general purpose programmers.
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Mike Westerfield
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(BYTEWORKS, 2371, GO COM A2PRO)
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DOG OWNER SEEKS GEOS INFO I'm looking for some rather "historical"
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""""""" information on the GEOS software.
|
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|
Someone told me that GEOS requires a steady interrupt source and uses the
|
|
Apple II mouse card for that, or a tiny card that shipped with GEOS for
|
|
taking over that duty.
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|
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|
I have never used GEOS, so here're my questions:
|
|
|
|
- does GEOS work in a Apple IIgs without that tiny "interrupt card"?
|
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- I don't think the interrupt GEOS is expecting from the Apple II mouse
|
|
card is present in the IIgs. Is that correct?
|
|
|
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- ok, now that I got your attention: what interrupt is it GEOS depends on?
|
|
:)
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The reason I'm asking this is that GEOS is running arbitrarily slow on that
|
|
woofer though it should run _pretty_ fast. Interrupts or the lack thereof
|
|
are the only cause I can think of.
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Thanks,
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henrik
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(GUDATH, 2355, GO COM A2PRO)
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>>>>> GEOS doesn't require the interrupt card in the IIgs; it's only
|
|
""""" needed in machines that don't have an AppleMouse II or compatible
|
|
card.
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GEOS uses the mouse interrupt provided by the AppleMouse II hardware, or by
|
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the mouse firmware on the IIgs.
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Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd
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Macintosh & PowerPC Programmers Forum
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|
(SHEPPY, 2357, GO COM A2PRO)
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A2U TO BE TEACHING C? NOT YET. . . There currently are no plans for the
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" Apple II University to run a course
|
|
in C programming. I'm hoping to find someone to teach such a course at
|
|
some point in time but there is nothing scheduled as yet.
|
|
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|
I do remember seeing someone post to comp.sys.apple2 that they were going
|
|
to do lessons in C programming here on Delphi but that was never affiliated
|
|
with the Apple II University and I haven't seen anything happen with it.
|
|
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|
Sorry I couldn't be more helpful but keep checking back. I'm sure we'll
|
|
get around to teaching C programming sometime.
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|
Jeff Blakeney - Dean of the Apple II University in A2Pro
|
|
** HyperCard IIgs Course now in session! **
|
|
(JBLAKENEY, 2360, GO COM A2PRO)
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|
C FOR THE 8 BIT II? You won't find any on disk. The only C-like compiler
|
|
""""""""""""""""""" ever created for 8-bit Apple II systems that I'm
|
|
aware of is HyperC, and as far as I know it can only be gotten by
|
|
downloading it.
|
|
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|
(I don't deny the possibility that other 8-bit C compilers have existed for
|
|
the II, but I don't know of any for sure :)
|
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|
|
Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd
|
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Macintosh & PowerPC Programmers Forum
|
|
(SHEPPY, 2362, GO COM A2PRO)
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|
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>>>>> Actually, there was a compiler called Aztec C from Manx Software
|
|
""""" years ago. I expect you'd have to find a used copy at this point.
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|
In general, though, the Apple IIc just doesn't have enough memory for a C
|
|
compiler. As you start to use whatever you find, keep that basic fact in
|
|
mind. If you're serious about C programming, you need a larger
|
|
machine--like the Apple IIGS.
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|
Mike Westerfield
|
|
(BYTEWORKS, 2363, GO COM A2PRO)
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IIGS ASSEMBLERS can't help with the monitor, alas, since I never used it
|
|
'"""""""""""""" ... but as for assembly language programming
|
|
environments:
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|
|
|
The Lichty/Eyes book is pretty much the bible. It's really good, IMHO.
|
|
You're lucky to have one, they're out of print. The APW assembler they talk
|
|
about is nowadays known as ORCA/M, available from
|
|
{<http://www.hypermall.com/byteworks/>
|
|
The Byteworks }
|
|
|
|
There is also an assembler called Merlin, which some see as superior (I
|
|
believe it has faster compilation speed). Personally, I prefer ORCA/M for
|
|
two reasons:
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|
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* It outputs standard OMF files, meaning you can link assembler
|
|
routines with C, Pascal, Modula-2 routines at will. Very nice for
|
|
using assembler as an optimization tool, not as your only language,
|
|
if that's your style, of course.
|
|
* It can be used with GNO/ME, the UNIX-ish shell, which I
|
|
particularly fancy :)
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|
|
As for freeware assemblers: There are some cross-assemblers for UNIX and
|
|
PC, but they don't output GS exes directly, as far as I know. They can
|
|
compile 65816 code, though.
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|
Hope that helped
|
|
Soenke
|
|
(SBEHRENS, 2373, GO COM A2PRO)
|
|
|
|
>>>>> Merlin can also spit out standard OMF files for input into the ORCA
|
|
""""" and MPW linkers. I just felt that had to be said, not that I'm a
|
|
Merlin junkie or anything. ;-)
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|
|
Regards,
|
|
Richard
|
|
(RICHARD_B, 2375, GO COM A2PRO)
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|
|
FREE.GSOFT NOW AVAILABLE As all of you who subscribe to Juiced.GS know by
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""""" now, there is a second version of GSoft BASIC.
|
|
GSoft BASIC, The FREE Version! is tailored to new and occasional
|
|
programmers, or those who want to try GSoft BASIC before buying the full
|
|
version.
|
|
|
|
Check out the details at http://www.hypermall.com/byteworks, where you will
|
|
find a downloadable version of GSoft BASIC, The FREE Version!
|
|
|
|
Mike Westerfield
|
|
(BYTEWORKS, 2380, GO COM A2PRO)
|
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|
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[EOA]
|
|
[TLS]------------------------------
|
|
THE LAMP SALUTES |
|
|
-----------------------------------
|
|
APPLE II ACHIEVEMENT, 1998
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
|
by Ryan M. Suenaga, B.A., M.S.W., L.S.W.
|
|
[thelamp@sheppyware.net]
|
|
|
|
MAY I HAVE THE ENVELOPE, PLEASE?
|
|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
|
|
|
1998 was a great year for the Apple II, and to celebrate it, the gang
|
|
here at _The Lamp!_ consulted with some of our buddies in the Apple II
|
|
world and came up with a list of the best that the Apple II world had to
|
|
offer in 1998. We highlight the best of Apple II achievement in 1998.
|
|
|
|
Keep in mind that the ultimate decision on whom each award went to was
|
|
made strictly by the staff here at _The Lamp!_, namely, me, your editor and
|
|
publisher. Any comments can be directed to thelamp@sheppyware.net.
|
|
|
|
BEST COMMERCIAL PRODUCT: There were a few contenders, but the
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""""" program that Applesoft programmers have
|
|
waited 12 years for was the choice for 1998. _GSoft BASIC_ from Byte
|
|
Works, giving the power of the Apple IIgs desktop to The Rest Of Us, was
|
|
the winner in this category. Others mentioned were _WebWorks GS_
|
|
(Sheppyware/Shareware Solutions II), _NiftySpell_ (Shareware Solutions II),
|
|
and the _GraphicWriter III_ and _Spectrum_ updates (Seven Hills).
|
|
|
|
BEST SHAREWARE PRODUCT: To really unleash the power of your Apple
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""""" IIgs, you need to add to it a variety of
|
|
software extensions--and fortunately, we have an abundance of them.
|
|
Unfortunately, add too many and your system can become unstable, or at the
|
|
very least, have all kinds of problems using your modem at high speeds. To
|
|
really manage your extensions, you need _Shifty List_, the former _Softdisk
|
|
GS_ product now updated and re-released as shareware by Eric Shepherd.
|
|
This extension for the Apple IIgs operating system allows you to choose
|
|
just which extensions you want loaded with your Apple IIgs when you shift
|
|
boot--and adds functions for playing sounds as you boot, or choosing one of
|
|
many different sets of extensions on the fly.
|
|
|
|
BEST FREEWARE PRODUCT: We have a tie, but the clear winner in all
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""" of this are Apple IIgs game fiends. The
|
|
long-awaited Apple IIgs port of Id Software's _Wolfenstein 3D_, with
|
|
programming by Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd and Logicware's "Burger" Bill
|
|
Heineman, is a winner just on its sheer size and complexity. It is a true
|
|
work of art, and a power packed action game. The other winner is Kelvin
|
|
Sherlock's _GShisen_, a devil of a game which seems like a simple, elegant
|
|
Mah Jongg clone, until you play it and realize it is the most addictive
|
|
Apple IIgs game ever.
|
|
|
|
BEST WORLD WIDE WEB SITE: Several were mentioned, but Tony Diaz's
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""""" http://www.apple2.org, the Apple II
|
|
Information Resource, won out by a hair over David Kerwood's A2-Web at
|
|
http://www.syndicomm.com/a2web. A2-Web is the one-stop shop for your Apple
|
|
II WebHead, but apple2.org offers technical information found nowhere else,
|
|
and Tony's collection of rare Apple II hardware gives the Apple II user a
|
|
taste of what was, and what could have been.
|
|
|
|
BEST PUBLICATION: A few years ago, Max Jones decided to use his
|
|
""""""""""""""""" skills as a newspaper editor in Indiana to create
|
|
a newsletter about the Apple IIgs. Several years later, his _Juiced.GS_ is
|
|
an international publication with a beautiful layout produced on an Apple
|
|
IIgs. Max himself does much of the writing but has contracted with Apple
|
|
II veterans like Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd and Tony Ward to write about the
|
|
topics they are experts in. Also mentioned was the Dean of Apple II
|
|
publications, Joe Kohn's _Shareware Solutions II_, and, interestingly, this
|
|
publication, _The Lamp!_.
|
|
|
|
OUTSTANDING APPLE II RELATED DEVELOPMENT: There were many nominees,
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" but Richard Bennett's
|
|
_Marinetti 2.0_, the link between the Apple IIgs and the rest of the
|
|
virtual world was another instance of showing the world how to do what
|
|
couldn't be done. Thanks to Richard for an incredible piece of work.
|
|
Runners up were those dogs of programs, the _Bernie ][ The Rescue_, _Open
|
|
Bernie_, and _Sweet-16_ Apple IIgs emulators from Henrik Gudat, Andre
|
|
Horstmann, and Urs "Cody" Hochstrasser, for turning otherwise boring
|
|
computer into the Apple IIs of the 21st century, and the continuing success
|
|
of the Apple II gathering known as KansasFest.
|
|
|
|
OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT: While everyone programming the
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" Apple II in the late 1990s
|
|
deserves a round of applause, Ewen Wannop, the author of the Apple IIgs
|
|
telecommunications program _Spectrum_ deserves a standing ovation. He not
|
|
only continued work on the affectionately named _Speccie_ and its
|
|
accompanying Delphi offline reader _Crock O' Gold_, he also helped bring
|
|
out _BabelFish 1.0_, _Disk Access II_, the _TABBS CDROM_, and assisted with
|
|
beta testing for _NiftySpell_, as well as many other products we may not
|
|
even know about. . . yet. The retired college instructor shows that your
|
|
work only begins when your job ends.
|
|
|
|
Congratulations to all our winners! Here's hoping that 1999 brings
|
|
out the best in all of us again.
|
|
|
|
|
|
[EOA]
|
|
[FRE]------------------------------
|
|
FREEWARE FAVORITES |
|
|
-----------------------------------
|
|
BABELFISH
|
|
"""""""""
|
|
by Ryan M. Suenaga, B.A., M.S.W., L.S.W.
|
|
[thelamp@sheppyware.net]
|
|
|
|
BABELFISH 1.0
|
|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
|
|
|
Product Name: Babelfish 1.0
|
|
Distribution: Freeware; available in the Delphi A2
|
|
Database, Genie A2 Library, and Apple II ftp
|
|
sites.
|
|
Original specifications by Dave Hecker and
|
|
Steve Stephenson, modifications by Dave Hecker
|
|
and Bill Tudor.
|
|
Programming by Bill Tudor.
|
|
Bug fixes by Ewen Wannop
|
|
Seven Hills Software Solutions
|
|
Requirements: Apple IIgs; System Software 6.0.1
|
|
|
|
|
|
_Babelfish_ is an extension for the Apple IIgs System Software that
|
|
makes the Apple IIgs even more flexible than it already is. _Babelfish_
|
|
allows Apple IIgs applications to import and export data in formats that
|
|
are not native to them. Imagine having the ability to change a standard
|
|
Apple IIgs font into one you can use with _Print Shop GS_, or being able to
|
|
convert an Apple Preferred Format picture into a _MacPaint_ graphic. You
|
|
can with the _Babelfish_ package.
|
|
|
|
_Babelfish_ comes with the _Convert File_ New Desk Accessory, which
|
|
gives you a simple way to do your conversions. Don't think that the
|
|
_Convert File_ NDA -is- _Babelfish_, though--it's not. _Babelfish_ can
|
|
work with applications that include _Babelfish_ support directly, such as
|
|
_SuperConvert 4_. For use in any desktop application, though, the _Convert
|
|
File_ NDA is a practical way to access the power of _Babelfish_.
|
|
|
|
_Babelfish_ translators are available for graphics, sounds, fonts, and
|
|
text. While there are many different kinds of conversions you can do, the
|
|
most useful I have found are the text based conversions. You can import
|
|
_Teach_ or text files and export them as _Teach_, text, or HTML files. The
|
|
significance of this can be made clear very quickly--if you have, for
|
|
instance, a documentation file you created as a _Teach_ file, you can use
|
|
_Babelfish_ to quickly save it as a HTML file for easy posting on the World
|
|
Wide Web (perhaps to your Delphi workspace)--keeping much of the formatting
|
|
intact. No more retyping!
|
|
|
|
_Babelfish_ translator documentation is free for the asking. Already,
|
|
one additional translator has been completed--by Kelvin Sherlock of
|
|
_GShisen_ fame, it takes an Applesoft program and converts it into a text
|
|
file, so you can edit it with your favorite word processor.
|
|
|
|
There have been some difficulties with _Babelfish_. First, the
|
|
_SFUtility_ file which comes with the package has given some users problems
|
|
booting their system--after some investigation, Ewen Wannop, who helped
|
|
with the debugging, has determined that the file is not needed and can
|
|
safely be deleted. Additionally, some of the translators provided with the
|
|
package (in particular, the sound translators) have some problems. These
|
|
are being looked into, but no fix is available yet. The _Convert File_ NDA
|
|
has been noted to be incompatible with some programs. Finally, there are
|
|
some programming issues with translators that have been covered in previous
|
|
issues of this publication.
|
|
|
|
Still, _Babelfish_ has made a splashing debut in the Apple II software
|
|
world. While there are problems with some of the parts in the package, it
|
|
shows just how much potential the Apple II still has--and the generosity of
|
|
Seven Hills in making it freeware.
|
|
|
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|
|
:: DISCUSSED ON DELPHI ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
|
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: :
|
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: Wench: What you use to turn the head of a dolt. :
|
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: :
|
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::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: LUMITECH ::::::
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About The Lamp! The Lamp! is published on the fifteenth of every month in
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""""""""""""""" the Database of the II Scribe Forum on the Delphi online
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service (GO CUS 11).
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This publication produced entirely with real or emulated Apple II computers
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using Appleworks 5.1 and Hermes. Apple II Forever!
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* The Lamp! is (c) copyright 1998 by Ryan M. Suenaga, M.S.W. All
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rights reserved.
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* Back issues of The Lamp! are available in the II Scribe Forum on
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Delphi as well as The Lamp! Home Page,
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http://lamp.sheppyware.net.
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Opinions expressed herein are those of the individual authors, and do not
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Syndicomm, Inc., or Ryan M. Suenaga. Forum messages are reprinted
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Material published in this edition may not be reprinted without the
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