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>>> WELCOME TO THE LAMP! <<<
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SCRIPTING & MACROS: Basic Spectrum Scripting
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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. 9
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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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September 15, 1999
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OPENING PITCH
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I Just Can't Get Any Relief ------------------------------------ [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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SCRIPTING & MACROS
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Basic Spectrum Scripting --------------------------------------- [S&M]
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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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: Nothing's impossible to those who don't have to do it.:
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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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I JUST CAN'T GET ANY RELIEF
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Time isn't on my side, at least these days.
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In between my full-time job, my part-time job, my volunteer work and
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my duties as son and brother, I find about 30 hours a month to work on my
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Apple II newsletter. It's fun and it's challenging, but it's also not
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easy.
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The problem is "not easy" is quickly becoming "not possible". We
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recently found out at the hospital at which I work that we were going from
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a Monday to Friday schedule to a rotational seven day a week coverage
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schedule. Theoretically, that means that once every thirteen or so weeks I
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need to work on weekends. In reality, I've just finished my second weekend
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of duty in the last three weeks, and I have another coming up in about four
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weeks.
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In my personal life, this mostly means I miss my Saturday basketball
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game and the occasional weekend movie. In my virtual online life, it means
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not as much time for Spectrum scripting, Delphi chat, and this month, not
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enough time to finish up _The Lamp!_.
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I'm not Doug Cuff or Max Jones, but I'm not happy about being late
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with an issue, but this one is late--way late--and this will happen more
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and more as long as I keep this job. Add to that the other things I want
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to do--both in computing and out of computing--and it becomes clearer to me
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that this publication has outgrown me.
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The December 1999 issue of _The Lamp!_ will be the last under my
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editorship. I say this with regret, because I have fun doing it, but I
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also know that this will let my baby grow in ways I've never imagined. And
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it will let me do things that I've never been able to do before.
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Time for me to fly. For both of our sakes.
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[*] [*] [*]
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I've Got To Set Myself Free Department: Last month featured the first
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KFest 2000 Blatant Plug. This is the last one until January 2000.
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The Y][KFest, KansasFest 2000 is on the calendar for July 26-30, 2000,
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with special early arrival events on the 25th. Once again the last
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survivors of the first generation of computer Geeks will gather in Kansas
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City, Missouri on the campus of Avila College.
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And if you haven't been to Avila before, or it's been years since the
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last time you went. . .
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It's time.
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Ryan
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thelamp@sheppyware.net
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ASCII ART BEGINS
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ASCII ART ENDS
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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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[*] Hardware Hacker ....... More DeskWriters And ProDOS 8
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[*] The Apple II Legacy ....... Reclassification City
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[*] Entertainment Software ....... Silvern Lining
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[*] Hardware Hacker ....... What SCSI Floppy?
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MISCELLANEA
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WHERE DO I FIND A COMPREHENSIVE COLLECTION OF IIGS SYSTEM DISKS? The
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"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" Golden
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Orchard CD-ROM contains the following versions of the IIGS System Disk:
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1.1, 3.1, 4.0, 5.0.4, 6.0 and 6.0.1
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The CD-ROM also contains about 600 megabytes of other Apple II and IIGS
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software, and it's available exclusively from Shareware Solutions II for
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$25.
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Shareware Solutions II
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166 Alpine Street
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San Rafael, CA 94901
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Joe Kohn
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http://www.crl.com/~joko
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(JOE_KOHN, 25050, GO COM A2)
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>>>>> I probably have most of them, if not all. Post a list of the ones
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""""" you have. I'll dig through my archives and see if there are any
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others, and e-mail the ones I have that you don't.
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Mike Westerfield
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(BYTEWORKS, 25084, GO COM A2)
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HOW DO YOU RELABEL 3.5 INCH DISKS? Put a couple of drops of lighter fluid
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"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" (Zippo or Ronsonol) on the label, rub
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it around with your finger so the label is covered evenly, and let it soak
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for a while.
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This will loosen the adhesive and let you peel the label right off.
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Slick/glossy labels don't soak up well and tend to peel in layers, leaving
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a whole bunch of stickum behind. Labels that use water based adhesives do
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not respond to lighter fluid but will loosen up nicely with glass cleaner.
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Some labels peel quite nicely without any "assistance" except a fingernail.
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I've "delabeled" many many hundreds of used disks. It's a real pain in the
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butt. After a while you learn to tell by feel (and a little "picking")
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which labels will peel well and which will not. The best thing to do with
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the ones that won't peel well is to simply cover the old label with a blank
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new one.
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Gary R. Utter
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(UTTER, 25142, GO COM A2)
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SPECTRUM, SIS, MARINETTI, AND GSAIM Spectrum and SIS have nothing at all
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""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" to do with gsAIM, and are not
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required to be installed for its use. gsAIM is an independent desk
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accessory that only requires Marinetti to operate.
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Marinetti is an independent TCP/IP stack, and has nothing directly to do
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with Spectrum or SIS, or any other application.
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Think of Marinetti as an extra layer to the GS/OS operating system. Just as
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on a stock IIgs, telecom applications, and other applications, can use the
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serial ports to communicate. If you have Marinetti installed, Marinetti
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aware applications can use it to make TCP/IP connections through the serial
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ports.
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As gsAIM uses TCP/IP, it requires Marinetti to be installed.
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Spectrum 2.2 can also optionally use TCP/IP instead of the serial ports, so
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it also requires Marinetti to be installed if you wish to use the optional
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TCP/IP connections.
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SIS only requires Spectrum. So you can think of it as not directly being
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TCP/IP aware, so it does not specifically require Marinetti to operate.
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Ewen Wannop - Speccie - Thu 26 Aug 1999 - 335 days till Y2KFest
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Delivered without using a IIgs by Spectrum 2.2 & Crock O' Gold 3.2
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Bernie ][ the Rescue 2.0 woofing at 55Mhz on a G3/350
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http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/ewannop/
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(EWANNOP, 25318, GO COM A2)
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NON-MAC EMULATION COMES ON THE SCENE I don't really see a PC/Mac problem
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"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" here. After all we're interested in
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Apple IIs. That is all that counts and nothing else. It doesn't depend what
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other systems you are using.
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It is correct that PCs and maybe Macs have been flamed here before, however
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I don't think by regulars so this should be dealt with in a professional
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manner as background noise.
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IMHO it is the most unimportant thing in a public discussion what platform
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you're using at home and to try to persuade others of its benefits. I do
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choose my computers out of personal preference, and others do so as well
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and might end up with something different. So what! I'm not getting paid by
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<insert company name> for doing platform promo. (Sheppy's mileage may vary
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*grin*) As long as you don't take my <insert model> away, I'm happy.
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I'm convinced Delphi A2 regulars have the potential of getting along
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without platform wars. And, nobody should feel offended when a discussion
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focuses on a different CPU. There are other threads that are more on topic
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and I care even less about. And my last point in a drivel that got too long
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is: when you're missing a discussion about, let's say, emulation on a PC,
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then it's simply because nobody started such a thread. Be part of the
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solution.
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Henrik Woof Gudat
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(GUDATH, 24701, GO COM A2)
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>>>>> I'm very open that I use my PC as my main machine at home. I do all
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""""" my IIgs development on an emulator on it. I've even written an
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article about it in Juiced.GS. I think it is the greatest thing to have to
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extend the life of the IIgs. Buy a faster PC and get faster IIgs. These
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Dual 450's are quickly dropping in price... And with >20 gig drives
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starting to cost less than $500, you can have a whole heck of a lot of IIgs
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hard drive images (and be able to back up an entire hard drive image in
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just seconds!!).
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I don't have the hardware to do a presentation for Kfest, but I can
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certainly answer any questions about KEGS--it basically runs like any other
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IIgs emulator.
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Geoff
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(SISGEOFF, 24842, GO COM A2)
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MORE MARINETTI I have 2 ISPs.
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On one, when I connect with Marinetti, there are problems with the name
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server. I never have come up with a satisfactory fix for that, although it
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helps to log in with Marinetti and then launch Spectrum, rather than trying
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to launch Spectrum and then use the Spectrum menu commands. It must be a
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timing issue, because this is the same ISP that gives me similar problems
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with my Mac. It works better for me, regardless of what the cause is, to
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log in with FreePPP on the Mac with my setup requiring me to enter the
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password each time.
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My second ISP, which I use for my OLRight! activities, has never given me a
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successful PPP login with Marinetti. SLIP works beautifully, however.
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Again, try to get some Trumpet Winsock scripts from your ISP, and translate
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them to a Marinetti script. It just may work.
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My login problems with ISP #1 may be nothing more than a bad phone line. I
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am too far out in the country, and my phone wiring may be partially fried.
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I have had lightning destroy two modems in the past year (components blown
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off the boards, conductors melted, metal vaporized and replated onto the
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inside of the case). One of my Round Tuits is to replace the interior phone
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wire in the house.
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Bottom line - you are not alone, but keep plugging!
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Don V. Zahniser (IronTooth)
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Woofed to you by OLRight! scripts for ANSITerm via Bernie ][ the Rescue!
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(DZAHNISER, 24674, GO COM A2)
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>>>>> It is not true that Marinetti only works with some ISPs. I don't
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""""" know where that came from.
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The PPP module which comes with Marinetti does not support CHAP, which is
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an automated logon protocol. Most ISPs should provide the PAP protocol
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however, which Marinetti's PPP module does support.
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Also, some ISPs use a form of PPP which requires compression. The Marinetti
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PPP module does not support compression. However, it is the ISPs who are to
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blame, because the PPP standard says that all implementations MUST provide
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compression as optional, not mandatory.
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A solution to both of these problems is to get an ISP who uses stable
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protocols, or use scripted SLIP.
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Marinetti itself will work with any ISP which a link layer module can
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connect to.
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As for your DNS problem, it looks like you've had various DNS numbers given
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to you over the years. You should go back to the Mac and provide the same
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DNS number for every dialog which asks for it.
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In Marinetti, you use this same number for the primary DNS. You may leave
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the secondary field blank if you like, Marinetti just uses this if the
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primary fails for some reason.
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Regards,
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Richard
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(RICHARD_B, 24706, GO COM A2)
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>>>>> I was able to do some testing at KFest with DNS and Spectrum, and
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""""" my conclusion is that there may be a bug in Spectrum in regards to
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DNS. In all the tests which I ran, a failed DNS in Spectrum worked fine in
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the Telnet application I supply with Marinetti
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This problem should probably be referred to Ewen. :-)
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Regards,
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Richard
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(RICHARD_B, 24707, GO COM A2)
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>>>>> Another way of testing DNS is by running GWFTP. Let GWFTP dial your
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""""" ISP (it automagically will make a connection if one is not found)
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and then connect to a FTP site with a name, not by IP address). I'll be
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interested to hear if there is any DNS failures with it.
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Geoff
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(SISGEOFF, 24708, GO COM A2)
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>>>>> DNR fails an awful lot in programs other than Spectrum though.
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""""" Telnet sometimes, gsAIM sometimes, etc. etc. There might be a
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Spectrum bug with DNS but DNR still fails more often than it should.
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Eric (Sheppy) Shepherd
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sheppy@sheppyware.net
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http://www.sheppyware.net
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(SHEPPY, 24709, GO COM A2)
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>>>>> I've confirmed that my ISP supports PAP, and PPP which requires
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""""" compression is not mandatory. I've also received the correct DNS
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numbers and am using them in FreePPP, having also set up Marinetti
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correctly.
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However, I'm having trouble getting online. Setting the connection type to
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PPP results in the modem talking for a few seconds while "negotiating PPP
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options" and then disconnecting. I figure PPP Scripted is the way to go but
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I don't know how to use IP and SETIP... I've never seen an IP number
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displayed in the input buffer when manually connecting.
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Also, I noticed that after Marinetti's attempt to get online, the Spectrum
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input buffer is never displayed. I've correctly initialized my modem but
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wherever I dial, nothing is displayed in the online display. Not modem
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commands, connect messages, input... I think this may be related to my
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trouble getting Marinetti to WAIT for incoming data.
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Finally, where can I find the Marinetti FAQ?
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Thanks,
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-Ken
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(KEN_GAGNE, 24964, GO COM A2)
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>>>>> If you have Spectrum 2.2 set to TCP/IP mode, Spectrum will only
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""""" display data that is correctly received and passed through
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Marinetti. It will not display internal data that Marinetti uses to make
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the connection.
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So if the connection fails to be made in the first place, no data will pass
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through for Spectrum to see. Marinetti makes TCP/IP error-free connections,
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so only genuine data is passed through, and the results are garbage free,
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despite any noisy state of your telephone line.
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Ewen Wannop - Speccie - Tue 17 Aug 1999 - 344 days till Y2KFest
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Delivered without using a IIgs by Spectrum 2.2 & Crock O' Gold 3.0
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Bernie ][ the Rescue 2.0 woofing at 55Mhz on a G3/350
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http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/ewannop/
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(EWANNOP, 25007, GO COM A2)
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>>>>> Ken,
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I don't know what to suggest from here on. I could make snide remarks about
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how ISPs will of course say they're systems are compatible, but I wouldn't
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really know for sure. If I could get a buffer from you, I'd be able to tell
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you why it is failing to connect, but that would mean poking around in the
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monitor looking for it.
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So, bottom line is, I don't know where to go from now.
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Regards,
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Richard
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(RICHARD_B, 25062, GO COM A2)
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WHOIS GEOFF WEISS? For those who use the Marinetti version of whois, I
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"""""""""""""""""" want to make it aware that it is compatible in
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searching for names now that there are multiple domain name registrars. The
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syntax to use is:
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whois -h whois.crsnic.net <domain name>
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Basic info for a domain name is given from this source and it will tell you
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what whois server to search through to provide detailed info about the
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domain name.
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Many web sites that provide this whois searching is not compatible with the
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new registrars, but it is nice to know that this works fine on a GS!
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(SISGEOFF, 25324, GO COM A2)
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START ME UP I think we need to differentiate:
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"""""""""""
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There's a Bernie Starter _Disk_ that's available for download;
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there's also a Bernie Starter _Kit_ that's a CDROM from SSII.
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I think that might just cover it. Of course, I'm sure someone will find a
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way for it not to be covered :)
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-
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Ryan M. Suenaga, M.S.W., L.S.W. -- rsuenaga@apple2.org
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Editor and Publisher, _The Lamp!_, published monthly on Delphi
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Posted by PTMM v2.5 - The integrated information solution
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(RSUENAGA, 25241, GO COM A2)
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>>>>> There is a starter disk image that the dogs owners make available
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""""" from its home pages, of useful utilities and games.
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There is also an officially approved 'Bernie ][ the Rescue - Starter Kit'
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CD, available exclusively from ShareWare Solutions II. This CD has
|
|
everything you need to get going with Bernie. It includes the application,
|
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the entire set of HTML info pages, and prepared hard disk images with
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System 6.0.1 pre-installed 'ready to go' out of the box.
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You can be running Bernie five minutes after the mailman delivers the CD to
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you. Without the CD, you have to make a hard disk image, find 6.0.1, make
|
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it into disk images, start Bernie, install 6.0.1, patch the HFS driver, and
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install InkMeister.
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Ewen Wannop - Speccie - Tue 24 Aug 1999 - 337 days till Y2KFest
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Delivered without using a IIgs by Spectrum 2.2 & Crock O' Gold 3.2
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Bernie ][ the Rescue 2.0 woofing at 55Mhz on a G3/350
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http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/ewannop/
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(EWANNOP, 25246, GO COM A2)
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SWEET16 TIDBITS On my PII/333 system, Sweet16 runs around 8 to 10 MHz, so
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""""""""""""""" I guess you'd probably be around 15 to 20 MHz, depending
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on what else your machine is doing.
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---
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Eric (Sheppy) Shepherd
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sheppy@sheppyware.net
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http://www.sheppyware.net
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(SHEPPY, 25420, GO COM A2)
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<<<<< Well, 15-20 MHz isn't all that impressive considering that Sweet16
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""""" will do around 50 MHz on a 333 MHz Power Mac G3. The x86 version
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doesn't have an optimized assembly-language emulation core (yet).
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---
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Eric (Sheppy) Shepherd
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sheppy@sheppyware.net
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http://www.sheppyware.net
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(SHEPPY, 25434, GO COM A2)
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<<<<< BeOS on both PPC and x86 can read (using the default file systems
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""""" included with the OS):
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BFS (native format; you can't read x86-formatted BFS disks on PPC and vice
|
|
versa)
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FAT (MS-DOS/Windows)
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ISO 9660
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HFS
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CIFS (Windows file-sharing)
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---
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Eric (Sheppy) Shepherd
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sheppy@sheppyware.net
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http://www.sheppyware.net
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(SHEPPY, 25447, GO COM A2)
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<<<<< Sweet16 can use any disk image that Bernie can use. So yes, you can
|
|
""""" use the images on the Bernie Starter Disk CD on Sweet16.
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---
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Eric (Sheppy) Shepherd
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sheppy@sheppyware.net
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http://www.sheppyware.net
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(SHEPPY, 25457, GO COM A2)
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>>>>> To add to that, you may have to rename the image. :)
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"""""
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-
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Ryan M. Suenaga, M.S.W., L.S.W. -- rsuenaga@apple2.org
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|
Editor and Publisher, _The Lamp!_, published monthly on Delphi
|
|
Posted by PTMM v2.5 - The integrated information solution
|
|
(RSUENAGA, 25472, GO COM A2)
|
|
|
|
<<<<< True: if the disk image isn't in Universal Disk Image format (2mg),
|
|
""""" you have to add an extension to the end of the name to tell Sweet16
|
|
what type of file it is.
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|
|
---
|
|
Eric (Sheppy) Shepherd
|
|
sheppy@sheppyware.net
|
|
http://www.sheppyware.net
|
|
(SHEPPY, 25473, GO COM A2)
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|
DID GUPP INCLUDE FIXFONT601? Yes, FixFontManager (actually, FixFont601
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""" was what Nathan called it) was an SDGS
|
|
thing. I realize re-reading my message I wasn't clear. What I meant to say
|
|
is that the patches that were developed by someone other than Nathan (say
|
|
Greg Templeman) and released by SDGS were not included in GUPP (I think
|
|
that's clearer).
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|
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|
In any case, the documentation for GUPP 1.07 states that it includes the
|
|
FixFont601 stuff, and as that is in the Delphi libs, I really see no need
|
|
to upload a separate FixFont601.
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-
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|
Ryan M. Suenaga, M.S.W., L.S.W. -- rsuenaga@apple2.org
|
|
Editor and Publisher, _The Lamp!_, published monthly on Delphi
|
|
Posted by PTMM v2.5 - The integrated information solution
|
|
(RSUENAGA, 24775, GO COM A2)
|
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WHAT DOES OLRIGHT! DO BETTER THAN OTHER OLRS? OLRight! does extensive
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" post processing of each
|
|
message and gives you an index--in ANSI color--of each message, including
|
|
particular info for each message, so you can choose to skip over it or read
|
|
it or skip over whole threads or jump to different messages. . . it is
|
|
-far- superior to any OLR I have ever seen in regards to reading.
|
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-
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|
Ryan M. Suenaga, M.S.W., L.S.W. -- rsuenaga@apple2.org
|
|
Editor and Publisher, _The Lamp!_, published monthly on Delphi
|
|
Posted by PTMM v2.5 - The integrated information solution
|
|
(RSUENAGA, 24776, GO COM A2)
|
|
|
|
>>>>> OLRight! captures each pass into a separate message file for each
|
|
""""" Forum (up to 32), then after you go offline, each message file is
|
|
split into individual message files and an index file. The index file is
|
|
essentially a single-category database of the individual message file
|
|
names. OLRight! has two ways to read messages:
|
|
|
|
1) Browse through the messages listed by subject (only the first two lines
|
|
of the message header are shown), and choose the messages that you want
|
|
to read randomly, or
|
|
|
|
2) Read the messages in thread order sequentially. While reading a
|
|
message, you can:
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|
|
|
o Quit out of a message to the subject listing screen <Q>
|
|
o Print the message <P>
|
|
o Reply to the message, with optional quoting <R>
|
|
o Fill out a download specification <D>
|
|
o Archive the message to a named file (new or append to old) <A>
|
|
o Send mail to the From: name in the message <M>
|
|
o Move to the next or previous message <Right/Left Arrows>
|
|
o Move proportionally through the messages <1 to 9>
|
|
o Move to the top of the current message <Up Arrow>
|
|
o Scroll down one screen of the current message <Down Arrow>
|
|
o <escape> back to the main menu or e<X>it back to the forum chooser
|
|
|
|
Any time that you leave a message that you are reading, its position in the
|
|
index database is marked, and you can restart your reading at that message
|
|
if you so choose.
|
|
|
|
BTW - Any messages addressed directly to you are highlighted in the message
|
|
listing and in the header of the message as you are reading it.
|
|
|
|
And, if you are a past user of Genie Copilot, the navigation keys for that
|
|
application are supported, too.
|
|
|
|
I used to have a 'skip thread' function, but decided that it was faster to
|
|
just blip through the messages than to wait for the function to work, and
|
|
it was not reliable (due to Delphi glitches).
|
|
|
|
The mail function works similarly, except there is a 'new mail' indicator
|
|
that you can use as a starting point in the reader, and you can delete
|
|
individual messages. The forum reader will delete all messages.
|
|
|
|
Don V. Zahniser (IronTooth)
|
|
Woofed to you by OLRight! scripts for ANSITerm via Bernie ][ the Rescue!
|
|
(DZAHNISER, 24780, GO COM A2)
|
|
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|
|
|
WHAT TO DO WITH A REALLY BIG HARD DRIVE AND A RAMFAST If you really want
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" the 360 or so meg
|
|
drive, just make 12 32 meg partitions on your 1.2 gig drive. . .
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Ryan M. Suenaga, M.S.W., L.S.W. -- rsuenaga@apple2.org
|
|
Editor and Publisher, _The Lamp!_, published monthly on Delphi
|
|
Posted by PTMM v2.5 - The integrated information solution
|
|
(RSUENAGA, 24754, GO COM A2)
|
|
|
|
>>>>> Since I don't have a problem with used/discontinued/refurbished
|
|
""""" hardware, I've had no problems coming up with drives in usable
|
|
sizes. I keep good backups and spare drives on hand.
|
|
|
|
If I had to use a 1.2 gig drive on a GS, I simply wouldn't use the HFS
|
|
partition. (That's just my way of doing things, of course. :)
|
|
|
|
Gary R. Utter
|
|
(UTTER, 24761, GO COM A2)
|
|
|
|
>>>>> I'm using a 1.2 GB drive on my IIgs at present but the 880 MB HFS
|
|
""""" partition I have now is not used for any critical data. I've used
|
|
it to create images of some of my ProDOS partitions to transfer to my PC
|
|
for use with emulators but mostly, that partition is currently being used
|
|
as a dumping place for all my archives that I've downloaded over the years
|
|
so that I can sort through them, find out which disks have gone bad and
|
|
which files need to be replace and then I will transfer the lot to another
|
|
drive. I have a spare 540 MB drive that I could use.
|
|
|
|
Now that I have a Mac with some version of Norton Utilities, I may need to
|
|
repartition the 1.2 GB on my IIgs so that the Mac can see them and repair
|
|
my HFS partition if needed.
|
|
|
|
Another option is for me to put the 540 MB drive on my IIgs, put the 1.2 GB
|
|
in the Mac and access the 1.2 GB through AppleTalk.
|
|
|
|
Jeff Blakeney | Dean of the Apple II University in A2Pro |
|
|
--------------+----------------------------------------------------+
|
|
sent via | HyperCard IIgs Course | GSoft BASIC Course |
|
|
COG v3.1 | now in session | now in session |
|
|
(JBLAKENEY, 24768, GO COM A2)
|
|
|
|
|
|
DOG LOSES BARK FOR IRONTOOTH'S SAKE Hi Bernie fellows,
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
|
Don recently told me that Bernie was not well behaving with Delphi
|
|
messages. The reason is that some strong supporters have certain messages
|
|
in their signatures that are triggering an Easter Egg and Bernie starts
|
|
barking.
|
|
|
|
While it was intended as a fun feature, it can impact reliability of a
|
|
serial connection on slower Macs.
|
|
|
|
I have uploaded a special, debarked version for the Delphi audience to:
|
|
|
|
{<http://www.magnet.ch/emutech/dogdebarked.sit.hqx>
|
|
http://www.magnet.ch/emutech/dogdebarked.sit.hqx}
|
|
|
|
The archive only includes the application - it does not come with any
|
|
auxiliary files. The Easter Egg will return in the next release with some
|
|
modifications. :-)
|
|
|
|
Happy surfing,
|
|
|
|
Henrik Woof Gudat
|
|
|
|
woof woof
|
|
(GUDATH, 25146, GO COM A2)
|
|
|
|
>>>>> The symptom that I saw running ANSITerm is that Bernie would bark
|
|
""""" while text was being received through the serial port. It seemed as
|
|
though every time Bernie barked, I lost a block of text. I can now run a
|
|
9600 baud modem-to-remote connection, as long as the Serial port-to-modem
|
|
connection is run as fast as possible (57600 baud). The 9600 baud rate is
|
|
higher than Henrik expected I should be able to achieve with my system :^)
|
|
|
|
I would like to publicly thank Henrik for the great customer support!
|
|
|
|
Some issues running ANSITerm under Bernie, that to me are probably not
|
|
Bernie's fault:
|
|
|
|
1) On my system, ANSITerm does _NOT_ like running with Virtual Memory
|
|
active. I get frequent crashes of ANSITerm (not Bernie) when trying to
|
|
save a file from the editor, especially during a script. The visual
|
|
symptom is that the screen is trashed just before ANSITerm would have
|
|
displayed a dialog (the 'save' dialog that displays the file name, I
|
|
think). The situation is vastly improved (although not entirely solved)
|
|
by using RamDoubler 8 instead of Virtual Memory (or running without any
|
|
memory extending program active).
|
|
|
|
2) ANSITerm _seems_ to run better for me using a ROM 01 image rather than
|
|
one for a ROM 3. YMMV
|
|
|
|
3) ANSITerm _seems_ to run better for me by booting directly into Prodos-8
|
|
rather than launching ANSITerm from GSOS. YMMV
|
|
|
|
4) This is a Mac issue, not a Bernie issue: I have been unable to get
|
|
Carrier Detect to work either from the internal modem on my PowerBook or
|
|
an external modem/cable that I use with my 'real' GS. This creates a
|
|
potential problem with modem initialization if you (like me) have
|
|
ANSITerm set to NOT initialize the modem on startup if Carrier is
|
|
detected. I sometimes like to drop out of ANSITerm to do something else
|
|
while online, and then restart ANSITerm and continue my online session.
|
|
|
|
5) It appears from the Bernie docs that DTR must be set to 'ignore' for
|
|
hardware handshaking to work. This will disable ANSITerm's 'hangup'
|
|
command, either from Command-H or in scripts. The alternative is to
|
|
issue the '+++' command followed by 'ATH'. I haven't tested this; I have
|
|
simply adjusted by behaviors and scripts to accommodate 'DTR Ignore'.
|
|
|
|
All that said, it appears to me that ANSITerm is somehow affected by what
|
|
else is going on in the system other than Bernie, and this specifically can
|
|
affect the file save function. While there may be something that could be
|
|
done within Bernie to help, the problems I have been experiencing can be
|
|
minimized by adjusting my system configuration. It may, of course, also be
|
|
a bug within ANSITerm...
|
|
|
|
I am still learning how to use my Mac (a PowerBook 1400) so there may be
|
|
something I am missing in all this. Suggestions welcome.
|
|
|
|
Don V. Zahniser (IronTooth)
|
|
Woofed to you by OLRight! scripts for ANSITerm via Bernie ][ the Rescue!
|
|
(DZAHNISER, 25148, GO COM A2)
|
|
|
|
>>>>> I have the exact same problem with Bernie and ANSITerm's carrier
|
|
""""" detect. This is one instance where I wish Paul had gone with the
|
|
standard that Spectrum and ProTERM (and everyone else) uses with regards to
|
|
carrier detect. I have tried all combinations of modem and port drivers,
|
|
but nothing works. Spectrum and ProTERM handle it fine.
|
|
|
|
FWIW, the barking causes no problems on my G3 (and I have no trouble
|
|
getting top download speeds @ 57600 port speed.) I was looking out the
|
|
window for a real dog the first few times I heard it though. :)
|
|
|
|
------------------------------------------------------------------
|
|
Tony Ward, A2 Database Manager - Sat Aug 21, 1999 9:44:57 pm
|
|
[Delivered with Spectrum v2.2 and Crock O' Gold v3.2]
|
|
--
|
|
|
|
One good turn gets all the blankets!
|
|
(TONYW1, 25161, GO COM A2)
|
|
|
|
>>>>> "I have the exact same problem with Bernie and ANSITerm's carrier
|
|
""""" detect. This is one instance where I wish Paul had gone with the
|
|
standard that Spectrum and ProTERM (and everyone else) uses with regards
|
|
to carrier detect. I have tried all combinations of modem and port
|
|
drivers, but nothing works. Spectrum and ProTERM handle it fine."
|
|
|
|
Since ANSITerm is the only commercial communications program for the GS
|
|
that I have ever purchased, that's the only documentation I have to study.
|
|
Could you please explain how they detect carrier? What Paul chose seems
|
|
logical enough to me, but then again, what do I know?
|
|
|
|
"FWIW, the barking causes no problems on my G3 (and I have no trouble
|
|
getting top download speeds @ 57600 port speed.) I was looking out the
|
|
window for a real dog the first few times I heard it though. :)"
|
|
|
|
Apparently the PowerBook 1400 that I have is right on the hairy edge for
|
|
trying to run communications with Bernie. I could run 2400 baud, but any
|
|
attempt to reduce the connection speed with my modem (I didn't have a
|
|
manual, just the few commands listed in the 'help' screen) to a speed
|
|
between 2400 and 9600 required me to also reduce the serial port-to-modem
|
|
speed. I'm still a bit dim-witted about exactly what is happening between
|
|
the communications port, Bernie, and the modem. However, the key on a slow
|
|
machine like mine seems to me to be to 'pull' data from Bernie faster than
|
|
the modem is feeding data to Bernie. When I simply reduced the serial port
|
|
speed to get a lower modem-to-remote speed, it didn't really accomplish
|
|
much. Running a marginal setup, the barking seemed to divert Bernie from
|
|
the task at hand just enough to cause data loss. Also, I wonder if the
|
|
'debarked' Bernie is just a tad more efficient because it has one less
|
|
process running (detecting the 'woof').
|
|
|
|
At about the same time that Henrik so kindly provided a 'debarked' Bernie,
|
|
I also figured out that my modem has a Rockwell chipset. I was therefore
|
|
able to use the reasonably good manual from another modem (RIP - Hit by
|
|
lightning) to initialize the modem to make a connection only between 300
|
|
baud and 9600 baud, while running the port speed at 57600. This in
|
|
combination with the 'debarking' gives me no data loss at 9600 baud.
|
|
|
|
Don V. Zahniser (IronTooth)
|
|
Woofed to you by OLRight! scripts for ANSITerm via Bernie ][ the Rescue!
|
|
(DZAHNISER, 25171, GO COM A2)
|
|
|
|
<<<<< To answer your question about the debarked version: the code is
|
|
""""" _exactly_ the same, only the barks have gone. :-)
|
|
|
|
Later,
|
|
Henrik Woof Gudat
|
|
|
|
woof woof
|
|
(GUDATH, 25179, GO COM A2)
|
|
|
|
>>>>> I guess the poor dog will have to carry a large flag to wave. How
|
|
""""" is he going to catch the attention of the rescuers if he can't
|
|
bark? Or perhaps he has gone all hi-tech and has a radio beacon instead.
|
|
|
|
But I am lucky that my G3 is fast enough, that I don't lose characters when
|
|
he barks, so the dog wags his tail and barks loudly for me...
|
|
|
|
This raises a question for Henrik. Are the signature bytes different for
|
|
this version of Bernie? When COG starts up under the regular dog, he barks
|
|
for us. But for the strangulated dog, I would need to wave the Swiss flag
|
|
instead... :)
|
|
|
|
Ewen Wannop - Speccie - Mon 23 Aug 1999 - 338 days till Y2KFest
|
|
Delivered without using a IIgs by Spectrum 2.2 & Crock O' Gold 3.0
|
|
Bernie ][ the Rescue 2.0 woofing at 55Mhz on a G3/350
|
|
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/ewannop/
|
|
(EWANNOP, 25193, GO COM A2)
|
|
|
|
>>>>> For the life of me I can't remember exactly what the problem was. I
|
|
""""" think I discussed this with Ewen during Spectrum testing, maybe
|
|
he'll remember better. It had something to do with ANSITerm wanting normal
|
|
DTR (&D2 on my USR Courier), but Spectrum and ProTERM (and the Mac,
|
|
actually) wanting ignored DTR (&D0.) If you dialup with normal DTR using
|
|
ANSITerm, then switch over to Spectrum while still connected, you will get
|
|
dumped offline when DTR drops in Spectrum (right at startup.) ANSITerm
|
|
doesn't hang up on a DTR drop.
|
|
|
|
Now I'm using ignored DTR (&D0) in ANSITerm and things seem to be working
|
|
okay. Like I said, I don't remember what the &D2 benefit was, but I know it
|
|
involved carrier detect. Maybe it involved an older modem that I'm no
|
|
longer using. Sorry I can't be of more help.
|
|
|
|
What I do know is that ANSITerm doesn't properly handle carrier detect on
|
|
Bernie, nor will it recognize or initialize my modem, while Spectrum does.
|
|
I can dial manually (via ATD commands) but I can't use the dial list. I'm
|
|
using the High Speed DSR port driver, and the Supra v.32 modem driver.
|
|
|
|
------------------------------------------------------------------
|
|
Tony Ward, A2 Database Manager - Sun Aug 22, 1999 9:36:13 pm
|
|
[Delivered with Spectrum v2.2 and Crock O' Gold v3.2]
|
|
--
|
|
|
|
Fear is the darkroom where negatives develop.
|
|
(TONYW1, 25187, GO COM A2)
|
|
|
|
>>>>> It is now a long time ago, but if I remember correctly, the two
|
|
""""" programs normally use a differently wired cable, and so the
|
|
handshake is going to come on a different connection. Bernie cannot be
|
|
altered, so what works for one, will not work for the other.
|
|
|
|
If Paul still has his source code, and can either re-assemble, or work out
|
|
where to patch, you should be able to easily change ANSITerm, so it
|
|
conforms to the Spectrum/ProTERM way of doing things. Carrier Detect works
|
|
fine for both of those under Bernie.
|
|
|
|
Ewen Wannop - Speccie - Mon 23 Aug 1999 - 338 days till Y2KFest
|
|
Delivered without using a IIgs by Spectrum 2.2 & Crock O' Gold 3.0
|
|
Bernie ][ the Rescue 2.0 woofing at 55Mhz on a G3/350
|
|
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/ewannop/
|
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(EWANNOP, 25194, GO COM A2)
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>>>>> "For the life of me I can't remember exactly what the problem was.
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|
""""" think I discussed this with Ewen during Spectrum testing, maybe
|
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he'll remember better. It had something to do with ANSITerm wanting normal
|
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DTR (&D2 on my USR Courier), but Spectrum and ProTERM (and the Mac,
|
|
actually) wanting ignored DTR (&D0.) If you dialup with normal DTR using
|
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ANSITerm, then switch over to Spectrum while still connected, you will get
|
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dumped offline when DTR drops in Spectrum (right at startup.) ANSITerm
|
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doesn't hang up on a DTR drop."
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Do Spectrum and ProTERM use the DTR line for carrier detect? That would
|
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certainly explain the difference.
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"Now I'm using ignored DTR (&D0) in ANSITerm and things seem to be working
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okay. Like I said, I don't remember what the &D2 benefit was, but I know
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it involved carrier detect. Maybe it involved an older modem that I'm no
|
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longer using. Sorry I can't be of more help."
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ANSITerm tells the modem to hang up by dropping DTR. The &D2 setting tells
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the modem to drop the connection when the terminal drops the DTR line. It
|
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doesn't directly have anything to do with carrier detect. I haven't
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experimented with it, but I would guess that this approach might not be
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suitable for use with Bernie, which is why the &D0 setting seems to work
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better.
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"What I do know is that ANSITerm doesn't properly handle carrier detect on
|
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Bernie, nor will it recognize or initialize my modem, while Spectrum does.
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I can dial manually (via ATD commands) but I can't use the dial list. I'm
|
|
using the High Speed DSR port driver, and the Supra v.32 modem driver."
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|
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Try going into the main settings panel (Command-T) and change the 'Carrier
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|
during Init' setting to 'prompt first'. What is probably happening is that
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|
you have it set to 'Don't Initialize', which means that when you have
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carrier all the time in Bernie, the modem never gets initialized. 'Prompt
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first' allows you to start up with carrier and decide whether to initialize
|
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the modem, and also to use the dial menu with carrier detected. It even
|
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works when starting up with a script.
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|
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Don V. Zahniser (IronTooth)
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Woofed to you by OLRight! scripts for ANSITerm via Bernie ][ the Rescue!
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(DZAHNISER, 25196, GO COM A2)
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|
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<<<<< Hi there,
|
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"""""
|
|
Just for clarification:
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|
|
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DTR has been used for different purposes in the past. It is basically just
|
|
a general purpose signal. On the Mac DTR is not really used and if so it
|
|
turns a modem on/offline. On older systems DTR was used for carrier detect,
|
|
but these days carrier detect is done entirely in software by watching the
|
|
strings coming from the modem (CONNECT blabla).
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|
|
|
On the topic of dogs barking on a G3...the G3 and faster beige models have
|
|
more than enough punch to keep a serial connection alive _and_ start
|
|
woofing at you. It is just that slower Macs (again, by today's standards)
|
|
have a problem when the sound manager pops in, yawns, and eventually
|
|
decides to do something. On a G3 playing a sound is done between two CPU
|
|
cycles. :-)
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There's no separate creator code for the mute Bernie, but I guess you can
|
|
simply change the creator type in ResEdit...
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later,
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Henrik Woof Gudat
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woof4 woof
|
|
(GUDATH, 25197, GO COM A2)
|
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|
|
>>>>> Spectrum uses Pin 7, the GPI line, for carrier detect. Richard
|
|
""""" programmed the serial port driver, and if I remember correctly it
|
|
uses Pin 1, HSK out, to control the flow by handshake, and then to hang up,
|
|
you must issue '+++' then 'ATH'.
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|
|
|
Ewen Wannop - Speccie - Tue 24 Aug 1999 - 337 days till Y2KFest
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|
Delivered without using a IIgs by Spectrum 2.2 & Crock O' Gold 3.0
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|
Bernie ][ the Rescue 2.0 woofing at 55Mhz on a G3/350
|
|
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/ewannop/
|
|
(EWANNOP, 25243, GO COM A2)
|
|
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|
WHEN WAS THE IIE DISCONTINUED? As per the Apple II history by Steve
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" Weyhrich
|
|
<http://www.hypermall.com/History/appy/ahb5.html>
|
|
|
|
1993 November:
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|
|
|
Apple IIe discontinued. The only Apple II still being manufactured is the
|
|
IIe card for the Macintosh LC series.
|
|
|
|
-
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|
Ryan M. Suenaga, M.S.W., L.S.W. -- Editor and Publisher, _The Lamp!_
|
|
My words are not to be posted to usenet without my permission ever.
|
|
Posted by PTMM v2.5 - The integrated information solution
|
|
(RSUENAGA, 25467, GO COM A2)
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|
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|
|
KEN'S INTERNET TIDBITS Ethan Nobles, University Reporter for The Morning
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""" News of Northwest Arkansas, has a series of
|
|
retrocomputing articles on his web page at
|
|
http://www2.arkansas.net/~ecnobles. The Apple II gets only a passing
|
|
mention in most places, but they're good articles nonetheless. :) There are
|
|
also BeOS and Linux articles.
|
|
|
|
Also included are links to Delphi, A2Web, etc.
|
|
|
|
-Ken
|
|
(KEN_GAGNE, 24834, GO COM A2)
|
|
|
|
<<<<< www.videogames.com reported today that Mindscape Entertainment will
|
|
""""" release Wings of Fury, an Apple II classic, for Nintendo's Game Boy
|
|
Color handheld game system this Fall..
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|
|
|
In the game, players control a Hellcat fighter in World War II while
|
|
escorting damaged aircraft carriers back to base and battling enemy
|
|
fighters and ships.
|
|
|
|
-Ken
|
|
(KEN_GAGNE, 25366, GO COM A2)
|
|
|
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|
WHAT IS LOW LEVEL MOUSE SUPPORT IN BERNIE? It's a way of emulating the
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" mouse at a lower level than
|
|
what Bernie normally does. Henrik (who is on vacation) would be the final
|
|
authority, but I would guess that Bernie normally emulates it at the
|
|
firmware level; it will emulate Bernie at the hardware level with low level
|
|
support turned on.
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|
|
|
It's needed whenever a program uses the mouse directly rather than through
|
|
conventional methods. Try it when the mouse doesn't work.
|
|
|
|
-
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|
Ryan M. Suenaga, M.S.W., L.S.W. -- rsuenaga@apple2.org
|
|
Editor and Publisher, _The Lamp!_, published monthly on Delphi
|
|
Posted by PTMM v2.5 - The integrated information solution
|
|
(RSUENAGA, 24832, GO COM A2)
|
|
|
|
|
|
WHERE CAN I GET A IIGS SCHEMATIC? The only one I'm aware of is in the
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" hardware reference manual. It's
|
|
available as a reprint (and yes, I actually spend the money for an oversize
|
|
reprint of the circuit layout!) from {<http://www.byteworks.org>
|
|
http://www.byteworks.org.} Look for APDA-58.
|
|
|
|
Mike Westerfield
|
|
(BYTEWORKS, 24758, GO COM A2)
|
|
|
|
|
|
REVISITING AN OLD FRIEND Intramaze is a neat lo-res graphics game that
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""""" challenges you to find your way through the maze
|
|
without seeing the overall maze.
|
|
|
|
It shows you the walls of the maze as if you are down inside it. You use
|
|
the arrow keys to navigate the maze, selecting your turns as you go.
|
|
|
|
If you need help, the program offers you the opportunity to leave
|
|
footprints, have a compass, and even have the maze map available if you
|
|
need it. However, the challenge is to make your way without all these
|
|
helps. <grin>
|
|
|
|
The game offers you up to 10 levels of difficulty.
|
|
|
|
It is available here in the database under the name maze.bxy or on my web
|
|
site at http://www.iglou.com/qwerty/kb/dlfiles.html#18.
|
|
|
|
Try it, you might be surprised at how addicting it can become.
|
|
|
|
Charlie Hartley
|
|
(CKHARTLEY, 24756, GO COM A2)
|
|
|
|
|
|
HOW DO I GET A LASERWRITER TO PRINT THE TEST PAGE (OR NOT) I believe this
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" is the
|
|
postscript code that will turn the test page *on*
|
|
|
|
-- cut here --
|
|
|
|
% After this file is sent, the start page will be printed every time
|
|
% the printer is turned on or reset.
|
|
%
|
|
|
|
% Wrap function with startjob to make the change persistent.
|
|
systemdict/languagelevel known{languagelevel 2 eq{true (0) startjob dup not
|
|
{/exitserver errordict/invalidaccess get
|
|
exec}if}{false}ifelse}{false}ifelse
|
|
not {quit} if
|
|
|
|
mark
|
|
{
|
|
2 dict begin
|
|
/Password (0) def
|
|
/DoStartPage true def
|
|
currentdict end setsystemparams
|
|
} stopped cleartomark
|
|
|
|
false (0) startjob pop
|
|
|
|
-- cut here --
|
|
|
|
Send using LaserBeam on the GS, or copy it to the serial port from a PC.
|
|
The easy way is to use the Apple Laserwriter Utility on a Macintosh, which
|
|
has a menu item that will enable/disable the start page.
|
|
|
|
To turn the startup page *off* again, change the /DoStartPage to false.
|
|
|
|
Shawn
|
|
(STBEATTIE, 24806, GO COM A2)
|
|
|
|
|
|
HOW DO I GET SILVERN CASTLE USING GWFTP? As it is on trenco, as long as
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" you have a IIgs with Marinetti
|
|
installed and an ISP that it works with, all you need to do is use Geoff
|
|
Weiss' gwftp program to download the archive directly to your IIgs.
|
|
|
|
Run gwftp then type the following commands when prompted (except for my
|
|
notes in brackets):
|
|
|
|
open ftp.gno.org
|
|
lcd /localpath
|
|
[whatever drive and/or directory you want to save the archive to]
|
|
cd /pub/apple2/prodos/games/role.playing
|
|
binary
|
|
[this step isn't strictly necessary but it helps to avoid problems]
|
|
get silvcastle.shk
|
|
close
|
|
|
|
gwftp will hang after this last command, just as advertised. :-)
|
|
|
|
Reboot your IIgs and start ShrinkIt or GSHK and unpack the file you just
|
|
downloaded. You are now ready to play the game but I'd suggest you read the
|
|
documentation first. There is a lot to know to play Silvern Castle.
|
|
|
|
Jeff Blakeney | Dean of the Apple II University in A2Pro |
|
|
--------------+----------------------------------------------------+
|
|
sent via | HyperCard IIgs Course | GSoft BASIC Course |
|
|
COG v3.1 | now in session | now in session |
|
|
(JBLAKENEY, 24851, GO COM A2)
|
|
|
|
|
|
SILVERN CASTLE SHINES Silvern Castle was written by Jeff Fink of Ripon,
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""" Wisconsin. He is a longtime subscriber to
|
|
Juiced.GS, and early this summer he wrote me a letter asking if I'd be
|
|
interested in distributing/uploading some of his never-before-seen
|
|
software.
|
|
|
|
I was, of course, and he sent me his first program, Silvern Castle, so that
|
|
I could show it at Kfest. (It was the only program he was prepared to
|
|
release because he had not finished all the docs on the others.)
|
|
|
|
Unfortunately, Jeff is not online, so I need to write him a letter REAL
|
|
soon telling him his game has been well-received and is causing quite a
|
|
buzz in the Apple II community. I am also going to encourage him to get
|
|
online and join us on Delphi so he can hear this all firsthand and
|
|
participate in the discussions.
|
|
|
|
Silvern Castle was released for download from the Delphi A2 database early
|
|
this morning, so I'll be looking forward to hearing user reactions.
|
|
|
|
Also, Ken Gagne has agreed to write about Silvern Castle in Juiced.GS. Look
|
|
for his comments on this new game in the Shareware Spotlight section of the
|
|
next issue, due out in mid-September.
|
|
|
|
Max Jones
|
|
Juiced.GS
|
|
http://www.wbwip.com/juiced.gs
|
|
(JUICEDGS, 24685, GO COM A2)
|
|
|
|
>>>>> I recommend using 4+ dwarf fighters. By jacking up their strength
|
|
""""" points, they can have up to 24 hit points -- a lot better than the
|
|
3-4 hit points human mages get :-) With 5 dwarf fighters, enemies start
|
|
running and NPCs offer to surrender their possessions :-)
|
|
(KWS, 24728, GO COM A2)
|
|
|
|
>>>>> Fun with Silvern Castle.
|
|
"""""
|
|
First of all I should note that I abhor cheating in this type of game, so I
|
|
take the characters as they come and I earn all my money in the maze. No
|
|
throw-away characters just for their gold.
|
|
|
|
I started with 6 dwarf fighters. Went into the maze, fought a few battles,
|
|
lost a few dwarves, got some loot. Whoops, time to create a cleric to
|
|
identify all the loot. Mapped out most of level 1 the first night.
|
|
|
|
Second night I realized I'd need a thief to open the chests, so now I'm
|
|
working with 4 dwarf fighters, 1 elf cleric, and 1 hobbit thief. For the
|
|
next two nights I mapped out levels 1-3 with this group.
|
|
|
|
Now I've got level 5-6 characters and I can survive levels 1-3 with no
|
|
trouble, unless I get ambushed by a large group containing spell casters
|
|
who can put me to sleep. Ouch, that can get ugly. I think it's time to
|
|
create a mage now so I can optimize my group. I prefer 3 fighters, 1 thief,
|
|
1 mage, 1 cleric. At least until I get them up high enough in levels to
|
|
switch to the "upper class" professions.
|
|
|
|
This is a fun game. My shareware payment goes out today.
|
|
|
|
------------------------------------------------------------------
|
|
Tony Ward, A2 Database Manager - Fri Aug 13, 1999 5:17:10 pm
|
|
[Delivered with Spectrum v2.2 and Crock O' Gold v3.1]
|
|
--
|
|
|
|
Avoid Computer virus - practice safe HEX!
|
|
(TONYW1, 24904, GO COM A2)
|
|
|
|
>>>>> I now have a group of level 7 characters and they still have
|
|
""""" occasional trouble on level 4. This level seems to be a bigger jump
|
|
in difficulty from the previous 3 levels, so be careful down there! The
|
|
problem is that I get ambushed a lot, with spell casters paralyzing or
|
|
sleeping my group. When they knock out my Cleric, I'm toast. As far as I've
|
|
been able to tell, there are no non-combat protection items or spells to
|
|
alleviate the effects of an ambush.
|
|
|
|
Time to rethink the party makeup, maybe add that mage a bit sooner than I
|
|
had planned. Perhaps now would be a good time to introduce some humans into
|
|
the fighter mix because they supposedly advance quicker than the dwarves.
|
|
|
|
Gosh, I feel like I'm experiencing the fun of Wizardry all over again. This
|
|
very simple (BASIC!) game is getting more play time than Unreal on my Mac.
|
|
|
|
- Tony
|
|
(TONYW1, 24936, GO COM A2)
|
|
|
|
>>>>> I'm not using a light, but I have my cleric cast a light spell most
|
|
""""" of the time, especially while mapping so I can see the hidden
|
|
doors. Maybe a real light (torch or lantern) is needed to keep the ambushes
|
|
to a minimum?
|
|
|
|
Be careful! I ran into a White Dragon on level 3 tonight. My level 7-8
|
|
characters had no chance. It was a massacre. He killed my cleric and mage
|
|
on the first fire breath, then polished off my fighters (even with -7 AC)
|
|
in two more rounds. I got off a lot of good shots, but the Dragon was too
|
|
strong. I might have had a chance with 6 fighters.
|
|
|
|
I have begun retiring my dwarf fighters in favor of humans. I found that I
|
|
pretty much hit a wall at level 7 because it takes 100,000+ experience to
|
|
advance to level 8. Ouch. Humans advance much faster, but they are weaker
|
|
at first so you have to take baby steps with them. I'll retire my cleric
|
|
and thief as soon as the fighters get strong enough to protect new ones
|
|
(the new mage, Gandalf, is human.) I'll miss my halfling thief (Bilbo,
|
|
naturally) the most. He's level 8 and getting really good at picking locks.
|
|
:)
|
|
|
|
- Tony
|
|
(TONYW1, 24995, GO COM A2)
|
|
|
|
>>>>> I just started mapping in platinum paint, with 8x8 pixel squares,
|
|
""""" color coded doors & other features. I had Sweet-16 running twice,
|
|
once running Silvern Castle and once running Platinum Paint. Can't do that
|
|
on a real IIgs :)
|
|
|
|
I've got most of the first level mapped out, and now I can finally find the
|
|
stairs to the 2nd level :)
|
|
|
|
Kelvin
|
|
(KWS, 25135, GO COM A2)
|
|
|
|
>>>>> I ran into another dragon down on level 6 today. This time his
|
|
""""" breath was strong enough to kill my entire party in one shot (my
|
|
strongest fighter has 92 hit points.) I guess I shouldn't be wandering
|
|
around down there quite yet. :)
|
|
|
|
I received my registration password today and unlocked my copy of the game.
|
|
Now we're cooking!
|
|
|
|
I found either a bug or a mistake in the manual pages. The manual states
|
|
that the teleport spell is only for druids and wizards, but I found a
|
|
scroll in the maze and my cleric is able to cast it. Yes! That sure makes
|
|
getting around a bit easier.
|
|
|
|
I found another scroll today that I can't identify, and I don't have
|
|
370,000 gold (!!!) to pay to have it identified. That must be some spell.
|
|
|
|
------------------------------------------------------------------
|
|
Tony Ward, A2 Database Manager - Tue Aug 24, 1999 2:44:10 am
|
|
[Delivered with Spectrum v2.2 and Crock O' Gold v3.2]
|
|
--
|
|
|
|
I'm easy to please as long as I get my way.
|
|
(TONYW1, 25251, GO COM A2)
|
|
|
|
|
|
HOW DO I DEAL WITH MESSED UP ICONS? Bill Tudor's DesktopDoctor
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" FinderExtra is a wonderful utility
|
|
for handling this sort of cleanup. It offers the ability to delete desktop
|
|
files, rebuild the desktop without having to launch each application having
|
|
rIcons, and it also checks the old-style icon pathnames.
|
|
|
|
Is Bill still collecting shareware payments? As I recall, this one was
|
|
$10.00.
|
|
|
|
Don V. Zahniser (IronTooth)
|
|
Woofed to you by OLRight! scripts for ANSITerm via Bernie ][ the Rescue!
|
|
(DZAHNISER, 25022, GO COM A2)
|
|
|
|
|
|
WHAT ARE THE REQUIREMENTS FOR SUBMISSION TO THE DELPHI DATABASE? All
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" Apple II
|
|
uploads must be ShrinkIt file archives wrapped in Binary II. No disk
|
|
archives unless it's absolutely necessary (ie. non-ProDOS disks, disks that
|
|
use Apple's Installer and require a specific disk name, etc.) The free Web
|
|
accounts don't have access to the Database, so you'll need a paid account
|
|
or a friend to do the uploading for you.
|
|
|
|
Other than that, the only content-related requirement is that we don't
|
|
accept copyrighted commercial software without the written (or email)
|
|
consent of the copyright holder.
|
|
|
|
We would be happy to work with you on any of your projects. You're not
|
|
stepping on any toes by uploading Treasure Chest releases here. I know
|
|
you're as diligent as we are about obtaining permissions. If all you have
|
|
is a free Web account, we can work with you to get the files uploaded. In
|
|
fact, I see you have already received a few requests.
|
|
|
|
------------------------------------------------------------------
|
|
Tony Ward, A2 Database Manager - Wed Aug 18, 1999 10:42:49 am
|
|
[Delivered with Spectrum v2.2 and Crock O' Gold v3.1]
|
|
--
|
|
|
|
My last original thought died of loneliness.
|
|
(TONYW1, 25048, GO COM A2)
|
|
|
|
<<<<< If the author doesn't specify otherwise, our policy has always been
|
|
""""" to release titles as they were originally distributed. Sometimes a
|
|
title was shipped with an extra disk that contained just the system
|
|
software. In that case I don't think it would be necessary to include the
|
|
boot disk. But if the software title was shipped on the same disk as the
|
|
system software, then the whole package can be distributed together.
|
|
|
|
In other words, if the title was originally distributed with system
|
|
software, then it's still okay (but not always necessary) to distribute it
|
|
that way today.
|
|
|
|
Personally, I don't think it's necessary to distribute system 6.0.1 with
|
|
any software title today. 6.0.1 is readily available and should already be
|
|
in use on any reasonably equipped IIgs.
|
|
|
|
------------------------------------------------------------------
|
|
Tony Ward, A2 Database Manager - Thu Aug 19, 1999 8:12:13 pm
|
|
[Delivered with Spectrum v2.2 and Crock O' Gold v3.2]
|
|
--
|
|
|
|
Nobody notices when things go right.
|
|
(TONYW1, 25093, GO COM A2)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
RUMOR MILL
|
|
""""""""""
|
|
|
|
JUST WHERE IS THE NINJAFORCE HOME PAGE? Oops!
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
|
We didn't notice that ml.org was down. However, our old address is still
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valid:
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{<http://www.igd.fhg.de/~girschik/nfc/>
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http://www.igd.fhg.de/~girschik/nfc/}
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Sorry for the inconvenience!
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Jesse Blue / Ninjaforce
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(JESSEBLUE, 24690, GO COM A2)
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WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PHOTONIX AND PHOTONIX? There's a big
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"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" difference between
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the initial release of Photonix and the version that was sold by Big Red
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Computer Club.
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Photonix v1.4 was a $20 shareware program, and it's that version which was
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available from Genie's download library and elsewhere. The major limitation
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of this version is that it isn't hard drive installable.
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Photonix v2.x was a $20 commercial program that was licensed from the FTA
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by Big Red Computer Club, and sold by BRCC for a year or two. v2.x is hard
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drive installable.
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In order for the Lost Classic Project to get v2.x reclassified, they'd have
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to track down Olivier Goguel, formerly of the FTA.
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It's been years and years since I've had any contact with him and have lost
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track of his whereabouts, but I imagine that he wouldn't be that hard to
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find via one of the Internet Search Engines. The last I heard, which might
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be 5 or more years ago, was that he was working at Atreid Concepts in
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Bordeaux, France.
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Joe Kohn
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http://www.crl.com/~joko
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(JOE_KOHN, 25301, GO COM A2)
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MORE ON THE AIM WAR There has been quite a bit of outside pressure on AOL
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""""""""""""""""""" to call off the war, and agree to common standards.
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Perhaps they have reverted to the original. Only time will tell whether AOL
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will agree that AIM should be open to all.
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--
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Carl Knoblock - Telephone Tech - Sat 31 Jul 99 10:51:52 pm
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cknoblo@novia.net - Via Spectrum v2.2 & Crock O' Gold v3.1
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Using Marinetti 2.0.1 - Thank you, Richard.
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(CKNOBLO, 24663, GO COM A2)
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PUBLIC POSTINGS
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"""""""""""""""
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_BE_TA TESTERS WANTED, APPLY WITHIN I need one or two people running BeOS
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""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" on PowerPC systems to help test
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Sweet16. I currently only have one person doing any significant testing of
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the PowerPC version of Sweet16.
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If you're interested, please *email* me a description of your system. You
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must be running BeOS Release 4.5 or later.
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---
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Eric (Sheppy) Shepherd
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sheppy@sheppyware.net
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http://www.sheppyware.net
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(SHEPPY, 25405, GO COM A2)
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BEOS IS JUST ][ SWEET Announcing the release of Sweet16 for BeOS, version
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""""""""""""""""""""" 1.1!
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Version 1.1 adds over a dozen new features, and fixes several bugs. Here's
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a complete list:
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o Added CPU Core panel to preferences. This contains the Memory settings,
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now as a slider control that lets you choose any size from 1 to 8 MB, on
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1 MB boundaries -- take control of your memory!
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o The sound amplitude scaling (volume decreasing as more oscillators are in
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use) is less severe now, so that music doesn't play back at volumes too
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low to hear.
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o Added a Sound panel to the preferences. This contains an option to play
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all sounds as mono (through both speakers instead of assuming apps are
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playing sound in stereo), and to turn off the amplitude scaling
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completely.
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o Added some additional error handling to physical disk management code.
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o When you pause the emulator, the video display is dimmed.
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o The Joystick preference panel has been cleaned up to look better.
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o Improved and tightened up code for future development work.
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o Added speed control. You can now specify, from 1 to 14 MHz, the speed of
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"Fast" speed. You can also disable speed control to let the emulator run
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all-out (this is the default).
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o Sweet16 now emulates the ZipGS accelerator, so you can have finer control
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over the speed when speed control is on. This is optional; you can
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disable the Zip support.
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o Added caching of physical floppy disks (1.4 MB and smaller). Reads are
|
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always cached; writes are cached if you enable the write cache in the
|
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Disk preference panel. Write caching causes disk writes to be queued up
|
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and handled in a background thread. I love multithreaded operating
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systems!
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o Sweet16 now correctly senses the write-protect state of physical disks.
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o The IIgs mouse is more responsive now.
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o You can now format physical disks in Sweet16, using IIgs software.
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o Fixed the hires graphics mode on x86 systems.
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You can find the complete Sweet16 manual online at
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{<http://www.sheppyware.net/software/sweet16_be/manual/>
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http://www.sheppyware.net/software/sweet16_be/manual/} and you can download
|
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the software at {<http://www.sheppyware.net/software/sweet16_be/>
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http://www.sheppyware.net/software/sweet16_be/.} Current Sweet16 users
|
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don't need to pay to upgrade to version 1.1.
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Enjoy!
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---
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Eric (Sheppy) Shepherd
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sheppy@sheppyware.net
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http://www.sheppyware.net
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(SHEPPY, 25074, GO COM A2)
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>>>>> FWIW, _Ernie_ under BeOS is faster than _Bernie_ under MacOS on the
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""""" same Mac. Woohoo!
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-
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Ryan M. Suenaga, M.S.W., L.S.W. -- rsuenaga@apple2.org
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Editor and Publisher, _The Lamp!_, published monthly on Delphi
|
|
Posted by PTMM v2.5 - The integrated information solution
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(RSUENAGA, 25108, GO COM A2)
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KFEST AFTERMATH The Kfest '99 Keynote Address is now available for your
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|
""""""""""""""" perusal at the Juiced.GS home page on the World Wide Web:
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http://www.wbwip.com/juiced.gs
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There are a few typos and dropped words in the text, but I think you can
|
|
get the general idea. :-)
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Max Jones
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Juiced.GS
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(JUICEDGS, 25398, GO COM A2)
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>>>>> KFest '99 product roundup:
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|
"""""
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|
It's been now over one month since KFest '99 is over, and aside from my
|
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review in _The Lamp!_, there really hasn't been much of a new product
|
|
summary (and even that isn't one). So, I thought I would give you all a
|
|
quick roundup right
|
|
now:
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New Apple II and related products:
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Silvern Castle
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|
MacIP Marinetti Link Layer module (not yet released)
|
|
A2 ROMulan CD
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|
Keepsakes of KFest CD
|
|
The Compleat Lamp CD
|
|
Bernie ][ The Rescue Starter Kit CD
|
|
Sweet16 for BeOS 1.0
|
|
Friends For Life Juiced.GS CD (not yet released)
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|
|
|
Updated Apple II products:
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|
SpeedReadPlus
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|
|
Apple II ports to BeOS:
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|
Flamestation Be
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|
BeShisen
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|
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|
There ya go. Anything I'm missing?
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-
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|
Ryan M. Suenaga, M.S.W., L.S.W. -- Editor and Publisher, _The Lamp!_
|
|
My words are not to be posted to usenet without my permission ever.
|
|
Posted by PTMM v2.5 - The integrated information solution
|
|
(RSUENAGA, 25422, GO COM A2)
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GETTING JUICED WITH MAX AND COMPANY Hey gang,
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"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
|
I know I'm a little behind getting this posted. Better late than never. :-)
|
|
I just want to make sure all the non-subscribers here in A2 know what
|
|
they're missing!
|
|
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|
Max
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|
++++
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|
|
Announcing ...
|
|
|
|
===== Juiced.GS, Volume 4, Issue 2 =====
|
|
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|
The June 1999 edition of Juiced.GS, the Apple II world's premier
|
|
IIGS-specific magazine, was delivered to 228 subscribers in 44 states and
|
|
numerous points around the globe.
|
|
|
|
Here's what you'll find in this issue:
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|
============
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|
FEATURES
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|
|
|
Cover Story/Review: SIS comes of age ... Spectrum Internet Suite, the
|
|
IIGS-specific Web browser, was recently upgraded to Version 1.1. We take a
|
|
thorough test drive and find that this major update provides a significant
|
|
power boost and a ton of new features.
|
|
|
|
Programming: The nitty gritty of GSoft BASIC ... Part 3 in our in-depth
|
|
tutorial from Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd on the latest, greatest BASIC
|
|
implementation for the GS. The author again offers advice and direction to
|
|
both beginners and advanced programmers who want to learn more about what
|
|
GSoft BASIC has to offer and how it performs its coding magic.
|
|
|
|
Emulation: Improving your image ... Ryan Suenaga, the Apple II world's top
|
|
dog when it comes to Mac emulation and Bernie ][ The Rescue, introduces
|
|
users to the fine points of ImageMaker, a nifty piece of software that
|
|
creates disk images on the IIGS for use in emulation.
|
|
|
|
COLUMNS
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|
|
|
Telecommunications: E-mail -- the essential tool ... Tony Ward explains the
|
|
fine points of reading and sending e-mail from the IIGS using Unix mail
|
|
programs available from your Internet Service Provider's shell.
|
|
|
|
Desktop Publishing: If you have to squint ... Design guru Dave Bennett
|
|
offers suggestions of picking the right type for your desktop publishing
|
|
creations.
|
|
|
|
My Home Page: A tribute to those who persevere ... A few thoughts from the
|
|
editor about those who work hard behind the scenes to get commercial
|
|
software titles reclassified and back into distribution.
|
|
|
|
II Be Named Later: Our columnist, Ryan Suenaga, lifts a final toast to the
|
|
old Apple II home place -- Genie.
|
|
|
|
DEPARTMENTS
|
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|
|
Shareware Spotlight: Tony Diaz explains how strategic code fixes make
|
|
ProSel (the great Apple II hard disk management tool) Y2K compatible; Geoff
|
|
Weiss takes a first look at the KEGS IIGS emulator for Unix and likes what
|
|
he sees.
|
|
|
|
DumplinGS: Lots of news from around the Apple II world, including details
|
|
about Kfest '99; the reclassification of QLabs software titles as freeware;
|
|
the imminent demise of Genie's once robust and popular Apple II Roundtable;
|
|
and some Web sites Apple users don't want to miss.
|
|
|
|
Letters from the Land of Rom ... Juiced.GS readers ask questions, get
|
|
answers, wax eloquently about the human condition and otherwise tell us
|
|
what's on their minds.
|
|
|
|
ADVERTISEMENTS
|
|
|
|
Coming Soon From SheppyWare: Read all about Sweet16, DiskMaker, ImageMaker
|
|
Deluxe and The Shadowlands! Or scratch out your order for some of Sheppy's
|
|
current creations!
|
|
|
|
============
|
|
|
|
Juiced.GS is a quarterly, printed publication available by subscription
|
|
only.
|
|
|
|
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!! This free issue ships with a disk containing the
|
|
free version of GSoft BASIC!
|
|
|
|
To subscribe, send a check or money order in U.S. funds to:
|
|
|
|
Max Jones
|
|
Juiced.GS
|
|
2217 Lakeview Drive
|
|
Sullivan, IN 47882
|
|
|
|
Make 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/'97'98 are
|
|
available on the Juiced.GS web site. See URL below.
|
|
|
|
Apple II Forever!
|
|
|
|
Max Jones
|
|
Juiced.GS
|
|
Delphi: JuicedGS -- Internet: juicedgs@delphi.com
|
|
World Wide Web: http://www.wbwip.com/juiced.gs
|
|
(JUICEDGS, 24773, GO COM A2)
|
|
|
|
|
|
SSII SLASHES PRICES The "Support Those Who Support The Apple II" Sale!
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""
|
|
As announced at KansasFest '99, a new pricing policy for the Shareware
|
|
Solutions II newsletter has been instituted. Effective immediately...
|
|
|
|
1) Volume 1-3 (The first 18 issues): $30 for US; $40 elsewhere.
|
|
|
|
2) Volume 4 (6 issues total): $15 for US; $25 elsewhere.
|
|
|
|
Shareware Solutions II
|
|
166 Alpine St
|
|
San Rafael, CA 94901-1008
|
|
(JOE_KOHN, 24789, GO COM A2)
|
|
|
|
<<<<< The "Support Those Who Support The Apple II" Sale, Part 2...
|
|
"""""
|
|
Shareware Solutions II, in association with SheppyWare, would like to
|
|
extend a very special offer _only_ to subscribers of the Shareware
|
|
Solutions II newsletter...
|
|
|
|
Effective immediately, and for a limited time only, the cost of WebWorks GS
|
|
(for subscribers to the SSII newsletter) has been reduced to $10. Please
|
|
add $3 for overseas delivery.
|
|
|
|
The cost of WebWorks GS for non-subscribers remains $20.
|
|
|
|
Such A Deal!!
|
|
|
|
Joe Kohn
|
|
Shareware Solutions II
|
|
166 Alpine St
|
|
San Rafael, CA 94901-1008
|
|
(JOE_KOHN, 24814, GO COM A2)
|
|
|
|
>>>>> I need to add that in order to get the $10 special price for
|
|
""""" WebWorks GS, you have to buy direct from Shareware Solutions II.
|
|
|
|
The price from SheppyWare on my online order site is still $20. This is a
|
|
special Shareware Solutions II sale.
|
|
|
|
---
|
|
Eric (Sheppy) Shepherd
|
|
sheppy@sheppyware.net
|
|
http://www.sheppyware.net
|
|
(SHEPPY, 24952, GO COM A2)
|
|
|
|
|
|
SSII THANKS KFESTERS Now that the post-Kfest vacation is over, I'd like
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""" to take a moment to thank everyone for making the
|
|
Kfest Vendor's Fair such a rousing success for Shareware Solutions II.
|
|
|
|
As I said during my Storyteller session, your support over the years has
|
|
been stellar. So, thanks once again!
|
|
|
|
Joe Kohn
|
|
http://www.crl.com/~joko
|
|
(JOE_KOHN, 24903, GO COM A2)
|
|
|
|
|
|
SSII WALKS THE DOG Woof, woof!
|
|
""""""""""""""""""
|
|
Bernie ][ The Rescue can be downloaded from http://www.magnet.ch/emutech,
|
|
but it can also be acquired on CD-ROM as part of The Bernie ][ The Rescue
|
|
Starter Kit CD-ROM.
|
|
|
|
The CD includes 150 megs (or so) worth of Apple IIGS software, already set
|
|
up as disk images for those who are having problems getting started with
|
|
Bernie.
|
|
|
|
The Bernie ][ The Rescue Starter Kit CD-ROM is available from Shareware
|
|
Solutions II for $25, which includes postage to the US; add $3 for overseas
|
|
postage.
|
|
|
|
Shareware Solutions II
|
|
166 Alpine St
|
|
San Rafael, CA 94901
|
|
|
|
Joe Kohn
|
|
http://www.crl.com/~joko
|
|
(JOE_KOHN, 24907, GO COM A2)
|
|
|
|
<<<<< We made the news! The Bernie news. Woof, woof!
|
|
"""""
|
|
From: http://www.magnet.ch/emutech/Bernie/News/index.html
|
|
|
|
Shareware Solutions II presents: the flattest dog in the world!
|
|
_________________________________________________________________
|
|
|
|
The Bernie Starter Kit CD-ROM includes all the stuff you need to get
|
|
started with Bernie - quickly and painlessly. Have your dog up and
|
|
running in minutes thanks to a large archive of software and other
|
|
material including:
|
|
* GS/OS(TM) system disks plus a preinstalled GS/OS image with all
|
|
Bernie tools set up for you
|
|
* the Bernie Essentials starter kit with compression utilities,
|
|
applications, tools, games, and more!
|
|
* the complete, latest Bernie ][ The Rescue distribution
|
|
* the complete Bernie HTML documentation for offline reading
|
|
* preregistered version includes your personal registration code
|
|
* approx. 150 Mb of dog equipment!
|
|
|
|
The Bernie Starter Kit CD-ROM is a third-party offering but has been
|
|
tested by F.E.Systems thoroughly. Apple IIgs ROM dump not included
|
|
because we honor copyrights.
|
|
|
|
The CD-ROM is now available for only US$25 (unregistered) or US$60
|
|
(preregistered). [Add $3 for overseas delivery.] Order your copy today
|
|
from:
|
|
|
|
Shareware Solutions II
|
|
166 Alpine St
|
|
San Rafael, CA 94901
|
|
|
|
For additional information, please contact Shareware Solutions
|
|
directly. The Bernie Starter Kit CD-ROM has been compiled by Ewen
|
|
Wannop.
|
|
(JOE_KOHN, 25018, GO COM A2)
|
|
|
|
<<<<< The Bernie ][ The Rescue Starter Kit CD-ROM has been created to
|
|
""""" assist newcomers to Apple IIGS emulation. It's a Starter Kit;
|
|
nothing more, nothing less.
|
|
|
|
The Bernie ][ The Rescue Starter Kit CD-ROM includes files that a Bernie
|
|
newcomer needs to quickly get Bernie up and running, and it is anticipated
|
|
that new Bernie users can be playing the IIGS version of Wolfenstein 3D, on
|
|
their PowerMac, mere minutes after receiving the CD-ROM.
|
|
|
|
Bernie requires that all Apple II software be converted into disk images
|
|
before those programs can be run on the PowerMac. So, included is a hard
|
|
drive disk image that's filled with IIGS software, all set up to run under
|
|
Bernie. Additionally, the CD's Boot partition already has System 6.0.1
|
|
pre-installed.
|
|
|
|
Supplied on the Starter Kit as disk images are System 6.0.1, HyperCard
|
|
IIGS, Diversi-Tune, Wolfenstein 3D, GS.ShrinkIt, GScii Plus, HyperMover,
|
|
Hermes, Help.NDA, Crock.O.Gold 3.1, Babelfish, gsAIM, Error.Strings,
|
|
ShiftyList Demo, Patch.HFS, GUPP 1.0.6, One.Arm.Battle, Turkey.Shoot,
|
|
FlameStation, Wolfenstein 3D, Milestones 2000, Yahtzee GS, and ImageMaker.
|
|
|
|
For those interested in a more complete Apple II software archive on
|
|
CD-ROM, consider The Golden Orchard and/or TABBS CD-ROMs. Information on
|
|
all the various CD-ROMs available from Shareware Solutions II can be found
|
|
at:
|
|
|
|
http://www.crl.com/~joko
|
|
|
|
The "Bernie ][ The Rescue - Starter Kit" CD-ROM is available exclusively
|
|
from Shareware Solutions II for $25, which includes postage to the US and
|
|
Canada. For mailing to other countries, please add $3.
|
|
|
|
Shareware Solutions II
|
|
166 Alpine St
|
|
San Rafael, CA 94901
|
|
|
|
Joe Kohn
|
|
(JOE_KOHN, 25459, GO COM A2)
|
|
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|
|
SINCE WHEN IS THERE A NEW CROCK? Yesterday... :)
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
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So I guess this makes the official announcement of its release.
|
|
|
|
Version 3.2 has only got to my home pages so far. It should appear here in
|
|
the libraries in a couple of days, as it is in the process of being
|
|
uploaded.
|
|
|
|
There are some minor bug fixes in 3.2 that have been reported since 3.1.
|
|
There are no major changes or new features other than COG is now smart
|
|
enough to know if Spectrum has its capture buffer turned off! Thanks Joe!
|
|
The file is a complete installer/updater, so there is no need to download
|
|
it unless you want to keep absolutely up to date, or have had any problems
|
|
with 3.1.
|
|
|
|
All versions of COG from 3.0 onwards require Spectrum 2.2.
|
|
|
|
Ewen Wannop - Speccie - Tue 24 Aug 1999 - 337 days till Y2KFest
|
|
Delivered without using a IIgs by Spectrum 2.2 & Crock O' Gold 3.2
|
|
Bernie ][ the Rescue 2.0 woofing at 55Mhz on a G3/350
|
|
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/ewannop/
|
|
(EWANNOP, 25245, GO COM A2)
|
|
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|
|
SSII ANNOUNCES PHOTO CD The Photo CD-ROM
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""""
|
|
Shareware Solutions II is pleased to announce that Martin Landhage's Photo
|
|
CD-ROM for the Apple IIGS (and Macintosh) has just been released; it is
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available from Shareware Solutions II for only $10, which includes postage
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to the US/Canada (For delivery elsewhere, please add $3 for postage.) !!
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At KansasFest '98, Martin Landhage conducted a hands-on session that
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impressed everyone! He demonstrated the procedure he has used to convert 35
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mm photographs into 3200 color pictures on the Apple IIGS. Hundred and
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hundreds of those stunning photographs are included on the Photo CD-ROM.
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Included on the Photo CD-ROM are Martin's photographs in two different
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formats: GIF and 3200 color Apple Preferred Format. The 3200 color format
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graphics and the GIFs can be viewed on the IIGS; the GIF format graphics
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can be viewed on a Mac. Also included are Text and Teach files that explain
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the entire process and procedures that Martin used to convert the graphics.
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Also included are many graphic viewer programs for the Apple IIGS.
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All that's needed to view the graphics is a CD-ROM player connected to
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either a IIGS or Mac.
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To order the Photo CD-ROM, send checks or money orders to:
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Joe Kohn
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Shareware Solutions II
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166 Alpine Street
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San Rafael, CA 94901-1008
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To find out about the other IIGS software collections available from
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Shareware Solutions II on CD-ROM, please visit:
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http://www.crl.com/~joko
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(JOE_KOHN, 25308, GO COM A2)
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>>>>> After it is approved, PHOTOCD.BXY will be available for download
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""""" from the Graphics library. It includes 19 samples from The Apple
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IIGS Photo CD-ROM.
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And, they'll knock your socks off!
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Joe
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(JOE_KOHN, 25310, GO COM A2)
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BEST OF THE BEST
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""""""""""""""""
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25421 30-AUG 02:05 Productivity Software
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Classic AppleWorks - All version (Re: Msg 20726)
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From: RSUENAGA To: ALL
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I did some informal speed testing with Spectrum 2.2 and my Power Mac 8500
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today, to see how Bernie and Ernie have come along recently. There is an
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included script called "Speed.Test"
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Here's what the results looked like:
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On my standard IIgs with 11.2 MHz 32k ZipGSX accelerator:
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50 seconds (IIgs speed factor: 2.2)
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On Gus on my 364.5 MHz/1 meg cache G3 upgraded Power Mac 8500 running Mac
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OS 8.6:
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7 seconds (IIgs speed factor: 14.3)
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On Bernie on the same Mac:
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8 seconds (IIgs speed factor: 12.512)
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On Sweet16 under BeOS PPC 4.5 on the same Mac:
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5 seconds (IIgs speed factor: 20.20)
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Considering that's about 9-10 times faster than on my real 11.2 MHz GS,
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looks like Sweet16 PPC might be the first 100 MHz IIgs :)
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-
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Ryan M. Suenaga, M.S.W., L.S.W. -- Editor and Publisher, _The Lamp!_
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My words are not to be posted to usenet without my permission ever.
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Posted by PTMM v2.5 - The integrated information solution
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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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RESOLVING AN UNRESOLVED REFERENCE LABEL I'm doing something stupid, but
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""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" I'm not sure what I'm missing.
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I'm writing an assembly program, but needs to call C functions. I found the
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section in the Orca/C manual how to call the C function so I'm set with
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that.
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The problem is during the linking. I'm getting Unresolved reference Label
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errors for each C function that the assembly code is referencing. I am
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guessing that I have no idea how to tell the assembly code the labels are
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to be found in the C code.
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I have the assembly routines in one file, lets call it prog.asm. I have the
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C functions in another file, lets call it funcs.cc.
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What I did was this:
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assemble prog.asm
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compile funcs.cc
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link prog funcs keep=prog
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I was hoping the linking would magically figure out the labels, but that
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didn't work. I'm not finding anything in the manuals that is helping me.
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Geoff
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(SISGEOFF, 2746, GO COM A2PRO)
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>>>>> Keep in mind that this is a great way to crash the computer if you
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""""" forget to initialize the C environment. The C libraries, and in
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some cases even the code generated by the compiler, depend on an orderly
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initialization of certain registers, global variables, and tools. If you
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don't do that and use a function or instruction that depends on
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initialization, you're asking for trouble.
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The easiest way to set things up is to start the program from C, then call
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your main assembly language routine from main(). You can find specific
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startup information for roll-your-own startups in the C release notes.
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Mike Westerfield
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(BYTEWORKS, 2749, GO COM A2PRO)
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>>>>> Just a wild guess here, since I'm at work and can't look it up, but
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""""" do you have the case directive on in ORCA/M? (I assume that's what
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you're using for your assembler.)
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Later,
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- Aaron
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(APULVER, 2747, GO COM A2PRO)
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>>>>> That's almost certainly it. Add "CASE ON" to your assembly source
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""""" at the top of the file; ORCA/M normally assembles with all labels
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converted to upper-case, but ORCA/C is case-sensitive, so you need to turn
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on case-sensitive assembling so the labels match.
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---
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Eric (Sheppy) Shepherd
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sheppy@sheppyware.net
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http://www.sheppyware.net
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(SHEPPY, 2748, GO COM A2PRO)
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WHAT HAPPENS WITH DESIGNMASTER? The problem I see most often when I
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""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" generate Rez source from DesignMaster is
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that the resource IDs get screwed up. I can't remember for sure, but I
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believe the high word of the ID (or one bit of the high word? I forget)
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contains some random value. The ID might be correct in the control list,
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for example, but then the actual resource has a bogus ID.
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That particular problem isn't too hard to fix by hand if you know what
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you're looking for, but I recall having run into a couple of other bugs as
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well. :)
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Later,
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- Aaron
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(APULVER, 2753, GO COM A2PRO)
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THANKS FROM THE DEAN Now that the last lesson in the Hypercard IIgs
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"""""""""""""""""""" course has been released, I would like to take this
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opportunity to thank Gareth Jones for the excellent job he did in creating
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this course.
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I know that I have learned a lot about HyperCard IIgs from reading these
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lessons and have earned a new respect for a development system that I
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always considered to be not much more than a novelty.
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Thank you Gareth, for the time and effort you put into this course.
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Also, I would like to thank HangTime for running his Tuesday night
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HyperCard IIgs chats and volunteering to help any of the course
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participants during those chats.
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Finally, I wish to thank those that participated and gave feedback. I'm
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sure Gareth would love to get more feedback as I believe he intends to
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refine the course over time.
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Don't forget that the A2Pro Forum and Conference area are still here to
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help answer any questions you may have about creating or modifying
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HyperCard IIgs stacks so feel free to ask.
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Jeff Blakeney - Dean of the Apple II University
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sent via COG v3.1, Spectrum v2.2 and Marinetti v2.0
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(JBLAKENEY, 2762, GO COM A2PRO)
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>>>>> Thanks for the kind words about the HCGS course. I also learned a
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""""" lot during it, even though (or especially though) I wrote it!
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As Jeff mentioned, I'd like to improve the course over time. I've put up
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html versions of the lessons at my web site
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(http://www.intergate.bc.ca/personal/gslj) for this purpose. Any comments
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or suggestions or even criticisms are welcome.
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-Gareth
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(GARETH, 2766, GO COM A2PRO)
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<<<<< Since I have just finished typing a thank you to the instructor of
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""""" the HyperCard IIgs course, I feel compelled to do the same for the
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author of both the language and the course for GSoft BASIC.
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Thanks to Mike Westerfield the Apple IIgs has yet another incredibly
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powerful programming language that is easy to learn. This learning process
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is even easier due to the "Learn to Program in GSoft BASIC" text that Mike
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has written and sells through his company, the Byteworks.
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Mike graciously gave of his time, even after the work entailed to give us
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these new resources, to host a two hour chat on Monday nights to help
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budding GSoft BASIC programmers who were working their way through his
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course.
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Thanks also to the participants of this course, especially to those that
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captured transcripts of the chats for me when I was late or couldn't
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attend. You know who you are and I'm believe I have credited you in the
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descriptions of the uploaded files.
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As with the HyperCard IIgs course, I would like to invite anyone with a
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GSoft BASIC problem to feel free to ask questions here in the A2Pro Forum
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or in Conference. Mike Westerfield and many other knowledgeable people will
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be quite happy to help you.
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Jeff Blakeney - Dean of the Apple II University
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sent via COG v3.1, Spectrum v2.2 and Marinetti v2.0
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(JBLAKENEY, 2763, GO COM A2PRO)
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SPECTRUM SCRIPTING HELP FROM THE MASTERS I need some assistance with the
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"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" AlertWindow XCMD.
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I am trying to display a window when a certain value is zero, but nothing
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is ever displayed. I then just gave the External AlertWindow command with
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its appropriate parameters in a script by itself as follows:
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External AlertWindow 1 8 4 32*There's nothing here.~^^OK
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And got nothing.
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This is in the SHR screen. I have the feeling I'm not setting some
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parameters, but what am I missing?
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Thanks. . .
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-
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Ryan M. Suenaga, M.S.W., L.S.W. -- Editor and Publisher, _The Lamp!_
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My words are not to be posted to usenet without my permission ever.
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Posted by PTMM v2.5 - The integrated information solution
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(RSUENAGA, 2767, GO COM A2PRO)
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>>>>> Try this:
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"""""
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External AlertWindow 1 8 4 32 "There's nothing here.~^^OK" ButNum
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You need a result variable to return the button number which is always 1 so
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you can ignore its content. Of course, change the quotes to your quote
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character.
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Geoff
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(SISGEOFF, 2768, GO COM A2PRO)
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>>>>> You must delimit all values with a space. If you add a space after
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""""" '32' the example will now work.
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You must also add a trailing 'quote' after 'OK', or you will not get the
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correct value into the button. You must 'balance' quotes or odd things will
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happen.
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Ewen Wannop - Speccie - Mon 30 Aug 1999 - 331 days till Y2KFest
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Delivered without using a IIgs by Spectrum 2.2 & Crock O' Gold 3.2
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Bernie ][ the Rescue 2.0 woofing at 55Mhz on a G3/350
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http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/ewannop/
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(EWANNOP, 2769, GO COM A2PRO)
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[EOA]
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[S&M]------------------------------
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SCRIPTING AND MACROS |
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-----------------------------------
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Basic Spectrum Scripting
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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by Ryan M. Suenaga, M.S.W., L.S.W.
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[thelamp@sheppyware.net]
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Basic Spectrum Scripting
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Welcome back to Scripting & Macros. Our lesson for today will deal
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with one of the most plain-English scripting languages there is--the
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scripting language included in the wonderful _Spectrum_ telecommunications
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program.
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_Spectrum_'s scripting language is exceptionally powerful--for
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instance, both _Crock O' Gold_ and _Spectrum Internet Suite 1.0_ are
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completely written in the _Spectrum_ scripting language. At the same time,
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the language is so easy to use that anyone can write a _Spectrum_ script.
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Reviewing our previous _S&M_ article, let's take a look at writing a
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script to do a simple job: log you onto Delphi.
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Whether you telnet into Delphi or connect via Sprintnet or Tymenet,
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you can use at least part of this scripting exercise for your own
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script--and you can always use the knowledge you gain for all kinds of
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other things.
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You can use any text editor (including the built-in one in _Spectrum_)
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to write your script. I prefer to use _Hermes_ by Bright Software, now
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known as F.E. Systems, who have a Macintosh program we've noted here
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before.
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Let's take a look at what Delphi looks like when we first connect to
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it:
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[BEGINNING OF SCREEN SHOT]-------------------------------------------------
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Username:
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[END OF SCREEN SHOT]-------------------------------------------------------
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So, the first thing we need to do is wait for the characters making up
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"Username:" (or, more efficiently, something shorter, like "name:") show up
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on the screen. We do this in Spectrum with one of its most basic commands:
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"WaitFor String".
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_Spectrum_ author Ewen Wannop is proud of the fact that the _Spectrum_
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scripting language very closely resembles English. Looking at the "WaitFor
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String" command, the "WaitFor" part is self-explanatory. "String"
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represents a "string" of text characters. So, we're waiting for a "string"
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of text--in this case, the string are the characters "name:" So the first
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command we want to give in our script is:
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WaitFor String "name:"
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After our script detects the characters name:, we need for it to send
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our username to Delphi. For this we use the "Transmit" command. In this
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case, we simply transmit our username, followed by a return. A return in
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the _Spectrum_ scripting language, like many others, is a control-M
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character, designated by "^M". So our script now looks like this:
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WaitFor String "name:"
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Transmit "username^M"
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If we were to run this script on connecting to Delphi, this is what we
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would get:
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[BEGINNING OF SCREEN SHOT]-------------------------------------------------
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Username: username
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Password:
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[END OF SCREEN SHOT]-------------------------------------------------------
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So we next need to add a line to our script to wait for the string
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"Password:" or, for short, "word:". Our script now looks like this:
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WaitFor String "name:"
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Transmit "username^M"
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WaitFor String "word:"
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After we get the "word:" string, we then want to send our password.
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So, using the "Transmit" command again, we add in a line to transmit our
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password. Our script now looks like this:
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WaitFor String "name:"
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Transmit "username^M"
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WaitFor String "word:"
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Transmit "password^M"
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If we want to end our script here, we can add a command to stop the
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script (this command is not necessary, although it is good form). Our
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finalized script looks like this:
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WaitFor String "name:"
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Transmit "username^M"
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WaitFor String "word:"
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Transmit "password^M"
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Stop Script
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Save this script. If you run this script once you are connected to
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Delphi (and unless you use _Spectrum_'s ability to you may have to be
|
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really fast since the "Username:" prompt comes up quickly), you will be
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automatically logged in. No more typing in usernames and passwords!
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This just barely scratches the surface of what is possible with
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_Spectrum_, but it ought to be more than enough to get you going. We will
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look more in depth at the possibilities of scripting languages when we
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publish our next installment.
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:: DISCUSSED ON DELPHI ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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: :
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: Acid test? You're soaking in it. :
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: :
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::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: LUMITECH ::::::
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[EOA]
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[INN]------------------------------
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EXTRA INNINGS |
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-----------------------------------
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About The Lamp! The Lamp! is published on the fifteenth of every month 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 1999 by Ryan M. Suenaga, M.S.W. All
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rights reserved.
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* To reach The Lamp! on Internet email send mail to
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thelamp@sheppyware.net
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* 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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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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Opinions expressed herein are those of the individual authors, and do not
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necessarily represent the opinions of the Delphi Online Services,
|
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Syndicomm, Inc., or Ryan M. Suenaga. Forum messages are reprinted
|
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verbatim and are included in this publication with permission from the
|
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individual authors. Delphi Online Services, Syndicomm, Inc. and Ryan M.
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Suenaga do not guarantee the accuracy or suitability of any information
|
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included herein. We reserve the right to edit all letters and copy.
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Material published in this edition may not be reprinted without the
|
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expressed written consent of the publisher. Registered computer user
|
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groups, not for profit publications , and other interested parties may
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write the publisher to apply for permission to reprint any or all material.
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<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
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[EOF]
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