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>>> WELCOME TO THE LAMP! <<<
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HARDWORKING HARDWARE: Hewlett Packard Deskjets And The Apple II
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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. 10
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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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October 15, 1999
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OPENING PITCH
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We Are Where Our Hearts Will Take Us --------------------------- [OPN]
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A FUNNY THING HAPPENED [FOR]
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The Heat Is On ------------------------------------------------- [HET]
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Miscellanea [MSC]
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Rumor Mill ----------------------------------------------------- [RMR]
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Public Postings [PUB]
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Best Of The Best ----------------------------------------------- [BOB]
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A2Pro_DUCTIVITY
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Checking out A2PRO on Delphi ----------------------------------- [A2P]
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HARDWORKING HARDWARE
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Hewlett Packard Deskjets And The Apple II by Lyle Syverson ----- [HWH]
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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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: Don't play "stupid with me... I'm better at it! :
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[EOA]
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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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WE ARE WHERE OUR HEARTS WILL TAKE US
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Yes, I belong to the Hawai'i Macintosh and Apple Users' Society, but
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no, I don't go to many of their functions. Okay, I go to maybe four a
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year, but this was one I had to see.
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Long-time Apple fanatic Bryan Villados brought out what he calls his
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"Apple Museum" for a day, for a trip down memory lane for most but a ride
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down main street for the Apple II faithful.
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From photos of an Apple I to a real live Apple ][+, //e, //c, IIgs, a
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Lisa and a bunch of Macs, from the original to the 20th Anniversary, Bryan
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pulled out all the stops on a forty foot display. I'll get a chance to
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compare Bryan's museum to the Apple II Museum when I run up to San Diego
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and hang out with Tony Diaz pre-KFest in July, but for a few hours on a hot
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Sunday in October, I was where I had rarely been anywhere but online in
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many years.
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I was home.
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Thanks to Bryan for putting this on, and for standing by what the rest
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of us believed.
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When we said Apple II Forever, we really meant it.
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I Went Home Department: I announced last month that the December issue
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of _The Lamp!_ would be the last under my editorship.
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Coincidently, in this issue we have the first published Apple II
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article by Lyle Syverson.
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Or maybe it's not much of a coincidence. You see, Lyle is The Chosen
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One, the person who will succeed me as editor of _The Lamp!_.
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I plan to continue my publishing duties and do a (hopefully) monthly
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column. And I plan to do one more thing as well--usher in the next
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generation of Apple II writers. Welcome.
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Ryan
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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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[*] Entertainment Software ....... Silvern Castle Keeps Going
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[*] Apple Operating System ....... Clones And ProDOS 8
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[*] Hardware Hacker ....... More SCSI And More SCSI
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[*] Vendors & Tech Support ....... Slow Printing From AW5?
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[*] Telecommunications ....... Oops! Modem MGR Manual Fixed!
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MISCELLANEA
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HOW TO DECODE MIME FILES There's a program for the Apple ][GS called
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"""""""""""""""""""""""" 'StolenBase' that can translate MIME-encoded
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files. Actually, you have a choice of an NDA or a standalone application.
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Both are here in the A2 database. As I recall, the most recent version of
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Spectrum will also handle MIME.
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With StolenBase (which I generally use, since ANSITerm is my preferred
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Apple II communications program), it is generally sufficient to save the
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letter containing the text under its own file name. StolenBase can usually
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detect the MIME headers and decode the file. Sometimes, with multiple MIME
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enclosures in a file, it may be necessary to edit the mail message to
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eliminate extraneous stuff before StolenBase can work. Not really difficult
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to do.
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MIME files are encoded so that 8-bit data can be sent across systems that
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only support 7-bit data structures. The contents of the encoded file may or
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may not be usable on an Apple ][GS. Although there are more options, these
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are what I generally use when presented with the contents of a MIME file:
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Graphics - SuperConvert - can handle GIF or JPEG graphics. For a quick-and
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dirty look at GIF files, ShowMe! can show some GIF files as well.
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Text - Generally, MIME-encoded text files are from word processing
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programs, sent that way to preserve style information. Unless you get a
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word processing file that has the text in blocks that you can read (offset
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away from style information), you are pretty much out of luck. The only
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exception would be Rich Text Format (RTF) files. EgoEd 2.0 NDA can do a
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pretty respectable conversion of RTF files, within the limitations of the
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Teach file format. If the file is not larger than 32K, the RTF translator
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for GraphicWriter III does a bit better job. Early Word 6.0 files were
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actually RTF format, so you may get lucky if your correspondent is not
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using the most recent version of Word.
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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, 25892, GO COM A2)
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>>>>> MIME files are generally encoded with Base 64 format.
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You will need a mail or other program to receive them, just as you would
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for any other form of email.
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But once you have the data on your IIgs, then Spectrum 2.1 and onwards,
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will extract the encoded data using the built-in decode function from the
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black apple menu. It is actually the BinHEX XCMD that is doing the work
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here, and it can also handle BinSCII, BinHex 4.0 and UUencode data as well.
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Ewen Wannop - Speccie - Fri 17 Sep 1999 - 313 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, 25894, GO COM A2)
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>>>>> What I do, since I have a shell account, is let my email program
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""""" (pine) decode the mime-formatted file, and then I save it to my
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home directory. From there it's a snap to get the file to my //e using
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zmodem. :)
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Later........Howard
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(HKATZ, 25898, GO COM A2)
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>>>>> Attached files are actually embedded within the message when it is
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""""" sent, so it is all one hunk of text. Although a Mac or PC mail
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program may show and save an encoded file as a separate file, on the IIgs
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you will receive it as part of the mail message itself.
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The BinHQX XCMD will search any given file or text for the unique markers
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that start the various encoding methods. It therefore ignores any text or
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message that precedes those markers...
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If you are using COG 3.x, and reading mail, then you simply click on the
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'tick' button to automagically decode an attached file. If you are
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elsewhere in COG, or using Spectrum manually, then just 'copy' and 'paste'
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the encoded text to a file on disk and point the BinHQX decoder at it...
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Ewen Wannop - Speccie - Tue 21 Sep 1999 - 309 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, 26011, GO COM A2)
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Y2K FOR THE APPLEWORKS CALENDAR Folks
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recent mention of the oa-q oa-m INIT in AppleWorks reminds me I have the
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2000 patch ...
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so here it is ...
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APPLEWORKS DESKTOP CALENDAR YEAR '00 COMMAND PATCH
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for The AppleWorks Gazettes' Calendar Init
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The year is changed to 2000. The month of February is changed to contain 29
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days (a leap year) and the starting weekday of each month is changed to the
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appropriate weekday for 2000.
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Use your favorite block editor (e.g. ProSel's Zap/Block Warden) and follow
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the file 'I.CALENDAR' (a 1-block file) to change the following bytes:
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$0010 $30 00 }
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$0011 $30 00 } FILE NAME
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$004D $32 2 }
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$004E $30 0 }
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$004F $30 0 }
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$0020 $30 0 } 2000
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$0093 $1D 29 Days
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$009E $32 Jan - Sat
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$009F $22 Feb - Tue
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$00A1 $32 Apr - Sat
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$00A2 $1E May - Mon
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$00A3 $2A Jun - Thu
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$00A4 $32 Jul - Sat
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$00A5 $22 Aug - Tue
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Then write the block back to the disk.
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PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A BACKUP BEFORE YOU DO THIS.
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That should do the trick for 2000.
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Kevin Noonan
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gswombat@delphi.com
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THE ORIGINAL SWEET16 For the sake of completeness, I should mention that
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"""""""""""""""""""" sweet-16 was *originally* a 16-bit virtual CPU
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invented by Steve "Woz" Wozniak, with an interpreter written in 6502
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assembly for 8-bit Apple IIs. Sort of like a Java bytecode interpreter
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years before Java was thought up.
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(KWS, 26221, GO COM A2)
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HISTORICAL NOTES ON THE CIS LIBRARIES Interesting side issue with the
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""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" Compuserve libraries (and there are
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a few former/present Compuserve regulars around who can correct me if I
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misspeak, considering I was only there for a few months):
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My understanding was that the Compuserve libraries weren't permanent
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repositories, but rather were LUFO based, meaning that if files weren't
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very popular they were eventually expunged.
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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, 26198, GO COM A2)
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>>>>> I think you're right about files that weren't popular on CIS fading
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""""" away, but I also seem to remember that there was a way to "protect"
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files also. For example, most if not all of the NAUG PD disks were uploaded
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to Compuserve, and didn't disappear, even tho most of them probably weren't
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downloaded on a regular basis.
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None of the files I uploaded ever disappeared either - I guess they were
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accessed just enough.....
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Later..........Howard
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(HKATZ, 26208, GO COM A2)
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>>>>> In theory, any file that was not downloaded for a year was
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""""" automatically deleted. The "automatic" part of that didn't work all
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that reliably, but some management types would survey the libraries and
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give the sysops grief if "proper maintainence" wasn't done. (So, there was
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a "bot" that was supposed to expunge old files, and sysops were supposed to
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check their libraries and make sure that that was properly done.)
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I was a sysop there for a while, but I never worked in the MAUG areas, so
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I'm not sure how serious the guy who was above Neil was about that. My
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point is that it WAS CIS policy to delete files in the libraries, and it
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was a policy that they took seriously.
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As I recall, some of the MAUG librarians made a point of downloading older
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files on a regular basis, just to keep the "fresh" for management and bots.
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Gary R. Utter
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PLANNING THE FUTURE I think that people get carried away with what might
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""""""""""""""""""" be possible here. Both Bernie and Ernie have taken
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great pains to 'emulate' a real IIgs. That means that 'new features' will
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not be, and should never be added to the IIgs side, so it changes what
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appears as a 'real' IIgs to software.
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It would be OK to add slot emulation, so 'plug'-in' software could emulate
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plug in cards, such as the Second Sight card, but it would certainly not be
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appropriate to build in such emulation directly. The IIgs never had such an
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screen emulation, so why should an emulator?
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As a programmer, I expect a standard IIgs environment when my programs run,
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not some other computer that might crash my software...
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Ewen Wannop - Speccie - Wed 1 Sep 1999 - 329 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, 25499, GO COM A2)
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NON-UNITED STATES APPLE II USERS Well.... during my IIGS time I've also
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"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" bought almost any piece of software
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which was developed and sold. Some of those programs I couldn't use, either
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because I didn't really have a need for it, or because it was just unusable
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outside of the US...
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All this fine IIGS software which is/was developed now/recently is several
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years late. Now the base for selling such software has eroded and isn't
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there any more.
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But the programmers contributed to the demise of the installed IIGS base,
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too. Was there any program which was available in a language other than
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English? Yes, there was one... Quick Click Calc, the ONLY exception. Was
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there a program which didn't do all things the American way? Worst example
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to name: Addressed for Success...
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Had the Apple IIGS programmers realized there are countries in existence
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outside of the US, and had made international programs, there would be many
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more active IIGS users left nowadays.
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This is just my not so humble opinion... your opinion may differ...
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Udo
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(UDOHUTH, 26082, GO COM A2)
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>>>>> We knew there were Apple users outside the US, but we never had any
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""""" real idea of how many, or how to reach them. Part of the blame for
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that probably lies with Apple, but most of it has to do with
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communications.
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In the days when the GS was in production, was as thriving a platform as it
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ever got to be, the number of European users who were in contact with the
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US community was vanishingly small.
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I knew of TWO who actually were able/willing to communicate with us.
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I'm not trying to lay blame here, I'm trying to say that it was not mere
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chauvinism that kept the communities separate, nor even the language
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barriers, but the fact that there was so little communication with overseas
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users that most people didn't even realize there was a MARKET there.
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The Apple II community existed then as it does now, almost entirely on
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line, and only CompuServe connected to overseas users at ALL.
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Gary R. Utter
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>>>>> Another point of view...
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The release of NiftySpell was held up for several months so that the
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programmer could add foreign language support.
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When I demoed NiftySpell at Kfest, I was floored by the question: "How well
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will NiftySpell work when spell checking words in Swedish?"
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How the heck would I or the programmer know how well NiftySpell worked with
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Swedish words? ;-)
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I picked myself up off the floor, and when I got home, suggested to the
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programmer that if there was a way to make NiftySpell work a little better
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with foreign languages, we should go out of our way to do it.
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We did. And now, Martin Landhage can now use NiftySpell when he is using
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his IIGS to write in his native language.
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I think that with NiftySpell, we more than "went the extra kilometer" to
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help our non-native English speaking IIGS friends.
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Joe Kohn
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>>>>> generally, i think udo is right. while, in the beginning, it might
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""""" have been understandable computers essentially were english
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related, after it wasn't that way. and for sure (read mitch's msg, he's
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right on this IMHO) it's an apple responsibility, there was so few foreign
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language marketing around the apple. one of the reasons, of M$ success is,
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they offered, early, localized versions of their software, while OTOH a
|
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german user still had to stay with Lissner' AppleWorks 1.2 german (i think
|
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there are no later german versions, but not sure. Udo?)
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in the 80s, for many reasons, it was difficult to communicate with american
|
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user groups from here: we had to learn the language, we had to struggle
|
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with enormous phone costs (because of telecomm monopolies) etc. etc. but
|
|
there was a user base. btw, just a simple question: who of you american
|
|
apple II folks here knows a second, third etc. language. and then, apple
|
|
europe forced the mac, offering localized new software, while apple II
|
|
remained essentially an english centric product. you cannot go to german
|
|
schools, offering computers and software, unable to speak and write not
|
|
even the localized alphabeta. i still remember, i spent hours and hours to
|
|
figure out, how to print out from an apple ][ german umlauts *AND* the
|
|
standard ascii set :)). not to speak of the italian and french accents i
|
|
needed for my work (as translator). multiscribe on an apple //c was a -
|
|
painfully slow - way around, but without footnotes, index etc., while
|
|
wordstar cpm was expensive and largely outdated.
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|
|
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anyway, it is at it is, due to apple company policy. but, nevertheless,
|
|
curiously, just a european developer created the most modern or better the
|
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only *NEW* apple II over the last few years :))
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best regards, ulrich
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[ Delivered by ProTERM Message Manager (PTMM) v2.5.3 ]
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(UHAUSMANN, 26110, GO COM A2)
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|
|
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>>>>> The sheer cost of connecting online to the rest of the world was
|
|
""""" the main deterrent for us in the UK. About the only thing we could
|
|
get the majority of Apple users here to do, was to connect to our local BBS
|
|
systems. But even then, many users saw that as far too expensive, and
|
|
relied on the User Group or on magazines for contacts.
|
|
|
|
It was only in more recent times, when Compuserve moved round the world and
|
|
gave us access at local rates, did we see more people get online. When the
|
|
A2 RoundTables on GEnie started up, it was impossible for us to connect to
|
|
Genie locally, and in fact GEnie made it impossible for us to actually
|
|
join! Only later, did GEnie let people outside the US and Canada join their
|
|
system, but we still needed expensive routes through GEIS to get to it.
|
|
|
|
It is for that very reason, that I have just pulled the plug on Genie
|
|
myself, as the cost of the PSS account I need to connect to GEIS, is no
|
|
longer cost effective for the two or three people left on Genie...
|
|
|
|
Ewen Wannop - Speccie - Mon 27 Sep 1999 - 303 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, 26141, GO COM A2)
|
|
|
|
>>>>> Little known fact, you weren't supposed to be able to join at all.
|
|
""""" Someone made a mistake that left a loophole open for you guys to
|
|
get in, and a bunch of the sysops managed to persuade GE not to close the
|
|
loophole.
|
|
|
|
(We TRIED to get reasonable connect rates for overseas users, since it
|
|
literally cost GE no more to provide access to their own network in Europe
|
|
than it did here. But they just gave us an odd look....)
|
|
|
|
Gary R. Utter
|
|
(UTTER, 26155, GO COM A2)
|
|
|
|
>>>>> In fact the only reason I could afford to access GEnie from the UK,
|
|
""""" was that I was given a local NUA for GEIS that worked in Britain.
|
|
This meant that I could access GEnie through a local PSS NUA instead of the
|
|
prohibitively expensive IPSS NUA that I was supposed to use. I never did
|
|
see that local NUA advertised anywhere, and it is still active several
|
|
years later.
|
|
|
|
Access through a local PSS NUA is charged per minute, access through an
|
|
IPSS NUA is charged by the packet! But that is all now a memory to me, as I
|
|
have closed the account down as of the end of this month. The Internet
|
|
rather changed things when it came along, and these ancient methods of
|
|
connecting are now no longer needed!
|
|
|
|
Ewen Wannop - Speccie - Tue 28 Sep 1999 - 302 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, 26159, GO COM A2)
|
|
|
|
>>>>> Actually, there was an online service called Mnematics that had
|
|
""""" overseas connections long before CIS did. They had links to all the
|
|
large European networks in France, the UK and Germany, and later expanded
|
|
to other parts of the world. For a while they had an active Apple II
|
|
section, tho I was always partial to the Politics SIG (Well, just because I
|
|
ran it.... :) )
|
|
|
|
They stopped being a videotex service when they and Sprintnet had a falling
|
|
out, tho they still survive in the NY area as an ISP.
|
|
|
|
Later.............Howard
|
|
(HKATZ, 26162, GO COM A2)
|
|
|
|
|
|
I HEAR CONAN HAS NICE FILES That's correct. If you know what you want,
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""""""""" I'll see if it's in the Genie archives and
|
|
upload it here. I am considering uploading a listing of all the files to
|
|
facilitate filling requests, but I'm not quite sure how to do it yet (it
|
|
needs some editing and it's a =huge= list.)
|
|
|
|
To tell the truth, I think we (the A2 staff) were hoping that Delphi would
|
|
eventually make its databases available via ftp, but that hasn't happened
|
|
and it probably won't now that the Web side is the primary focus (only the
|
|
"old" text side forums even have databases, and they're only accessible on
|
|
the text side.) We are exploring alternative ways to make the Genie files
|
|
available somehow. Stay tuned.
|
|
|
|
------------------------------------------------------------------
|
|
Tony Ward, A2 Database Manager - Thu Sep 30, 1999 2:36:12 pm
|
|
[Delivered with Spectrum v2.2 and Crock O' Gold v3.2]
|
|
--
|
|
|
|
Is Darth Vader YOUR father, too?
|
|
(TONYW1, 26216, GO COM A2)
|
|
|
|
|
|
WHAT RUNS BERNIE AND ALTERNATIVE SERIAL PORTS Bernie runs on any Power
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" Macintosh, imac, iBook,
|
|
four-digit Performa or PowerBook, four-digit Duo, any other Mac with
|
|
PowerPC upgrade card, or Mac clone.
|
|
|
|
If you would like to reuse 800kB disks, please keep in mind that current
|
|
Macintosh models (excluding current PowerBooks with built-in 3.5" drives I
|
|
believe), do not support 800kB disks with external 3.5" USB drives.
|
|
|
|
If you would like to use Bernie's serial communication, be advised that
|
|
current Macintosh computers, except PowerBooks, do not come with a serial
|
|
port. You can, however, use the Power Macintosh G3 internal modem with
|
|
Bernie. You can also add serial port connectivity by means of a third-party
|
|
serial card (MegaWolf, for example) or USB-to-serial converter boxes.
|
|
Third-party additions are usually untested on our part.
|
|
|
|
If you do not really need the latest killer system and would like to save a
|
|
few bucks, the best "Bernie" systems are beige Power Mac G3s. They support
|
|
800kB disks and serial port communication.
|
|
|
|
I hope that helps.
|
|
|
|
regards,
|
|
Henrik Woof Gudat
|
|
|
|
woof woof
|
|
(GUDATH, 25541, GO COM A2)
|
|
|
|
>>>>> I dunno, I kinda like my PowerMac 8500 with 364.5 MHz G3 upgrade
|
|
""""" card. . . it'll do what the beige does, albeit sometimes a little
|
|
slower, and it'll run BeOS and Ernie too :)
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
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, 25542, GO COM A2)
|
|
|
|
>>>>> I can tell you that the Belkin USB serial adapter works perfectly
|
|
""""" as an external modem connection for Bernie. That's how I've got my
|
|
USR Courier hooked up to the G3.
|
|
|
|
Wow, now I have to be careful about what I type. USB...USR... :)
|
|
|
|
- Tony
|
|
(TONYW1, 25565, GO COM A2)
|
|
|
|
>>>>> How do you get Bernie to recognize the internal modem in a
|
|
""""" PowerBook G3? I can't see a preference to set.
|
|
(BINARY_BEAR, 25567, GO COM A2)
|
|
|
|
<<<<< Bernie will show the internal modem as part of the "port" menus.
|
|
""""" (The port selection pop-up menus are in Bernie's preferences window
|
|
-> Communications panel.) I don't quite remember what the it was called - I
|
|
think it will show up as "internal modem" or so. Bernie will list there all
|
|
the serial connections it can find, be in by means of a third-party serial
|
|
card, built-in ports, internal modems or whatever.
|
|
|
|
Internal modem support is given when the modem is implemented in form of a
|
|
serial port. Most modems are, even though recent Macs don't have a
|
|
general-purpose serial port. The internal communications port is often
|
|
nothing but a differently wired serial port.
|
|
|
|
There are modems implementing the Rockwell Protocol. These modems are not
|
|
compatible with Bernie as some processing is done in the CPU (similar to
|
|
the GeoPort.) Do not confuse them with "Rockwell Chip Set" - modems with a
|
|
Rockwell chip set work fine, those with a Rockwell protocol do not.
|
|
|
|
regards,
|
|
Henrik Woof Gudat
|
|
|
|
woof woof
|
|
(GUDATH, 25568, GO COM A2)
|
|
|
|
|
|
DOES SOFTDISK PUBLISHING STILL HAVE THE APPLE II ISSUES? The last time I
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" wanted to order
|
|
a back issue, I ran into the same thing you did. The web site doesn't
|
|
acknowledge that the Apple II SoftDisk products ever existed. However, when
|
|
I called them they were very helpful. Does their web site have their
|
|
toll-free number? If so, you can call them and ask what might still be
|
|
available. I would have to dig for the number at this point.
|
|
|
|
BTW - If you do get to the point of ordering, make sure you say _several_
|
|
times that you want the _APPLE_IIGS_ SoftDisk issues. The first time I
|
|
ordered over the phone after they discontinued the line, they sent me the
|
|
corresponding issue numbers of their IBM PC product.
|
|
|
|
Don V. Zahniser (IronTooth)
|
|
Woofed to you by OLRight! scripts for ANSITerm via Bernie ][ the Rescue!
|
|
(DZAHNISER, 25606, GO COM A2)
|
|
|
|
|
|
DOES MARINETTI HELP A POOR PHONE LINE CONNECTION? Nope, if you can't
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" maintain a good
|
|
connection using a standard serial connection, a TCP/IP connection tends to
|
|
be overall worse since a lot more data is sent and received.
|
|
|
|
Assuming your hardware is good, the problem is probably a bad modem init
|
|
string. This is most typical problem for poor connections (TCP/IP or
|
|
otherwise). I've found that only the "sharp" support staff can track these
|
|
down.
|
|
|
|
Geoff
|
|
(SISGEOFF, 25858, GO COM A2)
|
|
|
|
|
|
CAN I TRANSFER MULTIPLE FILES OVER A NULL MODEM CONNECTION? I don't use
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" Windows
|
|
except at the office, so I can't help there, but any of the modern IIgs
|
|
telecomm programs that support ZModem (such as Spectrum and ProTERM) can do
|
|
multi file transfers with ZModem. You could also script them to do multiple
|
|
file transfers with other protocols.
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
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, 25722, GO COM A2)
|
|
|
|
>>>>> Any communications programs that support Y-modem batch or Z-modem
|
|
""""" should work.
|
|
|
|
Your best bet would be to get a program on your IIgs that supports
|
|
automatic Z-modem receives. Spectrum and ProTERM both support this and I'm
|
|
sure there are others. This way, all you have to do is run your
|
|
communications program on your IIgs, go to the PC and tell HyperTerminal
|
|
what files you want transferred and the IIgs will automatically start
|
|
downloading them. No need to even leave the PC so you can transfer files
|
|
one at a time or in batches.
|
|
|
|
Another option would be to set up GNO/ME on your IIgs and log into it using
|
|
HyperTerminal on your PC. You can then initiate X, Y or Z-modem sends using
|
|
GNO/ME's rz command. Again, no need to leave the PC so you can transfer
|
|
files to your heart's content. :-)
|
|
|
|
Yet another option would be to set up one of your machines in "host" mode
|
|
or run BBS software. The only problem here is that most of these "host"
|
|
modes or BBS packages require a RING signal from the modem followed by a
|
|
CONNECT signal. This can sometimes by simulated by typing these words in if
|
|
you are using a null modem setup. At any rate, if you can get the program
|
|
to pick up, you will be using a BBS type of interface and you can choose to
|
|
upload or download files to/from the host machine. Which one you use
|
|
depends on which machine is doing the hosting. PC hosting, use the IIgs to
|
|
download files; IIgs hosting, use the PC to upload files.
|
|
|
|
I hope this helps.
|
|
|
|
Jeff Blakeney
|
|
Dean of the Apple II University in A2Pro
|
|
(JBLAKENEY, 25726, GO COM A2)
|
|
|
|
>>>>> The Modem MGR package now found in the telcommunications database
|
|
""""" handles zmodem as well as x and ymodem transfers. With Zmodem you
|
|
can do batch file receives, and batch sends (tho you have to set up a batch
|
|
list 1st - not hard, but not as easy.
|
|
|
|
Later..........Howard
|
|
(HKATZ, 25727, GO COM A2)
|
|
|
|
|
|
WHAT THE HECK DO YOU CALL THOSE THINGS? Well, with thanks to David Empson
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" for explaining this on
|
|
comp.sys.apple2, here is a quick breakdown of the connectors.
|
|
|
|
- 1st letter is the shape of the connector
|
|
- 2nd letter is the physical size of the connector
|
|
- the number after these letters is the number of pins in the connector
|
|
|
|
Here are some examples of connectors:
|
|
|
|
DA-15 is the standard IIgs RGB connector.
|
|
DB-25 is the standard connector on external modems and PC parallel
|
|
connectors.
|
|
DC-37 are PC external floppy connectors.
|
|
DD-50 are old SCSI connectors like the ones on the Sider hard drives.
|
|
DE-9 is now the standard for PC serial connectors.
|
|
DE-15 is the standard VGA/SVGA connectors.
|
|
|
|
Notice that the PC has two connectors that are the same shape and same size
|
|
but have different number of pins in them. The DE-15 just has more pins in
|
|
the same amount of space as a DE-9.
|
|
|
|
I hope this helps clear things up.
|
|
|
|
Jeff Blakeney
|
|
Dean of the Apple II University in A2Pro
|
|
(JBLAKENEY, 25963, GO COM A2)
|
|
|
|
|
|
MORE ON TELNET "telnet -8 -E delphi.com"
|
|
""""""""""""""
|
|
-8 specifies an 8-bit data path on both incoming and outgoing data. This
|
|
should be good enough for most telnet clients, but apparently some (older)
|
|
clients only setup an 8-bit path on incoming data with this option.
|
|
|
|
-L specifies an 8-bit data path for outgoing data. This is needed by some
|
|
(older) telnets that don't support -8 for both incoming and outgoing data.
|
|
This ensures an 8-bit connection in both directions.
|
|
|
|
-E suppresses the escape character. This is usually necessary to get Zmodem
|
|
transfers to work properly.
|
|
|
|
------------------------------------------------------------------
|
|
Tony Ward, A2 Database Manager - Sat Sep 18, 1999 4:25:47 am
|
|
[Delivered with Spectrum v2.2 and Crock O' Gold v3.2]
|
|
--
|
|
|
|
Have you got all the stuffing up one end?
|
|
(TONYW1, 25917, GO COM A2)
|
|
|
|
>>>>> About telnet commands -
|
|
"""""
|
|
The ISP that I use for my Apple II telnet needs uses the following syntax:
|
|
|
|
telnet delphi.com binary
|
|
|
|
I do have a bit of a problem with Zmodem uploads (lots of errors) but the
|
|
download side is impressively trouble-free.
|
|
|
|
Don V. Zahniser (IronTooth)
|
|
Woofed to you by OLRight! scripts for ANSITerm via Bernie ][ the Rescue!
|
|
(DZAHNISER, 25948, GO COM A2)
|
|
|
|
>>>>> Being a little further away from the Delphi servers than most of
|
|
""""" you, and thus my Internet connection has to navigate the slew of
|
|
satellites in the stratosphere, I find Zmodem is very unreliable through a
|
|
Telnet connection to my ISP.
|
|
|
|
Although it is very slow due to Delphi's poor implementation of Kermit, I
|
|
find Kermit works just fine for me.
|
|
|
|
You just need to experiment with the various protocols and see which one
|
|
works best for your particular setup. You will also find that the time of
|
|
day, or Internet traffic jam conditions, also are a factor in this.
|
|
|
|
Ewen Wannop - Speccie - Mon 20 Sep 1999 - 310 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, 25965, GO COM A2)
|
|
|
|
>>>>> If you see "Telenet", then it's Sprintnet (which used to be called
|
|
""""" "Telenet").
|
|
|
|
Joe Kohn's Shareware Solutions II (the early ones) have the best info
|
|
available on using shell accounts.
|
|
|
|
I wrote a rather extensive article on telnetting to Delphi in the February
|
|
1998 issue of _The Lamp!_ (no, I don't do this for my health) as well, and
|
|
looking at that article tonight, it seems the information is only slightly
|
|
dated.
|
|
|
|
As Joe said, shell accounts are becoming rarer and more difficult to find,
|
|
with Primenet's announcement and Concentric's discontinuing shell access.
|
|
At this point, the best way to get a shell account may be to make your own:
|
|
combine a high speed method of access (such as a cable modem or *DSL link)
|
|
with a Linux or NetBSD or FreeBSD or (fill in your preferred UNIX or clone
|
|
here) and put a null modem cable between it and your Apple II. After that,
|
|
you'll have higher speed comm access than you would through a modem, no
|
|
busy signals, no need for a second phone line, and only yourself to blame
|
|
for old shells :-)
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
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, 25934, GO COM A2)
|
|
|
|
>>>>> Keep in mind the differences. As Ryan said, Telenet is what's not
|
|
""""" called Sprintnet--part of the public data network. This consists of
|
|
dialup nodes located in (usually) metropolitan areas, that will connect
|
|
your computer to another system across their own network.
|
|
|
|
Telnet is an internet term that involves issuing the command and then
|
|
connecting to the remote system as if you were logged directly in to it,
|
|
especially useful for shell system users.
|
|
|
|
So--one is a commercial service, and the other is an internet protocol.
|
|
Clear as mud, I hope. :)
|
|
|
|
later..........Howard
|
|
(HKATZ, 25973, GO COM A2)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
RUMOR MILL
|
|
""""""""""
|
|
|
|
THE SKINNY ON SEQUENTIAL Today I called Seq Net and asked for the
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""""" manager. I got a Joseph M. Yandrofski and
|
|
chatted with him. Here is the scoop on Apple II hardware:
|
|
|
|
He is going to have ONE more run of RamFasts when he gets 200 orders.
|
|
|
|
He wouldn't tell me how close he is to 200 but he said to order now if I
|
|
wanted one, implying it will be soon.
|
|
|
|
He is willing to have ONE more run of Second Sights made if he gets 200
|
|
pre-orders (actually 199 because I put my name on the list :)
|
|
|
|
The Second Sights will cost $159 US + Shipping + insurance. He was short
|
|
handed on manning the phones today so he couldn't check actual inventory
|
|
for other items, or if they had any. That is it, though. He said when the
|
|
RamFasts are gone (and Second Sights if he gets an order for 200) they are
|
|
out of the hardware business. He also emphasized PLACE YOUR ORDERS AS
|
|
QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE IF YOU WANT ONE. He also said to post that he has one
|
|
Iomega Zip Drive left that he'll let go for a "reasonable" price, but call
|
|
if you want that.
|
|
|
|
Eric
|
|
habanero
|
|
(HABANERO, 25772, GO COM A2)
|
|
|
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>>>>> There are two things in this situation that is substantially better
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""""" than when the Zip GSX's disappeared:
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1) People have notice. If you want one, order now. Don't be surprised when
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they're gone.
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2) At least for the RamFAST, the Focus makes a reasonable alternative.
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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, 25785, GO COM A2)
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NOT DEAD YET The AppleWorks Gazette isn't dead, but it isn't around
|
|
"""""""""""" either. My partner Chris Serreau disappeared (literally) 2
|
|
years ago, and I've not been able to find out what happened to him. Around
|
|
the same time I got downsized, and currently I work 3 part-time jobs trying
|
|
to keep afloat.
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Chris was the technical expert between the two of us, and supplied half of
|
|
the material that went into TAG. I came up with the rest. I simply don't
|
|
have the resources to do an 800k disk by myself, and requests to
|
|
subscribers for material for publication came up with a grand total of one
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article.
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|
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|
I still have hopes that I can start it up again, but it HAS been a couple
|
|
of years, and that hope fades daily. I feel I've let people who subscribed
|
|
down, and it's not something I want to have happened. Maybe if I can get
|
|
back to full-time employment status I might be able to do something about
|
|
it, but the energy and resources just aren't there right now.
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|
Later................Howard
|
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(HKATZ, 25918, GO COM A2)
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PUBLIC POSTINGS
|
|
"""""""""""""""
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|
SHEPPYWARE APPLE II DEVELOPMENT ON INDEFINITE SABBATICAL Important
|
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"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" SheppyWare
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|
Announcement
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|
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|
For various reasons, I have decided to suspend development on all my Apple
|
|
II projects indefinitely. I'm tired and it's just not worth the effort
|
|
anymore.
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|
I still intend to release WebWorks GS as a downloadable package next month,
|
|
and this announcement doesn't affect the prices of any of my products
|
|
already available.
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|
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|
I will complete the final two articles in the GSoft BASIC series for
|
|
Juiced.GS (bringing the total number up to six; the fourth is coming in the
|
|
next issue, and is already finished). And unless Byte Works cancels it, I
|
|
will complete the work I'm doing for them.
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|
|
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The "Shadowlands", "DiskMaker", and "ImageMaker Deluxe" projects are
|
|
postponed indefinitely.
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|
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|
I'm not saying I'm leaving the Apple II world forever, I'm just taking a
|
|
break to see if my life gets any easier without the hassles from the select
|
|
few.
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|
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|
The percentage of Apple II users that treat Apple II programmers like dirt
|
|
has risen to the point where I can't bring myself to tolerate it anymore.
|
|
I'm just not having enough fun writing the code to put up with the amount
|
|
of cruel and unwarranted remarks I get from just a handful of people.
|
|
|
|
Consider: there are about 50 people that buy my products and are
|
|
appreciative (and I love them all for it!). Then there are around 5 people
|
|
that are really unpleasant and occasionally abusive. That ratio (1 in 10!)
|
|
is way too high for this to be worth it anymore.
|
|
|
|
If I find that I just can't live without writing Apple II code, I'll pick
|
|
it back up, and maybe that'll happen, but as it stands, I just don't feel
|
|
like it's worth my trouble.
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|
|
|
I do plan to continue to hang around A2, supporting my existing software
|
|
and participating in the friendly chats that go on here.
|
|
|
|
My congratulations to Dr. Tom and his friends for their victory. Enjoy.
|
|
|
|
My heartfelt thanks to all of you that have been supportive for all these
|
|
years. I consider you all to be my friends.
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|
|
|
---
|
|
Eric (Sheppy) Shepherd
|
|
sheppy@sheppyware.net
|
|
http://www.sheppyware.net
|
|
(SHEPPY, 26223, GO COM A2)
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|
WE'RE SQUEEZING YOUR JUICED AS FAST AS WE CAN GreetinGS,
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
|
There will be a bit of a delay in getting the September '99 issue of
|
|
Juiced.GS into the mail. The issue is very near completion, but unforeseen
|
|
real-life circumstances have slowed the process somewhat, and I will be in
|
|
Denver, Colorado, the rest of this week (15th thru 19th) for a National
|
|
Conference of Editorial Writers Convention. I had hoped to have the issue
|
|
ready for the mail before this trip, but things didn't quite work out.
|
|
|
|
Work will resume next Monday on the upcoming issue, and it should only take
|
|
a few days to complete once I can get back at it.
|
|
|
|
My apologies for the delay ....
|
|
|
|
Max Jones
|
|
Juiced.GS
|
|
http://www.wbwip.com/juiced.gs
|
|
(JUICEDGS, 25841, GO COM A2)
|
|
|
|
|
|
LAST CALL FOR WEBWORKS GS MANUALS An important WebWorks GS announcement:
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
|
Shareware Solutions II is now offering WebWorks GS at $10 per copy. This
|
|
includes the disk and printed manual. Once Joe is out of stock, WebWorks GS
|
|
printed manuals will no longer be available (unless Joe decides to sell
|
|
them on his own), because I'm going to begin distributing it entirely
|
|
online.
|
|
|
|
If you want a printed WWGS manual, buy now, or forever hold your peace.
|
|
|
|
---
|
|
Eric (Sheppy) Shepherd
|
|
sheppy@sheppyware.net
|
|
http://www.sheppyware.net
|
|
(SHEPPY, 25796, GO COM A2)
|
|
|
|
|
|
FOR TRADE: SHEPPYWARE FOR PPC PCI MAC If anyone has a Power Mac 7300,
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" 7500, 7600, 8500, 8600, 9500, or
|
|
9600, or UMAX J700 or S900 that you don't need and are considering getting
|
|
rid of, please let me know. I can't afford to pay what it's worth, but I'd
|
|
be willing to give free software as a portion of the payment for the
|
|
machine.
|
|
|
|
I don't need drives, I don't need the processor card... Just the case,
|
|
power supply, memory, and internal cables and parts. The rest I can swap in
|
|
myself (I have a dual-processor card I want to use in it). Machines with no
|
|
RAM would be considered as well.
|
|
|
|
I need the machine to run the PowerPC version of BeOS on, to further
|
|
Sweet16 development -- and for some other projects that I can't do easily
|
|
right now.
|
|
|
|
If you have a machine like these and are looking to sell, please drop me an
|
|
email: {<mailto:sheppy@sheppyware.net> sheppy@sheppyware.net.} Thanks!
|
|
|
|
---
|
|
Eric (Sheppy) Shepherd
|
|
sheppy@sheppyware.net
|
|
http://www.sheppyware.net
|
|
(SHEPPY, 25834, GO COM A2)
|
|
|
|
|
|
SSII BRINGS SOFTWARE TO YOU--ON SALE Shareware Solutions II's "Support
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" Those Who Support The Apple II"
|
|
Sale, Part 3:
|
|
|
|
One of the best Apple IIGS games ever released - Brutal Deluxe's LemminGS -
|
|
is now available from Shareware Solutions II for $10. This low cost offer
|
|
is _for a limited time only_ and to take advantage of this reduced price,
|
|
your order must be postmarked no later than September 30, 1999.
|
|
|
|
Let's listen to what some notable Apple IIGS users have had to say about
|
|
Brutal Deluxe's LemminGS:
|
|
|
|
Jawaid Bazyar said: "It's awesome, and those who know me know I don't say
|
|
this lightly. This is fantastic!"
|
|
|
|
Tony Diaz said: "LemminGS is great! A rare one in my book, it really brings
|
|
out the GS in IIgs. I've not seen such smooth animation since The
|
|
Immortal."
|
|
|
|
Geoff Weiss said: "The first thing I have to say is this is cool!"
|
|
|
|
If you are not already familiar with this incredible game, a fully playable
|
|
demo which includes the first 10 levels of the game, can be downloaded from
|
|
the ground ftp archive at:
|
|
|
|
http://ground.ecn.uiowa.edu/apple2/apple16/Games/LemminGSdemo.shk
|
|
|
|
Additionally, you can read an independent review of Brutal Deluxe's
|
|
LemminGS at:
|
|
|
|
http://www.reflexive.net/james/articles/lemmings/index.html
|
|
|
|
To order Brutal Deluxe's LemminGS for only $10, send checks/money orders -
|
|
postmarked no later than September 30th - to:
|
|
|
|
Shareware Solutions II
|
|
166 Alpine St
|
|
San Rafael, CA 94901
|
|
|
|
Brutal Deluxe's LemminGS is supplied on three 3.5" disks, and requires a
|
|
IIGS with at least 2 megabytes of RAM. A hard drive is recommended but not
|
|
required.
|
|
|
|
Joe Kohn
|
|
http://www.crl.com/~joko
|
|
(JOE_KOHN, 25596, GO COM A2)
|
|
|
|
<<<<< A week or two ago, it was announced that, if purchased from
|
|
""""" Shareware Solutions II, the price of Eric Shepherd's WebWorks GS -
|
|
an html editor for the Apple IIGS - had been lowered to $10.
|
|
|
|
When the new lower price was announced, it was also stated that only
|
|
subscribers to Shareware Solutions II could purchase it at that special
|
|
price.
|
|
|
|
That restriction is now lifted.
|
|
|
|
Anyone can now purchase WebWorks GS from Shareware Solutions II for $10.
|
|
|
|
To order, send checks or money orders in US funds to:
|
|
|
|
Shareware Solutions II
|
|
166 Alpine St
|
|
San Rafael, CA 94901
|
|
|
|
Joe Kohn
|
|
http://www.crl.com/~joko
|
|
(JOE_KOHN, 25811, GO COM A2)
|
|
|
|
<<<<< Just a reminder that Shareware Solutions II is now offering a
|
|
""""" couple of $10 specials....
|
|
|
|
WebWorks GS, if ordered from SSII, is only $10.
|
|
Brutal Deluxe's LemminGS is now available for $10.
|
|
The cost of The Apple IIGS Photo CD-ROM is $10.
|
|
|
|
Send checks or money orders, in US funds only, to:
|
|
|
|
Shareware Solutions II
|
|
166 Alpine St
|
|
San Rafael, CA 94901
|
|
|
|
Info on the above software can be found at http://www.crl.com/~joko
|
|
|
|
Joe
|
|
(JOE_KOHN, 25851, GO COM A2)
|
|
|
|
|
|
NEW SWEET Version 1.2 of Sweet16 is now available! My original plan had
|
|
""""""""" been to ship a more comprehensive 1.2 in October, but this
|
|
version fixes a bug that's very annoying and I felt it was worth putting
|
|
out an update sooner to get it into users' hands as quickly as possible.
|
|
|
|
Here's what's new:
|
|
|
|
Bugs fixed:
|
|
|
|
1. Fixed a bug in the speed control code that would cause emulation to
|
|
randomly pause from time to time.
|
|
|
|
2. Fixed a bug in the ADB code that caused the keyboard to get stuck
|
|
repeating.
|
|
|
|
3. Fixed a bug in the ADB code that caused garbage characters to be
|
|
returned.
|
|
|
|
Improvements:
|
|
|
|
1. Minor optimizations to the ADB subsystem.
|
|
|
|
2. Added a "Mount as read-only" checkbox to the Mount Disk Image file
|
|
panel.
|
|
|
|
3. The Create disk image menu now provides an option to create 100 MB
|
|
images.
|
|
|
|
4. You can now select multiple disks to unmount in the Mount Disk Image
|
|
file panel.
|
|
|
|
New Features:
|
|
|
|
1. Floppy disks are now pre-cached gradually in the background after you
|
|
mount them. This uses a background thread to slowly read in the disk
|
|
into the cache so that future reads will be faster; this happens without
|
|
any noticeable loss of IIgs CPU performance.
|
|
|
|
2. You can now record movies of Sweet16's video window. Audio isn't
|
|
supported yet, and only the large video mode can be recorded. This
|
|
requires a lot of processing power and disk speed though, or the entire
|
|
system slows down. (16-bit, 640x400 video is very
|
|
computationally-intensive to record). You can create movies using any
|
|
BeOS supported file format and codec (including QuickTime and AVI,
|
|
Indeo, Photo-JPEG, etc).
|
|
|
|
3. Holding down the command (Alt) key when launching Sweet16 starts the
|
|
emulator paused. This gives you time to swap out disk images before the
|
|
IIgs boots.
|
|
|
|
4. Added the new Disks window. This window shows you the disks you have
|
|
mounted, whether or not they're currently running, and how big they are.
|
|
You can also eject and mount disks using this window.
|
|
|
|
---
|
|
Eric (Sheppy) Shepherd
|
|
sheppy@sheppyware.net
|
|
http://www.sheppyware.net
|
|
(SHEPPY, 25512, GO COM A2)
|
|
|
|
|
|
BERNIE BUMPED TO 2.5 FREE YOUR DATA - BERNIE TOTAL INTEGRATION MAKES ITS
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""" DEBUT
|
|
|
|
Basel/Switzerland -- 9/21/99 -- F.E.Systems introduced today a major update
|
|
to Bernie ][ The Rescue, the emulator that pioneered Apple IIgs emulation.
|
|
Version 2.5 brings tight integration with MacOS by offering file drag&drop
|
|
and copy&paste across platforms, among other new features and internal
|
|
changes.
|
|
|
|
With "Bernie Total Integration" users can now drag & drop files between
|
|
MacOS and GS/OS with simple mouse clicks. Bernie 2.5 also enhances the
|
|
standard copy & paste commands so text clipboards can be shared easily with
|
|
the Mac environment. True integration at your fingertip!
|
|
|
|
The update also greatly improves sound emulation by adding non-linear,
|
|
adaptive volume control with automatic channel balancing.
|
|
|
|
F.E.Systems maintains an extensive web site with up-to-date online
|
|
tutorials, software specials for registered users, and online support.
|
|
Bernie's home page can be reached at
|
|
{<http://www.magnet.ch/emutech/Bernie/>
|
|
http://www.magnet.ch/emutech/Bernie/.}
|
|
|
|
F.E.Systems has specialized in emulation technologies and develops and
|
|
distributes the most advanced Apple II emulator. We believe in the concept
|
|
of "reusing technology" and are offering emulation tools that enhance a
|
|
platform's functionality as a way to protect your investments.
|
|
|
|
Henrik Woof Gudat
|
|
|
|
woof woof
|
|
(GUDATH, 26016, GO COM A2)
|
|
|
|
|
|
AND 2.5.1 Dear Bernie users,
|
|
"""""""""
|
|
Despite all testing and garlic on our monitors, we have learned around five
|
|
hours ago that Bernie would not launch ProDOS 8 applications from the IIgs
|
|
Finder. The bug - a memory $201 error - hit the system during the change of
|
|
environments so at no time your data was unsafe.
|
|
|
|
We have removed the software immediately and investigated the issue.
|
|
|
|
The required parts have been revised and Bernie 2.5.1 is now back on the
|
|
servers. For your convenience we have also prepared a small upgrade that
|
|
includes just the Bernie application and the Total Integration extension.
|
|
The two files replace your Bernie 2.5 application and the system extension
|
|
"Bernie.Enabler" in your GS/OS system folder (Startup
|
|
Disk:System:System.Setup:). The direct link to the download page is
|
|
{<http://www.magnet.ch/emutech/Download/Parts/bernieconsumer.html>
|
|
http://www.magnet.ch/emutech/Download/Parts/bernieconsumer.html} .
|
|
|
|
We apologize for the incident and wish you a pleasant time with a bug-free
|
|
Bernie 2.5.1.
|
|
|
|
Regards,
|
|
|
|
Henrik Woof Gudat
|
|
|
|
woof woof
|
|
(GUDATH, 26064, GO COM A2)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
BEST OF THE BEST
|
|
""""""""""""""""
|
|
|
|
|
|
26126 26-SEP 13:57 General Chatter
|
|
Sequential Systems dead? (Re: Msg 26109)
|
|
From: T_DIAZ To: SPECTOR1 (NR)
|
|
|
|
If you only knew how many vendors were committed to the new Apple II. If
|
|
you think of the amount of software titles that were never finished in the
|
|
later 80's and early 90s (Well, 89-91 actually), I call that the second
|
|
wave of ditching.
|
|
|
|
There was a royally F**KED time at Apple they actually, less than 2 years
|
|
after introduction of the Apple IIgs just like that, dropped a bomb on the
|
|
marketing of the entire platform and refused to spend any more money on it.
|
|
They told vendors "No. Do not do that, program it for the Mac ...", etc.
|
|
|
|
Well, guess what. The amount of negative feedback and revolt that the users
|
|
who had paid on average of $2,000 for these systems was not something they
|
|
could ignore. .. So while vendors decided to 'go where the money was',
|
|
after a second revival of sorts they ditched again after a dismal showing.
|
|
|
|
Liken that to the Perot presidential campaign. I'm in, I'm out, I'm in, I'm
|
|
out Well, 19% was a strong showing, but not enough of those that were
|
|
alienated by the indecision of the past.
|
|
|
|
Yes, the IIgs was 'overhyped', but so is nearly every single product at
|
|
introduction. There are a few differences here though:
|
|
|
|
The Amiga has most of it's OS features released with it, the Apple IIgs was
|
|
2 years behind the OS. I still do believe that we would have never seen
|
|
system 6 if Apple had gotten away with it's master plan of ditching after
|
|
two years.
|
|
|
|
Two years after the Amiga, Commodore was going gung ho still with it, and
|
|
while the C=64 users may have felt they were getting the shaft like the A2
|
|
users did to the Mac, Commodore was not crapping on them at the same time,
|
|
like Apple was doing. Some of you may say, "Fine.. look where that got
|
|
Commodore", yeah, look where it got Apple too. They were both headed down
|
|
the same road. Fortunately for us Apple took the other fork in the road and
|
|
did something about it. As for the Amiga, I know several hardcore Amiga
|
|
users that used it in business. They all switched to Mac because Lightwave
|
|
was ported to the Mac.
|
|
|
|
If the Apple IIgs was released with GS/OS instead of that hacked shell
|
|
added to a ProDOS 8 core we may be in a different position now. But
|
|
anyway..
|
|
|
|
We are the lone holdouts, the Apple II has given me many things, half are
|
|
monetary, the rest are the relationships and community. While one has
|
|
dwindled the other can last forever.
|
|
|
|
So here we are, and I'll see you next summer in Kansas City!
|
|
|
|
..and KFest is not about making a killing in the bank. One can dream
|
|
though. :)
|
|
|
|
Tony
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
[EOA]
|
|
[A2P]------------------------------
|
|
A2Pro_DUCTIVITY |
|
|
-----------------------------------
|
|
Checking out A2PRO on Delphi
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
|
by Ryan M. Suenaga, B.A., M.S.W., L.S.W.
|
|
[thelamp@sheppyware.net]
|
|
|
|
|
|
RESOLVING AN UNRESOLVED REFERENCE LABEL I'm doing something stupid, but
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" I'm not sure what I'm missing.
|
|
I'm writing an assembly program, but needs to call C functions. I found the
|
|
section in the Orca/C manual how to call the C function so I'm set with
|
|
that.
|
|
|
|
The problem is during the linking. I'm getting Unresolved reference Label
|
|
errors for each C function that the assembly code is referencing. I am
|
|
guessing that I have no idea how to tell the assembly code the labels are
|
|
to be found in the C code.
|
|
|
|
I have the assembly routines in one file, lets call it prog.asm. I have the
|
|
C functions in another file, lets call it funcs.cc.
|
|
|
|
What I did was this:
|
|
|
|
assemble prog.asm
|
|
compile funcs.cc
|
|
link prog funcs keep=prog
|
|
|
|
I was hoping the linking would magically figure out the labels, but that
|
|
didn't work. I'm not finding anything in the manuals that is helping me.
|
|
|
|
Geoff
|
|
(SISGEOFF, 2746, GO COM A2PRO)
|
|
|
|
>>>>> Keep in mind that this is a great way to crash the computer if you
|
|
""""" forget to initialize the C environment. The C libraries, and in
|
|
some cases even the code generated by the compiler, depend on an orderly
|
|
initialization of certain registers, global variables, and tools. If you
|
|
don't do that and use a function or instruction that depends on
|
|
initialization, you're asking for trouble.
|
|
|
|
The easiest way to set things up is to start the program from C, then call
|
|
your main assembly language routine from main(). You can find specific
|
|
startup information for roll-your-own startups in the C release notes.
|
|
|
|
Mike Westerfield
|
|
(BYTEWORKS, 2749, GO COM A2PRO)
|
|
|
|
>>>>> 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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[HWH]------------------------------
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HARDWORKING HARDWARE |
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|
-----------------------------------
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|
APPLE II PRINTERS
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"""""""""""""""""
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Written by Lyle Syverson
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|
[lyle837@delphi.com]
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|
Hewlett Packard Deskjets And The Apple II
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"
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|
It was one of those lazy Sunday afternoons... window shopping the
|
|
advertising fliers.
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|
!THUD!
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|
Read that again... Hewlett Packard DeskJet 400 for $88. I had
|
|
promised myself that if the price of the HP DeskJets went below $100 I
|
|
would get one for my Apple IIgs. It was time to make good on that promise.
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|
|
FINDING A BARGAIN ON A NEW DESKJET PRINTER Watch the ads for your local
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|
'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' Wal-Mart, computer stores, and
|
|
office supply stores. If an ad sounds good check it out promptly. I
|
|
waited ten days to get to Wal-Mart and ended up buying a HP Deskjet 420C
|
|
for $98 rather than the 400 for $89.
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|
|
|
Also stop in regularly at these stores and check out their printer
|
|
displays. Recently the local OfficeMax was offering the same HP 420C with
|
|
a $20 mail in coupon for a net price of $79 after rebate. They had not
|
|
advertised this bargain.
|
|
|
|
Which Deskjet should you get? In general if the specs say it will
|
|
work with _MS DOS_ it will work with the Apple II. Avoid printers that are
|
|
for use with _Windows_ only. Some of the local stores are currently
|
|
offering a $30 mail in rebate coupon for the HP Deskjet 612C for $129... a
|
|
net price of $99. The 612C has both color and black ink cartridges in
|
|
place at the same time.
|
|
|
|
The Deskjet 420C has a track record with the Apple II. It is
|
|
inexpensive, small, light weight, quiet, and works well with Appleworks and
|
|
the 16 bit programs on the IIgs. Keep in mind that the 420C can only have
|
|
one ink cartridge installed at a time. If you are switching from black and
|
|
white to color or back you will have to change ink cartridges.
|
|
|
|
THE MYSTIQUE OF THE APOLLO PRINTER The Apollo 1200 printer, and the
|
|
'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' "Barbie Printer" (as in Barbie Dolls)
|
|
are reported to be the same printer as the HP Deskjet 420C. The shape of
|
|
the exterior case of the Apollo and the 420C are definitely not the same.
|
|
The Apollo uses exactly the same HP ink cartridges as the 420C.
|
|
|
|
Hewlett Packard denies any connection with Apollo printers. Following
|
|
the news link on the Apollo web site (http://www.myapollo.com/) indicates
|
|
that Apollo is a subsidiary of HP!
|
|
|
|
If you visit the Apollo web site you can print out coupons for mail in
|
|
rebates of $30 on the Apollo 1200 and the Barbie printer, so you should
|
|
check prices on these printers.
|
|
|
|
Locating a place to buy either one of these printers might be another
|
|
matter. I stopped at my local Best Buy to ask about these printers. I was
|
|
told that these printers were carried only for a short time as a special
|
|
promotion... Best Buy is no longer selling them. The people at Office
|
|
Depot (the only other local store to advertise the Apollo printer)
|
|
indicated that they were instructed to return all 25 of the Apollos to the
|
|
manufacturer because of software problems.
|
|
|
|
WHAT ELSE WILL YOU NEED FOR YOUR NEW DESKJET? You will need a parallel
|
|
''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' card. This is usually
|
|
installed in slot 1 but could be installed in one of the other slots.
|
|
Alltech Electronics (http://www.allelec.com/) lists the Grappler Plus card
|
|
for $29. This card includes a cable that connects directly to the Deskjet
|
|
printers. I was able to purchase a new Grappler Plus from an individual
|
|
for $10 including shipping. Also watch the used market.
|
|
|
|
If you will be using the Deskjet with the 16 bit programs on the IIgs
|
|
you will need special software drivers.
|
|
|
|
I use _Harmonie_. _Harmonie_ is available from Shareware Solutions II
|
|
(http://www.crl.com/~joko/) for $20 including shipping.
|
|
|
|
_Independence_ is available from MyEsource
|
|
(http://www.myesource.com/sevenhills/) for $20 plus shipping.
|
|
|
|
(Editor's Note: see the February 1999 issue of _The Lamp!_ for a discussion
|
|
of the merits of these two fine products)
|
|
|
|
With the IIgs you would also you would be well advised to use
|
|
_Pointless_ so that you can use TrueType fonts. _Pointless_ is available
|
|
from Shareware Solutions II (http://www.crl.com/~joko/) for $20 including
|
|
shipping.
|
|
|
|
The _Harmonie_ DeskJet560C driver works great with the 420C and the
|
|
black ink cartridge. To use the color cartridge you will need to use the
|
|
DeskJet500C driver.
|
|
|
|
_Appleworks_ 4.3 and 5.1 include two drivers for the HP Deskjet 500.
|
|
With the Grappler Plus and the Deskjet 420C "add" these printers then:
|
|
|
|
1. Install black ink cartridge in Deskjet.
|
|
2. Change "Needs line feed after each Return" to yes.
|
|
3. Change Interface Cards to "Control-I 0N" (that is zero N).
|
|
|
|
Then there are _The New Print Shop_, _Print Shop GS_, and _Print Shop
|
|
Companion GS_. No drivers for the HP 420C... And only a very slim hope
|
|
that there ever will be. So I also left the Imagewriter II hooked up to
|
|
the IIgs.
|
|
|
|
CONCLUSION I would highly recommend the HP Deskjet 420C printer for use
|
|
'''''''''' with the Apple II. Considering the volatile prices of the
|
|
Deskjets you should also consider other printers such as the HP 612C and
|
|
the Apollo / Barbie printers when making your purchase.
|
|
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:: DISCUSSED ON DELPHI ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
|
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: :
|
|
: The world is coming to an end. Please log-off. :
|
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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
|
|
""""""""""""""" the Database of the II Scribe Forum on the Delphi online
|
|
service (GO CUS 11).
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This publication produced entirely with real or emulated Apple II computers
|
|
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
|
|
thelamp@sheppyware.net
|
|
|
|
* Back issues of The Lamp! are available in the II Scribe Forum on
|
|
Delphi as well as The Lamp! Home Page,
|
|
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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