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>>> WELCOME TO THE LAMP! <<<
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THE BEST OF THE A2 BULLETIN BOARD ON Syndicomm.com
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AND THE BEST OF THE DELPHI 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. 4, No. 4
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Publisher................................Ryan M. Suenaga, M.S.W., L.S.W.
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Editor.....................................................Lyle Syverson
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Internet Email, Publisher.........................thelamp@sheppyware.net
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Internet Email, Editor................................lyle@FoxValley.net
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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April 15, 2001
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HIGH ABOVE THE ROCK RIVER---------------------------------------------[OPN]
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Bridges
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A New Fairy Tale
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A New Land
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A2 FORUM AT Syndicomm.com (A2Central.com) DISTILLATIONS
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The A2 Forum - Syndicomm.com's A2 Community----------------------[ABB]
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First Full Time Employee at Syndicomm----------------------------[FFT]
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SSL-Capable Version of Lynx Added for Enhanced Accounts----------[LNX]
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Change in Addresses for Mail and Web Sites-----------------------[CMW]
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Syndicomm Web Site Revamped--------------------------------------[SWR]
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New Way to Pay Your Syndicomm Bill-------------------------------[NPB]
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What is SSL Support?---------------------------------------------[SSL]
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Free Unix Shell Accounts-----------------------------------------[FSA]
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Your Own Unix Shell----------------------------------------------[YOS]
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Can PrintShop GS be run From a Hard Drive?-----------------------[PSG]
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System 6.01 Via "Net Install"------------------------------------[SNI]
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Diversi-Cache With 3.5 Drives on IIgs----------------------------[DCG]
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Font Editor for the IIgs-----------------------------------------[FEG]
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What is Your Favorite Apple II Word Processor?-------------------[FWP]
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Printing Appleworks GS Spreadsheets------------------------------[PAS]
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Faster Modem for the IIgs?---------------------------------------[FMF]
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Anyone Tried the "Links" Text Browser?---------------------------[TLB]
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What is Your Favorite Search Site?-------------------------------[FSS]
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Viewing JPG on the IIgs------------------------------------------[JPG]
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The No Slot Clock------------------------------------------------[NSC]
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Favorite Ram Cards for the Apple II------------------------------[FRC]
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Your First Monitor for the Apple II------------------------------[YFM]
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File Name Restrictions for ISO 9660------------------------------[FNR]
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Telnet NDA by Kim Howe-------------------------------------------[TNK]
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New Web Site for Apple Blossom-----------------------------------[NWS]
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New Disk Images Tool for Windows Available-----------------------[DIT]
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DiskChanger for Use with KEGS32 Available------------------------[DCK]
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DiskChanger... What Else Have You Written?-----------------------[WEW]
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Comments on KEGS IIgs Emulator-----------------------------------[COK]
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Delete and Backspace Preferences for ProTERM Mac-----------------[DBP]
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Programing with PERL---------------------------------------------[PWP]
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DELPHI A2 DISTILLATIONS
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Likes New Features of Silvern Castle v7.2------------------------[LNF]
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Recording Email Address------------------------------------------[REA]
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Using HD Disks as DD Disks---------------------------------------[UHD]
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Preserving Remains of Delphi A2 Forum----------------------------[PRD]
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
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No Letters to the Editor This Month------------------------------[NLE]
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An Invitation----------------------------------------------------[LTE]
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KFEST 2001
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K-Fest Early Bird Registration Deadline Extended to May 1--------[KFE]
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K-Fest Registration Information----------------------------------[KFR]
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More Reasons to Attend K-Fest------------------------------------[RAK]
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Friends For Life CD Will be Updated for K-Fest-------------------[FFL]
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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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[OPN]-------------------------------
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HIGH ABOVE THE ROCK RIVER |
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From The Editor
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by Lyle Syverson <lyle@FoxValley.net>
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Bridges
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From High Above The Rock River you will see several bridges... one a
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toll bridge. Some people will go out of their way to avoid paying the
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small fee for using the toll bridge.
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A New Fairy Tale
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Once upon a time there was a land called Information. This land was
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on an island. Access was by way of a toll bridge.
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After paying the modest toll you could talk to the other visitors.
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You could post questions and comments in the forum. You could bring home
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with you chunks of wisdom others had left. And people were happy with
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their visits to this land called Information.
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Then one day the people who lived in Information announced that they
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were building another bridge... using this bridge would be free! Those
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coming by way of the toll bridge would have a few more privileges... but
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using this new bridge would be _free_.
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There were many curves and intersections on this new bridge. There
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were signs and billboards on the left, on the right, and overhead. Some of
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the signs had flashing lights. There were even great signs that hung over
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the road like a curtain... you had to locate and push a button on those
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curtain signs to get them out of your way!
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There were people who still preferred to come by way of the toll
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bridge. Traffic moved quickly. They could take care of their business and
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go home.
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Then one day the people who ran this land called Information announced
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that no new customers would be allowed on the toll bridge.
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Then tolls would no longer be collected... but no more money would be
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spent maintaining that bridge.
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Then... you can no longer talk to the people while on Information if
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they came by way of the free bridge.
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Then a date was announced when the old bridge would be closed
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completely.
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A New Land
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Syndicomm.com provides "a new land" where people can talk and exchange
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information. The Apple II area is thriving. Other areas are in the
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planning stage.
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Check the DISTILLATIONS section of this issue for announcements from
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Syndicomm.com (A2Central.com) to get a feel for the growth of the
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organization.
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[EOA]
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ASCII ART BEGINS
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ASCII ART ENDS
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[EOA]
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DISTILLATIONS FROM The A2 FORUM at Syndicomm.com |
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(A2Central.com) |
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by Lyle Syverson <lyle@foxvalley.net>
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[ABB]
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THE A2 FORUM - Syndicomm.com's A2 COMMUNITY
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Effective immediately, you can access our service by telnetting to
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syndicomm.com. You should use this domain name preferentially over
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a2central.com henceforth, since the latter will stop working sometime in
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the future as we continue to build toward opening more forums on our
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service.
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Eric 'Sheppy' Shepherd
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Owner
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Syndicomm
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Building communities bit by bit.
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(SYNDICOMM, Cat 2, Top 28, Msg 14)
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[EOA]
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[FFT]
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FIRST FULL TIME EMPLOYEE AT SNDICOMM
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We've hired our first full-time employee. Dave Miller, who's been doing
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most of the programming for our services, will start with us full-time
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effective April 2. He'll be able to put all his time and effort into
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building our system up.
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Once Dave's on full time, expect to start seeing some fairly significant
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changes to things, starting with our menus, which will be totally reworked
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to make it easier to add more forums, which we hope to start doing this
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spring.
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Eric 'Sheppy' Shepherd
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Owner
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Syndicomm
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Building communities bit by bit.
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(SYNDICOMM, Cat 2, Top 28, Msg 14)
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[EOA]
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[LNX]
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SSL-CAPABLE VERSION OF LYNX ADDED FOR ENHANCED ACCOUNTS
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For those of you that haven't noticed, we now offer access to an
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SSL-capable version of Lynx to our Enhanced account members, by pressing
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"L" at the main menu. If you would like to upgrade to an Enhanced account
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(which costs $15 per month or $35 per quarter), simply go to the
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Preferences menu by pressing "9", then choose option 3 on the following
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menu.
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We expect the coming weeks to show a huge improvement in the services we
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offer, and we're very excited about the future!
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Eric 'Sheppy' Shepherd
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Owner
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Syndicomm
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Building communities bit by bit.
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(SYNDICOMM, Cat 2, Top 28, Msg 14)
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[EOA]
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[CMW]
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CHANGE IN ADDRESSES FOR MAIL AND WEB SITES
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Effective now, all A2Central.com members can use username@syndicomm.com as
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their email address, and, if they have a web site,
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http://www.syndicomm.com/~username for that.
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Your old a2people.com address still works (it's a second name for the old
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account). Future accounts will be syndicomm.com addresses only.
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Eric 'Sheppy' Shepherd
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Owner
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Syndicomm
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Building communities bit by bit.
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(SYNDICOMM, Cat 2, Top 28, Msg 15)
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[EOA]
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[SWR]
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SYNDICOMM WEB SITE REVAMPED
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The Syndicomm web site has been revamped. Joining Syndicomm Online now
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requires a swing by http://www.syndicomm.com/join.html -- people will be
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taken there when they try to join A2Central.com.
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We call this "Adding Value."
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Eric 'Sheppy' Shepherd
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Owner
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Syndicomm
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Building communities bit by bit.
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(SYNDICOMM, Cat 2, Top 28, Msg 16)
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[EOA]
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[NPB]
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NEW WAY TO PAY YOUR SYNDICOMM BILL
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We can now accept credit cards directly, billing your card automatically
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each time a payment is due. This is a huge time savings for you, and makes
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our life easier as well. :)
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We accept VISA and Mastercard.
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If you would like to do this, print out the form at
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http://www.syndicomm.com/cardauth.html and fill it out, printing neatly.
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Be sure to sign it. Then put it in an envelope and mail it to the address
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on the form. Once we have your card number on file, we will bill it
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automatically each time you owe payment for service. You will continue to
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receive an invoice by email as usual, for your records.
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If you have questions about any billing matters, including our new credit
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card support, please email billing@syndicomm.com.
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Eric 'Sheppy' Shepherd
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Owner
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Syndicomm
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Building communities bit by bit.
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(SYNDICOMM, Cat 2, Top 28, Msg 17)
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>>>>>
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If you're interested in having your credit card automatically billed each
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time a payment is due, you can get the form from
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http://www.syndicomm.com/cardauth.html. That's not news.
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What's news is that if you prefer, you can fax it to (520) 244-6350. :)
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Eric 'Sheppy' Shepherd
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Owner
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Syndicomm
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Building communities bit by bit.
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(SYNDICOMM, Cat 2, Top 28, Msg 19)
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[EOA]
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[SSL]
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WHAT IS SSL SUPPORT
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"""""""""""""""""""
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Sheppy,
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I read your announcement about Lynx with SSL support.
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What is SSL support?
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MT Steve
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(S.BERNBAUM, Cat 11, Top 13, Msg 1)
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Support for going to secure web pages (pages that use https://etc instead
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of http://etc). This means you can do stuff like online banking or
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whatever if you want to.
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Eric 'Sheppy' Shepherd
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Owner
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Syndicomm
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Building communities bit by bit.
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(SYNDICOMM, Cat 11, Top 13, Msg 2)
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[EOA]
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[FSA]
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FREE UNIX SHELL ACCOUNTS
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If people really want telnettable (and also dialup) unix shells. nyx.net
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offers free ones. The are based in CO and don't have local dialups, but
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you can telnet in from anywhere.
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Just my .02
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(WAYNER, Cat 2, Top 3, Msg 76)
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[EOA]
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[YOS]
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YOUR OWN UNIX SHELL
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I've been of the opinion for some time that if people really want UNIX
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shells, they can just get an old 486 box for next to nothing and run Linux
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or a competitor on it.
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It's what I do. :)
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Ryan
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Chief Sysop and Head Geek
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(A2.RYAN, Cat 2, Top 3, Msg 77)
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[EOA]
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[PSG]
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CAN PrintShop GS BE RUN FROM A HARD DRIVE?
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Can PrintShop GS be installed on a hard drive and run under System 6.0.1?
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Is there any copy protection that requires the original disk to be inserted
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or somesuch?
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-Ken
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(KGAGNE, Cat 3, Top 36, Msg 3)
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>>>>>
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Print shop is copy protected. It uses p8 for an OS, though, and boots
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fairly fast on a 1-floppy stock gs, though, and uses its own custom fonts,
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so the only advantage of having it on a hard drive is convenience.
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(KWS, Cat 3, Top 36, Msg 4)
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>>>>>
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Copy the 3.5 disk to the partition you want it installed on. (finder sets
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up a folder with the same name as the disk). Delete ProDos from that
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folder. Double click on the .SYSTEM file and away you go.
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At first they sold a version that you required you to insert the original
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3.5 disk at startup... it immediately spit the disk out of the drive and
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let you run. Many people deprotected it so they didn't have to insert the
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original.
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Later they sold a version that did not require inserting the original.
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Lyle Syverson <lyle@FoxValley.net>
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Editor, _The Lamp!_, published monthly
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(LYLE, Cat 3, Top 36, Msg 7)
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[EOA]
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[SNI]
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SYSTEM 6.01 VIA "NET INSTALL"
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"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
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I've for years been considering trying to put together a "Net Install" type
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of System 6 package where you just download one large NuFX archive rather
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than 6 or 7 disks. Anyone think this is an idea worth spending time on?
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Ryan
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Chief Sysop
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(A2.RYAN, Cat 7, Top 7, Msg 1)
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>>>>>
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"""""
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I think it's an excellent idea; and in fact we already have Apple's
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permission to distribute such a beast.
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Eric 'Sheppy' Shepherd
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Owner
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Syndicomm
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Building communities bit by bit.
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(SYNDICOMM, Cat 7, Top 7, Msg 2)
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>>>>>
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I'll move it up my project list. Maybe I can make that a KFest project.
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I don't want to suck. :)
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Ryan
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Head Geek, Chief Sysop, KFest bound again
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(A2.RYAN, Cat 7, Top 7, Msg 3)
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>>>>>
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Excellent idea. You would only need to rework the Install scripts to do
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this, and then combine everything into the one file.
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Those using Bernie or Ernie can of course get 6.0.1 pre-installed on the
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Starter Kit CD-ROM, but for the others, it would be so much easier than
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having to mount all those disks.
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Ewen Wannop - Speccie - Thu 5 Apr 2001 - 111 days till KFest '01
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Delivered without using a IIgs by Spectrum v2.5.2 & SOAR 1.0b1
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Setup: Bernie ][ the Rescue 3.0 and a Blue & White G3/350
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http://www.ewannop.btinternet.co.uk/
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(CONDUCTOR, Cat 7, Top 7, Msg 4)
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[EOA]
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[DCG]
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DIVERSI-CACHE WITH 3.5 DRIVES ON IIgs
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Anyone still using Apple IIgs computers only with 3.5" drives and GS/OS?
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Well I participated in the Mar 17 Wisconsin Apple Rescue operation, and
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picked up half dozen GS systems with only 3.5" drives. After testing to
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make sure they all worked, I messed around using them without hard drives.
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What a nightmare! Swapping disks up to a dozen times is no fun. The
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person with all the computers said we could come back the next day, so I
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did, just to get 2 disk drives per computer to end the maddening disk
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swapping.
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Since my personal computer is a souped-up 7mhz ROM1 with multi-hard drives,
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I have found that the pokey 2.8mhz speed of a basic GS is not the
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bottleneck-it's the 3.5" drive.
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Anyway, I installed Diversi-Cache on a 3.5" disk with Silvern Castle and
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found it to be almost as fast as my hard drive!
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Unfortunately, GS/OS does not like Diversi-Cache. Anyone know of a work
|
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around?
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Jeff Fink
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(FINKSTERJ, Cat 8, Top 8, Msg 1)
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>>>>>
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"""""
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I haven't used Diversi-Cache, so I can't help you there, but it might be
|
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faster to get an old Mac set up for LocalTalk Appleshare for the data
|
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rather than using floppies.
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Ryan
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Chief Sysop and Head Geek
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(RSUENAGA, Cat 8, Top 8, Msg 2)
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>>>>>
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"""""
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The only way I've done that successfully is using Flashboot, from Quality
|
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Computers. If you have 8 meg of ram, and make a 5 meg ramdisk, it actually
|
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works fairly well. The trick is to make several Flashboot sets, one for
|
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each major application you want to use.
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Of course, Jeff the computers you got there probably didn't have 8 meg of
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ram, eh?
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_________
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| homas
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(TCOMPTER, Cat 8, Top 8, Msg 3)
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>>>>>
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"""""
|
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For good 'ol ProDOS 8 stuff, Diversi-Cache makes 3.5" disks extremely fast.
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Long before hard drives, cheap RAM, and functional GS operating systems
|
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(remember P16?), Diversi-Cache made 8bit 3.5" disk access fly.
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So for anyone with stock GS systems running as fast Apple IIe's,
|
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Diversi-Cache makes the GS seem faster than it really is. Compared to its
|
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2.8mhz speed, the normal 3.5" floppy drive speed is SLOW.
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Jeff Fink
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(FINKSTERJ, Cat 8, Top 8, Msg 4)
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[EOA]
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[FEG]
|
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FONT EDITOR FOR THE IIgs
|
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""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
|
Does anyone know of a good Font Editor for the GS? (Preferably one I can
|
|
locate somewhere.)
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|
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I'm thinking of creating a custom font as part of the interface for a FTP
|
|
NDA.
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|
Kim Howe
|
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RTC Host
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|
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(KIMHOWE, Cat 8, Top 18, Msg 1)
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|
|
|
>>>>>
|
|
"""""
|
|
Try FontAsm. It's freeware or shareware, should be on TIAB or download
|
|
sites. I'm sure we'll have it in our library here soon enough. :)
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|
Eric 'Sheppy' Shepherd
|
|
Owner
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Syndicomm
|
|
Building communities bit by bit.
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|
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|
(SYNDICOMM, Cat 8, Top 18, Msg 2)
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|
|
|
>>>>>
|
|
"""""
|
|
The only font editor for the IIgs I've used is Font Factory GS by Seven
|
|
Hills Software.
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|
|
Ryan
|
|
Chief Sysop and Head Geek
|
|
|
|
(A2.RYAN, Cat 8, Top 18, Msg 3)
|
|
[EOA]
|
|
|
|
|
|
[FWP]
|
|
WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE Apple II WORD PROCESSOR?
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
|
What's your favorite Apple II word processor?
|
|
|
|
I was raised on DOS 3.3 AppleWriter but eventually moved on to Appleworks
|
|
and still use Appleworks 5.1 for heavy duty writing.
|
|
|
|
Ryan
|
|
Chief Sysop
|
|
|
|
(A2.RYAN, Cat 8, Top 29, Msg 1)
|
|
|
|
>>>>>
|
|
"""""
|
|
We started out with AppleWriter on the Apple II+. When I got the IIgs,
|
|
I began using the GUI products as they became available -- EgoEd and Hermes
|
|
were my favorite.
|
|
|
|
Cindy
|
|
|
|
(CINDYADAMS, Cat 8, Top 29, Msg 2)
|
|
|
|
>>>>>
|
|
"""""
|
|
My favorite Apple II word processor is probably AppleWorks GS. A tad flaky
|
|
but I prefer the GUI world, and Hermes and EGOEd aren't really word
|
|
processors, just glorified text editors. :)
|
|
|
|
Eric Shepherd
|
|
Owner, Syndicomm
|
|
sheppy@syndicomm.com
|
|
|
|
(SYNDICOMM, Cat 8, Top 29, Msg 3)
|
|
|
|
>>>>>
|
|
"""""
|
|
I like Appleworks 5.1 because the spellchecker and grammar checker are so
|
|
easy to customize. As far as I've seen, Appleworks Mac doesn't come with a
|
|
grammar checker, and Microsoft Word's is horrendous.
|
|
|
|
For quick jobs, I use Spectrum or Shadowrite (never upgraded to Hermes).
|
|
I picked up Appleworks GS at KFest last year, but haven't played around
|
|
with it. I think I prefer a GUI-less environment, or at least it's what
|
|
I'm more accustomed to by now.
|
|
|
|
-Ken
|
|
|
|
(KGAGNE, Cat 8, Top 29, Msg 4)
|
|
|
|
>>>>>
|
|
"""""
|
|
I started with Applewriter 1.1 on my Apple II plus with an old Epson 9 pin
|
|
dot matrix printer. I knew when I saw this program that wordprocessing on
|
|
the personal computer would revolutionize the business office environment.
|
|
|
|
Today it is not very often that i do wordprocessing on my Apple II's but
|
|
when I do my usual choice is Appleworks 3.0. The best bang for the byte
|
|
wordprocessing program ever written.
|
|
|
|
Mark.
|
|
RTC Host
|
|
"Midweek Madness" every Wednesday Night!
|
|
7:00 - 9:00 PST
|
|
|
|
(MARK, Cat 8, Top 29, Msg 5)
|
|
|
|
>>>>>
|
|
"""""
|
|
I started with "Magic Window" which did horizontal scrolling to give more
|
|
than 40 columns on a 40 column screen.
|
|
|
|
I moved on to Letter Perfect, from LJK and finally, to AppleWorks 3.0.
|
|
|
|
After that, I kept up with the changes, and now use AppleWorks 5.1, but
|
|
also use EGOed, WordWorks, and GraphicWriter. Each has it's strengths, and
|
|
has a use.
|
|
|
|
My Main reason for continuing to use AppleWorks is it's integration with
|
|
the spreadsheet and database. I have nothing on the Mac that does that,
|
|
yet. I'm in no hurry to replace it.
|
|
|
|
Carl Knoblock - Telephone Tech - Sun 25 Mar 01 9:26:31 pm
|
|
cknoblo@home.com - Via Spectrum v2.5.1 & SOAR v1.0b2
|
|
2001: A KFest Odyssey, July 25-29, 2001 - 122 days till KFest
|
|
On cable via LANceGS & Marinetti 2.0.1 - Thank you, Richard.
|
|
A2 RTC Staff - Saturday Night House Party - carlk@syndicomm.com
|
|
|
|
(CARLK, Cat 8, Top 29, Msg 6)
|
|
|
|
>>>>>
|
|
"""""
|
|
Back awhile (like in the early 80's), people commonly were "married" to a
|
|
word processor, because the commands and interface from program to program
|
|
were so different, once you got used to one it was really difficult to
|
|
change.
|
|
|
|
I'm not sure I prefer Appleworks 5.1 because it's GUI less as much as
|
|
because I want to keep my hands on the keyboards as much as possible for
|
|
writing. Anytime I have to use a mouse, it breaks the rhythm.
|
|
|
|
Ryan
|
|
Chief Sysop and Head Geek
|
|
|
|
(A2.RYAN, Cat 8, Top 29, Msg 7)
|
|
|
|
>>>>>
|
|
"""""
|
|
I really quite enjoy using AppleworksGS. I sometimes wish it had a few more
|
|
features, but the things it doesn't do can be done in the page layout
|
|
module anyway.
|
|
|
|
Kim Howe
|
|
RTC Host
|
|
|
|
(KIMHOWE, Cat 8, Top 29, Msg 8)
|
|
|
|
>>>>>
|
|
"""""
|
|
I like to use classic AppleWorks to enter text since its fast (unlike GUI
|
|
editors) and has never crashed while simply typing (unlike AppleWorks GS),
|
|
than use AppleWorks GS for formatting and Pointless truetype fonts for
|
|
printing.
|
|
|
|
If it wasn't for Graphic Writer III's limitation of 32K per story and
|
|
difficulty setting up multi-page 2 column frames, it would make the premium
|
|
word processor (for quick & dirty 2 column printouts, I use AppleWorks GS,
|
|
but it crashes every few minutes or corrupts the text).
|
|
|
|
Note: I wish we had a feature like MircoSoft Word has, namely an option to
|
|
enter how many columns you want and automatically apply it to an entire
|
|
document.
|
|
|
|
Wordworks Pro from Softdisk is great, it also has top/bottom margins and
|
|
headers/footers. But it has the same problem most all word processors and
|
|
GS text editors have: no page break indication (except for GWIII and AWKS
|
|
GS).
|
|
|
|
Jeff Fink
|
|
|
|
(FINKSTERJ, Cat 8, Top 29, Msg 9)
|
|
|
|
>>>>>
|
|
"""""
|
|
I started with a program called Word Handler and resisted moving from it
|
|
for some time. Then a friend got me to try AppleWorks Classic. I've been
|
|
a fan since version 2.0, and the bells, whistles and macros that are
|
|
available with 5.1 make it extremely easy to use. As far as output goes,
|
|
I can print to a variety of fonts on my laserprinter, so that's not a
|
|
problem. (Yes, there's an article I did on this for NAUG, and I'll be
|
|
getting it to Sheppy soon--I just found where I had stored it after all
|
|
these years. :) )
|
|
|
|
Of course these days, posting to A2Central.com, I find myself using the
|
|
PICO editor a lot...... :)
|
|
|
|
Later............Howard
|
|
|
|
(A2.HOWARD, Cat 8, Top 29, Msg 10)
|
|
|
|
>>>>>
|
|
"""""
|
|
My first Apple II wordprocessor was SuperText, for the Apple II Plus. It
|
|
had a 40 column, all uppercase display, with caps shown in inverse. I soon
|
|
found that intolerable and got a replacement character chip with lowercase
|
|
capability. To enable it, there was a one-wire shift key mod. That was
|
|
pretty good. If I recall correctly, I was still using that when I got a
|
|
Videx card and entered the broad vista of 80 column display.
|
|
|
|
Eventually I got AppleWorks and some of the Beagle addons. Never felt the
|
|
need to upgrade past version 3.x. My kids really liked its ease of use.
|
|
|
|
Bill Dooley
|
|
BB Assistant
|
|
|
|
(A2.BILL, Cat 8, Top 29, Msg 11)
|
|
|
|
>>>>>
|
|
"""""
|
|
I used to love a word processor but I really don't' remember it's name now.
|
|
It was a P8 based apple the ran off a 2 sided disk. Or maybe two disks,
|
|
but I copied them both onto one.
|
|
|
|
It was a WYSIWYG program with a bunch of fonts, (bunch for the apple at
|
|
that time). One of the things that I love about it was when you printed
|
|
you could do a quality where the Imagewriter went over the same spot 4 or 5
|
|
times. The type came out looking as good as an inkjet.
|
|
|
|
If anyone remembers the name of this WP from my detail, that would be
|
|
great.
|
|
|
|
Wayne
|
|
|
|
(WAYNER, Cat 8, Top 29, Msg 12)
|
|
[EOA]
|
|
|
|
|
|
[PAS]
|
|
PRINTING APPLEWORKS GS SPREADSHEETS
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
|
Hi Gang
|
|
|
|
I quite like using the Appleworks GS Spreadsheet for simple work, because
|
|
it has a nice uncluttered interface. The only problem I have is printing
|
|
from it.
|
|
|
|
It would seem you have no choice other than Shaston for the font, which
|
|
prints very poorly from my HP DeskJet 670C (I have Harmony and Pointless
|
|
installed.) I can get a better text representation by using the external
|
|
rendering option in Harmony, but it only prints the selection, and columns
|
|
don't line up.
|
|
|
|
Anyone know any good tricks to get good printed results out of it?
|
|
|
|
Kim Howe
|
|
RTC Host
|
|
|
|
(KIMHOWE, Ca 9, Top 31, Msg 1)
|
|
|
|
>>>>>
|
|
"""""
|
|
Kim,
|
|
|
|
You certainly can change the font used in the database to one which is much
|
|
better for printing, such as Times or Courier. You can do so by pulling
|
|
down the Template menu and selecting "Choose Font I do this a lot when I
|
|
print out database info, since Shaston is not a very attractive font for
|
|
printing. Also, for general use, I tend to use either Courier or Copilot
|
|
font in my databases, since they are mono-spaced fonts. Monaco is also
|
|
pretty good.
|
|
|
|
If you'd been present at my AWGS Database session during KFest '99, you
|
|
would already know how to do all this. ;)
|
|
|
|
Stan Marks
|
|
|
|
(SWMARKS, Cat 9, Top 31, Msg 3)
|
|
[EOA]
|
|
|
|
|
|
[FMF]
|
|
FASTER MODEM FOR THE IIgs?
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
|
To get a speed above 2400 bps, the only choice is an external modem. Mine,
|
|
an AT&T Paradyne DataPort 14.4/FAX, works fine.
|
|
|
|
Would a faster modem make any noticeable difference for me using the modem
|
|
port on a modestly accelerated IIGS? I have one of the early TransWarps
|
|
that putters along at something less than 7 MHz.
|
|
|
|
Bill
|
|
|
|
(A2.BILL, Cat 10, Top 2, Msg 1)
|
|
|
|
>>>>>
|
|
"""""
|
|
I went from a 14.4 to a Cardinal 33.6 V.34/V.FC with a IIgs with a 9 MHz
|
|
ZipGS. Using Spectrum... Downloads, capturing messages, Lynx pages, etc.
|
|
move much faster.
|
|
|
|
Lyle Syverson <lyle@FoxValley.net>
|
|
Editor, _The Lamp!_, published monthly
|
|
|
|
(LYLE, Cat 10, Top 2, Msg 3)
|
|
[EOA]
|
|
|
|
|
|
[TLB]
|
|
ANYONE TRIED THE "LINKS" TEXT BROWSER?
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
|
BTW- Has anyone else been using the "links" text browser. It doesn't
|
|
support SSL like lynx currently does, but it dows render tables and frames
|
|
correctly. It even can render wider than the physical screen (use '[',']'
|
|
to scroll). I've been running it for about 2 weeks and I don't think I'll
|
|
ever go back to lynx.
|
|
|
|
-Lucas
|
|
|
|
(LSCHAREN, Cat 11, Top 16, Msg 2)
|
|
|
|
>>>>>
|
|
"""""
|
|
I've never heard of this one. What platform does it run on, and where can
|
|
I find more information?
|
|
|
|
Ryan
|
|
Chief Sysop and Head Geek
|
|
|
|
(A2.RYAN, Cat 11, Top 16, Msg 3)
|
|
|
|
>>>>>
|
|
"""""
|
|
For info on links, check out these sites:
|
|
|
|
http://artax.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~mikulas/links/
|
|
http://links.sourceforge.net/
|
|
|
|
It's a pretty darned cool browser. It compiled on our FreeBSD 4 system with
|
|
a simple ./configure make, and it's supposed to do the same on Linux and
|
|
several other operating systems.
|
|
|
|
It does look like you can compile in SSL if you want, though I haven't
|
|
tried it yet.
|
|
|
|
- Tony
|
|
|
|
(A2.TONY, Cat 11, Top 16, Msg 4)
|
|
|
|
>>>>>
|
|
"""""
|
|
Okay, Links compiled on the 486, and runs acceptably.
|
|
|
|
The big advantage I see over Lynx is that it displays pages much more
|
|
closely to how Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator would.
|
|
|
|
I'll continue to play with it. If it looks good, maybe we could look at
|
|
setting up a telnet accessbile site with it or something.
|
|
|
|
Ryan
|
|
Chief Sysop and Head Geek
|
|
|
|
(A2.RYAN, Cat 11, Top 16, Msg 6)
|
|
[EOA]
|
|
|
|
|
|
[FSS]
|
|
WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE SEARCH SITE?
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
|
My favorite search site is www.google.com. What's yours?
|
|
|
|
Bill Dooley
|
|
BB Assistant
|
|
|
|
(A2.BILL, Cat 11, Top 28, Msg 1)
|
|
|
|
>>>>>
|
|
"""""
|
|
I usually use altavista.com, especially for graphics. But for fun before
|
|
I replied, I tried google. I found some hits on something I've been looking
|
|
for.
|
|
|
|
Thanks for the googles. :)
|
|
|
|
Cindy
|
|
|
|
(CINDYADAMS, Cat 11, Top 28, Msg 2)
|
|
|
|
>>>>>
|
|
"""""
|
|
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj
|
|
|
|
The Apollo Lunar Surface Journal.
|
|
|
|
Mark
|
|
RTC Host
|
|
|
|
(MARK, Cat 11, Top 28, Msg 3)
|
|
|
|
>>>>>
|
|
"""""
|
|
I use Altavista as my main search engine. Instead of going to
|
|
altavista.com, I find I can set the language option to default to English
|
|
by using this URL:
|
|
|
|
http://www.altavista.com/cgi-bin/query?kl=en
|
|
|
|
Google does have its merits, though. Imagine my surprise when a Windows
|
|
friend of mine told me how he found and read A2Central.com's report on my
|
|
demonstration of Maxster. :)
|
|
|
|
-Ken
|
|
|
|
(KGAGNE, Cat 11, Top 28, Msg 4)
|
|
|
|
>>>>>
|
|
"""""
|
|
Nowadays, it's also google.
|
|
|
|
I used askjeeves for a long time, but google really seems to be the best at
|
|
this point.
|
|
|
|
Ryan
|
|
Chief Sysop and Head Geek
|
|
|
|
(A2.RYAN, Cat 11, Top 28, Msg 5)
|
|
|
|
>>>>>
|
|
"""""
|
|
I also like google, but I prefer the power control of www.alltheweb.com -
|
|
it allows exact phrase, all word, or any word searches. I do lots of
|
|
searches for 2-3 word phrases, and being able to match the exact phrase is
|
|
invaluable.
|
|
|
|
(KWS, Cat 11, Top 28, Msg 6)
|
|
|
|
>>>>>
|
|
"""""
|
|
The exact phrase capability of www.alltheweb.com looks good. It will be
|
|
interesting to do the same search there and on Google and compare the
|
|
results. Both sites have very clean home pages that load very quickly.
|
|
|
|
Here's another question: how does one go about searching for special
|
|
purpose search sites? From time to time I have questions about chemistry or
|
|
toxicology, and the general search sites retrieve nothing or thousands of
|
|
irrelevant hits. I'd like to find a specialized site that can retrieve
|
|
readable but accurate information (free, of course). We certainly can't
|
|
rely on the evening news to present anything but sensationalist hype on
|
|
such subjects.
|
|
|
|
Bill Dooley
|
|
BB Assistant
|
|
|
|
(A2.BILL, Cat 11, Top 28, Msg 7)
|
|
|
|
>>>>>
|
|
"""""
|
|
> www.alltheweb.com
|
|
|
|
I just tried that site, and I like it too. I think I have 2 new search
|
|
sites now. :)
|
|
|
|
Cindy
|
|
|
|
(CINDYADAMS, Cat 11, Top 28, Msg 8)
|
|
|
|
>>>>>
|
|
"""""
|
|
Exact phrases can usually be searched for by putting the phrase in quotes.
|
|
I do this all the time on AltaVista.
|
|
|
|
I use Sherlock a lot, but it cannot do the specialized or advanced searches
|
|
that many search engines provide.
|
|
|
|
- Tony
|
|
|
|
(A2.TONY, Cat 11, Top 28, Msg 10)
|
|
|
|
>>>>>
|
|
"""""
|
|
hotbot.com can also do the "exact match" type searching, but I dislike its
|
|
way too gaudy even for me interface.
|
|
|
|
Ryan
|
|
Chief Sysop and Head Geek
|
|
|
|
(A2.RYAN, Cat 11, Top 28, Msg 11)
|
|
|
|
>>>>>
|
|
"""""
|
|
>> My favorite search site is www.google.com. <<
|
|
|
|
I second that.
|
|
|
|
For me, I found Silvern Castle references on the web that I didn't even
|
|
know about. None of the other dozen I've tried have come close to
|
|
reporting as many real hits.
|
|
|
|
Actually, google found more A2Central Silvern references than did the
|
|
A2Central search engine!
|
|
|
|
Jeff Fink
|
|
|
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(FINKSTERJ, Cat 11, Top 28, Msg 12)
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>>>>>
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"""""
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We're using a third-party search service that's free of charge but only for
|
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a limited number of pages. It's possible we've exceeded the page limit,
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which would mean some pages don't get indexed.
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Sometime in the future we'll have our own in-house search feature, but
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right now the online service portion of our business is taking priority.
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Eric 'Sheppy' Shepherd
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Owner
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Syndicomm
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Building communities bit by bit.
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(SYNDICOMM, Cat 11, Top 28, Msg 13)
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[EOA]
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[JPG]
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VIEWING JPG ON THE IIgs
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"""""""""""""""""""""""
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Aside from SuperConvert 4, any suggestions for JPG viewers for the IIgs?
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Ryan
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Chief Sysop and Head Geek
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(A2.RYAN, Cat 12, Top 4, Msg 1)
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>>>>>
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"""""
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Rather than trying to view JPEGs on my IIgs, I almost always convert them
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to GIFs first. The loss in quality is acceptable, especially considering
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the limited screen resolution on a standard (ie. non-Second Sight) IIgs,
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and the load time for a GIF is an order of magnitude faster than a JPEG,
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which can take forever to decompress even on an accelerated IIgs. The only
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real downside is that the converted GIF files are much larger than the
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JPEGs.
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For the conversion I use the Unix djpeg utility, which is part of the
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Independent JPEG Group (IJG) JPEG package. On a reasonably fast Unix box
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the conversion takes just a few seconds. You can even adjust the size of
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the picture, reducing it if necessary to fit on the IIgs monitor. Djpeg has
|
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also been compiled to run on a IIgs (via GNO/ME), but it's slow as
|
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molasses. If you don't have access to a Unix box on which to install your
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own utilities, you're stuck doing the conversion on the IIgs, either with
|
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djpeg or SuperConvert. It works, but it's certainly not speedy.
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- Tony
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(A2.TONY, Cat 12, Top 4, Msg 2)
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>>>>>
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"""""
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>> For the conversion I use the Unix djpeg utility, which is part of the
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Independent JPEG Group (IJG) JPEG package. <<
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Where do I get the source or binary?
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Ryan
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Chief Sysop and Head Geek
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(A2.RYAN, Cat 12, Top 4, Msg 3)
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>>>>>
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"""""
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The official website is http://www.ijg.org
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You will find JPEG.6.SRC.BXY on TIAB, and shortly here in our own library.
|
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That's the official IJG source code that should compile on most any Unix
|
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system. There's also JPEG.V6.BXY, which is a binary that works on the IIgs
|
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with GNO/ME and ORCA. Other (older) versions exist for the IIgs but v6
|
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works best.
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- Tony
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(A2.TONY, Cat 12, Top 4, Msg 4)
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[EOA]
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[NSC]
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THE NO SLOT CLOCK
|
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"""""""""""""""""
|
|
For those who don't know, the No Slot Clock is known as the Dallas
|
|
Semiconductor Smartwatch. I can't recall which number it is, but it's
|
|
still available for those of you with 8-bit IIs to use.
|
|
|
|
FWIW, I have a IIc clock on my IIc Plus, the external that AE made, and it
|
|
works great, aside from the software having a Y2K problem.
|
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|
|
Ryan
|
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Chief Sysop and Head Geek
|
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(A2.RYAN, Cat 17, Top 6, Msg 1)
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[EOA]
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[FRC]
|
|
FAVORITE RAM CARDS FOR THE Apple II
|
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"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
|
Anyone have any particular favorite RAM cards for the Apple II series?
|
|
|
|
My personal favorite is the CV Tech with the sidecar for the Apple IIgs.
|
|
I still have two of those.
|
|
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|
Ryan
|
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Chief Sysop and Head Geek
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|
|
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(A2.RYAN, Cat 17, Top 24, Msg 1)
|
|
|
|
>>>>>
|
|
"""""
|
|
I'm personally quite happy with the GS-RAM Plus from Applied Engineering I
|
|
have in my ROM 01, but the Sequential RAM-GS at 4 MB is good too, I have
|
|
two of those.
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|
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My ROM 01 has 6 MB, I packed that sucker. :)
|
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Eric 'Sheppy' Shepherd
|
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Owner
|
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Syndicomm
|
|
Building communities bit by bit.
|
|
|
|
(SYNDICOMM, Cat 17, Top 24, Msg 2)
|
|
|
|
>>>>>
|
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"""""
|
|
I'm also very happy with my AE GS-RAM Plus with 6 megs. I've never had a
|
|
problem with it.
|
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|
|
- Tony
|
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(A2.TONY, Cat 17, Top 24, Msg 3)
|
|
|
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>>>>>
|
|
"""""
|
|
I have several RAM cards and the one I like the best was the "SIMM" board
|
|
from Scantron "Quality Computers". This board had FOUR one meg boards and
|
|
was the smallest memory board for the Apple ][GS that I have seen.
|
|
|
|
Mack
|
|
|
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(MACKDUNCAN, Cat 17, Top 24, Msg 4)
|
|
|
|
>>>>>
|
|
"""""
|
|
Is the Sirius the last IIgs RAM card available new? I suspect so, but
|
|
wonder.
|
|
|
|
So, any votes for favorite IIe RAM card? Mine has a Q RAM IIe from Quality
|
|
Computers; not necessarily my favorite, but it was free. :)
|
|
|
|
Ryan
|
|
Chief Sysop and Head Geek
|
|
|
|
(A2.RYAN, Cat 17, Top 24, Msg 5)
|
|
|
|
>>>>>
|
|
"""""
|
|
Slinky or aux slot? :)
|
|
|
|
I have a RamFactor here I'm planning to put in my IIe along with the
|
|
RamWorks II with RGB option I have. Mmm... 2 MB //e. :)
|
|
|
|
Eric 'Sheppy' Shepherd
|
|
Owner
|
|
Syndicomm
|
|
Building communities bit by bit.
|
|
|
|
(SYNDICOMM, Cat 17, Top 24, Msg 6)
|
|
|
|
>>>>>
|
|
"""""
|
|
RamWorks III for my //e. I've got the 2 meg expander and the colorlink
|
|
option cards piggybacked to it, so I can have both 3 meg of memory as well
|
|
as use an RGB monitor on my computer.
|
|
|
|
I use the extra memory a lot when using AppleWorks, including auto-setup of
|
|
a small ramdisk to hold the dictionaries for spellchecking (really flies
|
|
this way), as well as a large ramdisk for file transfers to and from my
|
|
shell account. Really speeds things up all the way around. I'd feel
|
|
cramped if I had to go back to 1 meg! :)
|
|
|
|
Later........Howard
|
|
|
|
(A2.HOWARD, Cat 17, Top 24, Msg 8)
|
|
[EOA]
|
|
|
|
|
|
[YFM]
|
|
YOUR FIRST MONITOR FOR THE Apple II
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
|
My first Apple monitor was an Apple /// white on black. I was once told
|
|
that it was unusual, that most /// monitors were green on black. I liked
|
|
the white on black because it didn't smear when I scrolled like the green
|
|
monitors.
|
|
|
|
Bill Dooley
|
|
BB Assistant
|
|
|
|
(A2.BILL, Cat 18, Top 16, Msg 1)
|
|
|
|
>>>>>
|
|
"""""
|
|
I also have never heard of a Monitor /// with white. I had one that was
|
|
green. . . still do, somewhere. Love that long persistence phosphor ;-)
|
|
|
|
Ryan
|
|
Chief Sysop and Head Geek
|
|
|
|
(A2.RYAN, Cat 18, Top 16, Msg 3)
|
|
|
|
>>>>>
|
|
"""""
|
|
My first was a Sony TV, using a Sup'r'Mod modulator with my Apple II. My
|
|
first real monitor was a green Monitor /// that I got when they were being
|
|
cleared out, after the Apple /// died. It had that long-persistence
|
|
phosphor that caused that smearing you mentioned.
|
|
|
|
When I bought my //e, I bought a Monitor // with it. It got sold with the
|
|
//e. I got a GS monitor with the GS, and when it went bad, I got a Sony
|
|
KV-1311CR that had an RGB connector.
|
|
|
|
When that started acting up, I got a Second Sight card and a Sony 15" SVGA
|
|
monitor. That died just over a year later, so I bought a used 17" monitor
|
|
that is still going strong today.
|
|
|
|
I've picked up a couple of Monitor //s since I sold the first one, and
|
|
I got a //c monitor with the //c I was given.
|
|
|
|
I have my wife's old 15" monitor as a spare, since she got a 17".
|
|
|
|
Carl Knoblock - Telephone Tech - Thu 29 Mar 01 9:54:46 pm
|
|
cknoblo@home.com - Via Spectrum v2.5.1 & SOAR v1.0b2
|
|
2001: A KFest Odyssey, July 25-29, 2001 - 118 days till KFest
|
|
On cable via LANceGS & Marinetti 2.0.1 - Thank you, Richard.
|
|
A2 RTC Staff - Saturday Night House Party - carlk@syndicomm.com
|
|
|
|
(CARLK, Cat 18, Top 16, Msg 6)
|
|
|
|
>>>>>
|
|
"""""
|
|
I have a few Apple brand monitors going strong, particularly my 9 inch IIc
|
|
ET style monitor and IIc LCD that are on the IIc Plus.
|
|
|
|
I have been wanting but not getting a 19 inch Viewsonic PF790 for use
|
|
between several of my boxes for about two years. Still waiting. :)
|
|
|
|
Ryan
|
|
Chief Sysop and Head Geek
|
|
|
|
(A2.RYAN, Cat 18, Top 16, Msg 8)
|
|
|
|
>>>>>
|
|
"""""
|
|
My GS is on its second Apple brand monitor. The first developed a shrinking
|
|
image problem that couldn't be cured with an adjustment. Rather than fuss
|
|
with soldering, I gave it to a friend and picked up a used replacement.
|
|
|
|
The usable image on the screen is so small compared even with the 14" Sony
|
|
monitor on the PC. Even allowing for the border, Sweet16 on the PC gives me
|
|
a much more pleasant screen to look at than the real IIGS. Still, it's fun
|
|
to run the old Woz and see how much it can still do. :)
|
|
|
|
Bill Dooley
|
|
BB Assistant
|
|
|
|
(A2.BILL, Cat 18, Top 16, Msg 9)
|
|
[EOA]
|
|
|
|
|
|
[FNR]
|
|
FILE NAME RESTRICTIONS FOR ISO 9660
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
|
Does anybody know what are the file name restrictions for ISO 9660?
|
|
I burned a CD today and have found the filenames don't come out right and
|
|
some of the folders return "The filename "xxxxx" is unacceptable to the
|
|
destination file system." when I attempt to open them.
|
|
|
|
Mark
|
|
RTC Host
|
|
"Midweek Madness" every Wednesday Night!
|
|
|
|
(MARK, Cat 19, Top 22, Msg 1)
|
|
|
|
>>>>>
|
|
"""""
|
|
Mark:
|
|
|
|
Two characters I know ISO 9660 doesn't like are the question mark (?) and
|
|
the slash (/). There are probably others, these are just the ones across
|
|
which I've run.
|
|
|
|
-Ken
|
|
|
|
(KGAGNE, Cat 19, Top 22, Msg 2)
|
|
|
|
>>>>>
|
|
"""""
|
|
I'm not sure this is 100% accurate (hey, this is the Internet :) but try:
|
|
|
|
http://www.isomedia.net/cd-rom_iso9660.htm
|
|
|
|
Ryan
|
|
Chief Sysop and Head Geek
|
|
|
|
(A2.RYAN, Cat 19, Top 22, Msg 3)
|
|
|
|
>>>>>
|
|
"""""
|
|
>> http://www.isomedia.net/cd-rom_iso9660.htm <<
|
|
|
|
Those are correct guidelines for ISO 9660 Level 1. But as you can see,
|
|
it's incredibly restrictive. I recommend formatting for Joliet, a
|
|
variation of ISO 9660. I've been able to read Joliet CD's on Mac, PC, and
|
|
Apple II without a problem.
|
|
|
|
There is also an improved Joliet driver for Mac:
|
|
http://www.versiontracker.com/moreinfo.fcgi?id=8017
|
|
|
|
-Ken
|
|
|
|
(KGAGNE, Cat 19, Top 22, Msg 4)
|
|
|
|
>>>>>
|
|
"""""
|
|
Wow. Very restrictive. Basically you are limited to pre Win-95 DOS
|
|
limitations.
|
|
|
|
Volume names : 11 alphanumeric characters (including underscore).
|
|
Directory names : Maximum of 8 characters (no extension). You can nest
|
|
directories 8 deep (including root directory).
|
|
File names : Maximum of eight characters, a dot and a three character
|
|
extension.
|
|
|
|
Ick. ;)
|
|
|
|
We need a Joliet FST for GSOS. Of course since there is no documentation
|
|
on how to create a FST we are SOL. :(
|
|
|
|
Mark
|
|
RTC Host
|
|
"Midweek Madness" every Wednesday Night!
|
|
|
|
(MARK, Cat 19, Top 22, MSG 5)
|
|
|
|
>>>>>
|
|
"""""
|
|
Well, as usual, I just suggest using HFS for CDs. :)
|
|
|
|
Ryan
|
|
Chief Sysop and Head Geek
|
|
|
|
(A2.RYAN, Cat 19, Top 22, Msg 6)
|
|
|
|
>>>>>
|
|
"""""
|
|
Mark,
|
|
|
|
>> We need a Joliet FST for GSOS. <<
|
|
|
|
The GS/OS High Sierra FST (HS.FST) reads Joliet volumes. The Finder window
|
|
will list it as ISO 9660, and an Info window will list it as High Sierra
|
|
3.5 inch disk. The Mac Finder identifies it as ISO 9660 Lvl 3 + Joliet.
|
|
|
|
Unfortunately, the filenames are truncated to ISO 9660 Lvl 1 format,
|
|
meaning for examples, "Chronomantique" becomes "CHRONOMA.NTI" and "03.
|
|
Night in Alexandira" becomes "03.NIG".
|
|
|
|
-Ken
|
|
|
|
(KGAGNE, Cat 19, Top 22, Msg 8)
|
|
|
|
>>>>>
|
|
"""""
|
|
>> There is also an improved Joliet driver for Mac:
|
|
http://www.versiontracker.com/moreinfo.fcgi?id=8017 <<
|
|
|
|
I tried this out on my Macintosh LC 475 with MacOS 7.5.5 and it works
|
|
great! Thanks. This is exactly what we need for GSOS.
|
|
|
|
Mark
|
|
RTC Host
|
|
"Midweek Madness" Every Wednesday Night!
|
|
|
|
(MARK, Cat 19, Top 22, Msg 9)
|
|
[EOA]
|
|
|
|
|
|
[TNK]
|
|
TELNET NDA BY KIM HOWE
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""""
|
|
For those of you who haven't already found out, I have release a new Telnet
|
|
NDA. (New Desk Accessory) It's primarily designed to be a nice way to use
|
|
the chat rooms on a2central.com, but it can read the bulletin board too.
|
|
(Currently it doesn't support VT100 so you can't post with it, or use Lynx
|
|
under it.)
|
|
|
|
You can download it from
|
|
ftp://ftp.a2central.com/pub/gsos/telecom/telnetnda.bxy
|
|
|
|
Also I have just finished updating my Apple II Web site at:
|
|
http://www.a2central.com/~kimhowe
|
|
This has links to all of my Apple II programs.
|
|
|
|
I hope you all enjoy them.
|
|
|
|
Kim Howe
|
|
RTC Host
|
|
|
|
(KIMHOWE, Cat 20, Top 10, Msg 21)
|
|
[EOA]
|
|
|
|
|
|
[NWS]
|
|
NEW WEB SITE FOR APPLE BLOSSOM
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
|
The Apple Blossom, the newsletter put out by Steve Cavanaugh, has a new web
|
|
site:
|
|
|
|
http://www.appleblossom.net
|
|
|
|
There are some software reviews, as well as a comprehensive Apple II vendor
|
|
index, last updated 1-Sep-00, though there's still some outdated
|
|
information (there are plenty of GEnie email links - including
|
|
intrec@genie.com - as well as some outdated WWW links).
|
|
|
|
-Ken
|
|
|
|
(KGAGNE, Cat 20, Top 15, Msg 8)
|
|
[EOA]
|
|
|
|
|
|
[DIT]
|
|
NEW DISK IMAGES TOOL FOR WINDOWS AVAILABLE
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
|
A new disk images tool for Windows people is now available.
|
|
|
|
FishWings - by Charlie Danemark
|
|
|
|
Freeware available for download from:
|
|
|
|
http://www3.bboard.com/charlied/fishwings.htm
|
|
|
|
Mark
|
|
RTC Host
|
|
|
|
(MARK, Cat 29, Top 5, Msg 9)
|
|
[EOA]
|
|
|
|
|
|
[DCK]
|
|
DiskChanger FOR USE WITH KEGS32 AVAILABLE
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
|
For those that may be using KEGS32; an Announcement:
|
|
|
|
DiskChanger
|
|
|
|
A KEGS32 Disk mounting utility
|
|
by Thomas A. Compter (Copyright 2001)
|
|
|
|
KEGS is an Apple IIGS emulator for X-windows by
|
|
Kent Dickey (kentd@cup.hp.com).
|
|
|
|
KEGS32 is a Win32 port of KEGS by
|
|
A. Kilgard(akilgard@yahoo.com).
|
|
|
|
That worthy program normally requires that the user manually edit the
|
|
"Kegs_conf" file to swap disks, etc. Because the Kegs_conf file has no
|
|
file extension (.txt, etc), one must manually choose the application to
|
|
open it every time one wants to edit the file. That's a pain.
|
|
|
|
I've written a simple little utility designed to serve as a GUI based disk
|
|
mounter for KEGS32.
|
|
|
|
I've uploaded it to Trenco, but don't know if it's available yet.
|
|
|
|
If you don't have ftp access, you can email me at tcompter@gdarm.com and
|
|
I'll be glad to email you a copy of it.
|
|
|
|
_________
|
|
| homas
|
|
|
|
(TCOMPTER, Cat 29, Top 11, Msg 19)
|
|
[EOA]
|
|
|
|
|
|
[WEW]
|
|
DiskChanger... WHAT ELSE HAVE YOU WRITTEN?
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
|
Thomas, I see that your utility is now available at A2Central.com. Do you
|
|
have a web page with various information about software you've written?
|
|
I don't see you listed on A2-Web!
|
|
|
|
-Ken
|
|
|
|
(KGAGNE, Cat 29, Top 11, Msg 20)
|
|
|
|
>>>>>
|
|
"""""
|
|
You know, I really ought to do that. I'm sort of experimenting with ISPs
|
|
right now, and don't have a really permanent website at the moment. I hope
|
|
to have that resolved within a few months.
|
|
|
|
Meanwhile, here's a breakdown of what I've written, in no particular order:
|
|
|
|
For the Mac:
|
|
=============
|
|
|
|
Foot/Inch Calc; a simple RPN calculator that does math in feet and inches;
|
|
IOW, you would add 2' 3" to 4' 11" as
|
|
2.3 <ENTER>
|
|
4.11 <+>
|
|
and it will correctly report 7' 2"
|
|
This was my first Realbasic Project.
|
|
|
|
Far Street Bottles; a RealBasic port of the Visual Basic program described
|
|
below.
|
|
|
|
For Windows:
|
|
============
|
|
|
|
Far Street Bottles; There is a super cool board game called Star Fleet
|
|
Battles which simulates Space Combat as seen on Star Trek (The Original
|
|
Series) It is, unfortunately, VERY paperwork-intensive, and this utility
|
|
just helps keep track of movement and combat, easing that burden a little.
|
|
|
|
SIDE NOTE: They finally got permission from Paramount to port this way
|
|
cool game to the computer. It is available as Star Fleet Command, and Star
|
|
Fleet Command, Version 2. If you are a Trekker (as opposed to a Trekkie)
|
|
you need to get this game. Unfortunately, it is only available for the PC.
|
|
|
|
DiskChanger; A disk-mounter utility for KEGS 32, featured this week on
|
|
A2Central.com (gee thanks, Sheppy, I didn't expect to get front-page
|
|
coverage :)
|
|
|
|
FootInch Calc; As described above, compiled for Windows from RealBasic at
|
|
no additional charge ;)
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For the Apple ][+
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=================
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StrikeForce: an Applesoft basic wargame centered on the Fulda Gap scenario
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in West Germany which I was living and breathing at the time I wrote this.
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This was my first major programming project, and could be used as a
|
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text-book example of horrendous spaghetti-code. The User interface is too
|
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ugly to contemplate. I used 3 of the Beagle Bros utilities in its creation
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(ProntoDOS, Shape Mechanic, Flex-Text).
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For the IIGS:
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=============
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Sadly, nothing. But I'm working on a port of Far Street Bottles and a
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GS-specific version of Hammurabi. Ultimately, I'd like to create a more
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elegant version of Strikeforce, which I think I would call Panzer GeneralS
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:)
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For the Web:
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============
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Hammurabi; written with Macromedia's Authorware, this version of the
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venerable game is playable over the web. Currently unavailable. When I
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get my web page set back up, I'll have this one back up.
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ShellShock; A java version of the old artillery duel game, done as a
|
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senior team project in my Software Engineering Class. Of course, the
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|
version we built, for some reason would not display correctly on Apple's
|
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MRJ, so I'm working on re-vamping it as I find time (which ain't often).
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_________
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| homas
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(TCOMPTER, Cat 29, Top 11, Msg 21)
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[EOA]
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[COK]
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|
COMMENTS ON KEGS IIgs EMULATOR
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""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
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KEGS works extremely well when you compare to the only other IIgs emulator
|
|
for UNIX, XGS. KEGS is several hundred percent faster and much more
|
|
capable. Changes I had suggested to the documentation and to the code had
|
|
made it into the distribution. One bug had crept in dealing with daylight
|
|
savings running on Solaris. Sound is supposed to work with Linux--I had
|
|
shared memory problems trying to compile the code on Solaris. One day,
|
|
when I get some time, I'll look into it.
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|
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KEGS works better if you have a faster system. You get around 30MHz or so
|
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IIgs with a 700mH PC.
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Geoff
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(GEOFF, Cat 29, Top 31, Msg 5)
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|
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>>>>>
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|
"""""
|
|
In my limited Windows tests on an Intel Pentium III 733 MHz system, I got
|
|
around 33 MHz, so it looks like as far as raw speed (or at least its report
|
|
of such :) the performance is similar.
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|
|
|
What's not quite up to what I like is. . . oh, you'll have to wait for a
|
|
certain Apple IIgs magazine to show up on your doorstep ;-)
|
|
|
|
Ryan
|
|
Chief Sysop and Head Geek
|
|
|
|
(A2.RYAN, Cat 29, Top 31, Msg 6)
|
|
[EOA]
|
|
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|
|
[DBP]
|
|
DELETE AND BACKSPACE PREFERENCES FOR ProTERM MAC
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
|
In ProTERM Mac's online settings for A2Central.com, what should the "Delete
|
|
Key" and "Backspace" preferences be set to? Send DEL, Send BS, or Default?
|
|
|
|
Thanks,
|
|
|
|
-Ken
|
|
|
|
(KGAGNE, Cat 2, Top 3, Msg 59)
|
|
|
|
>>>>>
|
|
"""""
|
|
"Emulate" for both is what I'm using, works fine.
|
|
|
|
Eric 'Sheppy' Shepherd
|
|
Owner
|
|
Syndicomm
|
|
Building communities bit by bit.
|
|
|
|
(SYNDICOMM, Cat 2, Top 3, Msg 60)
|
|
[EOA]
|
|
|
|
|
|
[PWP]
|
|
PROGRAMING WITH PERL
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""
|
|
Anyone know where to get a good, really easy to read tutorial or guide on
|
|
building regexps for manipulating and grabbing fields out of strings in
|
|
Perl?
|
|
|
|
Eric 'Sheppy' Shepherd
|
|
Owner
|
|
Syndicomm
|
|
Building communities bit by bit.
|
|
|
|
(SYNDICOMM, Cat 55, Top 5, Msg 1)
|
|
|
|
>>>>>
|
|
"""""
|
|
Sheppy,
|
|
|
|
I would go straight to the O'Reilly books. They have tons of Perl books,
|
|
but here are some examples:
|
|
|
|
Learning Perl
|
|
Programming Perl
|
|
Advanced Perl Programming
|
|
Mastering Regular Expressions
|
|
|
|
The last one is getting a bit outdated (published in 1997) but regexps
|
|
haven't changed that much over the years. It's not a beginner's guide
|
|
though, so make sure you know your Perl (or buy one of the other books.)
|
|
|
|
I have also heard good things about the Sams "Teach Yourself" series, but I
|
|
have never read them. From what I've heard these are definitely more geared
|
|
toward beginners.
|
|
|
|
- Tony
|
|
|
|
(A2.TONY, Cat 55, Top 5, Msg 2)
|
|
|
|
>>>>>
|
|
"""""
|
|
>> Programming Perl <<
|
|
|
|
I have this. It's a very large book written as if it's for someone that
|
|
already knows Perl. I powerfully dislike it. It reads just like it was
|
|
written by the typical open source nut. The biggest problem is that it's
|
|
horribly badly organized, with an index that's just shy of useless out of
|
|
its sheer noninclusion of almost everything I want to look up.
|
|
|
|
Its discussions of regexps are the reason I'm asking here for someone to
|
|
steer me toward some material; I can't read them at all. :)
|
|
|
|
Eric 'Sheppy' Shepherd
|
|
Owner
|
|
Syndicomm
|
|
Building communities bit by bit.
|
|
|
|
(SYNDICOMM, Cat 55, Top 5, Msg 3)
|
|
|
|
>>>>>
|
|
"""""
|
|
Funny you should say that about Programming Perl. It was coauthored by
|
|
Larry Wall, the guy who created Perl <g>. I have Learning Perl and it's
|
|
much easier to get through. It has a chapter on regexps, but it's really
|
|
only an introduction. Larry Wall only wrote the forward, but the other two
|
|
authors are the same guys who coauthored Programming Perl so maybe this
|
|
one's not for you either. :)
|
|
|
|
Mastering Regular Expressions was written by someone else entirely, but
|
|
maybe the Sams book would be a better beginner's guide. My guess is that
|
|
they're closer to Dummy or Idiot's guides than the more technical O'Reilly
|
|
books.
|
|
|
|
- Tony
|
|
|
|
(A2.TONY, Cat 55, Top 5, Msg 4)
|
|
[EOA]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
------------------------------------
|
|
DISTILLATIONS FROM DELPHI A2 |
|
|
------------------------------------
|
|
|
|
by Lyle Syverson <lyle@foxvalley.net>
|
|
|
|
[LNF]
|
|
LIKES NEW FEATURES OF SILVERN CASTLE v7.2
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
|
I found silvern castle 7.2 over on A2Central website when messing at work.
|
|
I downloaded it and used MSdosCopy to get it to my //gs where I opened it.
|
|
|
|
I like some new features. I can now buy enhancements for my armor and
|
|
weapons. What a new feature? I've never seem that on other games. It must
|
|
exit somewhere I've just never seen it. So I can buy glove, helmet, shield
|
|
enhancements fairly cheaply (hey my guys have been around and have a lot of
|
|
gold pieces) and get then more easily to the LO armor rating. Very nice.
|
|
|
|
There was at least one other option at the store to make getting around
|
|
easier.
|
|
|
|
I haven't' played the game since it moved up.
|
|
|
|
Are there any more scenarios yet? I guess I'm about the only one to finish
|
|
the last scenario, I think I have done them all and been just about
|
|
everywhere on the map. Just wondering. (I know read the documents.)
|
|
|
|
Bruce
|
|
|
|
(BRB, 35419, GO COM A2)
|
|
[EOA]
|
|
|
|
|
|
[REA]
|
|
RECORDING EMAIL ADDRESS
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""""
|
|
I think the best way for your email address to be recorded is to add it to
|
|
the A2-Web! See the listing at http://www.wbwip.com/a2web/a2hmpgs.html,
|
|
and email David Kerwood <wbw@wbwip.com> to be included.
|
|
|
|
Whenever I need to email an Apple II user whose name isn't in my address
|
|
book, that's where I turn.
|
|
|
|
-Ken
|
|
|
|
(KEN_GAGNE, 35424, GO COM A2)
|
|
[EOA]
|
|
|
|
|
|
[UHD]
|
|
USING HD DISKS AS DD DISKS
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
|
I'm curious, what are people's opinion here on using 1.44MB (high density)
|
|
floppy disks in an Apple 3.5 drive, covering the extra hole and formatting
|
|
them as 800K? (double density)
|
|
|
|
I've always been of the belief that while they *appear* to format
|
|
successfully and store data just fine initially, that data *will* degrade
|
|
quickly over time leaving them unsafe for permanent storage.
|
|
|
|
Recently, I find myself beginning to question that. Last night I dug up a
|
|
couple of HD disks I formatted as 800K years ago and they not only contain
|
|
all the data and read fine still, doing a surface and file by file
|
|
verification report they're 100% intact. And I created these disks over
|
|
_7 years_ ago!
|
|
|
|
Is the magnetic coating on the surface of HD disks truly any different from
|
|
DD disks?
|
|
|
|
As it stands I have several hundred 1.44MB floppies on hand, but only a
|
|
dozen or os blank 800/720K disks. I'm tempted to use them at this point,
|
|
but wondering what other people's experiences have been...
|
|
|
|
Mitchell Spector
|
|
a_specto@alcor.concordia.ca
|
|
|
|
(SPECTOR1, 3414.1, Delphi A2 web side)
|
|
|
|
>>>>>
|
|
"""""
|
|
I think your luck with using HD floppies as 800k will depend a lot on your
|
|
particular floppy drive and the brand or batch of floppies. Years ago I
|
|
used them on my own system and had pretty good luck. Then I became our User
|
|
Groups IIgs PD software librarian. (that is Public Domain, not Pirated
|
|
Disk:-) When people wanted a copy of something they would bring their own
|
|
disk, often a HD one and we would make a copy on whichever IIgs was handy.
|
|
I noticed that almost all the disks that became unreadable later were HD
|
|
and disks copied on some machines seemed to have a much higher failure rate
|
|
than others. Also some batches of HD disks were much worse than others.
|
|
|
|
Overall the failure rate wasn't all that high but would be a cause for
|
|
concern if the data was particularly valuable. We did have one spectacular
|
|
and amusing failure though. One fellow stated that HD and DD disks were the
|
|
same except for the hole and copied a dozen disks from our library. Next
|
|
day he phoned me and said they all died within 24 hours and he only managed
|
|
to copy half or them before they became unreadable. Of course that isn't a
|
|
typical situation. I generally suggest formatting only DD disks as 800k if
|
|
at all possible. However if you are stuck you use what you have available.
|
|
In which case if the data is important make a couple or more copies.
|
|
|
|
Wayne
|
|
|
|
(WAYNEJ, 3414.3, Delphi A2 web side)
|
|
|
|
>>>>>
|
|
"""""
|
|
I'm converted.
|
|
|
|
Prior to purchasing some DD floppies from Howard, I had asked the same
|
|
question here, but not before trying some brand-new HD disks first. I tried
|
|
them on various Apple 3.5 drives that I had, but the outcome was that
|
|
reliability was poor. Some disks failed straight away, others lasted 1
|
|
night, some have lasted months, and some have not failed yet (and may not).
|
|
|
|
The HD disks I used were all the same cheap un-branded type, possibly not
|
|
that good anyway, but they do work on the Mac as HD quite OK.
|
|
|
|
Bottom line is, if you have a backup on CD or other medium then it doesn't
|
|
matter what your using, HD or DD. But I would use DD for data I've created
|
|
and HD for application disks (if I didn't have any DD's left).
|
|
|
|
Mark
|
|
|
|
(LUKE65816, 3414.5, Delphi A2 web side)
|
|
[EOA]
|
|
|
|
|
|
[PRD]
|
|
PRESERVING REMAINS OF DELPHI A2 FORUM
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
|
With the text-side all but gone (just a little over a month remains before
|
|
it ceases to exist) and activity on the webside having dropped to near-zero
|
|
activity as of late, it's become apparent Delphi's A2 Forum is now on its
|
|
death bed.
|
|
|
|
That has me wondering, has, or is anyone planning to, archive and preserve
|
|
the A2 message forums here on Delphi? I don't know how far they go back,
|
|
but according to the Apple II History files Delphi's had an Apple II
|
|
presence since 1985 (the web side seems to only go back as far as 1997 or
|
|
so for old messages, though perhaps its a different story on the text
|
|
side?). It'd be neat to have something along the lines of "Time in a
|
|
Bottle" CD which preserved much of GEnie.
|
|
|
|
It might be wise to move fast on this as Delphi's future existence as a
|
|
whole (not just the A2 Forum) seems questionable. Last I heard at least the
|
|
file library here is being preserved and moved over to A2Central at
|
|
least...
|
|
|
|
Mitchell Spector
|
|
a_specto@alcor.concordia.ca
|
|
|
|
(SPECTOR1, 3415.1, Delphi A2 web side)
|
|
|
|
>>>>>
|
|
"""""
|
|
In addition to saving the A2 Forum library files, we have also preserved
|
|
the bulletin board messages. They'll probably show up in some sort of
|
|
archived format on A2Central.com.
|
|
|
|
This forum has only been on Delphi since 1997 (or 1996, I forget.) Any
|
|
previous Apple II presence here was not run by Syndicomm and we don't have
|
|
an archive of their contents.
|
|
|
|
Tony Ward, A2Central.com Chief Librarian
|
|
|
|
(TONYW1, 3415.6, Delphi A2 web side)
|
|
[EOA]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
------------------------------------
|
|
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR |
|
|
------------------------------------
|
|
|
|
[NLE]
|
|
NO LETTERS TO THE EDITOR THIS MONTH
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
|
The mail box for Letters to the Editor remained empty this month.
|
|
[EOA]
|
|
|
|
|
|
[LTE]
|
|
AN INVITATION
|
|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
|
Express your opinions about the comings and goings in the world of the
|
|
Apple II computers.
|
|
|
|
Send your comments to Lyle Syverson, Editor <lyle@FoxValley.net>
|
|
|
|
The Editor reserves the right to edit any material submitted.
|
|
|
|
The Editor reserves the right to reject any material he considers
|
|
unsuitable for publication in _The Lamp!_.
|
|
[EOA]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
[KFT]------------------------------
|
|
KFest 2001 |
|
|
-----------------------------------
|
|
|
|
[KFE]
|
|
K FEST EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION DEADLINE EXTENDED TO MAY 1
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
|
(April 2, 2001) KFEST REGISTRATION UPDATE:
|
|
|
|
+++ Deadline Extension: To allow everyone the opportunity to attend this
|
|
exciting event, the (early bird registration) deadline has been
|
|
extended to MAY 1st!
|
|
|
|
+++ Please note: You MUST send the NEW registration form below (via postal
|
|
mail) when you register.
|
|
|
|
(KFESTSTEVE, Cat 5, Top 3, Msg 77)
|
|
[EOA]
|
|
|
|
|
|
[KFR]
|
|
K FEST REGISTRATION INFORMATION
|
|
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
|
KFest 2001 Registration Info... meet old A2 friends... meet new friends...
|
|
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
|
|
|
|
Help usher in the new millennium with the Apple II!!
|
|
|
|
When: July 25-29, 2001
|
|
Where: Avila College, Kansas City, Missouri
|
|
|
|
The most important Apple II event of the year, KFest 2001, is on our
|
|
calendar again, and it's never too early to make sure it has a place on
|
|
your calendar, too.
|
|
|
|
Better yet, KFest is back with the same great prices as last year!
|
|
|
|
Check these rates, which include room and meals from Wednesday evening
|
|
(dinner) on July 25, through Sunday morning (breakfast) on July 29.
|
|
(Saturday evening dinner not included. That's KFesters' Night Out On The
|
|
Town!)
|
|
|
|
KFest 2001 Registration Form
|
|
|
|
View and print this document using 9-point Monaco or Courier font (the
|
|
default of most monospaced font applications such as ProTERM & Spectrum).
|
|
|
|
Registering for KFest 2001:
|
|
NOTE: - The information requested in the KFest Registration Form below must
|
|
be sent even though the information is called in.
|
|
- If a member of the family accompanies you to KFest, please send a
|
|
separate registration form for each person.
|
|
|
|
<> Fax or email KFest Registration Form using a credit card number:
|
|
- Complete the form below and send the KFest Registration Form;
|
|
(EMAIL IS NOT SECURE).
|
|
<> By postal mail: Credit card, check, Purchase Order or money order:
|
|
- Print and fill out the KFest Registration Form.
|
|
- Send the form with the payment to:
|
|
InTrec Software, Inc. <kfest@intrec.com>
|
|
Attn: KFest Registration Voc: 602/992-1345
|
|
3035 E Topaz Cir Fax: 602/992-0232
|
|
Phoenix, Az 85028-4423
|
|
|
|
Discover, Visa, Mastercard or AmEx accepted. Checks & money orders must be
|
|
payable to InTrec Software, and must be in US dollars from a US bank.
|
|
|
|
---[ The Form ]------------[ Cut Here ]----------[ Print Clearly ]---
|
|
|
|
=>___ =>___
|
|
First Name Last Name
|
|
|
|
=>___
|
|
Organization (if applicable to KFest)
|
|
|
|
=>___
|
|
Shipping Address
|
|
|
|
=>___
|
|
City
|
|
|
|
=>___
|
|
State/Province Zip+4 or Postal Code
|
|
|
|
=>___ =>___
|
|
Day Phone Eve Phone
|
|
|
|
=>___
|
|
Internet Mail Address
|
|
|
|
=>___ =>___
|
|
Credit Card Number (Mastercard-Visa-Discovery-AmEx) Expiration Date
|
|
|
|
=>___
|
|
Name on Card (please print clearly)
|
|
|
|
=>___
|
|
Authorized Signature (If printed, and mailed or faxed.)
|
|
|
|
If you feel that using a credit card number via email may not be secure,
|
|
consider mailing via postal service, fax, or call voice to give the card
|
|
number.
|
|
|
|
Checks and money orders must be on a USA bank and USA compatible funds.
|
|
|
|
Registration Cost Check Applicable
|
|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
|
|
|
1 [ ] Early Arrival Double room ............................ 25.00
|
|
2 [ ] Early Arrival Single room ............................ 33.00
|
|
|
|
+++ Early Bird rates (Register BEFORE May 1) +++
|
|
|
|
7 [ ] Double Room before 5/1 ............................... 225.00
|
|
8 [ ] Single Room before 5/1 ............................... 275.00
|
|
9 [ ] Spouse or child before 5/1 ........................... 175.00
|
|
10 [ ] Registration only (no room or meals) before 5/1 ...... 175.00
|
|
|
|
+++ Regular Attendee rates (Register AFTER May 1) +++
|
|
|
|
Rates (after May 1 and at the door):
|
|
11 [ ] Double Room after 5/1 ................................ 275.00
|
|
12 [ ] Single Room after 5/1 ................................ 325.00
|
|
13 [ ] Spouse or child after 5/1 ............................ 225.00
|
|
14 [ ] Registration only (no room or meals) after 5/1 ....... 225.00
|
|
|
|
T-Shirts must be ordered in advance
|
|
15 [ ] T-Shirt softwear Small ............................... 15.00
|
|
16 [ ] T-Shirt softwear Medium .............................. 15.00
|
|
17 [ ] T-Shirt softwear Large ............................... 15.00
|
|
18 [ ] T-Shirt softwear X-Large ............................. 15.00
|
|
19 [ ] T-Shirt softwear XX-Large ............................ 15.00
|
|
20 [ ] T-Shirt softwear XXX-Large ........................... 15.00
|
|
|
|
May we send your registration confirmation via e-mail? [ ]Yes [ ]No
|
|
|
|
[ ] As a PDF (Acrobat Reader) file (preferred)
|
|
[ ] As a TEXT file mailed to the listed address
|
|
|
|
Roommate preference: =>___
|
|
|
|
Prefer smoking/non-smoking roommate: [ ] Smoke [ ] Non-smoke
|
|
|
|
Today's Date: _=>___ / /
|
|
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For attendees planning to arrive at the normal time on Wednesday, check-in
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will be from 1-4 pm. Check-out will be from 11 am-1 pm on Sunday.
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Current plans call for formal KFest 2001 sessions to begin with dinner in
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the Avila cafeteria on Wednesday evening (time to be announced), followed
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by the traditional opening event, the Keynote Address. We've got some great
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plans again for that opening night activity. Stay tuned!!
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Computer sessions will be conducted on Thursday and Friday. Software and
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hardware demos are scheduled for Saturday morning, with a vendor fair
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slated for Saturday afternoon.
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Reminder: Meals included in the registration price are Wednesday dinner
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through Sunday breakfast, with the exception of Saturday dinner.
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On Saturday night, attendees can dine on their own at one of the many fine
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restaurants near the Avila campus, or join groups of KFesters at a local
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favorite selected by the Roastee.
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All children under 18 years must be accompanied by a parent or legal
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guardian.
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KFest 2001 is again being sponsored by InTrec Software, Inc., makers of
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ProTERM telecommunications software for the Apple II and Macintosh.
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If you have questions about KFest, or wish to make suggestions, you can
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find answers via the Internet. Just send an email message to:
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kfest-help@kfest.org
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... or visit the KFest World Wide Web page: <http://www.kfest.org>
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If you're thinking about attending KFest, you'll enjoy the KFest Internet
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e-mail chat:
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To subscribe to the KFest Information Mailing List, send email to:
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<mailto: majordomo@kfest.org>.
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Place the following text in the BODY of the message:
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subscribe kfest
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You will receive a confirmation e-mail. To be signed up for the list, you
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will have to respond to this confirmation as the instructions dictate, and
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then you will then be able send and read messages on the mailing list.
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Sponsored by:
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InTrec Software, Inc.
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3035 E Topaz Circle
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Phoenix, AZ 85028-4423
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Voc:602/992-1345
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Fax:602/992-0232
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<kfest@intrec.com>
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(KFESTSTEVE, Cat 5, Top 3, Msg 77)
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[EOA]
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[RAK]
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MORE REASONS TO ATTEND K-FEST
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If you haven't yet registered for KFest 2001 here are two more compelling
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reasons you should do so immediately:
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1. Our KEYNOTE SPEAKER this year will be ERIC (Sheppy) SHEPHERD!
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A cornerstone of the Apple II community, Sheppy continuously strives to
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make contributions that support and strengthen our computing
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experiences.
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2. The dubious honor of ROASTEE belongs to MAX JONES, editor and publisher
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of Juiced.GS. Being the thoughtful, considerate person he is, Max has
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already provided us with 5 years worth of published material and
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attendance at KFest to fuel the fires during the Roast:)
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Thanks to both for helping to make this year's KFest the best ever!
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Your "Grand Gouda",
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Steve
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(KFESTSTEVE, Cat 5, Top 3, Msg 67)
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[EOA]
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[FFL]
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FRIENDS FOR LIFE CD WILL BE UPDATED FOR K-FEST
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Juiced.GS has released Shareware Spotlight disks since Friends for Life was
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originally released at Y][KFest. Will the FFL CD be updated with that
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material for KansasFest 2001?
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-Ken
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(KGAGNE, Cat 23, Top 4, Msg 1)
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>>>>>
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Ken,
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There you go, reading my mind again. :-)
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If all goes well, I plan to have a new CD --Sort of an FFL Volume 2 --
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available for KFest 2001. But there's a lot of work to be done on it, so at
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this point it's merely in the planning stage.
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Plus, I probably need to buy a CD burner for my iMac so I can burn them
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myself. I think I've just about worn out my original CD supplier (he goes
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by the name of Ryan Suenaga), mainly because the original FFL was so
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incredibly successful. As they say, "Business is Good!"
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Max
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(JUICEDGS, Cat 23, Top 4, Msg 2)
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[EOA]
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[INN]------------------------------
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EXTRA INNINGS |
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About The Lamp! The Lamp! is published on the fifteenth of every month in
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""""""""""""""" the Database of the II Scribe Forum on the Delphi online
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service (GO CUS 11).
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This publication produced entirely with real or emulated Apple II computers
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using Appleworks 5.1 and Hermes. Apple II Forever!
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* The Lamp! is (c) copyright 2001 by Ryan M. Suenaga, M.S.W. All
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rights reserved.
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* To reach The Lamp! on Internet email send mail to
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thelamp@sheppyware.net
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* Back issues of The Lamp! are available in the II Scribe Forum on
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Delphi as well as The Lamp! Home Page,
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http://lamp.sheppyware.net.
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Opinions expressed herein are those of the individual authors, and do not
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necessarily represent the opinions of A2Central.com, Delphi Online
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Services, Syndicomm, Ryan M. Suenaga, or Lyle Syverson. Forum messages are
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reprinted verbatim and are included in this publication with permission
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from the individual authors. A2Central.com, Delphi Online Services,
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Syndicomm, Ryan M. Suenaga, and Lyle Syverson do not guarantee the accuracy
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or suitability of any information included herein. We reserve the right to
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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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