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~ WELCOME TO GENIELAMP APPLE II! ~
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~ FOCUS ON...: The Accidental Tourist at KansasFest ~
~ VOX POPULI: Apple IIgs Owners' Survey ~
~ APPLEWORKS ANNEX: AppleWorks 5 Documentation ~
~ HOT NEWS, HOT FILES, HOT MESSAGES ~
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Publisher................................................John F. Peters
Editor...................................................Douglas Cuff
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~ July 1, 1996 ~
FROM MY DESKTOP ......... [FRM] HEY MISTER POSTMAN ...... [HEY]
Notes From The Editor. Is That A Letter For Me?
HUMOR ONLINE ............ [HUM] FOCUS ON... ............. [FOC]
An Apple II Parody. KansasFest 1996.
VOX POPULI .............. [VOX] APPLEWORKS ANNEX ........ [AWX]
Apple IIgs Owners' Survey. AppleWorks 5 Documentation.
FILE BANDWAGON .......... [BAN] THE TREASURE HUNT ....... [HUN]
Top 10 Files for May. Fool's Gold.
LOG OFF ................. [LOG]
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Notes From The Editor
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by Douglas Cuff
[EDITOR.A2]
This editorial isn't really about any issue facing the Apple II
community. This is editorial is about me. Blatantly about me, I mean.
This issue marks the end of my third year as editor of GenieLamp A2.
At one point, it was supposed to mark the end of my service as editor, full
stop. Since beginning the first draft of this editorial, I have realized,
with something of a shock, that my three years with GenieLamp A2 make me
the longest-serving editor by a considerable margin. Neither of my two
predecessors lasted for as long as twelve consecutive months. This must be
something I inherited from my father: after 30 years of service, he is
only the _fifth_ editor of a magazine about to reach its centenary.
Last winter, I began to feel that I wasn't offering all that much to
the Apple II community. The first issues of _The Apple Blossom_ and
_Juiced.GS_ printed original material that could have appeared in GenieLamp
A2... but didn't. And I felt that this was largely my fault; that I hadn't
been doing a good enough job. The only thing this job pays is
satisfaction, and there wasn't much of that last winter.
So I planned to stop editing GenieLamp A2 at the end of my third
year. I would concentrate on writing articles for the Apple II world
instead of editing them. I'm proud to be an editor first--I didn't drift
into editing as a substitute for writing; I love editing--but I thought
that writing might revive, replenish, and renew me. I would hand my
EDITOR.A2 account over to the new editor, but stay on Genie and stick with
GenieLamp A2 (as a writer) via my D.CUFF account.
Then the roof caved in. GEnie became Genie, and the monthly fee to
keep an account active went from $7.95 to $23.95. Much too costly for an
editor who's still looking for a day job.
I almost closed my D.CUFF account. Then Genie introduced GenieLite
at $8.95 a month, and I grabbed at it like a man in quicksand grabs for a
tree root.
The new Genie brought with it a new problem: no more credits for
writers, no way to reward them other than with praise. I found myself in
the position of having to research and write the entire contents of each
issue. (The writing of articles is hard, but not a struggle; it's the
research that kills you, because it really eats up your time.)
Recently, a fresh problem threatened. The new Genie didn't see why
GenieLamp editors should have special accounts. This was, in fact,
supposed to have been the last-ever issue of GenieLamp A2. John Peters,
the publisher of all GenieLamps, came through for his editors
magnificently. He saved our skins, and he saved GenieLamp.
That doesn't mean I'm not tired any more. But the knowledge of how
close a thing it's been gave me the strength to get through this issue
without wanting to quit.
I'm tired this month, but the reason for it is different. My fatigue
is not due to disappointment or flagging spirits; it's due to having done a
lot of hard work on the KansasFest article you'll find in this issue. It's
that rarity, an article I'm actually pleased with. I hope you will be too.
What is so rare as one of my own articles that I'm pleased with? An
article from someone other than me. If you have an article, please submit
it. If you have an idea for an article, please send me E-mail so we can
discuss it.
I'm happy to report that I've just been discussing such an idea with
a writer, so next month or the one after, there should be another voice
speaking here to break the monotony. <grin> I'd still like to hear from
other writers, or those who would like to try writing.
[*][*][*]
An amusing note about last month's editorial, which addressed the
subject of a person who had violated my copyright by reprinting part of one
of my articles without my permission. I got mail from people who assumed I
was talking about them, when I wasn't. There is no shortage of guilty
consciences out there, it seems.
I should have been ready for this. As I said in my July 1994
editorial, if you tell a group of people that some of them have done
something wrong, the innocent will assume they're guilty, and the guilty
will assume that you're talking about someone else, or not care that you're
talking about them, or admit the act but deny the guilt.
To be clear, then: What I was talking about last month was _not_
someone who reprinted GenieLamp A2 material without permission. You do not
have to ask permission to reprint any GenieLamp A2 material, as long as you
reproduce the copyright paragraph (see the very end of this issue) and
mention that it is being reprinted from GenieLamp A2. The article I spoke
of last month originally appeared in another Apple II publication, not
GenieLamp A2.
That's really pretty simple. This month, I've made it a little more
complicated--by writing two articles for which I retain the copyright
myself. These two articles (and only these two) do _not_ have to be
credited as having appeared in GenieLamp A2... but it would be a nice
gesture. I retain the copyright on these articles not because I want to
hoard them but because I want to be able to reprint them without asking
GenieLamp's permission. Please note--they're still my copyright material.
If, as I suspect, the only person they're worth something to is me--then
why would you want to steal it?
-- Doug Cuff
Genie Mail: EDITOR.A2 Internet: editor.a2@genie.com
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by Douglas Cuff
[EDITOR.A2]
o BULLETIN BOARD HOT SPOTS
o A2 POT-POURRI
o HOT TOPICS
o WHAT'S NEW
o THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE
o MESSAGE SPOTLIGHT
>>> BULLETIN BOARD HOT SPOTS <<<
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[*] CAT 9, TOP 7 ......... Another bug in HFS.FST?
[*] CAT 28, TOP 4 ......... "Revenge of the Nerds" documentary
[*] CAT 31, TOP 5 ......... Apple II in Macintosh user groups
[*] CAT 44, TOP 3 ......... KansasFest 1996 mini biographies
[*] CAT 44, TOP 8 ......... KansasFest 1996!
>>> A2 POT-POURRI <<<
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THEY DON'T KNOW US VERY WELL, DO THEY? I recently got an email ad
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" from/for Delphi, which included
the following paragraph:
"With the recent news of Compuserve, Genie and other systems going
strictly to a graphical, web based platform, there will be many people who
are left with the prospect of either spending a lot of money to upgrade
computers, or finding a new home. Delphi is still a text based service,
which means nearly everyone can make it onto the system."
Although we've always wanted people to place Genie right up there
with CIS & AOL... they could've at least gotten the facts right. :)
-Ken
(KEN.GAGNE, CAT2, TOP23, MSG:310/M645;1)
UPDATING PRINT SHOP IIGS FOR BETTER PRINTING? Here's another concept too.
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" What if one were to create
a data disk that one would print to: that is that acted like a printer (you
know, print to a disk combination of the PSGS components sort of "put
together" and saved, later to be printed as a whole unit via some Graphics
program- like PL of AWGS?
(M.SCHOOP, CAT6, TOP8, MSG:120/M645;1)
>>>>> Good luck! Joe Kohn hired Burger Bill to do new drivers for PSGS,
""""" and Burger Bill failed. You may be flogging a dead horse. ;)
Carl Knoblock - Telephone Tech
(C.KNOBLOCK, CAT6, TOP8, MSG:123/M645;1)
>>>>> I don't think the word "failed" would be an accurate (or fair)
""""" description. I asked Bill about PSGS several months ago, and he
told me that the reason nothing ever came of it was that the quality would
NOT be improved, due to the resolution of PSGS being hard-coded to 72 dpi
(or 144 dpi?). As mentioned above, the quality would degrade due to the
sharp definition of the pixels (as opposed to the round or "blurred" edges
produced by a dot matrix printer).
If I felt it was worth doing, and I had the time, I could do it. I
don't feel it's worth doing (and I have better things to do with my time
right now, which I think GS users might appreciate a lot more :).
-G.T. Barnabas
(BARNABAS, CAT6, TOP8, MSG:125/M645;1)
GENIELAMP HTML To see your GenieLamp in all it's HTML glory with e-mail
"""""""""""""" links to almost everyone mentioned in it, call the VACC
homepage.
- http://home.earthlink.net/~seali/vaccpage/vacc.html -
Also check out Scott's home page (seali) if you like showbiz links.
He has some dandys.
Uncle Duck .........
(VACC.DAVE, CAT3, TOP3, MSG:79/M645;1)
SCANTRON QUALITY COMPUTERS E-MAIL Jan, I got your address change
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" request, and emailed it to myself at
work, to take care of it Monday :)
Anyone else who needs this, or hasn't received their stuff, please
email me at gesaikin@sqc.net. If you do it here, I'll try to remember to
forward it to my work address, but it's easier if it gets there...then I
can see it, and it'll jog my memory. :)
FWIW, this holds true with any questions you have re
Scantron-Quality. You can post here, but if it's urgent, please email it
also!
Gena
(QUALITY, CAT42, TOP11, MSG:306/M645;1)
ONCE-MIGHTY ACADEMIA AND THE REAL WORLD BTW, I was checking out the UH
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" library online the other day and
came across something that might be of interest to Apple II and real world
device guys:
Yip, W. and Tse, R. S. (1994). A polarograph built on an Apple II.
_Laboratory Robotics and Automation_, _6_, 5.
(In non APA format, that's "A Polarograph Built on an Apple II" by
Wai-Tak Yip and Ronald S. Tse", published February 1, 1994 in Laboratory
Robotics and Automation, volume 6, number 1, page 5.)
Note that I haven't gone over and checked the actual article out yet,
but anything like this tends to get my attention.
Ryan M. Suenaga, M.S.W.
Social Worker by Day, Apple II geek by night, KFester in July!
ANSITerm and CoPilot v2.55
(R.SUENAGA1, CAT12, TOP38, MSG:189/M645;1)
>>>>> Sounds interesting.
"""""
One of my dictionaries says: Polarography is a method of qualitative
or quantitative analysis based on current/voltage curves obtained during
electrolysis of a solution with a steadily increasing electromotive force.
Another says: Polarography is an electrochemical method of
quantitative or qualitative analysis based on the relationship between an
increasing current passing through the solution being analyzed and the
increasing voltage used to produce the current.
I wonder how well the hardware and software setup is described. Based
on the description of the topic I suppose they used a Digital-to-Analog
converter to precisely step up the voltage.
Is this document a thesis? If so, do they charge very much to have
it reproduced? I'm kinda skiddish about buying these types of documents
after a bad experience with a document that I ordered from M.I.T. I paid a
lot of money for less than 50 pages (I was expecting 100-200) of a poor
quality (photocopy) document.
Erick
(E.WAGNER10, CAT12, TOP38, MSG:191/M645;1)
CHALLENGING MISCONCEPTIONS Today we had "Open House" at the office, with
"""""""""""""""""""""""""" about 90 new staff coming through. On my desk
my //e displayed a full screen (in PublishIt's page preview) saying, "Apple
II Forever!" The Mac next to it had a Kid's Pix screen with a hand
pointing to the //e which said, "The Apple II is my big brother."
Someone left a note on the //e's keyboard which said, "You are a
brave and courageous person."
I discovered who left the note and he explained, "You're brave to be
using such an old machine." Whereupon I explained that the HP LJ 4M
sitting next to the //e was driven by the //e, showed him my postscript
printed newsletters, scanner (Quickie), printed PostNet Bar codes, and that
the //e is interfaced with the mainframe VAX at 19,200 baud.
HA!
__!__
| Terrell Smith
| tsmith@ivcf.org
(T.SMITH59, CAT5, TOP4, MSG:255/M645;1)
GRAPHICWRITER III BUG REPORT LEADS TO ENCOURAGING NEWS OK, here's
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" something odd.
While working in GraphicWriter III 2.0, I go to the Apple pull-down
menu to select the Swatterdisk NDA. Instead of the SwatterDisk control
center window popping up, I get the GraphicWriter "About" box instead, the
same one you get when you select "About" under the Apple pull-down menu.
Every other NDA, and I have many installed, works fine.
I tried this with a number of other programs, and each time I select
the SwatterDisk NDA, the proper window pops up. The only place it fails to
work properly is in GW III.
Could somebody who has both GW III and SwatterDisk check to see if
they can duplicate this problem?
I'm beginning to get a little paranoid. A couple of windows in
Kangaroo don't pop up properly and another won't pop up at all, now
SwatterDisk doesn't respond inside GW III. Recently, the window of the
Shortcuts NDA (from Softdisk GS) began not showing up when I select it from
the Apple pull-down menu, even though the shortcut key commands continue to
work OK.
I know it's a full moon, but could there be any other explanation for
all this? I'm just hoping someone can duplicate the GW III/SwatterDisk
problem so I can rest a little easier.
Thanks,
Max
(M.JONES145, CAT43, TOP6, MSG:312/M645;1)
>>>>> Yep, the NDA selection thing is definitely a bug. We found it a
""""" long time ago, but I could never reproduce it on my test (read:
basic system) machine. That's not to say it's not GWIII's fault, just that
we had a hard time reproducing it.
It's MORE THAN LIKELY a GWIII bug, and it's on our list of things to
do.
Any EXTRA info you can give to help me reproduce it, would be greatly
appreciated.
Thanks again,
Richard
(RICHARD.B, CAT43, TOP6, MSG:316/M645;1)
WHITHER GENIELITE? Just in case any one is thinking of changing over to
"""""""""""""""""" Genielite, I've just received the following reply in
response to my request:
> I am sorry but the GenieLite option is no longer available. This
> package was discontinued May 8, 1996.
Looks like the new management are still treating their clients badly
:(
Pete (U.K)
(P.GREEN, CAT2, TOP23, MSG:316/M645;1)
APPLE BLOSSOM PUBLISHER MOVES Hi everybody, just a quick update on some
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" Apple Blossom happenings. First, the next
issue should be completed this weekend, and I hope to begin mailing by the
middle of next week. This issue will have articles on GraphicWriter III,
Connecting a CD-ROM to a IIGS, how to flow text inside a shape in GWIII,
how to calculate the days of the week in the AW spreadsheet, plus the usual
announcements, etc.
Also, I'll be moving in the next two weeks. I've got a new job up in
Boston, so I'll be returning there on July 6th. I don't have a permanent
address yet, but you can send mail to me at my folks house:
Steve Cavanaugh
13 Hillsdale Rd.
Holbrook, MA 02343
I'll be able to pick it up regularly once there.
My email here and on AOL (stevec1021@aol.com) will remain the same,
of course, as will my Web page (http://members.aol.com/newblossom/), which
will be updated in the next week as well, with an article from the
newsletter and perhaps a bonus review as well. My other internet address
(cav@strauss.udel.edu) will be closed down this week, so don't send me any
more mail at that address.
Steve
(S.CAVANAUGH1, CAT13, TOP17, MSG:305/M645;1)
>>> HOT TOPICS <<<
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APPLE II GROUP--AFFILIATE WITH MAC USER GROUP? I don't know whether this
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" is the appropriate topic
section for this or not, but the title seemed least inappropriate of the
available choices. This is a plea for advice.
Our users group, the Carolina Apple Core, has been an Apple II
support group since 1979. Surrounded by Mac groups, we are the only group
in central North Carolina still actively supporting the Apple II.
Recently several of our most active members have switched to Macs,
and on the "use it or lose it" principle have begun losing their expertise
with Apple IIs. Those of us who are still Apple II fanatics think the
group should remain an Apple II organization with a Mac SIG, but there are
problems.
When there are Apple II-based presentations at the monthly meetings,
the Mac people are bored and it shows. The vice versa situation also
applies. We have been trying to find cross-cultural topics for the
meetings, like using the Internet, how to transfer files between platforms,
etc, but we are running out of ideas. Apple, Inc. is no help since they
don't remember there ever was an Apple II.
Is there hope for us???
Phil
palbro@sophia.sph.unc.edu
75452.1665@compuserve.com
Sysop, Coretalk BBS, 919-544-1356
(P.ALBRO, CAT31, TOP5, MSG:89/M645;1)
>>>>> Phil, what we had long done at the meetings in Greensboro was to
""""" have a brief business meeting and then split up into Mac and Apple
II groups for platform-specific presentations.
If you don't have that kind of space luxury, then perhaps you could
schedule the two presentations at different times, with the business
meeting sandwiched in the middle, or something.
I confess that I haven't been to a Greensboro meeting in well over a
year, maybe two. I discovered that my main reason for going to them was to
hang out with my friends, and when most of them bought Macs and PCs and
quit coming, I eventually did also.
TomZ
(A2.TOMZ, CAT31, TOP5, MSG:90/M645;1)
>>>>> This shows up in A2 with the Mac only topic.:( Who wants to read
""""" about individuals and schools and what the best Mac for them to get
is?
I do believe that the Apple II people can put up with Macs better
than the other way around. There appears to be a snobbery among the Mac
users.
The trouble is that the Apple IIs and Macs are different computers
that were made by the same company, pretty much that is where the
similarity ends.
When that magazine switched from just Apple II, to add the Mac
coverage, it became a boring rag; that then went out of business. It is
also true that there really aren't any IBM/Mac magazines out there. The Mac
people are always writing to Byte magazine about how the Mac wasn't
mentioned in this or that article (even ones on desk top publishing).
Whine, whine, whine...
My advice is for the user group to drop the Mac coverage. You might
even be able to bring in new Apple II members if you show how inexpensive
it can be to get online with a 'new' Apple II system.
- James - [IMAGE]
(J.GRAY38, CAT31, TOP5, MSG:91/M645;1)
>>>>> I guess I'm pretty down on user groups myself. I'm on the Board of
""""" Directors of the Hawai'i Macintosh and Apple User's Society, and
basically, they've never given me anything but a very large headache. :/
I write the two Apple II columns in the SIGNAL for them, and handle
about 80% of the Apple II trouble calls (used to be 100% before graduate
school forced me to say "ENOUGH!"). The problem is more in reciprocity.
I feel I give a lot to my UG (in terms of tech support, help, writing
articles, etc.) I almost never get anything back. I can't even get the
Mac BBS librarian to put some files (TrueType fonts, for instance) in .SIT
1.5.1 with no folders format so that Apple IIgs users can get at 'em, and
he's a pretty prominent Apple II guy.
Our group also started as an Apple II only group, and now it's both a
II and Mac group, as well as Newton; however, I'd say 90% of the emphasis
is Mac.
My UG experience here tells me mostly one thing: if I have someone
who's serious about Apple IIs here, before I tell them to join HMAUS, I
tell them to join Genie.
As far as James' comment about:
>> Apple II presentations at the monthly meetings, the Mac people are bored
>> and vice versa
> This shows up in A2 with the Mac only topic.:( Who wants to read about
> individuals and schools and what the best Mac for them to get is?
Really, part of the reason why that topic is there is pragmatic: a
lot of Apple II people, particularly on this RT, use and own Macs (I'm
"guilty" myself, twice). Another part of it is very pragmatic as well: A2
users are some of the best informed anywhere, and I see better answers to
those Mac questions here than in the Mac RT most days.
As a BB person, I can say also that the topic is indeed intended for
"Quick Help" only. Long ongoing discussions are directed to the Mac RT.
And, even after all of this, if you're still not interested in the topic
(believe me, I can relate; for years I swore I'd never own a Mac; at this
point I've generally stopped swearing at them. . . well, maybe not :) you
can always IGNore it.
Ryan M. Suenaga, M.S.W.
Social Worker by Day, Apple II geek by night
ANSITerm and CoPilot v2.55
(R.SUENAGA1, CAT31, TOP5, MSG:93/M645;1)
KANSASFEST SCHEDULE Godzilla (Steve Gozdziewski) will be along soon
""""""""""""""""""" (maybe a few days) and post the BETA schedule.
We are very hesitant to post it ahead of time because of all the
complaints we got last year when we had to change things.
I am stressing NOW and will continue to stress that any schedule you
see is not final. Heck, we even had to change it after we arrived at Avila
last year because they changed our meal times. Oh well. :)
I can tell you that the roast is planned for Friday night, and we
will be "serving" Joe Kohn, medium rare. So if you are interested in
helping with that fun occasion, let me know.
Cindy
(KFest Big Cheese)
(CINDY.A, CAT44, TOP8, MSG:245/M645;1)
>>>>>
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( ) ( ) ____________________________________________
| | / / ( _____________________________'96____)
| | / / | |
| |/ / | | II Infinitum!!
| / | |______
| |\ \ | _______) __________ ________ ________
| | \ \ | | ( _____) ( ___) (__ __)
| | \ \ | | | |__ \ \ | |
| | \ \ | | | __) \ \ | |
| | \ \ | | | |_____ ___\ \ | |
(______) (________) (_______) (__________) (_________) |___|
ALL-STAR LINEUP:
Session Presenter(s)
ToolBox Programming-1........................Mike Westerfield (BYTEWORKS)
ToolBox Programming-2........................Mike Westerfield (BYTEWORKS)
Solder-1.....................................Dave Ciotti (BINARY.BEAR)
Solder-2.....................................Doug Pendleton (DOUG.P) and
Dave Ciotti (BINARY.BEAR)
Solder-3.....................................Doug Pendleton (DOUG.P) and
Dave Ciotti (BINARY.BEAR)
Keyboard Repair..............................Doug Pendleton (DOUG.P) and
Dave Ciotti (BINARY.BEAR)
System Saver Maintenance.....................Doug Pendleton (DOUG.P) and
Dave Ciotti (BINARY.BEAR)
ZIP-Chip Modifications.......................Doug Pendleton (DOUG.P)
Human Interface Guidelines...................Eric Sheperd (SHEPPY)
Publishers' (and Writers') Forum.............Ryan Suenaga (R.SUENAGA1) and
a panel of your favorites!
HTML Conference..............................Charles Hartley (A2.CHARLIE)
Robotics.....................................Erick Wagner (E.WAGNER10) and
Mike Westerfield (BYTEWORKS)
Apple Presents...............................Kurt Ackman - Apple, Inc.
Kansas City
Disk ][ Hacking/Diagnostic Software..........Dr. Stephen Buggie
HyperCard....................................Brian Gillespie (B.GILLESPIE3)
(All About) Spectrum.........................Ewen Wannop (E.WANNOP) with
Dave Hecker
Using NetScape...............................David Kerwood (D.KERWOOD)
DeskTop Publishing...........................Max Jones (M.JONES145)
AppleWorks/UltraMacros.......................Will Nelken (W.NELKEN1)
(All About) GraphicWriter III................Richard Bennett (RICHARD.B)
with Dave Hecker
AppleSoft Basic..............................Charles Hartley (A2.CHARLIE)
Mac Basics...................................Auri Rahimzadeh (A.RAHIMZADEH)
KFest Roast..................................Joe.Kohn (JOE.KOHN)
Keynote Address/Panel
Vendor Fair (Saturday)
Other sessions may include:
Using UNIX
(All About) Graphics
AppleSoft Basic-2
A2 Productivity
3.5 Disk Cleaning
New Product Introductions
As always, there will be informal hardware repairs, debugging, TC
events, and other computer events/discussions after the day's formal
schedule is over. If you are staying off-campus, I'd urge you to allow some
time in the evening for the informal gatherings. While the number of formal
sessions is limited by time, there will be a wealth of Apple II, Mac, and
Newton "gurus" staying in the dorms. Most are willing to answer any
question you may have and/or assist you in any way they can.
Please remember this is NOT the final schedule which can, and most
likely will change. However, you should now have a good idea of the
exciting events planned for this year's KansasFest.
Looking forward to another very special KFest! Hope to see you there.
Steve
(KFest Schedule-Meister)
P.S. Any errors/omissions are entirely my fault:(
(S.GOZDZIEWSK, CAT44, TOP8, MSG:261/M645;1)
>>>>> This is an Whoops Alert <g
"""""
>> ZIP-Chip Modifications.......................Doug Pendleton (DOUG.P)
The ZipChip is a sealed item, and can not be user modified.
The ZipGSX, which is the accelerator for the IIgs is a board, and can
be modifed for higher speed and / or larger cache.
-Harold
Resident Solder Slinger
Live Free or Die - New Hampshire state motto
(HAROLD.H, CAT44, TOP8, MSG:262/M645;1)
NEW, IMPROVED HFS.FST BUG? I have uncovered what appears to be a bug in
"""""""""""""""""""""""""" the way that GS/OS (Finder?) handles HFS
partitions. I say appears, because it is possible that it is something
unique to my system. I would be interested in hearing from others who might
have had similar problems, or to see if anyone else can duplicate my
problem.
I have several HFS partitions on my IIgs system (Apple Hi-Speed SCSI
card, slot 7, System 6.0.1, with patched HFS FST). I am using a 1.3 GB
Seagate drive, partitioned into two 600 MB partitions, four 32 MB
partitions, and one with the leftovers. Also, I have a magneto-optical
drive, with 281MB per side (562MB per cartridge). I have it set as a single
partition on each side.
I have found that if I drag copy files via Finder onto the 600MB
partition such that the files to be copied are more than the available free
space, and if the files are in a folder, that when I get the "Disk is Full"
error, the folder has been corrupted that it was copying into. The folder
can no longer be deleted from Finder. This has happened twice. Also, it
happened with a 281MB partition on the M-O drive.
My question is, can anyone else duplicate this? With a smaller
partition? With something other than HFS? (I have nbever seen it happen
with a ProDOS partition, and I have overflowed on partitions before with
ProDOS.
I would be interested in hearing anything about this.
Joat
(A2.TIM, CAT9, TOP7, MSG:241/M645;1)
>>>>> I have totally filled smallerr HFS volumes (800k floppies, 100Mb
""""" and smaller hard drive partitions) and not encountered any
problems.
The largest drive I have here is only 153Mb, so I can really give
things as much of a 'wringing out' as I'd like to :/
-Harold
Resident Solder Slinger
Live Free or Die - New Hampshire state motto
(HAROLD.H, CAT9, TOP7, MSG:242/M645;1)
<<<<< But did you fill them from Finder, and by drag copying more than
""""" would fit, and the files you dragged were in a folder? I suspect
that all three are required.
It could also be size related. The smallest I have tried so far is
281MB.
Joat
(A2.TIM, CAT9, TOP7, MSG:243/M645;1)
>>>>> Yes, but possibly not in the way you're thinking of..
"""""
I've filled HFS volumes by having multiple folders selected in the
Finder, and then dragging those over to the HFS volume. This could easilly
be doing something different than if one had only one (huge) folder being
copied. (one huge folder = one base prefix being used for the entire
operation, multiple smaller folders = the base prefix gets changed after
each smaller folder is finished)
You're =only= encountering the HFS directory corruption when a disk
full condition has occured? (try the copying with just less than enough to
fill the HFS volume, -exactly- enough to fill the volume, and just a bit
too much)
I've got a =suspicion= about this, but it's too early to say what,
and I can't test it here as I don't have a really large drive that I can
set up as HFS.
-Harold
Resident Solder Slinger
Live Free or Die - New Hampshire state motto
(HAROLD.H, CAT9, TOP7, MSG:245/M645;1)
<<<<< > I have several 230 MOs almost filled and have never seen this
""""" > problem.
If they are "almost" filled, you won't see it. You will have to use
Finder to drag a folder of files to the partition to try to =overfill= it
and trigger the "disk is full" error. Only then will this problem appear,
at least on my setup. An almost full drive does not trigger it.
Joat
(A2.TIM, CAT9, TOP7, MSG:246/M645;1)
>>> WHAT'S NEW <<<
""""""""""""""""""
LATEST ISSUE OF SHAREWARE SOLUTIONS II Volume 3, Issue 1 of Shareware
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" Solutions II is complete, and will
soon be mailed out to subscribers. In this 20 page issue, you will find:
GRAPEVINE
Hard Drive Give Away
Brutal Deluxe Visit
Magic Eye Graphics
EGO Systems
Basic Screen Blanker
Low Cost Enhancements
On The Horizon
LIES, LIES AND MORE LIES (By Professor G.S. Gumby)
Hello Again!
A Meaningful Relationship
Yet Another KansasFest
Tangled Up In Hype
Just You Wait
Speaking Of E-Mail
Ask Mr 8 Ball
THE COMPUTER THAT COULD HAVE CHANGED THE WORLD
Meet Mark Twain
The Big Picture
Fast Forward Five Years
Wheelin' And Dealin"
The Age Of Discovery
A Guided Tour
Impressions
STACK CENTRAL / STUDIO CITY
What's It All About?
Requirements
Ordering Information
The Master Index
SUCH A DEAL
ProSel
The Gate And Space Fox
NAUG-On-Disk Bundle
SHAREWARE SOLUTIONS IIE/IIC/IIGS
A2 Disks of the Month
EnviroWorks
SHAREWARE SOLUTIONS IIGS
Games '96
If you're a subscriber, you should be receiving this issue soon.
Please let me know what you think!
If you're not a subscriber, but would like information about
subscribing, send an e-mail to Joe Kohn on any of the following systems:
CIS: 76702,565
GEnie: JOE.KOHN
Internet: joko@crl.com
Feel free to visit the Shareware Solutions II Home Page on the World
Wide Web. The URL is: http://www.crl.com/~joko
(JOE.KOHN, CAT28, TOP4, MSG:37/M645;1)
LATEST ISSUE OF II ALIVE Hmmmmm. . . word on another service indicates
"""""""""""""""""""""""" that another issue has gone out. . .
No sign of it here though.
Ryan M. Suenaga, M.S.W.
Social Worker by Day, Apple II geek by night
ANSITerm and CoPilot v2.55
(R.SUENAGA1, CAT42, TOP11, MSG:284/M645;1)
>>>>> Yep, I received the "Spring 1996" issue on Saturday. They keep
""""" getting lighter on content, but it's still nice to see an issue.
- Tony
(A2.TONY, CAT42, TOP11, MSG:285/M645;1)
>>>>> I got my II Alive Saturday, also, and was please that the content
""""" was much better, IMHO, than the last issue. I was also pleased that
my ad didn't get screwed up :)
FWIW, I have emailed back and forth with the current editor, who tells me
that they may very well continue II Alive past this year. He tells me that
writers have been contracted for ALL stories for the next two issues, and
that the fate of the magazine is not decided. It could be that Scantron is
not as determined to shut it down as Quality was before the merger.
Steve
(S.CAVANAUGH1, CAT42, TOP11, MSG:299/M645;1)
LATEST ISSUE OF JUICED.GS ++++++++ Juiced.GS Volume 1, Issue 2 ++++++++
"""""""""""""""""""""""""
The spring/summer edition of Juiced.GS has been released. Look for it
soon in a mail box near you!!
COVER STORY: Expanding the 'Net ... An in-depth report on the
development of GS/TCP, the software that will allow GS
users to connect directly to the Internet. Juiced.GS
spent several hours in early May with GS/TCP programmer
Derek Taubert and saw his program in action. This
feature is based on that interview.
Also in this issue:
o An in-depth review of GraphicWriter III 2.0
o Letters from readers of Juiced.GS
o Troubleshooting hardware repairs on the Apple II
o Shareware Spotlight: Fun and games -- mini-reviews
of GS Entertainment, Puyo-Puyo and Diamonds-GS!!!!
o Another installment of the Juiced.GS Collection announced
o DumplinGS ... newsy notes from the Apple II world
This issue is late getting out, and I apologize for that. A couple of
problems arose late in the process that delayed publication. The schedule
will be back on track for the next issue, which will be published in mid to
late August (hopefully more mid than late).
If you are not yet a subscriber to Juiced.GS but would like to be,
see subscription info in the topic header, or e-mail me for more details.
Thanks again to everyone for your patience and your continued support.
Apple II Forever,
Max Jones (M.JONES145)
Juiced.GS
(KansasFest here we come!!!!!)
(M.JONES145, CAT13, TOP43, MSG:183/M645;1)
LATEST ISSUE OF THE APPLEWORKS GAZETTE
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__________________________
| |
| The AppleWorks Gazette |
| Issue #3 |
| shipping now! |
|__________________________|
The last disks were sent this morning. North-American and European
subscribers should get their disk starting from Wednesday, Jun 26,
depending on how fast first class/airmail will be.
The third issue of the AppleWorks Gazette contains a 65-page
newsletter, in which you will read:
o a review of Marin MacroWorks' TouchTwo,
o TimeOut: Finding Out the Right Version
o The Wonderful World of AppleWorks Inits
o AppleWorks Q & A
o New Applications for AppleWorks 3.0, 4.3, and 5.1
and much more.
The disk also contains about 500K of software and data, most of which
has never been released before.
For subscription information, send mail to 100316.14@compuserve.com
(Chris Serreau) or h.katz@genie.com (Howard Katz).
See you in July!
---
How to subscribe? The AppleWorks Gazette is available by subscription
''''''''''''''''' only, for US $35 a year (six 3.5-inch disks), shipping
included. North American subscribers should send a US $35 check to Howard
Katz, 1104 Lorlyn Circle #2D, Batavia, IL 60510, U.S.A. European
subscribers should send the equivalent of US $35 in Western European
currency, in check or money order made payable to Christian Serreau to
Christian Serreau, 12, rue de la Censerie, 49100 Angers, France. Outside
North America and Western Europe, contact Howard Katz for information
regarding how to submit checks in your national currency. Sorry, charge
cards, purchase orders, or COD orders not accepted. Back issues are
available for US $6 per disk. 5.25-inch disks available upon request. Ask
for specific price and conditions.
(H.KATZ, CAT17, TOP18, MSG:25/M645;1)
LATEST ISSUE OF THE APPLE BLOSSOM NOW ON ITS WAY TOWARD YOUR MAILBOX
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
The Apple Blossom
Volume 2, Number 3
Table of Contents
'''''''''''''''''
From the Publisher--a very moving experience
Announcements
How to create Greeting Cards using PostScript commands
New Digs for ProDOS 8--IIe 2.0.1 for the Macintosh
Calculating the Days of the Week with AppleWorks
How to Use a CD-ROM drive with the IIGS
Review of GraphicWriter III v. 2.0
Review of the Focus Hard Card
This issue has a new writer, Mark Comden of Pennsylvania, with his
AppleWorks article. Mark is also a talented cartoonist, and his first
cartoon has a nice tip for anyone with an ImageWriter II.
Due to "technical difficulties" beyond his control, Ryan Suenaga's
usual column "Talking ][..." didn't make it into this issue, but look for
it in the next issue.
Some newsletters have already been mailed out, and the rest will hit
the post tomorrow. Look for yours soon.
-----------------------
Stats:
Subscribers: 153
U.S. States: 40
Other Countries: 6
The Apple Blossom, a bi-monthly newsletter focusing on reviews of
Apple II products, how-to articles, and general interest features of
interest to all Apple II users. To subscribe, download the subscription
form that follows in this topic, and send a check or money order in U.S.
funds ($12.00 for U.S./Canada, $18.00 all other countries) to:
Steve Cavanaugh
13 Hillsdale Rd.
Holbrook, MA 02343
for more info, email here or stevec1021@aol.com@inet#
(S.CAVANAUGH1, CAT13, TOP17, MSG:308/M645;1)
>>> THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE <<<
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
MUSIC COMPOSER V4.00 WITH SHEET MUSIC INTERFACE
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V V A PPPP OOOO RRRRR
V V A A P P O O R R
V V A A P P O O R R
V V AAAAAAA PPPP O O RRRRR
V V A A P O O R R
V V A A P O O R R
V A A P 000O R R
A L EEEEE RRRRR TTTTTTTTTTT
A A L E R R T
A A L E R R T
AAAAAAA L EEEEE RRRRR T
A A L E R R T
A A L E R R T
A A LLLLLL EEEEE R R T
Music Composer version 4.00
I've finished writing the sheet music interface for Music Composer.
Note, I said 'writing' not debugging. I still have a few other additions
and changes to make to the program.
Be sure and look for the demo version of Music Composer version 4.00.
It should be on Genie in the A2 Library, On my own FTP site (mentioned in
sig below, and on comp.sys.apple2.binaries.
If you don't know what Music Composer is (sigh):
Music Composer is an Apple IIGS desktop program for creating and
editing music sequence files. It is built around the MIDIsynth tool
(tool035). With Music Composer you can create a sequence from scratch and
edit it or you can import files from SynthLAB, Sound Smith, Music Studio,
or standard MIDI files. Files can be saved as Music Composer format or
exported to SynthLAB or standard MIDI files. When editing you can cut,
copy or paste tracks, measures or individual notes. You can tranpose up or
down both volume and note values. You can also edit individual notes and
MIDI data. You enter notes through a MIDI device or through the computer
keyboard in a spreadsheet like interface. You can also play your creations
using music composer.
If you don't know what the Apple IIGS is (SIGH):
*Previous version of Music Composer can be found at my FTP site (see sig
*below), or on GEnie, AOL, grind.isca.uiowa.edu, and other FTP sites on
*internet.
Effective Software Solutions Clayburn W. Juniel, III
Custom Software Design 1928 E. Camelback Rd. #623
Phone: (602)274-6905 Phoenix, AZ 85016-4143 USA
Fax: (602)274-6851
Internet: clay1@primenet.com WWW: http://www.primenet.com/~clay1
c.juniel@genie.com FTP: ftp.primenet.com users/c/clay1
(C.JUNIEL, CAT6, TOP19, MSG:113/M645;1)
WE LIKE TO HEAR ABOUT PRODUCTS BEING BETA-TESTED > doesn't
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" > GraphicConverter
> run on one of your Macs?
Sorta. It'll handle doing some types of graphics conversions for me,
particularly small JPEGs. On larger pictures it chokes, as I only have 4Mb
in my SE. (might be bumping this up to 8Mb, just found out that 2Mb 30 pin
SIMMs arre under $30 each from Chip Merchant :) It -won't- handle the .BMP
pictures that prompted my initial question here, it seems that they have
some kind of fairly recently compression being used on them :/
I did discover, much to my chagrin, that a certain IIgs graphics
utility that I'm beta testing handles the pictures in question however, and
quite nicely too. This is ideal for me, as I can download them via the Mac,
then display on the IIgs while the Mac is busy downloading the next one.
(appletalk is slow, but hey, it works :)
-Harold
(HAROLD.H, CAT2, TOP3, MSG:211/M645;1)
TRANSLATING HIGH-BIT CHARACTERS I've created a little program that takes
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" a text file that was created with a
program that uses curly quotes and other high bit characters, and changes
the curly quotes, apostrophes, slashed zeros, and hyphens and converts them
to standard low bit matching characters. It also finds and replaces all
other high bit characters with a tilde (~) so that you can quickly find
them with a word processor and change them or delete them as you please.
If you have been plagued with loading a text file created on the Mac,
or with some other program that uses these high bit characters and
discovering things like
RThis is supposed to be in quotes.S
or contractions such as youUve, wonUt, IUll,
then you know what a hassle it is to manually change them.
I'm looking for 3-4 people to beta test this program for me. If you
are interested, post a message here. I'll take the first 4 who post and
send them the program via attached email.
I'll ask the beta testers to try it out on as many different sized
files, from as many different sources as you can. I'm particularly
interested in text files created with Mac or DOS word processors, as well
as those created as TEACH files on the GS.
One one of caution. If you have already loaded the text file into a
word processor such as AppleWorks and saved it back as a text file, this
program won't help you. AppleWorks automatically strips the high bits that
my program needs to see.
Let me hear from you.
Charlie
(A2.CHARLIE, CAT13, TOP8, MSG:84/M645;1)
DIAMONDS GAME We'll I'll give you the short version re Diamonds.
"""""""""""""
It's been pending legal problems for almost three years. The version
that's out now (ftp sites etc.) is a leaked beta test version. When I catch
the lousy so and so...
So for all intents, it's out there. So I guess, grab it if you can.
Regards,
Richard
(RICHARD.B, CAT28, TOP4, MSG:81/M645;1)
>>> MESSAGE SPOTLIGHT <<<
"""""""""""""""""""""""""
Category 2, Topic 5
Message 248 Fri Jun 28, 1996
HAROLD.H [Hdwr Hacker] at 01:56 EDT
Spotted in CSA2.... and of some general interest IMHO :-)
The only editing done on this was to convert it from Unix to Apple II
format (change of LF's to CR's) and elimination of some CR's and extranious
spaces to improve repost formatting here on Genie. Some 'hyphen lines'
have been replaced with lines of = symbols, so that offline message
managers won't improperly parse the message into multiple parts. No text
has been altered from the original. Note the repost permision that is
expressly given at the end of the message.
<Snip!>
NEWSWIRE...[ANN] New IIGS Emulator
From: GUDATH@EZINFO.VMSMAIL.ETHZ.CH (Henrik 'Ratte' Gudat)
Reply to: Henrik 'Ratte' Gudat
Date: 23 Jun 1996 20:07:58 GMT
Organization: Synergetix
Newsgroups:
comp.sys.apple2
Reply to: newsgroup(s)
Dear c.s.a2,
I hope you find the announcement below worth the bandwidth.
Shady (Mr. ShadowWrite) and I have been working on this beast
'secretly' for many months (me since last January), and we're happy it's
developing the way we'd like. Please note that it's still an alpha
release, and alpha is alpha and not beta or final. Alpha means: bugs,
crying programmers on drugs, dead machines.
If you own a PowerMac and do have in-depth knowledge of the IIGS
hardware, please let me know. We're still looking for beta testers.
One last thing: Andre will leave planet Earth until mid August, so
I'll have to do all answering *and* programming on my own. Please be
patient when contacting me. This also means that you should send *all*
your questions and comments to gudath@ubaclu.unibas.ch. (You might be able
to catch him *today* 6/24/96 CET, but then he's gone..) Thank you!
Enjoy,
Henrik
============= snip here, Swiss army knife recommended =============
Contact:
Andre Horstmann or Synergetix H. Gudat
Hoehenweg 3d Missionsstrasse 38
6300 Zug 4055 Basel
Switzerland Switzerland
andre.horstmann@unifr.ch gudath@ubaclu.unibas.ch
(Please use only this address
before August 15.)
POWERMACS RUN APPLE IIGS SOFTWARE
Alpha Version Sent to Selected Testers
Zug/Basel (Switzerland), 6/24/96 -- Fast Eddie Labs, formerly Bright
Software, announced today the availability of alpha seeds of "Fast Eddie"
to selected testers. "Fast Eddie" introduces full Apple II software
compatibility for Power Macintosh computers. It emulates the complete line
of Apple II computers, including the Apple IIGS.
Fast Eddie is a collection of powerful components such as the
Powercore CPU and core services component, the Grafitti video engine, the
CleverPort disk interface and the n-sonic sound emulation. Initial
versions of Fast Eddie will not patch time-consuming toolbox calls. "We're
emulating metal", said Andre Horstmann, project manager of Fast Eddie Labs.
"We want former Apple IIGS users to be able to run their favorite
entertainment software on their Power Macs."
The Powercore component offers 8- and 16-bit 65816 emulation,
including interrupts, memory shadowing, bank switching, and much more.
Other services provided by Powercore are ADB mouse support, Mac-backed real
time clock, among others.
The Grafitti video engine supports all popular video modes (more to
come in near future), including Super Hires, b&w Hires and 40/80 text
display. The video driver is designed to produce accurate screen refreshes
at maximum speed.
To work with your favorite software, you need some kind of disk
device. CleverPort is the ultimate answer to your storage needs. Mount 10
disks of sizes between 1kB and 8Gb at once! CleverPort also features an
easy to use point & click interface.
Last but not least, real GS software uses the n-sonic sound driver
for rich, mind-blowing sound. The n-sonic emulates up to 32 channels in
mono, stereo, enhanced stereo or SonicScape-3D 4-way surround sound.
For more information, please surf the Eddie-web at
http://www.swix.ch/clan/shadow/eddie.html .
The project "Fast Eddie" was started by Andre Horstmann, author of
the most popular NDA word processor Hermes (formerly ShadowWrite) and the
telecommunication software "ShadowDial". Mr. Horstmann joined Bright
Software in 1990 and greatly contributed to Bright Software's success of
providing the Apple II community with reliable, innovative software
solutions.
Mr. Gudat joined the Fast Eddie project in early 1996 and added disk
and sound support. Mr. Gudat is the author of many software products
including the award-winning The Gate, Eureka!Symbolix, MultiView,
cross-platform office automation tools, voice mail & fax-back systems, and
coauthor of SpaceFox.
Since 1989, Bright Software has been developing innovative software
products for Apple II computers that improve productivity through
reliability and added functionality. Fast Eddie is the latest and greatest
product in this serie and demonstrates our continued support of Apple II
users and commitment to the Apple II platform.
Fast Eddie Labs (reply to:gudath@ubaclu.unibas.ch)
==============
(C) 1996 Synergetix H. Gudat. Specifications are subject to change without
notice. Apple II, Apple IIGS, Macintosh and Ensoniq are trademarks of Apple
Computer Inc. The Gate and SpaceFox are trademarks of Seven Hills Software
Corp. This document may be distributed freely in its original form but may
not be reposted by "1WSW" or stored on a server affiliated with them.
<Snip!>
[*][*][*]
While on Genie, do you spend most of your time downloading files?
If so, you may be missing out some excellent information in the Bulletin
Board area. The messages listed above only scratch the surface of
what's available and waiting for you in the bulletin board area.
If you are serious about your Apple II, the GenieLamp staff strongly
urge you to give the bulletin board area a try. There are literally
thousands of messages posted from people like you from all over the
world.
[EOA]
[HUM]//////////////////////////////
HUMOR ONLINE /
/////////////////////////////////
An Apple II Parody
""""""""""""""""""
by Steven Weyhich
[104024.432@compuserve.com]
>>> IT'S RUNNING MY CODE <<<
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
Copyright 1995 by Steven Weyhrich
(104024.432@compuserve.com)
(to the tune of "They're Playing Our Song" by the Buckinghams)
This song parody is dedicated to Randy Brandt and Mark Munz, who
managed to emulate AppleWorks 5.1 on the Macintosh, and to any other
enterprising programmers out there who work to make old classics have new
life on new platforms...
Hey, baby, it's running my code!
The program that I wrote
When I wasn't quite so old
Hey, baby, it's running my code!
Let's go back to Apple
It's where we belong
It's the one with that clever subroutine
It's the one that made a lotta bucks for me
It made me feel so groovy
It was as co-ol
As a QuickTime movie!
Hey, baby, it's running my code!
The program that I wrote
When I wasn't quite so old
Hey, baby, it's running my code!
Let's go back to Apple
It's where we belong
Pleasant memories are comin' back to me
(Ah!)
Can't you remember the way it used to be?
(Ah!)
If I forgot to file it
Then I would have
To just go recompile it!
Hey baby! Hey baby!
It's running my code!
Hey baby! Hey baby!
It's running my code!
(fade)
[EOA]
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FOCUS ON... /
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KansasFest 1996
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by Douglas Cuff
[EDITOR.A2]
>>> THE ACCIDENTAL TOURIST AT KANSASFEST <<<
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Copyright 1996 by Douglas Cuff. All rights reserved.
The Accidental Tourist travel guides were described by Anne Tyler in
her 1985 novel of the same name (later a movie starring William Hurt,
Kathleen Turner, and Geena Davis).
The Accidental Tourist guides were
designed for the business traveller whose reactions to travel were feelings
of anxiety and defenseless. The guides were meant to soothe and comfort
the non-adventurous traveller.
If you've never been to KansasFest before, you should find that this
guide will do the same for you. If you're an old hand at KansasFest, this
guide will provide you with some helpful reminders.
One word of warning: If there's a conflict between the advice you
receive from the Accidental Tourist and the instructions you're given from
the information packet when you arrive at KansasFest--pay attention to the
official info packet. These folks know the score.
KansasFest began in 1989 as the A2-Central Developer Conference, and
didn't begin calling itself KansasFest until its third year, 1991.
KansasFest takes place in Kansas City, Missouri. (Not Kansas City, Kansas.
The Kansas border is less than a mile away, if that comforts you any.)
This will be the eighth annual KansasFest, and it's not just for
programmers and developers any more. If you've never been to KansasFest
before, you don't know what you're missing! It's a great chance to learn
about your Apple II, mingle with other users, and see what software other
people are working on. This is the Apple II event of the year. I can't
say exactly how many people will there, but 60-100 attendees is a safe
estimate.
KansasFest takes place entirely at Avila College, in the southmost
part of Kansas City. Here's the address:
Avila College
11901 Wornall Road
Kansas City, Missouri 64145 U.S.A.
phone (816) 942-8400
Avila College is small--approximately 1500 students--which means you
can walk anywhere on campus in five minutes. Use of a car is therefore as
optional as it's ever going to get, assuming you fly to Kansas. The one
time you are going to be hollering for a vehicle is when you try to get to
and from Kansas City International airport. More on that shortly.
This year, KansasFest is scheduled for July 18-20, but dorm rooms are
available for the nights of July 17-20.
PM Wed July 17 arrival
Thu July 18 scheduled sessions
Fri July 19 scheduled sessions
Sat July 20 vendors' fair
AM Sun July 21 farewell
The cost of the conference is $375 for the conference/dormitory
package (meals from the college cafeteria are included) and $275 for the
conference (lunch included). Even if you can find a room in Kansas City
for $25 a night, staying on campus is still a better idea, since
after-hours activities are a big part of KansasFest.
You will be staying in either Carondelet or Ridgway dormitory, which
were built in 1963. For those of you who have never experienced residence
life or have forgotten what it was like, expect spartan surroundings.
Forget the idea of a private bathroom, but you'll be glad to know that the
rooms are air-conditioned.
BEFORE YOU GO As with any trip, you need to arrange for several things:
"""""""""""""
o conference attendance (fee $275/$375);
o accommodation (included in package);
o meals (included in package);
o transport to/from conference.
Those attending from outside the United States will also need:
o passport/visa;
o medical insurance;
o US currency/traveller's checks.
Conference Attendance You may be too late to get accommodation at Avila
''''''''''''''''''''' by the time you read this, but do check. The last
day pre-registration will be accepted is July 13, but there's always plenty
of room for off-campus conference attendees, so you may be able to register
at Avila on July 18.
For fast information, E-mail cindy.a@genie.com or kellers@genie.com
or write:
KFest '96
c/o Kellers
PO Box 391
Brielle, NJ 08730
Please make checks payable to "Kellers'/KFest '96". To pay for your
registration with your credit card, call Kellers' Auto Electric, Inc. at
(908) 775-0371--Monday-Friday, 8:00 AM-5:00 PM eastern time, with your
Visa, MasterCard, or American Express card handy. Or fax your registration
with Visa or MasterCard account number and expiration date to (908)
223-0678 Monday-Friday, 8:00 AM-5:00 PM eastern time.
Accommodation If you're staying at Avila College campus, chances are good
''''''''''''' that you're going to be sharing a room with one other
person. Space is limited to 80 beds this year, so if you end up in a room
by yourself, it will be entirely by accident. The rooms are _not_ co-ed,
but the dorms are.
There aren't any hotels within walking distance of Avila College, so
plan on having transportation if you're staying off-campus.
Here are some hotels said to be near Avila College. Please be warned
that I haven't stayed at any of them, so I can't make recommendations.
Most have approximate room rates shown; some do not.
Fairfield Inn - Overland Park
4401 W. 107th, Overland Park, KS 66207
913-381-5700
$58
(closest hotel to KansasFest)
DoubleTree Hotel Kansas City Corporate Woods
10100 College Boulevard, Overland Park, KS 66210
800-222-TREE / 913-451-6100
$119-$149
Drury Inn - Overland Park
10951 Metcalf, Overland Park, KS 66210
913-345-1500
$69
Overland Park Marriott
10800 Metcalf, Overland Park, KS 66210
800-228-9290 / 913-451-8000
$119
AmeriSuites
6801 W. 112th, Overland Park, KS 66211
800-833-1516 / 913-451-2553
$69-$99
Best Western Hallmark Inn Executive Center
7000 W. 108th St., Overland Park, KS 66211
800-444-4191 / 913-383-2550
$54-67
Red Roof Inn - Overland Park
6800 W. 108th St., Overland Park, KS 66211
913-341-0100
$43-50
Residence Inn by Marriott - Overland Park
6300 W. 110th Street, Overland Park, KS 66211
800-331-3131 / 913-491-3333
$139
Clubhouse Inn Overland Park
10610 Marty, Overland Park, KS 66212
800-CLUBINN / 913-648-5555
$88
Courtyard by Marriott
11301 Metcalf, Overland Park, KS 66212
913-339-9900
room rate not available
Embassy Suites Overland Park
10601 Metcalf, Overland Park, KS 66212
800-362-2779 / 913-649-7060
$99-$129
(charges for local calls)
Hampton Inn - Overland Park
10591 Metcalf Frontage Road, Overland Park, KS 66212
800-HAMPTON / 913-341-1551
$69-79
Holiday Inn Express - Overland Park
7200 W. 107th St, Overland Park, KS 66212
800-HOLIDAY / 913-648-7858
$76
Courtyard by Marriott
500 E. 105th St., Kansas City, MO 64131
816-941-3333
room rate not available
Days Inn - South
11801 Blue Ridge Blvd., Kansas City, MO 64131
800-DAYS-INN / 816-765-1888
$55
Meals If you're staying on Avila campus, meals are included in the
''''' package price. Even if you aren't staying at Avila, lunch is
included.
If you find the cafeteria food not to your liking--and many
don't--you'll be relieved to know that there's a supermarket about 25
minutes' walk away. Here's how to get there:
Start at Carondelet dorm. Stand with your back to the dorm entrance,
so that you can see the Marian Center if you look left. Turn right from
Carondelet and walk down to the parking lot. Turn left and walk out of the
parking lot, down Sister Oliver Louise Drive. This private road takes you
to 118th Street. Turn left and walk on 118th until you reach Wornall Road.
Turn right on Wornall until you reach the intersection of Wornall and
Minor. Turn right onto Minor Drive.
Once on Minor, ten minutes' walk will bring you close to the end of
Minor, to the point where you can see a large parking lot. Veer left and
you'll be at a small shopping mall that boasts a bank, a supermarket, and a
restaurant. (Note: This trip can be made a few minutes shorter, but these
directions are simpler, and can be easily adapted for use by motorists as
well as pedestrians.)
If you're not staying on Avila campus, you're probably sufficiently
adventurous to know how to find decent food in a strange city. Be aware
that small groups tend to sneak off-campus to a restaurant (often either KC
Masterpiece or Jesse & Jims) for at least one evening meal during the
conference. Let them know you want to be part of the excursion!
Transportation 101/A--Getting to Kansas Many of you intend to fly to
''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' Kansas City. The airport you
will be arriving at is Kansas City International (MCI). The airport has
three arc-shaped terminals. If you're meeting someone there, be sure that
everyone intends to go to the same terminal, or that everyone is catching
the (free) shuttle to the same car rental agency.
You can pick up a city map at one of the airport magazine stands.
The Gousha map has Avila College marked (grid location I-19). If you don't
have a map, better pay close attention:
If you drew a map of Kansas City on a 8x11 sheet of paper, the
airport would be in the upper left corner, to the northwest. Avila College
would be near the bottom of the piece of paper, near the center. Point
taken?
The distance between Avila College and the international airport is
not small. It's perhaps 45 miles by the recommended route (below), so
allow an hour's travel time at a bare minimum. What with collecting your
luggage and arranging/co-ordinating transport, it's probably safer to
assume it will take you two hours to get from the airport to Avila,
starting from the time the plane's landing gear touches the tarmac and
stopping when you sling your suitcase onto the dorm bed.
Transportation 101/B--Getting to Avila Since the distance from the
'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' airport to Avila College is 28
miles as the crow flies, and about 45 miles by car, you don't even want to
think about taking a taxi. You'd pay $40 minimum, possibly as much as $60.
For a one-way trip.
If you book ahead, you get Quicksilver to take you to Avila College
at a more reasonable rate:
$21.50 for 1 person
$28.50 for 2 people
$35.50 for 3 people
$37.50 for 4 people
$50.00 for 5 or more
You _must_ book Quicksilver in advance. They need at least one day's
notice, so call them at 1-800-888-8294 or 816-262-0906. IF YOU DON'T MAKE
A RESERVATION, THEY CAN'T TAKE YOU.
If you don't want to rent a car, you could also take the Airport
Express van to the Overland Park Marriott hotel and take a cab from there.
(Those of you renting cars at the airport: we'll discuss the route
shortly, in the ARRIVAL section.)
PREPARING FOR THE TRIP Get plenty of sleep before you go, because you're
"""""""""""""""""""""" not likely to get much sleep at KansasFest.
KansasFest days are 18 hours long, unless they're 20 or 24 hours long.
There's too much going on to waste time in sleep!
On the same note, make sure you don't schedule anything important
(like operating heavy machinery) for the day after KansasFest--Monday, July
22. You'll have had so little sleep that you won't feel your best.
Packing--Computer Stuff Lots of people brings computers. If you're doing
''''''''''''''''''''''' this, make a backup of your hard drive and leave
the backup at home. If you won't feel safe unless you take a backup with
you, make two backups.
If you're bringing a hard drive and you're travelling by plane, you
may want to consider packing the hard drive in your carry-on luggage. That
way, you can extract the hard drive from the luggage before it gets X-rayed
(!). Tell the attendant that what you are carrying in your hand is a hard
drive for a computer, and that it might be damaged by the X-ray machine.
Chances are they'll handle it differently. If they tell you that no damage
could possibly be caused, don't believe them. (You may have to obey them,
but don't believe them.) Try insisting (politely!) on special handling
anyway. Incidentally, X-rays are not good for diskettes either.
Bring plenty of extension cords, power bars, and surge suppressors,
plus phone cord if you bring your modem. Bring plenty of blank disks.
Bring anything you'd like to show off, either software or hardware.
Packing--Other Stuff A word about clothing: KansasFest is "dress
'''''''''''''''''''' casual", and Kansas City in July is hot and humid,
so light clothing would be a good idea. If you're bringing anything that
you want to hang in the closet, bring your own hangers.
You should pack a bathrobe or something you don't mind walking the
halls in when you rise in the morning. The dorms will be housing both
sexes, and there are no private bathrooms.
Towels are supplied, but you can pack an extra one if you feel so
inclined. Be sure to bring all the usual toiletries: soap, shampoo,
toothbrush, and all the etceteras.
There are modular phone jacks in all the dorm rooms, but phones are
not provided, so pack a phone, if only for local calls (which are free).
If you know who your roommate is, you can assure her or him that you're
bringing the phone and save her or him the trouble.
If you're serious about making the morning sessions, an alarm clock
is a good idea. If you're _really_ serious about attending morning
sessions, ear plugs--for the night before--couldn't hurt either. <grin>
Unless you're a private soul, some sort of sign for your door is a
good idea, so that people can find you. Many people take the trouble to
make these before they leave. Possibly Eric Shepherd will have a huge
"SheppyWare World Headquarters" sign on his door. Or then again, possibly
not.
Don't forget your airline tickets and other travel documents, if any,
but don't pack them in your checked luggage. Also don't forget a quarter
for a phone call.
ARRIVING
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Getting from the Airport to Avila If you've arranged with Quicksilver to
''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' pick you up at the airport, as you
leave the "gate", look for someone holding up a sign with your name on it.
(The sign will probably also have "Quicksilver" written on it.)
Of course, Quicksilver have been known to get busy at KansasFest
time. If no one is there looking for you, start by looking for them. The
Quicksilver people are usually easy to spot. If there's no one from
Quicksilver in the terminal, don't panic. Just call them at 262-0905.
This is a local call from the airport. (You didn't forget a quarter for a
phone call, did you?)
Remember that you _cannot_ ride with Quicksilver unless you have made
a reservation at least one day in advance.
Driving from the Airport to Avila If you're renting a car, start looking
''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' for the desk of the rental agency
you're dealing with. (Remember that there are shuttle buses among the
three terminals, if necessary.)
Once you've got your car, exit through the airport's main gate
(Cookingham Drive) onto Interstate 29 heading south. At highway 152, exit
west. Follow 152 west to I-435. Take I-435 south and follow it around
until it reaches Wornall Road from the west. Then exit to Avila College
(which is a left turn off Wornall if you approach it from I-435). Check
our handy Avila map below for where to park. The best place is probably
the lot near the dormitories.
After Hours Arrival It's Wednesday night, and it's dark already.
''''''''''''''''''' Quicksilver has just dropped you off... or you've
just parked the rental car. You're tired after the long drive from the
airport. You've never been to Avila College before. Now what do you do?
It's easy. The campus at Avila is small, and there are only three
building that KFesters need to explore:
I. Whitfield Conference Center: This is where most of the actual
conference sessions take place. It's sufficiently small that you'd have to
try really hard to get lost here. If you walk the path to Whitfield from
one of the other buildings listed below, go down the stairs as soon as you
get inside the door. If you enter Whitfield from the roadway, you're at
the main conference entrance, so don't worry.
II. Marian Center: This is where the cafeteria is. Unless you're
booked into a nearby hotel, this is where you come to eat. This is also
where the celebrity roast is traditionally held. Yes, you're allowed to
attend the roast even if you're staying at a hotel, and you get to eat
lunch here too.
III. either Ridgway or Carondelet dormitory: This is where you
sleep, at least in theory. Even hotel-dwellers need to know about the
dorms, since you'll spend a lot of your evenings hanging out here. At past
KFests, both dorms have been used, but this year, only one of them is
available. You'll find out which when you arrive.
Look at the map of the campus below and get your bearings:
AVILA COLLEGE CAMPUS
* ___________ *
* ########## | | *
* ########## ... | *
* ########## . |___________| *
* . . ########***
* ______ . ......... ######## *
* | | . ___.____ *
* | | . | | *
* |______| . | Marian | *
* . | center | *
* ______ . |________| *
**** | | . . *
* | | . .............. *
* | | . . ____._____ ##
* |______| ................................ | | ##
* . _____ . |Carondelet| ##
* ________.__ | | . | dorm | ##
___ * | | | | . |__________| ##
| | * [| Whitfield | | | ____._____ ##
| | #*#[| center | |_____| | | ################
| | #*# |___________| | Ridgway | ################
|___| #*# | dorm | ################
#*# |__________|
*
*
... = pathway
*** = roadway
### = parking
[ = main entrance (Whitfield)
If it's late Wednesday night, forget about registering for the
_conference_. Concentrate on registering for your _room_.
If it's extremely late at night, the front doors of the dorms may be
shut too. Look for a buzzer that will rouse a member of the staff.
The best thing to do is to read the instructions in your preliminary
information packet, but if they don't produce satisfactory results, wander
about one or both of the dorms until you find someone who'll take pity on
your and let you collapse onto a bed. You'll get a room assignment and a
room key. (You may even get a sheet of paper that tells you who you've
been billeted with and how to register for the conference on the following
morning.)
If you're staying in Ridgway, don't collapse the minute you see your
room key. The lowest number it will have on it is 401. That does NOT mean
you're on the fourth floor. (Particularly as Ridgway has only three
floors.) If your room number begins with 4, it means you're on the first
floor (or "ground floor" to most Europeans). Similar deal for the second
and third floors. If your room number doesn't begin with 4, 5, or 6, it
means you aren't staying at Ridgway.
If wandering around the dorms doesn't produce any results, try Marian
Center. If you still can't find anyone, wander down toward Whitfield.
Arriving after hours means you get to check in to your room. You
still must register for the conference in the morning. We'll cover that in
the "Business Hours Arrival" section. For now, what about your room?
Your Room Rooms at the Avila College dorms each have two beds. If your
''''''''' roommate is there, smile and introduce yourself. If your
roommate isn't there, don't be alarmed. Your roommate may not have arrived
yet, in which case you get to grab the best bed. (I'm joking. Neither bed
will be any less loathsome than the other.) Probably your roommate has
already arrived, grabbed the best bed, and is out visiting others.
Near the beds is a long institutional-looking unit with two closets,
two sets of drawers, and assorted storage space. The opposite side of this
unit is a desk long enough for two people to work at. There's plenty of
room for two computers on this desk, but there's just one outlet per
computer. If you don't have a power bar or a Kensington System Saver or an
AE Conserver, you're going to be limited to plugging in the computer and
the monitor--no hard drive, no modem, nothing else. (Those of you with
internal hard drives can stop being smug right now.)
Near the desk are two outlets that seem to be phone jacks. They
_aren't_ phone jacks. The phone jack is on the other side of the room, by
the beds. If you didn't bring plenty of phone extension cord, you'll have
to set up your computer at the foot of your bed. (Don't laugh. It's
happened.) Don't waste time looking for the phone; they aren't supplied,
which is why you had to bring one in your suitcase. To find out the phone
number of your room (so that people can call you), ask one of the Avila
staff. If you didn't bring a phone, you can still use one of the pay
phones in the hallways.
When dialing out from your dorm room, either with a phone or a modem,
you'll need to prefix the number with a 9 to get an outside line. If
you're using a modem, you may be able to use its "wait for dialtone"
feature before you dial the number. So the proper sequence would be:
ATDT9w4741778
If your modem doesn't support "wait for dialtone", try using a few commas
(,) to create a pause:
ATDT9,,4725178
You may also need to set your software up so it waits about 45
seconds for a connect instead of the standard 30 seconds, because it takes
a bit longer to get through to the number you're dialing.
(There's information about dialing Genie later in this article.)
The only real luxury that the rooms boast is air-conditioning. No
private baths here, but you'll find bathrooms just down the corridor a
piece. The one I frequented had one bathtub, two showers, three toilets,
four sinks (one with an attachment for washing hair), and assorted mirrors.
Every floor also seems to have a TV lounge and a small kitchen.
Business Hours Arrival If you arrive at Avila between 9 AM and 5 PM, you
'''''''''''''''''''''' can register for the conference and your room (if
applicable) at the same time. Check your pre-conference packet for
information on where to register. At press time, details were still being
finalized, "but more than likely it will be Ridgway dorm or the cafeteria
area." If that doesn't work, try the main entrance of the Whitfield
conference center.
One note of warning: if you've been told to register somewhere--say,
the cafeteria at Marian center--and no one has shown up fifteen minutes
after the listed start time, then by all means check the dorms and
Whitfield center to see if registration has been moved there. It's
unlikely you'll have to worry about something like this, but it doesn't
hurt to be prepared.
ONCE YOU'RE THERE
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Curricular Events Originally, KansasFest was a conference for Apple II
''''''''''''''''' developers--people who wanted to create software and
hardware for others to use. Nowadays it's for users, too. Don't worry
that you don't belong there--you do and you're welcome, whether you've come
to party or come to learn.
The sessions--no one dignifies them with the name "seminars"--are
mostly held at the Whitfield conference center. The main conference room
is right inside the main doors (the doors closest to Wornall Road). If you
don't know how to get to the session you want to attend, come here. It
will either be in this room or someone in this room will know where the
right room is.
There's a social aspect to this part of the occasion as well. You'll
see plenty of schmoozing in Whitfield lobby, right outside the main
conference room. Expect cameras, both still and video, and demented people
operating them. Cameras are used to record the presentations, or people
meeting, or the general craziness that's going on!
On the last day of KansasFest, there's a vendors' fair. This is a
chance to pick up hardware and software at special KFest prices, and to see
and buy software never before released.
Semi-curricular Events While not officially part of the proceedings, some
'''''''''''''''''''''' software _always_ gets released at KansasFest. (I
sometimes think Apple II programmers would never ever ship if it weren't
for KansasFest and Christmas.) This year:
o Marin MacroWorks will be releasing UltraMax III (TimeOut modules
for AppleWorks 4 and 5);
o Joe Kohn has hinted darkly at a "debut of several items that may
be of interest to IIGS owners of CD-ROM drives", which probably
means either the entire run of either _Studio City_ or
_Script-Central_ (or both?) available on CD-ROM; and
o Sheppy made a rash promise, as recently as April, to release
Shifty List 2.0 at this year's Fest--a promise I'm sure he now
regrets and hopes that no one remembers. <grin> His recent
marriage aside, Sheppy's been kept quite busy by his day job....
You're also likely to see product previews at KansasFest.
o Since Ewen Wannop will be attending, look for previews of Spectrum
v2.1.
o Ewen is also working on an offline message reader (one like
CoPilot) and is developing Spectrum XCMDs to make this task easier.
o Plead with Sheppy until he shows everyone how far Wolfenstein 3-D
has progressed.
o Perhaps someone will have obtained permission from Derek Taubert
to demonstrate his "in progress" web browser.
Who knows what else? _I_ sure don't!
Extra-curricular Events It is perfectly possible to attend KansasFest,
''''''''''''''''''''''' attend the sessions 9-5, and go back home. But
why would you want to?
One reason you might want to is that you're shy. You're shy at any
gathering, but you can't imagine conversing with Richard Bennett, Charles
Hartley, Joe Kohn, Will Nelken, Eric Shepherd, Ewen Wannop, or Mike
Westerfield! There's no reason to be shy. Do what Dean Esmay did at his
first KansasFest: walk around introducing yourself. To everyone. You'll
meet lots of people just as awestruck as you are, and you can swap tips,
stories, recommendations, and lies. Don't be intimidated by meeting
well-known Apple II figures. Heck, we're all "just folks".
Don't let yourself leave KansasFest without having mingled. Wander
around the dorms. If there's one person sitting at a computer, just say
"hi". You're intelligent enough to know how to figure out if the person is
hard at work or at home to callers. If there are a bunch of people--which
is far more likely, particularly during the evening--you might be shy about
joining the group. Don't be. Just announce your presence ("Hi, everybody!
Room for one more?"). You'll be surprised how welcome the group will make
you feel. Whatever the group is doing, it's probably in "kibitz mode", so
join in!
What will the group be doing? Hard to say. They might be:
o trying out software that hasn't been released yet;
o trying to get a piece of software to crashl
o trying to get it to stop crashing (i.e. debugging it);
o sending a group message to Genie;
o playing a game;
o fixing hardware;
o reminiscing about previous KansasFests; or
o telling stories about the heyday of the Apple II.
There's a chance that the group will be "multi-tasking"--that is, doing
more than one of these things at the same time.
There are other extra-curricular events that have almost become KFest
traditions: the Roger Wagner tie report, Nerf(TM) warfare, and a game
called Bite the Bag, which involves a paper bag and a sense of balance.
But what about the "real" traditions?
Tradition I: Celebrity Roast If the term "celebrity roast" is new to
''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' you, rest assured that it's not dangerous,
not even to the celebrity. Open flame is not involved, except
metaphorically. A roast is simply an event where members of a panel give
short speeches which "honor" the celebrity guest by dishing out
good-natured insults and back-handed compliments: "Some people say that
Joe Kohn, a child of the 1960s if ever there was one, would have made a
good drug pusher. This is patently untrue. Joe still hasn't grasped the
concept that it's only the _first_ hit that's free." (Except that most of
the jokes will be funnier than that.) Ideally, the person being "roasted"
is the keynote speaker from the previous KFest, but this isn't always
possible. This year, the celebrity is indeed Joe Kohn, publisher of
_Shareware Solutions II_.
This event is catered and held in the Avila cafeteria in the Marian
center. It's open to all KansasFest attendees, not just those staying on
campus.
Tradition II: Calling Genie The link between KansasFest and Genie is too
'''''''''''''''''''''''''''' complicated to go into here--suffice it to
say that people always manage to find time to post early reports on Genie.
(CompuServe and comp.sys.apple2 often get the news early, too.)
Here are the Genie numbers local to Kansas City:
Genie node 300/1200/2400 816-474-1778
Genie node 9600 816-472-5178
SprintNet 2400 816-472-1430
SprintNet 14400 816-421-5783
Don't worry about long-distance charges within the city. The greater
metropolitan area of Kansas City is in two states with two area codes (816
for Missouri and 913 for Kansas). However, nearly all calls within the
Kansas City metropolitan area are local.
Remember that you need to prefix the number with a 9 (to get an
outside line) and either a "wait for dialtone" command (w) or "pause"
command (,) before you dial the number.
Tradition III: Dining Out I confess I've never been part of this
'''''''''''''''''''''''''' tradition, but I hear that it's traditional to
take at least one meal at one of two restaurants (or both!)--KC Masterpiece
and Jesse & Jims. The attraction is Kansas City steak, or so they tell me.
If you hang out in the dorm rooms, you're bound to hear of groups
heading off to "dine posh". Ask to be counted in... and tell me what
happens, all the gory details. The thought of breaking bread with some of
these people intrigues me.
A TYPICAL DAY A KansasFest day doesn't begin when you might it expect it
""""""""""""" to. It begins right after supper. The pressing question
of something to eat over with, you take the aperitif of your choice--Jolt!
cola, Dr Pepper, or Mountain Dew--and wander around the dorms to see who's
doing what. Some people will be staying up until VERY late. The reason
for this is that program bugs stay hidden until at least 2 AM, and the
really obscure ones wait until 5 AM.
When morning comes, you may or may not have gotten any sleep. If you
have, chances are that you didn't get much of it. The cafeteria staff stop
serving breakfast at 8:30, but you may decide that sleep is more important.
In fact, you may decide that sleep is more important than being at the
first session. Or the first two sessions. Or world peace.
Eventually you get out of bed and dither over which of the
simultaneous sessions you want to attend. You can bring paper or a
computer to take notes, if you wish--no one will laugh or point. No one
will frown if you don't take notes, either.
All sessions will run over their allotted time. This is an immutable
rule. The domino theory rapidly comes into play here, which wreaks merry
havoc with the schedule.
After the morning sessions, there's an hour to get some lunch at the
cafeteria at Marian center. (Lunch is available to all attendees, whether
staying on campus or not.) No one takes attendance here, either.
During lunch, the stragglers begin to arrive, and afternoon sessions
may be more generously attended and received, since pretty much everyone is
now awake and reasonably certain that life is worth living. The afternoon
sessions will officially end at 5:00 or 5:30, but they may last a while
longer, since no one else is waiting to use the room. It's possible to get
so involved in the final session for the day that you miss the evening meal
at the cafeteria.
Or perhaps you've decided to give the cafeteria a miss. Someone
might be headed to a restaurant for a meal--ask around. After you've
eaten, well... the cycle begins all over.
LEAVING Avila College hosts events other than KansasFest--in fact,
""""""" Avila's summers are tightly booked. In previous years, both
Ridgway and Carondelet dorms have been available to KFesters, but this
year, the organizing committee could only get one. That should give you
some idea of how hectic things are.
Because Avila is playing host to others after KansasFest is over, be
sure to check out on time. This year, you have the option of staying over
on Saturday night and checking out on Sunday, but don't push it. Avila
still probably wants you out of there by 11 AM on Sunday. (Check your
KFest information packet for the exact time.)
Incidentally, if you're travelling with Quicksilver, don't forget
that you must have booked your return trip to the airport at least 24 hours
in advance. Since most people leave at much the same time, it may be
possible to cadge a lift to the airport if you've made friends with someone
heading that way.
This is far from the end. In fact, it's not even the beginning. If
you've been reading this, it's undoubtedly to prepare for KansasFest, which
means it's all still to come! So have a great time at KansasFest--and if
you spot the man who began it all, Tom Weishaar (a/k/a "Uncle DOS"), give
him my warmest regards.
[EOA]
[VOX]//////////////////////////////
VOX POPULI /
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Apple IIgs Owners' Survey
"""""""""""""""""""""""""
by Andy Middleton
[L.MIDDLETON3]
The May 1996 issue of GenieLamp A2 carried a request for the users of
Genie's A2 RoundTable to respond to a survey. This issue, we present the
results of that survey.
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Many thanks to all who answered. In fact 40 people responded to my
survey. It may not sound like a lot but the info I received was plenty and
took quite a bit of time to go through.
1. HOW MUCH MEMORY IN YOUR GS?
Almost everyone has at least 4 megs of RAM. Several (including
myself) have 8 megs.
2. DO YOU OWN A HARD DRIVE? HOW MANY MEGS? WHAT SYSTEM SOFTWARE?
Everyone reported that they had some size of a hard drive and use
System 6.0.1.
3. DO YOU OWN A CD-ROM DRIVE?
22 of the 40 who responded own a CD-ROM drive. One person who
doesn't have one owns the Golden Orchard CD! Now that is dedication to the
Apple II!
4. WHAT OTHER PERIPHERALS DO YOU HAVE?
Those who responded to this question have the usual setup at least
one 3.5" and one 5.25" drives. Some people didn't mention it. Is it safe
to assume that they have some type of drives? Those that have sound cards
own mainly the SuperSonic Stereo Card from MDIdeas (like myself) or the
SoundMeister. A few people own the Sonic Blaster from AE.
As for speed there are 31 Zips (plus one more counting mine) and 7
Transwarps being used. (Note: I am including those who responded with
more than one machine.) I was surprised to see only 10 people (11 counting
myself) own the Second Sight. As for modems, 14.4s dominated the survey. I
did get one or two 28.8s and even a 2400 (yikes!). For SCSI cards, the
RamFAST edged out the Apple High Speed Card out of those who owned one.
5. SLOT OCCUPANCY:
[The responses to this item have not been summarized.]
6. DO YOU OWN ANOTHER COMPUTER BESIDES THE GS?
Only 7 respondents (8 counting myself) do not own other computer
besides our GS(s).
7. WHAT IS THE PRIMARY USE OF YOUR GS?
These answers varied greatly. A few said "for everything". Several
people answered word processing, entertainment, telecommunications,
home/small business use.
8. DO YOU WRITE PROGRAMS FOR THE GS?
Most of the responses came back with "no" or "not any more." Some
that said no would like to, however. Those that do program do it for
personal use only and are not looking to become some type of software
programmer.
9. DO YOU BELONG TO AN APPLE USERS' GROUP? IF SO, WHICH ONE(S)?
19 of those that responded belong to a users' group.
10. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE GS SOFTWARE?
Spectrum and CoPilot received the top votes. Overall, telcom ware
dominated this question (ANSI-Term, ProTERM, GEM, etc.). Believe it or not
Appleworks Classic 5.1 finished next in line, followed by AppleWorks GS and
GraphicWriter III. Two votes were given for software that turns lights
on/off in the house.
(For the next three or four questions, please don't answer with items
currently being worked on and/or upgraded. Also be very realistic, if
possible. AWGS 2.0 is a dead issue so don't put that as an answer.)
11. WHAT PIECE OF SOFTWARE THAT HAS BEEN WRITTEN WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE
UPGRADED? WHAT KIND OF ENHANCEMENTS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE ADDED TO IT OR
IMPROVED?
GS/OS was the clear winner with about 4 or 5 votes. Many people want
a Second Sight patch done to QuickDraw II and want to see the bugs removed.
Although I asked respondents not to use it, AppleWorks GS received two or
three votes for a complete rewrite. SuperConvert was mentioned three or
four times--people want JPEG support. CoPilot was mentioned twice.
GraphicWriter III was mentioned three or four times--better handling of
picture objects.
12. WHAT NEW PROGRAM WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE COME OUT FOR THE GS?
This one was actually a no-brainer. The majority of votes were for a
web browser for the net. Some people even said that the ability to view
the graphics is not a necessity for it. Other programs receiving more than
one vote were a new full-fledged word processor like WordPerfect or MS Word
on a PC or Mac. Also software for use of a flatbed scanner on a GS was
mentioned more than twice.
13. ANY NEW HARDWARE/PERIPHERALS YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE FOR THE GS?
Not many people had an answer for this one, but those who did gave
votes to an Ethernet card, flatbed scanner, a faster accelerator and a full
stereo sound card.
14. ANY YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE REVISED?
Again, not many answered but those who did agreed on a revision of
the Second Sight, a faster Zip (about 20 mhz), the Soundmeister upgraded to
the Pro version. Some people answered with software upgrades but that
should have been for question 11. Also one person mentioned a Pentium
processor for the PC Transporter.
15. FOR QUESTIONS 11-14, HOW MUCH MONEY WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO PAY FOR
EACH? (TRY TO CONSIDER THE PROGRAM WRITERS' OR HARDWARE DEVELOPERS' TIME
AND EFFORT.)
This question was probably the hardest for people to answer. I think
if developers were to see these answers, they would probably decide whether
or not it is worth putting something out on the market. Those who didn't
list specific prices for items gave an average price range of $30-$200 for
software. This depended on the features that are put into the program.
Hardware varied a little more, about $50-$300. The GS Web browser fell
between $20-$100. A full fledged word processor (either an AWGS upgrade or
other) went between $90-$150. Software upgrades averaged out to about $35
depending on how major the upgrade turns out.
16. WITH SUCH A SMALL AND LIMITED MARKET FOR THE GS, DO YOU FEEL THERE
SHOULD BE COMPETITION AMONG SOFTWARE OR HARDWARE? (FOR EXAMPLE: AUTOARK
AND HARDPRESSED.)
Those who gave me straight-out answers voted 12 to 10 in favor of
competition. The majority of cases cited the fax software scenario. Those
who did not said that competition was okay, however cooperation is needed
also. I did not count these votes in the numbers I mentioned. Some stated
that competition was okay for small projects but bigger projects should
involve cooperation from various developers/programmers (like the system
software upgrade) so that many new features can be added and most of the
bugs can be eliminated. A few people took this question literally and
thought I was talking specifically about AutoArk and HardPressed. They
said to buy a Zip drive or a bigger hard drive and use a backup software or
disk compression program!
17. FEEL FREE TO ADD ANYTHING ELSE ABOUT THE GS:
About half of those who responded gave comments. Out of these
people, about 85% feel quite content with the GS. A few people mentioned
that the GS doesn't need to go through as many repairs or tinkerings as a
PC would. (Agreed!!) The other 15% stated that the time to move to a PC
or Power Mac is in sight. The reasons given are the software and hardware
availability that cant be found on a GS. One person expressed that the
reason for this is because owners/users don't want to pay what a developer
feels he/she should get.
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I have to say I really enjoy using my GS. Yes, it is slower than the
rest but we don't need to worry about major hardware upgrades to keep up
with today's technology. My word processors' output can look exactly like
the output of WordPerfect or Word on a Mac or PC.
Thanks again to everyone who responded. Lets hoper developers and
program authors see this survey to find out what really want and how much
we will pay for it!
Apple II forever and ever!
[EOA]
[AWX]//////////////////////////////
APPLEWORKS ANNEX /
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AppleWorks 5 Documentation
""""""""""""""""""""""""""
by Douglas Cuff
[EDITOR.A2]
UNOFFICIAL APPLEWORKS 5 DELTA MANUAL UPDATE
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
Copyright 1996 by Douglas Cuff. All rights reserved.
I wrote the delta manual for AppleWorks 5.0 in September and October
1994. A lot has happened since then. For instance, an update--AppleWorks
5.1--was released in the summer of 1995. It's time to update the
AppleWorks 5 delta manual as well.
I'll be covering 8 basic areas in this article:
o features programmed but not covered by the manual;
o documentation you should have gotten but didn't;
o factual errors in the manual;
o one serious typographic error;
o simple typographic errors;
o AppleWorks 5.1 changes and new features;
o things not to do (problems without fixes); and
o common problems and fixes.
One important correction doesn't fit into any of these areas, and it
has to do with who wrote the manual. My answer is not "me". My answer is
"mostly me". I am the principal author, not the sole author. Whole
sections of the AppleWorks 5 delta manual are based on documentation that
Randy Brandt wrote (for Beagle Bros's Outline 3.0, JEM's DB Pix, and so
on). Perhaps the credit on the title page should really read "by Doug Cuff
with Randy Brandt". Thanks, Randy.
Another tidbit which doesn't fit into the body of this article has to
do with an omission in the AppleWorks 4 reference manual. When you visit
the Time-based options in the Standard Settings menu, you should know that
turning on auto-save _automatically_ turns on the keeping backups of files
(in the Miscellaneous portion of the Standard Settings menu). Many of you
have figured this out, but it doesn't seem to be documented.
An important note before you begin: This is not an official
document. I wrote the AppleWorks 5 delta manual for Quality Computers (now
doing business as Scantron Quality Computers). I don't own the update
manual; they do. Any official update document has to come from them, not
me.
WHAT THERE WASN'T TIME TO TELL YOU When AppleWorks 5 was being tested,
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" programmers Randy Brandt and Dan
Verkade kept adding features. One or two features were added, or the way
they worked changed, too late to be documented. (The documentation
deadline was more than a month earlier than the software deadline.)
The "AW5 Specs" file distributed on the AppleWorks program disk notes
one feature not described in the manual: in the word processor, when using
OA-O to enter printer options, pressing OA-Return after either the code or
the numeric value associated with the code (as with indentation and
margins) makes for a quick return to the file. With OA-Return, you no
longer have to press Escape at the OA-O prompt. This can be a significant
time-saver.
As the delta manual tells you, you can hold down both Apple keys as
you boot AppleWorks if you want to TimeOut to load Utilities only, for a
faster start. UltraMacros and the Init Manager will also be off for that
session, which is something the manual does not mention.
The AppleWorks 4 manual tells you (on page 465) that you can
configure certain inits by holding down the OA key. This is not true for
AppleWorks 5. Holding down the _SA_ key lets choose which inits and which
AfterWork modules you want installed. (There is an anomaly associated with
this, though. If you continue to hold down the SA key as you press N for
no, three modules in a row will be deselected.) The AfterWork modules are
loaded first. If you want to load all the AfterWork modules but want to
select certain inits, you can begin holding down the SA key as the last
AfterWork module is loaded. Holding down the SA key does not affect the
TimeOut options at all--all available TimeOut applications are loaded.
If you hold down the SA key through the entire boot process,
UltraMacros will not be loaded either. (You can checked by pressing
SA-Escape. If UltraMacros are not loaded, you will see the message "Dot
cmd error".) If you release the SA key after you make the decision about
the final init in the list, UltraMacros will be loaded, but the startup
macro will not run.
If you hold down the OA key as you boot, you are not asked any
questions. Holding down the OA key produces similar results to holding
down both Apple keys--only TimeOut Utilities are loaded--except that this
time, UltraMacros and the Init Manager will be loaded... but only if that
how you have the options set in the Standard Settings menu. If you
normally have either option turned off, holding down OA during the boot
will not turn them on.
OA only SA only both OA and SA
============== =========== ==============
AfterWork none ask (Y/N) none
InitManager all ask (Y/N) none
UltraMacros on it depends! off
Timeout Utilities only all Utilities only
To sum up, hold down both Apple keys for the fastest start. Hold
down the OA key for a fast start that leaves UltraMacros active.
Two UltraMacros commands disappeared from AppleWorks 5, "store" and
"recall". Their disappearance is not documented in the delta manual.
Under AppleWorks 5.0, these commands appear to be processed but will not
work! Under AppleWorks 5.1, the compiler will tell you that it no longer
recognizes these commands by giving you a syntax error when it tries to
process them.
While it has nothing to do with the development of the program, time
is also the reason that there is no index in the AppleWorks 5 delta manual.
You will find an index on _Texas II_ Disk 14, and those who were
subscribing to this magazine on disk at the time this disk was issued were
lucky enough to receive a paper copy of the index.
WHAT THERE WASN'T ROOM TO TELL YOU Along with the delta manual, I
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" submitted the necessary changes and
additions to the AppleWorks Quick Reference card. Presumably it was too
expensive to print a new reference card. If you'd like to make the changes
yourself, grab a ballpoint pen and your Quick Reference card, and follow
along:
Section I: GLOBAL COMMANDS
'''''''''''''''''''''''''''
[after "OA-Q Escape", insert lines:]
OA-Q OA-A Add files
OA-Q OA-B Print Buffer
[after "OA-Q OA-F", insert line:]
OA-Q OA-P Change Pathname
Section II: REVIEW / ADD / CHANGE COMMANDS
'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
Column B: WORD PROCESSOR
-------------------------
[replace existing text with:]
OA-F Find text, page number, marker, printer options, or line number
[after "OA-`", insert line:]
OA-+ Outliner mode
Column C: DATA BASE
--------------------
OA-B Browse graphics [new command; replaces "--"]
[after "Move records", add "(MRL)":]
OA-M Move records (MRL)
[after "Move records (MRL)", insert line:]
Mixed mode (SRL)
Column D: SPREADSHEET
----------------------
OA-G Get cell memo [new command; replaces "--"]
Section III: MOVING AROUND
'''''''''''''''''''''''''''
Column B: WORD PROCESSOR
-------------------------
[after "OA-Tab", insert lines:]
Control-Q Quickmark
Control-S Move to next tab stop [was Control-T; see Section IV]
Control-W Where is my Quickmark?
[delete line "Control-T/Move to next tab stop/--/--"]
Section IV: PRINTER OPTIONS
''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
PAGE DESCRIPTION
----------------
[after "MM", insert line:]
NB Number of Blank lines after heading DB
SPECIAL
-------
[after "RP", insert line:]
RS Recalculate before Saving SS
KEYBOARD EQUIVALENTS
--------------------
[after "Control-R", insert line:]
Control-T MouseText/inverse mode --
Section V: FORMULAS & FUNCTIONS
''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
TIME & DATE FUNCTIONS
---------------------
@Today Returns current date DB/SS [formerly just "DB"]
Outliner
''''''''
There was no room in the manual for a reference page for the Outliner
nor room on the Quick Reference card for another column. Users will have
to rely on the built-in help menu, or use the following chart:
OA-A Add son
OA-B Add brother
OA-C Copy topics
OA-D Delete topic
OA-F Find text
OA-G Go to previous topic
OA-I Insert body text
OA-J Jump to full display
OA-K Collapse outline
OA-L Label options
OA-M Move topics
OA-N New line
OA-O Order topics
OA-P Print outline
OA-R Reveal all body text
Control-R Hide all body text
OA-S Save file to current disk
OA-Control-S Save file to original disk
OA-T Collapse/expand topic
OA-U New uncle
OA-V View expanded topic
OA-W Split window
OA-Z Zoom to desired level
OA-1...9 Move proportionally within file
OA-` Collapse/expand body text
OA-Return Go to next topic
OA-[ Go to father
OA-] Go to next brother
OA-{ Shift topic left
OA-} Shift topic right
OA-\ Options
OA-+ Return to Review/Add/Change mode (word processor)
The manual does not make clear which word processor markers are
reserved for the Outliner module. These are markers 192-254.
FACTUAL ERRORS The manual claims that AppleWorks 5 is not available on
"""""""""""""" 5.25" disk. In fact, Quality Computers shipped it on
seven 5.25" disks, but these were intended only to allow 5.25" drive users
to install AppleWorks 5 to a hard drive. The 5.25" drive option is no
longer officially supported, but it is possible to create a set of 5.25"
disks that will run AppleWorks 5. Not terribly wise, but possible.
If inactivity is detected when a cell memo is open, the AfterWork
screen saver will only work on an Apple IIgs. The manual doesn't have this
wrong, it just doesn't mention it.
ONE SERIOUS TYPOGRAPHIC ERROR Page 20 and page 87 both give the wrong
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" parameter for saving text files in the
Merlin assembler format. You should use "pokeword $0A76,$80A0" and
"pokeword $0A76,9". "Pokeword $A72" is wrong. This location of this
feature was changed after the manual was written.
(This feature to create Merlin-compatible files will not work if the
first character in the file is a Return. Make sure the file does not begin
with a Return character. Also, in some circumstances, tab rulers will be
saved to the Merlin file instead of being ignored, as they should properly
be.)
SIMPLE TYPOGRAPHIC ERRORS On page 16, there's a claim that the heat-death
""""""""""""""""""""""""" of the universe isn't due to happen for several
million years. This should read several billion years. (Mind you, a
billion equals several million anyway, so what's all the fuss?)
On page 29, the second sentence of the first paragraph begins
"AppleWorks 4 used Control-T for spaces, but AppleWorks 4 uses that key
to...". This should read "but AppleWorks 5 uses that key to...".
On page 41, the note for Outline 3.0 users ends with the text
"{outdent}". This is a formatting code inadvertently left in the finished
manual. You can't pin this one on me. <grin>
On page 91, the second part of the first answer ends with the
sentence "See the section of Disabling AfterWork for more files that you
can delete." This should read "See the section on...".
APPLEWORKS 5.1 CHANGES AND NEW FEATURES Plenty of bugs were squashed with
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" AppleWorks 5.1 release. It's
free, so there's really no excuse not to move from AppleWorks 5.0 to 5.1.
Please don't ask me to list all the bug fixes in AppleWorks 5.1.
The UltraMacros .awpath command had a bug which left a trailing "/"
at the end of the string. That has been fixed, but the fix breaks the
default macros as supplied with AppleWorks _5.0_. Use the new default
macros as supplied with AppleWorks 5.1. Also, change any of your own
macros that used a work-around for the .awpath bug.
In the data base, the Set Preferences option now allows you to set a
date format for each individual data base file. This means you can have
the general setting display a date such as "June 24, 1995" for the macro
sa-' command and for the word processor date option, while using numeric or
abbreviated dates in the data base. The preferences may also be used to
keep a year from being added to a date for which you wish to record only
the month and day. The bad news is that you should probably update all
your existing data base files to reflect this new setting. The good news
is that you'll only have to do this once. Plus, it's worth it.
Binary search now finds numbers with leading 0's, and requires an
exact match. If you don't want an exact match, hold down the OA key.
The DB Replace TimeOut application now lets you choose to search for
whole words only. As with AppleWorks, use the OA key to indicate a search
for whole words--either use OA-Return instead of Return when selecting
"Anywhere" or "In one category", or press OA-A or OA-I instead of A or I.
THINGS NOT TO DO Here are a few things that you should not do in
"""""""""""""""" AppleWorks 5:
o Don't use the Installer if you already have a folder called AW5 on
the volume you're installing to. Rename or delete the first AW5
folder before beginning. If you attempt to use the Installer and
you already have a folder called AW5 on the volume you're
installing to, the Installer will hang!
o Don't use the Control-Q/Control-W Quick Find feature in the
Outliner.
o Don't use the three following MouseText characters when filling
out fields in the data base: Solid-Apple (@), Mouse Pointer (B),
or Lower Left Corner (T). You may still use these characters when
creating background text.
o Don't use OA-- (Open-Apple-hyphen), the keyboard shortcut for the
UltraMacros command "cell", while creating a cell note in the
spreadsheet. It won't work, and it may do some harm.
o Don't try to access the TimeOut menu from the Clipboard (OA-Q OA-C
then OA-Escape). If you do, AppleWorks 5 will crash!
o Don't use the TimeOut DIF applications from anywhere but the Main
Menu.
A FEW PROBLEMS AND FIXES Worksheets created with AppleWorks 4.3 may have
"""""""""""""""""""""""" their NT (Number of Times to recalculate) option
set to 1 under AppleWorks 5.0. No fix is known.
The data base Preferences screen does not allow you to toggle the
"recalc order" message. To see this, get into a data base file, press
OA-O, select option 6 ("set preferences") and examine option 7. There is a
fix for this in _Texas II_'s Bev's Free Patcher v6.0 for AppleWorks 5.1.
Quality Computers shipped AppleWorks 5.0 with a slightly screwy
version of the ImageWriter II printer installed. If you find that your
ImageWriter II prints in standard mode even when you manually tell the
printer to use near letter-quality mode, you have found the problem. Three
possible fixes:
1. Upgrade to AppleWorks 5.1--a good idea anyway--which doesn't have
this problem. Be sure to copy the SEG.ER file!
2. Choose "Remove a printer" from the Print settings menu, then add
ImageWriter II to the list again. It's that simple.
3. Choose "Change printer specifications" then choose "Interface
cards". If the current control characters are "control-I 80N
Escape c" (restore default settings), all you have to do is change
these codes. You could choose simply "control-I 80N" or enter
"control-I 80N Escape K0", which resets the printing color to
black.
There are even more drastic solutions, such as selling off your ImageWriter
II printer, or never using AppleWorks again, or donating your Apple II to
the national debt, but I can't recommend them.
Any Apple IIgs user who finds that AppleWorks 5 crashes when it is
run, or finds that it crashes the second time it is run, should use Randy
Free's Patcher, which is supplied with AppleWorks 5, (or Bev's Free
Patcher) to change the setting of GS/OS background tasks. Some people find
that the crashes happen if background tasks are on. Others find that
crashes occur if the tasks are off.
Despite the appearance of these and other unconfirmed bugs in
AppleWorks 5.1, it is a very stable release. Please don't be frightened
away from AppleWorks 5.1. Even with a few minor and obscure bugs, it's
still more stable than AppleWorks 4.x or 5.0!
[*][*][*]
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FILE BANDWAGON /
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Top 10 Files for May
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by Douglas Cuff
[EDITOR.A2]
This feature lists the ten most popular files for the month. To give
files a chance to seek their own levels, no files will be added to the list
until they've been in place at least a month. This month, we look at the
files uploaded 1-31 May 1996.
This isn't the Academy Awards ceremony, folks; it's more like the
People's Choice Awards (both of which are trademarked, by the way). The
Top 10 doesn't necessarily tell you what's new and interesting--what files
_you_ might find interesting--it simply tells you what files have been
downloaded a lot--what other people found interesting!
File # Filename Bytes DLs Short description
------ --------------- ------ --- -------------------------------------
27136 MATHGRPH222.BXY 111716 68 MathGraphics v2.2.2
27213 VENDORS.NDA.BXY 32700 66 NDA listing over 100 A2 Vendors
27292 ALMP9606.AW.BXY 61696 55 GenieLamp A2, June 1996 (AppleWorks)
27147 GVIEW028.BXY 44672 53 Graphic viewer for Second Sight
27157 HC.WORD.BXY 15328 51 HC.Word, HyperCard word processor
27225 GROUP.GIF 61820 48 The Genie Crew at the Wedding
27133 MOUNTAIN.BXY 384256 48 Animation - A day over a mountain
27169
SYS6.ANIM.BXY 1482128 47 Animasia anim of Characters
27216 COUPLE.GIF 53968 41 Eric and Sarah Shepherd - married
27221 COUSIN.GIF 60396 39 Sarah Shepherd and cousin Marit
MATHGRPH222.BXY MathGraphics v2.2.2 by Dirk Froehling is a function
""""""""""""""" plotting program for the Apple IIgs that allows you to
enter functions via standard dialog boxes and evaluate function values or
find function roots and extremes with a mouse click. Now freeware.
VENDORS.NDA.BXY Steve Cavanaugh's directory of over 100 Apple II vendors
""""""""""""""" in New Desk Accessory form. Lists conventional mailing
addresses, phone numbers, E-mail addresses, and web page URLs. Very handy.
Freeware.
ALMP9606.AW.BXY The June 1996 issue of GenieLamp A2 in AppleWorks word
""""""""""""""" processor format. Don't have AppleWorks? Lots of
utilities let you display AppleWorks WP files, including file #16674,
QUICKVIEW.BXY and file #24324, QUIKVIEW1.1.BXY. Freeware.
GVIEW028.BXY GView v0.28 by Michael Searl is a graphic viewing utility
"""""""""""" that _requires_ a Second Sight VGA board with v1.1 ROMs or
better. It supports GIF, TARGA, AST raw video, ComputerEyes raw video, and
of course the regular IIgs graphic formats. New to this version are
several graphic formats: PPM, PGM, PBM, PlayStation TIM, Sun Raster Image,
Windows and BMP. I'd like to tell you more about the program, but I don't
own a Second Sight card and can't run it. Shareware ($15).
HC.WORD.BXY HC.Word by Steve Cavanaugh is a very simple text editor
""""""""""" written in HyperTalk for HyperCard IIgs. This stack can
import (open) a text file, save a text file, apply right, left, or center
justification to the text, or print the entire field. You can also select
the font that the text will be displayed in when edited with HC.Word. Use
the code in your own stacks! Freeware.
GROUP.GIF A group shot, in GIF format, taken at the Shepherd wedding.
""""""""" Present are Bill Moore, Daniel Poppe, Greg Templeman, Sarah
Shepherd (the bride), Eric Shepherd (the groom), Charlie Hartley, Sara
Hussong, Noreen Disbrow, Steve "Diz" Disbrow, Ryan Suenaga, Joe Wankerl's
date Debbie, and Joe Wankerl. Greyscale GIF; GIF87a 320x199x256. Original
photograph by Betty Hartley.
MOUNTAIN.BXY A brief animation of some fractal mountains created by T. R.
"""""""""""" "TRON" O'Nan. The sun rises and then sets over this fractal
landscape. Freeware.
SYS6.ANIM.BXY An animation of the words "System 6.0.1" with rotating
""""""""""""" letters, rotating dots, and a moving camera perspective.
Quite a good demonstration of what can be accomplished with Animasia 3-D.
Freeware.
COUPLE.GIF Another picture from the Shepherd wedding. Eric "Sheppy"
"""""""""" Shepherd and his new bride, the former "Princess" Sarah
Phillips, walking down the church aisle as husband and wife. Greyscale
picture in GIF format; GIF87a 320x200x256.
COUSIN.GIF Third picture from the Shepherd wedding. The bride, Sarah
"""""""""" Shepherd nee Phillips and her cousin Marit. Greyscale picture
in GIF format; GIF87a 320x198x256.
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THE TREASURE HUNT /
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Yours For the Downloading
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by Douglas Cuff
[EDITOR.A2]
>>> FOOL'S GOLD <<<
"""""""""""""""""""
The process of panning for gold involves one heck of a lot of
throwing away stuff that isn't gold. This month, the Treasure Hunt looks
at some of the files in the A2 Library that have had fewer than 6
downloads. All of these files were uploaded from 3-1/2 to 6 years ago.
I don't want to make fun of anyone, and I certainly don't want to
discourage anyone from uploading their work. What I would like to do is
look at some files that were unpopular, and try to guess why. Please don't
assume this has any implications for any files you were thinking about
uploading!
[*][*][*]
File #19389: SOUV.PAGES.BXY (16128 bytes)
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This AppleWorks data base lists souvenir pages that have been issued
by the American post office. The only reason I can think of for its
apparent lack of popularity is that there aren't a lot of philatelists in
the Apple II community. Typing in data is a long and thankless task, and
most such data is quickly downloaded. There's no reason that I can see for
this file to have had so few download hits.
File #16788: LAGOVERNOR.BXY (15488 bytes)
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This IIgs Super Hi Res graphic shows three line-drawing type
portraits of three Louisiana gubernatorial candidates. I don't imagine
politics is a hot area in computer-related RoundTables, but there are
probably two other reasons why this file had only been downloaded 5 times
by the time I began this column. The first reason is limited time, and the
second is limited space. This file was uploaded in October 1991, which was
probably not long before the actual election. After the election, who
cares? Also, even if you assume that all Genie's callers are
American--which you shouldn't--then less than 2% of the callers should
logically turn out to be from Louisiana. Heck, I uploaded a short
AppleWorks data base of prime ministers of Canada--even though there are
over 25 million Canadians, very few people downloaded that file. In fact,
I feel gratified that it has been downloaded as many times as it has.
File #18698: IBMPC.M.BXY (1555456 bytes)
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
This is a data base, in DB Master format, of all of the files in the
IBM PC RoundTable library on Genie as of mid-1992. It has several things
working against it. First, it's hard to imagine a file that would become
outdated as quickly. Even the file above has a long shelf-life compared to
library listings, since the latter are out of date by the time you compile
them and save them to disk. Second, DB Master was never a popular data
base once AppleWorks took hold of the market. Third, not everyone in the
A2 RoundTable has an IBM-compatible computer, and therefore has limited
interest in the IBM RT. Fourth, those that have both computers are not
necessarily going to want a list of IBM files on their Apple II computer.
File #14661: BLU.VIDEX.2.BXY (10080 bytes)
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
This file contains a patch so that Videx 80-column card owners can
use Floyd Zink's freeware Binary Library Utility. BLU was an extremely
popular program before ShrinkIt came along. I had always supposed that
Videx was a pretty popular 80-column card, too. I suppose the distinction
is that Videx cards were not popular by the time BLU was being used.
(After all, Apple Computer had been releasing Apple II computers with
built-in 80-column cards for over 6 years by the time this file was
uploaded.) The lesson here is that uploads that require specific but
no-longer-popular hardware don't get many download hits.
This file has an interesting parallel--PARADE.SB.BXY--which is a
music file specific to the Sonic Blaster sound card. The same music,
released in a format that was not hardware-specific, was considerably more
popular.
File #11753: RTC.TECHWARE.TXT (20160 bytes)
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
This ASCII text file is a transcript of a Real-Time Conference about
Tutor-Tech with TechWare's David Lampert. It beats me why this has been
downloaded so few times. Tutor-Tech is hypermedia for the Apple IIe and
IIc. Given the popularity of HyperCard and HyperStudio, you would have
thought people would have been rushing to download this file. Does anyone
out there know why Tutor-Tech never got the respect it deserves?
[*][*][*]
That's all for this month. I hope you enjoyed this look at five of
the _least_ popular files in the Apple II libraries. I hope I haven't
offended anyone, and most of all, I hope this column won't deter you from
contributing your own uploads to the A2 RoundTable. Don't worry that it's
not significant enough! All contributions gratefully accepted.
//////////////////////////////////////// Genie_QWIK_QUOTE ////
/ There are no Apple II instructions [included with the ZIP /
/ drive] because those computers are used by such /
/ intelligent people (that's why there are so few Apple II /
/ based books in your local book store; but there's hundreds /
/ of PC/compatible books covering just about everything - /
/ hmmm! :) /
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