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by Douglas Cuff
[EDITOR.A2]
A few months ago, I was stolen from. Sadly, I've been through this
before. What bothered me this time was that the perpetrator was from our
own community. A significant portion of an article I had written for an
Apple II magazine turned up on someone's web page. I wrote the owner of
the web page, informing him that he was infringing my copyright, and asking
that he cease.
Did I get an apology and prompt action? No, I did not. I got an
argument, a request for permission, and an attempt at a guilt trip. As the
saying goes, some people would not hesitate to drive up to the gates of
Heaven and honk.
This person's argument was he had only copied part of my article.
This, he said, came under the "fair use" provision. Many people do not
understand the fair use clause. It was meant to make life easier for
academics--to permit them to quote authorities in their original work--not
to make life easier for those who do not understand the concept of
intellectual property.
(I am not trying to shame anyone. If you don't understand copyright
or intellectual property, you need not hang your head. What you should do
is learn about it. You could begin teaching yourself about copyright by
reading Brad Templeton's document, "10 Big Myths about copyright explained"
[http://www.clari.net/brad/copymyths.html]. You can also get quite a good
layman's overview of copyright from _The Chicago Manual of Style_. This
classic work stresses that quotations must not be so long that they
represent a significant portion of the original work: "to quote five
hundred words from an essay of five thousand is bound to be more serious
than to quote the same number of words from a work of fifty thousand".
[13th ed., p. 123])
Only after the person who had violated my copyright had argued with
me, presumably in an attempt to cow me, did he ask permission to use my
material. Even then he wasn't done. He implied that I owed him permission
because I had uploaded his freeware to Genie. (In fact, I had not. But if
I had, how is that relevant? His material was freeware. Mine is not.)
I consider myself pretty easy to get along with, but I could not find
it in my heart to grant permission to anyone while they were actually in
the act of violating my copyright. I asked the miscreant to remove the
material while I decided. He complied. Still no apology. (Don't hold
your breath waiting for one... he still has not apologized.)
What followed? He removed one piece of my copyright material from
his web page, and substituted another! The next time I visited his page,
my E-mail to him about copyright violation was there. Not everyone
realizes that private correspondence is also copyright material, and cannot
be reproduced without permission. So I didn't go ballistic. I wrote
granting permission for him to use the original excerpt if he attributed it
correctly and affixed a copyright notice. I also pointed out that he
really should ask permission before reproducing E-mail.
He thanked me, and affixed a copyright notice. We are not talking
about an evil person here... merely a discourteous and uninformed one. I
hope. But I confess that if someone told me that I had done something
wrong without meaning to, I would try to make amends. In my case, this
hasn't happened.
Uninformed people don't worry me. Ignorant people do. (They're easy
to spot... they insist on remaining uninformed.)
With the popularity of web pages, everyone is now his or her own
publisher. The problem is, most people want the power without the
responsibility. Heck, they don't even know that as a publisher, one HAS
responsibilities. Desktop publishing is actually a serious misnomer. A
layout program doesn't teach you how to publish.
Only the ADVANCED "publishers" realize that you must correctly
attribute copyright material... but they think that their job ends there.
It doesn't. After attribution, you still have to get permission. If you
make your own copy of my copyright material, it's NOT enough to tell
everyone that I own it. Too many people think permission isn't necessary
if the work is attributed. This is false.
I'm familiar with Stewart's Law of Retraction: "It is easier to get
forgiveness than permission." The thing is, folks, these "laws", like
Murphy's Law, were meant to be laughed at, not followed. Stewart's Law of
Retraction is laughing at people who order their lives this way. Since the
desktop publishing revolution began, the joke isn't as funny. Desktop
publishers actually obey Stewart's Law. The mind boggles.
Or maybe it's just my mind that's boggling. But then, my mind is the
kind that has never understood litterbugs. I cannot for one moment
conceive that my immediate convenience is more important that litter-free
neighborhoods. So I carry the sticky ice cream wrapper for ten blocks.
Others think that the world revolves not merely around their needs--that
was bad enough--but around their CONVENIENCE. Too many desktop publishers
and too many web pagers seem to think that their instant gratification is
embodied in the constitution.
I'm not a law'n'order kind of guy, but I have to tell you that I am
annoyed by what happened to me. When I stood up for my rights, I got an
argument. When I was easy to get along with, I let a thief walk away with
the perception that he had done nothing wrong. And this happened right
here in the Apple II community. That's discouraging.
My great regret is that I cannot afford to attend KansasFest this
year. KFest would take this bad taste out of my mouth in the first two
minutes. At KansasFest, you get a chance to be reminded that the Apple II
community really is a community. You may arrive feeling like a nobody, but
you'll go home feeling like one of the family. I urge you to attend if you
possibly can.
-- Doug Cuff
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Letters To The Editor
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>YOUR GUIDE TO H-P DESKJET PRINTERS I suspect it is confusing some that
>"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" two DJ series numbers overlap.
>
>The "old" series The "new" series
>with "DIP" switches with "software activated" switches
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>DJ DJ 520
>DJ Plus DJ 540
>DJ 500 DJ 600
>DJ 500C DJ 600C
>DJ 560C DJ 660C
The HP DJ 520 does have the old "dip" switches. I posted a message
to the forum about this correction soon after the original message was
posted.
Bradley P. Von Haden
bpvh@primenet.com
Sorry about that! We should have carried your correction in our
HEY MISTER POSTMAN message digest, along with the original
posting. We goofed.--DGC
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HEY MISTER POSTMAN /
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Is That A Letter For Me?
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by Douglas Cuff
[EDITOR.A2]
o A2 POT-POURRI
o HOT TOPICS
o WHAT'S NEW
o THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE
o MESSAGE SPOTLIGHT
>>> A2 POT-POURRI <<<
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GAME TAKES ADVANTAGE OF SECOND SIGHT CARD I was over a friend's a few
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" weeks ago and we were on the
'net. Someone had u/led a program called something like OmegasGS (not the
tank game). It was something new that took advantage of the Second Sight.
He d/led but after using GScii, GS Shrinkit said the last file was
corrupted.
Since then I have been looking on the 'net for it but have come up
empty. Does anyone know anything about this? I checked Caltech but the
Apple II hard drive had crashed so the ftp site was down.
BTW, I will be leaving my survey open in Cat 5, Topic 4 "The Apple II
in the 21st Century" for two more weeks. If you haven't checked it out
please do so. I'm considering putting it on the comp.sys.apple2. usenet
group as well
Andy
Delivered by: Copilot 2.55 w/ Spectrum 2.0 w/ a Super GS 8540CD
(L.MIDDLETON3, CAT20, TOP14, MSG:30/M645;1)
STUDIO CITY BACK ISSUE INDEX I just wanted to let folks know that the
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""" Shareware Solutions II Home Page on the
World Wide Web (http://www.crl.com/~joko) now includes a complete
mini-index of all 30 issues of Stack Central/Studio City.
Joe
(JOE.KOHN, CAT28, TOP3, MSG:9/M645;1)
YOUR GUIDE TO TESTING SCSI TERMINATION A short note on testing SCSI
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" termination resistor arrays (in
particular, the resistor arrays used for internal termination)
When 'Gremlins' invade ones SCSI setup, and all the usual means have
been exhausted in trying to get rid of them without success, it is quite
possible that a terminator resistor has failed. Without proper termination
a SCSI chain simply will not work properly and reliably. (Symptoms may
range from random crashes and lockups to total corruption of files on any
or all devices on the SCSI chain)
The typical resistor array used for terminating a SCSI chain is a
Single Inline Package (SIP) device, with eight pins. These consist
(internally) of an array of resistors as follows:
1 220 ohm 2 330 ohm 8 (10)
|----v^v^v^v^----|----v^v^v^v^----|
| |
| 3 |
|----v^v^v^v^----|----v^v^v^v^----|
| |
| 4 |
|----v^v^v^v^----|----v^v^v^v^----|
| |
| 5 |
|----v^v^v^v^----|----v^v^v^v^----|
| |
| 6 |
|----v^v^v^v^----|----v^v^v^v^----|
| |
| 7 |
|----v^v^v^v^----|----v^v^v^v^----|
| |
| (8) | <- these two apply only to 10 pin
|----v^v^v^v^----|----v^v^v^v^----| termination arrays
| |
| (9) |
|----v^v^v^v^----|----v^v^v^v^----|
[Note: The numbers above that are in parenthesis apply only to 10 pin
termination resistor arrays (some drives (and the RamFast) use two of
these, instead of three of the eight pin arrays)]
Note: Pin 1 on all these devices is noted in some manner on the
device itself. Usually it will have a small dot next to it, or there will
be a notch in the body of the device adjacent to pin #1
At first it may appear that an ohm meter can be used to test these
arrays, but upon closer inspection it should become apparent that there is
no way to isolate either end of any one resistor... which means that one is
faced with a complex array. Not conducive to ohm meter testing at all.
There is however an easy way to test these. Apply +5 to pin #8 and
ground pin #1. Now measure the voltage developed between ground and pins
2-6, as well as the voltage between +5 and pins 2-6.
If any pin (2-6 or 2-9 for 10 pin devices) reads almost a full five
volts vs ground, then that terminator array is bad (one of the 330 ohm
resistors is open, or one of the 220 ohm resistors is shorted)
If any pin (2-6 or 2-9 for 10 pin devices) reads almost zero volts vs
+5, then that terminator array is bad (one of the 220 ohm resistors is
open, or one of the 330 ohm resistors is shorted)
(The exact voltage isn't that critical, what is critical is that all
the measurements are very close to one another. With the typical resistor
array, there will be less than 1% variance, as these arrays are made using
thick film technology, and all the resistors of each value are made at the
same time)
-Harold
Resident Solder Slinger
Live Free or Die - New Hampshire state motto
(HAROLD.H, CAT11, TOP2, MSG:208/M645;1)
CATALOGUING HFS VOLUMES "Catalog" from Bill Tudor's Six Pack will catalog
""""""""""""""""""""""" HFS volumes just fine. I even got a patch from
Bill to patch it, so that HFS filenames won't be truncated any more...
Guess what I used to catalog the Golden Orchard CD...
Udo - ... with the IIGS into the next millennium -
(U.HUTH, CAT6, TOP5, MSG:56/M645;1)
>>>>> Udo, can you upload/post the patch
"""""
(P.CREAGER, CAT6, TOP5, MSG:59/M645;1)
<<<<< your wish is my command... Here's the message from Bill Tudor
"""""
Udo-
Unfortunately, "patching" catalog will be a bit difficult. The
routine with the goodies is shown below. You need to change the cmp
#25;bge :tooBig to be a bigger number (33?), then change the
lda linepos
clc
adc #25
sta linepos ;fixed width of 25
to the name bigger number, such as 32 or so. This may work, otherwise if I
get a change I'll look into compiling a version w/32 chars for you.
PS: You do assembly, right? If so look up the opcodes and search
the object for the above sequences (like clc adc #25). Should only occur
once in the file...
*============================= 8/ 5/92 10:29 PM===
* Routine: fFilename
* ~~~~~~~
* + Move the filename into the buffer for printing.
* + update linepos for the next guy
*-------------------------------------------------
fFilename
ldy level ;get current level
beq :ok
lda #'.'
SHORTM
:Loop dey
sta buffer,Y
cpy #0
bne :Loop ;add the dots...
LONGM
:ok lda #^nameBuff
pha
lda #nameBuff
clc
adc #4
pha
lda #^buffer
pha
lda #buffer
clc
adc linepos
clc
adc level
pha ;destination
pea #0 ;HOW always zero
lda nameBuff+2 ;get name length
clc
adc level
cmp #25
bge :tooBig
lda nameBuff+2
bra :1 ;use whole thing
:tooBig lda #'..' ;add two dots
sta nameBuff+26 ;add the two dots
lda #24
:1 pha
_BlockMove
lda linepos
clc
adc #25
sta linepos ;fixed width of 25
rts
Udo - ... with the IIGS into the next millennium -
... just four days remaining before being bounced (??)...
future e-mail: udo.huth@auge.de
(U.HUTH, CAT6, TOP5, MSG:60/M645;1)
"MY IIGS IS NOW CALLER ID EQUIPPED" > Is Art Coughlin still out there?
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
Yup.....waaaay out there. :) Present and almost accounted for.
> Is there a simple step by step process one should follow?
I believe there is an X-10 FAQ in the A2 lib (uploaded courtesy of
Goose).
If you have access to back issues of II Alive, there was a fairly
lucid article on X-10 in the May-June '94 issue.
While I'm here, I'd like to announce that my IIgs is now Caller ID
equipped :)
A couple of years ago, I picked up a Caller ID decoder board that was
meant to be plugged into the serial port on a WinTel machine. Since Caller
ID went nation-wide this year, I decided to subscribe and dug the board out
of the closet. A little tinkering with my home control program and it's
working.
/\
//\\ rt
//~~\\........
(A.COUGHLIN, CAT6, TOP10, MSG:8/M645;1)
APPLE II SALES LINE AT SCANTRON QUALITY COMPUTERS Ooops, face is red!
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" The 800-890-8263 IS a
viable sales number... it's for our Apple II Sales line! Sorry!
<slinking away>
Gena
(A2.GENA, CAT42, TOP26, MSG:252/M645;1)
PERILS OF BASIC IN A CDA I couldn't find a better place to put this, so
"""""""""""""""""""""""" here it is :)
BUG ALERT!!!
If you have Dave Lyon's 'BasicCDA' (also known as the 'Visit
Applesoft' CDA) and use it, you should reboot right after each use of it.
In the course of an unrelated (well, only distantly related)
programming project, I had cause to disassemble Dave's CDA... Part of it's
setup (and exit) routines deal with saving (restoring) several sets of
vectors from page three. Unfortunetly there is a bit of a bug in the code
that saves these vectors, such that several of them get overwritten. When
these corrupted vectors are restored the machine is in a delicate state,
and a crash, lockup, or other undesirable action is eventually inevitable.
(Greg T, Sheppy - Should either of you wish to verify my findings,
let me know, and I'll email you the related files (all pseudo source is in
Merlin format) Dave messed up and used the wrong label for one of the save
loops, this causes the data saved to be placed in the same area that some
previously saved data was occupying. The restore loops are fine, which
means the wrong data gets restored to some of the vectors)
If anyone has a current email address for Dave Lyons, I'd appreciate
it being either posted or emailed to me. (I wish to secure his permision
to correct the problem and re-release his CDA in a fixed version)
-Harold
He who snOOps others code :)
(HAROLD.H, CAT2, TOP3, MSG:194/M645;1)
GENIE FALLOUT IN EUROPE AFFECTS ///SHH SYSTEME
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*********************** Important Information ************************
*********************** Apple II Support ************************
*********************** Keep for your records ************************
Well, it seems that only a few days are left over for me until I have
to leave GEnie (Genie). The number of our products, the support we gave
(and would further give) to the Apple II community, and the products we are
still planning to develop and to release, all these things seem to be not
enough for the Genie admins that they give _us_ enough support that we
would be able to continue our support here in the A2 Bulletin Board. Since
there is a new pricing scheme for all users of Genie, the costs for
overseas users drastically will go up to a level that is not affordable
anymore.
So we have no choice other than leaving Genie or paying _much_ money
for being present on Genie in the future. However, the low level of Apple
II related hardware sales doesn't allow such expenses.
We are getting "de facto" kicked out of Genie, however this doesn't
mean we are giving up our activities regarding the Apple II Computer.
///SHH Systeme will be there for the Apple and for the Apple II user for a
_long_ time. And we will continue to be 'available' (reachable) via e-mail
and other online services. ///SHH Systeme will cease to exist when the
Apple II is dead.
If you want to send us e-mail you can use the following addresses:
Internet: jlange@tasha.muc.de
CompuServe: 73370,3106
What you can expect from ///SHH Systeme in the future:
''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
o Development of new products planned (plain vapourware, of course, as it
is with _all_ products coming from ///SHH Systeme):
- ZIP GS Accessory I
- ZIP GS Accessory II
- Mass storage control for new (and old) kinds of drives
- ???? (is this the end?)
- ????
o ///SHH Systeme products sales & support:
- FaST506 hard disk controller (out of production, but supported)
- Turbo IDE Card hard disk controller
- MicroDrive Card hard disk controller
- BlueDisk Card floppy disk controller
- Transwarp GS 32K cache ("second source")
o Specific Apple II Equipment Support:
If you have a problem or a need for an upgrade, we probably can help
you, especially with this hardware:
- Transwarp GS repair
- Transwarp GS cache upgrade
- ZIP GS repair
- ZIP GS cache upgrades, modifications
- TransWarp GS & ZIP GS cabling
- RAMFast SCSI repair (rev. C & rev. D)
- Apple SCSI card repair
- Vulcan repair & upgrades
- Apple 3.5" drive repair
- AE 3.5" drive repair (DD & HD)
- AE 3.5" DD drive to High Density upgrades
- Memory expansion card repair (all brands)
- Apple IIGS CPU repair
(If you cannot find your item in this list, send your inquiry by
e-mail.)
For inquiries and orders, here is our address:
///SHH Systeme
Dipl. Ing. Joachim Lange
Bergstrasse 95
82131 Stockdorf
Germany
E-mail
''''''
Internet: jlange@tasha.muc.de
CompuServe: 73370,3106
(BTW, Stockdorf is a small village in the vicinity of Munich/Bavaria)
Copyright note: This information material is (c) 1996 Joachim Lange.
It may be distributed freely as long as it remains unchanged in _every_
aspect.
******************** End of Important Information *********************
************************ from ///SHH Systeme ************************
(J.LANGE7, CAT46, TOP12, MSG:197/M645;1)
EAMON ADVENTURES ON THE WEB There is a new Eamon-related WWW page. Right
""""""""""""""""""""""""""" now it is a work in progress, but it will
eventually have all the EAG newsletters and all the Eamon games available,
with lots of neat hot links. For example, if you want to see the review
for an Eamon in the list, just click in the link and you will find yourself
linked over to the review in the applicable EAG newsletter.
Check it out at http://www.ecnet.net/users/mumbv/pages/eamon/index.shtml
TomZ
(A2.TOMZ, CAT16, TOP2, MSG:74/M645;1)
WHITE ON BLACK IN GRAPHICWRITER III I just printed white text in a black
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" box from GW III :) Here's what I
did. First, I created a text frame and typed in some text in Avant Garde,
at 18 points, and then set the style to bold and outline. I then selected
the text, and set the Pen color to white. Next I selected the text frame
with the arrow tool, and set the Fill color to black. Then I printed, to
an Appletalk Laserwriter using Apple's printer driver. It came out a nice
black box with the white text in it. Note: the screen presentation did
not show me white text on a black box. It showed me a black box; but when
scrolling up or down I could see the text kind of jumping in behind, so I
knew it was still there. I also tried this with a grey and yellow fill,
and it worked fine, except the fill was then more of a pattern. Hope this
works for you. Oh, one more thing. I did not check the screen
presentation in "Actual Size" only in "Tall Text"...perhaps "Actual Size"
shows the box and text correctly...too late to check tonight though! Ciao!
(S.CAVANAUGH1, CAT43, TOP6, MSG:306/M645;1)
>>> HOT TOPICS <<<
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APPLEWORKS GS (WP) TO GRAPHICWRITER II OK boys and girls, I've got a
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" bare-bones AppleWorks GS
translator for GraphicWriter III up and running. It already does the
Font/Size/Style thing... and I think it also does colors, but I haven't
tested that yet. Here's what I have in mind for the final product:
Add Color Support (if it isn't there already)
Add Support for Rulers and Tabs (well, maybe not tabs)
Add support for superScript and Subscript
Exporting will NOT be supported. This will be an IMPORT ONLY
translator. (And yep, it gives you a message when you try to export.)
The price will PROBABLY be $14.95 (including shipping), and the docs
will probably be on disk only.
Comments? Suggestions? Make em snappy! This is another one I wanna
ship ASAP.
Diz
EGO Systems
(DIZ, CAT33, TOP13, MSG:1/M645;1)
<<<<< Hmmm, the only thing that's been tossed out that I'm leery of are
""""" page breaks. Unfortunately, GWIII translators don't have any way
to communicate a "page break" to the GWIII application, so I don't think
that will make it in.
Let's hear more of the pro and con on tabs. I'm still of the opinion
that preserving them will cause more harm than good when going from a "full
sheet" wp program to a "probably columnar" page layout program.
Diz
EGO Systems
(DIZ, CAT33, TOP13, MSG:8/M645;1)
<<<<< Well... let's hear it for code reusability! I've got to do a
""""" little more testing, but I'm pretty sure that I've got a "feature
complete" AppleWorks GS Translator for GraphicWriter III here in captivity!
Which is what this message is about. I need some files for testing...
So, send me your AppleWorks GS files and I'll run them through the
translator. If everything goes ok... i'll start shipping this on hmmm,
let's say, monday the 13th.
Here's what's in the translator now...
Font/Size/Style/Color Support
Super & Subscript support
Multiple ruler support (indents and Justification)
The only things missing are tabs, and headers and footers. I've
already asked for comments on tabs, but I'd forgotten about headers and
footers... Does anybody need these to be supported? I'm not sure how I'd
do it, cause there's no way to tell GWIII "Hey, this is a header/footer.
Put it someplace special."
Diz
EGO Systems
(DIZ, CAT33, TOP13, MSG:9/M645;1)
>>>>> I have to say (forgetting that I have a vested interest in GWIII
""""" :), that Diz certainly deserves our support. How often do products
get brought to market so quickly in these dark days of the Apple II?
(RICHARD.B, CAT33, TOP13, MSG:15/M645;1)
<<<<< Hmmm... I seem to have left out some information about the tabs
""""" controversy....
The Tab CHARACTERS __WILL__ still be imported, its their POSTION
information that will be lost. In other words, the tabs WILL still be in
the file after it's converted, they will just appear at the DEFAULT
positions that GraphicWriter III imposes. All you have to do to pretty
them up is to select whichever paragraph has the tabs and then reset the
tab positions as you normally would.
(Sigh... I see I misspelled POSITION. Dang. Again, it's the
POSITION info that will be lost, not the actual tab characters.)
This is what happens in the RTF translator too... the tab characters
are imported, they just appear at the GWIII default POSITIONS.
Diz
EGO Systems
(DIZ, CAT33, TOP13, MSG:20/M645;1)
"I WANT A GRAPHICS-BASED WEB BROWSER!" I do as well and even discussed
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" the matter with the author, Derek
Taubert, a couple of times on Internet Relay Chat (IRC).
He was in agreement with the idea but was extremely busy in preparing
for graduation and job interviewing.
I chatted with him again a couple of days ago and he said "no". He
just hired on with Cisco (network routers, etc.) and will be busy with
relocation and his new job. When asked if another qualified person could
do the presentation, he said "probably not" because he knows the most about
it. I've heard/seen that other people have been working on various network
applications so there's a possibility that several more people are
qualified (interested is another matter) to demonstrate it. Another
potentially limiting factor is that the latest version of GNO/ME is
=required= and I've not seen any official announcement that it is shipping,
although a few select individuals obviously have alpha or beta releases.
If we can locate someone with the software and the knowledge, we
should have no problems arranging for a presentation.
(E.WAGNER10, CAT44, TOP8, MSG:165/M645;1)
>>>>> I've had some recent Email from Derek Taubert indicating that he
""""" has a scheduling conflict with KFest this year and is not likely to
attend, himself. We are trying to get a demo of his wares worked out,
though.
On a similar note, would there be much (any) interest in a basic Unix
course for people that have or use Unix shell accounts on their InterNet
Service providers. A course that would cover some demonstrations of basic
Unix programs like Pine, Lynx, Pico and commands like ls, mv, rm, chmod
etc?
Lemme know what y'all think.
Tim K
(PPC.HELP, CAT44, TOP8, MSG:169/M645;1)
>>>>> I'm exhausted, but exhilirated
"""""
Early today (Monday), I drove 2 1/2 hours from my home in Sullivan,
Indiana, to Champaign, Illinois, where I spent almost fours hours with
Derek Taubert, author of GS/TCP, the software that will team up with GNO/ME
2.0.6 to allow IIGS users to connect directly to the Internet via SLIP,
PPP, etc.
Derek is an =extremely= interesting young man with great knowledge of
the inner workings of the IIGS and some great ideas for future
telecommunications products. The only thing standing in the way of his
moving forward right now is his Master's thesis, which he must complete by
late July, when he is scheduled to move to San Jose, California, and begin
a job with Cisco Systems, which specializes these days in Internet routers.
When his thesis is complete and he gets settled into the Silicon
Valley, he says he will then begin pulling together the final pieces of
GS/TCP and make a decision on how the product will be packaged and sold.
(He is also the programmer who is developing GNO/ME 2.0.6, which GS/TCP
requires.)
Derek suspects it will be August before he can again turn his full
attention to the project. The software development is essentially
complete. What remains to be done is documentation and preparations for
distribution.
It was a thrill to see GS/TCP in action. Among other exercises in
'Net surfing, we FTPed into Cal Tech and downloaded a small file directly
to his hard drive.
And to top it all off, he fired up GS Web, his graphical web browser
that is in early development. Much work remains to do in the web browser,
but we moved around the Web, stopping at familiar sites such as the GS/TCP
web page, the Shareware Solutions II home page, the Cal Tech A2 page, and
we even dropped in on the comp.sys.apple2 Usenet newsgroup.
It was awesome. The words "You can't do that on an Apple 2" kept
running through my mind. I had to smile. :)
Hope no one minds this long post. I just thought I'd share a little
of what I learned with the folks here in A2. Meanwhile, I have about two
hours of tape to transcribe from my interview, and then I will begin
writing an article about Derek, his work, and what it means to the Apple
IIGS community.
Oh, by the way, work on the spring edition of Juiced.GS is well under
way. It is scheduled to be published late this month.
Anyone care to hazard a guess what the cover story will be? :-)
Max Jones
Juiced.GS
(M.JONES145, CAT13, TOP43, MSG:155/M645;1)
>>>>> Glad to hear folks are eager to hear more about Derek Taubert's
""""" development of GS/TCP.
One of the most interesting things to me is the great potential
GS/TCP holds for sparking development of new software for the IIGS. Once
GS/TCP is on the market, independent developers can then produce
complementary products such as a graphical Internet relay chat application,
a full-featured news reader, graphical telnet, mail reader, and, of course,
a web browser. In fact, Derek tells me some of his testers =are= working
on some of these products.
During the GS/TCP demonstration, Derek fired up a new application by
James Brooks of Procyon fame that is in the final phase of development.
It's known as GS Mail (an old news release about it appeared on the last
issue of Softdisk GS). The pre-release version I saw in action, however,
went by the name of "Metaphor" and is a slick piece of work. Nice
interface, cool icons, and apparently loads of mail-reading and handling
features. Derek explained that that's the sort of program that could work
well with GS/TCP.
Derek said GS Mail is not yet ready for distribution, but there's not
a lot of work remaining. He doesn't know when James plans to finish, but
Derek intends to encourage completion so it will be ready when GS/TCP hits
the market.
Max Jones
Juiced.GS
(M.JONES145, CAT13, TOP43, MSG:160/M645;1)
>>>>> Every day as the Internet hype, fact and fiction, grows, more
""""" people defect from the Apple II. We need GS/TCP and a www browser
NOW. This is a big deal. I need it. If it takes too long to develop, there
will be significantly less users of Apple II's left to buy it.
Eric
(E.THOMPSON24, CAT13, TOP43, MSG:162/M645;1)
>>>>> I posed this issue to Derek during our interview. His answer is
""""" that he is aware that Apple II users continue to dwindle, but he
feels no added pressure to produce GS/TCP and its related utilities. The
reason he feels no pressure is because he's not doing this for the money.
In fact, he said he expects to make very little money, certainly nothing
near worth the time and effort he put into it. His motivation seems to
come from inner forces, not market forces.
I'll share one quote from Derek on this subject. He says he is
developing something that is "purely a work of art rather than something
that is just a commercial product."
For myself, I also wish we could have this product right now.
Unfortunately, however, it's going to be a while. Having seen GS/TCP, GS
Web and related utilities in action, the only comfort I can offer GS users
willing to wait it out is that they will be =quite= impressed with this
"work of art".
Max Jones
Juiced.GS
P.S. I know we've drifted off-topic here. Perhaps we should move further
discussion of GS/TCP to the appropriate place.
(M.JONES145, CAT13, TOP43, MSG:166/M645;1)
>>> WHAT'S NEW <<<
""""""""""""""""""
FREE FIX FOR GRAPHICWRITER III RTF TRANSLATOR OK everybody, Don actually
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" found a couple of VERY
minor problems in v1.0 of the RTF Translator... So, I fixed them, and added
a small new feature (hold down the option key and you can pick a file to
import from ALL the files on disk, not just Text files) and I'm shipping
that now as v1.0.1. Since the only folks that have v1.0 are here on GEnie
and the Internet, It's going to be a FREE update, and I'd like to e-mail it
to all of you early purchasers. I have Genie e-mail addresses for most of
you, but there are a few that I couldn't find. So, if you have version 1.0
of the RTF Translator for GraphicWriter III, send me your Genie mail
address along with your Serial # (it's on your disk label) and I'll e-mail
you the free update.
Thanks again for supporting my IIGS efforts! I hope this update
makes the RTF Translator even more useful to you!
Diz
EGO Systems
P.S. As soon as I have all of the e-mail addresses, I'll be doing a
mass-e-mailing... Hopefully by friday or monday.
(DIZ, CAT33, TOP6, MSG:54/M645;1)
APPLEWORKS GS TRANSLATOR FOR GRAPHICWRITER III! May 8, 1996 -- EGO
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" Systems is pleased to
announce the upcoming release of a new AppleWorks GS Translator module for
Seven Hills Software's GraphicWriter III page layout program.
Over the years, AppleWorks GS (AWGS) has become a "de-facto" standard
for word processing on the Apple IIGS. Unfortunately, while the AWGS word
processor is quite usable, it's page layout capabilities leave a lot to be
desired. That's where the AWGS Translator for GraphicWriter III comes in.
The AWGS Translator for GraphicWriter III allows you to take
AppleWorks GS word processor files and import them into your GraphicWriter
III page layouts with all of the font, size, and style (and more!)
information intact! You can then use GraphicWriter III's superior
page-layout tools to give your text those extra-special touches.
When you import an AppleWorks GS file into GraphicWriter III, here's
what the translator pulls out of the file for you:
-*- Font Information: Typeface (Times, Helvetica, etc), size (10 point,
24 point, etc.) and style (bold, superscript, etc.) information is all
preserved!
-*- Text Colors: Colored text in your AppleWorks GS file is automatically
given the correct color in GraphicWriter III!
-*- Paragraph Justification: Was that paragraph originally centered? Or
was it right justified? No need to guess, the AWGS Translator figures it
out for you!
-*- Paragraph Indentation: Each paragraph's indentation is recreated in
GraphicWriter III, relative to the columns in your page layout!
-*- The Text: Of course, all of the above would be useless if the text
itself wasn't imported!
Requirements, Availability & Pricing The AWGS Translator for
'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' GraphicWriter III requires
GraphicWriter III v1.1 or later (version 2.0 is recommended but NOT
required). It comes on a single 3.5-inch disk and includes printed user's
documentation. It will ship on May 13th, 1996. The price is just $14.95
and it INCLUDES shipping to anywhere in the world!
To order, send a check or money order for the appropriate amount (in
U.S. funds) to:
EGO Systems
7918 Cove Ridge Rd.
Hixson, TN 37343-1808
USA
(When sending a check or money order, Tennessee residents MUST add 7.75%
sales tax.)
If you prefer to order by credit card, you can use your VISA or
MasterCard by calling us toll-free at 1-800-662-3634. Outside of North
America, please call 1-423-843-1775. You can also FAX your order to us at
1-423-843-0661.
Phone orders and inquiries can be placed between 9 am and 5 pm
Eastern Time. Our FAX line is available 24-hours a day. (Order before 10
am and your order will ship the same day!) You can also e-mail credit card
orders to us at either:
Diz@genie.com
-or-
GSPlusDiz@aol.com
(For your protection, we recommend that you call or FAX us with your
credit card orders. No credit cards will be charged and no checks will be
cashed, until the product actually ships. GraphicWriter III is a trademark
of DataPak Software, Inc. AppleWorks GS is a trademark of Claris. All
other names are the property of their respective owners.)
(DIZ, CAT33, TOP2, MSG:21/M645;1)
COMPLETE GUIDE TO SHEPPYWARE ADDRESS CHANGE "The Complete Guide to
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" SheppyWare" is now being
distributed exclusively by EGO Systems. If you would like to order, you
can now order by phone or email, using your credit card, by calling them
directly!
Don't send orders to me anymore, since I don't even have a printed
copy of the current edition of the book myself anymore. :)
EGO Systems has the new version of the manual (April 1996), which
includes new documentation and some error corrections.
Sheppy
[Team PPCPro]
(SHEPPY, CAT13, TOP18, MSG:9/M645;1)
SHEPPYWARE CONTACT ADDRESS CHANGE Okay, I have another address change for
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" SheppyWare-related stuff -- but this
should be the last one for a LONG time, because I now have a
SheppyWare-specific mailing address!
All shareware payments, questions, comments, etc., should be mailed
to the address below from now on.
(Could the BB management type watching this category please put this
address into the topic header? Thanks! :)
Eric Shepherd
425 East Arrow Highway #232
Glendora, CA 91740-5684
Sheppy
[Team PPCPro]
(SHEPPY, CAT13, TOP18, MSG:12/M645;1)
TIMEOUT DATABASE DISKSEARCH Some here might be interested to learn about
""""""""""""""""""""""""""" a new TimeOut accessory written by Randy
Brandt. TO.DB DiskSearch searches a data base ON DISK for an exact match
of criteria that you enter. It is available exclusively from TEXAS II (see
below).
The search is very fast, and would be used to search a large data
base without taking the time to load it to the desktop first. It returns
the contents of all categories, up to 80 characters onscreen. The
remaining data can be seen in Debug (OA-Ctrl-X) in variables $20 to $79.
Thus, the contents of the entire record are available for use within custom
macros.
The search data can be entered in upper or lower case, but it must
match a complete category string; for example, Brandt not Brand or Bran.
TimeOut DB DiskSearch can be found in the /FRIENDS directory of TEXAS
II on Disk vol.20, along with a custom macro for its use. Questions about
the availability, use and performance of TimeOut DBDisk Search and
accompanying macros should be addressed _only_ to the TEXAS II Mail Group
at 75757.3722@compuserve.com.
TEXAS II also offers an update for TimeOut File Search (found on the
DeskTools IV disk from Scantron Quality Computers). File Search will
perform partial matches, and also searches WP and SS files.
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(W.NELKEN1, CAT17, TOP31, MSG:127/M645;1)
MODEM/SOFTWARE BUNDLES EGO Systems Offers 14.4 Fax Modem for IIGS and
"""""""""""""""""""""" Macintosh
EGO Systems is pleased to announce that it now sells the Magnum 144
External Fax Modem. This modem, which operates at speeds up to 14,400 bps
(faster using data compression), is completely compatible with both the
IIGS and the Macintosh. It includes software for the Mac, and works with
all IIGS telecommunication and Fax software.
Some of this modems features include:
-*- 14,400 bps data and Fax transmission (up to 57,600 bps with data
compression)
-*- Automatic error correction and data compression (V.42, V.42bis
and MNP)
-*- Automatic speed, error-control, and data compression negotiation
-*- Supports Group 3, Class 1 and 2 Fax transmission
-*- Hayes (TM) AT command set
-*- Two year warranty and EGO Systems' 30-day money-back guarantee
Pricing, Requirements and IIGS Bundles EGO Systems' price for this modem
'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' is just $79.95. This cost
includes Priority Mail shipping to the United States. Air mail shipping to
Canada is $5 extra. Air mail shipping to Mexico is $10 extra. Surface
mail shipping to anywhere else in the world is $10 extra. Air mail
shipping to Europe is $20 extra. Air mail shipping to Asia or Africa is
$25 extra. Air mail shipping to the Pacific Rim is $30 extra.
This modem includes all the hardware needed to work with both the
Apple IIGS and the Macintosh. Fax and telecommunications software is
included for the Macintosh. Apple IIGS owners will need to purchase Fax and
telecommunications software separately. EGO Systems offers the following
bundles for Apple IIGS owners:
Telcom Deluxe Bundle - $134.95 (normally $144.95, you save $10)
This bundle includes the Magnum 144 External Fax Modem as well the
Parkhurst Micro's full-featured ANSITerm telecommunications software. (Add
$10 for Air mail shipping outside North America.)
Fax Deluxe Bundle - $154.95 (normally $164.95, you save $10)
This bundle includes the Magnum 144 External Fax Modem as well as
Parkhurst Micro's amazing PMPFax Fax software. (Add $3 for Air mail
shipping outside North America.)
Deluxe Deluxe Bundle - $209.95 (normally $229.85, you save $20)
This bundles includes the Magnum 144 External Fax Modem as well as
the ANSITerm and PMPFax software. (Add $13 for Air mail shipping outside
North America.)
To order, send a check or money order for the appropriate amount (in
U.S. funds) to:
EGO Systems
7918 Cove Ridge Rd.
Hixson, TN 37343-1808
USA
(When sending a check or money order, Tennessee residents MUST add 7.75%
sales tax.)
If you prefer to order by credit card, you can use your VISA or
Master Card by calling us toll-free at 1-800-662-3634. Outside of North
America, please call 1-423-843-1775. You can also FAX your order to us at
1-423-843-0661.
Phone orders and inquiries can be placed between 9 am and 5 pm
Eastern Time. Our FAX line is available 24-hours a day. (Order before 10
am and your order will ship the same day!) You can also e-mail credit card
orders to us at either:
Diz@genie.com
-or-
GSPlusDiz@aol.com
(For your protection, we recommend that you call or FAX us with your
credit card orders. All product names are the property of their respective
owners.)
(DIZ, CAT33, TOP2, MSG:22/M645;1)
>>> THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE <<<
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
APPLE II LAPTOP (SORT OF) I tried the Tiger Learning Computer briefly at
""""""""""""""""""""""""" the Electronic Entertainment Expo last week in
Los Angeles. It looks almost identical on-screen to a regular IIe. There
are .SYSTEM files launched from ProDOS, and Applesoft programs seem to run
as always. ("I'm just fooling around." "I wish you wouldn't." - my
encounter with a Tiger product rep :)
It looks like a laptop, but where the screen would be is where up to
six cartridge-based softwares are installed. The keyboard's buttons are
very flat, and have very little "clickability." The layout has changed, as
well. There seemed to be Internet support, but whether it was disabled for
the show or permanently, I couldn't tell.
Read more about it in Volume 2 Issue 2 of The Apple Blossom.
-Ken
(KEN.GAGNE, CAT5, TOP13, MSG:1/M645;1)
ULTRAMAX 3 AT KANSASFEST More good news!
""""""""""""""""""""""""
UltraMax -- the third disk in this series is nearing completion.
And, prompted by the above referenced fix work, I've added a Booklet Maker
to the disk. Take any AppleWorks word processor document and print it as a
booklet, portrait or landscape mode. After printing, just fold the stack
in the middle and staple!
UltraMax...to be released at KansasFest this July.
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(W.NELKEN1, CAT13, TOP11, MSG:149/M645;1)
CASTLE WOLFENSTEIN 3-D It may be just me, but I have a funny feeling that
"""""""""""""""""""""" Wolf 3D will be shown or go on sale at K-Fest in
July.
BTW, I will be leaving my survey open in Cat 5, Topic 4 "The Apple II
in the 21st Century" for two more weeks. If you haven't checked it out
please do so. I'm considering putting it on the comp.sys.apple2. usenet
group as well
Andy
Delivered by: Copilot 2.55 w/ Spectrum 2.0 w/ a Super GS 8540CD
Email: L.Middleton3
(L.MIDDLETON3, CAT40, TOP6, MSG:177/M645;1)
>>>>> > It may be just me, but I have a funny feeling that Wolf 3D will
""""" > be shown or go on sale at K-Fest in July.
I hope so. No promises. :)
I'm working on the final sound and music driver now. I still need to
fix some cosmetic bugs, rewrite for speed in a few places, and add
preferences and clean up the automap. Several weeks worth of work, and I
still can't dedicate a lot of time to it. But work is ongoing. :)
Sheppy
[Team PPCPro]
(SHEPPY, CAT40, TOP6, MSG:178/M645;1)
[EDITOR'S NOTE: At press time, Sheppy mailed me to following addendum:
"Wolf 3D for the IIgs will probably not be finished by KFest this year,
because I'm overworked and slowly losing my mind. However, I AM still
working on it, whenever I can squeeze out the time and energy to do so."]
NEXT BRUTAL DELUXE GAME A LIMITED EDITION Although it's months and months
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" away from completion, I just
received an interesting e-mail from Olivier Zardini concerning the next
Brutal Deluxe game.
According to Olivier, Brutal Deluxe plans to make that game available
only as a Limited Edition.
Brutal Deluxe would like to offer a special thanks to those who have
purchased Convert 3200, and plan to do so by making their next game
available for $5 only to those who have purchased Convert 3200.
Joe
(JOE.KOHN, CAT28, TOP6, MSG:138/M645;1)
ADDRESSED FOR SUCCESS AND BULK MAIL Well, I just got back from the local
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" Post Office where I attended a "Mail
Classification Reform" training class. The upshot of this meeting was
that bulk mailing procedures are about to change DRAMATICALLY. These
changes will probably make Addressed For Success' Bulk Sortation and bar
code options, um, obsolete.
I'm going to look into what needs to be done to update AFS to
conform with the new standards, but I'd like to know how much of an update
you guys are willing to pay for.
At this point, I don't know EXACTLY what's going to be required to
bring AFS in line with the new standards, so I can't really give any
specifics. I do know however that It WON'T be a small amount of work.
We're talking a v2.0 or even 3.0 level revision here. If these revisions
happen, it'll not only be an expensive update, the base cost of the
product will go up too (well, probably).
So, how much is too much? Does ANYBODY use the bulk mail or bar
codes? Should I just rip em out, CUT the price and just position it as an
Address manager and label printer?
Diz
EGO Systems
(DIZ, CAT33, TOP8, MSG:134/M645;1)
<<<<< If a field is empty, AFS SHOULD just spit out a tab as a "place-
""""" holder". Is that not happening?
As for the update, I've spoken with the folks at the USPS, and they
are sending me the relevant Technical data. However, they tell me that, as
a conservative estimate, I should allocate ONE MAN YEAR or (oops, "of" not
"or") FULL TIME EFFORT to bring my software into line with the new bulk
mailing requirements.
Of course, I simply can't do that...
Diz
EGO Systems
(DIZ, CAT33, TOP8, MSG:151/M645;1)
POWER GS MAGAZINE, ISSUE #6 yep, number six will be out in a few weeks,
""""""""""""""""""""""""""" promise :)
heck, I'll even go tooKfest this year <grin>
l8rs!
-Auri
(A.RAHIMZADEH, CAT13, TOP38, MSG:228/M645;1)
IIGS HTML EDITOR How many people would like to see a graphical HTML
"""""""""""""""" editor for the IIGS? How much would you be willing to
pay for such a beastie?
Diz
EGO Systems
(DIZ, CAT33, TOP4, MSG:215/M645;1)
<<<<< The basic idea at this point is a tag-based editor, that would use
""""" plug-ins for displaying the output of each tag. Right now, I'm
trying to decide between supporting ALL tags (even simple junk like the
<I>italic</I> tag) with plug ins and supporting the simple tags (like
italics) internally in the application.
What the tags look like would be shown in a separate (non-editable)
window.
Using Plug ins would make the display more flexible (i.e. someone
could write a set of plug ins that support second sight) but it would add a
lot of overhead to the actual display process.
I hadn't thought of including "lynx" display... that's a good idea.
Diz
EGO Systems
(DIZ, CAT33, TOP4, MSG:227/M645;1)
>>>>> Geez, Diz, from what you're saying, sounds like there'd be the
""""" basic foundation of a web browser there. :)
Ryan M. Suenaga, M.S.W.
Social Worker by Day, Apple II geek by night
ANSITerm and CoPilot v2.55
(R.SUENAGA1, CAT33, TOP4, MSG:229/M645;1)
<<<<< I was hoping noone would notice ;-)
"""""
Diz
EGO Systems
(DIZ, CAT33, TOP4, MSG:230/M645;1)
>>> MESSAGE SPOTLIGHT <<<
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Category 6, Topic 6
Message 111 Mon May 27, 1996
GARY.UTTER [Dispatcher] at 14:46 EDT
When viewing GIFs on either a IIc or a IIe it is well to bear in mind
that neithier computer was designed with any intention of being able to
HANDLE graphics at this level. These computers were designed to work in
text, and deal with the very SIMPLE graphics of the time.
NO personal computer of the same design generation as the IIe and IIc
is capable of doing a better job wihtout significant modifications
(including running later generation software, hardware and monitors).
The IIc is nothing more than a slightly modified IIe, and the IIe is
nothing more than a slightly updated II+, which, in turn is a slightly
updated II.
The technology, in other words is approximately 15 years old. The
initial designe was a very GOOD design and required relatively minor
updates to produce a computer that is STILL highly usable in this day and
age. But attempting to view these high quality graphics on such a machine
should be considered an interesting experiment in how far the basic design
can be pushed
rather than something that SHOULD be doable as well on a IIc
as on a IIgs.
The IIgs itself, much as I love it, requires SERIOUS hardware
"intervention" in order to display these graphics as well as more current
platforms can do.
The Ford Model T was an incredible vehicle for its time, and has
capabilities that modern vehicles, for the most part, simply cannot
emulate. The Model T can handle "off road" conditions that would require a
"full tilt" off road 4WD vehicle today (this WITHOUT 4WD, or even fat
tires), and can be maintained and repaired with simple hand tools (and
perhaps a bit of bailing wire). It will run on fuel that a modern vehicle
will choke and die on.
The Model T was a simple, elegant and extremely effective machine for
the purpose for which it was designed. While I would not want to
characterize the IIe and IIc as "Model T" computers (they are much more
than that), there ARE some strong paralells. The II series (even the GS)
are simple and elegant machines that can perform the tasks they were
designed for (IMO) much better than more modern machines can perform those
same tasks. But there are limits to the performance levels they can
acheive.
This is not to say that you shouldn't attempt to display GIFs on a
IIc, by any means, but (like the dancing bear) the marvel is not how WELL
it can be done, but that it can be done at ALL.
This whole message may be inappropriate for this topic, and meat for
a different sort of discussion. :)
Gary R. Utter
[*][*][*]
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]
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Free Disks, Just By Not Signing Up!
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by Jerry Cline
[INTREC]
>>> FREE DISKS = BIG $$$$ <<<
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
Just recently, I had been following a thread of tongue in cheek
comments made on Genie A2 concening the plethora of free disks being mailed
by Americal Oline (AOL). The thread concerned junk mail as finally having
some value--a reformattable floppy disk. While musing these comments, I
happened on an article illuminating the results of this advertising scheme.
According to an Associated Press article in the Phoenix Republic newspaper
Monday 5/13/96:
"AOL's 1 million subscribers in 1995 increased to 5 million in 1996."
While AOL may be the world's largest free disk supplier, with their
present level of 5 million customers, they also now claim title to the
world's largest subscriber service. They, along with the other "free disk
supplier," CompuServe who with 2 million subscribers in 1995 and twice as
big as AOL, is now second to AOL with their 1996 level of 4 million
subscribers. Neither service seem to be worried that a few of their disks
are used to level tables or are erased for personal use, and were last
reported as being seen in private boothes at the bank where they sip caf`e
au lait and watch large forklifts stack their money.
Meanwhile, Prodigy, who AOL management helped to get online in the
late '80s and early '90's, was sold to its most present management,
allowing IBM and Sears to stop pouring large sums of money into a poorly
managed "black hole." IBM and Sears have been seeking relief from the
giant sucking sound that Prodigy was making as it dined on their cash
reserves.
GEnie, who has sent out a least one free (IBM) based disk with a
really ugly label (I have that disk ;-), and Delphi, who's management not
only does not send out free disks, they never return phone calls nor reply
to email requests, did not even receive honorable mention in the Associated
Press report.
eWorld, another free disk supplier, (we all have lots of those disks
too :-), was digested and flushed, and reportedly last seen passing through
a treatment plant somewhere in California. Its interesting to note, that
like Prodigy, eWorld was also assisted by AOL as it emerged as Apple
Computer's disastrous attempt to do battle for the higly competitive
subscriber service.
(C) Jerry Cline - InTrec Software
Reproducible with permission
jerrycline@intrec.com
[EOA]
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Yours For The Asking
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by Douglas Cuff
[EDITOR.A2]
Program Name : Sounds of History (parts 1-3)
Filename : SND.HISTORY.BXY, SND.HIST.02.BXY, SNDS.HIST.3.BXY
Library Area : 29
Program Number : 11813, 12084, 12120
File Size : 538020, 437220, 378000
Program Type : HyperStudio stacks
Author : Joel E. Helton
File Type : Freeware
Requirements : HyperStudio run-time module
(file #24732, HS3.1RJ.BXY)
FROM THE AUTHOR SOUNDS OF HISTORY... consists of people and events in
""""""""""""""" history. Most everyone can read about a certain person
or event that is mentioned in this stack. Why not hear what they sounded
like or hear the event as it actually happened? All of these events
occurred before the age of television. So what was the mode of
communication? Phonographs and radio, live radio in fact....
Some technical notes. My school recently purchased a Quickie hand
scanner with which I am most impressed with. All of the graphics except
the HyperStudio "logo" were scanned with it. Having this scanner allows
great leeway in developing stacks when for instance, a photograph would fit
the bill. As with most things, you can always scan it just a little better
if I did it one more time, but I had to draw the line somewhere. I might
also note that pictures of some of the people in this stack were hard, if
not impossible to get from my resources. I had to make do with what I
could find. The sound files came from some old records of famous events in
history I have. Keep in mind that these are live radio recordings as the
quality made leave a lot to be desired. Also, I have an old amp and some
speakers hooked up to my GS so I have to make allowances on the volume of
the sound files. Hopefully, I didn't record the sound files at too low a
volume.
This idea for this stack should sound similar to some old Edward R.
Murrow records called "Hear it Now". It is based on the same idea. All of
the pictures were scanned from various magazines and books.
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PD_Q COMMENTS A week is a long time in politics, as Sir Harold Wilson
""""""""""""" once said. Similarly, a second is a long time when it
comes to sound files. Each second of sound can take up to 10,000 bytes on
disk, which means close to a minute of downloading time at 2400 baud. Even
at 9600 baud, to download the complete soundtrack of your average feature
film would take over a day.
The relevance of the above statistical trivia is that all three of
Joel Helton's "Sound of History" stacks rely heavily on sound. The stacks
range in size between 350 and 500K. The first stack has about 50 seconds
of sound, the second about 48, and the third stack about 27 seconds.
Each stack has a page devoted to a person or event, and most have an
appropriate picture. You can read a little background about the person or
event, and you can heard a related voice. As the title indicates, the
sounds are really the focus of each stack. Here are the sound clips in the
three stacks (all times approximate):
I. Before the Second World War
A. King Edward III of England abdicates the throne, 1936
[13 sec.]
B. Thomas Edison speaks into his own recording device, 1912
[2 sec.]
C. the explosion of the _Hindenburg_ dirigible at Lakehurst,
N.J. as reported by Herb Morrison on station WLS, 1937
[15 sec.]
D. Charles Lindbergh addresses New Yorkers on his return to the
United States after his solo non-stop flight across the
Atlantic, 1927 [8 sec.]
E. world-famous tenor Enrico Caruso sings "Over There", a song
of the first World War (1914-1918) [12 sec.]
II. The Second World War
A. Great Britain's prime minister, Neville Chamberlain,
announces his country's declaration of war, September 1939
[4 sec.]
B. part of Prime Minister Winston Churchill's "this was their
finest hour" speech, 1940 [10 sec.]
C. Gen. Dwight Eisenhower announces results of D-Day, June 1944
[7 sec.]
D. United States president Harry Truman
1. German surrender, May 1945 [9 sec.]
2. atomic bomb dropped, August 1945 [4 sec.]
E. Gen. Douglas MacArthur's farewell to Congress, 1951 [6 sec.]
F. The space shuttle _Challenger_ disaster, January 1986 [8 sec.]
III. Sports
A. Farewells from baseball greats
1. Lou Gehrig, 1939 [5 sec.]
2. Babe Ruth, 1947 [5 sec.]
B. 1951 World Series [7 sec.]
C. 1956 World Series; Yankee pitcher Don Larson has a perfect
game [5 sec.]
I've already confessed my love for programs that use audio well, so I
expected to like these stacks quite a lot. In fact, they don't have much
going for them. Part of this is undoubtedly due to their age. All three
were created in June 1990, when most HyperStudio stacks were still
relatively primitive. Regrettably, these three stacks fall into that
category. The first two seem like first drafts, and the third seems like
notes for a stack.
The layout of these stacks is neither attractive nor consistent.
They are not logically organized, either. The sounds in the first stack
are not in chronological order, nor in any order than I could determine.
The second stack is largely about the second World War, which is easier to
take, but adds two later pages--one about the U.S. General Douglas
MacArthur and one about the space shuttle _Columbia_. The third stack is
labelled "sports", but is in fact entirely about baseball. Even given the
American nature of the stack, I understand that there are sports played in
the U.S. other than the "national pastime".
The scanned photographs and drawings are adequate at best; they are
sometimes high-contrast reproductions that use no grays. Twice in the
short sports stack, illustrations have been used that have nothing to do
with the event being discussed. It might have been more sensible to
construct these pages without photos. In no case does the photograph make
its presence felt.
The accompanying text is often painfully short. It serves as a
reminder to someone who already knows about the event or person, but is
virtually useless as an introduction. The page about the _Hindenburg_
disaster, for instance, does not mention that the _Hindenburg_ was a
dirigible nor that it exploded. (Sadly, this text seems even shorter than
the author intended, because he created a scrolling text field but forgot
to give the user a chance to scroll it!) Similarly, the page about the
_Columbia_ does not even mention the date of the catastrophe, let alone the
people who died in it.
The most sensible thing to do may be to keep the disk-based sounds
and throw away the stacks themselves. Even then, watch what you keep.
Copyright questions aside, the snippet of Abbott & Costello's "Who's On
First?" routine that's attached to the sports stack is so poorly edited
that the comic timing is mangled. I also found myself wondering if Lou
Gehrig's famous farewell was the actual Lou Gehrig or Gary Cooper playing
him in the 1942 film _The Pride of the Yankees_.
Still, some sounds are fun. It's nice to hear what Edison sounded
like, and I have to admit that Lindbergh and Truman sound very different
from the way I imagined. In a few cases, the words being spoken are
interesting, moving, or justly famous, as in the case of Churchill's
speech, Edward VIII's abdication, and MacArthur's farewell. Even
consequential phrases are interesting, such as when Herb Morrison
interrupts his remarks to the radio audience to tell a fellow witness to
"Get out of the way, please." Anyone who hates overacting as much as I do
will notice the quiet horror of the final "Oh my God" that finishes the
_Columbia_ sound clip.
The idea behind these Sound of History stacks was sound.
Unfortunately, the execution of that idea is not up to standard of the
original concept.
RATING SYSTEM
"""""""""""""
5 LAMPS.........What? You haven't downloaded this program YET?
4 LAMPS.........Innovative or feature rich, take a look!
3 LAMPS.........Good execution, stable program.
2 LAMPS.........Gets the job done.
1 LAMP..........A marginal download.
0 ..............GenieLamp Turkey Award!
[EOA]
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Top 10 Files for April
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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 1-30 April 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!
Once again, I'm pleased to find that four different editions of
GenieLamp A2 occupy four spots in the Top 10 (three April issues, one May
issue--which was uploaded on the last day of April). Since the purpose of
the Top 10 is to keep track of popular files, not just file names, I've add
two files to the list to make up for the two duplicate GenieLamps.
File # Filename Bytes DLs Short description
------ --------------- ------ --- -------------------------------------
27023 A2.DOM.9604.BXY 404576 178 A2 Disk of the Month, April 1996
27046 SUPERCLOCK.BXY 355200 127 Fantastic clock/chime/alarm utility
27016 CW.2.0.2.BXY 33536 112 CoolWriter v2.0.2 -- GS Word Proc.
27022 CHUNK.ICONS.BXY 16244 76 My personal version of COPLAND Icons
26938 ALMP9604.AW.BXY 77184 62 GenieLamp A2, Apr. 1996 (AppleWorks)
26939 ALMP9604.HC.BXY 90368 61 GenieLamp A2, Apr. 1996 (HyperCard)
27033 PRODESK4.1.BXY 47008 58 ProDOS 8 launcher/disk utilities
26940 ALMP9604.HS.BXY 162432 52 GenieLamp A2, Apr. 1996 (HyperStudio
26967 COMET.H.APF.BXY 15232 51 APF picture of Comet Hyakutake
27129 ALMP9605.AW.BXY 73088 50 GenieLamp A2, May 1996 (AppleWorks)
27086 RFTW.DVR.BXY 2048 50 TWGS / RamFast driver DEVELOPMENTAL!
27015 CRYSTALQUIT.BXY 3200 50 Stop Crystal Quest quit-crash, icons
A2.DOM.9604.BXY The A2 RoundTable Disk of the Month continues to be a
""""""""""""""" favorite download. The March issue contains two issues
of (March and April) assorted news tidbits. Apple IIe and IIc users will
enjoy CoPilot 8 and a text file "Beginner's Guide to HTML". For the Apple
IIgs user, there's Anime, an animation utility for paint programs from
Brutal Deluxe; Chronos, a Menubar clock; Daleks, a desktop version of the
Daleks game; rPacker, a Finder Extra to compact resources; and Winflate, an
NDA to minimize windows to menubars.
SUPERCLOCK.BXY SuperClock Init and CDev v1.0 by Lionel Saugrain is a
"""""""""""""" configurable and customizable menu-bar clock with the
following features:
o analog or digital (HH:MM or HH:MM:SS)
o position clock at left or right, hide it or deactivate it
o display date or free memory with clock
o alarm function, with specific date/time or daily alarm
o chime function - Quarter hour, half hour, or hourly
o single chime on hour or multiple chimes for hour of day
o separate digitized sounds for chime and alarm (or use sysbeep)
The archive contains English and French versions, and comes with 20 sample
sounds. Shareware ($20).
CW.2.0.2.BXY CoolWriter GS v2.0.2 by Rolf Braun is a text editor with all
"""""""""""" the usual functions and plenty more, such as set/clear high
bits, carriage return <-> linefeed, upper/lower case, ROT13, encryption
functions. An unusual feature is that you can use CoolWriter to change the
data in the commercially available "Quizzical GS" program (which appears on
Softdisk G-S). Freeware.
CHUNK.ICONS.BXY Variations on the Copland icons for your Apple
""""""""""""""" IIgs--"three dimensional" folders, drives, and so on.
ALMP9604.AW.BXY The April 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.
ALMP9604.HC.BXY Same as above, but in HyperCard IIgs format, thanks to
""""""""""""""" HyperCard programmer Joshua Calvin. If you don't already
own HyperCard IIgs, consider downloading file #22200, HCGSSTARTER.BXY.
Freeware.
PRODESK4.1.BXY ProDesk Plus 4.1 by Helge Malmgren is a program selector
"""""""""""""" and utilities package for ProDOS. It lists all runnable
(BAS, SYS and even S16) programs, displays hi-res and double hi-res
pictures, types AWP and TXT files, deletes and renames files, finds files,
and more. It supports a mouse and has a screen blanker built in.
Shareware ($25).
ALMP9604.HS.BXY The April 1996 issue of GenieLamp A2 in HyperStudio IIgs
""""""""""""""" format. If you don't own HyperStudio, you can still view
this stack if you download file #24732, HS3.1RJ.BXY. Freeware.
COMET.H.APF.BXY APF picture of Comet Hyakutake, converted from a GIF.
""""""""""""""" The next time a cynic says that Apple II users are stuck
in the Dark Ages, point out how popular this file was. Sure we know about
the latest advances in science and technology! But we also know how to
resist hype! <grin>
ALMP9605.AW.BXY The May 1996 issue of GenieLamp A2 in AppleWorks word
""""""""""""""" processor format. If you don't have AppleWorks, see the
note on ALMP9604.AW.BXY above. Why is the May issue in the April downloads
list? I uploaded it on April 30, which technically qualifies it.
Freeware.
RFTW.DVR.BXY RamFAST/TransWarp GS driver by Harold Hislop. You have to
"""""""""""" be careful if you download this, because it is still in
development and not thoroughly tested. Make a backup before you install it
and keep frequent backups thereafter. If you have a RamFAST SCSI card and
a TransWarp GS card, this drive can provide a 20% system speed increase.
This experimental driver is NOT supported by Sequential Systems. If you
use it, you MUST replace your current RamFAST driver with this one--do not
attempt to have both drivers active at the same time. NOTE for Internet
readers of GenieLamp A2: The author has requested that this driver be
distributed only on Genie. Therefore, there are two things you need to
keep in mind: (1) I can't send you a copy of this file. (2) If you
persuade someone else to send you a copy even though you're not on Genie,
you're going to honk off the programmer, which probably means he won't
release any more of his software. Just keep in mind that actions have
consequences and we'll all keep smiling.
CRYSTALQUIT.BXY A patch for the Crystal Quest game by Greg Templeman.
""""""""""""""" Crystal Quest has a bug that causes it to crash when you
quit; this file will patch that bug. Greg has also included his Crystal
Quest icons in this archive.
[EOA]
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Review: Convert 3200
"""""""""""""""""""""
by Douglas Cuff
[EDITOR.A2]
PROGRAM: Convert 3200
VERSION: 1.0
AUTHOR: Brutal Deluxe Software
PUBLISHER: Joe Kohn, 166 Alpine Street, San Rafael, CA 94901-1008 USA
PRICE: $15
REQUIREMENTS: Apple IIgs, System 6, 700K of _free_ RAM (not total RAM!)
4 megabytes RAM, hard disk drive, accelerator all
recommended
[*][*][*]
Convert 3200 is a graphic conversion utility from Brutal Deluxe, the
French programming team that brought games such as The Tinies to the Apple
IIgs. Convert 3200 began life a programmer's utility, so that Brutal
Deluxe could grab the graphics used in other versions of the game. Because
of its origins, Convert 3200 is powerful and it's fast. Because it's been
released as a commercial product, it's much easier to use.
Still, don't assume that Convert 3200 has been designed for ease of
use. It's been designed for power and for speed, and has add a "Conversion
for Clots" interface grafted onto it. In fact, if you only retain one
thing from this review, try to make it this: reading the documentation is
not optional. You won't believe me until you try fiddling with the program
first, but it's for your own good.
Installing and launching the program are a snap, and the main menu
screen looks invitingly simple. After that, things get weird, and fast.
Convert 3200 has to be told what kind of graphic you're trying to
load; it doesn't automatically detect graphic type. Unless you set the
load type correctly, you're going to see this:
A L E R T !
LOAD CANCELLED
UNKNOWN GRAPHIC
FILE FORMAT.
CLICK TO CONTINUE
Unknown graphic file format? Well, that message is misleading. Convert
3200 supports a lot of formats: all the Apple IIgs formats, including 256-
and 3200-color pictures, plus Compuserve GIF, TIFF, Windows/OS2 BMP, Amiga
.IFF/ PC .LBM, and Paintbrush PCX. So Convert 3200 probably does support
the type of picture you're trying to load. But if you try to load a GIF
picture with the load type set to "Apple", then you're going to get the
"unknown graphic format" error.
(Because you're naturally cautious the first time you use a program,
you probably won't commit the above sin. But I guarantee you that you will
eventually. And it will scare the willies out of you.)
Once you correctly select a graphic for loading, you are going to be
blown away at how quickly Convert 3200 loads it. Particularly if you're
loading from a RAM disk or fast hard drive. Zowie!
But then Convert 3200 just sits there. It doesn't show you what it's
loaded. So you click on a few buttons, and you see your graphic--in
monochrome. If you haven't read the documentation, or a review like this
one, you're going to be slightly put off. Not to worry, you just have to
visit the conversion screen. Wear your racing scarf--the conversion speed
is almost as zippy as the loading speed. Once the conversion is done,
Convert 3200 doesn't show you the graphic--you have to click on the "view"
button. Then you can save the graphic (3200, 256, 16, 16 grey, or Print
Shop colors) in a variety of formats (alas, NOT including GIF).
Does this sound complicated? Well, it is, a little. But it's not as
complicated as it sounds, and you get the hang of it pretty quickly anyway.
Plus you can automate the whole procedure to automatically convert a whole
disk full of graphics in one go. Still, there's no doubt that this program
reflects its programmers' idiosynchrasies. It will take you a little while
to learn how to use the program. The tutorial will take you through the
basic process. You follow the tutorial, then read the main documentation
file at least as far as the explanation of the shortcut keys.
Power users will want to read on. There's a lot of information in
Chapter XV (How Does It Work?) that can help you to fine-tune your
conversions. In fact, there's even a hidden function that lets you mess
with Convert 3200's conversion rules.
Convert 3200 does all its conversions in 320 mode. That can be a
pain sometimes, particularly with 640-mode GIF graphics. It imposes
limitations that are fussy to circumvent. Also, Convert 3200 doesn't load
JPEG graphics.
In a few cases, I got better results using Jonah Stich's 1990
program, GIF 3200, than with Convert 3200. This may be due to a limitation
in me, not in Brutal Deluxe's program, but this is still relevant
information for newbies. Mind you, to get that marginally better result, I
had to wait something like 15 minutes for GIF 3200, as opposed to 15
seconds for Convert 3200.
Until now, SuperConvert has been the standard graphic conversion
program for the Apple IIgs, with the persistent falling back on New
Concepts' Prism. (No one seems to remember The Graphics Exchange, for
which I have a soft spot.) Convert 3200 may not supplant SuperConvert, but
it will still probably get used _first_, and get used more often. Let's
face it; most of us load a graphics once and then throw it away. That
means we want a speedy program, and there's nothing faster than Convert
3200. I can't say it's the one to own if you're only buying one, but you
should definitely buy it. It's only $15--commercial software for less than
many shareware products! If you're serious about graphics conversion,
you'll want to keep SuperConvert (and The Graphics Exchange and Prism) in
your arsenal too. But buy Convert 3200 for sure.
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RATING SYSTEM
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5 LAMPS.........What? You haven't bought this program YET?
4 LAMPS.........Innovative or feature-rich; take a look!
3 LAMPS.........Good execution, stable program.
2 LAMPS.........Gets the job done.
1 LAMP..........A marginal program.
0 ..............GenieLamp Turkey Award!
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/ Reminds me of the time I received a file for the /
/ newsletter which I could NOT read. It turned out to be /
/ a VisiCalc file! The author had simply used the /
/ spreadsheet as if it were a word processor. yoicks! /
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