[HEA]
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        |  || |            |   |   ____ _   _ _   _   ______     | |
        |  || |            |   |  / __ \ | | / \_/ \  | ___ \    | |
        |  || |__   ____   |   | / /  \  | |  /\ /\ \ | |  \ \   | |
        |  ||  _ \ |  _ \  |   | \ \__/  | | | |_|| | | |__/ /   | |
        |  || | | || |_||  |   |  \___/|_| |_|    |_| | ____/    |_|
        |  || | | || |__   |   |____________________  | |         _
        |__||_| |_|\____/  |________________________| | |        |_|
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         Lighting Your Apple II Path                  | |
                                                      |_|

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                       >>> WELCOME TO THE LAMP! <<<
                       ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


             THE BEST OF THE A2 BULLETIN BOARD ON A2Central
           "Teaching the Apple II user how to fish since 1998"


 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
 The Lamp!            An Onipa'a Software Production       Vol. 10, No. 4
 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
 Publisher................................Ryan M. Suenaga, M.S.W., L.S.W.
 Editor.....................................................Lyle Syverson
 Internet Email, Publisher.........................thelamp@sheppyware.net
 Internet Email, Editor...............lutefisk at grex.cyberspace dot org
 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

                            TABLE OF CONTENTS
                            ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
                             April 15, 2007

HIGH ABOVE THE ROCK RIVER---------------------------------------------[OPN]
     An Amazing Journey

A2 BULLETIN BOARD at A2Central.com DISTILLATIONS----------------------[DAA]
     Juiced.GS V12I1--------------------------------------------------[JGS]
     gcc Support for 65816--------------------------------------------[GCC]
     Control Question-------------------------------------------------[CQN]
     Extensions to TextEdit for Extended Keyboard---------------------[ETE]
     Retrogaming Times Monthly----------------------------------------[RTM]
     April Issue of Retrogaming Times Monthly-------------------------[ARM]
     Arachnid---------------------------------------------------------[ARD]
     Ethernet Interface Code in Sweet16-------------------------------[EIC]
     SNAP NNTP Client-------------------------------------------------[SNC]
     SNAP v1.0.0 Released / SAFE2 v2.1.5 Available--------------------[SRS]
     What Clone Did You Have?-----------------------------------------[WCH]

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR-------------------------------------------------[LTE]
     No Letters to the Editor This Month
     An Invitation

KFEST 2007------------------------------------------------------------[KF7]
     KansasFest 2007--------------------------------------------------[KFS]
     KansasFest 2007 Registration Now Open----------------------------[KRO]
     KansasFest 2007 Registration Form Via Mail-----------------------[RFM]
     KFest Sessions First Call!---------------------------------------[KFS]

EXTRA INNINGS
     About The Lamp! ------------------------------------------------ [INN]


                                [*] [*] [*]

READING THE LAMP!   The index system used by The Lamp! is designed to make
"""""""""""""""""   your reading easier.  To use this system, load this
issue into any word processor or text editor.  In the index you will find
something like:

EXTRA INNINGS
     About The Lamp! ------------------------------------------------ [INN]

To read this article, simply use your search or find command to locate
[INN].  There is a similar tag at the end of each article: [EOA].



[OPN]-------------------------------
         HIGH ABOVE THE ROCK RIVER |
------------------------------------
From The Editor
"""""""""""""""
by Lyle Syverson  email: lutefisk at grex.cyberspace dot org

                            An Amazing Journey
                            ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
     Soon after buying a used Apple IIgs fourteen years ago, I moved Talk
Is Cheap and my 2400 baud modem from my Laser 128 to the IIgs and began the
process of acquiring software for the IIgs.

     The six disks for installation of Sys 6.0.1 were available on GEnie.
Time using GEnie was more expensive during the day... so I would get up
early and start the download of one of the six disks via Xmodem... a little
more than an hour later the download was complete... used Shrinkit to
create the 800k disk.  Five more days and I had all six disks.

     Now, using Marinetti, SAFE2, an ethernet card, and a broadband
connection the IIgs can download files in much less time.  The steps
involved in bringing this about have truly been An Amazing Journey.

[EOA]



ASCII ART BEGINS
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   | |    | |___     ____       | |       _____   __ ___ _   _ _____   | |
   | |    | ___ \   / __ \      | |      /____ \  | v   v | | v ___ \  | |
   | |    | |  | | | /__\ \     | |       ____| | | /\ /\ | |  /   \ \ | |
   | |    | |  | | | _____|     | |      / ___  | | || || | | |    | | |_|
   | |    | |  | | | |_____     | |____  | |__| | | || || | |  \___/ /  _
   |_|    |_|  |_| \______|     |______| \____^_| |_||_||_| | |\____/  |_|
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ASCII ART ENDS
[EOA]



[DAA]-------------------------------------------------------
DISTILLATIONS FROM The A2 Bulletin Board at A2Central.com  |
------------------------------------------------------------

by Lyle Syverson  email: lutefisk at grex.cyberspace dot org

[JGS]
Juiced.GS V12I1
"""""""""""""""
Juiced.GS Volume 12, Issue 1 (March 2007) has been sent to the publisher.

Featured in this issue are:

Mike Maginnis' review of Ninjaforce's Samurai IRC client; a look at the
development of DiskMaker 8 by its author, Mark Percival; an NDA programming
tutorial by Kelvin Sherlock; Andy Molloy's retrospective on the Apple II's
1977 unveiling; and an interview with 1 MHz's Carrington Vanston, by the
person who knows him best.

Watch for an update on A2Central.com's resource portal once the issue is
shipping, and keep and eye on the publication's official Web site,
<http://www.juiced.gs/>, for issue previews and related content and links.

Ken Gagne
Editor-in-Chief
Juiced.GS

(kgagne, a2c.general_chat, Mar 22 2007)
[EOA]


[GCC]
gcc Support for 65816
"""""""""""""""""""""
geoff wrote:
>> gcc has had 65816 support for quite a while now--it doesn't look like
that the 65816 is being distributed in the latest binutils releases since
there is no owner.  The first step to have IIgs usability is to add OMF
support to ld in binutils (it is really neat that Kelvin has worked on an
OMF linker written,in Java, but that won't integrate into binutils). <<

I've been thinking about this some more.  While I was out getting a haircut
today, it occurred to me that it would be very cool to port Minimo (a
mobile version of Firefox) to GS/OS.  It in theory wouldn't be a crazy hard
project -- if we had gcc/ld for building GS code.

Without that, it becomes a rather convoluted job.

Having Minimo on the GS would be a kick.  Tabbed browsing and JavaScript
support.  I dunno if it would be fast enough to seriously use or not, but
it would be fun to try.

Sheppy

(Sheppy, asc.a2pro_developers, Mar 23 2007)

>>>>>
"""""
Well, emulator users may be happy to run it (if the masses can ever work
out how to get an emulator running Marinetti to talk to the host machines
IP stack.

- but that's a different issue).

Cheers,
Andrew

(roughana, a2c.a2pro_developers, Mar 25 2007)

>>>>>
"""""
A month or two back, I was thinking a WML browser would be possible.

WML is designed for cell phones and other low-speed/limited resolution
devices, which makes it a better fit for the IIgs (or perhaps even 8-bit
Apple IIs).

Kelvin.

(kws, a2c.a2pro_developers, Mar 25 2007)

>>>>>
"""""
Yeah, that would certainly be possible, but I'm not sure how useful it is.
Even mobile devices are moving toward full-on HTML these days.

Sheppy

(Sheppy, a2c.a2pro_developers, Mar 26 2007)

>>>>>
"""""
I looked at WML around four or five years ago.   After doing some testing
on several different phones, I decided that any interface made for the IIGS
would be non-intuitive, at least compared to SIS.  I don't recall there
being much content to consider it very worthwhile, also compared to what
was accessible by SIS.  It was also depressing to see cell phones having a
higher color depth and a faster processor to uncompress images--I think I
recall that there was at least one phone with a better resolution than a
IIgs being available too.

Geoff

(geoff, a2c.a2pro_developers, Mar 27 2007)
[EOA]


[CQN]
Control Question
""""""""""""""""
Let's say I have a custom control.  I want the control to be notified when
the mouse is hovering over it.  Most modern GUIs will notify the control
when the mouse enters/exits/moves within a control.  As far as I can tell,
the Control Manager will only notify the control when there is an actual
mouse click.

Can anybody tell me otherwise?  I'm thinking the only reasonable way to
handle it is to manually check the mouse after calling
GetNextEvent/TaskMaster.

Kelvin.

(kws, ac2.a2pro_developers, Feb 28 2007)

>>>>>
"""""
I wish there was another way.  I was considering the other day what it
would take to create a way to do cursor hovering alerts on the IIgs...

Ryan

(rsuenaga, a2c.a2pro_developers, Apr 08 2007)

>>>>>
"""""
In the main TaskMaster loop, use ReadMouse, FindControl and GetCtlID, to
match to the target controls, and then see if the cursor has moved from a
target control within the time you want it to hover, by counting with
GetTick.

After Sheppy's suggestion in JuicedGS that this would be useful in SAFE2 to
identify the unnamed icon buttons, I have added the feature, and it works
just fine.

I shall be posting an update to SAFE2 later today, so you can see for
yourself that it works!

Ewen

(Speccie, a2c.a2pro_developers, Apr 10 2007)
[EOA]


[ETE]
Extensions to TextEdit for Extended Keyboard
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
I've been using an extended keyboard on my IIgs for a while and am
constantly trying to use the del/home/end keys. Obviously they don't work
in most apps....

But I found that they are supported by the Hermes NDA.

So i've just had a thought, what would it take to patch the LineEdit tool
set to support the extended keyboard?  Patching the tool set has the
benefit of automatically incorporating support into every app that uses the
tool set.

Does anyone know if this would require a rewrite of the tool set or whether
just certain calls would need to be patched?

Is the scale of the work a hackfest entry or a full time job?

Does anyone else think this is a neat idea?  Anyone want to try it?

Cheers,
Andrew

(roughana, a2c.operating_systems, Mar 31 2007)

>>>>>
"""""
Bill Tudor wrote Ext.KB.Init (I think this is the name since it is
referenced in a GenieLamp) which maps the extended keyboard keys to their
OpenApple equivalents (i.e. press End which translates to the OA -> or
whatever it is).  I think it patches the Event Manager; I don't see any
reason why it would have to patch individual controls.

I do not know if this software is available anywhere for download now.  I
believe it is freeware.

Geoff

(geoff, a2c.operating_systems, Mar 31 2007)

>>>>>
"""""
Ahh, that's an elegant solution. I'm glad that it already exists.  I've now
installed it on my system and it works very well too!

Thanks for the heads up.

Cheers,
Andrew

(roughana, a2c.operating_systems, Apr 01 2007)
[EOA]


[RTM]
Retrogaming Times Monthly
"""""""""""""""""""""""""
Hi All,

I never did announce that I volunteered to write an Apple II retro-gaming
column in the "Retrogaming Times Monthly" online newsletter.  :)

http://my.stratos.net/~hewston95/RTM/RTM_Home.htm

To celebrate the Apple II, I called it "Apple II Incider".  :D

Stop on by to take a look.  I've been writing for the past 4 months or so.

Don

(coach41, a2c.games_entertainment, Mar 20 2007)
[EOA]


[ARM]
April Issue of Retrogaming Times Monthly
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
Issue # 35 of the Retrogaming Times Monthly, is now online.
Highlights from our April 2007 issue include:

    * Many Faces of "Millipede"
    * Nintendo Realm - Mid April to Mid MAY 1986
    * NEScade - "Marble Madness"
    * Apple ][ Incider - Aztec, Archon & Beyond Castle Wolfenstein
    * Video Game Rock
    * Old Wine in New Bottles: Retrogaming on Modern Hardware

You can find all these and more inside the Retrogaming Times Monthly!
115 months in a row - the longest-running online free retro-gaming
newsletter ever!

http://my.stratos.net/~hewston95/RTM/RTM_Home.htm

(coach41, a2c.games_entertainment, Apr 06 2007)
[EOA]


[ARD]
Arachnid
""""""""
Hi

Kim Howe's site on omni isn't there anymore. Does anyone know where to find
info on the Arachnid web browser?

Charlie

(Charlie, a2c.software, Mar 29 2007)

>>>>>
"""""
I'm not sure what other information you want, but he sent me the source
code for it, which I could get in the file library here..

Kirk

(Kirk Mitchell, a2c.software, Mar 29 2007)

>>>>>
"""""
Um, if you are allowed to provide it then yes, please do so now! Do not
stop at go, do not collect $200.

Why hasn't this been released earlier???

Cheers,
Andrew

(roughana, a2c.software, Mar 31 2007)

>>>>>
"""""
Well, the only stipulation Kim set for it was to treat it with respect.

>> Why hasn't this been released earlier??? <<

It was sent as a bunch of zip files, and I never got around to re-archiving
them in one file.  I can zip them easy enough on my Mac, but getting them
to the GS is awkward.  I'll get on it right away though.  B-{)

Kirk

(Kirk Mitchell, a2c.software, Apr 01 2007)

>>>>>
"""""
>> I'll get on it right away though.  B-{) <<

Excellent. Looking forward to seeing it.

What language is it written in?  What are Kim's wishes for it? (e.g. open
source, freeware?)  Is he still planning to develop it?

Cheers,
Andrew
--
Posted with a real IIgs, Uthernet equipped, using SNAP 1.0.1b9

(roughana, a2c.software, Apr 03 2007)

>>>>>
"""""
I just uploaded it to the a2central.com's upload/Public folder.

>> What language is it written in? <<

C and a REZ file.

>> What are Kim's wishes for it? (e.g. open source, freeware?) Is he still
planning to develop it? <<

He was concerned that he wouldn't get back to it due to his health.  I
basically asked him for it while we were in Chat, and he sent it to me.
I've seen him very rarely since then, so I don't have a specific answer as
to what he wished for it.  He just wrote "treat it with respect".  I'd take
that as also treating Kim with respect and giving him credit in addition to
whatever folks do with it.

 Kirk

(Kirk Mitchell, a2c.software, Apr 05 2007)

>>>>>
"""""
I recommend that it gets an open source license.  This allows not only for
Kim to keep his copyright on the code, but it will benefit those who can
find it useful.  Kim has been open in the past with sharing his code.  When
I caught up with Kim back in 2003 about the future of Arachnid, it can best
be summarized as: his heart is to see a future with Arachnid, but the
probability that he will be able to work on the code is very small.

I have not seen any open source software abuse with the IIgs.  Nobody has
come along and tried to claim that they wrote Marinetti or SIS.  The code
isn't really portable to any other OS (it makes more sense to port Mozilla
to the IIGS than SIS or Arachnid to another OS).

Benefits with a release of Arachnid could result in a few extra sales of
Orca/C for Syndicomm.  Some folks could get interested in IIgs programming
and develop something new and cool.  And maybe Arachnid could get new
features--it would be an interesting challenge with a very satisfying
reward of community appreciation.

Geoff

(geoff, a2c.software, Apr 05 2007)

>>>>>
"""""
>> I recommend that it gets an open source license.  This allows not only
for Kim to keep his copyright on the code, but it will benefit those who
can find it useful.  Kim has been open in the past with sharing his code.
When I caught up with Kim back in 2003 about the future of Arachnid, it can
best be summarized as: his heart is to see a future with Arachnid, but the
probability that he will be able to work on the code is very small. <<

Yes.  Exactly my take.  But I have no authority to place it in any class of
copyright.  I may have effed up.

>> I have not seen any open source software abuse with the IIgs... <<

If such folk come within my grasp, (don't come to KFest), I'll give them
bear hugs they'll remember for the weeks they spend in casts. <<

While I'd like to see more folks develop for the IIgs, it's still a small
market.  Still, after reading the source, I've learned an organic
fertilizer load...  Which is what I think Kim means to happen....

Kirk

(Kirk Mitchell, a2c.software, Apr 09 2007)
[EOA]


[EIC]
Ethernet Interface Code in Sweet16
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
>> a2retro wrote: I am sure *any* form of Ethernet support in Sweet16 would
be great ... <<

I second this. I've yet to find a 'killer app' that will make me move to
MacOS X, but if Sweet16 has host ethernet ability then I'd be very
interested.

Cheers,
Andrew

(roughana, a2c.network_telecomm, Mar 31 2007)
[EOA]


[SNC]
SNAP NNTP Client
""""""""""""""""
As you may all have seen in the March issue of JuicedGS, I have a new
program I shall be releasing shortly. I shall let you all know as soon as
it is available, but all being well, I expect to release on the 10th of
April.

Meanwhile, if you have any questions, please ask away...

Ewen

Announcing: SNAP - Speccie's News Acquisition Program

SNAP is an online NNTP News Client for the IIgs

SNAP accesses Usenet and NNTP news servers, right from your IIgs desktop.

SNAP gives you multiple server configurations, with custom Group lists,
allowing you to easily tailor your daily news fix.

SNAP lets you Post messages, or Follow up existing messages.

SNAP will optionally Forward or Reply to a message through a normal SMTP
mail account.

SNAP is ideal for accessing the A2Central, or CSA2 news Forums.

SNAP requires a IIgs running Marinetti 3.0b3 or later.

SNAP works best with a direct connection to the Net, such as that from an
Ethernet card.

SNAP will soon be available from http://homepage.mac.com/speccie/

(Speccie, a2c.network_telecomm, Apr 03 2007)

>>>>>
"""""
Wow. A usable news reader for the IIgs.  Excellent work Ewen!

Regards,
Andrew

Posted with a real IIgs, Uthernet equipped, by SNAP1.0.1b9

(roughana, a2c.network_telecomm, Apr 03 2007)

>>>>>
"""""
That's great news, Ewen.  I'm finding the best way for me to access this
forum is via NNTP, so I look forward to doing just that...

Ryan M. Suenaga, M.S.W., L.C.S.W.
Speak Softly and Wear Loud Shorts

(rsuenaga, a2c.network_telecomm, Apr 08 2007)

>>>>>
"""""
I was keeping an eye on your NNTP connections to A2central and saw that you
were making progress.  I was surprised to see that nobody wrote any posts
to jump to any conclusions.

Good job with the Newsreader progress.  This will make access to the
A2Central forums by a IIgs so much easier.

Geoff

(geoff, a2c.network_telecomm, Apr 03 2007)

>>>>>
"""""
Geoff,

>> I was keeping an eye on your NNTP connections to A2central and saw that
you were making progress.  I was surprised to see that nobody wrote any
posts to jump to any conclusions. <<

As I was too! Only one person actually noticed, and he was not who you
would expect!

>> Good job with the Newsreader progress.  This will make access to the
A2Central forums by a IIgs so much easier. <<

I am giving it the weekend, so that any last minute bugs can be found, and
then shall post on my web server next week. I will let everybody know here
when I do.

For practical reasons on the IIgs, I have limited received messages to
256K, so you probably won't be able download movies from the binary groups
with SNAP, but it handles text groups just fine on the four news servers I
have access to.

Ewen

(Speccie, a2c.network_telecomm, Apr 04 2007)

>>>>>
"""""
>> As I was too! Only one person actually noticed, and he was not who you
would expect! <<

I noticed... but then again, I was privvy to a discussion on this some time
ago. Congratulations Ewen, yet another tremendous achievement and
contribution to the Apple II community.

Apple II Forever!

(sfahey, a2c.network_telecomm, Apr 05 2007)

>>>>>
"""""
>> For practical reasons on the IIgs, I have limited received messages to
256K, so you probably won't be able download movies from the binary groups
with SNAP, but it handles text groups just fine on the four news servers I
have access to. <<

Is the MPAA paying you?  You are forcing a limit just so IIgs users can
only download legal content?  Great, now IIgs users have to resort to
BitTorrent.  Oh wait, there is no BitTorrent for the IIgs either.  Next
thing you'll tell me that there isn't any movie player for the IIgs so it
doesn't really matter.  :)

Geoff

(geoff, a2c.network_telecomm, Apr 05 2007)

>>>>>
"""""
ROFL...

With version 1.0 about to be released, I will of course need to think about
feratures for version 2.0. I guess I shall need to add virtual memory, so
the IIgs gets at least 4Gb of addressable memory, virtual acceleration, to
bring even the basic 65816 to at least 3GHz, and support for the NVidia
GeForce Graphics cards. That should allow me to remove the 256K message
cap, and let HD movies be played in IIgs QuickQuickSlowTime...

Of course I could save myself all the bother of writing that code, by using
a short Spectrum script. After all, they tell me Spectrum does
everything...

Ewen

(Speccie, a2c.network_telecomm, Apr 10 2007)
[EOA]


[SRS]
SNAP v1.0.0 Released / SAFE2 v2.1.5 Available
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
SNAP v1.0.0, the news client for the IIgs, is now on my web server for you
all to enjoy.

I have also placed an updated SAFE2 v2.1.5. There are a couple of minor
changes.

Go get them now:

homepage.mac.com/speccie

(Speccie, a2c.network_telecomm, Apr 10 2007)

>>>>>
"""""
Ewen, I just went and downloaded them but SAFE2 v2.1.5 has the wrong name
listed in the HTML file so it threw me off a little.  The description and
the file it is pointing to is correct but it still has the name of the link
set to SAFE2.1.2.

(Jeff Blakeney, a2c.network_telecomm, Apr 10 2007)

>>>>>
"""""
Jeff,

Sorry about that, and it is now corrected! The actual file that is
downloaded is correctly named, it was only the description that was wrong
as I forgot to update that line.

SNAP is correctly named by the way...

Ewen

(Speccie, a2c.network_telecomm, Apr 10 2007)

>>>>>
"""""
>> SNAP v1.0.0, the news client for the IIgs, is now on my web server for
you all to enjoy. <<

And I am enjoying it too!  This is wonderful, Ewen!

>> I have also placed an updated SAFE2 v2.1.5. There are a couple of minor
changes. <<

I caught up on this one too.  I love it!

Kirk

(Kirk Mitchell, a2c.network_telecomm, Apr 10 2007)
[EOA]


[WCH]
What Clone Did You Have?
""""""""""""""""""""""""
I had a Laser 128.  The original, which was like a IIc in a lot of ways,
although the keyboard was horrible.

Ryan M. Suenaga, M.S.W., L.C.S.W.
Speak Softly and Wear Loud Shorts

(rsuenaga, a2c.apple_clones, Apr 08 2007)
[EOA]



[LTE]-------------------------------
             LETTERS TO THE EDITOR |
------------------------------------

NO LETTERS TO THE EDITOR THIS MONTH
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
The mail box for Letters to the Editor remained empty this month.
[EOA]


AN INVITATION
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Express your opinions about the comings and goings in the world of the
Apple II computers.

Send your comments to Lyle Syverson, lutefisk at grex.cyberspace dot org

The Editor reserves the right to edit any material submitted.

The Editor reserves the right to reject any material he considers
unsuitable for publication in _The Lamp!_.
[EOA]



[KF7]------------------------------
                       KFest 2007 |
-----------------------------------

[KFS]
KansasFest 2007
"""""""""""""""
is scheduled for July 17-22, 2007.

Go to <http://www.kfest.org> for details.
[EOA]


[KRO]
KANSASFEST 2007 REGISTRATION NOW OPEN
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
KANSAS CITY, MO -- March 30, 2007: KansasFest -- the annual Apple II expo
of sessions, contests, great stories, tips and tricks, fun and games, and
things that "just can't be done on an Apple II" -- is now open for
registration.  KFest 2007 will be held at Rockhurst University in Kansas
City, Missouri, July 17 - 22.  Five nights, twelve meals, and countless
sessions, contests, great stories, tips and tricks, fun and games, and
things that "just can't be done on an Apple II" costs only $340 for a
double room or $410 for a single.  To register, download and complete the
PDF form at http://www.KFest.org/ and follow its instructions to return it
via mail, email, or fax.

Wednesday's lunch (the annual Kookout) is now included in the price of the
event.  Also, volunteers who present sessions will now receive an on-site
rebate: $15 for presenting a half-hour session, and $25 for a full hour.

In addition to official shirts, sold as always at the event, there's also a
KansasFest online store, where you can buy additional shirts, hats, mugs,
and more.  You can find it at http://www.cafepress.com/kansasfest/

David Szetela, founding editor of Nibble Magazine and a former manager at
Apple Computer, will be KansasFest 2007's keynote speaker.  Szetela is now
the founder, president, and CEO of Clix Marketing, an Internet marketing
agency.  An experienced speaker, Mr. Szetela promises a fascinating inside
perspective on Apple and Nibble for attendees of KansasFest.

"It's amazing and gratifying to me that the flame of passion for the Apple
II we shared nearly 30 years ago still burns brightly," says Mr. Szetela.
"I'm looking forward to attending KansasFest 2007 and re-connecting with
old friends, reminiscing about Apple II milestones, and maybe sharing some
little-known insider anecdotes."

Come join the 30th anniversary celebration of the Apple II at KansasFest,
the world's only annual conference dedicated to the first personal
computer.

(Ken Gagne, KFest Mailing List, March 30, 2007)
[EOA]


[RFM]
KansasFest 2007 Registration Form Via Mail
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By now (or soon), all past KFest attendees should receive in their postal
mail a hardcopy of the registration form.  Now that you have it both in
print and digitally, it should be easy to sign up for KansasFest 2007!
I've already done so, and I can't wait to hear from everyone else.  Max,
Tim, Cindy, Sarah, Tony - you're all coming back this year, aren'tcha? :-)

Who else is ready to commit? (As opposed to be committed.)

-Ken

(Ken Gagne, KFest Mailing List, April 3, 2007)
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[KFS]
KFest Sessions First Call!
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Ladies & Gentlemen:

While the evenings and nights of KansasFest are renowned for their
spontaneity, the mornings and afternoons are reserved for sessions spanning
a variety of uses, extensions, and applications of the Apple family. Just
as varied as these sessions are the good people who volunteer to present
them. So... do you have an idea for a session you'd like to present at
KFest? Let us know! The best way to do that is to access the session
proposal form at:

http://www.kfest.org/sessions/index.php

You may also email sessions@kfest.org.

And, to make it even sweeter, if you do a session, WE'LL PAY YOU COLD HARD
CASH! That's right, this year we are rewarding those who conduct sessions
with a $15 or $25 on-site rebate. Wow! Use that extra cash to buy Sheppy's
latest Syndicomm product, or buy extra tubs of popcorn for everyone on
movie night!

We are also looking for session ideas?have a topic you would like to see
presented (even if you aren't the one to do it)?

Sessions are typically 30 or 60 minutes in length, but , held at various
times throughout the daytime hours. Past sessions have included hardware,
software and game demonstrations and tutorials; integration of the Apple II
with other devices (Macs, scanners); Internet tips and tricks; or any
subject that would be of interest to Apple II/Mac users.

The attendees of KansasFest are the event's heart and soul. Give us
something worth rolling out of bed for each morning!

Andy Molloy
awmolloy@landsnail.com

(Andrew Molloy, KFest Mailing List, April 12, 2007)
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