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

-----------------------------------


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


           THE BEST OF THE A2 BULLETIN BOARD ON Syndicomm Online
          AND THE BEST OF THE DELPHI A2 AND A2PRO MESSAGE BOARDS
           "Teaching the Apple II user how to fish since 1998"


 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
 The Lamp!            An Onipa'a Software Production        Vol. 7, No. 7
 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
 Publisher................................Ryan M. Suenaga, M.S.W., L.S.W.
 Editor.....................................................Lyle Syverson
 Internet Email, Publisher.........................thelamp@sheppyware.net
 Internet Email, Editor................................lyle@FoxValley.net
 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

                            TABLE OF CONTENTS
                            ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
                              July 15, 2004

HIGH ABOVE THE ROCK RIVER---------------------------------------------[OPN]
     The Farmers Market
     The KFest Experience

A2 FORUM AT Syndicomm Online (A2Central.com) DISTILLATIONS------------[DAS]
     New Background For IIgs in A2 Library----------------------------[NBI]
     Hash Tool v1.0.2 Source Code Available in A2 Library-------------[HTS]
     Will Deja ][ Work Under Mac OS 10.3.4?---------------------------[DJT]
     Help With SuperSonic Card From MDIdeas---------------------------[SSC]
     A Hard Drive Solution for the //c, //c+?-------------------------[HDC]
     Juiced.GS - the Delayed Issue------------------------------------[TDI]
     Where Have I Seen This Code Before?------------------------------[WST]
     Detecting the Interleave Used on an Apple 3.5" Drive-------------[DTI]
     FireWire on the Mac----------------------------------------------[FWM]

ILLUMINATING THE LAMP-------------------------------------------------[ITL]
     An overview of GEnieLamp A2 and The Lamp!
          This series will continue in the August or September issue.

ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM SYNDICOMM------------------------------------------[ANS]
     To Sign up for Syndicomm Online----------------------------------[TSU]
     July 2004 Issue of Syndicommotion Available----------------------[JSC]

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR-------------------------------------------------[LTE]
     Letter to the Editor
     An Invitation

KFEST 2004------------------------------------------------------------[KFF]
     KansasFest 2004--------------------------------------------------[KF4]
     Registration for KFest 2004--------------------------------------[KFR]
     KansasFest 2004--------------------------------------------------[KFF]
     KFest Presentation - Digitize Music on Your Mac------------------[DMM]
     Are You Ready For KFest?-----------------------------------------[RKF]
     Peikop Endropov Airport Taxi Service-----------------------------[PTS]
     It's HackFest Season!--------------------------------------------[IHS]

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 <lyle@FoxValley.net>

                            The Farmers Market
                            ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
     Looking to the north from High Above The Rock River, you can see a
small neighborhood business district called North End Commons.  To call
attention to their stores, the business owners have organized a weekly
Farmers Market in the parking lot.

     Each saturday morning in the Spring, Summer, and Fall, venders are
invited to bring their wares and set up shop.  In season you can find fresh
fruits and vegetables, fresh herbs, home baked items, home made jelly, home
made crafts, cut flowers, flowering perennials, etc.

     The Law of Supply and Demand is dynamic here, with prices being
adjusted on the go... influenced by how many venders are selling the same
thing and how fast an item is being sold.

     Part of the experience is visiting with the venders.  You can verify
that corn on the cob was really harvested just before they came to the
market.  You can pull back the husk on an ear and see if the corn is as
mature as you like.

     Many people like corn on the cob.  However, you don't know what you
are missing until you have had corn on the cob the same day as it was
harvested.  The Farmers Market makes this possible.

                           The KFest Experience
                           ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
     Getting acquainted with and exchanging ideas with other Apple II
people on line is a great experience.  However, you don't know what you are
missing until you have had the KFest experience.  Kind of like eating
freshly harvested corn on the cob.

     There is still time to register for KFest 2004.  Refer to the KFest
section of this issue for more information.

[EOA]



ASCII ART BEGINS
_________  _                     _                                      _
|__   __| | |                   | |                                    | |
   | |    | |                   | |                                    | |
   | |    | |___     ____       | |       _____   __ ___ _   _ _____   | |
   | |    | ___ \   / __ \      | |      /____ \  | v   v | | v ___ \  | |
   | |    | |  | | | /__\ \     | |       ____| | | /\ /\ | |  /   \ \ | |
   | |    | |  | | | _____|     | |      / ___  | | || || | | |    | | |_|
   | |    | |  | | | |_____     | |____  | |__| | | || || | |  \___/ /  _
   |_|    |_|  |_| \______|     |______| \____^_| |_||_||_| | |\____/  |_|
                                                            | |
                                                            | |
                                                            |_|

ASCII ART ENDS
[EOA]



[DAS]----------------------------------------------
DISTILLATIONS FROM The A2 FORUM at Syndicomm.com  |
                                  (A2Central.com) |
---------------------------------------------------

by Lyle Syverson <lyle@foxvalley.net>

[NBI]
NEW BACKGROUND FOR IIgs IN A2 LIBRARY
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
There is a new file in the
system_software/misc_16-bit/inits_and_finder_extras/Appearance/Desktop.Dres
sing directory:

File: appledesktop.bxy
Size: 3456
Date: Jun 15

This is a background init for the Apple IIGS. Included in this collection
is the init and the shr picture it was made from. Copy the Applelogo.init
into the system.setup folder.

Uploaded by the author.

Tony Ward, A2 Librarian

(A2.TONY, Cat 2, Top 37, Msg 31)
[EOA]


[HTS]
HASH TOOL v1.0.2 SOURCE CODE AVAILABLE IN A2 LIBRARY
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
There is a new upload in the programming/macros_and_libraries/tools
directory:

File: hashtool102.bxy
Size: 39552
Date: Jun 17

This is version 1.0.2 of the Hash Tool source code; an update to Hash Tool
1.0.1 which had a memory corruption bug if the DBR and the PBR were not the
same in both md5 and md4. Note that this archive only contains the source
code, not the compiled toolset.

Uploaded by the author, Geoff Weiss.

Tony Ward, A2 Librarian

(A2.TONY, Cat 2, Top 37, Msg 32)
[EOA]


[DJT]
WILL Deja ][ WORK UNDER Mac OS 10.3.4?
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
Has anyone gotten Deja ][ to work under OS 10.3.4?  I usually get a baud
rate error, then the program either quits, or runs but continuously asks me
to activate Inits, and the text screen is displayed without mousetext to an
illegible degree.

-Ken

(KGAGNE, Cat 9, Top 40, Msg 5)

>>>>>
"""""
I'm too lazy to check if it was previously mentioned, but Deja ][ was
reclassified to freeware and renamed "OpenPhoenix" a few years ago.  The
source code is included in the archive here:

http://emulation.net/apple2/openphoenix.sea.bin

Kelvin

(KWS, Cat 9, Top 40, Msg 6)

>>>>>
"""""
I haven't even tried in 9. :)

Ryan

(A2.RYAN, Cat 9,  Top 40, Msg 7)
[EOA]


[SSC]
HELP WITH SuperSonic CARD FROM MDIdeas
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
Hopefully, somebody here can help me out....

I have a SuperSonic card from MDIdeas.  It's a stereo card.  Well, the jack
where you plug in the audio cable (not the cord that plugs into the GS
board) had a piece of fragile plastic fall off of it.  Half of the plastic
is still on there, but I can only assume that at some point this will break
off completely.  Now that I lost part of the plastic, the jack itself seems
loose.  Anyone have any idea on what could be done to secure this so that
I don't loose this card?

Thanks,

 Dain Neater
 Bulletin Board Manager A2 Community
 Syndicomm

(A2.DAIN, Cat 17, Top 27, Msg 1)

>>>>>
"""""
Shoe Goo? :)

Bring it to KFest, it'll be looked at.

Ryan M. Suenaga, M.S.W., L.S.W.
Delivered by: CoPilot v2.55 alpha, Bernie 3.0P, and a PowerBook
Offline Syndicomm.com Message Manager

(A2.RYAN, Cat 17, Top 27, Msg 2)

>>>>>
"""""
Was it just a piece of shrinkwrap?

(SFAHEY, Cat 17, Top 27, Msg 3)
[EOA]


[HDC]
A HARD DRIVE SOLUTION FOR THE //c, //c+?
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
Based on recent chats and development of related hardware, I think it's
time to bring this topic back to life.

The concept: adapt the logic in the CFFA card to an external smartport
compatible format to create a hard drive type solution for the //c, //c+
etc.  The preference that it be daisychainable with other external drives
is a given.

(SFAHEY, Cat 18, Top 2, Msg 25)

>>>>>
"""""
By the way, Syndicomm has some funds set aside for assisting in development
of Apple II products; this is one we'd help fund the development of.  It's
not a ton of money, but it would help.

We'd want specs like:

Support for CompactFlash and MicroDrive.
SmartPort interface
Compatible with IIc, IIc+, and IIgs minimally
Compatible with older Macs would be very cool (it'd greatly expand our
market)
Compatible with other drives being on the chain (especially 5.25" and 3.5"
floppy drives)

I'd be very interested in talking to hardware developers that might be
interested in taking on a project like this.

Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm                                  http://www.syndicomm.com
                     Building communities, bit by bit.

(SYNDICOMM, Cat 18, Top 2, Msg 28)
[EOA]


[TDI]
Juiced.GS - THE DELAYED ISSUE
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
We are continuing to work on shipping the delayed issue.  Everyone will get
an issue who subscribes, I just wish they already had gotten them.

We will be pursuing this further this week.

Ryan
Editor in Chief, Juiced.GS

(A2.RYAN, Cat 23, Top 2, Msg 598)

>>>>>
"""""
As a stopgap measure until we get the rest of the issues actually out to
folks, we've posted V9I2 of Juiced.GS on the web in PDF format:

http://www.juiced.gs/issues/v9i2/JuicedV9I2.pdf

We will still be getting copies mailed to folks, just as soon as we can.
I'm going ahead to get some printed locally t this point.  Still not sure
who all did and did not get them though.

Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm                                  http://www.syndicomm.com
                     Building communities, bit by bit.

(SYNDICOMM, Cat 23, Top 2, Msg 602)

>>>>>
"""""
Today I ordered replacement copies of the issue from a different printer.
I will be picking them up tomorrow; then it will take me a couple of days
at least to get them all addressed, stamped, and mailed.  The target is to
have them all on the way by Wednesday.

Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm                                  http://www.syndicomm.com
                     Building communities, bit by bit.

(SYNDICOMM, Cat 23, Top 2, Msg 607)

>>>>>
"""""
I picked up the issues today; most if not all of them will be mailed
tomorrow.

Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm                                  http://www.syndicomm.com
                     Building communities, bit by bit.

(SYNDICOMM, Cat 23, Top 2, Msg 609)

>>>>>
"""""
77 of the 88 copies went out in today's mail; the rest should go tomorrow.

Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd
sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm
http://www.syndicomm.com
                         Building communities, bit by bit.

(SYNDICOMM, Cat 23, Top 2, Msg 610)

>>>>>
"""""
Yay.

I guess I have to start working on the next issue now.

Ryan

(A2.RYAN, Cat 23, Top 2, Msg 611)

>>>>>
"""""
The issues are all gone.  Enjoy!

Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm                                  http://www.syndicomm.com
                     Building communities, bit by bit.

(SYNDICOMM, Cat 23, Top 2, Msg 613)

>>>>>
"""""
I plan (p-l-a-n, not g-u-a-r-a-n-t-e-e) that the next issue of Juiced.GS
will be done at the end of August, 2004.

Ryan
Editor in Chief

(A2.RYAN, Cat 23, Top 2, Msg 616)
[EOA]


[WST]
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS CODE BEFORE?
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
Earlier tonight I stumbled across this famous snippet of code:

 8 *******************
 9
10          ORG  $4000
11 A1       =    $3C
12 A2       =    $3E
13 A4       =    $42
14 AUXMOVE  =    $3C11
15
16 * **************************
17 * SETUP - move data for VTOC
18 * and catalog ro auxmem at
19 * B000-B3FF (psuedo trk 11
20 * 903
21 **************************
22 SETUP   LDA  #<VTOC
23         STA  A1
24         LDA  #>VTOC
25         STA  A1+1
26         LDA  #<END
27         STA  A2
28         LDA  #>END
29         STA  A2+1
30         LDA  #$00
31         STA  A4
32         LDA  #$B0
33         STA  A4+1
34         SEC
35         JMP  AUXMOVE
36
37         DS   4
38 **************

The $64 question: Where did I find it?

I'll be back for the answer.

Kelvin

(KWS, Cat 51, Top 3, Msg 7)

>>>>>
"""""
No idea and what's so famous about it?  It looks like standard move to
auxiliary memory move to me.

 Mark Percival - Apprentice
 Delivered by Spectrum v2.5.3 & SOAR v1.0b11
 The Apple ][ Fanatic and Wednesday Night RTC Host
 "Midweek Madness!" from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM Pacific Time

(MARK, Cat 51, Topic 3, Msg 8)

>>>>>
"""""
Ok, maybe it's not so famous.

I was watching the Terminator (1984) DVD last night.  There's a couple
scenes where it shows things from the Terminator's point of view including
some memory and code dumps.  Pausing the scene revealed the Terminator was
powered by an Apple II :)

Kelvin

(KWS, Cat 51, Top 3, Msg 9)

>>>>>
"""""
More to the point, The Terminator's code dumps and the like are actually
listings from Nibble magazine; you can even see the Key Perfect checksum
dumps.  :)

Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm                                  http://www.syndicomm.com
                     Building communities, bit by bit.

(SYNDICOMM, Cat 51, Top 3, Msg 10)

>>>>>
"""""
Ahh, I wasn't sure where it came from.  If anyone else is interested,
chapters 11 and 24 have the A2-related bits.

Kelvin

(KWS, Cat 51, Top 3, Msg 11)
[EOA]


[DTI]
DETECTING THE INTERLEAVE USED ON AN Apple 3.5" DRIVE
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
I'm working on some code that needs to be able to detect the interleave
used on the disk in the Apple 3.5" drive.  Does anyone have any thoughts on
how (or if) this can be done?

I've looked in the GS/OS Reference, and the Driver Reference, as well as
the Firmware Reference and GS/OS technical notes, and although I've found
ways to set the interleave when formatting a disk, I don't see any way to
determine the current interleave.

Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm                                  http://www.syndicomm.com
                     Building communities, bit by bit.

(SYNDICOMM, Cat 53, Top 9, Msg 1)

>>>>>
"""""
I used to have some code that could detect the interleave on a 3.5" disk,
but my memory is that I forgot about it once I discovered it didn't work
with the SuperDriver controller card.

If it's important I could try to dig it up for you.

Peter               peterw@syndicomm.com
Palm OS Community Bulletin Board Manager

(PETERW, Cat 53, Top 9, Msg 2)

>>>>>
"""""
OK, my curiosity got the better of me and I looked it up anyway.

My 1991 code says that the *unsupported* (but OK on ROM 01 and ROM 03) byte
at $E10F31 contains the interleave of the last 3.5" disk read (so you need
to read a block from the disk to set the value).

If I'm reading the source code correctly after all this time, the
interleave is in the low nibble (AND #$000F) and the number of sides is in
bit $20 (0=Single, 1=Double). I no longer have any idea if there is meaning
in any other bits.

Peter               peterw@syndicomm.com
Palm OS Community Bulletin Board Manager

(PETERW, Cat 53, Top 9, Msg 3)

>>>>>
"""""
You, sir, are my hero.  You say that doesn't work on the SuperDrive card?

Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm                                  http://www.syndicomm.com
                     Building communities, bit by bit.

(SYNDICOMM, Cat 53, Top 9, Msg 4)

>>>>>
"""""
It's been a while, but I'm fairly sure it does NOT work with the SuperDrive
card.  I guess this is not too surprising.  I would presume that the
location in bank $E1 is used by the internal driver for the disk 3.5
(possibly even the ROM routines), but the SuperDrive card would use its own
ROM routines and scratch RAM.

Who knows, maybe a similar byte is maintained in one of the slot bytes?

Hmm, I just had a thought. You might want to confirm that the byte I gave
you still works under GS/OS (even for the Apple 3.5 drive) with its newer
driver.

Also, I'm just wondering now whether the "problem" was the SuperDrive
rather than the SuperDrive *card*. Although the question is probably
meaningless - why would you have the card without the drive?  :-)

PS. Years ago I tried to convince Dave Lyons to get me a copy of the
internal docs for the SuperDrive card, but I never did manage it!

Peter               peterw@syndicomm.com
Palm OS Community Bulletin Board Manager

(PETERW, Cat 53, Top 9, Msg 5)
[EOA]


[FWM]
FireWire ON THE Mac
"""""""""""""""""""
Is it not a good idea to connect and disconnect FireWire drives while my
AlBook is up and running?  It seems whenever I do, at some point afterward
I'll get an error message that my computer needs to be rebooted by holding
down the power button for several seconds.

-Ken

(KGAGNE, Cat 2, Top 24, Msg 159)

>>>>>
"""""
FireWire is designed to allow that kind of hot-swapping of drives; you do
need to un mount them from the desktop before unplugging them, by dragging
them to the trash.

Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm                                  http://www.syndicomm.com
                     Building communities, bit by bit.

(SYNDICOMM, Cat 2, Top 24, Msg 160)

>>>>>
"""""
Those errors (in my experience) tend to be related to permissions needing
repair, but I've not experienced any related to FireWire.

Ryan
Chief Sysop and Head Geek

(A2.RYAN, Cat 2, Top 24, Msg 161)
[EOA]



[ITL]------------------------
      ILLUMINATING THE LAMP |
-----------------------------

An overview of GEnieLamp A2 and The Lamp!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

By Steven Weyhrich

The author is busy getting his speeches ready for KansasFest.  The series
ILLUMINATING THE LAMP will continue in the August or September issue.
[EOA]



[ANS]-------------------------------
      ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM SYNDICOMM |
------------------------------------

by Lyle Syverson <lyle@foxvalley.net>

[TSU]
TO SIGN UP FOR SYNDICOMM ONLINE
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
Please visit our web site at http://www.syndicomm.com for information or to
sign up!

(Logon message)
[EOA]


[JSC]
June 2004 Issue of Syndicommotion Available
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
The July 2004 (Volume 3, Number 7) issue of Syndicommotion has been emailed
to subscribers.  The HTML edition can be found online at the following URL:

http://www.syndicomm.com/syndicommotion/v3n7.html

or by selecting menu option #3 from Page 2 on Syndicomm Online (type "m2;3"
without the quotes at any menu prompt).

(KGAGNE, Cat 5, Top 4, Msg 21)
[EOA]



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

LETTER TO THE EDITOR
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
From Obsbedia2@aol.com Thu Jun 17 06:54:17 2004
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 23:21:25 EDT
From: Obsbedia2@aol.com
To: hedger@sbcglobal.net, lyle@FoxValley.net
Subject: LAMP:2004.04: THE COMPUTER AS AN OBJECT OF LEARNING: TIME FOR
    SOMETHING NEW

Thanks guys, I'm enjoying the article right now and had to thank you before
even finishing it!

JaY Edwards


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

Send your comments to Lyle Syverson, Editor <lyle@FoxValley.net>

The Editor reserves the right to edit any material submitted.

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



[KFF]------------------------------
                       KFest 2004 |
-----------------------------------

[KF4]
KansasFest 2004
"""""""""""""""
KansasFest 2004 is planned for July 20-25, 2004 at Avila University in
Kansas City, Missouri.

(Heading: Cat 5, Top 22)
[EOA]


[KFR]
REGISTRATION FOR KFest 2004
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""
Visit the KFest Home Page at:   http://www.kfest.org/
and follow the registration link.
[EOA]


[KFF]
KansasFest 2004
"""""""""""""""
KansasFest is an annual gathering of Apple II enthusiasts and users from
all walks of life and from all over the world.  From European programmers
to American first-time Apple II owners, we gather each year in Kansas City,
Missouri, to celebrate the Apple II.  It's a five-day event with
educational sessions covering a wide array of topics from using popular
Apple II software to writing  new software yourself.  No matter what your
skill level or interest, there's something at KansasFest for you!

After the sessions are over for the day, there are other events, from
trivia contests to viewings of classic geek movies like WarGames to just
hanging out and swapping stories.  KansasFest is renowned for its late
nights and early mornings -- join a caravan at 2:00 in the morning to grab
a late-night meal, and then get up at 8 AM for breakfast and the first
session of the day.

KansasFest is the traditional place for new Apple II product announcements
and demonstrations, and the Saturday vendor fair is always popular -- get
the latest Apple II stuff (and usually some great used gear) at the best
prices.  The vendor fair is open to everyone, even if they didn't attend
the rest of KansasFest.

KansasFest costs only $295 until July 15th, including all five days of the
conference and room and board. $359 for a single room. Get all your meals,
all your fun, and a place to sleep, all for one low price.  So join us and
find out what the Apple II family is all about!

http://www.kfest.org

(Sean Fahey, comp.sys.apple2)
[EOA]


[DMM]
KFest PRESENTATION - DIGITIZE MUSIC ON YOUR Mac
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
Hi all.

I'd like some advice as to a talk or two I wanted to do (planned before
this keynote speaker thing came up :-) ).

What I wanted to present was a talk about digital music, from the Apple II
"beep" up through iTunes (a historical overview, so to speak). Now, THAT
presentation is moving along nicely, only needs some artwork to pretty it
up in Keynote.

The other talk was going to be more of a "how to", in regards to how to
digitize music that is not in a CD format (i.e., LP's, cassettes, 8-tracks,
cylinder records, etc) using available tools. This would also get into
organizing a music collection on your computer, use of Smart Playlists,
etc.

Is there enough interest from those planning to attend to bother creating
the second talk? If those who want to digitize music have already done it,
or don't have a Mac, there is probably not much point.

Steven Weyhrich <IX0YE>--<
Apple II History
http://apple2history.org

(A2HISTORY, Cat 5, Top 22, Msg 18)

>>>>>
"""""
Steve,

I've often seen inquiries, either on this service's Mac RT or elsewhere,
regarding how to get audio from older media into something more modern and
accessible.  I think there would be sufficient interest in a presentation
regarding how to do just that.

-Ken

(KGAGNE, Cat 5, Top 22, Msg 19)

>>>>>
"""""
I'd be interested.  But, alas I will not be there.  It sounds like  a very
interesting topic though.

Dain

(A2.DAIN, Cat 5, Top 22, Msg 20)

>>>>>
"""""
I have not done it yet, and have a Mac. I would be very interested in this
talk.

 Carl Knoblock - Telephone Tech - Fri  11 Jun 04  9:13:28 pm
 cknoblo@cox.com - Via Spectrum v2.5.3 & SOAR v1.0b10
 KFest 2004, July 20-25, 2004 - 39 days till KFest
 On cable via LANceGS & Marinetti 2.0.1 - Thank you, Richard.
 A2 RTC Staff - Sunday Night House Party - carlk@syndicomm.com

(CARLK, Cat 5, Top 22, Msg 21)
[EOA]


[RKF]
ARE YOU READY FOR KFest?
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It's July 10th...and now the million dollar question....

Are you guys and gals all ready for Kfest?

Right now my plans are to be there for some of it.  I'm not exactly packed
yet.  But I know what I am bringing.

I imagine that Ryan is somewhere in New York about now preparing for the
final leg of his trip towards MCI airport.

I hope to see you all there.

Dain

(A2.DAIN, Cat 5, Top 6, Msg 10)

>>>>>
"""""
I picked up Ryan at the Boston airport on Wednesday night, and dropped him
off at the train station to NYC 12 hours later.  I just got off the phone
with him and am told that "HOPE's great; the Internet access sucks."

-Ken

(KGAGNE, Cat 5, Top 6, Msg 11)

>>>>>
"""""
I'm approaching ready, although I could use about three more weeks. :)

Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                sheppy@syndicomm.com
Owner, Syndicomm                                  http://www.syndicomm.com
                     Building communities, bit by bit.

(SYNDICOMM, Cat 5, Top 6, Msg 12)
[EOA]


[PTS]
Peikop Endropov Airport Taxi Service
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Don't forget to let Peikop Endropov Airport Taxi Service know your
schedule, and whether you are renting or need a ride.

 Carl Knoblock - Telephone Tech - Mon  3 May 04  7:49:48 pm
 cknoblo@cox.com - Via Spectrum v2.5.3 & SOAR v1.0b10
 KFest 2004, July 20-25, 2004 - 78 days till KFest
 On cable via LANceGS & Marinetti 2.0.1 - Thank you, Richard.
 A2 RTC Staff - Sunday Night House Party - carlk@syndicomm.com

(CARLK, Cat 5, Top 22, Msg 15)
[EOA]


[IHS]
It's HackFest Season!
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Time to sharpen your brains and flex your programming muscles --
HackFest 2004 approaches!  The rules are the same as always, but follow:

KansasFest 2004
HackFest Rules

1. Contest begins at 7:00 AM on Wednesday, July 21, and ends at 7:00 AM on
Saturday, July 24 so that judging can begin.  The winners will be announced
during the Saturday morning sessions.  Entries submitted late won't be
considered.  Entries may be done by individuals or teams; however,
individual achievement counts.

2. Three judges will be selected by the KFest committee to judge the
competition; at least one of them will be available at all times, to
provide assistance and judgement calls.  At least one judge will be a
non-programmer.

3. Entries must be written entirely during the allotted time; no source
code -- printed or on any form of computer-readable media -- may be used
(although sample source code printed inside standard and acceptable
reference materials is allowed), and the program must run on an Apple II
model present at KFest.

4. Any version of any development environment and programming language may
be used; however, there may not be any libraries, header files, or macro
sets used that aren't standard-issue for that version of the development
environment or programming language.

5. Programs can't require unusual additional software or hardware; it's up
to the judges to decide what constitutes "unusual."  The participant should
ask in advance.

6. Programs can't take unfair advantage of system addons written in advance
for the sole purpose of easing the work to be done during the contest
period.  Any extensions or other system addons used by an entry must have
been released to the general public at least three months prior to the
contest date.

7. Entries will be judged on completeness, cleverness, and the somewhat
vague "cool" factor.  Entries don't have to be useful if they're otherwise
impressive, and they don't have to be "finished."

8. All entry programs are the property of the creator, and do not have to
be released to the general public at any time; however, we hope that
entries will be distributed by some means (whether for free or otherwise)
when ready.  However, entries may be described or discussed, including
screen shots (where applicable), by the KFest committee for promotional
purposes, or by legitimate Apple II community press.

The following lists are not necessarily complete lists of everything
allowed; these are to be taken as "givens."  If it's not on the list,
please ask for confirmation.

Acceptable software:
     System software
     Development environment (no customizations)
     GSBug
     Nifty List
     Marinetti
     Exerciser
     ORCA/Debugger, Splat!
     DesignMaster, Foundation, Genesys, ResLin
     Talking Tools
     Spectrum, ProTERM, ANSITerm

Acceptable hardware:
     Apple II computer, monitor, disk drives, hard drives
     CD-ROM drive, tape drive
     Hard disk controller card
     Sound card (speakers/headphones/etc)
     Accelerator card (any speed)
     RAM card

Accepted reference material:
     All official Apple reference materials (including
     manuals, technical notes, and file type notes).

     Reference manuals included with development tools
     and software.

     Commercially-available reference manuals.

Any other hardware, software, or reference material needs the approval
of the judges in advance.  When in doubt, ask the judges.

(Eric Shepherd, Owner, Syndicomm: http://www.syndicomm.com)
(Via KFest Mailing List)
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