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                       >>> WELCOME TO THE LAMP! <<<
                       ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
                     SIZZLING SHAREWARE: FontPimp 1.0
              AND THE BEST OF THE A2 AND A2PRO MESSAGE BOARDS
            "Teaching the Apple II user how to fish since 1998"

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 The Lamp!            An Onipa'a Software Production        Vol. 2, No. 2
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 Publisher & Editor.......................Ryan M. Suenaga, M.S.W., L.S.W.
 Internet Email....................................thelamp@sheppyware.net
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                             TABLE OF CONTENTS
                             ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
                             February 15, 1999


OPENING PITCH
     State Of The II, 1999 ------------------------------------------ [OPN]

A FUNNY THING HAPPENED                                                [FOR]
     The Heat Is On ------------------------------------------------- [HET]
     Miscellanea                                                      [MSC]
     Rumor Mill ----------------------------------------------------- [RMR]
     Public Postings                                                  [PUB]
     Best Of The Best ----------------------------------------------- [BOB]

A2Pro_DUCTIVITY
     Checking out A2PRO on Delphi ----------------------------------- [A2P]

SIZZLING SHAREWARE
     FontPimp 1.0 --------------------------------------------------- [SIZ]

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].


         :: DISCUSSED ON DELPHI ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
         :                                                       :
         :     We just act as mentors toward each other until    :
         :           there's just one person standing.           :
         :                                                       :
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[EOA]
[OPN]------------------------------
                     OPENING PITCH |
-----------------------------------
From The Editor
"""""""""""""""
by Ryan M. Suenaga, B.A., M.S.W., L.S.W.
                [thelamp@sheppyware.net]

                           STATE OF THE II, 1999
                           ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

     Last month I declared that it was time for the Apple II Community to
seize the day like we did in the late 1970's, my point being that _GSoft
BASIC_ gave us the tool we needed to do just that.  This month, it's still
time to seize the day--this time by voting with our wallets for the
continued development of Apple II products.

     It's now been 22 years since the Apple II was first sprung on an
unexpecting world--a virtual generation of computer users has been raised
on this most humble of platforms.  At every turn, you'll still find those
who use the II (or used the II) in every aspect of life.  Today, the
teenagers of yesteryear who hacked 8-bits in the Monitor of the Apple //e
are system administrators at Internet Service Providers, and authors of
Apple II software from the early 1980's are putting out packages for the
Macintosh or Windows.  Those of us with an Apple II in our past find that
the skills we learned back then have translated well in the information age
of today.

     The future of the Apple II is now assured, thanks to the work of F.E.
Systems.  _Bernie ][ The Rescue_ and _Sweet 16_ will run on the two major
hardware platforms available today, with abilities mostly equal to (and
speed far in excess of) even the most hot rodded Apple IIgs around.

     So do we honor the Apple IIs of our past and ensure the Apple IIs of
our future--but what of the present?

     We stand at a crossroads with the Apple II--again.

     1998 could have been the year of the Apple II comeback--and in fact,
we had enough new and exciting software (at least for the Apple IIgs) to
make it so.

     But it wasn't.

     Almost a year ago in this publication, I wrote these words:

     "The hard questions beg to be asked: if 2,000 Apple IIgs users on the
'Net can download the most highly anticipated game in recent memory, why
don't we have more subscribers to _Shareware Solutions II_ or _Juiced.GS_?
Why is _The Apple Blossom_ ending its run?  Why are our shareware authors
struggling to justify another Apple II project?  Sadly, while the Apple II
appears alive on the 'Net, its vital signs elsewhere appear weak.

     "Still, two thousand downloads is an exciting number, and hopefully
those two thousand files translate into two thousand excited Apple II users
who will keep the faith well into the next century and do what they need to
do to keep Apple II support alive.

     "In the meantime, I'll continue to check for vital signs from time to
time, and keep an eye out for other signs of Apple II Life on the 'Net."

     Those other signs of Apple II life stayed weak.

     Since the time I wrote those words, we've had a large influx of new
and exciting products (introductions were centered largely around
KansasFest)--from freeware and shareware to commercial software to
reclassifications of classic favorites.  Yet almost a year later, the Apple
II marketplace continues to struggle.

     Those Apple II developers and publishers who continue to produce
software and hardware do so mostly as a labor of love, but without enough
financial support to keep them in business, how long will that last?

     Will we learn from the lessons that the last year has taught us?

     There's still time to seize the day.  Make 1999 the year that 1998
could have been--the year of the Apple II comeback.

                                [*] [*] [*]

     Guess I'll Pack My Bags And Run Away Department: Kevin Noonan, aka
GSWOMBAT@delphi.com produced a fabulous little printed newsletter called
_Apple II Update_, based in Australia.  I was lucky enough to get a few
issues and was thoroughly entertained by it.  Sadly, the January 1999 issue
was the last.  Although it was little-known outside of Australia, it will
definitely be missed.

     Thanks, Kevin.  For everything.

                                [*] [*] [*]

     This Just In Department: Per Devin Reade, Head Geek and Tool Push, the
long-awaited GNO 2.0.6 has just been released!  Head over to
http://www.gno.org/~gno to take a look.  We'll try to have some GNO
coverage next month.

                                [*] [*] [*]

     Blatant Plugs 'R Us Department: Time for your monthly dose of
KansasFest information.

     For the most fun you won't sleep through, follow the Yellow Brick Road
to KansasFest 1999, being held from July 21-25 on the campus of Avila
College in Kansas City, Missouri.  Registration information is coming soon,
and you can get the news hot off the press at the KFest Home Page
(http://www.kfest.org).

     It's time.  Take the present of the Apple II in your hands.

     And I'll see you in a month.


Ryan
thelamp@sheppyware.net

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[EOA]
[OPN]------------------------------
     A FUNNY THING HAPPENED. . . . |
-----------------------------------
Checking out A2 on Delphi
"""""""""""""""""""""""""
by Ryan M. Suenaga, B.A., M.S.W., L.S.W.
                [thelamp@sheppyware.net]

       * The Heat Is On

              * Miscellanea

                     * Rumor Mill

                            * Public Postings

                                        * Best Of The Best

                              THE HEAT IS ON
                              """"""""""""""

     [*] General Chatter             ....... Apple Manuals Online?
     [*] Entertainment Software      ....... SMB and SSII?
     [*] Telecommunications          ....... Using Delphi As An ISP
     [*] General Chatter             ....... Fine Tuning Harmonie


                                MISCELLANEA
                                """""""""""

ZIP ACCELERATOR UTILITIES MAKE IT INTO A2   Good news! I found out today
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""   that we =do= have permission to
upload the Zip accelerator utilities disk to our Database.

To make life easier on everyone, I'm going to apply Greg Templeman's freely
available patches to the Zip CDev and CDA (which are buggy in their
original form) and upload the files as a disk archive. This is necessary
because the installer program requires a specific disk name, which can only
be preserved by archiving the entire disk.

Look for it in a few days.

 - Tony Ward, A2 Database Manager
                        (TONYW1, 19754, GO COM A2)


NOW THAT I CAN TELNET, WHERE DO I GO?   You could try:
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
     lost-gonzo.com

This is a BBS that you can telnet to and one of the "doors" on the BBS will
connect you to a IIgs running Apple II BBS software.  You need to sign up
for an account but it only took a day for me to get mine.

Heck, the sysop even called me (long distance I might add) when he saw me
having problems logging on one night.  Mind you, the problem wasn't with
his BBS but was due to me beta testing Marinetti.  :-)

 Jeff Blakeney - Dean of the Apple II University in A2Pro
       ** HyperCard IIgs Course now in session! **
                       (JBLAKENEY, 19009, GO COM A2)


BERNIE BONES UP AGAIN   We're not fixing this bug in Bernie. It's already
"""""""""""""""""""""   fixed. :) There will be a maintenance release (aka
MS service pack :) this evening or tomorrow latest that will address the
SpeedNanny bug as well as the earlier completed but unreleased Marinetti
fix. If you are subscribed to the Bernie news mailing (a very low traffic
mailing list), you will learn about the maintenance release as soon as it's
out.

(http://www.magnet.ch/emutech/Bernie/List)

Woof,
 henrik
                        (GUDATH, 19884, GO COM A2)


MUSCLING UP WITH MARINETTI   Well, this might not help much but it never
""""""""""""""""""""""""""   hurts to try.  Have you set the serial port
speed in Marinetti to 57600 bps?  This might be a little fast even for your
accelerated IIgs so dropping to a slower speed like 38400 or even 19200 bps
might help and make sure that your modem is set to not connect at a speed
faster than the serial port speed.

I don't think the serial port speed is really the problem but your
mentioning that your modem uses a Rockwell chipset might mean your modem is
an RPI modem.  This type of modem expects the computer to handle data
compression and, more importantly, error correction.  If modems have
difficulty talking to each other they try to do error correction to make
sure the data gets through.  If your modem is an RPI one, then your modem,
connected to your IIgs, is incapable of doing the error correction and you
will most definitely get line noise and such when running at higher speeds.

Now, I'm sure others will come along and mention that Marinetti does error
correction by virtue of the fact that TCP/IP is an error correcting
transfer protocol. However, if Marinetti or the machine it is connected to
keep getting errors, they have to request that the data get resent and the
errors can occur in this data again and so on.

The faster your modem is set to go, the more errors you will usually run
into and the more time that will be wasted by Marinetti requesting packets
be resent as well as resending packets.  This could end up causing your
Domain Name Server and connection requests to "time out".  This would also
explain why it works some times and doesn't others because the telephone
line conditions can be better some times than others which would mean less
errors some times than others.

I hope this helps.  Otherwise, I just spent a lot of time typing for
nothing.  :-)

 Jeff Blakeney - Dean of the Apple II University in A2Pro
       ** HyperCard IIgs Course now in session! **
                       (JBLAKENEY, 19994, GO COM A2)


THIS MONTH'S BLATANT HARDWARE PLUG   FWIW, Paul Lawson recently offered a
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""   few 1/3 height IBM SCSI drives (model
DSAS-3720) for sale at an excellent price.  I ordered a couple and have
been fooling with them for about three days now.

These are very very very nice drives particularly for the price, speedy and
spacious with built in active termination (if you want it).  Specs on the
drives are available at:

http://www.storage.ibm.com/techsup/hddtech/dsas/dsasjum.htm

Although you can probably figure everything out using Lynx or SIS, a
graphical browser would be best to see the accompanying diagrams.

To make a long story short, the question was posed to me:

"Do these drives work with an Apple II?"

With the standard qualifications, the answer is yes.

What qualifications am I talking about?

1) The drive does -not- supply terminator power, so you must have some
   other SCSI device supply it.  If you have a RamFAST, set the jumper on
   the Rev. D card or the DIP switch on the Rev. B/C cards to supply power;
   if you have an Apple High Speed or Rev. C SCSI card, do the term power
   modification; or use a drive on the chain that does supply terminator
   power.

2) If you use this drive with a RamFAST, you are limited to 12 partitions
   on the drive.  As you can see, that's at most 11 ProDOS partitions, with
   about 350 megs or so left over which can be made a single HFS partition
   if you'd like.

Aside from that, this drive is a great deal for Apple II users, as well as
for users of other platforms who can use a relatively small boot drive or a
drive to master CDROMs with.  I think Paul will be getting more soon
although maybe not at quite a good a price as last time.  Rest assured that
even at double, maybe even triple the price of his previous offer, these
are a total steal.

(Unsolicited Blatant Plug, copyright 1999).

 -
 Ryan  --  rsuenaga@apple2.org  --  http://lamp.sheppyware.net
 Posted by ProTERM Mac and PTMM v2.5 - The integrated information solution
                       (RSUENAGA, 18910, GO COM A2)


ASCENDING ACCENTIT   This is a Temporary Initialization File that always
""""""""""""""""""   checks the GS keyboard translation preference to make
sure it is set to "Standard" at boot time and when changing applications.
This has been a valuable system extension for me, because Spectrum does
adjust keyboard translation when online, and under certain rare
circumstances (like a system hang or crash) might leave your translation
preferences changed, thereby forcing you to manually go into the General
Control Panel and change it back from "None" to "Standard."


 Max Jones, Juiced.GS
 http://www.wbwip.com/juiced.gs
 Delivered by Spectrum 2.2 and Crock O' Gold 3.0b5 beta
                       (JUICEDGS, 18984, GO COM A2)


IRONTOOTH'S SPEAKERPHONE SCRIPT   Well, I was going to post this to the
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""   database, but if you would like to try
it, and let me know if you have any problems...

The following is an ANSITerm script for Rockwell-based modems with
speakerphone capability (look for a microphone and speaker jack on the
modem).  I have to adjust the settings a bit to reduce feedback on my
system using the microphone that came with my Phoebe V1456VQE modem (from
JAMECO) and its internal speaker.

If you copy this script, make sure that labels (e.g. #intro) that are alone
in a line don't have any spaces preceding them.

**************************
*| SPEAKERPHONE         |*
*|                      |*
*| By Don V. Zahniser   |*
**************************
*
* ANSITerm script for controlling a Rockwell-chipset modem with
* speakerphone capabilities
*
* - Adjust defaults for your modem/microphone performance
*
* Mute Parameter
* (0 = Microphone off, 1 = Microphone on, 2 = Room monitor)
 as n0 1
*
* Speaker Attenuation
* (0 to 15 in 2dB steps - 0 to 30dB attenuation, 16 is Speaker Mute)
 as n1 5
*
* Microphone Gain
* (0 to 3 - 0, 6dB, 9.5 dB, 12dB gain)
 as n2 1

#intro
 if off #intro2
 no "Can't use the phone while online!"
 go #exit
#intro2
 fo wh ba bl de me "^L"
 re "at#cls=8^M"
 wa "OK"

#menu
 de me "^L" ba db wi 10 7 60 12
 lo 12 8 me "1 - Dial"
 lo 12 9 me "2 - Pick up/Answer"
 lo 12 11 me "0 - Exit"
 key n0 str s0 n0 up s0
 if s0 == "1" #dial
 if s0 == "2" #answer
 if s0 == "0" #exit

#dial
 de me "^L"
 re "at#vrn=0^M" wa "OK"
 re "at#vls=6^M" wa "OK"
 ge "Phone number to dial:" s9
 re "atdt" s9 "^M" wa "VCON"
 go #menu2

#answer
 de me "^L"
 re "at#cls=8^M" wa "OK"
 re "at#vls=6^M" wa "OK"
 re "ATA^M" wa "VCON"
 go #menu2

#menu2
 re "at#spk=" n0 "," n1 "," n2 "^M"
 wa "OK"
 de me "^L" ba db wi 10 7 60 12
 lo 12 8 me "Change Speaker Level   (+/-)"
 lo 12 9 me "Change Microphone Gain (
)"
 lo 12 10 me "Microphone Mute Toggle (M)"
 lo 12 11 me "0 - Hang up & Exit"
 key n9 str s0 n9 up s0
 if s0 == "+" #volup
 if s0 == "-" #voldn
 if n9 == 11 #micup
 if n9 == 10 #micdn
 if s0 == "M" #micmute
 if s0 == "0" #exit

#volup
 if n1 == 0 #fullvol
 sub n1 1 go #menu2

#voldn
 if n1 == 16 #voloff
 add n1 1 go #menu2

#fullvol
 no "Speaker at maximum Volume" go #menu2

#voloff
 no "Speaker is muted" go #menu2

#micmute
 if n0 == 0 #micon
 as n0 0 no "Microphone Muted..." go #menu2

#micon
 as n0 1 go #menu2

#micup
 if n2 == 0 #gainup
 add n2 1 go #menu2

#micdn
 if n2 == 3 #gaindn
 sub n2 1 go #menu2

#gainup
 no "Microphone at full gain..." go #menu2

#gaindn
 no "Microphone at lowest gain..." go #menu2

#exit
 de me "^L"
 re "ath^M" wa "OK"
 re "atz^M" wa "OK"
 exit
* ch at+"/olright"


 - Don (IronTooth)

Delivered by my ANSITerm off-line reader scripts...

                         They're OLRight!
                       (DZAHNISER, 18932, GO COM A2)


OLRIGHT! 4.0 ODDS AND ENDS   I don't think I mentioned that OLRight! v4.0
""""""""""""""""""""""""""   directly supports most of ANSITerm's
Command-keys, so can be used as a default script for start-up of ANSITerm
for general use.  As an example, the ANSITerm dial menu is now accessible
from OLRight!'s menus and by using Command-D.

I just added preferences for _not_ archiving mail online each time and for
_not_ checking for Delphi Binary Mail each time.  Saves a few seconds on
each online session...

 - Don (IronTooth)

Delivered by my ANSITerm off-line reader scripts...

                         They're OLRight!
                       (DZAHNISER, 18933, GO COM A2)


DOES BABELFISH NEED SFUTILITY?   It was indeed written to be used with
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""   Babelfish, but it is not necessary for the
current version. It is reported by some people to cause problems, but
others see none. We have never been able to track down why it should on
some machines but not on others.

It is safe to remove it.

 Ewen Wannop - Speccie - Mon 4 Jan 1999 - 198 days till KFest '99
 Delivered without using a IIgs by Spectrum 2.2 & Crock O' Gold 2.6
 Bernie ][ the Rescue 2.0 woofing on a PowerMac 8200/120
 http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/ewannop/
                        (EWANNOP, 19030, GO COM A2)


A POTPOURRI OF TELECOMM THOUGHTS   II Not Disturb will help if you are
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""   launching ProTerm after starting GS/OS,
but to get the optimum speed out of ProTerm, with the minimum dropped
characters, you should not be launching it from GS/OS in the first place.

All P8 telecomm programs will run screamingly fast if you boot directly
into P8 then run the application. There will be no interrupts generated
that might interfere with the data, and even a stock unaccelerated IIgs
should connect cleanly at 57600 baud.

Under GS/OS there can be a whole chain of things in the interrupt loop that
either grab system time, or just take too long to execute. It is for these
reasons that desktop telecoms programs like Spectrum, need as clean an
environment as possible to get high baud rates with no dropped characters.
The faster your IIgs is, the less this is will be a problem. So an
accelerator helps things enormously.

Running Spectrum under Bernie ][ the Rescue on a G3 PowerMac, emulating a
40Mhz IIgs, means you can have whatever extras you like on the system, and
can even forget II Not Disturb, and still get 57600 baud cleanly!

 Ewen Wannop - Speccie - Sat 9 Jan 1999 - 193 days till KFest '99
 Delivered without using a IIgs by Spectrum 2.2 & Crock O' Gold 2.6
 Bernie ][ the Rescue 2.0 woofing on a PowerMac 8200/120
 http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/ewannop/
                        (EWANNOP, 19198, GO COM A2)


TEXT VERSUS WEB ON DELPHI A2--BUILDING BRIDGES   For those of us who do
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""   (most of) our access via
the web-side, ASCII art tends to end up as a compressed, unreadable jumble
because the nicely formatted monospace text displays in a proportional
font. So I really have no idea what you posted!

I'm not sure if it works when posting from the telnet side, but I've had
some success when I need to retain the format of a posting, by enclosing
part (or was it "all") of the text in <PRE>...</PRE> (which is HTML for
PREformatted data). This tends to work pretty well, since most browsers
display this in a monospace font.

I'd love to be able to get the joke!

While I'm up on my soapbox... As other web-side users may have noticed, if
you "Preview" your post before posting, what little formatting you get by
default (for example, paragraphs usually stay as separate paragraphs) goes
completely out the window! If you must preview the post, go back to the
standard "Compose" screen and post from there directly.

--
Peter Watson
-- Write to MSDOS disks on the Apple IIgs?
-- Impossible! ;-)
                      (PETERWATSON, 19048, GO COM A2)

>>>>>   From the text side (dial-up or telnet), you can do the same thing
"""""   with dot-commands (a period preceding the command alone on the
line).  The command for <PRE> is '.pre' and the command for </PRE> is '.end
pre'

I use these for the Topic/Subject lists (Yes, I know one is overdue...).
The preceding paragraph was formatted using these commands.

 - Don (IronTooth)

Delivered by my ANSITerm off-line reader scripts...

                         They're OLRight!
                       (DZAHNISER, 19049, GO COM A2)


WHAT'S UP WITH PRODOS 8 Y2K COMPLIANCE ON THE IIGS?   This is what I
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""   believe to be the
case, although I haven't yet fully checked it out:

The officially supported ProDOS clock, and we're talking ProDOS, pre-ProDOS
8, pre-ProDOS 16, pre-GS/OS is the Thunderclock, which does not support
years.

In order to figure out years, ProDOS uses the date and day of week along
with an internal year table, so every seven years it needs to be patched
and updated.

The IIgs clock -does- support years, and the only person to report the 1993
issue is a //e user, so I do not believe it's needed for IIgs users at this
point.
-
 Ryan M. Suenaga, M.S.W., L.S.W.  --  rsuenaga@apple2.org
 Editor and Publisher, _The Lamp!_, published monthly on Delphi
 Posted by PTMM v2.5 - The integrated information solution
                       (RSUENAGA, 19162, GO COM A2)


DESKJET AND IIGS COMPATIBILITY UPDATE   I have good DeskJet news and I have
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""   bad DeskJet news.

First, the good news. HP has recently released the DeskJet 420, a IIGS
compatible color capable ink jet printer which costs $119 Retail.

Now, for the bad news...

The following DeskJet 700 series are not compatible with the IIGS: 710,
712, 720 or 722.

During the past few years, HP has offered several models of DeskJet that
could not be used with the IIGS. Those printers (such as the short-lived DJ
820CSe) had a silkscreen designation on the front of them that said: "For
Windows."

The 700 series of IIGS incompatible printers no longer have the silkscreen
"For Windows" designation. And, to make things even more confusing, the
722c comes in two different boxes; the older box clearly states that the
printer is for use with Windows only, but the newer box doesn't.

There _is_ information listed on the side of the boxes and in HP's
literature which indicates which DeskJets will work on the IIGS, but only
if you know exactly what you are looking for.

ALL DeskJet printers which work on the IIGS have two things in common: they
support HP's PCL Level 3 printer language, and they are compatible with
MS-DOS. Since PCL is backwards compatible, PCL Level 4 and 5 printers can
also be used on a IIGS.

It appears as if all other current models of DeskJet (aside from the 710,
712, 720, 722) do support PCL3 and are MS-DOS compatible, and so they are
IIGS compatible.

So, if you are looking for a new DeskJet, you are going to have to look at
the box and/or at HP's literature. If the box says MS-DOS (or DOS 3.3 and
later) and PCL, then it'll work on the IIGS, with Harmonie. If it says only
Windows, Windows 95, Windows 98 or Windows NT, it will not work with a
IIGS.

Joe Kohn
Publisher of Harmonie
(The GS/OS printer drivers which work with HP printers.)
http://www.crl.com/~joko
                       (JOE_KOHN, 19149, GO COM A2)


<<<<<   Considering that the vast majority of DeskJets work great on the
"""""   IIGS, it would be much more efficient to simply list the models
that do not work, as I already did with the 710, 712, 720 and 722. IOW,
every DeskJet currently sold by HP, except for these four models, work
great on a IIGS.

To save Barry and any one else some time and effort, I already have the
answers I was looking for, and have posted the information.

And, if all works out, I should soon have a list of ALL DeskJets which are
incompatible with the Apple IIGS. There are only a couple, though. And, all
the others say on the front of the printer: "For Windows."

But, in short, if it's designated as a For-Windows, Windows-Only, or as a
WinPrinter, then it's just not going to work on a IIGS. Or a II, II+, IIe,
IIc or IIc+. Or, on any of Tony Diaz's prototypes.

Joe
                       (JOE_KOHN, 19177, GO COM A2)

<<<<<   In my quest to get answers, I visited three local stores yesterday
"""""   that sell HP printers, and fortunately, managed to avoid talking to
any salespeople. Since I knew exactly what I was looking for, I looked at
all the printers, grabbed all the HP sales brochures I could find, and
looked at the actual boxes that the DJs come in.

To that end, I can assure everyone that the current DeskJets that work with
the IIGS are noted on both the literature and the boxes as being MS-DOS
compatible.

Or, you could just say the heck with the reading of fine-print, and just
buy the DeskJet 420 for $119. When used on a IIGS, even the newest, top of
the line DeskJet is only going to operate as a PCL Level 3 printer, which
is what the 420 is. Aside from print speed, there is nothing to be gained
by buying a more expensive DJ if all you have is a IIGS.

Joe
                       (JOE_KOHN, 19179, GO COM A2)

<<<<<   Two other IIGS incompatible DeskJets are the 820C and 1000C series
"""""   printers. Neither of these models are currently available; they
have both been discontinued.

In the case of the DJ 820Cse, I know for a fact that this one has the "For
Windows" designation silkscreened on the front. I have not seen the DJ
1000c printer to know whether it carries that silkscreen designation.

So to re-cap, the following won't work on the Apple II: DeskJets 710c,
712c, 720c, 722c, 820c and 1000c.

There may be just one or two others, but I need to do a little more
research before I can say for sure.

Joe Kohn
                       (JOE_KOHN, 19180, GO COM A2)


THE FUTURE OF THE IIGS ONLINE   These days, I generally continue to use
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""   ProTerm 3.1 for manual logins, and Spectrum
for its script-driven add-ons like SIS and COG.

But yesterday, for the first time ever, I actually imagined that at some
point in the future, I might be retiring ProTerm.

I spent some time yesterday getting Spectrum v2.2 all set up, and finally
got around to installing and trying Sheppy's gsAIM (I'm JoeKohn99) and
Geoff's ftp-client. And, then it struck me...

Unless I make the switch to Spectrum as my exclusive telecomm program, I'm
not going to be able to take full advantage of all these really neat
Marinetti-aware apps. After all, in order to get gsAIM Instant Messages,
you need to be online with GS/OS.

I'm typing this message off-line using COG. But, by having flat-rate
unlimited access to the net, I could just as easily be typing this message
in COG, while still connected to the net with TCP/IP...and be chatting with
a gsAIM "Buddy" at the same time! Multi-tasking (of sorts) has arrived, and
the full impact of that just didn't hit me until yesterday! Thanks for
opening my eyes to that Richard, Sheppy, Geoff and Sir Ewen! ;-)

At some point, when we have a full suite of Marinetti-aware apps, I imagine
that ProTerm will lose some of its allure for me. Old habits are hard to
break, and I do really like ProTerm, but...

I'm now 100% convinced: Marinetti and Spectrum are the future of the IIGS
online.

Then again, bringing it back to the subject of NiftySpell and Spectrum, I'm
sure glad that NiftySpell picked up that typo a few paragraphs upstream ;-)

Joe
                       (JOE_KOHN, 19430, GO COM A2)


NIFTYSPELL TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE   One NiftySpell...coming right up.
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
In a response to my e-mail request, Chris Vavruska says that he'll put
together some technical info so that other programmers can call up
NiftySpell's spell check functions directly, without having to first open
up the NiftySpell NDA. I do not know how long that will take.

As it is now, all it takes to spell check an outgoing gsAIM message is to
access the NiftySpell NDA and click on the Check Window function.

By providing direct support for NiftySpell in gsAIM, you'll save users from
having to access the NDA directly. But, aside from "the cool factor" of
having a Spell Check button in gsAIM, the two already work together quite
well.

Speaking of "the cool factor," let me ask a question...does AOL's Instant
Messenger have the ability to spell check messages, or is that something
only the IIGS can perform?

Joe Kohn
                       (JOE_KOHN, 19456, GO COM A2)


THE FUTURE OF THE II IS IN EMULATION   Speaking as a developer, it is
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""   important for us to have a level
playing field before we start to do any coding. This is one of the reasons
why you have seen very little written for the Second Sight display, as it
is not stable, and very few are in use.

If everyone was using an emulated IIgs under Bernie, then we could indeed
improve the resolution or screen size of the IIgs. But then we might as
well just write the programs for the Mac, as it already has those
attributes without expanding Bernie any further.

The level playing field for me is a IIgs, preferably accelerated, with at
least 4Mb of Memory, a hard disk drive, and running System 6.0.1. Anything
less than that will not necessarily work with any of my software. I think
the same will be true of most other developers.

I did make the plea some time ago that everybody should have that minimum
specification. Certainly it is necessary for most of the new software
issued within the last year.

 Ewen Wannop - Speccie - Tue 12 Jan 1999 - 190 days till KFest '99
 Delivered without using a IIgs by Spectrum 2.2 & Crock O' Gold 2.6
 Bernie ][ the Rescue 2.0 woofing on a PowerMac 8200/120
 http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/ewannop/
                        (EWANNOP, 19292, GO COM A2)

>>>>>   Actually, the reason I want to see extra features added to Bernie
"""""   above a real IIgs is this:

I like programming the GS more than anything else. The more power I can get
out of GS apps running on Bernie, the less Mac programming I have to do to
write the apps I want to write. :)

Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd
Macintosh & PowerPC Programmers Forum
                        (SHEPPY, 19295, GO COM A2)

>>>>>   I thought I'd throw in a few cents.
"""""
It is rather simple to add a few extra features. However, Bernie is an
emulator in first place, and it will be measured against a physical Apple
IIgs. As long as Bernie is not considered a "stand-alone" platform (the
little Bill Gates inside me is already cheering :-), it doesn't make much
sense offering software that is limited to Bernie-specific features. (With
the notable exception of Woofenstein 3D.) Of course, there will be sporadic
lapses on our part, and if a developer depends on non-standard features
there's a chance it will be implemented. As long as there are Apple IIgs
features missing, such as SmartPort bus support, we better get our job done
in that department.

- henrik

woof woof
                        (GUDATH, 19296, GO COM A2)

>>>>>   As far as I'm concerned, Bernie is a real IIgs. I do most of my
"""""   work and testing on Bernie (with the notable exception that I test
my 'netti apps on a real GS, because it has a modem and my Mac doesn't).

To be honest, I figure that if Bernie adds some special features that I
want, I'm likely to stick around as a IIgs programmer longer, because I
have new challenges. The real IIgs is too limiting for some of the projects
I want to do.

Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd
Macintosh & PowerPC Programmers Forum
                        (SHEPPY, 19306, GO COM A2)

>>>>>   I'm pretty much in agreement with this.
"""""
There are occasional compatibility glitches between Bernie and a IIgs, but
consider: as much compatibility as we have with the Apple II series, we
don't have perfect backward compatibility.  Even the ROM_3 IIgs doesn't
perfectly emulate a ROM_01 (or ROM_00 for that matter), an enhanced //e
isn't 100% compatible with unenhanced //e's, the ][+ isn't 100% compatible
with the original ][, and so on.  The difference the other way is larger.

Let's do a hypothetical: say Apple released a computer with a G3 processor
that looked just like the new PowerMac G3 mini towers, had MacOS 8.5.1,
_Bernie_, the IIgs ROM image, and System 6.0.1 bundled and set up, and sold
it under the name "Apple IIg3".  Would we call this an Apple II?  Well,
Apple itself would call it a II, and it would run Apple II software under
Bernie, as well as Macintosh software.  Are there things it's not
compatible with on the Apple II side?  Sure.  5.25 inch floppies would be
the first thing we could point out.

But if it's just like the G3 that Apple started selling, it would be
missing serial ports and 3.5 inch floppy disks too, among other things.

People still call those G3's Macs.  I call those G3's Apple II's :)

The newest Macs aren't 100% compatible with older Macs, and similarly, the
newest Apple IIs aren't going to be 100% compatible with older Apple II's.
It's the price to pay of progress.
-
 Ryan M. Suenaga, M.S.W., L.S.W.  --  rsuenaga@apple2.org
 Editor and Publisher, _The Lamp!_, published monthly on Delphi
 Posted by PTMM v2.5 - The integrated information solution
                       (RSUENAGA, 19310, GO COM A2)

>>>>>   You know, it's a long time since anyone has been able to make me
"""""   say (about the Apple II), "Gee, I've never thought of it that way
before!". He's right - it *would* be an Apple II!

I've always looked at upgrades using a variation of the 80/20 rule
(hopefully closer to 95/5!) which says that if I can get all the shiny new
features (80% benefit) in exchange for losing some backwards compatibility
(20% cost) then the change is worth it.

So each time I upgraded, ][+ to //e to IIgs, some of the old software or
hardware no longer ran. For that matter, even installing my SuperDrive card
cost me the ability to run some software. But it was always worth it, and
it was always still an Apple II.

As I think Ryan was saying, I believe a G3 based "Apple IIg3" would be as
much an Apple II as the original PowerPC were Macs. It was all done with
smokescreens and mirrors anyway!

All we need now is for someone to put together some stick-on labels, create
an appropriate appearance manager "theme" (what is the Mac terminology for
this?) and take a "made-over" G3 system to a trade show. I think the
reactions (from horror to joy) would be beyond price! B-)
--
Peter Watson
-- Write to MSDOS disks on the Apple IIgs?
-- Impossible! ;-)
                      (PETERWATSON, 19323, GO COM A2)


DEALING WITH COLOR GRAPHICS IN GRAPHICWRITER III   So, do you have
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""   something against
psychedelic? :-)

I don't do much color work in GW III, but I don't believe there is a way to
do what you want. Maybe others will know more on this topic.

Max
                       (JUICEDGS, 19308, GO COM A2)

>>>>>   Richard may certainly correct me, but I've tried many things in
"""""   GWIII with color, and it seems to me that the palette is fixed.

There are two things you might want to try. Both involve a lot of work, and
I've had marginal success.

The first thing is to make a "palette document" in GWIII, using every color
on the GWIII palette and print it out, giving you a color reference chart
for printing on whatever your printer is.

The other (tougher) part, is to copy your objects into Platinum paint, and
save it as a paint file.  Now you have a "reference document" in Platinum
paint...    (Gee, it's been a while since I did this, please forgive any
lapses I might have)

You can use this reference document as a template to create new pictures
that should carry their colors over to GWIII.

Bring your picture with the custom palette into Platinum Paint. (here's
where my memory is real fuzzy) I don't remember if there is a load palette
option, or if I went through and wrote down the rgb values for each color
in my GWIII palette.

Anyway, in your new picture, edit the palette, and change the colors to the
values in the reference picture, then remap the picture to the (now-edited)
palette.

This explanation is most certainly be incomplete, but it might Give you
enough to go on and experiment with.

__________
  | homas
                       (TCOMPTER, 19330, GO COM A2)

>>>>>   In a word. No. If the colors in the graphic are not a match or
"""""   close match, GWIII substitutes the closest color which may render
undesirable results. The closest color from GWIII's own color palette. I
would love to see palette switching in GWIII, but for now I use AppleWorks
GS to accomplish graphic imports if I can't get a good match with
GraphicWriter III.

Barry

                 Delivered with the help of Marinetti v2.0.
                      (BARRY_REES, 19339, GO COM A2)

>>>>>   Yep, unfortunately the palette is fixed. Also a lot of the internal
"""""   conversions routines between formats, especially cut/paste system
clipboard have reverse mapping palette tables, making it harder to patch.

If you have a specific requirement, then perhaps we could look at a
possible solution.

Regards,
 Richard
                       (RICHARD_B, 19391, GO COM A2)


HARMONIE AND INDEPENDENCE--COMPARING TWO GREAT PACKAGES   Harmonie and
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""   Independence are
both simply Printers Drivers. They both work with programs that support the
GS/OS Print Manager.

Personally, I find that Harmonie yields acceptable results with standard
320 or 640 mode graphics if I use Harmonie's External Rendering option.
That said, sometimes it takes a bit of fiddling within a paint program to
get the graphic 'just right.' For those who read Shareware Solutions II,
the NiftySpell / GShisen graphic that appeared on the back cover of the
latest issue took more than 25 attempts before I deemed it "a keeper."

Printing 3200 color graphics is, in a sense, a very special case because
3200 color graphics aren't exactly standard.

There is a freeware program available, written by my former associate John
Wrenholt, that is called Print3200. But, because Print3200 does not work
with GS/OS's Print Manager, it only prints to an ImageWriter II. But,
surprisingly, it does do a real good job.

DreamGraphix does work with the Print Manager, so you can print 3200 color
graphics on a DJ if you own that program. But, the results you get will
vary, and to be truthful, most of them will not look very good when printed
out.

OTOH, most 3200 color graphics really only contain 256 distinct colors. So,
it's always possible to convert a 3200 mode graphic to 256 colors, and then
that can be loaded into a IIGS paint program such as Platinum Paint, and
the results will be much more visually pleasing. I should add, in my humble
opinion.

Since I'm the publisher of Harmonie, I'll answer your questions about
pricing and ordering, but because I'm obviously biased, I should perhaps
let users of the two sets of Printer Drivers answer your question about
which is best or better.

Joe Kohn
                       (JOE_KOHN, 19347, GO COM A2)

>>>>>   Both are acceptable, but Harmonie is superior. If you're going to
"""""   have just one, Harmonie is definitely the way to go.

That said, I use Independence when I need real nice detail on a black and
white graphic. I find it easier to get what I need without a lot of
fiddling around.

Still, if I had to choose, Harmonie would win out without question.


 Max Jones
 http://www.wbwip.com/juiced.gs
 Delivered by Spectrum 2.2 and Crock O' Gold 3.0b7
 From a Virtual GS running Bernie ][ the Rescue 2.0 -- Woof Woof
                       (JUICEDGS, 19356, GO COM A2)

>>>>>   I'm not sure I could say one is "better".  I own both.  Harmonie
"""""   does color, and supports more printers.  Independence hasn't been
updated as recently.  Both are from quality publishers.

I'd get both.  Actually, I did that already :)
-
 Ryan M. Suenaga, M.S.W., L.S.W.  --  rsuenaga@apple2.org
 Editor and Publisher, _The Lamp!_, published monthly on Delphi
 Posted by PTMM v2.5 - The integrated information solution
                       (RSUENAGA, 19361, GO COM A2)

>>>>>   I have both Harmonie and Independence, which I use with a DeskJet
"""""   500.  I would deal with the issue of which is 'better' this way:

Advantage: Harmony

o External rendering - Gives you the ability to print text-based files
using the fonts that are built into the printer - MUCH faster than any
printing that Independence can do.  You can also use software print buffers
(several are available) to dump the external rendered text to a print
buffer of up to 64K through the GS Serial Port.

o Speed - No matter which way you print, Harmonie is faster.

o Color - If you have a color printer

o Flexibility - Lots of settings and controls to get printing to come out
exactly the way you like.

Advantage: Independence

o Accuracy - Working with the Page Layout module of AWGS or with GWIII, the
objects and margins are printed with Independence exactly where the
software indicates.  On my system, Harmonie offsets the printing by almost
1/8" along the long axis of the paper from where indicated.  This is not
really that noticeable in portrait layout, but I do a lot of 2-column
'booklet' landscape printing for a church bulletin, and it is _really_
noticeable then.  Also, with _some_ print sizes and aspect ratio
selections, Harmonie can't seem to calculate the character/line widths
correctly.  Margins and justified text can be far from where indicated in
the software that I am printing from. This does not happen with
Independence.

o Simplicity - Fewer controls and easier to use, (but see flexibility,
above)

I use Harmonie as my general-purpose printer driver, and Independence for
the really critical work.

If I _had_ to do without one, it would be a difficult choice.

 - Don (IronTooth)

Delivered by my ANSITerm off-line reader scripts...

                         They're OLRight!
                       (DZAHNISER, 19403, GO COM A2)


SWEET-16 BEOS INTEL RELEASED   As the marketing schmuck I'm only interested
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""   in shareware fees, potential Y2K law suits,
Ryan's commission, the cost of my internet connection and taking Sheppy's
RC5 crack team to place 1 for some extra PR.

It is true that Sweet-16/BeoS/Intel ("BetelBernie") has been released. I
must pass full credit to Andre who has done it completely on his own.
Granted, I bet he warezed a few things from Bernie :), but Sweet-16 is
Andre's work and not mine, and maybe this 50% manpower also explains why
Bernie is somewhat ahead. Due to my pitiful arsenal of Macs I couldn't even
help him with testing.

I'm still glad you like it and hope you'll spend a great time with it! If
you would like to e-mail comments on Sweet16, I'm sure Andre would
appreciate a copy. You can contact both of us by using the woof@kagi.com
address.

- henrik
                        (GUDATH, 19227, GO COM A2)

>>>>>   After a few days of playing with the Be/Intel version of Sweet 16
"""""   on my (shudder) Cyrix 233, I can say that while it has a ways to
go, it's very impressive and most promising.

The BeOS, otoh, is extremely impressive.

Aside from various versions of UNIX, I've never seen an OS for the consumer
that is so network-ready and Internet-ready from the get-go, and the GUI is
definitely something that any Mac or Apple IIgs fan can get accustomed to
quickly.

Yes, I did buy the BeOS primarily to test _Be_rnie, but it does shine in
its own right.  Anyone who has the equipment to try it out ought to (and
while Be has a somewhat small list of compatible systems on its web page,
if it works with this incredibly generic clone I built with cost as the
primary object, it ought to work with most anything, graphic cards
notwithstanding :)

-
 Ryan M. Suenaga, M.S.W., L.S.W.  --  rsuenaga@apple2.org
 Editor and Publisher, _The Lamp!_, published monthly on Delphi
 Posted by PTMM v2.5 - The integrated information solution
                       (RSUENAGA, 19957, GO COM A2)

>>>>>   Sweet16 should improve greatly over the coming months. As soon as
"""""   gsAIM 1.0 is out the door, my attention will focus fully on
Sweet16.

Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd
Macintosh & PowerPC Programmers Forum
                        (SHEPPY, 19998, GO COM A2)


CDRW ON AN APPLE IIGS?   I have a Yamaha CDRW drive here, but I've never
""""""""""""""""""""""   attached it to a IIgs.

Even if I did, at most it would only work as a read-only drive.

CDR and CDRW drives don't function (from a user's point of view) like hard
drives.  You need to prep a hard drive or removable drive cartridge with
the data you want and then use specialized software (such as Toast) to burn
the CDR or CDRW.  The IIgs does not have this type of software.

-
 Ryan M. Suenaga, M.S.W., L.S.W.  --  rsuenaga@apple2.org
 Editor and Publisher, _The Lamp!_, published monthly on Delphi
 Posted by PTMM v2.5 - The integrated information solution
                       (RSUENAGA, 19512, GO COM A2)


PATCHING PRODOS 8 FOR Y2K. . . MINUS ONE   A post on comp.sys.apple2
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""   reminded me that the year
look-up table in ProDOS 8 expires periodically. Specifically, the look-up
table in version 2.0.3 (the last version released by Apple) was only good
through 1998. 1999 is here, of course...I don't know if this subject has
been brought up on Delphi, but if you're using a clock card in a IIe, your
computer now thinks it's 1993 again!

Here's some of the text from a message I posted to comp.sys.apple2 on this
subject:

     ProDOS will need to be updated once every five or six years. Apple
     released a version of ProDOS specifically to deal with this problem
     happening once before, in 1992. I found a directory on my hard drive
     that I'd forgotten about; it had a version "1.9A" of ProDOS that I had
     hacked on New Year's '92 to get the clock to work right again (I was
     running a BBS on my IIe at the time, so having the right date was
     important). ProDOS 8 v2.0.1, which fixed the problem, was released on
     4 Mar 92 (I don't recall if there was a v2.0 that was released
     earlier).

     Since ProDOS was designed with the Thunderclock (a clock card that
     didn't keep track of the year at all) in mind, it used a look-up table
     to determine the year. I haven't looked at the actual code, but I
     imagine it uses the current Julian date mod 7 and the day of the week
     to index into the table. I found the table in the then-current version
     of ProDOS and changed it to cover a different range of years.

     Here's something I came up with on my own to figure the current year
     from the current month, date, and day of the week. First, convert the
     month and date to a single number. Add the date to the appropriate
     number from this table:

     Jan=0 Jul=181
     Feb=31 Aug=212
     Mar=59 Sep=243
     Apr=90 Oct=273
     May=120 Nov=304
     Jun=151 Dec=334

     Divide this number by 7. Subtract from the remainder the day-of-week
     number; the day-of-week number is a simple progression where Sunday is
     0, Monday is 1, and so on up to 6 for Saturday. If the difference is
     positive, it's your offset into the look-up table. If it's negative,
     add 7 and use that as your offset into the look-up table. I'm guessing
     that the Thunderclock driver inside ProDOS does something similar; I
     crunched the numbers, and they agree with the tables I've found in
     different ProDOS versions.

     I diff'd my "v1.9A" and the actual v1.9, which I had backed up on
     floppy. The year table was at offset 0x3276-0x327C in both files. v1.9
     had a table to cover 1986 to 1991 (the decimal value of the last two
     digits of a year is in each byte...the sequence from v1.8 is 0x5A
     (90), 0x59 (89), 0x58 (88), 0x58 (88), 0x57 (87), 0x56 (86), 0x5B
     (91). The revised table I put together covered 1992 to 1996: 0x60 0x5F
     0x5E 0x5D 0x5C 0x5C 0x60. In v2.0.3 (the last version of ProDOS 8),
     the table lives at offset 0xF76-0xF7C and covers 1993 to 1998. Leap
     years appear twice in each table, which is why they're only good for
     five or six years each instead of seven.

     From this information, you can figure up revised tables for any range
     of five or six years. For instance, here's a sequence that ought to be
     good until 28 Feb 2004 (from 29 Feb 2004 to the end of that year, the
     year would mistakenly be reported as 1999): 0x01 0x00 0x00 0x63 0x04
     0x03 0x02.

     In case someone hasn't already done this, here are some "cookbook"
     instructions to patch ProDOS 8 v2.0.3 for years beginning with 1999.
     Go to a BASIC.SYSTEM prompt and enter the following commands one at a
     time (snip this out and put it in a script to EXEC if you want):

     BLOAD PRODOS,TSYS,A$2000
     POKE 12150,1
     POKE 12151,0
     POKE 12152,0
     POKE 12153,99
     POKE 12154,4
     POKE 12155,3
     POKE 12156,2
     BSAVE PRODOS,TSYS,A$2000

     You might want to make a backup copy of your ProDOS file before you do
     this, of course. When 2004 rolls around, you'll want to make up a new
     table from the "formula" given earlier in this message; I'll leave
     that table as an exercise for the reader. :-)

I figured someone might find this useful...wish I'd kept the patch program
I whipped up in '92 to fix v1.9 as it would've taken less time to figure it
out this time around. :-)

 -=IIGS=- Scott Alfter ( {<mailto:salfter@delphi.com> salfter@delphi.com})
   {<http://people.delphi.com/salfter> http://people.delphi.com/salfter}
                        (SALFTER, 19250, GO COM A2)


CONTACTING SEVEN HILLS   The correct email address for Seven Hills is
""""""""""""""""""""""   <sales@sevenhills.com>. If you do not hear from
them within a few days, try again. There is also a voice number
(850-575-0566) you can try if you still don't get a reply.

 Ewen Wannop - Speccie - Thu 14 Jan 1999 - 188 days till KFest '99
 Delivered without using a IIgs by Spectrum 2.2 & Crock O' Gold 2.6
 Bernie ][ the Rescue 2.0 woofing on a PowerMac 8200/120
 http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/ewannop/
                        (EWANNOP, 19366, GO COM A2)


TONY ON IIGS DMA   In my seemingly life-long dealing with hardware, I have
""""""""""""""""   *NEVER* seen, ANYWHERE I've been, any of these DMA
'horror stories'. Other than a problem that can be traced to a hardware
problem.

The original above 4MB problem stems from ROM 0. Put simply the Apple IIgs
will DMA into the first 4MB of EXPANDED RAM. Meaning the first 4MB of RAM
in the slot.

If all these horror stories were true to what the were being told as, then
every ROM 3 with a 4MB card would be crashing or whatever it is they do.

If the RAM area being accessed is higher than the 4MB DMA range the
computer simply does not DMA there.

The original AE RAM cards hated DMA, remember, AE did not necessarily do
things the simple way. They would go out of the way to make sure their
supplied software would not work with any other hardware. (Not such a bad
idea..) but when it gets to your hardware only working with your other
hardware it's time to stop that practice. :)

I have never had to disable DMA simply because I have more than 4MB plugged
into the memory slot. The original Sirius RAM (4+4 R8) has a problem with
DMA and Transwarps that did not exist with the prototype cards. In trying
to eliminate jumpers completely and allow for any number of SIMMs, 1 to 8,
not just the traditional steps of 1,2,4-8, I used a whole 'complicated'
mess of boolean logic. Never again. :) It became evident that in some
systems that card was Plug 'n Pray (that the boolean) logic would work.

The CV Tech method of DMA is what I call Force Feed DMA. It's called Hey!,
here it comes and you better not miss! :)

Now take a look at a Focus drive with 16 bit driver installed, damn near
gives that RAMFast & DMA a run for it's money. In some cases Focus
statistics beat the RAMFast. This all depends on the drive attached to the
Focus card, but even so, no controller cache, and it's pretty speedy. The
down side, it's IDE, 1 drive, no chain, not easy to swap, but you simply
take the whole drive with you and pop it in a system where your going.

Tony
                        (T_DIAZ, 19952, GO COM A2)


WHAT'S OLD IS NEW--HOW TO GET A NEW GENIE ACCOUNT   I have indeed been
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""   investigating your
questions and have trying to come up with an all-inclusive, accurate answer
for you. From what I can find so far, it would cost you $23.95 per month,
and that gives you nine hours before the $2.75 per-hour rate kicks in. What
I have not been able to find, however, is if the first month is free, as is
the case with many on-line and Internet services. That's what's delayed me
posting a reply to you.

I would suggest you visit the Genie Internet web site at:

http://www.genie.com

It might not tell you a lot, but it will tell you a little.

Meanwhile, let us know exactly where you would be calling from, and I'll
check and see what local access numbers are available to you. Once we find
out if you'd be dialing in to sign up from a SprintNet line or a Genie
line, I can then give more specific instructions on the signup process.

IMHO, if the first month is free (up to nine hours, that is), I would
suggest you go ahead and try it. You would be absolutely awestruck by the
size and depth of the library. It's incredible.

Max Jones
Juiced.GS
http://www.wbwip.com/juiced.gs
                       (JUICEDGS, 19619, GO COM A2)


<<<<<   This just in ..... :-)
"""""
To sign up for Genie, set your telecom software to 8 bits, no parity, 1
stop bit, and half-duplex. Then dial toll-free to 1-800-331-8544.

When you connect, type HHH.  When you see the U#= prompt, just type SIGNUP.
Everything is prompted automatically from there.

You can go through the process to see what it's like, then cancel your
signup at the last moment. You can also obtain info about Genie and their
pricing plan as you go through the process. I suggest you turn your capture
buffer on if you decide to experiment with the signup process, then save
the capture for offline reference.

I haven't tested the process, and I probably should, just to make sure it
still works. But I suspect it will.

We currently know of no special signup offers, such as first month free,
etc. That means unless you find out otherwise during the signup process,
you would have to pay your first month's fee right out of the chute.

Max
                       (JUICEDGS, 19665, GO COM A2)


CONTEMPLATING THE GENIE LIBRARY   A listing of the entire contents of the
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""   Genie A2 Library (two lines per file)
results in a text file of about 1.5 megs. A listing that includes full file
descriptions would be at least 5 times larger. If anyone is really
interested in such a beast, I'll see about uploading it here. It's
certainly =way= too large to post as a message in the Forum.

A much shorter list would be the one that contains Apple II files that are
not available on Genie. Remember the Genie Library contains over 15,000
files totalling about 900 megs (compressed.)

 ------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tony Ward, A2 Database Manager - Thu Jan 21, 1999 11:03:08 am
 [Delivered with Spectrum v2.2 and Crock O' Gold]
 --
 "Why be a man when you can be a success?"  -- Bertold Brecht
                        (TONYW1, 19679, GO COM A2)


CONTEMPLATING A GENIE A2 CDROM   Well, there is no downloading required. We
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""   kept copies of everything. Syndicomm has
it's own A2 library, and A2Pro library as well. All of those files are safe
on Syndicomm hard drive space.

There are a couple of problems, though. We always kept our backups in the
same format as the GEnie library, so the file descriptions, etc, are
identical. Before we could put it on a CD we could distribute, OR do mass
uploading to Delphi, those file descriptions have to be modified.
Additionally, there are some files on there that we don't (currently) have
the right to make available through any other source than the GEnie library
(Bulletin Board archives, RTC transcripts, etc). AND, there are a number of
files that have distribution restrictions that would keep them from being
put on the CD (such as Applewriter, for one example).

Sorting through those files and eliminating (from distribution, not our
archive) the ones we can't upload, then modifying the descriptions, etc on
the others to avoid copyright questions, is a task of formidable
proportions. That's why it is not done yet.



Gary R. Utter
                         (UTTER, 19808, GO COM A2)


COPY PROTECTION AND HARD DRIVE RESOURCE   For those of you who have
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""   software that you can not install
on a hard drive or unable to make a backup of due to copy protection...
like my situation with having to stick the Printshop GS disk in everytime I
run it from the hard drive.. I have found a place with the answers...

Point your browser to:

http://wuarchive.wustle.edu/systems/apple2/umich.edu/Mics.game.stuff

There are a few text documents there you can capture and use to help you
get things working correctly on your hard drive..

The only problem I have had is trying to capture the text in a readable
format for printing... anyone have a suggestion on how to capture this file
so that it is formated the same when I open it from my Hard drive as it did
while I was reading it on the screen during capture... seems the file does
not keep the formating and it all gets jumbled together...

Leon
                       (SARGENLE, 19027, GO COM A2)



                                RUMOR MILL
                                """"""""""

WILL SIS 1.1 INCLUDE TCP/IP SUPPORT?   To the best of my knowledge, there's
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""   not a firm commitment to adding
TCP/IP support for the next upgrade of SIS (1.1).  Geoff, of course, is the
final say on this.

-
 Ryan M. Suenaga, M.S.W., L.S.W.  --  rsuenaga@apple2.org
 Editor and Publisher, _The Lamp!_, published monthly on Delphi
 Posted by PTMM v2.5 - The integrated information solution
                       (RSUENAGA, 19814, GO COM A2)

>>>>>   Geoff will scold me if I'm wrong on this, but I think this is the
"""""   right answer. :-)

SIS 1.1 may or may not include =direct= Marinetti support. I don't know the
answer to that, although Geoff might. However, you don't need it to use SIS
1.1, as long as you can Telnet into Delphi.

So, Barry, with SIS 1.1, you will be able to use Spectrum 2.2/Marinetti 2.0
to make a PPP connection with your ISP; then Telnet to Delphi, where you
will be able to launch SIS and surf the Web. Version 1.1 WILL offer Delphi
as a new Web connect method. :-) At least that's my understanding.

Max
                       (JUICEDGS, 19846, GO COM A2)

>>>>>   Geoff has been having some problems with the direct TCP/IP links
"""""   with SIS 1.1. As a result, he is not promising that direct TCP/IP
support will be in SIS 1.1, as he does not want to hold up its release much
longer.

But SIS 1.1 has many more connection options than SIS 1.0, and I can
confirm what Max has just said. If you can make a TCP/IP Telnet connection
to Delphi, then you can use the Delphi library option in SIS to surf the
web under an error-free TCP/IP connection.

So although this is an indirect way of using Marinetti, it does work. I
would guess that as soon as Geoff can resolve the problems with direct
connections, he will make the TCP/IP library available as a freely
available update.

 Ewen Wannop - Speccie - Tue 26 Jan 1999 - 176 days till KFest '99
 Delivered without using a IIgs by Spectrum 2.2 & Crock O' Gold 2.6
 Bernie ][ the Rescue 2.0 woofing on a PowerMac 8200/120
 http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/ewannop/
                        (EWANNOP, 19853, GO COM A2)


NO GSICQ FROM SHEPPY   I have no plans to do an ICQ for the IIgs. I have a
""""""""""""""""""""   strong dislike of ICQ; it's not very reliable, even
on machines that are officially supported. I can't imagine that a hack on
my part would be very good.

AIM, on the other hand, is stable and reliable and, frankly, has more
features (at least on the Mac it does, as compared to ICQ for Mac, which is
just awful).

Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd
Macintosh & PowerPC Programmers Forum
                        (SHEPPY, 19305, GO COM A2)


COG 3.0 APPROACHES   COG has no way of deleting a single message within the
""""""""""""""""""   archive. It would just take far too long to achieve
this using scripting.

If you stop reading, then when you come back, you should pick it up from
that point.

You can archive individual messages separately, and so build a file of your
favourite messages.

COG3 will more powerful message reading facilities, so you can choose to
read threads, and then pick an individual message from that thread to read.
COG3 also has a 'Housekeeping' function which 'cleans' your archives into
more manageable sized files. There is a very powerful search function to
look through those files for up to two target strings.

As a result, as long as you have enough hard disk space, you will not ever
need to delete anything, as it will be very much easier to find an
individual message from the archives.

COG3 is getting nearer day by day... If you have not already updated to
Spectrum 2.2, now would be a good time to do it. Without Spectrum 2.2 you
will not be able to utilise COG3...

 Ewen Wannop - Speccie - Sun 31 Jan 1999 - 171 days till KFest '99
 Delivered without using a IIgs by Spectrum 2.2 & Crock O' Gold 2.6
 Bernie ][ the Rescue 2.0 woofing on a PowerMac 8200/120
 http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/ewannop/
                        (EWANNOP, 19983, GO COM A2)


SSII AND SMB?   Let me put it this way...
"""""""""""""
A few friends of mine have Nintendo machines, and there's only been one
Nintendo game that I've played that really grabbed me. That was Super Mario
Brothers.

I really enjoy playing that game, and for the past few years, have actually
been silently wishing for a IIGS version of the game.

So, yes, I would love to become involved in a Super Mario Bros project on
the IIGS.

And, as an added (yet personal) benefit, it might just help me break my
addiction to GShisen in much the same way that GShisen finally cured me of
my addiction to Freecell, and how before that, Freecell broke me of my Mah
Jongg addiction ;-)

Joe Kohn
                       (JOE_KOHN, 19336, GO COM A2)



                              PUBLIC POSTINGS
                              """""""""""""""

KFEST 1999 BLATANT PLUG--#1 IN A SERIES, COLLECT THEM ALL   For the past 10
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""   years, Apple II
enthusiasts from around the globe have made an annual pilgrimage to Kansas
City, Missouri, to learn more about their computers, share their knowledge
with others, and rekindle the spirit that has made their virtual community
unique and powerful.

Kfest has become a rich tradition. We are pleased to announce that in 1999,
the tradition continues ...

From July 21 through July 25, Kfest '99 will be in session on the campus of
Avila College in Kansas City. Sessions on a wide variety of Apple II topics
will be conducted July 22-23. A vendor fair and product demos will occur on
July 24.

As always, the Kfest committee is working to make this year's event the
best ever.

Kfest '99 will provide the perfect opportunity for attendees to make new
friends, renew acquaintances, see the faces of on-line neighbors they've
chatted with through the years, meet some of the programmers, developers,
writers and publishers who help keep their computer platform viable in
today's world, and hear lectures on computer issues and witness
demonstrations of new and old hardware and software.

Most of all, they'll have fun!

So, you may ask, does this mean Kfest has everything an Apple II user would
want? Well, no. There are some things Kfest '99 won't provide. We can
almost guarantee you won't get much sleep. We can also guarantee that you
won't mind a bit. In fact, you won't want to sleep much for fear you'll
miss something!

Last year's Kfest was one of the best ever, and was highlighted by a steady
stream of new product releases, announcements and demonstrations. Among the
software titles released were GSoft BASIC, WebWorks GS, Disk Access II and
the TABBS CD-ROM. Among new titles announced were NiftySpell, Marinetti
2.0, Spectrum 2.2 and Spectrum Internet Suite 1.1

It's too early to know what Kfest '99 will produce. Be assured it will once
again be a special event.

Now is the time to make plans for Kfest '99. As always, staying in the
Avila dorms is the recommended method of attendance. Much of the special
magic occurs after hours, and being on hand for informal, spontaneous
events will make your Kfest experience even more enjoyable.

Avila College will be providing up to 80 rooms for Kfest '99 attendees. So
there should be plenty of room for everybody on campus.

If you would prefer to stay off-campus, there are a number of hotels and
motels close by. Off-campus registrations are also available.

Ready to sign up? We hope so! You won't regret it.

Stay tuned for registration information. It will be posted as it becomes
available. And that will be very soon!!

Meanwhile ...

JOIN THE KFEST '99 MAILING LIST!!

To subscribe to the Kfest Information Mailing List, send email to
majordomo@kfest.org. In the BODY of the message, place the following text:

                subscribe kfest

You will receive a confirmation email. In order to be signed up for the
list, you will have to respond to this confirmation as the instructions
dictate. You will then be able send and read messages on the mailing list.

If you have other questions about KFest, or wish to make suggestions, you
can find answers via the Internet. Just send an email message to
kfest@intrec.com or kfest-help@kfest.org, or visit the World Wide Web page
at http://www.kfest.org.


The Kfest '99 Committee
Cindy Adams
(Kfest Big Cheese)
                       (JUICEDGS, 18998, GO COM A2)


PROBOOT AND Y2K   A ProBOOT-related announcement.
"""""""""""""""
Some or all of you may need to use Apple's date patcher to get ProDOS 8 to
work with dates from 1999 onward. If so, and you have ProBOOT installed,
you need to REMOVE ProBOOT using the ProBOOT Installer program BEFORE
running Apple's date patcher utility (otherwise, the utility will tell you
you're not using a compatible version of ProDOS).

Once the update has been completed, you can reinstall ProBOOT.

Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd
Macintosh & PowerPC Programmers Forum
                        (SHEPPY, 19063, GO COM A2)


THE SAGA OF GSAIM   a gsAIM progress note...
"""""""""""""""""
Initial Buddy List support is in place. I'm going to add the buddy list
editor window today.

Status dialogs now display while connecting to the Internet and connecting
to AIM, and errors are handled better.

Icons are now drawn in the buddy list indicating if the buddy is online via
AOL or AIM, and if they're currently idle.

Warning level information is displayed in the buddy list, so you know if
your buddy has been "warned" by other users for inappropriate behavior.

In general, it's coming along really well. I have high hopes of releasing
the first beta version to the public this month, at which point I'll start
accepting shareware payments.

Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd
Macintosh & PowerPC Programmers Forum
                        (SHEPPY, 19204, GO COM A2)

<<<<<   I'm pleased to announce that the BETA preview release of gsAIM,
"""""   version 1.0b4, is now available for download from the official
gsAIM web site at <http://www.sheppyware.net/gsAIM>.

gsAIM is an AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) compatible internet messaging NDA
that lets you hold up to 20 two-way conversations at once with other people
using AIM compatible software (including AOL's own Windows and Mac
software).

gsAIM is SHAREWARE. Every time you open it, you'll be reminded of this,
until you pay the $10 shareware fee, which can be paid at
<http://order.kagi.com/?QGC>. In addition, the preferences and buddy list
information will not be saved until you register the software.

Note that gsAIM 1.0b4 is still in beta testing, and there may be bugs
(possibly serious bugs) in the software. However, the software now has all
the features that the 1.0 version will have when it's completed.

gsAIM 1.0b4 features:

Buddy Lists - Add your friends to your buddy list, and whenever they're
online they show up in an onscreen window. You can then send them a message
by double-clicking their name. And if they're away from their computer for
a few minutes, an icon will indicate that they're away.

Talk While You Work - gsAIM is implemented as an NDA, so you can use it
from any Apple IIgs desktop application, while you work.

Talk a Lot - You can have up to 20 conversations going on at a time! Talk
to lots of your friends! Every conversation appears in its own window, with
the username of the person you're talking to in the title bar.

I hope everyone enjoys gsAIM. Please email sheppy@sheppyware.net if you
have questions, or if you encounter a bug. Bug reports posted online
somewhere may not be seen, and we all want this software to be as good as
possible!

Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd
Macintosh & PowerPC Programmers Forum
                        (SHEPPY, 19478, GO COM A2)

<<<<<   gsAIM 1.0b4 has been uploaded here on Delphi as well. Watch for an
"""""   announcement from the staff when it's released. Until then, you can
get it from my Web site, or at
ftp://ftp.sheppyware.net/pub/apple_iigs/gsAIM10b4.bxy.

Enjoy!

Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd
Macintosh & PowerPC Programmers Forum
                        (SHEPPY, 19479, GO COM A2)

<<<<<   In a bizarre quirk of poor timing, the day I chose to release
"""""   gsAIM, AOL changed the format of its instant message network data
packets. :)

I just replaced gsAIM on my web site
(http://www.sheppyware.net/software/gsAIM) with version 1.0b5, which is
compatible with both the old and new formats, and will probably work if
they change the format again later.

Sorry for the inconvenience. :)

Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd
Macintosh & PowerPC Programmers Forum
                        (SHEPPY, 19486, GO COM A2)


LOOKING GOOD IN PRINT AND OTHERWISE WITH SSII   Based on an e-mail question
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""   just sent to me, it's
apparent that not everyone reading Delphi's A2 knows about Harmonie, so....

                                  Harmonie
     _________________________________________________________________

               Use An HP LaserJet Or DeskJet On An Apple IIGS

   An agreement has recently been reached between Shareware Solutions II,
   Vitesse, and Harmonie author Bill Heineman that results in Shareware
   Solutions II becoming the new publisher of the Harmonie set of GS/OS
   printer drivers.

   Harmonie is a collection of GS/OS printer drivers that permits IIGS
   owners to output data onto the printed page using three different
   types of high performance, high quality printers:

   1) Laser printers that emulate the widely used Hewlett-Packard
   LaserJet standard, including the LaserJet IIp, III, IV, 5L, 6L and 1100.

   2) Inkjet printers that emulate Hewlett-Packard DeskJet printers,
   including the DeskJet (or DeskWriter) 340, 400, 500, 520, 560c, 600,
   660c, 670, 672c, 680c, 682c, 690c and 800 series printers which are
   not designated as Windows only printers (or DeskWriters that are not
   designated as PowerPC Only). Please note that the DeskJet 710, 712,
   720, 722 820 and 1000 series are Windows-only printers and will not work
   on the IIGS.

   3) 24-pin dot-matrix printers and inkjets that emulate Epson LQ
   printers, including models manufactured by Epson, NEC, Panasonic, and
   many others.

   Additionally, Harmonie also includes greatly improved GS/OS drivers
   for the ImageWriter II and ImageWriter LQ dot-matrix printers, and for
   Apple's original StyleWriter I printer.

   Harmonie also provides driver support for several Parallel Interface
   Cards including the Grappler Plus, ProGrappler, AE Parallel Pro, Epson
   APL, FingerPrint G, II Print and the Marcey Parallel card. Harmonie
   also includes a special serial Port Driver that enables printers that
   have a serial interface to be used with Harmonie (Note: Most HP
   printers manufactured in the last few years include only a Parallel
   interface; some older DeskJets included only a serial interface.).

   Harmonie works with all standard IIGS programs that use the IIGS Print
   Manager, such as AppleWorks GS, Platinum Paint, HyperCard IIGS, and
   Quick Click Calc; the most notable exception of programs that do not
   work with the Harmonie drivers is The Print Shop GS. Aside from The
   Print Shop GS, Harmonie should work just fine with all of your GS/OS
   based software.

   Harmonie allows you to take full advantage of high quality printers,
   up to a certain point. On HP laser printers, Harmonie will output data
   to the printed page at a maximum of 300 dots per inch resolution, even
   on laser printers that are capable of printing at higher resolutions.
   On DeskJet printers, Harmonie is limited to printing in color at 300
   dots per inch, and at 600 x 300 dots per inch resolution in black and
   white. Despite those limitations, tens of thousands of Apple IIGS
   owners who purchased Vitesse's Harmonie are thrilled with the high
   quality output that they can achieve at 300 dots per inch or at 600 x
   300 dots per inch.

   Harmonie is, in essence, an extension to the GS/OS Operating System.
   Once the Harmonie drivers are installed and you've gotten used to
   having a high quality ink jet or laser printer connected to your IIGS,
   you'll soon come to think of Harmonie as such an integral component of
   GS/OS that you'll be printing to those high quality printers with nary
   a second thought and with all of the ease of use you now associate
   with the ImageWriter. In other words, thanks to Harmonie, printing on
   laser and ink jet printers is simply a matter of "plug and print."

   Vitesse has been selling the Harmonie package of printer drivers for
   $29.95, and Shareware Solutions II is very pleased to be able to lower
   the price to $20, which includes postage to anywhere in the world.

   Because Vitesse's activities in the Apple II world have been
   decreasing for the past year or two, the v2.11 update was never really
   promoted, and many current owners of Vitesse's Harmonie have
   absolutely no idea that Harmonie had ever been updated to support 600
   x 300 dpi printing. For that reason, Shareware Solutions II would like
   to extend a low cost update offer to those of you who have older
   versions of Vitesse's Harmonie. The cost of the update is $7, but in
   order to qualify for that lower cost update, you must return your
   original Harmonie disk for verification (it will be returned to you)
   or submit a copy of your Vitesse receipt.

   To order Harmonie, send checks or money orders to:

                          Joe Kohn
                          Shareware Solutions II
                          166 Alpine St
                          San Rafael, CA 94901
                       (JOE_KOHN, 19186, GO COM A2)


<<<<<   Q: What are some of the benefits of being a subscriber to Shareware
"""""   Solutions II?

A: The exclusive software available from Shareware Solutions II. In just
   the latest 24 page issue of the newsletter, subscribers were informed
   how they and they alone could purchase the following for $5 each:

- The Gate

- Space Fox

- Martin's Travel Photos - A 2 disk collection of IIGS 3200 color Super Hi
  Res graphics that have been converted from Seattle FilmWorks' digitized
  35 mm photographs.

- Beyond Kfest '98: A 2 disk collection including GShisen, an Applesoft to
  ASCII plug-in for Babelfish, the LILAN program launcher, 5 updates to
  Sheppy's IIGS software, press releases issued at Kfest 98, a transcript
  of a Kfest 98 chat, FontPimp, Word Works Pro Unplugged, and six recent
  issues of Delphi's A2 Lamp newsletter.

- AWGS Desktop Publishing Disk - A 2 disk collection that includes all the
  winning entries in a Desktop Publishing contest for AppleWorks GS that
  was conducted by Shareware Solutions II.

- Telecomm 98: A collection of IIGS freeware that includes Marinetti v2.0,
  Crock O' Gold v2.7, Time Zone Cdev, and DeskTop Alarm NDA.

In addition to the above _exclusive_ software titles, Shareware Solutions
II subscribers learned how they could get non-exclusive software such as
Bernie ][ The Rescue, HardPressed and Return of Cogito delivered right to
their door for $5. And, they learned all about the $25 TABBS CD-ROM
collection. Subscribers were even told how they could get GSoft BASIC - The
FREE Version delivered to their door for free. And, how to get Brutal
Deluxe's LemminGS for free.

All that, and much, much more appeared in the latest 24 page issue of the
Shareware Solutions II newsletter.

A 6 issue subscription to Shareware Solutions II is $25 for delivery to US
or Canada; $40 for delivery anywhere else.

Joe Kohn
Shareware Solutions II
166 Alpine St
San Rafael, CA 94901

http://www.crl.com/~joko
                       (JOE_KOHN, 19335, GO COM A2)


LOW COST GS'S FROM FARGO   Hey gang,
""""""""""""""""""""""""
I received the following e-mail from an Apple user who apparently found the
Juiced.GS home page on the Web.  I wanted to pass it along in case anyone
is interested on contacting the fellow about his offerings ....

Max

 +++

My name is Todd Kaste and I am from Fargo, North Dakota. I am emailing you
to give you news on a number (around 40) of nice IIgs systems I've bought
from a local organization. These systems are in great shape, come with
keyboards, monitor, 3.5 and 5.25 drives. I didn't get much in terms of
software for these units though, so they just come as is. I'm not a
business or do not represent one...I'm just a serious mac nut. I'm looking
to get $20 per system plus shipping. They are fully guaranteed.

Thank you for your time.

Todd Kaste
1345 2nd Avenue South
Fargo, ND 58103
701-271-0370
tkaste@forumcomm.com

 +++
                       (JUICEDGS, 19434, GO COM A2)


UPDATED DOWNLOADING OF FREE.GSOFT   GSoft BASIC, The FREE Version! is
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""   available for download at
http://www.hypermall.com/byteworks. The download was giving some people
problems, though.

I've made some changes to the download for GSoft BASIC, The FREE Version!
It seems to work with at least one of the combinations of browser and
machine that it failed with before.

If you had trouble with the download before, or just never got around to
trying to download the free version of GSoft BASIC, please stop by and give
the new file a try. Let me know if you can't download this version; if you
couldn't download the last one, but can download this file, let me know
that, too.

Thanks,

Mike Westerfield
                       (BYTEWORKS, 19670, GO COM A2)


A THREE RING CIRCUS   Several recent additions to the Mother of All Apple
"""""""""""""""""""   II Web Rings
(http://www.syndicomm.com/a2web/a2webring.html) are highlighted. Of
particular note is George Wilde's homepage at
http://www.wilde.org/grwsystems/; Mr. Wilde has made his popular IIgs
shareware apps UtilityWorks and UtilityLaunch free - the only caveat is
that you have to register them on his web page.

     *  http://www.haaug.org/a2webring.html

    HAAUG

    HAAUG's meetings are held the 3rd Saturday of each month. The Main
Presentation is held at 11:15AM. Hour-long sessions on topics as diverse as
Quicken, spreadsheets, ClarisWorks, Powerbooks and Mac fundamentals begin
at 9:00AM and continue through 4:00PM. Visitors are encouraged to come and
go according to interest.

     *  http://www.wilde.org/grwsystems/

    grw Systems

    Home page for two highly acclaimed Apple IIGS utilities - UtilityWorks
and UtilityLaunch. UtilityWorks is a do-almost-everything utility that can
read and display most Apple II file formats and perform numerous Apple II
file and disk operations, including disk backup. UtilityLaunch is a general
purpose Apple IIGS launcher that provides launch buttons which can be
easily customized by the user.

     *  http://nj5.injersey.com/~russell

    The Official Russell Nielson Software Website

    Exclusive 8-bit software and Zip disks full of Apple II software.

     *  http://www.cgocable.net/~apple2

    Terence J. Boldt's Apple II Page

    This site has the latest updates on a hardware project (ProDOS
compatible ROM-Drive). It also has some personal Apple II pictures and
miscellaneous Apple II info.

     *  http://ww2.dixie-net.com/jnaron3/Apple2/index.html

    Apple II Gaming Resource

    This site is devoted to gaming on the Apple II platform, whether
through emulation or on the actual machines. Contains information on
various genres of games, as well as information on emulation and emulators.

Welcome aboard!

 {<http://www.syndicomm.com/a2web/a2webring.html> Join the Apple II Web
Ring!}
David K.
                       (DKERWOOD, 19731, GO COM A2)


REVISED A2-WEB CLASSIFIEDS   I've had to make one substantial change to
""""""""""""""""""""""""""   A2-Web  (http://www.syndicomm.com/a2web/)
which hopefully will make visitors happier, and my life easier...

The Mother of All Apple II Classified Ads web page was just getting too
darned popular, and I wasn't able to spend the time on a daily basis
editing ads and putting them in place manually.

To fix that, I've automated the process completely. The same instructions
still apply:

     *  Ads are restricted for personal and non-profit use only,
     *  Each ad is limited to no more than 250 unformatted characters,
     *  You can have one email or web link per ad,
     *  Your ad can run for one calendar month from the time it is posted.


http://www.wbwip.com/a2web/a2wantad.html

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Ring!}
David K.
                       (DKERWOOD, 19733, GO COM A2)



                             BEST OF THE BEST
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19307 12-JAN 22:11 Productivity Software
     RE: GraphicWriter III V2.0 (Re: Msg 19291)
     From: JUICEDGS     To: BARRY_REES


What a fascinating discussion your posts about Bernie have triggered! :-)

Here I sit, staring into the screen of a 10-year-old computer on a
13-year-old platform, reading posts from talented and accomplished
programmers and dedicated, expert users discussing the FUTURE of the Apple
IIgs, NOT the past. It does my heart good. :-)

I've only explored Bernie's emulation with a few programs so far,
telecom-related mostly. Those who have not seen the IIgs in operation on a
Power Mac will be amazed at what this emulator accomplishes. It's almost as
if the Bernie Boys =have= created an entire new platform because of the way
it brings our old programs to life.

I have been using SIS in Bernie a lot in recent days, and the enhanced
performance of the web browser is incredible. The display is crisp and easy
to read, and those scripts really rip at the higher processing speed.
Likewise, COG's performance is greatly enhanced, if you can imagine that.
COG already runs pretty fast on a power GS.

I am seriously considering creating the next issue of Juiced.GS via Bernie
and GW III 2.1, just to see how it goes. (I would have to transfer the
files from the PowerBook to the GS for printing, but that's not big deal.)
We'll see. I'll bet GW III rips and snorts under Bernie, just like the
other apps I've tried do.

OK, enough out of me about Bernie. I have only one thing left to say:

Woof


Max




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Checking out A2PRO on Delphi
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by Ryan M. Suenaga, B.A., M.S.W., L.S.W.
                [thelamp@sheppyware.net]


SHEPPY RELEASES IDLETIME EXTENSION   I released my IdleTime extension
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""   today. This extension lets
applications and the like find out how long it's been since the last user
activity, and what the last event to be posted was.

gsAIM uses this to implement the "idle user" feature. I've made it, and the
developer docs, available so that other developers can use it, and avoid
having to implement toolbox patches of their own for the same thing.

It's freeware, and I will grant just about anyone that asks permission to
distribute it with their software, but I do ask that you check with me
first.

Hopefully it'll be released here in A2Pro soon, but for now you can get it
from my FTP site: ftp://ftp.sheppyware.net/pub/apple_iigs/IdleTime10.bxy.

Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd
Macintosh & PowerPC Programmers Forum
                       (SHEPPY, 2415, GO COM A2PRO)

>>>>>   So, what you're saying here is that an application or extension
"""""   (ie. an NDA) could use your IdleTime extension to wait until the
user hasn't done anything with the system for a predetermined time and can
then do something?

That still doesn't sound very clear but basically what I'm getting at is
that it lets programs that want to do stuff in the background do so without
slowing down the application the user is using while the user is actually
trying to do something with it?

That's a little better but I think I'll let you try to understand those
before trying to do a better job.  :-)

 Jeff Blakeney - Dean of the Apple II University in A2Pro
       ** HyperCard IIgs Course now in session! **
                      (JBLAKENEY, 2429, GO COM A2PRO)

<<<<<   Well, there are a few things you can do.
"""""
For example, gsAIM uses it to check to see if the user has been idle for 10
minutes. If they have, gsAIM sends a message to the AIM server that says
"my user is idle, tell their friends that they're idle." This causes the
icon next to that user's name to change to a little clock on all the online
AIM users that have you in their buddy lists.

Another use would be this: you're an FTP program, running as an NDA. To be
nice to the user, your RunAction is scheduled to occur only 5 times per
second. But this limits your file transfer rate somewhat. You could watch
IdleTime to see if the user has been idle for five minutes. Once they
become idle, you change your RunAction time so it gets called 30 times per
second, so you can do your networking stuff more often.

Or you could have a telnet NDA that automatically logs the user off if
they've been idle for more than 30 minutes.

These are just a few Internet-related examples. You could use it for
non-Internet type stuff. For instance, you write a file backup INIT or DA,
and use IdleTime to watch for the user being idle for an hour, then
automatically start a backup at that point.

There are lots of uses for it. :)

Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd
Macintosh & PowerPC Programmers Forum
                       (SHEPPY, 2431, GO COM A2PRO)

>>>>>   Think of it as providing the functionality of the Spectrum script
"""""   command 'Set IdleTimer' at a system level, to any application that
requires it ...

 Ewen Wannop - Speccie - Sun 24 Jan 1999 - 178 days till KFest '99
 Delivered without using a IIgs by Spectrum 2.2 & Crock O' Gold 2.6
 Bernie ][ the Rescue 2.0 woofing on a PowerMac 8200/120
 http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/ewannop/
                       (EWANNOP, 2434, GO COM A2PRO)


DOMODALWINDOW MAYHEM   I have code that started crashing under very
""""""""""""""""""""   specific circumstances yesterday. I traced the
problem to four bytes of garbage being blasted into the code of the fopen()
function.

I eventually traced down where the blasting occurs -- the DoModalWindow
call is blasting four bytes of memory.

Can anyone think of a reason why? Here's my call:

id = DoModalWindow(&eventRec, NULL, NULL, NULL, mwUpdateAll|mwIBeam);

id is a local "long", eventRec is a global EventRecord. The window is a
standard alert-frame dialog box.

It happens the very first time DoModalWindow() is called in this code (but,
oddly, not any of the other times it gets called just like this).

Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd
Macintosh & PowerPC Programmers Forum
                       (SHEPPY, 2424, GO COM A2PRO)

<<<<<   Turns out this was a reentrancy problem. DoModalWindow was calling
"""""   SystemTask, which was causing my NDA's Action handler to get called
again, which would loop and cause major disaster. :)

Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd
Macintosh & PowerPC Programmers Forum
                       (SHEPPY, 2425, GO COM A2PRO)

<<<<<   I added a mutex (mutual exclusion) flag in my action proc handler:
"""""
void doaction(word code, long parm) {
...
if (mutexFlag) {
return;
}
mutexFlag = 1;
... do stuff

mutexFlag = 0;
}

This isn't a true semaphore because I'm ignoring recursive calls entirely
instead of blocking and letting them run. However, in my case, the only
recursive call that will occur should be runAction, so this should be fine.
And doing a true blocking semaphore would probably chew up the stack fast,
especially with doaction() being called six times a second or more to
handle a runAction code. :)

Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd
Macintosh & PowerPC Programmers Forum
                       (SHEPPY, 2447, GO COM A2PRO)




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                SIZZLING SHAREWARE |
-----------------------------------
FontPimp 1.0 by Lysergic Software
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
by Ryan M. Suenaga, B.A., M.S.W., L.S.W.
                    [thelamp@delphi.com]

                                 FONTPIMP
                                 ~~~~~~~~

          Program Name:      FontPimp
          File Name:         FONTPIMP.BXY
          Database:          Utility Software
          File Size:         21632
          Program Type:      GS/OS Application
          Author:            Lysergic Software
          Version Reviewed:  1.0
          Distribution:      Charityware, recommended donation of 10 cents
                             per converted font to a charity; see
                             documentation for details
          Requirements:      20.5K of drive space, _Pointless_




     Given recent events, it may seem hard to believe, but Apple Computer,
Inc. and Microsoft teamed up to develop the TrueType font format.  This was
an outline font (as opposed to bitmapped font) format which allowed smooth
scaling of fonts no matter what size was requested.  While Apple itself did
not build this technology into the IIgs System Software, our friends at
Westcode Software created the wondrous Control Panel _Pointless_ which
brought TrueType fonts to the Apple IIgs.  Simply use _Pointless_ on
TrueType fonts developed for the Macintosh and you suddenly have beautiful,
smoothly rendered fonts on your IIgs.

     Over time, however, more and more TrueType fonts have become available
on the Windows platform than have been on the Mac, and there was no
straight forward way of using these fonts on the IIgs.  While both the
Windows and Mac fonts are TrueType, there are differences in how the data
that make up the fonts are stored, and _Pointless_ only knows how to deal
with the Macintosh version TrueType.  While there are several Macintosh
products that can do the font conversion, for the Mac-less among us, what
to do, what to do?

     Lysergic Software comes to the rescue with _FontPimp_, their IIgs
TrueType font utility.  _FontPimp_ has several features, but it does one
thing very well--it converts fonts.  It will take a TrueType font ready for
the Windows platform and make it usable with a IIgs running _Pointless_.
It opens the door for literally thousands of fonts that were previously
unavailable on the IIgs to liven up those _AppleWorks GS_ and
_GraphicWriter III_ documents.

     To test _FontPimp_, I simply spent some time downloading some Windows
TrueType fonts from Delphi's IBM PC & Compatibles Forum Database.  Windows
files usually come packed as .zip archives, analogous to the Binary II and
NuFX (.bxy) archives that Apple II software is seen in online.  To unzip
the files, I used the shareware _PMPUnZip_.  I then started up _FontPimp_
and let it do its thing.

     Of the six fonts I downloaded, _FontPimp_ was able to convert three of
them.  While a 50% success rate is not impressive, this is far from a
scientific study, and it's not uncommon to have problems using even
Macintosh TrueTypes on the IIgs.  While the TrueType standard is well
known, many of the public domain or freeware fonts don't follow it as
closely as it could, resulting in some incompatibilities which show up when
you try to convert fonts to different platforms.  Others have had more
success than I did using _FontPimp_ to convert the fonts, and what fonts
did convert correctly were absolutely stunning.

     _FontPimp_ has a somewhat hidden feature as well--it allows you to
convert your IIgs fonts back into the Windows format.  You can do this
using the Edit command in _FontPimp_'s File pulldown menu, then hitting the
"Save TTF" button.  That way you can match up your fonts between your IIgs
and, say, the Windows box at work.

     There are several other features of _FontPimp_ for use with fonts,
many related to such obscure things as a font's ID# and internal name.
There is documentation included with _FontPimp_ that explains these options
at some length.  You may well learn more than you ever wanted to do about
fonts on the IIgs just by reading the documentation!

     So, for those of you who've been looking at the fonts on your office's
Windows machine in envy, wait no longer--you finally have the tool you need
in _FontPimp_.  And for those who haven't been suffering this way, you now
have a whole new world of fonts to choose from.  Have fun with it.



         :: DISCUSSED ON DELPHI ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
         :                                                       :
         :  WYTYSYDG: What you thought you saw, you didn't get.  :
         :                                                       :
         ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: LUMITECH ::::::



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About The Lamp!   The Lamp! is published on the fifteenth of every month in
"""""""""""""""   the Database of the II Scribe Forum on the Delphi online
service (GO CUS 11).

This publication produced entirely with real or emulated Apple II computers
using Appleworks 5.1 and Hermes.  Apple II Forever!

     * The Lamp! is (c) copyright 1999 by Ryan M. Suenaga, M.S.W.  All
       rights reserved.

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     * Back issues of The Lamp! are available in the II Scribe Forum on
       Delphi as well as The Lamp! Home Page,
       http://lamp.sheppyware.net.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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Syndicomm, Inc.,  or  Ryan M.  Suenaga.     Forum  messages  are  reprinted
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Suenaga  do not guarantee  the accuracy or  suitability of any  information
included herein.  We reserve the right to edit all letters and copy.

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