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

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


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


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

 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
 The Lamp!            An Onipa'a Software Production        Vol. 4, No. 6
 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
 Publisher................................Ryan M. Suenaga, M.S.W., L.S.W.
 Editor.....................................................Lyle Syverson
 Internet Email, Publisher.........................thelamp@sheppyware.net
 Internet Email, Editor................................lyle@FoxValley.net
 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

                            TABLE OF CONTENTS
                            ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
                              June 15, 2001

HIGH ABOVE THE ROCK RIVER---------------------------------------------[OPN]
     A Great Day
     Speaking of Bargains

A2 FORUM AT Syndicomm Online (A2Central.com) DISTILLATIONS
     New Home on the WEB for _The Lamp!_------------------------------[NHL]
     An OLR for the Palm OS?------------------------------------------[OFP]
     Gamebits Forum is Looking for Reviewers--------------------------[GFR]
     Singles Forum is Hiring------------------------------------------[SFH]
     Higher Prices for CDR Blanks Down the Road?----------------------[PCB]
     A Source for Used Computers and Parts----------------------------[SUC]
     Earthlink Experiences?-------------------------------------------[ELE]
     Updated SOAR Available-------------------------------------------[USA]
     FreeWare FTP Client for IIgs-------------------------------------[FFC]
     HTML in Email----------------------------------------------------[HEM]
     Possible to Include One HTML File in Another?--------------------[HFA]
     Are Style Sheets Lynx-Friendly?----------------------------------[SLF]
     System Saver IIgs------------------------------------------------[SRI]
     A Subwoofer With the IIgs?---------------------------------------[SWG]
     Canon S400 Printer With the IIgs?--------------------------------[CPG]
     ProTERM A2 Information-------------------------------------------[PAI]
     Quick Click Morph------------------------------------------------[QCM]
     Kangaroo---------------------------------------------------------[KGR]
     SuperConvert 4---------------------------------------------------[SCF]
     Which Printers Work With Harmomie?-------------------------------[WPH]
     New WEB Site for Spectrum Internet Suite-------------------------[NWS]
     Making Disk Images-----------------------------------------------[MDI]
     Problem Running Bernie 3.0---------------------------------------[PRB]
     What Would You Want in a New Version of Sweet16?-----------------[NVS]
     Control Manager--------------------------------------------------[CMR]
     Bargains on CD-R Media?------------------------------------------[BCM]
     Extra Space on a CD Wasteful?------------------------------------[ESW]
     Burning CD-ROMs for Use With Apple II----------------------------[BCA]
     The CoPilot Challenge - Time Running Out-------------------------[TCC]
     Accelerator Talk-------------------------------------------------[ATK]

DELPHI A2 DISTILLATIONS
     Impressed With Keggs32-------------------------------------------[IWK]
     Feelings on the Apple IIgs---------------------------------------[FAG]

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

KFEST 2001
     K-Fest Registration Information----------------------------------[KFR]
     Getting Ready for K-Fest-----------------------------------------[GRK]

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


                                [*] [*] [*]

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

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

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



[OPN]-------------------------------
         HIGH ABOVE THE ROCK RIVER |
------------------------------------
From The Editor
"""""""""""""""
by Lyle Syverson <lyle@FoxValley.net>

                                A Great Day
                                ~~~~~~~~~~~
     From the patio High Above The Rock River, indications were that it was
going to be a great day... deep blue sky... temperature just right...
gentle breeze blowing.

     Then there was the email from Ryan... The Lamp! was getting a new
online home.

     The stroll downtown went especially well... no waiting at three
stoplights in a row... the flowers in the little corner park were looking
really beautiful... I got a real bargain on bananas at the 320 Store.

                           Speaking of Bargains
                           ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
     Syndicomm Online continues to grow into a better and better bargain.
The Apple II people have a place to chat, a great bulletin board to
exchange information and a huge software library.

     Other online communities have been established.  These include the
Refunders' Refuge, Palm OS handheld computer users, video gaming in
Gamebits, and a SINGLES hang out.

     Electronic mail can be read through an outside POP account and sent
out via text or an outside SMTP account.

     The HELPDESK is available to all who need help using the various
features of Syndicomm Online.

     All this for only $10 per month or $25 per quarter.

     An upgrade to a premium account (an extra $5 per month) provides space
for maintaining a personal web site, email via Pine and web browsing via
Lynx.

[EOA]


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

ASCII ART ENDS
[EOA]

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

by Lyle Syverson <lyle@foxvalley.net>

[NHL]
NEW HOME ON THE WEB FOR _The Lamp!_
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
Finally.

_The Lamp!_, _A2 News and Notes_, and the old _GenieLamp A2_ and _GenieLamp
A2Pro_ archives have a permanent home on the Web:

http://lamp.a2central.com/

Ryan
Head Geek

(A2.RYAN, Cat 20, Top 20, Msg 34)
[EOA]


[OFP]
AN OLR FOR THE Palm OS?
"""""""""""""""""""""""
How feasible would a Palm OS OLR for the A2 Forum be?  I find that using an
OLR such as SOAR (thanks Ewen) makes the experience of the Bulletin Boards
much more enjoyable.  Having messages that you could take with you would be
great.

 Dain Neater - Bulletin Board Manager A2 Community
 Syndicomm
 Delivered by Spectrum v2.5.1 & SOAR v1.0b3

(A2.DAIN, Cat 2, Top 29, Msg 54)

>>>>>
"""""
There are a few telnet clients for the Palm, and it would be ideally suited
for an OLR, getting/sending messages during a Hotsync.  Of course, now we
have a Palm OS Forum where we can discuss such things. . .

Ryan
Chief Sysop Pro Tem, Palm OS, Page 590

(A2.RYAN, Cat 2, Top 29, Msg 57)
[EOA]


[GFR]
GAMEBITS FORUM IS LOOKING FOR REVIEWERS
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
Gamebits is looking for reviewers!  If you love video games and want to
share your gaming opinions in writing, please drop an email to
gamebits@syndicomm.com with some information on your writing background and
a list of modern systems you own.  Compensation would be in the form of
free video games that you keep after reviewing.

The Gamebits Community on Syndicomm is page 850, keyword GAMEBITS.

-Ken

(KGAGNE, Cat 2, Top 35, Msg 5)
[EOA]


[SFH]
SINGLES FORUM IS HIRING
"""""""""""""""""""""""
Singles is also hiring, looking in particular for a chief sysop, bb
manager, and RTC hosts and manager.  Please contact a2.ryan@syndicomm.com
if interested.

Ryan
Head Geek

(A2.RYAN, Cat 2, Top 35, Msg 6)
[EOA]


[PCB]
HIGHER PRICES FOR CDR BLANKS DOWN THE ROAD?
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
I saw a report the other day, unsubstantiated, that the current low price
of CDR blanks is due to overproduction. Evidently the industry
overestimated world consumption! It suggested that when the current
supplies were exhausted, prices might rise by up to 350%.

I have no means of knowing whether that will be the case or not, but you
all might like to lay in stocks just in case!

 Ewen Wannop - Speccie - Fri 25 May 2001 - 61 days till KFest '01
 Delivered without using a IIgs by Spectrum v2.5.2 & SOAR 1.0b3
 Setup: Bernie ][ the Rescue 3.0 and a Blue & White G3/350
 http://www.ewannop.btinternet.co.uk/

(CONDUCTOR, Cat 3, Top 2, Msg 61)
[EOA]


[SUC]
A SOURCE FOR USED COMPUTERS AND PARTS
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
Here's a link to site that salvages computers. Among other things, they
sell IIgs CPUs for $20. (They don't list any other Apple II parts at this
time.)

They do seem to have a very interesting supply of used Mac parts, and some
used Macs at pretty nice prices.

It's called Junkyard Jeffs.

http://www.users.qwest.net/~jgarbacz/

Gary R. Utter

(HINDMOST, Cat 3, Top 2, Msg 64)
[EOA]


[ELE]
EARTHLINK EXPERIENCES?
""""""""""""""""""""""
Earthlink is currently offering a special on DSL for Delphi members,
according to an ad on the front page of www.delphi.com.  Free installation,
free hardware, and free activation.  I checked to see if Earthlink DSL is
available where I live, and it is: 1.5MB download speed for $50/month.

Last time I had DSL installed, I got free installation (a $225 rebate from
Covad) and $200 hardware (discounted from $359).  So this sounds like a
good deal.

Does anyone have any success or horror stories with Earthlink, especially
their DSL service?

-Ken

(KGAGNE, Cat 10, Top 4, Msg 15)

>>>>>
"""""
I have earthlink as an ISP (they bought out the company that bought out my
isp).  Prepare yourself for a deluge of SPAM.  Dialup PPP, sometimes the
logic/authentication times out, so your effectively denied service, and
once in a while, DNS doesn't work.

(KWS, Cat 10, Top 4, Msg 16)

>>>>>
"""""
Last year instead of the Concentric account I usually take out during my
summer trip, I took out an Earthlink account instead.  I was less than
thrilled.

his year, it's back to Concentric.

Ryan
Head Geek

(A2.RYAN, Cat 10, Top 4, Msg 17)
[EOA]


[USA]
UPDATED SOAR AVAILABLE
""""""""""""""""""""""
(May 19, 2001) Jeff reported a bug in trying to enter new Forums. I have
fixed that, and an updated SOAR can be downloaded from my web site.

I have also included an updated ScriptEditor XCMD. This should improve the
auto-formatting of messages...

 Ewen Wannop - Speccie - Sat 19 May 2001 - 67 days till KFest '01
 Delivered without using a IIgs by Spectrum v2.5.2 & SOAR 1.0b3
 Setup: Bernie ][ the Rescue 3.0 and a Blue & White G3/350
 http://www.ewannop.btinternet.co.uk/

(CONDUCTOR, Cat 10, Top 59, Msg 174)
[EOA]


[FFC]
FreeWare FTP CLIENT FOR IIgs
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
Spectrum Automated File Exchange v1.0
=====================================

Shareware Solutions II, is pleased to announce a FreeWare FTP client for
the IIgs.

Written by British author Ewen Wannop, SAFE is an easy-to-use yet powerful
and comprehensive FTP client that permits users to transfer files
bi-directionally to and from FTP hosts. SAFE is written as a script set for
Spectrum.

SAFE supports:

 + multiple file transfers in either direction
 + resuming of partial downloads
 + renaming, deleting, and folder management
 + favorites list for ease of use
 
SAFE requires Spectrum 2.5.2 or later, using Marinetti 2.0 or later.
SAFE is FreeWare, and can only be obtained from designated sources.

Download SAFE now from:

http://www.ewannop.btinternet.co.uk/

Questions about SAFE? Contact Ewen Wannop at speccie@mac.com

If you need to upgrade your copy of Spectrum, contact Joe Kohn at
Shareware Solutions. The cost of Spectrum v2.5.2 is $35, and first time
buyers can purchase the complete Spectrum package by credit card, on either
3.5" disk or CD-ROM, at Shareware Solutions II's online store, located at:

http://order.kagi.com/?zs3

Low cost updates for those who purchased Spectrum from My eSource are
available only through the mail, as proof-of-purchase must be supplied.
Costs for updates are as follows:
 
     * v1.0-=>v2.5.2 upgrade $25
     * v2.0-=>v2.5.2 upgrade $20
     * v2.1-=>v2.5.2 upgrade $20
     * v2.2-=>v2.5.2 upgrade $5
     * v2.3-=>v2.5.2 upgrade $5
     * v2.4-=>v2.5.2 upgrade $5
     * v2.5.1-=>v2.5.2 upgrade $5
     * v2.2 or later -=>v2.5.2 Deluxe CD upgrade $10
     * all other updates-=> Deluxe CD $25
     * First time buyer-=> Floppy or Deluxe CD $35

Shareware Solutions II
166 Alpine Street San Rafael, CA 94901
 
Questions about Spectrum v2.5.2? Contact Joe Kohn at joko@foxvalley.net
 
Shareware Solutions II's web site is located at:
http://users.foxvalley.net/~joko

(CONDUCTOR, Cat 10, Top 60, Msg 9)
[EOA]


[HEM]
HTML IN EMAIL
"""""""""""""
Lately, all email I receive from Hotmail has been formatted in HTML, with
<DIV> tags everywhere.  It seems to be a recent development.  The
formatting is invisible in PINE, but shows up clear as day in Claris
Emailer, unfortunately.  (haven't tried SAM)

A friend of mine writes that "Hotmail has an option to send as rich text or
not, that's about it."

Is this a recent development?  Any way to get my "friends" to stop coding
their messages to me in HTML, other than not using Hotmail?

-Ken

(KGAGNE, Cat 11, Top 21, Msg 9)

>>>>>
"""""
SAM will format and display HTML in mail messages, but rich text would be
displayed unformatted.

 Ewen Wannop - Speccie - Mon 11 Jun 2001 - 44 days till KFest '01
 Delivered without using a IIgs by Spectrum v2.5.2 & SOAR 1.0b3
 Setup: Bernie ][ the Rescue 3.0 and a Blue & White G3/350
 http://www.ewannop.btinternet.co.uk/

(CONDUCTOR, Cat 11, Top 21, Msg 10)
[EOA]


[HFA]
POSSIBLE TO INCLUDE ONE HTML FILE IN ANOTHER?
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
Is it possible to include one HTML file in another?

I have several directories on my website, each with an index.html that uses
the same code for the navbar.  If I want to change the navbar, it's likely
I'll have to update a dozen different index.html files.  If they all
referenced just one other file, though, that would be much easier.

-Ken

(KGAGNE, Cat 11, Top 29, Msg 2)

>>>>>
"""""
Not using raw HTML.  However, if your web server supports server-side
includes, you can do it.  Check out the Apache web site for information on
how to do it (www.apache.org).

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

(SYNDICOMM, Cat 11, Top 29, Msg 3)

>>>>>
"""""
php ( a popular hypertext preprocessor) can include other raw html files
and do other tricks.  I'm sure perl can also do the same.  Or you could
whip up some scripts of your own to generate the final html files from a
header file and a file of page content.

(KWS, Cat 11, Top 29, Msg 3)

>>>>>
"""""
Ken,

It sounds like all you have to do is make sure your html file has the
proper extension (.shtml instead of .html, etc.) in order for SSIs to work.
That's pretty common, actually. These are the commands you need:

<!--#include file="filename"-->

The path is relative to the directory of the current file. If you need to
include a file relative to the server's base directory, try this:

<!--#include virtual="/path/to/filename"-->

 - Tony

(A2.TONY, Cat 11, Top 29, Msg 10)
[EOA]


[SLF]
ARE STYLE SHEETS LYNX-FRIENDLY?
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
Are style sheets Lynx-friendly?

-Ken

(KGAGNE, Cat 11, Top 29, Msg 7)

>>>>>
"""""
Style sheets definitely aren't Lynx-friendly, unless you design the page
carefully.  But style sheets themselves are ignored by Lynx.

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

(SYNDICOMM, Cat 11, Top 29, Msg 8)
[EOA]


[SRI]
SYSTEM SAVER IIgs
"""""""""""""""""
I have a System Saver IIgs.  Now I have read that it isn't a very good
cooling fan system(not sure if that is true or not).  I have also read that
one could do some modifications to it to make the saver more effective.
My questions are.
     1. What are these modifications?
     2. Can they be done by anyone?
     3. Will it "possibly" enable someone to push a transwarp GS a little
        faster?

Thanks,

 Dain Neater - Bulletin Board Manager A2 Community
 Syndicomm
 Delivered by Spectrum v2.5.1 & SOAR v1.0b3

(A2.DAIN, Cat 17, Top 12, Msg 12)

>>>>>
"""""
I just bought a better fan from Radio Shack, and replaced the original.
You might want to replace the MOVs while you have it open. Finding the case
screws under the foam is probably the hardest part. (Hint: there are three
on each side, and maybe one each front and back, I don't remember for
sure.)

As for the transwarp, I dunno. :)

 Carl Knoblock - Telephone Tech - Fri  18 May 01  5:35:51 pm
 cknoblo@home.com - Via Spectrum v2.5.1 & SOAR v1.0b3
 2001: A KFest Odyssey, July 25-29, 2001 - 68 days till KFest
 On cable via LANceGS & Marinetti 2.0.1 - Thank you, Richard.
 A2 RTC Staff - Saturday Night House Party - carlk@syndicomm.com

(CARLK, Cat 17, Top 12, Msg 13)

>>>>>
"""""
Carl,

Would you please post the Radio Shack part/product number?

Thank you,

Barry Rees

(BREES, Cat 17, Top 12, Msg 15)

>>>>>
"""""
The Radio Shack part number may have changed since I bought mine many years
ago, but here's the info on the box:

3" (80mm) Cooling Fan
32CFM, 120VAC, 60Hz
Catalog Number: 273-242

It's a perfect replacement fit for the Kensington System Saver fan, and it
moves a whole lot more air.

 - Tony

(A2.TONY, Cat 17, Top 12, Msg 18)
[EOA]


[SWG]
A SUBWOOFER WITH THE IIgs?
""""""""""""""""""""""""""
Anyone ever plug a subwoofer into their GS? :)

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

(SYNDICOMM, Cat 17, Top 18, Msg 1)

>>>>>
"""""
As a matter of fact, yes, and it is currently still connected! I bought the
Altec Lansing 133 set (I think that's the model #) on sale at Best Buy for
$29.95, that includes two stereo speakers and a subwoofer that sits on the
floor. Sounds great!

 LumiTech

 Cruising the 'railway' provided by:
 Spectrum v2.5.2 and SOAR! v1.0b5

(LUMITECH, Cat 17, Top 18, Msg 2)
[EOA]


[CPG]
CANON S400 PRINTER WITH THE IIgs?
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
I just bought a new Canon S400 printer to replace my DeskJet 670C. It works
great from the Macs (even shares nicely across the network). I can print to
it from the Newton 2100 using the generic Canon BJ driver, but I've had no
success at getting the GS to talk to it at the moment. The 670C was
connected via a Grappler+ and used Harmony. I'd really like to retire the
DeskJet, the cartridges are just too expensive. Anyone have any suggestions
on getting the Canon to run on the GS?

Kim Howe
RTC Host

(KIMHOWE, Cat 17, Top 25, Msg 26)

>>>>>
"""""
Looking at the Canon web site, I see that the S400 provides for "Standard
Emulation Canon Extended Mode."

Standard? What standard? Too bad that term is not defined on the Canon web
site.

However, seeing that the only OS supported on the PC side is Windows, I
guess the only way of knowing if it'll work on the IIGS is to try the Canon
driver that is provided with Harmonie. After all, several other printer
standards - including Epsons and HP's PCL - are backwards compatible, so
it's possible that Canon's is as well.

If that doesn't do anything, I did see on Canon's site that at least one of
the models that offers the "Standard Emulation Canon Extended Mode" also
supports Epson LQ emulation, so you could try the Epson and EpsonLQ drivers
also.

Please let us know if those drivers do a thing with the Canon S400.

 Joe Kohn
 Delivered by Spectrum v2.5.2 & SOAR v1.0b3

 http://users.foxvalley.net/~joko

(JOKO, Cat 17, Top 25, Msg 27)
[EOA]


[PAI]
ProTERM A2 INFORMATION
""""""""""""""""""""""
Does Proterm A2 come on 5 1/4" floppies or 3.5" ones?

Also, Since Proterm is a Prodos program I guess that means that you are
limited to a serial connection then?   Is this the program that Ryan uses
to connect his IIc+ to a linux Box with?

 Dain Neater
 Bulletin Board Manager A2 Community
 Syndicomm

(A2.DAIN, Cat 21, Top 2, Msg 2)

>>>>>
"""""
Dain Neater wrote:

>> Is this the program that Ryan uses to connect his IIc+ to a linux Box
with? <<

I'm not sure what Ryan uses but it is what I use from my IIe through my
Linux box to get here.  My 1 MB RAM card gives me the most unbelievable
scrollback buffer that you would ever like to see!

Mark Percival - Syndicomm.com Apple II RTC Host
"Midweek Madness!" every Wednesday night.
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM PDT

(MARK, Cat 21, Top 2, Msg 3)

>>>>>
"""""
>> Does Proterm A2 come on 5 1/4" floppies or 3.5" ones? <<

When I got my ProTERM 3.1 package many moons ago, it came on both.

>> Also, Since Proterm is a Prodos program I guess that means that you are
limited to a serial connection then?   Is this the program that Ryan uses
to connect his IIc+ to a linux Box with? <<

If by "limited to a serial connection" you mean "no TCP/IP", then yes,
that's accurate (unless, of course, you use Sweet16 :)

And yes, that program is what I use on the IIc Plus for the Linux box.

Ryan
Head Geek

(A2.RYAN, Cat 21, Top 2, Msg 4)
[EOA]


[QCM]
QUICK CLICK MORPH
"""""""""""""""""
Has anyone here used Quick Click Morph?  I'm curious how well it works.
Sarah and I were talking about it the other night and neither of us can
remember having ever seen it.

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

(SYNDICOMM, Cat 22, Top 40, Msg 1)

>>>>>
"""""
Yes, and it works quite well. The rendering speed is the only drawback to
this fine program, and that's not the fault of the program, but the
hardware speed limitation.

I have a 9/64 Zip installed on my IIgs. When using this program for complex
"morphing", you need to start it when you go to bed. It might be done when
you wake up. However, that is for severely complex morphing.  Most morphing
should be complete in a few hours.

I love the program, and it was worth the cost to me at the time. I haven't
tried it under Bernie, but I'm sure the added speed would be very
noticeable. Now that it's part of the Opus II collection, I wouldn't
hesitate in purchasing Opus II just for this program alone.

 LumiTech

 Cruising the 'railway' provided by:
 Spectrum v2.5.2 and SOAR! v1.0b5

(LUMITECH, Cat 22, Top 40, Msg 4)
[EOA]


[KGR]
KANGAROO
""""""""
I've not been without Kangaroo since it came out. I use some part of it
daily. Heartily recommended.

 LumiTech

 Cruising the 'railway' provided by:
 Spectrum v2.5.2 and SOAR! v1.0b5

(LUMITECH, Cat 25, Top 3, Msg 2)
[EOA]


[SCF]
SuperConvert 4
""""""""""""""
This topic is for discussion of SuperConvert 4 a graphics conversion
program from My eSource.

Dain Neater
A2 Bulletin Board Manager
Syndicomm

(A2.DAIN, Cat 25, Top 6, Msg 1)

>>>>>
"""""
This program was formerly SHR Convert, written by Jason Harper, who is
still a sysop in the Macintosh forums on CompuServe.  He wrote some other
neat programs, like FillMaze. :)

-Ken

(KGAGNE, Cat 25, Top 6, Msg 2)

>>>>>
"""""
Ken,

Does he by chance know what the status of his program is, what with the
demise of My eSource?  Just curious.  I for one hate to see a high quality
program go out that way....

Dain Neater
A2 Bulletin Board Manager
Syndicomm

(A2.DAIN, Cat 25, Top 6, Msg 4)

>>>>>
"""""
Ian Brumby did the 4.0 update. and portions are (c) 7-hills software
1992-1997.  LZW compression used under license.

(KWS, Cat 25, Top 6, Msg 6)
[EOA]


[WPH]
WHICH PRINTERS WORK WITH HARMONIE?
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
Question for Joe:

Do you by chance have a compilation of all the printers that work with
Harmonie?  I think it would be an invaluable resource to have, especially
since there are like a million different EPSONs and HPs anymore.  I am just
asking because someone was in chat asking if the 842C worked, and of course
I have no idea.  Might be nice to have something similar to what
xlr8yourmac.com does with hard drives and upgrade cards.  Basically, people
give a report if they work or not, and if there are any "issues".

Thanks,
Just curious.

 Dain Neater
 Bulletin Board Manager A2 Community
 Syndicomm

(A2.DAIN, Cat 26, Top 2, Msg 72)

>>>>>
"""""
When HP released a new model DeskJet once a year, it was real easy to stay
on top of what was compatible with the IIGS, and what wasn't.

It's not that easy anymore, as HP seems to release a new printer model
every few weeks.

That said, it's pretty easy to find out from HP's web site.

Unfortunately, for me, it seems as if the needed info is no longer
available in just plain old ASCII, and dealing with PDF files on my IIGS
isn't so easy.

That said, I was able to find some info on the 842c, just not all the info
needed. I saw the keywords that they 842c worked with "MS-DOS
Applications." So, that's one key that it works with the IIGS.

The other key...the connection...I wasn't able to determine. I did see that
the 842c has a USB port. In the technical specifications PDF file, it
should say whether there's also a parallel port. If there is, the 842c
should work great with Harmonie.

But, again, I don't know if it does or doesn't have a parallel port.

In short, the file to look at HP's site is always labeled as "technical
specifications." If that file says that a DeskJet printer will work from
MS-DOS and it sports a Parallel port, then it's a IIGS printer.

To this day, my guesstimate is that 90% of all DeskJets meet that criteria.

 Joe Kohn
 Delivered by Spectrum v2.5.2 & SOAR v1.0b3

 http://users.foxvalley.net/~joko

(JOKO, Cat 26, Top 2, Msg 73)
[EOA]


[NWS]
NEW WEB SITE FOR SPECTRUM INTERNET SUITE
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
I am very happy to announce that a new Web site is now dedicated for
Spectrum Internet Suite.  Use your favorite Browser and visit
http://sis.gwlink.net

The site has gone through an overhaul with an easier interface and will
load much faster (Thanks, Tony, for the graphic compression).

Geoff

(GEOFF, Cat 26, Top 7, Msg 1)
[EOA]


[MDI]
MAKING DISK IMAGES
""""""""""""""""""
For posterity and for use with Bernie, I'd like to make disk images of all
my Softdisk GS floppies.

What is the best program (Apple II or Mac) to do this, and what is the best
image format to use?

Thanks,

-Ken

(KGAGNE, Cat 29, Top 5, Msg 12)

>>>>>
"""""
On the Mac, provided you have a willing floppy drive, the best program is
DiskCopy.

On the IIgs, I'd use Imagemaker.

Either way, I'd use DiskCopy 6 uncompressed.

Ryan
Head Geek

(A2.RYAN, Cat 29, Top 5, Msg 13)
[EOA]


[PRB]
PROBLEM RUNNING Bernie 3.0
""""""""""""""""""""""""""
I just thought I'd post this, in case someone else notices it.  Bernie 3.0
runs like a champ under all circumstances on my Powercenter Pro.  So do all
earlier versions of Bernie.

On my iMac, however, I noticed as soon as I installed 3.0 that it was
slower than dog-dirt (pardon the pun).  I reinstalled 2.6, and had the same
problem. I reinstalled 2.5.9 and it worked fine.  Until I put a CD in the
drive or put a cartridge in my USB->SCSI EZ-135 drive, at which point 2.5.9
also slowed to a crawl.  The only way to get the speed back up was to power
off the usb devices and re-boot the iMac.

My next step is to try 3.0 again, without USB and/or CD in the drive and
see how it behaves.

BTW, I do have Virtual Memory turned off on this 160MB RAM system, and I
did try turning off all the speed-gobbling options in Bernie, like
VectorSound.

Has anyone else had a problem like this?

Not using the USB devices I can live with, but to not use the CD-ROM is
going to be a pain.

_________
  | homas

(TCOMPTER, Cat 29, Top 21, Msg 61)

>>>>>
"""""
Thomas,

I had a funky problem with Bernie a while back.  All of the sudden it
seemed to be really slow.  When running Bernie seemed to lurch like it had
pauses in it or something.  It turned out to be that it happened only when
the Control Strip was being displayed.  Further checking revealed, IIRC
that it was a UMAX scanner extension in the control strip that was causing
this.  I yanked it from the control strip and things seem to be working and
have been for a while.

Is it possible that you have a UMAX USB scanner on there?

Does it speed back up if you hide the control strip or shut the control
strip down?

 Dain Neater
 Bulletin Board Manager A2 Community
 Syndicomm

(A2.DAIN, Cat 29, Top 21, Msg 62)

>>>>>
"""""
Bernie is susceptible to anything that polls the USB ports at regular
intervals. I found the mouse was almost unusable till I removed the Control
Strip Module for my scanner.

 Ewen Wannop - Speccie - Wed 30 May 2001 - 56 days till KFest '01
 Delivered without using a IIgs by Spectrum v2.5.2 & SOAR 1.0b3
 Setup: Bernie ][ the Rescue 3.0 and a Blue & White G3/350
 http://www.ewannop.btinternet.co.uk/

(CONDUCTOR, Cat 29, Top 21, Msg 63)

>>>>>
"""""
Thank you all for mentioning this. If you'll recall, I complained recently
about mouse freezes, etc., and asked a couple of question regarding 'System
Heap' reports that Conflict Catcher was reporting.

After reading here by several reporting the UMAX Scanner CSM and/or Control
Strip itself being the possible culprit, I just verified that this seems to
be the root my occasional problem.

Thanks! Now I'll run Bernie also, as it was a slow, old dog, on my iMac!
My 8mHz IIgs was faster until I disabled the Control Strip!

 LumiTech
 Wed, 30 May 01 @ 0:28:33

 Cruising the 'railway' provided by:
 Spectrum v2.5.2 and SOAR! v1.0b5

(LUMITECH, Cat 29, Top 21, Msg 64)
[EOA]


[NVS]
WHAT WOULD YOU WANT IN A NEW VERSION OF Sweet16?
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
Someday I swear I'll have time to work on Sweet16 some more.  Been a tad
busy.   If you could pick a single thing you'd want done to a new version,
what would it be?

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

(SYNDICOMM, Cat 29, Top 32, Msg 4)

>>>>>
"""""
Sheppy,

I really like Sweet 16, one thing that I would truly like is to be able to
share the BeOS machines' internet connection..(Pipe dream I know)

I guess other than that, I would really love to see this done in Cocoa on
Mac OS X :)       (Not that is most likely a foolish Pipe dream)

I could go on, but you wanted a "single thing" and I am already on two.

Thanks for the hard work.

 Dain Neater
 Bulletin Board Manager A2 Community
 Syndicomm

(A2.DAIN, Cat 29, Top 32, Msg 5)

>>>>>
"""""
I know this suggestion won't be popular with some but I'd like to see it
ported to Win32.

Mark Percival - Syndicomm.com Apple II RTC Host
"Midweek Madness!" every Wednesday night.
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM PDT

(MARK, Cat 29, Top 32, Msg 6)

>>>>>
"""""
I asked Henrik about doing a Win32 port and was told he doesn't want
Sweet16 ported to Windows.

>> I really like Sweet 16, one thing that I would truly like is to be able
to share the BeOS machines' internet connection..(Pipe dream I know) <<

Not a pipe dream really, it's certainly doable, just a big project and I
haven't had time for it.

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

(SYNDICOMM, Cat 29, Top 32, Msg 7)

>>>>>
"""""
Sheppy wrote:

>> I asked Henrik about doing a Win32 port and was told he doesn't want
Sweet16  ported to Windows. <<

That is really unfortunate.  I am a registered Sweet16 user but BeOS
doesn't like my last PC hardware upgrade.  Right now I use Kegs32 both at
home and work for that quick IIGS session to try something out.  While
short on Sweet16's features it does work very well.

Mark Percival - Syndicomm.com Apple II RTC Host
"Midweek Madness!" every Wednesday night.
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM PDT

(MARK, Cat 29, Top 32, Msg 8)

>>>>>
"""""
There's a lot of little things I'd like.

o "Mount CDRom" menu item (similar to the mount 3.5" menu item)
[I know there's a /dev/floppy device under beos, but no /dev/cdrom]

o BeOS/IIgs clipboard sharing ala Bernie

o More accurate mouse tracking for programs that read the mouse directly
[I know the problem is intel-platform related]

o Easier, more direct sharing of files back & forth (like a magic folder or
drag & drop files)

o Integrated debugger (like gsbug on steroids).  Or maybe support Orca cop
debugging for high-level languages...

Hmm...  I guess those aren't little :)

(KWS, Cat 29, Top 32, Msg 12)
[EOA]


[CMR]
CONTROL MANAGER
"""""""""""""""
Sheppy,

I'm using this function in my Hammurabi project, (thanks, btw) in the
following manner:

I have a function for each of the stat texts, which fills a string with
sprintf and then calls your function.  I would call these functions any
time any of the underlying data would change.

But I was having problems with redraws: Any time something covered up one
of the static texts, be it an NDA, or one of my own alert boxes, and then
went away, the area of the static text that had been covered turned to mush
(inverse ???s and other garbage text).

I finally realized that the alert windows were invalidating their own
rects, and the area under them was being re-drawn, but there was no way to
tell what should go into the text boxes, and thus the garbage text.

What I did that _seems_ to solve the problem is to add a call to each of my
functions to the end of the DrawContents routine.

Was that the right thing to do?

Related questions:

MikeW, in his toolbox courses, refers a lot to "your update routine."  Is
that in fact the "DrawContents" routine found in all his program listings?
If not, where is it/ where does it go?

Assuming that putting my calls to your function in the DrawContents routine
was the correct way to go, should I remove the other calls because they are
redundant?  Perhaps replacing them with a InvalOneCtlByID call?

Thanks for your help.

_________
  | homas

(TCOMPTER, Cat 56, Top 16, Msg 6)

>>>>>
"""""
>> What I did that _seems_ to solve the problem is to add a call to each of
my functions to the end of the DrawContents routine. <<

Calling my function permanently sets the string for the control -- you
appear to be using a string buffer that's getting erased after you make the
change.  You need to actually keep that string around; the control manager
doesn't copy the string, it uses the one you pass in.  If that memory gets
reused, the string is gone and garbage will appear from then on.

>> MikeW, in his toolbox courses, refers a lot to "your update routine."
Is that in fact the "DrawContents" routine found in all his program
listings? <<

Yes.

>> Assuming that putting my calls to your function in the DrawContents
routine was the correct way to go, should I remove the other calls because
they are redundant?  Perhaps replacing them with a InvalOneCtlByID call? <<

Actually, you should only call my function ONCE, each time you need to
change the text that should appear in the static text control.  But you
have to keep the string around in memory so the Control Manager can redraw
it when necessary.  Then you don't need to do anything in your DrawContents
routine other than call DrawControls; this will redraw everything just
right.

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

(SYNDICOMM, Cat 56, Top 16, Msg 7)
[EOA]


[BCM]
BARGAINS ON CD-R MEDIA?
"""""""""""""""""""""""
What's a cheap source for CD-R media?  I'm not in desperate need of more,
but have some possibility of needing a lot of discs this summer, so I want
to prepare. :)

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

(SYNDICOMM, Cat 59, Top 9, Msg 1)

>>>>>
"""""
Apparently, this week, Staples is offering CD-Rs manufactured by Taiyo
Yudon for $14.95 for a spindle of 50, and that comes with a $5 rebate.
The actual brand name is Fuji, and these are the 80 minute variety.

I'm stocking up.

 Joe Kohn
 Delivered by Spectrum v2.5.2 & SOAR v1.0b3

 http://users.foxvalley.net/~joko

(JOKO, Cat 59, Top 9, Msg 2)

>>>>>
"""""
Sheppy,

I've been posting some good CD-R deals in Cat 2.  Also, yesterday
Dealmac.com had on their web page that Circuit City was selling some
generic CD-R spindles for $15, with a $15 mail-in rebate.

-Ken

(KGAGNE, Cat 59, Top 9, Msg 3)
[EOA]


[ESW]
EXTRA SPACE ON A CD WASTEFUL?
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
OK -- here's a trickier question.  Not entirely Apple II related, but
kinda.

You have a small Macintosh product that would easily fit on even a
single-sided 3.5" double-density floppy disk.  But nowadays, Macs aren't
built with floppy drives.

How do I convince myself that I'm not a wasteful jerk when I have to burn
this little thing onto CD for distribution? :)

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

(SYNDICOMM, Cat 59, Top 9, Msg 5)

>>>>>
"""""
If it's a Macintosh product, just provide it via download. If you truly
want to 'record' it to media, justify the left over "space" by realizing
that CD-ROMs are really inexpensive right now. Or, you could just include
other shareware/freeware on the CD too, and/or trial versions of your other
software.

 LumiTech

 Cruising the 'railway' provided by:
 Spectrum v2.5.2 and SOAR! v1.0b5

(LUMITECH, Cat 59, Top 9, Msg 6)

>>>>>
"""""
Sheppy,

Include some multimedia freebies on the CD-ROM.  I have an extensive
collection of free .MOVs (movie trailers, spoofs, TROOPS, etc.) and .MP3s
that I regularly archive to CD-ROM format.  Finding such filler would be
perfect for your project. :)

-Ken

(KGAGNE, Cat 59, Top 9, Msg 8)

>>>>>
"""""
Include the whole manual in .pdf, .rtf, .html, .doc, and plain text formats
on the CD :)

Seriously, I'm not sure where the idea of waste would be, except in unused
CD space.  CDRs now are cheaper per piece (and infinitely cheaper per meg)
than floppies, so. . .

Ryan
Chief Sysop Pro Tem, Palm OS, Page 590

(A2.RYAN, Cat 59, Top 9, Msg 10)
[EOA]


[BCA]
BURNING CD-ROMs FOR USE WITH Apple II
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
Wow... a topic just for this. :)

I'm going to be burning some Apple II software to CD-ROM for sale and
distribution.  This will be done on a G3 Macintosh running OS 8.1 with
Toast  v4.1.3, which creates HFS (not HFS+) volumes.  Is there anything I
need to be aware of when making CD-ROMs to be used on an Apple II?

Anything I need to watch for to preserve Apple II filetypes, ensure Mac
resource forks don't get put on there, etc.?

Thanks,

-Ken

(KGAGNE, Cat 59, Top 10, Msg 1)

>>>>>
"""""
Nope.  Burn and go :)

Ryan
Chief Sysop Pro Tem, Palm OS, Page 590

(A2.RYAN, Cat 59, Top 10, Msg 2)

>>>>>
"""""
Be careful that all the filenames conform to ProDOS standards. It is easy
to slip in an HFS compatible name, and think because the IIgs will see it
happily from the Finder, that all is well.

Then when they try to drag the folder or file off, the user has to rename
them all...

 Ewen Wannop - Speccie - Sat 26 May 2001 - 60 days till KFest '01
 Delivered without using a IIgs by Spectrum v2.5.2 & SOAR 1.0b3
 Setup: Bernie ][ the Rescue 3.0 and a Blue & White G3/350
 http://www.ewannop.btinternet.co.uk/

(CONDUCTOR, Cat 59, Top 10, Msg 3)
[EOA]


[TCC]
THE CoPilot CHALLENGE - TIME RUNNING OUT
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
I should mention that anyone working on the CoPilot challenge has only a
few weeks left to get their rebate on KFest from Syndicomm. :)

I should also mention that serious OLR authors should contact me about
getting access to our private OLR testing and discussion forum.

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

(SYNDICOMM, Cat 50, Top 10, Msg 21)
[EOA]


[ATK]
ACCELERATOR TALK
""""""""""""""""
I'll open up the topic and the category with a question.

Now here me out here before anyone goes crazy.

With the speed that we can currently emulate the 65816 on a x386 or PowerPC
isn't is conceivable that we could make an interface device for the gs cpu
port which could use a x386, ppc, or even another processor to emulate the
65816.

Realistically I don't know how difficult this is as I failed out of college
long before I got into any of my electronics classes.

Some questions that need to be answered:

1) Did/does the Transwarp or Zip use anything other than power from the
   slot it sits in?

2) How best to interface to a PC.  PCI or ISA card with a cable running out
   the back would probably run into some noise issues.

3) Is this even an acceptable course of action or should we work on
   duplicating the ZipGSX or Transwarp GS instead.  (Maybe getting the
   plans from one of the two companies, assuming that they still exist.)

4) Am I the only one even remotely interested in creating a new accelerator
   for the gs  (perhaps because I keep getting overbid on ebay)

If I'm totally off base, let me know, but remember I have a fragile ego :)

Wayne

(WAYNER, Cat 61, Top 5, Msg 1)

>>>>>
"""""
>> With the speed that we can currently emulate the 65816 on a x386 or
PowerPC isn't is conceivable that we could make an interface device for the
gs cpu port which could use a x386, ppc, or even another processor to
emulate the 65816. <<

Yes, it could probably be done, but I bet the engineering involved would be
a huge pain in the neck. :)

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

(SYNDICOMM, Cat 61, Top 5, Msg 2)

>>>>>
"""""
You're not the first person to think of creating a coprocessor card that
would emulate an '816.  But so far, no one has done it (or announced it has
been done).  I'd pay a reasonable amount of money for one.

I think a few years ago, the company formerly known as Zip said it would
require around $10,000 in fixed startup costs to manufacture a new batch of
them.

(KWS, Cat 61, Top 5, Msg 3)

>>>>>
"""""
>> Am I the only one even remotely interested in creating a new accelerator
for the gs  (perhaps because I keep getting overbid on ebay) <<

I am quite happy with my 60Mhz accelerated IIgs. I think running an
emulator is a more useful and flexible way of accelerating a IIgs than
using a hardware card in the IIgs itself.

 Ewen Wannop - Speccie - Tue 12 Jun 2001 - 43 days till KFest '01
 Delivered without using a IIgs by Spectrum v2.5.2 & SOAR 1.0b3
 Setup: Bernie ][ the Rescue 3.0 and a Blue & White G3/350
 http://www.ewannop.btinternet.co.uk/

(CONDUCTOR, Cat 61, Top 5, Msg 4)

>>>>>
"""""
>> Am I the only one even remotely interested in creating a new accelerator
for the gs  (perhaps because I keep getting overbid on ebay) <<

Definitely not. I too would love to see a new accelerator. I think it would
be interesting to design a new card. My dream card would probably still
have a 65816 on it, clocked at 20MHz. Of course it would also have 8 Megs
of ram on the card, all clocked at full speed. To complete the dream card
VGA Video and SCSI. OK, so I'm dreaming, but wouldn't it be cool! (Oh,
yeah, a simm slots for Hard drive Cache ram, so your system usually runs at
ramdisk speeds, because the whole 32Meg partition(s) are Cached into ram.)
(And while we're still in these flights of fancy, the VGA card should have
a 3D accelerator on it too, so we can write 3D games like on all the new
computers :)

Coming back down to earth, if you wanted to use a different processor, the
StrongARM chip would probably be a good candidate, with it's ultra low
power consumption/heat etc.

So who could design and build such a card?

Joachim, how about it? :)

Kim Howe
Newton Forum Host

(KIMHOWE, Cat 61, Top 5, Msg 5)
[EOA]



------------------------------------
      DISTILLATIONS FROM DELPHI A2 |
------------------------------------

by Lyle Syverson <lyle@foxvalley.net>

[IWK]
IMPRESSED WITH KEGGS32
""""""""""""""""""""""
All I can say is: _WOW!!_

If your a PC user, and found yourself envious of emulators like Bernie ][
The Rescue for the Mac, you definitely should have a look at the newest
release of KEGS32 for Windows!

http://www.geocities.com/akilgard/kegs32/

It now offers the beginnings of a GUI interface, and as such, mounting
disks is simple and quick. Even better is it now offers joystick support
and a full-screen mode, not too mention improved sound (no skipping as
before) and functioning mouse support.

Though what makes it really shine is just how *well* it works--sound,
music, animation, software compatibility--it's all nearly PERFECT! I've
been a using a real Apple IIgs's for over 14 years now, and I can tell you,
this comes extremely close to the real thing! I tried out several games,
including: Xenocide, Rastan, The Immortal, Zany Golf, Alien Mind...they all
look, play and sound SO much like the originals it's almost erie!

The feeling is almost indescribable playing Rastan, Xenocide or Alien Mind
on my television set (through TV-output) using my PC gamepad.

And it even runs European demos: Things from the FTA, ACS and Ninjaforce
run virtually flawless! I wonder if Bernie and Sweet 16 come this close...
:)

Again, I'm just blown away! Finally, respectable Apple IIGS emulation has
come to the PC!

Mitchell Spector
a_specto@alcor.concordia.ca

(SPECTOR1, 3453.1, Delphi A2 web side)
[EOA]


[FAG]
FEELINGS ON THE APPLE IIgs
""""""""""""""""""""""""""
Hmm..

My personal feelings on the IIGS or any other Apple vintage computer...
I feel they are slowly dying as the days go by. I just started collecting
and using an Apple IIGS, which I bought a 8 months ago, although it is
almost fully loaded it is still missing a few items I'd like to have for
it.. Example, Accelerator card. It is very discouraging to have most
everything for it, then be stuck with needing items that are HARD to find.
Example: SuperDrive card. Not being able to find items for the IIGS will
discourage many a new comer.

You can not rely on "auction" sites either any more. eBay's listing of
Apple IIGS items have dropped drastically, having only about 45 items
listed now, with most being the system itself. I have not seen an
accelerator card in over 4 months and no SCSI card in over 3 weeks.  Then
you take your chances when you do bid on items. Games for the Apple IIGS
can go as up to at least $36.00 which is about $10.00 short on buying a
"NEW" computer game for an IBM or iMac. So the demand for some of the games
are "STRONG" and can get highly priced.

Thrift shops are another possibility, but the one we have here, does not
have much and what they had last week is gone. So I'm sure it varies for
each location.

Finding help for the Apple II line is semi easy. When I first was thinking
of getting a IIGS, I did a search on infoseek.com (now go.com) and found
Delphi. I joined and went into the chat room and met many Apple users,
(Sheppy, Kim, Loren, TonyD) Remember all those stupid first timer questions
I had? But I was talked into getting one. But now with the CHAT gone, and
sometimes unanswered questions here at Delphi, I have to wonder if many of
the "old" users are still using theirs. There are a few other places to get
the online help, but I prefer "LIVE" chats to where you can mostly get
question answered right away and I have had several within the last week,
(Thanks Mitch!).

Finding NEW hardware or software, well.. you can most likely forget that
and it's really sad, especially when some schools are just now retiring
their IIGS. We can thank KIM for his latest additions, which I thought
YAHTZEE was great! On the hardware side, I have found nothing new. Oh how
it would be great to make a SCSI and accelerator card think of the "HIGH"
demand they are in now and what you could charge (although I hope it would
be reasonable). Items like that "WERE" selling on eBay as high as $250.00.
The last SCSI (Apple high speed) only went for $112.00, so it makes me
wonder if the demand now is ending for the IIGS and it's items?

I hate to see the vintage Apple's go, especially the IIGS. I still enjoy
the gaming on it but I have totaled everything that I bought and I could
have walked out with a new iMac at least if not a PowerMac.

Enough of my long windedness.

LONG LIVE THE APPLE IIGS!

Steve

(APPLEIIGSFAN, 982.147, Delphi A2 web side)

>>>>>
"""""
>> But now with the CHAT gone, and sometimes unanswered questions here at
Delphi, I have to wonder if many of the "old" users are still using theirs.
There are a few other places to get the online help, but I prefer "LIVE"
chats to where you can mostly get question answered right away and I have
had several within the last week, (Thanks Mitch!). <<

There's still activity in the Apple II community, though most people have
moved to A2Central for live-chats and message posting. Others can be found
lurking around comp.sys.apple2 on Usenet.

IRC chat is a very real possibility, especially since Ninjaforce released
an IRC-client that works on a _real_ IIgs using Marinetti. The only catch
is no one seems to ever be around the #appleIIgs channel on EFnet.

>> On the hardware side, I have found nothing new. <<

If you want to talk new hardware, there's the LANceGS Ethernet card. Only
problem is it's lacking software support and priced quite high, at least in
my opinion. ///SHH Systemes also continues to make and sell IDE (hardisk)
and MFM (floppy) controller cards in addition to their Ethernet board.

Over in the US, Alltech Electronics continues to sell a hard drive and
memory expansion option for the Apple IIgs, new.

>> Finding NEW hardware or software, well... <<

New software IS a rarity these days, though there is a lot of interesting
old software to explore, especially if you only started using the IIgs 8
months ago as you say.

Wait and watch for KFest each year (late July), often if there's any new
software to be announced, this is when it happens. :)

Mitchell Spector
a_specto@alcor.concordia.ca

(SPECTOR1, 982.153, Delphi A2 web side)
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[KFR]
K FEST REGISTRATION INFORMATION
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KFest 2001 Registration Info... meet old A2 friends... meet new friends...
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""

Help usher in the new millennium with the Apple II!!

When: July 25-29, 2001
Where: Avila College, Kansas City, Missouri

The most important Apple II event of the year, KFest 2001, is on our
calendar again, and it's never too early to make sure it has a place on
your calendar, too.

Better yet, KFest is back with the same great prices as last year!

Check these rates, which include room and meals from Wednesday evening
(dinner) on July 25, through Sunday morning (breakfast) on July 29.
(Saturday evening dinner not included. That's KFesters' Night Out On The
Town!)

KFest 2001 Registration Form

View and print this document using 9-point Monaco or Courier font (the
default of most monospaced font applications such as ProTERM & Spectrum).

Registering for KFest 2001:
NOTE: - The information requested in the KFest Registration Form below must
        be sent even though the information is called in.
      - If a member of the family accompanies you to KFest, please send a
        separate registration form for each person.

<> Fax or email KFest Registration Form using a credit card number:
    - Complete the form below and send the KFest Registration Form;
      (EMAIL IS NOT SECURE).
<> By postal mail: Credit card, check, Purchase Order or money order:
    - Print and fill out the KFest Registration Form.
    - Send the form with the payment to:
      InTrec Software, Inc.       <kfest@intrec.com>
      Attn: KFest Registration     Voc: 602/992-1345
      3035 E Topaz Cir             Fax: 602/992-0232
      Phoenix, Az 85028-4423

Discover, Visa, Mastercard or AmEx accepted. Checks & money orders must be
payable to InTrec Software, and must be in US dollars from a US bank.

---[ The Form ]------------[ Cut Here ]----------[ Print Clearly ]---

=>___                           =>___
First Name                      Last Name

=>___
Organization (if applicable to KFest)

=>___
Shipping Address

=>___
City

=>___
State/Province Zip+4 or Postal Code

=>___                           =>___
Day Phone                       Eve Phone

=>___
Internet Mail Address

=>___                                               =>___
Credit Card Number (Mastercard-Visa-Discovery-AmEx) Expiration Date

=>___
Name on Card (please print clearly)

=>___
Authorized Signature (If printed, and mailed or faxed.)

If you feel that using a credit card number via email may not be secure,
consider mailing via postal service, fax, or call voice to give the card
number.

Checks and money orders must be on a USA bank and USA compatible funds.

Registration Cost Check Applicable
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

  1 [ ]  Early Arrival Double room ............................   25.00
  2 [ ]  Early Arrival Single room ............................   33.00

+++ Early Bird rates (Register BEFORE May 1) +++

 7 [ ]  Double Room before 5/1 ...............................  225.00
 8 [ ]  Single Room before 5/1 ...............................  275.00
 9 [ ]  Spouse or child before 5/1 ...........................  175.00
10 [ ]  Registration only (no room or meals) before 5/1 ......  175.00

+++ Regular Attendee rates (Register AFTER May 1) +++

Rates (after May 1 and at the door):
11 [ ]  Double Room after 5/1 ................................  275.00
12 [ ]  Single Room after 5/1 ................................  325.00
13 [ ]  Spouse or child after 5/1 ............................  225.00
14 [ ]  Registration only (no room or meals) after 5/1 .......  225.00

T-Shirts must be ordered in advance
15 [ ]  T-Shirt softwear Small ...............................   15.00
16 [ ]  T-Shirt softwear Medium ..............................   15.00
17 [ ]  T-Shirt softwear Large ...............................   15.00
18 [ ]  T-Shirt softwear X-Large .............................   15.00
19 [ ]  T-Shirt softwear XX-Large ............................   15.00
20 [ ]  T-Shirt softwear XXX-Large ...........................   15.00

May we send your registration confirmation via e-mail? [ ]Yes [ ]No

[ ] As a PDF (Acrobat Reader) file  (preferred)
[ ] As a TEXT file mailed to the listed address

Roommate preference: =>___

Prefer smoking/non-smoking roommate: [ ] Smoke [ ] Non-smoke

Today's Date: _=>___        /       /

1- Registration fee (see above dates & fees) ......... =>__

2- Registration fee for spouse if applicable ......... =>__

3- T-Shirts Quantity [ ] @ $15.00 ea) ................ =>__

4- Sub-total of lines 1-3: ........................... =>__

5- Arizona residents only add 7.5% tax: .............. =>__

6- Total cost (total of lines 4-5): .................. =>__

For attendees planning to arrive at the normal time on Wednesday, check-in
will be from 1-4 pm. Check-out will be from 11 am-1 pm on Sunday.

Current plans call for formal KFest 2001 sessions to begin with dinner in
the Avila cafeteria on Wednesday evening (time to be announced), followed
by the traditional opening event, the Keynote Address. We've got some great
plans again for that opening night activity. Stay tuned!!

Computer sessions will be conducted on Thursday and Friday. Software and
hardware demos are scheduled for Saturday morning, with a vendor fair
slated for Saturday afternoon.

Reminder: Meals included in the registration price are Wednesday dinner
          through Sunday breakfast, with the exception of Saturday dinner.

On Saturday night, attendees can dine on their own at one of the many fine
restaurants near the Avila campus, or join groups of KFesters at a local
favorite selected by the Roastee.

All children under 18 years must be accompanied by a parent or legal
guardian.

***

KFest 2001 is again being sponsored by InTrec Software, Inc., makers of
ProTERM telecommunications software for the Apple II and Macintosh.

If you have questions about KFest, or wish to make suggestions, you can
find answers via the Internet. Just send an email message to:

kfest-help@kfest.org

... or visit the KFest World Wide Web page: <http://www.kfest.org>

If you're thinking about attending KFest, you'll enjoy the KFest Internet
e-mail chat:

To subscribe to the KFest Information Mailing List, send email to:
<mailto: majordomo@kfest.org>.
Place the following text in the BODY of the message:
     subscribe kfest

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

Sponsored by:
InTrec Software, Inc.
3035 E Topaz Circle
Phoenix, AZ 85028-4423
Voc:602/992-1345
Fax:602/992-0232
<kfest@intrec.com>

(KFESTSTEVE, Cat 5, Top 3, Msg 77)
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[GRK]
GETTING READY FOR K-Fest
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Just a tad over a month to go.  Everyone ready? :)

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

(SYNDICOMM, Cat 5, Top 3, Msg 88)

>>>>>
"""""
Yes...

My signature line shows I have been counting for a long time now!

 Ewen Wannop - Speccie - Tue 12 Jun 2001 - 43 days till KFest '01
 Delivered without using a IIgs by Spectrum v2.5.2 & SOAR 1.0b3
 Setup: Bernie ][ the Rescue 3.0 and a Blue & White G3/350
 http://www.ewannop.btinternet.co.uk/

(CONDUCTOR, Cat 5, Top 3, Msg 89)

>>>>>
"""""
> Everyone ready? <

Not even close :)

Ryan
Chief Sysop Pro Tem, Palm OS, Page 590

(A2.RYAN, Cat 5, Top 3, Msg 90)

>>>>>
"""""
> Not even close <

Me neither -- I have a bunch of things I need to finish getting ready.

I did receive my honest-to-goodness real copy of Sorenson Broadcaster
yesterday, so soon I'll be starting to do my preparation work for the
webcasts, including some trial runs from home.

I'd like to find someone here that has a high-end network connection that
we could set up the QuickTIme Streaming Server reflector on, so that we
don't nuke the hell out of Avila's network this year.  T1 or the equivalent
DSL or cable connection would be preferable.  There are versions of the
QTSS software for Mac OS X, OS X Server, Linux, and I think Solaris.

It'd be even cooler if we could find two or three servers to run it on; we
could get a better image and support more connections without the dropouts
we had last year, but I'm not holding my breath. :)

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

(SYNDICOMM, Cat 5, Top 3, Msg 91)

>>>>>
"""""
> Everyone ready? <

I'm nowhere close to ready, but I'm sure looking forward to it. I really
need to get out of these here parts real soon. Terre Haute, Indiana, has
been a bit crazy the past few weeks. :-)

KFest 2001 can't come soon enough!

Max

(JUICEDGS, Cat 5, Top 3, Msg 92)
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