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

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


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 The Lamp!            An Onipa'a Software Production        Vol. 8, No. 7
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 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
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                            TABLE OF CONTENTS
                            ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
                              July 15, 2005

HIGH ABOVE THE ROCK RIVER---------------------------------------------[OPN]
     The Spam Museum
     KansasFest 2005

A2 FORUM AT Syndicomm Online (A2Central.com) DISTILLATIONS------------[DAS]
     New Uploads in the A2 Library------------------------------------[NUL]
     Triumph of the Nerds---------------------------------------------[TON]
     Anyone Tried Contiki?--------------------------------------------[ATC]
     The Cerberus Computer--------------------------------------------[TCC]
     Comments on the PNG Screenshot Converter for the IIgs------------[PNG]
     New Archive For Time Tool----------------------------------------[NTT]
     Bug Found in ORCA/C----------------------------------------------[BFO]
     Patch to Support GSBUG Inline Names------------------------------[PGB]
     Syndicomm Renews License for Softdisk Products-------------------[SRL]
     Convert Physical Disk to Disk Image------------------------------[CPD]
     Reading From AUX Memory------------------------------------------[RAM]
     Comment on Contiki-----------------------------------------------[COC]
     Help With Programing in C----------------------------------------[PIC]
     Help With REZ----------------------------------------------------[HWR]
     Displaying XML Data on the IIgs----------------------------------[DXG]
     OpenSSL on the 816-----------------------------------------------[SSL]
     Help With List Manager-------------------------------------------[HLM]
     Programming - Picture Control------------------------------------[PPC]

ILLUMINATING THE LAMP-------------------------------------------------[ITL]
     An overview of GEnieLamp A2 and The Lamp!
          To be Continued

ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM SYNDICOMM------------------------------------------[ANS]
     To Sign up for Syndicomm Online----------------------------------[TSU]
     July 2005 Issue of Syndicommotion Ready--------------------------[JSR]

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

KFEST 2005------------------------------------------------------------[KF5]
     KansasFest Information-------------------------------------------[KFI]
     Other Activities During KFest------------------------------------[OAD]
     Conflict With KFest Time-----------------------------------------[CKT]
     What to Expect When Arriving at Rockhurst - I--------------------[WTE]
     Wireless Internet at Rockhurst-----------------------------------[WIR]
     What to Expect When Arriving at Rockhurst - II-------------------[EII]
     Celebrity Roast--------------------------------------------------[RST]
     KFest Sessions - The List - Update 2-----------------------------[KFS]
     Adding Photos to KFest Photo Gallery-----------------------------[APG]
     Comment on KansasFest 2004 DVD-----------------------------------[CKD]

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


                                [*] [*] [*]

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

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

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



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

                              The Spam Museum
                              ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Austin, Minnesota, Located along I90 in the southern part of the state, is
known as "Spam Town USA".  Hormel, producer of Spam, has its corporate
headquarters in Austin.  And... Austin is also where The Spam Museum is
located.

The Spam Museum is located at 1937 Spam Boulevard.  (Spam was first
produced in 1937.)  Web site: www.spam.com...  Phone: 800-LUV-SPAM...

The name Spam stands for Spiced Ham.

Spam played a big roll in feeding the troops in WWII.

The Wall of Spam contains 3500 cans... enough to feed you almost 10 years
at one can per day.

Push a button at the Monty Python exhibit for some fun.

Listen to some dandy jingles from old radio ads.

Take the Spam Quiz to see how much you know about the product.

Take a look at the giant 3D map to see the many countries where Spam is
distributed.

We will save the rest of the exhibits for you to see when you have an
opportunity to visit for yourself.  It is a fun place.

Not everyone will be able to visit this museum... if you find yourself
traveling in southern Minnesota, be sure to stop for a visit... I highly
recommend it.

                              KansasFest 2005
                              ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Not everyone will be able to go to KFest this year... be sure to go if you
can... I highly recommend it.

See the KFest section of this issue for more information.

[EOA]



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



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

by Lyle Syverson <lyle@foxvalley.net>

[NUL]
NEW UPLOADS IN THE A2 LIBRARY
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
There is a new upload in the emulation directory:

(NOTE: This is a new directory where we will store Apple II related
emulation files.  Read 'About_These_Files' in the directory for more
details.)

File: KEGSethernetPatch.tar
Size: 52224
Date: Jun 2

This tar file contains the changes needed for KEGS 0.86 to support ethernet
emulation.

Contents:
ethernet.c
kegs-diffs
README.ethernet

ethernet.c is the ethernet emulation code and should be placed in the src
subdirectory.

kegs-diffs contains the diffs for the KEGS 0.86 moremem.c, protos.h, and
sim65816.c.  It should be obvious what changes are needed for later
versions of KEGS.

README.ethernet contains important information about the ethernet
emulation, including compiling notes.  This file is best placed with the
other README.* files in the KEGS root directory.

Uploaded by the author, Geoff Weiss.

Tony Ward, A2 Librarian

(A2.TONY, Cat 2, Top 37, Msg 53)

>>>>>
"""""
There is a new upload in the
system_software/misc_16-bit/desk_accessories/cda directory:

File: pngfloyd.bxy
Size: 8448
Date: Jun 3

PNG Floyd CDA takes a snapshot of your SHR screen and saves it to disk ...
in PNG (portable Net Graphics) format.

Uploaded by the author, Kelvin Sherlock.

Tony Ward, A2 Librarian

(A2.TONY, Cat 2, Top 37, Msg 54)

>>>>>
"""""
There is a new upload in the system_software/misc_16-bit/tools directory:

File: tool56v104.bxy
Size: 109696
Date: Jun 13

This is a new archive of the Time Tool.  This archive now includes a copy
of the C header file.  Nothing else was changed so the version number
remains the same.

Uploaded by the author, Geoff Weiss.

Tony Ward, A2 Librarian

(A2.TONY, Cat 2, Top 37, Msg 55)

>>>>>
"""""
There is a new upload in the games/adventure/prodos8 directory:

File: scupdv83.bxy
Size: 352768
Date: Jun 15

Silvern Castle v8.3

Major changes:

o Silence spell now has additional effect:  Stops monsters from calling for
help!

o Higher chance for random encounters to be "organized" (i.e. rats normally
don't wander around with snakes, etc.)

o If the real-time combat status update preference is on, it now also
updates the monster count status box.

o New feature:  Proving Grounds!  Somewhat similar to a character editor,
this feature allows you to modify skill points using a point buy/sell
system.

Uploaded courtesy of the author, Jeff Fink.

Tony Ward, A2 Librarian

(A2.TONY, Cat 2, Top 37, Msg 56)
[EOA]


[TON]
Triumph of the Nerds
""""""""""""""""""""
Has anyone seen the PBS documentary "Triumph of the Nerds"?  Cast list at
<http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115398/>, where it has a 9/10 fan rating, and
sold at <http://www.shoppbs.org/product/index.jsp?productId=1978852> where
it is described as follows:

"It happened more or less by accident; the people who made it happen were
amateurs; and for the most part they still are. From his own Silicon Valley
garage, author Bob Cringely puts PC bigshots and nerds on the spot, and
tells their incredible true stories. Like the industry itself, the series
is informative, funny and brash."

(KGAGNE, Cat 4, Top 3, Msg 14)

>>>>>
"""""
Has anyone (here) NOT seen it?  :)

That was originally a 4 hour special (miniseries?) split over 2 nights if I
recall correctly.  It was interesting -- if a little dated now.  I believe
it was done while Steve Jobs was still with NeXt.   (Probably worth another
watch now, as I think about it.)
_________
  | homas

(TCOMPTER, Cat 4, Top 3, Msg 15)

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

>> Has anyone (here) NOT seen it?  :) <<

Uh, me? :)  Hence the question.  I've seen "Pirates of Silicon Valley"
(courtesy KFest 2003) but not this one.  I was considering it for a future
edition of "Reel ][ Reel" in Juiced.GS...  The local library has a
four-tape VHS edition; the DVD is $50 from PBS.

-Ken

(KGAGNE, Cat 4, Top 3, Msg 16)

>>>>>
"""""
Sorry, didn't mean to be snide. :)

>> The local library has a four-tape VHS edition; <<

4-tape?  I thought I got it all onto 1 6 hour tape, but maybe there were
parts I missed, or maybe there were extra parts made for the for-sale
version.

In either case it's worth checking out of the library to watch, for sure.
Especially for people like us.  :)
_________
  | homas

(TCOMPTER, Cat 4, Top 3, Msg 17)

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

I double-checked the library listing at <http://tinyurl.com/drde9> and the
documentary was fit onto three 55-minute VHS tapes.

I'll have to check it out when I get back from KFest.  Thanks for the
recommendation!

-Ken

(KGAGNE, Cat 4, Top 3, Msg 18)
[EOA]


[ATC]
ANYONE TRIED CONTIKI?
"""""""""""""""""""""
Has anyone had a chance to try the new Contiki yet?

Ryan

(A2.RYAN, Cat 11, Top 38, Msg 1)

>>>>>
"""""
I downloaded it but haven't had time to try it out.  It sounds really neat
though.

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

(SYNDICOMM, Cat 11, Top 38, Msg 2)

>>>>>
"""""
I'd like to hear what sort of speeds coktiki's tcp gets with a LanceGS (and
that new uther net card).

kelvin

(KWS, Cat 11, Top 38, Msg 3)

>>>>>
"""""
Can't help with the latter for awhile, but can with the former, once I can
spare some time (when is that?).

Ryan
Chief Sysop and Head Geek

(A2.RYAN, Cat 11, Top 38, Msg 4)
[EOA]


[TCC]
The Cerberus Computer
"""""""""""""""""""""
Here's an addendum to the original article at the top of this thread, which
may also be seen (with corrections) at
http://www.hedgersoftware.com/appleii_future.rtf.

The last year has seen a tumultuous shift in my personal life: new job, new
part of the country, new baby boy.  These are reasons for my long silence
on a2central.com.  Everybody wants something, but as I get older I am
realizing the need to take the bull by the horns and take charge of my own
life.  It's time to make something happen.

I am posting this set of proposed specs here because the Apple II has
inspired the machine in question.  This provides an opportunity for us all
to describe what we would like to see in a new home computer suitable for
casual use and for children.  Jeri Ellsworth has provided enormous
contemporary inspiration as well, with her C-One project and its follow-up,
the Commodore Direct-To-TV.  This is not a new Apple II (i.e. no Apple
ROMs).  This is not a competitor to the PC or Mac.  What it is is a new
home computer.

You can offer your suggestions.  What do you or don't you like about
present day solutions?  You can also laugh at me - I don't mind.  This
dream has been with me for 13 years, and it's time to move it forward.
Somehow, someday, it will become a reality, and nothing will stop me from
pressing forward (the real specs do differ somewhat from what is shown
here).

The vision is largely laid out in the appleii_future.rtf document.

-----------------------------------------------
Proposed Specifications for Cerberus
21 June 2005
Cerberus, in Greek mythology, is a three-headed dog that guards the gates
of Hades. The computer system, whose working name shall be Cerberus, is
built around the philosophy of the open, distributed system: many low-cost,
low power, small-footprint computing units (CUbs) can achieve respectable
performance and at the same time give developers complete control of each
unit.  This includes its RAM and DMA. All access to user input, disk,
video, audio, FireWire, USB, and LAN I/O is managed by a central traffic
cop controller, responsible for dividing up system resources and allocated
and de-allocating them for the appropriate CU.

Cerberus fills a longstanding void in the home market and will return to
the user the experience of simple, elegant, brass tacks operation that
gives him or her the proper sense of complete control over the system,
whether as a casual user or programmer.

Target Market
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Web-connected home users dissatisfied with current solutions.

- Children, for home, educational, and entertainment use.

- Low-power applications.

- Hobbyists.

Primary Objectives of Cerberus
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Open architecture b complete access to the hardware from within each CU
facilitates and encourages learning by immersive experience.

- Programmability. A built-in high-level programming language along with
the ability to look at and program the machine directly at the machine-code
level.

- Ability to run popular web-enabled applications, including browsers and
e-mail clients.

- Respectable performance, capable of playing MPEG-4 video and performing
3-D operations in games.

- Very short load times.

- Low power consumption.

- Loose coupling between CUbs.

- Enough processing power in each CU to run a simple multitasking OS, such
a simple Linux variant.

- Compatibility with another platform, which will supply an existing
software base.

- Ability to use low-cost, existing PC peripheral devices, such as hard
drives, CD-ROMbs, input devices, and SVGA displays.

Secondary Objective of Cerberus
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- A simple yet effective mechanism for licensing software at the hardware
level. This may or may not involve Internet connectivity.

What Cerberus is not
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- A direct competitor to the PC or Macintosh". Cerberus is not intended to
compete head-to-head with machines designed around conventional
methodologies (single, fast, power-inefficient CPU running on a monolithic
operation), or to run software designed for such systems.

- A secure business solution. Security in the context of Cerberus is
confined to the web-enabled software which requires it. Security, in fact,
conflicts with the open system objective.

Proposed Specifications
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
_Computing Units_

- Western Design Center 65C816 clocked at 14-20Mhz (TBD).

- Well-established, widely documented and proven architecture.

- Thousands of existing programs available.

- Easy to program.

- Powerful addressing modes, suitable for modern software.

- Low power... no fan required.

- Low cost.

- SIMM slot capable of holding up to 1GB of RAM.

- Macro-bank selector b memory is divided into 16MB chunks, with small
areas reserved for hardware soft switches.

- Fast twos complement 32x32 multiply/divide unit w/MAC, FPGA
implementation. This facilitates the horsepower demands of modern
applications.

- Ability to optionally shadow up to 4MB video RAM in main memory.

- Ability to shadow shared RAM.

- Legacy mode maps well-known existing memory configuration to Bank 0000,
with clean-room engineered emulation ROMs.

- Optional Floating Point Unit (FPU).

_Motherboard_

- Four (4) CUbs stock, expandable to eight.

- On-board video enforces a single standard within Cerberus.

- 128MB video DRAM.

- High-performance, high-quality SVGA.

- Decoupling from CUbs by central traffic management logic device enables
each CU to write directly to its own optionally shadowed Video RAM without
worrying about timing issues.

- Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) (Vendor yet to be determined).

- Capable of direct-port writes, or overlay.

- High-speed 32-bit DMA@70-100Mhz

- DMA will have multiple counters, to enable iterative swaths of copying,
such as a rectangular area of the screen, or irregular shapes, in a single
operation.

- Indirect mode, for copying from the address-of or address-to.

- Both target and source may be selected

- Another CUbs RAM

- Video RAM

- Audio RAM

- Disk Cache.

- Pipeline-able b queuing for multiple requests from multiple CUbs.

- 1 MB shared RAM.

- On-board digital oscillator chip (DOC), 64-128 polyphonic voices
allocate-able by CU.

- 16MB audio DRAM.

- 65C816 to manage sound RAM, play music, and manage DOC.

- On-board LAN connector.

- PCI expansion slots.

(GPH_II, Cat 17, Top 34, Msg 9)

>>>>>
"""""
Greg,

I haven't read the RTF yet (I have a few days off trying to recover from a
10 day work stretch, so I'll try to read it), but good luck.  I'm not
really a hardware guy, more like a fraudulent one, so I'm not sure what
kind of help I could offer.

Ryan
Chief Sysop and Head Geek

(A2.RYAN, Cat 17, Top 34, Msg 10)

>>>>>
"""""
Ryan,

Thanks for taking the time to read.  Your input is quite valuable
regardless of background.  Just think of what you would like in a home
computer (aside from just numbers).

Take care of yourself first, though, and get yourself rested.  Sounds like
you've been under some brutal pressure.

Greg

(GPH_II, Cat 17, Top 34, Msg 12)

>>>>>
"""""
> b" Web-connected home users dissatisfied with current solutions.

> b" Western Design Center 65C816 clocked at 14-20Mhz (TBD).

These two items are mutually exclusive.  Modern day internet users want
instantaneous results.  Pushing large amounts of GUI and handling of AJAX
applications require processors in the multiple of Ghz.  Users are
fickle--they want the information immediately.  Just because you don't mind
a Web page loads in 10 minutes doesn't mean that everybody else does.

If you really want 65816 compatibility, emulate it like what the PowerPC
Mac did for the 68k apps or MacTel's Rosetta.

The OS would probably be best based on one of the open-source UNIX's for
maximum portability of software (you want a large selection of software
ready when the hardware is available).

It doesn't really matter what the exact hardware specs are (i.e. speed of
memory), the retail price tag has to be $100-$200 for it to meet your
target audience.

Geoff

(GEOFF, Cat 17, Top 34, Msg 13)

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

Thanks for your input and interest.  I am very well aware of the technical
hurdles and am taking a radically different approach to the problem than
perhaps what you've been taught.  Ultimately the goal would be an ASIC
unit.  The possibilities are virtually endless.

(GPH_II, Cat 17, Top 34, Msg 14)

>>>>>
"""""
BTW it is ironic you mention a web-page loading in 10 minutes, because I
think Cerberus will actually be faster - a lot faster, within network
bottlenecks.  See, there's more to it than CPU speed.  There are numerous
bottlenecks in a system, whether a single one or a large distributed system
spanning many regions.

The Linux idea has been considered and is a good one.  What I don't want,
though, is just another IBM/Intel/Microsoft "me too" solution.  I'll admit
it:

I hate those three with a passion.  I feel forced to use those machines,
and have broken more than my share of cheap keyboards :-)

(GPH_II, Cat 17, Top 34, Msg 15)
[EOA]


[PNG]
Comments on the PNG Screenshot Converter for the IIgs
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
From the Dark Side of the Moon, the Piper at the Gates of Dawn was Obscured
by Clouds.  The Animals by The Wall saw the Final Cut of PNG Floyd on the
IIgs.  These computers are not just Relics.  After A Momentary Lapse of
Reason, it is refreshing to see More support for PNG.  For those who don't
Meddle with a IIgs, the only comment can be: we Wish You Were Here.

Good job, Kelvin for a putting IIgs screen dumps into a useful format which
can be easily viewed by just about every other computer.

Geoff

(GEOFF, Cat 20, Top 11, Msg 20)

>>>>>
"""""
Nice to see a PNG screenshot converter.

Thanks Kelvin.

(A2.DAIN, Cat 20, Top 11, Msg 21)

>>>>>
"""""
We Don't Need No Education to use the thing, either...

Ryan
Chief Sysop and Head Geek

(A2.RYAN, Cat 20, Top 11, Msg 22)

>>>>>
"""""
Thanks for the comments.  If anyone cares, the source (c + asm) is here:

http://syndicomm.com/~kws/iigs/src/pngfloyd/

Kelvin

(KWS, Cat 20, Top 11, Msg 23)
[EOA]


[NTT]
NEW ARCHIVE FOR Time Tool
"""""""""""""""""""""""""
I have uploaded a new archive of the Time Tool.  The only change is the
inclusion of the C headers for Orca/C development.  A big thanks goes to
Kelvin Sherlock for  providing it.  The version number remains the same:
1.0.4.  Only those who wish to use this tool in a C program will have an
immediate need for it.

Geoff

(GEOFF, Cat 20, Top 13, Msg 96)
[EOA]


[BFO]
BUG FOUND IN ORCA/C
"""""""""""""""""""
I found a bug in orca/c... symbol.pas, function ResolveForwardReference.

the lPtr pointer is not always initialized, so it can cause invalid memory
accesses.

@@ -1498,6 +1498,7 @@
 begin {ResolveForwardReference}
 iPtr^.isForwardDeclared := false;   {we will succeed or flag an error...}
 tPtr := iPtr^.itype;                   {skip to the struct/union type}
+lPtr := tPtr;                                  {initialize it here -- kws}
 while tPtr^.kind in [pointerType,arrayType,functionType,definedType] do
begin
    lPtr := tPtr;
    tPtr := tPtr^.pType;

The problem is fairly innocuous, but kegs notices it.

Kelvin

(KWS, Cat 22, Top 5, Msg 21)

>>>>>
"""""
You should add that to your patches site... I plan to refer to that when I
finally have time to put together a semi-official update to the ORCA
products.  :D

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

(SYNDICOMM, Cat 22, Top 5, Msg 22)

>>>>>
"""""
I've added it - http://www.syndicomm.com/~kws/cc/

There's also a new patch for multibyte character constants (the MPW version
had them, but the native version didn't).

Kelvin

(KWS, Cat 22, Top 5, Msg 23)
[EOA]


[PGB]
PATCH TO SUPPORT GSBUG INLINE NAMES
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
I have a patch to support gsbug inline names (99% similar to the orca/c
patch to do the same thing)

http://www.syndicomm.com/~kws/pascal/

{$debug $8000} enables it.

Kelvin

(KWS, Cat 22, Top 6, Msg 22)
[EOA]


[SRL]
SYNDICOMM RENEWS LICENSE FOR Softdisk Products
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
As of today, Syndicomm has renewed its license for the Softdisk, Softdisk
G-S, and UpTime products whose license was due to expire on July 1.  It
took a while to make all the arrangements to get the license renewed, and
for a while I wasn't sure we'd work things out, but it's done, and our new
license expires in June of 2008.

Whew!

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

(SYNDICOMM, Cat 24, Top 1, Msg 66)
[EOA]


[CPD]
CONVERT PHYSICAL DISK TO DISK IMAGE
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
What is the best way to convert a physical disk (floppy or compact) into a
disk image usable by, say, Bernie?  I am running OS X.

(KGAGNE, Cat 29, Top 3, Msg 13)

>>>>>
"""""
If you have a IIG use shrinkit and xfer the file to ciderpress then use
ciderpress to make the shrunkit file a disk image.

(TECHNERD, Cat 29, Top 3, Msg 14)

>>>>>
"""""
There is not really all that great a way for a floppy disk.  OS X doesn't
generally support floppy drives (there is a driver, I have never used it, I
don't ever intend to :)

Compact discs can be converted by making the disc into an image with Disc
Utility.

Ryan
Chief Sysop and Head Geek

(A2.RYAN, Cat 29, Top 3, Msg 15)

>>>>>
"""""
I use GSHK to create a file archive on the GS.  Move the SHK file to the
Mac/PC/Workstation.  Use to_pro (comes with KEGS) to make a disk image that
contains that SHK file.  Start up the IIgs emulator, mount the newly
created disk image, run GSHK on the emulator to unshrink the files.  If you
need a blank disk image, just copy an existing one with a new filename (at
the host file system level), mount the new name, and format it.

These steps will work with any operating system--it is not Mac specific.

Geoff

(GEOFF, Cat 29, Top 3, Msg 16)

>>>>>
"""""
Something I used to do on BeOS that should work on other operating systems
with a Posix-style underpinning:

Create a read/write DiskCopy 6 image using your favorite disk image
utility.  These are simply raw disk images.

You can then use the "mount" command at a Unix prompt to mount that disk
image onto your computer.  Then you can use your normal means to copy files
on and off the image.  Likewise, your Apple IIgs emulator can copy files on
and off it (although be sure to unmount it from one before mounting it on
the other!).

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

(SYNDICOMM, Cat 29, Top 3, Msg 17)
[EOA]


[RAM]
READING FROM AUX MEMORY
"""""""""""""""""""""""
Are there an tricks to reading from aux memory?  Simply using LDA to read
does not seem to work and the only references I find imply it's not that
simple.  Is there an documentation out there?

Thanks

(MARGARET, Cat 51, Top 3, Msg 13)

>>>>>
"""""
What you have to do is twiddle some softswitches to tell the computer that
you want to access auxiliary memory instead of main memory.

These softswitches are documented in the Apple IIgs Firmware Reference and
in the Apple IIc Technical Reference, among other books.

To enable reading from auxiliary memory, write to $C003.  To return to
reading from main memory, write to $C002.  For example:

LDA $300        ; Reads from main memory
STA $C003
LDA $300        ; Reads from auxiliary memory
STA $C002
LDA $300        ; Reads from main memory

If you need to write into auxiliary memory, store a byte at $C005.  Store a
byte at $C004 to switch back to writing into main memory.

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

(SYNDICOMM, Cat 51, Top 3, Msg 14)

>>>>>
"""""
A much easier solution is to use the firmware AUXMOVE routine.  It does
require you to have an Apple 80-column card, or an Apple IIgs because it
lives at $C311.

You just set some zero-page pointers for the start and ending address, plus
destination address and set or clear the carry to transfer from main to aux
or vice-versa.

Can anyone point out the specifics or where this is documented?

(FINKSTERJ, Cat 51, Top 3, Msg 15)
[EOA]


[COC]
COMMENT ON Contiki
""""""""""""""""""
I had run Contiki on my IIgs about three months ago.  Looking at the source
for the present incarnation (the source can be found at
http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/contiki/ ), it appears that the
changes needed for the LAN91c96 low level access (at least for my network
since my IIgs is front-side accessible on my broadband connection) never
got integrated back in.

I haven't tried out the publicly released incarnation.  The list of items
that have since been added is very impressive.

Geoff

(GEOFF, Cat 51, Top 63, Msg 3)
[EOA]


[PIC]
HELP WITH PROGRAMMING IN C
""""""""""""""""""""""""""
Okay, I'm really new to C (so don't hurt me) but I must be missing
something very obvious here.

I'm trying something simple here--if I get either a TCPIPStatus not
available or a ToolErr to set the variable ipBuffer to a p-string of
"TCP/IP error", yet when I try to display ipBuffer, I get an empty string.

Relevant code looks like:

        if (!TCPIPStatus() || _toolErr)
        {
           char *ipBuffer = "\pTCP/IP error";
        }

Tell me what it is so I can whack my head on something. :)

Ryan
Chief Sysop and Head Geek

(A2.RYAN, Cat 52, Top 13, Msg 4)

>>>>>
"""""
>if (!TCPIPStatus() || _toolErr)
>{
>   char *ipBuffer = "\pTCP/IP error";
>        }

It doesn't look like there's anything obviously wrong. But it depends on
what you're trying to do.

Where (and how) are you trying to display ipBuffer? If you do it after the
closing brace then the variable will have been deleted as it was only
created when the code block was entered.

Assuming ipBuffer has been defined somewhere else (as a global or at the
start of the function), just delete the "char *" from the ipBuffer
assignment in your example.

If you were trying to use it inside the code block, there's some other
problem and we'll need to see more code.  :-/

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

(PETERW, Cat 52, Top 13, Msg 5)

>>>>>
"""""
Hi Peter,

Thanks.

Yes, I am trying to display it outside the closing brace, so that explains
that.  However, when I just do a

ipBuffer = "\pTCP/IP error";

I'm getting an l-value error (which I haven't seen before, probably because
I haven't done C before :)  I am guessing that this has something to do
with the way the variable is set up, but that's a guess.  Any suggestions?

Ryan
Chief Sysop and Head Geek

(A2.RYAN, Cat 52, Top 13, Msg 6)

>>>>>
"""""
Ryan,

Like Peter said, C allows you to declare variables at the start of any
block {}.  However, those variables are only accessible within that block.
You should be declaring ipBuffer at the start of the function.

eg:

void myfunction(void)
{
char *ipBuffer;
...
  if (!TCPIPStatus() || _toolErr)
  {
    ipBuffer = "\pTCP/IP error";
  }
...
}

as for your l-value error, that means the left side of the equation can't
be assigned a value, eg 5 = 10;

Kelvin.

(KWS, Cat 52, Top 13, Msg 7)

>>>>>
"""""
You need to see where and how ipBuffer is defined earlier in the program.
If it is defined as a macro (for example, #define ipBuffer "stuff"), you'll
have trouble assigning it a value!

I'm struggling to think of other reasons why that assignment would give you
an l-value error.

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

(PETERW, Cat 52, Top 13, Msg 8)

>>>>>
"""""
Thanks, guys.  I have it working now, but it's clear that C is really not
along the lines of what I'm used to.

I'm not sure I'm going to use it very much, but I will.  And I'll need
help.   :)

Ryan
Chief Sysop and Head Geek

(A2.RYAN, Cat 52, Top 13, Msg 9)

>>>>>
"""""
Hopefully we can be of some help. I've only used Pascal for one project
since finished college. On the other hand I use C most days. (Although my
Orca C specifics might be a bit rusty...)

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

(PETERW, Cat 52, Top 13, Msg 10)
[EOA]


[HWR]
HELP WITH REZ
"""""""""""""
Okay, can someone tell me what I'm screwing up in Rez?  I get the size of
icon I'm expecting, but it's just rainbow colored junque, not the actual
icon I want:

/*- About Box --------------------------------------------------*/

resource rAlertString (1) {
   "8"
   "1\$03\$00\$00\$00\$17\$00\$20\$00/"
   "Ryan's program 0.9 alpha\n"
   "by Ryan M. Suenaga, M.S.W.\n"
   "\n"
   "Contains libraries from ORCA Pascal,\n"
   "Copyright 1991, Byte Works Inc."
   "/^#0\$00";
   };


/*- About icon -------------------------------------------------*/

resource rIcon ($00000003) {
        $8000, // iconType
        $0017, // icon Height in pixels
        $0020, // icon Width in pixels

(followed by an appropriate icon).

Thanks.

Ryan
Chief Sysop and Head Geek

(A2.RYAN, Cat 52, Top 48, Msg 25)

>>>>>
"""""
When you make your AlertWindow() call, are you using

AlertWindow(awResource | awIconIsResource , ...)  ?

random colors often mean the resource number is being treated as a pointer.

Kelvin

(KWS, Cat 52, Top 48, Msg 26)
[EOA]


[DXG]
DISPLAYING XML DATA ON THE IIgs
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
Any ideas on how to handle displaying XML data on a IIgs?

I haven't gotten going on code recently but I have some ideas going through
my head.

Ryan
Chief Sysop and Head Geek

(A2.RYAN, Cat 55, Top 5, Msg 16)

>>>>>
"""""
What kind of XML data?  Do you want to display Microsoft Office 12 XML
files?

First, you need a XML parser--there should be an open source library or two
to see how that works.  Then, once you have something which can parse XML,
you then have to be handle the resulting data types and data contents.
Once you have those individual pieces, you then have to do something with
them.

XML is very complex, but is powerful enough to replace other database
formats.

Geoff

(GEOFF, Cat 55, Top 5, Msg 17)

>>>>>
"""""
For various reasons, I wish someone who doesn't hate text parsing would put
together a general purpose XML parsing library for the GS.  There are a
number of cases in which that would be handy.

It could be used for doing an RSS reader, for handling cross-platform file
formats, and, well, as a library for handling application preferences and
other data.

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

(SYNDICOMM, Cat 55, Top 5, Msg 18)

>>>>>
"""""
I agree with Sheppy re: the RSS reader (actually I think I agree with
Sheppy regarding his whole post :)  Google data can also be gotten in XML,
so some kind of XML handling library would be helpful there.

I don't have any hugely ambitious projects going on right now, I just hate
text parsing. :)

Ryan
Chief Sysop and Head Geek

(A2.RYAN, Cat 55, Top 5, Msg 19)
[EOA]


[SSL]
OpenSSL on the 816
""""""""""""""""""
For OpenSSL to operate efficiently on the 816, a quick multiply/divide
algorithm will be necessary.  The bn_*.c (specifical bn_mul() ) routines
consume the lion's share of processing the MIPS R4000 (43% unoptimized),
and I expect the cost would be even more prohibitive without fast
multiplication capabilities.

Just a casual observation.

(GPH_II, Cat 55, Top 7, Msg 1)

>>>>>
"""""
http://www.hedgersoftware.com/booth.dsk

Fast Booth encoder algorithm demonstrated.  Great teaching tool.

(GPH_II, Cat 55, Top 7, Msg 2)
[EOA]


[HLM]
Help With List Manager
""""""""""""""""""""""
This is my first time using the List Manager.  Is it possible to get the
list of pstrings to appear in a font other than the standard system font,
and if so, how?

Thanks.

Ryan
Chief Sysop

(A2.RYAN, Cat 56, Top 28, Msg 5)

>>>>>
"""""
To make the strings draw in a different font, you probably need to write
your own list item drawing procedure.  How to do that is covered in TBR1's
List Manager chapter.

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

(SYNDICOMM, Cat 56, Top 28, Msg 6)
[EOA]


[PPC]
PROGRAMMING - PICTURE CONTROL
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
Not totally a Control Manager question, but it appeared to be the best
fit...

What's the easiest way to do a Picture Control?  I have some things that I
would like to make into a control that are too big to do as an icon.
Ideas?

Ryan
Chief Sysop and Head Geek

(A2.RYAN, Cat 56, Top 16, Msg 17)

>>>>>
"""""
I've never dealt with a picture control.  however, iigs technote #81 has
this to say:

Controls That Are Not Controls

---
The new picture extended control is not a "full-fledged" control; it has
been provided to simplify your programming tasks. The picture control does
not support normal mouse hit testing and highlighting. Think of it as a
built-in extension to your content drawing routine, and not as a control.
It is provided to allow you to refresh your whole window with a single
DrawControls call, instead of drawing the controls and then drawing
pictures. The icon button extended control has been provided as the graphic
full-function control. If you need or want a fully functional control that
uses a picture, you should consider writing your own custom control
procedure.
---

The 1998-04 issue of the lamp suggested placing an invisible rectangle over
the picture control if you want to know when someone clicks on your
picture.

Kelvin

(KWS, Cat 56, Top 16, Msg 18)

>>>>>
"""""
I used the pict control at one point during the development of SIS.  I
forgot the reason why I didn't keep it, so I have no examples.

I remember I used a combination of IIgs Technote #46, ToolBox reference
manuals, and browsing through the REZ include files to make it work.  I
manually entered in each PICT op code to draw the image that I wanted.  It
was a little tedious, but I had full control to adjust the image as needed.
It should be noted that I was making a PICT resource so I took advantage of
what REZ offered (isn't there a REZ include file that is mostly Quickdraw
II related?)

Geoff

(GEOFF, Cat 56, Top 16, Msg 19)

>>>>>
"""""
I've found that it's generally easier to just write code to blast the
pixels you want into the window.  If you know what you're doing, it's not
all that hard.  Although it does get more complicated if you're not
guaranteed that your window will be in the foreground.

However, it works great in dialog boxes and other modal windows.

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

(SYNDICOMM, Cat 56, Top 16, Msg 20)
[EOA]



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

An overview of GEnieLamp A2 and The Lamp!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
To be Continued
"""""""""""""""
Note from October 2004 issue:

      I'll say goodbye for now, but I'm not fading away as I did in 1995.
I'll return some time next year to do another couple of Illuminating The
Lamp columns for 2003 and 2004.

Steven Weyhrich
a2history@syndicomm.com
http://apple2history.org
[EOA]



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

by Lyle Syverson <lyle@foxvalley.net>

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

(Logon message)
[EOA]


[JSR]
July 2005 Issue of Syndicommotion Ready
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
The July 2005 (Volume 4, Number 7) issue of Syndicommotion has been emailed
to subscribers.  The HTML edition can be found online at the following URL:

http://www.syndicomm.com/syndicommotion/v4n7.html

or by selecting menu option #1 from Page 155 on Syndicomm Online (type
"m155;1" without the quotes at any menu prompt).

-Ken Gagne
Editor, Syndicommotion

(KGAGNE, HelpDesk, Cat 5, Top 4, Msg 34)
[EOA]



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

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


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

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

The Editor reserves the right to edit any material submitted.

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



[KF5]------------------------------
                       KFest 2005 |
-----------------------------------

[KFI]
KansasFest Information
""""""""""""""""""""""
CONTACT:
  KansasFest 2005
  kfest-help@kfest.org
  http://www.kfest.org

The 2005 KansasFest Committee is pleased to announce some of the first
details of KansasFest 2005, giving the event an approved "go" sign.

"Rockhurst University is officially prepared to receive the dozens of geeks
who will invade their campus this summer," said Tony Diaz, Committee Big
Cheese " - or so they think."

Kicking off the official festivities at this year's convention will be a
keynote speech delivered by longtime KFest attendee and Apple II user Ray
Merlin.  A longtime supporter of both the computer and the community,
Merlin will be sharing with his audience some reflections of his years
watching the Apple II community evolve.  "When you ask a guy 75 years old
to share some of his thoughts with a somewhat captive audience, it becomes
impossible to resist," said Merlin.  "You give an old guy the floor and
anything can happen!"

The following days will consist of official events including informational
sessions, the KFest Kookout, the HackFest programming challenge, and more.
Before the convention concludes with the annual Vendor Fair, Friday night
will witness the tradition of the Celebrity Roast, with this year's guest
of dishonor Juiced.GS associate editor Ken Gagne.

"It'll be interesting to be on the other side of the flamethrower, for a
change," said Gagne, who has emceed the Celebrity Roast for the past four
years.  Whether or not he will function in this capacity this year as well
remains to be seen.

KansasFest 2005 will occur for the first time ever this year at Rockhurst
University in Kansas City, Missouri, from July 19th through July 24th.
Registration information is available online at <http://www.kfest.org> or
by calling InTrec Software, KFest's official sponsor, at (602) 992-1345.
Also for the first time ever, registration payments are being accepted
online via PayPal, providing attendees with the most payment choices and
convenience possible.

KansasFest, the Apple II summer gathering also known as KFest, was
originally hosted by Resource Central, has been brought to you by the KFest
Committee since 1995.  Each year is like no other.  Any and all Apple II
and Macintosh users, fans, and friends are invited to attend this year's
"summer camp for geeks"; you'll be glad you did!

(KGAGNE, Cat 5, Top 7, Msg 41)
[EOA]


[OAD]
OTHER ACTIVITIES DURING KFest
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
I took a morning off last year and went out for 18 holes of golf.  We are
no longer by the known golf course.

But is anyone up for a foursome?  A weekday morning seems to be best.  I
imagine there must be golf fairly close by.

You know for a larger outing we could do a putt putt golf outing as a
larger group one evening.  That would be fun.

(BBAKER, Cat 5, Top 7, Msg 48)

>>>>>
"""""
Mini golf would make (IMHO) a better KFest outing.  It doesn't involve
nearly the time investment that real golf takes, and can be a lot of fun,
even for people who don't play golf.

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

(SYNDICOMM, Cat 5, Top 7, Msg 49)

>>>>>
"""""
Mini golf sounds more inviting to me than actual golf, which I've played
once and liked but don't have the dollars for. :)

Karaoke, anyone? ;-)

Ryan
Chief sysop and Head Geek

(A2.RYAN, Cat 5, Top 7, Msg 50)
[EOA]


[CKT]
CONFLICT WITH KFest TIME
""""""""""""""""""""""""
I've been called for Jury duty.  July 11th.  I'm on call for it for two
weeks including the week of Kfest.  Let's hope I don't get selected for
anything too involved:)  While I am fascinated with the Justice system.
Kfest is far more so.

Dain

(A2.DAIN, Cat 5, Top 7, Msg 52)
[EOA]


[WTE]
WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN ARRIVING AT Rockhurst - I
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
I know it is a little early, but I haven't seen this information posted
anywhere.  What is the recommended set of directions to Rockhurst from the
MCI airport?  Where do we park once we get to Rockhurst?  Is parking a paid
lot or free?  From the parking lot, then where do we go?

Geoff

(GEOFF, Cat 5, Top 7, Msg 54)

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

Here is an email Sean posted to the KFest list a few weeks back - it
answers many questions, yours among them I hope:

--- Original Message ---

So very sorry for not providing this information until now. We're now
working with a new conference coordinator at Rockhurst.

Check-in is 9:00am to 9:00pm. If you arrive after check-in, KFest committee
members will get you in that evening and you can complete check-in with
Rockhurst the following day.

We are staying in McGee, so the 54th and Troost entry is your best entry.
Ample FREE parking is available - no permits required.

Linens/pillows are provided, but I recommend you bring your own pillow if
you can - you'll sleep better.

McGee is getting renovated and will be fresh for our arrival. I'm trying to
get in there to take some pics, but can't until July 6th.

Phone lines are available in the dorm rooms, but now for the good/bad
news... Rockhurst's campus offers wireless networking just about
everywhere. However, access to their physical network is locked down pretty
tight. Previously, we thought we had permission to access their physical
network but now that we're working with a new coordinator, it appears we'll
have to renegotiate that.

A map of the campus:

http://www.rockhurst.edu/admission/topnav/VR/map.asp

There are elevators in the McGee dorm and Rockhurst understands we will be
using them to move in/out.

More information is on the horizon.... does anyone else have any general
questions that I can run down?

(KGAGNE, Cat 5, Top 7, Msg 55)
[EOA]


[WIR]
WIRELESS INTERNET AT Rockhurst
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
Is wireless completely open or is a login account needed to actually use
the connection (i.e. Vernier wireless authentication)?

Geoff

(GEOFF, Cat 5, Top 7, Msg 56)

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

That, I do not know... Is it something we can hack out when we get there?

If I have understood some other conversations correctly, the wireless
network at Rockhurst is more accessible than the wired one - but I could be
mistaken.

-Ken

(KGAGNE, Cat 5, Top 7, Msg 57)

>>>>>
"""""
I posted the question so those who are in charge of KFest can ask the
question to the staff at Rockhurst to get a solid answer.  An
authentication-base wireless network is the hardest implementation to
attempt to hack into.  And even if you get valid MAC address into which you
assign to your network interface, it will only be valid for a short period
times (usually counted in hours), that it will be an ongoing challenge to
keep getting a new address and reassign your hardware.  IMO, it isn't worth
the constant hassle.  Solution: put the computer away for a week and
sight-see KC.  I hear there's a great amusement park in the area :) (there
are ferris wheels for those who don't 300 feet plunges in an open-car
roller coaster :)

I have to thank you (for the repost) and Sean for making what information
is known about Rockhurst available.  Also kudos to Carl for taking care of
a2taxi once again!

Geoff

(GEOFF, Cat 5, Top 7, Msg 59)

>>>>>
"""""
I probably should have consulted Google before posting (praise the almighty
and blessed Google).  The answer is found at
http://www.rockhurst.edu/services/computer/wireless/guest.asp .

Guests can use the wireless network using the "pay as you go" method; $30
for the week if the prices have not changed.  It uses a system like Verneir
to track authentication (as suspected).

Geoff

(GEOFF, Cat 5, Top 7, Msg 60)
[EOA]


[EII]
WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN ARRIVING AT Rockhurst - II
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
More info from the kfest list, this time from Tony:

--- Original Message ---

Sean did some recon and if this were AOL you'd hear "You've got
Pictures!"... Take a look at the gallery on kfest.org for some insight on
Rockhurst.

Our accommodations have been changed on campus to Corcoran Residence Hall
instead of McGee due to threats from the air conditioning system in McGee
hall. They did not wish to have it go ka-put on us during our stay, and
called to inform us ahead of time. It already happened once this Summer.

Sean has some details on parking and loading / unloading into the dorms.

We will be on the first floor of Corcoran Hall, the common area is central
to the building entrance and there are east and west halls. The building is
grain elevator layout. I'll be working out some more details this weekend,
we will either have everyone on one side with the quiet seekers toward the
very end or use both sides of the hall depending on numbers.

The cafeteria is on the other side of the fieldhouse, toward the west, from
Corcoran and for vehicle parking we have a choice of 52nd street, street
side parking or controlled access and park in the townhome residences
parking lots to the east of Corcoran.

Rockhurst Road is 52nd Street with a name change while passing the campus.

Tuesday night will most likely be an evening out to Sweet Tomatoes, we're
working on that this week.

Our schedule will be starting with breakfast on Wed. at Rockhurst, and we
will have the KFest Kookout for Lunch and then Dinner again at Rockhurst.

Welcome to KFest! Let's have a great time!

Thank you all for your support.

Tony

(KGAGNE, Cat 5, Top 7, Msg 61)

>>>>>
"""""
Move-in and parking info, courtesy Sean:

--- Original Message ---

We'll refer to the map at:
http://www.rockhurst.edu/admission/topnav/VR/map.asp

As Tony mentioned, we are relocated to the Corcoran Residence Hall. It's a
long building running east to west parallel with Rockhurst Road/52nd
Street.  The first thing everyone should know is that Rockhurst Road/52nd
is a ONE WAY street going west. Anyone who wants to park on the street
immediately in front of the dorm will find this very convenient, and you
can park on both sides of the street. Lots of shade out front. We may also
have some parking in the gated area between the Corcoran and Townhouse
Village area, but that hasn't been guaranteed yet (btw, no shade). If we
get parking in the gated area, right off, I can tell you - you don't want
to unload from that location. Lots of steps.

We're staying on the first floor of Corcoran, which is good because this
building doesn't have an elevator. Loading/unloading won't be a big problem
though. You can't see it on the map, but there is a service drive between
the Corcoran dorm and the Mason-Halpin Fieldhouse. It's roughly right
across from Virginia Street, if you check the map. One or two vehicles can
fit in their at a time, and from there it's a short walk all the way on
flat sidewalk to the rear entry of the dorm, which also happens to be on
the level we're staying on. If you don't have a lot to carry, there are
also steps at the ,front of the building facing the street, but the service
drive is very convenient. The gate is supposed to be open the entire time
we're at Rockhurst. You should be able to unload, back out and take
Virginia around the block to get back to the front of the dorm and park on
the street.

This is the pic of the sidewalk that runs behind the Corcoran dorm. In the
distance, you can see the red truck. That is the service drive from
Rockhurst/52nd. The "bridge" on the right is the rear entry into the dorm
so as you can see, it's a short trip.

http://www.kfest.org/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=Rockhusrt-Univers
ity&id=View_of_dorm_back_door_area

This pic is taken from the "bridge", but you can see the red pickup still -
just to give you an idea of how far the service drive is from the back
door.

http://www.kfest.org/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=Rockhusrt-Univers
ity&id=View_from_back_of_dorms_a_1

The walk from the Corcoran dorm to the Rockhurst cafeteria is at least
2x-2.5x the distance as it was from Ridgeway to Avila's cafeteria. A nice
walk to build the appetite or walk off the indigestion - we'll have to see.

http://www.kfest.org/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=Rockhusrt-Univers
ity&id=Zoom_past_field_house_to_2n

Another pic from the "bridge", this is the path you take to head off toward
the cafeteria. Note the picnic tables and likely location of the Kookout.
If you're driving and have the space, you might consider bringing your own
folding chairs so we have plenty of seating.

http://www.kfest.org/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=Rockhusrt-Univers
ity&id=Dorm_back_door_smoking_area

I didn't get to take pics of the front (52nd st side) of the dorm because
they were testing fire alarms and we couldn't use the front doors.

If anyone has any questions, feel free to ask.

(KGAGNE, Cat 5, Top 7, Msg 62)
[EOA]


[RST]
Celebrity Roast
"""""""""""""""
I am pleased to announce this year's roast panel will consist, in no
particular order, of the following roasters:

Geoff Weiss
Jeri Ellsworth
Eric Shepherd
Ryan Suenaga

Though 75% of these individuals have themselves been roasted in the past,
only 25% of them were roasted by me, which means not only that I have not
incurred their wrath to warrant a particularly painful roast, but that I
won't have to recycle much material when forming my rebuttal. :)

Note: The M.C. has yet to be decided, but I thought I'd get this
information out for now.

-Ken

(Ken Gagne, KFest Mailing List, Jun 22, 2005)
[EOA]


[KFS]
KFest sessions - the list - update 2
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
A few new additions and corrections to report. Still not too late to sign
up to conduct a session. Entertain and enlighten your Apple II friends!

Ryan Suenaga - Mystery Session

Apple II episode from Computer Chronicles

Ed Eastman and Sean Fahey - Uthernet card and Contiki

Kirk Mitchell - Apple II Hall of Fame

Greg Nelson - Mystery Session

Ryan Suenaga - Marinetti Programming in ORCA/Pascal For Dummies

Sharon Knobloch - Genealogy using Reunion

Howard Katz - Identity Theft

Ken Gagne - Popular Apple II Games

Austin Phelps - Pear PC

Tony Diaz - Diskmaker8

Bruce Baker - Discussion of how people are using their A2 these days. Tips
and ideas for how to use the A2 now

Apple II video from Tech TV

Please send me corrections, additions, etc.

Thanks,
Andy
awmolloy@landsnail.com

(Andrew Molloy, KFest Mailing List, Jul 11, 2005)


[APG]
ADDING PHOTOS TO KFest PHOTO GALLERY
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
How do I upload photos to the KFest.org photo gallery?  I thought I
remembered seeing a "contribute" button, but I'm missing it now.

-Ken

(KGAGNE, Cat 5, Top 10, Msg 21)

>>>>>
"""""
To have a photo contribute link, you need to be logged into the KFest site
by creating yourself an account.  We don't allow anonymous posting to
control spam and to keep pornsters from using our site for their own
nefarious purposes.

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

(SYNDICOMM, Cat 5, Top 10, Msg 24)

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

Once I'm logged in, how do I upload photos?

-Ken

(KGAGNE, Cat 5, Top 10, Msg 25)

>>>>>
"""""
Click on the album you want to add photos to (for example, KansasFest 1995
Photos), then in the popup menu at the top right corner, choose "add
photos".  A wizard should show up to lead you through the process at that
point.

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

(SYNDICOMM, Cat 5, Top 10, Msg 26)

>>>>>
"""""
Ah - thanks, Sheppy.  I thought I had to create a new album somehow (i.e.,
"Ken's KFest 2004 Photos").

-Ken

(KGAGNE, Cat 5, Top 10, Msg 27)
[EOA]


[CKD]
Comment on KansasFest 2004 DVD
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
Tonight I popped in my copy of the first disc of the KansasFest 2004 DVD
set, available at
<http://store.syndicomm.com/product_info.php?products_id=230>.

Wow - I had no idea the quality was that good!  And I'd forgotten how much
fun (and how funny) KansasFest is.  The splicing of multimedia files that
the presenters used so that we can see them exactly as they appear on a
computer screen was an appreciated extra effort.

This is a very nice product, Sheppy - thanks for creating it.  Too bad
there won't be a similar offering for KFest 2005. :(

-Ken

(KGAGNE, Cat 5, Top 6, Msg 54)

>>>>>
"""""
If someone tapes KFest 2005, and sends me the DV tapes, I'll do what I can
to put together a similar product for 2005.

Of course, I'm still trying to get 2004 finished, so... :D

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

(SYNDICOMM, Cat 5, Top 6, Msg 55)
[EOA]



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