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                       >>> WELCOME TO THE LAMP! <<<
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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. 9, No. 10
 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
 Publisher................................Ryan M. Suenaga, M.S.W., L.S.W.
 Editor.....................................................Lyle Syverson
 Internet Email, Publisher.........................thelamp@sheppyware.net
 Internet Email, Editor..................lutefisk4me at sbcglobal dot net
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                            TABLE OF CONTENTS
                            ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
                            October 15, 2006

HIGH ABOVE THE ROCK RIVER---------------------------------------------[OPN]
     The Changes of the Fall Season
     Consistency in a Chicken Dinner
     KansasFest 2007 - Changes and Consistency

A2 FORUM AT Syndicomm Online DISTILLATIONS----------------------------[DAS]
     Off Line Reader for the New A2Central Forum----------------------[OLR]
     Halloween Plans?-------------------------------------------------[HPS]
     Subtle Humor-----------------------------------------------------[SHR]
     Hudson Entertainment Brings Lode Runner to Cellphones!-----------[LRC]
     Favorite Apple II Game-------------------------------------------[FAG]
     Five Best Role-playing Games of All-time-------------------------[FBR]
     Storage of Apple II Computer-------------------------------------[SAC]
     Volume 11, Issue 3 of Juiced.GS----------------------------------[JGS]
     Apple II emulator on the iPod?-----------------------------------[AEI]
     Sweet16 1.7.3----------------------------------------------------[SSO]

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

KFEST 2006------------------------------------------------------------[KF6]
     Ken's KFest 2006 Pictures----------------------------------------[KKP]

KFEST 2007------------------------------------------------------------[KF7]
     KansasFest 2007--------------------------------------------------[KFS]
     KansasFest 2007 Keynote Speaker Announced------------------------[KSA]
     Suggested Roastee for KFest 2007---------------------------------[SRS]

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


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         HIGH ABOVE THE ROCK RIVER |
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From The Editor
"""""""""""""""
by Lyle Syverson  email:lutefisk4me at sbcglobal dot net

                      The Changes of the Fall Season
                      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
     Ah... an early morning visit to the patio High Above The Rock River...
to savor, once again, the annual parade of colors... the changing colors of
the trees... enhanced by the beautiful blue autumn sky.  This afternoon
will be a great time for a hike in the woods.

     Fall has brought changes to the scenery on the road to Pecatonica
River Forest Preserve.  The mature corn stalks and soy beans, awaiting
harvest, have turned a deep brown.  The trees in the farmsteads display a
multitude of colors.

     The walk in the woods of the forest preserve allows close examination
of the individual leaves... the golds, reds, yellows, purples, and browns.
The dry fallen leaves covering the trails are crunchy under foot... a very
special part of a Fall walk in the woods.

                      Consistency in a Chicken Dinner
                      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
     Next we drive to a country Church just outside Durand.  Trinity
Lutheran Church is putting on their 82nd annual chicken dinner.  For $8 you
get "cast iron skillet browned baked chicken", homemade noodles, mashed
potatoes, gravy, green beans, cole slaw, rolls, butter, and homemade pie.
You don't go away hungry.

     Is cast iron skillet browned baked chicken anything special?  Yes it
is... the flavor is fabulous.  After all, they have had 82 years to perfect
their technique.

                 KansasFest 2007 - Changes and Consistency
                 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
     There is consistency in KFest... held each Summer in Kansas City.
There is a refreshing change for this coming KFest... the KeyNote Speaker
has already been chosen.  Check the KFest 2007 section of this issue for
details.

     So make your plans to attend KansasFest 2007.  Start setting aside
some money for your KFest trip.

[EOA]



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[EOA]



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

by Lyle Syverson  email:lutefisk4me at sbcglobal dot net

[OLR]
Off Line Reader for the New A2Central Forum
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
>> My main concern here is off line readers. Will we still be able to use
SOAR? Or any of the other OLRs? <<

SOAR as it stands will be broken. I have yet to see how A2Central will
finally look in Telnet mode, but I can assure you that the test site for
the host software looks really cool using the ANSI display in Spectrum.  It
is very colourful indeed, and the Spectrum display is far superior to using
the ANSI mode in the OS X terminal application!

I am talking with Sean, and plan to do something to support an offline
reader in due course. At this stage, it looks like a rewrite of SOAR would
be the easiest solution, but it will still take some time to sort this all
out.

I can only ask you to bear with me for the time being, and with anybody
else tackling this project, and give us as much encouragement as possible.

At this stage, the host software that Sean is using is not friendly to FTP
using Marinetti. It is one of those sites that returns the 'empty
directory' syndrome. Marinetti is still be worked on to resolve these
ongoing problems.

 Ewen Wannop - Speccie
 Delivered from a IIgs using Uthernet by Spectrum v2.5.3 & SOAR 1.0b11
 Setup: IIgs running at 12.45Mhz   LAN: 2Mb ADSL
 http://homepage.mac.com/speccie

(CONDUCTOR, Cat 2, Top 8, Msg 656)

>>>>>
"""""
I've worked on the metal before, and can again, but I'll be looking forward
to not having to, again.

 Carl Knoblock - Retired - Thu  21 Sep 06  9:28:44 pm
 cknoblo@cox.com - Via Spectrum v2.5.3 & SOAR v1.0b10
 KFest 2007, July 17-22, 2007 - 299 days till KFest
 On cable via LANceGS & Marinetti 2.0.1 - Thank you, Richard.
 A2 RTC Staff - Sunday Night House Party

(CARLK, Cat 2, Top 8, Msg 657)

>>>>>
"""""
Sean has not finalized things as yet, but it looks as though it may be
possible to download messages using the QWK format, and view and reply to
messages offline. Currently there are quite a few QWK readers for the PC,
and I think there are some for the Mac as well.

We shall have to see how it all comes together before we can work out the
best way for each of us to access the new Forums.

 Ewen Wannop - Speccie
 Delivered from a IIgs using Uthernet by Spectrum v2.5.3 & SOAR 1.0b11
 Setup: IIgs running at 12.45Mhz   LAN: 2Mb ADSL
 http://homepage.mac.com/speccie

(CONDUCTOR, Cat 2, Top 8, Msg 658)

>>>>>
"""""
I haven't seen the QWK format since the BBS days.  VersionTracker.com lists
no QWK readers for Mac OS X, but it does suggest this decade-old program
that runs under Classic:

http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macos/4550

(KGAGNE, Cat 2, Top 8, Msg 659)

>>>>>
"""""
I've used QWK before, back in my dialup BBS days. I probably still have a
couple of QWK readers around somewhere.

 Carl Knoblock - Retired - Fri  22 Sep 06  9:49:38 pm
 cknoblo@cox.com - Via Spectrum v2.5.3 & SOAR v1.0b10
 KFest 2007, July 17-22, 2007 - 298 days till KFest
 On cable via LANceGS & Marinetti 2.0.1 - Thank you, Richard.
 A2 RTC Staff - Sunday Night House Party

(CARLK, Cat 2, Top 8, Msg 660)

>>>>>
"""""
>> I haven't seen the QWK format since the BBS days. <<

The host software that Sean is using, does remind me very much of the old
BBS days when accessing through Telnet. Although QWK is an option for
Classic or Windows, in its basic specification, it is uses PKZip
compression. That is not an option for the IIgs as far as I know...

Classic is fast not becoming an option on Macs as well...

 Ewen Wannop - Speccie
 Delivered from a IIgs using Uthernet by Spectrum v2.5.3 & SOAR 1.0b11
 Setup: IIgs running at 12.45Mhz   LAN: 2Mb ADSL
 http://homepage.mac.com/speccie

(CONDUCTOR, Cat 2, Top 8, Msg 661)

>>>>>
"""""
>> SOAR as it stands will be broken. I have yet to see how A2Central will
finally look in Telnet mode <<

I have now determined, using the test site for the host software, that the
reborn A2Central will look wonderful when Telnetting in using the ANSI
display in Spectrum. I have also found that for FTP, SAFE 2 works just fine
as well, as long as you use PASV mode for transfers.

As far as an offline reader is concerned, it looks as though the best way
to access the Forums on the IIgs will be from an NNTP news reader.

A news reader would of course have wider application than just accessing
A2Central forums, but for practical purposes on a IIgs, it is not going to
be able to handle the average Usenet daily traffic, and probably not be
able to handle the bloated binary groups. Access to a handful of text based
forums though would be quite practical.

Before we reinvent the wheel, does anyone know of any news readers that
either already exist, or are in production?

 Ewen Wannop - Speccie
 Delivered from a IIgs using Uthernet by Spectrum v2.5.3 & SOAR 1.0b11
 Setup: IIgs running at 12.45Mhz   LAN: 2Mb ADSL
 http://homepage.mac.com/speccie

(CONDUCTOR, Cat 2, Top 8, Msg 662)

>>>>>
"""""
>> Before we reinvent the wheel, does anyone know of any news readers that
either already exist, or are in production? <<

Well that produced a deafening silence! :)

As the new A2Central forums will be able to be read offline using normal
NNTP (Usenet) news readers, on both PCs and Macs, can I ask the following:

Of those currently using SOAR, how many DO NOT have access to a PC or Mac?
I really want to know if it is worth spending several months writing a news
reader, when perhaps nobody would actually use it.

For csa2 etc., I use MacSoup on the Mac, but there is also the excellent
NewsWatcher, which is freeware. I don't know which applications exist for
the PC, but I assume at least some of them will be freeware.

 Ewen Wannop - Speccie
 Delivered from a IIgs using Uthernet by Spectrum v2.5.3 & SOAR 1.0b11
 Setup: IIgs running at 12.45Mhz   LAN: 2Mb ADSL
 http://homepage.mac.com/speccie

(CONDUCTOR, Cat 2, Top 8, Msg 663)

>>>>>
"""""
>> Of those currently using SOAR, how many DO NOT have access to a PC or
Mac? I really want to know if it is worth spending several months writing a
news reader, when perhaps nobody would actually use it. <<

I have a Mac, on the latest OSX, and a newsreader, so I can get by just
fine.

Of course, if someone really wants to write a newsreader for the IIgs, I
would probably use it.

 Carl Knoblock - Retired - Tue  3 Oct 06  9:38:28 pm
 cknoblo@cox.com - Via Spectrum v2.5.3 & SOAR v1.0b10
 KFest 2007, July 17-22, 2007 - 287 days till KFest
 On cable via LANceGS & Marinetti 2.0.1 - Thank you, Richard.
 A2 RTC Staff - Sunday Night House Party

(CARLK, Cat 2, Top 8, Msg 665)

>>>>>
"""""
Thanks for the response Carl. The majority of the software I have written
so far has been written because I needed it myself, and in doing so, I have
considered that others might also want to use it.

I still use SOAR myself, as I find it a more elegant way of accessing these
forums. This would not be the case though with the new A2Central forums, as
I would find a Mac newsreader quicker and easier to use.

I still have the feeling that there is a half written news reader for the
IIgs out there somewhere. This is the time for the author to come forward,
let us know progress, and get the thing finished!

But if there is enough demand, then my position might change!

 Ewen Wannop - Speccie
 Delivered from a IIgs using Uthernet by Spectrum v2.5.3 & SOAR 1.0b11
 Setup: IIgs running at 12.45Mhz   LAN: 2Mb ADSL
 http://homepage.mac.com/speccie

(CONDUCTOR, Cat 2, Top 8, Msg 667)

>>>>>
"""""
I access the A2 message boards using Spectrum on my IIgs.  I like the
Category and Topic structure.  I have not liked any of the other various
structures that have been used at other homes for A2 in the past.  I hope
that the new board will retain the Category and Topic structure.  Usually,
I logon, give a BRO NOR NOS command, capture everything to the Spectrum
Capture Buffer and then log off to read it all offline, since I have a dial
up pay by the connect time type of account.  I write anything like this
offline and then logon for a quick upload of the post.  I can't use SOAR
because there are no internet accesses available here that work with
Marinetti.

I tried accessing the boards once with the Mac when I first got it last
December.  I found that I do not like the web imposed structure and went
back to using the IIgs telnet connection after the one time.  In general I
do not like the web imposed structure used by most other message boards and
use none of them for that reason.

I don't use a news reader nor do I know what one is.  Safari on my Mac has
something for "RSS".  Is that a news reader?  I turned it off after I
discovered that it was slowing my dial up access to a crawl and never
looked at it before nor since doing so.

BTW, what will happen to our Syndicomm email accounts?  Will they stay as
Syndicomm addresses, migrate to the new A2.Central, or just disappear?

Steve

(S.BERNBAUM, Cat 2, Top 8, Msg 671)
>> I access the A2 message boards using Spectrum on my IIgs. <<

That is what I like to hear!

>> I hope that the new board will retain the Category and Topic structure.
<<

Sean would need to reply on that, but I assume that it will just be a list
of groups, each with an individual or hierarchical name.

>> Usually, I logon, give a BRO NOR NOS command...I can't use SOAR because
there are no internet accesses available here that work with Marinetti. <<

SOAR has nothing to do with Marinetti, and you do not need TCP/IP access to
use SOAR. It works over the same dialup connection you are currently using.
This means SOAR does exactly as you are doing now, but automatically,
instead of manually. Give it a try while you can!

>> I don't use a news reader nor do I know what one is. <<

News readers normally access the Usenet newsgroups that your ISP will
provide from its news server. This is not the same as RSS with Safari.  To
access news groups on the Mac, the first stop would be to try MT
Newswatcher, which is a free application. You can get a copy through
VersionTracker. There are others, such as MacSoup, Thoth, Unison, HogWasher
etc.

>> BTW, what will happen to our Syndicomm email accounts?  Will they stay
as Syndicomm addresses, migrate to the new A2.Central, or just disappear?
<<

I assume they will simply vanish into space, but Sheppy could answer that.

 Ewen Wannop - Speccie
 Delivered from a IIgs using Uthernet by Spectrum v2.5.3 & SOAR 1.0b11
 Setup: IIgs running at 12.45Mhz   LAN: 2Mb ADSL
 http://homepage.mac.com/speccie

(CONDUCTOR, Cat 2, Top 8, Msg 673)

>>>>>
"""""
>> SOAR has nothing to do with Marinetti, and you do not need TCP/IP
access to use SOAR. <<

My brain and memory circuits are getting addled. It is some time since I
wrote SOAR, and I had completely forgotten its requirements. It does indeed
need a TCP/IP connection...

So please accept my apologies for misleading you.

However, as I presume you are currently using a dialup connection with
Spectrum to get to Syndicomm, why cannot you use Marinetti, and hence SOAR?
Marinetti will work just fine over dialup using the PPP Link layer, or even
SLIP if PPP does not suit you.

 Ewen Wannop - Speccie
 Delivered from a IIgs using Uthernet by Spectrum v2.5.3 & SOAR 1.0b11
 Setup: IIgs running at 12.45Mhz   LAN: 2Mb ADSL
 http://homepage.mac.com/speccie

(CONDUCTOR, Cat 2, Top 8, Msg 674)

>>>>>
"""""
>> I can't use SOAR because there are no internet accesses available here
that work with Marinetti. <<

Fox Valley accounts support PPP I think, and I know you can use a CIS
account with Marinetti. As long as you can get a dialup connection, you
should be able to use Marinetti.

How are you currently accessing Syndicomm so you can browse the Forums?

 Ewen Wannop - Speccie
 Delivered from a IIgs using Uthernet by Spectrum v2.5.3 & SOAR 1.0b11
 Setup: IIgs running at 12.45Mhz   LAN: 2Mb ADSL
 http://homepage.mac.com/speccie

(CONDUCTOR, Cat 2, Top 8, Msg 667)

>>>>>
"""""
Speccie,

>> My brain and memory circuits are getting addled. It is some time since I
wrote SOAR, and I had completely forgotten its requirements. It does indeed
need a TCP/IP connection... <<

I don't now about the first part of that statement ;) but I did recall the
latter part, since I was a beta tester for you way back then.

>> However, as I presume you are currently using a dialup connection with
Spectrum to get to Syndicomm, why cannot you use Marinetti, and hence SOAR?
<<

I wish I knew the answer to that one.  I used to use the Marinetti TCP/IP
connection.  However, my local ISP "updated" their software a few years ago
and Marinetti (and TTY telnet access) stopped working. They could not
figure out why.  I tried a couple of other ISPs with the same result.  I
ended up switching to an out of town ISP, that had a local node.  However,
the node is a service they buy from a national access provider and is not
compatible with Marinetti or TTY telnet either.  After the latest Marinetti
update I tried it again, trying all of the different Marinetti link
methods, but it still would not work.  I use my Macintosh now for web
access but use my IIgs for most of my email and for Syndicomm/A2.Central
access.  For the GS access, I call long distance to the home number for my
ISP, which is TTY telnet friendly.  I seem to remember having to choose
between the TTY telnet and a TCP access for my use of the number but I may
be remembering that wrong.

Steve

(S.BERNBAUM, Cat 2, Top 8, Msg 679)

>>>>>
"""""
>> my local ISP "updated" their software a few years ago and Marinetti and
TTY telnet access stopped working. <<

It is possible that they now need CHAP authentication when you log on. This
was added to the later versions of Marinetti, but has not been fully
proved, because of a lack of feeback from users!

>> the node is a service they buy from a national access provider and is
not compatible with Marinetti <<

You need to contact Andrew Roughan and report this. He wants to know
anything that does not work with Marinetti, so he can fix it!

>> For the GS access, I call long distance to the home number for my ISP,
which is TTY telnet friendly. <<

You should be fine to use that approach for the new A2Central Forums. But
as you have a Mac, I would suggest when the time comes to look at the
ShareWare MacSoup or the free MT Newswatcher.

 Ewen Wannop - Speccie
 Delivered from a IIgs using Uthernet by Spectrum v2.5.3 & SOAR 1.0b11
 Setup: IIgs running at 12.45Mhz   LAN: 2Mb ADSL
 http://homepage.mac.com/speccie

(CONDUCTOR, Cat 2, Top 8, Msg 680)
[EOA]


[HPS]
Halloween Plans?
""""""""""""""""
Happy October, everyone!

Anyone have some good Halloween plans?  Costume ideas?

-Ken

(KGAGNE, Cat 2, Top 8, Msg 664)

>>>>>
"""""
I plan to stay home and hand out goodies. I don't do costumes. :)

 Carl Knoblock - Retired - Tue  3 Oct 06  9:39:55 pm
 cknoblo@cox.com - Via Spectrum v2.5.3 & SOAR v1.0b10
 KFest 2007, July 17-22, 2007 - 287 days till KFest
 On cable via LANceGS & Marinetti 2.0.1 - Thank you, Richard.
 A2 RTC Staff - Sunday Night House Party

(CARLK, Cat 2, Top 8, Msg 666)

>>>>>
"""""
We used to do 'Penny for the Guy' over here in the UK, where kids would go
round collecting pennies to buy fireworks for Guy Fawkes Night on the 5th
of November. The kids would make Guy Fawkes dummies, take them round in
prams, and collect the pennies.

Unfortunately, health and safety has taken over, and kids can no longer buy
fireworks. This has meant the death of one tradition, and the imported
tradition of 'Trick and Treat' taking over instead.

Instead of the one or two enterprising kids collecting pennies, we now have
gangs of kids, coming one after the other, beating down our doors on
halloween night.

What are the rules over there in the US? What do you give the kids when
they call, and what exactly does 'Trick and Treat' mean? Us oldies over
here in the UK have not been instructed what we should be doing. We
understood giving pennies, but the world seems to have changed! :)

 Ewen Wannop - Speccie
 Delivered from a IIgs using Uthernet by Spectrum v2.5.3 & SOAR 1.0b11
 Setup: IIgs running at 12.45Mhz   LAN: 2Mb ADSL
 http://homepage.mac.com/speccie

(CONDUCTOR, Cat 2, Top 8, Msg 668)

>>>>>
"""""
Actually it is 'Trick or Treat' rather than 'Trick and Treat'.  When they
say 'Trick or Treat' they mean... give me a treat or I will trick you... as
in soap your windows, dump your garbage can on your sidewalk, let the air
out of your car tire, etc.

The treat is usually a small package of candy, cookie, crackers, etc.

Lyle Syverson, Editor, _The Lamp!_
published monthly at:   http://lamp.a2central.com/
email:   lutefisk4me at sbcglobal dot net

(LYLE, Cat 2, Top 8, Msg 669)

>>>>>
"""""
All is now explained. It is obviously just a simple form of blackmail or a
protection service. You either give them a reward, or they do something
nasty to you...

Oh well, it looks like I need to go out and buy some candy!

 Ewen Wannop - Speccie
 Delivered from a IIgs using Uthernet by Spectrum v2.5.3 & SOAR 1.0b11
 Setup: IIgs running at 12.45Mhz   LAN: 2Mb ADSL
 http://homepage.mac.com/speccie

(CONDUCTOR, Cat 2, Top 8, Msg 672)

>>>>>
"""""
Or, if you want to give a treat and STILL get tricked, you give the kid a
piece of fruit.  How un-fun! ;)

(KGAGNE, Cat 2, Top 8, Msg 670)

>>>>>
"""""
>> What are the rules over there in the US? What do you give the kids when
they call, and what exactly does 'Trick and Treat' mean? <<

It's supposed to be trick OR treat. If you don't give a treat, they play a
trick on you. Traditionally it involved soap on windows, or fruit or eggs
thrown. Most people give treats.

In my youth, treats often were fruit, or homemade goodies. Thanks to nasty
people tampering with such treats, now we only give commercially wrapped
treats, such as candy or cookies.

We used to buy bags of cheap candy, and hand out 2 or 3 per kid, but now we
buy more expensive things like packets of cookies (2) and give one each.

We have been getting a few more kids each year since we switched.

 Carl Knoblock - Retired - Sat  7 Oct 06  11:44:18 pm
 cknoblo@cox.net - Via Spectrum v2.5.3 & SOAR v1.0b10
 KFest 2007, July 17-22, 2007 - 283 days till KFest
 On cable via LANceGS & Marinetti 2.0.1 - Thank you, Richard.
 A2 RTC Staff - Sunday Night House Party - cknoblo@gmail.com

(CARLK, Cat 2, Top 8, Msg 675)

>>>>>
"""""
The kids in my village come around in packs of five or six, and that can be
up to six groups over the night. Giving a packet of cookies or candy to
each kid could get quite expensive!

Some people just turn out the lights and hide, or go out for the evening,
to avoid the problem.

 Ewen Wannop - Speccie
 Delivered from a IIgs using Uthernet by Spectrum v2.5.3 & SOAR 1.0b11
 Setup: IIgs running at 12.45Mhz   LAN: 2Mb ADSL
 http://homepage.mac.com/speccie

(CONDUCTOR, Cat 2, Top 8, Msg 676)

>>>>>
"""""
>> The kids in my village come around in packs of five or six, and that can
be up to six groups over the night. Giving a packet of cookies or candy to
each kid could get quite expensive! <<

The candy companies here make small candy bars and packets that are
reasonably priced. How much you give is up to you.

>> Some people just turn out the lights and hide, or go out for the
evening, to avoid the problem. <<

The same is true here. The rule is that if the front porch light is on,
treats are offered, but if the house is dark, skip them by. My
mother-in-law used to buy treats to give out, but didn't turn on her porch
light, and then wondered why there were no kids at her door. :)

 Carl Knoblock - Retired - Sun  8 Oct 06  8:10:17 pm
 cknoblo@cox.net - Via Spectrum v2.5.3 & SOAR v1.0b10
 KFest 2007, July 17-22, 2007 - 282 days till KFest
 On cable via LANceGS & Marinetti 2.0.1 - Thank you, Richard.
 A2 RTC Staff - Sunday Night House Party - cknoblo@gmail.com

(CARLK, Cat 2, Top 8, Msg 678)
[EOA]


[SHR]
Subtle Humor
""""""""""""
This happens so often in the Apple II community, it took some effort for me
to see the humor in it:

http://www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/joyarchives/872.html

(KGAGNE, Cat 2, Top 13, Msg 174)
[EOA]


[LRC]
HUDSON ENTERTAINMENT BRINGS LODE RUNNER TO CELLPHONES!
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
The Classic Action Game Returns with a Hot New Look and 100 New Levels!

REDWOOD SHORES, CA - October 10, 2006 - Hudson Entertainment, the North
American publishing arm for Hudson Soft, today announced a plan to launch
an updated version of Lode Runner on cellphones. Dubbed "Lode Runner
Deluxe," the new version of the game is expected to launch on both Brew and
Java platforms in the North American market during fall 2006.

"Lode Runner was one of the first games we launched on the Nintendo
Entertainment System." said John Greiner, President and CEO of Hudson
Entertainment. "Since then, we have worked to bring out new versions on
various platforms. For mobile, we wanted to come full circle, and a new
version of the game that harkened back to the original, but with all new
graphics that truly push the boundaries of what's possible in mobile gaming
today."

About The Lode Runner Franchise
Originally created by Doug Smith, Lode Runner launched on the Apple 2 in
1983. The game featured cleverly designed levels, and pick-up-and-play
gameplay that quickly became a hit among gamers. Unlike other games, gamers
could not directly attack enemies in this game. Much of the gameplay
mechanic is based around digging holes, either to dig for treasure, to
escape an enemy, or to trap an enemy. This aspect was what truly separated
it from any other. Over the years, numerous versions of the game have
launched on multiple platforms. Hudson Soft later developed the game for
NES, which became the first million unit seller on that system, as well as
Lode Runner for the PS2, which featured 3D levels. Since then, Hudson
Entertainment has launched Lode Runner on cellphones, and is now planning
to update the game with Lode Runner Deluxe.

Lode Runner Deluxe features:

* All new art style with vibrant graphics and fluid animations - unlike any
Lode Runner game in the past!

* Classic Lode Runner gameplay - collect treasures on each map, as you
outwit enemies, and escape!

* The game is planned to launch with up to 50 levels initially with new
levels available each month, eventually totaling over 100 levels!

About Hudson Entertainment, Inc.
Hudson Entertainment is the North American publishing arm of Hudson Soft,
an international provider of games and entertainment content founded in
1973.  Hudson introduced best-selling classic videogame franchises
including Bomberman, Bonk, and Super Adventure Island. Since 2000, Hudson's
mobile division has been a leading supplier of games and personalized
content.  Through their partnership with The Source and Death Row Records,
Hudson is a leading provider of hip-hop ringtones and mobile content.

For more information on Hudson Entertainment, please visit
www.hudsonent.com.

(c) 2006 LODE RUNNER is a trademark of Tozai, Inc. Hudson Entertainment,
and Hudson Soft and their respective logos are trademarks and/or registered
trademarks of Hudson Soft.

# # #

(KGAGNE, Cat 14, Top 1, Msg 124)
[EOA]


[FAG]
Favorite Apple II Game
""""""""""""""""""""""
Probably my favorite A2 game of all time was (is) Eamon.  A lot of the
scenarios were really pretty funny, the early ones were.

Without Eamon I never would have tried Wizardry, Bards Tale, Zork and then
the more modern Dark Designs and it's cousin Silvern Castle.

(BBAKER, Cat 14, Top 8, Msg 42)
[EOA]


[FBR]
Five Best Role-playing Games of All-time
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
Here's a discussion on the five best role-playing games of all-time, with
some notable mentions (including the Ultima series).  A few console games
are mentioned (Dragon Warrior; Final Fantasy IVj), but mostly it's PC
games.

http://www.gamasutra.com/features/20061006/quantum_01.shtml

(KGAGNE, Cat 14, Top 8, Msg 43)
[EOA]


[SAC]
Storage of Apple II Computer
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
A friend recently asked:

"Would it be alright for me to store my wife's old Apple IIe computer and
accessories in our unfinished attic - right below the roof?  I ask because
it gets very hot and very cold up there because it's an attic."

Any recommendations?

-Ken

(KGAGNE, Cat 18, Top 3, Msg 8)

>>>>>
"""""
Electronics can withstand much wider temperatures for storage than for
operation, so, while not ideal, the computer would probably survive. It
should of course, be boxed or bagged to protect from dust and insects.

 Carl Knoblock - Retired - Wed  27 Sep 06  8:11:27 pm
 cknoblo@cox.com - Via Spectrum v2.5.3 & SOAR v1.0b10
 KFest 2007, July 17-22, 2007 - 293 days till KFest
 On cable via LANceGS & Marinetti 2.0.1 - Thank you, Richard.
 A2 RTC Staff - Sunday Night House Party - carlk@syndicomm.com

(CARLK, Cat 18, Top 3, Msg 9)
[EOA]


[JGS]
Volume 11, Issue 3 of Juiced.GS
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
Volume 11, Issue 3 (September 2006) of Juiced.GS has been declared complete
and ready to ship; the final draft has been delivered to the publisher.

This issue features some in-depth articles, featuring material by writers
you've never seen in Juiced.GS before and may not have heard from in a long
time.  For those who did not have the pleasure of attending KansasFest
2006, this issue provides an overview of the week's events -- as well as an
exciting announcements about next year's conference.

Thanks to everyone who contributed!  Their hard work has made this issue
very polished and satisfying; I hope you, the readership, agrees. :)

-Ken Gagne
Editor-in-Chief,
Juiced.GS

(KGAGNE, Cat 23, Top 2, Msg 732)
[EOA]


[AEI]
Apple II emulator on the iPod?
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
So now that the iPod supports games, who wants to port an Apple II emulator
to the iPod?  Not only would that increase the number of games to that
platform, but the iPod wheel would operate great as PDL(0).

Geoff

(GEOFF, Cat 29, Top 6, Msg 17)

>>>>>
"""""
Apple would have to actually release an iPod SDK first. :)

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

(SYNDICOMM, Cat 29, Top 6, Msg 18)
[EOA]


[SSO]
Sweet16 1.7.3
"""""""""""""
I've released Sweet16 1.7.3, which I expect to be the last update before a
major revision that will take some months to finish.

This version fixes speed control to work correctly on PowerPC, fixes the
timing of certain interrupts (games that were playing at the wrong speed
should work better now), and now supports the Dvorak and French Canadian
keyboard layouts.

http://www.sheppyware.net/software-mac/sweet16/index.html

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

(SYNDICOMM, Cat 29, Top 39, Msg 12)

>>>>>
"""""
I can report that Wizardry 1 (Proving Grounds) works very well under this
version.  Actually better than it ever did on either the IIe, or the IIgs.

Now on to The Knight of Diamonds (nota bene it is "THE").

David R. Pierce

(DAVIDP, Cat 29, Top 39, Msg 16)

>>>>>
"""""
Cool, Sheppy - thanks for your continual work on this project.

What are the plans for the major update - and what version number will it
take?

-Ken

(KGAGNE, Cat 29, Top 39, Msg 13)

>>>>>
"""""
I think the next version will be Sweet16 Vista. :)

Geoff

(GEOFF, Cat 29, Top 39, Msg 14)

>>>>>
"""""
Ah, you mean it will be like OS X Tiger? For those not in the know, the
next OS X, code named Leopard, is being called Vista 2.0 by Steve Jobs...

 Ewen Wannop - Speccie
 Delivered from a IIgs using Uthernet by Spectrum v2.5.3 & SOAR 1.0b11
 Setup: IIgs running at 12.45Mhz   LAN: 2Mb ADSL
 http://homepage.mac.com/speccie

(CONDUCTOR, Cat 29, Top 39, Msg 15)

>>>>>
"""""
The next release of Sweet16 will be version 2.0.

I don't know for sure what all it will have, except that it will offer full
screen support at last, and has already been converted to use 16-bit color
instead of 8-bit.  It also now uses OpenGL for its graphics drawing code,
which isn't making the emulator run faster, but it's keeping the speed from
dropping nearly as much while drawing the screen.

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

(SYNDICOMM, Cat 29, Top 39, Msg 17)
[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, lutefisk4me at sbcglobal dot 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]



[KF6]------------------------------
                       KFest 2006 |
-----------------------------------

[KKP]
Ken's KFest 2006 Pictures
"""""""""""""""""""""""""
I posted my KFest 2006 pictures online over a month ago, but I didn't want
to share the URL until after I knew which pictures would make their way
into the next issue of Juiced.GS.  Since that issue went to print this
week, I can now post the address:

http://kfest.gamebits.net/

Although 17 of these pictures had previously been posted to kfest.org, the
full gallery contains 213 pictures - so the index page may load slowly.

My favorite part, as always, is the captions.  Every single pic has one...

-Ken

(KGAGNE, Cat 5, Top 8, Msg 37)
[EOA]



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

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

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


[KSA]
KansasFest 2007 Keynote Speaker Announced
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
KANSAS CITY, MO - (October 6, 2006) - KansasFest, the Apple II expo held
annually in Kansas City, Missouri, is pleased to have David Szetela as its
2007 keynote speaker.  Mr. Szetela was the first editor-in-chief of Nibble
Magazine, one of the premiere Apple II magazines of the Eighties.

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

Szetela began his career as VP of Operations at MindCraft Inc., publisher
of Nibble.  Next was a seven-year stint with Apple Computer, building and
managing Apple's Evangelism department, the Worldwide Developer Conference
series, Developer University and several award-winning print and multimedia
publications.  Szetela's Apple career included three years at Apple's
European headquarters based in Paris, where his responsibilities included
management of European Developer operations and Apple's online services
business. Szetela is now the founder, president, and CEO of Clix Marketing,
an Internet marketing agency that specializes in the management of clients'
paid search advertising campaigns.  An experienced speaker, Mr. Szetela
promises a fascinating inside perspective on Apple and Nibble for attendees
of KansasFest.

The 2007 convention will be held at Rockhurst University in Kansas City,
Missouri, from July 17th through the 22nd.  The days following the opening
keynote will consist of informational sessions, the HackFest programming
challenge, the KFest Kookout, and more.  The convention officially
concludes on Saturday with the annual Vendor Fair, at which attendees buy,
sell, and trade new and used hardware and software, featuring official
vendor representation by Syndicomm, The ByteWorks, Nibble Magazine, and
more.

Registration information will be posted in early 2007 to the KansasFest web
site at http://www.kfest.org/

CONTACT:
  KansasFest 2007
  kfest-help@kfest.org
  http://www.kfest.org/

(KGAGNE, Cat 5, Top 9, Msg 4)
[EOA]


[SRS]
Suggested Roastee for KFest 2007
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
I have a suggestion for a roastee for this KFest: Carrington Vaston.  These
are the reasons:

* He's never been roasted before.
* He'll be at KFest.
* He's Canadian.

'Nuff said.

Geoff

(GEOFF, Cat 5, Top 9, Msg 1)

>>>>>
"""""
>> These are the reasons: <<

* And you can get all the ammunition you need from his podcasts.

 Carl Knoblock - Retired - Tue  26 Sep 06  9:21:49 pm
 cknoblo@cox.com - Via Spectrum v2.5.3 & SOAR v1.0b10
 KFest 2007, July 17-22, 2007 - 294 days till KFest
 On cable via LANceGS & Marinetti 2.0.1 - Thank you, Richard.
 A2 RTC Staff - Sunday Night House Party - cknoblo@gmail.com

(CARLK, Cat 5, Top 9, Msg 3)

>>>>>
"""""
Depends on how well we get to know him over the next year. :)

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

(SYNDICOMM, Cat 5, Top 9, Msg 2)
[EOA]



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                    EXTRA INNINGS |
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"""""""""""""""   the WEB at:   http://lamp.a2central.com/

This publication produced entirely with real or emulated Apple II computers
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     * The Lamp! is (c) copyright 2006 by Ryan M. Suenaga, M.S.W.  All
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