|||||| |||||| || || |||||| |||||| || || ||| || || || || ||| |||| |||||| || |||| Your || || || || ||| || || |||||| |||||| || || |||||| |||||| GEnieLamp Computing || |||||| || || |||||| RoundTable || || || ||| ||| || || || |||||| |||||||| |||||| RESOURCE! || || || || || || || ||||| || || || || || ~ WELCOME TO GEnieLamp APPLE II! ~ """""""""""""""""""""""""""""" ~ THE TREASURE HUNT: Yours for the Downloading ~ ~ WHO'S WHO IN APPLE II: Doug Cuff ~ ~ HOT NEWS, HOT FILES, HOT MESSAGES ~ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\//////////////////////////////////// GEnieLamp Apple II ~ A T/TalkNET OnLine Publication ~ Vol.4, Issue 35 """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" Editor....................................................Douglas Cuff Publisher.............................................John F. Peters \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\//////////////////////////////////// ~ GEnieLamp IBM ~ GEnieLamp ST ~ GEnieLamp [PR] ~ GEnieLamp Windows ~ ~ GEnieLamp A2Pro ~ GEnieLamp Macintosh ~ GEnieLamp TX2 ~ ~ GEnieLamp A2 ~ LiveWire (ASCII) ~ GEnieLamp MacPRO ~ ~ Solid Windows ~ Config.sys ~ ~ Member Of The Digital Publishing Association ~ GE Mail: GENIELAMP Internet: genielamp@genie.geis.com FTP: sosi.com ////////////////////////////////////\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ >>> WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE APPLE II ROUNDTABLE? <<< """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" ~ February 1, 1995 ~ FROM MY DESKTOP ......... [FRM] FROM MY MAILBOX ......... [MAI] Notes From The Editor. Letters to the Editor. HEY MISTER POSTMAN ...... [HEY] HUMOR ONLINE ............ [HUM] Is That A Letter For Me? Too Much Time on My Hands. REFLECTIONS ............. [REF] ASCII ART GALLERY ....... [ASA] Bond Between Writers & Readers. Valentine Art. THE TREASURE HUNT ....... [HUN] PROFILES ................ [PRO] Yours For The Downloading. Who's Who: Doug Cuff. LOG OFF ................. [LOG] GEnieLamp Information. [IDX]""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" READING GEnieLamp GEnieLamp has incorporated a unique indexing system """"""""""""""""" to help make reading the magazine easier. To utilize this system, load GEnieLamp into any ASCII word processor or text editor. In the index you will find the following example: HUMOR ONLINE ............ [HUM] [*]GEnie Fun & Games. To read this article, set your find or search command to [HUM]. If you want to scan all of the articles, search for [EOA]. [EOF] will take you to the last page, whereas [IDX] will bring you back to the index. MESSAGE INFO To make it easy for you to respond to messages """""""""""" re-printed here in GEnieLamp, you will find all the information you need immediately following the message. For example: (SMITH, CAT6, TOP1, MSG:58/M475) _____________| _____|__ _|___ |____ |_____________ |Name of sender CATegory TOPic Msg.# Page number| In this example, to respond to Smith's message, log on to page 475 enter the bulletin board and set CAT 6. Enter your REPly in TOPic 1. A message number that is surrounded by brackets indicates that this message is a "target" message and is referring to a "chain" of two or more messages that are following the same topic. For example: {58}. ABOUT GEnie GEnie's monthly fee is $8.95 for which gives you up to """"""""""" four hours of non-prime time access to most GEnie services, such as software downloads, bulletin boards, GE Mail, an Internet mail gateway, and chat lines, are allowed without charge. GEnie's non-prime time connect rate is $3.00. To sign up for GEnie service, call (with modem) 1-800-638-8369 in the USA or 1-800-387-8330 in Canada. Upon connection type HHH. Wait for the U#= prompt. Type: JOINGENIE and hit RETURN. When you get the prompt asking for the signup/offer code, type: DSD524 and hit RETURN. The system will then prompt you for your information. Need more information? Call GEnie's customer service line (voice) at 1-800-638-9636. SPECIAL OFFER FOR GEnieLamp READERS! If you sign onto GEnie using the """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" method outlined above you will receive an *additional* six (6) free hours of standard connect time (for a total of 10) to be used in the first month. Want more? Your first month charge of $8.95 will be waived! Now there are no excuses! *** GET INTO THE LAMP! *** """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" //////////////////////////////////////// GEnie_QWIK_QUOTE //// / Liberty is protected by 4 boxes: / / Soap, Ballot, Jury, Cartridge. Use in that order. / //////////////////////////////////// jewell@Data-IO.com //// [EOA] [FRM]////////////////////////////// FROM MY DESKTOP / ///////////////////////////////// Notes From The Editor """"""""""""""""""""" by Douglas Cuff [EDITOR.A2] This month, the big news is that Spectrum 2.0 has been released, assuming that Seven Hills Software kept their promise. However, in discussing the release of Spectrum, Dave Hecker of Seven Hills mentioned that they are also working on new versions of Kangaroo, TransProg III, and GraphicWriter III. That's exciting. (Of course, my cynical side immediately chimes in that this explains the pre-Christmas sale Seven Hills had on these products, but don't listen to it. My cynical side is a just an old grump with a permanent case of the winter blahs.) It's always exciting to know that the wheels keep turning. At the same time, apparently not enough of us are voting with their wallets. Mike Westerfield says that sales of Quick Click Calc--a fine program, BTW--are not all they should be, and Michael Lutynski desperately needs more orders of Animasia 3-D in order to keep his head above water. Now, I know that few of us have enough money to buy every piece of software that comes on the market. (I sure don't, as you'll read in this month's interview.) But if you do have the money, then take the time now to order the software. I've cut my editorial short this month so that you have the extra time. (Oh, all right, I also figured that since I'm profiled this month, there's a limit to how much of my voice you readers can take.) -- Doug Cuff GEnie Mail: EDITOR.A2 Internet: editor.a2@genie.geis.com __________________________________________________________ | | | REPRINTING GEnieLamp | | | | If you want to reprint any part of GEnieLamp, or | | post it to a bulletin board, please see the very end | | of this file for instructions and limitations. | |__________________________________________________________| ASCII ART BEGINS _____ ______ _ _ ___ ___ / ____| ____| (_) | | / _ \|__ \ | | __| |__ _ __ _ ___| | __ _ _ __ ___ _ __ | |_| | ) | | | |_ | __| | '_ \| |/ _ \ | / _` | '_ ` _ \| '_ \ | _ | / / | |__| | |____| | | | | __/ |___| (_| | | | | | | |_) | | | | |/ /_ \_____|______|_| |_|_|\___|______\__,_|_| |_| |_| .__/ |_| |_|____| | | |_| ASCII ART ENDS [EOA] [MAI]////////////////////////////// FROM MY MAILBOX / ///////////////////////////////// Letters to The Editor """"""""""""""""""""" Unpaid Bills I was told that the latest A2 Lamp says that I am doing '''''''''''' programming for Spectrum 2.0. Someone must have their Bills confused. It is not me that is doing that programming. -= Bill Shuff =- (W.SHUFF, CAT3, TOP3, MSG:265/M645;1) Sorry about that, Bill. This was entirely my fault. In fact, it is Bill Tudor who has programmed XCMDs for Spectrum 2.0. I apologize for any inconvenience suffered.--Ed. Check Before You Donate In the January GEnieLamp A2 there is an article ''''''''''''''''''''''' by Phil Shapiro about the Apple II as an Equity Computer. In the article, Phil discusses what might be done with the many Apple IIs in schools as school labs switch over to Macs and Power Macs. To quote: "As the more affluent schools in our nation decide to equip their computer labs with Macs and Power Macs, large numbers of Apple II computers will come available on the second-hand market. Along with the computers themselves will come huge quantities of second-hand Apple II educational programs." It would be prudent for us to inquire closely about our local school's plans. I have heard more than one report (from educators) of area schools =requiring that their Apple IIs be junked= -- thrown in the trash -- when their computer labs were "upgraded" to new machines. I find this appalling, unconscionable, and outrageous. Phil proposes some fine uses for these machines, and others could think of more, but if the machines are thrown in landfills, the opportunity will be wasted. We've each come to terms in some way with Apple's decision to figuratively bury the Apple II; for Apple IIs to literally be buried would be a tragedy! (EDMUNDL, CAT3, TOP3, MSG:277/M645;1) [EOA] [HEY]////////////////////////////// HEY MISTER POSTMAN / ///////////////////////////////// Is That A Letter For Me? """""""""""""""""""""""" by Douglas Cuff [EDITOR.A2] o A2 POT-POURRI o HOT TOPICS o WHAT'S NEW o THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE o MESSAGE SPOTLIGHT >>> A2 POT-POURRI <<< """"""""""""""""""""" WHILE THEY LAST...! Publish It 4! is available!!!! """"""""""""""""""" Troll Associates (the company that sell children's books and software) has Publish It 4 available IN STOCK today. She couldn't tell me how many copies they had, so if you are interested, you should call soon. Troll 1-800-526-5289 ext 1119 Publish It 4 - item # TM-AD275 $149.95 I'm not associated with this company but I know people have been looking for this program, so I'm passing along this info. Cindy (C.ADAMS11, CAT4, TOP2, MSG:392/M645;1) APPLIED ENGINEERING SOURCE CODE GOOD NEWS!!! GREAT NEWS!!! """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""" All is not lost with the AESource archive, it seems that the archive was corrupted when I tried to unpackit with GShrinkit v1.1. I then got a hint about trying to unpackit with Shrinkit v3.4, and to my amazement it worked. The AESource is all intact, and this includes the PCTransporter source. I was able to unpackit, and took a quick look at. The source itself is old, and only includes the drivers for the PCT, and not the actual software. I guess something is better than nothing. :) :) :) Sam Latella [A2World] "Apple ][ Forever, IBM Never!!!" (S.LATELLA, CAT14, TOP2, MSG:72/M645;1) ONE THOUSAND MARK AND RISING Just about a week ago, Shareware Solutions """""""""""""""""""""""""""" II passed a major milestone when I was able to proclaim that SSII now has subscribers in all 50 states. Today, Shareware Solutions II has passed an even greater milestone. It now boasts a readership of 1,000 subscribers. I'm almost at a complete loss for words. I'd just like to thank everyone for their support and encouragement; I couldn't have done it without you. Joe Kohn Publisher, Shareware Solutions II (JOE.KOHN, CAT28, TOP4, MSG:327/M645;1) SEND IN YOUR TYPES As you may know, A2Pro has assumed responsibility for """""""""""""""""" assigning filetypes, sound types, scrap types, resource types, request codes, and all other previously Apple-assigned types. Unfortunately, we are having difficulty getting a complete list of -any- of the recent assignments from Apple's DTS. Thus, we ask you to please send a description of any and all data which may fall into one of the previous categories and which was assigned to you by DTS since June of 1992, when they published their last list. Please forward these data to -this- account, a2pro.help@genie.geis.com, as the A2PRO@genie.geis.com account mentioned in our press release is not currently staffed. Also, we encourage you to feel free to send your requests for filetypes and such NOW. They will be filled as soon as we are reasonably sure that we have an accurate list. These can be filed either to me or the A2PRO address... but, if it's time-critical, please have it sent to me. :) All temporary DTS assignments should be considered permanent unless we notify you of a conflict. Thank you for your cooperation and your continued support of the Apple II series of computers. :) ...J. Nathaniel Sloan, Apple II Programmers' and Developers' RoundTable on GEnie. (A2PRO.HELP, CAT11, TOP20, MSG:19/M645;1) ICON BASICS Doug's comments need a little clarification. """"""""""" First: To use a new Icon it must be placed into a Folder named ICONS. This folder must be in the root directory of a currently mounted volume. It does NOT have to be on the boot volume, but this is the preferred place for Icons that will affect all files (like the trash can icons). Generally the best method is to place icons that affect only a particular program onto the disk for that program, unless the program is kept on your hard drive. Second: Since the introduction of System 6.0, the Finders own icons are not stored in the Icons folder. Instead they are in the Finder's resource fork. Even with the older systems, however all of the Finder's icons were lumped together into a single file. If someone were to do what doug suggests and move their Finder.Icons (on system 5 or earlier) to a differnt directory, the Finder would crash. While this method is fine for Icons added to the system, it will not work with the Full Trash Icon (unless you have more than one personal trash icon). This is not a problem though. When the Finder locates a new icon it simply replaces the built in icon with the new one. Third. Be careful adding new icons. The Finder gets into trouble if more than one icon is added to the system with the same definition. I.e if you placed to new Trash Icons into your Icons folder, bad things are likely to happen. This is especially true for multiple copies of the "Generic file" icon. For this reason, I use an icon editor to check every new icon folder before I use it. I then combine any new Icons I like into my existing Icon Folders. What I end up with is a nice manageable set of Icon folders with no duplicates. My Icon folder looks something like this; Folder.Icons System.Icons Filetype.Icons Game.Icons As I find or make new Icons that I like, I just place them into the appropriate folder. I hope this helps Dave C (D.CORKUM, CAT2, TOP4, MSG:573/M645;1) POINT TO POINT PROTOCOL Is anyone out here interested in a PPP program """"""""""""""""""""""" for the Apple IIe? No, I kid you not... I recently ran accross a programmer who (just to prove it can be done) is working on a PPP program for the _8-bit_ Apple II. He asked me to put out some feelers in here to see how many people are interested should he be successful. :) He says he's already looked over the specs, and seems pretty sure of himself. I won't hold any promises, but I'm one that'll definately be excited if he gets it to work :) Dave (JUST.DAVE, CAT10, TOP10, MSG:299/M645;1) EASTER EGGS THAT CHECK THE CALENDAR Aside from System's 6's Time Control """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" Panel, I'm not aware of any other Easter Eggs that depend on the IIGS clock or that only activate themselves on certain days. That is, until Brutal Deluxe's Blockade arrived here about a week or so ago. It seems to me that if you play Blockade on odd numbered days, the border flashes in time to the music. Played on even numbered days, there are no flashing borders. Knowing Brutal Deluxe, I'm sure that's just one of many Easter Eggs in Blockade. Another one is activated when clicking on a senstive part of the graphic of the young lady. Anyone else found any others? Joe (JOE.KOHN, CAT28, TOP4, MSG:369/M645;1) >>>>> Sorry, but our BBS package Eclipse (written in 1989) has an easter """"" egg, where if it is the birthday of any of the authors (three of us), you'll get a happy birthday message on startup. So... BD were not the first. (RICHARD.B, CAT28, TOP4, MSG:372/M645;1) [Others pointed out the calendar-specific Easter eggs in Print Shop IIgs and Platinum Paint.--Ed.] RAMFAST FATAL MEMORY FAULT CODES """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" $00 - unknown, probably means your card is very confused $01-$08 - DRAM memory test failure $09 - EPROM Checksum failure $0C - Z180 processor crashed, indicates some hardware fault $0D - error writing cached data to disk device $0E - Termination power error Jawaid (PROCYON.INC, CAT20, TOP13, MSG:641/M645;1) MEMORIES OF KOBE I just downloaded Steve Chick's Find.File NDA, and I """""""""""""""" noticed his address is in Kobe, Japan. Does anybody know if he made it through the earthquake? (P.CREAGER, CAT9, TOP5, MSG:463/M645;1) >>>>> The last time I was in contact with him, after 2 years ago, he was """"" no longer in Japan. There are 2 different CIS' addresses for Steve Chick listed in FindFile. One has a typo, but one is valid. You could always try writing an e-mail to him. Joe (JOE.KOHN, CAT9, TOP5, MSG:465/M645;1) NOW THAT'S PLUG AND PLAY! I have gone on record here stating the """"""""""""""""""""""""" Roadrunner is the best low priced internal hard disk drive available, and that its little more than plug and play when I send one to a customer. Here is a message I received yesterday: >> Dear Chuck, >> I got the Hard Drive Today. I connected it myself. >> Isn't that nice? >> It works fine! >> I coppied my programs on to it with no trouble. >> Thank you so much, >> Brent Bacome What you may find interesting is that Brent is inconvenienced with blindness. Yet he installed the two card Roadrunner, installed his TEXT-TALKER and other software and was up and running from the hard disk drive and on GEnie the same day the Roadrunner arrived in the mail. I think that the fact I was able to help Brent was neat. That Brent doesn't need much help is way neater. I just had to share this....... Chuck (A2.CHUCK, CAT13, TOP25, MSG:253/M645;1) >>> HOT TOPICS <<< """""""""""""""""" APPLEWORKS 5 BUG FIX! Bug fix! Peter Hinchliffe of Australia reported """"""""""""""""""""" that AW5 crashes when you attempt to save a Data Base file which has multiple label-style reports containing background text. To solve the problem, patch the following bytes in SEG.AW: Offset Original Change to ------ -------- --------- 47C6 2D 20 47E6 20 3F 47E7 6F A9 32 8D BA 5C AD AA 77 60 4F30 AD 20 5B 55 Note: In the latter two, only the original first byte is given. Obviously other bytes are being replaced by the new sequences. (BRANDT, CAT17, TOP31, MSG:1/M645;1) MACRO CAPTURES CELL MEMO TEXT I figured out how to capture up to 70 """"""""""""""""""""""""""""" characters of a memo, even if it's much longer, without crashing. The trick is to set the column width of the hidden column to the max then use < .getcell x,y,1 >. The 1 tells UM to grab what would be displayed on the screen, if it were displayed, not the literal value. Here's my last effort on cell memos. I made one change that pokes a width of 80, actually an illegal value, into the colwidth table for the hidden category that contains the memo. I stopped at 80 because that's the maximum length of an Ultra string variable. start M: 0 x = x + $79 : // calculate which hidden column poke #colwidths + X, 80: // set hidden col to 80 width $1 = .getcell x,r,1 // get up to 80 characters of memo. $1 = .zapchar $1, $d : // remove crs from string msg $1 >! // show memo Z: