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An Onipa'a Software Production        Vol. 2, No. 1 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Publisher & Editor.......................Ryan M. Suenaga, M.S.W., L.S.W. Internet Email....................................thelamp@sheppyware.net ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::                             TABLE OF CONTENTS                             ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~                             January 15, 1998OPENING PITCH     Many Classic Moments ------------------------------------------- [OPN]A FUNNY THING HAPPENED                                                [FOR]     The Heat Is On ------------------------------------------------- [HET]     Miscellanea                                                      [MSC]     Rumor Mill ----------------------------------------------------- [RMR]     Public Postings                                                  [PUB]     Best Of The Best ----------------------------------------------- [BOB]A2Pro_DUCTIVITY     Checking out A2PRO on Delphi ----------------------------------- [A2P]THE LAMP SALUTES     Apple II Achievement, 1998 ------------------------------------- [TLS]FREEWARE FAVORITES     Babelfish 1.0 -------------------------------------------------- [FRE]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 thisissue into any word processor or text editor.  In the index you will findsomething like:EXTRA INNINGS     About The Lamp! ------------------------------------------------ [INN]To read this article, simply use your search or find command to locate[INN].  There is a similar tag at the end of each article: [EOA].         :: DISCUSSED ON DELPHI ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::         :                                                       :         :  C is ideally adapted to writing programs that no one :         :  can understand or debug.  That's why it's so popular :         :           -- job security, and all that. ;)           :         :                                                       :         ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: BYTEWORKS :::::::[EOA][OPN]------------------------------                     OPENING PITCH |-----------------------------------From The Editor"""""""""""""""by Ryan M. Suenaga, B.A., M.S.W., L.S.W.                [thelamp@sheppyware.net]                           MANY CLASSIC MOMENTS                           ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~     Apple Computer, Inc. did Apple II users a huge favor: it included inthe ROM of every Apple II some form of the BASIC programming language.While BASIC has never been known for its power or structure, it is indeedeasy to learn and easy to use to write short programs.  Many of us gotstarted on our Apple IIs just that way--booting up by 5.25 inch floppy,waiting for the ] prompt to show up, and typing away.  Many, many hourswere spent late into the night, scratching heads and reading manuals,wondering why this darned thing didn't work, or trying to figure out a newway of doing it.     A few months ago, Mike Westerfield of Byte Works gave Applesoftprogrammers the language they've waited their entire Apple IIgs lives for:_GSoft BASIC_.  Recently, he followed this up with _FREE.GSOFT_, a scaleddown version of the language which could be freely distributed--anincredible gift to The Rest Of Us.     In the late 1990's, Apple II users don't have a hundred new programscoming out each month--we have a stream of steady new software, but not aflood.  As such, it's time to do what the generation of Apple II users inthe late 1970's did: create our own future.     Apple gave us the tools in Integer and Applesoft BASIC to do that 20years ago.  Mike Westerfield gave us the tools to do it again in 1998.     In the spirit of teaching the Apple II user to fish, we need to havethe right nets.  _GSoft BASIC_ is the net The Rest Of Us have waited forsince that day in 1986.     Seize the day.                                [*] [*] [*]     Recess Is Over Department: I said you wouldn't hear it again 'tillJanuary.  Well, it's January.     KansasFest 1999 will once again be held on the campus of Avila Collegein Kansas City, Missouri, this year from July 21-25.  Details are stillbeing worked out, but you can get the latest information on the KFest HomePage at http://www.kfest.org.     Behave yourselves.  I'll be back in 30.Ryanthelamp@sheppyware.netASCII ART BEGINS_________  _                     _                                      _|__   __| | |                   | |                                    | |   | |    | |                   | |                                    | |   | |    | |___     ____       | |       _____   __ ___ _   _ _____   | |   | |    | ___ \   / __ \      | |      /____ \  | v   v | | v ___ \  | |   | |    | |  | | | /__\ \     | |       ____| | | /\ /\ | |  /   \ \ | |   | |    | |  | | | _____|     | |      / ___  | | || || | | |    | | |_|   | |    | |  | | | |_____     | |____  | |__| | | || || | |  \___/ /  _   |_|    |_|  |_| \______|     |______| \____^_| |_||_||_| | |\____/  |_|                                                            | |                                                            | |                                                            |_|ASCII ART ENDS[EOA][OPN]------------------------------     A FUNNY THING HAPPENED. . . . |-----------------------------------Checking out A2 on Delphi"""""""""""""""""""""""""by Ryan M. Suenaga, B.A., M.S.W., L.S.W.                [thelamp@sheppyware.net]       * The Heat Is On              * Miscellanea                     * Rumor Mill                            * Public Postings                                        * Best Of The Best                              THE HEAT IS ON                              """"""""""""""     [*] Telecommunications          ....... More Marinetti And PPP     [*] User Groups & Publications  ....... What Could Have Been: AWGS     [*] Vendors & Tech Support      ....... NEC Monitor With IIgs?     [*] General Chatter             ....... Lamenting The TurboRez                                MISCELLANEA                                """""""""""MARINETTI APPLICATIONS: OPINIONS FROM THE AUTHOR   Just wanted to thank""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""   Sheppy for bringing outthe first original idea for a Marinetti application, and before the end of1998 at that!OK, Telnet is a must (Spectrum) and Ping and Finger are neat nerd tools,but gsAIM is something that's innovative and useful. And to be honest, itwas probably the most unlikely of projects I though would be brought to theGS. It fact I never even thought about it while writing Marinetti, andtrust me when I say I've spent the last two years of my life thinking ofapplications that could use Marinetti.Regards, Richard Author of Marinetti                       (RICHARD_B, 18691, GO COM A2)<<<<<   Oops, I should also add that its developers like Sheppy and the"""""   people who support his Marinetti aware products, which will havethe most affect on how much Marinetti is updated in the coming years.The more excited I get by seeing something like gsAIM, the more excited Iget about working on Marinetti.Again, thanks Sheppy.Regards, Richard                       (RICHARD_B, 18692, GO COM A2)FTP STEP-BY-STEP   Giselle - I've pretty much stopped using ftp or ncftp,""""""""""""""""   except when I have to, and much prefer to do all mydownloading from the net using the lynx web browser. If that's the way youwant to get the WWGS update, here's the URL:ftp://ftp.sheppyware.net/pub/apple_iigs/WWGS12Upd.shkLet me see if I can even remember the process of doing it via ftp.... 1) Run the ftp client. 2) Type open ftp.sheppyware.net 3) When prompted for a name, enter the word anonymous. 4) When prompted for a password, enter your e-mail address. 5) Type CD /pub/apple_iigs 6) Type the word BIN 7) Type get WWGS12Upd.shk 8) Quit ftp 9) Download WWGS12Upd.shk from your home directory.Yikes. I never realized just how many steps lynx saves you when downloadingfrom ftp archives. In any case, either method should work just fine.Joe Kohn                       (JOE_KOHN, 17988, GO COM A2)IS THERE A WAY TO DO COPILOT AND COG ON THE SAME SPECTRUM PASS?   Indeed"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""   there is.This is my normal way of running COG. I sign on to Genie via CoPilot, acustom script then starts up COG, which then connects me to Delphi. I readand reply to Delphi via COG, quit COG which automatically returns me toCoPilot, where I read and reply to Genie.In the COG2 archive that you downloaded (not sure if it was included inv2.6) is a folder called "Contributions". Inside that folder are a fewother folders with contributions from various people. One of thecontributions details how you can easily do what you're asking.Basically, you create a RT in CoPilot called 'Special'. Write a simplescript that says "Chain $spectrumpathCOG2:Rapid.Start" and name it"Genie.S.Special". Place it in your GEFiles folder. Configure COG to usethe 'Genie.Connect' method of connection and be sure to enter your Delphiscreen name and password. Check your 'Online Activities' in CoPilot to makesure that the 'Special' RT is checked. Also, be sure that the 'Special' RTis the last in the list of RT's to visit (I've placed mine in #11 justabove 'Mail'). Sign on to Genie via CoPilot in the normal way, and voila!After CoPilot does its' normal run, it will then connect to Delphi viaGenie's Telnet, run COG, and it will do its' normal run.Jeff Carr Sun, 13 Dec 98 @ 12:47:47Cruising the 'rainbow' path provided by:Spectrum v2.2 and Crock O' Gold v2.6                       (LUMITECH, 18345, GO COM A2)TRANSPROG III TIDBITS   For all of you using Transprog III... you can add"""""""""""""""""""""   COG to your TP III menu and launch it directlywithout having to launch Spectrum and then OA-R to run your script.I use it all the time... it is more of a direct route to where I wanna go..more useful things you can do with your GS  ;)Make sure that before you add COG to your TP III menu that you launchSpectrum from the Finder so that Finder updates the Desktop file. Thenquite back to the Finder and add COG to the TP III menu.If you don't do this, when you launch COG it will ask you to find Spectrumand Start.Cog each time you run COG from TP III.Leon                       (SARGENLE, 18221, GO COM A2)>>>>>   I've had COG set up in my TransProg III menu for ages.  One of the"""""   really nice features of TransProg III is the ability to attachdocument files to the program menu.In my case, I added Spectrum to my TransProg III menu then added Start.COGand Start.SIS as documents of Spectrum.  Now I can choose to launchdirectly to Spectrum, COG or SIS from TransProg III.By the way, I've never run into the problem you mentioned where you getasked to locate programs and such but I believe it is sound advice.  Ibelieve I've never run into it because I never added a program to myTransProg III menu that I haven't run because I always want to make surethe program actually works before spending the time and effort to update myTransProg III menu.  :-) Jeff Blakeney - Dean of the Apple II University in A2Pro       ** HyperCard IIgs Course now in session! **                       (JBLAKENEY, 18240, GO COM A2)>>>>>   Besides the obvious of setting up documents to use as templates,"""""   one use that I make of this is to set up my UniverseMaster scriptsas documents. I have a document in TransProg III for the script to back upeach drive, plus a chain script that does the whole shebang.  I click onthat, walk away, and a few minutes later I am back to my program launcherapplication, with my backup updated.  Nice, slick, and easy. - Don (IronTooth)Delivered by my ANSITerm off-line reader scripts...                         They're OLRight!                       (DZAHNISER, 18279, GO COM A2)>>>>>   Maybe I should rephrase."""""With UniverseMaster, you perform backups using scripts, which areUniverseMaster-specific documents.  You can specify whether or not to usecompression, specify certain filetypes and/or folders, days since lastbackup for a file, etc.  You can run scripts together as well by linkingthem in a chain document.  You typically perform backups for the first timeon a folder/drive from the UniverseMaster desktop, which creates thescript, or subsequently from the menus.  However...You can also use a program launcher such as Finder or TransProg III tolaunch UniverseMaster via a script or chain document.  When UniverseMasteris launched with a start-up document (as in double-clicking from Finder orusing the document feature of TransProg III), UniverseMaster scans thescript and specified folders, prompts for the destination path (if notonline), runs the script and then automatically quits back to the launcher.So, the ability to run these script documents from TransProg III means Ican decide to do a back-up at any time I am in a desktop program (whichreminds me - I have to set these up to 'stack' so that UM will quit back towherever I was, not just my program launcher). - Don (IronTooth)Delivered by my ANSITerm off-line reader scripts...                         They're OLRight!                       (DZAHNISER, 18391, GO COM A2)A2U'S WINTER BREAK ENDS   I should mention that I've just sent lesson 4 to"""""""""""""""""""""""   Jeff. My apologies for taking so long, but I dohave excuses which I will mail on fan-fold paper to anyone who is willingto pay the shipping costs :-)                        (GARETH, 18832, GO COM A2)HELPING RICHARD AND MACIP FOR MARINETTI   I've done some thinking about the"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""   MacIP module for Marinetti, and Ithink I've come up with an interesting idea. :-)My IIGS is currently in pieces, because I have no way to get it onto myEthernet network.What I need, is a LocalTalk to Ethernet bridge box. This way the AppleTalkon the back of the IIGS could be connected to the bridge, and subsequentlyinto the Ethernet hub.I do not know what boxes are available, and what power they do and do notneed, nor their speed. But I guess I need something like this:Standalone bridge with LocalTalk (mini-din-8) and Ethernet (RJ45)connectors. Switching (or at least 240V) power supply, with universal powerconnector so I can use an Australian power cable. Status lights would begood, in case I have trouble getting it to work with the IIGS.I counted up the posts re the MacIP module, and figure there's enoughsupport to put together a bridge to send to me. If I can get the bridge upand running, I'll release the MacIP driver. :-)  I like this idea betterthan taking money off folks. It may as  well go towards getting my machineback online so I can continue development.Oh, and the bridge would need to run without any drivers, it must becompletely self contained. Failing that, if you can get specs on theinterface, I may be able to work something out.Regards, Richard                       (RICHARD_B, 18465, GO COM A2)IMPROVING ON 6.0.1   What I always thought would be a nice idea is to have""""""""""""""""""   an 'on-line panel of reviewers' go over all theavailable 'quality' replacement icons and come up with a 'Delphi A2approved' set of icons for enhancing System 6.0.1.In fact, this potentially could be expanded to other areas of System 6.0.1(like an approved scrapbook NDA, text editor NDA, etc.) This way, ifsomeone is having system problems they can say something like "I'm runningSystem 6.0.1 and the Delphi endorsed enhancement package, version 1.0" andeveryone else will have a good idea of what their system set-up is like.Plus, it would provide a stable core of system enhancements which have been'field tested' to ensure there were no incompatibilities among them. Also,it would help developers when they beta test. They'd know that if theirprogram is solid with the 'enhancement package' during beta testing thatthere would be less likelihood of a bothersome post-release bug jumping up.After all, a lot of users would be running the same core of systemcomponents!Just a thought.Paul.Paul Schultzschultp@delphi.comsent your way via Spectrum 2.2 and Crock O' Gold 2.6                        (SCHULTP, 18853, GO COM A2)>>>>>   It's a good thought, Paul. An enhancement package to System 6.0.1 I"""""   believe would be a wonderful thing. A fresh look and somestandardization in system components would be a positive step forward IMHO.Barry                      (BARRY_REES, 18855, GO COM A2)>>>>>   Where do I send my Icons? I think I like the SHR collection of"""""   Icons the best. A whole SHR double screen if icons to use with the'Instant Icon' NDA.But one point I would like to address:I think we need to agree upon a set of system 6.01 patches and fixes thatare necessary for the optimal operation of the Apple IIgs. I would alsolike to see this collection fit upon one 800k disk.Along the same lines...I have a nine-disk set of System 6.01 Labels all laid out in AWGS for theDeskJet with a Grey-scale picture of the Gemini Astronaut (Irwin?) from theSystem 6.0 box. Some of the borders need tweaking and I've got my hackedup-side-down Times font (semiT) for the copyright disclaimers. They arebasically ready for uploading here.  ,___(?___            Mike Brouillette; the "Un-Dead Apple" /    _   _\   mbroui11ette@delphi.com / mike_brouillette@haaug.org \ )|(@)m(_,  `~7oooood      Delivered via Spectrum v2.1 & Crock 'O Gold v2.5                     (MBROUI11ETTE, 18885, GO COM A2)GETTING GOING WITH GSOFT   I was going to ask for more information, but I""""""""""""""""""""""""   think your second message may have had the pieceI need.> ... it claims a line number is beyond allowable limits ...Applesoft BASIC requires line numbers, and in GSoft BASIC they areoptional. I needed one number for use as "no number on this line," and Iused 0 for that purpose. 0 is a legal Applesoft line number, though, andsome Applesoft "compressors" apparently started the line numbers from 0.Try renumbering the program, or at least that first line.If that doesn't work, or if this just isn't the problem, try to give mespecific information about the error you're seeing.In the end, though, GSoft BASIC is not a superset of Applesoft. It's flatimpossible to make all Applesoft programs run safely under GS/OS because ofdifferences in the way memory is handled. There are some Applesoft programsthat won't run, at least not without modification. The conversion programtries to point those out, but in general, PEEK, POKE and CALL statementsneed to be translated to a modern equivalent, and & commands just aren'tgoing to move at all.For some programs, it's worth the effort to move it to GSoft BASIC. GSoftBASIC is a little faster than Applesoft BASIC, offers long number formats,and can handle far more memory. But for other programs, it just might notbe worth the effort. That's really a decision for the person who wants touse the Applesoft program. :)Mike Westerfield                       (BYTEWORKS, 18659, GO COM A2)<<<<<   On the subject of translations, I'd like to make a request:"""""If you translate any public domain or freeware program, and if you aredonating the translation to the public domain or making the translationfreeware, please send me a copy. Depending on time, number of submissions,and the phase of the moon, I may create a download area on my web site(once I figure out how!) with source samples for GSoft BASIC.Mike Westerfield                       (BYTEWORKS, 18660, GO COM A2)>>>>>   Heck, send 'em to me, too. I'll set up a GSoft BASIC software"""""   repository on sheppyware. I'd like to do that. :)Eric "Sheppy" ShepherdMacintosh & PowerPC Programmers Forum                        (SHEPPY, 18664, GO COM A2)VARIATIONS ON A THEME: //E MOTHERBOARDS   There are several Apple //e"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""   Revision Motherboards, like theSCSI cards there are what would appear to be conflicting information on theboards.I don't remember all the exact part numbers but I do know the boards:1982 820-0064-A - The First Issue, no DHR, Jumper has to be removed on theExt. 80 Col card ot the computer locks on power up.  Also *incompatible*with Enhanced ROM code, will also lock on boot with Enhanced ROMs(342-0303/0304) installed. This board was upgradeable via Apple ServiceExtension Program at no cost to the user UNLESS the board was stamped VARin the upper left or right area. A VAR (Value Added Reseller) purchased RevA //e boards from Apple and used them in a dedicated product that was notdependent on any of the new features afforded by the Rev B board. Apple ][+and //e boards made their way into a lot of equipment that was built to doone/special things.  Like the numbers for who's pizza order was ready atthen, Showbiz Pizza Place. (It was a ][+ with a ROM card and program burnedinto ROM, just enter the order number on the keypad and hit enter. Enter itagain to remove it. The order numbers would draw the double digits in oneof 5 random ways onto the screen, two numbers full sized on the screen for10 seconds each and every one around the que, put all the order numbers onthe screen using HiRes Page 1)The VAR boards were already turned into Apple once for upgrade, and weresold for those purposes only, not in assembled computers for end userconsumption.Quick ID: Rear left/middle (C)1982 Apple, Part # ends in -A          PAL/HAL (Between RAM Slot & P/S) is Part # 342-0167          (This is where many of the changes were done, but you can't just           swap this PAL and have a Rev. B. Changes have to be made on the           motherboard. Cut and connect some traces, add a few resistors.           I've done this before, but it's been a long time)   *READ* (C)1982, the (C)1984 Board also has a -A.1982 820-0064-B - The Second Issue. This board has the same ROMs as the -Aboard, the differences are the PAL change and board level changes mentionedabove. The PAL Part# is 342-0170. The ROMs are 342-0134/0135.1984 820-xxxx-A - Third Issue, Identical to the 820-0064-B except that part# 65C02, 342-0303/0304 and 342-0265 are silk screened on the board toreflect the new part numbers for the Enhanced ROM set. Also some parts ofthe production run had some of the ICs soldered to the board instead ofsocketed. Some boards have a part # of 820-0087-A, others 820-0187-A, somehave both these numbers.1986 820-0087-B, 820-0128-A, Fourth Issue, RAM and ROM reduction. Replacedthe two 64K ROMs with a single 128K ROM. (2764 x 2 for 27182 x 1). Replaced8 4164 DRAM with 2 4464 (64x1 x 8 for 64x4 x 2). More IC's soldered inplace. This is the board that shipped in the Platinum Apple //e withnumeric keypad.In all that there were 4 major changes that meant change the part number.There are probably 2 or 3 minor changes. Aside from the PAL (Europe,Australia) motherboard I have seen 8 different revision //e boards. Withthe exception of the first board, all can run either ROM set/CPU. For thelast revision you would need to burn your own ROM as the non-enhanced ROMset was never produced in a single chip (27128) version.The PAL versions of the //e motherboard also use the SAME ROMs. Only thecharacter generator and keyboard map (342-0132 in the US) were changed toreflect the local keyboard needs.Tony                        (T_DIAZ, 18808, GO COM A2)STRONG OPINIONS FROM A2   A Power Mac G3 and a copy of Bernie ][ the Rescue"""""""""""""""""""""""   is a better IIgs than Apple ever built.(With a few caveats; Henrik has my list of demands :)Eric "Sheppy" ShepherdMacintosh & PowerPC Programmers Forum                        (SHEPPY, 18445, GO COM A2)>>>>>   The reader in OLRight! 3 and later is far superior to any of the"""""   readers for the various Apple II and Mac OLR's for Delphi (andGenie or Compuserve, for that matter) that I've tried. - Ryan M. Suenaga, M.S.W., L.S.W. - rsuenaga@apple2.org Editor and Publisher, _The Lamp!_, published monthly on Delphi "Teaching the Apple II user how to fish since 1982" Posted by PTMM v2.5 - The integrated information solution                       (RSUENAGA, 18377, GO COM A2)>>>>>   Overall, I find TP III to be one of the most useful fixtures on my"""""   system. Its interface is also quite sophisticated and attractive,which tends to be common for all of Brainstorm's software.For those of you who may not know, Tranprog is a Seven Hills product:http://www.sevenhills.com/applesoftware/ Max Jones, Juiced.GS http://www.wbwip.com/juiced.gs Delivered by Spectrum 2.2 and Crock O' Gold                       (JUICEDGS, 18235, GO COM A2)>>>>>   I don't often heap endless praise, but I think this issue of"""""   _Juiced.GS_ might be the best issue of an Apple II publication I'veseen in years. - Ryan M. Suenaga, M.S.W., L.S.W. - rsuenaga@apple2.org Editor and Publisher, _The Lamp!_, published monthly on Delphi "Teaching the Apple II user how to fish since 1982" Posted by PTMM v2.5 - The integrated information solution                       (RSUENAGA, 18348, GO COM A2)TRANSWARP GS HACKING FROM THE DREMEL KING   I forgot to mention this"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""   earlier, but in all this TWGShoopla, I compile some rants and raves of mine on a page, took somepictures and here it is:at: http://www.apple2.org , you will find a link to the Transwarp GS Modsand some other misc IIgs accelerator info. The direct link to the page ishttp://www.apple2.org/TWGS/, but really dislike using URLs to pages withina site, if anyone links to link to www.apple2.org, please use the homepage.Tony                        (T_DIAZ, 18126, GO COM A2)HACKING THE GSHISEN TILESET   BTW - I used ICE to edit the stock tile set -"""""""""""""""""""""""""""   I substituted periwinkle for green.  Now Ican play a bit better from my chromatically-challenged perspective. - Don (IronTooth)Delivered by my ANSITerm off-line reader scripts...                         They're OLRight!                       (DZAHNISER, 18114, GO COM A2)CONTROL PANEL FOR THE FOCUS DRIVE   The Focus Control Panel, (All it does"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""   is set the spin down time, afterperiods of inactivity) does not work with a lot of drives, some even failto spin again after being turned off. Never physically, just that theyrequire a hard reset to spin again. (CTRL-OA-Reset), for this reason I gaveup distributing the CDev, if you really want it...It's not like the thing is in a laptop anyway, and battery conservation isan issue.Tony                        (T_DIAZ, 17976, GO COM A2)DO YOU SEE WHAT I SEE?   Does any one know if one can put a C-vue (or""""""""""""""""""""""   similar flat panel display) on a Laser 128 EX2?What are the video Pin-outs?  ,___(?___            Mike Brouillette; the "Un-Dead Apple" /    _   _\   mbroui11ette@delphi.com / mike_brouillette@haaug.org \ )|(@)m(_,  `~7oooood      Delivered via Spectrum v2.1 & Crock 'O Gold v2.5                     (MBROUI11ETTE, 18711, GO COM A2)>>>>>   The Laser had different video pinouts than the //c.  It was RGB"""""   ready just with a cable, not requiring the Video 7 box the //c and//c+ do. - Ryan M. Suenaga, M.S.W., L.S.W. - rsuenaga@apple2.org Editor and Publisher, _The Lamp!_, published monthly on Delphi "Teaching the Apple II user how to fish since 1982" Posted by PTMM v2.5 - The integrated information solution                       (RSUENAGA, 18736, GO COM A2)PRE-Y2K FIX FOR AW5'S I.CALENDAR   Folks""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""last year Hugh Hood posted the information about how to patch theAppleWorks 5 Init ... I.Calendar to work for 1998here is the patch for 1999Use your favorite block editor (e.g. ProSel's Zap/Block Warden) and followthe file 'I.CALENDAR' (a 1-block file) to change the following bytes:BYTE           TO        COMMENT-----          --        -------$0011          $39       1999$0050          $39       1999$0093          $1C       28 Days$009E          $2E       Jan - Friday$009F          $1E       Feb - Monday$00A0          $1E       Mar - Monday$00A1          $2A       Apr - Thursday$00A2          $32       May - Saturday$00A3          $22       Jun - Tuesday$00A4          $2A       Jul - Thursday$00A5          $1A       Aug - Sunday$00A6          $26       Sep - Wednesday$00A7          $2E       Oct - Friday$00A8          $1E       Nov - Monday$00A9          $26       Dec - WednesdayThen write the block back to the disk. PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A BACKUPBEFORE YOU DO THIS.Kevin Noonangswombat@delphi.comTodays quote:He's like a needle in a haystack, this man - he's everywhere!                       (GSWOMBAT, 18232, GO COM A2)                                RUMOR MILL                                """"""""""WHAT HAPPENED TO FINANCIAL GENIUS AND RICK ADAMS?   Rick Adams left Genie"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""   two years ago (maybemore), and when he did, he was offering to sell the source code to FinancilGeniuS, which he  was close to having upgraded to v3.0. He was enteringmedical school (or was it law school?), and he would no longer have timefor programming.I heard a rumor somewhere that he had later made FG freeware and releasedit, but I could never get that confirmed, and I've never seen the fullversion posted anywhere for download.Max                       (JUICEDGS, 18796, GO COM A2)WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN   I've seen (and used) Burger's AWGS 2.0 (way early""""""""""""""""""""   version of course). He did get a version built andrunning, and fixed a few problems, but the problem was that the code was sobad that they would have practically had to rewrite chunks of it to doanything more. It wasn't worth their time or effort, and unfortunately, Ican't say I blame them.Eric "Sheppy" ShepherdMacintosh & PowerPC Programmers Forum                        (SHEPPY, 18227, GO COM A2)SPECTRUM INTERNET SUITE WATCH, DECEMBER EDITION   I'm hoping to have the"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""   SIS 1.1 master disk readyby the end of January which means it will be available from Seven Hills bythe middle of February. This assumes the beta testers find no problems todelay release. Hmm... only four months behind schedule--this is better thanMicrosoft, though :)Geoff                       (SISGEOFF, 18841, GO COM A2)HOW MANY AUSSIES IN DELPHI A2?   We try to bring culture :)""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""Off hand ... Bill Robbins, Richard Bennet, Andrew Roughan, Dave Francis,Peter Watson, Kevin Noonan, and Nick Heywood until he left the Apple IIworldKevin Noonangswombat@delphi.comTodays quote:If it happens, it must be possible                       (GSWOMBAT, 18842, GO COM A2)DESKWRITERS AND APPLEWORKS?   I've seen a lot of talk about using"""""""""""""""""""""""""""   AppleWorks to print to a DeskWriter lately,and most people seem to "agree" that it's not possible.  Last night I triedit and I didn't have a problem :)  Stay tuned for more info...                          (KWS, 18012, GO COM A2)WHEN WILL GENIE'S A2 FILES BE ON DELPHI'S A2?   Eventually."""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""We had archived each and every file as it was uploaded, and we INTEND toupload them here, but there are problems....1. There are WAYYYY too many files for us to reasonably expect to upload   them manually (a file at a time).2. Delphi's librarys are a LOT more complicated than GEnie's, thus a lot   more time consuming to upload to.3. We don't have the staffing here that we did on GEnie in it's heyday. We   used to have well over a dozen people on the library staff. Now we have   two. (Two very GOOD people, but still only two.)4. We have to sort the files we have. Some of them cannot be uploaded here   for copyright reasons.I can describe the theoretical process that will make this happen, but thatdoesn't illustrate the massive ammount of work/manhours involved. (See item3)There are some things we are looking into that may help, including puttingthose files up on an FTP site with nothing but LINKS in the library here.(This requires Delphi to have FTP, which may or may not happen in thereasonably near future.)Here's what I can say for sure.....1. The A2 Library files that were/are on GEnie are safe.2. At some point, they WILL be made available to the public, but we are not   sure just what form that availability will take.Gary R. Utter                         (UTTER, 18289, GO COM A2)>>>>>   Actually what we need is for me to sit down with the Genie file"""""   listing and finish sorting through it to see what can and cannot betransferred to Delphi. Very soon after the New Year, I intend to do justthat. Then it's a matter of mass uploading which pretty much requires adedicated machine to do the work 24 hours a day via scripts. IncludingA2Pro, we're talking about roughly 15000 files totalling over 900 megs.To tell the truth, I've kinda been holding on to the hope that we mighteventually get a real ftp database here, but I'm no longer going to hold mybreath on that one so it's time to get to work...In the meantime if anyone has a request for a specific Genie file, I willbe happy to upload it here. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Tony Ward, A2 Database Manager - Tue Dec 29, 1998 4:39:25 pm [Delivered with Spectrum v2.2 and Crock O' Gold ] -- People who live in stone houses shouldn't throw glasses.                        (TONYW1, 18844, GO COM A2)>>>>>   Yes, me too. ..waiting for (hoping) Delphi to get a real ftp"""""   solution, or even a half solution that files could be moved fromsomeplace ftp'able into the workspace. I've been doing ProTERM scripts tomake it automated but it has proven to be that I need to be there anyway.Not an easy task.I guess we just need to go for the metal and do it. ;-)Tony                        (T_DIAZ, 18854, GO COM A2)DEBUNKING URBAN LEGEND: THE DESKWRITER HAS A BUILT-IN FONT   The font you""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""   get when youdump straight text to a DeskWriter is your basic Courier-like monospaceprinter font. If the DeskJets have other built-in fonts (I don't know aboutthat), the DeskWriters might have them as well. Someone else will have toclarify that.To use the printer via serial connection, you must drive the serial port at57600 baud. The printer also works fine over AppleTalk, but there iscurrently no way (besides hand-patching Apple's Chooser or NetPrintercontrol panel software) to get this to work with an Apple II. It has alwaysbeen my intention to figure this out one day, but sadly, I've just neverfound the time.-- Michael                          (SAR, 18399, GO COM A2)                              PUBLIC POSTINGS                              """""""""""""""SHEPPYWARE GETS A MAKEOVER   Tonight, the SheppyWare Internet server""""""""""""""""""""""""""   (sheppyware.net) has been upgraded. It now hastwice as much virtual memory set up (for a grand total of about 120 MB ofaddressable memory) and an extra 500 MB of disk storage space.This should make service a bit more reliable, and provides me with moreexpansion room in the future.Eric "Sheppy" ShepherdMacintosh & PowerPC Programmers Forum                        (SHEPPY, 18107, GO COM A2)SHEPPY'S SHEEP SHAVINGS   Year-end announcements..."""""""""""""""""""""""ShepPing, my new Ping NDA for the Apple IIgs, has been delayed into the newyear. I'm working with Richard to resolve my problems, but this is forobvious reasons a time of the year in which getting stuff done is reallyslow. :)I have four other Marinetti-compatible projects in the works; I'm not readyto make any announcements yet. But I expect that at least half of them willbe out in the first three or four months of 1999.Happy holidays to everyone, and may 1999 be an even better year in theApple II world than was 1998, replete with new software, and shy on nastylittle spats. :)Eric "Sheppy" ShepherdMacintosh & PowerPC Programmers Forum                        (SHEPPY, 18577, GO COM A2)<<<<<   My Christmas gift to the Delphi A2 community is a PREVIEW release"""""   of my first-to-be-released Marinetti project. I've uploaded it hereon Delphi, today, as Delphiware -- please don't distribute it off Delphi.The final version, when completed, will be available as shareware fromseveral locations online and otherwise.The software is called gsAIM, and is currently version 1.0a4. It's an NDAthat lets your Apple IIgs, running System 6.0.1 and Marinetti, send andreceive AOL Instant Messages. You can communicate with other IIgs usersthat have gsAIM, or with AOL or AIM users on Windows or Macintosh systems.The software is far from complete: you MUST read the included documentationbefore installing the NDA; if you don't, and you ask me a question that'sanswered in there, or report a bug that's listed in the known bugs list,I'll probably laugh at you. :)There is currently no significant error handling, no support for buddylists, and several nice features are unimplemented.However, you can have up to 20 Instant Message sessions going at a time.I make NO guarantees. This software is almost entirely untested. I've hadit working for a couple of days now, but nobody else has tried it yet. Itmay refuse to log on, it may crash, it's even theoretically possible(unlikely, but you never know) that it could wipe out a small country. Ifyou install it, you take on the responsibility yourself.There are known bugs (another reason you must read the docs first), and itdoes occasionally appear to lock the system, and it occasionally getstripped up by a glitch in Marinetti.I hope it entertains. Work is ongoing (I have the beginnings of support forbuddy lists in a build on my GS now, although it's buggy). The finalversion will be $10 shareware; I'll add it to my online order form shortly,so people that want to register the software can do so.Happy holidays to everyone. Enjoy!Eric "Sheppy" ShepherdMacintosh & PowerPC Programmers Forum                        (SHEPPY, 18669, GO COM A2)<<<<<   I've been informed that gsAIM 1.0a4 has been released, but that the"""""   official posting listing it won't be up until later. The file iscalled "gsaim10a4.bxy". Download and enjoy. :)Eric "Sheppy" ShepherdMacintosh & PowerPC Programmers Forum                        (SHEPPY, 18670, GO COM A2)IT'S NEVER TOO COLD FOR SOME FRESH OR FROZEN JUICED   GreetinGS and Happy"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""   Holidays ....I've been promising to post this index for a few days now. I just receivedword that the Oz issues have arrived, so here now is the table of contentsfor all to see.Max+++Announcing ...=====  Juiced.GS, Volume 3, Issue 4  =====The December 1998 edition of Juiced.GS, the Apple II world's premierIIGS-specific magazine, is now arriving in subscriber mail boxes.This issue is being mailed to 267 subscribers in 44 states and numerouspoints around the globe.Here's what you'll find in this issue:============FEATURESCover Story:  Learning the Language ... Part 1 of Eric Shepherd's series ofarticles/tutorials on GSoft BASIC, the new programming language from theByte Works. This first installment, as will future installments, tutorsIIGS users on two tracks, beginner and advanced, so that there is somethingfor everyone in each article!SPECIAL HOLIDAY SURPRISE FROM THE BYTE WORKS!!  Every issue will have afree version of GSoft BASIC attached to a page containing a Byte Worksadvertisement.  Although the free version does not contain all the powerand features of the full version, it will allow subscribers to follow alongwith Shepherd's article and begin learning how to use the program.REVIEWSJuiced.GS is the first publication to offer in-depth reviews of the latestIIGS software releases!Disk Access II:  New Desk Accessory from Seven Hills gets a major update.Find out what's new and what's improved, and see screen shots of theenhanced user interface.GraphicWriter III v2.1:  The premier IIGS desktop publishing program fromSeven Hills has again been update by programmer Richard Bennett. Find outwhy it's better than ever.COLUMNSTelecommunications:  Playing the "Shell" game ... Tony Ward introducesusers to the treasures to be found on an Internet Service Providers'text-based shell.My Home Page:  Extra ounce of GS satisfaction ... A few thoughts from theeditor on the new issue and its exciting contents.II Be Named Later:  Our columnist, Ryan Suenaga, gives thanks for what theApple II community was given in 1998, and makes wishes for the future.DEPARTMENTSShareware Spotlight:  GShisen, an new and highly addictive IIGS game fromKelvin Sherlock is in the spotlight, as is Desktop Alarm, a cool update toa desktop clock. Another Juiced.GS shareware collection is also unveiled.+++The Shareware Spotlight also contains a ...SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT!!Animasia 3-D, the IIGS animation creator from Michael Lutynski has beenreclassified as shareware and the disks are now available from theJuiced.GS Collection.+++DumplinGS:  Lots of news from around the Apple II world, including detailsabout Spectrum v2.2, Marinetti v2.0, and WebWorks GS 1.2.Letters from the Land of Rom ... Juiced.GS readers ask questions, getanswers, and tell us what's on their minds.============Juiced.GS is a quarterly, printed publication available by subscriptiononly.A subscription for 1999 is $14 in the U.S., Canada or Mexico, $20elsewhere.SPECIAL OFFER:  Order a new 1999 subscription to Juiced.GS, and the get thefinal issue of 1998 FREE!!To subscribe, send a check or money order in U.S. funds to: Max Jones Juiced.GS 2217 Lakeview Drive Sullivan, IN  47882Makes checks or money orders payable to Max Jones. Sorry, no credit cardsor purchase orders can be accepted.Complete sets of 1996, 1997 and 1998 issues are available for $14 each ($20overseas). If you would like to purchase only a specific single copy (orcopies) of back issues, they are available for $4 each ($6 overseas). Anindex and brief description of articles published in '96/'97 are availableon the Juiced.GS web site. See URL below.Apple II Forever! Max Jones Juiced.GS Delphi: JuicedGS -- Internet: juicedgs@delphi.com World Wide Web:  http://www.wbwip.com/juiced.gs                       (JUICEDGS, 18589, GO COM A2)<<<<<   Hey gang,"""""I need to make a correction and clarification from the latest issue ofJuiced.GS.1 -- On Page 24 (Column 1), a slash mark was inadvertently omitted in theWeb page address that points to the site where you can order WebWorks GSonline. The correct address is: http://orders.kagi.com/?QGCPlease make a correction note on your copy so that you will always have theright address for future reference.2 -- In my personal column (My Home Page) on Page 2, I mentioned severalApple II programmers who now work for Logicware Inc. Greg Templeman,however, no longer works for the company, although he did at one time.My apologies for the screw-ups..... Max Jones, Juiced.GS http://www.wbwip.com/juiced.gs Delivered by Spectrum 2.2 and Crock O' Gold                       (JUICEDGS, 18647, GO COM A2)JUICED.GS ANNOUNCES RECLASSIFICATION OF ANIMASIA   As Juiced.GS subscribers""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""   were told in the latestissue of Juiced.GS, a prominent piece of Apple IIGS software, Animasia 3D,has been reclassified from commercial to shareware status!That's right, the application that some have called the best piece of IIGSsoftware ever written is now available for only a small shareware fee($10), and that payment is only due after a user has had a chance to obtainthe program and evaluate it. This is a major development for the IIGScommunity because, if you'll recall, the commercial version sold for ashigh as $99.But there is more to the story than was published in Juiced.GS, primarilybecause I got some new information on the topic after the issue had alreadygone to press.Animasia 3D, in addition to now being shareware, has been upgraded toVersion 1.1b1. And author Michael Lutynski says that this new version is 33percent faster that Version 1.0!The only drawback is that the excellent manuals that accompanied thecommercial product are no longer available. At least not in printed form.The good news, however, is that all of the manual files =do= exist on myhard drive, and I will be working in coming weeks to get them into someshape for distribution. I will be posting more about that later.I will be uploading the Animasia 3D four-disk set to Delphi very soon.Meanwhile, if you would like the disks sent to you via U.S. mail, send $12in the U.S. Canada or Mexico ($15 elsewhere in the world) to: Max Jones Juiced.GS 2217 Lakeview Drive Sullivan, IN  47882Remember, this disk set does not contain manual files. I will bedistributing the manual files at a later date. It's going to take sometime combing through all this stuff, so please be patient. :-)My thanks go out to Michael Lutynski for making this terrific piece ofsoftware more accessible to the Apple II community. Juiced.GS is certainlypleased and proud to be a part of this major development. Max Jones, Juiced.GS http://www.wbwip.com/juiced.gs Delivered by Spectrum 2.2 and Crock O' Gold                       (JUICEDGS, 18651, GO COM A2)WOOF, WOOF: BERNIE TURNS 14 IN DOG VERSIONS   Ladies and Gentlemen,"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""Yesterday evening our dog Bernie left the building. He was carrying a big"2.0" sign. If you can find our dog, please catch him and lock him on yourhard disk. He likes to play, so you might want to go for a walk withBernie.Bernie was last seen athttp://www.magnet.ch/emutech/Bernie/News/ but has disappeared since. If youfind him, you will be rewarded $-35. Please notify us throughhttp://order.kagi.com/?XF .Bernie can be easily recognized by a few distinguished marks. First, he canrun faster than other dogs, he speaks Apple II lingo fluently. He knows howto operate the Woof Woof Web. He has been trained not to poop on hard disksand into RAM but behaves politely. He can eat not only 8 Megabones likeother St. Bernards but needs 14 Megabones a day.If you should come across Bernie, please keep him in a colorful world as heis really pleased by 16-bit colors.Thanks for your support.Henrik                        (GUDATH, 18480, GO COM A2)>>>>>   At least one of Bernie's puppies is happy and woofing away here in"""""   the UK. Well done to the dog handling team yet again!If you are using Bernie 2.0, and also using Spectrum 2.2, then try addingthis to your scripts: Set Var 0 49231 Ext WB 11 $0 0 Ext WB 10 $0 1 Ext WB 10 $0 2 If Equal $1 254 If Equal $2 32 then Play Sound "Dog Bark"Then you will know everytime you run the script that Bernie is wagging itstail! Ewen Wannop - Speccie - Fri 18 Dec 1998 - 215 days till KFest '99 Delivered without using a IIgs by Spectrum 2.2 & Crock O' Gold 2.6 Bernie ][ the Rescue 2.0 woofing on a PowerMac 8200/120 http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/ewannop/                        (EWANNOP, 18506, GO COM A2)PRETTY PLEASE   As a new year approaches (and we have new participants in"""""""""""""   our Forum here), I thought I'd repost this (Note for thosewho've answered in the past--unless you want something changed, there's noneed to resend this to me):As you may or may not know, _GenieLamp A2_ is no more, and a newpublication on Delphi has replaced it.  The home base of operations for itis the II Scribe Forum here on Delphi (GO CUS 11).May I reproduce your messages in The Lamp!, which you post on the Delphi A2and/or A2Pro Forum?Each month, I'll collect posts for _POSSIBLE_ inclusion in our newpublication's message digest.To be clear, I'm asking for one-time permission to reproduce.  I'm notasking for you to hand your copyright over to me. :-)[_] Please feel free to reprint any messages I post without asking    specific permission.[_] Please reprint any messages I post, but ask me for permission    first each time.[_] Please do not reprint any messages I post.Please email to me at thelamp@sheppyware.netThanks much! - Ryan M. Suenaga, M.S.W., L.S.W. - rsuenaga@apple2.org Editor and Publisher, _The Lamp!_, published monthly on Delphi "Teaching the Apple II user how to fish since 1982" Posted by PTMM v2.5 - The integrated information solution                       (RSUENAGA, 18576, GO COM A2)ANOTHER LATE BOMBER   Important Notice:"""""""""""""""""""   =================KABOOM! DELAYED ONCE AGAINNinjaforce, the makers of the famous MEGADEMO and many other softwaretitles, have delayed their upcoming Apple IIGS game, KABOOM!, once again."The game is far from Vaporware. We could release it now, but we want it tobe perfect." says Jesse Blue, the programmer of the team.This will mean that the IIGS community has to wait once again. The finalrelease will then be around the second half of 1999. In the meantime, havea look at the Ninjaforce web page at:http://www.ninjaforce.home.ml.org                       (JESSEBLUE, 18627, GO COM A2)A NEW VERSION?  OLRIGHT!   Coming Soon:   !!!!!!!!! OLRight! v4.0 !!!!!!!!!""""""""""""""""""""""""This is a MAJOR upgrade to the Delphi Off-Line Reader for ANSITerm.  Ifyou've been using a prior version, or have v2.12 or higher of ANSITerm andwant to automate your Delphi experience, try OLRight! v4.0New Features and Upgrades:o - New 'Settings' folder to hold data files used by OLRight! - to reducethe likelihood of accidentally messing up a configuration setting.o - New 'User' folder to hold user scripts.  Drop a script into thisfolder, and it will automatically appear in the new 'Apple' menu in theOLRight! main menu.  Pick the script by number from the menu.o - MAJOR enhancements to addressing of mail messages.  - Automatic fill-in of To: address in replies (You can change it)  - For To: and CC: addresses in replies, you can pick the To:, From:, orCC: addresses from the original note, hand type an address, or pick fromyour address book.  - Change To:, CC: or Subject: fields in outgoing mail as often as youlike until you are satisfied with the address.  - Optional automatic quoting of original mail message in your reply.  - Add Delphi Binary Mail while addressing your letters.  Newerror-checking for presence of the file to be sent.  - Internet addresses are automatically formatted for Delphi's customaddressing requirements (Type in 'aa@bb.com', get 'IN%"aa@bb.com"').  - Option when addressing To: or CC: fields to APPEND addresses (fromoriginal mail, address book, or hand-typed) to the existing address, up to127 characters.o - Scrolling of text while online has been customized to be less confusingand more pleasing to the eye.o - Online scripts have been modified to be more tolerant of 'NULL'characters.o - New and upgraded settings allow you to customize your onlineactivities:  - Forum activities setup screen much faster.  - New Mail activities setup screen  - Easier selection of Forum from which to do Mail  - Select whether to do only mail (not forums) or vice-versa.  - Configure whether to upload or download to/from workspace (and editfile list).o - (Hopefully) easier configuration for telnet from an ISP. ...and much MORE!I am currently wrapping up a few loose ends, working on the documentation,and the installer scripts.  If any users of OLRight! want otherenhancements, now is the time to ask! - Don (IronTooth)Delivered by my ANSITerm off-line reader scripts...                         They're OLRight!                       (DZAHNISER, 18801, GO COM A2)GWFTP MAKES PUBLIC APPEARANCE   Well Sheppy beat me by a few hours to get"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""   another new Marinetti-savvy app out. Watchfor GWFTP1.1b2.SHK to show up real soon now on Delphi. It uploads,downloads, and supports ftp URLs. Due to a bug in Marinetti 2.0, it willhang closing an FTP connection. I was debating releasing this code due tothat bug, but figured the following:1) It's Chanukah/Christmas/other random December holidays2) It'll get Richard to fix the Marinetti problem so I'm not blamed for   holding it up :)3) There is no complaint of no FTP available for the GSSpecial bonus for nerds (saw that message Richard ;) are Orca/GNO versionsof ping, finger, and whois. I wrote those because they taught me how towrite TCP/IP code. Without those, I couldn't have written GWFTP.Geoff                       (SISGEOFF, 18730, GO COM A2)<<<<<   I don't like most GUI interfaces for FTP programs and the GS"""""   resolution isn't good enough for the way I would want to code one.When I started writing the code 15 or 16 months ago, my only competitionwas the unreleased FTP for Derek's TCP/IP. The goal was to mimic suchfeatures and add a few that were lacking.I'm willing to make all my source code available for others to use, but inreturn, any code developed from my code must have the source publiclyavailable as well.Geoff                       (SISGEOFF, 18745, GO COM A2)                             BEST OF THE BEST                             """"""""""""""""18897 31-DEC 17:03 User Groups & Publications     RE: Shareware Solutions II (Re: Msg 442)     From: JOE_KOHN     To: ALLLooking back over the past year, it's almost hard to believe how great 1998turned out for Apple II users. It really is ;-)As the year began, who could have imagined all the great software thatwould be released during the year? We got Wolf 3-D, Marinetti 2.0, GShisen,WebWorks GS, NiftySpell, Disk Access II, ShiftyList 2.x, Spectrum 2.2,updates to COG, a GWIII update, a new CD-ROM collection (TABBS), an almostcompleted Bernie, Babelfish, Return of Cogito, GSoft BASIC, FontPimp, andin just the past week or so, a Marinetti-aware chat program and ftp.In 1998, we even got to do what those who use Macs and PCs can't...we couldattend the only regularly scheduled weekly multi-system chat.All in all, I'd say that 1998 has been a great year to be an Apple II user!On that note, I'd like to wish everyone a very healthy and happy New Year,and let's hope that 1999 is as exciting a year for the Apple II as 1998was.I'd really like to take this opportunity to thank the following people fortheir friendship and, more importantly, for their contributions to theApple II world in the past year: Eric Shepherd, Ewen Wannop, RichardBennett, Kelvin Sherlock, Dave and Earl at Seven Hills Software, FE Systems(with extra special greetings and well wishes to Henrik and Cody), ChrisVavruska, Tony Diaz, Cindy Adams and the entire Kfest CoordinatingCommittee, Max Jones, Geoff Weiss, Ryan Suenaga, Mike Westerfield, Olivierand Antoine of Brutal Deluxe, Syndicomm, and last but not least, all thewonderful subscribers to Shareware Solutions II.You all really did a lot this past year to make our world a better place.Please, keep up the good work in 1999.Please be extra safe tonight, especially if you're out on the roads. Andhave a wonderful start to 1999. Happy New Year! And, Apple II Forever!!Joe Kohn[EOA][A2P]------------------------------                   A2Pro_DUCTIVITY |-----------------------------------Checking out A2PRO on Delphi""""""""""""""""""""""""""""by Ryan M. Suenaga, B.A., M.S.W., L.S.W.                [thelamp@sheppyware.net]BYTEWORKS PUTS OUT PRINTED MARINETTI DOCUMENTATION   You've seen Marinetti,""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""   but maybe not thedocumentation. After all, pdf files can only be read with applications thatare not available on the Apple IIGS, and printing them out for yourselffrom a Macintosh or Windows machine is, at best, a pain.Now, by special arrangement with Richard Bennett, you can buy a printedversion of the documentation. It also comes with a disk containing thesoftware, as well as header files for ORCA/M, ORCA/C, ORCA/Pascal, GSoftBASIC and Merlin.Get the full details at http://www.hypermall.com/byteworks.Mike WesterfieldByte Works, Inc.                      (BYTEWORKS, 2348, GO COM A2PRO)IS PASCAL DEAD?   I'm not sure the language is totally dead, although it"""""""""""""""   does seem to be off the "way cool" list of languages  :)I sincerely wish that there was a viable 8-bit A2 PRODOS pascal compilerbut as far as I know, (and I could be wrong) you have to use the pascal OSif you want to use Apple's pascal.  That sort of limits the usefulness inmy very humble opinion._________  | homas                      (TCOMPTER, 2350, GO COM A2PRO)>>>>>   Well, first, Pascal isn't a dead language, but like most, it's"""""   swamped by the C++/Java craze. It's also true that the originalsupporters of Pascal, the educational community, has largely moved oneither to Ada (more or less a successor to Pascal, and just as elegant) orC++ (they have to teach what people want, whether what they want is goodfor them or not). But Pascal is still used by a fair number of people,including yours truly.As for a viable 8 bit compiler, there isn't one, never has been one, andnever will be one. IMHO, there has never been a viable compiler of any kindfor any language for the 8 bit Apple II. The reason is simple: with 40K ofusable RAM and 1 256 byte stack you just can't implement a modern compiler.Not that there haven't been some good attempts. Apple Pascal is amazing forwhat it did with the resources available. Kyan Pascal claims ISOcompatibility--and I just saw someone in the internet Apple II programmersforum selling a copy. But if you want to write something longer than a fewhundred lines, Kyan Pascal won't do, and Apple Pascal will choke soonenough.ORCA/Pascal is quite decent, although the environment is dated by today'sstandards. It works, but it's not as nice as some of the modern ones. (Forit's day it was very advanced, but time marches on.) It runs on an AppleIIGS, and you can pick those up pretty cheep these days.There are several very nice Pascals on the Mac. I've used the Pascal thatcomes with Codewarrior, and generally like it. I've also used MPW Pascal.The environment isn't one I'm fond of, but the compiler performs well. Ipresume there are some nice ones on the Windows platforms, too, but Ihaven't used a Pascal on a Windows machine since the 8086 was a hot chip,so I can't speak from experience.For sheer poetry of the engineering kind, you might also look at the P4compiler. It's even public domain. This compiler isn't full Pascal, noteven full Jensen&Wirth Pascal, but it's really elegant for another reason.It's a complete Pascal compiler that compiles itself, and the source isexactly 4000 lines long. Pretty cool. :) The compiled output is P-code; itwould be easy enough to write a P-code interpreter in assembly language,Pascal, or C. I've compiled this compiler myself, writing p-codeinterpreters for the 8086, 6502 and 65816.Mike Westerfield                      (BYTEWORKS, 2352, GO COM A2PRO)>>>>>   Just wanted to chip in re Pascal. It is most likely my favourite"""""   language (aside from assembly, which is just not up to the task ofbig app development with a realistic deadline).I've used a couple of Pascals on the IIGS and Mac. Personally, I love MPW'sApple IIGS cross compiler.I've been doing a lot of Codewarrior Pascal under Mac OS and W98, and itspretty nice, once you realise half the Windows interface files aren'tthere, and have to write your own.FWIW, Windows is a nice development environment. I thought I'd hate it, butIMHO its more productive that writing for Mac OS. (I've done both)Regards, Richard                      (RICHARD_B, 2370, GO COM A2PRO)>>>>>   Of the languages available on the Apple IIGS, Pascal is my"""""   favorite, too. I use a variety of languages, though, depending onthe task.I've seen the interest in Pascal wane over the years, but I'd stillrecommend it over anything else for most general purpose programmers.Mike Westerfield                      (BYTEWORKS, 2371, GO COM A2PRO)DOG OWNER SEEKS GEOS INFO   I'm looking for some rather "historical""""""""""""""""""""""""""   information on the GEOS software.Someone told me that GEOS requires a steady interrupt source and uses theApple II mouse card for that, or a tiny card that shipped with GEOS fortaking over that duty.I have never used GEOS, so here're my questions:- does GEOS work in a Apple IIgs without that tiny "interrupt card"?- I don't think the interrupt GEOS is expecting from the Apple II mouse  card is present in the IIgs. Is that correct?- ok, now that I got your attention: what interrupt is it GEOS depends on?  :)The reason I'm asking this is that GEOS is running arbitrarily slow on thatwoofer though it should run _pretty_ fast. Interrupts or the lack thereofare the only cause I can think of.Thanks,henrik                       (GUDATH, 2355, GO COM A2PRO)>>>>>   GEOS doesn't require the interrupt card in the IIgs; it's only"""""   needed in machines that don't have an AppleMouse II or compatiblecard.GEOS uses the mouse interrupt provided by the AppleMouse II hardware, or bythe mouse firmware on the IIgs.Eric "Sheppy" ShepherdMacintosh & PowerPC Programmers Forum                       (SHEPPY, 2357, GO COM A2PRO)A2U TO BE TEACHING C?  NOT YET. . .   There currently are no plans for the"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""   Apple II University to run a coursein C programming.  I'm hoping to find someone to teach such a course atsome point in time but there is nothing scheduled as yet.I do remember seeing someone post to comp.sys.apple2 that they were goingto do lessons in C programming here on Delphi but that was never affiliatedwith the Apple II University and I haven't seen anything happen with it.Sorry I couldn't be more helpful but keep checking back.  I'm sure we'llget around to teaching C programming sometime. Jeff Blakeney - Dean of the Apple II University in A2Pro       ** HyperCard IIgs Course now in session! **                      (JBLAKENEY, 2360, GO COM A2PRO)C FOR THE 8 BIT II?   You won't find any on disk. The only C-like compiler"""""""""""""""""""   ever created for 8-bit Apple II systems that I'maware of is HyperC, and as far as I know it can only be gotten bydownloading it.(I don't deny the possibility that other 8-bit C compilers have existed forthe II, but I don't know of any for sure :)Eric "Sheppy" ShepherdMacintosh & PowerPC Programmers Forum                       (SHEPPY, 2362, GO COM A2PRO)>>>>>   Actually, there was a compiler called Aztec C from Manx Software"""""   years ago. I expect you'd have to find a used copy at this point.In general, though, the Apple IIc just doesn't have enough memory for a Ccompiler. As you start to use whatever you find, keep that basic fact inmind. If you're serious about C programming, you need a largermachine--like the Apple IIGS.Mike Westerfield                      (BYTEWORKS, 2363, GO COM A2PRO)IIGS ASSEMBLERS   can't help with the monitor, alas, since I never used it'""""""""""""""   ... but as for assembly language programmingenvironments:The Lichty/Eyes book is pretty much the bible. It's really good, IMHO.You're lucky to have one, they're out of print. The APW assembler they talkabout is nowadays known as ORCA/M, available from{<http://www.hypermall.com/byteworks/>The Byteworks }There is also an assembler called Merlin, which some see as superior (Ibelieve it has faster compilation speed). Personally, I prefer ORCA/M fortwo reasons:     *  It outputs standard OMF files, meaning you can link assembler        routines with C, Pascal, Modula-2 routines at will. Very nice for        using assembler as an optimization tool, not as your only language,        if that's your style, of course.     *  It can be used with GNO/ME, the UNIX-ish shell, which I        particularly fancy :)As for freeware assemblers: There are some cross-assemblers for UNIX andPC, but they don't output GS exes directly, as far as I know. They cancompile 65816 code, though.Hope that helpedSoenke                      (SBEHRENS, 2373, GO COM A2PRO)>>>>>   Merlin can also spit out standard OMF files for input into the ORCA"""""   and MPW linkers. I just felt that had to be said, not that I'm aMerlin junkie or anything. ;-)Regards, Richard                      (RICHARD_B, 2375, GO COM A2PRO)FREE.GSOFT NOW AVAILABLE   As all of you who subscribe to Juiced.GS know by""""""""""""""""""""""""   now, there is a second version of GSoft BASIC.GSoft BASIC, The FREE Version! is tailored to new and occasionalprogrammers, or those who want to try GSoft BASIC before buying the fullversion.Check out the details at http://www.hypermall.com/byteworks, where you willfind a downloadable version of GSoft BASIC, The FREE Version!Mike Westerfield                      (BYTEWORKS, 2380, GO COM A2PRO)[EOA][TLS]------------------------------                  THE LAMP SALUTES |-----------------------------------APPLE II ACHIEVEMENT, 1998""""""""""""""""""""""""""by Ryan M. Suenaga, B.A., M.S.W., L.S.W.                [thelamp@sheppyware.net]                     MAY I HAVE THE ENVELOPE, PLEASE?                     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~     1998 was a great year for the Apple II, and to celebrate it, the ganghere at _The Lamp!_ consulted with some of our buddies in the Apple IIworld and came up with a list of the best that the Apple II world had tooffer in 1998.  We highlight the best of Apple II achievement in 1998.     Keep in mind that the ultimate decision on whom each award went to wasmade strictly by the staff here at _The Lamp!_, namely, me, your editor andpublisher.  Any comments can be directed to thelamp@sheppyware.net.     BEST COMMERCIAL PRODUCT:   There were a few contenders, but the     """"""""""""""""""""""""   program that Applesoft programmers havewaited 12 years for was the choice for 1998.  _GSoft BASIC_ from ByteWorks, giving the power of the Apple IIgs desktop to The Rest Of Us, wasthe winner in this category.  Others mentioned were _WebWorks GS_(Sheppyware/Shareware Solutions II), _NiftySpell_ (Shareware Solutions II),and the _GraphicWriter III_ and _Spectrum_ updates (Seven Hills).     BEST SHAREWARE PRODUCT:   To really unleash the power of your Apple     """""""""""""""""""""""   IIgs, you need to add to it a variety ofsoftware extensions--and fortunately, we have an abundance of them.Unfortunately, add too many and your system can become unstable, or at thevery least, have all kinds of problems using your modem at high speeds.  Toreally manage your extensions, you need _Shifty List_, the former _SoftdiskGS_ product now updated and re-released as shareware by Eric Shepherd.This extension for the Apple IIgs operating system allows you to choosejust which extensions you want loaded with your Apple IIgs when you shiftboot--and adds functions for playing sounds as you boot, or choosing one ofmany different sets of extensions on the fly.     BEST FREEWARE PRODUCT:   We have a tie, but the clear winner in all     """"""""""""""""""""""   of this are Apple IIgs game fiends.  Thelong-awaited Apple IIgs port of Id Software's _Wolfenstein 3D_, withprogramming by Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd and Logicware's "Burger" BillHeineman, is a winner just on its sheer size and complexity.  It is a truework of art, and a power packed action game.  The other winner is KelvinSherlock's _GShisen_, a devil of a game which seems like a simple, elegantMah Jongg clone, until you play it and realize it is the most addictiveApple IIgs game ever.     BEST WORLD WIDE WEB SITE:  Several were mentioned, but Tony Diaz's     """"""""""""""""""""""""   http://www.apple2.org, the Apple IIInformation Resource, won out by a hair over David Kerwood's A2-Web athttp://www.syndicomm.com/a2web.  A2-Web is the one-stop shop for your AppleII WebHead, but apple2.org offers technical information found nowhere else,and Tony's collection of rare Apple II hardware gives the Apple II user ataste of what was, and what could have been.     BEST PUBLICATION:   A few years ago, Max Jones decided to use his     """""""""""""""""   skills as a newspaper editor in Indiana to createa newsletter about the Apple IIgs.  Several years later, his _Juiced.GS_ isan international publication with a beautiful layout produced on an AppleIIgs.  Max himself does much of the writing but has contracted with AppleII veterans like Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd and Tony Ward to write about thetopics they are experts in.  Also mentioned was the Dean of Apple IIpublications, Joe Kohn's _Shareware Solutions II_, and, interestingly, thispublication, _The Lamp!_.     OUTSTANDING APPLE II RELATED DEVELOPMENT:   There were many nominees,     """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""   but Richard Bennett's_Marinetti 2.0_, the link between the Apple IIgs and the rest of thevirtual world was another instance of showing the world how to do whatcouldn't be done.  Thanks to Richard for an incredible piece of work.Runners up were those dogs of programs, the _Bernie ][ The Rescue_, _OpenBernie_, and _Sweet-16_ Apple IIgs emulators from Henrik Gudat, AndreHorstmann, and Urs "Cody" Hochstrasser, for turning otherwise boringcomputer into the Apple IIs of the 21st century, and the continuing successof the Apple II gathering known as KansasFest.     OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT:   While everyone programming the     """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""   Apple II in the late 1990sdeserves a round of applause, Ewen Wannop, the author of the Apple IIgstelecommunications program _Spectrum_ deserves a standing ovation.  He notonly continued work on the affectionately named _Speccie_ and itsaccompanying Delphi offline reader _Crock O' Gold_,  he also helped bringout _BabelFish 1.0_, _Disk Access II_, the _TABBS CDROM_, and assisted withbeta testing for _NiftySpell_, as well as many other products we may noteven know about. . . yet.  The retired college instructor shows that yourwork only begins when your job ends.     Congratulations to all our winners!  Here's hoping that 1999 bringsout the best in all of us again.[EOA][FRE]------------------------------                FREEWARE FAVORITES |-----------------------------------BABELFISH"""""""""by Ryan M. Suenaga, B.A., M.S.W., L.S.W.                [thelamp@sheppyware.net]                               BABELFISH 1.0                               ~~~~~~~~~~~~~          Product Name:      Babelfish 1.0          Distribution:      Freeware; available in the Delphi A2                             Database, Genie A2 Library, and Apple II ftp                             sites.                             Original specifications by Dave Hecker and                             Steve Stephenson, modifications by Dave Hecker                             and Bill Tudor.                             Programming by Bill Tudor.                             Bug fixes by Ewen Wannop                             Seven Hills Software Solutions          Requirements:      Apple IIgs; System Software 6.0.1     _Babelfish_ is an extension for the Apple IIgs System Software thatmakes the Apple IIgs even more flexible than it already is.  _Babelfish_allows Apple IIgs applications to import and export data in formats thatare not native to them.  Imagine having the ability to change a standardApple IIgs font into one you can use with _Print Shop GS_, or being able toconvert an Apple Preferred Format picture into a _MacPaint_ graphic.  Youcan with the _Babelfish_ package.     _Babelfish_ comes with the _Convert File_ New Desk Accessory, whichgives you a simple way to do your conversions.  Don't think that the_Convert File_ NDA -is- _Babelfish_, though--it's not.  _Babelfish_ canwork with applications that include _Babelfish_ support directly, such as_SuperConvert 4_.  For use in any desktop application, though, the _ConvertFile_ NDA is a practical way to access the power of _Babelfish_.     _Babelfish_ translators are available for graphics, sounds, fonts, andtext.  While there are many different kinds of conversions you can do, themost useful I have found are the text based conversions.  You can import_Teach_ or text files and export them as _Teach_, text, or HTML files.  Thesignificance of this can be made clear very quickly--if you have, forinstance, a documentation file you created as a _Teach_ file, you can use_Babelfish_ to quickly save it as a HTML file for easy posting on the WorldWide Web (perhaps to your Delphi workspace)--keeping much of the formattingintact.  No more retyping!     _Babelfish_ translator documentation is free for the asking.  Already,one additional translator has been completed--by Kelvin Sherlock of_GShisen_ fame, it takes an Applesoft program and converts it into a textfile, so you can edit it with your favorite word processor.     There have been some difficulties with _Babelfish_.  First, the_SFUtility_ file which comes with the package has given some users problemsbooting their system--after some investigation, Ewen Wannop, who helpedwith the debugging, has determined that the file is not needed and cansafely be deleted.  Additionally, some of the translators provided with thepackage (in particular, the sound translators) have some problems.  Theseare being looked into, but no fix is available yet.  The _Convert File_ NDAhas been noted to be incompatible with some programs.  Finally, there aresome programming issues with translators that have been covered in previousissues of this publication.     Still, _Babelfish_ has made a splashing debut in the Apple II softwareworld.  While there are problems with some of the parts in the package, itshows just how much potential the Apple II still has--and the generosity ofSeven Hills in making it freeware.         :: DISCUSSED ON DELPHI ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::         :                                                       :         :    Wench: What you use to turn the head of a dolt.    :         :                                                       :         ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: LUMITECH ::::::[EOA][INN]------------------------------                     EXTRA INNINGS |-----------------------------------About The Lamp!   The Lamp! is published on the fifteenth of every month in"""""""""""""""   the Database of the II Scribe Forum on the Delphi onlineservice (GO CUS 11).This publication produced entirely with real or emulated Apple II computersusing Appleworks 5.1 and Hermes.  Apple II Forever!     * The Lamp! is (c) copyright 1998 by Ryan M. Suenaga, M.S.W.  All       rights reserved.     * To reach The Lamp! on Internet email send mail to       thelamp@sheppyware.net     * Back issues of The Lamp! are available in the II Scribe Forum on       Delphi as well as The Lamp! Home Page,       http://lamp.sheppyware.net.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Opinions expressed herein are those of  the individual authors, and do  notnecessarily  represent  the  opinions   of  the  Delphi  Online   Services,Syndicomm, Inc.,  or  Ryan M.  Suenaga.     Forum  messages  are  reprintedverbatim and  are included  in this  publication with  permission from  theindividual authors.   Delphi Online Services,  Syndicomm, Inc. and  Ryan M.Suenaga  do not guarantee  the accuracy or  suitability of any  informationincluded herein.  We reserve the right to edit all letters and copy.Material published  in  this  edition  may not  be  reprinted  without  theexpressed  written consent  of the  publisher.   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