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An Onipa'a Software Production        Vol. 2, No. 2 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Publisher & Editor.......................Ryan M. Suenaga, M.S.W., L.S.W. Internet Email....................................thelamp@sheppyware.net ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::                             TABLE OF CONTENTS                             ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~                             February 15, 1999OPENING PITCH     State Of The II, 1999 ------------------------------------------ [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]SIZZLING SHAREWARE     FontPimp 1.0 --------------------------------------------------- [SIZ]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 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::         :                                                       :         :     We just act as mentors toward each other until    :         :           there's just one person standing.           :         :                                                       :         :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: D_CUFF :::::::::[EOA][OPN]------------------------------                     OPENING PITCH |-----------------------------------From The Editor"""""""""""""""by Ryan M. Suenaga, B.A., M.S.W., L.S.W.                [thelamp@sheppyware.net]                           STATE OF THE II, 1999                           ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~     Last month I declared that it was time for the Apple II Community toseize the day like we did in the late 1970's, my point being that _GSoftBASIC_ gave us the tool we needed to do just that.  This month, it's stilltime to seize the day--this time by voting with our wallets for thecontinued development of Apple II products.     It's now been 22 years since the Apple II was first sprung on anunexpecting world--a virtual generation of computer users has been raisedon this most humble of platforms.  At every turn, you'll still find thosewho use the II (or used the II) in every aspect of life.  Today, theteenagers of yesteryear who hacked 8-bits in the Monitor of the Apple //eare system administrators at Internet Service Providers, and authors ofApple II software from the early 1980's are putting out packages for theMacintosh or Windows.  Those of us with an Apple II in our past find thatthe skills we learned back then have translated well in the information ageof today.     The future of the Apple II is now assured, thanks to the work of F.E.Systems.  _Bernie ][ The Rescue_ and _Sweet 16_ will run on the two majorhardware platforms available today, with abilities mostly equal to (andspeed far in excess of) even the most hot rodded Apple IIgs around.     So do we honor the Apple IIs of our past and ensure the Apple IIs ofour future--but what of the present?     We stand at a crossroads with the Apple II--again.     1998 could have been the year of the Apple II comeback--and in fact,we had enough new and exciting software (at least for the Apple IIgs) tomake it so.     But it wasn't.     Almost a year ago in this publication, I wrote these words:     "The hard questions beg to be asked: if 2,000 Apple IIgs users on the'Net can download the most highly anticipated game in recent memory, whydon't we have more subscribers to _Shareware Solutions II_ or _Juiced.GS_?Why is _The Apple Blossom_ ending its run?  Why are our shareware authorsstruggling to justify another Apple II project?  Sadly, while the Apple IIappears alive on the 'Net, its vital signs elsewhere appear weak.     "Still, two thousand downloads is an exciting number, and hopefullythose two thousand files translate into two thousand excited Apple II userswho will keep the faith well into the next century and do what they need todo to keep Apple II support alive.     "In the meantime, I'll continue to check for vital signs from time totime, and keep an eye out for other signs of Apple II Life on the 'Net."     Those other signs of Apple II life stayed weak.     Since the time I wrote those words, we've had a large influx of newand exciting products (introductions were centered largely aroundKansasFest)--from freeware and shareware to commercial software toreclassifications of classic favorites.  Yet almost a year later, the AppleII marketplace continues to struggle.     Those Apple II developers and publishers who continue to producesoftware and hardware do so mostly as a labor of love, but without enoughfinancial support to keep them in business, how long will that last?     Will we learn from the lessons that the last year has taught us?     There's still time to seize the day.  Make 1999 the year that 1998could have been--the year of the Apple II comeback.                                [*] [*] [*]     Guess I'll Pack My Bags And Run Away Department: Kevin Noonan, akaGSWOMBAT@delphi.com produced a fabulous little printed newsletter called_Apple II Update_, based in Australia.  I was lucky enough to get a fewissues and was thoroughly entertained by it.  Sadly, the January 1999 issuewas the last.  Although it was little-known outside of Australia, it willdefinitely be missed.     Thanks, Kevin.  For everything.                                [*] [*] [*]     This Just In Department: Per Devin Reade, Head Geek and Tool Push, thelong-awaited GNO 2.0.6 has just been released!  Head over tohttp://www.gno.org/~gno to take a look.  We'll try to have some GNOcoverage next month.                                [*] [*] [*]     Blatant Plugs 'R Us Department: Time for your monthly dose ofKansasFest information.     For the most fun you won't sleep through, follow the Yellow Brick Roadto KansasFest 1999, being held from July 21-25 on the campus of AvilaCollege in Kansas City, Missouri.  Registration information is coming soon,and you can get the news hot off the press at the KFest Home Page(http://www.kfest.org).     It's time.  Take the present of the Apple II in your hands.     And I'll see you in a month.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                              """"""""""""""     [*] General Chatter             ....... Apple Manuals Online?     [*] Entertainment Software      ....... SMB and SSII?     [*] Telecommunications          ....... Using Delphi As An ISP     [*] General Chatter             ....... Fine Tuning Harmonie                                MISCELLANEA                                """""""""""ZIP ACCELERATOR UTILITIES MAKE IT INTO A2   Good news! I found out today"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""   that we =do= have permission toupload the Zip accelerator utilities disk to our Database.To make life easier on everyone, I'm going to apply Greg Templeman's freelyavailable patches to the Zip CDev and CDA (which are buggy in theiroriginal form) and upload the files as a disk archive. This is necessarybecause the installer program requires a specific disk name, which can onlybe preserved by archiving the entire disk.Look for it in a few days. - Tony Ward, A2 Database Manager                        (TONYW1, 19754, GO COM A2)NOW THAT I CAN TELNET, WHERE DO I GO?   You could try:"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""     lost-gonzo.comThis is a BBS that you can telnet to and one of the "doors" on the BBS willconnect you to a IIgs running Apple II BBS software.  You need to sign upfor an account but it only took a day for me to get mine.Heck, the sysop even called me (long distance I might add) when he saw mehaving problems logging on one night.  Mind you, the problem wasn't withhis BBS but was due to me beta testing Marinetti.  :-) Jeff Blakeney - Dean of the Apple II University in A2Pro       ** HyperCard IIgs Course now in session! **                       (JBLAKENEY, 19009, GO COM A2)BERNIE BONES UP AGAIN   We're not fixing this bug in Bernie. It's already"""""""""""""""""""""   fixed. :) There will be a maintenance release (akaMS service pack :) this evening or tomorrow latest that will address theSpeedNanny bug as well as the earlier completed but unreleased Marinettifix. If you are subscribed to the Bernie news mailing (a very low trafficmailing list), you will learn about the maintenance release as soon as it'sout.(http://www.magnet.ch/emutech/Bernie/List)Woof, henrik                        (GUDATH, 19884, GO COM A2)MUSCLING UP WITH MARINETTI   Well, this might not help much but it never""""""""""""""""""""""""""   hurts to try.  Have you set the serial portspeed in Marinetti to 57600 bps?  This might be a little fast even for youraccelerated IIgs so dropping to a slower speed like 38400 or even 19200 bpsmight help and make sure that your modem is set to not connect at a speedfaster than the serial port speed.I don't think the serial port speed is really the problem but yourmentioning that your modem uses a Rockwell chipset might mean your modem isan RPI modem.  This type of modem expects the computer to handle datacompression and, more importantly, error correction.  If modems havedifficulty talking to each other they try to do error correction to makesure the data gets through.  If your modem is an RPI one, then your modem,connected to your IIgs, is incapable of doing the error correction and youwill most definitely get line noise and such when running at higher speeds.Now, I'm sure others will come along and mention that Marinetti does errorcorrection by virtue of the fact that TCP/IP is an error correctingtransfer protocol. However, if Marinetti or the machine it is connected tokeep getting errors, they have to request that the data get resent and theerrors can occur in this data again and so on.The faster your modem is set to go, the more errors you will usually runinto and the more time that will be wasted by Marinetti requesting packetsbe resent as well as resending packets.  This could end up causing yourDomain Name Server and connection requests to "time out".  This would alsoexplain why it works some times and doesn't others because the telephoneline conditions can be better some times than others which would mean lesserrors some times than others.I hope this helps.  Otherwise, I just spent a lot of time typing fornothing.  :-) Jeff Blakeney - Dean of the Apple II University in A2Pro       ** HyperCard IIgs Course now in session! **                       (JBLAKENEY, 19994, GO COM A2)THIS MONTH'S BLATANT HARDWARE PLUG   FWIW, Paul Lawson recently offered a""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""   few 1/3 height IBM SCSI drives (modelDSAS-3720) for sale at an excellent price.  I ordered a couple and havebeen fooling with them for about three days now.These are very very very nice drives particularly for the price, speedy andspacious with built in active termination (if you want it).  Specs on thedrives are available at:http://www.storage.ibm.com/techsup/hddtech/dsas/dsasjum.htmAlthough you can probably figure everything out using Lynx or SIS, agraphical browser would be best to see the accompanying diagrams.To make a long story short, the question was posed to me:"Do these drives work with an Apple II?"With the standard qualifications, the answer is yes.What qualifications am I talking about?1) The drive does -not- supply terminator power, so you must have some   other SCSI device supply it.  If you have a RamFAST, set the jumper on   the Rev. D card or the DIP switch on the Rev. B/C cards to supply power;   if you have an Apple High Speed or Rev. C SCSI card, do the term power   modification; or use a drive on the chain that does supply terminator   power.2) If you use this drive with a RamFAST, you are limited to 12 partitions   on the drive.  As you can see, that's at most 11 ProDOS partitions, with   about 350 megs or so left over which can be made a single HFS partition   if you'd like.Aside from that, this drive is a great deal for Apple II users, as well asfor users of other platforms who can use a relatively small boot drive or adrive to master CDROMs with.  I think Paul will be getting more soonalthough maybe not at quite a good a price as last time.  Rest assured thateven at double, maybe even triple the price of his previous offer, theseare a total steal.(Unsolicited Blatant Plug, copyright 1999). - Ryan  --  rsuenaga@apple2.org  --  http://lamp.sheppyware.net Posted by ProTERM Mac and PTMM v2.5 - The integrated information solution                       (RSUENAGA, 18910, GO COM A2)ASCENDING ACCENTIT   This is a Temporary Initialization File that always""""""""""""""""""   checks the GS keyboard translation preference to makesure it is set to "Standard" at boot time and when changing applications.This has been a valuable system extension for me, because Spectrum doesadjust keyboard translation when online, and under certain rarecircumstances (like a system hang or crash) might leave your translationpreferences changed, thereby forcing you to manually go into the GeneralControl Panel and change it back from "None" to "Standard." Max Jones, Juiced.GS http://www.wbwip.com/juiced.gs Delivered by Spectrum 2.2 and Crock O' Gold 3.0b5 beta                       (JUICEDGS, 18984, GO COM A2)IRONTOOTH'S SPEAKERPHONE SCRIPT   Well, I was going to post this to the"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""   database, but if you would like to tryit, and let me know if you have any problems...The following is an ANSITerm script for Rockwell-based modems withspeakerphone capability (look for a microphone and speaker jack on themodem).  I have to adjust the settings a bit to reduce feedback on mysystem using the microphone that came with my Phoebe V1456VQE modem (fromJAMECO) and its internal speaker.If you copy this script, make sure that labels (e.g. #intro) that are alonein a line don't have any spaces preceding them.***************************| SPEAKERPHONE         |**|                      |**| By Don V. Zahniser   |***************************** ANSITerm script for controlling a Rockwell-chipset modem with* speakerphone capabilities** - Adjust defaults for your modem/microphone performance** Mute Parameter* (0 = Microphone off, 1 = Microphone on, 2 = Room monitor) as n0 1** Speaker Attenuation* (0 to 15 in 2dB steps - 0 to 30dB attenuation, 16 is Speaker Mute) as n1 5** Microphone Gain* (0 to 3 - 0, 6dB, 9.5 dB, 12dB gain) as n2 1#intro if off #intro2 no "Can't use the phone while online!" go #exit#intro2 fo wh ba bl de me "^L" re "at#cls=8^M" wa "OK"#menu de me "^L" ba db wi 10 7 60 12 lo 12 8 me "1 - Dial" lo 12 9 me "2 - Pick up/Answer" lo 12 11 me "0 - Exit" key n0 str s0 n0 up s0 if s0 == "1" #dial if s0 == "2" #answer if s0 == "0" #exit#dial de me "^L" re "at#vrn=0^M" wa "OK" re "at#vls=6^M" wa "OK" ge "Phone number to dial:" s9 re "atdt" s9 "^M" wa "VCON" go #menu2#answer de me "^L" re "at#cls=8^M" wa "OK" re "at#vls=6^M" wa "OK" re "ATA^M" wa "VCON" go #menu2#menu2 re "at#spk=" n0 "," n1 "," n2 "^M" wa "OK" de me "^L" ba db wi 10 7 60 12 lo 12 8 me "Change Speaker Level   (+/-)" lo 12 9 me "Change Microphone Gain ()" lo 12 10 me "Microphone Mute Toggle (M)" lo 12 11 me "0 - Hang up & Exit" key n9 str s0 n9 up s0 if s0 == "+" #volup if s0 == "-" #voldn if n9 == 11 #micup if n9 == 10 #micdn if s0 == "M" #micmute if s0 == "0" #exit#volup if n1 == 0 #fullvol sub n1 1 go #menu2#voldn if n1 == 16 #voloff add n1 1 go #menu2#fullvol no "Speaker at maximum Volume" go #menu2#voloff no "Speaker is muted" go #menu2#micmute if n0 == 0 #micon as n0 0 no "Microphone Muted..." go #menu2#micon as n0 1 go #menu2#micup if n2 == 0 #gainup add n2 1 go #menu2#micdn if n2 == 3 #gaindn sub n2 1 go #menu2#gainup no "Microphone at full gain..." go #menu2#gaindn no "Microphone at lowest gain..." go #menu2#exit de me "^L" re "ath^M" wa "OK" re "atz^M" wa "OK" exit* ch at+"/olright" - Don (IronTooth)Delivered by my ANSITerm off-line reader scripts...                         They're OLRight!                       (DZAHNISER, 18932, GO COM A2)OLRIGHT! 4.0 ODDS AND ENDS   I don't think I mentioned that OLRight! v4.0""""""""""""""""""""""""""   directly supports most of ANSITerm'sCommand-keys, so can be used as a default script for start-up of ANSITermfor general use.  As an example, the ANSITerm dial menu is now accessiblefrom OLRight!'s menus and by using Command-D.I just added preferences for _not_ archiving mail online each time and for_not_ checking for Delphi Binary Mail each time.  Saves a few seconds oneach online session... - Don (IronTooth)Delivered by my ANSITerm off-line reader scripts...                         They're OLRight!                       (DZAHNISER, 18933, GO COM A2)DOES BABELFISH NEED SFUTILITY?   It was indeed written to be used with""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""   Babelfish, but it is not necessary for thecurrent version. It is reported by some people to cause problems, butothers see none. We have never been able to track down why it should onsome machines but not on others.It is safe to remove it. Ewen Wannop - Speccie - Mon 4 Jan 1999 - 198 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, 19030, GO COM A2)A POTPOURRI OF TELECOMM THOUGHTS   II Not Disturb will help if you are""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""   launching ProTerm after starting GS/OS,but to get the optimum speed out of ProTerm, with the minimum droppedcharacters, you should not be launching it from GS/OS in the first place.All P8 telecomm programs will run screamingly fast if you boot directlyinto P8 then run the application. There will be no interrupts generatedthat might interfere with the data, and even a stock unaccelerated IIgsshould connect cleanly at 57600 baud.Under GS/OS there can be a whole chain of things in the interrupt loop thateither grab system time, or just take too long to execute. It is for thesereasons that desktop telecoms programs like Spectrum, need as clean anenvironment as possible to get high baud rates with no dropped characters.The faster your IIgs is, the less this is will be a problem. So anaccelerator helps things enormously.Running Spectrum under Bernie ][ the Rescue on a G3 PowerMac, emulating a40Mhz IIgs, means you can have whatever extras you like on the system, andcan even forget II Not Disturb, and still get 57600 baud cleanly! Ewen Wannop - Speccie - Sat 9 Jan 1999 - 193 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, 19198, GO COM A2)TEXT VERSUS WEB ON DELPHI A2--BUILDING BRIDGES   For those of us who do""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""   (most of) our access viathe web-side, ASCII art tends to end up as a compressed, unreadable jumblebecause the nicely formatted monospace text displays in a proportionalfont. So I really have no idea what you posted!I'm not sure if it works when posting from the telnet side, but I've hadsome success when I need to retain the format of a posting, by enclosingpart (or was it "all") of the text in <PRE>...</PRE> (which is HTML forPREformatted data). This tends to work pretty well, since most browsersdisplay this in a monospace font.I'd love to be able to get the joke!While I'm up on my soapbox... As other web-side users may have noticed, ifyou "Preview" your post before posting, what little formatting you get bydefault (for example, paragraphs usually stay as separate paragraphs) goescompletely out the window! If you must preview the post, go back to thestandard "Compose" screen and post from there directly.--Peter Watson-- Write to MSDOS disks on the Apple IIgs?-- Impossible! ;-)                      (PETERWATSON, 19048, GO COM A2)>>>>>   From the text side (dial-up or telnet), you can do the same thing"""""   with dot-commands (a period preceding the command alone on theline).  The command for <PRE> is '.pre' and the command for </PRE> is '.endpre'I use these for the Topic/Subject lists (Yes, I know one is overdue...).The preceding paragraph was formatted using these commands. - Don (IronTooth)Delivered by my ANSITerm off-line reader scripts...                         They're OLRight!                       (DZAHNISER, 19049, GO COM A2)WHAT'S UP WITH PRODOS 8 Y2K COMPLIANCE ON THE IIGS?   This is what I"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""   believe to be thecase, although I haven't yet fully checked it out:The officially supported ProDOS clock, and we're talking ProDOS, pre-ProDOS8, pre-ProDOS 16, pre-GS/OS is the Thunderclock, which does not supportyears.In order to figure out years, ProDOS uses the date and day of week alongwith an internal year table, so every seven years it needs to be patchedand updated.The IIgs clock -does- support years, and the only person to report the 1993issue is a //e user, so I do not believe it's needed for IIgs users at thispoint.- Ryan M. Suenaga, M.S.W., L.S.W.  --  rsuenaga@apple2.org Editor and Publisher, _The Lamp!_, published monthly on Delphi Posted by PTMM v2.5 - The integrated information solution                       (RSUENAGA, 19162, GO COM A2)DESKJET AND IIGS COMPATIBILITY UPDATE   I have good DeskJet news and I have"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""   bad DeskJet news.First, the good news. HP has recently released the DeskJet 420, a IIGScompatible color capable ink jet printer which costs $119 Retail.Now, for the bad news...The following DeskJet 700 series are not compatible with the IIGS: 710,712, 720 or 722.During the past few years, HP has offered several models of DeskJet thatcould not be used with the IIGS. Those printers (such as the short-lived DJ820CSe) had a silkscreen designation on the front of them that said: "ForWindows."The 700 series of IIGS incompatible printers no longer have the silkscreen"For Windows" designation. And, to make things even more confusing, the722c comes in two different boxes; the older box clearly states that theprinter is for use with Windows only, but the newer box doesn't.There _is_ information listed on the side of the boxes and in HP'sliterature which indicates which DeskJets will work on the IIGS, but onlyif you know exactly what you are looking for.ALL DeskJet printers which work on the IIGS have two things in common: theysupport HP's PCL Level 3 printer language, and they are compatible withMS-DOS. Since PCL is backwards compatible, PCL Level 4 and 5 printers canalso be used on a IIGS.It appears as if all other current models of DeskJet (aside from the 710,712, 720, 722) do support PCL3 and are MS-DOS compatible, and so they areIIGS compatible.So, if you are looking for a new DeskJet, you are going to have to look atthe box and/or at HP's literature. If the box says MS-DOS (or DOS 3.3 andlater) and PCL, then it'll work on the IIGS, with Harmonie. If it says onlyWindows, Windows 95, Windows 98 or Windows NT, it will not work with aIIGS.Joe KohnPublisher of Harmonie(The GS/OS printer drivers which work with HP printers.)http://www.crl.com/~joko                       (JOE_KOHN, 19149, GO COM A2)<<<<<   Considering that the vast majority of DeskJets work great on the"""""   IIGS, it would be much more efficient to simply list the modelsthat do not work, as I already did with the 710, 712, 720 and 722. IOW,every DeskJet currently sold by HP, except for these four models, workgreat on a IIGS.To save Barry and any one else some time and effort, I already have theanswers I was looking for, and have posted the information.And, if all works out, I should soon have a list of ALL DeskJets which areincompatible with the Apple IIGS. There are only a couple, though. And, allthe others say on the front of the printer: "For Windows."But, in short, if it's designated as a For-Windows, Windows-Only, or as aWinPrinter, then it's just not going to work on a IIGS. Or a II, II+, IIe,IIc or IIc+. Or, on any of Tony Diaz's prototypes.Joe                       (JOE_KOHN, 19177, GO COM A2)<<<<<   In my quest to get answers, I visited three local stores yesterday"""""   that sell HP printers, and fortunately, managed to avoid talking toany salespeople. Since I knew exactly what I was looking for, I looked atall the printers, grabbed all the HP sales brochures I could find, andlooked at the actual boxes that the DJs come in.To that end, I can assure everyone that the current DeskJets that work withthe IIGS are noted on both the literature and the boxes as being MS-DOScompatible.Or, you could just say the heck with the reading of fine-print, and justbuy the DeskJet 420 for $119. When used on a IIGS, even the newest, top ofthe line DeskJet is only going to operate as a PCL Level 3 printer, whichis what the 420 is. Aside from print speed, there is nothing to be gainedby buying a more expensive DJ if all you have is a IIGS.Joe                       (JOE_KOHN, 19179, GO COM A2)<<<<<   Two other IIGS incompatible DeskJets are the 820C and 1000C series"""""   printers. Neither of these models are currently available; theyhave both been discontinued.In the case of the DJ 820Cse, I know for a fact that this one has the "ForWindows" designation silkscreened on the front. I have not seen the DJ1000c printer to know whether it carries that silkscreen designation.So to re-cap, the following won't work on the Apple II: DeskJets 710c,712c, 720c, 722c, 820c and 1000c.There may be just one or two others, but I need to do a little moreresearch before I can say for sure.Joe Kohn                       (JOE_KOHN, 19180, GO COM A2)THE FUTURE OF THE IIGS ONLINE   These days, I generally continue to use"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""   ProTerm 3.1 for manual logins, and Spectrumfor its script-driven add-ons like SIS and COG.But yesterday, for the first time ever, I actually imagined that at somepoint in the future, I might be retiring ProTerm.I spent some time yesterday getting Spectrum v2.2 all set up, and finallygot around to installing and trying Sheppy's gsAIM (I'm JoeKohn99) andGeoff's ftp-client. And, then it struck me...Unless I make the switch to Spectrum as my exclusive telecomm program, I'mnot going to be able to take full advantage of all these really neatMarinetti-aware apps. After all, in order to get gsAIM Instant Messages,you need to be online with GS/OS.I'm typing this message off-line using COG. But, by having flat-rateunlimited access to the net, I could just as easily be typing this messagein COG, while still connected to the net with TCP/IP...and be chatting witha gsAIM "Buddy" at the same time! Multi-tasking (of sorts) has arrived, andthe full impact of that just didn't hit me until yesterday! Thanks foropening my eyes to that Richard, Sheppy, Geoff and Sir Ewen! ;-)At some point, when we have a full suite of Marinetti-aware apps, I imaginethat ProTerm will lose some of its allure for me. Old habits are hard tobreak, and I do really like ProTerm, but...I'm now 100% convinced: Marinetti and Spectrum are the future of the IIGSonline.Then again, bringing it back to the subject of NiftySpell and Spectrum, I'msure glad that NiftySpell picked up that typo a few paragraphs upstream ;-)Joe                       (JOE_KOHN, 19430, GO COM A2)NIFTYSPELL TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE   One NiftySpell...coming right up."""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""In a response to my e-mail request, Chris Vavruska says that he'll puttogether some technical info so that other programmers can call upNiftySpell's spell check functions directly, without having to first openup the NiftySpell NDA. I do not know how long that will take.As it is now, all it takes to spell check an outgoing gsAIM message is toaccess the NiftySpell NDA and click on the Check Window function.By providing direct support for NiftySpell in gsAIM, you'll save users fromhaving to access the NDA directly. But, aside from "the cool factor" ofhaving a Spell Check button in gsAIM, the two already work together quitewell.Speaking of "the cool factor," let me ask a question...does AOL's InstantMessenger have the ability to spell check messages, or is that somethingonly the IIGS can perform?Joe Kohn                       (JOE_KOHN, 19456, GO COM A2)THE FUTURE OF THE II IS IN EMULATION   Speaking as a developer, it is""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""   important for us to have a levelplaying field before we start to do any coding. This is one of the reasonswhy you have seen very little written for the Second Sight display, as itis not stable, and very few are in use.If everyone was using an emulated IIgs under Bernie, then we could indeedimprove the resolution or screen size of the IIgs. But then we might aswell just write the programs for the Mac, as it already has thoseattributes without expanding Bernie any further.The level playing field for me is a IIgs, preferably accelerated, with atleast 4Mb of Memory, a hard disk drive, and running System 6.0.1. Anythingless than that will not necessarily work with any of my software. I thinkthe same will be true of most other developers.I did make the plea some time ago that everybody should have that minimumspecification. Certainly it is necessary for most of the new softwareissued within the last year. Ewen Wannop - Speccie - Tue 12 Jan 1999 - 190 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, 19292, GO COM A2)>>>>>   Actually, the reason I want to see extra features added to Bernie"""""   above a real IIgs is this:I like programming the GS more than anything else. The more power I can getout of GS apps running on Bernie, the less Mac programming I have to do towrite the apps I want to write. :)Eric "Sheppy" ShepherdMacintosh & PowerPC Programmers Forum                        (SHEPPY, 19295, GO COM A2)>>>>>   I thought I'd throw in a few cents."""""It is rather simple to add a few extra features. However, Bernie is anemulator in first place, and it will be measured against a physical AppleIIgs. As long as Bernie is not considered a "stand-alone" platform (thelittle Bill Gates inside me is already cheering :-), it doesn't make muchsense offering software that is limited to Bernie-specific features. (Withthe notable exception of Woofenstein 3D.) Of course, there will be sporadiclapses on our part, and if a developer depends on non-standard featuresthere's a chance it will be implemented. As long as there are Apple IIgsfeatures missing, such as SmartPort bus support, we better get our job donein that department.- henrikwoof woof                        (GUDATH, 19296, GO COM A2)>>>>>   As far as I'm concerned, Bernie is a real IIgs. I do most of my"""""   work and testing on Bernie (with the notable exception that I testmy 'netti apps on a real GS, because it has a modem and my Mac doesn't).To be honest, I figure that if Bernie adds some special features that Iwant, I'm likely to stick around as a IIgs programmer longer, because Ihave new challenges. The real IIgs is too limiting for some of the projectsI want to do.Eric "Sheppy" ShepherdMacintosh & PowerPC Programmers Forum                        (SHEPPY, 19306, GO COM A2)>>>>>   I'm pretty much in agreement with this."""""There are occasional compatibility glitches between Bernie and a IIgs, butconsider: as much compatibility as we have with the Apple II series, wedon't have perfect backward compatibility.  Even the ROM_3 IIgs doesn'tperfectly emulate a ROM_01 (or ROM_00 for that matter), an enhanced //eisn't 100% compatible with unenhanced //e's, the ][+ isn't 100% compatiblewith the original ][, and so on.  The difference the other way is larger.Let's do a hypothetical: say Apple released a computer with a G3 processorthat looked just like the new PowerMac G3 mini towers, had MacOS 8.5.1,_Bernie_, the IIgs ROM image, and System 6.0.1 bundled and set up, and soldit under the name "Apple IIg3".  Would we call this an Apple II?  Well,Apple itself would call it a II, and it would run Apple II software underBernie, as well as Macintosh software.  Are there things it's notcompatible with on the Apple II side?  Sure.  5.25 inch floppies would bethe first thing we could point out.But if it's just like the G3 that Apple started selling, it would bemissing serial ports and 3.5 inch floppy disks too, among other things.People still call those G3's Macs.  I call those G3's Apple II's :)The newest Macs aren't 100% compatible with older Macs, and similarly, thenewest Apple IIs aren't going to be 100% compatible with older Apple II's.It's the price to pay of progress.- Ryan M. Suenaga, M.S.W., L.S.W.  --  rsuenaga@apple2.org Editor and Publisher, _The Lamp!_, published monthly on Delphi Posted by PTMM v2.5 - The integrated information solution                       (RSUENAGA, 19310, GO COM A2)>>>>>   You know, it's a long time since anyone has been able to make me"""""   say (about the Apple II), "Gee, I've never thought of it that waybefore!". He's right - it *would* be an Apple II!I've always looked at upgrades using a variation of the 80/20 rule(hopefully closer to 95/5!) which says that if I can get all the shiny newfeatures (80% benefit) in exchange for losing some backwards compatibility(20% cost) then the change is worth it.So each time I upgraded, ][+ to //e to IIgs, some of the old software orhardware no longer ran. For that matter, even installing my SuperDrive cardcost me the ability to run some software. But it was always worth it, andit was always still an Apple II.As I think Ryan was saying, I believe a G3 based "Apple IIg3" would be asmuch an Apple II as the original PowerPC were Macs. It was all done withsmokescreens and mirrors anyway!All we need now is for someone to put together some stick-on labels, createan appropriate appearance manager "theme" (what is the Mac terminology forthis?) and take a "made-over" G3 system to a trade show. I think thereactions (from horror to joy) would be beyond price! B-)--Peter Watson-- Write to MSDOS disks on the Apple IIgs?-- Impossible! ;-)                      (PETERWATSON, 19323, GO COM A2)DEALING WITH COLOR GRAPHICS IN GRAPHICWRITER III   So, do you have""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""   something againstpsychedelic? :-)I don't do much color work in GW III, but I don't believe there is a way todo what you want. Maybe others will know more on this topic.Max                       (JUICEDGS, 19308, GO COM A2)>>>>>   Richard may certainly correct me, but I've tried many things in"""""   GWIII with color, and it seems to me that the palette is fixed.There are two things you might want to try. Both involve a lot of work, andI've had marginal success.The first thing is to make a "palette document" in GWIII, using every coloron the GWIII palette and print it out, giving you a color reference chartfor printing on whatever your printer is.The other (tougher) part, is to copy your objects into Platinum paint, andsave it as a paint file.  Now you have a "reference document" in Platinumpaint...    (Gee, it's been a while since I did this, please forgive anylapses I might have)You can use this reference document as a template to create new picturesthat should carry their colors over to GWIII.Bring your picture with the custom palette into Platinum Paint. (here'swhere my memory is real fuzzy) I don't remember if there is a load paletteoption, or if I went through and wrote down the rgb values for each colorin my GWIII palette.Anyway, in your new picture, edit the palette, and change the colors to thevalues in the reference picture, then remap the picture to the (now-edited)palette.This explanation is most certainly be incomplete, but it might Give youenough to go on and experiment with.__________  | homas                       (TCOMPTER, 19330, GO COM A2)>>>>>   In a word. No. If the colors in the graphic are not a match or"""""   close match, GWIII substitutes the closest color which may renderundesirable results. The closest color from GWIII's own color palette. Iwould love to see palette switching in GWIII, but for now I use AppleWorksGS to accomplish graphic imports if I can't get a good match withGraphicWriter III.Barry                 Delivered with the help of Marinetti v2.0.                      (BARRY_REES, 19339, GO COM A2)>>>>>   Yep, unfortunately the palette is fixed. Also a lot of the internal"""""   conversions routines between formats, especially cut/paste systemclipboard have reverse mapping palette tables, making it harder to patch.If you have a specific requirement, then perhaps we could look at apossible solution.Regards, Richard                       (RICHARD_B, 19391, GO COM A2)HARMONIE AND INDEPENDENCE--COMPARING TWO GREAT PACKAGES   Harmonie and"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""   Independence areboth simply Printers Drivers. They both work with programs that support theGS/OS Print Manager.Personally, I find that Harmonie yields acceptable results with standard320 or 640 mode graphics if I use Harmonie's External Rendering option.That said, sometimes it takes a bit of fiddling within a paint program toget the graphic 'just right.' For those who read Shareware Solutions II,the NiftySpell / GShisen graphic that appeared on the back cover of thelatest issue took more than 25 attempts before I deemed it "a keeper."Printing 3200 color graphics is, in a sense, a very special case because3200 color graphics aren't exactly standard.There is a freeware program available, written by my former associate JohnWrenholt, that is called Print3200. But, because Print3200 does not workwith GS/OS's Print Manager, it only prints to an ImageWriter II. But,surprisingly, it does do a real good job.DreamGraphix does work with the Print Manager, so you can print 3200 colorgraphics on a DJ if you own that program. But, the results you get willvary, and to be truthful, most of them will not look very good when printedout.OTOH, most 3200 color graphics really only contain 256 distinct colors. So,it's always possible to convert a 3200 mode graphic to 256 colors, and thenthat can be loaded into a IIGS paint program such as Platinum Paint, andthe results will be much more visually pleasing. I should add, in my humbleopinion.Since I'm the publisher of Harmonie, I'll answer your questions aboutpricing and ordering, but because I'm obviously biased, I should perhapslet users of the two sets of Printer Drivers answer your question aboutwhich is best or better.Joe Kohn                       (JOE_KOHN, 19347, GO COM A2)>>>>>   Both are acceptable, but Harmonie is superior. If you're going to"""""   have just one, Harmonie is definitely the way to go.That said, I use Independence when I need real nice detail on a black andwhite graphic. I find it easier to get what I need without a lot offiddling around.Still, if I had to choose, Harmonie would win out without question. Max Jones http://www.wbwip.com/juiced.gs Delivered by Spectrum 2.2 and Crock O' Gold 3.0b7 From a Virtual GS running Bernie ][ the Rescue 2.0 -- Woof Woof                       (JUICEDGS, 19356, GO COM A2)>>>>>   I'm not sure I could say one is "better".  I own both.  Harmonie"""""   does color, and supports more printers.  Independence hasn't beenupdated as recently.  Both are from quality publishers.I'd get both.  Actually, I did that already :)- Ryan M. Suenaga, M.S.W., L.S.W.  --  rsuenaga@apple2.org Editor and Publisher, _The Lamp!_, published monthly on Delphi Posted by PTMM v2.5 - The integrated information solution                       (RSUENAGA, 19361, GO COM A2)>>>>>   I have both Harmonie and Independence, which I use with a DeskJet"""""   500.  I would deal with the issue of which is 'better' this way:Advantage: Harmonyo External rendering - Gives you the ability to print text-based filesusing the fonts that are built into the printer - MUCH faster than anyprinting that Independence can do.  You can also use software print buffers(several are available) to dump the external rendered text to a printbuffer of up to 64K through the GS Serial Port.o Speed - No matter which way you print, Harmonie is faster.o Color - If you have a color printero Flexibility - Lots of settings and controls to get printing to come outexactly the way you like.Advantage: Independenceo Accuracy - Working with the Page Layout module of AWGS or with GWIII, theobjects and margins are printed with Independence exactly where thesoftware indicates.  On my system, Harmonie offsets the printing by almost1/8" along the long axis of the paper from where indicated.  This is notreally that noticeable in portrait layout, but I do a lot of 2-column'booklet' landscape printing for a church bulletin, and it is _really_noticeable then.  Also, with _some_ print sizes and aspect ratioselections, Harmonie can't seem to calculate the character/line widthscorrectly.  Margins and justified text can be far from where indicated inthe software that I am printing from. This does not happen withIndependence.o Simplicity - Fewer controls and easier to use, (but see flexibility,above)I use Harmonie as my general-purpose printer driver, and Independence forthe really critical work.If I _had_ to do without one, it would be a difficult choice. - Don (IronTooth)Delivered by my ANSITerm off-line reader scripts...                         They're OLRight!                       (DZAHNISER, 19403, GO COM A2)SWEET-16 BEOS INTEL RELEASED   As the marketing schmuck I'm only interested""""""""""""""""""""""""""""   in shareware fees, potential Y2K law suits,Ryan's commission, the cost of my internet connection and taking Sheppy'sRC5 crack team to place 1 for some extra PR.It is true that Sweet-16/BeoS/Intel ("BetelBernie") has been released. Imust pass full credit to Andre who has done it completely on his own.Granted, I bet he warezed a few things from Bernie :), but Sweet-16 isAndre's work and not mine, and maybe this 50% manpower also explains whyBernie is somewhat ahead. Due to my pitiful arsenal of Macs I couldn't evenhelp him with testing.I'm still glad you like it and hope you'll spend a great time with it! Ifyou would like to e-mail comments on Sweet16, I'm sure Andre wouldappreciate a copy. You can contact both of us by using the woof@kagi.comaddress.- henrik                        (GUDATH, 19227, GO COM A2)>>>>>   After a few days of playing with the Be/Intel version of Sweet 16"""""   on my (shudder) Cyrix 233, I can say that while it has a ways togo, it's very impressive and most promising.The BeOS, otoh, is extremely impressive.Aside from various versions of UNIX, I've never seen an OS for the consumerthat is so network-ready and Internet-ready from the get-go, and the GUI isdefinitely something that any Mac or Apple IIgs fan can get accustomed toquickly.Yes, I did buy the BeOS primarily to test _Be_rnie, but it does shine inits own right.  Anyone who has the equipment to try it out ought to (andwhile Be has a somewhat small list of compatible systems on its web page,if it works with this incredibly generic clone I built with cost as theprimary object, it ought to work with most anything, graphic cardsnotwithstanding :)- Ryan M. Suenaga, M.S.W., L.S.W.  --  rsuenaga@apple2.org Editor and Publisher, _The Lamp!_, published monthly on Delphi Posted by PTMM v2.5 - The integrated information solution                       (RSUENAGA, 19957, GO COM A2)>>>>>   Sweet16 should improve greatly over the coming months. As soon as"""""   gsAIM 1.0 is out the door, my attention will focus fully onSweet16.Eric "Sheppy" ShepherdMacintosh & PowerPC Programmers Forum                        (SHEPPY, 19998, GO COM A2)CDRW ON AN APPLE IIGS?   I have a Yamaha CDRW drive here, but I've never""""""""""""""""""""""   attached it to a IIgs.Even if I did, at most it would only work as a read-only drive.CDR and CDRW drives don't function (from a user's point of view) like harddrives.  You need to prep a hard drive or removable drive cartridge withthe data you want and then use specialized software (such as Toast) to burnthe CDR or CDRW.  The IIgs does not have this type of software.- Ryan M. Suenaga, M.S.W., L.S.W.  --  rsuenaga@apple2.org Editor and Publisher, _The Lamp!_, published monthly on Delphi Posted by PTMM v2.5 - The integrated information solution                       (RSUENAGA, 19512, GO COM A2)PATCHING PRODOS 8 FOR Y2K. . . MINUS ONE   A post on comp.sys.apple2""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""   reminded me that the yearlook-up table in ProDOS 8 expires periodically. Specifically, the look-uptable in version 2.0.3 (the last version released by Apple) was only goodthrough 1998. 1999 is here, of course...I don't know if this subject hasbeen brought up on Delphi, but if you're using a clock card in a IIe, yourcomputer now thinks it's 1993 again!Here's some of the text from a message I posted to comp.sys.apple2 on thissubject:     ProDOS will need to be updated once every five or six years. Apple     released a version of ProDOS specifically to deal with this problem     happening once before, in 1992. I found a directory on my hard drive     that I'd forgotten about; it had a version "1.9A" of ProDOS that I had     hacked on New Year's '92 to get the clock to work right again (I was     running a BBS on my IIe at the time, so having the right date was     important). ProDOS 8 v2.0.1, which fixed the problem, was released on     4 Mar 92 (I don't recall if there was a v2.0 that was released     earlier).     Since ProDOS was designed with the Thunderclock (a clock card that     didn't keep track of the year at all) in mind, it used a look-up table     to determine the year. I haven't looked at the actual code, but I     imagine it uses the current Julian date mod 7 and the day of the week     to index into the table. I found the table in the then-current version     of ProDOS and changed it to cover a different range of years.     Here's something I came up with on my own to figure the current year     from the current month, date, and day of the week. First, convert the     month and date to a single number. Add the date to the appropriate     number from this table:     Jan=0 Jul=181     Feb=31 Aug=212     Mar=59 Sep=243     Apr=90 Oct=273     May=120 Nov=304     Jun=151 Dec=334     Divide this number by 7. Subtract from the remainder the day-of-week     number; the day-of-week number is a simple progression where Sunday is     0, Monday is 1, and so on up to 6 for Saturday. If the difference is     positive, it's your offset into the look-up table. If it's negative,     add 7 and use that as your offset into the look-up table. I'm guessing     that the Thunderclock driver inside ProDOS does something similar; I     crunched the numbers, and they agree with the tables I've found in     different ProDOS versions.     I diff'd my "v1.9A" and the actual v1.9, which I had backed up on     floppy. The year table was at offset 0x3276-0x327C in both files. v1.9     had a table to cover 1986 to 1991 (the decimal value of the last two     digits of a year is in each byte...the sequence from v1.8 is 0x5A     (90), 0x59 (89), 0x58 (88), 0x58 (88), 0x57 (87), 0x56 (86), 0x5B     (91). The revised table I put together covered 1992 to 1996: 0x60 0x5F     0x5E 0x5D 0x5C 0x5C 0x60. In v2.0.3 (the last version of ProDOS 8),     the table lives at offset 0xF76-0xF7C and covers 1993 to 1998. Leap     years appear twice in each table, which is why they're only good for     five or six years each instead of seven.     From this information, you can figure up revised tables for any range     of five or six years. For instance, here's a sequence that ought to be     good until 28 Feb 2004 (from 29 Feb 2004 to the end of that year, the     year would mistakenly be reported as 1999): 0x01 0x00 0x00 0x63 0x04     0x03 0x02.     In case someone hasn't already done this, here are some "cookbook"     instructions to patch ProDOS 8 v2.0.3 for years beginning with 1999.     Go to a BASIC.SYSTEM prompt and enter the following commands one at a     time (snip this out and put it in a script to EXEC if you want):     BLOAD PRODOS,TSYS,A$2000     POKE 12150,1     POKE 12151,0     POKE 12152,0     POKE 12153,99     POKE 12154,4     POKE 12155,3     POKE 12156,2     BSAVE PRODOS,TSYS,A$2000     You might want to make a backup copy of your ProDOS file before you do     this, of course. When 2004 rolls around, you'll want to make up a new     table from the "formula" given earlier in this message; I'll leave     that table as an exercise for the reader. :-)I figured someone might find this useful...wish I'd kept the patch programI whipped up in '92 to fix v1.9 as it would've taken less time to figure itout this time around. :-) -=IIGS=- Scott Alfter ( {<mailto:salfter@delphi.com> salfter@delphi.com})   {<http://people.delphi.com/salfter> http://people.delphi.com/salfter}                        (SALFTER, 19250, GO COM A2)CONTACTING SEVEN HILLS   The correct email address for Seven Hills is""""""""""""""""""""""   <sales@sevenhills.com>. If you do not hear fromthem within a few days, try again. There is also a voice number(850-575-0566) you can try if you still don't get a reply. Ewen Wannop - Speccie - Thu 14 Jan 1999 - 188 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, 19366, GO COM A2)TONY ON IIGS DMA   In my seemingly life-long dealing with hardware, I have""""""""""""""""   *NEVER* seen, ANYWHERE I've been, any of these DMA'horror stories'. Other than a problem that can be traced to a hardwareproblem.The original above 4MB problem stems from ROM 0. Put simply the Apple IIgswill DMA into the first 4MB of EXPANDED RAM. Meaning the first 4MB of RAMin the slot.If all these horror stories were true to what the were being told as, thenevery ROM 3 with a 4MB card would be crashing or whatever it is they do.If the RAM area being accessed is higher than the 4MB DMA range thecomputer simply does not DMA there.The original AE RAM cards hated DMA, remember, AE did not necessarily dothings the simple way. They would go out of the way to make sure theirsupplied software would not work with any other hardware. (Not such a badidea..) but when it gets to your hardware only working with your otherhardware it's time to stop that practice. :)I have never had to disable DMA simply because I have more than 4MB pluggedinto the memory slot. The original Sirius RAM (4+4 R8) has a problem withDMA and Transwarps that did not exist with the prototype cards. In tryingto eliminate jumpers completely and allow for any number of SIMMs, 1 to 8,not just the traditional steps of 1,2,4-8, I used a whole 'complicated'mess of boolean logic. Never again. :) It became evident that in somesystems that card was Plug 'n Pray (that the boolean) logic would work.The CV Tech method of DMA is what I call Force Feed DMA. It's called Hey!,here it comes and you better not miss! :)Now take a look at a Focus drive with 16 bit driver installed, damn neargives that RAMFast & DMA a run for it's money. In some cases Focusstatistics beat the RAMFast. This all depends on the drive attached to theFocus card, but even so, no controller cache, and it's pretty speedy. Thedown side, it's IDE, 1 drive, no chain, not easy to swap, but you simplytake the whole drive with you and pop it in a system where your going.Tony                        (T_DIAZ, 19952, GO COM A2)WHAT'S OLD IS NEW--HOW TO GET A NEW GENIE ACCOUNT   I have indeed been"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""   investigating yourquestions and have trying to come up with an all-inclusive, accurate answerfor you. From what I can find so far, it would cost you $23.95 per month,and that gives you nine hours before the $2.75 per-hour rate kicks in. WhatI have not been able to find, however, is if the first month is free, as isthe case with many on-line and Internet services. That's what's delayed meposting a reply to you.I would suggest you visit the Genie Internet web site at:http://www.genie.comIt might not tell you a lot, but it will tell you a little.Meanwhile, let us know exactly where you would be calling from, and I'llcheck and see what local access numbers are available to you. Once we findout if you'd be dialing in to sign up from a SprintNet line or a Genieline, I can then give more specific instructions on the signup process.IMHO, if the first month is free (up to nine hours, that is), I wouldsuggest you go ahead and try it. You would be absolutely awestruck by thesize and depth of the library. It's incredible.Max JonesJuiced.GShttp://www.wbwip.com/juiced.gs                       (JUICEDGS, 19619, GO COM A2)<<<<<   This just in ..... :-)"""""To sign up for Genie, set your telecom software to 8 bits, no parity, 1stop bit, and half-duplex. Then dial toll-free to 1-800-331-8544.When you connect, type HHH.  When you see the U#= prompt, just type SIGNUP.Everything is prompted automatically from there.You can go through the process to see what it's like, then cancel yoursignup at the last moment. You can also obtain info about Genie and theirpricing plan as you go through the process. I suggest you turn your capturebuffer on if you decide to experiment with the signup process, then savethe capture for offline reference.I haven't tested the process, and I probably should, just to make sure itstill works. But I suspect it will.We currently know of no special signup offers, such as first month free,etc. That means unless you find out otherwise during the signup process,you would have to pay your first month's fee right out of the chute.Max                       (JUICEDGS, 19665, GO COM A2)CONTEMPLATING THE GENIE LIBRARY   A listing of the entire contents of the"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""   Genie A2 Library (two lines per file)results in a text file of about 1.5 megs. A listing that includes full filedescriptions would be at least 5 times larger. If anyone is reallyinterested in such a beast, I'll see about uploading it here. It'scertainly =way= too large to post as a message in the Forum.A much shorter list would be the one that contains Apple II files that arenot available on Genie. Remember the Genie Library contains over 15,000files totalling about 900 megs (compressed.) ------------------------------------------------------------------ Tony Ward, A2 Database Manager - Thu Jan 21, 1999 11:03:08 am [Delivered with Spectrum v2.2 and Crock O' Gold] -- "Why be a man when you can be a success?"  -- Bertold Brecht                        (TONYW1, 19679, GO COM A2)CONTEMPLATING A GENIE A2 CDROM   Well, there is no downloading required. We""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""   kept copies of everything. Syndicomm hasit's own A2 library, and A2Pro library as well. All of those files are safeon Syndicomm hard drive space.There are a couple of problems, though. We always kept our backups in thesame format as the GEnie library, so the file descriptions, etc, areidentical. Before we could put it on a CD we could distribute, OR do massuploading to Delphi, those file descriptions have to be modified.Additionally, there are some files on there that we don't (currently) havethe right to make available through any other source than the GEnie library(Bulletin Board archives, RTC transcripts, etc). AND, there are a number offiles that have distribution restrictions that would keep them from beingput on the CD (such as Applewriter, for one example).Sorting through those files and eliminating (from distribution, not ourarchive) the ones we can't upload, then modifying the descriptions, etc onthe others to avoid copyright questions, is a task of formidableproportions. That's why it is not done yet.Gary R. Utter                         (UTTER, 19808, GO COM A2)COPY PROTECTION AND HARD DRIVE RESOURCE   For those of you who have"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""   software that you can not installon a hard drive or unable to make a backup of due to copy protection...like my situation with having to stick the Printshop GS disk in everytime Irun it from the hard drive.. I have found a place with the answers...Point your browser to:http://wuarchive.wustle.edu/systems/apple2/umich.edu/Mics.game.stuffThere are a few text documents there you can capture and use to help youget things working correctly on your hard drive..The only problem I have had is trying to capture the text in a readableformat for printing... anyone have a suggestion on how to capture this fileso that it is formated the same when I open it from my Hard drive as it didwhile I was reading it on the screen during capture... seems the file doesnot keep the formating and it all gets jumbled together...Leon                       (SARGENLE, 19027, GO COM A2)                                RUMOR MILL                                """"""""""WILL SIS 1.1 INCLUDE TCP/IP SUPPORT?   To the best of my knowledge, there's""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""   not a firm commitment to addingTCP/IP support for the next upgrade of SIS (1.1).  Geoff, of course, is thefinal say on this.- Ryan M. Suenaga, M.S.W., L.S.W.  --  rsuenaga@apple2.org Editor and Publisher, _The Lamp!_, published monthly on Delphi Posted by PTMM v2.5 - The integrated information solution                       (RSUENAGA, 19814, GO COM A2)>>>>>   Geoff will scold me if I'm wrong on this, but I think this is the"""""   right answer. :-)SIS 1.1 may or may not include =direct= Marinetti support. I don't know theanswer to that, although Geoff might. However, you don't need it to use SIS1.1, as long as you can Telnet into Delphi.So, Barry, with SIS 1.1, you will be able to use Spectrum 2.2/Marinetti 2.0to make a PPP connection with your ISP; then Telnet to Delphi, where youwill be able to launch SIS and surf the Web. Version 1.1 WILL offer Delphias a new Web connect method. :-) At least that's my understanding.Max                       (JUICEDGS, 19846, GO COM A2)>>>>>   Geoff has been having some problems with the direct TCP/IP links"""""   with SIS 1.1. As a result, he is not promising that direct TCP/IPsupport will be in SIS 1.1, as he does not want to hold up its release muchlonger.But SIS 1.1 has many more connection options than SIS 1.0, and I canconfirm what Max has just said. If you can make a TCP/IP Telnet connectionto Delphi, then you can use the Delphi library option in SIS to surf theweb under an error-free TCP/IP connection.So although this is an indirect way of using Marinetti, it does work. Iwould guess that as soon as Geoff can resolve the problems with directconnections, he will make the TCP/IP library available as a freelyavailable update. Ewen Wannop - Speccie - Tue 26 Jan 1999 - 176 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, 19853, GO COM A2)NO GSICQ FROM SHEPPY   I have no plans to do an ICQ for the IIgs. I have a""""""""""""""""""""   strong dislike of ICQ; it's not very reliable, evenon machines that are officially supported. I can't imagine that a hack onmy part would be very good.AIM, on the other hand, is stable and reliable and, frankly, has morefeatures (at least on the Mac it does, as compared to ICQ for Mac, which isjust awful).Eric "Sheppy" ShepherdMacintosh & PowerPC Programmers Forum                        (SHEPPY, 19305, GO COM A2)COG 3.0 APPROACHES   COG has no way of deleting a single message within the""""""""""""""""""   archive. It would just take far too long to achievethis using scripting.If you stop reading, then when you come back, you should pick it up fromthat point.You can archive individual messages separately, and so build a file of yourfavourite messages.COG3 will more powerful message reading facilities, so you can choose toread threads, and then pick an individual message from that thread to read.COG3 also has a 'Housekeeping' function which 'cleans' your archives intomore manageable sized files. There is a very powerful search function tolook through those files for up to two target strings.As a result, as long as you have enough hard disk space, you will not everneed to delete anything, as it will be very much easier to find anindividual message from the archives.COG3 is getting nearer day by day... If you have not already updated toSpectrum 2.2, now would be a good time to do it. Without Spectrum 2.2 youwill not be able to utilise COG3... Ewen Wannop - Speccie - Sun 31 Jan 1999 - 171 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, 19983, GO COM A2)SSII AND SMB?   Let me put it this way..."""""""""""""A few friends of mine have Nintendo machines, and there's only been oneNintendo game that I've played that really grabbed me. That was Super MarioBrothers.I really enjoy playing that game, and for the past few years, have actuallybeen silently wishing for a IIGS version of the game.So, yes, I would love to become involved in a Super Mario Bros project onthe IIGS.And, as an added (yet personal) benefit, it might just help me break myaddiction to GShisen in much the same way that GShisen finally cured me ofmy addiction to Freecell, and how before that, Freecell broke me of my MahJongg addiction ;-)Joe Kohn                       (JOE_KOHN, 19336, GO COM A2)                              PUBLIC POSTINGS                              """""""""""""""KFEST 1999 BLATANT PLUG--#1 IN A SERIES, COLLECT THEM ALL   For the past 10"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""   years, Apple IIenthusiasts from around the globe have made an annual pilgrimage to KansasCity, Missouri, to learn more about their computers, share their knowledgewith others, and rekindle the spirit that has made their virtual communityunique and powerful.Kfest has become a rich tradition. We are pleased to announce that in 1999,the tradition continues ...From July 21 through July 25, Kfest '99 will be in session on the campus ofAvila College in Kansas City. Sessions on a wide variety of Apple II topicswill be conducted July 22-23. A vendor fair and product demos will occur onJuly 24.As always, the Kfest committee is working to make this year's event thebest ever.Kfest '99 will provide the perfect opportunity for attendees to make newfriends, renew acquaintances, see the faces of on-line neighbors they'vechatted with through the years, meet some of the programmers, developers,writers and publishers who help keep their computer platform viable intoday's world, and hear lectures on computer issues and witnessdemonstrations of new and old hardware and software.Most of all, they'll have fun!So, you may ask, does this mean Kfest has everything an Apple II user wouldwant? Well, no. There are some things Kfest '99 won't provide. We canalmost guarantee you won't get much sleep. We can also guarantee that youwon't mind a bit. In fact, you won't want to sleep much for fear you'llmiss something!Last year's Kfest was one of the best ever, and was highlighted by a steadystream of new product releases, announcements and demonstrations. Among thesoftware titles released were GSoft BASIC, WebWorks GS, Disk Access II andthe TABBS CD-ROM. Among new titles announced were NiftySpell, Marinetti2.0, Spectrum 2.2 and Spectrum Internet Suite 1.1It's too early to know what Kfest '99 will produce. Be assured it will onceagain be a special event.Now is the time to make plans for Kfest '99. As always, staying in theAvila dorms is the recommended method of attendance. Much of the specialmagic occurs after hours, and being on hand for informal, spontaneousevents will make your Kfest experience even more enjoyable.Avila College will be providing up to 80 rooms for Kfest '99 attendees. Sothere should be plenty of room for everybody on campus.If you would prefer to stay off-campus, there are a number of hotels andmotels close by. Off-campus registrations are also available.Ready to sign up? We hope so! You won't regret it.Stay tuned for registration information. It will be posted as it becomesavailable. And that will be very soon!!Meanwhile ...JOIN THE KFEST '99 MAILING LIST!!To subscribe to the Kfest Information Mailing List, send email tomajordomo@kfest.org. In the BODY of the message, place the following text:                subscribe kfestYou will receive a confirmation email. In order to be signed up for thelist, you will have to respond to this confirmation as the instructionsdictate. You will then be able send and read messages on the mailing list.If you have other questions about KFest, or wish to make suggestions, youcan find answers via the Internet. Just send an email message tokfest@intrec.com or kfest-help@kfest.org, or visit the World Wide Web pageat http://www.kfest.org.The Kfest '99 CommitteeCindy Adams(Kfest Big Cheese)                       (JUICEDGS, 18998, GO COM A2)PROBOOT AND Y2K   A ProBOOT-related announcement."""""""""""""""Some or all of you may need to use Apple's date patcher to get ProDOS 8 towork with dates from 1999 onward. If so, and you have ProBOOT installed,you need to REMOVE ProBOOT using the ProBOOT Installer program BEFORErunning Apple's date patcher utility (otherwise, the utility will tell youyou're not using a compatible version of ProDOS).Once the update has been completed, you can reinstall ProBOOT.Eric "Sheppy" ShepherdMacintosh & PowerPC Programmers Forum                        (SHEPPY, 19063, GO COM A2)THE SAGA OF GSAIM   a gsAIM progress note..."""""""""""""""""Initial Buddy List support is in place. I'm going to add the buddy listeditor window today.Status dialogs now display while connecting to the Internet and connectingto AIM, and errors are handled better.Icons are now drawn in the buddy list indicating if the buddy is online viaAOL or AIM, and if they're currently idle.Warning level information is displayed in the buddy list, so you know ifyour buddy has been "warned" by other users for inappropriate behavior.In general, it's coming along really well. I have high hopes of releasingthe first beta version to the public this month, at which point I'll startaccepting shareware payments.Eric "Sheppy" ShepherdMacintosh & PowerPC Programmers Forum                        (SHEPPY, 19204, GO COM A2)<<<<<   I'm pleased to announce that the BETA preview release of gsAIM,"""""   version 1.0b4, is now available for download from the officialgsAIM web site at <http://www.sheppyware.net/gsAIM>.gsAIM is an AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) compatible internet messaging NDAthat lets you hold up to 20 two-way conversations at once with other peopleusing AIM compatible software (including AOL's own Windows and Macsoftware).gsAIM is SHAREWARE. Every time you open it, you'll be reminded of this,until you pay the $10 shareware fee, which can be paid at<http://order.kagi.com/?QGC>. In addition, the preferences and buddy listinformation will not be saved until you register the software.Note that gsAIM 1.0b4 is still in beta testing, and there may be bugs(possibly serious bugs) in the software. However, the software now has allthe features that the 1.0 version will have when it's completed.gsAIM 1.0b4 features:Buddy Lists - Add your friends to your buddy list, and whenever they'reonline they show up in an onscreen window. You can then send them a messageby double-clicking their name. And if they're away from their computer fora few minutes, an icon will indicate that they're away.Talk While You Work - gsAIM is implemented as an NDA, so you can use itfrom any Apple IIgs desktop application, while you work.Talk a Lot - You can have up to 20 conversations going on at a time! Talkto lots of your friends! Every conversation appears in its own window, withthe username of the person you're talking to in the title bar.I hope everyone enjoys gsAIM. Please email sheppy@sheppyware.net if youhave questions, or if you encounter a bug. Bug reports posted onlinesomewhere may not be seen, and we all want this software to be as good aspossible!Eric "Sheppy" ShepherdMacintosh & PowerPC Programmers Forum                        (SHEPPY, 19478, GO COM A2)<<<<<   gsAIM 1.0b4 has been uploaded here on Delphi as well. Watch for an"""""   announcement from the staff when it's released. Until then, you canget it from my Web site, or atftp://ftp.sheppyware.net/pub/apple_iigs/gsAIM10b4.bxy.Enjoy!Eric "Sheppy" ShepherdMacintosh & PowerPC Programmers Forum                        (SHEPPY, 19479, GO COM A2)<<<<<   In a bizarre quirk of poor timing, the day I chose to release"""""   gsAIM, AOL changed the format of its instant message network datapackets. :)I just replaced gsAIM on my web site(http://www.sheppyware.net/software/gsAIM) with version 1.0b5, which iscompatible with both the old and new formats, and will probably work ifthey change the format again later.Sorry for the inconvenience. :)Eric "Sheppy" ShepherdMacintosh & PowerPC Programmers Forum                        (SHEPPY, 19486, GO COM A2)LOOKING GOOD IN PRINT AND OTHERWISE WITH SSII   Based on an e-mail question"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""   just sent to me, it'sapparent that not everyone reading Delphi's A2 knows about Harmonie, so....                                  Harmonie     _________________________________________________________________               Use An HP LaserJet Or DeskJet On An Apple IIGS   An agreement has recently been reached between Shareware Solutions II,   Vitesse, and Harmonie author Bill Heineman that results in Shareware   Solutions II becoming the new publisher of the Harmonie set of GS/OS   printer drivers.   Harmonie is a collection of GS/OS printer drivers that permits IIGS   owners to output data onto the printed page using three different   types of high performance, high quality printers:   1) Laser printers that emulate the widely used Hewlett-Packard   LaserJet standard, including the LaserJet IIp, III, IV, 5L, 6L and 1100.   2) Inkjet printers that emulate Hewlett-Packard DeskJet printers,   including the DeskJet (or DeskWriter) 340, 400, 500, 520, 560c, 600,   660c, 670, 672c, 680c, 682c, 690c and 800 series printers which are   not designated as Windows only printers (or DeskWriters that are not   designated as PowerPC Only). Please note that the DeskJet 710, 712,   720, 722 820 and 1000 series are Windows-only printers and will not work   on the IIGS.   3) 24-pin dot-matrix printers and inkjets that emulate Epson LQ   printers, including models manufactured by Epson, NEC, Panasonic, and   many others.   Additionally, Harmonie also includes greatly improved GS/OS drivers   for the ImageWriter II and ImageWriter LQ dot-matrix printers, and for   Apple's original StyleWriter I printer.   Harmonie also provides driver support for several Parallel Interface   Cards including the Grappler Plus, ProGrappler, AE Parallel Pro, Epson   APL, FingerPrint G, II Print and the Marcey Parallel card. Harmonie   also includes a special serial Port Driver that enables printers that   have a serial interface to be used with Harmonie (Note: Most HP   printers manufactured in the last few years include only a Parallel   interface; some older DeskJets included only a serial interface.).   Harmonie works with all standard IIGS programs that use the IIGS Print   Manager, such as AppleWorks GS, Platinum Paint, HyperCard IIGS, and   Quick Click Calc; the most notable exception of programs that do not   work with the Harmonie drivers is The Print Shop GS. Aside from The   Print Shop GS, Harmonie should work just fine with all of your GS/OS   based software.   Harmonie allows you to take full advantage of high quality printers,   up to a certain point. On HP laser printers, Harmonie will output data   to the printed page at a maximum of 300 dots per inch resolution, even   on laser printers that are capable of printing at higher resolutions.   On DeskJet printers, Harmonie is limited to printing in color at 300   dots per inch, and at 600 x 300 dots per inch resolution in black and   white. Despite those limitations, tens of thousands of Apple IIGS   owners who purchased Vitesse's Harmonie are thrilled with the high   quality output that they can achieve at 300 dots per inch or at 600 x   300 dots per inch.   Harmonie is, in essence, an extension to the GS/OS Operating System.   Once the Harmonie drivers are installed and you've gotten used to   having a high quality ink jet or laser printer connected to your IIGS,   you'll soon come to think of Harmonie as such an integral component of   GS/OS that you'll be printing to those high quality printers with nary   a second thought and with all of the ease of use you now associate   with the ImageWriter. In other words, thanks to Harmonie, printing on   laser and ink jet printers is simply a matter of "plug and print."   Vitesse has been selling the Harmonie package of printer drivers for   $29.95, and Shareware Solutions II is very pleased to be able to lower   the price to $20, which includes postage to anywhere in the world.   Because Vitesse's activities in the Apple II world have been   decreasing for the past year or two, the v2.11 update was never really   promoted, and many current owners of Vitesse's Harmonie have   absolutely no idea that Harmonie had ever been updated to support 600   x 300 dpi printing. For that reason, Shareware Solutions II would like   to extend a low cost update offer to those of you who have older   versions of Vitesse's Harmonie. The cost of the update is $7, but in   order to qualify for that lower cost update, you must return your   original Harmonie disk for verification (it will be returned to you)   or submit a copy of your Vitesse receipt.   To order Harmonie, send checks or money orders to:                          Joe Kohn                          Shareware Solutions II                          166 Alpine St                          San Rafael, CA 94901                       (JOE_KOHN, 19186, GO COM A2)<<<<<   Q: What are some of the benefits of being a subscriber to Shareware"""""   Solutions II?A: The exclusive software available from Shareware Solutions II. In just   the latest 24 page issue of the newsletter, subscribers were informed   how they and they alone could purchase the following for $5 each:- The Gate- Space Fox- Martin's Travel Photos - A 2 disk collection of IIGS 3200 color Super Hi  Res graphics that have been converted from Seattle FilmWorks' digitized  35 mm photographs.- Beyond Kfest '98: A 2 disk collection including GShisen, an Applesoft to  ASCII plug-in for Babelfish, the LILAN program launcher, 5 updates to  Sheppy's IIGS software, press releases issued at Kfest 98, a transcript  of a Kfest 98 chat, FontPimp, Word Works Pro Unplugged, and six recent  issues of Delphi's A2 Lamp newsletter.- AWGS Desktop Publishing Disk - A 2 disk collection that includes all the  winning entries in a Desktop Publishing contest for AppleWorks GS that  was conducted by Shareware Solutions II.- Telecomm 98: A collection of IIGS freeware that includes Marinetti v2.0,  Crock O' Gold v2.7, Time Zone Cdev, and DeskTop Alarm NDA.In addition to the above _exclusive_ software titles, Shareware SolutionsII subscribers learned how they could get non-exclusive software such asBernie ][ The Rescue, HardPressed and Return of Cogito delivered right totheir door for $5. And, they learned all about the $25 TABBS CD-ROMcollection. Subscribers were even told how they could get GSoft BASIC - TheFREE Version delivered to their door for free. And, how to get BrutalDeluxe's LemminGS for free.All that, and much, much more appeared in the latest 24 page issue of theShareware Solutions II newsletter.A 6 issue subscription to Shareware Solutions II is $25 for delivery to USor Canada; $40 for delivery anywhere else.Joe KohnShareware Solutions II166 Alpine StSan Rafael, CA 94901http://www.crl.com/~joko                       (JOE_KOHN, 19335, GO COM A2)LOW COST GS'S FROM FARGO   Hey gang,""""""""""""""""""""""""I received the following e-mail from an Apple user who apparently found theJuiced.GS home page on the Web.  I wanted to pass it along in case anyoneis interested on contacting the fellow about his offerings ....Max +++My name is Todd Kaste and I am from Fargo, North Dakota. I am emailing youto give you news on a number (around 40) of nice IIgs systems I've boughtfrom a local organization. These systems are in great shape, come withkeyboards, monitor, 3.5 and 5.25 drives. I didn't get much in terms ofsoftware for these units though, so they just come as is. I'm not abusiness or do not represent one...I'm just a serious mac nut. I'm lookingto get $20 per system plus shipping. They are fully guaranteed.Thank you for your time.Todd Kaste1345 2nd Avenue SouthFargo, ND 58103701-271-0370tkaste@forumcomm.com +++                       (JUICEDGS, 19434, GO COM A2)UPDATED DOWNLOADING OF FREE.GSOFT   GSoft BASIC, The FREE Version! is"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""   available for download athttp://www.hypermall.com/byteworks. The download was giving some peopleproblems, though.I've made some changes to the download for GSoft BASIC, The FREE Version!It seems to work with at least one of the combinations of browser andmachine that it failed with before.If you had trouble with the download before, or just never got around totrying to download the free version of GSoft BASIC, please stop by and givethe new file a try. Let me know if you can't download this version; if youcouldn't download the last one, but can download this file, let me knowthat, too.Thanks,Mike Westerfield                       (BYTEWORKS, 19670, GO COM A2)A THREE RING CIRCUS   Several recent additions to the Mother of All Apple"""""""""""""""""""   II Web Rings(http://www.syndicomm.com/a2web/a2webring.html) are highlighted. Ofparticular note is George Wilde's homepage athttp://www.wilde.org/grwsystems/; Mr. Wilde has made his popular IIgsshareware apps UtilityWorks and UtilityLaunch free - the only caveat isthat you have to register them on his web page.     *  http://www.haaug.org/a2webring.html    HAAUG    HAAUG's meetings are held the 3rd Saturday of each month. The MainPresentation is held at 11:15AM. Hour-long sessions on topics as diverse asQuicken, spreadsheets, ClarisWorks, Powerbooks and Mac fundamentals beginat 9:00AM and continue through 4:00PM. Visitors are encouraged to come andgo according to interest.     *  http://www.wilde.org/grwsystems/    grw Systems    Home page for two highly acclaimed Apple IIGS utilities - UtilityWorksand UtilityLaunch. UtilityWorks is a do-almost-everything utility that canread and display most Apple II file formats and perform numerous Apple IIfile and disk operations, including disk backup. UtilityLaunch is a generalpurpose Apple IIGS launcher that provides launch buttons which can beeasily customized by the user.     *  http://nj5.injersey.com/~russell    The Official Russell Nielson Software Website    Exclusive 8-bit software and Zip disks full of Apple II software.     *  http://www.cgocable.net/~apple2    Terence J. Boldt's Apple II Page    This site has the latest updates on a hardware project (ProDOScompatible ROM-Drive). It also has some personal Apple II pictures andmiscellaneous Apple II info.     *  http://ww2.dixie-net.com/jnaron3/Apple2/index.html    Apple II Gaming Resource    This site is devoted to gaming on the Apple II platform, whetherthrough emulation or on the actual machines. Contains information onvarious genres of games, as well as information on emulation and emulators.Welcome aboard! {<http://www.syndicomm.com/a2web/a2webring.html> Join the Apple II WebRing!}David K.                       (DKERWOOD, 19731, GO COM A2)REVISED A2-WEB CLASSIFIEDS   I've had to make one substantial change to""""""""""""""""""""""""""   A2-Web  (http://www.syndicomm.com/a2web/)which hopefully will make visitors happier, and my life easier...The Mother of All Apple II Classified Ads web page was just getting toodarned popular, and I wasn't able to spend the time on a daily basisediting ads and putting them in place manually.To fix that, I've automated the process completely. The same instructionsstill apply:     *  Ads are restricted for personal and non-profit use only,     *  Each ad is limited to no more than 250 unformatted characters,     *  You can have one email or web link per ad,     *  Your ad can run for one calendar month from the time it is posted.http://www.wbwip.com/a2web/a2wantad.html {<http://www.syndicomm.com/a2web/a2webring.html> Join the Apple II WebRing!}David K.                       (DKERWOOD, 19733, GO COM A2)                             BEST OF THE BEST                             """"""""""""""""19307 12-JAN 22:11 Productivity Software     RE: GraphicWriter III V2.0 (Re: Msg 19291)     From: JUICEDGS     To: BARRY_REESWhat a fascinating discussion your posts about Bernie have triggered! :-)Here I sit, staring into the screen of a 10-year-old computer on a13-year-old platform, reading posts from talented and accomplishedprogrammers and dedicated, expert users discussing the FUTURE of the AppleIIgs, NOT the past. It does my heart good. :-)I've only explored Bernie's emulation with a few programs so far,telecom-related mostly. Those who have not seen the IIgs in operation on aPower Mac will be amazed at what this emulator accomplishes. It's almost asif the Bernie Boys =have= created an entire new platform because of the wayit brings our old programs to life.I have been using SIS in Bernie a lot in recent days, and the enhancedperformance of the web browser is incredible. The display is crisp and easyto read, and those scripts really rip at the higher processing speed.Likewise, COG's performance is greatly enhanced, if you can imagine that.COG already runs pretty fast on a power GS.I am seriously considering creating the next issue of Juiced.GS via Bernieand GW III 2.1, just to see how it goes. (I would have to transfer thefiles from the PowerBook to the GS for printing, but that's not big deal.)We'll see. I'll bet GW III rips and snorts under Bernie, just like theother apps I've tried do.OK, enough out of me about Bernie. I have only one thing left to say:WoofMax[EOA][A2P]------------------------------                   A2Pro_DUCTIVITY |-----------------------------------Checking out A2PRO on Delphi""""""""""""""""""""""""""""by Ryan M. Suenaga, B.A., M.S.W., L.S.W.                [thelamp@sheppyware.net]SHEPPY RELEASES IDLETIME EXTENSION   I released my IdleTime extension""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""   today. This extension letsapplications and the like find out how long it's been since the last useractivity, and what the last event to be posted was.gsAIM uses this to implement the "idle user" feature. I've made it, and thedeveloper docs, available so that other developers can use it, and avoidhaving to implement toolbox patches of their own for the same thing.It's freeware, and I will grant just about anyone that asks permission todistribute it with their software, but I do ask that you check with mefirst.Hopefully it'll be released here in A2Pro soon, but for now you can get itfrom my FTP site: ftp://ftp.sheppyware.net/pub/apple_iigs/IdleTime10.bxy.Eric "Sheppy" ShepherdMacintosh & PowerPC Programmers Forum                       (SHEPPY, 2415, GO COM A2PRO)>>>>>   So, what you're saying here is that an application or extension"""""   (ie. an NDA) could use your IdleTime extension to wait until theuser hasn't done anything with the system for a predetermined time and canthen do something?That still doesn't sound very clear but basically what I'm getting at isthat it lets programs that want to do stuff in the background do so withoutslowing down the application the user is using while the user is actuallytrying to do something with it?That's a little better but I think I'll let you try to understand thosebefore trying to do a better job.  :-) Jeff Blakeney - Dean of the Apple II University in A2Pro       ** HyperCard IIgs Course now in session! **                      (JBLAKENEY, 2429, GO COM A2PRO)<<<<<   Well, there are a few things you can do."""""For example, gsAIM uses it to check to see if the user has been idle for 10minutes. If they have, gsAIM sends a message to the AIM server that says"my user is idle, tell their friends that they're idle." This causes theicon next to that user's name to change to a little clock on all the onlineAIM users that have you in their buddy lists.Another use would be this: you're an FTP program, running as an NDA. To benice to the user, your RunAction is scheduled to occur only 5 times persecond. But this limits your file transfer rate somewhat. You could watchIdleTime to see if the user has been idle for five minutes. Once theybecome idle, you change your RunAction time so it gets called 30 times persecond, so you can do your networking stuff more often.Or you could have a telnet NDA that automatically logs the user off ifthey've been idle for more than 30 minutes.These are just a few Internet-related examples. You could use it fornon-Internet type stuff. For instance, you write a file backup INIT or DA,and use IdleTime to watch for the user being idle for an hour, thenautomatically start a backup at that point.There are lots of uses for it. :)Eric "Sheppy" ShepherdMacintosh & PowerPC Programmers Forum                       (SHEPPY, 2431, GO COM A2PRO)>>>>>   Think of it as providing the functionality of the Spectrum script"""""   command 'Set IdleTimer' at a system level, to any application thatrequires it ... Ewen Wannop - Speccie - Sun 24 Jan 1999 - 178 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, 2434, GO COM A2PRO)DOMODALWINDOW MAYHEM   I have code that started crashing under very""""""""""""""""""""   specific circumstances yesterday. I traced theproblem to four bytes of garbage being blasted into the code of the fopen()function.I eventually traced down where the blasting occurs -- the DoModalWindowcall is blasting four bytes of memory.Can anyone think of a reason why? Here's my call:id = DoModalWindow(&eventRec, NULL, NULL, NULL, mwUpdateAll|mwIBeam);id is a local "long", eventRec is a global EventRecord. The window is astandard alert-frame dialog box.It happens the very first time DoModalWindow() is called in this code (but,oddly, not any of the other times it gets called just like this).Eric "Sheppy" ShepherdMacintosh & PowerPC Programmers Forum                       (SHEPPY, 2424, GO COM A2PRO)<<<<<   Turns out this was a reentrancy problem. DoModalWindow was calling"""""   SystemTask, which was causing my NDA's Action handler to get calledagain, which would loop and cause major disaster. :)Eric "Sheppy" ShepherdMacintosh & PowerPC Programmers Forum                       (SHEPPY, 2425, GO COM A2PRO)<<<<<   I added a mutex (mutual exclusion) flag in my action proc handler:"""""void doaction(word code, long parm) {...if (mutexFlag) {return;}mutexFlag = 1;... do stuffmutexFlag = 0;}This isn't a true semaphore because I'm ignoring recursive calls entirelyinstead of blocking and letting them run. However, in my case, the onlyrecursive call that will occur should be runAction, so this should be fine.And doing a true blocking semaphore would probably chew up the stack fast,especially with doaction() being called six times a second or more tohandle a runAction code. :)Eric "Sheppy" ShepherdMacintosh & PowerPC Programmers Forum                       (SHEPPY, 2447, GO COM A2PRO)[EOA][SIZ]------------------------------                SIZZLING SHAREWARE |-----------------------------------FontPimp 1.0 by Lysergic Software"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""by Ryan M. Suenaga, B.A., M.S.W., L.S.W.                    [thelamp@delphi.com]                                 FONTPIMP                                 ~~~~~~~~          Program Name:      FontPimp          File Name:         FONTPIMP.BXY          Database:          Utility Software          File Size:         21632          Program Type:      GS/OS Application          Author:            Lysergic Software          Version Reviewed:  1.0          Distribution:      Charityware, recommended donation of 10 cents                             per converted font to a charity; see                             documentation for details          Requirements:      20.5K of drive space, _Pointless_     Given recent events, it may seem hard to believe, but Apple Computer,Inc. and Microsoft teamed up to develop the TrueType font format.  This wasan outline font (as opposed to bitmapped font) format which allowed smoothscaling of fonts no matter what size was requested.  While Apple itself didnot build this technology into the IIgs System Software, our friends atWestcode Software created the wondrous Control Panel _Pointless_ whichbrought TrueType fonts to the Apple IIgs.  Simply use _Pointless_ onTrueType fonts developed for the Macintosh and you suddenly have beautiful,smoothly rendered fonts on your IIgs.     Over time, however, more and more TrueType fonts have become availableon the Windows platform than have been on the Mac, and there was nostraight forward way of using these fonts on the IIgs.  While both theWindows and Mac fonts are TrueType, there are differences in how the datathat make up the fonts are stored, and _Pointless_ only knows how to dealwith the Macintosh version TrueType.  While there are several Macintoshproducts that can do the font conversion, for the Mac-less among us, whatto do, what to do?     Lysergic Software comes to the rescue with _FontPimp_, their IIgsTrueType font utility.  _FontPimp_ has several features, but it does onething very well--it converts fonts.  It will take a TrueType font ready forthe Windows platform and make it usable with a IIgs running _Pointless_.It opens the door for literally thousands of fonts that were previouslyunavailable on the IIgs to liven up those _AppleWorks GS_ and_GraphicWriter III_ documents.     To test _FontPimp_, I simply spent some time downloading some WindowsTrueType fonts from Delphi's IBM PC & Compatibles Forum Database.  Windowsfiles usually come packed as .zip archives, analogous to the Binary II andNuFX (.bxy) archives that Apple II software is seen in online.  To unzipthe files, I used the shareware _PMPUnZip_.  I then started up _FontPimp_and let it do its thing.     Of the six fonts I downloaded, _FontPimp_ was able to convert three ofthem.  While a 50% success rate is not impressive, this is far from ascientific study, and it's not uncommon to have problems using evenMacintosh TrueTypes on the IIgs.  While the TrueType standard is wellknown, many of the public domain or freeware fonts don't follow it asclosely as it could, resulting in some incompatibilities which show up whenyou try to convert fonts to different platforms.  Others have had moresuccess than I did using _FontPimp_ to convert the fonts, and what fontsdid convert correctly were absolutely stunning.     _FontPimp_ has a somewhat hidden feature as well--it allows you toconvert your IIgs fonts back into the Windows format.  You can do thisusing the Edit command in _FontPimp_'s File pulldown menu, then hitting the"Save TTF" button.  That way you can match up your fonts between your IIgsand, say, the Windows box at work.     There are several other features of _FontPimp_ for use with fonts,many related to such obscure things as a font's ID# and internal name.There is documentation included with _FontPimp_ that explains these optionsat some length.  You may well learn more than you ever wanted to do aboutfonts on the IIgs just by reading the documentation!     So, for those of you who've been looking at the fonts on your office'sWindows machine in envy, wait no longer--you finally have the tool you needin _FontPimp_.  And for those who haven't been suffering this way, you nowhave a whole new world of fonts to choose from.  Have fun with it.         :: DISCUSSED ON DELPHI ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::         :                                                       :         :  WYTYSYDG: What you thought you saw, you didn't get.  :         :                                                       :         ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 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 1999 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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