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An Onipa'a Software Production        Vol. 2, No. 9 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Publisher & Editor.......................Ryan M. Suenaga, M.S.W., L.S.W. Internet Email....................................thelamp@sheppyware.net ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::                             TABLE OF CONTENTS                             ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~                            September 15, 1999OPENING PITCH     I Just Can't Get Any Relief ------------------------------------ [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]SCRIPTING & MACROS     Basic Spectrum Scripting --------------------------------------- [S&M]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 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::         :                                                       :         : Nothing's impossible to those who don't have to do it.:         :                                                       :         :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: TONYW1 :::::::::::::[EOA][OPN]------------------------------                     OPENING PITCH |-----------------------------------From The Editor"""""""""""""""by Ryan M. Suenaga, B.A., M.S.W., L.S.W.                [thelamp@sheppyware.net]                        I JUST CAN'T GET ANY RELIEF                        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~     Time isn't on my side, at least these days.     In between my full-time job, my part-time job, my volunteer work andmy duties as son and brother, I find about 30 hours a month to work on myApple II newsletter.  It's fun and it's challenging, but it's also noteasy.     The problem is "not easy" is quickly becoming "not possible".  Werecently found out at the hospital at which I work that we were going froma Monday to Friday schedule to a rotational seven day a week coverageschedule.  Theoretically, that means that once every thirteen or so weeks Ineed to work on weekends.  In reality, I've just finished my second weekendof duty in the last three weeks, and I have another coming up in about fourweeks.     In my personal life, this mostly means I miss my Saturday basketballgame and the occasional weekend movie.  In my virtual online life, it meansnot as much time for Spectrum scripting, Delphi chat, and this month, notenough time to finish up _The Lamp!_.     I'm not Doug Cuff or Max Jones, but I'm not happy about being latewith an issue, but this one is late--way late--and this will happen moreand more as long as I keep this job.  Add to that the other things I wantto do--both in computing and out of computing--and it becomes clearer to methat this publication has outgrown me.     The December 1999 issue of _The Lamp!_ will be the last under myeditorship.  I say this with regret, because I have fun doing it, but Ialso know that this will let my baby grow in ways I've never imagined.  Andit will let me do things that I've never been able to do before.     Time for me to fly.  For both of our sakes.                                [*] [*] [*]     I've Got To Set Myself Free Department: Last month featured the firstKFest 2000 Blatant Plug.  This is the last one until January 2000.     The Y][KFest, KansasFest 2000 is on the calendar for July 26-30, 2000,with special early arrival events on the 25th.  Once again the lastsurvivors of the first generation of computer Geeks will gather in KansasCity, Missouri on the campus of Avila College.     And if you haven't been to Avila before, or it's been years since thelast time you went. . .     It's time.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                              """"""""""""""     [*] Hardware Hacker             ....... More DeskWriters And ProDOS 8     [*] The Apple II Legacy         ....... Reclassification City     [*] Entertainment Software      ....... Silvern Lining     [*] Hardware Hacker             ....... What SCSI Floppy?                                MISCELLANEA                                """""""""""WHERE DO I FIND A COMPREHENSIVE COLLECTION OF IIGS SYSTEM DISKS?   The""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""   GoldenOrchard CD-ROM contains the following versions of the IIGS System Disk:1.1, 3.1, 4.0, 5.0.4, 6.0 and 6.0.1The CD-ROM also contains about 600 megabytes of other Apple II and IIGSsoftware, and it's available exclusively from Shareware Solutions II for$25.Shareware Solutions II166 Alpine StreetSan Rafael, CA 94901 Joe Kohn http://www.crl.com/~joko                       (JOE_KOHN, 25050, GO COM A2)>>>>>   I probably have most of them, if not all. Post a list of the ones"""""   you have. I'll dig through my archives and see if there are anyothers, and e-mail the ones I have that you don't.Mike Westerfield                       (BYTEWORKS, 25084, GO COM A2)HOW DO YOU RELABEL 3.5 INCH DISKS?   Put a couple of drops of lighter fluid""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""   (Zippo or Ronsonol) on the label, rubit around with your finger so the label is covered evenly, and let it soakfor a while.This will loosen the adhesive and let you peel the label right off.Slick/glossy labels don't soak up well and tend to peel in layers, leavinga whole bunch of stickum behind. Labels that use water based adhesives donot respond to lighter fluid but will loosen up nicely with glass cleaner.Some labels peel quite nicely without any "assistance" except a fingernail.I've "delabeled" many many hundreds of used disks. It's a real pain in thebutt. After a while you learn to tell by feel (and a little "picking")which labels will peel well and which will not. The best thing to do withthe ones that won't peel well is to simply cover the old label with a blanknew one.Gary R. Utter                         (UTTER, 25142, GO COM A2)SPECTRUM, SIS, MARINETTI, AND GSAIM   Spectrum and SIS have nothing at all"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""   to do with gsAIM, and are notrequired to be installed for its use. gsAIM is an independent deskaccessory that only requires Marinetti to operate.Marinetti is an independent TCP/IP stack, and has nothing directly to dowith Spectrum or SIS, or any other application.Think of Marinetti as an extra layer to the GS/OS operating system. Just ason a stock IIgs, telecom applications, and other applications, can use theserial ports to communicate. If you have Marinetti installed, Marinettiaware applications can use it to make TCP/IP connections through the serialports.As gsAIM uses TCP/IP, it requires Marinetti to be installed.Spectrum 2.2 can also optionally use TCP/IP instead of the serial ports, soit also requires Marinetti to be installed if you wish to use the optionalTCP/IP connections.SIS only requires Spectrum. So you can think of it as not directly beingTCP/IP aware, so it does not specifically require Marinetti to operate. Ewen Wannop - Speccie - Thu 26 Aug 1999 - 335 days till Y2KFest Delivered without using a IIgs by Spectrum 2.2 & Crock O' Gold 3.2 Bernie ][ the Rescue 2.0 woofing at 55Mhz on a G3/350 http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/ewannop/                        (EWANNOP, 25318, GO COM A2)NON-MAC EMULATION COMES ON THE SCENE   I don't really see a PC/Mac problem""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""   here. After all we're interested inApple IIs. That is all that counts and nothing else. It doesn't depend whatother systems you are using.It is correct that PCs and maybe Macs have been flamed here before, howeverI don't think by regulars so this should be dealt with in a professionalmanner as background noise.IMHO it is the most unimportant thing in a public discussion what platformyou're using at home and to try to persuade others of its benefits. I dochoose my computers out of personal preference, and others do so as welland might end up with something different. So what! I'm not getting paid by<insert company name> for doing platform promo. (Sheppy's mileage may vary*grin*) As long as you don't take my <insert model> away, I'm happy.I'm convinced Delphi A2 regulars have the potential of getting alongwithout platform wars. And, nobody should feel offended when a discussionfocuses on a different CPU. There are other threads that are more on topicand I care even less about. And my last point in a drivel that got too longis: when you're missing a discussion about, let's say, emulation on a PC,then it's simply because nobody started such a thread. Be part of thesolution.Henrik Woof Gudat                        (GUDATH, 24701, GO COM A2)>>>>>   I'm very open that I use my PC as my main machine at home. I do all"""""   my IIgs development on an emulator on it. I've even written anarticle about it in Juiced.GS. I think it is the greatest thing to have toextend the life of the IIgs. Buy a faster PC and get faster IIgs. TheseDual 450's are quickly dropping in price... And with >20 gig drivesstarting to cost less than $500, you can have a whole heck of a lot of IIgshard drive images (and be able to back up an entire hard drive image injust seconds!!).I don't have the hardware to do a presentation for Kfest, but I cancertainly answer any questions about KEGS--it basically runs like any otherIIgs emulator.Geoff                       (SISGEOFF, 24842, GO COM A2)MORE MARINETTI   I have 2 ISPs.""""""""""""""On one, when I connect with Marinetti, there are problems with the nameserver. I never have come up with a satisfactory fix for that, although ithelps to log in with Marinetti and then launch Spectrum, rather than tryingto launch Spectrum and then use the Spectrum menu commands. It must be atiming issue, because this is the same ISP that gives me similar problemswith my Mac. It works better for me, regardless of what the cause is, tolog in with FreePPP on the Mac with my setup requiring me to enter thepassword each time.My second ISP, which I use for my OLRight! activities, has never given me asuccessful PPP login with Marinetti. SLIP works beautifully, however.Again, try to get some Trumpet Winsock scripts from your ISP, and translatethem to a Marinetti script. It just may work.My login problems with ISP #1 may be nothing more than a bad phone line. Iam too far out in the country, and my phone wiring may be partially fried.I have had lightning destroy two modems in the past year (components blownoff the boards, conductors melted, metal vaporized and replated onto theinside of the case). One of my Round Tuits is to replace the interior phonewire in the house.Bottom line - you are not alone, but keep plugging!Don V. Zahniser (IronTooth)Woofed to you by OLRight! scripts for ANSITerm via Bernie ][ the Rescue!                       (DZAHNISER, 24674, GO COM A2)>>>>>   It is not true that Marinetti only works with some ISPs. I don't"""""   know where that came from.The PPP module which comes with Marinetti does not support CHAP, which isan automated logon protocol. Most ISPs should provide the PAP protocolhowever, which Marinetti's PPP module does support.Also, some ISPs use a form of PPP which requires compression. The MarinettiPPP module does not support compression. However, it is the ISPs who are toblame, because the PPP standard says that all implementations MUST providecompression as optional, not mandatory.A solution to both of these problems is to get an ISP who uses stableprotocols, or use scripted SLIP.Marinetti itself will work with any ISP which a link layer module canconnect to.As for your DNS problem, it looks like you've had various DNS numbers givento you over the years. You should go back to the Mac and provide the sameDNS number for every dialog which asks for it.In Marinetti, you use this same number for the primary DNS. You may leavethe secondary field blank if you like, Marinetti just uses this if theprimary fails for some reason.Regards, Richard                       (RICHARD_B, 24706, GO COM A2)>>>>>   I was able to do some testing at KFest with DNS and Spectrum, and"""""   my conclusion is that there may be a bug in Spectrum in regards toDNS. In all the tests which I ran, a failed DNS in Spectrum worked fine inthe Telnet application I supply with MarinettiThis problem should probably be referred to Ewen. :-)Regards, Richard                       (RICHARD_B, 24707, GO COM A2)>>>>>   Another way of testing DNS is by running GWFTP. Let GWFTP dial your"""""   ISP (it automagically will make a connection if one is not found)and then connect to a FTP site with a name, not by IP address). I'll beinterested to hear if there is any DNS failures with it.Geoff                       (SISGEOFF, 24708, GO COM A2)>>>>>   DNR fails an awful lot in programs other than Spectrum though."""""   Telnet sometimes, gsAIM sometimes, etc. etc. There might be aSpectrum bug with DNS but DNR still fails more often than it should.---Eric (Sheppy) Shepherdsheppy@sheppyware.nethttp://www.sheppyware.net                        (SHEPPY, 24709, GO COM A2)>>>>>   I've confirmed that my ISP supports PAP, and PPP which requires"""""   compression is not mandatory. I've also received the correct DNSnumbers and am using them in FreePPP, having also set up Marinetticorrectly.However, I'm having trouble getting online. Setting the connection type toPPP results in the modem talking for a few seconds while "negotiating PPPoptions" and then disconnecting. I figure PPP Scripted is the way to go butI don't know how to use IP and SETIP... I've never seen an IP numberdisplayed in the input buffer when manually connecting.Also, I noticed that after Marinetti's attempt to get online, the Spectruminput buffer is never displayed. I've correctly initialized my modem butwherever I dial, nothing is displayed in the online display. Not modemcommands, connect messages, input... I think this may be related to mytrouble getting Marinetti to WAIT for incoming data.Finally, where can I find the Marinetti FAQ?Thanks,-Ken                       (KEN_GAGNE, 24964, GO COM A2)>>>>>   If you have Spectrum 2.2 set to TCP/IP mode, Spectrum will only"""""   display data that is correctly received and passed throughMarinetti. It will not display internal data that Marinetti uses to makethe connection.So if the connection fails to be made in the first place, no data will passthrough for Spectrum to see. Marinetti makes TCP/IP error-free connections,so only genuine data is passed through, and the results are garbage free,despite any noisy state of your telephone line. Ewen Wannop - Speccie - Tue 17 Aug 1999 - 344 days till Y2KFest Delivered without using a IIgs by Spectrum 2.2 & Crock O' Gold 3.0 Bernie ][ the Rescue 2.0 woofing at 55Mhz on a G3/350 http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/ewannop/                        (EWANNOP, 25007, GO COM A2)>>>>>   Ken,"""""I don't know what to suggest from here on. I could make snide remarks abouthow ISPs will of course say they're systems are compatible, but I wouldn'treally know for sure. If I could get a buffer from you, I'd be able to tellyou why it is failing to connect, but that would mean poking around in themonitor looking for it.So, bottom line is, I don't know where to go from now.Regards, Richard                       (RICHARD_B, 25062, GO COM A2)WHOIS GEOFF WEISS?   For those who use the Marinetti version of whois, I""""""""""""""""""   want to make it aware that it is compatible insearching for names now that there are multiple domain name registrars. Thesyntax to use is:whois -h whois.crsnic.net <domain name>Basic info for a domain name is given from this source and it will tell youwhat whois server to search through to provide detailed info about thedomain name.Many web sites that provide this whois searching is not compatible with thenew registrars, but it is nice to know that this works fine on a GS!                       (SISGEOFF, 25324, GO COM A2)START ME UP   I think we need to differentiate:"""""""""""There's a Bernie Starter _Disk_ that's available for download;there's also a Bernie Starter _Kit_ that's a CDROM from SSII.I think that might just cover it. Of course, I'm sure someone will find away for it not to be covered :)- 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, 25241, GO COM A2)>>>>>   There is a starter disk image that the dogs owners make available"""""   from its home pages, of useful utilities and games.There is also an officially approved 'Bernie ][ the Rescue - Starter Kit'CD, available exclusively from ShareWare Solutions II. This CD haseverything you need to get going with Bernie. It includes the application,the entire set of HTML info pages, and prepared hard disk images withSystem 6.0.1 pre-installed 'ready to go' out of the box.You can be running Bernie five minutes after the mailman delivers the CD toyou. Without the CD, you have to make a hard disk image, find 6.0.1, makeit into disk images, start Bernie, install 6.0.1, patch the HFS driver, andinstall InkMeister. Ewen Wannop - Speccie - Tue 24 Aug 1999 - 337 days till Y2KFest Delivered without using a IIgs by Spectrum 2.2 & Crock O' Gold 3.2 Bernie ][ the Rescue 2.0 woofing at 55Mhz on a G3/350 http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/ewannop/                        (EWANNOP, 25246, GO COM A2)SWEET16 TIDBITS   On my PII/333 system, Sweet16 runs around 8 to 10 MHz, so"""""""""""""""   I guess you'd probably be around 15 to 20 MHz, dependingon what else your machine is doing.---Eric (Sheppy) Shepherdsheppy@sheppyware.nethttp://www.sheppyware.net                        (SHEPPY, 25420, GO COM A2)<<<<<   Well, 15-20 MHz isn't all that impressive considering that Sweet16"""""   will do around 50 MHz on a 333 MHz Power Mac G3. The x86 versiondoesn't have an optimized assembly-language emulation core (yet).---Eric (Sheppy) Shepherdsheppy@sheppyware.nethttp://www.sheppyware.net                        (SHEPPY, 25434, GO COM A2)<<<<<   BeOS on both PPC and x86 can read (using the default file systems"""""   included with the OS):BFS (native format; you can't read x86-formatted BFS disks on PPC and viceversa)FAT (MS-DOS/Windows)ISO 9660HFSCIFS (Windows file-sharing)---Eric (Sheppy) Shepherdsheppy@sheppyware.nethttp://www.sheppyware.net                        (SHEPPY, 25447, GO COM A2)<<<<<   Sweet16 can use any disk image that Bernie can use. So yes, you can"""""   use the images on the Bernie Starter Disk CD on Sweet16.---Eric (Sheppy) Shepherdsheppy@sheppyware.nethttp://www.sheppyware.net                        (SHEPPY, 25457, GO COM A2)>>>>>   To add to that, you may have to rename the image. :)"""""- 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, 25472, GO COM A2)<<<<<   True: if the disk image isn't in Universal Disk Image format (2mg),"""""   you have to add an extension to the end of the name to tell Sweet16what type of file it is.---Eric (Sheppy) Shepherdsheppy@sheppyware.nethttp://www.sheppyware.net                        (SHEPPY, 25473, GO COM A2)DID GUPP INCLUDE FIXFONT601?   Yes, FixFontManager (actually, FixFont601""""""""""""""""""""""""""""   was what Nathan called it) was an SDGSthing. I realize re-reading my message I wasn't clear. What I meant to sayis that the patches that were developed by someone other than Nathan (sayGreg Templeman) and released by SDGS were not included in GUPP (I thinkthat's clearer).In any case, the documentation for GUPP 1.07 states that it includes theFixFont601 stuff, and as that is in the Delphi libs, I really see no needto upload a separate FixFont601.- 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, 24775, GO COM A2)WHAT DOES OLRIGHT! DO BETTER THAN OTHER OLRS?   OLRight! does extensive"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""   post processing of eachmessage and gives you an index--in ANSI color--of each message, includingparticular info for each message, so you can choose to skip over it or readit or skip over whole threads or jump to different messages. . . it is-far- superior to any OLR I have ever seen in regards to reading.- 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, 24776, GO COM A2)>>>>>   OLRight! captures each pass into a separate message file for each"""""   Forum (up to 32), then after you go offline, each message file issplit into individual message files and an index file. The index file isessentially a single-category database of the individual message filenames. OLRight! has two ways to read messages:1) Browse through the messages listed by subject (only the first two lines   of the message header are shown), and choose the messages that you want   to read randomly, or2) Read the messages in thread order sequentially. While reading a   message, you can:   o Quit out of a message to the subject listing screen <Q>   o Print the message <P>   o Reply to the message, with optional quoting <R>   o Fill out a download specification <D>   o Archive the message to a named file (new or append to old) <A>   o Send mail to the From: name in the message <M>   o Move to the next or previous message <Right/Left Arrows>   o Move proportionally through the messages <1 to 9>   o Move to the top of the current message <Up Arrow>   o Scroll down one screen of the current message <Down Arrow>   o <escape> back to the main menu or e<X>it back to the forum chooserAny time that you leave a message that you are reading, its position in theindex database is marked, and you can restart your reading at that messageif you so choose.BTW - Any messages addressed directly to you are highlighted in the messagelisting and in the header of the message as you are reading it.And, if you are a past user of Genie Copilot, the navigation keys for thatapplication are supported, too.I used to have a 'skip thread' function, but decided that it was faster tojust blip through the messages than to wait for the function to work, andit was not reliable (due to Delphi glitches).The mail function works similarly, except there is a 'new mail' indicatorthat you can use as a starting point in the reader, and you can deleteindividual messages. The forum reader will delete all messages.Don V. Zahniser (IronTooth)Woofed to you by OLRight! scripts for ANSITerm via Bernie ][ the Rescue!                       (DZAHNISER, 24780, GO COM A2)WHAT TO DO WITH A REALLY BIG HARD DRIVE AND A RAMFAST   If you really want"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""   the 360 or so megdrive, just make 12 32 meg partitions on your 1.2 gig drive. . .- 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, 24754, GO COM A2)>>>>>   Since I don't have a problem with used/discontinued/refurbished"""""   hardware, I've had no problems coming up with drives in usablesizes. I keep good backups and spare drives on hand.If I had to use a 1.2 gig drive on a GS, I simply wouldn't use the HFSpartition. (That's just my way of doing things, of course. :)Gary R. Utter                         (UTTER, 24761, GO COM A2)>>>>>   I'm using a 1.2 GB drive on my IIgs at present but the 880 MB HFS"""""   partition I have now is not used for any critical data. I've usedit to create images of some of my ProDOS partitions to transfer to my PCfor use with emulators but mostly, that partition is currently being usedas a dumping place for all my archives that I've downloaded over the yearsso that I can sort through them, find out which disks have gone bad andwhich files need to be replace and then I will transfer the lot to anotherdrive. I have a spare 540 MB drive that I could use.Now that I have a Mac with some version of Norton Utilities, I may need torepartition the 1.2 GB on my IIgs so that the Mac can see them and repairmy HFS partition if needed.Another option is for me to put the 540 MB drive on my IIgs, put the 1.2 GBin the Mac and access the 1.2 GB through AppleTalk. Jeff Blakeney |      Dean of the Apple II University in A2Pro      | --------------+----------------------------------------------------+   sent via    |   HyperCard IIgs Course   |   GSoft BASIC Course   |   COG v3.1    |      now in session       |     now in session     |                       (JBLAKENEY, 24768, GO COM A2)DOG LOSES BARK FOR IRONTOOTH'S SAKE   Hi Bernie fellows,"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""Don recently told me that Bernie was not well behaving with Delphimessages. The reason is that some strong supporters have certain messagesin their signatures that are triggering an Easter Egg and Bernie startsbarking.While it was intended as a fun feature, it can impact reliability of aserial connection on slower Macs.I have uploaded a special, debarked version for the Delphi audience to: {<http://www.magnet.ch/emutech/dogdebarked.sit.hqx>http://www.magnet.ch/emutech/dogdebarked.sit.hqx}The archive only includes the application - it does not come with anyauxiliary files. The Easter Egg will return in the next release with somemodifications. :-)Happy surfing,Henrik Woof Gudatwoof woof                        (GUDATH, 25146, GO COM A2)>>>>>   The symptom that I saw running ANSITerm is that Bernie would bark"""""   while text was being received through the serial port. It seemed asthough every time Bernie barked, I lost a block of text. I can now run a9600 baud modem-to-remote connection, as long as the Serial port-to-modemconnection is run as fast as possible (57600 baud). The 9600 baud rate ishigher than Henrik expected I should be able to achieve with my system :^)I would like to publicly thank Henrik for the great customer support!Some issues running ANSITerm under Bernie, that to me are probably notBernie's fault:1) On my system, ANSITerm does _NOT_ like running with Virtual Memory   active. I get frequent crashes of ANSITerm (not Bernie) when trying to   save a file from the editor, especially during a script. The visual   symptom is that the screen is trashed just before ANSITerm would have   displayed a dialog (the 'save' dialog that displays the file name, I   think). The situation is vastly improved (although not entirely solved)   by using RamDoubler 8 instead of Virtual Memory (or running without any   memory extending program active).2) ANSITerm _seems_ to run better for me using a ROM 01 image rather than   one for a ROM 3. YMMV3) ANSITerm _seems_ to run better for me by booting directly into Prodos-8   rather than launching ANSITerm from GSOS. YMMV4) This is a Mac issue, not a Bernie issue: I have been unable to get   Carrier Detect to work either from the internal modem on my PowerBook or   an external modem/cable that I use with my 'real' GS. This creates a   potential problem with modem initialization if you (like me) have   ANSITerm set to NOT initialize the modem on startup if Carrier is   detected. I sometimes like to drop out of ANSITerm to do something else   while online, and then restart ANSITerm and continue my online session.5) It appears from the Bernie docs that DTR must be set to 'ignore' for   hardware handshaking to work. This will disable ANSITerm's 'hangup'   command, either from Command-H or in scripts. The alternative is to   issue the '+++' command followed by 'ATH'. I haven't tested this; I have   simply adjusted by behaviors and scripts to accommodate 'DTR Ignore'.All that said, it appears to me that ANSITerm is somehow affected by whatelse is going on in the system other than Bernie, and this specifically canaffect the file save function. While there may be something that could bedone within Bernie to help, the problems I have been experiencing can beminimized by adjusting my system configuration. It may, of course, also bea bug within ANSITerm...I am still learning how to use my Mac (a PowerBook 1400) so there may besomething I am missing in all this. Suggestions welcome.Don V. Zahniser (IronTooth)Woofed to you by OLRight! scripts for ANSITerm via Bernie ][ the Rescue!                       (DZAHNISER, 25148, GO COM A2)>>>>>   I have the exact same problem with Bernie and ANSITerm's carrier"""""   detect. This is one instance where I wish Paul had gone with thestandard that Spectrum and ProTERM (and everyone else) uses with regards tocarrier detect. I have tried all combinations of modem and port drivers,but nothing works. Spectrum and ProTERM handle it fine.FWIW, the barking causes no problems on my G3 (and I have no troublegetting top download speeds @ 57600 port speed.) I was looking out thewindow for a real dog the first few times I heard it though. :) ------------------------------------------------------------------ Tony Ward, A2 Database Manager - Sat Aug 21, 1999 9:44:57 pm [Delivered with Spectrum v2.2 and Crock O' Gold v3.2] -- One good turn gets all the blankets!                        (TONYW1, 25161, GO COM A2)>>>>>   "I have the exact same problem with Bernie and ANSITerm's carrier"""""    detect. This is one instance where I wish Paul had gone with the standard that Spectrum and ProTERM (and everyone else) uses with regards to carrier detect. I have tried all combinations of modem and port drivers, but nothing works. Spectrum and ProTERM handle it fine."Since ANSITerm is the only commercial communications program for the GSthat I have ever purchased, that's the only documentation I have to study.Could you please explain how they detect carrier? What Paul chose seemslogical enough to me, but then again, what do I know?"FWIW, the barking causes no problems on my G3 (and I have no trouble getting top download speeds @ 57600 port speed.) I was looking out the window for a real dog the first few times I heard it though. :)"Apparently the PowerBook 1400 that I have is right on the hairy edge fortrying to run communications with Bernie. I could run 2400 baud, but anyattempt to reduce the connection speed with my modem (I didn't have amanual, just the few commands listed in the 'help' screen) to a speedbetween 2400 and 9600 required me to also reduce the serial port-to-modemspeed. I'm still a bit dim-witted about exactly what is happening betweenthe communications port, Bernie, and the modem. However, the key on a slowmachine like mine seems to me to be to 'pull' data from Bernie faster thanthe modem is feeding data to Bernie. When I simply reduced the serial portspeed to get a lower modem-to-remote speed, it didn't really accomplishmuch. Running a marginal setup, the barking seemed to divert Bernie fromthe task at hand just enough to cause data loss. Also, I wonder if the'debarked' Bernie is just a tad more efficient because it has one lessprocess running (detecting the 'woof').At about the same time that Henrik so kindly provided a 'debarked' Bernie,I also figured out that my modem has a Rockwell chipset. I was thereforeable to use the reasonably good manual from another modem (RIP - Hit bylightning) to initialize the modem to make a connection only between 300baud and 9600 baud, while running the port speed at 57600. This incombination with the 'debarking' gives me no data loss at 9600 baud.Don V. Zahniser (IronTooth)Woofed to you by OLRight! scripts for ANSITerm via Bernie ][ the Rescue!                       (DZAHNISER, 25171, GO COM A2)<<<<<   To answer your question about the debarked version: the code is"""""   _exactly_ the same, only the barks have gone. :-)Later,Henrik Woof Gudatwoof woof                        (GUDATH, 25179, GO COM A2)>>>>>   I guess the poor dog will have to carry a large flag to wave. How"""""   is he going to catch the attention of the rescuers if he can'tbark? Or perhaps he has gone all hi-tech and has a radio beacon instead.But I am lucky that my G3 is fast enough, that I don't lose characters whenhe barks, so the dog wags his tail and barks loudly for me...This raises a question for Henrik. Are the signature bytes different forthis version of Bernie? When COG starts up under the regular dog, he barksfor us. But for the strangulated dog, I would need to wave the Swiss flaginstead... :) Ewen Wannop - Speccie - Mon 23 Aug 1999 - 338 days till Y2KFest Delivered without using a IIgs by Spectrum 2.2 & Crock O' Gold 3.0 Bernie ][ the Rescue 2.0 woofing at 55Mhz on a G3/350 http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/ewannop/                        (EWANNOP, 25193, GO COM A2)>>>>>   For the life of me I can't remember exactly what the problem was. I"""""   think I discussed this with Ewen during Spectrum testing, maybehe'll remember better. It had something to do with ANSITerm wanting normalDTR (&D2 on my USR Courier), but Spectrum and ProTERM (and the Mac,actually) wanting ignored DTR (&D0.) If you dialup with normal DTR usingANSITerm, then switch over to Spectrum while still connected, you will getdumped offline when DTR drops in Spectrum (right at startup.) ANSITermdoesn't hang up on a DTR drop.Now I'm using ignored DTR (&D0) in ANSITerm and things seem to be workingokay. Like I said, I don't remember what the &D2 benefit was, but I know itinvolved carrier detect. Maybe it involved an older modem that I'm nolonger using. Sorry I can't be of more help.What I do know is that ANSITerm doesn't properly handle carrier detect onBernie, nor will it recognize or initialize my modem, while Spectrum does.I can dial manually (via ATD commands) but I can't use the dial list. I'musing the High Speed DSR port driver, and the Supra v.32 modem driver. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Tony Ward, A2 Database Manager - Sun Aug 22, 1999 9:36:13 pm [Delivered with Spectrum v2.2 and Crock O' Gold v3.2] -- Fear is the darkroom where negatives develop.                        (TONYW1, 25187, GO COM A2)>>>>>   It is now a long time ago, but if I remember correctly, the two"""""   programs normally use a differently wired cable, and so thehandshake is going to come on a different connection. Bernie cannot bealtered, so what works for one, will not work for the other.If Paul still has his source code, and can either re-assemble, or work outwhere to patch, you should be able to easily change ANSITerm, so itconforms to the Spectrum/ProTERM way of doing things. Carrier Detect worksfine for both of those under Bernie. Ewen Wannop - Speccie - Mon 23 Aug 1999 - 338 days till Y2KFest Delivered without using a IIgs by Spectrum 2.2 & Crock O' Gold 3.0 Bernie ][ the Rescue 2.0 woofing at 55Mhz on a G3/350 http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/ewannop/                        (EWANNOP, 25194, GO COM A2)>>>>>   "For the life of me I can't remember exactly what the problem was."""""    think I discussed this with Ewen during Spectrum testing, maybe he'll remember better. It had something to do with ANSITerm wanting normal DTR (&D2 on my USR Courier), but Spectrum and ProTERM (and the Mac, actually) wanting ignored DTR (&D0.) If you dialup with normal DTR using ANSITerm, then switch over to Spectrum while still connected, you will get dumped offline when DTR drops in Spectrum (right at startup.) ANSITerm doesn't hang up on a DTR drop."Do Spectrum and ProTERM use the DTR line for carrier detect? That wouldcertainly explain the difference."Now I'm using ignored DTR (&D0) in ANSITerm and things seem to be working okay. Like I said, I don't remember what the &D2 benefit was, but I know it involved carrier detect. Maybe it involved an older modem that I'm no longer using. Sorry I can't be of more help."ANSITerm tells the modem to hang up by dropping DTR. The &D2 setting tellsthe modem to drop the connection when the terminal drops the DTR line. Itdoesn't directly have anything to do with carrier detect. I haven'texperimented with it, but I would guess that this approach might not besuitable for use with Bernie, which is why the &D0 setting seems to workbetter."What I do know is that ANSITerm doesn't properly handle carrier detect on Bernie, nor will it recognize or initialize my modem, while Spectrum does. I can dial manually (via ATD commands) but I can't use the dial list. I'm using the High Speed DSR port driver, and the Supra v.32 modem driver."Try going into the main settings panel (Command-T) and change the 'Carrierduring Init' setting to 'prompt first'. What is probably happening is thatyou have it set to 'Don't Initialize', which means that when you havecarrier all the time in Bernie, the modem never gets initialized. 'Promptfirst' allows you to start up with carrier and decide whether to initializethe modem, and also to use the dial menu with carrier detected. It evenworks when starting up with a script.Don V. Zahniser (IronTooth)Woofed to you by OLRight! scripts for ANSITerm via Bernie ][ the Rescue!                       (DZAHNISER, 25196, GO COM A2)<<<<<   Hi there,"""""Just for clarification:DTR has been used for different purposes in the past. It is basically justa general purpose signal. On the Mac DTR is not really used and if so itturns a modem on/offline. On older systems DTR was used for carrier detect,but these days carrier detect is done entirely in software by watching thestrings coming from the modem (CONNECT blabla).On the topic of dogs barking on a G3...the G3 and faster beige models havemore than enough punch to keep a serial connection alive _and_ startwoofing at you. It is just that slower Macs (again, by today's standards)have a problem when the sound manager pops in, yawns, and eventuallydecides to do something. On a G3 playing a sound is done between two CPUcycles. :-)There's no separate creator code for the mute Bernie, but I guess you cansimply change the creator type in ResEdit...later,Henrik Woof Gudatwoof4 woof                        (GUDATH, 25197, GO COM A2)>>>>>   Spectrum uses Pin 7, the GPI line, for carrier detect. Richard"""""   programmed the serial port driver, and if I remember correctly ituses Pin 1, HSK out, to control the flow by handshake, and then to hang up,you must issue '+++' then 'ATH'. Ewen Wannop - Speccie - Tue 24 Aug 1999 - 337 days till Y2KFest Delivered without using a IIgs by Spectrum 2.2 & Crock O' Gold 3.0 Bernie ][ the Rescue 2.0 woofing at 55Mhz on a G3/350 http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/ewannop/                        (EWANNOP, 25243, GO COM A2)WHEN WAS THE IIE DISCONTINUED?   As per the Apple II history by Steve""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""   Weyhrich<http://www.hypermall.com/History/appy/ahb5.html>1993 November:Apple IIe discontinued. The only Apple II still being manufactured is theIIe card for the Macintosh LC series.- Ryan M. Suenaga, M.S.W., L.S.W. -- Editor and Publisher, _The Lamp!_ My words are not to be posted to usenet without my permission ever. Posted by PTMM v2.5 - The integrated information solution                       (RSUENAGA, 25467, GO COM A2)KEN'S INTERNET TIDBITS   Ethan Nobles, University Reporter for The Morning""""""""""""""""""""""   News of Northwest Arkansas, has a series ofretrocomputing articles on his web page athttp://www2.arkansas.net/~ecnobles. The Apple II gets only a passingmention in most places, but they're good articles nonetheless. :) There arealso BeOS and Linux articles.Also included are links to Delphi, A2Web, etc.-Ken                       (KEN_GAGNE, 24834, GO COM A2)<<<<<   www.videogames.com reported today that Mindscape Entertainment will"""""   release Wings of Fury, an Apple II classic, for Nintendo's Game BoyColor handheld game system this Fall..In the game, players control a Hellcat fighter in World War II whileescorting damaged aircraft carriers back to base and battling enemyfighters and ships.-Ken                       (KEN_GAGNE, 25366, GO COM A2)WHAT IS LOW LEVEL MOUSE SUPPORT IN BERNIE?   It's a way of emulating the""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""   mouse at a lower level thanwhat Bernie normally does. Henrik (who is on vacation) would be the finalauthority, but I would guess that Bernie normally emulates it at thefirmware level; it will emulate Bernie at the hardware level with low levelsupport turned on.It's needed whenever a program uses the mouse directly rather than throughconventional methods. Try it when the mouse doesn't work.- 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, 24832, GO COM A2)WHERE CAN I GET A IIGS SCHEMATIC?   The only one I'm aware of is in the"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""   hardware reference manual. It'savailable as a reprint (and yes, I actually spend the money for an oversizereprint of the circuit layout!) from {<http://www.byteworks.org>http://www.byteworks.org.} Look for APDA-58.Mike Westerfield                       (BYTEWORKS, 24758, GO COM A2)REVISITING AN OLD FRIEND   Intramaze is a neat lo-res graphics game that""""""""""""""""""""""""   challenges you to find your way through the mazewithout seeing the overall maze.It shows you the walls of the maze as if you are down inside it. You usethe arrow keys to navigate the maze, selecting your turns as you go.If you need help, the program offers you the opportunity to leavefootprints, have a compass, and even have the maze map available if youneed it. However, the challenge is to make your way without all thesehelps. <grin>The game offers you up to 10 levels of difficulty.It is available here in the database under the name maze.bxy or on my website at http://www.iglou.com/qwerty/kb/dlfiles.html#18.Try it, you might be surprised at how addicting it can become.Charlie Hartley                       (CKHARTLEY, 24756, GO COM A2)HOW DO I GET A LASERWRITER TO PRINT THE TEST PAGE (OR NOT)   I believe this""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""   is thepostscript code that will turn the test page *on*-- cut here --% After this file is sent, the start page will be printed every time% the printer is turned on or reset.%% Wrap function with startjob to make the change persistent.systemdict/languagelevel known{languagelevel 2 eq{true (0) startjob dup not{/exitserver errordict/invalidaccess getexec}if}{false}ifelse}{false}ifelsenot {quit} ifmark{  2 dict begin    /Password (0) def    /DoStartPage true def  currentdict end setsystemparams} stopped cleartomarkfalse (0) startjob pop-- cut here --Send using LaserBeam on the GS, or copy it to the serial port from a PC.The easy way is to use the Apple Laserwriter Utility on a Macintosh, whichhas a menu item that will enable/disable the start page.To turn the startup page *off* again, change the /DoStartPage to false.Shawn                       (STBEATTIE, 24806, GO COM A2)HOW DO I GET SILVERN CASTLE USING GWFTP?   As it is on trenco, as long as""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""   you have a IIgs with Marinettiinstalled and an ISP that it works with, all you need to do is use GeoffWeiss' gwftp program to download the archive directly to your IIgs.Run gwftp then type the following commands when prompted (except for mynotes in brackets):open ftp.gno.orglcd /localpath     [whatever drive and/or directory you want to save the archive to]cd /pub/apple2/prodos/games/role.playingbinary     [this step isn't strictly necessary but it helps to avoid problems]get silvcastle.shkclosegwftp will hang after this last command, just as advertised. :-)Reboot your IIgs and start ShrinkIt or GSHK and unpack the file you justdownloaded. You are now ready to play the game but I'd suggest you read thedocumentation first.  There is a lot to know to play Silvern Castle. Jeff Blakeney |      Dean of the Apple II University in A2Pro      | --------------+----------------------------------------------------+   sent via    |   HyperCard IIgs Course   |   GSoft BASIC Course   |   COG v3.1    |      now in session       |     now in session     |                       (JBLAKENEY, 24851, GO COM A2)SILVERN CASTLE SHINES   Silvern Castle was written by Jeff Fink of Ripon,"""""""""""""""""""""   Wisconsin. He is a longtime subscriber toJuiced.GS, and early this summer he wrote me a letter asking if I'd beinterested in distributing/uploading some of his never-before-seensoftware.I was, of course, and he sent me his first program, Silvern Castle, so thatI could show it at Kfest. (It was the only program he was prepared torelease because he had not finished all the docs on the others.)Unfortunately, Jeff is not online, so I need to write him a letter REALsoon telling him his game has been well-received and is causing quite abuzz in the Apple II community. I am also going to encourage him to getonline and join us on Delphi so he can hear this all firsthand andparticipate in the discussions.Silvern Castle was released for download from the Delphi A2 database earlythis morning, so I'll be looking forward to hearing user reactions.Also, Ken Gagne has agreed to write about Silvern Castle in Juiced.GS. Lookfor his comments on this new game in the Shareware Spotlight section of thenext issue, due out in mid-September. Max Jones Juiced.GS http://www.wbwip.com/juiced.gs                       (JUICEDGS, 24685, GO COM A2)>>>>>   I recommend using 4+ dwarf fighters. By jacking up their strength"""""   points, they can have up to 24 hit points -- a lot better than the3-4 hit points human mages get :-) With 5 dwarf fighters, enemies startrunning and NPCs offer to surrender their possessions :-)                          (KWS, 24728, GO COM A2)>>>>>   Fun with Silvern Castle."""""First of all I should note that I abhor cheating in this type of game, so Itake the characters as they come and I earn all my money in the maze. Nothrow-away characters just for their gold.I started with 6 dwarf fighters. Went into the maze, fought a few battles,lost a few dwarves, got some loot. Whoops, time to create a cleric toidentify all the loot. Mapped out most of level 1 the first night.Second night I realized I'd need a thief to open the chests, so now I'mworking with 4 dwarf fighters, 1 elf cleric, and 1 hobbit thief. For thenext two nights I mapped out levels 1-3 with this group.Now I've got level 5-6 characters and I can survive levels 1-3 with notrouble, unless I get ambushed by a large group containing spell casterswho can put me to sleep. Ouch, that can get ugly. I think it's time tocreate a mage now so I can optimize my group. I prefer 3 fighters, 1 thief,1 mage, 1 cleric. At least until I get them up high enough in levels toswitch to the "upper class" professions.This is a fun game. My shareware payment goes out today. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Tony Ward, A2 Database Manager - Fri Aug 13, 1999 5:17:10 pm [Delivered with Spectrum v2.2 and Crock O' Gold v3.1] -- Avoid Computer virus - practice safe HEX!                        (TONYW1, 24904, GO COM A2)>>>>>   I now have a group of level 7 characters and they still have"""""   occasional trouble on level 4. This level seems to be a bigger jumpin difficulty from the previous 3 levels, so be careful down there! Theproblem is that I get ambushed a lot, with spell casters paralyzing orsleeping my group. When they knock out my Cleric, I'm toast. As far as I'vebeen able to tell, there are no non-combat protection items or spells toalleviate the effects of an ambush.Time to rethink the party makeup, maybe add that mage a bit sooner than Ihad planned. Perhaps now would be a good time to introduce some humans intothe fighter mix because they supposedly advance quicker than the dwarves.Gosh, I feel like I'm experiencing the fun of Wizardry all over again. Thisvery simple (BASIC!) game is getting more play time than Unreal on my Mac. - Tony                        (TONYW1, 24936, GO COM A2)>>>>>   I'm not using a light, but I have my cleric cast a light spell most"""""   of the time, especially while mapping so I can see the hiddendoors. Maybe a real light (torch or lantern) is needed to keep the ambushesto a minimum?Be careful! I ran into a White Dragon on level 3 tonight. My level 7-8characters had no chance. It was a massacre. He killed my cleric and mageon the first fire breath, then polished off my fighters (even with -7 AC)in two more rounds. I got off a lot of good shots, but the Dragon was toostrong. I might have had a chance with 6 fighters.I have begun retiring my dwarf fighters in favor of humans. I found that Ipretty much hit a wall at level 7 because it takes 100,000+ experience toadvance to level 8. Ouch. Humans advance much faster, but they are weakerat first so you have to take baby steps with them. I'll retire my clericand thief as soon as the fighters get strong enough to protect new ones(the new mage, Gandalf, is human.) I'll miss my halfling thief (Bilbo,naturally) the most. He's level 8 and getting really good at picking locks.:) - Tony                        (TONYW1, 24995, GO COM A2)>>>>>   I just started mapping in platinum paint, with 8x8 pixel squares,"""""   color coded doors & other features. I had Sweet-16 running twice,once running Silvern Castle and once running Platinum Paint. Can't do thaton a real IIgs :)I've got most of the first level mapped out, and now I can finally find thestairs to the 2nd level :)Kelvin                          (KWS, 25135, GO COM A2)>>>>>   I ran into another dragon down on level 6 today. This time his"""""   breath was strong enough to kill my entire party in one shot (mystrongest fighter has 92 hit points.) I guess I shouldn't be wanderingaround down there quite yet. :)I received my registration password today and unlocked my copy of the game.Now we're cooking!I found either a bug or a mistake in the manual pages. The manual statesthat the teleport spell is only for druids and wizards, but I found ascroll in the maze and my cleric is able to cast it. Yes! That sure makesgetting around a bit easier.I found another scroll today that I can't identify, and I don't have370,000 gold (!!!) to pay to have it identified. That must be some spell. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Tony Ward, A2 Database Manager - Tue Aug 24, 1999 2:44:10 am [Delivered with Spectrum v2.2 and Crock O' Gold v3.2] -- I'm easy to please as long as I get my way.                        (TONYW1, 25251, GO COM A2)HOW DO I DEAL WITH MESSED UP ICONS?   Bill Tudor's DesktopDoctor"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""   FinderExtra is a wonderful utilityfor handling this sort of cleanup. It offers the ability to delete desktopfiles, rebuild the desktop without having to launch each application havingrIcons, and it also checks the old-style icon pathnames.Is Bill still collecting shareware payments? As I recall, this one was$10.00.Don V. Zahniser (IronTooth)Woofed to you by OLRight! scripts for ANSITerm via Bernie ][ the Rescue!                       (DZAHNISER, 25022, GO COM A2)WHAT ARE THE REQUIREMENTS FOR SUBMISSION TO THE DELPHI DATABASE?   All""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""   Apple IIuploads must be ShrinkIt file archives wrapped in Binary II. No diskarchives unless it's absolutely necessary (ie. non-ProDOS disks, disks thatuse Apple's Installer and require a specific disk name, etc.) The free Webaccounts don't have access to the Database, so you'll need a paid accountor a friend to do the uploading for you.Other than that, the only content-related requirement is that we don'taccept copyrighted commercial software without the written (or email)consent of the copyright holder.We would be happy to work with you on any of your projects. You're notstepping on any toes by uploading Treasure Chest releases here. I knowyou're as diligent as we are about obtaining permissions. If all you haveis a free Web account, we can work with you to get the files uploaded. Infact, I see you have already received a few requests. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Tony Ward, A2 Database Manager - Wed Aug 18, 1999 10:42:49 am [Delivered with Spectrum v2.2 and Crock O' Gold v3.1] -- My last original thought died of loneliness.                        (TONYW1, 25048, GO COM A2)<<<<<   If the author doesn't specify otherwise, our policy has always been"""""   to release titles as they were originally distributed. Sometimes atitle was shipped with an extra disk that contained just the systemsoftware. In that case I don't think it would be necessary to include theboot disk. But if the software title was shipped on the same disk as thesystem software, then the whole package can be distributed together.In other words, if the title was originally distributed with systemsoftware, then it's still okay (but not always necessary) to distribute itthat way today.Personally, I don't think it's necessary to distribute system 6.0.1 withany software title today. 6.0.1 is readily available and should already bein use on any reasonably equipped IIgs. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Tony Ward, A2 Database Manager - Thu Aug 19, 1999 8:12:13 pm [Delivered with Spectrum v2.2 and Crock O' Gold v3.2] -- Nobody notices when things go right.                        (TONYW1, 25093, GO COM A2)                                RUMOR MILL                                """"""""""JUST WHERE IS THE NINJAFORCE HOME PAGE?   Oops!"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""We didn't notice that ml.org was down.  However, our old address is stillvalid: {<http://www.igd.fhg.de/~girschik/nfc/>http://www.igd.fhg.de/~girschik/nfc/}Sorry for the inconvenience!Jesse Blue / Ninjaforce                       (JESSEBLUE, 24690, GO COM A2)WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PHOTONIX AND PHOTONIX?   There's a big""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""   difference betweenthe initial release of Photonix and the version that was sold by Big RedComputer Club.Photonix v1.4 was a $20 shareware program, and it's that version which wasavailable from Genie's download library and elsewhere. The major limitationof this version is that it isn't hard drive installable.Photonix v2.x was a $20 commercial program that was licensed from the FTAby Big Red Computer Club, and sold by BRCC for a year or two. v2.x is harddrive installable.In order for the Lost Classic Project to get v2.x reclassified, they'd haveto track down Olivier Goguel, formerly of the FTA.It's been years and years since I've had any contact with him and have losttrack of his whereabouts, but I imagine that he wouldn't be that hard tofind via one of the Internet Search Engines. The last I heard, which mightbe 5 or more years ago, was that he was working at Atreid Concepts inBordeaux, France.Joe Kohnhttp://www.crl.com/~joko                       (JOE_KOHN, 25301, GO COM A2)MORE ON THE AIM WAR   There has been quite a bit of outside pressure on AOL"""""""""""""""""""   to call off the war, and agree to common standards.Perhaps they have reverted to the original. Only time will tell whether AOLwill agree that AIM should be open to all.  -- Carl Knoblock - Telephone Tech - Sat 31 Jul 99 10:51:52 pm cknoblo@novia.net - Via Spectrum v2.2 & Crock O' Gold v3.1  Using Marinetti 2.0.1 - Thank you, Richard.                        (CKNOBLO, 24663, GO COM A2)                              PUBLIC POSTINGS                              """""""""""""""_BE_TA TESTERS WANTED, APPLY WITHIN   I need one or two people running BeOS"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""   on PowerPC systems to help testSweet16. I currently only have one person doing any significant testing ofthe PowerPC version of Sweet16.If you're interested, please *email* me a description of your system. Youmust be running BeOS Release 4.5 or later.---Eric (Sheppy) Shepherdsheppy@sheppyware.nethttp://www.sheppyware.net                        (SHEPPY, 25405, GO COM A2)BEOS IS JUST ][ SWEET   Announcing the release of Sweet16 for BeOS, version"""""""""""""""""""""   1.1!Version 1.1 adds over a dozen new features, and fixes several bugs. Here'sa complete list:o Added CPU Core panel to preferences. This contains the Memory settings,  now as a slider control that lets you choose any size from 1 to 8 MB, on  1 MB boundaries -- take control of your memory!o The sound amplitude scaling (volume decreasing as more oscillators are in  use) is less severe now, so that music doesn't play back at volumes too  low to hear.o Added a Sound panel to the preferences. This contains an option to play  all sounds as mono (through both speakers instead of assuming apps are  playing sound in stereo), and to turn off the amplitude scaling  completely.o Added some additional error handling to physical disk management code.o When you pause the emulator, the video display is dimmed.o The Joystick preference panel has been cleaned up to look better.o Improved and tightened up code for future development work.o Added speed control. You can now specify, from 1 to 14 MHz, the speed of  "Fast" speed. You can also disable speed control to let the emulator run  all-out (this is the default).o Sweet16 now emulates the ZipGS accelerator, so you can have finer control  over the speed when speed control is on. This is optional; you can  disable the Zip support.o Added caching of physical floppy disks (1.4 MB and smaller). Reads are  always cached; writes are cached if you enable the write cache in the  Disk preference panel. Write caching causes disk writes to be queued up  and handled in a background thread. I love multithreaded operating  systems!o Sweet16 now correctly senses the write-protect state of physical disks.o The IIgs mouse is more responsive now.o You can now format physical disks in Sweet16, using IIgs software.o Fixed the hires graphics mode on x86 systems.You can find the complete Sweet16 manual online at{<http://www.sheppyware.net/software/sweet16_be/manual/>http://www.sheppyware.net/software/sweet16_be/manual/} and you can downloadthe software at {<http://www.sheppyware.net/software/sweet16_be/>http://www.sheppyware.net/software/sweet16_be/.} Current Sweet16 usersdon't need to pay to upgrade to version 1.1.Enjoy!---Eric (Sheppy) Shepherdsheppy@sheppyware.nethttp://www.sheppyware.net                        (SHEPPY, 25074, GO COM A2)>>>>>   FWIW, _Ernie_ under BeOS is faster than _Bernie_ under MacOS on the"""""   same Mac. Woohoo!- 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, 25108, GO COM A2)KFEST AFTERMATH   The Kfest '99 Keynote Address is now available for your"""""""""""""""   perusal at the Juiced.GS home page on the World Wide Web:http://www.wbwip.com/juiced.gsThere are a few typos and dropped words in the text, but I think you canget the general idea. :-) Max Jones Juiced.GS                       (JUICEDGS, 25398, GO COM A2)>>>>>   KFest '99 product roundup:"""""It's been now over one month since KFest '99 is over, and aside from myreview in _The Lamp!_, there really hasn't been much of a new productsummary (and even that isn't one). So, I thought I would give you all aquick roundup rightnow:New Apple II and related products:Silvern CastleMacIP Marinetti Link Layer module (not yet released)A2 ROMulan CDKeepsakes of KFest CDThe Compleat Lamp CDBernie ][ The Rescue Starter Kit CDSweet16 for BeOS 1.0Friends For Life Juiced.GS CD (not yet released)Updated Apple II products:SpeedReadPlusApple II ports to BeOS:Flamestation BeBeShisenThere ya go. Anything I'm missing?- Ryan M. Suenaga, M.S.W., L.S.W. -- Editor and Publisher, _The Lamp!_ My words are not to be posted to usenet without my permission ever. Posted by PTMM v2.5 - The integrated information solution                       (RSUENAGA, 25422, GO COM A2)GETTING JUICED WITH MAX AND COMPANY   Hey gang,"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""I know I'm a little behind getting this posted. Better late than never. :-)I just want to make sure all the non-subscribers here in A2 know whatthey're missing!Max ++++Announcing ...===== Juiced.GS, Volume 4, Issue 2 =====The June 1999 edition of Juiced.GS, the Apple II world's premierIIGS-specific magazine, was delivered to 228 subscribers in 44 states andnumerous points around the globe.Here's what you'll find in this issue:============FEATURESCover Story/Review: SIS comes of age ... Spectrum Internet Suite, theIIGS-specific Web browser, was recently upgraded to Version 1.1. We take athorough test drive and find that this major update provides a significantpower boost and a ton of new features.Programming: The nitty gritty of GSoft BASIC ... Part 3 in our in-depthtutorial from Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd on the latest, greatest BASICimplementation for the GS. The author again offers advice and direction toboth beginners and advanced programmers who want to learn more about whatGSoft BASIC has to offer and how it performs its coding magic.Emulation: Improving your image ... Ryan Suenaga, the Apple II world's topdog when it comes to Mac emulation and Bernie ][ The Rescue, introducesusers to the fine points of ImageMaker, a nifty piece of software thatcreates disk images on the IIGS for use in emulation.COLUMNSTelecommunications: E-mail -- the essential tool ... Tony Ward explains thefine points of reading and sending e-mail from the IIGS using Unix mailprograms available from your Internet Service Provider's shell.Desktop Publishing: If you have to squint ... Design guru Dave Bennettoffers suggestions of picking the right type for your desktop publishingcreations.My Home Page: A tribute to those who persevere ... A few thoughts from theeditor about those who work hard behind the scenes to get commercialsoftware titles reclassified and back into distribution.II Be Named Later: Our columnist, Ryan Suenaga, lifts a final toast to theold Apple II home place -- Genie.DEPARTMENTSShareware Spotlight: Tony Diaz explains how strategic code fixes makeProSel (the great Apple II hard disk management tool) Y2K compatible; GeoffWeiss takes a first look at the KEGS IIGS emulator for Unix and likes whathe sees.DumplinGS: Lots of news from around the Apple II world, including detailsabout Kfest '99; the reclassification of QLabs software titles as freeware;the imminent demise of Genie's once robust and popular Apple II Roundtable;and some Web sites Apple users don't want to miss.Letters from the Land of Rom ... Juiced.GS readers ask questions, getanswers, wax eloquently about the human condition and otherwise tell uswhat's on their minds.ADVERTISEMENTSComing Soon From SheppyWare: Read all about Sweet16, DiskMaker, ImageMakerDeluxe and The Shadowlands! Or scratch out your order for some of Sheppy'scurrent creations!============Juiced.GS is a quarterly, printed publication available by subscriptiononly.A subscription for 1999 is $14 in the U.S., Canada or Mexico, $20elsewhere.SPECIAL OFFER: Order a new 1999 subscription to Juiced.GS, and the get thefinal issue of 1998 FREE!! This free issue ships with a disk containing thefree version of GSoft BASIC!To subscribe, send a check or money order in U.S. funds to: Max Jones Juiced.GS 2217 Lakeview Drive Sullivan, IN 47882Make checks or money orders payable to Max Jones. Sorry, no credit cards orpurchase orders can be accepted.Complete sets of 1996, 1997 and 1998 issues are available for $14 each ($20overseas). If you would like to purchase only a specific single copy (orcopies) of back issues, they are available for $4 each ($6 overseas). Anindex and brief description of articles published in '96/'97'98 areavailable on the Juiced.GS web site. See URL below.Apple II Forever! Max Jones Juiced.GS Delphi: JuicedGS -- Internet: juicedgs@delphi.com World Wide Web: http://www.wbwip.com/juiced.gs                       (JUICEDGS, 24773, GO COM A2)SSII SLASHES PRICES   The "Support Those Who Support The Apple II" Sale!"""""""""""""""""""As announced at KansasFest '99, a new pricing policy for the SharewareSolutions II newsletter has been instituted. Effective immediately...1) Volume 1-3 (The first 18 issues): $30 for US; $40 elsewhere.2) Volume 4 (6 issues total): $15 for US; $25 elsewhere.Shareware Solutions II166 Alpine StSan Rafael, CA 94901-1008                       (JOE_KOHN, 24789, GO COM A2)<<<<<   The "Support Those Who Support The Apple II" Sale, Part 2..."""""Shareware Solutions II, in association with SheppyWare, would like toextend a very special offer _only_ to subscribers of the SharewareSolutions II newsletter...Effective immediately, and for a limited time only, the cost of WebWorks GS(for subscribers to the SSII newsletter) has been reduced to $10. Pleaseadd $3 for overseas delivery.The cost of WebWorks GS for non-subscribers remains $20.Such A Deal!!Joe KohnShareware Solutions II166 Alpine StSan Rafael, CA 94901-1008                       (JOE_KOHN, 24814, GO COM A2)>>>>>   I need to add that in order to get the $10 special price for"""""   WebWorks GS, you have to buy direct from Shareware Solutions II.The price from SheppyWare on my online order site is still $20. This is aspecial Shareware Solutions II sale.---Eric (Sheppy) Shepherdsheppy@sheppyware.nethttp://www.sheppyware.net                        (SHEPPY, 24952, GO COM A2)SSII THANKS KFESTERS   Now that the post-Kfest vacation is over, I'd like""""""""""""""""""""   to take a moment to thank everyone for making theKfest Vendor's Fair such a rousing success for Shareware Solutions II.As I said during my Storyteller session, your support over the years hasbeen stellar. So, thanks once again!Joe Kohnhttp://www.crl.com/~joko                       (JOE_KOHN, 24903, GO COM A2)SSII WALKS THE DOG   Woof, woof!""""""""""""""""""Bernie ][ The Rescue can be downloaded from http://www.magnet.ch/emutech,but it can also be acquired on CD-ROM as part of The Bernie ][ The RescueStarter Kit CD-ROM.The CD includes 150 megs (or so) worth of Apple IIGS software, already setup as disk images for those who are having problems getting started withBernie.The Bernie ][ The Rescue Starter Kit CD-ROM is available from SharewareSolutions II for $25, which includes postage to the US; add $3 for overseaspostage.Shareware Solutions II166 Alpine StSan Rafael, CA 94901Joe Kohnhttp://www.crl.com/~joko                       (JOE_KOHN, 24907, GO COM A2)<<<<<   We made the news! The Bernie news. Woof, woof!"""""From: http://www.magnet.ch/emutech/Bernie/News/index.html     Shareware Solutions II presents: the flattest dog in the world!     _________________________________________________________________   The Bernie Starter Kit CD-ROM includes all the stuff you need to get   started with Bernie - quickly and painlessly. Have your dog up and   running in minutes thanks to a large archive of software and other   material including:     * GS/OS(TM) system disks plus a preinstalled GS/OS image with all       Bernie tools set up for you     * the Bernie Essentials starter kit with compression utilities,       applications, tools, games, and more!     * the complete, latest Bernie ][ The Rescue distribution     * the complete Bernie HTML documentation for offline reading     * preregistered version includes your personal registration code     * approx. 150 Mb of dog equipment!   The Bernie Starter Kit CD-ROM is a third-party offering but has been   tested by F.E.Systems thoroughly. Apple IIgs ROM dump not included   because we honor copyrights.   The CD-ROM is now available for only US$25 (unregistered) or US$60   (preregistered). [Add $3 for overseas delivery.] Order your copy today    from:     Shareware Solutions II     166 Alpine St     San Rafael, CA 94901   For additional information, please contact Shareware Solutions   directly. The Bernie Starter Kit CD-ROM has been compiled by Ewen   Wannop.                       (JOE_KOHN, 25018, GO COM A2)<<<<<   The Bernie ][ The Rescue Starter Kit CD-ROM has been created to"""""   assist newcomers to Apple IIGS emulation. It's a Starter Kit;nothing more, nothing less.The Bernie ][ The Rescue Starter Kit CD-ROM includes files that a Bernienewcomer needs to quickly get Bernie up and running, and it is anticipatedthat new Bernie users can be playing the IIGS version of Wolfenstein 3D, ontheir PowerMac, mere minutes after receiving the CD-ROM.Bernie requires that all Apple II software be converted into disk imagesbefore those programs can be run on the PowerMac. So, included is a harddrive disk image that's filled with IIGS software, all set up to run underBernie. Additionally, the CD's Boot partition already has System 6.0.1pre-installed.Supplied on the Starter Kit as disk images are System 6.0.1, HyperCardIIGS, Diversi-Tune, Wolfenstein 3D, GS.ShrinkIt, GScii Plus, HyperMover,Hermes, Help.NDA, Crock.O.Gold 3.1, Babelfish, gsAIM, Error.Strings,ShiftyList Demo, Patch.HFS, GUPP 1.0.6, One.Arm.Battle, Turkey.Shoot,FlameStation, Wolfenstein 3D, Milestones 2000, Yahtzee GS, and ImageMaker.For those interested in a more complete Apple II software archive onCD-ROM, consider The Golden Orchard and/or TABBS CD-ROMs. Information onall the various CD-ROMs available from Shareware Solutions II can be foundat:http://www.crl.com/~jokoThe "Bernie ][ The Rescue - Starter Kit" CD-ROM is available exclusivelyfrom Shareware Solutions II for $25, which includes postage to the US andCanada. For mailing to other countries, please add $3.Shareware Solutions II166 Alpine StSan Rafael, CA 94901Joe Kohn                       (JOE_KOHN, 25459, GO COM A2)SINCE WHEN IS THERE A NEW CROCK?   Yesterday... :)""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""So I guess this makes the official announcement of its release.Version 3.2 has only got to my home pages so far. It should appear here inthe libraries in a couple of days, as it is in the process of beinguploaded.There are some minor bug fixes in 3.2 that have been reported since 3.1.There are no major changes or new features other than COG is now smartenough to know if Spectrum has its capture buffer turned off! Thanks Joe!The file is a complete installer/updater, so there is no need to downloadit unless you want to keep absolutely up to date, or have had any problemswith 3.1.All versions of COG from 3.0 onwards require Spectrum 2.2. Ewen Wannop - Speccie - Tue 24 Aug 1999 - 337 days till Y2KFest Delivered without using a IIgs by Spectrum 2.2 & Crock O' Gold 3.2 Bernie ][ the Rescue 2.0 woofing at 55Mhz on a G3/350 http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/ewannop/                        (EWANNOP, 25245, GO COM A2)SSII ANNOUNCES PHOTO CD   The Photo CD-ROM"""""""""""""""""""""""Shareware Solutions II is pleased to announce that Martin Landhage's PhotoCD-ROM for the Apple IIGS (and Macintosh) has just been released; it isavailable from Shareware Solutions II for only $10, which includes postageto the US/Canada (For delivery elsewhere, please add $3 for postage.) !!At KansasFest '98, Martin Landhage conducted a hands-on session thatimpressed everyone! He demonstrated the procedure he has used to convert 35mm photographs into 3200 color pictures on the Apple IIGS. Hundred andhundreds of those stunning photographs are included on the Photo CD-ROM.Included on the Photo CD-ROM are Martin's photographs in two differentformats: GIF and 3200 color Apple Preferred Format. The 3200 color formatgraphics and the GIFs can be viewed on the IIGS; the GIF format graphicscan be viewed on a Mac. Also included are Text and Teach files that explainthe entire process and procedures that Martin used to convert the graphics.Also included are many graphic viewer programs for the Apple IIGS.All that's needed to view the graphics is a CD-ROM player connected toeither a IIGS or Mac.To order the Photo CD-ROM, send checks or money orders to:Joe KohnShareware Solutions II166 Alpine StreetSan Rafael, CA 94901-1008To find out about the other IIGS software collections available fromShareware Solutions II on CD-ROM, please visit:http://www.crl.com/~joko                       (JOE_KOHN, 25308, GO COM A2)>>>>>   After it is approved, PHOTOCD.BXY will be available for download"""""   from the Graphics library. It includes 19 samples from The AppleIIGS Photo CD-ROM.And, they'll knock your socks off!Joe                       (JOE_KOHN, 25310, GO COM A2)                             BEST OF THE BEST                             """"""""""""""""25421 30-AUG 02:05 Productivity Software     Classic AppleWorks - All version (Re: Msg 20726)     From: RSUENAGA     To: ALLI did some informal speed testing with Spectrum 2.2 and my Power Mac 8500today, to see how Bernie and Ernie have come along recently. There is anincluded script called "Speed.Test"Here's what the results looked like:On my standard IIgs with 11.2 MHz 32k ZipGSX accelerator:50 seconds (IIgs speed factor: 2.2)On Gus on my 364.5 MHz/1 meg cache G3 upgraded Power Mac 8500 running MacOS 8.6:7 seconds (IIgs speed factor: 14.3)On Bernie on the same Mac:8 seconds (IIgs speed factor: 12.512)On Sweet16 under BeOS PPC 4.5 on the same Mac:5 seconds (IIgs speed factor: 20.20)Considering that's about 9-10 times faster than on my real 11.2 MHz GS,looks like Sweet16 PPC might be the first 100 MHz IIgs :)- Ryan M. Suenaga, M.S.W., L.S.W. -- Editor and Publisher, _The Lamp!_ My words are not to be posted to usenet without my permission ever. Posted by PTMM v2.5 - The integrated information solution[EOA][A2P]------------------------------                   A2Pro_DUCTIVITY |-----------------------------------Checking out A2PRO on Delphi""""""""""""""""""""""""""""by Ryan M. Suenaga, B.A., M.S.W., L.S.W.                [thelamp@sheppyware.net]RESOLVING AN UNRESOLVED REFERENCE LABEL   I'm doing something stupid, but"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""   I'm not sure what I'm missing.I'm writing an assembly program, but needs to call C functions. I found thesection in the Orca/C manual how to call the C function so I'm set withthat.The problem is during the linking. I'm getting Unresolved reference Labelerrors for each C function that the assembly code is referencing. I amguessing that I have no idea how to tell the assembly code the labels areto be found in the C code.I have the assembly routines in one file, lets call it prog.asm. I have theC functions in another file, lets call it funcs.cc.What I did was this:assemble prog.asmcompile funcs.cclink prog funcs keep=progI was hoping the linking would magically figure out the labels, but thatdidn't work. I'm not finding anything in the manuals that is helping me.Geoff                      (SISGEOFF, 2746, GO COM A2PRO)>>>>>   Keep in mind that this is a great way to crash the computer if you"""""   forget to initialize the C environment. The C libraries, and insome cases even the code generated by the compiler, depend on an orderlyinitialization of certain registers, global variables, and tools. If youdon't do that and use a function or instruction that depends oninitialization, you're asking for trouble.The easiest way to set things up is to start the program from C, then callyour main assembly language routine from main(). You can find specificstartup information for roll-your-own startups in the C release notes.Mike Westerfield                      (BYTEWORKS, 2749, GO COM A2PRO)>>>>>   Just a wild guess here, since I'm at work and can't look it up, but"""""   do you have the case directive on in ORCA/M? (I assume that's whatyou're using for your assembler.)Later,- Aaron                       (APULVER, 2747, GO COM A2PRO)>>>>>   That's almost certainly it. Add "CASE ON" to your assembly source"""""   at the top of the file; ORCA/M normally assembles with all labelsconverted to upper-case, but ORCA/C is case-sensitive, so you need to turnon case-sensitive assembling so the labels match.---Eric (Sheppy) Shepherdsheppy@sheppyware.nethttp://www.sheppyware.net                       (SHEPPY, 2748, GO COM A2PRO)WHAT HAPPENS WITH DESIGNMASTER?   The problem I see most often when I"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""   generate Rez source from DesignMaster isthat the resource IDs get screwed up. I can't remember for sure, but Ibelieve the high word of the ID (or one bit of the high word? I forget)contains some random value. The ID might be correct in the control list,for example, but then the actual resource has a bogus ID.That particular problem isn't too hard to fix by hand if you know whatyou're looking for, but I recall having run into a couple of other bugs aswell. :)Later,- Aaron                       (APULVER, 2753, GO COM A2PRO)THANKS FROM THE DEAN   Now that the last lesson in the Hypercard IIgs""""""""""""""""""""   course has been released, I would like to take thisopportunity to thank Gareth Jones for the excellent job he did in creatingthis course.I know that I have learned a lot about HyperCard IIgs from reading theselessons and have earned a new respect for a development system that Ialways considered to be not much more than a novelty.Thank you Gareth, for the time and effort you put into this course.Also, I would like to thank HangTime for running his Tuesday nightHyperCard IIgs chats and volunteering to help any of the courseparticipants during those chats.Finally, I wish to thank those that participated and gave feedback. I'msure Gareth would love to get more feedback as I believe he intends torefine the course over time.Don't forget that the A2Pro Forum and Conference area are still here tohelp answer any questions you may have about creating or modifyingHyperCard IIgs stacks so feel free to ask. Jeff Blakeney - Dean of the Apple II University sent via COG v3.1, Spectrum v2.2 and Marinetti v2.0                      (JBLAKENEY, 2762, GO COM A2PRO)>>>>>   Thanks for the kind words about the HCGS course. I also learned a"""""   lot during it, even though (or especially though) I wrote it!As Jeff mentioned, I'd like to improve the course over time. I've put uphtml versions of the lessons at my web site(http://www.intergate.bc.ca/personal/gslj) for this purpose. Any commentsor suggestions or even criticisms are welcome.-Gareth                       (GARETH, 2766, GO COM A2PRO)<<<<<   Since I have just finished typing a thank you to the instructor of"""""   the HyperCard IIgs course, I feel compelled to do the same for theauthor of both the language and the course for GSoft BASIC.Thanks to Mike Westerfield the Apple IIgs has yet another incrediblypowerful programming language that is easy to learn. This learning processis even easier due to the "Learn to Program in GSoft BASIC" text that Mikehas written and sells through his company, the Byteworks.Mike graciously gave of his time, even after the work entailed to give usthese new resources, to host a two hour chat on Monday nights to helpbudding GSoft BASIC programmers who were working their way through hiscourse.Thanks also to the participants of this course, especially to those thatcaptured transcripts of the chats for me when I was late or couldn'tattend. You know who you are and I'm believe I have credited you in thedescriptions of the uploaded files.As with the HyperCard IIgs course, I would like to invite anyone with aGSoft BASIC problem to feel free to ask questions here in the A2Pro Forumor in Conference. Mike Westerfield and many other knowledgeable people willbe quite happy to help you. Jeff Blakeney - Dean of the Apple II University sent via COG v3.1, Spectrum v2.2 and Marinetti v2.0                      (JBLAKENEY, 2763, GO COM A2PRO)SPECTRUM SCRIPTING HELP FROM THE MASTERS   I need some assistance with the""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""   AlertWindow XCMD.I am trying to display a window when a certain value is zero, but nothingis ever displayed. I then just gave the External AlertWindow command withits appropriate parameters in a script by itself as follows:External AlertWindow 1 8 4 32*There's nothing here.~^^OKAnd got nothing.This is in the SHR screen. I have the feeling I'm not setting someparameters, but what am I missing?Thanks. . .- Ryan M. Suenaga, M.S.W., L.S.W. -- Editor and Publisher, _The Lamp!_ My words are not to be posted to usenet without my permission ever. Posted by PTMM v2.5 - The integrated information solution                      (RSUENAGA, 2767, GO COM A2PRO)>>>>>   Try this:"""""External AlertWindow 1 8 4 32 "There's nothing here.~^^OK" ButNumYou need a result variable to return the button number which is always 1 soyou can ignore its content. Of course, change the quotes to your quotecharacter.Geoff                      (SISGEOFF, 2768, GO COM A2PRO)>>>>>   You must delimit all values with a space. If you add a space after"""""   '32' the example will now work.You must also add a trailing 'quote' after 'OK', or you will not get thecorrect value into the button. You must 'balance' quotes or odd things willhappen. Ewen Wannop - Speccie - Mon 30 Aug 1999 - 331 days till Y2KFest Delivered without using a IIgs by Spectrum 2.2 & Crock O' Gold 3.2 Bernie ][ the Rescue 2.0 woofing at 55Mhz on a G3/350 http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/ewannop/                       (EWANNOP, 2769, GO COM A2PRO)[EOA][S&M]------------------------------              SCRIPTING AND MACROS |-----------------------------------Basic Spectrum Scripting~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~by Ryan M. Suenaga, M.S.W., L.S.W.          [thelamp@sheppyware.net]                         Basic Spectrum Scripting                         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~     Welcome back to Scripting & Macros.  Our lesson for today will dealwith one of the most plain-English scripting languages there is--thescripting language included in the wonderful _Spectrum_ telecommunicationsprogram.     _Spectrum_'s scripting language is exceptionally powerful--forinstance, both _Crock O' Gold_ and _Spectrum Internet Suite 1.0_ arecompletely written in the _Spectrum_ scripting language.  At the same time,the language is so easy to use that anyone can write a _Spectrum_ script.     Reviewing our previous _S&M_ article, let's take a look at writing ascript to do a simple job: log you onto Delphi.     Whether you telnet into Delphi or connect via Sprintnet or Tymenet,you can use at least part of this scripting exercise for your ownscript--and you can always use the knowledge you gain for all kinds ofother things.     You can use any text editor (including the built-in one in _Spectrum_)to write your script.  I prefer to use _Hermes_ by Bright Software, nowknown as F.E. Systems, who have a Macintosh program we've noted herebefore.     Let's take a look at what Delphi looks like when we first connect toit:[BEGINNING OF SCREEN SHOT]-------------------------------------------------Username:[END OF SCREEN SHOT]-------------------------------------------------------     So, the first thing we need to do is wait for the characters making up"Username:" (or, more efficiently, something shorter, like "name:") show upon the screen.  We do this in Spectrum with one of its most basic commands:"WaitFor String".     _Spectrum_ author Ewen Wannop is proud of the fact that the _Spectrum_scripting language very closely resembles English.  Looking at the "WaitForString" command, the "WaitFor" part is self-explanatory.  "String"represents a "string" of text characters.  So, we're waiting for a "string"of text--in this case, the string are the characters "name:"  So the firstcommand we want to give in our script is:WaitFor String "name:"     After our script detects the characters name:, we need for it to sendour username to Delphi.  For this we use the "Transmit" command.  In thiscase, we simply transmit our username, followed by a return.  A return inthe _Spectrum_ scripting language, like many others, is a control-Mcharacter, designated by "^M".  So our script now looks like this:WaitFor String "name:"Transmit "username^M"     If we were to run this script on connecting to Delphi, this is what wewould get:[BEGINNING OF SCREEN SHOT]-------------------------------------------------Username: usernamePassword:[END OF SCREEN SHOT]-------------------------------------------------------     So we next need to add a line to our script to wait for the string"Password:" or, for short, "word:".  Our script now looks like this:WaitFor String "name:"Transmit "username^M"WaitFor String "word:"     After we get the "word:" string, we then want to send our password.So, using the "Transmit" command again, we add in a line to transmit ourpassword.  Our script now looks like this:WaitFor String "name:"Transmit "username^M"WaitFor String "word:"Transmit "password^M"     If we want to end our script here, we can add a command to stop thescript (this command is not necessary, although it is good form).  Ourfinalized script looks like this:WaitFor String "name:"Transmit "username^M"WaitFor String "word:"Transmit "password^M"Stop Script     Save this script.  If you run this script once you are connected toDelphi (and unless you use _Spectrum_'s ability to you may have to bereally fast since the "Username:" prompt comes up quickly), you will beautomatically logged in.  No more typing in usernames and passwords!     This just barely scratches the surface of what is possible with_Spectrum_, but it ought to be more than enough to get you going.  We willlook more in depth at the possibilities of scripting languages when wepublish our next installment.         :: DISCUSSED ON DELPHI ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::         :                                                       :         :           Acid test?  You're soaking in it.           :         :                                                       :         ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 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.  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