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An Onipa'a Software Production        Vol. 3, No. 7 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Publisher................................Ryan M. Suenaga, M.S.W., L.S.W. Editor.....................................................Lyle Syverson Internet Email, Publisher.........................thelamp@sheppyware.net Internet Mail, Editor.................................lyle837@delphi.com ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::                            TABLE OF CONTENTS                            ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~                              July 15, 2000HIGH ABOVE THE ROCK RIVER     Fireworks--------------------------------------------------------[OPN]KFest 2000 (Y][K Fest)     KFest Pep Rally!-------------------------------------------------[KPR]     Y][K Fest Registration Info--------------------------------------[GVO]A2 DISTILLATIONS     KFest Pep Rally!-------------------------------------------------[KPR]     Ancestorworks Updated to v2 and Released as Freeware-------------[ANW]     Silvern Castle v5.0 About to be Released-------------------------[SCA]     Help with Silvern Castle-----------------------------------------[SCH]     Juiced.GS 'Friends for Life' CD_ROM Now Shipping-----------------[FFL]     The Complete Guide to SheppyWare Updated-------------------------[CGS]     Help With HTML---------------------------------------------------[HWH]     Availability and Cost of Internet Services-----------------------[ACI]A2P DISTILLATIONS     Editor's Note----------------------------------------------------[ENT]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].[OPN]-------------------------------         HIGH ABOVE THE ROCK RIVER |------------------------------------From The Editor"""""""""""""""by Lyle Syverson <lyle@FoxValley.net>                                 Fireworks                                 ~~~~~~~~~     That patio High Above The Rock River was the ideal place to watch thelocal fireworks recently.  While watching, I couldn't help but think of thesimilarity of the occasion to KFest...  The celebration of a tried and trueentity, and surprises to come.  See you at KFest!                                [*] [*] [*]     In the January issue I told you about Tom, who bought his firstcomputer for his 85th birthday... and how he almost gave up using it.     He was telling joke after joke at the last Coffee Hour held here HighAbove The Rock River.  Someone asked him where he got all his jokes.  Tonysaid, "I get them from the Internet!"  I think he will be keeping hiscomputer.  :)[EOA]ASCII ART BEGINS_________  _                     _                                      _|__   __| | |                   | |                                    | |   | |    | |                   | |                                    | |   | |    | |___     ____       | |       _____   __ ___ _   _ _____   | |   | |    | ___ \   / __ \      | |      /____ \  | v   v | | v ___ \  | |   | |    | |  | | | /__\ \     | |       ____| | | /\ /\ | |  /   \ \ | |   | |    | |  | | | _____|     | |      / ___  | | || || | | |    | | |_|   | |    | |  | | | |_____     | |____  | |__| | | || || | |  \___/ /  _   |_|    |_|  |_| \______|     |______| \____^_| |_||_||_| | |\____/  |_|                                                            | |                                                            | |                                                            |_|ASCII ART ENDS[EOA]DISTILLATIONS from Delphi A2""""""""""""""""""""""""""""by Lyle Syverson <lyle@foxvalley.net>[KPR]KFest PEP RALLY!""""""""""""""""Y][Kfest is just about 1 month away!There are still a few spaces in the dorm if you still want to register.You can register anytime, even at the door, but we have a limited number ofspaces available in the dorm.And for everyone that has ever attended a KFest, you already know that the"after hours" sessions in the dorm is one of the best parts of KFest.See you there,The Big Cheese(aka Cindy)(CINDYADAMS, 31666, GO COM A2)>>>>>"""""Cindy,Well, I faxed in a registration form. I guess that means I am committed togo.  Unless I oversleep of course.  I will try to remember to set my alarm.Dain Neater(STILLHAVEIT, 31686, GO COM A2)>>>>>"""""> Well, I faxed in a registration form.Yeah!! That's another newbie for this year!I'm still hoping that some other newbies from nearby might decide to showup at the last minute!Cindy(CINDYADAMS, 31687, GO COM A2)>>>>>"""""Come on, folks - the more the merrier! ;)I can tell you this: getting to meet many of the friends that I'd made onGenie and Delphi was one of the best experiences of my life! I only wishthat I'd gotten a chance to start going to KFest years before I finally didso.Stan Marks(STANMARKS, 31699, GO COM A2)>>>>>"""""I'm gearing up for KFest - I've hit a number of parts depots and managed toliberate another dozen GS machines - at least half of which are ROM3.CPUs are still pretty easy to find, but monitors, 3.5 drives, keyboards andsome cables are getting harder to find. As they are smaller, I imaginethey're going into the dumpster. =(This may be the last time I can offer to open the garage up - I may end upmoving to Minneapolis sometime this year, and of course, the GS gear wouldbe too much to move. I hate the idea of any of it going to waste - so if atall possible, poll your friends, fellow user group members, etc... take asmuch as you think you can use.There will also be a number of manuals and misc. 8 bit gear available too.C'mon down...Sean(SFAHEY, 31844, GO COM A2)>>>>>"""""If you ever needed a reason to attend KFest, the field trip to Sean's oughtto be the one!The Big Cheese(aka Cindy)(CINDYADAMS, 31847, GO COM A2)[EOA][ANW]ANCESTORWORKS UPDATED TO v2 AND RELEASED AS FREEWARE""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""AncestorWorks ver 2 was completed a couple of months ago and is beingreleased as Freeware. AncestorWorks is a complete genealogy program thatworks from within AppleWorks 5.1. It is capable of handling more than 1000relatives, generates customizable family and individual reports as well asgraphical trees, and imports and exports files in the GEDCOM standard.It can be downloaded from my web page at{<http://www.geocities.com/budmannet/>http://www.geocities.com/budmannet/.}I request that it not be uploaded to any other web site. However, links tothis web page are encouraged.Dr. Bud Simrin(BUDMAN10, 31868, GO COM A2)[EOA][SCA]SILVERN CASTLE V5.0 ABOUT TO BE RELEASED""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""Silvern Castle V5.0!I'm happy to announce the release of yet another new scenario: "TimeMaster":This third scenario installment concludes the SC trilogy. Starting wherethe 2nd scenario left off with the identity and defeat of the ancientenemy, your hardy band must now undertake the perilous journey to close thepentagram gateways to prevent further incursions from the realm of theenemy...As with the second scenario "Shades of the Past", only registered users canattempt this expert-level scenario!(ROFFERSD, 31688, GO COM A2)>>>>>"""""Silvern Castle V5.0In addition to the new third additional scenario "Time Master" SCv5.0includes the following new features:New extra menu option: Preferences!Allows you to toggle the encumbrance feature on/off and to restrict silverand copper coins in r of only gold pieces.Also: clerics can now I)d items like druids; the back-row characters havelower chance to be hit by melee attacks; NPC's may exchange info if theysurrender; spellbooks/holy symbols can be dropped; and some further monsterfine-tuning.(ROFFERSD, 31689, GO COM A2)[EOA][SCH]HELP WITH SILVERN CASTLE"""""""""""""""""""""""">I have not really tried it since version 2.0.Since so few A2 users have paid for this game, continuing user comments-good or bad- from dedicated players like you is all the incentive I haveleft to continue further development on Silvern Castle...BTW, it's not necessary to update to each release, i.e. you can updateforward to any later release.Jeff Fink(ROFFERSD, 31690, GO COM A2)>>>>>"""""Hi Jeff!Is there a disk image version of this game available? If there is, I'llhappily give you $15 right now. :o)Alas, my GS died, so other versions won't work for me. A pity, too, becauseit sounds like just the kind of game I'd love to waste months on... like Idid with Dragon Wars. :o)Thanks!Goldfische(GOLDFISCHE, 31691, GO COM A2)>>>>>"""""In message 'Silvern Castle V4.1 (Re: Msg 31690)' GOLDFISCHE said:> Is there a disk image version of this game available? If there is, I'll> happily give you $15 right now. :o)I don't think there any disk images available on line, but Silvern Castlev4.1 (and all previous versions) will be available on the Juiced.GS'Friends for Life' CD-ROM, and there is a disk image on the CD thatcontains the entire Juiced.GS Collection, including Silvern Castle. :-)The disk image is usable with Bernie or Sweet16.The 'Friends for Life' CD-ROM is available from Juiced.GS for $30, whichincludes shipping anywhere in the world. Watch this forum closely forimportant news concerning this product. An announcement is forthcoming inthe next few hours. :-) Max Jones Juiced.GS http://www.wbwip.com/juiced.gs(JUICEDGS, 31693, GO COM A2)<<<<<""""">Is there a disk version of this game available?Hi Goldfische!Yes, if you need a disk image I can certainly help you!Silvern Castle can be ordered directly at the following address:Jeff Fink432 Eureka St, Apt 210Ripon, WI 54971I can only accommodate 3.5" disk requests. Enclose $15 + $3 shipping if youwant to register at the same time; otherwise a demo disk is available for$5.Jeff Fink(ROFFERSD, 31924, GO COM A2)>>>>>"""""Well, I got past the first two doors in the moat with the new key, now I amfaced with a password. I've never seen a password or any hints. Does anyoneknow where the hints are about this password? Please help. Send email tobbaker@hal-pc.org if you like.Bruce(BRB, 31923, GO COM A2)>>>>>"""""Hi Bruce! I'm glad you're still enjoying Silvern Castle!Riddles and codewords are indeed a new feature.When I released V3.0 I changed the original scenario slightly to includethe moat level as necessary to win because I didn't think I would be ableto add additional scenarios. Fortunately, I was wrong and new scenarios areincluded with V4.0 and V5.0! Because I thought V3.0 would be my last update(I'm working on V5.1!) I made the expanded scenario extra difficult.To find the password you are looking for, read carefully the info that thehead guru of the Infinitum says when he gives you the new key. Remember youare in a moat-did you notice that torches and lanterns don't workunderwater (at least since V3.0)? And, perhaps now water interferes withother effects (hint: especially with light spells).Hope this helps!Jeff Fink(ROFFERSD, 31926, GO COM A2)[EOA][FFL]Juiced.GS 'FRIENDS FOR LIFE' CD_ROM NOW SHIPPING""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""ANNOUNCING ...The Juiced.GS 'Friends for Life' CD-ROM is now shipping!!---------------------------------------------------------The first batch of CDs went into the mail Monday morning. The remainingorders will be packaged and mailed on Tuesday morning.Thanks to all for your patience during the product development period. Ittook longer to complete this project than I had hoped, but it's done andwill soon be in the hands of faithful Juiced.GS customers who continue tobelieve in what we do and support us in our endeavor to keep the Apple IIspirit alive.A special thanks to Ryan Suenaga, who mastered and burned the CDs from thehalf-dozen Zip disks I mailed him. His hard work and dedication to theproject made the finished product better than it otherwise would have been.Ryan adds quality to every product he touches.See the next message for details about the CD and ordering information. Max Jones Juiced.GS http://www.wbwip.com/juiced.gs(JUICEDGS, 31701, GO COM A2)>>>>>"""""Juiced.GS presents ...The 'Friends for Life' CD-ROM-----------------------------A compilation of the best freeware, shareware and public domain programsand files for the Apple IIGS released to the public since 1995 ...The CD-ROM is NOW SHIPPING!!----------------------------Since 1995, Juiced.GS has been collecting Apple IIGS programs and files andreleasing them as part of the Juiced.GS Collection. Each quarter since thenewsletter began publishing in early 1996, Juiced.GS has compiled and madeavailable for sale two-disk sets of Apple IIGS materials gleaned on lineand from other sources. We've even compiled some special disk offerings,including two-disk sets of animation and music files.In addition to our compilations, we have made available some specialtytitles of Apple IIGS software, some of which were formerly commercialproducts reclassified by their authors and made available for publicaccess.Now, the entire Juiced.GS Collection is available on one CD-ROM.On top of this fabulous compilation of IIGS material, 1996-1999 back issuesof Juiced.GS have been placed on the CD in graphic format for high-qualityviewing and printing from Macs or PCs. That's right, the entire stock ofback issues of the Apple II world's premier IIGS-specific newsletter isarchived on this CD just as it appeared in the printed magazine!Among the great specialty titles you'll find are Animasia 3-D, ProSel,Twilight II 2.0, Wolfenstein 3D IIGS, BeagleWrite and BeagleWrite GS,BeagleDraw, Marinetti 2.0.1, and many more.Those who use IIGS emulators for the Mac or PC, or those who would like toexplore the world of emulation, will find the 'Friends for Life' CDespecially friendly. The CD is equipped with the most recent versions ofBernie ][ The Rescue and Sweet16. Several already-prepared disk images ofmany of the CDs main features are included as well, which will make gettinggoing with emulation easier than ever.The 'Friends for Life' CD-ROM is formatted for HFS and usable from anyMacintosh or PC running BeOS. A PC running the Windows operating systemmust be equipped with the proper software for reading HFS disks in order tohandle the CD.The CD-ROM is decorated with a custom label and ships with a jewel case.Ordering Information--------------------The Juiced.GS 'Friends for Life' CD-ROM is $30, which includes shipping toanywhere in the world. To order, send a check or money order in U.S. fundsto: Max Jones Juiced.GS 2217 Lakeview Drive Sullivan, IN 47882Coming Soon -- credit card purchasing!--------------------------------------Juiced.GS is in the process of setting up an Internet site through Kagi.comthat will allow orders to be placed conveniently and securely by creditcard. That site should be ready to accept orders in a few days.  Stay tunedfor updated information on this exciting development!Apple II Forever!! Max Jones Juiced.GS http://www.wbwip.com/juiced.gs(JUICEDGS, 31702, GO COM A2)>>>>>"""""Announcing .....The Juiced.GS 'Friends for Life' CD-ROM is now available for credit-cardpurchases from our new Kagi on line order processing site.Also available on the new site are subscriptions for 2000 and theback-issue package covering all issues from 1996 through 1999.To reach the Juiced.GS on line ordering site, go to:http://order.kagi.com/?2ZMThe Juiced.GS Web site will also be updated soon to provide a link to thisKagi site, but it may be a few days before remodeling is complete. Don'tlet that discourage you from making a trip to the ordering site directlythrough the above URL.If you have any questions about Juiced.GS products or the on line orderingprocess, send e-mail to me at juicedgs@delphi.com or juicedgs@kagi.com. Max Jones Juiced.GS http://www.wbwip.com/juiced.gs(JUICEDGS, 31754, GO COM A2)>>>>>"""""My 'Friends for Life' CD arrived this afternoon in my mailbox. I havelooked through the CD and WOW! Lots of great stuff. Thanks Max. ThanksRyan. What a great buy!Barry Rees(BARRY_REES, 31763, GO COM A2)>>>>>"""""Hi Max,Got my issue of "Friends for Life" CD and I think it is GREAT.Mack(MACKDUNCAN, 31764, GO COM A2)>>>>>"""""I think that, to date, Juiced.GS FFL is the most exciting Apple II projectI've worked on. Ryan M. Suenaga, M.S.W., L.S.W. -- rsuenaga@apple2.org Publisher, _The Lamp!_, published monthly on Delphi Posted by PTMM v2.5 - The integrated information solution(RSUENAGA, 31765, GO COM A2)>>>>>"""""You know, as I collected and compiled all this stuff over the past fiveyears, I sometimes lose sight of the fact that there is so much significantstuff on this CD-ROM, and that it is so darned complete. When I actuallysit back and look it over now, I'm pretty amazed with it as well. Max Jones Juiced.GS http://www.wbwip.com/juiced.gsP.S. The 'Friends for Life' CD is available for credit card purchases online at the new Juiced.GS order processing Web site. Check us out at:http://order.kagi.com/?2ZM(JUICEDGS, 31775, GO COM A2)>>>>>"""""Max, the CD will be available at Kfest, I hope. :)Later............Howard(HKATZ, 31783, GO COM A2)>>>>>"""""Oh yeah! Should be plenty of CDs... one for everyone who wants one. :-) Max Jones Juiced.GS http://www.wbwip.com/juiced.gs(JUICEDGS, 31788, GO COM A2)[EOA][CGS]THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO SHEPPYWARE UPDATED""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""The year 2000 KansasFest event, held this summer July 25 through July 30,is sounding like it will be a fantastic event. A number of Apple IIdevelopers are threatening to release new products. To commemorate thelarge, round-numbered year of doom (2000), I'll be selling a new, updatededition of The Complete Guide to SheppyWare, my complete reference book toevery piece of software I've released to the general public.Out of print since 1996, this update is a must-have, including severalproducts released since that time, including gsAIM, Shifty List 2.0,Wolfenstein 3D, WebWorks GS, ImageMaker, and more. Bundled with the book isthe new Totally SheppyWare CD, a complete collection of SheppyWare, readyto be used on an AppleII with a CD-ROM drive, or a Mac OS or BeOS system using emulation.The package will sell for $50 and will not be available until July 28;however, you can preorder a copy online at <http://order.kagi.com/?QGC>.Registration fees for all software included on the CD-ROM are included inthe $50 price.Eric (Sheppy) Shepherdsheppy@sheppyware.nethttp://www.sheppyware.net(SHEPPY, 31971, GO COM A2)[EOA][HWH]HELP WITH HTML""""""""""""""Hi,I have an HTML style question. I haven't done much HTML, but I want torevamp my web site this summer, and that means converting 150 text files toHTML. All of those files are reviews of different video games, and eachstart with a header similar to this one:Title : PERFECT DARKPlatform : Nintendo 64Publisher : NintendoESRB Rating: MatureRating : 9.8Review by : Ken GagneNow, how can I make that look best in HTML? I considered having the colonscontinue to line up, and a friend told me there's one of two ways to dothat: use <PRE> tags, which we both agree are ugly; or use tables, which Iwant to avoid, since they don't translate well to text-based browsers.Now, regardless of whether or not the colons line up, I mean, what looksgood?  Just header <Hx> tags? <EM>? <STRONG>? What do you think?Thanks,-Ken(KEN_GAGNE, 31782, GO COM A2)>>>>>"""""Tables work fine in text based browsers as long as you do it like this:<table><tr><td> row 1 column 1 </td><td> row 1 column 2 </td></tr><tr><td> row 2 column 1 </td><td> row 2 column 2 </td></tr><!-- etc... --></table>This kind of table structure works for Lynx and SIS and comes out verynicely for Netscape users as well (well, it will slow down Netscape's pagegeneration since it has to calculate the table size after the whole pagecomes in, but enough people have fast enough PCs/Macs where this isn't aissue). You'll probably also want to limit the size of the table to a fewhundred pixels so those of us who use Netscape in 1280x1024 mode won't havereally stretched out tables with a lot of empty space in them.Geoff(SISGEOFF, 31796, GO COM A2)<<<<<"""""Geoff,Thanks for the suggestion. The table looked fine in SIS and iCab, but inLynx was not as neat:   Title : Alundra   Platform : Sony PlayStation   Publisher : Working Designs   Rating : 7.7   Review by : Ken GagneSorry, but I'm not very good with tables. Is there an attribute that can beapplied to fix this?-Ken(KEN_GAGNE, 31801, GO COM A2)>>>>>"""""> The table looked fine in SIS and iCab, but in Lynx was not as neat:Tell Lynx users to upgrade to SIS :)You will have to use style changes to accent the different lines. Thesimplest change would be to bold face the text in front of the colon. Thisis a very common method to distinguish a header. Color can also be made towork, but is harder to make look right.Geoff(SISGEOFF, 31808, GO COM A2)[EOA][ACI]AVAILABILITY AND COST OF INTERNET SERVICE"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""Editor's note:  Sometimes a message thread drifts off topic into aninteresting discussion...>>>>> <<<<<"""""""""""Marinetti shmarinetti...My sympathies to Sheppy, debugging TCP/IP code on the Apple IIgs is not apleasant experience, especially when both time critical and interruptingcode is involved (Marinetti has both).Firstly, I appreciate that Marinetti still has a few bugs to iron out,however I do not believe that they are as "full on" as Sheppy states. :-)No offense, but like I said, I can understand his reaction, I really can.Marinetti has been out for, how long now, four years I think, and in allthat time I've had two bugs reported, and certainly none to do with memorytrashing that I can remember. I am aware of one current problem in the TCPcode, which affects incoming data not all being received, but this is notmemory related.As for the current status of Marinetti, as I've stated on the public recordprevious, I no longer have a stable IIgs to use. Everything IIgs, I do withBernie.Now, in Australia, we pay for every phone call we make, and cable is stilloutside the budgets of home users (users outside the U.S. pay and subsidizeALL Internet connections going into and out of the U.S., and serviceproviders lump that cost onto the cost of our connections. You're basicallygetting a free ride, paid for by the rest of us. :-)So, I'm not willing to test and debug Marinetti using PPP or SLIP, becauseof the costs, and the time it takes to make a connection. I will use MacIP,which works fine on the IIgs, but not on Bernie, because it doesn't supportAppleTalk.\When an emulator becomes available that supports AppleTalk, or provides afacility for Marinetti to be permanently connected to a network, then Iwill upgrade Marinetti.If you call this "not planning to work on it anymore", then that's youranalysis of the situation. I still intend to work on the code if I'm ableto find a satisfactory networking solution.Regards, Richard(RICHARD_B, 31652, GO COM A2)>>>>>"""""> "(users outside the U.S. pay and subsidize ALL Internet connections going> into and out of the U.S., and service providers lump that cost onto the> cost of our connections. You're basically getting a free ride, paid for> by the rest of us. :-)"That doesn't make any sense to me. It's probably the way you phrased it,can you explain it a bit more clearly?Gary R. Utter(UTTER, 31657, GO COM A2)>>>>>"""""> That doesn't make any sense to me.Richard was complaining that for Australia to access the Internet,companies there have to pay lots and lots of money for use of theunderwater cables. The US doesn't have to pay these costs since they aremainly selling the "service" to Australia. So for America to access aserver in Australia, we don't pay for the connection. Australia is footingthe entire bill for them to access to the Internet and for others to accessthem. This is what Richard refers to the "free ride."As an employee of the Internet business for most of the last five years.this is a standard business model. I have a 24x7 server at my home. I payfor a dedicated line to this box. This gives me access to the outsideworld, but I also pay for the outside world to access my system (for thepublicly available services--i.e. web site). Is this fair? As far as thebusiness model goes, it has worked so far.The way I see it, if an Australia company comes along and lays underwatercables to Asia, Europe, Africa, and the Americas, then they can charge forthis access and make the money that they are spending. Does an Australiancompany have the capital to do this? Can they be priced competitively? Canthey offer the same kind of services by the current companies in themarket?There is a lot of "public money" that the US spends to further Internetdevelopment. This public money comes from not just the government, butquite a bit from stocks and bonds as well. Can Australia spend what the USspends (stocks, company research and development, government, bank loans,etc.) to be an Internet economic power?I don't know enough about Australia to answer any of these kinds ofquestions I brought up.If somebody creates the next "Netscape," the entire business model canradically change. There hasn't been any show stoppers since 1994-1995 whenNetscape changed the way we use computers.Geoff(SISGEOFF, 31662, GO COM A2)>>>>>"""""> "Richard was complaining that for Australia to access the Internet,> companies there have to pay lots and lots of money for use of the> underwater cables. The US doesn't have to pay these costs since they are> mainly selling the "service" to Australia."Well, that makes perfectly good sense to me (and it would make perfectlygood sense if it was Australia that had laid the cables and the US that waspaying.)Complaining about sounds like complaining about gravity. (I.e. you cancomplain all you want but it will still suck. :)Gary R. Utter(UTTER, 31664, GO COM A2)>>>>>"""""Oh, but gravity is a constant, monopolies are not. :-) But your right, wejust grin and bear it.As an indication of costs, we have around a 50% Internet usage in theAustralian population, plus we're very technologically advanced, with aderegulated Telco market. However, we cannot get DSL or ADSL yet, becausethe Telcos are using delay tactics. A ca cable modem costs around AUD$100(US$163) plus traffic/bandwidth usage costs of around 10c per meg over 100meg per month, plus limited upload capacity. Call that competitive? TheTelcos that could quite easily provide this cheaply, are again stalling.People like myself get frustrated when we see how easy and cheap it is togo cable or (A)DSL in the U.S., yet can't do anything about it, unless Isell my house.Regards,  Richard(RICHARD_B, 31717, GO COM A2)>>>>>"""""> "(users outside the U.S. pay and subsidize ALL Internet connections going> into and out of the U.S., and service providers lump that cost onto the> cost of our connections. You're basically getting a free ride, paid for> by the rest of us. :-)"Gary, I was pleased to see the smiley at the end of this comment! Backafter a long absence, I can tell you that in Germany now both local andinternational long distance have become incredibly cheap since deregulationand de-monopolization have occurred. Sometimes it is hard to explain thedisparity of prices in the two directions for a particular connection.Jim(PEACECHURCH, 31675, GO COM A2)>>>>>""""">>"Gary, I was pleased to see the smiley at the end of this comment!"But Jim, that wasn't from ME, that was the quote...It's not up to me to justify the business model used by people who prettymuch have a monopoly on their product. However, if I were going to beSERIOUS about it, I would point out that, while it may seem that USresidents get a "free ride", it is none of our doing.The cable owners set up their fee structure to achieve the maximum profitconsistent with maintaining their business. That is, they do NOT charge allthe market will bear, they charge as much as they can without making iteconomically feasible for someone to compete with them. If they raise theirrates TOO high, someone else will lay a cable and sell access more cheaply.I am confident that THEY believe that a significant increase in costs to UScustomers will result in unwelcome competition. I don't really think it's acase of preferential treatment, it's purely a case of marketing the productfor maximum profit.Gary R. Utter(UTTER, 31684, GO COM A2)>>>>>"""""> "People like myself get frustrated when we see how easy and cheap it is> to go cable or (A)DSL in the U.S...."Don't be deceived. It might SEEM easy to get cable or DSL service in theUS, but it really isn't.In those (relatively few) markets where cable modems are being tested, it'scake. Outside those markets, it's simply impossible. You have to be wiredfor cable, and it has to be the RIGHT cable company.My father in law can have cable anytime he wants it. The cost to install itwill be $7800, because the nearest pole with cable on it is nearly 10 milesaway. But if he DOES get cable, he can't get a cable modem, because hiscable system doesn't have it.He can't get DSL either, because he is on a party line (if you are notfamiliar with the term, he shares his phone line with several neighbors).He CAN get private phone service for only about a $1200 installationcharge, but his phone company doesn't offer DSL either....He lives less than 10 miles from a city of 30-40K people, with twouniversities, several major highways and an Interstate.Now I'm not saying that your phone companies aren't screwing you, becausethey are. But cable and DSL aren't as easy to get, or as widely available,as they seem.Gary R. Utter(UTTER, 31721, GO COM A2)>>>>>"""""You don't have to be out in the country either. Here in Chicago, I've hadfriends try for DSL and have been told that their neighborhood phone switchisn't DSL compatible. If they had lived one block over, however...I've got cable. AT&T now owns the system that serves this market (no choicehere, and putting a DISH sat. dish on an apartment balcony isn't all thateasy), and guess who's not offering cable modems yet? Choices come down towhat's available, which isn't always a lot.later.........Howard(HKATZ, 31730, GO COM A2)>>>>>"""""My house cant get dsl on one system (the cheap one) but now supposably canon COVAD, which is $40 per month plus $200 setup. I'm still deciding if Iwant to do that or not. I got the answer that they will give me 5 staticips. We have 3 pcs at home so that should be ok. Maybe I'll finally try toget my gs an ip, but no I'm probably going to find other things moreimportant to do. ;-)At work the SWBEll dsl has pretty much stopped working, no one can exactlytell us why. But they stopped allowing us to have multiple ip's on line. Wehave put up a router that is supposed to fix that but still have not gottenour dsl up.  This is after we dropped three phone lines so few people canbe on line at the same time anymore.Bruce(BRB, 31732, GO COM A2)>>>>>"""""EXACTLY! I live in Melbourne, FL, and in town we have Grumman, Rockwell,and Harris, but do we have DSL? Nope. Do we have cable? Only if you countTime-Warner (and no thanks, I'd rather not be AOL-ized today). Bellsouthhas had DSL in the state for 3 years, and they can't seem to get it in acity where technical talent oozes out of the sidewalk. :)---TarageEmail: {<mailto:tarage@bellsouth.net> tarage@bellsouth.net}(TARAGE, 31737, GO COM A2)>>>>>"""""If you want to check the latest and greatest DSL service in your areacheckout DSLREPORTS a great web site that lists all the DSL providers. Idiscovered DSL availability in my area from two different companies and Isigned up with the cheapest. That was a month ago, today the new phone lineis being installed in my house, and hopefully I will be DSled next week.The day after I signed up for DSL my local cable company offered CableModem service. I called them up and they offered a 60 day, money back,free, no obligation, guaranteed,(did I mention free) tryout period. Thethird time I accepted their offer, a cable modem arrived at my door and ithas been working fine now for two weeks.I plan on terminating the cable modem within the 60 days if the DSL serviceis close to the speed of the cable modem. When both systems are up andrunning I will post some numbers. Stay Tuned! David Ciotti BinaryBear@Mac.Com  Automatic reply by ProTERM Message Manager (PTMM) 2.5 - The integrated information solution -(BINARY_BEAR, 31750, GO COM A2)>>>>>"""""> A cable modem costs around AUD$100 (US$163) plus traffic/bandwidth usage> costs of around 10c per meg over 100 meg per month, plus limited upload> capacity. Call that competitive?Actually, Richard, it has got better! Telstra's BigPond cable 'Freedom'plan gives unlimited usage (no Mb limits) for Aus$65.95 per month (aroundUS$40 per month). Installation (until June 30 anyway) is A$99. The onlycatch is that the speed is capped to 400K bits/sec download rate, andyou're not supposed to connect a LAN.The cost is not so bad when you factor in a second phone line, cost ofcalls, cost of an ISP, etc., all with 24 hour connection and still plentyfaster than a modem.Peter Watson-- Write to MSDOS disks on the Apple IIgs?-- Impossible! ;-)(PETERWATSON, 31751, GO COM A2)>>>>>"""""> People like myself get frustrated when we see how easy and cheap it is to> go cable or (A)DSL in the U.S., yet can't do anything about it, unless I> sell my house.And that would be pointless because you would have to use the cable in arefrigerator carton in the alley. Heh..Frustrating? You bet. It's even as bad here in some ways. What Gary saidwould seem to be overall the case but in some places it's not. You havebonehead TelCo execs in their cushy board rooms 'wondering' why ISDN wasnot selling. They just don't get it. It was like they never wanted to sellit in the first place. Japan has ISDN on pay phones (a different standard)and they nickel and byte you to death on it here.Cable (when the infrastructure is working correctly and properlyadministered) as with the case of any providers network is far moreadvanced than the TelCo's xDSL on in some cases 50+ year old copperinfrastructure. the TelCo has to resort to misleading and outright lies inadvertising and claiming things that I have never had happen in the 2+years of using cable service. I got on this system the 1st day it wasoffered in the area. Since then I have probably had a collective 2 hours ofdown time. Sure, there were a few quarks but never bandwidth crunch. Itwould go against them luring all the customers to sign up and watch theservice degrade. I can't say the same about xDSL, Bell be Damned, theymanaged to screw up a perfectly working line at least twice a month inthree locations I have service at. Where as the cable service, I've seen it*noticeably* improve. From backbone based servers, downloads tend to flowat least 40K/sec, a high peak that I get daily would be 225K/sec and asmuch as 450K/sec is not uncommon. When the system first started here Icould barely max anything above 100K/sec or so.Prices for cable service in the US are between $35 and $49/mo n averageincluding equipment. That same service for a business is $250 to $600/modepending on how many IP#'s ('seats') you get. xDSL is worse. In areaswhere cable service is available your insane if you get DSL. It's anaverage of $10 higher a month at least.This is all new to the US too from a lot of viewpoints. The infrastructurecosts were paid for by us in much the same ways as overseas users arepaying for it except that a lot of that already happened years and yearsago. The RFC for FTP is dated 1967 I believe. The 'internet' is not 'new'.:-)It's making the world a different place.Tony(T_DIAZ, 31778, GO COM A2)>>>>>"""""> I have to agree with Gary here. I live in a small city of 25,000 people.> We have cable but cable modems aren't available.But Moscow, Kansas has cable modem and DSL. Lop off three zero's and yourcloser to the population there.But Kirk also says that the public utilities are also publicly owned andthey get what they want because of that it seems. :) I'm still in shock.San Diego county is around #2 on the index of most wired places and it tookthis long for services to be available, yet we too still have people onparty lines and they quoted me a cost of $27,000 (yes, thousand) to getcable service at our business location that is just a stones throw from thestreet that the cable lines run overhead on the way to where there arehouses that have service.IOW: They did not want to do the job, so I have to settle for crappy DSL.Tony(T_DIAZ, 31779, GO COM A2)>>>>>"""""> Telstra's BigPond cable 'Freedom' plan gives unlimited usage (no Mb> limits) for Aus$65.95 per month (around US$40 per month).Installation> (until June 30 anyway) is A$99.The only catch is that the speed is capped> to 400K bits/sec and you're not supposed to connect a LAN.Hide the hubs, hide the routers, call the Cable Company! Put the iMac onthe kitchen table and say " We don't know what were doing, we just gotthis". That is the kinda of users they like best. 400K cap? Better thandialup 56K.Not supposed to hook to a LAN .. Baaaah.TonyHeh.. ;-)(T_DIAZ, 31780, GO COM A2)>>>>>"""""DSL is still pretty new and scarce in the U.S. They are pushing it prettyhard, but it still has serious distance limitations. USWEST (soon to beQwest) is starting to deploy VDSL (Very high bandwidth) in it's territory,but it will take years to make a dent. It will solve the distance problem,however, since it will require remote units all over the place to achievereasonable coverage. Carl Knoblock - Telephone Tech - Sun 25 Jun 00 9:13:41 pm cknoblo@home.com - Via Spectrum v2.3 & Crock O' Gold v3.2 Y][Kfest, July 26-30, 2000 - 31 days till Y][Kfest Using Marinetti 2.0.1 - Thank you, Richard.(CKNOBLO, 31789, GO COM A2)>>>>>"""""In Lincoln, Nebraska however we are still waiting for cable modems. We dohave DSL service, but only if you live in the "zone" If you do then youalso get to pay $37.95/month for the line, $19.95/month for the ISP, $330for the Router, $100 for the install.In other words. It is pricey. Dain Neater.... - Thu 22 Jun 2000 1:11:39 pm Message delivered by Spectrum 2.3 via Marinetti 2.0.1 and rushed to you by Crock O' Gold 3.2! Bernie II the Rescue 2.6(STILLHAVEIT, 31793, GO COM A2)>>>>>"""""I also pay CAD$40/month for cable modem service in Halifax, Nova Scotia,and got in on a free installation/free month deal as well. Out here, that'sa steal, as a second phone line runs close to $30/month, and then one wouldstill have to pay for an ISP.I believe it was $50 or even $60/month when first available, but as themain telephone company started offering ADSL for $45-65/month ($45 if youalso used them for long-distance), the cable company had to drop theirrates.Rates are still pretty variable and availability spotty in Canada, but thesmaller provinces out in the Maritimes have a jump on much of the rest ofthe country because it didn't take very long to rewire everything.-- Michael(SAR, 31832, GO COM A2)[EOA][GVO]Y][K Fest Registration Info... meet old friends... meet new A2 friends...""""""""""""""""""""""""""" ______      _____(      )   (      )     ____________________________________________ |     |  /     /      (        ____________________________2000____) |     | /     /        |      | |     |/     /         |      |                         II Infinitum!! |           /          |      |______ |     |\     \         |      _______) __________    ________   ________ |     | \     \        |      |       (     _____)  (     ___) (__    __) |     |  \     \       |      |        |   |__       \    \       |   | |     |   \     \      |      |        |    __)       \    \      |   | |     |    \      \    |      |        |   |_____   ___\    \     |   |(______)    (________) (_______)       (__________) (_________)    |___|Help usher in the 21st century with the Apple II!! When: July 26-30, 2000 Where: Avila College, Kansas City, Missouri+++The most important Apple II event of the year, Y ][ KFest (KFest 2000), ison our calendar again, and it's never too early to make sure it has a placeon your calendar, too.Better yet, KFest is back with the same great prices as last year!Check out these rates, which include room and meals from Wednesday evening(dinner) on July 26, through Sunday morning (breakfast) on July 30.(Saturday evening dinner not included. 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No formal activities will be planned, althoughthe day may include the annual trek to KC Masterpiece Restaurant for someof that world-famous Kansas City barbecue!The rate for early arrivals (Tuesday night dorm room only): Double room: $25 Single room: $33For attendees planning to arrive at the normal time on Wednesday, check-inwill be from 1-4 pm. Check-out will be from 11 am-1 pm on Sunday.Current plans call for formal Y ][ KFest sessions to begin with dinner inthe Avila cafeteria on Wednesday evening (time to be announced), followedby the traditional opening event, the Keynote Address. We've got some greatplans again for that opening night activity. Stay tuned!!Computer sessions will be conducted on Thursday and Friday. 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You will then be able send and read messages on the mailing list. ---[ The Form ]------------[ Cut Here ]----------[ Print Clearly ]---Y ][ KFest Registration FormView and print this document using 9-point Monaco font (ProTERM default) orany other monospaced font such as Courier, CoPilot or Spectrum.Registering for Y ][ KFest  <> By phone:      - Call the InTrec sales office: 602/992-5515      - Be prepared to give the information requested in the         KFest Registration Form below.  <> Fax or email KFest Registration Form using a credit card number:      - Complete the form below and send the KFest Registration Form.         Email: <kfest@intrec.com> (NOTE: email is not secure.)           Fax: 602/992-0232  <> By postal mail: Credit card, check, Purchase Order or money order:      - Print and fill out the KFest Registration Form.      - Mail the form with the payment to:         InTrec Software, Inc.         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