[HEA] _____________________ ___ _ |___ ______________| | | | | | | _ | | | | | || | | | | | | || | | | | | | || | | | ____ _ _ _ _ ______ | | | || | | | / __ \ | | / \_/ \ | ___ \ | | | || |__ ____ | | / / \ | | /\ /\ \ | | \ \ | | | || _ \ | _ \ | | \ \__/ | | | |_|| | | |__/ / | | | || | | || |_|| | | \___/|_| |_| |_| | ____/ |_| | || | | || |__ | |____________________ | | _ |__||_| |_|\____/ |________________________| | | |_| | | Lighting Your Apple II Path | | |_|----------------------------------- >>> WELCOME TO THE LAMP! <<< ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ THE BEST OF THE A2 BULLETIN BOARD ON Syndicomm Online AND THE BEST OF THE DELPHI A2 AND A2PRO MESSAGE BOARDS "Teaching the Apple II user how to fish since 1998" :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: The Lamp! An Onipa'a Software Production Vol. 6, No. 4 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Publisher................................Ryan M. Suenaga, M.S.W., L.S.W. Editor.....................................................Lyle Syverson Internet Email, Publisher.........................thelamp@sheppyware.net Internet Email, Editor................................lyle@FoxValley.net :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: TABLE OF CONTENTS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ April 15, 2003HIGH ABOVE THE ROCK RIVER---------------------------------------------[OPN] Anticipation... the Excitement is BuildingA2 FORUM AT Syndicomm Online (A2Central.com) DISTILLATIONS------------[DAS] Buy an Apple 1?--------------------------------------------------[BA1] Yellow Folders - White Folders-----------------------------------[YWF] The Versatile SpreadSheet----------------------------------------[TVS] SAFE v1.3 Now Available------------------------------------------[SNA] Apple II User Rolodex on the Web---------------------------------[AUR] Spammer Spammed--------------------------------------------------[SPM] Apple II Image Viewing Program for the Mac-----------------------[AVP] Silvern Castle v7.5 Changes--------------------------------------[SCC] The Emulator KEGS For Windows------------------------------------[KFW]ILLUMINATING THE LAMP-------------------------------------------------[ITL] An overview of GEnieLamp A2 and The Lamp! Endings and BeginningsANNOUNCEMENTS FROM SYNDICOMM------------------------------------------[ANS] The April Issue of Syndicommotion Now Available------------------[ASA] To Sign up for Syndicomm Online----------------------------------[TSU]THE TINKERER'S CORNER-------------------------------------------------[TTC] Build Your Own Computer Cart You are InvitedLETTERS TO THE EDITOR-------------------------------------------------[LTE] No Letters to the Editor This Month An InvitationKFEST 2003------------------------------------------------------------[KFT] KFest 2003 - Plan to be There!-----------------------------------[PBT] KFest Registration Form------------------------------------------[KRF] It's Here! KansasFest 2003!-------------------------------------[KFH] No 2-Bag Limit This Year :)--------------------------------------[TBL] KFest Road Trip--------------------------------------------------[KRT] KFest Roastee Announced------------------------------------------[KRA] Transportation, Airport to KFest---------------------------------[AKF] Money Saving Offer for KFest Attendees Announced-----------------[MSO] New Unofficial 802.11B Antenna Contest Announced-----------------[ACA] New Unofficial 802.11B Antenna Contest Rules---------------------[ACR] Getting Excited About Another KFest------------------------------[GEA] Two Great Prizes Added to KFest 2003's Stash---------------------[TGP] Online Conference Scheduled to Discuss KFest 2003----------------[OCS] The KFest FAQ Version 4.0----------------------------------------[KFQ] For More Information Visit The KFest Home Page-------------------[VKF]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 Anticipation... the Excitement is Building ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ High Above The Rock River, in the 14th floor Community Room, thegrapevine was reporting that Elvis had been seen in the hallway...Ya, Sure... Uh, Huh... The rumor persisted... reinforced by multiple sightings by severalpeople. Then rumors were replaced by facts. The Elvis look-alike wassimply visiting one of the residents of the building... his mother. And hepurposely made an effort to look like Elvis... called himself an "ElvisCelebrator". Furthermore (for a fee) he would come to a location of yourchoosing and present a "Program by Elvis". Then it was announced... Elvis was coming to the Community Room HighAbove The Rock River next month. Anticipation was in the air. Theexcitement grew day by day. The evening was a huge success. For two hours we were taken back intime by an Elvis fan who lived his passion for remembering Elvis. Anticipation is in the air for KFest 2003. The excitement isbuilding. Is this the year you are finally coming to KFest? Is this theyear you are finally coming to KFest again? See the KFest section in thisissue to sample the growing excitement over KFest and for registrationinformation.That is July 22-27, 2003... mark your calender... send in yourregistration.[EOA]ASCII ART BEGINS_________ _ _ _|__ __| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |___ ____ | | _____ __ ___ _ _ _____ | | | | | ___ \ / __ \ | | /____ \ | v v | | v ___ \ | | | | | | | | | /__\ \ | | ____| | | /\ /\ | | / \ \ | | | | | | | | | _____| | | / ___ | | || || | | | | | |_| | | | | | | | |_____ | |____ | |__| | | || || | | \___/ / _ |_| |_| |_| \______| |______| \____^_| |_||_||_| | |\____/ |_| | | | | |_|ASCII ART ENDS[EOA][DAS]----------------------------------------------DISTILLATIONS FROM The A2 FORUM at Syndicomm.com | (A2Central.com) |---------------------------------------------------by Lyle Syverson [BA1]BUY AN Apple 1?"""""""""""""""A gentleman is intending to build and sell replica Apple 1 machines:http://www.wired.com/news/mac/0,2125,56426.html(KGAGNE, Cat 2, Top 15, Msg 29)[EOA][YWF]YELLOW FOLDERS - WHITE FOLDERS""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""I use System 6.0.1 most of the time but every now and again I need to bootinto System 5.0.4. This is no problem except if I view files from Finder,System 5.0.4 turns the color of my folders white.How do I easily reset all my folders back to their original yellow withoutgoing to each folder individually and manually change the color?Mark Percival - Syndicomm.com Apple II RTC Host"Midweek Madness!" every Wednesday night.7:00 PM - 9:00 PM PDT(MARK, Cat 7, Top 13, Msg 1)>>>>>"""""You could try, in Finder 5.0.4, under settings, turning off "save folderinformation". The option is called something like that, but that's not itexactly. It's responsible for creating lots of little finder.data files inall your folders. I think that's where the color information is stored aswell.Also, Richard Bennett-Forrest wrote a finder extra called 'scarabadie' (sp)which deletes all the finder.data files from your disks for you.Kelvin(KWS, Cat 7, Top 13, Msg 2)[EOA][TVS]THE VERSATILE SPREADSHEET"""""""""""""""""""""""""If you used the Spreadsheet module for everything--writing documents,storing lists of data, etc. then you can use the Spreadsheet functions toperform "macro-like" functions.You may laugh at that thought, but when I interned at the local powercompany while I was in college, the staff in some departments wasencouraged to the use Lotus 1.2.3. (DOS version) to write documents. Thereasoning consisted of: less confusing for the staff to know multipleapplications, all of the text/data files are loadable from one commonprogram, and enforcing a standard. I had to write a number of reports withLotus 1.2.3 and got pretty good with it as a word processor.On the other hand, If you wanted dynamic results based on a user input, theSpreadsheet module would be the appropriate tool for the job. I don'tremember how feature-rich the AppleWorks GS commands/functions are since Ihave only used Excel and StarOffice/OpenOffice in the last 3+ years.Geoff(GEOFF, Cat 9, Top 37, Msg 7)>>>>>"""""In the early 1980s my mother used The Spreadsheet (DOS 3.3) for makingworksheets. It was much easier to do multicolumn layouts. I occasionallyuse AppleWorks classic spreadsheet the same way for the same reason. Ofcourse, it is really handy for setting up surveys, where you can design theform and then tally the results (and do whatever else you want) on thecomputer without doing the form over again.Margaret(MARGARET, Cat 9, Top 37, Msg 8)[EOA][SNA]SAFE v1.3 NOW AVAILABLE"""""""""""""""""""""""I have now fixed all the bugs that I know of with SAFE. Many have beenfound through my experiences trying to get Greg Nelson running with SAFE.Unfortunately Greg has severe problems with his setup somewhere along theline, such that a 30K file will take over 55 minutes to download. I havepointed him in many directions to look for solutions to this, but so far hehas not found the problem, and we have just been going round in circles forweeks. He may have to wait till he gets to KFest for someone to take himthrough his system and sort it all out.Meanwhile, SAFE 1.3 has been uploaded to my web site. The bugs fixed wereminor, and were partially related to the different settings made fromwithin Spectrum and SAFE itself. Hopefully you will find no problems withit, but as before, please let me know of anything as soon as you can. Myemail address can be found in the docs. Ewen Wannop - Speccie - Tue 18 Mar 2003 - 126 days till KFest '03 Delivered without using a IIgs by Spectrum v2.5.3 & SOAR 1.0b11 Setup: Bernie ][ the Rescue 3.0 and a dual G4/800Mhz GeForce3 http://www.ewannop.btinternet.co.uk/(CONDUCTOR, Cat 10, Top 60, Msg 56)[EOA][AUR]Apple II USER ROLODEX ON THE WEB""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""There's a rather extensive Apple II user home page rolodex on the A2-Web athttp://www.wbwip.com/a2web/a2hmpgs.htmlIf you have a home page, why not check that site to see if you're listedand updated?-Ken(KGAGNE, Cat 11, Top 12, Msg 24)[EOA][SPM]SPAMMER SPAMMED"""""""""""""""A judge ruled in favor of an antispammer who got a spammer spammed:http://news.com.com/2100-1029-996002.html?part=dtx&tag=ntop(KGAGNE, Cat 11, Top 26, Msg 71)[EOA][AVP]Apple II IMAGE VIEWING PROGRAM FOR THE MAC""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""Lazarus Long has updated his Apple II image viewing program for the Mac,a2pix, to v3.0b12:http://www.versiontracker.com/moreinfo.fcgi?id=11141&db=machttp://www.lazilong.com/apple_II/a2pix/(KGAGNE, Cat 12, Top 1, Msg 14)[EOA][SCC]SILVERN CASTLE v7.5 CHANGES"""""""""""""""""""""""""""Well, Jeff you know me. I'd like more scenarios.That would give me a reason to fire it back up.Sure a great playing interface. Wow I loved it.Bruce(BBAKER, Cat 14, Top 7, Msg 117)>>>>>"""""More scenarios may be in the future, only if I could find the time...However, I have been tweaking the playing interface so some things are muchfaster than before. I'll have a list shortly.One thing I'm toying with is allowing one to keep ALL spells when changingclass. So a mage changing to a cleric could also cast all the clericspells known at that point (with current level restrictions), but couldonly add mage spells while a mage.Changing to a fighter, or other non-natural caster with previous spellswould also retain spells. You would just be unable to cast or add anyspells until your reached the level needed, as before. For fighters thatwould be level 30, so multiclass fighter/mage would probably not be a goodgoal, although you would retain your spells so if change back to a mage orany other class.What do you think about this?-Jeff Fink(FINKSTERJ, Cat 14, Top 7, Msg 118)>>>>>"""""Well, as someone who learned the hard way big time about losing spells, Ithink it is better the old way. To me it's understandable.But hey at first I thought it would work the way you are planning to changeit to. So obviously at first I thought your new way seemed more "natural".You get that I don't know what I'm talking about? Thought so.Bruce(BBAKER, Cat 14, Top 7, Msg 119)>>>>>"""""Now you have a choice. By default now you keep the spells. If you don'twant to lug around the spellbook after changing class, you can discard itwhile in camp.-Jeff(FINKSTERJ, Cat 14, Top 7, Msg 120)>>>>>"""""Upcoming Silvern Castle v7.5:Major Changes:o Changing class keeps ALL spells; multi-class spell-casting possibleo Text mode 2D maze plotting coded in machine-language, twice as fast as before, and now text mode outline boxes showno Inn healing routine tweaked, much faster than beforeo Post combat loot item routine tweaked, now much fastero Combat order sorting much fastero Fighters can now cast mage spells at level 25 (adjusted for intelligence)o Read spells command displays level @ which you can begin castingo Fixed bug in v7.4 that caused some high level spells to be cast be monsters on lower levels.-Jeff(FINKSTERJ, Cat 14, Top 7, Msg 121)>>>>>""""">> o Text mode 2D maze plotting coded in machine-language, twice as fast asbefore, and now text mode outline boxes shown <>>>>"""""If a fighter reaches level 25 without being 18 intelligence, well I justdon't know how.Bruce(BBAKER, Cat 14, Top 7, Msg 123)>>>>>"""""Mmm. Should I re-think starting spell casting levels?Does anyone have any suggestions about this?Currently (if I remember correctly):Thief level 14Monk level 8Assassin level 12Ranger level 18BTW, a 21 intelligence starts spell casting @ level 19 for fighters.-Jeff(FINKSTERJ, Cat 14, Top 7, Msg 124)>>>>>"""""More SCv7.5 changes:o When entering combat choices you can now redo the previous characteroption with the new Go B)ack command (instead of which will redo allcharacters)o New camp command: M)inimum weapon damage allows you to determine how muchdamage you can inflict depending on the weapon selected, strength, andclass. Mostly for FYI purposeso If you try to cast a spell or add a scroll that is too powerful, you arenow informed at the level you can use it(FINKSTERJ, Cat 14, Top 7, Msg 125)>>>>>"""""That last change about when you can use scrolls is very cool.I was just muttering about fighters. It's obvious you would have toinclude that requirement but also as obvious that fighters will have thatone done since 2 or three (or more) attributes get enhanced with each levelincrease.I only keep my guys fighters as such until hitpoints get high but esp.until they qualify for a more advanced role. I figure mage, priest,fighter, and thief are just beginner roles. When their attributes get highenough they move on to ranger, monk, wizard, etc. Of course mystics arevery cool and SUPER to have if a guy/gal gets a chance. I never missed achance to change one to mystic if I could.My advanced groups have none of the lessor classes. I'm drawing a blank ontwo remaining classes or is it three. Usually two guys have lockpicks.Assassins, that's right, they get lockpicks. They guys who take the placeof priests, they case healing spells unless I have a mystic or two.I have what three advanced groups and maybe two intermediate groups. Theyhave excellent equipment too.Bruce(BBAKER, Cat 14, Top 7, Msg 126)[EOA][KFW]THE EMULATOR KEGS FOR WINDOWS"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""With there being various versions of KEGS for Windows. Is there one thatstands out from the pack? I've tried a few versions a while back, but theyall required that you hand edit a file to change disk images. This isn'tsomething I like doing. Anything version with a UI that handles diskimages?Thanks,Dain(A2.DAIN, Cat 29, Top 41, Msg 1)>>>>>"""""There are two versions of KEGS for Windows that has "KEGS" in its names.ActiveGS, the Windows ActiveX component IIgs emulator is based on KEGS--andfor all practicality, can also be included in this topic.ActiveGS does not allow you to switch disk images at all--the disk image ispre-defined on the Web page as links. Essentially, you just click on alink and you boot up another disk. This operation is similar to afloppy-based system.KEGS32 is the only version of KEGS that is designed like a Windowsapplication. It has a GUI interface to perform operations such asadd/change/remove disk images and set emulator speed. KEGS32 is based onthe 0.60 KEGS codebase.KEGS32's GUI allows up to 2 disk images for slots 5,6 and 7. 5.25"DOS-ordered disk images are used in slot 6. 800k ProDOS-ordered diskimages are used in slot 5. Virtually any size ProDOS-ordered disk image(up to 4 gigs) can be used in slot 7. KEGS internally can handle up to 32disk images for slot 7, but KEGS32 does not provide that functionality fromthe GUI. To use more than 2 disk images in slot 7, you have to edit thekegs_conf like any other version of KEGS. But using the KEGS32 GUI willremove any slot 7 disk images beyond the first two. If I use KEGS32, Ialways edit the kegs_conf file by hand since I have many hard disk imagesin use.KEGSwin is the most recent entry as a Windows port. This is the versionthat is maintained by Kent Dickey himself. It uses the newest KEGScodebase (0.71), but lacks some functionality found in the equivalent UNIXversions (and KEGS32). It has no GUI interface to speak of (just like theUNIX versions), but fortunately, it works like the UNIX version so if onehas been using KEGS for years, there is no learning curve. One has to editthe kegs_conf file to change disk images.Geoff(GEOFF, Cat 29, Top 41, Msg 2)>>>>>"""""KEGS is the most sophisticated and most compatible IIgs emulator under theWindows environment, There are several different versions of KEGS--eachwith their own development paths and features. Links to each versionfollows:KEGSwinhttp://kegs.sourceforge.net/This is arguably the official version of KEGS since it is maintained byKent Dickey himself. As of April 4, 2003, the released version is 0.71.KEGS32http://www.geocities.com/akilgard/kegs32/This is the first port to Windows and the most user friendly. As of April4, 2003. the released version is 0.60R3 and based on the KEGS 0.60 code.ActiveGShttp://www.freetoolsassociation.com/This is not advertised as a KEGS port, but is based on KEGS. As of April4, 2003, the released version incorporates code from KEGS 0.64.Geoff(GEOFF, Cat 29, Top 41, Msg 3)>>>>>""""">> KEGSwin is the most recent entry as a Windows port... lacks somefunctionality... One has to edit the kegs_conf file to change diskimages.<>>>>"""""The GUI interface for DiskChanger has the same limitation as Kegs32 whereonly the first two devices in slot 7 are accessible. But it is one step upsince DiskChanger also has a text interface to access the rest of thedevices for slot 7.Geoff(GEOFF, Cat 29, Top 41, Msg 6)[EOA][ITL]------------------------ ILLUMINATING THE LAMP |----------------------------- An overview of GEnieLamp A2 and The Lamp! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~By Steven Weyhrich ENDINGS AND BEGINNINGSWelcome back to this review of the greatest digital publication series ofall time, GEnieLamp A2 and The Lamp! In the previous segment, you wereintroduced to the origins of the GEnieLamp concept and the early days ofdigital publishing, on through the first year of existence of the Apple IIversion. Apple IIGS users were reveling in the glow of the release ofSystem 6, and the platform was doing its best to thrive; but Apple'sinvolvement with its original platform continued to be minimal, and someworried about the suspicious absence of the long-promised Apple II EthernetCard.In January 1993, Bill Clinton was soon to be inaugurated as president,having defeated George Bush in the 1992 election. Reggie Jackson waselected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. David Letterman announced hisdecision to move from NBC to CBS. In the computer industry, Intel wasworking feverishly on its successor to the 486, the first version of thePentium. IBM was having its difficulties with the decade-long struggleagainst clones, demonstrated by their announcement of the largest year-endloss of any U.S. company in history, $4.6 billion. The latest and greatestof these clones was powered by an Intel 486, it ran at a blazing speed of25 MHz, used 4 meg of RAM, and stored its data on a 200 meg hard drive. AtApple, their attention was focused on its impending announcement of no lessthan SIX models of the Macintosh, the Color Classic, LC III, Centris 610and 650, Quadra 800, and the PowerBook 165c. And in December 1992, they hadjust dropped a not-unexpected bombshell on the Apple II community. For areview of a year full of endings and beginnings, let's move into 1993, asseen through the eyes of GEnieLamp A2.DO YOU BELIEVE IN MAGIC?As 1993 began, the GEnieLamp format remained much the same as before, withJohn Peters as Editor-in-Chief, and Darrel Raines as Editor for the AppleII edition. John's editorials continued to give people a taste of what washappening on GEnie in general. He encouraged people to upload GEnieLampanywhere they wanted, discussed changes in staff at GEnieLamp IBM. InApril, Peters started the DigiPub Roundtable for digital publishing topics,and left the GEnieLamp RT specifically for downloading of the variousGEnieLamp publications, available at the lower "GEnie*Basic" rates. Peterspublicized his concept of "Disktop Publishing", referring to non-printed,digital publications such as GEnieLamp. To further promote digitalpublishing, Peters announced in July that the Digital PublishingAssociation was holding the second annual Digital Quill Awards competition,specifically for publications that were created only in a machine-readableformat.In the May issue Peters announced that GEnieLamp was changing to atwice-a-month publication schedule, and there were indeed two issuesreleased that month (9305a and 9305b). However, he and his various editorsfound it to be simply too difficult to keep up with a biweekly schedule; sothey returned to the previous monthly schedule, and the next issue of theGEnieLamp magazines did not appear until July 1993. Peters also announcedthat T/TalkNET, his company, had been commissioned to do final formattingfor an online version of GEnie's LiveWire magazine (the print version wasmailed out periodically to GEnie subscribers to promote its variousservices).One change that Peters brought about early in the year was the creation ofGEnieLamp A2Pro. The A2Pro coverage had increased the size of GEnieLamp A2to over 200K, and he felt splitting them apart would be helpful to keep itto a more manageable size, and still provide the content. This editionbegan in February.The GEnieLamp ASCII art section continued with the appointment of MikeWhite as the official CowTOONs artist.APPLE II CONTENT IN 1993The credits on the masthead of the January 1993 issue of GEnieLamp A2looked like this: ________________________________________________________________________| ||\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\////////////////////////////////////|| GEnieLamp A2 ~ A T/TalkNET OnLine Publication ~ Vol.2, Issue 11 || """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" || Publisher.................................GEnie Information Services || Editor-In-Chief........................................John Peters || Editor.............................................Darrel Raines || || ~ GEnieLamp IBM ~ GEnieLamp [PR]/TX2 ~ GEnieLamp ST ~ GEnieLamp A2 ~ || ~ GEnieLamp MacPRO ~ GEnieLamp A2Pro ~ GEnieLamp Macintosh ~ || ~ Member Of The Disktop Publishing Association ~ ||////////////////////////////////////\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\||________________________________________________________________________|There was little change until July 1993, when Darrel Raines completed hislast issue as editor of the A2 edition. Consequently, John Peters and DeanEsmay, Chief Sysop of A2/A2Pro, began looking for a suitable person to takeover as editor. Doug Cuff, who had been absent from GEnie for a time, hadreturned specifically because he had enjoyed reading the GEnieLamp A2newsletter downloaded from a local BBS where it had been posted. He heardof the available position as editor, applied for it, and as Peters feltthat he was the best-qualified applicant, he was given the position. Doug'sfirst appearance was in August 1993, and he continued for forty-one issuesbefore he finally retired from the position in December 1996.The GEnieLamp A2 masthead now changed to look like this: _________________________________________________________________________| ||\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\////////////////////////////////////|| GEnieLamp Apple II ~ A T/TalkNET OnLine Publication ~ Vol.2, Issue 17 || """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" || Publisher...............................................John F. Peters || Editor..................................................Douglas Cuff || Copy-Editor...........................................Bruce Maples ||\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\//////////////////////////////////// || ~ GEnieLamp IBM ~ GEnieLamp ST ~ GEnieLamp [PR] ~ GEnieLamp TX2 ~ || ~ GEnieLamp A2Pro ~ GEnieLamp Macintosh ~ LiveWire Online ~ || ~ Member Of The Digital Publishing Association ~ || GE Mail: GENIELAMP Internet: GENIELAMP@GENIE.GEIS.COM ||////////////////////////////////////\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\||_________________________________________________________________________|Differences from the previous issues included the name being displayed as"GEnieLamp Apple II", instead of "GEnieLamp A2", as it had since the A2Procontent had been spun off into its own newsletter. This name remained atthe top of the masthead to the very end of the run of the newsletter onGEnie. Also remaining standardized to the very end was the title at the topof the first page. Where it had previously read "Your GEnieLamp Apple IIRoundTable RESOURCE!" it was now a more generic "Your GEnieLamp ComputingRoundTable RESOURCE!"This was also the first time that Bruce Maples' name appeared in themasthead, as Copy-Editor. He continued in this position from August 1993until July 1994, and the next time his name appeared in any GEnieLamppublication, it was as editor of the GEnieLamp Windows edition, starting inApril 1995.By the September issue, Doug Cuff had taken over the "From My Desktop"column that John Peters had previously used as his soapbox, and John'snotes were much more brief (mentioning only that there was now a Macintoshedition of GEnieLamp that had graphics). John had a few short notes in theOctober issue, and from that point onward never had any further writteninput into GEnieLamp A2. Prior to this, Peters had put together each issueof GEnieLamp for each platform. With the October issue, Peters now put thefull responsibility for creation of GEnieLamp into the hands of therespective editors. Consequently, Cuff had his work cut out for him.ROUNDTABLE NEWSThe A2 Roundtable celebrated the new year and 20,000 uploads to the libraryby awarding the uploader of the first file of the new year with prizes fromseveral major Apple II hardware and software companies. Other prizes weregiven to other participants of the A2 RT during January and February.A2Pro was run under the leadership of Matt Deatherage (who worked at Applebut spoke for himself when online). He reorganized the roundtable to betterallow for support from companies (such as The Byte Works) that chose tohost categories. Also involved in maintaining technical support categorieswere Procyon, Inc., Morgan Davis Group, JEM Software, and LunarProductions. A2U (Apple II University) was hosting a class on "Ultra 4 ToThe Max", taught by Will Nelken, and "Hacking Data Compression" by AndyMcFadden. Jim Murphy, another of the A2Pro Sysops, accepted a position atApple in the Apple II Continuing Engineering Group, beginning in January1993.GEnie itself was often the subject of discussion in the Roundtables. In theJuly issue, they debated the new rate plan that GEnie had just introduced,which included a reduced rate for access at 9600 baud (previouslyaccessible only with a surcharge). Furthermore, Genie was now alsoavailable for a $2 per hour surcharge via SprintNet, a new name for theTeleNet network.GEIS, the network on which was run, began to make it possible to contactthe outside world via the Internet. Information was posted on how to sende-mail so it could get to a different network outside of GEIS. In order forthis to work, it was necessary to append some additional info to the end ofan address: "a2history@syndicomm.com@INET#". This flagged GEnie's softwareto direct the message outside of the GEIS network, to the Internet.Receiving messages required use of the GEnie username, with GEnie's domainname: "a2history@genie.geis.com". To send and receive e-mail to/from theInternet at that time had a price also, costing $0.30 per 5000 bytes!Lost Classics Project coordinator Tim Tobin was given an additional taskduring 1993. He was asked to handle the Font Clearinghouse, with thepurpose of helping organize the many TrueType fonts that had been uploadedto the GEnie A2 libraries.With the decreasing support given by Apple Computer for its Apple II lineof computers, users groups were becoming more important. The GEnie A2Roundtable became host of an official user group, with the creation of theWorldwide Apple II User Group (WWUG) by Lunatic E'Sex. Designed during abrainstorming session at KansasFest 1993, it functioned through onlinemeetings in the A2 Real Time Conference (chat) area, doing much of what atraditional user group would do, with the exception of the attendees beingwidely scattered across the country (or the world!)HARDWARE NEWSThe year started with postings from December regarding the removal of theApple IIGS from Apple's price lists, effective 12/14/92. The January issuealso included an interesting summary of a meeting between John Santaro ofApple and members of the Bay Area Apple User Group about the IIGS. Ofparticular interest was the comment that part of the reason for thedevelopment of IIGS System 6.0 and HyperCard GS was to give Apple II usersa taste of the Macintosh, hopefully to encourage them to switch platforms.The posting also made mention of the never-released "ROM 04" IIGS and thefeatures it was to have had.Having the official announcement from Apple didn't change things very muchfor many people, as Apple had done little active promotion of the IIGS forseveral years. However, it likely contributed to the decline of somecompanies that produced products for the platform.CV Technologies, creator of the RamFAST SCSI card, decided to get out ofthe hardware business, and sold all of the rights to that card as well astheir memory cards to Sequential Systems. Their RAM card product for theIIGS was renamed from "CV-Ram" to "GS-RAM Plus". Soon afterwards,Sequential expanded the usefulness of the RamFAST card by theirintroduction of discQuest and discQuest GS, which allowed access to manyinformational and educational CD-ROMs that were becoming available for theMS-DOS and Mac platforms.ECON Technologies had its own problems. They had promised that theSoundMeister Pro sound card WOULD ship, and would be available bySeptember, 1993. This card, a successor to their existing SoundMeisterproduct, was to have advanced capabilities and was highly anticipated.However, news leaked out that the SoundMeister Pro was NOT going to bereleased, and by December ECON confirmed this. The reasoning was that thenumber of orders for the Pro card had not been sufficient to warrantputting it into production. (In reality, it was later learned that theprototype ECON had was never sufficiently finished to allow ANYONE toproduce it.)New products introduced included the Parson's Engineering Focus Hard Card,which made its first appearance in the latter half of 1993. This IDE driveon a card originally was sold as the Focus 40 (meg) for $349, a Focus 80for $599, and a bare card without a drive for $129. (And if you think THOSEprices are high, you should read ads that show the costs of a 5, 10 or 20meg hard drive back in the early 1980's!)///SSH Systeme in Germany released their Turbo IDE card, bringing toIDE/ATA drives some of the same speed of hard drive access that the RamFASThad achieved for SCSI drives. The product was also compatible with olderVulcan hard drives, improving their access speed as well.Various users posted their successes in getting their desktop publishingsoftware to work with laser printers. In addition, a certain R.SUENAGA1made his first appearance in GEnieLamp, with comments on how Postscriptprinters work. (He apparently didn't have much else to say that GEnieLampdeemed newsworthy for another eighteen months, until April 1995.)SOFTWARE NEWSThe biggest news of the year was the release, finally, of Apple IIGS SystemSoftware 6.0.1, which included many bug fixes and a few new features. Wenow know that the release had been delayed by Apple management's decisionto cancel the Apple II Ethernet card; this required removal from the 6.0.1update the installation options for it, and any other mention of the cardor of software that would have supported it. Many comments were publishedin GEnieLamp about how to make use of the new features of 6.0.1.Randy Brandt of JEM Software was shipping Ultra 4.1 (which included UltraExtras, originally an add-on product), the next evolution of UltraMacros3.x for AppleWorks 3.0. But more excitement was yet to come, as JEMSoftware and Quality Computers made an announcement in the middle of theyear of a major project. Code-named "Quadriga", this product was originallygoing to be called The WORKS 4.0, and was to have been a major patchprogram to update AppleWorks 3.0. Since Claris had not seen fit to do anyupdate on its own, Brandt had decided to do it himself. Having worked onAppleWorks 3.0 originally for Claris, he was uniquely qualified to makechanges to improve the program. When Claris saw that Brandt and Qualitywere making a serious effort to enhance AppleWorks, with or without theirpermission, they decided to license AppleWorks to Quality. This allowed theupdate to be officially called AppleWorks 4.0, and instead of a patch, itwould be a full application. The final product shipped on November 1, 1993,and was soon followed by an update (bug fix) to 4.01.John Link, who had written many versions of SuperPatch, a utility to alterAppleWorks 3.0 to add simple features, released "lastPatch" to do the samewith AppleWorks 4.01. The name also showed that he had no plans to do anyfurther patching programs for AppleWorks.Quality Computers also generated a lot of excitement with the news thatthey had also licensed AppleWorks GS from Claris. Their plans were toproduce an update in this long ignored application; however, from thebeginning they made announcements that it would not be a trivialundertaking. They also continued work on a fax program, Q-Fax GS (it neverdid get finished), and did release Bill Tudor's Six Pack, a set of Finderextras.Moreover, as if they didn't have enough projects, Quality mentioned thatthey were looking to see if it might be possible to emulate an Apple II orIIGS using a PowerPC Macintosh.Many of the software product announcements during the year werespecifically for the Apple IIGS. Roger Wagner promoted the new HyperStudiofor the Macintosh, as well as promising continued support and developmentfor the IIGS version. Softdisk announced that it was looking forprogrammers to help produce products and articles for Softdisk G-S.Foundation 1.0.2, a IIGS resource editor, was available from LunarProductions. County Line Technology released GSTape v2.0, a utility to backup a hard drive to a tape drive.Procyon introduced Switch-It (a program switcher). Soon after, Seven HillsSoftware and BrainStorm Software released The Manager, which was promotedas being more like the Macintosh MultiFinder (that had eventually becomepart of that computer's system software). Seven Hills also updated theirprint buffer utility Express to version 2.1.Other products that appeared during 1993 were ANSITerm 2.1 and PMPUnzip 2.0(Parkhurst Micro Products), HyperLogos GS (The Byte Works), Pedigree 2.0(Bright Software), Financial GeniuS 2.0 (Rick Adams), Symbolix 1.8 (BrightSoftware), Quickie 3.1 software (Vitesse),and Addressed For Success (ECONTechnologies).Roger Wagner Publishing continued support and promotion of HyperStudio withtheir First Annual Hyperstudio Festival in July.IIGS games released included Ant Wars from Karl Bunker (however, soonafterwards, he decided that the Apple II shareware market just was notpaying any bills for him, so he decided to release all of his programs asfreeware and get out of Apple II programming). Bouncin'Ferno contestentries began to arrive in Joe Kohn's mailbox. Ken Franklin was working ona new game called "Monster Lab" (unfortunately he never had time tocomplete it). Lawrence Productions released the Lost Tribe, an educationalprogram.The Apple IIe and IIc were not left out in the cold, however. DOS 3.3Launcher made it possible to run DOS 3.3 programs from ProDOS 8 on a IIe orIIc (or from the Finder on the IIGS).Tom Hoover's GEM (GEnie Master), an offline message reader that used TalkIs Cheap and AppleWorks, was released to freeware status (actually, the A2RT took over production and maintenance of the package). An update was doneto handle changes in the GEnie software about mid-year; after this release,however, there was little else about GEM that was newsworthy enough towarrant further inclusion in GEnieLamp. CoPilot, another offline reader,was also updated to handle the new GEnie changes.AppleWorks and UltraMacros were in heavy use in other applications. MagicalSoftware announced the Magic News Group Reader, a set of AppleWorks macrosto facilitate reading and responding to messages from Internet newsgroups.ProTERM 3.0 publisher InSync Software, Inc. had to have its name changed toInTrec Software, Inc. They also released ProTERM 3.1 in May. Don Elton'sterminal program Talk Is Cheap was updated to version 4.0.Kitchen Sink Software released II System, a double-hires GUI environmentfor ProDOS 8 on the 128K Apple IIe or IIc.And at least one 8-bit game was updated: Star Trek: First Contact v2.0.Beyond product announcements, other software news appeared in GEnieLampduring 1993. Publish-It 4.0, a desktop publishing program for any Apple II,was mentioned in regards to a desire to have it updated, but unfortunatelythat was not possible (according to comments from another softwarepublisher) due to the small return they were likely to get on theinvestment.In these pre-PayPal days, some shareware authors overseas were havingproblems with shareware payments from U.S. customers. Peter Watson (authorof MS-DOS Utilities for the IIGS) was having problems with this, and JoeKohn was helping him by cashing U.S. checks for him, and they sending acompatible payment.PUBLICATIONSBad news came also this year, as not only did inCider/A+ discontinuepublication, but A2-Central, a newsletter with much more than just news,changed from a paper publication to a disk-only publication. MacComputing,the Macintosh-centered magazine that inCider/A+ was supposed to turn into,disappeared after only one issue was printed.Good news came in the form of Joe Kohn's announcement of his newsletter,Shareware Solutions II, the successor to the column he had written forinCider/A+. Phil Shapiro, who also contributed a monthly article toGEnieLamp, began publication of Helium Balloons, a disk-based publicationfor educators. Another newsletter that was announced was The Passport HouseLetter, but after a single mention, GEnieLamp never had any further newsabout it. GS+ Magazine stated its plans to continue in production.Quality Computers continued its expansion beyond simply being a catalog anddistribution center, with the announcement of II Alive magazine, whichbegan production in March 1993. After the demise of inCider/A+, it was theonly remaining glossy publication dealing with both the 8-bit and 16-bitApple II line. The release of AppleWorks 4.0 delayed the November/Decemberissue, due to multiple responsibilities held by editor Jerry Kindall.Resource-Central's disk publication Studio City had a change in editor,from Dean Esmay (who was leaving to work with Softdisk Publishing) to BillLynn. Jay Jennings left Softdisk to work at Ariel Publishing.KANSASFESTResource Central again held the A2-Central Summer Conference (KansasFest).This 5th annual event was also the "sweet sixteen" birthday of the AppleII. Mike Westerfield, Roger Wagner, Jay Jennings, Brian Pietzak, GuyForsythe, Jim Maricondo, Andy McFadden, Joe Kohn, Jerry Kindall, NateTrost, Steve Gunn, Bill Heineman, and Richard Bennett were among thefeatured speakers. Besides the scheduled speakers, the annual roast focusedon Tom Weishaar.In 1992, Bill Heineman had introduced his Avatar project to build aIIGS-compatible computer out of available off-the-shelf PC components. Hepresented an update on the project, which was to use ROM code to emulate aIIGS, and therefore avoid legal complications from Apple.REVIEWSHardware products reviewed included Tulin's Floptical disk drive for theIIGS, which sold for $489 (not including the SCSI card); the SyQuest 88removable cartridge drive; and the inexpensive LineLink 14.4K modem.Several games were reviewed: Solarian GS (arcade game), Blackjack Tutor 3.0(card game), Shove It GS (puzzle game), Bounce It GS, Ken Franklin'sReliefware games Plunder, One Arm Battle, and Milestones 2000; and Out OfThis World (a graphic animated adventure).Other packages reviewed were Prime BBS software, UnZip IIe, ShadowWrite1.3, GIF.3200, Computer Keyboarding 5.0, and Independence and Harmonieprinter drivers.INTERVIEWSAn ongoing popular feature of GEnieLamp A2 was the interview column. In1993, these Apple II personalities were interviewed:o Ellen Rosenberg, editor-in-chief of A2-Central newslettero Mike Westerfield, The Byte Workso Kendrick Mock, author of several word and letter games for the IIGSo GEnieLamp A2 staff, including Darrel Raines, Phil Shapiro, and Mel Fowlero Guy & Cindy Forsythe and Guy Bush of Kitchen Sink Softwareo John Peters, publisher of GEnieLampo Joe Kohno Roger Wagnero Jim Royal, author of Star Trek: First ContactWRITERSDarrel Raines continued to contribute articles during the time he editedGEnieLamp. Phil Shapiro continued his "Thinking On" series, as well ashandling other writing tasks for the newsletter, including interviews. Healso wrote some articles for a "Beginner's Corner" column. Gary Utter hadmany thoughtful messages reproduced from the bulletin board, including adescription of shrinkwrap licenses. InSync (now InTrec) Software's JerryCline explained the mysteries of the MNP feature on modems.My own Apple II History series continued, running Parts 8 through 18. Sinceit had already been written, this was easy. However, in order to get somediscount hours from GEnie as payment for submitting articles, Doug Cufftold me that I needed to submit TWO articles per month. Therefore, Istarted a monthly column that continued the Beginner's Corner theme thatPhil Shapiro had started. My column was subtitled "Polishing Green Apples",and dealt primarily with getting started on the Apple IIGS, explaining thepicky details of selecting a model, outfitting it with the right hardwareand software, and explaining how some of it worked.Mel Fowler did software reviews. Udo Huth, a roundtable member fromGermany, contributed an article discussing the difficulties in accessingGEnie from other countries. Al Fasoldt, a newspaper editor and programmerin Syracuse, NY, began a column. Among other topics, he discussed thelimitations of spell checking software when it comes to homonyms ("four" vs"for").Joe Kohn wrote many RT messages that appeared in GEnieLamp; in 1993 he wasdiscovering the Internet and was beginning to learn how to use the tools(prior to the development of the World Wide Web). His article"Connections", was, for some reason, reprinted (it had appeared earlier inthe September 1992 issue of GEnieLamp A2). Joe also announced his plans topublish his Shareware Solutions II newsletter, as inCider/A+ wasdiscontinued in June 1993.Gina Saikin wrote her first article for GEnieLamp, discussing herexperiences of starting with an Apple II computer, and followed up laterwith an article about Real Time Conferences (chat). Cynthia Field, a writerfor inCider/A+, allowed reprinting of an article that she had written in1991, a Consumer's Guide To the Apple II.At the end of the year, Jay Curtis began a series of articles about AppleII hybrids, add-on cards that allowed one computer to function as anotherone (such as the PC Transporter to use MS-DOS from an Apple II).MISCELLANEOUS FEATURESMark Quinn discussed various general computer topics, usually in a humorousvein. Monthly Search-Me puzzles continued to appear, with topics focusingon various GEnie roundtables and services. GEnieLamp ELSEWHERE appearedonce, discussing how to access the Computing and NewsCenter.In July, GEnieLamp reproduced the press release from Apple that announcedJohn Sculley's resignation as CEO of the company, and the move of MichaelSpindler into that position. By later in the year, other Apple boardmembers were looking for work elsewhere.Several comments were made regarding Apple's new migration to the PowerPCprocessor for its Macintosh platform. There was at first a misunderstandingabout what the PowerPC chip could do, and some believed it was going toEMULATE a 68000-series processor, much as the program SoftPC emulated anMS-DOS computer, which would adversely affect the performance of thecomputer. Concern was also raised about Apple's promise to continuesupporting the 68000-series computers as the PowerPC computers became moreplentiful. It was also pointed out that the transition between the Mac andPowerPC Macs would be more like that between the Apple IIe and IIGS, ratherthan the differences between the Apple II and Mac.HUMOR ONLINEWe were informed of "safe fax". A problem-solving flow chart was presentedin the second May issue. The CowTOONS series had a swimsuit issue in March.Giving a computer a personal name was discussed. Darrel Raines introducedthe "Banana PC" in an April column. Tom O'Nan submitted his true storyabout accidentally shooting his Rana floppy disk drive.STILL CRAZY AFTER ALL THESE YEARSI hope you've enjoyed this stroll through the world of one decade ago. Nexttime we will dive directly into 1994, as seen through the eyes ofGEnieLamp.Steven Weyhricha2history@syndicomm.comhttp://apple2history.org[EOA][ANS]------------------------------- ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM SYNDICOMM |------------------------------------by Lyle Syverson [ASA]THE APRIL ISSUE OF Syndicommotion NOW AVAILABLE"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""The April issue of Syndicommotion is now available. It was emailed tosubscribers last night, and is available on the web athttp://www.syndicomm.com/syndicommotion as well.We've also gotten the last few back issues of Syndicommotion put on the website finally.Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd sheppy@syndicomm.comOwner, Syndicomm http://www.syndicomm.com Building communities, bit by bit.(SYNDICOMM, Cat 5, Top 4, Msg 9)[EOA][TSU]TO SIGN UP FOR SYNDICOMM ONLINE"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""Please visit our web site at http://www.syndicomm.com for information or tosign up!(Logon message)[EOA][TTC]------------------------------- THE TINKERER'S CORNER |------------------------------------By Lyle Syverson Build Your Own Computer Cart~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~The versatility of the Apple II computers invites one to add a number ofexternal accessories ... floppy drives, super drives, hard drives, largercapacity removable media drives, CDROM drives, modems, home brew powersupplies, printers, CPU coolers, etc. This often results in unwieldystacks of equipment on desks or tables.Then consider the unpublished law of electrical cables... Lay two cablesnext to each other and they will tangle themselves into a mess. Connectsix or eight external accessories to your Apple II and you have a pile ofcables resembling a pile of cooked spaghetti.The plan below features a compartment with adjustable shelves that is openboth front and back and has casters to allow moving the cart away from thewall. This provides accessibility for working with your equipment.Place your accessories only one layer deep. Tuck the extra length ofcables on the shelf where the accessory is placed.You can adjust dimensions to provide for your needs as you prefer.THE PLAN"""""""" /----------------------------------------------/ / (A) /| / / | / / | / / | /----------------------------------------------/ | | / (E) | | | | |/----------------------------/| | (open) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |(B) | (C) |(B) | |(B) | | /-------------------------| /----------| / | / | / | / | / | / (D) | / | / | / | / |/ |/--------------|/What You Will Need""""""""""""""""""3/4 Inch Plywood Inches'''''''''''''''' ''''''(A) 1 Top 15 x 48(B) 3 Uprights 15 x 24(C) 1 Back Panel, Left Compartment 24 x 30(D) 1 Bottom Panel, Right Compartment 15 x 15(E) 1 Keyboard Shelf, Mounted on Drawer Slides 12 x 29.5 *(F) 6 Shelves 15 x 14.5 ** Adjust dimensions to provide for hardware.Hardware''''''''(1) 4 Adjustable Shelf Support Strips(2) 24 Clips for Adjustable Shelf Support Strips(3) 1 Pair Drawer Slides(4) 6 CastersWhere to Get What You Need""""""""""""""""""""""""""Your local building supply storeNotes"""""(a) Right compartment open, front and back to allow access to equipment.(b) Adjustable shelf strips on right and left panels of right compartment.(c) Keyboard shelf mounted on drawer slide hardware.(d) Mount two casters at bottom of each upright.[EOA]YOU ARE INVITED"""""""""""""""You are invited to submit your favorite Tinkerer's Project for the Apple IIcomputers.Send your write up or idea to Lyle Syverson, Editor The Editor reserves the right to edit any material submitted.The Editor reserves the right to reject any material he considersunsuitable for publication in _The Lamp!_.[EOA][LTE]------------------------------- LETTERS TO THE EDITOR |------------------------------------NO LETTERS TO THE EDITOR THIS MONTH"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""The mail box for Letters to the Editor remained empty this month.[EOA]AN INVITATION~~~~~~~~~~~~~Express your opinions about the comings and goings in the world of theApple II computers.Send your comments to Lyle Syverson, Editor The Editor reserves the right to edit any material submitted.The Editor reserves the right to reject any material he considersunsuitable for publication in _The Lamp!_.[EOA][KFT]------------------------------ KFest 2003 |-----------------------------------[PBT]KFest 2003 - PLAN TO BE THERE!""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""KansasFest 2003 is planned for July 22-27, 2003 at Avila University inKansas City, Missouri.(Entrance banner, Cat 5, Top 5)[EOA][KRF]KFest REGISTRATION FORM"""""""""""""""""""""""The KFest registration form with instructions in PDF format can bedownloaded here:http://lamp.a2central.com/klo/registration_forms/KFestRegForm2003g.pdfIf you can not access PDF documents with your computer contact Jerry Clineat Intrec Software and request a form by mail. Contact information can befound in the article below entitled "IT'S HERE! KansasFest 2003!"[EOA][KFH]IT'S HERE! KansasFest 2003!"""""""""""""""""""""""""""" ______ _____( ) ( ) ____________________________________________ | | / / ( ____________________________2003____) | | / / | | | |/ / | | II Infinitum!! | / | |______ | |\ \ | _______) __________ ________ ________ | | \ \ | | ( _____) ( ___) (__ __) | | \ \ | | | |__ \ \ | | | | \ \ | | | __) \ \ | | | | \ \ | | | |_____ ___\ \ | |(______) (________) (_______) (__________) (_________) |___|IT'S HERE! KansasFest 2003!When: July 22-27, 2003Where: Avila University, Kansas City, MissouriSummer camp for Apple Geeks!The most important Apple II event of the year, KFest 2003, is on ourcalendar again, and it's never too early to make sure it has a place onyour calendar, too.Join us as the tradition continues at KFest XV. All the fun, all themagic, all the wild nights, none of the sleep. Participate in the greatafter hours activities like Floppy Disk Ninja, Apple II Jeopardy, Bite theBag, and HackFest. Host a session and learn what the Apple II can do inthe 21st century. Hang out with Apple II and Macintosh Geeks from all overthe world. We have some great activities lined up, so don't miss out.Rates from 2002 remain the same, including your room starting Tuesday, July22, 2003, and meals starting Wednesday evening (dinner) on July 23, throughSunday morning (breakfast), July 27. (Saturday evening dinner is notincluded--That's KFesters' Night Out On The Town!)PLEASE NOTE: There is no plain ASCII text registration form this year.A PDF registration form can be downloaded from:http://www.kfest.org/KFest2003Reg.pdfIf you are unable to download or otherwise use the PDF registration form,please contact Jerry Cline at Intrec Software (contact information below)and he will be happy to send you the form by fax or postal mail.Check-in will be from 1-4 pm on Tuesday. Check-out will be from 11 am-1 pmon Sunday.Current plans call for formal KFest 2003 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 opening night. Stay tuned!!Computer sessions will be conducted on Thursday and Friday. Software andhardware demos are scheduled for Saturday morning, with a vendor fairslated for Saturday afternoon.Reminder: Meals included in the registration price are Wednesday dinnerthrough Sunday breakfast, with the exception of Saturday dinner.On Saturday night, attendees can dine on their own at one of the many finerestaurants near the Avila campus, or join groups of KFesters at a localfavorite selected by the Roastee.All children under 18 years must be accompanied by a parent or legalguardian.***KFest 2003 is again being sponsored by InTrec Software, Inc., makers ofProTERM telecommunications software for the Apple II and Macintosh.If you have questions about KFest, or wish to make suggestions, you canfind answers via the Internet. Just send an email message to:kfest-help@kfest.org... or visit the KFest World Wide Web page: If you're thinking about attending KFest, you'll enjoy the KFest Internete-mail list:To subscribe to the KFest Information Mailing List, send email to: majordomo@kfest.orgPlace the following text in the BODY of the message: subscribe kfestYou will receive a confirmation e-mail. To be signed up for the list, youwill have to respond to this confirmation as the instructions dictate, andthen you will then be able send and read messages on the mailing list.Sponsored by:InTrec Software, Inc.3035 E Topaz CirclePhoenix, AZ 85028-4423Voc:602/992-1345Fax:602/992-0232kfest@intrec.comPress contact:Ryan Suenaga - editor@juiced.gs(A2.RYAN, Cat 5, Top 5, Msg 19)[EOA][TBL]NO 2-BAG LIMIT THIS YEAR :)"""""""""""""""""""""""""""I'm really excited about KFest this year. It's always fun, but this yearwe'll be driving and bringing extra stuff along. No 2-bag limit this time,baby! :)Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd sheppy@syndicomm.comOwner, Syndicomm http://www.syndicomm.com Building communities, bit by bit.(SYNDICOMM, Cat 5, Top 5. Msg 20)[EOA][KRT]KFest ROAD TRIP"""""""""""""""ROAD TRIP!!!!Kfest has been fun every time I've been there. I highly encourage anyonewho hasn't been there to make this "your" year. If you've been therebefore come and relive the fun.It's sure to be another fun filled year. Who knows...you may even learnsomething.Dain Neater(A2.DAIN, Cat 5, Top 5, Msg 21)[EOA][KRA]KFEST ROASTEE ANNOUNCED"""""""""""""""""""""""Geoff Weiss, Apple IIgs programmer best known for Spectrum Internet Suite,the first Apple II Web browser, will be this year's guest of honor atKansasFest 2003.Ryan(RSUENAGA, Cat 5, Top 5, Msg 22)[EOA][AKF]TRANSPORTATION, AIRPORT TO KFest""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""For those flying in on commercial airlines (or taking the train) we havebeen very successful in supplying ground transportation from your terminalto Avila in past years, and intend to continue the tradition this year.About the first day of Summer (or Winter depending on which hemisphere youlive in) we will start putting together the taxi list. Carl Knoblock - Telephone Tech - Mon 24 Mar 03 5:38:20 pm cknoblo@applelinc.org - Via Spectrum v2.5.2 & SOAR v1.0b10 KFest 2003, July 22-27, 2003 - 120 days till KFest On cable via LANceGS & Marinetti 2.0.1 - Thank you, Richard. A2 RTC Staff - Sunday Night House Party - carlk@syndicomm.com(CARLK, Cat 5, Top 5, Msg 23)[EOA][MSO]MONEY SAVING OFFER FOR KFEST ATTENDEES ANNOUNCED""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""Rich Dreher, the creator of the CompactFlash for Apple II (CFFA) Interface,is offering KansasFest 2003 attendees a 10% discount off of his creation;that's right, get a CFFA for $94.50, $10.50 off of the list price.To get your discount, you must be in attendance at KansasFest 2003.For more information on KFest 2003, see our World Wide Web site at:http://www.kfest.org/Sponsored by:InTrec Software, Inc.3035 E Topaz CirclePhoenix, AZ 85028-4423Voc:602/992-1345Fax:602/992-0232kfest@intrec.comPress contact:Ryan Suenaga - editor@juiced.gs(A2.RYAN, Cat 5, Top 5, Msg 26)[EOA][ACA]NEW UNOFFICIAL 802.11B ANTENNA CONTEST ANNOUNCED""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""Ryan Suenaga, Editor in Chief of Juiced.GS, the premier Apple II printedpublication, announced today that an unofficial KansasFest contestnicknamed "CansasFest" would be held during the event.The contest is essentially a homemade 802.11b antenna contest based uponthe many designs shown on the Internet, often-times based on empty foodcontainers, the first of which was a can of Pringles, the potato chip.Rules and prizes to follow.For more information on KFest 2003, see our World Wide Web site at:http://www.kfest.org/Sponsored by:InTrec Software, Inc.3035 E Topaz CirclePhoenix, AZ 85028-4423Voc:602/992-1345Fax:602/992-0232kfest@intrec.comPress contact:Ryan Suenaga - editor@juiced.gs(A2.RYAN, Cat 5, Top 5, Msg 27)[EOA][ACR]NEW UNOFFICIAL 802.11B ANTENNA CONTEST RULES"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" ______ _____( ) ( ) ____________________________________________ | | / / ( ____________________________2003____) | | / / | | | |/ / | | II Infinitum!! | / | |______ | |\ \ | _______) __________ ________ ________ | | \ \ | | ( _____) ( ___) (__ __) | | \ \ | | | |__ \ \ | | | | \ \ | | | __) \ \ | | | | \ \ | | | |_____ ___\ \ | |(______) (________) (_______) (__________) (_________) |___| IT'S HERE! KansasFest 2003!When: July 22-27, 2003Where: Avila University, Kansas City, MissouriSummer camp for Apple Geeks!NEW UNOFFICIAL 802.11B ANTENNA CONTEST RULESAntenna specifications1. Antennas can be any shape or design.2. Antennas cannot be powered by battery or power outlet. They must bepassive. The only electrical or electronic connection they can have is tothe router used for testing.3. At the time of testing, the top of all antennas must be no more than sixfeet off of the ground.4. All antennas must have a readily accessible female N connector fortesting purposes.Materials1. Non-exhaustive list of materials: Food containers (such as a Pringle's can) Wire Washers Bolts N connector Can lid Nuts Aluminum foil2. The only material used in the construction of your antenna allowed to bebrought to KansasFest at the time of your arrival is one female Nconnector.3. All other materials used in the construction of your antennas must beobtained while the entrant is attending KansasFest through "legal" means.Theft is disallowed; "dumpster diving" is generally permitted, buttrespassing to do so is not.4. Purchased materials exceeding the N connector cannot exceed $20 totalcost; all receipts must be kept and presented at the time of judging.5. Any non-purchased material must include written documentation as to itsorigins, such as, "This length of wire given to me by Kirk Mitchell inexchange for a Budweiser on Tuesday, July 23, 2003 at 9 am."Tools and supplies1. Non-exhaustive list of tools: Soldering iron Knife Awl Drill Hacksaw Tubing cutter Screwdriver Pliers2. Tools may not be part of the actual antenna!3. Tools may be brought with you to KansasFest. Tools may also bepurchased during the event.4. Non-exhaustive list of supplies: Solder Tape Epoxy5. Supplies may be brought with you to KansasFest. Supplies may also bepurchased during the event.6. Plans may be brought with you to KansasFest or made during the event.Contest procedure1. Entrants -must- be registered KansasFest 2003 attendees.2. Contest begins at 7:00 am on Wednesday, July 23, and judging beginsafter lunch on Friday, July 25. Entries must be ready for judgingimmediately following lunch on Friday, July 25. Late entries will not beconsidered.3. Individuals or teams can enter.4. Two judges will be selected to judge the competition.5. All entrants will have an opportunity to position their antenna. Theantennas will be judged by attaching each antenna's N connector to awireless router. The same wireless router will be used for all entrants.A Titanium PowerBook will be placed along a pre-set path some distance awayfrom the antenna and will be moved away until connection is lost for fiveseconds. At the distance connection is lost, a marker will be placed onthe ground to mark that entrant's results.Other issuesAny questions should be brought to the attention of the judges during theevent.DisclaimerCansasFest is not an official KansasFest event. Please refer to theappropriate FCC rules on use of antennas. You are responsible for your ownequipment and any damages to your or anyone else's equipment.(Ryan M. Suenaga, KFest Mailing List)[EOA][GEA]GETTING EXCITED ABOUT ANOTHER KFest"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""I am getting excited about yet another Kfest. It looks like we have alittle over a month to register for the discounted fee. It looks like yetanother great year. I hope to see everyone that I have met in the yearspast there.DainKeeper of the Boards.(A2.DAIN, Cat 5, Top 5, Msg 28)[EOA][TGP]TWO GREAT PRIZES ADDED TO KFest 2003's STASH"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" ______ _____( ) ( ) ____________________________________________ | | / / ( ____________________________2003____) | | / / | | | |/ / | | II Infinitum!! | / | |______ | |\ \ | _______) __________ ________ ________ | | \ \ | | ( _____) ( ___) (__ __) | | \ \ | | | |__ \ \ | | | | \ \ | | | __) \ \ | | | | \ \ | | | |_____ ___\ \ | |(______) (________) (_______) (__________) (_________) |___|IT'S HERE! KansasFest 2003!When: July 22-27, 2003Where: Avila University, Kansas City, MissouriSummer camp for Apple Geeks!SPECIAL NEWS FLASH!Two great prizes added to KFest 2003's stash--In addition to over 20 great other prizes for KansasFest 2003 attendees,Lyle Syverson (The Lamp!) and Tony Diaz (Computer Circulation Center) havegraciously donated two fantastic prizes for KFest 2003 attendees.Lyle is putting up a ZipGSx accelerator card for the Apple IIgs--these rarecards have been out of production for several years and often fetchhundreds of dollars on eBay. The winner of the ZipGSx just needs to be aKFest 2003 attendee--register, show up, and if your name is drawn, you win!Tony is offering a FocusDrive hard drive on a card for the Apple IIe orIIgs to the winner of the 2003 edition of A2 Jeopardy.Thanks to Lyle and Tony for their incredible generosity. There's two morereasons to show up in Kansas City this summer!(A2.RYAN, Cat 5, Top 5, Msg 29)[EOA][OCS]ONLINE CONFERENCE SCHEDULED TO DISCUSS KFest 2003""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" Join us at our latest _ __ ______ _ ___ ___ ___ ____| |/ /| ____| | | |__ \ / _ \ / _ \|___ \| ' / | |__ ___ ___ | |_ ) || | | || | | | __) || < | __|/ _ \/ __|| __| / / | | | || | | ||__ <| . \ | | | __/\__ \| |_ / /_ | |_| || |_| |___) ||_|\_\|_| \___||___/ \__| |____| \___/ \___/|____/ _____ _ _ / ____|| | | | | | | |__ __ _ | |_ | | | '_ \ / _` || __| | |____ | | | || (_| || |_ \_____||_| |_| \__,_| \__| Set aside a Sunday evening to join us in a pre-KFest chat night at A2Central, April 27th, at 7:00 pm PDT at m645;2! If you show up early or late, you can be sure to meet interesting folks who can't wait for KFest!(A2.KIRK, Cat 5, Top 5, Msg 30)[EOA][KFQ]THE KFest FAQ VERSION 4.0"""""""""""""""""""""""""The KFest FAQ--Summer Camp for Apple II Geeks~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~by Ryan M. Suenaga, M.S.W., L.S.W.[editor@juiced.gs] The KFest FAQ Version 4.0 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The following article is set up in a form commonly seen on theInternet, called Frequently Asked Questions. It is designed to answer someof the most common questions people have about KansasFest, the Apple IIevent of the year. It is not designed to answer general questions aboutthe Apple II, although there may be some overlap. Any questions about this article can be sent via email toeditor@juiced.gs.Q: What's a FAQ, and how is it pronounced?A: The letters "FAQ" stand for _F_requently _A_sked _Q_uestions. Whenpeople first hear of or learn of a subject, such as KansasFest, they oftenhave a number of questions which others before them had when they alsofirst learned of the same subject. A FAQ is a document listing both thequestions and answers most frequently associated with new users, to savethemselves (and others trying to assist them) time and frustration.And by the way, it's pronounced "fack", nearly identical to "fact".Q: What is the purpose of this FAQ?A: This FAQ is set up to assist people interested in KansasFest, also knownas KFest. Many Apple II enthusiasts are interested in attending or justwant some information about this event, so the most common questions areanswered here.Q: How can this FAQ be distributed?A: The content of this FAQ is copyright 1999-2003 by Ryan M. Suenaga.Distribute freely, provided the content is unchanged.Q: What is KFest?A: KansasFest, abbreviated "KFest", is a computing conference held everysummer at Avila College (now Avila University) in Kansas City, Missouri.Its original formal name was "The Apple II Summer Conference" while itsnickname was "KansasFest", which was abbreviated to "KFest". Today, theconference's official name is "KansasFest".Q: When was the first KFest held?A: The first KansasFest was held in 1989. It was originally sponsored byResource-Central, the folks who brought you the wonderful _Open-Apple_ and_A2-Central_ (among several other Apple II) publications. AfterResource-Central became ICON, The Apple II Summer Conference becameICONference. This lasted one summer until ICON shut down. Two differentcompanies sponsored KFest before Intrec Software, publishers of _ProTERM_,took over a few years back. This July will welcome the 15th KFest.Q: When is KFest this year?A: KansasFest 2003 runs from Tuesday through Sunday, July 22-27, 2003. Thevery popular early arrival day is now officially rolled into KansasFestproper. Meals, however, will not be served at Avila until Wednesdaydinner.Q: Where is KFest held?A: KFest is held at Avila University in Kansas City, Missouri. The addressand phone number are: Avila University 11901 Wornall Road Kansas City, Missouri 64145 United States of America (816) 942-8400Q: If it's held in Missouri, why is it called KansasFest?A: I dunno. It does take place in Kansas City, and if it makes you feelbetter, the Kansas border is very close to Avila University.Q: Who comes to KFest?A: While KFest was originally devoted to programmers, nowadays all kinds offolk from all over the world show up at Avila University. Programmers,users, newsletter publishers, and everyday folk show up from Europe,Canada, Australia, and all over the United States to celebrate theApple II.Q: Who organizes KFest?A: Currently, KFest is organized by a committee headed by The Grand Gouda,Steve "Godzilla" Gozdziewski, who has taken over from The Big Cheese, CindyAdams. Cindy remains on the committee. The scheduling is done by TonyDiaz, of Alltech Electronics fame. Tony also handles the maintenance ofthe World Wide Web site, Devin Reade maintains the email lists, and Eric"Sheppy" Shepherd provides World Wide Web hosting services and organizesHackFest, the programming contest. KFest is sponsored by Jerry Cline ofIntrec Software.Q: How do I register for KFest? How much does it cost?A: Depending on when you register, registration prices vary. If youregister early, you'll get a better deal. Please check the KFest Home Pageathttp://www.kfest.org/for the most current information. You can download the registration formin PDF format fromhttp://www.kfest.org/KFest2003Reg.pdfIf you cannot download the form or print a PDF file, please contact JerryCline at Intrec Software (contact information is elsewhere in this file)and he will send you a form by fax or postal mail.Q: How do I reach Intrec/Jerry?Jerry ClineInTrec Software, Inc.3035 E Topaz CirclePhoenix, AZ 85028-4423Voc:602/992-1345Fax:602/992-0232kfest@intrec.comQ: Which airport do I fly into and how do I get from there to Avila?A: The major airport nearly everyone flies into is Kansas CityInternational, which goes by the code letters MCI (not KCI, which will getyou to Indonesia). There's a couple of small commuter airports which arecloser, but unless you're Tony Diaz (who flies his own plane), you're notlikely to use these.Even though MCI is the "closest" major airport, it's still most of anhour's drive from there to Avila, so walking is out of the question and cabfare would be substantial. Your best bet would be to try and catch a ridewith another KFester who'll be flying in or passing by around the same timeyou'll be arriving. Carl Knoblock unofficially organizes rides to and fromthe airport. The best way to get in on the ride planning is to join theKFest email list (information on subscribing is elsewhere in thisdocument).Q: What kind of official activities go on at KFest?A: Officially, there is a keynote speech, sessions on various computingtopics, HackFest, a celebrity roast, product demonstrations, and a vendorfair.Q: Who is this year's roastee?A: Just announced by KFest Roast MC Ken Gagne: Geoff Weiss, author ofSpectrum Internet Suite and many other Apple IIgs programs, will be theguest of honor at this year's roast.Q: What if I want to host a session?A: Email sessions@apple2.org with your ideas for a session. Sessions caninclude new ways to use programs, new programs, networking, or just aboutanything you can imagine. Everyone has something they can teach.Q: What kind of unofficial activities go on at KFest?A: Unofficially, there's been movie outings, pizza nights, Bite The Bagcontests, late night eating at Denny's, runs out to Krispy Kreme, FloppyDisk Ninja, Apple II Jeopardy, and huge groups of folks going to eat hugepieces of beef at K.C. Masterpiece and Jess and Jim's restaurants. Andthere's a new contest this year called "CansasFest", a homemade 802.11bantenna contest.Q: Has anyone attended every KFest?A: One person: Tony Diaz of Computer Circulation Center (formerly known asAlltech Electronics).Q: I hear that the Avila University dorm is wired for Ethernet. Is there away I can access that while I'm there?A: Yes. In each dorm room in the halls of Avila are two outlets that seemto be phone jacks. These _aren't_ phone jacks. They're Ethernet ports--tobe exact, they're RJ-45 connectors that are compatible with 10 Base-TEthernet. The entire Avila dorm is connected to the Internet this way,making for high speed World Wide Web browsing, electronic mail, and ftpconnections for KansasFesters during their stay! The Avila Ethernet uses a protocol called Dynamic Host ConfigurationProtocol, or DHCP, for short. Those of you who have set up TCP/IPconnections with Windows or Macintosh computers (or, for that matter, theApple IIgs) probably have some familiarity with inserting IP addresses, DNSaddresses, and Gateway addresses. The beauty of DHCP is that it sets upnearly everything you need dynamically, meaning that the server assignsthese addresses--all you need to do is set up TCP/IP on your computer andchoose the DHCP protocol. Regardless of which platform you use, if you have software set up toshare your hard drive with other computers, you probably ought to disableit--unless you like everyone in the Avila Ethernet having access to yourfiles. At this point, you ought to be connected. If you previously had anyproxy servers set up for use with your setup before Avila, disable them.You ought to have easy access for checking mail, browsing the Web, or usingfile transfer protocol--and very high speeds. One last caveat: As Spam on the Internet proliferates, it has become accepted practiceto close off an Internet Service Provider's mail sending server--usuallyusing Simple Mail Transfer Protocol, or smtp--to access from anyone who isnot directly connected to the ISP. In other words, no one wants to be arelaying point for Spam. Because of this, it's likely you will not be able to use the same smtpserver you use at home to send mail while at Avila. There is, however, amail.avila.edu smtp server that can be used while at Avila. That ought tokeep your email flowing freely.Q: I hear that there's wireless Internet access in the Avila dorm. How doI get hooked up?A: Ah, the infamous wireless. Several KFesters have set up Apple AirportBase Stations and other equivalents. Please see one of them (Sean Fahey,Dain Neater, Eric Shepherd, and Ryan Suenaga are likely candidates) ifyou'd like to get on the wireless 'Net.Q: How can I learn more about KFest?A: You can get more information on KansasFest by visiting the KansasFestWorld Wide Web site at http://www.kfest.org/ or sending email tokfest-help@kfest.org. You could also subscribe to the KFest mailing listby sending email to majordomo@kfest.org. In the body of the email includethe text: subscribe kfestYou will receive a confirmation email with instructions on finalizing yoursubscription.Q: Should I go to KFest?A: Need you ask? KFest is a must for the serious Apple II fanatic. Doyourself a favor--you're worth it. Show up at KFest 2003, the summer campfor Apple Geeks.[EOA][VKF]FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT THE KFest HOME PAGE""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""KFest Home Pagehttp://www.kfest.org/[EOA][INN]------------------------------ EXTRA INNINGS |-----------------------------------About The Lamp! The Lamp! is published on the fifteenth of every month on""""""""""""""" the WEB at: http://lamp.a2central.com/This publication produced entirely with real or emulated Apple II computersusing Appleworks 5.1 and Hermes. Apple II Forever! * The Lamp! is (c) copyright 2003 by Ryan M. Suenaga, M.S.W. All rights reserved. * To reach The Lamp! on Internet email send mail to thelamp@sheppyware.net * All issues of The Lamp! are available at The Lamp! Home Page, http://lamp.a2central.com/>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Opinions expressed herein are those of the individual authors, and do notnecessarily represent the opinions of A2Central.com, Delphi OnlineServices, Syndicomm, Ryan M. Suenaga, or Lyle Syverson. Forum messages arereprinted verbatim and are included in this publication with permissionfrom the individual authors. A2Central.com, Delphi Online Services,Syndicomm, Ryan M. Suenaga, and Lyle Syverson do not guarantee the accuracyor suitability of any information included herein. We reserve the right toedit all letters and copy.Material published in this edition may not be reprinted without theexpressed written consent of the publisher. Registered computer usergroups, not for profit publications , and other interested parties maywrite the publisher to apply for permission to reprint any or all material.<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<[EOF] .