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An Onipa'a Software Production        Vol. 6, No. 9 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 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                            ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~                            September 15, 2003HIGH ABOVE THE ROCK RIVER---------------------------------------------[OPN]     Don't Take Your Apple II for GrantedA2 FORUM AT Syndicomm Online (A2Central.com) DISTILLATIONS------------[DAS]     Marinetti 3.0beta------------------------------------------------[MTB]     Mystery of the Easter Egg in SIS---------------------------------[EES]     Colossal Cave, the Adventure Game--------------------------------[CCG]     GShisen Game ID 41137--------------------------------------------[GG4]     Silvern Castle Character Transfer Utility------------------------[SCT]     Silvern Castle v7.6 Soon to be Released--------------------------[SC7]     Installation of No Slot Clock------------------------------------[INS]     IIc+ Modifications-----------------------------------------------[TCM]     Juiced.GS Volume 8, Issue 3 Mailed-------------------------------[JGM]     Juiced.GS Readers Approve----------------------------------------[JRA]     SAM v1.8 Released------------------------------------------------[SMR]     Virtual ][ - OS X Emulator for 8-BIT A2--------------------------[VII]ILLUMINATING THE LAMP-------------------------------------------------[ITL]     An overview of GEnieLamp A2 and The Lamp!          I am finally able to return to this columnANNOUNCEMENTS FROM SYNDICOMM------------------------------------------[ANS]     To Sign up for Syndicomm Online----------------------------------[TSU]     "X-MailScanner" in Email Header----------------------------------[EMH]     Syndicomm Becomes Distributer for Ewen Wannop's A2 Products------[SBD]     Spectrum 2.5.3 Released; Available From Syndicomm----------------[SMR]THE TINKERER'S CORNER-------------------------------------------------[TTC]     Syquest 44/88 Removable Media Drives     You are InvitedLETTERS TO THE EDITOR-------------------------------------------------[LTE]     No Letters to the Editor This Month     An InvitationKFEST 2003------------------------------------------------------------[KFT]     Syndicomm Releases KansasFest 2003 Keynote DVD-------------------[SRK]     The Trip Home From KFest Can be a Real Adventure-----------------[ARA]KFEST 2004------------------------------------------------------------[KFF]     KansasFest 2004--------------------------------------------------[KF4]     Watch for More Information at 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 <lyle@FoxValley.net>                   Don't Take Your Apple II for Granted                   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~     The view from High Above The Rock River was eerie at 10 PM on July 5.The street lights were dark.  The skyline of the city was visible only as ablack silhouette against a cloudy, dark gray sky.     Some sixteen hours earlier, at 4:15 AM, a violent thunderstorm hadhit.  The meteorologists called the storm a microburst.  A layer of coldair suddenly falling through a layer of hot air near the ground...producing very strong wind.  The storm only lasted fifteen minutes.  Thewind had toppled thousands of trees and torn branches from thousands more.The trees and branches had taken down power lines in hundreds of places.     The power company repair crews, with the help of repair crews borrowedfrom other utility companies, worked sixteen hour days for the next fivedays in order to restore power to all.     During this time we were reminded how dependent on electricity we havebecome.  Gasoline could not be pumped.  Stores built without windows couldnot do business.  Refrigerators and freezers were worthless.  Restaurantsremained closed.  Hundreds of thousands of dollars of food spoiled.  And noemail or visits to Syndicomm via the Apple II!     A battery powered radio proved its value to keep up with messages fromthe mayor, the police, the power company...     The local ice company did booming business.  One of the hardwarestores sold portable power supplies as fast as they received them.     So don't take your Apple II (or your other computers) for granted.[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 <lyle@foxvalley.net>[MTB]MARINETTI 3.0beta"""""""""""""""""I've been happily installing Marinetti 3.0beta on several of the other GS'sI have at home and at school.Using the MacIP link layer, and IPNR as the server, I've had 100% success(on 4 GS's) getting excellent connections going.  I had some DNS problems,but those turned out to be unrelated to Marinetti and could safely beblamed on the stupidity of the idiot typing in the settings.  B-{)Spectrum and TelnetNDA worked wonderfully.These other systems have been pretty basic, and certainly don't have allthe goodies (NDA's, CDA's and such) that my main system has using theLANceGS, and I'm in no hurry to try installing it there.Give it a shot!Kirk(A2.KIRK, Cat 11, Top 15, Msg 58)>>>>>"""""The 3.0b1 beta sure has been working well for me.  Any problems I've hadcan be clearly attributed to user or application error.Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                sheppy@syndicomm.comOwner, Syndicomm                                  http://www.syndicomm.com                     Building communities, bit by bit.(SYNDICOMM, Cat 11, Top 15, Msg 59)[EOA][EES]MYSTERY OF THE EASTER EGG IN SIS"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""">> New Features in Spectrum Internet Suite 1.2 <<You forgot to mention the Easter Egg ;-)Ryan(A2.RYAN, Cat 11, Top 36, Msg 8)>>>>>"""""Officially, SIS does not have any Easter Eggs.  The Easter Egg introducedin SIS 1.1 was removed in the Open Source version.  The supported Netscapecompatible Easter Eggs were updated as needed.Every version of SIS has a unique quote for the about:foo page--SIS 1.2 hasa relevant KFest reference to celebrate its release at KFest this year.  Inthe early years of Netscape Navigator, every public beta and release wouldhave a new quote.  Netscape's tradition has long been lost so SIS steppedin to continue this bit of fun.Geoff(GEOFF, Cat 11, Top 36, Msg 9)[EOA][CCG]COLOSSAL CAVE, THE ADVENTURE GAME"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""The original text-based Adventure game, dubbed Colossal Cave, has anextensive support, history, discussion, and errata page at this URL:http://www.rickadams.org/adventure/Most appealing is the Downloads link, which features versions of Adventurefor Mac, DOS, Amiga, OS/2, and Unix.  It can also be played with a webbrowser at this URL:http://sundae.triumf.ca/pub2/cave/node001.html"You are in a twisty maze of passageways, all alike..." Can you say"Xyzzy"?-KenCategory 14,  Topic 1Message 100        Thu Sep 04, 2003KGAGNE [Ken]                 at 16:02 PDT[OEA][GG4]GShisen GAME ID 41137"""""""""""""""""""""I was playing a game of GShisen today and found this board to be lots offun.  It was Game ID 41137.  My time was 4:09, which is really good for me,so the board seems to be pretty fast.Let me know what your score was.Good Luck.Dain(A2.DAIN, Cat 14, Top 6, Msg 22)>>>>>"""""Dain:I played the board you suggested, and you beat me by about 1 minute. Ilogged a 5:05.-- Max(JUICEDGS, Cat 14, Top 6, Msg 23)[EOA][SCT]SILVERN CASTLE CHARACTER TRANSFER UTILITY"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""Re: Character Transfer UtilityAnyone need the ability to transfer Silvern Castle character's betweenrosters?I'm finally about to write one.  If anyone has any suggestions or wouldlike to see any other roster utilities (maybe an undelete option), let meknow.-Jeff Fink(FINKSTERJ, Cat 14, Top 7, Msg 128)>>>>>"""""That sounds handy. :)Anybody do any evil character editor utilities yet, for artificiallyinflating your characters?  I did that a lot as a kid.  I wrote a neatutility that would translate characters between Bard's Tale, Ultima II,III, and IV, and some other game that doesn't occur to me right now.  Italso let you edit their attributes.  It was fun. :)Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                sheppy@syndicomm.comOwner, Syndicomm                                  http://www.syndicomm.com                     Building communities, bit by bit.(SYNDICOMM, Cat 14, Top 7, Msg 129)>>>>>"""""Of course something similar to that ruined my experience with Wizardy backin the day.  Transfer good:)  Raising stats artificially bad.IMHO of course.Dain Neater(A2.DAIN, Cat 14, Top 7, Msg 130)>>>>>"""""I would occasionally boost stats just for the heck of it to see whathappened.Also with some games, I simply could not get started because I would die soeasily, so I'd boost one or two characters a couple of levels so they wouldlast long enough to keep my party going.Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                sheppy@syndicomm.comOwner, Syndicomm                                  http://www.syndicomm.com                     Building communities, bit by bit.(SYNDICOMM, Cat 14, Top 7, Msg 133)>>>>>"""""Since Silvern's mostly AppleSoft BASIC, the ability to write an editor oreven changing variables on the fly while running Silvern makes changingattributes easier than most RPGs.Of course I have no plans on writing such a character utility.Anybody stumble on the "secret" keypress to get to the AppleSoft promptfrom within Silvern?  To be safe, try this in camp only to avoid possibleproblems with open files.  Warning:  Once you're dropped at the AppleSoftprompt you'll need a way to resume, type GOTO 2000 to return to the campmain menu.  Hint: It's a control keypress, however I bet it's one younormally never ever use.BTW, the "secret" keypress is NOT reset, even though that will get you toBASIC too.  Never hit reset (unless in camp), there may be open files thatcould be damaged.(FINKSTERJ, Cat 14, Top 7, Msg 131)[EOA][SC7]Silvern Castle v7.6 SOON TO BE RELEASED"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""Re: Character Transfer Utility UpdateThis is now finished!It has slick file browsing routine (requires 80 columns & mousetext - ifthis config doesn't work for anybody let me know and I'll see what I cando).In addition to transferring characters between rosters, you can alsoundelete characters accidentally deleted at the Adventurer's Guild.I got some more things in mind.  More complete details later when I havethe upcoming v7.6 update finished.-Jeff(FINKSTERJ, Cat 14, Top 7, Msg 134]>>>>>"""""Notice of pending release of Silvern Castle v7.6I'm planning on releasing the v7.6 update by the end of Sept 2003 with thecool new character transfer & undelete utility.What's a Silvern update without a bug fix?  I found that my MacroSoftconversion of my original AppleSoft sort routine to determine combat actionorder missed a goto.  The net effect made it appear you pressed <esc> toredo your combat choices.  After noticing I was "accidentally" pressing<esc> I finally realize it was the sorter that was at fault.  Anyway it'snow fixed.-Jeff(FINKSTERJ, Cat 14, Top 7, Msg 135)[EOA][INS]INSTALLATION OF NO SLOT CLOCK"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""I am going to put on my newbie hat here.  How exactly does one install oneof these (No Slot Clock)?  I had a IIe for years, but never had a clock ofany kind.  I'm considering trying to start upgrading my Platinum IIe.Thanks,Dain(A2.DAIN, Cat 17, Top 6, Msg 24)>>>>>"""""It's relatively simple on the IIe, it goes between one of the ROM chips (CDor EF, I think the latter but could be wrong) and the software will prettymuch go look for it in ProDOS.Haven't installed one on a IIc or IIc Plus (I have an AE System CLock forIIc hanging off my IIc Plus, thanks Carl), but it would only be asdifficult as opening one of these "closed" systems. Ryan M. Suenaga, L.S.W. - Head Geek Delivered by Spectrum v2.5.2 & SOAR v1.0b8(A2.RYAN, Cat 17, Top 6, Msg 28)[EOA][TCM]IIc+ MODIFICATIONS""""""""""""""""""I just removed the 16mhz oscillator and installed a socket in my IIc+. Iwas able to boot up with a 40mhz oscillator but not with a 42mhz. I'll tryfaster SRAM and a faster processor if I have one.I was wondering if anyone knew of any utilities for clocking 8 bitmachines?Wayne(WAYNES, Cat 17, Top 33, Msg 1)>>>>>"""""It's the zip.sys.1.3.bxy archive that is the real Zip Technology 8 bitcontrol for the Zip stuff.  I can get it to run on Bernie with the ZipGSxaccelerator emulation on.  It only reports 4 MHz speed, however.I can try it on an 8 MHz IIe or 4 MHz IIc Plus, but probably not until thisweekend.Ryan(A2.RYAN, Cat 17, Top 33, Msg 3)>>>>>"""""Of course, it took me two weekends. . .The Zip control only tops out at 4 MHz.  Even running it on my 8 MHz ZipChipped IIe only gives me 4 MHz.Sorry. . .Ryan(A2.RYAN, Cat 17, Top 33, Msg 4)[EOA][JGM]Juiced.GS Volume 8, Issue 3 Mailed""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""Volume 8, Issue 3 of Juiced.GS has been ordered and should be mailed to UScustomers tomorrow.  International subscribers' copies will go out nextweek.Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                sheppy@syndicomm.comOwner, Syndicomm                                  http://www.syndicomm.com                     Building communities, bit by bit.(SYNDICOMM, Cat 23, Top 2, Msg 462)[EOA][JRA]Juiced.GS READERS APPROVE"""""""""""""""""""""""""Wow!! The latest issue is great!!I haven't had time to read it yet, but I looked through it quickly. I likethe milk carton.Cindy(CINDYADAMS, Cat 23, Top 2, Msg 464)>>>>>"""""Moscow, Kansas just got it's copy of Juiced.GSAn excellent issue, Ryan!I'm not sure how to take being referred to as a "Kook", but I suppose it'ssafe being insulted.  B-{)Thanks for all your efforts!KirkA2Central RTC Manager(A2.KIRK, Cat 23, Top 2, Msg 472)[EOA][SMR]SAM v1.8 RELEASED"""""""""""""""""-- SAM Spectrum Automated Mailer --SAM v1.8 has just been released and is available from the Syndicomm onlinestore.To order a copy, go to http://store.syndicomm.comSAM was recently updated to 1.7. This updated fixed a number of small bugsthat had been reported, and fixed a problem connecting to local IPaddresses such as to a Macintosh on a local network.SAM 1.8 adds improved authentication for SMTP mail servers. The originalmethod of authenticating by a 'dummy read' to a linked POP3 server is nowoptional, and a second method of full user name and password authenticationto the SMTP server itself can now be selected.SAM can now send mail through SMTP servers that are not actually in thedomain you have logged into. For instance, you can now log in to your localISP, and then send mail through your Syndicomm account using its SMTP mailserver as a relay.Those who are still using SAM 1.6 or earlier, or have problems usingspecific SMTP servers, are now advised to update to SAM 1.8.SAM only improves in function when I get feedback from users. Pleasecontinue to ask for new features, and to report bugs or problems that youmay have found. Send mail to 'speccie' at 'btopenworld.com'. Ewen Wannop - Speccie - Sat 6 Sep 2003 - 318 days till KFest '04 Delivered without using a IIgs by Spectrum v2.5.3 & SOAR 1.0b11 Setup: IIgs running at 95Mhz thanks to Bernie ][ the Rescue 3.0 http://www.ewannop.btinternet.co.uk/(CONDUCTOR, Cat 26, Top 5, Msg 132)[EOA][VII]Virtual ][ - OS X EMULATOR FOR 8-BIT A2"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""I have yet to do much with Virtual ][, but it's taking a different tactfrom most other emulators.  The CP/M emulation is an interesting feature(even though I think that CP/M was banned as cruel and unusual punishmentin most countries).Anyone give this one a whirl yet?Ryan(A2.RYAN, Cat 29, Top 26, Msg 1)>>>>>"""""It seems to be an excellent 8-bit Apple II emulator.  We did some testingof Softdisk Supreme with it.Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                sheppy@syndicomm.comOwner, Syndicomm                                  http://www.syndicomm.com                     Building communities, bit by bit.(SYNDICOMM, Cat 29, Top 26, Msg 3)>>>>>"""""I wonder how much work it was to add the CP/M.  It seems that's almost awhole separate emulator. . . well, at least the Z80 CPU.Ryan(A2.RYAN, Cat 29, Top 26, Msg 4)[EOA][ITL]------------------------      ILLUMINATING THE LAMP |-----------------------------     An overview of GEnieLamp A2 and The Lamp!     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~By Steven Weyhrich     I am finally able to return to this column, after alonger-than-expected absence. And yet, despite the two months of silence,I STILL don't have the promised continuation of my year-by-year review ofthe Lamp publications. Since my last edition in the June issue, life hasbeen rather busy, and has dealt some turns that were not entirely expected.     I am not one to believe in coincidence or happenstance; my faith inthe Lord tells me that although I do not usually learn the REASONS forevents in life, I can trust that those events occur by His guidance. So, inthe space of the three months since I last was able to submit an article, Ihave experienced the loss of my mother to cancer; my board recertificationexam in Family Practice (I've learned that I got a passing score); anenjoyable week at KansasFest 2003 (my second attendance, the first being in1994); an interesting repair experience with my PowerBook G4; thesubsequent reconstruction of lost data from that repair; and finallyrecovery of data from my Palm Tungsten C device. In the midst of it all wasa VERY busy time seeing patients in my practice (which I share with twentyother physicians, most of whom work at four other locations here in Omaha),and dealing with the trials and joys of getting my two children back inschool again, in 8th and 9th grades respectively. And did I forget tomention that I am the webmaster for two dog clubs with which my lovely wifeis involved?     All of this adds up to a busy time, which did not allow me sufficienttime to do the month-by-month review of GEnieLamp A2 for the year 1996.     Rather than leave our esteemed editor with yet another issuecontaining no contributed information, I decided to just chat with youabout what happened to me. In the process, I will give some tips on whatyou should and should NOT do with your Macintosh should it requireservicing, and a quick tip on the care and feeding of a Palm OS device. Andalthough not all of you may have a Macintosh or a Palm, the concepts stillapply.POWERBOOK LIMBO---------------     I want to first describe what happened to my primary computer, andwhat YOU can do to prevent the same from happening to you.     Last September I was finally able to join the rest of my family in thewireless realm, and purchased a Macintosh PowerBook G4 for myself. One byone, first my wife, and then each of my two children (as they enteredjunior high school) had a laptop computer (the rugged iBook series),connected to the Internet with an Airport card to our base station. It leftME with a quite adequate iMac on my desk, down in the basement, where theprinter and other digital hub equipment was hardwired in. But this alsomeant that I was becoming more and more left out. The others could sit inthe same room and socialize while they were using their computers; I wasfeeling left out. Well, not any longer! My savings for myself finally couldbe used to rejoin the crowd.     The PowerBook G4 has been a GREAT little machine, with plenty ofhorsepower for the purposes for which I use a computer. And Mac OS X hasbeen quite fun for me; I am learning that using the Unix command line inthe Terminal is a fun throw-back to my Apple II days, with the addition ofthere being almost always something new to do and learn (the Mac OS X Hintssite, http://www.macosxhints.com, is a great place to pick up ways to usethe terminal do things underneath the GUI shell all Macs have used from thebeginning.)     But (there had to be a "but", didn't there?), I found a "little"problem when I tried to boot up in Mac OS 9 in early August. An errormessage popped up stating that there was some problem with the internalcache. I ran the hardware diagnostic CD that accompanied the computer, andit also indicated there was an error. (Interestingly, Mac OS X didn't seembothered by it, and did not flag any error on bootup). A call to Apple techsupport confirmed that there was a problem, and we started the process ofgetting this fixed. "Whew!", I thought to myself. "I'm glad I discoveredthis BEFORE the one year warranty on parts and labor expired. Maybe I'dbetter invest in that AppleCare extended warranty after all." I had alsothought this might be a good idea when I found how expensive some of therepair parts for a PowerBook can be, especially the LCD screen.     Now, I've had other small problems pop up on our laptops since we'veowned them, and am very familiar with the process. Apple sends out a box,which I then use to ship back the computer being fixed. Typically, thistakes only a day or two, and it again appears on my doorstep. Also, thoughI've backed up the ENTIRE hard drive for the iBooks, my PowerBook harddrive is 40 gigabytes in size, and I have only a 30 gigabyte Firewire driveto use for backup. They have NEVER lost any data from the computers we'vesent back (Apple offers a data-backup service, which I've always declined).I reasoned that this was simply a logic board swap, and so they won't haveto mess with the hard drive. I backed up my Documents folder, as well as mySites folder (where I keep the web sites that I maintain, including myApple II History site and the two dog club sites, as well as all of myHistory research files, pictures, etc.) I also backed up my~/Users/steve/Library folder (as it holds all my e-mail and variouspreferences for programs I've installed), the directory where I keepinstall files I've downloaded that are not on CD, my Music, Pictures, andMovie folders. This was, I believed, everything that I could not reproduceeasily if indeed something DID happen to the hard drive (which it was notlikely to do, right?) And off goes my PowerBook, to get fixed.     It was three days, and it had not yet shown up from Airborne Express.I looked at the web site where I can track a repair. No computer mentionedthere. I called the AppleCare support line. Yes, they've received thecomputer, but they do not have that logic board in stock, and it will be acouple more days. So, just to keep them on their toes, I called back eachday after that, and was finding it more and more worrisome as the timelengthened to a full week, then ten days. Now they are saying that they arenot able to get the 800 MHz logic boards at this time, and what they willdo (when they arrive from wherever it is that they are manufactured) is tobump the speed up to the 867 MHz logic board. Oh, well that is just finewith me, although a 67 MHz increase will likely not be noticeable.     Finally, though, I got the bombshell. They expect to have thereplacement logic boards in stock within two to three days, but when theyopened up my computer they found a brown substance on the board and severalother parts inside. I was puzzled about this at first, but their conclusionwas that something had been spilled on the computer, and this had leakeddown into the insides. Now, I don't know if they could PROVE that this wasthe reason for this cache error message, but the result was this was nolonger an under-warranty repair. Instead, it was estimated to run about onethird of the cost of the computer when I purchased it to replace the mainlogic board, the CD-RW drive, the modem, and anything else that had thisbrown substance on it. I reluctantly gave them permission to do the repair.     After I thought it over, I did remember spilling a little of a dietcola onto the keyboard almost a year ago, when it was just new. Thecomputer shut down at the time it happened, but when it dried off it workedjust fine. I had completely forgotten about the incident, and had takenprecautions to prevent it from happening again. Did the residue from thisspill eventually cause the cache error to occur? I'll never know forcertain, but it DID have the unexpected side effect of voiding some of mywarranty just as surely as if I had tried to repair it myself.     I thought it over further, and later in the day called back and askedthem to go ahead and do the hard drive backup, just in case they decidedthat they had to replace the hard drive also. And two days later, Ireceived a box from Apple containing my repaired PowerBook. I removed it,and started it up.     Greeting me was the generic just-installed Mac OS X 10.2 screen, witha user of "Apple", instead of "Steve". I got this funny feeling in mystomach and looked at the hard drive. Yep, mostly empty and definitely NOTthe way it was sent to them. I called back again (by now had the numbermemorized), and was told that by the time they got my call asking for thedata backup to be done, the hard drive had already been replace or wiped orsomething. In any case, my stuff was all gone.     Thank God for what I had backed up, right? Well, this was almostcorrect. Unfortunately, I had NOT backed up my Applications folder, whichwas quite large. This folder contained all of my Bernie ][ The Rescue diskimages, and other emulators and their files. This was a semi-major bummer;much of those Bernie files were not necessarily irreplaceable, but it maybe time-consuming to recreate things the way I like them.     And, most annoying of all, I found that the macros that I had writtenand/or recorded with Microsoft Office X:mac were not kept in the documentsfolder, but right there in the Applications folder! Now I THINK I had knownthis at some time in the past, but didn't think of it when I created mybackup before shipping off the PowerBook. So, I have an OLD copy of macros,but will have to recreate most of the rest of them. And some of the newestones are gone completely, but thanks to Syndicomm.com, the suggestions onhow to create the macros are still there in the bulletin board (in the Macsection).     Anyway, two weeks without a computer at all, and then another week ormore to reload, re-register, and recreate the hard drive the way I wantedit to be did occupy a lot of what little time I had available. Thus, noarticle.POWERBOOK AFTERMATH-------------------     So, the first lesson I'd like you to take away from this incident isBACK UP whatever you think is going to be hard or impossible to reproduce.     The second lesson is to go through the software you use regularly, andmake sure that the good stuff that you have customized is actually IN whatyou backed up.     The third lesson is to avoid pouring drinks (diet or otherwise) intoyour computer. They may cause problems, even on a delayed basis.PALMISTRY---------     And just to be complete in today's care and feeding of magical deviceslesson, I learned (re-learned?) something about the Palm devices that Ionce knew but had forgotten. This all-but-indispensable device holds allkinds of useful information for me, including some old stuff back from myNewton and Handspring Visor Deluxe days.     Well, the other evening, I was looking back over my old notes in theMemo application, when I came across some of the old shortcut-dot commands.These are special commands that do things that are not accessible to theuninitiated, and are potentially harmful if you don't know what you aredoing. You make the shortcut symbol, followed by a period, and then anumber. "4" displays the user name and unique ID; "6" displays the ROMversion; and so on. I must have accidentally entered the "5" shortcut,which erases the user configuration and hotsync log. In any case, one of myPalm applications was suddenly asking for the registration code again, andhad nothing listed for a user ID (name). Grrrr.     Of course, I am away from my PowerBook, so I can't just fix it byre-synchronizing right now. I didn't want to restore from the backup on mySecureDigital card, since I'd done some work since I last backed up earlierin the day (actually, I had done work on the article that I had WANTED tosubmit this month!). Somehow, however, the synchronization process when Idid do it later did NOT resolve things; it was still not functioningproperly.     Okay, so I'll go ahead and restore from my backup on the card, andthen try to synch. Well, that worked for the dates and to-do list, but thenext day I looked for one of my memos, and found ALL of them gone. Goodgrief, I've been doing this Palm stuff for nearly four years now, and havenever had this much problem with it.     So are ALL of my memos gone?? A quick look at the Palm User Data fileon my PowerBook showed all of the memos were still there. Synch again... noluck. The memos show up on the Palm Desktop program as they should, butwill not appear on the Palm unit itself. I finally discovered that all ofthe memos on the desktop computer had been put in the "None" folder, ratherthan what it was supposed to be. So, I went through and fixed over 400memos by putting them each in the correct folder, and THEN they wouldsynchronize as they were supposed to do.     Fourth lesson: Don't mess with the dot shortcuts on your Palm unlessyou specifically KNOW what you are doing. Duh.BUT WHAT ABOUT THE APPLE II??-----------------------------     I do have about one third of the 1996 article's data compiled. If lifedoes not hand me any other unusual experiences, I will be able to get backto the original reason for this series.Steven Weyhricha2history@syndicomm.comhttp://apple2history.org[EOA][ANS]-------------------------------      ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM SYNDICOMM |------------------------------------by Lyle Syverson <lyle@foxvalley.net>[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][EMH]"X-MailScanner" IN EMAIL HEADER"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""Quick announcement:At some point during the current ongoing rash of Windows virii, someoneapparently decided to circulate a rumor that "X-MailScanner" appearing inemail headers is a good sign that a message contains a virus.  While thisis apparently not true, some virus software is now apparently rejectingemail including that signature.  To deal with this, we have changed ourspam filters to use "X-Syndicomm-MailScanner" when tagging spam instead.If you have filters in your email program that look for this in theheaders, you may wish to update them.Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                sheppy@syndicomm.comOwner, Syndicomm                                  http://www.syndicomm.com                     Building communities, bit by bit.(SYNDICOMM, HelpDesk BB, Cat 4, Top 7, Msg 1)[EOA][SBD]SYNDICOMM BECOMES DISTRIBUTOR FOR EWEN WANNOP'S APPLE II PRODUCTS"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""August 17, 2003--Today Syndicomm(tm) announced that it has become adistributor for Ewen Wannop's popular Spectrum telecommunications software,as well as for his Spectrum Automated Mailer email software, the TABBSLibrary Archive CD-ROM, and the Bernie ][ The Rescue Starter Kit CD-ROM.These products are available now through Syndicomm's online store, athttp://store.syndicomm.com.ABOUT SYNDICOMMSyndicomm provides Syndicomm Online, a new online service for the best ofus, which is available both via telnet and a World Wide Web interface.  Inaddition, Syndicomm publishes and distributes software for classiccomputers. Syndicomm is located in Maryville, Tennessee. Visit Syndicomm athttp://www.syndicomm.com.PRESS CONTACTEric Shepherd - sheppy@syndicomm.com(CSA2)[EOA][SMR]SPECTRUM 2.5.3 RELEASED; AVAILABLE FROM SYNDICOMM"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""August 17, 2003--Written by British author Ewen Wannop, Spectrum is aneasy-to-use yet powerful and comprehensive IIGS desktop telecommunicationsprogram that permits users to dial up a local BBS, an employer's remotecomputer or to access the far reaches of cyberspace via a local InternetService Provider.Spectrum is an expandable program that has grown far beyond its initialscope. Through the use of Spectrum's External Commands and powerfulScripting language, Spectrum add-on programs have been created that allowusers to automate online sessions to Syndicomm Online with SOAR (SpectrumOffline Automated Reader), surf the world wide web with SIS (SpectrumInternet Suite), or send and receive e-mail via SMTP and POP3 mail serverswith SAM (Spectrum Automated Mailer).Spectrum is the only program for the Apple IIGS that has been updated toprovide support for Internet access via TCP/IP, thereby freeing Spectrumv2.5.3 users from having to use an increasingly more difficult-to-find unixshell account!Spectrum v2.5.3 requires System 6.0.1. Highly recommended are a hard diskdrive and 4 megabytes of RAM.Some of Spectrum 2.5.3's advanced features include:     * Improved script execution speed.     * Optimize scripts by compiling them.     * Spectrum 2.5.3 and the XCMDs are Y2K compliant.     * Optional Serial or TCP/IP environment.     * Fully Integrated support for Marinetti 2.0.     * Integrated multi-socket Telnet function.     * Up to 32 simultaneous open TCP/IP connections.     * View HTML files directly from within Spectrum.     * Enhanced !Help! NDA includes Find function.     * Internal support for Babelfish Import and Export.     * Spectrum 2.5.3 supports the Hierarchic Control Panel.     * Updated Spectrum Port driver.     * 57600 baud connections using Bernie ][ the Rescue.     * More than 50 new or updated script commands.     * More than 30 new replacement items.     * Many enhanced and updated XCMDs:          + The BinHQX XCMD now includes:          + BinSCII encoding and decoding.          + BinHex 4.0 encoding and decoding.          + MIME Base 64 multipart encoding and decoding.          + UUencode encoding and decoding.     * Enhanced WorkBench XCMD replaces the ResEdit XCMD:          + Access and edit resource forks.          + Make MessageCenter and IPC calls.          + Make Toolbox & GS/OS calls.          + Peek and Poke.     * The Spectrum manuals are now supplied in Teach format.     * CD version has the manuals in Acrobat PDF format.     * CD version includes a complimentary copy of SAM.The cost of Spectrum v2.5.3 is $30, and first time buyers can purchase thecomplete Spectrum package by credit card, on either 3.5" disk or CD-ROM,from Syndicomm, located at:http://store.syndicomm.comIf you own Spectrum 2.2 through 2.5.2, you can upgrade to version 2.5.3 for$5 through the online store.  If you own a previous version of Spectrum,the upgrade price is $20; please contact Syndicomm at orders@syndicomm.com.Questions about Spectrum? Contact the author at:- speccie at btopneworld dot com -PRESS CONTACTEric Shepherd - sheppy@syndicomm.com(CSA2)[EOA][TTC]-------------------------------             THE TINKERER'S CORNER |------------------------------------By Lyle Syverson <lyle@foxvalley.net>Syquest 44/88 Removable Media Drives~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~About the Syquest 44/88 Drives''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''1. Media is 5 1/4", 44MB or 88MB capacity2. First drives were read/write 44MB only.3. Then came the read/write 88MB only.4. Then came the read/write 44 and 88MB.5. Drives are SCSI.6. Available on used market only.Possible Uses for These Drives''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''1. Backing up data.2. Exchanging data between computers.3. Could be used in place of a hard drive.4. More than one version of a boot disk for a given computer... a "lean and   mean" boot disk for use with Marinetti, for example.A Novel Project'''''''''''''''Sometimes the Tinkerer gets carried away and creates something to meet achallenge... even if not very practical.  :)1. Prepare a Syquest media disk with one ProDOS partition and one HFS   partition.2. Install System 6.0.1 (or ProDOS 8) on the ProDOS partition plus A2   applications.3. Install Mac system software, including for the IIe card on the HFS   partition.This disk can be carried back and forth between the Apple II and the Mac...boot either computer... and you can work with the same Apple II files andapplications with either computer.  :)Redundancy''''''''''Since these drives and media are getting old, you might want to own two ormore drives so that if one breaks down you can still read the data on yourmedia.  It would be wise to work out a rotation plan so that you have twocopies of all your backup data in case one of the media units should fail.What you will need''''''''''''''''''1. One or more of the drives.2. One or more units of media.3. SCSI card for the Apple II.4. Suitable SCSI cable.Rules of the SCSI Chain'''''''''''''''''''''''See The Tinkerer's Corner in the August 2002 issue of _The Lamp!_(TLMP0208) for information on the SCSI chain.Where to Get What You Need''''''''''''''''''''''''''1. Thrift stores.2. Garage sales.3. Usenet... comp.sys.apple2.marketplace4. The Mac forum on Syndicomm5. LEM-Swap list <http://lowendmac.com/lists/swap.html>6. Alltech Electronics <http://www.allelec.com/indexa2.html">8. Other World Computer <http://www.macsales.com/">9. Mac-Res-Q <http:/www.macresq.com> or call 1-888-447-3728[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 <lyle@FoxValley.net>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 <lyle@FoxValley.net>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 |-----------------------------------[SRK]SYNDICOMM RELEASES KANSASFEST 2003 KEYNOTE DVD""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""September 4, 2003--Syndicomm has released the KansasFest 2003 Keynote DVD,a two-hour video DVD of the keynote address given by Steve Wozniak atKansasFest 2003.  Replete with fascinating and often hilarious tales ofWoz's childhood, his college years, and the early days at Apple, this DVDprovides great insight into the inventor of the Apple II and the co-founderof Apple Computer, Inc.The DVD comes in a standard DVD case, and the disc has 30 chapters so youcan quickly and easily zip to your favorite anecdote or story.  The DVDsells for just $10 plus shipping and handling, and is available throughSyndicomm's online store at  http://store.syndicomm.com.ABOUT SYNDICOMMSyndicomm provides Syndicomm Online, a new online service for the best ofus, which is available both via telnet and a World Wide Web interface.  Inaddition, Syndicomm publishes and distributes software for classiccomputers, and publishes Juiced.GS, the last print magazine for Apple IIcomputer users.  Syndicomm is located in Maryville, Tennessee.  VisitSyndicomm at  http://www.syndicomm.com.PRESS CONTACTEric Shepherd - sheppy@syndicomm.com(KFest Mailing List)[EOA][ARA]THE TRIP HOME FROM KFest CAN BE A REAL ADVENTURE""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""Sunday morning: Tony and others told Toni and I that there was a WalMartnot far from Avila traveling east on the interstate.We failed to find it.The second suggestion was Cabela's, a new sports and holiday mall on theway to the airport. Greg - was that your idea?Sunday noon: This time we made it and found some gifts for my kids and forToni's family... (and cheap HotDogs). We had quite some fun because it wasa nicely designed shop. And it was crowded. That's very different than inGermany. Although there is a strong demand from industry, church andgovernment still succeed in keeping Sundays quieter than the other days bynot allowing shops to open (except gas stations, restaurants, cinemas andsome others). This sunday, America changed my mind. I am one of thosepeople who criticize the law that limits the opening time in Germany.I will be fighting to keep Sunday quiet in the future.The second thing I learned at Cabela's was, that it's not good to be a fishin the US. You will see why, when you see the picture.We went to the airport to check in our luggage (and get our "A"-groupboarding ticket from Southwest). There was plenty of time so we did notreturn the car right away. We finally found a WalMart and worked our waythrough our wish list.We returned the car after that and went through the security check wherethey turned Toni almost upside down. This starts a small "side" story:   I was told, that Americans are "politically correct" and that this could   be interpreted as "a touch can have the same consequences as rape" (or   is that only prejudice?). So how does a security officer look through   Toni's clothes while being politically correct? He had to explain every   move like "I am now having to touch the side of your trousers with the   back of my left hand", which I had to translate to Toni because he   couldn't imagine what the officer was worried about. (The officer was   just waiting for an "OK"). This situation seemed to me to be somehow   absurd. The place where I would have imagined such a dialog taking place   would be in a closed, medical examination room, where drug couriers who   swallowed the forbidden stuff, having been caught, are being examined   very "closely". But what I saw was right beside the X-ray machine in the   midst of LOTS of people at the airport... and except for his shoes, Toni   didn't have to take off any of his clothes. I explained to the officer   that we were from Germany and that it is not usual over there to be put   in jail for a wrong word or touch.End of "side story".As some of you also experienced we became victims of the bad weather over.... (put some major cities here) which delayed our machine. The firstdelay was the missing plane (45 minutes). I talked to a young lady at theSouthwest counter who really had panic in her eyes watching the queue ofnervous people getting longer and longer. I told her that I could seeproblems with our connecting flight to Europe (we had a tight time table)but she said she couldn't do much about it, we should ask a taxi driver inChicago to drive a bit faster to get to the plane. That's a typicalSouthwest Airlines answer, isn't it?NIGHT IN CHICAGOSunday evening:After the plane finally arrived, the same woman had to make anannouncement: The crew for the flight was delayed even more, and they willtry to find another crew, which will take another hour. I returned to thecounter where the lady was even closer to collapse... but her colleague wasVERY helpful. He rebooked our flight to Europe to the next day and gave ushotel and food vouchers. That was something that I would have expected whenflying an expensive airline, not an economy flight. These people were VERYhelpful. Fly Southwest! (At least I will sometimes)So we spent an unexpected night in Chicago. I had to return to my office onTuesday, which at that point had become impossible. I wanted to send aneMail to my company and the hotel manager offered the use of a WIndows PCwith internet access which they provide for company meetings etc. free ofcharge. The dial-up internet connection didn't work and I was told thatthis is due to the weather. (I think it was more likely due to thecombination of Dell, AOL and Microsoft XP). Could someone please tell theAvila people that I enjoyed their rooms very much, not really because ofthe bed, but because of the easy and FAST AND WORKING internet access.In our hotel I decided to use a public phone to call my mother and ask herto send the mail. In German we call this a "Medienbruch" which means "breakin media".While making the phone call I learned that one can no longer use coins (Ihad lots of quarters) to make international calls. The second thing Ilearned was that they do not accept VISA cards issued by non-US banks. Itwas hard to find that out because the voice-computer interrupted typing ofmy CC number with an inappropriate message like "you typed too fast" orsomething like that.Finally I managed to get my messages through and Toni suggested having abeer somewhere outside (around midnight). The temperature was very pleasantand the thunderstorms were gone so we took a walk and returned safe. Thatwas a night in Chicago, a town that didn't meet my expectations at all in apositive way!Monday:The next morning we woke up late so we had to hurry to leave the room intime.Our airline, SAS, was great and we got our tickets very fast and withoutany problems. The external 143 K 5,25" disk drive made the security peopleunpack and repack my suitcase but this was the only problem we had. Lastyear a friend told me that United Airlines messed up everyone's timing withtheir disorganized and exaggerated security. The Chicago airport was stillnot "user friendly" because it took too long to get to the gates.We were flying home, changed planes again in Sweden and returned toFrankfurt. We took a Taxi to get to Toni's car which he had parked in asmall town close to the airport. Remember what I wrote about Chicago: Noproblems, no soliciting, no unfriendly people, even no graffiti on thewalls or the trains.What happened to our parked car near Frankfurt? Two of our tires weredamaged! Of course we had one spare tire, but that was only half of thesolution. Beside being very tired (Toni can't sleep on airplanes) we becamevery angry because we lost some more time. Maybe this corrects your pictureof a peaceful and crime free Germany... like the recent trip corrected mypicture of Chicago.Another thing I learned at KFest beside the computer stuff was that everyone of you I met at KFest was not what we call a "typical American" overhere: Knowing all US presidents but knowing nothing about foreigncountries. Jim especially impressed me by knowing much more about Europeanhistory then I ever knew. Although I got the impression that some of youdon't like the political talks with him, I felt very comfortable (while notsharing his opinion in all subjects or being equally interested inhistorical issues because I always preferred being creative with computersor music). But now you see why I am so close to Jim: I write even longerthan he talks ;-)Thank you all for making this trip such a positive experience and excuse myerrors!Pictures and videoclips are almost finished and I will let you know whereto find them.I promise that no mail in the next 12 months will be as long as any of thelast 4.Feel free to contact me if I can be of help planning a trip to Europe.MarcusM.Staender, from Unna, Germany   eMail-Address      M.Staender @ t-online.de(KFest Mailing List)[EOA][KFF]------------------------------                       KFest 2004 |-----------------------------------[KF4]KansasFest 2004"""""""""""""""KansasFest 2004 is planned for July 20-25, 2004 at Avila University inKansas City, Missouri.(Heading: Cat 5, Top 22)[EOA][VKF]WATCH FOR MORE INFORMATION AT 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]
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