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An Onipa'a Software Production        Vol. 7, No. 3 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 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                            ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~                             March 15, 2004HIGH ABOVE THE ROCK RIVER---------------------------------------------[OPN]     Going Out for Lunch     Going Out to DinnerA2 FORUM AT Syndicomm Online (A2Central.com) DISTILLATIONS------------[DAS]     Batch Deletion of Email in Pine----------------------------------[BDE]     BoxWorld Available in Library------------------------------------[BWA]     LocalTalk on the ROM 3 Apple IIgs--------------------------------[LGS]     Managing Web Sites-----------------------------------------------[MWS]     Port the SCI Engine to the IIgs?---------------------------------[SCI]     Build Your Own Mach II OR Mach III Joystick----------------------[JSK]     The Cheese Box - VGA Monitors on the Apple II--------------------[TCB]     Recipe for Joystick----------------------------------------------[RJS]     Dead Battery Harmful to IIgs?------------------------------------[DBH]     Linux on a PC Transporter?---------------------------------------[LPT]     Current Status of GW-FTP-----------------------------------------[CGF]     Enhancement to Orca/Pascal---------------------------------------[EOP]     8-Bit Driver for the LANceGS Ethernet Card-----------------------[EBD]     Backing up Bank Street Music Writer------------------------------[BMW]     AppleWin Emulator------------------------------------------------[AWE]     Another Challenge Using KEGS-------------------------------------[ACK]     KEGS for UNIX With Solaris 9 Workstation-------------------------[KSW]     ActiveGS Updated to v2.0-----------------------------------------[AGS]     Developer Contact Information------------------------------------[DCI]     Juiced.GS V9I1 on the Way----------------------------------------[OTW]ILLUMINATING THE LAMP-------------------------------------------------[ITL]     An overview of GEnieLamp A2 and The Lamp!          2000ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM SYNDICOMM------------------------------------------[ANS]     To Sign up for Syndicomm Online----------------------------------[TSU]LETTERS TO THE EDITOR-------------------------------------------------[LTE]     No Letters to the Editor This Month     An InvitationKFEST 2004------------------------------------------------------------[KFF]     KansasFest 2004--------------------------------------------------[KF4]     Registration is Now Open for KFest 2004--------------------------[KFR]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>                            Going Out for Lunch                            ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~     Early morning observation High Above The Rock River reveals a deepblue sky and budding of the trees... a promise that Spring will soon burstforth.  A great day for a drive in the country with lunch at a favoriterestaurant as a destination.     Highway 2 meanders south along the Rock River.  We stop every fewmiles at one of the turnoffs to get a close view of the river.  A climb tothe top of Castle Rock is especially inspiring.     Twenty some miles to the south we stop at Maxon's RiversideRestaurant.     John Maxon established Maxon's Manor in a beautiful old house fiftysome years ago.  The large enclosed porch, which faced the river, served asthe dinning room.  This afforded the diners a fabulous view.  Thecenterpiece of the view was a statue of Chief Blackhawk standing on a cliffHigh Above The Rock River.  By adding great food and great service to thisatmosphere, he established a large and loyal base of customers.     When Mr. Maxon reached retirement age he sold the restaurant.Business went well for the new owners.  Then one night tragedy struck...the house which provided the special atmosphere of the restaurant burned tothe ground.     Eventually another building was built.  It is a rustic building thatgoes well with the site.  The dinning room is built on two levels, oneabout four feet above the other.  The riverside wall is almost all glass.This takes full advantage of the same great view the original houseprovided.     Add great food and great service to the present building and you havea winning combination.                            Going Out to Dinner                            ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~     KFesters go out to dinner a couple of times during KFest.  Dinner atthe K.C. Masterpiece is quite enjoyable.  They have an uncanny ability toprovide seating at this busy restaurant for all of us Apple II enthusiasts.Seating is at tables of four to six.  This provides a nice sized group ofpeople for you to become better acquainted with.  The food is great.  Yourglass of iced tea will never run dry.     Come join us at KFest this year.  Registration information isavailable now.  Drop by the KFest Home Page at:   http://www.kfest.org/and follow the registration link.[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>[BDE]BATCH DELETION OF EMAIL IN PINE"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""I'm getting more spam every day! I was using Pine to delete all my emailbefore Eudora downloaded it, but I finally just quit letting Eudora get mySyndicomm email.Is there any way to do a delete of all email, rather than deleting eachindividual email? (in Pine)Thanks,Cindy(CINDYADAMS, Cat 2, Top 3, Msg 134)>>>>>"""""From your Pine inbox index, type this string of commands to delete allmessages:;AADXYTranslation:; = select the following rangeA = allA = apply the following commandD = deleteX = expungeY = yes-Ken(KGAGNE, Cat 2, Top 3, Msg 137)>>>>>""""">;AADXYThank you!!Now I can keep my spambox empty!Cindy(CINDYADAMS, Cat 2, Top 3, Msg 138)[EOA][BWA]BoxWorld AVAILABLE IN LIBRARY"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""There is a new upload in the games/strategy/prodos8 directory:File: boxworld.bxySize: 27520Date: Feb 26BoxWorld is a puzzle game. You have to replace several boxes situated atvarious places in the world to complete each level.Freeware.Tony Ward, A2 Librarian(A2.TONY, Cat 2, Top 37, Msg 27)[EOA][LGS]LOCALTALK ON THE ROM 3 Apple IIgs"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""I thought I'd spend a few minutes here and talk about my recent adventurewith Localtalk on my ROM 3 Apple IIgs.I have a LANceGS in my IIgs and have been using that for file transfers andit works pretty well.  It is better now since Geoff has releasedGW-FTP v1.1b4 and also upgrading Spectrum to v2.5.3 so that I can run SAFE.However after reading Ryan's article in Juiced.GS V8I4 about setting up aLocaltalk bridge on a Mac, I decided to try it out using a Macintosh7200/90 as a Localtalk Bridge and a Windows 2000 Advanced Server for a fileserver that I'm using for a course I'm taking.  Win2KAS has MacintoshFile/Print Services available so I though that would give me a nice centralplace to store files that would be accessible by my entire home network.Setting up File/Print services was easy enough on the Win2KAS box.  Theonly thing not obvious was how to set up a shareable folder for Appletalk.After poking around the help files, I found a CLI based utility called"Macfile" that was able to create a share for Appletalk.  Initially I waspretty disappointed that there wasn't a GUI interface but I think I found away to do that afterwards.The next step was setting up Localtalk Bridge on the Macintosh 7200/90.Re-reading Ryan's article made it real easy.  I was also able to test thatthe Mac could see and mount the Win2KAS volumes so I knew that was workingfine.The last step was setting up Appleshare on the Apple IIgs and it was herethat I started to run into problems.  On my ROM 3, setting slot 2 toLocaltalk, installing the Appleshare software from System 6.0.1 andconnecting the cable between the Mac and the IIgs was easy enough. Oncethat was done I was able to see the Mac with the IIgs's Chooser, but notthe Win2KAS box.  I thought this was strange since the Mac could see theWin2KAS box but for some reason wasn't passing that over the LocaltalkBridge.  I had the feeling that I might be cooked. :/Playing around with the Mac I found out that if I rebooted the Mac that theWin2KAS did show up in the IIgs's Chooser for a few seconds beforedisappearing.  If I was quick I could select it and attempt to log in.However doing this resulted in a "unknown login sequence" error from theIIgs.  This didn't look good so I decided to Google it and see if anyoneelse had similar problems.The best information I got was from Google's usenet archive.  What I foundout was that I actually had two problems not related to each other.1) The Win2KAS box not showing up in Chooser.2) The "unknown login sequence" error.The first item ended up pretty easily addressable.  The problem was thatLocaltalk Bridge, for whatever reason, didn't pass Win2KAS serversproperly.  The work around for this was to configure Win2KAS to enableAppletalk routing and set up an Appletalk zone.  Once I did this theWin2KAS server was able to be seen by the IIgs all the time.The second issue was a little more difficult to determine what to do.However after searching around I discovered that a lady named MarshaJackson had run into the same problem accessing her Linux box runningNetatalk.  What she did, to my amazement, was to disassemble System 6.0.1'sAppleshare CDEV and debug it.  She identified the problem, fixed the CDEVand posted it on her website.  I downloaded it and tried it out.  Bingo!After all of this I can now use Windows 2000 Advanced Server as a centralfile repository accessible by everything.  I'm so happy that I'm writing abig, long post to Syndicomm's BB for posterity.  :) Mark Percival - Apprentice Delivered by Spectrum v2.5.3 & SOAR v1.0b11 The Apple ][ Fanatic and Wednesday Night RTC Host "Midweek Madness!" from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM Pacific Time(MARK, Cat 10, Top 6, Msg 45)>>>>>"""""Very interesting Mark.  I've put on my list setting something like that up,I just have never had all the correct hardware pieces.Does using Appletalk add much in the way of overhead to a system?  Causemore crashes make things run more sluggishly etc?  I've used LocalTalkbefore, I just haven't used it much.Thanks,Dain(A2.DAIN, Cat 10, Top 6, Msg 46)>>>>>"""""Appletalk is an interrupt based process so it does require a little bit ofprocessing power when it is active.  Under normal accelerated GS use suchas the Finder, editing files, etc., there is no noticeable difference whenit is running compared to when it is not.It is most noticeable when running another highly intensive interrupt basedprocesses such as Marinetti.  TCP/IP will slow down significantly, butstill be usable.Running Appletalk software on the GS will not directly make it moreunstable to use.  If you are using buggy software that stomps on memorythat it shouldn't, then having Appletalk around is another potential areathat can get affected resulting in a system crash.Apple engineers were always running Appletalk so I would trust its overallstability.  And for a network architecture that was built into the GSalmost 18 years ago, it is cool to see that it not only works, but worksgreat.Geoff(GEOFF, Cat 10, Top 6, Msg 47)[EOA][MWS]MANAGING WEB SITES""""""""""""""""""As determined uptopic, the web server I employ supports ASP, but not PHP.I asked someone to write me a routine in ASP.  He gave it to me inJavaScript.  Are there any advantages or disadvantages to this method?If I decided to use the JavaScript version, is there a way to include thedefinition routine in the header of all my HTML files, without manuallyinserting it into each one?  Can it perhaps be listed in a .css file whichis already being called?Thanks,-Ken(KGAGNE, Cat 11, Top 29, Msg 86)>>>>>"""""If ASP works like PHP, there should be an ASP command to include a file aspart of your HTML.I don't know how CSS engines would like Javascript passed to them.  Whatdoes the CSS documentation say?Geoff(GEOFF, Cat 11, Top 29, Msg 87)>>>>>"""""You can include a javascript file with standard html like this:<script language="JavaScript" src="site.js"></script>where site.js is a file of javascript code.  However, you will need to editevery file where you wish to include it.Javascript is run on the client machine, not the server machine, so if theuser has javascript turned off, or a buggy browser, it might not work asexpected.Kelvin(KWS, Cat 11, Top 29, Msg 88)>>>>>"""""Geoff & Kelvin,Thanks.  As Tony showed me in message 10 of this topic, I've used<!--#include virtual="filename.html"--> statements before, and waswondering if something similar could be done with JavaScript.  Ideally, I'dinclude the JavaScript file reference in a file already being included, butthe only such file in my HTML header is a .css file, which probably won'taccept JavaScript.To create the site.js file you suggested, Kelvin, I had to remove the firstand last lines of the JavaScript routine, which were<!--and// -->Now the script works - most of the time, in Safari.  It always works iniCab and MSIE.  Odd.I wonder if it is better to go with ASP.  That's my main concern, beforeI figure out how to implement either version.-Ken(KGAGNE, Cat 11, Top 29, Msg 89)>>>>>"""""If there is a choice between letting the server do all the work or theclient--always choose the server.  Users with slow devices such as amodems, slower systems, etc. will see a decrement in page generation whenit has to retrieve separate pieces.  Web servers should be considered fastso they can do that processing much more quickly.As you noted already, the Javascript solution can be flaky--so if theinformation is important, you probably don't want to use the Javascriptmethod. You can probably find the ASP solution that you are looking for byusing google with a search of: "asp reference" "include file"Geoff(GEOFF, Cat 11, Top 29, Msg 90)[EOA][SCI]PORT THE SCI ENGINE TO THE IIgs?""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""I found an Open Source SCI engine at http://freesci.linuxgames.com/ .  Whatis SCI you ask?  It is the engine which the newer (1989 and later) SierraOnline adventure games used.  Word was that Sierra was working on an enginefor the IIgs at one time, but stopped development due to poor IIgs salesand that the IIgs hardware was not fast enough to run a common platformengine.Now that we have accelerators and emulators which speed up the IIgs,running the newer Sierra Online games should not be an issue.  Are thereany takers who would want to port the SCI engine to the IIgs?Geoff(GEOFF, Cat 14, Top 2, Msg 68)>>>>>"""""In the past, I have thought about attempting to port one of the SCI enginesto the IIgs, or one of the AGI engines (AGI was used for KQ 1-4, SQ,goldrush, and other sierra games that were available on the IIgs).I think they had 2 generations of SCI.  The first only allowed 16 colors,but the 2nd allowed more, so the IIgs experience would be diminished.I still think it would be neat to do.Kelvin(KWS, Cat 14, Top 2, Msg 69)>>>>>"""""I'd sure like to see that done, but I'm pretty swamped. :)Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                sheppy@syndicomm.comOwner, Syndicomm                                  http://www.syndicomm.com                     Building communities, bit by bit.(SYNDICOMM, Cat 14, Top 2, Msg 70)[EOA][JSK]BUILD YOUR OWN Mach II OR Mach III JOYSTICK"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""See my post in the Hardware forum under Joysticks.  You can build your ownbrand-new, factory quality Mach II or Mach III using OEM components from CHProducts.  Cost is about $140, but we could make it considerably less bybuying in bulk.(GPH_II, Cat 14, Top 3, Msg 16)>>>>>"""""I already have a CH Apple II joystick.  It's the platinum model with thebutton on top of the stick.  It's a really nice one, and building one wouldbe a neat project.One thing I've wondered is if one could build an arcade quality stick.I know they were pretty much a different kind of stick though since thesticks that the Apple II used were more of an analog device and I thinkarcade sticks were more of  a digital device (on/off) versus some range ofvalues.Seeing Apple II stuff built is always fun:)Dain(A2.DAIN, Cat 14, Top 3, Msg 17)>>>>>"""""That wouldn't be too hard.  Atari sticks worked the same way, and manyApple games (pre-GS, pre-Prodos) offered an "Atari Joystick" option.  Notsure what the wiring was like; I assume that bottom-right made aPDL(0),PDL(1) value of 255,255, and top-left, 0,0.I've got a CH Products joystick too - a Mach I, and I love it.  It wasoriginally for PC, but I ripped out the PC cord and replaced it with theone from my previous Apple II stick, a nice 3-button Kraft that broke.I played several games of Archon II and BoulderDash 2 today with it :-)Actually, what inspired this project were two things.  1) a desire to playApple II games on my PC emulator (since I've already got a Mach I on the][e), and 2) a backup.  Joysticks do wear out over time, and I don't wantto be caught in a position where I can never use the type of joystick Igrew with again.  The Mach II is almost identical to the Mach I but withsuperior internal components (this from CH Products' Director of Sales andMarketing, who was good enough to e-mail answers to my questions today).If anyone else is interested (hint hint) we could order in bulk and getthat $127 price way down.  If you order 100 of them, it's only $43 perunit.  Even 20 would provide a significant savings.Greg(GPH_II, Cat 14, Top 3, Msg 18)>>>>>"""""I'm curious to see how many people you could get in on this.  The problemis that even at that quantity 100 level, it's awfully expensive for ajoystick, and then there's the fact that they have to be assembled, whichmost people can't do, and would just jack up the price even more.Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                sheppy@syndicomm.comOwner, Syndicomm                                  http://www.syndicomm.com                     Building communities, bit by bit.(SYNDICOMM, Cat 14, Top 3, Msg 19)>>>>>"""""Yes that's true.  Sometimes being a diehard Apple II fanatic means you feellike you're being discriminated against.  We pay many times what PC userspay for hard drives, Etherenet, etc.It might be best to have a queue of people needing new joysticks, and whenit reaches a certain threshold, everyone sends their money to someone theytrust (like you) who could do the ordering and then ship the pieces to therecipients.  Just one idea.  I could do the assembly for a nominal cost foranyone who didn't feel comfortable doing it themselves.(GPH_II, Cat 14, Top 3, Msg 20)>>>>>"""""I think it would be important first to find out what price point at whichpeople become willing to buy one.Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                sheppy@syndicomm.comOwner, Syndicomm                                  http://www.syndicomm.com                     Building communities, bit by bit.(SYNDICOMM, Cat 14, Top 3, Msg 21)[EOA][TCB]THE Cheese Box - VGA MONITORS ON THE Apple II"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""Doesn't anyone know about the Cheese Box?  Used VGA monitors can be had forcheap, and you get all the benefits of color on any Apple II (IIe, IIc,IIgs) without the hassle of having to have special "Apple" hardware.Cheese Box sells for about $60, and worth every penny.  Has switchableVGA/composite inputs.(GPH_II, Cat 17, Top 17, Msg 6)>>>>>"""""I do, I just didn't find the quality of the video acceptable when I havesome fine working GS monitors as is. :)Ryan(A2.RYAN, Cat 17, Top 17, Msg 7)>>>>>"""""The Cheese Box doesn't look like you can plug it into the Apple IIgs RGBport, but only the composite port, which isn't as good.Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                sheppy@syndicomm.comOwner, Syndicomm                                  http://www.syndicomm.com                     Building communities, bit by bit.(SYNDICOMM, Cat 17,  Topic 17>>>>>"""""This is absolutely correct, and is the one downside: I'm constantlyswitching in the control panel between color and monochrome.  For my IIe,it's excellent.In our case it's a space issue.  I've got four computers in this room whereI work:Windows 2k Desktop PCWindows 95 PC (works great with ApplePC's Mockingboard emulation and sound)Apple IIGSApple IIe.There are three VGA monitors.  One is on the IIe, which is on the floor foraccess by our 1-year-old daughter.  It's just a space issue.The perfect solution would of course be VGA output from the GS RGB, butthere isn't anything that does this.  I try to stay away from Apple'sproprietary stuff like the monitor where possible, as I believe the AppleII's future will be with inexpensive PC hardware...(GPH_II, Cat 17, Top 17, Msg 11)>>>>>"""""How does it work with a IIe?(MARGARET, Cat 17, Top 17)>>>>>"""""I expect it would work great with a IIe.Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                sheppy@syndicomm.comOwner, Syndicomm                                  http://www.syndicomm.com                     Building communities, bit by bit.(SYNDICOMM, Cat 17, Top 17, Msg 10)[EOA][RJS]RECIPE FOR JOYSTICK"""""""""""""""""""(Posted on Applefritter.com, by yours truly.)RECIPE FOR A BRAND-NEW, FACTORY QUALITY, OLD-STYLE APPLE II JOYSTICKRemember your Apple II joystick? I am not talking about the huge toyluggers sold today, the ones that require you to use your whole arm tocontrol them.Rather, Ibm talking about the old ones that offered high precision becausethe stick was small enough to control with the thumb and forefinger. Theone you used playing Archon II, BoulderDash, and Stellar 7. The ones thathaven't been sold for about a decade. Those joysticks.So, where are they today? Wanting to get a brand new backup to my agingMach I (a 10-year old PC joystick converted to work on the Apple II), aswell as a similar style joystick for the PC, I had to search long and hard.It turns out, all the parts for these old-school joysticks are still made,and in fairly large quantities. Nowadays, they are just used for high-endmedical applications and to fly jet fighters. Imagine that! While kids areenjoying Combat Flight Simulator their toy "fighter sticks", many real jetfighters are using the same type of joystick many of us grew up with.(Personally, I prefer a yoke to a stick for PC flight sims, but that isanother topic).Here is the poop: you can build your own Mach II or Mach III replica forthe Apple II for about $140. The casing and assembly is still made, andavailable from CH Products. Together, they will cost you $127. Here is therecipe for a brand new Mach II:Ingredients:* 1 OEM component, part # C100B0J-CJ from CH Products.* 1 old serial cable with male (pins, not holes) connector.* Cord sheath OR hot glue gun.* Soldering iron w/ solder.* Volt Meter/Continuity tester.* Wire stripper, or sharp knife1. Order a C100B0J-CJ from CH Products. You can visit their OEM website,and click the "Traditional" link at the left. You should see somefamiliar-looking sticks. This model will give you the assembly and housingfor a Mach II.2. Get yourself an old serial cable with a male connector (meaning withpins, not holes). You may want to try to get a base sheath to protect therubber at the point it enters the joystick casing. Hot glue will work, butit can be messy. Apply the sheathing to the cord, leaving enough slack inthe wiring to get to the various connector points.3. This is the most effort-intensive step. You will need to strip andsolder the appropriate wires to the correct terminals. At this point, ithelps to have a reference Apple II joystick, as you can simply open it upand test continuity between the terminal pins that plug into the CPU andthe various connection points on the joystick potentiometers and buttons.Wiring diagrams are also available on the web.4. Put the housing back together. This should consist of tightening fourscrews.Voila! One brand new Apple II joystick, for years of enjoyment.As a variation, you should be able to build a Mach III replica exactly asabove, with one extra button to connect. You would need to decide whetherit is to be Button 0 or 1.If enough people were interested in this, we could order the CH Productsparts in bulk and reduce costs considerably&(GPH_II, Cat 17, Top 20, Msg 1)>>>>>"""""Looks pretty cool, but which stick did you put in the housing?Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                sheppy@syndicomm.comOwner, Syndicomm                                  http://www.syndicomm.com                     Building communities, bit by bit.(SYNDICOMM, Cat 17, Top 20, Msg 2)>>>>>"""""I did this years ago, when it was much cheaper.  It's a Mach I, originallyfor the PC.  It is still in service after all these years.(GPH_II, Cat 17, Top 20, Msg 3)[EOA][DBH]DEAD BATTERY HARMFUL TO IIgs?"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""My ROM 01 GS has had a dead battery for four years now.  I currently haveno desire to replace it.  Will there be any long term ill effects if Ileave the dead battery in the system (i.e. battery corrosion, chemicalfires, etc.).  If I cut the battery out and leave it out, will any normalGS operations fail?The nice thing about having a dead battery is that I don't have to worryabout the GS time rolling over in 2040 :)Geoff(GEOFF, Cat 17, Top 23, Msg 14)>>>>>"""""I don't think so, but I've not cut out any of the batteries before.  You'dneed to restore your clock and other settings, but that's not somethingthat anyone who doesn't have a UNIX box with a dead battery (me) has to dowhen there's a power outage.Ryan(A2.RYAN, Cat 17, Top 23, Msg 15)[EOA][LPT]LINUX ON A PC TRANSPORTER?""""""""""""""""""""""""""Has anybody installed Linux on a PC Transporter?  Is it even possible?I think that would be really cool if that was accomplished.Geoff(GEOFF, Cat 17, Top 29, Msg 43)>>>>>"""""I assume Linux would require a machine that can support virtual memory.Can an 8086 PC do that?Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                sheppy@syndicomm.comOwner, Syndicomm                                  http://www.syndicomm.com                     Building communities, bit by bit.(SYNDICOMM, Cat 17, Top 29, Msg 44)>>>>>"""""Everything I've ever seen indicates that Linux requires a 80386 32-bitprocessor.   Of course you never know if small parts of it could be ported.(I know nothing about this, so I'll shut up now:)Beside..SCO would get you if you tried;)Dain(A2.DAIN, Cat 17, Top 29, Msg 45)>>>>>"""""The minimum specifications are a 386 proc for linux but the AT&T 6300+http://www.trailingedge.com/~dlw/comp/texttemp.html?att6300p Could run Unix(TECHNERD, Cat 17, Top 29, Msg 46)>>>>>"""""Linux 2.6 (the recently released kernel) has microControllersupport--allowing Linux to run on systems without MMU support.  I thoughtI heard that there was 8086/80286 support with that, but I am unable toverify that now.I did find ELKS ( http://elks.sourceforge.net/ ) which is a ported versionof Linux for the 8086/80286 processor level.  Its FAQ even mentions thatthe NEC V20 should work with this kernel.Geoff(GEOFF, Cat 17, Top 29, Msg 47)>>>>>"""""I think the PC Transporter used the elusive 80186.  Minix was designed for8086 computers with 5.25" drives, so that might work better.Kelvin(KWS, Cat 17, Top 29, Msg 48)>>>>>"""""The PC Transporter used the NEC V20.Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                sheppy@syndicomm.comOwner, Syndicomm                                  http://www.syndicomm.com                     Building communities, bit by bit.(SYNDICOMM, Cat 17, Top 29, Msg 49)>>>>>"""""The NEC V20 was made to be pin-compatible with the Intel 8088, the CPUfound in the original IBM PC, XT, and other clones.  The 8088 is an 8-bitbus version of the 8086, resulting in less efficient operation.The NEC V20 was 30% faster than the Intel counterpart due to its betterdesigned microarchitecture.It does include additional instructions found in the 80186/80188.  The V20could also emulate the Intel 8080.That was probably more than you wanted to know :)Geoff(GEOFF, Cat 17, Top 29, Msg 50)[EOA][CGF]CURRENT STATUS OF GW-FTP""""""""""""""""""""""""Geoff,What is the current status of GW-FTP?  Like what is the latest version?What works and what doesn't?  And of course, is it available for downloadanywhere currently?Thanks,Dain(A2.DAIN, Cat 20, Top 13, Msg 62)>>>>>"""""I'd like to make gwFTP Open Source, but it is a pain to do everything thatis required:* modify source* add GPL notices* write documentation to assemble, install, and use* create a Web site* write a press release* etc.It is just much easier to hand it off "as-is" to be put on a disk.  So itis more or less copyrighted freeware at the moment.  And since it really isa beta releases (there are known crashing and hanging problems), I see noreason for a limited distribution method.All copies of gwfTP have been made available this way.  It should be notedthat none of proceeds of disk sales with gwFTP go to me.Version 1.1b4 was announced and released at KFest 2004.  I gave a copy toAndrew to put on the Marinetti 3.0b1 CD, but I heard reports that it wasn'tto be found.  It is available on the Marinetti 3.0b1 disk that is sold bySyndicomm (and at $4.00, it is cheaper than the $5.00 disks sold byShareware Solutions II and Juiced.GS).If gwFTP is used enough, memory gets all messed up resulting in a crash (atleast on my system).  Most of the code was written during a time whenI had no idea what I was doing.gwFTP also doesn't handle error conditions well.  It can do anything fromignoring them gracefully to hanging.gwFTP doesn't handle file globbing.  I have no desire to write that code.gwFTP does do what it promises: uploads and download files by passive modeFTP as binary or text.  It operates like the ftp program that you find onWindows, Mac, and UNIX systems.  But unlike those, it doesn't handle stdinand stdout to be used within a script (again, that was because I didn'tknow what I was doing when I wrote it).Much of the code within gwFTP needs to be scrapped and rewritten (let'sjust say that it was a coincidence that earlier released versions actuallyworked for anybody).At some point, I'll probably put a copy up on to Syndicomm for download,but it would require a lot more work that just ftping a copy of itself.Geoff(GEOFF, Cat 20, Top 13, Msg 63)[EOA][EOP]ENHANCEMENT TO Orca/Pascal""""""""""""""""""""""""""I've coded up an enhancement to Orca/Pascal others might be interested in.It's a patch to allow forward declaration of objects, eg:TypeforwardObject = object;  (* forward declaration *)myObject = object  count: integer;  procedure init;  function createForwardObject: forwardObject;end;forwardObject = object (myObject)  procedure init; override;  procedure doThis;  procedure doThat;end;This is the same syntax as delphi/turbo pascal for forward definitions(they use class instead of object, but they're otherwise equivalent).The code changes are available here:http://www.syndicomm.com/~kws/pascal/Kelvin(KWS, Cat 22, Top 6, Msg 15)>>>>>"""""Kelvin,I'm going to try that, once I actually get back in coding shape.Ryan(A2.RYAN, Cat 22, Top 6, Msg 16)>>>>>"""""One of these days I'm going to have time to roll together these patchesinto something I can deliver somehow.  Not sure how yet. :)Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                sheppy@syndicomm.comOwner, Syndicomm                                  http://www.syndicomm.com                     Building communities, bit by bit.(SYNDICOMM, Cat 22, Top 6, Msg 17)[EOA][EBD]8-BIT DRIVER FOR THE LANceGS ETHERNET CARD""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""So, Some initial 8-bit work on the LANceGS card is being done.It would be kind of neat if there were some kind of text based AIM chatclient for  my IIe:)One can dream.....Dain(A2.DAIN, Cat 27, Top 2, Msg 67)>>>>>"""""A telnet client and a FTP client would do it for me :)Ryan(A2.RYAN, Cat 27, Top 2, Msg 68)>>>>>"""""Yeah... I'd sure like to see some software.  I've got a request in toJoachim for a copy of the driver.  I'm curious to see just how much stuffthe developer will have to do to actually make it usable.  I'm bettinglots.Joachim says the driver's been done for "ages" and is surprised nobodyasked for a copy before.  I pointed out that it helps to tell people. :)Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                sheppy@syndicomm.comOwner, Syndicomm                                  http://www.syndicomm.com                     Building communities, bit by bit.(SYNDICOMM, Cat 27, Top 2, Msg 69)>>>>>"""""I was wondering if anybody has seen the Prodos8 drivers for the lanceGS andif they could be adapted to be used in the Apple port of Contiki.(TECHNERD, Cat 27, Top 2, Msg 70)>>>>>"""""I've signed up to get them, but haven't yet.Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                sheppy@syndicomm.comOwner, Syndicomm                                  http://www.syndicomm.com                     Building communities, bit by bit.(SYNDICOMM, Cat 27, Top 2, Msg 71)[EOA][BMW]BACKING UP Bank Street Music Writer"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""ImageMaker:I have a particular 140K disk called Bank Street Music Writer.  There's aninvestment of hundreds of effort-hours of music I've composed using it.I've never been able to successfully back it up.  Can Imagemaker make rawimages of copy-protected 140k disks?  How should I solve this problem?(GPH_II, Cat 29, Top 5, Msg 19)>>>>>"""""No, ImageMaker really isn't good for doing 140K images, although I plan toadd that capability in the future.Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                sheppy@syndicomm.comOwner, Syndicomm                                  http://www.syndicomm.com                     Building communities, bit by bit.(SYNDICOMM, Cat 29, Top 5, Msg 20)>>>>>"""""BSMW uses a proprietary OS and cannot be copied, even by Nibble copiers.It must be cracked.  I'm working on this as time avails.  It will end upbeing an entirely NEW program, runnable from ProDOS but necessitating areboot when finished (because the crack involves overwriting all of lower64k, incl. P8). It will still save to its proprietary format, so I'll need140k disks.  It would be nice to get it reclassified as Public Domain soeveryone could have a copy.Then, it would be even nicer to add a "GS" option, whereby all of its songscould play on either Mockingboard or GS.  Then, add a "wave maker" (similarto its existing "voice editor") to make a simple 256-byte looped-wave foreach of the six voices in GS mode.  You'd be amazed at the complexity thatcan be achieved with simple looping waves instead of huge one-shot samples.SynthLab is a prime example.It is probably the best music program I've used, and a great teaching toolas well.(GPH_II, Cat 29, Top 5, Msg 21)[EOA][AWE]AppleWin EMULATOR"""""""""""""""""AppleWin 1.12.3 is quite nice.http://www.tomcharlesworth.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Full source code is available.  I fixed the Mockingboard tone and volumeemulation (noise, envelope, and speech support are still not there).Ultima III, IV, and V music now sounds almost EXACTLY like it does on theApple IIe, without the  nasally SoundBlaster tone.  This is a first on aWindows-based emulator.  Sent the code to the (new) author, TomCharlesworth.  Hopefully, he'll incorporate it into the next release.Greg(GPH_II, Cat 29, Top 14, Msg 1)>>>>>"""""Are there screen captures of the Color TV emulation mode anywhere to befound?Geoff(GEOFF, Cat 29, Top 14, Msg 2)>>>>>"""""I can send you one, but it would be simpler to just try it (unless youdon't have access to a PC).  It does seem to work as advertised, as you seesolid yellows and grays on standard HiRes displays.  You can turn it off,too, for the old color-monitor look.(GPH_II, Cat 29, Top 14, Msg 3)[EOA][ACK]ANOTHER CHALLENGE USING KEGS""""""""""""""""""""""""""""Thanks for the link!I now have KEGS running under FreeBSD 4.9-STABLE.  The POOF1 HD I createdwon't let me install, though, GSOS says it's write-protected, but Unix saysits chmod777 all the way.  Are there any prebuilt (empty) ProDOS formatted2MG harddrive files available?  Or maybe I missed something...  I did seesome mention of write-protected volumes in another thread in anothercategory, but I didn't find the original posts or replies.Tim Kellers(KELLERS, Cat 29, Top 31, Msg 18)>>>>>"""""The A2Romulan CD has a bootable 32-meg system 6 image on it.I've used it with kegs and it works great.Kelvin(KWS, Cat 29, Top 31, Msg 19)>>>>>""""">> The POOF1 HD I created won't let me install, though, GSOS says it'swrite protected, but Unix says its chmod 777 all the way. <<Don't run KEGS as root.  I've never had to_pro produce a bad disk image.Geoff(GEOFF, Cat 29, Top 31, Msg 20)>>>>>"""""UNIX shell commands to turn on and off write protection with KEGS diskimages is easy.Write protection on:  chmod u-w <image-filename>Write protection off: chmod u+w <image-filename>Geoff(GEOFF, Cat 29, Top 31, Msg 21)>>>>>""""">> Unix says its chmod 777 all the way <<It's pretty hard to get more "write-enabled" than that!I don't suppose it's something silly like the permissions of one (or more)of the directories in the path?Peter               peterw@syndicomm.comPalm OS Community Bulletin Board Manager(PETERW, Cat 29, Top 31, Msg 22)[EOA][KSW]KEGS for UNIX With Solaris 9 Workstation""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""I built a new Solaris 9 workstation (Yay, finally get to use GNOME!).I copied my Solaris 7 binaries over and they worked fine (there is nonative Solaris sound support with KEGS, but everything else was ok).  KEGSwas running around 28 MHz on a 750 MHz native host.  I noticed that KEGS(and the system) would be intermittently sluggish so I decided to increasethe RAM to 256k.  The sluggishness went away and KEGS screamed along at38 MHz.  I think I was more surprised to see how much a little RAM wouldhelp with performance.Geoff(GEOFF, Cat 29, Top 31, Msg 23)>>>>>"""""It turns out that there is some code available to have sound available inKEGS from Solaris.  Seehttp://groups.google.com/groups?q=kegs+solaris+sound&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&selm=Pine.GSO.4.31.0104031022360.1252-100000%40sockmonkey.thoughtwave.net&rnum=2Of course, I found that posting after I wrote similar code to do the samething.  A little modification to the provided code would also allow SunOSand *BSD systems to have sound as well.Geoff(GEOFF, Cat 29, Top 31, Msg 24)>>>>>"""""Well, rolling your own code is more fun anyway. ;)Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                sheppy@syndicomm.comOwner, Syndicomm                                  http://www.syndicomm.com                     Building communities, bit by bit.(SYNDICOMM, Cat 29, Top 31, Msg 25 )[EOA][AGS]ActiveGS UPDATED TO v2.0""""""""""""""""""""""""As posted on the a2central home page, ActiveGS has been updated to version2.0. The new feature which I like in this version is the ability to showhow fast the emulated megahertz that the GS is running at.To my surprise, I found that the ActiveGS 2.0 runs around 25% faster thanKEGS 0.85.  Running Platinum Paint, ActiveGS clocked in at 51 MHz whichKEGS on the same machine ran at 41 MHz.  This test was run on a 850 MHzPentium III PC.I couldn't believe that ActiveGS was that more efficient than KEGS.I didn't spend too much time to determine all the difference between thetwo GS emulators, but I did notice that ActiveGS doesn't emulate bordereffects exactly the same way as KEGS.  When ActiveGS runs the Split Demo aspart of the Christmas Demo, an area in the lower border does not get drawn.KEGS reproduces the GS screen with accuracy.Are there any other obvious differences between KEGS and ActiveGS whichexplains the speed difference?  Or is ActiveX just more efficient thanapplications (I Would have thought that ActiveX would be less efficientthan applications).Geoff(GEOFF, Cat 29, Top 41, Msg 18)[EOA][DCI]DEVELOPER CONTACT INFORMATION"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""Greg Hedger1248 Cork Elm Dr.St. Louis, MO 63122hedger@sbcglobal.nethttp://pages.sbcglobal.net/hedgerDeveloped Adventure Alive, Artillery King, and working on AA2.(GPH_II, Cat 50, Top 1, Msg 5)[EOA][OTW]Juiced.GS V9I1 ON THE WAY"""""""""""""""""""""""""Juiced.GS V9I1 mailed to US subscribers today.  It should arrive over thenext week or so.Eric "Sheppy" Shepherd                                sheppy@syndicomm.comOwner, Syndicomm                                  http://www.syndicomm.com                     Building communities, bit by bit.(SYNDICOMM, Cat 23, Top 2, Msg 527)[EOA][ITL]------------------------      ILLUMINATING THE LAMP |-----------------------------An overview of GEnieLamp A2 and The Lamp!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~By Steven WeyhrichA WHOLE NEW WORLD     Isaac Asimov (1920-1992) was a prolific writer of non-fiction andscience fiction during the 20th century. One of his most popular fictionseries told stories of a galactic empire in the far distant future, onewhose duration spanned many thousands of years. In a three-book setpublished in the early 1950's, "Foundation", "Foundation And Empire", and"Second Foundation", Asimov told of a time in which this empire was indecline, heading to an unstoppable regression into barbarism. Amathematician named Hari Seldon had devised the science of "psychohistory",a complex set of equations that helped him make this prediction of declineand fall. His equations furthermore forecast that it would take thirtyTHOUSAND years until things improved and a new galactic empire rose again.However, Seldon also found that by manipulating events in just a smallfashion here or there it was possible to alter this impending disaster,much as making a slight adjustment in steering a car on a highway couldminimize or avoid an accident. If he could arrange the right conditions, hefound that it would be possible for the interregnum between the first andsecond galactic empires to be reduced to a mere ONE thousand years. Heplanned for a small group of scientists to be placed on a resource-poorworld at the edge of the galaxy, isolated from most of the rest of theevents happening at the central galactic capital world. As this center ofpower for millions of worlds deteriorated and fell to nothing, hisFoundation would grow and flourish, the predetermined events pushing themalong to the desired future.     What I enjoyed about these stories was seeing how events wouldprogress for the small group of people Seldon had placed on Terminus, theplanet at the edge of the galaxy. Problems would arise, they would findtheir choices of action constricted to the point where only one possiblepath lay ahead of them, and that path pushed them along to the next step onthe road back to that new galactic empire. And after the crisis would pass,a holographic recording of Seldon himself, made before the Foundation wasestablished, would appear in the Time Vault he had placed on Terminus. Hisrecording would tell them about the events that had just happened, eventswhich he had already predicted many years earlier. It was satisfying seeinghow events didn't just "happen", but happened in a way that Seldon alreadyhad known and anticipated.     Although I do not have the use of Seldon's psychohistorical equationsto predict a FUTURE Apple II historical path, I do have the benefit ofreading the events of the PAST through the eyes of those who wrote aboutand recorded them in each issue of GEnieLamp A2 and The Lamp! And myreading tells me that there was just something about this year 2000 thatseemed to be a turning point. It was a transition from the state of beingmoved here or there by powers over which we had no control (Apple Computer,GEnie/Genie, America Online, CompuServe, or even Delphi) to a state oftaking control and determining the future ourselves. As with any event, ittook the actions of leaders who had a vision, but also the cooperation ofmany others to make the vision a reality. And the reality was of a placewhere the creative minds that still guarded the legacy of the Apple IIcould meet and share ideas to keep the platform alive and functioning.     But I am getting ahead of myself. As the new century opened on January1, 2000, and the world was relieved to learn that all civilization had notcome crashing down in flames due to the Y2K bug, the Apple II had continuedto chug merrily along. It was not directly affected by the calendar changeany more than it had been during the prior twenty-three years. Those whoused AppleWorks for their word processing, ProTERM for telecommunications,or Print Shop for greeting cards and posters barely noticed the newmillennium, at least as far as their computers were concerned.ROCKIN' PNEUMONIA AND THE BOOGIE WOOGIE FLU     World events that shaped the year 2000 included the crash of theConcorde jet near Paris in July, killing 113 passengers. Yugoslavianpresident Slobodon Milosevic was ousted from power by a national uprising.Terrorists attacked the U.S. naval destroyer Cole while it was in Yemen.The stock market, after the boom of the 1990's, began to turn around andstart a decline. The U.S. presidential election results were delayed forweeks, awaiting recounts done by hand in Dade County, Florida. EventuallyGeorge W. Bush was declared the winner, amid much controversy. AmericaOnline, riding high on the Internet boom, bought media giant Time-Warnerfor $165 billion, creating AOL Time-Warner.     In the computer world, Bill Gates turned over his title of CEO toMicrosoft president Steve Ballmer. Microsoft Windows 2000, a blend of theirnetwork and personal versions of the operating system, was released inFebruary. Bill Clinton made the first-ever webcast of a presidentialspeech. The first 1 GHz AMD and Intel Pentium processors began to appear onthe market. "Denial of service" attacks on major web sites begin to be aproblem.     Apple Computer's iCEO (interim CEO) Steve Jobs announces at theMacWorld Expo in January that he was taking on the job of CEO on apermanent basis. The "Pismo" PowerBook made its debut in 400 and 500 MHzversions, and was the first PowerBook to be released without a SCSI port.The Power Mac G4 Cube was released mid-year, and new dual processor PowerMacintosh G4 desktop units became available. The iMac colors were changedto ruby, indigo, sage and snow, at similar 400 to 500 MHz processor speeds.The long-promised next generation operating system, Mac OS X, appeared inSeptember in the form of a public beta.THE LAMP! INFO     The year started with a new editor, Lyle Syverson, as mentioned inthis article last time. Syverson was an Apple II veteran of over twelveyears. He got his start with the Apple II through his position as achemistry lab tech at Rock Valley College in the city of Rockford in northcentral Illinois. When he started there in 1987, one of hisresponsibilities was to manage an inventory of over seven hundredchemicals. This was done on an Apple IIe running AppleWorks 1.2. He likedusing the program so well that he eventually purchased a Laser 128 for hisown use at home.     To supplement his knowledge of his new computer, Syverson startedreading Apple II magazines. Their enthusiastic reports of the wonders ofthe online world prompted him to invest further in a 2400-baud modem, whichhe bought by mail order in 1993. It came "complete with cable andsoftware", but refused to work properly for him. He decided to purchaseTalk Is Cheap (TIC) by mail order, and was finally able to connect to alocal bulletin board system. That was enough to hook him, and after oneevening online, he sent in his shareware fee for TIC. He then tackled GEnieand learned of the significantly improved 4.0 version of TIC that was soonto be released. The author allowed him to apply the shareware fee to theupdated version.     GEnie was a fun experience for Syverson, further increasing hisknowledge of the Apple II. He found it great to be able to post a question,then log back in an hour later and already find two or three answers. Hefound it somewhat of a challenge to keep up with the volume of traffic onthe A2 Roundtable, and used to keep a pile of 5.25-inch disks on hand touse in saving the TIC message buffer when it got full.     At the time of the release of System 6.0.1 on GEnie, he was able toupgrade to an Apple IIGS. With some effort, he downloaded the six disks (at2400 baud, 75 minutes per disk image) one at a time to a RAM disk, which hethen unpacked to a 3.5-inch disk.     With the 1996 transition of GEnie to Genie, and its significant priceincreases, Syverson escaped to CompuServe's APPUSER forum, and was able tostay there until early 1999 when its text access was terminated. He thenmade the move to Delphi A2, where many Apple II faithful were migrating asthe shakeouts in the online world continued.     Though he had not previously had any experience with newsletters,Syverson had been a regular reader of GEnieLamp A2 and The Lamp! He hadnoticed Ryan Suenaga's request for an editor to take his place, and withhis impending retirement in the summer of 1999, he wrote and asked to beconsidered for the job. Ryan accepted his offer, and with the January 2000issue, the newsletter was Syverson's.     He started his first issue with the same editorial column title"Opening Pitch" that Suenaga had used during his run as editor. By thesecond issue, however, Syverson settled on a more personal title. At thetime, he was living in the Skyrise Apartments in Rockford, which waslocated on the west bank of the Rock River that ran through town. Thisinspired him to make his own editorial title, "High Above The Rock River".     The new Lamp masthead read as: ________________________________________________________________________|                                                                        ||::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::||The Lamp!            An Onipa'a Software Production        Vol. 3, No. 1||::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::||Publisher................................Ryan M. Suenaga, M.S.W., L.S.W.||Editor.....................................................Lyle Syverson||Internet Email, Publisher.........................thelamp@sheppyware.net||Internet Mail, Editor.................................lyle837@delphi.com||::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::||________________________________________________________________________|     By the end of the year, the only change of note in the masthead wasSyverson's address change to "lyle@FoxValley.net", apparently to reducedependence on Delphi for his e-mail.     Starting as new editor of The Lamp!, Syverson took the opportunity tomake some modifications to the format. Whereas Suenaga's layout had been aclose copy of the classic GEnieLamp A2 format, renaming the columns, butotherwise using them the same way, Syverson made some further adjustmentsto suit his own style. Instead of "A Funny Thing Happened", where themessages from Delphi were reprinted, he chose to call this section first"The Innings" (staying with the baseball motif), and then in his secondissue "A2 Distillations". Another change was a more frequent use of thethree-letter index symbols. Where previous editors used these only for aspecific article, and had only a single index code for ALL of the reprintedforum messages, Syverson made these codes more specific by assigning adifferent one to each individual topic, even in the A2 Distillationssection. The advantage of this was the ability to specifically find anarticle by its index code (when in the future an index might finally bemade).     In August it was announced that The Lamp! back issues now had anadditional home on a subdomain of the Sheppyware.net server.DELPHI A2 FORUM     Joe Kohn continued his weekly Monday Night Chat events, sadly reducedin size from the multi-system events of past years.     Delphi, the last of the old-style online services to still offertext-based access was making changes that it was hoping would help itsurvive in the Internet tidal wave that had swept away other services. Inthe new digital world where web access was THE way to do things online,Delphi had successfully been adding access to its forums via a web-basedinterface, attempting to modify itself to appeal to both the old and newonline computer user. The management was trying various ways to maintainincome, but was apparently finding it to be a struggle. They had a "PremiumPlan", but it was no longer available beginning in May. Technical glitcheswere also becoming more of a problem, with the service being unable toconsistently keep the text and web sides of the forums reliably in syncwith each other.     Finally, there was a good news/bad news announcement by Delphimanagement in August. The good news was that as of November 1, 2000 Delphiservices would no longer be billed. The bad news was that after that datetheir "legacy services" (which included text-based access) would continuebut would not be supported. For those who connected to Delphi by telnet,this meant that any day after the end of October the access to this latestA2 home could be threatened.GENIE INFO     After January 1, 2000 arrived, the old text-based Genie was completelygone, and the "new" Genie was running. This new service was completelyweb-based. It still offered some dial-in options (though not to the extentthat it had in the past), and that now at speeds up to 56K. According to ausenet post on alt.online-service.genie by Andy Finkenstadt (who had beenwith GEnie from the beginning), there were many problems with the newservice. Any e-mail from the old system was completely gone; the contenthad been ported "imperfectly and haphazardly" to www.genie.com, and eventhen did not completely function there. Users who DID go to the web sitedid not see any announcement of the end of the old service, and found thatsome of the links (such as the one for e-mail) did not even work.     Several people found themselves continuing to receive bills on theirbank statements for Genie Online, even though they were not using (andcould not use) the new service. One person who posted his story on theabove-mentioned usenet newsgroup tried calling the customer service number.He was told that an e-mail had been sent in April 1998 (!!) and on December27, 1999 telling about the changes in the service, and offered to get him ausername and password for the new service. He had previously tried to sendthem e-mail at the end of December asking about the changes; the customerservice representative told him that they would have to look for it beforeany of the new charges on his account could be refunded. Days passedwithout any contact from Genie about his question, and when he finally WASable to talk to them again, he was told that since his e-mail did notspecifically ask for cancellation of his account he would not be issued arefund. Although he finally DID cancel his membership, he was unable to geta refund on the charges that had been already been collected.A2CENTRAL.COM / SYNDICOMM     Syndicomm had originally been founded by Tom Weishaar to manage theApple II Roundtables on GEnie. Around 1992, when it began to branch out tosome of the non-Apple II online areas (the Macintosh and PowerPCRoundtables), Weishaar sold the operation to Dean Esmay and Gary Utter. Atits height, Syndicomm was responsible for the management of ten to twelveforums each on GEnie and Delphi, two on America Online, and had contractsto administrate online helpdesk services. Over the years, of course, theAOL and GEnie connection faltered and failed, and during 2000 Delphi waslooking shaky as well. By this time, Esmay had not been active in thebusiness for a while, and Utter was having health problems that limited hisinvolvement. He was looking for an opportunity to get out of directoperation of Syndicomm.     Delphi, which had been hailed as a safe haven from the long, slowdeath spiral of Genie, was itself showing disturbing signs of instability(as mentioned above). Its long-term plan was apparently to change from aservice that itself hosted specific, moderated forums to one that was moremember-based, where ANYBODY could start a forum if they wished. Moreimportantly, the end of support for text-based access on November 1, 2000had the potential to be a big problem for those Apple II users who stillneeded text access.     In June of 2000, Eric Shepherd had started his own Apple II-relatedweb site, www.A2Central.com. He had picked the name because of some othersites that he had seen on the Internet, such as MacCentral.com andBeOSCentral.com. It occurred to him that an A2Central.com web site wasneeded, and registered the domain as soon as he thought of it. It was notuntil later, when he was beta-testing the site that a comment came fromsomeone on Delphi that it might be confused with the newsletter"A2-Central" started years earlier by Tom Weishaar. Regardless, Sheppyliked the name and decided to keep it.     When Sheppy first started the A2Central.com web site, its purpose wasto be a collection of articles, reviews, press releases, suggestions andtidbits of use to Apple II users. Within a month of the launch of the site,he was envisioning a broader role for it, including the addition of amessage board, chat room, and an area for files accessible via FTP. Whileat KansasFest in July, Sheppy discussed the A2Central.com expansion inprivate with Gary Utter and Dave Miller. Utter enthusiastically supportedhis plans, and went so far as to ask Sheppy to take over Syndicomm. At thattime, however, he declined the offer.     After the event was over, and Sheppy was back home in California, heand Ryan Suenaga discussed Gary Utter's offer. As they considered thepossibilities, he decided that it made sense to accept it. However, herealized that in order to make it work as a business it would be necessaryto widen his vision beyond the Apple II. Out of this came the concept ofhosting a variety of forums dedicated to several different computerplatforms or topics -- in actuality, creating an online service thatemulated the best of GEnie and Delphi at their prime. Making this work as abusiness would require a good business name; "Syndicomm" worked well, andhad favorable recognition within the Apple II community. Additionally, itprovided the benefits of an experienced and dedicated volunteer staff.Sheppy contacted Utter and Esmay and began to negotiate the purchase ofSyndicomm. The deal was completed on November 1, 2000.     Sheppy chose a DSL connection to the Internet for A2Central.com andSyndicomm.com, as it was less expensive than a T1 type of connection, andcould have its bandwidth adjusted as the customer base changed. When hefirst started the A2Central.com web site in June, it ran on a BeBox Dual/66computer, using the BeOS R3 operating system, on his own personal DSLconnection. Within two weeks, the traffic had increased to the point wherethe hardware had to be upgraded to handle the load, so he changed to arefurbished Pentium 133, this time using Red Hat Linux 6.2 as its operatingsystem. Another older PC functioned as a firewall. With further growth ofthe system and his Syndicomm expansion plans beginning to take shape, hemoved the system to its own dedicated DSL connection by the fall of 2000.     The design of the A2Central.com web site had been done entirely bySheppy. In order to make an online service that would act like GEnie orDelphi a different approach was required . Dave Miller, using the Perllanguage and MySQL databases, designed a front end for the multi-forumSyndicomm.com site that would allow web access to forums, but would alsohave text-based telnet access to satisfy most Apple II users needs. In thefirst part of October, he designed chat rooms that worked like GEnie's"Real Time Conference" rooms. During the rest of October and into November,Miller worked on creating the bulletin boards (forums).     All of this was happening behind the scenes. A press release inDecember finally announced the sale of Syndicomm to Sheppy, and furtherstated that Dean Esmay and Gary Utter planned to continue to be involved inthe operations of the company under its new ownership. By December 8, 2000,the Syndicomm.com service was ready for an open beta test, which ranthrough the end of the month. The open-beta launch of the service wasaccompanied by "door prizes" for those who first entered some of the RealTime Conference rooms. After the start of the new year, membership would bepriced at $15 per month, which included 10 megabytes of personal disk spaceon the Syndicomm server.     A2Central.com continued to exist as the web-face of Syndicomm A2.During September, the cost of improvements to the web site was supplementedby income from an eBay auction of a never-used RamWorks III card. Sheppyalso got the site officially licensed by Apple for distribution of Apple IIsystem software, and was also authorized to make the software available inarchive formats useful to Apple II users (not just the Macintosh Disk Copyformat as it would be found on the Apple Computer FTP site). By November,the web site was offering Apple II system and starter kit disks, and had anonline store that worked through the Kagi ordering system. Items soldinitially were ComputerEyes GS video capture cards (still available todayin 2004!), and the A2-Central Font Collection.     As Syndicomm.com started operations, A2Central.com continued to existas what it was originally designed to be -- a web site with articles,reviews, etc., while the real interactive experience was on the Syndicommforums.HARDWARE NEWS     Most of the hardware news that appeared in The Lamp! during 2000involved re-education of new users about old hardware.o February saw discussion of available RGB monitors that could be used asreplacements for the Apple IIGS monitors if they went bad.o March posts reviewed RamFAST cards and ways to get them updated. Variouslarge-capacity floppy disk alternatives (floptical and magneto-opticaldrives) were also discussed, as was the Laser 128 and its various models.The care of cables for the ZipGSX was presented in the March issue. Alsofielded were questions about the PC Transporter.o April saw Tony Ward explaining distinctions between and uses of the AppleII Super Serial Card and the Turbo ASB baud rate generator. MitchellSpector described modifications that could be made to the Apple IIc.o In May, the hot topic of discussion was how to create a "SuperGS"computer, with the pros and cons debated back and forth.o June reviewed the Apple IIGS battery and its replacement.o August discussions involved the use of hard drives on an Apple II Plus,and available models of CD-ROM drives for the Apple IIGS. In addition, theNo Slot Clock resurfaced as a topic (as it had previously in The Lamp! in1998).o During September, Ryan Suenaga wrote an article that described the AppleIIc modem cable, and how to build one. The Forum discussed faster CD-ROMdrives.o October's big news was the release of more information about a new pieceof hardware. An Ethernet card for the Apple IIe and IIGS was released by///SHH Systeme, the creators of the BlueDisk and TurboIDE cards. ThisEthernet card, called "LANceGS", made it possible to connect an Apple IIeor IIGS to an Ethernet network. Full file-sharing in GS/OS was not possiblewith the card as was possible with an AppleTalk connection, since theoperating system had not been designed to support it. However, filetransfer could be done via FTP with terminal software, and connection tothe Internet was possible using Marinetti.o November's messages highlighted various models of sound cards for theApple IIGS.o And in December, Ryan Suenaga wrote a followup to his September articleabout modem cables. This time the topic featured the Apple IIe with a SuperSerial Card.EMULATOR NEWS     Sheppy updated the Sweet16 Apple IIGS emulator to v1.3, then quicklyto 1.3.1 and 1.3.2. Version 1.5 was released in May, and 1.5.1 bySeptember.      F.E. Systems updated their Macintosh-based IIGS emulator Bernie ][ TheRescue to v2.6. This version added "CataDog", a Finder-like disk-catalogingfeature that made it easier to browse ProDOS disks outside of the emulatedcomputer. This was soon followed by a 2.5.9 version, as it had beendiscovered that v2.6 was not compatible with some older versions of the Macoperating system (those prior to Mac OS 8.5). At KansasFest 2000 an upgradeto v3.0 of Bernie ][ The Rescue was announced.SOFTWARE NEWS:: COLLECTIONS ::     A common announcement to appear during 2000 was that of yet anothercollection on CD-ROM of Apple II software of one type or another. RyanSuenaga announced at KansasFest a collection called "Time In A Bottle", atwo-disc CD collection of Syndicomm's A2 and A2Pro libraries from thenow-defunct Genie. Juiced.GS got into the act with a CD-ROM called "TheCompleat Lamp!", which contained all issues of GEnieLamp A2, GEnieLampA2Pro and The Lamp! in every format in which they had ever been released.Joe Kohn announced a two-CD-ROM collection from France, "DeluxeWare" and"Le CD-ROM", both from Brutal Deluxe.     Mike Westerfield inquired as to whether or not there was sufficientinterest in a CD-ROM containing all of The Byte Works products. Havingreceived a positive response, he decided to move forward with the project.By December, "Opus ][" was ready to ship, containing every Apple II programever released by The Byte Works, including sixteen never-releasedapplications. The Lamp! that month included two long articles byWesterfield describing the collection.:: PRODUCTIVITY SOFTWARE ::     Gareth Jones put together an FAQ (which is still available) aboutWordPerfect IIe and IIGS athttp://www.intergate.ca/personal/gslj/wp.faq.html.     Howard Katz as Lost Classics Project coordinator was busy during 2000.He was able to announce the release of Will Nelken's Marin MacroWorksproducts, as well as TimeOut Graph and other TimeOut products and theBeagleWrite word processor. Uploaded in June was Beagle Graphics, and inAugust extra graphic patterns for Beagle Graphics, and DiversifiedAccountant Job Cost System. ZBASIC, an 8-bit BASIC compiler for the AppleII, was also made available through this project.     Geoff Weiss released another Spectrum script called SCAP ("SpectrumCreate A PDF"), which converted AppleWorks Classic, Teach, Text, or Sourcefiles into PDF format files.:: TELECOMMUNICATIONS SOFTWARE ::     Crock 'O Gold was updated to v3.3. Don Elton released the source codefor Talk Is Cheap on his FTP server; it was also posted on the Delphi A2library.     Kim Howe contributed a short article about Arachnid, his Apple IIGSweb browser, and had his first preview release up in May. By August,Preview 2 was available for download.     Spectrum was updated to v2.2, then to v2.3, and by November was up tov2.4 and was being sold through Shareware Solutions II. Ewen Wannop alsointroduced SAM (Spectrum Automated Mailer) in April. Requiring at leastv2.3 of Spectrum and v2.0 of Marinetti, it was an e-mail message managementprogram for the IIGS, using Internet protocols. Shareware Solutions II waschosen as the publisher of the program.     Richard Bennett announced that Marinetti was changing to open sourcestatus as of August 2000, and further development by any interested partieswas welcomed.:: UTILITY SOFTWARE ::     The Lost Classics Project was also busy in this category. Diversi-DOSby Bill Basham and ProntoDOS by Tom Weishaar was released into freewarestatus, thanks to the efforts of Gareth Jones and Howard Katz. Alsoreleased were Beagle Compiler and Program Writer, as well as System.II fromKitchen Sink Software.     Sheppy released ImageMaker 1.2, a bug fix revision, and then inSeptember released v2.0.     For those wishing to WRITE utility software routines, the tricks toreading multiple keys down on the Apple IIGS were explained by Sheppy inMarch. In August, one topic of discussion was the use of a Macintosh serverand booting an Apple IIGS from that Mac. A related recurring theme was filetransfer between Apple II and some other foreign computer. Accomplishingthis between a IIGS and an IBM PC was discussed in March.:: GAMES ::     Jeff Fink worked feverishly on his adventure game Silvern Castleduring 2000. He first updated it to version 3.0, with an Expanded Scenario,and then to v4.0 and v4.1 by May. In August, v5.0 of the game wasavailable, and some hints were posted as well. Along with some featureimprovements, this new update included a new expert-level scenario "TimeMaster" for registered owners. A revision to v5.1 and v5.2 followed soonafter, as did the announcement that Fink had decided to change the statusof the game to freeware, as he had received only a measly NINE sharewareregistrations since he had released the game in July 1999. He hoped thatmaking it a freeware product would increase the penetration of the game,and therefore the interest in it. Not willing yet to rest on his laurels,he released v6.0 by November. The changes in this revision were primarily arecoding to operate under MicroDot, which allowed the program to be morecompact and to fit more game into the same amount of space. By December heannounced yet another update, this time to v7.0.     Other game-related events included:o Kim Howe released his first Apple IIGS game, Shipwrecked, which operatedunder HyperCard IIGS.o Joe Kohn arranged for the re-release of Ultima I IIGS.o NinjaForce updated their web site, and made a version of Defender Of TheWorld in "2MG" format for use with emulators.o Tom Zuchowski released a CD filled with Eamon text adventure scenarios,suitable for use with an emulator or an Apple II with access to a CD-ROMdrive.o At KansasFest, Sheppy released Lemonade Stand GS, an updated version ofthe classic Applesoft game.o An update of GShisen to v1.2.1 was uploaded in September.o Ancient Art Of War At Sea, DuelTris and Xenocide were again madeavailable through the Lost Classics Project.INTERNET NEWS / NETWORKING     June discussions included ways to use a PC running Linux to act as aserver for an Apple IIGS, allowing an indirect connection to the Internetvia a DSL or cable modem. (The web site referenced, www.linuxrouter.org, isstill available, but no further development is being done with it).PUBLICATIONS     Juiced.GS continued its run, concluding its fourth year and startingits fifth. Each issue was described in a post on the Delphi forum thatoutlined its table of contents.KANSASFEST     Dubbed "Y][KFest", this 2000 edition of KFest was again held in lateJuly at Avila College in Kansas City, Kansas. As early as January, aregistration form for the event appeared in each issue of The Lamp!, upuntil the month before the event. Ryan Suenaga's "Y][KFest Compliant" KFestFAQ appeared in the March issue.     KFest this year featured a keynote address by Ryan Suenaga, and aroast of Eric Shepherd. Those events and the regular sessions wereavailable for the first time via web-cam. Sessions this year included"AppleWorks GS and MusicWriter" by Stan Marks; "ProTERM Mac Tips & Tricks"and "ProTERM Scripting" by Jerry Cline and Dave Miller; "DesktopPublishing" by Max Jones; "Lost Classics Update" by Howard Katz; and"Linux: The Apple II Cable Modem Adapter" by Ryan Suenaga and KirkMitchell.     The one HackFest entry mentioned in The Lamp! (and not until November)was from Ken Gagne. His program, Maxster, was a hoax made to look like aNapster client for the Apple IIGS.  It would APPEAR to search for,download, and play the first few seconds of MP3 audio files.  It wasuploaded in its 0.79 version during November.     Editor Lyle Syverson had an opportunity to attend the event this year,and he gave his comments on his first KansasFest in an article in theAugust issue.REVIEWS     Ryan Suenaga reviewed the book "APPLEDESIGN: The Work Of The AppleIndustrial Design Group" in the February issue. Lyle Syverson reviewed theTime In A Bottle CD set in September, and Mike Thomas did his own review ofit in November.WRITERS     Ryan Suenaga again wrote "The Lamp Salutes" in January, presenting theApple II Achievement Awards. Best Commercial Product was awarded to GSoftBASIC 1.2, with runner-up given to Spectrum Internet Suite 1.1. BestShareware Product was awarded to Silvern Castle and ImageMaker. BestFreeware Product was given to the reclassified Modem MGR telecommunicationsprogram. Best World Wide Web Site was awarded to the Apple II InformationResource by Tony Diaz, and to David Kerwood's A2-Web. The Best Publicationaward went to Juiced.GS, with honorable mention to Shareware Solutions II.Outstanding Apple II-Related Development went to Bernie ][ The Rescue andSweet16. Outstanding Individual Achievement went to Howard Katz.     Suenaga also appeared again in August with "The Publisher StrikesBack", an article that announced the outcome of his project of severalmonths of work, that being the production of the Time In A Bottle CD set.He also announced "A2 News And Notes", a short newsletter that he wouldwrite on a monthly basis to give headline-style updates of events in theApple II world.     Although it was not a major article, posts by Mark Percival (currenthost of the A2 "Midweek Madness" chat on Wednesday evenings) began toappear as quotes in The Lamp! during 2000. He joined in a spiriteddiscussion on the preservation of Apple II software.MISCELLANEOUS FEATURES     Editor Syverson wrote an article about his thoughts on a dreamcomputer, an Apple II that would allow multitasking.     A joint teleconference was held between the Aurora Area Apple Core ofAurora, Illinois, and the AppleByters of the Quad Cities of Illinois andIowa, over one hundred miles apart.     In August, it was announced that Glen Bredon had passed away. He wasthe prolific author of ProSel, the Merlin (and Big Mac) assembler, andnumerous other utilities for the Apple II and IIGS over the years. Asmentioned in the previous article in this series, the web site Bredon hadput up posting pictures taken with his digital camera is still working (seethe February 2004 "Illuminating The Lamp" article for details).STATS     Here are statistics for the first nine years of GEnieLamp and TheLamp! The numbers refer to the size of each issue in "K" (kilobytes):Year    Min     Max     Avg----    ----    ----    ----1992    116K    212K    156K1993     80K    256K    172K1994    124K    216K    165K1995     92K    176K    125K1996     80K    192K    116K1997     44K    124K     85K1998     68K    156K    102K1999     59K    120K     91K2000     47K     81K     60KYOU MAKE ME FEEL BRAND NEW     The Apple II world continued to contract during this year. However,despite the undeniable fact that the World Wide Web ruled the Internet atlarge, through Windows, Mac and Linux computers, there was still a ray ofhope. This was thanks to the efforts of the busy people who spearheaded theeffort to create a real home for the Apple II, one that was not dependenton those who barely knew what an Apple II was. The new year was bright inmany ways, and continued to look better every day. Come back next month aswe move closer to convergence with the present, and review the events of2001.Steven Weyhricha2history@syndicomm.comhttp://apple2history.orgReferences:Computer History For The Year 2000http://www.computerhope.com/history/2000.htmThe History Of Computing Foundationhttp://www.thocp.netInformation Please: 2000http://infoplease.lycos.com/year/2000.htmlMacintosh History: 2000http://www.lowendmac.com/history/2000.shtml[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][LTE]-------------------------------             LETTERS TO THE EDITOR |------------------------------------Enjoying the Monthly Column, "Illuminating The Lamp"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""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][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][KFR]REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN FOR KFest 2004"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""Visit the KFest Home Page at:   http://www.kfest.org/and follow the registration link.[EOA][INN]------------------------------                    EXTRA INNINGS |-----------------------------------About The Lamp!   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