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An Onipa'a Software Production       Vol. 8, No. 10 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 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                            ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~                            October 15, 2005HIGH ABOVE THE ROCK RIVER---------------------------------------------[OPN]     A Special Autumn Experience     Special Apple II ExperiencesA2 FORUM AT Syndicomm Online (A2Central.com) DISTILLATIONS------------[DAS]     Retrobits PodCast Host in Chat Room------------------------------[RPH]     Retrobits PodCast Chat Transcript in A2 Library------------------[RPC]     Who Would You Like to See in a Real Time Conference?-------------[WLS]     Mike Harvey, Nibble Magazine, to Visit Chat Room-----------------[MHC]     Pirates of Silicon Valley DVD------------------------------------[PSV]     ChatterBox Game Show---------------------------------------------[CGS]     IIgs in a Tower--------------------------------------------------[IAT]     Hard Drives - History--------------------------------------------[HDH]     New Programs or More GS+ CDs?------------------------------------[NOG]     Which Version of The Lamp Do You Read?---------------------------[WVL]     Juiced.GS Vol 10, Issue 3----------------------------------------[JGS]     Apple II Emulator for Play Station Portable----------------------[PSP]     Help With Web Site Requested-------------------------------------[HWS]ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM SYNDICOMM------------------------------------------[ANS]     To Sign up for Syndicomm Online----------------------------------[TSU]LETTERS TO THE EDITOR-------------------------------------------------[LTE]     No Letters to the Editor This Month     An InvitationKFEST 2006------------------------------------------------------------[KF6]     KansasFest 2006--------------------------------------------------[KFS]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>                        A Special Autumn Experience                        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~     Early in the morning, from High Above The Rock River, we observe thefabulous colors of the Autumn leaves... inspiring an afternoon visit toSkare Park.     This park is home to some 250 species of wildflowers.  In turn, thesewildflowers display their blooms, starting in late March and lasting intoOctober.  The wild Asters are finishing up the wildflower blooming seasonfor this year during this visit.     The cool air, the bright sunshine and the bright colored leavesconspire to invite a person to take one of the lessor known trails into thewoods... to a clearing in the woods... where you can lay down... shelteredfrom the cool breeze... the sunshine warming you in a special way...looking up to a fabulous view of colorful leaves contrasted with the deepblue sky... no sign of civilization anywhere... a special experience worthyof a visit on just the right day each Autumn.                       Special Apple II Experiences                       ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~     Most of the people reading this have one or more special experienceswith one or more Apple II computers... experiences to think about orrevisit... enjoy.[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>[RPH]RETROBITS PODCAST HOST IN CHAT ROOM"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""Reminder: Retrobits Podcast host Earl Evans will be our guest inSyndicomm's Apple II chat room on Tuesday, Sept. 27th at 7:00 pm PDT (10 PMEDT).Hang out for a bit.RyanChief Sysop and Head Geek(A2.RYAN, Cat 2, Top 1, Msg 19)[EOA][RPC]RETROBITS PODCAST CHAT TRANSCRIPT IN A2 LIBRARY"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""There is a new upload in the a2central.com_archives/Chat_Transcriptsdirectory:File: A2RTCLog092705.txtSize: 43559Date: Sep 28Transcript of the September 27, 2005 conference with Earl Evans, host ofthe Retrobits Podcast.Tony Ward, A2 Librarian(A2.TONY, Cat 2, Top 37, Msg 59)[EOA][WLS]WHO WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE IN A REAL TIME CONFERENCE?""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""We are currently working on getting more special guests into Real TimeConference.  Earl Evans of Retrobits was our most recent guest and we aresoon hoping to have another special guest.Who would you like to see in RTC next?  No promises, but we'd love yourinput.RyanChief Sysop and Head Geek(A2.RYAN, Cat 2, Top 8. Msg 579)>>>>>"""""I get lots of suggestions from folk in RTC, but posting them here mightinspire our forum users to put in their $0.02 too.And of course, it'd really be nice if you had any contact information likean email address for your suggestions.  I often have a tough time trackingdown some of the folks we'd like to see here.  Bert Kersey is hiding well.B-{PKirk(A2.KIRK, Cat 2, Top 8, Msg 580)[EOA][MHC]Mike Harvey, Nibble Magazine, to Visit Chat Room""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""The Apple II forum on Syndicomm Online will be hosting Mike Harvey, thefounder and editor of Nibble magazine, in its chat room on Monday, October24, at 6:00 PM Pacific Daylight Time.RyanChief Sysop and Head Geek(A2.RYAN, Cat 2, Top 1, Msg 21)[EOA][PSV]Pirates of Silicon Valley DVD"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""If my information is right, then the film "Pirates of Silicon Valley" madeits DVD debut on August 30th:http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/cgi-bin/dvdcalc2?cmd=calc&tmpCart=45253The price is very reasonable too!Too bad "Triumph of the Nerds" has not made a similar transition.-Ken(KGAGNE, Cat 4, Top 3, Msg 20)>>>>>"""""Triumph of the Nerds is available on DVD, although it's not cheap (we gaveone away--well, I sponsored it, so I can kind of say I gave one away--as aKansasFest 2003 prize).  Can be found for a bit over $30 if you do somesearching.RyanChief Sysop and Head Geek(A2.RYAN, Cat 4, Top 3, Msg 21)[EOA][CGS]ChatterBox Game Show""""""""""""""""""""In Episode 86 of the ChatterBox Game Show<http://www.chatterboxgameshow.com>and podcast at <http://tinyurl.com/cjr5f> was an interview with the twomusicians behind 8-bit Weapon <http://www.8bitweapon.com>, a band thatcreates "vaporware soundtracks", or original tunes that sound like theywere made for 8-bit entertainment software.  In the interview, they mentionusing both an Apple IIe and IIc to make their music, and that they evendistribute their music on 5.25" floppies.  Cool!-Ken(KGAGNE, Cat 12, Top 10, Msg 1)>>>>>""""">> they mention using both an Apple IIe and IIc to make their music, andthat they even distribute their music on 5.25" floppies.  Cool! <<Cool indeed.As the retrocomputing movement picks up more steam, we'll see more and morethings like this.RyanChief Sysop and Head Geek(A2.RYAN, Cat 12, Top 10, Msg 2)>>>>>"""""Perhaps if Seth and Stacey make sufficient use of Apple II's, it wouldqualify them as guest speakers on an A2 RTC?-Ken(KGAGNE, Cat 12, Top 10, Msg 3)>>>>>"""""I suppose.  I've got a list of folks I'll be asking, so it might be a whilebefore I get to them.Kirk(A2.KIRK, Cat 12, Top 10, Msg 4)[EOA][IAT]IIgs IN A TOWER"""""""""""""""Any number of people have looked at their IIgs, with all those externaldrives and cables connecting them, and thought how nice it would be to haveit all neatly tucked into a tower case.As newer models are released, the price of older used Macs drop... thereare even offers online from time to time for free Macs... if you will comeand pick them up.Looking at my Mac 8600, which is in perfect working order, a thought cameto mind... watch for a bargain on another 8600... and put a IIgs inside.Being SCSI, you could use the HD, CD ROM drive and the Zip 100 drive, allneatly mounted in place.A 3.5 floppy could replace the floppy drive... or if you had a suitablecontroller you could use a superdrive.You could even mount a 5.25 drive in one of the bays.What do you think?Lyle Syverson <lyle@FoxValley.net>   Editor, _The Lamp!_published monthly at:   http://lamp.a2central.com/(LYLE, Cat 17, Top 22, Msg 1)>>>>>"""""You might have trouble with newer SCSI cabling/connectors and anappropriate GS card.Peter               peterw@syndicomm.comPalm OS Community Bulletin Board Manager(PETERW, Cat 17, Top 22, Msg 2)>>>>>"""""There are some adapters available that will let you do things like convertfrom a D 25 connector to a 50 pin ribbon cable; I've seen them and thoughtabout using them at various points but never have.Something like this:http://www.scsicablesource.com/images/scsa-2035.jpgcould be adapted to go from, say, a RamFAST SCSI to a 50 pin ribbon cablethat could be run within a tower.RyanChief Sysop and Head Geek(A2.RYAN, Cat 17, Top 22, Msg 3)[EOA][HDH]HARD DRIVES - HISTORY"""""""""""""""""""""I was speaking with one of my students the other day, comparing USB andFireWire hard drives.  I asked him if they still make SCSI; he had no ideawhat I was talking about.  A similar blank look was earned by me askingabout IDE.Sigh.  Where is our history going?-Ken(KGAGNE, Cat 19, Top 11, Msg 41)>>>>>"""""SCSI hard drives are still made, although they are more specialized todaythan they were in the past (for instance, finding an in production 2.5 inchSCSI drive is an impossible task).IDE, which is "pretty much" the same thing as ATAxyz, is still theprevalent hard drive interface, although SATA is looking pretty darneddecent as well :)RyanChief Sysop and Head Geek(A2.RYAN, Cat 19, Top 11, Msg 42)[EOA][NOG]NEW PROGRAMS OR MORE GS+ CDs?"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""Which do you want to see next, more new programs or more GS+ CDs?RyanChief Sysop and Head Geek(A2.RYAN, Cat 20, Top 17, Msg 21)>>>>>"""""As a proud owner of The Definitive GS+ Volume One, I'd vote for Volume Two! 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 20, Top 17, Msg 22)[EOA][WVL]WHICH VERSION OF The Lamp DO YOU READ?""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""Which version of _The Lamp_ do you read?Lyle Syverson <lyle@FoxValley.net>   Editor, _The Lamp!_published monthly at:   http://lamp.a2central.com/(LYLE, Cat 20, Top 20, Msg 141)>>>>>"""""Text with Linefeeds since I read The Lamp from a Web Browser.  Also, haveyou considered putting "The Lamp Archive" link on lamp.a2central.com to thefirst link on the list since that section gets changed the most.  I amalways selecting GenieLamp A2 Archive since the first link is the mostintuitive to find the new information (same reason why New is above Open inyour File menu).And it makes sense to also change the word from archive to something likeissues.  It is not intuitive to find the newest issue in a category labeledarchive.Geoff(GEOFF, Cat 20, Top 20, Msg 142)>>>>>"""""I will leave the decision on these suggestions to Ryan (Publisher of_The Lamp_) who created the web site where the "The Lamp Archive" resides.Lyle Syverson <lyle@FoxValley.net>   Editor, _The Lamp!_published monthly at:   http://lamp.a2central.com/(LYLE, Cat 20, Top 20, Msg 143)>>>>>"""""The lamp.a2central.com site is due for a renovation, but exactly whenthat'll happen I have no idea.It surely won't happen this week or weekend.  Beyond that, I don't know.  AJuiced issue just got out the door, so it's possible soon, provided I don'tget people clamoring for the second volume of GS+ or more coding projectssoon.RyanChief Sysop and Head Geek(A2.RYAN, Cat 20, Top 20, Msg 144)>>>>>"""""Okay, I lied.  I just updated http://lamp.a2central.com/ to a way simplerdesign, and eliminated the use of the word archive which apparently wasconfusing. :)The a2n directory is still a mess, but that could be cleaned tonight too.RyanChief Sysop and Head Geek(A2.RYAN, Cat 20, Top 20, Msg 145)>>>>>"""""The site has a very clean look to it now.  And it has a passing resemblanceto the Juiced.GS design.  And I can now find the link to the active onlinepublications.Geoff(GEOFF, Cat 20, Top 20, Msg 146)>>>>>"""""Glad you like the redesign, Geoff.RyanChief Sysop and Head Geek(A2.RYAN, Cat 20, Top 20, Msg 147)[EOA][JGS]Juiced.GS Vol 10, Issue 3"""""""""""""""""""""""""Juiced.GS Volume 10, Issue 3 is done (as far as I'm concerned, anyway :)and is in the hands of the publisher to get it printed and shipped.Hope you like it.RyanChief Sysop and Head GeekEditor-in-Chief, Juiced.GS(A2.RYAN, Cat 23, Top 2, Msg 678)>>>>>"""""I hope to take it to be printed tomorrow.  Might be Monday.  Either way, itshould hopefully mail by the middle of the 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 679)[EOA][PSP]Apple II Emulator for Play Station Portable"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""Taking a look at the new Apple II emulator for the Play Station Portable,one of the items on the to-do list is: Uther Ethernet emulation over wifi(for contiki).  It is neat to see that there another looking for thechallenge to develop ethernet emulation.Has anybody succeeded to get KEGS ethernet emulation working over wifi?  Ican't think of any reason why it wouldn't work, but I don't have anysystems to look at this.  If it does work, that would make the IIgs trulyportable.Geoff(GEOFF, Cat 29, Top 3, Msg 19)>>>>>"""""It's been on my list of things to do to even check out the code :-)Since it's yours, Geoff, I'm pretty sure you can tell me where it is.Thanks.RyanChief Sysop and Head Geek(A2.RYAN, Cat 29, Top 3, Msg 20)>>>>>"""""Geoff,Where can I find out more about the Apple II emulator for the PSP?-Ken(KGAGNE, Cat 29, Top 3, Msg 21)>>>>>"""""I'm not Geoff (nor do I play him on TV) but I can tell you that there'sinfo on the Apple II emulator for the PlayStation Portable at:http://pspupdates.qj.net/2005/09/apple-ii-portable-for-psp.htmlRyanChief Sysop and Head Geek(A2.RYAN, Cat 29, Top 3, Msg 22)>>>>>""""">> Since it's yours, Geoff, I'm pretty sure you can tell me where it is.Thanks. <<ftp://username:password@ftp.syndicomm.com/pub/members-only/a2/emulation/KEGSethernetPatch.tarReplace username and password appropriately.Geoff(GEOFF, Cat 29, Top 3, Msg 24)[EOA][HWS]HELP WITH WEB SITE REQUESTED""""""""""""""""""""""""""""Using <http://www.javascriptkit.com/howto/htaccess14.shtml>, I'veconfigured my server's .htaccess file to prevent access by people beingreferred to my site from certain other domains.  Such surfers will get anerror 403, "Forbidden: You don't have permission to access / on thisserver."However, all the visitor has to do is press "Enter" on the browser'saddress bar, and then they're no longer being referred - they're accessingit directly.Is there a workaround for this workaround?  For example, once a person hasbeen referred, is there a way to log a referee's IP and block him based onthat?-Ken(KGAGNE, Cat 11, Top 29, Msg 106)>>>>>"""""You will have to rely on something more complicated than a built-in featureof your Web server (.htaccess is a Web server function).You will need to build a set of cgi scripts that generates cookies and cantrack the content of the cookies with a username and password script.  Onceyou can track a user by his/her cookie, your cgi script can then displaylinks to the appropriate files that you want accessible.Simple. :)Geoff(GEOFF, Cat 11, Top 29, Msg 107)>>>>>"""""Geoff,How about this?  People being referred to my server from a blocked domainget error 403.  I can use .htaccess to direct them to a specific file -say:ErrorDocument 403 /cgi-bin/iplog.aspiplog can be a script that notes the person's IP address and adds it to.htaccess:deny from 192.168.1.1Would something like that be possible?-Ken(KGAGNE, Cat 11, Top 29, Msg 108)>>>>>"""""Based on the documentation athttp://httpd.apache.org/docs/1.3/howto/htaccess.html , it doesn't lookpossible.  If you are using a different Web server, then the answer is"I don't know."I realize the description I gave in my last message was far from giving adescription of what had to be done.  It was written more as a generaloverview.Geoff(GEOFF, Cat 11, Top 29, Msg 109)[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 |------------------------------------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][KF6]------------------------------                       KFest 2006 |-----------------------------------[KFS]KansasFest 2006"""""""""""""""is scheduled for July 18th-23rd, 2006Mark your calendar... start saving some money.  :)[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 2005 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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