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An Onipa'a Software Production       Vol. 10, No. 7 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Publisher................................Ryan M. Suenaga, M.S.W., L.S.W. Editor.....................................................Lyle Syverson Internet Email, Publisher.........................thelamp@sheppyware.net Internet Email, Editor...............lutefisk at grex.cyberspace dot org ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::                            TABLE OF CONTENTS                            ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~                              July 15, 2007HIGH ABOVE THE ROCK RIVER---------------------------------------------[OPN]     Lemons, Peaches, Apple IIsA2 BULLETIN BOARD at A2Central.com DISTILLATIONS----------------------[DAA]     A2Central Service Outages----------------------------------------[ASO]     AII Keyboard Encoder---------------------------------------------[AKE]     Woz Interview on Portal Site-------------------------------------[WIP]     Nice alphaSyntauri on eBay---------------------------------------[NAE]     Apple IIe as a Serial Terminal for a Linux Box-------------------[AST]     Freeware Release-------------------------------------------------[FWR]     Microdot Freeware------------------------------------------------[MDF]     Command.com Freeware---------------------------------------------[CCF]     New Files--------------------------------------------------------[NFS]FROM comp.sys.apple2--------------------------------------------------[CSA]     Two More Freeware Reclassifications------------------------------[TMF]LETTERS TO THE EDITOR-------------------------------------------------[LTE]     No Letters to the Editor This Month     An InvitationKFEST 2007------------------------------------------------------------[KF7]     KansasFest 2007--------------------------------------------------[KFS]     KansasFest 2007 HackFest Rules-----------------------------------[HFR]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  email: lutefisk at grex.cyberspace dot org                        Lemons, Peaches, Apple IIs                        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~     Years ago my new TV turned out to be a lemon... during the first yearit spent more time in the repair shop for repair under warranty than in myhome.     OTOH my present TV turned out to be a peach... twenty two years old...never been repaired... still works great.  Yet the new HDTV sets look verytempting.     And the Apple IIs... still work great... yet those recent Macs aretempting.[EOA]ASCII ART BEGINS_________  _                     _                                      _|__   __| | |                   | |                                    | |   | |    | |                   | |                                    | |   | |    | |___     ____       | |       _____   __ ___ _   _ _____   | |   | |    | ___ \   / __ \      | |      /____ \  | v   v | | v ___ \  | |   | |    | |  | | | /__\ \     | |       ____| | | /\ /\ | |  /   \ \ | |   | |    | |  | | | _____|     | |      / ___  | | || || | | |    | | |_|   | |    | |  | | | |_____     | |____  | |__| | | || || | |  \___/ /  _   |_|    |_|  |_| \______|     |______| \____^_| |_||_||_| | |\____/  |_|                                                            | |                                                            | |                                                            |_|ASCII ART ENDS[EOA][DAA]-------------------------------------------------------DISTILLATIONS FROM The A2 Bulletin Board at A2Central.com  |------------------------------------------------------------by Lyle Syverson  email: lutefisk at grex.cyberspace dot org[ASO]A2Central Service Outages"""""""""""""""""""""""""A2Central has been experiencing broadband service disruptions for the pastcouple of weeks. Many incidents are seconds in length, and mostly unnoticedbut others have lasted as long as 10 or 15 minutes.AT&T has been on site twice. Because this is an intermittent problem,they've had difficulty finding the problem and want to blame whatever iscausing the service disruption on premise wiring.However, I'm confident the premise wiring is fine. I've been able todemonstrate to the technician that static occurs at nearly predictableintervals (the static causes the modem to lose signal sync) and that it wason their circuit coming into my building.I asked to be switched to a new pair, and after searching, the techniciancouldn't locate a clean pair because all the other circuits in the area hadstatic, ground faults or other issues. It's likely everyone in my area ishaving the same trouble but doesn't realized it.A construction crew has been dispatched to find or build a clean circuitfor A2Central. I don't know how long it will take, but I was told it couldbegin as early as Friday. When I've been notified of completion, then wewill begin stress testing. Unfortunately, during stress testing, all ofA2C's services will be unavailable.I'll try to keep everyone informed but often these things happen on shortnotice. If you're keen to get the latest info, you'll probably find itfaster on our irc server where several people are monitoring and loggingA2C's service disruptions. You can join us at: irc.a2central.com in channel#a2c.chat.Thanks - and sorry for the inconvenience.Sean FaheySysOp(sfahey, a2c,system_announcements, Jun 22 2007)>>>>>"""""I've been monitoring our circuit for additional outages (and giving theweather a chance to prove it had something to do with it) and so far, weappear to be back to normal. SBC rebuilt the circuit from the CO to mysubdivision and that appears to have corrected the problem.Now, Mr. Murphy will appear in the form of a total outage or hard drivecrash.<waiting expectantly for the next disaster>(sfahey, a2c,system_announcements, Jul 09 2007)[EOA][AKE]AII Keyboard Encoder""""""""""""""""""""Anyone need or have extra an Apple II keyboard encoder MM7540AAEOne of these parts blew on one of my old Apple II keyboards.  After quite anumber of inquiry's I found a source for replacement parts, but the cost ishigh $33(each, quantity 12) and there is an minimum order of $200.00 ineffect.  Anyone have a need for these and interested in sharing with thecost.If you have extra encoder of this type, let me know if you are willing topart with it.If I decide to order them on my own, I will offer extras for resale on mywebsite, at some additional cost. If you go in with me now, I will sharecost with no markup.Regards,Mike Willegalwww.willegal.net(mwillega, a2c.general_chat, Jun 29 2007)[EOA][WIP]Woz Interview on Portal Site""""""""""""""""""""""""""""Ken Gagne posted an article linking to an interview with Woz. In thatpiece, Woz talks about how he coded the Apple II back in the day, and howhe'd like to publish the code and schematics along with explanations of histhinking at the time.Personally, I'd like to see him do just that. I'd also like it if he'd takeit a step further and get the Apple II platform "open sourced" if you will,or at least help us get it legally established that it's OK to clone theApple II like it's OK to clone the Apple 1.Ideas?(sfahey, a2c.general_chat, Jul 10 2007)[EOA][NAE]Nice alphaSyntauri on eBay""""""""""""""""""""""""""http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300125604256If only I lived in LA... and had the reserve amount... and could play thekeyboard worth a damn...<sigh>(sfahey, a2c.music_multimedia, Jun 29 2007)[EOA][AST]Apple IIe as a Serial Terminal for a Linux Box""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""This kind of thing is probably simple and old hat to many of you but Ifigured I'd post it in case it is of interest.  I recently acquired anApple IIe and by design of the room it sits next to my main desktop machine- the one I'm typing this on.Some of you on IRC might remember a dude (that would be me) dropping by toask about null modem connections and term programs necessary to make theIIe useful as a Linux terminal.Well after a little poking around, I got it working.  While this procedureis probably obvious to most hobbyists who have had to move data around,this is likely to be of use to Linux users who might have an old Applesitting in the closet:http://www.dataswamp.net/apple2eserialterm/There are some photographs / screenshots near the bottom of the page.This is a "short-cut" to making an Apple useful; not as cool, obviously, asconnecting to the net natively via Contiki, but better than gathering dust!Can anyone recommend a term program for the IIe that deals with high ASCIIcharacters?  As you can see in my how-to, I'm using Modem MGR which does agood job of VT220 emulation, but prints ASCII for lines and corners inthings like menu configuration.Thanks.   -Quag7(Quag7, a2c.network_telecomm, Jul 07 2007)>>>>>I do not think that you are asking the right question since there is noconcept of "high ASCII" text on the Apple II.  I am assuming you are usingVT102 terminal emulation (based on the screen shots).  Look at the VT102User Guide at http://216.92.110.6/docs/vt100-tm/ek-vt100-tm-002.pdf andnote the contents of the 304th page (page A-12) and pages 6-10 to 6-12 ingeneral.The IIe text character set doesn't support all the VT102 special graphiccharacters.  I recall Proterm for the Apple II did a good job supporting asmany as possible.  Proterm is still commercial software the last I heardand more information can be found on Intrec's Web site (you can atleast geta phone number or email address).Geoff(geoff, a2c.network_telecomm, Jul 08 2007)>>>>>"""""I can't think of anything 8-bit that would work. If you were using a GS,you would have the option of using Spectrum or AnsiTerm.Sorry.(sfahey, a2c.network_telecomm, Jul 08 2007)>>>>>""""">> Proterm is still commercial software the last I heard and moreinformation can be found on Intrec's Web site... <<It's $19.95 iirc, which isn't bad price wise.  Still, despite it's superiorterm emulations, it doesn't do ANSI like PC people like to see it. ANSI wasnever an "Apple II thing", and back in the day, kind of sneered at.I still get some attitude from a few people about the A2C BBS using ANSI.<shrugs>(sfahey, a2c.network_telecomm, Jul 08 2007)>>>>>"""""Well thanks for your replies.  I'd heard of Proterm; their website is still"under construction" since December.  I'll decide whether it's worth themoney or not and try calling them. -Quag7(Quag7, a2c.network_telecomm, Jul 10 2007)[EOA][FWR]Freeware Release""""""""""""""""Hi, for those of you who don't read CSA2, I received permission toreclassify the Command.com system as freely usable software. Sadly, DavidSugar no longer has anything to supply us with for the archive. So, ifanyone has any version (except the shareware release) or any documentationor source or whatever could you please contact me. The status will beincluded in the archive and available on request for anyone with materialto provide.Cheers,Mike T(BluPhoenyx, a2c.software, Jun 29 2007)[EOA][MDF]Microdot Freeware"""""""""""""""""Finally, I have managed to put together a freeware release for the MicrodotBASIC environment. Microdot is an & driven replacement for BASIC.SYSTEMwith a variety of options. Eventually, Microdot evolved into System II andyou will find some files in the archive regarding this.Files: KITCHEN.SHK KSINK01.SHK KSINK02.SHK KSINK03.SHK KSINK04.SHK KSINK05.SHK KSINK06.SHK MICRODOT.SHK microdot.manuals.zip microdot.freeware microdot.freeware.msfThe microdot.freeware files are the emails regarding the freeware status.With the exception of the manual archive, the disk images are exactly asthey were sent to me. Thanks to Paul R Santa-Maria for the archives andJeff Fink for the manual.Note: the only change made to the document archives was the inclusion ofthe freeware emails.Cheers,Mike T(BluPhoenyx, a2c.a2pro_developers, Jul 04 2007)>>>>>"""""I'm personally grateful. Thanks for pursuing this!(sfahey, a2c.a2pro_developers, Jul 05 2007)[EOA][CCF]Command.com Freeware""""""""""""""""""""The command.com shell has been released as freeware by it's author DavidSugar.  You will find the files in the upload directory. Included are the1.2 version along with several monthly update releases. The final version(I think) will be 2.0a. On the update disks are also some programs providedby David as well as technical documentation for the shell.The 2.x version includes David's version of Blankenship BASIC. There isalso a stand-alone version but I have not located this. David mentioned italong with other software which he would release. Interestingly, he wrote aprogram named AmperDOS which is the same name as the software I released in1999. My AmperDOS is available on various file sites. Unfortunately,David's isn't. Should someone have a copy of these or other software byDavid Sugar please contact me.I am still looking for a copy of the manual. At this point I have thepossibility of one if the owner is able to have it scanned. We shall see.I would like to thank David Sugar for re-releasing this software. I wouldalso like to thank Steven Hirsch for donating the archives.Included files are: COMMAND1.SHK COMMAND2.SHK COMMAND8A.SHK COMMAND8B.SHK COMMAND9.SHK command.com.freewareCheers,Mike T(BluPhoenyx, a2c.a2pro_developers, Jul 04 2007)[EOA][NFS]New Files"""""""""Both command.com and microdot were placed in the upload directory for thesysop to place wherever they belong here.Cheers,Mike T(BluPhoenyx, a2c.a2pro_developers, Jul 04 2007)>>>>>"""""Thanks Mike - I'll move them this weekend.(sfahey, a2c.a2pro_developers, Jul 04 2007)[EOA][CSA]-------------------------------              FROM comp.sys.apple2 |------------------------------------[TMF]Two More Freeware Reclassifications"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""I'm happy to announce that the II community has 2 new freeware releases.These freewares are currently available in the Apple II Gmail account.Please feel free to upload them to other sites as applicable. Note thatthese archives are still incomplete and we are still looking for anyadditional materials i.e. disk images and/or documentation anyone may haveavailable. That said, there has been enough donations of materials to makeboth software packages useful. Some info as follows...Kitchen Sink's Microdot. This is a BASIC.SYSTEM replacement environmentwhich saves memory for program use. This software eventually grew into theSystem II environment which is also freeware. Contact was also made withJerry Kindall the program's author. Jerry claims no copyright ownership toMicrodot as he was simply under contract to Kitchen Sink.Command.com by David Sugar. This is a ProDOS 8 shell and environment with alarge number of commands and batch files available. There is also a goodlyamount of technical info and other associated softwares on the extra betadisks. Sadly, the source code and original documentation was lost in aflood (along with many other items) or this package would have includedthis too. This is also a useful environment for folks who like the KyanPascal development tools with which it is compatible.Thanks goes to David Sugar and Eric Bush for re-releasing these products.Thanks also to Steven Hirsch and Paul R. Santa-Maria for supplyingmaterials.For those who don't know how to access the GMail account, you can searchthis groups archive for the information or give it a couple of days forpeople to repost these files. If all else fails, contact me.Cheers,Mike T(BluPhoenyx, comp.sys.apple2, July 4, 2007)>>>>>"""""Oops. The Command.com files are now uploaded. Thought I sent them and theemail was available in my sent directory. Go figure.The Microdot manual is now available on the Gmail account. Thanks to JeffFink for providing this archive. A copy of the freeware status emails areincluded in the archive.Cheers,Mike T(BluPhoenyx, comp.sys.apple2, July 4, 2007)[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, lutefisk at grex.cyberspace dot orgThe 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][KF7]------------------------------                       KFest 2007 |-----------------------------------[KFU]KansasFest 2007"""""""""""""""is scheduled for July 17-22, 2007.Go to <http://www.kfest.org> for details.[EOA][HFR]KansasFest 2007 HackFest Rules (Revised Version)1. Contest begins at 7:00 AM on Wednesday, July 18, and ends at 7:00 AM onSaturday, July 21 so that judging can begin.  The winners will be announcedduring the Saturday morning sessions.  Entries submitted late won't beconsidered.  Entries may be done by individuals or teams; however,individual achievement counts.2. Three judges will be selected by the KFest committee to judge thecompetition; at least one of them will be available at all times, toprovide assistance and judgement calls.  At least one judge will be anon-programmer.3. Entries must be written entirely during the allotted time; no sourcecode -- printed or on any form of computer-readable media -- may be used(although sample source code printed inside standard and acceptablereference materials is allowed), and the program must run on an Apple 1 (orclone) or Apple II model present at KFest.4. Any version of any development environment and programming language maybe used; however, there may not be any libraries, header files, or macrosets used that aren't standard-issue for that version of the developmentenvironment or programming language.5. Programs can't require unusual additional software or hardware; it's upto the judges to decide what constitutes "unusual."  The participant shouldask in advance.6. Programs can't take unfair advantage of system addons written in advancefor the sole purpose of easing the work to be done during the contestperiod.  Any extensions or other system add ons used by an entry must havebeen released to the general public at least three months prior to thecontest date.7. Entries will be judged on completeness, cleverness, and the somewhatvague "cool" factor.  Entries don't have to be useful if they're otherwiseimpressive, and they don't have to be "finished."8. All entry programs are the property of the creator, and do not have tobe released to the general public at any time; however, we hope thatentries will be distributed by some means (whether for free or otherwise)when ready.  However, entries may be described or discussed, includingscreen shots (where applicable), by the KFest committee for promotionalpurposes, or by legitimate Apple II community press.The following lists are not necessarily complete lists of everythingallowed; these are to be taken as "givens."  If it's not on the list,please ask for confirmation.Acceptable software:     System software     Development environment (no customizations)     GSBug     Nifty List     Marinetti     Exerciser     ORCA/Debugger, Splat!     DesignMaster, Foundation, Genesys, ResLin     Talking Tools     Spectrum, ProTERM, ANSITermAcceptable hardware:     Apple II computer, monitor, disk drives, hard drives     Apple 1 computer or clone     CD-ROM drive, tape drive     Hard disk controller card     Sound card (speakers/headphones/etc)     Accelerator card (any speed)     RAM cardAccepted reference material:     All official Apple reference materials (including manuals, technical     notes, and file type notes).     Reference manuals included with development tools and software.     Commercially-available reference manuals.Any other hardware, software, or reference material needs the approval ofthe judges in advance.  When in doubt, ask the judges.Eric ShepherdOwnerSyndicommhttp://www.syndicomm.com(Eric Shepherd, KFest Mailing List, June 28, 2007)[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 2007 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:       ftp://www.a2central.com/the.lamp!/>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Opinions expressed herein are those of the individual authors, and do notnecessarily represent the opinions of A2Central.com, Ryan M. Suenaga, orLyle Syverson.  Forum messages are reprinted verbatim and are included inthis publication with permission from the individual authors.A2Central.com, Ryan M. Suenaga, and Lyle Syverson do not guarantee theaccuracy or suitability of any information included herein.  We reserve theright to edit 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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