HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: paw@ausom.oz.au (Peter Watson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: FDHD card and drive
Date: 19 Aug 92 03:34:59 GMT
Reply-To: paw%ausom.oz@sol.cc.deakin.oz.au
Organization: AUSOM - The Apple Users Society of Melbourne

bp664@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Grover Thomas) writes re FDHD card and drive :

>(1) Will it work with any FDHD Mac drive, or do you need the special
>    one that receently replaced the old Apple II 800K drive?

It _should_, but I have Apple's drive (which is _not_ Apple II specific),
so I can't be sure.

>(2) Will it read existing 800K ProDOS disks?
>(3) WIll it read existing 800K HFS disks?
>(4) Will it read existing 720K IBM disks (perhaps via MS-DOS FST)?

Yes! I have written a program to read MS-DOS disks and it works fine for
both 720K and 1.4Mb MS-DOS disks. HFS and ProDOS are fine, too.

The only problems arise when a program "assumes" that any 3.5" drive in
slot 5 _must_ be the internal drive port, and branches to the relevant
offsets in the ROM - which have changed!!! For example, FTA programs tend to
put the card into self-test! Also, some copy-protected games don't work,
although there are patches for most (usually to put them onto a hard disk,
which amounts to the same thing).

Cheers,
Peter
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From: bslog@pro-scat.cts.com (Bill Logsdon)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Fer Sale...
Date: 20 Aug 92 05:59:11 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: ProLine [pro-scat] St. Petersburg, Florida.


For sale... Chinon (small footprint) CD Rom Drive - SCSI with IBM
Drivers... Mac driver is available from Chinon Corp....

Will not work with the GS (due to unavailability of s/w driver) but, if
you are a code hacker, ya can probably edit Apple's and get it ta work (I
wasn't swift enuff)....

250 bucks or best offer.... leave email....

Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
From: philip@utstat.uucp (Philip McDunnough)
Subject: Re: recommendations on GS word processor prog. wanted
Organization: University of Toronto, Dept. of Statistics
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 05:00:47 GMT

In article <1992Aug12.074629.4336@nuscc.nus.sg> ltchean@iss.nus.sg (lim thye chean) writes:

[ ]
>
>Two questions:
>
>1. Is WordPerfect System 6 (or even 5.04) compatible?
>2. Is it still supported by WordPerfect Inc?

WP dropped support of the GS, Amiga, NeXT and ST versions. Have you thought
of a new program called PageWriter GS? It is text based, and I really haven't
had time to explore it thoroughly but it appears very, very powerful.

Philip McDunnough
University of Toronto
philip@utstat.toronto.edu
From: fred@pro-aasgard.cts.com (Fred Gotfredson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Allufit
Date: 14 Aug 92 00:26:34 GMT
Organization: ProLine [pro-aasgard] -- Minneapolis, MN  (612)/557-2811

I'm saying... TO convert From Apple IIGS to Mac.. just get SYSTEM 6!!!!!!!!
And, My computer is 5 years old already.. (how many is that in human
years?)
And... I would like to know what GNO is.. I've heard it a lot.. But I dunno
what it is!
Wow!
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From: carnahan@possum.den.mmc.com (Rich Carnahan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: IIGS System and S/W For Sale
Date: 23 Aug 92 01:48:20 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Martin Marietta Astronautics Group, Denver

Here's a choice IIGS system for sale.  Make an offer for the H/W.  S/W
sold separately with prices attached.

Apple IIGS System H/W (system is in excellent condition; all original
packaging, documentation and cabling included)

1.  Apple IIGS ROM 01 CPU
2.  Apple IIGS Keyboard
3.  Apple II AppleColor RGB Monitor
4.  Apple Mouse
5.  Apple 3.5 Drive
6.  Apple II Joystick
7.  AE TransWarp GS Accelerator
8.  AE GS Ram w/1.25 Meg
9.  AE GS Ram+ w/4 Meg (expandable to 6)
10. Kensington System Saver IIGS
11. System 6 Disks with Documentation
12. A fair amount of PD and shareware

IIGS Software (all S/W has original packaging and documentation)

Utilities and Productivity

1.  AppleWorks GS v1.1 - $60
2.  HyperCard IIGS v1.1 - $40 (includes Hypermover and HyperCard IIGS
    Hypertalk reference book)
3.  Salvation Deliverance and Exorciser - $15
4.  Signature GS (screen saver, screen painter, sounds, etc.) - $10
5.  Express (print spooler) - $15
6.  Copy II Plus - $15

Games, educational, and other

1.  Arkanoid II (Revenge of Doh) - $5
2.  Chessmaster 2100 - $10
3.  Designasaurus (fun activities for preschool-3rd grade) - $5
4.  Dragon Wars GS - $10
5.  Dungeonmaster GS - $5
6.  King's Quest III (To Heir is Human) - $5
7.  King's Quest IV (The Perils of Rosella) - $5
8.  Mathblaster Plus (math tutor) - $10
9.  McGee (for preschoolers) - $5
10. McGee at the Fun Fair (for preschoolers) - $5
11. Mean 18 - $5
12. Mixed-up Mother Goose (for children) - $5
13. Revolution 76 - $10
14. Silpheed - $5
15. Space Ace - $5
16. Space Quest II - $5
17. The Black Cauldron (children's adventure) - $5
18. The Duel - Test Drive II - $5
19. 2088 The Cryllan Mission (the first one) - $10
20. Thexder - $5
21. War in Middle Earth - $5
22. Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego - $10
23. World Geograph (a good geography tutor) - $25

You pay shipping for all software; we can discuss postage for H/W.

Cheers.

Rich

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
From: dmag@engin.umich.edu (Daniel Demaggio )
Subject: Re: WANTED: //e shell (Davex).
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 92 16:24:17 EDT
Organization: University of Michigan Engineering, Ann Arbor

In some other article somewhere, someone else writes:
>>Has anyone been able to ftp to archive.umich.edu?

  The umich site has been having problems, but from what I can tell
It should be up now.  I am still in the process of moving things
around and documenting things, but take a look anyway. -=Dan=-
(P.S. I checked, and Davex is there intact.)
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
From: johnmac@fawlty.towers.oz.au (John MacLean)
Subject: Re: MS-DOS FST
Reply-To: johnmac@fawlty.towers.oz.au (John MacLean)
Organization: Tower Technology, Sydney
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 22:35:27 GMT

In article <71205@apple.Apple.COM> dlyons@Apple.COM (David A Lyons) writes:
>I don't have much real-world experience with MS-DOS.  I'm interested in
>your informed opinions on what MS-DOS suffixes (.TXT, etc) should correspond
>by default to various GS/OS filetype/auxiliary type combinations.
>
>Here's one possible list of default translations:
>
>  suffix ftype auxtype
>  .TXT    $04   $0000      text file
>	::::::::::::::::::::::::::
>  .GIF    $C0   $8006      GIF file
>
>Reasonable?  ($04 is Text and $06 is Binary.)
>-- 
>David A. Lyons, Apple Computer, Inc.      |   DAL Systems

Firstly, most of these conversions sound fine:
Anything that makes sense -> $04 $0000
Anything that makes sense -> $06 $0000
everything else -> $00 $0000

You could consider adding an unknown MSDOS filetype,
and encoding the three letter extension into the auxtype.
This would of course provide a totally reversable translation.

Is $C0 $8006 now a standard file type for GIFs?
In what tech note is this documented?

John MacLean.
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From: jjs40@cd.amdahl.com (John Sullivan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Apple II RWTS codes.
Date: 17 Aug 92 17:47:38 GMT
Organization: Amdahl Corporation, Sunnyvale CA

I'm looking for some information on the internals of RWTS (Read/Write,
Track/Sector) for both DOS3.3 and ProDOS-8 on the Apple II.

I have good understanding of the nibbilizing scheme used, and the underlying
mechanisms in the Disk II controller.  I have 6502 assembly source for
track "ZAP" and "FORMAT" utilities, and several books (Beneath Apple DOS, etc.)
on the subject of the low-level operation of disks.

What I would like to be able to do is rewrite a version of RWTS from scratch,
but I am currently lacking an understanding of the mechanisms of how to deal 
with reading an writing sectors on the fly (as opposed to reading/writing/
formatting an entire track at once.)

What would really be helpful would be to have some example 6502 assembly
code to work from (besides just a disassembly of the DOS/ProDOS RWTS code.)
I know that there is at least one DOS clone available in the public domain.
Is the code for this available?  Has anyone else ever done this?  Are
there any books that describe the whole process from start to finish (I
already have the "Beneath" books.)

-- 
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Amdahl Corporation, Sunnyvale CA.               Phone: (408)746-4688.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
From: bazyar@teal.csn.org (Jawaid Bazyar)
Subject: Re: Finder Redrawing...
Organization: Colorado SuperNet, Inc.
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 22:29:37 GMT

dlyons@Apple.COM (David A Lyons) writes:

>Yes--it's the Control Manager, foolishly believing that since the 640/320
>mode recently changed it needs to force the screen to redraw because there
>could be some scroll bars that are using the wrong "gray" color for the
>page regions.

 I've noticed occasionally in SwitchIt that the Finder (only the finder,
it seems) scroll bars become half-size and the wrong grey after a
320->640 switch; I've not noticed it lately, but then again, I've been
taking an axe to a lof of the code and haven't tested it for a while.
(I _do_ do a CtlNewRes, and it _does_ redraw the Finder screen twice :-)

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 bazyar@cs.uiuc.edu         |   P.O Box 620334
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
From: toddpw@cco.caltech.edu (Todd P. Whitesel)
Subject: Re: HELP: 9600bps modem won't work (2nd request)
Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 09:37:16 GMT

isc10327@nusunix3.nus.sg (ONG TAT-WEE) writes:

>	Do you think you can post your modem cable pinouts here for me?
>Seems that everyone is saying that high-speed modems need hardware
>handshaking.  I would like to compare your cable pinouts with mine.

I bought my cable surplus, and the voltmeter is packed away right now, so
here's a pinout that was posted to the net earlier:

===========================================================================
In <53454.539217028@kcbbs.gen.nz>
Corey_Murtagh@kcbbs.gen.nz (Corey Murtagh) writes:

>  Does anyone out there in Net.Land have the pin connections to use for a  
>CTS/RTS handshake compatible serial cable for the GS?  I am currently using  
>one that I hacked together based on the diagram in the Hardware Ref. for the  
>GS, but some programs tend to barf quite badly on it, 'cause it doesn't  
>support the hardware handshakes.  
>  Oh, yeah.  please post here (to CSA2), as I think others may be interested. 

In Greg Schaefer's ProTERM v3.0 manual, the suggested wiring for an Apple
IIgs/IIc+ modem cable is (and it works -- I got ranges of 2690-3264 cps
downloading textfiles from the Hayes BBS with an Intel 14.4ex): 

Computer Port           Modem           Signal Name
(Male MINI DIN-8)       (Male DB25)
3                       2               TD (transmit data)
5                       3               RD (receive data)
4                       7               GND (signal ground)
Short 8 to 4                            GND (signal ground)
2                       5               CTS (clear to send)
1                       4               RTS (ready to send)
                        Short 4 to 20   DTR (data terminal ready)
7                       8               DCD (data carrier detect)

NOTE: This cable requires that "short circuits" be placed in the cable. This
consists of creating a "Y" connection between the three pins. On the MINI
DIN-8 end, pins 4 and 8 should be connected to each other as well as to pin 
7 of the DB25. On the DB 25 end, pins 4 and 20 should be connected to each
other as well as to pin 1 of the MINI DIN-8.
==========================================================================

Let me know if it works. When I find the voltmeter I will check my cable and
see what its pinout is.

Todd Whitesel
toddpw @ tybalt.caltech.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
From: asantaan@nyx.cs.du.edu (A.J. Santa Ana)
Subject: Ram card
Organization: Nyx, Public Access Unix @ U. of Denver Math/CS dept.
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 92 02:46:15 GMT


I
I know this could be a dumb question, but would anyone like to donate a 1
meg ram card to me?  all I have is 512k in my IIgs.  I have no money to
buy a new one.  I would really appreciate it.
From: gdesroch@slate.mines.colorado.edu (DESROCHERS GARY FREDERIC)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: System 6.0 & Ultramacros 3.0
Date: 20 Aug 92 14:59:46 GMT
Organization: Colorado School of Mines

jorgi@cs.uow.edu.au (George B Zamroz) writes:
:I finally have gotten round to putting System 6.0 on my hard disk. When trying
:to use Appleworks with Ultramacros, it crashes as soon as I try to add a file.
:Running Appleworks on it's own is fine. Anyone know the answer to this problem?

     I had the same problem.  I removed the EasyAccess init and it works
fine now.  If you already removed it then <shrug> disregard this.  By the
way, I think this only happens with versions of Appleworks other then 3.0.

: 
: Thanks in advance.
: -- 
: George B. Zamroz, University of Wollongong, Australia
: ex-Masters Student (Computer Science)        
: Internet: jorgi@cs.uow.edu.au
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 Any comments/complaints on Disk Witch tell me.  Apple II Forever!!
From: chiu@ucsee.berkeley.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: IBM/Apple JoyStick (WAS:Re: Woz //gs's)
Summary: Incompatible
Keywords: Apple //e FOREVER
Date: 21 Aug 92 14:57:22 GMT
Reply-To: chiu@ucsee.Berkeley.EDU
Organization: University of California Society of Electrical Engineers (UCSEE)
NNTP-Posting-Host: ucsee.berkeley.edu
Originator: chiu@ucsee.Berkeley.EDU

In article <BtBvBL.7rp@cmptrc.lonestar.org> jwoods@cmptrc.lonestar.org (Jeff Woods) writes:

>>>Any IBM compatible joystick should work fine with an Apple ][.  Just don't
>>>expect a joystick for a video game system (read Atari or NES) to work.
>>>There are some amazing joysticks available these days.

If you're referrin' to some joysticks that has both IBM and Apple connectors
on them, you're quite right. But don't expect ones that are labeled as IBM
only to work with Apple //e or //gs.

>IBM joysticks connect to a "game port" on the PC which happens to have a 
>9-pin DB connector (actually a "DE" connector as I recall the standard).
>This matches the external joystick port on the ][e, ][gs, and (I think)
>the ][c and ][c+.  The ][e and ][gs also have the internal 16 pin connector
>found on the ][+ and original ][, which is NOT compatible with the PC.

Incorrect. IBM's game port uses a wider connector and will not plug into
Apple //e or //gs joystick port. Some joysticks does have both connectors
on them (and has this little switch underneath for switching between IBM
and Apple), but besure not to play with the switch while computer is on...
(another netlander has indicated that his 3 years old did just that and
the result was not exactly entertaining)

Of course, I've got them both, and lookin' in the back to confirm these
facts regarding the incompatiblity of joysticks are quite simple... 
(not flame about using messydos machines please)

-Dave C.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
From: grover@emunix.emich.edu (Grover Thomas)
Subject: Dragon Wars
Organization: Eastern Michigan University
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 13:15:41 GMT

I've been playing Dragon Wars for a bit no, and there's a place I
can't uie figure out.

O the second "Island," o "Province" or watever (Ile of the Sun)
just outside th city of Phoebs there is a mystical forest.
In the Sounheast corner of the forest there is a small pool with
a simple shrine out in the mddle of the water.  Does anyone know
how to get to the shrine?  It wont let me swim out there.
From: trimper@edsi.plexus.COM (Greg Trimper)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Has the 2GS been dropped?
Date: 14 Aug 92 04:19:38 GMT
Distribution: comp
Organization: Enterprise Data Systems Incorporated, Appleton WI

I should also add to my observations:

As of May, APDA (Apple Programmer's and Developer's Association) has dropped
all Apple II Support, Software, developer cdroms, etc, from their catalog,
disks, Applelink areas, etc.  All gone.  They passed the products on to
a third party.

Greg Trimper   trimper@edsi.plexus.com
From: pfmj@vax5.cit.cornell.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: *APPLE//c COMPLETE SYSTEM FORSALE!!!*
Date: 17 Aug 92 15:57:49 EDT
Distribution: comp
Organization: Cornell University

I have the following system forsale:
-Apple //c
-internal 5.25" drive
-keyboard/mouse
-matching monitor

I am asking $450 for the complete system It is in perfect shape and
working order.
I will consider all reasonable offers
Thanks
From: des@ausom.oz.au (Dale Staines)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Kansas Fest
Date: 17 Aug 92 08:27:44 GMT
Organization: AUSOM - The Apple Users Society of Melbourne


Hello All,

Can someone help my I have just come back from Holidays and I have Miss all the low down on A2 Centrals Summer Conference and
the Expo.

Any information you could E-Mail me at the address below would be greatly appreciated

Thanks in advance.


-- 
Dale Staines  ( Apple // Forever and a Day or Three )

E-Mail : des%ausom.oz@sol.cc.deakin.oz.au
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
From: anthony@seas.smu.edu (Richard Anthony)
Subject: Re: Revenge of the Bobs: Warning
Summary: Strange?
Organization: School of Engineering and applied science; S.M.U.; Dallas, Tx
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 14:53:50 GMT

In article <1992Aug17.093105.5653@usenet.ins.cwru.edu> bp664@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Grover Thomas) writes:
>
>Gack!  I was running the Ninja Force  "Revenge of the Bobs"
>demo disk, and when I reset my GS, it had changed my control
>panel settings.
>
>Okay, well changing control panel settings isn't a horrible crime,
>but this program sets the text and background to black!  It also
>sets the boot slot to 5, so I couldn't even load System 6 from
>my hard drive (And not being able to actually "see" the control
>panel, I couldn't reset the colors).  
>
>Anyway, I managed to dig up and find an old System disk with the
>control panel NDA on it, so I was able to fix it.  But I wonder
>what else this demo did to my computer?!
>-- 
> __                                                                   __
>(__) Grover Thomas            InterNet: grover@emunix.emich.edu      (__)
>(__)                               or   bp664@Cleveland.Freenet.edu  (__)

That sound very strange!  I have run the demo about 5 times, in both
50 and 60 mode and Censored and uncensored mode!  The only time I have
ever heard of something like this happing was in a old version of 
ZZ copy, If  you typed in merlin for the p/w it screwed you! it set the
text, border and screen to Black and the start up to the ROM disk!  
Easy enough to fix but people were thinking it was a virus!


JIm
From: paw@ausom.oz.au (Peter Watson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Revenge of the Bobs: Warning
Date: 19 Aug 92 04:05:22 GMT
Reply-To: paw%ausom.oz@sol.cc.deakin.oz.au
Organization: AUSOM - The Apple Users Society of Melbourne

bp664@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Grover Thomas) writes:

>Gack!  I was running the Ninja Force  "Revenge of the Bobs"
>demo disk, and when I reset my GS, it had changed my control
>panel settings.
>
>Okay, well changing control panel settings isn't a horrible crime,
>but this program sets the text and background to black!  It also
>sets the boot slot to 5, so I couldn't even load System 6 from
>my hard drive (And not being able to actually "see" the control
>panel, I couldn't reset the colors).
>
>Anyway, I managed to dig up and find an old System disk with the
>control panel NDA on it, so I was able to fix it.  But I wonder
>what else this demo did to my computer?!

It is always worth remembering that by powering on with the option key
held down, you can reset all parameters simply by pressing the '1' key
when the 'reset parameters.....' menu appears. Although I have not tried
it, I would be suprised if the menu didn't override the black-on-black
text, but in any case, just press the '1' key after a second.

Cheers,
Peter
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From: scottba@edsi.plexus.COM (Scott Anderson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Has the 2GS been dropped?
Date: 13 Aug 92 01:11:58 GMT
Article-I.D.: edsi.1992Aug13.011158.15716
Distribution: comp
Organization: Enterprise Data Systems Incorporated, Appleton WI

The Developer (that I didn't want to believe in the first place) is 
trimper@edsi.plexus.com.  Nail him!
(of course he can physically get back at me, but oh well, such is
life..)
--Scott
acct040@carroll1.cc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
From: toddpw@cco.caltech.edu (Todd P. Whitesel)
Subject: Help! Need ROM image of Sider All-Prodos ROM
Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 07:40:48 GMT

Welp, I finally got around to ordering an all-prodos rom for my trusty siders.
Problem is, when I went to make the second ROM, the normal EPROM burner was
being used for a class (and it was about to be serviced, so they weren't too
happy either) and they wouldn't let me on it. So I had to use a crusty old
one in another lab entirely ... this thing read a screwed up ROM image, and
then fried my EPROM!! I am now stuck without an actual ROM to put in my sider
cards (besides the crappy multi-O/S ROM), even though I have the utility disk
and the (obvious) installation instructions...

Can somebody out there with the Sider-10 ROM save a copy of the code out?
If I remember right, the following should do the trick:
* 2000<Cn00.CnFFM
* CFFF N Cn00 N 2100<C800.CFFFM
* BSAVE SIDERROM.BIN,A$2000,L$900

Plain binscii format is fine, just email that to me at tybalt. I'll figure out
what the ROM organization is from the (partially) screwed image that I managed
to salvage, and from looking at the code.

Thanks a lot, in advance!!

Todd Whitesel
toddpw @ tybalt.caltech.edu