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From: wsheffield@pro-ace.cts.com (Wayne Sheffield)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Comp.sys.apple2 -> FIDO
Date: 6 Apr 92 00:36:54 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: ProLine [pro-ace]


        Does anyone know of a way to port the comp.sys.apple2 feed over to
a FIDO system?

        Thanking you in advance,

 
                   Wayne Sheffield
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From: gvp+@CS.CMU.EDU (George Vikram Paul)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Help with apple modem
Date: 7 Apr 92 15:59:36 GMT
Organization: Carnegie Mellon University

I have a Apple IIe with super-serial-card
and a 1200 baud Hayes modem.
I want to use it as a dumb terminal and telnet to school 
Will any short BASIC program which I can type in do the job.

Any help will be appreciated

gvp
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
From: toh@micor.ocunix.on.ca (Marc Sira)
Subject: Re: Is this a Teach bug or is it me?
Organization: M.B. Cormier INC.
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 92 01:37:09 EDT

> In some article, ericm@sage.cc.purdue.edu (Eric Mulholland) writes:
> > 
> > A problem I have every other time I use Teach is with using the scroll
> > arrow.  I click on the arrow to scroll, but when I release the button
> > to stop scrolling, it doesn't stop.  It will keep scrolling til it hits
> > the end or until I move the pointer off the arrow.  It does this for
> > moving up as well as down.  Unfortinatly, I haven't found a way to have
> > this happen everytime, makes it difficult to get fixed.


Sounds similar to something that kept happening to me, and that I finally 
tracked down. Are you finding odd things with the mouse within other areas? 
Like standard file, and even menu bars...as if the mouse button wasn't 
releasing. I finally tracked it down to a DA - the Alarm Clock CDA, 
specifically, but it seems to be caused by anything that installs a 
heartbeat interrupt and doesn't keep track of it correctly. Try removing any 
DAs or inits that do so (clocks, screen blankers, etc.) and see if the 
problem clears up.


Marc Sira               |
toh@micor.ocunix.on.ca  |  "Why are you always shaaaking yer eyeballs?"
                        '
From: johnp@pro-angmar.alfalfa.com (John Palaima)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Sonic Blaster
Date: 9 Apr 92 19:34:05 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: ProLine [pro-angmar]

I am ticked...i cant seem to get the digitize port to accept sound all the
time. It works intermittently. You hafta play with it to get it to work..is
there a cheap fix?
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From: rheinze@lrc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: System 6 memory problem
Date: 8 Apr 92 02:58:55 GMT
Article-I.D.: lrc.1992Apr7.215856.353
Organization: Lenoir-Rhyne College, Hickory, NC

I would like some advice on configuration.

I am getting too many out-of-memory errors.
When I load a pic in a word processor or use Teach
and then try to get back to the Finder I go off in
La La Land and have to re-boot.

Here are my hardware problems:
IIgs ROM 1
ZIPgs 8/16
RAMFast SCSI with two partitions on HD (32 meg each)
RAM cards = 5.25 meg.
Signature GS (works better than under 5.04)

I suspect the problem is somewhere between the configs for
the ZIP and the RAMFast.

Can anyone help?
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
From: irsman@iastate.edu (Ian R Schmidt)
Subject: Re: Apple ][ stuff for sale
Summary: I can never resist a good flame war ;-) 
Keywords: leo, mike, don, raph, april, vernon, erma
Organization: Iowa State University of Turtles and News Reporters
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1992 14:30:22 GMT

In an article, George whatshisname wrote:
> In an article, Harold "HalB" Bouma purportedly wrote:

>>        [Totally patethic products (except the apple-cat) that no one has
>>bothered purchasing over the last two months despite multitudes upon
>>multitudes of lamer postings by George removed...]
>>
>>      Hey George, can you like lay off the postings of the for-sale articles?
>>
>>I mean techinally, you're not even supposed to post for-sale articles on
>>comp.sys.a2. I personally don't mind one or two articles about for-sales,
>>because I'm always looking for stuff to add to my collection, but enough is
>>enough!!! You've already posted it here, thats enough. If you're really
>>desperate to sell it, keep it to misc.forsale.computers, where that stuff is
>>supposed to be.
>
>  Why don't you chill out dude?  First off all, I don't care if you
>think what I am selling is pathetic or not.  If you don't like it,
>too bad..  And what is this garbage about it bothering YOU that I post

Well, endless for sale ads annoy me nearly as much as getting 7 copies (count
'em) of Matt Deatherage's posts.  

>  Anyways, relax, and I will post this messages whenever i feel like
>it.  That is what this sub is for. And I am not the only one who has
>posted for sale messgaes on here. This is the sub that deals with
>APPLE II's.. What better place than this to post about selling 
>APPLE II stuff.. Think about it...

That's all very nice, but misc.forsale.computers really -is- a better place.

>  Anyways, cool off.  If you don't like reading my messages, then
>write one of those kill message files.  And don't tell me what to
>post.. Nobody else minds except you..

BZZT! (Hi Chris!) sorry, and thanks for playing.

[sigs deleted]



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From: acct069@carroll1.cc.edu (Ron)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: System 6 - Start-up Application (Q)
Date: 17 Apr 92 21:01:17 GMT
Article-I.D.: carroll1.3111
Reply-To: acct069@carroll1.cc.edu (Ron)
Organization: Lightning Systems, Inc.

[posting this for a friend]

Has anyone been able to get the CDA that's supposed to be able to set the
start-up application to work?

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
From: toddpw@cco.caltech.edu (Todd P. Whitesel)
Subject: Re: Problems with SCSI HD and Apple HS SCSI card
Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1992 09:50:47 GMT

mattd@apple.com (Matt Deatherage) writes:

>I'm told (I'm not an owner so I can't verify this) that the RAMFast card
>_does_ supply terminator power.  If so, investigate and maked informed

It is an option you can set with a DIP switch.

Todd Whitesel
toddpw @ tybalt.caltech.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
From: mark@trillian.jsc.nasa.gov (Mark Manning)
Subject: Re: Modem Woes
Organization: Simulacron I
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 1992 20:22:38 GMT

Well, I'm not Mr. Wizard when it comes to modems, but I've wired a few
and hooked up a lot more - so here goes:

It sounds as if your main problems are two:Speed and reliable connections.

In the speed deparment, the reason your personal modem worked better is
because:1)It was made to work with the Apple instead of being a generic
modem and thus might have circuitry which does things a generic modem
doesn't, and 2)If the personal modem ran at a lower speed than the new
modem that also would account for it.  Something which runs well at 300
bps may not run as well at 1200bps and surely won't run anywhere near as
well at 9600bps.  Why?  Because the higher the transmission rate you go,
the better the phone lines have to be.  Older phone lines can not handle
higher speeds because of various things.  Some of the "things" can be
poor insulation (which causes such things as TV signals and other radio
waves to interfere with what you are attempting to transmit), faulty or
partially broken lines (which do not always interfere with your normal
usage [ie:talking]), bad connectors (if you have a four prong connection
[talk about old!] or if the connector was punched all the way through the
wire, etc... then your connection won't be good enough to run at a higher
speed), loose wires on the inside of the wall panel, or even humidity
conditions.  All of these can affect transmissions over phone lines and
thus make high speed transfers impossible.  A 300 baud modem though, can
handle these problems because there is enough leeway at the lower speed
to correct for them.

Hmmmm....seems I've already covered the reliable connections part as well.

Anyway, there are a lot of things you can do to test things out.  Here are
a few:

1. Try the same call to someplace under different circumstances(raining,
   dry, foggy).  This will help to tell whether or not it is the humidity
   which is getting to you.

2. If you have two phones, try calling yourself with the help of a friend.
   Then listen to the line to see if you can hear a hissing or popping
   sound.  If so, then the lines in your house might be bad.

3. Try calling a person in the same location you are attempting to reach
   via modem.  Again listen to the line to see if there is any hissing or
   popping sound.  This would mean the place you are calling has bad
   telephone lines.

I hope this helps.

Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
From: mark@trillian.jsc.nasa.gov (Mark Manning)
Subject: Re: Why no Small C?
Organization: Simulacron I
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 1992 14:02:47 GMT

Well, actually, since the printf() function is so complex, I thought
that there would be sub-functions which dealt with each of the needed
parts (ints, chars, floats, strings, etc....).  In this way the function
is passed the pointer to where the string resides, the function decides
ahead of time which of the lower level sub-functions are needed, alters
the linker to this, and only loads in those sections which are required.
Thus the number of bytes are greatly reduced since those sub-functions
not required are ever loaded.

This also retains the definition of a function.  It also allows one
operation per function.  Namely the printf() function itself simply
selects, while pf0001() could be the routine to handle string printing.
But this is only conjecture presently.

:-)

A poem:

   There must be a million ways of doing something.
   And we have only discussed a few.
   Does that make mine any better?
   Or yours the better clue?
   No, I say we should go on learning.
   Until we've seen them all.
   And then we can start again.
   By choosing a different hall.

                       Mark.
From: dougmc@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Doug McLaren)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Question about Kermit, Apple IIe, 2400 baud modem, SSC ...
Date: 14 Apr 92 07:25:41 GMT
Reply-To: dougmc@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Doug McLaren)
Organization: Doug's House of Disco
Originator: dougmc@huey.cc.utexas.edu

Ok, here's the problem:

My hardware:
   Apple IIe unenhanced
   Super Serial Card
   80 column card
   2400 baud external modem, NON-hayes compatable.

The Software:
   Kermit-65(?) (or was it 69?)

The Problem:
   Losing characters.

I was running a 2400 baud modem with MNP 5 on this computer, with the serial
port locked at 4800 (so I could take advantage of the compression) and I had
the modem handling XON and XOFF's, and Kermit was sending them, and all was
well with the world.

But now that I need this modem for another computer, I hooked up my old 2400
baud modem to it, and it loses characters.  Not just at the beginnings of
lines, but sometimes inside them.  I tried enabling XON and XOFF flow control
with kermit, but the modem won't deal with it, and just sends it on through 
(it's a real stupid modem!  can't dial, or even connect at any speed other
than 2400 baud!)

So I pull out Ascii Express, and it works fine.  No lost characters.

But I prefer kermit - vt100 is FAR better than vt52.  So is the problem kermit?
I DO have interupts enabled, and they work.  The only thing I see that is 
different between running Kermit and AE is that with AE, the RTS light on
the modem is on, but with kermit, it is just flashes on each time I type
somthing.

It would appear that Kermit's serial card driver is at fault.  Anybody got
a solution ?

Thanks ...
   Doug

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Organization: Penn State University
Date: Sunday, 12 Apr 1992 13:16:18 EDT
From: <TJK111@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: IR 2.0 available on ftp.apple.com

Matt, please accept my apology.
When I thought about posting IR to c.b.a2, I really did'nt consider it
distributing as it still resided on another part of the net. All I tried to
do was save space on c.b.a2 by not posting the parts that non-programmers
wouldn't use. And I read the part of your post concerning breaking up the file
to mean don't break up the init from the documentation,
which included the credits and copyrights.
Nevertheless the offending posts have been cancelled.

Note to everyone else:
I did mail Matt asking permission before posting to c.b.a2
_______________________________________________________________________________
Thomas Kishel                AOL ThomasK63                 TJK111@PSUVM.PSU.EDU
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From: philip@utstat.uucp (Philip McDunnough)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: New FExts
Date: 17 Apr 92 20:29:50 GMT
Article-I.D.: utstat.1992Apr17.202950.22985
Organization: University of Toronto, Dept. of Statistics

In article <1992Apr16.223107.12212@en.ecn.purdue.edu> cmm@en.ecn.purdue.edu (Chris M McKinsey) writes:

[ ]
>
> "Eye" :  A Finder Extension to view graphics and animations from the
>          desktop (Finder). This supports all formats that SuperView does,
>          including 3200's, PaintWorks and Animatar animations. It supports
>          multiple (mixed) files/types.
>
> "Ear" :  A Finder Extension to play SynthLab and SoundSmith songs from
>          the desktop (Finder). Mind you, this does not have the problem
>          that plagued Minstrel, but nor does it have all the nifty features.
>
> "SoundTasker" : An INIT that allows you to still have your digitized
>                 sound effects for system beeps, even when some application
>                 is using the Sound Chip (i.e. playing music).

These sound very neat. In particular Ear? Will it keep the proper tempo
for SS pieces? There was a recent update to Minstrel which did not fix
this. Can't it be fixed? It's a really nice NDA.

By the way, the only real problem with Minstrel is now the tempo issue.

Philip McDunnough
philip@utstat.toronto.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
From: horan@theory.TC.Cornell.EDU (Frederick Horan)
Subject: Query:make an apple2 5.25" unidisk Mac ready
Organization: Cornell Theory Center
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 21:23:01 GMT

I want to operate on a 5.25" Unidisk so as to make it Mac acceptable.  I had
heard this was possible by disconnecting some of the electronics in the
drive so as to lobotomize the drive.  (Forgive me, I spend all my time
with Macs but the previous statement could be a double entendre.) If anyone
knows what specifically has to be done to the Unidisk, please
mail me.  Thanks

Fred Horan
horan@theory.tc.cornell.edu
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From: stc7@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Steven T Chiang)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: System 6
Date: 6 Apr 92 20:16:40 GMT
Reply-To: stc7@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Steven T Chiang)
Organization: Columbia University

In article <1992Apr6.183149.7480@cis.ohio-state.edu> meekins@abalone.cis.ohio-state.edu (Tim Meekins) writes:
>In article <1992Apr6.164937.21883@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> stc7@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Steven T Chiang) writes:
>
>>	I don't know about that.  I believe the RamFAST works fine
>>with the standard GS/OS drivers... in fact I know it does, because I
>>didn't replace the drivers when I installed System 6.0.  You won't see
>>the huge increase in speed though without the RamFAST drivers.
>>
>>>TIM MEEKINS                    Ask me about GNO/ME! - MultiTasking on a IIGS!
>>
>>Steven Chiang                  Order - DreamGrafix:  The ONLY 16/256/3200
>
>Well, my GS Ram (rev A!!) won't allow DMA access, and the Apple Driver seems
>to do DMA whether I've told RamFast to do so or not...so, when using the
>Apple Driver, My GS crashes as soon as it tries to load to GS-Ram memory,
>which is about 5 seconds into booting...I guess it's time to get a nice
>DMA-compatible 4MB card...

	Actually, that makes a lot of sense!  I was lucky enough to
sell my old ramcard (non-DMA compat) when I found out DMA peripherals
were coming out.  But that makes sense, because the Apple Driver
doesn't know about the RamFASTs DMA OFF, ability.  Although, should
the RF default to DMA off, for situations like these?

	So, the next question for TC Wilson is are you using DMA memory?

>TIM MEEKINS                    Ask me about GNO/ME! - MultiTasking on a IIGS!

Steven Chiang                  Order - DreamGrafix:  The ONLY 16/256/3200
stc7@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu       color paint program for the Apple IIGS.
America On_Line:  DWS Steve
Genie:  S.Chiang4              Apple IIGS Forever!
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
From: kiszkaw@woods.ulowell.edu
Subject: Clarification: Re: System 6 and Ramdisks
Organization: University of Lowell
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 02:42:39 GMT

In article <1992Apr12.201135.1@woods.ulowell.edu>, I write:

	[Misc Ramblings about being an idiot deleted. :]

> BTW, the about finder
> menu-thingy shows the finder using approx. 1200K, and the Control Panel
> (Both the Cdev and the Cda) recognize the 4 MB I've got.  

	Well, before people go bananas, let me clarify that:
		The finder AND SYSTEM use about 1200K; the Desk Accessories
use 400K; and whatever the last one is uses 66K.  Total available memory
to me is in the ballpark of 2300K.  I assume (uh, oh... :) that that means
I can set a 2300K Ramdisk (Or thereabouts, I know the finder shuffles things
about a bit. T'would be wise to leave a buffer area of memory.) 

> 	Bill Kiszka
> 	kiszkaw@woods.ulowell.edu
> 
> *===========================================================================*
> 	Stress reliever tip #(Who's counting?!)
> 		Pop popcorn without putting the lid on the pan.
> *===========================================================================*

See above.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
From: robm@ecr.mu.oz.au (Robert_Paul MUELLER)
Subject: Attention all Desktop Utilities users
Keywords: Desktop Utilities
Organization: Computer Science, University of Melbourne, Australia
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1992 14:09:51 GMT

ATTENTION all Desktop Utilities users!!!

Many people who have used Desktop Utilities have reported the program
crashing at various times with a 'Could not load resource :' error.

The reason for this problem has FINALLY been found and will be fixed
in Desktop Utilities 3.3. However, for the moment there is a way to
overcome this problem. It simply involves not configuring Desktop
Utilities in an application that uses resources.

Desktop Utilities 3.3 will be available shortly.

Rob
robm@ecr.mu.oz.au 

Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
From: benson@vuse.vanderbilt.edu (Paul BaJa Benson)
Subject: Re: Backup II
Organization: Vanderbilt Univ., Engineering (SERG), Nashvegas, TN
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 17:09:32 GMT

In article <1992Apr11.021604.14544@xcluud.sccsi.com> markj@xcluud.sccsi.com (Mark Johnson) writes:
~Use Archiver that is on System 6 tools 1 disk.  It is much better than Backup
~II and even prosel's backup program.
 
 How Does Archiver handle backing up the boot drive?  The reason I'm asking
 is because some files don't like to be accessed (namely Start).  Doesn't
 this cause a problem when writing it back on the disk, or does it
 'shutdown' Start?
-- 
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  Vanderbilt University - Space Electronics Research Group
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From: dlyons@Apple.COM (David A Lyons)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: System 6.0
Date: 16 Apr 92 00:57:17 GMT
Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA

In article <2ZN8iB1w164w@bluemoon.rn.com> t.captain@bluemoon.rn.com (Tc Wilson) writes:
>[...]
>Okay, here's one for you:
>
>Try setting up a Ftype file in the *:Icons directory, using the "range" 
>ability of the file (as per FTN.42.xxxx).
>
>Some weird things crop up:
>
>1) If the range-list is in with other defines, it will not accept the 
>range - it will use the first one (ex: $30/$D000 and $30/$E000) as the 
>"named" filetype.
>2) If the range-list is by itself in a file, it will cause everything NOT 
>defined in Ftype.Apple to be this "named" file. In other words, it 
>replaces "Unknown" named files.

From the last bullet item in File Type Note $42: "...Also, the file will
not be used if any bits in the flags word of the header other than bit
15 are set, or if the spare word in the header is not zero, or if there
are zero entries in the file.  The Finder's search alrorithm is fast, but
currently does not handle specixl index entries other than for a given
file type and any auxiliary type."

So:  Did you set bits 12 and 13 in your file header's flag word?  They
should be set to indicate your file has ranges in it; but then the
Finder should ignore the file.

On the other hand, the rBundle stuff in Finder 6.0 can handle what
you were trying to do, matching by auxiliary type with a mask
(mask $F000, value $D000; and mask $FFFF, value $E000).
-- 
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Apple II System Software Engineer         |   P.O. Box 875
America Online: Dave Lyons                |   Cupertino, CA 95015-0875
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My opinions are my own, not Apple's.
From: t.captain@bluemoon.rn.com (Tc Wilson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Wanted : MACOS BBS operating system
Date: 9 Apr 92 06:44:27 GMT
Organization: Blue Moon BBS ((614) 868-998[024])

jdeitch@umiami.ir.miami.edu writes:

> I'm looking for a copy of the MACOS bbs operating system -- the one that was
> posted along with the PEPSI bbs in comp.binaries.apple2.
> 
> Anybody know where I can obtain a copy, preferably via ftp so I can avoid Ma
> Bell's long distance charges ?
> 
> thanks,
> 
> - Jonathan 
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Internet : jdeitch@umiami.miami.edu | Go Braves !! | "I hate it when I can't
> ---------------------------------------------------| trust my own technology 
> "Thrills!  Chills!  Magic!  Prizes!"  -- Hurricane |    -- Geordi LaForge
> 
> Gene Roddenberry, Isaac Asmiov, Jim Henson, Dr Seuss, Mel Blanc ... Sigh ... 


Um, I'm the "idiot" (direct quote, you guess who) responsible for the 
Macos series.

I hate to say it, but Macos is -NOT- a legal program, and the guys who 
have written the PEPSI program can get in trouble if they put it in the 
archive (but do they care? doubtful, since they are also infringing on 
PepsiCo's trademark).

In any case, Macos is not (and hasn't been, for about 4 years) being 
worked on or distrubted.

And NO, I don't have the source, so PLEASE don't ask me about it! (I ahve 
a nice folder of letters with this subject - I get about one a day)


Tc Wilson/The Captain           "Programming is an art form
t.captain@bluemoon.rn.com        that fights back."