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From: TBARNER@RCNVMS.RCN.MASS.EDU
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Wanted:  Info on comm. software & IIe mouse
Date: 7 Jan 93 04:08:27 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: The Internet

I use a datalink 2400 baud modem on both a IIE and a IIGS
I would recommend Proterm 3.0 by INSYNC (around $79) It will emulate
several file transfers with Kermit among the list as well as z modem, ascii,
and x and y modem. It also has a large scrollback and buffer and will allow you to use pull down menus with a mouse or use key commands.
good luck... TBarner@RCN.mass.edu

Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
From: proth@cs.uiuc.edu (Philip Roth)
Subject: Apple Parallel Interface Card to EPSON printer cable
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 03:34:57 GMT


I have an appleIIe computer, and an EPSON MX100III printer.
I bought an apple Parallel Interface card for the computer.
I have not been able to find a cable which is wired correctly
to use this card with this printer.

I have decided to make my own cable to connect thje computer and
printer, but don't know exactly how the wiring needs to be handled.
If anyone has a similar setup, and know the wiring of YOUR printer
cable, please email the wiring to me.

( I have a DB-25 connector on the computer end, and a Centronics
connector on the printer end.  What I'm looking for is a list of
wires like "Connect Pin #3 on the DB-25 to Pin # 7 on the Centronics, etc )

Thanks for your help,
Phil Roth
proth@cs.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
From: damin@hoare.cba.csuohio.edu (Greg Boehnlein)
Subject: Re: GS Musicians, Please Help!
Organization: Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 04:55:13 GMT

In article <93004.180804JC8YOPER@MIAMIU.BITNET> <JC8YOPER@MIAMIU.BITNET> writes:
>Hello!
>  So it's been a while since i've been on the IIgs scene at all and I
>am wondering what the quality of music production software/hardware is
>out there.
>1. What's the starting cost to get up and running (MIDI card, keyboard,etc)?
>2. What's the best software to use? (Soundsmith looks cool...)
>3. Any other information/ sample/ advice would be great!!!

I bought my MIDI Interface (hooks up to the printer port) for about 60$
locally. You can get one for a Mac as it is the same thing. 

Keyboards are more expensive. Much more expensive. You can get ahold of
the cheaper Casios if you just want to input music into SoundSmith, but
then again, that's not REAL music. (No flames, but the GS can't compare
to my 32 bit Akai Sampler with 12 megs of ram!) Well, it's not broadcast
quality in any case. 

Software. Master Tracks Pro V 1.04 is the best thing available for doing
multitrack MIDI sequencing. It's not being supported any more and is
slightly expensive, but it is a solid, usable program. Nothing like
Cakewalk on the mac but it does what it does very well. 

It takes a little bit to get used to it but the software is very
functional. 

I have used it to lay down the backbones for several songs in the
studio. It's saved me upwards of 5,000$ in studio time! Consider 65$ an
hour in the studio. And it takes roughly 3-5 minutes to run through the
song once, drop down SMPTE code and record the basic instruments in one
take.

Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
From: kls0@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Plague)
Subject: Re: AstronomerGS?
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 21:46:00 GMT

schultp@wl.com (Paul Schultz) writes:

>Does anyone know where I can find a copy of a program
>called AstronomerGS? I am assumming it is shareware
>and would like to try it out and see what it does!

I'd like to get a copy of this, too.

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			kls0@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu
From: acct069@carroll1.cc.edu (Ron)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Wanted:  Info on comm. software & IIe mouse
Date: 12 Jan 93 12:24:27 GMT
Organization: Lightning Systems, Inc.

In article <gfcardinale-301292165504@dominator.engr.ucdavis.edu> gfcardinale@ucdavis.edu (Greg Cardinale) writes:
>
>Does anyone know where to pick up a used (or inexpensive new) mouse for
>an Apple IIe?
>
>Greg C.
>gfcardinale@ucdavis.edu

Sequential Systems in CO make a card for the Apple // series that allows
any old serial mouse for IBM compatibles to be used on your //.  It's
called BitMouse.  Check out the mailorder ads in inCider/A+.

-- 
Ron                         |_    Lightning Systems, INC.
acct069@carroll1.cc.edu       |_  (414) 363-4282  200megs 
Apple // & Van Halen Forever!   | 14.4k USR Dual Standard
From: fisher2557@iscsvax.uni.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: stable method of calling RESET code question
Date: 4 Jan 93 12:36:24 -0600
Organization: University of Northern Iowa

In article <C0Av7A.CIF@griffin.cuc.ab.ca>, dockery@griffin.cuc.ab.ca (Sean Dockery) writes:
> There is more than one method of calling the RESET code, and I am
> curious as to which method would be the best to use so that the
> program will be completely portable between machines.
> 
> The two possible methods which I know of to call the RESET code are:
> 
> 	1) do a JMP ($FFFC), or
> 	2) do a JMP $FA62
> 
> Simply put, which method is safer/better?  Is there any difference?
> 
> I hope that someone from Apple, Inc. will enlighten me as to which
> method (if either) should be used [the standard] and possibly why.
> 
> sean

The key here is checking the value of ($FFFC).  Your machine has 62 FA, but
older apples have other bytes. (I forget what it is).  When an apple powers
up, it starts the day by loading the CPU's PC with the bytes found at FFFC and
FFFD.  This is what you should do, too.

later,
 Nathan


Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2,comp.sys.apple2.gno
From: scotth@cs.umr.edu (Scott Hayes)
Subject: vt100 emulation
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 04:22:44 GMT
Organization: University of Missouri - Rolla, Rolla, MO

I'm looking for a shareware or public domain program that will work
with a Hayes-compatible modem, run on a IIc, and use VT100 emulation.
I would especially be interested to find it available via ftp anonymous.

Thanks,
scotth@cs.umr.edu

Please respond via e-mail as I am not a regular reader of this group.

Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
From: sknkwrks@sonny-boy.cs.unlv.edu (Scott Alfter)
Subject: Re: GEnie 
Organization: Skunk Works Software Co.
Date: 07 Jan 93 03:31:22 GMT

I never had trouble signing up.  Make sure you're set up like this:

* 8 data bits, 1 stop bit, no parity
* Half duplex (local echo)

Also, if you're using an 8-bit terminal (such as ANSI, as opposed to a
7-bit terminal such as ProTERM Special or TTY), you should set your
terminal to ignore the high bit...otherwise, you'll see odd displays
(such as IBM graphics in the U#= prompt).

Finally, when you enter HHH, do NOT follow it with a Return.  Press
H three times, each about one second apart, and wait for the U#=
prompt to show up (about 1 second after the final H).

  _/_   Scott Alfter                             Internet: sknkwrks@cs.unlv.edu
 / v \  Call the Skunk Works BBS today!           Ask me about SoftDAC--digital
(IIGS(  (702) 894-9619 300-14400 V.32bis          audio for your Apple IIe/IIc!
 \_^_/  --==## "Apple II Forever" is a trademark of Apple Computer, Inc. ##==--
From: 72065.520@compuserve.com (Ray Fleischmann)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Please Remove From This List.
Date: 4 Jan 93 16:06:08 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: The Internet

Please Remove me from this list.

Thank you,
Ray Fleischmann
From: Pauley@vnet.ibm.com (Paul Benson)
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 93 16:05:01 EST
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Latest version of Prizm
Organization: IBM Personal Computer Co. - PS/1 Development
Disclaimer: This posting represents my views, not necessarily IBM's.
News-Software: UReply 3.0

In <37517@sophia.inria.fr> Guillaume Laurent writes:
>Anyone has news on this? As far as I'm concerned, I'm working under ORCA 2.0,
>with which Prizm 1.3 (I guess) doesn't work quite well (no output in the shell

It's out (or at least close to being released).  It comes with ORCA/C 2.0; I
don't know if Mike is selling Prizm as a seperate package.

>(And also: what about the Sys 6 bundle?)

What about it?  One package is System 6 with a little doc, the other (better)
package is updated tool calls/GSOS calls/Finder tips/etc.  They have both
been out a while now.

Pauley
GEnie: P.Benson1
From: jimmys@bonnie.ics.uci.edu (Jimmy Shaw)
Subject: Re: Sound Resource Files
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Reply-To: jimmys@ics.uci.edu (Jimmy Shaw)
Organization: Univ. of Calif., Irvine, Info. & Computer Sci. Dept.
Keywords: rsound
Date: 7 Jan 93 21:32:01 GMT

In article <1993Jan7.153453.521@nysernet.org> astein@nysernet.org (Alan Stein) writes:
>I'd like to take some of the sound files available and turn them into
>sound resource files so that I can use them with the Sound CDev.  The
>various programs I have which deal with sounds, Hyperstudio and
>synthLab, don't seem to be able to create sound resource files.

There are two programs that I am aware of that does this: one
is by Matt (unknown@apple.com) called RawToRes, it converts
raw binary sounds to rSounds, the other is called rSounder.

>--
>Alan H. Stein                     astein@israel.nysernet.org

Jimmy

--
Jimmy Shaw		      RamFAST, ZipGSX and 6.0... Apple II Forever!
jimmys@ics.uci.edu
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
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From: seane@pro-scat.cts.com (Sean Eller)
Subject: IDE to IIGS... Is it possible?
Organization: ProLine [pro-scat] St. Petersburg, Florida.
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 93 03:17:26 EST

Does anybody know if it's possible to hook up an IDE hard drive to an Apple
//GS?  I just had to ask seeing as there's so many dirt cheap hard drives
available for the IBM and clones.  Is there a controller of some sort?

----
ProLine:  seane@pro-scat
Internet: seane@pro-scat.cts.com
UUCP:     crash!pro-scat!seane
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2,alt.video.games.classic
From: greenjb@birch.cs.clemson.edu (Jeffrey B. Green)
Subject: Apple IIgs emulators for the Mac ?
Organization: Clemson University Computer Science Dept.
Distribution: na
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 17:04:21 GMT

Does anyone know of an available Apple IIgs emulator for the Mac? 
Preferably via ftp. 

thanks,
-- Jeff

greenjb@cs.clemson.edu

J.B.Green (greenjb@cs.clemson.edu)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
From: johnmac@fawlty.towers.oz.au (John MacLean)
Subject: Re: DOS3.3 launcher/selector
Reply-To: johnmac@fawlty.towers.oz.au (John MacLean)
Organization: Tower Technology, Sydney
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 21:13:24 GMT

In article <C0AL3q.JBB@ns1.nodak.edu> green@plains.NoDak.edu (Brad Green) writes:
>Here's the problem, maybe someone has a solution.
>I've got some interesting DOS 3.3 programs occupying only parts of disks
>(like some space programs from NASA).  I'd like to be able to put them
>together on a smaller amount of disks.  It would be nice, for instance, to
>put all the parts of a program into a directory, and put several directories
>on one disk and then use a selector to launch them.
>Is this realistic?  Can you suggest a launcher that will work?  Suggestions?
>|   Bill Green   

Do you want them on a 5.25" DOS 3.3 disk, a 5.25" ProDOS disk, a 3.5" modified
DOS disk, a 3.5" ProDOS disk, or on your hard disk?
Are you using a //e, //c or IIGS?
There are quite a number of ways to approach your problem.

Note that DOS 3.3 does not support directories, so you will probably have to
settle for moving them to ProDOS (unless ALL the files have different names,
and can therefore have them co-existing on the same 5.25" disk).

If you have a 3.5" disk there are a number of modified DOS 3.3s that work
with it.
Some only allow 2 400K DOS 3.3 volumes per disk, but some allow 140K
partitions, and some may allow varying sized partitions.

If the programs are read only and you have a GS, you could move the files
to ProDOS using ProSel or the Finder and use DOS 3.3 Launcher [eventually,
you'll be able to use DOS 3.3 Launcher 2.0 on a //e or //c, with ProSel 8
as the launcher].

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Snail:    Tower Technology, 1 Apollo Pl,                Home:  +61 2 449 5930
          Lane Cove, NSW 2066, Australia.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
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From: radracer@pro-amber.cts.com (Chantha Lueung)
Subject: defectives //gs's
Organization: ProLine [pro-amber] -- Spring Valley, Ca
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 93 19:34:10 PST

attention GS owners I have recenty notice that the //gs board has a small
defect on, It seems that it is a manufacturing defect on all the gs's.
If you look carefully on the "IMP" chip nearest the keyboard the 3rd pin
over from the left, you will see a small chip on the board itself.  The
chip off prevents conection to the sound GUI, the problem is easily
releived by simply soldering the connection together.

Even though it's not noticeable performance wise, I'd advise all GS
owners to check up on that.

write me on your encounter, thanks!

        Chantha (radracer) acsd sysop

ProLine:  radracer@pro-amber
Internet: radracer@pro-amber.cts.com
UUCP:     crash!pro-amber!radracer
From: trentc@pro-calgary.cts.com (Trent Corney)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: email address for Trantor?
Date: 5 Jan 93 05:14:00 GMT
Organization: The Internet

Does anyone know if Trantor, the company that does the drivers for the NEC
CD-ROM readers, is reachable via email? If so, could someone pass the info
along to me.

----
    ProLine: trentc@pro-calgary                  GEnie: T.Corney
   Internet: trentc@pro-calgary.cts.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
From: cust_ts@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Tero Sand)
Subject: H E L P ! (Repost)
Organization: University of Helsinki
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 08:51:46 GMT

Some time ago I posted the following message. So far, no answers. I'm
reposting it, since I really need to use Appleworks.

	Tero Sand

In article <1992Dec30.155223.26143@klaava.Helsinki.FI> cust_ts@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Tero Sand) writes:
>What could be wrong, when when I try to run Appleworks 3.0 from my hard
>disk, the title page appears and then the machine beeps and the cursor
>is blinking at row 0, column 2? From my floppy it works, but then when I
>copy it to another directory on my hard drive.. *beep* and crash.
>
>The only thing that I can think of is that I've accidentally enabled the
>remapping of volumes on my RamFAST. In that case, please help #2: How do
>I disable that? I seem to have lost my v3 manual.
>
>Thanks for *ANY* help!
>
>	Tero Sand
>-- 
>	EMail: cust_ts@cc.helsinki.fi   or   custts@cc.helsinki.fi
>   "I feel most ministers who claim they've heard God's voice are eating
>too much pizza before they go to bed at night, and it's really an 
>intestinal disorder, not a revelation." - Reverend Jerry Falwell


-- 
	EMail: cust_ts@cc.helsinki.fi   or   custts@cc.helsinki.fi
   "I feel most ministers who claim they've heard God's voice are eating
too much pizza before they go to bed at night, and it's really an 
intestinal disorder, not a revelation." - Reverend Jerry Falwell
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: BeagleDraw to GraphicWriter III
From: <KCR103@psuvm.psu.edu>
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 18:25:18 EST
Organization: Penn State University

Does anyone know of a way to move BeagleDraw images into GraphicWriter III?
I have tried the clipboard, no avail.  Importing, no avail?
Ken
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
From: gray@feline.uucp (Kelly Gray)
Subject: Re: Lowercase characters for Apple][ +
Organization: Humber College Technology Dept.
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 18:06:12 GMT

In article <1993Jan9.054430.21369@nuscc.nus.sg> scip2060@nusunix1.nus.sg (SARDJONO INSANI) writes:
>
>thanks for the suggestion, but I tried that method before and my apple
>][ + still won't produce lowercase characters. I was told that I need to
>replace a chip on the motherboard. Anybody can tell me where to get this
>chip?
>
It sounds like what you need is a modification of the contents of the
ROM. The standard RDKEY routine used by Applesoft will force all
characters to upper case by doing a logical and of the keyboard
character and $DF. Changing the $DF to $FF eliminates the conversion,
but has a couple of problems. First, Applesoft on a II+ cannot
understand lower case characters, so any BASIC programming would have to
be done with one finger holding down the shift key. Second, the ROMS in
a II+ are not quite the same as a standard 2716 EPROM. It is possible to
make a replacement, but the simple way makes it impossible to use a
language card, and the complicated way involves building an inverter
into the chip socket.
 
 The simplist thing for you do do would probably be to have your
programs read the keyboard directly. With the switch on the keyboard set
to lowercase, the value that shows up at $C000 will be lowercase, and
your program can then do whatever it wants with it.


-- 

<o_o>    Kelly Gray
         gray@feline.uucp (preferred)
         gray@admin.humberc.on.ca
From: RPG118@URIACC.URI.EDU (Sean Dunstan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Prisoner
Date: 8 Jan 93 16:47:11 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: The Internet

Is this Prisoner game based on the TV series? (Y'know, "I am not a number?")
If so, I want info on a copy!

      Matrix
From: herbertf@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Herbert Fung)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Booting from a file server
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 93 22:57:30 MST
Organization: Edmonton Remote Systems #3, Edmonton, AB, Canada

Previously hollandd@qut.edu.au Darren Holland wrote:
 
>Can anyone tell me if it possible to get a GS to boot from a mac running
>system7 file shareing, not the full server package?
 
Nope, you need AppleShare v. 3.0 or higher, not a cheap piece of
software. It's more useful for a larger network.
 
--
                                |    "ICKA BICKA SODA CRACKER
Herbert Fung                    |         ICKA BICKA BOO
Edmonton Remote Systems         |  ALL THE MEN THAT CHEW TOBACCO.
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada       |          OUT GOES YOU!"
                                |    Batman in Sword of Azrael.
 

--
Herbert Fung              herbertf@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca
From: csdgwh@sn370.utica.ge.com (Glenn W. Hoffman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Your Money Matters (problems)
Date: 4 Jan 93 19:33:04 GMT
Reply-To: csdgwh@sn370.utica.ge.com
Organization: GE Corporate R&D Center

John,

I have a year's worth of my family's financial data in Your Money
Matters (YMM). While the path to this point has not been without its
rocks, I am generally happy with YMM and will continue to use it. It is
much more pleasant to use than Dollars and Sense, my previous record
keeper, which I also liked, but got tired of.

The programmer, Steve Peterson, is reachable on GEnie. I have
corresponded extensively with him there, although not recently.

Steve Peterson asks that bug reports include a detailed procedure to
reproduce the specific problem being reported. Check the problem
solving section at the back of the manual.  You might try sending
me such a detailed procedure, and I would try to duplicate your
problem.

What version of YMM are you using?  (I am not sure if I have the latest
version since I got it six months ago.)

What is your system configuration: memory, GS ROM version, GS/OS version,
INITs, DAs, etc.

Glenn
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
From: Clayten_Hamacher@mindlink.bc.ca (Clayten Hamacher)
Subject: ROM 01 vs ROM 3
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 01:08:53 GMT

Recently someone posted something about all the plusses of ROM 3, does it
have any drawbacks... Not counting the fact that some badly written software
is too ROM dependant to run on it, I'm talking about the ROM and motherboard
itself.

P.S. It has a newer set of tools but considering system 6 has even newer
tools wouldn't cause those to be loaded in, thus losing the 7% speed
advantage you gained by having them in ROM?

Also, can you tell me why programs in rom run faster than programs in ram??

And yet another... One version of the ROM 3 had memory peeker etc locked in..
I would prefer this because they are in ROM and therefore not taking up any
RAM (aside from whatever they might use when executed)..

Or do CDAs in ROM get transfered into RAM to run?

--

Clayten_Hamacher@Mindlink.bc.ca                 Land of the rising snow.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
From: David.Empson@bbs.actrix.gen.nz
Subject: Re: Program idea?
Organization: Actrix Information Exchange
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 09:11:52 GMT

In article <1993Jan7.062317.11268@nuscc.nus.sg> isc10327@nusunix1.nus.sg (ONG TAT-WEE) writes:
> Eric D. Shepherd (uerics@mcl.ucsb.edu) wrote:
> : system tick counter increments once each 1/60th of a second.  You can read
> : the current value of the tick counter by using the Miscellaneous Tools
> : call GetTick.
> : 
> 	Eric, is there any other way of reading the HeartBeat tick
> counter like accessing a special location instead of calling GetTick?

Yes.  Use the GetAddr call to get the address of the tick counter, and
refer to it directly.  Note: the tick counter won't start counting
until the first HeartBeat task is installed.  The easiest way to force
this is to install a task and immediately remove it again.

You must leave interrupts enabled if you want the tick count to be
incremented.  This uses up some CPU time every VBL, but if you've
booted GS/OS, various INITs will probably have heartbeat tasks
installed anyway.

> I know it's good to use tools and stick to the standard way of accessing
> things on the IIGS, but my program currently only uses the Tool Locator
> and Memory Manager; nothing else.  I don't wish to startup the MiscTools
> 'coz it'll add overhead to the program.

Overhead?  Fourteen bytes for the Startup and Shutdown calls???  The
Miscellaneous toolset is in ROM, so you don't need to load it from disk.

If you are only interested in synchronizing with the vertical
blanking, just wait for the I/O location ($C019) to indicate the VBL
period.

You can also use the video counters ($C02E and $C02F) to aid in timing
your animation.
-- 
David Empson

Internet: David.Empson@bbs.actrix.gen.nz    EMPSON_D@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz
Snail mail: P.O. Box 27-103, Wellington, New Zealand
From: cust_ts@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Tero Sand)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: RamFAST v3.x owners hello!
Date: 10 Jan 93 11:46:45 GMT
Organization: University of Helsinki

Could somebody  PLEASE  tell me how to disable automapping of volumes?
Thank you!

	Tero Sand
-- 
	EMail: cust_ts@cc.helsinki.fi   or   custts@cc.helsinki.fi
   "I feel most ministers who claim they've heard God's voice are eating
too much pizza before they go to bed at night, and it's really an 
intestinal disorder, not a revelation." - Reverend Jerry Falwell