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From: hal@budapest.math.macalstr.edu (Harold Byron Bouma)
Subject: Re: Accelerator performance
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1992 23:01:54 GMT

"ERIC S FORD" writes
> I recently spoke with Quality Computers re: ZipGS performance and cost.  
> They now only carry the 8MHz board.  Their reason is that the 9MHz board 
> still uses the 8MHz processor but incorporates a new crystal to allow 
> pushing that processor to 9MHz -- they expect a resultant decrease in 
> reliability.  Anyone out there care to comment?  I'm on the verge of 
> plunking down the bucks for an accelerator and would appreciate any and all 
> advice/reviews of performance, reliability, and limitations.
> 
> Eric S. Ford
> 

	Well, up until the 14Mhz 65816 came out, all Zips above the speed of
8 Mhz were 8 Mhz chips pushed to go faster. Todd Whitesel (sic) had written
to Zip a while ago upset that his 10 Mhz chip had become damaged from the
high speeds, and Zip wrote back saying that out of the 10,000+ 10 Mhz zips
sold, none had become damaged from being ran at 10 Mhz. And later the real
reason why Todd's processor becoming damaged had been discovered, which was
unrelated to running at 10 Mhz.

	Now, before the 14 Mhz chip, Zip would buy large quantities of 8 Mhz
chips and then run them at higher speeds to see if they could run at that
speed. WDC sells chips rated at 8 Mhz, but many are capable of running faster.
But there isn't anything wrong with running a chip faster than its rating, or
at least nothing proven yet.

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From: kimba@gnh-cathouse.cts.com (Kim Brennan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Minimum MAC as Appletalk Fileserver
Date: 13 Sep 92 15:43:29 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: The Internet
X-Unparsable-Date: Sat Sep 12 92 at 19:37:10 (EST)

> From: carndt@zeus.calpoly.edu (Chris Arndt)
> Since Appletalk requires a Mac as a fileserver, (or whatever you call it)
> what is the minimum Mac I can get to network my 2 GSes? 

Er, how about a Powerbook 100...
 
Actually, in previous years Apple has kept on 'upgrading' what Mac they feel
is an appropriate filesharer. It all depends on what YOU would be satisfied
with. I find it interesting that the most cost effective Macs right now seem
to be Powerbooks. 
 
Since the Powerbook 140 has sort of been discontinued, it would probably be a
available at reasonable prices (I've seen it for $1719 in the 4Megs of
Ram/40Meg hard drive configuration). 
 
Otherwise, the SE/030 is a decent choice, if you find one that somebody is
selling. The equivalent Mac (still in production) with that type of performance
is probably the Classic II. 
 
Last time I heard, Apple was suggesting the IIsi as the minimum file server. 

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From: bkogawa@pro-apa.cts.com (Bryan Ogawa)
Subject: Re: Information about ][+
Organization: AppleWorks Programmers' Association - (213) 463-9289 300-1200-2400
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 20:19:36 GMT

I believe that ProDOS does NOT need a ROM upgrade to the drive controller.
I think you are thinking about DOS 3.2 to DOS 3.3...?
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                Jesus has done great things for me!     II Infinitum
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
From: bkogawa@pro-apa.cts.com (Bryan Ogawa)
Subject: Re: Modula-2 for the Apple IIGS
Organization: AppleWorks Programmers' Association - (213) 463-9289 300-1200-2400
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 20:21:06 GMT

I would also like to see information about the two new Modula-2
implementations for the GS which Mr. Lim mentioned. I don't have a
subscription to GS+ (yet!) but I would like to know more.
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Bryan K. Ogawa  Undergraduate Computer Science and Engineering Major, UCLA
                Jesus has done great things for me!     II Infinitum
bkogawa@pro-palmtree.socal.com <-School Yr.  All Yr.-> bkogawa@pro-apa.cts.com
--------------> From Pro-APA BBS,  (213) 463-9298 (D/CALAN) <-----------------
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
From: jmk3@crux1.cit.cornell.edu (Jay Krell)
Subject: ORCA/P vers
Organization: Cornell Information Technologies
Date: 13 Sep 92 22:41:05 GMT

ORCA/Pascal is beyond version 1.4, I think it's at 1.4.1.
 
Jay
jay.krell@cornell.edu


Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
From: cwatters@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Coyt D Watters)
Subject: Question on old Apple2+ addon card
Followup-To: cwatters@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu
Keywords: Videx Video Card
Organization: The Ohio State University
Distribution: na
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 15:02:54 GMT

Thanks for taking the time to read this...

My Mother-in-law has an Apple 2+.  We've fixed a set of Appleworks 3 to
run on her machine (with the shift key modification), but we have a problem
with the reverse video.

She has an 80 column card made by VIDEX, the VIDEOTERM board.  The date in
the manual is 1980.

When Appleworks (or any program for that matter) creates a reverse video
filed (i.e. menu selections) all we see is a reversed set of spaces, and
no letters at all.  

Anyone have any ideas/ suggestions?  Email is preferred.

Thanks!
-Coyt
From: mattd@apple.com (Matt Deatherage)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Apple Stupidity (was Re: Where does ProDOS come from?)
Date: 14 Sep 92 19:08:45 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.apple2
Organization: Developer Technical Support, Apple Computer, Inc.

In article <1992Sep14.120418.13693@news.uni-stuttgart.de>,
WULF@bonnie.physik.uni-stuttgart.de (Wulf Hofbauer) wrote:
> 
> Do you still think being polite pays?
> 
> - Wulf
Let me instead discuss the converse:  being impolite doesn't get you
anywhere with me, at least.

Apple's probably more inclined to put a new 8-bit system disk on the FTP
site when engineering actually _releases_ a new 8-bit system disk.  So
far, they have not.

And when/if it happens, expect it to be a disk archive.  System software
is distributed as original disks, not as component files.

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Apple and its policies, where to find documents and related inquiries.
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From: PKBRANDON@MSUS1.MSUS.EDU
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Wanted....
Date: 15 Sep 92 17:02:00 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: The Internet

I've got a RamKeeper I'm willing to sell, if the person wanting it will
e-mail me directly.
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
From: kenmoss@microsoft.com (Ken Moss)
Subject: Apple GS problems
Date: 11 Sep 92 05:54:15 GMT
Organization: Microsoft Corp.
Keywords: Apple IIGS

The following is a problem that a friend of mine is having
on his Apple IIGS.  He is getting mixed results on different systems
that have the same configuration.

System: 	Apple II GS
Software: 	Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego
		(2 3.5" disks for the GS)

Same two disks A & B run on one computer but freeze up on another. 
Control panels are all configured exactly the same, including RAMDISK = 0K.

Boot system with program disks, switching and exchanging disks when 
prompted. Program goes through initial welcome, sign-in, etc., checks 
into previous "case" file, retrieves previous case file to start work 
where left off. Select one option to show 3/4 destinations in a box; 
then sleect option to show clues. Then click on one of the clue locations 
(museums, airport, etc.), and it blows up. Cannot imput; the only thing 
you get is mouse trail of squares.  Have checked memory available and 
memory in use in the control panel at multiple points on a machine that 
fails and one that runs and for all intents and purposes, they are the 
same. They run about +/- 525K and +/- 650K -- don't remember which was 
which ( in use vs available).

System checks Good on a self-check.

Software company says program needs 1 meg memory to run.

Thank you in advance for any help you are able to provide.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
From: lunatic@netcom.com (Lunatic Johnathan Bruce E'Sex)
Subject: Re: Flopticals...any successful usage out there?
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 92 01:35:52 GMT
Organization: Netcom; Renegade User

In article <1992Sep2.050043.21681@cco.caltech.edu> toddpw@cco.caltech.edu (Todd P. Whitesel) writes:
>philip@utstat.uucp (Philip McDunnough) writes:
>
>>Does this imply that MO's will work (the 3.5" 128meg ones)?
>
>I don't know of any reports about whether the 128meg units will work with the
>RF or the DMA SCSI. Your guess is as good as mine.
>
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
From: bbs-aphelps@jwt.UUCP (Austin Phelps)
Subject: Re: Star Trek program
Reply-To: bbs-aphelps@jwt.UUCP
Organization: The Matrix
Date: Sun, 6 Sep 1992 17:25:39 GMT

spector@vax2.concordia.ca (Mitchell Spector) writes:

>   I'm the one who orginally posted it up to comp.binaries.apple2. It's called
> "StarTrek: First Contact" and requires a 128k Apple //e with DHR graphics.
>   I remember seeing it up on the Tybalt FTP site under the name "startrek.bsq
> or something simular to that.... 
> 
>   I'll soon be posting up a version 1.0.1 of ST:FC, as well as AppleNET v1.5a
> (also from my area) since there's been quite a few requests for it.

I absolutely loved the game!!!! I was quite impressed by the graphics.

Is there a bug in v1.0?

Austin C. Phelps                bbs-aphelps@jwt.UUCP

"Let History Never Forget the Name Enterprise" Yesterday Enterprise
From: edward@pro-ren.cts.com (Edward Floden)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Prodos init on the Mac
Date: 5 Sep 92 12:44:25 GMT
Organization: Technological Renaissance Information eXchange

robert-s@cs.aukuni.ac.nz (Robert Sheehan ) writes:

>I recently installed the Prodos file system extension on my Mac IIcx
>at work.  It reads beautifully, but when I write anything, even text
>only files and then read them on my //c at home they are forked files
>and poor Prodos 8 just gives up.
>
>How do I write to a Prodos disk from my Mac with this extension and
>have normal Prodos files?

Use Apple File Exchange. Under the 'Mac-to-Mac' menu, choose 'Text
translation', and set that to 'Mac to ProDOS'.

I've had the same problem here. With the ProDOS FSM active, ProDOS disks
appear to be Mac disks, at least to the OS, and if the text file that you
created was done by a Mac program and saved, then the file has a resource
fork. The ProDOS FSM does no translation when it copies, so you get exactly
what you had. But (the good news) GS/OS programs can read those forked text
files. :)
From: isc10327@nusunix3.nus.sg (ONG TAT-WEE)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Accelerator Performance
Date: 13 Sep 92 16:50:19 GMT
Organization: National University of Singapore

toddpw@cco.caltech.edu (Todd P. Whitesel) writes:
: 
: And I'm saying that unless there is something you aren't telling me, what you
: are saying shouldn't be possible. Simply plugging in ram chips with a faster
: speed rating should not affect ANYTHING except the reliability of the Zip.
: 
: The only way I can believe your statement as you worded it is if the Zip
: has some special circuitry for detecting when cache ram is too slow and
: automatically slowing down to accomodate it. I know of NO cache system that
: can do this, but I also do not know for a fact that the Zip doesn't attempt
: to do it, so I have to admit it's a possibility. But I am very skeptical.
: 
	Hmmm.... You've got a point there too.  I don't really know if
the Zip accelerator does have a special circuitry for detecting cache
ram speed.  But besides increasing the reliability of the Zip, shouldn't
a faster cache ram also produce faster results?  Sound quite logical to
me. 

: Todd Whitesel
: toddpw @ cco.caltech.edu

- DOTW -
I'm all zipped up.....
From: larry@lablues.UUCP (Lawrance A. Schneider)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Changing the finder.
Date: Sun, 06 Sep 92 06:31:56 EDT
Organization: L/A Blues BBS - Auburn ME (207) 777-3465
-state.edu!n8emr!bluemoon!t_captain
From: t_captain@bluemoon.rn.com (Tc Wilson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Finder
Date: 1 Sep 92 14:39:54 GMT
Organization: Blue Moon BBS ((614) 868-998[024])

larry@lablues.UUCP (Lawrance A. Schneider) writes:

> When you quit the "Finder," you are given a dialog box.  The
> normal highlighted option is "Shut Down (Turn..." I would like
> the normal highlighted option to be "Quit to previous
> application." i.e. ProSel.  HOW???      Thanks    Larry

Simple to do - use a resource editor such as Genesys or Foundation and 
change the dialog. Finder doesn't override the default for that 
particular 
dialog, so you can (and I have, since I boot into Out2Launch) change the 
default.

Other interesting things to do....

o Change the icons
o Change the menu selections (Close All is now Shut Mouth)
o Change the help text (just for yits and yiggles)
o Change the Error.Msg file from "...Shut the GS down safely" to "shoot
  the GS full of holes"


Tc Wilson/The Captain           "Programming is an art form
t.captain@bluemoon.rn.com        that fights back."
.... or try: TCQ, The Captain's Quarters (614) 294-0556, 300-38400 hst




When you quit the "Finder," you are given a dialog box.  The
normal highlighted option is "Shut Down (Turn..." I would like
the normal highlighted option to be "Quit to previous
application." i.e. ProSel.  HOW???      Thanks    Larry

larry@lablues.UUCP
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
From: schultp@wl.com (Paul Schultz)
Subject: Re: soundmaster? (read others' replies first!)
Organization: Warner Lambert / Parke-Davis
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 02:15:21 GMT

In article <1992Sep14.201851.10848@jlc.mv.com> scot@jlc.mv.com (Scot Salmon) writes:
>Doesn't anyone read other people's replies to a question before posting their
>own reply? Someone asked about a SoundMaster workalike for the GS, and the
>next three messages in the thread were:
>
>sc10327@nusunix3.nus.sg (ONG TAT-WEE) writing:
>Get GS/OS System 6.0!  The Sound CDev allows u to change...
>
>vandry@CAM.ORG (Phillip Vandry) writing:
>Yeah, you just have to have System 6 from Apple. You can replace about 25...
>
>jackm@pro-scat.cts.com (Jack Maher) writing:
>GS/OS tem 6.0 does all this for you!  If you are still using an earlier...
>
>
>Argh.
>

I use "rn" to read my news and I first scan through the messages and mark
(m) possible "respond-to items" as unread. That way, when I get to the end of
the newsgroup I know if the "item" has already been answered.  This 
method saves bandwidth.

(I used this method before responding here.  At the time, there were no
other responses to this message! :)  )

Paul Schultz
schultp@wl.com

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
From: 70355@rhodes.aero.org
Subject: >>> APPLE IIGS w/PC TRANSPORTER <<<
Organization: The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, CA. USA
Date: 9 Sep 92 10:10:39 PST

Complete system for sale...two computers in one!

* Apple IIgs system (ROM 01)                     

  -- CPU, keyboard, mouse, internal fan, joystick
  -- Apple RGB monitor
  -- 3.5 inch Apple drive
  -- 5.25 inch clone drive
  -- 1.5 meg GS RAM board
  -- 60 meg CMS SCSI hard drive (w/SCSI card)
  -- AE Datalink 2400 baud modem
  -- AE Fast Math card
  -- AE Audio Animator System
  -- Imagewriter II (w/ color ribbons)

  -- PC TRANSPORTER SYSTEM
     -- 768 k installed
     -- co-processor installed
     -- 5.25 AE Transdrive
     -- 3.5  AE Drive (brandnew,works w/GS,MAC,IBM,
                       expandable to HD drive)

* GS Software

  -- GS system software vs 4.0 (GSOS vs. 5.02)
  -- Fortran 77 vs 2.2 [Pecan]
  -- Copy // Plus vs 9.0 [Central Point]
  -- AppleWorks vs 2.0 [Claris]
  -- AppleWorks GS vs. 1.1 [Claris]
  -- Font disks
  -- GraphicWriter III [Seven Hills]
  -- TML Pascal IIgs
  -- TML Sourcecode Library II
  -- TML Speech Toolkit
  -- TML BASIC IIgs vs. 1.10
  -- Proterm vs. 2.1
  -- Datalink vs. 2.4
  -- Qlabs Easydrive vs. 1.7
  -- Slipheed GS [Sierra]
  -- Battlechess GS [Interplay]
  -- Marble Madness GS [EA]
  -- Last Ninja GS [Activision]
  -- Zany Golf GS [EA]
  -- GBA Basketball GS [Gamestar]
  -- Hardball! GS
  -- Defender of the Crown GS [Cinema Ware]
  -- Instant Music GS [EA]
  -- Neuromancer GS [Interplay]
  -- Fantavision GS [Broderbund]
  -- Printshop GS [Broderbund]
  -- Thexder GS [Sierra]
  -- Wings of Fury [Broderbund]
  -- Arkanoid II GS [Taito]
  -- Gnarly Golf GS
  -- Xenocide GS [Interplay]

* IBM Software
  -- PC Transporter system 2.0.2
  -- Procalc 3D [Parsons]
  -- Quicken for DOS [Intuit]
  -- Moneycounts [Parsons]

* PRICE

Hardware: $1600
Software:  $200

   Total: $1800 (includes shipping)

<  or make me an offer >

Over the years I have invested nearly $5000 in hardware and
$1500 in software.  I am in the process of converting over
to IBM due to business constraints and need to sell the complete
system.  Everything is in great condition and works fine.  The
hard drive is already configured with 30mb for Apple and 30mb for
IBM...it's a great system.

Please call (213) 964-1857 if you are serious or
EMAIL James at marcoj@triton.aero.org

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From: fmlin@terapin.com (Frank M. Lin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Transwarp III
Date: 10 Sep 92 07:54:45 PST
Organization: BBS

AE's Transwarp III was cancelled due to the war between Rocket Chip and Zip
technologies.  I think it was too bad...  Flipping through my older issues of
inCider/A+, I found an ad. for TW3.  It was 8mhz, DMA compatible, and
upgradable to 12+mhz...

Oh, what the heck.  I have a GS.  But I am just saying....

frank m. lin
fmlin@terapin.com
cyprus systems
From: zane@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Sameer Parekh)
Subject: A modem on the IIGS
Organization: ddsw1.MCS.COM Contributor, Chicago, IL
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1992 00:17:57 GMT
X-Disclaimer:  Material posted in this article is the sole responsibility of
                the poster and does not represent MCSNet or the system owners.


	What's the best high-speed modem for use on the IIGS? I'd like v32,
and associated protocols. I don't really need Dual Standard/HST-type stuff,
'cause I'll only be using the modem for connecting to UUCP nodes and
Internet sites.
-- 
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PFA related mail to pfa@ddsw1.MCS.COM   | Specialization is for insects
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Sun Sep  6 19:02:10 1992 US Debt: $4,049,121,692,558 Per capita: $15,858
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
From: philip@labtam.labtam.oz.au (Philip Stephens)
Subject: Note Synthesiser and Sequencer details wanted
Organization: Labtam Australia Pty. Ltd., Melbourne, Australia
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 00:50:45 GMT

  I am interested in having a play around with the Note Synthesiser and
Sequencer toolsets, but I do not have the Toolbox Reference Volume 3 (yes, I
know, I should buy it eventually, but it involves an overseas order).  Would it
be possible for someone to e-mail me a brief overview of the tool calls
available and the data structures required?  (no, I can't FTP tech notes or
anything like that, otherwise I wouldn't be asking :-)

  Thanks in advance,

  Philip Stephens
  Labtam Australia Pty Ltd
  philip@labtam.labtam.oz.au
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
From: irsman@iastate.edu (Ian Schmidt)
Subject: Re: IIgs telecom programs...
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, IA
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 22:31:21 GMT

In article <bazyar.715985893@teal> bazyar@teal.csn.org (Jawaid Bazyar) writes:
>David.Empson@bbs.actrix.gen.nz writes:

>>Can anyone point me to an official (or at least reasonably complete)
>>definition of the VT-100, etc. and ANSI terminal standards?
>
>  Call Tektronix and see if you can get the programmers info for one
>of their 4000 series terminals.  That's what I used as a reference for
>TelCom.  In addition, I also used a vt100 tester program that Dave Whitney
>provided me.  These two sources gave TelCom the vt100 capabilities users
>rave about.  Okay, so that sounds like an ad, and it is.  TelCom is FREE!

TelCom probably has the best VT100 on IIgs, except one thing...when SCREEN 
inits it really clobbers things until I Reset Emulation...small price to pay
I guess tho :)

> Jawaid Bazyar              |   Ask me about the GNO Multitasking Environment


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From: mattd@apple.com (Matt Deatherage)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Prodos init on the Mac
Date: 8 Sep 92 18:57:22 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.apple2
Organization: Developer Technical Support, Apple Computer, Inc.

In article <1992Sep3.215641.26085@cs.aukuni.ac.nz>,
robert-s@cs.aukuni.ac.nz (Robert Sheehan ) wrote:
> when I write anything, even text
> only files and then read them on my //c at home they are forked files
> and poor Prodos 8 just gives up.
> 
> How do I write to a Prodos disk from my Mac with this extension and
> have normal Prodos files?
> 
The ProDOS FSM has to keep all files the same as they are on the Macintosh,
so that when you copy them back and forth you don't lose anything.  Since
_all_ HFS files have resource forks (even if they're empty), it either has
to create ProDOS files with resource forks or be prepared to transmogrify
them if something gets written to the resource fork.

The strategy it chooses is pretty efficient -- it creates resource forks
for all files unless the creator is 'pdos'.  That's the creator type used
to indicate the file is intended for an Apple II (like 'mdos' is for
MS-DOS), and files with creator 'pdos' don't get ProDOS resource forks
until someone actually writes to the resource fork.  All other files are
always treated as two-fork files.

============================================================================
Matt Deatherage, Developer Support Center, Apple Computer, Inc.
Personal mail only -- please POST technical questions, questions about
Apple and its policies, where to find documents and related inquiries.
The opinions I express don't represent Apple, which makes us both happy.
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