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From: robm@ecr.mu.oz.au (Robert_Paul MUELLER)
Subject: RamFAST/Harddrive problem
Keywords: Hard drive RAMFast
Organization: Computer Science, University of Melbourne, Australia
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 03:34:28 GMT

Hi there, I seem to be having some serious problems with my RAMFast SCSI card
connected to a MAXTOR LS-340 hard drive. The RAMFast SCSI is the latest
revision (2.01e I think). The problem is this. My partitions keep disappearing!
It appears to be totally at random and they don't disappear for ever, they
come back, go away, come back as they please. When I say they disappear,
GSOS returns an I/O error when trying to access one that has temporarily
disappeared.

If I go to the RAMFast config program, I get some interesting results. It
shows my 11 paritions on the right hand side when I enter the program, but
it doesn't  
always show their names, only their device names (ie cvtech.id.1 or something
like that), but only sometimes. And then sometimes it shows some of the
partitions names, and some of the partitions device names.

I really haven't got the slightest clue where to start, and because it's
an intermitent problem (comes and goes as it feels) i haven't taken it
in for service because there's no guarantee that I can reproduce it. Has
anyone ever had a problem similar to this one? If so, what was the reason?
Is it the hard drive? Is it the RAMFast SCSI? Why has it appeared suddenly?
(I had a working system for months with no problems).

HELP

Rob
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
From: bp664@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Grover Thomas)
Subject: Re: GSOS system6 and DOS
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, (USA)
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 92 09:43:45 GMT


>Doesn't HFS stand for Hierarchical Filing System?  I would
>hesitate to call the Mac OS "high-performance" under most
>circumstances.
>  ;^)

Heh, heh, I guess my fingers started typing before my brain
started thinking  :-b

Must be mind-degeneration from using this MS-DOS thingie the
past couple of weeks...
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
From: toh@micor.ocunix.on.ca (Marc Sira)
Subject: Re: System 6 Launcher!
Organization: M.B. Cormier INC.
Date: Tue, 07 Apr 92 00:32:01 EDT

blender@oread.cc.ukans.edu writes:

> I was wondering.....
> 
> A few days ago, I was fiddling with my system disk, and deleted tool 34. Then
> tried to run GSHK. 
> 
> Consequently, Shrinkit bombed out (BTW, I'm glad to see that system 6
> automaticly catches bad tool calls, and says which toolset is missing), and
> GSOS tried to load the Finder.
> 
> THEN the finder bombed out (still missing tool 34) and THEN a launcher progra
> showed up. Just a nice little launcher, like what in the orgional Prodos 16.
> 
> My question is, is this launcher available within applications, or is it just
> for when the finder bombs out? And would the guys from Apple consider making 
> available from every 16-bit application?
> 
> Enquring minds REALLLY want to know!
> 
> 

Tool034 is the TextEdit (incredibly cool) toolset. I don't know if the old 
finder used it in dialogs/renaming files/etc. but the new one appears to. 
(I'm still getting used to launching an application by double-clicking on 
the name label).

That launcher (also cool) is the Start program in your System folder. (The 
finder has been renamed, predictably, to Finder B-). It's actually better 
than the System 3.1 LAUNCHER program, because it's a true desktop 
application (access to NDAs and such - also better than MicroWings). You can 
use it all the time if you want, I suppose, by using the SetStart CDev to 
set the boot application to Start (I think right now it launches Start, and 
passes it */System/Finder - Start is message centre aware).

One curiousity I've noticed about Start is with launching programs from 
Transprog menu in the Finder - If I launch an S16, say GSHK, quitting that 
application returns me to Start. If I launch a Sys file, say ProTerm, I come 
back to the Finder (even though I was forced to "Return to launching 
application" in the finder). Something in P8, I have to assume.


Marc Sira               |
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From: dkl@xcluud.sccsi.com (David Karl Leikam)
Subject: Re: System 6.0 *still* isn't in Seattle
Organization: Greater Montrose UFO Appreciation Society & Data Haven
Date: Tue, 07 Apr 1992 19:37:27 GMT

In article <28mTiB1w165w@halcyon.com> wrd@halcyon.com (william dickson) writes:
>Well, I called every Apple dealer in town this morning.  Most of them 
>just told me they don't carry anything but Mac stuff, and said I should 
>call the Computer Store.  The Computer Store, and the two stores that 
>didn't direct me to them, all said they had not yet received any System 6 
>disks, and didn't know when they would....
>
>So is it possible that Apple neglected to ship any disks up the coast?

  Or east of the Rockies?

  I did finally find ONE dealer in Houston (more or less. Say, within 100 miles)
who'd actually HEARD of GSOS 6.0. (I mean, they had one salesdroid who had)

  He told me that Apple had not shipped 6.0 yet, and that they were still 
printing the boxes and manuals. No known availability date.
 
   Gee. I guess Apple's press release lied.
From: John.Smith@f1180.n391.z1.FidoNet.Org (John Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Wanted...Viewer for IIgs
Date: 12 Apr 92 01:46:02 GMT
Article-I.D.: nwark.703006515.0

Ron,
        In the Apple II section of this board is a GifII file for using the
apple II and IIgs to view GIF files.  It might work for you.
                John smith
 * Origin: GENESIS * Strickler,AR USA * (501) 267-1111 (1:391/1180)
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From: greis@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Gayla Ann Greis)
Subject: Re: What's a FAQ?
Organization: Computing Services Division, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1992 18:00:22 GMT

In article <11930005@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM> sjordan@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Steve Jordan) writes:
>What is the apple FAQ?  Where is it?

Oh gads! Humor and a setup at its finest! An FAQ is a Frequently Asked
Question... ;-) *REALLY* Its posted here every few weeks or months or
something... None of us really read it, we just go ahead and ask dumb
questions anyway, because it's fun to see other people get mad when the
same question goes around and around and because some people never know
where it is going to end, (kind of like this sentence), so its put in this
file called the FAQ so that we know which questions we should ask so that
people who love to answer questions can, just by looking at the FAQ (kind
of like what I am doing here) and then they feel important. *Wheeze*

Whew... Look Mom! No periods! (I was always afraid of missing my period! Now
its happened! Uh-o)

Here... Stick these somewhere ;-)
.......................................................................
.......................................................................
.......................................................................
(That should be enough)
From: mle@ausom.oz.au (Michael Levine)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: True Type Fonts
Date: 16 Apr 92 22:45:38 GMT
Organization: AUSOM - The Apple Users Society of Melbourne

Having received many TT fonts from many sources, I am now faced with a
dilemma - why so many of the same or similar type of different size?
As an example I have
Times 138 Blocks
Times 514 Blocks
Times B 135 Blocks (B probably for Bold)
Times B I 139 Blocks (Bold Italic?)
Times I 141 Blocks ( Italic?)
Why are all the variations needed - don't all the GS programmes automatically
take a plain vanilla Pointless TT Times font say 19 point and convert it to
Bold Italic Outline etc, without a separate TT font of that kind?
If not, then the saving in disk space in not having a single TT replacing
multiple fonts is lost.
Any comments appreciated.
Another interesting fact - some of the TT from Tybalt are 18 or more blocks
greater in size than those that have been converted by an Apple GS librarian
from Mac fonts found in Tasmania (no smart comments from those in the know
about Tasmania, Australia's island State to the south). Any ideas?
Michael
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From: bkogawa@pro-palmtree.socal.com (Bryan Ogawa)
Subject: Re: Request for User Groups and Internet Access Sites
Organization: The Palmtree BBS - 310/450-9394 - Santa Monica, CA
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1992 22:52:21 GMT

Here's my comment!
(sysop is Mike Porter)

.....................................................................
Bryan K. Ogawa  Undergraduate Computer Science and Engineering Major
                University of California, Los Angeles
                II Infinitum!    
                Jesus has done great things for me!
Email me at the following addresses:
UUCP: hatch!pro-palmtree!bkogawa                    The Palmtree BBS
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From: brownb@skyfox.usask.ca
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Binscii'ing With a IIe (HELP!)
Date: 13 Apr 92 18:46:20 GMT
Organization: University of Saskatchewan

I am using a IIe, 128k w. 1meg Applied Engineering Ramfactor Card
to download material from Comp.sys.Binaries and FTP Tybalt.Caltech.edu
I can get the material as text files into my Apple IIe using Proterm,
even though my copy buffer is only 21 K long and my scrollback is only
24 K Long.  If I save the files as Appleworks files, edit them, then
save them as text files using TimeOut's AWP to Text option, I can then
run them through Binscii.  THERE is where my problems start.  The files will
go in as ASCII, and I will usually be able to decode one Shrinkit archive
from the Ascii file.  However, when it reaches the second file, Binscii will
work on it for a while, then will quit and give me a "Bad CRC error!  This
file has been corrupted."  What am I doing wrong?  I know I probably should
not use Appleworks for editing, but I still cannot figure out how to use
the Proterm copy and scrollback buffers and manage to save the files as whole
units.  What is a "bad CRC", and how do I get rid of it?  Is it a Carriage
Return in the wrong place, or what?  Does that mean those files are IIGS
accessible only?

Very Frustrated,
Tyson Brown                     "Everybody needs an editor."
University of Saskatchewan     -Tim Foote, commenting in _Time_ Magazine
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan         upon the fact that Hitler's original title for
Canada                         _Mein Kampf_ was Four and a Half Years Of
                                Struggle against Lies, Stupidity and Cowardice
From: bslog@pro-scat.cts.com (Bill Logsdon)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Lovin' System 6
Date: 12 Apr 92 05:17:48 GMT
Organization: Crash TimeSharing, El Cajon, CA


Use the Shareware prog "Audio Zap"..... load in the sound files from
Sonix... or from the GSPD's sound library sampler that comes on their
"Startsound" disk.... same em in Hyperstudio format.... now load em up!

/s
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From: toh@micor.ocunix.on.ca (Marc Sira)
Subject: Re: Andy departs... (was Re: System 6 Launcher!)
Organization: M.B. Cormier INC.
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 92 16:13:26 EDT

> In article <1992Apr12.220931.2895@xcluud.sccsi.com> gtolar@xcluud.sccsi.com (
> [ ]
> >
> >SOmething I ment to add in my ealier message.  I do thank Andy for his work
> >for the II <although I'm not sure of his true motavations, I don't think
> >they were purely to help the II but for for his career>.  Also I thank him f
> >his honesty!!!  I bet he knew flames would come from it.  From me so far
> >anyway.  I don't liek Apple and some of the people there in.  <some I think
> >are sluting themselves for a job rather then saying they are there to help t
> >II>.  Can you help the II working on a Mac, I doubt it.
> 


Sigh...good thing I didn't resign from the Tripe Patrol, isn't it?

Just what is "helping the II?" System 6.0 helps the people who _use_ the II, 
not some abstract concept in your mind. You don't think GSHK and ShrinkIt 
help those people? For FREE?

Is that supposed to be "slutting" up there? (whatever that means...). If so, 
this is really quite offensive. Grow up...nobody prostitutes themself on one 
hand and does good work on the other. Nobody does it at all.

[Fwoosh...but the pilot light is still lit...]

Marc

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From: behrenss@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE (Soenke Behrens)
Subject: Re: Sys 6 and Transprog
Organization: Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Germany
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 1992 10:59:00 GMT
Distribution: usa

Hey Rich,

re Transprog and Finder: What you saw is perfectly normal. Transprog
does a Quit Call that launches another application. Because the Finder
does not abide to the HIG when it comes to Quit (Quit _should_ be under
Files and Quit, _not_ bring up a ShutDown dialog, IMHO) :), you see
that dialog. Just click on "Return to previous application" and "OK"
and there you go.

Soenke
From: Ivan.Pettakov@bbs.oit.unc.edu (Ivan Pettakov)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple,comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Modem Suggestions
Date: 7 Apr 92 16:17:42 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Extended Bulletin Board Service

In article <1992Apr7.161305.4875@samba.oit.unc.edu> Ivan.Pettakov@bbs.oit.unc.edu (Ivan Pettakov) writes:
>I am buying a modem for my IIc soon and I was wondering if anyone
>could give me any help on following packages:
>
>		SupraModem 2400 w/ Proterm 2.2  $149
>	or	Zoom MX2400 w/ Readylink        $129
>
>I will be using the modem mainly to connect to VAX and from the 
>recent thread "Vax connection with IIc..." only Proterm works
>with VAX. If the two modems are basically the same and Readylink
>works with VAX, I would gladly save the $20.
>
>Thanks in advance,
>			ivan
>				email:ivan@uncvx1.acs.unc.edu
>
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From: rlcollins@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu (Ryan 'Gozar' Collins)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: GSOS system6 and DOS
Date: 8 Apr 92 21:00:06 GMT
Organization: Miami University Academic Computer Service"

In article <1992Apr5.124210.14144@usenet.ins.cwru.edu>, bp664@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Grover Thomas) writes:
> However, if you are speaking distincly about the disk part of the OS,
> that tends to be referred to as HFS (hihg-Performance File System).
> IBM OS/2 has its own HFS to replace the older DOS, although it will
> still be able to read (IBM) DOS disks.

     HFS on the Mac stands for Heirarichal (sp?) file system, where as
in OS/2 its called HPFS for high performance file system. (The Mac also
has MFS, but I can't remember what it stands for. (Meaningless File
System?))

Later.......

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you don't intend to keep."		      rcollins@apsvax.aps.muohio.edu
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From: jbush@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (John E Bush)
Subject: Re: apple2.archive
Organization: The Ohio State University
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1992 03:51:19 GMT

In article <1992Apr6.162518.8276@cas.org> lwv26@cas.org (Larry W. Virden) write
s:
>In article <2822@ub.d.umn.edu> mkoprows@ub.d.umn.edu (Mark) writes:
>:
>:I was wondering what happened to the anonymous ftp site of
>:appple2.archive.umich.edu, I tried to login and found out that it wasn't
>:accepting anonymous login. Is the site down or is it gone?
>:
>
>I have noticed two things happening to this site.  The first is that the
>machine now requires the connecting host to be registered in the DNS
>tables.
>
>The second is that even when connecting from such a host, an error msg is
>generated when one tries to log in indicating that a file system isn't
>available.  A posting a few weeks ago indicated that the minimal funding
>umich was providing for the service was being cut and that users should
>contact the site if they found the archive useful - it appears that the
>archive is probably a dead one now.  Note that this site was at one
>time one of the largest , if not the largest, Apple 2 software sites on the
>net.  I do not know what other site has nearly as much general software
>available for the user - probably brownvm is now the largest, along with
>tybalt as the largest GS specific site.
>--

I just logged onto that site just a few minutes ago and everything was ok.
I have noticed slow logins from time to time.  Try just connecting to
archive.umich.edu and then do a cd to apple2 or appleii (can't remember)
but it has worked for me in the last few minutes.
From: bp664@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Grover Thomas)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: System 6 Icons question
Date: 6 Apr 92 17:32:30 GMT
Article-I.D.: usenet.1992Apr6.173230.453
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, (USA)


Hey, how do I remove the application map from a particular icon.
Lets say I boo-boo'd and I mapped the icon to the wrong app??
From: bp664@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Grover Thomas)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Lovin' System 6
Date: 8 Apr 92 20:04:44 GMT
Article-I.D.: usenet.1992Apr8.200444.22678
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, (USA)


 
>    I saw System 6.0 for the first time last week, and I was wondering
>hat you all think the big deal is about it.
>
>    For one thing, it isn't a signifigant enhancement of version 5.  For
>nother, it's a dog.  It's slow, buggy and USELESS.  Also, don't forget,
>T'S JUST A ****ing PROGRAM LAUNCHER!!!  It really does nothing for you.
>
>    I think it's really sad that you people make such a big deal about the
>nly piece of sofware that has come out in recent memory.
>
>    The Apple II line has made a signifigant contribution to personal
>omputer technology, but the day of the Apple II line is gone.  It's
>ead.  Finished.  History.

I'm assuming this was an April 1 posting...

GS/OS 6 is NOT a program launcher.  If you don't like the Finder
then replace it with something else.

Just by being on this net.sig, I'm sure you have noticed all the
nifty things coming out on c.b.a2, and stuff being refered to here
in the messages.  So you can't walk into the software store anymore
and buy Apple II things... So &$&^%@ what!  Apple II's started as
homebrew machines, and they still are today, more than ever.

   << Interesting side note: I did walk into a couple software
       places here in Ann Arbor yesterday and guess what?! There
       was actually more Apple II stuff than Amiga! I picked up
       the IIe/c version of Dragon Wars for $10!
      It was really funny, about 3 (small) shelves of Apple stuff
       compared to 1 smaller shelf of Amiga stuff, at BOTH stores! >>
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From: bp664@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Grover Thomas)
Subject: Lovin' System 6
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, (USA)
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 92 09:16:59 GMT


Well, I had a chance to play with system 6 this past weekend. I
like it, even the little yellow folders.

The only problems I've had with it can be attributed to naughty
Desk Accessories, which do strange things with interrupts (I
think).  Thus, my menu-bar clock thingies crash the system. Any-
body know of a menu-clock that runs under sys 6?

Things I like and appreciate: Credits in the Tools2 disk, like at
the end of a movie (Uh oh, this isn't the end of the GS, is it?),
the yellow folders, to distinguish from files (now I need a good
Finder "turd" killer to remove all the old Sys 5 info), the
ability to open 20 windows at a time (as opposed to 12 or whatever),
and the Sound assignments!  That is really fun!
I also like the way I can now scroll through my font folder without
growing a beard.

Things I'd like to see:
  A "patch" that automatically ejects disks from my 3.5" drive
    (now that it "knows" when I put one in)
  An ftp site or somesuch that has Sound CDev compatible files
    (a "burp" or retching sound for disk ejects would be great)

I'd just like to give my appreciation to the System 6 development
team.  Great Job folks!
From: blaakso@ub.d.umn.edu (S.G. Bear)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: GSOS 6.0 and PC TRANSPORTER
Date: 7 Apr 92 02:58:45 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: University of Minnesota, Duluth. Information Services.

Hi, 
Just thought I'd let you know of something strange that happened when I
installed GSOS 6.0. I have a gs with 01 ROM and have a PC Transporter. When I
installed system 6.0 the tiff Easy Access got in the way of the control panel
for the PC Transporter. I had no control what so ever. I had to power down to
get out of the stick. When I uninstalled the tiff everything returned to
normal. At least up to now. Hope this is some help.
	       Brian Laakso
	       (blaakso@ub.d.umn.edu)
From: 2frjbits@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu (Preston J. Park)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: synthLAB problem
Date: 8 Apr 92 17:26:10 CDT
Organization: Macrocosm BBS: 913-841-9446

In article <m0lYEGt-0000KnC@crash.cts.com>, kimba@gnh-cathouse.cts.com (Kim Brennan) writes:
>> Same here, but I get alllll the way to a dialog box that says, "Memory
>> is too fragmented to run synthLAB"
>> I have 1280K altogether and 175K free when I launch it. What's up?
> 
> System 6.0 is larger than 5.04. You are running a bare minimum system. 
> A bare minimum system allows you run the finder. Get more memory.

Errr, yes, memory is quite helpful with System 6.  However, if you need to
delay purchasing for one reason or another (like some of the rest of us poor
college folks), you can use the boot Control Panel to set your startup
to synthLAB, or whatever program you're having memory troubles with.  This 
usually clears up those nasty "Memory is too fragmented" errors.

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