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From: gkomatsu@uhunix.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu (Galen Tatsuo Komatsu)
Subject: Untouched memory? (Prodos)
Organization: University of Hawaii at Manoa
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 20:04:27 GMT

	Are there any parts of memory that that more or less goes
untouched by ProDOS8 (on a //e) AND isn't wiped out by a Ctrl-OA-Reset?

	What I want to do is poke the date into memory so whenever I
boot a new disk, the startup can just pull the date from memory
rather than startup asking me every time (which is how I have it set
up now) I have no clock card so obviously I can't pull it from there.

	Why do I reboot rather than use the "bye" command? (well, 
"Bird's Better Bye", not the standard Apple issue bye)  Well for
some reason my term program locks up when I exit one application
and "bye" into my terminal. (And flicking the on/off switch on the
modem doesn't work.)

(OF COURSE I will be putting the date in there whenever I do a cold
boot, please don't write me saying how turning off the computer
will clear memory....)

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From: marc@cxr_rs6000.med.ge.com (Marc Wolfgram)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re:  Hypercard on IIgs... does it exist?
Date: 3 Sep 92 13:31:28 GMT
Article-I.D.: cxr_rs60.9209031331.AA07874
Organization: The Internet

Yes... HyperCard IIGS has been around for a year or two already... Outside
of the obvious differences (color and non-square pixels on the GS) the GS
HyperTalk is Mac HyperTalk 1.2 compatible.  See an Apple Dealer (yeah) or
check out the major mail-order houses or Resource Central.

Marc
From: bslog@pro-scat.cts.com (Bill Logsdon)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Solve...
Date: 26 Aug 92 06:54:49 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: ProLine [pro-scat] St. Petersburg, Florida.


This may be a little off topic... but could someone post a solve for
Transylvania III?  I bought the game just prior to my Saudi "vacation", and
have finally gotten around to trying to play it... and am hopelessly
stuck.....
From: jimmys@bonnie.ics.uci.edu (Jimmy Shaw)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: IIgs telecom programs...
Date: 4 Sep 92 21:15:31 GMT
Article-I.D.: ics.2AA7D1F2.22568
Reply-To: jimmys@ics.uci.edu (Jimmy Shaw)
Organization: Univ. of Calif., Irvine, Info. & Computer Sci. Dept.

In article <gdzyf5d@rpi.edu> kentm@aix.rpi.edu (Michael V. Kent) writes:
>In article <fmlin.1cey@terapin.com> fmlin@terapin.com (Frank M. Lin) writes:
>>While ProTerm seems really nice, I always wanted to see a GS specific telecom
>>program.  Some may say QuickDraw II is too slow for telecom...  how about
>>ORCA's Prizm?  Prizm can scroll by one line as fast as the text mode, and
>>scrolling by page is only slower by a little bit.  And the font is monospaced.
>>Normally, the special Shaston 8 ( fastfont ) is the fastest.  But it's not
>>monospaced, and scrolling by page is really slow when compared to Prizm.  The
>>size of the font used in Prizm will allow at least 80x23.  Probably 80x25 if
>>you don't use the menu bar & the window title.
>
>I'd be happy with a GS/OS-based terminal program that had all of ProTERM's
>features, even if it were text-based.   The text screen would provide the
>speed, and using GS/OS for memory management would allow the use of inits
>and DA's (I mean make them more compatible).  Who knows, you might even be
>able to run it in background with GNO.
>
>Now that I think about it, what I REALLY want is ProTERM GS.
>
>Mike
>
>--
>Michael Kent                                   kentm@rpi.edu
>McDonnell Douglas                              Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
>All facts in this post are based on publicly available information.  All
>opinions expressed are solely those of the author.    Apple II Forever !!

I agree.  I would even settle for something that looked like WordPerfect GS.
Has the 640 modem menubar on top, but text only for the displays.  So we
loose the fancy fonts, so what!  The scroll in WordPerfect is pretty fast
because it's in the text mode.

Jimmy

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From: David.Empson@bbs.actrix.gen.nz
Subject: Re: MSDOS FST
Organization: Actrix Information Exchange
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 13:02:22 GMT
Keywords: FST PCT MSDOS

In article <1992Aug27.142308.77220@hal.isc.toronto.ibm.com> jeremy@hal.isc.toronto.ibm.com writes:
> 
>   Well, I am finally posting.  And I've got a suggestion for this FST.  I
>   have a PC Transporter and I realize that devices off of the PCT chain
>   will work (according to reports I've heard) as MSDOS devices with this
>   forthcoming FST.  What I would like is for the FST to recognize the MSDOS
>   volumes that are created to simulate hard drives.

The MS-DOS FST will probably only support 5.25" drives connected to
the PCT, NOT Apple 3.5 Drives.

>   Here is the situation for people that don't own a PCT.  The software creates
>   a file on a prodos volume, which it fools DOS into thinking is a hard drive.
>   What I would like is for the new FST to recognize this file and treat it
>   like a folder.  Then you could click on the file and copy things into and
>   out of your MSDOS hard drive, without going into the PC Transporter
>   software. 

Hey, neat idea!  Unfortunately, I think this falls into the "too hard"
basket.  The main problem is that the MS-DOS hard drive file is a file
on a ProDOS volume.  You would therefore have to have the MS-DOS and
ProDOS FSTs interacting with each other.  Ugly!

Another problem: you can have a split MS-DOS volume covering two
files.  There isn't any easy way to associate these files with each
other (no standard naming conventions; they don't even have to be on
the same drive).

The internal format of the file is straightforward.  It is the same as
the MS-DOS hard drive format, including a drive partition map on the
first logical track.  Each track is 17 sectors (i.e. blocks).  Thus:

Block 0: hard drive partition map
Blocks 1-16: unused (0)
Block 17: first partition's boot sector
Block 18: first partition's FAT starts here (I think)
[the FAT occupies several blocks, according to the volume size]
Second copy of the FAT
Root directory
Allocation clusters
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From: POSTMASTER@MC.DUKE.EDU
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: stylewriter questions
Date: 1 Sep 92 07:26:09 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: Duke University Medical Center, Durham NC, USA

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From: ustai@memstvx1.memst.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Converting PFS files?
Date: 4 Sep 92 09:55:11 GMT
Article-I.D.: memstvx1.1992Sep4.155511.3211
Organization: Memphis State University

Hiya,
        I am trying to help someone convert his PFS (5.25" disks) databases to
ASCII (text) files.  However, I have trouble reading it under Finder (so it
can't be the Prodos version).  I think there is a program out there that can
read/convert PFS files from PFS disks.  Can anyone help?  Thanx in advance.
Ciao.
 
-Tai
From: christarno@aol.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Apple SCSI card
Date: 1 Sep 92 02:56:41 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: The Internet

I have an Apple SCSI card and I need to know if it is Rev. C.

Can anyone tell me how to determine this?

It has one EPROM that has a label with the following:

     341-0437-A
     (c) Apple '87

And on the face side of the card, near the bottom edge, it says:

607-0291-A  1986    APPLE II SCSI CARD

And, the "A" just before the 1986 has been stamped in ink on a blank white
space.

Also, anyone got any idea how to set the jumper block on the pins to id the
board?
From: mattd@apple.com (Matt Deatherage)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: hfs.FST?
Date: 20 Aug 92 21:58:39 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.apple2
Organization: Developer Technical Support, Apple Computer, Inc.

In article <1992Aug18.161646.19380@yang.earlham.edu>,
deviant@yang.earlham.edu wrote:
> 
>    Is there any way for GS/OS to recognize the file types of mac documents 
> and applications?  I'm talking some way for these files to be recognized 
> in the same way other files are recognized.  No more unknown filetype when 
> you use Info.  And if that was recognizable, then there could be icons 
> assigned to mac files/apps, and not by filename.

HFS uses four-byte file types and four-byte creator types.  GS/OS uses
two-byte file types and four-byte auxiliary types.  There's no way to
exclusively map all HFS types into GS/OS types, and trying to do so would
create a file type assigment list from hell that no one could ever, ever
possibly keep up with.

The default mappings are listed in "Programmer's Reference for System 6.0,"
and the option_list information in that book shows you how you can get at
the untranslated HFS file type and creator type using GS/OS calls.  This
is how Teach recognizes MacWrite documents, for example.

============================================================================
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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From: gdesroch@slate.mines.colorado.edu (DESROCHERS GARY FREDERIC)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: UniDos
Date: 29 Aug 92 12:53:16 GMT
Organization: Colorado School of Mines

unknown@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (tuu) writes:
: 
: UniDOS was Nibble's product.

     Let me correct this.  UniDOS Plus is MindCraft Software's product.  
They still sell it.  Actually, they are selling it for less.  Write to 
them and ask.  I got it about 1 month ago so it does still exist.

MindCraft
P.O. Box 256
Lincoln, MA 01773

     The price in Nibble was 27.96 but I think you can get it cheaper
because of Nibble going under but I don't remember for what.

Gary
gdesroch@slate.mines.colorado.edu
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From: platkus@mueller.ecn.purdue.edu (Shawn W Platkus)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Finder
Date: 31 Aug 92 20:13:11 GMT
Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network

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

>larry@lablues.UUCP

Finder 1.3 from sys soft 5.0x and The new Finder 6.0 both let you choose
quit to previous application.

What Finder are you using?


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From: gdesroch@slate.mines.colorado.edu (DESROCHERS GARY FREDERIC)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: CHEAP HARDWARE, MAC/PC/][!
Date: 27 Aug 92 18:04:51 GMT
Organization: Colorado School of Mines

dsdd@okcforum (Roy Barrett) writes:
: 3. PC Transporter Turbo 14Mhz + 8087-2
: 
:    Applied Engineering PC Transporter (originally $800) with a 14 MHz 8086/8
:    with the fastest 8087-2 (originally $200) with GS Installation kit
:    (originally $100) and MS-DOS v5.0 (originally $100) and Windows 3.1
:    (originally $100) and America Online (originally $25) for the crazy low
:    price of $250 (originally $1400)

     I know this is probably not a good place to put this but the above
implies that you can put a 14 MHz 8086/8 in place of the chip in there now.
I have a question.  First is this really possable, and second can it go any
faster?  Sorry for intruding on your sale but hey, look at it this way, now
everyone that reads by thread sees your add twice.

: Roy Barrett, InterNet: (dsdd@okcforum.osrhe.uoknor.edu), FutureNet: #1@#31
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From: colbyp@pro-freedom.cts.com (Colby Pederson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Games
Date: 3 Sep 92 16:23:17 GMT
Article-I.D.: pro-free.1992Sep3.092317.1728
Organization: ProLine [pro-freedom] AppleVan (Apple UG of Vancouver, WA)


  I also forgot one thing.  On Shadowgate, There is a door in one of the
coffins in the coffin room.  But I can't get through because of the slime
that engulfs my body when I try to pass it.  The door I am talking about
isn't the one that leads to the mirror room.  Does anyone know how to get
rid of the slime?  THANKS!!

ProLine:  <LOGIN>@<HOST>
Internet: <LOGIN>@<HOST><DOMAIN>
UUCP:     crash!<HOST>!<LOGIN>
From: phs172m@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au (Stephen Harker)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Word Processing software?
Date: 26 Aug 92 14:27:54 +1000
Organization: Physics Department, Monash University, Australia

In article <philip.714793164@labtam>, philip@labtam.labtam.oz.au (Philip Stephens) writes:
> deviant@yang.earlham.edu writes:
> 
>>I don't really care about the printing speed.  I can't afford anything 
>>other than the ImageWriter II.  Besides, I always leave the room and do 
>>something else during the time it takes to print. [...] What I'm getting at
>>is that I can't work on my thesis (over thirty pages now all together) without
>>the bloody thing freezing up.
> 
>   Is a WYSIWYG word processor really critial?  Why not get hold of a text-based
> word processor that can use the proportional fonts on an ImageWriter II?  They
> look better than the graphic-based fonts (IMHO) and take less than half the
> time to print.
>   Of course, if you're looking to generate a wide variety of font sizes and
> styles for you thesis, I guess you don't have much of an option but to use a
> WYSIWYG word processor.

	For thesis writing I prefer TeX/LaTeX.  You can get all the fonts
and styles you like on the output, but the input is done with a text based
editor in most implementations.  Does automatic referencing of equations,
figures, citations etc.  Depends on where you are coming from of course.
Unfortunately, there is no TeX implementation on the GS although one was
being worked on last year.

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Monash University		Baloney baffles brains: Eric Frank Russell
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
From: slhood@bluemoon.rn.com (Stephen L. Hood)
Subject: SHR -> TIFF/PICT converters?
Organization: Blue Moon BBS ((614) 868-998[024])
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 92 10:23:17 EDT

        I have a Quickie scanner for my IIgs.  As part of a mail-order 
catalogue I'm working on, I need to get some artwork into PageMaker on the 
Mac.  Are there any graphics conversion packages that will convert GS 
SuperHiRes graphics files to either PICT format, or the more universal 
TIFF format?

        Thanks for any help!


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From: jbachman@igloo.Central.Sun.COM (Jay Bachman [Sun Denver SE])
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Operating System for Apple II
Date: 4 Sep 92 09:41:21 GMT
Reply-To: jbachman@igloo.Central.Sun.COM
Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
NNTP-Posting-Host: igloo.central.sun.com

Hello,

I am new to this group and I am looking for some information.  My
step-dad, who knows absolutely nothing about computers, bought an Apple
II with Monitor and printer at a garage sale on a lark.  Of course, it
has no Operating System or doucmentation.  I would like to help him get
it going.  He needs access to some OS and some useful programs such as
spreadsheet and wordprocessor.  Games would be nice too.

The question is, how can he go about obtaining this stuff?  His local
dealer (in Connecticut) was little help (I am in Colorado).  I own a
Mac and don't have anything.  Any help would be appreciated.

I realize I may not have provided enough system information for this
request and will be glad to repost if I know what to supply.

Thanks in Advance,

Jay Bachman
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: DOWNLOADING HELP
From: hdgarner@acs.harding.edu
Date: 31 Aug 92 16:25:36 -0500
Reply-To: hdgarner@acs.harding.edu
Organization: Harding University

I NEED HELP ON HOW TO SUCCESSFULLY RETRIEVE FILES FROM THE COMP.BINARIES.APPLE2 GROUP FOR USE ON MY APPLE 2GS.  I HAVE TRIED TO OPEN THE ASCII FILE FROM SHRINKIT BUT IT DOES NOT WORK. I HAVE ALSO TRIED TO CHANGE THE FILE TYPE USING UTILITYWORKS TO A SHRINKIT FILE BUT THAT DOESNOT WORK EITHER. I READ SOMETHING ABOUT BINSCII. WHAT IS IT. I AM SURE SOMEONE KNOWS THE ANSWER TO THIS PROBLEM. IF YOU COULD HELP I WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE IT.

POST REPLIES PLEASE

NO EMAIL

HDGARNER
HU.BEAKER
From: tomk@pro-nsdapple.cts.com (Tom Kelly)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Blackout Virus
Date: 28 Aug 92 06:06:26 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: ProLine [pro-nsdapple] - North San Diego Apple Users Group

In <hp27899@pro-scat.cts.com> bslog@pro-scat.cts.com (Bill Logsdon) writes:

>
>Anybody out there have a prog - or make a recommendation to eliminate the
>"Blackout" virus?
>


I believe that in the manual for the GS it tells how to get into the
control panel.   Follow the directions given carefully and set the values
to the defaults.   It is one of the options.
It may be a "BIT" tedious because you'll be working totally "blind".
Another option is to disconnect your battery on the motherboard.
That will cause the defaults to come back, then reconnect the battery and
set up the control panel to what you like.
I have NEVER done either of the above but they SHOULD work.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
From: schultp@wl.com (Paul Schultz)
Subject: Re: Flopticals from AE
Organization: Warner Lambert / Parke-Davis
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 04:31:52 GMT

In article <9209020154.AA29467@tso.uc.edu> usr6473a@TSO.UC.EDU (Christopher Tarnowieckyi) writes:
>Hey AE was handing out infomational sheets at the Apple Central Expo a.k.a.
>Kansas Fest, that described their new floptical and had the following 
>number for support or information calls: 1-800-554-MACS.  So don't be so
>hasty to assume that you will have to use a 900 number!
>
>Chris Tarnowieckyi

They probably use the 800- number because the floptical is chiefly directed
at Mac users.  
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From: raghu@morgan.ucs.mun.ca (Raghu B)
Subject: .hp to laserwriter print 
Organization: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 19:34:29 GMT

	I want to print .hp files on a laserwriter. How can I do
	
	it? Can some one help me? Are there any softwares available

	for it?

		Raghu, Balasubramanian
From: dwellman@amiganet.chi.il.us (Dan Wellman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Prizm Release Date?
Date: 28 Aug 92 19:08:03 GMT
Organization: Amiga Network Information Systems

Anyone have any idea when Prizm will be released?  I saw it at KansasFest this
year, and it looks awesome, but just seeing pictures saying, "Done with Prism"
is different than actually having it out for public purchase :)

I'm interested in buying, just when?? :)

Dan

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
From: bbs.brennan@tsoft.sf-bay.org (Brennan Pang)
Subject: HELP!  Apple //c flat panel LC screens
Organization: The TSoft BBS and Public Access Unix, +1 415 969 8238
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1992 08:16:24 GMT

I poste earlier an no one replied to my message.

I am looking for some sort of LCD screen for my //c.  Either an original 
Apple or a C-VUE would suffice.  Does anyone know where I could obtain 
one?  Also looking for a Prarie Power Pack or similar battery pack for 
the //c.  Otherwise, I may just hook up a rechargeable camcorder battery 
or somesuch.

Brennan

please reply via e-mail, as I will be out of town the next week and 
unable to keep up with the volume of messages!


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Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
From: philip@labtam.labtam.oz.au (Philip Stephens)
Subject: Re: Apple II RWTS codes.
Organization: Labtam Australia Pty. Ltd., Melbourne, Australia
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 00:02:32 GMT

fisher2557@iscsvax.uni.edu writes:

>In an old issue of Nybble, there is a program that custom formats each track,
>allowing 4k to be written to each track in one chunk.  The denibblizing is done
>"on the fly" so when it reaches the end of the "sector" (basically the whole
>track is one giant sector) it is fully decoded and at the destination memory
>address.  This sucker can read in a whole disk, all 35 tracks, in 12.5 seconds.

  I thought it did better than that, actually.  I know that the fastest that
you can read or write a whole 5.25" disk is 8 seconds, which has already been
achieved by the Locksmith copy program.  I would have thought the Nibble
program (which I assume is the FastTrax program used to store hi-res pictures)
would have achieved that speed as well.  But I could be wrong :-)  It's being a
while since I read that article...

  Philip Stephens
  Labtam Australia Pty Ltd
  philip@labtam.labtam.oz.au
From: foegelle@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Michael Foegelle)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Word Processing software?
Date: 27 Aug 92 12:52:51 GMT
Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin TX

I agree that a version of TeX for the Apple II would be nice.  Frankly there's
no reason one couldn't make a version that would work on the 128k //e too,
since you only need the graphics when viewing a DVI file and not for editing
the source code, etc.  If I could get my hands on a set of source code 
somewheres I might look into doing something about it.  I had thought of this
several years ago but didn't know if there would even be a ShareWare market 
to make the project worth the trouble.  (BTW, I use a copy of PC/TEX on 
my (oh no!) IBM at work and it's great!  So much better than waiting on 
all the time lags and slow processing on a mainframe.)

Michael Foegelle

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