From: 11hlayto@gallux.gallaudet.edu (Cybe)
Subject: Various questions & answers
Organization: Gallaudet University, Washingtondc, DC
Distribution: comp.sys.apple2
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 1992 13:21:32 GMT



Hiya y'all! 

Gee, school sure takes up alot of my time...and I'm also running the
campus student newspaper too.  So, it's a while since I've last posted.
Um, I've gotten alot of help from various ppl out there with BBS numbers
in the Washington DC metro area.  Thanks to you all, I've checked out
them and here's a listing for those other DC Metro area people...you can
call 'em and they all have listings of other smaller BBSes...these are
the MAJOR Apple II ones:

Cathouse (301) 840-8567
DataBase II (703) 323-5840
Reflex Towers (703) 922-6123
Starport (703) 931-0947
Apple Pack (703) 818-0941

Call 'em up and have fun!

Okay, with all this talk about the new RAM GS board from Sequential
Systems, let me relate something interesting.  I ordered a RAM GS for
myself from LRO in August.  Got it and found out that the board's design
wouldn't allow me to put the cover back on my IIgs-in-a-//e-case.  I
just left the cover off and ran the IIgs like that.  I called Sequential
Systems to inquire about this, and they were REALLY nice.  So nice that
they said keep the RAM GS until we FedEx you a replacement board.  Wow,
I sure was impressed.  My replacement board arrived real fast, and it
happened to be a Chinook Technology RAM 4000 board.  Well, I shipped
back the RAM GS board.  The service of Sequential Systems is impressive,
they were friendly and cooperative, and even reminded me that I still
have 2 years warranty on the Chinook board.  
Now, two questions.  IS the Chinook board just like the RAM GS?  Is
there anything different, or are they just functionally identical?
Second, I can't get Appleworks 2.0 with TimeOut to boot on this set up.
When it gets to the point where it tries to load itself into memory, it
crashes.  If I switch the Chinook board with my original Apple IIgs
Memory Expansion board, Appleworks 2.0 works just fine.  Can anyone
help me on this matter?  (By the way, I'm taking it in for a ROM
upgrade today, if that will do any good, it's an original ROM gs.)

Anyhow...I noticed that somebody was mentioning a ProDos extension for
Macs to read/write/format ProDos disks, and that it could be found on
the Mac LC's Apple //e Startup Disk.   Well, yesterday, I FTP'ed this
from ftp.apple.com, and got the extension out, dropped it in my office's
Mac IIcx's System Folder.  I formatted a disk under ProDos 800k, used
NetCopy to copy stuff that I FTP'ed off my Ultrix account onto the disk.
This disk, I brought home and my IIgs reads it just fine.  So, that
extension really does work, folks!! Yay, now I don't hafta put up with
downloading all this stuff I FTP via Kermit to my gs.  All I got to do
is  NetCopy on a Mac. :)   
Yeah, a question related to this...is there a program out there for the
GS that will allow me to change my filetype?  This prolly is a FAQ, but
bear with me, I'm learning. *grin*  Another question.  Is there a
version of AppleTalk Remote that I can use on my IIgs to hook up and
talk to the Mac I got at work, as well as printing files to the
LaserWriter we got there too?  

Whew, got plenty of stuff written down here, and all these things off my
chest. *grin*  Thanks y'all in advance for your help, both past and
present.  Joe Kohn, I enjoy your column in InCider/A+, and really think
your efforts to inform those Apple // family users out there who are
"lost" that all is not lost, that the Apple // family is still alive.
Long live the Apple //!!

Later dudes & dudettes!
Ryan Layton
11hlayto@gallux.gallaudet.edu
11hlayton@gallua.bitnet
11hlayton@gallua.gallaudet.edu