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From: joko@well.sf.ca.us (Joe Kohn)
Subject: Re: Out Of This World Easter Eggs?
Organization: Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 18:34:27 GMT

In article <84kkwB2w165w@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca> herbertf@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Herbert Fung) writes:
>In SoftDisk G-S #38 there is a review and also mentioned that OOTW has 
>easter eggs littered thoughout the game. Has anyone found any of them?
>
>Herbert Fung              herbertf@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca 


Hmmm....I wonder who wrote that Softdisk G-S review of Out of This World.

When the game first starts, you see a screen that says Delpine Software and
then the next one shows the Interplay logo and then the next one after that
shows the Star Wars style scrolling text.

One Easter Egg is to hold down Open Apple (or is it Option? I don't
remember) at those Delphine/interplay screens. All of a sudden, you'll get
another Star Wars scrolling text. The new one is Burger Bill's greetings to
his Apple II friends.

Last summer, when Burger Bill met Olivier Goguel, Bill said "how come you
never sent greetings to me in the FTA demos?" The Gog said to Bill "how come
you never sent greetings to me in any of your Easter Eggs?".

And, that's the story behind the Easter Egg.

Joe Kohn

(Now, how am I going to re-pay Bill?)
From: jimmys@bonnie.ics.uci.edu (Jimmy Shaw)
Subject: Solved!!! (was Re: GS Built-in Modem port problems)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Reply-To: jimmys@ics.uci.edu (Jimmy Shaw)
Organization: Univ. of Calif., Irvine, Info. & Computer Sci. Dept.
Date: 31 Dec 92 16:36:07 GMT

In article <1992Dec31.151956.4731@klaava.Helsinki.FI> cust_ts@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Tero Sand) writes:
>In article <2B42E904.6316@ics.uci.edu> jimmys@ics.uci.edu (Jimmy Shaw) writes:
>>Recently I've discovered that my SupraFaxModem's TR (Terminal
>>readly) LED no longer lights up when turned on.  After some
>>investigation, I came to the conclusion that neither the modem
>>or the flow-control modem cable is at fault.  I then plugged the
>>modem into the Printer port, and sure enough, the TR light came
>>back on.  I've ran the IIgs Diagnostic v3.0 tests for the
>
>I recently had a similar problem (well, actually, the modem didn't init
>and TR was blinking like mad). Try to re-insert the plug into the modem
>port - with me, it had just become loose.
>

Heh, silly me!  I took your advice and checked out the connector.  Since
the external modem is a recently addition, the modem port connector
was never used, and had been collecting dust since.  I cleaned out the
holes for the pins, and reconnected the cable.  Now the TR light
shines like new!  Thanks.

But it still doesn't explain why the GS diagnostic gave me an error...
Until I realized that I am running at 8 Mhz, and for something that's
timing critical...  I disabled the Zip and ran the test again, and I
am happy to report that both the mother and baby are fine...Oops, I mean
everything is cool.

>	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

Jimmy


--
Jimmy Shaw		      RamFAST, ZipGSX and 6.0... Apple II Forever!
jimmys@ics.uci.edu
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From: greis@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (I buy VW & Porsche Stuff - Mail Me)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: What CSA2 is. What CSA2 isn't. READ ME!
Date: 23 Dec 1992 18:39:53 GMT
Organization: Computing Services Division, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: 129.89.7.4
Originator: greis@csd4.csd.uwm.edu

What Comp.Sys.Apple2 is:

CSA2 is a special interest group dedicated to the Apple II computer. It
is for the discussion of topics and problems related to the Apple II.
CSA2 can provide almost instant and diverse help to hardware as well as
software problems through the combined experience of it's members. CSA2
is a part of a giant research network solely for this purpose.

What Comp.Sys.Apple2 is not:

Your babysitter. I have been reading CSA2 for many years now and have
seen a lot of changes. Not only have I gotten older, but I have seen the
mean age of the users and posters go down as well. I have seen fewer posts
that contain any actual real "meat," and many that contain *purely* slams
against other *users, *computers, and *Apple Management. Everyone who gets
a nose out of joint deserves to be dealt with - but an attack at a level
no better than their own is not only futile, but annoying to the rest of
the network.

What you can do about this:

Hundreds of messages are posted every week to CSA2. They usually take one
of several forms: A question, an answer, informational, or slams. If you
find that your post does not contain more than 90% of one of the first
three before indulging in the fourth, please refrain from posting it. If
you find that your post does not contain any of these four, but instead
contains back scratching, test messages, or some not really controversial
but highly passionate message (Such as "The Apple II sucks."), then you
need to re-evaluate why you feel that you should be posting this message,
and then please refrain from posting it.

I would like to read every message that comes across CSA2, as I am sure
that many other old stand-bys would as well. The sheer amount of garbage
that is posted prevents this. With even a 10% daily reduction in posts,
I would be able to read and respond to 10-15 more articles. (Note how
98% of my messages are replied to with "r" or "m" and not "F".) If you
do indeed value the help that you receive from some of the more
experienced people out in net-world, you would let a lot more slide
before responding. I would appreciate it, and I'm sure that many others
would as well.

(Please note: I am fully aware that I post many "slams." In doing so, I
first address WHO I am talking to, address the foolishness, offer suggestions
to correct this problem, and finish my slam. I DO NOT just comment on
someone's mother, or some foolish bit of nonsense. If you choose to
flame me, please have the decency to do it this way.)

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I AM MOVING! PLEASE NOTE! AFTER THE NEW YEAR I WILL BE AT:
acct127@carroll1.cc.edu
Thanks! And have a Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year!
Daniel E. Gross
From: herbertf@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Herbert Fung)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: PC Transporter 5.25-inch drive from AE
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 92 23:47:54 MST
Organization: Edmonton Remote Systems #3, Edmonton, AB, Canada

Previously Roy Barrett wrote:
 
>Soenke Behrens (behrenss@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE) wrote:
>: Yes. Take out the mechanism, it should be standard IBM style (in fact,
>: it is). Put the mechanism into your PS/2, connect power and the
>: drive cable, that's it. But keep in mind: 360k only ... not really
>: worth it, unless you _have_ to write 360k disks that can be read by
>: any 360k drive.
 
>Really? Hmm, AE must really be making money then.. ;) What's in the
>TransDrive?
>
>Is it possible to get cheap PC drives to use as PCT drives?
 
Yes, I bought a $40.00 720K drive from London Drugs a couple of years ago
and put it in the empty drive bay in the TransDrive and it worked just
great. As for what's inside a TransDrive, not much, would you believe
just the case, drives and cables?
 
--
Herbert Fung                    | "Hard work doesn't make miracles,
Edmonton Remote Systems         |   Miracles just make hard work!"
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada       |       The Herbster! 1988

Herbert Fung              herbertf@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca
From: cb408@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Jason Reames)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: SHR converted to New Print Shop
Date: 4 Jan 1993 03:12:07 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (USA)
NNTP-Posting-Host: hela.ins.cwru.edu


Is it possible to convert an SHR (either 320 or 640) to a filetype that
could be accessed by the panel graphic editor for the Print Shop Companion?
I have an older version of the Graphic Exchange by Roger Wagner, but that
won't do the trick.  Thanks for your help!
-- 
Ron Reames.............reames@sendit.nodak.edu
----------------------------------------------Jesus is Lord!
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
From: lwv26@cas.org (Larry W. Virden)
Subject: Re: AWGS vs System 6
Followup-To: comp.sys.apple2
Reply-To: lvirden@cas.org (Larry W. Virden)
Organization: Nedriv Software and Shoe Shiners, Uninc.
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 13:06:25 GMT

I didn't know that GraphicWriter II did word processing, database, telecomm,
page layout and graphics generation!  Tell me more!
-- 
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Personal: 674 Falls Place,   Reynoldsburg, OH 43068-1614
From: gwlester@cpu.com (Gerald W. Lester)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Archiver problem
Date: 21 Dec 92 16:13:59 GMT
Reply-To: gwlester@cpu.com
Organization: Computerized Processes Unlimited, Metairie, LA, (504)-889-2784

This weekend I wanted to repartion my IIgs's 80MB disk, so I did the following:

  1) Ran the Archiver (came with System 6.0)

     1a) Did a archive files on my first parition
     1b) Did a select all files (OA-A)
     1c) Changed disk many times

     1d) Repeated 1a-1c for other two partitions

  2) Repartitioned the disk

  3) Restored partitioned from just taken archives

  4) Discovered that the Archiver had *NOT* archived *some* of the applications
     that were on the desktop, even though it verified the disk and gave **NO**
     errors on either the archive or restore operations.

  5) Used many words that I should not have used.

Is this a known bug?

Is there a *reliable* archiver/backup program that should be used?

Thanks,
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* Computerized Processes Unlimited        !   FAX:    (504)-889-2799     *
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
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From: photon!uunet!pro-magic.oau.org!bdoherty (Benjamin Doherty)
Subject: BD: SoniqTracker Memory Mis-Management
Organization: Pro-Magic [A Proline BBS] Orlando, FL
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 92 08:29:09 EST

sander@edsi.plexus.COM (Scott Anderson) writes:

>Soniqtracker doesn't always clean itself out of memory for some reason.
>Modzap (Though the oscilliscope is way cool, Ian :) )  Ask Tim personally

Ok.  I thought it might be a problem with my system.  ModZap has an
oscilliscope?  Where?  Is there a new version?

Benjamin Doherty@1:363/152| \/\  _O_ |Benjamin.Doherty@f152.n363.z1.fidonet.org
Ask me about TunaNET v3.80| /\/   |< |Starkist - 407-859-9999 - FidoNET/UseNET
From: 90taobri@CHASM.SCAR.UTORONTO.CA (Brian Tao)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: a question of storage
Date: 3 Jan 93 01:43:43 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: MuGS Research and Development Facility

The following revelation escaped Jimmy Shaw's lips:
> 
> Hi, I am currently considering adding a removable mass-storage device
> to the my GS, and I am debating between the Syquest-45 removable
> HD vs. the new 21 meg floptical HDs.  And I like to hear from those
> of who who has experience with either or both devices.

    The First National Bank Of Dad has given me generous loan this term, so
I might be getting a floptical soon.  ;-)  Picking the floptical over the
Syquest was easy:

    1.  Flopticals are smaller and a lot easier to carry around.
    2.  An external floptical drive takes up less room.
    3.  Media is cheaper on a per-megabyte basis.
    4.  Will read MS-DOS 720K and MS-DOS/ProDOS/Mac 1.44-meg disks.
    5.  Flopticals are newer, therefore they are more cool.  :)

> But the storage is only 21 megs (probably less, since formatting takes
> up some space, I don't know how much),

    Formatted is 20.8 megabytes, if I remember correctly.

> Since I do plan on using the removable as a backup device, as well as a
> primary storage on the GS, the size of the media is an issue.

    Hey, almost *anything* is better than flipping a hundred 800K disks to
back up my hard drive.  Now I need only five flopticals.

> and the RamFAST SCSI card rev. B board, with ROM 3.00(something), I
> will probably need to upgrade the roms again to work with the
> flopticals.

    Rev B?  Do you mean Rev D?  I have 3.00k which should work OK with a
floptical drive.  3.00l is the latest, unless there has been yet another
upgrade.

--
-- Real name: Brian Tao (Dept. of Exobiology, University of Toronto)
-- Preferred: 90taobri@chasm.scar.utoronto.ca (checked daily)
-- Free Plug: =MuGS 2.0=, the only offline Internet mail reader for
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From: gunter@tartarus.uwa.edu.au (Gunter Ahrendt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.super
Subject: ************ List of World Computing Sites **************
Date: 30 Dec 1992 05:22:56 GMT
Organization: The University of Western Australia
Distribution: inet
NNTP-Posting-Host: tartarus.uwa.edu.au
X-Newsreader: NN version 6.4.19

Greetings!

Over the past few years i've seen numerous 'network information sources' change
for the better, e.g. Before 'archie' came along, numerous people around the net
would collect and post regularly information as to which sites had what
available for FTP'ing. And thanks to volunteers who in their spare time compile
lists of information that they regularly post out, e.g. in the music news
groups, lists of upcoming album releases. comp.mail.maps, lists of museums in
the military newsgroups etc...

Now what i would like to start putting together is a list of all the worlds
computing sites! yes, yes, i know what a 'huge' number are out there... The
idea is that people send me details of their site, and followup details when
something changes so that i can keep updating the list, and i'll post the
information out into this newsgroup and whoever wants to be on the mailing list
and regular intervals.

Here's the information and format i'm asking for:

Company Name, Full Address, Contact Email address.
n)	Computer Manufacturer, Model, Benchmark?

...for a suggestion. I'd like to hear from people as to what they think of my
idea, and if they like it, what info they would like to see. I was thinking of
adding somekind of benchmark? so that i could total up sites and put them into
somekind of order as to which is the most powerful.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.super
From: raj@mcs.kent.edu (Srinivas Rajagopalan)
Subject: Info. sought about the system PARFORM
Organization: Kent State University
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 18:03:18 GMT

   I would like to get info about PARFORM
   I guess it is being developed by University of Zurich, Switzerland.

    Thanks in advance.

   srinivas
    raj@mcs.kent.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.super
From: parallel@netcom.com (B. Mitchell Loebel)
Subject: The PARALLEL Processing Connection - January Meeting Notice
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 05:19:45 GMT

January 11th - Embedded Parallel Systems and Other Entrepreneurial 
Opportunities

PPC's 1993 agenda will feature increased emphasis on entrepreneurship 
and workstation level parallelism.  We start off the new year with a 
presentation on embedded parallel systems and a look at foreign 
entrepreneurs seeking connections in the U.S.

Our January speaker is Craig Lund, president of Local Knowledge.  
Craig is one of the world's leading experts on the market for embedded, 
parallel systems and is also a well regarded authority on the market for 
parallel database systems.  This will be an ideal opportunity for 
attendees to obtain expert advice on their new product ideas.

Craig assists overseas clients in establishing their parallel processing 
products in North American markets by producing custom market 
research reports to identify appropriate market niches; in addition, he 
often seeks U.S. technical and marketing partners for them.  Local 
Knowledge can also manage a client's North American product rollout.

PPC hopes to learn early of new products and business opportunities 
from Craig; we stand available as a resource of technical and marketing 
talent for him.

The meeting will take place at 7:30 PM at Sun Microsystems at 901 
South San Antonio Road in Palo Alto, California. Southbound travelers
exit 101 at San Antonio; northbound attendees also exit at San 
Antonio and take the overpass to the other side of 101. There is an $8 
visitor fee for non-members and members ($40 per year) will be 
admitted free.

Please be prompt; we expect a capacity attendance; don't be left out or 
left standing.

For further information contact:

-- 
B. Mitchell Loebel                                      parallel@netcom.COM
PARALLEL Processing Connection                                 408-732-9869
From: an1060@anon.penet.fi
Newsgroups: comp.sys.super
Subject: Parallel Algorithms
Date: 26 Dec 92 18:50:27 GMT
Organization: Anonymous contact service
X-Anonymously-To: comp.sys.super

X-Anon-To: comp.sys.super


Hello,

I have the following book for sale:

Analysis & Design of Parallel Algorithms: Arithmetic & Matrix Problems
by Lakshmivarahan & Dhall, 1990.

It is in new condition (the binding will "crack" when opened)!!!

Publishers Price: $44....I ask: $35

Please respond to:  mantell@ams.sunysb.edu

Thanks

Abe


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Newsgroups: comp.sys.super
From: raj@mcs.kent.edu (S. Rajagopalan (Babu))
Subject: Info needed about Parallax and Parahna
Organization: Kent State University
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1992 01:50:23 GMT

    Info. needed regarding systems for using idle processors to run programs.
    I guess Parallax and Parahna are such systems.
    
    Any info. regarding this is appreciated.

     Thanks in advance.

    srinivas
    raj@mcs.kent.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.super
From: dhd@exnet.co.uk (Damon)
Subject: Re: ************ List of World Computing Sites **************
Organization: ExNet Systems Ltd Public Access News, London, UK
Distribution: inet
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 19:40:33 GMT

In article <1hrbngINN3do@uniwa.uwa.edu.au> gunter@tartarus.uwa.edu.au (Gunter Ahrendt) writes:
>Now what i would like to start putting together is a list of all the worlds
>computing sites! yes, yes, i know what a 'huge' number are out there... The
>idea is that people send me details of their site, and followup details when
>something changes so that i can keep updating the list, and i'll post the
>information out into this newsgroup and whoever wants to be on the mailing list
>and regular intervals.
>
>Here's the information and format i'm asking for:
>
>Company Name, Full Address, Contact Email address.
>n)	Computer Manufacturer, Model, Benchmark?

Why not get them in the same format as the uucp maps in
comp.mail.maps?  That way people will know the syntax (and S Hussein
will know where to aim the ICBMs B^>).  And some lucky people might
just be able to send you their uucp map entires.

[BTW, I assume you mean *super*computing sites!]

Damon
-- 
Damon Hart-Davis                          Internet: dhd@exnet.co.uk, d@hd.org

Public-access UNIX (Suns), news and mail for UK#5 per month.  FIRST MONTH FREE.
[1.35] Cheap Sun eqpt.  UUCP news/mail feeds.  Tel/Fax: +44 81 755 0077.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.super
From: dbailey@wk49.nas.nasa.gov (David H. Bailey)
Subject: Inquiry about the NEC SX-3
Organization: NAS, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 92 19:12:31 GMT

Does anyone know how many clock periods are required to perform a
divide operation on the NEC SX-3?  Is the result fully accurate, or
only a "reciprocal approximation"?

Does the NEC SC-3 support IEEE arithmetic, or does it still use the
IBM format?

Please send replies to me.

David H. Bailey
dbailey@nas.nasa.gov

Newsgroups: comp.sys.sequent
From: dsmith@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu (Donald A. Smith)
Subject: Request for info on Sequent's newer models.
Organization: Brandeis University
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1992 22:34:18 GMT


Please:

I have access to a Sequent Symmetry 81 with Intel 80386 processors.
Is this the newest model in Sequent's lineup?  Do they have machines
with the 80486?   With RISC chips?   

   Don Smith
From: dpulyk@devo.ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Dennis Pulyk)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sequent
Subject: cnews and rn on Dynix/ptx 1.4
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 92 16:52:30 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Sherritt Gordon Ltd

Has anyone compiled the cnews news system and the rn newsreader (or
other newsreaders like tin, trn, etc) under Dynix/ptx ??
-- 
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Dennis Pulyk                           dpulyk@devo.ersys.edmonton.ab.ca
 Senior Technical Support Analyst       Sherritt Gordon Limited
From: holzman@sequent.com (Alan Holzman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sequent
Subject: Re: Request for info on Sequent's newer models.
Date: 28 Dec 92 17:46:06 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Sequent Computer Systems, Inc.

dsmith@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu (Donald A. Smith) writes:

>I have access to a Sequent Symmetry 81 with Intel 80386 processors.
>Is this the newest model in Sequent's lineup?  Do they have machines
>with the 80486?   With RISC chips?   

The current Sequent family is called the Symmetry 2000. The 3 members of
of the Symmetry 2000 line are :

	Symmetry 2000/250	02-06 Intel 486-50 mhz. processors
	Symmetry 2000/450	02-10 Intel 486-50 mhz. processors
	Symmetry 2000/750	02-30 Intel 486-50 mhz. processors

We are quite committed to Intel ...
 
-- 
Alan Holzman					Phone =	(503) 578-5184
Operating Systems Product Line Manager		FAX =   (503) 578-9890 
Sequent Computer Systems Inc.   MS=DES2-365	Internet = holzman@sequent.com
15450 SW Koll Pkwy,  Beaverton, OR. 97006       UUCP = ...!sequent!holzman 
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sequent
From: boone@a.cs.okstate.edu (Barry E. Boone)
Subject: Need to find IRC client
Followup-To: boone@a.cs.okstate.edu 
Organization: Oklahoma State University, Computer Science, Stillwater
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 92 05:41:53 GMT

Can someone tell me where I can find a copy of IRCII that will compile
on a Sequent S81, running under Dynix 1.4.0?

Thanks...

Barry
-- 
Barry Boone -- boone@a.cs.okstate.edu

Gravity: It's not just a good idea, it's the law.
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