HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: pbauer@athena.mit.edu (Paul H Bauer)
Subject: CV Tech Piggyback Memory Card
Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 15:09:29 GMT

	I have a CV Tech piggyback memory card in a GS and an extra apple
1 meg memory card. My question is, can I add the 1meg card to the CV Tech
card and still run DMA if I use the extra 1.25 meg memory as a RAM disk?
I installed this this morning and it seems to work but I am wondering if 
there are any hidden surprises. I understand that the GS can only address
4 meg DMA.

	My system is the following:

	slot1	printer port
	slot2	modem port
	slot3	9/32 Zip
	slot4	blank
	slot5	blank
	slot6	blank
	slot7	Apple HS DMA SCSI Card
	memory slot	CV Tech mem card with Apple 1 meg in piggyback conn

        pbauer@athena.mit.edu
        paulb@pro-angmar.alfalfa.com
        paulb@pro-applebcs.cts.com

        UUCP: uunet!alfalfa!pro-angmar!paulb
From: jmk3@crux3.cit.cornell.edu (Jay Krell)
Subject: Re: Finder Extensions
Organization: Cornell Information Technologies
Date: 26 Jan 93 02:07:36 GMT

>From: FORDE@UV6.EGLIN.AF.MIL
>Subject: Finder Extensions
 
>>Finder Extensions are INITS.  If you want them available all the time (not
>>just while in the Finder), put them in your System.Setup folder.
 
>How are Finder Extensions accessed, if installed in this manner?  Do they
>show up in the menu bar of other desktop programs?
 
>However, to get the Finder "Extras" to show up I had to move the folder
>onto the harddrive and in the same directory as the Finder.  If I left it
>in my system.setup folder on the ROMDisk the "Extras" item never appeared.
 
I'll answer the easy question first, that of where the files go.
 
It sounds like you are putting the FinderExtras folder in the System.Setup
folder. This is wrong. FinderExtras goes in the System folder "along side of".
Perhaps Finder should recurse down folders, but it doesn't.
 
As for putting extensions in System.Setup and using them from other programs:
 
The Finder communicates with extensions through a set of request codes (System
6's inter-process application includes a call SendRequest; it is used to do the
communication.) These requests are of the form finderSaysXXX (Finder sends
these out) and tellFinderXXX and askFinderXXX (sent to Finder). For the most
part, these are very Finder dependent. However, there exist two codes,
finderSaysBeforeCopy and finderSaysOpenFailed, that can be used (Apple-approved
and Apple-suggested) outside of Finder. If you double-click a file and Finder
finds no application to open it, finderSaysOpenFailed is sent along with the
file's pathname, and anything that receives it is free to deal with the file.
If something "accepts" the request, Finder does not put up the dialog "Could
not find application...".
 
Examples: IR opens NDA's, CDA's, inits, Finder extras (they have their own
type), and GS/OS drivers. ControlPanel opens control panels. EgoEd opens
textual files, include text, AppleWorks WP, source, and Teach. EasyMount opens
its documents. There are various extensions to deal with sound and graphics
files.
 
If you put IR in the FinderExtras folder, you can only successfully double
click its types in Finder. If you put it in System.Setup, those files can be
opened outside of Finder.
 
So, where to finderSaysBeforeOpen and finderSaysOpenFailed come from outside of
Finder? (plug approaching) I wrote a small NDA called OpenAny that lets you
select any file with a standard open file dialog and then sends out the request
codes. Such an NDA was actually suggested by Apple in the System 6 Ref. OpenAny
is freeware. I believe someone else wrote something similar and made it
shareware.
 
Caveat: I don't think IR opens Finder extensions from other applications. This
makes sense. Also, opening files with IR _can_ be dangerous since those
programs expect a boot environment, not a desktop environment.
 
  --Jay, jay.krell@cornell.edu
From: a0m2504@zeus.tamu.edu (AKITOMO MORITA)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: still 65802 problem:PS
Date: 27 Jan 1993 20:39 CST
Organization: Texas A&M University, Academic Computing Services
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: zeus.tamu.edu
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    

One last thing.  The timing diagrams for the WDC 65C02 and 65C802/816 are
identical, in case your wondering or thinking about replacing a WDC 65C02 
with a WDC 65C802/816.

Akitomo Morita
a0m2504@zeus.tamu.edu

Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
From: aa382@Freenet.carleton.ca (Marc Sira)
Subject: Re: why
Reply-To: aa382@Freenet.carleton.ca (Marc Sira)
Organization: The National Capital Freenet
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 22:50:45 GMT


In a previous article, larry@lablues.UUCP (Lawrance A. Schneider) says:

>          A)     What is "FIDO?"
>          2)     What is "UUCP?"
>          c)     What is the "backbone?"  What is a "gateway?"
>          iv)    Why can people get to me and me not get back?
>                 Why would some of my E-mail not bounce back????
>          e)     Why would anything bounce back anyway?  My "posts"
>                 like this one seem to get "out!"  Solipsisim aside,
>                 I know that Marc exists since he has re-sent the
>                 file I requested.  (Thanks Marc!  I got the other
>                 too.)  

FIDO is an acronym that comes from coin-collecting - "Freaks, Irregulars,
Defects, and Oddities". This gives you an idea what the creators of FIDONet
had in mind when they set up the system of amateur BBSes that exchange "news"
articles (echoes) and email (netmail).

UUCP is an abbreviation for "Unix-to-Unix-CoPy", the suite of files included
with most implementations of Unix (but not GNO yet B-/ ) that allows exchange
of files and information between sites. "UUCP site" usually refers to a
machine with Internet email / Usenet news capabilities, but which is not
physically connected to the Internet; such machines move information by
calling each other on the phone. Micor in my .sig is a UUCP-only site, as
is presumably LABlues.

The backbone on FIDONet refers to the group of echoes that are carried over
the entire network - the Apple Echo, for instance. This is equivalent to 
any worldwide-distribution (non-"alt") newsgroup on Usenet.

Gateways (this is the part you were waiting for) allow different networks
to share information (email in particular). Mailing an internet message to
FOOBAR@aol.com or foo.bar@compuserve.com would make use of a gateway.

>InterNet: larry@lablues.UUCP
>FidoNet:  1:132/300 Larry Schneider

Since you have a FIDO account, you should be able to send mail to the
Internet. Note that this may cost your sysop money! Instructions follow:

To send mail to a FIDO address from an INTERNET address, follow these
rules:
 
1.  Change the person's name to have no spaces (Jane Doe becomes
Jane_Doe)
2.  the fidonet<>internet address is this:
    example:  1:343/95 would be f95.n343.z1.fidonet.org
    (f{3rd#}.n{2nd}.z{1st})  where 3,2,1 = #'s in fidonet address
 
For Jane Doe, 1:343/300 would be jane_doe@f300.n343.z1.fidonet.org.
You can also send to a point by placing "pXXX" before the "fYYY" in the
address, where XXX is the point number.
 
To send from FIDOnet to the Internet, you need to find a gateway on
FIDO. One exists at 1:114/15.
 
1. Send a message to "uucp" at that node.
2. The first line of the message should be the Internet address
   username@site.domain
   followed by 2 returns.
3. Line 4 onward is the message body.

Hope that helps.

-- 
Marc Sira                    |
toh@micor.ocunix.on.ca       |  "Your god drinks...p-p-peach nectar!"
aa382@freenet.carleton.ca    '
From: scratchy.caltech.edu!nathan (Nathan Mates)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Formatting troubles :(
Date: 25 Jan 1993 05:38:35 GMT
Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: kanga.caltech.edu
Originator: nathan@kanga

In article <24JAN199322202029@rosie.uh.edu> st1dr@rosie.uh.edu (Frankfort,  
David C.) writes:
> In article <C1DD1r.71G@news.cso.uiuc.edu>, kls0@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu  
(Plague) writes...
> >Whenever I hit ESC while in the Finder, it locks up and I can'tI seem  
to have a
> >problem with my Finder (and all other S16 programs).  Here's the deal.   
If I
> >try to format a disk (3.5" or 5.25") my GS yells "ALERT! ALERT!" at me,  
and
> >then locks up - kinda. 
> >Here's my */System/System.Setup folder:
> >/plague/system/system.setup/      20 files
> > 
> >name            type  blocks   modified               access
> >----            ----  ------   --------               ------
> >gs.spy.2         str      22    2-Apr-91    9:18 PM   rwnd B
> ^
>------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
------
> >A closed mouth gathers no feet.  You don't need a weatherman to know  
which way
> >				 the wind blows.
> >			kls0@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu
> 	I used to use gs spy.  It however does not want to let my format  
disks
> either so I just inactivated.  Make life easier since I have backups of
> everything I have.
> 

   I had GS Spy running for a while until I found it had real problems
with Tetrotrix and others, so I just killed it. According to v1.x's Docs,
GS Spy's purpose is to intercept all format and erase calls, as a real
simple virus killer. It'll yell "Alert Alert" at you to notify you, and
if you hit return at that point, it'll allow the formatting. This was
over a year ago, and I have version 1 only, so I can't really vouch for
the accuracy of this information.

************************************************************************** 
******
> *David F.	This could be apart of your source code.       Apple II GS      
*
>  
************************************************************************** 
******

* Nathan Mates nathan@cco.caltech.edu * MSC #850, Pasadena  CA 91126
*    No fancy quote, no disclaimers for irate employers, no .sig-- oops,
* Too late for that! Several Megabyte joke collector and IIGS hacker 
* operating out of Caltech, the world's best University!
-- 
* Nathan Mates nathan@cco.caltech.edu * MSC #850, Pasadena  CA 91126
*    No fancy quote, no disclaimers for irate employers, no .sig-- oops,
* Too late for that! Several Megabyte joke collector and IIGS hacker 
* operating out of Caltech, the world's best University!
From: larry@lablues.UUCP (Lawrance A. Schneider)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Educational games that teach about computers
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 05:54:01 EST
Organization: L/A Blues BBS - Auburn ME (207) 777-3465 & 7782

The learning company made some software for logic and digital circuit 
learning.  I believe it was called Rocky's Boots.       Larry

larry@lablues.UUCP
FidoNet:  1:132/300 Larry Schneider

     / 7: "Wovon man nicht sprechen kann,  |  Larry Schneider
    /      darueber muss man schweigen."   |  Bright Software
   /                                       |  P. O. Box 120
  /         Ludwig Wittgenstein            |  Exeter, ME
 /     Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus      |       04435-0120
(__________________________________________|  207=379-3181
From: greis@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Gayla Ann Greis)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: NASA photos online?
Date: 26 Jan 93 18:07:53 GMT
Reply-To: greis@csd4.csd.uwm.edu
Organization: University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
NNTP-Posting-Host: 129.89.7.4
Originator: greis@csd4.csd.uwm.edu

From article <C1H09F.3AD@well.sf.ca.us>, by joko@well.sf.ca.us (Joe Kohn):
> 
> Does anyone know what NASA or JPL site I could FTP into to get scanned
> Voyager images that would look good on a IIGS in 320 x 200?

NASA has a BBS on line that you can telnet to...

 -NASA Headline News    finger nasanews@space.mit.edur command
  offers: Daily press releases from NASA.
 
 -NASA SpaceLink        telnet spacelink.msfc.nasa.gov or 128.158.13.250
   offers: Latest NASA news, including shuttle launches and satellite updates.

You might also be interested in...

 -Weather Service       telnet madlab.sprl.umich.edu 3000 or 141.212.196.79
3000
   offers: City/State forecasts, ski conditions, earthquake reports, etc.

Dan
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
From: joko@well.sf.ca.us (Joe Kohn)
Subject: Re: NASA photos online?
Organization: Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 21:54:39 GMT


Thanks a million Kean for sending me the description of the GIF files
available from Nasa.Ames.

SuperConvert...do your stuff!!!

Joe Kohn
From: chonky@cats.ucsc.edu (J. R. `Bob' Matthew)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: IRQ/video counter problem
Date: 26 Jan 93 04:29:33 GMT
Organization: University of California, Santa Cruz
NNTP-Posting-Host: am.ucsc.edu


cal info request:

Is there any known problem with leaving irqs enabled while
accessing the vertical or horizontal video counters ($e0/c02e,c02f)?

I have written a custom irq handler (patching e1/0010... yes, bad
practice, please no gs/os comapability flames) in order to play music
with a program that uses stack-based animation. Well, the animation
works fine, but problems arise when I try to synch it. This works:

(irqs are enabled)
]lp ldal $e0c019
    bmi ]lp

This doesn't work (it crashes after getting to the irq handler, which 
messes with various softswitches, but doesn't touch video counters):

]lp ldal $e0c02e
    cmp #$d8 (example)
    bne ]lp

So, does anyone know if accessing the video counters temporarily changes
something internal that could muck up the way irqs function?

Thanks for any response,

-arekusu
ace@deeptht.armory.com
From: gregt+@CMU.EDU (Gregory Ross Thompson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: MenuKey and TaskMaster
Date: 25 Jan 93 18:03:09 GMT
Article-I.D.: andrew.EfN=Txa00WB5E7ZXhF
	<C1D7K5.J6y@CAM.ORG>
Organization: Senior, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA

vandry@CAM.ORG (Phillip Vandry) writes:
> Vol 1/2 and Sys6Ref will do for now until I get get a copy of Vol 3. I did
> find at least two errors in Vol 1/2 just while doing this one project, so
> there muts be quite a few.
> 
> Volume 3 is not as thick and expensive, right?

   Naw, TB3 is just about as thick as 1 & 2, but it's on REALLY thin
paper, so it's probably actually more pages.  Definitely worth the
dough.  Guess I need to get the Sys6 thing...

		-Greg
		 InterNet: gregt+@cmu.edu
		       or: gt0t+@andrew.cmu.edu
		 BITNet  : R746GT0T@CMCCVB
		 AOL     : GRThompson
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
From: rustle@sage.cc.purdue.edu (Russell Holt)
Subject: Problem with SolarianGS
Organization: Purdue University
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 18:32:41 GMT

Hello,

I don't read this group often, and I found Solarian GS on ftp.uu.net,
so I missed any discussion on this that there might have been.  Anyhow, 
when I try to run this game, I get the message "Cannot load file
1/sounds/funwithtrumpets   Press a key to quit"  Now this is quite
annoying since that file is there in that directory...  I can't think of
any reason that this should be.  I have 1.75 megs of memory ( no ram disk
set up), and the file is ok as far as I can tell.  I've even tried
correcting the capitalization (as if it makes a difference).  Plus, the
author left no email address in the info file.

So if anyone can enlighten me, I would appreciate it.  This sounds like
a great game, if it is close to the Mac version.


-Russell Holt

Russell Holt (rustle@sage.cc.purdue.edu)=====-===-==--=---=---- --- -- -  -   -
-- 
Russell Holt (rustle@sage.cc.purdue.edu)=====-===-==--=---=---- --- -- -  -   -
main() { int x,y,k; char *b=" .:,;!/>)|&IH%*#@";double cr,ci,zr,zi,temp,cx,cy;for (y=30;puts(""),cy=y*0.1-1.5,y-->=0;){for(x=0;cx=x*0.04-2,zr=0,zi=0,x++<75;){for(cr=cx,ci=cy,k=0;temp=zr*zr-zi*zi+cr,zi=2*zr*zi+ci,zr=temp,k<112;k++)if(zr*zr+zi*zi>10)break;p
rintf("%c",b[k%16]);}}}  /*  bleagh!!  */
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Bought a Franklin Ace 100
From: brandon.lacava@uttsbbs.uucp (Brandon Lacava) 
Date: 22 Jan 93 12:37:00 GMT
Reply-To: brandon.lacava@uttsbbs.uucp (Brandon Lacava) 
Distribution: world
Organization: The Transfer Station BBS, Danville, CA - 510-837-4610/837-5591

->    I just bought a Franklin Ace 1000 at a really low price of $10,
-> and I'm not familiar with the Apple scene so if anybody could answer
-> a few questions like:
->
->    How are the expansion slots different from a normal apple?
->
->    Is it compatible with the apple IIe or IIc or etc?
->
->    Where do I get the manuals for it?
->
->    Did I pay to much for it?
->
->    Is Franklin Ace still in business?
->
->    Which slot does the 80 col/memory expansion board go in?
->      (There are 8 slots 0 through 7)
->
->    How much memory does in have? (Without the above board)

Ok, I'll answer those questions in order for you:

        1) The expansion slots are totally compatible with the Apple 2
           expansion slots.
        2) The Franklin Ace 1000 is compatible with the Apple II and II+
           It is 'semi-compatible' with the //e, meaning that a program
           written for the //e that utilizes the extended 65c02 opcodes
           or mousetext will not run on the Franklin. Also, the F8 ROM
           in the Franklin is different from that of the Apple II+, so
           you might have problems running ProDOS, but since the
           F8 was only programmed differently to avoid a lawsuit from
           Apple, you can copy the F8 ROM from an Apple II+ and put it
           in your Franklin which will eliminate the ProDOS problem.
        3) The manuals for it might be a bit hard to find. Maybe.
        4) $10 is a pretty good deal for an old beast like that.
        5) Franklin is still in business, but they don't make the
           ACE 1000 anymore. Call them though, and ask about it.
        6) You can't use the //e 80col/64k ram expansion card in the
           Franklin. It's really only a II,II+ compatible computer.
           You can't use anything that would go in the auxilary slot
           of a //e, meaning that things like RamWorks, certain RGB
           cards, Aux.Slot Z-80 cards (like the PCPI Appli-Card), etc..
           cannot be used. This also means that you won't be able to get
           Double Hi-res graphics. You can expand the RAm with cards
           that go in slots 1-7, but you can't get full //e
           compatibility. You CAN get 80 columns with a card like the
           Videx, however (goes in slot 3).
        7) By itself, the Franklin has 64k of RAM (48k main memory and
           the 16k language card is built in).

If you have any other questions, ask. I had one of those monsters (but
they're terribly wonderful computers) for a long time...
               
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
From: philip@utstat.toronto.edu (Philip McDunnough)
Subject: Re: GS+AFP Unix server
Organization: University of Toronto, Dept. of Statistics
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 17:09:02 GMT

In article <C187IL.GJ5@rice.edu> jimwong@owlnet.rice.edu (Jim Wong) writes:
>In article <1993Jan20.164316.29279@eskimo.com> lurch@eskimo.com (Erik Kloeppel) writes:
>>
>>My apologies.. I did mean localtalk (which is a joke, I'm sorry)  I have
>>NOT seen Ethertalk yet (though I intend to) and To
>
>Joke it may be, but it lets me network my GS and my Mac for about $35.
>Not to mention the fact that there are situations in which the speed
>advantage of Ethernet simply isn't relevant.

That is very true. Localtalk is hardly a joke though. The throughput gains
for Ethertalk'd networked are not that great for the most part. On the other
hand there is a new 100BaseVG (proposed ?) standard which would be 10 times
faster than the current Ethernet specifications.
 
Philip McDunnough
philip@utstat.toronto.edu

Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
From: jmk3@crux3.cit.cornell.edu (Jay Krell)
Subject: Re: Info wanted on file formats: EA's Cartooners
Organization: Cornell Information Technologies
Date: 25 Jan 93 19:28:54 GMT

Electronic Arts developed the AIFF and AIFF-C audio formats,
so the files might use one of them.

You should find the characters AIFF in AIFF files and AIFC in AIFF-C
files.

Then again, these types have filetypes, so they wouldn't be stored as BIN.
 
  --Jay, jay.krell@cornell.edu

Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
From: tombaker@world.std.com (Tom A Baker)
Subject: Re: Laser 128
Organization: Me, at The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1993 04:08:52 GMT

In article <ao70201@pro-scat.cts.com>
 richards@pro-scat.cts.com (Richard S. Claudio) writes:
>What is the main differences between the Laser 128 and the Apple //eand
>//c.
>Just bought one and would like to know the difference.

Price, probably.  Get a good deal on it?

Nice machine, but there are two gotchas that you might think about.  One
is that the serial port is NOT wired up the same as Apple's, so a lot
of communication programs will just hang when you try them; other programs
will work just fine.  (One that won't is the America Online software.)

A second is the little switch on the bottom of the machine for Slot 5.
I *think* I might have this right (please someone tell me I'm wrong about
this) but the documentation seems to say that ...

    You can set the switch one way, and use Slot 5 to hold something like
    a meg of internal RAM, or ...

    You can set the switch the other way and use the external connector
    for a hard drive and a RAM card, both as Slot 5, ...

    But you can't do both.

Aside from those, the documentation is not as good, and the lettering on
the keycaps comes off more easily.  Also, Apple still supports the //e and
//c, while I get the idea that Laser wishes all its old Apple clones would
disintegrate and go away.

Last, though, I like my Laser 128EX/2 a lot and I expect it to number crunch
through the end of Clinton's first term and beyond.

tombaker
From: lone@hogbbs.scol.pa.us (John Hale)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Apple File Exchange problems
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 19:12:16 EST
Organization: The Heart of Gold BBS, Lemont PA

cb408@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Jason Reames) writes:

> 
> 'm STILL having problems converting AW files to Microsoft Works.
> My school lab has LC2's.  I've installed Apple File Exchange on the
> hard drive of the LC.  I've formatted a new disk on the GS and then dragged
> the AW files from the 5.25" floppy to the 3.5" disk, formatted with
> GS/OS from System 6.0.  
> Then I run Apple File Exchange.  I then put in the  3.5" disk.  I get the
> message that the Mac doesn't recognize the disk, and the question is asked
> if I want to format the disk or eject it.
> I tried formatting with different Sys Disks and re-installing Apple File 
> Exchange- I get the same message each time.  I've verified the 
> GS/OS formatted disk both with System 6 and with Copy2+ and there seem
> to be no errors.
> I can't figure out what is going on?  Any ideas?  Thanks!! 
Try a PRODOS disk, as in Mac-to-prodos conversion. That'll (as they say) 
"probly" do it. GS/OS is just that, GS/OS.      -LW
From: map6459@zeus.tamu.edu (PAUL, MARY ANN)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Scribe printer
Date: 25 Jan 1993 17:26 CST
Organization: Texas A&M University, Academic Computing Services
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: zeus.tamu.edu
Keywords: apple IIc
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    

I don't know if any one can help me on this but my printer works fine with
my black ribbon and then does not with the color one. It just pretends
that is printing,does not move the paper and stops after 4 or 5 times.
What's wrong? Oh. The select switch blinks when this is done thanks.
Mary Ann
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: TransWarp GS
From: rxbrown@ualr.edu
Date: 20 Jan 93 21:24:51 GMT
Organization: University of Arkansas at Little Rock

  Hey, just picked up a TransWarp GS for $50. Installed and running fine. Are
there any problems I should worry about with software? 

Thanks for any info

Robert Brown
RXBROWN@UALR.EDU
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