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Organization: Penn State University
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 17:09:32 EDT
From: Dick Bowers <APL111@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: PhotonixII and Sys6

PhotonixII is not compatible with Sys 6 on my GS.  I've shift booted to
eliminate inits/da's from consideration.  The same program worked well with
V5.04, with same setup: Rom 01, TMS 105 meg hard drive, RamFast SCSI 2.0, 3.25
meg ram.  The program  seems to load OK but locks up when I insert a source
disk for copying with the note--not a bootable disk.  Would appreciate any
possible solutions, fixes, etc..

I can boot a 3.5" copy of the program by bypassing my HD and SCSI, but this
is awkward.  I use the program  extensively to make copies for our
users' group.

Please send any replies to my internet address.  Many thanks.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Dick Bowers       Pennsylvania Apples MUG, GS group        apl111@psuvm.psu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
From: schultp@wl.com (Paul Schultz)
Subject: Re: Flopticals...any successful usage out there?
Organization: Warner Lambert / Parke-Davis
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 04:27:37 GMT

In article <1992Sep2.001342.14181@utstat.uucp> philip@utstat.uucp (Philip McDunnough) writes:
> 
>I've had several AE products. I can't say anything one way or another about
>them. I do think they put the fan in the Conserver in the wrong place!
> 
>Philip McDunnough
>University of Toronto
>philip@utstat.toronto.edu
>

AE didn't design the Conserver, they bought the design from another, now
defunct?, Apple II hardware manufacturer. (I think it was MDIdeas).

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Prodos init on the Mac
From: robert-s@cs.aukuni.ac.nz (Robert Sheehan )
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 21:56:41 GMT
Organization: Computer Science Dept. University of Auckland

I recently installed the Prodos file system extension on my Mac IIcx
at work.  It reads beautifully, but when I write anything, even text
only files and then read them on my //c at home they are forked files
and poor Prodos 8 just gives up.

How do I write to a Prodos disk from my Mac with this extension and
have normal Prodos files?

Thanks.
-- 
------- Robert Sheehan ---- robert-s@cs.aukuni.ac.nz -------------------------
From: chris@ceco.ceco.com (Chris Icide)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Apple IIc Disk Drive Help Needed
Date: 25 Aug 92 14:13:24 GMT
Organization: Commonwealth Edison Co.

In article <6417@ucru2.ucr.edu> wedge@valiant.ucr.edu (John J. Wegis) writes:
>
>I have been downloading, copying and formatting disks for a while, but just 
>recently my disk drive will only let me read from a disk.  When I try to
>write to the disk, it damages the disk and puts errors on it.
>
>This has happened to both Dos 3.3 and ProDos disks.
>
>I also have an external disk drive (old Apple ][ drive) that was working
>before, but now it does the exact same thing as the internal drive.  It
>will only read, and when it writes, it damages the disk.
>
>I thought the was a little strange.  I was wondering if a damaged disk drive
>card could cause problems like this?  It is a bit odd that two drives that
>were working before, both all of a sudden will not write to disk any more.
>
>John Wegis (wedge@constitution)

If the external disk has ever come loose or disconnected from the //c, you could
have damaged the controller chip for your drives.  I think this is the "Apple-in-a-
chip" on the motherboard.  This has happened to me once.  There are a number of 
locations (see A+/Incider) who will sell you chips (if you feel technically adept,
you can replace the chip yourself - it's soldered) or exchange a motherboard.  The 
las time I checked a //c motherboard exchange runs about $99.  

Whether it occurred this way or not, it sounds like a problem on the motherboard/
disk controller.  I doubt very much it's both drives......  BTW, hope you had 
backups of those disks.....

							Chris

chris@bynps0.byr.ceco.com

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
From: David.Empson@bbs.actrix.gen.nz
Subject: Re: Modem port differnces in Rom1 and Rom3
Organization: Actrix Information Exchange
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 13:20:08 GMT

In article <eeg4PB1w165w@bluemoon.rn.com> t_captain@bluemoon.rn.com (Tc Wilson) writes:
> 
> I've recently had to switch from using my Rom03 GS for my BBS to using my 
> Rom01 GS. I have a USR HST on it, and I've noticed that the Rom 01 handles 
> flow controlling (hard-ware wise) differently from the Rom03. Basicly, 
> what's happening is that the HST is dropping the CTS (handshake in) line, 
> and the Rom03 has no problem reading it; however, the Rom01 has a major 
> problem - I have to use a timing loop (1/30th of a second) to stop output 
> to let the modem catch up (otherwise Ymodem-4k and Zmodem dies). This 
> doesn't always work, however (2400/ARQ connects chunk out hard).
> 
> My question is this: what, if any, hardware differences are their in the 
> MODEM port between the Rom01 and Rom03? I'm not interested in going 
> through the firmware, since it gets in the way and can't succesfully 
> handle anything above 19200 without loosing throughput.

From comparing the circuit diagrams of the ROM 01 and ROM 03 serial
port hardware, I can't see ANY differences - the same chips, same pin
numbers, etc.

It MAY be something to do with the way the SCC has been initialized -
there could be a subtle difference in the initialization used by the
serial firmware.  If you're writing to the hardware yourself, you
should be reinitializing the SCC as required (direct SCC access is
documented in IIgs technical note #18).

> Or is this problem with my GS's modem port, and not between the two? It 
> just seems very odd, since everything else (port wise) works the same 
> between the two.

It doesn't sound like a hardware problem.  At what point do you need to
impose the "1/30 second delay"?  When the software detects CTS going
away, or when CTS is re-activated?
-- 
David Empson

Internet: David.Empson@bbs.actrix.gen.nz    EMPSON_D@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz
Snail mail: P.O. Box 27-103, Wellington, New Zealand
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
From: jpenne@ee.ualberta.ca (Jerry Penner)
Subject: Re: 8-bit FORTH available on GEnie
Organization: University Of Alberta, Edmonton Canada
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 23:53:41 GMT

connolly@memstvx1.memst.edu writes:

>In article <jpenne.714871796@ee.ualberta.ca>, jpenne@ee.ualberta.ca (Jerry Penner) writes:
>> GraForth is DOS 3.3 based.  Applewriter 2.1 is ProDOS based.  Only
>> Applewriter 2.1 is freely distributable.

>The GraFORTH download from GEnie has a statement on it that it is freely
>distributable, as long as it isn't sold.

You're right.  What I meant to say was only version 2.1 of Applewriter
is freely distributable, not v2.0, or any other previous versions.  I
didn't mean to imply that GraForth wasn't, but I should have read my
posting before hitting Return... :)
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Jerry Penner   jpenne@ee.ualberta.ca   Try a 1-line .sig today.
From: hagstrop@oberon.mathcs.carleton.edu (Paul Hagstrom)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: UniDos
Date: 26 Aug 92 21:11:45 GMT
NNTP-Posting-Host: bbn.com

A couple of people have reminded me of a product that I do recall, now that I  
think of it, called UniDos which allows 3.3 usage of 3.5" disks.  I posted  
earlier that I've got next-to-no confidence in my 5.25" disks not going bad on  
me, so I want to transfer a lot of my stuff to 3.5" disks.

Where can I find UniDos?  Who made it?  Who's got it?  Who's used it?

--
schmotsignature.
Paul Hagstrom
(hagstrop@carleton.edu)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
From: tooly@zelator.in-berlin.de (Theo Schneider)
Subject: 88mb SyQuest
Organization: Puplic-Access-Xenix-System
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 92 17:54:47 GMT

Hi there,

i has an SQ5110 Drive installed in my System, and it works fine.
But when i don't start the SyQuest my System don't boot from the HD.

The System is an Apple //gs (Rom 01), Apple SCSI Rev C (ID 7), Seagate
ST157N (ID 4), SyQuest SQ5110 (ID 0). I terminad the SyQuest and
remove the Terminators from the HD. 

If anybody know in which configuration the System works without the
SyQuest on ??

mfg
  Theo

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
From: kippley@cwis.unomaha.edu (Kip Kippley)
Subject: Re: Apple Bulletin Board Systems?
Organization: University of Nebraska at Omaha
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1992 22:57:53 GMT

I'm currently running a BBS called KipNet GS on a Basic System software package written by a friend of mine, Kent Radek, appropriately called K.A.R. BBS.
It has been a tremendous success in the local Omaha area and we are deluged with BBSs in Omaha. It's an Education Based BBS.

** kip **
(402) 597-1740
Hit Space Space Return to connect at 2400 baud. (Type sequence very quickly)
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             <__o> \| ***  KipNet GS (402) 592-1740  *** |/ <o__>
             
           
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
From: toddpw@cco.caltech.edu (Todd P. Whitesel)
Subject: Re: Flopticals...any successful usage out there?
Keywords: Floptical, Insite, SCSI
Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 04:57:19 GMT

Ok, I found out from Tulin what the deal is.

1. Tulin is final-testing an Apple SCSI driver for the Floptical. This would
be GS/OS only, and while I remember hearing that the current SCSI.Manger will
work with the Rev.C card, I am not certain.

2. Apparently some of the mechanisms have an auto-eject motor (which the
driver will use) but some of them do not. Since I bought mine back in April
I suspect that mine does not have it. I'll probably have to send mine in to
be replaced with an auto-ejecting one; Tulin says they will call me when the
driver is ready. In the meantime I'll be getting my hands on a used DMA SCSI
from somebody I know.

3. I got a bunch of spiffy tech info on the Floptical in the mail from Insite
today. With any luck I can convince him to take a look at the data and maybe
we will see some action.

Todd Whitesel
toddpw @ cco.caltech.edu
From: chiu@ucsee.berkeley.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Flopticals...any successful usage out there?
Date: 2 Sep 1992 20:43:10 GMT
Organization: University of California Society of Electrical Engineers (UCSEE)
Reply-To: chiu@ucsee.Berkeley.EDU
NNTP-Posting-Host: ucsee.berkeley.edu
Summary: Cheap Flopticals
Keywords: Floptical, Insite, SCSI
Originator: chiu@ucsee.Berkeley.EDU

Another company in my area is selling the same mechanism Tulin use in their 
drives for mere $299 (of course they gear the drive toward messydos users
so that price  includes an 8 bit SCSI card) To make that drive work with
Apple //s you'l probably need an external casing and SCSI card plus appropriate
drivers.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
From: pengt@generic.uucp (Tom Peng)
Subject: ForSale
Distribution: comp
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 20:28:22 GMT
Summary: Apple 2GS for sale
Keywords: /GS For Sale Apple 2GS gs GS

pple IIgs for sale
-------------------
 
Due to my financial mis-management, I will have to part with my GS system.
Selling my GS is never my intention if the circumstances did not dictate...
Have to pay for my tuition and live at the same time :)
 
 
Hardware:
 
Apple IIgs ROM 1 w/ 256K RAM, Keybaord, Mouse
Apple RGB Analog Monitor
Generic 4Meg RAM board w/ 2Meg installed
Apple IIgs memory board fully populated with 1Meg (cannot use concurrently
with
        the Generic board)
Apple IIgs 800K 3.5 inch disk drive
[more..]  
Apple IIgs 140K 5.25 inch disk drive
Apple SCSI card Rev. C
80 MB Seagate SCSI drive w/ case, fan, cable in one handsome unit
Applied Engineering Conserver (fan, and power center with surge protection)
SmartOne Hayes compatible 2400 baud modem
Applied Engineering Sonic Blaster
ComputerEyes Digitizer for the GS
Applied Engineering I/O 32 board for controlling real world devices
Apple Imagewriter II
Gravis Joystick
 
Software:
 
System Software 6.0     (The most up to date operating system)
Orca/M 2.0              (Must for programmers)
TML Pascal II           (Must for Pascal programmers)
Appleworks GS v1.1      (the BEST integrated application for GS)
Music Studio v2.0       (Great for composing music on the GS)
Sensible Grammar        (A grammar checker for the GS)
DeskPak                 (Some of the most useful desk accessories)
The King of Chicago     (Great game! Play the character in a mob movie)
 
[more..]  
          
Books:
 
The Big Tip Book for the Apple II series
Inside the Apple //c
Apple ProDOS: Advanced features for programmers
Inside the Apple IIgs
Apple IIgs technical reference manual
Exploring the Apple IIgs
Programming the 65816: Including 6502, 65c02, 65802
Apple IIgs assembly language programming
Programming the Apple IIgs in Assembly language
 
 
On top of that:
 
Hundereds of disks      (All the softwares you will ever need)
Hard drive full of software (music, graphics, games, utilities, etc)
Hundreds of issues of Nibble, Incider, A+, APDA, etc.
Megabytes of MODs, Graphics Files, and Source codes.
My complete set of notes on programming the GS written by my own hand since
        1985 (Including Applesoft, Assembly, ACOS, GS Toolbox programming)
[more..]  
          
*** This is the ideal system for anything you need to do with a computer,
especially programming!!! ***
 
*** Since I am getting out of the Apple II arena, I will give you everything
that I will no longer need (books, magasines, softwares, notes, etc)
 
I have invested over $10,000 since 1987 on this system, and is willing to part
with it for only:
 
                        CAN$ 2,250
                        US $ 1,875
 
Buyer is responsible for transportation (you will need a car with a huge
trunk).
 
Serious buyer please reply by email, and we may even arrange for a test drive.

.s
/s


Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
From: max@isis.eng.hou.compaq.com (Max Heffler)
Subject: Re: From Apple Corp. To Us.
Organization: Compaq Computer Corp.
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 14:40:57 GMT

kimba@gnh-cathouse.cts.com (Kim Brennan) writes:

>> From: philip@utstat.uucp (Philip McDunnough)
>> Good. Now that you've received the compliment, when will AudioZap recognize
>> sampling rates and support the Zip GS?! Also, do you know of a NDA which will
>> digitize using the AA (and save to a file).

>Huh? I've been using AudioZap the last few nights to digitize some sounds and
>had no trouble's using in on my 10Mhz Zip. What do you mean?

I have also had no problems with AudioZap playback and my 10 MHz Zip...

-- 
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Compaq Computer Corporation             uucp: ..!uunet!max@compaq.com
P.O. Box 692000 - M050701               phone: (713) 378-8366
Houston, Texas  77269-2000              fax:   (713) 374-7305
"The views expressed here are my own, and not those of my employer."
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
From: cmcurtin@bluemoon.rn.com (Matthew Curtin)
Subject: Re: The Perennial Piracy Debate (was Re: Bilestoad)
Organization: Blue Moon BBS ((614) 868-998[024])
Date: Tue, 01 Sep 92 15:54:24 EDT

foegelle@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Michael Foegelle) writes:

[ various flames about piracy deleted ... ]

> everyone on the net that this topic is more than a little out of date, and an
> more flaming you two have to do to each other should be done in private E-mai
> and not be wasting money and space on the net.  (You'll notice the last 4 pos
> have been just between Bill and Rich.)  So take it to the E-mail or give it a
> rest!  

While I agree that personal flames should be taken to email or alt.flame, 
I am going to take issue with your statment about this being a dead topic. 
With the current state of the Apple II software market, it should be 
obvious that software publishers don't stand to make the zillions of 
dollars on other (inferior ;) ) platforms. SO, this issue is of special 
interest to the Apple II community. Apple II software publishers are going 
to be dependant upon each sale they make in order to cover their costs and 
make a worthwhile return. If we steal their products, they will not be 
able to continue to produce great software. They simply won't be able to 
afford it.

If you're uninterested in continuing to read the piracy debate, then take 
a clue from the header, figure it's something you're not interested in, 
and move on.

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From: bbs-aphelps@jwt.UUCP (Austin Phelps)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Apple II RWTS codes.
Date: 28 Aug 92 17:57:00 GMT
Reply-To: bbs-aphelps@jwt.UUCP
Organization: The Matrix

fisher2557@iscsvax.uni.edu writes:

> > while the ProDOS routine analyzes it while it's reading (where analyze ==
> > convert from 6+2 encoding to plain data). <<
> > 
> > Is there any good reason for ProDOS to do this?  I would think that it woul
> > have taken the speed penalty for a good reason...
> 
> Woz had a deadline

Woz has nothing to due with ProDOS READ/WRITE_BLOCK. The code is simular 
to Woz's RWTS but not an exact copy.

Austin C. Phelps                bbs-aphelps@jwt.UUCP

"Let History Never Forget the Name Enterprise" Yesterday Enterprise
From: ujmurphy@KING.MCS.DREXEL.EDU (Jim Murphy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re:  Apple.MIDI driver bug...
Date: 2 Sep 92 16:06:27 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: The Internet

Ian Schmidt writes:
 
> This is primarily directed at whichever of the DTS guys handles such
> things, but informed replies from anyone else are welcome.
 
 
In all likelyhood, Apple II DTS isn't reading this. If you really believe
this to be a bug, write up a description of how it occurs, and email it
to APPLE.BUGS@AppleLink.Apple.Com. It will be logged into the bug-tracking
database, and an engineer will take a look at it.
 
Jim Murphy
GEnie:    A2Pro.Jim
AOL:      Jimurphy3
Internet: ujmurphy@mcs.drexel.edujmurphy@mcs.drexel.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
From: blaby@fraser.sfu.ca (John Edward Blaby)
Subject: Re: PNP DEMO Fixed (Re: PnP Demo)
Keywords: does it work?
Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 08:32:18 GMT

bazyar@teal.csn.org (Jawaid Bazyar) writes:

>  Evidently it worked on all of our machines, and on all our tester's
>machines, but nobody else's :-( 

Hmm...Well, it seemed to work fine on my machine..I grabbed it this
morning and gave it a quick try. Now...should I apply this patch:)?

John
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From: mattd@apple.com (Matt Deatherage)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: IIGS Modem port problems and 0b030000
Date: 3 Sep 92 00:26:24 GMT
Followup-To: comp.sys.apple2
Organization: Developer Technical Support, Apple Computer, Inc.

In article <max.715445439@isis>, max@isis.eng.hou.compaq.com (Max Heffler)
wrote:
> 
> System Bad: 0b030000
> 
> Does anyone have a translation for this?  Does it imply the modem port?
> Thanx in advance...
> -- 
> Max Heffler, Senior Software Engineer   internet: max@compaq.com

From Apple IIgs Technical Note #95 (use that index, people!):

Self Test 11: Interrupts Test

AA =    0B
BB =    01:  VBL interrupt time-out
        02:  VBL IRQ status fail
        03:  1/4 sec interrupt
        04:  1/4 sec interrupt
        05:
        06:  VGC IRQ
        07:  Scan line

You have a 1/4 second interrupt failure.  This may be indicative of
larger hardware problems, but this is what the self-test noticed.

============================================================================
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.
============================================================================
Organization: Senior, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 18:56:03 -0400 
From: Gregory Ross Thompson <gt0t+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Another drive question!

  First, the easy stuff:  Does anyone know where the two pins for the
external LED on a Conner CP3200-F are?  I've tried just randomly
hooking the LED up to various sets of pins, but to no avail.  There's
a jumper over a pair of pins towards one edge of the board, but I
don't wanna take it off unless I know it's for the LED.

  Second: Does anyone know Conner's phone # so I can get info on this
LED thing?  The 800 operator didn't have a number for 'em...

  Third: There's some really strange stuff going on.  I got my Conner
CP-3200F today, and it's pretty neat.  I've got my SCSI chain set up
right now with the GS (Apple DMA-SCSI) at one end, a Seagate ST-1096N
in the middle, and the Conner at the other end.  The Seagate has an ID
of 6, and the Conner is set to 5 (so that my system boots off the
Seagate).

  Here's where the wierd stuff starts.  Initially, I thought to
myself: "okay, the Seagate is in the middle, so I should yank off it's
terminating resistors."  I did this.  The system couldn't see the
drive.  The Conner was recognized, though.  So I unhooked the Conner,
and the Seagate was still gone.  I threw the resistors back on, and the
Seagate re-appeared.  Then I hooked the Conner back up, (note: BOTH
drives have the resistors), and both drives get recognized.  Should
they?  Isn't it bad to have devices in the middle of the chain
terminating?

  There's a NASTY delay whenever ProDOS 8 starts up.  That delay
wasn't there before.  Is that because of the extra termination?

  Any help on any of the three questions would be appreciated.  Please
mail responses directly to me.  Thanks.

		-Greg
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
From: grover@emunix.emich.edu (Grover Thomas)
Subject: Re: ProTerm 3.0/VT-100 emulator/vi editor
Organization: Eastern Michigan University
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 11:03:58 GMT

In article <1ncnl-.derich@netcom.com> derich@netcom.com (Scott A. Steinbrink) writes:
>YO, guys.
>
> I'm having a problem having my Proterm 3.0 emulate VT-100 on my APple IIGS
> When I use an UNIX editor (vi for example), it would not function the 
> up/down arrows and right and left arrows do strange things. That's why
> whenever I need to edit a file or to response alongside a reply, I use another
> computer. I much rather use my own.  Any ideas?

The two vi editors I use respond quite well to h,j,k, and l (in Esc mode)
to move the cursor:

Esc mode on
h = left
j = down
k = up
l = right

I am also using ProTERM, so I know that these work (on my sites).
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