HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: herbertf@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Herbert Fung)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Interplay
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 92 03:13:37 MST
Organization: Edmonton Remote Systems #3, Edmonton, AB, Canada

Previously jimmys@ics.uci.edu (Jimmy Shaw) wrote:
 
>In article <qZ2iwB1w165w@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca>
>herbertf@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Herbert Fung) writes:
>>DragonWars is another cool adventure game by Interplay. And I agree
>>that OOTW is definately the best game out for the GS in quite some
>>time. I only hope that sales for the game will warrent a GS version of
>>the sequel. If you haven't bought Out Of This World for your GS, pick
>>up your phone and call Big Red at (402) 379-4680 and order it! Accept
>>no pirated copies if you still want to see new cool GS software! And
>>no, I don't work for or have any connections with Big Red other than
>>being a very satisfied customer.
>
>Good News department:  There are no pirated version of OOTW floating
>around, (yes, the game is not copy protected.)  The reason being most of
>the pirates (at least in the S. California area) are friends of Bill
>Heineman,or at least know him and respect him enough, not to distribute
>the ware. It's either that, or all the GS users are beginning to realize
>that we must support those programmers who still write amazing things
>for the gs.  (I saw a guy upload DreamGrafix 1.06 to a board once, and I
>requested that sysop remove the upload, which he promptly did :-)
 
This is good news. Hopefully this is an indication of how things are
everywhere.
 
>>And let's not forget to add that Hasbro is also re-releasing the
>>_ORIGINAL_ molds. You know the first run of TransFormers that appeared
>>almost a decade ago? The ones with metal parts and real rubber tires!
>>They aren't available in Canada yet, but I've heard stores in the US
>>have them in stock already. Apparently the have some new additions like
>>a lights and sound module. Just thought I'd add to the above comment.
>>(Is this known as cross-posting???) =)
 
>Oh no, just what I was afraid of, c.s.a2 is becoming the unofficial
>spawning grounds for alt.fan.transformers :-)
 
So anyone out there want to organize a vote. =)
 
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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 
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From: dcs@proton.chem.yale.edu (Sarah Keill)
Subject: II BBS in 203 area?
Organization: Yale University
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL8]
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 17:02:40 GMT

Hi all,

Anyone know of any II-friendly BBSes in the 203 area code? The only numbers
I know don't have modems on the other end anymore.

Mail preferred, but I do read the group. TIA,

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
From: bchang@nyx.cs.du.edu (Ben Chang)
Subject: system upgrade?
Organization: Nyx, Public Access Unix @ U. of Denver Math/CS dept.
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 92 23:29:34 GMT


Here's my problem...i am in dire need of system 5.0.4 or higher.   I am
currently using 5.0.2 and it's a pain to keep finding i'm two-hundredths
of a system upgrade short of what i need.  is there anywhere i can get the
system disks via ftp?
thanks
ben

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From: scott@inferno.Kodak.COM (Kevin Scott)
Subject: Re: really basic question
Organization: Eastman Kodak Company
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 92 21:30:14 GMT

Regarding methods of net access,

I noticed a couple of weeks ago, in the group news.announce.newusers
(or something like that) an article describing the various newsreader
programs that exist/existed.  I might guess that this is a periodic
posting.
					Kevin Scott
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From: tomk@pro-nsdapple.cts.com (Tom Kelly)
Subject: ImageWriter I for sale
Organization: ProLine [pro-nsdapple] - North San Diego Apple Users Group
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 92 23:19:51 PST

 I have a working ImageWriter I for sale.
 I am asking $100.00 for it.
 If interested send me E-Mail AND call me at (619) 562-2130
 Ask for Tom.
PS I am open to trades.
From: 90taobri@CHASM.SCAR.UTORONTO.CA (Brian Tao)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: wanted: apple stickers and schtuff
Date: 3 Jan 93 01:44:10 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: MuGS Research and Development Facility

The following revelation escaped Stephen M. Jones's lips:
> 
> I want some apple computer stickers agian.. and maybe a white t-shirt
> with the apple logo.. anyone have anythign??

    If you really want one, my user group has white T-shirts with an Apple
logo on the front with the slogan "[Apple II,] The power to be your best."
(stuff in brackets added by me).  :)  We also have another one which
displays this crayon sketch of some computer that looks like a toaster with
a screen, but I don't think you'd want it.  ;-)

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From: jsimmons@cs.sunysb.edu (Jason Simmons)
Subject: Re: System Error $1104.  Opening AutoUnshring files.
Organization: State University of New York, Stony Brook
Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1993 14:53:47 GMT

In article <103490@netnews.upenn.edu> cotner@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (<<  EL CAPO
  >>) writes:
>I remember seeing a question about this by someone else a few weeks back,
>but I missed the reply, or there never was one.
>
>In any case, what is a System Error $1104?
>It comes up when trying to open the AutoUnshrinking files.
>I haven't even been able to unpack the last GSHK, since its in that 
>format.
>

System Error $1104 signifies that a file is not a load file.  Most likely,
the self-extracting archive had been corrupted by the binscii decoder you
used.  Try downloading GSHK as a .bsq file and using the 8-bit BinSCII on it.

Jason Simmons
From: toddpw@cco.caltech.edu (Todd P. Whitesel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: II+ upper/lowercase ?
Date: 1 Jan 1993 07:10:33 GMT
Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
Distribution: World
NNTP-Posting-Host: punisher.caltech.edu

pads@ravel.udel.edu (Stephen J. Padbury) writes:

>I recently received an old apple II+ with a modem. (Hayes micromodem II
>300 baud) I am interested in using it for my e-mail account on the 
>UNIX based mainframes at the university. As you may or may not know,
>UNIX is case sensitive. The II+ refuses to have anything to do with
>Upper and lower case.

Try logging in with the ][+ anyway. If you type your user id and password as
all upper case, the unix system should accept it and configure your terminal
for escaped upper case operation. This means you will see upper case letters
instead of lower case letters, and escaped (preceded by a \ ) upper case
letters instead of real upper case letters. The same transformation applies
to what you type, so you can at least function on the unix system but it is
definitely not ideal. This still happens to people who leave caps lock down
as they login, and has been built into standard unixes for a long time, so
it should work for you.

Todd Whitesel
toddpw @ cco.caltech.edu
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From: ltchean@rambutan.iss.nus.sg (Lim Thye Chean)
Subject: Which language?
Originator: ltchean@rambutan
Organization: Institute of Systems Science, NUS, Singapore
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 02:22:00 GMT

I am now using Orca/M and TML Pascal II for my Apple IIGS programs. I used
Orca/M for games and demos, and TML Pascal II for my other programs.

I am very interested in designing arcade game using higher-level langauge
rather than assembly, and also like to do programming using the toolbox.

So my questions is:

1) What language (besides assembly) allows me to write games easily without
   menu and windows interface? Assembly is nice, but it is difficult to do
   path, complicated animation, etc.

2) What language allows me to write desktop program easily? TML Pascal II
   is nice for writing non-desktop program (like my Mandelbrot II GS), but
   the resource editor is next to useless. The Complete Pascal II is a joke,
   it never arrived even after a year.

3) Yes, of course these languages have to be System 6-compatible. Any
   recommended book for me to learn? I have written a full desktop painting
   program in System 4 toolbox using TML Pascal. When System 5 and TML Pascal
   II arrives, the header file changes so much, and all those Apple IIGS
   books found in Singapore only supports up to System 4.

I am especially interested in these languages:

1) Complete Pascal II
   - anybody actually have this package and care to talk about it?
   - is it system 6 compatible?
   - is the resource editor good?
   - is it bug free?
   - if it is good, anybody want to sell it to me? OK, I won't buy it from
     Complete Technology, it is the same as throwing money into water.

2) Micol Advanced Basic
   - is it System 6 compatible?
   - is it fast?
   - is it easy to use?

3) Orca/C 2.0
   - is it very difficult to use? Did I need to learn all 3 books of
     toolbox references before I can start writing a useful program?
   - what exactly does it have?

Thanks for any comment.

-- 
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    %%  and Avatar too.  %%   
          Lim Thye Chean: Lim is my surname. My name is Thye Chean.
     My address: LTCHEAN@ISS.NUS.SG, or 9, College Green, Singapore 1129 
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(Smail3.1.28.1 #7) id m0n67OK-0000INC; Sun, 27 Dec 92 15: 27 PST
From: jackm@pro-scat.cts.com (Jack Maher)
Subject: Imladris BBS -- now at high speed
Organization: ProLine [pro-scat] St. Petersburg, Florida.
Date: Sun, 27 Dec 92 11:38:23 EST

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From: terry@pro-applejacks.cts.com (Terry DeSmet)
Subject: Turbo mouse
Organization: ProLine [pro-applejacks]
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 92 20:04:06 CST

The Turbo mouse I was using with my GS is broken and I'd like to replace
it.  Does Kensington still make them for the GS, and does the Mac version
work on the GS at all?
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From: 90taobri@CHASM.SCAR.UTORONTO.CA (Brian Tao)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Repeats on info-apple (was: Mail)
Date: 3 Jan 93 01:44:03 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: MuGS Research and Development Facility

The following revelation escaped Robert Honerkamp's lips:
> 
> Is it just me, or are there others who are getting info-apple messages
> several times? I'll clean them out of my box, but they'll be back within
> a week. How can I stop this?

    Me too!  I usually go into ELM, sort my mailbox by Date Mail Sent, scan
for messages which contain my name (e-mail, replies, etc.), then delete all
the repeats.  There's usually a 4 or 5-day "hole" in the message dates
which separates the old from the new.  Of the 575 or so messages in my
mailbox today (one week's worth), around 280 of them are repeats.  Maybe
Dave Lyons can shed some light on this.

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From: herbertf@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Herbert Fung)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Out Of This World Easter Eggs?
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 92 03:14:40 MST
Organization: Edmonton Remote Systems #3, Edmonton, AB, Canada

Previously joko@well.sf.ca.us (Joe Kohn) wrote:
 
>>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.
 
I think the guys name is Joe Kohn, an Apple II fanatic. Are you two
related? =)
 
>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.
 
I have already found this and sent Bill e-mail. Are there any others?
 
>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.
 
Can you tell us how to find the Easter Eggs in Dragon Wars?
 
>Joe Kohn
>
>(Now, how am I going to re-pay Bill?)
 
How about writing rave reviews in some well reputed magazines.
 
--
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: 90taobri@CHASM.SCAR.UTORONTO.CA (Brian Tao)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: .QWK readers
Date: 23 Dec 92 05:16:46 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: MuGS Research and Development Facility

The following revelation escaped Soenke Behrens's lips:
> 
> No, but you could probably easily write one. The .QWK format does not seem
> complicated.

    Aren't QWK packets usually ZIPped?  I think that's the stumbling block
for most people...

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 00:14:52 -0500 
From: "Arthur T. Gola" <ag4e+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: BBS's


while we are on the topic..anyone know of any AppleII bbs's in PA?

Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
From: lecates@bach.udel.edu (Roy LeCates)
Subject: Re: Turbo mouse
Organization: University of Delaware
Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1993 17:27:47 GMT

In article <lv72328@pro-applejacks.cts.com> terry@pro-applejacks.cts.com (Terry DeSmet) writes:
>The Turbo mouse I was using with my GS is broken and I'd like to replace
>it.  Does Kensington still make them for the GS, and does the Mac version
>work on the GS at all?

You can get your Turbo Mouse completely re-fitted with new buttons,
rollers, and sensors for $35 from Kensington.  E-mail to me and I'll
supply more information.

-Roy
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From: vandry@CAM.ORG (Phillip Vandry)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Patching the menu manager
Date: 28 Dec 92 01:57:54 GMT
Organization: Champlain Regional College, St-Lambert QC CANADA

David.Empson@bbs.actrix.gen.nz writes:

>Nope, they both work at the same time.  I've written an event manager
>custom pointing device driver for an EdMark TouchWindow, and I can
>either touch the touchwindow to move the cursor to a particular point,
>or use the mouse as normal.

Hmm. I need to actually disable the mouse or else... chaos.

So how can that be done? (Or better yet, how about figuring out where standard
menu DefProcs are in memory, which is still, IMHO, the best solution)

>> Finally, assuming I get this thing working, what do you think would
>> be the best way to handle conflicts (eg OA-S for Save and OA-S to
>> open "Special" menu). Use the option key instead? Control?

>Don't fiddle with the Open-apple key.  The option key isn't a good
>idea either - it is normally used for special characters.  Nor can you
>use both of them at once.  Some programs (notably HyperCard IIgs) use
>Apple-Option combinations for several operations.

>I really can't see any unique key combination that won't interfere with
>something.
>-- 

Well than it's got to be something -almost- safe. I like Ctrl-Shift. The keys
are large and adjacent, letting you punch them both at the same time with a
natural maneuver of the hands :)

>David Empson
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From: tim.c@pro-freedom.cts.com (Tim Craven)
Subject: Re: Apple 2 ES (I think) question
Date:  2 Jan 93  8:01:39 GMT 
Organization: ProLine [pro-freedom] AppleVan (Apple UG of Vancouver, WA)

Probably Apple IIgs  --  Right

I would recommend

Big Red Computer Club
423 Norfolk Ave
Norfolk,  NE 68701

Or pick up a copy of Incider magazine and check out the Ads for mail order
companies.

Tim

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From: dsdd@okcforum.osrhe.uoknor.edu (Roy Barrett)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: PC Transporter 5.25-inch drive from AE
Date: 24 Dec 92 03:59:45 GMT
Organization: Okcforum Unix Users Group
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]

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?

: Soenke
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From: glyn@cs.UAlberta.CA (Reade Glyn Devin)
Subject: archived files with .F suffix?
Keywords: .F archive
Organization: University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1993 20:46:58 GMT

Does anyone know what file compression program (apple //) uses
the .F suffix?  I don't have it in my FAQ.

Where is the program available (preferably by ftp)?

Thanks.

--Devin		glyn@cs.ualberta.ca

Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
From: sknkwrks@sonny-boy.cs.unlv.edu (Scott Alfter)
Subject: AMR 3.5" Floppy Drive Problems
Organization: Skunk Works Software Co.
Date: 31 Dec 92 02:32:57 GMT

I picked up one of the above-named drives recently and seem to have
run into a problem:  the heads aren't properly aligned.  I poked
around inside (the drive uses what looks like a hacked NEC 720K
mechanism) and couldn't find anything that looked like a head
adjuster.

Does anyone have experience with these drives and know how to realign
the drive heads?  Failing that, can I just pick up a 720K mechanism
someplace (ought to be cheap--1.44M drives sell for about $50) and
hack it for electric eject?  (I'd experiment with the 1.44M drive in
my 286, but it uses +5V only--I think AMR's controller depends on
changing the voltage on +12V to vary drive speed.)

  _/_   Scott Alfter                             Internet: sknkwrks@cs.unlv.edu
 / v \  Call the Skunk Works BBS today!           Ask me about SoftDAC--digital
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From: co057@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Steven H. Lichter)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Apple II Networks
Date: 27 Dec 1992 22:26:22 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (USA)
NNTP-Posting-Host: hela.ins.cwru.edu


OC

.
I know it does not, but I just can't get the editor on this system to
work for me to use the quotes. But since it does follow a thread and
replys to the person most of the time I figure all can understand.
.
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From: sadasiva@utkvx3.utk.edu (Sadasivam, Krishna Madur)
Subject: Out of this World
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: University of Tennessee Computing Center
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1992 16:19:00 GMT

I think I've posted this b4, but what the hell.

What do I do after me and that creature escape the cage, shoot the prison
guard, and go to the moving platform. I have absolutely NO idea what to do
next. Please help me, or this game will just end up being another one gathering
dust on my shelf! Reply to me via E-mail!!

Krish

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