HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: C1891@slvaxa.umsl.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Apple II digital joystick interface
Date: 22 Nov 1992 12:54:42 -0600
Organization: UTexas Mail-to-News Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: cs.utexas.edu

This is the schematic for using a digital joystick on an Apple II game port.
Use one copy of this circuit for each joystick axis (i.e. you need two of
these).

         -----o o-------*------------->|--------
         |   _____      |             D1       |
         |    |_|       | \-----\              |
         |              |__\     \             |
  +5V o--*               __ | NOR >O--\/\/\/\--*---o Paddle Input 0 or 1
         |     _        |  /     /      R1     |
         |   _|_|_      | /-----/              |
         |              |                      |
         -----o o-------*----\/\/\/\-->|--------
                               R2     D2

R1 = about 71K
R2 = 150K
D1 & D2 are switching diodes


I don't know if this company is still around, but they used to sell factory
seconds of comercial quality digital joystick elements (the type used in
comercial arcade games).  The company is Newport Machine Design, PO Box 418,
Bishop, CA, 93514 (phone: 619-873-5677).

The suggeseted pin-out for this is the Coleco Adam, which is the same as the
Atari, but has a second push button.

     joystick         socket #
     position         on plug
     ========         ========
     UP               1
     DOWN             2
     LEFT             3
     RIGHT            4
     FIRE 2           5
     FIRE 1           6
     ----             7
     Common Ground    8       (connect to +5V for the Apple interface)
     ----             9

By using this pin-out, your joystick can also be used on Commodore 64 and
Atari (computer or game) systems.

For Apple II and II+ owners:

The logic for the push-buttons is not positive logic.  You will need to use
a 5V coil relay or a transistor circuit to convert the +5V, normally open
switch logic for FIRE 1 & 2 to the open-collector logic (normally closed 
switch connected to ground) used by the game port.

** disclaimer time **
I have used the above circuit on my Apple II+ for 9 years without any problem.
However, I am not responsible or liable for your ability with a soldering iron.
Use this circuit at your own risk.  Someday I will probably redesign this to
work better (I know a lot more about electronics now than I did 9 years ago),
but it works and so improving  the design has been a very low priority.  When
the day comes that I do redesign this interface, I will certainly post it for
the Apple II community to share and enjoy.

Shade and sweet water,

Curt



Curt Schroeder | McDonnell Douglas Aerospace - East | c1891@slvaxa.umsl.edu |
----------------------------------------------------| curts@tmpcu.mdc.com   |
These opinions are mine, mine, mine!                |-----------------------|
I am not an instantiation of Std_Employee!          | - Apple II Forever -  |
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
From: johnmac@fawlty.towers.oz.au (John MacLean)
Subject: More Sparse Files.
Organization: Tower Technology, Sydney
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 04:37:14 GMT

I've received quite a few replies, none of them quite answering what I
really need to know, so I'll try and be a bit more precise this time:

1) I need an existing commonly available commercial program that runs on
a //e (such as Copy II Plus), that can create a disk image on a hard disk
(or 3.5" disk) of a 5.25" disk.
I can write this code quite easily (and in fact already have), but I
don't really want to go to the effort of writing a nice //e front end for
it, if Copy II Plus will do it (since 90% of //e users use Copy II Plus).
If I have to I will, but I need to know whether or not I have to.
I have been told that old versions of Copy II Plus will do this (and
create a file of type IMG), but will current versions?

2) If Copy II Plus can still do this, does it create sparse files or
non sparse files when there are large areas of zero bytes on the disk?
ie: Is an image of a freshly formated 5.25" disk 140K, or is it more
like 10K?

3) Is there a way, to force GS/OS with the ProDOS FST ONLY, to create
files as non-sparse, even though the file contains large areas of zero
bytes? - and if so how?
I've been told that the ProDOS FST is quite smart and always forces
sparse files.
I'm looking for a way, preferably documented, but I'll take anything
that works, to force it to create non-sparse files.

If anyone has any answers to these exact questions please mail or post.
Thanks, John MacLean.
-- 
This net: johnmac@fawlty.towers.oz.au                   Phone: +61 2 427 2999
That net: uunet!fawlty.towers.oz.au!johnmac             Fax:   +61 2 427 7072
Snail:    Tower Technology, 1 Apollo Pl,                Home:  +61 2 449 5930
          Lane Cove, NSW 2066, Australia.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
id <m0mrz27-0001JtC@crash.cts.com>; Wed, 18 Nov 92 15: 42 PST
	id <ki54925@pro-harold.cts.com>; Wed, 18 Nov 92 15: 15 PST
	id <ki54811@pro-scat.cts.com>; Wed, 18 Nov 92 15: 13 EST
From: tonyh@pro-scat.cts.com (Tony Hamaoui)
Subject: Re: Apple II software wanted
Organization: ProLine [pro-scat] St. Petersburg, Florida.
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 92 14:59:28 EST

I have an old program called math blaster,  Also I would like to get       
rid of the new printshop, and old printshop.

Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
From: jpenne@ee.ualberta.ca (Jerry Penner)
Subject: Re: Future of the II line (???)
Organization: University Of Alberta, Edmonton Canada
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 04:03:37 GMT

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

>bjbernstein@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu writes:

>>> they often wonder if the II is on the way out... Why? With little spent on
>>> R&D, yet a relative *LOT* happening,

>>  Such as?

>  GNO, Switch-It!, Pointless, AutoArc and HardPressed, the Apple EtherNet card,
>a new high-performance stereo digitizing card, IDE hard drives & controllers,
>the best non-UNIX OS on the market... I could go on, but I think you get the
>point.

Please go on.  I think you mentioned the majority of new stuff that
has come out.  If not, I'd like to see what else has come out.
There's no way for most of us to find this out since no local stores
carry Apple II stuff anymore, except for a couple education packages
that I'm not interested in.
-- 
Jerry Penner   jpenne@ee.ualberta.ca   Try a 1-line .sig today.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
From: kc@netcom.com (Dameon D. Welch)
Subject: Re: A+/InCider article:  ACK!
Organization: Wayne's World, Inc -- NOT!
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 18:55:24 GMT

In article <Bxt630.9D8@rice.edu> jimwong@owlnet.rice.edu (Jim Wong) writes:
>>The HFS FST, coupled with the soon-to-be-released MS-DOS FST, allows the 
>>GS to access the most popular and common disk formats.  However, even the 
>>glorious System 7 cannot directly read lowly ProDOS disks -- you first 
>>have to go to Apple File Exchange and wait about ten times as long to copy 
>>a file as you would to copy a Mac file to the IIGS.
>
>Wrong -- an Apple-written init called "ProDOS File System" lets you read
>ProDOS disks directly from the Mac desktop.  It's available free from
>ftp.apple.com.

Which directory is it in? I haven't been able to find it on there. And
this is certainly news to me...
-- 
Dameon D. Welch, NH6TW               kc@netcom.com OR dwelch@scuacc.scu.edu
       Sophomore CS Major at Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA
--
          "Don't be afraid, it's only business." -- Roger Waters
From: mdavis@crash.cts.com (Morgan Davis)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: BBS packages/replies
Date: 15 Nov 92 22:50:21 GMT
Article-I.D.: crash.mdavis.721867821
Organization: CTS Network Services (crash, ctsnet), El Cajon, CA

In <LiZ6TB2w165w@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca> tony@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Tony Turner) writes:

>--> I want to thank those who were kind enough to respond to my
>    request for BBS software package information. I received several
>    replies with promo's for ProLine (but no snailmail address)

I sent you our official "System Information" file detailing all of ProLine's
features, requirements, and pricing.  It also contains our postal address
and three phone numbers (voice, fax, and bbs).

>    Looks like one of us will need to learn some
>    kind of programming skills to be able to set up a BBS package,
>    which seems rather daunting at present. We were hoping for a
>    fully realized, stand alone, any idiot (like us) can run it
>    type of package, but at least we have a place to start from!

ProLine is ready to install and run out of the box.  No programming
is necessary.  It comes with a comprehensive 320 page, fully typeset
and illustrated manual, as you would expect with any commercial,
fervently supported product.

>Tony Turner              tony@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca 

--Morgan Davis
From: astein@nysernet.org (Alan Stein)
Subject: Re: Genie Gateway charges?
Organization: NYSERNet, Inc.
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 15:54:52 GMT

flash@pro-applejacks.cts.com (Glenn Koproske) writes:

>KCR103@psuvm.psu.edu writes:

>>Does the Genie person get charged upon receipt or sending of mail or both?
>>
>>Ken


>According to GEnie LIVEWIRE:

>A subscription costs $9.95 per month.  Incoming mail is included, while
>outgoing mail is charged to your GEnie account at only $.40 per message.

That has since been changed.  There's now a per message charge both
ways (I think it's 30 cents per message, but it goes up for long
messages), but no monthly charge.

An improvement if you hardly use it, totally unfeasible if you are an
active user.
-- 
Alan H. Stein   -----  AJIN   -----  astein@israel.nysernet.org
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
From: vagrant@vpnet.chi.il.us (Guy Umbright)
Subject: Jawaid Bazyar: Pluggie award
Organization: Vpnet - Free Usenet access
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL7]
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 17:11:45 GMT

I would like all of you to join me in congratulating Jawaid as the
recipient of the first PLUGGIE award.

This award is given to individuals who, with no regard for them-
selves, post shameless plugs for thier projects on the net.

Congratulations Jawaid!!


(Big HUGE Major :) )

(P.S. By the way, I just ordered GNO/ME Jawaid)
-- 
: vagrant@vpnet.chi.il.us  :  A man said to the universe:     : Stephen    :
: or vagrant@holonet.net   :    "Sir, I exist!"               : Crane      :
:                          :  "The fact has not created in me : 1899       :
:  Apple II Forever        :   a sense of obligation."        :            :
From: 90taobri@CHASM.SCAR.UTORONTO.CA (Brian Tao)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Editors
Date: 18 Nov 92 06:18:01 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: University of Toronto (Scarborough) Computing Services

The following revelation escaped Eric D. Shepherd's lips:
>
> Re: uEmacs
>
> Well, it's certainly powerful.  It has zillions of functions built-in.
> The problem is that they're all assigned to nonsensical key combinations,
> some of which are three or four keystrokes long.  If I knew how the heck
> to change the keys to use, say, the AppleWorks keys, I'd probably consider
> using it.

    Now that I've finished my mid-terms (and only one lab report to do
for the entire week!), I can start some serious pounding at my
AppleWorks 3.0 script for uemacs 3.11c.  Rather than taking the easy way
out and simply mimicking the keystrokes, I've started writing procedures
so that things like search-and-replace comes up with the same prompts.
There are a few things I can't do easily (like OA-1 thru OA-9 would be a
bitch to program), but it looks like it will be able to retain most of
the AppleWorks-style commands.
--
-=+ Brian Tao (taob@r-node.pci.on.ca, 90taobri@chasm.scar.utoronto.ca) +=-
                                   -=+=-
     -=+ MuGS: The Only Internet Mail Reader For The Apple IIGS! +=-
From: by24+@andrew.cmu.edu (Benjamin S. Yu)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Future of the II line (???)
Date: 17 Nov 92 06:23:10 GMT
Article-I.D.: andrew.Af2Fliq00WBLI2Sa8S
	<1992Nov17.120800.12652@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>
Organization: Freshman, MCS general, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA

Yes, Apple is still putting out stuff for the II, but i won't believe
they want the II to have a future (prosper that is) until i see  a new
competitive model out for the II. dude it's been six years already (and
not a Mac and II in one box design to switch people to Mac, though it
would be great to have dual processor when the software takes advantage
of it, that what should ahve done years ago)  Apple will never sell the
rights to the II, it would still be a threat to Macs...

Ben Savageley
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
From: lurch@eskimo.com (Erik Kloeppel)
Subject: Re: WindowShade Mac init
Organization: -> ESKIMO NORTH (206) For-Ever <-
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 10:02:55 GMT


re: WIndowshade fr the GS

Of COURSE we'd like to see it.  I dunno if _I_ would have a real USE for
it (I tend to close windows pretty quickly ) but it would still be fun
to have.

Lurch@delphi.com
From: dsdd@okcforum.osrhe.uoknor.edu (Roy Barrett)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Future of the II line
Date: 16 Nov 92 00:14:23 GMT
Organization: Oklahoma Branch Apple II Killery
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]

Since there will no longer be any future major System software releases, 
would it be safe to assume that Apple will be giving this multimillion
dollar Computer line the ax? (In Hardware and software terms..)

If Apple does kill the II line, how will the licensing of software go?
will Apple be selling the II line to an outside company? a Spinoff? How
does this go? If Apple will be giving the II the ax, what can we do?

Just an idea that popped into my head..


--

=====================================
dsdd@okcforum.osrhe.uoknor.edu #1@#31
=====================================

Roy Barrett... Yep, that's my name...
From: 90taobri@CHASM.SCAR.UTORONTO.CA (Brian Tao)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: DOS 3.3 Launcher
Date: 19 Nov 92 04:49:32 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: University of Toronto (Scarborough) Computing Services

The following revelation escaped j.l.walters's lips:
>
> My local Citgo gas staion sells American Express money orders for the
> price I mentioned. The are cashable in most countries.

    Hmmm... I've never heard of gas stations selling money orders.  Then
again, the concept of paying for your gas before pumping it was foreign
to me until I had to tank up in Detroit once...
--
-=+ Brian Tao (taob@r-node.pci.on.ca, 90taobri@chasm.scar.utoronto.ca) +=-
                                   -=+=-
     -=+ MuGS: The Only Internet Mail Reader For The Apple IIGS! +=-
From: 90taobri@CHASM.SCAR.UTORONTO.CA (Brian Tao)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: SoundMeister
Date: 23 Nov 92 15:47:48 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: The Internet


    I hear the Winter issue of _Enhance_ lists the SoundMeister card
from Econ Technologies.  Anyone planning on buying one (or already have
one, and would like to share the specs on the card)?

--
-- Real name: Brian Tao (Dept. of Exobiology, University of Toronto)
-- Preferred: 90taobri@chasm.scar.utoronto.ca (checked daily)
-- Alternate: taob@r-node.pci.on.ca (no mail over 15K, please!)
--                                   """""""""""""""""""""""""
From: Pauley@vnet.ibm.com (Paul Benson)
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 92 14:24:23 EST
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: about my survey - 4
Organization: IBM Personal Computer Co. - PS/1 Development
Disclaimer: This posting represents my views, not necessarily IBM's.
News-Software: UReply 3.0
            <1992Nov19.104402.20863@utstat.uucp>

In <1992Nov19.104402.20863@utstat.uucp> Philip McDunnough writes:
>In article <19921118.055606.315@almaden.ibm.com> Pauley@vnet.ibm.com (Paul Benson) writes:
>>one other company had a higher one by 2 points (gee, I can't remember
>>who that is ;) ).
>
>HP.

Nope! (and I won't respond to any more guesses) ;)

Pauley
GEnie: P.Benson1
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
From: philip@labtam.labtam.oz.au (Philip Stephens)
Subject: Re: Scanlines??
Organization: Labtam Australia Pty. Ltd., Melbourne, Australia
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 00:34:54 GMT

Michael V. Kent writes:

>I make no quibbles about points one and two, but I've seen some damned im-
>pressive border animation that was only a few pixels wide. 

  Lode Runner GS does an amazing trick when you pause the game--it scrolls a
message in large characters in the BORDER below the super hires screen, so
evidently a stock standard 2.8 Mhz GS can toggle colours every couple of
pixels (but I haven't worked out the maths yet).
  
  By the way, whilst I'm on the topic of Lode Runner GS, I've come across a
rather nasty bug in the game which perhaps someone else has a fix to.  Whilst
playing level 155 (Championship Lode Runner level 5) I needed to dig a hole on
my right whilst standing on a robot's head, thus freeing the robot to run to
his right through that hole.  I was then supposed to follow, but the game
wouldn't allow me to run through the hole I created!  This only happens when
running to my right...the reverse direction is okay.
  So, has anyone happened to come across this bug and fixed it? (indeed, has
anyone bothered to play Lode Runner GS that far? :-), or am I destined to hack
my way through the code and figure out the bug for myself? (or should I give up
and put the game away? :-)

| Philip Stephens, Systems Programmer. | %%%%  %     Labtam Australia Pty Ltd |
| Address:  43 Malcolm Road, Braeside, |   % % % %     "Applied Ingenuity"    |
|           Victoria, 3195, AUSTRALIA. |  %  % %  %  We make the fastest RISC |
| Internet: philip@labtam.labtam.oz.au | %%%%% %%%%% X terminals in the world | 
-- 
| Philip Stephens, Systems Programmer. | %%%%  %     Labtam Australia Pty Ltd |
| Address:  43 Malcolm Road, Braeside, |   % % % %     "Applied Ingenuity"    |
|           Victoria, 3195, AUSTRALIA. |  %  % %  %  We make the fastest RISC |
| Internet: philip@labtam.labtam.oz.au | %%%%% %%%%% X terminals in the world | 
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
From: lurch@eskimo.com (Erik Kloeppel)
Subject: Re: Dos 3.3 Launcher
Organization: -> ESKIMO NORTH (206) For-Ever <-
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 08:05:07 GMT


The DOS 3.3 launcher is probably availal[Dble on most of the online
services (such as Delphi) - I dunno yet if you can FTP into delphi
without an account.

On the other hand, an acount on Delphi is
probabl[D[D[D[D[D[D[Dhand, an account on delphi doesn't cost that
much - $20 a month gets you 20 hours of online time, $10 a month
gets you 4 hours of online time... exttra hours don't ca[Dost any more
than $1.85 last time I looked.

Lurch@delphi.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
From: kls0@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Plague)
Subject: Re: Files with F2 filetype
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 21:32:21 GMT

stc7@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Steven T Chiang) writes:

>In article <kk47712@pro-nsdapple.cts.com> tomk@pro-nsdapple.cts.com (Tom Kelly) writes:
>>I was looking over some the disks in my collection of "treasures" today and
>>found several disks full of Prodos files.  They appear to be graphics
>>(artwork or pictures) I don't recall what they are.  All the files are of
>>filetype F2.  Does anyone have any idea what program might use them?
>>I suspected the new Print Shop or Print Master.  I have not tried YET.

>	PrintShop GS uses $f8 auxtype $c323.

$f2, aux: $0000 is what ProTERM uses to save it's scrollback.

-- 
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
"Here's to swimmin' with bow-legged women."
				-Quint (From "Jaws")
		kls0@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
From: jmk3@crux1.cit.cornell.edu (Jay M. Krell)
Subject: Re: speed of text applications...
Organization: Cornell Information Technologies
Date: 21 Nov 92 08:17:34 GMT

Nifty List access the screen directly, and Dave apparently came up with
a very fast way to so. Earlier (I think pre-3.0) versions printed a lot slower.
Perhaps Dave will stop by and say how NL does it.
 
I think GNO uses the Console Driver. Jawaid is sure to give the corect answer.
 
  --Jay, jay.krell@cornell.edu
From: greis@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (I buy VW & Porsche Stuff - Mail Me)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Vulcan or system software?
Date: 19 Nov 1992 22:39:38 GMT
Organization: Computing Services Division, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: 129.89.7.4
Originator: greis@csd4.csd.uwm.edu


I have a real problem. My Vulcan has gone haywire. (yeah, I know. What
else is new.) At least I think that it is my Vulcan. About once a month,
and now more and more frequently, my /system partition on my Vulcan20
has been totaly changing the names of files in the /system/system folder.
(Actually, this is just when I notice it actually...) And it all happens
at once too... i.e. Everything will be fine, but I'll park heads using the
AE utility, turn off the 'puter, come back in 4 hours, turn it on and I
get the following:
 
:system:system
total 310k
drw-brd 0000 XY
	           1024 Nov  8 13:13 1992 CDevs/
-rw-brd 0000 $ E       512 Nov  8 12:55 1992 Desk.@cc
drw-brd 0001 XY
	            512 Nov  8 13:06 1992 EriverS/
-rw-brd 0000 $BC      5072 Feb 13 00:00 1992 Error.Ms
-rw-brd 0001 $F9    120926 Mar  4 23:00 1992 FS.OS
-rw-brd 0001 $BC      2352 Feb 12 01:00 1992 FS.OS.dev
-rw-brd 0000 $ E       512 Nov  8 12:06 1992 FSTs
drw-brd 0000 XY
	            512 Nov 16 20:39 1992 FinderExtras/
drw-brd 0001 XY
	           1024 Nov  8 13:13 1992 Gonts/
-rw-brd 0000 non       175 Nov 16 20:39 1992 History
-rwxbrd 0001 sys     17128 Mar  4 23:00 1992 P8*
drw-brd 0000 XY
	           1024 Nov  8 13:14 1992 Sounds/
erwxbrd DB03 s16    150806 Feb 13 01:00 1992 Start*
-rw-brd 000A $F8     13178 Mar  4 22:00 1992 Start.GS.N
-rw-brd 0000 $ E      1024 Nov  9 18:18 1992 Sxstel.Retup
drw-brd 0000 XY
	           1024 Nov  8 13:15 1992 Tools/
-rw-brd 0000 $F9         2 Nov 16 19:56 1992 clipboard
 
of course the filetypes of folders are screwed up because I don't have
mousetext here, but look at the other types, and how their names are
mutated. Yes, in the finder I do see Start.GS.N and Sxstel.Retup. I'm
beginning to think Astro lives in my Vulcan. (I booted off of 3.5 to
get this, and no, it cannot find the Start.GS.OS file.)
 
I have no way of fixing this. The finder tells me there is nothing wrong
with the disk on a verify. A validate tells me all the files are corrupt.
Trying to change them crashes the 'puter. Yes, I am using Sys6 from
ftp.apple.com, and I am using the correct HFS and ProDos drivers. If I so
much as try to write a filetype to an affected file, I crash. My sol'n
in the past has been to reformat the drive, and start again. That works,
for about a month. I thought it was Phantasm that was screwing me, so I
took it out. Nope! Ugh! I haven't blanked the drive yet because I really
want to find out what the heck is wrong. I need my GS for term papers and
exams coming up, and this is frustrating! (HELP!)
 
Thanks!
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2