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From: mort@apollo.hp.com (Stephen Moriarty)
Subject: Tax software for IIe recommendations wanted
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 03:23:41 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Corporation, Chelmsford, MA

As tax time approaches, I'm considering using a tax preparing software
package on my IIe. I've gotten a poor review of the 1040Works
AppleWorks templates. I've also gotten a raving review of HowardSoft's
$250 package, but that's well out of my budget. I read a favorable
review of Swiftax, but I'm leary of spending $70 on that unless it's
really good. I also saw TaxCalc for $30 - more reasonable, but it's
hard to tell what it does. Also mentioned in the Swiftax review article
is Softfiew's graphics-oriented TaxView (GS-only?). I also attempted
unsuccessfully to obtain a copy of a review done by inCider/A+ in
March of 1990 on tax software for the //. If anyone has that issue
lying around and would be willing to copy the article, I'd gladly
reimburse you for your trouble and expense. Are there any other
programs out there? Anyone used any of the aforementioned? Thanks.
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From: spector@vax2.concordia.ca (Mitchell Spector)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Fatal Error 0911
Date: 10 Jan 93 13:41:00 GMT
Organization: Concordia University
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41

In article <1992Dec31.203334.1794@scott.skidmore.edu>, mcobb@scott.skidmore.edu (mary cobb) writes...
>I get this sucker all the time.  The only solution is to power off, give
>the CPU a good *WHAP*, and turn it back on.  Never fails, Prosel pops up.
>Now, I don't like doing this, because I'm running a rusty old InnerDrive 40
>(remember those from Applied Ingenuity?) which is the only storage device
>that is operational on my GS (5.25" Apple and 3.5" HD AE are both shot! =( ) 
>so I don't want to take the chance of like making the HD R/W head fall off
>or something.  Is there anyway to get rid of this rather annoying Error?
> 
>Eric

        I believe an error '0911' means system cannot sync (?) because of an
over-heat (common with the ROM 01 cpu). Your powersupply is heating things
up to much, and you probably have to many cards installed blocking airflow.

        Solution? Buy yourself a cooling fan! :) Two common ones are the
Kensington System Saver and the AE Conserver (orginally from MDIdeas). I think
both products have been recently discontinued, but you can still order back
stock from a few companies. Not only do theses fans keep your GS's inwards
completely cool, but also offer front mounted switches that control monitor,
cpu power, printer, and other devices, and surge-supression as well. Not to
mention blend in with your IIgs's color and design! I'd recommend a Kensington
fan from other users' reports of the AE/MDIdeas Conserver.

	I ordered a System Saver IIgs for $39.99, from Accessories Warehouse in
New York. The price may have dropped since, as I've seen it advertised for
less. In fact, Joe Kohn reported in his Grapevine column about some person
selling Kensington's clearance on System Savers for a mere $15 US + $5 shipping!
(Unfortunately I heard they all sold out in less than 2-3 days of the article's
printing...).

Try the following for a the System Saver:

Accessories Warehouse, 1-800-477-5530 ($39.99, last checked) 
Quality Computers, 1-800-443-6697 ($29.99)
Roger Coats, 1-800-438-2883 (? not sure if they still carry it)

Btw, if your interested, I have a brand-new (in box) System Saver. I was 
thinking of keeping it for a back-up, but I may sell it....

Mitch
From: glaurent@tatoo.inria.fr (Guillaume Laurent)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Latest version of Prizm
Date: 4 Jan 93 16:38:57 GMT
Organization: Koala Project, Bull Research France

Anyone has news on this? As far as I'm concerned, I'm working under ORCA 2.0,
with which Prizm 1.3 (I guess) doesn't work quite well (no output in the shell
window, debugger crashes...)

It's been quite a long time since Byte Works released ORCA 2.0. So any news on
this one would be welcome.
(And also: what about the Sys 6 bundle?)


						Guillaume.
From: lone@hogbbs.scol.pa.us (John Hale)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Trouble printing with ProTERM 3
Date: 4 Jan 93 22:07:25 GMT
Organization: The Heart of Gold BBS, Lemont PA

kls0@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Plague) writes:

> OK, I have a GS, Panasonic 1124, and a Parallel Pro w/256k Buffer Pro, and
> when I try to print a file from ProTERM 3.0, PT crashes.  Not into the monito
> but I get like an 80 col. screen, but only every other vertical line has text
> and it's garbled text.  Anybody know what the deal is?
> 

...Yeah, this happens to me too with a //e, Zip 8mHz, Epson LQ-500 and a 
cheap parallel card. When ya hit ctrl-reset it re-runs PT.system thru 
quickstart and dumps you into terminal mode. Anybody, anybody anybody?
"Bueller.....Bueller.....Bueller...."                  -Lone Wolf
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
From: stc7@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Steven T Chiang)
Subject: Re: New Paintworks $C2 Animations
Reply-To: stc7@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Steven T Chiang)
Organization: Columbia University
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 01:03:36 GMT

In article <1993Jan11.102528.12915@nuscc.nus.sg> isc10327@nusunix1.nus.sg (ONG TAT-WEE) writes:
>
>	Steven, I saw a $C2 animation being run on DreamGrafix and boy
>wasn't it jerky compared to being run with Jason Harper's AnimShow
>program.  Is that due to DG's large overhead or what?  I noticed that
>the tearing is especially noticeable since the file updates almost full
>screen at each frame.

	How big was the animation, and how much memory did the machine
have?

	From the way it sounds, it sounds as if DG was using the
virtual memory player.  Which simply means it loads in the animation a
chunck at a time, and plays it that way.  The virtual memory player is
used, if DG can't get enough memory.

	Other than that, DG should be just as fast as anishow,
although I haven't checked out anishow.



Steven Chiang                  Order - DreamGrafix:  The ONLY 16/256/3200
stc7@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu       color paint program for the Apple IIGS.
America On_Line:  DWS Steve
Genie:  S.Chiang4              Apple IIGS Forever!
From: ken.jones@u2u.lonestar.org (Ken Jones) 
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: PWGOLD PATCH
Date: 9 Jan 93 19:15:00 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: USER-TO-USER PCBoard (214)492-6565 (USR DS v32bis)
Reply-To: ken.jones@u2u.lonestar.org (Ken Jones) 

RANDY LAMBERTUS

rl@ferris.cray.com (Randy Lambertus)

RL | Maybe my PW copy is hosed? Does anyone know how to
   | configure PW Gold to run under 6.0 on the HD? Did it
   | reqire an upgrade that I never got? I will have to dig out
   | the original PW Gold disk and make a new backup and try
   | that one.

Randy:  Years ago, there was a PW Gold patch to allow it to
run under 5.04.  I found that it worked under 6.0 as well.
(I never did try the unpatched version of PWG under 6.) If I
understand your message, you're having trouble running PWG
under 6.0?

It was a real simple patch, in fact so simple that I've lost
it.  Surely someone here has it.  Meanwhile, I'll look for it
in the circular file cabinet.  KayJay.
Organization: Penn State University
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 18:27:21 EST
From: <KCR103@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: GraphicWriter III problems

I have been having trouble importing and exporting text to and from GW III
documents.  I have some appleworks documents (ie 10 pages).  If I create a GW
III document with up to 30 linked pages, the AppleWorks file is not making it.
One page will go fine though.  Also, exporting universal text is a problem.
I have a three page document of linked pages (two columns per page).  When I
export, I get the same first few paragraphs over and over.  What's the deal?



Ken
From: ST2975@SIUCVMB.SIU.EDU
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re:byteworks via internet
Date: 6 Jan 93 08:02:39 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: The Internet

Another alternative...

If you don't mind the long distance charges, you might
try calling byteworks via land-line (traditional phone call).

I did this once and actually talked to Mike Westerfield.
I asked about Orca/M for the 8 bit Apple and I was asked to
hold and there I was talking to the author.

Now don't ya'll go tying up their phone lines.  You know they
got mighty important work to do.

Andy Werner
st2975@siucvmb.siu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
From: ccx062@cch.coventry.ac.uk (Chris Taylor)
Subject: Upgrade to //e
Organization: Coventry University
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 14:18:30 GMT


Im a bit of a beginner  in the apple world.  I have just aquired a
couple of *old* apple 2's (with 2 d/d controllers, 3 drives, 2 parallel &
2 serial boards...)

From reading the discussion groups for a short while it seems to me that
I should upgrade to //e.  From the FAQ's I have found out how
to tell what version my ]['s are on, but it doesnt tell me where I can
get an upgrade, approx how much it would cost, and if there is a supplier
in the UK....

Can anyone help ??

	-Chris
	
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
From: isc10327@nusunix1.nus.sg (ONG TAT-WEE)
Subject: Re: New Paintworks $C2 Animations
Organization: National University of Singapore
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 10:25:28 GMT

Steven T Chiang (stc7@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu) wrote:
:
: [stuff deleted]
: 
: 	PaintWorks Gold should be able to handle multipalette
: animations.  The only real difference is the compressor.
: 
	Steven, I saw a $C2 animation being run on DreamGrafix and boy
wasn't it jerky compared to being run with Jason Harper's AnimShow
program.  Is that due to DG's large overhead or what?  I noticed that
the tearing is especially noticeable since the file updates almost full
screen at each frame.

: Steven Chiang                  Order - DreamGrafix:  The ONLY 16/256/3200
: stc7@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu       color paint program for the Apple IIGS.
: America On_Line:  DWS Steve
: Genie:  S.Chiang4              Apple IIGS Forever!

- DOTW -
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
From: schultp@wl.com (Paul Schultz)
Subject: Re: HELP!  //c needs CPR!
Organization: Warner Lambert / Parke-Davis
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 04:13:34 GMT

In article <1993Jan4.124321.9634@iscsvax.uni.edu> fisher2557@iscsvax.uni.edu writes:
>Aaarrrrgh!   too much fooling with my //c's hardware finally got me... last
>night I was wiring up some stuff to my joystick port and a slip of a wire
>rendered my joystick x axis input dead. (in the computer, not in the joystick) 
>Today I called my Apple dealer.  Well aware they do not repair motherboards
>themselves, I requested parts.  They have none.  I requested schematics.  Same
>answer.  I requested parts NUMBERS.  They didn't know them.  May I scream?
>
>They want to sell me another motherboard.  I don't think so.  Not for a $10
>chip.
>
>
>*sigh*       service sucks...  >:P
>

Try Alltech Electronics. They deal in a lot of miscellaneous used Apple
II parts. I don't have the phone number handy but check a recent issue
of inCider/A+.

Paul Schultz
schultp@wl.com
 
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From: gasser@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Nathan Gasser)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Castle Wolfenstein question
Date: 11 Jan 93 07:34:18 GMT

Hi all,
 
	Is anyone a fan of the Muse games Castle Wolfenstein and
CW II?  In CW II (Beyond Castle Wolfenstein) how do you use
the dagger?  We've tried everything but can't seem to stab.  Is
the dagger functional at all?

Thanks for any leads,
Nate.


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gasser@eniac.seas.upenn.edu     

Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
From: stc7@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Steven T Chiang)
Subject: Re: Program idea?
Reply-To: stc7@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Steven T Chiang)
Organization: Columbia University
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 08:23:23 GMT

In article <1993Jan7.071148.19576@nuscc.nus.sg> ltchean@iss.nus.sg (Lim Thye Chean) writes:
>
>What is LaunchPad? I never heard of it.
	
	Like I said before, it's really comforting to know the Inet
isn't the center of the // world.  :)

	LaunchPad is a CDEV by Dave Leffler.  It adds a resource to
the application telling the program what to set the start path to, the
speed of the accerlerator, and maybe something else.  It's available
on AOL and Genie.

>TransProg III? Where to get it? The TransProg II is cool. Is it System 6
>compatible? How come I never heard of it? (I read this newsgroup almost
>everyday)

	It's from Seven Hills software.  If you paid the shareware
fee, there is a discount.  TPIII was rewritten for System 6.0.  They
have an AOL address, which you could use to get info.  I've been
prodding them to post their info to the net, but they haven't.

>    %% GS Lover Loves GS %%    Author of Super Magic 3 & Mandelbrot II GS

Steven Chiang                  Order - DreamGrafix:  The ONLY 16/256/3200
stc7@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu       color paint program for the Apple IIGS.
America On_Line:  DWS Steve
Genie:  S.Chiang4              Apple IIGS Forever!
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
From: joko@well.sf.ca.us (Joe Kohn)
Subject: Future of The FTA
Organization: Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 07:41:06 GMT


Last summer, a challenge was issued to the Apple IIGS community. That
challenge was in the form of a contest. With the backing and support of
Olivier Goguel of the FTA, we at inCider/A+ urged the IIGS community to
seek greater heights, to have fun and to go where no one had gone before.

Some answered the challenge and some rose to the ocassion. I personally
came online and said "blow my mind and make my day". And, guess what?

Yes, indeed, the first Bouncin'Ferno entries are starting to arrive in
SillyKohn Valley.

I have seen the future. I have tasted greatness. I have feasted on the
next generation of IIGS superstardom. I have climbed to new peaks. I have
played new Bouncin'Ferno levels. I have gotten blisters on my fingers. I
have smiled at the little bouncin fernos, and I have cursed at
frustratingly insane new Ferno games.

You rose to the challenge and you have succeeded. You did make my day. And
my night, as well. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

Over the next several weeks, I'll be sorting through the contest entries,
and choosing the winners. And, prizes will be announced. And, of course,
the best of the entries will be shared with the IIGS community.

But, will that be it? Is Bouncin'Ferno really the last of its kind? Have
we seen the last works of The FTA? Is the fun and excitement that the FTA
generated for us over? Are memories of the FTA all that remain?

I think not!

Coming soon to Shareware Solutions: The Lost Works of the FTA!

You ain't seen nothing yet!

Joe Kohn
From: kimba@gnh-cathouse.cts.com (Kim Brennan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Turbo mouse
Date: 7 Jan 93 14:48:40 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: The Internet
X-Unparsable-Date: Wed Jan 06 93 at 01:02:27 (EST)

> From: grover@emunix.emich.edu (Grover Thomas)
> 	The only thing that I've ever heard about ADB devices that
> don't "work" with the GS are a few extended keyboard keys that the
> GS doesn't normally use.  There are inits available that even take
> care of that problem, and allow you to use these "function" keys
> with your GS.

Okay, then I will tell you of a specific ADB keyboard that WILL NOT work with
the Apple IIgs.
 
I purchased a keyboard called the SwitchBoard, a VERY nice keyboard which was
designed to be the ultimate keyboard for Mac OR PC. Portions of the keyboard
could be swapped around (keypad on the left side anyone?) and the control key
and caps lock key could be exchanged. All in all it was exactly what I wanted
and felt pretty good to the typing hand too. 
 
It didn't work on the GS. It worked fine on the Mac. Attached to my GS, I
daisy chained it off of my existing keyboard and added the mouse to the end of
the chain. The original GS keyboard and the mouse worked. The Swithboard
didn't. I then changed the order and put the switchboard first, the GS
keyboard 2nd and the mouse at the end of the chain. In THIS configuration
NEITHER keyboard worked, but the mouse did. 
 
The summary of this is, there are SOME ADB devices for the Mac that just don't
work on the GS. 

                    -=> Message from Kim Brennan <=-
          (kimba@gnh-cathouse.cts.com)  or  (kimbrennan@aol.com)
         {Cathouse BBS (301) 840-8567 3/12/24/9600 V.32 24 hours}
From: jimmys@bonnie.ics.uci.edu (Jimmy Shaw)
Subject: Re: Sales of OOTW (was Re: Interplay)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Reply-To: jimmys@ics.uci.edu (Jimmy Shaw)
Organization: Univ. of Calif., Irvine, Info. & Computer Sci. Dept.
Date: 6 Jan 93 23:05:04 GMT

In article <9301061528.AA12468@bluffs.scar.utoronto.ca> 90taobri@BLUFFS.SCAR.UTORONTO.CA (Brian Tao) writes:
>The following revelation escaped Jimmy Shaw's lips:
>>
>> I am not all that excited about the new project though...
>> It's _Mario Teaches Typing_ supposedly a education program, kinda like
>> Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing. :(  Why can't we get BattleChess II or
>> Castles ported?
>
>    Wasn't someone working on BattleChess II already?  One that runs under
>GS/OS, can be installed on a hard drive, faster, smarter, better graphics
>and sound, etc., etc.?

The BattleChess II that I am think about is Chinese Chess, and not a GS/OS
version of the original BattleChess.

>
>    Any game with the word "Mario" in the title will usually sell a lot of
>copies on name recognition alone.  It probably wouldn't take Bill half as
>long to do MTT as OOTW, so maybe Interplay has something else lined up for
>him.  :)  (We can always hope!)

A good point, let's just hope all the kiddies would beg their parents to
buy them a GS so they could play this Mario game :)  Yeah, we can
always hope. :)

>
>--
>-- 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
>--            the Apple IIGS, available soon!

Jimmy


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From: lorend@pro-scat.cts.com (Loren Damewood)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Fatal Error 0911
Date: 1 Jan 93 16:28:46 GMT
Organization: ProLine [pro-scat] St. Petersburg, Florida.

As others have said, Eric, it is easy to fix the 0911 problem with a fan,
or some sort of cooling strategy. I recall when the first internal hard
drives came out, being demo'd at AppleFest. It was interesting to see all
the vendors showing off their internal drives, I thought . . .  then I got
mine home and found out that unless you have a good fan on it the system
gets hot enough to fry eggs!! All those vendors were keeping the lids off
their GS's in order to keep them from crashing every five minutes, not to
show them off to us poor suckers. 

If you can't get a Kensington System Saver (The Conservor has its fan in a 
not-particularly useful spot), you can either run with the hood up (messy),
or do what I did: I hacked a neat square hole in the top, positioned right
over the ID's fan, and looked for a nice grid to place over it. Large mesh
screen, or something like the fan-guards that you see on muffin fans, just
to keep curious fingers out of there. Since I added this vent hole, my one
system that has the internal drive never heats up excessively. 

Loren
From: 90taobri@wave.scar (Brian Tao)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: .QWK readers
Date: 8 Jan 93 04:13:31 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: MuGS Research and Development Facility

The following revelation escaped Scott Alfter's lips:
> 
> Given information on an archive format, it should be easy to create an
> "archive" that contains uncompressed elements.  *.REP files are
> usually small enough that lack of compression won't significantly
> increase upload time, especially with V.42bis modems (which do their
> own compression).

    Not everyone has v.42bis or high-speed modems, but if indeed the QWK
specs don't require that the reply packets be compressed, it would remove a
very large obstacle.

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From: voss@i40s16.ira.uka.de (Stefan Voss)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Desktop publ's-IIe; also STILL NEED HELP W/ IIe Enhanc. Kit!!
Date: 12 Jan 1993 11:08:08 GMT
Organization: University of Karlsruhe, FRG
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: i40s16.ira.uka.de

In article <9301120922.AA05563@apple.com>, ST7759@SIUCVMB.SIU.EDU writes:
|> Does anyone know where I might find even a simple desktop publishing
|> program for the IIe?  I have a newsletter to put out this semester, and
|> I thought I would use my IIe to do it.  I would prefer something FREE or
|> Shareware, via ftp or otherwise.  When I say simple, I mean not
|> complicated; I have no need for a bunch of cutesy clip art.  Thanks.
|> 

The only "real" DTP program for the IIe that comes to my mind is PublishIt! 4. 
You'll need a 128kB-IIe/IIc and a mouse/joystick. But it is a commercial
program. Another choice would be AppleWorks with some Timeout utils 
(commercial, too) for the graphics (You want text with included graphics, don't
you). 
Hmm, does AppleWriter 2.1 (freeware!) allow to use graphics ? Who knowns about
that ?

|> BTW- I posted earlier about a IIe enhancement kit problem I am STILL
|> having.

Sorry, no information about that. 

|> 
|> Extremely frustrated,
|> 

Just smile :)

|> Alex
|> -------------------
|> Alex Falkenberg
|> st7759@siucvmb.bitnet /OR/ st7759.siucvmb.siu.edu (Internet)
|> 

Stefan Voss
(voss@ira.uka.de)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
From: glyn@cs.UAlberta.CA (Reade Glyn Devin)
Subject: Re: New Paintworks $C2 Animations
Organization: University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 23:30:12 GMT

In article <1993Jan5.082433.24208@nuscc.nus.sg>, isc10327@nusunix1.nus.sg (ONG TAT-WEE) writes:

[...]

> Why I stayed awake up till 3 am in the morning just
> downloading your X29.Show and stoned out in school the next day.
> (OK, don't anybody lecture me, it's just this once :)

This may sound like a silly question, but why don't you just go to bed
and just let the SOB time out on its own?

--Devin Reade		glyn@cs.ualberta.ca