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From: voss@i43d1.ira.uka.de (Stefan Voss)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: 1084s monitor <--> IIgs pinout wanted
Date: 9 Oct 1992 12:45:14 GMT
Organization: University of Karlsruhe, FRG
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> Is anyone use the Commodore's 1084s monitor for their IIgs ?
> If you know the pinout of the RGB connection please send me mail
> about the connection.

pin assignment of 1084S monitor:

        pin #           analog RGB signal
         1                 ground
         2                 ground
         3                 red
         4                 green
         5                 blue
         6                 not used
         7                 composite sync.
         8                 horizontal sync.
         9                 vertical sync.

             ____________________
            \ 5   4   3   2   1 /
             \                 /
              \ 9   8   7   6 /
                -------------


pin assignment of IIGS RGB connector:

        pin #             signal
         1                ground (for red ?)
         2                red
         3                composite sync. (in German: Farbmischsynchronisation)
         4                not used
         5                green
         6                ground (for green ?)
         7                -5 V
         8                +12 V
         9                blue
         10               not used
         11               audio output (not used)
         12               monochrome screen off (???)
         13               ground (for blue ?)
         14               not used
         15               not used
                          system ground
                             |
                             |
                   __________|_____________________________
                   \ 8    7    6    5    4    3    2    1 /
                    \  15   14   13   12   11   10    9  /
                     ------------------------------------

I can't give any garantee!

	Stefan Voss (Internet: voss@ira.uka.de)

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From: vagrant@vpnet.chi.il.us (Guy Umbright)
Subject: Re: ShrinkIt GS 1.1
Organization: Vpnet - Free Usenet access
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 14:24:59 GMT

David.Empson@bbs.actrix.gen.nz wrote:
: Has anyone succeeded extracting the new version of GSHK?
: 
: I downloaded it successfully, but launching it produces an error $1104
: ("File is not load file").  As far as I can tell (using DUMPOBJ), the
: second load segment 'archive' (static skip code segment) has a large
: run of zero bytes near the beginning, and DUMPOBJ thinks that one of
: these zero bytes is an END opcode.  It produces a warning about
: missing data.
: 
: This run of zeros seems to be present in the original BinSCII archive
: (large chunk of 'A's near the start of the second block).
: 
: Any comments, anyone?
: 
: Andy - the list of features looks great!  If I could just get it working...
: -- 
: 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

I believe the problem is that there is a Binary II wrapper on the file.
When I gave up on the net version, and got it from GEnie, the comm program
removed the wrapper and I had no problem.  Try a utility that will remove
the wrapper and see what happens.

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From: dfarber@serpente.eecom.gatech.edu (FARBER)
Subject: Re: EXPO EAST-SPELLBINDER
Organization: Computer Engineering Group, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA 30332-0250
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 17:59:24 GMT

  Virginia A. Reed writes:
>Was anyone at Apple Expo East in  Boston? I heard something about a
>game called Spellbinder. I guess it's by a bunch of 13 year olds. Any
>thoughts?
>E-Mail me at virginia.a.reed@dartmouth.edu
>Thanks
>                   -LX

  Well, there is a game called SpellBinder, written a _LONG_ time ago for
the IIGS. It is a text adventure game (no graphics) that uses the desktop.
  I really liked the game, although it is not very hard or long. (There is
this one GREAT maze in the game. I've still got the map to it!)
  I don't know where you could find it now. I haven't hooked my GS up
since I returned to school, so I can't offer to send you a copy (right
now). Maybe someone else on the net mighthave it and could send it to you.

----Dave

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
From: musjndx@gsusgi2.gsu.edu (Jonathan N. Deitch)
Subject: Re: P8 FORMATTING
Organization: Georgia State University
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 16:07:52 GMT

paul.parkhurst@uttsbbs.uucp (Paul Parkhurst)  writes:

>   This is my second plea...  Does anyone have any code examples for
>formatting 5.25 and 3.5 disks in Prodos 8?  I'm fairly certain I can
>format 3.5's, since I have the Firmware Ref manual and it explains all
>about the Smartport calls and ID bytes and so on.  All I assume I need
>would be a copy of the boot and directory blocks to write to them after
>the format.  However, I have no idea how to format a 5.25, what the ID
>bytes are for the slot, etc.  This is in reference to an assembly
>language example, btw.

>   I'm hoping that P8 has MLI commands to do this, but I have doubts.  I
>also don't have an actual P8 reference manual, so I can't look this up.

Well ... P8 doesn't support straight format-and-use capabilities for
5.25" disks.  You'll have to write your own code.  There are many examples
floating around in various programs.  I'd just license Apple's and not
worry about it or simply not support formatting 5.25 disks.

3.5s are easy - just make the smartport call and then write a blank
directory to the disk.

- Jonathan
From: marc@cxr_rs6000.med.ge.com (Marc Wolfgram)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re:  BostonFest News?
Date: 7 Oct 92 15:12:50 GMT
Organization: The Internet

Yes, Joe... Dan Muse is out... Don't quote me, but I believe Cynthia Field
is in, which is good for the II community.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
From: David.Empson@bbs.actrix.gen.nz
Subject: Re: Jog My Memory....
Organization: Actrix Information Exchange
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 08:32:10 GMT

In article <imcJsB2w165w@sys6626.bison.mb.ca> bjohnson@sys6626.bison.mb.ca (Brian Johnson) writes:
> 
> My question is.. Does anyone know if this card (QRAM-GS) can use 1 MEGx9 
> SIMMS? or is the design restricted to 1 MEGx8 SIMMS. I dunno, because the 
> card was sent to me with "0" documentation and further more, sent as a 
> One MEG card which since I have learned is in fact a 4 MEG card.

There should be no problem using 1 MEG x 9 SIMMs.  They are compatible
with the 1 MEG x 8 ones, but use one additional pin to get data
to/from the extra RAM chip.  This pin is unused on an 8-bit SIMM.

You'll just end up with one unused chip on each SIMM.  You won't
magically get an extra half a megabyte.  :-)

Note: I haven't tried it myself...

Don't get confused between SIMMs and SIPPs.  The former have an edge
connector and use a special socket, the latter have a row of pins to
connect to the motherboard (look like standard IC pins), and use a
single in line (SIL) socket.

Make sure the SIMMs you get are 120 ns or faster.  Any Macintosh
compatible SIMMs should work.
-- 
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From: David.Empson@bbs.actrix.gen.nz
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: GSHK v1.1 on comp.binaries
Date: 15 Oct 92 13:19:49 GMT
Organization: Actrix Information Exchange

In article <1992Oct14.155944.5556@cas.org> lvirden@cas.org (Larry W. Virden) writes:
> since the source code is available for sciibin, why not just fix it?

It isn't sciibin that has the problem - it is GSCII+ 2.3.1 and SSCII
2.3, both by Derek Taubert.  Both programs are rounding extracted
files up to the nearest 48 bytes when extracting.

An unrelated bug in both programs is that the auxiliary type has $0100
added to it if the high bit is set and the low byte is not zero (e.g.
$8000 isn't affected but $8001 gets changed to $8101).  This bug is in
the encoding part.

Derek knows about both bugs, and will hopefully have fixed them in the
next version.


[Derek: I just checked both bugs and they ARE occurring with GSCII+
2.3.1, as well as SSCII 2.3.]
-- 
David Empson

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Snail mail: P.O. Box 27-103, Wellington, New Zealand
From: uerics@mcl.ucsb.edu (Eric D. Shepherd)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: GS & CTS...
Date: 10 Oct 92 05:52:14 GMT

(first: hi, Brendan -- we've been having vaguely similar problems, I see)

A friend of mine and I have the exact same modem, same ProTERM version,
same cable, same model IIGS, etc.

When I communicate with any system other than his, I get wonderful
throughput and everything is fine.

We cannot communicate error-free at speeds above 2400 baud flat (on a v.42
SupraModem 2400 Plus).  We connect and get garbage until he re-inits his
modem at 2400 baud.  We get errors _exactly_ like what Brendan has
described during ZModem transfers.

We bought the modems, ProTERM, and cables as a package deal from Quality
Computers, who assured us that it was the right cable, and I do get
appropriate speeds communicating with other systems (I'm getting excellent
MNP5 right now).  Any ideas?

- Eric S.

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id <m0mcqag-0000T7C@crash.cts.com>; Wed, 7 Oct 92 22: 39 PDT
	id <j780426@pro-nsdapple.cts.com>; Wed,  7 Oct 92 22: 20 PDT
From: meistro@pro-nsdapple.cts.com (Brian Plume)
Subject: Sampling
Organization: ProLine [pro-nsdapple] - North San Diego Apple Users Group
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 92 22:19:04 PDT

Hello all.  This is my first message on this network, so please be
easy on me.  I just wanted to ask a couple of questions about
sampling/music, etc.... 
Ok, lemme set you guyz up here:  I have an Audio Animator,
soundsmith, Noisetracker, and AudioZap. 
Now, when I am composing for either SS or NT, I get my own samples.
When I record them, I was wondering, what have you found to be the
best rate for sampling?  This is a two part question, becuz 
when you sample a trumpet, for instance, and some other sound,
say maybe a bass guitar or something, you have to use a higher
sampling rate for the trumpet, becuz it won't sound as crisp if
you don't.  It will have distortion in it.  My questionis:
How can you get these samples all "tuned" together?  I mean, I want
to use a certain sample for my song, but sometimes two samples
won't go together right becuz they are a little bit off tune.
Does anyone know what I am talking about?  I don't explain stuff
very well by typing.  Does anyone have this trouble?
In summary:    What can you do to get instruments "tuned" together?
               What is the best (or STANDARD) sampling rate for 
               instruments? 
               
thank you very much for your time.  I look forward to reading your
answers.  Oh, and one more thing:  If anyone out there can write
a program that takes Soundsmith's editing capabilities, AudioZap's
echoing, and effects, and Noisetracker's ability to swap RAM with
DOC RAM sounds, I would GREATLY appreciate it.  I would also GLADLY
send said person a Shareware fee for doing so.  I have heard rumors
of a program called "MegaTracker" that sounds like it might be
the thing I am looking for, but it's not out YET! 
 
Meistro
From: uerics@mcl.ucsb.edu (Eric D. Shepherd)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Hello? Question needs answered here please.
Date: 12 Oct 92 04:51:18 GMT

Just so you know somebody's read this: I've read this and the first post
(I read _all_ new posts, whether I care or not :).  I don't know the
answers to any of your questions.  Sorry.

- Eric S.

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From: pbauer@athena.mit.edu (Paul H Bauer)
Subject: Re: Accelerators (was: Re: Resurrection!!!!!)
Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 17:05:47 GMT

In article <1992Oct15.082739.3011@actrix.gen.nz> David.Empson@bbs.actrix.gen.nz writes:
>In article <1992Oct14.131751.14213@athena.mit.edu> pbauer@athena.mit.edu (Paul H Bauer) writes:
>> I have a no slot clock chip installed under a motherboard ROM on a 2e with
>> an 8 mhz zip chip and everything works just fine. This system has been flaw-
>> less for the last year or so.
>
>You've been lucky.  A friend of mine had no end of trouble, which I
>finally tracked down to the problem I described.
>
>In his case, the No Slot Clock appeared to work if the N.S.C. driver
>was installed by booting from a floppy disk.  If booting from a hard
>disk or RAM disk, it didn't work properly.
>
>My guess is that the ZIP wasn't interfering if the computer had been
>slowed down to 1 MHz (by the floppy access) but the problem I
>described previously was taking effect in the case of a RAM disk/hard
>drive boot.
>
>I believe he also had trouble reading the clock again after boot time,
>since the ZIP would have cached the ROM, causing the N.S.C. driver to
>return garbage for the time.
>-- 
>David Empson
This system has been running with a Quantum 80 meg HD and both an Apple
pple HS scussi card and an Apple  Rev.C scusi card during this time. I have always booted from the HD and even from Ram with no problems whatsoever!

pbauer@athena.mit.edu
From: kmitche@eis.calstate.edu (Kenneth Mitchell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: appleII to pc-dos file transfer?
Date: 14 Oct 92 04:00:25 GMT
Organization: Calif State Univ/Electronic Information Services

gachot@bonnet.enet.dec.com () writes:
> 
> 	You can connect the PC and the Apple II computers via Serial cards,
> 	and using Kermit (for example), you can transfer files from PC to Apple 		II and reverse.
> 
> Hope it helps,
> 			-Erik.

Also, try the program Cross-Works, which INCLUDES a cable. Converts
formatted text between WordPerfect and AppleWorks, data bases between
dBase III and Appleworks, and spreadsheets between Lotus 1-2-3 and
AppleWorks. A MUST for those of us with both machines. 

Ken Mitchell
kmitche@eis.calstate.edu
From: ncp@gnh-cathouse.cts.com (Neal Pitts)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Finder Icon question
Date: 8 Oct 92 11:05:05 GMT
Organization: The Internet
X-Unparsable-Date: Wed Oct 07 92 at 15:17:58 (EST)

I had a miny discussion with the II-crew from Apple about using aliases from a
Mac disk.  They said that it would not work, because GS/OS itself would have t
to be changed significantly to use it; it's not just the FST.  Apparently,
aliases could be made for ProDOS as well, but the Crew wans't too interested
in doing aliases from GS/OS for some particular reason that I can't remember.

This is probably known info, but I'd thought I'd post it anyway, just in case.

----------------------------------------------
ncp                   ncp@gnh-cathouse.cts.com
                      ncp@gnh-starport.cts.com
----------------------------------------------
From: Eric_Daniel_Schatz@cup.portal.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Is Deskjet 500 better than DeskWriter? (2nd request)
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 92 08:35:17 PDT
Organization: The Portal System (TM)

Essentially, they are the same printer. The DW version doesn't
have panel switches, because all commands to the printer are to
handled by the driver. This is much the same as with a DeskJet under
Windows 3 on a PC...the switches are redundant (in fact, so are
the built-in and cart fonts since GS/OS, Mac OS and Windows all
print using raster graphics.)

Other than that, they're the same printer.

Last week, HP announced the DeskJet550C and DeskWriter550C. These are
an upgrade of the color deskjet/writer printers...the printers keep botth
a black and 4-color cartridge against the platen at the same time,
making for sharper color printouts (more contrast).

Hope this info helps. As for myself, I have a DJ500 and an Apple IIc...(also
an MS-DOS laptop that I keep on the desk).

Eric Schatz
editor
CRAB
From: deviant@yang.earlham.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Language question(s): Orca...
Date: 15 Oct 92 16:49:29 GMT
Organization: Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana


Language question:

Since I'm planning on getting GNO/ME sometime in the near future, I also 
wanted to get another compiler.  Since I haven't heard anything recently 
about the Modula-2 from Germany (such as is it available) my question lies 
within the Orca languages.

Of the three available, which proves to be the most versital?  (Orca/M, 
Orca/C, and Orca/Pascal)  I've heard on this group that the C has problems 
and can not be used for creating a new language (or subset) such as 
Scheme.  If that is the case would an assembler be better?  Does anyone 
have comments to make about Orca/M?  Pros or cons?

What I want to do (nice dream I know, but it's an experiencial goal) is to 
add another language compiler that can generate object code and be linked 
with others.  (So I've been a bit spoiled on a VAX linking Forth with 
Pascal or C or FORTRAN or MACRO or ...)

Any comments, insights, inspirations?

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From: gudat@avalon.physik.unizh.ch (gudat henrik)
Subject: Re: Address of Eric Weyland, Toolbox
Organization: Informatik Club Uni Zurich
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 21:13:15 GMT

In article <92288.191107APL111@psuvm.psu.edu> Dick Bowers <APL111@psuvm.psu.edu> writes:
>I've been having problems with PhotonixII and System 6.  I wrote a letter to
>Eric Weyland of Toolbox in France but it was returned addressee unknown at
>the address given by the program documentation: Toolbox, 6 Rue Henri
>Barbusse, 95100 ARGENTEUIL, France.  My question: does anyone out there have
>a good, current address for Eric?  If so, please send it to me.  Many
>thanks.

HEY, IS THAT A JOKE ????????

Toolbox has faded away about two years ago, and this @$%&@ Eric Weyland
took all our money with him. Oh my friends, give me a revolver and...

There are good news, however. If someone is interested in his life, I
recommend you to inspect a company called SOS informatique. A certain
human being called ERIC Hades is the "directeur cri..", sorry,
commerciel. Okay, it's the same guy.

My suggestion: call the FTA rather than SOS or Toolbox.

Pages of more information about this organisation, secret plans and more
stuff at Bright Software.

henrik Gudat, the one who is still waiting for ca. 15'000 FF
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From: digdug@iastate.edu (Doug V Tran)
Subject: SCSI drive
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 22:37:34 GMT

would someone please provide the pinout for the scsi port?

I'm trying to see if a GS drive can work on a MAC computer.

thanks,
later,
doug
From: mead@hamal.usc.edu (Dick Mead)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Looking for some VERY OLD Apple software!
Date: 9 Oct 1992 12:54:32 -0700
Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
NNTP-Posting-Host: hamal.usc.edu

fadden@uts.amdahl.com (Andy McFadden) writes:

>In article <BvoI50.uH@world.std.com> jeffb@world.std.com (Jeffrey T Berntsen) writes:
>>I'm looking for copies of what Apple used to call their "Contributed
>>Programs" volumes 1 to 5.  These are five diskette, in DOS 3.2 format
>>that Apple dealers used to give copies of many years ago.

>I have a couple of these.  The rest seem to be missing in action.

>>If anyone knows of a current source for these, or better yet, would be
>>willing to send me copies (preferably by email), I would be very thankful!

>Since they were PD the disks can be shrunk and stuck on an archive.  Might
>be nice to see them on tybalt.

>>Jeff Berntsen
>>jeffb@world.std.com

>-- 
>fadden@uts.amdahl.com (Andy McFadden)
>[ Above opinions are mine, Amdahl has nothing to do with them, etc, etc. ]



I believe I still have the full set (don't hold me to it). If so, I'll
archive them with shrinkit and put them where ever you point me. Be
specific.

Dick

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From: uerics@mcl.ucsb.edu (Eric D. Shepherd)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Orca bashing (was Re: Amrit, C/C++)
Date: 15 Oct 92 07:45:19 GMT

It's _fairly_ common knowledge that Procyon is porting the lcc compiler to
the IIGS.  I don't know many specifics, but it is an ANSI compliant
compiler.  This project will be finished eventually, but they have higher
priorities right now, like GNO 1.1 and SwitchIt, etc.

Orca/C isn't bad.  But it _is_ slow, and it does have bugs.  I'm not
blasting, I'm stating a fact.  If you don't believe that, try using
Orca/C.  It's unfortunate that the Byte Works doesn't think it's
worthwhile to improve the speed (although, I admit, bug fixes are more
important).  The only real reason this is the case, let's face it, is
because Orca/C is the _only_ C compiler for the IIGS (discounting APW C,
which isn't worth discussing as it isn't really supported anyway).
There's no competing product which Orca/C has to fight for customers with.
On the Messy-DOS machines, there are more dialects of C than you can count
on all the bones in your left hand (if you haven't got a left hand, check
out any convenient cluster of bones).

So I use Orca/C.  Unfortunately, I've had three ANSI C programs within the
past two weeks that would _not_ compile and run correctly under Orca/C --
they all had severe stack problems resulting from Orca/C corrupting its
own stack.  I can watch this happen from GSBug, but I haven't a clue as to
why it's happening.  Sigh.

_Please_... nobody say I bashed Mike W. or the Byte Works.  No way.  If it
weren't for them, we wouldn't have C at all!

- Eric S.

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
From: lwv26@cas.org (Larry W. Virden)
Subject: Re: America On Line, using a IIGS
Followup-To: comp.sys.apple2
Reply-To: lvirden@cas.org (Larry W. Virden)
Organization: Nedriv Software and Shoe Shiners, Uninc.
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 11:41:25 GMT

Note that I use an external modem on the external serial port of my GS.
I set my modem settings once - for AOL - and have used those settings with
TIC, Zlink, Kermit, and as far as I remember just about every other program -
Deskset based or not - since with out problems.  So even though the settings
are 'non-standard' I don't find that to be a problem myself.  But then, I
am only plodding along at 2400 baud.
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