HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: acct069@carroll1.cc.edu (Ron Higgins)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Finder Icon question
Date: 4 Oct 92 22:22:46 GMT
Reply-To: acct069@carroll1.cc.edu (Ron)
Organization: Lightning Systems, Inc.

I'm posting this for a friend.

He wants to know if there is a way to name an icon something unrelated to
the filename of the application on disk.

ex. File on disk is called: /hard1/apps/util.system
    He'd like the icon to appear with a name of "Copy II Plus"

Is there a way to do this?

Thanks,
-- 
Ron                      | Lightning Systems, INC. | Apple // Forever!
acct069@carroll1.cc.edu  | (414) 363-4282  62megs  | Van Halen Rules! 
carroll1!acct069@uwm.edu | 14.4k HST/V.32bis       | Bill & Ted are cool!
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
From: cmcurtin@bluemoon.rn.com (Matthew Curtin)
Subject: Re: Resurrection!!!!!
Organization: Blue Moon BBS ((614) 868-998[024])
Date: Fri, 02 Oct 92 10:49:37 EDT

behrenss@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE (Soenke Behrens) writes:

>       A) Be very aware of the fact the the GS is _not_ the power
> machine of today (and not the medium-sized machine of today, either).
> B) Keep in mind that in order to use your GS, you need at least a HD and
> an accelerator.
> So, try to get it _really_ cheap. This should be possible now, as the GS
> is virtually worthless (not to me, but in the used computer market). I think
> it depends on what you want to do with the computer ... if you're into gra-
> phics, I'd say stay away from the GS. If you're into highly CPU-intensive
> things, stay away. If you are into all the newest and hottest games, stay
> away. In all these cases, you are indeed better off with an IBM (yuck)
> system, possibly running OS/2.

Well... I'll disagree with the OS/2 part; OS/2 is a kludge. IBM's support 
of OS/2 is terrible. Many users here on bluemoon BBS have stated that 
IBM's attitude toward OS/2 is "wait for Pink." 

If you want a machine that can do graphics and has tons of support and 
software, I think you're better off with a Macintosh. I'm not going to 
tell you that I would get a Mac instead of a GS for _my_ use, but if you 
want lots of new games, hot graphics, etc, and you loathe DOS as much as 
I, the Mac would, IMHO, be the way to go.... 

Just for the record, I'd like to stick a plug for NeXT in here, but they 
just don't have the kind of software base (yet) that the Mac does...

> -- 
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> electricity. I need it for my dreams.      !    tu-muenchen.de
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| Columbus, OH 43227-0081       ! the name of compatibility." -B. Heineman |
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
From: lwv26@cas.org (Larry W. Virden)
Subject: Re: AppleWriter 2.1
Followup-To: comp.sys.apple2
Reply-To: lvirden@cas.org (Larry W. Virden)
Organization: Nedriv Software and Shoe Shiners, Uninc.
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 1992 05:49:19 GMT

and of course it is available for download from GEnie as well.  What ever
happened to the GEnie folk around here?  Someone was going to make some
arrangements to upload some of this software for the faithful here.  Since
so many people take the original software written and posted on 
comp.binaries.apple2 and post it to AOL, GEnie, and Compuserve it seems
only fair to see just recompense.
-- 
Larry W. Virden                 UUCP: osu-cis!chemabs!lvirden
Same Mbox: BITNET: lvirden@cas  INET: lvirden@cas.org
Personal: 674 Falls Place,   Reynoldsburg, OH 43068-1614
America Online: lvirden@aol.com
From: aa783@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Mark Spaeth)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Zoom v.32bis Modem Trouble...
Date: 28 Sep 1992 23:19:45 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Reply-To: aa783@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Mark Spaeth)
NNTP-Posting-Host: hela.ins.cwru.edu


I have an apple //gs
          proterm 3.0
          Zoom v.32bis FaxModem
          Hardware handshaking modem cable

Proterm doesn't ahve any 14.4k modem drivers (I didn't get the updates from
the InSync BBS yet) and the ones I tried (Zoom 24 and Hayes 96 (cts/rts))
did not recognize the connects..

Could someone aid me with:

A good init string?
A good driver (a name or even a BinScii?)

thanks...
From: stc7@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Steven T Chiang)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Apple II Forever (was One World Software - NEW Group PR)
Date: 28 Sep 92 18:49:36 GMT
Reply-To: stc7@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Steven T Chiang)
Organization: Columbia University

In article <JcgTRB7w165w@bluemoon.rn.com> cmcurtin@bluemoon.rn.com (Matthew Curtin) writes:
>
>I wonder who originally said "Apple II Forever," and if he (she?) had any 
>idea just how long that sentiment would (and will continue to) be 
>echoed... :)

	This is actually an Apple Trademark.  If you license Apple
Software (ie hypercard or system software), you get a list of Apple
trademarks and registered trademarks, and "Apple II Forever" is one of
them.

>| C. Matthew Curtin             ! "But I am the enlightened one, they are  |


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
Subject: Infocom games and infosnarf
From: robert-s@cs.aukuni.ac.nz (Robert Sheehan )
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 00:58:25 GMT
Organization: Computer Science Dept. University of Auckland
Keywords: Infocom, infosnarf

I am having difficulty converting my Infocom games into ProDOS format using
Infosnarf.  No matter what I try (with several different games) I get a
ProDOS error #40C.  I expect the "C" is a mistake and it should just be
#40, a pathname error.  This happens after the game disk has been accessed
and the length has been written to the screen.  The disk to save the ProDOS
version on is accessed and then I get the error.

Any help appreciated.
Robert.
-- 
------- Robert Sheehan ---- robert-s@cs.aukuni.ac.nz -------------------------
From: mdj@nic.cerf.net (Mark de Jong)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Orca/C Bug?!?!
Date: 30 Sep 92 02:20:35 GMT
Organization: CERFnet

In article <1992Sep29.140459.19942@klaava.Helsinki.FI> cust_ts@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Tero Sand) writes:
>In article <1992Sep29.095317.5180@nuscc.nus.sg> isc10327@nusunix1.nus.sg (ONG TAT-WEE) writes:
>>Hello, I would like to ask a general C question.  It has nothing to do
>>with ORCA/C bugs. :)
>>
>>I'm trying to read the time interval while waiting for the user to press
>>a key so that I can use the delay has a random seed.
>>
[stuff deleted]

Well, you can do something "gross" like this:

	char checkKbd()
	{
		return( *((char *) 0xe0c000) & 0x80 );
	}

Then your loop would be:

	while( !checkKbd() ) 
		a++;
	*((char *) 0xe0c010) = 0;

and it would check the keyboard latch for any key to be pressed. The line after
the loop clears the keyboard strobe. The pointer may have to be in variable
form for the compiler to compile this, but it should work. Also note that this
wreaks havoc with toolbox driven programs and is not recommended if you're
using the Event manager (GetNextEvent()) or TaskMaster().

Anyway, I said it was gross ...

	-- Mark
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
From: dratzlaf@nyx.cs.du.edu (Norby)
Subject: Re: Where can I buy a 19 pin "D" connector?
X-Disclaimer: Nyx is a public access Unix system run by the University
	of Denver for the Denver community.  The University has neither
	control over nor responsibility for the opinions of users.
Keywords: Non-standard
Organization: Nyx, Public Access Unix at U. of Denver Math/CS dept.
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 92 03:47:04 GMT



along almost these same lines, does anyone know of a DB-19 switchbox?
I have a hard drive which connects to the smartport of my //c, and a
Unidisk 3.5.  They will not operate together in the same chain, however.

At present I need to reach back and swap cables if I need to change drives.
A switchbox would be very convenient and could reduce wear on my
connectors.  I guess I might be able to build one, but it seems like too
much headache for me right now.


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    | \ |               GEnie: D.RATZLAFF1                
    |  \| orby
Organization: Penn State University
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 01:51:26 EDT
From: <SAB121@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Identifying strange GS parts

Check the joystick port.  It sounds as though it's reading a button press on
the joystick, which the II's read as a OA or Option keypress...

...Sal
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
From: achauhan@warsaw.math.macalstr.edu (Amrit Chauhan)
Subject: Re: MODZap fiasco?
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 00:47:17 GMT

Testing....................
From: Pauley@vnet.ibm.com (Paul Benson)
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 92 16:23:35 EDT
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: >Colorful snow
Organization: IBM Personal Computer Co. - PS/1 Development
Disclaimer: This posting represents the poster's views, not those of IBM
News-Software: UReply 3.0
            <uerics.718326705@mcl>

In <uerics.718326705@mcl> Eric D. Shepherd writes:
>Ever since I installed System 6, I've been having occasional random
>problems with all the icons of a given type (like, say, all the "document"

Sounds familiar, though it never happened to me.  I think it had something to
do about having an Icon that was assigned to '*' in your ICONS folder.  Ask
Lunatic, he's hip to these things.

Pauley
GEnie: P.Benson1
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Infocom interpreter
From: robert-s@cs.aukuni.ac.nz (Robert Sheehan )
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 02:51:31 GMT
Organization: Computer Science Dept. University of Auckland
Keywords: Infocom
Summary: Is there a public domain interpreter?

I have a copy of InfocomPro, the program to turn Infocom adventures into
ProDOS versions.  However in my 6 or 7 Infocom games, not one of them
has the interpreter needed by the program.

I know that there are public domain Infocom interpreters for Unix,
MS-DOS and Amiga systems.  Is there one for the Apple II?  Is someone
willing to write one?

If the answer is no and no, could the InfocomPro program be extended to
handle other interpreter versions?

I would like to be able to purchase The Lost Treasures of Infocom and play
them on my //c.

Thanks.
-- 
------- Robert Sheehan ---- robert-s@cs.aukuni.ac.nz -------------------------
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
From: kentm@aix.rpi.edu (Michael V. Kent)
Subject: Re: has tr been ported by anybody?
Keywords: tr, unix-t0-II
Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 16:51:27 GMT

In article <viking.718252897@vincent2.iastate.edu> viking@iastate.edu (Dan Sorenson) writes:
>	The unix box at work can do this probably a bit easier, but...
>Has anybody ported tr to the Apple II?  I'm looking for a way to
>replace ctrl-J's with ctrl-M's, and I've considered writing my own
>but don't want to take the month to learn the file routines for
>TML Pascal and make it look good.  There is a converter that will
>strip linefeeds and add them, but that's not quite what I'm after
>here.  Just simple, quick, and for all-out drooling make it an NDA
>along the lines of GScii.  No sense not asking for the moon, eh?

The Davex shell (written by Dave Lyons himself) supports a tr command.  But
it is ProDOS 8 text-only.  Otherwise, you might want to ask the GNO guys.

Mike

-- 
Michael Kent                                   kentm@rpi.edu
McDonnell Douglas                              Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
All facts in this post are based on publicly available information.  All
opinions expressed are solely those of the author.    Apple II Forever !!
From: Pauley@vnet.ibm.com (Paul Benson)
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 92 15:38:26 EDT
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Sound files...
Organization: IBM Personal Computer Co. - PS/1 Development
Disclaimer: This posting represents the poster's views, not those of IBM
News-Software: UReply 3.0
            <BvApnM.Jp4@well.sf.ca.us>

In <BvApnM.Jp4@well.sf.ca.us> Joe Kohn writes:
>Paul Benson says "there are 2 programs that change raw binary sounds to the
>proper format for the GS Sound Control Panel".
>
>To which I say...
>
>Don't forget about Triad Venture's utility that converts to rSound:

I stand corrected (twice, since Ian also mentioned this utility).  I do
have a question for Ian, then.  Ian, you wrote that AudioZap 1.2 could
handle "the above sound file types" (or something like that), does that
inclued rSounds?  So are there 4 utilities now?
There is also a utility for Foundation that I heard about which handles
rSounds, is this the SoundConvert you are talking about or something else?

Pauley
GEnie: P.Benson1
From: schultp@wl.com (Paul Schultz)
Subject: Re: Sampling MASSIVE sounds
Organization: Warner Lambert / Parke-Davis
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 03:23:20 GMT

In article <FJVXRB3w165w@bluemoon.rn.com> slhood@bluemoon.rn.com (Stephen L. Hood) writes:

>I want to sample some rather long audio 
>segments with my Audio Animator.  Is there any sampling software that will 
>allow me to work with samples larger than my available system RAM?   I 
>have 4.25 megs of RAM, but my first choice would be to record these 
>samples to the SyQuest drive.  SyQuests and other removable media (such as 
>DATs) are widely used in MIDI recording and sampling, and I would like to 
>do similar tasks without having to invest $14,000 in an Akai digital 
>
>| Stephen L. Hood                  Ask me about GNO/ME, the multitasking |
>|  Micro Center, Inc.                    environment for the Apple IIGS! |
>|  slhood@bluemoon.rn.com                  "My Woz, my Woz, why have you |
>|  slhood@pro-works.cts.com                               abandoned me?" |

Here is some news on the ECON SoundMeister card that may interest you:

(I just got a mailing from ECON today)

- It is a stereo amplifier/digitizer card which supports sampling rates of
  up to 44Khz and **CAN SPOOL THE SAMPLES TO DISK WHILE IT IS RECORDING!**
- Output: 1.5 watt per channel amplifier allows use of unpowered speakers

So, with a large Hard Drive you could sample hours of sounds!

Paul Schultz
schultp@wl.com

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
From: philip@utstat.uucp (Philip McDunnough)
Subject: Re: Sound files...
Organization: University of Toronto, Dept. of Statistics
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 18:40:35 GMT

In article <1992Sep30.155109.8939@news.iastate.edu> irsman@iastate.edu (That Ian Guy) writes:
>SoundConvert's digitizer NDA supports HyperStudio, Sonic Blaster, Audio
>Animator, SuperSonic, and FutureSound digitizing cards.

What do you mean by supports? Can it be made to work when linking two cards?
 
philip
Organization: Penn State University
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 02:11:00 EDT
From: <SAB121@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: 1.AppleTalk 2.Fax/Modems
 <9209291746.AA17617@chasm.scar.utoronto.ca>
 <1992Oct1.000344.17561@zip.eecs.umich.edu>

In article <1992Oct1.000344.17561@zip.eecs.umich.edu>, grover@emunix.emich.edu
(Grover Thomas) says:
>
>>> Also, is there a Send / Receive Fax Modem available
>>> for the GS.  I need a fax machine, so I would rather kill two birds ...
>>
>>    The faxmodems are available (Supra, Zoom, Boca, USR, Zyxel, etc.) but
>>the software currently is not.  :(
>
>From everything I've seen and heard, the software being developed for these
>FAX/modems  will SEND but will not recieve.  So it will be limited at best.
>Something about the pixel resolution being too coarse on the GS..
>--

I can understand why one would not want to display an incoming fax on a GS,
but have any of these people looked into creating a POSTSCRIPT file from the
incoming fax? This should be technically possible (I believe... Andy, Matt,
Dave, Want to correct me on this if I'm wrong?).  Then all that would be
neccessary would be to have the modem software (when in fax modem only!)
send the file to your handy dandy attached postcript laser printer.  This would
give you an output with approx. 400 dots per inch (I think, what is the limit
on an Apple laserwriter anyways?)  That should be more than enough resolution
to make any fax look great!

Any comments on this, or am I whistling in the dark (as usual)?

> __                                                                        __
>(__)  Grover Thomas                   InterNet:  grover@emunix.emich.edu  (__)
>(__)                                                                      (__)
>(__)    "Verbosity leads to unclear, inarticulate things" -Dan Quayle     (__)

...sal
<sab121@psuvm.psu.edu> <sab121@PSUVM>  ...No fancy .sig yet, still trying to
                                            get it to work on this IBM!!!
From: joe_luzzi@QMBRIDGE.CALSTATE.EDU ("Joe Luzzi")
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re- Re- 1.AppleTalk 2.Fax/M
Date: 5 Oct 92 18:50:12 GMT
Organization: The Internet


                                                               Time: 10:27
AM
                                                               Date:
10/5/92
Subject:  Re: Re- 1.AppleTalk 2.Fax/M



(Todd P. Whitesel) writes:

!>It's probably not endorsed by Apple, but I believe (in the case of a ROM
01
!>01 GS) you can put your High Speed SCSI or RamFast in slot 1 and still be
!>able to use your harddrive and AppleTalk.

>You are Confused. It has _always_ been possible to put your hard drive
card
>in ANY free slot, although it may no longer be the boot device, depending
on
>your setup.

!>Has anyone tried this, or have any negative comments?  :-) 

>I ran AppleTalk on my ROM 1 with a Ramfast in slot 2 for over a year...

I know that the hard drive card can be put into any slot.  I just wasn't
sure if the hard drive would still function in slot 1 or 2 with Appletalk
enabled on a ROM 01.  Thanks, you've answered my question.


>Todd Whitesel
>toddpw @ cco.caltech.edu

--------------------------------
Joe M. Luzzi

CSU Fullerton 
joe@fullerton.edu
From: kentm@aix.rpi.edu (Michael V. Kent)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: UUdecoder for GS wanted
Date: 1 Oct 92 23:36:32 GMT
Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY

In article <1992Oct1.171037.7547@unlinfo.unl.edu> aberigan@nde.unl.edu (A. Berigan) writes:
>
>I _can_ transfer textfiles via Kermit however.  Since the only text
>encoder I have available is uuencode, I need something that can uudecode
>on the GS end.  Then I can move it to an HFS volume and use it on the
>Mac LC II.

UUencode was port for the II series by Andy Tefft.  I have version 1.1
around here somewhere, but it should be on one of the ftp sites.

If this is of use to a bunch of you, I'll post it to cba2.

Mike

-- 
Michael Kent                                   kentm@rpi.edu
McDonnell Douglas                              Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
All facts in this post are based on publicly available information.  All
opinions expressed are solely those of the author.    Apple II Forever !!
From: schwarts@cps.msu.edu (Steven Eric Schwartz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Amrit, C/C++
Date: 4 Oct 92 13:43:06 GMT
Reply-To: schwarts@cps.msu.edu (Steven Eric Schwartz)
Organization: Dept. of Computer Science, Michigan State University
Originator: schwarts@atlantic.cps.msu.edu

In article <behrenss.718187006@hphalle6> behrenss@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE (Soenke Behrens) writes:
>schwarts@cps.msu.edu (Steven Eric Schwartz) writes:
>
>>>>I'd like to see a C++ compiler for the IIGS.  Anyone? }:>
>>>lcc with g++. Or go with the (rumoured) ORCA/C++.
>>What do you mean lcc with g++? I took a C++ class over the summer and would
>>like to do some work with it.
>
>lcc is a compiler that is ported to the GS by Procyon, Inc. g++ is the GNU
>C++ front-end for their gcc (naturally, this was before C++ was built into
>gcc, i.e. version 1.4.x). lcc is supposed to handle the output of g++. Thus,
>you would first send your C code through g++, and then have lcc process it.
>Not that you would notice that ... as as a user you (most of the time) deal
>with a front-end similar to cc, anyway ;-)
>
>Soenke

So what do I completely need for my gs to do C++?

-- 
Steven Eric Schwartz            "It's not safe out here. It's wonderous, with
(schwarts@cps.msu.edu)           treasures to satiate desires both subtle and
125 East Wilson Hall-MSU         gross.  But it's not for the timid."
East Lansing, Michigan  48825                           - Q, "Q Who"
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
From: cmcurtin@bluemoon.rn.com (Matthew Curtin)
Subject: Re: Resurrection!!!!!
Organization: Blue Moon BBS ((614) 868-998[024])
Date: Fri, 02 Oct 92 10:34:48 EDT

lchavas@CSD4.CSD.UWM.EDU (Linda Catherine Havas) writes:

> Still, though, the GS my friends are selling looks awfully appealing.
> So what are your thoughts? Do I continue pouring money into the
> IIc, which isn't really supported anymore, or do I just blow the
> big bucks and get a newer (and possibly more reliable) GS? Anyone
> have any opinions they'd like to share? PLEASE? My brother would
> love to share his...but he's an IBM-o-phile and never could understand
> my wanting an Apple in the first place.

Well, I've seen GS (ROM 01) CPU, keyboard, and mouse setups for $350 
(used). I've seen 3.5 drives for under $200 and another $200 for an Apple 
13" RGB monitor (although I think I'd rather get the Magnavox...) When I 
first got my GS three years ago, I spent most of my time running 8-bit 
software. However, as time went on, I used more and more GS-specific 
stuff. Nowadays, I use almost nothing but GS stuff.

Your //c will no doubt continue to be a faithful companion to you for 
quite some time, but the GS is really fantastic, especially if you want to 
do things like play neat games and cool demos. Additionally, things are 
looking better for the GS than they have been in some time; new software 
is coming out and people are taking it upon themselves to push the machine 
further. The GS, I think, is not a "mainstream" machine as it may have 
been able to be considered when it first came out; it has returned to its 
original state, IMHO, the hacker's computer. 


I love my GS, I can't imagine being without it. I do use other machines 
(only UNIX boxes, though, and never from IBM :-) ), but I love my GS the 
most.

I guess what it really comes down to is the purpose you're going to use it 
for the most. If you're only going to do word processing that AppleWorks 3 
can handle and telecommunications with something like ProTERM 3, there 
isn't a whole  lot of point to getting the GS. But, if you want more 
flexibility, newer software (and the most incredible sound around, except 
"workstations," ie, NeXT and Sun...) get a GS. If you do decide to get 
one, I'd get it used...there are enough of them for sale that you can get 
a really good deal on a complete system with tons of software...

Enough babbling for now... :)
> Linda Havas  ----------------> lchavas@csd4.csd.uwm.edu


 __________________________________________________________________________
| C. Matthew Curtin             ! "But I am the enlightened one, they are  |
| P.O. Box 27081                ! but mere sheep, following each other in  |
| Columbus, OH 43227-0081       ! the name of compatibility." -B. Heineman |
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