HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: tcomtaob@BLUFFS.SCAR.UTORONTO.CA (Brian Tao)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: ProDOS8 2.0.1
Date: 8 Apr 92 04:46:58 GMT
Article-I.D.: bluffs.9204080446.AA20953
Organization: The Internet

The following revelation escaped Darrin J. Redick's lips:
> 
> Apple likes to screw with P8 quite a bit.  Every new version that comes
> out is a bit different than the previous one.  That's why SMT has had to
> come out with a new NSC Utils disk every so often.

    I'll say... Disk Witch 2.2.3 says I'm running ProDOS 8 v4.6 now!  From
your last statement, I assume that there is a new No-Slot Clock available
for ProDOS 8 2.0.1?  Where can I pick it up (actually, I'm asking for
a friend)?
-- 
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Dept. of Exobiology   | :::::> generic!terranet!taob@zoo.toronto.edu <:::::
University of Toronto | "Though this be madness, yet there is method in't."
From: tcomtaob@CHASM.SCAR.UTORONTO.CA (Brian Tao)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Geek Benchmarks
Date: 9 Apr 92 00:32:46 GMT
Article-I.D.: chasm.9204090032.AA09445
Organization: The Internet

The following revelation escaped Andrew Nicholas's lips:
> 
> BTW, the Finder's own loading time isn't going to get much faster than it
> already is -- I had to do the preloading of resources from the resource
> fork myself in order to speed up the load time.

    Does the Finder really need to load in TextEdit and the Font Manager?
I don't see anything that would use it (the Help dialog, perhaps?)  That
would speed things up somewhat.
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Dept. of Exobiology   | :::::> generic!terranet!taob@zoo.toronto.edu <:::::
University of Toronto | "Though this be madness, yet there is method in't."
From: mattd@apple.com (Matt Deatherage)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: writing drivers
Date: 7 Apr 92 00:29:06 GMT
Organization: Developer Technical Support, Apple Computer, Inc.

In article <1992Mar29.025249.24971@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE>, behrenss@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE (Soenke Behrens) writes:
> 
> Thanks for the info. I really thought it was still beta draft as it does
> not show up on my Addison Wesley catalogue. Could you probably give me
> an ISBN # so I can order it in FRG, thus avoiding the high S/H?
> 
> Many thanks
> Soenke

No.  "DRAFT" means "It's not an Addison-Wesley book."

This will never be an A-W book, either.  Resource Central is the _only_
source.

============================================================================
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Support, Apple Computer, Inc.         | not those of Apple Computer, and
Personal mail only, please.  Thanks.  | shame on you for thinking otherwise.
^^^^^^^^ Technical questions are not personal. Please post them instead.
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
From: philip@utstat.uucp (Philip McDunnough)
Subject: Re: Sys 6 and Transprog
Organization: University of Toronto, Dept. of Statistics
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1992 11:50:15 GMT

In article <m0lYNWV-0000KjC@crash.cts.com> kimba@gnh-cathouse.cts.com (Kim Brennan) writes:

[ ]
> 
>You would more LIKELY proceed along these lines...
>1) Figure out what formulas are needed.
>2) Create the formulas in Formulate. (each separately of course)
>3) Save each formulate (in quickdraw form).
>4) Enter AWGS (if using Quickdraw form) or GW III (if using SHR form) and
>compose your document.

This way seems totally unacceptable to be. That's why Formulate GS should be
an NDA. You don't want to save things like alpha sup 2 sub k . Basically in
typing most technical documents you'd have removed 1/3 of the document. Worse,
this 1/3rd would be scattered all over the place.

Philip
philip@utstat.toronto.edu

From: Rick.Zeman@p943.f70.n109.z1.fidonet.org (Rick Zeman)
Sender: Uucp@blkcat.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: what's $E0/$8002?
Date: Wed, 08 Apr 1992 02:05:45 -0500

        shrinkit@Apple.COM (Andrew Nicholas) writes:
 
 AN> Now THERE'S an idea.  I should probably strip the high word when
 AN> extracting
 AN> in GSHK v1.0.6 (along with fixing the high bit problem and Brian Tao's).
 AN> 
 AN> andy
 AN> 
      Now that you've got a life outside the Finder <grin>, what are your plans
regarding 1.1?  I remember the Genesys interface that you built and I still
think that it would be too cool to have.

 AN> -- 
 AN> Andy Nicholas			GEnie & America-Online: shrinkit
 AN> Apple Computer, Inc.		       	      InterNET: shrinkit@apple.com
 AN>
From: Jeanne.Chappell@bbs.oit.unc.edu (Jeanne Chappell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: sys6 and AEHD Disk3.5
Date: 6 Apr 92 14:20:40 GMT
Organization: Extended Bulletin Board Service

I have had a problem with sys6 - wondering if anyone else has had the same
experience.  I have an AEHD 3.5 floppy drive (Applied Eng. high density drive) 
When I have the AEHDDisk3.5 driver installed in */system/driver, System 6.0
hangs on bootup.  Obviously this is a AE problem but who wants to call their
900 number?  The drive works fine as an 800K drive but without the driver
I can not use it as a High density drive.

My setup is Rom 01 - 4 1/4 Mb
            TransWarpGS w. 32K cache
            RamFast V2.0
            CMS 60Mb hard disk
            CMS romovable hard disk
            Apple 3.5 floppy drive
            AEHD 3.5 floppy drive

Jeanne Chappell  bbs.oit.unc.edu

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
From: toh@micor.ocunix.on.ca (Marc Sira)
Subject: Re: APDA and books
Organization: M.B. Cormier INC.
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 92 02:01:17 EDT

kiszkaw@woods.ulowell.edu writes:
>
>  Does anyone know the address for the Apple Programmers and Developers

[Slurp]


APDA doesn't have any of the ][ stuff anymore...it's all been handed over to 
Resource Central. Their full-size catalog isn't printed yet (well, it may be 
by now, but I haven't got it yet) but their smaller catalog does list quite 
a few good books that would help you out.

Resource Central
P.O. Box 11250
Overland Park, KS
66207-1250
U.S.A.

Or at the cool phone number of (913) 469-6502. Ask for the origami envelope.


>          Bill Kiszka
>          kiszkaw@woods.ulowell.edu


Marc Sira               |
toh@micor.ocunix.on.ca  |  "Why are you always shaaaking yer eyeballs?"
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From: badbunny@gnh-starport.cts.com (Brendan Hoar)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: cjpeg/djpeg
Date: 9 Apr 92 09:30:54 GMT
Organization: The Internet
X-Unparsable-Date: Wed Apr 08 92 at 10:56:56 (EDT)

Thanks Andy!
Oh yeah, remind me NOT to try to run ORCA shell scripts under GNO.
Anyway, the test imgs you send in the archive work pretty well.

However, I can't seem to get some of the larger jpegs to convert well.  Or
rather, I can't seem to get them to convert well in the background under GNO
since I don't have patience enuff to wait under ORCA.  :)           

This could be a djpeg or GNO problem - haven't traced it yet:

sit 1:
Start up GNO 1.0 release.  Do a 'djpeg -G -m3m traci2.jpg traci2.gif&'.

It works for about 20 minutes or so (according to ps) then gives me a coupla
Bogus allocate_SOMETHING_sarray and a coupla Bogus free_SOMETHING_sarray where
something is a text string my memory has deallocated (in my head that is). 
Then it keeps running (according to ps).

About 38 minutes into the processes I sit down at the keyboard and execute
testit (the ORCA shell script).  Oops.  I get about 7 shell errors and the
whole machine goes south.  Gotta reboot.  This is attributable to a possible
combination of a) USER ERROR!!! :)  b)  GNO shell/kernel bug(s)  c)  something
else?

sit 2:
Start up GNO 1.0 release.  Do a 'djpeg -G traci8.jpg traci8.gif&'.

This file is approximate 12k-20k (memory is not refreshed properly at work).

Then I run a nameless telcom program under GNO. And chat on IRC for about 30
minutes or so.  Anyway after about 800second of runtime of djpeg (200+ of the 
telcom program - both checked by the GNO Snooper CDA), I get neat garbage on
every other column of my text screen.  Oh cool - what I wouldn't do for a PMMU
right now.  I inform everyone on IRC of this (they think its neat too!) after
I do a ctrl-l clear screen.  It starts happening at regularly occuring
intervals, but the program keeps running and GNO Snooper still continues to
work.  Finally after it gets really annoying I quit out of the program and
DON'T get returned to the shell.  Yet another reboot.  Of course, this causes 
djpeg to cease execution.

Results.  Two dubiously named gif files containing 0 bytes of information. 
Enuff fun to entertain the live IRC crew.  Headaches for Andy (well, maybe I  
should try it under ORCA for a while so he doesn't get TOO mad...)

Yet another waste (of bandwidth),
Brendan.

Brendan Gallagher Hoar -=- badbunny@gnh-starport.cts.com  (INET -> Apple //)
1641 Mt. Eagle Pl.  Alexandria, VA 22302  (703) 998-5687/8657/8032
From: dlyons@Apple.COM (David A Lyons)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Apple II and @ Sign
Date: 13 Apr 92 10:26:29 GMT
Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA

In article <1361700004@igc.org> support2@igc.org (IGC User Support) writes:
>/* ---------- "Apple II and @ Sign" ---------- */
>We have a user who would like help in generating an @ sign with
>an Apple II keyboard which does not contain that character.  Does
>anyone know offhand what the key combination for this might be?

If memory serves, it's just Shift-P.

However, if the user is using some special software that allows lower-
case keyboard input, you'll need to refer to that software's documentation
to find out how to generate special characters.

Or experiment with Control-everything and Control-Shift-everything.  There
aren't all that many keys on an Apple II keyboard!
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Apple II System Software Engineer         |   P.O. Box 875
America Online: Dave Lyons                |   Cupertino, CA 95015-0875
GEnie:DAVE.LYONS  CompuServe:72177,3233 Internet:dlyons@apple.com

My opinions are my own, not Apple's.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
From: toddpw@cco.caltech.edu (Todd P. Whitesel)
Subject: Re: ir2
Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1992 08:53:51 GMT

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

>I was somewhat concerned about the file being packed from HFS disks, given
>the recent discussions we've been having about the problems with GSCii and
>GSHK when HFS is involved.  However, if it un-shrank without any errors, then
>you can assume that the file is okay.

NO, YOU CANNOT assume the file is okay. I have had problems un-GSHK'ing things
from both HFS and prodos partitions to a ProDOS RAMdisk (.ramcard1, not /ram5)
where NO ERRORS OCCURED IN GSHK. The only indication(s) I had that the files
were bad was (a) they didn't work, and (b) they were smaller than the GSHK
listing said the uncompressed size should be. This seems to be similar to the
HFS writing problem (which appears to be caused in part by use of NewLine mode)
that Derek is investigating. In this particular case, un-gshk'ing from a Prodos
HD partition to my HFS partition worked -- no errors and the files were fine.
Unfortunately, the archive I have that reproduces this is something I can't
release without permission from Procyon. (It's pnp.shk, guys.)

Maybe the A2.RAMCARD driver doesn't like my AE Ramfactor??

Todd Whitesel
toddpw @ tybalt.caltech.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
From: toh@micor.ocunix.on.ca (Marc Sira)
Subject: Re: Here is the FIX for the new P8 problems
Organization: M.B. Cormier INC.
Date: Tue, 07 Apr 92 06:03:07 EDT

unknown@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (The Unknown Matt) writes:

> 	Serious qeustion here..  Why is letting the RamFAST do the remapping
> better than letting P8 do the mapping?
> 	Since you can already turn off the mapping with the Ramfast, as other
> people have stated, I think I'd rather have Apple's software doing the
> remapping than patching files to get it to turn off the remapping..
> (Plus, since it's Apple's software, you'd think if there were any other
> sorts of conflicts whatsoever, Apple's would do it more 'within its own rules

Becaaaauuuse you might want to use older versions of P8 sometimes (Why? I 
don't know...compatibility with badly written old programs, etc.) and it's a 
pain to have to keep changing the RamFAST map. I can't see how it could 
cause problems...as far as any OS talking to the RF is concerned, there 
simply are devices in those slots.

Plus, when you use the RamFAST for awhile, you gain a sort of trust for it 
(unless you're Tc B-).

> /unknown@ucscb.ucsc.edu                                    Apple IIGS Forever


Marc Sira               |
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From: unknown@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (The Unknown Matt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Wizardary's operating system
Date: 8 Apr 92 02:39:36 GMT
Organization: University of California, Santa Cruz; Open Access Computing


	As a side note about Wizardry, Wizardry 1-3 was rereleased as 
a set, and it runs off of 3.5" floppies (if you ask for it that way).
	I found that out from Robert J. Woodhead, who I saw posting on another
newsgroup.. (I asked him if he was _THE_ Robert J Woodhead, and obviously it 
was)
-- 
/unknown@ucscb.ucsc.edu                                    Apple IIGS Forever!\
\Mail me:Get INFOCOM GAMES RERELEASED,ULT VI GS done,for UNIX GS&CHEAP CD info/
From: DELANEYG@wm6.wl.aecl.ca
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Gscii 2.3.1 segment cont won't change
Date: 9 Apr 92 02:26:00 GMT
Article-I.D.: wl.01GIM8R4FY9S96W0XO
Organization: The Internet

I've been having a problem with GSCII 2.3.1.  I appear to be unable to change
the segment count from 3. In the old verseion 2.2 I could change it to all and
create a file to upload to a FTP site.  Now I appear to be stuck with 3
segment.  Any Ideas?

Grant delaney
delaneyg@wl.aecl.ca
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
From: mark@trillian.jsc.nasa.gov (Mark Manning)
Subject: Re: Why no Small C?
Organization: Simulacron I
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1992 22:22:07 GMT

I know that's right!  (drip...drip....drip)
From: j0p7771@tamuts.tamu.edu (Jason Perez)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: AudioZap 1.2 still won't record
Keywords: ha-ha-how,shredder,krang,rocksteady,bebop
Date: 9 Apr 92 07:01:33 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: ~/lib/organization


   i just recently got the latest version (1.2) and now i can record
from my MDIdeas Supersonic Digitizer with no problems.   the oscilloscope
function works, but the monitor output doesn't do much (something 
appears on my receiver's spectrum anaylzyer - a very low signal at around 1kHz).
   oh, i have a ROM 01GS,Zip 9/32,sys6,1.25Mb RAM (boo hoo), PCT,
and a RAMfast rev.d (which i don't have any problems with it or p8 v2.0.1).
contrary to ian, i can digitize and play back with the zip enabled.
   but, why isn't the playback rate automatically set to what you just
recorded?  i can record something, then have to fiddle with the rate for
the recording to sound right.  and why can't i sample past about 23kHz?
is this a Supersonic, Esoniq, or audiozap limitation (the play slider goes
to about 41 kHz - which would ideal when sampling from CD's)?
From: x9999bns@maple.circa.ufl.edu (David Isaacson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Installer and Tools
Date: 14 Apr 92 05:32:56 GMT
Reply-To: X9999BNS%oak.decnet@pine.circa.ufl.edu
Organization: The CIRCA Underground

Yes I know I've been posting a lot lately :)
  I've been running across a few cases where I'll launch a program and it'll
say it needs a tool installed. No prob. I just install it, but these are tools
that used to be part of the basic installation in 5.04 (I think). It seems out
of the 4 tools in SysTools1, only 1 was installed: Tool32. I've had to install
25 and 26(?) for ModZap and HyperStudio. Am I missing something in the scripts
or were these supposed to be already installed?


David Isaacson           VAX:  Fraenhawk@maple.circa.ufl.edu
                               X9999BNS@maple.circa.ufl.edu

                         Unix: fhawk@nerix.nerdc.ufl.edu
From: 2frjbits@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu (Preston J. Park)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: WANTED: Apple IIgs Case
Date: 10 Apr 92 11:55:44 CDT
Organization: Macrocosm BBS: 913-841-9446

In article <44490@mentor.cc.purdue.edu>, 
markie@sage.cc.purdue.edu (Mark Miller) writes:
> I have a friend who needs an Apple IIgs case.  Does anybody out there
> have a spare one that they are not using?

I got mine replaced at a dealer for $30 if you want to try that route.
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
From: duveneck@cs.uwp.edu (Sandy Duveneck)
Subject: Backup II
Organization: University of Wisconsin - Parkside
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1992 15:33:46 GMT

Before installing system 6, I thought I should back my vulcan up as I'd never
done it since I got it.   I have a rom01 gs with 2.5meg, a vulcan 40 in slot 7
and a sider 10 in slot 6 (which was disabled since I was going to backup to
5.25s).  When I tell backup to backup ae1 (the 32meg partition), it makes
noises likes it's building the directory and then chokes and says invalid
pathname.  I'm assuming it doesn't like /ae1 since I don't give it a pathname
for the floppy drive.  It worked fine on /ae2 which is the rest of the drive
but with only a few files on it.  I can back up individual folders, but that's
a bit tedious.

I logged on to aol and looked for another utility or a better version of
Backup II, but no luck.  I tried downloading UWGS.shk, but 90 minutes into
what was supposed to be a 76 minute download, I noticed nothing was happening
(the thermometer was sitting at about 80percent, but not moving.)

Suggestions?  I think the backup II version is 2.0.

Thanks

Sandy

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|Sandy Duveneck		Just think, if Edison hadn't invented the light     |
|UW-Parkside		bulb, we'd all be sitting here in the dark working  |
|Kenosha, WI		on our computers.  (Joke page in  magazine.)        |
|duveneck@cs.uwp.edu				   	                    |
From: unknown@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (The Unknown Matt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Apple IIGS.System 6.0
Date: 6 Apr 92 17:58:01 GMT
Organization: University of California, Santa Cruz; Open Access Computing


In article <1992Apr03.233347.10297@norfolk.vak12ed.edu> fculpepp@norfolk.vak12ed.edu (Fred W. Culpepper) writes:
>NEW FEATURES:
>	4.  You may now name a ram disk using any name you
>choose within the specs of the Apple IIGS itself.  

	I don't know what you're getting at here, but you've been able to 
rename the RAM disk for a long time..

>	5.  Many drivers have been added including one for a
>lazer printer!  

	The laser printer drivers are not new..

>	6.  Along with system disk, system.tools, etc. there is
>a disk called "/synthLAB" with instructions on the disk in a
>text file.  It appears to be a music and sound synthesizer.

	Yeah.. The program was previously available as a 'beta' through APDA.
(For a year or more, at least I'd guess)
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
From: unknown@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (The Unknown Matt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Vitesse (was:Re: System 6 Launcher!)
Date: 9 Apr 92 20:49:24 GMT
Article-I.D.: darkstar.32469
Organization: University of California, Santa Cruz; Open Access Computing


In article <9204090045.AA09561@chasm.scar.utoronto.ca> tcomtaob@CHASM.SCAR.UTORONTO.CA (Brian Tao) writes:
}    You know, I hope Vitesse isn't too discouraged by System 6.  Looks
}like MicroWings has been replaced with the standard Sys6 launcher, and
}I like Archiver better than Salvation Backup!  Perhaps this will
}encourage Vitesse to improve their product line.

	Well, if Wings worked with non-ProDOS volumes and if the file copier
section copied the way the Finder does (copy files in batches to fill up 
memory before writing out, rather than one at a time), it would still 
be at least a match for the Finder in general usefulness.
	However, it doesn't, so it isn't.  [They abandoned the GS, haven't
they?  If not, I hope they update Wings]
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From: teds@pro-palmtree.socal.com (Teddy Slottow)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2,from.socal.com
Subject: rBundle
Date: 11 Apr 92 16:42:31 GMT
Organization: The Palmtree BBS - 310/450-9394 - Santa Monica, CA

What is the definition of the rBundle resource?  I want to add an icon to a
program I'm writing.  I don't have Genysis so I'm creating the resource
fork in Rez.


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From: boenne@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Robert C. Boenne)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: How can I check my drive?
Date: 7 Apr 92 22:34:58 GMT
Organization: Purdue University Computing Center


I've been bugging everyone to get a new used drive but I think I can fix my
exsisting drive.

The Problem:  I tried to eject a disk, it rose halfway and jammed.  I used a
	paper clip to manually eject the disk.  After that, no matter what
	disk was placed in the drive, it would prompt me to format a disk.
	I tried to format a disk and it gave me an error.  I tried to boot
	from the drive and I got prodos error $27. 

Symptoms:  I can hear the protective covering on the disk being opened and
	I can hear the drive spin.  But I do not hear the drive tracking 
	laterally.  It does allow me to insert and eject disks 'automatically'.

Now what?: I opened up the drive and I THINK that it could be the stepper motor
	that drives the screw assembly that moves the read/write head.  How
	can I check this to be certain?  Currently, I have to take the drive
	apart just to look at this part.

Thanks in advance.
			-Rbt
From: lucifer@world.std.com (Kevin S Green)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Can I use Floptical drives (128M)
Date: 8 Apr 92 21:43:52 GMT
Article-I.D.: world.BMEsD4.Lp7
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA

In article <d552148@pro-tiger> daveharv@pro-tiger.UUCP (Dave Harvey-SysAdmin) writes:
|In <BM1xnG.KJI@world.std.com> lucifer@world.std.com (Kevin S Green) writes:
|
|>Thanks unknown & Craig. I'm a little more confident now, in case
|>I decide to buy one. The prices I have seen are in the $1500
|>range (from the various Mac mags). I do need removable storage
|
|Those must have been very large capacity ones.  I'm interested in one I saw
|advertized for $649.00.  Each floptical disk holds 20 mb.  It's made by

Dave,
Yes, the ones I am interested in are the 128Mb flopticals.
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