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From: toh@micor.ocunix.on.ca (Marc Sira)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Sound to Sound
Date: 10 Apr 92 15:55:16 GMT
Organization: M.B. Cormier INC.

rheinze@lrc.edu writes:

> Is there a program that can convert sounds from one
> format to another.
> Specifically I would like to take sounds made with
> the Sonic Blaster and play them with SynthLaw and
> vice versa.
> 
> Also I would eventually like to grab some sounds from
> a Mac and play them back.
> 
> I guess I am looking for something like Superconvert
> that works with sounds.
> 
> Any help?


Well, there's no way of doing this in a single step like with SuperConvert, 
but it can be done. What you could do would be to pack the Mac file 
containing the sound in a resource (with StuffIt), stick the disk into the 
GS's drive under Finder 6.0 (yeah!) and unpack the archive with Shrinkit-GS 
(with "Split StuffIt archives into seperate forks" or whatever flagged). 
Next you'd run Resource Spy on the Mac resource fork (which is now in a 
seperate binary file) and extract the sound resources you want, saving them 
in raw sound files.

Raw sound output is also available from the Sonic Blaster software, so at 
this point the next step is the same wherever the sound originated. You'd 
run a program called SynthCreate, which allows you to build synthLAB 
wavebanks from sampled sounds, and put together a useful set of noises. Then 
just edit the instrument parameters from within synthLAB, and voila. Three 
days later, and you're done.

Well, it doesn't actually take that long, but you will need all the programs 
mentioned above to do Mac conversions (not to mention a Mac) and you will 
need SynthCreate for either conversion.

You're going to have to spend a lot of time on the instrument parameters to 
get synthLAB-like sound from sampled wavebanks, though. And I don't know how 
you'd get ~Piano type single-cycle waves, for the loop portion of a note.


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From: smoon@strfleet.gsfc.nasa.gov (Sang J. Moon)
Subject: Where do I get ProDOS for //e?
Organization: NASA GSFC Code 534.2
Distribution: na
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 21:09:34 GMT

I am trying to get the most recent version of ProDOS 8 for my //e.
What is the most recent version for the //e, and where can I get it?
My local Apple dealer only sells Macs and hasn't even heard of ProDOS!

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From: irsman@iastate.edu (Ian R Schmidt)
Subject: Re: Lovin' System 6
Summary: I -never- can resist this type of thing (-: 
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, IA
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1992 14:38:59 GMT

In article <1992Apr8.113527.19953@ccu.umanitoba.ca> umpistun@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Brent Pistun) writes:
>
>     I saw System 6.0 for the first time last week, and I was wondering
>what you all think the big deal is about it.
>
>     For one thing, it isn't a signifigant enhancement of version 5.  For
>another, it's a dog.  It's slow, buggy and USELESS.  Also, don't forget,
>IT'S JUST A ****ing PROGRAM LAUNCHER!!!  It really does nothing for you.

Err, yes it is.  Its a complete operating system, a word processor (teach),
a complete set of mac-style programming tools, a disk backup (archiver), a
MIDI sequencer (synthLAB), a powerful SCSI util (ADU), and a fun game to boot
(AppleBowl).  It neither slow, nor buggy, nor useless...are you working for
TC or something? ;-)

>     I think it's really sad that you people make such a big deal about the
>only piece of sofware that has come out in recent memory.  

Hmm, GNO and DreamGrafix come to mind as recent memory...maybe my memory
has the wrong kind of chips, eh?

>     The Apple II line has made a signifigant contribution to personal 
>computer technology, but the day of the Apple II line is gone.  It's
>dead.  Finished.  History.

BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZT!  but thanks for playing c.s.a2 flame
wars, v4.01.

>     Send all replies to /dev/null.

Nah, nothing fun there to read these things.

Final Additional Quote: "Kill him, he is lame!" - ECC Synchro Demo



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From: magras@cps.msu.edu (Mr. Jean-Claude Magras)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: I'm way off tartget but anyone know sockets ?
Date: 17 Apr 92 00:31:09 GMT
Organization: Anarchy Committee
Originator: magras@pacific.cps.msu.edu

Hi folks,

I'me working on a little C++ project and wanted to implement a
socket object. Man pages don't tell you how to specify a name
for the callee to be 'connect'd to. Just point me to the right
newsgroup (I KNOW WELL THE BIG POTS OF BOILING TAR AND NAPALM
KEPT BY THE LOCALS :). Don't worry I'm going home to work on my
apple 2 project.

Suggestions for good books & articles welcome too.

Thanks in advance, 


J.C. Magras

 magras@cps.msu.edu. | 517 337 2267 | 1736 Burcham Dr., E. Lansing, MI 48823

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From: mattd@apple.com (Matt Deatherage)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: writing drivers
Date: 15 Apr 92 19:12:18 GMT
Organization: Developer Technical Support, Apple Computer, Inc.

In article <9204090123.AA10264@chasm.scar.utoronto.ca>, tcomtaob@CHASM.SCAR.UTORONTO.CA (Brian Tao) writes:
> 
> The following revelation escaped Matt Deatherage's lips:
> > 
> > Right source, wrong book.  If you have _any_ GS/OS book labeled "Volume 1"
> > or "Volume 2", burn it.  It's out of date and dangerous.
> 
>     Does this include the Toolbox References?  At least I have Vol. 3 of
> that (but not Volume 1).
> -- 
> Brian T. Tao    =*8-) | ::::::::> tcomtaob@chasm.scar.utoronto.ca <::::::::

A toolbox book is not a GS/OS book.  A toolbox book is a toolbox book.

This is what we call a "General truth."

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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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From: kreme@isis.cs.du.edu (Tzan Tzu -- Zen master of Origami Fighting Fish)
Subject: Scott Everts's STTNG Stack?
Summary: Any Update's??
Organization: Nyx, Public Access Unix at U. of Denver Math/CS dept.
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 92 23:11:15 GMT

cott Evert's wrote a very nice Star Trek the Next Genreation HyperCard (or
maybe not) Stack program for the GS.  I bought (Shareware) Version 5.6
which includes episode summaries for seasons 1-3 and part of season 4. 
Since we are finishing up season 5, I was wondering if there had been
any further updates.  The note from Scott (with the disks) said I would
receive info on further updates, but I've gotten nothing.

I would very much like to see a new version.  The Episode summaries are
very useful.

Is Scott on the net?  Does anyone have any info on this?  Please e-mail and
I will post a summary.  No use getting 40 messages on the net saying the
same thing :-) Better to let my mailbox handle them...


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From: toh@micor.ocunix.on.ca (Marc Sira)
Subject: Re: System 6.0 woes, and other things
Organization: M.B. Cormier INC.
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 92 10:13:40 EDT

dlyons@Apple.COM (David A Lyons) writes:

> In article <msyoiB6w162w@micor.ocunix.on.ca> toh@micor.ocunix.on.ca (Marc Sir
> >[...yellow folders, sometimes ugly...]
> >Yep, but it happens sometimes in directories that have no Finder.Data file. 
> >I have a couple of folders that are (for instance) a colored picture on a 
> >white background, which the finder refuses to color yellow (whether because 
> >of the default, or by selecting that color from the menu). Like, if default 
> >color was left at yellow and I created a new folder named "Games" (this is 
> >one of them) it would come up white. Most any other folder icon I have would
> >get tinted yellow...I can't figure out what's special about the ones it 
> >won't touch.
> 
> Every icon has an "already colored" flag that you can set with DIcEd or
> Icon Ed.  It's under Edit Attributes... (at least in DIcEd).  When the
> box is checked, the system never applies recoloring to the icon.  The
> System folder icon is marked that way.  If you have any custom folder
> icons that already contain color, go set the checkbox for those icons,
> and they won't get uglified with yellow.

Yep...thanks. I realised this after reading one of your other messages. I've 
always used IconEd (and previously, the Icon Editor v0.2 from System 
3.1...yow...) because I prefer the interface, but unfortunately it has no 
clue that there's a color flag. I found an old copy of DicEd (it seems 
old...is v1.2 old?) and set the bits on the relevant icons...thanks! I won't 
bother anyone about this anymore B-).

REALLY kind of annoying that IconEd didn't do this...was the color flag 
introduced relatively recently (during the history of GS icons)?

> -- 
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> America Online: Dave Lyons                |   Cupertino, CA 95015-0875
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> 
> My opinions are my own, not Apple's.


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From: bb252@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (James L. Brookes)
Subject: Re: AudioZap 1.2 still won't record
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, (USA)
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 92 23:53:20 GMT


fadden@uts.amdahl.com (Andy McFadden) writes:
 
>Well, I disabled my ZipGS and AUDIOZAP STILL WON'T RECORD OR ALLOW ME TO
>MONITOR INPUT.
 
>(sorry for yelling, just wanted to be heard over Ian's shouts)
 
Hehehehe.
 
>I'm still getting nothing but whisper static in AudioZap, I can still record
>with the software that comes with the card (with my Zip enabled, no less),
>and I can still watch the oscilloscope dance to the beat of the music.
 
>Now I see why Ian is starving. ;-)
 
Hm, that's low! :)
 
[configuration deleted]
 
I just remembered from back when I had an MDIdeas card...I didn't have to
have the slot set to 'Your card'.  I don't know if this is the problem, but
it might explain it.  That is, you might not have it set to Your Card, yet
it works with the MDIdeas software.  And, maybe Ian is using different
means to access the slot for the oscilliscope, so it works even if the
slot setting isn't Your Card.
 
 
Just a thought...
 
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From: mattd@apple.com (Matt Deatherage)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Problems with SCSI HD and Apple HS SCSI card
Date: 8 Apr 92 23:25:02 GMT
Organization: Developer Technical Support, Apple Computer, Inc.

In article <cq5miB1w164w@bluemoon.rn.com>, dougger@bluemoon.rn.com (Doug Stevenson) writes:
> 
> This is, to say the least, making me very frustrated!!  I have 213 megs 
> sitting around doing nothing!  I feel that if I buy a RamFAST, the 
> problems will go away because I heard that the newer model hard drives 
> don't work too well with the Apple HS SCSI card.  Or maybe it's the custom 
> cable, but I doubt it.  Or it may even be the hard drive, but I don't see 
> what could be wrong with that.
> 
> Doug
> 
I don't know what your specific problem is, but there's something I've
heard a lot of recently that I'd like to clear up.

The Apple II SCSI Cards work with all hard drives that support the SCSI-I
standard.  SCSI-II requires the initiator/host (that's the SCSI Card in
our case) to supply terminator power.  The Apple II SCSI Cards do _not_
supply terminator power because to do so would be to greatly exceed the
power capacity allocated to a single slot in the Apple IIe or IIgs
computers.

So if you see a hard drive that "supports SCSI-II", first find out if it
supplies terminator power (many of them do, SCSI-II permits it).  If it
doesn't, it won't work with the Apple card.

I'm told (I'm not an owner so I can't verify this) that the RAMFast card
_does_ supply terminator power.  If so, investigate and maked informed
decisions before plopping one in a slot; if your system is already taxing
the power supply, a card that exceeds the requirements could push it over
the edge.

(Lots of cards exceed the limits so don't think this is something hideous
that CV Tech has done; the Video Overlay Card and the Transwarp GS also
make the specification look like swiss cheese.  But put too many of these
cards into your system and you're asking for trouble.)

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Matt Deatherage, Developer Technical  | The opinions expressed herein are
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.
============================================================================
From: shrinkit@Apple.COM (Andrew Nicholas)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: System 6 Icons question
Date: 6 Apr 92 20:10:40 GMT
Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA

In article <1992Apr5.212645.39059@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> 2frjbits@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu (Preston Park) writes:

>Hey, I bet it would be possible to write a finder extention that does this.
>Where are all those System 6 tech notes anyway?

They're not technotes.  The documents you want are the System 6 Toolbox ERS and
the Finder 6.0 ERS.  You can find them on the System 6 CD which is being
mailed to developers later this month (or being mailed right now for all I
know).  The CD will also be available for purchase through Resource-Central,
and we'll be/are investigating whether the ERS's will be available via FTP.

andy

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From: unknown@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (The Unknown Matt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: CD ROM for IIgs
Date: 6 Apr 92 17:54:28 GMT
Organization: University of California, Santa Cruz; Open Access Computing


In article <1992Apr05.231856.11186@crash.cts.com> edward@pro-ren.cts.com (Edward Floden) writes:
>Well, with the employment of GS/OS version 6, you'll be able to read Macintosh
>CD-ROMs, thanks to the HFS.FST. But unless the Macintosh files that you're
>reading are standard ASCII text, they won't be of much use to your IIgs.

	Probably mostly true, but not telling the complete story..

	Truetype Font CDs certainly would be useful if you have Pointless.
[The ones that have each font encrypted can only be decrypted by a Mac 
program, however].  Macwrite 5.0 files can be read by Teach. You can grab
things out of Mac resources with a few GS programs.. (Sounds, etc).

	Certainly none of these are worth getting a CD ROM for, but if you're
planning to get one anyway/are borrowing one, these are things it can be 
used for.  (I'd be interested in just getting the crud off of the developer
CDs and the 6.0 final CD)
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From: puskaric@iguana.cis.ohio-state.edu (petar e puskarich)
Subject: Re: eclipse
Organization: The Ohio State University, Department of Computer and Information Science
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 06:33:03 GMT

I found eclipse on CBA2 a couple of days ago.  I also have seen it and 
downloaded it myself again from Tybalt.caltech.edu.

This seems to be a great bbs language.  Just needs some work on the specifics
to get internal smart modems to work properly.  Or maybe I am not doing something right as usual.  I can answer a caller but nothing happens after that.
I can also do a local login only after hitting the Ctrl-g and waiting for 
garbage to fill the fields for id number and password.  After that  all
seems to go cool..

If anyone knows anything, please help us out!

Petar Puskarich
ppuskari@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu
From: stein5@pro-columns.cts.com (Scott Steinbrink)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Beagle Brothers
Date: 15 Apr 92 15:16:09 GMT
Organization: ProLine [pro-columns] Arlington, VA  703.237.4915


 Ah... remember the old times when the Beagle Brothers were a
 zany company? I still wish they were... they can really come up
 with great one-line programs for the Apple II -- I wish they would
 still throw in funny lines or funny comments about their own
 products -- that kind of thing really sparked me...

- Scott
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NetCom:  derich@netcom.com
CIS   :  76106,2055
Internet: stein5@pro-columns.cts.com
From: gt0t+@andrew.cmu.edu (Gregory Ross Thompson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Zip Init 1.2...
Date: 7 Apr 92 23:48:52 GMT
Article-I.D.: andrew.MdsXHYq00WAJB1QAxD
Organization: Junior, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA

ferret@gnh-cathouse.cts.com (Brendan Hoar) writes:
> New problem under 6.0.  This has NOT been tracked down to a single cause.
> 
> Anyway, the ZipInit seems to be flakey.  I have ZipGS.Sys16 on /h1 (my boot
> partition).  I run the program, select open (it supposedly finds
> /h1/system/system.setup/zipinit) and shows the settings.  They are NOT how I
> want them.  I make the settings the way I want (Misc - all default, slots -
> all fast, speed - top) and save.  I then reboot and the Misc settings turn out
> to be randome (they are different on EVERY boot).  Slots and speed are how I
> saved the file.  This has really been bugging me.  Ian & others have many
> times said the init is buggy, and zip has constantly denied it...

  Here's the solution: Don't use it.  I just have the dip switches set
to what I like, and I don't bother with the init...

  Does anyone here know when the SuperZip CDA (or whatever it's
called) will be released?

> Oh another thing.  I use setstart to run ProSEL 8.69 on boot.  If I run GS/OS
> programs from it, it works fine.  If I launch basic.system, then bye, it
> returns me to the Finder.  Whats the explanation (it still lists ProSEL as my
> startup app in setstart)?

  I'm using v8.71, or something like that, and I'm not having any
problems with it.  Try upgrading to see if it'll solve the problem.

> don't take this as a complaint about finder (mostly it has to do with not
> being organized and dealing with my overful ICONS folder which is wasting
> about 7 seconds of time everytime finder starts/restarts).

  Sounds familiar...  Mediocre minds think alike, eh Brendan?

		-Greg T.
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From: rheinze@lrc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Sound to Sound
Date: 10 Apr 92 02:18:46 GMT
Organization: Lenoir-Rhyne College, Hickory, NC

Is there a program that can convert sounds from one
format to another.
Specifically I would like to take sounds made with
the Sonic Blaster and play them with SynthLaw and
vice versa.

Also I would eventually like to grab some sounds from
a Mac and play them back.

I guess I am looking for something like Superconvert
that works with sounds.

Any help?
From: mk4l+@andrew.cmu.edu (Matthew Alan Kane)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Seeking Donations
Date: 15 Apr 92 20:33:08 GMT
Organization: Masters student, Art, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA

Hello -- 
I'm an art grad student at Carnegie Mellon University.
and am currently designing a permanent exhibit for
The Pittsburgh Children's Museum.
The piece (Luminaria) is basically a light sensitive wall
which will control a MIDI synthesizer.

I am searching for donations of:
	-> Apple II Computer
	-> Disk Drive
	-> Monitor
	-> Passport MIDI Interface
	-> Any MIDI synth
	-> Stereo Amp and Speakers

If you have any of this stuff sitting around in your closet
gathering dust, or know someone who might...
please reply to this account,
or to mak@largo.lbl.gov,
or call (412) 421-3930

Thank you,
		 Matthew Kane

(P.S. I would also be interested in anyone selling the above 
mentioned equipment at extremely cheap prices.)
From: spa@ausom.oz.au (Stephen Parry)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Finder 6 and Softswitch
Date: 7 Apr 92 13:09:32 GMT
Organization: AUSOM - The Apple Users Society of Melbourne

I've found that softswitch when used with Finder 6 will crash the system.

Has anyone else found the same problem?

Also encountered the following crash with DTUtils 3.2
>>> Could not load/unload resource
Type=8006
ID=00000002
Error=1e06

bfn
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From: kjs39186@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Kent Squires)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Inits
Date: 6 Apr 92 20:07:11 GMT
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana

Can somebody explain what the Inits do that come on the System 6 disk? Just
so I know what to activate and what not to.  Thanky.

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From: toddpw@cco.caltech.edu (Todd P. Whitesel)
Subject: Re: ORCA/C 1.3
Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1992 09:23:29 GMT

David.Empson@bbs.actrix.gen.nz writes:

>The bug can be worked around by adding the line "struct b;" before
>the definition of "struct a".

I thought that was required -- ANSI K&R implies (but doesn't state outright)
that it is. I've used compilers that were supposedly ANSI that gave errors
if you tried to forward reference without an incomplete declaration like that.

Todd Whitesel
toddpw @ tybalt.caltech.edu