HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: mark@trillian.jsc.nasa.gov (Mark Manning)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Nostalgia Contest
Date: 15 Apr 1992 19:31:46 GMT
Organization: Simulacron I

Well, I can't beat your hardware.  I upgraded from an Apple ][+ to
the //e when it came out and Computer Craft had it's $400.00 upgrade.
I also sold my Epson MX-80 printer in order to the my Imagewriter II.
I really DO miss my MX-80.  As others have said - it was one of the
best built printers I'd ever seen.

How about this though:  I still have the original Disk IIs which I bought
for the ][+.  Only one of them ever failed and it was my fault.  I put
the entire computer on one of those flimsy TV stands and the vibrations
caused the first (bottom) disk drive to go bad.  I (of course) immediately
yanked the thing off and put it on a sturdy base.

Also, does anyone remember the ORIGINAL Apple ][ cases Apple put out?
They were leather and very well built.  When I bought my Apple ][+ for
$1500.00 (yep!  They were a lot in 1980 too!)  I decided "What the heck!"
and bought one.  I've still got it.  It has never worn out, I oil it every
now and then, and even the Apple logo still looks good.

In the books department, a friend of mine passed away in 1987 and he left
me all of his Apple stuff including books.  I've got the Big Red Book,
Circuit Cellar, Apple Tech Books (he worked at Computer Craft), and even
a book on circuitry which has a section talking about the Apple Computer.

Oh yeah!  What about that nifty keypad which was sold for the Apple?  Anyone
else have one?
From: unknown@ucscb.ucsc.edu (The Unknown Matt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Sound CDEV
Keywords: might be a repeat.. Went out w/out Distribution earlier
Date: 6 Apr 92 18:15:52 GMT
Article-I.D.: darkstar.32173
Organization: University of California, Santa Cruz; Open Access Computing


In article <1992Apr03.023028.25826@crash.cts.com> steve@pro-hindugods.cts.com
(Steve Fenwick) writes:
>I know that the Sound CDev on System 6.0 uses HyperCard sounds, but I do
>not have hypercard.  However, I do have Orca/C and Rez.  Does anyone know
>the format for these sound files?

        Yes, I do know the format for these files.. It is mentioned in
HyperCard Technote #3.

        However, just stay patient for a day or so more... _finally_ I am
finishing my program I said I was going to release 1-2 weeks ago..

        It converts sounds into sound resources for use with the Sound CDEV
_and_ for use with Hypercard (people complain they aren't able to move sounds
_into_ hypercard to use them).

        Stay tuned for  RAWTORES.
        Same Bat-time
        Same Bat-channel. (err, different, actually.. comp.binaries.apple2)
-- 
/unknown@ucscb.ucsc.edu                                    Apple IIGS Forever!\
|WANT to get INFOCOM GAMES RERELEASED |  Also will pass on -UNIX GS-          |
\& ULTIMA VI GS written? ---mail me   |     & CHEAP CD info - mail me         /
Organization: Junior, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Date: Mon,  6 Apr 1992 10:59:09 -0400 
From: Gregory Ross Thompson <gt0t+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Big question

  Okay, lemme describe the problems I'm having, and then I'll ask the
kinda strange question.  I think I know the answer, but I'll ask
anyway.

  Here's the problem:  I'm getting MASSIVE data loss at 19.2K bps
through my GS's serial port.  I never had any before installing ProDOS
2.0.1.  This is using ProTERM 3.0.  Right now I'm at 9600 bps with no
problems, but it's too slow for my fast paced life.  Is it possible
that ProDOS 2.0.1 is generating a boatload of new interrupts that are
killing ProTERM?  I've tried this magic "hit reset in ProTERM", but I
guess that only applies to GS/OS interrupts (I'm booting directly into
P8).  I haven't tried P8 1.9 to see if the problem occurs then, too.
If anyone else is suddenly having data loss at high speeds, lemme
know.  I'm gonna check the modem soon.  I hope that's what it is...

		-Greg T.
		 InterNet: gregt+@cmu.edu
		       or: gt0t+@andrew.cmu.edu
		 BITNet  : R746GT0T@CMCCVB
		 AOL     : GRThompson
From: nagendra@csa.bu.edu (nagendra mishr)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: a way to make the system crash with 6.0
Date: 10 Apr 92 15:11:16 GMT
Distribution: comp
Organization: Boston University Computer Science Department


	In our endless saga to find mistakes with whoever makes our
life better, here's an interesting thing not to do.

	I know it makes the system crash on a rom 03, don't know about
	  a rom 01.

	Turn on mouse keys by typing ctrl-open-apple-shift-clear.

	Turn on the video keyboard.
	
	Turn on the keypad on the video keyboard by clicking on the
     	  zoom-window button on the keyboard window.

	position the mouse over the zero on the keypad.  click 

	after blinking for a few seconds, the whole keyboard will
	  freeze.  You won't be able to open any windows, no nothing.

Nagendra
nagendra@csa.bu.edu

Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
From: gkomatsu@uhunix.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu (Galen Tatsuo Komatsu)
Subject: Imagewriter questions
Organization: University of Hawaii at Manoa
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1992 10:30:10 GMT

	My mission of "upgrading" my //e currently has me searching for an
Imagewriter II.  After mentioning this to a friend who I just bought a
monitor from (a nice old NEC Monochrome with a built in speaker, woo!)
he said "Aww, why didn't you tell me that earlier!  I have an Imagewriter I
sitting in the next cabinet!" (next to the one where he stored the monitor.)
"And I would've sold it for a mere pittance!..."

	So I began wondering, what are the differences between the
Imagewriter I and II? besides physical appearance (though, which has a
smaller "footprint?")  What features does the II have which seperates it
from the first one?  Any advantages the first have over the second?

	Also what would be a good price for a used Imagewriter II?
($200 sticks in my mind...)  How about an Imagewriter I?

Galen Komatsu                   ! ...and maybe I'll FINALLY get to 
gkomatsu@uhunix.uhcc.hawaii.edu !        try out my copy of Printrix...
From: payner@netcom.com (Rich Payne)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Reply to Re: ShrinkIt 1.0.5 and .Z
Date: 10 Apr 92 19:31:50 GMT
Article-I.D.: netcom.8-tja2r.payner
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest)

In article <265.29E4E715@business.UUCP> Benjamin.Doherty@f152.n363.z1.fidonet.org (Benjamin Doherty) writes:
>Andy McFadden@1:363/42 writes:
>
>AM>
>AM> There are programs floating around which do this (you can probably write
>AM> one in Orca/C with fopen/fread/fwrite; I think the stdio lib will do the
>AM> conversion as a side-effect).  Your best bet however is to convert them
>AM> at the UNIX side with "tr".
>AM>
>
>Wouldn't it be even EASIER to load the file into the ProTERM editor, and
>replace every ^J with a ^M?
 
The biggest problem with the PT editor is the 47K (whatever) limit on
filesize. If you need to decode some uuencoded files, they will probably
not fit. This is much easier to do from the Unix side. If you
have an account on Portal, you must download then uudecode, and anything
from a listserver would require this as well (for those folk who do not
have login access).

But if you do have a large text file, ( <47K ), you still have three
extra steps, load-edit-save. These are not really necessary. I assume
of course that PT's global replace will accept control characters as
input (I have never tried).
 
>===
>Benjamin Doherty
>
>        FidoNET:  Benjamin Doherty@1:363/152
>       InterNET:  Benjamin.Doherty@f152.n363.z1.fidonet.org
>
>--  
>
>---------------------------------------------------------------------
>"Of all the things I've lost, it's my mind I miss the most."

Try not to think about it  :^)
>
>        Benjamin Doherty  -  via FidoNet Node: 1:363/42
>             UUCP:  -  ...tarpit!alfred!business!152!Benjamin.Doherty
>             ARPA:  -  Benjamin.Doherty@f152.n363.z1.fidonet.org

Rich

payner@netcom.com
From: 2frjbits@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu (Preston J. Park)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: RSounder'
Date: 13 Apr 92 11:32:46 CDT
Organization: Macrocosm BBS: 913-841-9446

In article <1992Apr11.202901.22745@vuse.vanderbilt.edu>, benson@vuse.vanderbilt.edu (Paul BaJa Benson) writes:
>  Gee, I'm _really_ sorry I posted to csa2.  I know better, but I guess
>  that's what happens when you submit at 4am.  Still can't believe I did it,
>  should I repost to cba2?  Probably not.  So please, no flames!

Actually, it was pretty convenient.  I just extracted the program while I was
reading through the news.  Of course if this happened >all< the time...

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|and Lawrence S.P.A.M. Society -Serious (Silly) Programmers of Apple Machines|
From: x9999bns@maple.circa.ufl.edu (David Isaacson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Icon resources
Date: 14 Apr 92 05:32:01 GMT
Reply-To: X9999BNS%oak.decnet@pine.circa.ufl.edu
Organization: The CIRCA Underground

I was following the instructions for using ResLin to alter the new icon
recsources and noticed something: there were 2 check boxes marked in the Info
section of all of the Icon resources (resPreLoad and attrNoSpec), but using the
instructions leaves all checkboxes blank. Does this matter? I know the simple
solution would seem to be to change the checkboxes, but every time I try ResLin
crashes.
  Another question. What is icon $00000017 mapped to? I thought it was plain
text files, but when I changed it, only the icno for SRC files changed. If this
is the SRC icon, then _where_ is the TXT icon located? I couldn't find it in
the Finder resources, and yet the Finder was still displaying text files with
the old icon.


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
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: More Sys 6 trouble
Date: 7 Apr 92 00:19:34 CDT
Distribution: comp
Organization: University of Kansas Academic Computing Services

In article <69805@ut-emx.uucp>, brianh@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Brian Huddleston) writes:
> 
>

I've analyzed your problem and come up with the following solution:



Hope that helps. 
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|and Lawrence S.P.A.M. Society -Serious (Silly) Programmers of Apple Machines|
From: Benjamin.Doherty@f152.n363.z1.fidonet.org (Benjamin Doherty)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: System 6.0
Date: 7 Apr 92 03:47:53 GMT
Article-I.D.: business.251.29E12C36
Organization: FidoNet node 1:363/152

I haven't gotten system 6, but i'm in the process of getting it, few questions
though:

1.  How difficult will it be to get updates for the bug fixes? Will it be as
    simple as they do it for Proterm 3.0 or will one have to redownload the
    files fixed?

2.  I run a DDBBS system, and someone told me that when you run MACOS v1.46
    the keyboard doesn't do anything.  When you try to log on locally, nothing
    happens, however users can log on.  But you can't type anything while in
    the system locally.


Benjamin Doherty

        FidoNET:  Benjamin Doherty@1:363/152
       InterNET:  Benjamin.Doherty@n152.f363.z1.fidonet.org

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        Benjamin Doherty  -  via FidoNet Node: 1:363/42
             UUCP:  -  ...tarpit!alfred!business!152!Benjamin.Doherty
             ARPA:  -  Benjamin.Doherty@f152.n363.z1.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2,from.socal.com
From: szatezal@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Shane M Zatezalo)
Subject: Re: NEWS RELEASE: MDG INTRODUCES PROLINE 2.0
Organization: The Ohio State University
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1992 02:12:26 GMT

In article <1992Apr8.221907.14593@pro-palmtree.socal.com> mporter@pro-palmtree.socal.com (Mike, System Admin.) writes:
>In <1992Apr7.205752.28759@usenet.ins.cwru.edu>
>bj687@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Gregory Joseph Boehnlein) writes:
>
>>
>>Well, I wouldn't say "Proline is one of the best" because, that is a matter 
>>of your opinion.
>>
>>Ever been in the METAL Shell? It completley smokes Proline...
Greg, I don't know about that. Metal's shell is still "in its infancy".
Proline's shell does a LOT, even though its got that archaic unix look
to it. (HEY, that's just my opinion. Its functional, but at times I really
get sick of unix.... don't flame me about it)

>
>        Nobody in my area is even running a Metal BBS, so its kinda hard to
>judge. We'll see how ProLine 2.0's new shell compares with Metal (guess I'll
>have to find a metal system to try metal's shell).
>

Too bad... you'd get to see how a great product is evolving.

>
>>P.S. - It's also about 175$ cheaper..
>
>        Seeing as how I'm posting this message from my ProLine, and you're
>posting from your Cleaveland Freenet account, you get what you pay for, no?
>While your Metal board plays with itself, my ProLine is bringing mail and
>usenet news right to my desktop, automatically. Can't beat that! 


Hey, Proline's got a little development edge here... its been around for
a LONG time. But, for as young as Metal is, its damned good. It had working
ymodem-g,4k and zmodem when? (again, please don't turn this into a my bbs 
is better than your bbs thing)

An internet gateway is in the works... but hey, things like that take time.
Proline didn't start right out with it. Besides, all metal boards are linked
up with each other. (just like proline) So you can't say "you get what you
pay for" :)

>
>>Greg Boehnelin  - Sysop of Damage Incorporated (216)328-0374 - METAL!
>>Internet: bj687@freenet.cwru.edu   r0942@vmcms.csuohio.edu
>
>-----
>UUCP: hatch!pro-palmtree!mporter                    The Palmtree BBS
>Inet: mporter@pro-palmtree.socal.com                310-450-9394 v.32

:GS::::::::::Genesis game system? ::::::::: Interceptor Cycle ?::::::::::GS:
:   Shane M. Zatezalo         : i-net> szatezal@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu  :
:   Comp/Elec Eng, Ohio State :  Who'd ya expect, Elmer Fudd? - M. Jordan  :
:GS:::: Apple II forever!! ::::::GO BUCKS!::::::: Play Lacrosse! ::::::::GS:
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Finder extensions in sys 6
From: rgshacke@wsuhub.uc.twsu.edu
Date: 9 Apr 92 13:25:32 CST
Organization: Wichita State University, Wichita, Ks

Kim Brennan writes:
 
 
>You can either stick the extensions in the System.Setup folder or a new folder
>called FinderExtras. If they are in FinderExtras they are only loaded when the
>Finder is loaded.
 
But where does the finderextras directory go? Inside the system directory, the
volume directory, or elsewhere? I don't like the idea of having them in
system.setup, cuz who wants finder extensions in memory all the time?
 
>              -=> Message from Kim Brennan <=-
>                (kimba@gnh-cathouse.cts.com)
>   {Cathouse BBS (301) 840-8567 3/12/24/9600 V.32 24 hours}
-- 
Randy Shackelford
rgshacke@wsuhub.uc.twsu.edu
From: shrinkit@Apple.COM (Andrew Nicholas)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Backup II
Date: 16 Apr 92 03:50:39 GMT
Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA

In article <0fT=02LBcd7a00@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com> fadden@uts.amdahl.com (Andy McFadden) writes:

>>I see no practical reason why ShrinkIt couldn't do something similar.
>>I might even be tempted to send money for a copy of ShrinkIt that
>>could back up my HD to multiple floppies...especially since I've never
>>made a working backup of my Apple's HD! :-) It'd certainly be better
>>than Backup II, and could probably give other backup software a run
>>for the money since ShrinkIt could, if you want, do compressed
>>backups.  Andy Nicholas, are you reading this? :-)
>
>In its present state, the NuFX format doesn't really support doing something
>like this (unless you don't mind breaking up the archives on file boundaries,
>which will lead to gross inefficiency when you hit something huge... and if
>it's too big to store on the media you're using, you're stuck).  To make it
>backward compatible with previous versions of ShrinkIt, you'd have to get all
>the file info and sort of guess a best-fit algorithm.  This isn't exactly
>trivial...
>
>The alternative is to hack the NuFX format so that you can have "continuation"
>archives, but if you're going to go through that you might as well just define
>a new format...  You'd probably want to have a different auxtype so that
>older versions of ShrinkIt don't read a continuation archive and freak out.
>
>At any rate, I think it would make more sense to have a separate backup
>program (which could be sold and make Andy N. some money, for a change) than
>to try and kluge multi-disk archiving into ShrinkIt.

Actually, it wouldn't be terribly hard to fit into NuFX.  You'd just have to
have a thread which contained X bytes of file Y at offset Z.  To be sure, when
you compressed your files, the stuff which crossed disk boundaries would be
written in the new thread format and no old version of ShrinkIt would be able
to extract that portion of that file.

andy

-- 
Andy Nicholas			GEnie & America-Online: shrinkit
Apple Computer, Inc.		       	      InterNET: shrinkit@apple.com
From: calumw@castle.ed.ac.uk (Calum Wilkie)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: System 6.0 and other things
Date: 9 Apr 92 11:28:17 GMT
Organization: Edinburgh University

Has anyone noticed the following problem with System 6?

As I have no hard drive (I'm not recession proof) I need to replace my
Boot disk when I wish to copy files from somewhere to the non Boot disk.
The nice little dialog box comes up, as it should, and tells me to
replace my System disk, and press ok or cancel.  Once, I decided to
cancel, and lo -- the system hung up.  I quite sure it wasn't a fluke,
since it has occurred several times on similair circumstances.

Is it possible to use other than the Boot disk to store information
(DA's or Tools or ... ) any other stuff that's usually held in the
*/System/ folder?

Is it generally a bad Idea to REMOVE the powersupply completely from the
GS, in order to promote a cooler atmoshpere?

I appologize if these questions are in FAQ.

Calum Wilkie | calumw@uk.ac.ed.castle  JANET
	       calumw@castle.ed.ac.uk  Internet
From: DELANEYG@wm6.wl.aecl.ca
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: TrueType fonts--Help
Date: 12 Apr 92 03:27:00 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: The Internet



Could someone describe TrueType fonts?

This is a font type based on a font discription rather than a bit map.  The bit 
map seen on your monitor is created from this description

  Are they included with my sys6, or do I need to get them separately? 

You need to buy POINTLESS first to use them.  This is CDEV from WestCoast 
written for them by Alan Bird of Beagle Brothers fame.

(Where?)  Any MAC True Type font will work.  There are lots on the net at
Tybalt.caltech.edu (I put them there) and on Genie or AOL.

Why are they any better than standard GS fonts?

They can be used in any Point size not just a few fixed sizes.  This is also 
great in that when printing a font of 2 to 3 times the size can be created 
to give high quality printing

  Do my GS programs automatically use them, or do I need programs
written to take advantage of them?

Any Program that uses apple'sstandard dialog will use them.

  Doesn't the new Windows 3.1 for IBM PCs use TrueType fonts?  ]

Yes 3.1 does use true type.  Unfortuneately they are not in a resouce fork as
are the MAC True Type so you cant use them on a mac or GS.  You can however 
by programs on the Mac to conver mac TrueType to IBM True type (Metamorphosis 
Pro will do it)
 
I probably missed an old note that described all this...

Thanks!

Grant Delaney
delaneyg@wl.aecl.ca

Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
From: philip@utstat.uucp (Philip McDunnough)
Subject: Re: GS+ magazine subscriptions (where do I get one?)
Organization: University of Toronto, Dept. of Statistics
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 06:13:51 GMT

In article <1992Apr13.190744.12139@usenet.ins.cwru.edu> bp664@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Grover Thomas) writes:
>
[ ]
>
>Since my subscription runs out in a couple of months, I'd like
>somebody to tell me the current address and prices (Disk version)
>for GS+ magazine.   Please post here to c.s.a2 for others, too.

Cost=$36/year (6 issues). Address= GS+ Subscription Services
                                     c/o EGO Systems
                                      P.O. Box 15366
                                   Chattanooga, TN 37415-0366


Phone= (615) 843-3988 (M->F, 9AM->6PM, Eastern)
For subscribing only: 1-800-662-3634

It's a very good magazine. Well worth it.

Philip McDunnough
University of Toronto
philip@utstat.toronto.edu