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From: lucifer@world.std.com (Kevin S Green)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Flopticals...any successful usage out there?
Date: 29 Aug 92 00:16:50 GMT
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA

I was wondering if anyone out there has had any success in
using the new floptical drives (any capacity) that have
been introduced in the past few years. I know, via a 
report in GS+, that Applied Eng. is planning a floptical 
drive for the // line but I would like to know of actual
use of other makers' drives.
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From: behrenss@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE (Soenke Behrens)
Subject: Re: Ramfast and Tape Backup units..
Organization: Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Germany
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 00:33:01 GMT

kimba@gnh-cathouse.cts.com (Kim Brennan) writes:
[About accessing the tape drive from outside the RF utilities]

>Like Todd, I'm at a loss as to understanding what you want to do. For backing
>up you would/should use the RamFAST utility as that is what it is designed
>for. I would suspect that Drew intentionally makes the tape write protected
>outside of the utility program so as to avoid complaints from users who would
>find a tape drive incredibly slow for random access writing to.

Well, believe it or not, but

a) the RF's backup-mechanism is not what all people want (I'd rather have
   dump/restor , for example)
b) tape units can be used for other things than backing up some MB of data.
   I'd like to use it for exchanging data with friends in tar format.
   Of course, I can't, because I cannot write to the tape. *Sigh*

Soenke
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From: usr6473a@TSO.UC.EDU (Christopher Tarnowieckyi)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: SHR -> TIFF/PICT converters?
Date: 4 Sep 92 19:27:57 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: The Internet

FORWARDED FROM: /mail/64/usr6473a(#4238) From:info-apple-request@apple.com 08/30/92 14:23

        I have a Quickie scanner for my IIgs.  As part of a mail-order 
catalogue I'm working on, I need to get some artwork into PageMaker on the 
Mac.  Are there any graphics conversion packages that will convert GS 
SuperHiRes graphics files to either PICT format, or the more universal 
TIFF format?

        Thanks for any help!


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Try SuperConvert from Seven Hills Software.  There are some shareware 
programs out there but for the relativly inexpensive price SuperConvert
gives you a great manual and help system.  You'll end up knowing more
about graphics if you use it.

Chris Tarnowieckyi
From: fisher2557@iscsvax.uni.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: compression help wanted
Date: 27 Aug 92 13:01:10 -0500
Organization: University of Northern Iowa

I just recently tried to do something with one of those text files in the
binaries news group, but have NO IDEA how to decode it -- could someone fill me
in on how to decompress it, and where to find more?  thanks.

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From: hackett@gaul.csd.uwo.ca (Mike Hackett)
Subject: When is the tick counter incremented?
Organization: Computer Science Dept., Univ. of Western Ontario, London, Canada
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 18:51:50 GMT


For the subroutine profiler for my debugger (Splat! - coming soon from
Procyon) I use the system tick counter along with the vertical video counter
to get better accuracy - not perfect, but better.  Anyway, even after
reading TN #39 several times, I'm not entirely sure exactly when the tick
counter is incremented.  The note seems to suggest that the vertical
blanking interrupt occurs at line 192.  (Actually, it often refers to the
vertical blanking actually occurring at 192, but this is not true.)
The vertical counter should then be $1C0, I believe.

Anyway, this is how I've got my program coded now, and it seems to work
well - I'm not getting any negative times anymore - but I'd like to know
for sure.  Are there any gurus out there who can tell me exactly how this
all works?  Thanks.


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From: foegelle@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Michael Foegelle)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: AE RGB card question
Date: 27 Aug 92 14:48:33 GMT
Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin TX

In article <s7e3PB21w165w@bluemoon.rn.com> djredick@bluemoon.rn.com (Darrin J. Redick) writes:
>Ok, here's my current setup:
>
>Apple IIe (enhanced)
>8mhz Zip Chip
>No Slot Clock
>AE Ramworks II w/3megs and RGB card/monitor
>Apple DMP Printer
>1 20meg Sider and 2 85meg Seagates
>
>Question: Why does the RGB continually display Double Hi-Res graphics
>in BLACK AND WHITE?  It's a bit annoying, and I'd like to find out why.
>
<snicker>  Yeah, I've had the AE RGB card for several years and have 
been more than a little annoyed at AE's design on the blasted thing.

Basically, if you pick up your manual, in the back you'll see a section 
for programmers...  To turn on the double-hires part of the RGB card 
completely takes a fancy six operand softswitch sequence rather than 
just turning on the softswitches once as most programs do.  There are 
two options; the first of which is to make a short ML routine that you
call each time before running a DHGR program which just does the turn on
sequence.  This doesn't always work on some programs, and any text screen
shown in 40 columns will show up in the color 40 mode (where the colors 
are determined by whatever's in the Aux-page part of the last 80 column
screen) and usually isn't visible.  

The other option is of course to go in and hack the program itself and find
some place where you can add those extra needed lines.  A very few software
programmers have taken into account the AE RGB and done the code to handle
it; I put it in my Columns //e, which I'm going to put on the binaries 
section and probably on Tybalt, and you'll see it starts up in color like
it should.

I don't have the code in front of me, so this is just a guess, but I think
the sequence is something like:

  LDA $C054
  STA $C05F
  STA $C05E
  STA $C05F
  STA $C05E
  STA $C05F

but don't take my word for it, it should be in the back of the AE manual.
And if you're hacking a program, the thing to look for is something like
just the first two commands of the sequence (where it just says "turn DHGR
on" instead of AE's on-off-on-off-on sequence to wake it up..)

Hope that answers your question (and helps you solve the problem).

Michael Foegelle



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From: TMPLee@DOCKMASTER.NCSC.MIL
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: modems/vt100
Date: 27 Aug 92 16:20:00 GMT
Organization: The Internet

Almost any 2400 external modem will work on a GS.  A Mac to RS232 cable
is just what you need.  (At 2400 you don't even need to look for the
special "high-speed" cables that do hardware handshaking.)  If all you
want is vt100, Ted Medin's kermit is free and does a super vt100
emulation.  (Your guy sounds sufficiently comptuer illiterate that he's
not likely to use the kermit file transfer facilities, but if he does,
they're there.)
From: deviant@yang.earlham.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Word Processing software?
Date: 25 Aug 92 19:18:43 GMT
Organization: Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana

In article <1992Aug25.125923.8170@zip.eecs.umich.edu>, grover@emunix.emich.edu (Grover Thomas) writes:
> In article <1992Aug24.162012.19396@yang.earlham.edu> deviant@yang.earlham.edu writes:
>>
>>I need to get a better word processor for my IIGS!
>>   I currently have WordPerfect IIGS and have always felt really cheated.
> 
> This seems a *little* hard on WordPerfect, since I have used it for
> years with very few complaints.  Aside from not doing "pretty" fonts,
> it's the  most USEFUL word processor I own.

Ever since I've gotten WordPerfect it's bombed quite frequently.  The 
printer drivers have messed me up quite a bit, and they no longer support 
the IIGS (or appearently the NeXT either, and I loved using WP on the 
NeXT).  I'm not saying it isn't useful, just that it isn't even to the 
quality that WP 4.2 was on ibm's or MS word was for the XT compatibles.  
That's pretty bad if you look at how old those are.  (Though I admit it 
does work better than the WP 2.0 did on the Mac)

Stuff cut ----
 
>> And it would be nice 
>>if the software wouldn't bomb on 24+ pages (I'm not talking about writing 
>>small s__t here).
> 
> Then why in the world do you want to move to a SLOW font-based program?
> It takes forever to print 1 page, let alone multiple pages!!

I don't really care about the printing speed.  I can't afford anything 
other than the ImageWriter II.  Besides, I always leave the room and do 
something else during the time it takes to print.
What I'm getting at is that I can't work on my thesis (over thirty pages 
now all together without the bloody thing freezing up (and it's not from 
lack of memory or inits/da's - 4 megs and I've had WP since before I was 
able to get any other DA's other than what comes on the system - that's it 
bombed ob System 5.0.4 and it's bombed on System 6.0)

more stuff cut ---- snip.

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
From: Barry Thomas <thomasb@ucs.indiana.edu>
Subject: What a group!  Thanks for II GS modem info.
Organization: Indiana University
X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.0
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1992 22:23:50 GMT

I posted a note earlier today asking for help with a II GS
communications.  ProTERM seems to be the program of choice.  Thank you to
everyone for your guick and informative responses.  This must be a great
group!

Barry Thomas
thomasb@ucs.indiana.edu
Indiana University

Opinions expressed our my own and do not represent the University
From: seah@ee.rochester.edu (David Seah)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Apple II RWTS codes.
Date: 27 Aug 92 06:23:00 GMT
Organization: Univ of Rochester, College of Engineering and Applied Science

In article <philip.714873752@labtam> philip@labtam.labtam.oz.au (Philip Stephens) writes:
>fisher2557@iscsvax.uni.edu writes:
>> This sucker can read in a whole disk, all 35 tracks, in 12.5 seconds.
>
>  I thought it did better than that, actually.  I know that the fastest that
>you can read or write a whole 5.25" disk is 8 seconds, which has already been
>achieved by the Locksmith copy program.  I would have thought the Nibble
>program (which I assume is the FastTrax program used to store hi-res pictures)
>would have achieved that speed as well.  But I could be wrong :-)  It's being a
>while since I read that article...

I was under the impression that the Locksmith fast 16 sector copier didn't do
any denibblizing of the raw disk data, though this probably doesn't make a
difference as far as READ speed is concerned (the ProDOS sector read routines
denibblize on-the-fly...a marvel of self-modifying code and look-up table
magic :).  Another thing LS did was (methinks) read in all-of-the-data-as-it-
came (essentially, the whole track instead of sector-by-sector).
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From: bkogawa@pro-apa.cts.com (Bryan Ogawa)
Subject: IDE Card: Is it shipping in the US?
Organization: AppleWorks Programmers' Association - (213) 463-9289 300-1200-2400
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 23:29:51 GMT

Hey, has anyone got one of these yet? My friend wants to know if you guys
are shipping here yet (in the US).
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
From: jcooper@utkvx4.utk.edu (Jonathan Cooper)
Subject: Re: Can I use a II+ power supply in a IIe?
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Keywords: II+ IIe
Organization: University of Tennessee Computing Center
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 16:35:00 GMT

In article <3422@bcstec.ca.boeing.com>, royalty@bcstec.ca.boeing.com (Chuck Royalty) writes...
>The subject says it all.  I have a dead IIe and need a
>new power supply.  But I also have a couple of II+'s
>with perfectly good power supplies.  Alternatively,
>anyone want to arrange a sale/swap?

the II+ power supply will work just fine.  it will even work in a GS.

>Chuck Royalty
>chuck@helpful.ca.boeing.com
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
From: irsman@iastate.edu (Ian Schmidt)
Subject: Re: Blue Helmet & TimeLord
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, IA
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 17:40:27 GMT

I have an unpatched copy straight from France and on my ROM3 I can steer
left but not right, although sometimes it works completely fine.  Oh, well..


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Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
From: eam@gato.mis.semi.harris.com (Technology Centre)
Subject: Price for an Apple ][+
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 12:07:38 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Melbourne FL

If I can buy an Apple ][+ with mono monitor, serial interface, memory exp.,
2 floppy drives (5.25), and a joystick, how much would be a fair price?

Thanx,
Ed
From: mock@madrone.eecs.ucdavis.edu (Kenrick Mock)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: F-/InCider (Was Blue Helmet & TimeLord)
Date: 2 Sep 92 21:41:03 GMT
Organization: U.C. Davis - Department of Electrical Engineering

Well, IRSMan may rate A+/InCider pretty low for articles and what not,
but I also have to give them an F- on subscription services.  After
receiving an invoice for the magazine, I sent in my check for the next
year.  I kept receiving notifications, so I wrote back asking what was
wrong.  They replied that my check was never received, and requested a
copy of the cancelled check.

Upon sending a copy of my cancelled check, they finally replied saying
that my account was OK and they merely wanted to see if I wanted
future renewal.  

But then a few weeks later, I received the 5th notification that my
subscription was bad, along with threatening comments about about
taking legal action and what not.  So I sent another letter asking
what was wrong, and they said they had no record of my check, and that
I should send another copy of my cancelled check!  

It's one thing to have a problem, but when you report it and they
still bork up, it gets real annoying fast.  If they don't get their
act together with this second copy of my check I think I'll say adios
to F-/InSlider...

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From: kentm@aix.rpi.edu (Michael V. Kent)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Flopticals...any successful usage out there?
Date: 31 Aug 92 20:38:42 GMT
Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY

In article <1992Aug30.231234.10970@cco.caltech.edu> toddpw@cco.caltech.edu (Todd P. Whitesel) writes:
>kippley@cwis.unomaha.edu (Kip Kippley) writes:
>
>>Applied Engineering has a Floptical External 21 Megabyte SCSI drive which also
>>doubles as an 800K and 1.44 Meg external floppy disk drive. SRP is $699.00.
>
>Ok, I've been seeing reports of this on GEnie too. I am skeptical of the 800K
>figure, I think it is 720K (i.e. MS-DOS, not Apple 3.5), because these mechs
>have no reason to support the variable speed scheme Apple uses. It sounds like
>AE is also using the Insite mechanism, although it is possible they are using
>the one from Briers.

Would this, if it were true, mean that you could use the floptical and the
forthcoming MS-DOS FST to read standard MS-DOS disks w/o getting a Superdrive
and card?  Would the SCSI driver support daisy-chaining such a device from an
existing hard drive?

Mike

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From: ncp@gnh-cathouse.cts.com (Neal Pitts)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: gs.os.FST?
Date: 28 Aug 92 13:06:32 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: The Internet
X-Unparsable-Date: Thu Aug 27 92 at 06:52:47 (EST)

>> Well, the problem is more a memory problem. There is space on the disk, and
with 3.5" mechanisms, even more so, but where do you fit it in the 64k of
your average //e or //+ and still have memory enough for programs to run?
<<

Well, I'm not particuraly concerned with the //+, and I don't believe even
some //+ owners are either.  The //e comes with 128k memory and so does the
//c.

>>  We have GS/OS, that is supposed to be
the successor of ProDOS. So let's use it. Yesno? <<

I agree completely.  But what about 8-bit machines?

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2,comp.sys.mac.misc
From: schultp@wl.com (Paul Schultz)
Subject: Re: Appleworks Translator  
Keywords: Appleworks, AFE
Organization: Warner Lambert / Parke-Davis
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 17:24:36 GMT

In article <3SEP199200353061@rosie.uh.edu> chem8w@rosie.uh.edu (Norby) writes:
>Does anyone know of a way to translate Appleworks word processing files to
>a format usable on a MacIntosh (MacWrite, Microsoft Word, etc.)?  I am looking
>for an easier way to transfer files from my //c to my roommates Mac and back.
>So far I have been converting to text files and back (and losing the formatting)
>
>If anyone knows of an Apple II program or a Mac application or Apple File 
>Exchange module that can do this, please let me know here or by E-mail.
>
>Thanks.
>
>Daniel Ratzlaff  (Norby)
>
>CHEM8W@Jetson.UH.edu
>
>

We have MacLinkPlus by DataVis at work on the Mac and it can translate
Appleworks files. I think we paid under $100 for it so it is a little 
more reasonable than some other alternatives (i.e., buying ClarisWorks
for the Mac).  MacLinkPlus is basically an Apple File Exchange clone
which comes with dozens of translators for all sorts of file formats.

Paul Schultz
schultp@wl.com

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From: bazyar@teal.csn.org (Jawaid Bazyar)
Subject: Re: PnP Demo
Organization: Colorado SuperNet, Inc.
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 18:06:19 GMT

chris@pnet51.orb.mn.org (Chris Jacobson) writes:

>I had no problem unpacking and using the demo on my IIgs.  I'm using a
>ROM 1 (one) machine with GS/OS v5.04.  It's pretty swift, but I don't know
>how to play it since the docs were a teach file I can't read.  Could someone
>send me the docs in plain ASCII, so I know what I'm doing.

   Teach file data forks are plain-ASCII; just change the FileType to $04
(TXT) and any text editor should be able to read it.

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From: chiu@ucsee.berkeley.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Publish It v4.0 for SuperExpander E patch
Summary: patch for extra memory
Keywords: Apple //e FOREVER
Date: 23 Aug 92 23:37:45 GMT
Reply-To: chiu@ucsee.Berkeley.EDU
Organization: University of California Society of Electrical Engineers (UCSEE)
NNTP-Posting-Host: ucsee.berkeley.edu
Originator: chiu@ucsee.Berkeley.EDU

The following is a patch I devised to make Publish It v4.0 recognize memory
beyond 128k on (cheap) memory board known as SuperExpander E.

This patch is supplied AS-IS, and the author (yours truely) will take no
responsiblity for the consequences (yes, I patched my copy of Publish It v4.0
and it seems to be working just fine) in event it cause your copy to choke,
so do it on your backup copy only!

From BASIC.SYSTEM type the following:

]BLOAD DTP.SYSTEM,TSYS,A$2000
]CALL -151

*4B0C: 8D 71 C0
*4B1D: 9C 71 C0
*4B2F: 8D 71 C0
*4B40: 9C 71 C0
*4CB5: 9C 71 C0
*4CF3: 9C 71 C0
*4D44: 8C 71 C0
*4D55: 8C 71 C0
*4D6F: 9C 71 C0

*BSAVE DTP.SYSTEM,TSYS,A$2000,L17714

After this patch Publish It! v4.0 should work with SuperExpander E.
From: marc@cxr_rs6000.med.ge.com (Marc Wolfgram)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Ramfast and Tape Backup units..
Date: 2 Sep 92 16:09:38 GMT
Article-I.D.: cxr_rs60.9209021609.AA07941
Distribution: world
Organization: The Internet

Item 3 of this thread: "buy an Apple DMA SCSI and use the SCSITAPE driver."
left me wondering if tape access via the Apple HS SCSI is different than
access via the Apple rev C card... Can anyone confirm or expound on this?

Marc