LBSOS KRNLI/O ERRORFILE 'SOS.KERNEL' NOT FOUNDINVALID KERNEL FILExةw,@  4  J  ȱ⩤i8#) ) 8LeAPPLE MOUSE *********** 25-Jan-86 17:12:22 Sb: #38780-#New uploads Does it come with an interface card, or does it just plug into one of the joystick ports? Thanks, 25-Jan-86 19:17:13 Sb: #38886-#New uploads The //e mouse uses an interface card'REVIEWS.DISKNAME.DATw#w#.SOFTWARE.HELPS@} +TITAN.CARDS66 4%SEG.T jŸ/ 87 :-FILE.COMPRESSq *MENU.MAKER Y |Z7(MODULA.2y +,PASCAL.HELPS ()..-PRINTER.HELPS  *PRODOS.SOS !III.INF.03.038Bu' +APPLE.MOUSE- ),APPLE.TO.IBMa %COBOLh .COMMUNICATIONS ",CONSOLE.I.O./'+DISK.DRIVES;m#im#iЛ#Lȱ  6L憦  Lsmm l y` @8(Je稽 ʈ, as it does in the ///. The //c mouse plugs into a port on the //c. I don't know if it can be made to work on the ///'s joystick port. The interface card mouse is much faster than a joystick. 26-Jan-86 13:12:33 Sb: #39025-New uploads Northeastern mpiler menu Guess I'm just lazy and want things my way. I just thought it would be neat to do all of your text under the editor and choose the correct compiler without having to remember anything except what compiler to choose! 28-Feb-86 22:46:11 Sle (who's name you should have readily available via Powerkeys), the compiler will ask you what text file you want to compile. If the compiler can't find SYSTEM.WRK.TEXT then it can't open, close or even laugh at it. 26-Jan-86 19:10:50 Sb: #39093-Cogure a way to declare it closed at the start of the program, and so be accessible to the various compilers. 26-Jan-86 11:34:35 Sb: #38812-#Compiler menu Why not simply rename SYSTEM.WRK.TEXT to something else and when you go to compile the renamed fi : #39007-Compiler menu The problem is not a menu program (yours is excellent), but some problem between SYSTEM.PASCAL and the named compiler. When I try to use a menu program, it declares SYSTEM.WRK.TEXT to be open, and so inaccessible. I am trying to fi PASCAL ****** 3:18:45 Sb: #38839-#Download You can read in the ASCII file into the Pascal Editor by first: S)et E)nvironment A)scii T)rue, then after editing and before saving it to compile: S)et E)nvironment A)scii F)alse. 26-Jan-86 03:31:34 Sbe.. ment has taken place and act accordingly. #: 45221 S7/Apple /// 26-Feb-86 17:43:31 Sb: #45217-just a thought Yes the Mouse Can Generate Interupts on Button Down, Mouse Movement. It can also do it on VBL, but I am not sure that that works in the threlicked it puts a return into the character buffer. It would be nice if it could also poll the x-y movement too and put them in as arrow keys. Maybe it would be easier to just put a 'hook' into the console driver to check the mouse board to see if any moveulate the C/R key, ESC key, etc. #: 45217 S7/Apple /// 26-Feb-86 16:41:16 Sb: #just a thought Does anyone know if the mouse generates an interupt when you click the button. If it does, can you put an interupt handler in so that when the button is c Software sells the Apple //e mouse for $104. 800-382-2242. On Three is releasing their Desk Top Mgr., which will allow you to use your mouse as a substitute for the cursor keys in Visicalc, Applewriter, etc. You can also configure the mouse button to emb: PASCAL/.D1 Look-up When I have tried to use my SOSTRAN under CATALYST or executing direct from a PASCAL boot it keeps looking to .D1 for files. I have spotted some .D1 references via a block edit but removing them causes a system crash. This is something that you have seen me harp about to /// programmers in THE /// MAGAZINE- PLEASE let the owner system set the prefix, and DON'T `hard code it. One of the great powers of SOS is the ability to quickly define and set all levels of a directory structurebrary unit in all but the Filer to give file listing/selection with wildcard "=" and cursor arrows just like System Utilities. It's quite convenient. As for 1.1 running 1.2 compiled programs, I can't give an all-encompassing statement about it, but I'll ecause I paid full Apple list price to get it all. You're right, it _does_ take up a bit more memory, but it has been working reliably for me for about a year. Besides cleaning up a few of the query lines in some of the programs, it uses the DIR.STUFF li' giving the pathname of the library you are seeking........ See pages 15-20 in the Pascal 1.1 Update Book. #: 49873 S7/Apple /// 27-Mar-86 20:10:16 Sb: #Up & Running! But Pascal 1.2 _WAS_ formally released, as part of the Pascal Toolkit. I know berent library right in your code within the {}} along with a command....yep ....it's the USING option on page 102 of the Pascal Programmer Manual Vol 2.....Good luck.. 09-Feb-86 15:44:49 Sb: #41760-Pascal Library Try making a "Library Name Filet is no help, the units still do not load. The problem does not seem to occur on hard disk, CATALYST accessed files. Help! 09-Feb-86 12:14:06 Sb: #41760-#Pascal Library Check the Pascal manual on compiler options.....I think you can specify a diffo read another library file? I have some public domain pieces that just bomb unless I transfer units from their libraries into my system library, which I prefer not to fill up. I have tried renaming the diskette file "SYSTEM.STAR.LIB" or the like but thameant the 1.1 manuals. The 1.2 manuals DON'T exist... How did it go with the reading of the subdirectories as standard files? 09-Feb-86 12:06:44 Sb: #Pascal Library Folks, I have a Pascal problem that is driving me buggy. How do you direct PASCAL t getting into the subdirectories - but it takes up 700 bytes of data and something like 14k of code space. Please let me know about the manuals - I would love to get them. 07-Mar-86 01:08:22 Sb: #46544-How read subdirectory? Ooops, you're right... I cal? I did not know that version was ever officially released and this is the first I have heard of Programmer's manuals. I am still using Version 1.1, though I have 1.2 and used it for about 3 months. Dirstuff from "tools.lib" does a very nice job ofl 1 for version 1.2 Pascal). After you've opened the file, read from it as you would read from any other file... 05-Mar-86 Sb: #46351-#How read subdirectory? Sounds good - but how did you get a copy of the Pascal Programmer's Manuals for version 1.2 Pasbrary? I have dirstuff but would prefer not to put another unit into my system if I can avoid it. 05-Mar-86 01:16:17 Sb: #46262-#How read subdirectory? See pages 164-5 about opening/creating subdirectory files in Pascal (Pascal Programmer's Manual Voength of the string. The D7 is the p-Code NOP instruction. 04-Mar-86 18:31:12 Sb: #How read subdirectory? Can anyone steer me to, or give me, a pascal program that can list the files in a SOS subdirectory? Is there anything in dl7, or in the TAU li to .D1. I do not have a version number, but the Copyright is 1983. If you want to experiment, you might try changing the .D1 to an *. In hexadecimal, you would be altering the pattern 03 2E 44 31 to 01 2A D7 D7. The first byte in each pattern is the l, so why mess with it. 01-Mar-86 03:06:47 Sb: #45611-PASCAL/.D1 Look-up I checked out my original SOSTran disk and found references to .D1, .D2, .D3, and .D4 at the end of block 28 and beginning of block 29. When I use it I get absolutely no referencesrun a few tests on some of the programs I've compiled and let you know. #: 49954 S7/Apple /// 28-Mar-86 01:20:25 Sb: #Crawling Blocked! Well, I've spent about 2 hours redoing the same procedure in Chapter 8 of the Pascal 1.1 Update Manual. When I boot my new boot disk, I get the SOS 1.3 screen then it starts accessing the Profile for a bit. Then I get a blank screen with the words: "Stack Overflow. Hit [RETURN]" Sigh. I am beginning to suspect a hardware error here though I did take out the Profile so far is that when the card is used the interlace problems I had with graphic programs like Draw On /// and Mel Astrahan's 21 program disappeared?? No more flickering between the graphics buffers. I cannot swear to it yet (waiting for my color monitor s !"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789 emulation disks any longer, as your screen will fill up with small colored blocks, making the text unreadable. This it not so important as the emulation gives full 128K emulation and upper and lower case letters. The most interesting thing I have found TITAN ///+//e ************* The cards have connectors between themselves and the slot /// card has a connector to replace your motherboard's present graphics chip. The replacement of the graphics chip does a few strange things. You CANNOT use the oldthere's a catch. All the Programs on Catalyst that are written in Pascal now want their original diskettes installed in .d1 before they'll boot (this includes Pascal). I was careful during the installation and, yes, I did put the new interpreter as "Pascal???? regarding the format of the .CONSOLE status list and control list. Hope this helps........ : 88929 S7/Apple /// 29-Nov-86 20:07:20 Sb: #HELP I recently installed Pascal v 1.2 on my profile running under Catalyst. The program works fine, but the values that I want set, and the inefficiency of doing that just bugs my sense of neatness. #: 52968 S7/Apple /// 17-Apr-86 18:36:27 Sb: #52933-.CONSOLE d_control call Read pages 60-71 of the Standard Device Drivers manual. This will answer your can't figure out what means what inside the buffer returned by the D_STATUS call (at least, as represented by ExerSOS). Anyone have any H E L P for me with this? What seems to be my only alternative is to issue D_CONTROL after D_CONTROL in order to set tly in a buffer of my designation, making alteration of specific values easy, right? All I'd have to do is just change those bytes which need changing then issue D_CONTROL using the aforementioned buffer in the status list and all's peachy-keen. Except I y interpreter, set up a number of .CONSOLE parameters via D_CONTROL. What seems reasonable to do is, after issuing GET_DEV_NUM to find .CONSOLE, then issue D_STATUS to find out all the current parameter settings; these parameters will be in memory all neaS7/Apple /// 17-Apr-86 02:47:35 Sb: #.CONSOLE d_control call Well, maybe I'm just a little tired and I don't know where to look this up, but... I can't find what I need out of the Standard Device Driver's Manual. What I want to do is, upon entry to micial" version. It was part of the abortive "Work Bench" series. (Did Apple ever do anything with the /// that wasn't abortive?) The whole thing is about 205 pages, of which the part that covers DirStuff is about 50 pages. #: 52933 card earlier and ran the RAM test in the Monitor ROM. Didn't get any errors. #: 48824 S7/Apple /// 21-Mar-86 10:49:11 Sb: DirStuff I have the documentation that came with Tool Kit when I bought it from a dealer, so I guess this is the "Offtill) but I think the resolution of the interlace with text has improved, too. I would like some feed back later on that. Oh yeah, the board seems to run any type of //e software. Less than 5% of //e software uses the special //c graphics chips that the ///+//e card cannot emulate. #: 36656 S7/Apple /// 15-Jan-86 00:56:12 Sb: #Titan ///+//e Just as I was about to package my ///+][ board up and send it off to Titan for upgrading to the ///+//e a friend made me aware of a very disturbing fact: the ou have the 128k version ///+][, the sucker really flies!! I haven't had any problems with Copy ][+ 5.5 on either machine, haven't used 4.4 for a while. Version 5 of ][+ is a major improvement over 4, and now 6.0 is out. 19-Jan-86 01:05:35 Sb: #Flight back I find that that Locksmith 5.0 Fastcopy locks up my machine with the ///+//e cards after you respond to the source/destination drives prompts. I have to cold start after that. Works fine on my other /// with the plain old ///+][ card, in fact if y had had no problems with any Quark or other protected A/// programs. Has ordered version 6.0 has it handles ProDos files and Directories and hope it will be equally useful on SOS as ProDos. #: 36818 S7/Apple /// 15-Jan-86 22:38:45 Sb: #36788-You're else having a problem? #: 36843 S7/Apple /// 16-Jan-86 00:17:17 Sb: #36788-You're back I have had no problems with 4.4 or Version 5 of locksmith (except if I try to run version 5 of LS with my profile ON). Have switched to version 5.5 of Copy ][+ and-Jan-86 21:47:52 Sb: Titan Got a question for you Titan ///+//e users. I am having a heck of a time using Locksmith 5 Version F and Copy ][+ Version 4.4. Either the cards are making the programs not work, or my disk drive is going on the blink. Anyoneas your ][ program sends its printed output to slot 7. If its forces the printed output to slot 1, and you need to use all 3 devices (Mouse, UniDisk, and printer/modem), then I'm afraid you've got a problem. Hope this helps...... #: 36788 S7/Apple /// 15tting one, I saw the price had dropped to $255 in a mail order ad the other day. How do you like yours? #: 36803 S7/Apple /// 15-Jan-86 22:19:31 Sb: #36800-Titan ///+//e My older son informs me that he thinks you can use all three devices as long r printer, you can change the jumper at J4 and your device controlled from slot 1 will work. If you need all three devices for Emulation at the same time, then I'm afraid you're SOL. Did you get your driver for the Uni from ON Three? I'm thinking about genfo is NOT correct. You CAN have a card in slot 1, but it will be ignored in Emulation. If you need to use both your UniDisk and your Mouse in Emulation, then you do have a problem, unless you don't need to use your printer. If you don't need to use you and let me know more about the UniDisk if any problem, except it takes a slot....as yet TITAN has not come through with my upgrade so have nothing to offer on your question. #: 36800 S7/Apple /// 15-Jan-86 22:17:00 Sb: #36656-#Titan ///+//e That iterest any fix that might be offered. I have ordered a UniDISK driver from On Three and have not received it yet...I have used the UniDisk 800k on Apple II and like them and think they are great for backup or for use to archive data, etc. Drop me a notenter card. I love my UniDisk 3.5 and would like to keep my mouse as well. #: 36686 S7/Apple /// 15-Jan-86 03:38:52 Sb: #36656-Titan ///+//e I read with interest you note concerning the ///+IIe card and the Printer Slot problem...I will watch with inlishly invested in some Apple //e stuff that requires 128K AND a mouse. Has anyone had any luck with putting a mouse card in slot 1 or found any other solution to this problem. I find it extremely limiting to be allowed only one additional slot after a pri///+//e insists that a printer card or nothing be in slot 1!!! I have a UniDisk 3.5 and a mouse card and run my Imagewriter II and modem of the built in serial port using a switch box. That means I don't have enough slots!!!!!! I am very depressed as I fooSimulator II Has anyone tried to use Flight Simulator II with a ///+//e card ? Mine works fine in regular ][ emulation but locks up when using the ///+//e. 19-Jan-86 02:33:51 Sb: #37473-#Flight Simulator II Did you turn off the high res graphics before starting the program? I couldn't use Sargon III until I did. 19-Jan-86 13:39:51 Sb: #///+//e I just reread my own response to your problem with disk speed sensitive programs using the ///+//e. I really made a blooper! Since the power drain of I think the card is great, but it is frustrating to have the mousetext appear as strange inverse characters. I have no solution but have been wondering if there is a character ROM on the ///+//e somewhere that could be replaced by the enhanced ROM's that manual talks some about SOS files, but they do not know (or recognize) that the Titan board exists. Used the parms for WJ to copy Catalyst as their parms for Catalyst did not do the job for me. 17-Feb-86 21:46:54 Sb: #43352-#Titan ///+][e Problems b: #39060-Copy ][+ 6.0 The upgrade was $15 + $3 s/h. In the previous message, I said it would undelete files like Lazurus. This is only true on the floppys. It does not know that my profile is there. I does think something is in Slot 5 though. There :26 Sb: #39019-Copy ][+ 6.0 Glad you said something about v. 6.0. I have v. 5.4 and it too works very well, but the new items will be really useful. I believe Central Point Software only charges about $15 or $20 for the upgrade. 26-Jan-86 22:35:51 Sprovement over the old version 4.? that I had before. I tested it on Word Juggler, Catalyst, and Visicalc and it works without a hitch. It is a great utility for the money. It seems to do everything that Lazurus does and alot more. 26-Jan-86 08:53opy ][+ 6.0 Just got my update to 6.0 from Central Point Software and find that it works with the Titan ///+][ card. The utilities are now somewhat more useful as it supports ProDos and subdirectories. It undeletes SOS files and the manual is a large im this thing yet. Can you explain a little more about the interlace? I don't have the interlace kit. Are you saying with the ///+//e card you can get it anyway - with the addition of jumpers? If so, please detail. Thanks. 26-Jan-86 01:14:15 Sb: #Cthey have offered these no-hassle exchanges). When I get it, I'll try (the) suggestion on shielding, then if that fails, will talk to Charlie about possible cable/power supply problems. Please keep me informed of similar problems you have had - we'll lick programs work. I havn't had the problem in non-graphics programs such as Appleworks so far. Any suggestions? Anybody? Help! 25-Jan-86 14:38:54 Sb: #38773-#38188 ///+//e problems Sun Data is sending me a replacement ///+//e card (its nice to know ls are lined up]) almost always in a vertical line or in multiple lines. I'm about to send the card back and see if I can get a replacement, but I'm concerned its my problem. I know the pins are properly set since I've repeatedly checked and sometimes thehe top off the computer (immediately after reseating connections) Now I've put some 1.5 inch spacers between the video and top of computer, but the problem persists. The missing pixels look more or less like Morse code (dots and dashes[where several pixe hours Sat. and the problem re-appeared. Now it works about 20% of the time, and 80% of the time I get the missing pixels or a frozen screen with Print Shop and Newsroom. At first I thought the problem must be heat buildup. But I've had the problem with t) SORRY. 20-Jan-86 20:17:45 Sb: ///+//e Problems Thanks for your suggestions on solving my problems with the ///+//e card. I pulled the card again Sat., cleaned the contacts and reseated the connections VERY firmly. I got it to working for about threehaving all the slots in use slows your disk speed slightly (on any disks getting power thru the ///), I meant to suggest that you adjust your drive(s) a little on the FAST end of the normal range. (Of course I said slow which would only make things worse.Apple supplies with the kit to enhance older //e's. At least the programs that use the mousetext (like the /c utilities) run, but they do look funny. 17-Feb-86 22:06:42 Sb: #Locksmith 6.0/Titan Did I read here that Locksmith 6.0 was NOT compatible with the Titan /// ///+//e card? Has anybody tested this? Also, Central Point Software tells me that the newest version of Copy ][+ is also NOT compatible with the Titan ///+//e card. Can anybody confirm this? 17-Feb-86 Sb: #43433-Locksmith 6.0/Titaour compuserve configuration to send a few null characters, this should decrease the problem. I wouldn't use it for program download however. You can also load the main program portions into the ram disk and run AE right off the ram disk by typing -/DISmenu are configurations for //e 80 Col. as well as using the built in serial port as slot #7. The only problem with using the built in port is the lack of interrupts which can cause loss of characters at 1200 baud. If you are using it on Compuserve, set yy these problems exist. #: 51600 S7/Apple /// 08-Apr-86 09:02:26 Sb: #51479-/// + ][e Ascii Express ProDos version works just fine With the ///+//e boards. Better yet you do not 'need' a serial or super serial card in slot one. In the Express Pro . The board will not run Apple ][ terminal programs. I've heard that it is possible to use ProDos version of Ascii Express though I am not sure how. Also, screens that have a lot of color and graphics will appear almost black and white. I am not sure wh) This should solve your problem. #: 51479 S7/Apple /// 07-Apr-86 19:59:36 Sb: #/// + ][e I missed any reviews of the Titan /// + ][e board, but here are a few problems that all future buyers should take into account and things for Titan to work on in the listing. Here's the ones to look for: POKE -16297,0 (TURN ON HIRES) POKE -16298,0 (LO RES) POKE -16299,0 (PAGE 2) POKE -16300,0 (PAGE 1) POKE -16301,0 (TEXT/GRAFIX) POKE -16302,0 (FULL SCREEN GRAFIX) POKE -16303,0 (TEXT) POKE -16304,0 (GRAFIX ONt. It's like a window over your graphics picture. The picture is there but hidden behind the text window. Put a POKE -16304,0 (TURNS ON GRAFIX):POKE -16302,0 (FULL SCREEN GRAFIX) IN the program after any HGR command, or you may find similar POKE commands5 Version F and Copy ][+ Version 4.3 with no problems. What have you been using? #: 52549 S7/Apple /// 14-Apr-86 18:54:07 Sb: #52437-APPLE III-IIE CARD It sounds like you are in Text/Graphics mode which uses the bottom of the screen to present texthe 'bit copiers' not working on the ///+//e. Do you think that timing is the issue? Has anyone out there found a 'bit copier' that works with the ///+//e? #: 46743 S7/Apple /// 07-Mar-86 22:38:09 Sb: #46715-65C02 Chips I have been using both Locksmith 46715 S7/Apple /// 07-Mar-86 20:27:48 Sb: #65C02 Chips The reason that I wanted 65C02 chips was for the TITAN ///+//e. You started a good discussion concerning /// mode chips that I hope continues. TITAN still hasn't given me a good reason for nu, nothing happens. I can move the cursor around OK with the joystick, but it doesn't respond to the button, or the "OPEN APPLE" KEY on the keyboard. BTW, I use this same setup for FANTAVISION (also from Broderbund) and it works fine. I'm stumped. #: 2 Sb: /// + //e prob?? Anybody have any ideas why Broderbunds' DAZZLE DRAW package won't run on my /// with the /// + //e card? I am using a CH MACH /// joystick as my drawing tool. Everything works except when I press the joystick button to "click" a me21 Sb: #43503-Locksmith 6.0/Titan I have found that there are a few things that run with the ///+][ that won't with the ///+//e, specifically Locksmith 5.0 Fast Copy and Copy ][+ 5.5 (probably the source of the bad info from CPS). 24-Feb-86 21:03:2n I've been using Copy ][ Plus V 6.0 (the newest) on my /// with a ///+//e card & a profile without any problems for a month or so. I just sent in my update order for Locksmith v 6.0 - guess I'll find out if it works in a few weeks. 18-Feb-86 19:52:KNAME/AERUN. If you need Interrupts get an apple super serial card for slot #1 The same is true of Appleworks. When you format your Ram disk name it the same as the Appleworks program disk, load all the Appleworks files into it and -/DISKNAME/APPLEWRKS If you don't use the right name for your Ram disk the program will not be able to find itself and go looking on the other drives. Ascii Express is a good easy to use program, but it is limited to the ram disk and the two 140K drives 1 & 2. Any text files e cards was the electronics to facilitate chaining drives. Is this true? I had a ][ drive laying around, so I put its analog card in my internal drive, and put the /// analog card in the ][ drive. I finally scrapped the idea when I could not get reliablewap analog cards between the ][ drive and the ///? I did this a couple of years ago, but got erratic results, especially when in Pascal. But I also did not know to adjust the drive, which may have been my problem. I reasoned that the main diff. between th soldering experience, don't mind carving up a Disk ][ analog card, and have a darn good reason to go with a Disk ][ (like dirt cheap availability or free!!), I wouldn't really recommend it. 24-Feb-86 23:11:52 Sb: #44803-#APPLE ][ DRIVES Can you sdoes not have either of those features. Finally, I would say the erratic operation was due to the lack of calibration, as you suggested. 24-Feb-86 22:46:08 Sb: #][-/// Drive Yes you can modify a Disk ][ to run on the ///. However, unless you haveone. 25-Feb-86 13:26:34 Sb: #44911-APPLE ][ DRIVES I am not sure I understood the events. However There are 2 differences between the 2 cards. 1) Is as you suggested, to facilitate Chaining. 2) Is to provide the "DiskSwitch" mechanism. The Apple II ged into pin 1. There were some ports on the cable unfilled, but it worked GREAT! There was no need for adjustment. I have switched the drive back and forth with no problem at all with any language system. But I don't know how useful this info is to anynerally. 25-Feb-86 02:36:23 Sb: #44911-APPLE ][ DRIVES I have frequently used my Disk /// on my //e by plugging up the daisy chain port with a gadget that Charles McConathy sent me, and plugging in on the interface card, making sure pin 1 was plug:<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVW37 Sb: #44798-#APPLE ][ DRIVES Really to do it right, you need to obtain a Disk III Analog card. Just install it in the II's mechanical assembly, Oh yeah it will likely need to be adjusted (The head and it's electronics, need to be tuned fOR each other ge DISK DRIVES *********** 24-Feb-86 09:02:01 Sb: #APPLE ][ DRIVES DOES ANYONE KNOW HOW TO MODIFY A ][ DRIVE SO THAT IT WILL WORK ON A ///? I WAS TOLD THAT THIS WAS POSSIBLE BUT WAS NOT TOLD HOW. ANY IDEAS? THANX............ 24-Feb-86 15:39:ersion. Finally, I think that the Dos 3.3 version also will work (Express) but I have not tried it lately so am not positive, prodos is more practical anyway. cal anyway. are directly readable from ProDos format disks by Apple writer/// etc. The Ascii Express disk also has the Main files from the //e utilities disks needed for disk formatting and filing etc. save having to shell out 40$ for the system Utilities ProDos v operation out of it. 25-Feb-86 13:30:22 Sb: #44891-][-/// Drive A soldering Iron is unnecessary, what is necessary, is a scope. And there is nothing inherently dangerous about the adjustments. Oh also needed is the alignment disk. ############################################################################# #: 45311 S7/Apple /// 26-Feb-86 23:43:16 Sb: #Micro-Sci Manuals Since Micro-Sci is not making the A-143 drive any more, I am concerned about repairs. I need to get ahold of someone to2:50 Sb: Disk Problems You're hatten' it if track 00 and 02 are damaged. Your best bet would to get your hands on a SOS reference manual or On Three's latest issue or even a ProDOS reference manual. These will tell you what is supposed to be where on tto 1 drive (the internal drive) run by the .CONSOLE. If set to more you won't be able to reach the drives with the Micro-Sci drivers. ############################################################################# #: 48786 S7/Apple /// 21-Mar-86 00:2in operation. I've seen monitors on disk drives cause problems before. (NOTE: Ed is a WAP Member) #: 52436 S7/Apple /// 13-Apr-86 20:44:10 Sb: #52432-Micro-Sci A143's Be CERTAIN that you have set the default parameters number of drives in the SCP #52422-#Micro-Sci A143's Send A SASE w/3 stamps for the docs and the latest version 1.4 drivers to: Ed Gooding, 9400 Greenford Dr., Richmond, VA 23229. Also, try moving the monitor away from the disk drives and see if you get any immediate improvement the directory (from system utilities) but not anything else. Called Micro-Sci but they couldn't help and told me that a manual would cost $30 - $40 if they could find a copy somewhere. Can a anyone help? #: 52432 S7/Apple /// 13-Apr-86 20:30:44 Sb: a dealer who was going under for a very good price. Bad news is there was no documentation with them. I do have the original disk with the drivers though. Have tried to install the drivers normally, but no luck. The drives will read the first level of e convenient. Since I have already spent about 6 hours changing configurations trying to get the rotten thing to work I think I'll just leave it. #: 52422 S7/Apple /// 13-Apr-86 18:34:03 Sb: #Micro-Sci A143's Help! I just bought two A143's fromit won't recognize anything beyond the second drive. after it writes a file to .d2 the timeset display comes up and if you hit return the system bombs and tells you to reboot. I don't have any urgent need for catalyst, I just wanted to see if it were mor7/Apple /// 17-Mar-86 21:11:56 Sb: #48123-Microsci problem Thanks for the suggestion, unfortunately it doesn't seem to work on my system. I have catalyst 2.0 the catalyst driver is 2.01 all I have been able to get is the menu file written to .d2 tter drivers. And, of course, the number of drives is set at 1. It works well, and I've been able to load the drivers dynamically. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F 0X 04 00 D1 01 23 00 80 8F 97 8A DD 93 23 E8 17 F6 1X 3B C3 #: 48259 Scatalyst, and the driver is 1.4. The .catalyst driver is 2.0.1, and the configuration block data is listed below. In the microsci driver, the .d2 (A3 drive) is 01 and the .d3 (Microsci) is 03, both in the first block only. The same is true for the format 213/973-0255 He has lots of parts...I don't think there is such an animal as a A-143 repair manual....Give him a call. He is very helpful. #: 48123 S7/Apple /// 16-Mar-86 20:38:24 Sb: #Microsci problem I've got a .d3 microsci working fine with my epair and warranty work for sometime to come...he is setting up a facility just a few blocks from here...he has fixed several Apple Drive ///'s and A-143's for me and is very reasonable...you can reach him through MicroSci's sister division for a while...a discuss having their repair manual put in the public domain for all potential A143 owners. Any suggestions on who to talk to and where I can get one? #: 45322 S7/Apple /// 27-Feb-86 00:49:55 Sb: #45311-Micro-Sci Manuals Habib is going to handle rhe first few tracks. Another thing you might want to try first is getting your hands on a Retriever program. A ProDOS retriever should work also (if you have a local ][ around). Try restoring the files first. If this fails, you'll have to dig in and use the nibble editor. Good luck! Let us know how it goes. #: 48796 S7/Apple /// 21-Mar-86 01:47:36 Sb: #48663-#Disk Problems The manual you'd need is the SOS Reference manual (specifically, Volume 1). I, too, got the Disk Full message-- but once, d look to the Big Club in the Sky for assistance!! ############################################################################# #: 50426 S7/Apple /// 31-Mar-86 00:42:17 Sb: Disk /// Drive Lamps Believe it or not, Radio Shack carries direct lamp ren see, this card is in slot 4 of my ///. I can use any expertise anyone, which includes most everybody other than myself, can offer to assist me in making my system WORK!. It is a good system, and has a lot of potential; but I'm just one ///'r out there an #48808-FloppCard /// What in the heck is a Butronix FloppCard ///? Never heard of it. #: 48875 S7/Apple /// 21-Mar-86 21:22:58 Sb: #48841 The Butronix FloppyCard /// is the controller card to drive the Tandon dual 1/2 height 8" drives. As you ca graphics program, the best I've seen. I would like to get it but see a problem with the limited capacity of my /// disks. Would much rather have the 1.2 MB of the 8" drives to store foto files and such. #: 48841 S7/Apple /// 21-Mar-86 15:38:12 Sb:ving foto files to my Tandon TM848 8" drives. Apparently, they are not recognized for some reason. I have a PKASO U in slot 1, SoftCard in slot 2, Apple //e mouse in slot 3 and Butronix FloppCard /// in slot 4. Any ideas why it doesn't work? It's a greatitor of your choice. ############################################################################# #: 48808 S7/Apple /// 21-Mar-86 02:51:12 Sb: Butronix FloppCard /// I had occasion to try that great program and feel it is great. I had problems sarammers should be VERY careful about the use of block editors (no matter whose). It is quite simple to make the situation worse instead of better. When working on a floppy, I strongly suggest doing a volume copy BEFORE making ANY changes with the block edto know about directories for what you would be likely to do (as well as the program to do it with). If you can wait, Dan is coming out with an improved version that lets you do a lot with even less knowledge of SOS etc. In any case, non-prog directory structures is readily available in other sources, two of which are the recent article in ON THREE (which was mentioned earlier), AND since you are a TAU member,you might consider the Dan Wade Block Editor. The current version had all would need I assume the same thing could apply to SOS.... #: 48866 S7/Apple /// 21-Mar-86 20:21:23 Sb: Disk Problems Before you go out and buy the SOS manuals, please note that they are quite technical for a non-programmer. What you need to know about/// 21-Mar-86 18:39:35 Sb: #48845-Disk Problems Ah, but there are bugs in Copy ][+ 6.0.....there's a thread in DL1 or DL3 covering it. Basically, the Alphabetize function does not correctly maintain the directory pointers in ProDOS directories, so he catalog, after that Voila!, I could copy the undamaged files with out getting an error in track 02 message. I'll worry about the other files as soon as I get the SOS reference manuals and the disk window. Thanks for all the help--- #: 48851 S7/Apple t's really all just speculation until you get a Disk block editor to find out... #: 48845 S7/Apple /// 21-Mar-86 17:27:34 Sb: #Disk Problems Well, it appears there is still joy in Mudville after all. I used the Copy II+ version 6.0 to alphabetize tI got a little more. My problem wasn't quite as bad as yours (my directory was damaged but readable), but still... Yes, I suppose a power surge could have caused the problem. If that's the case, the damage to your diskette may be a lot more serious. But iplacements for both the Disk /// and the Micro-Sci. As reported in the October 1985 issue of THE /// MAGAZINE, the rectangular LED lamp is Radio Shack part #276-070 and sells for $0.99. (/// SIG Note: Your WAP /// SIG has free replacement lights if you ever need them.) ############################################################################# #: 51260 S7/Apple /// 06-Apr-86 10:34:59 Sb: #DISK DRIVE REPAIRS In repairing my drive the dealer replaced the VLN2003 and the MPSVS1 on the analog boardApple got them out the door, and the only person I have trusted with an Apple /// (or any other machine) for several years. He knows how to fix something without swapping out all the major (read costly) boards and building a new machine for you. same problem, but with the built-in drive on his ///+. Took it to one of the best service technicians I have ever met. He said this guy could pay $100+ to have it fixed or live with it - it would cause no problem. This guy was fixing Apple ]['s before ut it since everything seems to be working fine? Any help would be greatly appreciated. #: 50100 S7/Apple /// 29-Mar-86 02:14:36 Sb: #50023-#Drive problem No, you do not have to worry about the light on problem. A member of our user group had the external run simultaneously, but I don't have that problem. Left the /// off (hard disk still on) for 24 hours, turned it on tonight & the light's still on. So, if its a heat problem cooldown didn't seem to help. Any suggestions? Should I even worry abo access the external drive, the light brightens slightly. When the internal drive is running the external drive light dims and flickers, but the external drive motor doesn't run. I've heard of the drive analog board developing a problem where internal andlast night to find that the "in use" light on the external Disk /// remains constantly lit. The drive isn't running, just the light on. Confidence programs show no problem. The drive seems to be working fine, the stupid light just won't turn off. When Irive problem One of my systems just developed a peculiar problem. I've got a ///+ with an external Disk /// and a CMC 16 meg drive. After being on continuously for about 6 days (I rarely leave the /// on more than 3 days at a time) I arrived home the only one who can do it. But not that it can be properly done without the proper equipment. ############################################################################# DRIVE LIGHT *********** #: 50023 S7/Apple /// 28-Mar-86 19:54:19 Sb: #D proper tools, or you could have problems forever. P.S. I have aligned hundreds of DiskII's, and believe me you can get close without the tools. But the chances of doing it right are probably less than 1 in 1000. or worse. I agree that the dealer is not ############### Sub: #29765-Boot problems You may have seen it work fine. But I would never put any faith in a radial alignment that was done by trial and error. It ain't like timing a car by ear. It is very important that the alignment be done with thepackage. It appears that you had a V where the chips have a U. I assume they are the same. But, before I consider replacing for a friend I would like to verify that what I found is correct. ############################################################## VLN2003 ULN2003AN - a 16 pin TI chip (the AN is not significant) MPSVS1 MPSU51 - a power amp type of transistor in a TO-202 acters to chips on a Disk /// analog board and noted some discrepancies. I am wondering if you were reading from handwriting or other source. What I found is this: YOU HAD I FOUND -------------- -------------- . Not sure what that means but it cured the problem. #: 51576 S7/Apple /// 08-Apr-86 02:05:48 Sb: #51260-#DISK DRIVE REPAIRS Checked out the information that you left regarding the repair of a LED that remains on continuously. I compared the char0 WAP /// SIG MENU.MAKER PROGRAM (v. 6.2) =".D1"210: Coldstart (320: Warmstart &*X=11000: TEXT SLOW-DOWN LOOP ,X.1 CHANGE DISK SUBROUTINE23œ202:2200<RFa$=" YOU MAY SELECT YOUR DISK BY M$="NOVEMBER":1750M$="DECEMBER":1750826);"-";M$;" ";Ѡ,2));", ";"19";Р,2);" ";/П,2))=>13П,2))-12;џ,6);:1780$П,2))=0"12";џ,6);:ٟ;$П,2))=>12" PM-":" AM-" 1830WW=1530 =26:=211660,1670,1680,1690,1700,1710,1720,1730,1740^M$="JANUARY":1750hM$="FEBRUARY":1750rM$="MARCH":1750|M$="APRIL":1750M$="MAY":1750M$="JUNE":1750M$="JULY":1750M$="AUGUST":1750M$="SEPTEMBER":1750M$="OCTOBER":1750T 0")2070H540R\A$="RUNNING "+B$(I),16,B)f"79C";A$;:=0pB$(I),16,B) z::SEG=1".D1/SEG.T"t=+B$(I),16,B) yCT=CT+1~240:=24:=0:"@ ..... "DATE.TIME.LINE" ....JM=Ҡ,4,2))BTM1630,1640,1650,0=+IBOTM/2-.5):I=IBOTM:I/2=I/2)I=I-1 œ2120B=B$(I),16)," ")-1 B$(I),"BASIC 0")850B$(I),"TEXT 0")890 B$(I),"CAT 0")1140*B$(I),"FONT 0")18504B$(I),"FOTO 0")1930>B$(I),"PASTXB$(I);v:520: 500THPOS=4:I/2=I/2)I=I-1I=IBOTM THPOS=44:I/2<>I/2)I=I+1I2=-1:I=I-2:IBOTM<30THPOS=44I=IBOTM/2)*2:=+IBOTM/2)-1:CA)"PRINT.ALL": OA+P 3HA=(81+UCA)A=(81+LCA):::: OA+Q Quits 3IA=(83+LCA)A=(83+UCA)"PRINT.SHOW": OA+S 2JA=(68+LCA)A=(68+UCA)/Screen.Savers/HELLON=THPOS:B$(I);XA<8A>11540bA-7640,660,690,720l:=THPOS:ٺ1600 =Q:WW=0A=:A=21A=9&oldprefix$=40A=31410: Control C "aborts" program to Basic(:A=13770: Return Selects a file *DA=27:50: Escape to change disks/FA=324000: back out one directory level 3GA=(80+UCA)A=(80+L"BASIC 0":150A$="TEXT 0":150A$="CAT 0":150A$="FONT 0":150A$="FOTO 0":150A$(L),"BLOCKS")510*=27:=19:"FREE MEMORY AVAILABLE: ";=7:=20:"80C";A$(L);$:=5:THPOS=4:I=1:IBOTM=J-1:620Q=:=26:=21:sic; +Q Quits."r12);::"80C";a$;:+w#9,"DISKNAME.DAT":#9;DISKNAME$:#9|d$=DISKNAME$$=23:=0::"80C";d$;::12)201M=3:=14:"This /// SIG Disk is \^ 19";Р,2)", Washington Apple `, Ltd."=4:B$(1)="":B$(2)=""A$=16,B) THEN 240 #1, d$="":=10:"80C";d$ ž#1300I=0"I=I+1:#1;A$(I):290,#1 6L=I-1@j=1:same=0 J:SEG=0 Tœ2030^CT<1CT=1cCT>13000Zha$="{,|,~,}; selects; to new disk; J/2)=4:=+1:ۙ=44B$(J);:J=J+1I:1,180,22:2,280,21:2,2380,23:8A$(1000),B$(1000),C%(511),C$(20),name$(20):=10:=0UCA=128:LCA=UCA+32CT=15 IF PREFIX$= PREFIX$+MID$(B$(I),XZ[\]^_VOLUME NAME (/DISKNAME) OR DEVICE NAME (.Dx)"P12);::"80C";a$;:Zb$="CHANGING DISKS"$d=23:=0::"80C";b$;::12).n=12:=20:"MAKE A NEW MENU FOR DISK: ";N$xN$)<2110=N$ :210 I=1L(A$(I),A$))200B$ 1600 &:WW=1:0 :SEG=1;".D1/SEG.F" SEG=1".D1/SEG.G"diskname$=3802  CATCH PASCAL TEXT FILES 202 :F*=08:"78C";"SORRY BUT MENU.MAKER CAN'T READ PASCAL TEXT FILES."04=10:"7A3->IBM ******* #: 52656 S7/Apple /// 15-Apr-86 08:54:22 Sb: #APP III TO IBM CONVERT I NEED TO CONVERT SOME VISICALC DATA FROM MY APPLE III TO IBM PC FORMAT DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY IDEAS OR HINTS FOR ME. I TRIED USING ASCII EXPRESS IN APPLE II EMULATCOBOL ***** 17-Feb-86 18:42:21 Sb: #43337-COBOL $89 for COBOL is a deal as far as I'm concerned. I paid $500 for it when it first came out. It does have a screen generator that is a nice tool and generates a lot of code for you. The interactive es, no data files) before transmitting. Figuring out how to convert non-text files to text files was a challenge - but probably irrelevant to you unless you are moving Pascal data files. Good luck. d, but that seemed ok. Every thing went fine except that lines greater than 80 characters were cut into two lines. This was a bit of a nuisance with the basic programs. I converted all of the Apple 3 files to text files (i.e no basic files, no code filreware) on the PC and Access3 on the Apple 3. I hooked the RS232 ports together with a cable (it has to reverse the pins, a short cable like this came with the Apple 3 - hook it to a straight cable if necessary (no reverse) ). PC-Talk ran, at max 1200 bau-86 08:39:42 Sb: Apple /// to IBM I trust you were the person asking about this. I wanted to add that I have moved quite a few files over from the A3 to IBM. I did most of them with a jury-rigged Pascal system. Just recently I tried using PC-Talk (shal you need is the data, you could do a /s#s and save the Apple Visicalc data to a DIF file. Follow the same procedures for transmitting the file to the IBM. Lotus will read a DIF file as will several data base programs. #: 53176 S7/Apple /// 19-Aprn your communications package. You may have to use the editor or a word processor to clean up the communications overhead. This method will convert your formulas. It is good for Visicalc on the IBM or Lotus 1-2-3 which can read in Visicalc files. If al Visicalc files are not too long (4000 characters) you can send mail to yourself. When you get the text prompt, just transmit the Visicalc file you want to send. Then you can get to your IBM, dial up Compuserve, and read your mail with the save file on iheets are standard ASCII files and can be manipulated with any ASCII text editor (like Applewriter or Pascal Editor). You can use any communication software you have for the three. Just dial up Compuserve and either get to your programming area or if thefrom Vicicalc on my Apple /// to my employer's IBM. He had Lotus 1-2-3. There are two routes you can take, depending on the software you will use on the IBM to manipulate the data and whether you want to transfer data or the Visicalc formulas. Visicalc sT Try saving the files as DIF files and then transfer from the /// to the IBM via modem and Access /// #: 52768 S7/Apple /// 16-Apr-86 00:54:34 Sb: Apple /// to IBM I did just what you want to do a year ago. I had to convert a bunch of data `bcdefION MODE BUT IT WOULDN'T WORK. I ALSO HAVE AN APPLE II I WOULD RATHER NOT USE AN OUTSIDE SERVICE TO PERFORM THIS, BUT SINCE APPLE III IS IN SOS I GET ALL CONFUSED. ANY IDEAS. #: 52690 S7/Apple /// 15-Apr-86 18:30:22 Sb: #52656-APP III TO IBM CONVERdebug package is better than a lot of them that I've used on mainframes. It is GSA rated as high-intermediate. It has every function except Report Writer (who cares, right?). It DOES have internal sort, multikey disk access, and supports duplicate keys. gijklmnodexed files with dupe keys, Apple's does. How come it doesn't support full screen processing like Apple's? Why doesn't it have a screen generator like Apple's (in fact you can generate an entire COBOL program from ID Division to Stop Run with Forms-2). Ws regard that Microsoft COBOL is better than Micro Focus COBOL: How come MS COBOL does not even have the Remainder clause on a Divide statement? Apple's does. How come it doesn't have internal sort, Apple does. How come is doesn't support multi-keyed inith it, so I have used both a lot. My skills are good enough to earn me a 6 figure income with it every year (ask your prof how much he makes with his knowledge of COBOL). Enough credentials, on with the fun: Ask your prof the following questions with hiif not thousands of COBOL programs (counting quick & dirties). I have used Apple COBOL since it was released, and I have developed many programs with it. I have also used MicroSoft's COBOL on the PC, and I have helped develop several large applications wion of COBOL, of which there is a version available for the PC (at $1700 a pop) Let me preface the following statements with my credentials regarding COBOL: I have programmed in it extensively for almost 20 years now, and have literally written hundreds, bol is your prof using? What year standard. #: 51443 S7/Apple /// 07-Apr-86 12:30:20 Sb: #51284-#Apple /// Cobol Your COBOL prof is full of **** about his assertion that MS-DOS COBOL is better than Apple COBOL. Apple COBOL is the Micro-Focus versTER (former publication to THE /// MAGAZINE). /// Cobol is a high intermediate version of 1974 ANSI standard Cobol, and is supposed to be VERY IBM compatible. In fact, I believe the only thing lacking was a REPORT generator. What implementation of of Coough I've never used the system (in fact, I've never used Cobol), the description sounds VERY good... #: 51347 S7/Apple /// 06-Apr-86 20:56:21 Sb: #51284-Apple /// Cobol There was a review of /// Cobol in the 08/02/85 issue of THE /// NEWSLETugger; it allows you to view variable values while you run the program either one statement at a time or continuously... The program can be stopped at any time, the value of a variable can be changed, and program execution can be continued... Anyway, althccording to Apple) a level higher than many Cobol systems on minicomputers. (That rating was given by the GSA's Federal Compiler Testing Center). The /// Cobol system has something called the "animator", which is (from the description) a very powerful deb knows about the ///. Can anyone give a comparison? Many thanks. #: 51346 S7/Apple /// 06-Apr-86 20:55:07 Sb: #51284-#Apple /// Cobol Do you think that maybe he confused the /// with the ][? The /// Cobol is rated at high-intermediate, which is (a #Apple /// Cobol I will be taking a class this quarter in Cobol. The software used is the Microsoft, MS-DOS based version. The prof has said not to bother buying the /// version as the MS-DOS version is much more advanced. I question how much he really It has some nice screen handling functions. Biggest drawback in my opinion is that it will not allow you to link in assembler language subroutines. They do give you some SOS calls to use, but only a few. #: 51284 S7/Apple /// 06-Apr-86 13:09:50 Sb:hy doesn't it have an interactive debugger like Apple's? With the exception of Report Writer, which no one has used for 15 years, Apple's implementation of COBOL is exactly like a mainframe|, which is why it is GSA rated at high-intermediate. Ask your kno FILE COMPRESSION **************** #: 110430 S8/Apple /// Community 27-Mar-87 03:39:40 Sb: #File Compression Folks, Someone here asked about a file compression routine. I was going through the March Dr. Dobbs and spotted one written in 'C' that Ipression I don't think that the compression program above will squeeze out ALL the spaces. I only took a glance at the program, but it looked like if it encountered a field of several consecutive spaces, that it would only squeeze out every other one. Relace in Pascal TEXT files. Of course DLE compression is only good for TEXT (ASCII) files, but it the nice thing about it is that Pascal can read the compressed files directly. #: 110636 S8/Apple /// Community 28-Mar-87 14:42:49 Sb: #110434-File Comes in a string would not be eliminated, but still some compression would be done. #: 110515 S8/Apple /// Community 27-Mar-87 22:46:01 Sb: File Compression This file compression program is one that works kind of like the DLE compression that takes ponverted to ASCII 160, ... etc. Reasonable guess? #: 110503 S8/Apple /// Community 27-Mar-87 22:17:02 Sb: #110474-File Compression Absolutely correct, although the programs I write in Basic or Forth always strip the trailing spaces. Multiple spacust how your code fragment works. How do you handle multiple spaces? My guess, from your description, is that the first space would be dropped, the second space would be converted to ASCII 160 (32 + 128), the third would be dropped, the fourth would be cdo as good (or as reliable) a job as one of the programs using Huffman codes or the like. #: 110474 S8/Apple /// Community 27-Mar-87 20:33:46 Sb: #110430-#File Compression Greek makes more sense to me than BASIC, so I'm not terribly clear on j What that particular program does is simply squeeze out all of the spaces in a text file. The position were the space was is marked by setting the high bit of the next character. While this will give some reduction in size to the file it will not 27) THEN PRINT" ";CHR$(ASC(char$)-128);:GOTO 120 140 PRINT char$; 150 GOTO 120 200 GET#1;char$:RETURN Excuse if any bugs get in the code, but I did make this work. #: 110434 S8/Apple /// Community 27-Mar-87 07:05:39 Sb: #110430-#File Compression " 40 ON EOF#1 CLOSE:END 50 GOSUB 200 60 IF char$=CHR$(32) THEN GOSUB 200:char$=CHR$(ASC(char$)+128) 70 PRINT#2;char$; 80 GOTO 50 90 REM De-Compressor Routine 100 OPEN#1 AS INPUT;"output.file" 110 ON EOF#1 CLOSE:END 120 GOSUB 200 130 IF char$>CHR$(1ivalent of the character is printed. Not much, but it does reduce the size of files up to about 20%. Maybe one of you can make more of it: 10 REM Data Compressor 20 REM For Ascii files 30 OPEN#1 AS INPUT,"input.file":OPEN#2 AS OUTPUT,"output.filea space is encountered the following character is set to it's high bit equivalent, i.e. ASC(value) + 128. This eliminates the spaces in the newly written file. When translated, whenever a high bit character is encountered a space and then the low bit equprstuvw adapted to Business Basic, not because that is the language to use (it's not- too slow here) but because I don't trust my Pascal enough. Perhaps one of the Pascal gurus can make something. The following program is very simple. All that is done is when gards..... MODULA 2 ******** 23-Feb-86 21:08:39 Sb: Modula 2 I also have a copy of Volitions Modula 2 for the ///, but have yet to use it. Volitions assets were acquired (or at least part of them) by Pecan Software, which also bought Softech Microsystems, the U TEXTS2 does all the arithmetic just fine but the Disconnect(t) call results in a Text Error. I revised _PROCEDURE handler_ to indicate the specific text error, and it is FileError. FILES1 behaves similarly. It copies the file correctly, but the ating -- not compiling, running -a few of the demonstrator programs that came with the system. Specifically: PROCESS2 crashes with an "Unimplemented Instruction" error at M=HiHo,P=2,I=7, the line in PROCEDURE WriteHi that reads "WriteString('hi')". ere in TWELVE HOURS than I got from MUSUS forum in two weeks!! Now to the problem at hand. I am running this on an Apple ///, 256K, with a Catalyst-driven ProFile. The system shows no trouble in locating MODULA.LIBRARY. I am having some trouble runnome ///-specific questions. Also I am having trouble running some of the demonstrator programs that came with the system. #: 50001 S7/Apple /// 28-Mar-86 17:05:15 Sb: #49939-#Modula-2 Support This Forum is great!!! I have received more help hO_ response at all. Not even so much as, "What is an Apple ///?" Does anybody know who, if anyone, is in a position to provide information or answer questions about Modula-2 on the Apple ///? I am not looking for a tutor in Modula-2, but I do have ssed by another software company which, as I understand it, has decided NOT to support our favorite machine. Sigh. I have had some questions about the Apple /// Modula-2 system posted on the MUSUS forum for several weeks, which questions have drawn _Npple /// 27-Mar-86 19:16:20 Sb: #Modula-2 Support Dear Brethren (and Sistren), Last summer, I bought Modula-2 for my beloved ///'s from VOLITION SYSTEMS, but that company has since shuffled off this mortal coil. Some of their assets were purcha months to receive my complimentary copy of Niklaus Wirth's book Programming in Modula-2_, 3rd Edition. 24-Feb-86 23:53:04 Sb: #44814-Modula-2 Volition Systems is belly in that great Ch. 11 in the sky. I'll try the foreign guys. #: 49863 S7/Ag that 3 times fast!) Heidelberger Platz 3 D-1000 Berlin 33 This is the address to which my Product Registration Form was sent. As I recall their reply to my registration was back in less than two weeks. But it took threee not had any reason to contact them, so if they have gone belly up, I would not know it. If they have gone to that Great Compiler in the Sky, you might try contacting: Springer-Verlag Auftragsbearbeitung (Try sayinng to do with concurrency. 24-Feb-86 16:48:45 Sb: #Modula-2 I bought Modula-2 last summer ($95.00) from : VOLITION SYSTEMS P. O. Box 1236 Del Mar, California 92014 (619) 481-2286 I havxz{|}~CSD Pascal vendor. Also, the Modula 2 heavyweights told me that the Apple /// implementation was pretty good but that the Apple /// (i.e 6502) lacked some interrupt feature that they thought somewhat important - I vaguely recall that it might have somethitempt to close the file results in I/O Error = EndError. FILES2, w FILES3 does what it is supposed to do if the "Enter record number: " is zero, negative, or greater than 9. If it is 1 through 9, it rsults in a "file seek error." I added a _PROCEDURE handler_ which would specify the value of File I/O error, and now even record 0, which used to work, gives a File I/O error = EndError. FILES.DATA is OK. I checked it _an MAKE.DATA just to be sure. The rest of the demonstration programs run likeuffer. I just slowed the printer down from 9600 baud to 1200 baud. All works well now. I'm sure I could have even went to 2400 baud, but why push it? The printer is plenty fast at 1200. Make sure your device driver is set at the same speed as your priOne is XON/XOFF and the other I believe is called space. By switching from XON/XOFF to space, I at least got the thing to print something. I would still print about 2 pages and the freak out. I immediately decided that the computer was overflowing the b IMAGEWRITER *********** 24-Feb-86 18:21:56 Sb: Imagewriter problems I just got done hooking up an Imagewriter to a //e for a client. I was using a third party board with no docs. Not a fun job. The Imagewriter can use two different protocols. /// of their Power System series, but might if enough interest is shown. You can order Modula-2 from them for $99.95. For more info, call or write: Pecan Software Systems 1410 39th Street Brooklyn, NY 11216 (718) 851-3100 #: 117992 S7/Apple /// Products 08-May-87 11:02:06 Sb: #Modula-2 Folks, Pecan Software has the Modula-2 package available for the Apple /// again, which was the old Volition Systems package. They are not planning at this point an upgrade for then my profile. What's the attraction to PGraf, anyway? I'm not aware of any truly significant programs that need it. Put first things first, and get text I/O and typed file I/O up and working properly. Then consider the graphics environment as a whole. of the demonstrator programs that came with the system. #: 50102 S7/Apple /// 29-Mar-86 02:39:19 Sb: #50009-#Modula-2 Support This is all very interesting. I've intended to learn Modula-2 for some time now, but haven't had them time or the space ource, and Font in the PGRAF Unit Interface. Since in the Apple /// installation, Modula-2 flies under the PASCAL system, there ought to be a way to use PGRAF from Modula-2. Finally, I am having some trouble running -- not compiling, running -- a fewlawlessly. Second, for several reasons, I would prefer to use PGRAF over TURTLEGRAPHICS, but when I tried to convert the PGRAF unit to a module, I failed when I tried to compile the DEFINITION MODULE. The compiler choked on variables of type FILE, Soo extract a listing of the DEFINITION modules? FILES1 behaves similarly. It copies the file correctly, but the attempt to close the file results in I/O Error = EndError. FILES2, which does the same thing but uses ReadBytes instead of Read performs fey are listed in some module hierarchies, but they are not described AT ALL, much less in detail. Both are fairly large so I assume they do something fairly important. Do they export anything that might be helpful in my own programming? Is it possible t Secretariat. #: 50003 S7/Apple /// 28-Mar-86 17:12:34 Sb: #49951-#Modula-2 Support Thanks for your response and offer of help. First, the MODULA.LIBRARY contains two modules, SOS and UCSDGlobals, which are not described in the manual. Thnter. If you are using a // serial card also make sure the DIP switches are set at the same baud rate as your printer too. Hope this helps. #: 45159 S7/Apple /// 26-Feb-86 01:39:50 Sb: #44937-#/// Printer driver Based on the dip switch settings above, you have set up the Imagewriter for 9600 baud, 8 bits, DTR protocol. Set the Data Config. Block in the serial driver as follows: 0E 00 00 00 00 00 13 11 DF 84 50 80 If that doesn't fly, switch to XON/XOFF protocol by closing dip switch 2-3 on the etc. Also have announced (it is 'back ordered') a Small "C" compiler running with this system. Presumably it generates source files which are then assembler with ORCA/M. Same porting possibilities suggest themselves. Legend is looking into a port of Applehuge macro libraries including ProDos-SOS calls, math functions, and optional floating point. Also looking at this. (they claim to have a piece available which converts their object files to ///-Pascal-Assembler format for creating relocatable /// modules,ences and hand code some filips then re-assemble on the ///. (I'd like to take their assembly source listing directly but it looks like it is only capable of hardcopy). In a similar vein the new version of the ORCA/M assembler is ProDos based and includes 'm looking at it this month. If nothing else one could code in Pascal (e.g. Power Keys calculator) then compile then disassemble the object file (with SOurce Window) (remember, the /// can read those ProDos disks directly) then tweak the 'ProDos-/// differ(][ and ///) is quite well described. That started me thinking about looking at 'tools' written for ProDos with possible ports to /// or at least portability of their output. Kyan Pascal is a nice-price (69.95) NATIVE CODE pascal compiler for ][ ProDos. Iuse the same calling formats as SOS (although the book itself is padded with lots of stuff from the old inside DOS). If you can't get ahold of a SOS ref manual this one is actually a pretty good intro and the stuff on the bizarre disk scheme used by Apple 11-Oct-85 22:07:25 Sb: Noteworthy Time to dismount my crotchety high-horse and get back to what's interesting these days... Picked up a copy of the "Inside ProDos" book the other day and lo it really is a SOS clone... most of the low level OS routines o the references to BUFFCNT will need to be changed accordingly. I hope this helps. I don't know how familiar you are with assembly, so I don't know how deep I should get in explanation. Hopefully someone could supply you with the code substitutions. that gets printed by the 8-pin print head (but only 7 bits are actually used -- because of the way Wozniak designed the hardware), with the top pin being the LSB. The number of bytes sent to the printer driver may change with different escape sequences, sey are: V n3 n2 n1 n0 -- Repeat next byte in buffer for N dot positions "0001"<=N<="9999" T n1 n0 -- n/144-inch line feed "00"<=n<="99" > -- Unidirectional print Location PNTBYTE is the byte 06-Apr-86 18:21:21 Sb: ##51091 - HARDCO.TEXT I can't help you with any specifics on the Epson printer, but I can supply you with what the Escape sequences do and then you can find out how they are done on your Epson and substitute them in the code. Th Imagewriter and changing the DCB to: 0E 00 00 00 00 80 13 11 DF 84 50 00 Let me know how you make out. Good luck..... ############################################################################# EPSON PRINTER ************* #: 51330 S7/Apple /// works back to the /// (!!!) supporting up to 1 meg memory using their "S" card. Apparently they ran into the same problems as Bob C with 3EZ memory management and just decided the Appleworks --> /// was easier... more 05-Mar-86 21:32:48 Sb: #Prodos I have heard from that it is possible to run Prodos on the Apple ///. I am able to catalog the files, but that is all. How can Prodos be used in Apple /// native mode? 06-Mar-86 00:48:50 Sb: #46452-#Prodos ProDos is a subset of SOS, the Apple ///'s opera but no longer renders the programs unbootable. Catalyst 2.1 includes Quark's Discourse print spooler. Using Discourse print spooler you are able to spool larger documents than you can with a ram based spooler or external buffer. Your documents, up to 14 with a backup) and made unbootable. In the event you had a hard disk failure and lost your programs and files, you could reinstall the program from the "locked" program disk. Catalyst 2.1 still locks copy protected programs to the Catalyst serial number,incorrectly stated that Catalyst DESTROYS copy protected programs, such as Apple Writer, as it installs them onto your hard disk. Copy protected programs were NOT destroyed, they were locked to the serial number of your Catalyst boot disks (Catalyst comeskup /// from the Catalyst menu, it loads the disk format drivers into memory with the program, or loads the RS232 driver as it loads Access///. Selector requires ALL of the drivers you will need to use with your programs to be in SOS.DRIVER On Three has because of its extra features such as dynamically loading drivers and added the printer control available with the Catalyst - Discourse combination. Catalyst 2.0 and 2.1 save memory by dynamically loading drivers. When you choose System Utilities or Bacer, the decision is not always as easy as what someone else likes. There are advantages and disadvantages to both packages. #: 46070 S7/Apple /// 03-Mar-86 00:53:01 Sb: Catalyst vs Selector I have used both Selector and Catalyst and prefer Catalyst on menu and can be neatly organized. I vote for Catalyst but would like some Selectors features. #: 45637 S7/Apple /// 01-Mar-86 01:03:41 Sb: Catalyst vs. Selector Yes, I have used both Selector /// and Catalyst. I prefer Selector /// by far. Howev install most protected software. On the other hand it is limited as to the number of items on the menu screen..>Selector will not work with Word Juggler (my favorite) and will not install some protected stuff...it does have lots more space to put items CATALYST VS. SELECTOR ********************* #: 45599 S7/Apple /// 28-Feb-86 22:09:18 Sb: Catalyst vs. Selector RE: Catalyst vs Selector= I like Catalyst because it has had a lot of time on the market and works pretty well with most stuff. It willitan Technologies. That's because ProDOS uses the ]['s 16K language card which the /// neither has nor is able to emulate without extra hardware. OK? ting system. I think that whoever gave you that info meant that the two operating systems share the same FILE format, and thus the two can share data files on the same disk... To actually run ProDOS, you'd need either the ///+][ or the ///+//e card from T at a time, are spooled to your hard disk, rather than internal memory or an external buffer. I have written some WPL routines that produce 24 form letters at a time in memory, print them to the spooler, then create the next 24 letters, continuing the process in a loop until 14 "Documents" consisting of 24 letters are queued in the spooler. During this process, AppleWriter is accessing the hard disk, for the names and addresses of the list, the body of the letter and at the same time Discourse is accessin########################### KEYSTONE ******** #: 53156 S7/Apple /// 19-Apr-86 00:33:59 Sb: #53134-Keystone For those of you who are contemplating purchasing Keystone, they've really done a terrific job of fixing the problem areas. Payroll, which was seems like an excellent way to reassess inaccessible disks. /// SIG NOTE: Copy //+ has also gotten high marks from ///ers. Requires 64k however, so you'll need the Titan ///+2 or ///+2e cards to run. ################################################## quarter tracks if necessary and reconstructs the files. After using this utility I was able to access the disk but still got Directory Damage using System Utilities so copied files to another disk and recovered data without Directory Damage message. Thi S7/Apple /// 18-Apr-86 06:15:27 Sb: Locksmith 6.0 This is an excellent program for retrieval of data from bad disks. I had a Business Basic Data disk that I could not access (volume not found). Using the file recovery option it scans each track in AW and impossible from Advanced Visicalc. With Discourse, I don't have to waste expensive ribbon printing something which I will just toss out. ############################################################################# LOCKSMITH ********* #: 53078ich I like is that I can delete a document from the Discourse menu when it is partly printed. Sometimes while printing a document I realize that I have messed up (like when I forget to .LJ after printing the title). It gets messy to exit from printing inlike it available on the //e, they don't have SOS. On the Mac the only thing close, is in a networking software system and costs $250. 04-Mar-86 19:53:09 Sb: Catalyst vs Selector I have used Discourse for three years now and love it. The feature wh, you can drive two printers at once with Discourse. One from the RS232 serial port on your /// and the other via the UPIC card. Show Discourse to your Apple //e and Macintosh owning friends and you will have them drooling with envy. There is no program printout. The control you have over your printer with Discourse, is why I prefer it over any external buffer or ram based spooler I have seen or used. If you really need to do a lot of printing, and have a UPIC card with an Apple // parallel printer cableia the Spoolstatus screen how many documents are queued up for printing, and from which program each document originated. Additionally you can restart (useful in the event of jammed paper in your printer), delete documents or even re-arrange the order of work through SYSTEM.FAILURES. Since it offered no features useful to me and does not work as well with Discourse, (I could not get it to work with Discourse) I am sticking with Catalyst and SOS 1.3. The Catalyst - Discourse combination allows you to see vto me by the Apple /// team for review, used a special version (1.4) of SOS, which according to my contacts at Apple was never totally de-bugged. This being the case I did not work with it extensively, since I did not want to blow any of my files or lose g a character. Once AppleWriter has completed printing the form letters, the user is then free to select another program from the Catalyst menu such as /// EZPieces, and to use the /// while Discourse continued to print out documents. Selector /// given g the disk as the printer requires input, and then deleting "Documents" which have been printed. #: 46071 S7/Apple /// 03-Mar-86 00:54:54 Sb: #Catalyst vs Selector Catalyst, Discourse, AppleWriter 2.0, and SOS 1.3 performed flawlessly never droppins a bit of a dog in the pre-release version, would probably be my first choice for a simple payroll installation now. Much less cumbersome than Great Plains' personnel department approach, and of course BPI's payroll was dead for 3 months or so this year, and who needs that problem?! Note that prices for complete G/L implementations are_much_ cheaper for us now than IBM, and that's a real consideration. Great Plains from AIM is about the same as Keystone, with BPI and State of the Art discounted to theirAW, Visicalc, whatever. The mouse is used in place of the cursor keys, a press of the button is the same as the return key, two quick presses of the button is the same as the escape key, or the solid apple/escape sequence which invokes the Desktop Mgr. mae DM windows around on your screen so you can view both the background and foreground windows in the most advantageous way. You can also view the contents of the clipboard (for cut & paste) at any time. You can also now use your mouse in any application, . Very nice!! Other misc. Functions of the DM calculator include constants for PI (3.14159), and e (2.71828), log computation, natural log comp, x^y comp, and square root comp. Other functions accessible from all the modules include the ability to move thu would pull out your trusty calculator, add up the 25 numbers and key the total into the document. Now, you cut the entire column out of your document and into the DM calculator paper tape, where you total it, and then paste it back into your AW documente paper tape on the screen to your printer. (the auditors out there will love this). Here's a neat way to use the DM calc to make Applewriter /// more powerful. Suppose you have a column of 25 amounts in your AW file that you want to total. Normally, yoconvert numbers from dec to hex to bin and back again for you with a single keystroke. One of the neatest features is a paper tape the you can invoke to the side of the calculator and keep a running tab of what you are computing. You can also print out th you are a 10 key pad user, you can use the Enter key as the + key. Functions include sign reversing, memory, clear and clear entry, trig functions (sine, cosine, tangent). It also supports both degree and radian computations. It also will automatically "jump" from or to any month and year. You can print any of the calendar screens. You can also edit your appts. using /// EZ Pieces type editing commands, including cut & paste, etc. The calculator is more than I will ever use. One nice touch is that ifn a program or in your word processor, you suddenly get a nice window that reminds you that you have an appt. Very slick! The calendar is perpetual, I have already set up dates into 1987 on it. You can show all appts. for a day, week, or month. You can jumping, etc. You can cut and paste from any application to it, and then from it to any other application. The calendar is a beauty. It has a nice reminder feature. You can set the date and time of an appt., and if you are absent-mindedly working away o, its actually a mini word processor in background. You can have up to 244 notes, each note can hold 60 lines of 63 characters each. You can edit, rename, delete, and print any of them. Useful functions include cut & paste, find, print, forward/back ward , copies the files and programs to it, and then will automatically install the Desktop Mgr. driver in the SOS.DRIVER file(s) of your boot disk(s) without you ever having to know what SCP means. Very nice for the average /// user. The notepad is very nicet is very user friendly, with plenty of online help, and an auto-install program that keeps the user totally away from Sys. Utils. when installing it. The auto-install function makes the appropriate sub-directory after prompting you for the device you want appropriate value. ############################################################################# DESKTOP MGR *********** #: 51720 S7/Apple /// 08-Apr-86 23:32:14 Sb: #51548-#On /// Desktop Mgr. So far I am extremely impressed with Desktop Mgr. Iin menu screen. You can also specify a default printer ala 3EZ, and you can check your machine status (a function that displays the microprocessor chip in your ///, the amount of memory you have, the version of SOS you are running, and the version of Desktop Mgr. you are using. The documentation is over 100 pages with plenty of screen shots, command summaries, a table of contents, and 16 appendices. The program is not copy protected. Limitations: Desktop Mgr. is not compatible with Power Keys. If you ting multiple copies of one report, while you created/edited another one on your ///. The one thing that you will not be able to do with the buffer is to reorder the report sequence once they are committed to the buffer's RAM. You have to print them in filly drop the idea of using a spooler and get an inline printer buffer. That way, you could still queue your reports and print extra copies without drawing on the computing resources of your ///. You would still get double throughput, as you could be prinform letters from Applewriter /// from a PFS database, if I remember correctly. ############################################################################# JEPPSON SPOOLER *************** 09-Feb-86 18:49:10 Sb: #41698-Jeppson spooler I'd personaieces. 08-Feb-86 00:45:13 Sb: PFS file conversion There is a set of WPL programs called Merge /// that will do what you want, I think. There is a mini-review of this utility in ///'s Company's Software/Reviews.1 directory. It allows you to print e to disk with each field on a separate line. Make the paper length equal to the number of fields. Have data in every field - dot or dash - will work. No more than 30 fields if you want to transfer to // ezp. N field more than 72 characters long for 3 ez pscii...use the C(hange ...FIle type and it will prompt for which file and you name it and then it will ask to what file type and you then type in ASCII, TEXT, etc. 08-Feb-86 00:05:17 Sb: PFS file conversion It's not too difficult. Print a label filt Shop disk. ############################################################################# PFS FILE ******** 07-Feb-86 22:40:21 Sb: PFS file conversion PFS print files check out to be Text files which can be converted in a flash with Pascal to Anter but it does erratic things. Any help would be greatly appreciated. 07-Feb-86 23:24:47 Sb: #41443-Print Shop Set-up Don't use the Catalyst emulator - use the Apple ][ boot disk instead. The baud rate & such should be set before you boot the Prin PRINT SHOP ********** 07-Feb-86 21:32:19 Sb: #Print Shop Set-up Has anybody had any experience setting up Print Shop for the Apple /// in emulation mode? I have a Imagewriter hooked to the Apple /// serial port. The signal seems to get to the prisk. During that time such horrendous problems developed that we had to discontinue its use. I believe the problems are so fundamentally serious that I recommend you try something else. I ended up writing a replacement program that has been running witho********************** #: 49953 S7/Apple /// 28-Mar-86 01:19:07 Sb: #Accounting I have _extensive_ experience with SOA`s "Professional" time & billing. Our office, a CPA firm, used it for about four or five months on Apple /// with an Infax hard diwant to use both, you will need separate boot disks. /// SIG NOTE: You might also want to check out Power Keys, sold through Pair Software. ############################################################################# STATE OF THE ART ACCOUNTING *****rst-in/first-out sequence. Practical Peripherals makes a good inline buffer for serial or parallel printers, and I think they make an internal buffer for the Epson printer. Quadram also makes a good buffer. You can buy either from mail order places for $200 - 300. If you do a lot of printing from your ///, they will definitely pay for themselves very quickly. One nice touch is that you can dump into the buffer at one speed and dump from the buffer to your printer at another speed. If you are using a 12HE FORTRAN DISKS EXACTLY AS INSTRUCTED TO DO IN THE APPLE FORTRAN MANUAL. FORT1: HAS 'SYSTEM.APPLE', 'SYSTEM.PASCAL', 'SYSTEM.MISCINFO', 'SYSTEM.CHARSET', 'SYSTEM.FILER', 'SYSTEM.LINKER', 'SYSTEM.EDITOR', AND 'FORTLIB.CODE'. FORT2: HAS 'SYSTEM.APPLE', 'S 20-Feb-86 23:08:42 Sb: #APPLE FORTRAN ERROR I DO ;NOT YET UNDERSTAND FORTRAN OR PASCAL AS WILL PROBABLY BECOME OBVIOUS WHEN I ASK MY QUESTION. I PURCHASED A COPY OF APPLE FORTRAN AND ALREADY HAD A COPY OF APPLE PASCAL, VERSION 1.2. I CONFIGURED Tering is done by a assembly language module. Guess we could use Daryl's Source Window to disassemble it and then reconstruct....hmmm. ############################################################################ FORTRAN ******* #: 44001 S7/Apple /// it went over the 63999 limit. As I said before, buy /// RENUMBER from expanding space. It will renumber ANYTHING with excellent error handling routines. #: 44038 S7/Apple /// 21-Feb-86 00:41:12 Sb: RENUMBER Part of the problem is that the renumbes (guess in looks only in two adjunct banks). Second, the renumbered line CANNOT exceed 63999, or another error will occur. This problem caught me a few times on a large program that I was setting at 100 increments per line (e.g., 100, 200, 300, etc.) andS BASIC REUNUMBER ************************ #: 43976 S7/Apple /// 20-Feb-86 22:15:43 Sb: RENUMBER Two things I have found WON'T work on the B. Basic RENUMBER module. First, a program must NOT exceed 64K in size, or RENUMBER cannot locate the code lin#43307-Access /// Download Just EXEC and B. Basic will load it as a Basic Program, then SAVE it off to a new B. Basic program . ############################################################################ BUSINESbasic reads your file just like commands from the keyboard so it all has to be 'kosher' basic commands. Also, eliminate any unwanted carriage returns entered by the comm package. SuperAppleWriter is a good tool for doing this. 18-Feb-86 03:31:18 Sb: e or whatever you're appropriate SOS pathname for the stored file is. Oh yeah, to save you the first time confusion, edit the text file (actually should be ascii) to eliminate any text ahead of or after the actual body of the program. When you use "exec", ou can give me. I am fairly familiar with BASIC programming, but not in regards to APPLE machines. I have yet to learn all of its quirks! 17-Feb-86 15:24:32 Sb: #43307-#Access /// Download Simply boot up basic and enter the command EXEC .d2/filenamt least I assume that this is the reason.) What do I need to do get this module to work with ACCESS ///. The reason I addressed this message to you was that you were listed at the beginning of the program as the author. I would appreciate whatever help ya dialing directory for the program. I downloaded the program with another type computer as an ASCII file, then transferred it to the /// using ACCESS /// via capture. Basic will not allow me to load this file now, because it has a file type of TEXT (or a################################################################## ACCESS /// ********** 17-Feb-86 09:32:47 Sb: #Access /// Download I have downloaded a basic program for use with ACCESS /// which, according to the program description, will allow 00 baud printer, you can dump into the buffer at 9600 baud and finish "printing" (at least your /// will think so) eight times faster than usual. Then, while the buffer dumps away to your printer you can be booting up a game of Card Machine. ############YSTEM. PASCAL', 'SYSTEM.MISCINFO', 'SYSTEM.CHARSET', 'SYSTEM. COMPILER', AND 'SYSTEM.LIBRARY'. FORT2 IS IN THE BOOT DISK AND FORT1 IS IN DISK 2, NEITHER DISKETTE IS WRITE-PROTECTED AND THE PRINTER IS TURNED ON. REGARDLESS OF WHAT I PUT IN 'SYSTEM.WRK.TEXT' (THROUGH THE EDIT AND INSERT COMMANDS), I STILL GET AN IO ERROR WHEN I ATTEMPT TO COMPILE THE PROGRAM THROUGH THE 'RUN' COMMAND. THE ERROR THAT APPEARS ON THE SCREEN IS: #: 44097 S7/Apple /// 21-Feb-86 12:47:15 Sb: #44001-#APPLE FORTRAN ERROR You, a total of 868K. This would obviously overflow any ram based spooler or external buffer. So if you have to lots of printing to do invest in the right cable and use Discourse. 04-Mar-86 20:13:07 Sb: #46233-#Discourse If you have discourse, it wia lot of printing which means you could fill up a 48K ram based spooler with one large document from AppleWriter. A consulting client of mine, using a WPL routine I wrote for them, regularly queues 14 documents at a time for printing, each one of them 62K you are using and how much memory it is configured to use. Some users of ram based have found that when set for 48K, it leaves insufficient memory left to operate the Apple Speller from AppleWriter resulting in a system failure. You said you were doing e, CA 94086 (408) 737-7777 They still list one in their catalog for $38.00. They have branches located in several areas of the country. Ram based buffers or spoolers in your /// use up part of your ///'s memory. How much depends upon the bufferarallel driver, its on the Discourse Disk, it was written specifically for Discourse and the UPIC card. Apple's parallel driver WON'T work. If you cannot find an Apple /// parallel cable contact: inmac 130 S. Wolfe Road Sunnyvallel cable, reset the Device Configuration Block (DCB) Values in Quark's Parallel driver, to one of the values for bytes 00 and 01, listed in Table 4-2, UPIC Manual page 19, which match the values your printer will accept. Make SURE you are using Quark's Pes connected to pins 18 and 19. Pin 19 is the critical one in your case since its function, page 16 of the UPIC manual, is Printer Power On Input. So lack of connection at pin 19 is giving you the Discourse error message. Borrow someone's Apple /// parallem Quark is probably half right. You may have something wrong with your printer cable, the wire connecting pin 19 may be broken, or you may have the WRONG cable. Many dealers sold UPIC cards with an Apple ][ parallel cable, which is missing the two linesting things that AW's find can do... If you have the 2.0 manuals, check pages 67-69 of AppleWriter ///: Pt 2. ############################################################################ DISCOURSE ********* 02-Mar-86 19:16:07 Sb: #Discourse Probs when you are converting files to IBM format--replace Control B with Control B/Control J. #: 44017 S7/Apple /// 20-Feb-86 23:37:23 Sb: #43951-The Phantom Linefeed Actually, you can find & replace carriage returns. In fact, there are a lot of interol M/Control J). The AW plan will take these out, however. Incidentally, if you ever want to add or delete carriage returns in AW, use Control B, since you can't enter a control M (you get a carriage return, and no entry.) You may need to add Control J'################# PHANTOM LINEFEEDS ***************** #: 43951 S7/Apple /// 20-Feb-86 20:08:30 Sb: #The Phantom Linefeed Your recording of the files on an IBM is the culprit. IBM thinks that a c carriage return is a carriage return/linefeed (contrhe source is somewhere in the data-bases (or is it in MUSUS?) Make sure you have SYSTEM.APPLE and SYSTEM.PASCAL corresponding to the 64K version, the compiler doesn't work under the 128K system. ###########################################################r message is missing some lines but I think I know what is the problem, you have to run a FIX program before you can use the Fortran Compiler with the Pascal 1.2 system. If you can E-Plex your address I can send you the fix although I have the impression tll be in the WJ driver file which you can see with SCP of the utilities disk. I agree, I have both WJ and AW and use AW. One of the things I use AW for is editing Visicalc files. Works great for making mass changes in a VC file. 05-Mar-86 02:26:35 Sb: Catalyst A little quick research after my impromptu answer last night indicates that my second hunch was correct - if a driver already exists, then Catalyst does not reload. This is confirmed on page 3-9 of my Catalyst 2.0 manual. I am not sure if prog of value on the MONA LISA disk is the SOURCE CODE to the RS232 DRIVER!!! And that's the only reason why we haven't pulled it from the library. Mona's just no fun since Lisa died... ######################################################################, I at least got it to produce a display (.GRAFIX driver required, and hit RETURN when you get "--"). But it doesn't show much, obviously needing what was in the _original_ ICON file . . . 24-Feb-86 01:41:03 Sb: #44589-Mona Lisa Disk The only thingthey don't know anything about it other than that it was demonstrated at one of their meetings. Looking at it with a block editor, I found a reference to a file called ICONS. When I created an empty file by that name in the same subdirectory as MONA.CODEreciated. - 23-Feb-86 17:18:43 Sb: #44478-#Mona Lisa Disk I guess you missed our earlier discussions here on MONA LISA. It is almost worthless, and I think TAU should remove it from their library (and catalog); they say it was given to them and t the disk does. I try to run MONA.CODE and the PASCAL system crashes with an IO error. There are several other files on the disk like QUEEN.TEXT, the RS232.DRIVER text etc. The program source text files are absolutely undocumented. Any help would be appwith SOS 1.3. ############################################################################## MONA LISA ********* 23-Feb-86 02:26:43 Sb: #Mona Lisa Disk Folks, I got a copy of TAU's MONA LISA, and I will admit that I am at a lost to understand wha with the ///, they chose Catalyst over Selector. As you probably have noticed some of the manuals, such as the SOS reference manuals refer to SOS 1.2. It never got out the door either - too many creepy crawly things. Save yourself some headaches stick 1. It was a modification of SOS to enable SOS to work with Selector. Other than that, it was no improvement over SOS 1.3 2. It was not released, because it had bugs. When the Apple /// marketing team picked an interpreter switcher to packageentation about the differences. 06-Mar-86 Sb: SOS 1.4B The version I have is titled exactly the same as yours. I have no documentation on any differences. I was told two things about SOS 1.4, by people at Apple whom I have known for several years. ave an SOS.KERNEL file that is titled SOS 1.4-B MAR 83. Do your copies have versions appended? Any idea of how many versions t there may be floating around? I have had this for a couple of years, but have been afraid to play with it since I had no documthing I haven't learned how to do yet)? This must be my year for learning how to do new things with my ///. ############################################################################ SOS 1.4 ******* 06-Mar-86 20:54:14 Sb: #46491-SOS 1.4-B I h#46277-#Discourse If Discourse is in the WJ driver file, how is it possible to use it with Apple Writer? Is it simply another driver that I can put into the SOS.DRIVER file on my Catalyst boot disk? Is it a driver that should be loaded dynamically (some the same time. I believe SOS will use one (the first one loaded, which is the later one in the sequence when viewed in the SCP) if two are configured in Systems Utilities, but, again, I have not tried to see what would happen. 05-Mar-86 04:11:35 Sb: rams normally reset the driver to its default configuration when they are done. You may want to experiment with sequencing to see if you can screw things up. Please let us know. Anyway, two drivers with the same name should NOT exist in a driver file at###### //->/// ******* 12-Oct-85 08:34:36 Sb: #][ port to /// Does anyone know an easy way to move an apple ][ Basic program into an apple /// text file? I suspect that I have programs that do this, from TAU or somwhere, but I'm not sure where to start looking. My backup solution is have a friend with a ][ send them over the phone to my /// but I am still hoping to do it entirely on the ///. Suggestions? 12-Oct-85 11:00:35 Sb: #20924-#][ port to /// .... A couple of ways. Write the Basic p 28-Mar-86 21:59:58 Sb: #50013-#More Up & Crawling I'm getting some funny happenings with Utilities 1.1. I try to copy a floppy via Volume Copy, and various weirdness happens. SOmetimes after asking for the destination floppy, it whirls a bit, then sa /// Manual for loading with markers. In this case your marker can be the last word in your file when all is loaded. ############################################################################ SYSTEM UTILS 1.1 **************** #: 50037 S7/Apple /// rker process until you have it all broken up into separate manageable files. 03-Feb-86 20:40:33 Sb: #40635-Silly me! You can load part of any file by [L]oad: .profile/filename!beginning marker! ending marker! RETURN See pgs 91-94 in the Applewriter character string not found earlier in the file. This will be the starting point for your next load. Clear out the file (CTRL-N) and load a new section starting at your chosen marker: CTRL-L, filename!marker!. Save that and repeat this Load-Save-Find MaApple Writer ///? (What I'm about to describe may also work in Super Applewriter, but I haven't tried.) "Load" as much of the file as AW will take. You can save that much to a new file. Somewhere near the end find a distinctive "marker"; i.e., a uniqueram to split it up. Read about 700 lines, create a file and read it off, read the next 700 lines, etc. If you are trick, you could look for the file end banner and cause a break there. 03-Feb-86 20:44:07 Sb: #40635-Silly me! Do you have regular I can open it and read it backwards or maybe use the blockread/write in Pascal to split it up into 5 or so files? I'd hate to loose all that stuff at the end! Oh well. 03-Feb-86 11:21:39 Sb: #40635-Silly me! Heck, just write a short B. Basic prog! Well I called up ///'s Company BBB and downloaded all sorts of stuff! Being the intelligent one that I am, I used the same file! It ended up being 472 blocks long! Well, not even 'super' applewriter will handle that! What can I do? Is there any way ind. Fun to play with, too. I am thinking of adding it to Data Base /// for supplement arrow key and return key functions. ############################################################################ FILES ***** 03-Feb-86 01:28:23 Sb: #Silly me-86 20:12:02 Sb: #40381-#Rat Driver Try removing the first line , i.e { } and re assemble. 02-Feb-86 20:12:02 Sb: #40522-Rat Driver I tried doing .RAT again, and this time used the ASSEMBLER, not the COMPILER (duhhhh!), and it assembled just f######### MOUSE DRIVER ************ 02-Feb-86 13:13:50 Sb: #Rat Driver Anybody assembler the .RAT driver yet. I tried, and it failed at line 0.0 I have reset to PASCAL text and all, and I don't know enough about assembler errors yet. 02-Febune the programs, however, as some Applesoft commands or their equivalents do not exit in Business Basic, and vice versa However, APPLECON does note conversion problems in REM statements. ###################################################################ersions. 12-Oct-85 12:49:48 Sb: #20942-][ port to /// Another program to use is APPLECON from International Apple Core (408) 727-7652. It will directly convert a Apple ][ Applesoft program to Business Basic. You will have to do some work to fine trogram to text file, then use the text file conversion program in Applewriter Utilities to convert to SOS disk format text file .... or, use a conversion program in SOSTRAN, a great system of programs from Sun Data. These programs provide all sorts of convys Copy Successful without ever asking for the source. Sometimes when it asks for the destination floppy for the 2nd time, I put it in, hit the space bar, and it beeps and tells me it wants the destination floppy. Is Utilities 1.1 buggy? #: 50085 S7/Apple /// 29-Mar-86 00:34:15 Sb: #Sys Utils 1.1 Sys Utils 1.1 has some definite insect life within, which leads me to a quick question for former and present users of 1.1. One of my employees screwed up recently and destroyed the disk directory on the 4id every ///r have to go through all this? If so, I'm surprised there aren't more ///s in the dumpsters! This is ridiculous. #: 50058 S7/Apple /// 28-Mar-86 23:28:56 Sb: #50055-#Crawling Blocked! What did you say the part number on the PROM at C13 walyst here). The Pascal system now boots. The problem is now with the Editor (and maybe more). I don't have a workfile defined, when I go into the editor and just hit return, the Editor gives me Stack Overflow. I can't believe the problems I'm having! Dmentization". #: 50055 S7/Apple /// 28-Mar-86 23:16:41 Sb: #50028-#Crawling Blocked! Made Apple ][ disk stuff non resident and 0K Graphics space. Made all drivers inactive except CONSOLE and PROFILE. Don't know how to make drivers dynamic (no Catetc., .D3 (uSci) etc. Next verify the O(ptions at the Pascal Command line have 0K grafics space allocated, and that Apple ][ is NOT resident. If the above still gives the error, try rearranging your order on the SOS.DRIVER file to minimize any memory "frag0028 S7/Apple /// 28-Mar-86 21:00:03 Sb: #49954-#Crawling Blocked! You're STACK O'FLOW error is probably due to the following: Try checking your SOS.DRIVER & making sure all drivers not needed are dynamically loaded, ie .GRAFIX, .AUDIO, .FMTD1, directory, and I believe about 1060 in a subdirectory. If you try to write more than 51 files you can trash the directory. ############################################################################ STACK OVERFLOW PROBLEMS *********************** #: 5en try to execute ".d1/system.startup." (note the last dot) to see if it will work with the way you are set up. Good luck. #: 50424 S7/Apple /// 31-Mar-86 00:25:54 Sb: Sys Utils 1.1 Another note. You are allowed MAXIMUM of 51 files on a SOS root awling I assume you mean the "system.startup" from the Systems Utilities disk. It should work when you type "f" if it is stored as "system.filer" on the root directory. Or you might try it as su.code and just execute it. Or you could boot Pascal and th ordering SU 1.2!! But at least, I am now OFFICIALLY for the second time, UP AND RUNNING!! Even typed in the sample programs in the Program Prep Manual and everything came out all right. WHEW! #: 50349 S7/Apple /// 30-Mar-86 18:31:11 Sb: More Up & Cr /PROFILE volume anymore! I listed and the directory was garbaged. After doing this twice, I suspected that SU was the problem (and not flaky hardware) and didn't use SU to delete. I deleted with the Pascal Filer, and everything is OK. Will definitely be#Sys Utils 1.1 System Utilities seems to have been one of my problems. I was transferring files from my Pascal floppies to the Profile, transferred too many, and deleted them from the Profile. Resumed my copying when Lo and Behold, SU couldn't find theing trouble with formatting some hard disks. Sure enough, my old backup SYSTEM UTILS was 1.1. Switching to 1.2, it formatted the first time and got me up again. Any other experiences like this? #: 50094 S7/Apple /// 29-Mar-86 01:21:59 Sb: #50085-et SYSTEM UTILITIES to reformat the hard disk! A call to Charlie suggested that I reset the drive by turning it off and on. It worked once, but I still could not access the drive. Then I remember a complaint by my local dealer about SYSTEM UTILS 1.1 hav meg volume of my CMC 20 meg disk. Set it as the BACKUP volume, not .D4!! Anyway, since I am a stickler about backing up, and I had my 'emergency access' bootable floppies of SYSTEM UTILITIES and BACKUP ///, I thought, no problem. However, I could NOT gas? If it is 341-0062 you are hardware configured for 128k, if the part number is 341-0063 then you are set up for 256k. ############################################################################ SOSTRAN ******* #: 45611 S7/Apple /// 28-Feb-86 22:46:11 Sb: SOSTRAN/CATALYST When I have tried to use my SOSTRAN under CATALYST or executing direct from a PASCAL boot it keeps looking to .D1 for files. I have spotted some .D1 references via a block edit but removing them causes a system crash. This ing when files were created and modified, and programs such as calendar pak, and the clock chips only work until Dec. 31, 1999, I have figured out a way to increase the life of the system by 40 years. When the year 2000 comes we can reset the date to (19)1********* #: 48692 S7/Apple /// 20-Mar-86 17:27:11 Sb: Apple /// For those of you who are rather disturbed by the fact that in 14 years the Apple /// will be somewhat obsolete since the SOS was only configured to have 20th century records for record What changes did they make? #: 46713 S7/Apple /// 07-Mar-86 20:17:32 Sb: #46700-Catalyst 2.1 Well worth the uograde if only for DISCOURSE which is included. ############################################################################ APPLE /// ############################################## CATALYST 2.1 ****************** #: 46700 S7/Apple /// 07-Mar-86 17:44:15 Sb: #Catalyst 2.1 Quark is asking for $35 for the upgrade from Catalyst 2.0 to Catalyst 2.1. My question is if it is worth it. eep this file around in text form to load into my programs that use the screen (most of em) to save having to re-code, and also to standardize my programs. Hope this helps, and good to see you telecommunicating again...... ##############################d a file from ///'s Company that defines the /// screen codes to be used in a Bus. Basic program. I used very descriptive data names to make it easy to understand them. The file is in the apple.iii.help/Programming/Bus.Basic/Sample.progs.1 directory. I kRead pages 34-46 in your Standard Device Driver manual. It covers all these codes and does a reasonably good job explain all of them. It also covers how to use them. #: 46720 S7/Apple /// 07-Mar-86 20:44:41 Sb: #46668-Screen codes You can downloa are a mystery to me. Can anyone tell me how they can be used in a program and what tricks they do. #: 46693 S7/Apple /// 07-Mar-86 15:31:28 Sb: #46668-Screen codes There are literally thousands of different reasons of using screen control codes. 17 Sb: #Screen codes Page 244 of McGraw Hill's 'Guide to the Apple ///' has a table of Screen Control Codes. I've successfully used some of these (in BASIC), eg. chr$(30), clear line and chr$(29), clear to end of screen. Most of the others codesams may tie in with the mods to the Catalyst BASIC and PASCAL startup programs that I discussed with you. ############################################################################ SCREEN CODES ************ #: 46668 S7/Apple /// 07-Mar-86 02:51:st byte in each pattern is the length of the string. The D7 is the p-Code NOP instruction. Would be glad to do an article on diddling with programs to tailor them. But first, lets get Selector /// vs Catalyst out of the way. The article on modifying progrt I get absolutely no references to .D1. I do not have a version number, but the Copyright is 1983. If you want to experiment, you might try changing the .D1 to an *. In hexadecimal, you would be altering the pattern 03 2E 44 31 to 01 2A D7 D7. The firtructure, so why mess with it. #: 45652 S7/Apple /// 01-Mar-86 03:06:47 Sb: #45611-SOSTRAN/CATALYST I checked out my original SOSTran disk and found references to .D1, .D2, .D3, and .D4 at the end of block 28 and beginning of block 29. When I use iis something that you have seen me harp about to /// programmers in THE /// MAGAZINE- PLEASE let the owner system set the prefix, and DON'T `hard code it. One of the great powers of SOS is the ability to quickly define and set all levels of a directory s0. This date starts on a saturday like Jan 1, 2000, ends with a 0 for easy reference and is NOT a leap year. Sometime in the 18th century in an effort to make calendars more accurate, it was determined that every 400 years there should not be a leap year (this is true) and 2000 will be the first such occasion. After the year 2000 ends, reset the date to (19)61. This is the earliest date that ends in a "1", starts on a sunday and is 3 years away from the next leap year. Hope this information helps justify . I am now ready to reduce the value of the DCB byte that reserves memory as I don't have AsciiTbl, Showtime, or QuikDial. Maybe this will get it for me....... #: 50523 S7/Apple /// 31-Mar-86 21:20:07 Sb: #50500-Accounting Thanks for reminding me it, then exit, re-enter, read the DM+ Console driver, then read the previously saved Console-less driver, and re-gen. No cigar to date. Really baffling as I have a 512k system, and cannot even get to the "Loading" message that the DM+ demo disk displays,.CATALYST PRINTER, & .PROFILE. All the rest load dynamically as required, including the uSci A-143. See what happens & let me know... #: 50522 S7/Apple /// 31-Mar-86 21:16:40 Sb: #50453-#Accounting I had to delete PK C&P from my SOS.DRIVER and saveAdvanced Features section' under Memory Management. Also set byte 06 of the .CATALYST to '00' instead of '06' to disable directory buffering. The other thing I suggest is configure your Boot Disk for only .CONSOLE, .QUARKCOM (With maybe .UNUSED6 inactive?)Accounting The standard conf. for the + .CONSOLE driver is 18K which may be too much for your config. Depending on the modules you have, try changing Byte 01 of line Ox from 48 to whatever is required by the modules you have. See Daryl's instructions 'ed to get Stack Overflows everytime. I went temporarily back to the old version of PK to dial CIS. How small did you have to get your driver file to get Catalyst to boot? Thanks for any help... #: 50500 S7/Apple /// 31-Mar-86 19:55:41 Sb: #50422-# #: 50422 S7/Apple /// 31-Mar-86 00:21:57 Sb: #Accounting What did you finally do to get PK DM+ to boot successfully w/ Catalyst? I'm not running BPI, but I have a full driver file (8k left), and I tried for 3 hours tonight to install DM+ but continuce. I checked it out on an Apple Disk /// and a Unidisk 3.5. It seemed to work normally for both. Which means EVERYBODY NEEDS THIS PROGRAM !!!!!!!!!!!! ############################################################################ POWERKEYS ********* #################################### DISKCHECK PROGRAM ***************** #: 52100 S7/Apple /// 11-Apr-86 23:21:51 Sb: Disk Check It should be pointed out that the DISKCHECK program that fixes damaged directory structures will work on any block devihappen when I enter the glossary function sequence as a normal command entry.) Very intriguing! I'd love to figure out what my /// is doing and how to get control of it. It goes away when I exit to Catalyst. ########################################itches similarly but adds some strange combinations of COLOR! Entering text in this situation does REALLY strange things. Any idea what's happening? perhaps you could describe what EACH entry in that glossary function does. (Note: The exact same things P]do.ram/print .ram/print equals e d f<<>.ff< y? pnp e f<>.ff<< y? pqt When I run the full glossary function, my screen switches to what looks like a 40 column screen--a double sized font! If I leave off the "do" part of the function, the screen sw86 06:39:21 Sb: WPL Setup Well, I've played with the WPL setup you described here last week and it does strange things to my Apple Writer 2.0! Here's how it came through in the message (any errors?): Glossary Open Apple "P" equals [P]pr[V][N][V][shelling out thousands of dollars for computer equipment and programs now, since the computer is good for at least another 54 years. ############################################################################ WPL *** #: 48812 S7/Apple /// 21-Mar-of the directory buffering. I had forgotten all about it. I will reduce the DCB byte and turn off the buffering, and let you know what happens. Its killing me not to be able to crank up Daryl's new stuff. #: 50524 S7/Apple /// 31-Mar-86 21:21:04 Sb: #PK DM+ & BPI It is possible that a fairly near-term upgrade to PKY will trim the CONSOLE part by 1.5K-2.0K and possibly shave another 1K off the Power.Keys main module but such remains to be seen... Else there's not much more shaving I can forsee sin30C$="N"C$="n"1160;:=23:=0::"79C";"PRESS ANY KEY TO HALT LISTING": $1020.202 8::Z=1B::=23:=0::"79C";"WOULD YOU LIKE A PRINTED COPY?":1C$:C$<>"Y"C$<>"y"C$<>"N"C$<>"n"1170*C$="N"C$="n"79C";"PRESS ANY KEY TO HALT LISTING"::202 1020#2,B$(I),16,B)ž#242:::1160Z=1#2;A$:"78A";A$Z=Z+1:Z>1842:::Z=1980*:=23:=0::"79C";"CONTINUE...?":1C$:C$<>"Y"C$<>"y"C$<>"N"C$<>"n"10 MENU.MAKER TEXT MODULESEG=0"MENU.MAKER"890&*X=11000: TEXT SLOW-DOWN LOOP ,X.1,180,22:2,280,21:2,2380,23:z:A$="LISTING "+B$(I),16,B)$=01:=0::"80C";A$;::12)>=23:=0::"THE BEST OF MAUG: DISK ONE a$,1)="/"5060:s=s-1 5030=a$240 MENU.MAKER 6.2 * Thanks to C.M.Davidson for his help!l; G$:::320H: Error Routine 202:U=11:"79C";"BAD PATH ERROR (NO DISK IN DISK DRIVE OR DESIRED FILE NOT FOUND.)"X=11000:X:::210Z a$="{,|,~,}; selects; back 1 levenst their own interest in selling those 512K boards. Sorry I can't think of any solutions to your current Situation... Possibly one - is your .PRINTER a spin-off or renamed .RS232 ? If so you could possibly substitute the original .PRINTER... if your prT card or somesuch... I do understand that On Three is working on some improvements on the Pascal Baseline system (speed it up using the new 65802 CPU) and we might lean on them to make it more compact also - but then again we can't expect they'll act agaice QuikScrn is running in 0.75K and NotePad at 3K includes 2K space to keep your notepad itself in leaving only 1K of code... Maybe we'll diddly SOS 1.9 to load all drivers (or maybe the "desktop") into some 'extended ram' using an "S" card or Apple RAM-EX".D1/MENU.MAKER",220 d$="" A$="PRINTING "+B$(I),16,B)=01:=0::"80C";A$;:#3,B$(I),16,B)Z=1#3;b$:"78A";b$Z=Z+1:Z=18:1290 1260 #4,B$(I),16,B)#5,".PRINTER"+ž#4#5;12):::".D1/MENU.MAKER",220(204::"79A";""; 2D=1:F=1 <#4;a$ FD=D+1 P#5;a$ZD=60#5;12)dD=60D=1nF=F+1::d$;::Y=1100:Y x13402  CATCH PASCAL TEXT FILES 202 :F*=08:"78C";"SORRY BUT MENU.MAKER CAN'T RASCAL prog., so I most likely need to do it from Business Basic. Is this possible? Just do a straight copy from disk to .PRINTER? I know I can do it with SYS. UTIL., but I am setting up a routine for an inexperienced operator to be able to do it, and the #: 52795 S7/Apple /// 16-Apr-86 09:52:42 Sb: #Text file dump program I need some help from some of you experts! I need to be able to dump an ASCII file (created with 3EZP & saved as a text file) to the printer. I do not have anyway to assemble a Pn the right direction? #: 52866 S7/Apple /// 16-Apr-86 21:21:15 Sb: #52795-Text file dump program 3 EZP will make a Word Processor file from and ASCII file and then just print it out. y ###################### ################ TEXT DUMP ********* o be able to do it, and they don't need to be messing around with SYS. UTIL.!! Know whut ah meen, Vern? Anyway, it just needs to prompt for a filename & then go & do it. Seems simple, but I just don't know my way around Apple basic? Can someone point me ihave anyway to assemble a PASCAL prog., so I most likely need to do it from Business Basic. Is this possible? Just do a straight copy from disk to .PRINTER? I know I can do it with SYS. UTIL., but I am setting up a routine for an inexperienced operator t#### TEXT DUMP ********* #: 52795 S7/Apple /// 16-Apr-86 09:52:42 Sb: #Text file dump program I need some help from some of you experts! I need to be able to dump an ASCII file (created with 3EZP & saved as a text file) to the printer. I do not py of Copy /// by Digital Microware. Copy /// lets you load the contents of a 140K disk into your /// memory so you can copy it in less than a minute using only the internal drive. ########################################################################You will need to run Visischedule from the .D1 drive. ############################################################################ COPYING ******* #: 50379 S7/Apple /// 30-Mar-86 21:50:05 Sb: #COPYING Before you buy a second 140k drive, get a conts or suggestions ????? #: 52379 S7/Apple /// 13-Apr-86 13:30:58 Sb: #52358-#VisiSchedule See Bits and Pieces of the October issue of THE /// MAGAZINE, page 17, on running a piece of copy protected software that cannot be installed by CATALYST. . Everytime the program loads, all seems to work well with beeping of my hard disk and flashing of the lite, but after a short while when you would normally expect the program to up, I end up right back in the CATALYST Menu. Anyone have any commechedule Has anyone been sucessful in getting VisiSchedule up 'n' running on CATALYST? I have tried everything I know. Even trying to make a Library Name File for SYSTEM.LIBRARY & SYSTEM.STAR.LIB as well as adding the SN.001224057 file to the sub directorynjunction with open apple key. Make sure you enter the ` character and not the ' character. ############################################################################ VISISCHEDULE ************ #: 52358 S7/Apple /// 13-Apr-86 08:13:48 Sb: #VisiS story short, this is all you have to do to define a backspace (or for that matter, any key). Just type the following as a definition... l,o`k where l=letter to be defined o=option character (usually a backslash '\') k=arrow key hit in coEAD PASCAL TEXT FILES."04=10:"78C";"ANY KEY RETURNS TO THE MENU."!>G$:::".D1/MENU.MAKER",320y don't need to be messing around with SYS. UTIL.!! Know whut ah meen, Vern? Anyway, it just needs to prompt for a filename & then go & do it. Seems simple, but I just don't know my way around Apple basic? Can someone point me in the right direction? #: 52866 S7/Apple /// 16-Apr-86 21:21:15 Sb: #52795-Text file dump program 3 EZP will make a Word Processor file from and ASCII file and then just print it out. emulation. In short you can configure it for nearly any apple computer with many different serial cards and 80 column cards. If only it were available in SOS, sigh.... Ps. the DOS version works in regular emulation mode and has its own configure line.t supports xmodem protocall, is available in DOS, ProDOS, and for the IBM types to work with the ///+//e cards thru the /// serial port or with a super serial card. It can be run from the 3+2e ram disk in/ 11-Oct-86 18:02:33 Sb: #80123-#Communications Ascii Express is a good heavy duty terminal program. I can be set up to emulate a large number of terminals, has an on board editor so you don't have to change to a word processor to read your files. I Access // is comparable. It has pull down menus and will accept most of the Access interpreted language that Access /// will. Access /// has some clock/timing commands that the Access // doesn't. Otherwise they are very much alike. #: 80141 S7/Apple // 11-Oct-86 16:16:59 Sb: #Communications Do any of you have experience with the Apple II versions of communications programs? What is comparable to or better than Access ///? #: 80132 S7/Apple /// 11-Oct-86 16:58:59 Sb: #80123-#Communications ut error for the last nine months. State of the Art proved to be less than worthless throughout whenever we called them for support. nes can do anything likely to be found in a class on the language, and I know that the Apple /// COBOL is much more able than that. Sounds like the man never really used a ///. ls from the glare from this clown's face. #: 51406 S7/Apple /// 07-Apr-86 01:16:31 Sb: #51350-Apple /// Cobol My brother is a professional COBOL programmer (God know's why!) and says that the NEVADA COBOL advertised for 29.95 in BYTE for CP/M machiwledgeable prof how GSA rates MicroSoft's version. Also ask him why Apple's supports calls to the operating system and MicroSoft's version doesn't. I think you had better wear sunglasses to the class where you bring all this up, you might fry your eyebal The download buffer is extremely limited with only 48k. the III+II card helps. #: 80176 S7/Apple /// 11-Oct-86 20:11:40 Sb: #80132-#Communications Thanks for your quick response. By the way, did you ever get the 'new' Columbia University Apple II Kermit? #: 80398 S7/Apple /// 12-Oct-86 16:07:07 Sb: #80175-Communications The current version of Ascii Express Pro is NOT compatible with the serial ports of the new ][GS. You can use it on the ][GS, but only if you use your existing serial interrk. #: 81280 S7/Apple /// 17-Oct-86 07:56:51 Sb: #81191-#Access /// Are you using the same RS232 driver on your interpreter version of Access ///? It must be set to the highest baud rate that you intend to use. If the driver is set to 300 baud, cha sheets called "Interpreter Command Text File Processing," but it does not describe everything on the command files prepared by the Black Hole. I can see clearly, however, that the program will give me VT100 emulation if I can only make the *&^%* thing woaven't been able to make it work. I don't have complete documentation (I traded Frogger ad one other //e game for this a while back, and previously you had sent your dial-up program to me, but I was never able to get the two connected). I have a series of: #81141-#Two Questions My version of Access /// is version 3.2X and it has a series of command files written by the Black Hole of Cupertino. I have gotten so far as changing the phone numbers and some of the other entries in the cmd files, but I still hnd back on after changing baud rates. For some reason the modem or the program both lose the ability to communicate after a baud change, but only under certain circumstances that I have yet to nail down. #: 81265 S7/Apple /// 17-Oct-86 04:24:56 Sbdefault at boot time. I use my printer for example. This may sound silly, but you are changing the program baud rate from the set up menu before trying to use the 1200 baud modem? Also, I have found that there are times when I have to turn the modem off a24:58 Sb: #81191-Access /// Using open-apple-s go to the setup menu and change the current recording file name to whatever you want to be default other than Applecom/termrec. Then use the control-s to save the defaults and that file should become the new this error message...It prevents my On Three Auto Dialer program from being able to dial. Interestingly, I've also set up the Interp version but it will not drive my 1200 baud modem...yet the basic version will. #: 81257 S7/Apple /// 17-Oct-86 03:mat here..I'm using my Unidrive as a pseudo hard disk. In any case..Access /// always wants to open a file Applecom/Termrec where Applcom (the correct spelling) is the volume name. Obviously, in my situation it is NOT the volume name...how do I get aroundhe /// would be a neat addition. #: 81191 S7/Apple /// 16-Oct-86 22:30:12 Sb: #Access /// Speaking of Access ///... I've put the basic version onto a Unidisk with the volume name /P and under the directory /Programs/Applcom (this is the Selector forl Kermit recently and have not shared it with anyone yet. I have all the manuals, too. I'm using MS-DOS KERMIT now, and it is a great improvement over the piece of junk a couple grad students did for me a couple years back. A true native mode KERMIT for tow it handles up/downloads, what this packet business is all about etc). Is the new Apple // Kermit in Pascal or other easily transferable language? #: 80539 S7/Apple /// 13-Oct-86 09:47:37 Sb: #80403-Communications I just got the new Apple II Pascaforward, and an enhanced version should be available in the near future. #: 80403 S7/Apple /// 12-Oct-86 16:38:59 Sb: #80176-#Communications No never got the Kermit. I have a version and need some general Kermit instructions, (things like hface card in your ][GS. This is because the ][GS uses the Zilog 8530 SC chip like the Mac does, instead of the 6551 ACIA chip that the //e&c, the Super Serial Card, and the /// do. The mods to Ascii Express to utilize the built-in ports should be straightnging the setup menu on Access /// will not make it work since the program and driver will be out of sync. I also believe that Access /// is hard coded to look for the volume name Applcom. You will probably have to rename your volume to avoid the error message. I think that you will also find that you cannot save your configuration menu if you don't have your volume named Applcom. #: 81303 S7/Apple /// 17-Oct-86 12:04:50 Sb: #ACCESS /// Warning! I have used the Unidisk as my recording file destin" under .Profile/Catalyst. Does anyone have any ideas? I have tried everything I can think of (which may be not much). #: 88957 S7/Apple /// 29-Nov-86 22:58:55 Sb: #88929-#HELP Did you remember to use PMOVE? It came with the 1.1 update. You cannotntrol-s and voila termrec is no longer needed. #: 81360 S7/Apple /// 17-Oct-86 21:46:02 Sb: #81303-#ACCESS /// Why would the type ahead buffer be affected by the Unidisk driver?? Where did you get the driver? d voila termrec is no longer needed. ted Termrec. This is true of any file not just a printer. I used to use /work/ecom/newfile as the file name for initial recording. All you need is to change the default name from the setup menu and save it with teh co any file not just a printer. I used to use /work/ecom/newfile as the file name for initial recording. All you need is to change the default name from the setup menu and save it with the control-s and voila termrec is no longer needed. h teh control-s ane me fits until I figured it all out! #: 81359 S7/Apple /// 17-Oct-86 21:41:08 Sb: #81355-Access /// Access opens whatever file is set in the default recording file at boot time. I have changed mine to '.pkaso' and deleted Termrec. This is true of is not- Access /// will look to open a TERMREC file on volume/pathname /PROFILE/APPLCOM/ APPLCOM, which does not exist. The path /PROFILE alone will have Access /// look for an APPLCOM sub-directory where TERMREC can be opened. These pathname specs gavr the prefix (e.g., /APPLCOM, /PROFILE/APPLCOM, /CORVUS/ACCESS3/APPLCOM are all legal). One problem occurs, however, if you set the COMPLETE sub-directory path to something that ends with APPLCOM, i.e. the path prefix /APPLCOM is okay but /PROFILE/APPLCOMOct-86 21:34:20 Sb: #81280-#Access /// It does not have to be a VOLUME named APPLCOM. A sub-directory works as well. But, it whatever the path name, Access /// MUST be able to open a default file named TERMREC on a directory named APPLCOM existing unde80-Access /// I am using Access under catalyst and do not have an Applcom directory anywhere. I have Access set up under /profile/catalyst/ac3.dir and there is where the config file is that saves my default setting. #: 81355 S7/Apple /// 17-r second question, about not working with 1200 baud, I have no problems, but what you have to look for is where the baud rate gets set. Look for "@XR2" -- this is 300 baud, you want @XR3 -- 1200 baud. #: 81353 S7/Apple /// 17-Oct-86 21:31:10 Sb: #812 19:02:14 Sb: #81191-Access /// For your first question, (I'll try to remember cause I read it off-line) I think you wanted the recording file on a different volume. Just set the recording filename with a full pathname and save current settings. For you downloaded stuff (long downloads is where my program stops to update the recording file) as a result. Hence, I store part of my communications program on the Unidisk but use a floppy or profile for the recording file. #: 81321 S7/Apple /// 17-Oct-86ation and it has problems. If you review the manual closely you will note that the driver for the Unidisk messes up type ahead buffer. It will do the same if it is being updated while you still have transmissions coming in from your modem. I lost a lot of go directly from 1.0 to 1.2. Also, you probably need to set up your PASCAL system files in the root directory. Or you could use SuperPmove (PATCH1.2 in MAUG DL7) to move your PASCAL system files to a subdirectory to save root directory space. See also PATCHE in MAUG DL7 for some tips on similar patches to other files. After using PATCH my PASCAL Interpreter 1.2 Debugger version is located in .PROFILE/SYS1.2/PASCAL.INTERP. Finally, the simple one: check to make sure the path name to the interpreter in cal. I cannot believe your figure of 15-20 times for math ops. You must be comparing integer math with fp math. (Does this FORTH have fp routines, and if so, how many bits accuracy does it have?) ?) le /// 30-Nov-86 10:15:21 Sb: #88993-CONSOLE I/O Speed The explanation is that both printing loops spend about 95% of their time (as can be estimated from the times you give) in the firmware screen output routines, and there, the two tests are identiRTH? Why the slowdown? Is it just the time taken to do the console I/O that would do this. Plain old Go FORTH is 15 to 20 times faster for mathematical operations, prints to text screen but (not graphics screens) go about 20% max faster. : 89028 S7/App 10000 0 DO LOOP and tested at 13:94 seconds for Basic and 1:14 for FORTH, which I could understand. However, these routines: Basic: 20 FOR n=1 TO 10000:PRINT".":NEXT FORTH: 10000 0 DO ." ." LOOP tested at 4:30:56 minutes for Basic and 4:12:72 for Go FO: 88993 S7/Apple /// 30-Nov-86 03:55:02 Sb: #CONSOLE I/O Speed Folks, A question for you on the speed of console I/O. I was testing short Business Basic and Go FORTH routines for speed. One set was listed: Basic: 20 FOR n=1 TO 10000:NEXT FORTH: add things to your root directory? -- r root directory? -- , pointing either to files or other sub-directories. The root directory is precious. Check me out. List your hard disk's first level directory entries. How many entries were listed? How many of those files were Pascal 1.2 system files? Do you ever want to , you're dead. Even if your hard disk is ten percent full, you can add no more files to the root directory. -- It makes little sense to tie up your root directory with files, especially with Pascal system files. Sub-directories can have any number of slotsascal system, all the system files must reside on your hard disk root directory. Every SOS root directory is made up of four (count 'em, four) blocks and holds 51 entries (4 times 13 minus the volume entry). Once you use up the slots on your root directory your HELP thread about installing Pascal 1.2, and I'm happy you got the beast PMOVE'd onto your hard disk. Don't stop and congratulate yourself. I suggest you learn how to "Super PMOVE" (TAU Disk #039) the beast into a sub-directory. When you PMOVE the P on hard disk. Run these programs prior to installation under Catalyst. This should have come with your Upgrade to 1.2. Once you get 1.2 up you will really appreciate it! #: 89299 S7/Apple /// 01-Dec-86 18:41:17 Sb: #89276-HELP I've been followingyour CATALYST entries is correct. #: 88986 S7/Apple /// 30-Nov-86 02:23:36 Sb: #88929-#HELP I think I know the basis of your problem. You need to run a program called PMOVE against your Pascal system. This program lets Pascal know that things are