LnSOS BOOT 1.1 SOS.KERNEL SOS KRNLI/O ERRORFILE 'SOS.KERNEL' NOT FOUND%INVALID KERNEL FILE: xةw,@  ȱlmi8#)!)0 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$=" YOU MAY SELECT YOUR DISK BY )!$ .WAP11.NOVEMBERs!$ .WAP12.DECEMBER|!!$ READ.ME.FIRST`0*)PRINT.ALL 0$+WAP04.APRIL 0'!3%SEG.T j0)Ÿ/ (RGB.JULYT M!$)WAP05.MAYeu!$*WAP06.JUNEv#!$+*WAP07.JULY=!$,WAP08.AUGUST'!$/WAP09.SEPTEMBER!$-WAP10.OCTOBERM !$&,DISKS06.JUNE> !$3,DISKS07.JULY*!$'.DISKS08.AUGUST&!$(#DTP _!$6*MENU.MAKER  z0)&,ON.THREE.BIBEg !$III.WAP.05u' .COLOR.MONITORS:"!$7DISKNAME.DAT !8+DISKS01.JAN/L!$%+DISKS02.FEB5!$%-DISKS03.MARCH:!$&-DISKS04.APRILM >dLԡm#i㰼m#iЕOLԡȱfg hi !dLԡ憦  Ljmkm l y`2 Lԡ8(Je稽)ʈ@LVOLUME 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$ ";"ANY KEY RETURNS TO THE MENU.">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 level;1600 &:WW=1:0 :SEG=1;".D1/S EG.F" SEG=1".D1/SEG.G"diskname$=3802  CATCH PASCAL TEXT FILES 202 :F*=08:"78C";"SORRY BUT MENU.MAKER CAN'T READ PASCAL TEXT FILES."04=10:"78C"NOVEMBER":1750M$="DECEMBER":1750826);"-";M$;" ";Ѡ,2));", ";"19";Р,2);" ";/П,2))=>13П,2))-12;џ,6);:1780$П,2))=0"12";џ,6);:ٟ;$П,2))=>12" PM-":" AM-" 1830WW=1530 =26:=21 0,1670,1680,1690,1700,1710,1720,1730,1740^M$="JANUARY":1750hM$="FEBRUARY":1750rM$="MARCH":1750|M$="APRIL":1750M$="MAY":1750M$="JUNE":1750M$="JULY":1750M$="AUGUST":1750M$="SEPTEMBER":1750M$="OCTOBER":1750M$=")2070H540R\A$="RUNNING "+B$(I),16,B)f"79C";A$;:=0pB$(I),16,B) z::SEG=1".D1/SEG.T"t=+B$(I),16,B) yCT=CT+1~240:=24:=0:"@ ..... "DATE.TIME.LINE" ....JM=Ҡ,4,2))BTM1630,1640,1650,166=+IBOTM/2-.5):I=IBOTM:I/2=I/2)I=I-1 œ2120B=B$(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),"PASTXT 0I);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)-1:0"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$(I);XA<8A>11540bA-7640,660,690,720l:=THPOS:B$(00 =Q:WW=0A=:A=21A=9&oldprefix$=40A=31410: Control C "aborts" program to Basic(:A=13770: Return Selects a file *DA=27:50: Escape to change disks/FA=324000: back out one directory level 3GA=(80+UCA)A=(80+LCA)SIC 0":150A$="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:=21:16; +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$(2)=""A$="BA16,B) THEN 240 #1, d$="":=10:"80C";d$ ž#1300I=0"I=I+1:#1;A$(I):290,#1 6L=I-1@j=1:same=0 J:SEG=0 Tœ2030^CT<1CT=1:CT>13000Zha$="{,|,~,}; 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), Mac File Transfers Van der Stra 6 9/10 Sept/Oct 9+ Repairing Your Profile Consorti 6 9/10 Sept/Oct 3-6 A Consorti 6 7/8 July/Augu 1 Apple Sauce Consorti 6 9/10 Sept/Oct 1 Apple Sauce Consorti 6 11/12 Nov/Dec 1 Ranntings Rannf problems people have experienced over the past few years. Much of the information comes from the /// section of CompuServe or from Ed Gooding's ///s Company BBS. Disk 1089 is called Brain Surgeon. It's a Backup /// repair program which is "not for the faint of heart." Please read the documentation file carefully before using this program. Disk 1090 is called DiskMap. Written by Rick Sidwell, this program is a hard disk directory fixer. Complete documentation included. Disk 1091 has D stripes the various colors come out. Here is a list of the standard colors and the xRGB inputs used to make them: black none magenta xRGB1 dark blue xRGB2 lavender xRGB1, xRGB2 dark green xRGB4 gray #1 xRGB1, xRGB4 blue a time to a single color input. Then, by looking at the standard 16 color chart, I was able to decode the meaning of the xRGB outputs. The standard color chart consists of four horizontal stripes and four vertical stripes. By a superposition of theseen I ran the Apple /// demo diskette, the one with the colored horses, the results were bizarre! So, I went back to square one and started hooking up the four xRGB Apple /// outputs (after passing through the proper transistor matching circuits) one at games are not allowed. They couldn't understand what I wanted color for anyway. Well, when I dutifully assembled the Apple conversion circuit and tried it with my newly purchased RGB TV set, it did not produce the standard Apple color set. Whwould be a purchase of an xRGB compatiable monitor dedicated to the computer, my wife and daughters wanted a video recorder, and so the money for a separate monitor was spoken for. Besides, the Apple /// at our house is for business only and SUVWXYZ[\]^e set had RGB outputs in addition to the standard NTSC ones. Since the apple /// owner's manual had a neat coversion circuit printed in it (on Page 135 - Appendix C), I figured that setup would be no problem while the sensible solution, of course, A NEW RGB CIRCUIT FOR THE /// GETTING A HORSE OF A DIFFERENT COLOR by D.D. Meisel Recently faced with the prospect of having to buy a new color TV set for the family, I steadfastly insisted at the store that my purchase would only be made if thWe're also putting together a cookbook disk, so any contributions welcome! am, run this program all night for the best results. Next month, we'll have more programs related to helping you fix software on your ///, including some block editor programs, another diagnostics disk and a dissassembler program. Oh yes. h. Prohealth only supports Profiles and will check it for general healthiness. Our final offering this month is disk 1092. "Vindicator" is a RAM memory check program and will work on ///s with up to 512K. If you think you are having a RAM progriskcheck on side 1 and Prohealth on Side 2. Diskcheck is useful for 2 primary types of situations: 1) Directory damage or 2) Using a block editor on a disk. It will let you know what kind of damage exists to the directory and attempt to fix it if you wis xRGB2, xRGB4 light blue xRGB1, xRGB2, xRGB4 brown xRGB8 orange xRGB1, xRGB8 gray #2 xRGB2, xRGB8 pink xRGB1, xRGB2, xRGB8 green xRGB4, xRGB8 yellow xRGB1, xRGB4, xRGB8 aqua xRGB2, xRGB4, xRGB8 white all xRGB inputs Armed with this knowledge, I started to make a simple mixing network consisting of 2.2k ohm resistors. Then, by trial and error, I connected various higher resistance values across the 2.2k ones until I got a reasonablePDS NAME: Best of Ottalini: Disk 05 DISK ID#: 3INF-17 SUBJECT: Information BOOTABLE?: Bootable DISK SIZE: DS 5.25 OS: SOS DESCRIPTION: This disk contains all of Dave Ottalini's "On The Trail -: Of the Apple Three" columns written for the WAP Journal in 19 O SYNCH -30- | | 4.7K 1K | | 2.2K | | / / / / | | / / / / | 4.7K SYNCH O 6.8K | | | | 2.2K | | XRGB8 O / / / / | | | | / / / / / / / / |TRANSISTOR | 2.2K | INPUTS XRGB4 O / / / / > O G | / / / / | | | | | 2.2K | | XRGB2 O / / / / | > O B | / / / / | | 15K | | | | 2.2K | | / / / / | | / / / / / / / / | > O R 4.7K 1K | | CONNECTED RESISTOR | > | TRANSISTOR OUTPUTS | / / / / | V 1K 1K XRGB1 O / / / / / / / / e time to do this. Anyway, I prefer the colors I have. In any event, this network is a good starting point if you want to mix your own set. Have fun! WIRES WIRES NOT EXAMPLES: | CONNECTED | y solution is cheap- about $20.00! In the final test of these colors I ran the infamous demo horse sequence and got back quite a show!! Now I am sure more experimentation would have produced results closer to the Apple ones, but I have not taken thile the color match is not absolutely exact, and you might have to jack up the RGB monitor's brightness a bit to see them all, it does give the 16 distinct colors which are very close to the standard ones (I think they are better!). besides, msynch input on my TV set. My final resistance network is shown in the diagram below. It is to be connected between the transistor xRGB outputs shown in the Apple /// owner's manual circuit and the transistor RGB inputs on the same diagram. Wharby Radio Shack store for only $2.00 for 10!). Since my TV circuit required the synch to be hooked up separately from the xRGB ones I simply took the synch output from the two npn transistors shown in the circuit and hooked it up directly to the RGB match for most of the colors. Since I had to use values to those commonly available at any nearby Radio Shack store, some compromises were made (the required transistors -- 2n3906 pnp's and 2n3904 npn's -- for the circuits were available at my ne90. -: On Side One: -: WAP01.JANUARY :The year ahead; Repairs; Color Monitors for the ///. -: WAP02.FEBRUARY :More on Repairs; Joe Dobrowolski; Prodigy commentary. -: WAP03.MARCH :WAP 10 year anniversary; National Apple Users Conference. -: WAP04.A_abcs rent Disneyland for one night. And we gave away tickets. I had booth duty at three o'clock in the afternoon and to get to my station, the only way I could do it was to get my elbows up like this and get to the station. When you came off booth duty in Chicago, Illinois : (Apple President Mike) Markula perceived that the one way to bring attention to Apple was to introduce the Apple /// at NCC, #1, and #2 we had to have some way to get people to come to our booth to see the thing. So what we did wa Conference (Yes, IBM was first!). In fact, people had to wait in line 20 minutes just to get near a machine. Don Williams, Apple's Marketing Manager at that time, described what it was like during a talk at the October, 1987 Phase /// Conferencedfghijklmnopqrstmputer Conference (NCC) in Anaheim, California ten years ago this month that the /// was introduced to rave reviews. Despite getting stuck in the basement garage of the Disneyland Hotel, Apple's display of the /// was the second most popular of the ON THE TRAIL OF THE APPLE /// By David Ottalini Apple /// SIG Co-Chairman HAPPY BIRTHDAY SARA! May, 1990 is a significant month for the Apple ///, as it marks our computer's 10 year "coming out" anniversary. It was during the National Co// to Mac. -: WAP10.OCTOBER :SCSI on the ///; On Three News; Pair Software News. -: WAP11.NOVEMBER :CD ROM Drives; On Three News; Donation program. -: WAP12.DECEMBER :Disk Drive Maintenance; End of the Year; PD disks. -: -: -: -: -: Sticky Keys. -: WAP07.JULY :SIG survey results; Titan ///+//e update. -: WAP08.AUGUST :100th PD disk; Apple /// Donation Program; Mentor Program. -: WAP09.SEPTEMBER :More on the Mentor program; IIGIF; Apple /REE.BIB :On Three Bibliography for 1989. -: RGB.JULY :A new RGB circuit for the /// (by D.D. Meisel) -: WAP05.MAY :Happy Birthday SARA!; On Three moves; ThreeWorks update. -: WAP06.JUNE :How to be a power user on the ///; Dealing with . -: DISKS04.APRIL :April Public Domain Disks. -: DISKS06.JUNE :June Public Domain Disks. -: DISKS07.JULY :July Public Domain Disks. -: DISKS08.AUGUST :August Public Domain Disks. -: DTP :Desk Top Publishing in Emulation Mode. -: ON.THPRIL :24 pin printers; Keyboards. -: -: On Side Two: -: COLOR.MONITORS :Color monitors and the Apple ///. -: DISKS01.JAN :January Public Domain Disks. -: DISKS02.FEB :February Public Domain Disks. -: DISKS03.MARCH :March Public Domain Disks, since there was no air conditioning, you just wrung your shirt out. It was so hot and just so many people. Everybody wanted to see this Apple ///. We had three of them down there. This was now the prototype. To tell you how realistic we were, Apple was promising 600 dealers an Apple /// within 30 days of NCC! We had three of them that we'd made and they were all basically hand made. There wasn't a PC board. Apple intended to sell the /// as a business machine in "bundles" with a choice If it's May it must mean more utilities to help you repair problems with your ///. This month, we're providing help for hardware and software problems. Disk 1093 has a couple of block edit programs. Disk 1094 is our second Diagnostics disk with a torks requires /// EZ Pieces (or AppleWorks) and a 256K machine. It's available directly from Three Cheers Press, 11160 Viers Mill Rd, L-15; #300; Wheaton, MD. 20902 for $15.95 postage paid. Maryland purchasers please add sales tax. PD DISKS DU JOUR It remains four sides of information about the ///, with the centerpiece a 1500 record bibliography of Apple /// articles going back to 1980. This version, 3.1.90, includes the 1989 bibliography, and updates a number of the other files. ThreeWipt to the WAP office to prove you placed an order. On Three is the only ///-specific magazine we have left and keeping it going is one way we can all show solidarity. THREEWORKS The latest update to my ThreeWorks disks have now been released.riber too. If not, your /// SIG is making this offer: Order a subscription to On Three (for $20.00), and you'll get one WAP /// PD disk of your choice free (that makes your actual cost just $17.00). Just bring in a copy of your check or credit card recelasses in Biology. He is still repairing ///s, however and working on a few Apple II and /// projects (we're still waiting for the GoBack backup utility). By the way, I just renewed my subscription to "On Three" Magazine and I hope you are a subsc As for Bob, he reports from the Windy City that he's now embarking on a new career as a student! As I reported in earlier columns, Bob's wife is currently studying medicine at Loyola University Medical School. Not to be outdone, Bob is now taking cng On Three products. Bob Consorti's parents finally got their "dream home" built and have settled in to take your orders. The official order address is now: PO Box 1193, Lake Stevens, WA. 98258. Order number has also changed and is now 206-334-8001. story", those projections turned out to be a little premature! MOVING ON WITH ON THREE Just when it seems I've brought you up to date on the doings at On Three there's more to report. First off, there's been yet another address change for orderi// would stop selling. There were those at Apple who thought the /// would do 90 percent of the company's business in a few years, with the // making up the rest (in the education and home markets). As we'll see in future installments of my "Apple /// Hi in the Apple //. It will not replace the Apple // by any means. It's designed to enhance it." Actually that was not quite true. The driving force behind the ///'s early (and as it turned out, premature) introduction was the fear that the Apple t's the ultimate homebrew!" And Apple Co-Founder Steve Jobs told "Byte" (lightheartedly it said) that the /// was more than just a business machine: "It's also the ultimate hobbyist computer. The Apple /// was conceived primarily to fill in gapse hobby computer," an indication that Apple was still having trouble moving beyond its "Homebrew Computer Club" roots. The ///'s developer, engineer Wendel Sander said "What do you expect? They gave me a blank check and told me to go build a computer. Iof software and printers. It was, as "Byte" Magazine called it, "a logical upgrade of the Apple // for use in professional applications like word processing and information management." But "Compute" Magazine reported the /// was also "the ultimathird block editor on the flip side. Finally, if you are really interested in delving into what your programs look like, disk 1095 has the Jeppson Disassembler, which will take any Apple /// program and disassemble it into assembly code for you. It includes source code and other information. Most of these programs all have help files or other information to get you up and running. But as always, it's a good idea to work on a copy of your program if you need to do a little repair work on it. s/monitors), after you've decided to move on to another computer. Ready? Let's get started: 1) First off, upgrade your ///'s power supply to that used in the ///+. It's more powerful and can better handle a full load of cards in your extension sluwxyz{|}~the most powerful it can be, and thus able to do practically everything your /// was ever capable of doing. A "MAX ///?" Sure. For a price. But it CAN be done in a way that will include some products that can be used elsewhere (disk drives/modem ON THE TRAIL OF THE APPLE /// By David Ottalini Apple /// SIG Co-Chairman POWER COMPUTING Ever wonder if it's possible to be a "Power User" on an Apple ///? By "Power User" I mean you have upgraded your machine to its maximum, making it to it as a loaner for those members whose own drive needs to be repaired, and we'll use it in the office as well. ell. en't been specially formatted by the /// for use by the II. SOS and ProDOS disks are identically formatted. FINALLY Many thanks to former Co-Chairman Tom Bartkiewitz who donated some programs and an Apple /// disk drive to the SIG. We'll hold onarketing) and PUFFIN /// can read files on DOS disks into SOS, with maybe even file conversion. Pascal disks are sort of interchangeable. The /// can read II-Pascal disks and format-and-write-to II-Pascal disks. The II cannot read ///-Pascal disks that hav excellent, and rather succinct account of the differences and similarities on the Apple /// forum on CompuServe: On II-/// disk compatibility, the answer is a qualified maybe. SOS disks cannot be read by a DOS program. Programs like SOSTRAN (from Sun Remtle entries and such the like. As a properly lazy sort, I'd rather have a program replace those AW commands with their EZP equivalents. And that is what AWEZP does. Ever wonder about the compatibility of Apple // and /// disks? Dr. Bloom gave an to mention the basic page layout information in the accompanying SYS.PRT file. If you import an Apple Writer file into EZP as text, you have a whole bunch of dot-command text that must be manually deleted and replaced by EZP cmds. Plus top/bottom line tito /// EZ Pieces Word Processing files from Dr. Bloom himself: EZP can import an ASCII text file directly, but only the text. An Apple Writer document file contains more than text: All the "dot" commands for page layout and document formatting, not Next month, its time for another Dr. Bloom disk and we'll stir the pot with our first cookbook disk! AND SPEAKING OF DR. BLOOM .... A final update to disk 1085, "AWEZP" and what it can really do when changing AppleWriter text files inots. SOURCE: Sun Remarketing (1-800-821-3221). 2) Add a clock chip/battery backup and interlace kit (improves screen quality). SOURCE: Sun (Interlace Kits), On Three (1-206-334-8001) (Clock-Battery combo) and Jameco (clock chip alone). 3) Now, upgrade to 512K so you can run any and every Apple /// program (especially a must for Draw On and Selector). SOURCE: On Three. 4) Titan's ///+//e cards will add 128K //e flexibility for Emulation Mode and the memory can be used as a RAM di caps just lift off, the ///'s keyboard having been designed for re-mapping (say to Dvorak layout). I'd suggest, however, yanking the whole keyboard out for a cleaning. Easy. Four screws on the bottom under the keyboard and unplug a ribbon connector. Then umn, replace the cap, and test the key. If it works, then reassemble the cover, and you are done. If this does not work, you may have to resort to key replacement, and that is a bit more difficult. (Bloom) Yes it is possible to un-stick a key or two. Theif the keyboard needs cleaning. The key caps can be removed by pulling straight up on them. I have found that a chip puller helps get a good grip on the cap. After removing the cap you have a short stem and I squirt a little bit of WD-40 in the small col/ SIG members as well) : (Lomartire) The first thing I do when I get erratic performance from the keyboard keys, is to take off the keyboard cover by removing the five keyboard cover mounting screws (underneath the keyboard.) You will then be able to see ked one sticky problem some of you may be coming up against. As usual, the great folks on CompuServe's Apple /// section come to the rescue. The question about what to do with a sticky key was answered by John Lomartire and Dr. Al Bloom (Both //ike the Sketchpad graphics program and all the graphics disks. Lots of excellent information about the /// in general. STICKY KEYS Although I tried to cover all the bases in recent Trail columns about Apple /// keys and keyboards, I overloo Apple /// Encyclopedia on Disk. SOURCE: On Three; Sun Remarketing; Three Cheers Press (301-681-6136). 12) PD Software: The WAP PD library is a goldmine, even for power users. Daryl Anderson's programs are all excellent, as are Dr. Bloom's. I lommercial Software: Selector program switcher for your hard disk. The Communications Manager for telecommunications. Three EZ Pieces; AppleWriter or Word Juggler; The Graphics Manager and Draw On ///; Desktop Manager and its many accessories. ThreeWorksthis at great length in past columns. If you can get an older color monitor that has the necessary Apple /// RGB resistor network get it. Otherwise, get a composite monitor and you'll be in fine shape. SOURCE: Various (see Computer Shopper) 11) Cs hard disks you can use on your ///. 9) Modem. Today 2400 Baud is the standard. The /// should be able to handle it with no problems. SOURCE: Various. Software: On Three or /// SIG PD. 10) Color Monitor. We discussed the ins and outs of gabytes of information (the most for any /// hard disk). It's a SCSI device, which also means it can be used with a MAC or Apple //. Expensive, but we are talking power here! SOURCE: On Three (which also has other hard disks). Sun Remarketing also sellidisk (with //e controller card) or 800K CPS drive for easy storage, backup and importation of GS files. SOURCE: On Three (Unidisk and CPS Drives/Drivers for both); Dealers/Mail Order: card and drive. 8) Hard Disk. The Sider D7T Turbo holds 62 Meothers. 6) Add an Apple // mouse or better yet a Trackball for graphics purposes. SOURCE: On Three (Trackball/Driver)(Mouse/Mouse Driver); Apple Dealers/Mail Order (Mouse)(You will need On Three's driver for Trackball or Mouse). 7) 800K Unsk in native mode. SOURCE: Sun Remarketing. 5) Swap your 6502A or B chip on the mother board for a 65C02 chip so that the Titan Cards can use the latest Apple // software (like Publish It!). This chip also uses less energy. SOURCE: Jameco among vacuum around the keys, clean around the posts with a damp rag, and just maybe squirt with a non-conducting cleaner/lube (Blue Stuff TV tuner cleaner is my favorite from the days of TV tuning knobs). If that small stuff doesn't fix the problem, I'd chicken out at that point and order a new keyboard from Sun. An "IC puller" is great for yanking key caps. DIAGNOSTICS DISK #2 A note on disk 1094 (Repairs 02), our second Apple /// Diagnostics disks. Like the first one, this disk was written in Integeontinue to trickle in. The Trail will have a complete report next month. So you still have time! So far, it seems that most of our out-of-town members have sent theirs in with a smattering of locals. If you did not receive one, please let me know direl while trying to learn Business Basic or AppleSoft Basic. If you've done any translations of // to /// graphics programs, I'd love to add them to the PD disk. I'll need both programs and their ASCII listing as well if possible. SURVEYS A few c 7 colors. We'll explore this a bit more in detail later, and we'll also have a PD disk for you to compare graphics programs on the // and ///. The translation is not always easy. And it doesn't always come out like it ought to. But it is helpfu is using AppleSoft Basic's LoRes graphics (GR) mode instead of HiRes (HGR). LoRes offers the same 16 colors that the ///'s Graphics Mode 1 or 3 offers and that seems to be the reason. HiRes offers the same Apple /// Mode 1 screen size (280x192) but onlysidering the fact that practically every disk is double-sided. Graphics Revisited I'll do more on this in a future column, but let me just say here that it IS possible to see color on your RGB monitor while using the Titan ///+//e cards. The keyska. The /// PD column has the complete rundown. Finally, you might also want to note that ever so quietly, // and /// disks have again been reduced. They are now just $2.00 each. Non-members pay $5.00 per disk, so this is a terrific bargain concipes. Why not? And besides there are some interesting offerings here that you'll want to try out. The "Plus" comes from the fact that we've added some recipes to the source Apple // disk that originated with the Big Red Apple Club in Norfolk, Nebra This is a double-sided disk and is self-booting. As usual, Menu.Maker will allow you to read or print any of the articles you might be interested in. Disk 1097 (Miscellaneous 05) is called Le Grayhaven Menu Plus! OK, so this is a disk full of rewill have been made by the time you read this, I'll give you both the old and new numbers for our disks this month. Disk 1096 (Information 10) contains all of Dr. Bloom's Inpert's Corner columns which we have started to reprint the last couple of months. g numbers. I've gone though and categorized the whole thing so that it should be much easier to find the disks you want. For example, we now have categories for Graphics, Information, Utilities and even Games. Since I am not sure all the changes been doing from the beginning with the /// PD. But as a result, John also pushed me (and he had to push hard) into reorganizing our library too. Basically, that means our disks are now going to be offered by category instead of simply in succeedine copy of BOTH diagnostics disks. PUBLIC DOMAIN Our Apple // Librarian, John Ruffatto, recently reorganized the entire Apple // library to weed out the deadwood and condense by putting programs on both sides of the 5.25" disks, just like we've o and will give you some fictitious results." John asks if anyone on the // side knows much about Integer Basic, it might be a good project to look at the program and see if it can't be fixed. Any WAPer interested, I'll be happy to give you a frer Basic and runs under Emulation Mode (it is self-booting). But John Lomartire warns that the disk test section may be faulty. He says that while it will "correctly test the built-in drive, it does NOT test the peripheral drives even though it pretends tctly and I'll send one out ASAP. FINI That does it for this edition of "The Trail." Next time we meet, yours truly should be a Daddy again! Stay tuned for details! -33- ON THE TRAIL OF THE APPLE /// By David Ottalini Apple /// SIG Co-Chairman THE SURVEYS Ahhhh the surveys. Yes we did get some of them back. And yes, we did enjoy reading your comments. The best comment of the lot was from member Georgee and a few tenacious loyalists?"; "Keep up the interest/resources!"; Keep up the good work!" Well, (blush), thank you for those kind words. It's obvious we have a great SIG, full of folks who still care a great deal about little SARA. All we cs, there were a bucketfull. Here's what folks said: "Everyone's help has been very much appreciated."; "The /// SIG is my security blanket. With On Three's future looking dimmer monthly, and Sun Remarketing moving to Macs, etc., who else is there but Dav will look into alternatives. And Trish Babylon asked for a tutorial. The TCS has a disk on the // side with those files in "Shrinkit" format. We hope to unshrink them and offer those disks in the PD in the next few months. As for final commentwhat it would take to get folks onto the TCS (Telecommunications System). Our long distance members are mostly concerned about line costs. I've suggested the TCS look into an 800 number and that's being discussed. I'm not sure that is the answer, but weasion which are more technical and also include information on things like transfering files from one machine to another. And we've started to add names to the WAP Hotline. Hopefully, we'll even include phone numbers soon! The survey asked about ressed that a bit last month); Help to convert Apple /// disks to Mac // and Hotline help. Some of these I've already tried to address. For example, look below for more on Apple /// Grahics. We'll continue publishing Dr. Bloom's articles on occember was. Meetings came in third. As for the "one thing" most would like to get our of the SIG, our answers included: Operating tips for the ///; More technical articles; More on Apple /// Graphics; How to maximize hardware and software (we add asked for a list of printers and other hardware that can be hooked up the to ///. Most everyone said they liked our articles in the Journal. But the Public Domain Library also got a lot of votes for what the most important thing about being a mxplained about how he thinks we can be of better service. Gerald Abelson says "Keep it coming - there was a feeling of being deserted" when we missed getting in the Journal one month. Trish Babylon says she'd like a list of SIG members and Dave Jernigan) Gerald Abelson says he likes being a member because it helps him to get "over problems" and Robert Howe was kind by saying "The WAP /// SIG is, so far as I know, the most 'professional' of the remaining /// user groups." George Blosser already eappropriate. In answering why they were a member, most folks answered the obvious, which was they owned a ///. Tom Linders added that he wanted to gain more information and pass out the articles (to his ATUNC friends in the San Francisco Bay area. Blosser who said simply "Just keep up the good work" when asked how we could be of better service. It would probably be easiest to go down the list and give you a brief overview of what everyone said. I'll make a few comments here and there as an do is promise to try and continue earning your trust in the future. We want to keep serving you in the best way possible. But please remember we can't do it alone. As Robert Howe put it when asked how the SIG could be of better service, he answered "Shouldn't this read 'How can you better help the SIG?'" I'd like to call on you folks on occasion for a little help (especiall now that our second little boy should have arrived by the time you read this!). And if you have suggestions, we're alw AUGUST 1990 ON THE TRAIL OF THE APPLE /// By David Ottalini Apple /// SIG Co-Chairman HAPPY 100 Your /// SIG reaches another milestone this month, as we finally go over the century mark in disks. I believe we have the best /// PD library me. The Apple // side is ProDos based as you might expect. t. GRAPHICS and is a disk you can place in either an Apple // or Apple /// and boot directly. The machines can read the disk and will know which software to load. You may find this useful in developing a single boot disk application if you have a // and a /// at hos Power Tools Invokables already in the library. And Basic Helps has a number of files that answer questions and provide guidance as you explore Business Basic. Our second disk is one I've been talking about for a while. It's called "Double Boot"les. Their address again is: 2862 Page Rd., Ann Arbor, MI. 48104. PD LIBRARY We offer two new disks in our PD this month. This first is for you Basic programers or would-be programmers out there. PPT/Basic Helps includes demos of the Programerrder direct and pay with a check. This is a great deal and will be good through Labor day. Please say you are a /// SIG member when you order. If you have any questions, GR&D's phone number is 313-677-4122 for technical help and 313-677-4110 for sa members intersted in buying a set! Normal price is $299.00 and well worth the price. But through our special purchase plan, you can get them for just $249.00! Postage and insurance is another $7.50. Since they don't take credit cards, you'll have to oo be the only source for the cards now, as Sun has apparently stopped selling them. To help make it easier for everyone to get the Titan cards, I'm happy to announce that we have worked out a group purchase agreement with GR&D for all WAP /// SIGhe Profile, as well as make some changes to two chips on the Profile card itself). "Greg" at GR&D told me that his company is still servicing the cards for $85.00 plus $7.00 P$H. And he says they are still making them in small batches. They appear tne. Slot 4 could still be used for other cards though, like an 800 Unidisk that would work in emulation. Or I could still use the Profile, but would NOT be able to use it in Emulation Mode (you have to move a post off a plug on one Titan card to enable ts not the Titan cards but the Profile card! It seems that after ProDos 1.3, Apple changed the software enough to make the Titan cards burp when they tried to load Prodos 1.4 or higher. The solution was to remove the Profile card and everything was fihe folks at GR&D who now build and service Titan products and found them to be extremely helpful and eager to help with any problems. Mine was a particular vexing one. I could not load the ProDos Kernel beyond 1.1.1. It turns out that the problem waays open to them to. Thanks again to all those who answered the survey! TITAN ///+//e UPDATE In January, I reported some information from Jim Wilson on CompuServe about getting your Titan cards repaired. Recently, I had occasion to call tin the nation, and your support is the reason! Thank you for buying the disks. And to those who have, thank you for your contributions. We continue to look for ways to serve you and encourage PD contributions that help make our library a unique and usefuon the progress of this project as time passes. But if any SIG members have suggestions, would care to take part or know of machines that might be available, please call our Co-Chairman Jim Jutzin. MENTOR PROGRAM In a way, we've been providing ther organizations. In some cases, for example, ///s are literally being used as doorstops or are gathering dust in closets. Wouldn't it be much better that they be refurbished and reused by a non-profit group or school? I'll try to update you se groups receiving machines aware of WAP and what it can provide (especially by way of support, software and the Journal) so that they will join. Sources for computers could include companies, folks moving on to other machines, even schools or otto use immediately. Make it easy to use simply by booting it!)(NOTE: We will provide a standard set of software to all those receiving Apple /// machines). 5) Provide tutorials and be available after installation to provide additional support. 6) Make tho1) Make sure the system is in proper working condition. 2) Try to upgrade it if at all possible to make it more useful. 3) Gather appropriate software and (very important!) manuals. 4) The system should be turnkey from the start (that is, set up and ready the Board of Directors level. But I see this as something all members of the SIG could get involved with and make a real contribution to their communities. Guidelines? There's nothing set in "concrete", but here are some things to keep in mind: include hardware (hard disks and printers if available), software, and instructional help. Hopefully, membership in WAP would follow, thus gaining valuable new members for the club. As your new WAP Secretary, I will also pursue this project at obviously a project that our SIG can take a leadership roll in, and provide some encouragement for our Apple // and MAC brethren. Old Apple // Pluses, Old Mac 128/512K or even Plus units could all be put together as part of a complete "system" that wouldtudents there this Fall. We'd like to thank Mr. Joseph Burgin Jr. of Burgin-Kreh Associates of Baltimore for their donation of two ///s and other hardware and software. Although I can't say this was something we "planned" from the beginning, it'sSenior Center (run by the City of Rockville). Jim Jutzin followed by getting two Apple ///s donated to the club. One went with Jim Salerno to the Senior Center. A second will go to the Churchill Road School in McLean, Virginia for use by the sChairman Jim Jutzin and long-time member Jim Salerno, we've started an "Apple /// Donation Program" that's already off to a rousing start. Jim Salerno started it all by setting up a complete Apple /// system (one of his own) for donation to the Rockville vast majority of our disks, these are all self-booting. Note that in honor of our SARA, we've left SOS 1.0 and Business Basic 1.0 on disk 3MSC.08, which contains the earliest of the Demo programs. APPLE /// DONATION PROGRAM Thanks to our SIG Co-l value for our members. To celebrate this month, we're introducing four Apple /// Demonstration Disks. There numbers are 3MSC-07, 08, 09 and 10. I think you'll find them interesting, especially if you have access to a color monitor. As with thehis service to new members all along. But I'd like to try and make it a little more organized in the coming months. Specifically, as new members join we'd like to assign a current SIG member as their "mentor" or person who can be called to help with problems or just talk about their ///s and what's available. Some of us are already involved, but we could use more people. Care to join us? This is something all SIGers can do to give a little back for everything we've provided over the years, with onother in the vanilla ///. I've got two retrofitted ///'s with all slots filled and don't have any problems, though. The basic differences between the two models were the interlace kit (that fills in the spaces to make characters more readable), battery b Just what are the differences between the /// and ///+? Ed Gooding, explained it all on CIS recently (with some added comments from yours truly): The only difference that I know of might be that the power supply for the ///+ is stronger than its br, The Best of Bloom ("Getting Here from There") ; 3INF-10, Inpert's Corner by Bloom (Inpert08, 09 and 10); and 3TEL-02, Telecommunications 02, which contains the file "Telecom.Info" with a tutorial on Apple /// communications. DIFFERENCES, DIFFERENCES e it on disk that way. (You could also upload it to the /// Data Library on the WAP TCS and then download it. Just make sure to delete the TCS file when you're done!) For more information on Apple to MS-DOS transfers, try /// SIG PD disks 3INF-09D1/yourname" to ".RS232" and make sure the RS232 driver is in your SOS.Driver file) If your PC isn't near your ///, then you can convert the Basic program to ASCII, upload it here to your mail box on CIS (CompuServe), then call here from your PC and capturram directly through the ///s Serial Port if you desire: You can connect your PC to the /// via a serial port and use, say PC-Talk on the PC side to capture the Basic program from your ///. (NOTE: use the above program as described, but change ".or use the RENUMBER Basic program to merge the two) and the pathname changed to meet your needs (that is, ".D1/yourname" becomes the pathname you want the information to go to). Ed Gooding of ///'s Company BBS fame adds that you can send the prog The BASIC program to "print" a program to disk as an ASCII text file is: 10 OPEN #1 AS OUTPUT, ".D1/yourfile" 20 OUTPUT #1 30 LIST 40 CLOSE 50 END This program should be placed at the top of your program (you may have to change the numbers h is a drag, but it works. If you want to transfer a Business Basic file, Harry suggests: What I know works is to convert the program to an ASCII file and then use almost any communication programs on both sides to send it over a null modem. . Otherwise you can buy them in most computer stores - eg EGGHEAD (or Radio Shack). With a modem eliminator and TCM (On Three's Communications Manager) on the /// you can send stuff over at 9600. You still have to type every file name on both sides, whicet an idea of what's involved with transferring ASCII text files. Here's what Harry Baya says: I have done a lot of transfers with modem eliminators. The original Apple /// came with a little short modem eliminator cable that you might still have aroundho participate, the more we can spread it out). Ideas or suggestions more than welcome on this project! APPLE /// TO MS DOS We continue to get questions about this. Thanks to the folks on the /// section of MAUG (tm) on CompuServe, we gw members join, they'll be sent a letter as part of their new member packet, advising them of their mentor. A copy would go to the mentor as well. Our SIG coordinator will keep track of all this so that people are assigned on a rotating basis (the more wly a small amount of time involved. And it's a great service we can provide to our new members. I'm currently looking for someone to coordinate this program. He/She will call all SIG members to see who would be willing to take part. Then, as neackup clock kit, keyboard (that includes a true delete key), and power supply. All of the aforementioned can be installed in a plain vanilla ///, however. MAUGer Bill Arnold gets the last word, however: The main reason for the ///+ was to meet FCC requirements. The disk /// connector was changed to DB-25. Other DB connectors were changed to shielded connectors. The motherboard had some minor changes for EMI as well. PUBLISH IT!3 UPDATE Yes, I know. The saga continues. But this time, the ne bit in previous Trail columns. Basically, it's a program that "decodes" Graphics Interchange Format (GIF) graphics files into Apple // HiRes or Double HiRes 33 block binary files. On Three's Graphics Manager can read those and turn them into 33 block A(on a rotating basis) I would urge you to talk with Dave. Very little time is involved, but the bottom line will be added service to the members who need our help the most. IIGIF I've discussed this excellent utility by Jason Harper just a littlere, he'll provide a list to the WAP office, so that each New Member Packet that goes out to a /// SIG member will include the name of an Apple /// mentor, who can be called on for help and advice. Again, if you are interested in helping with this very pleased to announce that Dave Jernigan has agreed to take on the position of "Mentor Program Coordinator." He'll be calling all the SIG members (and may already have done so) to find out who is willing to volunteer to be part of the program. From th ON THE TRAIL OF THE APPLE /// By David Ottalini Apple /// SIG Co-Chairman MENTOR PROGRAM As mentioned last month, your SIG is beginning a Mentor Program to help new members find their way around WAP and the Apple /// a little better. I'm It's a good lesson to learn. FINALLY Remember we will NOT have an AUGUST meeting. So enjoy the rest of your Summer and see you in September! ptember! ngs and we didn't allow hackers to do things their random ways. I feel we were wrong to believe in our 'religion.' Users should only use a good product (like SOS) if it's better for their application, not because the company feels only one way is right. A Steve Wozniak Apple /// comment from the old "Softalk" magazine of December, 1983: (Commenting on Apple's closed machine policy as relating to the ///) One of the downfalls was that we were too smart. We knew the proper ways to do all sorts of thifor many functions which makes handling easier. I've already done up some SIG-specific letterhead for us and a brochure that can be sent to prospective members. And when I finally get that scanned and converted WAP "A" logo, lookout! WOZ COMMENT That works alright. But don't ask me why. The result is, I now have a complete and up-to-date DTP system (with an 800K drive as well) that works perfectly. I'm using a joystick instead of a mouse. But Publish It! allows you to use the keyboard lly started playing with all the settings. That's something I'm used to in emulation. Print Shop thinks it's using a Super Serial Card to an Epson Machine. Now Publish It thinks it's using a Super Serial Card through a Laser 128 interface. Yah. ews is all good. I've already related the Profile problem, preventing anything above ProDos 1.1.1 from working. That fixed (by removing the Profile), I could still not get Publish It! to print on my little Seikosha SP 1000AS Printer. That is until I reapple /// Foto files. Recently, I asked Jason on CompuServe if he could produce an Apple /// version. But there was some bad news, and not for the reason you might think. In fact, the reason could have an impact on all those using the GIF format: An Apple /// GIF decoder is out of the question, at the moment: the data compression scheme used in GIF (LZW) turned out to be patented by Unisys. Nobody knows yet whether Unisys is going to make any claim against authors of GIF utilities, and CompuServe t's hope his prices are better than they were for the /// folks! Disk 3MSC-12 is called "A2 BOOT". It's a disk for everyone with Titan ///+//e cards who want one disk containing some of the best Apple // public domain utility software available. // community for a time with a newsletter and magazine and a host of software offerings. It finally ran into big financial troubles and pulled out of the /// market. Word has it now that Pair's owner, Frank Moore, is "retooling" for the MS-DOS world. Leou develop your programming skills. Disk 3INF.16 is called "The Best of Pair BBS" and contains some excellent assembly language programs downloaded from a Bulletin Board offered for a time by Pair Software in California. Pair was active in the /ver the years. 3BSB-07 is our Business Basic 1.23 disk. While all of our Basic disks include this version, this PD offering contains many of the most important invokable modules and a number of programs and utilities that you'll find useful as yin pleasures. Our second 3 EZ Pieces offering, disk 3ZAW-02 is a great checkbook template from John Lomartire. It's usable by all you AppleWorks owners as well. We've also included some other goodies by John and a bibliography of articles he's written o On Three's excellent line of products. New address is : 1050 W. Columbia, Apt. 3-E; Chicago, Il. 60626. His new phone number is: (312)-338-2202. DISKS THIS MONTH We're kicking off the fall with a number of excellent disks for your Public Domaake for an interesting SIG meeting as well some time, so we'll look into that in the next few months. ANOTHER ON THREE MOVE On Three's President, Bob Consorti, has moved once again. He provides all the technical help for purchasers and users ofo a Mac or IBM. This would require you to have a terminal program on the Apple /// that is capable of doing file transfers to another machine. Need more information? Look at /// SIG PD disk 3INF-10, Inpert's Corner by Dr. Al Bloom. This might me Macintosh. This will permit you to copy the files from the ProDOS 3.5" disk to a Mac disk. After that, perhaps your favorite Mac program should be able to read the file. The other way to do it is via a modem or hardwired connection from an Apple /// ts or a //c that has a 3.5" drive and a 5.25" drive. SOS on the Apple /// has the same file structure as ProDOS on the Apple // line, so if the file is a standard text file, you can copy it to a 3.5" disk. The next step is to run Apple File Exchange on thGroup (MAUG - tm) (and new WAP member I should add) had these comments on how to do it recently: There are a couple of possibilities here....the easiest way, in my opinion, is to get the files transferred to a 3.5" disk....this can be done on an Apple IIgb Consorti to help, so stay tuned. APPLE /// TO MACINTOSH There's always a continuing interest here on this question, as /// SIGers add Macs to their inventory. Shawn Goodin, a SYSOP (System Operator) on CompuServe's Micronetworked Apple Users .). By the way, I've also been talking with Andrew Nicholas, the author of Shrinkit (the standard Apple // file compression program) to see if we can't get an Apple /// version. Sounds like it will be difficult, but I've asked On Three's Bohas disclaimed all responsibility for any patent infringements that might result from the use of GIF, so I don't consider it to be a good risk at this time (especially considering the $20,000 licensing fee Unisys is charging for certain other uses of LZW..Using a PD menu program called "Windows", you can run Basic or System files, view text and graphics files and more. The programs include a word processor much like Apple Writer, IIGIF, the great program that will convert GIF files to Double or single HiRes (as mentioned above), a fastcopy program for disks, the famous ShrinkIt file compression program and much more. Complete documentation for each program is included. Some of these progams require an "enhanced" //e, meaning you'll have to instalonnects your computer with any number of devices. Everyone else can connect not just hard drives but scanners and even CD ROMS. And what about our SARA? Can we use the D7T's SCSI interface card to hook up these other devices too? unfortunately Three sells it as a plug-in card with the Sider D7T Hard Disk (62 Megabytes) drive (that can also be used with any other computer with a SCSI port or interface card). What is SCSI (pronounced SCUZZY)? It's a hardware and software interface that c ON THE TRAIL OF THE APPLE /// By David Ottalini Apple /// SIG Co-Chairman SCSI ON THE APPLE /// Apple //s have it. Macs have it. MS-Dos has it. And the Apple ///? Well yes it does, in a manner of speaking. "It" is a SCSI interface. Onor know of someone who has one that is not being used, please dontate it (or get it donated) to the SIG. There are a lot of groups out there that would love to have a computer to use! Call Jim Jutzin or Jim Salerno for more details. ils. e beneficiary. We'll use them as part of our Apple /// Donation Program and to make sure the hard copy library has copies of the manuals that are becoming more valuable each day. FINALLY Remember: If you have an Apple /// gathering dust ill have a better idea of what they're getting themselves into!! AND A THANK YOU TO /// SIG member Bob Shaffer Jr. for donating a ton of Apple /// software to the club. Bob cleaned out his basement at the request of his new bride and WAP is thd. Just tell the office staffer when you pay your $6.00 annual fee (thus your actual cost is $4.00!) Finally, we've updated our New Member Disk and the PD Disk catalog for you. The New Member Disk now has more information about WAP, so "newers" w so you can read and print all the files you need. If you were looking for an excuse to join us on the TCS, this is it! In fact, if you join the TCS for the first time during the month of September, we'll include this disk FOR FREE to help you get starteast new disk is 3TEL-08, the WAP TCS Disk. This is our version of the Apple // TCS disk that is designed to help get you onto the club's telecommunications system. We've included all the help files, updated everything as necessary and included menu.makerrive, this disk will work just fine. And since this is ProDos based, these programs can load text files from SOS formatted disks. I'll keep looking for other programs and will put together a second "A2 BOOT" disk if there's enough interest. Our ll a 65c02 chip in your ///s motherboard. They're available from Jameco Electronics for just $6.95. Their number is 415-592-8097 and the part number is 65C02 (Jameco does require a minimum purchase). By the way, if you have a //e and a 5.25" disk d, it's not that easy (in fact, it's essentially impossible) because of a number of factors. I recently discussed these "factors" with On Three's Bob Consorti, who told me that one major problem is SOS. It's a ten year old operating system that has its limitations when dealing with newer devices and interfaces like SCSI. For one thing, SOS can handle a maximum of 32 megabytes (16 megabytes if you're using Pascal). So the Sider D7T, for example is partitioned into four volumes (16-16-16-14) to hand He says "If I am offered a fair price for the whole package, I will probably sell that portion of Pair Software. However if the bids are too low, I will probably just say the %$#@ with it and mail you all a copy." Frank says there remains someer, which can go into the "it's possible" file. Frank wrote to say that he has considered donating the programs into the PD, but that he has also received inquiries about purchasing his customer list, sales rights and specific software rights. but he did provide some much needed service and caring at a time others could not provide it. Hating to see a number of the programs he offered go to waste, I wrote him in June asking if anything could be placed into the PD. By July I had my answis one. On Three's number is: 206-334-8001. PAIR SOFTWARE I recently saw a note in the ATUNC Newsletter, saying that Pair Software was getting out of the /// market completely. Frank Moore had his problems with the /// community over the years,o a printer or to disk. It costs $29.95 and is available now. Another program that is also available: Disk Fixer. Much like "Mr. Fixit" for the Apple //, Disk Fixer will correct directory errors and much, much more. Call for pricing on thpe a disk clean without having to reformat it. There's also an accessory that provides area codes and time zone information, and a "List Files" accessory that will list directories and subdirectories, and let you see it on your screen or print it tit's got some great programs that you can call up from within any program you have. "File Finder" will find any file on any disk in 15 seconds or less. And it can do partial name matching as well. "Disk Eraser" is an accessory that will wi Bob Consorti's love affair with the Apple /// continues, despite his returning to school in the Chicago area (in a field that has nothing to do with computers). Evidence a 4th Super Accessories Disk is now available for the Desktop Manager. And d thinks there may be some devices, like a 1.4 megabyte disk drive, that could me made to work with the ///. If that's true, we may have an alternative to the hard disk that would help our ///s remain useful for some time to come. ON THREE NEWS couldn't be placed onto a CD in conjunction with Apple // and MAC material. Even if it had to be read by a MAC or Apple // (and this IS something I will pursue). Consorti DOES say he's been trying out different devices with the Sider SCSI card an our SARA to a CD ROM. That includes Titan Emulation mode, since the Apple // SCSI cards are 2" too long to fit in our ///s! But I still think that given the amount of space available, it would still be worthwhile to see if Apple /// informationr 16 megabyte partitions (but since no one's ever been asked ... ). There are other problems, of course. CD ROM Drives cost a bundle, few programs to read the data is available (none of course on the ///), etc. making it doubtful we'll ever hook ups with Apple // and MAC material (like was done recently for the National Apple Users Group Conference). But CD ROMS hold as much as 600 megabytes of information and Consorti says it's doubtful a manufacturer would be willing to partition a CD ROM in 32 ole it. The Apple // GS's GSOS (which has its roots in SOS) has NO volume limit. Nor does the MAC. My interest in SCSI is due to recently developments with CD ROM drives and especially placing Apple /// information on a CD ROM for archival purpose interest in the Apple ///. His recent close-out sale (which I never heard about) brought in almost $13,000! One way or the other we may win here (having access to Apple /// products is positive in any form). Just who has offered to buy his Apple /// product line, however, remains a mystery. Stay tuned! APPLE /// DONATION PROGRAM I'm happy to report that we've had two more Apple /// systems donated to the SIG for use in our ongoing Donation Program. Unfortunately, we lost member Trissee on a MAC or MS-DOS machine). It took a bit of work to bring these to you: First, each picture had to be converted (under ///+//e emulation mode) with a program called //GIF. The GIF pictures became Double HiRes Apple // Binary files. GIF pictures are a "standard" format for graphics that can be used by a number of machines from Apple to MS DOS. But for use on the Apple // and ///, they have to be converted to a readable format (the trade-off ... quality is not as good as you would sks this month, which I think you'll really enjoy. Graphics disks 23 to 26 (3GRX-23 to 3GRX-26) contain converted GIF (Graphics Interchange Format) graphics from the WAP TCS. Many thanks to John Ruffatto for making the GIF disks available. for sick disk drives. He fixed one of mine at a very reasonable price. Contact him directly for details at (408)-741-1001 in Saratoga, California. PD DISKS If it's October, it must be Graphics! We are offering a super set of graphics diat if your disk drive needs to be oil, a tiny amount of turbine oil works best for the soft bearings in the motors. The rails should be given a light once-over with TufOil before being cleaned off. Tom, by the way, continues to offer his services ey pick up dirt, lots of it. The keyboard should have nothing more than air blown across it. It a key sticks, pull its cap up, put a little isopropyl alcohol (99.9%) down the stem, and then push on the key to move the dirt off." Tom also warns thleast that's the admonition from /// SIG member Tom Linders. Writing in the August ATUNC Newsletter, he warns that using a spray of WD-40 to help liberate a sticky key is done "at your own risk." Linders says: "These products have an oil base. Thation. I hope to have found a volunteer to take this job on by the time you read this, but would add that the WAP office could always use additional help to keep the library in order (along with a number of other projects). NO WD-40! At in, etc. It would also be nice to have a complete inventory of what Apple /// materials we have so everyone knows what is available. Longer term, I'm interested in a project to get some of these books scanned and placed on disk for wider disseminburied back in one corner). We will plan to add many of the program manuals donated by Trish (and others) into the library for the use of our members. But we need someone to coordinate with WAP Librarian Walt Francis to get these properly loggedc. Trish's donation also gives me a chance to bring up another project for the Fall. While we've been adding things to the WAP library over time, I am still not convinced it's in a form that is as usable as it could be ( much of the /// stuff is OU to Trish for her donation (I should add she was very upset at having to give her ///s up). If you know of anyone who has a /// that's not being used, please have them contact Jim Salerno or Jim Jutzin and we can arrange a pickup. BOOKS, etwhat did we get? Two Apple ///s with Titan ///+//e cards, extra disk drives, Profiles, hardware and tons of software. Hopefully, I will have found two good homes for these machines by the time you read this (details next month). But I want to say THANKYh Babylon in the process. She and her husband moved to Belgium under fairly short notice, which brought the donation. Many thanks to Jim Salerno for picking everything up and going over everything (he even upgraded one of the ///s to 256K). Now, These were read into Graphics Manager and saved as Apple /// FOTO Files. There are some interesting pictures here! From the Space Shuttle to Bugs Bunny and even a few pretty faces. These are all double-sided but are NOT self-booting. We have another disk in the works and will make it available as more GIF graphics become available. And there there's our first Shareware offering, called GrafixWorks. Compiled by your's truly, GrafixWorks (3GRX-27 and 28) is a set of two double-sided disks that Apple /// 33 block Fotofile whose file type was changed to Binary and then imported into Publish It. There were a few problems along the way, but it got easier as I worked with the program and got to know it better. I found it's actually easier iith one graphic, a picture of the Apple ///, on the front page. I wrote my copy using AppleWriter in native mode, and then imported it into Publish It!3. I did the necessary editing, font changes, etc. from within the program. The graphic was an of the brochure formats available from the "Design Ideas" disk that Timeworks sells. The format, as you can see, uses a regular 8x10 page in two columns, both sides (it folds in half lengthwise). With 128k, I have enough memory to produce this brochure wh It!2 and then took advantage of the recent upgrade offer to Publish It!3, buying all the graphics disks at the time (since I could also use them with Graphics Manager in native mode). Wanting to make this as easy as possible, I decided to use one addition to the regular application form). Since I operate one of my two ///s in 128K Apple //e mode most of the time, it gave me the opportunity to try out Timeworks' Publish It!3 (tm) and see what I could do. Actually, I started out with Publist like any other Apple // user (or MAC for that matter), and in a professional manner that looks good (see example!). My particular project was to produce an Apple /// brochure that could be sent out to prospective members of WAP who had a SARA (in DESKTOP PUBLISHING WITH THE APPLE /// By David Ottalini OK. Up front, I'll say this is really Desktop Publishing with the /// (with 65c02 chip installed) AND the Titan ///+//e cards. But bottom line here is being able to do a DTP project jusG meeting in the near future! uture! in more information or want to drop a line to give some encouragement, write to Rick at 4687 Chanterwood Dr., Columbus, Ohio 43231. Phone number is (614)-475-9983. THAT'S ALL For this month! Have a great Halloween. Hope to see you at a /// SIAP) is heading up the effort for a club tentatively being called the "Active Computer Enthusiasts." They've already purchased 50 of our /// SIG PD disks and traded for another 50 (the GS library is the beneficiary on our end). If you're interested like letterhead design, borders, etc. Documentation is included. Shareware donation is $10.00. A NEW CLUB Yes it's hard to believe, but a new Apple /// group is being formed! This one is in Columbus, Ohio. Rick Gast (who has joined Wcontain tools you can use with On Three's Graphics Manager or other graphics program to draw and design all sorts of things. It provides "templates" to use in all sorts of graphics projects and even offers a few examples of how they can be used for thingsn some ways to use Publish It! using key commands rather than a mouse or joystick (I have a joystick). One of the neat things about Publish It!3 is that you can save your work as a Postscript file (actually, the fancy name is Encapsulated Postscript or EPS), so that it can be printed on a laser printer. I uploaded that Postscript file to the TCS, so that it could be printed in the WAP Journal for you to see what kind of quality is available. Here's what a small part of the brochure looks like in make a (SOS) driver to read blocks from the (CD ROM) disk but it would take a controlling program to pull the DATA from the High Sierra disk into a format the SOS can understand. The format on the PD CD-ROM is not ProDOS and it isn't SOS. It works on thApple //GS (or access to one) this wouldn't necessarily be a problem (i.e. download it to disk using the GS and then use it on a ///). I asked On Three's Bob Consorti to provide some additional details on this, and here's what he told me: I canibute to). That's the good news. The bad news is (as we discussed last month) your /// (while it could hook up to a CD ROM with the Sider SCSI card) will probably never be able to READ the information in a usable form. On the other hand, if you have an ys if (and it's a big if at this point) a second PD CD-ROM through the InterChange group (that sponsored the National Apple Users Group Conference) is developed, she will see about getting some Apple /// material on there (which we would be happy to contr ON THE TRAIL OF THE APPLE /// By David Ottalini Apple /// SIG Co-Chairman CD ROMS - TAKE TWO Some additional comments this month on our interest in CD ROMS, scanners and the Apple ///. Lavona Rann of the Third Apple User Group (TAU) sa Three 5 4 April 1988 3-4 -33- UDED ON THIS DISK IS THE WAP /// SIG BROCHURE. IF YOU HAVE PUBLISH IT!3 (AND AN APPLE // OR THE TITAN CARDS AND 65c02 CHIP) THEN TAKE A LOOK! ---------------------------- ----------- ---- --- ---- ---- ----- Using a Laser Printer TAU Journal 7 9 June 1989 18 One, Two, /// Forum On Three 4 6 June 1987 29-31 HP Laserjet Printer vs. A/// Onriver on our Drivers disk (3UTIL-04). And you'll find some additional information from these articles: TITLE Magazine VOL IS MTH YR PG(S) -----caster of a company called Synergetics in Arizona (602-428-4073) has lots of information about doing this on the // (much of it applicable to the ///)(see back issues of Computer Shopper through early 1990). As for the /// specifically, there is a laser dfort. It should be going out with all Apple /// inquiries even as you read this! By the way, you Apple // and /// users (and not just GS folks) can hook up your machines to laser printers (most have serial ports) and get excellent output. Don Lan 792 612 100 72 72 1 F F F F T T T psu (Publish-It!; document: SIG.BROCHURE.2) jn 0 mf od op 0 0 xl 1 1 pen 0 0 gm (nc 31 30 761 582 6 rc)kp 1 1 pen 8pat I think the final product is pretty good for my first Apple ///+//e DTP ef the (EPS) Postscript language (which is saved as an ASCII text file to disk!): /Encoding macvec def/BuildChar/bmbc load def end mfont definefont pop}bdf currentscreen /prc exch def /ang exch def /frq exch def /rscr{frq ang /prc load setscreen}bdf T T 0 0e Apple IIGS because the GS has a High Sierra file system translator. The Apple ///'s operating system has no equivalent translators so it just won't work without a major amount of coding. The scanner will likewise need some controlling special software to import any graphics. If you're going to be mastering a CD you could put a series of 16 megabyte partitions on the drive and I could write a driver that would access them but I really have to question the cost and effort that would be required to do s not have the capability for a "time delay" within in a macro string. This creates a few problems because delays are sometimes necessary when something has to come from the Profile or disk. Bob says the man that wrote the program didn't make provisions fpublish it in a future Trail column. Here's (an edited version) what George asked: I have been using Bob Consorti's DTM for several years now and have found it to be indispensable for moving around within the Apple III environment. The Macro Manager doesANAGER QUESTION /// SIG member George Blosser recently asked me on CompuServe if I had any suggestions to the following question about the Desktop Manager's Macro Manager utility. I didn't have a good answer, but if you do, let me know and we'll teresting and unique offerings as well as trying to enhance disks that other clubs already offer. Jim Jutzin has been working the phones of late to see about getting some commercial (but now no longer available) programs into the PD. Stay tuned! MACRO Mconversion utility you will find useful. Both disks are self-booting and fully documented. As for future month's offerings, look for a great accounting package, all kinds of Pascal Language disks and much more. As always, we continue to seek in Catalyst Release. It's a bootable run-time disk that Catalyst users can use in place of their locked boot disk. There are two versions for 2.0 and 2.1 users. And 3UTL-33 is Reformatter ///, a program that is a text to data base or spread sheet disk 3INF-17 is called "Reviews by Bloom", which contains reviews of programs published by Dr. Bloom over the years. Both are self-booting. But that's not all! Two of the programs Dr. Bloom reviewed are also going into out PD. 3UTL-32 is called703)-790-1509. NOVEMBER DISKS Dr. Al Bloom strikes our PD fancy once again this month with two more of his disks. Disk 3GRX-29 is a graphics program called SIGN that will make big signs for you easily and quickly. Documentation is included. And fifth machines that have found new homes thanks to folks who want to see their SARA's keep living. We are always looking for donations and for worthy recipients. Care to contribute or make a suggestion? Call our SIG Co-Chairman, Jim Jutzin at (Lake Stevens, WA. 98258. DONATION PROGRAM I'm happy to announce that Kensington Day Care Center and Grace Episcopal Day School are the proud recipients of Apple /// systems, placed through our Apple /// Donation Program. These are the fourth andthe Sider SCSI card. They'll range from 20 to 105 MB and a tape drive backup will also be available. Prices on many other products have been cut of late, so if you're not on their mailing list, call (206)-334-8001, or write On Three, PO Box 1193, each other, bringing us up through the May/June issue. Bob again promises his GoBack disk backup utility by the end of the year and a disk/directory fixer. He also says On Three will be offering a new line of low-cost hard disks that work with $150) ON THREE NEWS Speaking of On Three, after a long hiatus, On Three Magazine (actually more like On Three Newsletter) has finally reappeared. Off from school for the summer, Bob Consorti was able to get out two editions within a few weeks ofo. My time alone on the project would cost several thousand dollars and with the state of the Apple /// market I can't see how anyone could afford the mastering costs, my fees and getting enough sales (CD drive and the Sider interface card alone are about or this and is not interested in rewriting the program now. Do you think some of the "Apple Gurus" ... could figure this out?? Any ideas or thoughts?? UPCOMING MEETINGS Our November meeting is the Wednesday following Thanksgiving and should not be a problem. But the December meeting is on the 26th, the day after Christmas. Given that fact, we will NOT have a December meeting, so please mark your calendar. Now back to this month's meeting. It will be our first annual "Apple /// Tune ers is Pascal based and the graphics are excellent. You'll also enjoy the articles and other information. Looking into the new year, I can promise you a new contributions disk, a disk full of Basic programs from On Three, a ton of Pascal disks andit HAS been placed into the WAP library if you are interested. Also going into the PD this month is Three Cheers, the only known magazine on disk for the Apple ///. The boot and program disk is 3MSC-13 and the two issues are on 3MSC-14. Three Cheted a new category, Accounting, for it. You'll need all four disks to use this system, 3ACCT-01 through 04. On disk 3ACCT-01, you'll also find some information about the program and what it can do for you. The manual was too long to place on disk. But e some new PD disks for your consideration. How about a complete accounting program called "EASy Accounting?" Originally a commercial program from a long-dead company called Denver Software, we're placing it into the PD for all to enjoy. We're also creaity printout of our new /// SIG Brochure. It looks great if I do say so myself. A copy will be included in with other WAP materials when someone with a /// expresses an interest in joining the club. HOLIDAY DISKS If it's December, we must havsion. At that basic level, what other machine can do better with 128 to 256K of memory? No Apple machine, certainly save the Apple //, which is also a 6502 based computer. /// SIG BROCHURE Thanks to Lee Raesly, we've gotten a laser-qual it doesn't RISC, it doesn't even have icons or a graphical interface. It DOES work very hard to get the most out of the software available to it. It can do word processing, data base and spreadsheets. It can play games and even do some graphics on occaords in those recent surveys indicate that, for the most part, you are pretty happy with what we're trying to do. Our primary goal for the new year remains to help you make your SARA as productive as it can be. Your Apple /// doesn't multitask, ON THE TRAIL OF THE APPLE /// By David Ottalini Apple /// SIG Co-Chairman THE END OF ANOTHER YEAR Hard to believe that 1990 is nearly over. I hope you feel you've gotten your money's worth from WAP and your /// SIG this year. Your kind wellow ///ers), this will be your chance. Refreshments will be served! Until then, Happy Thanksgiving. We can NOT fix major problems (tho we can suggest what to do if one is found), and as always, this kind of service is done basically with no guarantees. But if you'd like to learn a bit more about your /// and how to maintain it (and meet your fUp" meeting. Bring in your /// (there are monitors in the office) and appropriate cables (including monitor cable). We'll have the tools to help you open up your ///, reseat your chips and try to deal with any of the little problems you might be having. even the fourth "Best of Ottalini" disk with all my columns from 1990 (buy that one early ... there's always a rush...) By the way, I've also updated our 3WDP-01, Word Processing disk. When the disk first came out about two years ago, we included some information from Dr. Al Bloom about placing Super Apple Writer onto a hard disk under Catalyst. Well turns out there were some problems with those instructions and Dr. Bloom has graciously gone back over the material to bring it up to date. Any memldn't find one in the phone book), but they are coming. I saw two used computer stores advertised in the "New York Times" recently and they may be worth calling about Apple ///s: Crocodile Computers, 212-769-3400 and Key Computers, 212-349-3669. may be worth calling about systems. One other possible source is the growing number of "Used Computer" stores opening up around the nation (the ACE folks meet at "CompUsed" in Columbus). There isn't one in the Washington area yet (at least, I coutes include clubs (WAP, TAU and ATUNC mainly), local papers (check the "Wasington Post" Friday, Saturday and Sunday) and word of mouth. Some companies like Shreve Systems (1-800-227-3971) and Pre-Owned Electronics (1-800-274-5343) usually carry parts, butes in a package with monitor and software that would have cost much more to purchase if new. For those looking to purchase Apple ///s (I had two calls on this just in October), Sun Remarketing (1-800-821-3221) remains a primary source. Cheaper roucome on the market, businesses have grown up around the nation to deal exclusively in those machines. For many people, going the used route makes sense. You can get into computing or upgrade without a great deal of cost. And many times, the computer comat 4687 Chanterwood Dr., Columbus, Ohio 43229. USED COMPUTERS Yes, our ///s are not only orphans, but also used. Actually, since we want them "used" (preferably every day) that's not such a bad designation. But as more and more "used" machines s held this past September. I've had a chance to talk with President Richard Gast a number of times and it looks like he's determined to make the club a viable enterprise. If you're interested in obtaining more information or offering support, write him ength of travel. Check for blockage and smooth easy movement. 5) You're done. IT'S OFFICIAL "ACE" or Active Computer Enthusiasts has officially become the newest Apple /// users group in the U-S. Based in Columbus, Ohio, their first meeting wahad for morn or dull spots in the ceramic. If you find any, you'll need to consider replacing the head. Call your /// SIG for help on this one. 3) Clean the head with the alcohol/water solution. 4) Move the head assembly back and forth along its full lswab and a mixture of 80% denatured alcolol and 20% deionized or distilled water. 1) Remove the cover of your drive and clan the guide rails (the metal shafts that the head slides on) with the alcohol/water solution. Do not use grease. 2) Inspect the they bare repeating here: Disk drive problems can sometimes be media (disk) problems. Make sure you keep your disks away from heat, dust, magnets or other electromagnetic devices. To clean the head on your disk drive you'll need a cotton DISK DRIVE MAINTENANCE With the holidays upon us, it's a good idea to consider doing a little maintenance work on your disk drives to keep them up to speed for the next year. Sun Remarketing offered some tips a while back about how to do this andEL-08 when you sign on. The TCS really is a great value for WAP members and we'd love to have more ///ers on board. All you need is a modem (2400 Baud now goes for less than $100.00) and telecommunications software (try XMODEM ///, 3TEL-05 for $2.00). ber who has been having trouble with this can get a free replacement disk by bringing in their old one in trade. Finally, in order to make joining the WAP TCS a little more valuable to /// SIG members, we will now include a copy of the TCS disk, 3T Another source is the National Computer Exchange (NACOMEX) based in New York City. It's a nationwide brokerage service for used micros. NACOMEX is actually one of 200 such brokerages now operating around the nation, working to match buyers and sellers of used equipment. One report I read said $138 million dollars worth of used computers were sold this way in 1989. I talked with the NACOMEX President, Robert Zises recently and he told me that Apple //s and Macs provide one of the brokeragež#1740#1;A$:A$)<4710A$,3,4)="TEXT"X=X+1710 :X>YN=P::7);"There are no text files in the ";34);D$;34);" directory." ::I=P::7);"Unable to locate and open ";34);D$;34);" directory." ::IT$=N$,E,1):T$=" "T$=","610XE=E+1:E>N$)610:590bD$=N$,S,E-S)l:v:E>S+1600:D$="": œ770P=3:"Looking for ";34);D$;34);" directory." #1,D$=P3:"Reading from ";34);D$;34);" directory." I>X200300S=1:D=1:B=1570D$=""500 Y=X:S=ED$(D)=D$:640 X=Y440D=D+1:S=E:440D=D-1:X=0F$(X):X=0 J=1D D$=D$(J)790&J0 :œ6303DE=S+1:N$,S,1)=" "N$,S,1)=","S=S+1:580%Nž#2390 ^1000c: h#2;a$ma$rY=1150:Y0wB=B+1: Count the number of lines printed xB=15B=30355yB=60#3;12)zB=60B=1 {#3;a$|360B<=20#3;13)::410#3;12):Z=11000:ZI I=3d: PRINTER V. 1.0 ::=2::"PRINT.ALL v. 1.0":3=4:"Directory Name(s) or return to quit: ";n$N$)=0::"MENU.MAKER"430 X>0260I=11000:I:200: ,I=1X 14000 6#2,F$(I)@#3,".PRINTER" Jth. Enjoy the time with your family and friends, and make a New Years Resolution to join us at our SIG meetings in 1991! 991! who have worked to make our SIG worth something, thank you. To those who support our efforts, thank you. May 1991 be be full of happiness, health and a fully operational Apple ///. FINALLY Please remember we will NOT have a meeting this mon more information by calling 1-800-359-2468, or writing the National Computer Exchange, 118 East 25th St., New York, NY 10010. HAPPY HOLIDAYS I don't always have a chance to say thank you for your interest in our SIG, so I'll do it now. To thosef it's accepted, sends a check to a special escrow account operated by the brokerage. The equipment is sent to the buyer and if it checks out (over a 48 hour time period), the brokerage sends the seller a check minus a 10% service fee. You can getACOMEX operates by publishing lists of computers available for sale, or that people are looking for. It does not operate a "store" and does not keep computers in inventory. Customers can do business by mail, phone or fax. The buyer makes an offer and, ingly, Mr. Zises says the demand for Mac II's exceeds supply, while the supply of Apple //s exceeds demand. That would suggest some possible bargains on the // side for you schools or parents looking for a cheap way to buy a 6502-based computer. Ns largest areas of activity. He was aware of the Apple ///, but said there wasn't much activity on the SARA front. But if you have a complete system to sell (or are looking for one to buy), they would probably be happy to hear from you. Interesti#1,D$::"Processing directory ";34);D$;34);", please wait."; ž#1880*#1;A$:A$)<48104A$,3,4)<>"TEXT"810>X=X+1:".";HE=15:F$=A$,16,15)RF$,E,1)=" "E=E-1:850\F$(X)=D$+"/"+F$,E)f810p:  Pausep$ 900A$="PRINTING"+F$(I):$=01:=0::"80C";A$;::12)F=23:=0::"79C";"PRESS ANY KEY TO HALT PRINTING"::2,280,21 2000*:=23:=0::"79C";"CONTINUE...?":1C$:C$<>"Y"C$<>"y"C$<>"N"C$<>"n"ion, let me know and we'll do a little show and tell at a SIG meeting. By the way, one other note. I have found that after working with these older ///s, it's not uncommon for the "on" lamp to blow when you turn everything back on for the first titakes is the ability to use that soldering gun (and a "bulb" to suck out the solder) and a little patience to gently pry the keys out from one circuit board and replace them in another. If you have some questions about this, or need some hands-on instruct you in previous Trail articles, I decided this would be a good chance to give them a try. Aside from one little self-inflicted soldering gun burn, I managed to take two less-than-whole keyboards and turn them into one usable one. All it really s able to pick up some extra Apple ///s recently (Thank You WAP member Rae Benadetto and the Telecommunications Exchange for the Deaf) and found that they had keyboards with broken keys. Never having actually followed the instructions I've passed along tot was a bad chip, and Epson ran him around long enough that the warranty expired, and it was cheaper for him to buy an LX-800 (that worked) than to fix his LQ800. If you get a 24-pin and if it doesn't work right off, take it back." KEYBOARDS I war Mac II for a year before swapping it out for a LaserWriter IINT. But it wouldn't work with a ///. Just that one. I borrowed an LQ800 from my dealer, and I couldn't get it to fail. I bought an LQ800 for the office that I could not get to fail. Turns out i///. My dad had an Epson LQ800 that would only print a page or two before hanging up. It worked great on PC's and on Apple II's that his local computer store could test. Instead of throwing it out, he gave it to my wife for her //e. We also used it with out will support graphic printing at the full resolution of the printer. Actually I think the upper limit is like 180 or so dots per inch." But Dr. Al Bloom suggested one problem to be on the lookout for: "Some are a little fruity when hooked to a ntly told me on CompuServe: "The /// simply sends out normal ASCII characters and commands and the printer prints the characters in all of their 24 pin glory. The only program that I know of that recognizes 24 pin printers is TGM (The Graphics Manager). I  can they work with the ///? The answer to both questions appears to be yes. The Deskjet is the more expensive of the two, and may need an Epson emulation card, but otherwise, should work fine. As for 24 pin printers, On Three's Bob Consorti rece ON THE TRAIL OF THE APPLE /// By David Ottalini Apple /// SIG Co-Chairman PRINTERS I've been considering an upgrade to my printer of late and have been looking at two possibilities: a 24 pin printer or a Hewlet Packard Deskjet Plus. But2010C$="N"C$="n"200;:=23:=0::"79C";"PRESS ANY KEY TO HALT LISTING": 20002,280,21 DF$(I)=D$+"/DISKNAME.DAT"F$(I)=D$+"/FLASHNAME.DAT"410:ۺ310 PRINTER v 1.0 me. Your /// will beep and nothing will happen. Just press with the key and your /// should go ahead and boot. You'll have to replace the bulb though. I still have a few, or you can get a replacement at Radio Shack. MENU MAKING Our good friend from Ontario Canada, C.M. Davidson recently wrote to update us on some of the things he's been working on. One deals with our own Menu.Maker program that can be found on most of our Basic PD disks. Here's what he says: Ofre getting some response to our request for Hotline Volunteers. In fact, we will have our own Apple /// section for easy use by all ///ers. As soon as a majority of the surveys come in, I'll let you know the results as we travel down "The Trail." o thank everyone who has sent them in so far and would urge those who have not yet done so to take a couple of minutes (OK ... after you've finished your tax return) to get them in. We really do care about hearing from you. I am happy to report that we a are a number of disks working right now for your PD library, so stay tuned! SURVEY NOTES As all our /// SIG members know, with your January mailing you received a "Quick Survey" to get your thoughts and feelings about how we're doing. I want t more on all these. Next month we'll offer even more disks to help with repairs, including a dealer diagnostics disk. If you have any tips or suggestions for a second "Repairing Your ///" disk, pass them along and I'll see what can be done. Thereand of your Profile. Finally, disk 1093 has Vindicator and Catalyst Fixer. Vindicator will check the memory of your /// up to 512K. Fixer will fix program disks that have been "locked" by Catalyst when loaded onto your hard disk. See our PD article forirs. Disk 1089 is Brain Surgeon and will help repair files damaged by Backup ///; Disk 1090 is Disk Map, which will help restore damaged hard disk directories; Disk 1091 is Diskcheck and Prohealth, utilities that will check the "healtiness" of your files om many sources to help you with your troubleshooting. Not a tutorial per se, Repairing Your /// contains a number of files that should at least give you an idea of what to do if your /// is hurting. Other disks this month also will help with repating, to find out why your /// isn't working correctly? We try to help you a little this month with some disks specifically aimed at helping you to repair your ///. In fact, that the title of Disk 1088, which contains two sides of information gathered frhe IBM variety. Rather, the color of our new release disks will be the color blue to help give our library a little more uniqueness. Thanks to John Ruffatto for pushing this through. Public Domain 2 Ever wish you could do a little trouble shooays he hopes to do something similar with the PASCAL Menu.Maker program too. We appreciate the contribution! PUBLIC DOMAIN 1 I'm happy to announce a little color is entering our PD disk library. Blue to be exact. Nothing to do with ts=LEN(a$) 40) a$=LEFT$(a$,s-1) 50) IF RIGHT$(a$,1)="/" THEN GOTO 70:ELSE s=s-1 60) GOTO 40 70) PREFIX$=a$ 80) HOME:PRINT PREXIX$ 90) END We'll take a look at this and see if it can't be incorporated into the program directly. Mr. Davidson snew prefix$ one level up. Running my modified menu.maker program with this new prefix$ defined gives me a screen showing the next higher directory ready for use. The program looks like this: 10) 1=LEN(PREFIX$) 20) a$=LEFT$(PREFIX$,l-1) 30) allows one to descend a directory hierarchy, it allows ascent only to the top level (via the key. I have got around this by writing a short basic program called "Backout", which truncates the current prefix$ at the next "/" and thus generates a all the software I have bought from the SIG, I have found the menu.maker program one of the most useful. With a few modifications, I have got it to run off my basic boott disk and give me access to all directory levels on my hard disk. While the program BUTTERFLY Finally, from /// SIG member John Lomartire comes this fun little program you might like to try. Commenting about it on CompuServe recently, he said: The newsletter from Adam and Eve Apple Users Group of Madison Wisconsin contained a review of the Ariel Publishing Company newsletter. According to the reviewer, H. Jackson, the July-August issue published an AppleSoft Basic program (Apple II) that would produce a "butterfly" on the screen. I have rewritten the program so it will run on|gp|gp|gp|gpEAD PASCAL TEXT FILES."04=10:"78C";"ANY KEY RETURNS TO THE MENU."!>G$:::".D1/MENU.MAKER",320R",220(204::"79A";""; 2D=1:F=1 <#4;a$ 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 R".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.MAKE30C$="N"C$="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::" it into Business Basic (PowerKeys, in our PD library has the same capability) and ran this program. It takes a short while, but it does, indeed come up with a butterfly. Enjoy! -30- HOME:END Note that the way the program is written, BGRAF.INV must be in Drive #1 since that is where it is called in line 120. You might have some fun changing the parameters in line 180. I used Desktop Manger to "capture" the listing and "print"PERFORM FILLPORT:PERFORM GRAFIXON 160 FOR T=0 TO 75.36 STEP .01 170 S=SIN(T):C=COS(T) 180 R=24*((EXP(C)) - (2*COS(4*T)) + (SIN(T/12)^5)) 190 H%=140 + R*S:V%=96 - R*C 200 PERFORM DOTAT(%H%,%V%) 210 NEXT 220 VPOS=23:GET A$ 230 CLOSE:TEXT: our Apple ///, and since it is so short I have listed it here with acknowledgement to Adam & Eve and Ariel Publishing. The program: 100 HOME 120 INVOKE ".D1/BGRAF.INV" 130 OPEN# 1,".GRAFIX" 140 MODE=0:BUFFER=1:PERFORM GRAFIXMODE(%MODE,%BUFFER) 150 |gp?|@p?|@p|g||